Zhou Ci was sitting at the desk reading a book, at this time Yuan Jian swaggered to his house, because of his identity, no one dared to stop him, he came to the table and said: "Ah Ci, I heard that you are back, so I came to see you."

After saying that, he sat on the table, but Zhou Ci didn't even look at him, and continued to look at the book in his hand, Yuan saw that he snatched the book in his hand and said: "Don't look at it, it's all a nerd, go, I'll take you somewhere."

"No, no." He quietly refused.

He stretched out his hand and pulled him hard, "Let's go."

"Seeing that the king has been getting more and more idle recently, he has come to my small mansion to have fun, but my mansion really can't accommodate your big Buddha." Zhou Ci said motionlessly.

"Ah Ci, you work all day long for the big and small official affairs in this court, how sad you are, and it is not good for your health, hindering your recuperation, isn't it good to be an idle prince like me? The relationship between you and me is the best in this house, although we are brothers, I have always regarded you as my best friend, how can you say such extraneous words? You hurt my heart so much, my heart is dripping blood, and besides, you are the prince, and you will be the one who will succeed the emperor in the future. ”

"If everyone is as idle as you and has nothing to do all day long, then the world will be in chaos sooner or later, Yuanjian thank you for always treating me as a friend, and I have always been your best friend." Zhou Ci said.

"Since you regard me as a friend, then listen to me and let me go, and I will take you to a place where you can relax your mind and relieve your boredom."

The two of them stood in front of the Moon Candle Tower, Zhou Ci looked at the lively Moon Candle Tower, and asked a little speechlessly: "This is what you said about the place where you can relax your mind and relieve boredom?"

"That's right, I just took a sip of tea when I lowered my head, and when I raised my head, I could see a delicate little beauty standing in front of you, serving tea and pouring water for you, playing music, how happy you are, you said that you have been guarding yourself like jade for that Chu Yu, and you have never been here, come and I will take you in for a turn."

"Then you should relax here by yourself."

"Are you afraid that Chu Yu will find out and misunderstand you?"

Zhou Ci didn't reply, he turned around and left.

Yuan Jian hurriedly chased after him: "Hey! Why don't you go in and sit for a while?! Wait for me! ”

Chu Yu came to the Prince's Mansion, looked at the courtyard that he hadn't stepped into for a long time, and was hesitating whether to go in, when a domestic servant happened to come back from outside, and was a little surprised to see her, and hurriedly greeted her, "Ah Yu?" Ayu, you haven't been back for a long time since you left, we miss you very much, and we are all happy for you when we hear that you have become a general. ”

"Hachi, it's been a long time since I've seen you become a lot more handsome." She laughed.

The man named Hachi touched his head and smiled shyly.

Xiao Ba took Chu Yu to the room where she had lived, the room was very tidy, as if someone would often come to clean it, everything was exactly the same as at the beginning, and the placement of items had not changed in the slightest.

Chu Yu looked at the familiar room and didn't speak, Xiao Ba spoke: "Since you left, Your Highness has ordered people to come here every day to clean it, and the items inside have never been touched, and no one has ever been allowed to live in this room."

"How is he doing this year?" She asked.

"Your Highness's condition has not improved this year, and he will wake up in his dreams every night."

Listening to his words, she recalled her past in the Prince's Mansion and the care he had taken for her during that month, and asked, "Take me to see him." ”

Zhou Ci sat at the table, looking at the book in his hand, the hand holding the book tightened, at this time the man in black who fell from the sky stood outside the door, holding a long knife in his hand, he looked up, the man in black threw the knife at him, a dodge avoided the body, the knife returned to the hand of the man in black, and the two fought.

The man in black threw out a silver needle, Chu Yu hit the silver needle with a sword, the needle pierced the man in black, the man in black fell to the ground and died, they stepped forward and pulled out the silver needle, and found that there was poison on it.

