Chapter 15 Fifteen, nowhere to be found again
Gongsun Yuan and Yin Luyi sat down on the chair in front of them together. Yin Luyi showed nervousness and sadness. Gongsun Yuan patted her palm lightly and said, "Don't worry, Zhou Butou and Yang Gonggong decided Can tell right from wrong.”
She turned to look at Zhou Ziqin, with a forced smile on her face, and asked, "I don't know what suspicion Zhou Butou and Eunuch Yang think we have?"
Zhou Ziqin hurriedly said: "This, Eunuch Yang and I have just discussed it. In fact, the two of you are the least likely to commit the crime. Because the two of you are always in the water pavilion, under the watchful eyes of everyone, how can you separate yourself to kill someone? "
Huang Zixia nodded and said, "Just asking the two of you as usual, have you ever had any contact with Judge Qi Tengqi?"
Gongsun Yuan and Yin Luyi shook their heads together.Gongsun Yuan said: "Although we have been to Chengdu several times before, we were all invited to perform. And the last time I came to Chengdu was five years ago, and Lu Yi only came here for one time seven years ago." This time, we only went to Longzhou, and did not set foot in Chengdu. We have never met Judge Qi, so how have we ever had any contact?"
Huang Zixia said: "We will send people to investigate this, please don't worry, the government will never involve innocent people."
"Thank you Catcher Zhou and Eunuch Yang," Gongsun Yuan said, looking at them earnestly, and asked, "I don't know if there is any progress in the case of my little sister Ruan?"
Zhou Ziqin was quite embarrassed, and said: "The investigation... has made some progress, please wait a little longer, ma'am."
Gongsun Yuan also stopped talking, and only bowed to him with Yin Luyi.
Zhou Ziqin's younger sister, Zhou Ziyan, has a pretty melon-seeded face, a bit like Zhou Ziqin, with a much smaller body and face, but her aura is a hundred times more powerful than Zhou Ziqin's. "Brother, tell me, my fiancé-to-be died like this, and I will be a joke in Chengdu in the future?" Zhou Ziyan patted the table with a look of resentment. Zhou Ziqin covered his head and said in pain: "Sister, it's not the first time anyway... Didn't you get laughed at in the capital before..." "So it's the second time. I probably won't be able to get married in this life. Come on, I'd better go back to Beijing to find my sweetheart!" Zhou Ziqin looked at his sister pleadingly, hoping that she would show him some face: "Now it's the government's questioning, and it's business, please sit up for me." She didn't pay attention to him at all, just raised one foot, sat on the chair crookedly, with a look of disdain on her face: "I don't know about your half bucket of water? Brother, if you really want to finish this case, I will give you an idea to ensure that all problems are solved!" Zhou Ziqin actually poked his head over and asked softly, "What's your idea?" Huang Zixia lowered her head speechlessly, pretending that she was concentrating on the confessions of everyone in front of her. "You go outside and post a list, saying that Huang Zixia is innocent, please come back quickly, a group of useless people in the yamen, headed by Zhou Shao, are waiting for her to save their lives!" The corner of Zhou Ziqin's mouth twitched: "Is this okay?" Seeing that Zhou Ziqin was serious, Huang Zixia could only cough. Only then did he regain his senses, and quickly slapped Zhou Ziyan on the back of the head: "Sit down for me! The government is questioning me!" Seeing that Zhou Ziqin was unreliable, Huang Zixia could only write while asking, "Where was Miss Zhou when the murder happened?" Zhou Ziyan looked sullen: "I've been staying in the green gauze closet, I haven't gone anywhere... Really, I will definitely have nightmares tonight, and I don't know when he died, I don't know that I and a How long have the corpses been sitting together!" Huang Zixia asked again: "Judge Qi was by your side at the time, did you do anything unusual?" "No, he chatted with me about Mrs. Gongsun's sword dance, and read me a poem by Du Fu, which is the poem 'There was a beautiful woman in the past, Mrs. Gongsun, who moved all directions with a sword dance'. Who hasn't read that poem yet? Poetry, so I said I have read it too, don’t disturb me to watch the sword dance. He was a little embarrassed, so he stopped talking. I thought he was afraid to show it in front of me. Who thought he was dead !" Huang Zixia was also speechless to this girl who was completely ignorant of the world, and could only ask again: "So, during the dance, did you ever feel any movement around you?" "Is there any movement..." She pursed her lips, thought carefully, and then said, "I remembered, in the middle, when the petals were floating in front of me, and somehow there seemed to be a commotion, I saw someone dragging someone, Pulled to the side of the bushes. Then a stench was blown by the wind. I quickly covered my face and turned my head. At that time, it seemed that Judge Qi who was sitting next to the green gauze cabinet seemed to have a 'goo' in his throat..." "Are you sure it was at that time?" Zhou Ziqin asked excitedly. "It seems so, because I was thinking, I'm still covered by a green gauze cupboard, the Qi Teng outside must be suffocated to death, right?" "So, did you look at it at the beginning?" "No, it's so smelly, I'm afraid I can't avoid it, who would turn my head to look! Besides, all the lights outside have been extinguished, only a few lanterns in front of the water pavilion are left. My whole body is already dark, plus Sitting in the green gauze cabinet again, separated by a layer of gauze, even if you want to look outside, you can’t see clearly!" Zhou Ziyan pressed the round fan to her chin, frowned and thought for a while, and said, "But after that, it seems that Judge Qi really It hadn't moved, and I think he must have died at that time." "Anything else?" She was very sure, without hesitation: "No, I didn't feel it anyway." Zhou Ziqin had no choice but to say: "Okay, you go to rest first... In short, Judge Qi should have died at that time." Zhou Ziyan stood up, took two steps, looked back at him, and said, "Brother, let me give you an idea." "Huh?" Zhou Ziqin looked up at her. "You should go to Huang Zixia. In my opinion, it is basically impossible for you trash to find out the case." Zhou Ziqin was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Huang Zixia with tears in his eyes: "Chonggu! Please do one thing!" "Understood." Huang Zixia turned a page of records expressionlessly, "I will help you solve this case and let you regain your glory before your sister."
