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Han Dynasty Palace.

As the saying goes, 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, not long ago, Hanwang Mansion was one of the busiest mansions in the entire capital, the emperor practiced Taoism, and the state affairs were handled by the Hanwang and the crown prince, but the crown prince suffered from Disabilities are rarely involved in politics, and the King of Han is personally involved in many matters in the court. Many decisions made by Zhongshu Province must be informed to the King of Han in advance, so the Palace of the King of Han is never short of guests, and the front of the mansion is always overcrowded. There is a lot of traffic.

At that time, today is different from the past. At the beginning, there was a crowd of people, but now it has become a popular place. When Chu Huan followed King Qi to Hanwang's mansion, the front of the mansion was deserted, but there were a few guards sent from the palace. The guards outside the gate of the mansion, the gate was closed tightly, already showing a sense of depression and dilapidation.

An Guogong rebelled, and the King of Han was involved in it. Huang Ju, the Duke of An, was dead, but at that time, few people heard about the King of Han. Although there were many people who secretly paid attention to the King of Han, the palace of the King of Han has been closed for a while now. Miscellaneous people are even more inaccessible. The guards are guarding the gates of the King of Han's mansion. In many people's eyes, this is because the emperor thought of the love between father and son and did not intend to kill the King of Han, but sent someone to confine him. .

Although a few people have known about the insanity of the King of Han, it is still a secret until now.

Sun Desheng stepped forward and knocked on the door. Seeing that it was King Qi coming, the guards naturally did not dare to stop them. The door of the mansion opened a small crack, and when they saw King Qi, the people inside let him in. It was already deserted and lifeless. As soon as King Qi entered the mansion, he felt chills all over his body, and couldn't help asking: "Where are all the servants in the mansion going?"

The one who opened the door and led the way was an old servant in his fifties, with a lonely expression on his face, he shook his head and said, "They have already left."

"Gone?" King Qi frowned and said, "Third Brother, there were quite a few diners here at the beginning, did they all leave?"

The old servant smiled wryly and said: "After the accident of His Royal Highness King Han, some people were captured by the Ministry of Punishment, and most of them have disappeared... Even the servants in the mansion, many of them left secretly... There are only five people left in the mansion. Six old, weak, sick and disabled...!" A gust of wind passed by, and the old servant seemed to feel a little cold, couldn't help tightening his clothes, and asked, "Does Your Highness want to see His Highness the King of Han?"

King Qi nodded slightly, looking at the dilapidated look of King Han's mansion, but his mood was also very depressed, and asked: "Where is the third brother? You take me to see him, how is he doing now?"

The old servant looked sad, shook his head and said: "It's very bad...!" Sighing, he said: "Your Highness came with the old servant... It's been a long time since no one came here...!"

He led the way, Chu Huan and Sun Desheng followed King Qi, turned left and right along the bluestone path, and walked for a while before turning into a yard. King Qi frowned and said, "Where is this?"

"The stable!" said the old servant, "The King of Han is in the stable."

"The stables?" King Qi frowned and said, "Third brother is not in good health, he can't rest well, what are you doing in the stables?"

"Your Highness, you can understand it at a glance." The old servant said sadly: "It's been several days, and the King of Han has been staying here...!" Pointing to the front, he said: "Your Highness, the front is the stable. Eat, this old slave is going to prepare some food...!" Shaking his head, he let out a long sigh and turned to leave.

Not far ahead, there was indeed a stable, with an oil lamp hanging above the door of the stable. At this time, the sky was slightly dark, the oil lamp was dim, and the breeze caressed it, and the oil lamp swayed in the wind.

As he approached the stable, he smelled a strange smell coming from inside. King Qi was about to step forward, but Chu Huan had already taken two steps forward, walking in front of King Qi, and said softly, "Your Highness, let me take a look first. "

King Qi was stunned, but now he also understood that Chu Huan was probably worried that there was another mystery in it, which would be bad for him, so he went to find out the truth first, nodded, and then Chu Huan approached cautiously, walked to the stable, Gently pushing open the door, a smell of mutton came over the face, which made people feel sick. Chu Huan raised his hand to take off the oil lamp, and went in under the light. The stable was quite spacious, and there were actually a few horses inside Horses, the sound of Chu Huan coming in obviously startled several horses, and they all became anxious. Chu Huan picked up the lamp and knocked around, his eyes suddenly fixed, and his face showed a look of surprise.

I saw a pile of hay in the corner of the stable, and there was a man leaning against the haystack at this time, with ragged clothes, sloppy hair, and a knife tightly in both hands. Between the unkempt hair and face, Chu Huan vaguely Seeing that his eyes were closed, he seemed to have fallen asleep. Although his face was extremely dirty, it had sharp edges and corners. It was Han Wang Yingping.

Chu Huan never thought that Yingping would become like this.

