Mr. Identity Series

"This man... is already dead. From then on, there will be no General Fengyun in the world." Zhao Jin stared at the back of the figure who seemed to be decades old at that moment, and let out a barely audible sigh.

"Your majesty is really smart. We have hurt Qi Kang so badly. We can take advantage of this opportunity to attack Ran country in one fell swoop and expand the territory." Ding Dang reluctantly put away the mournful look on his face.Perhaps it was about attacking Ran Guokai and expanding the land, so there was a little excitement in his eyes.

Zhao Jin turned around, stared at Ding Dong, suddenly smiled, and then asked softly, "Ding Dong, do you like war so much? What do you think war can bring you?" After asking this sentence Then he passed Ding Dong and walked down the hill slowly.

Ding Dong was stunned, his eyes followed Zhao Jin's figure, but another shadow appeared in his mind.

How about that afternoon a few years ago?three years ago?Or was it four years ago?He couldn't remember clearly, but the other party's words came to his mind very clearly at this moment: "Ding Dong, do you like war so much? What can war bring you?"

He still remembered the man's voice, soft and soft, with a bit of softness and laziness, it was the best voice he had ever heard.The afternoon sun shone on his body, and the spring breeze blew past the corners of his hair and eyes. His eyes were as calm as water, and in their always bottomless depth, there was a feeling of compassion for the world and humanity.

Looking back, there are still so many people busy in the quarry, but I can't see that figure again, that white-clothed, black-haired, radiant peerless talent.That peerless celebrity who always looks drunk and hazy, but is actually extremely sober and intelligent, making people hate and love at the same time.

Ding Dang's tears finally fell, he thought that in his future life, there would never be someone as stunning and talented as Shui Wuyou.

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It was late at night, everything was silent, and there were a few bangs of clappers. In the late spring night, it seemed extremely desolate, and for no reason, it seemed to break people's hearts.

Qi Kang leaned quietly on the back of the chair, holding the last puppet that Shui Wuyou left for him in his hand.Thinking of what he asked Yang Qing to tell himself, he said: "In the future, if you think of me, I will be with him. Even if he dies, his soul will still be around him. If you forget me, bury this. Throw it away, I'm under the Nine Springs, so I won't wait for him."

He slowly put the puppet on his face as usual, and murmured: "Sir, are you still willing to be with me? In fact, you just lied to me, right? Your soul will never come here Stay with me, you and Yang Qing said that, you just want to have some comfort in my heart when I learn the truth in the future, so that I won’t lose all hope, right? Sir, you really know your student very well, you know he lost you , if you know the truth again, you won’t be able to live on, this is the last bit of kindness you left for him after falling in love with him, isn’t it?”

He rubbed the puppet on his face, and said sadly: "Why didn't you tell me the truth? Just to protect Ding Dong, you know that as long as you speak, I will always believe you, but I will definitely investigate to the end, for Keep that boy who has been with you for several years, you would rather bear me, and let me be heartbroken and hurt to the marrow today... You pity him, why don't you pity me..."

The scenes of getting along with Shui Wuyou emerged in his mind. After returning from Jiangnan, these scenes would appear in his mind several times a day.The other party's smiles, every move, are all so distinct, but the more distinct, the more it hurts him unbearably.

He also remembered that when he was fighting against the Yili country that day, he also suspected that Shui Wuyou was collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country, and locked him up. He still remembered that he had carefully asked Shui Wuyou about his own doubts Him, will he be angry.

He remembered that Shui Wuyou just laughed and touched his nose that day, and he answered himself like this:

"Although, this result makes me feel a little uncomfortable as a surrender, but as your husband, I am very happy to see your progress. Your Highness, everyone says that being an emperor is good, but everyone only sees the benefits of being an emperor. , but they don’t know that the emperor is the loneliest person in the world. Because they can’t trust anyone, their life is not only the pleasure and domineering of being a king, but also the loneliness full of suspicion.”

