I started a boy band in ancient times

Chu Qi stood where he was, watching Luo Zong being dragged down amidst the cries of grievances, and felt the cold night wind blowing across his back, with a sticky nausea that made him shiver uncontrollably.He reached out and touched the back of his heart, only to realize that it was his own undried blood.

The emperor was frightened, fell ill again, and had no energy to care about the aftermath, so he handed it over to King Jing to deal with it.But when he was about to choose another prince Jing to accompany him to serve, King Jing suddenly said coldly: "The prince has lived in the Zhaxing Palace for a long time, and it is really out of courtesy, so it is inevitable that people will criticize him when he is outside. What's more, His Majesty was injured and needs to rest quietly. , let’s skip the attendant.”

He didn't use an inquiring tone, but directly made a decision.

Hearing this, Liu Jiyue narrowed her eyes slowly, but she did not scold him for being rude, but looked at Chu Qi, and asked after a long time, "Qing also thinks so?"

Chu Qi looked at his sickly face, bit his bullet and said, "It's really a bit out of courtesy."

Liu Jiyue gave a "ha" smile, "I'm being biased. If that's the case...you should take good care of your wounds in the palace."

"……Um."

Ming Qiansu said at this time: "Young Master Jing's body is covered with blood, I don't know if he was injured anywhere, call the imperial physician for diagnosis and treatment, and it's not too late to return to the palace later."

Chu Jingzhong still coldly refused: "Don't bother the doctor, it's just a minor injury, and there are doctors in the palace. The prime minister should first care about the situation of Long Live, and send someone to report to the queen to attend to the illness."

Ming Qiansu couldn't help choking, glared at Chu Jingzhong angrily, and finally walked up to Chu Qi by himself, and repeatedly confirmed his injury, "Is it really all right?"

Chu Qi forced a smile: "It's just other people's blood, thank you, Prime Minister, for your concern."

Ming Qiansu said: "Let's add a few guards to escort, if not, it's good to go to my Ming Mansion. Seeing Yaoyao will give you a lot of peace of mind."

Chu Qi smiled sincerely and nodded.

Before leaving, he couldn't help but look back at the scene behind him.The guards brought by Ming Qiansu cleaned up the mess in front of the palace, and integrated the numbers to search for possible remaining assassins in the palace; Still frowning, he lowered his voice and cursed at Luo and his son.

At this time, when it was almost Zishi, the moonlight in Kui Ye was at its brightest, pouring down in the air, and Chu Qi looked at a long shadow behind him, but felt frost and cold all over his body for no reason.

Que Yue came back with a slender photo. Although the moon is actually very round during the Mid-Autumn Festival, he really can't forget tonight.

……

Chu Qi thought about it for a while, but in the end he still didn't go to Mingyao's place.After returning to the palace, he didn't call the doctor, but directly closed the door and let Ling Feidu show up.

Ling Feidu was fine except that he lost his strength after a long battle, but the way he looked at Chu Qi changed slightly, and he couldn't help but glance at his shoulder blades.

Chu Qi knew what he was shocked about, but he couldn't explain it, so he had to ask aside: "I didn't pay attention to it just now, but now I think of something."——Qingli Wei hides in the dark part of the palace, the black armored guard brought by Luo Ji How could it escape your sight?"

Ling Feidu lowered his eyes slightly, and didn't hide it: "I found out early."

"...Why didn't you report it?"

Ling Feidu stared at him quietly, and finally said: "The master already has the answer in his heart."

"..."

"The empress dowager has been lying in bed for a long time, and it is difficult to get up. In order to show filial piety, your majesty has found a troupe of more than a hundred people for the empress dowager to enter the palace. But in fact, she thought the rehearsal of the play was boring after watching two performances. Picked the thorns and drove them away." Ling Feidu said a long sentence, but his tone remained unchanged, "It was the Jinwu Guard of Xuanwumen who let them in and out, and whether they were notified in advance -"

"Stop." Chu Qi interrupted, he took a deep breath, and suppressed his boredom, "... Back off, don't mention this matter to others again."

After Ling Feidu stepped back, Chu Qi called someone to carry a tub into it.He sat in the hot water, letting the water wash away the dirt on his body and the exhaustion in his heart, but it was hard not to think a lot about tonight and about the future.

