Chapter 205: Favoritism
Wanyan Naqi still remembers that when he was sixteen years old, he and the second king brother tried to ride and shoot, and the two galloped on the grassland at the foot of Baimian Mountain, according to the rules set by their Khan king's father, whoever could shoot the eagle falcon flying in the sky first would win the bow that had been passed down from generation to generation by the Heishui royal family.
It was more than just winning a bow for them, and they knew what it meant.
Although Wanyan Naqi was not good at riding and shooting, of course, he had to go all out, but just when he was sitting on the back of a wild and bumpy horse, and struggled to hold his bow and aim at the falcon to shoot flying arrows, his despicable and shameless second brother actually used a hidden weapon to hit his hand, causing the bow and arrow in his hand to deviate from the pre-accurate track, and he himself fell from the horse, and his waist fell heavily on the sharp stone, and the wound that was the thickness of his thumb was cut and immediately stained with blood.
The second brother looked at everything in his eyes and was proud, thinking that he had won, but no one expected that his disaster would come in the next second.
It is probably the sentence that the cycle of heavenly retribution is unhappy.
The second brother was only proud, looking at Wan Yan Naqi who fell off the horse, and didn't notice the ravine in front of him at all.
By the time everyone was frightened and shouted for Yan Zhuntai, it was already too late.
The galloping horse didn't have time to stop his feet, and took Wanyan Zhuntai on horseback into the ravine, and suddenly the person turned on his back, and Wanyan Zhuntai fell to the ground and fell unconscious.
When their father of the Khan King, who was watching from the sidelines, saw everything, he immediately called out the name of Wanyan Zhuntai heartbreakingly, led a large group of people over, and hurriedly transported Wanyan Zhuntai back to the palace, but he didn't even look at Wanyan Naqi, who was pale from pain.
At that time, he was only sixteen years old, but he was already accustomed to his father's partiality, and everyone only said that it was because he did not learn and did not know how to ride and shoot.
But Wanyan Naqi knew that his father didn't like him because he didn't like his mother, because his mother's title of concubine was obtained by the Suojuluo tribe in exchange for supporting his ascension to the throne when his father was not yet on the throne of the Khan.
However, after marriage, Concubine Suo Yuluo has not been favored, Wanyan Yilibu instead prefers a side room from a lowly maid and has a son and two daughters, Concubine Suo Yuluo does not cry or make trouble after knowing and does not care very much, so she simply moved to another garden and became this transparent concubine with peace of mind, but this made the elders of the Suojuluo tribe anxious, so when Wanyan Yilib first ascended to the foundation of the treasure and was still unstable, although Wanyan Yilib hated this kind of involuntary life, but because of the strong power of the Suojuluo tribe, he could only give in.
Therefore, in the eyes of Wanyan Yilibu, it is just a product of the exchange of conditions, but also a symbol of the humiliation of the king, he does not want to see this son who was born superior, but feels even more sorry for the second son born in the side room.
And Wanyan Naqi has never been cared for and loved by his father, and he has never known what his father's love is like, so he doesn't care very much, and he doesn't even want a position of power because he is too troublesome.
It's just that the competition that day completely changed his mind,
When he was sweating profusely and fainting in pain, he lay on the ground and watched his father's Khan's chariot and horse procession leave him completely and hurried away, and his heart was suddenly extremely desolate.
When he returned to the concubine's garden, Wan Yan Naqi didn't have time to ask a medical officer for himself to take a look at the injury, so he waited for a royal edict.
His ruthless father Khan actually blamed Wanyan Zhuntai for being injured and unconscious, and absurdly said that Wanyan Zhuntai was distracted and fell down because he cared about him, and in the final analysis, he blamed the concubine for teaching him.
Wan Yan Naqi remembers very clearly, that time his mother was tied with her hands and hung on the roof beams of the other garden for three days and three nights, and when everyone put her down, there was only half a breath left.
He became more and more angry because he felt sorry for his mother, and entered the palace.
