twilight endless

The sky was still clear during the day, but it started to turn cloudy in the afternoon, and the wind became stronger and stronger. By sunset, black clouds had covered half of the sky.

Rui'er lay on the ground of the main hall of Ziwei Palace, the black cloud in her heart was more gloomy than the one outside the window, but even so, it was not as gloomy as Emperor Wuxing's face.

"Let's talk." Emperor Wu Xing couldn't hear the slightest emotion in his voice, "You have supported Fengzhou for three years, but you have written too much with the World Spirit Hall, why?"

Zhou Ji also fell on the ground, his shirt already soaked in cold sweat, and when he heard Emperor Wuxing's question, he lowered himself a little.

"I'm asking you, why don't you answer?"

Zhou Ji had no way to answer.

"Your Highness is really messing around! He actually has an affair with a half-demon!"

"Does Your Highness know what happened during the reign of Tongqi? If not, then Your Highness has heard about how King Xianzhang died?"

"Your Highness doesn't understand the power of this, so blame Yang Xuan for letting Your Highness go. Now that this is the case today, please cut it quickly, so as not to cause disaster in vain."

"The emperor has a heavy heart, Your Highness must be vigilant!"

"Your Highness, listen to Yang Xuan's persuasion, treat it like a big dream, and forget about it."

Yang Xuan's warning and persuasion sounded in his ears, but Zhou Ji really couldn't answer Wu Xingdi's question.Do you want to tell the emperor that you have been teasing with the half-demon sparrow eagle in the World Spirit Hall for the past three years, do you want to present to the emperor every letter that Su Su has returned in the past three years?Wouldn't that implicate Susu again for no reason?Absolutely not!

Zhou Ji stabilized his nerves, made up his mind, and said: "I don't know what my father said. After three years of guarding Fengzhou, I only used the letter sculpture of the Seven Killing Army to pass the military report. If there is any contact, I hope the emperor will clearly observe it."

"Do you deny it?" Emperor Wu Xing snorted coldly, and threw a stack of letter papers to Zhou Ji, "Look for yourself, what is this?"

Zhou Ji picked up one, only glanced at it, and was shocked!He hurriedly picked up a few other ones, all of which surprised Zhou Ji.

"Ji'er is really hardworking. He is busy with the war and still misses the imperial capital." Emperor Wu Xing said without a trace of warmth, "Almost every month, I write letters to ask Yang Xuan about the big and small things inside and outside the court, and I also care about my health. , I even have to ask what I eat every day and whether I sleep soundly."

"Royal father! No minister!" Zhou Ji fell on the ground, "These letters did not come from the minister."

"Can't I still recognize your handwriting?" Emperor Wu Xing was furious, "Do you think I'm blind?"

"Father! I really don't have any son!" Zhou Ji had no choice but to deny it palely, "My son was wronged!"

"Shut up!" Emperor Wu Xing snapped a few words, "The sparrow hawk that conveys the message is also there, how can you rely on it? The sparrow hawk is a spiritual creature of the gods, and those without spiritual power cannot be tamed. Why do you need to use this thing?"

Outside the hall, the black clouds that had been accumulating for half a day finally couldn't bear it anymore, flakes of snowflakes fell from the sky on the basis of the biting wind, whizzing and hit the window lattice.In the hall, Zhou Ji's middle coat was wet and then dry, and the dark cloud in his heart was on the verge of collapse.Looking at Emperor Wu Xing's cold eyes passing through the wind, he felt a wind blowing around him that was colder than the blizzard outside the window, licking him like a sharp knife, and the knife saw blood.

"Your Majesty!" Rui'er, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Rui'er is His Highness's constant follower, and he stays around day and night. Rui'er has never seen His Highness and Yushen through private letters." Rui'er didn't care about judging Zhou Ji. Before Zhou Ji exited to stop him, he hurriedly said, "That Sparrowhawk was domesticated by Ruier, His Highness didn't know it. Ruier raised that Sparrowhawk for his own personal affair, Ruier and Ban Yaosu... ..."

"Shut up!" Zhou Ji suddenly understood Rui'er's intentions, and hurriedly stopped, "How can you be presumptuous here?!"

Lingering in speech, Rui'er couldn't speak any more, but he still looked at Zhou Ji unwillingly, but what he waited for was Zhou Ji shaking his head that everything was in vain.

In October of the 20th year of Wuxing, Zhou Ji, the King of Yi, and Yang Xuan, the Imperial God, were temporarily detained in Imperial Prison on suspicion of treason.

As soon as the imperial edict came out, everyone in the court was shocked, stirring up a thousand layers of waves, and a huge net of thousands of threads shrouded inside and outside the court hall.Some people keep silent for fear of affecting themselves; some operate secretly to survive in danger;

When Bainai heard the news, she was shocked mixed with panic, but in the end, it all turned into a tender anxiety.Even if Su Sheng told Bainai Zhou Jishe that she chose the imperial power, even if Zhou Ji did not recognize her when they met again, even if Zhou Ji did not invite the emperor to reward the half-demon as promised, Bainai still kept the last trace of warmth in his heart To Zhou Ji.

Baina cherished every letter that Sparrowhawk sent back in the past three years.But now, those whispers have turned into evidence of treason, how can it be tolerated? !

Even if there are thousands of disappointments, I only wish you peace.

Bainai thought for many days and finally made up her mind. She carefully took out the letters that contained endless tenderness and longing, and sneaked out of the backyard of Prince Shen's mansion at night.

"Stop!" Zhou Chu walked out from the darkness behind the courtyard lights, and asked in a cold voice, "What are you going to do?"

"Your Highness, forgive me." Bainai knelt down on the ground, "Bainai has kept something from His Highness."

