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It is not difficult to avoid the palace people and go to the cold palace.The palace servants who served him were afraid of him and suspicious of him, so they didn't get close to him.Xie Qiao knew it very well, because there was never a precedent in the palace to bring back a prince from the people, let alone an elder brother to take back his younger brother from the people, so these palace people just regarded him as a hot potato that needed to be taken care of.

Everyone inside and outside the palace was watching, everyone was waiting for Xie Qiao's end, to see what kind of person the Son of Heaven would be.

Two days after the winter plum blossoms in the yard, he had to go to the Leng Palace, and he went to the Leng Palace to kill someone—even if he couldn't kill someone, as long as someone caught her by surprise, he would save Xie Zheng's future queen.

This matter can only be done by him. Although he was born again, due to various reasons, he only saw the back of that palace lady.Rebirth was his secret, and that court lady was too special, telling his elder brother rashly would inevitably startle the snake.

He also thought about strengthening his defenses at his elder brother's queen conferring ceremony two years later, but he wasn't big enough to bury such a hidden hidden danger by his side for two years.He was an emperor in his previous life, and he was suspicious by nature. The thing he hated the most was that there was a fruit nail buried around him. Even if he wanted to hurt his muscles and bones, he had to completely fuck that nail before he could feel at ease.

Xie Qiao tied the golden sleeve arrow that Lu Jue gave him to his arm, and covered it with his sleeve. After thinking about it, he went to get a dagger and stuffed it into his bosom.This dagger was given by Xie Zheng, it is thin and sharp, suitable for him.Xie Zheng gave his younger brother this dagger without thinking that he would use it for self-defense. He thought he could protect Xie Qiao well. He gave Xie Qiao this dagger simply because he thought it was exquisite and beautiful, and Xie Qiao would like it.

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At the end of the day, Xie Qiao avoided the palace people and left his yard.Taking advantage of the handcuff of the guard changing shift, he sneaked into the alleyway of the Leng Palace.

Xie Qiao stepped on the gray and white floor tiles overgrown with wild grass, turned a corner, and there was a deserted pond.Although the pond has been deserted, the water inside is still full for some reason, but because it is stagnant water, the water presents a strange and thick dark green color, making it appear bottomless.There are a few dead leaves floating on the water, and the dead leaves are covered with clear cobwebs, presenting a weird harmony with the water.

Xie Qiao looked at the water, her body trembled unconsciously, and her face turned pale.This is the source of his fear of entering the water.Even though he has lived through a lifetime, and seeing this pond that seems to swallow people in one mouthful, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

In the last life, today, he accidentally entered the cold palace by mistake. It was here that he ran into a eunuch and a palace maid whispering. He was accidentally discovered by them. They were going to drown him in the pond, No future troubles.As soon as the court lady heard the voice, she turned around vigilantly and hurried away, leaving only a sentence of "kill him if you don't want to be exposed", her voice was hoarse and terrifying.

The eunuch came to catch him with a ferocious face, covered his mouth before he yelled, then dragged his body to the edge of the pond, and pressed his head hard into the treacherous green water, Seeing that he was no longer thumping, he threw his body directly into the pond.

He took a quick breath before being pushed into the water, pretending to drown and stop struggling to save his life, but when the child's breath was exhausted, when his body began to sink in the center of the pond, he touched die.

In this dark green and viscous water, the light of the winter sky cannot penetrate, and there is only a thick green that seems to be endless in his eyes.The water in the pool in winter was cold and heavy, and it seemed that thousands of hands stretched out from the mud at the bottom of the pool, dragging his body down slowly.He stretched out his hand helplessly, but he could only feel hopelessly that the empty water slipped through his fingers like a mocking smile.The bottom seems to be bottomless.

The pool of water attacked his body like thousands of horses and horses. He was defeated, and the water finally poured into his nasal cavity and mouth. At that moment, he felt as if he had lost consciousness all over his body, and even his mind was blank and dazed. The hand stretched upward unconsciously wanted to fall and melt into the water...

His pupils began to dilate, and he couldn't even feel the cold and suffocating pain...

Before that hand fell completely, one hand held him firmly, a warm and powerful body broke through the stagnant water, came to him, and snatched back the half of his body that had already gone to hell.

That person is Lu Jue.

He went to the palace to look for Xie Qiao that day, but he didn't find anyone in Xie Qiao's palace, so he felt something was wrong.After Xie Zheng knew about it, he personally brought someone along with Lu Jue to find someone in the palace.Lu Jue didn't know why he thought of Leng Gong at that time, so he brought someone to look for him himself.

One step later, Xie Qiao would really be dead.

When he coughed up a large puddle of water and came back slowly, he opened his eyes and saw Lu Jue's anxious face. He just grabbed Lu Jue's sleeve so tightly that the bones in his hand were almost torn out, as if Lu Jue was a dark hell The only ray of light in the sky.He was gasping for fragments of air, and he didn't even have the energy to cry.

Xie Qiao had a high fever, which lasted for several days and nights.Xie Zheng was furious, and dealt with all the people in the underground palace.Xie Qiao had a high fever and was in a coma, even tugging at Lu Jue's sleeves. Xie Zheng felt guilty and felt that the palace was not safe, so he simply sent him to the Lu family.

The eunuch was easy to find, but when he was found, he was already dead, and the maid seemed to be a ghost that didn't exist. Xie Zheng quickly turned the palace over, but he couldn't find her.Xie Zheng believed in him, Lu Jue believed in him, but everyone in the palace thought that Xie Qiao was just hallucinating, because the palace maid did not exist in the palace's roster, no one had seen her, and no one knew about her.

