Zhao Xu raised his eyes and said, "That world, the world after I wake up?" he shook his head with a wry smile, lowered his eyes again, and said to himself, "How is it possible, I am really dreaming." ”

A young woman next to her said, "My king, where you are and where you wake up, both worlds are real. Just look up. ”

"Can I see anything?" Zhao Xu looked up and said halfway, "Aren't you my dream......

As soon as he looked up, he was caught off guard by a cloud of chaos rushing towards him— It was really a mess of chaos, unfolding in front of him, changing into an inexplicable color, reflecting his shadow, he looked at this mirror-like existence, saw his face appear in front of him, suddenly grinned at himself, frightened him stretched out his hand to block, touched this chaotic face, and suddenly this laugh trembled like rippling water, laughing bigger and bigger, laughing so that the corners of his mouth were torn and bleeding, and the blood flowed more and more, from the corners of his mouth, from his nostrils, from his eyes, from his ears, to his chin, to his neck, covering the whole face, only the blood-soaked teeth revealed the white light of Sensen。 Zhao Xu screamed in surprise and waved his hand away, but as soon as his hand reached over, it was immersed in the chaotic plane, in the bright red blood.

Zhao Xu tried to pull his hand out, but he tried but failed. He looked at the people outside the throne who were bowing down to them, and hurriedly asked them for help: "Help me!

"King. The strong man's body remained motionless and said slowly, "This is the vision of the future, a heaven-sent destiny, and you can't escape it." ”

"I don't want to see it. Zhao Xu shook his head, and his anxious voice was a little choked, "What about the future, what's my business!"

He sat up suddenly, startling Zhao Shen next to him. Zhao Shenzheng held his hand and said, "Sixth brother, are you awake?" His beautiful face approached, his face was snow-white, clean and handsome, his nose was beautiful and sharp like a knife, and his lips were like soft pink cherry blossom petals. If a girl wakes up from a coma and sees such a handsome face so close, who wouldn't be overjoyed. However, this is his fourth brother, and he is only an eight or nine-year-old child, and he does not have any discomfort in his heart, and his mind is full of confusion that he has woken up from a dream.

"I ......" Zhao Xu looked at him in shock, a little hesitant in his heart, "Fourth brother, why am I here with you?"

"What?" Zhao Shen laughed, looked at Zhao Xu's apple face and peach blossom eyes, poked the small dimples on his face, and whispered softly, "You passed out in my mansion." You came to play with the fourth brother, did you forget?"

Zhao Xu frowned, stroked his hot forehead, and said in a low voice: "Is that so......" His fingers felt the familiar hot touch, and the hot feeling burned up one after another, burning his mind more and more sober, he thought about it again, and said, "Really, fourth brother, if I come to play with you, I should come with Zhao Yan and Zhao Ji." What about them? Ji'er is still young and ignorant, but because he is so small, someone has to take him, and Zhao Yan should also bring him to me...... It's not the first time I've passed out. ”

Zhao Shen looked at him with a smile, touched his hand with another hand, and said softly, "Why is it not true? They're just kids, and so are you. Isn't it normal for children to do what they want to do?"

Zhao Xu withdrew his hand from Zhao Shen's grasp, gently hugged his bent knee from outside the futon, turned his head to look at Zhao Shen, and sighed and laughed. Strange, at a young age, his face was already full of gloom and misery, unpredictable. Zhao Shen saw that he was not in a good mood, so he stretched out his hand and stroked his hair instead, his fingers ran through the ends of his hair, he rubbed his slightly hot temples, and said, "What, unhappy?"

Zhao Xu raised his face, tilted his head and said, "No." Zhao Yan is not a child anymore, his mind is similar to mine, he understands these etiquette, if I faint, he must accompany me, not to protect me, just to avoid being condemned. As a fragile person like me, I can lose consciousness at any time, and there must always be someone around me to testify. ”

Zhao Shen's fingers began to freeze, and his smile was still on his face, gentle and gentle, almost ethereal: "I'm also your imperial brother, can't I just watch here?"

