I am neither beautiful nor crazy

When Xiao Xiangling sent Jiang Yu back to his bedroom, it was almost dawn.At this time, the other party had completely calmed down, and there was still that lukewarm smile on the corner of his lips when he said goodbye.

It was as if it wasn't him who swung the sword furiously just now, and it wasn't him who bit people madly, as if nothing happened just now.

Xiao Guang suddenly realized that Xiao Xiangling had no intention of going back to sleep, and simply walked along the path on the back mountain.

After the snow fell, the mountains and forests were so quiet that it was unreal, and even the hustle and bustle of the palace seemed to go away.

There were occasional dead branches with snow falling on the side of the road, so he subconsciously walked forward and gently held the cool branches with his hands.

Just now in the ancestral hall, Jiang Yu asked him: What is the next step, and whether he still wants to set off to find the old man.

Where to find it?

But how could he know?

On the night Jiang Yu was hunted down, the moment he passed by the side of the palace wall, he thought he had found someone.

When we met for the first time, the jade stone on the other party's neck completely made him hold his breath subconsciously, and even his voice trembled slightly.

How long has he been looking for that person?

More than 300 years, countless days and nights.

It's been so long that finding someone has just become a routine of traveling around, and I don't even have any expectations or fantasies.

The sound of the rain that lasted that night gradually subsided, and the horrifying bloodstains all over the ground were not like this life.

But it was too unlike.

This person sets up defenses everywhere, and uses all means to achieve his goals, even at the expense of including everyone around him into his exact calculations.

From Jiang Yu's body, there was no trace of the man he used to be.

So he subconsciously began to doubt and reject them, not wanting them to be the same person.

But they are so similar.

Jiang Yu is sometimes impulsive and reckless, sometimes cunning and cunning.He can be cruel enough to play with people's hearts, or he can be tough enough to endure for ten years, and for that little affection, he will rush into the fire scene to save people regardless of safety.

A person who is completely contradictory.

If it is really him...

With a crunch, the trunk snapped in his hands.

But when he raised his eyes again, there was a tinge of scarlet in his pupils, like a wild wolf who had endured to the extreme, and his pupils were filled with despair and urgency.

in prison.

Jiang Chibin has been imprisoned here for half a decade, and his execution has not yet come to fruition.

But after all, as a prince, life in prison is not too bad.The three meals were delicacies from mountains and seas specially delivered by the people in the house, and even the floor of the prison was covered with a layer of thick and warm blankets.

But he himself seemed to be insane, day and night turned upside down every day, and he didn't even eat a few bites of the food delivered.In the first few days, I struggled and made noise, and occasionally asked the person who came to deliver the food what was going on outside.Afterwards, the whole person's eyes were empty, and he was very quiet, except for a few extremely sad smiles bursting out occasionally.

He spent four or five days in prison thinking about it day and night, but he still couldn't figure out where his plan went wrong.

It can be said that he handled this matter extremely carefully, and the number of people who know the truth can be counted on one hand.

The maid who poisoned and framed Xiao Xiangling was carefully selected by him, and she used her brother's life as a bargaining chip, so there should be no mistake.

It was he who saw Jiang Yu drink the pot of wine with his own eyes, but the other party was safe and sound; but he did not poison the prime minister, but the other party died on the spot.

It was Jiang Yu, who had seen through his plan from the very beginning, from the night of the palace banquet!

His fingertips pierced into the fist hard, even piercing the flesh and blood oozing out.

Why in the end!

He had to replay the incident in his mind over and over again, examining the people around him one by one, and was forced to doubt the confidants he once trusted.

He tried his best to make Jiang Yu poisoned to death on the day of his mother's death, so that he could take advantage of the opportunity to revisit the old case and bring the prince down.

It's just for the ninety-five honors in the temple.

But now, not to mention the position of the crown prince, even his life is in danger.

The guillotine hanging above the head is the most deadly, because it will drive people crazy, immerse them in endless fear and doubt, and lose their fighting spirit and courage.

How could he not be crazy?

The sound of footsteps came from the other end of the dark corridor, from far to near, neither fast nor slow, but it was maddening.

He raised his head numbly, looking coldly at the open flame outside the prison.

