Glued up by my father's nemesis

The narrow and deep corridor slowly devours the few rays of the setting sun behind him, and every step forward will make people feel more fear of being engulfed by the boundless darkness.

The corridor twists and turns downwards and passes through a long section of stone steps. Yan Fei knows that he has finally arrived at the most feared prison in Dali Temple Prison.

According to the rumors, there are [-] kinds of tortures here, and after suffering one by one, even if you go down to the [-]th floor of hell, there is nothing terrible.

What Zhang Fei stepped on was the road leading to hell.

The prisoners here are all heinous felons, full of crimes, and more than enough to die. None of them can get out of here, and all of them will be sent to the endless purgatory.

Compared with the ordinary prison above, the corridor of the underground dungeon is straighter, as if fearing that those guilty of death row prisoners will get lost on the way to hell; the top of the walls on both sides no longer has small openings for ventilation and light.

Here is the most real, never-ending darkness.

Every ten steps, there will be a small oil lamp on the wall to guide the way, but there is no wind here, but the flame of the oil lamp is still weak, as if it will go out at any time.

Everything here has a suffocating depression.

It is probably because there is no sunshine all year round, and the stone slabs under your feet are also damp and sticky, which seems to attract people and make you stay here forever; Yan Fei stepped on the slate under his feet, taking every step very lightly.

He had to remind himself all the time, don't think about it, thinking that Qi Jingsi may have been staying in such a hopeless place for the past half month.

He also walked very slowly.

He didn't know whether a certain cell he passed by unintentionally contained the person he was thinking about and thinking about day and night.

This idea is dangerous.

Once he allowed himself to guess like this, he couldn't help thinking why no one called his name after he had traveled a long way; what happened to Qi Jingsi, he couldn't even hear his footsteps.

He couldn't hear Qi Jingsi's voice, but he could always hear a few slight rustlings; mice are afraid of people, and if someone moves around, they will naturally not come forward, but just hide in some dark corners, making "squeaks" sound.

In such a struggle and restraint all the way, he finally reached the end of the tunnel.

For the convenience of speaking, the leading jailer opened the heavy iron door in front of the cell, leaving only a row of similar iron bars inside.

"Master Yan." The jailer bowed and saluted, "Do you want me to stay with you?"

The underground cell was dark and damp, filled with a stench of decay and mildew. Yan Fei waved his hand in front of him. While waving the jailer back, he also seemed to want to disperse the stale air in front of him.

"Cough-cough-"

Behind the iron fence, a middle-aged man's low and weak voice came out after a cough: "Master Xiaoyan, are you finally here?"

Although he had heard about the ruthless tactics of the Dali Prison, Yan Fei knew that Qi Tongfu came into such a place, but he didn't say a word that was satisfactory. He must have been tortured without eating or sleeping...

Even if he had foreseen it, hearing such a hoarse and deep voice suddenly in such an environment would still make one's hair stand on end; in a trance, Yan Fei would feel that he had a little illusion, as if the voice really came from hell.

Under such weak light, he naturally couldn't see the person in the cell clearly, and could only roughly judge the person's seat from the direction of the voice; he slightly nodded in that direction and said, "Lord Lao Qi has been waiting for a long time."

"Lord Xiaoyan is still so polite." Although his voice was weak and hoarse, Qi Tongfu's tone still showed disdainful sarcasm, "You have slept with my son for so long, why do you still see me so far away?"

Faced with Qi Tongfu's obvious embarrassment, Yan Fei didn't change his face, and said calmly, "I'm on good terms with Jing Sihuan, but even if he sees Master Qi, won't he be the same?"

"Hahaha——" the hoarse voice laughed wantonly, with a strange sense of disobedience, Qi Tongfu was obviously out of breath after laughing, "Master Xiaoyan's beak is sharp and his speech is as good as it used to be..."

"It can be seen that Master Xiaoyan has been doing well these days."

"The traitor subdues the law, and the whole country celebrates it." Although he knew what Qi Tongfu wanted to squeeze, Yan Fei's tone was still calm, "Yan Fei's life is not bad."

"The traitor subdues the law?" Qi Tongfu asked knowingly, "Is Mr. Xiaoyan talking about my son?"

Qi Tongfu's every word and every sentence tonight was related to Qi Jingsi, but he never mentioned Qi Jingsi's name. He opened and closed his mouth and said the word "son" on his lips. Yan Fei fully understood what the other party meant; Only by clenching your fists can you resist the urge to walk away.

