slave like jade

Chapter 190
When Mu Lingzhi led the officials and rushed to the mass grave with torches, the wild dogs that had been hungry for a winter had already bitten Mu Ziyue's body to pieces...

When the torch in his hand illuminated the eerie mass grave, even Mu Lingzhi, who had been on the battlefield and crazily killed people who had seen bloody scenes, was shocked by the scene in front of him!

And some timid officials couldn't help but turn pale, and started to vomit...

The cold wind blew fiercely, and in the barren cemetery of the Mass Burial Mound, there was a messy mess of bones, flesh and blood everywhere, and torn rags...

The strong bloody smell made people breathless, and the wild dogs who had eaten their fill, like ferocious jackals, stood on the graveyard not far away, making creepy growls...

From all of this, it is not difficult to see what kind of terrible hell on earth has just been experienced here...

Although Mu Lingzhi no longer has any feelings for Mu Ziyue, at this moment, seeing her end up in such a tragic end, he still felt a little unbearable...

Some officials found Mu Ziyue's bitten head.In the end, she brought her head back to Dali Temple for a mission...

After all this work, Mu Lingzhi returned from Dali Temple to Bieyuan. Although he hadn't slept for two nights and his face was exhausted, when he thought that everything was resolved, he felt a little joy in his heart. It was actually a little hard work I can't feel it either.

Thinking of the grievances on Yu Ruyan's body now cleared up, Mu Xiang and the eldest prince will also subdue the law, and most importantly, Yu Ruyan forgives him for his dazzling pain to her, and is willing to return to him, return to their home , Mu Lingzhi's tired eyebrows and eyes almost flew up with joy...

The steps under his feet were already flying, he quickly came to Yu Ruyan's bedroom, and when he reached the door, afraid of waking her up, he couldn't help slowing down, and gently pushed the door open, but when he saw the scene inside, he fainted slightly. Leng Leng Leng -

At this time, the sky had not yet dawned, but inside the room, Yu Ruyan was not sleeping on the bed, but was sitting blankly by the window sill, her eyes were empty and her face was moist...

Hearing the sound of the door opening, and smelling a faint ambergris in her nose, Yu Ruyan quickly turned her head away, and wiped the tears off her face with her hand.

When she turned her head again, there was already a slight smile on her face, and she said softly: "But His Highness is back?"

No matter how fast she moved, Mu Lingzhi had already seen her red and swollen eyes from crying, and felt a pain in his heart. He hurriedly stepped forward to take her hand, looked at her face fixedly, frowned and worried: "What's wrong with you?" ? Why didn't you sleep well but sat here and cried, did something happen..."

"It's nothing, Your Highness is thinking too much!" Yu Ruyan interrupted Mu Lingzhi's words, her heart was clearly suffocating in pain, but she gritted her teeth to hold back the tears that were about to flow, she lowered her head and dared not raise her head to let him see her face clearly.

"It's nothing, why are you crying so much!" Since last night, Mu Lingzhi had faintly felt the difference in her, and his heart tightened, he couldn't help raising her head to him, and said anxiously: "What happened, you Tell me quickly?"

Yu Ruyan's heart was so painful that it was about to break, but there were some things that had to be kept from him forever, even if he hated herself, he couldn't let him know the whole truth...

She choked up and said: "Your Highness, I just dreamed about Brother An... She is having a bad life, she has been soaked in the water and can't climb up... Your Highness, she has been afraid of water since she was a child, and she doesn't know how to swim..."

When she said this, she successfully dispelled the doubts in Mu Lingzhi's mind.

He felt relieved, stepped forward to hug her gently, and sighed: "Before, the hidden guards who searched for them reported that a villager found Mother Qiu's body on a hidden river beach a hundred miles away. The secret guard went to confirm that it was indeed Mother Qiu herself, but...there is still no news about Brother An and the copper coins..."

Speaking of this, he sighed and said cruelly: "Things have passed for so long, I guess... I guess they are already in danger, so you have to be mentally prepared to accept that Brother An and the copper coin have passed away..."

