Hot as China, cold as snow

Liu Moran followed Jiang Shengwu all the way without stopping, and entered the palace. He was not locked up in any remote courtyard, but the house where he lived in when he was a child. The luxury is the same as before, and the burned place has been repaired according to the previous appearance. It's just that things have changed.The food was also given soft tendons, so the martial arts were useless and useless, and the soul-binding hundred chains in his hand had been taken away long ago, and he didn't know any of the maids and eunuchs who took care of him. It seemed that Liu Chengyin was in the palace The blood has been replaced, and they are all people who were cultivated later.But Liu Chengyin did not show up for seven consecutive days.

Liu Moran was worried about Liu Jin'an's safety, and asked to see Liu Chengyin every day. If there was no result, he no longer insisted on asking. Instead, he secretly looked at the time of defense, when he would change the defense, and the defense there was relatively weak, and then changed his mind He rushed out of the defense line, but to no avail.

They come, the security.When it comes to himself, Liu Moran is free; when it comes to his relatives, Liu Moran can't do it.

Standing in front of the yard, Liu Moran was staring at the guard who suddenly appeared, and saw Liu Chengyin.

Liu Chengyin's face was high-spirited, but he couldn't resist the black shadows at the corners of his eyes, and couldn't hide the fatigue on his face.Seemingly happy to enter through the courtyard gate, he saw two people looking at each other. The guard knew that it was Liu Chengyin who had come, so he turned around and bowed to Liu Chengyin and quietly retreated.The big fish came out, naturally there was no need for Liu Moran to have trouble with the guards, so he turned around and looked at Liu Chengyin coldly.Liu Chengyin didn't think it was because he was in a really good mood, and he smiled awkwardly: "You are safe, my dear cousin." He took two steps forward and stopped one step away from Liu Moran: "Or it is younger brother."

Liu Moran took a step back and separated the distance between the two of them. When he didn't see Liu Chengyin before, Liu Moran didn't have the slightest idea in his heart. Now that he saw someone, he was not in a hurry. He kept his face and wanted to see what Liu Chengyin was going to play with. What tricks.

It seemed that Liu Chengyin was in a really good mood. He actually gave birth to the mood of playing with the cat and the mouse slowly. Naturally, he was not in a hurry. He walked slowly and sat on the wicker chair in the yard, squinting his eyes to bask in the sun: " How come I, the emperor brother, is competent enough! As soon as you come, I will give you the best. Thank you soon." He half-opened his eyes, and said without waiting for Liu Moran to boast: "You don't want to thank me It doesn't matter, you have been so stubborn since you were a child, if you were willing to lower your head a little bit, you wouldn't be in this situation, I can't help it, just because you are my dear brother, I will spare your life."

"Where is Liu Jin'an?"

"Are you begging me? You kneel down and beg me, and I will tell you what you want to know. You beg me!" Liu Chengyin suddenly turned over from the wicker chair and sat upright, stretching out one hand and pinching Liu Moran's chin , forced Liu Moran to lower his head and bend his back, Liu Moran had no strength to break free but couldn't, Liu Chengyin suddenly smiled uncharacteristically evil: "The opportunity is here for you, you don't want it, you just want it now Come to me, and I will not tell you about Liu Jin'an."

"If you don't want it, you can't even ask for it."

Liu Chengyin twitched the corners of his mouth with a fake smile: "Don't think about who can save you from the sea of ​​suffering, no one can come, even the master of the building who killed you with a cold face and black blade, do you know why? Don't you know? , want to know?"

"What's wrong with him?" Liu Moran's jaw was still being held by him, and he couldn't speak clearly.

Seeing Liu Moran's frowning brows, Liu Chengyin felt very refreshed: "Because you are so obedient to me now, I will tell you a piece of news for free. He is now the reincarnation of a god, and he can't take care of himself anymore. What's more, he saved you. In my opinion, you'd better pray for him, otherwise you won't have nothing to say when we meet in the ground." After speaking, he waved his hand fiercely, and the stamina was enough for Liu Mo to take a step back. Stand your ground.Liu Chengyin showed a devilish triumphant smile, stood up and brushed past Liu Moran, with a mocking hum from his mouth, the voice was not loud, but it was in Liu Moran's heart.

