I knew this was going on.
As soon as Jiang Jinghui finished speaking, the hall fell into a dead silence. Even Jiang Jingqian on the other side lowered his head silently.
She was right, this guy was really seeking death... Jiang Jingyuan thought.
"Don't you dare, little Yuan?"
Jiang Jinghui retracted his neck, knelt on the ground in a mess, but still asked with a smile as if nothing had happened.
Jiang Jingyuan nodded, there was nothing to deny, and said, "I was indeed a little hesitant." After all, he was still thinking about the old relationship in the palace.
However, Jiang Jingyuan was still a little confused. Did Jiang Jinghui want to die or was he betting that she wouldn't do it? Jiang Jingyuan asked:
"Do you want to die or not?"
Jiang Jinghui looked at her and smiled without saying a word.
"You're such trouble." Jiang Jingyuan glanced at him, then turned and walked towards Jiang Jingqian on the other side.
Jiang Jingqian raised his head and opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, Jiang Jingyuan had already reached out and untied the countless long threads that were binding him with the magic weapon.
Jiang Jingqian was stunned and forgot to react for a moment.
On the other side, Jiang Jinghui's expression suddenly turned unusually gloomy and ugly, "Xiao Yuan, what do you mean by this?"
However, in just a moment, his face returned to a relaxed smile, "Does Xiao Yuan trust him so much?"
Human disputes arise from fate’s partiality. But when all beings and all things reach a state of unity, all things love each other as they love themselves, and there is no more dispute.
Favoring one over the other, favoring one over the other, these four words, spoken so lightly, contain all the despair and pain in the world...
"Jiang Jingyuan..." Jiang Jinghui could no longer control the smile on his face. As if he had finally torn off some kind of disguise, he lowered his head slightly, his face gloomy, his eyes cold, and said, "This is what I hate most about you."
——I always hate it.
Jiang Jingyuan looked at him and thought, it turns out she was right...
Jiang Jingsui...actually, I have always hated her.
Some people's dislike is really strange. The more disliked they are, the more they try to pretend to be intimate. They are human, and people are strange. They are intimate with those who are particularly close to them, and also intimate with those who are particularly disliked.
Beside him, Jiang Jingqian slowly stood up, his eyes unconsciously looking at Jiang Jingbai.
Jiang Jinghui raised his eyes and gave him a cold look.
Jiang Jingqian: “…”
"Just wait here first." Jiang Jingyuan ignored him and just said one sentence. She turned her head to look at Jiang Jingqian, "Come with me, I have something to tell you."
Jiang Jinghui's face was gloomy, his soft facial features were slightly distorted, and there was a hint of anger between his eyebrows.
Jiang Jingqian paused, his eyes suddenly clear and bright as he looked at her. He pursed his lips and said obediently, "Okay."
"......?" Jiang Jingyuan glanced at him strangely, but said nothing and led him out.
"Jiang Jingyuan——"
A gloomy, low roar suddenly came from the dim palace.
Before anyone could respond, his words were drowned out by the loud slam of the heavy palace door closing.
"boom--"
…………
It’s late at night, high up in the mountains.
"Bang!!"
The door was suddenly kicked open from the outside.
Inside the hall, the people on the reclining chairs and at the tables all straightened up and looked over. After a single glance, they calmly said "Oh," then leaned back lazily, saying, "It's His Highness Changsheng."
Jiang Jingyuan walked into the hall, glanced at the two of them, raised his eyebrows in disbelief, and murmured as if doubting his life, "You two are so calm..." Then he frowned and said, "Explain everything you need to explain!"
Yan Rugui was lying on the recliner by the window, covered with a plush cloak. In one hand, he held a book, which was spread out on the plush cloak. With the other hand, he picked up the teacup on the small table and brought it to his mouth. He was calm and composed, as if he didn't hear what she said at all.
Not far behind, Lin Yanqing sat on a chair by the table, brewing tea. Steam rose, white mist swirled, and was blown sideways by the wind. He smiled and asked casually, "What is your Highness Changsheng asking?"
Don’t you know what you have done... Jiang Jingyuan said nothing, grabbed the scabbard of the long sword that appeared out of thin air with one hand, and slowly placed his other hand on the hilt.
A howling gale rushed in from the wide-open hall door, bringing with it a few fluttering snowflakes, causing the black hair and clothes in the hall to fly, and the pages of books to flip or dance wildly.
It's a bit cold... Jiang Jingyuan paused his movements, his mind flashed rapidly, and the heavy door of the palace behind him suddenly closed. The cold wind dissipated, and the palace gradually warmed up.
Jiang Jingyuan released his hand from the hilt, grabbed the scabbard of the longsword and stepped forward, looking sideways at Yan Rugui. "You were involved in the last thing Jiang Jingqian came up with, right?!"
Yan Rugui then slowly raised his eyes and looked at her, and said in a relaxed and casual tone: "Yes." - He didn't even deny it!
With a thud, he placed the teacup back on the small table and sighed in disappointment, "What a waste! He actually untied it himself."
Jiang Jingyuan looked at Lin Yanqing who was not far away. "New generation?"
Lin Yanqing was slightly surprised when he heard this, but then he smiled and said, "Your Highness Changsheng is knowledgeable and experienced." - This was actually an admission.
"It's still a new version of the new school that has been improved and the essence has been removed." Jiang Jingyuan said sarcastically.
She looked at him, then at Yan Rugui, her face filled with curiosity, as if asking a question sincerely: "Even though they say snakes and rats belong together, I'm still very curious. How can you two tolerate each other and get along?"
