fan dance

The days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, winter had left, and spring returned to the earth.

Yu Chiqiu was still under house arrest in the Lanxu Palace, probably because Ning Wu felt that he was quite safe, so he ordered people to remove the chains that locked him, and allowed him to walk around in the yard outside the house.

Ning Wu would appear every six or seven days, bringing He Miaoshou to feel Yu Chiqiu's pulse, and at the same time talk to him about the affairs of Damian.Yu Chiqiu seldom responded, just listening to Ning Wu singing a one-man show alone.This person is very cautious, Yu Chiqiu knows what to say and what not to say, and he doesn't leak anything.

Ning Wu was not annoyed at all, he seemed to have a good idea of ​​the current situation of Damian, he just showed off to Yu Chiqiu, anyway, Yuchiqiu couldn't escape his palm.Other than that, Ning Wu treated Yu Chiqiu not badly. All the supplies for daily life were based on his own example. During the New Year's Eve, he specially brought a banquet over, and the maid assigned to Yu Chiqiu was also carefully selected. Carefully selected.

The maid who served Yu Chiqiu personally was named Pei Er, she was only twelve or thirteen years old, although she was young, she was very clever, and she was meticulous in her work. She was drawn over by Yu Chiqiu.

Yu Chiqiu didn't care, he used to be calm, but now he's trapped here, since he can't escape, he might as well stay and wait and see what happens in Ning Wu's gourd.

Yu Chiqiu stood at the door, holding tea in his hand, looking at the bright spring in the yard, the buds on the peach trees were just about to bloom, he felt a little dazed for a moment.

"Pearl, what day is it today?"

Pei'er tilted her head and thought for a while, then replied: "The annual banquet was given by the eldest prince a month ago, and today is the third day of February."

"The third day of February..." Yu Chiqiu lowered his head and muttered softly. Since his martial arts were abolished, his hearing has deteriorated a lot, and his physical strength is not as good as before. He often feels weak and occasionally falls asleep.Sometimes there is chaos in his mind, as if the past is far away from him.Seeing the peach blossoms in the courtyard today, he couldn't remember what time it is now.

"How long have I been locked up here?"

Pei'er looked at Yu Chiqiu timidly, and said in a low voice: "The maidservant will come here to serve you, probably for two months."

Yu Chiqiu supported his forehead and said: "By the way, you came later. When I left Taohua Town, it was just winter... How long has it been... I..." The more he thought about it, the more he had a headache, and he couldn't help it. He patted his forehead lightly.

Pei'er said: "My lord, if you can't remember it, don't think about it." She thoughtfully took the cloak and put it on for Yu Chiqiu, persuading, "Although it's spring, the weather is still very cold, Mr. He said that you are not in good health." Why don't you go back to the house and lie down?"

"Master He?" Yu Chiqiu thought suddenly, as if thinking of something, "He Miaoshou?"

Pei'er nodded, and helped Yu Chiqiu back into the house.

Yu Chiqiu became suspicious. After all, he was also a medical student, so he naturally understood his own physical condition. At first, he also suspected that Ning Wu sent people to do something in the diet, but whether it was to feel his own pulse or test the food, Never see anything unusual.The decoction sent is also a normal nourishing medicine, and there is nothing in it. Why does his body seem to be aging, and he just blindly develops in a worsening direction.

With Yu Chiqiu's temperament, he naturally wouldn't take the initiative to ask Ning Wu or He Miaoshou. After realizing that something was wrong, he began to secretly pay attention to Pei'er.Pei'er was young, no matter what, it was impossible not to leave any clues behind.

Pei'er waited on Yu Chiqiu as usual, and Yu Chiqiu found that he seemed to be sleepy for longer and longer, and sometimes even took a short nap in the morning, and then it would be dark when he opened his eyes.And after waking up, instead of feeling relieved, his whole body was sore, as if he was overworked.He became more and more suspicious. When he saw He Miaoshou several times, he couldn't help asking what happened. He Miaoshou hesitated to speak, but finally shook his head, saying that he was ordered to visit.

Another time, when Yu Chiqiu woke up in the afternoon, it was raining heavily outside, and he found that his clothes had been changed in the morning, but the moisture in his hair had not yet dissipated.Could it be that he fell asleep and ran outside the house?Yu Chiqiu was sure that he was not dreaming. He even felt that he was completely unconscious after falling asleep. After getting up, he picked up a scrap of paper in front of the bed, and he didn't know what was written on it like a ghostly talisman.

