【Forty-three】Huaiwang Palace
Ning Nanyou stared at him and laughed wildly, hoping for no reason, and felt extremely absurd. His biological father was... buried in the jealousy of a lunatic, so sad and tragic death?
The young man changed his expression, and the sadness in his eyes became deeper and deeper: "I am only asking you the last sentence. In your life... have you ever regretted and guilty. Whether it is Dou Sanlang or my mother, have you ever had any regrets or blame?"
Ning Zheng opened his lips and smiled unrestrainedly: "I have never regretted it in my life! I only do what I think is right. Those who die at my hands are just ants... Why do I blame myself for them? The success, the king, the defeat, the bandit... I am willing to bear all the bitter fruits."
After hearing his words, the young man was silent for a moment, and then he was unwilling to get into trouble with him anymore, and turned around and left.
The wooden door was closed forever the moment the child stepped out.
On the eighth day of November, an unprecedented heavy snow fell in Xindu. Snowflakes were falling, just like someone accidentally broke a piece of flawless jade. The broken jade swayed and flew down, as beautiful as a fairyland. At the same time, it also emitted a burst of chill, ready to swallow the last trace of warmth in the world anytime and anywhere.
On the second day of December, Ning Zheng, imprisoned in the Huai Palace, died of poison by himself, ending his glorious but miserable life.
On New Year's Eve after the snow, Ning Nanyou led Yueming's army to occupy half of the county town of Huai Kingdom, and divided the Daxia with Luoyang East Palace, which was established for less than two years.
Jiang Chengyi took down the lost Youfufeng and other places, attacked all the way, and recovered Weixing, Nanxiang, Longzhong, Xiangyang and other places. Fu Bo, who was overwhelmed by the defeated generals, fled to Ruyang, threatened the Donggong and King Rui with the lives of the people in the city, and surrounded this county and city as a temporary stronghold to survive.
Jiang Chengjia, who was in Jizhou, received a war report from the front line from Jiang Chengyi and Shen Youzhi. When he learned about the victory of the army, he could finally let go of his breath with peace of mind.
After New Year's Eve, the snow gradually melted. With Nian Qian's company, she rarely left the shop and went to the market to stroll.
However, before the joy of the frontline's good news completely warmed her heart, Zhuying brought a shocking and shocking news. Cheng Mian, who had not been in contact with her for many years, actually asked someone to send her a letter.
When Jiang Chengjia got the letter, she was extremely excited. She thought that many years had passed, Cheng Mian finally let go and was willing to communicate with her to report safety. She almost opened the letter, but when she finished reading the contents of the letter, the joy in her heart disappeared in an instant and disappeared in an instant.
There are only two funerals written in the letter:
Li Laolan, who had met her, died of labor four years ago due to dysfunction, leaving her son alone to take care of her. However, Qingtan, the city that was desperately protected by everyone, was eventually addicted to the knot in his heart, collapsed and died of self-harm due to his depression day and night.
Cheng Mian was still thinking about her former friendship with Jiang Chengjia, and she couldn't bear to hide it. She hoped that she would go to the funeral in Qingtan to express her feelings.
After reading the letter, Jiang Chengjia almost fainted on the spot and tried hard to hold on to support her body.
She asked in a trembling voice, "When did Madam Li... die? Why didn't anyone tell me?"
Zhuying replied, "Mrs. Laolan... died of labor in the eighth month after the Pavilion Master went to Cangji Mountain. At that time, the Pavilion Master's thoughts were all about the situation in Jiuzhou. His subordinates did not dare to inform him of this matter, so he hid it down."
Jiang Chengjia closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The uncontrollable pain was curled up in his hand, whispering, "What about the Cheng brothers and sisters after that?"
Zhuying hesitated for a moment and answered honestly: "It is very difficult for the Cheng Langjun to take care of his young son and the Cheng Xiaoma. Shui Pavilion was ordered by the head of the Pavilion and kept taking care of him secretly. Because he could not let the Cheng Langjun notice it openly, he had very few things within his ability."
Jiang Chengjia took a deep breath, dragged her shaky body, found a cushion and sat down. After a long time of rest, he asked again, "What about Tan'er? Why... Why did she die of self-harm after being crazy and self-harm?"
Zhuying said helplessly: "The Lord, the little lady in the city, has been getting worse since she encountered such a thing, and her health has been getting worse every day. Her knots are hard to resolve, and even if she is sober, it is useless. Over time, it is hard to calm down and anger... gradually became crazy and often made trouble in the mountain mountain academy. We used the name of the academy to send doctors to rectify, but... it has not been effective for two years.
After that, the little lady in the city refused to let any doctor take her pulse, allowing the condition to get worse and worse, so that some time ago it was hopeless. However... the subordinates did not expect that her disease would worsen so severely in such a short time, and that... she could not survive the beginning of the year."
