Bright Spring

...In a lonely temple, with snowflakes floating in the sky, Xu Miaojin pretended to be casual, and quietly glanced at Zhu Gaoxu next to him.

He is very tall, Xu Miaojin only saw his profile when he raised his head.His sun-tanned face made him not look like a rich and well-clothed nobleman, but he seemed to have experienced a lot and could understand the pain in people's hearts.

He is like a mountain, reminding Xu Miaojin of his father.

Xu Miaojin didn't dare to look directly at him, so she could only make some trivial movements occasionally, pulling the blue silk on her head, and taking the opportunity to quickly glance at Zhu Gaoxu.His hands are a bit rough, but they are very powerful. Xu Miaojin even observed that the tendons on the back of the hands are obvious... Otherwise, how could he hold himself with one hand that night?

The two talked for a while, then fell silent.Xu Miaojin's identity was noticed by him today, but gradually he didn't feel afraid?It is completely different from the fear of being noticed by the people of King Yan.

She didn't know why... Perhaps, it was the heartache and hesitation in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes that made her feel the subtlety of the atmosphere.

The imperial court is now threatening the survival of the entire Yan Palace. Zhu Gaoxu is the son of Yan Wang. If the Yan Palace is defeated, he will be doomed!Can you still hesitate at this time?

Xu Miaojin even felt bad for him.

She thought to herself: Actually, there is nothing to hesitate, once I die, everything will be fine.

At this time Xu Miaojin took the initiative to say: "You don't have to worry too much, I will end it. Now... I don't feel too afraid of death, really."

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly turned his head and looked down at her face.Xu Miaojin's eyes were lowered, but she could clearly feel the hot gaze, which seemed to be full of melancholy and heartache.

What a fool!

My identity is all fake, not to mention your little aunt. I have no blood relationship or relationship. Once my real identity is revealed, will Concubine Xu recognize me as her younger sister?You don't have to worry too much about relative status.

I am a young woman who was born in an official family. I don’t know how many people like this exist in the world. As the grandson of Taizu, the king of Gaoyang County, how many do you want?Why bother with someone like me?

Xu Miaojin sighed, since she was a sinful person anyway, she blushed and said softly, "I heard that people are very cold when they die, King Gao Yang will hug my dead body later..."

There was nothing wrong with her.It was already at the critical point of life and death, and the thought was very simple: since King Gaoyang spoke so warmly, then dying in his arms must not be so terrible.

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly said: "I keep this matter a secret, and no one knows your identity except me. We don't need to lift the table, we can sit down and talk."

Xu Miaojin just thought it was funny, "What else can we talk about now?"

Zhu Gaoxu frowned, and said seriously: "Make a deal. I will help you keep your identity secret, and you can help me find out what was written in the secret letter that the prince received."

"What?" Xu Miaojin couldn't believe her ears, "You want to help me keep my identity secret?"

She was really shocked at this moment, is King Gaoyang's brain stupid?

But it seems not. If he was stupid, he would not be able to track down Zhang Yan's son from very obscure clues.

Xu Miaojin immediately stood where she was, and looked at Zhu Gaoxu in disbelief: "King Gaoyang, have you thought it through? I really deserve you to do that?"

This person actually laughed, he pretended to be very free and easy, and said with a smile: "Of course it is worth it. Compared with Jiangshan, my little aunt is much more valuable."

Xu Miaojin shook her head and smiled wryly, thinking: You make it sound like Jiangshan belongs to you?

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Chapter 87 Beasts and Tigers

The two of them walked down the stone steps on the mountain and hid snow under a temple with double eaves.Xu Miaojin stretched out her hands to pat the snow on her body, then stretched out her jade hands in front of her vermilion lips, exhaled white steam, rubbed her hands lightly, and sighed: "It's so cold in this world..."

Not only is it cold, but this place is very lonely, Xueluo is almost silent, and there is no one around.Shrouded in heavy snow, they seem to have been forgotten by the world.

Hearing Xu Miaojin's sigh, Zhu Gaoxu looked sideways at her side face.The fair face looks very pure, but the eyes are charming, with deep pain in the eyes, all these contradictory things are integrated in that beautiful face.

...It's not just her who feels this way, Zhu Gaoxu also feels the same way. Occasionally, he can get a bit of well-intentioned comfort, but it is often fleeting.

