Ming Jin said calmly, turning to look out the window, "Let me borrow someone from you."
Emperor Zhong did not respond directly. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Xu Qiubai."
"do you died?"
"Not yet, I haven't killed him yet." Emperor Zhong didn't say why he didn't kill him yet, but it was definitely not because he was concerned about whether the two were brothers.
In the royal family, brothers are the biggest source of death.
He has been dormant for many years and has a tolerant nature. How could he give up his murderous intention just because of this?
There are other reasons for keeping it.
"Let me take him to the border." Ming Jin said lightly, but Emperor Zhong frowned and turned around with a gloomy expression.
"There's no way I'm letting you leave with him."
"I'm going to kill him right now."
Ming Jin didn't stop him, he just picked up the water glass on the side and stood alone in front of the window, looking at the bright brilliance of Zhaoyang's gift outside.
It all falls on her.
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In the dungeon, after the others retreated, Emperor Zhong looked at Xu Qiubai who was locked in a cage. He flicked the vertical rod of the cage with his finger. After a crisp sound, he said: "There is actually nothing left to say between you and me."
"Come to kill me?" Xu Qiubai asked.
Emperor Zhong: "I know that in your eyes, I am a despicable thief, but if I can change, I want to become you."
Xu Qiubai seemed to be irritated, but sneered, "You said it lightly."
The position of emperor, even...even the originally appointed Qingque.
Emperor Zhong smiled, "I don't deny my position as emperor, and I don't want to say any other pretentious words, but Qingque... Xie Mingjin, she has never belonged to you."
"Does it belong to you?"
"The Blue Bird Order was given to her not just for two days at a time. She has had it since she was young, but she has never taken it out. Isn't this enough to explain? If you were still the prince, you would not be able to be with her unless
, you have to be like that old guy Chu Zheng."
Xu Qiubai's face was expressionless, "What about you? With so many plans, didn't you do something similar to him? Force her to marry you."
"Yes, this is the difference between you and me. You always think that some things and people should naturally belong to you."
“If you can get something, you must pay for it.”
"I paid and am willing to bear the price in the future, and you..."
Emperor Zhong drew his sword.
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Emperor Zhong left the Overwatch Council with blood all over him, but when he returned to Kunning Palace, he was extremely clean.
Not a trace of the smell of blood remained.
Ming Jin has already laid down and gone to bed.
Emperor Zhong came in and lay on the other side. After a while, in the warm yellow light, Ming Jin heard him speak.
"There was a time when I really hated him and you."
"It seems that you should have received the Qingque Order at that time. You were resistant and a little cold towards him. As a prince at that time, he probably rarely suffered setbacks. If he was in a bad mood, he could not eat well and lost weight. So,
I also had to starve myself until I had the same body shape as him. Later, he gave you a kite, which should be the same as the one your mother gave you before. So you were very happy, he was also happy, and his appetite improved again.
, and then I gained weight again...I had to stuff a lot of food into my mouth again. If I couldn't eat it, I would stuff it into my mouth until I vomited it, and then I would continue eating after vomiting."
In a very calm tone, he spoke of the secret years that could not be known.
Ming Jin opened his eyes and his voice was hoarse: "I'm sorry."
"At that time, I didn't hate you, I just hated you. Since you didn't like him, why didn't you reject him to the end? Later I understood."
"It's not that you don't want to refuse, but that Xie Mingjin can't do that."
"You haven't been free since a long time ago, and you're not much better than me. It's just that my cage is very small, and your cage is very big."
"The family, the court, and the country are all your prison."
"Xie Mingjin, I still have the biggest secret in my life, and I'm waiting to tell you when you come back."
"will you come back?"
Emperor Zhong waited for a long time, but did not wait for Ming Jin's reply. He turned around, turned sideways, and wanted to reach out...but in the end his fingers were just a few inches away from Ming Jin's clothes and he failed to touch them.
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Two days later, on the city wall, Emperor Zhong watched the Wujia Army led by Xiao Rong heading to the north.
, the men and horses were as black as clouds and menacing, and they were also accompanied by Li Baiyi's master and apprentice and the Xie family's secret guards. Except for Bi Er who stayed to protect Xie Mingrong, Bi Shiyi and the others came.
When they set off, Tuoze, who was dormant in the capital, also sent a secret message... A long time ago, Ming Jin's intelligence network was no weaker than that of the secret guards. After all, Bi Yidu was under her command, and the secret guards at that time were basically
Xie Yuan delegated power to her.
The Xie family father and daughter have been enemies of each other for many years, but they all know the root cause.
The power of such a move was so terrifying that it meant that the power of the Xie family and the Aristocratic family had all moved to northern Xinjiang.
But the strange thing is that Tuoze didn't leave.
