last night suddenly dreamed of mountains and rivers

Han Qili put his palm close to the bonfire, and his five frozen fingers slowly warmed up: "That year, no one knew the real purpose of the emperor except King Zhen Xian and Gong Yijin. The emperor told everyone that he was to get rid of witches. Harmful, took advantage of Shen Yi and my father's sincerity when they were young. Afterwards, they knew the emperor's true purpose, and they all regretted it."

"As time went on, the relationship between the five of them was no longer as close as it was when they were young. The emperor was afraid that one day his crimes would be made public, so he became murderous. The first person he killed was Shen Yi. Because Shen Yi was too proud, he At the banquet where the five of them gathered, they openly exposed the emperor's true colors, calling him a snake-hearted, vicious villain. Although the emperor is very lenient on the surface, he has already made a note in his heart. Only wait for a chance to get rid of Shen Yi. a nail.

"Eighteen years ago, the emperor sent someone to inquire about the legend of the Northwest Treasure. Later, he found out that the so-called 'treasure' was actually a young man. Originally, a young man could not attract anyone's attention. But hide this young man It is quite problematic to ask a person who is good at martial arts and can find him to adopt him. So the emperor sent someone to the ghost sword sect to respond, and found that the 18-year-old boy was actually Lou Sang The eldest prince who escaped from the country."

When Han Qili said this, Lan Jiansu's brows slightly moved.Liu Qingyan said that the young man escaped from Lou Sang, but he didn't say that the young man was a prince.

Han Qili went on to say: "The emperor wanted to order someone to assassinate him, but he suddenly thought of a plan. He waited for Prince Lousang for five years. Within five years, he will wipe out the sects and organizations that can watch and help the Ghost Sword Sect one by one." Five years later, the Northwest Pass was plagued by rats, and Shen Yi was sent by him to the Northwest to treat the disaster. At this time, Prince Lousang had grown into an adult, and the hatred in his chest was getting stronger. With the help of the ghost sword sect, he captured Shen Yi, kill him for revenge. Afterwards, the emperor became famous and led his troops to destroy the Ghost Sword Sect, including the prince. Naturally, he did not find Shen Yujue from the prince's body. He heard Said that the young master of the Ghost Saber Sect had escaped, thinking that Shen Yujue might be on him, and secretly sent Zi Lang to inquire around for many years, but found nothing.

"Afterwards, the emperor continued to plot his plan to kill Lou Sang. After more than ten years, he killed the second person. My father, Han Dong. Since my father learned the real reason why the emperor killed Lou Sang, my father has been depressed for several years. He wanted to abandon his official position and live in seclusion, but he was restrained by the emperor and could not escape. Last year, his father won the battle, but in the letter he wrote to the emperor, he saw the blood flow like a river, thinking of the past, and his body and mind were overwhelmed. He proposed this return to the emperor again Beijing, I hope the emperor agrees to his resignation. He didn't want this letter to cause the emperor's old worries for several years, so he ordered Zi Langwei to assassinate my father on my father's way back to Beijing. The dark thorn in my father's lung is just It was Zilangwei's masters who broke in.

"But the emperor was very smart and knew that I would investigate secretly, so he ordered Zi Langwei to make all the traces into the work of the killer of the Seventeenth Gate of Beiluo. But he didn't know that the place where his father was killed was the boundary of another killer organization. A place where the Seventeen Gates of Beiluo, who abide by the rules of the world, would never do anything. Besides, my father's martial arts skills are not low, and he would never be attacked so easily, unless the identity of the other party makes him relax his vigilance. These two flaws make me Only after careful investigation can we find out the real truth, otherwise, I will really think that my father died in an accident."

Lan Jiansu had a headache from the cold wind and forgot to speak, but felt chills in his back.He had a mess of thoughts in his mind, and he didn't know what to think.After smoothing it out, he just asked silently, if a person has three faces, how many faces does the emperor have?

The emperor's cunning and scheming skills are really beyond the reach of the world.Thinking of his killing and scheming over the past ten years for a piece of "legendary" jade ring, Lan Jiansu felt that his smiling face, which always showed tolerance, was even more frightening.

The emperor wanted that piece of jade, just like the world thirsts for the elixir of life.

Shen Yujue can open the door of ghosts.Opening the gate of hell sounds like a useless thing other than being handsome.

But if you can deal with the ghost king of the underworld, do a good job in the diplomacy in the Yin-Yang world, and ask him to borrow Yin soldiers, you can rule the world.At that time, there will be no Emperor Dafeng, Emperor Baila, or Emperor Xige in the world.There are only human emperors, the emperors of all human beings.If it really became such a world, the annals of history will only record that Emperor Wu Kang of Dafeng had a great vision and made great contributions to the unification of the world.It's just that the methods are more ruthless and less humane.When future generations discuss its merits and demerits, they must also say it from a macro perspective: May I ask which cultural integration in the world did not flow like rivers of blood and piles of bones?

The firewood crackled in the flames, and the resin flowed from the cracks, making a hissing sound.

