(Two chapters in one, today and tomorrow together)

".The above is the story of Chapter 9 of "The Years of Passing Here and Now"."

Shangguan Xue closed the book and said, "Okay, I'm done with the bedtime story, go to bed quickly."

Shangguan Ba ​​was lying on the bed covered with a small quilt, with an unfinished expression on his face: "Sister, isn't there still the final tenth chapter? You told me the ending."

Shangguan Xue tapped Shangguan Ba's head with a book and said angrily: "No, can you still sleep? My sister's term ends today. We will leave here early tomorrow morning. Don't let me hold you back then.

bed."

Shangguan Ba ​​pursed his lips, wrapped the quilt tighter, and turned over to face the wall.

Shangguanxue put away the books and began to count the organized salutes to make sure nothing was missing.

The night was extremely quiet, with only the occasional rustling sound.

When moving, heavy books are often a big burden.

But at this time, Shangguan Xue put a complete set of "The Years of Passing" into the suitcase.

Shangguan has always been an indifferent person, and the long-term depression under Ye Lingchen made her once think that she had no feelings.

Later, by chance, she read this masterpiece. The rise and end of the era in the book were thrilling, and the love story was even more gripping.

The cold-blooded devil and the white-watered angel, the two protagonists fell in love with each other unforgettably at the beginning, but later parted ways and fell in love with each other. The warmth they once had was gone.

Whether it is reading it for the first time or revisiting it, Shangguan Xue's eyes will get wet every time, so even if she is about to embark on a journey, she is ready to pack these books in her luggage as a souvenir.

At this time, Shangguan Bayou

You's voice sounded: "Sister, there are a few things I don't understand. Why did the angels and demons in the book hurt each other like they did at the end? Didn't they all love each other before?"

Shangguan Xue looked at the exquisite book cover and said deeply: "Because love is our strongest emotion."

"When a person's love is not responded to, he will feel unprecedented restlessness and emptiness, and then use aggressive methods to hurt the other person, trying to prove that he has got rid of love."

Shangguan Ba ​​turned over, looked at his sister's back and asked, "Then why did the devil burn down the angel's most cherished home?"

Shangguan Xue's fingers traced the two figures embracing each other on the cover: "Because this is generally true for people who love each other in the world. A person who once loved you most knows better than anyone else how to hurt you the most profoundly.

you."

Shangguan Ba ​​lowered his eyes and looked extremely lonely: "But the book says that the devil's ultimate goal is to bring the angel back. Since he wants her to come back, why do he do such an excessive thing?"

Shangguan Xue's eyes were slightly blurred, and he murmured: "Because the devil is not a human being, and his thinking is inherently different from that of mortals."

"In the devil's mind - since you left me for something else, then I will take away everything from you. As long as you have nothing and nowhere to go, you can only come back to me in the end."

"But the devil doesn't know that what he did will turn into scars and be engraved in the other person's heart forever. The angel will only be filled with hatred in pain, drift away from him, and never look back."

…

Shangguan Ba ​​closed his eyes, and there seemed to be tears flashing in the slits of his eyes: "So

So, who is wrong in this book?"

Shangguan Xue closed the box and completely sealed "The Years of Time": "From their respective standpoints and purposes, both angels and demons are right."

"But before that, they all made the same mistake——"

Shangguan Ba ​​opened his eyes and waited for his sister's next words.

Shangguan Xue's eyes were deep and vicissitudes of life, and she faintly revealed all the answers: "They should never have met each other from the very beginning."

In the second half of the night, the snow in the Royal City became heavier and heavier, and all you could see in the distance were snow shadows. Occasionally, lights were lit, and the dim light and wisps of snowflakes embellished this ancient city.

Tonight is the last night for the Shangguan brothers and sisters to stay in the royal city. Shangguan Xue and Nicole had agreed to stay for one more month. Now that the time has come, she also submitted her resignation to Solandel early and received permission to leave.

Early tomorrow morning, she will take Shangguan Ba ​​and leave the royal city, leave Doguland, find a small mountain village that does not belong to any country and will not be disturbed by any forces, and live her life peacefully.

The last night was always hard to sleep, whether it was the confusion about the future that lingered in their minds, or the stories in the book that made it difficult to calm down for a long time, the brother and sister could not fall asleep late at night.

Shangguan Xue took the trouble to count the luggage to make sure nothing was missing, while Shangguan Ba ​​tossed and turned on the bed, sighing from time to time.

Shangguan Ba ​​was really curious about the final ending of "Three Years", so he stood up and begged Shangguan Xue: "Sister, I really can't sleep, so just tell me the last chapter."