The visitor was dressed in white, holding a folding fan in his hand, and his gestures revealed boundless gentleness and elegance.

The man stopped at the door of the cell, looking down at his downcast figure condescendingly.

"His Royal Highness." The jailers at the door saluted.

The prince waved his hand to signal them to back down, but his eyes were locked on the people on the ground.

"...Hmph." The people on the ground raised their eyelids and sneered, "Come to see the fun? What are you?"

The gentleness, Confucianism and kindness on the Prince's face disappeared, replaced by a face of indifference and contempt.

He ignored the provocation of the man on the ground, but said in a deep voice, "The remnant party in northern Xinjiang is making trouble, I will lead the army to go out, and I will leave soon."

Jiang Chibin didn't expect him to say this, he was taken aback, "Why not Xiao Xiangling?"

"Someone recommended you, and the emperor said, you will go with me."

Jiang Chibin froze in place, his eyes widened suddenly, his face was full of disbelief, and then he was ecstatic, almost getting up from the ground.In the end, he forcefully suppressed the smile on the corner of his mouth, with a dark and stern expression.

"You want to kill me on the way, don't you?" His voice trembled, his eyes were red, "Everyone in the world knows that you are the benevolent and elegant Prince, but no one knows the dirty things you did. 17 years ago …At that time, I shouldn’t have covered you up, but I should have torn your true face out and showed it to everyone in the world.”

"Seventeen years ago, you were the one who insisted on keeping him alive, and then indulged him in every possible way. It's been 17 years, haven't you played enough brotherly love scenes!"

Halfway through the speech, he started to laugh unnaturally sharp again, as if his throat was stuck, "But what does he know, if he knows what you have done, he will hate you so much. You are not stupid, but why do you , must always protect him."

It took him a long time to stop smiling, as if he was completely crazy, he lowered his voice, his eyes were shining with extreme brilliance and hatred, "Jiangyu doesn't like women, you don't know that."

Feeling the prince's body stiffen, the smile became stronger, "I can see that you like him, but he doesn't like you, it's really pitiful."

There was a flash of anger on the prince's face, but it was covered by indifference in an instant.

He suppressed his anger until his steady breath trembled slightly, and his slender fingers clenched into fists.

"Your beautiful princess and concubine is also very pitiful." Jiang Chibin continued to laugh, "Your Highness, you are really broad-minded. Not long ago, I heard that you were urging the emperor to find a wife for Jiang Yu. Why did you disappear in the end? Was the news pushed by Jiang Yu?"

The more the crown prince remained silent, the more vigorously he mocked, "Tell me, everyone in Jiangyu knows that things you don't like should be pushed away, and why have you never understood this truth."

These words mean something else.

After a long silence, the prince didn't make a sound or refute, but turned around to leave.

But Jiang Chibin suddenly stopped him.

"Why did His Royal Highness leave before he finished speaking?" He laughed, "Seventeen years ago, is that dog that you kept by your side still barking around you?"

For a long time, the prince just shook his head in silence.

But it makes people feel that shaking the head is not denying the other party's question, but simply expressing helplessness, or not wanting to answer.

He turned to leave, looking back halfway.In the dim prison fire, he spit out a few words lightly.

"See you on the battlefield in Northern Xinjiang."

But in that usually gentle gaze, there was a clear killing intent.

Months passed.

During the winter solstice, the snow fell one after another, and the three pots of stoves in Jiangyu Mansion became four pots.Just standing at the door, you can feel the rushing, even suffocating heat.

Jiang Yu's body is recovering very well, Gu Yuan has been thinking all day about how to get the dining room to make some nourishing meals and send them over to his highness.

And Jiang Yu's usually pale face was finally stained with blood.

This period of time can be described as doing nothing.

The king of Wei did it very easily, there was no famine, no troublesome people, and all the big and small things were handled properly by others. Jiangyu only occasionally flipped through the documents, and it was just a few buckets of rice.

The wars in northern Xinjiang are repeated, and there are often good news, but the northern bandits are cunning, and they can't always clear the root cause.

His Majesty's dragon body has been relatively well recently, and judging by his hale and hearty spirit, it won't be a problem to last for a few more years.