He didn't know what Liu Jiyue was planning, and what position he occupied in his heart, he just felt that he was walking on a piece of glass of unknown thickness.If it shatters, what greets him may be gentle feathers and fluffy clouds, but it may also be piercing ice water and bottomless abyss.

... So it is really difficult to go back to Beijing.

I didn't sleep all night after that.

However, at the same time, the Star Picking Palace was also brightly lit.

After Chu Jingzhong dealt with the palace change—Luo Ji and Luo Zong were taken into the sky prison together, and the rest of the black-armored guards and some on-duty Habayashi guards were directly executed—then returned to Ziwei Palace.He looked at Ming Qian Su who was standing under the eaves in front of the hall, turned his head and asked, "Your Majesty is asleep?"

"Yeah." Ming Qian Su lowered his eyes for a moment, and finally lowered his voice, "Actually, I... have already noticed that something is wrong with Luo Ji. Ever since His Majesty took half of his military power, he has been doing things openly and secretly, and I also Therefore, I am always prepared, and when someone announces that the Zhaixing Palace is an assassin tonight, I will bring them here immediately. It's just that Luo Ji is so bold that it still surprises the Holy Majesty."

"This matter has nothing to do with you." Chu Jingzhong looked into the hall with a cold gaze, "...someone wants to plot, and you can't prevent it."

"Fortunately, Your Majesty is fine." Ming Qiansu closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he concealed his previous melancholy and felt a little more relaxed, "I haven't seen your son for many years, but he doesn't look like you at all. "

"It's a good thing not like me." Chu Jingzhong said flatly.

Ming Qiansu was about to laugh, but after savoring it again, he nodded: "That's right, as long as there is one respectful king in the world, it is enough to turn the temple upside down."

Chu Jingzhong was silent.

After a long time, he finally glanced at Ming Qiansu's side face, as if to remind casually: "Since you still dare not enter Ziwei Hall, it is also good to go to the side Taiwei Hall or Gouchen Hall to close your eyes. Is this standing until dawn?"

Ming Qian Su's hand trembled slightly, "Courier etiquette, no one can stay overnight without edict, and I can do whatever I want like King Jing."

Chu Jingzhong snorted, stepped into Ziwei Hall, and waved his hand, "Go back, I will accompany Your Majesty."

"Jing Zhong."

Chu Jingzhong paused, but did not turn around. The expression of Ming Qiansu behind him seemed to be flustered for a moment, as if he wanted to confirm the answer: "Your Majesty is a benevolent monarch, and he will become a virtuous monarch who can brighten the sun and the moon. Right? I watched him grow up and taught him the way of being a king, and he never disappointed me, so...he will definitely not—”

Chu Jingzhong interrupted him bluntly: "Prime Minister, you are not allowed to stay overnight without an edict, you should go back."

He waited quietly for a while, until he heard the sound of people leaving behind, and then continued to walk into the hall.

But I couldn't help but sneered in my heart, Ming Qian Su was really naive for 20 years.

In the Ziwei Hall, there was only faint candlelight, and the eunuchs knelt on the ground without panting, while the emperor, who was supposed to be asleep, was sitting on the chair leisurely, feeding a spotted red-haired bird in his hand. pigeons.

King Jing waved his hand to let everyone go down.

He looked at Liu Jiyue: "From the beginning, you were transferred to Luo Ji and returned to Beijing just for today?"

Liu Jiyue concentrated on feeding the pigeons with a smile on her face, "Because of the grudge with you, he found someone to assassinate Chu Qi several times in the Southland, which made him sleepless. Do you think I will not hold grudges?"

"Just for this?" Chu Jingzhong seemed to have heard some big joke, "Just for this, you bet the entire imperial city?!"

"Is this called a bet?" Liu Jiyue also laughed, "Give him ten times more troops, and he won't be able to make any waves. King Jing, how many catties and taels Luo Ji has, isn't it all under your control ?”

Chu Jingzhong stared at him coldly, "... That year, you suddenly transferred General Zhennan to be a captain. I really thought it was Xiaohu with long teeth, so I knew I had to ask someone for help. Luo Zong and Lan Dingxue in the Fengfeng Building Of course, I knew all about the secret song, but I thought you were going to use Luo Zong to meddle in my Qingliwei affairs... It turns out that you tricked me from the beginning to the end."

