At night in Yecheng, the wind stops and the snow stops, the full moon in the sky is exceptionally bright, and the stars are as bright as gems in the day. All the undercurrents of the day are extraordinarily calm and harmonious under the cover of the night. The words are happy, triumphant, ambitious, intense, full of thoughts, and grievances...... The Son of Heaven is a hundred officials, a general, a prodigal son...... Everyone has their own mind and shows their truest self in the dead of night.

Under the full moon, outside the door of the hall, the Qinglu has been built, this is the place where he and the bride hold hands during tomorrow's wedding ceremony, and then they will become husband and wife. At this time, there was no one in the hall, in the green house outside the door, or even in the entire courtyard.

The snow was swept away, the dry branches stood still in the windless moonlit night, and the mottled shadows were cast on the ground and walls in the moonlight, like ghosts with irregular shapes. With the help of these bunkers, the ghosts hide in the unknown world, quietly listening to the sounds of the world and watching the stories that happen here. Man cannot see these ghosts, and man cannot be a ghost.

The second son, Gao Yang, entered the courtyard silently and closed the door behind him. He walked through the courtyard and walked to the front of the Qinglu, all of which made him feel a little trance. Tomorrow is his wedding ceremony, is it really just because of his accidental words? In the Zhaotai Palace, Emperor Yuan Shanjian was half-truthed and half-false in the pushing, as if he wanted to give him the princess Xiao Shi of Liyang of the Liang State as his bride. But is this the emperor's final say? He knew very well in his heart, so he speculated about the eldest brother's thoughts, saying that he already had a crush, and he was the daughter of Li Xizong, the Taishou of the Shangdang. In fact, he had only seen the Li family once, in the Manyun Pavilion of Tenglong Mountain in Jinyang. That's because he thought that the eldest brother had no intention of this Li family. If it was really intentional, how could he leave the injured Li in a hurry to leave Jinyang and go to Yecheng? still take her as a guest, and order the slave maid of the eldest sister-in-law to take care of and serve?

However, as soon as his words come true, tomorrow he will really marry Li Zu'e, the daughter of Li Xizong, the Taishou of the Shangdang. This is the result of the discussion between his father, Prime Minister Gao Huan, and his mother, Princess Lou. added an official position and got married, which is really a proud life. But at the moment he couldn't be happy in any way.

Gao Yang walked alone in the empty and terrifyingly quiet green house. It's not that he doesn't like the Li family, it's just that he already has it in his heart. Li Zu'e, what kind of person will she be? He certainly wouldn't be unconcerned, but he wasn't so particular either.

Under the moonlit night, there is also an empty courtyard. The luxurious General's Mansion can no longer see the Tu Dan paintings in the daytime, and she can't see the carved beams clearly, and she is the only one in the courtyard where the princess Yuan Zhonghua, the princess of the middle world, lives in the deep boudoir.

The sound of the flute was as thin as silk, drifting into the air from the privet tree under the eaves. The snow-white fox fur on Yuan Zhonghua's body was particularly conspicuous in the night. She didn't seem to feel the cold, and played the flute under the privet tree with great concentration. All the slaves, including Ah Jiao, were sent away by her. She didn't know what she was waiting for, or what she was thinking, and she could only see and figure out when the courtyard was empty.

The sound of the flute spread throughout the entire General's Mansion, crying like a complaint, telling not one person's heart, but more like everyone's heart. Outside the courtyard gate, Ah Jiao listened to the sound of the flute and was faintly worried. The princess has been blowing for a long time, although she hasn't said anything, but obviously her heart has become more and more serious these days. It's just that I don't know why, it's so late, and the prince hasn't returned home yet, so I don't know where the son is.

The height of the building of Tongque Terrace will make people feel that the night sky is very close on such a moonlit night. In the depths of the night sky, among the stars, is it the legendary Heavenly Palace Immortal Mansion? Gao Cheng looked up at the starry sky by the railing, thinking about too many people and too many things in his heart, but he was actually exhausted. This assistant general is really not so easy to do, grasp the overall situation in mind, and every move must be taken out with extreme care, and also take into account the possible consequences of the whole body. What if something goes wrong? Then we must try our best to make up for it, no matter how much it costs, we must not be overcome. It is useless but the situation is mediocre, but if there is a mistake, it will be a trouble. Fortunately, he understands that what is not done today may not be impossible in the future, as long as he wants to, until he turns over this game, there will be opportunities behind.

Gao Shen returned home satisfied. Now he has nothing to be dissatisfied with, high-ranking officials and nobles, beautiful brides, what are the shortcomings? The third brother came back high, and he relied on it even more, even the prime minister and the general must look at the third brother's face at this time and can't treat him lightly. In Gao Shen's heart, it is really worry-free from now on, as long as he is willing to follow the newly married bride Li to enjoy everything and obey her, it is a great pleasure to see her beautiful thousand faces when she is happy and angry. He was willing to be teased by her, which was also a great thing. At this point, when he thought of the pleasure of the boudoir in private with the Li family, he felt that the prime minister Gao Huan and the general Gao Cheng were not as good as him.

The treatment Gao Aocao received in the Prime Minister's Mansion even the slaves and maids felt staggered, I am afraid that no one can be treated so favorably by the Prime Minister of Lang. I have never seen the prime minister so kind, so cheerful, and so accommodating. I have never seen an official who enters the gate of the prime minister's mansion without a fight at all, and will be so willful.

