Because of his surprise, coupled with the fact that he had been holding his breath in the icy water for too long, he hurt his inside, and Liangshan did not have a doctor with superb medical skills, so the prince specially lent his special car to Zuo Qing and asked him to immediately take Su Yan back to Ruoshui to find the imperial doctor for treatment. Day and night, it has been two days since he returned to Ruoshui, and Su Yan has been lying down for two days, sleeping for two days, occasionally waking up, waking up just to stare at Zuo Qing for a long time, and then ask him:

Is there already an afterlife?

Zuo Qing was also stunned at first, but later realized that Su Yan thought she was dead, and saved her that day, maybe she also thought it was a dream.

In the past two days, Zuo Qing took care of Su Yan wholeheartedly, and threw all the errands he had to do in Xilou, and searched the county government and Houshan with the prince, not only found all kinds of evidence of corruption and perversion of the law by successive county officials, county lieutenants and other officials, but also found the evidence of correspondence with Murphy, which was listed in the case, and the two immediately set off and rushed to Ruoshui.

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled under the eaves of the Wan Dynasty Room of the Seven Senses Academy, wrapping half of Wei Zixu's body in it, looking shining. Xilou stood behind him and quietly looked at him, the second prince who was many years younger than himself.

Perhaps, I met a few times when I was young, at that time, Emperor Rong only had him as the eldest son in his heart, Wei Zixu was not from a good background, and his mother was incapable, so he was not favored. At that time, Wei Zixu should have envied himself very much, and he shouldn't have thought that Wei Zhen, who was once above 10,000 people under one person, would also fall to today's point.

A sadness poured out from the depths of his heart, impacting his eyes, and he was suddenly a little sour.

Wei Zixu turned his head slightly, and Yu Guang skimmed him, and said: "Liangshan and his party have gained a lot, this palace has handed over the evidence of Liangshan, as well as the criminal evidence collected by Zuo Qing over the years, to his father, the father was furious, and ordered Xuanting to immediately go to Zhao Guosheng to capture Murphy, just ......" Wei Zixu frowned slightly, revealing his worries, "Murphy is far away in Zhao Kingdom, I am afraid that if I find out the wind and grass, I will be prepared." ”

"At the moment, it is pointless to kill Murphy or not, the weapon spectrum is already in his hands, what he is afraid of is that he wants to rebel!"

"Rebellion?" Wei Zixu looked at him in astonishment: "Not really!" What Murphy wants is nothing more than power, money, and rebellion is a big crime! ”

"Whether it's the dark market or privately cast weapons, Murphy has always had a close connection with Linguo, and this is not just corruption! Now he has tried every means to take away the weapon spectrum, as we all know, King Zhao has coveted the weapon spectrum for a long time, and Mo Fei's purpose is obvious, he wants to use King Zhao and Linguo to make a move against Rong Guo! ”

Wei Zixu thought about it for a while, and hurriedly asked him: "Even if your guess is correct, but Mo Fei is far away in Zhao State, and he has no one available in Rong State, so how can he cooperate with the outside world?" ”

The west building watched the sunset disappear on the eaves little by little, and the colors of the sky were also dimmed, and the night was here in a blink of an eye. The dark night where he can't see his fingers, just like the net that Murphy has carefully woven for them, there is no exit, there is no way to live, everything is calculated by him, think about it, this time he has the chance to win...... Xilou looked at the prince in horror as if he had just woken up from a dream, and the prince was a little shocked by his reaction.

"Murphy is in Kyoto, and there are still people!"

Wei Zixu was puzzled: "The three provinces and six departments have all been cleaned, is there any omission?" ”

Xilou shook his head, he didn't know who else was, but he always felt that he and Zuo Qing had missed someone.

On the third day, Su Yan finally woke up. Looking at the person guarding the bed, she felt as if she was in a different world, and she looked at him for a long time before she adapted to the real world.

"Maybe you should explain all this to me," Su Yan asked after holding back for a long time. She looked at him fixedly, and said word by word: "The orphan of the Xuan clan!" ”

Zuo Qing evoked a smile, but there was no smile at all, extremely bitter and pathetic.

"I thought it would be good to keep some old things in my heart, and the fewer people who knew about them, the safer it would be for me, but something really backfired."

