The happy life of the devil and the devil

"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."

A quiet and faint voice came to the ears, and Yuan Shao pressed his palm on the back of the chair, and he was about to stand up almost immediately.

Generously gave Ling Yucheng and Ning Xiu time to talk alone, he dismissed the guards, but turned back to the waterside pavilion, and sat down quietly in the room at the other end.This small room was originally used for the temporary rest of the servants of the palace, so there is a small door leading to the outer corridor alone, so as not to obstruct the eyes of the nobles when entering and exiting.The doors and windows of the small room are tightly closed, as long as he does not intentionally make any movement, he will definitely not be noticed by others, and as long as he uses his internal strength a little, the conversation between the two can be vividly heard in his ears.

Sure enough, after the initial stagnation and embarrassment, the two people, who were not talking speculatively, soon quarreled.

Yuan Shao looked down at the light and shadow moving inch by inch in front of his toes, and sneered slightly.Ning Xiu's intentions were not beyond his expectations. A prince who has grown up and received a complete education, and someone like Ling Yucheng once regarded him as the lord, as long as he still has a little bit of shame and a little bit of love for his family and country He valued his own thoughts more than others, so he definitely would not appear in Beiliang Imperial Capital.

Don't say that you are coerced by others and you can't help yourself.No one was bound or tied up along the way, swallowing gold and taking poison, hanged himself and cut his neck, how could he not die?How much thought did he put in to prevent Ling Yucheng from committing suicide!

Changing places, if Ling Yucheng was in a situation where the palace transformation failed and he committed a capital crime, he would definitely be willing to admit defeat and end his life neatly.He will never surrender to the enemy and let the monarch of the enemy country regard himself as a useful pawn to split the mountains and rivers of his mother country.

As for Ling Yucheng's reaction... Although he was a little too nostalgic for his homeland and forgot his identity as the empress of Great Liang, if it wasn't for such a cold and compelling Gao Jie, how could he be worthy of his heartfelt love?

Not feeling that his own thoughts were too biased, Yuan Shao lowered his head to weigh for a moment, then leaned back gently on the chair.Sure enough, the next moment, Ning Xiu's startled and angry voice sounded:

"You want to kill me? - Ling Yucheng, you want to kill me?!"

Did you call him his name?Yuan Shao frowned secretly, deeply regretting that when he didn't let that guy kneel for a while, he had already heard Ling Yucheng's quiet and calm voice:

"I won't kill you. It's just that from now on, the Prince Yu Xia, whom I have been studying with for seven years and who has been loyal to his lord for ten years, is dead to me."

The calm words turned into a sharp and bright dagger at this moment, straight to the heart of Ning Xiu.

Seven years of companionship and ten years of loyalty, they understand each other better than anyone else, and they can more effectively——

hurt each other.

The once pure and bright boy who vowed with him to reorganize the court, rejuvenate Yuxia, and even lead troops north to restore the mountains and rivers, the boy who once imprisoned the North Kingdom for the second Emperor Huaimin was heartbroken, and vowed to say, "The Son of Heaven guards the gate of the country, The prince of "the king dies in Sheji" is dead.

He died on the night when the palace transformation failed and Ning Xiu decided to run away, or earlier, on the day when he personally lured him into Yuyang, pushed him into death row, and cut off his last hope of being rescued.

You should give up, Ling Yucheng.Yuan Shao lowered his eyes quietly, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.If it wasn't for you to see the ugliness of the former lord, if it wasn't for cutting off your last thought, why would I...

Let him meet you alone.

On the other side of the water pavilion, the meeting of old friends who have completely changed is still going on.Ning Xiu gasped for breath, arched her back slightly, stared at Ling Yucheng with vigilant and fierce eyes, and suddenly said loudly:

"What qualifications do you have to tell me to die! Look down on me? Why do you look down on me?! You are not the same as me!"

Under the anger of shattered hopes and the panic of despair about the future, his voice changed from the deep and mellow when he was persuading just now, and was as sharp as a dagger that had just been tempered, stabbing the clean porcelain vigorously: "Did you forget?" How did you come to Beiliang? You can climb the bed of the emperor of Beiliang to save your life. I am just an ordinary courtier, so you have the face to tell me to die! Why, why!"

