incomprehensible

Yu Wushuang is a very powerful woman, and Lan Qi has known this since the first day she joined Skylark.

Most of the young children who are new to Skylark are panic-stricken, but there are also a few who are as calm and composed as Lan Qi.The skylark called these young children "baby birds", and after being selected by each department, they were trained separately.Yube only picks those who are good-looking, while Yu Wushuang prefers to choose those who are calm and steady.

It is reasonable to say that such a calm person since childhood is not easy to attack, but all hidden people are devoted to Yu Wushuang, even Lan Qi is very close to her, and wants to get close to her unconsciously.

Yu Wushuang treats every chick as her own, and can even remember everyone's preferences.That kind of care is too sincere, even a rock can be softened by her, let alone a group of immature children.

In the end, less than one tenth of this group of chicks can become hidden, but Yu Wushuang can make everyone accept this cruel elimination. It is a great honor to pass the assessment and become hidden. The reward of her painstaking cultivation; failing to pass the qualifications and dying of death is due to her lack of ability and a failure to live up to her painstaking cultivation.

It was supposed to be a life-and-death selection and competition, but these chicks would not hate each other, even if they had to cover up with masks every day, and they didn't know each other's names or looks, they were as close as brothers and sisters; even if they were The dwindling number of people can't extinguish this kind of fanaticism that is almost possessed by evil spirits. Those losers who were eliminated and "processed" disappeared completely as if they had never existed before, and no one cared about them.All the chicks have only one goal in their eyes, which is to become a qualified hidden and respond to Yu Wushuang's expectations.

In this environment, Lan Qi was affected to some extent. Even now, he is still proud of his golden eyes, and regards the feathers and beak as worthless.

It's not that he hasn't been shaken. Under Yu Wushuang's education, he also had this terrible frenzy. Only the heart-biting pain once a month can make him sober and calm down.Sometimes he even thinks that this is the purpose of Empress Chu planting deed Gu on him, reminding him all the time that he is someone who has already recognized his master and will never belong to Skylark.

If Queen Chu was the first person Lan Qi admired, Yu Wushuang was undoubtedly the second.

Different from Empress Chu's seriousness, Yu Wushuang is smiling all the time, although she always sheds tears for those dead chicks, but even when she sheds tears, she can have a strange and gratifying feeling. Smile, as if each of these toddlers died well.What's even more frightening is that this kind of smile can really infect other people. Her every move, every word and deed, even just a look in her eyes seems to be bewitching, and people will unconsciously open their hearts to her.

No one can tell whether she is sincere or not, not even herself.The highest level of lies is that even she has been deceived. As she herself said, every secret is her child, and she loves every one of her children.This ability is much higher than Yube's charm, and it has gone beyond the category of demagoguery, it is the erosion and control of the will.

Therefore, there is no need for any medicine or Gu for the eyes. Yu Wushuang herself is the most powerful Gu in the world, and she firmly holds all hidden loyalty.

Just like the conversation just now, Lan Qi knew that she was trying to separate herself from Ye Xuehuan, and that she was trying to sow discord, but she still couldn't help but let her control the direction and rhythm of the conversation, and let her draw all the attention From Yujiu to King Liang, and then to nobles' ruthlessness and righteousness, little by little corroded the precarious persistence and belief in his heart.

Even Lan Qi himself is not sure, if Yu Wushuang knew from the beginning that he had another master, and instead focused on attacking, would he still be able to keep his heart, and would he be completely reduced to her "child".

Hearing about Yujiu's tragedy and remembering her last empty eyes, he really felt the sorrow of the rabbit dying and the fox, he really doubted Ye Xuehuan, and he really felt disheartened.

It's not how irrefutable Yu Wushuang's words are, but her expression and tone when she speaks, the sigh and sadness from the heart, which makes people unable to restrain themselves and immerse themselves in it.

If she hadn't shown the key to the imperial mausoleum, if she hadn't remembered her mission and mission for many years, Lan Qi might really have to follow the crowd and be led by her nose.

—what a terrible woman.