"Ten years have passed, and I always thought that incident was far away from me, but when Xilou told me the truth, I realized that the case ten years ago was still alive and bloody, and there were still people running for it and avenging it. But...... Your revenge should not have counted me, I believed you so much at first, but you took advantage of my trust and used me as a pawn against Murphy! Su Yan personally talked about what happened to him, and he felt that he was funny and pathetic, and he could only sigh at the end, "Yes, I have asked for help many times, but it is based on a friend's trust in you, because I think you are supporting justice and saving my students!" But you, standing on a high place, hiding in the shadows, have pushed me into the storm, and you have a long rod in your hand, and I am just bait on the line, at your mercy! ”

Zuo Qing hurriedly held the fist she clenched hard because of anger, and whispered: "Ah Yan, it's me who is selfish, I shouldn't have deceived you, but I regret it, I regret it a long time ago, now I just want to end all this quickly and take you out of Rongguo, let's go back to Kuaifeng Town, like before, I will accompany you, I will always accompany you!" ”

"Zuo Qing, haven't you been avoiding me all the time? Didn't you still persuade me, saying that Xilou is a good person, why has your face changed again now, and you want to fly away with me? Su Yan withdrew his hand and stuffed it under the quilt, "I am a person, flesh and blood, I am not the kind of fool who comes and goes when I call it, why do you have to promise you if you regret it?" ”

Zuo Qing's eyes filled with tears. He really regretted it in his heart, and he regretted it from the beginning. However, there is no regret medicine in the world, and no one can do it all over again. His slightly drooping eyelashes flickered, and after a long time, he said with difficulty: "Yes, why do you have to promise me, I took advantage of you from the beginning, you are just a chess piece in my revenge plan, and it is ...... to give it to the West Building."

Su Yan looked at him in shock. At this point, she really didn't expect that Zuo Qing would give herself to the West Building, what does this mean?

Zuo Qing didn't seem to see her anger, and continued to talk to herself: "Let me tell you the story of me and Xilou." About thirteen years ago, I went to Ruoshui, and at that time, my father was still there, and I was only a seven or eight-year-old child. My father routinely paid tribute on behalf of King Zhao, and by the way, he went to visit his aunt who had entered the palace as a concubine. There, I met Xilou, he was a year younger than me, thinner than me, but physically stronger than me, at that time, we were all vigorous children, I was the eldest son of the marshal, he was the prince of Rongguo, Wei Zhen! ”

Su Yan sat up like an electric shock, his eyes widened in horror: "Wei Zhen?!" You say, who is Wei Zhen? ”

Zuo Qing raised his eyelashes and didn't answer, just continued to tell him and his story: "Prince Rongguo, what a noble identity, but even so, he is still like thin ice, I always ask him, you are the prince, why are you afraid of this and that." Wei Zhen said that because a companion is like a tiger, his father is no exception. Later, I completely understood what it means to be a companion like a tiger! My aunt gave birth to a son for Emperor Rong, but she was not treated, just one year, in the fourteenth year of Wei Sheng, a plague broke out in the palace, and the aunt and the child and Wei Zhen were infected at the same time, but Emperor Rong wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of his aunt! I don't know how she escaped from the palace in the end, but later Xilou mentioned this incident and said that Emperor Rong had wanted to kill his aunt a long time ago, because the reason why Emperor Rong was able to ascend the throne was caused by his aunt, and she knew all his unbearable and conspiracy! At the end of the fifteenth year of Wei Sheng, Wei Zhen also ushered in his fate, Emperor Rong listened to Murphy's words, thinking that Empress Yu and the prince were unfaithful to him, he actually burned the Fusang Palace, and the fire burned for three days before it was extinguished, everyone thought they were dead, it was his aunt who saved him who was dying, so we have today! ”

"What about you, how did you survive?"

Zuo Qing's thoughts slowly returned to the killing of the year. The autumn wind was bleak, and the fallen leaves were piled up in every corner of the yard, and the people under the usual people had already started to clean, but on that day, everyone, including the subordinates, was tied with their hands behind their backs, and together with the Xuan family, knelt all over the yard. Zuo Qing, who was still young, snuggled in his mother's arms and shivered with fright, and when the cold wind blew, the fallen leaves hit his little face with dry dust. He couldn't speak, just kept shaking, his mother's chin rubbed against his forehead, and said to him softly: "Remember, Qian'er, our Xuan family has never been a traitor, someone framed us and framed your father!" You must remember, even if you die, you can't forget! ”

His mother's words pierced his heart like nails, and seemed to carry an inexplicable force that made him forget his fear and coldness in an instant. He straightened his chest and faced death.

The warden was none other than Murphy. He had full authority to deal with the treason case, and naturally he also became the prisoner. When dozens of executioners raised their butcher knives and aimed them at the necks of their relatives to cut off, the bright knives refracted a dazzling light in the sun, and Zuo Qing couldn't open his eyes for a while. There were no screams, the silence was terrible, and the sound of knives slicing through muscles and bones followed, but there was still no wail.

