night enchanting

Chapter 30
After returning to Huangwu Palace, Rumo found that the qin on the qin case had been replaced with Zhengyin.

"Someone came here just now?"

The palace maid shook her head, looking puzzled.

Ru Mo lowered her eyes and saw a blank piece of paper pressed under the qin, she picked it up, took a look, and put it in her sleeve.

"What happened?" Nangong Ao stepped forward and asked.

Ru Mo shook his head lightly and said: "It's nothing, you wait here for me." Without saying the reason, he turned and entered the bedroom.

Nangong Ao seemed to be used to her impoliteness, so he didn't say anything.

After Rumo entered the room, he took out a special potion, soaked the white paper, and there were eight words on it: Someone is investigating my life experience.

Even Yi Yu doesn't know her background, who is checking her?Ru Mo Ningsi, Yi Yu specially sent this news to the palace for her, presumably the one who checked her was someone from the palace.

There was a clang sound from outside the door, and someone plucked Zhengyin, and exclaimed in surprise: "Good piano!"

Ru Mo destroyed the soaked white paper, opened the door, saw Nangong Ao's eyes shining, and made no secret of his love and appreciation for Zheng Yin. "Gu Ziwen has also seen many good pianos, but he has never heard such a pine and simple sound, which is comparable to ancient famous pianos."

"Unexpectedly, the king is a bosom friend!" Ru Mo said with a smile, "This qin is just reciting."

"It turned out to be one of the two famous pianos, no wonder!" Nangong Ao admired sincerely, with his slender fingertips gently stroking the strings, in an extremely cherished gesture. "Gu heard that during Ye's injury, Ning'er, you used Ximing to play the piano for him every day. I don't know if you can use Zhengyin to play a piece for Gu as well?"

He heard her piano sound in Sacred Heart Lake, and he still can't forget it.He turned his head to look at her, his eyes suddenly blazing.

When it comes to the past, Rumo's heart feels like a sharp cone, and the pain is unbearable.Those days were the happiest and happiest time in her ten years, but the happier she was, the more painful it would be when something happened, just like the seven-year-old.

Seeing the look of anticipation in Nangong Ao's eyes, she suppressed the suffocation in her heart, raised her eyes and smiled: "Of course. It's just that I have a habit of taking a bath and changing clothes before playing the piano."

"Okay, I'll wait for you here alone." He watched her leave with infinite tenderness in his eyes.

After Ru Mo entered the house, he called Mo Cange.

"Can Ge, Yi Yu sent news that someone is investigating her life experience, you go out of the palace and tell her, I will pay attention to this matter."

Mo Cange frowned, for this matter, it seemed that he didn't need to go there himself.Ru Mo saw what he was thinking, and said again: "In the information sent by Yi Yu last time, the backgrounds, experiences, even personalities, and preferences of all the concubines in the harem are all detailed. Before King Mausoleum accepted her as a righteous daughter, there was nothing."

"Do you think there is something wrong with that woman?" Mo Cange asked, "That stool covered with iron nails..."

"Someone used Lan Xiuyi's hand to make me stand against Concubine Yan."

"You doubt Concubine Mei?"

"That woman is definitely not simple. You ask Yi Yu to check her details and don't disturb anyone."

"Then you..." Mo Cange hesitated a little, she was not in good health and her martial arts had not recovered, so he was worried about leaving her here alone.

Ru Mo knew his worries, and immediately said: "When something like this happened today, they dare not act rashly in a short period of time. You just go and go back to the dark pavilion by the way to see if there is any problem with the development of Jin Guo In the evening, I will tell Nangong Ao about the cold jade bed, and you can come back within three days."

Seeing her determined expression, Mo Cange was slightly relieved, but when he looked towards the direction outside the door, he still seemed to have scruples and hesitated to speak.Ru Mo knew why he was worried, so he said lightly: "Don't worry, Nangong Ao, I have a sense of proportion."

