old grace

Qin Tianzi died suddenly.

The news quickly spread back to Qingzhou through spies, and Chen Qi wrote a letter hypocritically, expressing sympathy for Qin Ting's continuous national mourning.

The Chen family knew the news of the emperor's sudden death a long time ago. Before the Qin court issued a decree to make it known to the world, the Chen family quickly discussed this matter-whether to take advantage of the opportunity of the emperor's sudden death and arrange troops to attack the capital.After several considerations, the Chen family gave up the idea of ​​taking advantage of the fire.

First, the Chen family's vitality was seriously injured, and they urgently needed to recuperate.Second, the king's capital is trapped in a corner, and it has become a turtle in a urn.Three, since the fall of both King Yancheng and the first emperor, there are signs that people in the capital will not return. Many ministers in the court do not respect the new emperor who ascended the throne at all.

After all, the new emperor is the successor of the East Palace, and the name is justified, but the courtiers don't think highly of him, and bully him for being young and ignorant of common affairs.

Now the new emperor suddenly died suddenly, the country cannot live without a king, and the courtiers can only support the youngest son of the queen to ascend the throne.

This little emperor is only four years old this year.

Instead of forcibly mobilizing troops to attack at this time, and being infamous for bullying orphans and widows—of course, this is a high-sounding statement. The main reason why the Chen family refused to raise troops was that the Tianjing River suffered too much damage and needed to recuperate— It's better to wait for the group of jumping clowns in the capital to attack each other.

It is impossible to send people to negotiate peace and connect one or two, and ministers from aristocratic families who are greedy for the future will volunteer to offer the city.

This incident made Qingzhou's New Year's Eve not easy.

In fact, Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan made a decision not to raise troops in the simple hut of the military household.

However, in order to show how much we rely on the advisers and generals, we have to write letters to Bai Zhifeng, who is on vacation in Xiangzhou, and Shan Xugang, who is stationed in Shuzhou, to clarify the situation, and ask the advisers and generals to come to Qingzhou as soon as possible , to discuss major issues.

That night, You Jing and Shuang Ling, together with Fu Chuan, summoned the army staff who stayed in Qingzhou and the officers under An Ying's command.

——Obviously a decision has already been made, and it takes time to "discuss" so that everyone who should know can speak freely.

After discussing, it was midnight, You Jing hugged Fu Chuan, and wandered back to the other palace to rest.Before stepping into the palace gate, Xia Shang whispered back beside him, saying that Yan Hong from Hujing had been waiting for a long time.

When Chen Qi met and talked with Yan Hong, he never let anyone listen in.You Jing didn't dare not take Fu Chuan, so she had no choice but to drag the oil bottle.

Yan Hong was deeply surprised by this, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions.You Jing inherited all of Chen Qi's memories, so she wouldn't reveal her secrets. She talked with Yan Hong about the distribution of spies in the capital, and Fu Chuan was secretly dumbfounded when she heard that—Chen Qi's spies in the capital, that is That's a lot.

After arranging the spy work in the capital, it was almost dawn.

Fu Chuan couldn't help asking: "Didn't my father disdain the business affairs? Why have you sent so many spies to the capital these years?"

"Didn't you keep a low profile and refuse to stand out in the early years? It is common practice in kings to spend money and bribe money. Why fight for things that can be done with a little money? Besides, he... Has he never told you about your ancestors?" Youjing suddenly asked.

Fu Chuan blinked: "Chen Pi Knife? I have read history books."

"When Chen Qi was young, Chen Fu told him about ancient times, saying that he had a feud with Qin Tingyu's family. He remembered it very clearly, and he really wanted to take revenge. Conquering the world is a matter of course. He invaded the capital and burned the Qin Palace. , Hanging the blood of the Yan family on the city wall one by one, he has listed and recorded here." You Jing pointed to his head, "It's not very friendly to children."

Fu Chuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered Chen Qi's cruelty and ruthlessness towards Zuan.Perhaps, it's not because she is a spy, but because her surname is Yu.

"There are his spies in all the princess mansions and prince's mansions of the concubine's family. The words to Yan Hong are to inquire about the court's movements. In fact, they are waiting for the moment of attacking the city to catch all the descendants of the concubine family. They will never miss half of them. One." You Jing shook her head and commented, "Too vengeful."

"It's almost dawn, will you sleep with me for a while?" You Jing asked suddenly.

Fu Chuan shook his head and said, "I'll go back to wash and settle down, and I'll come back later. I'll sleep here," he pointed in the direction of the side hall, "I'll feel like I'm not following the rules again, and ruining his plan."

