Chiwuxing

Chapter [-] - A gift of love, only words Que Yu make a difference, good to talk to each other

"Big brother."

Fu Chen's hand stagnant in the air slowly lowered, staring at him in disbelief, after a while, he said: "You hit...that's the idea..."

Chao Er straightened up on his knees, looked straight ahead, and ignored his words.

The bitter winter wind turned into sharp knives, cutting human flesh little by little.

Fu Chen didn't expect it to develop like this, feeling upset, he took a few steps back, turned around and returned to the main room, and slammed the door shut.

The young man kneeling in the courtyard turned his eyes away and fixed on the closed door.

"No wonder..."

Fu Chen paced to the dormitory, only to sort out the relationship roughly.It's no wonder that Chao Er's words were weird and paranoid before, but when things came to an end, he didn't understand his meaning and left others in the cold.He was willing to be his elder brother in every sentence, and for a long time what other people were thinking about was nothing else.

But what responsibility does he have to give him what he asks for?Could it be that his brother made a final entrustment, and he had to pay himself to someone else's house.

Sitting with his elbows on the cabinet table, Fu Chen took out the square wooden box from the corner of the table against the wall, looked down for a long time, then stretched out his hand to rub the embroidered pattern on the box for a few times, suddenly felt some unreasonable grievances, The more I think about it, the more I can't bear it.

It was because he was too self-righteous, and he paid with all his heart and soul, only to get tragic results one after another.

Some people deceive him, some lie to him, some want to ruin his life, and some want to ruin his feelings.

Fu Chen clenched his fists, his pupils froze towards the lonely wooden box on the table.

"...I have nothing left, except half my life," the young man lowered his eyes, smiled faintly, and said to himself, "If you still want to plot anything against me...I will give it to you."

As he spoke, he opened the small box with stiff knuckles.

There are two interlayers inside the box, and what catches the eye is a paper strip folded in half. It seems that there are not many words on it, but it penetrates the back of the paper, and the ink seems to spill out on the back.

He slowly unfolds—

Nung, moon and new moon.

No title, no signature.

It has unique rigid and upright handwriting, which looks like a face.

When Fu Chen came to his senses, he realized that the paper had already been wet, so he hastily stretched out his sleeves to grind the paper surface, and placed it properly in front of the window under the twilight.

His gaze was still on the paper, Fu Chen's thoughts were mixed, his elbows rested on the table, his hands clasped to cover his mouth and nose, the heat of his breath warmed his palms when he spoke, and he said in a sour voice:

"I'm an asshole..."

"...you make me reluctant...what should I do..."

Instead, he closed his eyes, and there was a silent pause for a long time, everything was completely silent.

When he opened his eyes again, his expression was as usual.

He turned his head and picked up the opened wooden box again, and slowly took out the partition between the mezzanines.Below, is a ring-shaped piece of jade, with a notch on the right end, stuck tightly at the bottom of the box. Looking at the pattern on the white jade, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and immediately supported the sides of the wooden box, and carefully took out the jade.

Putting it in the palm of his hand, he lowered his head to take a closer look, turned it back and forth a few times, and then gently placed it on the table.He took out another cloth bag from the front of his chest, and unfolded it to see that it was facing the other piece of jade, with the gap at the left end.The wolf patterns carved on the two pieces of jade are in a symmetrical shape. Viewed separately, each is a profile image of a wolf's head, and when put together, it becomes a complete frontal image of the wolf's head.

The two jade pendants on the left and right were placed opposite each other, and Fu Chen glanced back and forth for a while, feeling that there must be something secret in it, but he couldn't guess what it meant.

He changed hands and picked up the wooden box to look around, but he didn't find any more messages.

The man gave him this jade, it must not be a gift, but he didn't explain it clearly... That was to make him keep it in secret, maybe it was something He Xuyi got from him, so what's the use of sending it to him for future protection ?

There are wolf patterns on this jade, which obviously belonged to Hu Qiang, but he didn't know the specific origin and function, and he didn't dare to ask the Hu people to find out.

He picked up the jade pendant with a notch on the left, and under the light, he could still see an obvious crack between them.

