Years of ignorance of wine and dipped lips

Chapter 85

Qin Sanchu still took this step. She spread her palms and silently recited the incantation taught by the national teacher, which can reveal the yin and yang energy in the body.

The blue blood vessels on the wrist began to bulge little by little, twisting, as if something was about to burst out.

It is thick black Yin Qi, which spreads up along Qin Sanchu's clearly veined palm lines, and the color also begins to fade gradually, and just when it is about to turn into pure white Yang Qi, she quickly blows it with a fan. cut off.

The flowing breath was frozen and stayed in the yin stage, which also represented that the life span was cut off in the middle.

Xiao Chao discovered that Qin Sanchu had changed.

She used to be the one who got up the earliest and went to bed the latest in the troupe, rehearsed the hardest, and couldn't tolerate even a little flaw in the performance.

But now, the number of times they meet is much less, but every night, in the imperial garden, there will be girls gathered there.

Xiaochao quietly opened a gap in the window, and she saw Qin Sanchu was talking to other Yanshi who were also young at the same age. The distance was too far, and only a few words could be deciphered from the lips, "Yuchu", " Sex", "fan", "reversal" and the like.

Although he didn't understand what it meant, Xiaochao inexplicably felt that Qin Sanchu, standing in the center of the crowd as the leader, had a light called longing in his eyes, which was extremely dazzling.

She was born to be in front of the stage, not behind the scenes.

She is completely different from her cowardly self, even if the difference is only one letter.

Qin Sanchao thought so.

She lowered the window and fell asleep a little lonely.

Soon, Qin Sanchu withdrew from the theater troupe, and the emperor ordered her to be a noble concubine.

She really realized her wish, and was favored by the highest-ranking person in the whole city. Countless eyes focused on her, and she was proud of herself.

Qin Sanchao succeeded Qin Sanchu and became the troupe leader.

She was apprehensive about this sudden promotion, because she was used to following behind Qin Sanchu. Behind the screen, her palms were sweating profusely, and she almost lost the rope pulling the puppet.

With such a serious mistake, the emperor on the appreciation stage did not move at all. The eunuch stepped forward to check, and then said lightly, "Retire, Your Majesty is tired, don't disturb his sleep."

In the days that followed, the number of performances became less and less, and the emperor seemed to have a big change in temperament. He lost interest in the puppet shows he once loved, and instead became keen on expanding the harem.

However, those who were given titles were all Yanshi, and there were different opinions in the court, guessing that the emperor had been bewitched by something, and favored these lowly actors.

Of course, soon, the person who said such disrespectful words was demoted from the palace by the emperor.

Qin Sanchao looked at the graceful and graceful concubines in their gorgeous clothes, and realized that things were not simple, but she was used to not listening or talking, so she just silently packed up the dusty costumes and screens, as if remembering a past.

The virgin puppets surrounded him. They had no memories of their time as human beings. They were carefree and playful, and they didn't understand his loss.

She can only remember silently like this, because the Yanshi around her have followed in Qin Sanchu's footsteps.

She is now the last Yanshi in the palace who is still transforming into a male normally.

The eunuch still had the shrewd and snobbish appearance, circling around the concubines to show courteousness, but turning a blind eye when passing by him.

No one can guide her in the way forward, Qin Sanchao began to feel confused, anyway, no one cares about her now, wandering aimlessly, and found that she had left the palace and came to the beach, under the endless mangrove forest, hiding It is the ancient hometown of Yanshi.

The memories of the ancestors of the past emerged in her mind, and her chaotic mood calmed down a little.

It has been many years since I left my hometown. I wonder if it is still the same as in my memory?

Lighting up a rhinoceros horn, she was about to go down to have a look, but suddenly found dozens of light spots in the distance.

The concubines walked towards the beach in an orderly manner, behind them was a heavy chariot, which left deep wheel marks on the sand.

Qin Sanchao didn't understand why they had to do this rough work in person given their current honorable status, so he asked in sign language, "Excuse me, what's in the chariot?"

