Square inch by Kyushu

When Ji Yiran heard the news that Xi's army had attacked the city, there was not much anxiety or anger on his face.Instead, he was still sipping the cup of fragrant tea in his hand unhurriedly, his long and narrow phoenix eyes were half-opened and half-closed peacefully, as if enjoying the curling fragrance of tea.

The minister who hurriedly came to report saw him like this, and really didn't know whether he should breathe a sigh of relief or consider his own affairs.After all, half a year ago, after Xi State had just invaded Dongxiang, the scene where King Xiang went into a rage and killed him was still close at hand, and he was also furious at the successive victories of the Xi Army, so how could he become so angry at this time? So calm and indifferent?Could it be that it is a precursor to the coming rain?

He was beating a drum in his heart when he heard a faint answer from above his head: "Okay, I understand, you go down."

Hearing the words, the minister immediately withdrew as if he had been granted amnesty.In an instant, the worries about the country in my heart were also relieved a lot because of this faint answer.

Since the king of their country is not in a hurry, what has he to worry about?

Although eating the king's salary is a matter of loyalty to the king.However, since Ji Yiran's restoration, the state of Xiang has become a mess and a mess. Its internal affairs have not been repaired, and its external affairs have not been governed. It is not an exaggeration to say that the country is about to collapse.What's more, those ministers like them have to worry about going to court every day. They don't know which sentence they said wrong, or even if they didn't say anything wrong, they may be chopped off by the monarch because of bad luck. , and not even dying for the country.

Now, it might not be a bad thing for the country Xi to attack.

Playing by ear and taking advantage of the situation is the longer-term plan for the future.

And he can guarantee that there are not a few people in the court who have the same idea as him.

Ji Yiran put down the tea bowl, and ordered the attendants beside him to find the dumb gentleman Cen.

After Yajun Cen came, he didn't say a word of nonsense, but said directly to him: "Xi Kingdom has attacked Xiang'an, and the gang of immortals in the court are all a bunch of wine bags and rice bags. I'll hand over this matter to you." I'll do it for you." As he said that, he threw a token at Ya Jun Cen's feet, lifted his eyelids reluctantly, and continued: "This is an order to mobilize the imperial army in the city. You should prepare quickly. I will Let Li Muge lose completely."

When he read the words Li Muge, his eyes became brighter.At other times, the whole person has a listless expression.

Dumb Juncen picked up the token, cupped his fists and accepted the order.But after that, he didn't leave.

He lowered his head and said to Ji Yiran: "Your Majesty, I see that you are not very energetic. Is it a 'drunk life dream' attack? Do you want to take a 'Bliss' first for temporary relief?"

When Ji Yiran heard this, hesitation flashed in his eyes.Although this hesitation was fleeting.But all of them fell into Ya Jun Cen's peripheral vision.

Dumb Jun Cen's eyes turned cold for a moment, and a sneer curled up on his lips calmly.

Sure enough, Ji Yiran waved his hand and said, "Yan Xi said that if you take this 'Bliss' too often, your body will develop resistance and the effect of the medicine will decrease. I took it a lot a while ago, and I also feel that kind of ecstasy. The beauty is greatly reduced, so I stopped the medicine these days."

Although Mute Jun Cen was furious with Gu Yanxi in his heart, his expression remained the same, showing no flaws.So he continued: "What Prime Minister Gu said is very true, but the power of 'drunk life, dreaming of death' should not be underestimated. If it happens that His Majesty is in harm's way, will he have to pay for it? Besides, Gu Chengxiang's intentions towards His Majesty are not all good intentions." "He said the last sentence extremely carefully and slowly, during which he kept observing Ji Yiran's expression, and carefully considered every word he said - neither making Ji Yiran angry nor making him indifferent.

Ji Yiran's face changed instantly when he heard that, but he was still far away from being furious.He only heard him warning coldly in a low voice: "Yujun Cen, Gu Yanxi's thoughts are not something people like you can guess at will."

Dumb Lord Cen still lowered his head, and said respectfully: "Prime Minister Gu's thoughts are naturally not something that a person like me can guess at will, but my loyalty to His Majesty is unquestionable. I would rather be loyal to your ears than let Your Majesty be dusted."

When Ji Yiran heard this, her face softened a little.

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that the dumb gentleman Cen's words were not false, spreading rumors to cause trouble, and it was indeed difficult for him to tell whether Gu Yanxi was true to him, whether he loved him or hated him.

Said that he hates himself, but sometimes he really cares about himself, and sincerely persuades him to do some things, and even makes friends with him from time to time, even if he is forced every time, but afterwards he does not Got angry with him once.But saying that he likes him, he really feels that he lacks confidence. After all, that cold and distant attitude, serious expression, is no longer the original Gu Yanxi who regarded him as a close relative.

