"You want to ask, but the souls of your eleven brothers?"

Chen Wei looked at me but didn't answer, and after a long time, he sat down next to me and nodded silently.

I don't know what happened on the battlefield of Ailing back then, and I don't know what supported a man to carry eleven blood-decaying heads from Ailing all the way back to Linzi. Perhaps, those people went to war to follow him; Perhaps, those people lost their lives because of him; I only know that Chen Wei in the mouth of the old pulp seller, Chen Wei in the mouth of the ranger, and Chen Wei in my eyes, after losing eleven brothers who lived and died together, he was as lonely as a lonely goose screaming in the sky. He is strong, cold and hard, but he can't hide the pathos and desolation in his heart.

"See the three stars side by side over there? Do you find them, then look east in the direction they are pointing and see the reddish star? Eleven of your brothers are all there watching you, and because you took their heads home, they are content, and they are fine now. I pointed to the canopy and replied softly.

Chen Wei raised his head to look at the starry sky in the distance, and he watched quietly, solemnly and cautiously.

"If there is anything that you haven't had time to say four years ago, tell them in your heart! I can't hear it, but they can hear it. I picked up the lantern on the ground, turned and walked up the steps.

Chen Yi tilted his head and grabbed my ankle: "Du Ruo, what about those white bones buried in Ailing?" The 100,000 soldiers who did not return, their souls ......"

"Buried in the soil of Ailing, with their remains, in the dark black soil."

"Why?" Chen reversed his head.

"Because they have hatred, they can't return to heaven."

"Hate the Wu people?"

"No, hate Chen." I looked down into his eyes and said word by word.

"Nonsense!" Chen Wei stepped forward and grabbed my shoulders.

"It hurts—you let me go!" I couldn't help but exhale.

"Your injuries aren't healed?" Chen was startled and immediately let go of the hand on my shoulder.

"It was almost better, but now it's not better." I rubbed my swollen shoulders and said angrily.

"I'm sorry, you shouldn't have cursed those soldiers who protected the country just now."

"Have I cursed them? I'm telling the truth. ”

"It was the people of Wu who killed them, why did they defend their home and country so resentful that they couldn't return to heaven?"

"Defend the country? They also thought so before they died, but after they died, they knew that it was Chen Heng's ambition that killed them. "Looking at Chen Yi in front of me, I suddenly wanted to break his loyalty to the Chen family, and unreservedly obey and sacrifice Chen Heng.

"You!" There was anger in Chen's eyes, he glared at me, and I looked up at him. In the end, he looked away and turned his head fiercely: "You go, don't say anything like this in the future!" ”

"What? Are you afraid that I will tell the truth? ”

"You're not telling the truth!"

"Four years ago, the State of Qi sent troops to the State of Lu, Qi is a strong country, Lu is a weak country, if you want to fight, you will fight, and if you want to make peace, why did Chen Heng let the 100,000 troops stop at the border of the State of Lu and wait for the people of Wu to attack?"

"Because the fighter jets haven't arrived."

"No, that's because although Chen Heng was Qi Xiang at that time, Qi Country was not your Chen family's world. The power of the Qi State is in the hands of the Gao family and the Guo family. 'Those who are worried about the inside attack the strong, and those who are worried about the outside attack the weak. This is what Confucian Zigong said to Chen Heng. Chen Heng listened to it and believed it. In order to seize power in the country, he made Guoshu the chief general, Gao Wupi as the doctor of the army, and 100,000 Qi soldiers as his funeral companion for power and profit. In the battle of Ailing, the main general Guoshu died, Gongsun Xia, Dongguo Shu, and Lu Qiu Ming, who followed him, all died, and all the people who stood in the way of Chen's seizure of power died in Ailing. This is a victory for your Chen clan, a victory to be proud of, what are you afraid of!"

Chen Wei was stunned, and in the face of my stormy questioning, this man who was not good at words clenched his fists, his face turned red, and several green tendons appeared on his forehead.

"The people of the Chen clan have been working hard for generations for the prophecy of ascending to the top of the Qi Kingdom after the eighth generation. On death row in Linzi City, you have also decided to sacrifice your life for the safety of your family. You don't even want your own life, and you still feel sorry for those dead soldiers, what are you doing? Those who go to the highest point climb up by stepping on other people's corpses. The 100,000 white bones piled up in Ailing are the stepping stones of the Chen family, whether you want to admit it or not, this is a fact! Who poisoned the six girls in the Qilan Pavilion, and what did you do when you arrested me in the palace? You know it best in your own heart. In the future, in the future, there will be more people who will die at the feet of the Chen family, and you will step on their bones and climb higher and higher, isn't this what you want? In the power struggle, human life is always secondary, and victory or defeat is the most important, didn't your good brother Chen Pan tell you this truth? At the end, I glanced at the angry Chen Yi and sneered, "What are you angry about, the way you look now, it's really ridiculous." ”

"Are you done?"

"That's it."

"Let's go back when we're done!" Chen Yi's anger was all gone, and he lowered his head and turned his back silently.

"You!" I felt like I was throwing a punch into a cloud of air, and I almost fell, but the other party didn't react at all, "Blind and blind!" I didn't say it! I strode away.

"Du Ruo-" Behind him, Chen Wei called softly.

"My name is Ah Shi, I'm not Du Ruo." I stopped, turned around and shouted coldly.

