chapter xiii – someone with bad intentions

Su Yan was shocked and grabbed the corner of the quilt tightly, “Your Highness must not!”

“What?”

“The lowly body is filthy and does not dare to defile His Majesty’s honorable eyes.”

“There’s no harm, it’s not like the Lone King has never seen a wound before, he just wants to see how you’re hurt before he settles down.”

Su Yan is seriously injured and weak, where to compete with him, not two times will be torn away from the thin blanket, a moment of shame and indignation, face buried in the mattress, teeth clenched, dead to contain the urge to jump up and beat him regardless of everything.

King Yu gently lifted his small clothes, saw the mottled and interlaced hideous wounds, also couldn’t help but draw a breath, and saw his shoulders trembling badly, thought it was the pain coming up, busy holding his shoulders, softly said, “Lone King here has Diannan secret medicine, it has a miraculous effect on the treatment of traumatic injuries.”

He said, pulling a bamboo jar from his pocket and applying the gelatinous ointment to his buttocks with his own hands.

Su Yan at first only felt the poisonous hot raw pain, in a moment turned into an exceptionally cool feeling into the muscle, the wound pain immediately reduced, even the mind also seems to be much more refreshing, really is a healing medicine.

King Yu wiped the remnants of the medicine off his fingers at the corner of his coat, “The southern barbarian who offered the medicine said that this medicine can make knife and stick wounds recover as they were before, without leaving any scars. If it is true as he said, the Lone King will be glad to have preserved Qinghe’s flawless white jade.”

Su Yan finally couldn’t bear it, hard to say: “the next official is not a woman, why care about the skin, if there is a day to throw the pen to the military, on the battlefield swinging back to the day, long lance blood full of sleeves, a scar is only the color of the men.”

King Yu was stunned for a moment, suddenly laughed, “originally thought that Qinghe wind flow Yan charming, eight-sided exquisite, now it seems to be outside the soft inner rigid nature, is the lonely king misrecognition.”

Su Yan cursed: If I had known that you are a master of eating hard but not soft, looking for an opportunity to beat up, you will be honest!

King Yu held his hand, and in time to let go before he draws his hand, “I love you like this backbone of the king. This kind of thing, you love my willingness to have taste, forcing the act of lewdness, I have always disdained for it. If Qinghe insists on treating you as a friend, I have no choice but to fade away that thought, if one day can return to me with some love, it is a joy from heaven.”

Su Yan did not expect him to say something earnest, but was startled, turned his head to look at his face, but also could not discern any clues, only to listen to half-believe, half-doubt, watertight back to: “His Majesty’s words, the next official what virtue and what ability to get the king’s sincerity, I would like to be a piece of the ice heart, on the identification of the moon, the next Maundy Clear Lian, although not dare to say that the effect of Ziqi Bo Ya, can also be adhered to the gentlemanly friendship, the party is not worthy of the hearts of heaven and earth. I’m not afraid to say that I’m like Ziqi Bo Ya, but I can also uphold a gentleman’s friendship, so that I’m not ashamed of the hearts of the world.”

King Yu remained silent for a long time and smiled grimly, “I understand Qinghe’s feelings.”

He got up and straightened his lapel, leaving the jar of ointment by the bedside, “You’re also tired, and rest, I’ll come back to see you another day.”

Su Yan looked at the back of his departure, left and right thought: he is a heavy-handed prince, no matter how I can not afford to offend, I am alone in this world, if he must use force, I can resist?

Yes, Lan Xi has a point. If you don’t climb up the ladder, you have to be someone else’s footstool, and if you don’t have power in your hands, you have no way to protect yourself. Since in the court as a minister, we must be a minister of luxury, power, otherwise the next time in danger, I do not know whether there is behind me for me to collect the bones of the people!

His determination has been determined, a long breath of relief, suddenly felt that the future road is not as slim as intended for the difficult, even the spirit also shook up.

At this time, Su Xiaobei entered the door with an apprehensive face and said in a low voice: “Your honor, I saw so many soldiers and soldiers at the door, and I heard that it was the king, so I didn t dare to stop …… it.”

Su Yan smiled at him, “I don’t blame you, even if it was me, I wouldn’t have the guts to stop him.”

Su Xiaobei looked a bit ashamed and thankful, “It’s okay–“

Su Yan interrupted, “By the way, where is the man I saved?”

Su Xiaobei froze, “A few days ago when my lord went to do something, he was still unconscious, these two days were busy taking care of my lord, and no one went to see him, but I don’t know if he is dead or alive.”

Su Yan heard bad, in case of a person to save back to thirst and starvation, this is called what words, busy: “You quickly go to the compartment to see, change the medicine, feed the water, if still unconscious, urgently go to ask a doctor.”

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As the ancients said, reading forbidden books behind closed doors on a snowy night is one of life’s great pleasures.

Now that it’s late spring, there’s no snow to enjoy, but there are still plenty of little yellow books in the bottom of the crate.

Su Yan was bored and flopped on the bed couch and took a book with illustrations, “Biography of Ruyi Jun” and flipped through it.

Su Xiaobei knocked softly on the door and entered the room, “My lord, that person has woken up, he just can’t move yet.”

Su Yan snapped the booklet and wanted to get out of bed, but unexpectedly pulled the wound, and let out a low cry, “I forgot that I am also a seriously injured person. It’s just that, you go and ask that person’s name and what he does.”

“I have also asked, he only one word not answer. When he said a few more words, he wanted to glare at people, and the wind in his eyes seemed to have a knife in it, so horrified that Su Xiaojing’s face basin also overturned.”

Su Yan touched his chin and thought, “This person is a little interesting …… Why don t you just set up another couch in my house and move him over, I will talk to him.”

