The happy life of the devil and the devil

Ling Yucheng and his party finally entered the capital before the city gate was closed. It is not so much that he hurried all the way and entered the city just by stepping on the spot, but that the soldiers guarding the city gate saw the flag of Xuanjiawei from a distance and delayed it. closed time.But this kind of hustle and bustle did not stop here. After entering the city, from Lingyu City down, everyone let go of the reins and walked slowly.

Except for the Mid-Autumn Festival and Lantern Festival, a few festivals that are universally celebrated, common people are not allowed to walk freely in the capital since nightfall.This prohibition is of course not valid for Ling Yucheng: on the one hand, his status is high enough, on the other hand, even if he did not bring any official seals, no one in the capital would dare to block the way just because of this team of black-clothed guards and his face.

The setting sun was gradually fading, and the one hundred and eight tongjing street drums had already sounded for most of the time.Pedestrians on the road hurriedly lowered their heads and hurried on their way. Compared with the two, Lingyu City, surrounded by black armored soldiers, seemed to be extraordinarily leisurely.Since Yuan Shao came back from the western tour last year, he made a decree to include a small group of Xuanjia guards among the guards guarding Xihuamen. There was too much movement in the palace, allowing the mount to trot freely on the long street where the traces of people gradually dispersed.

When I went there, the spring was bright and the flowers were red and the willows were green; when I returned, the land was full of shade and the summer was scorching.In terms of scenery, it is the best season of the year in Beiliang—but only you know the feeling of traveling for seven days in a row under the scorching sun.Not to mention, Xuanjiawei from Lingyucheng down is still wearing black clothes and black armor!

It was precisely because of this that he entered the palace smoothly all the way, Ling Yucheng saw that the upper room of the dormitory was silent, only a small light was lit in the east room, so he didn't bother to find out whether Yuan Shao was in the study or the martial arts training hall.After hastily rolling up two changes of clothes, he rushed to the bathroom behind.

...Damn it, why can't I take this hot spring with me!

The corridor leading to the bath hall was silent.Under the luxuriant vegetation, small lamps covered with red gauze are placed scatteredly, dotted with stars, decorating the courtyard like a dream.From time to time in the dark, the palace servants on duty could be seen, but with just a flash, the figures quietly disappeared into the depths of the darkness.

The evening wind gradually carried moist moisture, the sound of rushing water was getting closer, and Ling Yucheng's footsteps were getting faster and faster.Turning the last corner, the entrance of the bathing hall was just around the corner. Outside the door, two pairs of pink-clothed palace ladies bowed their heads and sleeves, standing silently.

With the help of the flickering lights, Ling Yucheng clearly saw them looking up at him, with a flash of surprise on their faces.

……What's wrong?

A vague thought flashed through his mind, before he could think about it, he had already brushed aside the bead curtain and stepped into the hall.However, behind the dressing room and in the bath, the familiar movements finally reached the ears under the cover of the sound of running water.

For a moment, Ling Yucheng was stunned in place.

……I see.

That's it!

That day, beside my pillow and ear, whispered swearing words...

But so!

It was less than half a year since Yuan Shao uttered those words, and it was less than three months since he went to Qingzhou.And just separated by a wall, the sound of love and joy filled his ears.

"I have you alone is enough!"

What was the promise at that time?

Obviously all reason is warning, knowing that what the man said at that time, eleven out of ten sentences cannot be believed...

Ling Yucheng quietly closed his eyes.

In fact, it has nothing to do with Yuan Shao, does it?

It's because he doesn't want to live alone like that for the rest of his life, it's because he wants to indulge himself even once in his life, it's because he... wants to believe.

enough.

Once is enough.

It is enough for him to have indelible memories in this life, and it is enough for him to remember the lesson of indulging himself deeply.

In the excruciating pain, Ling Yucheng smiled lightly, turned around and exited the hall without looking back.

Yuan Shao didn't get the news until a quarter of an hour later.

At that time, he had already moved away from the occasional bathing servants, lazily soaking in the pool, while two curvaceous palace servants wrapped in wet thin shirts knelt on the side, one on the left and the other on the right, working hard. Scrub him.At the time of Shu Chang, Xiao Suibu, the deputy chief eunuch who was waiting outside, approached him and told him in a low voice that Ling Yucheng had come and gone.

"You mean--he turned around and went back after entering the gate of the temple?"

Yuan Shao's heart skipped a beat, he got up immediately, stepped out of the bathing pool, his gaze was already on the entrance of the spring pool.The bead curtain almost hanging down to the ground remained motionless, and the two palace maids holding censers and lanterns lowered their eyebrows, standing like a pair of statues.That's right, when entering from the gate of the temple, there is a small changing room first, and to the bathing pool, at least half a circle has to be made--

But just because you can't see it doesn't mean you can't hear it.Otherwise, why did Ling Yucheng turn around and leave?

Suddenly, Yuan Shao remembered the east tour two years ago, when he summoned King Xi and his princess, Ling Yucheng reined in his horse outside the tent and returned silently.

When Ling Yucheng was in Beijing, he never summoned any palace attendants. This matter has always been a tacit understanding between them. However, he originally calculated that Ling Yucheng would not arrive until at least tomorrow...

Forget it, it's meaningless to think about it now.Yuan Shao stretched out his arms on the bank of the pool, and any of the palace servants wiped the water from his hair, put on his robe, and straightened his belt.He wanted to scold them to move faster and faster, but since the queen had just come, he rushed there in such a hurry, it seemed...

