I am neither beautiful nor crazy

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Jiang Yu didn't speak, as if he was seriously thinking about this issue, and after a long time, he said slowly, "I recalled it carefully, and I don't think I can find such a time point from not liking it to liking it."

"From the time we first met that night, to the time when you said you wanted to accompany the prince, to the time when you set off for the Mountain of Bugui, and finally returned to Northern Xinjiang. There is no exact time point."

He continued to add, "It seems to be a matter of course, logical, I should like you."

After nearly half a day's journey, the two arrived at the place where Xiao Xiangling and Shen Chen met last time.The surroundings are covered with white snow, shining dazzlingly in the sun.They walked slowly in the mountains where they easily lost their sense of direction, and the horseshoes left obvious marks on the ground.

After traveling for a long time, I finally saw a cave entrance in the distance, so I dismounted here and walked over there on foot.

The cave is dark and bitterly cold, and the sudden darkness makes it difficult to adapt to the sight, giving people a sense of horror.

Xiao Xiangling walked in front with an epee in hand, while Jiang Yu walked behind with his back leaning on him. The two walked forward slowly in such a back-to-back posture.

The road inside the cave is narrow and tortuous, and there is no turning point after walking for a long time.Jiangyu's system especially doesn't like this kind of bone-piercing cold, and the hand holding the soft sword is a little stiff.

"Is it cold?" After walking for a long distance, Xiao Xiangling finally opened his mouth to ease the atmosphere.

"……not cold."

"The fur coats made of fur to keep warm are better against the cold in northern Xinjiang." Xiao Xiangling tried to start the topic to divert attention, "Although the clothes in the capital are gorgeous, they are not warm...wait a minute!"

The volume of his last three words suddenly increased a little, and then his footsteps stopped suddenly. Jiang Yu didn't prepare in advance, and the two of them collided back to back.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Yu turned his head and asked.

Because the cave was too cramped, he couldn't even turn around completely, and he could only turn his head to the side at the most, looking at the dark stone wall.

Xiao Xiangling didn't speak.

He seemed to have seen something, and Jiang Yu could feel the sudden stiffness of his back muscles, and then the other party slowly squatted down, as if to grope for something on the ground.

Jiang Yu also squatted down following his movement, but in the middle of his movement, he suddenly felt a huge impact from the side and behind, forcing him to stagger two steps forward.

At the same time, there was an obvious loud noise in the cave, like the heavy sound of stones rubbing against the ground when something collapsed.

Jiang Yu's expression was a little dignified for a moment, because he was very sure of the angle at which the force was transmitted just now. It looked like an ordinary stone wall there, and there was no path through which force could be exerted.

Is it a coincidence, or they didn't discover the mystery in the cave along the way.

He took two steps back again until he was in close contact with the opponent's back again, and walked forward slowly.

Out of caution, neither of them spoke tacitly.After walking a few dozen steps again, Xiao Xiangling suddenly turned a corner.

The stone wall here is designed for this reason. Even the corners are very cramped, and only one adult can pass through. At the sharpest turning point, the opponent seems to speed up and squeeze past, causing Jiangyu to be separated from the opponent for a moment. .

Jiang Yu suddenly stopped.

He noticed a strange feeling, and he stopped his steps just before he stepped into the corner because of his instinctive vigilance.

"Xiao Xiangling?" He called softly.

There was no response from the other side.

Jiang Yu took a few steps forward very quickly, then curled up his upper body and turned around, drawing his sword at the person in front of him.

After walking in the dark for a long time, his eyes have adapted to the surrounding environment, and Jiang Yu saw the silhouette of that person in an instant.He was also dressed in black, with the lower half of his face covered by a black cloth. Although he was somewhat similar to Xiao Xiangling's figure, he was not alone at all.

Jiang Yu trembled with fear after flashing like an electric shock. He held the hilt of the sword tightly with his right hand and asked, "Who are you, and where is Xiao Xiangling?"

The person in front of him slowly pulled down the black cloth on his face.

Jiang Yu's breath was stagnant.

Although the person in front of him hadn't seen him for a long time, he had already taken root deep in his memory, and he could recognize him even when it turned into ashes.

It was Shen Chen.

It's just that even though they had been separated for several months, he was completely different from what he used to be. His hair was a little messy after not taking care of it for a long time, and the beard on his face was also protruding.

"When Xiao Xiangling squatted down just now, you pretended to be him standing behind me and led me here." Jiang Yu said, "What's the matter with that loud noise? meet?"

Shen Chen stared at him without speaking, Jiang Yu continued to guess, asking and answering himself.

"You changed this cave. There are hidden traps on the surrounding stone walls. The stone walls can be moved to create another path. So at that time you forked a road and led us to different stone paths. So you want do what?"

