birth

Concubine Hui had been anxious and restless in Xuanli Palace for many days, and finally she let go of her long-sustained heart when she received the edict of the Queen's Ceremony.

Zhou Shun put away the imperial edict, bent down and said, "Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations, the date of the final ceremony has finally been set, and it will be arranged in the next year, which means it is auspicious. The emperor specially explained that he wants the empress to spend more time these days." Make some preparations, the weather has been cold recently, and you must remember to take good care of your body.”

When Concubine Hui received the edict, her fingers were trembling slightly, but she still smiled calmly, "Thank you, Mr. Zhou."

"Yulong."

Standing aside, Yulong quickly took out a heavy purse from her bosom and put it in Zhou Shun's hand, saluting, "Eunuch Zhou, this is some kindness from your empress."

Zhou Shun didn't refuse, he accepted the purse graciously, and then took his leave and left. When he walked out, he was still thinking that he could just use the money to treat Pei Yu to a good drink.

Seeing Zhou Shun leave, Concubine Hui's body finally trembled uncontrollably, Yulong held her hand beside her, and called, "Your Majesty..."

Concubine Hui said excitedly, tears also fell down the moment she opened her mouth, "Yulong, did you hear that?"

Yulong, "Go back to your empress, I heard that the emperor said that he will hold a grand empress ceremony in the next year. Seeing that this year is coming soon, it won't be long, empress, you will be the empress of this palace, and you will never be married again." People dare to overwhelm us!"

Concubine Hui laughed a little flusteredly, "Go, go to the Clothes Bureau, let them prepare the clothes for the grand ceremony. If there is a mistake, I will take their heads!"

Yulong, "Don't worry, ma'am, Yulong will watch the whole process, and won't let these servants make trouble."

"Okay, okay, okay." Concubine Hui supported her temples, and walked around for a while, not knowing where to stand, and finally stopped at the place where the edict was received just now, and paused for two seconds , suddenly covered his face with his hands and squatted down.

Just when Yulong was about to knelt down with her handkerchief to persuade her, Concubine Hui suddenly burst into wild laughter.

One after another.

It reverberated throughout Xuanli Palace and lingered for a long time.

According to Zhang Yi, the rune drawn on the monster's arm is one of the ancient secret techniques, which can arouse the monster's fierceness in an instant.There will also be a connection between the talisman caster and the monster, so that the talisman caster can control it remotely, that is to say, there must be runes passed down from the same line on the talisman caster.

Xu Jia asked, "Then how to activate this rune? Does it need to meet some specific conditions? Or is it just relying on will? Is this too high a requirement for the caster?"

If it is only relying on will, it may indeed be possible for a professional warlock to do it.

Zhang Yi was drunk and unconscious yesterday, woke up with a hangover and had a splitting headache, and was dragged out of bed by Xu Jia inhumanely early in the morning, and now he was full of anger, and said impatiently, "Just What kind of magician is needed for that little thing's charm? An ordinary grown man can do it."

Xu Jia, "Then how did it activate? It can't be random, it's too..."

Zhang Yi slapped the table, stared and said, "Why do you talk so much, kid!"

Xu Jia took a deep breath, suppressed his temper, but cursed secretly in his heart, what an old lunatic!Not to mention that he loves to drink, but he still wants to be so drunk when he wakes up!

Xue Rongbao came in with the hangover tea. This time, he stepped forward to rub Zhang Yi's shoulders with great insight, and handed over the hangover tea, "Master, sober up and calm down."

Zhou Shun raised his eyebrows and thought, yo, I haven't seen this kid for a few days, and he has made a lot of progress.

After Zhang Yi was coaxed by Xue Rongbao, he said slowly again, "That monster's arm was covered with silver corpse powder. If you can find it, there must be a wound on the left arm of the talismanist."

"Because the silver corpse powder must be crushed into mud with the flesh and blood of the caster, and then cast spells, in order to have an effect on the monster you want to control."

Xu Jia, "So it's controlled by that silver corpse fan?"

"Yeah." Zhang Yi blew on the tea in the cup, took a sip, and said, "As long as the talisman caster cuts the place where he drew the rune with a knife again, the monster will naturally feel it, and it will become fierce."

Xu Jia frowned, tapped his fingers on the table unconsciously, and slandered, but what was the motive for causing this commotion?

If that monster was really released on purpose, then they were all having a feast in the inner courtyard at that time, so it definitely wasn't aimed at him, could it be aimed at Fu'er?

Who would want to harm Fuer?

Who would benefit from harming Fuer?

