The bright moon sits on the ground

There is a mountain range at the foot of the imperial city. It stretches endlessly, like a giant dragon entrenched. If you look at it after it rains, it will be filled with mist, and the mountain looks like a cloud, just like a fairy lying lazily on the cloud and taking a nap.Among the mountains, Suifeng stands tallest. The famous Wangshan Inn is named "Wangshan" because it faces Suifeng.

When Nie Qiu came back last night, the cold wind blew on the eaves all night, and he had engraved all the beautiful scenery of the mountains into his mind.

About 20 days later,? He returned to the very beginning.

In fact, although the Wangshan Inn was built at the foot of the imperial city, it was not far from Nie's house, and it took half an hour to arrive.

If Nie Chi knew that Nie Qiu had already settled down at the Wangshan Inn, but he took a long way to go to the northwest, he would probably have to complain about how he hates iron.

But Nie Qiu didn't want Nie Chi to know about it at all.

"The fourth son is back!"

The sharp-eyed gatekeeper saw Nie Qiu's figure, and immediately called the guards in to pass a message to Nie Chi, and called a few servants to take the horses away and pack the bags.

The manager, who was over half a century old, came out to welcome him, and said with a bitter face, "Fourth Young Master, you've come back!"

Nie Qiu responded, got off his horse, and followed him into Nie's house.

"How is father now?"

Hearing what he meant, the manager let out a long sigh, "My lord, if you don't reply to the letter, the master is in such a hurry that he almost took someone to look for it."

It really was Nie Chi's style.

It is estimated that the emperor does not know that he was not in the imperial city before,? With Nie Chi's usual practice, he must have suppressed the matter, and waited for Nie Qiu to come back, and hurried to the palace to face the saint, so that he would not have to suffer. The emperor's censure was over.

However, Nie Chi didn't know one thing: this ceremony was organized by the present Crown Prince.

But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's idea is completely different from that of the emperor.

He abandoned longevity, despised the way of heaven, and believed that the so-called fairy art was just sorcery.

Leaving aside whether Nie Qiu wants to join the Devil's Cult or not, judging from the current situation, he is unwilling to take the same risk as in his previous life. He neither wants to be an example of righteousness nor a high priest who is manipulated by others.

The emperor will die in two years. If he wants to become the high priest at this time, he will stand in the opposing camp with the prince.

It's really a bad deal.

If you want to avoid this situation, you have to talk to the Crown Prince after entering the palace...

Thinking of the man who ordered him to be beheaded with a cold face in the previous life, Nie Qiu felt a sharp pain in his temple.

If the time after rebirth had been a year or so earlier, Nie Qiu might still have bargaining chips with the prince, but he had already handed over his handle to the prince, which means that he was already at a disadvantage. There is no choice.

The massacre.

With the help of the prince, he wiped out hundreds of disciples from that school.

Moreover, he did it himself, seeing that his throat was broken and his breathing gradually stopped before he was willing to leave.

Although Nie Qiu put himself in a disadvantageous position, if he came back again, he would still choose to trade with the prince - at that time he had lost the idea of ​​"birth", he was just an empty shell, and he was not afraid of those things at all. Intrigue.

The long and deep scar on his back suddenly felt a dull pain.

"Fourth brother."

A timid call.

Nie Qiu turned his head and looked over. His little sister was huddled behind a tree, and only poked her head out to look at him.

He pursed his lips and smiled, and the little girl relaxed as if she had finished her task, and ran to play with other people.

As I said before, Nie Qiu and the members of the Nie family are just to say hello when they meet. His little sister is not as familiar with him as he is with those maidservants. To please her, that's why I greeted him cautiously and fearfully, and left quickly and easily after the greeting.

He and the Nie family really have nothing to say.

The sons and daughters of the Nie family all invited teachers to come in to teach them. Nie Qiu was sent to Shenyun Pavilion to study since he was a child. But not only do you have to learn these, stay away from your family, but you also have to study knife skills hard.When he came back when he was 15 years old, he was down and out, and he was unwilling to say a few words. He missed the time when his younger brothers and sisters recognized each other, and the relationship between them became more and more distant, and finally it was difficult to cross.

He is not a saint, he also has selfishness, jealousy, and hatred.

However, Nie Qiu had to admit that if Nie Chi hadn't done this, he would be just an inconspicuous one among all living beings.

Nie Qiu slowed down his pace, gradually calming down his boiling mood.

That scar shouldn't hurt a long time ago, and the sudden pain was only caused by the surge of memories.

"Boss, how are the others doing now?" Nie Qiu asked.

The younger sister is not the only one who wants to complete the task.

The manager's expression eased, and he said to Nie Qiu in detail with some relief: "Madam has caught some wind and cold recently, is not in good health, and is taking medicine; the eldest son went to the Jia family, and the third son of the Jia family Talking about things; the second son went out with his friends last month, and he hasn't returned to the imperial city yet; the third son is in the study, and the master is teaching him how to do business... The rest are enjoying the flowers in the backyard."

