Chapter VI

Su Ying sat in the same gorgeous back hall, leaning against the couch covered with fox fur with her eyes closed. There was a sound of footsteps, as if someone had come in to add incense to the censer. Su Ying opened his eyes and was bumping into the inquisitive and curious gazes of several delicate women. Several of the maids quickly blushed and stumbled out eagerly.

"It scared the hell out of me." A goose-faced maid with a double bun patted her chest.

"Yes." Another maid with a pointed chin responded, "But do you see that?" That is the master of our Shadow, the Son of the Moon. Tsk tsk, it's more beautiful than the top brand in our building! Don't you see those eyes! A group of maids nodded, and suddenly, with pale faces, stared behind the talking woman. The maid who spoke looked bloodless for a moment, and turned back tremblingly.

Ning Qing and Yue Xuan took the leader of the assassins and happened to be standing not far behind them. A group of maids all knelt down in an instant.

"Commander spare your life! We are all unintentional. ”

"Let us go, please!"

"Lord Commander, we are ignorant. You don't remember the villain, let us go this time! We don't dare anymore! ”

Yue Xuan smiled strangely softly, and said coldly: "Who is Childe, you also said it." After a pause, "I think the steward of Yihong Mansion is confused. Let him find a few clever and beautiful servants, and he actually found you who have no brains. He paused again, as if he was seriously thinking about something, and after a moment said indifferently: "Pull down, cut your tongue, slap your mouth fifty, and drive out the song." ”

Several people neatly pulled away the colorless maids. The bound young Assassin had a look of remorse on his face, apparently regretting that he had misjudged his judgment.

Hearing the sound of the door, Su Ying slowly opened his eyes, and saw Yue Xuan and Ning Qing open the double curtain that entered the inner hall and brought in the assassin from before.

Ning Qing walked over, picked up the purple sand teapot that was warm on the stove on the side, added tea to Su Ying's cup, and stood behind him respectfully.

"Son, someone brought it." Yue Xuan lowered his eyebrows very respectfully.

Su Ying raised his chin and said, "Let's go down first." Yue Xuan saluted, turned around and left.

Su Ying habitually picked up the teacup and skimmed the tea leaves with the lid of the cup, the brown apricot was as green as jade, rich and fragrant, he took a shallow sip, and then looked up at the assassin who had been in anger since he came in. Su Ying held her chin with her hand and closed her eyes slightly, "What?" Regretted it? ”

The Assassin kept his head down, still not speaking.

Su Ying was not annoyed, and continued: "What's your name?" ”

The other party was still silent.

"Childe Ken asked you personally, don't you be ignorant." Ning Qing's voice was very flat and slow, but there was a terrifying and ruthless aura contained in it.

"Ning Qing," Su Ying interrupted him lightly, "untie him." Ning Qing didn't speak, and after a moment of silence, she obeyed Su Ying's order, but her eyes were always vigilant looking at the person.

"Your name, your identity." Su Ying took a sip of tea, her expression indifferent, and she didn't seem to expect an answer.

"If you're interested, tell me, if you're not interested, I'll check it myself. You're good to go. After Su Ying finished speaking, he lay on the couch sideways. Ning Qing put down the lotus-colored curtain tent beside him with great eyes, and turned to stand outside the tent.

"You're not going to kill me?" The assassin's voice was in disbelief.

"You ask that, do you want to leave?"

Although he couldn't see it, the Assassin could hear the threat.

The Assassin was puzzled and suspicious, and through the curtain he could only see the vague outline of the man inside—a man lying casually, but still awe-inspiring.

"Rukawa." The assassin lowered his head, muffled two words, and walked out.

"Why didn't Childe kill him?" Ning Qingren didn't speak until now.

"What are you killing him for? Tomorrow I will leave for Licheng. Kill him, wouldn't the trip to Licheng be boring? Su Ying closed her eyes and smiled.

"Ning Qing, help me check this Liuchuan."

Ning Qing didn't dare to slack off, "Yes." The subordinates will be investigated. ”

Su Ying rested in Yihong Mansion for more than two hours, and then returned to Shangshu Mansion. After returning to the room to change his clothes, he took Ning Qing to Su Shangshu's study casually.

