The Words of the Number One

In the darkness, other senses became extremely sensitive, and Ji Yu's silence seemed extremely long. After a while he laughed softly, I turned my head in the direction of his voice, but I still couldn't see anything in a black shadow.

He said casually, "What evidence do you have?"

"Should we think about how to get out?"

"It's not in a hurry for a while."

His attitude was quite calm. I sighed, held his wrist and said, "You have never been drunk. Although you smell of alcohol on your body every time you come back from drinking, your breath doesn't smell much."

"It may be flowers and fruits that smell of alcohol."

"But Muyun people don't have this kind of habit. How can you act like a merchant with your carefulness? It can only be said that you don't drink alcohol in the first place. Whether you are Ji Yu or Ye Sichen, you should use Changed the bar somehow?"

"What about invulnerable to all poisons?"

"I'm just guessing, because you didn't take the antidote every time you used the poison powder. Of course, it may be that I didn't see it. Later, you gave me the poison for self-defense, and I poisoned you for verification."

There was a silence on the other side, and I could guess Ji Yu's expression now that he had nothing to say.

So I smiled and said: "You are fine, and the antidote I prepared was in vain. After that, I am sure that you are invulnerable to all poisons."

"As for your fear of the dark, that's just a guess. You light a lamp every time before nightfall, and you always leave a candle when you sleep. When we were lighting fires in the wild, you wouldn't be too far away from the fire."

"Maybe I just like it brighter."

"But your pulse is beating very fast now. We have been buried for so long and you are still very nervous, especially when there is silence. Isn't this because you are afraid of the dark?"

"..."

"As for Han Bo, the purse on his body is the embroiderer of Lingshang. I have seen his account books, and it should not be a coincidence that he uses Yan Kingdom's counting method."

During this period of time, Ji Yu asked me to study accounts with Han Bo, and I found that Ji Yu still has many secret properties in the hands of people like Han Bo. Who are those people? Why is he so loyal to Ji Yu?

At that time, the blood of the royal family of Yan died due to the plague. It was the Prime Minister Han who wanted to seize power and usurp the throne and provoked civil strife in Yan. The three major families, the Han family, the Feng family, and the Du family fought each other. At that time, the princes from all walks of life fought for the banner of justice, and after the fall of the Yan Kingdom, they all wiped out the Han family who had usurped the throne.

It's just that there were too many princes crusading at that time, each with their own ulterior motives, because there was almost another war to carve up the Yan Kingdom. Later, Zhou Tianzi came forward to mediate and arranged the interests of each prince properly, thus avoiding a big war. That is to say, after that, Zhou took back one-third of the land of Yan State, and Zhou Tianzi became famous and prestige.

Ji Yu was still a hostage in Yan State during the civil turmoil in Yan State. At that time, Ji Yu was already the young governor of Yan State, so the main family of the Han family could not be saved, but it was still possible to save some collaterals. Thinking about his secret property, it was handed over to the Han family that he saved back then.

It has been eight years since the civil turmoil in Yan began, and he should have planned it earlier, with so many secret productions, such a huge network of funds and intelligence, and these loyal servants. No wonder his lobbying has never failed, his proposals have never failed, in fact he has the power to influence a war.

I have met so many people, monarchs, generals, and courtiers, and I have dealt with them, but I have never met a person as terrifying as Ji Yu.

Ji Yu laughed loudly, the shock spread from his chest to his fingertips and then to my hand, he said: "You can piece together the whole picture by grabbing a few clues, even if I don't want to tell you It's scary to be able to guess slowly. I always feel that we will die together one day."

That would be an admission of my conjecture.

"Song Changjun said that Mr. Ji Yu he knew loved drinking and was very courageous, and you were poisoned by the poison of death. Why is it so different now?"

"...We should think about how to get out?"

"It's not urgent for a while." I returned his words and added: "We are all pinned down and can't move. We have to wait for others to rescue us."

Ji Yu was silent for a while. I didn't know what he was thinking, but I could only feel his steady and strong pulse and the tight skin between my fingers, like a heart beating on taut silk.

Plop, plop.

poof.

"You know I was poisoned, and then I was detoxified for two years." He said slowly.

"Ok."

"I was once blind when detoxified."

"...how long have you been blind?"

"One year."

"and after?"

"Later...after the poison was detoxified, my eyesight returned. Thanks to the poison of the breathless, I don't like the dark from then on, I am immune to all poisons, and I am not suitable for drinking anymore."

He said it lightly, as if it was just some common old thing, except that his skin was always taut and never let go.

There was a moment of silence between us, and the smell of dust permeated the cramped and small space, making it hard to breathe. I sighed lightly and said, "Nobody wants to save us yet, we won't really die here."

