CHAPTER XXIII
The lights and candles in the room were dim, and the figures were shaking.
"But what I want is the Dan girl of the Xie family."
An old voice came from behind the curtain.
"She is." Zhou Chengzhen said.
"Your ability to open your eyes and tell nonsense is really skillful with the family in the capital." The old man's voice carried a hint of mockery.
"You're like people say you can't understand people." Zhou Chengzhen said.
There was a crisp snap, and something was thrown off the bed, shattering and black on the ground.
"Sure enough, whoever raised it was close to whom." The old man's voice sneered, "At the beginning, the thief woman prevented me from returning to the date, helped her son ascend the throne, and bit me back and charged me with disobedience, but also rewarded me for my loyalty, trapped me and the border, and made me unjustifiable, I was loyal to the country, but they killed my soldiers, beheaded my generals, harmed my son, and now they have raised you to such a ruthless and unrighteous beast." ”
King Zhenbei never seemed to have spoken for such a long time, and after trembling, he coughed violently, and the whole room shook as if he was coughing.
The room was filled with the sound of footsteps and the clattering of tea bowls.
"Okay, what is there to scold, I owe you, I owe you kindness, I owe them kindness, I owe them kindness, and I will pay you back." Zhou Chengzhen's disdainful voice also sounded again, "Don't you want this person?" I've sent someone to you now, and you have nothing to scold about. ”
The cough became more and more intense.
"Shizi, you don't have to say a word." Amu's voice sounded, with helplessness.
"How many words did I say?" Zhou Chengzhen sneered. "It's all him."
Amu was also said to be more helpless, but fortunately, the cough of the king of Zhenbei subsided.
"Atu, you say, is she the person I'm looking for?" The old voice said.
"Lord Wang, she's not." Atu's voice said.
Before the words fell, it turned into a scream, and then Zhou Chengzhen's voice also sounded.
"You know the! Why isn't she? ”
Ah Tu dodged Zhou Chengzhen's feet.
"Shizi, this young lady is not the eldest daughter." He said helplessly, "The First Emperor Ding must use the blood of the Xie family's Dannu." ”
"They're twins, the same." Zhou Chengzhen said angrily.
"There is only one Dannu, how can it be the same." Ah Tu said helplessly.
"Just try it." Zhou Chengzhen said. "If this doesn't work. Just appease her and use her to get that, and if this can be used, then the matter will be done cleanly. ”
Atu sighed.
"Who knows when the First Emperor Ding will be found." He said, "The Emperor is also looking for it." Even now they don't know how to activate the First Emperor Ding. We will always know in the future. When the time comes, the Dannu of the Xie family will be held by them, and it will be useless for us to find the First Emperor Ding. ”
"Then it's none of my business, you want people. I'll just send you people. Zhou Chengzhen said indifferently, and added after thinking of something, "I like this woman very much, can I use it before you use it?" ”
The meanings of these two words are different, and those present are all men, so they naturally understand the meaning.
"Nope." Ah Tu flatly refused, "Wu Qing couldn't use the First Emperor Ding back then, and Xu Fu had to go out to Xianshan to find a prescription, just because she was not perfect." ”
"God babble." Zhou Chengzhen sneered and said, "I know, I didn't have her all the way, I slept with her, just looking at her, you don't know that this woman is very powerful, if she wants to run, no one can stop her." ”
Speaking of this, I sighed twice.
"Look at her so powerful, she is the person you want, you listen to me right, and you will know when you find the First Emperor Ding in the future."
"Shizi, this is too child's play, if it doesn't happen by then, it's too late." Atu said.
"Then let's try it." An old voice interrupted them.
Everyone in the room was stunned.
"Lord Wang, what are you trying?" Atu asked.
"Try her blood with the First Emperor's Ding." The old man's voice said hoarsely.
"The First Emperor?" Ah Tu's voice suddenly raised, "Lord Wang, could it be that you have already found the First Emperor Ding?" ”
Before his words fell, Amu, who had been standing by the curtain, slammed down on the window and opened it with a slam.