He didn't dare to entangle with Yu Wushuang any more, he let out a sigh of relief, and repeated: "Master Yu, please give it to me."

Yu Wushuang propped her chin with one hand, and said with a soft smile: "Your master is indeed very ambitious."

Lan Qi was silent.

"If you want, I can give it to you." Yu Wushuang said softly, "It's just that you have to think clearly, the thing your master wants you to take is related to the survival of the world, not to mention you, even your Third Highness I can't afford it either...do you still want to?"

"I want to." Lan Qi replied without hesitation, "This is my mission. If I don't complete it for a day, I won't be free for a day. If Master Yu really loves me, he really treats me as your child ...Please ask Master Yu to help me."

Yu Wushuang stared at him deeply, her eyes seemed to be full of love and compassion, as if she saw through him a long, long time ago, and said with some nostalgia and emotion: "Do you know, your current expression is just Even what he said was exactly the same as when Yu Jiu begged me to help her and King Liang."

"Yujiu is a good boy, he has his own opinions on everything; you are also a good boy, you always have your own persistence in your heart."

"But it's a good boy like you who will go all the way to the dark, only accepting the reason of his own death, insisting on being hit with bruises all over his body, and no one will persuade him to turn back."

"I like children like you very much, but sometimes... I really feel distressed."

Lan Qi couldn't listen anymore, stood up abruptly, and growled unbearably: "If Lord Yu wants to stop, how can there be no means? You let Yujiu secretly communicate with King Liang, obviously because you want her to Enter the harem, so that you can consolidate your Yu clan's status and completely invade the Yi country!"

Seeing that he had finally broken down, Yu Wushuang smiled even wider, glanced at the incense ball shaking violently at his waist, and asked slowly: "You mean, I shouldn't let Yujiu pursue the love in my heart? Do you even think that the imperial power and nobles can't afford the truth?"

"I……"

Lan Qi was speechless and wanted to refute, but suddenly felt confused in his heart, and he couldn't figure out what he was thinking, so he murmured: "Your Highness... His Highness is different..."

"I am also willing to believe that he is different." Yu Wushuang smiled, "He is now in full swing, so he has the leisure to love you. But if one day your identity is exposed and threatens his status, who knows if he is What's different?"

"You see, you have only been with the third prince for half a year, and your way of thinking is already full of conspiracy theories. You feel that I am trading Yujiu's happiness for the status of Yushi."

Her voice became softer and softer, as if she wanted to calm his emotions, but it seemed to inadvertently provoke a deeper level of fear, "But if Yujiu and King Liang really love each other, even if I want her to enter the harem, I can't help it." It’s not hurting her, is it? Even you yourself start to disbelieve, even you yourself start to feel that power and truth cannot be combined, what are you still insisting on?”

"..."

Lan Qi took two steps back dejectedly, shaking his head silently.Knowing that he couldn't listen to her anymore, and couldn't believe every word she said, but those words were like sharp iron nails, firmly wedged into his heart.

He really wanted to refute, wanted to firmly say that he believed in Ye Xuehuan, but now that he was hiding here alone, that was the most irrefutable fact.He was really shaken, so many years of liking seemed to have turned into hypocritical wishful thinking and self-deception overnight, and he even felt that he might not really believe it from the beginning, but it was just some boring self-esteem and vanity. That's all.A strong sense of helplessness and self-loathing overwhelmed him, and the pain made him almost suffocate.

"Lord Yu...what exactly do you want from me?" He forcibly collected himself, suppressing his voice from trembling, "Give me the key to the Imperial Tomb...what exactly do you want me to do?"

"If the Liu family wants to make trouble, they have to rely on the resources in the imperial tomb, and the Yu family doesn't want the Liu family to really grow up, so naturally they can't hand over the key."

Yu Wushuang also stood up, smiled and took two steps towards him, Lan Qi couldn't help but took two steps back, her back was already against the door.

