I started a boy band in ancient times

At the same time, Chengguo Imperial City.

Tonight, the moon is short and slender like a silver hook. Under the night, the stars are shining brightly, and the lights and candles are eclipsed, so that a thin and slender shadow is dragged under the eaves.

"... Que Yue returned with a slender shadow."

Liu Jiyue murmured in a low voice, her eyes turned from the crescent moon to her own shadow, her dark eyes were deep and unwavering.

"Your Majesty, why is it so frustrating?" A frivolous tone came from behind, and Cheng Qiushi came leisurely, as if entering a land of no one, all the palace people around bowed their heads and kept silent, not daring to say more.

He held Xinglian in a daze in his arms, and imitated Liu Jiyue to look down at the shadow on the ground. He didn't see why, so he sneered: "You can be dazed even by looking at your own shadow. Could it be that your majesty has cured his heart?" Illness and dementia? It's not worth it."

As soon as such outrageous words were uttered, the palace servants at the side trembled and almost knelt down.On the contrary, Liu Jiyue's expression was calm, and she turned her head and walked into the room: "Master Cheng, I seem to have said earlier, don't wander around if you have nothing to do, this is not your Xiwan Imperial City, there may be a guard with bad eyesight, bear it." If you don't stop doing it, then I won't be able to protect you."

Cheng Qiushi's smile didn't change, but the coldness in his eyes gathered together. He knew that this was true, after all, he was on his territory, even though he had reached a "contract" with Liu Jiyue, controlling his life and death, but There are so many guards who are not vegetarians, and if something bad or bad happens, it will not be easy for him to get out unscathed.

"I'm not in a hurry. I think I made a marriage alliance with His Majesty a month ago. We have worked so hard over the past month, but Your Majesty hasn't heard anything from here." Cheng Qiushi pinched his hand intentionally or unintentionally. Xinglian's arm was bruised and purple, but Xinglian let him trample on him as if he had lost his soul, without any basic pain response, as if he was using this as a threat.

Before he "signed a contract" with Liu Jiyue, he must first terminate the contract with Xinglian.In order to prevent him from escaping from control and causing more troubles, Cheng Qiushi directly used marrow washing to destroy his mind, and easily became a wooden beauty.

Liu Jiyue caught a glimpse of this scene, and calmly sipped her tea: "The national teacher is still impatient. According to the regulations of this dynasty, the queen mother died, and the whole country mourned for 49 days. Incidents happened one after another to the Empress Dowager, and I was distraught, and I ordered the whole country to be silent, and the world banned music, so as to relieve the pain, how could I be half-distracted from going north?"

When Cheng Qiushi heard the words, he laughed back in anger, got away from the back of the chair, and bullied himself forward: "It's 49 days on July [-]. Calculated like this, I have to wait until five months before welcoming Your Majesty to fulfill the promise." me?"

"It doesn't take that long." Liu Jiyue said, "I know that in just one month, the troops of the National Division have already defeated the westernmost two of the sixteen tribes of Beiyong. The Luodo tribe is also raising their hands, and within three months at most, a quarter of the Beiyong tribe will be captured by you."

Cheng Qiushi looked at him coldly: "Your Majesty, don't put a high hat on me. You and I both know that the number, economy, and combat power of these four departments are not at the bottom level among the sixteen departments of Beiyong. The six civil wars exhausted energy, which made it so easy to win. But none of the 'upper six' is easy to chew on. Although the things under my command are hugely lethal and invincible, they are scarce in number and difficult to control , the worst thing is to act on the vast grassland where no one can be seen, and after five months have passed, Beiyong has dealt with the civil strife, and the price to be paid by then may be even greater, right?"

Liu Jiyue seemed to be waiting for his words, and nodded pretending to understand: "The national teacher is right. You and I also know that although most of the sixteen tribes of Beiyong built cities, but You can abandon the city and evacuate at any time, and defend and counterattack with a nomadic posture. If you are talking about chasing and setting up an ambush on the vast grassland, the combined forces of Xiwan and Dongcheng may not be able to defeat them. So I think, the National Teacher didn’t expect to annex the entire Beiyong in just a few months, did he?”