Knowing that there were a few assassins in the Prince's Mansion, Xingyue, who was busy rushing with the medicine box, checked his lower pulse for him to confirm that he was okay before exhaling and said, "Fortunately, the poisoning is not deep, and it has not been soaked in the five internal organs," he said and took out a pill for him to take, "This medicine can cure all kinds of poisons, and the remaining few will be kept for the next time I am not there, I will be prepared." ”

I didn't expect that someone would dare to assassinate the prince during the day, it seems that the main messenger behind this is not simple, Chu Yu thought.

Chu Yu looked at Zhou Ci, and saw the eyes of the two of them, so he turned around and left the prince's mansion with the medicine box on his back.

Zhou Ci asked, "Why are you here?" ”

"I just happened to hear a fight when I was passing by, so I came to your aid."

Chen Xian learned that the assassination failed because of Chu Yu, and said angrily: "This Chu Yu, who has opposed this palace many times, and holds military power, will definitely be a troubled future in the future, we must get rid of her first."

King Ruan said: "Mother, she will hand it over to her son, and the son-in-law will definitely handle it cleanly." ”

"Okay, that Chu Yu will be handed over to you."

Chu Yu came to the mountain alone, only to see a few graves not far away, she walked over, squatted down and put her hand on the stele, looked at the words on the tombstone and said, "Uncle Ye, I came to see you."

She paused for a moment and said, "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have died, and you would have lived well in this world like others, so don't worry, I will definitely find the murderer to avenge you."

"I'm afraid you won't survive today." A male voice rang out behind him.

She stood up and turned to look at the man on the horse, "Who are you?" How do you know I'm here?"

"Come and take your life!"

After speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Kill!" With a kill, the entourage and Chu Yu fought, she took off the outer firs, flung down the rain of arrows that flew in, and the masked man on the horse shot at her with a bow and arrow, Chu Yu was not very hit, and struggled to break out of the encirclement, rushed to the edge of a cliff, and jumped down without hesitation.

As if she had expected it, she prepared in advance, took out the rope she carried with her, hung it on the cliff, and slowly descended, deceiving the masked man, who looked at the bottom of the cliff, stopped before leaving, turned his face sideways and looked at the cliff again, and then the masked man took the person away from the cliff and ordered: "Go." ”

"I'm sorry, don't blame me, ...... for you"

The masked man led the man away from the cliff.

Zhou Ci came to the General's Mansion to look for Chu Yu, and An Ning came out and told him: "Your Highness, the General is out."

Zhou Ci asked, "Where did she go?"

An Ning said: "This slave doesn't know either."

Chu Yu held the arrow on the wound in her hand and walked down the street, and people came and went looking at her, when a woman handed her a pot of water: "Girl, drink saliva."

She took the water and said, "Thank you."

Suddenly, when she saw that the people who had also drunk the woman's water were falling down one by one, rolling on the ground with their stomachs clutched, and she looked at the woman and asked, "You have poisoned the water?" Who are you? Why?"

"Girl, I'm kind enough to give you a sip of water to drink, what are you doing here?"

Poisoning people in the water, is that kind of intention?" She sneered.

"I haven't reacted for so long, girl, you're a martial arts practitioner, right? This poison is slower for you martial arts practitioners, but you will soon become like them, girl. ”

Chu Yu took out a dagger from his sleeve and pressed it against her neck: "Say, why did you do this?!"

"Girl, what are you anxious about? My son has been living for others all his life, doing things for others, being an official all his life, an official who solves disasters for the people, this life is either in disaster relief or on the way to disaster relief, and they only know that our rich and noble family owes them all, they take it for granted, not only do they not appreciate him, but they also go up to rob him, until he dies, and no one collects his body, do you think they deserve to die?!"

"Are you avenging your son in your own way?" After listening to the woman's words, Chu Yu said.

"Not bad." The knife cut through her neck, and blood flowed down: "This world is unfair, the government just hastily closed the case, since the government can't give us justice, then I will give myself justice."

"Poison the way?" She scoffed.