Shangguan Xue put away her things, suddenly her expression froze and she froze on the spot.

Shangguan Ba ​​thought his sister was angry, so he quickly

Lying back again: "Forget it, just tell me next time."

"Shh." Shangguan Xue made a silencing gesture.

Only then did Shangguan Ba ​​realize that his sister's expression was solemn and somewhat abnormal.

Shangguanxue blew out the candle, and the room fell into darkness. She pressed herself against the window, closed her eyes and listened carefully, as if catching some movement.

However, she didn't know if it was because of the heavy wind and snow that she couldn't hear the strange movement that appeared and disappeared in an instant.

After a while, Shangguan Xue picked up the luggage containing dry food. She didn't care about the other clothes at all. She directly lifted Shangguan Ba's quilt and said solemnly: "Let's go, let's leave now."

Shangguan Ba ​​was a little confused: "Ah? Isn't it tomorrow morning?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Hurry up!" Shangguan Xue slapped his brother on the big head. Just as he was about to drag him up, his expression froze again and he turned to look at the window, with an unprecedented warning flashing in his eyes.

It's not an illusion.

Someone is approaching through the wind and snow!

There's more than one.

The residence is surrounded!

Shangguan Xue made a quick decision, flew over and grabbed the flower umbrella beside the bed, drew a circle on the ground that could accommodate the two of them, and then dragged Shangguan Ba ​​in.

She took out the spare talisman from her arms, and the surface of the talisman instantly ignited a strange fire under the power of yin and yang, and the incantation came out from her mouth: "Climbing the mountain, let me sneak through the cracks in the rocks, shrink the ground and travel thousands of miles in all directions, move!"

Shukuchi Jutsu, an advanced incantation in Onmyojitsu, can turn distance into nearness and allow people in the circle to move across space.

…

Now that the purpose of the other party's visit was unknown, Shangguan Xue didn't care whether he was embarrassed or not, so she ran away first. She didn't want anything to happen the day before she retired.

But sometimes, reality is so full of malice

Neither early nor late, on the night before freedom, fate dealt Shangguanxue a heavy blow.

Shukuchi Jutsu is an advanced spell. Even with Yuki Shang's magic power, it cannot be effective instantly. It will take at least ten seconds to transfer two people at the same time.

It was these ten seconds that destroyed Shangguanxue's hope of escaping.

"Boom!" The ceiling of the bedroom suddenly collapsed, and a red figure swooped down and rushed towards Shangguan Xue.

Shangguan Xue reacted very quickly. While maintaining the Shukuchi Technique, she activated her heart seal and released a yin-yang barrier around her body without reciting a spell.

The next moment, a roar that was difficult to tell whether it was a human or a dragon resounded in all directions. Dragon fire surged around the intruder's body, blooming with blazing brilliance in the dark night. Armor-like scales grew on his right hand amidst the twisting sound, and turned into a dragon.

The dragon's claws.

"Boom!" The dragon's claws caught the Yin-Yang barrier, exploding into a sea of ​​scorching dragon fire. Spider-web-like cracks spread to the entire barrier. Under Shangguan Xue's desperate gaze, the defensive barrier shattered instantly and turned into nothingness.

Immediately afterwards, the dragon's claw penetrated the yin and yang energy fragments in the sky and pinched Shangguan Xue's throat.

"Boom!" Shangguan Xue only felt a strong sense of overweight rushing through her body, and then there was a heavy blow on her back, and she was pressed against the wall.

The tight suffocation in her throat and the fierce pressure on her back made it difficult to breathe and unable to move. She opened her eyes with difficulty and finally saw clearly the true face of the visitor, as well as the two on the shoulder that symbolized "King".

The emblems of "Left Hand" and "King's Blade".

Shangguan Ba ​​became anxious when he saw his sister was injured. This eldest child, whose intelligence was at the age of 8, ignored the difference in strength and grabbed the black iron double hammers in the corner.

He went up and said: "Don't bully my sister!!!"

"Bang!" Lorna's left hand also entered a partial true dragon form. The dragon claws smashed the indestructible black iron hammers like tofu, penetrated the iron pieces in the sky, pinched Shangguan Ba's cheeks, and pressed his huge body down.

On the ground.

After Lorna subdued the Shangguan brothers and sisters, the bedroom door was opened, and the fully armed imperial guards filed in, watching the two of them warily.

"Ta, ta, ta" the oppressive footsteps sounded.

Solandel, whose clothes were covered with frost and snow, walked in, looking at the Shangguan brothers and sisters with her blue eyes, her eyes were colder than ever before, and it was cold to the bone.

Soon, under Shangguan Xue's shocked gaze, a familiar figure was pushed in.