Su Xiaobei startled, “can not make, I see him born athletic, right hand tiger mouth callus, and with a sword that cuts gold and breaks jade, must be a person who practiced martial arts, if he wants to be unfavorable to the adults ……”

Su Yan laughed: ”He is injured to that extent, what else can he do? Besides, I’m his savior, he’s no more than a benefactor. The two of you are taking care of the home, move him over and save him from having to run both ways to take care of him.”

Su Xiaobei saw that he could not persuade him, but also had to go down to move a six-legged folding rattan couch resting in the corner, and Su Xiaojing and the joint efforts to carry people over.

Su Yan took a look, the man was covered with bandages, closed his eyes and lay straight, but there are seven points like a mummy just out of the ground, giggling.

The man opened his eyes and slowly turned his head to look at him.

Su Yan only felt two cold bolts of electricity shoot out from the depths of his dark eyes, like a stern autumn sword, chilling his bones, and he could not help but shiver. He fixed his mind and waved his hand for Su Xiao Bei and Su Xiao Jing to retreat.

The room was suddenly silent, and the halo light of the candle flame froze as if it were frozen, the tip of the flame pulling out a long thin blade of gray smoke.

“You’re a dead soldier, or an assassin.”

The man shuddered slightly and couldn’t help but turn his eyes to look across the room at the teenager draped in a deep sapphire-blue coat, lying prone on the couch.

Through the halo yellow firelight, the young man’s eyes flowing color, the corner of the mouth with a smile, at first glance looks like a handsome scholar, and then look closely at his eyes, and seems to be hidden a touch of deep and mysterious mood, but not like his age should have.

The young man held a thin smile and said peacefully, “Do you want to know why I said that?”

As if tugged by the hint of a natural smile at the corner of his mouth, the man hissed, “Why?”

“Because you have a murderous aura about you that can’t be washed away, like a sword that can’t be returned to its sheath.”

The man was silent for a long time.

Candle flame suddenly slightly jumped up, seems to have a frosty wind brushed, the lamp flower issued a few Bi peeling light sound.

Hatred churned in his eyes as he coldly said, “The sword cannot return to its sheath before it drinks blood!”

“Perhaps it is not inability, but resignation. For the sake of my saving you from the brocade guards, can you tell me your honorable name?”

The man lowered his eyelids and slowly said, “Wu Ming.”

The young man smiled and did not point out the obvious pseudonym, only saying, “My name is Su Yan, you may call me by my cousin’s name, Qing He.”

Wu Ming turned his head violently, “You are Su Yan? That new scholar Su Yan who risked his life in the Golden Palace to give direct advice and impeach the dog official Wei Joon?”

Su Yan was stunned. How should one explain to everyone that it was actually a mischievous misunderstanding?

Wu Ming struggled, seems to straighten up from the layers of gauze, and finally still disheveled and leaned over, dark hoarse voice: “Su adults righteousness, although failed to eradicate Wei Joon that old thief, but also for the victims of the people out of the evil spirit.”

“From what you said, it sounds like you have a grudge against that Wei Joon.”

Wu Ming gritted his teeth, “Blood feuds are not shared!”

“Can you tell me what you know?”

“…… My parents died when I was a child, only a sister, raised me with painstaking efforts, and later married a private school teacher in the capital as a wife. Sister to meet a good man, I am relieved to be alone wandering the world, do some take money to buy life business.

Who expected this year’s Lantern Festival on New Year’s Eve, my sister was that old thief, attempted to buy, they made up a reason to put my brother-in-law in jail. In order to save her husband, she had to endure the humiliation of dirt into the marquis, but also hide it, lest I get involved.

Soon after, learned that my brother-in-law in prison unbearable torture and death, my sister remorse, harboring clippings want to avenge their husbands, but was detected by the old thief, a sash will be strangled her alive, and more will be exposed to the body of the wilderness, at the mercy of the wild dogs to gnaw and eat ……”

“When I rushed to collect my sister’s body, I couldn’t even find a single intact bone!” Poisonous hatred and murderous aura wanted to break out of his chest, Wu Ming looked straight to the roof, and a bloody tear actually rolled down from the corner of his furious eyes.

Su Yan was speechless with pathos.

Put in the book, perhaps this is just a time, lost color of the story, but immersed in listening to, is indescribably helpless sadness.

There are too many people in this era who are unable to control their own destinies, and their sorrows and labors, blood and bones, have been gathered together to form the foundation of a magnificent city of generations of history.

After a long period of reticence, Su Yan slowly asked, “Did you go to Marquis Feng An’s residence that night to commit an assassination?”

“Yes. I only hate that the old thief got lucky and had a supreme expert guarding him, causing me to fail in my endeavors.”

“I am unconscious these two days, I guess the news of Marquis Feng An’s assassination has been spreading in the capital, and the Brocade Guards have been deployed to arrest you, so I’m afraid it will be difficult for you to move an inch. Why don’t you just recuperate in my home, and when the guard is slightly loosened, I will help you escape from the city.”

Wu Ming resolutely said, “The enemy is not dead, what am I doing out of the city. When I get well, I will definitely enter the enemy’s door again and ask him to spill his blood.”

Su Yan frowned: “Wei Joon has suffered a loss once, the guards in the residence are bound to be very strict, would you not be killing yourself by going again?”

Wu Ming coldly said, “Do I have any other way to go!”

“There are many ways to take revenge, not just one of exchanging a life for a life.”

“I’m a killer, and that’s all I know how to do.”

Su Yan said: “I because of the temple examination thing offense Wei Joon, this time nearly perished, I think and he can not get out of it, is it that I am willing to wait for death with folded hands? Though I am a slight official, but I want to bring him down may not be no opportunity, just now the time has not come.”

Wu Ming did not answer, a motionless seem to have fallen asleep.

Su Yan sighed and could only stop.