incomprehensible

For Qi Yanqing, the world collapsed at the age of five.

Her father is an important member of the imperial court, her mother is a wealthy businessman's daughter, with rich clothing and fine food, and stars holding the moon. This should be a day that no one can envy.

——Until that year, my mother died of illness.

Before Mrs. Qi's filial piety period expired, the bride rushed in.Qi Yanqing looked at the little aunt who was carried into the house by the sedan chair, looked at her swollen belly, and finally understood why her mother was always lifeless and depressed during her illness. It was just a small cold, but she couldn't get sick from then on, and finally let go Human world.

Everyone became hideous overnight, the humble and polite father had an affair with his wife and sister, the gentle and weak aunt had a secret affair with her brother-in-law, and the grandparents hurriedly sent people to the prison for their daughter's reputation. In order to cover up the scandal, the elders of the Qi family also chose to continue marrying the Zhang family.A happy event was held in such a splendid manner that everyone deliberately forgot about Mrs. Zhang, whose body was not yet cold, and how unrighteous, disrespectful and unclean this should have been.

Mrs. Zhang gave birth to a daughter in the lush green April, but she probably felt ashamed, or she wanted to become the mistress of the Qi family more thoroughly. She treated Qi Yanqing better than her own children, caring about her health and responding to every request.Qi Yanqing was extremely disgusted with her deliberate flattery, but he was also imperceptibly indulged into a violent and irritable temper, and his hostility became more and more serious, and he became more and more sincere towards her.Mrs. Zhang begged for compromise, and greeted him with soft words and smiles; Qi Chengguang couldn't bear it, and scolded him for disrespecting his stepmother, but instead he scolded Qi Chengguang, saying that he "reads the books of sages and acts like animals", and His late biological mother moved out.Xiao Zhang could only cry anyway, Qi Chengguang was poked in a sore spot, but he also wept and regretted, swearing that he lost his temper after drinking, Xiao Zhang was weak and docile, and did not dare to resist, which led to a big mistake.

Qi Yanqing could believe that his father lost his temper after drinking, but he couldn't believe that his stepmother was weak and docile. Otherwise, how could he have given birth to such a defiant and unyielding son like Qi Yanlan.

He and Qi Yanlan are doomed to be at odds, and Luluo will eventually marry into a wife, while Qi Yanlan will directly threaten his status in the Qi family. It is ridiculous that the whole family is naive and trying their best to cultivate their relationship brotherhood.Qi Yanlan had to go to watch the ceremony on the third day of Qi Yanlan's wash. Qi Chengguang asked him to hug his younger brother, but he hated this younger brother from the first sight. There were almost no whites in those big almond-like eyes, only a pair of whites. The pitch-black eyeballs stared at him faintly; he was obviously a baby who didn't understand anything, but it seemed to be contemptuous of him, stabbing him hard in the heart.

It took him so much effort to restrain the urge to throw this scourge to the ground, and in the years to come, he regretted countless times that he didn't throw Qi Yanlan to death during that only contact.

Qi Yanlan didn't like to cry or laugh since she was a child, and she was deadly indifferent even to her parents, and she only got closer to Lu Luo.But he had a mind that ordinary people can't match. He could speak before he was one year old. He started reading and writing at two years old. By the time he was five years old, he had read the four books and five classics. A well-deserved genius, famous throughout Jiangdong.Especially when the Grand Tutor appointed him to be a student at the Taixue Institute, the whole Jiangdong seemed to be proud of him, and there was an endless stream of people who came to make friends and even get married. , Even when many officials and eunuchs hold wedding events, they even invite him to sit on the wedding bed, hoping to get a taste of the talent of this child prodigy.

Qi Yanlan disdains and dislikes this, but she can't refuse.He is too precocious, it seems that he was born without the innocence of a child, his temper is extremely cold, he only has himself in his eyes, and exudes an aura of keeping away from others from the inside out, as if no one deserves to stand with him, including himself mother.However, even such an arrogant and hateful temperament, in the eyes of others, has become an inviolable dignity and courage that only belongs to geniuses.

How blind the world is, blinded by his excellence, unable to see those defects of character.From this point of view, Qi Yanlan may not be born this way, but has become accustomed to those indifferent flattery.

