Looking at the mountains and rivers

After a while, Yang Yan was carried from the inner room to the front hall by the servants. His eyes were slightly closed, obviously not awake yet, so he was placed in the side room.

Liu Yi was also invited into the ear room. He looked up at Yang Yan, and saw that the young man had fine skin and tender flesh. He didn't seem to have suffered any crimes. His face was reddish, and he smelled faintly of alcohol. As if really just drunk.

Yang Dai never came in with them, and there was no one else in the anteroom, Liu Yi said to himself: "Young master has grown so tall, but he looks more and more like the former princess." He paused, and then said, "It's so hot. God, why don't you sweat after drinking, you must be sick?" As he spoke, he reached out to touch Yang Yan's vest.

He is an old steward who has been immersed in the palace for many years. Just by looking at it and touching it, he realized that this young man did not look like he had been treated harshly. He sighed softly, and when he came out, he had already changed his smiling face .

"The fourth son looks much stronger than before. When the villain goes back and tells my lord, he will be very happy." He paused, and then said, "It's just that my lord always said that the fourth son is not in good health. I'm bored in the mansion all day, I'm afraid I'll get sick, why don't I seem to have been out of the mansion in the past two years."

"The fourth brother is disabled, and he was not allowed to go out of the house a few times when the father was around." After Yang Dai finished speaking, he smiled gently, "I am most worried about this young brother, so I keep him by my side. , just for peace of mind."

Liu Yi was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said: "So that's how it is. I have heard that the eldest brother is like a father, and King Mu can be an example. The villain will go back and return."

Yang Dai smiled: "Uncle's health is not good, and he still has to worry about us worthless clan children. Please ask the chief steward to sue him for me. After a while, I will visit the house with my fourth brother in person. He is an old man."

After seeing them off, Yang Dai's complexion instantly darkened, and he sneered in a low voice: "For two or three years, King Yong never thought of these four younger brothers, why did he think about them today, it's too coincidental. "

Hearing what he said, Qi Lianyang couldn't help but said: "His Royal Highness Yong hasn't seen much since last year's ceremony to sacrifice to heaven, and today's visit is really strange." After he finished speaking, he asked again, "Just now that Bu Yunzi performed spells for the fourth son, can you ask?" What happened?"

Yang Dai shook his head sullenly, and he smiled wryly in a low voice: "Sometimes, I even suspect that I am supercilious. If not, why would my fourth brother not show his signs at all for two years? Could it be that the father really knows nothing? Didn't you say it?" He seemed to be talking to himself, and after a while, he whispered again, "The warlock can't stay anymore."

Qi Lianyang hurriedly said: "This subordinate understands."

Yang Dai looked at the brocade box on the table, and murmured again: "The Chen family entered the capital to lead the army, and King Yong deliberately came to seek my disadvantages. This matter is by no means accidental." He suddenly thought of something, and shouted, "Qilian."

Qi Lianyang stepped forward in response: "What is the master's order?"

"Let Bingzhou do it!"

Qi Lianyang was slightly surprised: "Yes," he said with some hesitation, "The third son is your real brother, so...do you really not care?"

Yang Dai sneered: "When he bought me to kill me in Anyang, he didn't necessarily have any scruples."

Yang Yan seemed to have had a long, long dream. He heard his father's deep entreaties, Wei Changxuan's screams, and many people arguing fiercely in his ears. In the end, there were only short sobs. After some identification, it seemed to be Fang Ming's voice.

He opened his eyes slightly, only to hear Fang Ming stop crying, and shouted: "My lord, you finally woke up!"

Yang Yan opened his mouth, just about to speak, but felt that his mouth was hot and bitter, he coughed again and again: "Water..."

Fang Ming hurriedly poured tea and handed it to him, and said in a panic, "I was taken aback when you were taken away by the steward today, so I hurried to find my father outside the mansion, and he invited the chief steward of Prince Yong's mansion to find an excuse I came to see you. But in the end they said that you just fell asleep when you were drunk, and you didn’t receive any punishment, but I remember that you don’t know how to drink.”

Yang Yan rinsed away the bitter taste of alcohol in his mouth, thought for a while and said, "Probably they poured wine into my mouth after I passed out."

"They..." Fang Ming felt his scalp was about to explode, "What did they do to you?"

Yang Yan shook his head, avoided answering, and asked instead: "You said that your father invited people from Prince Yong's mansion. Could it be that he is from King Yong's mansion, why did he send you to my side earlier?"

Fang Ming shook his head again and again: "My father belongs to the old prince. He was afraid that you would be bullied in the mansion, so he arranged for me to take care of you. But he is just a manager, and he can't help much, so he can only use the power of King Yong to help you." protect you."

"King Yong..." Yang Yan said in a low voice, "His Highness King Yong probably doesn't care about my life or death. He is willing to help me just to find my elder brother's fault. My father is dead, and King Yong wants to take over his affairs. It's a pity that the eldest brother is not an obedient nephew, and in his heart he may not be as good as the third brother."