Wang Yun still had that unrestrained appearance, although his face was a little pale and haggard, but under the light at this time, it was covered with a layer of hazy and warm light, which made his whole person look as gentle as jade. He sat in front of them, with a slight smile on his face: "It's getting late, you still have to take care of this case, it's really hard work." Zhou Ziqin said with a sad face: "That's right, let alone the death of the judge in Jiedu's mansion, it's a big matter, it's impossible not to solve the case as soon as possible." "I was sitting there watching the dance all the time. After Yuxuan and Yuanlong left, although there was no one around, there were still a few lieutenants and counselors. I think everyone can testify for me. I never left the scene." Wang Yun looked relaxed, and didn't take Qi Teng's death seriously. Zhou Ziqin nodded, and said: "Of course I absolutely believe in Captain Wang, but at that time everyone on the field was looking at the water pavilion, and the seats below were dim, and Captain Wang was sitting on the far left, with no one behind him. Yu Xuan and Fan Yuanlong on the right also left, I don't know if there are three seats away, has anyone noticed whether Captain Wang stood up and left..." Wang Yun smiled bitterly and said, "It's hard to say. After all, everyone is looking forward. Who would look to the left in the middle of watching the dance to see if I'm sitting there?" Zhou Ziqin comforted him again: "It's okay, after all, you have nothing to do with Judge Qi. According to common sense, Captain Wang has no motive for committing the crime." He didn't care at all, and his tone was relaxed, as if chatting: "What do you two think about this case?" Zhou Ziqin said annoyedly: "From the current case, no one has been found who has the time to commit the crime, so the main starting point should only be the motive for committing the crime." "That's right, whoever has a reason to kill Qi Teng, arrest them all and ask them, isn't it all right?" Wang Yun said, looking at Huang Zixia with a smile in his eyes, "But I should be the first to be eliminated as a suspect. Row? After all, I just came from Beijing, so I have nothing to do with Judge Qi." Huang Zixia asked lightly: "I don't know why Wang Duwei came to Chengdu Mansion?" "The Royal Forest Army wants to promote several school lieutenants, and three or four of them are from Chengdu. We need to investigate their family background. Originally, this is not my business, but you have all come to Chengdu. I am very boring in Beijing by myself. I'm busy, so I came here." He smiled at Yan Yan, and his words were impeccable. Zhou Ziqin was very moved, and immediately made a decision and said, "Brother Wang, you must stay here for a few more days! After the case is settled in two days, the few of us will play around for half a month and enjoy the scenic spots in central Sichuan!" Huang Zixia lowered his head and drank his tea in silence, and said, "Captain Wang has a heart. It's getting late, let's quickly ask a few lieutenants first."
Several lieutenants of the Xichuan Army testified to each other, insisting that they were all together at that time, and absolutely no one left alone. "What's more, we are military officers, and Judge Qi is a civil officer. Although we usually have contacts, we are just acquaintances on the scene, but in fact there is no interest involved. Even if he is gone, no one between us will have a chance to be promoted. How can we kill people? ?” Several members of the army from the Chengdu Mansion also testified against each other, and their relationship with Qi Teng was even shallower, how could they kill someone? The musicians were on the side of the water pavilion at that time, listening to Yin Luyi's command to play at any time.Even if there is only the sound of the flute in the middle, the other musicians have to wait, all of them are sitting there, and no one has ever got up to leave. The servants were on the other side of the water pavilion, including Zhou Ziyan's personal maids.Although the dozen or so people standing there were a bit chaotic, they all stood relatively compactly. If anyone moved around, they would definitely be noticed by others. The witness testimony seems to be unreliable, and another important physical evidence is also clueless.No matter how much they searched through the remaining garbage, there was nothing like a murder weapon. Huang Zixia went back to carefully observe Qi Teng's body again, and fell silent. Fan Yuanlong hadn't left yet, but this time he seemed to have woken up a bit from the wine, and walked up to her side again: "Eunuch Yang, listen to me, the murderer is Yu Xuan! Because of his good looks, he intends to meddle with the envoy's daughter." He was the one who seduced Huang Shijun's daughter at the beginning, and now he has set his target on Zhou Shijun's daughter, and now seeing that Zhou Shijun is going to marry his daughter to Judge Qi, he is angry from the bottom of his heart. Health, one does not do one thing, one does not stop, one is not a gentleman, one is not poisonous and one is not a husband! Yuxuan, oh Yuxuan, you are simply picking on the gentleman's daughter, and you are so attracted to you!" Yu Xuan glanced at him coldly, said nothing, and looked up at the sky by himself. His indifferent and haughty expression made Fan Yuanlong jump violently. If he hadn't been tightly held back by the people around him, he would definitely do it. Seeing that the uproar in the middle of the night would not stop for a while, Zhou Ziqin stood behind Huang Zixia, helpless: "This case is too difficult! We know that the murderer is among us, and no one has the chance to commit the crime. Besides, Everyone is watching, but they don't know who it is. Moreover, they can't even find the murder weapon!" Huang Zixia nodded and said, "It's very strange..." Someone behind her handed her a cup of tea and said, "Have a sip of tea first, and look for it slowly. With Eunuch Yang's ingenuity, within three to five days, I believe the truth of this case will be revealed." Huang Zixia took the tea and looked back. It was Wang Yun standing behind her with a gentle smile. The previous murder and the noise around him didn't seem to affect him at all. Seeing her hesitate, Wang Yun poured a glass for Zhou Ziqin, and asked him with a smile, "Ziqin, what do you think? Eunuch Yang is the one in this case, who else in the world can stand up to him?" "I don't know what she would think if Huang Zixia was here." Zhou Ziqin held his teacup thoughtfully. Wang Yun said with a smile: "I believe that her thoughts and actions should be exactly the same as Eunuch Yang's." Huang Zixia glanced at Wang Yun in embarrassment, lowered her head and drank tea to cover