One after another, one close loved one fell, rivers of blood flowing down to his knees, wet, sticky, he still remembers the touch!

His mother seemed to be saying something in his ear, and he turned to look, but he was crushed in his arms, and he wanted to struggle, he wanted to scream, but suddenly someone stood up and shouted. Immediately after that, a group of people stood up, like waves, blocking him layer by layer. People are still being slashed in front, but this side is extremely safe, and it seems that they did it on purpose. Sure enough, his mother kicked him behind him, and a pair of big hands reached out and dragged him into the darkness.

The last picture in Zuo Qing's eyes is his mother's face, that face is full of hope, and the faces of the closest relatives behind her mother are also the same hope as her, and that hope is herself!

Withdrawing from the memories, he seemed to use up half of his strength. Zuo Qing closed his eyes, at this moment, he seemed to be much older, he stretched out his hands and spread out his palms: "It's my aunt, she saved me, and my closest relatives, they used blood to split my way of life." The palms of his hands suddenly clenched into fists, "So I must live, I must live by all means, not for myself, but for each and every one of them!" Ah Yan, I took advantage of you, but at that time we didn't have you in our plan, and at first the so-called 'you' existed as just a chess piece, and anyone could be this chess piece. And I have to be foolproof, so I will make the best use of everything, and I will do whatever it takes! But I didn't expect that I would like you, and I didn't expect that you would be with Wei Zhen's childhood sweetheart, and he was bound to win the throne, and in the future, you would be his queen, but I was just a homeless person full of blood debts. ”

"So, it's not just you who has revenge, he's too?" Only then did Su Yan understand the cause and effect, the helplessness of Zuo Qing to push himself away, and the pain behind their unscrupulous means. However, she still couldn't figure it out, why herself? Is it really a coincidence? Thinking of his identity, Su Yan felt more and more that it was not simple, and at this time, he suddenly thought of a question: Wei Zhen wants to reset, what does he rely on?

Su Yan stared at Zuo Qing with sharp eyes and asked him: "Each of us has a secret, and now that the matter is over, don't you want to explain it to me thoroughly?" ”

"You ......"

Zuo Qing didn't seem to expect that Su Yan's thinking was clear, and he could still detect omissions, and it was unreasonable to hide it at this time, so he had to tell her everything. Su Yan took the lead and said: "The reason why you found me is not a coincidence, but because you need Xilou for revenge, and the restoration of Xilou requires the help of Prince Zheng." One is his prestige in the court, and the other is his prestige in the army, including the patrol army in his hands, although he can't resist thousands of troops, but he can also intimidate people with one enemy and a hundred! If Wei Zhen wants to be reinstated, he must go through the pass of Emperor Rong, but the fire ten years ago was set by himself, how could Emperor Rong issue an edict and take the initiative to accept Wei Zhen, the only way is to use the power of Prince Zheng to lead hundreds of officials to Emperor Rong to give death to Emperor Rong and force Emperor Rong to submit! ”

"And I am the only way to persuade Prince Zheng to go out of the mountain, because I am his daughter, you already know!"

When a secret that has been hidden for a long time is revealed, that kind of taste should be uncomfortable. Zuo Qing lowered his head, unable to see his expression clearly, but it could be seen from his violently undulating shoulders that he was in pain.

Su Yan explained everything clearly, and finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Zuo Qing, I don't hate you, I know the pain of losing my loved ones, I know how difficult it is for you to take this road, it's just that I can't accept that I am being used, even if I can't refuse this reason, I can't accept it."

He nodded weakly, got up slowly, and left the place.

The medicinal soup on the coffee table was already cold, Su Yan glanced at it, and finally couldn't hold back, covering the quilt and crying bitterly.

The next day, a holy decree came to the palace, along with Yan Ling and thirty-six people from the Xuan Court.

All the members of the Xuan Court were dispatched, which was unprecedented, and the students of the academy had never seen this meeting, so they were all so frightened that they hid, not daring to make a sound, for fear of getting into trouble and never recovering.

Zuo Qing unfolded the holy decree, but there was no change in his expression, he just said lightly: For the country and the people, this is what a courtier should do, and His Majesty loves it.

Yan Ling liked his pampered attitude very much, and couldn't help but feel a little respect in her heart.

