King of Thieves

Shocked and wind-cold, Xuan Jin became seriously ill after returning to the palace, and after taking decoction for seven or eight days, he finally regained consciousness.

The first thing he did after sitting up from the bed was to ask his elder brother Xuan Yi, who was taking care of him in his bedroom, about the boy's whereabouts.

"Brother Huang, where is Ah Tian? Where is he? That's the man I asked them to bring back with him that day! He saved me, otherwise I would have been strangled to death by that villain."

Xuan Yi smiled: "You're in a hurry. I arranged for him to recuperate with the guards, and he's probably healed. If you want to see him, brother Huang will ask someone to bring him here."

"Yes!" Xuan Jin jumped excitedly.

Being able to stay in the palace and be with him from now on, the boy must be equally happy.Xuan Jin couldn't wait to see the boy's happy expression, but the situation was quite different from his imagination.

The young man who was brought up by the guards was mostly healed, with a look of surprise on his face, seeing Xuan Jin wrapped in a black-colored fox fur with seven-color pearls stitched on his collar, he looked more and more picturesque and extravagant. He was sitting cross-legged on the brocade couch, playing Go with another young man who was equally handsome and noble, his eyes dimmed a little bit unconsciously.

While recuperating from his injuries, several guards congratulated him sourly, saying that he saved Emperor Xuanlong's most beloved Prince Jin, and that he would surely have endless glory and wealth waiting for him.He was only doubtful, but now he is almost certain that Xiao Jin is indeed the prince.

The status of the two of them can be said to be completely different.Thinking of the longevity lock that Xuan Jin asked him to pawn, the young man also realized that he was used by Xuan Jin, so he couldn't help laughing at himself.

The aloof Prince Xuanlong, if it wasn't for the purpose of using him to get out of trouble, I'm afraid he wouldn't even bother to cast a glance at a pariah like him.It's ridiculous that he actually took Xuan Jin's pretended attachment as real, and risked his life just to protect this seemingly pitiful little... bastard!

Xuan Jin was completely unaware of the whirling thoughts in the young man's mind, so he jumped off the ground joyfully, grabbed the young man's hand and shook it again and again. "Ah Tian, ​​you will live here from now on and play with me, okay?"

"No!" The young man refused without hesitation. He had heard that the imperial palace was the darkest and filthiest place in the world since he was a child, not to mention that he was not from the Xuanlong Kingdom, so he didn't want to stay in another country's palace and suffer, let alone Be this little bastard's playmate.

Xuan Jin was stunned, and murmured: "Ah Tian, ​​don't you like me?"

"I don't like it." The boy forced himself to turn his head away from that little face that made him both love and angry. "I'm going back to Juping."

"I don't allow you to go!" Xuan Jin was used to being headstrong, so he didn't allow others to disobey, and his arrogant temper finally broke out, and he grabbed the boy's clothes. "I ordered you to stay, do you dare not listen to me?"

Seeing his domineering and haughty look, the young man's heart turned cold, and he resolutely decided to go, and angrily went to break Xuan Jin's hand. "Let me go!"

When pushing and shoving, Xuan Jin was so weak that he was pushed by the young man and fell, his forehead hit the side of the brocade couch, and a lump swelled up.

The boy was taken aback, and subconsciously wanted to help him, but was caught by two guards next to him, who kicked his knee inward, forcing him to kneel down.

"Bold, how dare you startle His Royal Highness!"

Xuan Yi had been watching with a smile all the time, but now his expression changed, he rubbed his forehead for Xuan Jin, and complained: "This man is too brutal, he even killed people, it's too dangerous to stay in the palace. Father If the Queen Mother knew, she would definitely not agree to you, so just give him some rewards and let him go!"

"The more he wants to leave, the more I won't let him go!" Xuan Jin's teardrops rolled back and forth in his eyes, and with all his strength, the nine cows would not drag him back.

Seeing him being so domineering, the young man was disappointed and resentful, and couldn't help but curse.He followed those people since he was a child, and he never went to school. When he swears, swear words come out endlessly, extremely vulgar.Xuan Yi frowned and asked the two guards to slap their mouths.After several slaps, both sides of the boy's face became swollen immediately, and he still refused to stop talking.