Although the tone is light, the expression is unquestionable.Mo Cange knew that no one could stop what she was going to do.He had no choice but to nod, and took a deep look at her before leaving.

In the side hall connected to the outside of the bedroom, the maid served tea and snacks. Nangong Ao leaned on the imperial concubine bed that Rumo usually used to rest, with a lazy posture and unpredictable eyes, quietly looking at the closed bedroom. The door, without the slightest impatience.

After waiting for an hour, it was almost dark, and she hadn't come out yet.The maid who was waiting on the side lowered her head and peeked at it from time to time. Seeing the handsome and evil king slightly closed his eyes, as if he was about to fall asleep, she couldn't help feeling a little uneasy, for fear that the master's negligence would annoy him and implicate them. body.

"Your Majesty, servant... go in and urge me, okay?" A palace maid cautiously stepped forward to ask for instructions.

Nangong Ao waved his hand and said, "No need. You all stand down."

One has to be patient with a woman like her.

It was finally dark, and like the Huangwu Palace, there was no lamp lighting, and there was Chaoxiangyuan in the Chenwang Mansion.

Nangong Ye stood with his hands behind his back, quietly looking out of the dark window, the black brocade on his body blended into the sky outside.

Not a single star can be seen in the sky, and the increasingly intense summer heat envelopes the heavens and the earth, refreshing the heart and eclipsing the body, making people feel depressed and irritable.

Behind him, Chang Feng was reporting to him the news about the treasure in the Demon Palace.

"My lord, those of us lurking in the devil's palace have already exposed their identities. We were imprisoned by the elders of the devil's palace for four days, and then they were released suddenly and allowed to stay there as usual. This subordinate thinks this is very strange, But I can't think of the reason why they did this. Now, whether they withdraw or stay, I still ask the prince to show me."

Do nothing?

"Did she give the order?" Junrong was as usual, but Nangong Ye's heart was not as calm as it appeared on the surface.

Chang Feng pondered for a while, and replied: "It should be. A few days ago, the emissaries of the Demon Palace entered the palace, and after returning, they were released."

Is she so confident?The person who is sure about him stays there and can't find any news?Nangong Ye frowned slightly, unable to tell what was going on in his heart.

"Let's all withdraw." Nangong Ye lowered his eyes and said calmly, "Leave some people nearby and watch their every move. Don't let the people in the Demon Palace come into contact with the enemy country."

Regardless of whether what she said in the barracks that day was angry or not, he would put an end to that possibility.

"Dark Pavilion, Yun Pavilion, what happened recently? No news from Sha Zhong?"

Chang Fengdao: "The subordinates are incompetent and have not yet found out the whereabouts of Sha Zhong. But the subordinates found out that the Dark Pavilion had started to develop into the Kingdom of Jin two months ago, and the people of the Yun Pavilion had already spread all over Feng, Jin and Yi Three Kingdoms."

Nangong Ye's complexion changed slightly, and he turned his head in surprise. Seeing Chang Feng's expression, he was very sure that the news would never be false.She couldn't help being startled, a power in the world wants to infiltrate the three major powers, what exactly is she trying to do?Could it be that she was not in a momentary mood?But she doesn't look like an ambitious person!Nangong Ye suddenly discovered that he didn't understand her, what he saw was only on the surface, and he actually knew nothing about what she was thinking.

Feeling cold, he raised his head and sighed: "Pay close attention to the movements of Jin and Yi. Also, no matter how much financial and material resources it takes, you must find Sha Zhong. This king needs to know the reason why she let Sha Zhong go." .” Must know.Otherwise, he will never be reconciled in this life.

The long wind receded, and the silence in the room was suffocating.Nangong Ye raised his head and inhaled, stepped out of the study and came to the opposite side.

