According to Xiao Xuan's confession, things have become clear.
First of all, Xiao Xuan sent spies to Phoenix Villa.
The two countries have been hostile for a long time. It is very common and normal to send spies from Beixia to Nanxia, or from Nanxia to Northxia.
It is really easy to place spies in Phoenix Villa. Phoenix Villa accommodates orphans from all over the world, regardless of where they come from. Those with talent for immortality learn martial arts, and those without talent are arranged to go to the following banks and shops. Beixia only needs to arrange an "orphan girl" with talent for immortality, and they will have their eyeliner in the main village of Phoenix Villa.
However, the Phoenix Villa has been standing for many years. Since they dare not ask where the orphans are taken in, there must be means to ensure the innocence of these orphans. I don’t know when Xiao Xuan’an’s eyeliner has become the Phoenix Villa, either actively or passively. A message to Beixia.
The news Xiao Xuan knew through his eyeliner was the news that Phoenix Villa wanted him to know.
And the queen knew that the royal family had a treasure that could kill the blood of the phoenix, and she wanted to get it—perhaps for safety reasons. After all, an artifact that could control her own life, how could it be reassuring to hold it in the hands of others.
However, the emperor would not tell others the location of Yiri's arrow, unless he was about to die, he would tell his heir.
And the heir got the position of the divine arrow, and he needed the blood of the Xiao family to open it.
It stands to reason that when the mechanism is turned on and the divine arrow is taken out, Henry Zhang should complete this matter, and then the Phoenix Villa Mantis catches the cicada and takes the divine arrow.
But the question is, will Henry Zhang go to get the divine arrow
Lin Shu thought, probably not.
Henry Zhang is a good boy in essence.
He was raised by the queen, and he still has family affection for the queen - not to mention his affection for his sister.
Therefore, it is not feasible for Henry Zhang to take the divine arrow.
- What should we do then
Naturally, it is Beixia, and Beixia is also the bloodline of the Xiao family, and for Phoenix Villa, it is time to get rid of it.
- This is where the eyeliner tells Xiao Xuan about the divine arrow of the sun, and there is also the matter of Xiao Xuan defrauding the divine arrow of the sun. Then the queen took action and intercepted the divine arrow under Xiao Xuan's hands. In this way, the divine arrow was in the hands of Phoenix Villa.
There's nothing wrong with this in itself.
But it gave a signal.
The royal family and Phoenix Villa have always been at odds with each other.
The royal family is on guard against Phoenix Villa, and Phoenix Villa is also on guard against the royal family.
Even the death of the old emperor was driven by the empress.
Combined with Lin Shu's previous understanding of Phoenix Villa...
The phoenix is an innate divine beast that carries the way of heaven, threatening the status of the emperor, so the emperor does not want to see the awakening of the phoenix bloodline.
However, the peerless cauldron of the Phoenix family was something that the emperor could not give up.
- So there is the current situation.
Lin Shu thought for a while, and said to Ling Fengxiao, "Is the queen ascending the throne for you in the future to eliminate hidden dangers?"
Ling Fengxiao: "But why didn't she say a word to me?"
Lin Shu didn't know.
Ling Fengxiao hugged his waist and flew him to a tall flower tree.
The two sat on a branch.
The flowers and trees are sparse, and there is a faint and dim fragrance handed over.
Ling Fengxiao didn't know what she was thinking, and changed back to Xiao Shao's state.
Recently, the time for him to become Xiao Shao has been increasing. Lin Shu thinks that Xiao Shao may be taller than Ling Fengxiao, so it is easier to hold Lin Shu.
- As for whether it is male or female, this person doesn't really care. Just a few days ago, the eldest lady and Guo Zijin stayed in the same room for a long time, not knowing what to do, and finally concocted a box of lips Lipstick, said to be vermilion lip gloss mixed with finely ground gold powder, has the luster of sunset.
Lin Shu used his aesthetic to look at it and looked at it, but he didn't see any "gloss of the sunset", but felt a little more sparkling.
