Dan Zhen never cared about the affairs in the capital, she was here to avoid the pursuit of the imperial court, and on the other hand, she was also waiting for the news of Xuan Li. In her opinion, everything is now a sure fact, and nothing can go wrong. I was not worried in my heart. It was the strangeness of that Yen River coming in, and Dan Zhen didn't take it to heart, but he didn't expect that now, Xuanli suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

Dan Zhen raised his eyes and glanced at this man, in all fairness, Xuan Lisheng was not ugly, and in terms of this man's means, he was not incompetent. It's just that Dan really has a crush on another person, and Xuan is too far away from that person. Dan Zhen looked at Xuanli again, and there was not much fluctuation in his mood. However, in the end, she still knew that Dao Xuanli was the one who made a deal with them in the southern Xinjiang, so she stood up and smiled: "Eighth Highness." ”

Xuanli also smiled, Dan Zhen had seen Xuanli a few times, and knew that this was Xuanli's usual expression. can wear a mask deep into the bone marrow, so that everyone who sees him is like a spring breeze, and Xuanli also has some ability. It's just that today's face is still the same warm smile on his face at first glance, but there seems to be something more in that smile, which makes people feel indescribably weird.

Dan Zhen's footsteps that were about to step forward suddenly paused, and then said, "Your Royal Highness is coming, what are you doing?" ”

She sensitively sensed that something was wrong, but she didn't know what was wrong. Her communication with Xuanli was all negotiated through Yuan Chuan, who was a smart person and the most comfortable knife she used.

Xuan Li smiled slightly and said, "Holy Maiden, this hall came to ask the Holy Maiden one thing. ”

Dan Zhen said: "What's the matter? ”

"The holy decree that was found on Princess Jinying was burned by the saint, right?" Xuanli's smile looked at it up close at this moment, and it was a little fake, which made Dan Zhen feel disgusted for no reason. As if there was something else in it, she looked at Xuanli and nodded, "Exactly." ”

"Oh? Dare to ask why the saint did this? Xuanli asked.

Dan Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then carefully looked at Xuanli's expression before he said: "Since the holy decree is an edict for your brother, it is also a scourge to keep it, and one day you will destroy it." Instead of dreaming a lot at night, it is better for me to do the work for me, since you and I are on one side, I am not afraid to do these things. ”

She thought that what she said was already very decent, and it was already a great honor for others to be willing to do things for others in person as a saint of the Southern Xinjiang Country. If it weren't for the fact that there was a covenant between the two now, she wouldn't have said such a thing. Who knew that after hearing this, Lu Daoxuan smiled strangely and said, "Help me?" ”

Dan Zhen didn't expect Xuanli to react like this, she was a little dissatisfied and said, "What does Your Highness mean by this?" ”

Xuanli's tone couldn't hear joy and anger: "The copy you burned is not the thirteenth edict, the name on it, but mine." ”

"Yours?" Danzhen screamed. The lightning stone fire also understood why Xuanli had this attitude. It's just that ordinary people think about how to express their guilt at the first time, but Dan Zhen is thinking about how to shirk it. I even got angry in my heart.

She said, "Is Your Highness here to ask about the sin?" "Even though the Southern Xinjiang Kingdom was destroyed by the Great Jin Dynasty decades ago, for this holy woman who was originally the imperial prince, Nanjiang Guo still gave a very high status and honor. No one questioned and resisted her words, and treated Dan Zhen more kindly because of the destruction of the country, and Dan Zhen looked down on anyone with a lower status than her in his bones. In her eyes, Xuanli is just a prince who has not yet ascended to the throne. It is simply disrespectful to dare to talk to her with such an uncomfortable attitude of asking the teacher to ask for guilt. When he arrived, he put on a lofty posture: "When Your Highness asked us to rob the Holy Decree, you didn't say that the name on the Holy Decree was Your Highness. Why, now you blame me? Did I burn your edict? Besides, you haven't read that holy decree, how do you know that your name is written on the road, isn't it someone else's way? ”

"Someone else's way?" Xuan Li asked slowly.

