The Blood Crown

Both of them couldn't face each other's gaze. After a long silence, Yan Sikong said in a low voice, "Yu'er, I'm all to blame for this."

Yuan Nanyu changed into a more comfortable position, leaned on the soft pillow, raised his chin slightly and stared at Yan Sikong: "You blame you, why?"

Yan Sikong was stunned: "I... I originally wanted to exchange you and me, and I could send you out of the city, but I didn't expect it to be self-defeating..." He lowered his voice as he spoke.

"Do you know that Qimanbi will drug me?"

Yan Sikong stared wide-eyed: "You said... what?"

"Qi Manbi said that Chen Yu married a regular wife, and her status is low, and she is always in fear. You are worthy of her brother and sister, and you promised to help her." Yuan Nanyu said slowly.

"She's talking nonsense!" Yan Sikong said in a deep voice, "Qi Manbi, this stupid woman... I just perfunctory her, they women compete for favor, what has nothing to do with me, don't you, do you think that I know what will happen and deliberately send you to me?" Is it Chen Yu?"

Yuan Nanyu looked at Yan Sikong quietly, without speaking.

Yan Sikong froze, his body trembling uncontrollably: "...you really think so." He suddenly felt ashamed, and his eyes turned white.

Yuan Nanyu's expression moved slightly, and he sighed softly: "I don't want to doubt you, but you are too smart, I can't guess what you are thinking. I fell into the enemy's hands because I was incompetent, and I couldn't escape. It is my fate, but why did it end up like this? I can’t figure it out. 20 years ago, you said that I voluntarily took the blame for you and was exiled to the Northwest. 20 years later, I voluntarily exchanged identities with you. Stealing life..." He shook his head, "I don't want to doubt you, I don't want to judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, I just can't figure it out, am I born to suffer for you?"

"Yu'er, no, this..." Yan Sikong didn't know what to say for a moment.Seeing the pathos and coldness on Yuan Nanyu's face, his eyes were reddened and his heart ached.

Finally, finally, even his Yu'er doubted him and resented him, finally.He suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, God was destined to take away everything from him, and when he had nothing to lose, he felt relieved instead.

Seeing Yan Sikong's sad expression, Yuan Nanyu said sadly: "I know you want to save me, otherwise you wouldn't come back here, I don't blame you, I only blame myself for being incompetent, I have to blame for this I'm just... I'm a little afraid of you. In front of you, I'm like a fool. Feng Ye, Chen Yu, Shen Hexuan, and those civil servants and generals, so many smart people, are all played by you, you I have created the world today, and I feel that I have been controlled by you. I finally understand why people who are close to you dare not trust you in the end. "

Yan Sikong tremblingly said: "Yu'er, I will never, ever, never harm you."

Yuan Nanyu stared blankly at Yan Sikong for a long time before saying, "I don't dare to trust you anymore."

Yan Sikong closed his eyes, feeling unbearably sad in his chest, almost unable to breathe, as if the last string holding him from falling was also broken at this moment.

The break was so insignificant, the break was so silent, he had experienced many thrilling moments in his life, compared with this moment, it seemed very pale and dull, only he knew what it was that collapsed at this moment .

Yuan Nanyu is right, 20 years of living on thin ice has made him become a scheming man, he is used to planning and calculating people and things. Even if he gets what he wants, he still loses. won the hearts of the people.

He and Yuan Nanyu are only similar in appearance, but their temperaments run counter to each other. Yuan Nanyu has a light that he can never touch in his life. As long as he can catch a glimpse of that light in the dark, he is like bathing in a warm sun, so he He will try his best to protect this beam of light, so he is destined to be moved by those who are honest, straightforward, and upright, such as the former little prince.

But in the end, these people fell into the dark abyss just like him, and he contributed to it.

What has he done all his life?

"You shouldn't have come." Yuan Nanyu said calmly, "No matter how humiliated you are by Chen Wei, it can't be worth the shame of me dragging down the Feng family army. Now that you and I have fallen into Chen Wei's hands, what should Feng Ye do? ? If it wasn’t for Chen Yu’s constant sending of people to watch me, I would have killed myself when my identity was revealed.”

