The whole world thinks I'm a nephew

Lin Jingyun often thought that she was like a thin patch of duckweed in autumn, which could be smashed to pieces by any gust of wind.

He seems to be under one person and above ten thousand people, holding the power of life and death, but he will never be able to plan a way out for himself.

He once said that Shen Zhuo is a trapped beast, so why isn't he himself?

—He was dreaming again.

After Shangjue left, he kept having nightmares. Sometimes he dreamed that the old man scolded him before he died, "a wicked son who has spent a hundred years of hard work ruined in one day"; Dao Luo cut off his head, and the head rolled all the way to his feet, his eyes were filled with blood, and they were still wide open, staring at Lin Jingyun, as if asking him why he didn't protect him as his father said;

In the dream, he was in a trance, and in the end it was fixed on Shen Zhuo facing each other with his sword, and finally the tip of the sword sank mercilessly into his chest, blood gurgling, but at that time he could no longer make a sound.

He was already a living thing, a living thing, that's all he could say.

He just had a breath and could struggle to move a few times.

Almost no human figure can be seen from the whole body, only the pair of pupils are still bright and sober.

——Lin Jingyun suddenly woke up from the dream.

When he woke up, he was already sweating profusely, and before he knew it, his obscene clothes were already soaked through.

It seemed that there was still pain from the sword sinking in the left chest, and he slowly covered it with his fingertips.

There was nothing there, only the sound of a beating heart.

All the people he had killed to pave the way for Shen Zhuo these days were all claiming their lives against him in his dreams.

I don't know if it's because of the serious crimes, but even after winter, I feel more and more weak.

Lin Jun knew that the second young master had been suffering from insomnia recently, and was haunted by nightmares from time to time.

When Lin Zheshui came to see him that day, seeing his second elder brother's pale face, as if he had suffered a serious illness, he felt even more unhappy from the bottom of his heart.

Lin Zheshui said: "Second brother, the emperor rewarded me with a new white elephant and promoted me to be the servant of the household department."

Lin Jingyun was wearing a robe, and said with a smile: "He believes in you, so you just do it well."

Lin Zheshui said: "Second brother, why don't you know that the white elephant is extremely difficult to raise. If one day it falls ill and dies, the emperor will definitely punish him. To me, this is not like a reward. , it is a sword hanging above my head. If I am not careful, I will lose my head."

Lin Jingyun smiled slightly.

It's just that his laugh didn't reach deep into the eyes, and for a moment people couldn't figure out what he meant.

He said: "It's been a long time since the war in northern Xinjiang."

Lin Zheshui nodded and said, "It's been three months."

"March. It seems that General Xiao is about to return to the imperial court with Ban Yuyan's expedition diary master." Lin Jingyun said, "You know what the situation of the people outside the border is during these three months."

Lin Zheshui also said: "That's true. The Eastern Qi Dynasty looks like a powerful country, but in fact it has lost its gold and jade. If the emperor keeps acting like this, I'm afraid it will not be good—"

Lin Jingyun sighed lightly: "I don't know. The battle in Northern Xinjiang completely emptied the country's power. If the outside is strong but the inside is doing nothing, if there are still people with evil intentions in the court, I'm afraid it won't be easy to deal with it."

He paused and said: "The white elephant is good for giving birth, you can fold the water and go, I'm tired, take a rest."

Lin Zheshui then said "yes" and got up to leave, but when he touched the door lintel, he retracted his hand suddenly.

He turned his head and said with burning eyes: "Second brother, from that day to now, have you ever regretted it?"

Lin Jingyun met his gaze, and his eyes seemed to be full of spring in the world.

He neither nodded nor denied, but just this look made Lin Zheshui completely understand——

That's right, his second brother has been the most stubborn and unmatched since he was a child, even if he was hard-hearted, he would never look back, so why talk about regrets now?

Lin Jingyun has a character of his own, the most willful and the most cold-hearted, because he never thinks about himself in the slightest, with such a temperament, even if he suffers, he will never cry once. Show weakness once.

Seeing him like this, Lin Zheshui also smiled from the bottom of his heart. He bowed to Lin Jingyun with a smile on his face, and then said loudly, "Second brother can't live more clearly."

Lin Jingyun lowered his brows and eyes slightly when he heard the words, he slowly shook his head, and said: "There is nothing unclear about life, it's just—"

It's just a dead end, nothing to do.

"That's all," he said, "you go ahead. I'll take a rest."

Lin Zheshui looked at him again worriedly, but knew that he couldn't persuade him no matter what, so he had no choice but to close the door for him.

Lin Jun stood outside the whole time, anxious like a headless chicken, and when he saw Lin Zheshui came out, he anxiously asked him: "Third Young Master, is Xiangye still like that?"

Lin Zheshui laughed: "Second brother is asleep. You can deliver the medicine in an hour."

"But this—"

Lin Zheshui shook his head: "Second brother has a heart disease, and needs to be treated with heart medicine."

Half a month later, Xiao Yu's squadron returned to the court, Northern Xinjiang was defeated, leaving only some hopeless remnants and defeated generals, so Shen Zhuo ordered to leave a group of elite soldiers to wipe out the remaining deserters in Northern Xinjiang, and kill all the captured prisoners of war. No one is left alive.

This was originally a secret edict, but after Xiao Yu's case was received, he stayed in the northern frontier for a full month. During this period, Chen Yusheng privately communicated with Shen Zhuo, and the only reason was that Xiao Yu's case couldn't bear it, so he never followed the edict Kill prisoners of war.

Not long after, the memorial of Xiao Yu's case was also submitted, and there was a sentence between the lines——

I would rather die and apologize than kill innocent soldiers and civilians.

Shen Zhuo was furious immediately.

However, Xiao Yu's case had meritorious service first, if he is desperate to punish him, I'm afraid those civil servants will make a fuss about it again, and then every one of them can bury him with their saliva.

He paced back and forth in the inner hall, as if he couldn't make up his mind, and finally got impatient, and called someone in and said, "Go to the Prime Minister's mansion and ask the Prime Minister to come, just say that I have something important to discuss, and ask him to come in immediately." come over."

At that time, Lin Jingyun was chatting with Lin Zheshui in the Xiangfu courtyard. Lin Zheshui poured him a cup of tea and said, "A few days ago, His Majesty was furious because of those people's participation in playing second brother. One person gave twenty court sticks, but now Yoyo's mouth was blocked, and no one dared to speak anymore."

Lin Jingyun smiled and said: "A few days ago I was seriously ill, and I didn't care about the affairs of the previous court. What did they say to make the little emperor so unhappy?"

Lin Zheshui said: "It's just saying that the second brother has a high level of skill and is so arrogant, so don't worry about it."

Lin Jingyun didn't seem to care too much about it at first, he waved his hands and said: "Most of these people just sit on the corpses and eat vegetarian food, it's a pity that food, money and money have all gone into these people's pockets."

Lin Zheshui said yes, and then said: "General Xiao disobeyed the emperor's will the day before yesterday, and now the emperor is furious——"

Lin Jingyun frowned: "For what?"

"Prisoner of war." Lin Zheshui said, "The emperor wants to kill the prisoner of war, but General Xiao refuses."

The two were talking when they heard a high-pitched voice from outside: "Master Xiang, Your Majesty has invited you into the palace to have a talk."