Hunting Game [Interstellar]

When Su Shichuan opened his eyes again, the towering spire of the church had disappeared, and there was a faint smell of disinfectant floating in the air.

The surrounding is very quiet, which means that there is no one outside, or that this is a very soundproof ward.

It took Su Shichuan a few minutes to let his brain get used to thinking again, and then he struggled to support his body and began to observe the ward he was in.His communicator was taken away, and a bouquet of flowers was placed on the bedside table on the left. The material of the vase caught Su Shichuan's attention, and it was a plastic product very close to glass.

This is the intuitive conclusion at first glance, but the deeper one is - it is not offensive.

This ward has everything, but in another sense has nothing.

There is only one door connecting the entrance and exit to the outside world, lacking the windows of conventional wards, and also does not have any glass or metal items.

Imprisoned himself.

Su Shichuan leaned back to the head of the bed and came to a conclusion calmly.

The emperor was assassinated and died, and then the entire Guangming Cathedral was bloodbathed. As the only survivor, serious injuries can only reduce the probability of being suspected to a certain extent, but it is impossible to completely get rid of the suspicion.This is the routine imprisonment of the military department. As expected, everything is waiting for him to wake up. As long as the person concerned regains consciousness, he will face continuous questioning.

After clarifying this idea, Su Shichuan untied the strap on his left shoulder, and roughly judged the time when he was sent here based on the recovery of the wound.

Most of the penetrating wound left by the lightsaber has healed, the wound is completely healed, and the new flesh is still very tender, which can be easily distinguished from other places.Treatment rays should be used to speed up the recovery, and the time will not exceed a week.

That's fine, Su Shichuan threw the removed bandages into the wastebasket, and put on the hospital gown directly. He himself didn't intend to spend too long because of the injury.

I don't know whether it is day or night outside, and I don't know how the people who participated in that night are doing now. Su Shichuan closed his eyes again, forced himself to rest, and uncontrollably thought about the rhetoric to deal with various problems. In the end, he fell asleep again groggyly.

However, what he was waiting for was not a military investigator.

There should be an electronic camera installed in the ward. Su Shichuan didn't bother to find out the location. He stayed in bed most of the time and occasionally got up to move around.Probably on the second day after waking up, there was movement outside the door.

Su Shichuan sat up calmly, carefully paying attention to the rhythm of the door lock's ringing, and roughly judged that there should be three open locks.Of course, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, there will be at least a combination lock with biometric information.

After a while, the door was opened from the outside, and Su Shichuan looked over in search of sound, and he couldn't help being startled.

With a just right smile on his face, Cisse walked slowly into the room, sat down on the sofa opposite the hospital bed, and said softly: "I also only received the report in the morning and learned that the instructor was awake, so I immediately arranged a time to come and see Look, how does it feel?"

"It's okay, it's almost recovered." Su Shichuan said while looking at the entrance, noticing that Feng Chen had also come.

The two met each other briefly, Feng Chen gave Su Shichuan a wink, without further expression, he came to stand behind the sofa where Xisai was.

Su Shichuan understood, and finally understood why the military department did not come to question him immediately. It turned out that it was not the imperial military department that imprisoned him, but Cisse himself.

"There are no outsiders here, and Feng Chen is also sitting here." Xi Sai said.

Feng Chen sat down on the sofa next to him as he said, and Xisai crossed his long legs, leaned back on the backrest, looked up at Su Zhanchuan who was on the hospital bed, and said with a smile: "What happened in the Guangming Cathedral has already happened. I heard Feng Chen said it a week ago, and now I want to listen to the teacher's retelling." His tone was very relaxed, and it was more like a chat between acquaintances than a question, without even a trace of dignity.

But Su Shichuan knew very well that this was a comparison between the two of them, and it was outspoken.

"This is because I violated His Highness's wishes and told Admiral Feng the task you assigned me without authorization." Su Shichuan deliberately lowered his voice and said very solemnly, "After receiving the task from Your Highness, I have been I am waiting for the right time to act until you inform me to return to the imperial capital. My idea is very simple. I hope to complete the task, and at the same time, I hope to reduce the suspicion of others to the greatest extent so that His Highness can ascend the throne smoothly without suffering any gossip. .”

Cisse curled the corners of his mouth inconspicuously, and said, "The instructor really took the trouble."

Su Shichuan could hear the deep meaning in these words, but he still chose to continue to confess: "My identity will be acquiesced by most people, and no matter what I do, it is impossible to cut off the connection with you, so I will take the initiative to inform Feng Feng General, I want to seek his help and give myself an alibi."

"Who did it in the end?" Cisse asked.