"Third brother!"

Su Ying's brows furrowed, but he quickly let go, and he turned around and turned back with the shout, his face already calm.

"Big brother, is there something wrong?" Su Ying said, but he didn't look at Su Can, but turned sideways in the opposite direction, as if looking at the mountains in the distance. Su Can was slightly stunned, as if he was a little unsure, and then smiled again: "I heard that you were at the birthday banquet that day...... I heard that you were not feeling well that day, how are you now? ”

Su Ying glanced sideways at him, laughed unceremoniously, and said, "Thanks to the eldest brother, the younger brother is very good." After that, he didn't look at him again, and walked to Su Shangshu's study.

"Father, are you there?" Standing at the door, Su Ying hesitated.

"Su Ying?" Su Shangshu's old voice sounded, "Come in." ”

Su Ying pushed the door in, letting Ning Qing wait at the door.

Su Zhong was writing something at the desk, looked up and saw Su Ying, and put down the pen. The wrinkles on one face are becoming more and more obvious, and the gray hair on the sideburns seems to be increasing day by day. Su Ying looked at him, but he could always see a tendency to inflammatory.

"Father," Su Ying weighed it and said, "The child wants to go to Licheng, which is next to Chaoge, and has already promised his friend." ”

"What are you going to do in Licheng?" Su Can followed up the study and stood behind Su Ying.

"It's nothing more than a tour of the mountains and rivers, and take a look at how prosperous these three provinces will be." Su Ying said neither fast nor slow. He watched Su Zhong stand up and stand in place.

"Su Ying, there has been a lot of turmoil in the underground forces of Licheng recently, you don't need to travel at this time."

Su Ying was amused in his heart, he just wanted to keep Licheng from being turbulent. said: "Dad, you also know that my son and I are not good at getting along with others, and I offended the right prime minister a few days ago." ”

Seeing that Su Zhong's face changed, Su Ying continued: "I also have no choice but to make this decision to avoid the limelight." ”

"That's fine." Su Shangshu shook his hand, "Go, go, go." ”

Sure enough, the danger of his son's trip is not worth mentioning in terms of offending the right minister.

"Thank you, father." Su Ying bowed and turned around to go out.

"Don't forget the time, the coming-of-age salute always comes back." There is no doubt about the truth of the Soviet Union.

Su Ying's footsteps froze for a moment, "Got it." "He never intended to stay in Licheng for that long.

"Dad," after Su Ying left, Su Can closed the door of the study and lowered his voice, "You called me for something?" ”

Su Shangshu returned to his usual old and steady appearance, twisted his beard and said, "Can'er, let you inquire about the matter of your third brother offending the right prime minister a few days ago?" ”

Su Can's expression changed slightly, and he said with some indignation: "Dad, you don't know, a few days ago, His Majesty summoned the third brother into the palace, and I thought he was going to blame him for offending the right prime minister, who knows, after the third brother came out of the palace, His Majesty sent someone to the right minister's mansion, not only reprimanded the right minister's godson, but also made the right prime minister's son face the wall for three days." ”

Su Shangshu suddenly turned around and stared at his eldest son, "Is this really the case?" ”

Su Can frowned and nodded.

Su Shangshu twisted his beard and said, "Your third brother is really capable, it's hard to ......."

"My son also thinks that it was not that day that His Majesty summoned the third brother, and the third brother he-"

"Never." Su Shangshu categorically interrupted his son.

"Why?" Su Can was puzzled.

Su Shangshu was silent for a moment and replied: "Although I joined the court as an official more than 1,300 years ago, I still know a little about His Majesty Qiluan's wedding. ”

After a long pause, Su Can was about to speak, and Su Shangshu continued: "Although I don't know much about the specific situation, my father knows something, and the old ministers who entered the court more than a thousand years ago and are in the court know about it. ”

"What's the matter?" The conjecture was a secret, Su Can couldn't hold it back, and couldn't help but ask.

