twin moon

Chapter 86, Scene [-], Breaking the Prison II

In the tenth year of Yuansui, August [-]th, the Moon Festival.The golden osmanthus is fragrant, the sky is high and the clouds are light.It was night, Duke Qi Heyin of Ye Kingdom, whose health had improved a little, had dinner with his concubines and heirs at Liuying Terrace in the palace to enjoy the moon as usual.

The harp played harmoniously, the sleeves fluttered, and the musicians and dancers specially arranged by Guang Luqing tried their best to make Duke Ye, who had been ill for a long time, show a little smile on his face.However, when his eyes swept over his sons and daughters, he suddenly realized that one person was missing.

The smile quickly disappeared from Qi Heyin's face - it seemed that it was the first time that his most beloved youngest son hadn't celebrated the Moon Festival in the palace.At this time, the emaciated king did not know the news that the fleet was attacked at sea.He looked up at the twin moons in the sky that were as bright as a silver plate, and a feeling of melancholy suddenly surged in his heart:
"Concubine Jin, if you can see Yin'er's current appearance in the sky, you should stop blaming me..."

Qi Heyin's lips trembled slightly, but only he could hear his voice.

However, a flustered Mo Lingwei suddenly broke in from outside the hall, shouting for an urgent report.The king's whole body shook violently, as if he had some bad premonition.

"Why panic? You can't afford to disturb father Wang Yaxing! Just tell me what you want!"

The eldest son Qi Zixiu showed dissatisfaction, and immediately got up to go outside the hall to stop him.

However, Mo Lingwei has always only been under the jurisdiction of Xiang Baili, and did not obey Qi Zixiu's orders: "My son, this matter is related to the safety of the young master Ziyin, the villain should just tell the king to know."

The young Chujun immediately raised his eyebrows and stared, and he was about to explode, but he heard the father behind him yelling: "Xiu'er, get out of the way! Did he just say that this matter is related to Yin'er?"

"It's the urgent report from the fleet conquering the Peng Kingdom!"

Mo Lingwei raised a silk script from Mo Crow over his head and respectfully presented it.Qi Zixiu had no choice but to step aside.

Qi Heyin struggled to stand up from the throne, waved his sleeves, the majesty still remained: "Xiu'er, since you want to know what is written in the letter so much, go and read it to everyone!"

Qi Zixiu couldn't help but gouged out Mo Lingwei who was delivering the letter, and reluctantly took the silk book from him.In fact, he had already guessed what was said in it, although he regretted his impulsiveness, but after thinking about it, he still read aloud without any scruples:
"Urgent report. After sailing for half a month, we arrived at Tiannu Strait, encountered heavy fog, and stayed there for several days. Most of the fleet has assembled at the southern end of the strait, but the flagship of the young master and commander Xie Xun has not returned, and life and death are unpredictable. The last general I sent people to search hard for several days to no avail, but a vision fell from the sky last night, and Hailing Island sank into the sea overnight. The next day, I saw countless wrecked ships floating in the sea. Now that the army's morale is weak, in desperation, the special revision letter implores the king Allow me to wait for the class teacher to return to the court, and plan another strategy. The commander of the boat master, Zhuo Xiukuo."

The silk script had just finished reading, but it had already caused quite a commotion in the hall.The royal clan members couldn't help whispering, and the white jade wine jue held in the hand of the king also fell to the ground with a bang and fell to pieces.He himself slumped and sat back on the throne.

"Father, the flagship is heavy, and it has hit morale quite hard. A group of dragons cannot be without a leader. My son thinks—"

Qi Zixiu threw the silk book back to Mo Lingwei's feet, then took a step forward, knelt down on the ground with a plop, and comforted his father.But when he was halfway through speaking, he heard Qi Heyin who was on the throne shout violently:
"What do you think! Your younger brother is missing, and all you care about is morale?!"

Although Qi Heyin was weak due to illness, his voice was not high at the moment, but after drinking it, the chaotic and noisy Liuying Stage became quiet in an instant, leaving only the sound of his heavy breathing echoing between the pillars in the air.

"Father, as a king, the country should be the most important thing. Isn't this what you have always taught us?"

After a long silence, the prince who had been kneeling all this time opened his mouth to defend himself again.