"It's me." Su Shichuan said.

Cisse raised his eyebrows, remained silent for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "You two really have a good personal relationship, and you are also loyal to me, except for one is 'asking for help' and the other is 'asking for assistance', the rest are all no problem."

Su Shichuan showed a surprised expression very cooperatively, and raised his eyes to look at Feng Chen.Feng Chen got up straight away and knelt down on one knee in front of Xi Sai: "Lieutenant General Su is also thinking about His Highness, and he is also the target of assassination by the 'Unknown' repeatedly. The serious injury this time is completely unexpected. It's also out of selfishness, that's why..."

"I know," Cisse interrupted him, "Get up first, I didn't say you will be punished."

Feng Chen got up and sat down again.

West Circuit: "You guys did a good job in this matter, and thanks to those assassins who wanted to assassinate the mentor, the military department has no doubts about Shi Chuan at all, but thinks that their goal from the beginning is the father and the mentor."

"But there is one thing I don't want to understand." He looked at Su Shichuan, "Since we have already agreed to cooperate with Feng Chen, why did you choose to do it yourself?"

Su Shichuan was stunned, his eyelashes drooped slowly, and he replied in a low voice: "The target of the assassination is the emperor of the Luo Yin Empire, which is different from others. After all, this is the task you entrusted to me, and General Feng has already undertaken it for me." It's a big risk, we are soldiers, and the Luo Yin Empire is our belief, I can't... let him be charged with assassinating the Emperor of the Empire."

After he finished speaking, Cisse nodded, very satisfied with the answer: "You are very principled, which is very good."

Su Shichuan took a deep breath, and said again: "Your Highness, regarding the church, the death of the White Queen and the Archbishop is my personal negligence, please punish me."

Cisse sneered at the words, and said casually: "It's just a useless woman and a self-righteous old thing. It was originally a burden left by the father. It's just right to die, and it saves the trouble of arranging someone to deal with it. You Don't worry about it." He got up and walked to the side of the bed, looking down at Su Shichuan.

It was rare for this man to take off his straight uniform, and he only wore a thin white hospital gown, which seemed to lack the usual sense of dignity, like a fragile but pleasing plant.However, Xisai is not interested in Su Shichuan's skin, but the ability under that skin.This person gave him a very strange feeling. He had been doing things for him, but he couldn't feel the slightest bit of satisfaction. Instead, he felt faintly uneasy.

It's like a hunter who wants to train a hunting dog, but one day he suddenly finds that the most handy dog ​​is actually a wolf.

It is a pity to abandon it if it is not familiar with it, and it is not easy to tame it. If you keep it, you are worried that it will bite back.

With a calm expression, Xisai stretched out his hand to pinch Su Shichuan's chin, lifted that delicate and slightly cold face, and forced him to look at him.Su Shichuan's brows were slightly frowned by this unexplained action, and a look of surprise appeared inadvertently in his eyes, but he couldn't refuse due to the identity of the other party.

The fleeting look of shock in his eyes surprised Sissy, and he couldn't help but feel unsatisfied in his heart.

It can still be tamed, he thought leisurely, it's just that the time hasn't come yet.

"I have already communicated with the military department, and no one will come to question you again." Cisse maintained this aggressive posture, and said to him condescendingly, "Father's funeral is scheduled for a week later. After the end, he will read his last words, and until then, the mentor will stay here and take care of his body with peace of mind."

Su Shichuan was startled, then opened his eyes slightly: "Your Majesty will have a last word...?"

"He certainly didn't have time to keep that kind of thing," Sissy said with a smile, "I prepared it for him."

"The content is..." This question was beyond the norm, but Su Shichuan still asked it subconsciously.

Cisse didn't mind, and replied very generously: "I plan to make Xifa the regent of the Luo Yin Empire, what does the teacher think?"

Su Shichuan was instantly shocked!

Unexpectedly, the death of the emperor still failed to change the fate of Xifa as the sword of the empire, let alone that all of this was arranged by Cisse from the very beginning...

"I don't understand." Su Shichuan stared blankly into Cisse's eyes, "Why does Your Highness divide the power you have obtained?"

Cisse raised his eyebrows slightly: "Do you think this is a separation of powers?" He smiled and raised the corners of his mouth, "How is that possible."

"'Regent' is just a title. As long as he is not allowed to be regent, who can really take the power away from me?" Cisse said, "Originally, according to the plan, I wanted to get rid of the emperor after I got rid of the emperor." Get rid of the emperor's younger brother to avoid accidents in the future. But I suddenly found that Xifa might be useful to stay, so wouldn't it be better to let him fight for the empire? It wouldn't be in vain for you to spend the past few years teaching him..."

