It's not good to be a courtier

Feng Yan and Liu Rong walked out of the snow-wood forest. They were silent all the way, and halfway there, Liu Rong finally said anxiously: "Are you really going back? They are going to die before they see it. If you want to go back, you should do it yourself. I'm going to Yuezhou City." He turned his horse's head and prepared to act alone.

Feng Yan looked in the direction of the northern border and did not say a word. Liu Yan said anxiously: "Say something, if His Majesty the Eighteenth Prince dies, you will be in danger in the northern border. Do you think those four old generals will treat you completely?" Convinced, they are also watching."

"I remember that the general is a firm member of the Third Highness's party, what are your plans, are you going to turn against your father?" Feng Yan said lightly, "Even if you don't consider your father's position at all, you don't care about the safety of the East? "

Liu Xi was immediately speechless, a little frustrated, "That's the truth, but... even Zhu him?"

"Don't forget, except for Beiweiying, me and you, wherever we appear are troubles and excuses." Feng Yan raised his eyes and looked back at the towering Yuezhou City Gate Tower in the distance, and immediately made a decision. Horse belly, gallop away.

Liu Yan looked at him, then at Yuezhou City, sighed, flicked the reins, and kept up with Feng Yan's speed, and Yuezhou City was getting farther and farther behind.

Murong Qi was sitting in the plain carriage, with no expression on his face, and even Zhu Yirong became a nondescript coachman sitting in front of the carriage, with a gray pigeon standing by his hand, and he took a small brass pipe from the pigeon's leg , opened the secret document in his hand, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and reported: "The dark guard found the king's car of the king of Xiling in Qili Mountain."

Murong Qi nodded, moved his right hand slightly, and the carriage "gululu" moved forward.Ye Chenxi has always been cunning and insidious, he may have never trusted Long Shi.

The foot of Xuemulin Mountain was peaceful, but the Xiling General's Mansion was extremely serious. Murong Qi was sitting in the west chamber of the General's Mansion, and the doctor Wang next to him tremblingly said: "His Royal Highness's arm may be... When His Highness broke his arm, even though there was a genius doctor The wonderful hand connected it for you, but the blood has been unable to flow. If there is that genius doctor accompanying you along the way, maybe you can save it. Now that this severed arm is lifeless, Your Highness, please make a decision as soon as possible. Otherwise, the blood will enter the body and hinder your life. .”

Long Yin stood aside, looking worriedly at Murong Dan's livid face and dark eyes, hesitatingly said: "Li Que, don't hesitate anymore, since Doctor Wang said so, the situation has reached the point where there is no way to delay , the broken arm is done..."

"Bang!" Murong Dan stood up suddenly, kicked over the desks in front of him, and said sharply, "Get out of here!"

"Li Que," Long Yin waved his hand to let Doctor Wang go down first, walked to him and supported his shoulders and said, "Doctor Wang has served Xiling Ye's family for more than 30 years, and he has never made a wrong diagnosis. Life-saving is the most important thing. Li Que, we can't delay any longer." .”

Murong Yan raised his eyes to look at him, his black eyes were gloomy without a ray of dawn, he burst out laughing, and asked earnestly: "Have you ever seen Emperor Dayan's broken arm? Once the news of my broken arm is spread, Many people want to abandon this palace."

"No, Li Que, you won't be abandoned, at least I will never abandon you." Long Yin hugged Murong Du's trembling body tightly, wanting to give him all the warmth, "It's just that you broke your arm and died again." No matter what, I will do my best to help you ascend the throne."

"You think you are different from others, but you want different things. If you want to occupy me for a long time, you have to give me what you want first." Murong Dan's eyes widened when he said this Suddenly, he pulled out the long sword on Long Yin's body, roared "Murong Qi", and cut open the upside-down table with one sword.

Standing beside him, Long Yin looked at his crazy appearance, full of reluctance and struggle in his heart.At this moment, someone outside the door reported the incident, Long Yin looked at Murong Dan's normal face, turned around and went out.It's not that he doesn't know what Murong Dan is doing, but he can't find a reason to stop it.With a broken arm, Murong Dan no longer has any competitiveness in the battle for the throne. As long as he waits patiently, he believes that he is his best and last choice.