Besides Nie Qiu, the Nie family has four sons and two young ladies.

Nie Qiu actually didn't listen to him at all, but he still put on a very concerned look.

By the time the steward finished rambling, they had already walked to the front of the study.

He knocked on the door, "Master, the Fourth Young Master has arrived."

"Come in" soon came from inside.

When Nie Qiu pushed the door and entered, he found that third brother was not there, and Nie Chi was the only one in the study.

Perhaps Nie Chi sent third brother away when he heard that he was back.

The steward stepped back and closed the door gently.

Nie Chi didn't look much different from the one he remembered, and he was younger. He was leaning on the wooden chair with his hands resting on his forehead, and he sighed resentfully. "Nie Qiu, you're back. I thought you'd forgotten about such an important matter as the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony! Did you receive my letter? Why didn't you reply?"

"At that time, I was already on my way back, so I didn't reply."

"Where have you been? You have been walking for such a long time. What if you don't have time?"

"No." Seeing that Nie Chi hesitated to speak, Nie Qiu added another sentence, "The high priest has told me before, I remember the process of the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, and there will be no problems."

Nie Chi still held his breath in his heart, and insisted on making it clear, "It's almost, you're going to be late. Nie Qiu, this is the first time you've hosted the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, you can't mess it up, you must Be cautious."

"Got it, father."

Nie Qiu lowered his eyes and said respectfully.

Seeing his meek look, Nie Chi also knew that there was no place to vent his sulking.

He had no choice but to wave his hand, "Go and pack your things now, and get ready to enter the palace. Your Majesty is in a hurry."

After all, preparations for the first day of the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony will begin tomorrow. Nie Qiu was not very surprised by the decision to enter the palace as soon as he returned to Nie's house. When it was over, he said, "Since father is fine, I will take my leave first."

"Go."

Nie Qiu exited the study, closed the door, turned and left.

He only met Nie Chi's eyes when he entered and left, and kept his eyes down the rest of the time.

Seemingly humble and respectful.

In fact, the moment he saw Nie Chi, Nie Qiu remembered Xie Mu's words.

"As soon as I saw him, I understood that hatred is so easy to fade away. I thought that if I didn't see the Tan family for a long time and didn't think about it, I would gradually forget about it, and finally just I threw everything away and reincarnated. However, just the moment I saw him, I felt the hatred that almost drove me crazy, like a raging fire, burning me all over... the trust I gave when I promised the Tan family , swearing that there is no danger, and finally I remembered all the Gu worms that devoured me."

When Nie Qiu was first reborn, he deliberately didn't think about it, but when he actually met Nie Chi, that scene still appeared in his mind: against the dark sky as the background, the emperor and Wen Zhanxing stood in front of him , the rest of the people watched coldly, and Nie Chi, after Nie Chi felt his gaze, turned his head slightly and staggered his gaze.

The fishy-sweet smell that flooded his mouth when he tasted his own blood reappeared.

Hate is hate, it lasts forever and can never be erased.

How can it be really relieved.

When Nie Qiu met Nie Chi's eyes for the first time, he knew that he couldn't hide the hatred in his eyes.In order to prevent this sometimes unexpectedly shrewd old fox from discovering this, he had to put on a humble and polite look, lowered his head and lowered his eyes, lest he would be unable to restrain himself and disrupt all previous plans.

And the last look was because Nie Qiu had put away his hatred properly.

If he hates it, he hates it. There is no need for Nie Chi to know, and maybe he will never know.

Nie Qiu strode towards his bedroom.

The backyard was full of laughter and noise, and Yue Moo and other people were there admiring the flowers, but Nie Qiu deliberately walked around.

Pushing the time forward, when he said to Nie Chi, "Father, nothing has happened", Nie Chi subconsciously took a step back; he wanted to tell Nie Chi what happened to him in Shenyun Pavilion for so many years. How he lived, how he was torn apart and reassembled over and over again by midnight dreams, the pain and powerlessness when he broke away from the dream full of happiness, but Nie Chi indifferently ignored the grief he almost put on the surface ;The other brothers and sisters can sleep peacefully and have a good night's sleep, but he can only practice martial arts and read books before dawn, even if he goes out to play, he basically doesn't have his share...

Nie Qiu thought, he hated Nie Chi and the Nie family, not just a day or two.

But hating won't help, he won't do anything to them, after all, he doesn't hate to the extent of killing people.

It's just simple hatred, and it has nothing to do with the person being hated.

It is a good thing for Nie Qiu to enter the palace at this juncture.

He sent his servants away, and after returning to his room, he packed his things again and left in a carriage.

There is no need to see the rest of the Nie family again, and there is no need to exchange unnecessary pleasantries.

He has made up his mind to leave here and never come back.