Chapter 17: Three-point past, seven-point future

Xie Zhaoxuan put down the goose legs and wiped his mouth: "When did you know that?"
I smiled and said: "The emperor is so cautious, the tiger is a key token. If it wasn't for the King of Yan, he would give it?" In fact, when he first saw the Queen of Zhao, he doubted it and never said it. Because time has not arrived.
Xie Zhaozhen did not speak. I am still not used to his serious expression, just like seeing a comedian performing a literary love drama. To be honest, Xie Zhaoxuan is very handsome and serious. He has a calm and steady temperament of a soldier. It’s just that I always feel that there is a kind of fierceness inside, and I will be stabbed if I don’t pay attention.
I asked: "Do you know?"
Xie Zhaoxuan said: "Hey know, but Niang and others don't know."
I said, "I don't know." Some things, the less you know, the better.
Also asked: "I knew it before?"
Xie Zhaoxuan bent his mouth. "You only know that I often turn over the wall in the middle of the night and sometimes meet strangers."
"So I agreed with me, I don't want to say it."
Xie Zhaoxuan nodded and smiled: "It's so smart."
I sat down beside him, pondered for a long time, still asked to export: "Second brother... Then, I am really a second brother?"
Xie Zhaozhen did not look at me. His face was covered with a complex expression, like a cloud covering the distant mountains. It was only in his eyes that he clearly wrote a pain. It seemed that my words had turned up his painful memories.
I was sitting around him cramped, and the candlelight suddenly burst into a spark. I listened to Xie Zhaoxuan’s secluded opening.
"I am the sixth, the three sisters, the five brothers. My mother is the sister of Mrs. Xie. I am a few years older than my older brother. I am lively, smart and smart. I have always been a favorite of the Emperor. I am four years old. In the second year, the emperor died of his death. The emperor also passed away. The eldest brother is in position." He stopped and continued, "Big brother has more suppression of other brothers, and for me, probably because of his young age, he is very fond of love."
"The emperor was originally equipped with the Queen of Liu, and he was kind, but he had not been out for many years. And Zhao had the eldest son. Zhao was in front of people, and he was up and down, and the seat gradually rose up. The Zhao family made a fortune. When he died of illness, Zhao took it for granted. The emperor also sealed the Prince. I was the same age as the Prince, but he was older and grew up together. The Prince is not as calm and intelligent as the Emperor, nor is he like Zhao. In the autumn of five years, Yongping was hunting, and the Prince couldn't bear to shoot the hare. He was reprimanded by the emperor. In contrast, I designed a leopard to live. The emperor gave me all kinds of awards on the spot. Seeing that Zhao changed his face."
I heard the clue: "She is afraid that you threaten the status of the Prince?"
Xie Zhaoxuan nodded.
"Zhao family is a descendant, Zhao was originally an acolyte, and later the mother relied on the child. Zhao family rose from the civilian to the right, the more you get, the more you are afraid of losing. How can she accommodate me? variable?"
"She wants to kill you?"
Xie Zhaozhen sneered.
"I was still young at the time. She just planned to give me some lessons and let me know. The emperor soon noticed that he was not very good at that time, and his country was numerous. The Zhao party was small and had no way to protect me. I ate. A little bitter."
He underestimated. I suddenly remembered the injury of his body, and it didn't seem like a bit of suffering. Men always dilute hardships because they have experienced too many vicissitudes.
"I have no heart, and I have been retreating. I only waited for the king to leave the country to seal the land. But when I was fourteen years old, the Bilujiang River was diverted, the 10,000-acre farmland was flooded, and hundreds of thousands of people were homeless. The emperor was interested. Let the Prince practice and send him to the disaster; I want to stay away from Zhao’s persecution and send me away. In the disaster area, I found out that Zhao’s relatives and local officials had privately swallowed the disaster and used lynching to expose the death. The person who sue. The prince is weak, and I am young and eager to think, just to find a good way to overthrow the Zhao family..."