"You like Ji'er so much, as long as he comes, you won't let him go easily. Every time we go back, it's the fourth brother who is the most reluctant to give up, and you are the one who is most like a child. When Zhao Xu said this, Zhao Shen had already stood up, so he looked up into his eyes and said calmly: "You are fake, you are the hallucination in my dream, you are what I 'hope'...... I just deliberately made myself think that if the dream goes according to my thoughts, then you are just an illusion. ”

Zhao Shen smiled reluctantly, his face as white as paper. He took a few steps back, shook his head, and said to himself, "He is worthy of being the next successor, and he is indeed qualified." ”

The scene behind him began to crumble, and the doors, windows, and ornate walls leading to the outside world were gone. Zhao Xu hugged the quilt, and the touch of the quilt gradually approached nothingness, and soon disappeared into ashes. Disappearing, falling, blank. Zhao Xu's movements did not change, seeing everything around him become a barren and desperate situation, the grass and forests turned into a wasteland trampled by the Jin Ge Iron Horse, the broken arrow pointed to the sky, the cold palm covered the earth, and the bloody breath was so thick that he choked his nose.

And Zhao Shen's body also underwent a strange change: the left half of his body dissipated into gray-black fragments, as if burned, and the golden-red light scraped over, and these fragments drifted outward, large and small pieces of butterflies like dead leaves, they fluttered and fluttered, and suddenly the middle of the earth cracked into a black mouth, swallowing them up.

Zhao Shen laughed - only half of his body was left, but he was still able to smile at Zhao Xu, and the interface of the half of his disappeared body was red and shiny, like embers in a scorched place. He walked over to Zhao Xu, stroked his face with his right hand, and said softly, "Are you starting to have nightmares too, my brother?"

Zhao Xu was surprised, but not very frightened, and just asked, "Why is this happening? What's wrong with you?"

Zhao Shen said: "What you see is the 'future', which is what will happen to me in the future." It's not 'all of me', it's my 'soul'. Because my soul was too fragile to make the world with my consciousness, as soon as you perceived it, the illusion collapsed immediately. These things are really going to happen, my brother......"

Zhao Xu's voice was hoarse, and he said, "What?"

Zhao Shen asked, "Do you know the Huayang Sect?"

Zhao Xu's eyes widened and he shook his head.

"The power of the Huayang Sect is huge. But according to the consistent virtue of the palace, if this huge force does not cause immediate damage, most people will choose to turn a blind eye and ignore it. But it's too arrogant, my brother, and it's every emperor's ...... Life. Zhao Shen said, his hand suddenly cracked, and several fragments flew out.

Zhao Xu was shocked in his heart and said, "Like this, tear you apart...... Is it?"

Zhao Shen laughed, and his face began to crack.

"How can people see on the surface that it is not a deliberate murder, and it is easy to be discovered?" Zhao Shen said quietly, "The way it is used is to establish a contract and form a curse. Those who are about to become the Son of Heaven should worship this underground 'evil god' with their souls, just like now—" He looked back at the direction the debris was flying in, only for a moment, and when he turned his head again, his beautiful eyes began to turn black and dissipate with the wind.

"For what?" Zhao Xu said anxiously, "How can we stop these things from happening?" Fourth brother. Hey, Fourth Brother. ”

Zhao Shen's body was rapidly turning black and shattered, but his voice remained the same, and the voice in the dream directly entered Zhao Xu's ears, and Zhao Xu stared at him and listened to him say the next words-

"In order that 'the Lord' may have eternal life. The body of the royal family is a container, and as long as it is chosen, life will continue to fade until the day of death, until his soul is gnawed clean. There is no other way. ”

"So......" Zhao Xu said in a cold sweat, "this is your future, you become the emperor, and then be eroded? But what about the father? Isn't the father alive well?"

"I can't be the emperor. Zhao Shen laughed in a trance, "I'm just a 'disqualifier', because I betrayed them and eroded my speed, so I became faster......"