Gao Yang was standing in the green house and was falling into dreamlike contemplation, when he was suddenly awakened by reality and heard the sound of the courtyard door opening. He stood still, but all his attention was focused, listening carefully to the voice behind him. There are footsteps, not in a hurry, getting closer and closer.

"Who!" Gao Yang suddenly shouted, turned around, and had already pulled out the dagger in his hand, facing it with a sharp blade. Because his heart was weighing left and right for a moment, and he was determined to kill the person behind him, but he was just a slave.

Gao Yang was stunned, his eyes opened round, as if he was frightened for a moment, and then his eyes were confused like a dream, and then he began to twitch. At this time, the dagger in his hand fell to the ground, and the person also fell to the ground with a "plop" and fainted, completely unconscious.

Standing behind Gao Yang, Gao Cheng, who had just entered the Qinglu, looked at his younger brother's series of unexpected movements motionlessly. He neither moved nor spoke, he was too tired today to play any longer. Gao Cheng leaned down, picked up the dagger, took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, the cold light was shining, this was the sharp weapon that his younger brother was carrying, what was it for? He was a vulgar and stupid man, how could he have thought of carrying a dagger at all times in the mansion where he always lived?

Gao Cheng played with the dagger without saying a word, and didn't look at Gao Yang on the ground. He glanced at the green house, where his younger brother and the bride would be wedding ceremony tomorrow.

After a long time, Gao Yang on the ground moved slightly, and then slowly opened his eyes. He didn't seem to understand what had just happened, and he didn't seem to know where he was. Just as he was looking around, he accidentally saw his brother Gao Cheng standing in front of him, and immediately jumped up from the ground.

Gao Cheng looked at Gao Yang, who was furious and wrinkled at his feet, looking up at him, his eyes were dull and incomprehensible, and asked lightly, "Did the second brother see the gods and Buddhas just now?" Frightened? ”

Gao Yang seemed to have suddenly woken up when he heard this, kowtowed to him, and shouted in his mouth, "Xianbei Erector Gao Zijin knocks down the Rui Beast!" As he spoke, he kept prostrating without hesitation.

Gao Cheng was stunned and frowned at Gao Yang.

Gao Yang still didn't care about just bowing.

Gao Cheng looked at it for a long time, leaned over and patted Gao Yang's shoulder, and called, "Zijin." ”

Gao Yang was abruptly stopped by this beat, but he seemed to have turned into stone, kneeling there motionless, not daring to raise his head.

"Second brother!" Gao Cheng was a little impatient.

Gao Yang slowly raised his head, but still knelt at Gao Cheng's feet and did not get up. Until he looked up and saw clearly in the darkness, he was surprised and said with questions, "General? Is it the big brother? ”

"What? Who do you think it will be? Gao Cheng asked expressionlessly.

"What I just saw was a first-born horn, a long-winged Xianbeirui beast descending from the sky, how could it be a big brother? Could it be that the eldest brother is a Xianbeirui beast? Gao Yang said and bowed again.

Gao Cheng laughed.

Gao Yang still just worships.

Gao Cheng smiled, and picked him up by the collar with the hand holding the dagger. The sharp blade was attached to Gao Yang's neck, and Gao Yang felt the coldness and sharpness of the blade, but he didn't seem to be aware of it.

"Zijin, don't be polite." Gao Cheng has never been so kind to this second brother.

Gao Yang finally stood up straight, looked at the eldest brother and said, "I haven't seen the general for a long time, and I miss it very much." Zijin thought that only by doing a good job of the general's explanation could he live up to the general's simplicity. ”

"Zijin, you don't need to tell me these words when you talk to outsiders." Gao Cheng drank him.

Gao Yang seemed to be very frightened again, trembling all over, unable to speak.

"Zijin, since he is a brother, he is not afraid to speak out." He stretched out the dagger he held in his hand towards Gao Yang.

Gao Yang looked at the dagger suspiciously, and then at the eldest brother. Gao Cheng gestured with his eyes, and Gao Yang took the dagger.

"You are also the Bohai Gao clan, after I leave, there are parents and younger brothers, it will all be your business." Gao Cheng said this in a chatter-like tone while strolling in the green house. "And ......" He seemed to want to hold on to something, but he didn't stop saying anything.

Gao Yang was shocked. Not only has the eldest brother never spoken to him in such a tone, but he has never regarded him as a house slave, regarded himself as the young master, and never entrusted him with such a thing as the entire Gao clan and the future great cause. He couldn't control it for a while, and he knelt down on his knees and shouted, "Big brother." ”

It's sincere.

Gao Cheng walked back to him slowly, looked at Gao Yang on the ground, stretched out his hand to help him up from the ground, his eyes were hot, "Second brother, there is no need to be like this between brothers. ”

Gao Yang was helped up by his eldest brother, and he didn't say anything inconsequential, but at this time silence was better than sound.

"Okay, I'm going to meet Gao Aocao." Gao Cheng stroked Gao Yang's shoulder and arm, turned around and walked outside, leaving a sentence behind his back, "Li Xizong's daughter will be your person tomorrow." ”

Gao Cheng's back disappeared.

The last sentence made Gao Yang's heart flash a shadow.

The doors of the courtyard were closed.

Gao Yang was the only one left in the Qinglu, and he looked down at the dagger in his hand.

Give a man a handle, and give it back.