A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 505: The seal appears between fingers

Looking at the black-clothed boy opposite him whose eyes were turning from red to brown and becoming more and more emotional, Yuan Wuyou curled his lips and smiled sweetly:
"Brother... I'll wait for you to come back. I don't want anything from you, I just want you to get out of this sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible and return to a normal life. Even if you find me a few sisters-in-law, I can help you propose marriage and arrange marriages in a lively manner."

Li Ming felt a lump in his throat and realized again that it was no wonder that those kings who bewitched the people always had loyal ministers and soldiers. They were so pervasive in their attempts to please the people that no one could resist.

He suddenly remembered that the Miao custom required brother-sister marriage. When this thought came to his mind, he was so shocked that he almost bit his tongue and could only snort:
"Reconsideration."

"By the way, since you can come back by yourself this time, why don't you bring your uncle back with you?"

The girl in front of him asked this question with sincerity, which made Li Ming's heart tighten. She had dug up all his details, but she didn't know about this? It seemed that Yue Lingdang had not betrayed him completely. At least in this matter, he still retained a bit of dignity.

The black-clothed boy's eyes dimmed, "You don't understand. I must bring him back fair and square."

Yuan Wuyou didn't know the inside story, so he just thought he didn't want to return secretly, so he nodded and said yes:
"Yes, you are the meritorious officials of the Wei Dynasty who went to accept the surrender, so you must return to the court in an upright manner. It seems that it is already June today? I heard that your birthday is on the Qixi Festival? Let's set a deadline of one month. If the news of you has not reached Chang'an or the Longxi Li family after one month, I will personally bring you back in the name of celebrating your birthday."

Yuan Wuyou was sincere in saying this. She wished she could bring them back right now.

When Li Ming heard this, he snorted with a sarcastic look and glanced at her.

"You are not allowed to leave the Shiwan Mountains. Miao territory is so dangerous that everyone wants to avoid it. Do you still dare to come? Aren't you afraid of being left behind?"

The younger sister's eyes were still firm. "Of course I dare. You being there gives me infinite courage. Even if I am left behind, I will do my best to protect you. As long as I am alive and I am here, I will not allow you to be bullied by those bad habits again."

Li Mingjian had lived for eighteen years, and he had never heard so many heartwarming words as today, nor had anyone ever been so determined to protect him...

The young man's phoenix eyes were slightly startled, his long eyelashes fluttered, and his eyes revealed a hazy drunkenness. "You are... what the people in the Central Plains say, saving a prostitute or redeeming an Oiran? But I'm not a prostitute, you just need to live well."

"But I think... letting the people I love live is the meaning of my life." When Yuan Wuyou said this, the eyes of the young man in front of her suddenly widened in shock. She hurriedly added, "A king of a country should love his people like his own children, and he should love his family even more. If he can't take care of his own business, even if I conquer Kyushu, I will be a failed hypocrite."

The young man's eyes dimmed slightly, and his expression suddenly turned cold. "Courage is commendable, but being brave alone is a dead end. Do you know what is on the other side of the mountain?"

"Is it... the sea?"

Li Ming saw the long eyelashes covering the eyes, slightly closed, and then opened again. The blood-red pupils became more and more sharp. "Where I grew up, there are still mountains on the other side of the mountain. Without the permission of the villagers, those who want to escape will be trapped to death in the mountains. Even if you know the way, you can't bypass the spider web of villagers from other tribes. Even if you can meet people from other villages, the criminals who want to escape will be captured by others. You will either die in other villages or be sent back to your own village, which is also a dead end."

Yuan Wuyou felt more and more frightened the more she listened. It was the time when the sun was rising, but she was frightened by the calm face and calm tone of the boy who kept saying the word "death". But she knew that he was not indifferent, but he was powerless to change and resist, so he had this kind of calm attitude of "It's good to be alive, and it's okay to die".

"It's true...all roads lead to the underworld."

The young man suddenly smiled sadly.
"It's not an exaggeration to say that my place is the underworld. Therefore... I just hope that you can live well, save all living beings where you should be, and shine your light on the earth. Maybe one day in the future, your glory will illuminate the ghost city of Fengdu where I am, and then you can take me back."

Upon hearing this, my sister nodded solemnly with a serious look on her face.

"Okay, I won't say any more. I wish you a safe journey. Remember to send a letter to me by flying eagle to let me know you're safe, or send it to Yuwen Huaibi. It's the same."

"You two...are a couple, right?" When Li Ming asked this question, he felt a little sad. He didn't know whether it was envy or inferiority. Maybe both.

Yuan Wuyou thought of her "concubine" whom she hated more than she loved, and admitted through gritted teeth, "We used to be, in name only, but now we are pure enemies."

Li Ming smiled knowingly.
"Did you sleep well last night?"

Thinking of Gao Yanzong's virtuous company last night, Yuan Wuyou couldn't help but smile.

"It's good. The room is filled with the fragrance of camellia and my lover is by my side."

