When he opened his eyes drowsily, the surroundings were pitch black, so quiet that even the sound of breathing seemed noisy, as if the sound of dust rolling on the ground was amplified by the empty quiet room. Yu Jinnian woke up and found that he was not sleeping on the bed again, and the back of his neck was slightly stiff. He sat up and moved around, and just about to stretch, his arms were suddenly caught in the air.
Yu Jinnian sighed, lifted his body, let out a thin silver chain, and stretched it. It is estimated that Yan Chang put the silver chain on him, after all, no one else has such a perverted hobby. The chain was very long, long enough for him to walk from one end of the room to the other, but short enough that he could only look at the steps leading to the exit there from a distance, but he could only see it but not touch it.
He went to find the table by feeling, wanted to drink water, but he tripped over the table leg halfway and fell under the bookshelf. When he got up, he used the bookshelf to use his strength. It fell straight down, and the things on it fell to the ground. Yu Jinnian blocked it with his arm, but it was inevitable that he would be hit a few times, but in the chaos, he suddenly felt something sharp brushed past his forearm.
When the surroundings became quiet again, Yu Jinnian went to the ground to feel it, and without much effort, he touched an iron object with sharp edges and edges—it turned out to be an arrowhead. He frowned, and just about to throw it away, he took it back and quietly put it in his arms. Only then did he get up, slowly touched the table at hand, and after a lot of effort, he groped for the teapot, picked it up and took two sips.
Bah, today's soup is not clear water, but jujube soup. I don't know how much sugar is added, it's sweet and bitter. Yu Jinnian barely swallowed a few mouthfuls, and quickly put it aside.
It was darker here than on the boat, and it was so dark that it made people panic.
No wonder Yan Chang called it a "dumb room".
He was unconscious when he was thrown in, and he didn't see the whole picture of the room, and he didn't know what was in the room, so he suffered a lot on the first day, and now there are still bruises on his calf and waist that hit the corner of the table. bruises. It's just that he is an honest person, even if his back is sore and his legs are hurting, he is unwilling to be lonely and touches here and there. In normal times, the small room where the whole picture can be scanned at a glance, it took him several hours to figure out why.
Only then can I experience the taste of the blind man touching the elephant.
There are several bookshelves filled with various books; a spacious and heavy solid wood table, scattered on the table seems to be the four treasures of the study; an Arhat bed, with a small table and a pair of futons in front of the bed.
Other than that, nothing else.
There is no light and no sound.
Yan Chang didn't come on the first day, and in the next few days he just followed the boy who delivered the food, and came in to have a look. Only at this time could Yu Jinnian come into contact with the pitifully weak candlelight, accompanied by exquisite dishes, even the taste of his mouth. Every grain of rice makes him feel cherished. And every time Yan Chang leaves, he will definitely take away the light source of his heart and mind, leaving him only a darkness where he can't see his fingers.
Yu Jinnian could only count his own heartbeat, listen to the rush of blood in his veins, or play with the silver chain on his wrist, waiting for the next arrival of Yan Chang.
According to the frequency of Yan Chang's delivery of meals, he guessed that he was only locked up for a few short days, but these days were like years, because the time was unreasonably and ruthlessly prolonged in his feelings.
He felt that his perception seemed sharper and duller, as if everything around him was still, and he was the only living creature breathing, sleeping, and talking to himself. Those things that he wouldn't be afraid of at all in normal times were magnified little by little at this time—empty imagination, empty echoes, and boundless loneliness.
Yu Jinnian does not think he is a pessimistic person, but at this time he can't help but fear the darkness, his expectations for hope have been greatly reduced, and he even had the fleeting thought of begging Yan Chang to leave a candle , even a short fingertip can brighten up the terrifyingly quiet box... Although he knows that these are just the instinctive reactions of people's physiology and psychology, and they are also the results Yan Chang wants to see. He opened his mouth to beg, only to hit that bastard in his arms.
After drinking a few sips of cold water, he felt sleepy again, so he groped and lay down on the Arhat's bed, opened his eyes in vain, staring blankly at the thick black ink in front of him. At this moment, he suddenly thought, why is Ji Hong afraid of the dark
Ji Hong seems to have never responded directly to this question. From his few words, Yu Jinnian can only guess where he was once trapped, leaving a long-term psychological shadow. It must have been when he was very young. when I never knew what fear was.
