Xiang Zixi was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head, and said gloomily: "I'm sorry, Ji Yan, am I too selfish?" ”

Ji Yan looked at Xiang Zixi steadily, turned his body slightly, and said with a light sigh: "You are for Jin Haoxuan, aren't you?" Because this matter involves the palace, you think that this matter has something to do with Jin Haoxuan, so you are so concerned, isn't it? ”

It turned out that he knew it all!

Xiang Zixi felt even more guilty. Anyway, this is his own private matter, but he selfishly involved Ji Yan. Especially when he was a little uncomfortable with him last night, which made Xiang Zixi even more guilty.

"Even if it has something to do with Jin Haoxuan, then, what can you do? After all, this happened years ago! At that time, Jin Haoxuan was only afraid that he was only ten years old and just sensible. Ji Yan sighed lightly: "Why are you so obsessed? ”

Xiang Zixi smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, because I'm such a dead-eyed person." Someone I like, I will try my best to help him and understand him, whether it is now or in the past. Ji Yan, what you said makes sense, this cave may have nothing, it's just a simple retreat, let's go back! ”

Xiang Zixi turned around in a hurry, ready to leave, Ji Yan suddenly stretched out a hand, grabbed Xiang Zixi's wrist, and said softly after a long time: "Sometimes, I am really jealous of that guy, he can get your love so luxuriously." However, I care more about your safety, and as long as there is any threat to you, I will not allow it to exist! ”

"Thank you!" Xiang Zixi smiled faintly: "I'm lucky!" ”

Ji Yan's eyes darkened, and he said softly: "I understand!" ”

Ji Yan slowly let go of Xiang Zixi's wrist, watched her skillfully climb the rocks on the hillside, and slowly climbed down the mountain. Ji Yan closed his eyes gently, and a pain in his heart that was difficult to pull out instantly attacked his whole body.

Why, why is there a feeling of heartache? Why do you feel like you're an idiot?

Ji Yan jumped down the hill, glanced back at the cave, and quickly caught up with Xiang Zixi's footsteps.

The two men fell silent, silently walking back slowly.

Xiang Zixi walked restlessly, and didn't see the stones under his feet at all. Just as she was about to trip under her feet, a familiar embrace instantly appeared in front of her eyes and helped her.

"What are you thinking? Can't even walk? Although Ji Yan kept scolding himself for being useless in his heart, he couldn't help but open his mouth with concern.

Xiang Zixi raised her head slightly, looked at the familiar face, the familiar peach blossom eyes, shook her head lightly and said, "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about something else." Ah, by the way, Ji Yan, are you hungry? ”

In the morning, the two of them basically ate a stomach of green vegetables, and after working so much in the morning, the green vegetables in their stomachs had already been digested.

Xiang Zixi interrupted like this, and the two of them suddenly felt hungry, so they naturally went home.

By the time the two of them returned to the village, smoke was already rising from the village, and the children in the street were laughing and playing. Seeing the two people coming back, the innocent children immediately greeted them and said, "You guys are really guts!" None of our parents had the courage to go there! ”

Xiang Zixi chuckled: "Really? ”

One of the children grabbed his mouth and said, "Yes, yes, you live in that house, don't you find that the house is very windy and scary?" Especially at night, there is a woman dressed in white who will come out to catch the child, and that woman has a chain in her hand, which is a chain that hooks the soul! ”

Chains? Xiang Zixi and Ji Yan were stunned at the same time, and they didn't notice that there were any chains on the puppet's hands! Could it be that I was wrong?

The two of them glanced at each other, and no longer cared about the group of children, and rushed back to the secret room again, this time both of them were much more skilled and comfortable, so they soon appeared in the small secret room.

The two of them looked at each other, but it was nothing, the puppet was holding something in his hand, but it was not a chain, but just a ribbon. After being reflected by lights and mirrors at night, it was mistaken for a chain!

Xiang Zixi boldly took a step forward, stretched out his hand and gently held the ribbon in the puppet's hand, and with a slight pull, the puppet's body suddenly sounded the sound of the puppet's pricking, and then the puppet slowly raised its head, and looked at Xiang Zixi and Ji Yan so fixedly, and the backs of the two people who looked at it suddenly felt creepy!

Even though they knew that it was just an inanimate puppet in front of them, because the skills were so exquisite, they still felt uncomfortable for a while because they had rich expressions and eyes as if they were real people.

You know, this is a puppeteer with no electrical power!

"You're finally here!" The puppet suddenly spoke, and Xiang Zixi felt that his hair was about to stand on end, and grabbed Ji Yan's hand with one hand.

Ji Yan was also stunned, he didn't expect this puppet to be able to speak!

Could it be that the ribbon just now is the mechanism that was opened?

