Suo Diling

"Bai Ji, slave family, send greetings to the two honored guests."

At this moment, the sound of a string of wooden clogs pacing across the floor approached the door, and then, the beaded flower curtain was lifted, and the woman who walked in was dressed in white clothes that were as snowy as snow, her face was facing the sky, her eyebrows were as pale as distant mountains, and there was only one ornament on her head. With a redbud hairpin and a phoenix-tailed pipa in her arms, she bowed and sat down on the chair in front of us.

Her eyes fell on me, her eyes lit up, and she nodded: "What song do you want to hear, sir?"

I said, ""Night Journey in Brocade"."

Naturally, Bai Ji understood what I meant, smiled knowingly, and stood up: "This song is unusual, I have to invite someone to play it with my family, and please wait a little longer for my family to make arrangements."

I raised my hand: "You go and arrange, but don't be too slow, there is not much time."

Bai Ji nodded, got up and went out.I know in my heart that she has already arranged to take me out of the city, but before that, I need to find a way to get rid of this little wolf cub, no matter how good his relationship with me is, it's hard to say whether he will help me leave.

Why don't you get him drunk.

After making up my mind, I smiled at Xiao Du who was sitting across from me, raised my wine glass and clinked glasses with him: "How about we, uncle and nephew, have some fun before Bai Ji comes?"

Xiao Du raised his eyebrows: "What fun? Please tell me, Uncle Emperor."

I knocked on the table and ordered someone to bring a plate of sundial chess.This chessboard is square, with relief carvings on the chess surface. The chess pieces are sun, moon and stars. There are 28 pieces in total, [-] red and [-] black, including one dice. Human luck, similar to gambling, is very exciting. Since I was a child, I liked to play sundial chess with several half-brothers, and won all of them. Later, after I became the emperor, I had no one to play with.

I picked up a red chess piece and put it on the board first: "How, have you played this kind of chess?"

Xiao Du then picked up a black chess piece and put it down: "Of course... I played it before."

I blocked his chess piece in the air: "Don't rush to play, the loser will be punished."

An interesting smile overflowed from the corner of Xiao Du's mouth: "What is the punishment?"

"Wine." I filled the wine for myself and took a sip, "Whoever loses one chess piece will drink three glasses in a row."

Xiao Du didn't show any hesitation, he seemed to be full of confidence, he moved the chess with his hands: "Okay, just follow the emperor's order."

I secretly sneered, although this kid is talented, but he is still too young to play chess with me.

I expected him to be young and aggressive, so I used defense as offense, pretended to lose three times in a row, and lured him into a trap.When I was drunk and he thought he had the chance to win, he turned his defense into an attack, cut off his opponents, and knocked out twelve pieces at a time, leaving him helpless to fight back. He drank 36 cups in a row, which was enough Drank three jugs of wine.

Seeing that his face was slightly drunk, I smiled deliberately to provoke him: "It seems that Du Er is not good at chess, and needs more practice."

Xiao alone refused to admit defeat, and sat upright: "Come again."

For fear of making me see a joke, in the second game, he played more seriously, seeking stability in danger, but this game is no different than others, the more you want to win, the easier it is to lose, you have to be like a gambler, put all your eggs in one basket OK.So at the end of the game, he lost again and again, lost all games, was so drunk, his face was red, he couldn't speak clearly, but he still begged me to teach him how to play this game.Seeing that the heat was about the same, I blatantly persuaded him to drink. After explaining a chess technique, I persuaded Xiao Du to drink a pot until he lay on the table, unconscious and completely drunk.

I called him twice and saw that he didn't respond. After waiting for a while, I sent a servant girl to come in and help him to the couch.Unexpectedly, as soon as Xiao Du got on the bed, he grabbed the hand of a servant girl and murmured: "Uncle Emperor..."

Seeing the servant girl being dragged to the couch by him at a loss, I frowned, turned my head and left.

As soon as I stepped out of the door of the private room, I remembered that I had to take something from Xiao Du.In case of martial law in the whole city, you will need proof to leave the city smoothly. Xiao Du is the crown prince, and he should have a jade card that allows him to leave the city freely.

I quickly turned back, only to see that the servant girl was pushed to the bed by Xiao Du. Xiao Duwu was lying on his back on the bed, as if he had fallen asleep.I sat down and carefully pulled back his lapel, not being surprised.His firm chest was dripping with sweat, and the wolf-shaped tire pattern emitted a faint red light like a flame, as if the skin was burned and cracked, and some terrible monster was about to emerge from his body.

