Chapter 49: Brothers turn against each other (5)
Since eight people cannot take down Zhou Yan, Zhou Cheng will of course call for other guards. You have to know that the guards guarding the [Imperial Study] when the king is present are not only elites carefully selected, but also numerous , and their duty is to protect the king closely. In short, the guards protecting Zhou Cheng are the elite among the elites and are also personal guards. No matter how strong Zhou Yan is, he cannot beat four hands with two fists. Even if he can beat a country, he will get tired after a while and will eventually be caught.
Originally, Zhou Cheng wanted to use the number of people to consume Zhou Yan's physical strength and capture him when he was exhausted. Unexpectedly, another group of people suddenly appeared, led by Zuo Yu. It is clear that they are Zhou Yan's men. They are all loyal to Zhou Yan until death. Of course, they will not listen to or pay attention to Zhou Cheng, the king. Because it was too sudden, and Zhou Yan had a large number of people, even if Zhou Cheng joined the battle in time, in the end, it was not Zhou Yan who was captured, but Zhou Cheng...
"Yan, you are too presumptuous——"
Zhou Cheng regretted not joining the battle when his side had more people than others, but later he was captured by Zhou Yan with his large number of people. He really wanted to know where these people Zhou Yan came from. He had clearly issued a strict order not to allow Zhou Yan to bring too many people into the palace. This number has already exceeded the standard. If he knew that Zhou Yan took advantage of the number of people who sneaked in when sending Han Yu back to the palace, he would not be so careless.
"Is it outrageous? You forced me to do this, didn't you ?"
Zhou Yan pointed his sword at Zhou Cheng, who was already wounded and tied up.
"I believed in you, so I sent Yinyin to the palace, but you disappointed me so much. You hurt her more than I did. I was the one who sent her to you. Now I want to take her away and never let you see her again—"
Zhou Cheng was stunned. What did Zhou Yan mean by that? Was it Zhou Yan's arrangement for Yin Yin to suddenly appear in the palace? Why did he do that? Zhou Cheng couldn't find any reason to explain it. He sent him away because he was afraid that Zhou Yan would attack Yin Yin again after Yin Yin suddenly appeared. He had thought of many reasons, but he couldn't come to a conclusion. If Yin Yin's appearance was arranged by Zhou Yan, then what he did was meaningless.
"What do you want to do?"
" It's as simple as taking back what belongs to me."
"I won't let you do that."
"Do you think you can say that in your current situation?"
Zhou Yan leaned towards Zhou Cheng and said coldly.
"Kill me with one knife, otherwise I will never let you take Yin Yin away."
"Kill you?"
Zhou Yan hesitated for a moment, and distanced himself from Zhou Cheng, as if he was thinking, looking at Zhou Cheng: "Although I have thought about doing this, I don't want to be like Brother Zhao Wang, and you don't want to be like that either, do you? Is it more tactful to say, "Give me back what belongs to me?"
Hearing these words, Zhou Cheng was a little surprised. He didn't expect Zhou Yan to have such an idea. In the past, he thought that even if faced with such a choice, Zhou Yan would choose the situation of "either you die or I live" without hesitation. Now it seems that this is not the case. Deep in Zhou Yan's heart, he still cares about the relationship between brothers.
"By the way, I won't bother with you about hurting Yinyin, because I know I don't have the qualifications to do so. However, you hypocritically used her trust in you after she lost her memory as a means of revenge against her. This is the only reason I cannot forgive you -"
I think Zhou Yan still has some knowledge of what he has done, so he dares to speak out, but...
"I didn't take advantage of her, and I have no reason to retaliate against her."
"You did. After she lost her memory, you were the only one who told her about the past, so she only believed you. However, you hid everything from her and took advantage of her trust in you to deceive her feelings. You also bound her mentally and physically, right? You used all this to take revenge on her for everything she had done."
Zhou Yan's words and analysis left Zhou Cheng completely speechless. No matter who saw it, they would think so, but Zhou Yan understood it very thoroughly. Another point was that even though he knew another reason why Zhou Cheng restrained Yin Yin, he would never speak out, because that was the same reason as his.
"Well? You have nothing to say, right? Because everything I said is true, and you can't argue."
"I can only say that I never thought of taking advantage of her, let alone taking revenge on her."
"Humph, do you think I will believe you? Or do you want to deny everything you did to her? Who was it that pushed her to the brink of death again and again? Who caused her to become like this? If it weren't for you, she wouldn't be living in such pain now."
Zhou Cheng was unable to refute anything Zhou Yan said except silence. Zhou Yan was right. Although Zhou Yan was the murderer who almost killed Yin Yin and made her suffer, he was actually the culprit. If he had not refused the marriage, if he had trusted her a little more, maybe the situation would not have turned out like this. But what can regret and self-blame change now? The past cannot be changed, so he will try his best to make up for it...
"Let's stop chatting here. Since you once protected me, I'll forgive you this time . If there is a next time, I will not be soft-hearted even if you are my brother. Let's go--"
After Zhou Yan finished speaking, he left with his men. His team seemed extremely arrogant and domineering, and they showed no respect for Zhou Cheng at all.
"Yan——"
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty!"
Zuo Yu, who was in charge of finishing the job, greeted him and then hit Zhou Cheng on the back of his neck with a knife, knocking him unconscious. Zhou Cheng fell down immediately, and Zuo Yu followed Zhou Yan away...
After falling to the ground, Zhou Cheng was barely conscious. Looking at Zhou Yan's back which was gradually going away, he knew that he was to blame for all of this. The reason why Zhou Yan became like this was more or less due to him. He knew that he had only Yin Yin in his heart since he was a child. However, his long-term disregard and neglect, and lack of tolerance and tolerance for Zhou Yan, caused Zhou Yan to break his own limit. Yin Yin, who had maintained the harmony between the two brothers, eventually became the reason for their feud. This reason was both ridiculous and sad. Sometimes Zhou Cheng really wanted to be like Zhou Yan and be loyal to his feelings. In many things, Zhou Yan truly cared about the person he loved. However, Zhou Cheng could not do these. It was because of the differences and the inability to do so that led to the current feud with his brothers.
Zhou Cheng's vision began to fade, and then he lost consciousness...
