moonlit night

Not long after Li Shang left, Jun Changye came out of the side hall where he was hiding. He used secret techniques to hide his breath and heartbeat just now, but even so, he still felt the man's shockingly sharp insight.

So sharp that it makes people feel that he is not like an ordinary person.

Jun Changye even felt that he was almost discovered by Li Yan.It was only because King Guyue suddenly made trouble that he diverted his attention.

But when it comes to the relationship between these two people... it is indeed elusive, and I am afraid there are some unknown secrets in it.

Jun Changye walked to the bed, took out a stick of strange incense from his sleeve, put it in the flickering candles around him and lit it, and when the aroma became a little more stable, he picked it up and swayed it slightly at the mouth and nose of the bed shake.

That incense can make people in a state of chaos clear up.

Sure enough, King Guyue woke up very quickly. After opening his eyes, he was in a daze for a while, and then he hugged the quilt as if he had no energy, and asked softly: "He left?"

Jun Changye nodded. He wanted to say something, but King Gu Yue suddenly shook his head as if warning him. Immediately afterwards, Princess Chang came in from the door in a hurry. When she saw the two of them, she said eagerly: " I just saw that guy... Li Shang went out, he didn't dare to act presumptuously, did he? What did you guys talk about?"

"Sister, don't be nervous," King Gu Yue wrote lightly: "It's nothing important, just chat casually."

After finishing speaking, he smiled at the bright-eyed woman as usual, "Sister, can you go out with me for a walk? I've been in the warm pavilion for the past few days, and I'm getting bored."

There was a bit of coquettishness in those words, as if they were back in their youth, when he was still a future prince who loved to lock himself in the deep palace and study hard, and sometimes he would secretly beg him when he got tired of reading history books and strategies. Sister Wang told him stories outside the palace.

At that time, every time the naughty and unruly little princess Hean Shu disguised herself as a man and sneaked out of the palace to play, she always risked being discovered by the queen mother and brought him some rare things that children outside the palace loved to play. Sometimes it is clay figurine painting, sometimes it is windmill puppet, and then to these things that the queen denounced as tattered, he vividly told him the new things he saw outside.

Every time she finished telling a story, she would hold her chin, pinch his little face in the flickering candlelight, and say with a smile: "You, study at ease, strive to be a sage king, revitalize the court, calm the troubled times, and bring the people from There is a sister who will protect the country of Yue for you."

At that time, he would always retort seriously with a serious face: "Sister will marry someone one day."

"I don't want to marry," she waved her hand nonchalantly, "others are not as good as you, if this princess doesn't like it, no one can force me."

At this moment, more than ten years later, the autumn outside the palace is bleak, and the dew is heavy. The grown-up princess Heanshu pushes the light Xuanyuan chair through the long palace steps, stops at the edge of the white marble railing, and suddenly sits silent for a long time on the Xuanyuan chair. The handsome man said: "The queen mother was always worried about sister."

Hate Shu was taken aback, an ominous premonition came to her heart, she walked to the Xuanyuan chair, leaned down to hold his hand, and said, "What?"

The King of Ancient Yue let her hold his hand, and continued to calmly say: "In Gu's opinion, elder sister is the top-notch female of the six kings' families, regardless of her appearance and talent. Naturally, there is an endless stream of suitors. Gu was thinking a while ago, It was time to choose a husband for my sister, so I sent someone to carefully pick out the famous posts that were handed over, and roughly selected a few people whose family background and character were on the same level as my sister, looking for a date Sister, please choose one you like."

"I don't want it!" Hean Shu looked at him in disbelief, "I said it earlier, whoever wants to marry will marry, I won't marry!"

"Don't mess around," King Gu Yue frowned, "If sister doesn't want to choose, just look at the general from Qianyan, no matter appearance, martial arts, talent, family background, he is worthy of match with sister. If Elder Sister has no objection, the eldest princess will go to the King Yan's birthday banquet on her behalf."

"You're the one messing around!" Feeling angry, Hate Shu stood up and said angrily, "I am the eldest princess of Guyue. Now there are people with ulterior motives in Guyue, and enemies outside. Ask the king, how can I leave with peace of mind?"

"Because of this," King Gu Yue said softly, "the royal family cannot have no successors."

The king of Yue had always had few heirs, and their father was the best among them. Among the children they got, only their siblings were able to grow up safely. Now that the king of Yue is in such a state of health, it is impossible to have any heirs of his own.

"When my sister has a little prince," King Guyue smiled softly, as if he had thought of some beautiful picture: "Gu will choose some excellent masters for him, teach him calligraphy, riding and archery, etiquette, All kinds of interesting miscellaneous studies, I can learn what I like, and when I am older, I will teach him how to deal with government affairs and how to be a good king. It is best that he is as smart as my sister, so that I can quickly learn The throne is passed on to him, and he will travel around the mountains and rivers by himself."

Hate Shu was silent for a long time, turned her head away to sniff her nose, then nodded and said: "Okay, I will go to Yan Country for you. But..."