Silently, Yuan Shao's five fingers sank into the seat, leaving a row of fingerprints half an inch deep on the armrest made of old vines in the mountains, which is usually impenetrable even with steel knives.No one knows Ling Yucheng's experience better than him. From the three attempts to commit suicide in the ring to the painful struggle day after day afterward, it has been more than a year. His heart is ashamed and he has no interest in life.You are a treasonous and unfilial bastard, what qualifications do you have to compare with Ling Yucheng!

Don't get knocked down by him.Yuan Shao said silently in his heart.I can go there immediately and scold you head on, but you can only overcome this hurdle in your heart by yourself—you can do it, Ling Yucheng!

"...I'm the same as you?" After a moment of silence, Ling Yucheng really spoke again.Live up to Yuan Shao's expectations, his voice is still calm and steady, no matter the pitch or the speed of speaking, there is no change from before:

"I think you should remember how I came to Beiliang. You personally brought the imperial decree of Emperor Jiayou to me and read it to me word by word. It was you who persuaded me to accept it. This imperial decree is reported to the king, and the country is safe in the world—is it possible that you also have such an imperial decree?"

Before Ning Xiu could think of an answer, the floor cracked several times, but it was Ling Yucheng who took a step forward, and Ning Xiu was forced by his momentum, and retreated hastily again:

"Ten years of bloody battles, ten years of hard work, in exchange for the will of Emperor Yuxia and pro-Beiliang. I will pay back everything owed to Yuxia. Ningxiu, I am loyal to the Emperor of Beiliang at this moment, and I have also paid for it." Your father's will!"

There were some slight disturbances in the air.Even if Yuan Shao didn't see it with his own eyes, he could tell from his voice that Ling Yucheng raised his head with his hands behind his back, and smiled coldly:

"Reading the books of sages, what have you learned? From now on, I have nothing to be ashamed of—Ning Xiu, I dare to say a word here, whether it is to be loyal to the emperor of Beiliang, or to personally lead troops into Yuxia to seize Jianmen Pass, I have a clear conscience." ! Do you - dare?"

His voice was not necessarily high-pitched, but he took a step forward every time he asked a question, and Ning Xiu also took a step back.After finishing his speech, Ning Xiu's back had already hit the door frame. He straightened his back in embarrassment, took a step forward, and shouted angrily:

"So you followed that Beiliang emperor wholeheartedly, forgetting who you are! What can he give you? Power over the world? Wealth and glory? Could it be what you want most—"

The voice suddenly sank, and hissed out word by word from the gap between the teeth, the whisper-like soft words were like the bright red letter of a poisonous snake, cold and sticky, licking the unsuspecting spine of the listener:

"One pair for life people?"

Ling Yucheng clenched his hands behind his back suddenly.

Compared with whispers, the voice only rang a little bit, but when it fell into Yuan Shao's ears, it rumbled endlessly, like a thunderbolt falling on the head, with just one note, it split the fog that had been covering for many days .

It turned out to be like this... It turned out to be like this!

That night, when the love was strong, he whispered in Ling Yucheng's ear: "You are enough for me." It was this sentence that made Ling Yucheng change his attitude of pretending to be deaf and dumb. Responded to his closeness for the first time.It's ridiculous that he was still ignorant at the time, and he only wanted to please Ling Yucheng with his own temper...

After returning from Qingzhou, although Ling Yucheng never refused, he suddenly became indifferent.I only thought it was strange, but I never thought about what kind of mood Ling Yucheng was in when he bumped into Linxing Palace, and left silently.

And this person never even rejected himself.

Yes, in his longevity, he would never take the initiative to reject him.Didn't Ling Yucheng say that to him when he first expressed his heart?

"Serving His Majesty is the duty of a minister."

"Since then, I have always been willing..."

In the misty mist of the bathing hall, that person once knelt in front of him, looking up into his eyes stubbornly and pleadingly, revealing the secret buried deep in the bottom of his heart, which would be dripping with blood at the slightest touch. .

And he regarded submission as willingness, forbearance as embarrassment, and the body that had to be offered based on the division of monarch and minister as the joy of mutual affection.