"It's wishful thinking to eat them all, but it's easy to take advantage of the chaos and make a profit. The defeat of the 'Xiasibu' has put enough pressure on Beiyong. Assassination is punishable by death. But...Beiyong is willing to exchange their prince and princess for a lot of money, and I think...the conditions are good."

Liu Jiyue lowered her eyes lightly, and with her fingers, she took out a unique fold from the imperial case, and threw it to Cheng Qiushi casually.

Cheng Qiushi took it, opened it and glanced at it, with a slight sneer on his lips, but he didn't speak.

"Does the national teacher think that the conditions are still not enough?" Liu Jiyue said, "Whenever I think of that night, I also feel that it is difficult to solve the hatred in my heart. I can try Beiyong's bottom line more and see how much they are willing to pay."

Cheng Qiushi threw the booklet away, leaned back sharply, kept pinching Xinglian, who was slow to respond, and raised his eyebrows viciously: "From what I know about Your Majesty, you don't seem to be such a talkative person." Not to mention being vengeful and ruthless, at least the king's prestige is unpredictable, but this seems to be the 'second time', intentionally or unintentionally, you want to let go of the Beiyong prince who almost succeeded in assassinating him."

The second time, Cheng Qiushi emphasized.

More than half a month ago, Cheng Qiushi was extremely annoyed when he learned that the Empress Dowager and Empress died in the sea of ​​fire due to the "accidental flooding" of the Changle Palace, and the marriage and dispatch of troops had to be postponed.He didn't bother to find out whether the fire was accidental or man-made, but at least he couldn't let Liu Jiyue fool around and waste a few months in vain.He heard that the prince and princess of Beiyong who had failed in the assassination were imprisoned in the prison, so he wanted to take them out for "experiment".

——His experiment required a large amount of pure yin and yang blood, and the success rate was extremely low. Now there are only two brothers Teng Feng and Teng Wu left in the royal family of Xiwan.Teng Feng will still be alive as his star company for the time being, and Teng Wu is even missing.If there is not enough yin and yang blood supply, every death of one of his monsters will be a huge loss, which is not enough to last for a long time.

And these two Beiyong royal families can just make up for some of his losses. I thought it was a capital crime anyway, and it was no big deal for him to borrow some blood, but he didn't want Liu Jiyue to refute his face on the spot, just looking for a reason He didn't let go, and when his patience reached the limit, he reluctantly agreed to hand over Princess Yue'e to him.

Thinking of this, Cheng Qiushi's unhappiness sprang up again, and the pinching movements in his hands became heavier and heavier, as if he could tear off Xinglian's flesh: "Beiyong University has 27 princes under his knees, and the princess is even more... Countless, if the two of them are outstanding, they are not irreplaceable. Why did they send them to do a narrow escape? At this time, I thought of reluctance... Why do I feel that His Majesty is making excuses to let people go? "

On the contrary, Liu Jiyue found it strange: "Can the lives of two captives be used to gain benefits without bloodshed, the national teacher thinks there is something wrong with it? But to be precise, He Lanyi's mother, Qinghe Princess, is my eldest sister, although I have not married her. I have, but I still have to give her some kindness, since I am fine, this bit of kindness can still be shown on the face."

Cheng Qiushi sneered, although he didn't fully believe it, but he didn't say much for now, he just said: "Beiyong's bottom line is that we can try again, but it will be a bit difficult for me to pay back."

Liu Jiyue paused: "...Princess Yue'e is dead?"

"Not yet, but it's coming soon. There's nothing I can do. She's the only one. If His Majesty is willing to hand over He Lanyi to me, maybe he can let her rest for a month or two, then there will be no danger of her life."

Liu Jiyue lowered her eyes: "Farmers know that they don't want to shovel the roots. The national teacher told me before that they only need to nourish life with blood. Since they know it is rare, why not take it carefully?"

Cheng Qiushi smiled lowly and said: "The amount is not enough, so I can only take double the amount from Princess Yue'e. Originally she was only a little weak, but now she is about to endanger her life. Princess Yue'e's beauty is peerless. Seeing that you are pitiful, His Majesty must be very distressed, but you don’t want to have the heart to hand it over to me? But now it’s too late to go back to rest.”

Liu Jiyue remained silent, tapped the real dragon armrest on the seat slowly with her fingers, and said after a long time: "I'll go and have a look."

