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It is said that there was a famous female general in the Yuyi Army. She made great achievements on the frontline battlefield at that time. She charged into battle and won the three armies bravely, no less than a man. However, today, no one recognized her when she suddenly visited Yuyi Academy, which naturally made her very angry.
"I lived in the academy for a while a few months ago. How could you not recognize me?" She smiled bitterly and said, "Forget it, go and tell Murong Yan that it's Shen Qiongzhi who's here..."
The academy disciple who greeted the guests at the door responded: "Okay, please wait a moment."
"Wait!" Shen Qiongzhi stopped abruptly: "Your senior brother Bai Feng is in the academy?"
"A few days after Senior Brother Bai returned to the academy and settled down, he began to retreat for self-cultivation. I don't know where he is." The academy disciple replied: "Now, all matters in the academy are handed over to Senior Sister Murong and Senior Brother Su Qing. The two of us will take care of it. If the girl has anything important, just come to them."
"Okay!" Shen Qiongzhi was overjoyed and continued: "Just pass the words to Senior Sister Murong's ears."
After hearing this, the academy disciples quickly went to pass the message, but after a moment, Murong Yan appeared in front of the door while getting dressed and trotting in rags. She joked: "Sister Qiongzhi, it's been a month since you came back. Why do you only think of coming to visit me now?"
"The military affairs are so busy that I really can't get away." Shen Qiongzhi prevaricates casually, and then anxiously wants to go into the back room to elaborate: "Let's talk about it after we go in."
Murong Yan was led back by a strong hand. It was rough and full of new calluses, but it still revealed the warm atmosphere of her daughter's home.
Although Murong Yan has imagined countless times in her heart: after the war is completely over, Shen Qiongzhi will come to pick her up and return to the Holy Land, where she will live a stable second half of her life. At first she had considerable doubts about such a decision, but now she is able to accept it with peace of mind, even though she doesn't know why.
Perhaps, the Holy Land had already become a special existence in her mind.
However, all these illusions burst like bubbles after Shen Qiongzhi's first words.
"Yan'er, I don't want to go back." Shen Qiongzhi and Murong Yan sat at the same table, but they did not appear to be very close: "From the beginning to the end, the Holy Land is not my home... In that place, I can only act Saint, and here I can be myself.”
Murong Yan was in a daze, as if she couldn't believe what she heard: "You, what are you talking about?"
"I'm sorry, Yan'er." Shen Qiongzhi replied: "Actually, I shouldn't have said these words in front of you. But since experiencing these things, I feel more and more that my mother-in-law actually just wants us to be like 'her' A person who spends his whole life guarding a legend? Huh, isn't this ridiculous? Being with that old tree that is hundreds or thousands of years old all day long, you almost forget who you are..."
Murong Yan didn't know how to refute, because the wonderful experience she had in the Holy Land could not be described simply verbally. After thinking for a long time, I could only come up with a sentence that was quite unconfident: "I don't know."
"Okay, I have no intention of praying for the approval of the 'Holy Lady'." Shen Qiongzhi sighed, and then continued: "This time, I also bring good news and bad news."
Murong Yan nodded and looked at the other party silently.
"The Central Plains Dynasty saw that our Yuyi Town was actively resisting the enemy and guarding the border, and it will soon send people to confer titles and rewards!" Shen Qiongzhi changed the subject, stared at Murong Yan solemnly and said: "On one side is Dazhou, on the other It’s Daqi, how will Beizhen choose?”
Murong Yan felt uneasy and asked, "Then, what's the bad news?"
"The bad news is that the King of Qi has appointed Sima Tu, the Grand Master of Qi and the Heavenly Master of Taiping Dao, to come and award the reward. He will arrive in Yuyi Town in about a month."
When Murong Yan heard the word "Sima Tu", she was so frightened that her lips turned pale and her face turned green: "How...how could this happen?"
"What they decide to do has nothing to do with me. I just want to tell you about this as soon as possible." Shen Qiongzhi took each other's hands, and they looked at each other and said, "Yan'er, we destroyed part of Taiping in the Holy Land. Taoist henchman, Sima Tu must be here to find you!"
"What should I do?" Murong Yan was so anxious that her eyes were filled with tears.
Shen Qiongzhi said: "You can't go back to the Holy Land, and you can't stay in Yuyi Town. Why don't you let Brother Feng take you and escape somewhere else?"
"Escape? Where else can I escape..." She shrugged her head and lowered it to her chest, saying sadly: "It's obviously just the beginning of a new life..."
Shen Qiongzhi hugged Murong Yan and gently comforted her: "Don't cry, Yan'er."
Even though Murong Yan felt uneasy in her heart, she did not forget to miss Bai Feng and asked, "Does Brother Feng know about this matter?"
"He doesn't know yet, but Huang Yixiao told me this!" As soon as Shen Qiongzhi mentioned Huang Yixiao, she couldn't help but snicker in her heart: "His elm head, if he uses a little more force in other places, Just told me everything.”
After listening to this, Murong Yan showed a smile at the corner of her mouth and said: "It's okay, Brother Feng has been worried since he welcomed the army back that day, so don't distract him anymore. Later, I will think about it again." What should I do? If Sister Qiongzhi finds out any new information in the army, please tell me as soon as possible!"
"Definitely, I will definitely tell you, Yan'er." Shen Qiongzhi said: "Even if I don't want to go back to the Holy Land, you and Brother Feng are still my best friends."
Shen Qiongzhi came and went in such a hurry that no one in the academy had time to recognize her appearance, so she left the place. Only the two of them knew what they had discussed with Murong Yan in the secret meeting.
That night, Murong Yan finally couldn't bear the turmoil in her heart, and ignored Bai Feng who was still in seclusion to meditate, so she secretly visited the quiet room at home. When she saw the young man meditating, her eyes turned red.
"Yan'er, why did you come in?" His senses were still as sharp.
"Brother Feng, how are you these days?"
Bai Feng sensed something wrong from the gap in the other person's words, and immediately stood up to greet him: "I'm still thinking about what to do next... When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden; when the cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys are cooked. Now, everyone's eyes are on It’s all on our Yuyi Academy.”
"No matter what your decision is, Brother Feng, you promise me you will never leave me alone, okay?"
"Yan'er, I've always treated you like this." Bai Feng asked inexplicably, "Do you think I'm in seclusion these days, so I'm neglecting you?"
Murong Yan shook her head and said, "Do you still remember how we felt each other's heartbeat that night under the sacred tree?" Seeing her slowly unbuttoning her winter coat, she and Bai Feng sat down on the ground hand in hand.
She leaned against his chest and put his hand into her clothes. It was cold, but it quickly warmed up.
"There is no basis for what you say." Murong Yan finally shed tears, but she still forced a smile and joked: "You, you, don't always think that one person can solve everything."
The young man seemed to suddenly understand something and began to kiss the other person's cheeks, lips, and neck.
"Yan'er... Yan'er, nothing will happen to you! I won't let anything happen to you! I will never abandon you..." This was the oath he made under the sacred tree.
