In Fulin Street, there is a majestic five-room three-door. The two vermilion solid couch doors in the middle are closed all the year round, and even the small doors on both sides have not been entered or exited for more than half a year. Under the hanging flowers on the top of the head, the resplendent and resplendent large plaque tells passers-by that this place is not an ordinary rich and noble family, but an unattainable royal relative.
But today, the small doors on both sides were opened a little, and some brave people took a peek at it from a distance, and saw the servants sweeping and sweeping inside, and a group of graceful maidservants wandering around, like a fairyland on earth.
"Be quick!" An elderly butler walked down the steps, looked around, and then walked quickly to the empty courtyard that had been abandoned for many years. At this time, all the objects in the courtyard were replaced with brand new ones. Even the candlesticks were shining brightly, the butler ordered the servants to take out the bedding and pillows and wash them clean, and selected the fragrance of lavender to give to the maidservants, then said, "Be careful, the master will be back in the future."
The servant who had been following him wondered: "The master came back when he came back, why did he suddenly want to use this Qi Hui Yuan? Could it be that he brought us a mistress?"
The old butler knocked on the young boy vainly and pointed: "You can talk too much about the master's affairs! Go to work!"
There is only one waterway from the canal to Beijing, and it would be too ostentatious for Yan Chang's boat to sail in like this. It stands to reason that the enfeoffed kings are not allowed to enter the capital without an edict, and those who violate it will be relegated at least, and at worst they will be accused of treason. It is the birthday of the ancestor of the empress dowager above, and Yan Chang should also make such a trip because of emotion and reason.
The Son of Heaven is a wise man, and the voice of benevolence and righteousness is out there. Yan Chang concluded that he would not just refute his own face, so after handing over the papers earlier, he set off on his way before the Son of Heaven approved him. If this kind of behavior is known to others, he should be judged as "unscrupulous", but on the face of it, he acts meticulously and does everything without leaking. Thousands of people stare at him, but they can't find his fault.
When the boat arrived in Gyeonggi, it stopped entering, and found a small pier that was almost deserted with few people, and abandoned the boat to change cars.
A group of people carried their luggage up and down, all of which were dead iron crates. No one knew what was inside, but curiosity was curiosity, but no one really dared to guess what was in the boxes, but those who had the opportunity to see , probably only Yan Chang and his few cronies.
The servants moved blindly, and Yan Chang walked over without any disguise, and opened one of them directly to confirm the safety of the objects in it. Someone took a quick look and saw that it was a pot of red coral, a precious ornament from the South China Sea. These dignitaries, royal relatives and relatives didn't have any rare treasures, so they stopped being curious.
Yan Chang looked at the red coral in the box, and thought of the first time he realized the difference between superiority and inferiority, it was because of such a pot of red coral.
In the new year of that year, it was supposed to be a celebration of acacia, and the hall was filled with gifts from various palaces and ministries. He is young and energetic, he only cares about his own pleasure, and hates intrigue the most, besides, he just assisted the Ministry of War with a beautiful thing a month ago, and he was in the limelight for a while. At the banquet, his mother and concubine repeatedly instructed him to make friends with the ministers, but he said "annoying" and hid aside to eat wine and enjoy dancing.
At that time, a red coral tree was tributed from the South China Sea. It was very graceful. He liked gold and red. When he saw the pot under the steps, he couldn't take his eyes off him. He stared straight at the whole dinner party. The emperor asks for it. There is nothing in the world that he would not like, even the only pair of Jade Gou Toads in Daxia, and the emperor once gave him a big wave of his hand. This time it was just a worthless coral tree, and he was even more confident.
But who knew it was such a coincidence, just as he opened his mouth, Seventh Brother also ordered the coral tree.
The Seventh Brother is well-known, and although he is not a direct descendant, his mother's family is noble. There are rumors in private between the government and the public that the old emperor has long had a preference for the candidate for the throne. After a hundred years, this Seventh Brother will inherit the great treasure. Standing in line, lest the emperor change his courtiers. This kind of gossip spread to him, but he only got a sneer and a smile. He didn't take it seriously. The Seven Emperor Brothers are virtuous, but they don't have the slightest military exploits. Now the border is frequently in chaos. No matter how stupid the father is, he won't be so stupid Go and choose Brother Seven.
The implication is that he should be chosen.
He only said this kind of arrogant words once in the concubine's palace, and Dang even got slapped by the concubine and reprimanded him to be cautious in his words and deeds. On the surface he followed suit, but in fact he was very dissatisfied in his heart, so he competed with the Seventh Brother everywhere, trying to overwhelm him. But Lao Qi is a temperless person, you can press it when you press it, grab it if you grab it, and don't have any obvious disputes with him, just like a soft steamed bun that can't be handled or squeezed.
Naturally, he would not give up the pot of red coral today.