At this moment, a report came from outside the door, saying that Prime Minister Gu came to see him.

After hearing this, Ji Yiran immediately beamed with joy, and hurriedly dismissed the dumb gentleman, and announced that Gu Yanxi would see him.

Gu Yanxi was still dressed in a white brocade dress, her temple hair was neatly tied behind her head, her demeanor was calm and respectful.After seeing Ji Yi, he lifted his robe and bowed his head, there was no trace of impoliteness in the whole process.

Seeing Ji Yiran, he immediately stood up and walked over, helped him up, and said, "Yanxi, there are no outsiders here, why do you have to be so strict every time?"

After hearing this, Gu Yanxi neither refuted nor nodded.After a long time of hard work, he is very clear that to the current Ji Yiran, everything he says is futile.

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When a person is extremely disappointed in another person, he will not do anything useless.

Seeing Gu Yanxi like this, Ji Yiran's expression darkened.But after all, he still laughed a little and said: "You came just in time, you must try the new Yuqian Longjing."

As he spoke, he took his hand and walked to the table. The attendants at the side had already prepared the seats and hot tea. As soon as Gu Yanxi took his seat, the scent of tea was delivered to his hands.

It stands to reason that it is a great honor and favor for the king to give him a seat and tea.But he sat there upright, without a smile on his face, and only took a small sip of the tea in his hand, then put it aside, without any intention of moving.

Seeing this, Ji Yiran finally couldn't bear it anymore, and suddenly swept the tea and other items on the table to the ground with a wave of his sleeves, and shouted at the same time: "Gu Yanxi, what do you want from me?"

Seeing this, the attendants on both sides immediately changed their faces in fright, and they all knelt on the ground and kept prostrating.Although King Xiang was angry at Master Gu, it was hard to guarantee that his anger would not be directed at them. After all, such things have long been learned from the past.

Facing Ji Yiran's furious anger, Gu Yanxi's expression remained the same.Wave calmly said: "I don't understand what His Majesty means."

Ji Yiran sneered again and again when he heard the words, the laughter was like a sharp knife stabbing through the smooth jade, the sound was sharp and piercing, which made people shudder.

"One year, one year has passed. Don't you understand what I mean?" Ji Yiran suddenly leaned forward, grabbed Gu Yanxi's hair and pulled it back, forcing him to raise his face to face her. See.

Gu Yanxi frowned, but the eyes she looked at him became colder and colder, and finally turned into a lifeless pool of stagnant water.

Ji Yiran hated his expression the most, so his anger kept rising, and finally drowned out his remaining rationality, turning into brutal violence again.

He dragged the other party to the ground, grabbed his neck fiercely and threatened, "Don't look at me like this again, give me back my Yan Xi, give me back!"

Gu Yanxi didn't struggle, the gradually thinning air made his face paler and paler.As if he wanted to provoke the other party sincerely, instead of making any compromises, he sneered with difficulty, provoking the other party even more.

When Ji Yiran saw this, the strength in his hands naturally became stronger and stronger, and he could draw a shocking purple circle on the snow-like neck, and the place where he was pinched by his nails was even more bloody.

Seeing King Xiang's sudden madness, the attendants around were trembling with fright, and some timid ones were already whimpering, fearing that they would be the next one to be strangled to death on the ground.

Hearing those voices, Ji Yiran was very upset.So he roared angrily: "Get out of here, don't come in to bother me without my order!"

Before he finished speaking, the attendants rushed out in a rush.

At the same time, a barely visible smile appeared on Gu Yanxi's already pale face.

Of course Ji Yiran would not strangle Gu Yanxi to death.Just before the other party was about to die, he suddenly let go of the strength in his hand, and looked cruelly and proudly at the way the other party was desperately sucking in air because of the regained vitality, and the new scars that were branded on his body again.

When did it start?He was madly obsessed with leaving all kinds of scars on each other.It seems that these scars are all his imprints on his body, as long as there is one more scar, he can belong to himself a little more.Until one day, when he becomes completely bruised, he can truly and completely belong to himself.

Never leave yourself again!

This kind of thought sometimes made him feel a deep fear of himself.Sometimes it excites him.But mostly, the ecstasy of excitement overwhelmed that fear and took full control of his mind, causing him to behave almost insanely.

Just like now, he suddenly seemed to have stripped Gu Yanxi naked and hung him up high, admiring all the marks he left on him bit by bit, and at the same time branding new marks inch by inch.

If he couldn't laugh at himself, then he would rather see him angry at himself, cry at himself, be patient with himself, ashamed at himself...as long as he wasn't indifferent and alienated with a blank face.

