nine words

"Brother, just let me in. If I miss the time stipulated by the king, I will be beaten!"

The palace lady jumped up anxiously, but the elder brother of the Imperial Forest Army guarding the palace gate in front of him had a serious face, even if she was about to cry, he was not accommodating at all, and finally checked the palace lady's belongings carefully before letting her in.

After entering the palace gate, the palace lady stuck out her tongue at the Imperial Forest Army and made a grimace, then thought of something more important, so she ran forward, and while no one was paying attention, she turned into a sparsely populated courtyard and observed After a long time, after making sure that no one saw her, he tore off the mask on his face and let out a sigh of relief.

No matter how much the imperial guards checked, they would never be able to find out his face. Although he could pretend to be a girl's voice, this face was recognized by too many people.Thinking of this, the man took off the palace clothes that covered the outside, revealing the black robes inside.

This time he trespassed in Nangong, not only had to hide it from the eyes of Xi Sui and others, but also be careful of the eyes and ears of the Demon Cult, because he was the most vicious spy Chang Lingge in people's rumors.

There was a reason for coming to Nangong this time. He had to consider Chu Jiuge's safety. If not, he might still be around that idiot Chu Wangke to encourage him to do stupid things.

Chang Lingge originally wanted to wait until the sun went down to act, otherwise it would be too eye-catching, but recently he seems to have heard the news that Xun Sui has regained his sanity and reused Chu Jiuge.This "reuse" can have many meanings, maybe it is reused in government affairs, or maybe...

However, judging from Chu Jiuge's current physical condition, the latter seems unlikely.

Chang Lingge's shortness of breath made Chang Lingge exhausted. He hadn't used the detailed work of the Demon Cult in the Nangong for a long time. Naturally, he didn't know enough about the situation and came here rashly. There were many dangers, but there were always some things worth taking.

For example, the safety of Chu Jiuge.

Naturally, Chang Lingge couldn't be like a headless fly running around in the palace, that would be too conspicuous, but he didn't know where Chu Jiuge lived, so it was very troublesome to find him.Just at the moment of entanglement, he suddenly heard a long sigh, jumped up to the courtyard wall to peek, and happened to see Chu Jiuge, who was leading Chu Luoyin, looking at a willow tree secretly sad.

It's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.

"Luoyin, look at this willow branch. It has no vitality. It has no green shoots. It has obviously been dead for a long time. In this palace, if someone has time to take care of it, maybe its fate is to be taken as firewood , in the end, there was only a handful of ashes left, and no one remembered that it once flourished, adding luster to this huge and cold palace."

It's not his own words.

Chang Lingge knew that most of the time, Chu Jiuge was immersed in this kind of insurmountable sadness, which was related to his early experience. When everything fell into the void, this sadness would probably remain.

"I know you're here. Since you're here, why don't you tell me face to face." When he said this, Chu Jiuge didn't look back, still holding the teacup in his hand, he sent Chu Luoyin away in a low voice, and invited him to hide outside the courtyard. Chang Lingge sat down and drank tea together.

The latter knew that he could not hide it from his eyes, so he climbed over the courtyard wall, walked up to him, and looked at his face carefully.

"You're much more haggard than you were then."

"You are also much more extensive than before." Chu Jiuge smiled and sipped tea, "When you were in Fengming Mountain, you were a hermit who looked like a banished fairy, but now you have become a ghost who has worked for the Demon Sect and secretly sneaked into the palace. Assassin."

"Doing things for the Devil's Cult does not happen overnight. Some things are imprinted in fate from the moment of birth, and can never be surpassed."

Chu Jiuge knew that Chang Lingge, like his father Chu Zhiyi, had never had any malice towards him, just like the night King Wei fell, it was Chang Lingge who took him out of the hot cage where the flames shone in the sky. The one who was rescued was more like Fengmingshan's insinuation, forcing him to leave and return to the troubled world.If he hadn't foreseen the danger in advance, perhaps Chu Jiuge would have become the nameless soul of the Demon Cult's subordinates by now.

"Do you blame me for dragging you into this muddy water?" Chang Lingge asked, watching Chu Jiuge holding the teapot, pouring the blue tea soup, reaching out to cover the back of his hand, but Chu Jiuge Hold the wrist backhand.He knew in his heart that such days would not be too many, perhaps it was because he foresaw his own death that he couldn't wait to see him.

"Fortunately, it's better than dying in the flames of war without knowing why. If there were no more than ten years of confinement under the Kunlun Mountains, maybe I would still thank you father and son for your kindness."

That's right, Chang Lingge is Chu Zhiyi's biological son, and Chu Jiuge is just a substitute that Chu Zhiyi loves Chang Lingge and doesn't want him to suffer from loneliness. Only Chu Zhiyi remembered who his biological father was.

how sad.

"Perhaps it is true as you said, we are all in the shackles of fate, unable to break free, unable to escape, but life should have joys and sorrows, so it shouldn't deprive me of all the joy."

