20. Desperate nursery rhymes

The three poor demons are all dead, and the two big bags of gold that Sister Hong and Sister Bai have worked so hard to steal have not been able to bring out of Jicheng until they die. By the time the servants in the mansion had cleaned up the scene of the fight, it was already dawn.

Yu Nuo went back to the palace to report to Ji Hong what had happened here.

Ji Chengyu didn't leave, today is the last day of the three-day period stipulated by Ji Hong, and Ji Chengyu wants to see the last side of Red Feather.

Ji Xiongfeng and Yi Jae accompanied him. Lu Liang and his two younger brothers did not come, they didn't want to see Ji Chengyu, and they didn't dare to stop him from seeing his sister, out of sight and out of mind, not to mention that they had to keep a vigil for their father in the front hall.

Red Feather woke up, and the servants helped to get dressed, washed, and went to the garden together. The morning sun was warm, some of the delicate flowers were still shyly closed, not fully blooming, and many of the leaves were hung with dewdrops, which were crystal clear and would fall to the ground at the slightest touch.

Red Feather sat on a bench in the pavilion by the pool, quietly watching the fish in the pool. She likes to come here to see the fish, and after watching it for a day yesterday, no one could tell her to leave. The swimming fish seemed to be her soul, and she had to watch it carefully and not let her fly away.

Ji Chengyu walked up to Hong Yu, squatted down, and looked at her. Red Feather still looked at the fish.

Ji Chengyu's heart was very painful and painful, his mind had always been the cute little girl sitting on the branch dangling her legs, the naughty little girl who spoke strangely, the stubborn little girl who was bent on inviting her to dinner, he couldn't connect the smart and clever little girl before with the current numb, demented, and insensitive little girl who didn't feel anything, and all of this was because he returned to Ji Cheng.

Ji Chengyu suddenly felt that he didn't seem to be able to go back to Ji Cheng, he was originally a person abandoned by Ji Cheng, and he should have spent his life alone in the mountains and jungles, but why did he want to come back?

Lu Shen died because of him, Hongyu was crazy because of him, two lives, and an originally happy and complete family was shattered like this.

Ji Chengyu suddenly felt that he really deserved to die, he was a murderer, a heinous executioner, he had no intention of killing, but dozens of girls died because of him, they were crazy because of him, they should have the same years as flowers, a dream-like life, but now they have all become fake deaths, no pain, no happiness, no consciousness, life and death are no different from them.

Ji Chengyu was originally full of resentment that Lu Shen had to force his father to kill him, and he didn't even have the slightest sympathy for his death, but now he suddenly stopped complaining.

Lu Shen did the right thing, because he was dedicated to the people, and he didn't want to ruin the people of Jicheng because of one person, even if this person was a prince. Ji Chengyu's heart is full of respect for Lu Shen, Lu Shen is brave and a real gentleman, and he dares to use his death to force the palace, so he is selfless.

Ji Chengyu kept looking at Red Feather, and Red Feather kept looking at the fish.

"Red Feather. Ji Chengyu called softly. Red Feather still looked at the fish. Ji Chengyu gently held her hand, her little hand was soft and boneless. Red Feather let her hold her hand, her eyes still looking at the fish.

Two tears suddenly rolled down Ji Chengyu's eyes, sliding into his mouth, very salty. "I'd like to say a few words to you, and you'll be able to hear them, but you may not understand. That day in the restaurant, I made you angry and cried, and when I went back, I kept thinking, why did you cry, and then I found out that you fell in love with me, thank you Hongyu, you are the first girl who likes me. I'm going to die tomorrow, I was still full of resentment towards your father, but now I know that he is right, I lived, but let so many girls die, I was so selfish, I have figured it out now, I don't hate him anymore. I don't know why I want to see you so much before I die, my heart really hurts to see you like this now, like a knife cut open, if I die a hundred times I can get your soul back, I am willing to die a hundred times, if I die a thousand times to get your soul back, I am willing to die a thousand times, in short, as long as I can change you back to your original appearance, let me do anything. Red Feather was still looking at the fish in the pool, perhaps, maybe she wasn't looking at the fish, but her gaze was fixed there.

"Red Feather, if I can go back in time to the restaurant, I will definitely not let you go with tears again, I will tell you, I like you. Ji Chengyu gently kissed the back of Red Feather's hand and said, "Red Feather, I'm leaving." ”

Ji Chengyu stood up, turned around and walked out, not daring to look back.

As he walked to the hall where Lu Shen's coffin was placed, he stopped, and after a moment, turned around and walked in. The three Luliang brothers looked at each other coldly and were silent. Ji Chengyu went straight to Lu Shen's coffin, knelt down, kowtowed three times, stood up, and walked out.

The three Luliang brothers were left kneeling next to the coffin, dumbfounded.

Out of the mansion, Ji Chengyu went straight back to the palace, and when he passed through an alley, he suddenly heard a few children jumping up and down playing and singing nursery rhymes: "A villain is called Cheng Yu, the destiny of loneliness is a girl, born with divine power to scream, it turns out that he is a demon." ”

Ji Chengyu was shocked and couldn't help but stop. Ji Xiongfeng, who was following closely, hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Go, go, who told you to sing here?" Hurry up, you are not allowed to sing in the future, do you hear?"