After a long silence, Shen Chen finally spoke, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time, his voice was so hoarse that he didn't look like him.

"You have been so smart since you were a child. Except for the prince, there is indeed no one more suitable to be a king than you. But you don't want to guard against me like this. I will not harm you after all. I drew you away alone just to show you something .”

"follow me."

Jiang Yu walked a few steps behind Shen Chen.

The terrain inside the cave was too complicated. They didn't know how long they had walked and how many turns they had gone through. No matter how good Jiang Yu's memory was, they couldn't remember the intricate path and restore the overall terrain of the cave in their minds.

"Natural caves must not be so deep, and there are not so many turning points and forks in the road. Did you build it yourself?" Jiang Yu asked, "How long did it take? Is it to keep the corpse safer?"

Shen Chen glanced back at him, did not answer this question, but turned his body sideways so that Jiang Yu could see the scene in front of him clearly.

At the end of the narrow path, the field of vision suddenly opened up, and there was a large circular pool of water, and the water in the pool was frozen, and moisture was emitting from the edge.

The cave is dark and cold, which is probably the reason.

There is no path on the ice, but mottled footprints can be vaguely seen.In the center of the ice surface was a wooden coffin, very similar to the coffin pressed on top of the coffin seen in the palace that day.

Jiang Yu stared at the coffin for a long time, then asked, "Is he inside?"

Shen Chen nodded.

"Go and see, after he left, you haven't seen him once."

The coffin in the middle of the ice surface was like a huge magnet, attracting his full attention, as if something in the dark was urging him behind him, making him immediately step over the ice surface to find out.

Jiang Yu took a deep breath, then forced himself to look away, turned to look at Shen Chen and said, "Answer me a few questions first."

Shen Chen seemed a little surprised by Jiang Yu's reaction, but still nodded.

"20 years ago, what happened to my mother and concubine, was it you?"

Shen Chen looked down at the ground, and finally nodded slowly after a long time.

"His Royal Highness is kind to me. I have followed him since I was a child and obeyed him." Shen Chen said, "The main source of the case of your mother and concubine is the empress. At that time, if Yang was too favored, As a result, her status has been greatly threatened, so she came up with such a trick to deal with the plot."

He shook his head and continued, "Theoretically speaking, His Royal Highness is also a victim. He was too young and ignorant of human affairs. He only knew what the empress told him. When he and his empress went to Ruoyang's mansion, According to the original plan, secretly hid the forged dossier under the table, and when the assassin enters, the queen only needs to overthrow the dossier on the table, and the dossier below will be fully revealed."

"Who is the assassin?"

"You guessed right, it's me." After a long silence, Shen Chen suddenly said, "At that time, I didn't expect that a guard would rush in and slash my right hand, so that on the wanted notice, there was no mention of my characteristics. They are all 'there is an obvious scar on the right hand'."

"However, the assassin who was finally caught and brought to justice was just a scapegoat with the same scar on his right hand."

"The biggest victim of this conspiracy is actually you. You can hate us, but we do know this." He said slowly, "His Royal Highness has taken special care of you since he was a child, and favored you everywhere. When you were in Xinjiang, he was the one who offered to replace you, if it wasn't for this, he wouldn't have been plotted against by Jiang Chibin, and it wouldn't have happened."

"It can be regarded as a life for a life."

Jiang Yu seemed to think about the other party's words for a long time, and then smiled very lightly.

"Why do I need this life to pay for another life? All so-called compensation is nothing more than your self-impression for doing something wrong. If I could choose, I don't need his special care, and I don't need you to pretend to be a gangster since childhood." People taught me martial arts. I wish I never knew you, and nothing happened."

He raised his hand to stop the other party's tendency to speak, "There is no need to explain, and there is no need to apologize. I want to see him now."

Shen Chen opened his mouth, but he still didn't make a sound after all.

"I suddenly thought of a question." Jiang Yu turned around when one foot stepped on the ice, "What is your relationship with my elder brother?"

When Shen Chen heard this question, his subconscious movement was to look away, "I just said that..."

"That's not what I want to hear." Jiang Yu asked back, "There are too many relationships in this world with the kindness of knowing you, but not everyone can obey each other's orders, and even personally keep the corpse in the cave. , waiting for other feasible methods.”

"I'm not asking about your relationship in the eyes of others, but in your heart, what do you think of him?"

Shen Chen's expression was a little blank at that moment, and he didn't know how to answer, as if no one had ever asked him a similar question.So much so that all emotions are buried in my heart, and I don't even realize it, let alone tell others.

"I see." Jiang Yu looked at his expression and responded softly, "Then do you want to wait for him?"

After a moment of silence, he asked again, "Can you tell me how you felt after seeing his dead body?"