As soon as Long Yin stepped out of the west chamber, the family general walked in a hurry, bowed his eyes solemnly and said: "General, His Royal Highness Sixth Prince has silenced the doctor and those who knew about it. If so, His Royal Highness Mausoleum asked?"

Long Yin raised his hand to stop his words, with a serious expression, he said silently: "Treat it in secret, don't reveal any news. Then go find the doctor and put it in the back compartment, no one can touch it."

The general was stunned for a moment, his eyes flickered slightly, and he handed over his hands and went to do it.Looking back at the setting sun, Long Yin felt more and more uneasy.

In the middle of the night, the lights in the west chamber were brightly lit. Murong Dan was sitting in front of him in his clothes, with his eyes half closed and his hands behind his ears. His whole body was as calm as water and as motionless as a mountain.A white pigeon fluttered on the window sill, a servant in gray hurried over to pick it up, took out the message from the brass tube and handed it over, Murong Yan slowly opened his eyes, the eye sockets were covered with purple bruises, his face was as pale as paper, But her lips were as red as Dan Kou, and her whole body exuded a coquettish aura.He slowly unfolded the note with his right hand, with a flash of excitement in his eyes, he stood up and said lightly, "Get ready."

"Your Highness," the gray-clothed servant knelt down with a plop, neither humble nor overbearing, risking his life to remonstrate, "Yuezhou City is the territory of King Xiling, Your Highness, please think twice before acting."

Murong Yan looked down at the person kneeling in front of him, with a strange astonishment on his expression, he slowly walked in front of the person, and slowly lifted the person's chin with his hand.The man had a beautiful face, strong and tough, although he was dressed in gray slave clothes, but it did not conceal his noble temperament and lust at all. Murong Dan sat on the ground in front of him, quietly watching the man's pair of eyes. Eyes shining like jewels said lightly, "Mu Xi, how long have you been with me?"

Xiao Muxi looked at Murong Duan with attachment, "Your Highness, Mu Xi has been with His Highness for 12 years, and has followed His Highness since he had nothing left. Mu Xi betrayed the Xiao family for His Highness, guarded His Highness wholeheartedly, and never said anything. Today I beg Your Highness to listen to Mu Xi's words, Your Highness stop."

"12 years," Murong Dan smiled faintly, "Are you even going to betray me?"

"His Royal Highness" Xiao Muxi walked two steps to Murong Dan's body, and a stench came to his nostrils. He cried and said: "Your Highness, please take care of yourself for the sake of Mu Xi's 12 years of serving you, and let the king The doctor will take your arm off."

Murong Dan's whole body was shaken, his whole face twisted suddenly, he almost jumped up from the ground, and kicked Xiao Muxi over, "Bold! You..." Clenched his right hand tightly into a fist, and it took a long time before he managed to stop his body. Trembling, sweat dripped from the corners of his eyes and down his cheeks, he turned around, his voice became calm again, with his right hand clasped around his waist, he said calmly: "Mu Xi, when have you seen whether Bengong has raised you?" The dog you used, the day you betrayed the Xiao family, you were doomed to the fate you have today, I never keep anyone who is useless to me." After speaking, he turned around and pressed Xiao Muxi's hand with his incomplete left hand. At the back of the head, the blade in his right hand coldly pierced Xiao Muxi's mouth, which was still about to speak.Seeing Xiao Muxi struggling in his hands until the dagger was completely submerged in his mouth, and blood kept pouring out from his mouth, Murong Dan didn't stop.Xiao Muxi kept staring at Murong Dan, his eyes filled with tears, until he stopped struggling, those eyes never closed.

When Long Yin came in, Murong Dan was still kneeling on the ground, with the already cold Xiao Muxi in his arms.Long Yin had killed countless people in his life, but he was still taken aback. The windows in the west chamber were wide open, and the cold wind passed through the west chamber. When he got into his arms, Murong Dan finally came to his senses, grabbed Long Yin, and said in a trembling voice: "He has been with me for 12 years, but now he abandons me, he wants to kill me, he wants to..."

Long Yin patted his back and tried his best to comfort him, and then asked someone to come in and drag Xiao Muxi away, Murong Dan leaned on Long Yin's shoulder with his head slightly lowered, trembling all over, but his eyes were cold.

