After more than a month, he finally returned to Shengjing, but found no trace of Lu Weilou, Xiao Zhuo said that since he left us last time, he has never returned.

We reported the matter of Lu Mei Villa to him, and Xiao Zhuo immediately issued an order to arrest Lu Weilou with all his might, but at the same time, I was a little apprehensive and guilty about Xiao Zhuo.

The person behind Lu Weilou, after all, was born in the Gu family, although he didn't know what he wanted to do, but he instructed Lu Weilou to kill Xiao Jiao, obviously wanting to provoke a dispute between Xiao Zhuo and King Rui, with the intention of being unfavorable to Sheng Liang, in case he really had plans to rebel in the future, and fight against Xiao Zhuo, my situation would be a little delicate.

So, before Xiao Zhuo could ask for guilt, I first asked him for guilt, but Xiao Zhuo was only stunned for a moment and asked me: "Tan'er, if that day really comes, will you betray me?" ”

I replied, "No." ”

Looking up into his eyes, he made up his mind: "I once swore to Lin Suwen that in this life and in this life, I will not betray His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun, and swear in the name of my warlock and the person in my heart." ”

Although I don't know how much he trusts me here in Xiao Zhuo, I do regard him as my lord.

He was a man of courage and benevolence, who was kind to the people, and even the people of Qin were treated as equals.

In this world, I can no longer find a second person who can take his place, even if this person may be myself.

Xiao Zhuo helped me up and said, "In this way, then you have nothing to ask me for, just ......"

He hesitated for a moment, and his face was embarrassed: "It's best not to let the people of the Lin family know about this matter, so as not to cause trouble." ”

I know that he wants to protect me, after all, the Lin family and the Gu family have been opposed for many years, if they knew these things, the first one would not let me go.

So, he nodded to him: "Weichen understands." ”

He took me to meet a person, that person, lying in the dormitory of the Shengjing Imperial City, gray hair, described as withered, as if he had been sucked up by evil and bewitching, and the whole person was only a dry skin and skeleton, and he did not see the majesty of the past at all.

Xiao Zhuo sent the palace people who were with him back, stood by the dragon couch and called him softly: "Imperial grandfather, imperial grandfather ......"

After shouting several times in succession, Xiao Tan barely opened his eyes, and Xiao Zhuo saluted: "Imperial grandfather, do you still remember Tan'er?" ”

Xiao Jian has been sick for a long time, and now he has run out of oil, plus he is older, his reaction is much slower than that of ordinary people, hearing Xiao Zhuo's words, staring at me for a while, suddenly realizing something, his eyes widened, and he stretched out his hand to me, just like all ordinary old people in the world, I was surprised to see my rumored grandson who had died long ago.

Looking at his hand, I had mixed feelings.

Seeing that I didn't respond for a long time, Xiao Zhuo pushed me forward, and said helplessly: "I haven't seen you for so long, Tan'er is not used to it, I still remember that in the past, the emperor's grandfather loved you the most." ”

I also remember that he used to love me the most.

When I was still Xiao Tan.

Not only me, but even my father was his most beloved son.

On the Yuan Festival, I went into the palace with my father and mother, he had in front of the ministers, held me in his arms, and teased me with the things on the dragon case, I heard that when I was born, he also specially drove to the Jingwang Mansion, and learned that his mother gave birth to a baby boy, he was overjoyed, and ordered amnesty to the world, and prayed for me to accumulate virtue.

He didn't like my mother, he thought that my mother was a warlock, because of the matter of Han Ji and King Qin, he was always more jealous of the warlock than he reused, not to mention letting a prince marry a warlock as his wife, not to mention that at that time, the Gu family had just had a conflict with the Lin family and was expelled from the long camp, but because of my father's insistence, he finally agreed.

He was sincerely good to me and my father, but the premise was that he thought that my father and I were his descendants, and my father never knew about Han Ji and King Qin back then.

Looking at the hand, he finally took it.

Perhaps because he was seriously ill and his days were short, Xiao Yan's hands were cold, and he held my hand and pinched it, and the bones in his hand made me feel painful.

The old cloudy eyes looked at me for a moment before he said in a hoarse voice, "You have grown up." ”

He clapped my hand: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." ”

For some reason, my heart suddenly soured, tears instantly welled up, and I quickly lowered my head and looked at the hand he was holding me.

Once, I hated him so much, and even wanted to kill him to take revenge, but in the dark, blood and kinship, there are always some things that are difficult to give up.

I don't know that back then, when he ordered Han Ji to be killed and sealed her in the Tenth Demon Tower, there was a moment of hesitation and regret, I don't know that back then, when he executed King Qin and the baby, did he ever think that they were relatives, the heart of the emperor, ruthless, I have never been able to be like him, and I have never been able to persist in hatred.

This is true for him, and it is also true for Master.

Leaving the dormitory, walking in the corridor of the palace in a daze, looking up at the palace building, faintly filled with a dark black evil aura, these breaths gathered with each other, getting stronger and stronger, many remote corners, there have been fragmentary traces of enchantment, the situation is more serious than when I left.

Now that Lu Weilou is gone, Xiao Tan really won't live long.