Not long ago, Yingping, king of the Han Dynasty, was as rich as jade and peerless in style. No matter who he was, he had to admit that Yingping was handsome and extravagant. The beggar looked much thinner, and was less than ten figures away from the Tongtian Temple incident.

Chu Huan was shocked and felt the sound of footsteps around her. She turned her head to look, but saw that Yingren had come over. King Qi's eyes were also looking at Yingping at this moment. Suddenly trembling, he approached step by step, and was about to reach Yingping, Yingping's eyes suddenly opened, and he cried out in a mournful voice: "Don't come here, don't come here, don't kill me...I don't dare...please... Please, I dare not...!"

Yingren was startled, stopped in his tracks, and called softly: "Third brother, it's...it's me, I'm Yingren...!" Although Yingren is stubborn, he is not a cruel person. They didn't get along well in the past, but they were brothers after all, seeing Yingping in such a miserable state at this moment made her heart very sad.

Yingping hugged the knife tightly, shrinking back, with a look of fear on his face, "I...I dare not...don't take me away...you are all ghosts...ghosts...ah, you ghosts, I'm not afraid of you, I'm not afraid of you...!" He suddenly moved his sword forward, "If you come here, I...I'll kill you...I'm not afraid of you...!"

Chu Huan frowned, approached King Qi, looked carefully at Yingping.

After learning about Yingping's madness from Xue Huai'an, his first thought was that Yingping might be pretending to be crazy. He had committed such a treasonous thing as treason. Before today, Chu Huan always felt that the possibility of Han Wang pretending to be crazy was far greater than that of being really crazy.

At this time, he was observing carefully, but he had a faint feeling that Yingping didn't seem to be pretending to be crazy. A person's eyes often reveal a person's heart. He saw that Yingping's eyes were slack, and there was no trace of the past in his eyes. Jing Qi, on the contrary, is full of fear that goes deep into the bone marrow. It is difficult to make such an expression.

"No one killed you." Yingren's voice was a little choked, "Third brother, I am Yingren, your younger brother, you...how did you become like this?"

Seeing that Yingren didn't go on, Yingping slowly put away the knife, hugged it in his arms, his eyes were dull, he huddled in the haystack, his body trembling, and muttered to himself: "I'm not afraid of you...I'm not afraid of ghosts... You all want to kill me...I know you all want to kill me, I'm not afraid of you...!"

At this moment, footsteps were heard behind him, and Chu Huan turned around, only to see that the old servant had already brought a bowl of rice porridge, walked over, and said softly: "King of Han, it's time to eat...!"

Seeing the old servant approaching, the King of Han pointed forward again. The old servant did not dare to approach, but just put the bowl of rice porridge on the ground and took two steps back. Yingping stared at the bowl of rice porridge, suddenly With a loud cry, the knife had already chopped down the bowl of rice porridge. Everyone was surprised, but saw that the King of Han had already said fiercely: "I will kill you, kill you, you want to harm me, you are all ghosts, I am not afraid You guys, I'll hack you to death...!" In a moment, the bowl of rice porridge was hacked to pieces.

Seeing the King of Han's madness, Yingren felt even more uncomfortable. He took two steps forward and said in a trembling voice, "Brother, don't be like this...you...!" Before he finished speaking, the King of Han had already raised the knife , slashed towards Yingren, and said sharply: "I'm not afraid of you, if you want to harm me, I'll kill you first...!" Although he was delirious and insane, his ability in his hand did not weaken at all. Incomparable, the blade whistling, Ying Ren did not expect that Ying Ping would slash at him with a knife, he was stunned in horror, and forgot to dodge, but Chu Huan was always on guard, seeing Ying Ping under the knife, he had already taken a step forward , grabbed Ying Ren's arm, and brought it over, Ying Ping's knife cut nothing.

Chu Huan tugged at Ying Ren, fearing that Ying Ping would make trouble, he easily pushed Ying Ren away, then picked up a wooden stick on the ground, turned around, only to find that Ying Ping had already held a knife in both hands, and was retreating.

Sun Desheng had already come to support Yingren, and said anxiously, "Your Highness, are you alright?"

Yingren looked blank and shook his head. The old servant came over with a wry smile and said, "Your Highness, take care. The King of Han has been here for several days. Since he came in, he hasn't gone out. He said every day that there are ghosts everywhere. , He also said that there are many ghosts who want to kill him, as if leaving this stable, you will be killed by ghosts."

"Then what does he eat these days?"

"Every hour, the old slave will bring in food. This kind of situation, the old slave has become accustomed to it. Every time the thing sent in, it will be chopped into pieces by the King of Han." The old slave sighed: "Fortunately, I sent it ten times. , if he is really hungry, he will eat a little...!" He turned his head to look at the King of Han, and said sadly: "Your Highness, this old slave said something that should not be said, His Highness is like this, life is better than death... ...!"

Yingren looked at Yingping again, only to see that Yingping was sitting on the muddy ground again,