Mr. Identity Series

"There is good news and bad news for you." Qi Kang's voice was very calm, so calm that if you didn't listen carefully, you wouldn't be able to hear the anger and trembling in his tone.

"The good news is that the sneak attack of the Jiangnan army caused me to lose more than 3 brothers, that is, [-] living lives. From then on, they will sleep forever on this cold battlefield, and they will never be able to return to their loved ones. .”

Qi Kang clenched his fist, Shui Wuyou's tears fell, and then he turned his head away from looking into Qi Kang's eyes.

"The bad news is that I also left the corpses of more than 3 Jiangnan soldiers in that valley, including the famous General Feiying in your Jiangnan army. Although I also took an arrow from him, the deal is very good , It’s really a bargain, sir, what do you think?”

Shui Wuyou's body shook a bit, he raised his hand to cover his chest, he felt that everything in front of him was so blurry, he really wanted to sit down, but he had to force himself to stand upright like this.

"I will always remember, sir, the lesson you taught me. As you said, the emperor should be ruthless. My mistake is that I have paid too much affection for you. This affection has ruined me The lives of [-] brothers almost ruined the great country of our country. This price is too great, and this lesson is too deep. Sir, congratulate me. The eternal emperor who is going to be lonely to old age."

Qi Kang spoke word by word. When the last word fell, Shui Wuyou felt that everything in front of him was darkened. He finally couldn't stand anymore and collapsed. The last thing he heard was Qi Kang's call mixed with infinite grief, desolation, helplessness and resentment: "Wuyou..."

When he opened his eyes again, he was lying on a couch.Qi Kang stood with his back to him, Ding Dang, Xiao Minzi and Yang Qing stood beside him with their heads bowed, not daring to show their air.

Shui Wuyou barely sat up.Suddenly Qi Kang said: "Wuyou, the five of us set off to the frontier together that day. It was your sacrifice to save me that I was able to return to the capital safely, and Ran's army was also preserved, and we won the victory. Then I said at the time that in this life, I will never doubt you again. I... have always regarded you as my dearest relative, so even though everything is settled today, but you passed out, does this mean that , Your... affection for me is not all fake..."

When he said this, his calm tone trembled a little, then he turned around suddenly, and said word by word: "Because of this, Wuyou, I...will believe in you again, as long as you...tell me, Tell me that things are not what I thought... As long as you say one thing, that I wronged you... I will believe you... I will definitely find the real spy and return your innocence..."

Shui Wuyou stood up slowly, his body swayed for a while, but he stabilized quickly.He looked at Qi Kang with such gentle eyes, suddenly smiled miserably, and said softly: "Kang'er, why are you obsessed with obsession? What is my innocence? Can't you recognize my handwriting? That's right, my love for you They are all true. But I am from Jiangnan after all, Jiangnan, that is my homeland, those soldiers, they are my compatriots. Country and lover, loyalty and affection, I can only choose one.”

When he said this, he walked slowly to Qi Kang's side, suddenly knelt down on both knees, looked up at Qi Kang and said: "Your Highness, I have committed an unforgivable crime, and I am willing to obey the law, but Ding Dong has been with me for several years. Although he has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, he has a loyal and honest nature. I beg His Highness to forgive him and send him back to his hometown in the south of the Yangtze River. Although Shui Wuyou died without regret, under the nine springs, I also feel grateful for His Highness's kindness." After he finished speaking, he was deeply moved. Kowtow down.

"Young Master..." Ding Dong rushed up suddenly, hugged him and cried, "Young Master, don't drop Ding Dong, Ding Dong is willing to die with you, willing to die with you."

"I...promise you..." Qi Kang's gaze finally turned cold inch by inch, then he turned around, put his hand on Yang Qing's shoulder, and walked out step by step like an old man in his twilight.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Shui Wuyou took a deep breath, then he raised his head and watched Qi Kang's back disappear, tears had already flowed down his face.

He turned to look at Ding Dong again, his eyes were still full of tenderness, as if he didn't realize that there was not even a little affection in Ding Dong's eyes.He patted Ding Dong lightly on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't cry, Your Highness promised to send you back to Jiangnan, and you are going back to your hometown. From now on, you can finally be a man with a straight chest, and you don't have to look at people's faces anymore. ...No matter what, you have to remember, you have to live well, you know?"

Ding Dong nodded, at this moment, a trace of unbearableness suddenly appeared on his face, but it was fleeting.