"His Majesty concluded that Ling Yan had betrayed him, but in fact, when he held Ling Yan's wrist, he found out from the pulse that Ling Yan was no longer a virgin, so he was furious and stabbed Ling Yan to death with a sword."

Su Can couldn't help but open his mouth.

Su Shangshu didn't seem to pay attention, and continued: "Your Majesty has always treated Ling Yan as a woman from beginning to end, so he takes these very seriously. However, later, after Ling Yan's death, His Majesty soon discovered that there was another inside story, and I didn't know exactly what the father was, but I only knew that it was an irreparable misunderstanding. His Majesty regretted it to the extreme, and his heart ached unbearably, but since the day of the wedding, His Majesty ordered all things related to Ling Yan to be burned, and nothing was left. His Majesty was overwhelmed with grief, so he built the current Wound Garden. I heard that His Majesty had promised to seal Ling Yan as the queen, and now the back seat of the spiritual world is vacant, also because His Majesty can't forget the old people. ”

Su Can frowned in disbelief.

"Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for Your Majesty to betray Ling Yan."

Su Can knew that every child in the spirit world would listen to adults talk about His Majesty Qiluan's thrilling and poignant love when they were born, but he never thought that such a sad fact would be buried under the story.

"Since this matter can't implicate my Shangshu Mansion anymore, let him go." Su Shangshu sat back at the desk, and Su Can retired with a very good look.

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Walking out of the study, Su Ying walked straight back to the room, Ning Qing had already packed his luggage and was standing in front of the door waiting for him.

"Let's go." Su Ying didn't say much.

The carriage swayed, Su Ying lifted the curtain, and looked at the scene of Chao Ge left behind him, and his heart was depressed.

He leaned against the soft pillow of the car, and a slender and straight back jumped into his mind, and for a moment, he suddenly felt his breath tight.

Thinking about it day and night, haunting dreams.

Su Ying felt some indescribable sorrow.

The moment he opened his eyes, he met Ning Qing's somewhat worried eyes. Su Ying's head was a little dizzy, as if he suddenly couldn't stuff the memories of his youth that suddenly poured out, but the scene in his mind became clearer and clearer.

"Ning Qing, do you know why I grew up in the frontier since I was a child? Do you know why my father always treated me badly? Do you know why my big brother is always wary of me? Su Ying was talking to himself.

"Because my mother is not from the spirit world, because she is from the demon world."

Ning Qing's eyes widened slightly, and he didn't speak.

"Because my father was with her privately, because at that time, the spirit world forbade intermarriage with the demon world......" Su Ying said with a smile.

"My mother gave birth to me on the border between the spirit world and the demon world where I met my father. When my father heard that my mother had given birth to a son, he came to the frontier and forcibly took me away. I was too young to remember much, and I didn't go into details, but I remembered that my mother was the most beautiful woman in the world, and no woman in the spirit world could compare to her. Su Ying narrowed her eyes.

"But my father didn't understand this, he quarreled with my mother in front of me as a child, and finally ......"

Silence replaced Su Ying's voice.

“…… In the end, in front of me, he pushed my mother off the cliff like this......" he said unusually calmly.

"At the time, he thought I was too young to be sensible. But he didn't know, I remembered, I remembered. ”

Su Ying paused for a moment.

"He didn't dare to raise me, even at that time, almost no one in the demon world knew about my existence, so he fostered me in my mother-in-law's house and it was then that I met you and Yuexuan. I know, and he knows, that I have the blood of the demon world in my veins, and I myself am the evidence of his fornication with the demon world. ”

"Ning Qing...... I'm a wicked. Su Ying pronounced these words in a low voice, but there was no sadness, but a little pride.

"Even if no one in the world can tolerate Gongzi, in Ning Qing's eyes, Gongzi is the most perfect." The voice is sincere and gentle.

Su Ying smiled and simply closed her eyes.

Ning Qing knew that Su Ying was bitter, and because of this, he never complained that Su Ying was going farther and farther on the dark road. They grew up together since childhood, and Ning Qing knew that Su Ying was just suppressing her nature. Therefore, as a subordinate and a lifelong friend, Ning Qing felt that as long as Su Ying was happy, it didn't matter what happened.