Seeing that he was still unwilling to give in, Xuan Jin was greatly frustrated, angrily picked up a chess piece with silver chopsticks, roasted it on the candle flame, and pressed the boy's waist with his clothes.

"Ah!" The boy's body shivered while being pressed by the guards, and the smell of burnt clothes and flesh floated into the air.

"Are you willing to stay?"

Xuan Jin looked at the young man with cold sweat all over his face, in fact he was very distressed, but when he thought of the young man's insistence on not staying with him, his anger gained the upper hand again.He is the majestic prince of Xuanlong Kingdom, and he is also the future prince in the eyes of his father. If he wants to conquer the world in the future, how could he not be able to convince the young man in front of him.

The young man trembled with anger, cursing: "Little bastard, I saved you because I took the wrong medicine! If I knew about it, I would have sold you to Yongji, where I played until my asshole blossomed."

Xuan Jin was too young to understand the meaning of his scolding, but he guessed it was definitely not a good word, so annoyed, he took a chess piece and branded several marks on the back of the young man's waist.The young man was also stubborn, and in the end he simply closed his mouth and didn't say a word.

These two people dare to waste their love!Xuan Yi thought to himself that such a stalemate would always be inappropriate, so he secretly recruited a eunuch and asked him to inform the queen mother.

Xuan Jin had just recovered from a serious illness, and after tossing and tossing for a long time, he was also very tired, so he sat down in frustration and gasped for breath.

Not long after, the eunuch returned and brought the Queen's order.

"Your Majesty said, if Prince Jin wants to keep this person to serve in the palace, then the servants will take this person to purify first, and then come to work after being trained and obedient."

Xuan Jin was stunned for a moment, cleanse himself?He likes Ah Tian and wants to keep him by his side, but he doesn't want Ah Tian to become as shrill as those eunuchs...

He was still in a daze, when the young man over there let out an angry roar, unexpectedly broke free from the two guards, angrily rushed in front of Xuan Jin, grabbed him and slapped him across the face. "If you want me to be a eunuch, I would rather die with you!"

"Ah Tian?!" Touching the boy's angry blood-red eyes, Xuan Jin simply forgot to resist, was pushed hard by the boy, bumped into the small case where the Go chess was placed, and immediately lost consciousness.

When I woke up again, it was already the next day.

The boy is no longer in the bedroom.Xuan Jin knew that the young man had caused a catastrophe this time, and he couldn't help being anxious, and kept asking Xuan Yi.

"You don't need to ask! Father has already learned about this matter, he was very angry, and he said that no one is allowed to intercede for him." Xuan Yi was full of helplessness, and after being entangled by Xuan Jin for a long time, he was finally defeated. "Okay, okay, I'll take you to see him secretly."

The place the two went to was a sky prison that they had never set foot in before.

The boy was suspended in the air by heavy iron chains, his head was drooping, and he was already unconscious.The clothes all over his body had been torn to pieces by the whip, and every inch of his exposed flesh was ripped apart, and the blood was still dripping down, forming a large pool of deep black blood under his feet.

Holding whips and sticks in their hands, several jailers were still beating the young man on the verge of death with expressionless faces.

The blood droplets brought up by the whip flew all over the wall, and a few more splashed on Xuan Jin's face, the smell was pungent...

A stick slammed into the back of the boy's head, blood gushing everywhere——

"Ahhh——" Xuan Jin's terrified screams spread throughout the prison, and then he passed out in Xuan Yi's arms.

This time, Xuan Jin was sick for a longer period of time. No matter day or night, regardless of the occasion, he would scream frantically anytime and anywhere, and he couldn't even distinguish anyone who came to visit him.

"Ah Tian" became the only two words that he kept repeating in his mouth when he sat there with straight eyes.

"It's all bad brother Huang, I shouldn't have taken you to the prison. He's already dead, and he was thrown out of the palace as soon as he died. Don't think about him anymore." This appearance reminded Xuan Jin over and over again, but Xuan Jin couldn't listen at all.

