The Sword Named No Way Out - Chapter 15

The horseshoes were getting closer and closer, and gradually even the ground began to tremble. The battle was by no means a single horse, but a whole army. Yu Chixiao couldn’t help but gasped: “Could it be that Sect Master Xu brought a large number of disciples from the Cangyang Sect to welcome Madam with deep affection? But why didn’t you use the sword?”

Meng Yunfei suddenly said: “No.”

“how?”

Meng Yunfei’s face was faintly ugly: “The Cangyang Sect has never recorded that the suzerain’s eyes were injured, let alone heard that a large number of disciples went down the mountain to welcome the relatives. Is the illusion we are experiencing now a repeat of what happened 20 years ago, or… “

Before the words were finished, the trembling of the earth suddenly stopped, followed by countless horses: “Hiss!”

The war horses were reined in one after another, and then their front hoofs landed with a bang. It was heard that a large number of troops were suddenly blocked. Meng Yunfei’s voice stopped, and the two of them focused their ears at the same time, only to hear the soldiers in the distance draw their swords and scold: “Who is blocking the way?!”

There was no answer.

The opposite side of the valley suddenly fell into silence, there was no questioning, no conversation, not even the slightest movement of the sword being unsheathed.

The two couldn’t help but look at each other, and they both saw anxiety from the bottom of each other’s eyes.

—What happened in the distance?

What caused the army, which was still galloping just now, to suddenly fall into complete silence?

The breeze blows through the grass, the insects sing long and short, the moonlight shrouds the mountain stream lightly, and the peach petals flutter across the night sky. Everything is so calm, as if you could hear a needle drop on the ground, but the huge and ominous premonition is getting heavier and closer——

At this moment, a slender figure suddenly appeared at the end of the stone path.

Xu Shuangce came slowly from the depths of the valley, dressed in white with wide robes and wide sleeves, her hair fluttering in the wind, as graceful as an exiled fairy under the moon. The reluctance in his hand reflected the cold brilliance, because the blood groove on the sword body was too full, and blood was dripping down the tip of the sword, winding an invisible endless blood road behind him.

“…” Yu Chixiao finally recovered his voice: “Xu…Sect Master…”

Xu Shuangce looked calm, as if the silent killing was just an illusion, passed by the two of them, walked straight to the gate of the small courtyard, and then turned his back to the two of them and asked, “What are you doing here?”

He actually took the initiative to ask questions!

Yu Chixiao said without hesitation: “Sovereign, you have been hit by the mirror technique. All of this is an illusion, a projection of your memory from twenty years ago! You are currently in Linjiangdu, you must wake up now, so that we can-“

“Are you the guests who came to watch the ceremony?” Xu Shuangce interrupted him.

Yu Chixiao stopped abruptly.

“Everyone who comes is a guest. But the wedding banquet will be held tomorrow, so come back at dawn.”

Yu Chixiao’s pupils constricted suddenly, but it was too late. As soon as Xu Shuangce finished speaking, the four walls suddenly rose from the ground, and the house was quickly built, trapping Yu Chixiao and Meng Yunfei inside, and the door closed with a bang.

Yu Chixiao was furious: “Sect Master Xu!” He rushed up and was about to split the door open.

Meng Yunfei shouted: “Don’t act rashly!”

Xu Shuangce who was outside the house didn’t turn his head back: “—It’s midnight, why are the visitors so noisy?”

The last word fell to the ground, and an invisible force came towards them, involuntarily lifting the two of them up, bang! Bang! Throw in two beds. Immediately afterwards, a transparent rope came in the air, instantly binding the two of them firmly to the bed!

Yu Chixiao: “I—”

In the next second, he was banned, and suddenly he was forced to silence the sound!

Meng Yunfei suddenly turned his head and looked out the window, only to see the melting night outside, Xu Shuangce stretched out his hand and pushed open the courtyard door, walked to the opposite door without haste, stood still and said, “I’m back.”

Reluctantly, the blood on the sword flowed down the steps, but his voice was very gentle:

“I’ve always missed you terribly.”

At the same time in the room, Gong Wei’s back was pressed against the door panel, and his pupils dilated silently.

The hut in front of him had already changed its appearance—the beams and walls were covered with red and colorful ribbons, red and gold letters were pasted on the bed, a gilded red sandalwood dowry was placed against the wall, and the eight big wedding candles crackled lightly when they were burning. Sitting in front of the mirror was a woman’s back, wearing a wedding dress and a red hijab, her hands as white as ice and snow folded on her knees.

