Competing in the morning and evening

Yuan Xizheng curled up on the couch all day, the daylight in front of the window gradually faded, and then the night gradually darkened, at this time the cell door was opened with a bang.

First, there was a sound of footsteps, and someone shouted: "Young master!"

"Green Bamboo!" Yuan Xizheng was taken aback.

Green Bamboo rushed to the fence and cried: "Young master, I have been waiting outside the door for two days, they just won't let me in, if it wasn't for..."

Yuan Xizheng looked up at Ryan behind her, and it was rare for her to have a dignified look on her arrogant face.

"Ziqing, come with me!"

Yuan Xizheng hesitated for a moment, and said, "Ruian, my case is not yet..."

Ryan lowered his head slightly, and said, "I'm here to tell you that something happened in Yuancun."

Yuan Xizheng was startled, and at the same time as Lu Zhu raised his head and asked in surprise: "What did you say?"

"The guards in the mansion just sent a message...Ziqing, you must stay calm." Ryan opened the door, and Luzhu immediately went in and helped Yuan Xizheng up.

Ryan had already got off the carriage, Yuan Xizheng kept his eyes closed all the way, and Lu Zhu felt that the hand in his palm was shaking all the time.

Before the carriage approached the original village, the peaceful village could be seen burning into the sky from a distance.

Luzhu couldn't help but screamed, she covered her mouth subconsciously, Yuan Xizheng had already opened her eyes, Ryan only felt a movement in his waist, and lowered his head to find that his saber was gone, Yuan Xizheng's entire body Everyone flew out, and with a flash of cold light in the night, one of the two horses pulling the carriage ran away with Yuan Xizheng.

Ryan also jumped out of the carriage, and she pulled the attendant next to her off the horse, jumped onto the horse and chased after Yuan Xizheng's back.

Because there were warnings from nearby villages, all the people from the yamen arrived, and they kept carrying the corpse out.

The whole Yuan village seemed to be flying in the fire, and people kept shouting: "This house is going to collapse, and it's full of dead people, all dead people!"

Like going crazy, Yuan Xizheng pushed those people away and ran towards a house desperately.

That house was not a mansion, so the person who set the fire didn't pay special attention to it. Even so, the house was still ablaze with the fire raging in the night wind. with two people.

"Mother!" Yuan Xizheng rushed over and helped one of the old women up.

The original mother was hit by a sword in the back, and the fierceness of the sword almost split her in two, but her two hands still tightly hugged the person under her body.

Yuan Xizheng looked at the person she was protecting in a daze, and saw that it was a girl, wearing a new dress, which Yuan Xizheng naturally recognized, since the original mother was always in her hand It was a piece of clothing that was twisted, but it seemed that it could not be twisted well.

Luzhu and Rui'an also rushed in, and seeing Yuan Xizheng hugging the original mother with blood in her hands, Luzhu burst into tears and said in a trembling voice, "My God, what's going on?"

The woman lying on the bottom no longer had a person on her body, and actually gave a slight hum. Ryan quickly turned her over, only to see that her forehead was slashed with a sword, and her originally delicate face was destroyed, but luckily She is still alive.

"It's Miss Wanru, young master, it's Miss Wanru, she's still alive." Green Bamboo shouted.

Yuan Xizheng acted as if he hadn't heard it, he just hugged his mother blankly, Ryan frowned and called Ziqing a few times.

Yuan Xizheng suddenly laughed lightly, first lightly, then harder and harder, and finally burst out laughing, his eyes were filled with fire from Yuancun.Ruian raised his palms and slapped Yuan Xizheng hard, and said, "Yuan Xizheng, are you going crazy if you're not dead?"

Yuan Xizheng's laughter was interrupted by her slap, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. Ryan looked at the room where the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and said, "Luzhu, drag that girl out first."

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to pull Yuan Xizheng, but Yuan Xizheng was completely unmoved, and just hugged Yuanmu tightly.

