City of Light.

After Huangfu Zhang's hasty accession to the throne and a series of battles, Qingqiu Yourong was crowned as the regent Empress Dowager.

And Qingqiu Yourong's first will to be crowned as the regent of the empress dowager was to remove Zhang Wuzu, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and to be held by Qingqiu Youyong, the "king butcher".

When the old general Zhang Wuzu received the holy decree of dismissal, he had just finished handling a day's official duties, and as soon as he entered the house and had not yet removed his armor, he saw Halder, the chief of the inner city who had come to the rice paper.

Zhang Wuzu didn't believe his ears at all. "Lord Halder, if I remember correctly, you have also announced the decree of my ordination. ”

"Master Zhang, that's right. "Halder, dressed in flowers, played with the holy decree in his hand. "Like you, I feel that it is unfair. ”

"Is it unfair? No, Lord Halder, you don't understand what I've paid!" Zhang Wuzu seemed to have not woken up from a nightmare. "When I was twenty-three years old, I was elected a white knight. Ever since I first took the helm of a sword, I have seen it as a lifelong goal. I took a leave of absence from the inheritance of the family castle, the girl who was supposed to marry me married my cousin, I didn't need a fief, I had no heirs, and I was always working for the royal family...... I, I've played for three kings. ”

"As a result, they're all dead, aren't they?" Halder's grim face flashed with impatience, he didn't want to listen to Zhang Wuzu endlessly showing off his exploits. "Since you keep saying that you are loyal to the royal family, do you have any other choice but to accept the decree? ”

"Give me a place to enjoy my old age in peace, and someone to see me off, right?" Zhang Wuzu muttered to himself.

"Lord Zhang, please pay attention to your words, if you continue to speak, you are just as treason as Bu Yangchen. ”

"I'm treason with Bu Yangchen?Halder, you know I'm on that side when it comes to arresting Bu Yangchen. The old general Zhang Wuzu glanced at Halder with disdain. "It's just a dead rabbit, a dead dog, and a bird. ”

Halder listened to the old man's more and more unpleasant words, and if he continued to talk to him, he might become a member of the same party. Halder placed the decree on a stone table in the courtyard next to him. "I'll put it here. For the sake of being a minister of the same court, I will go back and say that you take it. Halder walked away.

And with the treason of Bu Yangchen and his imprisonment, the position of the prime minister of the empire was held by Qingqiu Lingli, the lord of the Qingqiu family. In the days that followed, the entire court was purged, and anyone who had dealings with Bu Yangchen or spoke for him was dismissed or disappeared without reason.

The prison Bu Yangchen didn't know anything about it.

Bu Dusty is locked up in a gloomy dungeon.

The straw on the floor smelled of urine, there were no windows, no beds, not even a night pot. Bu Dusty could vaguely see that the walls were pink, revealing patches of saltpeter, and there was a door made of solid wood, four feet thick, with iron nails nailed to it.

When he was pushed in, he briefly glanced inside the room, and when the door slammed shut, he couldn't see anything clearly. There was not a ray of light here, and he was no different from a blind man.

In other words, it is like being buried deep underground, isolated from the earthly world of the Seven Kingdoms.

The dungeon is located under the City of Light, and even if Bu Yangchen is in it, he doesn't know the specific location. The buildings of the City of Light were built by the Moyi family a thousand years ago, and the cruel first emperor of Moyi slaughtered all the masters and craftsmen involved in the construction of the city, so that they could never reveal their secrets.

Bu Yangchen cursed everyone in prison. Bai Jingting, Halde, Qingqiu Yourong, Huangfu Zhang, Zhang Wuzu and all those who wore gold robes and green robes.

Even Huang Fu Xiong's younger brother, Huang Fu Yun, although this guy had come to visit him, it is likely that he has now returned to the Golden City. He also wanted to help him ascend to the throne, and as a result, Huangfu Yun sent him here. "Idiot!" Bu Yangchen shouted into the darkness. I don't know if it's talking about myself or Huangfuyun.