In the army, in a carriage, Xu Qiubai was tightly bound with chains and followed behind the carriage where Ming Jin was.
In the carriage, Li Baiyi looked at Ming Jin, who looked particularly pale, and asked, "How are you?"
She checked Ming Jin's pulse and found that her Qi pulse was weak, and she couldn't help frowning, "Your Majesty didn't let you leave, and later it was found that your internal strength has recovered to 50%... Is it a fake pulse? Or did the court make a mistake?"
After many years of contact with the court and the palace, Li Baiyi also knows a few things.
Since the death of Dazai, the Zhaoguo court has not been stable, and the source of the chaos lies with the emperor and empress.
Ming Jin retracted his hand and smiled slightly: "The president of Taiyuan Hospital is not a member of the clan, and he will not misjudge me to let me leave the capital. It is just because he has superb medical skills, but he is not a martial artist."
Li Baiyi actually thought about it, "So are you determined to go to the border? All the news from us should have reached the wilderness, and they will target you for assassination."
"Isn't that the best?" After Ming Jin said this, seeing Li Baiyi's panic expression, she smiled reassuringly and covered the back of her hand, "Don't be afraid, I won't die."
Li Baiyi was comforted, but belatedly realized that there seemed to be a hidden meaning in this sentence.
She won't die.
But she obviously almost died.
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Five days later, the northern border.
Before they fully entered the northern territory, Mingjin and the others felt the tense atmosphere in the northern territory.
"There are a lot of Wulin people here." Li Baiyi, who was looking outside, turned around and said to Ming Jin. In fact, he didn't see anyone, but the people passing by on this road
"When the country is in crisis, everyone should be the same."
Ming Jin was not moved, just calm.
Li Baiyi nodded, "That's indeed the case."
"Stop it."
Ming Jin suddenly said.
Li Baiyi was shocked.
Now?
The army stopped, Ming Jin got off the carriage, and carried Jiutian towards the carriage behind him. He was taken down by Bi Shiyi, who was guarding him, and brought into the bamboo forest on the side.
When they were alone, Jiutian moved and the chains were untied.
Xu Qiubai was surprised and looked at her, "Let me go?"
"I only broke one chain, and you will never be able to break the other chain in your life."
Ming Jin looked pale, raised his sword and mounted his horse, looking down at him.
"I remember when you were five years old, you told me that people who like to fly kites are actually very pitiful. They long for freedom because they lack freedom."
Xu Qiubai didn't expect that she would mention the past and... seem to admit his identity.
"I thought you were more willing to protect your husband."
Ever since that day when he heard her say that he and Emperor Zhong were two brothers, he realized what she meant in disbelief - she chose to protect the other person's bloodline, which was equivalent to safeguarding his identity and royal power. Then, he was equivalent to
It's a joke.
Ming Jin stood with his sword in hand, the tip of the sword touching the ground, looking at him coldly.
"It seems that you have really lost your dignity as a prince."
"So in your eyes, protecting him is just about protecting the love between men and women?"
Xu Qiubai lowered his eyes and chuckled, "How can a person like me dare to show dignity."
"You defend him to stabilize the situation in Zhao Kingdom."
The surrounding bamboo leaves fluttered in the wind, gently moving, carrying a faint fragrance that seemed to linger around her whole body, and her hair also fluttered slightly.
"Not really, maybe to protect my own identity. After all, if he is not the emperor, then how can I be the queen? My agreement with the Thirty-Five Clan no longer makes sense."
These words are actually very unlike what Xie Mingjin can say.
Self-interest overrides national interests.
This is not Xie Mingjin.
At least not the old Xie Mingjin.
"Even if I have to thank my family now, I am still a person who values ​​​​commitment."
When she mentioned the promise, it seemed to reflect the despicable nature of a man who had been pretending to be various people for many years, including Xu Qiubai.
Xu Qiubai closed her eyes and breathed slightly.
"In that case, you should kill me."
"No, none of us are innocent, and a person who is not innocent cannot let another person who is not innocent go free."
"Everyone's path is chosen by themselves."
"Do you think I can find freedom on the battlefield?"
After she finished speaking, she sheathed her sword, turned and walked out of the forest.
Xu Qiubai watched her back disappear from his eyes. He was confused and seemed to see that she had really disappeared.
Completely disappeared from his world.
On the day of the Spring Night Banquet, he disguised himself as the commander of the Forbidden Army and wanted to take advantage of the great battle to plot against Emperor Zhong, but he also paid attention to the fighting on the battlefield.
He couldn't move, and didn't dare to move, until...until she fought with all she had.
There were changes again between that day and today's Xie Mingjin.
Deeper and unfathomable, more ruthless and indifferent.
Not unfamiliar, in fact it looks familiar.
How like him, like him who was destroyed and had everything taken away by any means.