He paused and said: "I had a group of followers at that time, Han Yanyu, Yu Zhengxun and Xie Zhaoxuan and others, all of them are too young to spleen and throw young people. Xie Er with my best friendship, together Reading martial arts. We are cousins, and look like them. When I was a child, I was in trouble. There was always him who played me to be punished." He smiled. "On this matter, he firmly opposed me to impeach Zhao. But I I only felt that I was fed up with the enthusiasm of Zhao’s wife, and I heard so much. But the ending is as he expected, Zhao Jiashu is so deep, where is it so easy to pull down? The minister who originally supported my impeachment, but wants to take the opportunity to defend himself. The rights and interests, see the wind is wrong, immediately adjust the sails and turn the rudder, throw me away."
"That was the first failure in my life. I realized my shallowness and childishness for the first time. It was also the first time that I clearly saw the power of this double-edged sword. The emperor was anxious, and the episode of seizures quickly rushed. I sealed the king in advance, and sent me to Xiyao City, which is far away from heaven. I thought I was completely away from the whirlpool of rights. However, he underestimated the insidious viciousness of Zhao. He thought that as long as he sent me away, Zhao would When I stop, I will be safe..."
The candlelight swayed, and I suddenly felt a little cold and tightened the shawl. Xie Zhaoxuan - Xiao Yan's persevering side is coated with a layer of golden light. I seem to see a smattering of blood from the condensed eyes.
"The escorts to the land, a total of 107 people, are the masters selected by the emperor personally. In addition, Yu Zhengxun and Xie Zhaozhen, take the initiative to send me out. We all the way north, go to Dingshanguan At the time, there were only 17 people left. Zheng Xun was seriously injured and was forced to stay in Guan. The real danger is outside the customs. The Zhao party’s lore unit is squatting on the side of the road, waiting to put me to death. If I die in the customs, they will never be able to get rid of the relationship. If I die outside the customs, I can rely on the heads of the Liao people and have nothing to do with them."
He took a deep breath and faintly said: "That day is only late autumn, but the outside is already winter. In the snow, the darkness of the torn, there are always incessant enemies, there are always traps, and the people around them One by one, my sword was covered with blood, and it was blown by the cold wind. It quickly became ice, and when it was connected, it shattered into pieces. I am not a person who can easily lose, but also bear I don’t think of death. At the end, I only have Xie Zhaoxuan around me. Oh, the second child, the master is eccentric, and he has taught him a set of swordsmanship. He has an excuse to ask me to go first. How can I let Brother died for me? But at the most critical moment, the sword in my hand broke, and the second child flew over and blocked me."
I held my breath.
Xiao Yu rushed me to smile, "Qinglong Dadao, open the mountain and axe, Xie Laoji sword method is fine, but how can the young boy who can't afford it? The left shoulder to the chest, the skin is cracked, the blood is like a spring. He Just use the mouth to say: go. Don't close your eyes until you die."
I couldn’t help but start shaking, and my chest sighed violently. "Your injury... the injury on your back..."
Xiao Xiao smiled and handed his shoulders on his shoulders: "Yes, that is the injury. The big knife runs through his body and is also drawn on my back. I am covered with his blood and carrying his life. I used all my last effort to escape. I think even if I have to escape one step, I will be worthy of those who have given up my life to protect me. I have remembered in my life how I stepped on the snow without my ankles and stepped forward step by step. Go. Then fall, and also use your hands and feet to climb forward. The people behind him slowly lifted the big knife, waiting to fall, an arrow smashed into the heart -"
"Who is it?" My voice was so sharp that I couldn't recognize it. "Who saved you?"
Xiao Yu lowered his eyes: "It is Li Wenzhong General Li. Before I was, he was ordered to station in Xiyao City. He came to meet me, just because he was worried about the weather changes one day ahead of time, only to see the scene of the massacre. Save me."
I slowly stood up and felt a little dizzy, the night was quiet, but I heard the sound of tearing. Xie Zhaozhen, no, no, Xiao Xiao’s smile is full of deep pain, full, overflowing, and it flows to my heart. My eyes are sour.
