The lake water below was shining with dark waves, and stars were everywhere above our heads.

Nangong Heng sighed slightly: "The story between Yun Yao and I have been talking about for a long time, and I have never told anyone else."

Ye Ling nodded and listened attentively.

Nangong Heng spoke, his voice low and clear: "You were young at that time and probably never heard of it. More than ten years ago, there was a master named Su Yan in the world. Because of his outstanding martial arts skills, kind heart, and righteousness, he became the leader of the martial arts world and was highly respected."

"But no one knows how many unforgivable things he did with hypocritical masks. The first time I saw Su Yan was that I was secretly kidnapped by him and woke up in his secret dungeon. That year, I was eight years old."

Ye Ling's face was slightly dark, and she had guessed something.

"In that dungeon, there is another eight-year-old child, Yun Yao. There are young children all over the ground around us."

"I don't know what happened or where I was. Yun Yao, who was there one day earlier than me, pulled me and curled up in the dark corner. The first thing he said to me was that he was a general and would protect me."

Nangong Heng chuckled, but his eyes looked like cold ice: "We were in the same year, and I was not stupid. I just said, I am the emperor, and the general wants to listen to me."

"The first time we met, Yun Yao's face was swollen. He told me that he was playing at his good friend's house and suddenly he didn't know anything. He was thrown there when he woke up. Su Yan was very angry when he saw him and said that the person he originally wanted was Yun Yao's good friend Song Qingyu, a famous little beauty in Nanchu. Yun Yao was unlucky and caught the wrong person."

"Yun Yao held my hand and told me that we would kill that old guy next time we saw him. We used the bones on the ground to sharpen two small knives on the wall. After waiting for three days, Su Yan came and was about to catch me to another place."

"I lay on a pile of bones and pretended to be unconscious. Yun Yao hurried on the other side, motionless. The dungeon was very dark. Su Yan picked me up and stabbed the bone knife into his neck. But I was weak and Su Yan reacted quickly, and he did not hurt the vital points."

"Yun Yao pounced behind Su Yan, grabbed his neck tightly, bit one of his ears, and pierced his back!"

"When Yun Yao was thrown away, he bit off one of Su Yan's ears. I rushed over and pierced her desperately, poking Su Yan's neck a bloody hole."

"Just that way, our two eight-year-old children killed the martial arts leader at that time. But if Su Yan had not drunk too much that day, had his mind been dizzy, the dungeon was too dark, he was not prepared, and there were no people in that place, we would have died long ago."

Ye Ling sighed slightly: "What happened later? Is anyone going to save you?"

"Of course some people are looking for us, but no one knows where we are. Because we dare not trust others easily, we escaped and picked up stones by a stream and played a game of chess. He lost, and as agreed, I will send him home first."

"Then, you two started wandering?" Ye Ling asked.

Nangong Heng nodded: "We traveled through mountains and rivers, passed through the Western Xia Kingdom, and returned to Nanchu. At that time, we felt it was difficult. We had to find ways to make money, find food, find clothes to wear, and avoid it if we bullied adults. You must not believe it. In the middle, we even worked together to fight a tiger and drag it to the foot of the mountain to sell it for a lot of money. The tiger had a piece of white hair on its forehead, which was in the shape of a plum blossom."

"I sent him home, and then I 'dissipated' at the entrance of the Nanchu Imperial Palace. After being discovered, the Emperor Chu sent someone to send me back to the Eastern Jin Dynasty."

The experience of Nangong Heng and Yun Yao's acquaintance was also a difficult time they encountered in childhood. The light tone omitted too many thrilling processes.

Two eight-year-old children joined forces to kill the martial arts leader at that time. It was difficult and unimaginable. They were penniless and wandered so far together. Now, Nangong Heng mentioned that he only talked about the joy of killing the tiger, but he still remembered the characteristics of the tiger. For him, that experience was extremely precious.

"Has Su Yan discovered the evil he did later?" Ye Ling asked.

Nangong Heng nodded: "When his body was found, those ugly things were seen in the sky. Because the bones in the dungeon were irrefutable evidence. He only liked beautiful boys at eight years old and never gave them a chance to grow up. After having enough fun, if you get tired of playing, you will kill them and look for new prey."

Nangong Heng didn't say how many, but Ye Ling felt that he must have known the number. He and Yun Yao were in a desperate relationship.

"I met again later five years later. I followed my father to visit Nanchu and met Yun Yao on the street. He pretended not to know me, and I didn't call him. That night, I ran to Yun's house and secretly put a snake into his room." A shallow curve appeared on the corner of Nangong Heng's lips.

