Rebellious officials bow their heads

The earth-shattering commotion gradually receded. Here, Xu Yan carried Xie Linze in his arms and left from the path that the Baiju sect had already explored. He avoided the nearby [-] Battalion and the Imperial Army who came to support him, and walked through the deep alley. After entering a house, Ah An, Xiuxiu and others were standing in the courtyard waiting for him. When they saw him, they quickly asked, "How is it?"

"Don't come in." Xu Yan didn't have time to explain, walked towards the room in a hurry, kicked the door behind him, and put the man on the bed, "Linze, how are you?"

Xie Linze's whole body was ice-cold, and the Gu poison was constantly sweeping through his limbs and bones. He pressed tightly on the painful forehead, his consciousness was like a string that was about to break, "No..."

"Linze, Linze, look at me." Xu Yan grabbed the struggling man, "Don't fall for Qing Ci's trick!"

"No..." He backed up, curled up towards the corner of the bed, beads of sweat fell from his forehead, his palms were tightly grasping the quilt, his face was pale with pain, and he desperately resisted something. An irreversible force, but he couldn't break free, and the bloodshot eyes still leaked a little bit, "I don't want to..."

Seeing him like this, Xu Yan felt all sorts of feelings in his heart, even his heart was throbbing, he stretched out his arms and hugged him tightly, "I know you don't want to kill people, Linze, don't be controlled by the poison."

Xie Linze was hugged by him, his empty pupils gradually turned red, his reason was like a string, pulled to the extreme, he broke free from his bed, knocked over the desk and vase and rushed out!

The sudden burst of strength prevented Xu Yan from holding the man down for a while, and then he jumped to the bed, quickly grabbed the other's arm, and slammed him to the ground before Xie Linze could struggle, pressing his limbs.

"Linze!" Xu Yan could hardly hold him back, he nearly broke free several times, suddenly lowered his head recklessly, and kissed the man's lips.

Xie Linze's movements suddenly became quiet, and his dilated pupils reflected the man in front of him.

In the long silence, the blood in his eyes faded little by little, and the voice overflowed from the corner of his mouth, "Xu Yan..."

Xu Yan raised his head, his deep eyes seemed to condense a kind of soothing power, "I am here."

After Xie Linze heard his response, he lost all his strength in an instant. He stared at him deeply, his eyes showed extremely rare fragility and grief. He didn't speak anymore, but just stretched out his arms and hugged his neck, as if he was not yet a child. Like an off-white child, she seeks comfort and safety.

Xu Yan picked him up, wrapped him in a quilt and put him on the bed, and ran his hands through his hair over and over again, "As long as I live, you will never become like that."

He said to Xie Linze who had calmed down: "Linze, don't hide it from me anymore, tell me what happened during the years when I was not by your side?"

The room was silent for a long time, Xie Linze looked at Xu Yan holding his hand, interlocking his fingers, and said in a hoarse voice, "Okay, I'll tell you."

This is the first time he has confided to people the memory of the once darkest.

That was seven or eight years ago, when Emperor Zhaode was still alive, the grand master in the palace took leave of absence due to illness, and all the princes in the school scattered back home, only His Royal Highness Xie Linze, the crown prince, stayed in the palace bored.

At that time, although he liked to take Ji Liu around, but after all, Ji Liu was too young, and the gap between the two of them was too big no matter when they were talking or having fun.

Among the many young disciples in the capital, only Qingci, the disciple brought into the palace by Master Guanchun, is the most familiar with him. He can talk about political affairs and martial arts.

He has been in the palace for nearly 16 years, and he has searched everywhere, and he has the idea of ​​sneaking out of the palace to play. Before that, he only participated in the ceremony with Emperor Zhaode and went out of the palace. Xie Linze thought of doing it. When they found Qingci, the two hit it off, got into the carriage and sneaked outside.

Walking along the bustling street, surrounded by bustling crowds, Xie Linze turned eastward and westward strangely, remembered something, and said to Qingci beside him: "I heard Ji Han and the others talk about it, Yue Luo Is there any pine wine brewed in the yard, buy a jug and go back, and you and I will drink together."

Qingci chuckled: "Aze, do you know where that is?"

"Goulandi." Xie Linze patted him on the shoulder, "Go, go and see."

The two turned around the street, and a group of beggars rushed over. Qingci took the silver and sent them away. Seeing a few beggars surrounded Xie Linze, he paused and said, "Ah Ze, wait, they—"

"Come quickly." Before he finished speaking, he was pulled away from the beggars by the young man's hand, entered the Yueluo courtyard, walked around the main hall, and walked along the sun-drenched veranda to the back yard.

The sound of silk and bamboo came from the second floor opposite, Xie Linze raised his head and saw a few young people drinking wine sitting on it, among them Ji Han was sitting there, so he shouted: "Young Master Ji, you really know how to enjoy yourself."