Tears streamed down, Qi Kang stroked the puppet in his hand, and said desolately: "Wuyou, you said it, I doubt you, you won't be angry. But why did you leave? Why didn't you Ken told me the truth. Actually, are you angry? Because I said I would never doubt you again, and I will trust you for the rest of my life, but I broke my promise in the end, so you are angry, right?"

Qi Kang looked as if he was really talking to Shui Wuyou, not to a puppet. His tone was full of sorrow that pierced his bones, and tears fell on the puppet drop by drop in the curling incense.

"I understand, this is your revenge on me. You want me to be the loneliest emperor from now on, because you said that the emperor is the loneliest person in the world. I also said that I will always trust you You, trust...my lover, I will be the first...the first emperor who is not lonely. But I broke my promise, so you would rather choose to walk away silently than to look back at me, nor Be willing to say a few words to me, so that I have a chance to regret it. Wuyou...you...you are so cruel, do you know how much pain I have now? Other emperors always have someone next to their pillow, but Kanger doesn't even have this pillow person, you know it clearly, without you, Kanger will never let anyone lie next to me in this life."

His gaze slowly moved away, and he fell on the table. Just opposite the table, there was a glass of fine wine, which was Shui Wuyou's favorite pear blossom white.After coming back, wherever Qi Kang could go, whether it was the garden, study room, bedroom, or on the dining table, there was such a glass of wine.

He slowly picked up the wine, his heart felt as if it had been severely scratched by a knife, and he murmured to himself uncontrollably, "Wuyou, you told me that the wine in the underworld is not good, so you said you As long as there is a glimmer of life, you will not go to death easily. Now, are you not afraid that the wine in the underworld will taste bad? Or, you have really supported it, supported it until there is no last chance of life, so you can only despair Waiting for death to swallow you up, eh?"

"Your Highness, stop thinking about these things. Mister is under the Nine Springs. If you know that Your Highness has ruined yourself like this, you will feel very sad." Xiao Minzi walked in, and Qi Kang's soliloquy made him painful He almost fainted, but he couldn't faint, otherwise, who would come to comfort His Highness?Although the current situation, any consolation is useless.

"Yeah, go to sleep, maybe I'm asleep, Wuyou will come to see me tonight." Qi Kang suddenly stood up, with a smile on his face, he walked slowly to the couch and lay down, holding the girl in his arms. The puppet suddenly asked, "Xiao Minzi, do you think Wuyou will come to see me in my dream tonight?"

"Yes... Yes, I will, so Your Highness, get a good night's sleep!" Xiao Minzi really didn't have the courage to look at his master's eyes full of expectation, it would make him unable to sleep all night, unable to sleep It doesn't matter if you sleep, the key is that at this time, he cannot fall down, for His Highness, for the sake of Mr. who has died unjustly, he must not fall ill.

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Since that day when Ding Dong knew that Shui Wuyou didn't even have a place to bury him after his death, his mind was often in a trance.

Based on his understanding of Qi Kang, he thought that the other party would rather take away the bones all over the mountain than let Shui Wuyou's bones be exposed in the wilderness, but he didn't expect him to turn around and leave. , I felt my heart was blocked, and I secretly hated this person so unfeelingly.

Later Mrs. Shi saw that he was in a bad mood, and after repeated questioning, he finally revealed his depression.Although she was sent to be trained as an undercover agent when she was less than ten years old, and then ordered to follow Shui Wuyou and say goodbye to her mother for many years, she is her biological mother after all. After reunion, she can only be more affectionate, as if she wants to lose those years she lost. It seems that the family love has been made up, but there is no sense of alienation.

I thought that my mother would share the same hatred as myself, but Madam Shi was stunned for a while, and then sighed: "My son, you really misunderstood the prince of the Northern Kingdom. He didn't take those bones away because he had his own ideas .”