"No! Chen Yu will let you go." Yan Sikong gritted his teeth, "He just agreed with himself, Yu'er, you must live, only if you live can you avenge yourself and the soldiers, and help Feng Ye achieve success great cause."

"But even if I leave, what about you?"

"I have my own way to escape, I have already arranged it."

Yuan Nanyu was suspicious: "Really?"

"Of course, I don't leave an escape route for myself, so how dare I go to the enemy camp alone." Yan Sikong endured his sadness, and persuaded him gently, "Yu'er, you have suffered so much, it's just because you don't believe me However, the important thing now is to get out of here. You are a man and the general of the wolf king, you must be able to bend and stretch, and don't turn these humiliations into shackles."

Yuan Nanyu stared at Yan Sikong's eyes, and a gloomy flame burned in his gloomy eyes: "I will give back everything Chen Kui gave me in double."

Yan Sikong also stared into Yuan Nanyu's eyes, suddenly, as if he saw the innocent and cheerful boy 20 years ago, those clean, clear, simple eyes, always beating with curiosity about the world and defenselessness , and the joy and dependence that are never concealed.

Now there is nothing but coldness in those eyes.

He even lost his Yuer.

Lost and recovered, gained and lost again, a burst of empty joy completely emptied his heart.

Yan Sikong grabbed Yuan Nanyu's hand and said softly: "Yu'er, one day, if one day, you think of the past, the four years we were together, you must do everything possible to remember, Whether you write it down or draw it down, you must remember that it was the best time of our lives."

Remember for me.

Yuan Nanyu suddenly had a sore nose, feeling inexplicably upset.

Yan Sikong touched Yuan Nanyu's face, took a deep and careful look at him, got up, and left without looking back.

Looking at Yan Sikong's lonely back, Yuan Nanyu opened his mouth, subconsciously wanting to keep him, but he swallowed him back.He closed his eyes wearily, and quietly embedded himself in the darkness.

-

Yan Sikong was put under house arrest in the military tent, and the guards brought him meals, but he didn't move a single sip.

After nightfall, Chen Kui came.

Chen Kui glanced at the untouched meals, and said sarcastically, "Sir, you really plan to go on a hunger strike."

"When will His Highness forget to leave?"

"I have sent someone to inform Fengye, and I will send him away tomorrow." Chen Kui sat cross-legged across from Yan Sikong, poured a glass of wine for each of them, then pinched the gold and jade wine glass with his slender fingers, and turned it gently Then, the voice suddenly dimmed, "Tomorrow."

"You don't know how to play tricks."

Chen Kui sneered: "Tricks? Who in this world is better at tricks than Mr.? Why should I play tricks in front of Mr.?"

Yan Sikong looked at him silently.

"How did you kill Shen Hexuan?" Chen Kui asked.

"I pushed him off the cliff." Yan Sikong said expressionlessly.

Chen Kui narrowed his eyes: "You two were promoted in the same year, studied under the same discipline, and worked as colleagues for ten years. You are so cruel."

"He also harmed me a lot, moreover, he blocked my way." Yan Sikong lowered his eyes, "I have always cherished his talent, and I was not willing to kill him a few times, sowing the seeds of disaster for myself."

"Hehe." Chen Kui said meaningfully, "Mr. is really ruthless."

Yan Sikong looked at Chen Kui coldly: "You have today, and I will take the lead, so you don't have to act like I betrayed you."

Anger flashed across Chen Yu's face: "Yes, you are right. Because of this, others can betray me, but you can't. After the death of my mother and concubine, you are the only person I trust and care about, but you repeatedly betray me. Use me, reject me, you have never treated me sincerely, no matter how I show you favor, I can't compare to that Feng Ye who is full of doubts about you!"

"Feng Ye doubts me, half of it is thanks to you." Yan Sikong said in a deep voice, "Framed, alienated, and coerced, is this how you treat the only person you trust and care about?"

"I learned it from Mr. Chen." Chen Kui showed a strange smile, "Mr. taught me by himself, which is much more vivid than those books that are either big or insignificant, or difficult and obscure."

Yan Sikong looked at Chen Kui, and after a while, smiled sullenly: "Very good, you are indeed my student, but you still have a lot to learn."

