The Favoured Medical Princess: 820 Remains (Second Update)
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Xie Yifeng's expression froze, as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water on his head. His mouth moved, but he didn't dare to speak any more nonsense.
The sound of candle shadow and axe? ! Could it be that Guan Yubai was afraid that the reputation of "yellow robe and body" would be unfair at this time, and that his reputation would be questioned by the world and debated by future generations? !
It’s not impossible...
Hey, if Guanyu Bai was as arrogant as Prince Xiao and didn't care about others' opinions, then things would be much easier!
It’s a pity that both Guan Ruyan and Guan Yubai are gentlemen, but they don’t understand that a gentleman has no weapons...
Xie Yifeng frowned slightly, and then heard Guan Yubai say again in a lukewarm tone: "Xie Yifeng, I have important matters to attend to. If you have nothing to do, please step back."
How could Xie Yifeng be willing to just go back without success? He wanted to persuade him again, but in the end he remained silent.
No more eagerness for quick success!
He said to himself in his heart that what happened to Prince Xiye back then was that he was eager for quick success. Not only did he not gain Guan Yubai's trust as expected, but Guan Yubai alienated himself.
Now that Guan Yubai has many talents under his command, he cannot make the same mistake again and again!
Xie Yifeng finally resigned respectfully.
When he came out of the imperial study, he walked forward a little distractedly, carefully reviewing what he had just said, thinking that he had said it very thoroughly. Now that the place is favorable and the people are in the right place, why is the official language so white? Are you looking forward and backward, using the excuse of "the sound of candle shadow and axe" to refuse to establish yourself as king? !
Wait!
Xie Yifeng suddenly stopped, raised his eyes with a flash of inspiration, and suddenly realized.
He is so stupid!
According to the allusion of "The Sound of the Candle Shadow and the Axe", since Guan Yubai said these four words, it means that he is attracted to the throne of Xiye, but he still has concerns... In other words, he does not trust himself!
Yes, after all, it has been nine years since I left the official army!
Nine years is enough for a person to undergo earth-shaking changes. Nine years is enough for a once-powerful country to fall under the iron heel of Guan Yubai and the Southern Xinjiang Army. Nine years are too big a change...
If he wants to win Guan Yubai's trust again and build momentum for Guan Yubai, he must first make a contribution and do a convincing job.
But now the overall situation of Xiye is almost decided, how can he make a contribution? !
Xie Yifeng walked forward suddenly, and at some point he walked to a big tree and punched the trunk hard.
The tree trunk as thick as a bowl suddenly trembled violently, the crown of the tree swayed, and the leaves fell like rain...
At this moment, a familiar male voice was heard from above: "Lao Xie, what's so angry?! If you're angry, don't attack the tree!"
Xie Yifeng froze. He looked up and saw a young man in gray clothes in his twenties lazily reclining on a branch a foot high from the ground, looking down at Xie Yifeng with a smile.
"Feng Xing, it turns out it's you." Xie Yifeng said with a dry smile.
Feng Xing jumped down from the tree lightly and made no sound when he landed. He pushed Xie Yifeng with his shoulder and said with a playful smile: "Old Xie, I see you just came out of the imperial study room. Could it be that you were angry at the young master?!"
Xie Yifeng was frightened by these words and hurriedly denied: "Fengxing, don't talk nonsense!"
Feng Xing shrugged nonchalantly and showed a smile that said, "You and I know everything." He touched his chin and said, "Lao Xie, we have been in love for many years. Let me tell you the truth. It must be something wrong with you."
A fire suddenly lit up in Xie Yifeng's heart. How could he not know that Xiao Si and Feng Xing seemed to be possessed by Guan Yubai's poison? No matter what Guan Yubai said, they would all think that Young Master is right.
But Xie Yifeng did not dare to show any trace of his face. Just as he was about to agree, he heard Feng Xing say again: "I say Lao Xie, don't feel unconvinced."
As Feng Xing spoke, he picked off a leaf at random, put it to his mouth and blew a tune. He seemed not satisfied, threw it away, picked another leaf, and continued: "You don't want to think about it for a few days. What day is it?...Young Master has been in a bad mood recently! Did you hide as far away as possible without looking at me?!"
Xie Yifeng was stunned for a moment, staring and thinking carefully. Soon, he thought of something and his brows moved. Could it be...
Seeing that he understood, Feng Xing patted the leaves on his body and said, "Now that you understand, go back to where you came from. Don't delay my nap here."
Before he finished speaking, Feng Xing had already climbed up the tree nimbly, holding the leaves and playing his tune, leaving Xie Yifeng standing there in a daze, with his eyes half closed.