Apart from occasionally practicing swords in the courtyard, what Jiang Yu does most often is to lean on the roof, watching the folk affairs that Gu Yuan brought back last time, occasionally mixed with a few action picture books.

When he mentioned the Mountain of No Return in the chores, he could always think of the jade on his neck and those weird dreams that had haunted him for many years.Thinking about it further, it was the sentence that he asked Xiao Xiangling on a whim after trying to find out the legend of the Mountain of No Return from Xiao Xiangling in the cave.

He asked: "The ghost in the legend, is it you, General Xiao?"

The other party naturally shook his head in denial.

But if you think about it carefully, something is wrong after all.The moment the question was asked, the other party seemed to think seriously for a moment, and then shook his head extremely lightly.

It was as light as a casual perfunctory, and as if deliberately concealing something.

Looking back now, Xiao Xiangling was also very familiar with the terrain on the mountain, and knew the two hidden caves like the back of his hand, it didn't seem like he was going here for the first time.

He has never believed in ghosts and gods, but now he is curious about the Mountain of No Return.

Thinking of this, there is another image in my mind that has always been wantonly drilled out - it is the thick fur coat that was draped on the body in the late night of the first snow in winter.

Since the two of them fought that day, they haven't seen each other for a long time.

Although there is no opportunity for the two to meet each other on weekdays, Jiang Yu always feels that the other party seems to be avoiding him deliberately.

After all, it makes sense.

But that snow-white fur coat, as if disobedient, drilled into his mind, which made people upset.

"Prepare." Jiang Yu put down the book in his hand with a snap, and instructed Gu Yuan, "Go to Master Xia."

The snow on the palace road had been cleared away, but the inside of the chariot was still cold, with wind blowing in from time to time.

Gu Yuan sat beside Jiang Yu and covered him with that snow-white fur coat.

"Gu Yuan." Jiang Yu leaned against the car wall and spoke.

Gu Yuan was taken aback for a moment. On weekdays, Jiang Yu always gave him direct instructions, and there were very few cases where he called his name but didn't follow up.

"Your Highness?"

"Suddenly remembered something." Jiang Yu said slowly, "When I traveled with General Xiao to the mountain, did the horse I was riding have ever been handled by someone else?"

Gu Yuan paused slightly along Qiu Yi's hand.

When the two left, they drove two horses separately, and when they returned, they rode on the same horse. Although he felt a little strange, he didn't ask much at that time.

And since the two of them didn't return to the mountain, it had been more than a few months. He didn't know why Jiang Yu suddenly brought up this matter.

But Jiang Yu's expression looked relaxed and undisciplined, as if he didn't care about the result at all.

"Master Xia selected the horse from among the foals. Its physical strength, size, and temperament are more suitable. Then I brought it over. Is there... what's wrong?"

"It's not wrong, I just asked casually." Jiang Yu said with a smile.

As he spoke, he turned his head casually, looking into Gu Yuan's eyes.

There are two figures reflected in the dark eyes, riding the same horse together, and the distance between the two is extremely close, and there seems to be an intimacy in their gestures.

Jiang Yu looked away and smiled, Gu Yuan was afraid of something messy, probably still brooding over those unwarranted ambiguous rumors.

"Then do you know why I came back with the same horse as General Xiao?" Jiang Yu seemed to be in a better mood suddenly when he mentioned Xiao Xiangling, and he rarely said a few more jokes.

Gu Yuan looked at Jiang Yu's slightly bent eyes, and asked tentatively, "What's wrong with His Highness's horse...?"

"That's not true." Jiang Yu's eyes showed a somewhat ambiguous smile, "It's because of General Xiao..."

——Keng

The voice was interrupted by the sudden sound of swords and swords, Gu Yuan lifted the curtain of the car to see that the chariot was passing by the general's mansion at this time.

"Things have finally calmed down recently, but many people rushed to the General's Mansion to seek advice humbly." Gu Yuan explained.

"Huh?" Jiang Yu also raised his eyelids and looked over.

The courtyard door was open, and there was a small circle of people inside. Xiao Xiangling and another young man in uniform stood in the center, and the two seemed to be exchanging sword skills.