The concubines replied tacitly: "It's the sisters who are homesick. They want to go back to their hometown and have a look."

Qin Sanchao's mind was pure, and he thought that he was not the only one who was homesick, so he didn't ask any more questions.

But at this moment, a gust of sea wind blew past, blowing the curtain of the chariot, and a human-shaped thing slid down from the chariot.

She thought it was a puppet at first, but upon closer inspection, it was clearly a familiar face. She still wore the clothes worn by concubines, but the exposed limbs had turned into wood.

Turning back into a puppet means death, every Yanshi knows it very well.

Looking at these wooden corpses, Qin Sanchu felt horrified. The concubines died not long ago, and the smiles on their faces were not stiff yet, as if they could open their eyes in the next second.

"What... what's going on here? Who killed them?"

"No one killed them, they did it voluntarily." Qin Sanchu walked out from the crowd, she didn't intend to hide anything, and told Qin Sanchao the whole story.

Unexpectedly, this taciturn girl in the past did not nod her head in understanding as she expected this time, but retorted excitedly: "I don't understand, why does the national teacher want to help you realize your wish? Isn't he really using you?" ?”

"The national teacher has already ascended to immortality, what value can people like us have for him?"

"You're right...but...but I still don't think it's right, Chuchu, aren't you the best puppet show performer? We can continue to perform in safety, why should we sacrifice our lives for this kind of exchange? Is it worth it?"

Qin Sanchu took a deep look at her, "If I had no choice from the beginning to the end, then I could indeed live this kind of life until I grow old, but now I have a choice, how can I give up?"

Qin Sanchao is not good at expressing, and now she is even more anxious, and her fingers are almost knotted, but her position is surprisingly firm. "Even if you want to choose, but the emperor didn't know about this matter, he contracted a deadly plague. It's not fair. You are repaying your kindness with revenge. Chuchu, let's tell the emperor the truth. It's all the plan of the national teacher, you You are innocent, and I will definitely find a way to relieve the plague on you."

"Xiao Chao, you are so naive, how can there be so much fairness in this world?" Qin Sanchu pressed her shoulders and turned around, looking at the entire bustling city of Chungdu, "Look at these people, they don't have to pay anything, just Do you think it’s fair that we can be born on the fertile land of thousands of hectares of farmland, but we have to live hard on the bottom of the sea where the light never shines, finally come to the shore, and be regarded as different by these so-called normal people?”

The girl was surprisingly stubborn, "At least...you can't do such harmful things."

The gap between the two's ideas was already insurmountable, she broke away from Qin Sanchu, and wanted to run back to the palace, or to the bottom of the sea, anywhere, as long as it wasn't here.

Because Qin Sanchu's extremely provocative words made her feel strange and terrified.

But when he turned around, he realized that he had been surrounded by crowds, and the other Yanshi had already stood on the same front as Qin Sanchu, looking at her coldly, as if silently asking:

Are you really going to destroy the future we have sacrificed for a while?

At this moment, Qin Sanchao became confused again. She used to think that black and white, right and wrong, have a fixed number. On this basis, if things don't go as expected, it means that she has to continue to work hard.

But now, she was doing the right thing, why did everyone say she was wrong?

A bloody smell came out of her parched throat, and she had the urge to scream hysterically.

However, she was destined to never be able to speak any words from her mouth, and could only let out a few dull roars.

No, nothing is right.

In the end, it was Qin Sanchu who hugged him who was on the verge of collapse, and whispered in her ear: "Xiao Chao, join us, I will protect you as before."

She was silent, as if time had been frozen for a century, she still shook her head.

"I just don't want to see anyone die, especially you, Chuchu."

She wants to say, because you are my most important person.

But the chill and disappointment in Qin Sanchu's eyes made her flinch and put down her gesticulating hands.

"So, you want to reveal the truth anyway?"

