nine words

Qing Yan said it was Prince Yu of the Yan Kingdom. Even though Yu Jingnian had made many conjectures, he still couldn't believe that there were still people alive in the royal family of Yan.

When Xu, the first king of Chu State, exterminated Yan, he exterminated the royal family, and even executed King Yan, so that the people watched their monarchs, princes, and concubines being killed.

"Can……"

"At that time, I was still a baby, and my nanny hid me in a secret room under the lotus pond in the imperial garden. I managed to save my life. The nanny passed away six years ago, and I lived on the streets. If I hadn't been rescued by the shopkeeper, I might have been unbearable to bear the humiliation... "

Although Yu Jingnian had heard that there was a young son in Yan State, he didn't know if he killed the baby boy when King Chu attacked the city.But the situation is so chaotic, even if he is really killed, no one will really understand the situation.

"What's the matter with the prescription? Not to mention that you were still a baby when Yan State was destroyed. How could you know the formula of Wangchuan Hydrolysis Medicine after you have lived in Chu State for so many years?"

Qingyan kept his mouth shut, and Yu Jingnian also knew that even if he asked, he might not be able to tell the truth, so it was better to just leave it like this and let them maintain the illusion of trusting each other for the time being.

"We are all using each other. I don't expect to restore the country. I just want to protect the people of Yan from the hands of King Ke of Chu. You can help me. On the contrary, Chu Jiuge can save you if he recovers his memory." a lot of trouble."

Yu Jingnian alertly noticed that the sound of the piano in the room suddenly stopped, and immediately raised his hand to touch Qing Yan's mouth, motioning him to keep quiet, while he listened carefully to the movement in the room, when the sound of footsteps approached, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Chu Jiuge opened the door, and saw that the two had complicated expressions, so he didn't want to expose them. He walked to the bluestone slab and sat on the ground, reached for the teacup on the tea tray, and drank it all in one gulp.

"I feel that Guqin is very familiar. Have I... been here before?"

Yu Jingnian sighed, and said slowly, "The late luthier is the master who taught you how to play the piano."

Chu Jiuge turned his head and looked at the black guqin placed on the table in the room, "I knew it. I remember it."

"How much do you remember?"

"I don't know. It's just that after the pain, when I look at the things around me, I always feel that they match the impression I have in mind."

Chu Jiuge looked at Qingyan, and continued: "You said you have the antidote for Wangchuanshui, is that true?"

Qing Yan nodded, then shook his head again, making Yu Jingnian and Chu Jiuge a little confused about what he meant, they looked at each other, and then looked at Qing Yan suspiciously.

"It is not completely correct to say that I have the antidote. We all know that Wangchuan Water and Meng Po Decoction are just a medicine, but it is the difference between no solution and solution. In fact, this is not the case. Wangchuan Water also has The antidote, but the antidote's medicine is more difficult to find than the thousand-year-old ginseng and ten-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, so it is considered no solution."

"What is that medicine?"

Qingyan stretched out her right hand, palm up, and slowly spread her five fingers, showing her palm to the two of them.

Chu Jiuge felt that this was not the hand of a young man, but rather an old woman in her seventies and eighties.The chaotic lines on the palm are as deep and terrifying as if carved by a knife. Compared with the palm lines, they are more like pictures that record something.

"The Qi stone is a gem that has been passed down for a long time in the Yan country. If you grind this stone into powder and add it to medicine, you can make the antidote for Wangchuan water."

"Qishi?"

"It is said that it was the beheaded head of the girl who was mistakenly killed by the killer sent by Shaokang to assassinate her."

"Nine Sons Demon Mother?" Chu Jiuge blurted out, and even he himself was startled as soon as the words came out.He didn't remember hearing the legend, but still said the name.

Yu Jingnian saw all the subtle changes in Chu Jiuge's expression, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"That's right, but this is just a legend. The Qi stone is not made of a skull, but a fossil mixed with various herbs, which is highly poisonous. But the people of Yan Kingdom don't know that this is a unique medicine. It is considered a priceless gem."

"So..." Before Chu Jiuge could express his conjecture, Qing Yan nodded and interrupted him: "That's right, the tomb of King Yan."

This time, the three of them shut up and didn't make any more noise.

Digging graves is the most detrimental thing, and naturally no one wants to do it.

What's more, the royal family of the Yan Kingdom is famously smart. Several princes participated in the construction of the tomb of the former king.

"In this case, you can give me an antidote of Meng Po Decoction. Even if it doesn't work, it can be regarded as a little comfort."

Qing Yan tilted his head, shook his head helplessly, ordered Xiao Yuan to fetch a pen and paper, gently rolled up his sleeves, and wrote down the prescription with a few strokes.

