Chapter 2 2. The old man in the forest

Ahead is a mountain stream, surrounded by lush forests, it is a place with water, concealment, and quick escape. She jumped off the horse first, and patted Di Evil on the head.Di E has always had a violent temper, but at this time he understood human nature and knelt down. She dragged the unconscious Li Shubai off the horse, saw the arrow stuck in his shoulder, and dared not pull it out. She first went to the water's edge and rummaged through the grass, found some snakehead sausages and madder, and then cut it with the dagger. He opened his clothes and exposed the arrow. The moonlight was cold and shone on them.The moonlight reflected Li Shubai's skin pale, and the dark red blood stains on the skin were even more shocking.

She silently bit her lower lip, and the hand holding his collar trembled slightly.This was the first time her hand was pressed on a man's bare shoulder, and she felt a slight heat steaming from her face.She thought, if the moonlight is brighter, if someone sees her face at this time, they must be able to see her flushed cheeks. However, she hesitated, and fear suddenly floated in her heart.The person who threw the bag of candy to her during the day is now seriously injured and unconscious.She suddenly became afraid, afraid that the gentle expression he looked back at her today would disappear in front of her and never appear again.

She took a deep breath and looked down at his arrow wound.Seeing that the wound hadn't turned black, and there were no barbs on the arrow, he was relieved. She tore off her coat, washed the herbal medicine, chewed it in her mouth, cut the flesh near the wound with a dagger, grabbed the arrow and quickly pulled it out, and applied the herbal medicine. The wound was not small, and the blood flowed profusely. She didn't know if the herbs would be washed away by the blood, but she could only wrap his wound tightly with cloth strips first. When everything is done, it will be the climax of the moon.She took a long breath, only to realize that she was covered in sweat.She wiped off her sweat and looked at Li Shubai who was lying prone on the grass. His injuries were so serious that his lips were bloodless under the moonlight, terribly pale.

She was stunned, and discovered for the first time that this Kui King Li Shubai, who she had always thought would stand firm behind her and could do anything in the world, would have such weak and powerless moments. She looked at him silently for a long time, then pulled his clothes up, barely covering his messy bandages. She stood up and went to the mountain stream to wash her hands. Looking at the moonlight and seeing some black spots on her palms, she almost jumped up in fright. She thought, there should be no poison on the arrows, right? But then it occurred to me that the juice from the snakehead sausage just harvested was black, and it just stained my hands.

After all, she was still worried, so she went to Li Shubai's side first, and knelt down to look at him. With a wound on his back, he was lying prone among the grass, breathing gently.Huang Zixia leaned against his face, carefully inspecting his complexion, only to find that there was indeed a faint layer of blackness under his skin. Her heart sank, and she wondered if she couldn't see clearly under the moonlight, but she looked carefully at his hands. The right hand was fine, but the left hand was also covered with a layer of dark gray.She rolled up his sleeve and saw a black smudge on his elbow with a tiny black hole in the middle.

Poison needle, when did you get hit?It couldn't be when he was fleeing, it could only be... She immediately remembered the scene of Li Shubai jumping off the carriage with Princess Qi Le.At that time, the chest and neck of Princess Qile were pierced with needles—they must have been shot from the sleeve she brought with her. Is Princess Qile dead or alive? Huang Zixia leaned against the tree, recalling the scene where Li Shubai got on his horse and left Princess Qile behind.If she was still alive at that time, would Li Shubai leave so resolutely and not consider taking her with him? However, she still had a little fantasy in her heart, thinking that it might be because Li Shubai knew that the other party must be related to Princess Qile, so he would not attack her, so he left her and walked away.Perhaps Princess Qile was still alive at that time—maybe the poison was not so dangerous.

But she was not sure. Li Shubai, who had broken out along the way and firmly protected her, had already been poisoned and was on the verge of danger.She didn't know how poisoned he had been after such a long-distance running. Without further ado, Huang Zixia held his elbow in his arms and squeezed the wound vigorously, hoping to squeeze out the poisonous blood inside.However, no matter how hard she squeezed, no blood seeped out. Huang Zixia could only use the dagger he gave her to draw a cross on his elbow, then leaned over and sucked hard on his wound. The blood was sucked out by her and spit out in the grass.But under the moonlight, the color still doesn't look bright enough.She just felt that Li Shubai's body didn't seem so warm anymore, and she didn't dare to suck any more, so she could only lie down beside him, staring blankly at the bright moon in the sky.