In the bedroom, the bedstead that was smashed into pieces in his rage had been repaired and put back in place.Everything on the bed was restored to how it was when she was there. There seemed to be her aura here. Her enthusiasm that night was still fresh in his memory and could not be lingered.He couldn't feel wrong about her intentions, but the betrayal and deceit were so real!
He closed his eyes, his heart hurt so badly that he could hardly breathe. This afternoon, before leaving the palace, the palace man replied: "The king has something to do, please come back later."

He was thinking at the time, Brother Wang has always been able to deal with women with ease, who on earth would be able to entangle Brother Wang so much that he couldn't escape.When leaving the palace, I heard some palace maids discussing in a low voice.

"I heard that the king went up to the Huangwu Palace. Guess what title the new master of the Huangwu Palace will have tomorrow?"

Huangwu Palace, where she lives.

Her face kept flashing in my mind, indifferent, mocking, stubborn, sad... only I couldn't remember her appearance of being happy and happy.

Feeling panic suddenly, he opened his eyes and saw the hairpin left on the table.The silver hairpin was simple and exquisite, with a small jasper inlaid on it, which was round and transparent in luster, and was once inserted in her black hair. It looked restrained and simple, but still noble.This was the only item she left him, and he should have destroyed it, but in the end he kept it in his arms.

Leaving Chaoxiang Garden, I found that the lights everywhere have been lit, and the moon climbed into the sky at some point.At night, Prince Chen's Mansion was extremely quiet.The pavilions and pavilions in the garden, the small bridges and the winding water, under the soft moonlight, look like an illusion, but he has no intention of watching them.

Before I knew it, I came to Chaohe Garden.It wasn't a very big yard, half of it was used as a pharmacy.

In the room, Qi Che was holding the desk with his hands, his brows were deeply furrowed, and he looked at the jars filled with various rare medicinal materials in front of him, with an expression so focused that he didn't even notice when there was an extra person in the room.

Four or five thick transcripts were spread out side by side. Nangong Ye cast his eyes on the shabby cover of one book. The words "Life and Death Gu" came into view clearly.

"I didn't go to the military camp for half a month, just to study this?" Nangong Ye suddenly called out, so startled that Qi Che almost knocked over the medicine jar on the case.Surprised, he turned around and asked with a smile, "When did the prince arrive?"

Nangong Ye didn't answer, just took the transcript about Life and Death Gu, casually flipped through it, and said indifferently: "Life and Death Gu has long been extinct, why are you still studying it?"

Qi Che's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked without answering: "The prince also knows about life and death Gu?"

Nangong Ye said casually: "I heard someone mention it a few times." It probably means that this kind of Gu poison is extremely vicious, and those who are in it, life is better than death.

Qi Che asked again: "Then what did the prince hear mentioned?"

"Not much. Let's listen to it." Nangong Ye turned two pages, most of which recorded the source of Gu poison, medicinal properties, and the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint.He has never studied medicinal materials, and he just finds them boring and cumbersome.Then he closed the record, threw it on the case, found a chair and sat down.

Qi Che said: "Life-death Gu is the most strange poison in the world, extremely domineering. Those who suffer from the poison are like ten thousand ants devouring the heart, and life is worse than death. If you don't have enough will to survive, you can't even survive a single poison. Planting poison has a history of thousands of years. According to records, for thousands of years, if there is no antidote, no one can survive three times of poisoning, except for one person..."

Speaking of this, Qi Che paused slightly, observing Nangong Ye's expression, thinking that he would ask a question, but it seemed that he was a little absent-minded.Qi Che frowned slightly, and Nangong Ye continued at this moment: "It is said that this Gu is also beneficial, it can enhance a person's martial arts cultivation, and it can make a person with no internal strength, in just a few years, learn something that would be difficult to practice in a hundred years." Peerless divine art, can there be such a thing?"

