Looking at the mountains and rivers

Under the eaves of Qing'an Hall, lanterns with the characters of Prince Mu's Mansion had already been hung, and the night at the end of winter was actually colder than deep winter.Yang Yan was led by Wei Changxuan and walked slowly all the way. He was wearing a squirrel-skin cloak, but he was still bloodless from the cold.Xuanlang trails are all the roads he is familiar with. In the past, when his father was there, this trail was walked by countless people every day, surrounded by the smiles of concubines or the whispers of servants, but now, it is completely silent. People, even the crackling sound of the soles of the boots stepping on the ice and snow can be clearly heard.

When he was outside the door of the side hall, Wei Changxuan let go of his hand. Someone came to push the door open for him, and someone took over the cloak he was wearing. Then, Yang Yan crossed the threshold and walked into the hall alone. Inside the majestic palace.

There was no earth burning dragon in the hall, not even a charcoal basin. Yang Yan only stood there for a while, but then he felt his hands and feet were cold. He clasped his hands quietly and rubbed his palms slowly.

"Fourth brother, you are here." Yang Dai's voice suddenly sounded in the empty hall, he sat behind the table and ordered, "Qi Lian, help the fourth son come here."

The attendant surnamed Qi Lian immediately stepped forward, held Yang Yan's arm, and said in a low voice, "Fourth Young Master, this way please."

Yang Yan followed him for a few steps, and then stopped. He knew that he was approaching the eldest brother, so he groped and knelt down: "Yang Yan greets the elder brother."

"My brother, what's there to kneel on?" Yang Dai smiled, but didn't reach out to help him.

Yang Yan knelt on the spot and said, "Brother called me, do you have any orders?"

"I just want to have a chat with the fourth brother," Yang Dai said casually, and he gave a wink to the side, "quickly help the fourth son to sit down."

After Yang Yan was helped to sit down, he put his hands on his knees in an orderly manner, and turned his ears slightly, as if quietly waiting for what Yang Dai would say next.

"How have you been living in the mansion these days, I think you seem to have grown taller."

"Thank you, brother, for your concern. I'm fine." "Second brother and third brother have left one after another. Now there are only two brothers in the house. If you need anything, just tell your brother, don't be unfamiliar." Yang Dai said in a tone Said gently, like a competent big brother.

"Yes, thank you, brother." When Yang Yan spoke, there was no expression on his face, and his eyes seemed to be looking at the distance of nothingness.

"By the way, there is something that I want to save, I'd better give it to you."

Yang Yan heard something pushed across the table, he stretched out his hand to touch it, but heard a soft "Zheng" sound, it was his fingers that touched the strings of the harp.

Yang Dai looked at him silently behind the table, and saw him slowly touch the whole harp from the head of the qin, with a bit of a blank face on his face, and said softly: "Is this the kong hou of my father?" ?”

"good."

Yang Yan withdrew his hand, looking a little puzzled: "Brother gave me the treasured thing of the father, I think it is to keep in mind." He shook his head lightly, "It's a pity that I don't know how to play the harp."

"Is it important, this thing was left to you by my father." Yang Dai laughed softly.

Hearing what he said, Yang Yan no longer refused. He lowered his head, touched the dark body of the piano lightly, and said in a low voice, "Thank you brother."

"Fourth brother," Yang Dai raised his eyelids and looked at him, "Father asked you to go before he died, did he tell you anything?"

Yang Yan paused with his fingers on the Qin body, his expression didn't fluctuate, and he just replied: "It's just some ordinary entrustment."

His answer was clearly expected by Yang Dai, he smiled silently in front of his blind brother, and said slowly: "Fourth brother, brother, shall I tell you a story?"

Yang Yan raised his face and nodded obediently.

