I see the snow

This was 300 years ago, ten years in Huaian.

Central China was torn apart, and many small vassal states emerged.The rulers of the vassal states established themselves as kings and fought vigorously for territorial expansion.

The most powerful among them is Liang Cheng.

In September, Liang became the capital of the king.

In the market, people came and went, and a road was opened from the outer wall gate of the royal city to the Yongxiang gate of the palace, and both sides of the road were crowded with people.

Everyone in Liang knew that today was the day when their army had won the battle and was about to return to the court.

Logically speaking, this is a great event worth celebrating, but what is surprising is that everyone in the crowd has a strange look on their faces——

It seemed a little fearful and a little worried, and besides that, there was also some unspeakable anger mixed in.

The noon sun is very poisonous and scorching.

The people gathered around the side of the road and waited for two or three hours.Beads of sweat trickled down from their foreheads one by one, and it was around noon when they heard the loud report from the soldiers outside the city: "Young Master Mu has returned to the imperial court——!"

All of a sudden, the sun-drenched crowd paused and regained their spirits. Even the rustling of complaints disappeared, and everyone fell silent.

On the streets crowded with thousands of people, you can even hear a needle drop.

There was a man carrying a shoulder pole standing in the back row. The sun made his forehead covered with hot sweat. Beads of sweat hung on his thick eyebrows, which were about to roll into his eyes, but he didn't even raise his hand to wipe them. Dare not; the woman holding the child tightly pursed her lips, for fear that the child would cry suddenly, and stared at the child silently.

"Da da da."

On the silent long street, there was suddenly the sound of idle horses' hooves.

The sound of the horse's hooves was unhurried, as if walking in a leisurely garden, with a careless and undisciplined air.

It's not like a well-trained army returning to the court, but it's like a high-ranking son who stayed in the fireworks alley last night, and today his bones are softened and he lazily walks home.

The people all held their breaths, not even daring to take a breath, not daring to make a sound——

Afraid of attracting that person's attention.

Just silently, with his head lowered, he carefully glanced behind Mu Ziling from the corner of his eye.

A young girl couldn't hold back her breath, she couldn't help but quietly raised her head, only to see Mu Ziling passing in front of her——

Waist-black black hair, white as snow clothes, pale fingers are holding the rein, and a scarlet hair rope is wrapped around the thin and lonely wrist.

The little girl seemed startled for a moment, she didn't expect such a gorgeous red string to be tied on the wrist of Mr. Pian Pian, so she couldn't help but take another look.

But this time, before she came back to her senses, the vermilion "hair rope" suddenly moved——

A pair of narrow, dark eyes opened, and "hissed" a long letter spit out at the little girl!

"--what!"

——Where is a gorgeous red rope wrapped around Mu Ziling's wrist, it is clearly a cold vermilion snake!

The little girl was so frightened that she backed up a few steps and fell to the ground.

The people around subconsciously gave way to an open space. She stared at Mu Ziling's wrist, still trembling slightly.

Now, Mu Ziling had completely noticed her.

The little girl's face was snow-white, and her whole body was shaking like chaff.She looked straight at Mu Ziling: "My lord..."

A melon-seeded face, vermilion tear mole, and pitch-black pupils.

She stared at the white-clothed man in front of her, this royal "Phoenix" who was once used as a joke by countless people in the streets.

He hadn't even put on a crown yet, and his ink-like long hair was only tied with a thin red string. His complexion was snow-white, but his temperament was as cold as a piece of cold jade.

There is only one thing, he is really as beautiful as the rumors say, he is different from all others!

"...Young Master, I just want to see if my elder brother is back, and I have absolutely no intention to offend you!"

According to the rumors, Mu Ziling was sick and sensitive, and he hated others staring at him because of his looks. When he was upset, if anyone stared at him, he would directly gouge out one of the other's eyes.

The girl knocked heavily on the ground, choked up and said:

"He went out with you. I didn't have him in the last dynasty. I want to see if he came back this time..."

Mu Ziling lowered his head slightly, looking at the trembling girl with her hair buried on the ground.After a long time, he seemed to see the girl shaking so badly that he turned his eyes away and said in a cold, calm tone, "He's dead."

His voice was a bit cold, with a cold meaning, reminiscent of the spring water washing stones in the mountain stream.

The pronunciation is also very standard and elegant, unlike the rumored aliens with accents.

"Everyone is dead."

After thinking about it, he added.

Then, as soon as these words came out, everyone gasped, and there was almost a slight commotion.

Not long ago, there was turmoil in the southwest of Liangjing, and Mu Ziling led an army of [-] to quell it.

However, less than a few months after he set off, he let the deputy general lead 5000 people back to Liangjing, leaving less than 5000 people to move forward.

Relying on only 5000 people here, he defeated [-] rebels without asking for a single cent of military pay!

This almost impossible thing spread all over the countries, and gradually there were rumors that Mu Ziling knew sorcery.

Today, the people of the royal city who are waiting for Mu Ziling's return under the scorching sun are naturally not to welcome the victorious squadron of the royal family, but the relatives of the four thousand soldiers who were left behind, eagerly looking forward to the return of their father and brother.

"died?"

The girl murmured in disbelief, and looked up behind Mu Ziling.I saw that there was nothing behind him, and there was no one there, not even half of his entourage——

It really is "everyone dies"!

"……how come?"