"If Mr. is willing to teach, I'm still willing to learn." Chen Kui narrowed his eyes, "Guess what Feng Ye will give you in exchange?"

Yan Sikong mocked: "You are no longer a teenager, how can you be so naive? Fengye wouldn't hand over Jiangshan to others for anyone, but you, would you?"

"Feng Ye is different from me, and the country does not belong to him at all." Chen Yu said harshly, "If you hadn't helped him all the way, how could he have broken through the Forbidden City in just six years? "

"Your Highness hates me so much, how do you plan to deal with me?" Yan Sikong said calmly, "Do you want to taste the difference between me and my brother?"

Chen Kui showed a sullen expression on his face: "Sir, you are really calm and composed."

"Otherwise, if His Highness visits late at night, there is nothing old between you and me to continue."

Chen Kui kicked over the low table in front of them, spilling the food and wine all over the floor, Yan Sikong didn't bat an eyelid.

Chen Kui gritted his teeth, threw Yan Sikong to the ground, and tore open his skirt.

A large piece of snow-white chest was exposed in front of Chen Kui. The whip wounds he had suffered had now turned into traces of criss-crossed tender powder, which still seemed shocking.

Yan Sikong looked at Chen Kui expressionlessly, his heart was completely numb.

Chen Kuang's hand reached into Yan Sikong's collar, covered the warm skin tremblingly, and then stroked downwards, but the palm conveyed the touch of welt marks.

Lowering his head, he looked at this person whom he had been thinking about for many years, but suddenly he didn't know what to do. After hesitating for a moment, he withdrew his hand and sat up.

Yan Sikong also sat up and adjusted his clothes silently.

Chen Kui was inexplicably annoyed: "Are you really willing?"

Yan Sikong seemed to have heard some joke: "Willing? Who is willing?"

Chen Kuang was even more enraged, he looked at Yan Sikong arrogantly: "So what if you don't want to, whether it's you or him, you must submit to me. In the whole world, is it the land of the king? No matter who you are, no matter what you are, you will submit. Otherwise, why does everyone want to be emperor?"

"I don't want to be emperor." Yan Sikong said frankly.

"Why? Because you're not a good person?"

"Good guy?" Yan Sikong sneered, "No, a good guy can't be a good emperor. I don't want to be an emperor because I think that no one is smarter than me, and a headstrong person can't be a good emperor either."

"You're right." Chen Kui sneered, "It's a pity that you have fallen into such a situation, isn't it that you are clever but you are mistaken by your cleverness?"

Yan Sikong couldn't help laughing at himself: "Yes, my success or failure lies in this cleverness."

Chen Kui straightened his clothes, then moved closer to Yan Sikong, and whispered in his ear: "Do you know why I let sir go tonight?"

Yan Sikong remained calm.

"Mr. used to always reject me sternly, which made me feel like Mr. Snow Lotus, which I can look up to and is difficult to pick, but now, Mr. does not resist at all, which is so boring." Chen Kui said, ambiguously He put his arms around Yan Sikong's waist, "It's not as interesting as your brother."

Yan Sikong's expression suddenly froze.

"That's right." Chen Wei laughed lowly, his voice was so elegant and sweet, but also so cruel, "Humilifying you is far less painful than humiliating your brother, so I don't want to touch you today , I'm going to fuck your brother all night, after all tomorrow he'll..."

Yan Sikong grabbed Chen Kuang's neck and pushed him to the ground with all his might. Chen Kuang grabbed his wrist and twisted it with his backhand. He was firmly held down by Chen Yu.

"Sir, don't waste your efforts. My enlightened martial artist is the number one master in the university. I have practiced hard day and night all these years and never slack off. Your brother can threaten me. It's a pity..." Chen Yu laughed happily, " He was tied up, and he could move as I wanted him to."

Yan Sikong stared at Chen Kui intently, his eyes were so cold that he almost wanted to eat people.

Chen Kui let go of Yan Sikong, stood up gracefully, and bowed politely: "I went to spend a good night with your brother, hope you sleep well, sir."

It wasn't until Chen Kui left that Yan Sikong got up from the collapse, his eyes were bloodshot.

Chen Kui, as your teacher, I will teach you the last lesson, which will last you a lifetime.