On the carriage outside the city of Yuezhou, Murong Qi kept silent for a long time, holding on to the latest news.He has seen Xiao Muxi, even though he stayed by Murong Dan's side for a long time, his body is upright and his heart is straight, and Murong Dan has not touched him for so many years since he betrayed the Xiao family, if there is no love, it is impossible, but... Open the curtain of the car, the moon is in the middle of the sky, and its light is shining.

"Let's go to the city," Murong Qi said softly, he was sitting upright in the carriage, holding a purple jade cup in his hand, the tea in the cup had already been completely cold.

"Your Excellency hasn't delivered the news yet," Lian Zhu hesitated. His Highness the King of Xiling had not been found yet, and His Highness had almost no chance of winning when he entered the city. "Your Highness, why don't you wait a little longer?"

Murong Qi quietly looked at the bright moon outside the window, and said slowly: "No need, he can't wait any longer." Murong Qi avoids medical treatment, and his arm must have started to rot. between.

Lian Zhu flicked his horsewhip, and the carriage started to move forward. It was a simple and crude carriage. The outer wall of the carriage was wrapped with a layer of plain white coarse cloth, and a pure white mourning lantern was hung under the carriage porch.The carriage slowly walked to the Yuezhou City, and the guards were fully armed. The general in charge didn't even ask, and said loudly, "His Eighteenth Highness, please take off your armor!"

The carriage stopped slowly, and the white mourning lights lit up, the people sitting in front of the carriage remained silent, and there was no sound in the carriage either.The general waited for a long time and saw that no one moved, and then raised his voice: "Please remove your armor, Your Highness the Eighteenth!"

The door of the carriage opened gently, Murong Qi was dressed in a plain robe, with his hands in his sleeves, and got out of the carriage.The fourteen-year-old boy had a solemn face, his eyes were straight ahead, neither dodging nor avoiding, his eyes were unusually quiet, but his every step was full of power, making the defenders want to retreat.He walked up to the defenders, opened his arms and said calmly: "I am unarmed, please let the general go."

The general paused and continued to speak, when a young boy walked out next to him and smiled evilly, "It's interesting, General Song, let me go."

"Young general, the great general has an order..." The general came to salute immediately after getting off, and was immediately kicked by the irritable boy so that he shut up, "If you let me go, I will let you go. I remember our family is in charge." It's still my old man, my elder brother is a fart!"

The general's face immediately turned into a pig's liver color, he took a step back and waved his hand, and the city gate suddenly opened.Without squinting, Murong Qi walked through a group of defenders.The young man was left in the cold, a little surprised, immediately followed up and said: "You haven't thanked me yet."

Murong Qi said indifferently: "You haven't knelt down to me yet."

"Hey, we in Xiling only kneel down to King Ye, not Murong's, unless you are His Majesty the Emperor." The young man scratched his head, "But all of you Murong's are so stinky and put on airs."

Murong Qi didn't answer him, and walked towards the city step by step, the young man lost interest, after looking at it, he followed him and asked: "Why did you come here in mourning, who died in your family?" What to say, the main street of Yuezhou City was suddenly illuminated by torches.

The sound of kicking horseshoes was particularly obvious on the quiet street. Murong Qi looked ahead, his face calm, and soldiers holding torches rushed over like a tide and surrounded Murong Qi and the young man. The young man said angrily: "Blind your dog eyes, don't you see who this general is?"

The torch was separated from the middle, and a black steed kicked in. The man was dressed in gold armor, with a half mask covering his face, his sharp eyes were hidden under the mask, and the boy immediately shouted: "Brother, it's the middle of the night Yes, what are you doing?"

Long Yin frowned, turned his head and said to the deputy general: "Send the major general back to the general's residence for custody, no one can release him without the general's order, and those who disobey the order will be executed!"

The young man immediately protested: "Why do you detain me, I am here on business under the order of my father. Anyone who dares to touch me will leave the Longwei Camp instead."

Long Yin shouted angrily, "Take it down for me!"

The boy glanced at Long Yin, and said angrily: "Did you not even listen to your father's orders? Do you know that Ling..."

"Not yet!" Long Yin was furious, and his personal guards immediately stepped forward to tie up the boy.The boy was taken aback, took a step back and broke away from his bodyguard, took out a token from his arms, and said loudly: "The general's order is here, who dares to touch me!"