"But you are not yet the lord of the country! If you hadn't retreated before the battle and refused to lead the team to go out, Yin'er would not have volunteered to take over your errand! The person who is missing now is your own brother. Don't tell me Don't you care about his safety? All you think about is how to say some useless nonsense in front of the widow?!"

Qi Heyin stood up from the throne again, and reprimanded the eldest son like a storm:

"The widow has warned you countless times to be in a high position and be virtuous. As a son of the world, you must not worry about your own gains and losses, but you need to be inclusive, and share the government with your blood brothers. Only by working together can you be successful in the present and benefit the future. ! But how did you do it?!"

But to everyone's surprise, Qi Zixiu, who has always been respectful to his father, suddenly lost control of his emotions and asked loudly: "But father, have you ever thought that the reason why my son is worried about gains and losses may be because he is afraid of you." Will you have the heart of abandoning the elders and establishing the younger?"

"So that's it, that's it! The widow wondered before, why since Li Xiu'er became the eldest son, you have taken precautions against the other brothers, especially Yin'er! Have you never thought that you would have such a thing?" Worrying, maybe it's not because of your brothers, but because you feel that you are really embarrassed by this important task?!"

Ye Guogong was also completely annoyed, he picked up the jug and cup in front of him and slammed it on the eldest son.

Qi Zixiu didn't dodge, his forehead was smashed straight on, and he was dripping with blood immediately.But among the palace maids and maids around him, no one dared to step forward to help, not even the old slave who was closest to the king dared to speak a word of persuasion.

However, the young prince looked up at his father, regardless of whether he would be punished, and continued to contradict him:
"One mouthful, one hidden son! Could it be that in the eyes of the father, the younger brother who was born out of the concubine is more important than the son of the son? At this moment, the father is thinking, if the person who went out to sea this time is the son, if the missing one If you are a son-in-law, you can rightfully make Ziyin, a little bastard born out of a concubine, as your son, and let him inherit the great line?!"

"Nizi! You and Yin'er are both of the widow's blood, how can you be so disrespectful when you say something! You are so small-minded and worry about gain and loss. It was the biggest mistake of the widow in my life to make you a son!"

Qi Heyin was trembling with anger, and his eyes were red with bloodshot eyes.In a fit of rage, he pulled out his sword from the sword stand next to the throne with a bang, and staggered towards his eldest son.The wide cuffs skipped over the small case in front of the knee, and all the delicacies on it were turned over on the ground.

It was only at this time that the group of people in Liuying Stage took action, some persuaded others to stop, and even the timid prince and princess cried out on the spot in fright.

But Qi Zixiu refused to bow his head to admit his mistake, even though his father put the sharp knife on his neck, his feet didn't move at all: "Father—are you going to kill this son with your own hands?"

Duke Ye's chest heaved violently, his sword-holding hand was raised above his head, and suddenly he yelled loudly, cutting a small table next to Shizi into two pieces.And in his cloudy old eyes, tears had already flowed down:

"There is no lesson in the family, so there is a rebellious son! It is the widow who did not teach you well. You don't have to sit in the position of the son of the world anymore!"

After the king's order was issued, Qi Zixiu stood up abruptly, facing the edge of the sword, completely ignoring the faint bloodstain that he drew on his neck, the madness in his eyes forced Ye Guogong to stop. Take half a step back.

"That's it - I have no choice but to offend the son! Father, don't blame the son, you forced me to do all this!"

While speaking, he stared fixedly at his father's eyes, but he read a sentence that no one could understand at all.The voice was so soft that the people around couldn't hear what he was saying, but the face of the king changed, like a drowning person, suddenly he couldn't speak anymore, The hand holding the sword also slowly fell to his side.

The son who had just been deposed didn't seem to have expected that his actions would really work.He stepped back quickly, squinted his eyes and asked in a low voice, tentatively:
"Father, tell me—who is the son of Ye Kingdom?"

At this time, Lord Ye's eyes were already obviously relaxed, and the previous anger also disappeared in a flash.After Qi Zixiu asked the question, he was like a walking corpse, and he replied without emotion:

"Xiu'er is the eldest son of the widow, and the new lord of Ye Kingdom who will succeed me! All of you, let the widow firmly remember!"

