Chapter 15 The fifteenth round of Zhulian

Yishu invited her and Pan Fang. Because of being favored by King Cheng, this princess has her own mansion just like her elder brothers. However, when the carriage stopped deep in the alley and the driver said that the princess mansion was ahead, Jiang Chenyu was still a little girl. I was a little surprised. A very ordinary alley, except that it is cleaner and quieter than ordinary alleys, there is nothing special about it. There are two vermilion doors, the paint is a bit peeled off at the edges, and the copper rings are polished very brightly.A hunchbacked old man who looked like a housekeeper was waiting in front of the steps. When he saw them arriving, he didn't say much, and after saluting, he turned and led the way.

Entering the gate, there is a painted wall, not the usual dragon and phoenix flowers, but Nuwa and Fuxi with human and snake bodies. After passing the windshield, the forest garden you entered was plain and sparse. Several bamboo huts were hidden in the secluded forest of green pools. Unknown wild flowers bloomed in front of the door, which made people feel like they were in a farmhouse, full of wild charm. Although they are both ingenious buildings, Yishu and Yifei are different. Yifei doesn’t stop until it’s astonishing, while Yishu is obviously much more restrained and indifferent. The old housekeeper did not lead them into the house, but walked towards the bamboo forest behind the house, and heard the sound of fighting and guqin from a distance.Waiting to go around the house and look, there are several tables and chairs on the open space in the backyard, a girl dressed as a maid is playing the piano, and a few feet away, two people are competing in martial arts, one with a long spear and one with a long knife.

Needless to say, Yi Shu is the one who wields the spear, and Han Qi the one who wields the sword. As for the two of them, it is more appropriate to say that they are performing rather than fighting.The gun came and went with the knife, with an elegant rhythm, and the sound of the piano was integrated. The moonlight shone on the two of them, covering them with a layer of light silver light. Coupled with the whistling and windy weapons, they played really beautifully. .Even Jiang Chenyu, who doesn't understand martial arts, finds it very pleasing to the eye.On a whim, I couldn't help but stepped forward and patted the piano player on the shoulder, making a gesture.

The girl playing the piano understood, quietly got up and backed away.And just as she moved her hands away, Jiang Chenyu had already played for her. The string trembles, the sound rises, and the wind moves. The swords and guns in the arena are even more urgent, and the red robes and scarlet clothes are rustling, wantonly like flowing clouds and flowing water. Pan Fang watched the moves of the two silently, and suddenly his face changed, almost at the same moment—— With a sound of "Oops", the spear in Yishu's hand flew up, drew a big arc in the air, and stabbed into the ground, the body of the spear trembled uncontrollably.

Jiang Chenyu hurriedly withdrew his hands and got up, and said anxiously: "Ayu lost his mind for a while and played too much, he deserves death!" As he said that, he was about to kneel down, but Yishu stretched out his hand to support him. Yishu laughed and said, "It's because I'm not as good as others, and I was picked out of the weapon. Fortunately, the gun flew there and didn't hurt you." Jiang Chenyu looked at Han Qi in shame, saw him staring at the long knife in his hand silently for a while, then raised his head and looked back at her. Those bad rumors about this person's vengeance suddenly came out, Jiang Chenyu's face became a little pale, but unexpectedly, Han Qi was not angry, but said indifferently: "You play the piano well."

Yishu let out a "puchi" sound, covered his lips and said, "Since when did the second emperor start to understand these romantic things? Can you tell how well Miss Yu plays the piano?" Han Qi ignored her teasing, stared at Chen Yu and said: "Is your illness better?" Before Jiang Chenyu had time to respond, Yishu laughed again: "Second Brother really cares about him, even when he is sick, he always misses him." Jiang Chenyu heard that there seemed to be something in her words, with a very subtle feeling, she couldn't help frowning slightly.Fortunately, Yishu didn't linger on this topic for too long, and changed the subject: "Actually, Brother Erhuang and I were warming up just now, but we've been waiting for you two to come."

Jiang Chenyu showed a questioning look. Yi Shu said: "Brother Second Emperor heard about the martial arts competition between me and General Pan, and he felt very itchy. He was arguing that he wanted to compete with General Pan." Jiang Chenyu couldn't help thinking of Qin Niang. In her memory, Qin Niang would only be beaming with joy and high spirits when she was telling a story, but when Xiangmu slapped her and the joke was over, her expression immediately became gloomy.Even in the face of Pan Fang's marriage proposal, his voice was deep and calm. However, Yishu is different.Yishu laughed and talked happily, his expression was never static for a moment, his eyebrows were raised together, his lips opened and closed, in various poses, full of charm.

——In fact, how alike they are. After understanding this point, Jiang Chenyu sighed softly in her heart, turned her eyes to look at Pan Fang again, Pan Fang was looking at Han Qi, although the latter tried his best to suppress, but his eyes couldn't hide the excitement, because he was about to be with him like this Excited for the martial arts competition with his opponent - it seems that this prince is indeed a martial idiot. After a quiet confrontation for a while, Han Qi raised his hand and said in a deep voice, "Please enlighten me." Yishu ran over and pulled out the spear nailed to the ground, and threw it at Pan Fang: "General Pan, use my gun!"

Under such circumstances, Pan Fang had no choice but to reach out and catch the gun. In this way, he deserves to be compared. Jiang Chenyu looked at him, then at Yishu, a strange look flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say anything, and took the initiative to step back a few steps, so as not to hurt himself by comparing with Wu. Compared to her calm expression, Yishu was extremely excited and shouted: "Bring the drum!" Two guards hurriedly dragged a cowhide drum that was as tall as a man. She took the drumsticks herself, and the first time the hammer went down, it was like thunder;As the rhythm got faster and faster, the high-pitched and passionate atmosphere swept the entire backyard like a storm.

