Cheng Chen

On the second day, Lou Yan did not go to court.

The ministers looked at His Majesty's dark face, and thought to themselves that they were courting death by getting close to him at this time.So in twos and threes, I picked up some small things that had to be reported and reported them up. Unless it was really urgent, I put it on the top, and those things that were troublesome but not urgent were put on the bottom. When Qi Zheng saw it, this evil fire also It's time to get rid of it.

After the court, someone reported that Lou Yan was sick and passed out at home, so he didn't come to the court.

Qi Zheng's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that last night...he did it a little harder.

"Show me, the widow is going out of the palace."

"Yes." The chief eunuch backed away in short steps, quickly arranged the chariot, and at noon, the imperial chariot stopped in front of the gate of the Da Situ's mansion, and everyone in the Da Situ's mansion came to welcome the holy driver, except for Lou Yan.

When Qi Zheng walked into Lou Yan's bedroom, Lou Yan was still in a coma, his face was pale, and there was a fine layer of cold sweat on his forehead.

"Your Majesty, it's time for meal, do you want to eat?"

Qi Zheng picked up the handkerchief on the desk, wiped Lou Yan's cold sweat carefully, and said after a while, "Bring the meal, it's here."

Lunch was poor.

"When will he wake up?"

The next imperial doctor thought for a moment, but stopped talking.

Qi Zheng didn't speak, and looked at the imperial doctor coldly, with a trace of impatience in his eyes.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Da Situ is seriously ill this time, and the cause is complicated. Da Situ's body is very thin, and now the wind and cold seem to... The loss of vitality has induced an old disease. It is not life-threatening now, and it will be over in a few hours. I can wake up, but if I don’t recuperate properly in the future, I’m afraid it will harm Shouyuan.”

"Old disease?"

"Yes. When I was treating Da Situ for wind and cold, I found that Da Situ's left arm and left rib were slightly misaligned, as if he had fallen from a high place and picked it up again. If the ribs are displaced, it is very likely that the internal organs will be injured... ..." Seeing Qi Zheng raised his hand, the imperial doctor resentfully stopped talking.

Injury to internal organs.It's a... miracle that he's still alive.

"In the past few days, you have devoted yourself to taking care of Lou Qing in Da Situ's mansion, and you must take care of this old illness."

"Observe the order." The imperial doctor hastily bowed to Qi Zheng's retreating figure.

Lou Yan finally woke up in the evening, ate dinner in a drowsy state, lay down day and night for two days before he could get out of bed and move around.It was night, when Ah Chen brought the wound medicine and applied it to him as usual, his face suddenly turned livid.

"Ah Chen, you go out, I will do it myself."

Ah Chen was stunned for a moment, then said after a while, "Master, that place...it's not easy for one person to apply medicine."

Lou Yan lowered his eyes to hide the anger in his eyes, his slender fingers grabbed the bed sheet with force as if venting his anger, his face was livid and he didn't say a word.

"Master, Ah Chen has served you since childhood, and what I hate the most is that you don't care about your own body. Just lie down, I promise... promise..." Guaranteed not to hurt him?But it wasn't the pain that he was afraid of, and Ah Chen couldn't promise anything, so he couldn't speak for a while, so anxious that he was sweating.

Lou Yan took a deep breath, then let it out viciously, lying on the bed without saying a word, pointing the back of his head at Ah Chen.

No matter how angry Lou Yan was, he was not a person who would lose his temper. On the second day after he recovered from his illness, he went to court again.

After coming down to the court, Qi Zheng retained a few ministers to continue the discussion, and Lou Yan was also retained. When he left the palace, he was just in time for the change of guards.Lou Yan was forced to "invite" Qi Zheng to drink at his residence, so Qi Zheng went out of the palace with him in plain clothes.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd, and the rampant flow of people almost scattered the two of them.Qi Zheng didn't care about the improper guarding of the palace guards, so he stretched out his hand to grab Lou Yan who was about to fall.

With a flash of the sword, Qi Zheng dodged subconsciously, only to see several people with swords in their hands attacking together.While blocking the attack, Qi Zheng also had to protect Lou Yan, fighting against the eyeless sword with his bare hands, it was extremely dangerous.

Lou Yan regained his strength from the dizziness, and immediately shouted: "Guards! Come and escort!" Suddenly, he saw someone stabbing Qi Zheng in the back from the corner of his eye, and rushed over to hit that man's hand without even thinking about it. The blade scratched Lou Yan's forearm, and Qi Zheng kicked the man who was sneaking away, lying on the ground unable to get up for a while.

At this time, the changing guards also came one after another, and instantly relieved Qi Zheng's siege, and it didn't take long for the assassins to kill them all.Unexpectedly, there was another fish that slipped through the net. When the commander of the forbidden army reported the number of casualties to Qi Zheng, he sternly pulled Lou Yan behind Qi Zheng, and put the shining short knife directly on Lou Yan's neck.

