In the quiet courtyard of the royal family, a guard was patrolling outside the window, seemingly blind and deaf, unable to hear or see at all, the main object of the royal family's care, the eldest princess was plotting something with her cronies.

"He's too skeptical, so he doesn't need to design anything, he will jump out and take the initiative to design. Li Yunrui slowly closed his eyes and said: "And he is very arrogant, arrogant enough to count everything...... What kind of bullshit! What's the plan, it's just that he's playing there by himself. ”

She suddenly opened her eyes and said, "It's just...... Bengong was afraid that his brother would be lonely, so he had to play with him, and Dadongshan assassinated him...... It seems to have become a very ridiculous thing on the surface, he knows that I am going to kill him, waiting for me to kill him, I know that he is waiting for me to kill him, but I still want to kill him, it is really funny. ”

Yuan Hongdao listened to this tongue twister, looking at the smile on the corner of the eldest princess's lips, but he didn't think it was funny, but gave birth to a faint chill, knowing that Dadong Mountain was a bureau, but the eldest princess jumped in without hesitation, did she really think that Ye Liuyun, the great master, could change the whole world?

Although after Huang Yi's death, he has become Li Yunrui's closest strategist, but he knows that although Her Royal Highness the eldest princess seems to have been forced to retreat step by step by His Majesty and Fan Xian in the past two years, and has never released a trick, in terms of strategy, there is really not much need for him.

Because of this, he has not figured out the details of the eldest princess's final plan, so naturally he has no way to know the dean and the emperor.

But as a strategist, at such a critical moment, whether it was to disguise or to win more trust, Yuan Hongdao had to say something that should be said, so he looked into the eyes of the eldest princess and said softly: "Interesting, in some moments, is a combination of absurdity and stupidity...... I don't know which side is more ridiculous and which side is more stupid, but since it was His Majesty who started with it, then you should choose another path. Otherwise, no matter how you move, the chess pieces will always be one step slower than the person on the other side of Shiping. ”

The eldest princess Li Yunrui slowly closed her eyes, and after being silent for a long time, she said, "Another way? ”

"Exactly. ”

The eldest princess suddenly opened her eyes and smiled, smiling extremely innocently: "What's the use of not moving......? There will always be a day when the queen mother will go, do you expect me to be confined in this courtyard forever? ”

Yuan Hongdao smiled after being silent for a while, since he could easily enter this courtyard, then the eldest princess must have many ways to leave this courtyard easily, he knew that the eldest princess was only thinking about the situation of Qingguo in the future, no matter from which point of view, if the opportunity to leave Beijing was not seized this time, what chance could the eldest princess have if she wanted to make a comeback?

"Fan Xian. Yuan Hongdao tried to convince the eldest princess that he certainly wanted to delay the eldest princess's actions as much as possible without further instructions from the courtyard, "This is your chance." ”

"Fan Xian?" The eldest princess became interested, and said with a smile: "Even if His Majesty wants to cut Fan Xian's power in the future, this will not be an opportunity for this palace." ”

"It's not as simple as cutting power. Yuan Hongdao lowered his voice and said, "Fan Xian's relationship with the north is too close, and His Majesty is ...... Once the contradictions within the imperial court are calmed down, the blade will definitely point to the Northern Qi, and what Fan Xian will do at this time is worth considering, maybe it will be your opportunity at that time. ”

"So I have to live?" said the eldest princess laughing self-deprecatingly.

"You have to live. ”

She smiled a little lazily, no comment, and tapped the teacup on the table with her orchid-like fingers. When Yuan Hongdao got up to pour tea for her, the woman slowly lowered her eyelids, thinking quietly, Yuan Hongdao's idea was not wrong, but he didn't understand what kind of person the emperor was.

In this world, only the eldest princess Li Yunrui knows best what kind of person her emperor's brother is, and only she knows that the emperor is giving her the opportunity now, and if she doesn't seize this opportunity, she doesn't need to mention anything later.

