Embers

From the moment he stretched out his hand to hug Ember, Ye Bozhou knew that the question Ember had asked him had already had an answer in his heart.

He just has always been unwilling to admit that he, who has been raised by Xia Xianmen for more than [-] years, will finally leave because of a single choice of one person.

Ember was held in his arms, but she was a little at a loss.

"Master, don't cry...I..."

Ye Bozhou firmly pressed his head: "Don't move, let me hug for a while."

Both were silent.

There was a dead silence in the room. In contrast, the sound of the firecrackers outside was clearer.

On New Year's Eve, the day when every family is happy and reunited, they have to bear such pain.

Ember felt that Ye Bozhou's body was also trembling slightly. For him, what he heard tonight should have overturned all his cognition in the past 31 years.

I don't know how long it took before Ye Bozhou's calm voice sounded in the room: "How did you get the "Wrong Flower Heart Sutra"? As far as I know, the Zangshu Pavilion is so heavily guarded that I don't even think about sneaking in."

Ember lowered her head: "Fu Yan stole it for me."

Ye Bozhou's brows gradually frowned: "I remember that you don't have much contact with each other. Will he have such a good relationship with you that you can do this kind of thing for you? He should know best that stealing books in the library is a serious crime."

Ember hesitated, but decided to confess: "I made a deal with him."

Ye Bozhou's heart sank, and a bad premonition began to appear again.

What would be the conditions comparable to stealing gunpowder?

"What deal?"

"He asked me to help him kill a man."

Ye Bozhou's breathing tightened suddenly.

"Who?"

Ember said four words in a low voice, and for a moment Ye Bozhou suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.

"Who are you talking about?"

Ember had no choice but to repeat it again.

"The current Holy Majesty..."

Ye Bozhou's brain groaned, and the whole person was confused.Seeing him, Ember's expression changed instantly, and she also understood in her heart that this matter was dangerous and ridiculous, so she took a step back and stopped talking.

……

"Are you crazy! How can you agree to such a condition! You don't want to die? Do you think the Holy One is so easy to kill?"

It was the first time for Ember to see Ye Bozhou lose his composure, and he was silent for a long time before speaking: "I have no choice at all, Master."

Ye Bozhou froze, seeing Ember's forbearance in his eyes, he was suddenly speechless.

what can i sayIf you don't follow what Nie Budu said, your eldest brother will die. If you follow what Nie Budu said, you will have to pay the price.

Ye Bozhou suddenly felt a heartbroken feeling.

He didn't understand why the heavens forced a teenage child like this, but for a moment he understood the desperation on Ember's face when he first met him.

He spoke with difficulty: "Jin'er, assassinating the emperor is a capital crime."

Ember didn't have a trace of emotion on her face: "I know."

Ye Bozhou was dumb.

Knowing that there are tigers in the mountain, but he can only go to the mountain of tiger, because there is no second road in front of him!

Ye Bozhou clenched his fists, and a flash of determination flashed in his eyes: "Master will always be on your side."

Ember lowered her head, her eyes were extremely sore.He just wanted to tell him that everything can be fake, only his feelings are real.

But he never thought that Ye Bozhou was more decisive than he imagined, even knowing that he was wrong, he would not hesitate to do so.

Ye Bozhou kissed the corner of his mouth, and said in a low voice: "Silly boy, you only have me. If I don't protect you, who else will protect you?"

Ember stared at him blankly.

Although very haggard, there is still a warm smile on the corner of the mouth, which makes people feel at ease after watching it.

This is Ye Bozhou.

……

Relighting the fire, the embers were making dumplings while Ye Bozhou sat on a ponytail and studied the "Cuohuaxinjing".

Ember is still young and lacks experience in martial arts, and often has problems when studying the "Cuohua Heart Sutra", which leads to disordered internal breath, which in turn increases the risk of becoming obsessed.

However, Ye Bozhou had seen countless inner strength techniques, so he decided to study them for a while and guide Ember to practice them.

There is no way, once the practice of the "Wrong Flower Heart Sutra" has started, it cannot be interrupted.

Ember looked at his side face under the light, feeling mixed feelings in his heart.

As the pride of Xiaxianmen, the dignified Elder Baidao, what kind of mood did Master read the "Crossing Flower Heart Sutra" with?

Thinking about it, I accidentally scalded my hands with hot water.

Ye Bozhou stopped flipping through the book and got up to look for medicine.

Ember looked at him silently.

Ye Bozhou took two small bottles, walked up to Ember, stared at his lips and sighed.

"It's all bitten. Master was too confused just now, and forgot about it."

Then he gently applied the medicine to his lips and fingers.

Ember looked at his focused expression, and suddenly understood his choice.

Ye Bozhou patted his head and sighed: "Do you know that any injury you get is a knife in my heart."

Ember's voice was a little weak: "I know."

Ye Bozhou naturally understood what he was thinking, and said softly: "Don't feel guilty, you didn't do anything wrong, I just want to protect the one I love. If you never appeared by my side, I don't know what I will live in this life How lonely."

After eating the dumplings, Ye Bozhou gave a plan for the next thing.