Ji Chengyu smiled bitterly and said, "Sima, can you manage these children, can you manage the children of Ji City?"

Ji Xiongfeng said angrily: "It's really damned, don't worry, the prince can rest assured, I will definitely find out those people behind the scenes, dare to slander the prince, it is a capital crime, and honestly pay the law, if you dare to resist, I will cut them all down with a sword." ”

Ji Chengyu stopped talking and walked forward quickly. This originally extremely kind Ji Cheng is suddenly so frightening, Ji Chengyu even heard the children all over the city singing this song: a villain is called Chengyu, a lonely girl with a destiny, born with divine power to scream, it turns out that he is a demon.

Ji Chengyu fled back to Huayang Palace, the wizard Yu Nuo was also there, Ji Hong and the queen had obviously listened to Yu Nuo's report, and they were all sad. Ji Chengyu suddenly felt that this Huayang Palace turned out to be his only pure land.

Ji Chengyu went straight to his father and mother, knelt down, and said, "Father, mother, I have figured out one thing. ”

Ji Yao saw that Ji Chengyu knelt down as soon as he entered the door, and his face was serious, and he had an ominous premonition in his heart, so he hurriedly stepped forward to pull Ji Chengyu and said, "Yu'er, if you have something to say." ”

Ji Chengyu said resolutely: "Please let me kneel and finish speaking." Ji Yao had no choice but to let him kneel.

"There have been many girls who have died because of me, if I still want to fight to live, more girls will be hurt, then I am too selfish to be the son of King Ji at all. Lu Shen is right, he proves with his death that everything he does is for Jicheng, for the people of Jicheng, he is brave, and selfless and fearless, please father and mother do not resent him, and treat his family well. I don't know what happened to those girls sixteen years ago, but I saw Red Feather, she had no pain, no happiness, she was insensitive, life and death made no difference between her, I hurt her. Ji Chengyu looked at his father and said, "Father, I am the son of King Jicheng, when there is the courage and determination of the prince, if you consciously ask for death, it will maintain the dignity of the palace, so I should die, please let my father be fulfilled." ”

"Yu'er. Ji Yao exclaimed and said, "You are not allowed to talk nonsense, I am not allowed to ask you to die." ”

Ji Xiongfeng said: "Your Majesty, when Weichen accompanied the prince back from the palace, he heard the children singing a children's song. ”

Ji Hong asked, "What kind of nursery rhyme?"

Ji Xiongfeng was obviously a little embarrassed, and he couldn't open his mouth.

Ji Chengyu said: "Sima doesn't have to be embarrassed, I'll talk about it." That children's song is: A villain is called Cheng Yu, a lonely girl with a destiny, born with divine power to scream, it turns out that he is a demon. ”

Ji Hong got up from the chair and said loudly: "What can be an ape, what a demon." This is slander, and it is simply too deceitful. Pointing at Ji Xiongfeng, he almost roared and said: "Ji Xiongfeng, you go check for me now, and you, Ji Xun, you check together, see who is behind the scenes, you bring him here, I want to take a good look at him and ask him." ”

The two ministers were leaving.

"Father, are you trying to make the people's resentment boil?" Ji Chengyu suddenly said loudly. "Father, before I came back, Jicheng was a harmonious city, but because I came back, everything was messed up, so the blame is not in Lu Shen, not in the people who teach children's songs, not in the people of Limin, but in me, only when I die, everything will be quiet. ”

Ji Hong sat down in his chair and said weakly: "Am I going to conform to this damn people's sentiment and kill my own son?"

Ji Chengyu said: "Father and mother, I know that you are in pain in your heart, but when I come back this time, I can see the appearance of my father and mother, and I am already very content when I hear the words of my father and mother." Grandpa Ji Dongfang once taught me that people are inherently mortal, but they must die as they deserve. My death today is for the people of Jicheng and Li to no longer suffer, and for the dignity of my father and mother not to be damaged, and I have no regrets in my heart. Moreover, I miss Grandpa Ji Dongfang a little, I only ask my father for one thing, after I die, please ask my father to bury me with Grandpa Ji Dongfang, I am afraid that he will be alone. ”

"Son!" Ji Yao pounced, hugged Ji Chengyu's head, and cried and said: "Your words, like a knife pierced into my mother's heart, you are a prince, but in order to avoid rumors and persecution, you have been gone for sixteen years, in the deep mountains and old forests, surrounded by demons, wild beasts are rampant, no clothes to wear, no food to eat, how much suffering you have suffered, how many sins you have suffered, my mother can't even think about it, and now I finally grew up and returned to Jicheng, but as soon as I came back, I had to die at the hands of my parents and the people of Jicheng, my poor Yu'er! If you want to die, how can you want your mother to live again?"

All the ministers and palace guards present all looked gloomy, and several palace maids hid behind and secretly shed tears. The life and death of mother and son are parted, which is unbearable to see, hear, and cry.

Ji Chengyu bowed down, kowtowed to his father and mother three times each, and said, "Father and queen mother, take care, I will go to the Jicheng altar." When he had finished speaking, he stood up, ignored the cries of his father, and ignored the mournful weeping of his mother, and resolutely walked out of the palace and walked towards the altar in the distance.

Queen Ji Yao fainted to the ground, no matter how many calls she had, she never woke up.