The emperor has too many opportunities to kill himself, but he doesn't kill him, naturally he hopes to lure out some people by himself, and Junshan will meet those people who have been hidden in the court and the opposition, some old monster...... She thought in her heart that if she won, it would be nothing, but even if she lost, it would be good for His Majesty the Emperor to achieve his goal...... Thinking of this, the corners of her lips once again showed a self-ironic smile.

............Brother Hongdao, you said that there was such a thing as murder, what was the final competition?" the eldest princess looked at him with a smile.

Yuan Hongdao thought for a while and said: "Time, opportunity, the general trend." ”

"Yes, but again, wrong. The eldest princess slowly lowered her head and said, "In fact, in the end, the comparison is the most coarse, boring and direct things, see whose knife is faster and whose thug is more." ”

"Fighting for the dragon chair is actually not fundamentally different from gangs fighting for territory on the rivers and lakes...... His Majesty is suspicious and thinks he has the best calculations, but he forgets that not all knives are in his hands, and don't forget that I said a word before, because he is suspicious, he will definitely lose. ”

The eldest princess's indifferent words set the tone for the whole thing.

............ Yuan Hongdao smiled, knowing that he could no longer convince the eldest princess, he was inevitably a little anxious, but he concealed it very well, and said: "The prince and the second highness have almost been in contact, just wait for the news to arrive, and then start arranging, there should be no problem on the civil side, and the sad news is always the best way to hit the hearts of these civil servants...... And by any measure, there was no reason for them to refuse. ”

"You have a point. The eldest princess smiled and said: "The Supervision Yuan has always been invisible, they are very powerful tools, but at some point they can never become the force that decides xìng, only the courtiers support, the palace support, what use can Chen Pingping have?"

Then she smiled and said, "I heard that Wan'er has been taking care of the concubine who is about to give birth...... Let's arrange this matter. ”

――――――――――――――――――――― on the top of the peak of Dadong Mountain, Fan Xian looked at the person sitting on the futon outside the door, the blind man who was covered with a black cloth and was not very tall, but he always looked so calm, opened his mouth, but did not say anything.

The Emperor laughed and turned away, leaving the place for their uncle and nephew.

Fan Xian walked in, carefully closed the door, and made sure that no one was eavesdropping beside him, and then he indulged his joy with a smile on his face, hugged the blind man, and patted him lightly on the back.

Wuzhu is still the same indifferent appearance, this kind of indifference is different from Xiao Yan Gongzi, it is not a kind of self-protection of feelings, but a kind of perception brought by external objects that are not tied to the heart, and the inner is absolutely calm.

But when Fan Xian hugged him tightly and was overjoyed, the corners of the blind man's lips were slightly furled behind Fan Xian's head, revealing a very rare gentle smile.

It's a pity that Fan Xian didn't see it, otherwise he would definitely make some very perverted actions.

One hug is divided, Wuzhu is not a person who likes to make physical affection with people, so is Fan Xian, but after a long absence, Fan Xian can't suppress the joy in his heart and indulges in a hug.

The two sat on the futon, "looking" at each other, and were quiet for a long time, without speaking.

Fan Xian's face became more and more gentle and happy, confirming that Uncle Blind's injury was almost healed, but he didn't know what to say for a while, where to start. After separating a year and a half ago, he went south to Douming's house in the south of the Yangtze River, was sniped in the valley, and killed people overnight in Kyoto, I don't know how many dangerous storms and waves he passed.

However...... I'm afraid that this qiē is not what Uncle Wuzhu wants to hear, these things are nothing to Wuzhu, what is the Ming family, Wuzhu will not care at all, as for the danger when he is sniped in the valley, Wuzhu will only think that Fan Xian is very bad.

So after holding back for a long time, Fan Xian said, "Uncle, I'm going to be a father." ”

............ It was Wuzhu, who was at the top of Dadong Mountain and did not change his face, but after hearing this, he was very rarely silent, as if he was slowly digesting the news, and then he tilted his head slightly and said, "You...... Want to have a baby?"

I don't know how much information it contains. For Wuzhu, there are only two people in this world, yes, although there are thousands of people, there are only two people for him, and nothing else exists, only the affairs of these two people are worth remembering.

