Looking at the mountains and rivers

Snow grains were knocking against the window, it was already extremely cold in the prison, and the two Yang brothers were still sitting face to face on the cold floor.Tang An stood aside with his hands down, looking at his master with his face down quietly. There was no sadness or joy on his face, and he just quietly listened to the hoarse whispers of his elder brother in prison.

"In my life, Princess Jing is the only woman who has given me warmth besides my mother. She is like a ray of light shining into my youthful life. Unfortunately, in the end, this ray of light was destroyed by my own hands. When Yang Dai said this, he laughed hoarsely, and the laughter was a bit like crying, "I thought cowardly at first, forgetting what my mother said, forgetting the things in her cupboard, it doesn't matter if I can't be a prince, just Be an ordinary person and live your life in peace and stability. But it didn't take long for the news of Princess Jing's pregnancy to spread, and the whole family was overjoyed. My father searched through the books all night to find a suitable one. On the pretext of establishing the youngest son as the eldest son, Tuobaxin sent people to find pearls from the East China Sea and hang them in the inner room, making the room full of brilliance. No one cares about me anymore, and no one cares about the second and third children. Fourth brother, do you know that you It took almost everything from us before we were even born."

Yang Yan's lips trembled slightly.

"I couldn't sleep all night, and finally closed my eyes, but I saw my mother standing beside my bed with tears. No, it wasn't tears in her eyes, it was blood. Although she didn't speak, but I could see the resentment in her eyes. She pointed at the head of my bed, and the blood and tears in her eyes couldn't stop flowing. I woke up and took out the box of rouge from the dark compartment by the bed. The rouge was still bright red, There was no sign of dryness at all, and when I held it, my palms were stinging like being scalded." Yang Dai said, taking a deep breath, "I put it on Princess Jing's dressing table. At that time Countless things are bestowed from the palace every day, and the bottom of the rouge box is painted with a cinnabar dragon pattern, which can easily be regarded as an imperial gift. Although Princess Jing does not wear makeup on weekdays, she needs it every festival. Putting on make-up and entering the palace, in the Mid-Autumn Festival of that year, I saw her with bright red rouge on her lips to get on the carriages and horses entering the palace. When I thought that I would never see this woman again, I suddenly felt endless sadness in my heart. On that Mid-Autumn night, I cried a lot unconsciously. But to my surprise, the father brought her back in a good manner. There is no change in the mansion, and it is still full of joy waiting for you to be born. There are non-stop banquets in the palace, After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it was the Double Ninth Festival, and my heart was getting colder and colder. I thought that the things my mother left me were not effective, and that my position as the eldest son would eventually fall into the hands of my younger brother, and I, There will be nothing."

Yang Dai raised his head, looked at his younger brother's face outside the iron fence, saw his clean and handsome outline, and those empty eyes, he suddenly laughed: "But who knows, my baby is born in October, and my baby girl who was born by thousands of people The younger brother who had placed high hopes on him was a blind man, a blind man! You would never have imagined that this incident caused an uproar in Prince Mu's mansion, and even in the entire court. Father Wang smashed the huge East China Sea Pearl like a madman, and will pray The monks who prayed were also imprisoned. After that, he has been busy dealing with political affairs and dealing with the intricate relationship with Donghu. And Princess Jing..." Yang Dai's slightly crazy smile gradually froze, "After Princess Jing gave birth to you She was sick, she was very sick, and the imperial doctor couldn't find out the cause, but I knew it in my heart. I have been hiding in the corner, watching that flower-like woman gradually wither, and finally die."

There were blue veins throbbing on Yang Yan's white forehead, his eyes were already red, as if two flames were burning, he whispered: "Have you ever regretted doing these things?"

"Princess Jing's death, although I am sad in my heart, but I have never regretted it." Yang Dai stood up, looking down at the top of his younger brother's head, "How could I be willing to bow down under my younger brother, like Yang Cong, like a dog? Yang Yan, I had a chance to kill you back then, but I didn’t do it in the end. I didn’t lose to you, I lost to myself. Up to now, I have nothing else to say, what do you want to do with it? Am I the same as treating Yang Jue?"

Yang Yan laughed with trembling lips, and he also stood up slowly, looking in the direction of his elder brother: "Yang Jue is seeking his own death, I just want to help him. But elder brother, why would I treat you like that," he gritted Tooth, full of resentment, said, "You took my mother and ruined everything about me. When I was very young, I thought that one day, I would give you back all the pain I suffered. What you said Yes, I begged my grandfather to save your life, just to kill you with my own hands. So, how can I let you die so happily, don’t persuade me, I’m afraid you won’t even leave a whole body behind.”

