At this time, half of his shoulder and arm had been sliced off by Chen Changsheng's knife, and he was also blind in one eye. If he looked like a dog, then he must be a stray dog.
Xue Xingchuan frowned, and said, "It's just a matter of recuperating and recuperating."
Zhou Tong still didn't listen to him, turned his neck with difficulty, looked towards the palace gate, saw the chair, knew that Xue Xingchuan was guarding there before, and was silent for a long time.
Then he asked, "Is the empress here?"
The night sky is full of stars, and the ground outside the hall is sprinkled with starlight, like water, very quiet.
Xue Xingchuan was silent for a while, and said: "You know, the situation in the capital is tense tonight, and your empress should pay attention to the movements in Li Palace."
"Really?" Zhou Tong squinted his eyes like an old dog, the pain in his left eye made him frowned, and his voice trembled: "Then... did your mother say anything?"
This time Xue Xingchuan remained silent for a longer time without speaking.
Zhou Tong raised the corners of his lips, showing an ugly and even scary smile, looked at him and said, "Look, I'm really like a dog, even if I'm about to die, the master doesn't care about anything."
Xue Xingchuan looked at him in silence for a moment and said, "I told you when I was a child, you don't have to live like this."
He was obviously seriously injured, and he didn't know where Zhou Tong's strength came from. He said in a resentful voice, "I'm not like this, is it like you?"
Xue Xingchuan was silent again.
"I have never been able to snatch you from the womb. When you were born, you weighed eight catties. What about me? It's less than five catties. It's all right. Anyway, the family is poor, no matter how you raise it, but Xue The aunt at home couldn’t give birth to a son and wanted to secretly hug one to raise her, so she found our family... If it were me, I would choose you, a white fat man, and not me, a skinny monkey.”
Zhou Tong said: "Later, Aunt Xue gave birth to another child and decided to pass on the family business to her own son. She was afraid that you would have resentment, so she quietly told you about it before she died. I admit that after that, you treated your parents well. , it’s even better for me, take me to school and study together, but have you ever thought about why I want to pretend to be a book boy and stay with you?"
Xue Xingchuan said: "There is nothing you can do in front of others. In my own yard, I treat you like a brother."
Zhou Tong said mockingly: "But that can only be when there is no one around. In front of people, I can only watch you and Xue He being brothers and friends there. How do you think I feel?"
Xue Xingchuan fell silent and stopped talking.
"I was congenitally deficient in my mother's womb, even my cultivation talent was not as good as yours. If it hadn't been for the fact that I later entered the clerk's office, met that old ghost in the prison and learned the secret technique of the big red robe, and then ransacked my home everywhere to search for the technique. How can I cultivate to the present state? How can I be as good as you?"
Zhou Tong stared blankly at the top of the palace, and continued: "But there is a problem with the Dahongpao secret technique. I have practiced too complicatedly, and I have no hope of reaching that step in this life, but you are walking towards that step step by step. , I don’t understand why there is such a big difference in our fate, since we are both twins.”
"After many years, when I saw you again in the capital, I didn't expect that you had entered the Cleaning Department... But even if you started to change from then on, it might not be too late."
"What can I do in time? If I don't work for my mother, if I don't kill people for my mother, I will lose my mother's favor and I will be killed by those people."
"Don't worry, the empress will give you an explanation." Xue Xingchuan comforted.
But deep down, he didn't believe it himself.
At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the palace. It wasn't the Holy Empress who came, but the medical officer who delivered the medicine.
After careful examination, the medical officer came to the bed carefully holding the wooden case containing the medicine bowl.
From the moment the footsteps sounded, Zhou Tong kept staring at the medical officer, his face was very pale, and his only eye revealed a strange and sharp light. Xue Xingchuan knew what he was thinking, how disappointed and even desperate he was, but he couldn't do anything to comfort him. He took the medicine bowl from the medical officer, helped him up with one hand, and prepared to feed him the medicine.
Zhou Tong looked at the dark medicinal juice in the medicine bowl, felt the sacred breath and medicinal fragrance contained in it, and the expression on his face suddenly became a little weird.
"What's wrong?" Xue Xingchuan asked.
Zhou Tong's voice trembled slightly, inexplicably palpitating: "I... don't worry."
"That's not the case." Xue Xingchuan knew what he was worried about, looked at him and said seriously: "Your Majesty is not that kind of person."
"I've done more things for my empress than all of you combined. I know better than you what kind of person your empress is. Anyway, I'm not at ease."
Zhou Tong's voice became sharper, and he was a little short of breath because of his injury. It sounded like a broken bellows, whistling.
At this time, he looked like a stubborn child, because he didn't like the bitter medicine, so he turned his face away, tightly shut his mouth, and refused to drink this bowl of medicine even if he was beaten to death.
Xue Xingchuan looked at him in his arms, and remembered how many years ago when he was in the old house, he refused to take medicine like this, and he couldn't help showing a smile of reminiscence on his face.
After these things in the capital are done, let people send him back to the old house for the elderly. I believe that apart from the empress, myself and Xue He, no one will know where he will be.
