Embers

"The imperial court seems to be about to take action."

Li Mei handed over a secret letter.

Only then did Ember recover from the action of propping her chin, took the secret letter, quickly scanned the entire text, and then gave a gentle "hmm".

He closed his eyes lightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Mei stood aside, and said again: "The doctor prescribed the prescription yesterday, I just asked someone to boil the medicine, and I will bring it to you later?"

Ember let out a "hmm" again.

Li Mei knew that he was planning in his mind, so he stopped bothering and retreated.

In recent years, the imperial court has long begun to control the Devil's Cult. After all, the Devil's Cult is now considered to be one of the forces, and it is even about to be on par with the imperial court in many aspects. I can't say for certain.

There was no lack of probing in the open and in the dark, most of the time it was Li Mei who negotiated on her own, and only a few critical times did Ember go in person.And Yu Jin is almost impossible to break through, he has no desires and desires, and he does not want to gain any benefits from the Demon Cult, so it is impossible to go softly.It is even more difficult to insist on it, not to mention how unfathomable Yu Jin's martial arts are, just the power of "Innocent Art" in the Devil's Cult is enough to make the imperial court guards fearful.

After many years with the imperial court, both sides are quietly preparing for an outbreak when the time is right.

But now, it is hovering between the so-called "time is ripe".

While thinking about it, Li Mei pushed open the door of the pharmacy, and there was a bowl of steaming medicinal soup on the table.

He sighed softly.

Ember dealt with all kinds of things desperately all day long, and the entire Demon Cult was on his back alone, which made his physical condition go from bad to worse these years. It was not so bad when he was in his twenties, but after he passed thirties, he started to suffer. The situation, especially in the past two years, has almost become a medicine jar.

The doctor dared to say that he was tired all the year round, and he always seemed to have something on his mind, so it was pretty good to be able to live till now.If he doesn't take good care of him, he will die in office sooner or later.

Ember listened carefully to the doctor's advice, then asked someone to send him away, and never looked for him again.

Although Li Mei often felt so distressed that she couldn't sleep at night, she didn't try to persuade him again.

Taking the medicine all the way to the study room, Li Mei knocked on the door, but she didn't hear a reply, she pushed the door lightly and walked in. Inside, Ember sat in front of the desk, propped her chin and closed her eyes, sleeping soundly.

He had no choice but to walk over in small steps, and patted his shoulder lightly: "Wake up, get up and drink the medicine."

Ember raised her eyelids slightly, smelled the bitter taste of the medicinal soup, sighed softly, straightened up, took it and drank it down.

Li Mei took back the bowl, took out a piece of candy and gave it to him.

Ember didn't answer, but said hoarsely: "Come here."

Li Mei went as she said.

Then, Ember gently leaned against his body.

Li Mei paused, put the sugar away, caught him with both hands, and gently rubbed his temples.

"Tired? Do you want to go back and sleep for a while?"

"No need."

He closed his eyes again.

Li Mei frowned slightly, only feeling that he was getting thinner again.

Not long after, the sound of even breathing came from his arms, Li Mei stopped and looked at him distressedly.

It's all like this, and I still say "no need"...

In the end, she carried him to the bed in the next bedroom and gently covered him with the quilt.

Li Mei stood by the bed and stared at him.

For a 38-year-old man, the years inevitably left light marks on his face, which made him look no longer young, but added three points of charm to him that only a man of this age can have.

Although she is not considered old, Li Mei often feels that Ember is already old.

It is not his body that is old, but his heart.

There is often the illusion that he is dragging an old heart to linger on.

Li Mei leaned over slightly, caressing his face with her fingertips.

Even at this age, his appearance is still unparalleled in the world.

It's just that there is always a look of tiredness hanging over his brows and eyes.

"take a good rest."

After speaking silently, Li Mei quietly exited the room.

"how is he."

Outside the door, a middle-aged man with a handsome face was walking quickly, with a slightly worried look on his brow.

"It's just too tired." Li Mei smiled, "Brother Qiao, don't worry too much."