"So what? Death is nothing compared to my son's life, and they owe it to my son. ”

"Is their life not their life? Aren't their lives worth anything?"

"Yes, it's not worth much, but it's a cheap life, and it's not a pity to die."

"Do you nobles treat human life like a mustard so much?"

"People are born into noble and low, born with one in heaven and one on earth, and they are not a class of people at all, so how can they be regarded as grass mustard?"

"My son's death is only a trivial matter for them, why should I value their lives like my son, they should pay for what they owe my son."

Chu Yu stopped talking, put down the dagger and turned to leave, but the woman stopped her: "Girl, why don't you kill me?"

"As you say, we are not a class of people at all, so why should we treat them as mustards? Besides, if people are dead, what's the use of killing you?" She didn't look back, and left directly.

"Sister, sister!"

Chu Yu fell down when he walked to a corner, and at this time, a small figure appeared, and she saw his face clearly, it was Mo Yan, why was he here?

"Why are you here?" She was leaning against the wall and looked uncomfortable.

"It's okay, it's just a minor injury that won't die."

"You're a liar, you're obviously poisoned."

"How do you know?"

"I heard the conversation between you and that woman," Mo Yan said anxiously, almost crying: "Sister, you promised me something, you can't lie to me!"

"Mo Yan, don't be afraid, my sister knows that you are worried about my sister, can you help me find someone named Zhou Ci? It's the big brother who used to cook food for us, and the older sister wants to give him something very important. She couldn't bear to see him look hurt.

He nodded in response, Chu Yu took out the talisman and said, "Give this to him, remember that it must be handed over to him personally, and it must not fall into the hands of others."

"Is this important to my sister?" He asked.

"It's important."

"Don't worry, sister, I will definitely put it in my brother's hands."

She endured the pain in her chest, tried to squeeze out a smile, and looked at him with a smile: "Hmm."

He turned around and cried, not daring to look back, because he was afraid, he knew that she said this in order to support him, and he thought that his sister must not want him to look back, Chu Yu looked at him very much like when she was back then...... No, at least he can live happily, there is still a long way to go, he can cry and laugh as before, unlike her......

Mo Yan ran into a person in a hurry, and looked up to see a man in blue standing in front of him, Mo Yan looked at the man in front of him and said excitedly: "Brother, is it you?"

"Mo Yan." Zhou Ci looked at him.

He took out the talisman given by Chu Yu: "My sister asked me to give this to you."

"What about her?"

"My sister is dying."

When he arrived, there was only the flute that was left behind, which was Chu Yu's personal belongings, and it was her most important thing, often worn around her waist, and she rarely took it off, except for going to the battlefield to fight for fear of breaking the flute.

He picked up the flute and stopped a passer-by and asked, "Do you see a girl with an arrow wound?"

"I didn't see it, but just now I saw some people carrying a few shelves and cleaning up the corpses, maybe the girl you said is among them." That's humane.

Hearing this, Zhou Ci's heart was also broken, his hand holding the flute trembled a few times, and asked, "Then which direction do you see them going?"

"They carried the bodies in the direction of the crematorium."

After the man had finished speaking, he mounted his horse and galloped to the crematorium, galloping all the way.

When he arrived at the crematorium, he saw that the fire was all over the sky, he asked his subordinates to put out the fire, after the fire was extinguished, he picked up the fire with his hands, forgot the pain for a while, just took care of the fire by himself, but only picked up a hairpin, he recalled that when he gave her this hairpin, she smiled, "Childe, what did you just buy?" ”

She was looking at some gadgets on the street stall, and Zhou Ci called, "Ah Yu." She looked back at him, saw the wooden box in his hand, and asked.

He opened the wooden box and said, "Here you go." ”

"Bought it for me?" I saw a plum hairpin lying quietly inside, she looked at the hairpin in the box, and then looked at Zhou Ci and said, "It's good-looking, Ah Ci, you can put it on for me." ”

"Hmm."