Qingqiu's faceless face emerged in the darkness. Her hair was like sunshine, and her smile was mocking. "In a game of thrones, if you don't win, you're dead. She whispered. Bu Yangchen lost the game, and his subordinates paid for his stupidity with blood and lives.

Bu Yangchen thought about his two daughters, and just wanted to cry loudly, but the tears couldn't fall. Even in a field like this, he was still the Buyang Lord of the Northern Underworld, and his grief and fury were frozen in his body.

Bu Yangchen tried to lie still in the dark and dark dungeon, so that the leg injury would not hurt too much. However, only God knows how long they have been lying down.

There is no sunrise and sunset, nothing can be seen, there is no difference between open and closed eyes, and there is no concept of time. He slept and woke up, woke up and slept again, and he couldn't tell which one was more comfortable.

When I fall asleep, I dream, dark, disturbing dreams, full of blood and unkeepable conventions, and when I wake up, I have nothing to do but meditate.

He misses Murong Ke and imagines whether she is okay, but he doesn't know if he can see each other again in this life.

Time passed, and the days passed, at least it felt that way. The injured leg was caught in the plank, and it hurt faintly, and sometimes, the pain is really a good thing, and you can always remind yourself that you are still alive. However, this kind of life is better than death.

In order to keep your mind clear, step up a plan. He practices talking to himself, he can shout loudly, he can talk to himself. Build a great wall of hope in the darkness.

Yes, hopefully. Bu Yangchen believes that the news has come out, and any great family will know that Huangfu Zhang is just the product of the two brothers and sisters of the Qingqiu family. Although there will be cowards who pretend to be deaf and dumb, there are always people in the world who have justice in their hearts, and Huangfu Yun of the Golden City will be willing to kill him, and he will not believe it.

Even if he died, the City of Light was finished, and Bu Yangchen firmly believed in this judgment. How can a person who does not have the right to inherit the throne sit firmly in the country? And the entire Qingqiu family will be buried at this time. It's not today, it's tomorrow.

Bu Yangchen in the dark dungeon, thinking of Huang Fuxiong again and again. He saw the young king, tall and handsome, wearing a snake helmet and a battle axe, riding on a horse like a god in golden armor. In the darkness, he heard Huang Fuxiong's laughter and looked at his eyes that were as bright as the sun. "It's incredible. You are the second Andrew in the world, and I am the third Andrew, even if you count the first Andrew, Mo Yiyan," Huang Fuxiong said, "Look, what we have gotten, Mo Yiyan was slaughtered by you and me, I am crazy, and you are locked up here." ”

Huang Fuxiong, as a brother, I am sorry for you. Bu Yangchen said to the darkness, "I can neither find your child, nor give the throne to the imperial family. ”

But in the dark, the former king actually answered him. "You hard-necked idiot," the Emperor muttered, "I said it a long time ago, that damn iron chair is the hardest chair in the world, and you think I'm pretending to say this? Let that litter of foxes play this damn power game, oh, that's enough." ”

Bu Yangchen was talking in the dark, and when the sound of footsteps came from the corridor, Bu Yangchen once suspected that he was dreaming. Because he hadn't heard anything other than talking to himself and talking to various fantasy characters. He had a high fever, chapped lips, and a dull pain in his leg.

When the heavy wooden door opened, the sudden light stung his eyes.

A jailer threw a jar to him. The clay pot is very cool, and the surface is densely covered with water droplets. Bu Yangchen held it in both hands and swallowed hungrily. Water runs down the corners of the mouth and down the neck. He drank until he couldn't drink any more.

"How long have I been here?" asked Bu Yangchen.

The jailer was thin like a scarecrow, with a weasel's face, and his beard was cut unevenly. He wears an armor coat and a half-leather cloak. "Don't speak. As he spoke, he snatched the clay pot from Bu Yangchen's hand.

The door slammed shut, and the light disappeared in the blink of an eye. He blinked, curled up on the straw. The straw no longer smelled of urine and feces, and he adapted to it.

Every time the jailer brought him water to drink, Bu Yangchen told himself that another day had passed. At first, he asked someone to tell him about his daughter and what was going on outside, but he replied with curses and kicks.

