When we arrived at Ji Mansion, Chou Zheng had just passed by.

The air was stagnant, the heat was unbearable, and you couldn't see your fingers. The entire stone castle seemed to be wrapped in a drop of thick, sticky ink, and you couldn't see the outside or the inside.

Mo Dao, Miao Dao and Heng Dao followed the "dull knives" and filed into the North Courtyard warehouse, half-kneeling and nodding.

The dim candle lighted up, illuminating Xi Bo's old but not kind face.

Minghong reported the results of the battle without any surprises, and as usual asked people to carry a bunch of property looted from the Tunnel Mansion.

Xibo picked out a few of the rare treasures, had them wrapped, and sent them to the palace at dawn. Then he untied the rag bag around his waist and grabbed a handful of them as usual.

The remaining belongings were returned to the warehouse, and the blunt knives were dismissed separately, without saying a word to each other.

Seeing that neither Ji Jiu nor Ming Hong told Xi Bo about their poor performance in Tunfu, Zhuo Zhan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and was secretly glad in his heart.

After leaving the north courtyard, Zhuo Zhan, Duan Fei and Zhuangzi hurried back to the guest room in the east courtyard.

Chi Yue and Duan Yue were guarding the stone table in the courtyard. When they saw them coming back, they got up immediately, with worries on their faces, but they didn't dare to ask a question.

Two considerate girls brought out preheated hot water and handed over towels.

The three of them took off their bloody black clothes and splashed wildly with water, trying to wash away the sin on their faces.

After changing his clothes and washing his face, Zhuo Zhan smoothed his hair and walked out of the hospital again.

"Brother Zhuo Zhan, where are you going?" Chi Kuan caught up and asked anxiously.

Zhuo Zhan stopped and said coldly: "Go to Ji Ying and ask for the map stone."

"Ah! The Kaitu Stone is on that woman!" Chi Yan shouted in surprise, "Brother Zhuo Zhan, how did you know?"

Zhuo Zhan didn't answer, and just said lightly: "I'll come back as soon as I go." Then he pushed open the door and walked away quickly.

Hearing Zhuo Zhan's footsteps walking away, Duan Fei took a deep breath and plunged his whole head into the basin. It smelled so fishy...

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Before he reached the back door of the stone castle, Zhuo Zhan saw Ji Ying standing at the door.

I saw that he was holding a basket in his hand. He was wearing a loose white silk robe that fluttered in the wind. His long black hair was not combed, and it was poured on the white robe. His whole body was full of fairy beauty, but not a trace of jade was visible.

Feminine.

Zhuo Zhan stopped and his voice was a little hoarse: "Why, did you know I was coming?"

Ji Ying walked up to him slowly and said smoothly: "I don't know, I just calculated that at this time, you guys should be back, so I planned to have a few drinks with you. No, I saw you coming over as soon as I left the house.

Already."

As Ji Ying spoke, he lifted the basket in his hand, and a fragrant smell of wine and meat wafted out.

"Don't go, Duan Fei is not in a good mood." Zhuo Zhan whispered.

The smile on Ji Ying's face suddenly froze, he sighed and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, it's all me... Then... let's talk alone?"

"Where to go?"

"Back mountain, there is a good place in the back mountain." Ji Ying's eyes suddenly brightened, reflecting the starry sky.

The two of them jumped out from the back wall of Ji Mansion, one behind the other, and arrived at the "good place" that Ji Ying said.

In fact, it is just a huge boulder sticking out of the mountain, not much of a view.

But sitting cross-legged, listening to the breeze blowing through your ears, and watching the bright moon hanging in the sky, it has a different charm.

The most important thing is that my mind calms down.

"How about this place? Isn't this place nice? This is my secret treasure. Apart from you, I have never brought anyone here." Ji Ke opened the lid of the bamboo basket as he spoke, took out a pot of wine, and two

A silver cup, a plate of sauced meat, a plate of flower cakes, and a plate of dried fish.

"Ji Ke hasn't been here either?" Zhuo Zhan asked, taking the glass of wine poured by Ji Ying, staring at the clear liquid inside, hesitating for a moment, and then raised his head and drank it all. The hot liquid slid down his throat,

A little exciting, but very enjoyable.

Ji Ke sighed, shook his head, poured himself a glass, drank it slowly, looked at the moon, and said leisurely: "No. It's one thing that I love him. Whether he wants to be close to me is another."

It's the same thing. In terms of friendship, Ke'er seems to spend more time with her eldest brother and sister-in-law, and is closer to them."

"Then why are you still there?" Zhuo Zhan turned his head and asked doubtfully.

Ji Ying's expression suddenly dimmed, and even the bright moonlight could not cast half an inch of light: "It's just wishful thinking on my part, because I really don't want to watch him become like me...because he is me.

I brought it back with my own hands..."

Zhuo Zhan suddenly opened his eyes wide and held his breath in shock: "What did you say? Ji Ke...isn't Master Ji's biological flesh and blood?"