This was knocked out when I was rummaging for something in Jia Yun's camp and threw it on the ground. I was glad that I took one of his things before leaving, and left a memorable object later, but later I took a closer look. After thinking about it, I realized that it belonged to someone else, and I was once depressed because of this.

In Yandi, white jade means a gentleman, and the people of Yan would definitely not engrave wolves on it. Only Hu people like to carve wolves on utensils.When he came to Le Guin later, he knew that the man had secretly communicated with the Manhu tribe in advance to make a song. The items found in Jia Yun's camp were probably after he pretended to be dead. In order to prepare for collusion with the barbarians in the future...

If you look at it this way, then King Yu was not the only one who participated in the matter of Tonghu in the first place, and Admiral Jia, who was assisting him, also had a part in it.

Fu Chen squinted his eyes and played with the jade in his hand with one hand, always feeling that there was something weird that couldn't be compared.

His eyes swept across another jade pendant with similar size and texture on the table, and then drifted out of the distant window, and the dusk gradually deepened.

The colorful rays of red and purple intertwine, and the depths are stacked, just like the pussy flesh and blood under the man's black leather that day, it is shockingly beautiful.

"...Why do you want to stay behind?"

The man's deep voice echoed in his ears, but there was no wave but shocking.

Yes.

Fu Chen suddenly put the jade in his hand on the cloth towel on the table table, and understood some key points.

He said at the beginning that he didn't leave a way out for himself, so in fact, Jia Yunyu secretly arranged things with the barbarians in advance?

But it was already a fact that men colluded with barbarians in advance during the bloody battle in Mengshan. Could it be that they still have their own division of labor in this "foreign affairs" matter...it is absurd.

According to what the man said, the friendship between the two of them is so deep that there is no such thing as mutual concealment and half-disclosure on this important matter.Regardless of friendship, even when the operation is carried out, it must be inconvenient and full of hidden dangers. Never has a man been so uneasy when doing things.

With various speculations in mind, Fu Chen turned the jade and put it back in place.

Since he cut his heart to the man, he has never been entangled with him about the past, and only then did he realize that the facts he really knew were not complete.It is also possible that the jade that the man deliberately sent was to show him something, and the story behind it needs him to explore...

After settling down, Fu Chen closed the lid of the box and put it in the drawer under the table.

Suddenly there was a twisting sound of the wooden door opening in front of him, Chao Er raised his eyes in surprise, as if he didn't expect him to come out of the house so soon.

Seeing him approaching step by step, he called again: "Brother."

"I never asked for that, and you don't have to force it." Fu Chen gave him a low glance, then turned his eyes away, "From now on, you can do whatever you want. This time, I don't care about you anymore Now, you don't have to stay away from me, instead I will take the initiative to avoid you."

"You don't believe what I'm telling is the truth?!" Chao Er frowned, a little angrily, "Just because...then you come and beat me up, I won't fight back."

"Enough!" Fu Chen turned his eyes to stare at him, and said coldly, "I'm not a girl, why, you want me to pester you endlessly on this matter..."

Chao Er looked at his side face with ferocious scars and indifferent expression, and snorted: "Who dares to treat you as a girl... I'm not a fool, nor a baby, so I don't need others to intervene in what I want. "

Fu Chen was silent for a while, then met Shang Chao Er's eyes that were still full of heat, and said: "...No, you haven't thought it through yet. Young people are impulsive, what can't they do? Love and hate are all transferred to another person. In fact, I have always been an outsider."

Chao Er raised his eyebrows and looked at him, and suddenly saw the faint blush under his eye circles. He was surprised, and gritted his teeth: "...Hmph, I don't know anything else. What I did to you, I would not do to others."

"Get up." Fu Chen lowered his head slightly and said.

"You promised?"

"No."

"Why?!" Chao Er said, "You think I'm having fun with you?"

Fu Chen looked back quietly: "Even if you are serious, since you have other thoughts about me, why bother to wrong your own thoughts. Now that you can tolerate yourself willingly hiding your thoughts and obeying me, you will regret it in the future. Instead of making things ugly at that time, I couldn't agree to your impulsive thoughts from the beginning."

Chao Er couldn't agree with him, and he didn't compete with him in this lip service: "Whether you are impulsive or not, you will know in the future... I only know that you don't deserve me, so I will always kneel here."

