I hope to return to the country

Silent.

A Yuan didn't cry out for grievances or sophistry, just stood there quietly in the cold wind, feeling cold all over his body, and didn't make a sound for a while.

Qin Zhiyi's words sounded like a question, but his tone was extremely flat, so light that it almost made people think that he was just talking about an irrelevant matter.

But A Yuan would prefer that he get angry, even if he stabbed him in the chest with a sword, it would be better than looking at him with extremely strange and distant eyes like now.

"It turns out that I still can't hide it from His Highness."

A Yuan's throat rolled, and finally he opened his mouth and confessed frankly.

"That's right, I pretended to be weak and invincible, and someone kidnapped Mr. Le, and I didn't follow His Highness's instructions, make arrangements in advance, and send additional helpers in time afterwards, so that I delayed arriving late, causing Mr. Le to suffer such a disaster. I have failed His Highness's trust, and I am willing to die to make amends to His Highness and Young Master Le."

As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled out the sword from his waist and put his backhand on his neck, intending to kill himself.

It's just that before the blade of his sword touched the flesh, it was already bounced off by a strong external force. Even his wrist was sore and numb, and he couldn't hold the sword stably. stone tile floor.

Along with the sword, there was also a blood-red maple leaf, which Qin Zhiyi picked up on the table just now, and used it to save A Yuan's life.

"If you want to die, you should die on the battlefield, when you are confronting the enemy, not by your own sword."

Qin Zhi also looked at him, frowning slightly.

"Not even afraid of death, but afraid to give me a reason?"

"reason······"

A Yuan stared at the long sword at his feet, with blood in his eyes, he suddenly raised his head.

"Your Highness is extremely smart, can't you figure it out? That Mr. Le is the son of Luo Yuelin, the beam is not upright and the beam is crooked, he is an out-and-out disaster! Why is Luo Yuelin so unscrupulous and repeatedly lays down on you?" Tripzi, even dare to abolish the Eastern Palace Yuwei? Isn’t it because you are sure that because of his son’s relationship with you, you will not do anything to him as a prospective father-in-law, but will show mercy to him and be willing to be controlled by him!”

The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and he simply poured out all the doubts and dissatisfaction in his heart.

"So why is Luo Yuelin so confident? It must be because his son secretly informed him and reassured him! The first time Mr. Le approached you, he was deceiving and plotting against you! You raised such a Being around the scourge is equivalent to having a secret agent who will stab you in the back at any time! Have you forgotten how much hardship you have suffered, how difficult and difficult it is? How can you be caught by a momentary beauty? Bewildered by tenderness, you are so confused!"

A Yuan's face was full of aggrieved hatred of iron and steel, as well as undisguised hatred for Le Zhiyu.

"If you don't stop, you will suffer from it! Since you are reluctant, I will do it for you and throw this disaster to others. Everything went smoothly, but why didn't he die, why didn't he be taken away, why didn't he die? Will it be found by you even if it is buried in the pile of corpses?"

In anger, A Yuan snorted again.

"Who knows if he is playing some kind of trick again, deliberately trying to cheat your trust? I don't think you need to find any famous doctor to save him, just hang him up for a few days, and keep him safe. Eliminate, stop going crazy!"

"Finished?"

Qin Zhiyi was not moved by his embarrassing words, but just brushed the fallen leaves off his knees with a wave of his sleeves, and stood up.

"You hand over the last few things I told you to other people, and then go."

"Walk?"

A Yuan was startled, and murmured, "Where are you going?"

Qin Zhi also said something lightly.

"Go to the market, go to the rivers and lakes, go to live your own life, and then you will be free and stable for a lifetime, and you don't have to go back to the East Palace."

what······

This simple sentence fell into A Yuan's ears, but it was no less than hearing spring thunder.

He opened his eyes wide in disbelief, startled and anxious.

"Your Highness wants to drive me away? I have been following His Highness for 13 years. Are you going to give up your loyal right-hand man for the sake of a treacherous son?!"

"13 years of loyalty is not worth a day of betrayal."

Qin Zhi also stood under the dim light, tall and straight like a pine and cypress, he stared at A Yuan, with a bit of stern look in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "You know what I can't tolerate the most, but you still knowingly commit crimes." , these three days I have given you a chance to confess first, but you didn’t cherish it. Sparing your life is because I have seen your loyalty for many years, and I have given you extra forgiveness. When you leave, you will simply leave. It can be regarded as saving yourself some last bit of decency."

With Qin Zhiyi's words, A Yuan's complexion became more and more bleak, until finally it was as white as paper.

He was panting heavily, his chest heaving and unsteady, as if he couldn't accept the result at all, but after all, he didn't argue any more, knelt down, saluted Qin Zhiyi properly, got up and left, He turned half of his face until he reached the door, and said with a choked voice: "Your Highness, take care, be careful, don't be fooled again."

The new moon poked out half of its head quietly in the night, and sprinkled silver frost all over the place, adding a bit of coldness to this late autumn night.

Qin Zhi also stood there without moving since A Yuan left, his eyes were fixed on the closed door directly in front of him, and he didn't even look away for a moment.

After an unknown amount of time, the door was finally opened from the inside to the outside. The old doctor was still wiping the sweat all over his head and tremblingly stepped over the threshold to Qin Zhiyi, with a look of sincerity and fear, but there was nothing in his words. But it is a little more joy of rebirth after the catastrophe.

"Fortunately, the villain did not disgrace his life. He exhausted all his life's knowledge and finally achieved some results. The young man inside has regained his sanity a lot. Apart from the fact that his throat was choked by the smoke and he could not speak for a while, everything else is fine. , the villain will prescribe a few more medicines to recuperate, and he will soon be back to normal."

Qin Zhiyi's stern expression suddenly eased a lot, he moved his long legs, passed the old doctor, and strode into the room like a gust of wind.

What came to meet him was the lingering smell of bitter medicine, and Le Zhiyu, who was standing barefoot in front of the screen with loose hair and beautiful water-colored eyes, looking at him with aggrieved eyes.

This was the first time Le Zhiyu saw him in three days, and he didn't dodge hastily, his whole body was silently resisting, wishing to stay away from him.

"Is it better? Are you hungry, what do you want to eat?"

Qin Zhiyi's eyes lingered on Le Zhiyu's face, and seeing that he didn't answer, his tone became a little softer.

"By the way, I forgot that you can't speak now, so I'll prepare a pen and paper for you. If you want anything, if you want to tell me, just write it down, and I will do it for you."

Le Zhiyu shook his head, bit his lips and held out his hand hesitantly to Qin Zhiyi, as if telling Qin Zhiyi that he didn't want anything but a warm hug.

Qin Zhi also lowered his eyes, his eyes fell on his delicate white hands, paused, then slowly raised his eyelids, and looked at Le Zhiyu's face again.

This scrutinizing gaze made Le Zhiyu a little uncomfortable, subconsciously shrank back, his face became more aggrieved, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and the tip of his nose was reddish, looking pitiful and cute.

He waited for a long time but didn't see Qin Zhiyi coming forward, hesitated for a while, moved slowly, approached a little bit, carefully wanted to bury his head in Qin Zhiyi's arms.

It's just that before he could touch Qin Zhiyi's skirt, someone grabbed his slender neck and slammed it against the wall mercilessly.

Le Zhiyu turned pale with fright, and made a broken and untuned weird sound from his throat, struggling to grasp the fingers that were holding his neck tightly, trying to make the other party let go, but it was in vain.

"You are not him."

The gentleness on Qin Zhiyi's face had long since disappeared, replaced by a cold and frightening sharpness.

"Where is he?!"