Prison Dragon

Chapter 155

Yang You breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ao Chen, he hugged Ao Chen's waist tightly, as if only in this way could he escape from the nightmare completely.

The corners of his eyes were wet, his nose was sore, and he cried aggrievedly, "I don't want to go anymore."

Ao Chen pinched the back of his neck, licked his lips and hesitated for a long time, and finally said softly, "Okay, then I won't go."

Ao Chen accompanied Yang You to rest in the Xuanzheng Hall for a long time, and the hall with closed doors and windows gradually became stuffy.But Yang You became colder and colder the more he sat.

His body was still intact, but he felt that every kind of death punishment before had remained on his body. The pain of cutting his throat, the suffocation of being buried alive, the crushing blows of breaking his spine with one stick, and the burning of poisonous wine, were alternately on his body. It happened again on him, so that he trembled and couldn't speak.

Ao Chen hugged him to sit on the dragon chair, took off his coat and wrapped it around Yang You. He knew that his body temperature was cold, so he didn't dare to hug him casually, but just held Yang You's hands.

Those hands are usually warm as spring, but now they are covered with cold and sticky sweat.

He didn't know what Yang You saw, he stroked Yang You's back tenderly, "It's okay, you're back."

The sun didn't come in, Yang You curled up and gradually fell down, laying on the dragon chair, Ao Chen put his head on his lap, removed his crown and hairpin, and slowly moved his fingers through his hair Comb.

Ao Chen didn't ask anything, just sat quietly aside.

After a long time like decades, Yang You gritted his teeth and finally forcibly suppressed the trembling of his body.

He lay powerlessly on Ao Chen's lap, looking up at the lines of his handsome face.

Ao Chen scratched the bridge of his nose with his fingers, and asked, "Is it better?"

Yang You's throat moved slightly, and the root of his tongue tasted the salty taste of blood. He silently swallowed and nodded.

"What time is it?" He asked hoarsely.

"In a short while, your grand maid will come to see you for dinner." Ao Chen said with a smile, he thought for a while, and asked again, "Are you really all right?"

Yang You lifted his left sleeve, revealing the wound covered with a layer of blood scabs, and the blood that was not wiped off in time left traces on his skin.

The harm to the body is negligible, but the damage to the mind makes him tremble with fear.

Ordinary people can only die once.

But he experienced four extraordinary and painful ways of death in a short reincarnation.

"I don't know what the formation there is trying to do, but I die miserably every time." Yang You closed his eyes and said weakly, "I really don't want to go anymore."

Ao Chen didn't ask how to die, but lowered his head and kissed him on the forehead.

"Just when you went to the ice room, I felt that the formation on my body had changed."

Hearing this, Yang You stood up, supported Ao Chen's shoulder and looked at him.

Ao Chen glanced at him indifferently, "It's very small, almost useless. We found the right one. As for the scene and death you mentioned..."

Ao Chen explained to him: "If my guess is correct, someone should have used the remaining resentment in the palace to set up a phantom array to protect the eye of the formation. That is to say, as long as someone moves the eye of the formation, they will fall into In the phantom formation, the fate of death of the dead souls is repeated continuously, thus disappearing in the phantom formation, and then forgetting the reality."

Yang You avoided those bloody scenes, and began to recall those mysterious and treacherous illusions, which were indeed more or less related to the royal family.

Especially Gao Zu Yang Shuo and Han Wang Yang Yan have always been around.

Things that he couldn't figure out before, after going through several hallucinations, he finally sorted them out.

Ao Chen's temple was definitely a grand project at that time, but it never left a record in the history books, nor did it leave a rural legend among the people.

It is easy to delete a person from the history books, but it is not a simple matter to completely disappear from people's sight and conversation.

In particular, building temples will use a lot of manpower.

Now it seems that Gao Zu chose a very safe way.

The construction time of the temple and the imperial mausoleum overlapped, and they were not far apart, and the people who used them should be similar.

Yang Shuo killed all the laborers who built the imperial mausoleum.

As for the soldiers in charge of overseeing the work...

To kill a soldier is to fight a losing battle.

The time of Guo Wei's defeat was indeed the second year after the completion of the emperor's mausoleum, which made Yang You have to connect the two things together.

Yang Shuo can completely create the fact that Guo Wei was defeated, and then use this to kill those who know the secrets of the imperial tomb and temple, and at the same time get rid of the last of the 27 generals except Han Wang Yang Yan.

So now, only Yang Yan is left.

The cunning rabbit is dead, the running dog is cooking, Yang Yan is not a fool, so he naturally knows to beware of Gaozu Yang Shuo, but why was he killed in the end?

Judging from the only illusion, the relationship between Ao Chen and Yang Yan is obviously better than that with Gaozu, why didn't he save Yang Yan?

What role did Ao Chen play in the suspicion and killing of the emperor brothers?

Everything is unknown, and the only way to get information is the illusion, but Yang You doesn't want to be contaminated again.

Ever since Yang You said he couldn't go, he really didn't bring up this matter again, and Ao Chen seemed to accept it frankly.

There's nothing he can do if he doesn't accept it.

Because in the next month or so, Yang You was busy with political affairs, and finally slept soundly at night, and would be awakened by nightmares every night.