Gu Yuan always felt that Jiang Yu's "hmm" sounded inexplicable, but he only thought that he and Xiao Xiangling had always had a bad relationship, and while urging the walking chariot to pass by quickly, he tried to change the topic.

"It is said that I met Master Xia on the road a few days ago, and he also said that it is too hot in His Highness's bedroom, otherwise he..."

"How to ask for advice?" Jiang Yu raised his eyebrows, but actually changed the topic again, insisting on asking the bottom line.

Gu Yuan regretted what he had said, so he could only bite the bullet and explain, "This is because many people admire the name of General Xiao Changsheng, and they raised their swords to ask for lessons, but they were actually asking for guidance. More and more."

Jiang Yu never lost his gaze, his thin eyelids folded into a very shallow crease above, just a casual look, but also handsome and perverse.

He saw Xiao Xiangling standing in the middle of the courtyard, instead of holding the black sword that was commonly used on the battlefield, he replaced it with a relatively ordinary iron sword.

And it seems that due to the nature of the teaching, every move and style always lacks a little taste, as if deliberately restraining the speed and strength.

But even so, the person on the opposite side was still overwhelmed, and he was out of breath after a while.

Gu Yuan looked at Jiang Yu's face, neither was the curtain lowered nor raised, so he froze in the distance, waiting for Jiang Yu to speak.

But I didn't expect the other party to watch it with gusto.

There was not much noise as the chariot passed by, all of it was covered by the sound of fighting in the courtyard.

But Xiao Xiangling seemed to notice the gaze outside the door, and turned his head to look.

The eyes of the two were caught off guard again.

Xiao Xiangling was panting slightly, still wearing the airtight silver mask on his face, but a few drops of sweat dripped down his slightly raised jaw, turning right in the center of the raised Adam's apple.

"Put it down." Jiang Yu said softly while looking away.

The side curtain of the chariot fell in response.

After traveling another ten meters, the chariot suddenly stopped, and even the height dropped.

Gu Yuan went out directly to check.

I saw Xiao Xiangling standing in the middle of the road in a black suit, with beads of sweat on his neck that he would not wipe off in the future.

He slightly cupped his hands and said, "As the prince's companion, I haven't seen each other for several months except for the routine visits. This is my dereliction of duty. It just so happened that I was lucky enough to have a pot of fine wine not long ago, and now His Highness is willing to condescend to visit the humble house. Take the liberty to invite His Highness to drink at the residence."

This chariot was obviously just passing by, but Xiao Xiangling called it "visiting the humble house", so Jiang Yu couldn't find a reason to refuse.Gu Yuan wanted to find a step down for his highness to refuse, so he said, "General Xiao is so kind to my highness, it's just that your highness wants to go on this trip..."

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yu suddenly held down his hand.

Gu Yuan's entire body was outside the chariot, and with this movement, only one hand stretched out from behind the curtain.

Those fingers were slender and clean, but as cold as a handful of pale snow at the corner of the eaves.

"It's true that you have neglected your duty." A cold and pleasant voice came from inside the carriage, "Please ask Father to remove this vain post. There is no need for this idle job."

As Jiang Yu said, he actually got down from the chariot.The right arm was slightly tighter than the left one, and Gu Yuan knew that it was because of the soft sword hidden with him.

After all, the appearance of young people is changeable.After a few months, Jiang Yu's body has recovered very well, and he is a little taller, his pale face is a little more popular, and his eyebrows and eyes are more picturesque, delicate and handsome.

"It's indeed a bit presumptuous." He added casually, the ice and snow in his downcast eyes seemed to have melted a bit, and he returned to that extremely bewildering and docile expression.

"Please Your Highness give me another chance to redeem myself." Xiao Xiangling clasped his hands together, but only slightly closed his chest and waist.

"Then it will live up to the general's kindness." Jiang Yu turned around and said to Gu Yuan, "You go to Mr. Xia's mansion first to report and persuade him with kind words, just say that I was delayed on the way, and please don't get angry. "

The corner of Gu Yuan's mouth twitched slightly, feeling that the matter was difficult, but he could only accept it.