After thinking about it, Yu Jinnian fell asleep again, and only sleep can temporarily get him out of the current predicament.
The door of the dumb room was pushed open silently, and in the light and shadow, someone walked down slowly with a small oil lamp.
Zhou Feng's left hand was scratched, and his face was also obviously injured, and he guarded Qi Huiyuan for Yan Chang without saying a word. The people in the house only know that the master's servant lives in this courtyard, but no one has ever seen what he looks like. Previously, the Zhou guards came to pick someone to serve the Qi Huiyuan, and everyone pointed out that this is a fat job. Who would have thought it would be a hard job, not to mention that he couldn't get out of the yard, and he didn't see any reward from the master.
Most importantly, no one knew that there was a dark room behind Qi Huiyuan's bedroom, and it was unknown when it was built, even the housekeeper Hu Bo was not aware of the existence of this dark room.
Those who have gone down are all brave enough to go for the second time. It’s not that the downside is so scary, but the dark room is dug deep, so it’s too quiet, there’s no window, and every footstep feels like stepping on the ground. on my mind. Locked in the room is a handsome young man, he is also very quiet, he spends most of the day sleeping, and occasionally curses when he wakes up, but he doesn't make things difficult for servants like them.
No one knows why the master locked him, but looking at this situation, it can only make people think about the worst, and think about the beautiful relationship between the two that is hard to see and cannot be rumored. But every time King Yue went down, the time was very short. He often sat and waited for the young man to eat, and then came up together with the food box. There was not enough time to do that kind of thing.
This is confusing.
Today, Yan Chang also came with a food box. He just walked down the steps, but he didn't hear the familiar shouting and cursing. Then he realized that the boy was sleeping. He went down a few steps, but his feet naturally relaxed. He came to Yu Jinnian's bed almost silently.
Yan Chang put the oil lamp and food box on the table, lifted the teapot to look at it, and then turned to look at Yu Jinnian. The Arhat bed wasn't too big, and the boy rested one hand on his waist, sleeping soundly, undisturbed by the jumping light of the oil lamp at all. Yan Chang sat in front of his bed and didn't wake him up. He just picked up a book and flipped through it. Although the dumb room is called a dumb room, although it was sunk in the ground, it was Yan Chang's favorite place when he was young. place.
At that time, the mansion was not Yue Wang's mansion, but Twelve Wang's mansions. There were many people, so he built this dumb room in Qi Hui Yuan behind his back. Hide in. There is no intrigue here, he doesn't need to speak, let alone look at people's faces, as long as he doesn't go out, no one can find him.
Later, he was trapped in a vortex, unable to control himself, his mind changed, and the dumb room was abandoned, but now it has become a place where Yu Jinnian is banned.
He has read all the books in the mute room, and reading them now is just to pass the time.
After sitting for a while, the boy on the bed moved slightly, his lips parted, as if muttering something in a dream. Yan Chang put down the scroll, stretched out a hand, and gently put it on the palm of the boy hanging by his side, as if he was greedy for something that did not belong to him.
Unexpectedly, the moment he met Yu Jinnian, the other party's hand responded and held him gently. Yan Chang lowered his eyes and looked quietly at the hands they were holding, then raised his brows slightly, and raised the corners of his lips, suppressing the displeasure that was originally in his heart. He suppressed his breathing, slowly bent down, and traced the boy's closed eyebrows with his other hand.
Unexpectedly, he lowered himself a little, wanting to kiss the mouth that scolded him countless times.
It didn't work out.
Maybe he just came back from the outside and had just washed his hands with cold water, so his hands felt a little cold, which woke Yu Jinnian up immediately. He watched the young man wake up in a daze, his eyes changed from dazed to clear, and then to bright disgust, even the hand that was overlapping with him was pulled away in an instant, and he turned away coldly to the side, tiredly said: "why you."
Why is it you, it means that what I saw in the dream was not me.
Yan Chang stood up, and naturally withdrew his hand, and smiled: "Miss me?"
Yu Jinnian ignored him, sat up slowly, leaned against the wall on the other side of the Luohan bed, rubbed his temples and asked him, "Why am I so sleepy all day?" He remembered the water he had to drink every day, " Yan, don't bully people too much!" He raised his wrist and shook it, "I'm already like this, do you have to do so much?"
