lonely king

Zhang You was also blown out of the window by the autumn wind. He was writing a letter to Yue Ming on the chopping board. The autumn wind blew open the window and knocked off the paper on his desk. The sky is afraid that there will be a heavy rain.The cool wind didn't bring Zhang You any coolness, but instead brought him a chill. He went to close the window, frowning slightly, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

"Has Da Shu grown back?" Zhang You asked the young servant who was serving beside him.

After Zhang You came to Qiangzhu, he has been living in the mansion of Liu Jing, the eldest concubine. Liu's mansion is very close to Gao Mingtai, so it is convenient for summoning.He came to Qiang Zhu this time to persuade Sai Jian to send troops to help Xi Zhao. He met Sai Jian a few days ago, but he frowned, as if he disagreed. At this time, I want to see Da Shu again.

The servant said: "Go back to your lord, the eldest son is back, but he is in the front hall to receive the guests. I'm afraid Mr. Zhang won't be able to see the elder when he goes at this time."

Zhang You nodded, very humble, "That's right, the chief minister is Qiang Zhu's humerus minister, so he is naturally busy, he needs to meet with some court officials, and he is also very busy with various affairs."

But the little servant talked a lot: "Which kind of minister did you meet? It was the one who lived in Gaomingtai. The elder Shu never liked to see that person, but recently, for some reason, he praised that person very much, and even personally Reception."

Zhang You didn't understand the young man's words, but he was a little interested in the man in the young man's mouth. He didn't know who it was, and he had to be appreciated by the elders for being able to live in the Gaoming Terrace of King Qiangzhu, "Live in Gaoming Terrace." people? But the princes and nobles?"

Compared with Zhang You's humility, he looked like a master, "What kind of prince and nobleman is just a fortune teller, and he stays in Gaomingtai with a demon-like face. You are an immortal in white clothes, but I think he is a mystifier."

"Baili Nian?" Zhang You frowned, the white-clothed immortal who is good at the art of black and yellow, who else would it be but Baili Nian.He only got the news that Baili Nian was brought to Taoyang City. He knew that Baili Nian was Sai Jian's guest and now lives in Gaomingtai. Man, wouldn't it be Sai Jian?

The news that Baili Nian was taken away not only reached Sui Yi's ears, but also reached Xi Zhao. Zhang You knew that Baili Nian was in Taoyang, but he didn't know what he was doing now.Zhang You immediately asked the servant, "Is Baili Nian still in the Liu Mansion?"

The servant nodded, with a disdainful tone, "I'm here, I probably won't leave for a while." Before, the elders didn't want to see Baili Nian, so the servants in the mansion didn't want to see Baili Nian either, and Liu turned around. , but the boys didn't, how disdainful was the man with this look in his heart.

"Still in Liu Mansion..." Zhang You was thoughtful, his eyes were a little downcast, somehow he felt that it was not a good thing, there were too many subtle things between him and this old friend, and this old friend was also the person he feared the most.

Here Zhang You was thinking about what Baili Nian was looking for Liu Jing, but the person he was thinking about had already knocked on the door, Zhang You looked up and saw a white shadow.It was windy and windy outside, and Baili Nian was wrapped in a white velvet cloak and was waiting in a bamboo hat. His face was a little pale, and he looked even thinner when standing in front of the rain. His eyes were so indifferent, which Zhang You had never seen before.

"Brother Bai...Brother Baili?" Zhang You didn't expect the person to come so quickly, and he entered his door in the blink of an eye, but he seemed a little at a loss.

"Brother Zhang You, please stay safe."

Baili Nian's voice was a bit ethereal and ethereal, and it was different from the tone he used to chat with Zhang You before, with an inexplicable...coolness, perhaps because he was blown by the wind and rain, and he also carried a coolness.

"Don't... don't come here without any problems." Zhang You was a little startled, and his speech was intermittent.

Baili Nian had a natural expression on his face. Mo Yan behind him took off his bamboo hat, and he sat down on his own, not like a guest entering Zhang You's room, but like his own room, just raised his head Come, but there was a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Brother Zhang You saw that I was safe and sound, isn't it a bit surprised?" He was smiling, but it made Zhang You feel cold in his heart.

