I'm a bully in troubled times

Six years ago, when Qi Ranming was 17 years old, he and Ji Zhong passed through a village.

The soil that had just rained was wet, and the air was filled with the smell of fresh soil, as well as the sticky smell of blood, indicating that many people had just died in this village.

Almost everyone in the village died.

Qi Ranming's hearing was sensitive, and he heard a soft sob among a group of dead people.That is Zhan Xia.

Qi Ranming stopped and picked out a 15-year-old boy from the pile of dead people. The boy was tall, but his heart was straightforward and pure.He looked at the corpses of his parents and brothers and sisters, wiped his tears and cried until he fainted, he was the only one walking along the boundless road ahead.

Perhaps it was the same lonely situation that touched Qi Ranming, so he kept the child by his side, taught him martial arts, and gave him food.At that time, Ji Zhong was most interested and fresh about Qi Ranming, so he naturally let this little matter go.

However, I didn't expect that Zhan Xia was not very literate, but he was quite talented in martial arts.What Qi Ranming teaches is always clear, and he is willing to endure hardships without being afraid of getting tired, and his martial arts have improved by leaps and bounds.Ji Zhong saw the value that could be used from him, so he took out the trick of being a corporal, and locked Zhan Xia's heart.

Zhan Xia is much easier to control than Qi Ranming.

He has never seen filth in his eyes, nor has he seen too many dirty and corrupt hearts.After all the changes, he is still innocent, and he has learned ten percent from Qi Ranming's teaching that "whoever treats him well, he will treat him well".But he couldn't tell the truth from the falsehood, and he whole-heartedly decided that Ji Chong was a worthy monarch who should inherit the throne.

He has never understood what kind of contradiction exists between Qi Ranming and Ji Zhong, why do they have to stay away from each other forever?In his heart, both of them are people he trusts very much.Now that he saw his master insulting his most respected brother, he was confused and puzzled. While feeling sorry for his brother, he also felt a little bit dissatisfied with Ji Chong.

This is exactly what Qi Ranming wanted.

When Zhan Xia carried Qi Ranming on his back, he found that he was very light, his body was thin, and his breathing was weak.So Zhan Xia became more careful, gently carried Qi Ranming to the side hall, put him on the bed, and asked softly: "Brother, do you want hot water for a bath?"

Qi Ranming nodded silently.

Zhan Xia ordered someone to prepare hot water and bring it in, and then went out consciously, but peeked in from the window while Qi Ranming was taking a bath, and saw the red mark on Qi Ranming's back and the hickey on his neck.Then Zhan Xia collapsed a bit, the master forced his brother's body... What should I do?

When Zhan Xia was struggling outside the door, Qi Ranming glanced outside, then bent down pretending to be in pain.After performing all the tricks, Qi Ranming came out of the tub and slowly put on the clothes Zhan Xia prepared for him.

Zhan Xia was worried, so he asked someone to collect the hot water, ran in with small steps, went to Qi Ranming's bedside, touched his forehead, and felt relieved when he saw that he didn't have a fever.

"Brother, just rest here, if you call me, I'll be by your side." Zhan Xia said.

"No, you go out." Qi Ranming said lightly.

Such an indifferent tone suddenly hurt Zhan Xia's fragile heart.

"elder brother……"

"Still," Qi Ranming said, "are you worried about me, afraid that I will run away?"

"I'm not." Zhan Xia said.

Qi Ranming snorted lightly, and deliberately stabbed him with words: "You don't have to be afraid, my acupuncture points were sealed, and I took medicine, and now my limbs are weak, and I can't even stand up. I can only be manipulated by others, just want to run It’s also powerless.”

Zhan Xia lowered his eyes in shame.

"If you are so worried about me and insist on staying, that's up to you." Qi Ranming said.

When Qi Ranming said this, Zhan Xia was too embarrassed to force him to stay, although his original intention was not to worry about Qi Ranming, but to worry about him.

After finally getting rid of outsiders, Qi Ranming slept peacefully.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhan Xia came into the house to deliver breakfast to Qi Ranming.After a night, the effect of the medicine on Qi Ranming's body has almost disappeared, but the acupuncture points are still sealed, and the internal energy is still useless.

During breakfast, Qi Ranming was thinking about how to trick Zhan Xia to help him unlock the acupuncture points.

Qi Ranming pondered for a while, then asked, "Where's your master?"

Zhan Xia said: "Your Majesty, he went to the post house to negotiate with those princes and kings this morning."

"Negotiation?" Qi Ranming smiled, "Take other people's lives and force them to do things, is this called negotiation?"

Zhan Xia frowned slightly: "Brother, I know that you have opinions on the king, but there are many things that he is not willing to do. Although I don't understand those court affairs, the king is the son of heaven, and the princes and kings have their own opinions. The obligation to follow the battle. He has no choice but to do so."

"It's a last resort?" Qi Ranming said, "Then he has no choice but to treat me like this?"

Zhan Xia suffocated.

Qi Ranming raised his head to look at him: "Do you know why I left in the first place?"

"Why?" Zhan Xia sat down, looked at Qi Ranming and asked quickly.

Qi Ranming said: "You should know that there is poison in my body, right?"

"That's what he played for me before I met you."

Zhan Xia froze for a moment, then stood up abruptly: "Impossible!"

