This night, Ji Changye woke up from the beautiful dream again, the young man's flushed face and tear-filled eyes vaguely appeared, even if he didn't close his eyes, as if he was close at hand, he reached out and touched the quilt, still full of greasy. This has been going on for three months since the day of the drunken accident.

In three months, he has become the master of the Ming Dynasty, fulfilling the promise he made to his mother when he was a child, to live well, better than anyone else. However, at the moment of Ji Zhengze's death, he didn't feel any happiness, and even when he put on the dragon robe and sat on the throne, overlooking the ministers and the people from top to bottom, he didn't have the slightest wave in his heart.

On the day he rode from the palace to the sacred mountain to worship the heavens, he looked out through the beaded curtain and carefully identified every face in the crowd. He thought that Youshu would follow him silently in it, but he didn't. He looked and looked, and searched, but still didn't.

In such a heavy, arguably most glorious moment of his life, the only person he wanted to share with didn't show up, and this realization made him feel very lost. He began to reflect on himself, began to speculate on Youshu's mood, and began to suffer from gains and losses. Now, the last layer of window paper has been pierced, and he is reluctant to push Youshu out, but he is even more reluctant to let Youshu follow him like a prostitute child.

His original intention remained the same, he wanted to let Youshu live an upright life, a life without worry, prosperity and honor, so on the first day after ascending the throne, he promulgated the decree of Gakai Enko. He donated his fame to Youshu, and he thought that he would be able to win high school in three months. He longed to meet them, but he was afraid that he could not suppress the fire in his heart, which was extremely dangerous, and if ignited, it would burn them to ashes.

It is said that there are thoughts during the day and dreams at night. In the dream, he hugged Youshu, hated to die on him, kissed him with the crazy energy of "there is no tomorrow after today", and every time he woke up, the violent feeling in his heart could still make his expression change drastically. He knew that it was precisely because he suppressed the desire in his heart too hard that the dream would become more and more agitated.

Therefore, he longs for Youshu, but he is afraid of Youshu, because once he begins to indulge himself, only death can strip Youshu from his arms. However, now he is no longer qualified to embrace Youshu, because he is the Emperor Zongsheng and the master of the Ming Dynasty, and he can't lose his mind for a person like Ji Zhengze.

You can't hug and kiss, you can always watch from afar. He had already arranged for Youshu to let him participate in the imperial examination first; Then let him out and seek a real job; After three or five years, his surging love tide has probably subsided, and he transferred Youshu to the Hanlin Academy and entered the cabinet step by step. At that time, he will be able to see him every day, and occasionally talk to him about the past and dine with him.

Youshu is very sensible and strong, he will understand his helplessness, and he will slowly withdraw from this wrong relationship. On the day they get old, their children and grandchildren are around their knees, but they still get along with each other, which can be regarded as a beautiful talk. Ji Changye leaned on the soft pillow and imagined the future, this future looked very beautiful, and it was also beneficial to them, but for some reason, his heart seemed to be empty, a little cold, some bitter, and a lot of sadness.

After that, Ji Changye never fell asleep again, sitting alone in the huge palace, slowly flipping through the notebook written by Youshu when he was a child. The dim sky was white, and his depressed mood slowly improved, and when he saw that the time of the previous dynasty was approaching, he ordered the palace people to change his clothes.

Today, another minister asked the emperor to stand up, but he was blocked by Ji Changye under the pretext of "valuing filial piety and discussing it in three years". Immediately afterwards, they retreated to the second, let the emperor choose a draft girl, fill the harem, and not get married, and there were a few people around to serve them, but they were vetoed by Ji Changye again. He couldn't imagine that there were people other than Youshu lying next to him, especially a woman, which would inevitably remind him of the dead Concubine Lan.

Except for Youshu, he was disgusted by everyone's deliberate seduction and approach, and he even killed several palace maids for this.

"The palace is already demonic, and the re-entry of the show girl is more and more yin. Are all Aiqing worried about me, or do they think that I have lived too long? Ji Changye's tone was cold.