Asking Pei Er, Pei Er panicked and said that she was just drawing and playing when she was bored, and she didn't clean it up for a while.Yu Chiqiu naturally didn't believe it, but he couldn't grasp any evidence, so he had no choice but to give up.

Until one day at noon, Yu Chiqiu went for a walk in the courtyard, and Peier was also embroidering patterns in the courtyard. Their daughter's family loved this in their spare time, and Yuchiqiu didn't care, and occasionally watched with great interest.Pei'er was comparing the color of the silk thread, while humming softly, her voice was as melodious as an oriole.

But Yu Chiqiu felt as if struck by lightning, he walked forward quickly, Pei'er saw him coming and hurriedly put down his bandage, and asked, "What's wrong, young master, what's your order?"

"Where did you learn the tune you hummed just now?" Yu Chiqiu's face turned pale, and the tune Pei'er hummed unconsciously was actually Fenghuang Yin.Fenghuang Yin is divided into upper and lower ques, the second half que sung by Pei'er has not been spread outside, and even the fan dance in Wangxian Tower that day only played the first half que.Yu Chiqiu was sure that he had never sung to anyone other than Su Chengjing...at least when he was sober.

Pei'er dodged Yu Chiqiu's gaze, and said falteringly: "Yes... yes... it's a ditty that Pei'er learned in her hometown."

"Impossible, the Phoenix Yin has not been handed down to the world."

"This this……"

Yu Chiqiu pressed Pei'er's shoulder: "Besides, I'm tone deaf. How come the minor tune you learned in your hometown is exactly the same as mine?" He lowered his eyes, as if asking Pei'er, but also as if confirming, " Is it... I... I didn't fall asleep, I lost my mind?"

"I, I don't know!" Pei'er took advantage of Yu Chiqiu's loss of consciousness and hurriedly broke free. Seeing that he still wanted to ask, she screamed and ran out.

Yu Chiqiu chased after two steps, then stopped, a trace of ominousness crept into his heart... He put his arms around his shoulders, tried to confirm something, closed his eyes slightly, feeling exhausted overwhelmingly, his eyes were dark , It's like being trapped in a place of chaos and ignorance, you can't think of anything, you can't perceive anything.

……

Pei'er didn't return all night until Ning Wu brought her back the next morning.Pei'er cried until her eyes were red and swollen, and she was punished to kneel outside Yuchiqiu's house. On the slender white arms exposed from the cuffs, a few traces of scarlet were looming.

Yu Chiqiu was still sober today, looked at Ning Wu coldly, and didn't give a good face: "It's just a child, or your own person, do you need to be so ruthless?"

"Of course you will be punished if you make a mistake." Ning Wu was in a good mood, "But if Mr. Qiu asks for mercy, I can naturally give you this favor."

Yu Chiqiu glanced at Pei'er, and said softly: "Don't cry, get up."

Pei'er looked at Ning Wu in fear, Ning Wu stood with his hands behind his back, and nodded slightly: "Since Mr. Yuchi said so, you step back and ask Wu Yun to serve you."

Pei'er silently kowtowed, knelt and retreated.Ning Wu sat down at the table and said, "Today is a good day, how about Mr. Qiu playing chess with me?"

Yu Chiqiu looked at the sky outside the house, but it was cloudy: "So you call this weather covered by dark clouds a good day?"

While speaking, a beautiful woman in colorful clothes came in with chess sets, spread out the chess board on the table, divided the pieces on both sides, and stood behind Ning Wu.Ning Wudao: "Today is a good day for planning and mobilizing troops, why isn't it a good day?"

"What do you mean?" Yu Chiqiu was slightly startled and hurriedly asked.

"Wu Yun, go make tea." Ning Wu instructed the woman in colorful clothes, twisting a chess piece casually, "How about Mr. Qiu first?"

Yu Chiqiu pondered for a moment, finally sat down in front of the chessboard, stretched out his hand and randomly grabbed a handful from the chess box, counted them casually, and threw them back into the box, leaving only one: "What to play?"

"Naturally backgammon." Ning Wu made a gesture of invitation.

Backgammon is also one of the chess games handed down from ancient times. It has the same equipment as Go, but it is much simpler to play than Go.Da Mian is popular in Go player talk, while Lan Xu is popular in backgammon.Yu Chiqiu sighed, and casually dropped a word.Ning Wu took a deep look at Yu Chiqiu, and he had no regrets.