I saw Nicole falling heavily to the ground. Her whole body was tied up with ropes and she couldn't move. Her hands and feet were broken. She fell to the ground and couldn't get up at all. She kept coughing up blood.

Seeing this scene, Shangguan Xue's heart suddenly went cold.

Previously, Kino had caused a scandal in Feiyuan Province, and the news was strictly blocked by the Cardinal's Imperial Army. The communication technology of this era was not developed yet, so Shangguan Xue, who was in the royal city, did not know about this shocking incident.

But seeing Solandel's expression, Shangguan Xue guessed that there was probably another commotion on Chino's side.

Solandel couldn't catch Kino for a while, so she came to catch those who had been with Kino.

…

Shangguan Xue was choked by Lorna and was speechless, but she didn't dare to resist, otherwise her hands and feet would probably be broken like Nicole's. She could only pat Lorna's hand that turned into a dragon claw, and begged someone to speak with her eyes.

Opportunity.

The Onmyoji who is being approached has no combat effectiveness, not to mention the above

With Guan Xue's level, no matter how hard she tried, she still couldn't hurt the dragon knight in the sixth sequence, so Lorna lowered the intensity of the chokehold.

"Hiss." Shangguan Xue finally breathed. She looked at Solandel with cold eyes and comforted her, "Your Majesty, don't be impulsive. If you have anything to say, you can say it properly. I won't run away."

Solandel didn't say anything. She put her hand on the hilt of the sword at her waist, slowly pulled out the sword and put it to the side of Shangguanxue's carotid artery, her eyes filled with murderous intent.

The cold and sharp touch made Shangguanxue's face turn pale. At this moment, she couldn't help but regret. Why did she agree to Nicole's request to stay for one more month?

If she had left a month ago, now she and Shangguan Ba ​​were sitting in the courtyard of a small village counting stars, how could they have ended up like this.

On the eve of a new life, a person's willpower is often the weakest, and the desire to survive will be stronger than ever.

Shangguan Xue, who had always been calm, couldn't stop his voice from shaking at this time, and he begged in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the injustice has its owner, and the debt has its owner! If Kino has done something, go to him. What's the use of venting your anger to us?

"

"Tomorrow my brother and I will leave Doguland and leave your sight forever. It will be the same as death. You will never see us upset again in this life!"

"So, please give us a way to live. At least give my brother a way to live. His intelligence is stuck at 8 years old, and he is a child who will not grow up. Do you have the heart to kill a child?"

The sword blade pressed against his neck became tighter and tighter. Shangguan Xue even doubted whether it had already cut the skin and could strike at any time.

It can cut open fragile arteries and blood vessels.

Everything that needs to be said has been said, life or death, life is completely in the hands of the queen with an unknown mentality in front of her, Shangguan Xue can only close her eyes, like a prisoner waiting for trial.

I don't know how long it took, but as the pressure gradually weakened, Shangguan Xue could clearly feel the sword blade moving away.

At the same time, Solandel's cold voice sounded: "Oh, kill you?"

Shangguan Xue looked over in shock. The expression on Solandel's face had not changed. She was still cold, but the sword had been lowered. She said coldly: "Nicole was beaten like this because she used violent methods to resist arrest.

, the offensive behavior of the royal guards is legal."

"The law grants the monarch power, and governance is under the law. The law only talks about conduct, and does not hurt the heart." Solandel was like an emotionless machine, describing the principles of the general chapter of the Code Amendment, "Even if I really want to

You go and die, but as long as you don’t do anything that violates the law, let alone take the initiative to kill you, even if you beg me to thrust the sword into your throat, I won’t do it.”

After declaring Shangguan Xue "not guilty", Solandel tapped Lorna's dragon claw with the blade of her sword. The latter released the Shangguan brothers and sisters, and the dragon claw returned to its original shape in the vast steam.

Solandel used her sword to break the rope around Nico's body, and ordered her men to throw the bruised girl into Shangguan Xue's arms.

Shangguan Xue held Nicole in her arms and helped her check her injuries without being shocked. Although the bones of her hands and feet were broken, luckily there were no critical injuries and it was not life-threatening.

Solandel looked down at the three people who were paralyzed on the ground, and her voice was cold to the bone: "As you said, the crime committed by Kino has nothing to do with you, so you won't

No matter how punished you are, I will not stop you from going wherever you want to go."

"However, please do me a favor. If you meet Kino, please tell him for me——"

Solandel clenched her teeth, and because of too much force, blood seeped out between her teeth. Her azure eyes lost their former clarity, burning with an unprecedented fire of hatred: "From today on, no matter where he goes,
Chapter completed!