Estranged

Xiang Ying successfully returned to Yanjing with the seriously injured Yun Fengmian, but Yun Fengmian seemed to be hurt emotionally during this trip, and Xiang Ying didn't bother to care about it.After this incident, the contradiction between Tianshu and Dayan became more and more serious, and the small conflict gradually turned into a state of war.

One month later, Dayan formed an alliance with Nanchu, Princess Sima Xi married Nanchu and got married, Yun Fengmian also cheered up, and set off to fight against Tianshu in the southwest. The situation in Dayan finally stabilized.

In the spring of the eighth year of Jialin, Xiang Ying went to the southwest to help Yun Fengmian, and after a year of negotiations, the relationship between the Black Cavalry Army and the imperial court eased, and Yue Xiaoyi brought Jiang Lai and others to Beijing again.

In the palace, Sima Xun, the chief of the main hall, was sitting at the top, Yue Xiaoyi was standing below, and Liu Qingshu was sitting next to him. The atmosphere was grim and deadlocked.

"The last general doesn't understand how many undercurrents there are in the capital, he only knows that the last general has killed countless enemies on the battlefield, but he can't despise life like the emperor." After a while, Yue Xiaoyi finally answered.

Sima Xun seemed to be stimulated by this sentence, and said coldly: "What a benevolent and righteous General Yue, if you only think about the Black Cavalry Army, you should leave the Black Cavalry Army. General Renwu is Jiang Yucheng's adopted daughter, and the whole You are the one who makes me fear the Black Cavalry the most!" Seeing that Yue Xiaoyi didn't speak, he said, "Well, you are not joking, as long as there are no more benevolent generals in the world, I will never embarrass the Black Cavalry in the future, so let me Look at your options."

Yue Xiaoyi raised his head and said: "Please remember what you said today, Your Majesty." After a pause, he continued: "After all, killing can prevent future troubles, and it can even cause endless troubles. I will retire!"

"The Emperor still wants General Yue to leave the Black Cavalry Army?" Liu Qingshu rarely smiled.

Sima Xun lowered his eyes and said for a while, "I don't feel at ease with her in that position, and besides... officials of the Inspectorate are not allowed to be married to lieutenant generals."

Yue Xiaoyi walked out of the palace, walking aimlessly on the street alone, and bumped into someone suddenly.Yue Xiaoyi put his hands on his shoulders and said without raising his head, "Sorry".When he was about to leave, he heard a voice saying: "Brother Yi, why are you here?"

Yue Xiaoyi looked up and saw that the drunk man was Mu Ashi.

"Brother Ten..."

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they found a restaurant to chat about the old days.

"Brother B, why is your complexion so bad? I know some friends from all walks of life who are good at medicine. Miss Tang is not by your side. I will show him to you some other day." Long time no see, Brother Ten is still so gentle with others, But he has changed a lot, and he is no longer in high spirits.

"I'm fine, I just got some minor injuries a while ago." Yue Xiaoyi didn't want to say more, seeing that he seemed to want to ask, he opened his mouth first: "Brother Ten, how are you doing now?"

When Mu Ashi heard the words, he laughed at himself, "What else can we do? It's nothing more than what it is now. The ambitious Mu Ashi was gone a long time ago, and now only Mu Xiuyuan is left." He smiled at Yue Xiaoyi, "It's been a long time since you called me Brother Ten."

Yue Xiaoyi heard the words, and couldn't help saying: "How good was the life in the Black Cavalry Army."

Hearing this, Mu Ashi drank the wine in his glass, "Yeah, now that it's like this, I miss the carefree days back then, even if I die in battle, it's a worthy death."

Yue Xiaoyi murmured, "Did you deserve it?"

"That's right, death is as light as a feather and heavier than Mount Tai. If you can die for the land in your heart, you can die for the people you guard, and you deserve to die!"

"..."

"Let's not talk about it, I'm also very carefree now. Brother B, it's so rare that you and I meet, I will definitely stay in the capital for a few more days. Today you and I won't go home until we're drunk!"

A few days later, Xiang Ying was overjoyed to hear that Yue Xiaoyi had come to Beijing in person, so under the pretense of returning to Beijing to report the military situation, he confidently left Yun Fengmian alone in the southwest, and hurried back to Yanjing.

Xiang Ying arrived in Yanjing, went to the palace to meet the emperor and talked about the situation in the Southwest War, and then went to the barracks where Yue Xiaoyi was stationed to look for her.These days, there are a lot of troubles. First, Fengmian was deceived by the Tianshu princess in the southwest and lost his soul. When he went to rescue him by himself, he was almost besieged.Later, in order to unite Nanchu against Tianshu, Xi'er had to be married to Nanchu.He is very happy to hear that Jiaojiao is finally willing to go to Beijing again.

