Chapter 22: Heartbeat

What I didn't expect was that when my grandfather took my seventh uncle into the ancestral tomb of the newcomer in the Styx Mountain to hold a ceremony, the entire cemetery on the top of the Stygian Mountain collapsed. The Emperor Taizu, the Queen Mother, and the Seven Princes did not survive. Xu Yanzhuo looked up at the cliff, "At that time, I was still young, only five or six years old, and I was waiting outside the tomb of the Stygian Mountain with my mother and the army, but I saw that the collapsed Stygian Mountain was like a boiling steamer, constantly emitting white gas. ”

Qi Wenxiu was taken aback and said, "White Qi ,,, ghost qi? ”

"That's right, it's just the ghostly spirit." Xu Yanzhuo recalled.

"Qi Jiajun." Qi Wenxiu muttered.

"Well, it was General Qi who went to Weiqi Mountain to invite the ghost seals, and while those ghost qi had not yet formed, they were all subdued within half a year." Xu Yanzhuo remembered that when he was young, he just wanted to become a character like General Qi, "At that time, I really admired the great hero who killed the enemy of the world and suppressed the invisible evil ghosts. It's a pity... ”

Qi Wenxiu looked down at the cliff under his feet, and after a while asked, "What is a pity?" ”

"But two years later, the Qi family was raided for the crime of ghosts and monsters messing with the world." Xu Yanzhuo also looked down at the cliff at his feet, he was only an eight-year-old child at that time, but he also knew that he must have been framed, and he had nothing to do with his family. However, the truth has never been clarified, because later the entire family listed this matter as a forbidden matter and no one was allowed to mention it again.

And the ghosts and gods are even more decreed by the emperor, and no one is allowed to investigate privately.

But up to now, the Nguyen family is still secretly trying to keep ghosts in captivity. It just never worked out.

"Ghosts and ghosts are messing with the world." Qi Wenxiu seemed to have heard a joke, "People's hearts are the root cause of chaos in the world." ”

"But so." Xu Yanzhuo thought that people's hearts were unpredictable, and he unconsciously wanted to spit out the things that had been suppressed in his heart.

The foundation of hundreds of years, the strength of the Ruan clan is also the reason why Xu Yanzhuo has been pinned down. Nguyen is not only his own backing, but also his own burden.

"Look at my dignified eight dragon ball princes, behind me are the Ruan family, above the court, pressing the crown prince. But what? Xu Yanzhuo looked at the scholar in front of him, but the unfathomable person said, "I actually live like a pawn of the Ruan family." ”

Qi Wenxiu turned his head to look at the picturesque prince, surprised that he would actually say these words of weakness to himself, although he already knew it, why did he go to great lengths to approach him? The crown prince or the prince never paid attention to it, only the Ruan family was the one who really had to solve it. said slowly, "You and the Ruan family are interdependent, one is prosperous, and the other is lost." ”

"One wins, one loses? Hum. Xu Yanzhuo laughed at himself, "The Ruan family can have ten or eight noble concubines in the court, and even five or six princes and princesses, and even my stand-ins have three or five." One day I may die, and the people of this world think that I am still alive and well. ”

Qi Wenxiu looked at Xu Yanzhuo's frowning and beautiful brows, and his always charming face was actually full of bitterness, and asked softly, "Are you afraid?" ”

"Afraid? How not to be afraid? Xu Yanzhuo took a small step to the left, approached Qi Wenxiu slightly, and recalled, "When you were ten years old, you stumbled upon three children who looked exactly like you, and even learned everything you learned, even speaking and acting exactly the same. And I didn't dare to tell anyone, I found out the secret. When I was a teenager, I realized that I had to follow their arrangement step by step, otherwise I could be replaced at any time. And I'm going to pretend to be a fool who doesn't know anything. ”

Xu Yanzhuo felt that his cold hand was clenched, and he was pulled to take a step back, only to wake up, it turned out that he had taken a step unconsciously, if he took a little step just now, it would be a thousand feet deep. I actually came out of my mind so far, if you are not careful, or the people around you...

Just thinking about it, he was suddenly held in his arms, and his body, which was blown cold by the winter wind of the mountain cliff, instantly felt unprecedented warmth, and another pair of big hands behind his back patted him comfortingly. It's just that the warmth is fleeting, and I am caught off guard, and I am not in a hurry to feel it.

The scholar in front of him had already let go of himself.

Qi Wenxiu let go of the person he was holding, turned to look at the cliff, faced the strong wind, mixed with the sound of the wind whistling over the cliff and said, "I will give you a country of yours." ”

When Xu Yanzhuo heard this, his heart was shocked, looking at the figure of the person standing in front of the cliff, the scholar's hairband was flying up and down in the wind, and he was dressed in a light-colored robe to hunt in the wind, and he wanted to hug him from behind inexplicably, and it was his own to hug him tightly. No one can take it away, no one can take it away.

Qi Wenxiu felt like a mang on his back, and when he turned around, he was stunned when he saw the crazy black desire in Xu Yanzhuo's eyes.

Xu Yanzhuo immediately put away his expression, and his eyes were clear with a touch of graceful color, which was a tempting color.

The two left the cliff and rode on a safari to return.