——Just like Qi Yanqing himself, everyone felt sorry for him and his biological mother, so even he himself began to feel sorry for himself, began to feel that the whole world was sorry for him, and began to become distorted and cynical.

Qi Yanqing knew that with this younger brother in front of her, she would have no way out in the official career, so she forcibly abandoned literature and went to martial arts.But he started too late, so he had to work harder, sweating and exhausted every day.Qi Chengguang obviously didn't like him practicing martial arts, but he acted as if he was fully supportive, invited him the best tutors, and encouraged him every day to just do his best; but in his opinion, that was not a fatherly love, It's the contempt and disrespect for him, and the guilt and guilt towards his mother.

Mrs. Zhang cared more and more for him, and was even more considerate than Qi Yanlan. Whenever the two had conflicts, they would always side with him; but in his view, they were all hypocritical sympathy, self-righteous charity, and a disguised form. Showing off his power, it seems that the Qi family will definitely be in Qi Yanlan's pocket in the future, and will flourish under his leadership, while Qi Yanqing, the eldest son, will instead be reduced to a dispensable appendage under the fence.

The better these two people treated him, the more he hated him, the more he felt that they were doing wrong to his mother back then, but they were just atonement and debt repayment.Therefore, when the Qi family was convicted, even though he hated the Empress Chu, he still had a faint sense of happiness; if the family was going to fall into the hands of Xiao Zhang and Qi Yanlan, it would be better to simply destroy it.

I don't know whether Qi Yanlan should be called lucky or unlucky. Although she was spared from getting tattooed, she had a high fever just after she left Donghai County, and died within three days. She didn't have time to suffer.On the day he died, everyone in the Qi family cried bitterly; Qi Yanqing was also crying, but only he knew that it was not because of sadness, but because he was finally freed from the shadow of his younger brother, and never had to look at him again As if he was born with contempt in his eyes, he didn't need to look at him standing in the crowd with radiance, and he didn't need to deceive himself that he wasn't envious or humble.

No matter how good a genius or child prodigy is, he is just a six-year-old child, too fragile to withstand the wind and rain; his heart is higher than the sky, and his life is thinner than paper.

On the way to exile, news came one after another that Xiao Zhang committed suicide by hanging from the beam, and Empress Chu took Lu Luo away in the name of sending a maid by her side.Everyone thinks they know her true intentions. Lu Luo is the same age as her third prince, and in a few years she will be the age to know people; no matter how much she is the daughter of a criminal minister, she is considered pampered after all, and she is no different from ordinary rough maids. Same day.

The elders of the family didn't like that Lv Luo was born out of a fornication, but at that time they suddenly pinned their hopes on her, imagining that if she could be loved by the third prince, maybe the Qi family might be pardoned, and Qi Yanqing was almost laughed to death.But the facts also proved that Lu Luo did not have this ability. After the death of the Empress Chu, the three princes went to the northwest, and Lu Luo was left in the Ling Palace of the Empress Chu. In the desolate mine, they did not wait for the good news they wanted.

Qi Yanqing struggled in the Southern Wilderness for seven years before finally receiving the imperial decree of redress and pardon, but many members of the Qi family could not wait for the day when the clouds would bloom and the moon would brighten.He returned to Donghai County with a disorganized Qi family, and turned around to seek refuge with the right minister who rehabilitated the Qi family.Every surviving Qi family was resentful and unwilling, and asked him to seek justice for the Qi family; the queen of Chu who had been tortured, the queen of Nangong who avenged her private revenge, their third and fourth princes, and the Chu family and Nangong family behind them were all persecuted. The murderers of the Qi family will all have to pay the price.Lu Luo, who refused to return to the Qi family, was also branded a traitor and completely removed from the family tree.

Even though it was not as bright anymore, the Qi family finally returned to Qi Yanqing's hands.The elders of the clan also turned their attention to his side, respectfully enshrining his biological mother's tablet in the place of the mistress, while Xiao Zhang couldn't even enter the ancestral hall.How ironic, how cold the world is, made him feel both painful and happy.He couldn't say that these clan elders were at fault, after all, they were old, weak, sick and disabled, and had no one to rely on but him, but these faces were really disgusting.He began to understand why Qi Yanlan was so indifferent back then, and because of this, he had a distorted, even perverted sense of accomplishment; back then, these clan elders had placed too much hope on Qi Yanlan, and they thought they could follow her. He ascended to heaven, but Qi Yanlan died, so they had no choice but to bow their heads to the young master who they looked down upon back then.