Jiang Yu immediately walked towards the gate of the General's Mansion, and everyone in the courtyard just now disappeared, leaving only mottled sword marks all over the ground.

"Seeing His Highness coming down, they left first." Xiao Xiangling explained, and then closed the gate behind Jiang Yu.

Xiao Xiangling is a frequent visitor to Jiangyu's mansion, but this is the first time Jiangyu has come to the general's mansion.

The layout and furnishings inside are completely different from those in my own house. There is only a couch, a desk and a chair in the huge space, and the front of the desk is facing the window.

The window was not closed, but looking out of the window from the angle of the seat, one could just see the vigorous pine tree in the courtyard.

The rice paper on the table was held down by the Xuanhei sword at one corner, and was blown up by the wind coming in from the window, which gave people a sense of peace.

Putting the sword and pen and ink together, Jiang Yu didn't think it was against harmony.

Seeing that Xiao Xiangling was not in a hurry to take it away, he walked up to have a look.I saw a few words written on the yellowed rice paper: Snow covered the New Year's Eve, but no fluffy plants added color; after several twilight, He Wen is an unfinished poem.

I have seen Xiao Xiangling's real face before, and I think it is extremely handsome, and the handwriting is also strong and powerful, with bold and unrestrained strokes, and I am not familiar with it at all, I really feel like seeing the handwriting.

Suddenly remembering that Xiao Xiangling's folklore is Wentao Wulue, Jiang Yu couldn't help asking curiously, "General Xiao still mentions poetry?"

"It can't be called a poem. It was really boring during the war in northern Xinjiang. I just wrote it occasionally."

In between reading in Jiangyu, Xiao Xiangling had actually started a few more pots of stoves, and the room temperature that was supposed to be suitable became scorching hot.

Xiao Xiangling walked up to Jiang Yu, leaned forward slightly, and swept his sleeves past Jiang Yu's eyes, and then reached out to close the window.

In an instant, the coolness seeping through the window cracks disappeared.

"What's behind this sentence?" Jiang Yu asked.

"What does your Highness think it should be?"

Jiang Yu stared at the rice paper with great interest for a long time, leaning on the table relaxedly, his eyes lowered without any precautions, as if he was completely immersed in the poem.

But if you look closely, his right arm is still tighter than the left, which seems to be a habit formed over the years.

Jiang Yu stared at the table, but Xiao Xiangling only looked at Jiang Yu's slightly downcast and relaxed eyes.

"I don't know." After a long time, Jiang Yu just gave such an unclear answer, "I can't think of it."

He continued, "The first half of the sentence is like Luoxuetian, who is waiting for a friend, but the other party has not come. The second half of the sentence, after several delays..." He hesitated for a moment.

"It's like living alone for too long, and I'm tired of it."

After a moment of silence, Xiao Xiangling suddenly smiled, "It makes sense, as expected of His Highness, the interpretation of poems is different from ordinary people."

As he spoke, he took a jug of sake from the stove, habitually checked the temperature on the outside of the jug with the back of his hand, and then placed the two wine cups on both sides of the table.

"Osmanthus wine." Xiao Xiangling only explained three words, and then filled two cups.

The moment the clear liquid poured out from the mouth of the pot, the mellow aroma of the wine hit the face, thick but not strong, mixed with some faint scent of sweet-scented osmanthus, as if in a sea of ​​flowers.

The cups touched lightly, Xiao Xiangling drank it down in one gulp, but Jiang Yu just took a sip.

He doesn't drink too much, but he doesn't want to drink too much here.

"Different from others? Then how do others interpret this poem?" Jiang Yu asked with downcast eyes as he put down his wine cup.

Xiao Xiangling smiled lightly, then took off the silver mask and put it aside casually, revealing the straight bridge of the nose and brow bones.

"Compared to His Highness, others interpret it with a little more affection, but it sounds quite different. This 'snow-covered New Year Pass' is interpreted as every year on the Spring Festival, every family is reunited, but this person is alone. The expected...friend, did not arrive as promised."

"After a long time." As if thinking of Jiang Yu's explanation just now, Xiao Xiangling smiled even more, "The reason is that this person has lived for too many years and has long been numb to the world, including his friends who are waiting for him. read."