Zhao Xu said: "Betrayal ......? What kind of betrayal-"

Suddenly, a momentum slammed towards the door in front of him, and the whole ruined world suddenly exploded, making him stunned, and then surrounded by this hot and severe pain, his hair was burned, his skin was scorched and rolled, and his bones turned into carbon, he screamed and flew backwards, flying to the far, far and far border, his back touched the junction, poof, like a mouth spit him out, he fell for a blink of an eye, suddenly the world was quiet and cold, the touch reappeared, he looked up sharply, and saw that the mouth of the illusion ball gradually narrowed, leaving only a small extremely bright light, which quickly disappeared again。

Zhao Xu is still on his throne.

The young woman said, "Wang, have you seen it?"

Zhao Xu was shocked and muttered, "Is that the future...... How is this possible, the fourth brother and the father are all fine, and there is no sign of decay......"

The stout man half-knelt down and said, "King, everything is true. ”

Zhao Xu said: "I don't believe it. ”

"If you don't believe me—" the woman laughed, "we'll be wiped out with us, King." ”

Zhao Xu raised his head suddenly, the gorgeous palace became empty and empty, and the next moment, the palace also collapsed, leaving only the cold throne in the dark nothingness, Zhao Xu gritted his teeth and held the handrail, and said to himself: "I don't believe it." ”

"I don't believe in ......"

Zhao Ji had a splitting headache. He knelt down beside the bed with his head in his arms and knelt towards the Queen Mother. Because of the pain, his hands didn't have time to support, he just held his head, his forehead against the cold ground, and said, "This is obviously ...... It's my memory, a nightmare I've had since I was a kid. ”

The Queen Mother looked at him, her tone did not change, and said, "The mourning family knows." After the emperor told the mourning family about the dream he had, everything in the dream happened in turn. The reason why the mourning family believed what he said was because this secret was only known to the emperor and the Empress Dowager Gao at that time, and it was never mentioned to outsiders until the emperor was about to die, and the mourning family figured out some eyebrows. At that time, the emperor's health was sick, and he gradually felt the acceleration of the erosion, but he didn't want to die yet, and he was more afraid that his heart would erode faster and cause him to go crazy. ”

Zhao Ji asked weakly, "Father, he wants ...... Do you want to get rid of this force completely?"

The Queen Mother nodded and said, "Yes, this is the wish of the former emperor all along, and he did not stop until the last moment of his life." ”

Zhao Ji raised his head and said slowly: "But the fourth brother died before that." Therefore, the father and the emperor used the fourth brother as a 'container' to transfer the 'curse' he had suffered into his body, and then transfer him-"

"Enough!" the Queen Mother shouted. The Queen Mother's voice was majestic and terrifying, and Tong Guan and the snow silkworm listened to it with a sigh of relief.

However, Zhao Ji did not stop, his eyes as clear as a beagle flickered brightly and darkly, and he said in a trembling voice: "The disappearance of the fourth brother was done by the palace and by his father. His father found an excuse to condemn him, and then ordered him to be killed himself—first to torture madness, then to kill, so that both the spirit and the body would be destroyed. But, but!"

The Queen Mother closed her eyes, her hands trembling.

Zhao Ji raised his head and said, "But it didn't work." He didn't die, he was saved by the Huayang Sect. Although the spirit was ruined, the man was alive after all, so the curse returned to his father's body, and his father died shortly thereafter. He broke the contract, so he was killed by the Huayang Sect...... What nonsense am I talking about, oh my God, what am I talking about, Imperial Grandmother, you tell me it's not really good. Zhao Ji was quiet, "Father is definitely not that kind of person. ”

The Queen Mother opened her eyes, her eyes were sharp, her voice lowered, and she said, "Except for the disqualified, for the sake of the stability of the country, what's wrong?"

Zhao Ji pouted and said: "It's not right to decide people's life and death at will. ”

The Queen Mother gave him a slap in the face.

Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment, smiled bitterly, and said softly: "Grandmother Huang forgives her sins." Ji'er lost her words. ”

The Queen Mother was silent for a long time, waved her hand, and said, "Tong Guan, you tell Ji'er what happened next." The mourners were tired of talking and didn't want to say any more. ”

Tong Guan bowed his head and said, "Yes." He took a few steps forward, and Zhao Ji looked back at him. He took a deep breath and spoke: "After the death of the first emperor, the curse has not disappeared, but it has been revealed again in the emperor's body, and it is becoming more and more crazy day by day. If you try to unlock the curse, then the fourth prince Zhao Shen is a bloody lesson. The emperor was only nine years old at the time, and his body was very weak, and after only one month on the throne, he was already so weak that he was dying, and he was powerless to fight at all. Instead of letting the emperor suffer physically and mentally, it is better to find some people with extraordinary abilities to transfer his injuries to other princes and let him bear them on his behalf. In this way, at least it can be guaranteed that you will be chosen, and you will be chosen by His Royal Highness King Duan. ”

Zhao Ji raised his head and said in surprise: "I chose ...... I?...... Do you mean that the emperor's physique is intermingled with me?"

"No—" Tong Guan said slowly. Such formal wording made Zhao Ji feel abnormal.

Zhao Ji's heart became more and more confused, and he trembled and asked again: "What's going on, Gonggong Tong, what's going on?"

Tong Guan said: "It is to exchange the 'soul' of the emperor and the king of Duan." The emperor was nine years old that year, and Duanwang was four years old, so the emperor's nine-year-old soul was in the body of the four-year-old Duanwang, and the four-year-old soul of Duanwang entered the emperor's body, so the nine-year-old emperor at that time only had a four-year-old mind, and he couldn't take care of the government at all, so he had to be in power by the empress dowager, the queen mother at that time. And his psychological age is too young and ignorant, so he will summon the 'nurse' into the palace...... Otherwise, how could such a ridiculous thing happen, an emperor, close to ten years old, still needs a nurse to take care of him. ”

"I ...... I ......" Zhao Ji had a splitting headache and difficulty breathing, "You mean, in fact, I am, I am Zhao Xu...... Is it?"

Tong Guan said, "The emperor's original name was Zhao Maid. When he awoke, he immediately ascended the throne. He didn't remember much of what had happened, he couldn't figure out what had happened, and he wasn't even confused about what he was called. It just so happened that his name pattern was too small, so we renamed him Zhao Xu. His Royal Highness Duan Wang, if strictly speaking, you are - Zhao maid? At that time, you were called by this name. ”

"I see. Zhao Ji's lips trembled, and his voice choked, "No wonder I always dream that I am Zhao Maid, it turns out that I am my brother, the one I thought did not exist, Zhao Maid ......"

- His soul was given to his brother, so that he, with all the memories he had beyond the age of four, belonged to him. His own body was so sick that he was dying, so he swapped with Zhao Ji's body, and his younger brother changed his name to Zhao Xu, became the emperor, and was cursed by both spirit and body, and he hid in his body that was four years younger and grew up again - for what? He survived because of his soul, this nothingness, how ridiculous is this!

“...... Why?" Zhao Ji fell to his knees with tears streaming down his face, repeating unconsciously, "Why do you have to let me live?"

Tong Guan said: "Why bother with your identity, His Royal Highness King Duan and the Queen Mother chose His Royal Highness King Duan, which is also a trust in His Royal Highness King Duan." You are now His Royal Highness King Duan, but strictly speaking, His Royal Highness King Duan has not yet come out of prison, who do you say you are? Instead of dwelling on these, it is better to thank the Queen Mother for her proposal, she did everything possible to let you live, and no one could stop her. ”

Zhao Ji got up with difficulty, knelt down and kowtowed to the Queen Mother, and muttered, "Thank you to the imperial grandmother, Ji'er has thanked the imperial grandmother." ”

The imperial grandmother's love for him was not out of guilt and pity. Or maybe he is just a substitute for Zhao Maid, and "Duan Wang Zhao Ji" is a pitiful victim. But he is now Duan Wang Zhao Ji.

"I ...... Imperial Grandmother, I drank too much and my brain was a little muddy. Am I dreaming?"

He asked like this, and suddenly lowered his head and vomited wildly, throwing up and back, tearing his heart, his stomach was empty except for the clear wine, the wine burned his stomach and throat, making his throat and stomach bleed, and the strong smell spread, the snow silkworm saw this, and subconsciously wanted to find someone to reason with these things, but there was no one here for the time being, and she was extremely embarrassed to stay where she was at a loss. And Zhao Ji just vomited, he endured it for a long, long time, and vomited so dark that it was like a floodgate.

