[Twelve Kingdoms] The way back

After nightfall, Zhaoyang tossed and turned, still unable to fall asleep, the restlessness and entanglement at noon hung in his heart, and there was a voice that lingered in his mind all the time.

Admit it, in fact, you already understood it, didn't you?

Zhaoyang sat up, put on some clothes, carried a jug of wine and walked towards the Yan's bedroom. The Yan's bedroom is located behind the road bedroom, where the queen, royal family and nobles live and the king worships.King Yan had no wife, no princely relatives and nobles, so at night, Yan's bedroom was completely silent.

A round of silver moon hangs in the dark sky, like a bright light in the darkness, shedding infinite brilliance.The moonlight is soft and the mind is heavy.Zhaoyang looked up at the sky, drinking one cup after another.

Suddenly, from the corner of the eye, he caught a glimpse of the lights in Shang Long's room, and Zhao Yang, who was drowsy from drinking, walked over by accident and knocked on the window.Soon there was a rustling sound inside, and the window opened after a while.

A warm current rushed towards his face, making Zhaoyang's face even redder.Zhaoyang smirked and shook the wine bottle: "My lord, do you want to have a few more drinks?" Then he smiled again, with a look of request in his eyes, "Or chat with me."

"Okay." As soon as the words finished, Shang Long put his hands on the window sill and stepped out neatly.

The two sat casually on the ground with their backs against the wall.Zhao Yang handed the wine to Shang Long, and said flatly: "You must have guessed it, I am from Liu Guo."

"kindness?"

"I'm not only a native of Liu, I'm also a murderer." After taking a deep breath, Zhaoyang continued, "My younger brother died at the hands of an inhumane person, yet the government only sentenced him to six years... .I thought it was unfair, so I did it myself."

"But that person didn't die." Shang Long could roughly guess it.

Zhaoyang smiled bitterly: "Yes, he didn't die. Then I escaped and drifted to the Yellow Sea, and now rely on King Gong's scroll to sneak into Xuanying Palace."

"I have always hated Liu Guo, and hated the king who made the law. But at the same time I hated it, I clearly understood that Liu Guo itself was not wrong, and the original intention of the king to make the law was not wrong. In the past few years, I have been to Many countries, and the idea is becoming clearer."

"There is no perfect law. It will have many loopholes as time goes by, and it can only fill these loopholes constantly. And sacrifices during this period are inevitable. There is no bloodless dynasty, right?"

Shang Long shook the jug, "After all, the king is nothing more than the existence of oppressing and slaughtering the people. The fewer the people die, the more the king will be called a good emperor, but there will never be no people who die."

"But I resent, why should we be the part of the sacrifice! I channeled all my anger on my own country, on the king, and waited to see the decline of the Liu Kingdom. I always thought that the hatred in my heart at that time There's the catharsis, the comfort of 'Look, what you did was wrong, so you lost'."

"But when the Liu Kingdom really fell, I felt infinitely lost in my heart. In the end, it's not all the people like us who suffer. Facing the ruined Liu Kingdom, what else can I hate."

"In the end, it was the murderer and myself who were wrong. No matter how perfect the laws of the Liu Kingdom are, they will not be able to prevent this from happening, and Tatsuya will not be able to come back." Zhaoyang raised his head, trying hard not to let tears fall Come down, now she can hate Liu Guo and everything, it has already fallen.

"Zhaoyang." Shang Long called softly, "If you were in that position, what would you do?"

Zhaoyang froze for a moment, then smiled wryly and said: "It's a sad fact, I should choose to do that too." I would rather kill a hundred now than not have to kill ten thousand in the end.

This is the king.

"Then, Shang Long, how many people have died under your hands?" Zhao Yang leaned on Shang Long's shoulder and whispered into his ear.She thought she was really drunk and dared to speak like this.

"Probably...uncountable."

He didn't know how much he drank, talked a lot in a frenzy, and sang in circles, and finally fell asleep leaning on Shang Long's shoulder in a daze.

Shang Long turned his head to look at Zhaoyang who had already fallen asleep, and murmured with a low smile, "What a crazy girl."

When the first ray of sunlight hit his face in the morning, Zhaoyang rubbed his eyes, and opened them half asleep, his head hurt, and the consequences of drinking came up all at once.

"woke up?"

A familiar voice came from above his head, Zhaoyang immediately sat up straight, and when he turned his head, he saw the teasing in Shang Long's eyes, and he stuttered: "Master... Your lord."

Just when Zhaoyang didn't know what to say to break the deadlock, the voices of Si Qius came from inside the room: "The master is missing again, hurry up and look for it."

Zhaoyang immediately calmed down, bent down, and knelt down: "My lord, I will take my leave first." Without waiting for a reply, he got up and ran away in a hurry, and Shang Long's hearty laughter came from behind him .

What a shame.

At the beginning of autumn, after self-help Lufeng came to the throne, the Liu Kingdom, which was no longer used by the Dali, suddenly abused the death penalty. Coupled with the rampant demons, a large number of desolate people flooded into the Yan Kingdom.

The Xuanying Palace was also busy for a while. Although the borders of the Liu Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom had already been guarded and preparations were made for the opening of the warehouse, there were always some things that could not be kept up with the changes.In addition, there are still many desolate people from Qiao Kingdom and Qing Kingdom staying on the border of Yan Kingdom, and most of the desolate people from Dai Kingdom are still on the northeast border, and there are still many monsters on the virtual sea facing Dai.