Last quarter moon, clear sky. The long wind blew through the woods above the head, and the voices from far and near echoed in a trance, but it seemed even more deserted. Huang Zixia actually became frightened, she involuntarily leaned her head closer to Li Shubai, buried her face on Li Shubai's shoulder in the sound of howling wind, and listened carefully to Li Shubai's breathing. Thin as a gossamer, restless, stagnant and slow, but after all, it is still going on. She breathed a sigh of relief, turned her head away again, stared blankly in the moonlight for a while, then quickly got up, dragged her exhausted body, and searched carefully by the river.

But there are only a few grasses around the river, no matter how hard you search, you can only find a few lobelias and two gentian plants.She was in a hurry to go to the doctor, so she could only mash it and forcefully squeeze out the juice, dripping it into Li Shubai's mouth. I don't know if he swallowed it, so she could only cover his mouth, waited for a long time, and then applied the remaining herbal medicine on the on his elbow wound. She didn't know what else to do, she could only sit beside him, hugged her knees, and kept looking at him. He fell asleep under the moonlight, and the cold light flowed on his face. His face was like a jade carving, as if the beautiful curves were carefully carved by a skilled craftsman, and it was as lifeless as jade, lacking in blood.

She suddenly had a supreme fear welling up in her heart.With trembling hands, she reached into his arms, trying to feel his heartbeat, but her fingers touched a thin piece of paper. She was stunned for a moment, then took out the piece of paper and unfolded it under the light of the cold moon. On it, Li Shubai's birth date was written in weird dragon and snake script, and on top of his birthday, there were six big characters written - widowed, disabled, lonely, disabled and sick. But at this moment, the cold moonlight illuminated those six characters, and even more so, the bloody circle surrounding the character "waste".

Decadent, decadent and withered, lack of vitality, since then, there is no power to return to heaven! She stuffed the spell back into his clothes in a daze, only to feel a bang in her head, and thousands of sharp knives piercing her heart, which made her tremble involuntarily, and cold sweat dripped down her back. The world is so terrible, I never expected that the omen of the spell they talked about in the afternoon would come true tonight! Could it be that it is really destined and cannot escape? Because of the fear of the unknown, she only felt that the dark forest became more terrifying and gloomy.But in this deep forest, before the unknown future, the people she could rely on had lost their strength. He said, Huang Zixia, I have to leave the rest of the road to you... Yes, at that time she promised him, saying, don't worry. In her heart, she answered this sentence again.She stayed by his side, checking his breath from time to time.She had to make sure that his breath was on her fingertips, and that his skin was warm, so that she could breathe a sigh of relief temporarily. After sitting for an unknown amount of time, until her waist ached and her back ached, she lay down slowly again, curled up beside him, holding his wrist, feeling the faint beating of his pulse, before she could close her eyes. It was already early morning, she was extremely sleepy, but she couldn't fall asleep, and would wake up every once in a while.The night wind was cold, and she felt that his skin seemed a little cold, and she occasionally shuddered.She knew that he had lost a lot of blood, so he must be cold all over, but she didn't dare to start a fire, for fear that the light of the fire would attract the enemy. Thinking for a while, there was nothing I could do, so I could only get closer to him, hugged his waist carefully, and pressed my face to his chest, hoping that my body temperature could help him warm up a little bit. Such an intimate posture, in such a wilderness, if someone finds out, it will probably become a taint that I will not be able to wash away in my life.She thought so, but still hugged him motionlessly, never letting go. She touched Li Shubai's wrist, feeling the pulse that was weak but still going on all the time, she was in a daze, but felt something was wrong around her. Her ears were on the ground, she tried her best to get close, and heard the sound of horseshoes over there. Tired and messy ups and downs, slightly chaotic hoofbeats, it was obvious that they had been searching all night.And now, they're finally here. Fortunately, the sound of hooves showed that they had been scattered by the jungle, and only two or three horses had come. But even if there were only three of them, how