Xue Xingchuan thought about these things, took a sip from the medicine bowl, and said, "Look, this medicine is fine and not bitter."
Many years ago, when he coaxed Zhou Tong to drink the medicine, he did this. He would take a sip for him first.
Looking at this scene, Zhou Tong suddenly burst into tears, with a whimper in his throat.
Xue Xingchuan was also a little moved.
After Zhou Tong finished crying, he was even more exhausted, but relaxed a lot.
He looked at Xue Xingchuan with a difficult smile and said, "I figured it out, as long as I live."
Xue Xingchuan was very comforting, and said, "Just figure it out."
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When the carriage returned to the Orthodox Academy, it was already surrounded.
The army of the imperial court and the cavalry of the state religion surrounded the courtyard from Main Street to Baihua Lane to the courtyard wall.
Chen Changsheng got off the car and bid farewell to King Chen Liu, and walked into the Orthodox Academy under the gaze of countless eyes.
The gate of the Orthodox Academy was pushed open, and the inside was brightly lit. Although it was late at night, none of the hundreds of teachers and students slept, because no one could sleep tonight.
The sword formation formed by the female disciples of Nanxizhai has moved forward from the bottom of the small building to the back of the courtyard gate. Feeling the sharp sword intent, I believe that if the officers and soldiers of the imperial court want to force their way in, they will definitely pay a very heavy price, but For some reason, the usual calm and confidence could not be seen on the faces of those female disciples, but a little anxious.
"Where have you been?" Tang Thirty-Six looked at him and asked.
The teachers and students of the Orthodox Academy also looked at him.
It was two hours ago that Chen Changsheng left the Orthodox Academy. He went to the bottom of the Beixin Bridge, went to the Liziyuan Inn, and finally went to Beibing Masi Hutong, doing many things.
Because of his departure, the situation in Kyoto suddenly became tense. The Orthodox Cavalry and the Habayashi Army came here one after another. The people in the Orthodox Academy naturally knew that something had happened, but they didn't know what happened. The battle in Masi Hutong in Beibing had just ended, and Tang Thirty-Six had someone in the capital, but the news was no faster than Chen Changsheng's return.
"It's okay, everyone go to bed first."
Chen Changsheng signaled Su Moyu to take the teachers and students to rest first, and then took Tang Sanshiliu and Zhexiu to the small building.
Nanxizhai's sword array naturally moved with him, and soon came to the lakeside, and Su Moyu also rushed back.
"Are you all right?" Tang Thirty-Six looked into his eyes and asked very seriously.
They knew Chen Changsheng's current physical condition, so they couldn't make fun of him like usual. They originally thought that after Chen Changsheng left the Orthodox Academy, he would never come back. Who would have thought that he would come back at such a late night? Let them feel relieved a lot, but it is impossible to completely relieve them.
"It's really fine." Chen Changsheng said, "I just went out to do some things."
"whats the matter?"
"I... went to kill Zhou Tong."
Hearing these words, the front of the building suddenly became extremely quiet.
The night wind blows gently on the big banyan tree, but not the green leaves; it blows on the lake surface, but no ripples can be seen.
Everyone was shocked, especially the girls from Nanxizhai.
The atmosphere in Kyoto tonight is abnormal, and there are signs of a storm. Zhexiu and others can guess that it has something to do with him, but they didn't expect him to do such a big event.
There are countless people in this world who want Zhou Tong to die, but how many people dare to put this idea into practice
Su Moyu looked at him with a look of admiration on his face.
The girls of Nanxi Zhai looked at him, their eyes lit up, and they thought that he was indeed the man that the Zhai Master liked, and he was indeed remarkable.
"I said, Zhou Tong is the one I'm going to kill."
Zhexiu looked at him and said, "For the sake of your special situation, I don't blame you."
Chen Changsheng looked at him and said, "At first you were imprisoned next week because of my relationship with the Orthodox Academy, so I always wanted to settle this matter before leaving."
leave? where to go Hearing these words, the girls of Nanxizhai felt a little puzzled and doubted in their hearts.
Tang Thirty-Six and Su Moyu knew the meaning of the word "Leave", and their agitated mood just now turned slightly chilly.
"I said, just add more money." Zhexiu said.
Chen Changsheng didn't argue with him about this matter, and said, "Sorry, I couldn't kill him."
A voice rang out from among the girls of Nanxizhai: "It's a great thing to dare to kill."
It was Ye Xiaolian who was speaking, a former admirer of Lord Qiushan, later an admirer of Chen Changsheng, and now an admirer of Xu Yourong.
Tonight, she suddenly felt that it was very reasonable for her to like Chen Changsheng.
Chen Changsheng noticed that the emotions of the girls in Nanxizhai were a little strange, and asked, "What happened?"
Ye Xiaolian said a little uneasy: "The Master of Vegetarian has not come back."
Chen Changsheng thought for a while and said, "Maybe staying in the palace?"
Ye Xiaolian shook her head and said, "The Master of the Vegetarian told me that she will definitely come back after nightfall. If she can't come back..."
Hearing these words, Chen Changsheng, Tang Sanshiliu and others felt that there was something wrong, and their expressions became serious.