The Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, and the evening breeze has cooled.

Lime carried the lamp, looking a little thin in the cold wind. She finally moved lightly, came to the door of the study, placed the lamp in her hand on the lampstand by the door, and stretched out her hand to push the door open.

He sat in front of Dongfang's bookcase in black, holding his forehead with one hand, his brows furrowed.

When the door sounded, he raised his eyes carelessly, but the moment he saw the lime, his face was shocked.

He got up and straightened his shirt, his clumsy movements looking a little overwhelmed.

He didn't expect her to come to him on her own initiative, he wasn't prepared at all.

Watching his clumsy moves, Lime's heart suddenly warmed, "Brother." Lime shouted.

Xiao Shizhi looked at her, his eyes flickered slightly, he had imagined countless times that she would look like when she grew up, she must be a beautiful woman in the city.

But she is more beautiful than she imagined, and she is also thin and weak when she is used to describe her as a sinking fish and a goose, and a shy flower in the closed moon.

He got up and walked briskly towards her, but when he approached her, he hesitated, "Slim, your body ......"

"It's all right." Seeing that he had stopped, Lime understood in his heart, so he took a few steps forward and took the initiative to approach him.

"That's fine, that's fine." The approach of the lime made Xiao Shizhi suddenly become more nervous and at a loss.

"Brother, let's sit down and talk." Seeing that he was very nervous, Lime quietly stepped back a little, giving him space and time to get used to himself. Inadvertently seeing the tea set on the table, she raised the corners of her mouth and said with a smile, "I remember that in the capital, the fragrance of tea in the Aoge has lasted for a long time, and it is very intoxicating, brother, can you make a cup of tea for me?" ”

"Okay, Xian Xian wants to taste tea, and my brother will cook it for you." Xiao Shizhi replied, he came to the tea table and started to prepare to make tea.

Lime followed behind, sat aside, supported her head with her hands, and quietly looked at her brother who was focusing on making tea, the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised, this was the first time she looked at him so carefully.

The elder brother was born just right, combining the advantages of his father and the queen mother, as tall and mighty as his father but not rough, and as feminine and handsome as his mother, without losing his masculinity. He made tea skillfully, as if it had been boiled a thousand times.

After a while, the fragrance of tea overflows and is intoxicating. Lime closes her eyes and feels the pleasant aroma of tea, which is a rich and refreshing feeling.

"It's the snow green of the mountains." Lime slowly opened her eyes and said firmly.

"Hmm." Xiao Shizhi nodded, looking at the lime with doting eyes, after boiling tea for a long time, he finally calmed down and adjusted his mood.

He poured a cup for her, held the bottom of the cup with his left hand, and slightly supported the wall of the cup with his right hand, and brought it to her steadily, and said softly, "Xian Xian, the first time you drink the tea made by your brother, how does it taste compared to others?" ”

Lime held the cup in her hand, first looked at its color, and smelled its fragrance, she looked at the three or two young leaves suspended in the cup, and said with a slight smile, "The buds and leaves are in flowers, slim and graceful in the cup; The fragrance is mellow, leisurely and unhurried, and it is tempting to go deep into the best environment. The tea brewed by my brother, whether it is tea or skill, is excellent. ”

"What if you are disappointed by such praise before you enter the mouth?" Xiao Shizhi said with a smile.

"I drank my brother's tea, and although I was wary at that time, the tea was a little colder, but it still had a fragrant taste and a good charm. Today, my brother specially made tea for me, how could he disappoint me. As he spoke, the lime held the teacup to his lips and took a shallow sip, the taste really made people intoxicated as if they had drunk wine, and their lips and teeth were fragrant.

"The uninvited guest that night was really you." Listening to Lime's words, Xiao Shizhi's face stiffened slightly, and then returned to his original state, and he asked, "Xian Xian, the sword you used that night is not ordinary. What is your connection to the blue wolf? ”

"Brother, can you answer me a question first?" Lime Road.

"Well, you ask." Xiao Shizhi nodded.

"Brother, Su Yan seems to be calm, but in fact, she is in danger of internal and external troubles. If you raise an army at this time, Shuo Chu will definitely seize the opportunity and deal a fatal blow to Su Yan. Lime asked, a little worried in her tone, "Brother, what are your plans?" ”

"Slim, my brother won't raise troops." Xiao Shizhi smiled and added tea to the lime, "You can say such a thing, my brother is very pleased, my palace is really backbone." ”

Lime asked suspiciously, "Is it really not a soldier?" So what about creating public opinion among the people? ”