Yan Chang shook his head: "I won't feel so hard when I'm asleep, you should thank me."
It's all a bastard fallacy.
Yu Jinnian passed him, and saw a small oil lamp on the table that he had dreamed of, and also saw the food box. The oil lamp was very dim, as if deliberately to take care of his uncomfortable eyes. He was leaning against the fence, physically wanting to sleep, but psychologically he was unwilling to sleep, so he didn't even have the strength to beat his parents and scold his mother a few days ago, and he was a little tired: "My surname is Yan, I am really annoyed by you." Now, tell me what you want."
Yan Chang smiled, clasped his hands on his knees, and said half-truly, "I said I wanted to fuck you?"
What the fuck is this foul language? Yu Jinnian was stunned when he heard it at first. Is this something that high-ranking officials, nobles, and relatives of the emperor can say? That can't even compare to the local hooligans on the roadside! The local ruffian also knew to say "play with the uncle", but he suddenly said... the word, I'm afraid he didn't want a little bit of face!
Yu Jinnian got off the arhat bed, went to touch the water to drink, and suddenly remembered that there was something in the water, so he had to endure it, and instead sat down at the table to look at the lamp. He knew that Yan Chang was just talking, that bastard had been teasing him a lot these days, the angrier he was, the more that person seemed to have succeeded. Besides, if he really wanted to do it, he could have done it a few times earlier when he was sleepy and dizzy, so why bother to ask his opinion in advance.
Is it possible that you still want to be happy with each other
"I'm serious," Yan Chang said, "can you let me get what I want once? You are not a young girl, once or twice, no one else can tell. Even if you return to the girl surnamed Ji in the future." By my side, I have slept with you."
Yu Jinnian turned back to stare at him in surprise: "Are you fucking speaking human language? This is how the royal relatives are raised?"
Yan Chang got up, walked over to open the food box: "I was in the army when I was young, and I have worked hard to have this upbringing." He took out small plates one by one from the food box, and today's food was nothing The northern and southern dishes are instead pieces of exquisite pastries. After laying out everything, he sat down with his clothes off, and asked again, "Will you give me a fuck? I'll send you back after the fuck."
"Good idea, fart!" Yu Jinnian was as unqualified as him.
Yan Chang couldn't finish it: "Has the surname Ji fucked?"
Yu Jinnian said: "Can you let go of that word. Fortunately, I thought that although you are a little perverted, you are at least well-educated."
Yan Chang laughed at what he called "knowledgeable and reasonable": "The heads of the people I have killed can fill this room, and the blood I have spared is enough for you to swim in it. Unlike your sweetheart, I am afraid that even a mosquito I haven’t even touched my blood. Knowledgeable? This word has nothing to do with me.”
What kind of head, corpse, or blood? If you want to scare him with this kind of thing, it's really miscalculated, Yu Jinnian said: "So I take it back, you are not only a pervert, but also useless nonsense. "
Yan Chang couldn't help laughing: "You say I'm uneducated, so I'm just a fart?"
"I'm happy, you're not my man, don't worry about it." Yu Jinnian glanced at the plates in front of him, reached out and took one of the pastries, and was about to put it in his mouth. Only his teeth just touched the edge of the pastry, but Yan Chang's expression changed, and he grabbed his wrist suddenly.
"Don't eat this."
Yu Jinnian laughed angrily: "You brought all these snacks, but you won't let this one be eaten or that one, what the hell is wrong with you?"
What's wrong? Yan Chang tried his best to take apart the package of golden soufflé that Ji Hong gave him, mixed it with seventeen or eighteen kinds of milky pastries, put it in a food box, and gave it to Yu Jinnian. The one surnamed Ji had a tacit understanding, so he didn't take any of the plates of pastries, and if he was born, he went to get the golden crumb!
Yu Jinnian was suspicious: "Didn't you bring this?"
Yan Chang didn't want him to see it, so he let go of his hand suddenly, allowing him to eat, only his eyes would burst into flames.
After eating the golden custard cursingly, Yu Jinnian paused, then passed his hand across another piece of golden custard, stayed for a while, then picked up another piece of pastry, held it to his mouth and gnawed slowly, Yan Chang saw this I felt a little better, and asked him "how does it taste?", emphasizing the comparison with golden soufflé.