Ding Dong was puzzled, and said angrily, "What could he have thought? If he really wanted to, how could he let...his bones not be buried in peace?"

Mrs. Shi shook her head and said: "Master Shui, who is so magnificent and reckless, would care whether his own bones are buried in the ground. Besides, this is Jiangnan, his hometown. As the saying goes, fallen leaves return to their roots. Could it be said that his bones must be let go?" Will he be happy if he goes to a foreign land?"

"The prince of the Northern Kingdom wrongly blamed him and caused him to die in vain. He didn't know what kind of regret it was. How dare he do something that might displease Mr. Shui? Second, he is the prince of the Northern Kingdom. How can he be sad in front of our emperor?" Self-destruction of identity? What he is responsible for, after all, is the country and popularity of the northern kingdom. If you don’t believe me, go to the mass grave to see those corpses must have been buried properly. What he can do for Mr. Shui, That’s all there is.” Scholar Mendi

Ding Dang was dubious, he was about to go to the mass grave, no matter what, Shui Wuyou was someone he loved and admired so much, he didn't want to let his corpse be exposed in the wilderness, but this thought was disrespectful to the late emperor , how dare to tell people?Therefore, he has been hesitating, and at this time, after listening to his mother's words, he secretly came to the mass grave.

After looking at it, he saw that many new tombs had been arched in the mountains and plains, but all of them were stone tablets with no words. He was shocked, knowing that his mother's words had been right. Although Qi Kang turned around and left that day, but later However, he still came here to bury those bones as if they were Shui Wuyou's.

Standing alone in the autumn wind, I think of Qi Kang's heroism and wisdom, Shui Wuyou's peerless elegance, and the love and laughter between the two of them in the prince's mansion in the past.He also thought of Qi Kang's grief-stricken, trembling hands in the mountain forest, burying the bones one after another in the grave. Even in the end, he couldn't recognize which one was his lover's bones.

His face was wet, and when he touched it with his hands, he realized that tears were streaming down his face before he knew it.Ding Dang slowly walked past the new graves, feeling as if a big stone was stuck in his heart.He finally experienced the cruelty of war for the first time.I realized why there was such compassion in Shui Wuyou's eyes in that spring day.

Yes, if there is no war, these two people may both live in their own wanton and free worlds, maybe they will not meet each other, but each will marry a virtuous wife and live a happy life that belongs to them.Or they will still meet and know each other and love each other.But they won't go to the battlefield, and there won't be betrayal, so they can live happily together even today, and they don't have to leave home for so many years.

With a sigh of regret, Ding Dong stood still in the middle of the tomb circle, raised the jug in his hand high, and poured the jug of fine wine on the ground, muttering: "My lord, go to your next life well!" , in the next life, I hope you will have a mediocre life, or you will have a happy life of your own. In this life... Dingdang is sorry for you. If there is a destiny, in the next life, Dingdang is willing to be your brother, even a servant, As long as the two of us can stay away from these conflicts, even farming and fishing will be good."

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Returning from the cemetery to the capital, it was already nightfall, and the patrolling guards thought that he would not be able to make it back, so they adjusted their shifts, and now that they saw him coming back, they naturally returned their posts to him.

After Ding Dong finished his patrol, a night watch guard happened to have a stomachache and asked him to take the post in the middle of the night. Looking at the light in the study, Ding Dong knew that Zhao Jin was going to spend the night in the study again tonight.

Speaking of which, Zhao Jin is also a character, he is the only remaining son of the cruel and suspicious late emperor, and the others were all killed by the late emperor, only he can survive until now, which shows the scheming wisdom of this person.Because of this, he quickly won the love of all his subjects and common people with Dorne's generous policies after he took the throne.

Zhao Jin, the emperor, did everything well. Although he was kind and powerful, but if he really made up his mind and showed a little majesty and fierceness, then the courtiers would be more afraid of him than the former emperor. My father once said that the former emperor Although cruel, he is not afraid, but he is afraid of this young emperor who never shows himself.