"When I was young, I used to raise a puppy, which was given to me by my uncle. It is said that people on the grassland often use that kind of dog to herd sheep. When it grows up, the dog can grow as big as a foal. .I named that puppy Ba Le, you know it means tiger in Hu dialect. I always hoped that this puppy would grow up to be as mighty as a tiger and protect me. But it didn’t take long. , my father married Princess Lu, and the new princess didn’t like raising animals in the mansion, so they took Ba Le to the outer courtyard. It’s okay, I can go to the corner of the outer courtyard to play with him every day after school. It grows very quickly, and after a while, it will be taller than other hounds in the mansion. Until that day, the Double Ninth Festival, my father took Princess Lu and me to the palace for a banquet, and when he came back, Ba Le ran from the yard I came out, and I knew it was going to meet me, but it accidentally bumped into Princess Lu's car. The princess said that she had never seen such a big dog, she was so frightened that her face paled and she almost fainted. At that time She was just less than three months pregnant, so it was no small matter to be frightened, and her father personally ordered Ba Le to be beaten to death." Yang Dai's tone remained calm, as if talking about other people's affairs.

"I was very sad at the time. I dug a pit with my own hands and buried Baler. After that, I never raised a dog again. Because I knew that when I couldn't protect myself, I shouldn't expose my weakness to others. "Yang Dai paused, "In fact, fourth brother, you should understand that the princess is not really afraid of dogs. As a step-wife, she first entered the mansion, so she naturally wanted to give me, the eldest son left by the former princess, a blow. Yu Wang, she can't do anything to me directly, so she can only start with my beloved."

Yang Yan didn't speak, he was quietly waiting for the next sentence.

"Fourth brother, I know that although you can't see, you are very clear in your heart. You are the grandson of Tuobaxin. No one can touch your finger. Naturally, I can't force you to say something. But, you always have weaknesses," he said. Leaning back on the chair in a leisurely manner, he said with a low smile, "For example, the one kneeling outside the hall is called Wei Changxuan, right?"

The corners of Yang Yan's lips moved, showing a sad smile: "Brother, I was very sad to hear the story of your childhood. But Wei Changxuan is my companion, he is not my dog. , His life is his own." He paused, "If my brother just wants to learn from me what my father asked before he died, I can tell the truth, and my brother doesn't need to go to war like this."

"Oh?" Seeing him being so knowledgeable, Yang Dai smiled softly.

Yang Yan closed his eyes lightly, and slowly recounted how he was called that day, how he came to the inner room, and even knelt beside his father's bed to listen to his voice fade away: "Father only told me to let me Don't fight for anything. In fact, I didn't quite understand at that time. I was just a crippled person. I never thought about fighting with my brothers. Why did the king entrust him like this? I understand now that the king's father is most worried The thing is, after he passed away, our brothers will not get along, and disasters will eventually happen." He stood up slowly, his voice trembling, "Is it worth my brother's trouble to test me with these few words of my father? ?”

The elder brother who was more than a foot in front of him didn't say a word, as if he was considering the truth of what he said.

"I know my brother doesn't believe me, that's why I threatened me with my companion's life, but even if my brother really kills him, I can't say a word." After he finished speaking, he knelt down while leaning on the table , lowered his face silently.

After a period of unbearable silence, Yang Dai's voice sounded: "Qilian, you go outside the hall..."

Realizing his next order, Yang Yan, who was kneeling on the ground, trembled slightly, and he smiled wryly: "Brother, do you still remember that day, just outside this room, you killed the third brother's uncle with your own hands? Father At that time, the king was dying, but he tried his best to protect you and reprimanded the third brother. Did the king really agree with you in his heart to kill Mr. Lu? He blindly protected you just to let us understand, You are the successor he recognizes, aren't you?" He raised his head and looked in the direction of his brother, tears slowly rolling down his eyes, "Actually, I really don't understand, whether my brother doesn't believe me, or doesn't Believe in the father? Until his death, the father was still planning for his brother, and he gave everything to you, because you are his most trusted son!"

The younger brother's crying voice finally shook Yang Dai's expression. He vaguely recalled that his father was holding his hand very hard before he died, but he couldn't remember whether the eyes looking at him were worried or loving.