herself: "Wang Duwei hasn't returned yet?" "The truth hasn't come to light yet, and I don't want to sleep when I go back." He sat down on the railing and looked at her with a smile. Huang Zixia was speechless, and could only say to Zhou Ziqin: "Let's go back and rest first, it seems that we can't make any progress tonight." "Are you going back?" Wang Yun stood up calmly, brushed the dust off his clothes, "I'm going back to Jiedu Mansion too, you and I can go back together." Huang Zixia glanced at him silently, seeing his gentle expression and open appearance, she couldn't refuse, so she could only follow him out of the envoy's residence. After her Na Fusha was rescued, her injuries hadn't healed yet, so she rode a horse, tried her best to be careful, and walked out of the envoy's mansion. Wang Yun's horse also walked very slowly, and the two walked side by side, the clattering horseshoes echoing gently on the quiet night streets of Chengdu. There is no moon in the sky, and the night is silent.Wang Yun looked back at her, her drooping face could not be seen clearly in the dark night, only when her eyes turned, like water waves flashing in the dark night, did he feel that she was looking at him. Huang Zixia looked at his face covered by the darkness, and suddenly felt a movement in her heart, something in her memory was suddenly lifted up, like dark ripples, a sticky and uneasy fear surged in her heart. She hesitated for a moment, and then suddenly called out "Oops". "What's the matter?" Wang Yun urged the horse to come to her side and asked with concern. Huang Zixia jumped off the horse, looked carefully at the horse's injuries, and said, "It seems that Fusha's injuries have not healed yet. I've only been riding for a long time, and it's trembling. Let it rest." "Do you want to go back to the Shijun's mansion to change a horse?" Wang Yun asked. Huang Zixia shook her head and said, "It's a long way to come out, and we will arrive at Jiedu Mansion later." Wang Yun saw her leading the horse walking below, and remembered the scene in Chang'an, when she was walking on the street at night, and he rode a horse beside her and walked back with her.He couldn't help laughing, and jokingly bent over and stretched out his hand to her immediately, and asked, "How about... come up with me?" She raised her eyes to look at him, and grabbed his hand silently, turned over and jumped onto his horse, and sat behind him. Wang Yun herself was startled, and looked back at her in surprise, only to see her drooping eyelashes trembling slightly. Her expression was hidden in the darkness, and only a voice came softly: "There have been many accidents recently, I seem to be Really tired." "Then... let me take you back," he said. Huang Zixia didn't make a sound, he felt that she should have nodded, and then gently wrapped her hands around his waist. In such a dark night, it was like a sudden dream.The woman whom I had been looking at for a long time, sat behind me, hugged me softly, and let me take her home—this was not real, but rather like a hallucination in the middle of the night. But her hands were clearly around her waist, and the summer clothes were thin, so the heat from her skin seemed to be able to pass through the clothes and spread to his body.Her breath was so light, she slightly lifted a strand of his loose hair, and lightly brushed over his neck... Just when Wang Yun was in a trance for a while, her body suddenly leaned to the side, as if caught off guard, her hand moved to the side and pressed heavily on his left rib. He let out a muffled snort. Although he controlled it very well, there was only a slight sound, but she had obviously heard it, and her voice became colder: "Captain Wang is injured? The injury is on the left rib?" Wang Yun gritted his teeth silently, and said in a low voice: "A few days ago, I went into the mountains with the Xichuan army to search for King Kui's trace, but I encountered a wandering assassin and was slightly injured." Huang Zixia nodded and said, "I see..." Before she finished speaking, she kicked her foot forward again suddenly, which just happened to hit another injured place on his foot. He suddenly shivered with pain, and couldn't help moaning in a low voice. Taking advantage of his low body when he was enduring the pain, Huang Zixia let go of his waist, quickly jumped off the horse, turned on his own sand brush, turned the horse's head, and backed away from him. They rein in each other and stand on either side of the street.The street lamp at the corner shone on their bodies, giving them a warm orange color, but Huang Zixia looked at Wang Yun in front of him in the summer night wind, and felt a slight chill emanating from his body. Wang Yun gritted his teeth secretly, and a seemingly composed but actually difficult smile appeared on his face: "What's wrong?" Huang Zixia stared at him intently, in the quiet night at this moment, the wind that flowed around them carried a hint of chilling. Her voice was extremely low, but she paused each word with incomparable clarity: "It turns out...it's you." Wang Yun looked at her, and the smile on his face became calm again: "Yes, it's me." Huang Zixia thought of the meaningful and complicated look in his eyes when he watched his intimate behavior with Li Shubai in the dark night forest; he remembered the expression when he asked himself why he was so kind to him when he was feeding him fish; he remembered how he threatened him. At the time, he said, such a beautiful woman, why did she dress up as an eunuch... Her mind was in a mess, the summer night wind was chaotic, howling through the streets and alleys of Chengdu Mansion, flowing past them, it seemed that it would never stop. And Wang Yun looked at her from a distance, the smile on his always gentle face gradually faded, he stared at her, his eyes were dark and quiet, piercing directly into her heart. She bit her lower lip and asked, "Why? Who did you order to hunt us down? Why did you take this mission?" Wang Yun urged the horse to come towards her, his voice seemed to be infected by the night wind, and it became cold and stiff: "Now your horse can't stand long-distance raids, you can't escape, so you should just obediently grab your hands. " Huang Zixia reined in his horse and took a step back, looking at him warily: "I still want to ask you something." "Say." He stood on his horse coldly, standing a foot away from her. "In the mountains and forests, King Kui has already seen through your identity, but you concealed it for you, and you also helped us leave in the end. Then, why did you assassinate us again at the inn? At the moment when your identity has been leaked, Do you think it's wise to organize another assassination?" Wang Yun smiled coldly and asked, "So what do you