The sound of a heavy object hitting the ground and shattering echoed throughout the empty palace.
"Can't you find it yet? It's been three years, it's been three years, you, you -" Sima Rui's usually calm eyes were slightly wide open at this time, and his face was distorted, which made Chen Wen, who was kneeling on the ground, feel fear in his heart, and a chill came from the soles of his feet.
It rose to the top of my head. My whole body was cold.
"Subordinate, I know I am guilty, please punish me." Chen Wen lowered his head and said respectfully.
Sima Rui snorted softly, "Do you think I don't dare?" The next moment, a cold palm wind landed on top of Chen Wen's head. If it hadn't stopped in time, he might have been dead.
Chen Wen closed his eyes, and cold sweat ran down his back. Sima Rui looked at him expressionlessly, retracted his hand, and said coldly: "Such a useless person does not deserve to die in my hands. I just want to know where he is.
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"Junjin Villa is more difficult to deal with than my subordinates imagined. I can't get any information, and I can't even get in. It's like a castle, airtight from the outside world. I've tried all my methods, but I can't find out anything."
There are clues. The degree of loyalty and respect those people have for their master is far greater than the attitude of a minister towards the emperor." Chen Wen frowned, and he really couldn't figure out that man. What kind of man was he that made the Lord like this?
He loved him so much that his servants and the two kings were so loyal to him. Even if they were coerced and lured, all methods could not yield any useful information. Moreover, his whereabouts were strange. It must be that only the current Suzaku King Mai Qi and the newly reborn prince in the world could be found.
Qingqi, the Xuanwu King who emerged from the water, knows who he is and where is he? But until now, apart from clarifying who the Suzaku King is who often appears, he doesn't even know who the Xuanwu King is.
Alas, why did you take on this hard job? For three whole years, I have been using the secret door to find Mr. Jin, but now the whole world knows the existence of the secret door. This is actually the same as the purpose of the secret door for hundreds of years.
When he came in and out, Chen Wen looked up at the owner who pursed his lips and had an uncertain expression. He didn't know why this aloof emperor felt strange to people at this time. Chen Wen was so strange that he didn't dare to guess how important that person was to him. Because
, Chen Wen saw that there was pain and loneliness buried in the eyes of this emperor.
Since ancient times, emperors have been lonely. Because they stand too high, as the so-called high place is too cold, they can't find a close friend, a person who has no barriers in their hearts and no scheming. The master is missing the one who is the only one to him.
confidant?
For some reason, Chen Wen actually sympathized with his master. He knew that such feelings were unnecessary and unforgivable. However, for the first time, the current master revealed his loneliness, isolation, and pain that he had hidden so well.
When I came out, I abandoned the pride of the emperor for the first time, begging for hope, looking forward to the appearance of that person. But the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.
In the past three years, I don't know if his heart was bleeding like Ling Chi. The pain was so painful that he was willing to sink, and the pain was so painful that he pretended to be more indifferent and alienated in front of people in the daytime.
Alas, who said that emperors have no love in this world?
"Look again, I don't believe it, I don't believe it. I've searched every inch of the Jin Kingdom, and I can't find him. I don't believe it! I wrote to the princess of Xianbei. I thought maybe she knew where he was, and told her
, as long as she tells me where he is, I will give her the land in the southwest that Xianbei has always wanted. I will never go back on it." Chen Wen was shocked. That land has always been a place that various small countries on the border are fighting for.
It's just that because of the power of the Jin State, he has never dared to take action, but now his master has given up his life for him? That is a battleground for military strategists. Are you kidding? Without it, the frontier will be in danger at any time.
Among them, the emergency on the border is inevitable. Chen Wen only hopes at this moment that the Xianbei eldest princess does not know where he is, otherwise——
Chen Wen couldn't even think about it.
"Alas..." Suddenly there was a long sigh above his head. Every time Chen Wen came to report on the progress of tracing that person, Sima Rui was disappointed again and again as if he was getting old. After a long time, he said softly: "You can go down.
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"Master——" Chen Wen looked slightly troubled, as if he was struggling not to speak out. Chen Wen was afraid that the information would be inaccurate and that he would disappoint his master. But——
"What's wrong?" Sima Rui looked at him.
"Alas," Chen Wen risked his life: "My subordinates have received news that Mr. Jin may participate in this year's martial arts event at Jianxian Villa."
Sima Rui immediately beamed: "Is it absolutely true?"
Chen Wen stuttered: "I only heard this from people in the world, and I don't know if it's true or not. Maybe it's just a rumor." It was difficult for Chen Wen to say the last sentence.