The bright spring sunshine shines on Xie Yifeng's stubble-covered face through the gaps between the branches and leaves, forming a strange light and shadow, making his expression dark and unclear.
Perhaps, he can make meritorious deeds with this!
Xie Yifeng narrowed his eyes slightly, and a light flashed in his eyes.
The spring breeze blows slowly, and even in spring, the yellow sand is still flying in the western night, unlike the continuous spring rain in the capital and southern Xinjiang.
Guan Yubai is still the busiest person on this western night, and the lights in the royal study often have to be lit until midnight before they are extinguished...
On March 29th, on this day, Guan Yubai rarely stayed in the imperial study room.
In a courtyard in the southeast corner of Xiye Palace, a large mahogany carving table has been set up. On the big table, there is a memorial tablet and offerings such as fruits and snacks.
All this was arranged by Guan Yubai himself.
Since the Xiye Palace was captured, most of the palace has been abandoned, and this courtyard is no exception.
No one has pruned the branches and leaves of the surrounding flowers, and no one has swept away the fallen leaves and dust. At a glance, everything is deserted.
After Guan Yubai lit the candle and put on the incense, he lifted his robe and knelt directly on the ground.
Xiao Si stood not far away, looking at him quietly, expressionless, with a touch of sadness in his eyes.
It was quiet in the courtyard, with no sound at all. There was only the sound of candlelight jumping in the wind, and the smell of incense candles floating around in the wind...
I don’t know how long it took, but the sound of fallen leaves being trampled suddenly came from behind. Although it was extremely subtle, it couldn’t be hidden from Xiaosi’s ears. Xie Yifeng, dressed in a green robe, was striding towards here. He obviously had no intention of doing so. Hide your whereabouts.
Xie Yifeng stopped less than ten steps away from Xiaosi and said in a deep voice: "I remember that today is Madam's birthday, right?! I want to go over and kowtow to Madam."
Xiao Si didn’t say anything, but just turned aside to get out of the way.
Xie Yifeng slowly walked behind Guan Yubai and looked at Guan Yubai's thin and thin back. Just from the back, he could hardly recognize that this was the man who had blood-stained robes and armor in Western Xinjiang. Officer, young general.
Guan Yubai didn't move, and Xie Yifeng didn't know if he noticed his arrival. After a moment of hesitation, he knelt directly behind Guan Yubai on the right side, and then respectfully knelt in the direction of the tablet. Three rings.
Xie Yifeng looked at the tablet placed on the desk, his eyes dark and deep.
March 29th is a day that everyone in the official army knows. It is his wife’s birthday. In the past, on this day every year in Xijiang, Guan Ruyan would accompany his wife in the general’s mansion. On this day , unless there is some urgent military situation, no one will go to the general's mansion...
Scenes from that year in Western Xinjiang quickly flashed through his mind. Sometimes, Xie Yifeng couldn't help but wonder, if the emperor was as talented and powerful as the late emperor, the army would not have gone that far. If you take one step forward, you won't be forced to choose another master!
Xie Yifeng knelt for a long time and then said: "Major General, it's cold on the ground. You must pay attention to yourself, otherwise my wife's soul in heaven will not be able to rest in peace!"
Guan Yubai still knelt there motionless and silent.
Xie Yifeng took a deep breath, finally made up his mind, and said slowly: "Major General, maybe I can find my wife's bones."
This time, Guan Yubai finally had some reaction, his thin back trembled slightly, and he raised his eyes to look at the tablet on the desk.
Xie Yifeng's heart beat faster and Guan Yubai's voice that seemed to be muttering to himself was broken in the wind: "Back then, I knew I couldn't persuade my father, so I could only settle down with my mother first and follow my father. Go to the royal capital... But after that, my father and uncle died, and my mother also committed suicide. At that time, I was still a prisoner, trapped in the sky prison. When I escaped, my mother's body had long been missing... ”
Xie Yifeng, who was in the rear, secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Young General, if you can let your wife and the general be buried together..."
Before he finished speaking, a strong gust of wind suddenly blew, and the two candlelights on the confessional jumped crazily, and then went out, leaving only two thin wisps of green smoke floating...
Xie Yifeng felt a chill in his heart, and the hairs on his back were counting down. He took a deep breath and immediately calmed down. No matter what ghosts and gods the world believes in, or reincarnation, they, who are used to life and death and all kinds of life on the battlefield, do not believe it. If there is a God, why are the officials like this!
Guan Yubai's eyes stayed on the extinguished candle wick for a moment, and then he finally stood up slowly.