Qiao Chuhe sighed: "I don't think he's in a very good spirit these days."

"So I'm planning to go to Nineteen."

Qiao Chuhe rubbed the center of his brows, and said: "That's fine, let Nineteen replace him earlier, so he can rest earlier."

Li Mei twitched the corner of her mouth slightly and nodded.

Nineteen was one of the first group of children raised by Ember, and he fell down during Ember's first inspection.

But after that, he has been performing extremely well, surpassing children of the same age by several grades in all aspects. After nearly ten years of observation and training, he has become the best candidate for the next leader of the Demon Cult.

This way of choosing in advance, on the one hand, can guarantee the ability, and on the other hand, can avoid turmoil. After all, the current Demon Cult is really too big, and there is a danger of falling apart if you are not careful.Ember really doesn't want any flaws in the Demon Cult that was finally unified.

Li Mei took steady steps and walked for a long time before arriving at Nineteen's study.

Nineteen is frowning at the table, studying the leadership method written by Ember himself.

"nineteen."

The young man was startled. He raised his head and saw a man with gentle eyebrows standing at the door. He immediately stood up: "Master Secret Envoy, you are here."

"Sit down." Li Mei raised her chin slightly, walked over with a smile on her face, glanced at the notes he made aside, and asked, "How's the progress?"

Nineteen sat back in his seat and handed him the notes.

"It's basically understandable, but it still needs to be practiced. This is my understanding, please read it."

Li Mei took it and looked it over carefully, admiring in his heart, this child is really talented, his understanding of things is not limited to what Ember has outlined, and he also has many unique ideas of his own, which is amazing.

"That's right." Li Mei smiled gently, and corrected several contradictions for him, and he listened very seriously.

Finally, when he was about to leave, Nineteen suddenly stood up and stopped him.

"That, Mr. Assassin,"

Li Mei stood still, turned around, the young man was lowering his head slightly, his voice was a bit cramped, his fingers were inadvertently messing with the skirt of his clothes.

"You said before that the leader will personally take me to practice, is it true?"

Li Mei paused, and began to feel a little dazed uncontrollably.

The young man's expression was so familiar, but separated by a layer of strange mist.

It's been a long time, and it has clearly appeared on his own face.

Looking back suddenly, the years are suddenly too late.

In front of the child, he still raised the corner of his mouth: "It's true. It's just that the leader has a lot of work these days, and his body is also tired. It will take a while."

Nineteen nodded heavily, and after a while, he suddenly became nervous again: "I heard that the leader is sick..."

"It's not serious." Li Mei went over and tapped him on the head lightly, "As long as you study hard, he will recover soon when he is happy."

"Okay, I will!"

Nineteen nodded solemnly.

Li Mei smiled lightly and strode out.

Ember's body could no longer bear the sleepless nights, and Li Mei reminded him to go back to his room to rest as soon as it got dark.

For the past two years, Li Mei has slept with him.

Although he himself was busy, Ember needed more care after all.

Before going to bed, Ember leaned on the bed and read a book, while Li Mei squatted in front of the bed to help him wash his feet.

After looking at it, Ember put down the book, and looked at him silently.

Li Mei lowered her head, unable to see Ember's eyes, her movements were still skillful and gentle.

Ember suddenly raised her hand, and gently rubbed his head.

Li Mei paused, raised her head, but bumped into Ember's deep eyes.

As for what Ember is thinking, after all these years, Li Mei can understand with just one look.

So at this time, he didn't say a word, just smiled lightly.

"You're old too."

Ember's voice was slightly hoarse.

Li Mei raised the corner of her mouth: "Are you despising me?"

Ember lightly twitched the corner of her mouth.

Li Mei wiped his feet dry, then got up, leaned over and kissed the corner of his lips, and whispered: "I will always be by your side."

Ember held his head in his arms.

The author has something to say:

In fact, I don't know why this article is so cold...Maybe it is very cold...

There are too many things I want to say, I will save them in the postscript...