I was going to theorize, but I didn't intend to bump into my father Khan and the gentle township of the side room.
Wanyan Yilib was furious and threatened to abolish his status as a prince.
Wanyan Naqi didn't cry or make trouble, but just looked at his father and the side room with a face full of smugness and provocation with a pair of bright and transparent eyes, and said the most rebellious words surprisingly calmly: "You spoil your concubine and kill your wife excessively, and act perversely, how can you set an example for Yibang?" ”
Because of these words, he was almost beaten to death in the palace hall, but the funny thing is that it was the side room full of flattery and evil that saved him in the end.
Lying on the ground and looking at them weakly, the corners of his eyes were bleeding, his eyelids were swollen like walnuts, the place on his waist that was pierced by the stone had just been closed and was kicked and cracked again by this ruthless man, and the new blood fused with the injuries all over his body made him look very embarrassed, like a homeless stray dog, everything was thanks to Yan Yilibu.
The side room pretended to shed crocodile tears for him, and called Wanyan Yilib to hold her into his arms in distress, at that moment, the "kindness and tolerance" of the side room and Wanyan's acceptance of his mother and son's ignorance of life and death and presumptuous words and deeds formed an extremely sharp contrast, which made Wanyan Yilib hate and disgust this mother and son from the power clan even more in his heart.
He lay in the palace hall, the cold emanating from the cold white rock floor like a sharp arrow quenched with poison, piercing his heart and solidifying the blood all over his body, thinking back to all the humiliation and injustice he had suffered with his mother since he was a child, and finally ...... There is something called greed in the heart, which quietly breaks out of the cocoon and sprouts under the nourishment of hatred...... Then it grows wildly.
"The Third Prince? The Third Prince?
A voice in his ears interrupted Yan Naqi's thoughts.
Raising his head, he was called by the attendant who had accompanied the old Khan for more than 30 years - Hatu, who was over fifty years old.
In Heishui, an old slave like Hatu, who has served his master for decades, has no lower status than the rest of the family, and even Wanyan Naqi has to bow his head to show respect.
"Has Father Khan woken up?"
After entering the palace, Wanyan Naqi had been guarding outside the old Khan's palace for several hours.
"The Khan's body is really getting worse day by day." Hatu sighed softly and said to Wan Yan, "Why don't you go back first?" Seeing that the Khan had been working continuously because of the arrival of the Qur'an soldiers in the city, he was now sleeping deeply, and there was no sign of waking up yet. ”
"That's ......," Yan Naqi pondered for a moment, "Then I'll leave first, and I'll come back to say hello when my father and Khan wake up!" ”
Hatu leaned over slightly in respect.
Just as Yan Naqi turned around and was about to leave, a person walked in front of him.
The rough face has a demeanor similar to that of the old Khan King, and he always looks dissolute, but he happened to see him at this moment, and he sneered: "Who is this?" Isn't it my incomparably noble brother of the Three Kings! How? Tired of sightseeing? Or ...... Rushed back as an uninvited guest? ”
Wanyan Juntai's face was full of mockery.
Wan Yan Naqi's dark eyes quickly flowed with thick disgust, and then smiled: "Brother Erwang came just in time, I was about to go to you!" ”
"Looking for me?" Wanyan Zhuntai looked strange when he heard this, and glanced him up and down very unceremoniously.
Wan Yan Naqi's lips smiled even deeper: "Actually, it's nothing, I just want to talk to Brother Erwang about the experience of traveling in the mountains and rivers along the way." ”
The words paused slightly, and a sharp light shone in his eyes: "Because of his experience of being trapped in the canyon of Jiayong Pass, being trapped in the canyon and pouring fire oil, and attempting to murder......"
Wanyan Zhuntai's face was slightly sluggish, and he speculated: "Brother Sanwang shouldn't suspect that I did it, right?" ”
"I didn't say that!" Wanyan took his hand, looked away and took a few steps forward, "It's just a few words of complaint with the second brother Wang, the murderer ...... I will definitely make him pay a hundred times more painful than pouring fire oil on his body! ”
"So, do you know who the killer is?" Wanyan Zhuntai was slightly confused and turned to look at him.
