The Blood Crown

Chen Kui released Yuan Nanyu as agreed.

Unlike when Yan Sikong and Yuan Shaoxu were escorted back then, Yuan Nanyu was not imprisoned in the prison car. Chen Kui gave him a horse. He was dressed in light armor and stood on the tall horse. Suddenly, he found the big horse again. General heroism.

It's just that his face was exposed in front of everyone, and only a few strands of hair covered the tattoo on his forehead.

A team of people Feng Ye sent to pick him up had already been waiting outside the camp.

Chen Kui and Yan Sikong stood in the camp, looking at Yuan Nanyu's back, thinking about each other.

Suddenly, Chen Kui signaled to his subordinates, and the man walked up to Yuan Nanyu's horse with a wooden box in his arms, opened it, and offered it up with both hands.

Yuan Nanyu glanced at it, then reached out and took out the contents of the box, holding it high in front of his eyes.

It was a mask, slightly different from the one he used to wear, and it could be seen that he tried his best to imitate it.

The early morning sunlight leaked through the holes in the eyes of the mask and sprinkled on Yuan Nanyu's face. At this moment, the golden pupils that penetrated the morning light seemed to have Buddha nature, solemn and compassionate, overlooking the suffering of all living beings.

Yuan Nanyu stared at the golden pupils as if possessed by a demon, until his eyes couldn't bear the scorching heat.

He closed his eyes, and suddenly, he had an epiphany, he took a deep breath, let go of his hand gently, and let the mask fall on the ground.He pulled the rein, and the horse's iron hooves ruthlessly crushed the mask—a mask that he had relied on so much that he thought it would be difficult to take off in his entire life.

Then he ran towards the gate of the camp without looking back.

Yan Sikong opened his lips lightly, but in the end he couldn't say it out, he just muttered softly: "Yu'er, take care."

Chen Yu's face was livid, and he turned and left before Yuan Nanyu's horse drove out of the camp gate.

However, Yan Sikong kept watching Yuan Nanyu and Feng Jiajun rendezvous, because he knew that one glance was one less glance, so he just watched and watched until Yuan Nanyu's figure completely disappeared from his sight .

In Yan Sikong's heart, there was neither joy nor sorrow, but more about "the end". A certain task he had been carrying was finally, finally completed.

Finally, there is nothing to worry about.

Yan Sikong wanted to return to the tent, but was taken to Chen Kui's Chinese army tent.

Chen Kui gave Yan Sikong a seat, waved back left and right, and said with a normal expression: "Sir, I keep my word and let Que Wang go back. Are you satisfied, sir?"

Yan Sikong said coldly: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Chen Kui smiled and said, "Guess what Feng Ye will give you in exchange?"

"Hasn't Your Highness had enough of this back and forth trick?" Yan Sikong sneered, "Why don't you attack the city like a man."

Chen Kui was unmoved: "I wish Feng Ye would go out of the city to fight with me like a man, instead of sneaking up to attack the camp, but in the end, he didn't get any benefits."

"Then His Highness, use me to fight." Yan Sikong mocked, "After all, Your Highness will not naively think that Feng Ye will exchange Jiangshan for me."

Chen Kui stared at Yan Sikong: "Feng Ye won't, because he knows, I don't want to kill you."

Yan Sikong looked at Chen Kui calmly.

Chen Kui moved closer to Yan Sikong, and gently raised his chin: "But... what if I'm willing?"

Yan Sikong stared into Chen Kui's eyes, and the eyes of the two were competing in the dark.

Chen Kui bowed his head and kissed Yan Sikong's lips, kissing softly and without hostility, not full of aggressive murderous aura like before.

Yan Sikong didn't even blink his eyes.

Chen Kui tasted it briefly, he licked the corner of his mouth, and said with a low smile, "Why, you don't believe it, do you?"

"I believe it." Yan Sikong said calmly, "But it doesn't matter whether I believe it or not, I have to seal a wild letter."