"The group of old people are confident, but when I die, who else can keep this key?" Yu Wushuang shook her head, smiling helplessly and mockingly, "Since Xingzu left the key, it is not I don't mind if future generations open his mausoleum. It will be opened anyway, at least I can choose who to open it. The Yu family has come to the end of the road, but it can't be cheap for Liu's family. Why don't I give it to you and make one in exchange? Pet chips are also good."

She picked up the Moyu key from the desk, walked slowly to Lan Qi, took his hand, and gently placed it in his palm.The simple and exquisite key is engraved with the Xiangfeng imprint, which symbolizes the Feng family, and has a strong sense of history.

It was clearly something he had always wanted, but when he actually held it in his hands, Lan Qi felt inexplicably dazed for a while, without any sense of joy and accomplishment, but rather a sense of loss that he could not see the way forward and where to go.

The mechanism map is still in his mind, and now the key to the mechanism is also in his hands. Ye Xuehuan relies on him to open the imperial tomb, and there is another reason to keep him; but for some reason, his heart is so empty and peaceful lonely.

Yu Wushuang took off the small white jade tablet from his waist and handed it to him together, "Today, there are more than seventy surviving hidden people in all directions of the world. you."

Lan Qi stretched out his hand to take it dumbly.

"You want another key to the Imperial Mausoleum, and I can give it to you." Yu Wushuang looked at him, "It's just that you want to give this key to your third highness, and open the last lock. It's up to you to decide."

She stretched her hands towards her waist, and began to untie the layers of gauze one by one.

That was probably Lan Qi's worst nightmare in her 20 years of life.

The moment the gauze was untied, a strong and pungent rancid smell spread; the wound on Yu Wushuang's abdomen was about ten inches long, and the belly was literally ripped open, and the red, white and white intestines inside were clearly visible , It has even rotted and turned black, sticking to each other, and the specific organs cannot be distinguished. It looks like they have all fallen out and been stuffed back indiscriminately. The degree of disgust is beyond words.

She is already a living corpse, her body has started to rot from the inside, but she can still act and talk like ordinary people, and she can confuse people like she used to.

Lan Qi watched her put her hands into her stomach with a calm face, digging around in the lump of rotten meat, she felt her stomach was overwhelmed, but she seemed to be frozen, unable to move. I couldn't even take my eyes off her, staring at her. I never knew which viscera pulled out a pendant the size of a soybean. It was covered with dried blood and shriveled flesh, and the shape could not even be seen. It had also turned dark brown, and she hooked it with one finger and handed it over unsteadily.

"I originally wanted to bring this secret into hell, but since Xiaolan asked me for it, I will give it to you."

Yu Wushuang still had a gentle smile, as if she didn't know how terrifying her appearance was now, nor how dirty and bloody the pendant in her hand was.Lan Qi was trembling uncontrollably all over his body, pinched his thigh fiercely, and then forcibly calmed down a bit, and slowly stretched out his hand, letting Yu Wushuang put the pendant in his palm.

Then he couldn't bear it anymore, opened the door, rushed into the yard, lay down next to the well and vomited.These few days, his diet was light, and after vomiting a few mouthfuls of water, his stomach still felt uncomfortable, his throat was full of sour and bitter taste, but he couldn't vomit anything anymore.The little black cat came out at some point, rubbing against his legs, as if trying to comfort him.

Lan Qi stretched out his hand and pushed it away, "Hey, don't stay here."

After speaking, I was stunned for a moment.

——Why didn't Ye Xuehuan always say "be good" to him, treating him as a well-behaved kitten.

Of course the cat couldn't understand human words, instead it put its head on his hand and acted coquettishly regardless of the occasion.Looking at it, Lan Qi seemed to have calmed down a little. He tore off the blood-soaked lanyard, and washed the pendant repeatedly with water.

Yu Wushuang leaned against the door, slowly wrapping the gauze back around her waist, one after another, to cover up the fact that she was no longer alive.

No one spoke again until the night was dark.The pendant had been washed long ago, and it had returned to its original golden color. Only then could it be seen that it was a little phoenix. The head and tail were carved on the round gold beads. Only two small wings extended from both sides, and the overall shape was still intact. Some are funny and cute, and they seem to have a different kind of majesty.

