The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

When Xue Pan was still in his last life, there was a time when novels about the end of the world were popular on the Internet, to the effect that human beings would encounter dangers of one kind or another when they reached the end of the world.There is even a very famous movie called "2012".Although Xue Pan hasn't seen that movie, he has read so many novels about the end of the world, and probably imagined the end of the world.

Later, after traveling to the Great Yong Dynasty, singing and dancing prospered, the country was prosperous and the people were peaceful, and he gradually forgot those miscellaneous thoughts in his mind.But now looking at the rolling ice and snow, Xue Pan was dumbfounded and his head began to wander again.

Seeing this, Tu Zhen thought that Xue Pan was out of fright.He hurriedly grabbed Xue Pan's arm and walked back.By the way, Luo Yan asked to the side who was also a little sluggish: "Is there a place to hide?"

"Ah?" Luo Yan came back to his senses, and quickly said: "The house has been crushed——"

"As for the cellar, is there a stronger cellar?" Zhao Cai asked quickly.In the current situation, if you want to run outside, you will definitely not be able to run. If you want to run out of the avalanche, you may be buried in the snow before everyone runs out of the range of the avalanche.

Luoyan's eyes lit up, she nodded immediately and said, "Yes."

So he ran ahead and led the way, towards Lizheng's house.His house is the strongest. After these heavy snowfalls, nothing happened to his house.The rest of the houses are more or less collapsed or leaking.Moreover, their cellar is the largest and can accommodate servants.A group of villagers also came to their senses and hurriedly ran behind.

The remaining guards of the Xue family were all very strong, helping the villagers to carry the patients who were injured in the snowstorm to Lizheng's home.Because of Xue Pan and Tu Zhen's luxurious clothes and extraordinary temperament, Li Zheng easily agreed to their request to take refuge in the cellar of their home.Even the guards of the Xue family treated each other politely.It's just that after looking at the villagers and the wounded who came after him, his face was not very good.

Xue Pan frowned, and said, "What time is this, and you still pay attention to this. Help if you can. If you can't, I will pay you according to the head. A person's life is ten taels of silver, regardless of the size of the disabled, sick, weak, women and children." ..."

Li Zheng reluctantly agreed.

There are two cellars in his house.Unlike other villagers' homes, his cellar was dug under the main house.Enter along the secret compartment behind the large floor-to-ceiling bookshelf in the study room, one is dug to hide gold, silver and jewelry, and the other is used to store winter vegetables.Lizheng took Xue Pan and others to the cellar where the jewels were dug.After Li Zheng brought Xue Pan and the others in, he lit the oil lamp on the wall, and found that there was a set of beds, tables and chairs inside, so he couldn't help but look at Li Zheng in surprise.

Li Zheng said with a smile: "During the troubled times of the previous generations, disorganized soldiers often passed by, causing harm to the common people. At that time, those who had daughters at home did not dare to let them out, and when they heard bad news, they quickly stuffed women Go into the cellar. Later, when the world is peaceful, this place is used to store miscellaneous things. If someone in the family makes a mistake, they will also be locked up here to reflect."

Xue Pan nodded, expressing his understanding.

Turning around and looking at Tu Zhen who had been silent all this time, he sighed softly and said, "My friend has some eccentricities and doesn't like being with strangers. Do you think you are going to another cellar with your family?"

Li Zheng's complexion turned a little ugly again.Xue Pan also felt a little embarrassed, and quickly winked at Zhao Cai.Zhaocai took out a stack of banknotes from his bosom and handed them to Lizheng without counting the number, saying, "It's troublesome."

Xue Pan added: "Don't worry, although the road is blocked by an avalanche, my father already knows what I'm doing. Seeing that I didn't go back at night, he will definitely come out to look for me. Within three days, someone must come to rescue us. "

It was only three days, but it was bearable.

Li Zheng nodded, turned around and went out to make arrangements.Xue Pan didn't know what was going on outside.About half an hour later, Lizheng came over with three or two young men carrying several baskets of radishes and cabbages.A few pieces of dried bacon and a few cold white steamed buns were placed on top of the basket full of vegetables.

"Time is running out. When we went up again, we found that the top was covered with ice and snow. Fortunately, our house is relatively strong, and it can last for a while. It is impossible to go to the kitchen to cook some cooked food. This A few steamed buns are left over from lunch, and the bacon and vegetables are all ready-made in the cellar. Because there are villagers over there, I can't bring them all. Fortunately, it only takes two or three days... These are probably enough for the nobles to eat." Li Zheng bowed slightly and said with a smile.