After he finished speaking, he turned his head to the black-clothed jailer behind him and said, "You prison guards should understand this way, right?"

The jailer immediately bowed his head and said, "Returning to Your Highness, the usual grievous ways to die are just Ling Chi, car cracking, and half-cutting."

Yang Yan shook his head: "It's not enough for him to suffer half a day for the car cracking and Ling Chi."

"There is another type of door stake. One end of the wooden stake is inserted into the ground, and the other end is sharpened and pierced through the prisoner's backyard. It takes about three days to kill the prisoner."

In the prison, Yang Dai's complexion has gradually changed.

Yang Yan still shook his head: "Three days is not enough."

"Otherwise, follow the example of the ancients, cutting off the nose, gouging out the eyes, cutting off the tongue, deafening the ears, breaking off the limbs, soaking them in a wine jar, and calling them 'bone drunk'," the jailer whispered, "Bone drunk The punishment of drunkenness can last hundreds of days, or even longer."

Yang Yan was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Brother, what do you think?"

There was no response from within the bars.

Yang Yan raised the corners of his lips, and said slowly: "Then bone drunk." He raised his hand, "Go, dig out his eyes and tongue first."

The jailer agreed, picked up the key, and went to open the lock outside the iron fence. The sound of the chain rubbing against the iron fence made people's teeth sour. Yang Dai in the prison suddenly said, "Yang Yan, this is the last time I will be with you." Have you spoken yet? You are the winner, you can torture me and avenge your mother. But you have to remember that you are Yang Ye's son, and your father still has an unfinished will, so don't let him down."

"This, don't bother you," Yang Yan said coldly, "Do it."

The jailer lowered his head for a while, and a dagger with a cold light appeared in his hand. He unhurriedly gestured towards Yang Dai's face, as if he was thinking about how to beautifully gouge out his eyeballs.

At this moment, another voice sounded in the corridor: "Yexi..."

Yang Yan turned around suddenly, he obviously didn't expect the voice to be heard here, almost thought he had heard it wrong.

Tang An was also taken aback for a moment, and quickly lowered his head and said, "General Wei."

This claim made Yang Yan understand even more that Wei Changxuan was really in front of him, and he said with some panic, "Why...you came here?"

Wei Changxuan's voice echoed in the prison, and it sounded more and more unreal. He said in a low voice, "I have been waiting for you in the palace for a long time, but I didn't see you back, so I came out to look for you."

It was already pitch black outside the skylight, but Yang Yan didn't notice the time. He clenched his hands hidden in his sleeves, quietly waiting for Wei Changxuan's next words.

"When I came here just now, I saw Yang Jue's body." Wei Changxuan's tone was flat, he walked up and looked at Yang Dai who was in the prison, "Yexi, did you come here specially to kill them?"

Yang Yan was silent for a moment: "Yes."

Wei Changxuan nodded: "They have all hurt you before. You don't need to tell me, I want to kill them too."

Yang Yan was startled slightly, and raised his face.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew in the air, and Wei Changxuan raised his saber out of its sheath. The scale-like forged steel pattern on the saber was glowing green under the faint candlelight. He held the saber like this and strode towards Yang Yang. direction of the tortoise.

"Wei Changxuan..." Sensing his intention, Yang Yan hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed his shirt.

Wei Changxuan turned his head, and said in a low voice: "Yexi, don't need any piles or bone drunks. If you want to kill him, I'll kill him for you."

"Why?" Yang Yan's face changed slightly, "I said, I won't let him die so happily. Wei Changxuan, you want to stop me?"

Wei Changxuan frowned slightly: "Yexi, I'm not trying to stop you, I'm just..." There was an almost painful sadness on his brows, "I just don't want to watch you become like your brothers."

Yang Yan's hand that was holding him suddenly trembled. Wei Changxuan's voice was obviously very soft, but he felt that the weight of those words was about to crush him.The surroundings became quiet, and he knew that the jailer was still waiting for his order, but he gritted his teeth and couldn't speak.

On the way back from Zongzheng Temple Prison to Prince Mu's Mansion, Yang Yan didn't say a word, and Tang An stood by his side, holding his breath and not daring to vent his breath.And Wei Changxuan just rode his horse and followed the carriage, and followed them all the way back to Prince Mu's mansion.