After all, Zhang You has seen big scenes, and he is not someone who is at a loss when Baili Nian smiles. He took a long breath to calm himself down, walked to the opposite side of Baili Nian and sat down. A friend who used to play Fuqin in Nanlin.

Zhang You: "Brother Baili is really joking. Although brother Baili has always been weak, but he knows the magic of immortals, he will naturally be safe. How can I be surprised that brother Baili is safe and sound, it makes sense."

Zhang You also smiled, but his smile was different from Baili Nian's, with some guard and politeness, but his smile fell into Baili Nian's eyes, and the latter's smile stopped sharply, and his eyes changed into cold and stern. .

"You were a sincere person, you never said these vassal words, and you know what I said. The man in the iron mask is from the Western Regions in the west of the desert. He is good at using poison and never enters the Central Plains or Cangyu Mountain , but there are caravans with Xizhao in the past two years, I just need to follow the poison investigation and find out, who sent them to Yeling to kill me, it is clear at a glance, Brother Zhang You, do you think so?"

Baili Nian's words were very indifferent, as if he was making a drink appointment as usual, but Zhang You was very surprised by what he said. Knowing what he was talking about, the matter of Yeling could not be escaped, but for some reason, he didn't want to mention it.

Zhang You: "I..."

"I was the one who poisoned the old King Xizhao in Hengyuan, and so was Gongsun Zhi. The two tragic wars in Nanming were all caused by me." Baili Nian suddenly spoke, breaking Zhang You's thoughts.

"Baili Nian! You!"

Zhang You stared, he didn't expect that Baili Nian could say it by himself, let alone that he could say it so lightly!Zhang You thought of Gongsun Zhi's last letter again, all the resentment that had been squeezed for a long time came to his heart, he clenched his fists tightly, his thin figure trembling, "Do you have to do this!"

"Didn't you already know this?" Baili Nian's tone was very light, with an indelible desolation. He never gave others a warm retreat, nor did he give himself a warm retreat.

Zhang You looked at Baili Nian unwillingly, and he repeated, "Do you have to do this? I have regarded you as a good friend from the time I left Nanlin to the ruins of Nanming!"

Baili Nian raised his eyes slowly, and his eyes also darkened. His eyes were complex, showing helplessness and sadness, "I persuaded you when you left Nanlin, and you insisted on going with Gongsun Zhi."

Back then, Zhang You was a young man full of ambition. Gongsun Zhi met Zhang You when he was traveling in Nanlin, and asked him to go with him to Nanming Palace to serve as an official. At that time, Zhang You was a little shaken. He knew that Gongsun Zhi was actually He is not a wise monarch, and Gongsun Zhi lacks sincerity, and these Baili Nian also know it.

When he decided to go with Gongsun Zhi, Baili Nian, who has always been moody and angry, had an ugly expression on his face, and chased him out, advising him not to go to Nanming, advising him to wait, advising him to wait, there will be a good tomorrow The monarch waited for him to assist, but Zhang You refused to listen. He recognized Gongsun Zhi and felt that he could drive Gongsun Zhi to become a virtuous lord by himself.There is no wise and perfect monarch in the world, he will change him, this is Zhang You's original words.

But now, I don't know if he still remembers.

Zhang You clenched his fists and looked at Baili Nian with complicated eyes, and Baili Nian was also full of desolation.

Zhang You: "Since then, have you started to lay out your chess pieces? Are you going to destroy Nanming from then on?"

Baili Nian: "It started earlier than that, before I met you."

Hearing the words without any denials, Zhang You bit his lips, his tightly clenched fists suddenly loosened, he let out a sad laugh, and tears fell from the corners of his eyes.This friendship that he thought was a gentleman was not enough at the very beginning, and he didn't know whether to complain or sigh, in the end there was only one tear of helplessness left, he slowly raised his head and spoke as if discouraged.

Zhang You: "I sent the people who went to Yeling to kill you."

Baili Nian's thin lips parted lightly, with a long sigh, "I know."

When Mo Yan found out about the Man in the Iron Mask and knew that the Man in the Iron Mask was only related to Xi Zhao, he guessed that Zhang You and Yue Ming were the ones who sent the Man in the Iron Mask to Yeling to kill him.That night was the eight-year festival of Yeling, and there were not many people who knew that they would appear in Yeling. There would be no problems with their own people, and there would be no problems with Sai Jian and Sai Jian's people, but who knew that they would appear in Yeling? What about the dead ginger?