"Yun Yao is afraid of snakes?" Ye Ling raised his eyebrows.

"I'm particularly afraid, I can faint when I see it." Nangong Heng chuckled, "When we were traveling together, I caught a snake once and said I would roast it for food. His face turned pale. He climbed onto a tree like a monkey and refused to come down. It was not until I saw me throwing the snake far away and ignored me for three days." Nangong Heng said with a smile.

"How did Yun Yao die?" Ye Ling asked. Perhaps only Nangong Heng knew about this.

Nangong Heng was silent for a moment and said, "Actually, we are so far away, and we didn't meet each other in those years. I am a playboy. Most of the time I sneaked out and came to Nanchu to play with him, and I would not let others find out. The last time I met was when Beihu invaded Nanchu, and he was ordered to go to Northern Xinjiang. When I heard the news, I went to find him and said I wanted to see him fight."

"Until now, when I think of what happened that day, I still feel like a nightmare. We went to climb the mountain early in the morning and drank all the fine wine I stolen from my father on the top of the mountain. Yun Yao raised his wine glass and said to the Beihu Dadi opposite the mountain that he wanted to avenge his father and drive the Beihu barbarian back to his hometown! He wants to be a general!" Nangong Heng lowered his eyes slightly, "After going down the mountain, he said he was going to work hard and let me sleep in his room. When I woke up, it was evening. When I opened the door, I saw him lying in the yard, covered in blood, and was already dying."

"I still don't know who killed him, and I don't know how that happened. He pulled me and said, "He was leaving. I knew that it would be useless to go to find the doctor in the army. I asked him if he had no wish, and I begged him to ask me to do something for him. He said that he didn't want his mother to see him tragically, because there was a big blood hole in his neck and half of his head fell off..."

Nangong Heng lowered his head and was silent for a moment, then said: "He begged me to replace him for a year, help him avenge his father and fulfill his wishes that his parents placed on him. It is also his own ambition since childhood, to become a general, and leave quietly by his mother's side. His last sentence before his death said, if there is a next life, I hope we will still be brothers."

Ye Ling held Nangong Heng's hand, it was cold.

Nangong Heng said these things for the first time, and even Feng Buyi didn't know many of the inside stories. So Feng Buyi learned that Nangong Heng was really a substitute for Yun Yao for a year in order to "repay kindness", but he still didn't understand it.

In fact, it is not to repay kindness. Nangong Heng told Feng Buyi and Ye Ling that Yun Yao had saved him, but in fact, they had saved each other. Nangong Heng was willing to do what Yun Yao and the Yun family did. If it weren't for him, the Yun family would have been defeated. After Yun Yao's death, Xue and Yun Xiu, who could not help, depend on each other for life, and life might have become something.

Now Xue has granted the imperial edict to the court, and has won the gold medal of avoiding death and many rewards. She is the mother of the King of War of Southern Chu. As long as she does not commit suicide, the Emperor Chu will protect her and Yun Xiu for peace and worries.

"Xiao Yezi, I feel much better when I say something. Thank you for being there." Nangong Heng held Ye Ling's hand and put it on his face, sighing slightly.

"You have known Feng Buyi for a long time, but you later learned medicine and became an unknown disciple of Yu Shu. Is it because of Yun Yao's death?" Ye Ling asked Nangong Heng.

Nangong Heng nodded: "Yes. I never want to experience the feeling of watching my best friend die in my arms but being powerless."

"Have you found the murderer who killed Yun Yao?" Ye Ling asked.

Nangong Heng shook his head: "There are no clues yet."

"Maybe he has been reincarnated and is living a peaceful life now." Ye Ling comforted Nangong Heng.

"Hope." Nangong Heng shook his head slightly.

After a while, Ye Ling coughed lightly and said, "Brother Ghost, my hand."

"Well, I didn't eat it here." Nangong Heng chuckled, holding Ye Ling's hand and not letting go.

"Brother Ghost, please let me go." Ye Ling said politely.

"Xiao Yezi, is it good to reason? You should hold my hand first, of course I will pull it back, otherwise you will take advantage of it? No matter how hard you don't let go before dawn!" The sadness faded, and Nangong Heng turned heartless again.

"Let go, I want to give you a gift, otherwise I won't give it to you." Ye Ling snorted lightly.

"Tell me what it is first?" Nangong Heng stroked Ye Ling's hand, so small, soft and cute!

"Ghost Red Sword, do you want it?" Ye Ling asked.

Nangong Heng smiled and said, "Xiao Yezi, did you plan to give it to me when you got that sword?"

"Guess." Ye Ling said quietly.

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Chapter completed!