Yu Jinnian said, "Do you really like me?"
Yan Chang was silent for a while, looking at him against the light, but the relaxed smile on his face was no longer there, but a little more complacent: "I didn't like it before, but now... I just see you for fun." He suddenly He got up, cleared the dishes before Yu Jinnian finished eating, took the lamp away, and said, "I'll take you out tomorrow."
Then go up.
The dumb room became quiet again, and Yu Jinnian returned to Luohan's bed with the last ray of light in his sight. Hearing the sound of locks being locked outside, he spit out a thin piece of silver from his mouth, pulled the quilt over and wiped it, and slowly rubbed the lines on it with his fingertips.
This pattern is very simple, and he is familiar with it.
Yu Jinnian lay down on the bed, holding up the small silver piece, obviously he couldn't see anything in front of him, but he was serious as if he had seen every detail, and finally put the silver piece into his arms, his face was happy, and his mouth was still Complaint: "Wrapped in stuffing, I'm not afraid of swallowing it directly."
Yan Chang walked out of Qi Huiyuan with a bad expression on his face. When he saw the injured Zhou Feng, he frowned even more. He threw the food box in his hand at Zhou Feng, and when Zhou Feng bent down to pick it up, he suddenly kicked him.
Zhou Feng fell to the ground, knelt up again, and straightened out that he was not doing his job well.
That Zhang Wenqing was taken away from Princess Ruyu's mansion yesterday, together with Princess Ruyu. Zhou Feng went to investigate, and although there were clues, they were left to him on purpose, and the other party did not hide their identity, leading him to a nearby deep alley for a fight.
In the end, he was outmatched by four hands and returned injured.
The fact that the princess was taken captive was a major event, and the reason why she didn't dare to report it was because the commander of the Ministry of War appeared in the princess' room in the middle of the night... This matter is too unclear.
"Get out." Yan Chang didn't bother to scold Zhou Feng, and told him to really get out.
Yan Chang looked back at the Qihui Courtyard, and suddenly threw the still burning oil lamp on the ground, the shell was torn apart, and the lamp oil flowed out and instantly ignited a piece of lawn at the gate of the courtyard. He didn't even look at it, and turned his head away in a very angry manner, causing a group of servants to come to put out the fire.
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The next day, just after Si time, a small carriage stopped in Beet Lane. This lane is full of poor people, who do low-level work. Any house with a donkey is enough for neighbors. They have been envious of the whole year, but today a carriage came.
They watched as the men unloaded a huge box from the carriage and moved it into an empty house, and then the carriage slipped away, but the two wagon-carriers stood guard at the door.
Before it was upright, the king of Yue arrived downstairs in Xifeng.
Sitting on the second floor by the window, Ji Hong patiently cooked a pot of Pu'er. When the tea soup was boiling and the aroma was lingering, Yan Chang opened the door and came in. Ji Hong looked up, and finally frowned. Yan Chang lifted his clothes and sat down, unceremoniously mentioned the tea that Ji Hong had newly cooked, and poured himself a cup: "Who is Mr. Ji looking for?"
"Serve." Ji Hong didn't answer.
Not long after, the servants brought four or five dishes one after another, all of which were glowing red, with a thick layer of bright red oil floating on top, making it difficult for Yan Chang, who has been in the South all the year round, to look directly at them. , before he finished his mouth, he felt a throbbing pain in his stomach, as if the dishes on the plate were not dishes, they were clearly the knives Ji Hong gave him!
Ji Hong raised his hand to pick up a piece of fish: "King Yue, try it? This is Xifenglou's specialty dish, fish head with chopped peppers."
Yan Chang stared at the red oil dripping from his chopsticks with a very ugly expression.
He didn't take Ji Hong's order, he picked up the side dishes that looked a bit peaceful, and chewed them a few times before he went to touch the tea with a flushed face. No one would eat such a spicy food, not even people from Sichuan! Yan Chang realized that this was clearly a special trip to humiliate him, but he couldn't lose his demeanor suddenly, and just threw his chopsticks heavily: "Your Majesty, cut to the chase, as long as Ruyu and Zhang Wenqing—"
Before he finished speaking, Ji Hong also put down his chopsticks. He put down lightly, but when the silver porcelain collided with each other, there was a neat clang, and then there was a solemn silence in the private room. I don't know why Lord Zhang and Princess Ruyu, today's seat is the welcome seat for Lord Yue King."