And amid such passionate drumbeats, Han Qi swung his saber. The silver light flashed like lightning, and the cold blade had already reached Pan Fang's eyebrows. Pan Fang had no choice but to take a step back, raising his gun to block it.Before he could stand still, the second knife followed closely. "Good sword technique!" Yishu shouted loudly, knocking harder. Jiang Chenyu stood far away, watching this martial arts competition that happened once in a hundred years for martial arts lovers, his heart sank slowly. A voice came from deep inside: "Stop it..." Another voice immediately retorted: "No!"

"It's going to happen, you know..." "Wait a little longer!" "I can't wait any longer, if something happens, everything will be over!" "No, wait a little longer!" The two voices spoke faster and more urgently, and the sound of the drum became more and more urgent, one sound at a time, like beating on the heart.Jiang Chenyu couldn't help but uttered a cry that he didn't even understand what it meant. At that moment, a cold light shot from a distance, and with a sound of "ding", it happened to hit Pan Fang On the handle of the gun, Pan Fang's hand trembled, and the tip of the gun deviated and brushed past Han Qi's ear. The two stopped instantly, and a thin streak of blood emerged from Han Qi's right cheek and slid down. Pan Fang immediately threw away the spear, knelt down on his knees: "I accidentally injured His Highness in the next moment, I hope you will forgive me!" Han Qi's face was very, very ugly, he raised his hand to touch his face, seeing the blood on his hand, his eyes became even more gloomy. But Yishu stopped beating the drum, turned around and looked in a certain direction, with an ugly expression on his face, and said coldly: "I don't know who dares to intervene when my second brother is fighting with General Pan..." A voice laughed and said: "If I didn't make a move just now, I'm afraid the second brother would have kicked his legs and hiccupped his fart. Tell me, should I make this move or not?" There are countless kinds of laughs in this world, but there is only one that can laugh so cheaply, slipperily, and make people so angry that they want to rush over and kick him hard. That is - Yi Fei's smile. Jiang Chenyu turned around, sure enough, Yifei came. Yi Fei's eyes flicked across her face, his smile deepened, he kept on stepping, walked over and bent down to pick up a ring from the ground, blow off the dust on it, and put it back on his finger.It turned out that it was his ring that missed Pan Fang's spear just now. Jiang Chenyu was secretly startled—although he knew that the third prince was not an easy-going lamp, but whether it was the information given by his father or the information circulated by Cheng Guo, it was said that the third prince was not good at martial arts of.However, at this moment, he can stop the two people in the fierce battle with just one ring. What kind of terrifying skill is this? And what is his purpose in exposing this secret to everyone now? Over there, Yi Shu said with a sullen face: "Brother San Huang, what does this mean? Could it be that General Pan will harm Brother II?" "General Pan is indeed unintentional..." Yi Fei smiled leisurely, "It's just that unintentional mistakes are the most terrifying...Isn't it? Second brother?" Han Qi stood motionless, as if he hadn't heard his words at all. Yi Fei bent down again, picked up the spear, held it with both hands and handed it to Pan Fang: "Just now I was in a hurry and intervened in the contest between the two of you without authorization, please don't be offended by the general." Pan Fang stared at him for a few moments, then reached out to take it: "Thank you, Third Prince." Yishu said displeasedly, "Why did you come here uninvited?" "What? Now my sister is popular, her status is expensive, and she is too arrogant. I can't even come to this princess mansion?" Yi Fei's words were thorny, which made Yi Shu's face turn pale, and he stomped his feet and said, "Who told you this! I, I... I'm ignoring you..." As he spoke, he turned his head and left, leaving behind a group of people They all looked at each other. Yi Fei didn't care about it either, and smiled at Jiang Chenyu and the others, "I just sneaked into the kitchen to take a look, and the dishes are almost ready, let's not stand here, let's go to the living room to eat. It's not that I said that everything in this princess mansion is broken, except for the cook, but it's better to wait one at a time." His face was full of spring breeze, he turned his back on guests, and greeted everyone to have a banquet.And the servants in the mansion didn't seem to feel that there was anything wrong, obediently obeyed the orders, and presented the delicious food and wine one by one.Although the atmosphere is weird, but as Yi Fei said, the chef's craftsmanship is indeed quite good, especially a Wuhou mackerel, which melts in the mouth and is so fresh that it is almost swallowed by the tongue.Jiang Chenyu couldn't help eating a few more chopsticks. As soon as he put down the chopsticks, he sensed an anxious gaze. He turned his head and looked back. Yi Feizheng looked at her with a smile, and said, "Miss Yu has a good appetite, so it can be seen that her illness has almost recovered." Jiang Chenyu smiled faintly: "I would also like to thank the Third Highness for the medicine." "If you like this Wuhou mackerel dish, there will be another dish of phoenix wearing peony later, which is also a signature, so you might as well try it." Just as he was speaking, the dishes came out, and Yi Fei personally filled a bowl and brought it to her.Jiang Chenyu hurriedly got up to take the bowl, and Yi Fei suddenly pressed her two fingers, his eyes flickered with a strange light, a half-smile. Jiang Chenyu wanted to pull her hand subconsciously. However, the force she pressed on her finger seemed careless, but it was extremely strong. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move. At the moment of stalemate, Yi Fei turned one hand gently, Slapped a peony, and then inserted it into her hair, then stopped, took a few steps back, and said carefully: "Famous flowers and beauties really complement each other." Jiang Chenyu didn't know how to react for a while, looking around, Pan Fang, Han Qi and the servants present were all looking at her, only Pan Fang showed a look of astonishment, Han Qi frowned thoughtfully, the others People are completely expressionless. Such a huge dinner party was surprisingly quiet. She bit her lower lip, and after standing silent for a long time, she raised her hand stiffly and took off the peony on the bun.The peony is still waiting for the dew, and I don't know where Yifei got it, but the color is extremely bright and red, and when illuminated by the light, it looks like fresh blood. She clenched her hands slowly, the petals twisted in her palms, and then, with a hard throw, hit Yi Fei's face. Regardless of how everyone reacted to this, Jiang Chenyu immediately turned around and walked quickly. When passing by Pan Fang's seat, before he could speak, Pan Fang had already stood up to follow. The two of them left the house like that and walked out.Along the way, I met a few servants who were doing their own work without stopping them. After jumping into the carriage, Jiang Chenyu said in a tight voice: "Go to the palace! Oh no, go back to the post station! No, let's go to the palace...wait..." She was flustered, she knew she was losing her composure, and after letting out a long sigh , covered his face with his hands. Pan Fang looked at her quietly all the time, and suddenly stretched out his hand, pressing on the back of her hand: "Calm down." Jiang Chenyu was just stiff at first, but after being patted by him like this, his whole body trembled, and the shaking became stronger and stronger. Finally, he put down his hands, raised his eyes, looked at him firmly and said: "General Pan, let's hurry up!" escape." Pan Fang was taken aback. Jiang Chenyu grabbed him backhandedly, and said anxiously: "Let's go back to the station quickly, send someone to the palace to inform the senior brother, and gather at the ferry... Oh no, it's too late! Let's go directly to the palace, pick up the senior brother and leave immediately! Immediately! !" Pan Fang said in a deep voice, "What's the matter? Chen Yu? What happened?" All of Jiang Chenyu's panic froze in an instant, and then, she appeared in a trance, her eyes stopped on the car wall without focus, and said in a low voice: "It's the second watch tonight, and the five princes are in trouble. If we don't want to If you get caught up in it, you can only escape..." As soon as I said this, the galloping carriage stopped suddenly, and the horse raised its hooves, neighing harshly. Jiang Chenyu hurriedly lifted the curtain, and after seeing the scene outside, her complexion turned pale: "It's over, it's already late..." Pan Fang followed her line of sight and saw thousands of soldiers standing in darkness at the end of the long street thirty feet away. The wind blew the military flag flying, and on the apricot-colored flag embroidered with the Nine Snakes totem, there was a big character "Su" embroidered with blood-red silk thread. A general in his early thirties, wearing silver armor, rode his horse to the front of the carriage, and said solemnly, "Get out of the carriage." Gritting her teeth, Jiang Chenyu simply opened the car door, looked at him and said, "This is the envoy of Bi Kingdom, the general stopped him suddenly, why?" The man said with a blank face: "Half an hour ago, the palace sent a message——Jiang Wanyi disappeared." "My senior brother is missing?" She was taken aback for a moment, and immediately said, "Then you should go to the post station to look for it, but why did you come to stop us?" The man showed an extremely cruel mocking smile, and said grimly: "And...he disappeared with my emperor." "What?" Jiang Chenyu and Pan Fang shouted these words almost at the same time, and saw the same frightened expression on each other's face. Now, the world is really in chaos... Is it to be caught without a fight, or to fight hard?In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Jiang Chenyu's mind, before he made a decision, he only heard the wind blowing in his ears, Pan Fang's hand was like lightning, he grabbed the general by the neck, and pulled him from the horse into the car. The general let out an exclamation, and the next moment, Pan Fang touched his acupoints, his face was flushed with panic, but he couldn't speak a word. This move was quick and