"Threat me?" Fu Chen raised his eyebrows coldly, and his voice became indifferent, "I hate people threatening me the most. You still say that you are not a childish temper played on impulse? Kneel if you want to, and see who can't hold on first live!"

After all, turn around.

"...Where are you going?" Chao Er turned to look at his back.

Fu Chen paused, then turned to look at him: "Go look for Princess Jun, do you want to follow?"

Chao Er gritted his teeth and turned his head away, saying, "No!"

Fu Chen also sneered and strode away.

He had been in close contact with the palace where He Xujun lived for several days, and the bearded women who stayed inside and outside the palace knew him, so it was not surprising to see him come again at dusk, and let him in with a notification. Chamber waiting.

"Why are you here again?" He Xujun stepped into the room and said, "But what went wrong with the Hulan Department that I explained this morning?"

Fu Chen made a slight salute and said, "I'm not here for the clan's official business, but I have a private matter to consult."

"Oh? Let's hear it."

Fu Chen waited for him to take his seat, sat opposite him as usual, and said, "Princess, before Qiu Ri entered Hu, did you pass the news to Hu Qiang in advance?"

"...Naturally," He Xuyun was a little surprised, but he didn't expect him to bring up the old story again, so he recalled, "I heard what my father said at the time, and there was a private exchange of letters two years before he entered the Hu. It's just that At that time, Chasa was still the heir of the Yan Kingdom, with a special status, so my father was also wary of his intentions, fearing that he might be tempted, so he didn't dare to take any real action."

Fu Chen asked: "That is to say, during this process, only King Yu of that day had private contacts with Hudi, and there was no other person in the middle?"

"Chasa's letters with his father had long since been burned, but I heard from my father that the words in the letter were indeed blatant, and every word in the letter was meant to instigate a crime. I thought, how could I dare to borrow such a secret matter? With the hands of others?"

"Princess means, I'm not sure if someone else replaced or participated in this collusion?"

"Why do you doubt this?" Hexun asked back, "Didn't you have some friendship with Chasa before, why didn't you ask him directly?"

Fu Chen evaded vaguely: "The mountains are far away and the road is far away... If the princess knows some inside information, it will be much more convenient after all."

"Anyway, in Hu Qiang's place, only my father and king knew the initial situation. What I knew was only a few words and phrases that he revealed to me later. As for whether there were still people involved in Chasa's side back then, I don’t know for sure. But one thing is certain, Chasa has been fully responsible for the communication from the beginning. I remember that when the crown prince of Yan Kingdom was appointed and announced to the kings, the emperor held a state banquet. My father, the king He went there with the gift in person. At that time, the father and king had already met and talked with Chasa," Hexu said, "If you suspect that someone replaced Chasa and communicated with us, I'm afraid it's not the case."

Huxun intuitively thought that the young man was going to solve the old case for the man, but if he did it, he did it, so why should he question it?

She continued: "From the standpoint of us barbarians, I am naturally happy to see what happened at the beginning. But even if I put aside my identity, as far as I am concerned, it is shameful and despicable for family and country hatred to cover up personal grievances." Yes. After Chasa’s identity was spread, there were indeed some expected gossip in the family, but for the Hu warriors who had friendship with Chasa before, there was not much criticism about their abilities and choices Voice."

"Thank you, Princess, for your comfort." Fu Chen lowered his eyes, and his doubts became even more serious. So it was his deduction that was wrong?While hesitating, he didn't take out the jade pendant from his cuff after all, and said, "In life, you don't need to care about other people's likes and dislikes. It's not easy to just settle your own duties."

"indeed."

The young man glanced at her waist for a few times, and Huxue was suspicious: "What are you looking at?"

Fu Chen turned his eyes back to his senses, realized that his eyes were too revealing just now, and quickly apologized: "Jia is rude for offending the princess."

"What's wrong with you today?" He Xuyun asked in surprise. She had never seen this indifferent young man behave in any way. "I didn't see you like this during the morning meeting, but what news did I hear during the meeting?"

Fu Chen didn't want to lie, he just said: "It's just some private matters from the past, I think it would be good if I can find out clearly."