Backgammon does not need to rack one's brains like the game of Go, the way of playing is much more casual, more like a casual play, just entertaining people.Yu Chiqiu was absent-minded, not knowing what kind of trick Ning Wu wanted to play, after playing two rounds, one lost and the other won, he finally asked, "Ning Wu, what do you mean by plotting and mobilizing troops?"

The corner of Ning Wu's mouth raised slightly, as if he was very proud: "You really still care...why, isn't it fun to play chess with me?"

Yu Chiqiu stared at the chess piece in his hand, and said in a deep voice, "You..."

"It's okay to tell you, Emperor Mianchao is seriously ill, and the princes of the Leng family have rushed back to the capital. Today is the day of the incident, what do you think, Mr. Qiu?" Ning Wu played with the chess pieces and said with a smile, "Of course, I'm helping you. Nothing to do, so I have to come here to play chess with Mr. Qiu."

Ning Wu seemed to be taking some time off, but Yu Chiqiu didn't take it seriously: "So it's something that hasn't been decided yet, so I don't know why I should be proud of it."

"Young Master Qiu is pinning his hopes on Su Chengjing and that King Chen Leng Qiyu?" Ning Wu knocked on his forehead, "Oh, I forgot to tell you that two months ago, King Chen deprived the prince of his title and was sentenced to prison for the crime of disrespect. , and Su Chengjing was also placed under house arrest in Qingyin Pavilion, guess who is responsible for all this?"

Yu Chiqiu was agitated for a moment, and the chess piece in his hand fell off the board, messing up the endgame: "You!" After a long while, he slowly picked up the chess piece, but he couldn't remember the original appearance of the endgame, so he simply brushed off the chess pieces, shook his head and said: "Ning Wu, is it that fun to be someone else's pawn?"

"Chess pieces," Ning Wu focused on the chess pieces in Yu Chiqiu's hands. He was holding a black chess piece, and the dark jade had a warm luster.Ning Wu snorted coldly and asked, "How do you know if I'm a chess piece or a chess player?"

Yu Chiqiu pointed at the chessboard: "Five sons of chess, no matter how you turn the clouds and rains, it's just this square inch of land. Your vision is so short-sighted, but others are looking at the world. You control this game, but in other people's chess game , you are still nothing more than a pawn." He paused for a moment, then sneered, "Maybe, you are still a pawn."

Ning Wudao: "I came to you to play chess, just to pass the time out of boredom. Mr. Qiu uses chess as a metaphor to talk about it here, but the situation outside is changing. Everything is under the control of me and the eldest prince. Mr. Qiu doesn't feel that I am very happy. Is it ridiculous?"

Leng Anjun, the great crown prince, is also the eldest brother of Su Chengjing and Leng Anyue. Although he is the eldest son of the emperor, his biological mother came from a slightly cold background, and he is not favored by the world, so he is the quietest and low-key among the six princes. In the past, Yu Chiqiu must have been surprised by the collusion between Ning Wu and Leng Anjun.

Yu Chiqiu lowered his eyes and said, "What good did he promise you?"

Ning Wu thought for a while, and answered frankly: "There is civil strife in the Mian Dynasty, and Lan Xu has nothing to do. In the future, he will become the emperor, and I, Lan Xu, will also break away from the vassal state of the Mian Dynasty. "

"Do you really think that Lan Xu has the ability to compete with Da Mian?"

Ning Wu smiled and said, "If Lan Xu was under the rule of your Yuchi family, of course there would be none. If it were me... oh, hahahahaha..."

Yu Chiqiu threw a chess piece angrily, got up and shouted: "Ning Wu, moths are flying into the flames, killing themselves, Lan Xu will never recover, are you going to be a sinner through the ages!"

Ning Wu confronted each other: "It will only be you, Su Chengjing and Yu Chiqiu who will be lost forever, sit down!"

Those words were like a spell, Yu Chiqiu was originally full of momentum, but suddenly his mind went blank, he fell on the chair following Ning Wu's words, completely unresponsive.

"Hmph!" Ning Wu raised his hand, threw out all the remaining chess pieces on the table, then grabbed Yu Chiqiu with one hand, spun his body, and hit the chessboard forcefully.