would she and Li Shubai deal with each other?In Li Shubai's current situation, how could he withstand the bumps and runs in the mountains? She jumped up and gave a sharp whip.Di E, who was leaning against a tree to rest, let out a long hiss, snorted angrily and rushed towards her. Huang Zixia lowered her voice, raised her finger forward, and said, "Run! Run!" Washing away evil and eating pain, he galloped forward like an arrow, crossed the mountain stream, and rushed towards the dark forest in front of him. And she dragged Li Shubai up from the ground with all her strength, hid in the bushes by the stream, squatted beside him, held her breath, and opened her eyes wide to look outside. Two horses rushed down from the mountains behind, crossed the bushes where they were hiding, and chased in the direction where they were fleeing.One person took the lead in chasing, and the other mounted a loud arrow and shot forward. A little flame drew a bright light forward in the dark night sky, like a machete cutting through the night, and it disappeared in a flash. She waited quietly behind the bushes for a long time, until the sound of horseshoes could no longer be heard and everything around her was as quiet as before, she was relieved, but she didn't dare to come out from behind the bushes, so she could only sit beside Li Shubai, Tighten the herbal medicine that had just been displaced in a hurry. Seeing that the blood on his back was no longer oozing out, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned his head to look at the stream outside. It didn't matter if it didn't matter, she was so frightened that she almost jumped up. A dark figure stood silently in front of the bushes where she was hiding. He was holding a horse in his hand, and he was obviously also the pursuer, but for some reason, instead of following those people in pursuit, he stayed behind. At this time, he was standing under the moonlight, looking at her motionless. The moonlight had already slanted to the west, and it was backlighting from behind him. His face was covered with a black cloth, and he only had a pair of bright eyes, staring at her firmly. For a moment, Huang Zixia felt that his heart stopped beating, so he could only maintain that posture, sitting next to the unconscious Li Shubai. His gaze finally moved away from her, looked at Li Shubai, then lowered his voice, and said slowly: "King Kui Li Shubai." His voice was deep and hoarse, with a Xuzhou accent. He was the one who ordered everyone to chase them just now, and he should be the leader of the killers. Fear appeared on Huang Zixia's face, and she seemed to want to stand up, but her feet softened, and she fell down beside Li Shubai. He drew out the sword in his waist and walked towards them step by step. His figure covered the moon in the backlight, and the black shadow pressed against them, making Huang Zixia almost unable to breathe. His gaze moved past her, staring at Li Shubai, the sword in his hand was raised high, and it was about to stab at his heart. "I know who you are!" She suddenly said, interrupting his movements. He paused, glanced at her coldly, but said nothing. "You changed your voice and spoke with Xuzhou accent on purpose to make us mistakenly think that you are Pang Xun's old subordinates who killed King Kui for the sake of the old master, right?" Without saying a word, he just moved the tip of his sword over and pointed it at her neck. Her chest rose and fell sharply, her breathing was difficult because of the sword on her neck, her throat was almost choked, and it became dark: "But actually, I know you are from Beijing, and it is very likely that you were born in the ten divisions of the capital." Yes, because..." Her voice gradually lowered, whispering, as if unable to speak loudly because of fear.The man bent down and approached her with his head lowered, trying to hear what she said clearly. "Because, when you draw your sword, you habitually twirl your thumb to the side..." When she said this, he suddenly realized, and subconsciously looked at his right hand holding the sword. It's just this wrong eye, he suddenly felt a blur in front of his eyes, Huang Zixia had already jumped out from behind the bushes, grabbed a handful of sand and threw it at his eyes. He reacted very quickly, turning over and dodging immediately, but after all, the distance was too close, the moment his eyes closed, a cold streak slid across his left rib. Although he dodged the vital point, his left rib was cut and blood gushed out. He covered his left rib, and took two steps back in disbelief. In this situation, he couldn't open his eyes, held the sword in one hand, and covered the wound with the other. He could only hold the sword in his hand to prevent her looming. I only heard Huang