Yin Kaiyang looked at Shan Chao teasingly, then smiled and walked out the door.
The emperor was leaning on the dark gold pillow, the candlelight was dim, which made his complexion look sallow and decayed. Shan Chao wanted to kneel down to see him, but he reluctantly raised his hand to stop him: "Aiqing, you don't have to be polite... how is King Yong doing?"
King Yong, who hadn't touched his teeth for two days, was naturally very bad. Shan Chao hesitated for a moment, but told the truth, the emperor nodded and asked, "Has the food delivered every day been tested for poison?"
"Report to Your Majesty, it has been tested."
The emperor raised his wrinkled eyelids and looked at Shan Chao with a glint, meaning what was the result
"...Your Highness's food and drink today, I personally bought it."
The emperor withdrew his gaze and let out a long sigh.
"King Yong was smart and eager to learn since he was a child, modest and prudent. Because of his background, he was careful everywhere in the palace. He never took an extra step or said a word... It would be understandable if he took He Lanminzhi in, but murdered him. I don't believe in the prince."
The emperor's sentence confirmed the recent case of poisoning the prince against Yingtian, and Shan Chao just listened quietly without saying a word.
"It's just that the queen can't tolerate him, the queen's heart is getting bigger."
The emperor tremblingly stretched out his hand to the medicinal soup beside the couch, Shan Chao picked up the soup bowl, tasted it himself before handing it over.
The emperor nodded in satisfaction.
"Zhou Wang Li Xian is also a good boy, but unfortunately he has a weak personality and is not his mother's opponent; Ji Wang Li Dan has only turned thirteen after the new year, so he can't be counted on. If there is something wrong with me, Guozuo Sheji should still fall On King Yong, you must take good care of his life."
Shan Chao said in a deep voice, "I understand."
"You earned it through your military exploits. You have a clean fortune and no worries, so I believe you can do this."
The emperor drank the bitter medicine slowly, only hearing the silence in the Yang Palace, only the slight sound of the silver spoon hitting the bottom of the bowl.
"...Your Majesty," Shan Chao finally took a breath in the almost frozen silence, and asked in a low voice, "If Your Majesty really wants to keep King Yong, why don't you just stop the boiling water instead of just pulling out the bottom line?"
— This is a risk of beheading. If it is spread to the Queen of Heaven, ten single superheroes tied together will not be able to withstand the heinous crime.
The emperor's hand stopped, and his expression changed slightly in the shadows, but unexpectedly, he didn't get angry after a while, but asked calmly, "You really think so?"
"… yes."
A helpless smile slowly emerged from under the emperor's beard.
"You have the guts to ask such a question, which shows that I have not misunderstood your character... But you have to take advantage of the time when the flames are not burning. It might catch fire, so what should I do?"
"—So you need to be patient and dormant first, make proper preparations, and if necessary, thunder will strike, and cut off its minions first..."
The last four words made Dan Chao's complexion change instantly!
"...and then find the root cause." The emperor on the sick bed didn't realize it, and finally finished speaking.
Shan Chao tried his best to suppress the heavy panting, a nerve in the back of his head seemed to be tensed to the limit, and even his temples felt faint needle-like pain.
After breaking his minions, the emperor actually gave birth to the heart of the minions after Duan Wu!
When did it start? What will happen next in this treacherous city of Luoyang? !
"I am approaching the end of my life, the crown prince died of injustice, King Yong's life is at stake, and there are many civil and military factions in the Manchu dynasty... If there is still Shan Aiqing at this time, I don't know who to hand over King Yong's life to." Got it."
The emperor reluctantly raised his hand, Shan Chao hastily stepped forward and half knelt down, but saw the emperor's cold and soft hand patted on his shoulder, and said: "Loyalty of Aiqing, King Yong naturally sees it, and there will be others in the future." return."
Shan Chao said: "... I am loyal to the country, and I never thought of anything in return..."
The emperor smiled comprehensibly, and struggled to remove a string of jade beads from his wrist, only to see that each was as bright red as blood, and there was a vivid red jade tiger with a big thumb cover hanging from the bracelet: "This is for Ai Qing, take it stop."
Shan Chao took it in his hand, only to hear the emperor's tired voice coming from above:
"If the situation gets out of hand in the future, until the Eastern Capital is attacked by swordsmen, you can use this thing to contact the British Duke Li Jingye and others. He holds tens of thousands of old troops of his ancestor Li Ji in his hand... Leading troops to fight, I trust you."
The emperor covered his mouth and coughed a few times, finally calmed down, and waved his hand to signal that Shan Chao was fine: "It's getting late today, you go first, and call Master Yin back to me."
Shan Chao held Yuzhu, suppressed his slightly unsteady breathing, bowed and saluted, turned around and retreated without saying a word.
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At the same moment, in the back hall of Shangyang Palace, the door suddenly opened from inside, and Xie Yun stepped out of the threshold with his sleeves flicked.
At this moment, the barren backyard is deserted and deserted, only the shallow shadows of the bamboo and cypresses cast on the ground. Xie Yun walked forward along the corridor, but suddenly stopped.
I saw a heavy figure in front of him with his back turned to him, without turning his head, he said leisurely, "Ah Yun."
"..." Xie Yun frowned without answering.
