The atmosphere in the fourth prince's mansion made the animal spirit a little obsessed.
This and the environment he used to live in are simply two worlds, one is full of blood and coldness, but here it seems so peaceful and warm. The people in the mansion all looked kind and friendly. Whether it was sincere or fake, the smile on their faces always made people feel warm in their hearts.
Lao Liu in the kitchen is only fifty years old, and most of his hair has fallen out. In his own words, it was because he was roasted in a hot place all day long, but the manager Chen always made fun of his hair being stupid. This kind of joke doesn't make people feel hateful at all, but it makes people feel like laughing from the bottom of their hearts.
Lao Liu likes animal spirit very much, and always tells him not to rush to eat, and to be the last one. Then the two of them would each hold a bowl of rice covered with meat, squatting outside the back door of the kitchen and gobbling it up. Beastly eating is used to gobbling, but he knows that this kind of gobbling is definitely not the same as before.
Sometimes, Lao Liu would steal a little wine, and the two of you would take a sip and I would finish the drink.
They have money to buy wine, but the wine bought by themselves tastes different from the wine stolen from the owner. Anyway, they both think so.
"What's your kid's belly made of?"
This is a sentence that Lao Liu often asks about animal spirits.
Because he really couldn't understand how the animal spirit stuffed so many things into his stomach.
"I was hungry when I was a child, but now I can't keep it when I see something to eat."
Beastly answer.
"Excellence!"
Old Liu glanced at him: "Remember it in the future, anyway, you are also a member of the palace now. If you go out and walk around on the street, your status is superior to others. Although our prince... But at any rate, he is also a veritable prince! You look so good If it is seen by outsiders, the joke is that our palace has no rules."
"I got it, I got it, the braised pork is a bit salty today, so put less salt next time."
"Hey, you know what a fart, there is no salt in the braised pork at all."
"If I didn't say it, give me the fat one."
"No."
"Can I exchange two skinny ones?"
"Three dollars."
"Okay ok... old stuff..."
"Little bastard!"
"Hahaha."
This kind of dialogue, animal spirit can't wait to write down every sentence, no, it is engraved in my heart. Then squeeze out the things in my heart that hurt every time I think about them, so that I will only be happy now, and I will never have to think about those cold things again.
He liked everything in this palace, so much so that he even had the illusion that he would rather die in this palace than go out. Yes, it was just an illusion. How could he really be willing to die for no apparent reason after living so hard for so many years. To be alive, he paid countless times more effort than ordinary people in exchange for it.
His life is worth more than others.
Beast Qi did nothing during the first month of entering the palace. A month later, he began to try to get close to Yang Yi. If you want to find the secret, discovering it yourself is the most stupid way. The best way is to gain Yang Yi's trust and let Yang Yi speak out.
There is nothing closer to the secret than being Yang Yi's confidant.
but
He found that Yang Yi couldn't get close. This person looked easy-going but he couldn't find any flaws in his body. Although he doesn't know how to practice, it is not difficult to get close to him. But that proximity and this proximity are two different things, physical proximity means nothing.
Gradually, he discovered that Yang Yi had no secrets.
In other words, Yang Yi's secret is only known to him. He didn't have a particularly trusted person, and no one in the house had ever entered his study. Even if there is a person in the mansion who was ordered by Yang Yi to do something in the past, the animal spirit can smell this person and find out something.
But no, there is no such person in the house.
So the animal spirit knew that it was impossible for him to succeed. Then he tried to get close to Yang Yi's wife, seeking a breakthrough from the gentle and virtuous princess. But he later discovered that the princess never asked about his man's affairs. Her intelligence made her very clear about her man's character, and she would never touch the secret hidden in her heart.
Yang Yi
Yang Yi who doesn't trust anyone.
The animal spirit was helpless, he hadn't found anything useful for half a year, even if he could pretend to forget the second prince, but those cold eyes were always behind him, making him restless. Finally, one year after he entered the fourth prince's residence, the second prince, who had been waiting for useful news for a long time, got annoyed and sent someone to call him back at the same time as another person in the residence.
Beast Qi felt uneasy.
He didn't find out the secret of the fourth prince Yang Yi, nor did he find out who the other person was. In the private room of a restaurant, he saw that other person, and at this moment Beast Qi felt that he was really ridiculous, more ridiculous than any joke in the world. The man's glance seemed to tell him that you are an idiot.
The other person is Lao Liu.
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"Be careful yourself in the future."
On the way back, Old Liu took a look at Beast Qi and smiled gently: "Don't worry, if you and I are both disadvantaged people, and if you want to get rid of one of them as an example, then the one who died must be me. Not you. So you don’t have to worry about this time, you need to worry about the next time.”
"Why?"
Beastly asked.
After asking, he understood... because Old Liu is older than him. The reason is as simple as that, he is young and can still do things for the second prince for many years, but Lao Liu is already fifty years old, he will definitely not live longer than him, even if he lives longer, he will not be more useful than him . So if one has to die, then it must be Lao Liu and not him.
"Maybe... no one needs to die, His Highness is just very disappointed..."
Beast Qi said something, but even he himself didn't believe what he said.
"Why do you lie to yourself?"