The snow silkworm loves cleanliness, frowned when he saw it, and finally couldn't bear it, walked next to the queen mother, and said in a low voice: "The queen mother, the emperor is in a coma now, and he can't stand the slightest stimulation." You see His Royal Highness King Duan vomiting like this, in case the emperor ......"

The Queen Mother said: "Call someone to clean up." I'm done with my story, so let's do what I have to do. ”

When the Queen Mother said this, Tong Guan was already deaf and clear-sighted, and he knew it in his heart. He walked over to help Zhao Ji and said to him, "His Royal Highness King Duan, you go out to rest first." So saying, he dragged him out. Zhao Ji raised his head and said half-drunkly: "Imperial grandmother...... Thank you for taking care of her, she is ...... I didn't die in prison. She knows herself...... I know that I am drunk and gaffe, and I will ...... tomorrow Thank you again!"

The Queen Mother said: "Don't thank me. ”

Zhao Ji seemed to be in a hurry, or maybe the strength of the wine came up, and he said madly: "Grandmother Huang...... Ji'er is also a member of the royal family, and if something happens to the emperor, I want to ...... I wanted to do my part, too. I just ask that the imperial grandmother can mobilize an adult to help me, and my child is also an adult, so I will be ...... Be sure to do your best. ”

The Queen Mother's beautiful eyebrows raised and said, "Okay." If Ji'er has any request, tell the imperial grandmother that it is. The imperial grandmother asked Gonggong Tong to arrange it for you. ”

"Thank you Imperial Grandmother!" Zhao Ji wanted to kneel down again, Tong Guan was busy holding him and didn't let him kneel, for fear that he would be here again, but Zhao Ji lowered his head and vomited, and spit directly on Tong Guan's gorgeous robe, Tong Guan's feminine and beautiful facial features were almost wrinkled together and helpless, and said, "Who are you looking for, His Royal Highness Duan Wang?"

Zhao Ji said: "Lord Cai." I want Lord Cai Jing Cai. Master Cai usually treats me very well, and he will definitely help me. ”

The Queen Mother raised her eyes.

Tong Guan was a little embarrassed, and said: "Lord Cai has been very busy these days, and he can't find anyone, if His Royal Highness King Duan wants to find someone else......"

"If King Duan wants to see him, can he still see him?" the Queen Mother said, "Do you want the Emperor to go to him?"

"The Queen Mother forgives her sins. Tong Guan said, "The slave will arrange it later." ”

Zhao Ji laughed and said loudly: "Thank you to the imperial grandmother, Ji'er will retire...... Ji'er will come back tomorrow to say goodbye. ”

As soon as Tong Guan let go, Zhao Ji stumbled out directly, like a child, when he was young, he also ran clumsily like this. Tong Guan looked at the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother had a look of pity on her face.

The door slammed shut, and Tong Guan heard a violent vomiting sound coming from outside the door.

"Queen Mother. Tong Guan said, "His Royal Highness King Duan is really drunk, if you tell him this, won't he forget it after a sleep?"

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Idiot, do you really think Ji'er is drunk?"

“...... Huh?" Tong Guan raised his head and said with a mixed expression, "His Royal Highness Duanwang is like this, isn't he drunk yet?"

"He just wants you to think he's drunk. When a person is drunk, what he says and what he does does does not count. The words I said to him today can be both true and false, he can stay in the matter and stay out of the matter, in the final analysis, he is just proving his innocence, and by the way, he also protected Wang Liefeng. But Wang Liefeng can't do it......"

Tong Guan was stunned and said, "How could it be...... His Royal Highness King Duan has such a mind?"

"Isn't this even you deceived? What do you think of the mourning family, that mediocre queen mother? The mourning family loves Ji'er, is it really because they pity him?" The mourning family likes smart people, like you, like snow silkworms, they are all smart and clever, and they are the heart of the mourning family. And she is smarter than you. His ingenuity may cause a storm, or maybe not. ”