"That's right. There was once someone who ate Gu poison to avenge his family, but because he couldn't stand the torture of Gu poison, he drew his sword and killed himself. Later, this kind of Gu poison was mostly used by evil people to train and control themselves Slaves make them extraordinary in martial arts, but they are also deterred by the pain of the poison. Not only do they dare not betray the person who made the inscription, but they also try their best to protect their lives. Because once the person who made the inscription dies, the person who is infected by the inscription will last up to three years , as long as three months, there is no doubt that he will die. And this kind of Gu poison has not been extinct, at least I know that there is still one in this world, which has been in a woman's body for ten years."

Nangong Ye was a little surprised, and then said contemptuously: "In order to survive, he is willing to be manipulated by others. Such a meager existence, without dignity, is better than not living."

"The idea of ​​the prince and that woman coincides with each other! As the prince said, when the woman's martial arts can kill the person who laid the voodoo, she did not hesitate to design to kill him! She would rather suffer once every three months." tortured by life and death, and don't want to be controlled by others!"

Nangong Ye was slightly startled, he just said casually, after all, he had never experienced that kind of pain, so it is impossible to know the feeling of Gu poison attack.

"This woman is worthy of respect!" Nangong Ye asked, "Is she still alive?"

Qi Che said: "Alive."

"Have you found the solution to the Gu?"

"not yet."

"That's a pity." Nangong Ye sighed from the bottom of his heart.Such a woman is indeed a pity.But if he knew who that woman was, it would definitely not be a pity, it was as simple as that.

"My lord," as a subordinate, Qi Che wanted to say something.But as a friend, what she doesn't want people to know, he should respect her wishes.The matter has come to this point, the damage has already been done, and there is no way to make up for it. Now, what is the use of speaking out, except for one more person to regret and be sad?Qi Che sighed, "There are some things that the prince may not want to hear, but Qi Che still wants to say them."

"If it's about her, then there's no need to talk about it." Nangong Ye lowered his eyes and got up to leave.But Qi Che said: "Didn't the prince come here to learn more about her?"

Nangong Ye was slightly stiff. He didn't know why he came to Chaohe Garden all of a sudden before, but now he knows.But now, he doesn't want to know, or dare not.

"This record is a detailed record of life and death Gu. If the prince is interested, you might as well study it slowly."

The dilapidated transcript that had been turned over countless times was handed to him, but Nangong Ye didn't answer it.

Qi Che sighed helplessly: "Think about the woman who was hit by the life-death Gu. There must be a lot of regret and pain in her life. There are some things that she may not even have a chance to cherish! But the prince can, although what happened Things cannot be undone, but as long as you have the heart and cherish it from now on, you will have less regret and regret in the future. Qi Che still said that Rumo is not a heartless person, on the contrary, I think she is the longest in the world. Lovely woman!"

She's in love?Nangong Ye laughed mockingly.

Qi Che said again: "I heard that Ru Mo once made a painting in the flower hall, which was the back view of the prince ten years ago, does the prince still remember?"

Boy's back view?Nangong Ye's heart trembled suddenly, and the scene not long ago flashed through his mind. He went to the back garden with Ao and Yixiao, and saw the woman alone in the flower hall, concentrating on painting.At that time, he thought that what she painted was the beautiful scenery of the garden, but unexpectedly, what she painted turned out to be his back ten years ago.

I have to admit that he was shocked at that moment, and after that, he thought she was playing tricks to win his favor, so he saved up the paintings and threw them into the lake without hesitation.At that time, the ink on the painting was still wet, and he had noticed the fleeting sadness in her eyes, but he treated it as if she was acting for him, so he didn't think much about it.

"As for the same picture of the young man's back, there is also a picture in the magic palace. I heard that the young man in the painting is lifelike in black clothes and white horse. If you don't take it out often, the prince thinks, how can one person remember the other person very well?" The back view of years ago? If it is not full of emotion, how can the painting be lifelike?"

Qi Che's question after sentence hit him deeply, and he didn't know how to leave. When he came back to his senses, he was already in the flower hall where she had painted.

The moonlight pours down like water, reflecting the surface of the lake like a mirror.

