As soon as the words came out, the whole audience was shocked.
Although they are brothers, the status of King Yu and King Yuze are obviously different. Daye can find a reason to detain King Yu, but he cannot detain other people's kings, unless they want to take the initiative to provoke a war. Xiao Zhige looked at him coldly, and sneered: "King Yuze came to my Da Ye as his younger brother, what's the plan?"
An Changqing also said: "Da Ye is sincere to meet Yuze, but King Yuze came here under his name and sent someone to sneak into the palace, but he wants to deliberately provoke disputes between the two countries?"
Even Xue Wuyi, who was watching the excitement on the side, said: "King Yuze's move is really inappropriate."
The three of them sang in harmony, and did not give Huai Ruyu a chance to speak at all, and the guards on both sides were still vigilantly guarding the surroundings. Huai Ruyu had a bitter expression on her face, and cupped her hands: "Everyone's words are good, but I didn't think carefully about this matter. It's just that Yuze really has a sincere relationship with Daye, so please listen to me."
He put his posture so low, An Changqing and Xiao Zhige looked at each other, and it was not good to hold on to the matter, so he nodded and said, "Go to the hall and talk about it in detail."
But having said that, the detained spy still did not let go, but was instead held by the guards. A few of them went to the hall to talk, and Xue Wuyi took the initiative to say: "It's about Yuze and Daye, I was afraid that it would be inappropriate to be on the side, so I went back to the station first, and then invited Yan Wang to have a small gathering. "
An Changqing asked An Fu to take him out, while he went to the front hall.
Everyone took their seats in the front hall, and when the servants brought tea, Xiao Zhige backed away the attendants and ordered the guards to lead the people outside the hall.
The idle people and others all retreated, leaving the three of them in the hall. Xiao Zhige just said: "What is the intention of King Yuze to come to my Great Ye? Can we say it now?"
"I came to Daye in place of my younger brother before, and this matter has something to do with Your Majesty." Now that everything has been said, Huai Ruyu also removed the disguise and replaced it with another one that is more indifferent and calm, but also A look more in line with his identity.
"I don't know how Your Majesty and King Yan found out about the merpeople, and how much they know about it. But we Yuze have left a lot of records about the merpeople since our predecessor Huaishu An established the country to the present. Sixteen ancestral instructions were set down, and future generations should not be violated. The sixteenth ancestral instruction is "As long as the Yuze royal family lasts for one day, it is not allowed to spread the news of the merpeople, and the blood of the royal family of Daye is not allowed to set foot on the merpeople. tomb".
Huai Ruyu said: "I'm here to find King Yan, but King Yan and His Majesty have a close relationship. I'm worried that if I tell King Yan truthfully, His Majesty will know."
Hearing that he was here to find Changqing An, Xiao Zhige's face turned darker, and he said unceremoniously, "Then why can you talk about it now? It was stolen by my people and couldn't be denied, so there is no need for Zu Xun. Guard?"
Huai Ruyu's expression was complicated, her eyes turned to An Changqing and said, "No, it's because I saw Mrs. Yu at the Huahui today. I suspect that the old lady is the blood and bones left behind by my grandfather. If this is true, then I will With King Yan, it is most likely a cousin. Given the relationship between Your Majesty and King Yan, it is useless for me to hide it, it is better to confess."
"… "
His remarks were truly earth-shattering, and An Changqing never thought that this matter would eventually involve his mother or even his grandfather who was unknown. He was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to react.
Xiao Zhige patted the back of his hand and said quietly, "Do you have any evidence? No one knows that King Yan's mother was born in Yejing, but King Yuze is not the only one who wants to recognize his relatives and get a glimpse of this royal family."
This is really rude to say, comparing the king of a country to those villains who want to recognize themselves and seek wealth. However, Huai Ruyu was at a loss, and his life was still tied to An Changqing, so he could only lower his attitude and said, "It's just a guess, but combined with my grandfather's manuscript, it's 70% to 80% likely."
As he spoke, he slowly explained the entanglement between his grandfather and the holy envoy.
The more An Changqing listened, the more serious his heart became. There were some things that Huai Ruyu didn't know, but he and Xiao Zhige knew it for a long time. Now it is confirmed by what he said, and most of them are right.
For example, An Changqing's red stripe hidden behind his ear and never shown to anyone, the location is exactly the same as that of the holy envoy; another example is the manuscript they obtained by coincidence. The manuscript records that the pregnant man gave birth to a daughter and left with the daughter. The place where the midwife is located is exactly where Yuze and Daye meet: and there is time on the manuscript. If the baby girl grows up smoothly, she will be about the same age as the Yu family...