"My brother doesn't have soldiers, but he can still pocket Su Yan's thousands of miles of rivers." Xiao Shizhi poured himself a cup of tea, looked at Lime's puzzled eyes, and said, "Fang Han has no children under his knees, and the two brothers are only Fang Mu, the king of leisure, who is quite an emperor, but Fang Mu is a sick man. King Xuan's road is arrogant and lascivious, arrogant and domineering, oppresses the people, and does all kinds of evil, and he has long been a disaster. If Fang Han abdicates, Su Yan's government and opposition will definitely set off a storm and fight against the wind and waves, and the chances of winning will naturally be a few points higher. ”

"The people are rumoring that the emperor's dragon body is not safe, and time is short, I thought it was a rumor, is it true?" After listening to Xiao Shizhi's words, Lime instantly remembered that when he first entered Tongcheng, one of the things that the people had passed on by word of mouth was about Fang Han's lack of early court for many days, "Brother, can this matter have anything to do with you?" ”

"This matter is Fang Han's idea." Xiao Shizhi picked up the teacup and smiled slightly.

"Fang Han?" Lime was surprised, where an emperor would harm himself, unless he didn't want to be an emperor anymore. Unless he ...... Lime was stunned suddenly, startled by the thoughts in her heart, she asked incredulously, "Brother, are you ...... with Fang Han?"

"Fang Han has contributed a lot to this frenzy of public opinion." Xiao Shi said, "This is my gentleman's agreement with him, he will help me ascend the throne, and I will give him freedom." ”

"Brother, this is incredible." Lime sighed. The world is impermanent, true and false, and there are several meanings of this statement.

"It's not incredible, people have their own aspirations, and what they want is different, what I want is power, what he wants is freedom." The Way of Relief.

"Brother, Xian Si said, the world is impermanent, true and false. Sometimes it seems true, but it doesn't have to be; It may seem fake, but it doesn't have to be fake. Lime said meaningfully.

"What do you want to ask?" Xiao Shizhi smiled and asked dotingly.

"Brother, second brother, is he really dead?" Lime picked up the teacup and took a shallow sip, she held the wall of the cup tightly, hiding the nervousness in her heart, she was really afraid, afraid that the answer given by her brother would not be satisfactory.

Xiao Shizhi was silent for a long time, his face became cold, and he couldn't hear any affection in his calm voice, "Xian Xian, he betrayed me." ”

Lime suddenly felt numb, and the teacup in his hand splashed a little, and his throat seemed to be blocked by something, and he couldn't say a word.

"Xian Xian, in this situation, he is only worth it if he is dead. Do you understand? Xiao Shizhi said again.

Lime was slightly stunned and looked at him thoughtfully, his expression was indifferent, so that people could not see the slightest flaw.

"I know you've been tracking down the case from ten years ago, and you really should know the truth from ten years ago." Xiao Shizhi ignored her strange eyes, he continued, "The true identity of the mother concubine is the eldest princess of Shuochu, Hongxia Ruoli, back then, the mother concubine escaped from the marriage with Yan Qiyang, the regent of Shuochu, and fled to the border to meet her father, and later fell in love with her father and became a husband and wife. The father has always hidden his mother very well, but Yan Qiyang has never given up looking for his mother. It wasn't until twelve years later that Yan Qiyang finally found his mother, and at that time, the mother was already a wife and a mother of two children. Yan Qiyang was furious and launched his revenge. Qiqin rotten poison ointment is a unique poison of the Regent's Palace, although the poison is strong, it cannot kill people immediately, and the only antidote is in the hands of Yan Qiyang. He poisoned the Suyan royal family, forced the first emperor, and handed over his father and mother. ”

"And then? Did the first emperor really hand over his father? Lime asked eagerly with tears in her eyes.

"The Tai Hospital, the Xiao family and even the ghost doctor are helpless against this poison, Yan Qiyang led the army to press the border, and when his father was about to lead the troops to meet the battle, the eldest prince who was relegated to the people suddenly died, and the second prince was also poisoned and critically ill and died, and several other princes also had varying degrees of poisoning." Xiao Shizhi paused, suppressing the strong grief and indignation in his heart, "In order to continue the royal bloodline, my father, the princess, and the princess volunteered to die for the country, and went to Yan Qiyang's place alone, and never came back. ”

"Since my father, queen and mother were martyred for the country, why were they charged with rebellion?" Lime asked, choked up.

"For the sake of the country's face." Xiao Shizhi said, a cold light had shot out of his eyes, "This is the great shame of the country, if it is known, how can Su Yan stand in the four countries." ”

"Face? Is face so important? Lime finally couldn't suppress her emotions, she got up suddenly, regardless of the tea stained her clothes, she shouted in grief, "Father Wang Rongma has been a horse for half his life, making contributions to Su Yan, fighting outside and inside, and in the end, he is also desperate to protect Su Yan." The life of my father is not worth the face! ”

"Xian Xian, my brother will kill Yan Qiyang, and he will definitely kill Yan Qiyang." Xiao Shizhi got up and grabbed the excited lime and said with an oath.

