Proudly follow your heart

When King An Jia asked such a rhetorical question, Jun Zhanran didn't even want to answer. Between him and Nangong Cang Ao, who owed whom, and who paid for whom, this cannot be explained in a few words, let alone explain to outsiders.

If the owner of Wulou didn't want to speak, it would be useless no matter what anyone said. He just moved the corners of his mouth, showing a hint of impatience, and sat back on the chair again.

His attitude was not eager, as if everything had nothing to do with him, so King An Jia couldn't figure out his origin even more.

A Jianghu person with some means, no matter how powerful he is, can shock the world with his power, in the current situation, he shouldn't have such an attitude.

Before leaving Xia Kingdom with Nangong Cangao, Jun Zhanran was regarded as a guest of honor by Emperor Pingkang and valued by the royal family. Now it seems that there may be some secrets in this?Since he can make Emperor Pingkang look at him differently, why would he stand by Nangong Cangao's side...

Is it really just for love?Will the affection between the two men be so deep that one will abandon everything?Don't even care about your life?

King An Jia kept looking at him. Nangong Cang Ao saw it, and a lukewarm voice sounded in the hall, "Your Majesty only needs to understand what he means. What happens between us has nothing to do with others."

Nangong Cangao stood beside Jun Zhanran with arms folded. King An Jia could feel the warning in those long and narrow eyes. Is this warning because of some kind of exclusive desire, or because of some secret hidden in Jun Zhanran?

"Your Majesty wants my Nangong family to serve you..." Nangong Cang Ao's words brought King An Jia back to his thoughts.

"Exactly." King An Jia turned his eyes and asked casually, "I don't know what Yingshuai thinks?"

These words seem random, but in fact they are the result of King An Jia's deliberation. Wang looked at Jun Zhanran like that before.

"I refuse." In the end, the three words fell into the air lightly, and King An Jia's face suddenly sank.

Nangong Cangao raised his sword eyebrows, "If your majesty cooperates with our Nangong family, it can be considered."

Turning this sentence around, it has another meaning, not to work for Lin Nanguo, but to cooperate with the Nangong family.

King An Jia's heavy face eased a little, showing a thoughtful expression, "What Yingshuai said is..."

"You should know the meaning of cooperation." Jun Zhanran was not surprised by Nangong Cangao's decision. The family has already been destroyed, and this man will never let the Nangong family work for others.

The result of being loyal to the Xia Kingdom is already like this, and his own king can't tolerate others, let alone the king of another country?No matter how magnanimous this King Anjia is, no matter how good he is at knowing people, the ministers and people around him are still from Linnan after all. Even if he doesn't suspect the Nangong family, how can he guarantee that others don't?

"Yingshuai and Lord Jun are very considerate." King An Jia is not stupid, he understands the meaning of Nangong Cang Ao's words, "Besides worrying about the thoughts of the courtiers in this country, I am afraid that you two still don't want to be used by others, and obey others' orders, right? "

To this question, Nangong Cang Ao just smiled and didn't answer. He stood with his arms folded, his arrogance was not hidden, while Jun Zhanran's eyes were half closed, his expression was indifferent. You must know that he is not used to taking orders from others. character of.

King An Jia turned his heart around a few times. If the two people in front of him can use them well, they will be a great help. If they don't use them well and turn their eyes against each other, it will be tantamount to attracting wolves into the house and bringing disaster to Rinnan.

If you can't control these two people, it's better to follow their wishes, King An Jia changed his mind and made a decision, "Okay——"

He patted the armrest, and stood up, "Since that's the case, let's cooperate. The adults of the Nangong family, and the positions of the two in the court, we can discuss it slowly."

Nangong Cang Ao and Jun Zhanran didn't care about the official position in the court, Nangong Cang Ao waved his hand, "Someone will discuss this matter with you in detail, Nangong Nian, Nangong Wang, and Nangong family can discuss matters with them."

"then you……"

"I just want to confirm one thing. Cooperating with my Nangong means becoming an enemy of the Xia Kingdom, inviting disasters, and wars will start. King An Jia, are you really ready for this battle?" Nangong Cangao has left In front of the gate of the temple, stop.

"Or is it your original intention to say that this battle is?" Turning around, the eyes in the narrow eyes were like arrows, pointing directly at King An Jia on the throne.

Nangong Cang Ao's voice echoed, and a murderous aura filled the hall.

Nangong's family is traitors wanted by Xia Guo. If Lin Nan uses it, it will be difficult for Xia Guo, and even more provocative. Xia Guo can use this as an excuse to trouble Lin Nan.

Several people present knew what this decision meant. Nangong Cangao saw it clearly, and Jun Zhanran knew it long ago. They only reminded this before. They all thought of this. How could King An Jia, who made this proposal, not know? ?

He knew it, but he still invited two traitors from Xia Kingdom to help Rinnan.