But the young emperor is still empty in the harem. Although the courtiers have repeatedly written letters, he has no intention of getting married at all. Ding Dong heard that there is a eunuch who is sleeping next to the emperor, and it is the eunuch named Zhuzhi who has been following him It's just that this male favorite is not the right way after all, what's more, he is just a eunuch, so naturally he can't compare with Shui Wuyou and Qi Kang's love.

While thinking, he had already stood at the door.But I heard a voice from inside saying: "Your Majesty, don't look at it, you have been looking at it for half an hour, it is nothing more than a painting, if you look again, can you still see the flowers?"

Ding Dong couldn't help laughing, thinking that it's no wonder many people said that although the bamboo branch was favored, he was a bit stupid, it seemed that it was true, but he didn't know why the emperor could take a fancy to him and still love him so much.

Hearing Zhao Jin sigh again, he said lightly: "Zhu Zhi, you are not like him in anything, hehe, you are not just like him, it is a thousand miles away, but there is only one thing, you are somewhat similar to him, that is Your hearts are all equally kind.”

The bamboo branch said with a smirk: "The emperor is too rewarding, how can the slave have a kind heart? It's just a duty to be a man, and he is loyal to the emperor. How can he compare with this character, the emperor don't kill the slave."

Zhao Jin seemed to be in a daze for a while, and then Fang asked Zhu Zhi: "I have already told you about Mr. and Ding Dong, Zhu Zhi, think about it yourself, if you are, you will know that you have been with me for several years. People are the real culprits, would you rather be wronged than confess him? You know that when you return to your own country, you will end up being sentenced to death, tortured to death, and on the other side is your most trusted and beloved lover , as long as you tell him everything, you can continue to live happily with him.”

As Zhao Jin said, Ding Dong's complexion gradually turned pale. In the end, his whole body trembled, and he could only tell himself desperately in his heart: No...impossible, son... how could the son know about me? real identity?If... If he knew?He... how could he confess all the crimes and separate from the prince?no...impossible...

But Zhu Zhi in the room said with a smirk: "Your Majesty, don't lie to your servant, you know that this servant is cowardly, not to mention the death penalty, even beheading and beheading, this servant is terribly afraid. It’s just that the emperor and the slaves still don’t believe it. How could Lord Shui know the identity of Lord Ding Dong, oh, Lord Shi? If he wants to know, why didn’t he explain it to Qi Kang? Why bother to come back and suffer this crime?”

Zhao Jin sneered and said: "What kind of person is Mr. Ding Dong, even if he is thoughtful, but after so many years, how could he not show his flaws. With Mr.'s temperament, if he didn't know that Ding Dong is a real spy, you Do you think he would swallow his anger and bear the injustice? The reason why he confessed all the crimes was just to protect Ding Dong. Qi Kang refused to kill Ding Dong, the real culprit, because he also knew Mr. It's a pity that Ding Dong has been with Mr. for many years, but he can't see through this... Forget it, Mr. has worked hard for him, and he doesn't hesitate to be wronged and wronged, just to let him live well, not to mention this This matter has passed, you can remember, this matter is not allowed to be mentioned in the future, otherwise I will bury you alive..."

Zhu Zhi shrank his neck in fright, and muttered: "Since that's the case, why bother to tell the servants..." Before he finished speaking, he heard a "gu dong" by the door, and then the guard's voice: "Guard Shi, what's wrong with you?" ? Stone guard..."

Zhao Jin's complexion changed, and he stood up quickly, frowning as he walked out: "How can he be on duty today? This is terrible. After all the painstaking efforts of the master, I can be said to be useless."

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"Stop, come, catch the assassin..."

In the quiet night, loud shouts suddenly came from the Prince's Mansion in Ran Kingdom's capital, and then the torches were brightly lit, and countless guards gathered from all directions. Although there were many people, there was no sound of chaos.