After Liu Chengyin left, Liu Moran was in a panic.The news Liu Chengyin brought was so shocking that it instantly paralyzed his mind.All he knew at the moment was that something had happened to Leng Xuanren, and it was huge.From the information before and after the contact, Liu Moran could guess that it wasn't that Leng Kangtai suddenly had the courage to resist Leng Xuanren, but that Leng Kangtai found a bigger backer named Liu Chengyin, and the two forces colluded openly and secretly to give Leng Kangtai Xuan Ren played a trick.Now Leng Xuanren is going deep into the enemy army and fighting alone.Liu Moran was worried about Leng Xuanyan, but he also remembered that Leng Xuanyan was not fighting alone. At least the number one assassin in the Jianghu, Duominglou, was loyal to him and had the most informed news.Liu Moran firmly believed that Leng Xuanren would be fine, and Liu Chengyin's success was only temporary.

Liu Chengyin liked to find fault with Liu Moran very much, and from that day on Liu Chengyin often came to him.Liu Chengyin called the dancers from time to time, while drinking some wine, while watching the performance, when he was in a good mood, he called Liu Moran to sit by the side and accompany him.After the dancers finished dancing in the banquet, Liu Chengyin saw Liu Moran who was sitting in the banquet and looked obedient, and felt unhappy for a while, his eyes turned to think, and he said: "Such a beautiful day, a beautiful night under the moon, But no one is happy to toast." Although he said this, he stared at Liu Moran who was sitting calmly in the banquet, with obvious intentions, not to mention that there were only dancers and musicians in the banquet, and the concubine accompanying the emperor. people only.

Concubine Ning's eyes were sharp when she arrived, and she could see the way. She looked at the next head and suggested: "Your Majesty, I heard that the eldest son is good at dancing swords, and he dances with both hardness and softness. , has a deep sense of etherealness. It is rare that the eldest son of the Rong Palace is here today, so how about dancing a sword and toasting."

This move was in line with Liu Chengyin's intentions, he squinted his long and narrow eyes and said in a ruffian manner: "I just followed Concubine Ning's words, why don't I do it?"

The attendant at the side brought an unedged soft sword, Liu Moran didn't say anything or salute, took the soft sword, bit his lip and danced the sword.It is a great shame for a man to be named as a sword dancer at a banquet, and to be watched like a dancer.

Liu Chengyin looked at such a Liu Moran who accepted all orders, and his heart was burning with anger. He thought that he would see a Liu Moran who was against him everywhere as before, so that he could take revenge better. Who would have thought that Liu Moran would Suffering the insult silently, so that Liu Chengyin has no excuse to do more excessive things.

For the next whole month and a half, Liu Chengyin ignored Liu Moran, belittled Liu Moran, and asked him to do the lowest job in the palace, and even brought his servants to serve without treating Liu Moran as his master.

Liu Moran didn't complain at all, and just accepted the order, just because of the safety of Liu Jin'an who didn't know where he was.

Liu Chengyin handed over his change of laundry to Liu Moran to wash. Liu Moran spent the whole day at the clothes washing bureau. The pile was as high as a hill, obviously clean and freshly washed clothes, and Liu Moran couldn't breathe under the pressure. Come on, the slender hands that have practiced martial arts all the year round have turned white in the basin, there are only Liu Chengyin's clothes, there are obviously clothes of eunuchs and maids mixed under the pile of clothes.The maid who passed by kicked over the basins containing the washed clothes shamelessly, swearing at the fault and scolding: "Hurry up, it's been this hour, and I haven't finished it yet. When will you wait?" The horses in the stables haven’t been washed yet! The wall of the toilet is still piled up, don’t show your old master’s music score, you are not a prince of Rong now, you are nothing, just a traitor to your country, who killed Rong Not counting the king, he even destroyed the family of Rong Wangfu. Traitor!"

Liu Moran didn't say anything, bent down and lowered his head, silently picked up the clothes spilled on the ground, but his pale face and the fine sweat dripping from his forehead betrayed his almost exhausted physical and mental state.

Since leaving Wuyin Mountain and coming to the palace, his health has become worse and worse. Recently, he has been feeling weak all over, anorexia and nausea, and profuse sweating. The color of the water in the sweat is not transparent, faintly pink , but also revealed a faint fragrance of crape myrtle flowers.Liu Moran's heart skipped a beat, remembering that day in front of Tao Fuxing's tomb in the Wuyin Mountain, after surrendering his sincerity on the grass, he didn't take any protective measures, and didn't drink the usual health soup.

The child came at the wrong time, Liu Moran lowered his head, touched his flat belly, frowned, and tightened his already pale lips. His light blue hair hung down on his shoulders, blocking his sad face. He said to himself: Child, if you have life, Stay, then survive; if you die, don't blame your parents, I really don't have the energy to protect you.

