Chapter 1515 820 Remains (Two More)

Xie Yifeng's expression froze, it felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head in a warm blood, his mouth moved, but he didn't dare to speak rashly.

Candle shadow axe? ! Could it be that Guan Yubai is afraid that at this time, the name of "Huangpao plus body" will not be right, and the reputation will be questioned by the world, and it will be debated by later generations? !

It's not impossible...

Hey, if the official language is as arrogant and arrogant as that Xiao Shizi, and it is not in the opinion of unexpected people, then things will be much easier!

It's a pity that both Guan Ruyan and Guan Yubai are modest gentlemen, but they don't understand that a gentleman is not a weapon...

Xie Yifeng frowned slightly, and then listened to the official language and said in a lukewarm manner: "Xie Yifeng, this Marquis still has important things to do. If you have nothing to do, then retire."

How could Xie Yifeng be willing to return without success, he wanted to persuade him again, but in the end he remained silent.

No need for quick success!

He said to himself in his heart that what happened to Prince Xiye at the time was that he was eager for quick success. Not only did he fail to gain the trust of Guan Yubai as expected, but he also alienated him.

Now that Guan Yu Bai has a lot of talents under his command, he can't make mistakes again and again!

Xie Yifeng finally bowed out respectfully.

When he came out of the imperial study, he walked forward a little bit nervously, carefully reviewing what he said just now, and admitting that he said it very well, such as today's time is right and people, why is Guan Yubai looking forward and backward, What is the excuse of "the sound of the candle shadow and the axe", that is, not willing to be the king? !

and many more!

Xie Yifeng suddenly stopped, raised his eyes with a flash of inspiration, and suddenly realized.

He is so stupid!

According to the allusion of "The Candle Shadow and the Sound of the Axe", since Guan Yubai said these four words, it means that he is attracted to the throne of Xiye, but he still has some concerns... Or, he doesn't trust himself!

Yes, after all, it has been nine years since I left the official army!

Nine years are enough to turn a person upside down, and nine years are enough to make a once powerful country fall under the iron hooves of Guan Yubai and the Nanjiang Army. The variables in nine years are too great...

If he wants to win Guan Yubai's trust again, and wants to build momentum for Guan Yubai, he must first make a contribution, and he must do a convincing errand.

But now the overall situation of Xiye is almost determined, how can he make contributions? !

Xie Yifeng walked forward suddenly, and he didn't know when he came to a big tree again, and punched the trunk of the tree heavily.

The tree trunk with the thickness of the bowl immediately trembled violently, the crown of the tree swayed incessantly, and the leaves flew down like rain...

At this moment, a somewhat familiar male voice came from above: "Old Xie, what's the matter with such anger?! Don't shoot at the tree when you are angry!"

Xie Yifeng froze all over, looked up, and saw a young man in gray in his twenties lying lazily on a branch that was ten feet above the ground, looking down at Xie Yifeng with a smile.

"Fengxing, so it's you." Xie Yifeng said with a dry smile.

Feng Xing jumped down from the tree lightly, and landed silently. He nudged Xie Yifeng with his shoulder, and said with a hilarious smile, "Old Xie, I see that you just came out of the imperial study, did you get angry with the son?!"

Hearing this sentence, Xie Yifeng was frightened and hurriedly denied: "Fengxing, don't talk nonsense!"

Feng Xing shrugged indifferently, showing a "you and I know it well" smile, he touched his chin and said, "Old Xie, we have been in love for many years, let me tell you the truth, this must be you. wrong."

Xie Yifeng's heart suddenly burst into flames. How could he not know that Xiao Si and Feng Xing all seemed to be caught by Guan Yubai? No matter what Guan Yubai said, they all thought that the son was right. .

But Xie Yifeng didn't dare to show the slightest bit on his face, and was about to respond when he heard Feng Xing say again: "I said old thanks, don't feel unconvinced."

Feng Xing casually plucked a leaf while speaking, put it on his mouth and blew a tune, he didn't seem satisfied, and threw it away, picked another leaf, and continued: "You don't even think about what day it will be in a few days. ?... The young master is in a bad mood recently! How far do you hide without seeing how far I am?!"

Xie Yifeng was stunned for a moment, stared at it and thought, and soon, he thought of something, and his brows moved. Is it...

Seeing that he understood, Feng Xing patted the leaves on his body and said, "Since you understand, go back where you came from, don't delay my nap here."

Before he could finish speaking, Feng Xing had flexibly climbed up the tree again, holding the leaves and blowing his tune, leaving only Xie Yifeng standing in a daze, his eyes half down.