Jiang Yu's hand holding the lamp paused slightly.

The temperature in the room was just right for him. After taking off his heavy fur coat, a section of his wrist was exposed from the white cuff. The wrist bone was tightly wrapped by thin flesh, making him look thin and distinct.

"There is some truth to it." Jiang Yu said, "What does General Xiao think, do you think the same as 'others'?"

"Yes." Xiao Xiangling responded.

"Then it seems that I'm being too fickle." Jiang Yu's mouth was slightly curved, and he sipped four or five times, and the wine finally bottomed out.

Although the two hadn't seen each other for a long time, they had nothing to talk about.

It seems unreasonable to always be entangled in those two cases. Apart from the few battles in northern Xinjiang that have not been fought in the recent political affairs, there has been no big storm.

They didn't talk, just drank.Jiang Yu likes to stare at the pine tree outside the window. It seems that it has been a few years old. Even under the weight of the snow, it is still vigorous and straight.

Jiang Yu didn't like the taste of wine very much since he was a child, he just felt that the liquid went all the way down, burned his throat and stomach, and it was uncomfortably spicy.Although the whole body is hot, it is unavoidable to feel a little dizzy, and it is easy to make mistakes.

But this sweet-scented osmanthus brew is actually different, it only feels warm after drinking it, and doesn't feel dizzy.He also unconsciously drank two more.

A jug of wine bottomed out.

"General Xiao seems to be very busy these days." Jiang Yu started.

"The military generals in the capital are well-deserved, and they are open-minded and eager to learn. Many of them come to my house and want to discuss with me." Xiao Xiangling said, "But if His Highness is looking for it, I will not be busy."

His words were as smooth as ever.

"Why only use that light iron sword?" Jiang Yu glanced at the Xuanhei sword at the corner of the desk again.The embroidery pattern on the hilt has been rubbed so hard that it is almost invisible, but it adds some extremely cruel and heavy texture to the sword.

"For them, I don't need it yet." Xiao Xiangling replied truthfully.

"What about me?"

Xiao Xiangling raised his eyes in surprise.

There was no smile in Jiang Yu's eyes, as if he was joking, but the question was really inexplicable.

He didn't answer.

"It's really uncomfortable to stay in the mansion for a long time." Jiang Yu stood up and rubbed his stiff wrist, "Why don't General Lao Xiao also compete with me, and ask for some advice by the way, how about it?"

"Okay." Xiao Xiangling responded decisively.

Jiang Yu took out the soft sword from his right cuff very skillfully, then turned around and prepared to attack.

Xiao Xiangling followed him out.

What he held in his hand was the dark black epee.

The two never seriously fought each other.

The first time was above the eaves, Jiang Yu was tied up, but he had the upper hand, and the two stalemate for a while.

The second time was on that snowy night, Jiang Yu's sanity was completely disturbed, but he just attacked blindly without hesitation, and was picked up by the opponent.

This is the third and only normal time.

In terms of strength and body shape, Jiang Yu is naturally inferior to the opponent, but in terms of flexibility and agility, he may be better than Xiao Xiangling.

Xiao Xiangling drew his sword out of its sheath, nodded and said, "Your Highness please first."

Before the words fell, Jiang Yu's body had rushed forward quickly, his feet were brisk, and he didn't even step on a trace of clear snow.

The opponent raised his sword to block, and slid sideways to face him.

But the moment the two swords touched, there was not much noise.The way is that Jiangyu's sword looks aggressive on the surface, but in fact it is just pretending, hitting east and west, turning around and picking up the sword the moment it hits the ground, the sword is as flexible and cunning as a snake, and points directly at the opponent's throat.

However, Xiao Xiangling didn't take the sword from his hand, his feet moved slightly in an instant, and he just slightly resisted in front of Jiang Yu's legs, which made the sword's intention fade away.

Accompanied by two crisp sounds, the soft sword in Jiang Yu's hand was picked up again and landed on the open space beside him.

"Too urgent." Xiao Xiangling commented.

The sword was picked up, and Jiang Yu's face showed no sign of depression, but his eyes were shining.

"Come again." He gasped slightly.