"Yeah, what you said is very true." Chen Kui traced Yan Sikong's cheeks with his fingertips, and suddenly changed the topic, "Do you know that during the years I was in the East Palace, the happiest days were when you came When teaching me."

Yan Sikong recalled the years when he was giving lectures in the East Palace, and he also sighed in his heart.

"I look forward to seeing you day and night. At first, it was because your lectures were very interesting and not as rigid and serious as other teachers. I loved listening to them. Later, I became more and more dependent on you and took your words as the truth. I firmly believe it. After the death of my mother and concubine, you became the only person in the world who would call me Qi'er, and I treat you as a relative, and even more..." Chen Qi said in the end, his voice became smaller and smaller, "I want You, I want the position of prince, even the throne with me. In fact, I have known for a long time that if I am not Dasheng's eldest prince, you will not treat me well, but I still don't want to believe that you treat me from the beginning. In the end, there is only use, without a shred of true feelings."

Yan Sikong said calmly: "Your Highness's words are wrong. Your Highness has admiration for me. I also have a teacher-student relationship with Your Highness. I once wanted you to be the emperor, and I wanted to assist you. False, it’s just that things are different and people are different, you and I have come to such a situation after all.”

"Then who is to blame? Is it my fault, or is it you?"

"...It's all fate."

"Fate, all of them are fate." Chen Wei smiled lowly, "I don't know about other people's fate, but I know that I am destined to be emperor. Get up again and again."

"maybe."

"Sir once wanted me to be emperor, what about now? Do you hate me now?"

Yan Sikong said: "There is no hatred between you and me."

"If I say, the grievances between me and my husband will be wiped out..." Chen Kui looked at Yan Sikong quietly, "Would you like to help me again, sir?"

Yan Sikong narrowed his eyes: "Your Highness still dare to believe me? No one in this world dares to believe me."

"Because I don't want to hurt you." Chen Kui caressed Yan Sikong's face with his big hand, "Sir is so smart, can't you tell, I'm giving you a chance."

Yan Sikong finally realized that Chen Kui was indeed planning to kill him.

Chen Kui was right, if he didn't place a heavy bet, how could he attract Feng Ye into the game? If he were Chen Kui, he should really cut off one of his ears and send it to Feng Ye.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Chen Kui said again: "The road of the emperor is destined to be lonely, otherwise, how can it be called 'lonely family and widowed', but I still hope that the person who will accompany me to the end is Mr.

Yan Sikong said: "Even if I agree, will His Highness believe me?"

Chen Kui stared at Yan Sikong without answering.

He couldn't answer because the answer was on the horizon.

Yan Sikong has already told the truth, how many people he has betrayed over and over again these years, there is no one in this world who would dare to trust Yan Sikong.

Yan Sikong imagined that Chen Yu was just struggling and hesitating, but in the end, the desire for the throne will overcome everything.

Does Chen Kui like him? After so many years but can't get it, he must like him.

But so what.

Not everyone in this world is like Feng Ye... that...

Thinking of Feng Ye, Yan Sikong felt lost.

Chen Kui hugged Yan Sikong into his arms: "There is no one like Mr. in this world, but it just doesn't belong to me."

Yan Sikong didn't respond.

"But..." Chen Wei's eyes suddenly became extremely sinister, "I am destined to get everything in this world, and you can't be an exception."

Being hugged by Chen Kui was like being entangled by a poisonous snake, Yan Sikong felt a chill down his back.

He knew in his heart that as long as there was a sufficient price, this student who kept saying he loved and respected him and was brought up by him could not even leave him a whole body.

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In order not to cause commotion and save some face for Yuan Nanyu, the group secretly entered the Forbidden City and went straight to Prince Jingyuan's mansion.

The moment he saw Feng Ye, Yuan Nanyu got off his horse, knelt heavily on the ground, and kowtowed hard.

Feng Ye's face was as pale as paper, and he had lost a lot of weight in just three days. He walked slowly to Yuan Nanyu, and said in a low voice, "Que Wang, you are suffering, get up."