"Qi Kang, come out, come out and kill me, hahaha, I know, you want to avenge him, don't you? Come on, I'll give you this chance, you come, you come..."

Unexpectedly, the assassin was not afraid of people at all. He had loose hair, held two scimitars in his hand, pointed at Qi Kang's bedroom and laughed loudly, but his laughter was extremely cruel. The timid guard's legs trembled, thinking he had encountered a ghost.

Qi Kang tossed and turned and has not slept until now, when he heard someone outside shouting to catch the assassin.He was surprised at first, and then delighted.Secretly thinking that my father and queen mother won't let me die, I can't die, if the assassins kill me, they will have nothing to say, and I could have gone to see Wuyou earlier, so I sat on the bed and waited with a smile on my face.

However, the assassin's voice was soon heard.Qi Kang's eyebrows furrowed slightly, wondering why the voice was so familiar.Because he got out of bed slowly, the maid next to him quickly put on a piece of clothing for him, and helped him to the door, only to see that there were guards all around him, but the assassin stood proudly in the middle of the courtyard, but his hair was loose and his eyes were loose. Scarlet, I couldn't recognize it for a while.

"Qi Kang, come and kill me if you have the guts. You must very much hope to kill me with your own hands, the real murderer who killed me, right? Come, come, look, I'm standing right here Here, I'm standing right here."

Seeing Qi Kang coming out, the assassin threw the scimitar and opened his arms, as if he couldn't wait to meet death.And his tone was also full of joy that his wish was about to come true. While the joy was chilling, he also felt sad for no reason.

"Is it... Ding Dong?" Qi Kang asked hesitantly.His voice also surprised Ding Dong. He never expected Qi Kang to be so old after only a few months. Not only his hair was gray, but he even described him as an old man. He clearly remembered Qi Kang as well. Just in his early 20s.

"You..." Ding Dong only said one word, and the rest of the words never came out.

Up to now, there is still something that I don't understand. I am still like this, let alone Qi Kang who is in love with Shui Wuyou. Speaking of it, it is already a miracle that the other party can survive until now. Push down that endless hell with him.

"Prince... Your Highness..." Ding Dong couldn't help but burst into tears. With this statement, the beautiful years with Shui Wuyou, Qi Kang Xiao Minzi and others in the past are all over the place. Appearing in front of his eyes, he knelt down involuntarily, tore open his clothes, and said with a sob: "Your Highness, please... Please dig out my heart and liver to pay homage to the young master. This must be your long-cherished wish. Your Highness, you... do it..."

Qi Kang stared at him for a long time, then he suddenly gave a bitter smile, shook his head and said: "Idiot, idiot, I still don't understand Wuyou's painstaking efforts. It was a waste of his teaching you for so many years."

As he said, the tears had already flowed down, and he waved to Ding Dong who was kneeling in the courtyard: "Go, Wuyou would rather sacrifice himself that day, and protect you well. I have owed him a lot, and I am afraid that there will be no one in Jiuquan. Seeing him, how could he go against his will and kill you. If you understand your young master's painstaking efforts, you should live well in this world, live well...live..."

After he finished speaking, he didn't even look at Ding Dong, and only said to the maid next to him: "Send him out of the mansion, and let the guards not embarrass him." After he finished speaking, he slowly opened the door, with the help of the maid Walked in slowly.

Ding Dong stared blankly at Qi Kang's back disappearing into the house, there was no shadow of that person from back then, if you don't look at his face, just look at his figure and hair, he is clearly an old man on the verge of death.

He stood up obsessively, and walked out in a daze, muttering to himself: "Live, live well? Why didn't you let me die? Why didn't you even let me die? My son, why didn't you tell the truth back then? ? Rather than breaking my heart and soul now, I really would rather die in your hands that day, son... I really would like to exchange my life for yours..."

