Fragrance in the wind

This grotto is located on the cliff of Yanxi Mountain in the western outskirts of the city.The trees on both sides of the grotto are towering, with luxuriant branches and leaves, forming a natural canopy, and the people below will not notice the existence of the grotto at all.

The building in the middle area of ​​the second floor is magnificent and spacious, with good lighting and a wide view. It should be a place for discussions and gatherings; the rear area is used for living; and the first floor area is the core of the entire grotto.

Zizhou stood at the entrance of the stone stairs on the second floor, overlooking the entire first floor area. Several scattered servants were copying files and sorting out the classics, and they seemed to be concentrating on transferring something.

He guessed that this place should be an extremely hidden stronghold of Huaiyingmen. Although the scale is small, at least it is not easy to be discovered. Chunyufeng probably didn't know that such a stronghold existed.

Just as he was about to go down the steps, he wanted to see more clearly, when a person suddenly landed in front of him, blocking his sight, Zizhou was startled, patted his chest, and glared at Jian Zicong angrily, "You man How come and go without a trace."

Jian Zicong's brow flashed with an extremely proud expression, and he said indifferently: "The head of the door said that you should wait in the room for him to come back!"

Since the conversation last night, I haven't seen the master again, because I asked him: "Where is the master?"

Jian Zicong crossed his arms, and didn't intend to say a word. He stared straight at Zizhou, as if he wanted to stare at him. own room.

He strode back and forth in the room for a few steps, feeling uneasy all over his body. He still hadn't figured out so many things, and he was charged with a murderer. The prince and the fifth prince had to die. will be overthrown.

Now that he was rescued by his master, and with the Luxi Zhuangding incident, Chunyufeng will definitely not let his master go easily this time.Thinking of it this way, I felt even more annoyed, how to teach him to sit still.

Walking and walking, he suddenly stopped, and found that there was no movement outside, so he stooped and walked out of the room lightly.

Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps, Fang bumped into a wall of flesh, and he knew who it was without looking up. He simply stood up straight and said to Jian Zicong word by word: "Pee!"

The corner of Jian Zicong's lips twitched slightly, but he didn't say anything. He slid a step to the right and stepped sideways.

After such a toss, it was time for dinner. Zizhou looked at the meals being brought in one after another, his eyes wandered, and he had a flash of inspiration, so he asked one of the servants for a jug of wine.

After the food and wine were ready, Zizhou sat cross-legged in front of the stone table and poured two cups of hot wine.

"A Cong!" He held a glass of wine to the empty room, and whispered, "It's so cold outside, why don't you come in and have a glass of wine to warm yourself up?"

As expected, there was no response, Zizhou shrugged, put down his glass, and could only say: "If you don't come in and have a drink with me, I will tell the master when the master comes back. Save me, let others treat me lightly."

As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of cloth ripping through the air, and when I looked up again, there was a young man in black standing quietly in the corner of the room, which was obviously empty at that time, and he was walking towards Zizhou. He picked up the wine glass and drank it up.

"You really care about Master!" Zizhou said half-jokingly and half-seriously, and while signaling him to sit casually with his eyes, he poured another glass for him.

At this moment, Jian Zicong's dimples were already blushing, his body swayed, and he fell to sit on the brocade pier. He turned his face away awkwardly and refused to look at the person opposite, but reached out his hand to touch the wine glass, brought it to his mouth and swallowed another glass. After a while, he fell down on the stone table and did not move.

Zi Zhou looked at it for a while, then smiled and said: "So it's poured in one cup! I teach you to drink two cups and you really drink two cups! You're so stupid!" Fang was about to get up when a hand clamped his wrist like iron tongs , only to hear Jian Zicong spit out inarticulately: "You can't go!"

"Why?" Zizhou frowned slightly.After waiting for a long time, when Jian Zicong raised his head, worry was already written in his drunken eyes, "Master, he..."

"Okay!" Zizhou knew that he wanted to say that it was the order of the sect master, so he couldn't help wondering whether this person was really drunk or fake drunk, so he calmed down and reasoned with him, "You know I killed someone, so I have to go back!."

"You didn't kill someone!" Jian Zicong denied.

"what?"

"He's not dead...you're just under an illusion!" Jian Zicong raised his head staggeringly, and even though he was drunk, he still taunted, "...Only your darts are not deadly enough..."

Zi Zhou raised his eyebrows sharply, and couldn't help but carefully looked at the drunk young man in front of him, as if he was trying to find out if he was still sober.

"Then do you know who did it?"

"People around you."

"There are many people around me, which one are you referring to?" There were imperceptible ups and downs in his tone.

"...Su Mo!"

After Jian Zicong's voice fell clearly, the stone house was suddenly quiet.

Zizhou smiled without warning, but the smile was a little far-fetched.Chunyu Gurui was protected by experts, but why he didn't show up at that time, we can see who is the one who ordered Su Mo from this point.Although it can be guessed to some extent, it is still difficult to accept it directly from other people's mouth.Suddenly, with all his strength, he shook off Jian Zicong's hand, picked up the jug, and poured the rest of the wine into his belly.

His chest heaved sharply, he raised his sleeve to wipe the remaining wine on his lips, and asked with a desolate expression: "Why? Why would someone so close betray you? What's wrong?"