Batch after batch of imperial doctors came, exhausted all the remedies, and finally shook their heads sadly.

After crying for days and nights with her most beloved son in her arms, the queen brought a bowl of concoction to Xuan Jin's mouth, and tears fell into the bowl drop by drop. "Jin'er, be obedient, drink this medicine, and your illness will be cured."

After recovering from his illness, he can sneak out of the palace to look for Ah Tian again... He happily drank the bowl of bitter medicine, then closed his eyes and fell into a sweet dreamland.

After that day, the screams of Prince Jin's illness could no longer be heard in the palace.

Xuan Jin himself didn't remember ever being ill, but he found that his memory, which he was so proud of, seemed to have deteriorated.Poetry, prose, classics and history, I have learned it, but I can't recite it, and I learn it again, but I still can't remember it.

The Taifu looked at him, except shaking his head, he just sighed.

His father, who had always placed high hopes on him, was finally disappointed after inspecting his studies several times. He covered his face and remained silent for a long time. Finally, he left the study without saying anything, with a heavy expression on his face.

Compared with the increasingly distant father and emperor, the empress doted on him even more, and came to his bedroom to talk and play with him every day, and watch him take a nap.Every time he wakes up, he always sees the empress mother staring at him tenderly, with water in the corner of her eyes.

He didn't know what the empress mother was sad about. Could it be because the emperor father decided to change and cultivated the emperor's brother to be the heir apparent?But it's the same between the two brothers who will be the emperor in the future!Besides, he had to learn literature and practice martial arts at the same time as the prince, he didn't want to do that kind of drudgery.

He threw away the mountains of history books and military books in the bookcase in the bedroom, and even asked the eunuch to move out the bookcase, and replaced it with countless miscellaneous gadgets, but no matter what fun things were, after playing with them for a while, they finally felt boring and threw them away.

In life, it always seems that the most important thing is missing, but once you think about it, you will feel dizzy.

The unexplainable irritability grew and spread in his chest day after day, until one day, a little eunuch beside him accidentally broke a toy he had just got.

In a fit of anger, he grabbed the handle jade and bruised the little eunuch's forehead.Seeing the bright red blood dripping down, he was inexplicably excited to vent, and brandishing Yu Ruyi, he beat the little eunuch even harder.He wanted the man to fall at his feet, submit to him, beg for mercy.

When the father, queen, mother, and queen arrived, the little eunuch's face was covered in blood and he was dying.And he, laughing heartily.

The father was shocked, and then furious, raised his palm and slapped him on the face, but Xuan Yi took the first step and knelt down in front of his younger brother, and took the slap for Xuan Jin.

Not caring about wiping the blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, he hugged Xuan Jin and begged his father: "Father, please calm down, brother Jin is sick! I beg Father to forgive him. He has become like this, and I cannot escape the responsibility." If the emperor wants to punish, please punish the son."

The queen knelt down in front of her two sons, weeping bitterly.Emperor Xuanlong finally sighed helplessly and left sadly.

Xuan Jin was puzzled, when was he sick?Ask the queen mother and the emperor's brother, the queen mother just weeps and is speechless.Brother Huang hugged him tightly and said seriously: "Don't be afraid, Brother Huang will protect you well in this life."

In the past 20 years, Brother Huang really kept his promise, no matter how ridiculous things he did, Brother Huang almost unconditionally protected and indulged him...

"Heh!" Xuan Jin finally woke up from the long memory, and chuckled through the cloth ball in his mouth.

It turns out that Ah Tian is still alive, that's great...

Originally hated this trip to Juping, but now, instead, he secretly rejoiced that fate allowed him to regain the lost memories of his childhood before he died, and let him see the person locked into the most hidden place of his soul again. people.

His life was saved by A-Tian, ​​and A-Tian was beaten so badly that he almost died in Huangquan. Now that he died because of A-Tian, ​​it was not too unfair.

The only regret is that Zhu Tian no longer remembers any past events with him.Even if they tell the whole story, they will probably only get Zhu Tian's outrageous anger and revenge.

Forget it, just go with all the secrets.He stared straight at the darkness in front of him that was too thick to melt away, and calmly exhaled the remaining breath in his body...