Zixia say: "The swords of the ten divisions of the capital will have a buckle to prevent them from slipping in the downtown area. At the same time, they will also be admonished for the behavior of drawing their swords casually. Therefore, when the people of the ten divisions of the capital draw their swords, they will subconsciously First, use your thumb to unscrew the buckle—and you, a former member of Pang Xun from Xuzhou, how could you have such a habit?" He didn't say a word, clutching his left rib, feeling the severe pain, he couldn't stand anymore, so he could only lean against the tree behind him, try his best to seal his acupuncture point to stop the bleeding, and stared at her motionlessly.Although he still held the sword in his hand, his body trembled violently and he was completely powerless. Huang Zixia tore off another strip of her coat, and walked towards him. He stared at her, but he didn't say a word or make a sound, only the complex expression in his eyes, but it wasn't fear or resentment, but a kind of helplessness and astonishment. Huang Zixia didn't have time to study his eyes, walked up to him, stepped on his sword with one foot, and then kicked his wrist fiercely with the other.No matter how strong he was, he couldn't help but let out a low breath, and the sword in his hand suddenly loosened. She grabbed his hands, tied them with her torn clothes, and pulled off his veil. Seeing a flat, unfamiliar face that was almost forgotten, she directly stuffed the veil into his mouth. After finishing cooking with him, she picked up his sword, squatted in front of him, and looked at his wound.Her strike with the dagger was really ruthless, almost cutting through the entire skin of her abdomen.If he had reacted a little slower at that time, she would have already ripped him apart. Huang Zixia turned over the dagger and looked at it, only then did he see the word "fish intestines" engraved on it, and he couldn't help saying to himself: "No wonder." She tore off the hem of his clothes and wrapped him casually a few times, regardless of his life or death.It was only when he stood up that he saw his eyes still staring at him motionless, and said, "Don't worry, I won't kill you now. Anyway, if your accomplices search here, you can still be a hostage." Seeing the ups and downs of the night, the sky has already turned pale, and the dawn is coming.Huang Zixia walked to the side of the stream and scooped up water to wash her face, the cold water cleared her mind.She shook off her hands, took his horse, and rummaged through the horse's pouch. In addition to bows and arrows, there are a few pennies, some salt blocks, a few bottles of Jinchuang medicine, and a bottle of unknown medicine powder.She opened the bottle of medicinal powder and smelled it, and found the scent of raw land and rhubarb, so she immediately picked it up and walked up to the assassin. He lost a lot of blood, and his eyes looking at her were slightly blurred. She rested the dagger lightly on his neck, then took out the cloth from his mouth and asked, "What is this?" He glanced at it, gritted his teeth and said, "I have a headache, and occasionally I swallow it with water." Huang Zixia sneered: "Who's Shengdi and rhubarb cure headache? This is obviously the antidote!" He closed his eyes, did not look at her, and did not speak. "I don't know how Princess Qile was used by you, but the princess is a member of the royal family after all. Since you have used the poisonous needle, you must prepare the antidote first. If there is an emergency, it will be great if you can save it. Let me explain—it's a pity that the princess is no longer needed, and what you brought with you is this bottle of antidote, right?" He finally opened his mouth, his voice still hoarse, still with Xuzhou accent: "Take it with water, half a spoonful at a time." Huang Zixia's dagger tightened around his neck again: "If you lie, I will not kill you if there is something wrong with King Kui—I am an eunuch, and what I like most is to make others like me. If you lie to me..." Her dagger moved down and stuck to his lower abdomen. He was short of breath, and his expression was slightly dazed, obviously he had lost a lot of blood.But his eyes were fixed on her, his voice was low but still clear: "A girl who is so good-looking, why is she free... Want to pretend to be a eunuch?" Huang Zixia was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect that he had already seen through his real body.She didn't expect that they already knew her true identity, and in a moment of anger, she grabbed the mask and blocked his mouth again. She found the place where she helped Li Shubai suck the poisonous blood yesterday, smeared some poisonous blood on it with a dagger, then returned to the assassin, and