I heard that you are a scum

None of the Cen family members proposed to go out to find food. Everyone was complaining to each other, but they had to shiver and hug each other to keep warm.

Duan Yannian and Chuntao sat aside, watching the farce played by them indifferently.

Chuntao's face can no longer see the shadow of innocence before, she has grown a lot overnight, but they cannot bear the price of this growth...

"My lord, let's surrender ourselves." Chuntao said suddenly.

Duan Yannian froze for a moment, thought about the pros and cons, and then wavered a bit: "You are talking about the same road. We are on the mountain now, let's not talk about the poisonous insects and beasts that will appear when we don't eat. We can't last long without food, and I don't know when those people will start searching the mountain. Ancient Sword Mountain is such a big place, maybe they can find us as soon as they come up..."

When the Cen family heard this, they immediately stopped arguing and looked at them together.

The old matriarch was so embarrassed by Duan Yannian's questioning before, when he heard what he said, he winked at Second Uncle Cen.Second Uncle Cen had no choice but to drive the ducks to the shelves. With a smile on his face, he asked softly, "Master Duan...why do you see it?"

Duan Yannian smiled lowly: "You all want to be free, but after you get out of the prison, will you be free? Although the emperor sentenced you to be executed after autumn, there is still more than a month before the autumn equinox. I will manage the prison from top to bottom. However, you will not suffer much in there. Now you have only escaped for a few days, and your number has dropped sharply. You are frightened and frightened, and you have suffered a lot... Is this the freedom you want..."

In fact, there will always be water and food in the mountains, but the Cen family will only wait for what is ready-made, and will not take the initiative to do anything at all.When the Cen family was still in decline, they were harmonious, and when they fled, the conflicts between everyone would only increase.

Everything is counted on him and Chuntao... Heh... I want to be beautiful.

Chuntao's proposal to surrender herself was probably because she had seen their point. Although they were all waiting to die, it would be better to hit the knife edge directly than not knowing what the time of death was.

Second Uncle Cen was not unmoved after hearing his words, but he still remembered the imperial decree he heard at the gate of the Duan Mansion, if they were caught together, they could be killed on the spot, and before they got to the officers and soldiers, they might be shot with random arrows die.

He murmured: "Surrendering yourself...isn't it the same as sending yourself to death..."

Duan Yan smiled youngly: "Great Chen strictly enforces the law. Those who flee after the incident cannot report the crime they committed, but they can be exempted from the crime of fleeing according to the law. Surrender and being arrested are two different things."

Second Uncle Cen felt a little offended, thinking that Duan Yannian was laughing at him for not even understanding Da Chen's laws, so he shrank away and stopped talking.

The old lady hesitated, not knowing how to choose.

But Duan Yannian didn't want to spend time with them, he bowed his hands to the Cen family and saluted: "Duan owes the Cen family a life, there is nothing to say about it, but during this journey, Duan has exhausted all his rights and has absolutely no secrets. It also killed Xiao Qi... This life-saving grace should have been repaid long ago."

"Master Duan is planning to cross the river and demolish the bridge?" Mrs. Cen said eccentrically.

"I'm afraid it's a mistake to say so." Duan Yannian retorted, "Duan was the prime minister, but he was dismissed for investigating the case of Cen Yuan, and then he and the Cen family have advanced and retreated together until today. Mrs. Cen said that Duan intends to It’s a pity that the bridge has not been built yet, and Duan is also tired, so he doesn’t want to help you build bridges.”

When she heard that he planned to abandon them, Mrs. Cen was flustered, and hurriedly said: "I was confused for a while, so I must have said something wrong, Mr. Duan, please don't be offended..."

Duan Yannian interrupted her: "Now you have two choices, one is to fend for yourself here, I have nothing to do with death or life; the other is to surrender with me. I will give you a day to think about it. Tomorrow dawn, if Duan is still alive If he does, he will immediately report to the official.”

……

The day passed quickly, and at night the temperature dropped, and everyone was shivering with cold.

Chuntao brought some stream water from the outside with leaves, first distributed it to the Cen family, and then fetched some water for Duan Yannian to drink.

The Cen family got together and prepared to rest.

Duan Yannian didn't have enough sleep, so he leaned against the stone wall and fell asleep.Half asleep and half awake, I seemed to hear the sound of someone walking around.

He opened his eyes and found that Chuntao was squatting in front of Cen Qing, staring at Cen Qing's face motionless.

"Chuntao?" He stood up, walked behind Chuntao, and tentatively called her name.