Xue Pan subconsciously glanced at Tu Zhen, turned his head and said with a smile, "Thank you, Uncle Li Zheng."

"You're welcome." After Lizheng finished speaking, he signaled the servants to put down the bamboo baskets, bowed and led them out.

Looking at the way the two boys walked and their very steady foots, Zhaocai's eyes flickered.

Xue Pan asked in a low voice: "Is there something wrong?"

Zhao Cai nodded, and replied in a deep voice, "They're all from the Lian family."

And the attitude of the Zheng family there is too calm.It seems to be handy for all kinds of crises.Looking at their actions today and the actions of arranging the villagers to move in just now, it seems that they have practiced many times before.If it weren't for the panicked expressions of the villagers, Xue Pan would have had the illusion that they were actually rehearsing for a play.

Xue Pan frowned worriedly, and Tu Zhen said, "Looking at his expression, it shouldn't be against us."

Whether it is true or not, it is useless to think about it now.

Xue Pan turned around and sat down on a boxwood chair, resting his head on his hands and not speaking.

Zhaocai and Jinbao arranged all the guards to guard in the corridor at the entrance of the cellar.Firstly, it will not disturb Tu Zhen and Xue Pan inside too much, and secondly, it is also a kind of defense.

Tu Zhen slowly sat down opposite Xue Pan, looked at Xue Pan with a frowning face, and said with a smile: "It's just a day or two, just bear it and pass."

"What if no one comes to rescue us?" Xue Pan looked at Tu Zhen anxiously and said, "When I came, I only said that I would go to the palace to deliver something to Fourth Master, but when I left the palace, I forgot to explain the reason to my father. If no one knows where we are..."

"How could it be? Don't forget that we have been bewitched in our bodies!" Tu Zhen said indifferently.

"You mean..." Xue Pan looked strangely at Tu Zhen's indifferent appearance.

Having experienced life and death for so many years, Tu Zhen has long been used to this kind of trick.If it weren't for the people from Xue Dizi who would show up in time every time in crisis, he wouldn't dare to run around with Xue Pan without anyone.

Thinking of this, Tu Zhen's eyes dimmed.There are advantages and disadvantages in everything. Although the matter of Gu poison made him under the control of others, it made a lot of things easier after all.

Xue Pan didn't know what Tu Zhen was thinking about.He also remembered what Mr. Shi had said to him before he went to the capital, and quickly concentrated on tinkering with the body strengthening Gu in his body.I just fiddled with it for a long time, but I didn't feel anything unusual, and I don't know if the teacher over there sensed it.Xue Pan was so tired that he could only lie on the table sleepily, with his head nodding, as if he was sleeping.

Tu Zhen looked at the oil lamp that was still burning, and didn't know what time it was.He got up and said to Xue Pan: "If you are sleepy, go to bed and sleep!"

Xue Pan opened his eyes and took a look at Tu Zhen, without evading it, he got up and went to lie down.After a while, he turned around and asked Tu Zhen, "Aren't you sleeping?"

Tu Zhen pondered for a moment, then got up and passed by.

The two lay side by side on the bed.This is not the first time, and of course Tu Zhen also believes that this will not be the last time.Dim oil lamps cast deep or shallow shadows on various furnishings in the house.A dark blue cotton bed curtain with a little white floral is hung above the head.There is a faint musty smell.

Tu Zhen just stared at the bed curtain intently, wishing to see a hole in it.

Xue Pan turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

"No. 60 nine times." Tu Zhen whispered.

"What?" Xue Pan stood up with some doubts.

"This is the No. 60 nine assassinations I encountered after I came back from Jinling." Tu Zhen said lightly.His expression was calm and serene, as if he was talking casually about what I had for lunch today.

Xue Pan pursed his lips, not knowing what to say.