With a pain in her heart, Yu Ruyan raised her hand in pain to cover her throbbing heart, although she understood that what Mu Lingzhi said was the truth, she still did not give up and said: "I know what His Highness said is correct, but——one day did not Seeing Brother An's body, I don't even want to give up. So, I implore Your Highness not to give up either, the hidden guards, let them not give up searching..."

Mu Lingzhi understands her life-and-death master-servant friendship with An Ge, and at the same time, he can't let go of Tong Qian who grew up with him since he was a child. Follow him, grow up with him, go to the battlefield with him to kill the enemy, and be loyal. His friendship for him is beyond the relationship between master and servant, and there is a brotherhood of brotherhood in life and death.

Feeling equally sad in his heart, he stiffened his throat and said, "Don't worry, I agree with you. I want to see people when I live, and I want to see corpses when I die. I won't give up looking for them even if I don't see them for a day!"

Yu Ruyan felt sore in her heart, she lowered her head and said softly, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your trouble!"

After finishing speaking, she suddenly changed her tone, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, I want to eat your braised pork, please make it for me!"

As long as she is happy, Mu Lingzhi has no one to rely on. He doesn't care about the exhaustion of his body, so he immediately agrees happily. Knowing that she didn't sleep well last night, he sent her to the bed to lie down, and said: "Sleep for another half an hour. , when you wake up, the braised pork is almost ready."

Yu Ruyan complied obediently, and left after hearing his footsteps, but the next moment, she couldn't hold back her grief and burst into tears...

She didn't sleep, and asked Chunhua and Qiuyue to help her dress up.

Usually, she would let them do a simple hairstyle for herself, but today, she asked Chunhua and Qiuyue to help her comb a delicate and dazzling flying fairy bun, put rouge on her pale face, and let the two The servant girl helped her choose a nice dress.

Because of Empress Xie's funeral, the clothes should not be too showy, Yu Ruyan asked them to choose quiet but more delicate dresses.The two of them followed her instructions, but found in the closet the streamering silver dress that Mu Lingzhi specially took her to Jinxiu Manor to make for participating in the chess competition. Said: "Master, this flowing silver dress is beautiful and clean, it just matches your hair bun today, and it is very delicate..."

The two maids wiped Yu Ruyan's body excitedly with their dresses, but when Yu Ruyan heard the words, her whole body froze, and the sadness in her heart grew stronger...

She stretched out her hand to hold the dress that Mu Lingzhi gave her for the first time, and rubbed it carefully in her arms. Not only did she have this silver dress, but Mu Lingzhi also had one. At that time, she , happily wanted to wear it to accompany Mu Lingzhi to the chess competition, and accompany him to kill all directions...

However, apart from the day when she tried on this dress, after Mu Lingzhi helped her make a portrait under the plum tree, she never wore it again... …

She thought it was left in the palace, or it had been cleaned out when she left the palace for the first time to return to Daqi, but she didn't expect that it was kept in the other garden by Mu Lingzhi.

Even though there were thousands of reluctance in her heart, she finally put down the clothes in her hands, and said coldly: "Put it away, and change to that lotus root white dress."

It was a pity for Qiuyue, and was about to mutter that the dress was beautiful, it would be a pity not to wear it, but was stopped by Chunhua's eyes, and hurriedly found the one Yu Ruyan wanted from the closet, and changed it for her.

When her side was just busy, the braised pork on Mu Lingzhi's side was also ready.

However, he came into the room with a large bowl of fragrant braised pork, and Yu Ruyan was about to sit down to eat when someone came from the palace, and invited the two of them into the palace to have a face-to-face meeting!
Smelling the rich and alluring meaty aroma, Yu Ruyan felt very sad, so she said to the eunuch who delivered the decree: "Can you please wait for a while, father-in-law?"

Hearing this, the eunuch who delivered the decree was slightly stunned, with a perplexed look and a look of hesitation.

Looking at his appearance, Mu Lingzhi was puzzled. It was strange that his father had summoned them into the palace early in the morning, but now it seemed that he was in such a hurry that no delay was allowed, so he couldn't help feeling even more puzzled.