Everyone in the room was startled, and the pomegranate trees outside the window were also frightened.
The yard was empty.
"What are you doing in a panic?" Ah Tu said, with a little dissatisfaction, "Do you suspect that my medicine is not working?" Or do you suspect that the formation I laid out is useless? Even I can't do witchcraft at home now, as long as she's a witch, and if she's not, she won't be able to get here beyond so many defenses. ”
Amu's gaze swept around the courtyard to confirm that he was indeed overhearted, and then reached out to close the window.
"Okay, that's nagging."
The window closed, Xie Roujia turned over and crossed the wall without hesitation, and ran towards the residence with her heartbeat, the words she heard rolled and boiled in her mind, but she tried her best not to think about it, and went straight back to the house in one breath, closed the door, restored the mark on the door, threw herself on the bed, raised her hand and pressed hard on her neck, and her head tilted and fainted.
Xie Roujia was woken up by someone.
"Big lazy cat, big lazy cat."
The voice was repeated over and over again in his ears, Xie Roujia raised her hand impatiently, her hand was held, and her nose was pinched at the same time.
"Zhou Chengzhen!" She held her breath and jumped to her feet.
Zhou Chengzhen smiled and sat back on the ground.
"Wake up." He laughed.
Xie Roujia glanced at the bright sky outside.
"When is this? What is your name! She gritted her teeth and said angrily.
"Go to bed early and wake up early." Zhou Chengzhen smiled, stretching her waist, "I finally feel okay today, let's go, the husband and wife will go out for activities." ”
Xie Roujia smashed the pillow on his head.
"." She scolded, turned and lay back down.
But in the end, she was picked up by Zhou Chengzhen and pestered her to wash and change clothes. Pull out and walk out.
"I have to make sure I see you all the time, and I don't feel comfortable in such a strange place." Zhou Chengzhen said, and threw a stone lock around in the open space in front of the courtyard with Bajin.
"I'm not going to help you if you're beaten." Xie Roujia stood aside and said Mu Ran.
Bajin laughed, and was almost hit by the stone lock thrown by Zhou Chengzhen.
"Get out of the way." Zhou Chengzhen glared, clapped his hands and walked to Xie Roujia's side, "Let's go, let's go meet that old thing." ”
"Aren't you missing?" Xie Roujia said.
"For your sake, I have to bow my head and give in." Zhou Chengzhen said with a smile and raised his feet first.
Xie Roujia was on her heels.
This time they didn't go far before they saw a few people, and they heard that they were asking about the residence of the king of Zhenbei. A few girls hurriedly went to tell the news. The rest showed them the way.
The courtyard of the king of Zhenbei was where Xie Roujia was going yesterday, and when he saw them coming, Amu stopped them with a stiff face.
"The prince hasn't gotten up yet." He said.
"Then we'll wait." Zhou Chengzhen said, and sat down on the steps as she spoke.
Amu looked helpless. The sound of a wheelchair sounded in the room. King Zhenbei was pushed out by a small servant. Wrapped in a thick cloak like yesterday, he looks thinner and thinner.
"I've already seen it, why don't you leave. What are you doing again? The old man said hoarsely.
Zhou Chengzhen glanced at him.
"Oh, people have seen it, but there are some things that haven't been asked yet." He said, "Are you a hero who defends your family and country, or a traitor who intends to usurp the throne?" ”
As soon as these words came out, the old man in the wheelchair seemed to be trembling with anger.
"Shizi!" Amu also shouted with a pale face, "How can you say such a thing! ”
"Of course I have to ask, ask clearly, when I am scolded again, I can know whether to bow my head and be a grandson to confess your sins for you or beat up the person who scolded me." Zhou Chengzhen said seriously.
King Zhenbei let out a purring pant in his wheelchair, but he quickly calmed down again.
"I'll tell you these things, but not now, wait for me to think about it, and then I'll explain it to you." He said.