Ryan dragged the two people under the scorching fire and couldn't help sweating profusely. The fire was getting bigger and bigger. Seeing that the house was about to collapse, Yuan Xizheng said softly: "You go, I will accompany you."

Ruian came up after hearing this, and said with a sneer: "I won't leave, Yuan Xizheng, if I die here today, I, Ryan, swear to the sky, I will find you, a coward, for the next nine generations. Settle accounts!"

"Coward..." Yuan Xizheng's eyes moved slightly, and he chuckled as if mocking himself, and said, "You're right, I'm not a real man after all, no matter how good I act, it's just a scene Illusion. I shouldn't fight, I'm obviously not a man, but I just want to stand on my own in the world, not to die... In fact, what can I do?"

Ryan raised his black willow eyebrows, and said with a sneer, "What's the matter, do you think a man is a man who is not disabled?"

While she was speaking, some attendants had already come over to help Ryan drag Yuan Xizheng and the original mother's corpses out. They were barely able to go out, and the house collapsed. At the moment of collapse, Ryan drew out his sword and waved his hand. Kill the follower who just heard their conversation in the house.

The splashed blood splashed on the faces of Lv Zhu and Yuan Xizheng, Lv Zhu trembled with fright, and fell on Yuan Wanru's body, unable to straighten his waist.

Ryan put the bloody sword back into its scabbard.Sneered and said: "Yuan Xizheng, do you want to obediently tell the world that you are nothing more than a piece of trash, or continue to be your man and let others pay with blood, you can decide for yourself!"

The hot blood seemed to scald Yuan Xizheng's skin. The drop of blood was lightly stained on his finger, and against the drop of red blood on his white finger, it seemed that it was delicate and beautiful like a poisonous flower, which could rot the flesh and penetrate the bone, and burn into the heart of the person. the deepest part.Yuan Xizheng slowly tightened his palm, holding the drop of blood in his palm.

The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and gradually there was nothing left in Yuancun that could not be swallowed by it.Anyone has to be intimidated in front of this soaring fire. It seems to mock everyone standing helplessly in front of them, reminding them of their personal insignificance.

Such a horrific tragedy happened in the original village under the eyes of the capital, which made Chang Emperor Chu Wei very angry. After repeated investigations, he only said that it was a bandit nearby.The imperial court sent a large number of officers and soldiers to repeatedly chase down the bandits in the mountains near Jianye. The momentum was huge, like a wind blowing away. Many bandits died, but no one knew whether the grievances of the original village had been cleared up.

Princess Rui'an blatantly took Yuan Xizheng, the prisoner of Dali Siqing, back, and Zuo Yang came to ask for him in distress.

Zuo Yangming was also very helpless, he had never handled such a weird headless case.A world-renowned dancer was raped and then killed, and a well-known talent was arrested on the spot, but he had a princess as an alibi witness.Before there was a reasonable explanation for this bloody case, another bloody case happened in the talented man's home. More than 100 people were killed and the whole village was burned to ashes. Coincidentally, the Yizhuang where the dancer's body was stored also caught fire. The body was also burned to ashes.

Zuo Yangming didn't want to know who was the murderer and who was the victim here. He just wanted to know how to write this closing statement so that it wouldn't look ridiculous in Dali Temple, which was just used by the angry Emperor Chang to vent his anger.Before he came, he had thought of many ways to deal with the princess, but after coming to Yu Wan, he realized that none of them could be used, because he didn't even dare to lift his head.

"Didn't you want my statement? I told you, Yuan Xizheng was with me the whole night that day. I was the one who remembered in the morning that he wanted to watch Cai Ji dance. He was ordered by me." Ryan sat down He casually watched the palace men dancing while sitting on the chair.