"If I don't transfer him to the capital as soon as possible, I'm afraid I won't be able to see Prince Jing." Liu Jiyue suddenly looked back at him, "You clearly sent another Qingli Guard to monitor, but you told them not to take action. You Don’t you want him to die quietly outside? It just so happens that you didn’t do it yourself—Chu Jingzhong, sometimes I can’t understand your ridiculous ‘loyalty’!”

At the end of Liu Jiyue's speech, her breath became short of breath, and she couldn't help but hold her chest and cough for a while.He sat back on the chair, looked at the sullen and unbearable Chu Jingzhong again, and shook his head amusedly: "Shouldn't Luo Ji deserve to die? Don't you want to avenge Yan Wuzhen's wronged soul? You already have the evidence to reverse the case for them." , Once listed, Luo Ji could have been beaten forever. 'Killing the king' is just an excuse to reveal the past and a crime to seal his fate."

"I've always remembered, but it's not the time. There are no generals in the court. Although the four directions are stable, wars are inevitable. No matter how much personal enmity Luo Ji has with me, he has the ability to lead troops. If he dies, who To make up for the gap in the south?" After Chu Jingzhong finished speaking, he sneered, "I would like to send Chu Qi there, he should see the world and think about singing and dancing all day long!"

"Who said no?" Liu Jiyue glanced at him, took out a piece of paper from the royal case, and flew over casually, "King Jing is dedicated to serving the country and the people, and all the Qingli guards he taught are also outstandingly talented. There is a young hero who took advantage of the time you were away from the capital to go to the south, easily cleaned up the remnants of Luo Ji, and was quite popular among the people, and people there said that it seemed like Yan Wuzhen was reborn."

Liu Jiyue propped her head sleepily: "King King, although I really don't understand your indecision to cut grass and not root out, but this is the only thing that can be regarded as a good result."

Chu Jingzhong read the secret book again, and finally snorted coldly: "It turns out that His Majesty arranged it like this, and blamed me for everything Cang did in the south? So that Luo Ji thought I was the one who caused him to come here." .”

"It's just a fox pretending to be a tiger, King Jing already has a lot of debts anyway." Liu Jiyue said lightly, "Besides, isn't King Jing going to do something more confidential? Where are you, did you bring it?"

"Bring it." Chu Jingzhong said indifferently, "The second son of King Liang has already been enlightened. He is much smarter than his elder brothers, and his health is also good."

King Liang was the fourth prince in the past. After Liu Jiyue ascended the throne, he went to the fiefdom.

Liu Jiyue couldn't help laughing, at the end of the laugh, she was coughing up blood again, and it took a long time to calm down: "Then it's time for me to 'abdicate to the virtuous'. An imperial physician once said that I won't live to be twenty, respect Wang wiped his neck, and now it seems that there is only a few months of deviation, and he died unjustly."

He shook his head and said with a smile: "It's just this time... I hope King Jing will teach him better, so that he won't suffer from serious 'illness' like me again."

Chu Jingzhong watched him finish coughing quietly, his expression was in a daze for a moment, but in the end he just said: "You can do it yourself."

"Wait a minute." He was about to leave when a piece of paper flew to his feet.

Liu Jiyue recovered from her wheezing and coughing, pointed to the folder on the ground, with a smile in her eyes: "Beiyong wants to send the princess to marry, and their fourteenth prince is also coming, do you know what this means?"

Chu Jingzhong turned around: "What does it represent?"

"Representative..." Liu Jiyue said softly, "King King, the last thing you want to see may be about to happen."

Chu Jingzhong left in a huff.

He stepped out of Ziwei Hall with clearly visible anger on his face, Chun Ya'er gritted his teeth, and dared to catch up: "Thousands, thousands! What if your Majesty doesn't use medicine?"

Chu Jingzhong suddenly stopped, turned his head suddenly, grabbed Chun Ya'er's neck, pressed it against his ear, and lowered his voice firmly: "Will you not force it?"

Chun Ya'er was so frightened that she trembled like a sieve, Chu Jingzhong let him go suddenly, and took a deep breath, "If he wants to die, he can die! It's up to him to find another funeral!"

Half a month later, Chu Qi went to visit Luo Ji and his son in the prison.

