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, Chill, the morning wind pierces the forest and beats the leaves, and the sound hits the ears.
After a long silence, Murong Huai looked sideways at him, and there was a sharp and indifferent expression in the beautiful eyebrows in front of him. With just one glance, Murong Huai understood the other party's intention of not wanting to speak.
However... After thinking about it for a while, he still expressed his doubts in his heart: "I am a little unclear, please enlighten me, my lord."
Yao Lingyun asked back: "What is unknown?"
Murong Huai: "Since you have seen my identity, why do you want to disclose it? Huai heard that the famous Mr. Xun is best at doing good things and tricks."
Yao Lingyun raised his eyebrows and continued the conversation: "Pretend to be ignorant, and take this opportunity to hide in a dark place, so as to plan a move later."
Murong Huai nodded: "Of course."
Yao Lingyun had a deep feeling: "It's really a good idea to use the plan to attract your next step, and then to close the net in one fell swoop."
Murong Huai was even more curious, and asked, "Then why didn't you do this?"
The wind blows the forest leaves rustling, and the branches and leaves shake, casting uneven light and shade on the ground.
Yao Lingyun seemed to have thought of some gentle and touching past, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, as if holding a ray of spring breeze, and smiled sincerely: "After letting go once, there will inevitably be a second and third time, until the situation develops to what we expected in our hearts. In this process, we cannot predict how much harm will be caused, and His Highness will not approve of this move."
When Murong Huai heard the words, he didn't answer the words, only moved the corners of his lips, and smiled lightly, at ease, but each had its own meaning, which was self-evident.
"You don't think so?" Murong Huai sneered, freezing the ray of spring breeze from the corner of Yao Lingyun's lips. He turned and looked sideways, the emotions in his eyes had all settled down, and he couldn't tell whether it was happiness or anger, "But I But I think this is very good, a soft heart can make people abide by the bottom line, and the reason why the world's principles are so precious is that some people insist on it at all costs."
Murong Huai curled his lips, and said indifferently: "My elder brother is right in his words, you are so naive."
Yao Lingyun was noncommittal, as if the other party's evaluation was just a breeze, and passed away in a blink of an eye. He changed the subject and asked, "What is war in the eyes of the young master? What is politics?"
Murong Huai guessed what it meant, and replied: "War is a river of bones and blood; politics is a strategy, and soldiers don't kill blood."
"It's wrong." Yao Lingyun shook his head, his eyes widened, showing a sense of indifference and nobleness, "War and politics are just means, and what they are doing is nothing more than the long-term public order in this world and the people's living and working in peace and contentment."
Murong Huai raised his chin when he heard the words, and said: "What the young master said is the result, the process is exactly as I said below, what's wrong?"
Yao Lingyun shook his head again.
"The determination of the goal naturally determines the development of this process. The process with the goal of living in peace for the people must be humane. If it breaks through the bottom line of being a human being, the struggle is just a process of falling down with no character. If a person loses himself in the middle of the process, how can he give a perfect result again? How can all the people in the world be handed over to such a person?"
The mountain road is winding and the forest is lush. The two stood facing each other in the brightening morning light.
Murong Huai closed his eyes and remained silent, but his expression was full of disapproval.
"Mr. Murong still thinks this idea is naive?" asked the question, but Yao Lingyun didn't expect the other party to answer, smiled and sighed, "It's not true, it's neither naive nor ideal, what you want It is nothing more than an ordinary peaceful life. This is the idea held by most ordinary people in the world. They will think that this idea is too ideal, just because you put yourself in a high position, and you have never stepped down from the high position to treat all ordinary things equally. man of."
After a pause, Yao Lingyun changed his tone and said solemnly: "Everyone influences each other."
Gujing's expressionless face, just like all the expressions on each other's faces since they met this time, is dignified, quiet, and alienated.
Murong Huai raised his eyes and stared at Yao Lingyun with such an expression. After a while, the corners of his lips moved, which looked like a fleeting smile, but it might just be a little sarcasm.
"Huai believes that a person's self-control does not lie in restraining himself from doing certain things, but in that even if you get stuck in it, you are still yourself."
Yao Lingyun: "Everyone has a reason when they start doing something, but what most people do in the end is not the original reason."
Murong Huai: "A fool is influenced by others, a wise man influences others."
Yao Lingyun: "My lord, are you confident that you won't be changed?"
The two people standing facing each other had completely different thoughts, and for a moment, the atmosphere was so suffocating that people held their breath.
Murong Huai smiled: "You and I are different after all."
Yao Lingyun was noncommittal when he heard the words, and started to leave.
The wind rolled up the corners of his sleeves, and the mist drifted away. Murong Huai followed Yao Lingyun's footsteps and turned around, watching him walk towards the rising dawn without turning his head.
☆, love break
After all matters were dealt with, Yao Lingyun and the others packed their bags and headed north by boat.
Going up the river, it is already late spring. Although the flowers on both sides of the river have fallen, the river willows cover the long canal, and the lotus leaves touch the sky. The spring has not stopped because the footsteps of spring are about to leave.But as the boat traveled northward, the spring in the south of the Yangtze River was also left behind one by one, never to return.
Sitting on the bow of the boat, Yao Lingyun has a panoramic view of half of the river. On the nearby water surface, the fine waves roll with the waves; As soon as it is blown, it will slowly drift away, making people feel refreshed.
Just as Yao Lingyun was enjoying the breeze and watching the river, footsteps came from behind him.
It's Yanqing.
He opened the curtain and walked out from the cabin, and sat down beside Yao Lingyun.
The gurgling sound of the water, the cool breeze, the setting sun shining on the water, and the gentle waves are very pleasant.
After a while, Yanqing turned his head to look at Yao Lingyun, and said, "I never thought you would actually leave the two of them there and not bring the corpse back."
Yao Lingyun moved his eyelashes slightly, lowered his eyes, and sighed softly: "This is what my father meant. Life and death are all things. Let them stop there, wouldn't it be better than a horse leather shroud?"
Although he sighed and looked tired, he was calm as usual.
Yan Qing was noncommittal, and only said: "The bodies and bones of the two of them have not been brought back. After returning to Beijing, how do you plan to explain to His Majesty the Emperor?"
Yanqing verbally explained to Emperor Qi, not to Yanchen.
Yao Lingyun withdrew his gaze from the distance, turned to look at Yanqing, and asked, "What kind of person is His Majesty Emperor Qi in your eyes?"
"Although I have entered the court, I have never had the chance to see the demeanor of Emperor Qi. Comments about His Majesty can only be heard." Yan Qing shrugged, unable to tell whether he was more moved or disappointed, "The rumored Emperor Qi His majesty is so talented and bold, he is truly an emperor through the ages."
Yao Lingyun stared at Yan Qing, then smiled slightly, turned his head to look at the river again, he didn't speak, but the meaning he wanted to express was self-evident.
Yan Zhan, Yan Xiao, and Yao Mengxuan, the three famous founders of Daxiang, they once shared weal and woe, hand in hand, and created this immortal foundation together. Emperor Qi knew them two better than anyone else, so how could he not know them? wish?
"After the two charred corpses are transported back to Beijing, how can they rest for three days and accept the worship of hundreds of officials, soldiers and civilians?" After a short pause, Yao Lingyun lowered his eyes and said, "Because of this accident, Father sacrificed his own life and that of Prince Ning, and the prince took the lives of those innocent people in the end, we can't let them die in vain."
Yanqing: "You intend to continue to conceal the truth about the Nanping battle."
Yao Lingyun nodded slowly. Although his movements were slow, his heart was firm and he did not hesitate at all: "The matter has come to this point, and there is no need to make it public now. After this battle, we can only let it be completely buried. I am worthy of the lives of those who died because of this.”
Yan Qing pondered for a moment, nodded in agreement, then thought about it carefully, and said: "But Murong Chi is still alive."
Hearing the word Murong Chi, Yao Lingyun narrowed his eyes slightly, a stern look flashed past, and an indifference and arrogance that looked down on the world emerged in his eyes.