Ji Han was still a little dazed when he heard the familiar voice here, and when he saw the two people standing in the veranda, he immediately spewed out a mouthful of wine, causing the dancers to shriek and run away from both sides.

He was coughing and lying on the fence, and a few teenagers behind him followed him to probe his head, Ji Han: "Dian, Dian... my lord, why are you here?"

Xie Linze tilted his head, and looked at the dancers beside him with a teasing look, "Why can't I come, but you, the master asked for leave and you came here to have fun?"

When he said this, he forgot that he also ran out secretly.

Ji Han hurriedly stammered and explained: "No, I came with Mu He and the others..."

Qingci whispered to the young man beside him: "The Yueluo Courtyard was built by the Mu family."

Xie Linze nodded, and said to Ji Han with a smile: "Enjoy the warm and fragrant soft jade."

He left these words and continued walking forward with Qing Ci. There was a towering tree growing in the courtyard, the cicadas were singing and the sun was mottled into pieces of gold and scattered all over the ground.

Ji Han went downstairs with a bang, and when he saw that the two of them had disappeared.

"My lord, please come in." The beautiful maids dressed in costumes pushed open the door, "I'm going to get some wine, please wait for a while."

Qing Ci watched the maids enter the back room, turned around and found Xie Linze sitting on the desk and flipping something, he approached and said, "Ah Ze, let me tell you something."

Xie Linze stared at the pages of the book, and replied after a while: "Huh? What's the matter?"

Qingci couldn't help taking a closer look, and noticed that the paintings on the book were full of entangled men and women, and was taken aback for a moment, "Aze..."

Xie Linze turned around, held the book in front of his face, showing a pair of peach blossom eyes full of smiles, "Yue Luoyuan is indeed the number one fence in the capital, even the posture is so different."

Qingci took a few breaths before smiling and said: "Then do you want to call a maid?"

"No, my mother will beat me to death if she finds out, and the benefits of these books will not be discussed until after I get a wife." He said as he stuffed the erotic book into his arms.

Qing Ci raised his hand to stop him, "Wait, you may not be able to afford this book."

"Don't worry, I've brought enough money, otherwise how can I afford the shoyu from Koshirain?"

Qingci smiled, "Really?"

Xie Linze had a faint feeling of bad premonition. He touched the purse at his waist and found that it was empty. He quickly searched all over his body, but he didn't find even half a copper coin.

The boy narrowed his eyes.

"I just wanted to tell you that your purse might have been stolen by the beggar just now." Qing Ci sighed, "It's just that you walked too fast and didn't listen to me at all, and it's too late to go after me now. "

While Xie Linze was choking, the door of the back room opened, and the maids came out carrying pine wine, and the rich aroma of the wine overflowed.

"Let's go?" After Qingci finished speaking, seeing that Xie Linze couldn't move his feet, he said again: "Why don't you ask Ji Han and the others to borrow some money?"

"No, that would be a shame." Xie Linze shook his head.

Seeing them whispering, the maids guessed that the two had lost their money, and couldn't help laughing together. Among them, the leading girl held a pot of pine wine, "Young master, do you want this wine? Yue Luoyuan is known as the number one in the capital." Fengya, if poor scholars like you don’t have enough money, you can have fun here by solving puzzles, how about it? Do you want to try it?”

Xie Linze raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "It's exactly what I want, what's the problem?"

The maids led the two of them to the main hall, and the steward asked them to write poems and draw scenes on the screen within half a cup of tea, and the paintings must conform to an elegant word.

The servants pushed over huge blank screens on all four sides, and surrounded Xie Linze without leaving any gaps, to isolate the sound from the outside. There was a wooden bench in the screen, with a pen and ink ready.

Qing Ci walked up to the second floor, where there were many watching crowds scattered on it, discussing in low voices, Ji Han hurried up to meet him, and asked a series of urgent questions: "What's going on? Why is Your Highness painting the scene below? Can a cup of tea make a picture? Is the chicken pecking at the rice? Isn’t this making things difficult for people?”

"Let's take a look first." Qingci looked down and saw the young man sitting on the wooden stool with his legs crossed, biting the pen holder and thinking about it. start writing.

The work of half a cup of tea quickly passed, Xie Linze finished painting and walked out, only to see that the three sides of the screen were clean, only a blue picture was drawn in front of him, the orchid leaves stretched and stretched, and the charm seemed to flow out along the picture. A line of poetry is written at the bottom with a red sand pen.

——The room of Zhilan, the fragrance is self-contained.

There was a burst of praise from the onlookers around, Qingci was still a little dazed, Xie Linze had already taken the wine handed by the maid, and thanked the girl with a chuckle.

He was extremely handsome, looking bright, this smile made the girl blush.

Xie Linze was in a great mood after winning the wine, and greeted Qing Ci to leave Yue Luo Yuan. Ji Han followed up, holding his forehead helplessly, "Your Highness, what if someone finds out your identity when you show up in Yue Luo Yuan?"