I felt a little emotional, on the one hand, I felt that he was to blame, and on the other hand, I felt a little heavy when I thought of the way he was holding my hand just now.

walked around the palace a few times, wrote down a few places where the evil cults gathered more seriously, returned to the Hongwen Pavilion, discussed it with the colleagues in the hall, and waited for tomorrow to enter the palace for purification.

After explaining the matter, after they left, I went back to the backyard, but Lin Suwen was not there, and after thinking about it, the people of the Lin family are still in Shengjing, he should go to see Lin Yiqiu and them.

Sitting on the white marble railing of the lotus pond in the backyard, looking up at the black oppressive sky, since I returned to Shengjing, it has always been a rainy day, and ordinary people only think that there is more rain and snow in winter, but they have never thought that this has a lot to do with Xiao Yan's condition.

The spirit of the Son of Heaven is declining, and there are more and more monsters in the city.

After sitting in the courtyard and waiting for a long time, Lin Suwen came back, heard his footsteps, sighed and said, "I originally thought to wait for you to come back for dinner together, but now the food in the kitchen should have been cold." ”

Lin Suwen stood beside me and said, "You don't have to wait for me. ”

I turned my head to look at him, smiled, and said, "Actually, I didn't wait for you on purpose, I was thinking about things, and I just didn't have an appetite for the time being." ”

He looked at me, and I avoided his gaze and looked up at the sky, and at this time, it was almost midnight, and the evening wind rose, blowing away the layers of dark clouds for a few minutes, and I could faintly see the shadows of a few stars.

"I was thinking about hate, what the hell is this?"

"A person is let down and hurt, it is possible to have hatred for the person who hurt him, at that time gritted his teeth, hated to cut his enemy with a thousand knives, but in fact, hatred is like a wound, after a long time, it will become lighter and lighter, although the wound will leave a scar, but it is certainly not as painful as when he was first injured, I have seen a person, was stabbed by the closest person, he swore revenge, in order not to let himself forget the pain, whenever the wound healed, he would stab himself with a knife, and finally got what he wanted, killed the enemy, only to find that it was himself who hurt him the most. ”

Lin Suwen didn't speak, and I was used to it.

The jade flute was knocked on in his hand, and he sighed and said: "I also heard one thing, the three brothers of the Chen family in Xicheng made a fuss for the family property left by their parents, some time ago, the elder brother of the family went out to do business and was robbed by mountain bandits, but the remaining two brothers scattered their family wealth and prepared a ransom to save their brother's life, you say, what is the family affection in this world?" ”

Lin Suwen said: "I heard that you entered the palace today. ”

I hummed and replied, "His Royal Highness the Emperor Grandson took me to meet someone. ”

Needless to say, Lin Suwen could also guess who that person was.

He stretched out his hand again, as if trying to comfort me, but I was on guard, and quickly avoided it, jumped down from the railing, and asked him dissatisfiedly, "Did you just want to touch my head?" ”

He quickly retracted his hand and hid behind his back.

I teased and complained, "I've seen it all, what's the use of you hiding it again?" I told you earlier, touching my head is an act of comforting children, and I am not a child anymore! ”

Lin Su didn't speak, but his face was obviously cold, I was afraid that he would think that I wouldn't give him face, which would cause him to fall off points, so he quickly changed the topic and said: "By the way, I told my senior brother, when the matter in Shengjing is over, I will go to Changying, don't forget, you still have to take me to your house, climb to the top of the gold, and see the feather fairy flowers!" ”

Lin Suwen said: "Waiting for you at any time." ”

Looking at his serious appearance, I couldn't help laughing, turned sideways, put my hands behind my back, looked at the lotus pond opposite, and for a moment, rubbed Lin Suwen with my arm and said, "Hey, I've been thinking about giving you a thank you gift all these days." ”

Lin Suwen said expressionlessly: "No need." ”

"Why not?"

I was very dissatisfied: "You have helped me so much, I can't take your benefits in vain, but I don't want to give anything in return, just take it as a little bit of my heart, so that I can feel at ease?" ”

He didn't speak, and I said to myself: "If I don't give you a jade pendant, I see that you have no ornaments all over your body." ”

He stiffened his face and said, "Cultivators, you don't need this. ”

I thought about it for a while and said, "It's also oh, you see that the son of the Qin family in Dongcheng is a jade pendant and a sachet all day long, and he is a gentleman, and I am a big man, giving you a jade pendant, it is really embarrassing, just like a little girl giving a lover." ”

"You ......"

Lin Su was speechless when he heard this, and said for a moment: "Nonsense! ”

"Hey, I'm telling the truth, okay?"

Seeing that he looked embarrassed and couldn't find a crack in the ground to get into, I said again and again: "That's it, give you a sword spike, as the so-called sword gift hero, you now have a sword, give you a sword spike, you can still tie it to the hilt of the ink pool." ”

He added, "Don't." ”

Perhaps afraid that refusing one after another would make me angry, he was silent for a moment, and then explained: "Falling on the sword spike, it is inconvenient to use." ”

Then, he cautiously tentatively said: "If you don't ask for peace of mind, just send it to me, and I will accept it, but it's okay to be casual, and you don't have to break the bank." ”