Chuntao didn't raise her head, and said, "Master, do you want to stop me?"

Duan Yannian didn't answer her question directly, but asked her instead: "Did you drug them?"

"Yes. Xiaoqi gave it to me, and I keep it on my body. It rained before, and the medicine was damp, so if I don't use it...the medicine may not be effective anymore."

Duan Yannian put his hand on her shoulder: "Take her out, it's easy to deal with."

Chuntao turned her head to look into his eyes, and Duan Yannian met her gaze.

After a while, Chuntao silently grabbed Cen Qing's arm and dragged her outside.Cen Qing slept deeply and knew nothing about her fate.

The two came to the high cliff together. The wind is not very strong tonight, and it is a fine weather with few stars.

Chuntao took off the hairpin from her head, gestured to Cen Qing's face, and said to herself: "The Cen family...the family is not a good thing...if it wasn't for saving you, Xiao Qi would have been fine... I can't wait to kill you all...but Xiao Qi bought your life...Young Master saved it with great difficulty...whom can I hate..."

Duan Yannian held her hand and made her look at him. He asked her, "Chuntao, do you hate me?"

Chuntao smiled: "How could Chuntao hate young master..."

"Then do you like her?"

She glanced at Cen Qing, with a look of pain in her eyes: "Hate... How could I not hate... If it wasn't for her... our hiding place wouldn't be exposed..."

"But even without her, we can't hide for long. Xiaoqi may still be injured and die, including you and me. All this happened because of me, because of my stubbornness, and because of my arrogance."

Chuntao covered her face in pain: "Stop talking..."

Duan Yannian forcefully broke off her hand, and continued: "You hate Cen's family for being selfish, and you hate Cen Qing even more for causing trouble to Xiao Qi's death, so you plan to kill her yourself to avenge Xiao Qi?"

"Can't you?" Chuntao looked up at him, a tear rolled down the corner of her eye.

"There's nothing wrong with it." Duan Yannian wiped away tears for her, then took her hand holding the hairpin, and stabbed it down forcefully, "But this kind of thing should be done by me. How can a girl commit murder and arson."

There would be an obvious sense of hindrance when the hairpin entered the flesh, and the greasy liquid splashed out along the hairpin's surroundings, sticking to his hands.

Chuntao's hand was very steady, and she didn't look away at this time, who usually would not dare to kill a chicken. She watched Duan Yannian hold her hand, stab it again and again, blood overflowed, and the bloody breath entered her nostrils.

Duan Yannian let go of his hand, and Chuntao sat on the ground as if exhausted, panting heavily.

Even though the blood was flowing like a river, Cen Qing still didn't react at all. Duan Yannian stood up, clutching her aching chest, and kicked her off the cliff. At this height, she was sure to die.

Chuntao finally burst into tears, she hugged the hairpin, rubbing bright red on her hand, she cried so heartbreakingly, Duan Yannian saw her former self from her body.

"My lord..." After crying for a while, she asked softly, "You said... my hands are covered with so much blood...Xiao Qi...is he still willing to recognize me?"

Duan Yannian squatted in front of her and wiped her face with his sleeve: "You didn't kill someone, I killed him. Xiao Qi won't deny you, it's too late for him to like you."

"My lord, do you regret helping the Cen family?"

Duan Yannian nodded, with a sour voice: "I regret it...I regret it..."

"But, I don't regret helping you. Even if Xiao Qi left because of this, I don't regret it. What I regret the most is that I didn't agree to Xiao Qi's marriage proposal at the beginning..." Chun Tao said so, her tone full of is sad.

Duan Yannian held her hand again, and stabbed the blood-stained hairpin into his chest bit by bit.

Chuntao's hands trembled violently, but she didn't struggle.

The warm blood touched her hand, she seemed to be awakened, and pulled out the hairpin all of a sudden: "My lord...you!"

Duan Yannian let out a painful snort, but smiled lightly: "This is for Brother Seventh..."

Chuntao was silent, the two looked at each other, neither of them said a word, in the end Chuntao just handed him the hairpin and asked him to put it on for her.

This time Duan Yannian's hand was steady, he inserted the blood-stained hairpin into Chuntao's hair, the jade on it reflected the cold moonlight.

He covered his wound and said to Chuntao, "Go, Xiaoqi is waiting for you."

Chuntao gently gave him a hug, and whispered in his ear: "My lord, Xiao Qi and I are waiting for you to come and witness our marriage."

Duan Yannian's tears fell instantly.

Chuntao let go of him, and walked down the mountain with ease, humming an unknown song while walking.