Resisting the thought of reaching out to touch it, I groped the hidden pocket inside the hem of his coat, and sure enough, I found a flat, hard object. I stuck my fingers in it, and it was indeed his jade token.I tucked it into my belt and stood up, but when the sleeves tightened, I was startled, only to see this kid turn over drunkenly, grab my sleeves and take a deep sniff, like a wolf dog biting Don't let go of the meat.His sword eyebrows were tightly frowned, his thick eyelashes trembled, but his eyes didn't open, I thought he was still awake, I breathed a sigh of relief, tugged at the hem of my sleeve twice, but didn't move at all.

"Huang, Uncle Huang... I... like you."

I was taken aback when I heard the words, and stood up, but he grabbed my sleeves tighter and tighter: "No one in the world really cares about me except you. You once said that I am unparalleled in the world... and I want to be unparalleled in the world." Wushuang, live up to your expectations."

I was stunned for a moment, I didn't expect that the nonsense I used to coax him would be remembered by him so far, and he regarded it as golden advice, and even regarded it as faith.He thought that I was the only person in the world who cared about him, but he didn't know that I had always only used and calculated against him.I saved him, taught him, and cared for him, all for myself.

Unexpectedly, he fell in love with his uncle.

As I thought to myself, the cold-blooded thing in my chest seemed to have cracked a little bit, and I felt a little guilty.It's just that this bit of guilt is really insignificant compared to what I've been asking for.

I rubbed his messy curly hair, and suddenly felt that he looked like an abandoned stray dog ​​instead of a wolf. , cut down with a knife.

The sound of the silk being cracked stopped, the candle was extinguished, and the room was plunged into darkness, just like a dream suddenly shattered.

"Forget it, I let you down. Our uncle and nephew's fate ends here, so don't think about it in the future."

After throwing this sentence, I walked away without looking back.

When the night falls.

Baiji and I sneaked out of Dihua Tower at night, pretending to be an exotic troupe, planning to go out from the north gate of Mianjing, go straight to the Sunset River overnight, cross the river by boat, and then go up the mountain, so as to get rid of the pursuers .

With Xiao Du's jade card in hand, the gate guard believed that we had just come out of the palace, and let us go smoothly.

I guessed right, the beacon fires on the city wall were all lit shortly after we left the north gate.Martial law has begun, and soon the imperial guards will come out of the city to search for my whereabouts.For a deposed emperor like me, if my whereabouts are unknown, it will be a great hidden danger to the current emperor's rule, Xiao Lan will naturally dig three feet to dig me out.

Seeing the burning city, I felt more and more uneasy, and ordered Bai Li who had just arrived: "Let's split up, and you lead a group of people to the south foot of Mianshan Mountain, and lead the pursuers away. And will."

"Brother, you escort the emperor, and I will take the other part of the people away!" After Bai Ji said, she raised her whip and led a group of people to the south. Traveling through the forest that spreads thousands of miles to the west.Not long after we were divided into two teams, the sound of pursuit came from the direction of Miancheng in the rear. We saw Bai Ji and her party holding torches going away, and we took this opportunity to enter the forest.Maybe God helped me, but it rained heavily, and it was even more difficult for the pursuers to go into the forest at night to hunt us down.

It's just that the rain is getting heavier, and we are also trekking hard, so we have to temporarily camp and stop to rest.

I was sleeping on the carriage, listening to the sound of rain, I was falling asleep, when I suddenly heard the sound of horses, I woke up immediately, opened the curtain, but saw the flames flickering in the forest not far away, and the Imperial Forest Army chased me come over!

This is a rare opportunity, once caught back, it will be difficult to escape in the future.

I shouted: "Bai Li!"

"You go and stop me, I'll take the emperor away first!" Bai Li jumped on the horse's back, grabbed the reins tightly, and dragged the carriage to stagger.I hastily supported the carriage couch, opened the curtain, jumped on the horse's back, pulled out the saber from his waist, cut off the rope pulling the carriage two or three times, and stabbed the horse's buttocks with the sword: "Hurry up!" !"

The fierce horse neighed and rushed up, but at this moment, dozens of people surrounded and approached from both sides, all of them were dressed in blue and red, and they were indeed the Imperial Forest Army guarding Mianjing.I clamped my legs tightly to the horse's belly, took the bow and arrow from Bai Li's back with one hand, gritted my teeth, and tried my best to put the arrow on the bowstring. I tremblingly aimed at the head of the person rushing forward. I loosened my fingers, and the arrow only hit that person. Human shoulders.Seeing the man swayed, but he didn't fall off the horse, but leaned forward and rushed straight, my heart froze, and I wanted to shoot the second arrow, but the man had already rushed close, and a dark blue python robe flashed out from the flames , I hesitated for a moment in astonishment, then allowed him to rush forward and immediately blocked the way.

In an instant, the front, back, left and right were surrounded by the Royal Forest Army.