"Follow the king's orders!"

In the blink of an eye, the king's attitude changed so much that everyone in the Liuying stage was amazed.However, they were not sure what happened, and they didn't have the guts to question Qi Heyin's back-and-forth, so they all knelt down one after another and promised.

Qi Zixiu was even more delighted, and then asked:

"So, no matter what mistakes I made before, and what words I said that displeased my father, I will never let you have the idea of ​​destroying the old and making the young, right?"

"That's natural. Zixiu is the only person in the eyes of the widow who can inherit the great rule of Ye Kingdom."

"But if my younger brother is still alive now, how will the father decide?"

Qi Zixiu suddenly enjoyed this feeling, as if he had already taken control of everything before he was enthroned.He thought with all his heart that he would get a satisfactory answer this time.Unexpectedly, Qi Heyin in front of him didn't answer immediately, but the muscles at the corners of his eyes twitched imperceptibly a few times.

"Father, I just asked, if Ziyin is still alive, what would you do?"

The young prince couldn't help but ask again.However, as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly saw a bit of coldness flashing across his father's eyes!Before Qi Zixiu could react, Ye Guogong raised the long sword in his hand again, and slashed at the eldest son's body in the air!
The prince, who was still complacent a moment ago, suddenly fell to the ground in fright, and instinctively raised his right hand to block it.He only heard a scream, and the sharp blade that cut gold and jade cut off his palm and half of his forearm, and blood gushed out on the spot!
Qi Zixiu curled up on the ground, but he didn't have time to reach out to cover the stump.The severe pain stimulated his survival instinct, and he escaped his father's second cut with an extremely weird posture, and scrambled and scrambled to hide behind a thick pillar in the hall.

However, this bloody killing has only just begun.As if possessed by a demon, Qi Heyin continued to slash and kill everyone who appeared in front of him with his long sword.No matter the servants in the palace or his own flesh and blood, they all fell down one by one amidst the splashing blood and screams of panic!

The killing lasted for two sticks of incense before the elderly king stopped.He looked up to the sky for a while and screamed, and then lowered his eyes and cried for a while, as if he had completely lost his mind, even the muscles on his cheeks and eyeballs were deeply sunken, like a shriveled skeleton!

Then, he let go of his hand slightly, and let the long sword fall to his feet, and his whole body seemed like a rotten tree, falling straight into piles of corpses and a pool of blood that was inches deep!

Until this time, a few maidservants who had escaped with their lives poked their heads out from the corner of the Liuying Stage again, observed carefully, and fled as if flying away.Following closely behind them was Qi Zixiu who was also terrified.Right now, the sleeve on his right side has already been soaked with the blood flowing from his arm, and his complexion is paper-like, even more like a corpse crawling out of a grave.

However, just as the young Chujun ran out of the gate of Liuyingtai, he bumped into a chunky figure head-on.It was Qi Shouyu, Marquis of Jinghai who claimed to be ill today and did not come to the moon feast.

Shi Zi immediately felt his legs go limp, and immediately sat down in front of the other party, crying about his experience:

"Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang, you are here! Just now, just now, my father wanted to abolish my position as the eldest son, so I recited a mantra you taught me to make him take back his life. I never thought about it, never thought about him But he suddenly became crazy and killed everyone! He even chopped off one of my hands!"

"There is such a thing? Where is my brother now?"

Qi Shouyu pretended to be surprised, knelt down and bandaged the other's wound with his own hands.

"Father, he has passed out in the palace!"

"Nephew, don't panic. The Purifying Mantra is absolutely impossible to cause people to go insane. Everything will be discussed after I go in and see. However, if this matter is investigated in the future, people will inevitably suspect that it is indeed related to that spell. Nephew still needs to keep in mind , don’t mention anything about me teaching you spells with others, otherwise you and I will be inseparable, remember?”

"Nephew understands, nephew understands!"

Qi Zixiu nodded frequently, stood up staggeringly with the support of the other party, and hid in the night without looking back.Afterwards, Mo Lingwei, who followed the sound, also rushed to the front of the hall, and under Qi Shouyu's arrangement, sent the king back to the bedroom.

However, none of them noticed that the short and fat prince in front of him hid the rampant smile that could hardly be concealed!
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