But Zhu Gaoxu felt that his heart was stronger than Xu Miaojin's... He didn't believe in any moral codes, and after undergoing the baptism of various values ​​in later generations, he was not restricted by general morality at all, unless he violated the rules and would be punished severely.

He finally couldn't help but said: "Little aunt, do you know that the etiquette and laws we follow are only applicable to common people?"

"What?" Xu Miaojin turned her head in confusion.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, and then said: "Little aunt said earlier that she would go to hell after death, she really worried too much, it shouldn't be your knot at all."

Xu Miaojin listened silently.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said: "Have you paid attention to the swallow's nest? Swallows incubate Xiaoyan, not for the purpose of feeding back, but because of nature. When Xiaoyan grows up, will the mother swallow sell it?"

"The pigeons call for the chicks, the crows feed back, benevolence." Xu Miaojin read softly, "The crows will feed back."

Zhu Gaoxu was choked.

Xu Miaojin glanced at him, and said helplessly: "I didn't mean to refute you on purpose. I just compared it with birds, but people are not animals, how can they be compared?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "People are much more ruthless than animals. Tigers are fierce, but they don't know how to enslave cattle, horses, or even other tigers?"

Xu Miaojin raised her head and looked at Zhu Gaoxu, "You are very different... I always feel that there is something different about King Gaoyang."

Zhu Gaoxu fell silent.

... After a short silence, Xu Miaojin couldn't help asking again: "Last New Year's Eve, I remember that I didn't seem to say anything important. How did King Gao Yang notice it?"

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "My aunt wanted to commit suicide that night, which seems very strange to me. There should be many ways to go in your situation, and you won't get to that point; besides, my aunt is smart, not the kind of narrow-minded, little things If you can't figure it out, you are looking for death and life... Then, you must have encountered some hurdles that you can't get past.

But in a few days, when I saw you again, you seemed to be a different person again, not at all like you were in a desperate situation.I didn't hear anything happened to you afterwards.At this time, I learned about Xu Kong's arrest and Zhang Yan's assassination of Xu Kong one after another.So I'll assume you're with them. Doesn't everything make sense?

First, Xukong and his family members were found out, and it is very likely that they will confess to you, so you are very worried and fearful, so you want to die; then Xukong was killed, and once the clues to the Yan Palace's investigation are broken, you don't have to worry anymore. "

Zhu Gaoxu paused, and then said, "But the assumption can't explain anything, it must be verified. So I set up points at the North Gate of King Yan's Mansion and Chiyue Temple successively, and secretly inspected it myself.

Until today, I found out that you were helping Zhang Yan's son, so it was verified... Zhang Yan killed Xu Kong to silence you, just to protect you or other spies; you benefited from it, so you will help Zhang Yan's descendants People think that they are repaying their kindness.is that so? "

After Xu Miaojin heard this, she sighed faintly: "The people in the entire Yan Palace did not expect that King Gaoyang's thoughts are so meticulous. I have nothing to say, but I can only be convinced."

Zhu Gaoxu forced a smile and said: "That's because other people in the Yan Palace failed to catch my little aunt jumping into the well."

Xu Miaojin said softly: "King Gaoyang didn't bump into him either, you came here. If you didn't care about me all the time, how could you find out that I was different that day?"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded in agreement, and he suddenly remembered what she said on New Year's Eve last year: No one cares about her.

At this time, he found that the snowflakes falling on his shoulders had already melted due to the warmth of his body, and the fabric on his shoulders became wet.

Xu Miaojin looked up at the snow in the sky, and asked: "Since you are only guessing, why can you track me down for several months? If you are only worried that I will endanger Yan Palace, why don't you just tell others?"

Zhu Gaoxu felt in his heart that he seemed to be able to answer, but he couldn't find the right words to explain for a while.

So he asked back: "There is one more thing I don't understand. Since Xu Kong's family members have been arrested, it is very dangerous for you to stay. Why don't you just run away?"

Xu Miaojin turned her head and glanced at him, her face that was supposed to be innocent and young showed sadness and helplessness: "There are some inside stories that you don't understand."

"What inside story?" Zhu Gaoxu blurted out.

Xu Miaojin just shook his head, smiled wryly again, and said nothing.