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Chapter 36 Falling into a Well (1)

On that day, Nangong Xue and Li Yijie buried Lu Qian, and Nangong Xue shed a few more tears of sadness in front of the tomb. After Li Yijie repeatedly advised him, the two of them returned to the palace to report their lives.

Li Yijie explained the whole story truthfully, and sighed: "I was incompetent, and in the end I was still away for the Seven Demons. Ling Beile also took him hostage, while Lord Lu... sacrificed heroically to save Xueer..." As he spoke, he looked at Nangong Xue beside him. Sure enough, she heard about Lu Qian's death again, and her eyes turned red again.

Shunzhi seemed extremely tired and said, "Thank you for your hard work. If the Li Qing family wants to really deal with the Seven Evil Demons, it is a long-term and hard work, and it cannot be done overnight. As for Xuanshuang, if he is destined to have such a disaster, he can face it calmly, which is better, and may achieve the cause and effect in the future... But if he is willing to fall into depravity and is willing to join the Seven Evil Demons, the quagmire is deep, and others will not be able to save him!" At the last sentence, his tone was already quite stern.

Li Yijie couldn't help but defend himself: "That's not the case. Maybe we misunderstood Ling Beile in the past. Although he was playful, he was not a child who would just recognize thieves as his father. He just took us to save Xueer, and he also made great efforts-"

Shen Shiyun sneered: "I ignore the big things in the palace and just give me some small favors that are irrelevant. He can think of it." Li Yijie was embarrassed, but Nangong Xue said clearly: "Your Majesty, I have something to ask for."

Seeing that Nangong Xue was abducted for several days and returned safely, Shunzhi was particularly lenient to her and said, "Miss Nangong, I have long admired your reputation. These days, you have been wronged. If you have anything to do, just ask for something within my ability!" I guess that she was a woman, at most she wanted to ask for some gold, silver and jade, or pray for fame and fortune for her senior brother.

Unexpectedly, Nangong Xue gave a light blessing and said, "Thank you, the prince. The little woman dared not have any other unreasonable thoughts. She just wanted to re-revise the unjust case that year, and correct the names of the evil star Yu Shaomao and Lord Lu Qianlu, and give her posthumous titles after her. She must be grateful."

Shunzhi did not expect that she would either not mention it. Once it was mentioned, it would be such a difficult request. Although she was the emperor, it was not easy to revisit the old cases back then.

Not to mention the court, a group of conservatives stubbornly obstructed, and one of them was not good, which would affect the emperor's holy name and the reputation of the Qing Dynasty's case. It is impossible for Nangong Xue to sacrifice so widely for her because of a light request. She had to respond vaguely and said, "This matter is indeed difficult, and it will take some time to fall. If Nangong girl is patient, please wait more, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer in the future."

Li Yijie, Shen Shiyun and others all knew that "next day" would never be available, and I am afraid that this patience will continue to be maintained. Only Nangong Xue was so happy that she smiled and nodded repeatedly. It seemed that Lu Qian and An Ye Yu were no longer the big devil, but a hero who everyone praised.

Shen Shiyun returned to the topic and said, "How to wipe out the Seven Evil Demon Heads in the future? Have you considered the Li Qing family?"

Li Yijie nodded and said, "Yes, I have an idea, which is just right to tell Concubine Yun. After listening to his words, I was unwilling to be mediocre from now on. I deliberately took Ling Beile to various places to make trouble and seize the territory. We use small forces in each city to fight on the battlefield and fight for strength. We will definitely defeat him. However, in the end, he can only break through one by one and give him a good country for free. If all the generals gather together and form a strong team, he may be frustrated, but there will be no one to guard the rest of the city. If we cannot take it down in one fell swoop, our family and country will be in danger. Therefore, I think about it and always feel that these two strategies have their own advantages and disadvantages. If we really can't make the right idea, which one should we take?"

Shen Shiyun smiled and said, "It's hard for the Li Qing family to think about the country and the country. I am still worried that after several blows, you may be even more discouraged and use alcohol to relieve your sorrows, but it turns out that it's all too much. The Li Qing family is clearly a model of becoming more and more brave as you get down. What do you think, just follow your method, it must be good. I'm sorry for asking too much questions. Now, Miss Nangong has been rescued for you. I wonder when I can drink a glass of wedding wine for you?"

Li Yijie felt ache in his heart. Listening to Shen Shiyun's words, it was obvious that Nangong Xue's trauma was exposed. But since she asked questions, she could not avoid answering and said listlessly: "If you say it, you will laugh at me. Xueer and I... plan to not get married for the time being. As for the gifts, we will return them one by one. We are so tired that we can't go there, and we are very sorry."

Shunzhi and Shen Shiyun were both surprised, but Shen Shiyun was more happy than surprised and smiled and said, "Marriage is not a joke, so you should really think clearly. Why, Li Qing's family is too ambitious and dislikes the Nangong girl? Even if they were alone for nearly a month, nothing would have to happen. Do you think so?"

Li Yijie knew that she was intentionally turning to this road, and was extremely irritated and said, "This is not a simple question of who dislikes who. It's that both of us... need time to calm down."

