Rebirth of the Phoenix

under the sun

Standing in front of the palace gate, facing the guards, they had experienced many crises, and their legs were shaking faintly, but no one could see it!

It was just a threshold, placed in front of them like the line between life and death. If they could get out, they would live. If they couldn't get out, they would die. They were really panicked!

However, they came out without any questioning or obstruction. Now, standing quite far away from the palace, looking at the familiar people on the street and feeling the air outside the palace, they feel that the world is so unreal!

They had just committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, which was enough to punish the nine tribes!

Throughout their lives, they have wandered around the world, licking blood with their swords, and there is nothing they dare not do. However, they never thought that one day they would "bravely break into the palace" and even dare to deceive the prince and queen!

If the prince or queen found out that they had done this kind of thing... the two of them raised their heads, looked at each other, wiped their sweat tacitly, and ran towards a less crowded and secluded direction, regardless of their fatigue and guilty conscience.

They must stay far away from the palace. If they have no choice in this life, they will never come close to the palace again!

There was not much time before them.

Beyond a wall.

Ye Jiu and Luo Hongzhuang walked out of the palace gate, completely shaking off the guards' eyes before speeding up and walking towards the street at a very fast speed.

Outside the side door is an alley that can accommodate two small sedans walking side by side. One side of the alley is a high palace wall, and the other side is a high fence.

On the other side of the wall lived the eunuchs, palace maids, guards and their families who were on duty in the palace. Every time it was time for their shifts, those palace people walked out of their homes one after another, walked over from both ends of the wall, and went into the palace to work. This alley

Not particularly calm.

It's not duty time now, and there are almost no people in the alley, but occasionally someone from the palace will come towards me.

Seeing Ye Jiu, these palace people were so surprised that they opened their mouths wide and stared at him blankly, forgetting to salute.

It wasn't until Ye Jiu walked in front of them that they came back to their senses and saluted one after another: "I have seen His Highness the Crown Prince——"

Ye Jiu didn't squint his eyes and strode past them. They all looked at his back secretly, their eyes full of admiration: Your Highness, you are as beautiful as a god and as charming as a devil.

, take one look and be amazed for a lifetime...

Yejiu finally walked out of this long alley and turned to the right.

When he was still the prince, he often sneaked out of the palace to play alone. He was very familiar with all the entrances and exits of the palace and the roads around it. For more than four years, the terrain and buildings in this area had hardly changed.

After leaving this alley, he must not be discovered by anyone again.

After turning right, he bent around without any purpose or regularity, pushed open the inconspicuous small door, passed through the partially collapsed wall, squeezed through the firewood pile, and climbed up to a low roof of a certain room...

…

Luo Hongzhuang followed him silently, like a child playing a "maze" game, passing through levels that appeared out of nowhere.

It doesn't matter where she goes, as long as she can be with him, even if there is hell ahead, she is happy with it.

Finally, Ye Jiu stopped and took off his coat: "Destroy the evidence quickly."

Luo Hongzhuang also quickly untied her coat and looked around. This was a remote and desolate ruins of an old house, covered with tall grass and littered with dirty garbage. It was estimated that homeless people, stray dogs and the like were there from time to time.

This place is infested, so there is so much garbage left behind.

This is really a wonderful place to destroy evidence, she thought.

Under Ye Jiu's purple brocade robe, she wore an ordinary gray cloth dress, and under Luo Hongzhuang's eunuch palace uniform, she wore an ordinary blue cloth skirt.

The two took off their coats and burned them to ashes, then combed their hair into ordinary hairstyles. Now, they were dressed like ordinary people.

After checking his whole body and making sure there were no flaws, Ye Jiu took out a piece of black charcoal and smeared it on his face, neck, and hands. He wiped the abnormally white skin into a light dark color, barely covering up the abnormality.

Eye-catching beauty.

As for the prince's jade pendant, he still threw it to Luo Hongzhuang: "Take this, I don't need it anymore."

Luo Hongzhuang put away the jade pendant very preciously: "Where are we going now?"

Ye Jiu, who had packed everything up, hugged the brocade box he always carried and looked at her: "We? I think we should go our separate ways."

Luo Hongzhuang smiled, her eyes and voice unwavering and firm: "Our goals are the same, I want to follow you, and I promise you, I will definitely be of great help to you, you need me."

"..."

Looking at her expression, Ye Jiu knew that it was impossible for him to drive her away, and that she could indeed help him.

After a moment of silence, he said: "If you follow me, I won't care about your life and death, and besides, I have nothing to give you."

He was vaguely aware of her extraordinary affection for him. He didn't need, didn't care, and would never give any response.

He just needs power - power that he can use to help him achieve his goals.