"These days my brother has been worrying about me, and he has to worry about my grandfather's influence. In fact, a person like me is really not worthy of my brother's fear." He said softly with tears, "Brother, I don't want to listen to outsiders. It is said that our brothers are against the wall, and even more unwilling to cause disputes between the Mu Palace and the Tuoba family because of me, if all this is really unavoidable, let me settle it myself."

Yang Dai chewed the meaning of his words, suddenly felt something was wrong, and saw the weak brother kneeling on the ground, suddenly pulled out a dagger from his arms, and stabbed it in the heart.Qi Lianyang on the side quickly kicked Yang Yan's elbow, and the dagger flew out. However, he was stabbed with a half-inch deep wound on his chest, and blood gushed out.

Yang Dai hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and shouted to Qi Lian: "Get the medicine quickly!" He held his brother's hand, and shouted, "Fourth brother, my brother just asked you a few words, why don't you As for self-mutilation?"

Yang Yan bit her lip in the crook of his arm, as if unable to bear the pain of the wound, she just sobbed softly.

Not long after, Qi Lian came over with wound medicine. He has been in the army all year round, so he is naturally well-trained. After untying Yang Yan's skirt, he cleaned the wound in two or three strokes, and applied medicine to bandage him.

Yang Dai looked down at the blood on his body, then at the dagger on the ground in the distance, and said softly: "Fourth brother, you came to see brother, and you came with a dagger."

"I've thought about it a long time ago. If my brother really doesn't believe me, I might as well die," he said with a sob, "I know it's wrong, but it's really sad to be jealous of my brother."

Yang Dai lightly patted his head, he didn't say anything, just said: "Qi Lian, send fourth young master out."

When the entourage left and returned, Yang Dai let out a breath slowly towards the lamp on the table: "Tell me, how many of the words of the fourth younger brother are true?"

Qi Lianyang shook his head silently: "This subordinate can't guess, but he just drew his sword and killed himself, it doesn't seem like a fake, judging from the depth of his wound, the strength he used was really going to stab his heart Go, if this subordinate slows down by half a minute, he will definitely die."

"I'm assured of your vision," Yang Dai nodded and said, "However, if he was not really cowardly and wanted to die, he was brave enough to make such a move, which is beyond my expectation."

Qi Lianyang was silent for a moment: "If the master is still worried, should we continue to attack that little companion?"

Yang Dai smiled and shook his head: "You can also see that my younger brother looks cowardly, but he can stab a knife in his heart without blinking an eye. If we use his companion, he must do something amazing .”

Qi Lianyang froze for a moment, then nodded silently when he remembered the situation just now.

"If something really happens, the news will definitely reach the Tuoba family. I need the support of that side right now. It seems that I shouldn't be distracted by other things right now." Yang Dai said in a low voice , but sneered again, "But I'm still unwilling to let him go so easily."

Qi Lianyang lowered his head: "The subordinate understands what the master means."

While waiting in the corridor, Wei Changxuan sensed that something was wrong. The hall was gloomy, and there was not even a little light of fire on the window paper, and there was something ghostly about it.While he was waiting anxiously, the door of the palace suddenly opened, but a tall attendant helped Yang Yan out. Wei Changxuan stepped forward to meet him, and was suddenly startled. Yang Yan's chest was dotted dark red, obviously It's blood.

He hurriedly took Yang Yan from the man's hand, and saw that his face was extremely pale, showing that he was seriously injured, and hurriedly said: "Master, you..." He just said a few words, and Yang Yan immediately stretched out his hand She clenched his wrist tightly and shook her head slightly.Even the palms of his hands were cold and a little sticky. He didn't know if they were stained with blood or sweat.

Wei Changxuan felt a little hurt from being held by him, and finally swallowed the words on his lips, but his eyes still couldn't hide it, he glanced fiercely at the Prince Mu's attendant, and then left with Yang Yan .