"How can I, the Nine Kings of Daxiang and the right minister, die in the abyss of mass burial for no reason, and there are no bones left after being burned?"
What a smart person Yan Qing is, Yao Lingyun just a little bit, and he suddenly understood.
From now on, what Murong Chi has to bear is not only the heart of causing chaos in the world with empty words, but also the lives of more than a dozen people in the mass grave, and the heinous crime of murdering the royal family and killing important officials in the court.
He will be wanted by the court for life.
The white waves at the bottom of the boat were rushing, the vast Pingjiang River, and the tides on both sides were wide. When the two of them were quietly appreciating, Qi Yufeng's panicked voice came along with the baby's crying.
"Yao Xun, come and see your child! Why are you crying all the time?"
Yao Lingyun was startled when he heard the words, then got up quickly, hurriedly entered the cabin, walked to Qi Yufeng's side, took the baby in his arms and comforted him in a low voice: "Don't cry, don't cry, baby, don't cry."
……
Not only did it have no effect, but the baby cried louder.
Yao Lingyun raised his eyes, and looked at Qi Yufeng in dismay. After a while, he was a little discouraged and said: "I don't know how to take care of children, where is the boat lady?"
Qi Yufeng: "Of course I'm cooking at this point."
Yao Lingyun: "Let her come here quickly, what else to eat, children are more important!"
Qi Yufeng: "What shall we eat if we don't cook?"
Yao Lingyun: "She came to take care of the baby, and you cook instead. It's not like you can't do it."
Qi Yufeng couldn't believe it: "Why do you want me to cook?"
Yao Lingyun looked innocent: "Because I don't know how to do it. As for Brother Yan, he doesn't know how to do it at first glance."
Qi Yufeng waved his hand and refused without thinking, "I don't want it, I don't care!"
"Wow--"
Of course, the wow was not from Yao Lingyun, but from the child in his arms.
Qi Yufeng didn't even have time to put down his raised hand, he froze in mid-air, he narrowed his eyes to look at the child, then raised his eyes to look at Yao Lingyun, couldn't help being discouraged, resigned himself to his fate and turned to go to the kitchen.
After a period of turmoil, the baby was finally appeased.
He was hungry, and after the boat lady finished feeding him, he fell into a deep sleep.
Yao Lingyun sat on the bed and looked at him quietly. After a long time, he sighed in a low voice, stretched out his hand to caress the baby's cheek, his fingers caressed the immature skin, like warm jade, warm and delicate, and passed through the back of his hand. The shallow breath that came made him feel extremely at ease.
Yao Lingyun couldn't help but think of the scene a few days ago.
On that day, he was already planning to leave for Beijing, but a letter unexpectedly arrived, disrupting all his plans.
The next day Yao Lingyun turned to Huguang.
On the day he arrived, the sky in Huguang had been clear for several days, and suddenly there was a drizzle again, and occasional raindrops fell from the sky, from time to time.
Spring in the south of the Yangtze River has always been like this. A quarter of an hour ago, it was sunny and sunny, and it was windy and rainy in the blink of an eye.
On a spring day in the south of the Yangtze River, the most pleasing rain is also the most annoying rain.
After turning a few turns and bypassing a few alleys, Yao Lingyun didn't hold an umbrella, and Shi Shiran walked alone in the light rain, but after a while, he came to the depths of a remote alley.
In the same color of blue tiles and white walls, the vermilion gate is closed tightly, the weeping willows in front of the gate are swaying in the wind, the catkins are fluttering in the light rain, and the plaque of "Yanliu Villa" with gold characters on the black background is simple and clumsy.
However, whether it is the vermilion gate or the pitch-black plaque, there are already signs of peeling off, mottled brand marks, telling the ruthless years.
Yao Lingyun stepped forward and knocked on the door.
Soon someone came to open the door.
It was a maidservant. Without saying a word, the other party raised her hand to signal Yao Lingyun to enter, and led him towards the backyard.
White walls and green tiles, nine curved corridors, and a pond in the courtyard, which is crystal clear.
Yao Lingyun walked among them, looking around.
This small courtyard looks quite old, although it is not as spacious and luxurious as the newly built large courtyard, but bamboo shadows and flowers are scattered, and green colors enter the windows, which has a quiet view and a sense of leisure.
It can be seen that the person who placed her here took a lot of thought.
But what's the use of this?
Yao Lingyun couldn't help but sigh deeply.
The raindrops falling from the sky became more and more frequent and finer, and Yao Lingyun's steps, walking towards the depths of the courtyard in the slanting rain, also became larger and faster.But the further he walked in, the more he was wrong. He even felt that he could smell a pungent smell of blood wafting in the air, and the sudden abnormality made him feel uneasy.
Soon, Yao Lingyun walked through the courtyard and followed the maid who led the way into a bedroom.
As soon as he entered the door, before he could take a closer look, the scent of sandalwood and medicine came to his face accompanied by the sound of a heavy cough. What's more, he could smell the smell of blood in his yard.
The maid stepped forward and pushed the person lying on the bed, ah ah a few times.
It turned out to be a mute, Yao Lingyun was taken aback.
But before he could think about it, the person on the bed looked up.
For a moment, Yao Lingyun was so shocked that he couldn't find his own voice, and he looked at the person in front of him in surprise.
Her complexion was yellow and haggard, and she was thousands of miles away from the one he saw by the Luoshui Lake a few months ago.
"Young Master Xun, I'm not feeling well and it's inconvenient to be polite, so please don't take offense, Young Master."
Her voice was still gentle, but a little weaker.
"Miss Lin, what are you...?" Yao Lingyun was surprised, and it took him a while to recover his voice, and asked.
"I'm dying." Lin Qing said.
Her voice was unusually calm, without the slightest fluctuation, as if what she was talking about was not herself.
"My child, he will be handed over to you." Lin Qing didn't explain anymore, she couldn't use the slightest strength in her hands to pick up the baby lying beside her, so she just pushed Yao Lingyun towards Yao Lingyun. With a push, his face was full of reluctance.
Yao Lingyun took half a step forward, and said with concern: "Miss Lin, what's going on? You... Where's the Second Highness?"
"He is probably in the Huguang Governor's Mansion, and I am about to die. I hold on to my last breath just to hand over this poor child to your hands, to the hands of His Highness, so I Only then can you rest assured."
Yao Lingyun's expression was extremely moved by the calm but infinitely sad words.
"Does the Second Highness know?"
In fact, there is no need to ask too many questions. Looking around, Yao Lingyun already knows the answer. There is nothing in the whole room that is really offensive. The porcelain used for decoration has long been evacuated, and even the drinking bowls are The four corners of the tables, chairs and benches are all made of wood, and the four corners of the tables, chairs and benches are covered with thick cloth, and the floor is covered with soft cushions.
The intention of the decorator is obvious, he is preventing the people in the house from committing suicide.
"Of course he knows. A few months ago he happily wanted to name the child." Lin Qing turned her head back, looked at the ceiling without blinking, and smiled mockingly, "I expected the situation today. You don’t have to worry about it anymore.”
They were not familiar with each other, and they had never been alone before, and it was rare for them to see each other in a crowd, so Yao Lingyun didn't know how to comfort her, he opened his mouth, but didn't make any sound.
Lin Qing didn't care, she opened her mouth slowly, and she spoke eloquently, as if she knew Yao Lingyun, but it was more like she was telling herself.
"Uncharacteristically, he imprisoned the group of people who released the rumors at that time, which attracted the backlash of famous people in Jiangnan."
"Actually, looking back on it now, he must have done it on purpose. With his intelligence, how could he not have thought of the consequences of his actions? He said that he had to do it because of Shen's coercion, but in fact, what he thought in his heart was that he would not break or stand. , He wants to regain all the forces in the south in one fell swoop, and completely use them for his own use, instead of just taking advantage of the situation, but also being controlled by them everywhere."
"And he also did it. He acted vigorously and coercively, but at the same time he was gentle. Let the actual power holders of the Jiangnan generation see the side of him that can bet on him."