Youjing also holds grudges, and still remembers Shuangling's attack on him in the afternoon, and sighed regretfully: "It's a pity that ghosts and ghosts are everywhere, and for the time being, we can't do without the insights in his head... Otherwise, let him... ..." Youjing twisted his hands and made a closed gesture, "It's better not to tell him to come out again."

Fu Chuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, before expressing his opinion, You Jing had already stretched out his arms to hug him, and said softly: "As long as I have you, I will be fine."

You Jing and Fu Chuan harbored taboos and refused to talk about Shu Hanyun anymore.However, You Jing will also take advantage of the situation to confess.

This sentence "I only have you" made Fu Chuan's heart stabbed by Shuang Ling warm up again.

No matter how indifferent Shuang Ling is, You Jing cried and said "How dare you compare them" is still Fu Chuan's greatest comfort.

——From an intellectual point of view, the former and the current are just partners.

——From an emotional point of view, Fu Chuan is completely different from Shu Hanyun.

The senior brother treats them differently because they developed feelings for each other.

In the past, Fu Chuan would have doubted whether the elder brother could not beat me, did he comfort and pity me with the heart of elders, and then he decided to marry me?

In the afternoon, Shuang Ling had a quarrel with You Jing. He was a little hurt and lost when he first heard about it. He stayed in the room with You Jing and said a few words, but he completely understood it.It's obviously because the elder brother also likes me, that he pampers and indulges me so unreasonably, but no reason can do it at all.

Fu Chuan was sweetly drunk in his heart, and lingered beside You Jing for a long time, and You Jing coaxed him to eat before going back, which reminded Fu Chuan of the cold Shuang Ling, and he became sober, and then Yiyi leave reluctantly.

The little boy led the way with a lamp, but Fu Chuan felt that the lamp was not very bright, and when he looked up, the sky was already blue.

"Hurry up." Thinking whether senior brother Shuangling got impatient waiting in the side hall, Fu Chuan simply trotted forward.

Surprisingly, it was Su Gu who was waiting at the door. Fu Chuan took the hand stove from Su Gu and asked, "What time is it? Why haven't you slept?"

"Young gentlemen haven't slept well, how can the servant girl sleep?" Su Gu took the cloak from him, changed into a soft blouse and wrapped it around him, then bent down to touch his feet, "No Is it freezing?"

"At Father's place, the floor is almost baked, so it won't freeze." Fu Chuan looked around the hall and felt that the atmosphere was not right, "Brother isn't there?"

"I went to Xiao Yindian, but I haven't come back yet. The warm ginger soup has cooled several times." Su Gu said.

"I'll drink it." Fu Chuan turned around, and immediately a servant brought a soup bowl, and Su Gu handed it to him in person, "It's freshly boiled. Ginger water is old, so it doesn't dispel the cold. In such a cold day, it's day and night. They are all running outside, Wangyue Palace is worried that it will be frozen... Is there any snot coming out?"

Fu Chuan has long since survived the cold and heat, so it is impossible for his nose to be snotted by the cold. Facing Su Gu's concern, he is still very gentle: "No. The nose is fine."

Su Gu breathed a sigh of relief: "It's fine if you don't have a nose."

Only then did Fu Chuan put down the soup bowl, and went back to look for shoes to wear: "I'm going to see my eldest brother. Auntie, go to bed early, it's already dawn."

Su Gu felt that he was too troublesome and couldn't stop him, so she had to help him wrap up thick clothes again, put a warm tube on the outside of the hand stove, sent him out, and told the accompanying slaves: "Look at the ground, carefully and carefully." Thin frost freezes, slippery to walk on."

The little slaves are all obedient.

Fu Chuan was more curious, Shuang Ling had no feelings, why did he go to Xiao Yindian?

The location of Xiao Yindian was relatively remote, it took Fu Chuan some time to arrive, and the sky was completely bright.There are maids walking around in front of the hall, holding burnt braziers in their hands and changing the charcoal, and servants carrying hot water towels, coming in and out.

"Is elder brother in there?" Fu Chuan approached and asked.

The servants saluted and greeted one after another, opened the curtain, and invited Fu Chuan to come in.

Xiao Yindian is a place to observe the scenery, and its layout is different from that of ordinary palaces. It took Fu Chuan to search for a while before he figured out where the bedroom was.