Xu Qiubai closed her eyes, lowered her head suddenly, and laughed softly, but the laughter began to change again.
Become desperate.
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On the northern frontline battlefield, the fighting was very fierce. Not long ago, Xie Yuan led the Wujia Army in a battle and finally defeated Dahuang. Dahuang's morale was frustrated, but he caught the situation of civil strife in Zhao in such a timely manner, saying that there was no contribution from Dazai,
No one believes this, but the main reason is because - Xie Yuan is dead.
For a country that had just won a war of aggression against an enemy country, but its coach was assassinated for no reason, and the attitude of the court was well known to everyone, the common people were muttering, and the morale of the frontier soldiers was even more depressed.
In comparison, it's not much better than Dahuang.
The other party was prepared to avenge its past humiliation, but instead became more powerful than Zhao Guo.
In addition, there are many powerful generals in Dahuang, but Zhaoguo's military headquarters is not accepting them. Why do you think Xiao Rong can be the commander-in-chief so easily? It's just because there is no one behind him who dares to compete.
The death of Xie Yuan seemed not only to have lost a powerful and treacherous minister, but also to have cut off the fate of Zhao State.
"The Kingdom of Zhao, a great cause jointly founded by Xie and Chu, prospered for three hundred years, but in the end it suffered from the struggle between the Chu and Xie tribes. It's time for me to annex it in the wilderness."
On the side of the Great Wilderness Team, the tall and burly commander Hu He Juelie stood on the general platform, looking at the city gate where the front line was fighting, his eyes sharp, but he also saluted an old man and a middle-aged man with a sword sitting next to him.
"Senior Washino, senior Kanzo, I have received the secret order from the Zhao Kingdom. The Dazai of the Zhao Kingdom has been defeated, but he has also severely damaged the four masters of the Zhao Kingdom who are as good as water. But the strongest one, Xie Mingjin, is the king of the Zhao Kingdom.
The queen, she holds Zhao Kingdom’s top magic weapon Jiutian, but she is dying. This time she forced herself to come to the battlefield for her country, but she will also lose her life.”
"Yao Yuan from Zhao Kingdom couldn't come over to protect the king and prince of Zhao Kingdom. Qin Baiyi from Baiyi Jianxue Tower came, but she was the only one, leaving Xie Mingjin... I hope the two of them can deal with her."
"If possible, it would be best to capture him alive."
Washino's eyes were heavy, "This person has severely damaged our reputation in Dahuang Martial Arts. He deserves to die, but why should he be captured alive? For such a person, it is best to eradicate him. He will not be able to survive for a moment."
Qianzang: "Is it to use her to threaten Emperor Zhong of Zhao Kingdom?"
The queen is an extremely expert in martial arts and even went to the battlefield herself. This is extremely rare in any country, but... it is not without rumors.
"It is rumored that Emperor Zhong of the Zhao Kingdom cares about this queen very much. If he captures her, even if he cannot let her trade the entire Zhao Kingdom in a whimsical way, at least it will be of great help to our great wilderness."
Huhe Juelie made this plan based on the political interests of the empire, and the other two people can actually understand it.
"Try your best, but the fact that this person can kill Dazai shows that his martial arts are superb, especially those of Jiutian... Even if he is severely injured and weak, we still need to be cautious."
Huhe Juelie also expressed his understanding and smiled, "I'm afraid you two are going to take action today, because counting the time they left the capital, they have almost entered the northern border. Maybe, seeing the northern city in danger, you can see
When those martial arts figures from the Zhao Kingdom were retreating steadily and were in danger, she would not be able to bear it, couldn't help it... she would not even abide by the queen's noble etiquette and come to the battlefield herself."
Huhe Juelie was the best general in the wilderness for decades, and was born into the top tribal nobleman in the wilderness. Underneath his bravery was a careful calculation, and under his calculation, Chen Buhuang and others who were fighting fiercely in front did indeed
Under the siege of many experts in the wilderness, the situation was extremely dangerous, and it seemed that there was no chance of escape.
Could it be that, to recreate the result of the battle at Red Rock Valley, the entire Zhao Kingdom martial arts was cut in half?
Under the city gate, there was a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. The defenders fought bravely, but fell one by one.
Just when they were almost desperate, the city gate opened, the secret guards rushed out, and the archers of the secret guards appeared on the city wall.
The sound of the piano comes.
The harp in white clothes climbed up the city wall, and the harp played with phantom music.
The martial arts masters in Dahuang were affected.
Immediately afterwards, after the secret guards came out, the horses behind them came out with a gentle cry, gradually speeding up. Li Baiyi killed Dahuang's Jianxin Tongming-level master with one sword. Yiwei crossed the river and saw her, recognized her identity, and fiercely
Chapter completed!