Jiaochu

Chapter 474 Past Events

Next, Du Liang slowly told the two of them a past event.

Princess Qingping is the sister of Prince Pingyang. She is smart and beautiful, and she is the only daughter in the family. She is loved by the old princess and his wife. As long as she wants the stars and the moon, the old county prince and his wife will let people pick them for her. Over time, she will inevitably become a little more arrogant, but her nature is still good, but she acts a little arrogantly and speaks a little domineeringly.

That year, Liu Xin came to the capital for the first time with his father Liu Fan. Because he was a stranger, he was given trouble by a young man from an aristocratic family on the street. Taking advantage of the large crowd, the young man from an aristocratic family forced Liu Xin to kneel down and apologize to him, but ended up with a teacup. It fell from the sky with a clang and hit the young master of this aristocratic family squarely at his feet, shocking the young master of this aristocratic family.

This eldest son was so angry that he was jumping and cursing. He was cursing who had no eyesight. When he looked up, his face changed with fright. How could he dare to raise an army to investigate and escape with his friends?

A woman in red was leaning in front of the railing on the second floor, laughing at the young man from an aristocratic family. Her bright smile and flamboyant red skirt made everything around her look eclipsed. There was also a man standing next to her. He was in his early twenties, with his head held high and handsome eyebrows. He was Du Liang. At that time, he was also wearing bright clothes and angry horses, and he was high-spirited.

But all Liu Xin saw in her eyes was the bright red color and the bright smiling face, which was engraved in her heart at a glance. Later, he followed his father to a horse racing meeting held by the old princess, and only then did he learn that the woman in red who rescued him that day was Princess Qingping.

Liu Xin came to thank her, but Princess Qingping didn't recognize him. Du Liang reminded her of what happened on the street that day. She joked that Liu Xin was as handsome as the white-faced scholar in the book, and asked him Liu Xin agreed whether he knew how to race horses and dared to compete with her. Du Liang quietly reminded him that if the princess lost, she would keep competing with him until she won.

Speaking of this, Du Liang sighed again, "At that time, he competed with the princess several times in a row. That's when I saw that he also liked her."

"I understand~" Ye Xingye slapped his thigh, "Liu Xin and Princess Qingping fell in love at first sight. Unfortunately, Princess Qingping fell ill and passed away before they could get married. As a result, Liu Xin's psychology became more and more distorted. "

"Third brother, shush." ​​Ye Lingxi raised his hand to silence, letting Du Liang continue speaking.

Later at the palace banquet, the late emperor granted marriage to Liu Xin and Princess Qingping.

Liu Xin was extremely happy in his heart. His father had always taught him that he should keep his emotions in check, but the moment he heard the decree of marriage, he burst out laughing. But what Liu Xin didn't expect was that Princess Qingping already had someone in mind, and that person was Du Liang.

"You and the princess...?!" Ye Xingye looked in disbelief, and Ye Lingxi was also a little surprised.

Du Liang said slowly: "Although the princess and I didn't break the window paper at that time, we still had each other in our hearts. I originally wanted to wait until I earned fame before proposing marriage. She was the princess and had a distinguished status. I couldn't. I have wronged her." At this point, he smiled bitterly and said, "It was still a step too late. If I had known this, I should have proposed marriage earlier. Even if I didn't have fame and fame, I would do my best to give her the best life. ”

"This is called God's will to trick people, alas~" Ye Xingye also sighed.

After Du Liang's mood calmed down a bit, Ye Lingxi said, "According to the princess's temperament, she shouldn't be willing to marry." Du Liang said, "Yes, she asked me to take her away," Ye Xingye exclaimed. , "Elope!" Ye Lingxi raised his hand and shushed again, Du Liang looked sad and murmured, "It would have been better if I didn't take her away, she wouldn't have..." At this point, he couldn't bear to say any more. .

"Did something happen on the road?" Ye Lingxi asked.

Du Liang nodded slowly, with a very sad look on his face, "We thought we would be safe as long as we escaped from the capital, but we didn't expect that we were overtaken by the pursuers. She..." He paused for a long time, "She was hit by an arrow." He shook his head in agony, "It should be me who deserves to die, it was she who stood in front of me, it was me who harmed her, it was me..." He fell into endless self-blame and pain, unable to extricate himself.

Ye Xingye didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only sigh along with him.