Shui Wuyou let out a sigh of relief, he felt that his soul had already gone with Qi Kang, and what was left now was just a body.Slowly sitting on the chair, his gaze was just staring out of the window, which was the direction Qi Kang was leaving.

Ding Dong also looked at him, wondering what he was thinking.I don't know how long it passed like this, suddenly Shui Wuyou got up, came to the window, and broke off a branch that was as thick as a wrist in front of the window.a family of scholars

Ding Dong felt a little strange, but saw that Shui Wuyou sat back on his seat and chopped off the ends of the branches with a palm knife, leaving only the branches about five or six inches long in the middle.Then he moved his fingers like flying, and the bark fell down like a knife.

Ding Dong looked at it for a while, only to realize that he was actually making a knife with his fingers, engraving the appearance of a puppet.

Shui Wuyou is a talented man who is good at playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. He never thought that he could carve a puppet now with a good appearance.It's just that his fingers suffered a disaster, and when one was broken, another one was replaced. In the end, the ten fingers were all covered with blood, so that the puppet was covered with dark red blood spots.

Finally, the puppet was finally completed. Shui Wuyou put it on the table with a calm expression. He stroked the puppet lightly. Ding Dong thought he was engraving Qi Kang's appearance. Clearly this puppet is actually Shui Wuyou's own appearance.

"Young Master..." Ding Dong was a little curious, just about to ask, but before he could finish his sentence, he heard slight footsteps in the courtyard, and then Yang Qing, masked in black, suddenly appeared in the room.There are more than a dozen men in black behind him.

Ding Dong took a step back nervously.But Shui Wuyou stood up calmly, and looked at Yang Qing with a smile: "The prince promised me that he would send Ding Dong back to Jiangnan."

"Not only Ding Dong, but also you." Yang Qing frowned, and said coldly: "Your Highness said, since you are so loyal to your homeland, I will send you back too, otherwise you will be disposed of on the land of Ran Country, I'm really afraid that you will dirty our country."

Shui Wuyou trembled, but he stabilized quickly. He looked down at the puppet, and asked softly after a long while, "This...was Kang Er saying it himself?"

Yang Qing turned his head away and said nothing, Shui Wuyou heaved a sigh of relief, his tears dripped on the puppet, he gently stroked the puppet with ten broken fingers, and murmured in a voice only he could hear Said: "I know this is not what he said, he... would never say that about me, no matter what, he would never... think that I am dirty..."

When he said this, he took the doll to Yang Qing, wrapped it in a handkerchief and handed it to him, and said softly: "Yang Qing, no matter what, let's have a date, even if you hate me again, please ... Please pass this on to Kang Er, please tell him that in the future, if he thinks about me, I will be with him. Even if he dies, his soul will still be around him. If he forgets me, he will bury this , Throw it away, I’m under the Nine Springs, so I won’t wait for him.”

Yang Qing glanced at Shui Wuyou bitterly, but finally took the puppet over, then stepped aside, and said in a disgusted tone: "Let's go."

Shui Wuyou looked back reluctantly, but Ding Dong immediately jumped out without saying a word.In the end, he also got into the carriage under the impatient and cold eyes of Yang Qing and other men in black. The sound of rumbling was heard, and it gradually went away, and finally disappeared in the rising morning light.

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Once again set foot on the land of the south of the Yangtze River, Shui Wuyou couldn't help feeling mixed feelings. He looked at the decaying grass and setting sun around him, and it was full of autumn, but he couldn't feel a trace of cold in his thin clothes.

A group of officers and soldiers with bright armor came in front of him, and Shui Wuyou stood there quietly, without any excitement or emotion, as if he had expected the hatred and murderous look in the eyes of the other party.

"Following heaven's fortune, the emperor's decree, the treasonous minister Shui Wuyou, betrayed the country, spread false news, and caused tens of thousands of my sons to stain the yellow sand with blood. It is not enough for the common people to be angry, but death cannot atone for their crimes, so they were sent to the Lingta quarry as slaves, and they were not allowed to step out of the quarry for the rest of their lives.

The ruthless decree made even Ding Dong who had been standing beside Shui Wuyou shudder, but Shui Wuyou didn't even frown. He kowtowed and said lightly: "Thank you Your Majesty's grace." Then he calmly accepted the imperial decree that sent him to the eighteenth level of hell.

"My lord..." stood up, his wrist was suddenly grabbed, and when he turned his head, he saw a resentful look in his eyes, and he sighed: "I knew why I had to do it today, you... don't you regret it at all?"

