Brother, this showman

Under Yu Xingye's half-truth and half-fake threat, the people temporarily left the palace angrily.

Qi Yunchu lay motionless on the shore, looking up at the blue sky, the white clouds shyly approached the bright sun with the breeze, and surrounded him joyfully after winning a glimmer of brilliance.

"Senior brother."

A white and thin arm was stretched across the eyes, blocking the brilliance of the white cloud, and recalling Qi Yunchu's sanity that was about to climb up to the cloud.

Qi Yunchu withdrew his gaze, and quietly met a pair of black eyes, the distress in his eyes seemed to have absorbed the light of the clouds in the entire sky, warm but not ostentatious.

Qi Yunchu turned his head, glanced at the white hair flying freely with the lake water, and sneered: "That's great, I don't need to dye it anymore."

Yu Xingye bent down to help Qi Yunchu up, took out the brocade that had been prepared and carefully wrapped his water-soaked hair, and said softly, "Come back to the Lingxu Temple with me, no one dares to mess around there. Come, take the Queen Mother with you."

"Mother's Queen." Qi Yunchu's sluggish eyes suddenly brightened up, looking across the crowd to search for the figure of the Queen Mother, and finally settled on the Queen Mother who was being supported by the palace maid.His eyes became hot, and a smile appeared on his lips, "Okay."

Now that the Heavenly Wolf Kingdom is guarding outside the imperial city, the people in the city can't escape even if they want to, even in the middle of the night, but as soon as they go out, they become beef and mutton on the cutting board, ready to be slaughtered.

Of the remaining [-] imperial guards, half guarded the city gate, and half guarded Qi Yunchu and the palace.It will be a matter of time before the city is destroyed. Everyone knows it well, but they still hope that a miracle will happen.

"Senior brother!"

Yu Xingye suddenly poked his head out of the window, startling Qi Yunchu who was sitting at the desk thinking about something.The brush in his hand took the opportunity to break free, happily rolled down the table and fell into his arms, and a slightly scribbled ink plum blossomed out.

"Brother." Qi Yunchu came back to his senses, took the brush out of his pocket and put it back on the pen holder, rubbed the center of his brows, and called softly.

Yu Xingye put his hands on the window sill, jumped up, climbed in through the window, pulled a chair aside and sat down next to Qi Yunchu, leaned into his ear, and pretended to be mysterious and said, "I want to give you a baby."

"What baby?" The worry on Qi Yunchu's brows faded a little, and he looked at Yu Xingye curiously, his eyes moving back and forth following his shaking hands.

"Take a guess."

"Gold?"

"Tacky!"

"Then I can't guess it." Qi Yunchu shook his head and laughed.

Yu Xingye sighed, pretending to be displeased and said, "You are really boring."

"No, it's this one!" Yu Xingye spread out his palm, and a piece of red rope lay limply in his palm.

"Will this become bigger, smaller and more beautiful?" Qi Yunchu took a closer look, and poked the red string a little funny.

"Not this one." Yu Xingye's fair cheeks were slightly pink, and he scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Then what's so mysterious about it?" Qi Yunchu blinked and looked at Yu Xingye innocently.

"It can keep you safe and ward off evil spirits!" Yu Xingye touched his nose, and said solemnly, "My hometown's custom, I saw my mother wear it before."

With that said, Yu Xingye picked up the red rope, bowed his head and carefully tied it on the ring finger of Qi Yunchu's right hand, and said while tying it: "I hope that the younger brother will be safe and happy all his life, and everything will go smoothly."

"Senior brother." Qi Yunchu moved his stiff fingers, choking with sobs, "You'd better get out of here earlier."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Yu Xingye paused, raised his eyes and squinted at Qi Yunchu, and continued to work, "You are all here, where else should I go?"

"But senior brother is not a citizen of Linyuan, so leaving is understandable." Qi Yunchu murmured in a low voice, "When Jagulai loses patience, this place will be completely destroyed. Why should senior brother risk his life in vain, you."

"Then will you come with me?" Yu Xingye interrupted him, "If you come with me, I will go."

"I can't go. I have to stay here. There are still so many people there. It's a good idea to protect one of them."

"Then I won't leave either. I am the general of Linyuan, and I have to guard you."

"You're not." Qi Yunchu withdrew his hand and stroked the red string on his knuckles, "I didn't make you a general."

"I'll just seal myself up." Yu Xingye smiled, and looked at Qi Yunchu with his head propped up, "Anyway, I'm also a senior brother of the country, so I still have some courage."

In the pavilion in the garden, the queen mother took off all her fine clothes, plain clothes and skirts, just like an ordinary woman, looking sadly at the opposite side who closed her eyes and said nothing, Hu Haha, who was like an old monk in meditation.

"National teacher." The queen mother held the hot tea in her hand, looked at Hu Haha through the dense water vapor, and said anxiously, "Is the matter of Linyuan really related to my son?"

Hu Haha opened his eyes, picked up the tea at hand and took a sip, instead of answering directly, he asked, "What does the Empress Dowager think?"

The empress dowager paused, unable to hold the teacup in her hand, and the hot tea splashed on the back of her hand, leaving a string of red marks, but she didn't seem to feel it, she didn't realize it, and frowned and guessed: "Could it be true?" What is..."

"Then Aijia...wouldn't Aijia become a sinner?" The empress dowager's eyes turned red, her lips trembled violently, she put down the teacup, buried her face in her palms, and sobbed softly, "If that's the case, Aijia... Even if the Ai family dies [-] times, it is hard to escape the blame."