"I want to save everyone... Get rid of the plague and let everyone live, okay?" She was helpless and sad, as if she couldn't do anything but cry.

It would be nice if it could become stronger.

Qin Sanchu laughed suddenly, she straightened Qin Sanchu's wind-blown hair, wiped away her tears, and said: "Of course, it's good to survive, let's go, Xiao Chao, I'll take you to a place."

Qin Sanchao followed her ignorantly.

They returned to Yongshou Palace, the emperor who had just sucked Yanshi's life was sleeping soundly inside, without noticing it, but Qin Sanchu didn't go to the inner hall, but took her to a big mirror in the dressing room, and asked her What did you see.

When she saw herself in the mirror, she was taller than when she looked in the mirror last time, and the ankle skeleton was slightly thicker under the hem of the clothes. Even the light blue stubble and the raised Adam's apple on her face could no longer be ignored. .

He replied honestly: "I am now half man and half woman, and I am ugly."

"That's right, it's impossible for you to be favored by the emperor now." Qin Sanchao slowly approached the emperor's bed and took out the jade pestle that was pressed by the pillow, "So, on the emperor's birthday next month, you will be in public My own blood dripped into the jade pestle. If the civil and military officials saw that the emperor was emotionally attracted to you, they would naturally know that it was poisoned by the plague. I have already accumulated some cronies in the court. I will testify that this evil thing came from the national teacher and ask him to hand over the detoxification method."

"What if he doesn't?"

"Then resign to fate, anyway, I can save you and me."

Qin Sanchao finally understood, Qin Sanchu chose the most pertinent solution for her, and gave her a chance to try without going against his own wishes.

Soon came the day of the birthday, amnesty for the world, all officials were entertained, and there was a festive atmosphere inside and outside the palace.

Only Qin Sanchao was worried and uneasy.

But everything went smoothly, beyond her expectation, while the emperor was changing clothes, she slipped into the inner hall pretending to be a guard, bravely knelt down in front of the emperor, and presented the wooden box containing the jade pestle.

But there was no movement above her head, her heart was beating extremely fast, and she raised her eyes to look up.

The emperor in bright yellow emperor uniform disappeared out of thin air, only the national teacher in black robe was looking at her jokingly.

His thin lips parted slightly, and what he said was, "Poor."

Qin Sanchao took two steps back, trying to grab the door and go out, but the wooden box in his hand rose up without any wind, the lid was lifted, there was no jade pestle inside, only a sharp short knife for carving puppets.

Why is this happening?

She turned her insane mind a few times, and suddenly realized that this was Qin Sanchu's trap, she had deceived herself!

But it was too late to wake up now, officers and soldiers rushed into the Yongshou Palace and arrested her on the charge of sneaking in and attempting to assassinate the emperor.

Qin Sanchu didn't show up the whole time.

The crime of regicide, it stands to reason, shoots and kills, but she stayed in prison for several days, and no one took her to beheaded, as long as the endless punishment, whipping, fire, scorching and flooding, tortured her so much that she could not survive or die .

A few days later, the national teacher came to see her.

Qin Sanchao was speechless, betrayed by the person she trusted the most, it would not be an exaggeration to say that her heart was cut like a knife, she wanted to leave this nightmare palace, and the national teacher and Qin Sanchu personally created her nightmare.

So she turned around with difficulty, leaving No. 3 with a sad back.

No. 3 was not surprised, he squatted down on his own, and after Qin Sanchao lightly stroked the center of his eyebrows, a small ball of light slipped from his forehead and landed on his cheek after the excruciating pain passed.

"I will divide your fate into two. Now go and carve a virgin puppet, just like the way your people use to pass on life. Put half of your fate in it, and I will come to pick it up after seven days."

He looked at the person in front of him with compassion, but the words he said made people shudder.

"Since I can predict the future, I might as well tell you that this puppet who has inherited half of your life will stay in this palace instead of you. When your life span reaches zero, it will naturally return to him. You can't escape. destined."