He asked the big eunuch: "But what's the rush to summon us? If you're not in a hurry, just wait for a while and let the princess finish eating before leaving!"

The eldest lady listened, sweat dripped down her face, and she looked panic-stricken, but in the end she gritted her teeth and whispered in Mu Lingzhi's ear.

Mu Lingzhi's face changed drastically when he heard the words, his eyes turned red instantly, he quickly took Yu Ruyan's hand, and explained to her in a low voice: "It's probably too late, Father is not well, I'm afraid... let's go quickly! "

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan was slightly startled, she thought that Liang Wang summoned them because of the good things he had agreed with her before, but now it seems that her health is really failing.

It wasn't until he got into the carriage that Mu Lingzhi suddenly realized that Yu Ruyan had dressed up early and prepared everything as if she had foreseen that she would enter the palace. You have already made preparations, do you know that you will enter the palace today?"

Yu Ruyan didn't hide it from him, she smiled bitterly and said: "Today is the day when Prince Yi leaves the palace, so..."

What happened next, she understood without mentioning Mu Lingzhi, Big Brother Yi helped them so much this time, and now that he is leaving, he and Yu Ruyan have to think about it...

However, there are some things that Mu Lingzhi never expected...

In Yugan Palace, King Liang lay haggard on the dragon bed, surrounded by people from the imperial hospital, and Xiao Dao and Yue Yu had already arrived, guarding the side of the bed.

Seeing Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan coming in, Yue Yu's expression darkened slightly. Because of his guilt over Yu Ruyan, he didn't dare to face her again. He originally wanted to take advantage of the early morning to enter the palace to bid farewell to the emperor, and then quietly leave the girder.

But unexpectedly, King Liang's condition worsened at this time. Not only was he unable to leave for a while, King Liang even summoned Xiao Dao and Mu Lingzhi Yu Ruyan into the palace.

Judging from the description, it seems that he wants to order the funeral...

After entering the palace, Mu Lingzhi worriedly came to the bedside and asked about King Liang's condition.When Liang Wang saw them coming in, he waved his hand to make the imperial physician and all the palace people retreat, and closed the palace door.

The dull sound of closing the door smashed into Yu Ruyan's heart, making her whole body feel cold!
She stood at the farthest place from King Liang, her eyes were dark, she couldn't see anything, her heart fell into the eternal night, and she couldn't see a ray of light...

King Liang asked Mu Lingzhi to help him sit up, panting heavily, and finally spoke in a weak tone.

He called Yue Yu to his side, and said with difficulty: "This time, I want to thank you for finding out so many grievances for the queen and the fifth princess. You have been smart since you were a child, and you are as careful as dust. You can't hide anything from you." eyes, but they are extremely low-key, very much like your mother..."

When talking about the late Queen Zhu, Liang Wang couldn't breathe, and coughed several times before speaking.

"If you want to feel guilty, I have felt guilty for too many people in my life. I won't mention the dead, but among the living, I feel guilty for you the most..."

"You were originally the prince of Daliang, and also the next king. It was Zhen, and I took everything that belonged to you. If... If Zhen gave it back to you today, would you—will you accept it?"

Liang Wang seemed to have exhausted all his strength to say this sentence, but upon hearing this, the other four people present were shocked.

Both Xiaodao and Mu Lingzhi were stunned, but Yu Ruyan had deep doubts in her heart.

Because what Liang Wang said now is very different from what he said to her before.

She couldn't see her eyes, and she couldn't see the expression on King Liang's face at the moment, so she could guess what King Liang was really thinking.

Suddenly, she understood something in her heart, her whole body shivered, and she was trying to find a way to signal Yue Yu to firmly reject King Liang's words.But before she could think of a way to speak, King Liang seemed to have said to Xiao Dao and Mu Ling who were guarding the bedside in order to make Yue Yu completely free from worries: "If the father gave the throne to Prince Yi, would you agree with the father?" The emperor's approach? Prince, do you agree?"