"Lord Wang, how do you explain to the capital?" Amu said with a little unease.
"If you don't let him understand, he will also cause trouble when he returns to the capital, and you will write a letter to the emperor for me to ask for his guilt." King Zhenbei said, waving his hand with a little tiredness, "You go down first, I will explain it to you, and then send you back to Beijing." ”
Zhou Chengzhen sighed.
"Hurry up, I don't have that much time to spend on you birds where they don't." He said, pulling Xie Roujia up and leaving.
Xie Roujia didn't break away and let him pull his arm, and walked out for a while Zhou Chengzhen seemed to find out, look at her and look at her arm, and sighed.
"Finally touched by me?" He said with a grin.
Xie Roujia looked at him.
"Are you tired like this?" She asked.
"How?" Zhou Chengzhen said with a smile.
"That's how every sentence is a lie, are you tired of living?" Xie Roujia asked.
Zhou Chengzhen looked at her and squinted and smiled.
"Why am I so fake every word?" He laughed.
Xie Roujia looked away and looked in the direction where Shi Cai saw the king of Zhenbei.
"You miss your grandfather so much, why do you say it so badly." She said.
"I kind of miss my grandfather, the kind of time I see people calling for my grandfather to rush over and be coquettish, and then get a bunch of food to play." Zhou Chengzhen said, "But now that I'm older, I can't let my grandfather get food and drink, what else do I want him to do." ”
Xie Roujia looked at him again.
"Aren't you tired like this?" She asked again.
Zhou Chengzhen pursed her lips and smiled.
"Who isn't tired? Aren't you tired? He laughs.
Xie Roujia lowered her gaze and shook off his hand.
"To be a human being is to be tired, if you want not to be tired, it's very simple, just die." Zhou Chengzhen smiled, "Do you want to die?" ”
In that life, she wanted to think about it very much, and she thought about it every day, but now she doesn't want to, life is tiring, but she can be very happy, it depends on how she lives.
Xie Roujia didn't say anything and walked forward.
"Lord Shizi." Someone came from the side and shouted, "This is from the prince." ”
Xie Roujia saw that it was a jeweled dagger, she didn't pay attention to it and continued to move forward, listening to Zhou Chengzhen talking to the little guy behind her.
After a while, Zhou Chengzhen followed, and sighed as if she thought of something.
"You were worried about me just now?" He asked. "Isn't it?"
Xie Roujia rolled her eyes and didn't speak.
"Isn't it, isn't it, isn't it?" Zhou Chengzhen hit her with the shoulder right behind and asked with a smile.
Xie Roujia raised her hand angrily and hit him.
"It's not!" She said.
Before the words fell, there was a muffled snort, and Zhou Chengzhen's voice also sounded.
"Be careful." He said.
It turned out that he was playing with the dagger in his hand, pulling out the scabbard and shaking it again and again, Xie Roujia suddenly raised his hand to open it, and it was hitting the dagger.
Zhou Chengzhen's hand was retracted, but Xie Roujia looked at him, not only did not dodge his hand, but turned his hand and held the dagger and pressed it towards Zhou Chengzhen's hand.
Zhou Chengzhen's hand was loosened, and the dagger was pressed by Xie Roujia in his tiger's mouth.
Blood poured out instantly, weaving and spreading on the dagger.
The two looked at each other.
It's just a matter of moments.
Zhou Chengzhen let out a short sigh, shook his hand, and the bloodstained dagger fell to the ground of the bluestone slab, making a muffled sound.
The two of them shook each other, blood dripping on the ground.
"How are you?" Zhou Chengzhen came back to his senses first and shouted, "Come on." ”
He shouted as he took out a handkerchief and pressed it against Xie Roujia's wound, and the blood instantly soaked through the cyan handkerchief.
The people who heard it around were busy coming, and when they saw this, they hurriedly called the doctor, and there was chaos in the courtyard of the apse of the Zhenbei Palace, which had been desolate and silent for a long time.
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Good afternoon~~ (To be continued......)