think?" "Because, the person who arranged the second assassination was not you—perhaps, it came from two forces at all." She looked at him coldly, as if she had insight and compassion, "and the people behind you, Knowing that King Kui already knew your identity, he still organized a second assassination. It’s good if it succeeds. If it doesn’t, you are the scapegoat. Only the forces behind you will enjoy the benefits of the fisherman regardless of success or failure...” "You don't need to be so provocative," he interrupted her, and said coldly, "It's just because I was injured at the time, so I won't ask about it for the time being. As for how other people execute it, it has nothing to do with me." Huang Zixia said again: "The way the prince handled it in the forest at that time, naturally he has let you live. Besides, you are also following orders. As long as you identify the real culprit behind the scenes, you will naturally not be held accountable..." "You don't have to delay any longer!" Wang Yun steered his horse forward and rushed towards her, "Huang Zixia, I won't let you come back to him again! Even if I ruin you, I don't want to see you in front of others." Live to your heart's content!" Huang Zixia pulled the horse back, turned around and galloped towards the rear. There was only a distance of ten feet, and even though Fusha was one of the best Dawan BMWs in ten thousand, after all he had just recovered from a serious illness, so his reaction was a little slow.And although the horse under Wang Yun's crotch was not as good as hers, it was still a good horse for thousands of miles. As soon as he jumped, he lay across in front of her, blocking her way. Huang Zixia turned the horse's head again and ran towards the rear. Wang Yun urged the horse to jump towards her again, but only heard a "wow" and "bang", the saddle suddenly tilted, and he fell straight off the horse. Fortunately, Wang Yun reacted very quickly and rolled on the ground to lose momentum, so he was not seriously injured.But under such impact, his original wound burst open immediately, and the front of his chest was stained with red spots by slight bloodstains. He turned his gaze back to his horse and saw the neatly cut saddle, only to realize that she had already moved her hands and feet when she just got on his horse. Before he got up, Huang Zixia had already jumped off the horse, and pressed the Yugu sword in his hand to his throat-this sword, she put it on Na Fusha before the banquet started, and from Na Fusha's body When she came down, she pretended to check the horse's body, but actually put it in her sleeve quietly. He lay on his back on the ground, with severe pain in his chest, and looked at her in front of him weakly. It was as if the scene in the forest was re-enacted, and she once again restrained him in the deserted and quiet street. "Huang Zixia...I'm not your match after all." He looked at her resentfully and helplessly, and murmured. Huang Zixia tilted the Yuchang sword in his hand so as not to accidentally cut his skin: "Captain Wang, in the mountains and forests, we let you go because of the situation. But now you have fallen into the trap again. In my hands, why don't you please confess to me now, in the end, who is behind your scenes?" "There is no one behind the scenes. I only listen to my own heart." Wang Yun's gaze fixed on her coldly, as cold as a knife.At this moment, his spring-like warm demeanor was completely gone, replaced by winter-like icy cold.His voice, also carrying a cold meaning, pierced deeply into her heart. "When I left Beijing this time, someone sent me a word. He said, some things you desperately want to get, but they end up in the hands of others. Then, it would be better to destroy them." Huang Zixia grasped the handle of the Yuchang Sword tightly, her finger knuckles were too tightly gripped, and even showed a trace of bruising, but she didn't seem to feel anything.She just looked at Wang Yun motionlessly, like looking at a complete stranger, like looking at a garden full of flowers that fell into the fire in an instant, and all the beautiful traces disappeared. "Huang Zixia, do you know how much I hate you," his voice was low and slow, and his tone was so cold and emotionless, "You insulted me, the entire Langya Wang family, you let me and my family Become the laughing stock of the whole world, you say - how can I be willing to watch you live well?" Huang Zixia asked back: "In order to get revenge on me, you would involve King Kui?" "Hmph..." He didn't answer, but turned his eyes away coldly, and looked up at the night sky. "Even if you really hate me and really want to kill me, your first target is King Kui. And I'm just someone you want to kill by the way, isn't it? The forces behind you are the one The beginning of this assassination." Huang Zixia took a deep breath, looked directly at him, and asked without hesitation. "I want to kill you, Princess Qi Le also wants to kill you, we hit it off, that's all." He still just said that. Huang Zixia wanted to ask more, but he heard someone behind him say flatly, "Chong Gu." Huang Zixia turned her head and saw a figure standing under the stars, clear and elegant, tall and majestic, it was Li Shubai. She still pressed the fish intestine sword against Wang Yun's neck and called him: "My lord..." "Don't make wild guesses." Under the backlit starry sky, she couldn't see Li Shubai's expression clearly, but only saw his eyes reflecting the starlight, with a dark glow, "Yunzhi is my friend, and even more so." The eldest grandson of the Langya Wang family, the cousin of the Empress Wang, and the captain of Zuojin Wuwei, he cannot possibly be the one who assassinated me." Huang Zixia was about to speak, but the moment she met his gaze, she was startled and understood. She put down the Yuchang Sword in her hand, sheathed it back into her arms, and said in a low voice, "Yes, I was overthinking... Please don't mind Captain Wang, and don't blame me for being abrupt." Wang Yun sat up slowly, watching her without speaking.After a long time, his eyes turned to Li Shubai again. Li Shubai said calmly: "Yunzhi, Chonggu is simple and ignorant, ignorant of world affairs, don't blame him." Wang Yun raised his hand to press his chest, and after a long time, he whispered, "Don't dare." Li Shubai didn't say anything else, just walked over and held out his hand to him. Wang Yun held his hand, stood up slowly, and looked at Huang Zixia. Huang Zixia forced herself to suppress the depression in her heart, and bowed her head towards him to make amends: "Captain Wang, please forgive me for being so concerned about the safety of the prince that I wrongly blamed you." He raised his hand to stop her, slowly passed her, and walked towards the Jiedu Mansion.