The situation in the arena was tense immediately, the torches were separated from the middle, and a snow-white horse stepped in from the outside, "I heard that the little general Longkui likes to show off with the general's order, and he was often punished by the general for this matter. Today Your elder brother has important things to do, so you can't tolerate nonsense."

"You!" Long Kui said angrily, "Who are you? This is my Longwei camp's business, and it has nothing to do with you!"

Long Yin said angrily: "I haven't seen His Highness the Sixth Highness soon, since I stole my father's token, if I dare to mess around again, I will be dealt with by military law."

"Brother..." Long Kui wanted to say something, but Murong Qi said calmly behind him: "You should retreat quickly, this is indeed not a place for you to mess around."

"Even you..." Long Kui said angrily, "I..." The guards rushed up, tied up Long Kui and took him down.

There was a moment of silence in the arena, Murong Dan dismounted from the white horse and approached Murong Qi, only to see him slowly stretching out his left hand, the stench was so strong that it was hard to smell it.Murong Qi's expression remained unchanged, he let his cold left hand brush his cheek, slightly stained with blood on his cheek, Murong Qi smiled and said: "Eighteen Brother's great kindness to Sixth Brother, Sixth Brother will always remember it."

"Sixth brother's hands are so cold, it's as cold as water tonight, sixth brother, please pay attention to your body." Murong Qi said quietly, holding Murong Dan's left hand as he spoke, his hand was sticky, he didn't seem to notice it.

The corner of Murong Dan's mouth pulled into a bigger smile, and he took his left hand out of his hand and hid it behind his back.Murong Qi took out Sujuan, wiped his hands, stuffed it into his sleeve, and said: "Xue Zhiruo raided Shiba in the northern border, God bless Shiba, let Shiba barely escape. The Xue family is the mother of the sixth brother." Home, why don’t Sixth Brother directly tell Eighteen about any dissatisfaction?”

"When the eighteenth brother assassinated Xue Zhishang back then, he might not have notified the sixth brother," Murong Dan said with a smile.

Murong Qi frowned, "But Shiba heard that Xue Zhishang died under Wuchen's fan, you and I both know who used this fan."

"Didn't Huan Tan take refuge with you long ago? You treat everyone else as a complete fool like Third Brother, and believe that Huan Tan is loyal to him." Murong Yan's face began to contort, and he squeezed out a creepy smile, "You are dressed in a suit today. Sufu, it is determined that I will die here..."

Murong Qi stared, but did not speak.Putting his hands in his wide sleeves, he fixedly looked at Murong Dan.

"Hahahahahaha," Murong Du seemed to have heard a big joke, "Even if I die, I will take you to be buried with me." His distorted face was full of bloodthirsty hatred, he turned around slowly, suddenly calmed down, Looking up at Long Yin who was sitting on the horse, he showed a sad expression, "After all, I misread you, Shiba."

People flocked to Murong Qi like a tide. He stood quietly, his eyes staring at Murong Di's back. Once upon a time, Murong Qi was like him, who had nothing and didn't trust anyone. Until he met Xiao Muxi.When he got rid of Xiao Muxi himself, everything was over.

The flames shot up from behind Murong Qi, and when Murong Qi saw the person behind him clearly, he murmured in disbelief: "He still chose you, or...hahahahaha..." That flamboyant laughter was full of unspeakable emotions. Sorrowful, he drew his sword suddenly, and slashed at the golden-armored Forbidden Dragon Guard, "But, here, this is the world of my Murong Dan!" As soon as he finished speaking, the main street was surrounded by layers of iron guards. , three soaring crossbows were set in the middle, and before the forbidden dragon guard could react, the soaring crossbows whizzed towards them.The giant crossbow is extremely powerful, and it is especially useful in crowded streets. Often, four or five people can be nailed to death with one blow.After one round, the Forbidden Dragon Guard has already lost more than half.

"Even if he chooses you, I will go against the sky!" Murong Dan clenched his fists tightly, "Whoever takes Murong Qi's head will be rewarded with 1 taels of gold!"

Such a bargaining chip immediately boiled up the already fierce battle situation, and the iron guards scrambled to come over.People from the Forbidden Dragon Guard kept falling, and Murong Qi stood quietly behind the Forbidden Dragon Guard.This is the first battle for him to step into that position, and it will also be the last battle. The blood in his whole body is screaming. They haven't seen the real Shura field yet.Until the last Forbidden Dragon Guard fell in front of him, he still faced it calmly, the dark guards jumped out from all sides, covering Murong Qi's surroundings tightly.