That's right, that's why Zuo Yangming hasn't dared to raise his head since he entered this hall. There have always been only dancers, but Rui'an has raised a large group of dancing boys, like Zuo Yangming, who are familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, support A man with five principles and morals should feel indignant, but he thought in his heart that Ryan's green fingers were holding a tea bowl of pastel pink and tilian...it was really beautiful.

Seeing his evasive gaze, Ryan raised the corner of his mouth slightly and sneered.

Zuo Yangming left, and two more came, namely King Liang and his concubine Zeng Chuyu.

Naturally, Rui An knew that Zeng Chuyu was also from Yuancun. Seeing her so weak that she seemed to be unable to stand still, Rui An still had the same expression, seeming to dismiss her.

"Yuan Xizheng is in the back garden." Ruian continued to enjoy her singing and dancing without saying this. Many people died in Yuancun, and she took in two sad people, but it didn't seem to hinder Ryan's interest in watching singing and dancing at all.

Knowing that this younger sister had never been lawless, Chu Yin had no choice but to say thank you in embarrassment.

Zeng Chuyu was supported by Qing Xiang and walked towards the back garden of Yu Wan. Halfway through the walk, she turned her head and glanced at Rui An who was enjoying singing and dancing in the pavilion. She turned her head, but Liang Wang and his wife had disappeared.

Chu Yin thought that he would see Yuan Xizheng, whom he had met at the end of the day, in the next moment, and he seemed to involuntarily quicken his pace.He and Zeng Chuyu walked through Yuwan's long corridor, and their quick steps made the sound of clothes flapping, but after a while, Zeng Chuyu was thrown away by Chu Yin for a while.Zeng Chuyu looked up at Chu Yin's anxious back, and frowned slightly.

Yuan Xizheng sat on the railing of the tallest pavilion in Yuwan with her knees bent, from which she could see the Qinhuai River outside.

Chu Yin knew at a glance that the young man in white was Yuan Xizheng. Maybe it was because of the blow too much. Yuan Xizheng was visibly thinner, the white robe looked wider, and the fingers resting on his knees were also a little more slender. , but the whole brows and eyes are more handsome, perhaps more delicate.The faint sadness between the brows made Yuan Xizheng look a little more vulnerable.

At that moment, Chu Yin felt that something was growing quietly and crazily deep in his heart.

"Brother Ziqing."

Zeng Chuyu behind him made a sound, and Chu Yincai seemed to wake up.

Yuan Xizheng turned around and saw Zeng Chuyu looking at her with tears in her eyes, so she said, "You're here."

As he spoke, he got up, Chu Yin was probably afraid that Yuan Xizheng would accidentally fall, so he suddenly reached out and grabbed the arm of the man opposite him.

The warm feeling and the softness of the human body made Chu Yin almost lose control, and he almost wanted to pull the person in front of him into his arms.It wasn't until Yuan Xi contended: "Thank you." He barely restrained the weird emotion in his heart.

Zeng Chuyu looked at Chu Yin in horror from the side. From her angle, she could clearly see the desire in Chu Yin's eyes. The desire surged in and drowned her like a tide.If she hadn't tried her best to support Qingxiang's hand, she would have collapsed to the ground long ago.

It turns out that Chu Yin, who is pure-hearted and ascetic, is not interested in Huanai, but she is not his favorite object, and the person Chu Yin likes is something she never imagined. It also made her hate Yuan Xizheng.

"They're all from my own family, why are you so polite." Chu Yin gently supported Yuan Xi and argued.

Yuan Xizheng lowered his head and said, "Yes, you are the only family members left."

Zeng Chuyu took a deep breath, as if all the distracting thoughts in her heart had been put aside, she pondered for a moment, and said softly: "Brother Ziqing, since we are a family, why don't you move in and live with us. Chu Yu...doesn't want to lose anyone anymore." At the end, she choked up her sobs.

Yuan Xizheng stretched out his hand, gently wiped away her tears, and said, "Don't cry, Chu Yu."