He just staggered away.The Manfu guards also knew what had happened at this time, and Qiqi couldn't help sending him away with extremely sympathetic eyes.

After returning to the room, Qi Kang sat down on the bed, but suddenly broke into a smile, and said with a chuckle: "Death? How can it be so cheap? Wuyou is dead, and he is watching us in the underworld. I have to live, Ding Dong, you have to live too, well, people don’t live like ghosts or ghosts. Don’t worry, I’m doing it for your own good. We will suffer a little more in the yang world so that we can see him in the future. That’s right. , go to see Wuyou, he won't be angry with us..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly burst into laughter. The maids have long been used to his manner recently, and they are not panicked. They just busy preparing towels and other things. Sure enough, before the laughter stopped, they heard a "poof", Qi Kang Another mouthful of blood was spurted out, immediately staining a large piece of the bed sheet red.

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Spring is gone in a blink of an eye, and in the Jiangnan Palace, the beautiful maids have already put on light summer clothes.

Liu Yinger is no exception.Wearing a goose-yellow gauze shirt, carrying a bowl of bird's nest, he walked briskly to Zhuixing Pavilion.

Even though it was early summer, the doors and windows of the pavilion were still closed, and one person was leaning on the bed reading a book. If Qi Kang and Ding Dong were standing here, they would have to shout, because this person is surprisingly "dead" Shui Nothing.

Shui Wuyou just coughed for a while.Seeing Liu Ying'er coming, she couldn't help laughing and said, "I'm putting on my summer shirt now? Isn't it cold? I'm still covered under the quilt."

"It's not cold." Liu Ying'er replied crisply, then looked at Shui Wuyou who was wrapped like a fur ball and said with a smile, "Sir, that's enough, you just cover yourself in the quilt and wait for a few days before the weather gets hotter." Some, with better health, may be able to go out for a walk, which is much better than some people being locked up in the mansion.”

"Who is so miserable that he was grounded? What did he do wrong?" Shui Wuyou chuckled, then slowly got up, put a pillow on the head of the bed, and slowly leaned on it.

"It's the son of General Shi. I heard that he made great achievements before, and the emperor used him for a while. Later, he followed the emperor, and he really enjoyed a good time. But recently, for some reason, people suddenly heard that he He was so mad that he had people kill him on the street all day long, and he said he didn’t dare to do it. When General Shi found out, he was so angry that he finally ordered someone to catch him and locked him up.”

Liu Ying'er finished speaking in a hurry, brought the bird's nest in front of Shui Wuyou, and suddenly remembered something and said: "By the way, sir, I heard the emperor say in a trance that day, it seems that you and this Mr. Shi still have some relationship. That's right." , I also heard people say that for some reason, he insisted on calling himself Ding Dong, no matter how hard his father forced him, he would not recognize his ancestors and return to his clan.”

After Liu Ying'er finished speaking, she realized that Shui Wuyou's complexion turned pale at some point. She was so frightened that she shook Shui Wuyou's shoulder vigorously, and shouted: "Sir, sir, you... you What's the matter? Don't scare the slaves, if you make a mistake, the emperor will kill me, sir..."

When Shui Wuyou first heard that Dingdang had lost his mind, he went all over the street looking for someone to kill him, he couldn't help feeling a burst of pain, his sanity immediately became blurred, fortunately Liu Ying'er shook her a few times like this, Fang Youyou woke up.

"Idiot, idiot, why are you doing this?" He coughed for a while, and kept beating the bed with his hands. Liu Yinger was really frightened by that appearance, and was about to call out, but was suddenly caught by Shui Wuyou Holding his wrist, he heard him coughing and said: "Quickly, go and tell the emperor, just say that I want to go out...go out for a while, quickly, otherwise...or I will kill myself immediately..."

"Sir, you... don't worry, this servant will go right away."

Liu Yinger was terrified, and hurriedly went to report to Zhao Jin, but suddenly heard a cold voice outside the door: "No need, I'm here."