It is said to be a visit, but it is actually equivalent to a pre-death meeting.During the past half month, Chu Qi has been staying in Prince Jing's Mansion, and occasionally went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to look for Mingyao. He heard that the emperor fell ill after being frightened that night, but he never received a summons to enter the palace, so he had to ask around ask others.

But this day King Jing asked him to visit Tianlao after he rarely returned to the mansion. Although Chu Qi felt puzzled, he agreed, and Lan Ningbing also wanted to go with him.

But Lan Ningbing didn't have an order, so she had to wait outside the prison, and Chu Qi had to go in alone.He followed the jailer to the bottom of the dungeon, and saw Luo Ji who was imprisoned in the depths at a glance.

Luo Ji no longer had the prestige of the past, he didn't seem to have eaten anything for half a month, and he had lost a lot of weight. At this time, his hair was disheveled, his chest was exposed, and he looked like a beggar.

For half a month, the sky and the ground, the clouds and the mud, even if he had a deep hatred with him, Chu Qi would inevitably feel embarrassed.

But Luo Ji seemed to be fearless in the face of danger. He raised his eyelids slightly and said hoarsely, "Chu Jingzhong asked you to come? Or the emperor?"

Chu Qi didn't answer, but said: "It's Ling Chi, punishing the three clans. Concubine Shu is saved from death."

Luo Ji laughed loudly: "Yes, yes! There are so many people accompanying me on the road! Why did I let Shuyuan go? She deserves to bear it with Daddy!"

Chu Qi frowned and said, "You crazy."

"Liu Jiyue is the lunatic!" Luo Ji was about to die, and he was not afraid of anything. He grabbed the railing, leaned in front of Chu Qi and stared at him, "I finally understand what Chu Jingzhong said before. , They are all in the same group! Liu Jiyue has been forcing me to rebel from the beginning to the end!"

"He challenged Ming Lan Dingxue's identity with me, and even more praised the deep love between them. Knowing that I couldn't bear this bit of disobedience, he was motivated to kill, but he was extra friendly during that time, so I was sure nothing would happen. But the most important thing is that he hinted that Qingliwei was hiding in the Fengfeng Building——I sent Guang Song to kill Lan Dingxue, pretending to be an accident. At first, I just wanted to stop Luo Zong's delusions, and he was the one who was on duty But what a coincidence that day is, the emperor is here!" Luo Ji stared at Chu Qi, "Guang Song thought about another day, but instead I thought, wouldn't it be more sensational to die in front of the emperor? The building will be turned upside down! What Qingliwei, where to hide? Lan Dingxue will die in pain. However, unexpectedly, the poison is finished, and the rest is not heard No, the emperor suppressed this matter and kept silent."

Chu Qi scolded angrily: "You gave the order and moved your hands, and you have the nerve to say that others forced you? What did you use to force you!"

Luo Jisheng sneered: "I didn't make any noise. I thought it was a good thing at first, but I regretted that I couldn't get the handle on Chu Jingzhong, so this matter was covered up like this. Except that Luo Zong's relationship with me was a little worse, nothing else It doesn't matter, who knows, out of nowhere, a guy named Lan Ningbing came along one month later and dug up this matter again."

"That day after the court, the emperor kept me here, hinting to me openly and secretly that he already knew who poisoned Lan Dingxue, and he could not have pursued it, but the patriarch of the Lan clan came to Beijing in person, so he had to give an explanation. The meaning of the words is that I have to throw someone out to take the blame no matter what, but after talking about this, they told me that Chu Jingzhong left the capital."

"Chu Jingzhong has left Beijing! He won't come back within a month. I asked him what King Jing was doing. Although he didn't answer, he also hinted that it was related to Fengguanglou. I knew my chance had come. I sent Guang Song went to the Fengguang Tower to follow, and took the opportunity to find out about the inside story of Qingliwei. Don't worry about anything else. However, when I arrived, the emperor was already there, so why is the emperor there!"

Chu Qi looked at him irritably: "What do you want to say?"