directly stabbed his calf with the dagger stained with poisonous blood. The assassin, whose consciousness was slightly blurred due to blood loss, suddenly throbbed with pain all over his body, stared at her with wide eyes, and whimpered in his throat. She couldn't help but tore off the cloth outside the wound, watched the wound quickly turn gray-black, then took out the mask from his mouth, poured some powdered medicine on his tongue, and said, "Try the medicine with you first, If you die, don't blame me." He stared at her fiercely, but as soon as he swallowed the medicine, his mouth was tightly blocked again. He couldn't find the slightest chance to speak other than continuing to stare at her. She squatted beside him, and after a long while, she saw that the black gas from the wound on his leg had gradually subsided, so she felt relieved, quickly took the antidote and ran to Li Shubai's side, and uncorked the bottle.I couldn't find a spoon in this wilderness, so I could only guess and pour some into his mouth, then picked a big leaf and rolled it into a tube, filled some water, slowly poured it into his mouth, and let him drink it. Fortunately, although Li Shubai was unconscious, he swallowed it subconsciously after all.Huang Zixia untied his clothes again, took off the herbal medicine applied last night, reapplied Jinchuang medicine on him, and wrapped it up carefully. By the time everything was done, the sky was already bright.There is a faint mist in the mountains and forests, and the sun shines brightly in the gaps between the branches above the head, and the brilliance is trance. She stood up and saw that the assassin was unconscious, but his eyes were still on her.She pretended not to see it, turned her back and went to the river to wash her hands, only to find that all her messy hair had fallen out, and her thick black hair set off a pale face, and she couldn't hide the appearance of a woman. She could only quickly tie up her hair, then took off the two remaining arrows on the horse, walked into the mountain stream, and stood there waiting. The mountain stream is clear and shallow, and the fish in it are very thin and small, but there are still a lot of them, and they are stupid and don't know how to avoid people.Huang Zixia moved stones, surrounded a small weir, and gradually moved the stones to shrink the encirclement, finally blocked several fish on the shallow bank, and then stabbed them down hard with arrows, hitting two palm-sized fish in one fell swoop. Jumping on the shaft of the arrow. She trekked to the shore with the fish, and suddenly remembered that this method of catching fish was taught to her by her brother when she was very young. At that time, she was a follower behind her brother, and his brother was still a little boy.Up to now, she is still fishing with the method her brother taught her, but his brother is already in the underworld, killing his flesh and blood. She grieved for a moment, and stood by the water in a daze for a moment, then raised her elbows and covered her eyes with force, allowing the tears seeping from the corners of her eyes to be sucked away by her clothes. The deceased is dead, how can she still have time to immerse herself in grief now? She brought the fish to the shore, cleaned it with a fish intestine sword, cut it into thin slices, and removed the fish bones. For fear of attracting killers, she didn't dare to start a fire, but Datang always liked raw fish, so she didn't need fire.But when she ate fish cakes before, she had wasabi, but now she stuttered and felt very fishy and greasy. She took out the salt collected from the assassin, rubbed it on the fish, then took it to the assassin, pointed the dagger at him, took out the mask from his mouth, and said, "Are you hungry? I'll give you something to eat." Order something, don't bark." The assassin looked at her in amazement, until she pinched his chin and stuffed a piece of fish in it. He didn't know that he was really feeding him. Seeing her staring at him, the moonlight reflected in her eyes, bright as stars, Chewing the fish in his mouth for a while, he didn't even know the taste. Huang Zixia asked him, "Is it delicious?" He thought about it for a while and said, "A fishy smell..." "I rubbed the salt you brought over on it, doesn't it taste bad?" "It's barely edible," he said. Huang Zixia fed him another piece, carefully studying his expression. He didn't avoid her gaze, looked at her, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you so kind to me?" Huang Zixia ignored him. Seeing that he had finished eating the two pieces of fish, she took the mask to cover his mouth again, and said, "It seems that your salt is not poisonous." He was dumbfounded, and seeing her leaving figure, he couldn't help but smile wryly.