Twenty years ago, the woman gave birth to a child, and twenty years later, the woman gave birth to a child, although the two things were twenty years apart, but in his feeling, it was like two things happening one after another, so there was that word.

Then the corners of his lips bloomed with a gentle smile again, and he said to Fan Xian very seriously: "Congratulations." ”

Because of this smile and these two words, Fan Xian naturally fell into infinite shock and joy, he couldn't understand that he hadn't seen Uncle Wuzhu for more than a year, he would say such a cheesy two words, and he didn't hesitate to show his most humane side in front of himself - the last time he saw Uncle Wuzhu's smile, when was it? Probably still mentioning his mother in the grocery store in Lanzhou City.

Fan Xian didn't know why his heart was warm, and he seemed to feel that Wuzhu was finally willing to smile for himself, and no longer just because of Ye Qingmei, which was something worth remembering.

Wuzhu's smile immediately retracted, returned to his usual appearance, and said seriously: "If you are going to have a child, you have to say congratulations, this is what Miss taught, I haven't forgotten it, so don't be surprised." ”

Fan Xian smiled bitterly and was speechless, and said again: "This should be a love from the heart, and we don't need to remember it." ”

Wuzhu's face turned to the mural in the temple and said, "For me, this is a difficult thing, for you, you are happy too early." ”

The thin and impermeable black cloth was tied to his eyes, and the bridge of his nose was extraordinarily straight, and his next words were as direct as they were: "The time is not right. ”

............ The meaning of this sentence is too simple and mysterious, if it is an ordinary person, it will definitely not understand, but Fan Xian has lived with Wuzhu since he was a child, but he understands the meaning of these four words very lightly. He smiled bitterly and nodded, acknowledging Uncle Wuzhu's judgment.

The emperor sacrificed to the sky in Dadong Mountain, if anyone really dared to rebel, then Dadong Mountain is the first dangerous place in the world, and correspondingly, Kyoto is naturally the second most dangerous place in the world. Fan Xian was far away from the sea at this time, and he couldn't care about the situation in Kyoto at all, if the eldest princess and those princes really had the courage to do that thing, then for Fan Xian, who was a die-hard royalist on the surface...... What kind of means will be used?

Wan'er is the biological daughter of the eldest princess, Fan Xian is not very worried, but what about Sisi and the child in her womb? Even if the emperor makes a lot of money in Dongshan, but Kyoto is in chaos, what kind of damage will those people in Fan's Mansion and those people that Fan Xian is worried about?

This is the root of Fan Xian's shock and worry after seeing the emperor in Shanzhou, but in front of the emperor, he can't express anything, only after Wuzhu directly said the root, his face revealed the true feelings in his heart, and it was heavy.

"The dean and his father are in Jingri, so there shouldn't be any big problems. He seemed to want to convince Uncle Wuzhu, and seemed to be comforting himself.

"The emperor has not allowed Chen Pingping and Fan Jian to take charge of the army, this is a problem. Wuzhu's words were still not inferred, only the result, he lowered his head and said indifferently: "You rush back to Kyoto at this time, maybe it's still too late." ”

Yes, even if there is a rebellion in the capital, there is always a name, and the emperor's assassination and death must be carried by a scapegoat, so the time of the change in Kyoto must be about fifteen days after the Dadongshan incident.

Now that Fan Xian is rushing back to Kyoto, it should be too late.

Wuzhu said: "You are here, it's useless. ”

After Fan Xian thought for a while, he suddenly said, "My role seems to be completed the moment I see you." ”

The moment he went up to Dadong Mountain, entered the old small temple, and saw Wuzhu, Fan Xian understood why His Majesty the Emperor issued an order to summon himself to serve and worship the sky, and why he wanted to block himself in Shanzhou and take himself to Dadong Mountain.

As the emperor said before, since this bureau is aimed at Ye Liuyun, then he needs Wuzhu's participation, Wuzhu not only will not leave Dadong Mountain because of the emperor's plan, but even on Dadong Mountain, if he doesn't want to make a move against Ye Liuyun, he won't make a move - the emperor can order everyone in the world, but he can't order Wuzhu - so the emperor needs Fan Xian's help to help him persuade Wuzhu to participate in this matter.

