Chapter 7 (2/2)
Three years later, Goujian attacked Wu The armies of Yue and Wu met next to a lake Five thousand Yue swordsmen marched forward Wu swordsmen met them Yue swords flashed and the Wu army was shattered
King Fuchai retreated to Yu Hong Mountain The army of Yue followed The second battle ensued The Wu arain defeated Fuchai committed suicide in order to avoid the cruel fate Goujian had in store for him Yue took the capital of Wu
Fan Li led one thousand swords Fuchai’s resort palace That here Xi shi+ lived He ran into the palace, shouting, “Yiguang! Yiguang!”
He ran past a long corridor, his footstep echoed clearly The corridor was hollow underneath Xi shi+ walked lightly, the rhyth than any music Fuchai built this palace, this corridor in order to listen to the melody of her footsteps
At the other end of the corridor, music came, like the sound of a happy mandolin, like the clear sound of a zither A soft voice said, “Shao Bo, is that really you?”
Fan Li felt blood rushi+ng upward from his chest and shouted, “It’s me It’s me I have coer, speaking from far away He ran forith uneven steps
The music came down the corridor, a soft body entered his embrace
The spring night was h the curtains, entering the chambers of the resort palace Fan Li and Xi shi+ talked about their longing for each other
Suddenly the sound goat penetrated into their awareness
Fan Li said, “You can’t forget you hooats here?”
Xi shi+ shook her head She wondered about the goats, but she couldn’t think of anything else in the presence of the man she loved She held Fan Li’s hand, and fiery blood flowed faster through their arteries
Suddenly, the voice of a wo out you Xi shi+ I’ll kill her!”
Fan Li stood up Xi shi+ felt his pal’s voice Her voice came from outside of the resort palace
Fan Li was fearful and puzzled “Why does she want to kill Yiguang? Yiguang had never wronged her” Then he understood, “She’s not really a si only made him more fearful
He had gone through erous situations The fear he felt when he was trapped with Goujian in a Wu siege was far less than what he felt now Xi shi+ felt his pal and covered with cold sweat
Fan Li was not afraid of his own death He feared for Xi shi+
Fan Li pulled hio see this person” He released Xi shi+’s hand and walked out of the palace
Eighteen swords’s cry They were baffled and curious Fan Li only saw the clear ht outside, but no one was visible He cried out loudly, “Lady A’qing, please cos to talk about” But he heard no reply He waited, but A’qing did not come He ordered one thousand armored soldiers and one thousand elite swordsmen to be moved to the resort palace
He returned to Xi shi+ and held her hands again He didn’t say anything He was planning as he never planned before, “Should I let one of the servantkill her? Should I co so she will spare Xi shi+? Should I order two thousand archers surrounding this place and shoot A’qing full of arrows if she tries to force her way in?” Every plan he had was flawed He also didn’t want to kill A’qing, who had made the destruction of Wu possible He stared at Xi shi+ Suddenly he felt warood that we’ll die this way At least we spend soether”