unexpected, so when the army in the distance reacted, Pan Fang had already pulled out a knife, put it on the general's neck, and said coldly: "Move, he will die!" .” The remaining leaders looked at each other hesitantly. Before they could make a decision, Pan Fang ordered the coachman: "Turn around and go back to the Princess Mansion." The coachman, who was pale with fright, hastily pulled the reins and turned the car around.As soon as the horse started to run away, the army had already chased it.Pan Fang stabbed the horse's butt with his backhand. The horse suffered from pain and ran even faster after neighing. However, the speed of the carriage was not as fast as that of a solo rider. Seeing that the distance between them was getting closer and closer, although the opponent was afraid to shoot arrows for a while, but if this continued, he would be surrounded and caught sooner or later.Jiang Chenyu thought of this, and shouted: "Master, let's go!" The dark guard leaned out half of his body from the bottom of the car, raised his left hand, and heard a "bang", something exploded on the ground, and thick yellow smoke filled the air immediately, blocking the other party's sight. Pan Fang made a prompt decision, threw the general who had been acupunctured beside the couch, stretched out his arms to hug Shen Yu and jumped out of the window, rolled on the spot by the thick smoke, jumped onto the roof next to the street, and jumped a few more times, Hiding behind the eaves. The carriage was still running forward at a crazy speed, the thick smoke gradually dispersed, and the cavalry continued to chase.Just like that, they ran across the long street one after the other. Jiang Chenyu leaned on the roof, watching all this, a strange feeling rose in her heart.Not scared, but inexplicably flustered. "Where are we going next?" Pan Fang turned his head and asked in a low voice, then withdrew his arm around her waist. where to? Although there is Yi Fei in the princess mansion, he and Lin Su are bound to be in conflict now, and since Yi Fei just let her leave without stopping, he made it clear that she has to find a way by herself. Jiang Chenyu's eyes sank slightly, and she quickly made a decision: "Go to Huabin Street." ——Go to He Yi. Huabin Street is Yiguo's sphere of influence, and He Yi, whether public or private, will never leave him dead. Moreover, it is a commercial market, so it is easier to hide. Pan Fang nodded, said "I'm offended", and hugged her again, slid down the roof silently, and ran towards Huabin Street. Jiang Chenyu couldn't help calling out: "Teacher leaving?" A voice replied: "Master, I am here." Very well, he followed suit.Jiang Chenyu calmed down, and then began to reorganize all the events in her mind.At this moment, Pan Fang asked: "How did you know something happened? Did Yi Fei hint to you just now?" "Yeah." Jiang Chenyu thought for a while, and said, "General Pan, when you and Han Qi competed earlier, the sound of the drums...was weird?" Pan Fang was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "Yes. There is murderous intent in the drumbeat." Sure enough... Jiang Chenyu knew very well that with Pan Fang's character, such a prudent contest would definitely leave room for three points, but if Yi Fei hadn't rushed to interfere just now, that shot might have really stabbed Han Qi in the heart, after much deliberation , it must be the sound of the drum, even she, a person who doesn't understand martial arts, feels emotional and inexplicably excited when she hears it, let alone Pan Fang who is caught in the middle of the battle? In this way, the question arises——Is Yishu beating the drums unintentionally?Or deliberately? Jiang Chenyu narrowed her eyes slightly, she didn't need to think too much to know it was deliberate! This princess seems to be bright and cheerful, without the shyness of a younger daughter, and her every move is quite popular.However, when I think about it carefully, everything is terrible and the intention is quite deep. First of all, she came to the station to see herself in the name of delivering medicine, but the purpose was to compete with Pan Fang.At that time, she was only a martial idiot, but thinking about it now, maybe she was testing Pan Fang's martial arts skills and whether she could kill Han Qi. And Pan Fang really lived up to expectations, her martial arts were far superior to hers, so she invited them to a banquet at the princess mansion so that Pan Fang could compete with Han Qi. Jiang Chenyu felt like a passerby who had been staggering in a dark tunnel for a long time, and finally saw a light ahead, and couldn't wait to think about it—— With a sound of "Oops", the spear in Yishu's hand flew up, drew a big arc in the air, and stabbed into the ground, the body of the spear trembled uncontrollably. This is doubt one. At that time, seeing that Han Qi and Yi Shu played well, she couldn't help but stepped forward to play the piano herself. However, her piano sound was absolutely not murderous, so it was impossible to stimulate Han Qi to attack Yi Shu hard.But Yishu suddenly loses. Of course, she can't really lose, but deliberately loses to her brother, so that Pan Fang will be invited to compete with Han Qi next time. From another point of view, she deliberately warmed up and fought with