The happy life of the devil and the devil

"...my name is no longer Wen Ze."

"……oh, I see."

A short answer drained all his strength.The ensuing response was also equally difficult and bewildered.

The name Wen Ze, despite all the unsatisfactory things, was still bestowed by Emperor Jiayou himself.Now even this has been abandoned... Also, how can a person who can point his troops to his homeland take such a mere word to heart.

After just two short conversations, the friends who used to talk about everything fell into a relatively silent situation again.

Some questions already have answers, and some questions, under the current situation, do not need to be asked anymore.

In the end, it was Ling Yucheng who found his voice.For Prince Yu Xia who was brought before him without warning, he had a thousand and ten thousand questions to ask, and the most critical one was:

"Jing Hui, why are you here?"

He already knew half of the answer.The palace change failed, and he ran away in embarrassment. It is conceivable that Yuan Shao will never let go of this opportunity—and the other half, he wants to hear Jing Hui himself.

He didn't have to wait long.After a few breaths of silence, Ning Xiu slowly opened her mouth, and this time, all the nostalgia, pain, excitement and suppressed calm just now have disappeared, replaced by the one after taking off the mask. Thoughtful true peace.

"You finally asked."

"Yes. Only this matter, I have to ask."

So what can you not ask?A sudden pain seized Ning Xiu, making him almost want to rush forward, grab Ling Yucheng's collar, and shake it violently a few times—the truth of that incident back then, why was Ling Yucheng defenseless? Why did the 30 troops be calmly collected when the people from the region went to Beijing, and the last boulder was dropped on the abyss above Ling Yucheng's head?What kind of tragic seizure of the heirloom is hidden behind it, and he, the lord who was forced to give up his subordinates, has no choice but to be in it——

You don't want to know about these anymore, or don't you care?

Or, have you already learned the so-called truth from another population?

Thinking of this, Ning Xiu felt a raging flame roaring in her heart, even more painful than when she knew that Ling Yucheng had already reached a deal with Yuan Shao in private, and the so-called asking him for help to dismiss his subordinates was all a show.He had to take several deep breaths before he was able to maintain his superficial calm, and he tried to calm down his voice and replied:

"Why am I here? Yucheng, why do you even know what to ask now?"

"...You are wrong." Ling Yucheng's voice was quiet and faint, "Jing Hui, I only realized when I saw you coming in that you have come to Great Liang."

"Is it?"

"As you said, when things are up to now——Jing Hui, why should I lie to you now?"

It's the disparity in strength between each other that allows you to get whatever you want even without cheating!A burst of blazing anger suddenly rose, mixed with the guilt and fear caused by the betrayal, and the pain caused by it, making Ning Xiu blurt out involuntarily:

"Yes, I launched the palace change and failed. If I didn't run away, the new emperor would definitely not be able to spare me when he came to power, so I ran away. It happened that there were people sent by His Majesty by my side, and they ran all the way to Beiliang to protect me. —From beginning to end, I just want to live!"

"Live?" Ling Yucheng murmured.Are you willing to pay such a price just to survive?As the prince of Yuxia, he betrayed his clan and country, and bowed his knees in front of the emperor of the enemy country, knowing that he must have spared your life to harm your motherland——

"Jing Hui, you just said that you came to Great Liang to survive?"

"Isn't it? Yucheng, have you forgotten why we took that road at that time - whenever possible, who doesn't want to enjoy wealth and wealth? Who doesn't want to fight for the country without distraction? But Liu Mingxia has just been wiped out here, That good brother of mine over there dares to harm my mother and concubine in the palace, and deduct your military merits and military pay outside. If you don't fight, don't fight, there is no way for us to survive!"

"...What about after you survive?"

"Naturally, I want to live a better life!" Ning Xiu suddenly took a step forward, took Ling Yucheng's right hand, and eagerly looked at the pair of eyes that hadn't caused any waves so far:

"Yucheng, help me! I am the late emperor's son, you have soldiers in your hands, and the support of the Beiliang emperor—help me! Take back the throne, this Yu Xia should be ours!"

The hands that were clenched tightly were as warm and dry as in memory, and the strength that made his palms hurt was no different from the past.The only difference is that these hands are still a bit rough after all, and there are even many small cracks on the edges - thinking about running wildly for so many days, the young prince who has always been pampered has suffered a lot.

Ling Yucheng lowered his gaze quietly, and then slowly withdrew his tightly held right hand:

"So, you want me to help you take back Yu Xia's throne by borrowing troops from Great Liang?"

Ning Xiu didn't want to be in such a hurry.

He knew what role he played in the martial arts competition that distorted Ling Yucheng's fate three years ago, and Ling Yucheng knew it too.Later, during the several incidents in Beiliang, it wasn't that he didn't take the opportunity to attack, and it wasn't that Ling Yucheng didn't have the possibility to find out those traces.