Only then did the ministers in the hall think of the haunting, and their hearts were shocked. Now the monks of Zhenguo Temple are chanting scriptures in the forbidden palace every day, I heard that it takes three or five years to completely exorcise the demonic energy, the emperor's life is naturally fine, if the show girl is selected, it is impossible to kill a few thin lives, then it's okay, if there are a few more unjust ghosts......

The next picture was too terrifying, and the courtiers didn't dare to think about it, so they no longer took the initiative to mention the matter of the concubine's establishment. Anyway, when the emperor is old, he will be in a hurry, so it is better to go with the flow.

Having solved a big problem, Ji Changye said in an urgent tone, "Can the palace examination list be sorted out?" ”

The emperor has been asking for three days in a row, and if he doesn't sort out his position, he is afraid that he will change people, so the secretary of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly submitted the list and focused on the first place.

Ji Changye got the list and just looked forward, the top three didn't have a name, so he had to turn back, and he couldn't see the two words he expected after all the stacks of rice paper were turned over. The courtiers saw that the emperor turned over the list and made a rattling sound, and counted seven or eight times before and after, their expressions became more and more depressed, their eyes became more and more cold, and they couldn't help but shrink their necks, and they secretly felt strange in their hearts.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu wiped his sweat frequently, and asked in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, but what's wrong with the list?" Wechen also keeps all the scholars' examination papers, which are presented to you for your inspection. Today's students are very talented, and there is no fraud. ”

Where is Ji Changye's patience to look at other people's exam papers? Last night, he was still thinking that he might be able to see Youshu from afar in the palace exam, but today he learned that he didn't come to take the exam at all, how could he not panic? He wondered what Youshu was thinking.

If he doesn't come on the day of the sacrifice to the heavens, and he doesn't come on the day of the imperial examination, does he plan to not see me in this life? As soon as this thought appeared, it was like a thunderbolt slashing at the tip of Ji Changye's heart. Yes, he only blindly thought about what to do to make Youshu live a better life, but he never figured it out from Youshu's point of view. Youshu is so attached to herself, and she has said several times that it is the happiest to be with herself all the time.

At the time, he thought it was a child's talk, and he would figure it out when the teenager grew up. But he forgot that Youshu was such a stubborn, stubborn, pure and simple person, every word he said came from the bottom of his heart and did not change his original intention; At the same time, he is also resolute, strong and independent, if he realizes that he is a superfluous being, he will not wag his tail and beg for mercy, let alone entanglement in every way, but walk away silently.

Ji Changye held the list in his hand, but his eyes were already dizzy. He finally realized what kind of message Youshu had received when he woke up alone in bed that day, and was hurriedly sent out of the mansion by himself, and then disappeared for several months.

He was so smart, how could he not have imagined that he was being alienated and banished, and even worse, such alienation and exile happened after the two of them*. There is no doubt that the damage done to him will be multiplied.

Did he secretly weep; Have you tried to find yourself? Do you have...... Do you have a grudge? Thinking of this, Ji Changye's body shook, and he didn't dare to think about it anymore. If you don't find a concubine, what children and grandchildren are around your knees, monarchs and ministers get along, and you will grow old together, it will all become a bubble.

He had to talk to Youshu and tell him that he would never exile him. He can stay by his side for the rest of his life, even if he doesn't get tired of watching it a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand times.

There is Shu, there is Shu, there is Shu! In addition to these two words in his head, Ji Changye couldn't think about anything else. He suddenly put down the list, propped his forehead and said, "I suddenly feel unwell, today's court meeting is here, let's disperse." Without waiting for the courtiers to react, they hurriedly left.

When he arrived at the apse and changed into regular clothes, he hurried to Youshu's house with a few guards, but was told by the Song family that Youshu had left the capital for more than three months, and had not sent a letter back so far, and he didn't know where he was now.

"He's gone? I'm gone before I ascend the throne? Ji Changye asked this sentence repeatedly, and after receiving an affirmative answer, his heart gradually cooled.

No wonder he didn't come to see himself to worship the heavens, no wonder he didn't go to the imperial examination. He had long since left, alone, and had not been heard from. What did he think when he walked out of the city gates? Travelling around, getting in the mood, or never coming back? Ji Changye couldn't control his thoughts, suddenly felt dizzy in his head, suddenly felt his heart throbbing, stood in place with cold hands and feet, and didn't know where to go.