Old Liu still smiled like that, and seemed not worried about his result at all: "Actually, you and I both know very well that the second prince asked you and me to meet on such an occasion, which means that one of them must be killed. Get rid of it. You have to pay attention to the new people who enter the palace in the future, and the people who will be arranged to come in again will not be like me."
"Why did you enter the palace? You don't seem to be trained."
Beast said.
"It's very simple, my son is the same person as you."
The old man was still smiling, but his smile was already stiff: "My son was taken away when he was only ten years old, and I don't know where he was taken away. Then one day someone came to me and asked me to enter the fourth prince's mansion Do things. He told me that if I do well, I will bring my son back, and if I don’t do well, I will never see my son again in this life. Hehe... In fact, I don’t know, maybe my son died long ago.”
"What's your son's name?"
Asked subconsciously with animal spirit.
"It's called Shansheng."
Old Liu suddenly thought of something, grabbed the arm of Beast Qi: "Have you seen him, do you know him?"
"No."
Beast Qi shook his head: "I've never heard of this name."
Old Liu's hand slipped down slumped, and it was obvious that he was very disappointed. But he quickly smiled again: "It's okay if you haven't seen him, most of the companions you've seen are probably dead. If you haven't seen him, it means he may still be alive."
Beast Qi felt sour in his heart, and the boy who looked at him with disdainful eyes on the top of the mountain involuntarily appeared in his mind. He once knelt down in front of that boy and begged for a little food, and then the boy gave it to him like a stray dog. Him some, and then...
Beast Qi shook his head vigorously, forcing himself not to think about it.
Old Liu is dead.
He died in the house where he lived one night this winter. After conducting an autopsy, he concluded that he died of charcoal fumigation. A brazier was lit in his room, and the doors and windows were tightly closed. No matter how you look at it, Lao Liu's death was an accident, but Beast Qi knew it was definitely not an accident.
And at that moment, he suddenly realized that both Lao Liu and him were wrong.
In the residence of the fourth prince Yang Yi, there are absolutely not only the two of them who were arranged by the second prince.
They used to fantasize absurdly that the newcomer must be the second prince, so they just had to be wary of him. Who would have thought that the second prince would arrange three people in this mansion? even more.
In the days that followed, the warmth that the animal spirit was infatuated with disappeared. He began to be wary of another person all the time. He didn't know who that person was, but that person definitely knew who he was. Lao Liu's death was caused by that person, and his method was extremely clean, without any flaws.
And in the next few years, the fourth prince and the second prince became closer and closer. The second prince also seemed to have forgotten the existence of animal spirit, and never summoned him again. But the more this is the case, the beastly life is filled with fear every day. He knew that the old days of survival of the fittest seemed to be coming back again.
He is scared.
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Time passed so quickly, even he himself didn't remember how long Beast Qi had lived in the palace. What reassured him was that the second prince summoned him again and told him that there was nothing to worry about, and that his role was in the future rather than now. What's more, the second prince revealed to him intentionally or unintentionally, among the group of people who trained with him at the beginning, he was the only one who was entrusted with important tasks, and the others were still waiting.
Beast Qi didn't know what time would be after that, but he understood why the second prince hadn't looked for him in the past few years. The second prince wanted him to hide deeper, and it would be more effective when he was used.
pity
Impermanence
Who would have thought that it was the fourth prince who seemed to have the least chance of becoming an emperor, and finally sat on the dragon chair. When this news was sent back to the palace, even the animal spirit couldn't believe it was true. Later he heard that the fourth prince wanted to lead troops out to prevent another prince from returning to the capital, but on the way the fourth prince suddenly changed his mind and led his troops back to Chang'an City. The seventh prince led two hundred slaves to guard a city gate to welcome the fourth prince into Beijing.
It is said that before the old emperor died, he pointed to the fourth prince and said, "He is the most suitable."
Then, Yang Yi succeeded to the throne.
Beastly is happy, really happy.
The dream of the second prince is finally gone, and he can start his life again.
But just as he packed his clothes and saluted to enter the palace with all the people in the palace, a team of flying fish robes from the inner guards surrounded his room. Then Beast Qi thought of the way the fourth prince Yang Yi looked at him the day he just entered the palace, he couldn't help shivering from the cold, like falling into an ice cave.
The fourth prince knew it from the very beginning.
In the secret cell at Ouchi's guard, life is exactly the same as in the abandoned brick kiln. The methods used by the Ouchi guards are exactly the same as those used by the teachers who trained them. During those days, Beast Qi began to gain weight, because every time he ate very full. He used to eat a lot but never gained weight. Later, he thought about it, maybe during those days in the prison, he knew that he would definitely die, so he gained weight instead.
On an unknown day, the iron gate of the prison was pushed open.
A somewhat familiar person appeared at the door, glanced at the person in the prison, and then pointed at the animal spirit: "I want to take this person away."
"Your name is really ugly."
The person who took away the animal spirit shook his head: "Beast spirit, needless to say the word beast, this word is even more unlucky. I am going to do great things, so I have to win a good fortune. From now on, you will be called wine, sex, money, and wine. If you have color, the most important thing is to have money, but you don’t have energy.”