The snow valley was covered with snow, the ground was frozen, and there was no place to sit, Jiang Ling and Qu Kun sat a little farther away from the crowd.

Over there, Sun Xiaolou looked at Snow Valley curiously, trying to find the unique elixir of ferrets and Snow Valley, and he could still jump around with a big sword on his back. Huo Liang squatted on the side pondering something, as if he was testing whether he could release the spell, thinking that after Jiang Ling had just waved his hand to summon the vines, he was somewhat motivated. Bobber leaned against the wall with his eyes closed, seemingly resting at random, but actually listening to the movements around him.

Qu Kun remembered that he had just won the top prize and joined the Xuanwen Palace, but he was uncharacteristically not approved to return to his hometown, which made him miss the woman who was his childhood sweetheart, and he couldn't help sighing, and the white mist was flickering.

"It's really wrong not to allow the champion to return to his hometown, but when I first entered the officialdom, His Majesty's courtesy to me was enough to envy others, and I didn't think it clear for a while." Qu Kun shook his head and said with a little pain: "When I finally asked for permission to return to my hometown, it was already a year later, but when I arrived in my hometown, I couldn't find her at all, and I was even told that she had died of the plague. ”

"You believe it?" Jiang Ling asked.

Qu Kun shook his head, and said with a sad expression: "Of course I don't believe it, I almost tried my best to find out the news, but to no avail." And at that time, I couldn't imagine that anyone would do anything against her, and I didn't understand why someone would do anything to her. ”

"A few days later, I had to return to Beijing, and it wasn't until I returned to the capital that I vaguely guessed something. Qu Kun's eyes were complicated, and he said with a wry smile: "The emperor wants to recruit me as a concubine and marry the third princess who is loved by thousands of people in the dynasty." And this decision was made a long time ago, and I could even say that I was the last to know. ”

"You're guessing it's... Your Majesty..."Jiang Ling opened his mouth with some evasion.

"No, although Your Majesty has high hopes for me, Your Majesty is kind-hearted and will never do such a dirty thing." Qu Kun clenched his fists and said: "It should be some officials in the current court, in order to ensure that I inherit the position of a concubine, they have to hide from me and prevent me from knowing this news, and it is very likely that they will make me break my mind and attack her." ”

"What?" This time, Jiang Ling was a little puzzled, harming the woman, or killing or hiding or remarrying, forcing Qu Kun to break off his thoughts, so as to ensure that he could take over the position of concubine, this does make sense, but why did some officials from the DPRK and China do it? What does this have to do with them?

Qu Kun raised his head, looked at the corpses of several dead soldiers not far away, and said, "This is going to talk about the identities of these people on the ground." ”

"They are also the people of those ministers?" Jiang Ling asked, and then he realized that something was wrong.

"Of course not, those two ministers with extreme personalities, in fact, in the final analysis, want me to live more than anyone else."

"Huh?" At this point, Jiang Ling was confused.

"The reason is simple, they want to usurp the throne." Qu Kun spoke indifferently.

"What!?" This time, Jiang Ling was suddenly taken aback, plotting to usurp the throne, this is not a trivial matter! There is no more serious sin in the dynasty than this, a little mistake is discovered, no matter how many important members you are, how many merits you have, it is the end of the death of the whole family. I think that the gold medal for avoiding death, which is called the iron roll Danqing, is also clearly said to be "exempt from capital crimes other than rebellion".

Is there any inevitable connection between rebellion and becoming a horse master?

"The prince of the dynasty and the prince of the country, who was originally popular in both civil and military affairs, suddenly died of a stubborn illness when he visited southern Xinjiang four years ago, and the heir to the throne was suddenly vacant. As for the other royal highnesses, the second prince is weak and sickly, and it is difficult to live long, the third prince has a bad temperament and is unpopular, and the fifth prince is submissive, often crying, and behaving like a woman. The fourth prince and the sixth prince died at an early age... Seeing His Majesty's body decaying... But no prince was able to convince the public and succeed to the crown prince. Qu Kun directly said a big rebellious word, but his face was indifferent, and he continued: "And I, who was very similar to the prince who was highly valued back then, have a similar appearance and personality, so I am favored by His Majesty, so those two people have the absurd idea of pushing me to succeed to the throne." And the most basic point of implementing this matter is that I should serve as a concubine, become an emperor, and become a relative of the emperor, so that it is convenient to go further. ”

Qu Kun pointed to the corpse on the ground and said: "Although this matter is secret and has no evidence, among the clues, it will eventually cause the dissatisfaction of those princes." These people should be the dead soldiers under the Third Prince, he has been in the army for a while, and he is the only one who is so ruthless. ”

The words were astonishing and terrifying.

It is not difficult to think that if this amazing secret spreads out, it is enough to cause cholera in the world, Jiang Ling and Qu Kun are at most an employment relationship, and it is not surprising to hear such a secret that it can be said that it is not surprising to kill people a hundred times.