"Now the situation in the court is stable, there is nothing to worry about," the King of Ancient Yue comforted, "I have prepared the birthday gift, and my sister will go to the Rites Department to get it."

He said this without leaving any room for it. Hate knew that her younger brother seemed gentle, but in fact he always had his own ideas, and no one could change the decision, so he said nothing, and sent him all the way back to the bedroom, and then rode back to the princess mansion up.

After she left, King Guyue processed a lot of piles of notes before the case, and did not put down his pen until late at night, as if he was finally planning to rest.

Jun Changye walked up to him with a bowl of calming soup, and said softly, "Your Majesty, use it slowly."

King Gu Yue glanced at Tang, and suddenly said: "Young doctor, you are not a mortal, are you?"

Jun Changye was speechless for a while.

"Don't deny it, Gu has seen someone who looks very similar to you," King Gu Yue said with a faint smile, "Why did you come here?"

Jun Changye said calmly: "This is a secret, don't let it out. But I hope the king will trust me and never do anything against you."

King Gu Yue only stared at him for a while with a probing gaze, and then continued to ask with great interest: "You monks are spiritual practitioners, can you shrink thousands of miles and come and go without a trace?"

I can't do it yet, Jun Changye thought silently, but my master can do it.

Of course, in order to protect the monk's face, he decided to tell a shameless lie, nodded immediately and said: "Yes."

"That's great," King Gu Yue said with a smile, "Can you do something for Gu?"

Jun Changye: "..."

What should I do if I can't say no to someone who looks like Master.

He nodded with difficulty: "You say."

"You should know that there are sons inheriting their father's career as generals in various countries at present, and there are also those who are able to occupy them. The latter is like General Cangliu who rose all the way from a young soldier in Qianyan." King Gu Yue's tone suddenly became dignified When he got up, he took out a roll of map from the shelf, spread it flat on the table, and used the ink pen in his hand to draw a line between Guyue and Qianyan, then focused heavily on the capital of the former Yan Kingdom, and said to Jun Changye:

"Gu hopes that you will rush to Qianyan before the eldest princess and her party, and help Gu send something to Cang Liu. He will understand after seeing it."

After finishing speaking, he took a sapphire tablet from his waist, dipped his fingers in water, and traced along the jade pattern all the way down. When the last stroke was completed, the whole picture of the object hidden under the jade tablet was revealed.

That was half a tiger talisman.

"My general is arrogant and conceited. I have killed a lot of people. Everyone said that he will rebel sooner or later. Even if he has no rebellion, he will definitely cause disaster," King Gu Yue's eyes flashed with fatigue. The expression said, "But Gu was limited by the late king's edict and his father's merits and prestige, so he couldn't do anything to him. He could only watch him become more and more powerful in the army. But this kind of death, waiting to die, has never been lonely. style."

Jun Changye said thoughtfully: "So..."

"So," King Gu Yue said lightly, "I need to borrow a knife."

Early the next morning, Jun Changye took the jade tablet and set off for Yandu.

Before leaving, he deliberately walked around to the gate of the ancient Yue court hall, and hid behind the door to listen to the ancient Yue king's announcement of the princess's emissary to Qianyan to attend the birthday of the king of Yan. What objections do people raise.

However, Li Shang, the most powerful general in the eyes of others, did not come to the court today. He just sent a boy to ask for leave. He said he was unwell, so he refused to come.

Li Shang has always acted as he pleases and never cared what others think, which is one of the reasons why many people can't understand him.But if you can't get used to it, you can't get used to it. No one can do anything to this evil star.

Who told him not only to be loyal and good for generations, but also to be full of generals, and even to have made more military exploits than all the generals present combined.

Ever since Li Yu became the general and changed the internal rewards and punishments of the army to military merits based on head counts, the ancient Yue soldiers fought bravely to earn an official position, go home, marry their wives, and honor their parents. The enemy swept across the six countries at once, and it was unstoppable, making the people of the five surrounding countries panic, fearing that one day they would attack their own door and slaughter all the people in the city.

This desperate way of fighting has indeed made the ancient Yue army famous as the tiger and wolf division, but it also made the ancient Yue army a killing machine for Li Shang. Since then, it has set off a bloody storm and made the already chaotic relationship between the six countries even more complicated. .

In doing so, no one will benefit. If King Gu Yue is an equally ambitious Lord of Expansion, perhaps the two can hit it off and work together to bring Gu Yue to the position of overlord in troubled times.

Unfortunately, he is not.

This is doomed, between this extremely sharp but tyrannical sharp sword and Zhongzheng's peaceful sword bearer, it is basically impossible to have a win-win ending.

Either the sword hurts the person, or the person breaks the sword. Since ancient times, there have been no exceptions to these two situations.

However, the only variable may be between people's hearts.

No one can say for sure what a person will change for the sake of illusory feelings.

Jun Changye glanced at King Guyue, who was in the jade crown and black suit on the throne in the court hall, with a complicated look, pondered for a moment, and finally turned and left.

He needed to find a fast horse, get out of the city before the eldest princess and her party set off, and try to reach Yandu before the sun set.

I just don't know how Shamanhua is progressing with Qianyan.