The light coming in through the window shone faintly on Lin Qing's pale face, but her eyes projected a deathly silence.
"But me and the child in my stomach have become obstacles in his way."
Yao Lingyun suddenly couldn't bear to look at her anymore, and couldn't bear to listen to her anymore.
Human feelings are like a tower made of sand. When it was built, it took a lot of hard work, but it shattered when the wind blows.
Yao Lingyun opened his mouth slightly, but he still didn't say anything, and closed his lips again.
After a long pause, Lin Qing suddenly pulled the corner of her mouth and laughed, turned her head to look at Yao Lingyun, and asked, "What is the best way to completely unite the two forces? Mr. Xun is so smart, he must know."
Yao Lingyun sighed, feeling unbearable in his heart.
"It's a marriage."
Lin Qing didn't express her intolerance towards him. She lay quietly and watched quietly, her eyes seemed to have no emotion, but it seemed that there were all kinds of emotions hidden: "Yes, it's a marriage for more than ten years. Companionship, more than ten years of heart-to-heart sympathy, and the first flesh and blood of his life, can't compare to this marriage, I lost, lost completely."
"Miss Lin." Yao Lingyun couldn't help but took another step forward, calling out with concern.
Lin Qing seemed to have never heard of it. She remembered the last time she had with Yan Yu before she left the Huguang Governor's Mansion. At that time, the other party was obviously silent and said nothing, but Lin Qing suddenly realized at that moment that the other party did not say a thousand words. Every word of Wan Yu hit her heart like a torrential rain, causing a faint pain, and the big group of doubts that had no clue before, which was stuffed in her chest like a mess of hemp, gradually became clear.
"So that's how it is..."
She didn't start and didn't finish, she opened her mouth and continued talking in a disorganized manner.
"At that moment, I understood everything. In fact, he had expected this situation a long time ago. All the kindness and accommodating he had done to me in the past was nothing more than guilt arising from anticipating this situation."
She often thinks that it would be great if everything ended at the moment they arrived in Jiangnan. If their story came to a perfect end at that moment, what would be left would be a story of lovers getting married. A happy ending.
But in fact, when they met for the last time, they had nothing to say. Two injured people, two injured hearts, one was outside the house and the other was inside the house.
The breeze blows through the window, bringing a little bit of coldness.
Miss Lin in front of her looked weak and easy to speak, but through this moment of listening, Yao Lingyun could see that the other party was actually very stubborn, and it was difficult for her to change what she believed.
And she, who was immersed in her own emotions, didn't need her own comfort. Thinking of this, Yao Lingyun couldn't help but sigh.
But his sigh seemed to recall Lin Qing's thoughts. She blinked and looked sideways at him. Her dark eyes gradually became clearer.
"When I was giving birth, my strength had long been exhausted. If I hadn't waited for you to arrive and handed the child into your hands, I wouldn't have survived until now. Now that you are here, I can finally feel at ease."
Even though there was wind, the air in the room was still so sticky that it was hard to breathe. Yao Lingyun felt his back was covered with sweat from the scorching air. But still stay on the body and refuse to disperse.
The atmosphere was too bad for him to bear.
Seeing people's expressions, Lin Qing smiled and advised: "This world of mortals is like this, it's rare to be peaceful, life and death are insignificant, you don't need to worry about it."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Yao Lingyun to express anything, she lowered her head, kissed the baby beside her, and gently adjusted the cloth wrapped around her body for him, then handed the baby to the dumb maid beside her, One last look at the child, this time her eyes barely stopped, and she turned away quickly, as if disgusted.
"I entrust my child to you, Mr. Xun."
The voice of the exit was extremely solemn.
Yao Lingyun couldn't bear to see her like this, so he stepped forward and said, "Miss Lin, there may be a turnaround in the matter, and he may not be as ruthless as you think in the second hall, if not, he doesn't need to place you here, all the arrangements here , it can be seen that he has put his mind to it."
Lin Qing laughed mockingly: "All he wants to keep is his face."
Yao Lingyun looked at the baby that had been delivered to him.
"I don't want it if he doesn't want it, even if there is only a little bit of resistance mixed in, I don't bother." With a resolute expression and the same resolute tone, Lin Qing firmly said, "Take him away."
After thinking about it for a while, Yao Lingyun raised his hand to pick up the child.
☆, love break
When Yao Lingyun stepped out of the room, the sky was already dark, and the rain outside the house formed a continuous line, and when the wind blew, it slanted and became chaotic, disturbing people's mind.
Yao Lingyun held an oil-paper umbrella to cover the rain, slowly walked through the sparse vegetation, and stepped away from the courtyard step by step in the light rain. Wherever he walked slowly, the artificial hills and pavilions looked extraordinarily beautiful under the decoration of rainwater and trees. beautiful.
When he stepped out of the gate, he saw a person outside the house, standing in the rain, letting the wind and rain blow.
He no longer knew how long he had stood in the rain.
Time flows, but for Yan Yu, his time seems to have stopped. Obviously everything is going on according to his wishes, but why does he feel like he has lost everything?
Hearing the sound, Yan Yu hastily closed his eyes, suppressing the bursts of soreness in his eyes, and suppressed the emotion in his heart.
This step has been taken, and he has nothing to worry about anymore.
Yan Yu in the rain slowly raised his head and met Yao Lingyun's gaze, which was indifferent and calm.However, what is hidden behind this indifference and calmness is determination and determination.
Yao Lingyun carefully protected the baby in his arms, stared back for a long time, and said, "The Second Highness is really calculating."
Yan Yu stood in the rain, staring at Yao Lingyun for a moment, as if there was only Yao Xun in front of him, and there was nothing else besides that, he said: "I don't know what Mr. Xun said. meaning?"
Yao Lingyun smiled, moved the umbrella forward, and said: "First create an opportunity that will make others think it is enough to see the needle, and then let it go, and push the boat along when necessary. When the trend is chaotic, take action to clean up the mess, and gather Jiangnan in one fell swoop. Gentlemen, the development of the incident is within the grasp of His Highness from beginning to end?"
Yan Yu listened carefully, and at the end, he pulled his lips and smiled, even though he was in a state of embarrassment, he couldn't hide his gentleness and elegance from the bottom of his body, he nodded slightly, and humbly asked for advice: "Please ask the young master to clarify."
The expression on Yao Lingyun's face remained unchanged. At first glance, he seemed to be serious, but he was also inexplicably ironic: "This is a bureau, which has been laid since the rumors surfaced. What's more, this is a bureau since His Highness left the Eastern Capital. The strategy that was decided at the time, you deliberately ignored the theory that the emperor lost his morals, and you pretended to be overwhelmed with the rumors about Jiangnan scholars spreading rumors about the palace. Enlarged, academically angry, smug, thinking that you have the right to speak, and become more presumptuous. In fact, your highness invites you into the urn, puts the famous people in the south of the Yangtze River in dire straits, and then draws from the bottom of the pot. In fact, it is just to stir up the muddy water and detonate the undercurrent, so as to catch bigger fish and obtain greater benefits."
Yan Yu narrowed her eyes, and said disapprovingly: "Scholars discussing state affairs arbitrarily and insulting members of the royal family with their words, this is not forced by my prince. They dare to say that they will naturally have to bear the consequences."
"If His Highness hadn't deliberately shown weakness, how would they dare to be so arrogant? A powerful incentive can often magnify the darkest darkness in a person's heart." Yao Lingyun tilted his head slightly, slowed down his voice, and asked kindly, " Isn't this what His Highness is using?"
"So?" Yan Yu didn't admit it directly, but he didn't deny it either, and asked instead, "How does Mr. Xun plan to deal with this prince?"
Yao Lingyun smiled, bowed his head and saluted, "How dare a humble minister."
Yan Yu smiled, confident, and amidst the slightly louder sound of rain, said with emotion: "So what about the overall situation? Without evidence in hand, you can't do anything. The number one in the world granted by the emperor through the ages is Jinkou." Talented man, oh, what a waste of fame."