It can only be Zhang You, only Zhang You can follow the old Xizhao King and Gongsun Zhi's poisonous investigations to himself, only Zhang You can grasp the clues with such a delicate mind.Zhang You is a smart person, he will not fail to guess his origin, and he knows that as long as Baili Nian is around, the world will not be peaceful, neither Xizhao nor Beiyan will end well, he leans on Xizhao, From Xi Zhao's standpoint, he should have killed him, just like Baili Nian would have stopped him to rescue the soldiers.

"Are you blaming me?" Zhang You said suddenly.

Baili Nian raised his eyes, and there were ripples in his eyes, a little helpless, "I blame you, I don't blame you."

"Then do you blame me?" Baili Nian asked Zhang You the same question, with unspeakable emotions in his eyes.

Zhang You met his eyes, suddenly smiled sadly, sat back on the seat, and said categorically, "Resentment!"

Baili rolled his eyes down, and Zhang You raised his head, "If you were as calm as you are now, this wouldn't be the result."

The words reached Baili Nian's ears, but he laughed, and looked into Zhang You's eyes, as if he was playing chess and playing the piano while writing Danqing when he was in Nanlin together, "If I confess, will you still go with Gongsun Zhi?" ?”

Zhang You frowned, he really hadn't thought about this question, if Baili Nian confessed that he was Jiang's old man, would Zhang You still go to Nanming to be an official?Will you still go with Gongsun Zhi?Zhang You couldn't answer for sure, he was too clear at that time, always thought that he could solve any problems in the world, maybe he would persuade Baili Nian to give up his old hatred, he couldn't answer Baili Nian at all.

Baili laughed, "You will still go to Nanming, and you will still be involved in the quagmire of Tianxia. Zhang You, it doesn't make any difference whether I say it or not, it can only be this kind of result."

Zhang You was speechless. He looked at Baili Nian and asked his last question, "Who are you? The Great Jiang Royal Family?"

Zhang You only guessed that Baili Nian was an old man of Dajiang. When the three princes captured Dajiang and burned Yeling to the ground with a beacon fire, even though Dajiang's royal family and courtiers and officials were all killed in the fire, it might happen. There are a few people who can escape. Zhang You guesses that Baili Nian is the Dajiang royal family who escaped. Only members of the royal family think of revenge for the country, so they stir up troubles in the world, but he doesn't know who Baili Nian is , this was his last curiosity.

Baili Yan's eyes were bleak, he opened his mouth, he didn't want to answer, but he still said it, his tone was soft as if he couldn't hear, "My original surname is Jiang, I only changed one surname."

"Ginger twist!"

Jiang Nian, the subjugated monarch of the great ginger!Jiang Nian, the last young king of Dajiang!The Great Ginger King, who was criticized and killed in the flames, went to Jiang Nian!

Zhang You's eyes widened. He really didn't expect that Baili Nian was Jiang Nian. Yue Wei once suspected that Baili Nian was Jiang Nian, but Zhang You still denied it with a smile. Everyone knows that Jiang Nian is dead. How could an unarmed young man To escape the flames?Looking at the person in front of him, Zhang You saw the red mark at the corner of his eye, which was the mark left by being burned, Zhang You suddenly understood.

"You...you are the old owner of Big Ginger..."

How did he think that Baili Nian's aura of nobility, his air of kingship, his indifference to the affairs of the world, and the arrogance in his bones are by no means held by ordinary people. He was once the lord of the world. Even if Da Jiang is ruined, his arrogance of overlooking the world as a king will not disappear because of the fire, nor will it disappear completely because of Da Jiang's demise. How did Zhang You think of it.

Zhang You was still dumbfounded. This truth made him a little bit hard to calm down, but the people on the other side looked indifferent. No one knew the desolation from the Ninth Five-Year Lord to the prodigal son, and he didn't want to talk about it to anyone. Ye The fire in the mausoleum burned his heart, and he was no longer a young man who talked about confusion, he was already the confusion itself.

Baili Nian lowered his eyes, "Sai Jian has already repaired the book and gave it to Yue Wei, and promised to send troops to help Xi Zhao, but he wants to keep you."

Zhang You was stunned, not knowing what Baili Nian meant, cast doubtful eyes on Baili Nian, and Baili Nian spoke again, with a coolness in his words that Zhang You couldn't understand.