If Zeng Chuyu could, she would almost laugh, she seemed to have left her shell quietly, watching her shell coldly leading Yuan Xizheng into the abyss.She thought she was crazy, otherwise how could she be so cruel... No, she is not crazy, it is someone else who is crazy, for example, if she thinks that marrying her to a prince, she will be able to live happily ever after; Knowing that she was on the verge of death, but still thinking that she said something good to her, she has been suffering in hell until now; the one who is crazy is Chu Yin, knowing that the person in front of him is a man, but still conniving at his kind Intolerable to worldly desires; everyone is crazy, only she is still clearly thinking about how to live.

Qing Xiang, who had been supporting Zeng Chuyu all the time, glanced at her unnaturally. Qing Xiang is much more honest than before. Ever since Zeng Chuyu took the hot silver needles and pierced her nails one by one, telling her to be honest, She didn't dare to have other thoughts.

"Chu Yu, you go out first, let me talk to the prince, please?" Yuan Xizheng turned her head and said gently.

Zeng Chuyu nodded slightly, and let Qingxiang help her out of the house.

Only Chu Yin was left in the room facing Yuan Xizheng, which made his original chaotic thoughts gradually recede.At this moment, Yuan Xizheng is deeply enmity, but he is helpless, because Chu Yin knows that Yuan Xizheng can already feel that when facing status and imperial power, no matter how powerful an individual is, he is insignificant. If he wants revenge, he can only Involved in this war of relegation, relying on the strength of another force.

Although Chu Yin was not an impatient person, at this moment he really wanted to know Yuan Xizheng's answer.

Yuan Xizheng was silent for a long time, and then said: "My lord, you know that if I want to help you, it is just to use you to avenge Yuan Village one day."

Hearing Yuan Xizheng's first sentence, Chu Yin couldn't stop his heart from trembling, and said calmly, "I know."

Yuan Xizheng looked at the floating clouds in the sky and said, "Even so, do you still want me to help you?"

"Think." Chu Yin said bluntly.

Yuan Xizheng looked at him, and said after a long time: "This is a very narrow road, there is a possibility of narrow escape, you can also choose to be a prince of peace."

Chu Yin looked into Yuan Xizheng's eyes and said, "Ziqing, didn't you choose this path because you knew that retreating would just make you a fish and let others slaughter you. If you can't trample everyone under your feet, How can you get what you want...protect what you have."

Yuan Xizheng's brows trembled slightly, looking back into Chu Yin's eyes, he said after a long time: "I want all your power, including the power of life and death."

"Row."

"I want you to do what you say, and if I don't think it's necessary, I may not explain to you why I do things."

"Row."

"I want absolute freedom. You can't ask me where I'm going and what I'm doing?"

"Row."

"If you ascend to the throne of God, please let me trust Ma Jianghu."

Looking at Yuan Xizheng's face, Chu Yin said slowly, "Yes."

Yuan Xizheng stood up, knelt down on one leg, and said, "Master."

Chu Yin was very kind, but at this moment he couldn't stop being ecstatic, he almost put his arms around Yuan Xizheng's shoulders, and asked tremblingly, "You really agreed?"

Yuan Xizheng raised his head, looked at Chu Yin, and then nodded. For just a moment, Yuan Xizheng knew that he and this person would live and die together for a long time.

Zeng Chuyu tightened the shawl outside the fence, and said with a smile, "Qingxiang, have you heard the allusion of Xiao Shi Nongyu?"

Qingxiang smiled and said: "Madam, you know that I have only read books with Da Furen for a few days, how can I know these allusions?"

"During the Warring States period, Qin Mugong had a daughter named Nongyu. She was smart and beautiful, and she liked to play xiao. When she grew up, she met a handsome young man named Xiao Shi. He was infatuated. He taught him how to play the flute, and the two lived for a long time, and naturally they sang in harmony, and became husband and wife. Later, one riding a phoenix and the other riding a dragon left the secular world and became a pair of happy gods."