King Liang asked Xiaodao directly, but the two brothers really did not expect King Liang to make such a decision suddenly, and they couldn't figure out his true thoughts, so they stayed on the spot.

Inside the hall, there was a moment of terrible silence...

Yu Ruyan was so anxious that her palms were sweating, she shouted anxiously to Yue Yu, don't believe what King Liang said, as long as you nod your head in agreement, you will never leave this hall again.

Thinking of what King Liang said to her here last night, Yu Ruyan already guessed what King Liang was thinking——

Liang Wang knew that his life was not long, but before he died, two things, or two people became the last obstacles in his heart. feather!
Yue Yu returned this time, and in a very short period of time, he quickly solved several major cases in Dongdu.This ability and courage caught the attention of the ministers of the court and the people of the world, and it even attracted the attention of King Liang, and it also caused hidden dangers in his heart...

Liang Wang was already suspicious, seeing Yue Yu coming back this time, he did not hide his sharpness, and even agreed to intervene in the affairs of the court, which made Liang Wang feel alarmed.

He had every reason to suspect that Prince Yi was planning to take the opportunity to get back what belonged to him during the chaotic time when he was seriously ill and the queen passed away?

Therefore, even though he knew that Yue Yu was leaving today, he still couldn't help but test him.

If he had no ambition, King Liang would send him away and give him a surprise.If he dared to accept it, he would be hacked to death in front of the palace immediately!
In the next moment, Mu Lingzhi and the crown prince both knelt in front of King Liang and respectfully said, "I will abide by all the decisions of my father!"

King Liang nodded in satisfaction, raised his hand to let the two brothers stand up, and the father and son looked at Yue Yu who had not said a word.

Although Mu Lingzhi was surprised that his father wanted the Zen throne, he still agreed with his father so much, because in his heart, Mu Yizhi was originally the prince, and the throne of Daliang and the country should belong to him. His, now returned to his hands, is also normal.

Although Xiaodao felt that his father's actions today were very unexpected, but he was not very keen on the throne, and he would not object.

The father and son looked at Yue Yu together, waiting for his answer.

Yue Yu was dressed in snow-white clothes, with a light smile on the corner of his mouth, standing quietly in the center of the hall, his clear eyes were full of ice——

As smart as him, how could he not know the fear of him in King Liang's heart.

King Liang could care about his friendship with Empress Zhu and his guilt towards the first emperor. After learning that he was still alive, not only did he not kill him, but he even forgave him for all the previous assassinations and revenge.

But if he affects his hard-earned country, it is absolutely not allowed!

What Liang Wang thought in his heart, Yue Yu's heart was clear.He fixedly looked at King Liang, and did not rush to answer his question, but slowly raised his hand, and suddenly tore off a human skin mask from his face, revealing another face!
Under the mask of human skin is the businessman Yue Yu!

Except for the invisible Yu Ruyan, the three of Liang Wang and his son were all stunned!

Mu Lingzhi was not shocked, but more surprised and astonished——

He already knew that Prince Yi was a wealthy businessman in the world—Yue Yu, the head of the Yue family, so, seeing him now, he was not shocked that he was Yue Yu's identity, but was surprised that Prince Yi's face was fake!
He always thought that Yue Yu's face was a human skin mask he wore to hide his true identity, but he never expected that his real face was...

Xiaodao also knew Yue Yu before, and he also liked the warm and jade-like brother Yue who helped people treat diseases for free in Wuwei Medical Center.However, what he never expected was that the elder brother he likes is his cousin Prince Yi!

Liang Wang was so startled that his eyes almost fell out, he sat up straight, looked at Yue Yu who had changed into another face in disbelief, pointed at him tremblingly, and said sharply: "Who are you? How dare you use someone?" The leather mask pretends to be Prince Yi!"

Yue Yu smiled bitterly, his slightly thin figure was shrouded in the thin morning light coming through the carved window lattice, his face was calm, his tone was indifferent but filled with endless sadness——

"I am Mu Yizhi, but my original face was destroyed by the fire ten years ago... This face was replaced by me after two years... Then I met The master who taught me medical skills not only taught me medical skills, but also taught me his craft of making human skin masks, and the first human skin mask I made was myself..."