"If I knew it, I would say nothing."

Regardless of whether it is true or not, being able to say this is enough to move him for a moment: "I have seen women in Yandi often wear sachets around their waists. I don't know if there is such a custom in Hudi?"

Huxue smiled: "The Hu land is bitter and cold, and we can't grow herbs, but the southern barbarians like to make some spices and other things, we can't use them. As for jade, it's a tradition created by you Yan Guo literati. Qiang returned to obey Yan, and the princesses of Yan Kingdom all the time came to my place to communicate with relatives, and gradually some customs and customs of Yan Kingdom were spread. But as far as our original intention is concerned, we don’t like such exquisite devices..."

Fu Chen nodded: "Understood."

He Xuyun turned his eyes and said again: "I heard that there is also a custom in Yandi where young men and women give jade ring sachets to each other to form friendship?"

"...Huh?" Hearing the words, Fu Chen guessed some hints subconsciously, turned to open his eyes to the woman above, and secretly cursed himself that he was really influenced by Chao Er, and he started to be sentimental indiscriminately, bowed his head and said , "... seems to have such a habit, but I don't know much about it."

"You haven't given it to the girl, and you haven't received such a gift?" He Xuyun recalled the bustling scene he saw in the streets and alleys of the imperial capital. At that time, it was the end of the year and there were many Yanmen and Yannv who traveled together. , dressed in red and green, very dazzling.

Fu Chen said with a faint smile: "When I was young, I accompanied my mother to work for other people in the border town, and then lived in the mountains for a few years. After I arrived in the Imperial Capital, I joined the army. I didn't have any chance to meet a girl along the way."

"...Yes, you said this before," Huxun recalled, "Why did you go to the mountains to practice martial arts?"

Fu Chen shook his head: "...I was forced to be trapped in the mountain with a mountain formation."

"How many years have you been here?"

"Eight years."

Huxun opened his pupils slowly, feeling a little surprised: "Then there are other people in the mountains?"

"No one," the young man looked nostalgic, "but there are some wolves and nighthawks for company, the mountains, streams, stars and moon...the scenery of Wuming Mountain is still extremely beautiful."

He Xuyun saw the smile on his lips, and then thought about this person's life is not long, but he was so indifferent: "...if there is a girl who knows your previous situation, and is still willing to...befriend you?"

Fu Chen subconsciously shuddered, turned his head and saw the woman's serious expression, lowered his eyes and sighed deeply: "...No."

He Xuyun blinked his eyes, and accepted it as soon as he saw it: "...the New Year's safari after the two-day New Year's Eve is a traditional celebration among my Hu and Qiang tribes. I hesitated before whether to let you participate. If there are more Yan people, it will inevitably arouse the dissatisfaction of the people in the department, but if it is like in the past... This year, the Podoro clan returned to Lejin, and other rebel clans also participated. I think they will not be peaceful. Maybe you still have the intention to take this opportunity to fan the flames..."

Fu Chen was stunned, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He knelt on the ground half-kneeling, and asked for a tassel:

"Being trusted by the princess, Jia is willing to ask for a fight."

He Xuyun looked down at him with no expression, and said for a long time: "...I can't help you then, and there will be beetles on Beihao Mountain to help the game, so you should be more careful." .”

"Thank you princess for reminding me."

"Come back if you have nothing to do."

"Yes."

The woman's expression sank, and she turned and left first.

Fu Chen sighed silently, it was dark outside, he groped back to his residence wearily, and as soon as he was admitted to the hospital, he was disturbed by the kneeling people standing under the trees in the courtyard, causing him a bit of a headache.

Things were piled up in his mind, and he didn't feel sleepy at night, Fu Chen hesitated for a moment, and slowly walked towards the figure.

Chao Er looked at him silently.

Fu Chen slowly sat beside him, without making a sound for a long time.

The crescent moon is faint, and the stars are about to fall.The night sky in Hu Qiang is the clearest and cleanest blue-purple. The plateau is close to the sky, and you can pick up the stars and wrap up the moon with your hands.

"...Erlang."

"Big brother."

Fu Chen snorted, with no smile lines on his face: "It's easy to say, I haven't answered you yet."