It seemed that he was afraid of Ling Yucheng!

Throwing out the weird feeling of "stealing food behind Ling Yucheng's back" out of his mind, Yuan Shao calmly finished dressing up before returning to the bedroom at a leisurely pace.Sure enough, Ling Yucheng had already finished his bath, with his wet hair spread over his shoulders, and he was sitting in the only east corner with the light on... gobbling it hungrily.

"Are you back?" The sound of raising the bamboo curtain alarmed Ling Yucheng. At the same time Yuan Shao asked with a smile, Ling Yucheng had already put down his chopsticks and stood up, bowing his head slightly in the direction he came in:

"His Majesty!"

"It's been a hard journey." Yuan Shao glanced at the half-empty bowl on the table, smiled and raised his hands to press down. "Eat first. If you have anything to do, let's talk about filling your stomach!" I walked around to sit across the table, poured a glass of wine and sipped slowly.

The dishes on the table were quickly cleared.Stepping out of the Dongshao Room, the lights in the study had already been turned on, and Ling Yucheng rushed to ask without waiting for Yuan Shao to open his mouth: "Your Majesty, I have ordered you to return to Beijing as soon as possible. Your Eleventh Highness and the books and maps of Qingzhou will be guarded by the guards." Follow behind and slow down. The edict is vague, so I don't know how the situation in Yu Xia is now?"

Sure enough, the concern is still government affairs and military affairs.After Yuan Shao heaved a sigh of relief, he felt a little lost for some reason—what he saw and heard just now, did Ling Yucheng care so much?It's fine to turn around and leave, but when we met afterwards, not only did he not ask questions, but even his tone and expression didn't change at all?

When he went to spend the night in the Queen's Palace back then, Concubine Yun didn't say anything, but there was always a bit of resentment in the corners of her brows and eyes...

Whispering back to muttering, Yu Xia's matter is indeed Yuan Shao's proud work.It is inconvenient to tell others that Ling Yucheng is back, of course it is to show off...

"What do you think?" Pulling Ling Yucheng into the study, Yuan Shao rummaged through the desk for the papers he put there before, and asked impatiently:

"How did the old emperor in the south die?"

The tone of voice is too proud, and the inductiveness in the words is too strong.Ling Yucheng almost didn't need to think carefully, just listening to Yuan Shao's tone, his heart skipped a beat:

"Could it be—Your Majesty—"

"I don't have the ability to go to Yuxia to kill people..." Yuan Shao was amused by his surprised and apprehensive tone: "Especially, killing the emperor. If I really have this ability, I have raised my troops to destroy the Southern Dynasty long ago, and I still have time to spare." Ink blots here? Especially—”

He turned around suddenly, and before Ling Yucheng could react, he had already embraced him in his arms, and blew softly into his ear:

"Why did I go through so much trouble to get you in my arms?"

Before Ling Yucheng had time to respond, he had laughed and let go of the somewhat stiff body in his arms, and conveniently stuffed a small box into Ling Yucheng's hands:

"The news before and after is here, you can see for yourself."

Ling Yucheng focused on flipping through the information one by one, trying his best to concentrate on the intelligence in his hand.The small box that Yuan Shao gave him didn't just mention the death of Emperor Yu, but explained the cause and effect clearly, from the initial order to the beginning and end of the whole thing.

Judging from the situation shown by the secret spy information, this plan had already been launched as early as the early autumn of last year.Calculating the time, it happened to be after Yuan Shao came back from the western patrol—no, it would be a little later. To be precise, it was after the crown prince accused him of participating in the assassination before the imperial court, or in other words, it was the spy Yu Xiami who forged letters to try to prove that he was in touch. In a foreign country, after assassinating the prince and usurping the throne to seek the country...

From that moment on, since he stepped into the border of Beiliang, he was ordered to be silent. The secret spy of Beiliang, who had been inactive for more than two years, became active again because of the new order.

In the past two years, the situation in the Yu Xia Dynasty can be said to have changed several times.First, he left with Yuan Shao, and King Duan's power in the army was almost lost. Even if he took his letters to recruit the remaining subordinates, he could barely breathe a sigh of relief.In the second year, Yu Xia suffered a disastrous defeat in Beiliang, and even Jianmen Pass fell into the enemy's hands. The shock caused by it and the purge of the North Korean army caused the prince to break another arm...

After so many battles, the power of the prince and duanwang factions has almost reached the point where fire and water are incompatible.However, under the intentional or unintentional instigation and fueling of the secret spies from Beiliang, in the 15th year of Jiayou and the 53rd birthday of Emperor Yu, a shocking change finally broke out——

For nearly a year, Yuan Shao's efforts and manpower have been incalculable.But he never said a word, until the matter came to an end before the whole thing became clear to him.

"They dare to plot against you, I will always show you this. How are you satisfied?"

The author has something to say: You must be intoxicated tonight.And let him and Emei rumors, the past and the present are the same taboo.What's the point of asking about a long life,

Just let it go with a sneer.Think about it, and regret it from the beginning.A day's heart expects a thousand kalpas, and the fate and fear of the future

He was born, but his promise is heavy, you must remember.

There is really no disagreement...

ps: Chapter 157 will be temporarily released, and the text will be locked after two days (if it is not locked)