"Yes," Dan Zhen seemed to suddenly become interested, and continued to talk, "Maybe the Holy Decree was taken away by you when you let us steal it. Your Highness keeps asking about the guilt of the master, why don't you ask yourself? It's your own fault after all. It was you who were stupid, made mistakes, fell into the trap of others, burned your own holy decree, and cut off your own righteous emperor's path. I'm just doing what you say, what does that have to do with me? It's you who is really to blame! ”

Dan Zhen was anxious to get rid of the whole thing, so he blamed all the mistakes on Xuanli. If this is normal, forget it, but what she said today happened to poke every word in the sore spot of Xuanli. This matter was indeed the plan of others at the beginning of Xuan Li, and it was his self-righteous judgment that he thought the edict with his name was Xuan Pei's edict. But Xuanli is the most conceited person, and he can't tolerate any stain on himself, let alone others to question his ability, Dan Zhen's words are slapping him in the face every word, how to make it? Moreover, there was still room for turning around in this matter, as long as he took out his own holy decree, who knew that Lu Dao Dan was really a-stirring stick, and a fire burned his last chance. Not only that, but he has not remorseed at all and made an aggressive appearance.

In Xuan Li's heart, a sense of irritability suddenly rose.

He looked at Dan Zhen and said slowly, "What you said is good. ”

Dan Zhen was originally just a temper attack on weekdays, but he didn't expect Xuanli to admit his mistakes so quickly, and he felt a little strange in his heart, but Xuanli has always been a sweet-mouthed sword, and he is the best at being kind to people on the surface. He didn't think much about it, so he said, "Actually, I don't blame you, but you really shouldn't blame me for this matter......"

Before she could finish her words, she felt a sudden chill in her chest, and an unfamiliar pain spread from her chest and burrowed into the bones. She lowered her head in a daze, looking at her chest, where a short knife was inserted, and the handle of the knife was in Xuan Li's hand, Xuan Li looked at her and smiled slightly, the irritability in her eyes suddenly increased, and the knife in her hand deliberately turned slowly for a week, and the sound of flesh and skin could almost be heard.

"Since I shouldn't blame you, I should thank you, okay for giving you a ride?" Xuanli's voice was brisk, but it contained a chill. Dan really stared at her wound in disbelief, she wanted to shout for help, she wanted to call Yuanchuan, Qi Man, and the people outside, but she couldn't say a word, her whole body was surprisingly cold, her mouth opened and opened, and she just didn't have the strength.

The tip of the short knife was quenched with poison, Xuan Li unhurriedly pulled out the short knife from Qi Man's chest, at that moment, blood burst out, Xuan Li took out a handkerchief from his arms to wipe the dirt on the tip of the knife, put the knife back into the scabbard, looked down at the woman who fell to the ground and did not look at the dead eye, as if admiring a painting admired the corpse on the ground for a long time, and then smiled slowly: "I should have killed you in the first place, idiot." ”

He turned and walked out of the room.

Danzhen's body lay across the room, and the blood stains that spilled from his chest gradually stained the ground beneath his body red. Dan Zhen didn't expect that Xuan Li would attack her, maybe she didn't realize how wrong she was, and she didn't realize that Xuan Li was much more ruthless than she wanted, but what she didn't realize the most was that she was not as important as she thought. The reason why she has no fear is nothing more than because she takes a fancy to Xuanli to form an alliance with her, and she has to rely on the strength of their southern Xinjiang, but she forgets that she is not the only one who can call the shots in southern Xinjiang now, she is the saint of southern Xinjiang, there is a princess in southern Xinjiang, Qi Man is smarter than her, more forbearant than her, and she knows how to make deals with Xuanli, when a person is not the only choice, and even after there is a better alternative, it is just a very simple thing to erase her.

Dan Zhen never imagined that her life would end so quickly. She hadn't seen Jiang Ruan's life worse than death, nor did she see Xiao Shao who could only surrender to her from now on. died at the hands of Xuanli like this, because of a holy decree, how unwilling. Maybe when she died, she suddenly understood for a moment why Jiang Ruan wanted to say those words to her in the first place, those words that misled her, and made her think that the holy decree was indeed Xuanpei's name, was nothing more than to burn the holy decree with her hand, and then use her character to completely tear her face with Xuanli, she may have even expected Xuanli's reaction, knowing that Xuanli is a sensitive and fragile character who cannot be trampled on by anyone, and will definitely kill her.

When Dan Zhen was in southern Xinjiang, he had heard that Jiang Ruan was a person who was good at speculating on people's hearts, but Dan Zhen didn't think so, but this disdain ended up costing her own life. Jiang Ruan set up a series of games from the beginning, she wanted to declare the great cause of her family and country, and she also wanted Dan Zhen's life, she didn't do anything, just gently provoked Dan Zhen's emotions, which caused such an uncontrollable situation, she is indeed a woman who is good at taking advantage of people's weaknesses, a terrible woman.