At that time, when he realized that he hadn't kept his promise to him, or that the words of love were not promises at all, what kind of cold despair must have filled Ling Yucheng's heart.It's ridiculous that he didn't notice it, and was even unhappy because of Ling Yucheng's silent silence on the bed, and tried his best to tease him...

sorry Sorry.

If I knew your thoughts earlier, how could I be willing to make you hurt so much.Those palace servants and maidservants are just dispensable playthings, so it doesn't matter if you don't get close to anyone from now on.

He was in a turbulent mood for a while, and he was about to get up and go over to express his heart to Ling Yucheng.However, as soon as the footsteps moved, the voice of Ling Yucheng from the other side of the water pavilion suddenly came, clear and piercing, like two long swords striking each other:

"You are right. Your Majesty did give me what I wanted most. When Yu Xia called, he dared to use my strategy and let me sneak across the border with a large army. He didn't even send a supervisor; When the Northern Barbarians invaded, he dared to sit in the middle of the army to fight against the enemy, and let me wait for an opportunity to enter with a fine horse Even if he disappeared in distress, and the crown prince was assassinated at the time of the solar eclipse, he didn't suspect that it was me--"

The floor squeaked again, and Ling Yucheng stepped forward, his voice getting louder and louder:

"Even if you found your forged letters between you and me from Spy Yu Xiami, he never doubted me!"

The voice of these words is like gold and stone, every word and every sentence resounds loudly.If he heard it normally, Yuan Shao would have jumped up with joy, maybe he would hold Ling Yucheng into his arms and rub him hard.However, at this moment, he only felt that his heart was icy and cold, and every time he heard a word, he sank one more point into the abyss:

For Ling Yucheng, the most important thing is this already.

All the previous likes, loves, dreams and expectations of a couple for a lifetime--

Ling Yucheng, do you dare not think, dare not hope, or have already...

Don't care anymore?

He was worrying about gains and losses here, Ning Xiu, who was facing Ling Yucheng directly across the wall, was shocked and angry.Especially when Ling Yucheng said that he forged the correspondence between the two, Ning Xiu narrowed her eyes and her voice became sharp involuntarily:

"You know? Knowing that you still come to see me, and you still pretend that nothing happened, and treat me like a good brother, worrying and concerned? Is it interesting to watch my jokes? Watching me foolishly bow my head in front of you Asking for help, you can still tell me to die, are you very happy and proud? — Bah!"

The cursing, which was completely out of control, was finally interrupted by a long sigh.Ling Yucheng was not irritated, but a little helpless loneliness was added to the clear voice:

"Jing Hui," his tone softened again: "I called you that for the last time. Believe it or not, when I first saw you, I still remembered the love between you and me—— Even though I clearly know that I was imprisoned in death row by Emperor Jiayou, you are behind it; even though I clearly know that you have not stopped playing tricks to harm me in the past few years..."

"Although I know, you have become a villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and would rather betray the country and surrender to the enemy. You are no longer the young prince I know."

"I still want to see you one last time."

That's a past they can't erase.

First it was a classmate for seven years, and then it was a monarch and minister for ten years.In Ling Yucheng's 27-year-old life, it takes up more than half of it—compared to the short three years with Yuan Shao, the weight is much, much heavier.Even after experiencing the deep-rooted betrayal and hurt, with Ling Yucheng's decisive character, he still can't be a complete stranger.

It is using blood, using fire, fighting back to back, shoulder to shoulder, and using shared joy and sorrow to carve traces in each other's lives.Between them, there is a common glory and dream, and there are secrets that only each other knows——

Just like Ning Xiu's malicious whisper just now.To Ning Xiu, it was nothing ordinary, but to him, it was a secret that Ling Yucheng was too painful to reveal.

Yuan Shao suddenly didn't want to listen anymore.He slammed the door open, walked between the two with great strides, and stared coldly at Ning Xiu's face:

"roll!"

The author has something to say: "Confucius said to achieve benevolence, Mencius said to take righteousness, only when righteousness is exhausted, so benevolence is supreme. Reading the books of sages, what have you learned? From now on, the common people have almost nothing to be ashamed of."

From Wen Tianxiang's last pen before his death

Wen Tianxiang is a real gentleman