"I am worthy of the heaven and the earth. I live up to my family and country and love. I don't regret it." Shui Wuyou smiled, then gently broke away from Ding Dong's hand, and said softly, "The sea is as wide as the fish can leap into the sky and let the birds fly high. Ding Dong, you go, from now on, forget about me, the son who didn't give you half of the benefits."

Ding Dong stared blankly at Shui Wuyou being taken away by those wolf-like soldiers.Suddenly turned around angrily, and murmured: "To live up to my family and country, what you said is nice, you have already forgotten all about your mission, if... If you really live up to your family and country, I...why bother me?" Make a move, I... I followed you for a while, I admire you so much, but in the end..."

Before he finished speaking, he wiped away his tears again, and said loudly: "Such an unfaithful person, why are you crying for him? From now on, you can stop being Ding Dong, return to your original identity, and go to see him with your head held high. Daddy is gone, you... you should be happy."

Before he could finish his sentence, he heard a flattering voice behind him say: "You are the real pillar of our Jiangnan country, young master, so what is Shui Wuyou?"

"Who are you?" Ding Dong suddenly turned around, staring suspiciously at the smiling flattering man in front of him, and behind him, there was a large group of soldiers.

"Returning to the young master, the younger one's name is Shi Lu, and he was ordered by the general to come here to welcome the young master's return."

The man who looked like a butler bowed and said with a very respectful smile: "Master has set up a banquet at home, and even the current crown prince has arrived, and the emperor has given his orders. From now on, the young master will be His Royal Highness's personal bodyguard. It is an unprecedented honor to be awarded the official title with a knife, and it is not in vain for the young master to be under the eaves all these years."

"Really?" There was excitement in Ding Dong's eyes.Then he looked back, and the person he had followed for several years had long since disappeared. He was out of his mind for a while, then turned around, puffed up his chest, and said calmly, "In that case, let's go."

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The war between Jiangnan and Ran State lasted for another month. Finally, because the cold winter was coming, they each signed a temporary armistice agreement and returned to the court.

It was Dongyue in a blink of an eye, but the Prince's Mansion was no longer as lively as before. The servants all knew that something happened to the Crown Princess, and His Royal Highness was in a bad mood, so they were cautious in everything they did.

In the study room, after Qi Kang finished reviewing the pile of memorials, he finally had half a day's leisure.Xiao Minzi quickly took the opportunity to step forward, and said with an apologetic smile: "Your Highness, the plum blossoms in the back garden are blooming very well, why don't you go and enjoy them? After all, it's no fun to be bored in the room every day."

"No, you go out, let me be alone." Qi Kang waved his hands, then lay back and leaned on the chair like that.

Xiao Minzi sighed helplessly, thinking what would happen if this went on.Your Highness should be over the sadness, right?Sooner or later, it would be great to find another lady from a great family to marry, but also lighten up my thoughts on that spy, alas, but if he doesn't mention it, who dares to say it, even the emperor is only concerned about exhorting him these days, and dare not provoke him.

Little Minzi retreated while thinking, here Qi Kang was leaning on the back of the chair, staring at the ceiling silently, after a while, Fang opened the drawer on the desk and took out a puppet that was not considered delicate.

Naturally, Shui Wuyou asked Yang Qing to hand over this puppet to him that day. Although the time was short and he didn't have any tools at hand, his eyebrows and eyes were the same, and he had the charm of Shui Wuyou's usual days.

Qi Kang put the puppet on his face, pressed it tightly, and muttered to himself: "Wuyou...Wuyou, your heart for me is always true, right? Otherwise, why would you cut this puppet for me? Me, this wood has your blood on it, just like your temperature, but why did you lie to me? Why did you lie to me?"

What Shui Wuyou said to him on the sick bed that day seemed to echo in his ears: "It's only natural. If someone wants to harm you, I will risk my life and protect you. Because you are a good prince."

He took down the puppet again, looked straight at it, and suddenly smiled sadly, because the smile was so bitter that it became even more bleak and ugly than crying, he shook his head slowly, and muttered to himself: " Wuyou, it was you who said this, I have always kept this sentence in my heart, but in the end, you risked your life to protect me, but you just wanted to take away my greatest trust from me, Wuyou...you... ...how cruel..."

"Your Highness, there is a letter from the border." Xiao Minzi's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

Qi Kang quickly put away the mournful look on his face, put the puppet back into the drawer, coughed and said, "Let him in."

As soon as the words fell, a figure flashed outside the door, it was Qi Kang's confidant general arranged by the border, he respectfully presented a letter, and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, this is a letter received by our secret agent in Nanjing City, Jiangxi." Please read the secret report, Your Highness."