Everything is exactly as it is in memory, except for one thing.

It was himself who sat under the red hijab back then.

The moment General Bai rode his horse away from the valley, the “peasant girl” waved her hand and took over the entire Taoyuan Village, happily following him to the capital. Although Fahua Immortal Venerable can cause trouble, there is also an advantage, that is, he can complete any serious task assigned to him without compromise; Ying Kai repeatedly asked Xu Shuangce not to let Xu Shuangce’s soul be harmed in the illusion, and he fully guaranteed General Bai was on the rise, everything went smoothly, and he even sneaked into the palace secretly, found an imperial doctor to possess him, read medical books and read ancient books overnight, and cured his blind eyes.

Gong Wei clapped his hands and heaved a sigh of relief when he was done. He counted the number of heads on the battlefield with his fingers. He felt that Xu Shuangce’s killing barrier was almost broken. He was thinking about whether he should attach himself to the emperor and go to the wine pool for a few years. Suddenly a thunderbolt struck from the clear sky—

After his recovery, General Bai ordered his own soldiers, brought a guard of honor, and prepared to leave for Taoyuan Village to meet his relatives.

He didn’t forget that “peasant girl” named A Tao!

Gong Wei was scared out of his wits, and immediately rushed back to the real world. In the middle of the night, he crawled out of the mirror and woke Ying Kai up: “No matter what happens in the fantasy world, you won’t retain your memory after returning to the real world, right?”

Ying Kai said: “As long as you come back from the fantasy world normally, it’s usually like this…”

Gong Wei just breathed a sigh of relief, only to hear him say again seriously: “But there is one thing that is absolutely not allowed.”

“what?”

“marriage.”

Gong Wei’s tone dropped instantly.

“Xu Zong’s major is the ruthless way, and he will never be tempted by others. If he has the idea of ​​getting married in the illusion, he must have fallen into a love barrier. Love barriers are a serious obstacle to ascension, so we must guard against them. Let him go astray, understand?”

Gong Wei: “…”

Gong Wei didn’t know what went wrong in this illusion at all that made Xu Shuangce fall into emotional disorder. After thinking about it, he was at a loss what to do, so he could only return to the thousand-degree mirror world in disgrace, and found that he had been dressed up by the village girls in the illusion world. Well, I’m sitting in my new house.

It was the eve of worship at this time, and there was a gentle breeze outside the window, and everything was silent. General Bai’s footsteps lingered outside the door for a long time, and finally couldn’t help knocking on the door: “A Tao?”

Gong Wei didn’t dare to say anything.

“I’ve missed you very much this year.” Xu Shuangce lowered his posture, and even said softly, “May I come in and see you?”

Of course not, absolutely not!

For the fantasy world constructed by the thousand-degree mirror world, Gong Wei belongs to outsiders. As long as General Bai sees his face or hears his voice, the part of the soul that belongs to the “previous life” Sect Master Xu will be awakened. That illusion is about to collapse immediately!

Gong Wei lifted the hijab, stared at the mirror for a while, and suddenly had an idea, and used his thoughts to drive a village girl outside the door to stop General Bai, and explained in a soft voice that before the auspicious time The couple cannot meet each other, and it is a bad omen, especially for the bride.

Xu Shuangce is usually a person who is difficult to change his will, but for some reason that day, he was persuaded, so he stood outside the door for a while, telling “A Tao girl” to go to bed earlier, and then left the small room in the dark. hospital.

Gong Wei leaned behind the door and listened to his footsteps going away, with only one thought in his mind: How did this man fall into a love disorder!

The illusion I made is obviously right, it is definitely because of his weak heart!

Knock knock knock.

At this time, a knock on the door interrupted Gong Wei’s thoughts, only to hear Xu Shuangce calling A Tao again, his tone was exactly the same as in the illusion twenty years ago:

“Are you asleep?”

Gong Wei regained her composure, walked over to the bride’s side, lifted her hijab, and snapped her fingers at the smooth and paradoxical face.

The next moment his eyes went dark, and the wind blew softly in his ears. When he opened his eyes again, he had replaced the faceless puppet, and was sitting upright in front of the dowry. The bright vermillion candles were crackling and burning, and it was reflected in the mirror that he was wearing a hijab. , Silhouette in happy clothes.