Nangong Cang Ao's eyes were sharp, King An Jia looked at him, and the quiet hall was as quiet as if there was no one there until King An Jia spoke.

"If this king doesn't make this decision, won't Emperor Pingkang have such a heart?" Putting away his peaceful look, King An Jia looked into the distance and said in a deep voice: "I am a minister of Nannan in the Kingdom of Xia because of the Lord Xia, the world knows that Emperor Yongsheng, the first emperor of Xia, was a wise king, and he even had a general like Nangong Jin under his command. Even if the four kingdoms joined forces, they were unrivaled, so they all surrendered. But unexpectedly, Ming Jun was also confused. choose such an heir."

Speaking of this, Nangong Cangao already knew what King Anjia wanted to say. From the facts, Emperor Pingkang was not a conservative monarch, let alone a wise monarch.

Can't help but think of Jun Zhanran.

The former Emperor Yongsheng chose the most suitable candidate among all the princes, but God's will tricks people. Today, hearing people from other countries make such comments, I don't know how the people around him feel at this moment.

Jun Zhanran felt the gaze cast by Nangong Cang Ao, and knew his concern. Thinking about the past also made his heart fluctuate, and he lowered his eyes slightly.

King An Jia's words continued, "Emperor Pingkang's succession did not make any achievements, and the four countries did not react, but they had already thought about it in their hearts. Seeing that Xia Guo no longer has the national power of the past, Bei Jiang has already launched, even though I, Lin Nan, have no intention of rebelling , but it is hard to escape Emperor Ping Kang's suspicion, after Beijiang's mobilization, do you two think that the Xia Congress will let the other three countries go?"

"Beijiang has moved, and this battle is inevitable. After Beijiang, it will be the turn of the other three countries. The war will break out, and it is inevitable. Even if you don't invite the two of you, Rinnan will have to fight Xia Guo sooner or later!"

With a stern face, King An Jia showed a murderous look on his face.

In front of these two people in the hall, he did not deny it at all, "So, this king knows that inviting the two of you to cooperate will inevitably cause chaos, but he still does it intentionally. Since this battle is inevitable, it is better to seize it." With the opportunity in front of you, let's strike first!"

"Are you two satisfied with this answer?" King An Jia frowned slightly.

The people of Lin Nan Kingdom are open-minded, and so is the king. His words are from the bottom of his heart, and there is no deceit at all. For the sake of this, the king of a country has reached his limit when he is questioned by two people from other countries and can still answer like this. .

So Jun Zhanran and Nangong Cangao didn't make any more embarrassing requests, they just nodded, they were satisfied with the answer.

After the two left, a figure flashed across the apse, King An Jia didn't notice, he sat down on the imperial chair, his brows still not loosened.

It's easy to say, a battle with Xia Guo is inevitable, but if you really want to fight, the national strength will definitely be seriously injured. Now that Bei Jiang has launched the first, although the idea is not kind, he secretly hopes that this battle can be delayed. If it lasts longer, it will increase the loss of Xia Guo, so that Lin Nan can relax a little bit.

It was night, Nangong Cang Ao and Jun Zhanran did not return to Xilin City immediately. If they wanted to cooperate with King An Jia, they still had to wait for some people. Nangong Cang Ao wrote a letter asking people to go back and invite Nangong Nian and Nangong Wang.

King Anjia wanted to borrow the power of the Nangong family, so he didn't say anything, so he chose a temporary palace in the royal city, located in the suburbs, very secluded, let them settle here, eat and live, and did not send anyone to wait, see It seems to be negligent, but it is actually an expression of sincerity, saying that no one has been sent to monitor.

Nangong Cangao and Jun Zhanran were both sensible people, and they had already expected that Lord Linnan would not have no thoughts about Xia Guo, but they were somewhat surprised by King Anjia's resolute and sincere attitude.

It can be seen from this that the friction between Beijiang and Xia Kingdom is no longer a small fight on the border. The two sides have turned from probing to formal confrontation. When the battle escalates, the other countries are waiting to benefit from it, so their attitudes will be so positive. .

"You made the decision and agreed to this matter. I don't know what Nangong Nian thinks." On the way to the palace, Jun Zhanran raised the curtain of the car, and a gust of cold wind hit.

The night outside the car was dark, and the atmosphere of war seemed to be brewing in the cold night. There was a deathly silence hidden in the tranquility, leaving only the vastness of the world and the rolling of the wheels.

Nangong Cang Ao was not worried about the attitude of Nangong Nian and others, "The revenge of destroying the family is not so easy to forget."

In the slightly swaying carriage, Nangong Cang Ao picked up the warmed wine, and put the slight heat in his palm, even a little hot, "I won't forget, Uncle Nian won't forget, Nangong looked at the group of young people, I have already engraved this hatred in my heart, and I will never forget it in this life."