It's just that these experiences can only dissipate in the end with her life in the land of the Great Jin Dynasty, and it is impossible to conquer the sky where the eagle is located and the land where the wolf is located.

The door was pushed open, and Yuan Chuan's voice rang out: "Holy Maiden...... Before he could finish his sentence, he paused sharply, and his eyes fell on the corpse lying on the ground.

Yuan Chuan was stunned for a moment, and he didn't dare to step forward as if he was stunned, and after a while, he finally understood, walked over quickly, squatted down, and helped Dan Zhen into his arms. There was only a cold corpse in his arms, and he was no longer angry, and Yuan Chuan was stunned.

"How could it be ....... How could it be ....... Yuan Chuan muttered and called in a low voice: "Holy Maiden, Holy Maiden! ”

There was only a dead silence that answered him, and Danzhen's blood stained the hem of his clothes, and the blood stains were still a little black and purple. He suddenly held Danzhen's head in his arms and whimpered in pain.

If someone from southern Xinjiang passes by at this moment, he will definitely be surprised by Yuanchuan's expression. This man, who has never been mysterious and does not show his true face, has always been extremely ruthless. Almost everyone who worked under him was intimidated by him, for the man was moody, and he seemed to be simply fond of murder and bloodlust. Such a devilish man would even cry because of others, looking extremely sad.

He whispered, "You don't mean that I am your most loyal servant, the best knife you have ever used. I'm going to help you get what you want, how can you die now......"

Yuan Chuan's gaze was a little crazy, and he frantically printed his kiss on the face of the person in his arms, and his expression was already crazy. He has always known his position, and in Danzhen's eyes, he is a dog that can bite people. Dan really has someone in his heart, he also knows the truth, what if he thinks of himself as a dog, after all, Dan really wants him to bite whoever he wants, he will bite whom? There is only one person in this world who can get all his loyalty, and even if this woman does not have a place in his heart, he is willing to do it.

She is a saint who came down from heaven to save sinners, and she is a sinner who is humbled to the dust. The saint is also a human being, and she also has her own seven emotions and six desires, but she cannot relieve them. He is willing to be a knife in the hands of the saint, if the blood is dirty, it will be good to filthy his hands, he will remove all obstacles in the way for her, she only needs to be the clean and pure saint.

But now, the person in his arms is only a corpse, and there is nothing. His faith and the people he would follow all his life were gone. Yuan Chuan slowly put down the person in his arms, and reached out to remove the mask that never left his face. Half of the face under the mask is full of furrows, and the original scars can be vaguely seen. In half of the face covered by the mask, the word "prisoner" can be seen with a soldering iron.

It was a great sin he had committed, he was whipped with a leather whip, and the word "prisoner" was branded on his face with a red-hot iron, and when he was about to burn the other side, he heard an ethereal voice: "Stop." ”

The painful torture came to an abrupt end, and when he raised his head, he saw a red dress, those magnificent eyes, and the woman was like a fairy in the sky, with a slender posture, and only said: "It is not a person who has an unforgivable sin, spare him." ”

He didn't commit a big sin in the first place, but he offended a nobleman. The woman's words rescued him, and later, Yuan Chuan couldn't forget the woman, and finally found an opportunity to see her again, showing that he was willing to follow her with a lifetime of worship.

Motokawa is smart, ruthless, and empathetic, and Dan really likes to use him. Over the years, he and Dan Zhen have been in line with each other, he regards Dan Zhen as his salvation, this world is too dirty and dark, only this woman who is not as beautiful as the world can make this world look less ugly. He witnessed Dan's loneliness and loneliness, in which his soul became distorted. He was a demon and never regretted it.

Yuan Chuan stroked the uneven skin on half of his face, his expression gradually became calmer, and he said softly, slowly: "You give me a name, give me a life, holy woman, I will let them accompany you." He slowly bent down, bowed to Danzhen's corpse, and then, slowly got up, without looking at the corpse on the ground, and walked out the door.

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In the Eight Princes' Mansion, unlike in the past, in addition to the staff, there are also many important ministers in the court, all of whom are people who follow the Xuanli faction. Now all of them are sitting here, led by a big man: "Your Highness, the enthronement ceremony of the thirteen princes is imminent, if it is ......." ”

"Now that the Holy Decree has been announced to the world," Xuan Li said coldly, "It can be done without the Holy Decree." Thinking of the burning decree, Xuanli's heart, which was still painful at the moment, was about to crack.