Wan Yan Naqi raised his lips and looked directly at the depths of Wan Yan Zhuntai's pupils, as if he had seen through everything, and only said lightly: "One day, I will know." ”
Looking at his dark eyes, Wan Yan Juntai's heart trembled, and he felt panicked for no reason.
It's like ...... This Wang brother, who is always despised by himself, is brewing behind a conspiracy that he doesn't know, and will eventually use this conspiracy against him.
"Is Juntai here?"
Just when the two looked at each other and fell into a silent stalemate, the old Khan King who had made Wanyan Naqi wait for several hours and did not "wake up" took the initiative to call Wanyan Zhuntai in the dormitory.
Wanyan Zhuntai's tense face was slightly relaxed, and then he laughed again, complacent, and said to Wanyan as if showing off: "Father Khan called me in." ”
Say goodbye and leave quickly.
Wan Yan Naqi didn't look down, and turned around.
It's just that at the moment of turning around, the smile on the lips gradually became indifferent, and the narrow eyes revealed a little ruthlessness because there was no trace of emotion.
Now he has long lost his baby teeth, and he is no longer the child who reached out for love and waited to be fed in the past, so he doesn't care about any father's love, and he won't feel aggrieved and angry about this worthless thing.
Because what he wants is the whole of Blackwater, and even more......
When he was walking out of the palace, he happened to meet Helian Che who was hurrying in on the way.
"The Third Prince!" Helian Che called urgently.
Wanyan Naqi stood still, quietly looked at the man opposite, who looked handsome and handsome, and couldn't wait between his eyebrows, and teased with a faint expression: "In the past, I always hid in the West and Tibet, and suddenly I was a little unaccustomed to seeing you here!" ”
"Where's the kite?" Helian Che got straight to the point.
Wanyan Naqi was not surprised, after all, his anxious purpose for himself could not be to find him to catch up with the wine.
Shrugging his shoulders, he said, "I don't know." ”
"You're lying! You took her away! ”
Emotional, after the words came out, perhaps realizing that his attitude was not good, he softened his voice again: "Where did she go?" ”
"Your woman, how do I know?" Wan Yan Naqi looked at Helian Che amusedly.
Her eyes flashed slightly, and she thought about it, and said, "It was true that she and I went out of Tokyo City, but I met a group of people halfway, so I went with those people!" ”
"Who?" Helian Che did not doubt the truth of this sentence and asked.
Wan Yan pretended to think about it seriously, and said for a moment: "Thirty brother! I remember that she called the man Brother Thirty, but I don't know what the exact name is......"
"Brother Thirty...... Chen Thirty ......" Helian Che muttered, the light in his eyes dimmed little by little, and finally there was only silence left.
It turned out that she didn't come to Heishui with Wan Yan, it turned out that she was already planning to let go of him completely, and even the only trace he knew had to be erased from his life.
It's ridiculous, where did he get the confidence to bring her back to her heart?
What a stupid man he is! obviously can't let go like that, so she should have left her desperately when she decided to turn around!
When the remorse accumulated to the extreme, Helian Che only felt a heart-rending pain in his chest, and couldn't help frowning.
After Yan accepted his negative hand, he looked at his appearance in his eyes, there was no emotion in his eyes, he only laughed at him in his heart, a big man was actually tied by the love of his children, his weakness was so obvious and easy to be handled, and his vulnerable appearance was really ugly!
After a moment of silence, he said, "Lord Helian...... No, it's time to call General Helian. Is there anything else going on with General Helian? If not, I'll go, after all, it's tiring to travel long distances. ”
After saying that, he smiled and walked past Helian Che.
Helian Che was silent on the endless corridor of the Black Water Palace, watching Wan Yan Naqi's back disappear from view little by little, and sorrow appeared in his handsome and peerless face.