Qi Yanqing was aware of the Liu family's plot, but to him, it didn't matter who was named in this world.He only wanted the Chu family and Nangong family to end in disgrace, and the third and fourth princes to die, so he became the confidant of the right minister, willing to be a loyal dog, and willingly participated in this grand conspiracy of the southern tour; The third prince sent to hell, even if he lost his own life, he would not hesitate to do so.

However, this conspiracy was completely destroyed in the hands of the third prince's pet boy—or rather, it was destroyed in the hands of the woman named Yu Wushuang.

As early as five years ago, Yu Wushuang had made Liu Ting suffer a lot.Liu Xian, the former Southwest Marshal, is Liu Ting's parent and son, and one of his most powerful minions. He has been secretly dealing with Yi Guo on the opposite side for many years, and has never made any mistakes. Liu Ting almost lost his position.Since then, Liu Ting has become too cherishing feathers, and he dare not let his true confidants take risks again, and all he sends are pawns that can be discarded at any time; although he can preserve the foundation, sometimes he is really weak, especially It was when facing an opponent like the third prince.

Zhao Ying was investigated, Hong Ling was arrested, and the third prince pointed his finger at Yi Guo, and even visited Yunshui Pass in person.It can be said that Liu Ting lost terribly this time, and was almost forced to the door of his house; if this case of human smuggling was really connected to Yunque, Zhao Ying's crime of treason would be confirmed.Although the Liu family can't make a clear relationship, the third prince can use this to control the direction of the court, and even send troops to conquer the country.

If that step is really reached, the Liu family will only have one way to go.

With the scheme of the Liu family, they will always go that way in the end, but they must not go so passively and hastily; what's more, there is Nanfu's intervention this time, which is even more difficult to deal with.In order to stop the loss in time, Liu Ting took the initiative to give up Ye Xuehuan's game and discarded Zhao Ying's pawn. Huan wanted to "confess" to him, so that he would not have an excuse to stay in Yunshui Pass.

Qi Yanqing also didn't want to have too much contact with Ye Xuehuan, but he never imagined that the mysterious little boy favored by Ye Xuehuan, who was told by the right minister to focus on surveillance, would be the one he should have had long ago. dead brother.

He didn't recognize it at first glance, after all, even if Qi Yanlan was still alive, he couldn't imagine what it would be like if there were some shy little blush on that indifferent dead face.He looked at the third prince and that little boy flirting with each other on the horse, and felt really sick; but when those dark eyes looked straight at him, he was immediately reminded of those dusty darkness remember.

He didn't connect Lan Qi and Qi Yanlan in the first place, he just thought that he still had the shadow of the year in his heart, and was poisoned too deeply by Qi Yanlan, just seeing such a pair of eyes made him feel impetuous, but It didn't take long for him to realize that was not the case.He couldn't believe that there was another person in the world with such annoying eyes, but he was the third prince's confidant, and there was a word "blue" in his name.

A coincidence that is too coincidental is not a coincidence, not to mention Lan Qi acquiesced in disguise.

Qi Yanqing couldn't describe how he felt when he heard Lan Qi's words "each other", he was obviously angry, but subconsciously felt that everything was logical.Qi Chengguang was not expected to make a big deal, let alone such a shocking event as poisoning the prince, but at that time he pleaded guilty without any resistance.Qi Yanlan is not a delicate body, no matter how young she is, she should not die of a high fever for no reason.As for Lu Luo, it's even more ridiculous, neither coquettish nor coquettish nor juicy, it's a ghost if the prince of any family likes her.

He thought he had seen the truth back then. Empress Chu was not completely tortured into a trick, but threatened with the lives of her children; it was just that he, Qi Yanqing, was not included in the bargaining chip for Qi Chengguang to let go.

Even Lu Luo's daughter from an adultery was protected, but no one cared about his eldest son from the main house.