Huang Zixia followed Li Shubai to the residence. In the west courtyard of Jiedu Mansion, a newly cleaned courtyard, the main hall is Li Shubai, and the two wing rooms on the left and right are Huang Zixia and Zhang Xingying. "It's late, you're so tired tonight, go to bed early." Li Shubai said to her. Huang Zixia stood where he was, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Please forgive me, my lord." He looked back at her as usual, "What's the crime?" Huang Zixia muttered: "The situation is unclear now, I... shouldn't have exposed everything first." Li Shubai looked at her uneasy look, but a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and said, "You are also worried that I will encounter a third assassination, so you are a little impatient, aren't you?" Huang Zixia nodded silently, and said, "But before, I really didn't expect that it would be Wang Yun..." "It's because of him that I'm in trouble." Li Shubai thought for a while, and motioned her to enter the room where he lived. The two sat on the low couch in front of the bed facing each other, Li Shubai took out a paper bag from his body, took out the talisman paper from inside, and handed it to her. Huang Zixia looked at the six characters above, except for the bloody red circle on the third character "孤", all other characters had disappeared. Huang Zixia carefully observed the word "waste", but saw that the paper was as usual, and there were no traces of blood dripping from before. Li Shubai said calmly: "Before, after we were in distress in the inn, I had confirmed this talisman paper. The word 'waste' on it was still circled in red and remained unchanged." "So, it only changed during the few days after entering the Jiedu Mansion?" Huang Zixia handed the talisman paper back to him, frowning. Li Shubai said: "Isn't it strange?" They said such weird things, but their tone was very relaxed.He put the talisman paper back into the paper bag, and said: "Because it was inconvenient on the way, I didn't put it in a heavy lock box, but chose to carry it with me. Recently, the Xichuan Army brought back my belongings. So I put it back into the small round box again, unexpectedly, there was a change immediately." Huang Zixia lowered her head in thought, without saying a word. Seeing that the tea in the pot was still hot, Li Shubai poured her a cup with his own hands. After smelling the smell and observing the color, he handed it to her and said, "The tea in Jiedu Mansion is not bad." Huang Zixia held the teacup, feeling a trace of sadness in her heart.From the moment he took over the government for the emperor who indulged in entertainment, he was afraid that he would be on guard everywhere and face countless life-and-death turning points. Seeing her look like this, Li Shubai smiled comfortingly, poured himself a cup and took a sip, and said, "Actually, it's nothing. Isn't Fan Yingxi afraid that something will happen to me in his house? Since I'm on his side, He must be responsible." Huang Zixia nodded, still thinking about something, but heard him say softly again: "Sometimes I think, maybe in my life, the only time I enjoy peace and tranquility is the few days when I escaped and recuperated in the mountains with you gone." Huang Zixia opened her eyes wide and looked at him in astonishment. "Although we were in a mess and our lives were hanging by a thread, only at that time, it seemed that all the pain and doubts in the world disappeared, and the past and future in my life were not important. Only the two of us were in the shade of the tree. Going straight ahead, the sun shining through the leaves casts on us, each and every brilliant spot of light, gorgeous and gorgeous, beating slightly..." He watched her intently under the lamp. The light of the palace lantern trembled slightly in the night wind, and their bodies were glowing with flickering light, vaguely, creating a sense of emptiness that was almost hallucinatory.What made Huang Zixia feel more illusory than the light was Li Shubai's voice, softly ringing in her ears—— "At the age of thirteen, my father passed away. After the emperor took the throne, I was in a state of instability for a long time. Several older brothers all died silently and inexplicably, except for the three young brothers who were still young. , the older one, I am the only one left. At that time, I thought every day, is it, it will be my turn next." He said softly, staring at the dancing wick of the candle, the blue-gray It was covered with a layer of warm orange red, swaying slowly in the slight air current.This warm light shrouded the glazed cup. The Agashine that had been left on the carriage sank quietly at the bottom amidst the light and the glazed light. It was unknown whether it was awake or asleep. . "More than three years ago, Pang Xun rebelled in Xuzhou. I asked myself to go out to suppress the rebellion. At that time, the imperial court allowed me to take away only a few thousand old and weak. But I was not afraid at all. I thought, maybe this is also A chance for me to escape..." Listening to his words, Huang Zixia suddenly remembered what he had said to himself, the first encounter with Xue Se and Xiao Shi.At that time, he went straight into the tiger's lair alone to kill Pang Xun's disorganized soldiers. When she heard about it, she thought whether it was unwise to take such a risk.But thinking about it now, he suddenly understood what he was feeling at that time. In fact, when he went to Xuzhou, he didn't want to find a chance to rise, but just wanted to find a way of death that he could accept. However, he became famous in the first battle, and the six major military governors pledged allegiance to his subordinates. The day he triumphantly returned to the court was the beginning of his power in the court. "After I came back, I was re-appointed King Kui. I was honored for a while, but my life was not peaceful. I was always facing two forces. I became the victim of one side and the target of the other side. There are countless people, I hope I disappear into this world." He said, his eyes dark and gloomy, he raised his hand and flicked the glass cup.Slight ripples swayed inside, the little fish flicked its tail lightly, then fell to the bottom of the water again, unmoved. "There are countless mysteries around me, and they are always on guard against me. No one knows that I am anxious and living in the mystery. I used to think that in this life, I have been living in this endless mystery. I was heartbroken until that day...you appeared." He let go of the glazed lamp, and at some point in those dim eyes, bright stars fell, reflecting the shadows of the lights, swaying gently.He looked at her without blinking, and her figure swayed slightly with the light in his eyes. Huang Zixia felt extremely nervous, as if he was afraid that he would be attracted by the bright star, and would no longer have a basis for existence; it seemed that he would get lost and never find the bright star again after his willfulness was out of his sight. direction. Therefore, she let her heart beat violently until her body was scorching hot, and she could no longer control the swaying of the heart, so she took a deep breath and said softly: "I... am very ashamed that I failed to serve the prince. Sharing your worries, I still haven't helped you uncover the secrets around you..." "How can a secret that can change the government and the public be cracked overnight?" He shook his head slowly, and whispered, "I have spent many years, but there is no result, let alone you just got in touch with it not long ago." "But I..." She stared at his face and suddenly made up her mind.Perhaps it was because the wind and lights of the dark night lost her reserve, she stretched out her hand, gently covered the back of his hand, and said seriously, "I will definitely be by your side to reveal this secret. I I will not let you get lost in the mist again, I will help you drive away all the clouds that obscure your eyes, so that you can clearly see your own destiny." She said it so seriously, as if it was an oath. She didn't tell him that that night, when he was dying and unconscious, she once thought in her heart that if the person she risked everything to follow disappeared from the world, she would never have anything to rely on in the world, and no one to support her. The opportunity for my family to reverse the case and redress their grievances... Then, what's the point of living by myself? But she thought, there are some things, why need to say it, he must understand. Li Shubai stared at her under the lamp, on that face that was always as calm as water, only his eyes flashed countless complex emotions, joy, sadness, sentimentality, and even a little hesitation and confusion. Huang Zixia felt his hand move slightly, as if unconsciously tightening it.Only now did she lower her head, and realized that she had been so forgetful just now that she pressed her hand presumptuously on the back of his hand. Embarrassed and nervous, she quickly raised her hand, ready to take it back. Just as her fingers moved, he turned over her palm and held her hand tightly in his palm. The lights flowed brightly around them, the silence of the night, the sleeping fish, the only sound was the wind passing by outside, and the beating of their blood, which was rapid and harmonious.