In order to take revenge, he can sacrifice everything he has, or he can use everything.

Luo Hongzhuang smiled: "You don't need to take care of me, let alone give me anything. Your affection for Sister Luo is the greatest reward for me. Moreover, I can protect myself and will never become a burden or burden to you.

"

When it came to Hongzhuang, Ye Jiu softened her heart: "You can follow me or leave at any time. I won't force you."

In this world, apart from him, she is the only person who still remembers, cares about and avenges Hongzhuang. Although he is ruthless to her, having such a companion by his side will make him feel that Hongzhuang is real.

, is not a dream image from his past life.

Luo Hongzhuang smiled brightly at him: "Where are we going now?"

Her smile made Ye Jiu feel dizzy for a moment.

Was he too tired and dazzled? At that moment, he actually overlapped her smile with Hongzhuang's smiling face...

How is it possible, Hongzhuang is already dead, and he has never even seen what she looked like when she grew up...

In a daze, he raised his head, squinted his eyes, looked at the clear sky, and remained silent for a long time.

Under the sky and above the earth, he stood like this, like a frozen statue, growing old together with the heaven and earth.

Why does this kind of him make her feel so unreal? It seems that he will be taken away by heaven and earth at any time... Luo Hongzhuang looked a little panicked, and couldn't help but stretched out her hand to pull his sleeves, and said in a low voice: "What's wrong with you?

?”

Ye Jiu didn't move: "I just want to look at the sky and the sunshine..."

This is the first time in four years that he has stood openly and openly under the sun, and the first time he has been surrounded by the warmth of the sun.

Tears welled up in Luo Hongzhuang's eyes, and her heart ached.

So, she watched the sky with him.

This was also the first time she stood in the sunshine with him.

After a long time, Ye Jiu withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes. After his eyes felt more comfortable, he opened them and said, "Let's go."

Luo Hongzhuang followed behind him.

After walking out of the ruins, Ye Jiu stopped and looked around several times. After thinking for a long time, he walked under a big tree and dug through weeds and a few stones. A tree hole was revealed inside.

In the tree hole, there is a small box.

Ye Jiu took out the box, fumbled around, and pressed the switch. Inside, there was a thick stack of banknotes.

Luo Hongzhuang looked at the large stack of banknotes and was stunned: Did he hide such a good thing here a long time ago?

Ye Jiu took out the stack of banknotes inside, without counting them, and stuffed half of them into her arms, saying calmly: "I used to sneak out to play, so I hid some money nearby for ready use.

"

He has been playful since he was a child, and his biggest pleasure every day is to play "hide and seek" with the Taifu and the palace people, sneaking out and wandering around. Because sneaking out depends on timing and luck. Not always he can bring enough money, so he

"Hidden treasures" on nearby routes that you may pass through.

After returning from Yaozhou, he secretly bought several good houses in various places in the city and hid some good things, just so that after Hongzhuang entered the palace, he could take her to visit the capital and play a "treasure hunt" game.

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In order to increase the difficulty and interest of "treasure hunting", most of these "treasure hiding" locations were randomly selected by him without obvious markings. He could only rely on memory, analysis and on-site search. Even though he was hypnotized during his imprisonment

It is difficult for others to find out these little "secrets" due to the influence of art.

Moreover, these "treasures" are all money, jewelry, toys, etc. They are not what Ying Rushuang wants, so Ying Rushuang will not go to so much trouble to find them.

At that time, while "hiding treasures", he imagined how Hongzhuang would look surprised and surprised when he took Hongzhuang to "dig for treasures" in the future. Then, he would laugh and have fun by himself.

However, all the yearnings and dreams of the year were destroyed.

He failed to let Hongzhuang experience and enjoy all this. In the end, he only helped himself.

Desolation rose in his heart again. The world is so big and has everything, but the only thing he wanted was gone.

Luo Hongzhuang saw that he was starting to lose consciousness again, so she tugged on his sleeve: "It's getting late, you have to prepare to drink medicine, let's go?"

Ye Jiu calmed down, nodded, and took steps.

The figures of the two people quickly disappeared from this area.

Wherever the capital is, with their brains and abilities, they will definitely be able to find a safe hiding place.

On the other side, Xi Xian and Hua Lian'er also successfully escaped back to the Senjumen stronghold, and were safe for the time being.

Whether they are Dong Xian or Xixian, these two people can escape from the palace smoothly. There seems to be a strange connection between them.

Ye Yingxian's sudden accident gave Ye Jiu an opportunity to escape. The emperor's sudden critical illness gave Ye Yingxian a chance to escape. But what about the emperor? Who would give him a chance when he was terminally ill?