There are too many coincidences to be called coincidences. The blood of the merman, whose origin is unknown, has a very similar face... Although he does not want to recognize a cousin who suddenly appeared, the truth is in front of him, but he cannot deny it.
"What if my mother is really your grandfather's bloodline?" Thinking of what happened to her mother in the first half of her life, An Changqing's face turned cold: "She had a hard time in the first few decades, and I didn't see you looking for someone to recognize your relatives. She has finally lived a comfortable life, but she wants to disturb her peace. Besides, your grandfather is ruthless and treacherous, and since the envoy doesn't forgive him, we don't have to recognize each other."
Playing the family card doesn't work at all, Huai Ruyu sighed again. He could only be businesslike: "It is inconvenient for me to comment on what my grandfather did, and I can understand that King Yan does not want to recognize each other. It's just that this matter is not just a simple recognition of relatives, but also concerns the lives of the immediate blood relatives of the Yuze royal family."
"If it weren't for that, I wouldn't take the risk to come to Da Ye to find people." Huai Ruyu tore open his shirt and showed them the gray scales on his chest.
Seeing their shocked expressions, Huai Ruyu just closed the front of his clothes, and since the early days of the King's founding, he has revealed everything and dared not hide any more.
Perhaps he was shocked enough today. When An Changqing heard him say that the late King Yuze also left many portraits, and the people in the paintings were very similar to him, he felt that way. He and Xiao Zhige looked at each other and asked Huai Ruyu, "Is there any record of the identity of the person in the painting?"
Huai Ruyu shook his head: "Never, I sent people to search Yuze, and secretly sent people to search in Daye and Xiji, but I couldn't find anyone who was similar. It wasn't until I saw the portrait of the prince last year that I started to explore. ."
"What do you want to do with King Yan? He looks like the person in the painting, but he is not the person in the painting. Besides, he has never seen the holy messenger before, and he can't give you the way to detoxify. ." Xiao Zhige asked suddenly.
Huai Ruyu's throat rolled, facing his gnawing eyes and said: "I want to invite King Yan to go to Yuze to visit the tomb of the merman. Since the holy messenger came from the tomb of the merman, there must be detoxification in the tomb of the merman. method."
"Where is the tomb of the merman? Is there any danger in the tomb? Can King Yuze be 100% confident that he will retreat?"
Huai Ruyu was silent, then shook his head: "I don't know."
Xiao Zhige sneered: "Then why should King Yan go to Yuze with you? The royal family of Yuze has ignored their mother and son for years, but now they are dying but want to ask him for help. King Yuze thinks this Is the deal fair?"
He was aggressive, Huai Ruyu closed his eyes during his questioning, and seemed to think for a long time before he said: "It is true that we have been sorry for the mother and son of King Yan over the years, and this time I ask King Yan for help. Because of the poisoning, I am not married and have no children. If King Yan is willing to help, after I detoxify, I would like to make King Yan the crown prince and entrust this country to King Yan.”
This poison only works on the blood of the royal family, so the Yuze royal family has not been rich in blood over the years. One is that the descendants have too many secrets to keep, and the other is that the ancestors worry that there are too many blood, but not enough antidote. Due to various concerns, Yuze passed on to his generation, and the real direct bloodline was only left with him and his younger brother.
At the age of ten, he witnessed the tragic death of his father Wang Dufa, and for the next fifteen years, he had to look after Yuze's country while looking for clues to detoxify. However, as the years passed, the more disappointment there was, the less hope there was, and the two brothers were almost waiting to die. Over the years, he has been self-disciplined, and he does not establish a queen, does not accept concubines, and is not close to women. He is tired of the fate of waiting for death from birth, and would rather let this bloodline be cut off with him than to have another child. Ask them to repeat their old ways.
President Huai Rushan joked that he couldn't bear it, even if he was destined to die at the age of thirty, he should also enjoy the riches and honors of the world before he died, so it would not be a waste to come to the world in vain. This younger brother traveled around all year round, and occasionally returned to the palace and was reluctant to stay longer. Outsiders said that he was too strict with his younger brother, and there was a gap between the brothers. However, he actually knew that he seemed to be free and easy, but he actually thought the same as him, otherwise he would not have refused to leave blood like him over the years.