Xiaxianmen should not be able to find out about this for a while, and Nie Budu still has to procrastinate.He first helped Ember finish practicing the "Cuohua Heart Sutra" as quickly as possible, and then the two went to the Devil's Cult to rescue Qiao Chuhe, and then tried a way to feign death and leave the Xiaxianmen completely.

As for how to assassinate the emperor, this matter needs to be considered separately.

In short, let's finish practicing the "Cuohua Heart Sutra" first.

At least staying at the lower string door for now can delay time.If he left early, the Demon Cult would definitely become suspicious, and Qiao Chuhe's life would be in danger.

Ember of course has no objection.

When planning alone, he always feels that everything is taking risks, and he is always ready to fail.

But now with Ye Bozhou, he suddenly felt confident that everything would be perfect as they planned.

The mind calmed down, and the sleepiness also came up.

Seeing him like this, Ye Bozhou told him to go to bed and clean up the dishes by himself.

When Ye Bozhou finished packing and went to bed, he saw Ember falling asleep on the bed.

He didn't even take off his clothes, obviously he was extremely sleepy.

His brows finally relaxed.

How long has it been since you had a good night's sleep?

Ye Bozhou supported his head and looked at his sleeping face, thinking distressedly.

Has it been like this for nine years?When he was unconsciously dreaming, he was tossing and turning beside him.Those closest to me are by my side, in despair but unable to ask for help.

How helpless was he then?

"Tuk, tuk, tuk."

There was a sudden noise from the window, Ye Bozhou was taken aback, and Ember in his sleep frowned slightly.

He got up and walked over to push open the window. A dark gray pigeon was sitting firmly on the window frame, looking at him coldly.

On its leg, there is a small note tied with a line of small words: I will give you one last year.

Ye Bozhou raised his eyes abruptly, and the sharp gaze made the pigeons tremble in fright.

He grabbed the pigeon very quickly, and squeezed the pigeon to death with one force!

The last time Pigeon saw in the world, what he saw was Ye Bozhou's sullen and painful face.

Nie Budu stood in front of the window and waited for a long time but the pigeon flew back.

In the past, although Ember basically didn't return anything, at least he would send pigeons back.

"Maybe, it's Chinese New Year's Eve, did the kid take it to eat meat?"

Mo Yuan tentatively said.

Nie Budu glanced at him, seemed to think it made sense, and snorted coldly: "I'm getting fatter."

Mo Yuan carefully put a cloak on him: "Stop standing in front of the window, be careful of the wind and cold."

Nie Budu nodded slightly, and sat inside.

At this time, the sky is already bright.

Mo Yuan looked at him worriedly: "Master, are you really not going to rest? You haven't slept all night."

Nie Budu waved his hand, was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "I want to eat dumplings."

Mo Yuan was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately came back to his senses and said to the servant next to him: "What are you still doing, didn't you hear, the leader said he wants to eat dumplings, why don't you go and ask the kitchen to make them!"

The servant ran away like hell.

Mo Yuan stood there looking at the expressionless Nie Budu, feeling sore in his heart.

Where does he want to eat dumplings?It was clear that I heard the clearly audible sound of firecrackers outside, realized that today was New Year's Eve, and felt lonely.

Not long after, the hot dumplings were ready and delivered. Just as Mo Yuan was about to go to pick them up, he paused when he saw the person delivering the dumplings.

"why you?"

The young man smiled, looked cautiously at the person sitting inside, and said, "I heard that the leader wanted to eat dumplings, so I decided to bring them for the servants in the kitchen, so that I could catch a glimpse of the leader."

The meaning of flattery in the tone is very obvious.

Mo Yuan frowned in disgust: "Why are you so annoying, you really dare not kill you when you are the leader?"

The man lowered his eyes and smiled: "If I can die in the hands of the leader, my life is worth living."

"..."

Mo Yuan had never seen a big man who could think him so shameless, and immediately got goosebumps all over his body.

Nie Budu naturally heard this too, but he didn't even move.

The man said again: "It must be that the leader is extremely lonely alone, can you let the younger one accompany you?"

Mo Yuan stared straight at him: "What is a person? I'm not a person? It's alright, alright, you've seen the leader, get out!"

The man stretched his neck and looked at Nie Budu, his eyes full of reluctance.

Mo Yuan was a little impatient, and intentionally hurt him: "What are you looking at! Are you thinking about the leader's dumplings? Could it be that no one brought you food tonight?"

"..."

Nie Budu got up straight away: "Mo Yuan, reward him with dumplings, I'm going to bed."

After finishing speaking, without even looking this way, he lifted his foot and went to the back room.

"What are you still doing here? Look, because your leader is so annoyed that he can't eat anymore, why don't you hurry up!"

The man froze for a moment, smiled wryly and left with the dumplings.

When he went out, the cold wind was blowing in his face. He looked down at the steaming dumplings with a complicated expression.

The author has something to say:

"I knew I loved you, I just didn't know I could love you this much."

"Because I love you, I will support you in whatever you do, even if you know it is beyond redemption."

This is Ye Bozhou's love, for him, embers are more important than his own life.