Yao Lingyun didn't argue when he heard the words, and said, "Actually, His Highness's layout is not necessarily so clever, it's just that the players who entered the game are too unsatisfactory."
"To create chaos, there is no need for careful arrangements, just show weakness at the right time, let them think that they can control the development of the situation, and the situation will advance smoothly, especially if the target is a group of useless and arrogant It's even easier for me to be a scholar." Yan Yu smiled, and the contempt in his tone was obvious.
"Ha." Yao Lingyun laughed at himself, "In this round, I was indeed the loser, and I am convinced that I am looking for defeat."
"But the bystanders are clear, and the authorities are confused." Hearing his self-mockery, Yan Yu explained it instead, paused, and then said, "It is not just the guidance of the prince alone that has led to today's situation. De, this is not the prince's plan, at this moment, all the favorable situations will flow to us, God still chose me after all."
"Yes, taking advantage of the chaos in the south, detonating the undercurrents in the two places, and concentrating all the forces in the south of the Yangtze River for your use in one fell swoop was your original goal. Although the theory of the emperor's immorality was beyond your expectation, it intensified you even more. The situation we want to achieve makes everything go faster." Holding the child in one hand and holding the umbrella in the other, he maintained this position for a long time, so that Yao Lingyun felt sore because the blood flow in his hand slowed down, so he moved the umbrella arm Holding the child in his arms, he said, "Even so, it still affected your plan, so you exposed Ye Xingfeng, and you asked him to take us to Wanzhuyuan to deal with the Nanping matter , to hold us back."
Yan Yu nodded, the opponent is Yao Xun, of course he can't be careless, even if it is a new seedling, it has to be uprooted, so as to ensure that he will not see the flaw.
"I know I can't hide it from you. If you weren't in the middle of the game, coupled with Xingfeng's deliberate guidance to make you concentrate on the things in the Burial Abyss, it would be difficult for me to achieve my goal so smoothly."
The faint fragrance of kapok came from the moist breeze, Yao Lingyun closed his eyes to feel it, and after a long time he opened his eyes.
"The news of the death of father and King Ning is beyond your expectation."
Yan Yu was silent, the rain that hit his face gathered and piled up, then wiped his eyes, and slowly fell to the ground, he suddenly sighed, and sighed: "I still can't believe that Uncle Nine Emperors went just like that. "
Yao Lingyun asked: "Then will you be sad?"
The corner of Yan Yu's lips twitched, and the fleeting smile seemed more like a sneer: "You don't want to hear my answer."
Hearing this, and thinking about the person inside who would never wake up again, Yao Lingyun also smiled ironically, tightened the arms holding the baby, and stared at the drenched person.
"Although you have calculated everything correctly, you are still wrong. After all, you have overestimated yourself. You are born with seven emotions and six desires, so how can you be invincible?"
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and it seems that just an oil-paper umbrella is almost unable to stop the erosion of the rain.
"She's dead."
The three words came out of Yao Lingyun's mouth and fell into Yan Yu's ears.
The world seemed to stand still at this moment.
Yan Yu's heart trembled because of this, he slowly raised his head, and there was a silent madness on his calm face.
Seeing this, Yao Lingyun stopped looking at him and started to step forward: "Guilt is something that needs to be built on the basis of doing something. If it's just pure emotional ups and downs, it's meaningless, and it will only increase your troubles." , Since things are different, why do you come here, touching the scene to make you feel, it's futile."
Yan Yu seemed to have lost his voice. He slowly turned his eyes to look at Yao Lingyun who was slowly walking in, and the child in his hand. This was the first time he had looked at that child today.
But the baby was well wrapped in thick swaddling clothes. Given the distance between him and Yao Lingyun, he couldn't see the baby's face at all. As Yao Lingyun approached step by step, he saw more and more faces. Suddenly, the rain dripping from his forehead completely blurred his eyes, making his vision blurred.
Yao Lingyun approached Yan Yu step by step, and the distance between the two gradually became shorter and shorter, very short, extremely short, so short that he could touch it with his hand.The rain hit her body, it was very cold, but it was not as cold as in her heart, Yan Yu still stood upright, closed her eyes and wiped away the rainwater from her eyes, opened them again, but did not move her eyes, just stared blankly at the front, without moving her eyes. Squinting, Yao Lingyun continued to move, and the distance between the two gradually increased until they stood with their backs facing each other. Yan Yu suddenly said, "I asked her to wait for me."
Yan Yu himself didn't know why he said this to Yao Lingyun.
Maybe people are such strange creatures. It is easier to open up and tell the secrets of the heart to those who are not close to them, but it is impossible to express them to the people around them.
Human beings live in groups and are used to hugging for warmth. She has always been by her side. Wherever she is, there is a place for him to stand. She is a bamboo forest where the wind lives. When thousands of sails are exhausted, I will always return to her.
So he sent someone to promise her that she would wait for him.
In fact, Yan Yu knew very well in his heart that Lin Qing seemed weak, but in fact he was strong, and he would rather bend than bend. When he made the decision to marry, there was no possibility of turning back, so he didn't try to keep her, but let him His brother spoke for him.
He was afraid of hearing her rejection.
Hearing this, Yao Lingyun stopped walking, but his voice seemed to be stuck in his throat. Apart from the sparse sound of rain, there was no other sound in the silent world.
After a long time, Yao Lingyun turned his head sideways, serious scrutiny flashed in his deep eyes, and the corners of his thin lips curled up in a mocking arc, and he said: "Only those who dare to act as responsible, what they say has weight, Are you?"
"Aren't I?" Hearing the sarcasm in the other party's words, Yan Yu was not displeased at all, so calm that he almost murmured, "Isn't my pursuit already known to the world?"
The sky was dark, and the raindrops suddenly became bigger and torrentially falling, occasionally interspersed with a few bright lightning bolts. Yao Lingyun subconsciously covered the ears of the baby in his arms, and his gaze on Yan Yu suddenly deepened.
"If I am indifferent to my ambitions, why would I need Guangluomenke? She knows, she knows from the beginning to the end, knows that I have the world in my heart, and knows that I intend to reserve positions. Then why doesn't she want to wait for me? She doesn't want to support me. Me, why did you give me hope at the very beginning?"
Yan Yu didn't understand that in Zhuqi Villa, everyone supported his decision. For some reason, his grandfather made the decision that the man in the villa would never enter the Eastern Capital. For his cousins in Zhuqi Villa It's shackles, it's injustice, everyone wants to change, but why doesn't the person he cares about the most don't want to, but don't support it.
There is no doubt that he loves her, he has always loved her, but why is she unwilling to believe in herself?
Behind them, the footsteps of the two falling together are still vivid, but there is only confusion ahead.
"Back then, your majesty was too late to rescue the Concubine Qi who was trapped in Cangshan Mountain because of a wrong judgment. You cared about your majesty because of this, but what have you done yourself now?" Hearing such questioning, Yao Lingyun only felt angry and couldn't help it. Suppressed anger, "This child has nothing to do with you from now on." After a pause, Yao Lingyun continued, "If possible, I hope His Highness will avoid him as much as possible before the president's appointment."
"Yao Lingyun."
"Yao Xun!"
Yao Lingyun came back to his senses when he heard the sound, and saw Qi Yufeng walking quickly.
"Ah Xun?" Qi Yufeng approached quickly, and looked at Yao Lingyun carefully. Although he looked pale, he didn't look depressed. He didn't look like he was sick. Qi Yufeng was still a little worried, and grabbed Yao Lingyun. Ling Yun's hand, beating the pulse, is calm and powerful, and it is indeed not sick.
Since he is not sick...Qi Yufeng threw away Yao Lingyun's hand and said dissatisfiedly, "Why are you so dazed, it's time to eat."
Without waiting for anyone to answer, he walked out first.
The other party was grasping and shaking hands, Yao Lingyun also let him go.
Looking at the back of Qi Yufeng walking out, Yao Lingyun couldn't help shaking his head, what a duplicity friend.
Turning his eyes, he glanced at the sleeping child, thought for a moment, and walked out.