The chief steward, Fang Ming, led the servants in the mansion to wait for a long time, and now they all came up to greet him and kowtowed: "Congratulations to His Royal Highness Mu Wang, who will be prosperous forever, and be safe every year."

This is an auspicious word for welcoming the master into the mansion in the first day, and it is also an opportunity to ask for a reward. The servants are all happily waiting for the reward from the master. Unexpectedly, when the curtain of the car is lifted, Tang An has already raised his finger when he jumped down. made a gesture.Fang Ming was slightly startled, knowing that Yang Yan was in a bad mood, he hurriedly signaled the crowd to leave, and then stepped forward to help him get out of the car.Unexpectedly, a figure hurriedly opened the curtain of the car in front of him, and slowly helped Yang Yan down.

"Brother Wei?" Fang Ming was stunned, Yang Yan was rarely in a bad mood when Wei Changxuan was around, he couldn't figure out why today, so he had to apologize and said, "My lord, today's banquet is ready. The musicians have performed a new piece of music, which has been prepared on the high platform in the back garden, just in time for today's banquet to help the elegance."

Yang Yan frowned: "No, I'm tired."

Wei Changxuan supported his arm, and whispered to Fang Ming: "Let the musicians and attendants go away, and I will send him back to Moxue Pavilion."

Moxue Pavilion was filled with the familiar smell of water agarwood, which is a rare and precious spice that can soothe the nerves, but Yang Yan's complexion was still not good, as if he was very tired.Wei Changxuan took off the heavy hair crown for him, and took off his robe. He didn't know much about these tasks of serving, and his movements were a little rusty.

Just as he was struggling to untie the cumbersome buckle of the jade belt on Yang Yan's waist, Yang Yan suddenly said, "Wei Changxuan, what happened today, do you feel in your heart that I am too cruel to my own brother like this?" .”

Wei Changxuan's fingers paused slightly, and he was silent for a moment: "I'm just surprised that you killed Yang Jue so easily, why did you deliberately torture Yang Dai? I thought you hated both of them the same."

Yang Yan shook his head and lowered his face: "I don't hate Yang Jue at all, but I just hate him. He is too stupid. He killed his father and almost killed you. It is useless for this person to live. I will kill him." Abandoning him is just to stop the family members from interfering with the clan. But Yang Dai..."

He took a deep breath: "You won't understand how much I hate him."

Wei Changxuan saw that his appearance was unusual, so he couldn't help asking softly: "Yexi, what did he do?"

"He..." Yang Yan's face was extremely pale under the lamp, and his lips trembled violently, "He killed my aunt! He killed my aunt!"

His tears flowed down silently. This secret had been hidden in his heart for more than ten years, gnawing at his bone marrow every day and every night. At the moment when he was finally able to say it, the endless sadness in his heart finally broke through. Out, he finally burst into tears.

Wei Changxuan was obviously shocked, he stretched out his hand, but he didn't know how to comfort him, so he hugged him tightly.I remember that when his adoptive father was killed, his heart was also occupied by hatred, and it was his own brother who killed Yang Yan's closest relative. The resentment in his heart should be more than his own.Thinking of this, Wei Changxuan's heart suddenly shook violently. Why is this world always like this, which makes people painful and desperate.

"Yexi..." Wei Changxuan gently patted his head, "I understand that you hate him, but even if you torture him and make him suffer, won't your heart feel better?"

"You don't understand," Yang Yan shook his head, he took a step back, left Wei Changxuan's embrace, gritted his teeth and said, "Do you know, if it wasn't for him, my eyes wouldn't be blind. I shouldn't have been born I am blind. I could have looked at the sky, the birds, the light at dawn and the sunset at dusk like an ordinary person. However, from the moment he poisoned my mother, I was doomed to lose My grandma, my eyes, and everything about me."

Wei Changxuan looked at him, feeling pain in his heart as if being tightened.

Yang Yan suddenly raised his head, and said slowly: "Wei Changxuan, I have nothing to be unwilling to do in this world. I used to have nothing, but as long as I want to get anything in this world, I will find a way to get it. But there is one thing that I will never be able to do." He bit his lower lip, tears streaming down the bank, "I can't see you. Wei Changxuan, you know how much I want... how much I want to see it with my own eyes you?"