"I didn't want to throw Guangsong out to take the blame, but the situation was unavoidable at that time! I had already sensed that something was wrong, but I still believed in his theory of checks and balances. I lost a powerful subordinate and temporarily lost half of my military power. Chu Jing The loyal Qingli Guard was mostly destroyed, which is not a loss. But after that, all I received was the news that Chu Jingzhong had removed all the men I had placed in Nandi one by one. I woke up one morning and opened my eyes. It’s Guang Song who is made into a human pig but has a breath!” Luo Ji thumped the iron railing sharply, “I thought it was Chu Jingzhong who was haunted, but later, when the emperor was discussing with the eunuchs around him, 'Accidentally' revealed to me the news that the Empress Dowager recruited a troupe of [-] people into the palace, and the patrolling guards in the Harem during the Mid-Autumn Festival are so rare... Hahahahahahaha!"

Chu Qi watched him finish laughing, and took a big step back, "Taiwei, you don't need to make excuses, you are to blame for everything."

He forced himself to leave in a panic.

Chu Qi wiped his face, thinking that Chu Jingzhong was the lunatic, why did he come to visit, and would he hear any good things? It was ridiculous.

He felt the wind under his feet and walked fast. He couldn't wait to leave, but he heard the call of surprise and pleading: "Your Majesty, are you respecting Your Majesty? Are you here to save me? I was wronged!"

Chu Qi's footsteps stopped suddenly, and he turned around stiffly, only to see Luo Zong who was in a mess in another cell.

Luo Zong knelt and kowtowed a few times, and shouted at the iron gate: "I was wronged! I never released the Taiwei privately! When I found out that he really killed Dingxue, I went with his father and son. The relationship is over, and I have never returned to live in the Taiwei's Mansion, His Majesty knows this! How could I let the assassin into the palace!"

Chu Qi took a deep breath: "It's useless to say these things. The Taiwei committed the crime of killing the king, killing the three clans, and you will not survive."

Luo Zong stared blankly at him, "Three clans...Three clans? How could Your Majesty...! It must be King Jing's idea, my son, please persuade King Jing!"

Chu Qi turned his head, collected himself, and said, "Concubine Shu's escape from the death penalty may be a consolation. Commander Luo, let's get to know each other once. If you have any wishes, I will try my best to help you achieve them."

But Luo Zong seemed to have been drained of all his strength, and sat down on the ground. After a long time, he murmured: "In the past, Your Majesty and I had a very good relationship. I was called to leave Beijing to go to the southeast to suppress bandits When I was there, I told him the outside anecdotes in detail, and he always listened very happily."

Chu Qi wanted to leave directly, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but stop.

"Naturally, I also said... that I saved a blindfolded beauty in white from our fleet. I inquired around and found out that he is called Lan Ningbing." Luo Zong showed a self-deprecating smile, "After that, suddenly one day, His Majesty sent me to Fengfeng Building - because it is the site of King Jing, so although it is a famous theater in Beijing, I have never been there, and that day happened to be a feast of scenery, so I met Lan Dingxue who was on stage for the first time."

Chu Qi couldn't help but startled when he heard the words, and looked back at him in disbelief.

Luo Zong closed his eyes: "Thinking about it now, it seems that I have been a discarded pawn since then."

When Chu Qi walked out of the dungeon, he didn't know how cold or warm it was outside. He only felt that his body was icy cold. He bowed and saw Lan Ningbing waiting outside.

Lan Ningbing said expressionlessly: "The visit is over? Did they have any last words?"

"It's just those who are wronged and hated." Chu Qi didn't want to say more.

Lan Ningbing said: "Really, Ling Chi, you deserve it."

Chu Qi stared at his instep, "...Luo Zong is still quite wronged."

"Not necessarily." Lan Ningbing said, he turned his head and looked at the dead leaves flying in the sky. The weather in September has already entered autumn.

"Remember what I said before that Dingxue is not as easy to be poisoned as I am?" He said softly, "I went to check the poison under Guangsong, if it is taken orally, it is not difficult to die directly, but if it is only touched on the strings , it's just a burning, nauseating feeling."

"If Dingxue accepts it without knowing anything, then that's fine, but if someone has hinted—" Lan Ningbing looked at Chu Qi, "Do you want to go back and ask Luo Zong for clarification?"

Chu Qi squatted down with a pale face, only feeling dizzy in his head. He pushed Lan Ningbing away and walked to the carriage alone.

"Ask yourself."

A gust of wind blew out of nowhere, and the dead leaves swirled in the wind, dancing higher and higher, and the sky in the north was covered with dark clouds, which was a harbinger of heavy rain.