It's already the twelfth lunar month in the blink of an eye. Unlike the bustling lights and colorful decorations in Luochuan City, the academy is still pure and unchanged for thousands of years, like a wanderer who yearns for wandering and never misses reunion.
At this moment, it is located in a pavilion in the center of the academy.
Jiang Zhiyuan knelt quietly under the stage, and sitting on the stage was the frowning Qin Xian.
The room was quiet, and neither of them spoke for a long time.
Finally, Qinxian let out a sigh and frowned as he looked at Jiang Zhiyuan, who was kneeling under the stage.
"You want to go back?"
Jiang Zhiyuan said in a deep voice, "No."
"Then where do you want to go? The academy will give you a holiday in two days. If you have something urgent that cannot be postponed for two days, you have to leave now."
Qin Xian frowned. Jiang Zhiyuan came to her early in the morning and asked her what she wanted to do, but she said she was here to say goodbye.
"I'm going to Chang'an!" Jiang Zhiyuan said firmly, his tone full of determination.
"What? Are you going to Chang'an?!" Qinxian's tone was as solemn as water, and he looked at Jiang Zhiyuan with a serious face.
Although Qin Xian has lived in Tianxia Academy for a long time and rarely goes out, he still knows a little about the major events happening in the outside world.
Especially for something like this that also involves Chang'an!
Qinxian's eyes were fixed on Jiang Zhiyuan, and she knew very well that the frail-looking woman in front of her was involved in some terrible cause and effect in the past.
Even now, no one is sure that this cause and effect has disappeared.
After staying in Tianxia Academy for so long, a woman as powerful and beautiful as Jiang Zhiyuan naturally has suitors.
Although most of it was due to Xu Wen's tough tactics and strong background, he had to give up the idea.
However, Xu Wen's move also became a reason why Jiang Zhiyuan never forcibly drove Xu Wen away from him.
After Xu Wen's domineering operation, there were still some people with the same strong background who launched wave after wave of pursuit attacks against Jiang Zhiyuan regardless.
Although these people's backgrounds are not as good as Xu Wen's, they can't stop them from joining the group to keep themselves warm and competing internally fairly.
These people's families are either wealthy businessmen or high-ranking officials with great power. They believe that as long as they get Jiang Zhiyuan, they will get half of Qingzhou, so they spare no effort to support their sons or grandsons in pursuing Jiang Zhiyuan. kite.
The teachers of Tianxia Academy are also very troubled by this phenomenon that appears in the Qingxiu area of the academy.
Finally, Dean Li Er couldn't stand it anymore. In his opinion, these parents who encouraged their children and grandchildren to pursue Jiang Zhiyuan were idiots who only saw what they wanted to see!
They only know what benefits getting this woman can bring them, but they don’t know what disasters getting this woman may bring to them!
Seeing that these fools would give him some gifts to express their condolences during the holidays, Dean Li Er personally came forward to do ideological work for these fools one by one, and told them who Jiang Zhiyuan was. How did they leave Chang'an, and made it clear that if they feel that they have the strength and dare to be like Xuzhou Zhoumu and are not afraid that Zhou Ruoxiao will lead a million troops to come to them and cause trouble, they can continue to encourage their descendants to bravely pursue freedom. love.
After his earnest persuasion, these idiots also understood that pursuing love is an extremely terrible thing for their children, so they sent their children and grandchildren home to have a cordial and friendly in-depth exchange. let in a short time
He realized that the beautiful longing for love could not withstand the cruel reality, and finally decided to forget love and start a beautiful life again.
Although the relationship between Jiang Zhiyuan and Zhou Ruoxiao was considered a semi-open secret at the beginning.
However, after the change of dynasties and the accumulation of ten years of peaceful years, these things are like a quiet tombstone. The wind has taken away the name of the owner of the tombstone, so that no one knows who is buried in the tomb.
The world today only knows that Qingzhou Prefect Liu Jingxing has a very beloved granddaughter named Jiang Zhiyuan, but no one calls out the name of Third Princess Jiang!
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"Yes, I just want to go to Chang'an!" Jiang Zhiyuan looked directly into Qin Xian's eyes calmly, his face as calm as an ice sculpture, cold and solid.
"What are you going to Chang'an for? It's almost the New Year. Why don't you go back to Qingzhou to reunite with your family?" Qin Xian frowned.
"It's precisely because the whole family needs to be together for a reunion, that's why I want to go to Chang'an!" Jiang Zhiyuan said with a slight tremor in his voice.
Qin Xian frowned more and more, and said, "Did you know that the Zhou Emperor's millions of troops have been gathered around Chang'an, waiting for help, and they don't know when they will send troops to sweep across Kyushu! Your identity is so sensitive, if you appear at this time In Chang'an, no one knows what kind of impact it will have on the already complex and ever-changing situation in Kyushu..."
"Then I don't care! It's none of my business what Kyushu does! I just want to bring my brother back and spend a peaceful reunion year! Whoever wants to be famous in history, whoever wants to be crowned a king or a marquis, let him go, I just want to I want the whole family to stay together in peace!" Jiang Zhiyuan's tone was firm, like an indestructible rock, not afraid of wind and rain!