After slandering "the luster of the sunset", Lin Shu was hugged from behind by Xiao Shao, thinking about what happened recently.
Maybe the queen really loves Ling Fengxiao.
She wanted Ling Fengxiao to live in peace and stability.
Lin Shu himself actually hoped that Xiao Shao could live forever.
However, he thought, some things... It is better for Xiao Shao to decide by himself.
However, he can't provoke the relationship between the queen and him.
After thinking about it again, he said, "Three years ago, the great witch told me something."
Xiao Shao: "Huh?"
"The eight secret books are gathered together, which can affect the way of heaven and have supreme luck."
"I guess the same is true." Xiao Shao said, "The people of the fairy world intend to destroy the eight secret books so that they cannot gather together, so that someone in the world has too much power."
"Well." Lin Shu said, "But there is another way. If a person becomes a human emperor, and the world belongs to him, he will... also have very strong luck."
Xiao Shao stared at him, as if he had already smelled some unusual breath, and asked him warmly, "Then what?"
"Then, you have the Phoenix bloodline, when the Phoenix blood is fully awakened..."
Xiao Shao: "I'm like an ancient phoenix?"
Lin Shu nodded.
Xiao Shao seemed to smile a little, but he didn't know what he meant, but it wasn't a happy smile.
"However, the growth of the phoenix needs the nourishment of luck, but you are a human being, and you don't have that kind of luck. The blood of the phoenix has awakened, but if you don't get the luck, it will dry up and dissipate."
"Well..." Xiao Shao said: "Then I will collect all eight cheats, or become the emperor."
Lin Shu: "Yeah."
Xiao Shao didn't speak, but just held Lin Shu tighter and tighter.
Then he whispered in his ear: "Baby..."
The sound seemed to be soaked in peach blossom wine. It was obviously very light, but it was deliberately lowered and had a long aftertaste. After the spirits were burned, there was a gentle aftertaste that could not be implicated.
Every time Xiao Shao spoke to him in such a voice, Lin Shu would tremble slightly, giving the illusion that he was drowning in wine and was about to drown.
I just heard Xiao Shao continue: "...you've been deceived."
Lin Shu: "???"
He turned his head and looked at Xiao Shao.
Xiao Shao took him into his arms, and Lin Shu could feel the slight vibration in his chest when he spoke.
"I guess it's the great witch's words to collect the eight secret books. It was the queen mother who told you to ask me to be the emperor."
Fine.
I don't know where is the flaw.
This phoenix is too meticulous, and it cannot be deceived by deception.
"The queen mother doesn't know my cultivation level. In her heart, I am still in the early stage of tribulation, and I can still control it. The pavilion master of the sword pavilion is the pinnacle of tribulation. As long as you want, you can do whatever you want." Xiao Shao said lightly: "If I don't want to be the emperor, the pavilion master will take me away from the world, and fly away, and no one can stop me... Therefore, after the mother knows that you exist in the world, she will stabilize you. It happens that I have a phoenix on my body. Blood... I will tell you that if I don't become a human emperor, I will die."
Lin Shu: "?"
He was also deceived
Isn't he on the same level of IQ as Xiao Xuan and Henry Zhang
This is impossible.
He does not believe.
He said, "What if you are really going to die?"
Xiao Shao was concerned: "Well... it's also possible."
Lin Shu: "Then don't you still want to be the emperor?"
"If you don't become a human emperor, you will die. Even if you become a human emperor, you will be a human emperor every day of your life... I don't really want to do it."
Lin Shu thought, what do you mean, you still want to die.
Xiao Shao continued: "If it is said that the blood of the Phoenix will gradually awaken, but after you and I both cultivated, the blood of the Phoenix has already ceased. I have been with the blood of the Phoenix for more than 20 years, and I know that it is just too fiery. Burning the meridians, usually when practicing martial arts and using a knife, will also reveal, and the fire is flaming, showing an extraordinary talent."