He turned around and looked at Xie Yifeng. His gentle eyes seemed calm at first, but they seemed to have the power to see through people's hearts.
Xie Yifeng said hurriedly: "Young General, I have been thinking about the general and his wife these years. I was very anxious when I learned that my wife's bones have not been found. Therefore, I have been trying every means to find out... Until not long ago. , I just got some news. I originally wanted to wait for confirmation before telling the Major General, so that the Major General would not be happy in vain..."
As he spoke, Xie Yifeng's eyes were already red and sparkling with tears.
He took a deep breath, calmed down, and then continued: "Today is my wife's birthday. The general couldn't suppress the grief in his heart, so he spoke rashly..."
Guan Yu pursed her thin lips lightly and looked at Xie Yifeng blankly. He seemed to be in a trance for a moment. After a while, his eyes focused again and he said slowly and almost laboriously: "My mother's remains are here. Where?"
Xie Yifeng clasped his fists and replied: "Back to you, Major General, on the outskirts of the Emerald City in the Eastern Border of West Night..."
Hearing this, Guan Yubai clenched his fists tightly, the veins on the back of his fair hands bulged one by one, and his pupils could not suppress the turbulent ups and downs.
After a moment, he said decisively: "We will set off early tomorrow morning!"
"Yes, Major General." Xie Yifeng hurriedly clasped his fists to accept the order, feeling secretly happy: He finally did something right this time. Guan Yubai is a filial son, and he always has clear rewards and punishments. This time, as long as his wife's remains can be found, Guan Yubai will definitely record his contribution.
From now on, I will definitely become his confidant!
"Major General, then the general will go back and prepare." Xie Yifeng suppressed the joy in his heart, turned around and left.
Guan Yubai was still standing where he was, and Xiao Si had been quietly accompanying him, silently.
Another breeze blew, blowing up the fallen leaves all over the ground, flying around the corners of the master and servant's robes...
The deserted courtyard seems to be getting more and more desolate...
Early the next morning, at dawn, Guan Yubai, Xie Yifeng, Si Lin, Xiao Si and Feng Xing rode their horses out of the east gate of Xiye Capital City and headed east.
The horse's hooves were flying and he galloped all the way. After driving hard for two days, he arrived near the Emerald City.
Led by Xie Yifeng, the group headed all the way to the eastern suburbs of Emerald City.
After the defeat of Ta Hai’s army, the Eastern Border of West Night was quickly captured by Yao Lianghang and Han Huaijun. Today, the Eastern Border is full of depression, and there are almost no Xiye people walking on the road... The farther away from the Emerald City , the neighborhood became more and more desolate. I don’t know how long it took, but I vaguely saw a mass grave. Even if it was hundreds of feet away, I could vaguely see the tombstones on the hill...
As they gradually approached the mass grave, it seemed that even the air nearby had become much colder. The sky above had become cloudy at some point, making the surrounding atmosphere even more eerie and gloomy.
Everyone abandoned their horses and walked at the foot of the mountain.
The mass graves were originally the graves of lonely ghosts. Naturally, there were no roads built, and there were only a few muddy paths taken by the people who came here to dump their corpses year after year.
At dusk, misty mist fills the surroundings like a gauze. Everywhere you look are uneven tombstones. From time to time, you can see sections of white bones scattered randomly in the soil.
On the hill, the cold wind blows on the old pine trees, making a "rustling" sound, as if something is hiding in the dark corner and whispering, and there is a thick atmosphere all around. The strong smell of corpses and decay makes people nauseous.
However, Guan Yubai and the others were not affected at all. They had seen more cruel corpses and blood flowing on the battlefield. They had personally collected corpses and dug graves for their comrades... To them, this mass grave was just a place for people to rest after death!
The surroundings were eerily quiet. The only sound was the sound of their shoes stepping on gravel and fallen leaves. Even their breathing seemed to be amplified...
When they reached the halfway point of the mountain, Xie Yifeng suddenly stopped, looked around half a circle, and said in a deep voice:
"Back then, the major general arranged for the manpower to **** the wife and the others to Fengji City, but later she lost her trace more than ten miles away from Fengji City... Therefore, the general finally searched all the way and spent a lot of effort before finally finally I found out where my wife was captured by a group of Xiye troops. At that time, General Xiye wanted to take his wife back to ask for credit from King Xiye in order to humiliate the general and the young general, but the lady was soft on the outside and strong on the inside, unwilling to be humiliated, so she He committed suicide with a knife! The body was dumped on the roadside at that time. The people in Xiye nearby accidentally picked up the body and buried it in this mass grave..."