Qing Yan's handwriting is very beautiful, with regular script, and it looks like a well-behaved person.

"You will regret it." Qing Yan said this when handing the rice paper with the prescription written on it to Chu Jiuge.

"I've regretted it long enough because I don't know my past."

Chu Jiuge returned to the room, staring blankly at the guqin played by the late qin master. He felt as if he had fallen into a trap that had been set long ago. The person who set up the trap was very clever. Find out what you will do in each time period, and what path you will take in the end.Thinking that his future path was already paved by others, Chu Jiuge felt a chill and sweated profusely.

...But in the final analysis, knowing the people around him, and being able to guess what he does, isn't the only one who...

Chu Jiuge didn't dare to continue thinking about it, knowing that when Yu Jingnian came in to deliver his meal, his fingers were still trembling slightly.

At the same time, he knew better than anyone else that he could no longer stay in Xianzifang.

"It's safer for you to stay here than anywhere else." Yu Jingnian persuaded.

"Until I found this." Chu Jiuge threw a few sealed ancient books on the table, then got up and walked to the wooden shelf where the guqin was placed, and pointed to the scattered wreckage of the guqin that he dismantled.

"Sorry, I broke your violin, and I'll fix it."

Yu Jingnian frowned, reached out and took an ancient book, and looked at it carefully in front of his eyes. The pages of the old book had long been yellowed and damaged, and even some characters could not be read clearly, but the content was not important. Why did the luthier of Master Song hide these books in the guqin? If he guessed that one day Chu Jiuge would come here, it would be too far-fetched. still alive?

There is a good saying, one day is a teacher and life is a father, Yu Jingnian does not know, what did the late qin master teach Chu Jiuge, just playing the qin?

Chu Jiuge's ability to know astronomy and geography could not have been brought from his mother's womb. There have never been gods in this world. If there were gods, the common people in the world would not live in dire straits.

"I'm not great enough to sacrifice myself for the sake of all living beings. I'm just a wandering luthier, looking forward to people's pity and charity for me." Chu Jiuge turned his head and looked at Yu Jingnian quietly. Personal grievances must be settled."

Yu Jingnian was shocked again, he didn't know how to ask, because he believed that even Chu Jiuge himself didn't know how much he remembered.

But to let him do whatever he wants is to send him to a dead end with his own hands.He is not good at thinking, but he must come up with a surefire plan.

He can't just watch his dear one die in vain.

"What grievances do you have with Xie Sui?"

When Chu Jiuge heard this, his movements froze, and he was clenched by his hands hidden in his sleeves. The unsightly images in his mind could not be stopped. He even had an urge to self-mutilate and stop everything with pain.

But now he can also understand what kind of mood he chose to drink the Wangchuan water back then, the humiliation and heaviness that no one talked about but could not bear.

"Jingnian, I'm in great pain." Chu Jiuge turned around, his eyes blushing sadly, he shook his head helplessly and asked, "Did I never say anything to you before?"

"Yes." Yu Jingnian could actually imagine that the former national teacher who could not eat the fireworks of the world, as long as he stayed in his room that was no more than ten feet in size, could know the world's affairs, the national teacher was actually under pressure that they could not imagine .

People want power, and the pinnacle of power is wisdom. Chu Jiuge predicts the future through divination. He knows that people around him will leave him one by one, but there is nothing he can do, unable to protect the people around him, and unable to grab any life-saving straw.

He is in pain, he is confused, he is helpless.Yu Jingnian understood, but he didn't understand what happened to Chu Jiuge long before he came to Weiguo, which made him decide to defy his monarch.

Yes, Chu Jiuge is originally from the southern country.

The national teacher of the state of Wei who escaped from the palace of the Southern King.

"Because I can't say it. I have a life experience similar to Qingyan's, as miserable as him, as despondent as him, but dirtier than him."

"Enough, Jiu Ge, it's over, don't torture yourself anymore." Yu Jingnian immediately got up, strode forward to caress Chu Jiuge's shoulders and neck, took him into his arms, and tried to divert his attention .

Chu Jiuge tilted his head back, trying to make the tears flow back, but found that it reminded him of the humiliation of being insulted.

Chu Jiuge's crying was heartbreaking. Yu Jingnian knew that he could not comfort him, and he had already secretly felt in his heart that what Chu Jiuge was really afraid of was just that he was deceiving himself and not wanting to believe it.

As Chu Jiuge said many years ago, "The greatest sorrow in life is not death, but death without self-esteem."

It is not Chu Jiuge's style to sit and wait for death. Yu Jingnian knows without guessing that Chu Jiuge must throw himself into the trap.In terms of strategy and intelligence, even ten of them can't match Chu Jiuge, but once Chu Jiuge becomes impulsive, he can easily fall into the enemy's trap.

What should he do...