If Xu Shuangce had pushed the door open twenty years ago, he would have seen the scene at this moment—there was no peasant girl at all, and the “A Tao” in his subconscious never existed from the very beginning.

The only one sitting in the house wearing the wedding dress is Fahua Xianzun, who is unable to get off the tiger.

Gong Wei took a deep breath, knowing whether the illusion could be broken in one fell swoop, he flicked his sleeves and swung the door open.

squeak—

The door was slowly opened an inch, and the night breeze slowly entered through the gap, cooling the room.

Gong Wei’s sight was blocked by the red gauze, and through the moonlight leaking through the crack of the door, he could only vaguely see Xu Shuangce standing outside the atrium, with a long shadow extending on the ground on the side half blocked by the door.

After a long time, the shadow finally moved. It was Xu Shuangce who raised his hand and slowly placed it on the door.

He was finally able to come in and see for himself the bride he had been thinking about.

——As long as he lifts the hijab and sees the face of Gong Wei who died sixteen years ago, he will immediately realize that the world in front of him is all fake. The next moment the master of the realm returned to his place, the illusion collapsed, and everyone would be pulled back to the real Linjiangdu at the same time.

The room was terribly quiet, and Gong Wei’s entire spine was stretched to the point of stiffness.

At this time, I suddenly heard Xu Shuangce speak, with warmth that I couldn’t say in every word:

“Remember I said that when we meet again next time, we will be husband and wife? It’s so nice.”

Then he seemed to be smiling slightly and sighed.

“But it’s not good for the bride to meet before the auspicious time. It’s late at night, so go to bed early.”

Gong Wei was startled suddenly.

But before he had time to react, he saw the skirt outside the door swaying, Xu Shuangce closed the door softly, turned around and walked away along the Qingshi Road.

He didn’t even come in!

Gong Wei had already made all the preparations, even Xu Shuangce was furious, had no choice but to slash down with a sword, and everyone returned to the present world at the same time, how to escape – but he didn’t come in!

“…” Gong Wei sat there blinking his eyes, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. He jumped off the chair in a daze, and was about to chase out with his hijab and sleeves, but suddenly heard a long and quiet tune coming from a distance.

The mountains outside the window are clear, and the finely divided peach petals are flying under the sky. The starry sky in the distance is bright, and Xu Shuangce’s silhouette is sitting on the top of a tree, with his sleeves and hair slightly raised, and he is concentrating on blowing a bamboo leaf.

The timbre was extremely clear, mellow and distant, like joy and sorrow, melted into the melting moonlight with the light wind.

Gong Wei couldn’t help standing still for a moment, looking at him blankly through the window, thinking: Was he also sitting on that tree at this time in his previous life, waiting for the dawn?

Xu Shuangce is really pretty, but unfortunately…

His thoughts stagnated here and he didn’t think about it. Because the next moment, the innate and extremely familiar consciousness emerged from the depths of the primordial spirit again, resounding clearly in the ears:

—Too bad I had to kill him.

Gong Wei blinked, and let out a long sigh of regret.

He stretched out his hand to push the window open, but before he could chase him out, the tune of the bamboo leaves in the distance suddenly changed slightly.

Following this change, overwhelming and irresistible drowsiness surged from all directions, submerged to the top instantly like a tide, making Gong Wei’s eyelids suddenly heavy, and sat down on the small stool by the window sill involuntarily, only in time Spit out two words:

“Xu Bai…”

The thin and soft ending sound disappeared in the night wind, and he leaned his head on the window lattice, his chin resting on his thin white forearm, and slowly fell into a peaceful dreamland.

“Auspicious time-“

“Get on the sedan chair—”

A suona suddenly pierced the sky, and then the joyous music played, the gongs and drums blared, and Gong Wei woke up suddenly from his sleep!

It was already bright daylight outside the window, and the whole village, men, women and children were dispatched, running up and down the road happily. Gong Wei’s heart was shocked, he didn’t know how he fell asleep last night, so he got up quickly and went out.

However, as soon as the toes landed, the door was knocked twice, and then it was pushed away with a whoosh, and two women in red and green with no facial features and seven orifices came in impressively!

Although there were no mouths on their smooth and blank “faces”, dull laughter kept coming from their throats, like two dolls stuffed with cotton, one said: “Bride, the auspicious time has come! “

Another said: “Bride, get on the sedan chair!”

The two of them stepped forward one from the left and the other from the right, and without any explanation, they held Gong Wei by the arm, and carried him to the big red sedan chair outside the door.