At this moment, even Feng Xing, who was usually laughing and scolding, had no smile on his face, his eyes were red, and he showed indignation.
Xie Yifeng pointed to the right front and said: "Major General, I have already inquired. Some of the corpses that were dumped in the graveyard nine years ago should be near that area..."
Following the direction he pointed, you can see a lush old pine with a long beard on the top of the mountain, winding up, and its branches look ferocious in the light mist.
Under the gloomy atmosphere around him, Guan Yubai's eyes became darker and darker, and there was nothing unusual on his face.
The calmer Guan Yubai became, the more worried Si Lin and Xiao Si beside him became.
Si Lin gave instructions, and the group of people took out the shovels, hoes, etc. that had been prepared in advance, and started working separately around the old pine.
There are not many tombstones around, but there are a lot of raised graves, most of which are anonymous bones. Avoiding those with tombstones and those new graves with particularly wet soil, the few people dug out several bones one after another, including those of men, young children, old people, and those with obviously different body shapes...most of them The bones were immediately removed.
Unconsciously, the surroundings gradually darkened, and the temperature dropped, as if it was the harsh winter again.
Xiaosi hurriedly put a cloak on Guan Yubai. At the same time, several oil lamps were lit one after another. The orange firelight danced like clusters of will-o'-the-wisps on this gloomy mass grave... …
Guan Yubai never left, and others continued to dig together, digging out holes one after another... As the night went on, there were more and more holes around, and the stars in the night sky were obscured by clouds. Covered, only a faint silver moon looks down...
This is a long night, every time hope is ignited, every time we are disappointed...
The moon gradually faded away, and the sound of cockcrows came from the distance, symbolizing the beginning of a new day.
The sky turned white again, and suddenly Xie Yifeng cried out excitedly: "Jade bracelet, this jade bracelet..."
This messy sentence made Si Lin, Xiaosi and Feng Xing quickly throw away the utensils in their hands and gather around Guan Yubai.
After a busy night, Xie Yifeng was already sweating profusely, and his black face was stained with a lot of dirt. He looked in a miserable state. A three-foot-sized hole was dug in front of him. A bone-white wrist could be seen at the bottom of the hole, with a jade bracelet on it...
Guan Yubai stood in front of the pothole, staring blankly at the hand bones that had lost all flesh and blood. The jade bracelet on it was so green even though it had been buried under the soil for many years. reflected in Guan Yubai's pupils.
This emerald green looks so familiar to him...
This was a birthday gift he gave to his mother when he was ten years old, and she always wears it on her hand.
Even if it's nine years apart, he will never forget it!
Guan Yubai suddenly knelt on the ground, carefully turning the emerald green bracelet, his slender fingers trembling slightly.
Little by little...
Soon, a thin crack on the jade bracelet came into his sight.
Yes, this is the bracelet he gave to his mother!
On the day after he gave this jade bracelet to his mother, a stream of arrows shot towards his mother. He immediately threw her away, but the arrow still passed by his mother's wrist. Fortunately, it did not hurt her, but There is a crack left on this jade bracelet...
At that time, he was upset and wanted to give his mother a jade bracelet again, but her mother showed a gentle smile to him and said that the jade bracelet he gave her had blessed her! She will have it on her finger forever!
My mother’s gentle and loving smile seems to be still fresh in my memory. However, now all that is left is the pale bones and this jade bracelet.
Guan Yubai's eyes were slightly widened, as deep as the bottomless abyss, staring at the crack on the jade bracelet that was less than an inch long.
Time seemed to have stopped at this moment, the air was stagnant, and the surrounding temperature suddenly turned cold, chilling to the bones...
The next moment, Guan Yubai suddenly moved again. He directly dug down with his own hands, one after another... His face was expressionless, but the movements of his fingers quickly digging at the soil revealed that he was The waves in my heart were ups and downs, crazy but also a little cautious, as if I was afraid of hurting the white bones...
No one advised him, and no one stopped him. He had to do this by himself!
Si Lin, Xiaosi and Feng Xing all looked at Guan Yubai silently, at his back as firm as a cypress, at his nails accidentally split, at his fingertips oozing blood... …
For a moment, Si Lin almost thought that Guan Yubai had cried in vain, but when he looked closely, he was still the same Guan Yubai who remained perseverant even if the official family was destroyed and even if the official family was vindicated!
Probably, Yubai's tears have dried up long ago after the official family passed away.
The dead bones buried under the soil were exposed bit by bit, from the wrist to the upper arm to the body to the head...