Han Qi, probably with the intention of consuming part of Han Qi's strength so that he would lose to Pan Fang more easily later. In other words, she has done so many things with only one purpose - to kill Han Qi! And when Yi Fei missed Pan Fang's gun with the ring, Han Qi's face was very, very ugly, he raised his hand to touch his face, seeing the blood on his hand, his eyes became even more gloomy. As a martial artist, Pan Fang could hear the killing intent in the drumbeat, how could Han Qi not hear it?That's why his expression became so gloomy.At that time, he thought that he was angry because he lost, but now that he thinks about it, he should have also found out that his sister wanted to kill him. Yishu turned pale, stomped his feet and said, "Who told you this! I, I... I'm ignoring you..." This doubt two! As the host, it is extremely impolite to leave before the guests leave.Besides, Yishu has always been generous, so why would he be so angry and put on a show because of Yifei's little irony?It can be seen that anger is just an excuse, the real reason is knowing that my plan failed, so I left quickly and made another plan. In connection with the hints given by Yifei at the dinner party, such as Wuhou Mackerel and Fengchuan Peony, and the Linsu cavalry who appeared soon, a certain fact emerges from the darkness very clearly——Yishu and Linsu are friends! Pan's expression was very solemn, and he lowered his voice, "This kind of iron is only found in Juan'er Mountain in Hongye Township in Bi Country. Because the quantity is rare and precious, it is a tribute iron, and private trading is prohibited." That's right, in fact, Jiang Chenyu had thought of a possibility since Yishu left behind the gun head made of thin iron - tribute iron is not allowed to be bought and sold privately, and once discovered, it will be a death penalty.Therefore, even if someone gave it away or sold it to Yishu privately, Yishu must not show it so openly.As a result, there is only one explanation: this iron was given by Zhao Yin. It is only right and proper for the emperor himself to give tribute iron to others. When Yishu was competing with Pan Fang that day, she dropped the spear, seemingly unintentionally, but actually on purpose. She was clearly implying to them that she and Zhaoyin had some kind of strange connection. But what is the connection between two people who have never met before? After Jiang Chenyu saw the appearance of Linsu's army, he had the answer to this question—the prince Zhaoyin really supported was Linsu.Therefore, if he gave away his eight-color rare iron, it was also given to Lin Su.But Linsu doesn't know martial arts and is not interested in weapons, so he gave it to Yishu. In this way, another matter was also answered - the father's stronghold was copied. As a grandmother, I don't know that my grandson lost one of his shoes; As a lady, she has calloused hands; Being a guy with absolutely no sales skills... Outside several calligraphy and painting shops, there is a peddler selling sugar; a few steps away, there are two beggars sitting lazily against the wall and basking in the sun... The various flaws that she saw that day were not real flaws, it was Linsu who was clearly implying that her stronghold had been exposed, so she got out and left quickly. That is to say, Lin Su and Zhao Yin communicated secretly, and the two sides reached a certain agreement, Zhao Yin helped him ascend the throne, and he had to take care of the envoys of Bi Kingdom within the scope of his authority. So, when they were blocked outside the palace and could not go in to see Jiang Wanyi, Linsu's carriage appeared and brought them into the palace together regardless of the obstruction; Therefore, when she went to Cai's shop, Linsu arranged for good people first. On the surface, it seemed to be laying a trap to catch spies, but in fact it was telling her to leave quickly, because the stronghold was also known by other princes, and it was already very unsafe; Therefore, when she fell ill, Lin Su not only delivered the medicine himself, but also asked other officials to follow suit to deliver the medicine, in order to facilitate Jiang Zhonghao to further disclose the news to her... The weird beads that I couldn't figure out before were all strung together by this thread. "Don't worry, I know what to do next." When Jiang Wanyi said this, although his expression was still slightly hesitant, his eyes were firm.This made her a little surprised in her heart - could it be that she was meddling in all of this?Maybe, every step Jiang Wanyi took was planned to achieve a certain situation, but was sabotaged by herself? Yes, she was alerted at that time, but maybe it was because the incident had not fully unfolded, maybe it was because she refused to believe it subconsciously, even if her father sent someone to warn her to "beware of evening clothes" later, she still couldn't imagine— ——All of this was facilitated by Jiang Wanyi behind the scenes. He is Zhao Yin's real dark chess player! "You think it's a mistake to come back?" Jiang Wanyi shook her head: "It has nothing to do with wrong or right, right or wrong. It's just that I find that sometimes even if you just want to save someone purely, it will turn into a very complicated thing in the end." Hearing this remark