latelenovela Chapter 440 Better to Live a Free and Easy Life in the Martial World
Chapter 440 Better to Live a Free and Easy Life in the Martial World
“I love you, Ajin. From the first time I met you under the peach tree in Malan City, you have been special to me. Meeting you is the greatest luck of my life.”
His tone was sincere, yet it contained a faint trace of sadness, which made Sikong Jin feel somewhat displeased.
"We can be friends."
She thought for a moment and then said this.
"I heard you also like the carefree life of the martial world, Ajin. Although I know I have no right to ask, I still can't help but ask: if it were possible, would you be willing to join me in this carefree life?"
Tuoba Yu asked in a low voice, his dim eyes still faintly tinged with a faint light. His thin face looked desolate and lonely in the dim light. As he spoke, he couldn't help but reach out and grab Sikong Jin's cool, delicate hand.
However, Sikong Jin stopped herself a moment later, looked at him calmly, and shook her head, "I'm already with him, and I'm afraid I can't live without him for the rest of my life."
As she spoke, she clenched her fist and pressed it tightly against her chest, looking firmly at Tuoba Yu, acknowledging for the first time the position of Di Beizun in her heart—
“He has already established himself here, so I want to stay with him and follow him.”
Hearing this, Tuoba Yu felt another sharp pain in his heart, but he nodded lightly, "I understand, thank you, Ajin!"
“I’ve seen Xifeng Lie. I let him go, and he’s returned to the Liao Dynasty. Now your Tiansheng Dynasty is also… What are your plans? I hope you will pledge allegiance to the Great Zhou. This land will still be yours, as long as…”
Sikong Jin tried to dissuade Tuoba Yu, but before she could finish speaking, Tuoba Yu stopped her.
"Stop talking, Ajin! Defeat is defeat. This place was once my beloved home, and now it has become the territory of the Great Zhou... My... Father Emperor would rather commit suicide to atone for the sins of my Tuoba ancestors. If I were to become a subject of your Great Zhou again, how could I face my people? How could I have the face to live in this world?"
Tuoba Yu smiled wryly.
"I'm truly sorry about this, but it's an inevitable historical process, so..."
“I know, Ajin, so I don’t hate you, nor do I hate Di Beizun…”
"Before leaving, Xifenglie gave me a letter to give to you. Take a look."
As Sikong Jin spoke, she took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it to Tuoba Yu. "He was seriously injured before. I saved him and then let him return to Liao. I even took it upon myself to sign an agreement with him, and I haven't told that bastard Di Beizun yet."
Just thinking about it gives me a headache. I'll see if that guy's in a good mood tonight, then I'll bring it up with him again. I need to pack up and get back to the Great Yong Imperial City as soon as possible.
Tuoba Yu took the letter, opened it, and took out the contents. He read it in the dim light; there were only a few words on it—
Give up, brother. None of us are a match for Di Beizun. Sikong Jin has fallen in love with Di Beizun. You have no chance. Why don't you come and drink and hunt with me? I promised to reserve a mansion for you in the Liao capital, waiting for you to come.
It was indeed Xifenglie's handwriting.
Tuoba Yu's gaze darkened slightly as he looked at him.
After a long silence, just as I was about to say something, I suddenly heard a chaotic sound of horses' hooves outside, and faintly heard the shouts of soldiers—
"Long live your Majesty!"
It's Emperor Beizun!
Sikong Jinxing narrowed her eyes slightly, tilted her head back and drank the wine in her cup in one gulp, and said to Tuoba Yu, "He's here, you should leave! Otherwise it will be too late! If you want revenge, come find me, otherwise you are no match for him!"
As he spoke, he quickly reached into his sleeve, pulled out a token, and shoved it into his hand. "Go quickly!"
"You want to let me go?"
Tuoba Yu looked at her with some surprise, but there was no panic on his face.
"Get lost, go back to your carefree life in the martial arts world, or go find that bastard Xifenglie to play with. I'll go there for a visit sometime in the future. I've heard the scenery there is beautiful and the people are very kind."
Sikong Jin impatiently flicked her sleeve, signaling Tuoba Yu to hurry up and leave. Besides, it was already dawn, and it would be difficult to leave later.
"You can leave the capital with this token. Remember to disguise yourself and hurry up. If you want to thank me, wait until we meet again!"
Will we ever meet again?
Tuoba Yu's eyes held a faint warmth as he gripped the token tightly and stared intently at him.
"If you don't die, we will definitely meet again; if you die, of course we won't! I hope to live to be a hundred years old, and you shouldn't die so young either."
"We'll meet again, Ajin! I've never regretted meeting you, or liking you..."
As soon as Tuoba Yu finished speaking, a flash of azure blue appeared, and Sikong Jin felt a cool breeze brush past her ear. In the blink of an eye, Tuoba Yu had disappeared from the opposite side.
Sikong Jin stared blankly at the empty seat opposite her, and couldn't help but sigh. With a swift sweep of her sleeve, all the wine and dishes on the table were instantly shattered into pieces and flew outside the pavilion.
She reached for the zither beside her, slightly rolled up her sleeves, and began to play. As the clear, soothing zither music began, her clear and beautiful singing voice drifted softly on the morning breeze—
Yesterday and today are gone and will never return; fallen red leaves are buried in the dust. Beginnings and endings never change. You drift among the white clouds on the horizon, in a sea of bitterness, love and hate rise...
As Di Beizun strode over with his hands behind his back, he heard her singing from a great distance and couldn't help but stop in his tracks...
This woman sang the song very well, far better than any of the courtesans in the palace. The young emperor was captivated by her performance.
After the song ended, Sikong Jin slightly withdrew her hand.
At this moment, Di Beizun had already arrived at the bottom of the steps behind her.
"The Tian Sheng Dynasty no longer exists, Your Majesty. Congratulations, the day when you unify the world is probably not far off."
Sikong Jin took a breath, turned her back to him, and spoke in a low voice.
"No matter what day it is, you said that once the Tian Sheng Imperial City falls, you will obediently come back with me to get married. It is already June. After you have finished organizing the troops and explaining things tomorrow, you will immediately return to your Dayong Imperial City and finish dealing with everything that needs to be done. At the end of the year, I will marry you and make you my empress."
He slowly walked up, stopped beside Sikong Jin, and looked down at her.
"tomorrow?"
So this guy is even more anxious than she is?