The palace people only thought that the eunuch accidentally pushed Xie Qiao into the water, fearing His Majesty would blame him, so he committed suicide in fear of crime.This seemed to be the most reasonable explanation, until two years later at the conferment ceremony, the ghostly maid appeared again, and then stabbed Xie Zheng's heart dripping with blood.

Xie Qiao hid behind a big rock and took a deep breath.He touched the sleeve arrow under his sleeve, settled down, and waited for someone to come.

After a rustling sound, Xie Qiao saw a figure sneaking out of a dilapidated temple and came to the edge of the pond, waiting for someone. It was the back of a woman, and Xie Qiao was very familiar with it. .The woman turned around inadvertently, and Xie Qiao finally saw the woman's face. At that time, it was a face that was so ordinary that it was so ordinary that it was like a fish entering the ocean when mixed into the crowd, making it absolutely unrecognizable.

Xie Qiao raised his arm and aimed the sleeve arrow hidden in his sleeve at the woman's heart. At this moment, he suddenly felt something was wrong.According to what happened in the previous life, the eunuch should come out from another exit at this time, but there is no one there at all.

Xie Qiao frowned, took a step away and turned around, and sure enough, he saw the eunuch standing behind him, looking at him gloomyly.

The woman looked this way when she heard the movement, and when she saw Xie Qiao, a vigilant and ferocious expression suddenly appeared on her face.

"Get rid of him quickly." The woman, like her previous life, turned around and walked away quickly in one direction after leaving a word.

Xie Qiao was confronting the eunuch, and now his heart was pounding.You can't shout. If you shout, the eunuch will rush towards him and cover his mouth like in the previous life. Now he is a child's body and can't deal with it at all.What's more, those guards might not arrive in time.

To deal with these two people, they can only use the sleeve arrow and dagger he brought today.

Xie Qiao was forced by the eunuch to retreat towards the pond. He pretended to be terrified, and locked the position of the maid from the corner of his eye, while slowly pinching the dagger in the other sleeve in his palm.

As long as he seized the momentary opportunity to put the dagger into the eunuch's heart with one hand and shoot the sleeve arrow at the court lady with the other hand, he would win.

The eunuch began to press his body down towards him with a ferocious face, Xie Qiao's eyes darkened, and now...

"Joe!"

Just as Xie Qiao was about to make a move, he heard a familiar voice full of fear and panic.He hadn't thought about why Lu Jue appeared here, a thought came to his mind uncontrollably like an instinct: he didn't want Lu Jue to see him kill...

As a result, the dagger and sleeve arrow in his hand lost the power to activate.

The opportunity is just that moment, and if you miss it, it will never happen again.

Xie Qiao reacted before being pushed into the water and only had time to shout: "Brother Huaiyu, catch them!"

"Take it!"

Xie Qiao and Lu Jue's words collided, and Lu Jue rushed towards the pond with panic and fear on his white jade face: He knew how afraid Xie Qiao was of water...

The golden-armored soldiers he brought rushed forward and finally took down the eunuch and court lady.

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Xie Qiao seemed to have returned to this time in his last life, when the cold pool attacked him like a thousand troops, eating away at his will and body. He stretched out his hands in vain and hopeless, expecting to catch someone.

However, the world in the pool is completely cold and completely lonely. There is only one person in this world, and that is himself.

The memory seemed to be scattered in some vortex, so Xie Qiao's memory seemed to be completely messed up...

No one will catch themselves...the one who will catch himself will die because of himself...

But even with such hopeless thoughts, the arm still stretched out instinctively, wanting to be caught by someone...

Then, a pair of strong hands really grabbed him...

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"Joe! Joel!"

Xie Qiao coughed out a big mouthful of water, opened his eyes, and saw Lu Jue just like in the last life.

Lu Jue's eyes were red, and his face finally revealed the childish and helpless fragility and fear that he would have at his age.

"Brother Huaiyu, I'm fine. Don't be sad."

These words are not all consolation, compared to this time in the last life, he is indeed much better.

Lu Jue's clothes were disheveled and his body was completely wet. The jade fingers holding Xie Qiao were red and trembling slightly. With his other hand, he pinched Xie Qiao's arm, on which he was still tied He lowered his head for the sleeve arrow given to him, his voice was deep and hoarse, and he looked into Xie Qiao's eyes and asked word by word: "Why didn't you use the sleeve arrow I gave you just now? Why not?!"

Lu Jue didn't know that Xie Qiao was still carrying a dagger, but even if there was only the sleeve arrow, as long as he used it, even if he couldn't kill the man, there would be a buffer time for him to save Xie Qiao. Xie Qiao obviously had the opportunity to use it, but he didn't use.

Xie Qiao looked at him quietly with black and white eyes, and told the truth: "Because I don't want to kill in front of Brother Huaiyu."

"You..." Lu Jue frowned suddenly, and tightly hugged Xie Qiao, as if he was about to get angry.But he closed his eyes, as if digesting those turbulent emotions, and when he opened them again, Xie Qiao was familiar with the gentleness in his eyes. He put on clean clothes for Xie Qiao, looked into Xie Qiao's eyes, and said: "This The second time is that I am sorry for you, that I did not protect you well."

"I've found the flower root you want for you, and I'm keeping it in your palace."

He picked up Xie Qiao and walked towards Xie Qiao's palace.There is already a doctor waiting there.

"Joe, with me, you will always be you. You don't need to worry that I will hate you because you have blood on your hands." I will never let your hands get blood that shouldn't be on your hands.

In the drowsy dream, Xie Qiao seemed to hear the sweetest promise in the world.

The author has something to say: At this time, Lu Jue just regarded Xie Qiao as a younger brother who needed protection and love, and the biggest part of his feelings for Xie Qiao was "pity"