"What does it mean that His Majesty brought me to see you, I think you also know. Fan Xian looked at Wuzhu and said with his head down.

"You know that, too. Wuzhu said.

Fan Xian slowly raised his head, with a very complicated expression on his face, and said after a while: "I have been in Beijing for three and a half years, and I have done a lot of things, but in fact, I know that some people are using me for these things...... And now, those people are using me to take advantage of you. I'll just give up, because I want something for myself, but you don't want anything in this world, so it's not fair to you. ”

"There is no such thing as fair or unfair in the world. Wuzhu said calmly: "The key is whether this matter is good for you." ”

Fan Xian noticed a very peculiar point, after being separated from Uncle Wuzhu for more than a year, Uncle Blind now seems to talk a lot more than before, and his expression is a little richer. He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Your Majesty threw himself into this crisis, if we didn't help him, he would really be beheaded by Ye Liuyun with a sword...... That's how it got off. He used his own life and the turmoil of the world to force us to help him. ”

"Even if we don't care about these two things, I have to care about the safety of those people in Kyoto. After Fan Xian paused, he said with a wry smile: "If Ye Liuyun makes a move, the eldest princess will definitely reach an agreement with the second prince in Kyoto." We can't let them succeed. ”

Wuzhu was silent for a while, and then said, "Just say it." ”

Fan Xian sat down seriously in front of him, and said very sincerely: "Please uncle protect His Majesty's life, as for Ye Liuyun's side, don't care." ”

Wuzhu nodded directly.

Fan Xian's heart breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor could use him, but he didn't want to use Uncle Wuzhu. He has only a few relatives in this world, and he doesn't want to mix too many other things. And letting Uncle Wuzhu make a move does not mean that Fan Xian is not worried about Uncle Wuzhu's safety, because the abnormal movement before the sacrifice to the sky must be the biggest shock in this continent in the past twenty years, even if Uncle Wuzhu has the cultivation of a great grandmaster, he may not be able to please him.

But Fan Xian was not very worried, because this temple was on top of a high mountain cliff, even if Uncle Wuzhu was defeated in the end, he would jump into the sea, and Ye Liuyun and those big bulls would not be able to catch up with this method.

"I should have gone down the mountain by this time. Fan Xian lowered his head and said, in the big things that were about to happen, he didn't have much qualifications to speak, and from the bottom of his heart, he was not willing to go crazy and risk with His Majesty the Emperor.

But he knew that the emperor should not let him go down the mountain, this kind of hostage-kidnapping method was used well, so that he could mobilize Uncle Wuzhu for his use, if Ye Liuyun's sword occasionally deflected and pointed at Fan Xian, Wuzhu couldn't even if he didn't want to make a move.

"If the other party makes a move, he will definitely rush before the completion of the heavenly sacrifice...... After a while, I tried to obey and said that His Majesty would let me go down the mountain. Fan Xian frowned and said, "After this is over, please come to me as much as possible." ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Uncle Wuzhu's face and asked in a daze: "I don't know what the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony is about and what symbolic role it has, but I'm curious, Uncle, are you recuperating in Dadong Mountain this year?"

Wuzhu nodded.

"It's said that Dadong Mountain is wonderful, is it true?" Fan Xian looked at the black cloth on his face, frowned and asked seriously.

Wuzhu said: "I don't know if it's useful for those people's illnesses, but it's good for me to recuperate." ”

Fan Xian's heart trembled slightly, he didn't understand this sentence, and asked, "Why?"

"The vitality of Dadong Mountain is so strong that it surpasses any other place in the world. Wuzhu said.

Fan Xian's brows furrowed more and more: "I can't feel it." ”

"You can only feel the true element in your body. Wuzhu said: "And the vitality between heaven and earth is not so easy to capture. ”

After a pause, he spoke, "Kuhe has practiced Western spells, he should be able to feel it. ”

Fan Xian was silent, and suddenly thought of the two chicken rib mages who had occasionally appeared in his life, and vaguely seemed to have guessed something, but he couldn't connect the whole thread. Spell...... What a distant and unfamiliar word, he had the idea of practicing magic when he was a child, but on this continent, no one knows this, even if it is a bitter lotus, it is more in the collection and study of theoretical knowledge.