Nangong Ye stood by the lake in a daze, looking at the calm lake surface, the back view of the boy he had thrown away had long since disappeared and could not be found.

The heat of summer has completely faded from his body, and at this moment his heart is as cool as the water in this lake.

In my ear, I was still thinking about Qi Che's words: "I don't know why she let Sha Zhong go, but I believe that she has her reasons. Since the prince loves her, he should trust her, or at least listen to her explanation." ..."

For the first time, I was shaken, and for the first time I doubted whether my judgment was accurate.If... given her a chance now, would she still be willing to explain to him?

Certainly not willing!But he still wants to see her, and has never been more eager.

When Ru Mo came out of the bathroom, Nangong Ao leaned on the imperial concubine's couch, as if falling asleep.Someone came in to light the lamp, and then quietly retreated.Rumo stood at the door of the bedroom, looking at the quiet sleeping face of the man in the dim light, he seemed defenseless, and seemed to be at ease with her.She curled her lips slightly, this Nangong Ao was really calm, after waiting for so long, no one came in to urge her.

Without making a sound or waking him up, Rumo hugged Zhengyin alone and went to the yard.The moonlight in the courtyard was soft, and the breeze sent it lightly, sending the fresh fragrance from the woman's body after bathing to the tip of the man's nose in the house, lingering lightly and lingering.Nangong Ao's eyebrows moved slightly, and he opened his eyes when the first piano sound sounded.

With very clear eyes, there is no sign of distress.Without moving his body, outside the open door, the woman facing him with her head bowed and playing the piano was clearly in his line of sight.

After the woman took a bath, she changed into a refreshing summer dress.The floor-length tube top dress is covered with a light tulle dress. The light pink color exudes a soft luster in the hazy moonlight. Against the jade-like skin, it is as if a fairy has descended, and it is breath-takingly beautiful.The woman's blue silk was untied, draped over her shoulders, the wind blew gently, her long hair fluttered, and the light gauze fluttered between her sleeves, revealing a white lotus-like jade arm, which was extraordinarily alluring in the dark night.

With a heartbeat, Nangong Ao narrowed his eyes slightly.

The strings were plucked, and the deep and melodious sound of the piano slowly flowed out from under the woman's white and slender fingertips. Compared with the soul-stirring song I heard in Sacred Heart Lake that day, this song was pure and beautiful, as if Incorporating all the beauty in the world, it hits the bottom of people's hearts.Nangong Ao was startled and closed his eyes involuntarily.The soul seems to be free from the body, and is taken to an unknown place by the sound of the piano.

There the sun is mild, the streams are clear, flowers are blooming everywhere, and the mountains are full of bamboo fragrance.The air is exceptionally pure, and it seems to be able to cleanse people's hearts, and wash away the exhaustion accumulated by the man who hastily intruded in the struggle for power in the mundane world.The indescribable sense of relaxation and joy makes people feel relieved in an instant, full of nostalgia, and do not want to leave.

However, there is an end to a song.

When Nangong Ao opened his eyes again, he looked at the woman with a three-point confusion and seven-point sadness.If such a woman, such a piano sound, could stay by my side forever...

in case……

Get up, slowly walk out the door, and come to her.Just as he was about to reach out to her, he suddenly saw a few drops of bright red blood on the surface of the piano.Nangong Ao was taken aback for a moment, grabbed her hand to check, and found that the delicate fingertips were cut by the strings, and blood was still oozing from the wound.

"You hurt your hand, why don't you say it?" There was a barely audible distress in the reproachful tone.Nangong Ao said again: "Although I really want to hear you play the piano, I don't want Ning'er to get hurt because of it. Do you understand?"

With deep eyes and a slightly ambiguous tone, Nangong Ao looked down at her deeply, and held her pair of tender hands in his palm with a very gentle force.

In the darkness, behind a big tree, suddenly there was a slight sound, Rumo's pinna moved. Although she lost her internal strength, her hearing was still very sensitive.

(End of this chapter)