"The Queen Mother doesn't have to blame herself." Hu Haha stroked his beard and said calmly.

"What do you mean by Taoist priest?" The queen mother suddenly raised her head and looked at Hu Haha, she didn't care about anything else, she clutched his sleeve tightly, her eyes burst out with a strange light, crazy and hot, "Is there still hope? ?”

"Or is it really like what those people said, to... burn my son to death?"

"What does the Queen Mother believe in?"

"The Ai family didn't want to believe it, but the Ai family had to believe it. In the early years, the national teacher also said that he was born with ominous evil spirits, and that he needed to use incense to dissolve it. But more than ten years have passed, and Lin Yuan has ended up in this situation. Does it mean that the evil spirits in his body have been dissolved? Is it true... burn my son to death, Lin Yuan... Lin Yuan will be saved?"

The dull sound of a heavy object disrupting the helplessness and determination in the Empress Dowager's words.

Qi Yunchu met the empress dowager's panicked eyes expressionlessly, pointed to the ginseng slices scattered on the ground at his feet, and said calmly: "The ones that were intended to give the queen mother ginseng soup are gone now."

"Yun'er." The queen mother stood up tremblingly while supporting the stone table, took a step forward and wanted to go forward, seemed to think of something, then retracted her steps, and looked at Qi Yunchu timidly.

"Master." Hu Haha saluted respectfully as always.

"Born unlucky? Covered by evil spirits? If you burn me, will Lin Yuan really be saved?" Qi Yunchu let out a chuckle, which seemed to be mocking, sad, and desperate.

"Or... maybe." The queen mother clenched the veil in her hand, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and stammered.

"Mother, why didn't you lie to me." Qi Yunchu closed his eyes, clenched his hands hidden in his sleeves, and turned and left resolutely.The robe fluttering in the wind was like a long knife cutting off all the support he had.

Qi Yunchu was tied up on a stone pillar with five flowers, and there were layers of firewood under his feet, and the flames licked the hem of his clothes wantonly.After a few cautious attempts, it finally climbed onto his shoulder again, with a strong burning smell lingering on the tip of his nose, intimately confiding to him about all kinds of worthlessness in the world.

Qi Yunchu opened his eyes in a daze, and looked at the crowd below the stage through the dancing flames.

The simple people were kind and pure, with green eyes shining and a bloodthirsty smile on their lips.Transformed into a wolf, waving its sharp claws to celebrate the joy of catching prey.

His mother, however, personally sent him to the wolf den.

"Finally, he's going to be burned to death!"

"This monster has harmed us for so long, it should have died long ago!"

"He also pretended to lead the troops to the battle, so it's impossible to guarantee that those people didn't die in battle, but were killed by him!"

"My three older brothers are all gone! But he can live safely, there must be ghosts in here!"

……

One of them held a torch in his hand, his white teeth shone coldly under the light of the fire, and even changed color with the light of the fire.

Layers of smoke turned into cotton wool, tightly trapping Qi Yunchu.

Qi Yunchu felt the temperature of the soles of his feet getting higher and higher, and the back of his hand was licked by the flames. The burning pain made him unable to choose to ignore it.

Qi Yunchu gritted his teeth unwillingly, secretly mobilized his hands tied behind the stone pillar, trying to break the rough rope between his wrists.

The white chi on the waist seemed to feel the master's anger, his eyes were scarlet, like a beast that had sucked blood, the dark light flowed, frightening the mind.

Bai Chi came out of its sheath with a buzzing sound, the cold light flashed across the shadow, and the wind of the knife forcibly split the raging fire in two. The flame seemed to be bound, and waited obediently aside like a servant, making a way out.

The fire gradually weakened, and finally lay dying on the ground, and the unburned firewood reluctantly spit out the last white smoke.

Qi Yunchu finally got down from the stone pillar, the silver threads scattered behind his head were mixed with black ashes flying all over the sky, and the tattered clothes that were swallowed by the flames added to his strange demeanor.

"Monster! It really is a monster!" Someone came back to his senses first, stepped back quickly, and kept waving the torch in his hand, "Don't kill me, don't kill me!"

"What are you afraid of! There are so many of us, each of us can burn him to death!"

"That's right, everyone, let's burn this monster to death today!"

The people who had originally retreated suddenly stopped in unison as if reassured, grasped the torch in their hands, and threw it at Qi Yunchu with all their might.

But all the torches thrown out were extinguished when they got close to Qi Yunchu, and they lay motionless on the ground like a dead pig.

The fire couldn't reach Qi Yunchu, but those solid logs could hurt him.

The forehead, cheeks, knees, and the two hands that were badly burned by the fire were not spared.Some scratched the skin, and some hit the bone, making a dull sound. The pain made him bend down uncomfortably.

"Ah! Killed! He killed!"

Someone yelled, and the dark red blood smeared on the stone slab under his feet, which was extremely eye-catching.

The crowd began to become chaotic, and everyone hurried back. Some were pushed to the ground a little too late, and they struggled to get up several times to no avail, and finally failed to get up again.

Qi Yunchu moved with difficulty, and stretched out his hand tremblingly, trying to help that person up.Even though the distance was four or five steps, he couldn't reach the end no matter what, as if walking on the clouds, fluffy and weak.His eyelids became heavier, and he seemed to see Hu Haha smiling and waving at him in a daze.

"National... National teacher." Qi Yunchu's lips moved silently. When he was about to fall, a strong arm pulled him back from the soft cloud, but what this person said made him immediately fall into the endless hell .

"Why do you want to kill innocent people indiscriminately?"