"I have already told Your Majesty all your worries, and what Your Majesty is worried about is that once the Linguo and Zhao States ally raise troops, with the strength of Rongguo today, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with. Today's way can only be to go to the Zhao Kingdom for a while, but I don't think Murphy is in the Zhao Kingdom, what do you think? ”

Zuo Qing smiled and said, "Master Yan and I have thought together." Since Murphy can set a trap here, he naturally has a perfect plan. It's just that I don't know exactly what his plan is. ”

Yan Ling said worriedly: "As soon as Murphy arrived in Zhao Kingdom, I flew a pigeon to inform the cronies who were placed in Zhao Kingdom, but there has been no response so far, and now Murphy seems to have disappeared out of thin air, I am afraid that the enemy is in the dark, and I am in the light, which will be very troublesome." ”

"At the end of the road, Murphy naturally wants to go to the backer, and this backer is naturally in the country."

"Then I should go to Linguo!"

"The theory of rebellion is just my speculation, although I am seventy percent sure, but it is better to be cautious, Lord Yan rashly went to Linguo to fight the grass and scare the snake, it is better to go to Zhao State, before everything is settled, there may be unexpected gains."

Yan Ling suddenly realized. He arched his hand at him, and turned away.

Before leaving, Yan Ling seemed to think of something, and turned around and explained: "Your Majesty has never been nepotistic, in his eyes, as long as it is useful, it can be reused!" But...... Your Majesty never seems to trust anyone for long, including me. Zuo Qing, you can get Longen, but I don't know if it's your luck or misfortune. ”

Zuo Qing didn't think so, he didn't want to get Emperor Rong's trust.

The third watch has passed, and the moonlight is sparse. The temple was silent, the night wind blowing through the leaves, leaving only a rustling sound. The room in the northwest corner was still lit, and the candles were dim, illuminating the figure very lonely.

At the fourth watch, he was still sitting dry, picking up and putting down the scroll in his hand, and he didn't have the heart to read it at all. Yan Sheng woke up from a drowsy sleep, and saw that the adult was still sitting, rubbed his worried eyes and got up to cut the candle for him.

"My lord, do you have something on your mind?" Yansheng asked.

"What's wrong?" Zuo Qing asked suspiciously.

"It's been four watches, you haven't slept yet, it's not a matter of heart, what else can it be!"

Zuo Qing realized his abnormality, immediately closed the book, got up and went to the courtyard to wake up. Before I stepped on the threshold, I saw the west building at the gate of the courtyard, and I looked like I had been waiting for a long time.

"You told him everything?" Xilou asked coldly.

"Yes."

Xilou obviously didn't expect him to answer truthfully, and was stunned for a moment before reorganizing the language: "Then you also told me all about my identity?" ”

Turning around and closing the door, he explained to him: "What is there to hide now?" Ah Yan is so smart, she already guessed some of it, and you told her some more, and the rest is actually not a secret, so it is better to tell it all, so as not to hurt her again. ”

Xilou looked at him strangely: "You are not Zuo Qing, the Zuo Qing I know can do anything for revenge, but now you make me very strange!" ”

"What you want to say should be that I shouldn't be tempted by Su Yan, even if I do, I shouldn't rob you, right?" Zuo Qing's suddenly discolored face was faintly murderous, but in the dim environment, Xilou didn't realize it.

The two of them stood not far away, neither of them taking the first step. Xilou turned his anger into a smile, leaned against the moon gate and sighed again: "I know, Ah Yan doesn't like me, even if he knows that I am Wei Zhen, he won't like me anymore." Zuo Qing, you are very lucky, at least someone is worried about it, but I am different, I am destined to sit on that dragon chair, in this case, what does it matter if you are alone, this is my way! ”

Zuo Qing still wanted to say something, but the West Building had already turned around and disappeared into the Moon Gate, leaving only the bamboo shadows in a courtyard swaying, and everything was silent again. Zuo Qing looked at the empty place for a long time, and muttered to himself: "You think I'm lucky, but except for Su Yan, I have nothing." ”

On the way back, Xilou still couldn't help but turn around and went to Nanhu to see Su Yan, and there was no sleep here. But he only dared to hide outside the window, leaning against the branches of the tree, and was not discovered. He wanted to rush in several times to recognize her, telling her that he was Wei Zhen, the brother Wei Zhen who played with her and laughed with her when he was a child, but ...... Su Yan didn't need it anymore.

Xilou was depressed in his heart and left in a huff.

Ruoshui Street is immersed in the brilliant lights of the night, Yunlai Pavilion still has customers coming in and out until midnight, the red lanterns are hung high, the colorful ribbons on the railing on the second floor are flying in the misty night, and the girls are dressed in fancy clothes and leaning outside the door to play with their style.