He said: "I was fourteen years old, and I didn't have a weak crown. I have already died. I woke up and completely became Yan Wang. The six imperial sons in the deep palace have been buried in Xueyuan with Xie Zhaoxuan. I am carrying a hundred and eight lives, that is only the beginning. How many people have been assassinated and sacrificed in the past ten years? I am not a cold-blooded person, I am not willing to be a cold-blooded person. I am Stepping on the bones of others to continue to live, I have to live better, and I must not let those people down. I remember every life clearly, and vowed that one day I will count it back."
"And Xie Zhaoxuan," his tone was soft. "He sent me out of the customs. He only told his family that he was studying. He didn't come back. Xie Taifu was ten years old, but no one could say that he had to teach his son." I go back to Beijing every year, always with the name of Xie Zhaoxuan. There is Han Xiaowang who helps to lie, Xie Jia Er Gongzi sleeps flowers and Liu Liu is uncertain, but it is also a matter of course. Just think sometimes, if he is in the sky, see us It’s such a bad thing that he’s not a good reputation, and he doesn’t know what it’s like...

His voice changed a little, and immediately stopped and turned his head. His shoulders seemed to really bear the invisible weight.
I couldn't help but walk over and reach out, gently embracing him from behind, leaning his head on his shoulder.
He trembled a little.
I said, "Second brother, the confidant is dead, you and he understand."
We didn't sleep that night.
I sat with Xiao Yu and listened to him talking about some past events. Xiao Yu is not a mother-in-law, so she focuses on some military life. By the way, she has also advocated how to eat hard and hard to win the sergeant's love and trust. Later, I also said a lot about Xie Zhaoxuan. Xie Zhaozhen is hearty and not arrogant. He does not like dancing and ink, only loves swords. Xie Taifu is the most despised Wufu, he only steals to learn. In those years, they were four, Xiao Yu, Xie Zhaozhen, Yu Zhengxun and Han Yanyu. They were young and indolent, and they were very romantic. They didn’t have much trouble in the palace and they were printed as four evils. Later, after Xie Zhaoxuan’s death, he ventured every year to come back to see Xie’s family from Xiyao City and take him to a filial piety.
"Mrs. Xie is not aware of it at all?"
"Mrs. Xie only went to school as a second child. He is the second son, and he does not have to undertake the family business. The requirements are not high."
I suddenly thought: "Have he mentioned me?"
Xiao Yu glanced at me: "You were only a few years old, still a stupid girl, what do you do?"
"Also." I laughed. "I just thought that he is my brother, but I can only hear him from someone else's mouth. He is like a character in a story."
Xiao Yu said: "While the second child is short-lived, it is indeed a touching story."
I asked: "Where is he buried?"
"In Xiyao City. I built a ancestral hall for him, but I couldn't name his name. I had to name the warriors who died in the frontier. I swore that I will come back in the future and I will send him a thick burial."
Xiao Yu sighed: "It's really fast, ten years."
Ten years. The youngsters who had been savage in the past grew into deep and wise young people, but there were still many grievances in them.
I changed the subject: "Are you already married?"
Xiao Yu smiled and said: "Yi Xin? She is the daughter of Zhengzhou Shoujun in Taizhou. The emperor gave me the marriage, and the Taizhou is in the south of Xiyao. If there is any movement in the future, the court can buffer it in Taizhou.

I am curious: "How is she?"
Xiao Yu glanced at her eyes and said, "She has been dead for three years."
what? Also dead?
"She is not in good health. The doctor advised her not to have children, she did not listen. It was a small birth in five months. I asked all the doctors, and I was helpless. After all, I was not saved... She is a very good woman."

I think, for five months, the child must have not survived. Losing his wife and losing his son, the person close to His Royal Highness Yan seems to never live long. If he is given a life, it may be the kind of star.
I want to say a few words of my own words, but the shallow words are poor, and the ghosts make God worse: "What about the sister?"
Xiao Yu turned her head and smiled at me. My face was red and I shrank. Xiao Yu sighed and shook his head. I thought he would teach me again, but he said, "I am with you, I am a sweetheart, I have thought about marrying her."
He underestimated, but I heard the helplessness.
"Don't want it now?"
"I don't think about it at all. Now, which woman is following me, I have to suffer from sin. If I lose, I will drag her down. Why bother? I am bound to be with Qin Daren. It is difficult for her to be in the middle. I know that she is doing well, just fine."