The chessboard was made of marble, Yu Chiqiu was unprepared, his forehead hit the cold and hard stone, it was black and blue, and his ears were buzzing.Ning Wu clasped Yu Chiqiu's hands instead, and tore Yu Chiqiu's clothes without hesitation.

Yu Chiqiu couldn't struggle, although he knew that Ning Wu was not as good as Long Yang, but this humiliating action still made him feel terrified: "What are you going to do!"

"Don't worry, I'm not as disgusting as Su Chengjing." Mentioning Su Chengjing, Ning Wu showed a look of disgust on his face. After tearing Yu Chiqiu's clothes, he didn't proceed any further, but his tone became very cheerful, "Wu Yun, put me Bring in the gift for Young Master Qiu."

Wu Yun clapped her hands, and two attendants came in carrying an object as tall as a person, carefully put it down, and lifted the red cloth covering it, it turned out to be a beautifully crafted glazed mirror.The production process of colored glaze mirror is cumbersome and expensive, and it is very rare even in Da Mian, but it can reflect clearly and can almost show people exactly the same.

Ning Wu dragged Yu Chiqiu, who was disheveled, to the front of the mirror. Yu Chiqiu saw himself in the mirror in a panic, looking like a ghost, and wished to bump into him. Ning Wu twisted his wrist and turned his body to the glass mirror , and pinched his chin again, forcing him to look in the mirror. "How, is Mr. Qiu satisfied?"

Yu Chiqiu stared at the mirror with wide-eyed eyes, the coolness that started to emerge from the soles of his feet slowly spread all over his body, he remembered, the truth that he had deliberately forgotten all this time, but now he had to face, he remembered all of it.

In the mirror, his back seemed to have been stabbed with a beautiful picture, with ferocious vines winding all the way to his shoulder blades, showing vigorous vitality.There are budding flowers on the vines, and even the bright and coquettish flower at the top occupies the center of the entire back.

This is the glory of the world, the most extreme glory of the world.Just like his name, the flowers bloomed so dazzlingly and brilliantly.And all of this was at the price of Yu Chiqiu's sanity.

So, he wasn't drowsy, and during those times when he was unconscious, he didn't know what he did, was he smirking in a daze alone, or making scary faces like those two children?Or is it singing the Fenghuang Yin, which is out of tune?

Yu Chiqiu knew that he had already gone crazy.

"Ning Wu...you just want to see me go crazy..."

Ning Wu's voice was like a ghost, and he slowly approached Yu Chiqiu's ear, whispering: "Yes, it's really beautiful. You pulled Pei'er and said you wanted to draw her portrait, but you wrote countless Su Chengjing, and then smeared and tore it up yourself. When it rains, you rush into the rain, dance under the rotten peach tree... and..."

"do not talk!"

"Don't want to hear it anymore?" Ning Wu reached out and stroked the pattern on Yu Chiqiu's back, seemingly satisfied, "Yuchiqiu, as I said, I will let you understand what is more terrifying than death."

Yuchiqiu's teeth trembled, and he said intermittently: "You, Ning Wu...you are the one, the lunatic!"

Ning Wudao: "You ruined my alchemy room, how could I let it go? Do you think that without the seeds in the alchemy room, I would not be able to develop Yaoshi?" He stared at Yu Chiqiu's body, with a greedy light in his eyes, "Deeply planted in the bloodline and passed down for generations, subjected to the catalysis of various rare drugs and poisons, and even the internal skills of various sects and sects... Hahaha, what a perfect seed, it is not in vain for me to sit on the sidelines and wait for a rabbit to catch you. live."

It turns out that from the very beginning, Ning Wu was plotting against Yao Shi in Yu Chiqiu's body.

"You...I..." Yu Chiqiu's face changed in shock, and he wanted to fight back against Ning Wu, but now that he has no power to restrain the chicken, he can only be slaughtered like a fish on the ground.Ning Wu pushed him to the ground, mockingly said: "Don't waste your energy, Yu Chiqiu, just enjoy this last sobriety."

There is nothing more terrifying than watching yourself go crazy bit by bit, Yu Chiqiu's father, grandfather... They have been cursed by this generation after generation, living in such a nightmare.However, they are luckier than Yu Chiqiu in that when they realize that they are starting to go crazy, they can still choose to kill themselves and retain their last dignity.

As for Yu Chiqiu, he could only be forced to wait for his sanity to gradually decline and become a complete lunatic.