The horse that Xu Yanzhuo sat down on was unexpectedly mad, completely uncontrollable, jumping with his hooves and rushing straight down. Unexpectedly, the horse's hooves sank into the ground out of thin air, and at the last moment, the horse jumped and rolled in the air before falling to the ground.

But as soon as his foot touched the ground, countless sharp arrows were shot around, Xu Yanzhuo was caught off guard, fortunately, Qi Wenxiu jumped in front of him, took out a soft sword from his waist, and blocked the sharp sword.

Only then did Xu Yanzhuo react, someone was ambushed. Someone had just laid an ambush in a hunting ground in this royal land. I also knew that it was the prince dog who jumped over the wall in a hurry, but he was negligent.

Qi Wenxiu blocked the arrows while fighting with Xu Yanzhuo and retreated, retreating behind a big tree.

The black-clad killer was trained to outflank him from all sides.

Xu Yanzhuo looked at the situation in front of him, the two of them had to face these twenty or thirty killers, each of whom was a top killer, and there was no chance of winning at all.

It's just that what Xu Yanzhuo didn't expect was that Qi Wenxiu's martial arts were so strong, and he looked at him as a scholar on weekdays, thinking that he was average. Now when I see it, I can defeat ten with one. It's just that he took off his hind legs.

When he was distracted, his leg was opened by a sneak attack.

Qi Wenxiu saw that Xu Yanzhuo's leg was injured and he was unable to kneel on the ground, so he hurriedly stepped forward and separated the long knife that was about to slash at the top of Xu Yanzhuo's head. Picking up Xu Yanzhuo and flying on the horse, he didn't care about being stabbed in the back in a hurry.

Fortunately, this horse is a good horse of choice, and this mountain is overgrown with vegetation, lush trees, and steep terrain.

Running along the winding path, Qi Wenxiu drove the horse, and with a quick movement, he broke a branch, took off his robe, stuck the branch in the saddle and fixed it, and hung the robe on the branch and tied it in a knot.

In a secluded place, he stopped his waist and hugged Xu Yanzhuo and rolled off the horse, landed on his back, turned around, and threw the person on his back neatly, and instantly drilled into the depths of the jungle.

After a while, the men in black behind all flew past with the sound of chasing horses.

Only then did Qi Wenxiu carry the person on his back and move quickly in the jungle, ready to find a place to hide.

Xu Yan Zhuo, who was lying on Qi Wenxiu's back, found that his hands were actually wet and sticky, and when he saw that they were all blood, he looked down and saw that the person who was running away quickly with him on his back was already full of bright red. "You're hurt?"

"It doesn't matter." Qi Wenxiu replied vaguely, with his accurate judgment and rapid action, he couldn't tell that he was already covered with blood on his back, and he was carrying a person on his back.

The prince, who has always put his life as the most important, actually said, "Let me go, I will leave by myself." ”

"Don't talk." Qi Wenxiu said in a low voice, bowing in the grass with the person on his back, motionless.

It turned out that the man in black had returned here.

After the man in black passed, Qi Wenxiu moved quickly with Xu Yanzhuo on his back. Finally found a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Qi Wenxiu put Xu Yanzhuo down, the knife wound on his back had already opened, and the light-colored robe was already stained with bright red blood.

"Quick, I'll bandage you." As soon as Xu Yanzhuo landed, he didn't care about the injury on his leg, took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, and prepared to bandage Qi Wenxiu's wound.

"It's okay to have a small injury." As Qi Wenxiu spoke, he hugged Xu Yanzhuo to a stone and sat down. He took out the porcelain vase in his hand, squatted down, pulled up his trouser legs, poured medicinal powder along the calf, tore the side of his robe, bandaged him, and put down his trouser legs. Sit on the side and hand the powder to the person behind you.

Xu Yanzhuo took the porcelain vase, carefully took off the blood-stained robe, and saw that on the wide and beautiful back, a long opening was actually opened from top to bottom, and the skin was open, if you used more force.

With such a serious injury, he actually ran away with himself on his back for so long without saying a word, where was he pressed against the wound? Here, or here? My hand couldn't help but touch the skin on my broad back.

"See what?" Qi Wenxiu felt a little itchy in his back and reminded.

Xu Yanzhuo poured medicinal powder on the wound neatly, but he didn't know how to bandage it, tore the edge of the robe, and clumsily wanted to sing the robe over his chest, but he didn't know how to compare it.

Qi Wenxiu looked at this noble prince who had always been high, and now he had such a clumsy time. I guess I've never bandaged a wound for anyone. The reminder gestured, "Wrap it around your left shoulder and go under your right armpit." ”

"Yes." Xu Yanzhuo stood behind Qi Wenxiu, clumsily wrapped the strip of cloth around his chest with his left hand, and prepared to bear the strip of cloth with his right hand, but found that he seemed to be holding him from behind, so close, his face could even touch the hair on his head, itchy.

Never felt this way.

After bandaging, Xu Yanzhuo sent a signal to notify his secret guard to come over.

The two of them were escorted by the secret guards before they descended the Stygian Mountain and returned to the mansion. Xu Yan Zhuo said something badly, so Qi Wenxiu agreed to go back to the Rui Wangfu to recuperate together.

The next day, Ruan Guifei learned of Xu Yanzhuo's injury and came to the palace.