He inserted the hairpin into her sideburns, Chu Yu had a smile on his face, and he looked at Chu Yu who was smiling sweetly, and he was a little distracted.

Thinking of this, he roared excitedly: "Find, even if you search the entire Chang'an City, dig three feet into the ground and find her for me, he doesn't believe that she is dead, even if there is a little hope, he will not let it go, "Ah Yu, where are you?" ”

Three days had passed since she was injured, and she had been in a coma for three days.

When Chu Yu woke up, she was lying on the bed, she sat up and looked around, smelling the fragrance of wine made from plum blossoms, which tasted like a cold plum standing proudly in the snow, fresh and elegant, and the fragrance was special.

The aroma of this wine is somewhat familiar, as if I have smelled it from somewhere, but I can't remember it for a while.

When I walked out of the wooden house, I heard a poem that was scattered into mud, and the sound sounded like drunkenness.

I saw that in the courtyard of the four directions, next to the table made of stones, sat an elderly uncle, wearing half of the mask, not like an ordinary person, and it seemed that his internal strength was not weak.

"Now that the girl is awake, she might as well sit down and taste the plum wine I brewed." The middle-aged man sitting at the table looked at Chu Yu and stretched out his hand to lead her into a seat.

Chu Yu walked to the stone table, sat down in clothes, looked at the middle-aged man sitting opposite, looked at it, his long hair was loose, his eyes under the mask looked calm and steady, he was dressed in a cloth robe and held a wine glass.

After Chu Yu took his seat, the middle-aged man put another wine glass on the table in front of Chu Yu, picked up the wine jar and poured it into each other's wine glasses.

Chu Yu held the wine glass, put it under his nose and smelled it, with the fragrance of cold plum, and then drifted into his nose.

After smelling the wine in his hand, he drank it all, closed his eyes and savored the taste.

"Girl, aren't you afraid that I will poison this wine?"

"If the gentleman really wants to poison me, why should he save my life? Moreover, such a good wine, Mr. cherishes it so much, how can a person who loves wine poison the wine? Wouldn't it be a pity if he was really poisoned?"

"Seeing you reminds me of an old man." The middle-aged man drank wine, thinking of the old man in his mouth.

Chu Yu looked at the middle-aged man on the other side who was immersed in thoughts, and didn't know what he was thinking, so he picked up the wine jar and poured a glass into his own cup.

"The girl's injury has not healed, it is better to drink less wine, although this wine is good but has great stamina, drinking too much hurts her body." The middle-aged man kindly reminded.

"Now that the girl has woken up, let's leave as soon as possible."

Chu Yu got up and hugged his fists and said, "He will see you again in the future, I will definitely thank you for saving your life."

She got up to leave, and the middle-aged man looked at her back, feeling like a person.

Zhou Ci searched for many days but didn't find her, he held the flute, and he was crazy to find it.

In the teahouse, Lin Ran looked at the storyteller and took a sip of tea, at this time, a servant girl walked in, "Lord, as you expected, Concubine Chen is the one who killed Zhou He back then." “

"Zhou He is Emperor Wei's beloved woman, or the master of the harem, it is normal for Chen Xian to be jealous of Zhou He, Chen Xian is scheming to sit in the queen's seat, how many means are used from behind, she sent a killer out of the palace overnight to assassinate Zhou He, who went back to the province, but she didn't expect Emperor Wei to arrive in time and save Zhou Ci," she said about the events of the year and didn't listen to another story in the book, "This made Chen Xian feel that maybe it would be better to keep him by his side, but once again he didn't expect that the emperor would make him the crown prince for Zhou Ci's safety, Even her last calculation was dispelled. ”

"But speaking of Zhou Ci's young age, being named the crown prince is not all because someone is secretly harming her, but more because of his intelligence."

"Even we found out what happened back then, and Emperor Wei won't fail to find out." The maidservant said.

"Yes, Emperor Wei knows that everything is done by Chen Xian, but he still keeps her until now, perhaps because of their relationship between husband and wife for more than ten years, and he didn't pursue this matter, it seems that Emperor Wei is still a lover." Linran said with some disdain.