Qinxian looked at Jiang Zhiyuan's eyes, swallowed a gulp of saliva, and suppressed all the words of persuasion that had just come to his lips.
"Does your grandpa know you are going to do this?" Qinxian sighed.
"I don't know! But I really can't wait any longer!"
Qin Xian couldn't help but sigh. She had been getting along with Jiang Zhiyuan for two months, and she also understood Jiang Zhiyuan's stubborn character.
At first, she thought Jiang Zhiyuan was devoted to Taoism and eager to become stronger, which she admired very much. After all, there were only a few women who studied martial arts, and those who had an unwavering Taoist heart to become stronger were even rarer. .
But now she realized that what had been supporting Jiang Zhiyuan all along was actually his wish to take his younger brother home for the New Year!
"Did you know that there are so many masters in Chang'an City, and they even have extremely powerful formations? With your current level of cultivation, breaking in will only lead to death!"
"Then I'm not afraid! I'm just afraid that if I wait any longer, I won't have the intention to enter Chang'an." Jiang Zhiyuan's eyes dimmed a bit, and his face became haggard.
Over the years, Jiang Zhiyuan often had a strange dream. In the dream, she saw Jiang Xianfeng staggering towards her, covered in blood, and kept calling her sister, but her body refused to obey her orders and moved. She couldn't move, so she could only stand there, watching him fall to the ground, helplessly reaching out to her, watching the ruthless and sharp Human Emperor Sword slowly stretch towards his body...
The dream had no beginning or end, as if it was foreshadowing something, but nothing was explained clearly.
This also made Jiang Zhiyuan, who was already worried about the safety of his younger brother who was trapped in Chang'an, this anxious heart that has been unable to get to the bottom for so many years.
When she heard the news that Zhou Ruoxiao had made her mother his concubine, she had already arrived in Qingzhou and she was completely disappointed.
She sent someone to kill the Wu Qingzhou man
Gui Lake was completely sealed with stones and all the fish inside were buried.
She invited countless alchemists to make hundreds of little puppets in Zhou Ruoxiao's likeness, and cast curses day and night.
She also ordered the execution of all death row inmates in Qingzhou Prison, and before they died, she pointed at Zhou Ruoxiao's portrait and told them that this was the person who killed them!
She wanted the souls of these death row prisoners to seek revenge on Zhou Ruoxiao.
Behind her back, she tried every means to get revenge on that man!
She doesn't need any explanation from that man, nor does she need an apology from that man!
All she wants is to take revenge on him, all she wants is to make him suffer!
However, she never put her resentment into actual actions.
She had never been to Chang'an again. She didn't know whether it was the exhaustion in her heart that suppressed her steps, or whether it was just a painful soul that would sigh in pity for her helplessness in the dead of night.
As for Liu Wanyu, who had the glory that belonged to her taken away, she just erected a tomb behind her yard.
She buried all the items Liu Wanyu had given her deeply underground, along with all the related memories.
On that gorgeous and expensive tombstone, for the first time she compassionately used the title mother, instead of the previous concubine.
Qin Xian let out a long sigh again, "Do you know that once you leave, you may never come back? You have to think clearly. You finally came back from Chang'an, and this time you have to put yourself in trouble again." Send it back, is it worth it? And your grandpa may have already made dumplings at home, waiting for you to go back and eat them!"
"I only know that my brother is still in Chang'an, and he used to grab dumplings with me every year... After so many years, I don't know if he is living well there..." Jiang Zhiyuan sighed, "I This sister is really sorry for him, so incompetent!"
As she spoke, Jiang Zhiyuan's eyes were red, her nose felt sore, and she choked several times.
"I'm really sorry for him. I promised him that I would protect him. Only I can hit him in this world, but...but I didn't do it...I lost him. I'm sorry for him. I put him He was lost in Chang'an!"
Big drops of tears flowed from the corners of Jiang Zhiyuan's eyes. They were different from the tears she had shed for the man who had sorry for her on countless nights in the past. These tears were shed for the man who had sorry for her, and these tears It’s long overdue...
Qin Xian looked at Jiang Zhiyuan who was collapsed in the audience and was sobbing. He didn't know how to comfort her for a moment. He could only slowly walk to her side and pat her back gently, trying to give her the slightest comfort. .
However, this comfort may be too pale and weak, and it cannot stop the crying that has been delayed for many years.
"You know? I'm really... really scared. I'm so afraid that when I go to Chang'an, I won't be able to bring him back... I won't be able to bring him back! I'm so afraid of him... I'm so afraid that I won't be able to find him, and I'm so afraid that he won't wait. I!"
Qinxian looked at Jiang Zhiyuan's tearful face, which was full of heartbreaking vulnerability.
Qin Xian felt that the softest part of his heart was penetrated deeply by an extremely sharp knife.
She couldn't help but hugged Jiang Zhiyuan's body tightly into her arms, lending her her not-so-large shoulders as a temporary haven to rest for a while.
Just for a little while.
Because she still has to sail to where she should go,
To face the storm she should face,
To fulfill her unfulfilled promise.