After surviving the most painful and tangled quarter of an hour, he finally regained his senses, turned his head to look at Ah Da, who was already the commander of the forbidden army, and asked sharply, "I asked you to send secret guards to protect Youshu's safety, why did he leave the capital, but I have no way of knowing?" Where is he now? Immediately you send for him and come back, and say that I am wrong, and that I want to see him. ”

Ah Da's face turned pale, and he lowered his head and arched his hand, "Emperor Qi, the person who protected Youshu was thrown off as soon as he left the city gate, and now, his subordinates don't know where he went." ”

"Twenty years of hard work, but I can't even keep up with a young man who has no power to tie the chicken, what use do I want you to do? Look for! Go get him back now! I will only give you half a month. Ji Changye's usually gentle face was a little distorted at the moment, and his voice was very rough, which showed how anxious he was.

Although Ah Da was reluctant in his heart, he did not dare to rebel, so he had to send someone to find it.

Ji Changye's wait, not half a month, not half a year, but a whole decade. Ten years, no matter how deep the memories are, it is reasonable to say that they have faded, but in fact, they are not. The passage of time is like a rushing river, washing away those unimportant people or things, and polishing the gems hidden in the gravel more and more dazzling. There is no doubt that Youshu is the jewel of Ji Changye, and every day passes, his smile is more deeply rooted in his heart, until it is engraved in his mind.

Dependence on each other at the end of the day, indifference when wealth is treated, never abandonment when suffering, and ardent piety when hugging, every memory has been repeatedly taken out by Ji Changye to review, so the regret is deeper and deeper day by day. Whenever news came from somewhere that he had seen someone similar to Youshu, he would rush there as soon as possible, and then return disappointed again and again.

Gradually, many people began to know that his weakness was a young man named Youshu. Those who want to be promoted to the rank of knight will sneak around to find them, or offer a few substitutes, all of which will provoke him to be furious. And some ill-intentioned people used this news to lure him into the killing game.

This time, the barbarians in the western region released a message saying that they had captured Youshu and asked the Holy Emperor of the Sect to exchange the three cities. With Ji Zhengze as a lesson from the past, Ji Changye naturally would not abandon the people for personal selfish desires. However, he vetoed the mention of the substitution of the three cities, but personally went to crusade against the barbarians, and was disturbed by the young man who looked like a concubine, and was almost shot on the spot.

Afterwards, instead of bandaging the wound that was deep into the bones, he rushed into the bloody battlefield like madness, and found the young man among thousands of corpses.

If Ah Da hadn't knocked him unconscious in time, maybe he would have been in trouble.

This victory was extremely tragic, the ruler of the Ming Dynasty almost died on the border, and this year, he was still unmarried, and he had no children under his knees. It can be imagined that if he goes, what kind of landslide and tsunami will the Ming Dynasty experience. Ah Da hardly dared to think about the terrible consequences. He knelt on the edge of the couch, looked at the master with a faint breath, and finally made up his mind to reveal the true harmony.

Ji Changye never expected that he would hear such an absurd story when he woke up. He was silent for a long time before he slowly stood up and asked, "So, on the day when Shu came to look for me, you took it upon yourself to drive him away, just because he could control ghosts?" ”

"Yes. The things of ghosts and gods are too unpredictable......" Ah Da was about to defend himself a few words, when he saw the master kick over the low table next to the couch, and then lifted the steel knife and slashed it fiercely, with an unprecedented hideous expression on his face.

He didn't dare to dodge, he stabbed him hard, his shoulder was almost cut off, if Ah Er hadn't heard the movement and rushed in to persuade him, he might have died. The blood in the tent was splashed everywhere, and it was a mess, but fortunately, Ji Changye still retained the last shred of reason, knowing that killing the heroes in front of the soldiers would chill everyone's hearts, so he stopped in time.

However, even so, Ah Da also went to half his life. Ji Changye threw away the steel knife and sat on the ground in a gloomy manner, the wound that had just been bandaged began to bleed a lot again, flowing down, but he didn't feel pain, he only slowly covered his eyes, and cried out loud.