Jiang Jingyuan looked at Yan Rugui and asked, "Weren't you searching for the secret of immortality within the Blood Seal? Why are you suddenly so eager for Jiang Jingqian and the entire Yuan Kingdom's Jiang family to perish together? Do you want to die again?"
She turned her gaze blankly to Lin Yanqing and said to Yan Rugui, "It can't be... you're just willing to help others and make them happy?" After a pause, she said silently, "Then your kindness is quite immoral."
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Jingyuan took a step forward, and the scene in front of her changed instantly. She suddenly appeared in front of Lin Yanqing at the table.
The long sword was unsheathed, making a light sound of a phoenix and a dragon, and suddenly chopped towards Lin Yanqing's neck!
"Bang!"
Blood splattered, heads fell to the ground, and the figure sitting on the chair froze for a moment before collapsing to the ground with a bang.
The fishy smell was made even more disgusting by the warmth all around. There was a dead silence in the warm hall for a long time.
Jiang Jingyuan frowned as the warm, fishy smell rushed straight to her head, making her dizzy! Jiang Jingyuan endured the dizziness and thought quickly, "Swish!" The doors and windows of the palace opened wide.
The cold wind from the mountains howled freely in and out of the hall, dispersing warmth and stench.
Jiang Jingyuan exhaled silently, grabbed the scabbard, raised the sword, turned around and walked towards the lounge chair by the window.
Suddenly, Jiang Jingyuan stopped abruptly and turned to look.
The white mist rising from the hot tea dissipated, revealing a familiar figure sitting steadily on a chair beside the table.
"I knew this would happen..." Yan Rugui sighed without even turning his head, and muttered in a speechless tone.
Jiang Jingyuan was staring at the figure sitting on the chair in front of him.
Lin Yanqing sat perfectly still in a chair beside the table. A smile crossed his face, and he chuckled as he chatted with Yan Rugui, "The Imperial Preceptor is truly as foresighted as a god."
"Some people are known for their bad temper..." Yan Rugui didn't respond to him, but just said "Hehe".
Jiang Jingyuan stood still, his eyes dark, and remained silent for a long while.
"It's going to wake up again." Yan Rugui suddenly said inexplicably.
He lazily leaned on the recliner and said casually:
"What all living beings have nurtured with fear and malice is about to materialize and descend. Rather than nurturing it into a behemoth, it's better to fulfill the wishes of the new generation—it's both fulfilling the image and cutting the Gordian knot, allowing for faster progress."
"I want to live forever, but there's no way to become an immortal..." Yan Rugui said indifferently, "Then forget it. I'll just do good deeds and accumulate virtue so that all living things will not suffer from dire straits."
Jiang Jingyuan pursed his lips, and suddenly asked curiously and surprisedly, "You know?"
Then, her voice turned cold and she said, "You know, aren't you also encouraging it? You're so hypocritical!"
The moment she finished speaking, she sneered again and was about to call Jiang Weiji - she didn't know what the life-saving trump card in Yan Rugui's hand was, but someone would know!
However, as soon as she thought of it, she suddenly remembered that she had given the "Mountain Tower" to Jiang Jingjian. She paused, her eyes fixed, and she silently called out to Xu Qinglin in the distance.
Xu Qinglin looked over and paused after hearing what she said. He said in her mind, "It's nothing more than a substitute, a transfer."
"How to solve it?" Jiang Jingyuan asked.
His mind suddenly became quiet. After a moment, Xu Qinglin slowly replied, "Find the magic weapon and the carrier of the secret technique, destroy them, and then kill him..."
There was a hint of guilt hidden in the flat voice.
How am I supposed to find it?! Jiang Jingyuan's eyes widened instantly, and he asked in disbelief, "Isn't there any other direct and simple method?"
Xu Qinglin remained silent.
Jiang Jingyuan: "..."
Jiang Jingyuan turned around, glanced at Lin Yanqing and Yan Rugui, sneered, and said, "Then I will blow up this mountain, and you two will become rats crossing the street that everyone will shout and beat!"
After a pause, she said sarcastically:
"That's okay. Our former state teacher, Lord Yan, was well prepared for this. He had already mastered the skills of begging and cheating on the streets. Even if he left Yuan Country, he would definitely not starve to death on the streets."
Yan Rugui, who had been lazily lying on the recliner, straightened up instantly, his pupils shrinking suddenly: "!!!"
As he moved suddenly, the book covering his furry cloak slipped off and hit the ground with a "pa".
How come he is the former state teacher of Yuan State? Why is he bringing up that matter again? So many years have passed and it has never come to an end... Yan Rugui said in a sad tone: "Then I'd better not hang out with the new generation."
Yan Rugui said with deep sorrow, "In life I am a Jiang family member, in death... well, I am loyal to the Jiang family of Yuan State!"
If I really left Yuan Country, how could I still have such a leisurely life?!
If Jiang Jingyuan kicked him out, he would definitely add fuel to the fire and say that he was a member of the new generation and that he might explode at any time.
Other countries and other aristocratic sects would not dare to accept him, and the new sect would even ask him to sacrifice his life first. Although he had previously helped King Huai to fight to the death and seemed not to be afraid of death, there is a huge difference between everyone dying together and only him dying - if he doesn't want to die, he really has to become a rat crossing the street and hide.
Thinking of this, Yan Rugui swore in grief:
"I am loyal to the Jiang family of Yuan State!!!"
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