The sky and water

The palace, the imperial study.

Li Yuede was reviewing the memorials at the table. Recently, the Shaliang Rebellion had ended, and the people of Qingshi County had returned to the local area to live and work in peace and contentment. It should have been a little easier, but he always felt that the bloody scenes of the war brought him A shadow that was too heavy came and made him worry for many days, he was no longer that unruly emperor all day long.

The sound of the door slamming, he raised his head slightly, waiting for the chief eunuch to tell him which minister was asking for an audience, but he didn't see the trembling figure of the chief eunuch, he raised his head hesitantly, and when he saw the person in front of him, he immediately froze I wanted to yell loudly, but the Ya acupoint was tapped by the man immediately.

The man was about twenty years old, with narrow eyebrows, very handsome, slender and strong, he looked like a martial arts practitioner, and he was a master, a three-legged kung fu like Li Yuede couldn't catch a single move at all.

What is this man trying to do when he trespasses on the palace?Li Yuede thought in horror, but was suddenly frightened by the person in this man's arms, his face turned pale.

This person is Qing Luo, and the one in his arms is naturally Tian Cheng.

Li Yuede knew Tian Cheng well, and had a good impression of him, because he once took him to peek at women changing clothes, and always felt like a friend in need, but Tian Cheng at this time, unexpectedly looked like this.

He was covered in blood, Qing Luo wrapped her coat around him, and the white coat was immediately soaked in blood, turning blood red, her eyes were closed, her face was as pale as paper, her thin lips were as pale as her face No two, even after wiping, you can still see faint bloodstains.

"Your guards outside, I'll let them sleep for a while, don't speak loudly, and I'll release your dumb acupoint!" Qing Luo said lightly, his voice was very pleasant, neutral and peaceful, but there was a hint of madness.

Li Yuede nodded vigorously, Qing Luo waved his hand and released his dumb acupoint.

"He, he, he... How did he become like this?" Li Yuede pointed at Tian Cheng, his face full of surprise, he couldn't help but move closer to him, wanting to check his injuries.

He looked at Tian Cheng with a trace of concern, which made Qing Luo's tense nerves relax a little, and said: "Find the best imperial doctor and save him. You must save him!"

Li Yuede didn't think much about it, and immediately replied: "Okay, I'll call the imperial physician, he saved me, and he should be saved!"

After finishing speaking, he remembered that the chief eunuch had already been knocked down by Qing Luo, who did he want to call Imperial Physician Xuan?He timidly lifted off the blood-red clothes that covered Tian Cheng's body, only took one look, then immediately withdrew his hands, he didn't dare to look any more, his eyes gradually showed anger, and said: "Who made him like this? I will definitely punish him severely !"

Qing Luo kept looking at him coldly, because he wanted to see his attitude towards Tian Cheng.Up to now, he has understood that Li Yuede is not only a good emperor, but also a good person, at least he knows how to repay his kindness, if he dies, Ju Li Kingdom will lose its wise king and cause chaos.

"Do you know who he is?" Qing Luo asked coldly.

Li Yuede replied without hesitation: "His name is Tian Cheng! It is said that he was an orphan since he was a child. He has no surname but only a first name. He is the personal bodyguard of Hall Master Cheng of Yinjian Pavilion. He doesn't talk much, but he is very good at martial arts and has a very kind heart. , I did a lot of help during the plague in Qingshi County, and I can cook delicious roast chicken, and..."

Qing Luo frowned, interrupted him sharply, and shouted: "He is your younger brother!"

As soon as the words came out, Li Yuede was shocked immediately, and was speechless for a while, unable to believe this fact.It is not uncommon to pretend to be the heir of the emperor and take advantage of the bushes, but the Juli royal family has an inherent characteristic, and outsiders generally don't know about it, so they can't fake it.With this characteristic, it is easy to distinguish whether it is royal blood or not.

"He..." Li Yuede opened his mouth to say something, but saw a scene that surprised him to the extreme.