"Yue Ming accepted the letter and replied the letter as quickly as possible. It was really fast, but it took only half a day to reply." Baili Nian took out the letter from his sleeve and put it in front of Zhang You. Between Xizhao and you, he chose the former without hesitation. He wrote back that as long as Qiangzhao sent troops to assist Xizhao, he would leave you in Qiangzhao's life and death. When Zhang You stopped you at the border of Xizhao, you just left Just go back to Nanlin."

Zhang You raised his head, he finally understood what Baili Nian meant.Baili Nian did treat him as a friend, but his staying in Xizhao to assist Yue Wei disrupted his chess game. Baili Nian... No, Jiang Nian would not let him stay in Xizhao, would not let him Assistant Yue Ming, not to mention he already knew Jiang Nian's identity.

Baili Nian won't keep him, and won't let him go out alive when he reveals his true identity.

Baili Nian put an exquisite white porcelain vial in front of Zhang You, "After all, I am sorry for you."

Zhang You looked at the letter and white bottle on the table, and suddenly laughed, a very hearty smile, a hearty smile he had never had before, since he left Nanlin with Gongsun Zhi, he had never laughed like this, and he was worried every day The situation of Nanming, the pattern of the world, in Nanming, he thought about how to keep Nanming and Gongsunzhi, and in Xizhao, he thought about how to protect Xizhao and Yueying. He is a good minister, but he may not be able to Meet a wise king who treats him sincerely.

"There is no wise and perfect monarch in the world." Zhang You sighed, and said this sentence again, the last sentence he said when he left Nanming, but he didn't say the second part, there is no wise and perfect monarch in the world, I will change him .Now Zhang You understood Yue Ming, how could Yue Ming abandon the whole of Xizhao because of him as a courtier?It's just that although I understand, my heart is inevitably sad.

Whether it is Gongsun Zhi or Yue Ming, they are kings after all.

"Is this to send me on my way?" Zhang You didn't touch the letter, but picked up the small white porcelain bottle on the table. There was a strange fragrance from the mouth of the bottle. Zhang You sniffed it and felt a little familiar.

"It's the same as Gongsun Zhi's. There will be no pain." Baili Nian understood what Zhang You wanted to ask and said it directly.

Zhang You smiled, with a flat face, "Okay."

"Do you have anything else to say?" Baili Nian looked at Zhang You with complicated eyes. He didn't know when the window was blown open again. Blow in the wind.

Zhang You shook his head, "No more." He picked up the small white porcelain bottle, and was about to drink it, when the wind picked up a bit, and after blowing through a hundred miles of twist, it blew on him again. He turned his head to the window, facing the window. Looking out of the window, the rain outside the window became more severe, like beads in a string, very much like the moment he and Gongsun Zhi left Nanlin.

Do you regret it?Zhang You asked himself in his heart, he smiled again, no.

"After I die, bury me in Nanlin." Zhang You said.

Baili Niu glanced at him and nodded, "Okay."

Zhang You turned back to meet Baili Nian's eyes again, his expression was not desolate, but indifferent, "There is also Zou'er, although he is the son of Gongsun Zhi, but he is just an innocent child in troubled times, please spare his life and let him go." Wang De took him to Nanlin. Give him a normal life, and give him a safe life."

Baili's eyelashes trembled twice, and ripples appeared in his eyes, but in the end he only uttered one word.

"it is good."

Zhang You smiled, held the white porcelain vial with a smile, raised his hand with a smile, and drank it down with a smile, just like the smile he had when he left Nanlin.

There was a crisp sound when the porcelain vase fell to the ground, and there was a strange fragrance in the room. Baili Nian was familiar with this fragrance, but smelled the strange fragrance permeating the surroundings, but felt particularly tight in the chest. This fragrance is very fragrant, even more fragrant than a hundred flowers blooming. Good smell, not like poison.

Baili Nian turned around slowly, raised his eyes to look in the direction of Nanlin, there was a dark wave passing by the bottom of his eyes, the wind from the window was blowing on his face, and there was still some moisture, he stretched out his hand to feel the cool wind, and the wind entwined His fingers got into his sleeves, and Mo Yan wrapped him in a white cloak.

"It's so cold." Baili Nian murmured.