Huang Zixia ate half of the fish, and took the remaining half to Li Shubai's side, knelt down, took his hand, put his cheek against the back of his hand, and tested the temperature. The antidote finally worked. Although it was too late and he hadn't woken up yet, at least the dull blackness on his face had subsided, and the swelling on his left elbow had also subsided. She breathed a sigh of relief, the exhaustion and panic that had been haunting her all night suddenly retreated, she suddenly felt weak, and fell to the ground, only feeling that her eyes were dark, she couldn't help but support her head, leaned on her lap, closed her eyes and gasped for a long time . When the fainting passed and she opened her eyes again, she realized that Li Shubai had already woken up. His slightly opened eyes had been looking at her without moving away for a moment. Seeing her open her eyes, the eyes of the two met in an instant. Seeing his clear eyes, Huang Zixia's bewilderment all night suddenly disappeared in an instant.She couldn't help but bent down to look at him, tears welling up uncontrollably: "You...you finally woke up..." Li Shubai saw the tears in the corners of her eyes, and a faint smile suddenly appeared on her extremely weak face. He said, "Well, I'm awake." Looking at his sudden smile, Huang Zixia suddenly felt something hit her chest, and it bloomed like a flower. It’s like a young child seeing spring snow melt for the first time, a mayfly landing on a flower for the first time, a cicada crawling out of a dark cave and looking at the clear sky for the first time, seeing something new and unknown, ignorant of the unknown, but deeply I was so drawn to it that I couldn't look away. The branches and leaves of the big tree above the head are dense, and the sunlight sifts through the leaves, like golden and red silk threads.The breeze was blowing, the branches swayed lightly, and those golden spots were floating on their bodies and faces, and they were bright. In such a trance light, a night of pain and running suddenly subsided, they looked at each other, as if they were reborn, and they looked at each other for a long time without realizing it. She raised her hand to gently touch his forehead, feeling hot, but after all he woke up, although there was still a trace of mist in her eyes, a smile was already on the corner of her lips, and she said tremblingly: "You Waking up...so good." Looking at her smiling face, he really wanted to raise his hand to touch her when he was in such a difficult situation, but he found that his whole body was numb. Looking at her with a smile, he hummed. "Are you hungry? Do you want a drink of water?" She asked, seeing him blink, she got up to fetch some water, and gave him a drink or two. He was lying on the ground, having difficulty swallowing, and a wisp of water trickled down the corner of his lips. She thought for a while, picked up his head, leaned it on her lap, and then handed the rolled leaf to his lips, carefully controlled her hand, and let him drink it slowly. After he finished drinking the water, she broke two more branches and fed him some fish sticks. He ate slowly, looking very difficult and painful, but he still looked up at her and ate half of it one bite at a time. Huang Zixia explained in a low voice: "I don't dare to start a fire, for fear of attracting the assassins from last night, please bear with me, my lord." He didn't speak, he lay his pillow on her lap and looked at her quietly. Only then did she realize that the posture of the two of them was too intimate, but under such circumstances, she had no choice but to change the subject in an attempt to cover up, and said: "I know that the prince has always been a clean freak, but now in such a place ... After you are out of danger, I will help you find a way to clean it." She carefully placed Li Shubai's head on the ground again, pulled a few balls of grass and used it as a pillow for him, and then brought his leftover fish to the stream. When she looked up, she found that the prisoner who was tied by herself was still leaning against Looking at her under the tree, his eyes were full of complex and profound meanings. She couldn't help being startled for a moment, thinking, she was so close to Li Shubai just now, wouldn't it all fall into his eyes? But thinking about it again, the other party is just a murderer who came to assassinate, even if he recognized himself as a woman, even if he misunderstood the relationship between them, so what. Therefore, she turned her eyes away as if the other party was just a grass, a flower, or a tree, and she didn't care. She washed her hands, went to the prisoner and knelt down, put the dagger against his neck, took out the cloth towel from his mouth, and asked, "What's his name?" The other party turned his eyes fixed on her to the nearby mountain stream: "You don't even know her." "Actually, I don't want to know either." She patted him on the shoulder with the dagger, because when Li Shubai woke up, her tone was obviously more relaxed than before, "I just want to know who is the person behind you, and who dared to assassinate you?" King Kui." He said without hesitation: "My king Pang Xun has recruited millions of Yin soldiers underground, and he will take revenge and take King Kui's life." Huang Zixia sneered, and asked, "Why did you take your life? Go underground and let King Kui shoot him with another arrow?" He was at a loss for words for a while, and let out a resentful "hum". Huang Zixia looked at him with great interest, and said, "You have a good family background, and you don't know the vulgar language of barbarians at all. It is very rare for people