Xu Jia thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a reason. In order to avoid the situation in You Pavilion last time, Xu Jia had already taken back Fu Er's real power. What he was afraid of was that Meng Zhonglian and others would attack him again. Minister of the court, is it possible that another force that he doesn't know has sneaked into Gancheng?

Xu Jia rubbed his temples with his hands wearily, and inexplicably remembered that weird voice again in his mind.

"Hey, little bastard, do you know if your identity as a half-demon is exposed, how many big monsters will come to Gancheng to kill you? Hahaha, then this Gancheng will be lively."

Will not.

This matter was not aimed at him. Besides, he had never been to Xishu, and his identity as a half-demon had been well hidden. How could he be discovered all of a sudden?

What the hell is going on? !

Without a motive, the subsequent search would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

Just when Xu Jia was puzzled, Zhang Yi put the teacup on the table with a "snap" and gave Xue Rongbao a look with his eyes. Zhou Shun went out, "Godfather, godfather, let's go, my master has something to say to the emperor alone."

Zhou Shun was pushed away by him, raised his eyebrows in surprise, not bad boy, can you even wink now?

The door was closed, Zhou Shun glanced at the sun above his head, suddenly thinking about Pei Yu, as if taking this opportunity to sneak a look at him, but Xue Rongbao kept following him and refused to leave, he stopped, asked, "Why are you following me?"

Xue Rongbao, "Godfather, where are you going?"

Zhou Shun, "I didn't go anywhere, just wandered around."

Xue Rongbao, "Oh."

After continuing to follow, Zhou Shun turned around and pointed at him irritably, "Don't follow me!"

Xue Rongbao was aggrieved, he stirred his clothes with his hands and said, "Why? Didn't you just walk around?"

"..." Zhou Shun, "I have some personal matters, you should go back first."

Xue Rongbao came closer after hearing this, "What's the matter?"

Zhou Shun, "..." All right, take back all the words that praised him just now.

It turned out that there was no improvement, it turned out that only Zhang Yi could understand the eyes of one person.

Xue Rongbao, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

Zhou Shun, "..."

Xue Rongbao, "Oh godfather, is it because someone is looking for trouble for you? Is someone bullying you?"

Zhou Shun, "..."

Xue Rongbao. "Speak up, maybe I can help you."

Zhou Shun, "You can't help."

Xue Rongbao, "Why?"

Zhou Shun finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted, "I'll go find your sister-in-law! What can you do for me?"

Xue Rongbao covered his mouth in surprise when he heard this, and dared not follow him any more.

Inside the room, Zhang Yi glanced at Xu Jia coldly, put his hand in front of his mouth and coughed dryly, "I heard that Fu Er spent the night with you last night?"

Xu Jia was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, "I didn't expect the news about my second uncle to be quite interesting."

"..." Zhang Yi said, "Xu Jia, let me advise you, Fu Er is not the kind of person who plays around casually, and I will not let you go."

The smirk on Xu Jia's face gradually faded, and his eyes shone brightly as he looked at Zhang Yi, "I'm not kidding, I'm serious."

Zhang Yi raised his eyebrows, not sure, but said, "Can't you see that in Fuer's heart now, he just regards you as a younger brother? Don't talk about sex, even the normal relationship between people. It is difficult for him to empathize with emotions. Xu Jia, Fuer may not understand what you want."

Xu Jia, "He doesn't need to understand, he just needs to be happy every day like this."

Zhang Yi smiled, "What about you? Just stay with him so vaguely all day long? Let him mistakenly think that brothers can share the same bed? Even do bed things? Just coax him every day, lie Make him look like a fool?"

Clenching his fists on his knees, Xu Jia said, "I didn't treat him as a fool. I said he didn't need to understand, because I didn't want him to worry about these things."

"But he must understand, doesn't he?" Zhang Yi looked up at him straightly, "No one can live a life in a daze, even if it is something that you want to avoid, there will always be a day when you have to face it."

"After all, running away doesn't solve the problem."

The strength increased again, even his knuckles turned white, Xu Jia said, "I don't want to force him."

"Oh, you don't want to force him?" Zhang Yi sneered, "You don't want to force him? Or are you afraid that after the matter is settled, Fuer will leave you because he can't accept it? Then he won't have any contact with you forever?"

Xu Jia's jaw line was tense into a line, and all the worries in his heart were torn away face to face, but he still stared back, "This is a matter between the two of us, and outsiders have no right to intervene."

Zhang Yi smiled and shook his head, "What? Just use this to talk about it? What's the outsider? Just because you slept with him for one night, you will become an insider? What if If you do that, Little Fuer and I have slept in the same tree for countless times, you are an outsider."

Xu Jia was completely enraged, and slapped the table with a palm, and Zhang Yi seemed to have expected it, and dropped the palm.