He always dreamed of grotesque worlds in which his only destiny was to be constantly killed.

There is no consciousness in the dream, but the shadow and fear of death can be absorbed in the bone marrow without pain.

Ao Chen knew that Yang You was soft on the outside and strong on the inside. Although he often said that Yang You was soft-hearted, that also meant that Yang You had a kind personality, not that Yang You was a person who only knew how to cry when he was in trouble.

Ao Chen never expected that death would make Yang You collapse like this.

Whenever he woke up from a dream, he would rather keep his eyes open than fall asleep.

Sometimes he fell asleep in a daze, and would wake up by himself after a while, holding Ao Chen and crying about his tragic death.

Ao Chen then understood that for human beings, the only death in a lifetime is already the limit.

In fact, in Ao Chen's view, Yang You's inner world is extremely strong. He has a strong spiritual belief as a pillar, and he is a person who is difficult to defeat.

Ao Chen met many people.

Some people can live in the world because of their greed for life, and some people can do whatever they can to survive because of their love of money.

The love for good times, the obsession that must be obtained; the hatred for adversity, the anger and anger of complaining about others; the infatuation of not knowing right from wrong, good from evil...

No matter what kind of emotion and ego can become a person's support, no matter what kind of emotion and ego, it can't get rid of the attachment to "I" itself.

At the same time, Ao Chen also knows what Yang You's so-called saint realm is.

As you hear the news, you can die in the evening.

People with lofty ideals do not seek life to harm benevolence, but kill themselves to achieve benevolence.

They are a group of people who have forgotten "I".

This is the most shocking power he has ever seen, and people call them—heroes.

them?seen?

Ao Chen held Yang You in his arms and comforted him softly. As time went by, the impact of death was gradually fading away. Yang You had less and less nightmare time and could sleep peacefully in his arms.

Where has he seen it?

Only then did Ao Chen realize that he had forgotten too much.

Those auspicious moments that had shone in his life seemed to be buried with a pile of muddy memories.

By the time Yang You completely ignored the impact of death, it was already autumn.Yang You also lost a lot of weight, and Ruifang pressed him to eat to make up for it.

During this period, he cut off [-]% of the money for the construction of his mausoleum, and made a will. He did not want any living things to be buried, and he did not need burial objects after death.

Although the officials had many objections, Yang You refuted them on the grounds of being sympathetic to the people's power.

In the suburbs of Lidu, autumn leaves are burning like fire.He ushered in the first batch of Jinshi after the reform of the scientific examination system. Although the aristocratic families still accounted for the majority, the proportion of poor families was obviously much higher than before.

At least this year, he was able to clear away a group of vegetarians in the three provinces and six departments, and replace them with fresh blood.Because of the success of the reform, Lu Shanjian became a commoner in the imperial court, and Yang You made him a political adviser. He was a fifth-rank official, but he had the right to participate in the political discussions.

If Lu Shanjian does a good job, he can continue to be promoted. If he has little political achievements, it is easy to arrange for scattered officials who are able to participate in political affairs.

Yang Yuchun also came with news that he had arrived in Lulong and was about to return to the court soon.

The only thing that gave Yang You a headache was that at the same time, both Liu Po ​​and Shang Luo fell ill.

Liu Po's legs and feet were so bad that he couldn't walk around.Shangluo's condition is more serious.

It was Yang You who first discovered something was wrong.

It usually takes a long time to discuss in the court. Recently, Shang Luo has gradually and frequently signaled to him that he wants to pay respects, and he has lost weight quickly. The originally rich old man has become lean.

At that time, Yang You reminded him to see a doctor, but he didn't have many veterans, and even fewer capable ones, and Shangluo wanted to recuperate, so he had to spend a lot of time on government affairs.

Now that he suddenly fell ill, Yang You was filled with guilt.Every day in the court, I have to go to the residence of the two old ministers in person with the imperial doctor and medicine.

The country cannot be without a minister for a day, Liu Po ​​and Shang Luo each recommended candidates to Yang You.

One is Cui He from the Cui family. According to his seniority, he should be Cui Yan's grandfather. Since Yang Ting's reign, he has been the right servant of Shang Shuxing. Because Cui Yan was involved in the rebellion of the second prince, he asked to resign, and he has been living at home since then. .But his second grandson, Cui Jue, voted for Yang You, which is why the Cui family was not eliminated in one go.

Shang Luo mentioned Zhuo Yushi, Zhuo Xinhong's father.

Zhuo Yushi's real life was Zhuo Qing, and he could tell what kind of personality he was from just hearing his name. He was also one of the few straight ministers, the only one who dared to speak a few truths in front of Yang Ting.After Yang You ascended the throne, he was scolded face to face several times.

Zhuo Yushi didn't have much to choose in general, and he was okay in handling things, but there was one thing, he was too rigid and serious.

Shangluo may also have his own considerations. The Zhuo family behind Zhuo Yushi is a first-class family in this dynasty. and matching people.

Moreover, he is upright and can't see the taint of officialdom. This kind of person can just be used at the beginning of Yang You's ascension to the throne to clarify the general atmosphere. In addition, Zhuo Xinhong is Yang You's confidant.

Although Shang Luo was unwilling to give up his position as prime minister, he still made careful plans for Yang You.