On the window of the private room in Tianzihao, a figure raised his head and drank a glass of wine, and there was a crisp sound on the ground after drinking, and it had been more than half an hour.

dragged the guards to knock on the door, but the guests inside refused to let them in, and the wine drank bottle after bottle, without meaning. were so anxious outside the door that they threw all their anger on the guards, "I said are you stupid?" You just say that if you run out of wine, it's done? If he drinks like this, I won't finish my good wine! Oops hey! My wine bottles, these are all treasures! He threw it all down? It's all money, what do you think he will do if he dies? Do you pay or do I pay? I said you're not stupid! I really don't want to scold you! I said how many times have you been scolded by me this month? How much did he pay? ”

Another old woman beside her hurriedly opened the account book and hurriedly replied: "It's just the money for a table of wine and food." ”

The stomped their feet again and again in annoyance, eager to stomp through the floor: "It's a loss, it's a loss!" No, I'll have to make him pay triple the price! ”

The guard lowered his head aggrievedly and whispered: ", don't get excited, this person is not small, let's decide according to the form." ”

"What's the matter? What the hell do you care about him, how can you break my things without paying for it! Fast! Open the door! ”

The guard had no choice but to open the door obediently, and was about to probe in, when a wine bottle smashed over, so frightened that he quickly retracted his head, trembling all over his body and begging for mercy: "I, I don't dare, or, you go in!" ”

"You cowardly and useless, get up!" Rolled up his sleeves and was about to enter the door, when a cold voice came from behind him, and the voice settled in his ears, the man was already standing in front of the door, "I have paid double the wine money, as for the broken wine bottle...... In this way, in the future, I will send someone to send the mutton fat jade wine pot that Yan Kingdom paid tribute to make up for it, do you think it is good? ”

When the saw that it was the Buddha, she immediately quieted down, smiled and nodded and retreated.

The Buddha closed the door and turned to look at the drunken man. His West Building never drank, let alone for other women. But when she walked into this room, she found that whether he was in the West Building or not, she had fallen into it and couldn't extricate herself.

She went over and sat down beside him, snatched the glass from his hand, and drank it up.

"Give me back!" The West Building propped himself up and yelled at her.

"Have you drunk enough?"

"You've all thrown into his arms, and you still care what I'm doing."

Buddha poured a full bottle of wine, another cup of belly, and said without changing his face: "Why do you want to grasp the impossible fantasy, she doesn't love you, you can't even compare to Su Ming, Su Ming is at least her master." ”

"Say no more!" The West Building overturned the wine and dishes on the table, and Ping Pong fell to the ground, "Why do you care about our business?" I haven't had anything to do with you for a long time, you get out! ”

Buddha didn't care about his violent and arrogant appearance, he poured another glass of wine extremely calmly, looked at the wine in the cup rippling, and his heart was like a needle prick: "Xilou, I don't care if you are him or not, I only ask you, do you regret it?" ”

Xilou's hand holding the wine jug froze in the air, and he squinted at her with hot eyelids, "What did you say?" ”

"Do you regret falling in love with Su Yan?"

"Huh! What's the use of regretting not regretting, I can't get her anymore, never again. ”

"I didn't expect you to suffer such a heavy blow, I thought that when you left Ruoshui, I waited for half a year, but what I came back was just a desperate letter, with few words, but every word was like a knife cutting my heart. Until now, I don't believe that you would suddenly choose to break off your relationship with me. ”

The Buddha stood up, leaned in front of him, and said to him, "Does your heart hurt? That's right, I used to be as miserable as you, but who will have mercy on me? But you're lucky, at least I'll be with you. ”

Xilou lowered his head in pain, "I was sorry for you at the beginning, you can see my jokes if you want to." With that, he raised his head and poured wine.

Buddha slapped the flask away, and his cold face suddenly showed anger, "Don't you understand? To this day, I am the only one standing by your side! ”

Xilou glanced at her and laughed: "It's not to come to see me laughing, so what are you doing here?" ”

Buddha also thinks it's funny, why should he be? is not a friend, and she has long broken off her love, in what capacity did she come over? The love has been broken, and I once begged to forget about each other, but now I am entangled, and the pain has always been only myself.

Buddha didn't want to look at him again, supported his legs and slowly got up, turned around to leave, suddenly stretched out a hand behind him to grab her, and his body fell backwards, his wide sleeves were flying, his face was shocked, and his cold lips suddenly hugged him, kissing passionately and painfully.

She stared at him coldly with her eyes open, and her tears burst instantly.

Xilou, your indifference didn't make me cry, but it was your gentleness that completely hurt me.

He may have forgotten what happened that night, but she will always remember it as the best treasure.