The girl stared at him in a daze, unable to speak, but another man in sackcloth jumped out of the crowd and pointed at Mu Ziling: "It was you...you killed them!"

His fingers couldn't help trembling, as if he was already in a hurry: "You are a sycophant who has harmed the country, you are the one who killed them with sorcery!"

Mu Ziling frowned, turned to look at him, the man was still cursing:

"I've heard people say that you Miaojiang people know how to lower your head and drive out little ghosts! You turned my three younger brothers into ghost soldiers, and they all told me in dreams!"

The people on the street watched this scene tremblingly. If they were sensible, no one would dare to point at Mu Ziling's face and swear, unless it was to die!

Mu Ziling is the prince of Yunyan, a foreign race in Miaojiang.

When Liang Cheng annexed Yunyan Kingdom, Emperor Liang Cheng Qin Yi captured Mu Ziling back to Liang Cheng at the ceremony of accepting the crown, and imprisoned him in the deep palace.

From being a high-ranking and noble-blooded prince, to being a playmate in the emperor's deep palace, and the rumors about Mu Ziling's bloodthirsty and sickness, he has almost become the topic of conversation in all the teahouses in the streets and alleys.

In addition to being in awe and fear, people still have more or less taboo charming thoughts.

"You shameless barbarian, bloodthirsty demon, demon..."

The man seemed to be going all out, cursing incessantly.However, just as he was swearing at the loudest, his face suddenly turned blue, as if someone had strangled his throat, unable to utter a single word.

A small red snake wrapped around his neck silently at some point, its cold body rubbed against his skin, its head lifted slightly, and its long vertical pupils were facing him directly!

There was a sudden burst of screams from the crowd. Mu Ziling watched coldly, and even smiled a little while riding on the horse—then said very softly to the red snake on his wrist:

"Ah Zhu, eat him."

The snake king A'Zhu issued a "hiss" command, and the little snake that was entangled with the man immediately spit out a letter, and opened its mouth covered with fangs!

"Master Mu!"

A guard who cleared the way for him in front of Mu Ziling couldn't help but get off his horse, knelt down towards Mu Ziling, clasped his fists and said:

"Master Mu, there is an order from the king that no blood shall be seen in the whole city this month, please be extra merciful, Mr. Mu!"

"No blood?"

Mu Ziling tilted his head slightly, holding the rein, and kicked the horse's hooves two steps leisurely.He looked down at the guards from a high position, and asked casually, "Why?"

"This……"

Cold sweat broke out on the guard's forehead, he didn't dare not to answer, and he didn't dare to answer directly. After a long time, he said with great difficulty: "The king said...the death day of an old friend is coming soon, so, so the whole city should avoid killing, and save money for the old man." Merit..."

Having said this, Mu Ziling couldn't understand why.

"... old man, accumulate merit."

He lowered his eyes, repeated these words softly, smiled suddenly, then raised his head and ordered in a more stern tone: "Ah Zhu, eat him!"

The red snake was as fast as lightning, and bit the man's eyes with one bite. The man screamed and wailed, and the guard shouted anxiously:

"Master Mu!"

Mu Ziling sneered: What kind of old man, what kind of meritorious deeds, which "old man" Qin Yi is accumulating merits for, how can he not know?

Who else died at this time two years ago, except his elder brother Mu Huai'an! ?

As for Mu Huai'an, it was Mu Ziling who killed him!

"I could have killed him while he was alive, how can I accumulate merit for him after he dies?"

Mu Ziling smiled and said, "He is not worthy!"

The man was bitten by the red snake in the eyeball, and rolled on the ground in pain. Mu Ziling stared coldly, but said coldly:

"Eat it clean and let him die."

Blood flowed out and flowed in the street.The onlookers were all trembling with fright, and the chills climbed up the spine along with the man's twitching body.

Mu Ziling rode a horse and walked into the palace just like that, stepping on the man's blood.

……

In the middle of the night, Chengye Hall.

Mu Ziling returned to the court after the chaos, but Qin Yi didn't see him at all.

He only asked the palace staff to bring Mu Ziling back to the palace, and then sent someone to do some simple transfer procedures of the military department, and then he disappeared.

There was no celebration banquet to wash away the dust, nor was there any reward for returning triumphantly. The light and shadow in Chengye Hall were dim, the charcoal fire had been burned out, and the cold tea that was put on the table when he left a few months ago was still there.

It was as deserted and cold as before, and no one cared about it.

Mu Ziling felt that Qin Yi probably didn't know that he broke his order of "no blood within a month" on the first day he came back, otherwise, if he knew, he would have come to Xingshi long ago to inquire about the crime, what kind of tricks did he use? Come to torture him.

But so what?

Mu Ziling thought, what is his relationship with Qin Yi, and how much he is worth in Qin Yi's heart, he has long been very clear.Nothing to look forward to, and nothing to really hurt him.

There was not a single palace official in Chengye's palace, so Mu Ziling lit a small lamp, fetched water for washing, changed into a clean robe, and went to sleep alone.

It's just that he didn't sleep for a long time, and he was woken up by a palace man. The eunuch pinched his throat and said:

"Young master Mu, the king announced that you should go to Erle Palace."

Mu Ziling had expected it a long time ago, so he smiled unsurprisingly, put on his clothes again, and followed the palace servants to Erle Palace.

Before he reached the door, he heard a cold and deep voice from inside, with a kind of majesty that he was born with, and said coldly:

"Kneel down."