He smiled, and said, "But it's better than the death penalty. I prefer the branch where you survived, because it's more challenging and fun."

After speaking, without waiting for Qin Sanchao's response, he left.

Qin Sanchao sat up with bruises all over his body. Although he didn't quite understand what No. 3 said, he also knew that she had no choice but to follow what No. 3 said. Even if there was only a chance of survival, he wanted to live.

Qin Sanchao was very proficient at carving puppets, and the puppet was completed in less than three days. She thought about it and named the puppet Qin Simu.

Up and down, metaphor capricious.

Just like her ill-fated fate.

The newborn Qin Simu didn't understand anything, but he had a natural feeling of closeness to him, perhaps because of the fledgling complex.

It gave some comfort to her devastated heart, but the pain in her body still couldn't be ignored. She didn't make it to the seventh day, and passed out from exhaustion on the sixth night.

There are still crisp and tender "Sister Xiaochao" ringing in my ears.

Qin Simu yelled for a while and was tired, so he fell asleep.

Fortunately, Qin Sanchao was so fateful that he did not fall asleep. On the morning of the seventh day, she opened her eyes and found that Qin Simu had disappeared and the lock on the cell door had been unlocked.Before she had time to think about it, she stumbled and rushed out. She didn't meet a guard along the way, and the virgin puppets had been waiting for her at the exit for a long time.

Qin Sanchu stood behind the puppet, looking at her from a distance, the pearls on his hair were chattering, which seemed a bit lonely.

She knew that it was Qin Sanchu who dispersed the guards.

The two looked at each other speechlessly, and in the end it was Qin Sanchu who spoke first.

"Leave Chundu, live well, and live a long life." There seemed to be tears in her eyes, "Take care, Xiao Chao, and, I'm sorry, I don't want to regret the path I chose."

Qin Sanchao shook his head lightly, then took off the longevity lock on his neck and handed it to her.

She thought she had a lot of complaints to say, but when it was time to part, all the words became pale, and in the end she just clumsily gestured a sign language.

"We're all going to live a long life."

Although this is a blessing that cannot be realized for both of them.

The wind suddenly picked up.

On the city wall, little Qin Simu was holding the hand of the national teacher, almost crying.

"Sister Xiaochao is gone, why doesn't she want me?"

"She will come back." No. 3 smiled and touched her head, her eyes wandering into the distance. "Everything we lose will come back to us one day."

Qin Sanchao in his field of vision has become a small dot.

She ran wildly away from the sea, exhausting all her strength, as if if she stopped, the invisible hand of fate behind her would catch him back, facing all the loneliness and betrayal.

She ran to a capital city that was completely different from Chungdu. The people on the street were all fairy-like, holding all kinds of martial arts in their hands.

The instinct of being afraid of others made her keep dodging, and bumped into people without paying attention.

It was a fairy with beautiful features, even somewhat indistinguishable between male and female, and she was prettier than any concubine or sister she had ever seen.

The fairy head looked at him seriously, muttered "No, this is not a mission-related NPC", and left.

She was so angry that she grabbed the hand of the immortal chief in a mysterious way, like a drowning person grasping the only life, she tried her best to gesture with her fingers, but she didn't say a formed sentence.

"Oh, it turned out to be a deaf-mute person, how pitiful, come back to the sect with me." The man decided to do it extremely hastily, and said carelessly: "My surname is Xue, just call me Elder Xue."

She blushed, and finally typed the first sign language. "Three Dynasties of Qin belonged to the Yanshi family by the sea."

"It's not a nice name, it doesn't deserve such a pretty face like yours."

Qin Sanchao was stunned for a moment, thinking that Xue Xianchang's aesthetics is really unique, and he can look at him who is half-male and half-female and boast that he is good-looking.

The other party didn't know the slander in her heart, so he took an even uglier waterfowl puppet from the roadside vendor.

"The name of the water bird is Yuyu. Since you come from the sea, you can call it Yuyu."