Kikuzuki

When Roujia woke up, it was completely dark, and the whole room was filled with darkness, except for a small oil lamp flickering by her bedside.He got up, and the cloak that had been tightly covering him fell to the ground with a plop. It was his cloak, which was hung on the screen when he returned in the morning.Roujia shook the cloak and put it aside.

It was quiet inside and outside the house, and Juyue was already fast asleep.He was lying on another couch, his delicate face flickered in and out of the lights, making it difficult to see clearly, but the tired look on it was not covered by the night.

Roujia stared blankly for a while, then suddenly remembered that Bairi Rouran came and met Juyue on the bridge. She said she had something to look for, but why didn't she come in the end?It may also be that she fell asleep without realizing it, and later covered herself with a cloak, it must be Rouran...

The window in front of the head has been closed tightly, and the whole room is airtight, Roujia suddenly feels aggrieved, especially Juyue is also lying in the room, it is really cramped.Roujia exhaled and blew on the broken hair on her forehead, reached out and grabbed the cloak beside her, and left the room silently.

The cool night breeze dissipated some of the sweltering heat.It's still early spring, the ice and snow haven't completely melted yet, relying on Yeweijian's unsparing fire, Rou Jia always felt that her nose was dry and painful.Turning around the rockery in front of you is the small bridge facing the window in the daytime. When Roujia was about to pass that corner, the deliberately low conversation sound from the other side made him slow down involuntarily and finally stopped pace.

"Didn't find it yet?"

"We searched all over Cuiwei Mountain, but we couldn't find it. The locals said that the snow slope there showed signs of collapse. Could it be..."

"It must be retrieved! Even the corpse must be retrieved."

Rou Jia was no stranger to the two whispering, one was the night guard who went out a few days ago, and the other was the night guard chief Wei Ran.

Generally speaking, the head of the night guard is the son of a court official, but Wei Ran, a bastard from a down-and-out family, broke this tradition.In addition to his outstanding ability, there is another important reason-the rise of Empress Liu.

Speaking of which, Empress Liu can be regarded as a legendary woman.When she met the late Emperor at Fushou Temple, even though there was an age gap of tens of years, it did not delay their love at first sight.Unexpectedly, even the canonized imperial edict was ready, but this Miss Liu family suddenly had an extra fiancé.After the late emperor sent someone to inquire, he found out that the Liu family was down and out in the early years, and had betrothed the still young Miss Liu to a relatively wealthy local family.Feng Shui took turns, and later the Liu family's family situation gradually improved, but the family suffered a family change. They walked away, died, and gradually lost contact.Now that Miss Liu is about to enter the palace, the news spread, and the family's son appeared after hearing the news, hoping to make a fortune by doing so.Unexpectedly, the first emperor was too upright and thought that breaking the original marriage contract would lose the emperor's face, so he ordered the two to fulfill the original marriage contract.I never thought that Ms. Liu's fiancé failed to blackmail and ran away in the middle of the night, and finally fell into the river and drowned, so embarrassing.Now Ms. Liu can always enjoy her fortune with peace of mind, but she suddenly changed into plain clothes and went to live in Fushou Temple to practice on her behalf. This move even the late Emperor was puzzled.It was not until many years later that the first emperor passed away, and the new emperor succeeded to the throne, and met the increasingly charming Miss Liu at Fushou Temple, and let her sit on the position of empress all the way from a talented person. Empress Liu did not have an extraordinary voice, but after all, it was just a joke from teahouses and restaurants.

In the past few years, the emperor's health was not as good as before, and Empress Liu began to help with some government affairs, but she showed her sharpness slightly, and the veteran court officials could see that her skills were far superior to the emperor himself.Their warnings failed to wake up the emperor, but Empress Liu took the lead in promoting a group of poor and concubine children. The fresh blood invaded the dying husk of a dynasty that had existed for hundreds of years, and Wei Ran was one of them. member.In this regard, Rou Jia actually agrees. There are too many idiot-like noble children relying on their ancestors to eat and wait to die in the court. If they do not act, there will be greater disasters waiting for this country.But Roujia complained about Empress Liu's overly harsh methods.