who can maintain such a personality in the army. And Pang Xun's subordinates back then, all You are a refugee, and it is absolutely impossible to have someone like you." He gritted his teeth and said nothing, just stared at her fiercely. But Huang Zixia didn't care about his direct gaze, and sat down on the grass in front of him when he was tired from squatting, the dagger in his hand didn't leave his neck for a moment: "Let's be obedient and follow the truth, who are you, who sent you to assassinate King Kui?" Yes, who is it?" Hearing her coercion, he suddenly laughed and said, "Why don't I tell you something - you don't know who I am or where I come from, but I do know who you are." Huang Zixia gesticulated on his neck with a dagger, and asked, "What do you think?" "You are lying in ambush in the grass in the middle of the night. I think your surname should be Caotou. You and I met at the time of Yin, and when the word Yin was removed and grass was added, it became Huang. Your surname is Huang." "It's a good job," she said, flipping the dagger and patting him on the shoulder. "It's just that I think you already knew my real identity, so you reversed it, didn't you?" He smiled, but his face was stiff and his smile was very ugly. "It seems that you have put a lot of thought into King Kui, and even the insignificant me beside him has been figured out by you," she sneered, and asked the prisoner again, "Said, who sent you here, what is it?" who is it?" He asked back, "What do you say?" "You are from the middle of the capital, and you can use Princess Qile. Obviously, you are a branch of the imperial court. But to ignore Princess Qile like this, you must not care about the face of the royal family, and you are not a member of the royal family... ..." "I guessed wrong, the one who sent me here is the number one person in the world." He said casually. Huang Zixia looked back at Li Shubai, saw that he was still lying there quietly, and then glared at him: "Tell the truth!" "What I'm telling is the truth, why don't you believe it?" His tone was relaxed and natural, and there was even a playful gleam in his eyes. Huang Zixia frowned, and tightened the dagger on his neck: "The emperor wants King Kui to balance the forces in the court and restrain Wang Zongshi. How could he destroy the Great Wall now?" "Oh, because Eunuch Wang Zongshi is terminally ill and his time is numbered—as a young eunuch next to King Kui, don't you even know this?" He didn't care about the sharp dagger she had placed around his neck at all. , still amazed, "Is it really good for you to know nothing about your political opponents?" "Is it really okay to talk nonsense like you and provoke King Kui and the court?" She frowned, but she didn't ask any more, knowing that there was no result, so she gagged him again and turned back to the bushes On the side, Li Shubai was listening to them with his eyes open. She sighed and said, "I don't know how to extract a confession by torture." "Don't ask, even if you kill him, he won't say anything... What he wants to protect is something more important than himself," Li Shubai said, closing his eyes slowly, "You go to him Say, ask him to whistle three short, one long, and four whistles for me. If he refuses, you can tell him a word—Longyou, Baiyuxia, Guanshan is snowing, and the beacon fire is gone without smoke.” Huang Zixia didn't know why, but she nodded, walked up to the man, and relayed Li Shubai's words to him. He leaned under the tree in a daze, looked in Li Shubai's direction, and seeing that he hadn't moved, he sighed, closed his eyes, and said in a low voice: "I'm weak now, I don't know if I can whistle. " Huang Zixia, the chief culprit who made him weak, squatted in front of him without shame, pointed a dagger at his chest, and freed his bound hands. He looked at her with a wry smile, then put his hand to his lips and whispered. Even though he was physically weak, these whistles still vibrated Lin Yue, faintly heard several miles away.Huang Zixia tied his hands again, turned his head and looked around, and saw a black horse galloping like an arrow in the dense forest among the waves of pines. "Eliminate the evil!" Huang Zixia stood up, and couldn't help hugging its head under excitement—after tossing and tossing all night, he suddenly felt that having a horse by his side was also a kind of support. Di E dismissed her, directly ignored her outstretched hand, brushed past her side abruptly, and went straight to Li Shubai. Huang Zixia turned around speechlessly and slapped it on the buttocks, but seeing it raised its hind legs as if to kick him, she quickly jumped back and ran away.He was still depressed, but he heard someone laughing in a low voice. She turned around and saw that it was the prisoner.Although there was only that sound, she suddenly felt a little familiar. She frowned, studying his appearance.But on that rigid flat face, there was really no trace of his memory.She thought in her heart, if Zhou Ziqin was there, would he be able to see the true face of this person according to his theory of viewing bones? But on second thought, Zhou Ziqin couldn't even tell that she was a woman pretending to be a eunuch, so how could he place any hope? When he looked back and saw Di E bent his head down and rubbed lightly on Li Shubai's body, sweeping away the ferocious aura, he couldn't help but think about his own brushing sand, and the wailing of her injured and fallen into the bushes, and couldn't help but feel sad. From this, he couldn't help but walk to the prisoner first, stuffed his mouth, and kicked him twice. He was baffled, and after glaring at her, he turned his face away.