Qingxiang laughed and said: "It's lucky to get jade, and I found a like-minded husband."

After hearing this, Zeng Chuyu turned his head and smiled very sweetly, and said, "I used to think that I was Nongyu."

Before Qingxiang could figure out how to answer Zeng Chuyu's words, Zeng Chuyu had already turned his head to look at the half-round setting sun in the sky.

Despite the kind invitation from King Liang and Princess Wang, Yuan Xizheng chose to stay in Yuwan to recuperate for some reason.When Yuan Xizheng came down from the pavilion, the gigolos also dispersed, and Ryan was drinking alone. When she saw Yuan Xizheng, her lips curved slightly, and she said, "You picked King Liang after all." She said and sighed He took a deep breath and said, "I thought I had to force myself to be an empress."

Yuan Xi laughed, and said: "I know you don't want to, why should I force others to make things difficult for me?"

Rui'an pointed at Yuan Xi with his slender fingers and said, "It's fine for others, but Ziqing... that's different. I intended to fight for Yuan Xi." The dark willow eyebrows are more imposing, not like a majestic princess, but like a female gangster.

Yuan Xizheng lowered his head slightly, and said: "You know, I can't get too close to men, and naturally I don't dare to get too close to women, so I, Yuan Xizheng, have grown up so much, but I actually have very few friends. But today, I am very happy to have found a friend..." Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Except for a monster like Ryan who is neither male nor female, who is more suitable to be my confidant?"

Ryan smiled slightly and raised his hand. Yuan Xizheng went up to her and shook her knowingly. After a long time, Ryan smiled and said, "Yuan Xizheng, you are so beautiful. I like you even if you can't be humane."

Yuan Xizheng shook off her hand in a hurry, Ryan was already laughing so hard, and then walked away.Yuan Xizheng watched her disappear, and couldn't help smiling.

After the setting sun went down, it was replaced by a bright moon, showing a faint blush, like a scorching scar on a cool spring night.Yuan Xizheng sat on the highest roof in Yuwan with a jar of wine and drank while watching the moon. The blue-black bricks and tiles on the eaves set off the moonlight, like hoarfrost sprinkled all over the ground, and the wind was blowing in Yuwan. Pieces of bamboo forests made the sound of drumming.

Yuan Xizheng opened the wine jar but didn't drink, because someone came in the night wind stepping on the hoarfrost.

"Long time no see, Ziqing."

Yuan Xizheng placed her slender fingers on the unsealed wine jar, looked at the person in front of her, and said for a long time, "Li Yan."

Li Yan was wearing a black dress. He sat down side by side with Yuan Xizheng, then turned his head and smiled and said, "Don't you entertain friends from afar?"

Yuan Xizheng took a sip of the wine from the altar, then handed the altar to Li Yan, and said, "I didn't know you were here, and I didn't prepare the drinking utensils."

"This is the best!" Li Yan's chiseled mouth curved into a graceful arc, he took a big gulp from the wine jar, and handed it back to Yuan Xizheng, and the two drank in silence.

Yuan Xizheng didn't ask Li Yan why he appeared here, nor did Li Yan explain to Yuan Xizheng why he appeared here.

The two looked at the outline of the entire capital side by side, and Li Yan asked casually: "Do you want to go to the North Country? If you want, I will take you away today."

Yuan Xi refused to answer, Li Yan said: "I can avenge you for you. Apart from leaving here and going to the Northland with me, you don't need to worry about it in your whole life."

Yuan Xizheng held the wine jar and said, "Is there a question I want to ask you?"

Li Yan smiled and said, "I know everything."

"Why are you so attached to me?"

Li Yan looked into the distance and said, "I've already told you the reason, Ziqing, maybe you don't believe me, the first time I saw you in the bamboo forest, I bonded with you in my heart. It's not like I didn't think about it." , if you were a woman, it would be great, but I thought about it carefully, even if you are a man, I don't care... because Yuan Xizheng is unique, if I pass him by, I will miss this forever only."