He didn't care about the second half of her sentence, and just said to himself:

"Then you should get more sleep if you have the chance these two days. You won't be able to get a good night's sleep since I left."

Yuan Wuyou had just heard such familiar words from her mother's puppet two days ago. At this moment, she heard them again, which made her hair stand on end.

"Why do you say that?"

"In fact, the burden and responsibility on your shoulders are heavy, and the road you have to take is extremely difficult. According to metaphysics, God will give great responsibilities to those who are born here. You have to carry the destiny on your shoulders, and you must be tested to see if you can bear this pressure." After a pause, the young man raised his scarlet phoenix eyes.
"Do you dare to come up?"

"Go even if you don't want to." "Have ambition, don't let us down."

"Your words especially sound like a brother's."

Li Ming saw his lips curled up and snorted. "Brother also wants to remind you that everyone has their own destiny. If you insist on interfering with the karma of others, you will bear the karma for them."

"What do you mean by that?"

"The Gao family is a pair of unfortunate brothers. One of them was so generous that he pushed his wife into his brother's arms. He would rather be loyal and wait for death on his own broken boat than elope with his wife.

Another person who is unwilling to be controlled by others, daydreaming about being snatched away by others, a man who wants to get married, but does not have the courage to change the status quo and run away. If you continue to be dragged down by them, you will be in trouble and unable to return home. "

"But my brother is wrong. Getting entangled with them is also a part of my growth. Gao Changgong is like a cactus flower, beautiful, with thorns, and can be used as a weapon. It has strong vitality and tenacity. It will take root and sprout wherever it falls. Gao Yanzong is a mandshurica, beautiful but poisonous. They are the thorns and flowers on my journey. They are not obstacles, but comrades-in-arms."

After saying this, Yuan Wuyou was proud of his protectiveness and generosity.

On the other hand, the young man in black sitting opposite her didn't care about how she protected her lover. Instead, he glanced at her right hand placed on the table, and saw a flash of bright red blood between her slender white fingers.

"Ah! Your finger is bleeding?"

He grabbed his sister's thin hand in surprise and brought it to his eyes. When he found that her five strong fingers were moving unwillingly, Li Mingjian pressed her hard and looked at her nervously, only to see a trace of bright red hidden between her white and shiny index finger.

So Li Ming looked up at her in astonishment:

"How did you get it? Doesn't it hurt? Even if you sprained it yourself...your nails aren't long, right?"

"It doesn't hurt, what's wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Wuyou withdrew her hand in surprise, held it in front of her and examined it, then pressed the nail of her index finger. It really didn't hurt, so she put her nose close to it suspiciously and sniffed...but what came to her nose was not the smell of blood, but the fragrance of flowers.

She poked the gap between her index finger with her thumbnail, and actually poked out a trace of scarlet. She twisted her fingertips and it was full of red, a texture between powder and oil, mixed with a few strands of gold.

"Oh, it's Longquan ink, not blood."

The younger sister was relieved, but Li Mingjian frowned and asked in confusion, "What is Longquan ink?"

"It's the ink used for writing letters, stamping seals and fingerprints. I guess you don't often use the four treasures of the study in the Miao village in Miaojiang, so you don't know these."

"...Oh?" Li Ming saw that he just asked a question, so he pursed his lips and said nothing, just raised his eyebrows and looked at Yuan Wuyou.

Lest he think that he despised him, Yuan Wuyou quickly waved his hand and explained:

"I'm not saying you haven't seen the world... I'm saying this thing is rare. I can recognize it because there is gold thread in the Longquan ink, and this ink was given to the Emperor of Qi by the Southern Chen. Even I'm seeing it for the first time."

"Heh... why are you so nervous? I'm originally from the countryside, a country bumpkin who has never seen the world. But what did you do with this Longquan ink last night? It got stuck between your fingers, and I thought you were hurt."

"..." Yuan Wuyou wanted to say that she didn't use it last night. The only time she used Longquan ink was when she printed on the inside of King Ande's thigh. But she was too embarrassed to tell her brother this.

Now she has left the Longquan ink in the custody of Gao Changgong. Gao Yanzong, who slept beside her pillow last night, disappeared when she opened her eyes this morning. She even changed the medicine herself... If these two brothers are causing trouble, then what on earth did they use her Longquan ink on, and what documents did they write?
But when she thought about it this way, she became even more terrified, so she slammed the table and stood up.

"I have something urgent to deal with, so I have to go back to the inn first. Brother, please follow me to the inn in the city that I have booked. I will ask Yue Lingdang to find you after I return to the inn."

Li Ming nodded and felt that her calmness and arrangement of everything no matter how urgent the situation was was quite regal and made people feel at ease.

"Okay, you go first. If you miss me, just look up at the moon. I'll be there."

"Ah ha? Could it be that brother is the Lord of the Moon who has descended to the mortal world?"

The young man frowned slightly, stared at his scarlet phoenix eyes, and said coldly:

"No, but I am going back to kill the Taiyin Lord in Miao Village."

"Then... I wish you a triumphant return."