He carefully put away the Moyu key and pendant, but his heart was still pounding, and he didn't dare to recall everything just now.

Yu Wushuang said: "The third prince should be back tonight, why don't you go see him?"

Lan Qi looked back at her blankly, without making a sound or moving.

"Go." Yu Wushuang smiled, as gentle as a mother encouraging her child to take a brave step, "Go to him and give him the key, he will definitely keep you."

Lan Qi was silent for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "What about you, Master Yu?"

"I'm just waiting to die." Yu Wushuang smiled, "Now I don't have any burdens on me, it's the same wherever I die, so I just stay here and don't want to move anymore."

"It's a pity that I am not the first to discover such a good boy as you." She turned around and walked back to the room, closing the door slowly, "...Farewell, Xiaolan."

Lan Qi stopped in the courtyard for a while, then turned around and left the courtyard gate.The little black cat thought that he was just as usual and would come back soon, so he just sat obediently and stared at him with his head tilted.

Seeing its innocent appearance, he was really reluctant to part with it, so he waved his hand, and the little thing followed in a hurry.Lan Qi stuffed it into the front of his shirt, closed the courtyard door tightly, then took off the incense ball at his waist, unscrewed it into two halves, and hung the upper half on the courtyard door.

…………

When Tong Xuan heard the summons in the middle of the night, he didn't even care about dressing neatly, so he hurried away after putting on a coat.

Ye Xuehuan paced back and forth in the room, feeling extremely irritable; when he saw Tong Xuan, he immediately went up to him and threw something into his hand.Tong Xuan took a closer look and saw that it was half a dark silver incense ball, perhaps Ye Xuehuan had pinched it in his palm for a long time, the red tassels underneath were all wet with sweat.

"Look for it." Ye Xuehuan's voice was hoarse, "Let all the mysterious bees go out and look for it!"

Looking at the carvings on the incense ball, it seems that it is indeed Lan Qi's belongings, and the residual smell is also the medicinal incense that Wen Luo gave him; but Ye Xuehuan was just bought by someone at random, it is not expensive , and there is nothing special about it, if someone really has ulterior motives, it is easy to imitate.Tong Xuan felt that Ye Xuehuan's mental state was very strange, his eyes were red, he sighed secretly in his heart, and said softly: "Xuanfeng has been looking for it for more than ten days..."

"I'll let you find the other half of the incense ball!"

As soon as the words came out, both of them were a little stunned; Tong Xuan had followed Ye Xuehuan for many years, and had never been scolded so hysterically.Ye Xuehuan also consciously lost his composure, exhaled lightly, tapped his aching brow with his fingers, and said in a low voice: "It's Yu Wushuang. Lan'er must have seen her."

Tong Xuan's heart tightened suddenly, although he didn't know how Ye Xuehuan made the judgment, but if it was true, the situation would be extremely serious.

"Since Yu Wushuang has appeared, the Liu family will definitely take action." Ye Xuehuan murmured, shaking his head, "Lan'er will be in danger, we must find him before Liu Ran notices."

Tong Xuandao: "But it's so late at night, and there's too much movement, it's going to startle the snake."

"...then look carefully."

Ye Xuehuan had also calmed down a bit, leaned over and sat down by the desk, held his forehead in thought for a moment, and ordered: "Since he dared to give me such an obvious reminder, he must not be in a place where many people are conspicuous. Let Xuan Feng Focus on searching for dwellings in deep alleys, especially abandoned ones.”

Tong Xuan complied, and went out to summon Xuanfeng's guards, gave orders, and came back to accompany him cautiously.He was not good at words, at this moment he wanted to offer some consolation, but he didn't know how to speak.

Holding the half of the incense ball in Ye Xuehuan's hand, his mood was unprecedentedly low. After a long while, he suddenly asked, "Has Lu Yao ever had such a big temper with you?"

Tong Xuan felt more and more that something was wrong with him, and replied hesitantly: "A Yao is not such a serious temper."