He and Cheng Qiu picked up the Ziwei Palace, and wanted to go straight to the prison, but met Ming Qiansu in front of the Taiwei Palace.

Ming Qian Su was much more depressed than before, his face was thin and bony, almost out of shape, but he hadn't become dull, and he pulled the child beside him to salute at the right time.

The child said: "See father."

Liu Jiyue paused.

That was naturally the second son of Prince Liang brought back by Chu Jingzhong.

It turned out that King Jing knew that the emperor's life would not last long, so he intended to adopt the crown prince first, support the new emperor, and replace him, but was stopped by some people in the court; after King Jing died, the emperor's old illnesses were all cured under the treatment of Xiwan Guoshi Cheng Qiushi. No one would dare to mention the matter of adoption, but the emperor made him the prince, renamed him, and resigned from the position of prime minister. Ming Qiansu, who was seriously ill and at home, served as the prince's young teacher, and entered the palace with full authority to teach the prince.

The crown prince's new name is Liu Huiyuan, just over eight years old, handsome in appearance, still childish, but speaks neither humble nor overbearing, very courageous.

Liu Jiyue said "Yes", "Is Master Ming doing well?"

The prince said: "Young master is knowledgeable and has a collection of poems and books. Today, I told my ministers the principle of knowing history and learning from it. My ministers are very useful."

"That's good." Liu Jiyue took a look at Ming Qiansu and said, "Is Aiqing uncomfortable living in the palace?"

Ming Qian Su forced a smile: "I was about to sink half of my body into the ground, so I am honored to teach the prince, but it will only add to my honor."

"...It's also a good thing, step back."

Walking out of Zhaixing Palace, Cheng Qiushi was thoughtful: "Since His Majesty has cured his heart disease, why worry about the issue of heirs, what's the point of adopting the prince so early?"

Liu Jiyue said with a faint smile: "The worry of my life has never been heart disease, doesn't the national teacher understand?"

In the past, it was controlled by Chu Jingzhong, and now it is controlled by Cheng Qiushi. Both of them know this well.

When Cheng Qiushi heard the words, his gloomy mood turned slightly calmer, but he didn't even want to put on a verbal panic: "When I complete my task, your life will still be long."

Needless to say hypocritical excuses, they went to a special prison.The prison here is made of fine iron, it is indestructible, and the emperor's cronies around are strictly guarding it. It is supposed to imprison some special people.When Cheng Qiushi came to Beijing, he also brought two "monsters" he created with him. Naturally, it was impossible to place them at will, so they were also locked in prison, so as not to cause violence and hurt others.

But now that Liu Jiyue has found her, she finds that there are more than two monsters in the prison.

Cheng Qiu picked up the ear of the newly-appeared monster that was neither a dog nor a rat, and spoke with disgust: "The sixteen tribes of Beiyong live together all the year round, and the blood of Xuanwu is so weak that after more than half a month, the blood in the whole body can only make blood. Come out with something this tiny."

The monster was only half the size of an arm, and it was timid, unable to see its strength.Liu Jiyue only took one look, then looked away, and landed on another person in the prison.

Princess Yue'e was bound by four iron chains, and she was hung up Xuxu. Her skirt was high and her sleeves were hanging down. There were dozens of tragic scratches on her originally fair skin, and the blood was dripping, which was shocking to see.Her face was as pale as paper, and her breathing was so weak that it was almost inaudible, as if she was about to die in the next second.

"Even such a thing is useless. The Xuanwu bloodline is not afraid of the cold and flames, but it can be diluted a little bit, which is a pity."

As Cheng Qiushi spoke, he pulled out a shiny dagger and gestured at Princess Yue'e's leg, as if looking for a new spot for bloodletting, but Liu Jiyue raised her hand to stop it.

He put away the dagger with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, are you sympathizing with the fragrance and cherishing the jade? That's not bad, just choose someone else."

Liu Jiyue said coldly: "I have stated that I will return the Beiyong hostages. Time is running out, so it's better not to make extra troubles. Besides, as I said, He Lanyi's mother is from Chengguo, and the purity of his Xuanwu blood is not as good as yours. want to do."

