Phoenix Shadow Coming From the Sky Chapter 18: 、Luanfeng couple 8

On that day, Feng Duying and Jiuyao, whose identities were exposed, stayed in Yao Yuan's residence.

In the evening, after Jiuyao took a bath, he saw Feng Duying sitting at the table motionless, so he walked over and sat down, and asked, "Aying, but are you thinking about how to deal with that Zhong Cheng Yin Yang?" /

Feng Duying nodded, "He shielded his relatives, so that Li's father and son were full of evil! Hmph, I just wish I could show him to the public!"

Looking at her for a long time, he said after a while: "A Ying, when the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people observe it, there will be no disciples."

Feng Duying raised his eyebrows, "Why, do you want me to let it go?"

Jiuyao shook his head, and his tone was admonishing, "Aying, Mr. Yang shielding relatives, such behavior is naturally wrong, but it is also reasonable. You must know that there is no spotless world, and there is no perfect person who is perfect. Everyone in the world has selfish desires, and there are always some dark and dirty things in the world. You are the king and the lord of a country. You should not be a noble gentleman with no dust in your eyes. A king must have generosity and love. A man of all things."

Feng Duying was slightly stunned, staring at him intently.

"Your Majesty Yang has done something wrong. Now you personally punish him severely, and there will be no objection from the whole court. But governing the country is not the same as governing the army. If you find that any of the subjects have made any mistakes in the future, you will be dismissed or convicted and punished. In the long run, Qingzhou will be a place of severe torture and cruel laws. If this is the case, the subjects of Qingzhou will fear it like a tiger. If a king and a country are like a tiger in the eyes of his subjects, he must always be frightened and frightened. How can such a king , which subject would love it? Which subject is willing to live in such a country?"

As soon as these words came out, Feng Duying's heart skipped a beat, and a slight chill felt on his back.

"Aying, I naturally understand your character." Jiuyao stretched out his hand to hold her hand, "If you are the Governor of Jiechai who is in charge of punishment, then you must strictly enforce the law. But you are not the Jiechai Prefecture Yin, you are no longer a general in the court, you are the king of Qingzhou."

The warm body temperature came from the palm of the hand, making Feng Duying calm down, concentrating for a moment, and then softly said: "Jiuyao, thank you for reminding me."

Knowing that she had listened, Jiuyao smiled slightly and said, "You and I are one, are you thanking yourself?"

Feng Duying couldn't help but also smiled, and said: "Then let the governor of Laicheng Mansion submit a memorial to this matter, and let the Prime Minister deal with Yang Ying at the discretion of the time."

Jiuyao nodded, "My A Ying is indeed the wisest."

Feng Duying glanced at him, then sighed: "In the final analysis, it is my fault that there will be Li's father and son in Laicheng."

"Fool, how can you take other people's faults on yourself." Jiuyao raised his hand and brushed the hair beside her ear, with a look of love and compassion in his expression and tone, "There is a way to know people and faces." I don't know, not every official's character can be seen at a glance, and not every official can be appointed by you personally. What you can do is to select as many virtuous ministers as possible for the people in the future .”

Feng Duying didn't speak, but frowned as he thought about how many treacherous ministers like the Li family and his sons there were in Qingzhou.

"Come on, don't frown, or I'll be worried when I look at it." Jiuyao raised his hand to wipe away her brow.

Hearing this, Feng Duying raised his brows, moved his eyes to look at him, looked at him for a moment, and suddenly laughed out loud.

"What are you laughing at?" Mr. Qing Hui loved to see his wife's rare sly smile.

"A virtuous wife." Qing Wang spoke softly.

"Ah?" Qing Huijun was stunned for a moment before realizing it, and stretched out his hand to shave her face, "Okay, you actually made fun of me, how can you be a good wife, you are obviously a real man!"

His Royal Highness King Qing will naturally dodge.

The two laughed and quarreled for a while, seeing that it was still early and neither of them felt sleepy.

So Jiuyao lowered his voice and pretended to be mysterious: "Aying, have you ever secretly climbed over the wall and went out to play after everyone fell asleep?"

Feng Duying blinked, thought for a while, and said: "When I was young, I often sneaked out to play with my sixth brother and eighth brother, but every time my third brother found out, and then my second brother would be cold-faced and want to do something. When punishing us, the fifth brother blamed and sympathized with us, the fourth brother just sighed helplessly, and the eldest brother pleaded for us."

"Haha..." Jiuyao laughed suddenly, "Let's sneak out to play tonight too, I promise no one will punish you."

Feng Duying thought for a while, but said, "I'll take you to a place."

Jiu Yao was surprised, but immediately responded: "Okay."

"Let's go out first, and then call the blue bird to take us there." Feng Duying said. She didn't want Blue Bird to come here to alarm the people in Yao Mansion.