Zhou Ziqin's younger sister, Zhou Ziyan, has a pretty melon-seeded face, a bit like Zhou Ziqin, with a much smaller body and face, but her aura is a hundred times more powerful than Zhou Ziqin's. "Brother, tell me, my fiancé-to-be died like this, and I will be a joke in Chengdu in the future?" Zhou Ziyan patted the table with a look of resentment. Zhou Ziqin covered his head and said in pain: "Sister, it's not the first time anyway... Didn't you get laughed at in the capital before..." "So it's the second time. I probably won't be able to get married in this life. Come on, I'd better go back to Beijing to find my sweetheart!" Zhou Ziqin looked at his sister pleadingly, hoping that she would show him some face: "Now it's the government's questioning, and it's business, please sit up for me." She didn't pay attention to him at all, just raised one foot, sat on the chair crookedly, with a look of disdain on her face: "I don't know about your half bucket of water? Brother, if you really want to finish this case, I will give you an idea to ensure that all problems are solved!" Zhou Ziqin actually poked his head over and asked softly, "What's your idea?" Huang Zixia lowered her head speechlessly, pretending that she was concentrating on the confessions of everyone in front of her. "You go outside and post a list, saying that Huang Zixia is innocent, please come back quickly, a group of useless people in the yamen, headed by Zhou Shao, are waiting for her to save their lives!" The corner of Zhou Ziqin's mouth twitched: "Is this okay?" Seeing that Zhou Ziqin was serious, Huang Zixia could only cough. Only then did he regain his senses, and quickly slapped Zhou Ziyan on the back of the head: "Sit down for me! The government is questioning me!" Seeing that Zhou Ziqin was unreliable, Huang Zixia could only write while asking, "Where was Miss Zhou when the murder happened?" Zhou Ziyan looked sullen: "I've been staying in the green gauze closet, I haven't gone anywhere... Really, I will definitely have nightmares tonight, and I don't know when he died, I don't know that I and a How long have the corpses been sitting together!" Huang Zixia asked again: "Judge Qi was by your side at the time, did you do anything unusual?" "No, he chatted with me about Mrs. Gongsun's sword dance, and read me a poem by Du Fu, which is the poem 'There was a beautiful woman in the past, Mrs. Gongsun, who moved all directions with a sword dance'. Who hasn't read that poem yet? Poetry, so I said I have read it too, don’t disturb me to watch the sword dance. He was a little embarrassed, so he stopped talking. I thought he was afraid to show it in front of me. Who thought he was dead !" Huang Zixia was also speechless to this girl who was completely ignorant of the world, and could only ask again: "So, during the dance, did you ever feel any movement around you?" "Is there any movement..." She pursed her lips, thought carefully, and then said, "I remembered, in the middle, when the petals were floating in front of me, and somehow there seemed to be a commotion, I saw someone dragging someone, Pulled to the side of the bushes. Then a stench was blown by the wind. I quickly covered my face and turned my head. At that time, it seemed that Judge Qi who was sitting next to the green gauze cabinet seemed to have a 'goo' in his throat..." "Are you sure it was at that time?" Zhou Ziqin asked excitedly. "It seems so, because I was thinking, I'm still covered by a green gauze cupboard, the Qi Teng outside must be suffocated to death, right?" "So, did you look at it at the beginning?" "No, it's so smelly, I'm afraid I can't avoid it, who would turn my head to look! Besides, all the lights outside have been extinguished, only a few lanterns in front of the water pavilion are left. My whole body is already dark, plus Sitting in the green gauze cabinet again, separated by a layer of gauze, even if you want to look outside, you can’t see clearly!" Zhou Ziyan pressed the round fan to her chin, frowned and thought for a while, and said, "But after that, it seems that Judge Qi really It hadn't moved, and I think he must have died at that time." "Anything else?" She was very sure, without hesitation: "No, I didn't feel it anyway." Zhou Ziqin had no choice but to say: "Okay, you go to rest first... In short, Judge Qi should have died at that time." Zhou Ziyan stood up, took two steps, looked back at him, and said, "Brother, let me give you an idea." "Huh?" Zhou Ziqin looked up at her. "You should go to Huang Zixia. In my opinion, it is basically impossible for you trash to find out the case." Zhou Ziqin was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Huang Zixia with tears in his eyes: "Chonggu! Please do one thing!" "Understood." Huang Zixia turned a page of records expressionlessly, "I will help you solve this case and let you regain your glory before your sister."
