Prison Dragon

Chapter 170

That's right, it's still summer, how can there be lone geese?

A lonely person wandering in the world, no one to rely on, what a pity.

Yang You smiled and looked at the little eunuch, but saw that he had red lips, white teeth, watery pupils, and a gentle temperament. He was a good-looking young man. He was half a head shorter than Yang You, and his body was also very strong. It's not the same, it looks like someone who has read books and practiced some martial arts.

Out of curiosity, Yang You asked, "Are you new here? What's your name?"

"Return to Your Majesty, this servant's name is Cheng En."

"You look like a child of innocent background, why do you want to enter the palace?" Yang You said and walked forward, the palace people followed behind a little distance away, only Cheng En bowed his head half a step behind him to answer.

Being an eunuch is not an honorable thing, at least for scholars and most people, it is really embarrassing. Except for those who are really desperate, no one would want to be an eunuch.

Of course, those who want to use eunuchs to get close to the emperor and soar to the top are not counted.

"The family is in decline, and if you want to make a living, it is because of the emperor's grace that servants can enter the palace to serve." Cheng En said softly.

"Your accent is from Shandong." Yang You stopped by the wall, looked at the capital in the twilight, and couldn't help sighing, "Could it be that the locust plague in Shandong made the people so impoverished, at all costs..."

Yang You glanced at Cheng En's body, but didn't finish his sentence.

Cheng En shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the servant did not enter the palace voluntarily, nor was he sent in by his family."

Yang You couldn't think of any other way to enter the palace to be a eunuch besides Zi Dian and his family's repatriation. He asked, "Then how did you enter the palace?"

Cheng En suddenly raised his head and smiled at him, but didn't speak.

Yang You only thought that he had suffered a lot in the past and didn't want to mention it any more, and he didn't ask any more, and turned his head to look at the lights of Wanjia.

There was a bit of coolness in the wind, and the bells of the Thanksgiving Temple were heard, washing away in the deserted world.

The sound of Cheng En's footsteps was inaudible, Yang You was already standing on the edge of the city wall, as long as he exerted a little force...

A happy smile appeared on Cheng En's face, he stretched out his hand without hesitation, and pushed Yang You forward with all his strength.

Before Yang You could react and struggle, he was pushed out by a force and fell straight to the ground.

He only heard Ruifang's screams and Cheng En's wild laughter at the last moment.

One was calling him His Majesty, and the other was calling him Faint King.

He belatedly realized that there was a third way to go to the palace to become a eunuch.

——Some descendants of sinners will be sent to the palace as eunuchs.

Sinner, Shandong...

The words are linked together again.

But Yang You understood it too late.

In a short while, the blue floor tiles were getting closer and closer to him, and before he even had time to yell out, he felt that the moss in the cracks between the floor tiles became more and more visible, and he could almost see small moss flowers.

A layer of white mist suddenly covered the eyes, and a black figure appeared between the white mist.

Ao Chen!

How did he appear?

The blood in Yang You's whole body rushed to the top of his head in an instant, his head was dizzy, and his eyes were black and white, as if there was a gentle wind passing by, a pair of strong hands caught him, and the white mist fell slowly while holding him. It became thicker and thicker, and the five fingers were not visible, and even the man's eyebrows and eyes were blurred.

But the cold body temperature and cold hands remained unchanged, Yang You hugged his neck subconsciously, rubbing the tip of his nose against his cold and delicate neck.

The sky and the earth are spinning, and the whole world is wrapped in white mist into a chaotic mass. Yang You's heart, Yang You's spirit, and Yang You's reason for thinking all become more and more chaotic. The sight from the thick fog, the eyes staring at him.

There has never been anyone, it has always been Ao Chen.

He said that Yang You is his believer, and he will bless Yang You.

Just like before, Ao Chen would appear beside him every time.

When Yang You didn't see him, he had dreams again and again, but there was never such a quiet reunion. Ao Chen didn't have any extra words, just put Yang You on the ground.

"Ao Chen!" Yang You grabbed his clothes, leaving only moist mist on his fingertips. The wind blew away a little smoke. He saw a lot of emotions in Ao Chen's eyes, but he couldn't see them. Understand.

Just like when they first met when they were ten years old, he couldn't understand.

He had never tried so hard to understand a person, but never really understood.

Ao Chen blinked slowly, and disappeared instantly in the mist surrounded by expressionless face.

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the white mist was dispersed. Ruifang rushed towards him tearfully, knelt on the ground and hugged his thigh, crying bitterly.

Cheng En was detained by the guards, looked at Yang You coldly, and laughed wildly.

Mu Mu's last smear of blood shone on Yang You's face.

……

"Your Majesty, people have already been brought up." Yang Xiu saluted and said, "It's all recruited."

Less than an hour had passed, and even the imperial doctor was still feeling Yang You's pulse, but Yang Xiu's movements were quick.

Yang You drank the medicine and swallowed the bitter taste in his mouth, "Bring it here."

Cheng En was covered in blood, his mouth was stuffed with a white cloth and he couldn't speak, it looked like he was beaten by Yang Xiu, and two guards pressed him to kneel on the stone steps in front of the hall.

Yang Xiu said: "Cheng'en also came from a noble family in Shandong, but his family was punished by Mr. Zhuo and General Yang jointly because they gathered soldiers to seek rebellion. It is true that some people from the side branch were filled into the palace. It is better to keep these people alive. It's His Majesty's grace, I didn't expect them to repay their kindness with revenge."

"Why did you gag him?" Yang You watched Ruifang crying, her eyes were swollen, and patted the back of her hand to comfort her.