Maybe it's the emotions that have been suppressed to the extreme, maybe it's a good time for heart-to-heart talks.In short, Tu Zhen suddenly had the intention to speak twice, and slowly said the words that had been suppressed in his heart all these years——

"From the beginning to the end, I never thought about becoming an emperor. My father said at the beginning that my temperament was unstable, and I was too easily seduced by others, so I was not suitable for this position. The second brother is his carefully cultivated heir. If it weren't for... "

If Prince Zhongyi had been the crown prince for more than 30 years, he couldn't bear it anymore, if all the brothers had grown up quickly and gradually threatened his status, if it hadn't been for the jealousy of his father who put people to death... I'm afraid that the second brother will not plan to force the palace crazy.It's a pity that the world is impermanent, and the most intolerable thing is the word "if".So he who had no intention of fighting for the crown prince became the emperor.And the cheerful eldest brother, second brother, third brother, fifth brother, sixth brother, and seventh brother who were bouncing back then... one died, two were imprisoned, and one was adopted to the emperor's uncle... and Tu Zhen had no choice but to admit it the last thing he wanted to admit. What he admits is that he himself contributed a lot to this.Even the third brother... was forced to death by his own hands.He thought that Concubine De must have known something to be so indifferent and hostile towards him.After all, the third son was her first son, and he brought her a lot of benefits by being raised by the empress dowager's side.And after the death of the Empress Dowager, the third child also returned to her side.It's not like me, in the name of a queen's son, I don't even have a chance to get close to my biological mother.Concubine De resented, and he never hated it.His hatred is deeper and more unforgettable.Every time he was assassinated, every time he was poisoned, every time there was a scar on his body, he felt that his resentment was getting heavier.Now, he can no longer tell what his emotions were when he saw Concubine De.He just hated Concubine De all the time, why she, a woman who prostituted herself for glory, could enjoy wealth and honor, and why the third brother and twelve younger brothers could grow up without any worries.But I have to be cautious with every step I take.The three or four-year-old child suddenly knew that he was not born to his mother, but he didn't dare to cry and make a scene out of fear. Instead, he tried his best to please his mother so that she would not give up on him.He also has to suffer under the condemnation of Concubine De for being unfaithful and unfilial.But that woman was conferred the title of concubine because she dedicated her life to him. Since then, her career has been smooth sailing... Why did she shamelessly look at him with a thorn in her eyes after doing so many unconscionable things? With an expression that you owe me to ask him to help the old twelve to take the throne as the queen's son-in-law, why did she watch the old three attack him several times without any affection... It makes him want to destroy everything she has , wishing to kill all her sons... sooner or later he would let her know that without him she was nothing.All her glory and wealth came because she sold him back then.Thinking of this, Tu Zhen blinked his dry eyes.In fact, not only did he want to kill Twelve, but Twelve also wanted to kill him.Otherwise, where did this avalanche come from?This loyal and obedient prince is actually not "obedient" at all!The most ruthless emperor's family.Because all affection is gone in repeated injuries, and only desire and hatred are left.The red walls and yellow tiles of the imperial city look festive and lively, but in fact they just want to wash away the accumulated grievances.If you retreat from that layer of bright coat, it may not even be as good as the blue and white cotton cloth in front of you!Xue Pan tilted his head, looked at Tu Zhen who remained silent after only two words, and raised his eyebrows knowingly.He squinted his eyes and didn't speak.About half a day later, Tu Zhen suddenly asked in a low voice: "Why didn't you write to me afterward?" Xue Pan scratched his head in a daze, and thought for a while before he understood what Tu Zhen was asking. mean.Replied in a low voice: "Father said that the fourth master is no longer the fourth master. The state affairs are busy, so why do you still have the patience to read my long-winded things. Besides, there are not many useful things in my letter, most of them are experienced on weekdays. How dare you bother the Holy Majesty." Hearing this, Tu Zhen was silent for a while, then slowly turned around, with his back to Xue Pan.The dim oil lamp shone through Tu Zhen's emaciated back, casting a little bit of light on Xue Pan's face.Only then did Xue Pan realize that after retreating from the heavy and spacious dragon robe, Tu Zhen's figure was shockingly thin.Xue Pan blinked, feeling suddenly upset.He turned cautiously, facing the wall.After staring for a while, he gradually fell asleep.I don't know when, I just feel that my body is surrounded by people.It was Tu Zhen who hugged him, with cold arms and cold fingertips, Xue Pan closed his eyes, only feeling a wet and cool feeling on his neck.An extremely light, extremely thin, non-existent voice sounded beside my ears—"Pan'er, do you know that for so many years I have lived only by the letters you sent me every time. Only by looking at them can I know that I am still a living person, not a puppet who can only calculate and fight, let people pull strings, manipulate and tease. You once said that you would be loyal to me for the rest of your life, and I also promised not to let Others bully you. I am the son of heaven, and I speak well. You can live as you want, and you can also help people you want to help. This is an exchange, and I will not ask. There is only one thing, you can't blame me, otherwise ..." Xue Pan's eyelids trembled slightly, but he did not open them in the end.