Ye Xuehuan was even more upset, and said in a harsh voice: "Although Lu Yao made troubles for no reason, he never doubted you. Lan'er has been by my side for so long, but he has never really felt at ease. He didn't believe that he had promised him for a lifetime." , said something angry casually, but he actually took it seriously. Little White-eyed Wolf, I can't blame him."

He said it as if he was blaming him, but his tone was full of self-blame.Tong Xuan didn't know what to say, he didn't expect that his master would be troubled by love one day, so he could only persuade: "Your Highness, don't worry too much, at least Young Master Lan is still in Yunshui Pass, maybe something really happened, I can't show up to meet him, maybe I'm still waiting for His Highness to find him right now. Mr. Lan is alert, and nothing will happen."

Ye Xuehuan twitched the corners of her mouth, reluctantly accepting his lame consolation.The two of them were relatively silent until it was dawn, and finally there was news that the other half of the incense ball had been found, but the situation in the courtyard was unknown, so they dared not investigate rashly and could only wait for a decision.Without saying a word, Ye Xuehuan led Tong Xuan out the door.

He only brought fifty Xuanfeng bodyguards with him this time, all of them had been sent out before, and now they had already gathered one after another, secretly surrounding this unremarkable small courtyard.

The other half of the incense ball was hanging on the courtyard door, Ye Xuehuan stepped forward to take it off, put the two halves together, held them tightly in his hand, pushed the door and walked into the courtyard.There was a strange smell floating in the yard, although it was very faint, but he was too familiar with this smell after many years on the battlefield, and his brows frowned slightly.

——That is the putrid smell that comes from corpses festering.

Before he could make a move, the closed door suddenly opened, and all the Xuanfeng guards who came in drew their swords out of their sheaths. The clanging sound filled the small courtyard, and the murderous aura was awe-inspiring for a moment.Ye Xuehuan raised his hand to stop, and carefully looked at the woman in front of him, from her gentle face to the gauze on her abdomen, and then passed her to see the empty room, her eyes were slightly cold.

"I have admired the name of His Highness the Third Highness for a long time." Yu Wushuang chuckled, "Sure enough, Xiao Lan's heart is towards you. I just told him that I would stay here, and he attracted you."

She is a direct descendant of the royal family of the previous dynasty. Although she is at the end of her life, she still puts herself on an equal footing with Ye Xuehuan, disdains to use honorifics, and directly addresses her as "you".

Ye Xuehuan didn't care about these small details, and asked in a cold voice, "What about others?"

Yu Wushuang glanced at the incense ball in his palm, and said softly: "Your Highness, don't worry. He is carrying deed Gu, he can't leave your side, and he will always go back. Compared with this... Your Highness doesn't want to know What is the specific content of the cooperation between the Liu family, Yunque, and Yiguo?"

Ye Xuehuan's heart skipped a beat, he frowned and said, "You talk about the deed Gu first."

Yu Wushuang seemed a little surprised, she shook her head and said with a smile: "How can a male favorite be more important than family and country affairs?"

The word "male favorite" obviously hurt Ye Xuehuan, and the brows were raised high, "It's up to me to decide which is more important, not you."

Yu Wushuang said: "If I can only tell one of these two things?"

Ye Xuehuan sneered and said, "I usually don't like to make choices, and I don't like others forcing me to make choices. If you are sensible, just say one by one. If you want to pretend to take Joe, just don't say anything at all. Anyway, the imperial mausoleum The key is already in my hands, and you are worthless, why don't you give it to the Liu family so that you can have a good talk with Liu Ting."

Yu Wushuang smiled, "You are indeed the third highness, no wonder Xiaolan is so devoted to you."

She took two steps back and stepped aside, "Your Highness, please come in and talk."

"What's your purpose?" Ye Xuehuan didn't move, her phoenix eyes were fixed on her face, as if she wanted to see some clues from that smile, "From your point of view, it seems that you deliberately seduced Lan'er. I'm here."

"Your Highness is really aware." Yu Wushuang smiled, "But you don't need to worry too much, my purpose is very simple. The Liu family will do everything possible to kill me, so naturally I can't make it easy for them. An enemy's enemy is a friend, isn't it?"