Fang Ming was slightly surprised: "How does the young master know?" He lowered his voice, "I heard about it once before, King Yong and the others wanted to take the third young master back to Beijing."

Yang Yan shook his head with a low smile: "Brother probably expected what happened over there. Although you searched for someone to save me this time, it was out of good intentions, but it was too reckless. With the usual behavior of big brother, how can you not be so easy?" Every time Wei Changxuan went out in the past two years, he must have been aware of it. We thought we lived in this small courtyard without any worries, but we were all under his control. So if you don't pay attention, you are preparing for such a day. This time, the people from Yongwang's mansion that your father found probably wanted to punish elder brother for killing his brother, but in the end they returned without success."

"Yes……"

"Actually, so what if the evidence is convincing, these trivial things can't move him at all, if you really want to deal with him, big brother, I'm afraid you still have to..."

Fang Ming heard him almost murmuring the second half of the sentence, which was unreal, so he couldn't help asking: "My lord, what did you say?"

Yang Yan stopped talking, he stood up, walked slowly to the window, opened the window lightly, and heard the sudden gust of wind outside: "Listen, the wind and rain are coming."

At night, Wei Changxuan came back slightly drunk, and bumped into Fang Ming who was sitting on the steps in a daze: "What are you doing sitting here, sir, have you fallen asleep?"

The tip of Fang Ming's nose was still a little red, and he sniffled: "The young master was called to some family banquet by the prince today, and he was unconscious when he came back. After eating in the evening, his complexion was not very good, he said that his head hurt a little, and he went to bed early."

When Wei Changxuan heard that he was called away by Yang Dai, his heart tightened, and he was seven or eight points sober.He rushed into the back room in a hurry, but saw Yang Yan curled up on the couch, holding his head tightly with both hands.

"Yexi, what's wrong with you!" He asked in panic.

Hearing his voice, Yang Yan quickly let go of his hands. There were still beads of sweat rolling on his forehead, but he forced himself to smile and said, "I'm fine."

"What did he ask you to do today? Did he force you to ask me something again?" Wei Changxuan asked as he took his hands and looked at him carefully, fearing that there would be a few more blood holes on his body.

"It's nothing." Yang Yan shook his head and smiled wryly, "Fang Ming, I told him not to tell you, but he still can't control his mouth."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Wei Changxuan became even more irritable when he was so secretive. He tore open his front skirt with one hand, and took off his clothes. Under the light of the candlelight, his complexion was radiant and smooth. White and greasy, no scars at all.

Wei Changxuan didn't see the wound, but was even more puzzled: "What did he do to you, and why did it cause you a headache?"

Yang Yan clutched the ripped skirt in embarrassment: "You let me put on my clothes first."

Only then did Wei Changxuan realize that he had acted recklessly just now, and hurriedly put his clothes back on for him.

Yang Yan adjusted his belt slowly, and said in a low voice, "Brother found a strange person and cast a nightmare on me."

"Nightmare?"

Wei Changxuan felt that these two words were somewhat familiar, and was thinking about them, but he heard him say again: "It's just a trick to confuse the mind, I'm not afraid." Even though he said that, his voice was trembling.

"I just keep having nightmares," Yang Yan said in a low voice, "for a while, I dreamed that my father was grabbing me before he died, and for a while, I dreamed that you were dead, and your screams were right next to my ears, as if it was real. Same."

Wei Changxuan suddenly remembered that his adoptive father said that there were concubines competing for favor in the first emperor's palace, and it was this sorcery that drove the two concubines crazy. Unexpectedly, Yang Yan also fell for it.He grabbed Yang Yan's hand nervously: "Yexi, don't think about that, it's all fake, I'm here, I won't die."

Yang Yan's face was pale under the lamp, and beads of sweat dripped from his forehead. He slowly hugged his head: "I know it's all fake, but it's really... very scary."

Wei Changxuan hugged him tightly, he had never seen Yang Yan look so scared, like that lonely child in the snow back then, he could only curl up in his arms and tremble.He had never hated this palace so much for a moment, it was a deep-rooted hatred, which made him just want to pick up something at hand and smash the invisible cage around him to pieces.

"Wei Changxuan..." Yang Yan murmured his name. He noticed that the opponent's hand was too tight, in the shape of a fist. He opened Wei Changxuan's fingers one by one and smoothed them out. He whispered, "As long as you are by my side, I'm not afraid of anything."

Wei Changxuan looked at him distressedly, he lowered his head and kissed Yang Yan's forehead, which was the way Lorraine used to comfort this young master.And Yang Yan was easily soothed by the kiss as before, and his brows gradually relaxed, as if he had finally come out of the nightmare.

Seeing that he finally stopped trembling, Wei Changxuan relaxed a little, kissed him on the tip of the nose again, and said to him as usual: "Go to sleep."

But Yang Yan seemed to have something to say, he raised his face, and for a moment, his lips brushed against Wei Changxuan's, Wei Changxuan seemed to be startled, and hurriedly straightened up.

Yang Yan covered his lips in a daze, then stretched out his other hand to touch Wei Changxuan's face, Wei Changxuan didn't dodge, Yang Yan's fingers lingered and touched his lips, slowly as if tracing his lips Suddenly, he asked in a low voice, "Did I bump into this place just now?"