Towards the terrace, the moonlight poured down, and Chen Wei stood in a silver light, only a tall and lonely figure could be seen. "Du Ruo, when you leave Linzi City and pass by Ailing, lead the way for those white bones!" Ten steps apart, Chen Wei saluted me with his sword, and then strode into the darkness.

Three days later, the sun dawned, and the terrace was full of life.

On the high stairs, the temple maid carries a bucket of water, up and down. In the aisle, the footsteps were messy and the voices were everywhere. Pushing the door and opening the window, the beauties get up in the morning to bathe in incense and make up in the mirror.

Today, Qi Hou summoned me, and the temple people chose a set of light crimson dark diamond patterns for me early, and put them on the side of the bed with a curved deep coat embroidered with Yunyan play. On the dressing table opposite the window, there should be more than a dozen red lacquer boxes of different sizes, and the silk cotton, water, and oil wax next to the small boxes are also ready. At this time, the temple people each hold a waist brocade belt in each hand, comparing and comparing, it seems to be difficult to make a decision.

I gently combed my long hair with a grate against the window, and a ray of light appeared in the blue and white fish belly in the distance.

"Girl, let's put on makeup first! Qi Hou will go to Xiao Yage after the early dynasty, and we people have to wait first. ”

"Bi, isn't the noble daughter of the Ziya family sick yet?" I put down my grate and sat down in front of the dresser with a bundle of long hair.

"That noble lady is really unlucky, two days ago only said that she was not mentally sleepy, and this morning when I went to fetch water, I heard from other people that I was afraid that she would not be able to get better if she had a coma. The steward of the palace is just waiting for her to be busy, and he will send her out of the palace today. "The temple man soaked the basin of water next to him, wringed it dry, and wiped my face finely.

"It's okay to send it out, Ji Jiang's morale is too high, and the palace can't tolerate her."

"Hey, Miss Su hasn't been good for the past two days, and she always says that her chest hurts. But she was afraid that she would miss today's face, so she didn't dare to invite the witch doctor in the palace to come and see. The temple man put down his handkerchief, took another box of transparent cream, dug up a piece and put it in the palm of his hand.

"Although this terrace is good, it is an unlucky place, the plain girl is poor on weekdays, and her body is weaker than others, and she can't stand the yin qi."

"Girl, where did the yin qi come from in the inner courtyard of the Qi Palace?" The temple man was suspicious.

"Of course, you can't see it. Four years ago, it was here that Duke Qi and his wife were poisoned by the doctor Bao Xi. ”

"How does the girl know?"

"I also know that the Bao clan was wiped out by your family later. This is facing the terrace, and the resentment is very heavy. After Miss Su meets the king, it's time to ask a witch doctor to take a good look. After I finished speaking, I pointed to the ointment that had already dissolved in the temple man's hand, "Vi, if you don't rub it open, it will drip down." ”

The temple people were stunned for a moment, waking up like a dream, and hurriedly rubbed their hands together desperately.

I looked out the window at the towering pavilions and the pavilions, and I only felt that this magnificent Qi Palace, which demonstrated the authority of the monarch, was very ridiculous. Qi and Wu fought twice, and Chen Heng used the Battle of Ailing to weaken the power of the Gao clan and the Guo clan outside, and instigated the doctor Bao Xi to poison the mourning prince who was at odds with him. And his reasoning was so ridiculous that I was dumbfounded when I first read the military newspaper when I was a child.

In the old days, if a monarch of a country died, a truce was required to mourn according to the law of etiquette. At that time, Fucha had already led his troops into Qi, and Chen Heng instigated Bao Xi to poison Mourning Gong and stop Fucha's attack with Mourning Gong's obituary. Bao Xi killed his father because of mourning, and he already had hatred in his heart, so he poisoned the monarch according to Chen Heng's strategy. After the death of the mourning duke, the state of Qi sent envoys to ask Fucha for a truce with the obituary of the king, but Fucha decisively refused. The king of a country died so inexplicably. His death didn't even hold off his husband. It's sad, it's sad, it's ridiculous!

"Girl, what are you laughing at?" The temple man pressed the hot grease on my face little by little.

I raised my eyes and smiled: "I, the daughter of a salt merchant, had the opportunity to meet the monarch, so I was naturally too happy to laugh." Okay, what do you have to do after applying the grease? Eyebrows? Pollination? ”

"Powder first, Daishi will be used later."

"Well, hurry up!"

"No!"

The temple man poured incense powder on me, drew his eyebrows, took out two kinds of flower paste newly sent from the palace and put them together, adjusted a new color, and gently patted my cheeks. I held the string pattern mirror in my hand, and I saw that I was becoming brighter under the hands of the temple people. It's been a long time since I've looked at my face so seriously, and when I look at it face to face, I suddenly feel a little strange about myself in the mirror. Is it because the eyebrows and eyes are childish and more charming? Or is it because there is less naivety in the heart and more calculation?

"Are you alright?" When the temple people lit the red lipstick for me, I immediately put down the bronze mirror in my hand.

"It's just the last thing!" The temple man mysteriously took out a small silver turquoise box from his bosom.

"How many good things do you have hidden in your arms? Where did you get such a valuable box? ”

"This is only made by me after boiling my hair white, and only from the only girl and the plain girl." The temple man leaned up to me and triumphantly opened the locket.

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