Jiuyao's heart skipped a beat, he's not in Laicheng? However, it is rare for Feng Duying to be so interested, so he nodded immediately, "Okay."

Then the two changed their clothes, quietly climbed over the wall and left the Yao Mansion.

At this time, it was only two o'clock in Xu time, and most of the people in the city were still awake. The restaurants and restaurants were still brightly lit and crowded with people. After saying a few words, I realized that the people all over the city were still rejoicing over the fact that King Qing punished the Li family and his son during the day, and they were also grateful for the fact that the king had come here, completely oblivious to the fact that they were talking about walking past. people.

Walking on the street, looking at the smiling faces of the people, listening to the joyful words of the people, the last bit of unhappiness in Feng Duying's heart caused by the Li family and his son disappeared. Passing through those busy streets, the two walked towards places with few people, so as not to disturb the people when the blue bird arrived, but when they turned a street, Jiuyao stopped.

"What?" Feng Duying stopped and asked.

Jiuyao didn't speak, but smiled and pointed to the other side.

A group of children were playing in an open space where the street and the alley meet.

A girl pointed to two taller boys and said, "You two, one is Li Gang and the other is Li Yi." Then she pointed to the rest of the boys and said, "You are divided into two factions, one is Lai Those disobedient soldiers in the city are the powerful guards brought by King Feng."

A child asked: "Then who will play the Phoenix King?"

The girl puffed out her small chest, raised her chin, and said, "Of course it's me!"

So some children quit, and they didn't want to be the villains of the Li family, but wanted to be Feng Wang.

The girl wrinkled her nose and waved her hand like a big sister, "Phoenix King is a woman, so of course I can be the only one. How can you bunch of brats be Phoenix King!"

The children have nothing to say, but they are still a little unhappy in their hearts.

"Let's play Phoenix King to punish the villains of the Li family first, and then we will play Feng Wang Linchao later, and then we will make you high officials." The girl promised.

So the children nodded and started playing games happily.

Looking at those children, Jiuyao said cheerfully: "It seems that we have to give birth to a daughter to inherit your throne."

"If you don't want her to be a king if you have a daughter, I will let her learn martial arts, and then go to the rivers and lakes with swords and live happily." Feng Duying disagreed.

Jiu Yao rolled his eyes and said, "Then let's hurry up and have a son."

"Who gave birth to a son with you." Feng Duying's face turned hot, he turned and walked quickly into a secluded alley, and Jiuyao chased after him with a smile.

After a while, the blue bird flew over, picked up the two men and spread their wings and flew away from Laicheng.

The blue bird has been kept by Feng Duying's side for many years, naturally obeying his orders, so Jiuyao never spoke. After flying for a quarter of an hour, looking down, he vaguely arrived at Qianbi Mountain. He couldn't help but wonder, but still No sound.

On the western peak of Qianbi Mountain, Qingniao put the two of them down.

At the beginning of October, a crescent moon hangs faintly in the sky, and the sky is full of stars shining. The densely packed stars are connected together, like a thin silver veil spreading on the black night sky, gentle and bright, beautiful like a dream .

"This place is far away from the other courtyard, I have never been here before." Jiuyao said.

Feng Duying looked up at the night sky for a moment, ordered the blue bird to wait here, and then held Jiuyao's hand, "Let's go."

"Yeah." Jiuyao nodded and held her hand.

Under the faint starlight, the two walked quietly, and after about a moment, Feng Duying stopped.

Through the cracks in the branches, in the dim twilight, a cave can be vaguely seen in front of it, and the dark cave entrance looks extremely deep at night.

Feng Duying stood still, Jiuyao could feel her body trembling slightly, he couldn't help being startled, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold her hand.

The holding hands were so solid and warm, Feng Duying took a deep breath, walked towards the cave, and Jiuyao followed him.

Stepping into the cave, darkness struck, only the sound of the footsteps of the two people, the ground under their feet was flat and without pits, Jiu Yao followed behind Feng Duying step by step, and walked for a while, only to hear There was a sound, and then there was a little fire in the cave, and Jiuyao couldn't help but stop.

The flames came on one after another, but it was Feng Duying who lit the candlesticks in the cave one after another, and then in the red candlelight, Jiu Yao saw the cave in front of him clearly, and was stunned.

The cave is deep and wide, at first glance, it looks like a spacious room. On the left side of the room, there are screens, sandalwood beds, soft couch, ink bamboo paintings on the screen, green curtains hanging on the bed, porcelain pillows on the couch, and some small decorations, arranged like a bedroom; , rattan chair, the case is covered with paper, the paper is pressed with a jade paperweight, next to it is an inkstone, a pen holder, and several Zihao on the shelf, and a few rows of wooden cabinets are lined up next to the desk. The cabinets are full of books. study room. Just looking left and right, you might think that this is the house of some erudite book lover, but no one's house has a grave in it!

