The twilight is getting darker, and there are no lights in Hua Fangyi's boudoir. The last traces of the setting sun are shining in front of the window, and the old wooden pillars outside the corridor are also shining brightly as if they are emitting light.
Hua Fangyi leaned on the table with her head propped up, drinking glass after glass of wine, trying to get herself drunk.
Suddenly a gust of cold wind blew through and blew out the candles on the table.
She put down her wine glass and raised her head. With hazy eyes, she saw King Yi in black robes standing in front of her with a stern expression.
She smiled sadly, shook her head and said, "I was so drunk that I thought I saw him..."
A hoarse voice sounded: "Do you want to see me, or him?"
Hua Fangyi was startled, raised her head, squinted her eyes and took a closer look, and said drunkenly: "Changting? Is that you?"
Liu Changting did not answer, but flicked his robe and sat down opposite her.
He dodged the wine glass in Hua Fangyi's hand and said softly: "You're drunk, don't drink anymore."
Hua Fangyi smiled faintly and said angrily: "If you haven't come to see me for so many days, of course I will drink when I am lonely!"
Liu Changting was startled, looked at her intently, and asked nonchalantly: "Are you waiting for me?"
Hua Fangyi stared at him with drunken eyes, reached out and touched the face that was exactly the same as King Yi, and said with a sweet smile: "Yes, I have been waiting for you! But you have been avoiding me!"
Liu Changting was dejected. He knew that these words were not spoken to himself, but to another person through himself.
Suddenly, Hua Fangyi fell down on the table with a "thud". She was so drunk that she fell unconscious. The wine glass in her hand rolled down on the table and the wine spilled all over the floor.
Seeing Hua Fangyi giving up on herself, Liu Changting frowned and sighed slightly. He stood up and picked her up, turned around and placed her gently on the bed, covering her with a quilt carefully.
Hua Fangyi had a satisfied smile on her face and kept murmuring: "Your Highness... Changting! Changting... Your Highness!"
Whether in the dream or outside the dream, she could no longer distinguish between the two people, or perhaps she deliberately regarded the two as the same person.
Liu Changting stood by the bed, gazing at that charming face. When he heard her calling his name, he couldn't help but reach out and touch her face.
But King Yi's name instantly brought him back to his senses.
He stared at his hands in confusion. These hands had ruined many women. They were filthy and not worthy of touching a woman like Hua Fangyi.
He often dressed up as King Yi and accompanied Hua Fangyi.
Perhaps in his heart, he desperately longed to become the man she loved, but he also knew that it was just an unattainable dream.
He took a deep look at Hua Fangyi again, turned around reluctantly, and gently opened the door.
The moon suddenly rose, and the pale moonlight shone into the room, illuminating two identical faces. One had a weird smile on it, and the other was full of surprise.
Liu Changting stopped and looked at the other person warily. Of course he knew who the person was.
He also knows that he can't fly out now, so he can't act rashly.
--true and false--
The bright moon was bright, and the light of the stars seemed much dim in comparison.
Spring has just arrived, and the spring feeling at night is not very strong yet. It alternates between deep and shallow, sometimes mixed with a bit of chill.
When Yu Fengjin returned to her room, she would light the lamp as usual and light an incense stick in the copper incense burner, sometimes it was ambergris, sometimes it was magnolia...
Then he would boil water and make tea, then sit down and read a book or play chess while drinking tea.
These actions are usually done in one go. It seems that if there is a missing link in the middle, you will not be able to sleep at night.
When he is alone like this, he hates being disturbed by others.
However, tonight is an exception.
He took the initiative to invite another "self" to enter this extremely private world.
With the teacup in hand, Yu Fengjin raised her hand to say hello.
Liu Changting hesitantly sat across from the table.
Seeing Yu Fengjin looking at him with a smile, he felt even more uneasy and at a loss.
In the past, he had entered countless boudoirs, met many officials, and even seen the frightened Imperial Guards and the hellish prison.
But no scene was as horrifying as it was today.
Yu Fengjin looked at his clone with great interest. After a long time, he asked with a smile: "The flower-picking thief left a hand, are you satisfied with my appearance?"
Liu Changting always sat upright with his eyes lowered. He did not dare to speak or look at the owner of this face.
Yu Fengjin slowly turned her fingers and said with a faint smile: "Interesting! It seems like you are looking in the mirror! It's just that you are a bit thinner than me, and you are not rich enough! Your eyes are full of anger, and you are not round enough!
"
Liu Changting opened his mouth and finally said: "Your Majesty's style is unmatched by anyone!"
Yu Fengjin smiled nonchalantly, picked up a piece of paper from the desk, placed it under the lamp, and read slowly: "Liu Changting, this year is twenty-five, the closed disciple of Old Man Mihua. Old Man Mihua died.