"He has been scolding His Majesty."

Yang You suddenly became interested, "What are you scolding?"

"Calling Your Majesty to be a foolish and tyrannical king..." Yang Xiu only picked out a few words that were not too much.

Yang You put on his clothes and walked to the gate of the palace, looked down at Cheng En, "I know you want to kill me."

He signaled to take the things out of Cheng En's mouth, and Cheng En immediately spoke a lot of fluent rhetoric to scold Yang You, which shows that his family education is also very deep.

Yang You ignored him, and said to himself: "But I can't die. You killed me for your family, and I also wiped out your family for the sake of the world. You only see the tragic situation of your family, but you don't know those who were killed by you. The family of the farmer who encroached on the fields has lost his wife and children and has no food to eat. I feel ashamed for killing your family, but I never regret it."

"Emperor Dog, you have killed so many people, your hands are dripping with blood, how can you have the face to live in this world?" Cheng En shouted more and more arrogantly.

Yang You squatted on the bed to look at him, and said slowly and solemnly: "Because I still have things to do at the expense of my life."

He closed his eyes, stood up, turned his back to Cheng En, and said to Yang Xiu: "Let's deal with it according to the law of the country. After the other sinners who enter the palace, they will be sent out of the palace with a sum of money, so there is no need to be involved."

Yang Xiu bowed his head and said yes, and led the people down.

Yang You rested on the couch for a while, went to the ancestral temple to burn incense, and sat on the futon to meditate.

He had someone call Lu Shanjian.

The sandalwood was burning quietly in the furnace, Lu Shanjian first asked Yang You about the assassin.

"I heard that His Majesty fell from the city wall today and escaped death without any injuries. God has blessed me." Lu Shanjian said with a sigh.

Yang You clasped his hands together and bowed to his ancestors, "It's not God's blessing, it's God's blessing, the Dragon God saved me."

He took out the white jade dragon pendant on his body and placed it in front of Gaozu's tablet, and asked Lu Shanjian to take out the black jade dragon pendant in his hand and put it under the white jade dragon pendant.

"Let me tell you a story." Yang You said, "About your ancestor."

Lu Shanjian knelt on the futon behind him, quietly listening to Yang You talk about the obsession he saw in the white jade dragon pendant and the illusion he experienced in the prisoner dragon formation.

"Your teacher has been going to the court all the time, but no one remembers the original intention of participating in the court." Yang You said lightly.

Lu Shanjian's eyelids twitched, and he already guessed what Yang You meant, "Could it be because the Dragon God saved you today, Your Majesty is tempted to untie the formation for the Dragon God?"

Yang You shook his head and smiled very calmly, "No, I've thought about this for a long time, but I just figured it out today."

"Whether it's a person or a god, there are always some things that I regard as the most fundamental. For that, I can give up everything else. In fact, there are all kinds of things, and they are just a few things, such as power, wealth, emotion, life, dignity, Faith. They came to assassinate me because they were willing to give up their lives to fulfill the hatred of the family. God has no feelings, no need to worry about power, wealth, and longevity, and no faith. The rest is only dignity."

Ao Chen is such an arrogant person. Eight hundred years ago, Yang Shuo and Yang Yan had no good looks towards the two brothers. Even if he asked him to be the emperor, he would always have a cold attitude.

And such a god gave up his dignity for freedom.

He was supposed to be a dragon soaring in the sky, but he had to be trapped under the dry surface of Lidu, guarding a lake of stagnant water, watching himself being sucked out of blood and eroding his bones, and then died in a silent and nameless way.

Yang You may not understand his state of mind over the years, but he understands his persistence.

Because Yang You also has his own attachments, although his attachments may end with Ao Chen's departure.

Lu Shanjian's face changed drastically, "Your Majesty, please think twice, releasing the Dragon God is a matter of concern to the world..."

"Go and explain to the officials, will they believe it?" Yang You asked with a smile, "Only we know the existence of Ao Chen, an unfounded god and a formation that has never been seen before, who will believe it?"

"I'm not here to ask for your opinion, nor for your help. I have mastered all the keys to unlocking the formation." Yang You looked at Lu Shanjian and said firmly, "I'm just here to tell you my decision. Because You are Yang Hu's successor, that's all."

"Your Majesty, don't think about it. Once the Dragon God is gone, the world will be in turmoil and wars will happen everywhere. How will His Majesty deal with it? Since His Majesty is willing to implement the new law, he must have the ambition to clarify the world. Once the Dragon God is gone, how can His Majesty talk about the country's achievements? "

Yang You bowed to the ancestral tablet, looked up at Yang Shuo's tablet and said slowly: "Without Ao Chen, the Qi Kingdom would not have come to where it is today, and it would have perished long ago. Now the court's accumulated abuses can even be traced back hundreds of years. Before, An Zhi wasn’t Heaven’s punishment for the Qi State? The new law can save the country, it’s the luck of the Qi State, if it can’t be saved, it’s because Yang You and I are incompetent. It’s a human matter, so why forcibly reverse the fate of Heaven?”

"But Your Majesty..."

Yang You seldom speaks these truths to others, but now he talks endlessly, "I heard that when the famine is severe, the people will eat people to survive. My ancestors made a fortune by eating people. After 800 years, Yang has been sucking Ao Chen's flesh and blood, since I have opened my eyes and seen the truth, how can I close my eyes and go back to eating people?"

"Yang Hu could spend his whole life among the people, but he insisted on going back to Beijing to modify the formation for Ao Chen, even at the risk of death. Do you know why?"

In addition to his feelings for Ao Chen, there is another very important reason——

"He's atoning."