"Ahem, cough, cough......" Daojiu choked on water in his trachea, and after climbing ashore, he coughed violently. The girl and I were close to him, holding my shoulders and looking coldly at his protruding knuckles and horrible face: what kind of inhuman torture must be experienced to make a person look like this?

"Why did you save me?"

Dao Jiu's low voice called me back from my trance, I sneered, and asked, "Then why do you jump off when you obviously don't know water?" ”

Dao Jiu's hand on the ground suddenly clenched, and his white knuckles trembled slightly: "I saw that you didn't float up for a long time, and I thought you were ......."

"Think I'm dead?!" I couldn't hold back the tsunami in my chest, and yelled at him: "How can I be a captive? Let the dead soldiers around His Second Highness sacrifice their lives to save them?! I angrily stretched out my hand and pointed to his chest, "When you killed the leopard with your own hands, I thought your heart was already dead, withered, and rotten!" ”

Dao Jiu's slender eyes showed a touch of incredulity, and he subconsciously said: "Leopard, he won't die......"

"How is that possible!" I roared heartbreakingly, "I saw it with my own eyes, a knife pierced the heart, and the Da Luo Immortal couldn't save him!" ”

"If you are someone else, you will die, but the leopard ......" Dao Jiu looked up at me who was crying darkly, "He once told me that the reason why he has excellent water talent is because his body structure is different from ordinary people, and his heart is actually born on the right side. My knife seemed to be sharp, but it was actually carefully avoided by him. If others don't think that he will die, how can the leopard escape? ”

The truth he told me was really surprising, and the monstrous hatred that had gathered in my heart before dissipated invisibly, and I just muttered, "Leopard...... Won't die? ”

The person in front of me didn't answer me, but he suddenly hugged me tightly, so tight that even my bones were strangled to pain.

"Yue'er, I didn't expect you to be able to ......"

This familiar call instantly drained all my strength, leaving only a heart full of sour bitterness, which was even more uncomfortable than Fang Cai's anger.

"Qin Lang, you liar! You bastard......"

In the cave, the warmth of the campfire reflected his horrible face, his soaked clothes clinging to his chest, and his ribs were showing at the roots, making me shiver at every glance.

"How did you become like this?"

"Disguise." Qin Lang turned the fire up a little bit, and turned his head to see me sitting in a corner far away from him with his knees crossed, "You sit closer and roast your clothes so that you don't catch a cold." ”

I sat still, "I don't mean your face, I mean, why are you doing this to yourself?" ”

I once said that I was so familiar with him that I could recognize him accurately even by seeing his back and a side face.

However, at this time, Qin Lang did not have a trace of the breath of a living person, like a zombie ghost who had just crawled out of hell, where was there still the slightest shadow of the phoenix-eyed and handsome Jinyi Wei back then?

The branch that stirred the fire in his hand paused, "I have walked on the knife mountain, and I have rolled in the sea of fire, and I am naturally a dead person." ”

Knife Mountain and Sea of Fire...... Suddenly, with some impulse, I stepped forward and reached out and ripped open the hem of his shirt.

The excellent body that once made people bleed is now a layer of naked skin and bones, and densely covered with scars, and there is no good skin and flesh.

This terrifying appearance was even worse than that terrible face, and I couldn't help but choke in a low voice, and reached out to touch his collarbone: "They treat you like this......"

His hand was covered by a craggy hand, and I remember that his palm was always warm, and occasionally he sweated a little when he was nervous, but now it was cold without a trace of temperature.

"Yue'er, as long as it's for you, how much I suffer, I'm willing."

For me? I withdrew my hand suddenly, "It's you who are treacherous, and the pearl is secretly cast, what does it have to do with me?" He stood up and looked down at him: "Qin Lang, I have given you a chance several times and three times to persuade you to turn back, but you just didn't listen, and insisted on drifting away on this road of betrayal and separation!" Now, being tortured to the point that no one is a ghost, you ...... Will you regret it?! ”

The figure of the person I questioned froze and lowered his head in pain.

"That's it," I suddenly felt a little bored, and turned and walked towards the entrance of the cave, "the Tatars are in danger, and the border is in danger, I will hurry to report to Your Highness, and if you still have a trace of conscience, don't stop me." ”

The howling cold wind swept into the hole and blew on the wet clothes, extremely cold. I folded my hands in front of my chest, bowed my head, and walked slowly step by step.

I know that this time I go, I will really be a king and a loser, and I will be separated from life and death.

When I walked to the seventh step, I heard the familiar Qingnuo voice behind me: "If I tell you that all this is a plan of His Royal Highness the Prince, Yue'er, will you believe me?" ”

I stopped suddenly.

The crackling bonfire burned brightly, drying my clothes and finally giving me some warmth.

"Force the second prince to rebel?!" I couldn't believe my ears, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to force the second prince to rebel?" He ......, "Is he stupid?"