Yuan Nanyu tremblingly said: "This subordinate has committed a serious crime, I beg the wolf king to come down."

"Get up, now is not the time to punish you, I want you to pay for your crime."

Yuan Nanyu slowly raised his head, his eyes were red and his face was full of regret.

Feng Ye helped Yuan Nanyu up with one hand, his eyes lingered carefully on that face, the more he looked, the more painful his face became.

Looking at Feng Ye's deep eyes, Yuan Nanyu knew that Feng Ye was not looking at him, but was "looking" at another person through this godlike face, even though he no longer had a mask.

He knew it would be like this.

He once told Yan Sikong, no, he told everyone that he didn't want to take off his mask because of the ink punishment.It was true at first. He applied medicine all the year round, just to make the tattoos fade. After a few years, it would be too blurry to be seen. He has been looking forward to that day, looking forward to not having to bear the brand of shame, The day I showed my true colors.

But when Yan Sikong appeared, he knew that he would never be able to take off this mask in his life, because this face had already been "possessed" by a world-famous person, and everyone who looked at this face would not think It's him, he has a skin that doesn't belong to him even though he is attached to his own flesh and blood.

He has neither his own memory nor his own face, he seems to be born for another person, he seems to be just the shadow and substitute of that person.

Resent it?

How can we not complain.

But he would rather complain about his fate than Yan Sikong, and he doesn't even know why.

Feng Ye looked at Yuan Nanyu's face, Yan Sikong blurred out in front of his eyes, he felt heartbroken, shook his head, and murmured: "You... I can recognize you at a glance."

Yuan Nanyu said with a wry smile: "Unfortunately, not everyone can recognize it."

"How is he?" Feng Ye put one hand behind his back, clenched into a fist, "Did Chen Kui make things difficult for him?"

Yuan Nanyu shook his head: "I don't know."

Feng Ye clenched his back teeth: "I want to snatch him back, no matter how many times, no matter how many times he escapes from me, I will snatch him back."

"He said he left a way out for himself." Yuan Nanyu said, "He has a way to escape."

Feng Ye's eyes lit up: "Really?"

"That's what he said, but..." Yuan Nanyu hesitated, "As he said, he is so smart, he wouldn't go to the enemy camp alone without preparation."

"As early as in Yunnan, he had placed people in Chen Yu's army."

"Yes, that person once sent me a letter, just for concealment, and it is extremely difficult to contact."

"He should have a way..." Feng Ye frowned, "He must, he must have a way."

Yuan Nanyu nodded: "While we are waiting for his news, we must also prepare for war."

"Que Wang." Feng Ye patted Yuan Nanyu on the shoulder, "The position of the forward general of my Feng Family Army is always reserved for you. Since you are back, forget everything that happened in Chen Yu's camp. .Heaven is about to send you a great mission, so you must first work hard on your mind and body. You have to endure humiliation and avenge yourself and the soldiers, and you must avenge your shame and make up for your mistakes with merit." He said in a deep voice, "help I defeated Chen Kui!"

Yuan Nanyu's gaze became resolute and cold, and a hint of ferocity flashed across his face: "This subordinate will definitely go through fire and water, and he will do whatever it takes!"

"Okay!" Feng Ye whispered, "You go to cultivate your body first. Tomorrow, I will take you to meet someone."

"who?"

"Yuan Shaoxu."

Yuan Nanyu's expression changed and his eyes flickered. He didn't know what Feng Ye planned to do with Yuan Shaoxu. If he followed the military law, Yuan Shaoxu could die a hundred times.He wanted to intercede, but he was too ashamed to ask, after all, even he himself was wearing a sinful body.

Feng Ye said coldly: "I want you to interrogate him for me personally."

"Wolf King, he is indeed guilty, I..."

"What I want you to interrogate is not his false military order." Feng Ye looked at Yuan Nanyu firmly, he took a deep breath, as if mustering up a lot of courage, before he dared to say, "I want you Find out whether he lied about your and Yan Sikong's identities!"