He attacked exactly according to the routine just now, but this time he moved his feet further before he drew the sword, so that it was easier to dodge.

But this time, Xiao Xiangling used the tip of his sword to directly touch his sword.

It looks like just a little bit.

But Jiang Yu felt that the sword seemed to be piercing into the iron wall, unable to advance any further, and then came back with a force like a tide.The opponent's swordsmanship is like a bottomless ocean, no matter how he moves, there are countless ways to break it, and there is no chance for him to even test the bottom line.

"It's crazy." Xiao Xiangling said after the soft sword was picked up for the second time.

"Come again." Jiang Yu refused to accept, and the sword was picked up again and again, but he always insisted on using one way to attack, allowing the opponent to change the way to crack.

After going back and forth dozens of times, Jiang Yu's arms were already sore, numb, and painful, but he didn't stop at all.And Xiao Xiangling also responded silently all the time, without opening his mouth.

He drew his sword again.

But this time, Xiao Xiangling was not in a hurry to pick up the sword, but took advantage of the situation to move Jiang Yu's sword forward, only moving it a few inches to the left.

The sword went to the extreme, and Jiang Yu realized that the other party was leading him to draw the sword.

"Not an inch, not a moment later."

As Xiao Xiangling spoke, he hooked Jiang Yu's sword-holding arm and pulled it in his direction.

For a moment, the hairband tied on Jiang Yu's head floated in the air, and finally fell down with two bends, and the end just happened to pass between Xiao Xiangling's eyebrows.

It's just the texture of the ribbon, but it just feels a little itchy.

Xiao Xiangling's fingers tightened slightly, and he gripped Jiang Yu's arm with a little more strength.

Although he was in a bit of a mess, Jiang Yu immediately realized what his previous problems were.He didn't stop, but drew his sword again.

He concentrated on the tip of the sword, and kept the uncertain factors in the smallest range. From his feet to his waist, his body moved forward rapidly.At that moment, the surrounding scenery was hurriedly skipped, and the whole body was only focused on the opponent's black sword.

There were two more crisp sounds.

The sword flew out of his hand and fell to the ground with a clang.

Jiang Yu wanted to turn around to pick it up, but froze in place for an instant.

The sword that flew out this time was completely black, and the sound of falling was a bit heavier than every time before.

It was Xiao Xiangling's sword.

Jiang Yu stood in place with his sword raised, his shoulders heaving violently due to panting, a thin layer of sweat dripped from his forehead, but his fingers holding the sword were cold.

He picked up the opponent's sword, but he was not excited about it. He just watched silently as the opponent leaned over to pick up the sword, and then said softly, "You did it on purpose."

"There's no need to rush this." Xiao Xiangling didn't answer directly, "Just now you made a slanted move with your sword, and you didn't make any mistakes before. If I counterattack, you will be injured."

Jiang Yu just scoffed, "I'm used to hurting me, so why don't you think so much of me?"

"It's not that I don't like you." Xiao Xiangling seemed a little helpless, "I just don't want to."

don't want to hurt you.

At the end, he added, "If Your Highness needs it, I can accompany you at any time."

Jiang Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he was scrutinizing, but then he smiled casually, "The sweet-scented osmanthus wine in the general's mansion really lives up to its reputation, I just drank a little too much."

Then he turned around and gave a slight salute, "I'm bothering you a lot today, but Mr. Xia is still waiting for me at the mansion, and I'll be really angry if it's later."

Xiao Xiangling sent the person to the door, watching the white figure drift away on the road.Or because of fatigue, the feet are a little weak, but they don't look cramped.

After standing there for a long time, he didn't close the door until he felt a little chilly.

Jiang Yu didn't intend to go to Xia Zhixing's mansion, but walked slowly in the direction he came.

On the way, I ran into Gu Yuan who had just returned from the Xia Mansion.

"Why did your Highness come back?" Gu Yuan saw Jiang Yu's complexion flushed a little, and he could smell a scent of sweet-scented osmanthus brewing when he got close, and his tone was a little more blamed, "Even the imperial doctor said that His Highness is not allowed to drink alcohol, and His Highness still drinks alcohol." That's a lot."