Bai Li reined in his horse and stopped abruptly, took the saber from my hand, as if he wanted to fight them to the death.I stared at Xiao Du who looked like a bloody Shura in front of me, but calmed down and pressed Bai Li's hand.This kid jumped off the horse vigorously, pulled out the arrow on his shoulder, without even blinking his eyes, swung forward, and knelt down in front of my horse with one knee.

"Please, the Supreme Emperor will follow me back to the palace."

This sentence is resolute, sonorous and forceful, how can he look like he was drunk just now?

I clenched my teeth, this kid sobers up very quickly!

But it was him who came, and there was always room for maneuver than others.

If I don't leave today, I will try my best to keep this group of white-clothed guards, and I will never allow them to be taken back for interrogation.

Otherwise, my uncle Bai Yanzhi would be lost.

I patted Bai Li, let him help me off the horse, and then slowly walked towards Xiao Du.

When Xiao Du looked up, I fell forward and was caught by his hand.His breath smelled heavily of alcohol, and his eyes were still bloodshot, as if he was drunk, but also sober.I hooked his neck, leaned into his ear, and said softly: "Gu will go back with you. These people, you let them go. Whatever you want, Gu will agree to you."

Xiao Du is still a kid after all, how can he remain unmoved after listening to my coaxing like this.Seeing that he didn't move further, I quietly touched the dagger at his waist, pulled it out, pressed it against his throat, and shouted sharply: "Break out!"

Seeing that the crown prince was being coerced by me, the imperial army didn't dare to make a move for a while.Bai Li immediately got on his horse and rushed out of the encirclement at lightning speed. Dozens of guards in white clothes followed closely behind, chopping left and right, fighting with the Imperial Forest Army.When Bai Li saw this, he turned back and wanted to save me, but Xiao Du ignored the dagger around his neck, hugged me, jumped on the horse, and restrained me firmly with his body, but he didn't care about the dagger on his neck. Like Bai Yiwei, he rushed straight to the city gate.

I don't know if he listened to what I said just now, and intentionally let them go, and he felt mixed joy and sorrow.

Before reaching the city gate, Xiao Du tightened his reins and walked slowly.

"I won't tell my father what happened tonight." He lowered his head, put his lips against the side of my neck, and breathed hotly, "Uncle, there are heavy troops stationed by the Sunset River, Yu Gong... Yu private, I can't let you go .You, don't blame me."

I was startled, and sighed again: "How can Gu blame you?"

Shouldn't you blame yourself for raising wolves?

Xiao Du didn't answer in silence, and shouted at the city gate: "Open the door!"

The gate guards opened the gate, saw Xiao Du, and knelt down one after another: "His Royal Highness!"

"Close the city gate, and don't let anyone in or out tonight. Also, there are assassins who came to assassinate the emperor among the Imperial Forest Army. If they see the Imperial Forest Army come back, they will all be killed with arrows."

The gate guards answered in unison: "Yes."

My heart skipped a beat, isn't he killing people for me, blocking news?This kid...

Xiao Du rode his horse and led me into the city, walked to the side of the city road under the shadow of a tree, called "Uncle Emperor", he hesitated to speak.

I knew in my heart what he probably wanted to ask, so I took the initiative to say: "Finally, what do you want Gu to promise you?"

Under the moonlight, Xiao Du's expression was dim and difficult to distinguish: "I want the emperor to promise... believe me wholeheartedly."

I was startled, I didn't expect him to say that without asking.

I was a little puzzled, seeing him leaning down and lowering his voice: "Trust me, I can help the emperor to return to the throne."

I was caught by his words, my pupils shrank, and my breathing was stagnant, but I naturally didn't believe that he was sincere——

How can anyone become the crown prince and still not want to fight for the throne?Besides, this kid is very ambitious.But this sentence is too tempting, I couldn't help but feel happy, and I couldn't help but blow on the boy's ear on a whim: "Okay, I will believe you." He was shocked immediately, and almost fell off the horse first.Seeing his reaction like this, I felt amused in my heart, although this little wolf cub has matured a lot, he is still very innocent inside, hanging on indifferently, slapping him with a candy is probably the most effective way to deal with him.As long as this kid doesn't touch my bottom line, it's fine for me as an elder to play with him.

Xiao Du didn't know what I was thinking, but I could hear his heart beating like a drum, and felt much more at ease.

It's unlucky for him to fall in love with an uncle like me.

Thinking like this, Xiao Du put the wolf's claws on my hand.

I shrank my hand, and he squeezed me tightly, as if deliberately trying to test my bottom line.

The handshake doesn't matter, I endured it, and felt his other hand put his arms around my waist: "Uncle Huang, do you mind?"

I endured and endured, without making a sound, I felt that Xiao Du was almost wagging his tail in joy, so he pinched the horse's belly, and drove the horse slowly towards the pier where the boat was moored.