Chapter 39 Chapter Thirty-Seven

It was late at night, but Yan Wei couldn't fall asleep no matter what. Although the weather is very hot, but the terrain here is high, and it is still cool after nightfall.If it is because of the choice of seats, it is not the case in other places, or... is it really because the atmosphere here is not suitable for women?The more Yan Wei thought about it, the more irritable she became, she simply put on her clothes and went to the window to blow air.Although the guest room here is not a high-rise building, it is built on a high platform, and the window sill is nearly one person high from the ground. Looking out from the window, the view is very wide.

Outside the window, the faint moonlight shed mottled silver light through the branches and leaves of the sycamore tree, and there was a figure standing with his hands behind his back under the tree.Suddenly, a sycamore flower fell without wind, and it happened to land in front of the man's feet. The man leaned over to pick up the flower, the moonlight shone on his fair and handsome face, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. It was Li Qichen. . "Unexpectedly, there are people like me who can't sleep at night." It was the voice of Jun Yue'an.I saw him walking out from behind the tree slowly, with a wide robe and long sleeves, dignified and elegant.

Li Qichen hurriedly turned around to salute, and replied: "The weather is so hot that it's hard to sleep, so I went out for a walk, I didn't expect to meet an adult." Jun Yuean slowly chanted: After finishing speaking, he let out a long sigh: "But I can't sleep because of worry..." Li Qichen hurriedly asked: "I don't know why my lord is worried? Is there anything I need to do for you?" Jun Yue An shook his head, and sighed: "It's hard to explain in one word... There are so many people during the day, I didn't say it clearly, it's just because Mu Xuanshi defected to Jiang Country, I can't sleep well, and I can't eat well."

"Defected? I heard that Mu Xuanshi has no father or mother, and he lives all over the world. No one knows which country he is from. How can he defect?" Li Qichen frowned a little puzzled. Mr. Yue An shook his head and said: "Then Mu Xuanshi is from the Yang Kingdom, and his mother is from the aristocratic clan of my Yang Kingdom..." Mr. Yue An paused for a moment, as if it was difficult to speak, and finally managed to utter the sentence, "She Mother...is the king's cousin." Li Qichen was taken aback, and spit out softly: "Ah?!" Mr. Yue An said: "I really hope that after he recognizes his ancestors and returns to his clan, he can serve the country safely here...Who would have thought that he suddenly defected to Jiang Guo, Yang Guo Jiang Guo is a feud for generations... As soon as he left, the plan to cast iron swords here came to a standstill..."

Li Qichen sighed: "Masters and great masters are all rare talents born in the world. The skills are all in his own hands. There is no way..." Jun Yue shook his head and said, "Do you think these iron swords were forged by him alone? The combination of ores, the time of refining, the strength of the blast, the quality of forging and quenching...everything is a combination of everything. The power of a craftsman has been researched after many failures. He sold everyone's brainchild to Jiang Guo, but his own unique techniques of building blast furnaces and identifying furnace temperatures are kept secret..."

Li Qichen couldn't help but shook his head in silence. Mr. Yue'an spoke louder and louder: "After he left, the drum casting here was at a standstill. There were three furnace explosion accidents in succession, and dozens of lives were lost just like that. Those slaves are worth it. Let's just talk about death." Among the several craftsmen who have died, which one is not the pillar of the country, and whose life is less important than the other?" Li Qichen reassured him: "The matter has come to an end, there is no need for you to be angry with this kind of villain. He neither recognizes the mother country of Yang Guo, nor my country of Yang. I just think that I have never had this kind of people. Let him go..."

Mr. Yue An said: "If he only goes to assist Jiang Guo to forge swords, then that's fine... Du Rong must have told you that this place is not peaceful. Jiang Guo's assassins and secret agents have come several times. Fortunately, there are natural dangers here, otherwise I'm afraid there has already been chaos. The hearts of those slaves are fluctuating, and I'm afraid they will change over time..." Jun Yue shook his head, paused, and smiled again, "If the guards hadn't been stepped up, I'm afraid Tong Shi would not have been captured. There is no reason to invite you here."