Later, you took your junior sister Mu Qianqian to wander around the world, but because you were bewitched by a female cadre, you accidentally fell into the evil ways. After realizing it later, you made a rule to only pick flowers without risking your life, so the master of the world gave you a nickname -
—Save a hand!"
After hearing these words, Liu Changting lowered his head, his expression unchanged: "These things are not difficult to find."
Yu Fengjin stopped, put down the paper in his hand, and said with a half-smile: "Indeed, it is not difficult to find out what happened just now. However, I am very interested in the reason why you caused trouble in the Imperial Guard and threw yourself into the trap. So.
, since you showed up, I sent people to investigate, and sure enough, we found some clues."
Hearing this, Liu Changting's eyes flashed with panic, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, showing a very painful expression.
Yu Fengjin is a patient and gentle person, so he has many gentle ways to torture a person. These gentle soft knives are sometimes more effective than weapons!
He cleared his throat and said slowly: "Three years ago, you and your junior sister arrived in Yunzhou and started picking flowers again. But not long after, something unexpected happened in Yunzhou.
From then on, the flower-picking thief completely disappeared from the world..."
Liu Changting's eyes widened, his whole body trembled involuntarily, and he murmured in a low voice: "Don't, don't say it...".
Yu Fengjin picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and said leisurely: "Since you arrived in Yunzhou, naked female corpses have begun to appear in various places in Yunzhou City. These female corpses were all women from brothels who were tortured alive before they died.
Death! Moreover, these corpses are all engraved with the words "leave a hand", so the officials immediately set their sights on you!"
Liu Changting frowned, clenched his fists, and begged again: "Please, don't, just say it..."
The sound was unpleasant, like the cry of a dying animal.
Yu Fengjin ignored his pain and continued: "This is a person taking revenge on you! In revenge, you ruined his fiancée's innocence, causing the woman to be humiliated to death by the bandits when she ran away from home! So, he started
Under the guise of your name, he took the brothel girl home, first humiliated her and then tortured her to death. The reason why he chose the brothel girl to attack was because his fiancée was deceived into a brothel by an old madam after she ran away from home.
She refused to obey, so the madam gave her to the bandits, which led to her tragic death."
Liu Changting covered his ears and kept moaning: "Stop, stop talking, please, please!"
Yu Fengjin turned a deaf ear and continued: "From then on, people in the world began to hunt you down, and the government began to want you. Although you found the murderer in the end, the man was very powerful in the local area, and his father was even more powerful. So he
Not only were you at large, but you also threatened that your next target would be your junior sister - Mu Qianqian! Therefore, you took the initiative to surrender and let those people in the world let your junior sister go. The reason why you dare not recognize your junior sister,
I am also afraid that I will implicate her again..."
"Ah, stop, say it!" Liu Changting knelt on the ground holding his head, twisting his body in pain.
He kept beating his head, and the screams of wild animals came from his throat, as if he wanted to drive this memory away from his mind.
Yu Fengjin looked calmly
Looking at him, his eyes gradually deepened: for so many years, he had already managed to keep his emotions and anger a secret! At this time, he seemed to be looking at another self, venting the pain in his heart unscrupulously.
Since his mother's death, there has never been a day when his heart was not so painful, and he wished countless times:
Twenty years ago, the scene of his mother's tragic death could slowly fade away. But he sadly discovered that as time went by, Liu's memories became more profound...
After groaning in pain for a long time, Liu Changting collapsed weakly to the ground.
A pair of desperate eyes stared blankly at the roof, gasping and asking: "How do you know?"
Yu Fengjin came back to her senses, twitched her lips, and said calmly: "Yan Rong can find out where you live, and it is not difficult to find out your past! Even if I don't ask, he will appear next to me.
For each new face, dig out their life experiences and tell them in detail!"
Liu Changting murmured in pain: "Why did you do this?"
Yu Fengjin quickly stood up, walked to him, and stretched out her hand to him: "Because I need you now!"
Liu Changting looked at him blankly and did not hold his hand: "What can I do?"
Yu Fengjin raised the corners of her mouth and smiled lightly: "Just do what you are good at!"
Hearing this, Liu Changting became even more confused: "Do you believe me?"
Yu Fengjin raised his eyebrows and said meaningfully: "If you are willing to defect to me, I will not only ensure your safety and prevent the people from the Royal Guards from arresting you, but also ensure the safety of your junior sister, how about that?"
Liu Changting's voice was low and hoarse, with hints of anger: "Is this a help? Or a threat?"
Yu Fengjin's eyebrows were blank, and she spat out a few words from her lips: "This is a deal."
Liu Changting frowned and said, "Can I refuse?"
Yu Fengjin sighed quietly and said lightly: "Then you will get into a lot of trouble."