The two forces met on the small square wooden table, and then tore and argued, neither of them willing to take a step back.

Under such two evenly matched forces, the table stood intact, but the table legs were shaking violently.

Xu Jia's fierce Xiabai looked very cautious, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Zhang Yi actually bent his lips at him leisurely, "Why are you so angry? Do you think Fuer doesn't like you? Or don't you want to face that brother's feelings for your younger brother? Or don't you want to admit it? This love is nothing more than his connivance? And this connivance, even if it is not you, is the same for anyone else. "

Xu Jia was stunned by this series of questions, and withdrew the strength in his palm, and the table shattered into powder in an instant.

"You're scared, Xu Jia."

Yes, he's not sure.

From beginning to end, the only thing he can be sure of is his love for Fuer.And what was Fule to him?He never dared to think about it, and sometimes he would fool himself to say, what if it was?

But most of the time, they fell into boundless fear, what if... isn't it?

This little fear was enough to defeat all his thoughts of going forward.So cowardly, he chose to be content with the status quo, even if he didn't know clearly, it was better than Fuer could not accept it and wanted to leave.

As long as Fu'er stays by his side, he can coax himself countless times, and then take the initiative to extend his hand to Fu'er countless times.

Ever since Fu Er was kidnapped last time and came back, Xu Jia knew that it was impossible for her to let go.

Because it's impossible, I'm too timid to take any risk of losing it.

So he despicably chose to deceive, and ridiculously fabricated an illusory paradise.

Fuer doesn't understand love and can't tell the difference between affection, so he coaxes him, saying that it's okay for older brothers to hug younger brothers, even kissing is normal, and there's nothing wrong with sharing the same bed.

Because he neither wanted to risk losing him nor, paradoxically, wanted more intimate contact.

It's not enough to just look at it; even if you hold someone in your arms, you always feel almost meaningless.It must be the kind of strength that seems to be rubbed into the bone, and then there must be a breathless kiss, which will make him feel a little bit satisfied.

He is running away.

He is afraid.

He's... kidding himself.

Zhang Yi looked at Xu Jia's trembling shoulders, sighed, and said, "Xu Jia, he doesn't understand, why don't you teach him?"

Xu Jia buried his face in his palms, and it took him a while to recover. He moved back slightly to avoid Zhang Yi's hand, avoiding answering the question just now, but said, "Yesterday I asked him about the demons of his heart." thing."

Zhang Yi raised his eyebrows, "Oh? Will he tell you?"

"It's not detailed." Xu Jia frowned, "I just said that the demon is himself."

After that, Zhang Yiwen lowered his head, ran his hand along his beard, and did not speak for a long time.

Xu Jia raised his eyes, looked at him and asked, "Do you know something? Is it related to Qingshi Mountain?"

Zhang Yi paused with his hand touching his beard, looked up at him and said, "Why do you ask such a question?"

"Then what else could it be?" Xu Jia stretched his legs a little irritably, propping his body on his back with his hands carelessly, "When he was with me, he was very happy, and he didn't have any worries. If there is any hurdle that can't be overcome, it can only be before meeting me."

Zhang Yi, "..." You are quite confident.

"When Xiao Fu'er was in Qingshi Mountain, he didn't communicate excessively with his brothers from the same sect, so it shouldn't have anything to do with it."

Zhang Yi didn't lie. When Fu Er was in the Wangshuo School, he only had two things to do all day long, practicing kung fu and eating, and sometimes he didn't even care about sleeping.Unexpectedly, Xu Jia just chuckled sarcastically after hearing this, and retorted, "Fart, he told me yesterday that someone hid his food."

"..." Zhang Yi was silent, and asked, "Do you think Little Fuer is someone who will take these things to heart?"

Xu Jia stood up, with a stern light hidden in his downcast eyes, "He's not, I am."

After saying this, he turned and left without saying hello.

The sunlight shone on Zhang Yi through the open door, he narrowed his eyes lazily, and then smiled a few times with satisfaction.

Little Fuer, you are no longer alone.

The reason why Zhang Yi noticed Fu Er was entirely because Fu Er was shockingly taciturn.Every day before dawn, he carried a sword to practice in the kung fu forest, and he also took lunch alone. He didn't say a word when he was bullied. It was because Zhang Yi, an old alcoholic, rolled down from a tree because of a hangover, and fell right in front of Fuer. At that time, he was swearing and rubbing his butt. As soon as he raised his head, he came to Fuer who was holding a sword and looked dazed. Look at each other.

Hey, a cheap master fell from a tree.