Luluo is a girl, wishful thinking, and just trying to survive. Qi Yanlan wished that her eyes would grow on the top of her head, but she was willing to open her legs to be the male favorite of Empress Chu's legitimate son.

——Fortunately, he still has the face to hide the surname "Qi" in the name taboo.

Father, stepmother, younger sister, younger brother, every blood relative is extremely disgusting to him, but he is no longer the Qi Yanqing who was angry when touched.The more he hated in his heart, the calmer he became, especially after meeting Lan Qi and confirming that there was no rift between him and Ye Xuehuan, he became more determined.

He wants those who are dead and those who are alive to take a good look at it. No matter how talented they are and how many hopes they have pinned on, those who cannot see the light will never see the light, and those who cannot achieve things will never succeed.

However, all these plans were once again ruined in the hands of that woman named Yu Wushuang.

On the night when he came back from outside the customs, Anshao brought back the news of Yu Wushuang's appearance.Qi Yanqing knew exactly who Yu Wushuang was, and she didn't believe that she would be caught by two little chicks who couldn't even be considered stealthy. What's more, Ye Xuehuan had used such indecent methods to trap Hong Age, who knows whose plan this time is.However, Liu Ran was self-willed and very happy with his merits, and he only wanted to show off his merits, so he patiently waited for most of the night, seeing that Ye Xuehuan also hurriedly led people out, he couldn't sit still.

Qi Yanqing doesn't care about Liu Ran's life and death. In his opinion, Ye Xuehuan will die sooner or later, but not now, let alone at Yunshui Pass, and Liu Ran obviously doesn't have the ability to kill the battle-tested third prince. .Compared with Ye Xuehuan's life, what's on Yu Wushuang's body is more important, it's ridiculous that Liu Ran can't even figure this out.He pretended to have a quarrel with Liu Ran and promised not to intervene in this matter, but in fact he changed into an ordinary soldier's attire and mixed in with the rebel army.

When Liu Ran died and the scuffle just started, Qi Yanqing quietly walked around to the back of the house, and she ran into Yu Wushuang who was jumping out of the window.He opened his bow and shot arrows without hesitation, but when the sharp arrow hit Yu Wushuang's leg, it was as if it had hit an iron wall. Not to mention depriving her of her ability to move, that seemingly fragile body didn't even shake. Shake it.

Yu Wushuang turned her head, but that seemingly gentle smile was full of sarcasm and contempt, as if she was deliberately waiting for someone to come and take her, deliberately waiting for this moment to jump out of the window, deliberately trying to show off that no one can keep her she.

This scuffle was indeed calculated, and the woman in front of him was the real planner. She deliberately exposed her whereabouts to attract Liu Ran, and provoked Lan Qi to attract Ye Xuehuan, and then retired in the scuffle. .As for whether anyone in the Liu family can find her, it doesn't matter at all, anyway, she can only come and go in this world.Ye Xuehuan, Lan Qi, Liu Ran, and Qi Yanqing himself all fell into her trap, and they could only step on it even knowing it was a trap.

"The Liu family finally has a dog with a brain."

This was Yu Wushuang's evaluation of him, this woman didn't even bother to know who he was, she walked away from him lightly, leaving only a small smile of Feng Guo Wuhen: "Why do you want to keep me? Even if I die, as long as my family Xiaolan is around, your master's wishful thinking will not be able to be fought."

Qi Yanqing suddenly hated the word "blue".

Qinglan is originally of the same color, but he and Lan Qi are completely incompatible with each other like their names, and they hate each other from the first sight.

It is obvious that he is the orthodox son of the Qi family, the justifiable Chi Ling general of Zhongyang, and Lan Qi is just a person who should have disappeared a long time ago, a spy who can't even reveal his identity, a man who can't even have a name. Pet.But since childhood, everyone has turned to Lan Qi, and everyone likes Lan Qi, even if his temper is not pleasing at all.Marquis Jiayu took a fancy to him and asked him to be his future son-in-law; Lord Taifu took a fancy to him and asked him to be his personal student; Empress Chu took a fancy to him and placed him beside her prince; He is proud of him even if his stand is against him; even the rumored third prince who is the most ruthless has him in his heart and has done everything for him that does not conform to his status.