that day, he didn't feel much embarrassment, because he was infatuated with Xihe that was doomed to have no hope and no future.Now that I think about it, it is clear that it means something else.It's a pity that I didn't think of that aspect at all at the time. Who would have guessed that the man who stood there so calmly, as if even the wind would blaspheme him, was the most crucial center in this power and desire contest? Although she was a spy appointed by the emperor, in fact, Zhao Yin did not fully trust her, so she did not mention anything about Linsu.However, Jiang Wanyi was different, he was the only one among the three who knew the inside story.Therefore, on the first day of June, Yishu kept him in the palace in the name of treating his father's illness. And that night, he went to Concubine Luo's residence, conspiring to discuss matters. In the West Palace, what was waiting for him was neither Luo Zi nor Linsu, but Yishu! Because the princes all have their own mansions, staying in the palace attracts criticism, but the princess is different. As Cheng Wang's favorite daughter, there is her long-term residence in the palace, but in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, she still chose Nishinomiya as a meeting place.In this way, even if the matter is revealed, it can be pushed to Luo Zi. Unfortunately, that night, King Cheng woke up suddenly and called for someone, so the palace people searched and searched, and found Xigong. Yishu, who was meeting Jiang Wanyi, was naturally shocked and had no choice but to ask Luo Zi to apologize. She must have used some kind of coercion or huge temptation to control Luo Zi. Therefore, the final result was that when the palace servants entered the West Palace, what they saw were Jiang Wanyi and Luo Zi, who were disheveled... etc! A flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and another bead emerged from the water: Concubine Luo choked up and said, "Yuguan, Yuguan has a half-moon-shaped scar the size of a fingernail three inches below his waist!" "If I remember correctly, the imperial concubine used to be my senior brother's personal maid, right?" Then it's not surprising that I saw it when I helped Jiang Wanyi take a bath and dress when I was a child. Concubine Luo shook her head when she heard the words: "The scar is newly added, before... no, there was never..." If it is true as Luo Zi said, the scar is new... In other words, Jiang Wanyi was indeed scratched by someone's fingernails in the West Palace that night... Then who scratched it? A glint of haze flashed in Jiang Wanyi's eyes, as if thinking of something, she sneered, "She's not good enough for a beauty, but she's a disaster..." At this point, she suddenly stopped talking, and her expression became more complicated. what!It's Yishu! Jiang Chenyu felt her heart beating wildly, and Jiang Wanyi's voice seemed to linger in her ears: Trouble - trouble - Think about Yishu's appearance, her flirtatious expression with affectionate eyebrows, her frown and slight anger towards her brothers...all of them revealed an unspeakable ambiguity.Could it be... Could it be that... This rouge horse beauty well-known in the four countries is actually a slut? And when she saw Jiang Wan's jade-like clothes, she tried to seduce him, so she tore off his shirt and scratched him?This also explains why when the palace people found the West Palace, she had no time to arrange a better reason and scene to explain the mess, so she had to push Luo Zi out as a scapegoat... I see!That's right! On the first day of June, Yishu stayed in Jiang's evening clothes and stayed in the imperial palace overnight, and asked him to meet him in the West Palace. He was supposed to discuss the matter of Zhaoyin and Linsu, but later he was forced to throw him down. Evening clothes.The palace servants found the West Palace, and in a panic, Yishu asked Concubine Luo to take the blame, while he hid himself. Afterwards, she hurried to find Linsu, so in the early morning of the second day of June, Linsu hurried to the palace in a carriage, and brought Jiang Chenyu and others who were blocked in front of the palace gate together. The interrogation is actually to prevent Yifei from finding out the root cause. Jiang Chenyu subverted Luo Zi's testimony with the disguise potion, and took Jiang Wanyi away.Yi Fei saw something strange and had some doubts in his heart, so he simply let them go, and then found other ways to continue the investigation. On the third day of June, Yifei guessed that Jiang Wanyi met one of his elder brothers that night, but he couldn't be sure, so he met Jiang Chenyu and asked to join hands with her, hoping to win over Biguo. On the same day, Jiang Zhong’s stronghold was discovered by Cheng Guo for some reason. Linsu deliberately arranged to reveal a few flaws after learning about it, so as to imply that the connectors of Bi Kingdom would leave. Jiang Chenyu lived up to expectations, saw the flaws and turned into the piano shop . After returning to the inn, Jiang Chenyu fell ill, and Linsu urged all officials to follow suit and deliver medicine. On the sixth day of June, Yishu came to Pan Fang for a martial arts competition.After the defeat, she left the gun head, implying that she is a supporter of Bi Kingdom. On the seventh day of