A burst of swift horseshoes, like a thunderstorm, broke the silence of the wilderness.

Zhu Tian rode at the front, followed by Feng Yu, Gui Laosan and dozens of cavalry soldiers, each with a dignified expression.Zhu Tian was extremely anxious, after asking the guards at the gate of the palace, he could almost conclude that there was something wrong with the porters who delivered the cinnabar, and Xuan Jin was probably hijacked by that group.

Leading the crowd to inquire along the way, followed the scattered cinnabar to the outside of the city, saw the empty carts left by the group, and the large wooden box that had been ingeniously modified for Tibetans, Zhu Tian was even more sure own guesswork.

Following the horseshoe traces in the grass all the way, the more desolate he walked, the anxiety in his heart also rose to the peak - that idiot was not good at skills, but he was also arrogant and domineering, and he was not forgiving. He fell into the hands of gangsters. What a pain to suffer!

A few riders suddenly appeared on a fork in front of the road. Immediately when everyone saw Zhu Tian and his party, they all showed panic, turned their horses and fled across the road.

Zhu Tian became suspicious, and told Feng Yu: "Those people act suspiciously, go and stop them!"

"Yes!" Feng Yu led half of the men and horses to chase after them. Seeing that there were pursuers, those cavalry even accelerated their horses and galloped blindly.

Those people came out from behind the forest over there...Zhu Tian squinted his eyes, relying on his skill and boldness, he slammed into the horse's belly, leaving everyone with him behind, and rushed straight into the forest like an arrow from the string .

A big lonely house came into his sight immediately, with a big iron lock on the door.

There must be something weird in it!Zhu Tian jumped off the horse, kicked several times, smashed the door leaf, and fell to the ground.

There are more than a dozen brand new coffins neatly arranged in the house, which is extremely gloomy.Is it a coffin shop?Zhu Tian was stunned, he stepped forward and casually pushed open the lids of the two coffins, the coffin was empty, there was no abnormal phenomenon, but he always felt that something was wrong, looking around, he suddenly found a coffin with a hammer dropped beside it.

He rushed over, and sure enough, the coffin lid was nailed to death, and the traces of the iron nails were still fresh, obviously it had just been nailed.

"Xuan Jin!" He yelled, his eyes were red, and he drew his knife and smashed the coffin lid.

The heavy coffin lid was cut in two by the knife that condensed incomparable shock and anger.Zhu Tian slapped the lid of the coffin with two palms one after another, and looked at the man in the coffin who was tied up in shock.

That handsome face, which is always expressive, has turned a frightening blue-purple at this moment, and although his eyes are wide open, they are fixed and do not move.The corners of both eyes are still wet with tears...

You won't be out of breath, will you?Zhu Tian's heart stopped beating for a moment, trembling, he stretched out his hand to probe Xuan Jin's nose, he was no longer breathing, even if he touched his heart, he couldn't feel the heartbeat.

"Useless guy, I've come to save you!"

Zhu Tian wanted to go crazy, took out Xuan Jin's gag cloth, carried him out of the coffin and put him on the ground, pressed Xuan Jin's chest hard, and cursed non-stop while giving Xuan Jin the breath: "Wake up, Laozi!" You dare to die like this, I rape your corpse every day! I won’t return you to Xuanlong even if you die! Did you hear that?!”

Gui Laosan and the others had also arrived, seeing Zhu Tian's grief-stricken expression, their eyes almost popped out.Is this really their big brother who has always been fearless, and only acts as a quilt when the sky falls?Hearing Zhu Tian's absurd scolding again, he couldn't help coughing dryly, and persuaded: "Brother, calm down! It's troublesome that King Ziyang is dead, but you don't have to—"

Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Tian's roar nearly perforated his eardrums. "Who said he was dead?!"

The man's eyes were red, and he stared fiercely at Gui Laosan like a beast that ran wild and chose to treat others. "He is mine, I don't want to snatch it from me!"

Big brother is seriously wrong, it seems like a completely changed person!Gui Lao San didn't dare to take Zhu Tian's anger any longer, so he had to shut his mouth unconvinced.