The warm light of the setting sun pours down in large swaths, melting into the vast Pingjiang River
After a long silence, Murong Huai looked sideways at him, and there was a sharp and indifferent expression in the beautiful eyebrows in front of him. With just one glance, Murong Huai understood the other party's intention of not wanting to speak.
However... After thinking about it for a while, he still expressed his doubts in his heart: "I am a little unclear, please enlighten me, my lord."
Yao Lingyun asked back: "What is unknown?"
Murong Huai: "Since you have seen my identity, why do you want to disclose it? Huai heard that the famous Mr. Xun is best at doing good things and tricks."
Yao Lingyun raised his eyebrows and continued the conversation: "Pretend to be ignorant, and take this opportunity to hide in a dark place, so as to plan a move later."
Murong Huai nodded: "Of course."
Yao Lingyun had a deep feeling: "It's really a good idea to use the plan to attract your next step, and then to close the net in one fell swoop."
Murong Huai was even more curious, and asked, "Then why didn't you do this?"
The wind blows the forest leaves rustling, and the branches and leaves shake, casting uneven light and shade on the ground.
Yao Lingyun seemed to have thought of some gentle and touching past, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, as if holding a ray of spring breeze, and smiled sincerely: "After letting go once, there will inevitably be a second and third time, until the situation develops to what we expected in our hearts. In this process, we cannot predict how much harm will be caused, and His Highness will not approve of this move."
When Murong Huai heard the words, he didn't answer the words, only moved the corners of his lips, and smiled lightly, at ease, but each had its own meaning, which was self-evident.
"You don't think so?" Murong Huai sneered, freezing the ray of spring breeze from the corner of Yao Lingyun's lips. He turned and looked sideways, the emotions in his eyes had all settled down, and he couldn't tell whether it was happiness or anger, "But I But I think this is very good, a soft heart can make people abide by the bottom line, and the reason why the world's principles are so precious is that some people insist on it at all costs."
Murong Huai curled his lips, and said indifferently: "My elder brother is right in his words, you are so naive."
Yao Lingyun was noncommittal, as if the other party's evaluation was just a breeze, and passed away in a blink of an eye. He changed the subject and asked, "What is war in the eyes of the young master? What is politics?"
Murong Huai guessed what it meant, and replied: "War is a river of bones and blood; politics is a strategy, and soldiers don't kill blood."
"It's wrong." Yao Lingyun shook his head, his eyes widened, showing a sense of indifference and nobleness, "War and politics are just means, and what they are doing is nothing more than the long-term public order in this world and the people's living and working in peace and contentment."
Murong Huai raised his chin when he heard the words, and said: "What the young master said is the result, the process is exactly as I said below, what's wrong?"
Yao Lingyun shook his head again.
"The determination of the goal naturally determines the development of this process. The process with the goal of living in peace for the people must be humane. If it breaks through the bottom line of being a human being, the struggle is just a process of falling down with no character. If a person loses himself in the middle of the process, how can he give a perfect result again? How can all the people in the world be handed over to such a person?"
The mountain road is winding and the forest is lush. The two stood facing each other in the brightening morning light.
Murong Huai closed his eyes and remained silent, but his expression was full of disapproval.
"Mr. Murong still thinks this idea is naive?" asked the question, but Yao Lingyun didn't expect the other party to answer, smiled and sighed, "It's not true, it's neither naive nor ideal, what you want It is nothing more than an ordinary peaceful life. This is the idea held by most ordinary people in the world. They will think that this idea is too ideal, just because you put yourself in a high position, and you have never stepped down from the high position to treat all ordinary things equally. man of."
After a pause, Yao Lingyun changed his tone and said solemnly: "Everyone influences each other."
Gujing's expressionless face, just like all the expressions on each other's faces since they met this time, is dignified, quiet, and alienated.
Murong Huai raised his eyes and stared at Yao Lingyun with such an expression. After a while, the corners of his lips moved, which looked like a fleeting smile, but it might just be a little sarcasm.
"Huai believes that a person's self-control does not lie in restraining himself from doing certain things, but in that even if you get stuck in it, you are still yourself."
Yao Lingyun: "Everyone has a reason when they start doing something, but what most people do in the end is not the original reason."
Murong Huai: "A fool is influenced by others, a wise man influences others."
Yao Lingyun: "My lord, are you confident that you won't be changed?"
The two people standing facing each other had completely different thoughts, and for a moment, the atmosphere was so suffocating that people held their breath.
Murong Huai smiled: "You and I are different after all."
Yao Lingyun was noncommittal when he heard the words, and started to leave.
The wind rolled up the corners of his sleeves, and the mist drifted away. Murong Huai followed Yao Lingyun's footsteps and turned around, watching him walk towards the rising dawn without turning his head.
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After all matters were dealt with, Yao Lingyun and the others packed their bags and headed north by boat.
Going up the river, it is already late spring. Although the flowers on both sides of the river have fallen, the river willows cover the long canal, and the lotus leaves touch the sky. The spring has not stopped because the footsteps of spring are about to leave.But as the boat traveled northward, the spring in the south of the Yangtze River was also left behind one by one, never to return.
Sitting on the bow of the boat, Yao Lingyun has a panoramic view of half of the river. On the nearby water surface, the fine waves roll with the waves; As soon as it is blown, it will slowly drift away, making people feel refreshed.
Just as Yao Lingyun was enjoying the breeze and watching the river, footsteps came from behind him.
It's Yanqing.
He opened the curtain and walked out from the cabin, and sat down beside Yao Lingyun.
The gurgling sound of the water, the cool breeze, the setting sun shining on the water, and the gentle waves are very pleasant.
After a while, Yanqing turned his head to look at Yao Lingyun, and said, "I never thought you would actually leave the two of them there and not bring the corpse back."
Yao Lingyun moved his eyelashes slightly, lowered his eyes, and sighed softly: "This is what my father meant. Life and death are all things. Let them stop there, wouldn't it be better than a horse leather shroud?"
Although he sighed and looked tired, he was calm as usual.
Yan Qing was noncommittal, and only said: "The bodies and bones of the two of them have not been brought back. After returning to Beijing, how do you plan to explain to His Majesty the Emperor?"
Yanqing verbally explained to Emperor Qi, not to Yanchen.
Yao Lingyun withdrew his gaze from the distance, turned to look at Yanqing, and asked, "What kind of person is His Majesty Emperor Qi in your eyes?"
"Although I have entered the court, I have never had the chance to see the demeanor of Emperor Qi. Comments about His Majesty can only be heard." Yan Qing shrugged, unable to tell whether he was more moved or disappointed, "The rumored Emperor Qi His majesty is so talented and bold, he is truly an emperor through the ages."
Yao Lingyun stared at Yan Qing, then smiled slightly, turned his head to look at the river again, he didn't speak, but the meaning he wanted to express was self-evident.
Yan Zhan, Yan Xiao, and Yao Mengxuan, the three famous founders of Daxiang, they once shared weal and woe, hand in hand, and created this immortal foundation together. Emperor Qi knew them two better than anyone else, so how could he not know them? wish?
"After the two charred corpses are transported back to Beijing, how can they rest for three days and accept the worship of hundreds of officials, soldiers and civilians?" After a short pause, Yao Lingyun lowered his eyes and said, "Because of this accident, Father sacrificed his own life and that of Prince Ning, and the prince took the lives of those innocent people in the end, we can't let them die in vain."
Yanqing: "You intend to continue to conceal the truth about the Nanping battle."
Yao Lingyun nodded slowly. Although his movements were slow, his heart was firm and he did not hesitate at all: "The matter has come to this point, and there is no need to make it public now. After this battle, we can only let it be completely buried. I am worthy of the lives of those who died because of this.”
Yan Qing pondered for a moment, nodded in agreement, then thought about it carefully, and said: "But Murong Chi is still alive."
Hearing the word Murong Chi, Yao Lingyun narrowed his eyes slightly, a stern look flashed past, and an indifference and arrogance that looked down on the world emerged in his eyes.