June, Jiang Zhong told Jiang Chenyu to beware of Jiang Wanyi through herbs.And Yishu also invited them to the princess mansion, intending to use Pan Fang's sword to kill Hanqi, but was blocked by Yifei. ——The above is the whole process of what happened these days. The chain is almost making a complete circle. However, there are still a few doubts: Seeing that Yi Fei was calm and calm when he came, he was obviously confident, and he also revealed the news of the five princes and second watch to Jiang Chenyu, compared to Cheng Wang's doting and Bi Guo's With Yishu and Linsu backing him, how sure is he that he can be so fearless? Half an hour ago, the palace sent a message—Jiang Wanyi had disappeared.And...he disappeared with my emperor. Jiang Chenyu calmed down a bit, if she guessed right, there was only one reason why Yifei was so calm - he controlled Cheng Wang and Jiang Wanyi.In other words, when Yishu wanted to kill Hanqi with all his heart, he broke into the palace, secretly took Cheng Wang and Jiang Wanyi away, and then appeared in the princess mansion ostentatiously. Seeing him appearing, Yi Shu knew that the matter had been exposed, so he hurriedly left with an excuse in shock and contacted Linsu, and found that both Cheng Wang and Jiang Wanyi had disappeared. In desperation, he had to send someone to arrest her and Pan Fang first. Contain the country of Bi.Unexpectedly, they escaped. According to such steps, the next step is to send troops in advance. So far, three white beads and one red bead, and the exquisitely woven, interlocking chain, have been fully formed in Jiang Chenyu's mind, and blood can be seen everywhere, and the beads collide and shatter against each other.She couldn't help closing her eyes. And at this moment, Pan Fang took a deep breath. Jiang Chenyu raised her head from his arms, and saw Huabin Street a hundred feet away.However, at this moment, the street has been blocked by the overwhelming army. Her heart sank immediately - it turned out that He Yi was not spared either. The boulder fell down, setting off shocking waves, and the ripples grew bigger and bigger, until everyone here was involved in it, no one is immune, there is no escape... I am deeply trapped in the whirlpool, if I don't save myself, I will be hurt. But - how to save yourself? Jiang Chenyu bit her lower lip, before she could make up her mind, Pan Fang put her down and said in a low voice, "I'll go in and see the situation." Jiang Chenyu was startled, and was about to stop him, but saw that his vigorous body had swept away like light, and soon disappeared into the night.She felt something was wrong, no matter what, no matter how good his martial arts were, Pan Fang was still a general, and he was used to confronting people in an upright manner. This kind of stealthy visit was not as good as Shi Zuo's, but since he had left, I can't call it back, so I have to give up. She was at the corner next to a shop, and there were many boxes piled up. She hid behind the box, stared at everything in the distance, and then looked around the situation around her. " "Master, I'm here." Only his voice was heard, but no one was seen. "If a war breaks out later, this place is also very dangerous. Do you know of a good way to hide?" As a hidden guard, he should have received such critical training, right? The teacher went silent for a long time. Jiang Chenyu couldn't help asking: "What's wrong? No?" "Yes." After a pause, there was a hint of apology in his voice, "but...not suitable for the master." "Because I don't know martial arts?" "For example..." Shi Zuo stammered, "Hiding in the manure pit..." Jiang Chenyu immediately blushed, this method is indeed good, but it's too... The teacher said softly: "In order to complete the task and survive, many methods are difficult for ordinary people to bear..." Jiang Chenyu thought that there are many people like Shi Zou in this world. They were secretly selected and brought back to Anbu since birth, and received all kinds of cruel and strict training. Many unbearable children died halfway. Less than one-tenth of them can become a hidden guard.And the so-called apprenticeship is the beginning of the real tragic fate, following the master like a shadow, obeying all orders, and stepping forward to help the master block the sword and gun at a critical moment... In short, they live without self or dignity at all. . Her eyes were a little wet, but she also knew that now was definitely not the time to feel sympathy, so she quickly wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes, and said with a smile, "I have a solution!" "Ok?" "Water pits and cesspools are good, but there is another place that has the same effect." "Also ask the master to make it clear." Knowing that the other party might not be able to see him, Jiang Chenyu still winked playfully: "The pond." In the dark night, there was silence, and after a long time, there was a very soft voice, "Mmm". "Connect the reed pipes together, and people can hide underwater and breathe through the reeds." Jiang Chenyu changed his tone and said, "But this method can only be used for a while, and it cannot last long. But in my opinion , this civil strife will be decided tonight, we just need to persist in the water for one night, and wait for the results to come out