"Since returning from the investigation of the Yancao case in Yangzhou City, His Royal Highness has realized that there is an inner ghost around him, and he has also realized that the second prince is a gravel horse and a soldier, and he has gradually become disobedient. However, the situation at that time was that the crown prince was in the light and the second prince was in the dark. His Royal Highness is on the throne of the crown prince for a day, and he must beware of the second prince's open guns and hidden arrows for a day, endlessly.

His Royal Highness thought that if he continued like this for a long time, there would be endless troubles, so he came up with a plan, which was to deliberately show the enemy weakness, so that the second prince thought that he had taken advantage of the right time and place, and the time was ripe to start an army to rebel. As long as he takes this step, it will be a great crime of treachery, and His Majesty will not allow him, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can justifiably wipe out all his henchmen to prevent future troubles. ”

"Show the enemy weak?" I suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "So, I single-handedly pulled out the few mediocre officials in the household department, as well as all kinds of forks in the imperial examination......"

"It's all His Highness's own flaws, deliberately doing it." Qin Lang bowed, "However, there were also many accidents during this period, such as Xiaoshu being involved in the fraud of the imperial examination, and the three princes fornicating with the Japanese to buy arms, etc., all of which we did not expect. ”

"What about you? Why did you join the camp of the second prince? ”

"If you want to force him to rebel, you need to know yourself and your enemy. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had also placed some eyeliner beside the Second Prince before, but the Ghost Golden Sheep was cunning and suspicious, and it was always difficult for our people to spy on the secrets of the Second Prince. Therefore, His Royal Highness needs someone who is not only loyal to him, but also of great use to the second prince, so that he can lurk around the second prince to obtain information and cameras. ”

"So, that fat man chose you?!" I "snapped" and threw the branch in my hand.

"It should be said that I recommended myself." Qin Lang looked up at me, with a terrifying face, but it was a long-lost tenderness, "Since Huai'an City has shown my heart to you, I am very happy, but I have to worry about your future.

Since I was given the title of Jinyi Wei for 28 nights, I sold this life and this body to the heavenly family, and I can't help myself in life and death, let alone marriage, let alone ...... I also robbed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's crush.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince treats me like a brother and brother. I have been with him for five years, and this is the first time I have seen him so attached to a woman. Even if you and I are in love, he will not be willing to give you away.

I've been thinking about this for a long time, but I still can't think of a perfect solution. Later, when His Highness was struggling to find a suitable informant, I introduced myself to him, expressing my willingness to endure all pain and bear all the consequences, just to exchange him for a promise. ”

"What promise?"

A gentle smile appeared on Qin Lang's face: "If Your Highness's great event is finally accomplished, and I have the life to come back, let me marry you in addition to the identity of Jinyiwei Twenty-eight Nights." ”

I was stunned, then jumped up and hugged him.

"You fool, since it's for me, why don't you tell me, you know that I was so bitterly deceived by you......"

"This road is extremely dangerous, nine deaths, if I tell you, not only will it make you worry, but I can't let it go, Yue'er, I'm sorry......"

"So, you betrayed the list of officials and helped Zhang Qiang cheat in the imperial examination, all at the behest of His Royal Highness?"

"Exactly. After the imperial examination case, the crown prince was punished by His Majesty, and the second prince accompanied the holy driving to the north, and the situation progressed step by step in the direction expected by His Highness. At that time, you were disheartened with me and wanted to move your family to Yangzhou. I have consulted with His Highness, and I think it is better to keep you away from the disputed place of Jinling City, so as not to be unnecessarily implicated.

Who would have thought that you would run back again and stab out a big case of arms. He reached out and flicked my head dotingly, "It turns out that the biggest variable in our plan is you, the girl." ”

"You think I'm willing?" I covered my head and pouted, girl, I am also nine deaths, okay.

"The night of the East Palace Warm Pavilion was a scene we made to the second prince's informant, the purpose was to let him know that I had completely broken with the prince because of you. As for the assassination on the day of the wedding, it was also planned, His Highness secretly wore gold silk soft armor, and if he was stabbed by me, he would only suffer some skin wounds, and his life would not be hindered. ”

"It turned out that I was self-inflicted......" I felt a little angry in my heart.

"No, your sacrifice of your life has added a little credibility to my assassination." Qin Lang raised his head and sighed, "It was precisely because of that sword that the Second Prince and the Ghost Golden Sheep finally let go of their suspicions and accepted me." ”

I "oh" for a moment, thinking that I was finally unwilling, and gave him a punch in the chest, "And then you will play death for me?" Did you know I almost chased you? ”

"I know. On the day of the noon gate, in fact, I was invisible not far away and watched, and I saw you...... Grief-stricken, I almost couldn't control myself and rushed forward. He hugged my arm and tightened it, "Yue'er, it's my fault that everything is wrong...... But I don't understand, when did you unravel the truth? ”