But Zhu Tian didn't realize that his words and deeds were different from the past at all, he just kept fighting for Xuan Jin, his mind was in chaos, and he had only one thought - he must not watch Xuan Jin die in front of him!

Must save Xuan Jin!To save Xuan Jin!Little...Jin...

"Cough..." A low cough finally spit out from Xuan Jin's purple lips that were fading. Although it was as soft as a mosquito's cry, Zhu Tian almost jumped up.

"Uh, cough cough..." Taking a few deep breaths of air, Xuan Jin opened his eyelids with difficulty, and what he saw was the man's bloodshot eyes, and his mouth almost reached his ears in ecstasy.The scar on his face was also slightly distorted due to excitement, looking in Xuan Jin's eyes, he felt particularly pleasing and reassuring.

Is this what Xi Shi is in the eye of the beholder?No, Ah Tian is not a woman, if he finds out, he will definitely make a bad face... Xuan Jin stared at Zhu Tian and smiled weakly. "Ah Tian, ​​you saved me again."

again?Zhu Tian was slightly taken aback, this time he could hear clearly, what Xuan Jin called should indeed be the word "天", could it be that he was really calling him?

Doubts crept into his heart like an undercurrent, but before the intense joy, Zhu Tian didn't want to think about anything at all, and put all doubts behind him, and regardless of the many pairs of eyes watching behind him, he hugged Xuan Xuan tightly. Jin, bowed his head and kissed wildly.

Gui Laosan's face twitched, he turned his head away from the crowd in embarrassment, and sighed in his heart, thinking that this Xuanlong prince looked like a fool, but he really had a lot of troubles. It was not counted as mining in the Bailang Salt Field for seven years, and he actually gave their elder brother to him. Obsessed with all kinds of meat and eight vegetables.Alas, the fierce battle between the Rebel Army and Yin Changhua is imminent, but the elder brother is so obsessed with masculinity, something is wrong!

"Hmm..." Xuan Jin was given a long kiss by Zhu Tian, ​​and almost fainted again. After finally waiting for Zhu Tian to show mercy and end the plunder, he coughed twice, and said, "Idiot, untie the rope for me quickly." Ah! My hands and feet are numb from being tied up."

With the strength to curse, it can be seen that Xuan Jin is fine, Zhu Tian was in full bloom, he didn't care at all about being scolded as a fool in front of his subordinates, instead he laughed and said: "My lord ordered, I must obey!"

Brother, pay attention to your identity!Gui Laosan coughed violently, but Zhu Tian only cared about teasing Xuan Jin and untied Xuan Jin, without even lifting his eyelids to his side.

Gui Laosan sighed, seeing that Zhu Tian had carried Xuan Jin on the horse, he waved his hand, and led the rest of the people to follow Zhu Tian on the way back to the palace, thinking in his heart to find a good time to persuade Zhu Tian.

Inside the Hengbo Hall, the lights were brightly lit.

Plate after plate of delicacies and delicacies were brought to the side of the bed, and Zhu Tian personally held the pot and picked up the vegetables, feeding the big lazy cat lying on the bed.It was all because the guards in his palace were not vigilant enough, which caused Xuan Jin to be hijacked and almost lost his life. After returning to the palace, he ordered the cook to cook delicious dishes on the table to suppress Xuan Jin's shock.

"How? Are you full? If not, I'll ask them to add more food." Zhu Tian smiled and asked Xuan Jin, who had been drunk by him.

"Enough is enough. Tonight's food is much better than usual." Xuan Jin hiccupped contentedly, then grabbed the jug from Zhu Tian's hand, and smiled at Zhu Tian while drinking: "This The meal should have cost you a lot of silver taels, hee hee, you won't feel pain, will you?"

"Am I that stingy?" Zhu Tian was angry and funny, naturally he wouldn't bother with a drunk person, and wanted to take the jug, but was pushed away by Xuan Jin.

"Go, go! Don't stop me from drinking. Hehehe..."