It turned out that his throne was obtained by Youshu in exchange for half of his blood; For on the day of his departure, he suffered all kinds of humiliation; It turned out that he thought that he was jealous of his ability, so he chose to leave forever...... His attachment and affection for himself have probably been wiped out in the hurt again and again, right? So even if he posted the imperial list to every corner of the Ming Dynasty, he avoided it.

Thinking of this, Ji Changye suddenly trembled. Ah Da's brain is not active, and he can't see the problem, but he is different, just from Ah Da's simple description, he has noticed that Youshu's ability is not as miraculous as he appears, on the contrary, it is extremely dangerous. Because his flesh and blood have an inexplicable attraction to ghosts, and the protective power on his body will slowly lose over time. In other words, if Shu Gu goes on the road, sooner or later he will face great danger.

No matter how much he hates me, he will send a letter back when he sees Huangbang, and he will not leave the Song family and ignore it. The reason why he has not been heard from is because it is because of ...... Ji Changye didn't dare to think deeply, wiped away his tears indiscriminately, and shouted, "Come on, bandage my wounds, I'm going to Wusizang!" Let's go! ”

After a long journey of four or five months, the group finally arrived in Uszang. Ji Changye is not yet forty this year, but he has already gray temples and an old face. It took him three kneels and nine bows to impress the living Buddha and make him open the altar to find the souls of the dead.

"A personal belongings for someone you can find?" The living Buddha drew a circle on the ground with dansha and gold dust.

Ji Changye hesitated for a moment, and finally took out a bunch of hair from his purse with great reluctance. This was cut by Youshu when he was six years old, and he has been collecting it to this day.

"Very good." The Living Buddha was very satisfied with this object, took it and put it on fire with both hands, then sprinkled the powder into the circle, and said slowly, "If the candle flame in the array turns blue, it means that this person's soul has come, and you can talk to him." If the candle flame is still dim, it means that the person is not dead, and you can continue to look for him in the Yang World. ”

Ji Changye bowed slightly, because he was too nervous, he was completely speechless.

The candles are arranged in an orderly manner, swaying left and right under the blowing of the gust of yin wind, after a few breaths, the color has not changed, and after a few breaths it still has not changed, the living Buddha stopped chanting, waved his hand and said, "Go back, this person is not dead." ”

Ji Changye thanked the Living Buddha with tears in his eyes, and as soon as he stood up, he fainted, and Gain's intention to support him to enter Tibet with a serious injury finally collapsed. Fortunately, there is still the last glimmer of hope, otherwise he may not be able to survive back to the capital. In this way, his body also deteriorated rapidly, while he was working hard to deal with the government and politics, and on the other hand, he was looking for people day and night, as if he was consuming his life.

Seeing that the emperor had just reached the age of not being confused, his head was full of green silk and the snow had already been piled up, and his body was so thin that he could not look good, the courtiers panicked, and wrote to him again and again asking him to quickly establish a successor and leave an heir. Instead, he decreed that he would select a few young children from the clan for adoption.

The clan naturally couldn't ask for it, so they each selected school-age children to send to the palace, and blocked the criticism of the courtiers.

This year, the palace that has been silent for a long time finally has some popularity. Ji Changye ordered more than a dozen children to be brought to him and looked at them one by one. One of the children was very cute and bold, not only daring to look at him, but also laughing stupidly, and this smile revealed two small dimples on the cheeks, which made Ji Changye's cloudy eyes burn with a glimmer of light.

He called the child to him, poked his soft dimples, and smiled for the first time in a long time. From that day on, he took his children with him to teach them personally, while the rest lived in the side hall and went to check their homework every ten years.

The child is only five or six years old this year, his heart is unstable, and he has been spoiled for a few months before his true form is revealed, and all kinds of arrogant little problems have occurred one by one. The palace people thought that the emperor with a strict temperament would be unbearable, but he didn't care, and even loved the child even more.

The courtiers knew that the emperor seemed to be easy-going, but in fact it was the most difficult to please, and it was difficult to let him see more, and it was almost impossible for him to be pampered wantonly, and it was like the sun coming out of the west. When everyone thought that this child was the emperor's heart and soul and had the best hope of becoming a great treasure in the future, the child unexpectedly fell out of favor, and no one knew the reason.