For the past few days, Shang Long has also been staying in Xuanying Palace.Zhaoyang replaced the cold tea and put the new tea on the small tea table on the couch.At this time, Mrs. Liu came from outside with a heavy face and sat down on the table.

Zhaoyang saluted: "Taifu."

"I'm back." Shang Long looked up and then returned to the memorial.

The Sixth Wife gave an "En" and said, "Liu Country smells very bloody."

"Have you seen Liu Qi?"

"The door is closed to see no visitors." Mrs. Liu shook her head.

"It's so sick." Shang Long's tone was calm, as if he had expected it long ago.

After a moment of silence, the sixth lady spoke again: "But the strange thing is that I met Mrs. Liu Guo."

"It's not surprising to meet him in Fenhua Palace."

"He seems to be waiting for me deliberately."

"Oh?" Shang Long stopped what he was doing and raised his chin with one hand, "What did he tell you?"

"Please prepare your country well, Liu country still needs to trouble your country for a few years" the sixth wife recalled the scene at that time and repeated.Waiting for him to say such a sentence made him very puzzled.However, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Shang Long and Zhao Yang's expressions froze at the same time.

"Any questions?"

"Six Tai, it takes a few years for Qilin to choose a king from birth."

"It can range from 6 years to 30 years."

"But if the king dies first, Qilin will survive and can continue to choose the next king. In this case, the king may be elected within a few years."

"You mean..." Liu Tai was surprised.

Shang Long nodded, and then said: "I'm afraid there is going to be a civil war." Once a civil war breaks out, more desolate people will flow into the Yan Kingdom. The Grand Tutor Liu Guo wants to remind them to prepare early. "But if you're lucky, a new King Liu may appear soon."

"But if there's a civil war..."

"It won't be worse than it is now." Shang Long interrupted Liutai's words, "The death penalty is being abused in Liu's country. Even if it is not for the purpose of quickly electing a new king, they urgently need to establish a puppet dynasty to control the situation."

The words of the false king are at least more weighty and deterrent than the words of a state official.

Mrs. Six didn't say anything more, and Shang Long continued to read the memorial.The surroundings became quiet all of a sudden, and Zhaoyang stood aside unconsciously and became dazed.

Shang Long accidentally looked up and saw Zhaoyang who was staring blankly in front of him, he laughed, took out the account book he hadn't read yet and pushed it towards Zhaoyang: "If you feel bored, just help me read these gone."

Zhaoyang let out an "ah", glanced at the ledger on the couch, stood still and did not move: "This, I'm afraid it's impolite." With her identity and position, she can't touch these things.

"I transferred you to my side, not just to let you serve tea and water." Seeing Zhaoyang's hesitation, Shang Long said with a smile.

"It's not a big deal." Mrs. Liu also said, "Since Shang Long said it, it doesn't matter."

Zhaoyang had no choice but to nod in response, picked up the ledger, and was hesitating whether to go to the table where Mrs. Six was sitting or stand to read it. Shang Long sat aside and moved the small coffee table to the middle: "Come up and sit and read Bar."

Now that the master had spoken, Zhaoyang took off his shoes and went up, crossed his legs and looked.Generally speaking, the account books are checked by the person in charge before they are submitted. Wang only needs to browse them briefly.But Shanglong didn't say anything, guessing it would be a long time, Zhaoyang took a blank paper and a pen to check again.

When Zhaoyang finished checking, Liu Tai had already left.As soon as Zhaoyang put down the pen, Shang Long drew the paper.

"The way you check is very similar to Yangzi's." Shang Long flipped through the sheets one by one, and he remembered that Yangzi had told him that this was called a form.

"Yangzi?"

"Queen of the Qing Kingdom, speaking of it, she is about the same age as you. Next time I have a chance to introduce the two of you, you will definitely have a lot to say."

"but……"

"Don't worry, Yangzi won't care about your identity." Shang Long put away the paper, put it aside, got off the couch, put on his shoes, "Okay, it's getting late, go back to sleep."

"En." Zhaoyang was about to get up as he spoke, but as soon as he moved, he wailed and fell down on the couch.

"what happened?"

"I, I, my legs are numb." Zhaoyang grinned and said, tears even came out from the corners of his eyes, he had been cross-legged for too long, and forgot to change his posture, the sourness was unbelievable.

"Hahaha." Shang Long laughed, knelt down to put on Zhaoyang's shoes, and pulled Zhaoyang up from the couch.Zhaoyang threw himself into Shang Long's arms as soon as his legs were weak, and his nose was surrounded by the unique smell of his clothes.There were waves of numbness in his legs. In order to prevent himself from falling, Zhaoyang simply reached out and hugged Shang Long tightly, and buried his head in his chest, not daring to look up.

After Shang Long led her for a while, her legs returned to normal.

"Is it still numb?"

Zhaoyang shook his head and did not speak.

"Shy?" Shang Long said jokingly.

"No!" Zhaoyang replied immediately, but there was a feeling that he wanted to hide it.

Shang Long laughed loudly, the deep and magnetic laughter made Zhaoyang bury his head even deeper in shame, and said in a muffled voice, "Stop laughing."

Why are you always ashamed in front of him!

The author has something to say:

I feel the numbness of the legs is the most uncomfortable ==

ps: It’s New Year’s Eve, and I have to face another question about whether I’ve found a boyfriend [Deep Face]

pps: I've been too busy recently, so the update is uncertain [kneeling keyboard

Thank you for throwing a landmine in the banner of war—(づ￣1￣)づ╭～Love you