I am neither beautiful nor crazy

Under the cold moonlight, the lake water is icy cold, and when the upper body sticks out of the water, you can feel the more difficult coolness brought by the water.

But the way the other party stared at him seemed to be able to ignite a fire.

Jiang Yu had never seen Xiao Xiangling like this.

I don't know if the mask on his face was not worn, or it fell off in the water, revealing his tough face wantonly.He was drenched all over, and the hair on his forehead was hanging aside, dripping water occasionally, looking as embarrassed as himself.

But that sharp gaze was filled with obvious anger, almost scorching the surrounding moisture away.

"Jiang Yu, do you know what you are doing?" He lowered his voice to warn.

The height difference at close range can easily bring a strong sense of oppression. Jiang Yu staggered his position uncomfortably, only to realize that he was caught between the stone wall and the opponent's body just now, and his upper body in the water was almost stuck together.

The vague sense of anxiety in his heart was even worse, so he took another small step to the side.But the narrow space seemed cramped to some extent, and this movement made the two people close to each other.

"..."

Jiang Yu was stunned for a few seconds before realizing what had just happened, and suddenly felt a trace of heat slowly spreading from the back of his neck.

The other party still questioned forcefully, and the faint trace of heat disappeared in an instant.

"What did you drag me into the water for?" Jiang Yu asked coldly.

The other party didn't speak, and the atmosphere became a little weird in this absolute silence.

The two have never looked at each other so closely. Jiang Yu can see every line of his brow turning point, as well as the water droplets slowly accumulating on the side of the nasal bone. dripping down.

No one spoke first, and no one was willing to look away first.

Jiang Yu suddenly felt his heart beating a little faster, and had the urge to draw his sword and flee for a moment.

But at this moment, the other party suddenly opened his mouth.

"Because of the heat."

It seems that after staying in the water for a long time, the voices of both of them are a little hoarse.

But in the boundless darkness, this hoarse voice came straight to the eardrums, but it only made the heart more irritable.

"Go up and talk...you!" Jiang Yu just wanted to get on the shore, but he felt that the other party took another step forward to block the way. There was almost no gap between the upper body that was already very close, and he could even feel the other party's steady movement. Heartbeat beats against chest.

Xiao Xiangling suddenly raised his hand to cover his mouth.

Jiang Yu's eyes widened in an instant, his sleeves trembled and he was about to shake out his soft sword, when he suddenly heard a voice from the shore.

"They haven't left yet." Xiao Xiangling mouthed.

The hiding place he chose was extremely ingenious, similar to the vertical slots recessed on the shore, and there happened to be a protruding black stone above the head that blocked the sight of the shore, making it almost impossible to detect.

"Great... Master." His Highness's voice was very anxious, "Can you figure out where he is hiding now... If this matter gets out, it will be a crime of losing his head!"

Another softer voice seemed much calmer, "Even if he heard it, there is no proof, so what is the Third Highness afraid of? Besides, a normal person might have drowned after diving underwater for so long. What's more, that person seems to have been dragged into the water, so maybe it's some kind of water ghost..."

Jiang Yu couldn't make a sound or move underwater, so he could only use his eyes to forcefully signal Xiao Xiangling to take his hand away.

But the other party didn't seem to notice, looking directly at Jiang Yu's eyes full of anger, without moving.

It was originally a tit-for-tat situation, but the fierce atmosphere turned a corner because of the shivering cold, which made the surrounding tide even worse.

The only variable is probably the heartbeat that has gradually changed from steady to chaotic.

After a long time, Xiao Xiangling didn't let go of his hands until the sound on the shore faded away, and Jiang Yu broke free from the small space in an instant, turned over and jumped onto the shore.

Immediately, two circular pools of water appeared beside the lake.

The two simply twisted their outer shirts and cuffs on the shore, then turned and left.

Jiang Yu's pace was a little faster than usual, obviously in an extremely bad mood.

"Your Highness hasn't said why you came to my house late at night." Xiao Xiangling suddenly asked from behind.

It was obviously a very serious question, but there was a hint of a smile in the tone of his voice, giving people the illusion that he was joking.

"On the beam in the middle of the night, I covet the general's beauty." Jiang Yu said quietly, without turning his head.

"If someone else said this, maybe I can still believe it, but if His Highness covets it, I'm glad it's too late. How can I bear His Highness to suffer from the cold on the eaves?"

