Compared with the cold wind outside the house, the interior of the Huaixian Water Pavilion is very warm.

It has been a whole day and a night since he returned from a coma at the execution ground, but Lu Jue has not woken up at all, and Zhou Ruoshui, who has been staying by his side, is also exhausted, and after adding a few pieces of bamboo charcoal to the furnace, he didn't even have the strength to change the red makeup, and fell asleep on the chaise longue on the side of the bed.

Lu Jue, who was gradually recovering halfway through the fifth watch, started the nightmare that made him tremble again. In the dream, he returned to the marrow-cold cell and was tied to the torture rack again, and the man who had made him indelible with fear, armed with a brass hammer and iron nails and a piercing sound of piercing the eardrums, approached him step by step, and he struggled but could not escape. Just as he was about to be swallowed by this terrifying atmosphere, a cold air hit him, and he couldn't help but shiver, and he woke up from his dream.

Lu Jue, who was freed from the nightmare, did not completely get rid of his fear, he stared blankly at the veil on the top of the bed, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably. After a quarter of an hour of stalemate, a pain in his abdomen pulled him back to reality, and he exhaled deeply and tried to suppress his fear. When he calmed down, he began to look around, and all he saw was the familiar and warm everything, and the smell in his nose was the calming fragrance, it turned out that he had returned to the place where he had been haunted by his dreams, and for the first time he felt that it was good to be alive.

Looking around, his eyes fell on the red-dressed man lying on the chaise longue on his side, because the fire had been extinguished, the tip of Zhou Ruoshui's nose was frozen red, and there were still a few tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, which was really distressing. He struggled to prop up his body and get out of bed, took a blanket to cover her, raised his hand to gently wipe away the tears hanging on her cheeks, and then lit the fire, put on a mink coat, took a round stool and sat beside the couch, looking at his beloved wife with satisfaction and pity, enjoying the beauty that only belonged to him.

Lu Jue was unconscious and uncertain, how could Zhou Ruoshui sleep peacefully, and wake up naturally after a short rest. When she opened her eyes and saw the person who worried her, she thought she was dreaming, such a dream was so beautiful that she didn't want to miss it, and she stared at the person sitting there with a pair of apricot eyes and didn't dare to blink.

Seeing her on weekdays, she is all gentle and knowledgeable, and it is really rare to see such a look at this time, Lu Jue's heart itched, and the gentle smile on her face became stronger, leaned forward slightly, gently tapped the tip of her nose, and said softly: "Lady, these days are good." ”

The fingers touching the tip of his nose were warm, Zhou Ruoshui realized that this was not a dream, and immediately sat up straight and carefully held his hand, already happy and didn't know what to do. I fantasized countless times about the scenes after he woke up, and I also hid my stomach and wanted to talk to him, but when the real person really woke up, they all turned into tears that did not fight across his cheeks.

Lu Jue wiped away her tears with distress in her eyes, and said softly: "Lady, my husband is back, can I be happy?" ”

This gentle voice made Zhou Ruoshui unable to bear it anymore, and the tears flowed down uncontrollably, and he choked up: "Liulang has suffered." He held up his hands and rested them lightly on his cheeks.

Lu Jue smiled lightly, sat down next to her and wrapped his arms around her waist, put her cold hands in his palms, leaned on her shoulders and whispered: "I thought I could retreat with my whole body, but I didn't expect it to be a bad move, but fortunately, I'm still alive!" I can also accompany you! No matter how much you suffer, it's worth it! ”

Zhou Ruoshui's eyes were moist again: "I still hope you are well." ”

Lu Jue lowered his eyelids and was silent, but the sweetness in his heart had already overflowed the corners of his mouth. But when he saw that her slender fingers were bandaged with gauze that was still oozing blood, he blamed himself in his heart, full of pity and whispered: "I said that with you, how could I be willing to die, I know my body, and I will 、、、、、、 in the future" Suddenly he seemed to be silent when he realized something, held up that hand and kissed it lightly on that finger, looked at her, and said with infinite pity: "Thank you lady for saving your life!" ”