After speaking, Cisse let go of his hand, turned around and walked away.

Su Shichuan, on the other hand, seemed to be in a daze. He lowered his head and clasped his five fingers on the bed unconsciously. His knuckles were so hard that they turned white, and the blood flowed back into the infusion tube, but he didn't realize it.

Feng Chen got up, put his communicator on the bedside table, and said calmly: "It was confiscated under Xisai's order. After inspection, it was confirmed that there is no problem. Now I can return it to you. But there is no signal here, so you can't communicate with others... "The words came to an abrupt end, he glanced inadvertently from the corner of his eye, and noticed Su Xingchuan's hand, his brows furrowed immediately, he squeezed his wrist, and forced him to relax.

"What's wrong with you?" Feng Chen corrected the position of the needle and heaved a sigh of relief watching the blood flow back.

Su Shichuan grabbed the hem of his clothes, with a trembling voice, and said every word: "He is threatening me with Xifa, he put Xifa on the blade, and let him be executed for the birth of the empire!" He looked up at Feng Chen, "He thinks that he is in control of the overall situation, and that he has firmly secured the throne of the Stars, so he started to force me unscrupulously, and he is not afraid that I will rebel—"

"Shi Chuan, calm down." Feng Chen reminded in a low voice, "It's not safe here, others can hear what you say."

Su Shichuan pursed his lips tightly, forcing himself to calm down, and then nodded slowly.

Feng Chen sat down beside the bed, stretched out his arms to hug Su Shichuan, and whispered in his ear with this posture: "He did put Xifa on the blade, and it was indeed to threaten you, but this is a foregone conclusion, you As long as you do what he tells you and show absolute loyalty, that knife will never be drawn, do you understand?"

Where he couldn't see, Su Shichuan's eyes were wet: "I understand..."

——At least this time he heard Sissy's threats clearly, instead of thinking that everything was their predetermined fate as before.

— that's enough.

"Have a good rest," Feng Chen let go of him, "he temporarily imprisoned you here just because you are the only one who knows the truth, and when the emperor is buried and the dust settles, he will naturally let you go."

"I know." Su Shichuan was silent for a few seconds after speaking, and then asked, "Where is this?"

"The basement of the Crown Prince's palace." Feng Chen spoke quickly, "It's Xisai's place."

Su Shichuan gave a "hmm" and stretched out his hand to push Feng Chen's arm: "Go quickly, I'm fine."

"I really should go." Feng Chen stood up, still worried, but it was inconvenient to say anything else, so he just pressed Su Shichuan's shoulder and shook it comfortingly.

Su Shichuan lay down on his side, covering himself under the quilt.

Thinking about it carefully, the two Kings of Cisse had the same and different reasons for appointing Xifa as the regent, but the purpose without exception was to keep him—as long as Xifa was here, he would be there. He will go through life and death with Xifa.

This move was really good, Su Shichuan closed his eyes forbearance, but unfortunately with him, no one can win twice with the same method.

A week later, the door of the ward was opened again, and the maid bowed to Su Xingchuan to salute, and then put the lieutenant general's uniform on the sofa.The half-month imprisonment was finally over. Su Shichuan changed his clothes, put on the communicator, and left the ward with the bodyguards who came to meet him.

Before leaving the Crown Prince's Palace, the other party reminded that the Emperor's funeral was being held by the Stars, but the Crown Prince also explained that the tutor had just recovered from a serious injury and did not necessarily have to attend.Su Shichuan knew that Xisai's words were telling him "don't go", so he thanked the bodyguard, turned around and walked into the wet and rainy morning light.

In a blink of an eye, it has entered May, and the spring in the imperial capital is coming to an end.

After this funeral, the era belonging to the old emperor will be completely over. Next, Xisai will ascend the throne, Xifa will be crowned regent, and the Luo Yin Empire will usher in a new dynasty. This is also the time period that Su Shichuan is most familiar with.But at this time, the doubts left in the previous life have been solved one by one, and what is placed in front of him is a game of chess that has been seen through.

If things are settled step by step, then the only thing waiting in the future is destruction 50 years later. Only by finding a new way out and breaking the inherent situation can we meet new vitality.

A rain in late spring made the sky and the earth dark, Su Shichuan walked in the rain, but his mind was rare and clear.

Before he knew it, the scene in front of him became familiar, and Su Shichuan suddenly realized that he had come to the palace of His Highness the Third Highness.

The funeral has already started, and the Double Moon Hall is deserted everywhere, and this place is no exception.