"How can I, the Nine Kings of Daxiang and the right minister, die in the abyss of mass burial for no reason, and there are no bones left after being burned?"
What a smart person Yan Qing is, Yao Lingyun just a little bit, and he suddenly understood.
From now on, what Murong Chi has to bear is not only the heart of causing chaos in the world with empty words, but also the lives of more than a dozen people in the mass grave, and the heinous crime of murdering the royal family and killing important officials in the court.
He will be wanted by the court for life.
The white waves at the bottom of the boat were rushing, the vast Pingjiang River, and the tides on both sides were wide. When the two of them were quietly appreciating, Qi Yufeng's panicked voice came along with the baby's crying.
"Yao Xun, come and see your child! Why are you crying all the time?"
Yao Lingyun was startled when he heard the words, then got up quickly, hurriedly entered the cabin, walked to Qi Yufeng's side, took the baby in his arms and comforted him in a low voice: "Don't cry, don't cry, baby, don't cry."
……
Not only did it have no effect, but the baby cried louder.
Yao Lingyun raised his eyes, and looked at Qi Yufeng in dismay. After a while, he was a little discouraged and said: "I don't know how to take care of children, where is the boat lady?"
Qi Yufeng: "Of course I'm cooking at this point."
Yao Lingyun: "Let her come here quickly, what else to eat, children are more important!"
Qi Yufeng: "What shall we eat if we don't cook?"
Yao Lingyun: "She came to take care of the baby, and you cook instead. It's not like you can't do it."
Qi Yufeng couldn't believe it: "Why do you want me to cook?"
Yao Lingyun looked innocent: "Because I don't know how to do it. As for Brother Yan, he doesn't know how to do it at first glance."
Qi Yufeng waved his hand and refused without thinking, "I don't want it, I don't care!"
"Wow--"
Of course, the wow was not from Yao Lingyun, but from the child in his arms.
Qi Yufeng didn't even have time to put down his raised hand, he froze in mid-air, he narrowed his eyes to look at the child, then raised his eyes to look at Yao Lingyun, couldn't help being discouraged, resigned himself to his fate and turned to go to the kitchen.
After a period of turmoil, the baby was finally appeased.
He was hungry, and after the boat lady finished feeding him, he fell into a deep sleep.
Yao Lingyun sat on the bed and looked at him quietly. After a long time, he sighed in a low voice, stretched out his hand to caress the baby's cheek, his fingers caressed the immature skin, like warm jade, warm and delicate, and passed through the back of his hand. The shallow breath that came made him feel extremely at ease.
Yao Lingyun couldn't help but think of the scene a few days ago.
On that day, he was already planning to leave for Beijing, but a letter unexpectedly arrived, disrupting all his plans.
The next day Yao Lingyun turned to Huguang.
On the day he arrived, the sky in Huguang had been clear for several days, and suddenly there was a drizzle again, and occasional raindrops fell from the sky, from time to time.
Spring in the south of the Yangtze River has always been like this. A quarter of an hour ago, it was sunny and sunny, and it was windy and rainy in the blink of an eye.
On a spring day in the south of the Yangtze River, the most pleasing rain is also the most annoying rain.
After turning a few turns and bypassing a few alleys, Yao Lingyun didn't hold an umbrella, and Shi Shiran walked alone in the light rain, but after a while, he came to the depths of a remote alley.
In the same color of blue tiles and white walls, the vermilion gate is closed tightly, the weeping willows in front of the gate are swaying in the wind, the catkins are fluttering in the light rain, and the plaque of "Yanliu Villa" with gold characters on the black background is simple and clumsy.
However, whether it is the vermilion gate or the pitch-black plaque, there are already signs of peeling off, mottled brand marks, telling the ruthless years.
Yao Lingyun stepped forward and knocked on the door.
Soon someone came to open the door.
It was a maidservant. Without saying a word, the other party raised her hand to signal Yao Lingyun to enter, and led him towards the backyard.
White walls and green tiles, nine curved corridors, and a pond in the courtyard, which is crystal clear.
Yao Lingyun walked among them, looking around.
This small courtyard looks quite old, although it is not as spacious and luxurious as the newly built large courtyard, but bamboo shadows and flowers are scattered, and green colors enter the windows, which has a quiet view and a sense of leisure.
It can be seen that the person who placed her here took a lot of thought.
But what's the use of this?
Yao Lingyun couldn't help but sigh deeply.
The raindrops falling from the sky became more and more frequent and finer, and Yao Lingyun's steps, walking towards the depths of the courtyard in the slanting rain, also became larger and faster.But the further he walked in, the more he was wrong. He even felt that he could smell a pungent smell of blood wafting in the air, and the sudden abnormality made him feel uneasy.
Soon, Yao Lingyun walked through the courtyard and followed the maid who led the way into a bedroom.
As soon as he entered the door, before he could take a closer look, the scent of sandalwood and medicine came to his face accompanied by the sound of a heavy cough. What's more, he could smell the smell of blood in his yard.
The maid stepped forward and pushed the person lying on the bed, ah ah a few times.
It turned out to be a mute, Yao Lingyun was taken aback.
But before he could think about it, the person on the bed looked up.
For a moment, Yao Lingyun was so shocked that he couldn't find his own voice, and he looked at the person in front of him in surprise.
Her complexion was yellow and haggard, and she was thousands of miles away from the one he saw by the Luoshui Lake a few months ago.
"Young Master Xun, I'm not feeling well and it's inconvenient to be polite, so please don't take offense, Young Master."
Her voice was still gentle, but a little weaker.
"Miss Lin, what are you...?" Yao Lingyun was surprised, and it took him a while to recover his voice, and asked.
"I'm dying." Lin Qing said.
Her voice was unusually calm, without the slightest fluctuation, as if what she was talking about was not herself.
"My child, he will be handed over to you." Lin Qing didn't explain anymore, she couldn't use the slightest strength in her hands to pick up the baby lying beside her, so she just pushed Yao Lingyun towards Yao Lingyun. With a push, his face was full of reluctance.
Yao Lingyun took half a step forward, and said with concern: "Miss Lin, what's going on? You... Where's the Second Highness?"
"He is probably in the Huguang Governor's Mansion, and I am about to die. I hold on to my last breath just to hand over this poor child to your hands, to the hands of His Highness, so I Only then can you rest assured."
Yao Lingyun's expression was extremely moved by the calm but infinitely sad words.
"Does the Second Highness know?"
In fact, there is no need to ask too many questions. Looking around, Yao Lingyun already knows the answer. There is nothing in the whole room that is really offensive. The porcelain used for decoration has long been evacuated, and even the drinking bowls are The four corners of the tables, chairs and benches are all made of wood, and the four corners of the tables, chairs and benches are covered with thick cloth, and the floor is covered with soft cushions.
The intention of the decorator is obvious, he is preventing the people in the house from committing suicide.
"Of course he knows. A few months ago he happily wanted to name the child." Lin Qing turned her head back, looked at the ceiling without blinking, and smiled mockingly, "I expected the situation today. You don’t have to worry about it anymore.”
They were not familiar with each other, and they had never been alone before, and it was rare for them to see each other in a crowd, so Yao Lingyun didn't know how to comfort her, he opened his mouth, but didn't make any sound.
Lin Qing didn't care, she opened her mouth slowly, and she spoke eloquently, as if she knew Yao Lingyun, but it was more like she was telling herself.
"Uncharacteristically, he imprisoned the group of people who released the rumors at that time, which attracted the backlash of famous people in Jiangnan."
"Actually, looking back on it now, he must have done it on purpose. With his intelligence, how could he not have thought of the consequences of his actions? He said that he had to do it because of Shen's coercion, but in fact, what he thought in his heart was that he would not break or stand. , He wants to regain all the forces in the south in one fell swoop, and completely use them for his own use, instead of just taking advantage of the situation, but also being controlled by them everywhere."
"And he also did it. He acted vigorously and coercively, but at the same time he was gentle. Let the actual power holders of the Jiangnan generation see the side of him that can bet on him."
The light coming in through the window shone faintly on Lin Qing's pale face, but her eyes projected a deathly silence.