"That's true, so if you fall in love with He Liangjin, it is God's salvation for you."

Chang Lingge's trip was not here to enlighten Chu Jiuge. He should have done the stress relief by himself. In fact, he did it quite perfectly, otherwise he wouldn't live to this day.

Chu Jiuge's memories of Chang Lingge are not just the few days of dating in Fengming Mountain. He once clearly remembered that from the first time he opened his eyes to see this closed world to when he was a child studying, Who told him to babble, who told him to learn to read and write, Chang Lingge was only five or six years older than him, but he was already a literati in his own right. He once admired Chang Lingge who took care of him everywhere.

Yet even this reverent feeling will one day turn sour.

When Chang Lingge left Kunlun, it was when Chu Jiuge completely fell into the fear of loneliness.At first, he was still looking forward to Chang Lingge's return day after day, until one day, he suddenly realized that Chang Lingge had gone to the vast world and would never return to his lonely cage. Turned into lamentation, he blamed him, saved him, but failed to accompany him to the end.

Thinking of the despair at that time, Chu Jiuge even felt a little ridiculous. At that time, he would blame him for Chang Lingge's departure. Now that he thinks about it, he has experienced so many partings, life and death, and he seems to have forgotten the original dependence. How it feels, how funny.

"I don't know when this battle will be. In order to break the Demon Cult, my father has worked hard. I can understand your resentment against him, but don't misunderstand him. He sacrificed you for the sake of the South Kingdom, and sacrificed for the Central Plains." But he never regarded you as an outsider, we are all his sons..."

How could Chu Jiuge not know Chu Zhiyi's thoughts, but when Chang Lingge mentioned it, thinking of Chu Zhiyi's haggard sleeping face in Ke country, his heart felt as if it was about to be torn apart, and he would rather be He has been misunderstood for many years, and he is unwilling to reveal half a sentence of the truth.

"I came here this time to tell you that in order to prevent King Ke of Chu from doing something irreparable and stupid, some veterans are ready to move. Some of them have even mastered the military power. It is better to take advantage of their civil strife and attack the capital in one fell swoop if someone more difficult to manage military affairs is replaced."

Chu Jiuge shook his head with a look of embarrassment, "The current situation in the southern country is not optimistic. The people of Yan Qi have not yet been appeased. If you rush to send troops, it will definitely arouse public anger. What's more, the area of ​​​​the Chu country is not small. It is definitely not easy to do overnight, and if both sides suffer losses, the situation will be even more dire, not to mention that so far, the Southern Kingdom and the Chu Kingdom have signed a peace treaty."

This is also the only contribution made by that idiot King Ke of Chu to the state of Chu. Although this contract can be unilaterally torn up at any time, at least so far, it has been able to maintain the delicate balance between the two countries.

"Maybe, even though I know that going to war is impossible, I still came to see you desperately." Chang Lingge finally had a long-lost smile on his face, looking at Chu Jiuge who is now calm. After analyzing the battle situation, he can rest assured that this national teacher can be alone.

King Ke of Chu was the only son of the previous king of Chu, and Chu was a country that paid great attention to the family, so it was impossible to implement any abdication system. Ke's succession as a matter of course put a lot of burden on the ministers of the court.

Later, a talented scribe sought to see him and advised King Ke of Chu, which was unanimously approved by the courtiers. Later, Ke met this scribe, and because of his good looks and good at pleasing people, he doted on him. The flowers on the shelf will linger in the palace all day long, looking for fun, and then ignore the government affairs.

Most of the rumors spread by mouth have changed the original appearance. Some people say that King Ke of Chu was instigated by the eunuchs around him. Some people say that Daji was alive, and there was a fox monster who confused the King of Chu. There are different opinions, but no one knows, really The one who committed himself under the King of Chu was Chang Lingge who was once expelled from Nanguo by Nanjun Xunjue as a secret work.

He has been in the Chu country for so many years, and he has done all kinds of bad things to destroy the country. Now that he has completed the task, he should enjoy the long-awaited relief.

Chang Lingge put down the teacup in his hand, and Chu Jiuge immediately picked up the teapot to fill it up for him again. Watching the faint water vapor rising, Chang Lingge finally smiled, raised his head and drank it down, got up and patted the tea. With the dust on his body, he strode towards the palace gate.

This way of farewell may be more suitable for the two of them. When pouring tea for the first time, Chu Jiuge found that Chang Lingge's hands were trembling uncontrollably. He touched his pulse with his backhand, and it was faint like dying People are average.

He knew that this was the reflection of the light.

Chang Lingge was as elegant and polite as he remembered, that's why he chose to meet him when he was most energetic, and didn't want him to see his weakness.

Later, when Chu Luoyin became an adult, he saw a lonely tomb outside Lin'an City. On the stele was engraved with the words "the tomb of elder brother Chu Lingge". This qualified him to inherit Chu Zhiyi's surname.

Until death, their father and son were the greatest heroes of the Southern Kingdom.