He really couldn't remember exactly what happened, but he only remembered the slightly frowning eyes of his father when he was in a high position, among the gold pots and silver cups. In the end, he also failed to get the pot of red coral, and watched the people below move it back to Brother Seventh Emperor's residence. And the only thing that his father gave him was a golden silk version of "The Sutra of the Supreme Old Monarch Often Sayings of Qingjing", saying that since he likes things decorated with gold and silver, he should take this volume back and keep it as a tribute.
He read the entire Qingjing Sutra overnight, copied a dozen copies and pasted it in the palace, and then suddenly realized that what the scriptures failed to tell him was told by the red coral placed in the Seven Emperor Brothers Hall—in fact, The emperor loves him, but it's just a dream and a passing cloud, and he knows what others say is right, he is just a windshield and a stepping stone for the Seventh Brother.
After that, he never talked about the coral tree again, and went headlong into the northwest, making countless military exploits.
At that time, he still had a little bit of luck in his heart, thinking that maybe his father, seeing his ability, would know that he is not just an idiot who only knows how to be extravagant and lustful, and he would be able to change his opinion of him and know how hard he is.
At a young age, he had accumulated scattered injuries all over his body, and when the old ones healed, there would be new ones immediately, which was good or bad. But in the end... things were not what they wanted.
How can he obey!
Yan Chang's mood that had been calmed down in the past few days was stirred up again by a pile of old events. He frowned slightly, but he couldn't completely suppress the gloom welling up in his eyes. churn. Now that he is in charge of Yuedi, he has as much red coral as he wants in the South China Sea. When he is happy, he will give it to the beggars on the street.
But after all, it was the root of all his pain, lying on his chest like a petrified fishbone.
"Boom! Boom!"
Yan Chang turned his head, heard the sound of kicking the door, and a few curses came from the sealed cabin, he suddenly raised his brows, closed the iron box casually, strode back, and stopped there. In front of the door locked by a heavy iron chain, through the door panel, he said with great emotion: "Are you awake? You woke up earlier today than yesterday, and it's only three quarters before the clock. Don't you want to sleep more?"
The east cabin has already been completely sealed by Yan Chang. Sometimes Yu Jinnian can see a little light from under the crack of the door, or guess whether it is day or night from the subtle temperature changes, but most of the time he is immersed in the boundless darkness, making it difficult to tell. time. There is nothing to do, those few skill toys have long been tired of playing, throwing them on the ground and don't want to touch them, and Yan Chang doesn't let him do other things, he can only sleep when he is bored, and when he falls asleep, the time will be messed up .
What's frustrating is that if Yan Chang hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have known that he was sleeping upside down day and night.
Yan Chang heard that he was silent, and continued to tease him: "You might as well guess where Ji Shuluan has gone."
When Yu Jinnian heard it, he couldn't hold back immediately, kicked the door panel, and couldn't help but swear: "You fucking know him!"
A smile floated on Yan Chang's face: "It doesn't matter if you know him, he will never know where you are in this life. Year after year, people's patience is limited, I am, and so are you, and I have no strengths except You have cultivated the word forbearance so well, why don't you try and see how long you can endure." He closed the door as he spoke, as if he was stroking something else through the wooden board, and his voice softened instantly, " Just don't make me wait too long."
Hearing that intimate name, Yu Jinnian felt disgusted. But when he thought about it carefully, he felt something strange in his words, how long can he bear it, and what can he bear it for
Before he could figure out why, there was the sound of chains shaking outside the door, as if someone was unlocking the lock. Yu Jinnian was locked in the east cabin for half a month. underfoot. He also heard Yan Chang talking to Zhou Feng, mentioning "Qi Huiyuan" and "cleaning up" in their words. He couldn't see what Yan Chang was planning, so he took a few steps back to avoid it.
With the "bang" of the chain falling to the ground, Yan Chang's figure gradually appeared in the crack of the door.
It's just that the sky outside was too bright, Yu Jinnian immediately turned his head and lowered his gaze, not daring to look directly at the light, otherwise his eyes would be overwhelmed.
After a while, I took a sneak peek and realized that I had landed. He calmed down for a moment, and fell into a new round of thinking about "how to escape". After all, once he landed, he would not be as easy to control as he was on the boat. If he planned to escape, the chance of success would be greater.
Yan Chang also seemed to feel sorry for his eyes. He approached and thought about them carefully, and was about to raise his hand to touch them, but Yu Jinnian avoided them jealously. Otherwise, if you live in a dumb room, you will go crazy in a few days. Your glazed eyes and exquisite heart are only interesting if you are open and awake. But I want to ask you, what fun can you have with Ji Shuluan? He's a rotten, rotten, boring guy."
It was the first time that Yu Jinnian heard other people describe Ji Hong with such unstyled words as "sour smell" and "boring". On weekdays, his ears would be filled with words such as "excellent grace", "elegant charm", "Lanzhi Yushu" and so on. "Pile him up like a banished fairy, although it is a bit exaggerated, but Ji Hong is indeed a handsome man with outstanding talents.