Qi Kang took it, and opened the letter with some doubts. Before he saw half of it, he stood up suddenly, clenched his hands into fists, and his face turned pale.

General Guan and Xiao Minzi over there were startled, and after a while, they saw Qi Kang slumped down, and the letter fell from his hand.Xiao Minzi hurriedly stepped forward, picked it up and examined it carefully.

It turned out that this secret letter was written by a spy arranged by Ran Guo in the Jiangnan Dynasty. It stated that after Shui Wuyou was sent back to the country, he took advantage of the death of General Feiying and the death of [-] soldiers. The incident of the total death made a fuss, and the suspicious emperor believed that Shui Wuyou had betrayed the country, demoted him to a slave, and sent him to a quarry three hundred miles away from the capital.Now that Shui Wuyou is in dire straits, he can be regarded as doing something for the soldiers who died in Ran country.

Xiao Minzi sighed, folded the letter, and put it back on the desk, then he winked at the general, and the two of them walked out quietly.

"Wuyou, this is the country you are loyal to, and this is the emperor you are loyal to. You have thought hard, worked hard for them, and betrayed your love. In the end, because of a single mistake, you were mercilessly forced In the name of treason, you... are you worth it?"

"If time could be turned back, would you...would you regret your actions, would...you would really remain neutral as you promised me? Do you know how much I regret, I regret bringing you on The battlefield. If everything can be repeated, I would rather the two of us never go to the frontier. In that way, we will not be separated from life to death. That’s right, it is life from death to death. We will never meet again."

Tears flickered in the corners of Qi Kang's eyes, but stubbornly refused to fall.He suddenly stood up and murmured: "Now that you are in prison, I...I can't save you. As early as when [-] sons died, there was no kindness between us...but...but I can always take one more look at you, one last look at you... yes, that's it... come here..."

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, it is the folk Laba Festival. Every family starts to prepare for the New Year, and the fragrance of Laba porridge is wafting in the streets.Those who traveled far began to return home and reunite with their wives and children.

However, there was a group of people, braved the blowing new wind, and came to the Lingta quarry located three hundred miles away from the Nanjing capital of Jiangnan. This group of people were all wearing black cloaks and covered their mouths and noses with hoods, only showing a pair of eyes outside. .

The quarry was built in a mountain surrounded by cliffs. These dozen or so people were standing on the cliffs, looking down quietly.Please respect the labor achievements of others and do not spread them at will. If you like this book, please buy the original version.

It was already the twelfth lunar month of winter, but the people in the quarry were still wearing thin clothes, shouting and cursing could be heard endlessly, and there were occasional screams and groans, which only made people's scalps tingle.

"Your Highness, let's go back, that person... I don't think he's here." Yang Qing lowered his voice, and whispered in Qi Kang's ear.

It is dangerous and dangerous for them to go deep alone. If the emperor in the south of the Yangtze River finds out, they only need to send a few thousand imperial forest troops to shoot them into hedgehogs.

Thinking of this, Yang Qing couldn't help but glared at Xiao Minzi fiercely, but saw Xiao Minzi staring back at him aggrievedly, which seemed to mean: I don't know why the master is coming here, otherwise I will kill him I don't dare to sneak out with him, I'm not bored of life anymore.

Sighing, Yang Qing was right when he thought about it, Qi Kang is His Highness, but Xiao Minzi is just a slave, even he himself dare not disobey his master's orders.

As soon as he thought of this, he suddenly felt the body of Qi Kang beside him tremble. He hurriedly looked down, took a closer look, and finally found the person they were looking for, so he couldn't help being stunned.

Shui Wuyou was dispatched to the quarry as a slave, so naturally he no longer had the peerless demeanor of the past, but Yang Qing never expected that his description would be so miserable after only a few months, no wonder His Highness seemed like He couldn't stand anymore, no matter how he said it, after all, he was the one he loved with all his heart.

These people standing on the cliff are all masters of martial arts with extraordinary eyesight.Therefore, even though they were far away, when Shui Wuyou appeared, they recognized it at a glance.

It is still long black hair, but it no longer has the black and shiny luster of the past, and it spreads its teeth and claws in the wind like a mess of grass, and there is no trace of elegant temperament.

A bright and elegant face, at this moment, is like a skeleton with a layer of skin on it. Presumably, the body should also look like this. The not-so-big clothes cover his body, as if it is covered with an empty space on a bamboo pole. Dangling in the wind.