Xiang Ying came to the camp to look for Yue Xiaoyi, but he didn't see Yue Xiaoyi after entering the barracks, but Jiang Lai came out and stopped him.

"What is Xiang Tisi doing here?" Although it was only a few months, Jiang Lai seemed to have matured a lot, and he seemed to be a little more indifferent and alienated.

Xiang Ying cast a glance at him, "What does it have to do with you?" After saying that, he wanted to bypass him and move on.

Jiang Lai raised his knife in front of Xiang Ying, "Xiang Ying, don't pester Miss Xiaoyi again."

"Hmph, I don't know, why can't I come!" Xiang Ying felt unhappy, and was about to draw his sword, but heard a familiar voice say: "A Ying!"

Following the sound, Yue Xiaoyi ran over quickly and pressed the knife Jiang Lai raised. "Aying, you are here."

"Huh..." Xiang Ying turned away from looking at her.

"Just right, I also have something to tell you." Yue Xiaoyi looked at Jiang Lai while talking, "A Lai, I'm going out for a while."

"Miss B, you still have to go with him, your..."

"Alai!" Yue Xiaoyi interrupted him, his eyes were full of pleading, "I have something to tell him." Jiang Lai finally turned and left with forbearance.

"Aying, let's go."

On the upper floor of the city gate, the two looked at each other speechlessly.

Xiang Ying knew that Yue Xiaoyi hadn't let go completely, but this time, Yue Xiaoyi's mood was very wrong. Xiang Ying was restless, but he didn't want to break the peace between the two of them, so he said nonchalantly, "Jiaojiao, what are you doing?" I am very happy to be in Beijing for the first time.”

Yue Xiaoyi looked at Xiang Ying like this, and couldn't speak for a long time. She thought about spending some more time with him, but that would only add to his suffering, it would be better to cut the mess quickly.

"...Aying, I have not been a smart person since I was a child."

Yue Xiaoyi looked at Xiang Ying, and said slowly: "The gentlemen in the village taught me how to read, and I was the slowest one to learn. Later, when I joined the Black Cavalry Army, the master told me that it doesn't matter if you are not smart, as long as you do your best One thing, you can do it well. I wanted to be a good general at the beginning, and then marry you after the war... In this life, I can only do my best to be a good general. If there is no chance in this life, I will live up to it in the next life. If there is a next life , I want to concentrate on being a good wife, A Ying's wife."

Yue Xiaoyi lowered his eyes not to meet Xiang Ying's gaze, "I won't go to Beijing, and you won't go north. From then on, life, death, marriage, and marriage are irrelevant. In this life...don't see each other again."

After Yue Xiaoyi finished speaking, Xiang Ying just lowered his eyes and said nothing, only heard him mutter for a while: "Whoever abandons me, don't let the day of yesterday stay..." Xiang Ying raised his head to look at Yue Xiaoyi, and paused every word Said: "Yue Xiaoyi, who do you think Ben Tisi is?"

Without waiting for Yue Xiaoyi to answer, he said coldly: "If you have no fate in this life, you will live up to it in the next life, hehe, Yue Xiaoyi, is this the answer I have been waiting for you for four years?"

He almost gave up all his pride for her, but in exchange for such an ending, how stupid he is to think that as long as he takes the initiative again and again, there will be a response.

Xiang Ying approached step by step, and said with hatred: "If you want to be General Yue, someone will be Mrs. Tisi! Next life? Next life, there is no next life! Yue Xiaoyi, let me tell you, between you and me, there is this life, there is no future life You want to cut off love and righteousness, and Ben Tisi is tired of playing, from now on, you will never see each other like Huang Quan!"

Xiang Ying turned and left, walked a few steps and stopped suddenly, without turning around, gritted his teeth with red eyes and said viciously: "General Yue, you'd better live a long life, guarding your northern border and your black cavalry army to die alone !"

Xiang Ying walked down the tower, looking at the motionless figure above, he felt a dull pain in his heart.He couldn't help but put his right hand up, but suddenly his expression changed, and he took out the purse from his pocket.I raised my hand several times but still couldn't bear to throw it out, and finally held it tightly in my hand.

"Yue Xiaoyi, I thank you for being so cruel to me!"

There is no evidence for the news of Yanlai, and it is difficult for Lu Yao to return to his dream.Leaving hatred is just like spring grass, it goes farther and survives.From then on, he was afraid that he would hate Spring.

Yue Xiaoyi turned around from Xiang Ying and stared at his back, as if he wanted to engrave it in his heart.She stood there like that for an unknown amount of time, until the sun set and the sky was dyed red by the setting sun. She turned her head slowly and looked at the mountains and rivers from the city tower. The red glow softened the armor on her body, making her His pale face was also rosy.

"May Aying's life be safe and smooth, the soldiers of the Black Banner Army will no longer be involved in disputes, and the people of Dayan will no longer suffer from the flames of war..."