The burning pain on the finger gradually faded away, and the warm wine glass was stuffed into Jun Zhanran's hand. Jun Zhanran looked at the liquid in the glass, "You're right, hatred is not so easy to forget."

The color of amber in the cup reflected a pair of eyes hiding hatred, which looked extremely dark.

His voice was faint and drifted away with the wind, but the words came out of his mouth, and the meaning was different from others. Nangong Cang Ao saw that he didn't drink, the wine was already cold, so he took the wine cup again and drank it down in one gulp.

Jun Zhanran watched him drink, and suddenly said: "You only mention my hatred, but you never talk about your hatred."

"My hatred?" Nangong Cang Ao put down the wine cup, looking from the side with doubts and worries in his eyes.

"Nangong Jin was killed by Huangde, Nangong's family was wiped out, and hundreds of people died in the family overnight. I know you have all these hatreds in your heart. In the future, Huangde will definitely regret what he did, but How did you manage to be so free and easy before that day? Don't you complain at all?"

There was a faint flicker in the slightly raised eyes, "You still care about me and don't want to mention it in front of me? Because after all, Huang De has an inextricable blood relationship with me, so he is still my elder brother."

After speaking, his voice turned cold, and Jun Zhanran suddenly lifted the jug that was scalding in boiling water.

Swallowing the hot pear blossom stuffing from his throat, it seemed as if his stomach was on fire, and he breathed out a mouthful of alcohol, "Cang Ao, I don't want you to hide something from me because of these considerations, even if you vent your anger, it doesn't matter , but you never take the initiative to bring up your hatred in front of me, you never even show it, you are always so free and easy, as if you don't care about anything."

The tasted wine flowed from the corner of his mouth, and was wiped away by a hand before he wiped it off.

"Who said I don't complain?" Nangong Cang Ao licked the wine on his finger, the arc of his lips was sharp and cruel, he smiled coldly, "I remember all the hatred, this account still needs some interest, but only for Huang Deyi, he is also your enemy, how could I take my anger out on you."

"As for why I didn't reveal it in front of you..." His tone slowed down, "Seeing that you have forced yourself to suffer so much because of hatred and endured so many unbearable things for ordinary people, if I am blinded by hatred again, Losing your mind and only wanting revenge, what should you do at that time?"

Jun Zhanran was shocked, turned his head, and looked at each other. Nangong Cangao's smile was no longer cold, "You have been tortured to this point, if I am not free and easy, I will not Reason, who will hold you when you lose control, and calm you down when you are blinded by hatred? Who will stop you from continuing to torture yourself, causing demons because of hatred?"

Jun Zhanran had nothing to say, and watched Nangong Cangao's lips open and close, and said in a leisurely voice: "When two people have hatred in their hearts, there must be someone who is more sober. no?"

Because he was afraid that he would be blinded by hatred, that he would be too obsessed and not rational enough, and that he would gradually lose his way on the road of revenge, he always reminded himself that he would never speak hatred in front of him.

This was not because Nangong Cang Ao deliberately concealed it, nor was it because he didn't hate or resent.

The purpose of doing this is to prevent Jun Zhanran from losing his mind one day, and to hold him back at that time, preventing him from stepping into the abyss, preventing him from becoming a monster who hates the world, harming others and himself .

Knowing the meaning of Nangong Cang Ao's words, and even more knowing for whom he did it, Jun Zhanran wanted to speak, but when the words came to his lips, he realized that he didn't know what he wanted to say, and any words lost their meaning.

Seeing his eyes change and his lips tightly closed, Nangong Cang Ao deliberately chuckled, "I'm so moved that you can't speak?"

Throat trembled a few times, Jun Zhanran finally opened his mouth, with a slight smile in his hoarse voice, "It's really a famous arrester, he has a family feud and still doesn't forget the safety of the common people, why, I'm afraid I will become full of heart A hateful murderer, killing the world?"

"Who cares about the common people and the world, I'm worried about you." Nangong Cangao sneered, pretending to be displeased, and frowned, "Does Zhanran really not know, or pretend to not know?"

"What do you think?" Pulling him closer, Jun Zhanran's eyes sparkled, and his lips pressed together, like sparks igniting the wine remaining in his mouth.

The strong taste in the mouth, I don't know whether it is from the entanglement of lips and tongue, or because of the pear blossom stuffing. In the cold winter, the heat in my heart gradually increased. Jun Zhanran's kiss moved from Nangong Cangao's lips to his neck, and tightened on his back. His arms became tighter and tighter, "Cang Ao...Cang Ao..."

He called his name, as if the shock in his heart could no longer be expressed in words, so he could only call it softly.

Nangong Cang Ao hugged him tightly, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Do you know how long it will take to arrive at King Anjia's palace?"

"I don't know, and I don't want to know." Jun Zhanran answered him with another kiss.

The fire was about to start a prairie fire, the carriage suddenly bumped violently, and there was a shout from the front, "Who is it?!"