Murong Dan was wearing armor, dragging his long sword and struggling to cut down the hidden guard standing in front of him, he said with a smile: "Eighteen Brother, is that all you have? Why do you fight with me!"

Lian Zhu stood in front of Murong Qi and said anxiously: "Your Highness, this subordinate will send His Highness away from the city."

Murong Qi raised his head to look at Murong Dan, a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, he slowly raised his right hand, raised his index finger slightly, and opened his lips lightly, "Not one left!"

"Swoosh!" A short iron arrow pierced through the eyes of the guard next to Murong Dan with a "puff!" The arrow was like a signal, before Murong Dan and Long Yin had time to react, "Swish, swish, swish!" Whoosh!" The arrows rained down, and each of them seemed to have eyes, specially designed to nail people's eyes.The situation on the field immediately reversed overwhelmingly.After a while, the rain of arrows stopped, and most of the iron guards had been lost.Murong Dan looked at Murong Qi with a livid face, and swung his long sword to rush towards him, "Swoosh!" An iron arrow slanted across his face, drawing a bloodstain several inches away, and the blood gushed out immediately.

"Li Que!" Long Yin turned pale with shock, jumped off the horse and came to his side, "Li Que, the situation is not good, I will protect you to leave!"

"Leave?" Murong Dan looked at him with a sarcasm smile, "Where can I go?" He swayed and stood up straight, looking at the 14-year-old boy opposite, his eyes were condensed, and he said quietly: " This is the end..." He raised his hand and gently stroked Fu Longyin's face, suddenly there was a cracking sound of earthen jars from all around the street, from the street to the end of the street, the smell of kerosene and wine came, Long Yin looked at The liquid flowing everywhere under the feet said in amazement: "Are you crazy? You want Yuezhou City to be buried with you!"

"Why not?" Murong Dan pushed Long Yin away, turned around and walked into the chaotic crowd, and disappeared on the long street in the blink of an eye.

Long Yin rode his horse and turned around and rushed out of the city. The fire fell from the roofs on both sides, and the flames shot up all of a sudden, and the whole long street was engulfed in flames.

"Your Highness," Lian Zhu unfolded the cloak at hand and put it on for Murong Qi. The outside of the cloak was shiny and shiny. When encountering flames, the flames would move to the sides. Murong Qi looked at the long street ahead.

The main street was in chaos, and Murong Dan and Murong Qi had long since disappeared into such chaos.The General's Mansion fell into a strange silence that had never been seen before. Murong Qi stepped into the west chamber with his hands folded. The four doors of the west chamber were opened, and the wind whistled through. There were brown blood stains.

Murong Qi stood still in the middle hall, Murong Qi glanced at him calmly, then weakly raised his right hand and pointed to a place where no trace could be seen, and said quietly: "It's right there, I killed him with my own hands." Pulling the corners of his lips, he smiled helplessly, "He must be disappointed in me, I always disappoint him." He took a breath, raised his purple eyes, "Long Yin will not let me leave Yuezhou , A prince with a broken arm is not as good as a chess piece."

Murong Qi listened quietly, his eyes were abnormally quiet, and there was no expression on his face.

"But it's not over, eighteen, it won't be over," Murong Tan said seriously, "Your road is bound to be full of ups and downs, and I won't show you any kindness. You will be like me, losing your love and being alone, Even if you reach the extreme position, you will lose everything. This is my curse on you, and it will be your life."

Murong Qi turned his back, his hands under the capacious robe twitched uncontrollably, his whole life?An inescapable life... When he came back to his senses, Murong Dan had already closed his eyes on the chair, blood overflowed from his ears, mouth and eyes, and soon stopped flowing.At the last moment, he still kept his left hand.

Covered in mist, Long Yin broke in panting, roared hoarsely, and knelt beside Murong Dan's body, tears welling from his eyes.

Murong Qi looked at Murong Dan who had closed his eyes and looked very calm, and felt surprisingly lost in his heart.Like Murong Dan, he used to have nothing, and with his own efforts, he became the top ten thousand people. Now that a star has fallen, those unknown states of mind are also annihilated with his passing, adding a lot of loneliness to this world .

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