"Your Highness means, rebellion?" Another courtier asked tentatively.

"What is rebellion?" Xuan Li asked rhetorically, his face was no longer the gentle and elegant look he used to have, but there was some gloomy madness, and he said in a deep voice: "This world is mine, the winner is the king, and the loser is the loser, whoever wins is who's?" Needless to say, the word rebellion will be said in the future, this time it is called purging the chaotic party in the palace! ”

All the courtiers did not speak, the people of the world are not stupid, the edict of succession has been issued, what is said to eliminate the chaotic party is not all self-deception, everyone knows that this is just a cover-up of people's eyes. However, it is better to have action than no action, and when it comes to Xuanli's troops, it may not be worse than Xuanpei's, and there are also people from southern Xinjiang.

A military attache said: "Your Highness can discuss with Southern Xinjiang, but Southern Xinjiang is an outsider, and I am afraid that there will be more troubles in the future." Now it's just a matter of situation, so let's cooperate for the time being, if it is in the future, His Royal Highness will inevitably have a lot of dreams at night, or ....... The military attache hesitated and didn't continue, it is still uneasy to deal with his own land with other countries, and besides, this southern Xinjiang country has been personally destroyed by the hands of the Great Jin Dynasty, so it is unbelievable to say that the people of southern Xinjiang have no other ideas at all. For those who have ghosts in their hearts, where can they coexist peacefully in the future? If it weren't for the people who were trying to compete with Xuanpei's faction now, why would they do these things with Southern Xinjiang?

"It's just an expedient measure," Xuanli said lightly: "After the matter is completed, it is naturally southern Xinjiang to deal with, so you don't have to worry about it." "Crossing the river and demolishing the bridge and Xuanli has already thought about it, and he will throw it away when he finishes using it, and Nanjiang is just a tool for him. It's just that what Dan Zhen did in Xuan Zhen sounded, and he couldn't help but feel angry, and because of this woman, he mixed it up, and added a lot of things to it. Now that there is only Qi Man left in Southern Xinjiang, Qi Man is better to grasp and much smarter, and I hope he can be more interesting than Dan Zhen.

When the ministers present heard Xuanli say this, they first breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and then someone asked, "I don't know where Your Highness started this battle?" ”

"According to what has been said in the past," Xuan Li said: "Only now it is not from the palace to the outside, but from the outside of the palace to the inside, into a four-in-one trend, the edge of the capital has the southern Xinjiang people to respond, first take the palace in the periphery of the capital, into a dilemma, surround the palace, and then, the wall clears the wilderness, and burns the palace." ”

What he said was casual, but the people around him couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when they heard it, the walls were clear, and the palace was burned, that is, no one would be spared, including the Empress Dowager Yide in the palace. The ministers don't know whether Lu Dao should be happy or unfortunate at this moment, but fortunately he followed Xuanli, otherwise he might be the one who was burned to ashes by a fire at that time. Unfortunately, this master looks gentle and elegant on the surface, but he is so ruthless in his heart, and he may not be able to please him in the future if he works under such a person. For a while, it was difficult to distinguish joy and anger, and the face was complicated.

"When will it happen?" Someone asked.

"Enthronement ceremony." Xuan Li's answer.

So the ministers were silent, just to avoid people's eyes, and after a while, they separated and left in a hurry. After everyone left, Xuan Li sat alone in the hall, supporting his forehead with one hand, and his expression was indescribably depressed.

In the end, it still came to the worst step. I thought that everything could be paved for the throne, and the emperor came justifiably, but he only needed to make it impossible for Xuanpei to sit in that position justifiably. Who knew that Lu Dao Xuanpei actually played such a hand, and now he is the one who loses, and he has to force a confession in the name of rebellion.

Rebellion, Xuan Li smiled, the most important thing in his life is reputation, as long as the word rebellion comes out, no matter whether he is good or bad in the battle in the future, he has completely become a rebel and thief he despises the most. Even if he ascended to the throne after the worst, this reputation could not be washed away. The people may not dare to speak out because of fear, but who knows what they think in their hearts. You can't slaughter all the tens of thousands of people in the capital to avoid tongues. So from the moment this decision was made, this shame will be deeply imprinted on Xuanli's body, and he will not be able to wash it off for the rest of his life.