Ji Ying smiled coldly, shook his head, and said disappointedly: "It's not just Ke'er who doubts me, but also my elder brother... ah... it's just... I have no evidence."

"Brother Ji Ying, what on earth is going on?" Zhuo Zhan turned his whole body and looked at Ji Ying.

With another long sigh, Ji Ying lowered his head and was speechless for a long time.

Then he suddenly raised his head, looked at Zhuo Zhan, and muttered: "I was seven years old back then, and I was still at the age where I would follow my eldest brother around and have fun. That year, my eldest brother was fourteen and was taken away by his father for the first time, saying that he was going out.

Mission. I couldn't bear to leave my eldest brother, so I secretly hid under my father's carriage and went together. I don't know how long we walked. Anyway, I fell into a deep sleep. When I woke up, I found that the carriage had stopped long ago, so I got off the carriage.

, very scared, crying and shouting for daddy and big brother.

When the elder brother heard the sound, he ran over crazily and wiped my tears with his hands. But I saw that his body was covered with blood, as well as his hands, which covered my face. Suddenly I wanted to cry even more and said no

I felt sad when I came out. My eldest brother held my hand and said to go find daddy.

It was a big house with a very big yard. As soon as I stepped in, I saw Ming Hong, dressed in black, holding up a crying baby and handing it to his father.

My father turned around and saw me. He was not angry and waved me over. I wiped away my tears and walked over. My father gave me the baby. Strangely enough, he stopped crying as soon as I held him in my arms.

He stretched out his fleshy little hands, scratched my face, and screamed 'Ahhhhh' non-stop."

"This baby...is Ji Ke?" Zhuo Zhan was shocked. He really didn't expect that Ji Wuji would pick up a child from the family he exterminated and raise it as a son.

Ji Ying nodded, immersed in an unspeakable pain and joy, unable to extricate himself: "Father told me that from now on, he will be your brother. Do you know, I swore at that time that I would protect him

This brother, don’t let him get hurt in any way.”

"Then you and Brother Jijiu..."

"Because this impression from my childhood was planted in my heart and became a problem. When I grew up, whenever I had the opportunity, I would make insinuations to various people to find out what happened back then. Finally, the fragmented words allowed me to piece together the picture of that year.

.

Seven years back from the year I picked up Ke'er, during a mission of Blunt Knife, the Yun Family Medicine Village in Gu'erling, Xianshan was massacred, leaving only a baby boy... Just like, just like that year

Just like Ke'er..." Ji Ying's eyes were red as he spoke, and he choked several times.

"This boy...is you?" Zhuo Zhan swallowed his saliva and asked carefully.

Ji Ying raised his head, with a painful expression on his face: "I'm not sure... I'll ask my eldest brother, but he doesn't know either. I can't confront my father openly. It's just... it's just that the time coincided so well that I had to

Doubtful. In seven years, Ke'er and I are seven years apart, and my eldest brother and I are also seven years apart. If the three of us are not born from our father, then these seven years are like a cycle, more like some kind of ritual.

I really don’t dare to think about what the transformation behavior is... But if, if only Ke’er is brought back, wouldn’t it be like this for me..."

As Ji Ying spoke, he buried his head deeply and remained silent.

Zhuo Zhan's heart was also in a state of turmoil, and the bad mood he had brought back from his home in Xiancheng Tunnel was completely covered. He never thought that there would be someone like Ji Ying who lived such a complicated and painful life. If this

If this kind of thing happened to him, he would have collapsed a long time ago, maybe he would become a violent murderer, maybe crazy or stupid. It turns out that this is the reason why Ji Ying indulges in drinking and sex all day long. It turns out that he actually lives like this

Hard.

Zhuo Zhan said nothing, picked up the wine pot, took the wine glass from Ji Ying's hand, poured him a full glass of wine, and carefully put it back into his hand.

Ji Ying raised his head, stared at the delicate wine glass in his hand, turned it around, and said with a wry smile: "Do you want to drink to relieve your sorrow?"

"Wine can relieve sorrow, but it can also make people more sorrowful. Brother Ji Ying, Zhuo Zhan doesn't know how to comfort you. Maybe, if you take wine as a companion, you will feel more at ease." Zhuo Zhan said sincerely.

Ji Ying smiled, drank it down again, looked up to the sky, sighed, and said sadly: "Zhuo Zhan, do you think that I, Ji Ying, should be a libertine? Don't you, especially disdain me, a libertine who is annoying to everyone?"

Make good friends?"

Zhuo Zhan frowned slightly and said seriously: "No."

A drop of crystal tears slid down her cheek. Under the moonlight, Ji Ying's thin face was deathly pale: "Although the weeds growing in the cracks of the rocks are painful, they can still grow happily with the sun and rain. Although.

My childhood was full of shadows, but it was not so bad that I needed to be accompanied by alcohol all day long. Ultimately, the way I am now is all because of that person at that time."
Chapter completed!