Su Shichuan has not notified anyone yet, as if he wanted to enjoy the feeling of being forgotten by the world for a while longer.He walked through a small courtyard next to the palace and came to the back garden of the palace. He couldn't help but recall in his mind the night when they first met, Xifa took him through the same road and asked him to wait below.

At this moment, as he passed the last corner, Su Shichuan was slightly stunned, and saw Xifa in black filial piety with his back facing him, standing under the tree that was said to be planted by the emperor himself, alone, drenched It's raining, and I don't know what I'm thinking.

Su Shichuan hesitated for a moment, and finally walked behind him slowly.Hearing footsteps, Xifa said without looking back, "I said I don't want to be disturbed."

His voice was cold, with obvious indifference, completely different from usual, like a different person.Su Shichuan couldn't help but think about what Xifa said in the church cemetery, and wonder if he really has no feelings for his father.He believes that Sifa will not lie, and will not fabricate those heartbreaking childhood experiences, but some feelings are often only slowly realized after they are lost, and it turns out that they really existed.

There will be two spiritual growths in a person's life. The first is to learn to love others, and the second is to lose his parents. He has experienced both.

Su Shichuan watched Xifa's back, with a smile in his eyes, and said softly: "Then I'm leaving?"

Hearing the sound, Xifa turned around instantly, took two steps forward and clasped Su Shichuan's shoulders, with unbelievable surprise on his face, he looked at him twice from top to bottom: "How are you?"

"Well," Su Shichuan said, "I was just discharged from the hospital today."

Xifa breathed a long sigh of relief, put his arms around Su Shichuan's back, and carefully hugged him into his arms: "Because the matters involved are relatively sensitive, the military department did not open visits, and refused to disclose where you are. These rules I I understand everything, and I also know that I should cooperate, so..."

"It's okay." Su Shichuan hugged him back, remained silent for a few seconds, and asked, "Why didn't you go to His Majesty's funeral?"

"I don't want to go." With his fingers inserted into the wet hair on the back of the opponent's head, Xifa buried his head and rubbed gently on the side of his neck, "You're not here, what am I going to do there?"

Su Shichuan was taken aback, and raised his eyes to look at the tree that had not yet bloomed and was full of green under the spring rain: "So you are here... isn't it because His Majesty passed away?"

"I'm just thinking about you," Sifa tightened his arms tremblingly, wanting to hug him tightly, but was afraid that the wound would still hurt him, "I will never forget the way I saw you when I returned to the church that day— —” His voice carried a special treasure, full of heartbreak and distress, “I almost lost you.”

"Actually, the injury is not serious," Su Shichuan said, "It just looks like..."

"No!" Xifa interrupted him, "The doctor in charge of first aid told me that the lightsaber was pierced almost close to your heart, maybe the other party missed it, or maybe you avoided it at the last moment The key point. But no matter what the result is, it’s only a little short for me!”

"Shi Chuan, can you imagine the situation at that time?"

"I was very afraid that my mother would embarrass you. I didn't want to leave that church at all! But when I finally rushed back, what I saw was that you were seriously injured, covered in blood... You scared all the worries in my life. It's all used up."

Xifa's voice trembled, and Su Shichuan could clearly feel the force of the heart hitting his chest through the fabric.

"That night, my father died, and so did my mother. So many people died in the church, but in my heart, their lives are not worth a drop of your blood." Xifa kissed the skin on the side of Su Shichuan's neck , lips rubbed together, and finally even took a bite out of venting, "You promise me this is the last time, I allow you to protect anyone, and you are not allowed to put anything before your own life, I want you to live well !"

Perhaps there was rain seeping into his eyes, Su Shichuan felt that his control had never been as bad as it is now: "Xifa, you must understand that when I step into this position, my life no longer belongs to me completely. .We are not people who can live for ourselves, or for each other. This is an unchangeable destiny."

"I only know that nothing is immutable, no one can control your life, I won't allow it!"

"Okay." Su Shichuan's face was full of tears, and the tears were washed away by the rain again, "No matter what I need to do in the future, no matter how sinful I am, I will save my life for you."

At the same time, the candlelight flickered in the hall of Glory of the Stars, and all the imperial nobles and high-ranking military officers were present, bowing their heads in silence.

The young pastor who replaced the archbishop read out the final eulogy, then took another paper manuscript, unfolded it, and announced it in public: "The late emperor Andrew Tranzer left his last words, and appointed Crown Prince Cisse Tranzel as Luo Yin. The new emperor of the empire, the third prince, Sifa Tranze, is the regent, assisting the new emperor and leading the army."

His voice fell, and everyone bowed down.

Cisse stepped forward respectfully, and personally placed the last white flower on the chest of his father who was wearing the imperial flag.