In any case, it doesn't match up with sourness, so Yu Jinnian disapproved of Yan Chang's evaluation, and commented on Yan Chang in turn: "Boss Xia, to be honest, you are probably blind."
He really has this kind of ability, even though he has been reduced to a fish on other people's knives, he can still continue to choke people without changing his face, and he doesn't know how to repent.
Yan Chang smiled instead of anger, looking lifeless, but turned his face the next moment, raised his left hand and hooked his fingers out of thin air.
The next moment Zhou Feng and several young and strong servants rushed in, they held his hands and feet, and pressed him against the table with all their strength. Even if he didn't want to sit, he was forced to put his butt on the bench.
Yan Chang came over with a bowl of tea, Yu Jinnian realized what he wanted to do, and immediately struggled, but he was not a martial artist, and the greatest strength in his life was just carrying rice noodles back from the grain workshop, only Zhou Feng's strength alone, Just enough for him to drink from a jug.
When the matter came to an end, Yu Jinnian didn't pretend to be so obedient, he stared at Yan Chang and said, "Your surname is not Xia at all."
"Oh? Is that so?" Yan Chang stopped, not because he was afraid of being exposed by Yu Jinnian, but because he was interested in when he revealed his identity, or maybe it was just the young man who said it out of a hurry to deceive him, "Then you Instead, tell me what my last name is, and if you guess right, I will let you go."
Yu Jinnian refused to say it, but with that straightforward expression, it was obvious that he already had the answer in his heart, but he just didn't bother to put it into his mouth.
Yan Chang smiled, but still took a step closer.
Yu Jinnian knew that he was doomed, and thought, but it was just another drunken Rakshasa, and it was no big deal, at most it would be another night of suffering, and he would be a good man again after waking up.
Yan Chang pinched his chin, gently lifted the teacup, the slightly red juice poured into his throat with a strong sweet and sour taste, he thought it was tea, but after entering his mouth, he found that it was squeezed fresh fruit pulp, so sweet Tired, he opened his mouth to satirize how he changed his taste today, but suddenly he felt the taste of swallowing come up from his throat, and besides the sweet and sour, there was a tingling numbness that could not be ignored.
He suddenly widened his eyes, struggling almost with all his might.
After pinching his mouth to finish filling the fruit pulp, and pressing him to digest it for a while, Zhou Feng let go of his hand.
Yu Jinnian jumped up and stood up, and immediately opened his mouth to retch twice, but couldn't vomit, raised his head and cursed: "Yan! How much did you put in the fuck? Do you know that this will kill people!" He didn't wait for the other party to answer, already Rushing to the hand basin in the house, he pressed the base of his tongue to vomit, vomited a little with difficulty, then kept pouring water on himself, and continued urging.
"I thought you were stronger than gold, and you didn't want to live in my hands, and you were not afraid to die generously. It seems that you are almost there." Yan Chang looked at him calmly, as if the evil he did just now was different from what the young man is suffering now. Suffering has nothing to do with him. He watched enough of the show before he answered Yu Jinnian's question seriously: "Not much, enough to knock you down after you vomit part of it."
It's not that Yu Jinnian is afraid of death, but he just doesn't want to die for no reason in a place that doesn't make sense, just like his previous life, absurdly dying his whole life. Everyone has obsessions, no wonder the depth of the obsession. All he wants is revenge, Jing Zhong wants to make amends, and for him, living and living with value is his obsession. Therefore, Yan Chang's move completely pissed him off.
"I just said, if you guessed my surname correctly, I will let you go without breaking my promise." Yan Chang sideways stepped aside to open the door, and said briskly, "Let's go."
Yu Jinnian really couldn't vomit, and when he heard this again, he was furious, how could he get away after being drugged? It's just playing him like a monkey! But even for a while, he didn't want to see that lunatic anymore, walked around Yan Chang, stepped out of the east cabin, kicked Zhou Feng again, staggered off the boat, stood on the shore and looked up at the man, In front of all the servants, he pointed at Yan Chang's nose and cursed loudly: "You are a fucking lunatic! You are a complete lunatic!"
Yan Chang didn't deny it either, just stood on the boat and watched him walk away, and then started to run again, as if he could really escape by running a few steps. However, running like that, the blood flow will only speed up the effect of the medicine. Even he knows this kind of superficial medical theory, how can the little Xin'an doctor not understand
Then the reason why Yu Jinnian ran so far was because he simply hated him.
"Desire is born of obsession." Yan Chang said, after many years, he still remembered the contents of the Qingjing Jing, "The reason why all living beings do not know the true way is because they have delusion. Its god is all things..."
I don't believe in ghosts and gods, but I remember them better than anyone else.
"Since grasping all things, greed is born."
In the distance, the boy staggered two steps and fell to the ground.