The bright spring sun shines through the gaps in the branches and leaves on Xie Yifeng's face covered with stubble, forming a strange light and shadow, which makes his expression dark and unclear.

Perhaps, he can make a contribution to this!

Xie Yifeng narrowed his eyes slightly, and a light flashed in his eyes.

The spring breeze is slow, even if it is spring, the yellow sand is still flying in the west night, unlike the spring rain in the capital and the southern border.

Guan Yubai is still the busiest person in this night, and the lights in the imperial study often go out until midnight...

On March 29, Guan Yubai rarely stayed in the imperial study.

In a courtyard in the southeast corner of the Xiye Palace, a large case of mahogany carvings has been placed. On the big case, there is a tablet and offerings such as melon and fruit snacks on display.

All this was arranged by Guan Yubai himself.

Since the fall of the Western Night Palace, most of the palace has been deserted, and this courtyard is no exception.

The surrounding flowers, branches and leaves are not trimmed, and the fallen leaves and dust are not cleaned.

Guan Yu lit the candle and put on the incense, then he kicked up his robe and knelt directly on the ground.

Xiao Si stood not far away, looking at him quietly, expressionless, with a hint of sadness in his eyes.

In the courtyard, it was quiet, there was no sound, only the sound of candles jumping in the wind, and the smell of incense candles drifted around in the wind...

I don't know how long it took, and suddenly there was the sound of fallen leaves being trampled from behind. Although it was extremely subtle, it couldn't hide from Xiao Si's ears. Xie Yifeng, who was wearing a green robe, was striding here, and he obviously didn't plan to hide his whereabouts.

Xie Yifeng stopped less than ten steps away from Xiao Si, and said solemnly, "I remember that today is Madam's birthday, right?! I want to go and kowtow to Madam."

Xiao Si didn't say anything, but just got out of the way on one side of his body.

Xie Yifeng walked slowly behind Guan Yubai, looking at Guan Yubai's thin and thin back, just from the back, he could hardly recognize that this was the blood-stained robe and red-armored officer in the Western Xinjiang. .

Guan Yubai didn't move, Xie Yifeng didn't know if he noticed his arrival. After hesitating for a moment, he knelt directly to the back right of Guan Yubai, and then respectfully kowtowed three times in the direction of the tablet. .

Xie Yifeng looked at the tablet on the desk, his eyes dark and deep.

On March 29th, everyone in the official army knows this day. This is the birthday of his wife. Once every year in the Western Xinjiang, Guan Ruyan would accompany his wife in the general's mansion. On this day, unless it is What kind of urgent military situation, no one will go to the general's mansion...

The scenes of those years in the Western Xinjiang flashed through his mind quickly. Sometimes, Xie Yifeng couldn't help but think, if the emperor was as majestic and powerful as the previous emperor, whether the official army would not have reached that step, he Nor will they be forced to choose another bright master!

Xie Yifeng knelt down for a long time before he said: "Major General, it's cold here, you have to be very careful about your body, otherwise Madam will not be able to rest in peace in the spirit of heaven!"

Guan Yubai still knelt there motionless, silent.

Xie Yifeng took a deep breath, finally made up his mind, and said slowly, "Major General, maybe the last general can try to find the skeleton of his wife."

This time, Guan Yubai finally had a slight reaction, his thin back trembled slightly, and looked up at the tablet on the desk.

Xie Yifeng's heart beat faster, and he only heard Guan Yubai's voice that seemed to be muttering a bit broken in the wind: "Back then, I knew that I couldn't persuade my father, so I had to settle my mother first and go to the capital with my father. ... But after that, my father and uncle died, and my mother committed suicide. At that time, I was still a prisoner, trapped in the sky prison, and when I got out of the trap, my mother's bones were long gone..."

Xie Yifeng in the back secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Major General, if the madam and the general can be buried together..."

Before he could finish his words, a strong wind suddenly blew, and the two clusters of candles on the confession jumped wildly, and then went out, leaving only two thin wisps of blue smoke floating...

Xie Yifeng only felt a chill in his heart, and the hairs on his back counted down. He took a deep breath and immediately calmed down. People in the world believe in ghosts and gods and reincarnation, but those who are used to seeing life and death on the battlefield don’t believe it.

Guan Yubai's gaze stayed on the extinguished candle wick for a moment, and then finally stood up slowly.

He turned to look at Xie Yifeng, those warm eyes seemed calm at first, but seemed to have the power to read people's hearts.