There was no bed in the room, so Qing Luo carefully placed Tian Cheng's blood-stained body on the table, and lifted off the clothes covering his lower back, exposing that part to Li Yuede.

There were scars all over Tian Cheng's body, and on his lower back, there were also criss-crossed welt marks, mixed with deep nail wounds, and there were strands of blood oozing.However, in the middle of the unbearable scars, lay a birthmark with a strange shape.The birthmark was the size of a fingernail, bright red all over, and formed the shape of an auspicious cloud. It looked as if it had been deliberately painted on the skin with Danqing, very delicate and delicate.

Auspicious cloud patterns, the symbol of Juli's royal blood!

Every person who has the blood of the Juli royal family will have such a birthmark somewhere on his body. Even if the skin is damaged and damaged, it will still have the same birthmark after repairing it. This birthmark is an indisputable symbol of the Juli royal family!

"The birthmark is on his lower back. He can't see it, and he doesn't know that he has such a thing. He has suffered since he was a child, and he only knows that he has no parents, but he doesn't know that his father is the Emperor Shenzheng!" Qing He paused every word, and spoke at a slow pace, as if playing back in his mind, that period of history, "In the last years of Emperor Shenzheng, such a thing happened: Hundreds of Shaliang people sneaked into the territory of Juli in search of food, and were killed Emperor Shenzheng caught him. Emperor Shenzheng was bloodthirsty all his life, and ordered these people, regardless of men, women, or children, to be beheaded. But a woman in this group stood up. That woman was the Shaliang saint, chosen by the Shaliang people , to serve the gods they believe in. The saints are extremely beautiful, but they cannot marry in their lives, because their chastity is not only for themselves, but also for all Shaliang people, the most precious thing! The saints gritted their teeth and said that they are willing to serve the gods with their bodies Emperor Zheng, in exchange for the lives of these Shaliang people. Emperor Shenzheng agreed, but he broke his promise and took away the virginity of the saint, but he still asked people to drive out those Shaliang people. Later, this group Among the Shaliang people, a few who knew martial arts risked their lives to save the saint and a few escapees, and the rest died. The saint had no one to rely on, and was exiled to Qingshi County. A slave of a wealthy local family, I wanted to kill myself, but found out that I was pregnant..."

Li Yuede's mouth grew wide when he heard it, but he couldn't say anything. In fact, when this incident happened, he had already remembered it, heard about it, and once begged his father to let those Shaliang people go, but his father The emperor angrily scolded the benevolence of the woman and cursed.At that time, he had just become the prince, and he was not too old to do too much to interfere, and he didn't know about the saintess, but it seemed that there was a special woman among the Shaliang people... Think about it carefully, completely Right on!

Qing Luo glared at him, and continued: "The holy girl bled to death after giving birth to a child. Originally, this matter ended here, but that child..." His face became more and more serious, and he gritted his teeth, as if to suppress the pain deep in the marrow. With the intention of killing, "The child was born a slave. What's worse, the three sons of the owner of that big family died at the hands of the Shaliang people. The owner hated the Shaliang people so much that he would be full of anger. Vent on this little child. The child is a mixed race of Shaliang people and Juli people. He is despised by both races. No one takes care of him. Once he was born, he fell into the depths of hell. Every day Countless beatings and hardships..."

Qinglan back then, after leaving Dark Night Island, came to Qingshi County to visit Tian Cheng's life experience.He found a woman who had worked as a maid in that family and described to him what happened back then.

The big family tortured the little slave all day long, but they managed to control the situation and hung him to prevent him from dying.He is assigned heavy work that is impossible for a child to complete every day. If he can't finish it, he will be beaten and starved.The child was as thin as a stick, with scars all over his body. He was often beaten because he was hungry to steal food.With nothing to eat, he could only quietly dig grass roots, peel bark, and pick up some wild fruits that fell on the ground to eat. Fortunately, his vitality is tenacious enough, and he can gradually grow up in such an environment.Later, they intensified their efforts and asked such a young child to push the mill. If he couldn't push it, he would beat him with a whip and a stick... The child may have worked all day long and had a lot of strength. Later, he was able to push the heavy stone mill, and they laughed. Said that this little bastard was born with low bones, and he was beaten and tired.