Cheng Qiushi stared at him quietly for two seconds without changing the curvature of the corner of his mouth. Suddenly, he burst out violently and pulled out the dagger extremely quickly. Liu Jiyue subconsciously let go to defend herself, and watched helplessly as he stabbed Princess Yue'e in the waist and abdomen. one knife.

Princess Yue'e let out a short mournful moan, and trembled in vain.

"Your Majesty, do I look like the kind of person who is easy to fool? Why do you want to protect He Lanyi? I don't ask, or you believe your nonsense, but I ask you, Tengwu people?"

Cheng Qiushi kicked away the iron chains that bound He Lanjin, and she fell to the ground in an instant, curled up into a ball, looking very painful, and at the same time, several Qingli guards appeared from the corner in an instant , Qiqi stood in front of the emperor.

Liu Jiyue made a look at one of the guards, the man understood, turned and left immediately.

"The blood of Teng Wu has rid me of the strange poison for many years. It is the evidence that I have seen Xiwan's sincerity and the ability of the national teacher. It is naturally counted as one of the bargaining chips between you and me. As for where he is after that, it has nothing to do with the national teacher. Big deal."

"I thought Your Majesty would find a more grandiose reason." Cheng Qiu's eyes widened, "Your Majesty may or may not know that Biwu and your old lover have a unilateral life bond, Biwu Ruo If something happened, it would be easy and impossible for him to live."

"Really," Liu Jiyue said, "He's gone anyway."

Cheng Qiushi looked at him coldly, didn't express any further dissatisfaction, put away the dagger and was about to leave: "Your Majesty, whether Chuqi is alive or dead, where are the Tengwu people, and whether the Beiyong people should be released, as long as the final In fact, I don’t care about these goals, but if the cooperation breaks down... I’m afraid the end will be ugly.”

He seemed to be giving Liu Jiyue a final warning, so he tolerated it for the last time, then turned and left.

Qing Liwei lowered his eyes and moved secretly, Liu Jiyue shook his head slightly to stop their thoughts, after a short pause, he knelt down and looked at the dying Princess Yue'e.

He Lanjin was seriously injured and dying, even if the imperial physician was called, most likely she would not be able to save her. At this moment, she could only breathe a sigh of relief, her pale cheeks were covered with blood.

"If you hold on a little longer, maybe you can see He Lanyi for the last time."

Princess Yue'e stared blankly at a certain place, opened her mouth with difficulty, but asked another thing: "...I heard...that Prince Jing...is dead?"

Liu Jiyue was silent, and after a long time, said in a deep voice: "Yes, all the people who respect the palace will be executed."

The sporadic remnants of brilliance in her eyes gradually extinguished, and an ugly smile appeared on her lips, or maybe she was dying, and she said what she was thinking at this time: "We girls from Beiyong... all envy Princess Jing to lead the way." It's a pity that I was born late, so I couldn't see the demeanor of soldiers galloping... The son saved my life that day, and he was so kind to me...but he...before me..."

"...Do you admire Princess Jing?"

"That's right... the heroine general is better than all our Beiyong girls..."

Liu Jiyue closed her eyes, took a slow breath, and when she spoke again, her voice became cold instantly: "It's a pity that none of you will know how she died tragically, and the glory of the past will also follow Princess Jing's death." His identity is buried together, as for his son... he is even more of a waste."

After he finished speaking mercilessly, Princess Yue'e dilated her pupils slightly, as if she still wanted to argue, but she was unable to make a sound. At the same moment, a distressed call came from behind: "Ah Jin!"

Liu Jiyue got up calmly, and indifferently watched He Lanyi, who was brought by Qingliwei, run towards Princess Yue'e.He Lanjin's deadline had come, she stared intently at her brother's face, and after a while, slowly closed her eyes.

He Lanyi's hands trembled violently, but she couldn't shed a single tear, as if she still didn't want to believe this reality.He hugged Princess Yue'e's body tightly, his eyes were red, and he asked in a hoarse voice: "I was the one who assassinated, why did I kill her? Why bother to torture me for more than 20 days!"

"What the fourteenth prince said is really ridiculous." Liu Jiyue replied, "As an assassin and a prisoner, do you still expect me to treat my envoys with etiquette?"

He Lanyi laughed self-deprecatingly: "Really... I thought I had changed my sex before, but it turned out that I still acted the same way. Just kill me, I have nothing to say."