"what's up?"

"Bainai..." Bainai bit her lip before continuing, "Bai Nai once wanted to belong to him, but now this person has been wronged, and Bainai is going to save him."

"This person..." An invisible flame ignited in Zhou Chu's heart, "Is he the eldest brother?"

Unbelievable appeared on Bainai's face, but retreated a little bit, Bainai presented the brocade box in his hand, blushing and said: "Before Bainai was reincarnated, I fell in love with King Yi at first sight in the forest of gods, and often have Private meetings. King Yi went to northern Xinjiang for three years, and he has been teasing love with Bainai with sparrow hawks. The letters written by King Yi are all written to Bainai, and they are all whispers of children. He has never talked about imperial power, how can he talk about treason? ?" Bainai looked at Zhou Chu and begged, "I beg Your Highness to present the letter to the emperor to prove King Yi's innocence."

When Bainai said something, the fire in Zhou Chu's heart became more intense, and he opened the brocade box that Bainai handed over without saying a word.Zhou Ji's tenderness and love for Bainai overflowed from the lines, and every sentence stuck in Zhou Yu's heart.Zhou Chu read it in silence, with no emotion on his face, and then threw the letter into the stone courtyard lamp next to him.

Bainai was shocked, and rushed to grab the letter, but was stopped at the moment by Zhou Chu's words of "don't move".

"Your Highness..." Bainai looked at the tenderness and lovesickness that had turned into ashes, and broke down in tears, "What...what do you mean?"

"This king is saving you, and I am also saving elder brother." Zhou Yu clenched his fists hidden behind his back, "No matter whether elder brother communicates with Yushen or with you, it is impossible for him to have an affair with World Spirit Hall." The facts to resist. Now that you show these letters, you can only add yourself as evidence, and add another charge of adultery with a half-demon to your elder brother. What is the use of your elder brother's innocence?" Zhou Yu judged Looking at Bainai's expression, he persuaded, "Bai Nai, I know that you value love and righteousness, but is it worth it for you?"

"Why does Your Highness ask such a question?"

Seeing Bainai's deep pool-like eyes filled with helplessness, Zhou Yu couldn't help reaching out to caress the teardrops on Bainai's cheeks, but felt Bainai's invisible dodge.Zhou Yu's complexion did not change at all, still caressing Bainai's face, and said softly: "Three years of thinking day and night, I didn't recognize you when I met you again in the Four Elephant Hall; The emperor asked him what reward he wanted, but he didn't ask for you either; he married Mrs. Zhao according to the decree, and he will have a cherished fate in the next year. Compared with you risking your life to save him now, I really don't know what he has done for you. Nai, Bainai, is it really worth it for you?"

Bainai lowered his eyes and said softly: "As a prince, I can't help myself. Bainai dare not ask extravagantly. I only wish to do my best, but I don't regret it."

The fire in Zhou Yu's heart finally burned into a monstrous fire. He turned around and stopped looking at Bainai, and said: "My elder brother's old injury has relapsed, and he is suffering in prison. Today, I begged my father to allow me to go." Visit. Come, you come with me."

Bainai followed Zhou Chu down to the bottom of the prison, and met Zhou Ji in the deepest cell.In the dark, cold and damp cell, Zhou Ji was only wearing jackets, leaning against the wall and coughing unceasingly.Hearing someone calling him, Zhou Ji leaned on the wall and moved over with difficulty. When he saw that it was Zhou Chu, he even managed to squeeze out a smile.

"Zi'er? Why are you here?"

"Zhou Yu heard that my elder brother's old illness had relapsed, so I asked my father to allow me to visit." Zhou Chu's face was full of distress, "Elder brother, why do you look like this? Did the jailer treat you harshly? Is there any medical officer here? ?”

"That's all." Zhou Ji smiled wryly, "I am a guilty person, how dare I expect such things."

"Eldest brother was wronged!" Zhou Yu said firmly, "They just don't see that elder brother is both civil and military, so they use these trumped-up charges to slander elder brother."

"It's useless to say these things at this time." Zhou Ji shook his head and said in a low voice, "My father doesn't believe me, that's my biggest sin."

"Brother..."

"You don't need to persuade me anymore." Zhou Ji put his hand on Zhou Chu's shoulder through the cage, and said, "Now that things have happened, there are only two things that I am worried about."

"Brother, please tell me, Zhou Chu will definitely do it."

When Zhou Ji heard this, he smiled with difficulty at first, and then said: "First, I am worried about my wife and daughter. The fate is still so young. If I..." Zhou Ji paused, waiting for the endless worries in his heart to return to calm Then he said, "I can't escape this catastrophe. If anything happens to me, please take good care of me and love and cherish fate for me. And my half-demon Chang Sui Ruier, who followed me through life and death, I can't bear him to go with me, and I don't want him to fill up the Seven Killers and bury his abilities in vain, please ask Father to go and let him follow you in the future."

"En." Zhou Yu knew that Zhou Ji's heart was dead, no amount of consolation would be futile, only a solemn promise.

"Prince Yi!" Seeing that Zhou Ji hadn't glanced at him from the beginning to the end, all he was thinking about was his wife, daughter and Rui'er, he couldn't help but suddenly said, "Does Your Highness remember Susu of the Forest of God's View? "

The word "Susu" was like a thunderbolt, tearing open the old wound in Zhou Ji's heart. Zhou Ji looked at Bainai through the blood dripping, and then said with a cold face: "I don't know." I don't know what to emphasize, Zhou Ji Ji added, "I only had private letters with the God of the World Spirit Hall, other than that, I don't know anyone else."

Bainai looked at Zhou Ji's expression from shock to indifference, and the last trace of warmth in his heart was also covered by the wind and snow.