In front of the cave, there is a tomb, and the tombstone in front of the tomb is engraved - the tomb of Feng Qingran - despite the dust, the red cinnabar is still bright, like thin dust sprinkled on the blood, like a scripture Old wounds that don't heal.

Feng Duying lit up all the candlesticks in the cave, putting the cave in a reddish candlelight, then she threw down the flint, stared at the tomb dreamily, and approached slowly step by step.

When she reached the grave, she stood for a long time, and finally knelt down slowly, calling softly: "Brother..." The voice trembled like a zither in the wind, as if it would stop in the next moment.

Jiuyao walked over gently, she looked up at him, then looked at the tombstone and said, "This is your brother-in-law Jiuyao, I'll bring him to see you."

Jiuyao knelt beside her and knelt beside her in front of the grave.

Feng Duying stretched out his hand and gently caressed the cold tombstone, stroking the vermilion marks over and over again, her eyes were sore, and her eyes were filled with mist, making her unable to see the tombstone clearly, so she moved closer and slowly Slowly leaning on the tombstone, reaching out to hug the tombstone, as if leaning on and embracing that person.

Jiu Yao looked at her, but didn't move or speak.

"Actually, this is the first time I called his elder brother." Feng Duying's voice seemed to be blocked by something, a little hoarse, "That year... I met him for the first time, but I didn't call him He called me brother, but he didn't call me sister either."

Jiuyao got up, sat down beside her, and put his hands around her shoulders.

"We neither dare to scream, nor can we." Feng Duying's eyes flickered, "I'm afraid that if I scream, I won't be able to move, and he will be reluctant if I scream, so although we know each other is like this The closest and only flesh and blood in the world, but we have never called each other."

Jiuyao still didn't speak, just caressing her gently with the hand on her shoulder.

"Our brothers and sisters are the most cruel people in the world!" It was as if sharp claws were scratching at her chest, the pain was so painful that she couldn't help raising her head and inhaling eagerly, trying to relieve the severe pain in her chest, "I can Killed his own brother with his own hands, and he would rather die than live with me!"

"Aying..." Jiuyao raised his hand to wipe away the silent tears streaming down her face, but she just wiped them off and shed them again, and couldn't wipe them clean.

"But no matter how cruel the heart is, it will still hurt—" Feng Duying choked up, "When I killed him, my heart seemed to be stabbed thousands of times by a sword, and I couldn't bear the pain. And my sword pierced his chest, He must be in too much pain!"

"Fool, cry if it hurts." Jiu Yao raised his hand to wipe away the tears on her face over and over again.

"Crying?" Feng Duying raised his head slightly, as if the uncontrollable tears in his eyes could flow back.

"Crying will relieve the pain." Jiuyao's voice was as gentle as water.

Feng Duying turned his head slowly, his eyes dim with tears.

"Cry." Jiuyao took her into his arms, "As long as you cry, the pain will disappear with the cry."

At that moment, maybe it was because of this person, maybe it was because of his gaze, maybe it was because of his voice, maybe it was because of this place, maybe it was because of this moment... the thick shield that had been protecting her all this time suddenly suddenly disappeared. The time was shattered by such a gentle soft sword, revealing the scarred body and mind inside, making her extremely fragile, she could not help but obey his voice and his gaze, a sorrow burst out of her chest, and she was crushed. She was exhausted and strong, so that when he stretched out his hand, when he opened his arms, she could only helplessly fall into his arms.

"Woooooh..."

"Woooooh..."

"Woooooh..."

That night, in the cave of Qianbi Mountain, in front of Feng Qingran's tomb, Feng Duying cried for the first time in her life, crying out all the sorrows and tears of her half life.

For the elder brother who killed with his own hands, for Du Kang who died protecting her, for the brothers who had to be separated from each other, and for those troops who fought side by side for so many years but finally remained on the battlefield...for the sake of The hardships along the way, for the wounds that cannot be healed, for the person who has been entangled with love for half a lifetime, for the final fate... and for this sad, pitiful, respectable and regrettable half-life situation...all of them The past, all personnel and everything, all poured out with the tears of this night.

Jiuyao hugged her, let her cry bitterly, let her hiss and cry, but there was a faint smile on her face, calm and peaceful.

He accepts and tolerates all her past.

From now on, his embrace will be the habitat of the nine-day white phoenix.

That night, she had forgotten when the crying stopped, and when she was tired from crying, she fell into a deep sleep.

He hugged her quietly, leaning on the tombstone, and said softly: "Don't worry, I will take care of her in the future."

As if there was a third person in this cave, they depended on each other quietly for a whole night.

When the first ray of morning light shines into the cave, Feng Duying wakes up in Jiuyao's gentle embrace.