"General, have you found out who shot that arrow?" Ye Lingxi asked. Du Liang slowly shook his head.

"General, have you ever thought about whether it could be Liu Xin?" Ye Lingxi asked.

Du Liang shook his head, "Speaking of which, after all, it was me who couldn't forgive him. If I had been cruel and cut her off, she would still be alive and married in a glorious way. Now she should even have children, and her children are around her knees." , how nice it would be..."

Hearing this, Ye Lingxi was confused. Should she be cruel and cut her off in two? With her current physical condition, she might not be able to live a long life. There was also a voice in her head that sounded from time to time, calling her Axue. She had She always suspected that she was mentally disturbed and might go crazy one day. However, she was more afraid of another thing than going crazy. She was afraid that she would become another person... and become that person named Ashue. , will she still remember all this when the time comes, or will she forget it all and become a completely different person, and she will never be there again in this world.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel scared. Despair and helplessness wrapped around her tighter and tighter like crazy growing vines, leaving her unable to find a chance to breathe...

"Lingxi? Lingxi?" Ye Xingye shouted twice before she came back to her senses. He asked her what was wrong. Ye Lingxi shook her head and said it was okay. After calming down her emotions, she came up with a plan. Ye Xingye felt that Okay, Du Liang hesitated, Ye Xingye told the story about Liu Xin tying the people to the city wall as live targets with added embarrassment, Du Liang made up his mind and agreed to act as planned.

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When Yan Fei opened his eyes, he found himself lying in a secret room, with candles burning all around, and a strange fragrance filling the air. There was a person sitting behind the table, with his back to him, and his hair was in braids. A girl, she looked young from the back, about eleven or twelve years old, her elbows moved up and down, making a thumping sound, as if she was pounding medicine.

Yan Fei wanted to get up, but the slightest movement pulled the wound on his chest. The pain was severe. He looked down and saw that the bandage on his chest had been removed, and there were bloody claw marks on his chest. The wound was not scabbed but was bleeding. Hei was pus-filled, as if he had been poisoned. He lay down for the time being, observing the bottles and jars on the table.

"What is this place?"

The other party didn't speak, so Yan Fei continued to ask, "Are you locked up here too?" Still no answer.

At this time, the door of the secret room was opened, and two people walked in, Liu Xin and Meng Tianlan. Seeing Yan Fei, Meng Tianlan pretended not to know him, glanced away and looked away. Yan Fei also pretended that they were not familiar with each other and did not look at Meng Tianlan.

"Yue'er." Liu Xin called out, and the sound of pounding medicine stopped. The little girl turned around, still holding the medicine pestle in her hand, her head lowered, looking embarrassed.

Liu Xin waved her hand and asked her to come over. Yue'er walked over slowly with a medicine pestle, still with her head lowered. Liu Xin asked her how Yan Fei's injury was. She pointed to the medicine jar on the table and said Pointing to Yan Fei's chest, her voice was pure and childish, a little scared, "Apply it." Liu Xin nodded. She walked over and took the medicine jar, and applied the mashed ointment on Yan Fei's wound.

While Yue'er was applying the medicine, Liu Xin asked, "Little brother, he looks familiar. Have we met somewhere?" Yan Fei said, "I don't remember." Liu Xin raised her thin lips and smiled, " I think my little brother is pretty good, why don't you stay and work for me?" Yan Fei said, "You are brave and are not afraid of losing your head, but I am timid and don't want to lose my head."

Liu Xin took out a medicine bottle from his sleeve and poured out a snow-white pill, the size of a mung bean, and asked Yan Fei to choose whether to take it or not. He said that if he took it, he could live for a few more days. If he didn't take it, he would only believe it. Only the dead can keep secrets.

"I cherish my life and want to live a few more days." Yan Fei stretched out his hand to take the pills, but Meng Tianlan stopped him, "You can't take it." Liu Xin said, "It seems that the prince knows him, so he must be an acquaintance." Meng Tianlan said , "I just can't understand such despicable methods." Liu Xin said, "Your Majesty, don't forget, there are still people waiting for you." Meng Tianlan's face was ashen, and his weak point was caught.

Yanfei took the medicine from Liu Xin's hand and threw it into his mouth.

"Despicable!" Meng Tianlan turned around angrily and left. Liu Xin asked Yan Fei to recover and think carefully.