Hearing this, Li Qichen leaned forward and said, "Your Excellency is too polite, if you have any entrustments, please just ask." Mr. Yue An did not speak, he pondered for a while, then suddenly changed the subject, and asked, "What are your plans for the future?" "What are your plans..." Li Qichen repeated these four words, heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "Naturally, we are looking for the real culprit who poisoned Young Master Yan, to clear Xuexue's injustice." Jun Yue An said: "It's not easy to catch the real culprit. Your Majesty has been investigating for a year and still has no clue. What can you do alone?"

Li Qichen said: "Do your best, obey the destiny, that's all..." Jun Yue An smiled and said: "Actually, catching the real culprit is not the same thing as pleading guilty..." Li Qichen was startled: "Oh?" Lord Yue An said: "As long as Your Majesty believes that you are not the murderer, your grievances will be cleared, and it has nothing to do with whether you catch the real murderer or not." Li Qichen let out a long sigh: "Whether it's Young Master Xuan or Young Master Cong, they all believe that I'm not the murderer. Your Majesty just doesn't believe it. What can I do? To put it bluntly, Young Master Xuan and I are as close as brothers. No matter whether we can clear up our grievances, I will definitely Find out the real culprit and avenge him!"

Jun Yue An asked: "If you still can't find the real culprit, do you want to search for the rest of your life? Don't you have any other plans?" Li Qichen sighed softly, raised his head, seemed to be looking at the moon, and seemed to be looking at the flower, maybe he didn't look at anything, but fell into longing: "If you can't find the real culprit, find a quiet place, Marry a wife and have children, and live the rest of your life in peace, that's all..." "Marry a wife and have children?" Jun Yue An smiled, "Do you have someone in mind? But the girl in the room?" Then he looked up at the window where Yan Wei was hiding.