Jiang Ling swallowed his saliva and said carefully: "You tell me such a secret thing, is it okay?" ”

"Don't worry, I won't harm you." Qu Kun shook his head and signaled Jiang Ling not to worry, and then said with a gloomy expression: "This time, whether I can find her or not, I don't plan to return to Beijing." ”

Jiang Ling finally understood the man in front of him a little at this point.

As an emperor, he has the opportunity to win the throne from a few waste princes, this kind of opportunity is indeed not something ordinary people can have, even if it may be just a puppet emperor in the end, it is also very tempting.

After all, that's the highest position above 10,000 people.

And now Qu Kun wants to give up this opportunity to find the girl who once waited for him in his hometown to make up for the mistakes he made before.

It turned out that this was a misunderstanding that had been buried for three years, he didn't forget his old love when he got rich, nor did he abandon the original agreement for the position of a concubine, he was just a champion who had just entered the officialdom and fell into the dispute at the top of the empire. After three years, he finally found out the woman's information, and he rushed to find it desperately, even if he threw away all the glory, he had to fulfill his promise.

Not to mention whether he can get out of the officialdom so smoothly.... There was a problem that plagued Jiang Ling from the beginning.

Jiang Ling was beside Qu Kun, glanced at the snow-covered valley, and asked in a low voice, "Can I ask why that woman came to a place like Snow Valley?" Where did the information come from? ”

An ordinary woman would come to such a barren place in the ice and snow? This in itself is very suspicious. The mission shows that the success condition is to find the woman, which means that the woman is indeed here, but could it be that someone hijacked the situation set up by the woman for Qu Kun? If not, then the woman who voluntarily entered the snow valley was not normal in itself.

Qu Kun glanced at Jiang Ling, and seemed to be a little puzzled: "I don't know, I haven't given up tracking down her information for the past three years, and the final news I got is that a medicine picker once watched her go to the depths of the Snow Valley." ”

Jiang Ling heard the words and began to bow his head and ponder, this situation about the heroine Jiang Ling felt that it was better to figure it out, God knows what the plot on the woman's side has been in the past three years. If the woman waits for the male protagonist, she is disappointed in the world for a while, intending to stay away from the hustle and bustle, hiding in the snow valley wearing three layers of cotton clothes and cotton pants, and finally found by Qu Kun, reunited after a long absence, and then fell in love with each other and eloped to the moon, that is the perfect ending, but it seems unlikely...

At present, Jiang Ling thinks that the most likely situation is that the three princes and others who have a conflict of interest with Qu Kun have kidnapped the woman, and used this as a bait to deliberately reveal the news to Qu Kun, and invite you to enter the urn with a move, and there is a group of dead soldiers in front, and then cooperate with hostile players to strangle Qu Kun together, and the two sides will be a bloody battle when they get out of the snow valley. Such a positive anal wave is okay, at least the plot won't be too sadistic.

If you abuse a little, it's another situation, such as the heroine has been blackened...

Thinking of this possibility, Jiang Ling, as a player, felt a little painful, in case he really wanted to fight with that hard-working woman, he might inevitably be unbearable. And in the end, if the male protagonist and female protagonist die together, it will be a bit of the rhythm of the F group invading the screenwriter team of the game company...

Jiang Ling thought about it for a long time, Qu Kun didn't interrupt him, and finally just said calmly: "I know that this matter itself is very suspicious, but I have no choice, I can only believe that she is in the depths of the snow valley, and I want to find her." You have been hired by me to do your duty, and I will not cross the river and tear down the bridge under any circumstances, and I will give you the reward you deserve. ”

Jiang Ling also nodded seriously: "Okay." ”

"It's a pleasure to work with." Qu Kun stretched out his hand and shook Jiang Ling, and said, "I accidentally told you so much. ”

"Thank you for your trust." Jiang Ling smiled.

Qu Kun also smiled: "If there is a chance in the future, I hope we can become friends." ”

"We're friends now." Jiang Ling nodded sincerely. After listening to the cause and effect of the story, Jiang Ling had a good impression of Qu Kun and didn't mind showing him a few more smiles.

And Qu Kun made up a story full of nonsense to deceive himself, and in the end there is a probability that he is actually not a good person, but at present, judging from Jiang Ling's observation, it should not be the case, before there is no other evidence, Jiang Ling is willing to believe everything Qu Kun said.

After Jiang Ling left, Qu Kun stood alone in place, and the snow fell on his shoulder.

"I was wrong, I was wrong all along."

Qu Kun couldn't help but reach out and rub the worn-out wine jug on his waist, looking at the wind and snow in the distance, his eyes were in a trance, as if he saw the fluttering skirt of the girl who was selling wine back then. He thought about the longing and guilt he had for the woman in his heart in the past few years, recalled the days he spent with her in his hometown, and muttered: "When I heard the news about her a few days ago, I suddenly understood that what I had been striving for was not fame and fortune, but just wanting to marry her one day." ”

I don't want any food and clothing for high-ranking officials, as long as I can find you, so that I can read the poems I wrote to you, so that I can drink another sip of the Hualang you brewed myself, and let me take you home, okay?