Yan Yan is a spy under house arrest, and the servant who takes care of her is not the servant who serves her. At this moment, no one is standing in the house to answer the door, so Fu Chuan has no choice but to go inside by himself.He thought, if the elder brother is here, the clothes must be neatly dressed, and it is impossible to encounter some scenes that should not be seen, such as beauties sleeping in spring, right?

He walked to the inner room following the breathing of senior brother and Zuan Zuan, the door was opened upside down, the left hand was separated by a vertical screen, and behind the screen was the seat and bed.

As a prisoner under house arrest, the vertical screen in Zuan Zuan's bedroom was not tightly covered, and the tulle was stretched over it, so that it was convenient for the maid who guarded her to monitor her every move at any time.Fu Chuan stood at the door, took a look, and choked a little.

Just from the sound of his breathing, he knew that Yan Yan was very close to the elder brother.But it's not surprising that people get closer when they talk to each other.

He was very surprised when he saw the blurred shadow behind the screen with his own eyes.

Senior brother Shuang Ling, who was always cold and emotionless, actually sat on Zuan Zuan's bed without avoiding suspicion!

That's a girl's bed!How can a girl's bed sit casually? !If it weren't for special circumstances, girls' bedrooms would not even be allowed to enter!

What shocked Fu Chuan the most was that Shuang Ling was sitting on Yan Zan's bed, and Zan Zan was actually lying down on Shuang Ling's lap!

——Is it tolerable or unbearable!That's his exclusive pose!Every time he has a knot in his heart that is hard to get rid of, the senior brother will let him lie down and pillow on his lap, while stroking his head, comfort him, relieve him, and talk to him!

Fu Chuan was furious in his heart, but he couldn't explode on the spot.He inhaled inaudibly, and stepped forward.

"Brother." Fu Chuan greeted, "I haven't come back for a long time, let me come and see."

Shuang Ling sat on the bed and didn't move. On the contrary, Yan Yan, who was crying on his back, was taken aback. He hurriedly climbed up from his lap. While wiping his tears, he straightened his clothes, trying to maintain a decent appearance: " Xiao Lang, long time no see."

Fu Chuan was angry, and knew that his anger had nothing to do with Zuan Zuan.Yan Zuan didn't know about his relationship with the elder brother!

The worst is senior brother Shuang Ling.Knowing that he has already married someone, he still dares to sit on the little girl's bed!

"I must be looking for something." Shuang Ling didn't have the slightest cold look, and she turned sideways to talk to Zuan with a very gentle expression, "You have a good rest and take care of your body. The future...is still long."

Saying that, Shuang Ling stood up, and nodded to Zuan again: "I'm leaving first, and I'll come see you tomorrow."

Yan Yan wanted to get out of bed to say the ceremony, but found that he was not wearing socks, so he was too embarrassed to get out of bed, so he nodded with a blushing face: "Shaojun, go slowly."

Fu Chuan's eyes fell on Zuan Zuan's body, and he took a few more glances.

"Let's go." Shuang Ling stopped Fu Chuan and led him out.

There was a maid guarding the door, and Shuang Ling ordered: "Serve well, and bring her whatever you want to eat. If you want to go out, ask a few people to follow, don't neglect her, and don't stop her."

Fu Chuan let out a deep breath without a trace.

On the way back to Ziyang Palace, the two walked side by side, both silent.

"When the precious weapon performed the spell, it not only took her blood, but also borrowed her life."

Fu Chuan recalled the scene of fighting with Princess Su Dachang yesterday afternoon. At that time, he felt that there was a strange pulling force, which surrounded Princess Su Dachang intermittently, as if defending and protecting her.

That kind of power is so magical and special that Fu Chuan mistook it for Qin Ting's dragon blood.After all, Princess Su Dachang is the witch who guards the family temple of the Yan family, so it is not unusual for her to be blessed by her ancestors.The ancestors of ordinary people are barefoot farmers like Zhang San Li Si, while the ancestors of the concubine family are all emperors, and their natural power is extraordinary, and they go up to the heavens.

If you want to take down the treasure, you have to cut off the mysterious power surrounding the treasure, and use Fu Chuan to drive the finger, one sword and two sections.

He still remembers the feeling of being torn apart after the sword stabbed out.

He thought it was because he had severed the connection between Yu Baoqi and the ancestral temple, but now Fu Chuan suddenly realized that what he had severed was the life of Zuan Zan.

A daughter will always protect her mother.

Even if she is thousands of miles away, even if she doesn't know what happened at all.Her ignorant life lingers around her mother through her blood. When her mother is hurt, she wraps it up, guards her, and gives her life.

"How can there be such a cruel mother in this world." Fu Chuan was extremely puzzled.