Seeing that he had a look of self-blame, Zhou Ruoshui diverted the topic and said: "My husband has been asleep for a day and a night, and he must be hungry in his abdomen, Shui Er doesn't know when you will wake up, and you don't dare to take the prepared meal off the stove, now do you want to eat?" ”

finally woke up, Lu Jue cherished the time with her very much, and of course he didn't want her to leave his side at this time. But at this moment, there was a soft snort outside the door, he realized that something was wrong, nodded and said: "I haven't eaten the food you made for a few days since I was imprisoned, and I miss it very much. ”

"Wait a minute, I'll go and come back." He stood up as he spoke.

Lu Jue reluctantly let go of his hand, and after seeing her leave, he put away his smile and soothed the wound on his abdomen and leaned on the chaise longue.

At this time, the door was gently pushed open, the footsteps gradually approached, and the sound of the night breeze came from the ear: "Master, Han Hou and the others have arrived, just downstairs if the master wants to see him." ”

I was still worried that there would be insufficient manpower and that the plan would be difficult to implement, but when I heard that the people had arrived, my pale face showed confidence again, and God helped me. He hooked the corners of his mouth, opened his eyes, and said, "Please." ”

"Yes" just about to leave

"Wait a minute" As soon as the person turned around, Lu Jue opened his mouth again to stop the person, held on to the couch and supported his body with difficulty, beckoned to him and motioned him to step forward.

Night Wind stepped forward to help him sit down, bent over and said, "The master commands." ”

whispered a few words in his ear before letting him go.

After a while, Zhou Ruoshui led in several people, these people were Han Shao of South Korea, Ma Chengqian, the right prime minister, Yang Wei, the chief eunuch, and Zuo Ang, the commander of the forbidden army. At this time, Lu Jue was also simply dressed neatly, and was sitting on the couch in the outer room waiting, waiting for a few people to get up and salute one by one after entering the house.

Several people also returned the courtesy before taking their seats. But before everyone could speak, Zuo Ang was the first to speak and took the initiative to ask: "Please allow the prince to allow the last general to go and tie up the person who killed the king and seized the throne." ”

"The left commander is slow, and this matter is not in a hurry." After Lu Jue stopped him, he slowly got up and took the cloak by holding his abdomen, pulling Zhou Ruoshui to the inner room and saying, "Shui'er, I know this matter will embarrass you, but I don't have a second suitable candidate besides you." ”

Zhou Ruoshui took the cloak from his hand, put it on his body and smiled: "When did Liulang learn to be so polite, you and I can't say anything directly if you and I are husband and wife." ”

Lu Jue turned his head and glanced at the few people sitting in the outer room, and said in a low voice, "Go to Chunhui Yuan to branch my brother and sister-in-law, meet with Wang Ye and Wanyan Meizhu alone, try their attitude, remember to be careful and observant, as long as you see that the situation is not good, don't talk about anything, come back quickly, call Yuzhu and Tingfeng, and she are alert, I am also relieved to have them here." ”

Zhou Ruoshui nodded and said, "Don't worry, I understand that I'll go." After saluting a few people, he took his leave.

The few people sitting outside on the way to Zhou's house already understood the identity of the fake Luo King, and they had just seen Zhu Zhen himself, and Lu Jue at this time only met with a few people alone, so he understood his concerns.