Yin Kaiyang didn't care, and turned his head to look in the direction Xie Yun came from: "Are you finished?"
The two confronted each other under the moonlight for a long time, Xie Yun finally smiled and raised his hand from under the sleeve of his robe. I saw the blood dripping from the slender fingertips to the palm, grasping something tightly, clearly discernible under the moonlight.
——That turned out to be a living heart with warmth!
"So you've been there all the time, why didn't you go in just now?"
Yin Kaiyang asked back: "Isn't it your business to do what I go in?"
Xie Yun narrowed his eyes and stared at him, Yin Kaiyang said indifferently: "Why, should I go in and stop you?"
Xie Yun said, "If it was me, I would."
Yin Kaiyang looked at Xie Yun with great interest, as if he was meeting him for the first time today, rubbed his chin with his knuckles for a long time, and laughed: "There is one thing I still don't understand. At the beginning, He Lanmin always made things difficult for you. , but you never really wanted his life. He was given to die in Shaozhou three years ago. According to your temper, you should have strangled him to death in front of you, but you didn’t do that, even afterward. They didn't send someone to open the coffin and flog the corpse, so that he was given a chance to escape and return to Beijing..."
"It wasn't until today that he actually stood in Shan Chao's way that you finally made a move." Yin Kaiyang jokingly said, "What is your psychology, Ayun?"
Xie Yun supported the heart that was gradually freezing, and blood drops slowly fell from the gap between his fingers to the ground, making a thud.
"I don't know," he finally said, "maybe it's because some people are stupid but not stupid enough to die."
Yin Kaiyang raised his hand and nodded, his index finger almost touched Xie Yun's forehead, and said with a smile: "Admit it, the biggest difference between us is that you have compassion for the weak, but I don't."
"..." Xie Yun was noncommittal, and turned his head to avoid his fingertips: "You blocked me here in the middle of the night just to say this?"
Yin Kaiyang is a person who likes to do seemingly inexplicable things sometimes, and he didn't strangle Xiao Yin Tianqing who was a few years old but brought him back to the secret door, which can be counted as one of them.
However, he is so strong that even if he is really mentally ill, he still has the right to suffer as much as he wants. Xie Yun pressed Tai Ah back silently with one hand, but only heard Yin Kaiyang suddenly said slowly: "On the day the crown prince was killed, the imperial decree came to Xuanyang Mansion to ask me whose birthday is on the third day of April..."
"It's mine." Xie Yun mocked, "Why, want to claim credit?"
Yin Kaiyang raised his eyebrows.
"I won't thank you for what you are honest about," Xie Yun said coldly.
Unexpectedly, Yin Kaiyang withdrew his index finger, then shook it:
"Wrong, what I want is not your gratitude, but another person."
"Although he has no wink and doesn't know what is good or bad, but his heart is thinner than paper and his life is higher than the sky...Lengtouqing."
Xie Yun spent most of his life in Chang'an City, where the power is most concentrated. Hearing the words, he instantly understood the unfinished meaning of Yin Kaiyang's words, and there was an undisguised mockery at the corners of his brows and eyes: "—Oh? The head of Yin has been the same for ten years. I placed my bet on His Majesty alone, and now that His Majesty is dying, I have to find a way out quickly, right?"
"Whatever you think." Yin Kaiyang said casually, "Remember to convey my meaning to that stunned young man, he will also need a secret door soon."
Yin Kaiyang waved his hand, turned around and walked out of the courtyard.
In the night, his back was graceful and extremely free and easy. Xie Yun stared at him closely, his eyelashes formed a sharp arc at the ends, and suddenly said loudly: "Stop!"
As soon as Yin Kaiyang turned his head, Xie Yun strode forward and suddenly forced the bloody heart into his hands!
Yin Kaiyang: "..."
Xie Yun pressed against his ear, the corner of his mouth slightly curved. That posture looked very ambiguous from a distance, but only Yin Kaiyang could hear his mean and evil voice: "This should be yours, take it."
In the distance, Shan Chao stopped abruptly, his pupils constricted suddenly.
Following his line of sight, the two were standing opposite each other under the moonlight. Yin Kaiyang turned his body slightly, but he could still see that Xie Yun's upper body deliberately leaned forward slightly, which was a distance that could be described as ear to ear.
And their hands are tightly held, and from the perspective of Shan Chao, you can even see the palms close together.
Shan Chao's brain, which was originally full of various chaotic thoughts, seemed to be emptied in an instant, his thinking went blank, and he even forgot to step forward.
"... Head Yin said that he only knew two people who were born on the third day of April, and the other was Xie Yun, the commander of the Beiya Imperial Army..."
"Bold! A lowly slave, how dare you call Master Yin's name directly?!"
…
Shan Chao didn't know what was going on, his body seemed to have his own consciousness, he backed away step by step trembling, and by the time he realized it, he had already exited the back door of Shangyang Palace.
Shan Chao's chest rose and fell, and his nasal cavity was filled with scorching gas due to panting. At this moment, a voice came from behind: "General Shan?"
"-Who?!"
Shan Chao turned around abruptly, his voice almost harsh. The next moment, I saw a strong wind rushing straight in front of me, and an extremely sharp weapon rushed to my eyes in the dark night without anyone noticing it!