Wei Changxuan was a little embarrassed, and gave a low "hmm".

Yang Yan touched his lips back and forth, and said again: "Let me touch it again, okay?"

Wei Changxuan was stunned, he was no longer an ignorant child, he was also aware of the affairs of men and women, of course he knew that mouth kisses are not allowed.But Yang Yan obviously didn't understand these things, and he didn't know how to explain them. He was hesitating, but Yang Yan called him softly again: "Wei Changxuan?"

There was something pitiful in his voice, which made Wei Changxuan stop thinking about anything else, and he said softly: "Okay." Then he lowered his head and kissed Yang Yan's lips again.

Perhaps it was because of the alcohol, Wei Changxuan's lips were a little hot, which imprinted on Yang Yan's slightly cool lips, causing him to shudder.Yang Yan suddenly felt that the world had turned into nothingness, and all conspiracies and disputes had gone away from him, and only he and this person in front of him remained in this world, which remained unchanged until the end of time.

Yongan five years, June seventeenth.The eastern suburbs of Jinju.

In the outskirts where it had just rained, it was surrounded by a vast expanse of whiteness. In a horse shop where he usually settled, there were dozens of horses and carts neatly tied up, all of which were printed with the mark of the Bingzhou Zhao family.The horse shop was obviously occupied by this big family, the servants were all busy downstairs, there were only two people in the upstairs room, and a dim oil lamp was lit.

"Just now there was news from Bingzhou that the house where I lived was flooded the night before, and no one escaped from the whole house. If the husband hadn't been so clever and told me to go away to avoid disaster, I'm afraid I would have been poisoned by Yang Dai. It’s gone.” The person who spoke looked like an aristocrat, with fierce expressions in his eyes, it was Yang Jue, “I’m just wondering, how could he suddenly kill me after ignoring me for the past two years? Could it be that he Already know our plan?"

The person sitting opposite him was wearing a cloth robe and looked like a Confucian scholar. He shook his head slowly: "Maybe I don't fully know it yet, but Mr. Dai has always been cautious. General Chen came to Beijing to take over the Habayashi Guard and reorganize the imperial army. So big He will not be ignorant of any movement. If I were him, if I sensed that I was in danger, I would naturally strengthen my strength first, and then remove all threatening people one by one. Young master, you are the one who threatens him the most , so, he will definitely send someone to kill you."

"Teacher, what should I do now?" Yang Jue was a little impatient.

"I just received a message from Hexi, saying that Tuobaxin was invited by King Mu to personally bring his Youyun Cavalry to Jian'an."

"What?" Yang Dai was a little shocked, "Tuobaxin came to Beijing in person, what are they going to do?"

"Didn't I say that Mr. Dai wants to strengthen his power, and he invited Tuoba Xin to the capital, most likely to put pressure on the emperor to give him the post of Northwest Metropolitan Guard."

"If he is named the Protector of the Northwest, wouldn't he have the same status as his father?" Yang Jue's cheek muscles twitched, obviously extremely nervous, "Teacher, in the past two years, I have contracted two epidemics in southern Xinjiang, and I almost died. I can't come down. Later, in order to leave that ghostly place, I married Mrs. Zhao, not to mention that her family was not worthy of me at all, but how much cold eyes I received during the time when I lived in her house in Bingzhou Now that General Chen has finally returned to the capital, King Yong also favors me. But if Yang Dai was entrusted with the title of Protector of the Northwest at this time, and he controlled half of the military power in the world, our painstaking efforts over the past few years would not be enough. Is it all in vain!

"My lord," the Confucian scholar stood up suddenly, and spread out a map on the table, "Now that Tuobaxin is starting from Hexi, we are in Jinzhou. As long as we hurry up, we will naturally reach Jian'an before him."

"What are we...going to Jian'an for?" Yang Jue vaguely understood what he meant, but couldn't believe it.

Confucian scholar said solemnly to him: "Young master, if you don't want all the business of these years to be in vain, you have to get rid of Yang Dai before Tuoba Xin arrives, otherwise, there will be no more chances!"

"But, but," Yang Jue was startled by the opponent's aura, and stammered slightly, "We don't have enough grounds yet..."

"We have!" Confucian scholar smiled, and put a long piece of paper in front of him, "Is this crime enough?"

Yang Jue picked it up and took a look, first he was startled: "This...is this news from that friend in Jian'an?" After getting an affirmative answer, he laughed out loud. , he can be sure that Yang Dai will surely die.

In fact, Jian'an's "friend" didn't know who he was at all. He only knew that he was an acquaintance with Han Ping, and there had been news exchanges over the past two years.Although there are only a few words from this person, they all play a vital role, and it can be seen between the lines that he has a deep understanding of things.Yang Jue was extremely curious about this person's identity. After filtering out all the familiar faces of Jian'an in his stomach, he still couldn't guess who this person was.But there is no doubt that when he regains the throne, this person can be regarded as the number one hero.