He heard some rustling in the dark cell.

"That's a pity..."

He heard Qi Tongfu's voice move closer to the door after those few rustles, and the sarcasm in his words just now also contained some gnashing of teeth.

"It's a pity that Qi Jingsi had already escaped, but he still came back for such a heartless person like you!"

On the night when the army started, Qi Tongfu did receive a message that Qi Jingsi had escaped from Beijing City; of course he would not believe that Qi Jingsi could really be hijacked by Chang Haozhen, but since he had already escaped, he had no choice but to send out three people who he thought could seal the victory. Ten thousand private soldiers.

The details of the process, even if Qi Tongfu didn't say anything, Yan Fei could guess eight or nine points, but even so, when he heard the other party say it himself, he still couldn't help but feel a throbbing pain in his heart.

"So..." Qi Tongfu returned to his previous mocking tone, and even acted like a street rogue, "Is it because my son didn't take care of Mr. Xiaoyan?"

"Qi Tongfu." Yan Fei closed his eyes, "There is no need to do such childish and stupid things."

"You're doomed, so you think you can dirty my and Jing Si's robes with the most vile words?"

"How come?" Qi Tongfu laughed at himself. "I care about whether you and my son are in harmony, and am I also waiting for Master Xiaoyan to rescue me?"

Sure enough, this is what Qi Tongfu wanted to see him for.

"No one can get out of here alive." Yan Fei said lightly.

"Didn't Mr. Xiaoyan forget—" Qi Tongfu was not in a hurry when he heard the words, he just said in a hoarse voice, "Qi Jingsi is here too."

"So you wrote the letter of divorce to Wen Gongliang, didn't you just want me to know that you might be able to save Jing Si, so let me beg you?" Yan Fei looked at the dark cell indifferently, and tilted his head, "That's impossible .”

Qi Tongfu would not be so stupid as to think that Yan Fei could really have a way to keep him out of the sky prison of Dali Temple Prison in an open and honest manner, but he had seen Yan Yi a few times in the prison for many days.

He knew that Yan Yi was greatly favored by the Yan family, and he could tell from Yan Yi's court uniform that he had been promoted to the fourth rank of Dali Temple Shaoqing.

When he used Qi Jingsi to threaten Lin Yu at the beginning, he wanted Lin Yu not to spoil his good deeds. In fact, he never thought that he would come to this point; but now that he has come to this point, this has become his only chance.

He didn't know if he could really save Qi Jingsi if he was willing to sever the father-son relationship with Qi Jingsi like he divorced Wen Gongliang, but he could only bet; Will not let go of this chance.

It's just that he never expected that there would be a day when he was wrong.

"Jing Si has never participated in your evil deeds, the laws of heaven are clear, and he will definitely protect him." Yan Fei said with a soft and subtle smile on his lips, "If God has no eyes, even if he has gone, I can also take care of his funeral, and then smash to death on his tombstone."

"I walked with him on the Huangquan road. Even when we got there, my little uncle was waiting for us." A smile spread on his lips, but his eyes became colder, "Qi Tongfu, we are only a family of three."

"Even if buried in the ground, you will always be alone!"

After saying that, he turned around, he didn't want to talk any more nonsense with a lunatic who was dying.

When he took a step, a burst of insane laughter stopped his way.

"You really don't care about Qi Jingsi's life or death?" Qi Tongfu must have been injured, and there was a slight hiss in his laughter, "You are indeed the student brought out by Lin Guangji with his life's talents, Yan Fei—"

"Even the heart is hard!"

Yan Fei stopped and turned around.

Qi Jingsi was the only one who participated in the whole process between him and Lin Yu. Even Li Fan and Chang Haozhen didn't know the whole picture. How did Qi Tongfu know?

"Are you surprised? Heh—" Hearing the footsteps stop, even though he couldn't see them, Qi Tongfu caught Yan Fei's doubts, "Young Master Guangji, who is respected by the world, is my pillow."

"Who else do you—"

"Know him better than I do."

After speaking, there were a few more rustling sounds in the cell, and Qi Tongfu's voice was getting closer and closer to the iron fence beside the cell door.

"Master Xiaoyan, if Qi remembers correctly, you are just a weak crown?" Qi Tongfu said in a calm manner: "No matter how smart and knowledgeable you are, can you beat the reputation of 'Eight Dou Talents' at the age of 15?" Lin Guangji from Beijing?"