Having said this, Xiao Shao smiled and said, "They all said that I was born with extraordinary talent, and that I had a high-level cultivation since I was a child... In fact, I think that this matter, blood is just the icing on the cake, it is related to the heart, even if you give me a With a mortal body, I will not be like everyone else."
This little phoenix swelled.
All the feathers are fluffy.
Lin Shu patted the back of his hand, followed the fluffy fur, and agreed, "That's right."
Xiao Shao continued: "Perhaps there is something wrong with the phoenix bloodline in me, but now I am rooted in the grievances of heaven and earth, how can I die. Even if there is something that can kill me, it will only be the way of heaven."
Lin Shu: "But..."
What if
In the past, when he was in the academy, the eldest young lady often wanted to be with him.
The rhetoric is, in case you fall, in case you are bullied, in case you encounter a monster, so on and so forth.
He was puzzled at that time, how could there be so many emergencies in the world.
But now I feel that if these two words are really scary.
"Although it is possible, there is something strange." Xiao Shao said: "I am afraid that what the queen mother and the great witch said to you are half true and half false."
Lin Shu: "Then what is true and what is false?"
Xiao Shao: "What is false, I don't know, but two things are true."
Lin Shu: "Huh?"
Xiao Shao: "The great witch wants to collect eight secret books, and the queen mother wants me to become the emperor. These two things are true, and if these two things are realized, something unusual must happen."
Lin Shu: "What are you going to do?"
"See the move." Xiao Shao put his hands around his waist: "But..."
Lin Shu can't hear the word "but" now.
But Xiao Shao continued.
"My mother has always been a very gentle person." He said slowly: "But there is nothing she... wants to do that will not come true."
"When I was young, if I didn't practice well, my mother would punish me, but my mother wouldn't."
"The queen mother took me into her arms and cried." Xiao Shao's voice was a little rough: "But her tears... are something that scares me more than punishment."
Lin Shu didn't know what he wanted to express in his words.
I only know that the image of the queen is so gentle and beautiful. When she is in her prime, a smile can make a strange man obsessed for half his life.
That one tear of hers may break people's hearts.
"I've never had a mother," he said.
Xiao Shao made him face him and pressed his forehead against his forehead: "There are only two people in the world who can hurt me."
Lin Shu understood what he wanted to say.
He stretched out his hand and stroked Xiao Shao's cheek, Xiao Shao leaned down and tasted his lips lightly.
The falling flowers rustled and covered his body, Xiao Shao hugged his waist and kissed him a little deeper.
As soon as he landed, he changed back to Ling Fengxiao's appearance.
Ling Fengxiao said, "I'm going to see my mother."
Lin Shu nodded and asked, "Can you do it yourself?"
Ling Fengxiao said, "I have my senses."
Lin Shu: "Okay."
Ling Fengxiao hugged him and kissed him on the side of his neck.
Lin Shu thought that the shell of His Royal Highness Fengyang was coated with the legendary "gloss of sunset" lip gloss today, and he must have left a lip print with "gloss of sunset" on his neck.
His Highness let go of him and walked into the Queen's Palace. The back of the red robe was covered by the flowers and trees of the palace garden.
Lin Shu looked at his back, and touched the lip print on his neck with his fingers. There seemed to be a change in his heart, but he couldn't figure it out.
When Ling Fengxiao's back disappeared, he also turned around and headed towards Wutong Garden.
Halfway along the way, I heard a voice: "Pavilion master stay."
Lin Shu stopped and saw Xie Zishe turned out from the palace wall on one side and walked towards him.
It was hard for her to recognize her from such a distance.
Xie Zi stepped forward and said with a smile, "I saw your figure in the distance. I think that only the pavilion master in this palace has such a snow-like celestial ceremony, and he didn't admit his mistake."
Lin Shu thought that he was still dressed in the same clothes as Su Ri, and Quan treated Xie Zishe as a courtesy, saying, "Senior sister is wrong."
Xie Zishe said, "I called you today, but I have business affairs."
Lin Shu: "Please speak."