Duan Yannian lay on the ground, huddled tightly into a ball, as if this would bring him warmth.He listened to Chuntao's singing and wiped away the tears on his face until the singing became farther and farther away until he could no longer hear it.

He thought that after witnessing Cen Yuan's death, he wouldn't cry anymore, but these tears...why can't they stop...

……

The next day, Duan Yannian appeared in front of the Cen family as if nothing had happened, and asked them about their plans.

Mrs. Cen found that Cen Qing and Chun Tao had disappeared, but she suspected that they were going to report to the officials to confess them to reduce the punishment, and urged the old lady to agree to surrender.

The old matriarch also had the same suspicion in his heart, and immediately went down the mountain with Duan Yannian, and surrendered himself to the Ministry of Punishment.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment didn't see his face, and several people were put into prison again.

Duan Yannian was imprisoned with the Cen family. Since he entered the prison, he has been in a daze and not sober, no matter how noisy the Cen family is.

There was no light in the prison, he fell into a drowsy sleep, and when he woke up he was in a daze, and he didn't know how many days he stayed there.

until one day.

The cell door was opened from the outside, a figure stepped into the cell, and a voice that was no longer familiar reached his ears——

"Grandma, you have suffered."

As if struck by lightning, he suddenly raised his head to look at that person, and he has always engraved the appearance of the person in his heart... Isn't that person Cen Yuan? ! !

He struggled incredulously to stand up, but fell straight to the ground.

Cen Yuan didn't even look at him, he helped the old lady turn around and left.

How... how? ? !

How could Cen Yuan not be dead?So what's the point of everything he's done... everything he's lost for...?

How could Cen Yuan not die?

It took him a long time to get up, but he could no longer see Cen Yuan and Cen's family.He staggered forward, his heart was full of bewilderment, his mind went blank...

He got out of the prison and went straight to the palace. There was not even a guard at the gate of the palace.

A person hurriedly passed by him, and he didn't see who it was. He grabbed his shoulder and asked him hysterically, "What's going on? What's going on..."

"Oh, Mr. Duan, have you been released?" The person who was caught was actually Eunuch Li who read out the imperial decree. He took a look at Duan Yannian's downcast appearance, and continued, "That's right, the dynasty has changed now! None of us Unexpectedly, General Cen is not dead at all! He wrote the letter of surrender to pretend to die in order to lower the vigilance of the Hu people so that he can unify the Xiongnu! Now he should be called the new emperor. You don’t know Duan, the grandmother of the new emperor In fact, it is the former princess of the Xia Kingdom! The emperor of the Xia Kingdom sought power and usurped the throne. After knowing that there was such a princess, he sent someone to assassinate them. Fortunately, you were there to protect them. I guess the new emperor will be rewarded! Afterwards, he led his soldiers to the imperial city. Emperor Chen died in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the Three Kingdoms had already been unified into Xia! Oh, I won’t tell you, the new emperor will be enthroned at noon, and the servants have to prepare It's gone." Eunuch Li pushed him away, and walked away in a hurry.

His words were like a bolt from the blue, making Duan Yannian dizzy...

It turns out that all this is fake?Cen Yuan's picture is not the little emperor at all, but the country of Chen Guo...

Rocks, rocks... rocks from other mountains... No wonder... No wonder...

Everything he did...was just a joke...it turned out to be a scam from beginning to end...Cen Yuan cheated the little emperor...he cheated him...but he lost everything for this scam...

He stepped up the tower step by step, and it was almost noon, and the sunlight made his eyes sore, but he couldn't shed a single tear.

He did something wrong...really did something wrong...but no matter how remorseful he was, God would never give him back what he had lost.

The autumn wind is really cold, so cold that he finally understands what is really cold to the bone.

Duan Yannian looked towards the east of the city, where Chuntao and Xiaoqi stayed forever.

As the sun rose higher and higher, he murmured inaudible words, then stood up and jumped, his body fell to the ground, blood was everywhere.

At the same time, in the main hall not far away, the new emperor ascended the throne, the ceremony and music were played together, and the officials knelt down and shouted long live.

The author has something to say:

Regarding Chuntao, Chuntao doesn't hate Duan Yannian, but resentment, so she didn't resist when Duan Yannian stabbed her chest with a hairpin, so she finally said that Xiao Qi and she were still waiting for Duan Yannian to marry them, because she wanted Duan Yannian to feel guilty and Duan Yannian She lives in regret every day, and at the same time, she also knows that Duan Yannian will not live long.