Han Hou looked at him with a slightly ominous face and said, "King Luo's enemy country has been imprisoned for more than 20 years, and if you have any different intentions, you don't have to wait until today. The old minister and the prince have joined hands to fight the enemy more than once, I think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is too worried! ”

"A few adults are older than me, so call me by my name!" Saying that, Lu Jue sat back on the couch with his hands on his abdomen, coughed lightly and cleared his throat: "I don't doubt his loyalty, but I am worried about the words on the pillow!" I was just worried that he would do something stupid in order to give an explanation to the woman who had been waiting for him for more than 20 years. ”

As a civil official, Ma Chengqian should naturally do his duty as a civil official, and he also expressed his worries: "Instead of worrying, it is better for us to prepare first, not only to prevent Jin Ren from escaping, but also to be prepared that after he escapes, he will contact other small countries to attack again. For the sake of the people's well-being, the prince should take more precautions. ”

Obviously, Lu Jue was thinking about other things at this time, and he seemed absent-minded when he answered: "That's okay, the people of Jin Guo have already lost the hearts of the people by going back on their word." Mongolia, who has cooperated with him for many years, has defected, how can other small countries joke with the fate of their own countries, I just hope that the prince will not do stupid things! ”

Han Hou frowned when he looked at him and said: "The relationship between the prince and Wan Yanlie is extraordinary, and Miss Zhou should not ask anything if she is not deeply involved in the world." "Han Shao has only been ignoring the world since his son died on the battlefield. Thinking about how capable he was back then, he once led the three armies to kill the enemy on the battlefield, and naturally he also had insight into many things.

On that day, Lu Jue was only wearing a thin middle coat, and the weather was cold and cold. A few coughs touched the wound on his abdomen, he closed his eyes and frowned for a moment before he spoke: "If you can't ask, you can't ask, I didn't plan what she could do when I let Shui'er go." No matter whether it's right or wrong, I always want to be that ruthless person, I don't want her to see that the person she has been looking forward to for many years is a wicked person! He lowered his head and thought for a moment before making up his mind, smoothing his cuffs and continuing: "On that day, Wan Yanlie used the death of King Qi to put me in prison, thinking that this time he would either put me to death; Either get the token in my hand. But he missed a calculation, not only did he not get this token, but I was able to escape without dying. Although the Holy Decree asked the two of us to investigate the case thoroughly, and although he was also worried that I would use his old tricks to deceive him again, we were not completely out of options. This matter has been criticized in his heart for many years, and he is arrogant and conceited by nature, and he will definitely want to use this case to get out、、、、、、" Speaking of this, he stopped talking, and his stiff fingers and eyes showed unconfidence.

In this way, a few people stayed in Huaixian Water Pavilion for more than half an hour before retreating, and soon after a few people withdrew, there was another bad news spread all over Hangzhou, that is, Lu Jue, the secretary of Dali Temple, died of a recurrence of heart palpitations caused by serious injuries.

The day has broken but it looks gloomy because of the snowfall, the fifth watch has been too much but does not see the dawn, the whole garden is brightly lit, nearly a thousand forbidden troops are like facing the enemy, and the entire garden is protected by water.

Relative to the saber rattling outside, Yan Lie is calm, he is dressed in cotton plain clothes, soft shoes on his feet, his demeanor is peaceful, and he is in a good mood to paint, a picture scroll of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and the artistic conception is like a rainbow. For more than 20 years, he has been integrated into the Central Plains, if it weren't for the interests of his own country, how could he not be a dashing son!

The long scroll was only a few strokes away, but someone interrupted, and the shadow came to kneel in a panic and said, "There is an abnormality in the master Zhou Mansion." ”

Wan Yan Lie's eyebrows moved, and after a slight pause in his hand, he continued to draw, and said, "Speak." ”

The shadow replied: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has died of his injuries and has returned to Jiuquan." ”

After hearing this, Yan Lie was shocked, his heart ached, he stared at the shadow as if to observe the truth and falsehood, and asked after a while: "Is it true or false." ”

The shadow said: "The slave doesn't dare to make a rash decision, the Huaixian Water Pavilion was surrounded by Han Shao's people, and the slave couldn't get close to the exact situation, but he overheard it outside the door of the room where Lu Guohao lived, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been unconscious since he returned from the execution ground, and died of sudden heart palpitations in the early hours of this morning!" The Zhou family has already begun to decorate the mourning hall. ”

Wan Yanlie's heart has never been like this, the hand holding the pen can't fall for a long time, the ink on the tip of the pen drops drop by drop on the unfinished painting, slowly printing a piece, just like the blood dripping from Lu Jue's abdomen that day, he stared at the ink that was getting bigger and bigger, and an ominous premonition was still born, but there was a stronger consciousness trend He must go to see what happened.