before making the next decision." The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this method was good, and she vaguely remembered that there was a pond not far away. She also dropped the poisonous ear beads there.Without further ado, leave quickly. Jiang Chenyu pulled out a hairpin, scratched the words "Shen Yu Luoyan" on the wooden box, and then drew a few streams of water, a fish underneath, and a branch of reed.When Pan Fang came back to see it later, with his wisdom, it shouldn't be difficult to guess that the so-called sinking fish was a pun, meaning that she was hiding in the water. After doing all this, she put her hairpin back on her head, got up and was about to leave, but suddenly saw the teacher walking away. It was really, really sudden. With a flash in front of his eyes, Shi Zuo appeared out of thin air, emerging from the shadows. 她还没来得及惊讶，就已被他抱住，就地一滚，与此同时，几道风声呼啸着从头顶飞了过去，定睛一看，却是三把飞刀！ 姜沉鱼连忙扭头，见前方不知什么时候竟来了四个人，黑色劲装，黑巾蒙面，并非寻常官兵。 Killer! 她立刻做出了这样的结论。 然而，谁派来的杀手？为什么要置她于死地？ 尚在惊魂未定，师走已飞身过去，与他们打成一团。其中一黑衣人趁其他三人围住师走之时，朝她扑来。 师走三面受敌，顾之不暇，只得喊道：“跑！” 姜沉鱼立刻转身就跑，然而，她只是一个不会武功的柔弱女子，怎快得过黑衣人？还没跑几步，脚下就一个踉跄，啪地摔倒。与此同时，黑衣人的手也伸过去抓到了她的衣领，正待俯身，胸口忽然一凉，他低下头，见心脏处插了一把匕首，而那匕首的柄，正是握在姜沉鱼手上。 原来她自知跑不过，故意装作摔倒，然后拔出贴身匕首，再加上黑衣人知道她不会武，大意疏忽始料未及下，被她一击而中。 然而，明明中刀的是黑衣人，姜沉鱼的表情却比他更加害怕，脸色煞白煞白，双手一直发抖，想再把那把匕首拔出来，却是怎么也不能够了。 幸好这时师走寻个良机摆脱三人，扑过来一把踹开那黑衣人，顺手拔出他胸口的匕首，鲜血像泉水一样喷溅出来，有好几滴飞到了姜沉鱼脸上，她睁大眼睛，浑身僵硬。 师走知道这是她生平第一次杀人，身心都受到了极大的震荡，一时间不知该如何安慰，却见她目光一闪，回过神来，喊道：“小心！” prick-- 长剑划破衣衫，后背已受伤。 师走咬牙，回身挡开第二剑，一边缠住三人，不让他们有机会去找姜沉鱼，一边继续道：“跑！” 姜沉鱼跌跌撞撞地爬起来，歪歪斜斜地朝前跑，跑了几步，却又停下，回身凝望。 师走大急道：“跑啊！” 姜沉鱼勾了勾唇角，露出一个僵硬的笑容，然后道：“不是我不想跑，而是……我腿软，跑不动了……” 师走心中一咯，完全不知该作何反应，眼见得那三人招招阴险，刀刀致命，看样子是绝对不会留活口。如此一来，他也只能拼了命地支撑，多拖得一时算一时。后背的伤口迸裂，血一直在流，这种情形下，还能支持多久？ 而他若输了，那个站在不远处殷切观望的女子，亦会死去。 一想到这儿，胸口涌起一股暖流，动作更见迅疾狠辣，左手一转，啪地扣住一名杀手的手腕，然后“咔嚓”一声，瞬间折断了对方的腕骨。 姜沉鱼静静地立在一旁，看着这场生死攸关的拼命，无比后悔自己为什么没有习武。如果她会武功就好了，起码这种紧要关头，可以更有用一些，而不必像现在这样，只能在一旁干看着，什么也做不了，还成为对方的拖累。 满脑子的聪明智慧，在这一刻，却丝毫派不上用场。 如果来的是官兵，她还可以试图跟对方谈判，讨价还价，因为她身份特殊，又巧舌如簧，有绝对的把握可以化险为夷；然而，来的却是杀手，摆明了要她死。Who exactly?是谁要杀她？又为了什么原因要杀她？ 想不明白…… 自己什么时候起竟重要到成了某人的眼中钉、肉中刺，不除而不快了？ "Crack!" 师走右腿上中了一脚，扑地跪倒，发出清脆的骨头断裂的声响。 再然后又“刺”的一声，长剑戳中他的左肩，鲜血大团大团地涌出来，滴在地上，触目惊心。 姜沉鱼不禁握紧了双手，睁大眼睛看着这一幕——看着自己的部下，如何被那三人用最最残忍的手段屠杀。 之前那个杀手的死似乎刺激了他们，他们不再一心只想取人性命，而是刻意凌辱，一点点地肢解对手。师走的武功虽然不差，但双拳难敌六手，不过一会儿工夫，就浑身浴血，多处受伤。 潘将军……姜沉鱼在心中绝望地喊，你快回来吧……老天，谁来帮帮她！救救师走！ 十五年来，她第一次感到自己如此孤立无援，如此绝望——有个人在前面为她拼命，而她却只能眼睁睁地看着！ “喀！”又一记骨断的声音。师走的两条腿都被废了，他跪在地上，明明已经连站都站不起来了，却仍是挺直了腰杆，发了疯似的挥舞着那把皇帝赐给姜沉鱼的匕首，不让对方有机会脱离。 夜幕沉沉。 The cold wind is like a knife. 空无旁人的小巷拐角，却是无比惨烈的人间修罗场。 他什么也看不见了，鲜血染红了视线，动作也完全变成了本能的杀戮，刺过去刺过去，浑然不管身体的其他部位正在遭受更严重的攻击。 只有一个声音，一声声，响在耳边： "Live!" "Live!" “师走，活下去！” He wants to live!而活下去的前提是——要保证对他说这句话的人也活下去！ 面对他如此不要命的强攻，三个黑衣人一时也束手无策，脱离不得，只好用更阴狠的招式折磨他，于是刀光一闪，师走的一只胳膊脱离了躯体，再一闪，一条腿也滚到了地上…… 姜沉鱼咬住下唇，舌尖尝到腥咸的味道，用近似麻木的声音在心中一遍一遍地对自己说：我看见了。现在的这一切，我都看见了……我记得这血肉横飞支离破碎的画面，我记得这惨烈屈辱悲痛绝望的声音，我要记得这一切的一切，然后——如果我这次侥幸不死，我要报仇！我一定要报仇！ 当其中一名黑衣杀手的铁钩狠狠扎中师走的左眼，而师走却已经连惨叫都没力气，只能由喉咙深处发出一声模糊不清的呻吟声时，姜沉鱼再也看不下去，冲过去一把握住铁钩的柄，凄声道：“一百万两！我买他的性命，一百万两！” 杀手们的动作停住了，彼此对视了一眼，由于蒙着黑巾，看不见他们的表情。 姜沉鱼加重语气道：“不管雇佣你们的人是谁，他要的只不过是我的命。我的命给你们，你们留下他吧。他只不过是个无名小卒，我用一百万两换他一命，而这一百万两足够你们三人用一辈子了！求你们了……” 地上的师走开始挣扎，用仅剩的一只手抓住她的裙摆，拼命摇晃。然而，姜沉鱼没有理会他，只是盯着杀手，厉声道：“怎么样？你们杀人，无非是为了求财。一百万两！一个废人的性命。” 其中看似首领的人终于开口道：“你怎么给我们钱？” 姜沉鱼立刻从衣领里拉出一块玉，取下递出：“你们拿着这块玉去璧国找羽林军骑都尉姜孝成，他就会给你们钱。” 杀手接过了玉，又彼此看了几眼。 姜沉鱼忙道：“我没必要骗你们。而且，单这块玉的价值，就可卖不小的价钱。你们也应该识货。” 杀手沉吟了一下，点头：“好。” “我虽然不了解你们，但听说行有行规，你们收了我的钱，就要保证实现诺言，待我死后，立刻将他送到医馆。” "Row." 姜沉鱼深吸口气，转身，闭上眼睛道：“如此……你们来取我的命吧。” 据说人在临死前会看见最想见的景象。她淡淡地想，那么我会看见什么呢？为什么什么都看不见？那些个牵挂于心念念不忘的人，为什么不来告别？ 耳旁风声急掠而过，接着是一声惨叫，有人倒地。 姜沉鱼错愕地睁开眼睛，就见一道红光贴着她的发髻飞了过去，与此同时，一辆马车出现在视线中，车夫一手持缰绳，另一只手抖了抖，红光再度飞过来，击中一名黑衣人的脖子，他连惊叫都没发出来，脑袋就和身体分了家，骨碌碌地滚到了地上。 另一名杀手见大势不好，正待转身开溜，红光嗖地缠住了他的腰，将他整个人都腾空抛起，再狠狠摔到屋宇上，只听轰隆隆一阵巨响，瓦片全部碎裂，屋顶倒塌，那人落进屋里，不知死活。 而这时，马车也已驰到了跟前，车夫用红绳将地上的师走卷起，再一把搂住姜沉鱼，把她往车厢里一丢，说了声：“走！” 马车继续往前奔驰，除了地上的三具尸体，和一幢倒塌的屋子，仿佛什么也没有发生。 事情发生得太突然也太迅速，因此，当姜沉鱼卧在马车内部柔软的丝毡上时，依旧不能明白究竟发生了什么事。那四个杀手武功都相当高，师走和他们缠斗半天都不敌，而这个车夫只不过是兔起凫举的一瞬间，就解决掉了三人——这是何等可怕的武功？ Who is he? 没等姜沉鱼细想，呻吟声将她拉回车内，她低下头，看见遍体鳞伤的师走，再也顾不得其他，连忙为他检查伤口。 幸好这一路上为了假扮药女，跟江晚衣多少学了一点医术，会了最基本的包扎。因此，看着血流不止的师走，所要做的第一步就是赶紧止血。 她连忙从怀中取出一些常备药物，谢天谢地，幸好带了止血膏，可惜身旁没有纱布，只得掀起裙子，将里裙撕下，扯成布条包住出血的部位。然而，师走的伤实在太重，尤其是断臂和断腿处，布一包上，就立刻被血浸透了，药膏抹上去，也立刻被冲走，怎么也止不住…… 正愁得不知该怎么办时，两根手指伸过来，在伤口处飞快地点了几下，血势顿减。 姜沉鱼大喜，连忙趁机将药膏抹上，再细心包好。待得一切都做完后，她这才得空回头，向那出手之人道谢：“多……” 谢字消失了。 马车依旧在前驰飞奔，蹄声嗒嗒，车轮滚滚，更有铁骑路过的巨大声响。然而，这辆马车却像是隔着一个空间在奔跑，无论外头发生了什么事，车内的场景，却是静止的。 哪怕车灯随着颠簸摇摇晃晃； 哪怕光影照在那人脸上明明灭灭； 哪怕一阵风来，吹开车帘，带来外头的夜之寒意…… 然而，这一切的一切，于姜沉鱼而言，都已不再具备任何意义。 What evening is this evening? 万水千山，天涯咫尺，竟让这个人，在这一刻，出现。 姜沉鱼的眼泪一下子流了下来。 之前，遭遇杀手时，她没有哭； 生平第一次杀人时，她害怕得要命，却没有哭； 看见师走被那些杀手一点点虐杀，她痛苦得无法承受，也没有哭…… 然而现在，当灾难已经解决，当她坐在柔软舒适的马车中，被水晶车灯的灯光一照，再接触到那秋水一般清润清透清澈清幽的眼眸时，眼泪，就猝不及防地落了下来。 大千世界，芸芸众生，偏有一人，会是死穴。 面对他时，无所谓理智，无所谓常理，无所谓一切一切的其他东西，只剩下情感的最真实反应—— 最柔软也最艳丽； 最强韧也最脆弱。 灯影斑驳，那人静静地坐着，由始至终都带着一种别样的沉静，看着她狼狈地被扔进车厢，看着她着急为难，看着她扯裙为布，看着她将另一名男子的衣衫解开肌肤相触，看着她对着满目疮痍如何哆嗦如何笨手笨脚地处理伤口…… 他看见了她所有真实的样子。 一想到这点，姜沉鱼又是羞涩又是窘迫又是惶恐又是别扭，还有点隐隐的惊喜、幽幽的悲伤，众多情绪叠加在一起，莫名慌乱。 她垂下眼睛，看见自己破碎的裙子，和裸露在裙外的腿，连忙蜷缩起来，用衣摆去遮挡。 一件披风，就那样犹自带着对方的体温，轻轻地披到了她肩上。 她抓住那件披风，再度抬头相望，眼泪仍是流个不停。 于是，那人又递上了手帕。 何其熟悉的画面，仿佛是很久以前的场景重现—— 那一日，皇宫内，雪地中，他也是如此，取出手帕，融化了雪，为她擦去脸上的血。 而这一刻，同样素洁的、没有一点花纹却显得极尽雅致的白巾再度递到了她面前。 递巾的男子，眼神温柔。 姜沉鱼的眼圈更红了几分，心中一个声音道：不哭，不哭，我不能再哭了，太失态了，沉鱼，太失态了……然而，为什么眼泪控制不住，一个劲地掉？为什么抬手擦了又擦，却会流得更急？ what to do? what to do? what to do? 一声呼唤仿佛压抑了千年岁月，久经周折，但最后还是来到了唇边：“公……子……” What evening is this evening? 万水千山，天涯咫尺，是怎样令人畏惧的命运，让你，出现在了我面前？ 我的……公子。