Xijing Chronicle

The dirty and smelly Xingbu prison is full of people who will be beheaded sooner or later. This place seems to be a corner forgotten by the world. I haven’t seen any big figures come to inspect it for several months. A few jailers guard here and see nothing. Big things, drinking and eating meat all day long, no taboos.

This day, it is said that someone's relative sent two jars of burning knives, and several of them drank it in a big gulp, and fell asleep on the table not long after.

A black shadow passed by, walking towards the prison without stopping.

At this time, it was around midnight, there was no moon, and the small window on the top of the wall leaked faint starlight, which was pale and pale, making the cells along the road even more eerie.The visitor had a clear purpose, and he didn't stop until he reached a cell at the end. Compared with other cells, this room was relatively clean and spacious. The hard stone bed was even covered with brocade embroidered quilts. The orbs in the mud are all out of place.

There was a short man sleeping on the bed, probably he had been taken care of. The past few days in prison did not leave any traces on him, and he even gained some weight.If there is someone who lives in Xijing here, he will be able to call him by name: Isn't this the fourth young master Miao who is domineering all day long? !

Miao Si obviously didn't know that he was really hopeless this time, and fell asleep confidently, snoring loudly, the man in black held the lock, and inserted the key he found on the road into the lock hole, with a "click" With a soft click, the lock unlocked.

The man stretched out one hand to skillfully lock Miao Si's throat, then squeezed hard with the other hand, and said coldly: "Wake up."

Miao Si woke up in pain, but was unable to make a sound because his throat was clamped. Because he just woke up, he could barely see a black shadow in front of him, with cold fingers on his neck, bringing the breath of death. Eyes wide open full of fear, sweat dripping profusely, and there was even a burst of dampness in his pants.

The smell of urine pervaded the air, and the man in black's fingers stiffened. He took a step back in disgust, took out a flute from his bosom, and pulled out a long and thin dagger from the flute, pointing it at Miao Si's throat. Threat: "Shut up."

Miao Si got a break to breathe, and he was a little calmer than before. He knew that if this person dared to let him go like this, he would not be afraid to call for someone. He covered his neck and retreated to the base of the wall, tremblingly asking: " Who are you? Who, who invited you here, I will give you double the money..."

The man in black moved slightly, and the faint light coming in from the hole in the wall above hit his sharp chin.He was covered with a black cloak, covering his figure completely. After adapting to the darkness, Miao Si could see a faint silhouette under the brim of the hat. The sharp sword pierced out of the darkness was sharp and powerful, capable of smashing people to pieces in the blink of an eye.

"You! You! I've seen you..." Miao's four eyes showed confusion, "Are you from the emperor... yes! If you can sneak into the prison, you must be from He Ze! You must be!" He screamed, "Why does He Ze also want to attack our Miao family?! Since he attacked the Jin family, my father has been guarding against this day!"

Gu Huaisheng didn't want to listen to his nonsense at first, but when he heard that he dared to call He Ze's name directly, he couldn't help feeling strange, suppressed the urge to do something, and looked at him coldly, until he called out the word "Jin Family" again, Gu Huaisheng finally sniffed There was an unusual breath.

He intentionally showed hesitation, and asked coldly: "Why, even if His Majesty takes action, can Miao Zhengying still do anything to His Majesty?"

Miao Si thought that he was playing tricks on rats, so he couldn't help but feel complacent, and he didn't feel afraid any more. He sat up straight and said with a strange smile: "Back when He Ze would attack the Jin family, my father saw that he was a cruel and merciless master, so he was prepared for it. , and left some tails of what He Ze did as evidence, if He Ze dares to do something to our Miao family, those things he did will be made public." After the cruel words were finished, Miao Si slowed down again With a sigh of relief, he said weakly, "Our Miao family is loyal. We have supported His Majesty for so many years. There is no credit but hard work. Father will do this because he is forced to do so. It is just for self-protection. Why don't you go back and tell His Majesty? Treat our Miao family like that before, and the Miao family will treat him as faithfully as before."

In order to increase the bargaining chip in the negotiation, Miao Si spared no effort to tell what he knew. Gu Huaisheng could not help but feel a little uncomfortable when he heard his words, both inside and outside, comparing the Miao family and the Jin family. It's a bit strange, I always feel that something is wrong, but I don't have time to think about it.

He suppressed his unhappiness, smiled disdainfully, and continued to repeat Miao Si's words: "If you die here, Miao Zhengying will not know that His Majesty did it."

Miao Si opened his mouth and suddenly became alert. Which killer would talk so much before making a move?Although he was not a talent, he was not a fool. After he felt less fear, he gradually realized that something was wrong.

How could Gu Huaisheng fail to notice the change in his attitude, and he raised his sword to stab him without saying a word.

"Who said that!" Miao Si was scared out of his wits by his actions, and shouted loudly, "My father often told me that the only person in this world who most wants to get rid of our Miao family is He Ze. If I die here, My father must know it's He Ze!"

This idiot is too self-important, he is just a dude, and he will not have any major impact on the Miao family.Gu Huaisheng was disdainful, but became more curious about the relationship between the Miao family and He Ze, "What exactly is Miao Zhengying hiding?"

Miao Si glared at him: "You just need to bring what I just said to the emperor. Why are you asking so many questions?"