While he was speaking, Yuan Xizheng had already drank a few gulps of wine, and said in a rather drunk state: "You can be described thoroughly in four words."

"Please speak!" Li Yan had a humble look of listening attentively.

"Shameless, boring!"

Li Yan was not annoyed, but laughed loudly and said: "You really know me, Yuan Xizheng."

"Li Yan, have you ever been powerless?"

"Of course, I'm not a god." Li Yan chuckled.

"Li Yan, do you know that I feel like I'm caught in a huge net now... But I have to move forward, because I have to find an answer, even if I will have nothing left in the end, I will have nothing left." Become a trapped beast."

"You still have me."

Yuan Xizheng looked at Li Yan drunkenly, and said with a light smile: "Li Yan, although the Yizhuang suddenly caught fire, Cai Ji's body had been burned into coke, and Tan Tianwang's body was gone, I still have a question to think about." ask you."

"I know everything."

"Which one of your men is good at soft swords?"

Li Yan frowned and said, "So, you doubt me?"

Yuan Xizheng looked at the dark city, and said faintly: "Tan Tianwang's body is like the beginning of this game. Tan Tianwang's death, Chu Hao's anger, Cai Ji's death, I go to prison... Yuan Cun's death, the final outcome is me and Chu Haocheng is a sworn enemy. Then I only think of two people who think highly of me, you and... King Liang."

Li Yan said lightly: "No matter what, King Liang has more benefits. Why do you doubt me first?"

"Because to kill the whole family of Yuan Village, you need a very strong team. This team can defeat the heavily guarded Yuan Village and kill them all. At least [-] strong soldiers are needed. The Liang Palace will definitely not Possess this strength. People can lie, but it is difficult to lie with strength, and I know that Chu Hao has a relationship with your elder brother in private, and it is not that Chu Hao's down is not good for you." Yuan Xizheng tilted his head, eyes He asked vaguely, "What the hell...was it you who did it?"

Li Yan looked at Yuan Xizheng, and asked, "I said that I really didn't do this, will you believe me?"

Yuan Xizheng looked at him for a long time, then murmured: "Now... I don't believe anyone." The last few words were almost whispered, and then Yuan Xizheng seemed to be completely drunk, and he put his head on the ground with a flick of his head. on Li Yan's shoulder.

Li Yan lowered his head with a chuckle, and said: "It turns out that your drinking capacity is so average. If I had known this, I should have drunk you earlier. Don't you just let me do whatever I want?" He said so, but he didn't The meaning of breaking the balance at this moment, and he seemed to be sleepy, he put his head on Yuan Xizheng's and closed his eyes.

The two sat leaning against each other under the moonlight, and the empty wine jar rolled to one side of the eaves. Other than that, there was only the sound of the wind and the dance of the bamboo forest, as if the whole night had become quiet.I don't know how long it took, but Li Yan slowly raised his hand, and quietly ran towards Yuan Xizheng's acupoints. His fingers touched the smooth and soft body, and he couldn't help but feel happy. Seeing that Yuan Xizheng closed his eyes, he raised his palm to block his two fingers.

Li Yan was not embarrassed either, and smiled slightly: "Why do you lie every time you sleep? Don't you just want me to see your sleeping face?"

Yuan Xizheng raised his head and said: "Second Highness, I have chosen King Liang as the master. Let's say goodbye tonight. If we want to meet again in the future, it may be a battlefield. I will always remember that His Highness once lent me a shoulder. .”

"So..." Li Yanruo looked forward to it.

"I will do my best to make you lose quickly, or die quickly."

Li Yan and Yuan Xizheng had already stood up while they were talking, and the wind in the middle of the night gradually blew harder, causing Yuan Xizheng's long black hair to fly in the air, and the hem of Li Yan's black robe was also fluttering in the wind rattle.