"What's impossible?" Qi Ranming seemed to be recalling, "Not long after I met him, he wanted to use me, but he didn't trust me, so he poisoned my food, accumulating over time, only a little at a time , I can't find it either."

When Qi Ranming said this, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "When I found out, I was already deeply poisoned. I had no choice but to continue to listen to his orders."

"Using poison to control others is what he is best at." Qi Ranming said, "Look at those princes and kings yesterday, aren't they the same?"

Zhan Xia is not very smart, and he trusts Qi Ranming very much. When Qi Ranming said this, he was a little shaken.

Qi Ranming continued: "What really made me completely disappointed in him was an incident three years ago."

Three years ago, Qi Ranming was 20 years old, and he returned to the royal family with Ji for a year.

"I thought he would be a wise king who was dedicated to serving the country and the people. However, after returning to the royal family four years ago, I found that he is no different from those people who are greedy for profit. He is just eager for power and will do anything for power."

"In just one year, he designed to frame and kill many people who opposed him in the court. And many of them are good officials with the world in mind."

"He even ordered me to assassinate his father."

Ji Zhong's father is naturally the late King Hui.

"But the former king..." Zhan Xia said in surprise, "How could he be so easy to assassinate?"

Qi Ranming smiled: "Yes, the former king was not so easy to assassinate. He asked me to assassinate the former king, and then directed and acted in a scene where the escort failed. , succeeding to the throne as the new king.”

"but me……"

And the assassin naturally became an abandoned child.

Ji Zhong didn't tell him so much, and only let him go to assassinate, but Qi Ranming is not an idiot, how could he let him take advantage of him so easily and let him manipulate him?It turns out that no matter how close people are, they can be ruthlessly abandoned for the purpose.

When Qi Ranming thought about the meaning behind Ji Zhong's order, he realized that he had believed in the wrong person in those four years, and also paid for a young and never-spoken sincerity.

From the age of 16 to 20, when he met Ji Zhong at the age of 16, Ji Zhong was like the first ray of light that appeared in his dark life, dragging him out of the land of despair.And four years was enough for him to recognize that person's hypocritical heart hidden under the hypocritical appearance.The night Qi Ranming learned that he had become an abandoned child three years ago, Qi Ranming was once again pushed into a deeper darkness.

"People are greedy for life and afraid of death," Qi Ranming said softly, "I don't want to be played by him like this, so I left."

"But now that I meet him again, I realize how ridiculous it was that I chose to follow him for four years." Qi Ranming put his hand on his collar, "Did you see it last night?"

Zhan Xia was still immersed in the shock and didn't come back to his senses. Hearing this, he replied instinctively: "I see."

But then he remembered that it was a bit embarrassing, so he remedied: "I just... saw a little bit."

Qi Ranming looked at him and said, "Do you still think he is such a benevolent master? The reason why he is kind to you is because he has no one who can replace you. You are talented and strong in martial arts, and you are no worse than me How much, and it’s better to control, so he thinks you can replace me, and it doesn’t matter if I die.”

"How could it be..." Zhan Xia still couldn't believe it, "How could your majesty do this?"

Qi Ranming smiled mockingly: "He's always been like this, but you can't see it."

"Do you want to guess, if I can't leave this time, what kind of identity will I be left by him in the future?"

At first Zhan Xia took it for granted that it would be the same as before, but now even with his IQ he can understand that it is impossible.

"It's impossible for him to trust me anymore, and it's impossible for him to let me continue to have the previous martial arts. Either he will keep locking my acupuncture points like this, or he will directly abolish my martial arts. Then, he wants to do what he wants to do."

As for what to do, the two tacitly agreed.

The scene I saw last night was vivid in my mind, the more Zhan Xia thought about it, the more angry and distressed she became, and said angrily: "How could the king do this? How could he treat you like this?"

Qi Ranming lowered his eyes, suppressing the thoughts in them.

"If you think that he doesn't care about me like this, then just keep looking at me like this."

"No!" Zhan Xia said, "absolutely not! I can't let the king treat my brother like this!"

It was dry mouthed, and finally succeeded.

"Brother, I will quietly relieve your acupoints right now, run away quickly, and don't come back again." As Zhan Xia said, he immediately stretched out his hand to relieve the acupoints on Qi Ranming's body.

Qi Ranming hid for a while: "No."

"Why not?" Zhan Xia was about to die of anxiety.

Qi Ranming frowned and said: "If you let me go like this, it will be difficult for him to trust you in the future, and it will be difficult for him to continue to use you. Your fate may not be as good as mine."

Zhan Xia: "It doesn't matter bro, I'll just run away then."

"Why are you still so naive?" Qi Ranming glanced at him, "With your brain, you still want to run away from him, are you too confident?"

Zhan Xia scratched his head: "Then what should I do, I can't watch my brother being king..."

"You can go with me." Qi Ranming said.

Zhan Xia was stunned.

Qi Ranming: "Unlock my acupuncture points first."

Zhan Xiayi explained his acupoints, and heard Qi Ranming continue:

"You let me go twice, Ji Zhong will definitely hold grudges against you. You can no longer stay with him. You are the one I dug out from the pile of dead people. I taught you martial arts and brought you up. , I can't let you also become Ji Zhong's abandoned son, be abandoned at will, and lose your life."