The silence between the two seemed to be a tacit understanding.The fire gradually burned down, Han Qili threw two pieces of firewood into it, and gradually, the red tongue raised its head again with a hoot.

In an instant, Lan Jiansu's eyes were filled with blood, and his head was dizzy.He seemed to feel a throbbing pain in his chest, as if he heard the wailing of ghosts from Lousanggu Kingdom a hundred miles away, and the air smelled like a bloody smell that had lingered for 18 years.He felt the pain and terror from the empathy of human beings with hindsight, and the picture he imagined lingered in his mind, reminding him that this was a real thing that happened in another land 18 years ago , not an opera on stage, not a storyteller's fabrication.

He took a deep breath of the frost-cold air, choked in some charcoal in his nostrils, and coughed it out slightly.Han Qili handed him water, and he took it to drink.

Han Qili said: "Second Young Master, if one day I am against the imperial court, which side will you be on?"

Lan Jiansu finished drinking the water, wiped off the water stains on his lips, and said, "General Han, I love you and respect you. As long as you don't do anything harmful, I will never stand against you. What do you want to do?" , I also know that I can't dissuade you... But I still hope that you can live."

Han Qili smiled, and looked towards the distant sand dunes hidden in the night: "Qili has you, that's enough."

On the second day, Han Qili released the three of them and gave them dry food and water.Before leaving, Lan Jiansu left Han Qili a letter. He didn't tell Han Qili when to open it, but said that there were many things he wanted to say in the letter.Since graduating from university in his previous life, he has never done writing. Maybe the writing is immature, but every sentence comes from the heart.I only hope that after reading his letter, Han Qili can think carefully about the difficult and dangerous plan in his heart.

The three bid farewell to Han Qili and continued on their way to Guanzhou.

Lan Jiansu thought about Han Qili's chat with him before the bonfire last night, and his mind was wrapped up in layer upon layer.

"Brother Lan, what did you and General Han talk about last night?" Li Xingxi sat on the camel and asked as close as possible to Lan Jiansu.

Lan Jiansu said, "I chatted with him about Da Feng's old history..." His eyes swept over the yawning Liu Qingyan.Doubts about Liu Qingyan's true identity are also entangled in his mind.

Lan Jiansu: "Brother Liu."

"Huh?" Liu Qing pulled up the long hair that was scattered on his shoulders, revealing a snow-white neck that did not match his wheat-colored skin.

"In your story, the eldest disciple who later became the suzerain of Ghost Saber Sect also had a 14-year-old son. In fact, you are his son, the young suzerain of Ghost Saber Sect." Qing Yanhui was the fugitive prince, but he remembered Liu Qingyan saying that the blood of Lousang people would not turn black.Liu Qingyan scratched his hand while mowing grass and grain the day before yesterday, and the blood flowed on his clothes. Now that blood spot is completely black, so Lan Jiansu ruled out this idea.

Liu Qingyan pulled out the rope that tied his cuffs, and tied up his hair indiscriminately: "How did you guess this place?"

Lan Jiansu took out the two-fingered Buddha from his bosom, and said, "This Buddha statue is the thing entrusted to the mute by the suzerain. There is a line of small characters engraved on the base of the Buddha statue. I asked the soldiers in the army to interpret it last night. It is a foreign land. The word 'flow' of the text."

Liu Qingyan smiled but did not answer.Looking straight ahead at the gradually emerging green scene, he blew a whistle, galloped forward on his horse, and said loudly: "We'll be in Guanzhou in four hours, this wanted criminal of the imperial court, I think you have to dress up. "

Guanzhou is a prefecture and county adjacent to the Northwest Territory. It is located at the junction of the Northwest Territory and the central part. Because officials and businessmen from various places often meet here, there are a lot of people in this place, with dense houses and strong exotic customs.The road is full of businessmen from all over the world. It is very lively and prosperous, not as depressed and deserted as other western regions.

But in another month, the emperor will come to Tianyin Mountain in Guanzhou to worship the ancestors, and the local government will be very energetic.There can no longer be as many merchants on the road as before, and the city officials' control is stricter than before.Therefore, a group of foreigners who illegally entered the country and did not re-sign after the expiry of customs certificates were successfully caught.

The censorship at the city gate is more stringent than before, and the guards generally don't allow people to enter the gate easily, except for monks and officials.Before the three of them entered the city, they wrapped their hair with cloth, put on bamboo hats, held a holiday certificate, and pretended to be monks, so they entered the city smoothly.

After entering the city, they found an inn to live in.Liu Qingyan disappeared.For the next few days, Lan Jiansu and Li Xingxi could only see Liu Qingyan at lunch time, and he was missing at other times.When asked where he was going, he just smiled and played sloppy.Because he felt that this person was ridiculous and unreliable, and it was impossible to actually meet the emperor after all, Lan Jiansu did not become suspicious.

This day at noon, Liu Qingyan had a bad habit of having lunch together. He gestured in the air with his chopsticks and said, "Hey, do you know the day when the Ghost Saber Sect was besieged?"