Xuan Jin drank the jug upside down in a fit of anger, holding the empty jug and refusing to let it go, with half-opened and half-closed eyes, he murmured with a smile: "Ah Tian, ​​do you know that I am so happy today. Ah Tian , Ah Tian..."

With a sound of "Kuang Dang", the jug fell to the ground.He was still muttering, but the sound finally died down.

Hearing those calls, Zhu Tian's doubts during the day were unavoidably aroused again, but seeing that Xuan Jin was already very drunk, he couldn't bear to wake him up to ask questions.Staring at Xuan Jin's blushing face in the crimson candle flame, seeing Xuan Jin's two rows of eyelashes trembling slightly with his breath, there was a soft feeling in his chest that was so fond of him that his heart was sore, which made him lower himself involuntarily. Gently kissed Xuan Jin's eyelids on both sides.

There is no sensuality at all, just purely feeling extremely cherished... After realizing his own thoughts, Zhu Tian was startled, and then laughed to himself that he had spent half his life as a vagabond, how did he end up facing an embroidered pillow with a bag of grass The guy is innocent.

Could it be that his destiny has arrived?Otherwise, when he suddenly saw Xuan Jin's "corpse" during the day, where did his pain come from?

Rubbing his chin, Zhu Tian stared at Xuan Jin who had fallen asleep for a long time, finally leaned over and kissed a red mark on Xuan Jin's exposed shoulder, and sighed with a smile: "Unexpected..."

The heartbeat came so unexpectedly and naturally that he couldn't resist it.only--

"Is that 'A Tian' you've been calling me? Or is it someone else?" He stroked Xuan Jin's loose hair on the pillow, worrying about gain and loss, and finally declared domineeringly to the sleeping person: "It's better to be me. , otherwise you have to do it, you will only call my name, ha ha."

Gently covering Xuan Jin with the quilt, he dimmed the candle flame, got up and walked out of Hengbo Hall.

The bright moon hangs high outside the hall, and Feng Yu has been waiting in the night for a long time.

"Did anything come out of the interrogation? Where did those people come from?" A cruel smile rose from the corner of Zhu Tian's mouth, those ignorant things dared to touch his people.

Feng Yu respectfully said: "Master guessed right, that group of people were indeed soldiers under Yin Changhua's command. They sneaked into the palace and failed to rescue Prince Mu, so they robbed Prince Ziyang. It's just that the disciple tortured him for a long time, but they still didn't agree. Will you tell me where Yin Changhua is hiding in the state capital now."

"Then continue to torture." Zhu Tian crossed his arms and said with a sneer, "I don't want to play hide-and-seek with Yin Changhua anymore. If I find out where he is, I will personally lead the army to fight him, and make a decision as soon as possible. So that the people of Juping will not be dragged down by the war again."

"Disciple understands." Feng Yu turned around and wanted to go, but suddenly hesitated, and said: "Then Prince Ziyang..."

"What do you want to say?" Zhu Tian stared, looking suspiciously at his lover.This little guy, wouldn't he have secretly hooked up with Xuan Jin before he knew it?

Feng Yu smacked her tongue at the undisguised jealousy on Zhu Tian's face. She listened to Gui Laosan's words and wanted to persuade Master not to get too deeply involved with Prince Ziyang, so how dare she mention it now, and said with a sneer: " It's nothing, I just heard Third Uncle Gui say that the prince has suffered a lot, and I don't know if the prince wants to torture those people with his own hands to vent his anger."

Zhu Tian pulled his face longer, but he was reminded by Feng Yu's words.How could Feng Yu be allowed to do such an important matter as venting anger for Xuan Jin?Wouldn't it allow Feng Yu to claim credit in front of Xuan Jin in the future?

"Those people, you don't need to ask, I'll come in person!" Zhu Tian rolled up his sleeves and walked aggressively towards the prison.

Feng Yu was dripping with sweat, thankful that she changed the subject quickly, otherwise she would have been drowned by Master's sour vinegar.

That night, the screams in the prison continued all night, and everyone in the palace was terrified and frightened.

Only Prince Ziyang slept well until dawn, unaware that Zhu Tian worked hard all night in the prison, sweating profusely, and even broke three of his leather whips.