Xie Yifeng hurriedly said: "Major General, the last general has been cherishing the memory of the general and his wife all these years, and he was very anxious to learn that his wife's skeleton has never been found. Therefore, the last general has been trying to find ways to inquire... Until not long ago, there was no discovery. I have some news, I originally wanted to wait for confirmation before telling the Major General, so that the Major General would not be happy..."

Saying that, Xie Yifeng's eyes were already flushed with tears.

He took a deep breath and calmed down before continuing: "Today is the madam's bogey, and the general can't hold back the grief in his heart, so he hastily opened his mouth..."

Guan Yu's thin white lips pursed lightly and stared blankly at Xie Yifeng. He seemed to be in a trance for a moment, but after a while, his eyes regained focus, and he said slowly, almost laboriously, "Where are the bones of my mother? "

Xie Yifeng clasped his fists and replied, "Major General Hui, it's in the suburbs of Emerald City in the Eastern Border of Xiye..."

Hearing this, Guan Yubai's fists were tightly clenched into fists, the blue veins on the back of the white hands bulged, and the pupils were even more uncontrollable.

After a while, he said decisively: "We will leave early tomorrow morning!"

"Yes, Major General." Xie Yifeng hurriedly clasped his fists to take orders, secretly delighted in his heart: he finally got it right this time. Guan Yubai is a dutiful son, and has always been rewarded and punished. This time, as long as he can find the remains of his wife, Guan Yubai will definitely take this credit for himself.

In the future, he will definitely become his confidant!

"Major General, then go back and prepare first." Xie Yifeng suppressed the joy in his heart, turned around and retired.

Guan Yubai was still standing in the same place, and Xiao Si had been quietly accompanying him, silent.

Another gust of breeze blew, and the fallen leaves that covered the ground flew wildly around the corners of the robes of the master and servant...

The desolate courtyard seems to be getting more and more desolate...

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was bright, and the five people, Guan Yubai, Xie Yifeng, Si Lin, Xiaosi, and Fengxing, rode their horses out from the east gate of Xiye Capital City, all the way to the east.

The horses hooves flew and galloped all the way. After rushing for two days, they came to the vicinity of the Emerald City.

Led by Xie Yifeng, the group went all the way to the eastern suburbs of Emerald City.

After the great defeat of the army in Tahai, the Western Night Eastern Territory was quickly captured by Yao Lianghang and Han Huaijun. Today, the Eastern Territory is full of depressions, and there are basically no Xiye people walking on the road... The farther it is from the Emerald City, the nearby The more desolate it is, and I don’t know how long it has passed, I vaguely see a mass grave, even if it is hundreds of feet apart, I can vaguely see the tombstones on the hill…

They gradually approached the Mass Burial Mound, as if the air nearby was much colder, and the sky above was cloudy for some time, making the surrounding atmosphere even more eerie and gloomy.

The crowd abandoned their horses on foot at the foot of the mountain.

The mass graves were originally the graves of lonely ghosts. Naturally, no roads were built. There were only a few muddy paths that people who came here to throw their corpses walked out year after year.

At dusk, the misty mist permeates the surroundings like a gauze. Everywhere you look are tombstones that are uneven and uneven. From time to time, you can see a section of white bones scattered randomly in the soil.

On the hill, the cold wind blew on the old pine trees, making a "rustling" sound, as if something was whispering in a dark corner, surrounded by thick corpses. The stench and rotten smell makes people nauseous.

However, Guan Yubai and the others were not affected in the slightest. They had seen even more cruel corpses on the battlefield, with their blood flowing. They have personally collected corpses and dug graves for their comrades... For them, this mass grave is just a place to rest after death!

The surroundings were surprisingly quiet, and only the sound of their shoes stepping on the gravel and stubborn leaves seemed to have amplified their breathing...

When they were halfway up the mountain, Xie Yifeng suddenly stopped, looked around for half a circle, and said solemnly:

"At that time, the major general arranged for his wife to escort them to Fengji City, but then the wife lost her trace at a place more than ten miles away from Fengji City... So, the last general searched all the way, and it took a lot of time to finally find out. The madam was captured by a group of Xiye troops. At that time, the general Xiye wanted to capture his wife and go back to the Xiye King to humiliate the general and the major general, but the madam was soft on the outside and tough on the inside. The corpse was thrown on the side of the road at that time, or the people in the nearby Xiye picked up the corpse by accident and buried it on this mass grave..."