"Even the well-known Mr. Guangji, at your age, is still full of youthful spirit; but since your accident in Ting County, you have been calm and forbearing in everything. This is clearly his advice behind the scenes, right? "

Seeing that Yanfei didn't respond, he even felt hopeful.

"I will fail in the end, not because of you, let alone Chang Haozhen, that treacherous villain can do it, all of this—"

"It's all set by Lin Yu."

Qi Tongfu can still turn a deaf ear to Qi Jingsi's slander and trample on Yan Fei, but at least the dead are the most important, and he can't hear the other party's insult to Lin Yu.

"Are you saying we are cruel?" He responded coldly, "You guessed it right, it's the little uncle——"

"He wants you dead."

Anyone who has a little understanding of the situation in the court knows that if Ning Yuan's army sends troops to serve the king, the military disaster can be quelled without any effort; this is why Li Fan and Chang Haozhen had to put all their eggs in one basket and go north from the city.

It is impossible for Qi Tongfu not to know that the reason why he still dared to do this is because he knew that the reinforcements would not come so soon.

The imperial court can't tolerate the Lin family, but it can accommodate the Fei family, which is heavily armed, because the Fei family has been independent from the factional struggles in Beijing all year round; After getting married, she never interacted with her natal family again, and completely cut off the Chang family's idea of ​​clinging to her.

Even if Qi Jingsi and Chang Haozhen managed to escape from Beijing that day, they were far away from the border, it was impossible for Ning Yuan's army to reach Beijing in just a few hours.

It's really only close.

No matter how many evils Li Pu did, he did so in secret. On the surface, he was still a righteous prince. Qi Tongfu knew that no matter what means he used, as long as he could support Li Pu to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, even if Ningyuan's army came again, fifty thousand or one hundred thousand would still be 30. Thousands of people can be charged with treason and punished by the world.

It's just that he never expected that before Lin Yu left, he left a message for Qi Jingsi, asking him to write a letter to Li Chang within three or five days.

Li Chang was born as a groom, so he could not read at all, and Qi Jingsi didn't understand Lin Yu's intentions, so he didn't take it to heart; at first, because it was Lin Yu's last words, he wrote two letters pretendingly, and then he was trapped in You County , and completely forgot about it.

But before Lin Yu left, he left a ten-page letter to Li Chang, asking him to send the long letter to the Ningyuan military camp if he did not receive Qi Jingsi's letter.

In the letter, he spoke earnestly, word by word, and stated the obvious crimes of Qi Tongfu and the prince's party behind him, and even what happened after his death was exactly as expected.

In fact, before Qi Tongfu rebelled, Ningyuan's army was already on the road of King Qin.

"Do you know why little uncle wants to make such a big game?" Yan Fei continued to ask.

In fact, he could have given the letter to Qi Jingsi.

"Because even if there is only a slight possibility, he always wants to protect Jing Si and stay out of it." He bowed silently, as if to get closer to Qi Tongfu, afraid that the other party would not hear clearly, "He is ruthless, and he only treats you alone ruthless--"

"'Big Dou Talent' Lin Guangji, just wants you to die."

"Impossible!" Qi Tongfu roared fiercely, "You let Lin Yu come to see me!"

"Mr. Guangji, in this world, crouching dragons, idle clouds and wild cranes, noble and indifferent, are you able to see them as soon as you want?" Yan Fei said disdainfully: "Qi Tongfu, now I am an official and a minister, and you are a prisoner under the rank, what are you doing? feel--"

"Are you still qualified to negotiate terms with me?"

"Hahaha——" Qi Tongfu laughed instead of anger, "Master Xiaoyan also learned his posturing skills from Guangji?"

"If I don't have any conditions that can be exchanged with you, why are you here today?"

"Qi Tongfu—" Yan Fei straightened his body, "You have been refusing to explain the crimes in Ting County, You County or even other crimes that have not been discovered before."

"I know that every case of yours cannot be handled by one person, and you dare not betray the noble family behind it, because you know that the more people involved, the more people will want you to die. "

"But if those Xiaoxiao who are buried in the dark take this as a warning, and they will no longer do evil in the future, it will be regarded as the welfare of the people; and if they return to their old ways one day, the laws of heaven and the country will definitely not allow it."