Jian Zicong looked blankly at the suddenly excited Zizhou, and heard him continue: "I... am I really not suitable for that seat!?" The tone seemed to be asking the other party but more like talking to himself Talking to himself, Jian Zicong nodded in agreement with his tone.

He leaned over to cover his face, his shoulders were trembling violently, his black hair was scattered on his cheeks, Jian Zicong's hazy eyes couldn't see who the other party was, only heard the suppressed sobs, he knew that person was in pain, so he couldn't help it Slowly moved to the other side and hugged him in his arms, comforting: "Don't be sad, A Cong will always be with you!"

The two hugged each other and cried bitterly, Jian Zicong took Zizhou's hand, regardless of whether the other party understood or not, he mumbled about his past, and when it came to fierceness, he waved his hand towards the door. Shout: "Old man Wang... serve the wine! Serve the wine!"

When the wine came up again, the two of them hugged the wine jar and drank again, Zizhou's capacity for alcohol was not very good, and he was already in a state of insanity after drinking, so he patted Jian Zicong's back and tried his best to comfort him. After a while, he suddenly reacted and said, "Shouldn't I be the one crying? Why are you crying?"

Jian Zicong frowned and said, "I said so much just now, you...you didn't listen to it?"

"Ah? Is that so?" Zizhou scratched his head, having lost all the noble royal image in the past, and now he was asked with a look of disappointment.

"It's okay...it's okay!" Jian Zicong shook his head indiscriminately, pointing unsteadily above his head: "The night is still long! Let me tell you again..." The voice was still lingering, his head tilted, and he fell on the purple Chau started snoring on his shoulders.

"Hello...Hello." He didn't wake up after shouting twice, so he was dragged to the stone kang, and the exhausted Zizhou fell asleep with his pillow on Jian Zicong's arm.

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"If you leave, I'm afraid you won't have the chance to see the sect master again in the future?"

This sentence was said to him by Jian Zicong who woke up early in the morning.

When he wanted to ask more questions, Jian Zicong pursed his lips, expressing that he didn't want to talk any more.Then Zizhou stared blankly for half a day, remembering the master's words "It's too late!" vaguely as if he had guessed something, so he decided to stay and wait for the master.

Five days later, the master came back.

His figure was a bit haggard, with a thin layer of stubble growing between his jaws, he looked tired and decadent, but his eyes were still shining brightly every time he turned to Zizhou.

Huan Xinghong gave Zizhou a set of women's clothes for him to change into, "Temporary grievance! We have to get out of here as soon as possible."

Zizhou hesitated for a moment but did not refuse.

The grotto is on the cliff, Huan Xinghong wrapped his arms around Zizhou's waist with one hand, stretched the hemp rope with the other hand, and stretched several times in succession, the snowy scenery all over the mountain quickly passed by in front of his eyes.Zizhou's coiled hair was loosened by the cold wind, and a few strands covered her pink cheeks scatteredly, and her feet fell to the ground smoothly in an instant.He turned his eyes slightly, and found that the eyes of the master staring at him almost ignited flames.

"You are so beautiful!" Huan Xinghong said foolishly.

Zi Zhou's heart was shocked when he heard the words, he had never seen the master reveal his infatuation for a person so unscrupulously, watching a strange face gradually approaching, the pupils reflected himself dressed as a woman, in the At the last moment, he suddenly understood what was going on and turned his face to the side. He didn't want to be a substitute, even if that person was his mother.

"I'm sorry! Master, I..." Feeling that Master's body stiffened obviously, Zizhou felt very guilty.

"I'm being reckless!" Huan Xinghong smiled indifferently, ignoring those subtle emotions, stretched out his hand to cover Zizhou's cloak, "Don't apologize casually, it's not Xiaozi's fault!"

The carriage shook slowly, and the sound of Jian Zicong driving a horse could be heard from time to time.The two sat side by side, the atmosphere was originally very peaceful, but there was a trace of indescribable stagnation.

Zizhou's fingers unconsciously tugged at the tassels on the curtain, but the end of his eyes quietly glanced at the master who was also easy-going, and finally couldn't help asking: "Why don't you run away? You have the ability!"

"Escape? Why do you want to escape?" Huan Xinghong smiled shyly, and said: "Or how to escape? Is it possible that the kings and lands in the world can escape for a while but cannot escape forever. If the emperor wants to worry about one person, that person will not How can it be possible to guarantee that I will get out of my body, let alone live in fear every day, how can I live in style."

"Is Chunyufeng going to merge Huaiyingmen into the imperial court this time? Didn't the master plan for the future?" At this point, his tone suddenly turned cold, and he pointed to the root of the problem, "Is it just because of the Luxi Zhuangding incident? What caused Chunyufeng's distrust? I have never asked the master whether the death of the two imperial brothers has anything to do with you? On New Year's Eve..."

He was about to ask again, but Huan Xinghong held down his arm, staring at him without anger but with a little guilt, "Xiao Zi, you have to remember, no matter what I do, it is for you ! So trust me!"

Faced with the master's sincere heart, Zizhou suddenly fell silent. He opened his mouth to apologize, but he just swallowed the words, because Su Mo's betrayal made him suspicious of the master.

Huan Xinghong sighed, and the sad look disappeared, and he became calm and sharp, "Since I chose to stay at the beginning, I will naturally think about the future results, so Xiao Zi doesn't have to worry about it."