In terms of beauty, you can't beat me

Chapter 31

Qi Rong and the panicked expression were not hidden under the cover of the night, I picked up the hoe on the ground: "Today, I just want you to say, is the death of the emperor's brother related to you, and whether the death of the emperor's brother Moran is your responsibility?" plan?"

There were a few sneers in the darkness, and Qi Rongyu's voice was a little high, like a sharp knife cutting through the boundless darkness: "Will you believe me?"

I smiled, even though he couldn't see it: "You don't need to hide it from me now, do you?"

Most of Liu Xiang's smooth transfer of the Imperial Guard was within Qi Rongyu's expectations. Liu Xiang is kind to people's hearts, and [-]% of them know that I didn't really want to help him when I asked him to transfer the Imperial Guard. It's a pity that I was greedy. Blindfolded, unable to distinguish clearly.The piece of jade I gave him is an ordinary item. What kind of soldiers and horses can a broken stone costing three pennies on the street mobilize?It's really sad that Liu Xiang has been calculating and calculating all his life, but in the end he fell on his own greed.

Thinking of this, I said again: "Liu Xiang's soldiers are also lying outside my mansion, let your people be careful, don't bump their heads, then everyone will look bad." After a pause, I said again: "Today It's probably the time of your death."

I waited quietly in the dark, waiting for Qi Rongyu to answer. The silent and dark environment around me made people even more depressing. Qi Rongyu's silhouette in the darkness shook slightly when he heard these words. Who can you say you know?If I pour a few barrels of oil on my house and pile up a few handfuls of firewood, the sparks that accidentally pop out during cooking will be enough to burn the whole house. At that time, no matter whether you are the prince or the emperor, you will escape There is no sea of ​​fire.

Qi Rong and Shen Sheng said: "I didn't harm them."

I finally let out a long breath: "Well, I understand. When you return to the palace, take Liu Yuan away, don't be an eyesore in front of me."

After so many years, I still choose to believe him, even though he is greedy for life and afraid of death.

I only heard an extremely strange voice behind me: "I've seen you since I was a child! At that time, the late emperor took you on a tour in Yunmengze, and you even gave me the lotus cake in your hand!"

I couldn't move forward, and I wanted to hear him continue to talk about the karma that belongs to us alone.

"At that time, you were surrounded by servants and walked down from the dragon boat like stars and moons. You were dressed in purple. By the way, I have seen the emperor brother you mentioned, a humble gentleman, with a pine and bamboo posture, when I saw you laughing It's that gentle."

Qi Rongyu's tone gradually slowed down, and he fell into the memory and couldn't extricate himself: "But I was disgraced among a bunch of beggars, I was in tatters, and I didn't look like a human being. At that time, I wanted to be the person next to you. But the reality It’s because I’m thin and small, often bullied, with blood stains on the corners of my mouth and forehead, and lack of food and clothing. The biggest joke fate made on me wasn’t my humble background, or my drunkenness and frequent beating of my mother. The useless and useless father, but when I was the most downhearted, I met you who are noble and noble."

It was the first time I heard Qi Rongyu talk about his life experience, and it was also the first time I heard him mention "father".Now that I suddenly mention it, I feel a little impatient in my heart.I said: "I have never disliked your life experience since I met you."

Qi Rongyu's tone was abrupt, accusing me of my mistake: "That's because you have everything since you were born! Because you have it, you don't care!"

"If you insist on thinking this way, I have no other choice."

"At that time, I was bullied and hid behind the big willow tree and didn't dare to see people. Brother Huang called your name behind me. I watched you secretly from behind the tree and envied you. When you heard the name and turned around, you saw hiding I, who was behind the willow tree, picked up a piece of lotus pistil cake from my entourage and gave it to me." After speaking, he asked me expectantly: "You really don't remember?"

Before I could answer, he said to himself again: "It doesn't matter if you don't remember. I remember that the sky was very blue that day, and my father took a wattle and whipped it more than a dozen times because I didn't ask for rice in the morning. My face is swollen, eyes are swollen, and I can see people a bit blurry, but I remember your smiles, words and deeds. The piece of lotus seed cake you gave me has been placed on my chest for many years, sad At that time, I held the piece of lotus cake and said that I would meet you again! After my mother died, I went to Chang’an alone. It was snowing heavily that day, and I wiped rapeseed oil on the ground early, waiting for you to pass by. All Everything about it was within my expectations, and after that, it was about getting close to Liu Xiang and fighting for power, everything went smoothly and could not have been smoother."