A few days later, he changed his story and asked the jailer for food, but the result was the same, he still had nothing to eat. Maybe the Qingqiu family wanted to starve him to death. "No," he said to himself.

If Qingqiu had allowed him to be killed, his lives would be gone. She wanted him to live, no matter how weak or desperate he was, she would spare him his life.

Why did she do this, and what did she get out of his life?

The first sound of chains colliding outside the cell. The door opened suddenly, and Bu Yangchen squinted at the sudden light, and he saw the food.

"I also brought wine. A voice said. Not the weasel face, this time the jailer was shorter and stockier, but he also wore a half-leather cloak and a black gauze hat on his head. "Lord Bu Yangchen, please drink with you. He shoved a wine bag into Dust's hand.

The voice was surprisingly familiar, but Bu Yangchen's mind was no longer flexible, and it took a while to remember. "Halder?" he asked weakly, "is it really you? Why do you have a beard?"

Halder turned himself into a bearded jailer. Bu Yangchen smiled bitterly, "You always have endless tricks." ”

"My lord, let's have a drink. Halder said.

Bu Yangchen picked up the wine bag, drank a few sips, and choked on tears.

"Drink, sir, take a few more sips, I'm afraid there won't be many opportunities. Halder said.

"Lord Halder, tell me how my daughters are doing?"

"Your little daughter is so capable that she has run away," Halder told him, "at least we have not found her yet, nor have I found my little sparrow, which is more or less a matter of heaven's compassion for you, a virtuous man." Your eldest daughter is still the quasi-queen of the empire, and she has been interceding for you all the time in the palace, but it is a pity that you are not there, otherwise she will be moved to tears. ”

"The queen won't kill me," Bu Yangchen said. He began to feel dizzy, the wine was too strong, and he hadn't eaten for too long. "My wife has her own brother in her hands......"

"Your stay alive has nothing to do with her brother, and I can responsibly tell you that her brother has returned. ”

"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and give me a pain. "The wine is surging, the body and mind are exhausted, and the mind is dizzy.

"I have no interest in your life. ”

Bu Yangchen frowned: "When they chased and killed me that day, you stood aside and stood by and didn't say a word." ”

"Even if I had to do it again, I'd do it again. I remember that I was unarmed, no armor, no soldiers, and I was surrounded by the Qingqiu family. The chief of Ouchi tilted his head and looked at him curiously. "When I was young, I used to work with the troupe. The only thing they taught me was that everyone has a role to play. The Inspectorate must be black-faced and selfless, the Imperial Guards must never be outstanding, and the chief of internal affairs must be left and right. ”

Bu Yangchen examined the face of the great eunuch and searched for the truth about why the other party came. He tried to drink again, this time much more easily. "If you don't kill me, can you save me?"

"I have the power to do it, but I won't do it. Because when the time comes, someone will start an investigation, and all the clues will point to me. ”

Bu Yangchen didn't expect him to agree. "You really have a thing to say. ”

"Lord Bu Yangchen, eunuchs have no sense of honor, and in the eyes of our masters, we are not as good as dogs. ”

"Then dare to ask what you're here for?" Bu Yangchen was curious, "Still pretending to be like this?"

"Peace. Without hesitation, Halder replied, "If there is anyone in the City of Light who sincerely supports the Emperor, it is me." He sighed. "For fifteen years, I tried my best to protect him, and I didn't expect him to end up like this. And what about you? How much paste do you have in your head, and you actually ran to a showdown with the Queen Mother to tell the true identity of Huangfu Zhang. ”

"That's who I am, always have. ”

"Ah," said Halder, "is you, Lord Bu Yangchen, you are a man of paramount importance, and I have often forgotten this, for I have rarely met such a man as you in my life. He looked around the cell. "When I see what happens to you with honesty and pride, I finally understand why I rarely see good people. ”

Bu Yangchen leaned against the damp stone wall, imagining that he and the eunuch in front of him were simply people from two different worlds, and he actually said so much. "I still don't understand what you're here for?"

"How can I say it, Empress Qingqiu Yourong has been crowned the queen mother, and she will come to visit you soon. ”

"Why?"