Master Cheap made him do this and that all day long, Fuer knew it in his heart, but he never bothered with him, every time he silently helped him fill the wine gourd, and told him softly not to drink too much. Too much wine.

He forgets every time heartlessly, and Fule never tires of saying it again and again.

Until one day later, he left without saying a word about the original promise against his conscience, Fuer never resented him, he always had that gentle appearance, like a piece of fine jade, covered in There is a charming luster exuding from top to bottom, and he is good to everyone, but he never takes anyone in his heart.

So how could such a dull person have demons?

"It's just that the demon is himself."

Xu Jia's words echoed melodiously in his ears again, and Zhang Yi's eyes turned red suddenly, and he rubbed his face with his hands indiscriminately. If this is the case... If it is really like what Xu Jia said that the inner demon has something to do with Qingshi Mountain, That interpreter will never forgive himself for the rest of his life.

It was he who didn't take good care of him, it was he who abandoned him.

When Zhou Shun was looking for Pei Yu, he saw Yang Zhongliang's figure unexpectedly. He paused and hid in a corner. After waiting for half a stick of incense, Yang Zhongliang left with a smile. But Zhou Shun pursed his lips and watched him walk away before appearing. Pei Yu looked at him in surprise when he saw him coming, "Why are you here now? Where is the emperor?"

Zhou Shun kept staring at Yang Zhongliang's back, "Why is he here? What did he say to you?"

Pei Yu followed his gaze, "I didn't say anything. General Yang just came to me to ask about the situation of the imperial army. After all, he used to be a soldier under him, so it's normal to ask."

Zhou Shun withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and said in a low voice, "The old fox's tricks are almost certainly not good."

Pei Yu, "What did you say?"

Zhou Shun raised his head, the scheming on his face disappeared completely, he smiled brightly and brightly, "It's nothing, did you miss me?"

Hearing this, Pei Yu lowered his eyes uncomfortably, avoiding his gaze, and the strength of his hand pressing on the hilt of the sword continued to increase.

Zhou Shun, "By the way, when you were with Yang Zhongliang just now, did you notice anything unusual about him?"

Pei Yu, "Abnormal?"

Zhou Shun, "Yes, for example, are you injured?"

Pei Yu frowned and thought for a while, but didn't expect anything unusual, and asked, "What's wrong? Do you suspect him?"

"Yeah." Zhou Shun tilted his head hesitantly, "But I have no proof."

He just thought, if such a big mess really happened on the day of the temple reward, who would be the biggest beneficiary?

Since this monster was not aimed at Xu Jia, nor Fu Er, who could it be aimed at?

If something goes wrong...

That's Pei Yu's dereliction of duty. Could it be that Pei Yu has something to fear?

Seeing his puzzled look, Pei Yu rubbed his head with a smile, said "take your time", then patted his head as if suddenly thinking of something, and said, "Yes, anyway, now The work on the Lesi Temple has also been completed, do you think I want to tell the emperor, and return the half of the forbidden army's soldier talisman to General Yang?"

As soon as his words fell, Zhou Shun turned his head as if he was suddenly woken up, raised his hand and slapped the palm of his left hand hard, and said with bright eyes, "Yes! Why did you forget this? !"

Pei Yu glanced at him blankly, "What?"

"Soldier talisman!" Zhou Shun was so excited because of the sudden realization that he almost jumped up and grabbed Pei Yu's shoulder, "Someone wants your soldier talisman! So I deliberately released the monster, trying to cause trouble and find your fault .”

Pei Yu let out an "ah" in a daze, his thoughts were not as fast as Zhou Shun's.

And Zhou Shun patted him on the shoulder, winked at him and said, "Hey, lend me some military use."

This case won't last long.

The days near the end of the year always go by very fast, and a few weeks have passed in a blink of an eye. The deserted red walls and green tiles also add a bit of excitement. The lights and festoons, the auspicious snow on the branches, make people look at the mood. It's gotten a lot better for no reason.

People always look forward to the New Year, and always feel that there will be some new breakthroughs, changes, and growth in the new year.And those unsatisfactory, setbacks and even hurdles in the past will pass away with the old year; even when looking at your lover, you will feel that in the new year, he will love yourself a little more.

But in fact, Fuer has no memory of the New Year, or has no expectations.In his previous experience, the New Year was just a reunion dinner with his fellow apprentices, and the elder would give them year-end training with a ruler. This year was over like this. It was deserted and deserted, and there was nothing special to remember point.Oh, by the way, it seems that the brothers and sisters will sneak down the mountain that day to join in the fun at the market in a nearby town, and the elder will be very relieved that day, turning a blind eye to this Let them go, but usually at this time, Fuer has already gone back to the room to sleep.