Shunzhi said: "Realistically speaking, persuading the fight should be to persuade the alliance or not to disband. But I have only recently realized that the couple has lived for a long time, which is really a kind of pressure, and it is not as good as the intimacy between friends. However, if the Li Qing family really wants to jump into this cage, just jump."

Li Yijie felt hot when he heard it. I guess Nangong Xue beside him was even more embarrassed. He tried his best to unfold the topic and said, "In fact, in terms of martial arts, not no one can match the Seven Evil Demons. Have the emperor heard of the four major families? Yibeizhi's opinion, the four owners of the manor can be as good as him, but... they are secluded laity, and they are unwilling to come out easily, because they are afraid that it will be difficult for them to help..."

Shunzhi said: "If an expert can invite you easily, what value is there? I will give this task to you. No matter what method you use, be sure to complete it as scheduled." Li Yijie still has an unknown question as to whether this task can be "completed", let alone completed it as scheduled?

The days went on and on. From then on, Li Yijie still went to find out whereabouts of Xuanshuang during the day, thinking about the affairs of the four major families, how to speak up and mention this "unwilling request".

The two of them had a first say at the beginning. The original owner of the manor made the greatest concession. He could only find out whereabouts of Nangong Xue for him, but he could not send troops to reinforce him. How could he be the leader of the martial arts world without trust and go back after he hugged the beauty? So he put it aside every day and met Nangong Xue very few times. Even if he met, he could not say a few words and went his separate ways.

Sometimes Li Yijie felt cold in his heart. When did the two of them fall into such a strange way? But Nangong Xue was unwilling to give him all the chance to save him, and he was almost consciously avoiding him.

As for Shen Shiyun's death, Lu Qian got rid of a major concern for her. On the same day, he drafted a memorial with several concubines and presented it to the emperor, which included various crimes of Dong Efei and included handwritten seals. Shunzhi was furious and ordered Dong Efei to be executed with the rules of the palace. He later regretted and wanted to take back the edict, but Dong Efei was discovered and died in prison in an unknown way. There were many suspicions at the time of this case, but in the end he was ripped off, saying that he committed suicide for fear of crime.

In a year, the struggle was getting worse and worse. It was September of the seventh year of Shunzhi, and now many rebellious forces have been pacified. Only the seven evil saints king Jiang Liechen was no longer satisfied with his personal experience and took his disciples to travel all over the country. He often recruited soldiers and horses from all over the country, and countless people turned against each other, and in a blink of an eye, he also brought up all the sects again.

A year can only make him more fierce and his mind more complex. Wherever he goes, corpses are everywhere, blood flows into rivers, and such a scene of decay can be seen everywhere. If he was just a test in the past, then this year will be a large-scale murder and sweep, and a crazy revenge. Today, it has become the thing in his pocket, making countless righteous people feel sorry for their teeth, but no one dares to step forward and provoke the evil spirit of this devil.

Nangong Xue was not unwilling to worry about martial arts affairs, but because she was powerless, it gradually faded over time. But she saw her alone walking onto the Wangyang slope near the capital, holding a few bunches of ginger flowers in her hand, walked to the two tombs standing side by side, squatted down, and pushed apart the weeds.

This day was not Qingming, nor was it the death of the two of them, but Nangong Xue longed for no reason to come here. After Yuan Yi left, she left a huge Yuan Mansion for her, but she couldn't get used to it, especially in the empty house, accompanied by darkness, she stayed alone until the silence of the sky, and there was always a kind of vicissitudes and sorrows left in the world.

But the palace could not be lived in. In the Forbidden City, the bedroom where Shunzhi invited her to live in was extremely luxurious, but it made her feel that she was incompatible with the environment and was always an outsider. Leaning in front of the window, she saw Li Yijie going out early and returning late, and never visiting her for ten days and half a month. There were no other friends in the palace, and there was not even a person who could speak intimate words. Finally, she resolutely moved out and rested in a small thatched hut at the corner of the city. This was a kind-hearted old lady who pityed her loneliness and specially waived some miscellaneous expenses for her.

During the day, she followed several ordinary women to weave cloth embroidery in the room, and then asked someone to sell it on the market, in exchange for a few small money to subsidize the family income. She lived a very poor life. Fortunately, she ate very little every meal and did not pay much attention to clothing and dressing. She could barely survive. One day, she rose up and erected two empty graves for Lu Qian and An Yeyun on Wangyangpo, and expressed her condolences to two tombstones alone.

Divide the bouquet in his hand into two plants, placed them in front of the graves of two people, and whispered: "I don't like those bright red flowers. They are too tacky, and the more colorful the more the limelight, the faster they will wither in the future. When it turns into a dry dead leaf, who will look at it more? Then again, isn't it the same for people? Therefore, I would rather be an inconspicuous little flower. Others would not pay much attention to it, but they would not hurt it. It exudes a faint fragrance, quiet, fresh, and distant, so that it can last longer. I wonder if you have the same opinion as me?"

He shook his head, smiled playfully, and said, "Brother Lu, aren't you the one who caters to me the most? You are not allowed to refute this time! No matter what you think, I must tell you to listen to me."
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