He watched the two kissing in the heavy rain as if no one else was around, and suddenly felt extremely dazzling.

Why can Lan Qi get so much favor and love, but he has to bear the humiliation and suffer countless stares.Also living under the same roof, Xuan Feng has almost enshrined Lan Qi as his second master, but he can only be a dog that may be pushed out to block guns at any time.Even Yu Linjun took it for granted that Lan Qi was favored, and made room for them to linger, so he missed him, the fish who slipped through the net mixed in the corpse.

What a godsend.Even if Liu Ting had to push him to take the blame afterwards, as long as he could send the two of them to hell together, it would be worth it.

Everyone in the court thinks that Qi Yanqing's talents are mediocre, and that if he can't write well, he can't succeed in martial arts, but no matter how mediocre a person is, there is always a skill.Being able to push Ye Xuehuan to the point of being stretched and embarrassed by three consecutive arrows is already a skill worth boasting about.But Lan Qi can be that sharp, and Ye Xuehuan hides something in his arms that can block arrows for him.When Tong Xuan rushed up, he didn't even resist at all, he threw the bow and arrow and caught him without a fight.He has already shot the three pinnacle arrows in his life, but he still can't get what he wants. It can only be said that his luck is bad.

It's up to man to make things happen, it's up to heaven. Some people are born to be favored even by heaven.

Wei Yan didn't seem too surprised when he saw Qi Yanqing, but sighed with a complicated expression, shook his head and stood a little further away, clearly staying out of the matter.

If you really think about it, the series of troubles in the past half month all originated from his momentary soft-heartedness, which almost prevented Ye Xuehuan from breaking up with him; Urgent Thunder closes with the Barbarian King.Ye Xuehuan didn't care about Yu Linjun's dereliction of duty and letting people take advantage of the loopholes. It was all for the sake of friendship for many years, so he couldn't get involved any more.

Qi Yanqing sneered and said: "You really deserve to be the son of Marquis Jia Yu, and you have perfected your skills of hypocrisy."

Wei Yan heard him humiliate his father, no matter how good his temper was, he couldn't help being angry, and replied with a sneer, "You don't listen to good advice, you have to make things worse for you to feel comfortable, are you being mean?"

He has been influenced by Jia Yuhou for many years, no matter who he is, he always has a smiling face, and even when he is cleaning up military discipline, he is also pleasant. All the anger came out.

Qi Yanqing was too lazy to entangle with him, turned her head away, and saw Lan Qi was also staring at him, with ice-cold anger burning in her dark eyes.

After barely being a brother for several years, this is the first time that Lan Qi has looked at his brother by blood.

"It turns out that you also have this expression."

Qi Yanqing squinted her eyes, as if she was admiring the deepening hatred on Lan Qi's face, and there was a happy smile on the corner of her mouth.This stubborn, defiant scourge finally had a sore spot that he couldn't touch, and he stepped on it firmly, how could he not make him happy.

However, before the hatred completely turned into murderous intent, Ye Xuehuan pressed Lan Qi's head on his shoulder again, and softly comforted him: "No. If you want to kill, this ability should be abolished. You are obedient Yes, let me handle it, okay?"

Lan Qi pursed his lips and didn't answer, but still held his breath obediently, and he really didn't look at Qi Yanqing again.

Ye Xuehuan's right shoulder was still bleeding profusely, but luckily the rain had stopped, so the wound wouldn't be wet.Several Xuanfeng guards hurriedly handed Lan Qi a handkerchief, asking him to cover the wound and try to stop the bleeding first.This injury is not light, but it is not too serious; although the wound is long and deep, it is only a flesh wound after all, without really moving the muscles and bones.From the perspective of those who served in the army, as long as it is not a fatal injury and does not leave sequelae, it cannot be considered a serious injury, so Wei Yan and Tong Xuan did not show much worry; but Lan Qi obviously has not seen this This terrible injury made him panic for a moment.Although Ye Xuehuan enjoyed his concern, she couldn't bear his anxiety and discomfort, hugged him and comforted him for a while, and then she had time to talk to Qi Yanqing.