Shuang Ling lowered her head with her hands behind her back, walked briskly, and had no intention of talking.

Fu Chuan trotted to catch up with Shuang Ling, grabbed Shuang Ling's sleeve, and whispered: "But, we have the remnant soul of the princess..."

"Replenishing life with the soul is an evil method." Shuang Ling was forced to embrace Fu Chuan every day, and she could no longer shake off his pull, but her tone of voice still showed no signs of softening, "You are with Father every day. Together, lawlessness is used to it."

"She was killed by the princess. I think it's reasonable to use the princess's remnant soul to continue her life." Fu Chuan retorted.

"This is not allowed." Shuang Ling suppressed directly.

"Brother is so gentle to her, sitting on her bed, telling her to lean on your lap, looking at each other and whispering, when it comes to the emotional part, people are crying, are you so cruel to tell her to die? If I go to see her in the next day, I'm afraid she won't be able to see the sunset today!" Fu said.

The two walked side by side, talking suddenly loudly, the attendants following behind were frightened and looked at each other.

Shuang Ling didn't have any emotions from the beginning to the end. Seeing Fu Chuan looking for something later, she suddenly asked, "Are you jealous?"

Fu Chuan opened his mouth and denied, "I'm not jealous. She's going to die...I just want to save her."

Shuang Ling turned around, bent down to hug Fu Chuan, held Fu Chuan's waist with one hand, and asked Fu Chuan to sit on his waist.

This posture is more like a nanny and a servant holding a child. Fu Chuan thought he had grown up, but was suddenly hugged by one hand. He was so embarrassed that he didn't know whether to jump off the ground or jump off the ground. He was at a loss: "Big... big brother..."

"Don't be jealous." Shuang Ling said.

"No, brother, aren't you talking about...she is dying?" Fu Chuan stammered.

"You are not allowed to continue your life with your soul," Shuang Ling said again.

"Then... then there is no need for the remnant soul... I, no, Nan Dou continues her life... I can save her too..." Fu Chuan has long been used to being hugged by Xie Qinghe and Youjing.However, the one who is holding him now is Shuang Ling, and he is riding on Shuang Ling's waist in a panic, "Save, save... save her..."

Shuang Ling hugged him and walked like flying, and didn't care much about what he said in a daze.

It took a lot of time to walk back to Ziyang Palace, Fu Chuan gradually calmed down and asked, "Why don't you let me save her?"

Shuang Ling carried him into the house, and Su Gu brought the servants to help change clothes and shoes, Fu Chuan grabbed Shuang Ling's sleeve: "Brother?"

It wasn’t until the serving servants left that Shuang Ling replied: “That day I continued my life with Nandou and practiced in Mangshan Mountain for six years. If you want to save her, you must spend 20 years borrowing money for her in the dense forest. Or take her under the door, and with her qualifications, walk through the old forest for a lifetime, three to fifty years, or succeed."

Fu Chuan remained silent.How could he not understand this truth?It's because you understand too well that you think about continuing your life with your soul.

"Continuing life with the soul is an evil method. The treasure is the mother, and the thread is the daughter. If the mother's soul is lost to continue the life of the daughter, even if she survives, she will be punished by the gods. She will be unlucky and miserable in her life, and there will be no peace for a day." Shuang Ling saw Well-informed, this is the inside story that Fu Chuan didn't know.

"What kind of heaven is this?" Fu Chuan has practiced for many years, and he probably knows the inside story of the scourge, "When the world was first born, all things had no parents, and the descendants pretended to condemn disobedience and unfilial piety. Why did you use this to coax me?"

Xie Qinghe himself is the most unruly and unruly madman. He is obedient and respectful to Shangguan Shiyi because Shangguan Shiyi loves and treats him well. If Shangguan Shiyi treats him badly, the word filial piety is to him. It doesn't make any sense.

Fu Chuan had already figured out Xie Qinghe's thoughts.

As for why Xie Qinghe wants to persuade people to be virtuous and filial?Want to persuade good people?Then you can't persuade people to be unvirtuous, unfilial, or to do evil, right?

This actually made Shuang Ling startled.

Both benevolence and filial piety are moral requirements for human beings. However, the way of heaven is not benevolent, and treats all things as dogs, which shows that the way of heaven never honors people.That being the case, why is there a divine punishment against the unkind and unfilial?Was it the Dao of Heaven that issued the scourge, or... something else?

Shuang Ling thought of the illusory heaven again.