Gu Huaisheng looked at him, paused for a moment, and said with a smile: "I didn't come here tonight to kill you. Your Majesty didn't mean to deal with your Miao family, so you didn't even think about it. If I wanted to kill you, I would just do it right away." Hand, what are you doing to wake you up. The reason why His Majesty ransacked the entire family of the Jin family is because the Jin family has always been against His Majesty..."

As soon as the words came out, seeing Miao Si's expression suddenly changed, Gu Huaisheng knew something was wrong.

really--

"The Jin family is against His Majesty?" Miao Si interrupted him unceremoniously, his words were not without sarcasm, he narrowed his eyes, and vigilance and fear rose again in his eyes, "You are not from He Ze, who are you? !"

Gu Huaisheng looked at him silently, his eyes immersed in the darkness.After a while, he took a step forward, the Xiao Zhongjian in his hand slowly pierced the skin under Miao Si's neck, he stood there condescendingly, and asked indifferently and coldly: "Where is the Yin-Yang Gu?"

Jin Xue was suddenly awakened by a nightmare in the middle of the night, he sat up panting, leaned against the head of the bed, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.The smiling face in the dream seemed to be still hidden in the darkness in front of me, lingering.

That seems to have happened when he was eight years old. That year, the second prince traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, and when he came back, he brought a lot of gifts. Even he was given a string of nanmu bracelets.

After the gifts were distributed, the other brothers and sisters dispersed. The second prince took his elder brother Xuanying to sit on the porch and chatted about what he had seen and heard along the way. They were so intimate, talking and laughing freely, and he stood behind the moon gate and looked at them eagerly. , I was a little envious of that kind of intimacy, so I couldn't help leaning over.

When the eldest brother saw himself showing impatience, he waved his hands and scolded him, but the second prince smiled gently at him, and even stretched out his hand to pull him, asking gently if there was anything wrong...

Later in the dream, the sky darkened, and drops of blood oozed from every pore of that smiling face, and it became bloody and bloody after a while, while the eldest brother looked at him coldly, without a trace of expression, saying every word Say: Look, we are all dead, but you are alive, and only you.

Jin Xuenian wiped his face and leaned weakly against the wall behind him. He remembered that he hesitated for a long time without saying anything, but was finally driven away by his elder brother. The hearty laughter that the prince gave out when talking and laughing with his elder brother was an expression that he would never show when facing himself.Sometimes he is so close to that person, but he is far away, always far away.

The only one who could stand beside that person was Jin Xuanying.

The dark clouds dispersed, the moon rose at some point, and the watery moonlight poured into the room from the window railing. Jin Xuenian put on a dress and walked to the window, stood there for a while, and suddenly noticed a slender Shadow moved.

He was startled, followed the shadow and raised his head, and saw Chu Tingya was on the roof, maintaining a posture of crawling down, but when he met his eyes, he froze on the spot, embarrassingly smiled.

I don't know if it's because of recalling the past, Jin Xuenian felt that he had a desire to talk tonight, so he simply opened the door and walked out, taking into account that Xue Zinu was still sleeping soundly, so he lowered his voice: "Why don't you sleep?"

Chu Tingya rubbed his nose and smiled: "I'm not sleepy, get up and look at the moon...Brother Jin, why are you still awake?"

"I can't sleep either."

Jin Xuenian walked two steps into the courtyard. This is the Xianwang Mansion, and they still live in the same courtyard.This courtyard is much larger than when it was in Shizi Mansion, with two entrances. Gu Huaisheng lives in the main house in the back courtyard, while he, Tingya and Xue Zinu live in the front yard. Chu Tingya is sitting at the moment. On top of the room closest to the Moon Gate.

Jin Xuenian went all the way to the stone table in the middle of the yard before stopping and sat down steadily. Seeing his posture of sitting for a long time, Chu Tingya cried out secretly, and couldn't help saying: "Brother Jin, it's so late Well, why don't you go back to your room and continue to sleep."

Jin Xuenian shook his head, Chu Tingya continued: "Even if you can't fall asleep, you can always fall asleep after closing your eyes."

"I just fell asleep." Jin Xuenian raised his eyelids, his eyes were silent and clear, "Did the young master go out? Are you waiting for him?"

Chu Tingya's eyes widened immediately: "How do you know?! Young master won't let me say it!"

Jin Xuenian was speechless, Xin Dao only had your appearance of 300 taels of silver here, anyone could see it.

"Where did he... go?"

"This—Young Master won't let me say it."

"Why don't you follow?"

"I also want to follow, my lord won't let me..."

Chu Tingya was extremely depressed, seeing Jin Xuenian's worried face, he couldn't help but comforted him: "But brother Jin, don't worry, your son is very skilled in martial arts, even if I can barely draw with him, he will be fine. "

Jin Xuenian nodded, and was about to say something, when suddenly her whole body was shaken, the arm supporting the table went limp in an instant, and she fell powerlessly from the stone bench to the ground.

The author has something to say:

Cough, I'm back... because I went to Suzhou for two days, two days later than the original time.

The Hulunbuir Prairie is really beautiful. I have also traveled to many places. This is the first place that surprised me so much. If you have a chance, you can go and see it. Don’t go with a group, just go to a place with few people. It's all scenery~