The child has no name. They originally called him the little bastard. Later, when he had a high fever, he was paralyzed from hunger. When he was taken to the mill, he begged them to give him a bowl of porridge. Not only did they not satisfy him. For a small request, he was hung from a tree and whipped... Later, the child fell unconscious and was thrown into the woodshed. Fearing that he would really starve to death, he was thrown a rough pancake. He came back to life again, but after this time, he stopped talking, and they changed their address to Little Mute Slave.

Qing Luo took a deep breath, hugged Tian Cheng's unconscious body, gritted his teeth, and said, "That's Tian Cheng! Once they beat him until he was almost dead, and threw him on the wilderness lightly. If I hadn't met him, he would have been eaten by wolves long ago! For so many years, your Li family didn't even know of his existence and how much he suffered!"

Li Yuede was frightened by the way he gritted his teeth and cut them off, and was also shocked by the fact that suddenly surfaced. He opened his eyes wide and was speechless for a while.After thinking about it for a long time, he finally figured it out, and realized that what the person in front of him said was true!

Tian Cheng, it's really his brother!

"You, you, you wait, I'm going to find someone, the imperial doctor!" Li Yuede said, turned around, and was about to trot out the door, and after a few steps, he suddenly thought of something, turned around, and asked Said: "Who are you?"

Qing Luo was stunned, who is he?The fourth surviving son of Qingrong, the leader of the Demon Sect, the disciple of the former head of the Cangshan Sect... Whatever his status, he felt that it was boring.

After a while, he said leisurely, "I am his friend."

Dark Night Island, Death Row.

Chi Yuan sat in a small prison cell, his right hand and right leg were bandaged, boarded, and his right arm was still hanging around his neck, looking very miserable.

Cheng Shanshui didn't have any sympathy, and said coldly: "My subordinates were not good enough to do things, and you escaped. If you go back, you should be punished severely!"

Chi Yuan was quite energetic, and immediately retorted: "That's my life! When I recover from my wounds, I will be a good man again! But Master Cheng, if you don't hurry up, Tiancheng is going to die!"

Hearing this, Cheng Shanshui's expression immediately changed, Ghost Smile came out of its sheath instantly, pointed the black sword point directly at Chi Yuan's throat, and shouted: "Where is Tian Cheng? What's wrong with him?"

Chi Yuan squinted at the sharp sword edge, without fear, but said leisurely: "I didn't want to tell you, but he was made so miserable by me, and he still wanted to save my life. I don't want to owe others Affection."

Gui Xiao's sword was already trembling, and Cheng Shanshui's eyes were about to burst, if he didn't want to hear the news from him, he really wanted to split him in half with a single sword!

Chi Yuan wanted to show off, coughed, and then continued: "I didn't expect that Tian Cheng, a dull gourd, is still a lover. I told him that you died, and he didn't want to live anymore, and he hit the wall by himself! He..."

Before he finished speaking, Gui Xiao suddenly changed direction, and Cheng Shanshui shouted hoarsely: "If you don't want to be a eunuch, tell me quickly!"

Chi Yuan really wanted to scold others, scolding him for being stunted, so he always wanted to turn them into eunuchs, but he was also afraid that Cheng Shanshui would do what he said, and thinking about it, he was almost hooked, so he straightened his clothes with his left hand , Said: "The leader took him to the palace! The leader said that the imperial doctor should save him, but in fact the imperial doctor is in vain, you go quickly, only you can save him!"

Before he finished speaking, he only heard a gust of wind, and Cheng Shanshui had disappeared.

Chi Yuan sighed and leaned against the wall with a distorted smile on his face.

Tian Cheng, am I doing this to you?