Jiang Yu understood the nature of the other party's muddled words, so he didn't care at all, but speeded up his pace again.

"Jiangyu." The person behind him suddenly changed his title, "Last time, was it you too?"

Jiang Yu didn't answer, it was a tacit consent.

The man sighed, "I have a sense of proportion. I won't help Jiang Chibin target you, whether public or private."

Jiang Yu stopped and turned around, and the person behind him didn't move forward.

"Jiang Yu, I know you're not used to trusting others, but in fact, moderate trust is as much a kind of ability as moderate suspicion." He stared into Jiang Yu's eyes, "I know that from the very beginning, you have a lot of respect for me. Very prejudiced. But I thought that after so many things have passed, you will have a basic trust in me."

After so many things...

Jiang Yu thought he couldn't remember it, but he didn't expect that the moment the words were blurted out, one thing after another jumped out of memory and skipped before his eyes.

The fleeting stones in front of Gonglu at night, the tall phantom in the fire scene, the desperate and scarlet eyes in the dungeon, a snow-white fur coat frozen in the snowy night...

Although it was only a few months, it seemed as if they had known each other for many years.

Jiang Yu raised his eyes, but just smiled.

If you look carefully, there is still some obvious indifference and self-deprecation in the corners of his eyes. The mist in the water in his eyes has long since dried up, leaving only a thick and intractable chill.

"Xiao Xiangling, this is not ability, but talent."

Xiao Xiangling frowned suddenly, as if realizing what Jiang Yu was going to say next, his heart seemed to be pulled by a thread, but he couldn't stop what happened next.

Jiang Yu said, "You mentioned trust, but if a person has never been trusted by others, how can he trust someone he doesn't know very well?" Go down, look wild and strange.

"It's a natural talent to trust others. It's just that this kind of person is very innocent. I'm afraid they will be deceived by others if they don't pay attention." Jiang Yu slowed down, "But if you learn to trust others, you can be called It's a kind of luck. I lack this kind of talent, and I don't have this kind of luck, how can you tell me to trust you?"

Xiao Xiangling didn't speak, but his eyes became more and more scorching, making Jiang Yu always feel that he was still hiding underwater with the other party, and was still agitated because of the tight chest.

It's just that he doesn't need warm pity, and he doesn't need explicit care.

Jiang Yu looked away, clenched his palms unconsciously, but his tone was even more calm, "If General Xiao is fine, I will..."

"I teach you."

Jiang Yu left and squatted in place.

"I said, I'll teach you." Xiao Xiangling took a few steps forward, but kept the distance between them within a friendly range.

"You won't trust people, I can teach you."

Jiang Yu just thought this was very funny, even when he heard the news that His Royal Highness was shot by an arrow, he never thought it was so absurd.

But in an instant, facing the calm and burning eyes of the previous man, he couldn't laugh or speak.

From everyone's eyes, he could see the fear in the other's heart.The evil in the heart cannot be hidden, so it is clearly shown in front of the eyes.

Only Xiao Xiangling had the cleanest and most honest eyes he had ever seen.

From those eyes, he could only see his own reflection, dressed in wet black clothes, with all his temple hair sticking to his forehead, and there seemed to be a faint trace of blood on his cheek.

He looks pale and fragile, but his eyes are full of stubborn and strong light, which seems to be indifferent to oil and salt, soft and hard.

People can really become very different because of previous experiences.

Jiang Yu didn't speak.

Facing this absurd but real invitation, he couldn't answer.

"I won't do anything to hurt you, I can guarantee that."

Jiang Yu raised his eyes, and there was a little wave in his eyes, "What do you need me to do?"

"I want to exchange a secret for you."

"...What." Jiang Yu only felt that tonight was too absurd and unbelievable, and subconsciously pressed his temples to add a little sense of steadfastness.

"Do you remember that on the night of the fire in His Royal Highness's house, you prevented me from entering your house to investigate the case?"

Jiang Yu remembered.

If the files of Yang's case were lost, Xiao Xiangling was ordered to investigate the case and had always been suspicious of himself.When the dead of night wanted to sneak into the study from the eaves, he was stopped by himself disguised as the guard of His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince.Then a fire broke out in the prince's mansion, and major cases occurred one after another, so the matter was left alone.

Jiang Yu's heart sank, and the other party really had doubts about the dossier.