Jiang Chengjia's eyes closed, and his eyes became wet unconsciously. He sucked his mouth quietly, and finally he couldn't cry and cried bitterly.
Zhuying was slightly panicked, not knowing how to comfort the girl, and stayed aside at a loss, staring at her crying on the desk, silently calming her voice.
It took me a long time to stop the crying in the room.
Jiang Chengjia raised his eyes again and said in a hoarse voice: "Zhuying. Get rid of me, I'm going to... go to Cangji Mountain. I can't see Tan'er for the last time, at least, at least I have to give her an incense stick."
Zhuying said in surprise: "People, with your current physical condition, how can you travel to Cangji Mountain again? Besides... Although His Highness Rui and the East Palace have joined forces to quell the chaos in Xia Kingdom, they have forced Fu Bo into a desperate situation. However,... there are inevitably troubled soldiers and remnants on the way. If anything, what happens..."
"I already have too many regrets, and I don't want to hide another regret in my heart. Zhuying... Even if you stop me now, I will definitely go there in the future. Going early and going late, it would be better to let me stop my heart from being sad."
She has always only listened to her own decisions, and it would be useless to interfere with others.
Zhuying knew that the persuasion was fruitless, so she said something and did not ask any more questions. She nodded heavily and said, "Okay. I will make arrangements tomorrow. Master, please rest for a while tonight, don't be too sad."
Jiang Chengjia did not respond. Zhuying withdrew with tactfully.
That night, she remembered many past events, and when they were still in Xindu, although their lives were hard, they were very happy and happy. At that time, Chengmian and Chengqingtan were all there. She missed the time when the four of them laughed together, and the laughter seemed to echo in their ears, as if it was something not long ago.
Unexpectedly, time has changed. The four of them are drifting away as far as the corners of the world today, and some even left first and passed away. Jiang Chengjia leaned against the window and blew the cold wind, letting tears fall, feeling heart-wrenching. She thought... Tan'er's life was at least able to live a safe life, but in the end, she changed the trajectory of her life and died miserably because of her.
She tried to turn everything around, but eventually harmed others and herself, and suffered along with the people around her. This sorrow blocked Jiang Chengjia's heart and couldn't dissipate, which made her even more depressed.
Zhuying's speed has always been extremely fast, and it is done when it comes to speaking.
At noon the next day, the water stains left by the snow on the street were evaporated by the warm sun, which was the best time to travel.
The car drove onto the road, and Yan Chunniang rushed over with her horse, with Xiao Cui and Ji Que behind her. The three of them stopped in front of the carriage and hurriedly wanted to see Jiang Chengjia.
The girl in the car had no chance to hide, so she had to lift the curtain and lean out to meet them.
She reluctantly smiled at the three girls in front of her and asked with a pale face: "Why are you here?"
Yan Chunniang said, "We heard that the girl was leaving Jizhou, and thought... she would always meet before you set off, so she chased her."
Jiang Chengjia said bitterly: "I didn't expect that I left here again, and you came to see me off."
Xiao Cui rode on the horse, and when the girl said this, she quickly turned over and jumped off her mount: "The princess said this, but she missed the king? If the king was in Jizhou at this moment, she would definitely come to see him off. There is also Sister Black Tea... If she had not followed General Lu to the front line, she would have come."
Jiang Chengjia did not respond, but just smiled indifferently and fell down her eyes. After silently silent for a moment, she raised her eyes and looked at the three girls again, and then she felt a little more melancholy out of thin air.
After many years, Xiao Cui and Ji Que have become graceful girls. If the incident in Changshan City did not happen so suddenly, perhaps they would have been following Aunt Biyun and taken care of Nuannuan to grow up. That disaster of the city massacre dispersed all of them and turned everything in the Rui Palace into a change of things and no longer the same as before.
Now, looking at Xiao Cui and Ji Que and his more mature figures and appearances, she was amazed and moved. It turned out that things were impermanent and time flew so fast, but she had been wasting her time in a while.
Jiang Chengjia was lost and worried. She said melancholy: "I haven't seen you for many years in a flash, and you have all become big girls. Okay, since you have met today, you can all go back, and it's time for me to set off."
Ji Que showed sadness and said helplessly: "Princess, we have always wanted to see you for the past few years, but you never want to see us from beginning to end. Now you finally encountered such an opportunity and then hurriedly... Are you going to rush us to leave?"
Jiang Chengjia smiled slightly and said, "You guys, why bother with this time? Just rest assured. It's not that I'm not coming back this time. When I return, it's not too late to get together again."
Xiao Cui immediately said in surprise: "The princess said this, which means... can we come here to find you from time to time in the future?"
Chapter completed!