"And you—"

"You raised private soldiers, rebelled and conspired against the sky, and the criminals were horrendous. The evidence is solid. Even if there were no such dirty things in the past, it would be enough to die a hundred times."

"I have nothing to ask of you, Qi Tongfu." His usually gentle and polite voice gradually turned cold, "Even if it's for Jing Si, I won't."

"Whether it's little uncle or Jing Si, if they know that I'm begging you, they will only look down on me, Yan Fei."

"Then what are you doing here?" Qi Tongfu replied weakly.

Yan Fei smiled slightly, "I'll see you off."

"Your cheap brother has been promoted to the position of Minister of Dali Temple, Lord Xiaoyan knows—" Qi Tongfu said contemptuously: "Li Fan will not kill me until he gets what he wants from me. "

"Then live—" Yan Fei turned around disdainfully, "Anyway, you are alive now, and it is not better than dead."

Qi Tongfu was once born like a mustard, with some low self-esteem engraved in his bones. Compared with being hated and reviled by thousands of people, he will never recover, and no one will care about his life or death, which made him more afraid.

"No. [-] Scholar!" He was so anxious that he even stretched himself up and rushed towards the door. "They don't understand, not even Lin Yu! But I thought—"

"At least you should understand me."

"You keep saying that heaven is clear, and you wait for God to open his eyes and save Qi Jingsi?"

"How ridiculous!"

"If God really has eyes, should you be born blind, or should I be born cheap? And why is Lin Yu the proud son of heaven since he was born, and he has everything!"

Yan Fei turned his head and looked down, looking lightly at the figure lying on the other side of the iron fence.

Qi Tongfu is Qi Jingsi's close blood relative, and he also has a tall and straight figure like Qi Jingsi, but now he is kneeling by the door, like a bereaved dog.

"Why do I need to understand you?" He said coldly, "Little uncle is born noble, but his talent, integrity, and even acquired hard work have not humiliated his background in the slightest; and you, Qi Tongfu—"

"A self-contemptuous and selfish person like you, no matter what your background is, and no matter what kind of high position you climb, you are like a maggot in the gutter, destined to be dirty and humble forever!"

He shook his head regretfully, "My little uncle was wise, knowledgeable, indifferent and noble all his life. The only mistake he made in his life was that he went blind when he was young and ignorant."

"Why do you all think it's my fault!" Qi Tongfu was already hysterical, almost insane, "If Lin Yu hadn't betrayed me first, my life of Qi Tongfu——"

"Why is this!"

"When I left Pei County to go to Beijing alone, you can say that I was greedy for power and fame, but I just wanted to live a better life. What's wrong?"

"How many letters did I write to Lin Yu back then, but if he was willing to answer me a word, I had no choice but to marry Wen Gongliang and assist that trash Li Pu?"

"If he is willing to come and accompany me, not to mention helping him to assist Li Fan to ascend the throne, even if Lin Yu wants to turn against the world of the Li family, I, Qi Tongfu, will be willing to support him and support him to the top without hesitation! "

"Will you embrace my little uncle as emperor without hesitation, or do you not care about who is the emperor at all—" Yan Fei said coldly, "You only care about the future emperor, whether I can give you what you want that power."

"No, I'm not..." Qi Tongfu knelt by the door, his shoulders twitched, and his voice was sobbing.

Yan Fei thought that seeing this scene would make him happy, but at this moment he realized that there was no disturbance in his heart.

Only now did he understand why Lin Yu said he didn't hate Qi Tongfu anymore, not because of MEJJDJ Qi Jingsi's company, but because when you really let go of someone, you will also let go of your hatred and let yourself go.

"Do you know why Wen Gongliang has no children?" Qi Tongfu choked up and said, "I almost never touched her..."

"I have treated Guangji sincerely...and he..."

"Qi Tongfu." Yan Fei interrupted ruthlessly, "Do you still want to blame your little uncle for all your misfortunes?"

As he spoke, he took out a piece of letter paper from his pocket, "Has he ever treated you sincerely—"

"You know better than anyone."

The old rice paper was a small piece, and the corners were yellowed.

In the days before Lin Yu left, Yan Fei had corresponded with the other party many times. He was very familiar with Lin Yu's handwriting, so he could naturally see that the handwriting on the letter paper was more free and frivolous than the handwriting before his death. , without some of the smoothness and tranquility afterward——

He had seen too many authentic works of Mr. Guangji back then, and the words on that piece of paper were obviously Lin Yu's handwriting when he was young.

