Lincang ninety-three years, the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month.
A banquet was held to celebrate the New Year in the Imperial City. The red dress stunned everyone with a stunning dance. The red sleeves were fluttering, and the soft part seemed to turn into a puddle of water. When the sound was sonorous, it wound up into an extremely enchanting snake.
The snow-white skin was exposed in the candlelight, which made everyone go crazy.
It is said that Hongyi is a mystery. She has always been favored by Emperor Qian Zun. As a woman, she is in charge of the imperial capital's 100,000 forbidden troops, but it is rumored that she has never been favored. Perhaps ten years ago, Hongyi worked with the generals in the military camp in order to reward the three armies. Thousands of people have had sex, so Qian Zundi never got involved. There are many opinions, and people in red clothes always wear masks, which adds a layer of mystery.
After the dance ended, the red-robed woman quietly sat down on the emperor's lap, glanced at the guests at the banquet, Xiao Jin nodded, then smiled charmingly, raised the cup to his lips, raised his head and drank.
Hongyi's expression paused, and he drank a drink with Emperor Qianzun with a smile, then stood up and said it was time to change his clothes.
Hurrying across the courtyard and standing in the imperial garden, Hong Yi looked around, feeling increasingly suspicious.
Someone tapped her on the shoulder from behind.
Perhaps sensing something was wrong, Hong Yi's natural vigilance made Hong Yi take action first when he turned around, and his fingernails stained with cardamom dug deeply into the person's throat.
But when he saw a familiar face, Xiao Jin pushed her hand away and sneered: "Hongyi, it's me."
"Why are you so spooky?"
Hongyi was letting go of his hand suspiciously, but then the wind started blowing, and the petals of the undefeated flowers in the imperial garden danced, and there were layers of shadows in the darkness.
Before Hongyi could take back his hand, a fierce light flashed in his eyes. Amidst the lightning and thunder, the red sleeve waved, and the dagger flew along the silk satin.
In the darkness, only the shadow of the wind continued to dance, and there was no movement.
Hongyi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I'm just paranoid."
Then when he turned around to face Xiao Jin, his pupils suddenly widened. He looked down in disbelief and saw a sword piercing his chest and piercing him from behind.
Turn it hard and pull it out with your backhand.
"You..." The words were still stuck in his throat. The unprepared Hongyi fell down before he even had time to see the person behind him. His eyelids were not closed, and he refused to close his eyes.
This legendary woman had just stepped out of the enviable gaze of everyone, but now she died in this place without any explanation. Just like those unknown people who died in the Shura field, her bones were rubbed into ashes without even a tombstone. .
Xiao Jin kicked Hong Yi's body and confirmed that she was dead. Then he leaned over and took off the mask from her face and handed it to Jing Che: "Use your telekinesis to melt it in, change your clothes and go back to the palace. You know what to do." ."
Jing Che did not take it immediately, but gritted his teeth and pulled out the dagger from his shoulder blade.
Only then did Xiao Jin notice that there was a dagger stuck in Jing Che's shoulder. It was Hongyi who had hit the dagger when she threw it out. However, she didn't make a sound when she was hiding in the shadow of the tree.
There was a hint of admiration in his eyes, and the sarcasm at the corner of his mouth faded away: "It seems that your four years in Shura Field have not been in vain."
Jing Che was noncommittal. For her, losing the feeling of pain at this time was actually a good thing.
She casually bandaged the wound to stop the bleeding, turned around, found a place to change into red clothes, and walked towards the main hall.
And when he reached the center of the stone steps, he met a group of palace maids walking down neatly, bowing to Jing Che and saluting: "Lord in red."
The New Year's bell rang at this moment, and it was so long that I could hear it. Jing Che raised his head and glanced, the twilight sky was instantly illuminated, and the fireworks exploded, making it so beautiful.
Jing Che turned around and had a panoramic view of the magnificent imperial capital. The entire imperial city was immersed in nightless luxury, and the lights of thousands of houses were winding like a sea of glazed fire.
This is how the ninety-fourth year of Lincang arrived.
***
Four years passed by in a blink of an eye, and it was the winter of ninety-eight years in Lincang.
Imperial City.
Jing Che was dressed in red and stood behind the carved door outside the main hall, with a pair of peach blossom eyes hidden in the shadow of the silver mask, looking thoughtfully inside through a layer of window paper.
At this time, there was a "bang" in the main hall, and the eight porcelain lids were shattered to the ground. The hot tea was boiling with a layer of white steam. The emperor with sword-browed eyes and starry eyes on the dragon bed was so angry that he slapped the table, and a group of palace people knelt under him in fear. Trembling.
Jing Che had just finished adjusting his robes, and Shi Shiran walked in, glanced at the people in the hall, walked past them as if nothing had happened, and walked to Emperor Qian Zun: "What are you angry about?"
No honorifics were given, and no courtesy was given. The two of them looked familiar as if they were talking to each other, without any fear or fear in the face of the emperor.
Emperor Qian Zun Su Yin watched Hong Yi walking up slowly, the anger on his face finally reduced a little, he took out the top one from the pile of memorials at hand and gave it to Jing Che: "Take a look."
She opened her eyes and saw that it was no surprise. It was about Xiao Jin's private deployment of troops to Kunfang City. She naturally knew the truth. Xiao Jin didn't know where she got the news. The Seal of the ** was in Kunfang City, so He didn't even report it, so he mobilized his troops and immediately besieged the city to search for him. However, he returned in vain, which seemed baffling to outsiders.