After making a decision, Yan Lie put down the brush in his hand and said to Guo Sheng, who was waiting on the side: "Take the boots and come to this king, I want to go to the Zhou Mansion." He reached out and took off the cloak that was hanging beside him and draped it over his body.

Worried that there would be fraud in it, Guo Sheng immediately spoke out to stop him: "Think twice, the prince! In the cell, Lord Lu was able to survive the heavy punishment, and now that he died violently, there was no sign that there must be fraud in this matter. ”

At this time, Wan Yanlie didn't seem to care whether it was a trap or not, he just wanted to see if this person really died because of himself, and glared at Guo Sheng angrily: "That's why this king wants to find out." ”

"Lu Jue is so shrewd, the prince can't fully trust this matter, I'm afraid it won't be good to return."

"With just those few people, they can't stop this king."

"Lord Wang、、、、、、"

"Alright, prepare the car."

Seeing that Yan Lie insisted on this, Guo Sheng no longer insisted, but he couldn't help but remind: "If the prince insists on going, it's okay, and the slave will send more people to accompany him." "I just took a few steps and was stopped.

"It's just a matter of exploring the reason, too many people going will only make them wary, just find a few good kung fu accompaniments." After thinking about it, if it is really a trap and cannot be wiped out, there must be someone in charge here, and Guo Sheng, who was ordered to leave by General Wanyan Lie, stopped him and said, "You don't have to go." ”

Guo Sheng said anxiously: "The slave is the personal eunuch of the prince, if you don't even go with the slave, it will definitely make them suspicious, please ask the prince to allow the slave to accompany him." ”

Wan Yanlie took the fur hat from the shadow and said, "No need" sighed as expected, put the fur hat on his head and led the shadow away.

After this journey, Yan Lie already knew his situation, but he had to keep going on with the deep-rooted trend of national honor, and he really wanted to know whether the person who was also an enemy and a friend was really dead or fake.

He closed his eyes and leaned on the soft pillow and swayed with the car, calming his uneasy mood, he didn't want to make the young man laugh at it.

The car gradually slowed down, and only when there was a dark sound outside the carriage did Wan Yanlie slowly open his eyes, and when the curtain was opened by the attendants, he got up and got out of the car. After getting out of the car, he stood in front of the gate of the Zhou Mansion, and at a glance it was full of well-armed forbidden troops armed with steel knives, standing in two rows and extending into the courtyard, and he smiled sadly and understood everything.

Yao Minghao, who was standing on the side of the door, saw someone coming, took a few steps forward and said, "The young general Yao Minghao has seen the prince." But the man stood for a long time, not only did not move, but also did not gnaw, he snorted lightly, took a few steps, walked to Wan Yanlie's side and raised his hand to invite: "Lord Wang, please." ”

Wan Yanlie came back to his senses and looked at him deeply, straightened his clothes, raised his feet and stepped on the steps.

"King Luo has arrived." Yao Minghao shouted and walked up, and when he passed by the door, he exchanged glances with the forbidden army, and then also entered the courtyard.

As soon as Wan Yanlie stepped into the courtyard, the gate behind him was closed, and at the same time, two or three hundred forbidden troops poured in from all directions, surrounding several people.

"The prince is clever, and the prince is really here." As soon as the words fell, Han Hou came out from behind everyone, and he walked into the circle and said with a smile: "Don't come to the prince, don't be harmed." ”

Wan Yanlie smiled silently, he understood that he had come and gone and had no return.