"It turns out that between me and Chu Yin, your choice is always Chu Yin. Since you plan to dedicate yourself to him, then I have nothing to say." Li Yan stared at Yuan Xizheng coldly.

Yuan Xizheng knew that if he met a wolf on a narrow road, he must never avoid staring at it. The road ahead is very long. Among all the wolves he may encounter, Li Yan may not be the most vicious, but he may be It is the most powerful one.

Since Yuan Xizheng saw Li Yan for the first time, he seemed so arrogant and unscrupulous, but he never lost his temper. This was the first time Yuan Xizheng saw Li Yan lose his temper, but in the end he quickly lost his temper. Controlling it, she only smiled slightly and said, "Then I will...wait for you to go all out."

Li Yan came and went quickly, and after a while, the black clothes seemed to melt into the night without a trace.

He came all the way to comfort Yuan Xizheng, but what he got seemed to be these few heartless words.

Yuan Xizheng picked up the empty altar under the eaves, and gently wiped the mouth of the altar with her fingers, but besides giving him these, what else could she give?

Li Yan was walking on the long street, and soon a young man chased him up and said, "Your Highness."

"Did you find her?" Li Yan asked in a deep voice.

"No." The young man had deep eyebrows and big eyes, his expression was a little dull, and his clothes were meticulous, but it still made people feel that he was handsome.

"Could it be...she has betrayed?"

"Hua Die is the head of His Highness's hidden guards, she is loyal, if she does not return, she will not be a traitor, she is probably dead."

Li Yan chuckled lightly, and said: "Do you know that silkworm chrysalis turns into a butterfly, some people make butterflies, and some people make shells, and a butterfly is not a butterfly, maybe it's just an empty shell, maybe someone injected something new into the shell , giving it a mind of its own."

The young man was silent for a moment before he said meticulously: "His Highness's guess needs to be confirmed."

Li Yan let out a long sigh, and said, "Just now your Fifth Junior Brother asked me, who in my sect can use a soft sword?"

The young man said indifferently: "Your Highness, you can tell him next time, Jian Qing can."

Li Yan smiled slightly, and said: "Believe it or not, I dare not tell him. I am afraid that he will believe that I killed Yuan Cunman's family."

"We didn't do it." Jian Qing said expressionlessly.

Li Yan smiled wryly, and said: "Our original plan was to force him to the Northern Qi Dynasty, but now he has chosen King Liang, which seems more in line with our previous plan."

Jian Qing said flatly: "If the fifth junior brother helps Chu Yin, no matter how bad the king of Liang is, he will be able to fight against the King of De, Chu Sheng, and the King of Rong, Chu Hao. This will be a protracted battle with great internal friction. The harder they fight, the more your Highness will lose in the future." There will be fewer soldiers and horses."

Li Yan pondered for a while, but there was no joy on his face, and he said: "You guys must have a good relationship with Mr. Yu Gongsun."

"Not to mention." Jian Qing said indifferently, "What we have learned is only to assist the emperor. Once the king will be destroyed, the master knew that we would become enemies, so we five brothers and sisters lived in five houses. On the mountain peak, I live in Big and Small Bamboo Peaks with Senior Brother, Third Junior Brother and Fourth Junior Brother live in Big and Small Purple Bamboo Forest, and Fifth Junior Brother lives in Crouching Dragon Valley with my master, except for Fifth Junior Brother, we hardly meet each other."

Li Yan's face sank, and he said unhappily: "Your master is well, why do you have to keep Ziqing by your side?"

Jian Qing's always rigid face finally showed a hint of expression, and said awkwardly: "My master doesn't have that kind of hobby..."

Li Yan snorted coldly, and asked again: "The five of you don't meet each other very often, why is Ziqing an exception?"