In the final analysis, this matter is Jiang Ruan's fault, and after coming back, Xuan Li slowly thought it through, afraid that killing Dan Zhen in anger was also in Jiang Ruan's calculations, but he didn't regret it, Dan Zhen, a woman, would always bring disaster to herself if she stayed for a day, so it was better to die early and clean up. Xuanli hated being calculated the most in his life, but now that the matter is approaching, he finds that he is always being calculated by Jiang Ruan, and he has no interest in asking the master about the crime.

He's just a little tired.

If Jiang Ruan was his person, would he not be so anxious now, and he would not have embarked on this lowest path. With Jiang Ruan's words, it will be like a tiger with wings, and I am afraid that the road to thousands of miles will be much smoother. Xuan Li thought, but he didn't show favor to Jiang Ruan at the beginning, since the first time he met Jiang Ruan, he has maintained a gentle state, although this kind of appearance will not make all women flock to it, but it is not annoying.

But Jiang Ruan avoided him like a snake and scorpion from the beginning, and even seemed to be a little disgusted. Xuanli didn't know what Lu Dao was for, Jiang Ruan always went against him, sabotaged his plans, and when he proposed to marry her, he categorically refused without hesitation. Xuanli didn't know if Lu Dao was his own delusion, Jiang Ruan sometimes even inadvertently showed hatred for him, Xuanli didn't know where Lu Dao offended her, he couldn't find the reason after thinking about it.

Later, Jiang Ruan chose Xiao Shao, Xiao Shao sat on the beauty, Xuanli couldn't see anything on the surface, but in fact, he was already mad with anger. Jiang Ruan was the person he couldn't get, but in the end he was obtained, and the person who got Jiang Ruan was Xiao Shao, the most hated and jealous person in his life.

Yes, he was jealous. He didn't understand why Xiao Shao was obviously a chaotic minister and thief, why the emperor still trusted him so much. I don't understand that among the Canaan Mountain brothers, Mr. Baqi's favorite is Xiao Shao. I don't understand why Xiao Shao can easily do what others need to work hard to do, under his aura, other people's efforts have been wiped out.

Xuanli has been an unwilling queen since he was a child, he longs for others to notice him from time to time, he is the best one, but Xiao Shao's appearance broke his rules. Even Bai Jiu is the same.

At the beginning, everyone only said that Bai Jiu liked him, but he didn't know that he liked Bai Jiu at that time, he was born in the palace and was used to seeing all kinds of battles. At that time, it was the first time he liked someone, and before he could open his mouth with affection, he saw Bai Jiu saying to him in annoyance: "Eighth Senior Brother, I like Third Senior Brother, why does he always ignore me?" ”

Bai Jiu likes Xiao Shao, she has never liked Xuanli.

Xuan Li didn't understand why Xiao Shao was cold to people, but Bai Jiu still liked him. It's just that at that moment, he felt the anger of detachment and the feeling of being betrayed, he was jealous of Xiao Shao and disgusted with Bai Jiu's betrayal. The boy's affection turned into monstrous hatred at that moment, how did he do it? He said: "If you want to see if he really cares about you, just see if he will be jealous, you can say that you like me and be close to me, so that you can test his heart." ”

Bai Jiu did not doubt that he had him, Xuanli was a gentle and considerate brother in her eyes, and she also felt that this method was very good, so at that time, all the brothers and sisters in Canaan Mountain knew that Bai Jiu liked Xuanli. The more intimate Bai Jiu became, the more unbearable Xuan Xuan became, and he felt that it was all a shame, a shame.

And so that day came.

When Bai Jiu was trapped, he also had a hint of hesitation about calling someone to save her. But when he got to the end, what he thought of was when Bai Jiu told him about Xiao Shao's affection, Xuan Li sneered and turned to leave.

Bai Jiu didn't know the way until he died, what did Xuanli do for Lu to do, the people of the whole Canaan Mountain thought that he was a person with a bad heart, only he knew the way, Bai Jiu didn't like him, Bai Jiu liked Xiao Shao, and he hated Xiao Shao the most.

After so many years, he thought that those things had long been forgotten, the mask had been worn for too long, and he could smile kindly at Xiao Shao. But those jealous and dark moods have never been forgotten one day, Xiao Shao is always better than him, whether it is Bai Jiu or Jiang Ruan, he always wants to take away what he fancies.

Maybe they are the old enemies of the previous life, and they will finally make a decision in this life. Xuan Li shook his hands, the teacup in his hand shattered, and the blood flowed out from between his fingers, and he didn't care about it. It's just that the expression is a little strange, like a beast that has seen a demon, and it is crazy.