"If you don't promise me, I will kneel down to death."

Chao Er's voice was low and hoarse, much calmer and calmer than what he heard at noon, so that Fu Chen had the illusion that this young man who was a few years younger than him had suddenly grown into a man.

"...to death?" Fu Chen twitched the corners of his mouth, "It seems that I did something wrong in the past. I talked about my own life and death, and I made you so contemptuous of life and death... You don't know, I at most It’s just a passing moment in your life. If you give me your life, I’m not worth it for you.”

"Whether it's worth it or not, I know in my heart," Chao Er said coldly, "It's not your turn to make the decision for me."

Fu Chen had never encountered such a thing before. He was stunned for a long time, confused and angry, and turned to stare at him: "Even if you are serious at this time...Okay, okay, but you know me a little bit , huh? Do you think I am a good person, a good person, and anyone who follows me is the right way? Fart! Let me tell you, if I tell you frankly what I have done, it will disgust you for the rest of your life! You won’t even look at it Take a look at me, not to mention that you are still pretending to be a brotherhood with me here... Heh..."

The ending of the youth trembled, as if both lips were burned by something.

Hearing this, Chao Er's expression really moved, but he didn't make a sound.

The wind and shadow passed quietly.

"...you don't ask me what I did?"

With gray hair hanging down the curtain, the young man's raised eyes are so fine and lonely, maybe because he can't see things clearly, it makes people feel like they are separated by fog.

Chao Er only glanced back, and was captured by this pair of gray eyes.

"...I don't care what you did in the past, I only believe in what I see before my eyes," Chao Er pursed his lips, "It's really stupid for anyone who hasn't made a mistake to hold on to the past..."

Fu Chen hooked the corners of his lips lightly, squinted his eyes and smiled: "You're scolding me, this is..."

"...No, scold the villain."

"I'm that stupid villain..."

After laughing, Fu Chen closed his eyes and exhaled, then opened his eyes again, his eyes were filled with tranquility again: "Erlang, don't say anything. I'm not angry with you, and you don't care about my anger. Tonight Get a good night's sleep and do whatever you want tomorrow. Don't be fooled. Whether you admit it or not, I used to regard you as my younger brother. If you really consider me an older brother, nothing has changed much... Get up."

"It's not the same," Chao Er twisted half of his body, knelt down and looked at his side face, "It's up to you what attitude you want to treat me, I think it's my confession to myself that you are my elder brother. I still say that, I Knowing what I'm doing, I won't regret it easily."

Fu Chen looked up at the sky, but couldn't see the moon.

"...If," he looked sideways at Chao Er, "on the suburban road, just before his death, you had a chance to save brother Chao's life, but you didn't do it...would you hate yourself for the rest of your life?"

"...Yes, but I won't let that happen."

"Then why bother with the person you hate."

Fu Chen sneered, slightly relieved, propped himself up from the ground, and staggered towards the door.

"Because what you hate has something to rely on."

The young man paused.

"Because I know the suffering behind self-hatred, it's enough to hate myself, and there must be others...to forgive him."

Fu Chen raised his head again, the meniscus at the end of the month was too thin to be seen.But with the accumulation of a few bunches of stars, you can barely see some glints that seem to be there.

"...Erlang," he lowered his head and closed his eyes, his voice hoarse and tired, "...get up."

Chao Er's eyes suddenly lit up, but he couldn't believe it, so he called out cautiously, "...Brother?"

"……Ugh."

With an extremely short low reply, Fu Chen felt a whirlwind sweep behind him, subconsciously prepared to attack, then restrained himself, tensed his back and did not move.But then he found that the strong wind behind him stopped in an instant, two groups of black shadows overlapped on the ground, and one long arm was quietly withdrawn.

Chao Er wanted to hold him tightly from behind, fearing that he would cause evil, so he tried his best to retreat within a short distance of contact.

He was stunned behind in embarrassment, but he saw Fu Chen turned around, hooked his neck, and pressed his whole body in front of him.

"...Stupid boy..."

The young man patted his back, Chao Er froze with his hands hanging down, not daring to move.

All over the body, only the lips are barely parted:

"In the future, when you fight against each other, the eldest brother will not have any disadvantages."