Jian Qing smiled and said: "Our brothers and sisters don't meet each other, but every month we play games with each other through chess pieces in Wolong Valley. If we lose, we have to go to Wolong Valley to receive ten lashes every day for [-] days. The man with the whip..."

"It's Ziqing." Li Yan said with a smile.

Jian Qing showed a slight smile and said, "Your Highness guessed right."

Li Yan's eyes showed curiosity, and he asked: "You said that each of your senior brothers has their own strengths, so what did Mr. Ziqing and Gongsun teach him?"

Jian Qing shook his head and said, "Sir, he didn't teach him anything. Fifth Junior Brother was the last to enter, but he was the first to leave."

"Why?" Li Yan was surprised.

Jian Qing shook his head lightly, and said: "I don't quite understand it either. Now that I think about it, it might be that Master loves Ziqing too much. In his eyes, we are all just his disciples, but Ziqing is like It's his nephew, he doesn't want to see him caught up in the turmoil. When the fifth junior brother left, the master made him swear that he would only inherit the mantle, write books and study, but not get involved in the royal family's right and wrong."

"Then, Ziqing isn't..."

Jian Qing's eyes revealed a hint of warmth, and he said with a smile, "Your Highness is very curious about the ones that Ziqing met, right? It's actually very simple, they were all blackmailed from us. Within [-] days, use the keel soaked in water every day Ten lashes of a whip is not something ordinary people can bear. Ziqing used this as a threat, and he learned swordsmanship from me. The elder brother must have been blackmailed to develop a wooden cow and horse, a mechanism, a beast map, Ziqing The picture I sent to you, Your Highness, is actually an unfinished picture drawn by my senior brother, and the third senior brother naturally presented a complete set of tactical formations."

Li Yan gave a soft ah, and said, "Then, don't you mean that as long as Yuan Xi is there, it is equivalent to having three of you brothers present at the same time?"

Jian Qing nodded and said, "It can be described in this way."

"Then... what did your fourth junior brother teach Ziqing?"

Jian Qing shook his head and said, "Fourth Junior Brother never loses, so I have to ask among our seniors, Fifth Junior Brother can't do anything, he's only good at Fourth Junior Brother."

"what?"

"The Emperor's Heart Sutra."

Li Yan was slightly surprised, and said, "Isn't the Emperor's Heart Sutra a compulsory course for you?"

"Your Highness doesn't know something. There are specialties in art, and the same is true for the emperor's master. Just like the doctors in the court are all familiar with poetry and books, but they have different duties. Just like me and my brothers, the elder brother is good at designing wooden cows and horses, mechanism armors, etc. Beast, so he went to Shu Mountain, where the terrain is the most dangerous. The third brother is proficient in tactical formations, so he followed His Royal Highness who fought the most battles. I am good at swordsmanship, so I followed Your Second Highness, who likes to roam around the most. I entered the Tao with the sword The purpose of teaching His Highness how to practice swords is to make His Highness realize that the way of swords is the kingly way; the third junior brother naturally sees the world as a battlefield, and the winner is the king; but in the eyes of the senior brother, governing the world is like designing wooden cows and horses, only the law can be smooth and free .”

Li Yan frowned slightly, and said: "Then none of you can beat your fourth junior brother, why?"

Jian Qing said flatly: "The fourth junior brother is good at attacking the mind, and all he set up is a trick, so we lose all because of our own weaknesses. If the fifth junior brother really helps Chu Yin, he can also help Chu Yin in the three kings' struggle for hegemony." Chu Yin ascended to the throne of God, he will fight us sooner or later, the fourth junior brother is the only one who can win against him, I have already written to the master, asking him to allow the fourth junior brother to come out of the mountain to help your highness."

Li Yan didn't say anything after hearing this, he just looked back at the long street, the long street was soaked by rain against the bright moonlight, as if piercing the dark night, he asked: "Jian Qing, have you seen to something?"

Jian Qing turned her head to look carefully, then shook her head.

"It's a net." Li Yan said.