That's right, from the beginning to the end, when did this surname Ji ever mention that Zhang Wenqing was in his hands
But this matter is obvious, he is so bold, he dared to arrest the military commander, dared to take Princess Ruyu captive, but he caught him immediately, and took him captive, but he still pretended to be crazy and foolish in front of Yan Chang, asking three questions!
Grass people, grass-fucking people!
Yan Chang wanted to scold people and return to Ji Hong all the bad words he had learned from Yu Jinnian for more than half a month, but his brain had a convulsion, and he felt that even if he used Yu Jinnian's words to scold Ji Hong, it would be a blessing for him. both! So he endured it, and Yan Chang swallowed such a mouthful of old blood back into his stomach.
"When I was waiting for King Yue just now, Ji heard a quarrel downstairs, which was very interesting." Ji Hong drank tea and told stories at a leisurely pace, "A diner came downstairs, and he wanted to eat something from this building. The signature fish head, and wanted to eat another pearl rice ball. But he only had two or two dollars, and he could only eat one of them. So he asked the store to serve him half of each of the two dishes, and finally the store gave him away. "
Yan Chang could not help squinting his eyes when he heard the taste.
Ji Hong asked: "According to the king of Yue, the people who open the door to do business come because of your love and my wish. Is there a reason for each other?"
It's good to draw a knife without seeing blood, and to draw a thousand catties four or two.
Ji Hong wanted to tell him that he had to abandon Yu Jinnian, or Ruyu and Zhang Wenqing, and he wanted to eat both dishes, but there was no way.
Ruyu is Yan Chang's last bit of family affection, and Zhang Wenqing is Yan Chang's well-used rib. If one of them is discarded, Yan Chang may still make a cruel choice—but who would have thought that Zhang Wenqing would be with her? Ruyu hooked up together! No matter who he abandons, he draws the knife from his heart. What's more, the princess's fornication is a felony, once it is heard by others, the consequences can be imagined.
Even if he can abandon Zhang Wenqing, does the princess want to keep him
If he clings to Yu Jinnian and doesn't let go, then the princess' affair will be exposed, and he will have to go out to do some activities. This seems to be nothing more than a royal scandal, but the royal family values face the most. If it is really active, it is not that simple. There are too many places to be cleared. Living in Ruyu is hard to say. But if he was determined not to plead for mercy, and let the matter escalate, the emperor would have been waiting to catch him. Once he got angry, he would also be deeply involved, and he would not be able to protect himself.
But how about Ji Hong? The worst thing is to lose a Yu Jinnian.
Yan Chang has worked so hard to plan for so many years. At this juncture, there is no room for any mistakes, and he can't afford to bet.
Ji Hong's calculation is clearly accurate.
Yan Chang didn't bring Yu Jinnian directly today, he wanted to bargain with Ji Hong, but now, he miscalculated. He clenched his hand under the table fiercely, and opened it again, leaving a few crescent-shaped blood marks on the palm.
Everyone in the world has misunderstood this "Ji Jiao girl" who doesn't go out of the gate and doesn't step out. They all say that Min Xuefei is clever and quick-witted. From his point of view, Ji Shuluan is as cunning as a fox and scheming. Even if it was like a choke in his throat, Yan Chang could only swallow it forcefully. He smiled and said, "On the way to Beijing, I also got a treasure. I think my son will like it. I brought it specially today, and it is placed in a nearby courtyard."
Ji Hongdao: "The king of Yue has a heart." So he didn't eat, got up and left, left the table for three or two steps, then turned back suddenly, summoned Xiaoer and told him, "All the dishes on the table are delivered to Li Guo Go to the government, especially the fish head, don't want to spoil the shape. The cold dish has moved your chopsticks, so don't want it."
Yan Chang: "..."
Well, I dare not even order today's Hongmen Banquet for him!
Ji Hongwu went out by himself, only to remember what was left behind, so he turned to look at Yan Chang who was still sitting there, and said politely and politely: "King Yue, can you go downstairs together?"
Yan Chang still couldn't help but imitate Yu Jinnian, thinking: I'm going to paralyze you!