Wang Yun still had that unrestrained appearance, although his face was a little pale and haggard, but under the light at this time, it was covered with a layer of hazy and warm light, which made his whole person look as gentle as jade. He sat in front of them, with a slight smile on his face: "It's getting late, you still have to take care of this case, it's really hard work." Zhou Ziqin said with a sad face: "That's right, let alone the death of the judge in Jiedu's mansion, it's a big matter, it's impossible not to solve the case as soon as possible." "I was sitting there watching the dance all the time. After Yuxuan and Yuanlong left, although there was no one around, there were still a few lieutenants and counselors. I think everyone can testify for me. I never left the scene." Wang Yun looked relaxed, and didn't take Qi Teng's death seriously. Zhou Ziqin nodded, and said: "Of course I absolutely believe in Captain Wang, but at that time everyone on the field was looking at the water pavilion, and the seats below were dim, and Captain Wang was sitting on the far left, with no one behind him. Yu Xuan and Fan Yuanlong on the right also left, I don't know if there are three seats away, has anyone noticed whether Captain Wang stood up and left..." Wang Yun smiled bitterly and said, "It's hard to say. After all, everyone is looking forward. Who would look to the left in the middle of watching the dance to see if I'm sitting there?" Zhou Ziqin comforted him again: "It's okay, after all, you have nothing to do with Judge Qi. According to common sense, Captain Wang has no motive for committing the crime." He didn't care at all, and his tone was relaxed, as if chatting: "What do you two think about this case?" Zhou Ziqin said annoyedly: "From the current case, no one has been found who has the time to commit the crime, so the main starting point should only be the motive for committing the crime." "That's right, whoever has a reason to kill Qi Teng, arrest them all and ask them, isn't it all right?" Wang Yun said, looking at Huang Zixia with a smile in his eyes, "But I should be the first to be eliminated as a suspect. Row? After all, I just came from Beijing, so I have nothing to do with Judge Qi." Huang Zixia asked lightly: "I don't know why Wang Duwei came to Chengdu Mansion?" "The Royal Forest Army wants to promote several school lieutenants, and three or four of them are from Chengdu. We need to investigate their family background. Originally, this is not my business, but you have all come to Chengdu. I am very boring in Beijing by myself. I'm busy, so I came here." He smiled at Yan Yan, and his words were impeccable. Zhou Ziqin was very moved, and immediately made a decision and said, "Brother Wang, you must stay here for a few more days! After the case is settled in two days, the few of us will play around for half a month and enjoy the scenic spots in central Sichuan!" Huang Zixia lowered his head and drank his tea in silence, and said, "Captain Wang has a heart. It's getting late, let's quickly ask a few lieutenants first."
Several lieutenants of the Xichuan Army testified to each other, insisting that they were all together at that time, and absolutely no one left alone. "What's more, we are military officers, and Judge Qi is a civil officer. Although we usually have contacts, we are just acquaintances on the scene, but in fact there is no interest involved. Even if he is gone, no one between us will have a chance to be promoted. How can we kill people? ?” Several members of the army from the Chengdu Mansion also testified against each other, and their relationship with Qi Teng was even shallower, how could they kill someone? The musicians were on the side of the water pavilion at that time, listening to Yin Luyi's command to play at any time.Even if there is only the sound of the flute in the middle, the other musicians have to wait, all of them are sitting there, and no one has ever got up to leave. The servants were on the other side of the water pavilion, including Zhou Ziyan's personal maids.Although the dozen or so people standing there were a bit chaotic, they all stood relatively compactly. If anyone moved around, they would definitely be noticed by others. The witness testimony seems to be unreliable, and another important physical evidence is also clueless.No matter how much they searched through the remaining garbage, there was nothing like a murder weapon. Huang Zixia went back to carefully observe Qi Teng's body again, and fell silent. Fan Yuanlong hadn't left yet, but this time he seemed to have woken up a bit from the wine, and walked up to her side again: "Eunuch Yang, listen to me, the murderer is Yu Xuan! Because of his good looks, he intends to meddle with the envoy's daughter." He was the one who seduced Huang Shijun's daughter at the beginning, and now he has set his target on Zhou Shijun's daughter, and now seeing that Zhou Shijun is going to marry his daughter to Judge Qi, he is angry from the bottom of his heart. Health, one does not do one thing, one does not stop, one is not a gentleman, one is not poisonous and one is not a husband! Yuxuan, oh Yuxuan, you are simply picking on the gentleman's daughter, and you are so attracted to you!" Yu Xuan glanced at him coldly, said nothing, and looked up at the sky by himself. His indifferent and haughty expression made Fan Yuanlong jump violently. If he hadn't been tightly held back by the people around him, he would definitely do it. Seeing that the uproar in the middle of the night would not stop for a while, Zhou Ziqin stood behind Huang Zixia, helpless: "This case is too difficult! We know that the murderer is among us, and no one has the chance to commit the crime. Besides, Everyone is watching, but they don't know who it is. Moreover, they can't even find the murder weapon!" Huang Zixia nodded and said, "It's very strange..." Someone behind her handed her a cup of tea and said, "Have a sip of tea first, and look for it slowly. With Eunuch Yang's ingenuity, within three to five days, I believe the truth of this case will be revealed." Huang Zixia took the tea and looked back. It was Wang Yun standing behind her with a gentle smile. The previous murder and the noise around him didn't seem to affect him at all. Seeing her hesitate, Wang Yun poured a glass for Zhou Ziqin, and asked him with a smile, "Ziqin, what do you think? Eunuch Yang is the one in this case, who else in the world can stand up to him?" "I don't know what she would think if Huang Zixia was here." Zhou Ziqin held his teacup thoughtfully. Wang Yun said with a smile: "I believe that her thoughts and actions should be exactly the same as Eunuch Yang's." Huang Zixia glanced at Wang Yun in embarrassment, lowered her head and drank tea to cover herself: "Wang Duwei hasn't returned yet?" "The truth hasn't come to light yet, and I don't want to sleep when I go back." He sat down on the railing and looked at her with a smile. Huang Zixia was speechless, and could only say to Zhou Ziqin: "Let's go back and rest first, it seems that we can't make any progress tonight." "Are you going back?" Wang Yun stood up calmly, brushed the dust off his clothes, "I'm going back to