"I'm not good at marksmanship, but my archery skills are superb, but it's a pity that I can only shoot in the back." Ye Xuehuan asked Lan Qi to help him stand up, and said slowly, "It's okay for Liu Ran to be confused. You Qi Yanqing is Liu Ting's confidant anyway. , to actually cause trouble for your master like this?"

"How about the Liu family, what does it have to do with me?" Qi Yanqing stared at his left hand, which was holding Lan Qi tightly, with disgust on his face, "I just want you to die."

Ye Xuehuan shook his head amusedly, "I can understand that you hate your mother. But what happened to the Qi family back then was not exactly as you thought, and I have no obligation to explain it to you. Since you dare to shoot an arrow at me, you must You already know what the consequences will be."

He said word by word, slowly: "Creating trouble, murdering the prince... You want to die so much, and you want to send your Qi family back to Nanhuang to dig mines so much?"

Qi Yanqing laughed loudly: "Isn't the one in your hand surnamed Qi?"

"As long as you disappear, his surname will naturally not be Qi." Ye Xuehuan gently caressed Lan Qi's heart, and his voice became softer, "Of course, the best way is to let your entire Qi family disappear together. "

Qi Yanqing's face finally changed, and he squinted at Lan Qi, who had not changed his face, and said angrily: "You are really promising, someone said in front of you that they would destroy your whole family, and you can still give me like a little daughter-in-law." People hold it. Are you worthy of your father and the uncles who have loved you so much?"

"I didn't feel sorry for anyone in the Qi family." Lan Qi lowered his eyes halfway, and his eyes only fell on Ye Xuehuan's wound, "I told you a long time ago that Dad is to blame. He did take bribes from that small country back then. , sent medicine to the palace, but I didn’t know it was poison. Accepting bribes is dereliction of duty, and carelessness is dereliction of duty. Talking about innocence? You don't have to hate Queen Chu, and you don't have to hate Dad, because he was not qualified to negotiate terms with Queen Chu back then, and he was the sister I asked her to protect."

"That's all Empress Chu's one-sided words!"

Qi Yanqing was completely irritated, and struggled to stand up, but was held firmly by the guards behind her knees, glaring at Lan Qi hatefully, her eyes were about to burst into flames, "If Dad is really guilty, how can the Qi family be rehabilitated? You had the opportunity to plead for mercy, but you only cared about your own life and abandoned the entire Qi family in the fire and water, and now you still have to gossip?!"

Lan Qi said: "Queen Chu has no need to lie to me. I serve her because I respect her, and it has nothing to do with the Qi family. As for the redress, it is just a move by the Liu family."

Ye Xuehuan sneered and said, "When Dali Siqing was investigated, only one letter was found, mentioning that he had tampered with Qi Shengguang's confession, and even convicted him. As for what kind of tampering, that is Liu Ting's responsibility." It's just a one-sided statement. At that time, I had just made military achievements in the northwest, and it was the time when I was gaining momentum. Liu Ting just wanted to use this to slander my mother and suppress my limelight."

"It's meaningless to say these things now." Lan Qi breathed out, seemingly impatient, "His Highness's injury is important, don't entangle him anymore."

Ye Xuehuan smiled and patted his head, "Okay, it's up to you."

He immediately ordered the guards to take him into custody pending trial.Qi Yanqing couldn't accept the "truth" that these two people said, and yelled hysterically: "I don't believe it! My Qi family simply..."

Tong Xuan quickly stuffed a rag into Qi Yanqing's mouth, and asked the guards to drag him down quickly.As if he couldn't hear the unwilling whine behind him, Lan Qi just covered Ye Xuehuan's wound, watching his pale face and the fine sweat on his forehead, watching the few handkerchiefs in his hand slowly being wiped away. It was dyed bright red, and I couldn't help but feel sore eyes again.

"Good, don't cry."

Ye Xuehuan smiled indifferently, Lan Qi hadn't reacted yet, suddenly his feet lightened, and he hugged him with one hand on the heel of his leg.Taking care of Ye Xuehuan's injury, he didn't dare to move. One hand was still pressing on the wound, while the other instinctively hooked his back shoulder.

"Hold my good kitten home, okay?"

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Brother-in-law is done~