Ye Xuehuan remained unmoved: "If you want to talk to me, there is no need to make such a big detour."

"Your Highness is really suspicious." Yu Wushuang looked at him, seeming to be more and more interested, "I have explained the same thing to Xiao Lan. Anyway, he was raised and cultivated by me alone. I hope he can live a better life, and I want to see if he entrusts his lover. If His Highness treats him as well as before before the effect of the beauty and dry bones wears off, I can only believe that you are a long-term lover People will come out to meet each other. It's just now..."

Ye Xuehuan knew that Lan Qi had probably been provoked by her, murderous intent appeared in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth: "What did you say to him?"

"What can I say to him?" Yu Wushuang was unafraid, still smiling like a spring breeze, "But just persuade him to do it for himself. He is willing to bind himself in a cocoon, tie his life to you, and never leave your side for the rest of his life; Of course, I can only give him the key to the imperial mausoleum and ask him to hand it over to you, I hope you will see him for his merits this time, even if you no longer love him, don't abandon him and make his life worse than death."

She said this as if she was devoted to Lan Qi, but in fact, every sentence implied that Ye Xuehuan was ungrateful and ungrateful, and she always rebelled and abandoned; if she really taught Lan Qi like this, if Lan Qi really believed her, What should be sad?

She picked this moment to show up.Lurking for a long time, just to wait for a crack to appear between Lan Qi and Ye Xuehuan.She may, as she said, eventually hand over the key to the imperial tomb, and reveal the cooperation between the Liu family and the Skylark, but that is just her revenge on the Liu family, and she will not hesitate to pay the price of her ancestor's imperial tomb.She said she loves Lan Qi, but it is impossible not to hate him in her heart—she is the best demagogue in the world, but she has been deceived by Lan Qi for 14 years.

If Lan Qi and Ye Xuehuan are still as close as before when the effect of the beauty and bones is over, she has nothing to do; but once there is a problem between them, she will never let go of this opportunity.

If it was normal, Ye Xuehuan would probably be annoyed that Lan Qi easily listened to slander and easily wavered, but this time it was his fault.It was he who made a slit in Lan Qi's heart with his own hands, which gave Yu Wushuang an opportunity.He didn't even know how fierce Yu Wushuang's poison was and how much damage it caused, so that Lan Qi clearly sneaked into the commander-in-chief's mansion to give him something, but he didn't want to meet him.

The dream last night was not a dream at all. Lan Qi really appeared, kissed him, and shed tears on his face. It's ridiculous that he would fall asleep because of that little wine, letting him Lan Qi disappeared again.

He felt cold all over, and asked in the calmest voice possible: "What does it mean that life is better than death?"

It was rare for Yu Wushuang to suppress her smile, her face was full of sorrow, and she sighed: "...just like Yu Jiu."

At that moment, all the Xuanfeng guards in the courtyard gasped in unison.

Ye Xuehuan's mind was in chaos, and he suddenly remembered the question that Lan Qi asked him after dealing with Yujiu in Wuzhou City.He asked Lan Qi if he would become like Yujiu, and Lan Qi replied that he didn't know.

—Of course he didn't know.Because the answer to this question does not lie in him at all.

"...you make it clear."

Ye Xuehuan clenched the incense ball tightly in his hand, trembling uncontrollably in his voice.Yu Wushuang was still indifferent, and took a few steps back into the house, obviously inviting him to enter the house.Ye Xuehuan walked in without hesitation, and a group of guards quickly followed.

Yu Wushuang smiled and said: "The room is narrow and cannot accommodate so many people."

Ye Xuehuan knew what she meant, and also knew that the matter involved Guo Zuo, and it was not appropriate for too many people to listen, so she only brought Tong Xuan along, and ordered the rest of Xuan Feng to guard the small courtyard properly.

It should have been the best time of the day, but the sky was still dark and gloomy.The low-flying dragonflies kept circling the mouth of the well, and the hot and humid air made the guards standing in the courtyard sweat uncontrollably.

It looks like another storm is about to happen.