"That's really absurd." His laughter sounded in the dark, and he said, "I don't know anything about this person who is going to die with me. I met Song Changjun a few days ago, and he told me that although He grew up with you but he doesn't know you, since your mother passed away, no one can know what you're thinking."

I smiled: "I'm not like you, I don't have any secrets, you can ask whatever you want."

It seemed that it was surprising that I let go of my mouth too easily, or maybe it was too many questions to ask. He thought for a while before asking: "What kind of person is your mother? Why did she die?"

This question is a little far away, and the bright and smiling woman vaguely appeared in my mind. She always called me Jiujiu one by one, and could call my name with different rhythms.

"She is...the smartest person I've ever met, and her whole life is in her hands." I licked my dry lips, recalling her life: "She was an orphan, and she had no food and clothing when she was a child." Life was very difficult, and her biggest wish was to get rid of poverty and live a stable and leisurely life. So she worked hard to become a well-known actress, approached her father, and was accepted as Mrs. I want a stable life. Even in the days when she was sick at the end, she was happy, and she died of illness when I was seven years old."

My mother is actually very smart, and often commented on the various methods of the ladies in the harem to me, and she has always been very accurate. Maybe she could fight, but she didn't want to.

My mother believed that everyone has their own destiny, and she didn't care about me except telling me to approach my term when I was dying so that I could be raised by the queen. She loved herself the most in her life, lived for herself, never relied on anyone, was neither greedy nor merciful, and lived very chicly.

Ji Yu said leisurely: "You never doubted your mother's death, did she really die of illness?"

"My mother was born as an actress. Her status is the lowest among all the wives in the palace. There is only one daughter under my knees, and my father rarely favors her. Such a wife is so insignificant that her death There was no disturbance at all. Later, I investigated secretly. She had no reason to be killed, did not threaten anyone, and was not even worth being used. If you want to hate, of course you can hate, for example, the day came late For example, the imperial doctor who never took care of my mother, for example, our dark and damp room. What's the point of hating these things? If you don't want to hate, you won't hate it. "

"You say it like this, as if you've been doing well all along, and no one complains."

She lost her mother when she was young, the country was ruined and her family was destroyed when Jiji was born, her marriage contract was annulled, she and her elder sister were displaced and scattered, and they were poisoned and threatened to be a maidservant. So it seems my day could hardly be worse.

"I seem to have a bad life all the time, but there is really no one to complain. It's been like this since I was a child."

It is hopeless that all those hardships and pains are no one's fault. Looking back and forth, there is only an understatement of bad luck.

You are suffering because of bad luck.

"I'm probably not lucky." I said with a slight smile.

He was quiet for a long time.

I think I was too cold and cold to surprise him who was also cold.

"How can there be someone like you in this world..." He chuckled softly, "Everything you have experienced is just a struggle for survival in your eyes. How much like your mother, you always hold yourself in your hands and never lose control."

Although my mother's life can't be said to be smooth, it has fulfilled her wish. It would be great if she was like her.

Ji Yu's hand lay in mine relaxedly, not as nervous as it was at the beginning. I hooked his fingers and asked, "Then may I ask you why you hate your father so much? His reputation has always been excellent."

He laughed lowly, with the sneer I felt from him the first time I mentioned his father. Maybe it was the fear of the dark that took off his disguise, or maybe it was because life and death were unpredictable, he told me about him for the first time.

"This Emperor Zhou, while acting kind, taught me that kindness, benevolence, and righteousness are false, and the use of interests is true. The world is full of background, talent, character, and character. As long as you know how to use and manipulate, you can shape anyone into a The way you want. Doing things is like a businessman. Every penny you spend has to think about how to earn it back multiple times. Every bit of profit you sacrifice has to pave the way for it to turn back. People and things on the road are all ants."

"You think I'm not kind, but he's a hundred times more vicious than me. What's even more frightening is that he lied to almost everyone, my mother, brother, sister and the brothers of the Gu family, all of whom believed that he loved him. No regrets, disgusting."

Zhou Tianzi has a very good reputation among the princes, even the overbearing lord has to say that the emperor is a true benevolent, benevolent, propriety and righteous king, and a model for the world with a heart for the common people. I used to think that he could not only gain such a reputation, but also gain benefits. He once had the momentum to revive the Zhou royal family, so he should be a very cunning monarch.

The Son of Heaven that Ji Yu said sounded much more ruthless.

Ji Yu smiled softly, and said slowly, "It would be great if they were half as sharp as you. Someone as smart as you would definitely not believe him."

The tone was not very sad or angry, just tired.

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