"My lord, I'm afraid she has to come. Her beloved brother is fighting in Wanghai City, the eastern border occupies a strong army, and has always made peace with the Qingqiu family, not to mention that the eldest prince of your Buyang family has led the army of northern princes across the swamp and killed it violently. ”

"Bu Yangfei, he's just a child!" Bu Yangchen was shocked.

"How old was you when you laid siege to the Dark City?" said Halder, "Also, don't forget, Huangfu Yun has returned to the Golden City, and as you said, his inheritance is justified, this guy is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and it has made it difficult for the Queen Mother to sleep." I bet that Huang Fuyun only does one thing in Golden City, and that is to recruit troops. So, the Queen Mother is not afraid of your Buyang family, nor is she afraid of the Shangguan family or Murong Jia, but what she is most afraid of is to fight with the three of you, and the army of the Golden City suddenly attacked, oh my God, the consequences are really unimaginable. ”

"Huang Fuyun is the sole heir to the throne," Bu Yangchen said, "and the throne belongs to him, and I welcome him back." ”

Halder took a sip. "I promise you, the Empress Dowager Qingqiu Yourong doesn't want to hear this. What does it matter to you whether or not the emperor gets the throne? But if you don't keep your tongue alone, you'll definitely lose your head. Bu Yanglin tried so hard to intercede for you, it would be a pity if you didn't seize the opportunity. So, you have a way to live, as long as you are soft. ”

"How much blood did this woman murder Huang Fuxiong, murder my children, and kill so many of my subordinates, you actually want me to submit to her?" Bu Yangchen couldn't believe it.

"It's not that hard. "All you have to do is confess treason, order your son to lay down his arms, honor Huang Fu as emperor, and prove that Huang Fu Yun is behind it." That she-fox knows that you are a person who matches her words and deeds, as long as you give her the time and strength to deal with the Golden City, and promise not to tell the secret of Huang Fuzhang, then I believe that she will definitely agree to the suggestion of Lord Yan Beixing of the penal colony and let you go there, anyway, the penal colony is in your northern border, and when the time comes, how about you stay there?"

If you want to start Yangying is in exile, Bu Yangchen really wants to find a chance to talk to this child. But it doesn't seem to be a matter of concern for now. "Is this your idea?" he gasped to Halder, "or did you come up with it with Bai Jingting?"

This seemed to be interesting to the eunuch. "We're not all the way at all. Hey, I'm going to pick out some useful information for him, just enough to make him think I'm his person...... It's as if I made the Queen Mother believe so. ”

"As if you made me believe so, Lord Halder, can you tell me who you play for?"

Halder smiled lightly. "Hey, my lord, do you need to talk about it? Of course I'm working for the country. I swear by the root of my lost life that I will serve the country, and now the country needs peace, and I am the messenger of peace. ”

Bu Yangchen almost didn't spit out the wine he had just drunk.

"Lord Bu Yangchen, please tell me, what will you answer when the queen comes?"

"Nope. I refuse to go along with the filth. Bu Yangchen said.

"It's a pity. Halder the eunuch got up. "So, Lord Bu Yangchen, what about your daughter's life, is your honor important, or is her life important?"

A chill hit the heart of the stepping dust. "You...... You ......"

"My lord, you don't think that I have forgotten your innocent and lovely eldest daughter, the queen mother and her old man can watch her closely. ”

"If you want to kill, you will chop me, and you will dispose of it. But don't involve my daughter, he's just a kid. ”

Halder let out a long sigh of weariness, as if he were carrying the sorrow of the whole world. "All living beings are guilty, step by step, in this game of thrones of princes and nobles, it is always the innocent who suffer the most. You're a smart man, so think about it before you come back to the ladies. In addition to this, I must remind you that the next person to visit you after the Queen Mother may be carrying good food and wine, or the head of Bu Yanglin. ”

After the eunuch Halder finished speaking, he walked out of the door with his short and fat body.

The door to the cell slammed shut again, almost shattering Bu Yangchen's heart.

Whether to choose the honor that he pursues all his life, or choose the life of his daughter.

There was no doubt that he could only choose one of the two.

Bu Yangchen's face was immersed in darkness.