"I've been waiting for you for a long time!" The puppet continued mechanically, "You were probably an adult when you saw me, right?" Now I'm going to tell you the truth about what happened! Your mother was forcibly plundered by your father! No, it should be said that it was given to your father as a tribute as a gift by a man, and then, there is you! I have followed your mother from the distant Scorching Kingdom to the Dark Country, and I have witnessed all that happened to your mother. ”

"Before she died, your mother told me that if she saw you, she would tell you a secret. That is, you also have an older brother named Mu'er, you must go and find your brother! Stop King Qi from continuing to hunt down your brother! The puppet's voice was mechanical, and he said unhurriedly: "The only way to fight against the King of Qi is for your brothers to work together, the King of Qi has a deep foundation, even the emperor can't easily shake it, but with the power of your brothers, you can fight against the King of Qi!" Remember, remember! ”

When the puppet said this, his body seemed to have drained all his strength, and he lowered his head all of a sudden, and the mechanism in his body crackled!

Xiang Zixi watched the puppet's whole body twist and tremble, and suddenly, with a bang, the puppet was shattered by its own mechanism self-explosion!

Ji Yan suddenly protected Xiang Zixi, Xiang Zixi looked blankly at the puppet that had become a piece of dust, and suddenly remembered the superstition he saw.

Moon Rou, Moon Rou! Jin Haoxuan's mother!

Sure enough, the mechanism here is really about the palace, about the murder ten years ago!

Ji Yan sighed softly: "The person who leaves the message is so cautious!" He even used a puppet to transmit a message through his voice, and when he finished spreading the news, he blew himself up, so that no one except the person who heard it would know the secret and would not be able to keep it! ”

Xiang Zixi said with a pale face: "Sure enough, it's the ghost of King Qi!" The woman who lived here at that time was probably someone close to Jin Haoxuan's mother, otherwise, how could she do such a thing? ”

Ji Yan frowned and said, "I think the purpose of building this basement back then was actually for the princess. ”

Xiang Zixi looked at Ji Yan in amazement, Ji Yan smiled faintly and said, "Do you think, in the Dark Country, who has the ability to build such a perfect secret room so secretly?" I think this was probably built by the emperor of the Dark Kingdom, but the princess was forced to a dead end by the King of Qi before she could move in. Before he died, he entrusted his closest people to run out and ran here to leave a message, just because he was worried that the suicide note he wrote in the cold palace would be searched by the people of King Qi, so the mystery of his death would really become a mystery! ”

Xiang Zixi heard it, it also made sense. In the palace, there are King Qi's eyeliner everywhere, and it is impossible to hide the matter of writing a suicide note from King Qi, and in the case that the whereabouts of the suicide note may be unknown, it is also very important to use another method to transmit the news.

Therefore, before her death, the princess secretly asked her henchman to run here with a craftsman, first to take refuge, and then to convey the news to Jin Haoxuan's ears as much as possible.

Therefore, although the two of them live in seclusion, they go out every year, the purpose is to see Jin Haoxuan, in order to pass the news to Jin Haoxuan's ears, right? However, King Qi's eyeliner was too much, and the two of them were finally followed, so a tragic scene happened six years ago.

Probably the two of them had expected this ending a long time ago, so they set up such a clever mechanism to pass on their unspoken messages through puppets.

After such scrutiny up and down, it is really much clearer.

Xiang Zixi looked at this secret room with regret, and sighed softly: "The emperor of the Dark Kingdom is really enough, he can't even protect his wife, what qualifications do you have to be the emperor?" ”

Ji Yan chuckled: "You don't know anything about this!" Actually, the original throne was for King Qi! And not the current emperor! ”

Xiang Zixi was stunned: "Aha? ————”

Ji Yan continued: "Back then, the current Emperor of the Dark Kingdom was just a prince, of course he was a more favored prince, but the crown prince was the current King of Qi!" Therefore, the King of Qi has a certain amount of military power in his hands from beginning to end! Later, the current emperor used his wrist to pass the throne to the old emperor on his deathbed, which led to the two brothers turning against each other! And the military power in the hands of King Qi is also growing day by day, even as an emperor, he is helpless! Because this is the old emperor's last life, he must not deprive the king of Qi of his military power for the rest of his life! ”

"I see! I really didn't expect that there would be such a thing! Xiang Zixi suddenly realized: "Only with military power can there be politics!" One-third of the military power is in the hands of the King of Qi, if the King of Qi deliberately does something against him, then the Dark Kingdom is between the Kingdom of Miao and the Kingdom of Yao, it will be dangerous! ”

"Exactly! Therefore, the Emperor of the Dark Kingdom is actually the same as the Emperor of Yaoguo, he is in a very awkward position, obviously the throne is in hand, but there is an unshakable existence! Ji Yan said softly: "This also slowly fueled King Qi's arrogance, resulting in the end that he couldn't protect his beloved wife!" ”