Just as he was hesitating how to properly reveal this matter, the other party finally continued to speak.

"The reason why you prevented me from sneaking in that day is that His Royal Highness is as good as Long Yang, remember?"

Jiang Yu had already prepared in his heart how to answer the dossier, and the corners of his mouth twitched when he heard this.

It was just an outspoken sentence as a guard in order to block people in a hurry.But now that his identity has been revealed, he feels that this remark is extremely embarrassing.

"It seems that I remember." Xiao Xiangling continued to ask, "What I want to ask is, is this true?"

Jiang Yu was completely stunned.

Stirring in the chest for several days, the impatience that had just subsided wandered around wantonly, as if a fire was burning on the cheek.

The other party stared at his face.

Unexpectedly, His Highness the Seventh Highness with a lot of cunning tongues and tricks, the first unsolvable problem he encountered was actually related to love.

Jiang Yu felt his heart beating faster, gradually becoming as chaotic, violent, and lacking in rhythm as when he was underwater.

why?

For the first time, he felt that a person's gaze could be so strong that it disturbed other people's emotions, causing the originally clear mind to become confused.

"I don't know." After a long silence, he answered truthfully.

"I have never liked anyone, how would I know what kind of person I like?"

After taking off layers of camouflage, he now looks like a young man who is close to the age of a weak crown, with the ignorance and ignorance that his peers should have, instead of being all about political affairs and seeing blood with his sword.

"Not long ago, the emperor betrothed Mrs. Xia's daughter to you, what do you think?"

Jiang Yu was slightly stunned, but then suddenly understood what Xiao Xiangling meant.

The emperor proposed this marriage dozens of days ago, and then there was no news for some reason.And now that Xia Zhixing is on the throne, if anyone can marry the prime minister's daughter, at a time when the imperial power is about to return and the situation is unstable, it will be even more powerful.

After beating around the bush for a long time, the feeling is good waiting for him here.

Jiang Yu said with a smile, "Master Xia's daughter was the first to refuse to do this, probably because Miss Xia, like General Xiao, has a long-standing sweetheart, so why would she marry someone so easily?"

"What about you, what do you think?"

He never thought about it.

He shook his head, "I'm not familiar with Miss Xia, I can't talk about joy, but I don't hate it at all. Miss Xia is very beautiful, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, calligraphy and painting, she is very good..."

"Okay, I see." Xiao Xiangling interrupted.

Jiang Yu raised his eyes in surprise, wondering if it was the effect of unfamiliar emotions just now, he always felt that the tone of the other party's words just now was a bit strange, as if there were some subtle emotions in it, but it was fleeting and elusive.

"I just heard what His Highness said." Xiao Xiangling asked, "What are you going to do?"

"..."

Jiang Yu's original plan was to get the ice tongue grass tonight, and then set off for northern Xinjiang without authorization in the middle of the night.

But now this plan probably won't work, so they can only go to northern Xinjiang first.

One day later, the chance of the prince being rescued is one point smaller.But apart from himself, he couldn't find anyone who could tell the matter frankly and get support and understanding.

In the war in northern Xinjiang, brothers killed each other, there are many dangers, and it is very likely that this trip will never return.

There is no doubt that he should just make up a reason to deceive the past now.

But Jiang Yu was suddenly unable to speak.

What Xiao Xiangling said just now, "I teach you to trust others", jumped up and down in his mind like doing evil at this moment, allowing him to see his emptiness inside, and pulled him up from the bottom like a poisonous vine, his hands dripping with blood.

The coldness and weakness of the body will reduce people's ability to resist, and the trust and goodwill part of human nature will take advantage of it.

Jiang Yu almost wanted to tell the whole story about going to northern Xinjiang.

But suddenly he didn't know how to speak.

Behind this is the shameful past, the grievances between the princes, Ruoyang's injustice that has not been resolved for more than ten years, and the legendary rumors about the ice tongue grass.

It is not easy to say it.

"I... will stay in the capital and continue to pay attention to their actions." After all, Jiang Yu was deceived by such a sentence.

Xiao Xiangling didn't respond, but nodded slightly.

"It's almost dawn." Xiao Xiangling glanced up, "Just first..."

"Xiao Xiangling." Jiang Yu said suddenly.

His complexion was still pale, but the ice in his eyes seemed to have melted, and the shattered pieces of ice seemed to have a bit of warmth.

"Thank you."

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