"But me and the child in my stomach have become obstacles in his way."
Yao Lingyun suddenly couldn't bear to look at her anymore, and couldn't bear to listen to her anymore.
Human feelings are like a tower made of sand. When it was built, it took a lot of hard work, but it shattered when the wind blows.
Yao Lingyun opened his mouth slightly, but he still didn't say anything, and closed his lips again.
After a long pause, Lin Qing suddenly pulled the corner of her mouth and laughed, turned her head to look at Yao Lingyun, and asked, "What is the best way to completely unite the two forces? Mr. Xun is so smart, he must know."
Yao Lingyun sighed, feeling unbearable in his heart.
"It's a marriage."
Lin Qing didn't express her intolerance towards him. She lay quietly and watched quietly, her eyes seemed to have no emotion, but it seemed that there were all kinds of emotions hidden: "Yes, it's a marriage for more than ten years. Companionship, more than ten years of heart-to-heart sympathy, and the first flesh and blood of his life, can't compare to this marriage, I lost, lost completely."
"Miss Lin." Yao Lingyun couldn't help but took another step forward, calling out with concern.
Lin Qing seemed to have never heard of it. She remembered the last time she had with Yan Yu before she left the Huguang Governor's Mansion. At that time, the other party was obviously silent and said nothing, but Lin Qing suddenly realized at that moment that the other party did not say a thousand words. Every word of Wan Yu hit her heart like a torrential rain, causing a faint pain, and the big group of doubts that had no clue before, which was stuffed in her chest like a mess of hemp, gradually became clear.
"So that's how it is..."
She didn't start and didn't finish, she opened her mouth and continued talking in a disorganized manner.
"At that moment, I understood everything. In fact, he had expected this situation a long time ago. All the kindness and accommodating he had done to me in the past was nothing more than guilt arising from anticipating this situation."
She often thinks that it would be great if everything ended at the moment they arrived in Jiangnan. If their story came to a perfect end at that moment, what would be left would be a story of lovers getting married. A happy ending.
But in fact, when they met for the last time, they had nothing to say. Two injured people, two injured hearts, one was outside the house and the other was inside the house.
The breeze blows through the window, bringing a little bit of coldness.
Miss Lin in front of her looked weak and easy to speak, but through this moment of listening, Yao Lingyun could see that the other party was actually very stubborn, and it was difficult for her to change what she believed.
And she, who was immersed in her own emotions, didn't need her own comfort. Thinking of this, Yao Lingyun couldn't help but sigh.
But his sigh seemed to recall Lin Qing's thoughts. She blinked and looked sideways at him. Her dark eyes gradually became clearer.
"When I was giving birth, my strength had long been exhausted. If I hadn't waited for you to arrive and handed the child into your hands, I wouldn't have survived until now. Now that you are here, I can finally feel at ease."
Even though there was wind, the air in the room was still so sticky that it was hard to breathe. Yao Lingyun felt his back was covered with sweat from the scorching air. But still stay on the body and refuse to disperse.
The atmosphere was too bad for him to bear.
Seeing people's expressions, Lin Qing smiled and advised: "This world of mortals is like this, it's rare to be peaceful, life and death are insignificant, you don't need to worry about it."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Yao Lingyun to express anything, she lowered her head, kissed the baby beside her, and gently adjusted the cloth wrapped around her body for him, then handed the baby to the dumb maid beside her, One last look at the child, this time her eyes barely stopped, and she turned away quickly, as if disgusted.
"I entrust my child to you, Mr. Xun."
The voice of the exit was extremely solemn.
Yao Lingyun couldn't bear to see her like this, so he stepped forward and said, "Miss Lin, there may be a turnaround in the matter, and he may not be as ruthless as you think in the second hall, if not, he doesn't need to place you here, all the arrangements here , it can be seen that he has put his mind to it."
Lin Qing laughed mockingly: "All he wants to keep is his face."
Yao Lingyun looked at the baby that had been delivered to him.
"I don't want it if he doesn't want it, even if there is only a little bit of resistance mixed in, I don't bother." With a resolute expression and the same resolute tone, Lin Qing firmly said, "Take him away."
After thinking about it for a while, Yao Lingyun raised his hand to pick up the child.
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When Yao Lingyun stepped out of the room, the sky was already dark, and the rain outside the house formed a continuous line, and when the wind blew, it slanted and became chaotic, disturbing people's mind.
Yao Lingyun held an oil-paper umbrella to cover the rain, slowly walked through the sparse vegetation, and stepped away from the courtyard step by step in the light rain. Wherever he walked slowly, the artificial hills and pavilions looked extraordinarily beautiful under the decoration of rainwater and trees. beautiful.
When he stepped out of the gate, he saw a person outside the house, standing in the rain, letting the wind and rain blow.
He no longer knew how long he had stood in the rain.
Time flows, but for Yan Yu, his time seems to have stopped. Obviously everything is going on according to his wishes, but why does he feel like he has lost everything?
Hearing the sound, Yan Yu hastily closed his eyes, suppressing the bursts of soreness in his eyes, and suppressed the emotion in his heart.
This step has been taken, and he has nothing to worry about anymore.
Yan Yu in the rain slowly raised his head and met Yao Lingyun's gaze, which was indifferent and calm.However, what is hidden behind this indifference and calmness is determination and determination.
Yao Lingyun carefully protected the baby in his arms, stared back for a long time, and said, "The Second Highness is really calculating."
Yan Yu stood in the rain, staring at Yao Lingyun for a moment, as if there was only Yao Xun in front of him, and there was nothing else besides that, he said: "I don't know what Mr. Xun said. meaning?"
Yao Lingyun smiled, moved the umbrella forward, and said: "First create an opportunity that will make others think it is enough to see the needle, and then let it go, and push the boat along when necessary. When the trend is chaotic, take action to clean up the mess, and gather Jiangnan in one fell swoop. Gentlemen, the development of the incident is within the grasp of His Highness from beginning to end?"
Yan Yu listened carefully, and at the end, he pulled his lips and smiled, even though he was in a state of embarrassment, he couldn't hide his gentleness and elegance from the bottom of his body, he nodded slightly, and humbly asked for advice: "Please ask the young master to clarify."
The expression on Yao Lingyun's face remained unchanged. At first glance, he seemed to be serious, but he was also inexplicably ironic: "This is a bureau, which has been laid since the rumors surfaced. What's more, this is a bureau since His Highness left the Eastern Capital. The strategy that was decided at the time, you deliberately ignored the theory that the emperor lost his morals, and you pretended to be overwhelmed with the rumors about Jiangnan scholars spreading rumors about the palace. Enlarged, academically angry, smug, thinking that you have the right to speak, and become more presumptuous. In fact, your highness invites you into the urn, puts the famous people in the south of the Yangtze River in dire straits, and then draws from the bottom of the pot. In fact, it is just to stir up the muddy water and detonate the undercurrent, so as to catch bigger fish and obtain greater benefits."
Yan Yu narrowed her eyes, and said disapprovingly: "Scholars discussing state affairs arbitrarily and insulting members of the royal family with their words, this is not forced by my prince. They dare to say that they will naturally have to bear the consequences."
"If His Highness hadn't deliberately shown weakness, how would they dare to be so arrogant? A powerful incentive can often magnify the darkest darkness in a person's heart." Yao Lingyun tilted his head slightly, slowed down his voice, and asked kindly, " Isn't this what His Highness is using?"
"So?" Yan Yu didn't admit it directly, but he didn't deny it either, and asked instead, "How does Mr. Xun plan to deal with this prince?"
Yao Lingyun smiled, bowed his head and saluted, "How dare a humble minister."
Yan Yu smiled, confident, and amidst the slightly louder sound of rain, said with emotion: "So what about the overall situation? Without evidence in hand, you can't do anything. The number one in the world granted by the emperor through the ages is Jinkou." Talented man, oh, what a waste of fame."
Yao Lingyun didn't argue when he heard the words, and said, "Actually, His Highness's layout is not necessarily so clever, it's just that the players who entered the game are too unsatisfactory."