There are legends about the Heavenly Court in ancient books, where the gods and officials are located in the Heavenly Court, regulating all things, rewarding the good and punishing the evil.

Where is heaven?

Why is there only boundless emptiness above the heavens, boundless and endless cold and darkness, criss-crossing qi and divine light.

He traveled through the void countless times, wandering among the stars, boundless and endless, but he never saw concubines and fairies, officials and officials, nor did he see the majestic palaces of the heavenly courts and the capitals?

"Brother?" Fu Chuan moved closer to him and kissed him on the forehead.

Shuang Ling thought for a moment and said, "Follow me to the main hall."

Fu Chuan just changed his clothes and was about to go out again.He got up helplessly: "Father is sleeping."

Shuang Ling wrapped the thick clothes directly on him, and didn't tell him to walk, just picked him up and walked to the main hall.Su Gu was chasing after her with her shoes: "It's cold outside, my feet are freezing..."

Shuang Ling has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and she usually walks slowly in order to maintain her dignified appearance, when she really strides fast, how can Su Gu catch up.

Fu Chuan waved to Su Gu on top of him, two little feet without shoes stretched into the refreshing cloak, it was warm here.Fortunately, the road was not far away, and it didn't take long to reach the main hall. Xia Shang didn't dare to stop him, so Shuang Ling carried Fu Chuan directly into the sleeping hall.

Youjing is sleeping soundly.

Chen Qi is getting old, and he snores when he stays up late, and the snoring is very rhythmic.

Shuang Ling had no intention of waking him up at all. After putting down Fu Chuan, she immediately got out of her body and invaded Chen Qi's skin.

The snoring stops suddenly.

When Chen Qi opened his eyes again, it was Xie Qinghe who Fu Chuan had been away for a long time.

"Big..." Fu Chuan put the word "teacher" in his mouth, "Brother..." happily moved up to him, and got into his bed directly.

It wasn't long before You Jing fell asleep, Xie Qinghe woke up still a little sleep-deprived, dazedly caught the little junior brother, and gathered his mind before he could figure out what Shuang Ling wanted to do.He dragged his sleepy body out of bed and walked to the desk, the ink in the inkstone was dry.

Fu Chuan had already followed him, helping him tidy up the inkstone, add water and grind ink, and prepare paper and pen.

Xie Qinghe patted his head: "Thank you."

Fu Chuan sat down next to him and asked, "I haven't figured out what Eldest Brother wants to do either."

"It didn't need to be so troublesome. Isn't this..." He pointed at Chen Qi's skin, "Do you want to come? Going through the motions is also necessary."

Xie Qinghe licked the ink on the brush, and handed it to Fu Chuan: "You write a statement about the continuation of your life, and I will make a reply. The master will come to ask in the future, so I won't blame you."

Holding a pen, Fu Chuan couldn't laugh or cry, and honestly wrote the cause and effect. As he wrote, he couldn't help asking: "Brother, is he worried that I will be blamed for using evil methods, so he won't allow me to save Zuan?"

Shuangling is not worried about you being blamed.If you practice evil methods, he will be the first to deal with you.

However, considering that the "scourge" came inexplicably, Shuangling wanted to find out, so it was Shuangling's own decision to continue his life with his soul.He is a reasonable person, of course he will take the responsibility for this matter back to himself, and will not let Shangguan Shiyi blame Fu Chuan.

There are clear rights and responsibilities here, but there is no emotion.Of course, there is no question of "worried" or not.

Xie Qinghe smiled and said nothing, coaxed: "Write it quickly."

Fu Chuan quickly wrote down the ins and outs of the incident, and according to their respective identities in the sect, they asked the head of the sect to benevolent outside the law.

Xie Qinghe watched him write the whole process, took the brush, and wrote the word "ke" at the end of the text.

"Then I'll accept this..." Before Fu Chuan finished speaking, Xie Qinghe had already thrown the written request into the charcoal basin, and it was quickly burned to ashes.Fu Chuan was stunned: "Father?"

Xie Qinghe pointed to his head: "The seven spirits remember everything."

As long as Shangguan Shiyi took over Chen Qi's skin, he would naturally know what happened today.

Fu Chuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly panicked: "Remember? Then...then me and...that...we all know?!"

Due to his age and stature, it is impossible for him and You Jing to do too much things, but those things that are not too much, such as kissing faces, touching hands, saying some very childish and sweet words, and doing stupid things together... ...All will be known by Master!

"Why do you know..." Fu Chuan was completely panicked, "I... I don't know..."

This is really going to throw me to death in front of Master!