"Then what are we going to do next, Lord?"

"Chen Xian hates Zhou He very much, even her son will not let go, we can borrow Chen Xian's hand to get rid of Zhou Ci and Chu Yu."

"No."

Chu Yu was walking on the street, she raised her head but saw Zhou Ci standing not far in front of her, his blood-red eyes were standing there looking at her, and the two of them were standing there, neither of them moving, looking at each other.

After a long time, Zhou Ci strode over and hugged her into his arms: "Ah Yu."

"I'm back." Chu Yu said.

"It's okay."

"Where's the Zhou resignation talisman?" She asked.

"Here." He pulled out the talisman from the placket of his robe.

"Take good care of it for me."

"Okay."

An Ning saw the general coming back, rushed over and grabbed her hand, looked left and right, and asked, "Is the general injured?"

"It's already done."

"Hurt again!"

Zhou Ci said to An Ning: "Isn't your general always injured every time he comes back?"

"The general promised the slave and maid that they would not be alone in the future."

"Okay, I promise you."

Three days ago, Chen Xian heard that Chu Yu had fallen off the cliff and his bones were gone, apparently he was taken away by a nearby wild wolf, "Yuanfeng will also be handed over to you, remember not to make any mistakes, the emperor is suspicious by nature, don't let the emperor suspect us." “

"Don't worry, concubine, Erchen will definitely be foolproof and there will be no mistakes." Yuan Zhen clenched his fists under his sleeves and gritted his teeth.

"Ah Yu, you must be careful when you travel in the future, don't let the other party have a chance, you know?" Zhou Ci reached out to hold her hand and reminded her.

She looked at him, and the two looked at each other for a long time, and she hurriedly withdrew her hand, turned her face away, and didn't look at him: "Well, I see."

Zhou Ci's hand froze there for a while, withdrew his hand for a long time, got up and said, "Tomorrow the emperor will hold a field hunting meeting in the hunting ground, I will go back and prepare first." Saying that, he got up and walked out, suddenly thought of something, turned around and said: "By the way, the emperor likes to get drunk with plum wine in the attic, and it will be the emperor's birthday banquet in a few days, you can send him the altar of plum wine."

"Okay." She replied.

After Zhou Ci left, Chu Yu also said to An Ning: "Then let's prepare too."

"Hmm."

On the second day, in addition to the royal nobles, princes and ministers, as well as the relatives and relatives of the ministers, I saw the children of famous families who came to the hunting ground one after another, and saw a long shirt and brocade robe, flying down from the horse Chu Yu walked in the crowd, and then Zhou Ci came: "Ah Yu, you are here."

"Didn't the royal brother always dislike coming to this kind of place? Why did you make an exception today? It can't be for any girl, is it?" Yuan Ying was dressed in a white robe, her long hair was curled up, which was completely different from her previous women's clothes, and she walked up to him and teased him.

"Princess." When the servants saw her, they all bowed down and saluted.

Yuan Ying walked to Chu Yu's side: "Will there be a girl who will also make the imperial brother take a fancy to her?"

Zhou Ci said: "It's because I don't like it, so I want to come, just catch some more prey and go back to Ah Yu to stew soup to replenish his body."

As he spoke, he looked at Chu Yu.

"Oh~ It turns out that this girl is our Ah Yu, Brother Huang, is it only so good to Ah Yu alone?"

"Ying'er, are you naughty again? I've started teasing your royal brother. ”

"Father." Won Young looked back at the humanity that came to him.

For a moment, the audience knelt down and saluted.

"Get up."

The emperor looked at Zhou Ci and said, "Ah Ci, you and my father and son haven't gone out to hunt together for a long time."

"The minister will accompany the emperor to enjoy himself today."

He turned to look at Chu Yu, "You go first by yourself, wait for me, and I'll be back soon." ”

Chu Yu nodded and said, "Well, let's go."