He is like a jade spirit who has really strayed into the mortal world, without the slightest dependence or yearning for the fireworks in the world.

But this year he was inexplicably looking forward to it, looking forward to the first New Year with Xu Jia.

Xu Jia also didn't have a good impression of the New Year. He said it was the New Year, but it was just the same as every day before, running away, avoiding, and running endlessly. He asked Meng Gexing, "Auntie, Why are we hiding?"

Meng Gexing tugged on his sleeve irritably, and said without looking back, "Because someone is chasing you."

Xu Jia asked, "Why are they chasing us? Have we done anything wrong?"

As soon as his words fell, Meng Gexing stopped in his tracks, and the hand that was holding him began to tremble slightly. Xu Jia secretly bit his lower lip, knowing that he had stepped on a minefield, and when he was about to open his mouth to bring up this topic, Meng Gexing Ge Xing squatted down suddenly, pinched his shoulders with both hands, looked ferociously, and said with tears streaming down his face, "Why is there nothing wrong! It was a mistake to give birth to you!"

"You are the biggest mistake!"

Xu Jia closed his eyes slightly, his thoughts were reluctantly dragged out of the memory, ignoring the faint heartache in his heart, gradually focusing on Fu Er in front of him, and said with a smile, "Of course."

"Really?" Fuer's eyes widened happily, "Then it's settled, on New Year's Day... we will sneak out of the palace to have a New Year's Eve dinner together."

His voice became smaller and smaller, as if he was afraid that others would hear him.

Xu Jia stretched out his hand to hold his sleeve and shook it, deliberately lowered his voice and whispered in his ear, "Okay, it's settled."

Xu Jia's voice carried a smile that couldn't be concealed, and his tone was the same as coaxing a child. Fu Dun was embarrassed by him for a moment, pursed his lips, and was about to take the clothes from Xu Jia's palm in silence. ripped out.

But the more he pulled, the tighter Xu Jia pulled, and finally he gritted his teeth and gave Xu Jia a look, and then Xu Jia let go, and raised his hands upwards, but there was a wicked smile in his eyes.

"Brother, why are you still staring at people?"

Fuer gave him a soft "pooh" and turned to leave.

And Xu Jia himself kept staring at Fu Er's back like a fool and laughed non-stop until Zhou Shun who was standing beside him reminded, "Your Majesty, you can't sneak out of the palace on New Year's Day."

The smile on Xu Jia's lips paused, and he turned to glance at him.

"Did you forget? You have to have a reunion dinner with the concubines of the palace that day."

Xu Jia, "..."

The smile on his lips completely disappeared, his face darkened visibly to the naked eye, and remembering the way Fuer smiled and said that he had made an appointment with him just now, Xu Jia closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead in annoyance.

Well, he dug another hole to bury himself.

I have to coax again.

Fu Er's body recovered very well, except that Zhang Yi tried to ask him about his inner demon every day.

Fu Er said helplessly, "Second Uncle, you don't need to be too nervous, my mind is very stable now, and I haven't had nightmares for a long time."

To be precise, after staying overnight in Yugan Palace that day, I no longer have nightmares.

Because Xu Jia lay on the same bed with him every day.

Thinking of this, Fu Er's cheeks inexplicably burned. Although he went to bed together every night, every time he woke up, Xu Jia had already gone to court, so Fu Er naturally didn't know that, in fact, every morning he They all woke up in Xu Jia's arms. He simply thought that there were two quilts for the two of them, but sometimes he would touch Xu Jia's bed and exclaim, "Why does this person sleep so honestly? He doesn't even mess up the quilt." .

But she never doubted that Xu Jia would not only sneak into his bed while he was asleep, but also hug him to sleep.

At the beginning, he told Xu Jia that it always felt weird.

Xu Jia said, "What's so strange, the other brothers also slept on the same bed."

Fu'er looked up at him, "But I didn't see it when I was on Qingshi Mountain..."

Xu Jia was very sleepy, and in a daze stretched out his hand to help him pull up the quilt, "Who sleeps and opens the door for you to see."

Fuer bit his lip and thought for a while, and it seemed that what he said was right, but he still felt something strange.

Xu Jia's soft snoring sound came from the side, and Fudu suddenly lost his mind. He sprinted up cautiously, approached gently in the cool night, said "good night", and then gently moved towards Xu Jia. Jia kissed her on the lips, and then she pulled her body back to sleep and returned to her original position.

Fu Er closed his eyes tightly, Xu Jia said that other brothers would do the same, they would kiss and hug each other, and they would share the same bed, but he didn't know.

Xu Jia closed his eyes tightly, but the corners of his mouth curled up uncontrollably.