"Well, it's really a troublesome thing to say." Although Xie Linze said this, his face was still careless.

"Wait, Your Highness, don't leave through the main entrance. I'll let someone guide you to leave through the back door, and return to the palace earlier." Ji Han summoned a personal entourage and ordered him to protect His Highness back to the palace.

"No need, I know the way, the back door." Xie Linze waved his hands and turned to leave, leaving behind Ji Han who stood still for a moment and could only sigh.

The sun after noon made people feel warm, Xie Linze took a sip of the wine, "Qing Ci, you are lucky today."

"That's right, thanks to Aze, but if you reveal your identity, the price of that Lantu will far exceed the price of pine wine."

"How boring."

The two young men were walking side by side, and when they passed through the corridor where they had just come, they saw a burly man with a scarred face also buying pine wine from the maid, and took the wine very rudely, maybe because they disliked her Moving slowly, he even shoved the maid, pushing her to the ground.

Qingci frowned slightly, and quickly stepped forward to help the maid up.

Scarface glared at Qingci, took the wine and left, and when he passed by Xie Linze behind, the young man clearly heard the man swearing, which made him startled.

It's not that the swear words are harsh, but that it has a strong Beiluo accent.

He turned around abruptly, Qingci saw this and asked: "What's wrong?"

Xie Linze narrowed his eyes, "Follow him."

The two of them followed behind Scarface, careful of their concealed whereabouts, and followed them through the streets and alleys to a simple hut with earthen steps.

Scarface looked around vigilantly, seeing nothing unusual, opened the door and walked in.

Xie Linze and Qing Ci lay on the roof of the thatched shed, pushed aside the weeds to leave a gap, looked down silently, and found that there were quite a few strong men shuttling inside, and the table was full of gunpowder and Bird gun, the leader drank a word, as if he was reprimanding the man who bought the wine, and after the two chattered a few words, Scarface had no choice but to pack the gunpowder under the order of the leader.

On the straw shed, Xie Linze clenched his fists and lowered his voice, "The people from Beirao actually made gunpowder in the capital, what exactly are they trying to do..."

"Aze." Qingci saw his expression clearly, "Don't be in a hurry to do it, there is something unfathomable behind this matter, let's first inform the palace to report to His Majesty, and wait for His Majesty to send the three major battalions over."

Xie Linze looked down and said after a few breaths: "No, they are already ready to leave, it's too late to wait for the three battalions."

"There are so many of them..."

"None of them are my opponents." Xie Linze interrupted him, "You let the wind go up, I'll deal with them, don't come down."

Without waiting for Qing Ci to say more, the next moment the boy fell from the roof of the thatched shed with a bang, clasped his hands on the beam and swung, kicked Scarface hard on the head, and immediately kicked him more than a foot away, knocking him unconscious past.

Xie Linze landed on the table, and the surrounding Beiluo people started to panic in shock. Without waiting for their reaction, they knocked down the second one like flowing water. A strong man rushed up behind him, and was about to slash at him with a knife. His back!

Hearing the sound of breaking wind, he leaned his arms on the table and quickly turned over to narrowly avoid it. The next moment, he swept across his leg without hesitation, tripping him to the ground.

Someone punched him again in front of him, Xie Linze raised his hand quickly to catch the menacing punch, and the howling wind lifted his temples.

The big man Beiluo on the opposite side didn't expect this boy to stop his fist so easily, and he couldn't help showing a shocked expression.

Xie Linze showed him a smile that was not a smile, and at the same time raised his arm and punched him hard in the face!

The opponent immediately bled.

No one in the room could stop the young man, only a loud "Bang!" was heard in the panic!

Xie Linze suddenly looked at the bottomless black hole on the wall, which was not too far away from him. He turned his head, and not far away, a man from Beiluo was pointing at him with a blunderbuss.

"boom!"

The boy rolled to the ground suddenly and hid behind the beam.

The sound of the gun seemed to remind the people in the room that they still had such a powerful weapon, and they picked up the bird guns one after another, and started fighting indiscriminately. Fortunately, their aiming power was not high enough, and they were not good enough for the bird guns. Familiar, and did not hit the boy.

Xie Linze dodged left and right, and the whole hut was battered and crumbling. The situation was already very unfavorable. He glanced at the door with tight handles, and then at the hole in the roof, and shouted: " Qingci!"

Qingci popped out from the roof, "Aze!"

"Pull me up!" Xie Linze rushed over from behind the wooden box very quickly, stepped on the edge of the table, jumped up with his strength, and handed his hand to the other's outstretched hand.

The golden sunlight cast from the hole in the hut shrouded Qingci's whole body. The hand he stretched out was slender and fair. At the moment when the palms of the two were about to intertwine, he showed a gentle smile to Xie Linze, and then withdrew it. hand.

The astonishment bloomed on Xie Linze's face little by little, and then he solidified, and his body in mid-air lost strength and fell. At that moment, he was very close to the light, and when he fell, he fell like falling into hell.