On this day, the child was returned to the mansion and cried very sadly when he got out of the carriage. He knew that he had lost the most important opportunity of his life and that he would be ridiculed in the future. His father and mother waited in the hall with blushing faces, and after sending off the servants, they pulled him to his side and asked why.

The child didn't know what to do, so he recounted the scene of that day, "The emperor asked his son to accompany him to eat, but the son didn't dare to eat first, so he went to serve the bowl after laying out the dishes for the emperor." The emperor was very happy at first, but when he saw his son put the vegetables and peppers out of the dishes, he changed his face and asked his son if he was a picky eater. The son didn't dare to bully the king, so he replied yes, and then he was sent back. ”

The prince and the princess did not believe this statement, and asked, "Impossible, how can they be sent back like this?" Think about it again, what else did the emperor say? ”

The child thought for a moment, and then said, "Before sending his son away, the emperor said, 'No, no, after all, no one is like'." ”

The prince suddenly sighed after a long time. The emperor is stuck in the past and can't get out!

Twenty years later, another child was sent out of the palace, but it was the concubine of Prince Su, who was known as a prodigy. Prince Su didn't want to believe that his child would be eliminated anyway, you must know that this child is the best at seeing people since he was a child, and he already knows how to hide his feelings at the age of two or three, never say a word, don't take one more step, and will think about everything before putting it into action.

The old prince often praised this son as extraordinary, a person who is all-encompassing and does not leak. It was only less than two months before he was sent away, it shouldn't be!

The child was also very aggrieved, and arched his hand, "I don't know who brought a little Jingba, everyone looked cute, and they all went over to play with it, but the son obediently sat in place and endorsed." At this time, when the emperor came to check his homework, he asked his son, 'Do you want to play?', and the son replied that he didn't want to, and he asked if Jingba was cute, and his son replied that it was okay, so he ordered someone to send his son back. ”

Prince Su was full of questions, and from the narrative, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his son, on the contrary, he was very well-behaved. How did the emperor choose people? It's unreasonable!

The child thought for a while and added, "When sending my son out of the palace, the emperor had a parting word. He said that if you want something, you have to fight for it, don't be duplicitous, talk and deceive, otherwise it will be too late to regret it in the future. ”

Prince Su patted his head and suddenly realized that his heart was caused by his son's personality being too modest. Also, emperors like the emperor who have created a great cause will inevitably prefer a successor with a sharp temperament. The emperor is really the emperor, and his mind is unpredictable!

In fact, things are not as complicated as Prince Su thought. Because Youshu hates the waste of food, Ji Changye is also extremely disgusted by it, and because of his introverted personality and never lost his love, he can't see the indecision of others. Love is the most painful in this life, and when he sees someone who is similar, he will only be more resentful of himself. Out of sight is pure, so he sent away the children who touched his heartache one by one.

In the blink of an eye, it was another year, and on this day, Ji Changye was so sick that he couldn't get up at all, and a group of princes knelt on the side of the couch and wept silently. The doctor shook his head after checking the pulse, indicating that there was nothing he could do.

Ah Da has been dismissed, and only Ah Er is standing at the door, looking sad. Seeing that the master was waving at him, he hurriedly walked over and choked up, "What does the emperor command?" ”

As expected, the emperor still asked the sentence that he had to ask every day, "Go to the city gate to see if Youshu has come back." ”

A portrait of Youshu has always been posted at the gate of the city, and once he returns to Beijing, the guards guarding the gate can recognize him and immediately report it to the palace. I haven't gotten any news yet, so I don't think so. Ah Er didn't dare to say it directly, and left with red eyes.

Ji Changye was out of breath, but he was still holding his fists to support it, and it wasn't until two quarters of an hour later that Ah Er turned back and shook his head, and he tried his best to shout "Youshu", and his hands and feet slowly became cold. When the princes saw that his eyes had not been closed for a long time, they did not know that he was dead, and they did not realize that something was wrong until the palace maid came to feed the medicine, and it became a mess in an instant.

The Holy Emperor Zongsheng, who dominated Kyushu and wiped out the Seven Kingdoms, was actually blind to death at the end......