In most cases, Empress Liu is not upright in beheading traitors and eliminating traitors. She is more willing to send killers to deal with those old officials who she thinks are problematic. I still feel that this method is too disgraceful.What's more, after Liu Hou found an excuse to get rid of some elders, he had already started to attack the prince.Prince Yuan Ren was originally a gentle and honest person, but he was exposed as suspected of colluding with foreign enemies, and was demoted as a commoner and exiled to the north. The Cuiwei Mountain that Ye Wei said just now is the only place to go north. Could it be that...

Roujia's heart tightened, he knew that the crown prince would never do such a thing, someone told him...by the way...what did he say?That person...that person...who is it?

Roujia struggled, and involuntarily stepped back, but touched a stone beside her feet and kicked it clangingly far away.

"Who?!"

Wei Ran came striding forward, and Rou Jia knew that she had no way to avoid it, so she just appeared from behind the rockery.

"it's me."

What Roujia didn't expect was that the moment Wei Ran saw him, he stood there in a daze as if he had seen a ghost, with his mouth wide open, but he couldn't say a word.Rou Jia was very puzzled by this, his expression was as if he suddenly saw someone who should not be here anyway.

"What's wrong?" Just when Roujia was about to ask something, Juyue's voice appeared along with his figure, and the tired look on his face didn't get better because of the rest just now, but got worse .He walked slowly towards Rou Jia and Wei Ran; "What happened?"

Rou Jia glanced at him, but didn't make a sound, and then turned her gaze to Wei Ran.At this time, Wei Ran suddenly withdrew from the shock, and put on his usual gentle face: "Ah, it's nothing, why are you both here, Roujia? There is no task today, so you can take a good rest."

Just as Juyue was about to exchange some pleasantries, Roujia interrupted him: "Brother Wei, I just heard that you said you were looking for something. What is it? Can I help?"

"Looking for something? I'm not looking for anything!" Wei Ran's bewildered expression was too real, if it wasn't for Roujia's confirmation that she was sober just now, she would have believed his words, "Roujia, listen You are wrong. I heard Juyue said that you are not feeling well today, but it looks serious now. You have to pay attention to your body, otherwise Rouran should blame me for not taking good care of you this night. "

Roujia wanted to say something more, but Juyue walked a few steps quickly, and came forward to grab his arm.He looked very tired, even his steps were a little vain, he grabbed his hand and clasped it lightly, without much strength: "Roujia, I seem to be sick, can you send me back?"

If you are sick, just lie down, why come out?

Roujia was a little unhappy, but Wei Ran smiled heartily and said, "Is this an infection? Roujia is not feeling well in the morning, and you are not feeling well at night. Go back and rest quickly! I'll find out the next task if you're both sick." Who will do it!"

Roujia nodded, and pulled Juyue roughly: "Let's go." After walking a few steps, he looked back and saw Wei Ran still standing in the night with a gentle smile, hesitantly said: "Brother Wei, there is something I want to ask you something, as Brother Rouran, not as Ye Wei."

Wei Ran's smile was a little unnatural, although it was fleeting, Rou Jia still caught it.

"You ask." His voice was barely light.

"Did the letter we brought back this morning be from His Majesty or from the Queen?" Rou Jia's eyes were shining brightly, without any hesitation, "Are you taking orders from His Majesty or the Queen?"

The conversation fell into a brief silence, which made the night wind in late winter and early spring seem particularly abrupt.

"The night guard and this night guard room were established by the late emperor and inherited by His Majesty. This has never changed."

"I'm asking you, not the Night Guard."

"I am the Night Guard."

"Where's the queen?" Rou Jia didn't want to make any further detours, "She is kind to you."

Wei Ran's voice became a little rough.

"I... am grateful to her."

"I understand."