"But I've changed my mind. I want to let you go." Liu Jiyue said lightly, "While Beiyong was in civil strife and invaded by Xiwan, he didn't forget to promise you benefits in exchange for your safety. It can be seen that the Fourteenth Prince has great respect for Beiyong. extremely important.”

"...How is it possible." He Lanyi turned her head and stared at him firmly, "Before I came to Dongcheng, I was already prepared to die, and no one will come to rescue me."

Liu Jiyue lowered her eyes, glanced at him, and said very softly: "Then maybe the one who saved you wasn't the Beiyong people."

He turned around with a flick of his sleeves, showing no sign of the endgame, several Qingli guards also left with him, and only He Lanyi and the deceased Princess Yue'e were left in the prison.

He Lanyi was stunned for a long time, then slowly picked up He Lanjin, and walked out of the dungeon step by step, all the way unimpeded and unstopped.

He still couldn't believe it until he saw the light on the ground.

Beside the willow in front of the cell door, stood a young man in white clothes, his eyes were covered with black silk, his lips were tightly pressed into a straight line, it was Lan Ningbing.

Somehow, when He Lanyi saw him, he felt that all this gradually became real.

Lan Ningbing was only half-blind, and she could still get a vague picture from the black silk, not to mention the strong smell of blood on the tip of her nose, so she knew what happened at a glance.His flat lips were slightly bent, both nervous and worried: "Sorry, this thing may be useful."

He spread out his palm, and the palm looked like a thin stone, dark brown in color, and it was much softer than a stone upon careful observation, exuding a strange fragrance.

"This is……"

"'Returning Soul Stone', the residue after the returning soul incense is burned out, can keep the corpse from decaying." Lan Ningbing said in a low voice, "I've used it for Xue, it's true."

He Lanyi frowned: "Then where is he?"

"It's not the piece on Dingxue's body, it's..." Lan Ningbing paused, "There are only two of these treasures in Chengguo. I thought one of them was used by Chengtai Zu, but later I got it. This is the only way to know..."

He Lanyi's face gradually turned cold: "...What is this? Kill someone and then give some unwarranted rewards? Why are you waiting here?"

Lan Ningbing thought of what he had been entrusted earlier, organized her words, and said: "I was entrusted by the Emperor Liu to wait for you here, because you will never believe other people in the capital at this time, only my words may be able to Listen carefully. He told me that today he will release the Beiyong people in prison, but Princess Yue'e can't guarantee that nothing will happen. If something happens, the soul-returning stone can make up for it."

But He Lanyi laughed: "Lan Ningbing, was that how you were bribed back then? A useless Soul Resurrection Stone made you let go of your grudges, and now you are still willing to intercede for him?"

"I didn't come to intercede for him. I still feel that he has something to do with Dingxue's death." Lan Ningbing took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. After all, several months have passed since his incident. Now it's easy to regain sanity, but He Lanyi is furious, and it's the hardest thing to listen to.

He picked the key points concisely: "As you think, Beiyong didn't care about the life and death of you and Princess Yue'e at all. It was Liu Jiyue who made excuses to send you out and wanted you to go south."

He Lanyi frowned fiercely: "There was a civil strife in Beiyong before, and now it is attacked by Xiwan, and Dong Cheng will probably step on it soon. If I don't rush back immediately to lead the troops, what will I do if I go south?"

Lan Ningbing said: "Chu Qi went to Nanmu, and he asked us to help him."

If you don't mention it, He Lanyi's anger flared up again when it was mentioned, but Lan Ningbing said in time: "You listen to me first. I have a favor from Chu Qi for you, this is one of them; Emperor Liu let you out, I wanted you to go south, with the Qingli Guards monitoring all the way, you can't go back to Beiyong at all, this is the second; if Xiwan and Dongcheng really join forces, what's the use of you going back alone? Why don't you ask Nanmu for help and let them give Xiwan exerts pressure, this is the third!"

He clenched He Lanyi's arm: "I know Ah Jin, and I have lost Dingxue too...Of course I understand how you feel! But...at this moment, don't let your emotions get you into trouble."

He Lanyi kept staring at him, and after an unknown amount of time, she took a deep breath, took the soul-returning stone from his hand, and said hoarsely: "...I see, let's find a place to bury Ah Jin first."