Picking up the scattered clothes on the ground, carefully rinsing them with clean water, and putting them on the shelf after washing, but listening to the father-in-law who usually summons, he summoned with a cold face and loudly: "Liu Moran, the emperor has called you to come to us for a toast."

Liu Moran didn't ask anything, and followed the father-in-law into the main hall. In the main hall, there were singing and dancing, Yingying Yanyan, beauties in foreign costumes were dancing exotic dances, turning around and blinking.Liu Chengyin lived high in the hall, hugging left and right, his long and narrow eyes flashed with a sense of laziness after drinking and eating, but a lot of shrewdness. This person is much smarter than before when he was a prince, and he also leaked too much edge. It's hard to say good or bad.He pushed away the foreign beauties who were embracing on both sides, picked up a few grapes on the desk and threw them to his mouth one by one, saying: "My good brother, Xifan sent an envoy, and the number of dancers who sent them called He is the best sword dancer. He said that his steps are light, his sword path is strange, and his figure is graceful. I don't believe it, so I made a bet with the Xifan envoy and called the best sword dancer in the court to compete with him. After a while, check the authenticity. Isn't the person who knows how to dance the sword the most in the court is you, younger brother?" Liu Moran met his gaze to show him that he finished speaking: "So I specially called the former Rongwang Mansion The eldest son Liu Moran danced with the beauty of Xifan, what does my dear brother think." After Liu Chengyin finished speaking, his eyes suddenly opened, and he stared at Liu Moran like a cheetah, as if if he just said no, he would Kill the nine groups in general.

Being humiliated by Liu Chengyin, he has already trampled his dignity on the ground. He never thought that he would be humiliated to pieces in front of foreign envoys today. Liu Muran could understand the threat in Liu Chengyin's eyes, and knew that he had no choice. He looked down at his clothes Untidy but still simple to tidy up, and then reached out to pick up the unsharp software placed on the father-in-law's tray next to him.

Although his internal strength has been blocked, even though he hasn't eaten properly for a few days, the country's dignity cannot be lost, and the Chengtian Empire is still the motherland that gave birth to him.When the sound of playing music sounded, he had already set up his sword dancing posture. The foreign woman opposite him was as light as a swallow, as agile as a snake, soft and boneless.The two of them slid their swords past each other a few times, and Liu Moran could fully see the characteristics of the woman dancing with the sword. She was soft, feminine, tough like a snake, just like Xiaobai.

Liu Moran's sword is completely different from that of the foreign woman. It is neither delicate nor pretentious, its edge is not sharp but firm, simple and quick but practical; its movement is as comfortable as a breeze that invades the heart, and its quietness is like the slow and silent elegance of falling leaves in the autumn wind.

One is weak and boneless, and the other is immortal, dancing swords together really has a special flavor, and the two of them slid beautifully on the ground.The woman seemed not to be left behind, she raised the soft sword in her hand and stabbed at Liu Moran's chest. Although it was an unopened sword, it could still hurt someone if she used enough strength.When the strong wind hit, Liu Moran dodged sideways, but his feet were floating, and his figure swayed twice.He turned around beautifully, using the power of the spin to balance his body, he not only resolved the immediate crisis, but also made a beautiful move to save the previous defeat.

After Liu Moran settled down, he counterattacked back, holding the soft sword as a whip, and although he used more force, he threw the software in a beautiful arc. When it comes out, the soft sword changes from a curl to a straight line, forming a beautiful sword flower.The woman couldn't dodge in time, her cheek was bloodstained by the point of the sword, and the music had reached the end.

The woman didn't care too much, she danced more happily, she slid her body, it seemed to be close to the ground and slid to Liu Chengyin, just about to stand up and jump on the table, Liu Moran's sword came in front of her, and she picked it off, that The woman seemed a little annoyed but had no choice but to turn to the center of the stage.The sound of the music gradually died down, and the song came to an end. At the end of the last syllable, the woman let go of the sword in her hand and threw a flower ball from her sleeve to Liu Chengyin's face. On the woman's wrist, the flower ball pulled out part of the ribbon as it moved forward, and it became smaller and smaller. When it reached Liu Chengyin's door, it exploded and scattered powder. Liu Moran rushed forward to block Liu Chengyin out of her own reaction. In front of him, Shengsheng endured the force of the explosion and the powder.Liu Moran fainted as soon as it was dark. At that moment, he could only think of two things. In front of foreigners, the dignity of the country cannot be lost; Liu Jin'an is still in Liu Chengyin's hands, so Liu Chengyin can't do anything wrong.

Not for saving Liu Chengyin but for the country, not for saving Liu Chengyin but for Liu Jin'an.That's what he told himself.