"Why did you come back from Xia Zhixing and learn his temperament of worrying about big and small things." Jiang Yu said with a smile, "Is there something important?"

"It's nothing important. Master Xia mainly asked about His Highness's physical condition, and then heard that His Highness was drinking at the General's Mansion..."

"Maybe let me guess." Jiang Yu smiled sideways, "Did he say: Your Highness is still taking the decoction, but still dares to go to drink, I am really afraid that I will live a few more days. And it is not good where to go, it must be If you want to run to Xiao Xiangling, aren't you afraid that there are hidden weapons in the sword and poison in the wine?"

He made gestures while talking, Gu Yuan was taken aback for a moment, and then said frankly, "That's true."

"Please don't worry, old man." Jiang Yu said softly, "I am very measured."

It wasn't until he returned to the mansion that Jiang Yu felt that he had really drunk too much just now.There was no performance at the time, but it had great stamina.The mellow taste of alcohol permeated his limbs and bones, which made his perennially cold fingertips feel a little warm.

After Gu Yuan left, he lit a candle in front of the window, groped around in the collapsed cabinet, and then cleared out all the piles of miscellaneous books inside.

At this time, the collapsed area was flat, so clean that there was not even a trace of ashes.

But Jiang Yu leaned down again, groping with his right hand down, and his fingertips actually pressed a small protrusion in the gap between the wooden boards.

The dim light of the candle can't reach such a long distance, his exquisite profile is completely hidden in the dark, but the movements of his hands are so proficient that it seems to have been repeated countless times.

With a crisp cracking sound, the seemingly solid and tightly nailed wooden plank was rotated down as a whole, and then a small gap inside the wall was exposed.

There is only a yellowed volume lying inside, which is the case file of Ruoyang's case!

Ever since he was suspected by Xiao Xiangling at night from that day on, he hid this thing very secretly.Now Xiao Xiangling not only knows the details of the case of poisoning the palace banquet, but also the only one who knows that he poisoned the prime minister with silver needles.

On the surface, the two talk in harmony, but according to Jiang Yu's temperament, they will always leave more ways for themselves when getting along with others.

Last time he only looked at a key page in the file, that is, the page where the map was sent out and the enemy was connected.

The footer of the page has turned yellow, and the page has become brittle due to years of storage. He almost carefully opened it according to his muscle memory.

The beautiful and graceful handwriting, the rebellious and outrageous words, and the red plum painted with cinnabar in the lower right corner.

Hongmei should never be the key to overturning the case.

The file secretly placed on the emperor's table has no plum blossoms, and he faked it.It just so happened that Xia Zhixing was in charge of the case, and he deliberately didn't pursue the responsibility deeply, so he was lucky enough to deceive the old emperor.

This is a very risky transaction.If successful, the unjust case will be brought to light, and the name of the innocent person will be rectified.

But if it fails, it will mean that the body will be decapitated, and the crime will be aggravated, which will last forever.

Although this old case has been rehabilitated, it is terrified and not at all aboveboard.

Jiang Yu covered the yellowed volume from the first page, trying to find some clues from it.

If Yang Zai Jiangyu had been gone since he was born, Jiang Yu didn't really know much about his mother.Now this book of letters between her and her relatives in Beijiang is probably the best way for Jiang Yu to outline the appearance of that person in her mind so far.

The content of the letter from home is very simple, nothing more than saying what food I ate recently, and it has rained a few times in the capital.He also said that the women in the capital are really boring, they miss the horses in northern Xinjiang, and the spirits on the ice field.

Reading between the lines, it seems that Ruoyang is a strong-tempered person who doesn't like to be restrained, open-minded and enthusiastic, and has always completely exposed his feelings between the lines.

This is very different from myself.Jiang Yu thought.

Before he knew it, it was late at night, and the candles were burning to the bottom, and Jiang Yu felt the cold belatedly. When he looked up, the stove in the corner of the room had gone out at some point.

Not wanting to disturb Gu Yuan, he just wrapped his fur coat tighter, and looked at the small print on the volume in the moonlight outside the window.

Turning down a page, Jiang Yu woke up a lot from the drowsiness all over his body.

On that page of the volume, except for the usual