I looked at his figure: "I don't want to settle accounts after the autumn, and say that those past events should flow eastward like the Yangtze River."

Qi Rongyu walked up to me quickly, and said eagerly: "This sachet contains the lotus stamen cake you gave me when I was young, and I still have it with me now!"

I tried my best to suppress the nausea in my heart, and said: "Maybe I used to have feelings for you, but now you are my brother in terms of emotion and reason. Throw away those shameful things!"

"You used to be His Highness the Prince, and now you are His Highness King Qin. You don't need to ask for anything. Naturally, you don't like my sincerity. If you care about my sincerity, you won't be so stubborn when you are out of justice and helpless. You refused to bow your head to beg me. If you had said a soft word during the two years of imprisonment, I might have let you go. Later, you closed your eyes and swallowed the daily medicine soup, and never bowed your head to me. "There is a bit of desolation in the words.

I suddenly felt a little pitiful for the person in front of me. How low self-esteem must I have to be flattered by others to feel at ease?

"I refuse to bow my head and admit my mistakes because I think I did nothing wrong."

Qi Rongyu laughed abruptly, seven parts sad and three parts self-deprecating: "Yeah, you didn't miss it, it was me who was wrong!"

It would be useless to entangle with him, and worrying that Liu Xiang and Liu Yuan would meet each other to communicate with each other, which would not benefit the overall situation, so he said: "Your Majesty is tired, please go back to the palace to rest."

Qi Rongyu smiled: "Now I can be regarded as your imperial brother, so why are you so rude to me today?"

With a sigh in my heart, I leaned over and knelt down: "My brother, send the emperor back to the palace!"

He took two steps forward, and suddenly stopped to persuade him: "Have you really thought about it?"

I smiled and said, "Yes."

"The road is dangerous, so please be careful." Qi Rongyu was helpless after all.

"The courtiers will. The emperor should also love himself and do more for the well-being of the people." I replied according to the ceremony.

Saying these words was regarded as farewell, and he raised his eyes to see the eternal moon, and sighed: "When will my cold thoughts return?"

The moon rose in the west and set in the east, and it was dawn again in a blink of an eye. The people in Chang'an City ran towards the direction of the first place, shouting as they ran, "I heard that the Qin Palace was on fire last night!"

"Really!, I also heard that Liu Xiang was inside when the fire broke out!"

"Can the person be saved?" The man holding the butcher's knife also stopped his work.

"How can it be! Prince Qin and Xiang Liu were burned alive! Not even a corpse was left behind!"

The butcher thrust the knife into the table, and said in relief, "This is God's eye-opener. Thinking about how many bad things Liu Xiang usually does, it would be an advantage to him if he didn't have his body divided by five horses!"

The aunt who was buying celery nearby threw away the broken leaves: "It's a pity, Prince Qin."

The butcher frowned and said, "It's a pity, who knows what the two of them were doing huddled together at night so they didn't come out!"

Following the common people are today's imperial guards, all of them dignified, as if they were going to see Prince Qin off.

Not long after, Jin Shang's dragon chariot passed by, Gu Gu Lu Lu seemed a little hurried.

The warm wind in early spring rumpled the coarse cloth shirt on my body, and I habitually wanted to brush off the soot on the robe, but unfortunately there was too much dust and I didn't know where to start, so I found a corner at the gate of Chang'an City and sat down, watching the people who heard the excitement coming. , and cursing the departing people, the hurried Janissaries.

People all over the world are bustling with each other, but I am sitting in a corner waiting for my Han Jue.

One day later, today, the Lord Qin officially issued the obituary to the people of the world, and at the same time issued an edict of guilt, every word is full of guilt, but after reading carefully, every sentence is proclaiming to the world that Liu Xiang, the eternal sinner, and I It is the pity of the heavens that the ashes are wiped out.

That's right, if it wasn't for the glory of the saints, how could the power minister Liu Xiang and His Royal Highness the King of Qin be turned into ashes overnight.At this moment when it is most easy to win people's hearts, Jinshang certainly has to show something.