Huai Ruyu thought that he was using Jiangshan as a bargaining chip, and the two always had to consider one or two, but Xiao Zhige refused him without hesitation before An Changqing.
"King Yuze thinks that in my heart, Yuze Jiangshan and King Yan, which is more important?"
Huai Ruyu was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood what he meant. He was a little bitter in his mouth, and despite the identity of Jiangshan and Yuze King, he actually did not have much more chips than ordinary people. Closing his eyes, Huai Ruyu said, "I understand what Your Majesty means."
He stood up and bowed: "In this case, I can't force it any more. Today's matter is my offense, and I also ask Your Majesty to return his subordinates to me, as an apology, Yuze will let another one for the exchange of business routes between Yuze and Daye. Profitable."
Xiao Zhige's expression was slightly cold, and the hand under the sleeve of the wide robe tightly clasped An Changqing's hand, and sent off the guest without holding back.
When Huai Ruyu arrived at the door, her expression was somewhat relieved. It's just that he seemed to remember something, and turned around and said: "I forgot to mention one more thing. This poison was made by the previous king, and it only survives in the blood of the direct descendants of every Yuze king. Every ten years, it needs to be solved by a holy envoy. Poison. This poison is very miraculous. Although looking at the state of Mrs. Yu and King Yan, it seems that they have not been disturbed by this poison. However, the fusion of the blood of the merman race and the blood of the royal family is unprecedented. If King Yan's body is abnormal during this period, you can come to me at any time. My previous promise still counts."
After speaking, he cupped his hands again, said "respect", and strode away.
After he left, An Changqing and Xiao Zhige didn't speak for a while. No matter how much and how earnestly Huai Ruyu said before, she didn't say such a thought-provoking thing before leaving. Even Xiao Zhige had to admit that he pinpointed the hidden worries in his heart with precision. Huai Ruyu told them to pay attention to the abnormality of their bodies in the future, but the abnormality had already occurred. When Huai Ruyu showed them the gray scales on their chests, they both recalled An Changqing's serious illness when he was a child—An Changqing Four When I was young, I suddenly suffered from a strange disease. The high fever persisted. Large red lines appeared on my face and chest, and mottled scales appeared on both legs.
Although the red lines disappeared later, the fish scales also fell off. However, the symptoms of fish scales on his body are actually very similar to those of Huai Ruyu.
Although Xiao Zhige rejected Huai Ruyu's refusal plainly, he may not have been worried in his heart. Just for something that may not happen in the future, I asked An Changqing to go to danger now, but he hesitated again. He never hesitated in his decision to kill, but when it came to An Changqing, he couldn't be so calm and calm.
An Changqing's hand was in his palm, and it hurt a little when he held it. He sighed secretly, raised a smile and said, "Actually, this business is not bad. Even if Huai Ruyu doesn't come to find us, aren't we going to build a ship and go to sea? If we agree to go to the South China Sea with him, we can still do it after it's done. Taking Yuze into the bag is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
His eyebrows were curved, and his smile was bright and beautiful. Xiao Zhige raised his hand, traced his delicate eyebrows lightly, and finally landed on his face, and said in a low voice, "I don't dare to gamble."
The trip to the South China Sea was full of fog, and the tomb of the merman was full of mysteries. Where is the tomb, and what is in the tomb is unknown. If faced with such a situation on the battlefield, Xiao Zhige would definitely choose to take a risk and break the game, but now that this risk-taking person has become An Changqing, he is afraid.
An Changqing is all his imagination of the future and every weakness of his. That is, he is 100% sure, and he doesn't want him to take risks. But the two options now in front of them both contain unforeseen dangers.
"The Exotic Land Reclamation of Vegetable Skeletons"
Xiao Zhige closed his eyes, hugged him tightly, and buried his head in his neck: "I'll think about it again."
An Changqing rubbed his face sideways and said softly, "I'm not afraid."
"But I'm afraid." Xiao Zhige said, "I'm very afraid."
So An Changqing quietly hugged him and stopped talking.
In the following month, neither of the two mentioned the matter again. During the day they deal with political affairs, and at night they sleep together. It was only occasionally that An Changqing woke up in the middle of the night, only to find that Xiao Zhige was not in bed. The man was standing by the window in only a thin single coat, frowning at the dark sky in the distance.
June passed peacefully like this. In July, the exchange of trade routes between Yuze and Daye was finally finalized, and Huai Ruyu, who had recovered his identity, led the Yuze mission to bid farewell and prepare to return to Yuze. Ze.
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