"Brother......" Lime's tears could not be suppressed for a long time, she held Xiao Shizhi's arm, supporting herself like grasping a life-saving straw, she cried and said, "Brother, you must correct your father's name, you must ......"

Xiao Shizhi stretched out his hand to hug her and let her cry, he clenched his teeth, but his eyes were full of unbearable, "Xian Xian, my brother doesn't want to lie to you, my father's case can't be rehabilitated." ”

"Why? Why not? Lime raised her head in shock, she didn't understand why her father was loyal to the king, and even martyred himself, but he still had to bear the infamy of the ages a hundred years later, even if the truth was clear, he could not be rehabilitated.

"There are three reasons, one of which is that the great shame of the country should not be publicized. Once the case is overturned, it will cause a national sensation, the Suyan royal family will lose face, and it will no longer be able to gain a foothold among the four countries. Second, there is truth within the truth, and there is secret in the secret. If the case is overturned, it must be completely turned over to be convincing, but this is probably not what my father wants. Third, before leaving, the father left a suicide note, ordering the descendants of the Yi Wangfu not to trace it, not to overturn the case, and not to endanger the community. Xiao Shizhi seemed to say word by word indifferently, but he stuck every word in his heart.

"There is truth within the truth, and there is secret in the secret." Xiao Shizhi's words made Lime's heart uneasy again, "Brother, what else haven't you told me?" ”

"Those are all private matters of the father and the mother, you and I don't want to investigate too deeply." Xiao Shi passed by, and didn't seem to want to talk about it.

Lime buried her head in her brother's arms, feeling the strength of her brother's hug, the tears could not be stopped any longer, but her heart gradually calmed down.

Since her brother didn't want to mention it, she didn't need to ask, lest her brother worry about her again.

After a long time, she finally calmed down.

Withdrawing from Xiao Shizhi's arms, she took out a jade plate from her sleeve, the jade card was simple and unpretentious, without too much redundancy, only carved with a picture of a wolf roaring moon, although simple, but lifelike, vivid.

"Brother, this jade plaque is called Xiaoyue, and it is a personal token of the previous generations of blue wolf sect masters." Lime said, raised his hand to pull out the crescent moon in his hair, and handed it to Xiao Shizhi with the jade plate, "This sword is called the crescent moon, and it is the sword of the door master. Today, I have handed it over to my brother, and I hope that my brother will have a good life. ”

"Are you, the master of the blue wolf? But isn't the wolf already gone? Xiao Shizhi asked, he only looked at the object in Lime's hand, and did not reach out to take it. He was a little shocked in his heart, his sister really surprised him.

"I'm not the master of the Blue Wolf Sect, and it's just an accident that I was able to get the 'Howling Moon' and the Crescent Moon. It is true that the blue wolf has been destroyed for a long time, but the remaining power should not be underestimated, and if it can be used for its own use, it will be a great help. I didn't want to get into trouble before, so I never used the jade card. If the elder brother wants to achieve great things, it is beneficial and harmless to be able to get the blue wolf. Lime said, "Brother, for the emperor, you must have a benevolent heart, love the country, and love all living beings." Today, I will hand over the jade plate to you, which is to support you, and when you ascend the throne and become the emperor, you will be a generation of Ming Jun. ”

"Xian Xian, my brother promised you that he would be a generation of Ming Jun." Xiao Shizhi didn't pick up the items in Lime's hand, he said, "My brother has been dormant for so many years, and his forces are no worse than the blue wolf, you keep the sword for self-defense, and you can also put away the jade card, remember not to show it in front of others, lead people to fight, and cause trouble." ”

The brother and sister chatted for a long time before Lime left the study. By the time Lime returned to her room, the east was bright, the night had passed, and the sun was about to rise.

Lime pushed open the door and saw Xiu Yi sitting at the table, closing his eyes and recuperating.

"Where are you going?" Xiu Yi opened his eyes, looked at the bedside lime packed his bags and asked.

"Go out for a walk, take a walk." Lime Road.

"When will you be back?" Xiu Yi didn't mean to stop him in the slightest, and continued to ask.

"I don't know." "But I'll be back before the effects wear off." ”

"Go ahead." Xiu Yi said, "I know I can't stop you, and I will send someone to protect you secretly." But lime, Shuo Chu is never to go, your mother's affairs need to be considered in the long run, and you must not be brave for a while. Su Yan and Shuo Chu could go to war at any time, and if you accidentally fall into the hands of the enemy, your brother will be held back at every turn. Do you know what's at stake? ”

"I know." Lime nodded.

When Lime left Xiao Mansion, the sky was bright and a new day began.