"To create chaos, there is no need for careful arrangements, just show weakness at the right time, let them think that they can control the development of the situation, and the situation will advance smoothly, especially if the target is a group of useless and arrogant It's even easier for me to be a scholar." Yan Yu smiled, and the contempt in his tone was obvious.
"Ha." Yao Lingyun laughed at himself, "In this round, I was indeed the loser, and I am convinced that I am looking for defeat."
"But the bystanders are clear, and the authorities are confused." Hearing his self-mockery, Yan Yu explained it instead, paused, and then said, "It is not just the guidance of the prince alone that has led to today's situation. De, this is not the prince's plan, at this moment, all the favorable situations will flow to us, God still chose me after all."
"Yes, taking advantage of the chaos in the south, detonating the undercurrents in the two places, and concentrating all the forces in the south of the Yangtze River for your use in one fell swoop was your original goal. Although the theory of the emperor's immorality was beyond your expectation, it intensified you even more. The situation we want to achieve makes everything go faster." Holding the child in one hand and holding the umbrella in the other, he maintained this position for a long time, so that Yao Lingyun felt sore because the blood flow in his hand slowed down, so he moved the umbrella arm Holding the child in his arms, he said, "Even so, it still affected your plan, so you exposed Ye Xingfeng, and you asked him to take us to Wanzhuyuan to deal with the Nanping matter , to hold us back."
Yan Yu nodded, the opponent is Yao Xun, of course he can't be careless, even if it is a new seedling, it has to be uprooted, so as to ensure that he will not see the flaw.
"I know I can't hide it from you. If you weren't in the middle of the game, coupled with Xingfeng's deliberate guidance to make you concentrate on the things in the Burial Abyss, it would be difficult for me to achieve my goal so smoothly."
The faint fragrance of kapok came from the moist breeze, Yao Lingyun closed his eyes to feel it, and after a long time he opened his eyes.
"The news of the death of father and King Ning is beyond your expectation."
Yan Yu was silent, the rain that hit his face gathered and piled up, then wiped his eyes, and slowly fell to the ground, he suddenly sighed, and sighed: "I still can't believe that Uncle Nine Emperors went just like that. "
Yao Lingyun asked: "Then will you be sad?"
The corner of Yan Yu's lips twitched, and the fleeting smile seemed more like a sneer: "You don't want to hear my answer."
Hearing this, and thinking about the person inside who would never wake up again, Yao Lingyun also smiled ironically, tightened the arms holding the baby, and stared at the drenched person.
"Although you have calculated everything correctly, you are still wrong. After all, you have overestimated yourself. You are born with seven emotions and six desires, so how can you be invincible?"
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and it seems that just an oil-paper umbrella is almost unable to stop the erosion of the rain.
"She's dead."
The three words came out of Yao Lingyun's mouth and fell into Yan Yu's ears.
The world seemed to stand still at this moment.
Yan Yu's heart trembled because of this, he slowly raised his head, and there was a silent madness on his calm face.
Seeing this, Yao Lingyun stopped looking at him and started to step forward: "Guilt is something that needs to be built on the basis of doing something. If it's just pure emotional ups and downs, it's meaningless, and it will only increase your troubles." , Since things are different, why do you come here, touching the scene to make you feel, it's futile."
Yan Yu seemed to have lost his voice. He slowly turned his eyes to look at Yao Lingyun who was slowly walking in, and the child in his hand. This was the first time he had looked at that child today.
But the baby was well wrapped in thick swaddling clothes. Given the distance between him and Yao Lingyun, he couldn't see the baby's face at all. As Yao Lingyun approached step by step, he saw more and more faces. Suddenly, the rain dripping from his forehead completely blurred his eyes, making his vision blurred.
Yao Lingyun approached Yan Yu step by step, and the distance between the two gradually became shorter and shorter, very short, extremely short, so short that he could touch it with his hand.The rain hit her body, it was very cold, but it was not as cold as in her heart, Yan Yu still stood upright, closed her eyes and wiped away the rainwater from her eyes, opened them again, but did not move her eyes, just stared blankly at the front, without moving her eyes. Squinting, Yao Lingyun continued to move, and the distance between the two gradually increased until they stood with their backs facing each other. Yan Yu suddenly said, "I asked her to wait for me."
Yan Yu himself didn't know why he said this to Yao Lingyun.
Maybe people are such strange creatures. It is easier to open up and tell the secrets of the heart to those who are not close to them, but it is impossible to express them to the people around them.
Human beings live in groups and are used to hugging for warmth. She has always been by her side. Wherever she is, there is a place for him to stand. She is a bamboo forest where the wind lives. When thousands of sails are exhausted, I will always return to her.
So he sent someone to promise her that she would wait for him.
In fact, Yan Yu knew very well in his heart that Lin Qing seemed weak, but in fact he was strong, and he would rather bend than bend. When he made the decision to marry, there was no possibility of turning back, so he didn't try to keep her, but let him His brother spoke for him.
He was afraid of hearing her rejection.
Hearing this, Yao Lingyun stopped walking, but his voice seemed to be stuck in his throat. Apart from the sparse sound of rain, there was no other sound in the silent world.
After a long time, Yao Lingyun turned his head sideways, serious scrutiny flashed in his deep eyes, and the corners of his thin lips curled up in a mocking arc, and he said: "Only those who dare to act as responsible, what they say has weight, Are you?"
"Aren't I?" Hearing the sarcasm in the other party's words, Yan Yu was not displeased at all, so calm that he almost murmured, "Isn't my pursuit already known to the world?"
The sky was dark, and the raindrops suddenly became bigger and torrentially falling, occasionally interspersed with a few bright lightning bolts. Yao Lingyun subconsciously covered the ears of the baby in his arms, and his gaze on Yan Yu suddenly deepened.
"If I am indifferent to my ambitions, why would I need Guangluomenke? She knows, she knows from the beginning to the end, knows that I have the world in my heart, and knows that I intend to reserve positions. Then why doesn't she want to wait for me? She doesn't want to support me. Me, why did you give me hope at the very beginning?"
Yan Yu didn't understand that in Zhuqi Villa, everyone supported his decision. For some reason, his grandfather made the decision that the man in the villa would never enter the Eastern Capital. For his cousins in Zhuqi Villa It's shackles, it's injustice, everyone wants to change, but why doesn't the person he cares about the most don't want to, but don't support it.
There is no doubt that he loves her, he has always loved her, but why is she unwilling to believe in herself?
Behind them, the footsteps of the two falling together are still vivid, but there is only confusion ahead.
"Back then, your majesty was too late to rescue the Concubine Qi who was trapped in Cangshan Mountain because of a wrong judgment. You cared about your majesty because of this, but what have you done yourself now?" Hearing such questioning, Yao Lingyun only felt angry and couldn't help it. Suppressed anger, "This child has nothing to do with you from now on." After a pause, Yao Lingyun continued, "If possible, I hope His Highness will avoid him as much as possible before the president's appointment."
"Yao Lingyun."
"Yao Xun!"
Yao Lingyun came back to his senses when he heard the sound, and saw Qi Yufeng walking quickly.
"Ah Xun?" Qi Yufeng approached quickly, and looked at Yao Lingyun carefully. Although he looked pale, he didn't look depressed. He didn't look like he was sick. Qi Yufeng was still a little worried, and grabbed Yao Lingyun. Ling Yun's hand, beating the pulse, is calm and powerful, and it is indeed not sick.
Since he is not sick...Qi Yufeng threw away Yao Lingyun's hand and said dissatisfiedly, "Why are you so dazed, it's time to eat."
Without waiting for anyone to answer, he walked out first.
The other party was grasping and shaking hands, Yao Lingyun also let him go.
Looking at the back of Qi Yufeng walking out, Yao Lingyun couldn't help shaking his head, what a duplicity friend.
Turning his eyes, he glanced at the sleeping child, thought for a moment, and walked out.
The warm light of the setting sun pours down in large swaths, melting into the vast Pingjiang River
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