"Lou Yan!" Qi Zheng turned around and saw Lou Yan being held hostage, with an expression of indescribable horror.

"Let me go, or I'll kill him!" The masked man's voice was a little low, and Lou Yan heard it, and it was indescribably familiar.

"Negotiate conditions with the widow?"

Lou Yan's complexion was not very good, he shook it as if he was exhausted, the blade instantly cut the skin on his neck, Qi Zheng couldn't help but changed his complexion.

The man in black clasped Lou Yan's shoulder with one hand, with indescribable hatred and fear in his dark eyes, he repeated again: "Let me go!"

Qi Zheng's eyes fixed on the assassin, and said: "The widow let you go, don't hurt him."

The imperial guards consciously gave way to a small path, and the masked man hijacked Lou Yan and retreated. After running a certain distance, Qi Zheng uttered a word coldly: "Chasing."

"There is a cave in the northeast of Cangmu Mountain...it's very secret." After saying this, Lou Yan passed out again.The man in black was taken aback for a moment, and finally followed his words and went to Cangmu Mountain on the outskirts of the imperial capital.

At nightfall, the man in black had already taken off his mask, set up a bonfire to roast a rabbit, and quietly looked at Lou Yan who was sleeping next to the fire.

Lou Yan moved his eyelashes, slowly opened his eyes, and after adapting to the surrounding brightness, he slowly sat up.The man in black walked up to him and knelt down without saying a word.

Lou Yan was silent for a while, then raised his hand and slapped the man hard, because the wound on his arm was broken with too much force, he groaned unconsciously.

"Brother... brother."

Lou Yan took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and finally said, "Why do you hang out with those rebels?"

"..."

"Since you escaped, why didn't you come to me?"

"..."

"Lou Yu, you idiot! You're not looking for a chance to take revenge, you're looking for death!"

"Brother...I..." Lou Yu paused for a while, and finally said nothing.

"You escaped, the parents and sister..."

"They're all dead." Lou Yu lowered his head, gritted his teeth and said, "All those who were tortured and killed died unexpectedly. Brother, why do you think I am in such a hurry to take revenge?"

The blood on Lou Yan's face faded, and his eyes were out of focus: "No...impossible! It's just exile, why are they all dead! Why do they die when you are still alive!"

"That's the truth. Dad had his ribs broken and one leg was crippled, and he died of freezing in the ice and snow. Mother was smoked and blinded. She was beaten half to death and then thrown into the river and drowned. When I secretly picked her up, she was... dead... and my sister," Lou Yu couldn't help sobbing, "Those bastards..."

"Stop talking! It's impossible...impossible! It's a capital crime to kill exiled prisoners privately, how could anyone dare?"

"Brother, when we were exiled, the first emperor never thought of letting our family live."

"..." Lou Yan was silent for a long time, and chuckled, "I should have thought of it earlier. When I fell off the cliff in Fumu Gorge, no officers and soldiers came to search and rescue me, so I was expected to be dead. Really... the emperor Home."

"Brother, I don't know something."

Lou Yan glanced at him and motioned him to speak directly.

"Brother, you clearly know that Lou's family has come to this stage because of a dead dog, why do you still give your life to the Qi family? Qi Zheng is under siege, why...why do you show such an anxious expression?"

The mask-like smile on Lou Yan's face suddenly cracked.

"I..." Tell him that Qi Zheng is innocent?Tell him that he worked for Qi Zheng to rehabilitate the Lou family?Tell him that he had a seven-year contract with Qi Zheng, and Qi Zheng hasn't kept his promise so he can't die?

Lou Yan didn't say anything in the end, he couldn't even convince himself.

"Lou Yu, just go back with me, I will arrange a name for you to enter the mansion, don't think about revenge beforehand..."

Before Lou Yan finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lou Yu's intentionally indifferent voice: "No revenge? Brother, do you know what I was thinking when hundreds of welts were added to my back one after another? I see What was I thinking when I watched my relatives being tortured to death one by one? When I crawled out of the mass grave with my broken left hand in my arms, what was I thinking?" Lou Yu said childishly. There was a viciousness on his face that didn't match his age, "I was thinking, if I didn't die, I would make it difficult for everyone in Daqi."

"Lou Yu!" Lou Yan's complexion changed, "Did you feed the dog everything my father taught you?!" Lou Pingsha fought all his life, and what he hoped most was the prosperity of the country and the safety of the people. , and even exile, it was because the hearts of the army and the people were all towards him, which aroused the fear of the royal family.But the emperor didn't understand that Lou Pingsha had no intentions, no matter how much he was loved, he was only a general and would never become a commander in chief.

Lou Yu didn't listen to him, she just turned her head to one side and didn't look at Lou Yan.

Lou Yan's gaze was a bit complicated: "One cannot rely on hatred for a lifetime, and I will eventually let you live in this world upright. You are the young son of the Lou family, how can my brother let you hide and be a killer for the rest of your life?"

"Brother..." Lou Yu called him nonchalantly, with an indescribably aggrieved tone.