Xie Zishe: "His Royal Highness Fengyang's order, I am going to give a one-hour class to His Royal Highness every night to teach him the way of governing the country and the people. This has been the case every day for the past three years. Today, the class teacher returns to the DPRK, thinking that His Royal Highness must be I left a lot of homework, so I went there early, but there was no sign of His Highness in Luofeng Palace, and asked the palace staff, all of them flickering, is this matter related to Eldest Miss?"
Lin Shu thought about the words: "His Royal Highness... I'm thinking about it."
Xie Zishe raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that he has been placed under house arrest?"
After speaking, he sighed: "Well, I guessed it long ago. Now there is a lot of discussion among the government and the opposition, saying that Phoenix Villa wants to change the day - I feel that the eldest lady does not mean this, but I also feel that this matter is not counted. bad thing."
Just listen to her continue: "In any case, I always stand on the side of the eldest young lady. But His Royal Highness... It's smart, but I feel a little regretful."
Lin Shu heard the unusual meaning in her words and asked, "How do you say it?"
"His Royal Highness is not bad in talent, but he didn't have a good foundation when he was young. When he was young, he learned such difficult and obscure classics as "Six Strategies", and when he grew up, he learned about "Zhu Lin" and other nonsense mysteries. For more than ten years, I have not learned the real talent, and because of this, I hate reading to the extreme, even if your Majesty asks a great national teacher to teach him the "Di Policy" personally, it will be difficult to make up for it." She smiled: "However, it is said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince It has always been raised by Her Majesty the Queen, and I am not good at talking about it."
Lin Shu: "Senior sister be careful."
"It's natural to be cautious in front of others, but in front of the pavilion master, you can say something." Xie Zishe pointedly looked at his neck and smiled.
Lin Shu naturally knew that there was something in Xie Zishe's words, and it was through him that he conveyed the news. Perhaps, even Xie Zishe saw the clue in the heart of the queen, so he came to inform him.
After all, in the Academy back then, there were rumors that Xie Zishe, the eldest sister of the Confucianism and Taoism Academy, didn't like men, but she admired the eldest Miss Yunyun very much...
It was said that the eldest sister admired the eldest young lady, but Xie Zishe didn't say anything special to Ling Fengxiao, but liked to verbally tease Lin Shu, so Lin Shu felt that her attitude was a mystery.
After talking about the business, Xie Zishe didn't leave, but looked at him: "Speaking of which, I have a doubt in my heart."
Lin Shu: "Please speak."
"I heard that the sword pavilion's exercise is a ruthless exercise that does not enter the world, but I don't know why the pavilion master has entered the world again." Xie Zishe said.
Lin Shu said: "The way of being affectionate or ruthless... I still can't figure it out. Being born and joining the world, just follow your heart."
Xie Zishe pursed his lips and smiled: "That Zishe wished the pavilion master and the eldest young lady to grow old together."
Lin Shu: "Thank you."
After seeing Xie Zishe off, Lin Shu stood there for a while.
Xie Zishe was right.
His answer is also true.
For him, the red dust has always been like a maze, which cannot be crossed.
After the cultivation base was restored, all shapes and colors in the world were as plain as water, and the faces of the world became the same, but the little phoenix has always been very good-looking.
He didn't quite understand.
I don't quite understand why the first seven moves in "Sauvignon Blanc" are so arrogant and arrogant moves, but in the eighth move, "Life Concerns", it has become a swordsmanship for self-injury to protect those who come after him.
He didn't quite understand why when Xiao Shao leaned down to touch his lips, the world was silent, but he could only hear his own heartbeat.
The night wind was blowing slowly, and he looked at the shadows of the lights in the Wutong Garden, feeling a little lost.
I don't really understand it, but I actually understand it a little bit.
In ancient books, it is said that if you are too high to forget your feelings, the lowest is too low to be loving, if you forget them. But his ruthless way, but now it is in an empty silence, and he sees what it means to be affectionate.
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Taishang Wangqing is quoted from "New Words of the World: Sad Death", with some changes, the original sentence "The sage forgets love, the most untimely love, the love of love is in my generation."