"Oh." Sima Rui's hopeful face suddenly fell silent.
"I understand, go down."
"My subordinates resign." Chen Wen slapped a thousand words and was about to leave.
For some reason, when he walked to the door, Chen Wen suddenly blurted out: "Master, will you go?"
The response was Sima Rui's gentle smile: "Of course I will, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will not let go."
Chen Wen was so frightened that he almost fell down on the spot. Alas, is this still the cold and cruel emperor who can take advantage of anyone at will?
Before Chen Wen could go far, he heard the noble man inside suddenly ordering the chief eunuch who had been waiting outside: "Gao Lu, go and bring ten altars of hundreds of flowers and green plums."
Gao Lu responded: "Yes, I will prepare now."
Drinking to soothe one's sorrows makes them worse. Chen Wen didn't know why such a sentence came out of his mind. It was more important to do business.
"Who is he?" Suda asked, looking at the drunk guy lying on my bed.
I wiped the sweat from his forehead with a wet towel and replied angrily: "My friend."
"Friend?" Her expression was heavy. I know that there is a concept in this world that men and women cannot be intimate with each other. She must be worried that if someone finds out, I will not be able to eat and walk around.
I patted her shoulder and said nonchalantly: "Don't worry, no one will notice in this place where birds don't lay eggs and ghosts don't poop."
Suda looked at the man who was lying on the bed with his eyes tightly closed. At this time, his thin lips were pursed tightly because of discomfort, as if his face had a familiar feeling. Suddenly, an impossible possibility flashed in her mind: "Is it possible?
, could he be——?" Suda looked at me in surprise.
I didn't even raise my eyes and asked casually: "What is he?"
"White-robed Young Master Huan Wen." Su Da's expression was a little excited, with an unknown blush on her face.
When I heard this familiar name that seemed like a long time ago, I couldn't help laughing: "Yeah, what's wrong?"
"No, it's nothing." She avoided looking at me.
I looked at her seriously as if I were discovering a new world, and said harshly: "Little girl, you'd better give your uncle a serious explanation, otherwise -" I stretched out my claws to scare her.
She ignored me and took care of the guy who was sleeping soundly.
"Hey, don't think that I don't know even if you don't say anything. You," I looked at her slyly, "do you have a crush on someone else? Oh, the young man in white robe and the beautiful lady are a good match. Hehe."
Her face turned red, even her ears. Her expression was shy. She was so beautiful.
"It's from your heart, it's from your heart." I laughed like crazy.
"You, you - I'm ignoring you!" Unexpectedly, she, who has always been cold and cold, actually has a feminine side. Unexpectedly, unexpectedly.
I held her shoulders, looked into her beautiful eyes, and said seriously: "He is a good man. If you two can be together, I will be very happy."
Her face alternated with joy and sadness. After a long time, she said coldly: "How could it be possible between me and him? Let's not talk about whether he likes me or not. I am the emperor's woman. Even if I am thrown into the cold palace, I will still be my wife."
, this life is doomed, what else can I hope for."
I hugged her: "Su, you don't have to be so depressed. Believe me, I will definitely give you freedom in the future. I will definitely let you be with the person you like."
She shook her head and said nothing.
Seeing her silence, I changed the topic: "By the way, how do you know Huan Wen? Could it be," I pretended to guess: "You were also his former guest."
"What are you guessing?" She lowered her head and blushed again.
"When I was thirteen years old, I went to the temple with my mother to offer incense. I happened to see him standing there with a graceful literary talent and fluttering white clothes, calmly competing with a bunch of dandies who molested women from good families. Those people all lost.
I was convinced. That day, he was charming and graceful, with jade trees facing the wind, so I will remember him. Later, I saw him at many aristocratic banquets in high spirits and as handsome as ever. Later, later—" She looked at me with complicated eyes.
I smiled calmly: "It was later rumored that he fell in love with the fourth lady of the Xie family, right? Later on, you became disheartened and followed your parents' orders and entered the palace, right?"
"How do you know?" She was a little surprised.
I rolled my eyes to the sky. This is a standard scene on TV. You can guess it.
I ignored her surprise and questions, yawned inelegantly, and said to her: "I'm tired, I'm going to bed. I'll leave him to you to take care of him. Good night." Before she could react,
I lazily lifted my legs and left.
I don't believe that she is willing to leave him alone there. Hehe, I should also be a matchmaker and pull the strings for lovers. Anyway, I have nothing to do. Haha.
I really couldn’t bear to leave little Wenwen alone, so—hehe.