At this time, the night was getting deeper, the temperature on the top of the mountain was slowly dropping, the insects in the grass were frozen and stopped chirping, and several temples gradually condensed into a solemn aura.

For the temple, as well as the Qing Temple that followed its style, Fan Xian was full of too much curiosity, originally he wanted to ask Uncle Wuzhu, but now the urgent situation made him unable to stay for too long.

He stood up, bowed to Wuzhu, and said in a low voice: "On the top of this mountain, it doesn't matter who dies, you can't die." ”

Wuzhu didn't answer this sentence, but deviated his ear, and then stretched out half of his right sleeve and pressed it directly to the ground, not moving at all.

After a while, Wuzhu said quietly: "You can't go down the mountain." ”

............" you convinced him. "The emperor stood on the edge of the black cliff with his hands in his hands, today there are clouds in the sky, hiding the moon behind the thick clouds, the blue sea at the very deep point below the cliff is as deep as ink, only a faint one or two points of light can be faintly seen, it should be the sailor ship escorted by the Jiaozhou sailor.

Fan Xian walked behind the emperor, frowned slightly, and almost fell down in the afternoon, how did this emperor's courage come out. However, the situation was urgent, and he did not answer the emperor's question, and said directly: "Your Majesty, there are cavalry attacking under the mountain. ”

The emperor turned around slowly, with a smile on his face, without questioning how Fan Xian knew the movement at the foot of the mountain on the high mountain, and said gently: "Yes, how many people are there?"

"I don't know. Fan Xian bowed his head and responded: "The minister thinks that since the enemy is coming, he should immediately send tiger guards to break through and ask for help from the local government." ”

The emperor looked at him quietly, did not agree to his words, but said slowly: "I have other things for you to do." ”

At this moment, a rocket at the foot of the mountain slashed through the night sky, illuminating a little of the sky and informing the urgent enemy situation at the foot of the mountain. At this time, at the foot of the mountain, I am afraid that it has already been a scene of murder and flesh and blood, and the most daring and reckless killing action in the history of Qingguo has begun.

"Report!" The deputy commander of the forbidden army rushed out of the camp on the top of the mountain, knelt in front of the emperor, and quickly reported what was happening at the foot of the mountain, but the top of the mountain and the foot of the mountain were far away, and it was impossible to fully understand the specific situation with just a few arrows.

The deputy commander's face was pale and sweating profusely in the cold wind of the night, and the fact that he only knew that there was an enemy attack at the foot of the mountain was enough to make him lose his head. He really couldn't figure out how these attacking troops didn't alarm the local government, so they came to the foot of Dadong Mountain, and under the cover of the night, they launched a fierce and tragic offensive against the two thousand forbidden troops under the mountain.

There was no specific content, Fan Xian looked at the lips of the deputy commander of the forbidden army rolling up and down, but it seemed that he couldn't hear a word in his ears, like an absurd and ridiculous silent picture.

It is indeed ridiculous that the dignified king of a country is surrounded by Dadong Mountain in the depths of the border!

............ The sound of killing could not reach the top of the high mountain at all, and the fishy smell of blood and water could not float up, the peak of Dadong Mountain was still clear, and at this time, on the night sky very close to the top of the mountain, the thick clouds suddenly dissipated, revealing a bright moon.

The moonlight shone like silver light on the body of the emperor and Fan Xian on the top of the mountain, Fan Xian squinted slightly, looking at the emperor's god-like figure shrouded in the moonlight, he began to be nervous and began to get excited, and through the emperor's iron-like shoulders, he saw a small boat floating on the sea in the distance.

The boat rises and falls in the waves, swimming leisurely in the moonlight, towards Dadong Mountain.

The top of the mountain was far away from the sea, but Fan Xian still felt the small boat.

Because, there is Ye Liuyun standing on the boat.