Seeing Mr. Yue An looking over, Yan Wei shrank back in fright, and squatted down, her heart pounding.I also thought of what Gongzi Cong said, there is no lamp in the room, and the moonlight is shining outside, people outside can’t see if there is anyone in the room through the window, so I wanted to raise my head, but I was afraid that the white jade hairpin on my head would reflect it. Moonlight will be discovered, so I only listened intently to Li Qichen's answer, who knew that after waiting for a long time, I didn't hear any sound... After a while, it was Jun Yue'an's voice: "Don't forget that you are still a fugitive, so you are willing to let the girl you love live a life of fear and fear with you? Are you willing to let the child be born without status?" Yan Wei felt a sense of loss in her heart, presumably Li Qichen answered Yue An Jun's question with a nod or a shake of his head just now, but she missed it... Was it a nod or a shake?You can't hear it from Mr. Yue An's words... Yan Wei slowly stood up, turned sideways, and continued to peek out the window. I saw Li Qichen lowered his head, twiddling the sycamore flower, seemed to be seriously thinking about Yue Anjun's words, after a long time, he raised his head and asked: "I don't know how to clear up my grievances, please show me the way. " Jun Yue An said: "If you can make great contributions to Yang Guo, the king will naturally change his opinion of you." Li Qichen asked hesitantly: "I don't know how to make a great contribution?" Jun Yue An seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said word by word: "Kill Mu Xuanshi and eliminate traitors for the country!" This time, Li Qichen was not surprised, as if he had already guessed what Jun Yue'an was going to say. "Why bother... His heart is no longer in Yang Guo, even if he is killed, what can be saved..." Li Qichen said flatly. Mr. Yue An shook his head and said: "In the future, ironware will definitely replace copperware. Whoever masters the method of refining ironware will control the world. I have worked hard on this Chiya for 20 years. Generations of craftsmen have accumulated little by little, and I am today. Achievement, but he gave it to Jiang Guo for nothing. Isn’t it a sinner of the country? Although Jiang Guo’s iron ore is small, it is of high quality. The day when the country will be destroyed and the family will be destroyed is not far away!" Hearing this, Li Qichen lowered his head slightly, but did not answer. Jun Yue An continued: "Therefore, Mu Xuanshi must not be allowed to live in this world!" The pale moonlight shone on Li Qichen's face, his expression was peaceful and indifferent, as if everything was out of his mind, he shook his head slightly: "I don't want to do this kind of thing..." Jun Yue'an raised his eyebrows, seemingly surprised: "Oh? Why?" Li Qichen slowly raised his right arm, and used his left hand to pull the sleeve above the bend of his arm. The numerous torture scars on his arm were clearly visible even under the moonlight.Li Qichen smiled miserably: "This tendon was broken and reconnected, but there was a knot raised. It's usually nothing, but a master swordsman, life and death are on the line. Without it, you may be alive, if you have it, you may be dead!" After finishing speaking , and pointed to the right eye with his left hand, "This eye has lost its vision, and I can no longer walk through it with a hundred steps. I am already a useless person, and I have no ability to kill..." Yan Wei felt a pain in her heart, she didn't expect that Li Qichen's injury was worse than she thought, it must be because he was afraid that he would be worried, so he kept hiding it everywhere... Jun Yue An smiled: "I heard that when you were seventeen years old, you had a sword contest with Mu Xuanshi, and you knocked down the sword in his hand with just a dozen or so moves?" Li Qichen nodded and said, "That was when I was young, but now I am old..." Jun Yue An smiled again: "If you are old, wouldn't we people have been buried in the ground long ago? The 'loyalty' is the reward given to you by the king after defeating Mu Xuanshi, right?" "Yes." Li Qichen nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Entered the palace as a servant at the age of fourteen, defeated Mu Xuanshi at the age of seventeen and became a 'Weiwei', the commander-in-chief of the inner court servant in black, how many noble boys have I seen come and go in ten years?" I have gone, how many people have been scattered all over the land of Yang Guo to serve as officials, but I have always been in the inner city of Huaidu, neither ascending nor descending, and even delaying the important events of my life... Ten years of loyalty, I have a clear conscience for the country and the king! I'm tired, I don't want to be involved in the ups and downs of the royal family anymore... Can you give me a way out and let me survive on my own?" After a long time, Jun Yue An let out a long sigh: "Three assassins have died under Mu Xuanshi's sword. The last one is Du Rong's brother Du Wang...his body is still exposed in front of Changyan Pass... ...These people are the best swordsmen in the Yang Kingdom...so this fourth time, no more failures!" Yan Wei was stunned, thinking of Gongzi Cong's eyes when he talked about Du Wang when recalling the past, and the voice of calling for Du Wang when he was leaving, suddenly felt sad... He only has this one friend, but he will never see him again in this life... It's fine if he doesn't know his whereabouts, but now he knows his whereabouts, but Yin and Yang are separated, and he died so tragically... Li Qichen gave a deep salute, and said: "My lord, an assassin not only needs superb swordsmanship, but an assassin must first kill! My sword was born to protect people. Let me take the initiative to kill a person who does not threaten my life. It's hard to do..." Jun Yue An said: "You have guarded the palace all the year round, and you have fought against assassins many times. You should know how to guard against assassins, and you must know that no matter how strict the defense is, there are weaknesses, and how to find weaknesses. And you have defeated Mu Xuanshi before, naturally The perfect choice for this assassination." Li Qichen shook his head and said, "Because I have dealt with assassins all the year round, I hate assassins the most in my life. If you ask me to turn around and become an assassin, I can't do it." Jun Yue An sighed, pondered for a while, and asked: "You have fought against Mu Xuanshi, in your opinion, where is Mu Xuanshi's weakness?" Li Qichen said: "The lower body and the lower back." Yue An Jun bowed to the ground: "Thank you for your advice!" Li Qichen was taken aback, and hurriedly avoided: "This... how can I bear it?" Lord Yue'an said: "You can afford it! The country has no good generals... the old generals of the past have passed away one after another, and the next generation has the ability to command the army, and only your elder brother is alone. Now it is impossible to find a master of swordsmanship... Could it be that the heavens did not allow me to rise to the Yang Kingdom?" After saying that, he turned around and left slowly. Jun Yue'an's figure elongated by the moonlight looked extremely lonely. Behind him, those sycamore flowers were gently falling one by one, with a soft click, as if knocking on the heart. Under the moonlight, Li Qichen stood there in a daze, not moving for a long time.In the shadow of the window lattice, Yan Wei did the same.