Another day passed, and Han Jue hadn't come back yet. The guards guarding the city put on filial piety clothes, and they were all white, which was a bit eye-catching from a distance.It stands to reason that there is no need to make such a big fuss about the death of a deposed prince, but today it seems that everyone in the world knows how much he loves his younger brother.

I moved my body slightly so that I could enjoy the sunshine, and when I was idle and bored, I suddenly found a dandelion growing beside my feet, blooming delicate yellow flowers, swaying and dancing in the spring breeze.It was fun to watch, when an ignorant child ran out from nowhere, kicked me in the chest, and spit out: "Ugly!"

Ugly?It must not be calling me, I looked around, there was no one around, I pulled the corner of my mouth, the left cheek hurt a little, I didn't speak for a few days, the first time I spoke, my throat also hurt a little: "Little guy, who are you talking about?" !"

"Ghost!" The child cried and left as if he had been greatly frightened.

I withdrew my gaze and continued to look down at the dandelion plant. Finally, on the third day, Han Jue came back on his horse, with long hair flying in the air. After a few days, he was so skinny that I didn’t even call out his name. He passed me by.

So I continued to sit on the stone steps and waited for him to find me, and waited and waited until the willows were on the moon, King Xia stopped his horse in front of me, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Excuse me, how do I get there?"

I turned my back and shook my head.

After Xia Xun said Xie, he led the horse and walked towards the city, one person and one horse, and disappeared in the alley.

When the moon was in the middle of the sky, I got a little impatient, turned around and wanted to leave, but when I turned around, I saw Han Jue staring at me blankly.

Waiting for too long, I think people came up with hallucinations.

Han Jue ran up to me and hugged me tightly, and I said, "You made me wait for a long time." The bloody smell on my body couldn't escape, which made me feel a little uncomfortable.

Before the gate of Chang'an city was closed, Han Jue took my hand and stepped out of Chang'an city openly.

Turning around and looking at the gate of Chang'an City that was gradually closing, the figures of Han Jue and I were stretched very long under the light of the roadside lanterns, so long that we could never finish our journey.

I shook his hand back, and before I could say anything, Liu Yuan's voice came from behind me: "After drinking a few cups of yellow soup, I missed the job, damn it!"

The weeping Qi Qi begged for mercy in a pitiful voice: "My lord, please spare me. The servant only saw Mr. Han tie his horse to a tree, and thought he was going to rest, but who knew he threw us away..."

"Open the city gate!" Liu Yuan was a little out of breath.

Han Jue hurriedly dragged me to hide in the dry grass beside me.

Liu Yuan was followed by hundreds of imperial guards, each holding a huge torch in their hands, instantly illuminating the sky and the earth.

Liu Yuan was dressed in filial piety, and said angrily: "I ran away after killing my father, what a beautiful idea! Even if I escape to the ends of the earth, I will let you pay my father back!!"

The servant behind him bent down and cupped his hands: "What should you do now, my lord?"

"Of course I send someone to look for it!" The guards behind him seemed to be ordered in advance, and the five of them searched in different places in pairs.

The servant behind him said again: "How does the young master know that His Highness is not dead?"

Liu Yuan sneered, his complexion was extremely ugly under the light of the torch: "With Han Jue here, he is not willing to die!"

Han Jue turned his face and smiled at me, and I smiled back at him, Liu Yuan is really like his father, he is good at handling people's hearts.

My legs were numb, and Liu Yuan brought a couple of people back to Chang'an City. I said to Han Jue, "Did you hear everything Shutong said just now?"

Han Jue nodded.

"I'm not unwilling to die..."

Han Jue reached out to cover my lips, her eyes were rippling, as if she was drunk.

I finally admitted defeat, and quickly whispered: "The two of us can't live here forever, can we?"

Han Jue: "Let's go south."

"I heard that the girls in the south are beautiful. I want to row a boat to peek at the lotus picking girls. I also want to pick the tenderest lotus pistils in summer with you, and make lotus pistil cakes when I get home... "

I was rambling on, and Han Jue listened with a smile on his lips, as if the thrill of a few days ago had never happened.

The morning star rose in the east, and it was finally dawn.

But the night in Chang'an City is still the same, and the people trapped in the palace are still trapped tigers.