I want to say that you are afraid of being surrounded by people around you. But this is too harsh, not to say.
Retell the old saying: "When are you going back to Xiyao City?"
Xiao Yu said: "After dawn."

Hey?
I was shocked:
So urgent?

"I have been staying in the capital for a long time."
"What can I do with this mess?"
Xiao Xiao smiled: "Why do you think I have to run away?"
I realized: "Shameless!"
He gave back: "Rogue."
I am angry: "Where am I rogue?"
"You are bright and upright? Then you will stay and do the second emperor. Xiao Yu's market is very popular, you will soon mix a prince, and then you can master the world."
I heard the clue: "How is it? You want to take me away?"
Xiao Yu scorned: "Stupid like a pig." The tone is soft.
He finally began to swear, indicating that his tenacious nerves are back. The former Yan Wang, who was sorrowful and sullen and angered, temporarily retired.
I breathed a sigh of relief and glared at him with shamelessly: "The second brother is loyal to the clouds, and of course he will not leave me alone."
Xiao Xiao smiled and asked: "What do you call me?"
I am sweet: "Second brother."
Xiao Yu reached over and I thought he would squeeze my face again. I didn't think he but gently held me. I heard his steady heartbeat, passing through the warm chest.
He said: "I am alive for my second child, and I will naturally take care of you for him."
My heart was soft and I reached out and grabbed his waist.
Xiao Yu left and left. He told me: "I have something to do, Zijing will take you away. You all the way north, passed the Chuanjiang, is Huzhou. We agreed to meet in Renshan County." Finished, and old-fashioned me, "You want to marry, Listen to the words on the road, don't make trouble, eat less snacks."
I rolled my eyes: "I will obey, what good."
Xiao Yu thief laughs: "Brother will give you a good wife."
I kicked him out.
After Xiao Yu left, the sky was already bright, I couldn't sit still, and looked at Song Zijing with dark circles.
This is exactly when the dog is still asleep but the chicken is awake, Xie Fu is quiet, I sneak into the college like a thief. As a result, at the first sight of the door, is it the Song Zijing Song?
He wore a neat blue home uniform. Without the robes of the past robes, it is clear that he is thin but not weak, slender and well-proportioned, wide shoulders and narrow waist, very comfortable. If he is really a knight, he is definitely a high-level intellectual in the heroes. It is said that Dong Qi’s atmosphere is particularly confucian. I think it’s possible to return to Confucianism.
He asked me: "When is it going?"
This is like saying that I asked him.
I asked: "Are you all packed up?"
Song Zijing smiled and smiled: "What is good to clean up?"
Admire! Everything is nothing but something outside.
I am gearing up: "Good! Waiting for me to call Yunxiang, this will leave!"
"Now? The day is still not bright?"
I showed my teeth and my eyes were fine: "The elopement naturally has to be in the black light."
"Elopement?" Song Zijing.
I laughed: "Elope! Elope! Xie Si Niang's heart is swaying, and her lover is rushing to the frontier. Is there anything more logical than this?"
Song Zijing comprehends and grin, "In the end, it is your cleverness."
I smiled cozyly: "Sir, I will call you a brother in the future."
Song Zijing smiled and said: "Your brother can be really much."
My face is a little red: "How much better."
Song Zijing can't smile. He whispered: "Let's go."
He held my hand, pulled it over and hugged me into my arms. I was amazed that he had already let go since he had not responded. I found that there was an ordinary little pearl on my waist.
"this is?"
"There is a fragrance on the bead, which can't be heard by ordinary people. But there are birds who know it. When they can communicate with each other."
I liked it: "I have a heart."
Song Zijing took me and Yunxiang out of Xiefu. At that time, the white belly of the sky was already visible. The early-earning birds on the tree began to sing. The dog next door to the king’s house got up early and barked. I breathed the clear air, and last time I looked back at the home where I lived for half a year.
This place can't bind me, so I didn't fly out of the cage, but there was a sense of freshness.
I looked at the sky in the north, the blue like a water, and the outline of a vast prairie.