Although it is said that as long as there are enough interests, even the enemy may cooperate, but if you use enough patience to infiltrate slowly and eliminate Ling Yucheng's bad feelings bit by bit, you may have to pay for the past betrayal a few times--and then After all, making a request is the way to win more.

However, such a patient and forbearing plan was shattered by the encounters since entering Beiliang.

As soon as he crossed the border, the cronies of bodyguards brought out by Ning Xiu from the palace and who had been loyally protecting him disappeared overnight.From then on, except for those tall and burly Beiliang sergeants, there was no one else around.

Along the way, those people kept a straight face from morning to night, and they seldom even talked to each other unless necessary.Ning Xiu tried her best, but she couldn't get out a word from those stone-like guards. She was only wrapped by them, one person and two horses, and rushed northward without any hesitation.Even if he was so tired that he was about to fall off his mount, he just tied a rope to the horse's back, and when he got to the lodging, he dissolved a pill into boiling water, squeezed his nose and poured it down his throat.From beginning to end, there is no preferential treatment at all.

When he stepped into the imperial capital, he was simply imprisoned on a small island in the Taiye Pool.In such a place surrounded by water, he had never seen the slightest glimmer of water except for the day when he went to the island.The guards on duty at the gate didn't even say a word to him except to deliver three meals a day.

Just when he thought he would be put under house arrest until he died, a face-sacred will made him walk out of the heavily guarded courtyard in the middle of the water.Then, he met Ling Yucheng.

Seeing Ling Yucheng, who would be shocked by his arrival and suffer from his kneeling.Seeing the strongest and only helping hand he can find now.

And he had no choice but to seize this opportunity tightly.

"Borrow troops from Great Liang? Of course!" Ning Xiu was so anxious that she could no longer be cautious, and poured out the words she had prepared for more than a dozen days and nights: "In Yu Xia, there is no general stronger than you. There is no army stronger than that of Great Liang. What's more, starting from Great Liang, the first thing to pass through is Beijiang—the Beijiang that you have managed for ten years! After passing through Beijiang, Yu Xia's heart is fat The land is the capital!"

His voice suddenly sank, lowered by a scale, instead of appearing timid, it brought a strange mellowness: "Yucheng, take down Yu Xia, and you can go back. When the time comes, we—"

Ling Yucheng finally raised his gaze.

Ever since Ning Xiu took hold of his palm, he has been lowering his head, quietly listening to his former lord and his friend's vision for the future.And when she raised her head, Ning Xiu's whole body was shaken, and she almost took a step backwards.

Those eyes that were full of nostalgia and pain when they first met, and those eyes that never revealed their master's thoughts during the solitude just now, have become cold and sharp, like the first ray of frost reflected from a knife blade in the early morning of late autumn magnificent.

"So," he heard Ling Yucheng say slowly, "for yourself to survive, for you to sit in that seat, you would rather bend your knees to borrow troops from Great Liang, even if—to divide the land and destroy Yu Xia's entire body. Or would it not hesitate to dismantle it into pieces and sell it to Great Liang?"

He suddenly took a step forward, his voice didn't rise, but his anger rumbled like thunder, and then he shot down with the power to tear the sky:

"Do you still know that you are Yu Xia's prince!"

After nearly three years of training, whether it is martial arts or ambition, Ling Yucheng is no longer Wuxia Amon.Under this anger, even Ning Xiu stepped back three steps, and managed to stabilize her body.His face was turned pale by anger for a moment, and in a blink of an eye, it flushed quickly:

"Yes, I am Yu Xia's prince! What's the matter with the prince, the prince who has not ascended the throne, or even fled abroad is worthless! I just want to live, live!"

The pain of shattered hopes and the fear of revenge made him unable to restrain his emotions anymore, and his voice suddenly became more than one pitch higher:

"I just want to live and get back my own things. That seat should be mine! As for the rest, when I sit in that seat, I can't do anything, and I can't get it back!"

His voice froze for an instant.On the other side, Ling Yucheng, who had been listening attentively, quietly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, all the anger, pain, excitement and even the coldness disappeared, and the only thing left was the almost transparent tranquility:

"Jing Hui," he said slowly, "You keep asking me to help you, but do you still remember why I was willing to help you back then?"

"At that time, when I made up my mind to push you to the throne, what you said, what you swore—"

"The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country. Jing Hui, don't make me look down on you."

The author has something to say: Duan Wang, even if you get Yu Xia, how much can you share with Xiao Ling?

Although there is a problem with his position (in fact, it is very problematic), Xiao Ling is still the same Xiao Ling with a pure dream and a clean and pure heart.