Lan Jiansu nodded and said, "I know."

"How would you know?"

Lan Jiansu didn't want to reveal the secret of the comb screen, so she said, "You said it when you were drunk."

Liu Qingyan scratched his head and said that he couldn't remember such a thing.But he didn't dwell on it, picked up a piece of fish, held it in front of his eyes, and didn't eat it right away: "At first, they could escape. But they didn't want to escape."

"Why?"

"People from the rivers and lakes. If you want to face the battle calmly, even if you know you can't match the power of the imperial court, you still want to lose justly and die frankly." Liu Qingyan shook his head and sneered, "Who knows, the imperial court will not give them money at all." That opportunity."

The fish was crushed in his chopsticks and fell on the table.Liu Qingyan didn't mind, picked up the minced meat and continued to eat.However, he disliked the fish as bad and not fresh.

Lan Jiansu's doubts became more and more certain.He couldn't help worrying that if Liu Qingyan was really the young master of the Ghost Saber Sect, he might seek revenge from the emperor this time.

Lan Jiansu was not worried about the emperor, but Liu Qingyan.When the emperor leaves the palace, he must be surrounded by experts. Back then, the entire Ghost Sword Sect could not escape the emperor's poisonous claws. Now, with Liu Qingyan's ability alone, he might not be able to hurt even a single hair of the emperor.

It's just that they and Liu Qingyan just met by chance and became acquaintances after all.If he could be persuaded, he would persuade him when we had lunch together. He was really determined, and Lan Jiansu had absolutely nothing to do with him.

I don't know how long the days have passed, Lan Jiansu and Li Xingxi go out to play around during the day, and at night, they think about contacting Jingxianxue, telling her that she remembers returning to Zhenyou.I wrote letters several times, but didn't dare to send them out.Recently, the Guanzhou government was afraid that some assassins would communicate secretly, so they unpacked and inspected every letter leaving the city one by one.

It is difficult to leave the city. The government has issued a death order, and everyone in the city cannot leave the city for half a step until the emperor worships the ancestors.

One day, after waking up from a lunch break, Lan Jiansu got up to make tea and heard someone talking next door.This inn was originally an expensive inn in the city, and the sound insulation should be top-notch.However, the boss said that a few months ago, two Jianghu people fought here and smashed the walls of these two rooms.So the sound insulation effect of these two rooms will be worse.

It seems that people in Jianghu generally don't pay attention to public morality and morality.

Lan Jiansu sat down and drank tea.He thought that this was not eavesdropping, but that the person in the next room forced the words into his ears.

The crisp young voice suddenly raised his voice and said: "Father, this minister is not like the two imperial brothers, who pretend to be one thing but keep another. My son is straightforward and speaks directly when he has something to say. This son wants to be a prince." , I want to sit on the throne of the prince!"

Lan Jiansu was stunned.Xindao: Is the person next door rehearsing opera?

At this time, the young man said loudly: "My son has ambitions and political ideals. I want the people in the world to live a better and richer life, and I want to expand the territory of Dafeng! My son... my son can only be the one in the future. Only the emperor can realize this ideal!"

A middle-aged voice said: "Wu Jue, you are still too young, do you think it is so easy to be the emperor? I brought you to Guanzhou for a private visit in advance, so that you can take a good look at the people outside that you can't see. You can't reach the government. But you, tell me, what have you seen these days?"

When Lan Jiansu heard this voice, he knew it right away.The man who spoke was the emperor.And Lan Wujue is the third prince.It was such a coincidence that the emperor and the third prince appeared next door to him.They were supposed to arrive at this place next month, half a month early, presumably it was just what the emperor said, they wanted to come here for a private visit in advance, to experience the real sentiment of the people.

Lan Jiansu pricked up her ears and listened carefully.

The third prince faltered: "I...I..."

"Hmph, you don't understand people's sentiments, you don't think about why those petty officials are so rampant in private, you don't think about the law of governance, you just think about being the emperor every day, you want to be the emperor. You look like this, even if you are made Emperor, what can you do? Can you be a good emperor!"

"Isn't it good for elder brother to be the emperor?" The third prince retorted, "Don't you know what elder brother looks like, father? Not to mention, the empress is vicious, and the prince she taught must be narrow-minded. Just a while ago, the empress You are in the cold palace, and even conspired with the eunuchs outside the palace to murder your minister. If you don’t believe the prince, you don’t know about this matter! If the mother and concubine hadn’t seen through the queen’s treachery, your majesty, you gave her a glass of poisoned wine to subdue her. Presumably, your minister would have already been punished by her Poisonous hands. Father, the empress knew that the crown prince has fallen out of favor with you, and I heard that you have treated her ministers better recently... Isn't it clear enough for what she did that and for whom?"

Lan Jiansu's heart trembled, and the cup trembled twice in his hand.

The queen, she has been bestowed with poisoned wine by the emperor?The prince's biological mother...is dead?