It turns out that this is the most real desire that has been dormant in his heart. It turns out that this year's time can be better, and it turns out that more scars can be burned.

Ji Yiran has fallen into complete madness at this time.

He mercilessly tore off Gu Yanxi's clothes, and used those torn cloth strips, impatient to tie her hands and feet firmly.

Gu Yanxi, who had been indifferent until now, finally started to resist.But he didn't expect that the more he resisted, the more excited Ji Yiran was, and the more ruthless his movements became.

"Yiran, don't do this!" Suddenly he couldn't bear it and shouted loudly, his face was full of shame and anger.

Ji Yiran moved slightly slowly, locked his eyes tightly, and said with a playful tone: "What? Finally willing to speak? But just speaking is not enough, you have to beg me. As long as you beg me, maybe I will let go as soon as my heart softens." Pass you this time!" At the end of his speech, there was a sense of excitement and ruthlessness between the lines, making one feel that this person has gone crazy.

Gu Yanxi was silent for a while, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "Yiran, I beg you to let me go."

Ji Yiran laughed out loud when he heard the words, the laughter was indescribably joyous.It's like I haven't been this happy in a long time.

"It turns out that you also know how to ask for help, but your tone is too blunt, and your expression is very monotonous." He loosened his hand a little, and moved a palm to his cheek to pat it.

At this moment, Gu Yanxi's eyes darkened, and a row of silver needles appeared between her empty fingers.A cold light flashed across, and instantly pierced Ji Yiran's neck precisely and quickly.

Ji Yiran's eyes were filled with astonishment, just after he said the word "You...", before he had time to resist, his body slumped heavily and passed out.

Gu Yanxi lay on the ground for a moment, and let out a long breath.A layer of "fake skin" was lifted on the five fingers of the left hand, and the silver needles just now were hidden in the "fake skin".If you are not careful, you will be the one who got caught.

He didn't expect that Ji Yiran would be so crazy after stopping "Bliss".I really don't know what will happen to him after the antidote of "Bliss" is given to him.

However, these matters can be postponed, and the most urgent thing is to finish the "business" as soon as possible.

At this time, he hurriedly took off the hair crown on his head, and took out two extremely small rolls from it after a while.After carefully unrolling the roll, there are two human/skin/masks as thin as onion wings.

Things have progressed so far, and it can be regarded as smooth without any danger.

But just when he was about to put one of the masks on the unconscious Ji Yiran's face, a scarlet figure suddenly jumped from the beam at this moment.In an instant, there was a crisp sound of metal clashing in the empty side hall.

But that sound was clear and crisp, but it hit Gu Yanxi's heart like a huge stone.

It seemed that he still lost the bet.

Dumb Lord Cen walked up to Gu Yanxi calmly, and asked with a smile pretending to be puzzled: "Prime Minister Gu, what are you tossing about? You tossed King Xiang to the ground?" He snatched the human/skin/mask from Gu Yanxi's hand, held it in his hand and looked at it repeatedly, and continued: "Huh? Is this the famous 'A, B, B, C D' human/skin/mask in the world? On the face, I can't tell who it is?"

Gu Yanxi knew that the general situation was over, so she didn't want to accompany him to speak quickly.He only said: "If you want the last clue to the treasure, you must guarantee the safety of Ji Yiran and me."

Ya Juncen glanced at him, and said disdainfully: "Gu Yanxi, who do you want to scare now? Now that you and Ji Yiran have become my prisoners, I have plenty of ways to make you speak, so you are not qualified to talk to me at all. I make terms!"

Gu Yanxi looked at him coldly, and asked back: "Is that so?" At this moment, there was an inexplicable meaning in his eyes, which made dumb Jun Cen very uncomfortable.It seems that he is clearly in the upper hand, but in his eyes this is not the case.

This made him involuntarily want to hit the opponent even more.I want to see his desperate eyes, his completely collapsed face.

"Gu Yanxi, everyone says you are amazing and talented, and they praise you as if you are unique in this world. But I have always thought you are stupid for a long time. Do you know why?" While speaking, he pointed to the other party's left hand Chest, "Because no matter how tough you pretend to be on the outside, you are too weak here, so you are destined to fail to achieve great things. This is quite similar to my father who died young. So people like you can only achieve more than fail. ! Just like today, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to reap the benefits of being a fisherman!"

Gu Yanxi's expression remained unchanged, she still asked him without any sense of crisis, "Really?"

Ya Juncen knew that he was deliberately trying to irritate him, so he suppressed the anger in his heart and stopped dealing with him, and quickly finished the matter in front of him.