But facing Su Yin, she had to pretend not to know.
The maid next to her brought a cup of hot tea. Jing Che took it, opened the lid and blew on it. A few tiny invisible white powders from the red cardamom fell into the tea. After quickly spinning and dissolving, she handed the cup to Su. Yin.
Jing Che smiled, with a hint of sarcasm in his usual charm: "Pfft, General Xiao Jin is still so arrogant and arrogant. If the king is so angry, why not cut General Xiao's position and exile him to the border to guard the city - ugh , This is inappropriate. In recent years, there have been no good generals in the war with Zhenyi. If General Xiao is punished, I am afraid that the backbone of the army will be lost."
Su Yin was so angry. When Jing Che said it again, he knew that it was useless to be angry anymore. He sighed deeply: "I would like to promote Chi Yuan, Hong Yi, what do you think?"
"Master Chi?" Jing Che narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "Very good."
Su Yin drank the tea absentmindedly and did not continue the topic. Jing Che took the cup back and handed it to the serving maid, but the maid did not hold it steady and the remaining hot water fell into her hand.
"How did you do it?" Su Yin immediately scolded.
The scalding water immediately poured out a pool of red. Jing Che glanced at it, but felt no pain, and waved his hand, signaling for the person to get down.
Until the palace maid retreated to His Highness in fear, Su Yin's eyes followed her back as she walked away, and he squinted at her appraisingly: "Are you going to let her go now?"
"how?"
"Hongyi, this doesn't look like you."
Jing Che smiled broadly and leaned softly into his arms: "Wouldn't it be good to accumulate some bad virtue?"
Su Yin also smiled, hooked her chin, held her head with his hand, and moved his face close to hers.
Jing Che pushed hard, turned away from his embrace, looked back at Yan Ran, and said with a charming smile: "You have time to spend time in front of and under the moon, but I will help you watch your one hundred thousand forbidden troops."
After straightening the wrinkled brocade clothes, I walked outside.
Su Yin leaned on the dragon couch with his hands on his hands, his unclear expression gradually becoming sharper.
As soon as Jing Che left the palace, his steps became faster and faster, and he didn't stop until he turned a corner. His back was pressed against the wall, and he breathed out evenly, and then his nervousness slowly calmed down.
Speaking of which, Su Yin is a weak and foolish man most of the time. In addition, she adds some powder from poppy flowers to his meals every day, which can make people's judgments deteriorate and their minds unclear. Logically speaking, Su Yin should be in control.
She applauded, but the amazing insights he occasionally showed made Jing Che uneasy.
She plays the identity of Hongyi, with a similar voice and body shape that is almost perfect. She can be calm in front of a hundred thousand forbidden troops without any flaws. She can be coquettish and can kill people neatly. But facing Su Yin, she has always been vague.
A feeling of powerlessness.
Because she had no idea what kind of relationship Su Yin and Hong Yi had been getting along with.
In the first few years, what Jing Che feared the most was having close contact with Su Yin. When a strange man's hand rubbed her skin through a layer of clothing, she trembled so much that she wanted to run away, but she had to keep a charming and coquettish look to face him.
. Later, Jing Che thought several times that he was going to be in love with him, but he found that no matter how excessive Su Yin's behavior was, he would not touch her in the slightest.
This naturally saves Jing Che a lot of trouble, but it also brings a lot of doubts.
What happened between Hong Yi and Su Yin?
The doubts have been dormant in my mind for many years, and now they are lingering in my mind again.
Jing Che returned to the military camp absent-mindedly. Although all walks of life had slowed down in the winter, the atmosphere in the military camp was still tense and serious. The one hundred thousand forbidden troops in charge of red clothes only guarded the imperial capital. There was no need to lead troops out to fight for the time being, so naturally they would not touch them.
Joining Zhenyi Fu**'s team will save you a lot of unnecessary worry.
He lit a charcoal fire and sat reading the military books. After a while, the curtain fell and a shadow fell.
Looking up, he saw Xiao Jin, who faced him with a gloomy and violent aura.
"Hello, General Xiao." Jing Che said casually as he continued to lower his head and flip through the book.
Xiao Jin sneered, stretched out his hand and pinched Jing Che's throat fiercely. He was forced to look directly at him, and he got straight to the point: "Today, the palace has both hurt me and promoted Chi Yuan, but you know how to be a double-dealer."
Jing Che couldn't move his hand away, but the force of his hand became tighter and tighter. She was forced to raise her head, her breath was not smooth, and it was difficult to even speak: "Oh, Xiao Jin, your mind can only see these.
Is it something superficial?”
"Are you thoughtful? Go on."
"If the two bowls of water are even, Su Yin will not be suspicious easily."
Xiao Jin paused, then let go of his hand with hesitation, and said with a smile: "Then you really did it flawlessly."
Jing Che took a step back, smiled slowly and said, "You don't have to praise me."
Xiao Jin was about to say something else, when there was a loud noise outside the military camp.
A woman's calm and insistent voice came in from outside: "Let me see General Xiao."
But the soldiers guarding the door refused to let him go easily. Not many people dared to break into the military camp alone to see the general, and she was still a woman. After thinking about it, Xiao Jin opened the curtain and said from the other side: "Let her in."
As soon as the woman came in, Jing Che was stunned.