Talking about these bitter and painful pasts, Yue Yu's tone has always been calm, without any fluctuation in his voice, as if he was talking about extremely ordinary things, but to Yu Ruyan and the others, they were so shocked that they couldn't even breathe. stagnant -

Everyone knows that the body, hair and skin are inherited from parents, and the appearance of a person is destined to come out of the mother's womb. If it is damaged, it is difficult to restore it.However, those with burnt faces like Yue Yu want to restore them naturally without scars, but in the process of repairing, they have to experience inhuman pain beyond what ordinary people can bear.

Mu Ziyue felt that she had endured the most painful torture in the world in order to cure her hair before, but with a facelift like Yue Yu, the torture and pain in it surpassed Mu Ziyue's by countless times...

Yu Ruyan clearly remembered that when she was a child, she saw her master help people change their faces. The screams of grief and fear still made her tremble all over when she recalled it...

For a long time, outsiders thought that Yue Yu lost his relatives and everything that belonged to him in the accident ten years ago, and endured the hatred and pain of national hatred and family hatred, but no one knew that in the past ten years, he was How can life be worse than death...

After receiving Mu Ling's sword, he fell into the sea of ​​flames, and his whole body was burnt beyond recognition.

After escaping from the dead, while harboring a monstrous hatred in his heart, he kept his name incognito to save his life and barely survived.On the other side, he had to endure the physical damage brought to him by the sword that almost killed him, and the purgatory torture he endured during those two years when modifying the destroyed face...

The four of them were so shocked that they couldn't speak, but Yue Yu smiled slowly indifferently, and laughed at himself wryly: "Your Majesty, do you think I can still be called Mu Yizhi with my current appearance? Can you still become the king of Daliang?"

It was only at this moment that King Liang felt the shock completely. His lips moved with difficulty, his face changed drastically, and his expression was full of panic and guilt.

In the end, he finally lowered his head, tremblingly said with endless shame in his voice: "Yizhi, it's Zhen...it's Uncle Huang who is sorry for you!"

Hearing this, the four people in the hall were startled!
Over the years, King Liang is very jealous of others bringing up the events of ten years ago in front of him, and he has never admitted in front of others the wrong things he did back then. After coming out of the pain in front of him, he always showed no regrets in front of others. To this day, listening to Yue Yu casually talking about the past, he can no longer hold back the regret and guilt that has been buried in his heart for many years. out!
"I... I'm sorry for Rong'er, I'm sorry for Brother Huang, and... I'm sorry for you..."

Once the painstakingly buried emotions in his heart were affected, King Liang felt sad in his heart, describing himself as ashamed to the point of being ashamed, tears flickering in his muddy eyes...

This sound of 'I'm sorry' made Yue Yu's heart that had been strong for many years inexplicably sour. He gritted his teeth to stop the turmoil in his heart, and said word by word: "In the past ten years, my life has only hatred, and I am struggling to live without reconciliation. Alive, the world is dark..."

"For revenge, I missed too many good things in the world. For the rest of my life, I don't want to live like this again. I want to put down my hatred and live for myself once."

"So, in this world, there is no longer Mu Yizhi who harbors national hatred and family enmity, only Yue Yu, a small businessman."

After finishing speaking, he bowed directly to King Liang, and said solemnly: "Caomin Yueyu, I came here today to bid farewell to His Majesty. We will bid farewell today, and we will never see each other again!"

He spoke decisively, before Liang Wang could reply, he had already walked out.

However, Yu Ruyan yelled out with King Liang and stopped.

Yu Ruyan said with a trembling voice, "Brother Da Yue...please wait a moment!"

Hearing this, Yue Yu who had just walked to the door stopped, and looked back at her hesitantly.

But Yu Ruyan opened her hands, groped towards him, and said, "Brother Da Da, please take me with you!"

(End of this chapter)