At this moment, even Feng Xing, who usually laughed and cursed, lost his smile, his eyes were red, and there was righteous indignation in the description.

Xie Yifeng stretched out his finger and pointed to the front right, and said, "Major General, the last general has already inquired about it. Some of the corpses that were thrown into the mass grave nine years ago should be near there..."

Following the direction he pointed, you could see a vigorously bearded old pine on the top of the mountain, winding up, looking grim in the light mist.

Against the gloomy atmosphere around him, Guan Yubai's eyes became deeper and deeper, and there was nothing unusual on his face.

The calmer Guan Yubai was, the more worried Si Lin and Xiao Si were at the side.

Si Lin gave an order, and a few people took out the shovels, hoes, etc. that were prepared in advance, and took the old pine as the center.

There are not many tombstones around, but there are many raised tombs, most of which are anonymous bones. Avoiding those with tombstones, avoiding those new graves with extremely wet soil, a few people did not dig for a while, and then dug up several corpses one after another, men, children, old people, and obviously different shapes... Most of them The bones were immediately removed.

Unconsciously, the surroundings gradually darkened, and the temperature dropped, as if returning to severe winter.

Xiao Si hurriedly put on a cloak for Guan Yubai. At the same time, several oil lamps were lit one after another, and the orange fire jumped, like a cluster of ghost fires on this gloomy mass grave...

Guan Yubai never left, and the others kept digging together, digging one hole after another... As the night went deeper, there were more and more holes around, and the stars in the night sky were obscured by dark clouds. A faint silver moon looked down...

It's been a long night, with every hope ignited and every disappointment...

The moon gradually faded away, and there were bursts of cock crowing in the distance, symbolizing the beginning of a new day.

The sky turned white again, and suddenly Xie Yifeng cried out in excitement: "Jade bracelet, this jade bracelet..."

This messy sentence made Si Lin, Xiao Si and Feng Xing quickly throw away the utensils in their hands, and surrounded them with Guan Yubai.

After a busy night, Xie Yifeng was already sweating profusely, and his black face was stained with a lot of mud, looking in a state of embarrassment. A three-foot-sized pothole was dug in front of him, and at the bottom of the pit a white-boned wrist could be seen wearing a jade bracelet...

Guan Yubai stood in front of the pothole, staring blankly at the hand bone that had long since lost its flesh and blood. Even if the jade bracelet on it had been buried in the soil for many years, it would turn green and oily, and it was deeply reflected in Guan Yubai. In the white pupils.

This emerald green looks so familiar to him...

This was the birthday gift he gave to his mother when he was ten years old, and she always wore it on her hand.

Even if it is nine years apart, he will never forget it!

Guan Yubai suddenly knelt on the ground, carefully turning the emerald green bracelet, his slender fingers trembled slightly.

little by little...

Soon, a thin crack on the jade bracelet entered his field of vision.

That's right, this is the bracelet he gave to his mother!

The day after he gave the jade bracelet to his mother, a flowing arrow shot at her, and he immediately threw away her mother, but the flowing arrow still brushed past her mother's wrist. There is a crack in the bracelet...

At that time, he was annoyed and wanted to give his mother a jade bracelet again, but his mother showed him a gentle smile and said that the jade bracelet he gave her blessed her! She will wear it on her hands forever!

The mother's gentle and loving smile seemed to be fresh in my memory, but now, only the pale withered bones and this jade bracelet are left.

Guan Yubai's eyes were slightly widened, his eyes were as deep as the bottomless abyss, and he stared at the crack that was less than an inch long on the jade bracelet.

Time seemed to stop at this moment, the air was stagnant, and the surrounding temperature suddenly became cold, cold to the bones...

In the next moment, Guan Yubai suddenly moved again, he directly used his hands to dig down, again and again... His face was expressionless, however, the movement of his fingers quickly digging at the soil already revealed the waves in his heart Ups and downs, madness and a hint of caution, as if afraid of hurting the white bones...

No one persuaded him, no one stopped him, this must be done by himself!

Si Rin, Xiao Si and Feng Xing all silently looked at Guan Yubai, at his firm back like a pine and cypress, at his fingernails accidentally split, at his fingertips oozing blood...

For a moment, Si Lin almost thought that Guan Yubai was crying, but then he looked closely, and he was still the same Guan Yubai who remained tenacious even if the official family was destroyed and the official family was grieved!

Probably, Yu Bai's tears had long since dried up as the official family passed away.

The dead bones buried under the soil were exposed little by little, from the wrist to the upper arm to the body to the head...

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