After Lin Yu left, Qi Jingsi found a book of poetry that had been shelved while sorting out his belongings. He had never seen Lin Yu read it, but he found this letter inside.

This further confirmed Yan Fei's guess——

When Lin Yu wrote the words on the letterhead, Qi Jingsi was probably still a baby.

"You said little uncle didn't reply to your letter." Yan Fei said lightly, "Maybe it's all in this piece of paper, but he saw through it before you saw it in time."

Qi Tongfu naturally understood Lin Yu's handwriting better than Yan Fei's when he was young.

He opened the letter paper tremblingly, and with the help of the dim light, he burst into tears in an instant, to weeping loudly.

Green Zijin, Youyouwoxin.Even if I don't go, Zining won't have the sound?

Qingqingzipei, I think for a while.Even if I don't go, Zining won't come?

Xi Xi pick up in the city of Xi Que.I don't see you in a day, it's like March. ①

"Let me see him!" He grabbed the iron fence in front of the cell and shook it crazily, revealing a face that was no longer human or ghostly.

The terrifying movement attracted the guards, who nervously stepped forward and surrounded Yan Fei.

"Please..." Qi Tongfu broke down in tears, "Let me see him...I beg you..."

"Even if you lied to him at the beginning, you should have lied to him forever!" Yan Fei said angrily, "Your high-ranking official has a generous salary, and your future is bright. Is it really better than the sincerity of an exiled immortal?"

"Qi Tongfu—"

"It's wrong, it's wrong."

"You want to see him—" His eyes were still calm and his voice was far away, "Then you can go over there and try to see if the little uncle is willing to accept your confession."

The jailer got Yan Yi's instructions in advance, and when he saw this, he nervously escorted Yan Fei away. Before closing the iron gate, Qi Tongfu still clung to the fence desperately, and refused to let go until his finger bones were broken.

All the sounds gradually fade away, only the ubiquitous rats rustling in the corner.

Severe torture, rancid porridge and rice soup, he has been here for a long time, and every day he can only cut a hole on the wall with his nails to record the time he came in after the torture is over and the day is over.

Even if he was defeated and captured, he never gave up the hope of being alive, but now he finally understands why Yan Fei said that he came to see him off.

The dampness and darkness characteristic of the dungeon seemed to be leaving him at last, and he returned to the spring when he was 22 years old.

The spring in Beijing is actually no worse than that in Pei County. There are no willows as lively and gentle as those in the south of the Yangtze River, but there are apricot blossoms that seem to bloom forever.

He passed by a panicked young man by the gate of the east city. The young man seemed to be avoiding something, and hurriedly stuffed a jar of wine into his arms.

That was the first time he met Lin Yu.

At that time, Lin Yu was the only one who was not the champion of Lianzhong Sanyuan. Although he was also modest and polite, he was more agile and lively.

It was just a flustered rubbing of shoulders in the crowd, but Qi Tongfu remembered it for a long time, just like the fine grape wine accidentally splashed on his chest at that time, the fragrance of the wine lingered for a long time.

He was poor at that time, and there were only two clothes that could be worn to see people, but the wine stains on the lapel could not be washed away no matter how much he scrubbed——

Just like the boy who stuffed the wine jar into his arms, after so many years, he always thought he had forgotten it, but the wine stain on his front was still there.

Later, when he met Lin Yu at the gathering of literati, he realized that the other party was the unattainable Mr. Guangji. He instinctively withdrew from the crowd, but Lin Yu caught his eye.

"I was rude last time, sir. Did you stain your clothes? The grape wine is bright red and it is not easy to wash. Where does your master live? I will pay you a new one."

It was this sentence that cost the two of them a lifetime.

Now he looked at the boundless darkness in despair, and could only see Lin Yu's indifferent eyes towards him in the study that day, and he could never find the confident and beautiful boy back then.

He kept recalling Yan Fei's previous sentence in his mind——

"Qi Tongfu, we are a family of three."

"Even if buried in the ground, you will always be alone!"

The author has something to say: Today's two chapters are not suitable to be separated, so it's too late to write them together~

If there is no accident, the finale will be tomorrow, and of course it will be he!Afterwards, I prepared a special episode of the little uncle, as well as Ah Yan and Qiqi’s wedding car (bushi). If there is anything else you want to see, you can leave a message and let me know~

① From "Zijin" written by an unknown person in the pre-Qin period