If he wasn't really impressed with Shui Wuyou, even Qi Kang might not be able to recognize him at this moment.Where there is still a person here, it is clearly a mummy.

"Wu... Wuyou..." Qi Kang growled heart-piercingly, and was about to fly off the cliff, but was held back by Yang Qing and Xiao Minzi.

"Your Highness, have you forgotten the lives of those [-] brothers? At this moment, they may have already turned into a pile of bones, and this person, after all, he is not dead yet."

Yang Qing yelled in Qi Kang's ear. In all fairness, seeing Shui Wuyou like this made him feel uncomfortable. Shui Wuyou treated him very well before, but now, if only because of pity and heartache, he would let His Highness go down to rescue him. People, how will they explain to the families of the [-] soldiers of Ran State, and to the officials and people of Ran State?

What's more, robbing criminals openly in Jiangnan country will expose their identities if they are not careful. It doesn't matter if they die in a foreign country, what about the prince?The prince must not have any mistakes.So Yang Qing held back the pity in his heart, and dragged Qi Kang away.

Although Shui Wuyou in the quarry no longer has a human form, but his martial arts are still there, and the low growl was able to reach his ears through the force of the wind.He suddenly raised his head and looked up, and saw that familiar figure, although the hood covered his face, but he had such an unforgettable memory of that figure, for a moment, he couldn't help being stunned, feeling as if he was dreaming.

"Hey, what the hell are you in a daze for?" Suddenly a whip was drawn from the sky, and Shui Wuyou's tattered clothes were torn again, the dry skin was cracked, and blood beads rushed out.

He quickly lowered his head, not daring to look up again, for fear that the officers and soldiers would find Qi Kang.Tears fell down, and the cracked hands struggled to move a large stone, so as to conceal the panic and ecstasy in his heart, as well as endless worries.

I don't know how long it has passed, how many stones have been moved, but I just feel that my legs and feet don't seem to be my own.Shui Wuyou reckoned that it had been a long time before he dared to sneak up and take another look when no one around was paying attention.

On the high cliff, there are only dead weeds and bare trees. The people I saw just now are like a dream in the south, where can I find their shadows at this time.

Shui Wuyou knew that Qi Kang had left, and left safely without alarming anyone.So the breath he had been holding suddenly relaxed, and his weak body couldn't bear it anymore, so he sat down on the ground.

But what Shui Wuyou didn't know was that shortly after Qi Kang left, three people walked out of the official office set up in the distance.If he saw these three people, he would scream in horror, because these three people are the current emperor and prince, as well as the general Shi Wei who is most valued by the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I don't understand. Since the Emperor already knew that Qi Kang would come, why didn't he send someone to make preparations in advance to take him down in one fell swoop." Shi Wei asked respectfully, staring at the direction where Qi Kang and others disappeared.

The gray-haired old emperor coughed a few times, then took the handkerchief handed over by the crown prince and wiped his mouth, before he panted and said, "Qing Hong, as a superior, you have to take a long view. We will take it down today." Qi Kang, apart from making Qi Lan and Ran Guo resent and swear to the death for revenge, there is no benefit. But let Qi Kang see his lover's miserable appearance today, and let him know the whole truth after he ascends the throne in the future. When he suffers such a blow, he will be in a state of confusion, and the emperor will be in a state of uncertainty, what will happen to his country? At that time, we will send our troops to the north, are we afraid that we will not win a big victory?"

Shi Wei nodded and said: "So that's the case, the emperor is really far-sighted, and I admire it. No wonder you didn't move at all after you learned that Wang Qiao was a traitor in Ran's country. It was just to let him be charged with innocent crimes and to let Qi Kang have nothing to do." If there is any suspicion, Shui Wuyou will be imprisoned only if it is framed by a traitor. Otherwise, with his wisdom, we will punish Shui Wuyou, I am afraid that he will become suspicious sooner or later."

The emperor nodded and smiled, "That's right, that's right." After speaking, he glanced coldly at the direction of the quarry, and said sadly, "Shui Wuyou dares to betray my trust in him, and he will be cut to death. It's also hard to get rid of the hatred in my heart, if I didn't keep him and still have this effect, how could I allow him to live to this day."

Speaking of this, he waved his hand and said: "Shi Wei, that Shui Wuyou is useless now, you just arrange someone to kill him, remember, the method must be cruel, to warn future generations, let them understand Betray the country, betray my fate, cough cough cough..."

"Father, if this kind of traitor is killed easily, wouldn't it be too cheap for him?"