Jiedu Mansion too, you and I can go back together." Huang Zixia glanced at him silently, seeing his gentle expression and open appearance, she couldn't refuse, so she could only follow him out of the envoy's residence. After her Na Fusha was rescued, her injuries hadn't healed yet, so she rode a horse, tried her best to be careful, and walked out of the envoy's mansion. Wang Yun's horse also walked very slowly, and the two walked side by side, the clattering horseshoes echoing gently on the quiet night streets of Chengdu. There is no moon in the sky, and the night is silent.Wang Yun looked back at her, her drooping face could not be seen clearly in the dark night, only when her eyes turned, like water waves flashing in the dark night, did he feel that she was looking at him. Huang Zixia looked at his face covered by the darkness, and suddenly felt a movement in her heart, something in her memory was suddenly lifted up, like dark ripples, a sticky and uneasy fear surged in her heart. She hesitated for a moment, and then suddenly called out "Oops". "What's the matter?" Wang Yun urged the horse to come to her side and asked with concern. Huang Zixia jumped off the horse, looked carefully at the horse's injuries, and said, "It seems that Fusha's injuries have not healed yet. I've only been riding for a long time, and it's trembling. Let it rest." "Do you want to go back to the Shijun's mansion to change a horse?" Wang Yun asked. Huang Zixia shook her head and said, "It's a long way to come out, and we will arrive at Jiedu Mansion later." Wang Yun saw her leading the horse walking below, and remembered the scene in Chang'an, when she was walking on the street at night, and he rode a horse beside her and walked back with her.He couldn't help laughing, and jokingly bent over and stretched out his hand to her immediately, and asked, "How about... come up with me?" She raised her eyes to look at him, and grabbed his hand silently, turned over and jumped onto his horse, and sat behind him. Wang Yun herself was startled, and looked back at her in surprise, only to see her drooping eyelashes trembling slightly. Her expression was hidden in the darkness, and only a voice came softly: "There have been many accidents recently, I seem to be Really tired." "Then... let me take you back," he said. Huang Zixia didn't make a sound, he felt that she should have nodded, and then gently wrapped her hands around his waist. In such a dark night, it was like a sudden dream.The woman whom I had been looking at for a long time, sat behind me, hugged me softly, and let me take her home—this was not real, but rather like a hallucination in the middle of the night. But her hands were clearly around her waist, and the summer clothes were thin, so the heat from her skin seemed to be able to pass through the clothes and spread to his body.Her breath was so light, she slightly lifted a strand of his loose hair, and lightly brushed over his neck... Just when Wang Yun was in a trance for a while, her body suddenly leaned to the side, as if caught off guard, her hand moved to the side and pressed heavily on his left rib. He let out a muffled snort. Although he controlled it very well, there was only a slight sound, but she had obviously heard it, and her voice became colder: "Captain Wang is injured? The injury is on the left rib?" Wang Yun gritted his teeth silently, and said in a low voice: "A few days ago, I went into the mountains with the Xichuan army to search for King Kui's trace, but I encountered a wandering assassin and was slightly injured." Huang Zixia nodded and said, "I see..." Before she finished speaking, she kicked her foot forward again suddenly, which just happened to hit another injured place on his foot. He suddenly shivered with pain, and couldn't help moaning in a low voice. Taking advantage of his low body when he was enduring the pain, Huang Zixia let go of his waist, quickly jumped off the horse, turned on his own sand brush, turned the horse's head, and backed away from him. They rein in each other and stand on either side of the street.The street lamp at the corner shone on their bodies, giving them a warm orange color, but Huang Zixia looked at Wang Yun in front of him in the summer night wind, and felt a slight chill emanating from his body. Wang Yun gritted his teeth secretly, and a seemingly composed but actually difficult smile appeared on his face: "What's wrong?" Huang Zixia stared at him intently, in the quiet night at this moment, the wind that flowed around them carried a hint of chilling. Her voice was extremely low, but she paused each word with incomparable clarity: "It turns out...it's you." Wang Yun looked at her, and the smile on his face became calm again: "Yes, it's me." Huang Zixia thought of the meaningful and complicated look in his eyes when he watched his intimate behavior with Li Shubai in the dark night forest; he remembered the expression when he asked himself why he was so kind to him when he was feeding him fish; he remembered how he threatened him. At the time, he said, such a beautiful woman, why did she dress up as an eunuch... Her mind was in a mess, the summer night wind was chaotic, howling through the streets and alleys of Chengdu Mansion, flowing past them, it seemed that it would never stop. And Wang Yun looked at her from a distance, the smile on his always gentle face gradually faded, he stared at her, his eyes were dark and quiet, piercing directly into her heart. She bit her lower lip and asked, "Why? Who did you order to hunt us down? Why did you take this mission?" Wang Yun urged the horse to come towards her, his voice seemed to be infected by the night wind, and it became cold and stiff: "Now your horse can't stand long-distance raids, you can't escape, so you should just obediently grab your hands. " Huang Zixia reined in his horse and took a step back, looking at him warily: "I still want to ask you something." "Say." He stood on his horse coldly, standing a foot away from her. "In the mountains and forests, King Kui has already seen through your identity, but you concealed it for you, and you also helped us leave in the end. Then, why did you assassinate us again at the inn? At the moment when your identity has been leaked, Do you think it's wise to organize another assassination?" Wang Yun smiled coldly and asked, "So what do you think?" "Because, the person who arranged the second assassination was not you—perhaps, it came from two forces at all." She looked at him coldly, as if she had insight and compassion, "and the people behind you, Knowing that King Kui already knew your identity, he still organized a second assassination. It’s good if it succeeds. If it doesn’t, you are the scapegoat. Only the forces behind you will enjoy the benefits of the fisherman regardless of success or failure...” "You don't need to be so provocative," he interrupted her, and said coldly, "It's just because I was injured at the time, so I won't ask about it for the time being. As for how other people execute it, it has nothing to do with me." Huang Zixia said again: "The way the prince handled it in the forest at that time, naturally he has let you live. Besides, you are also following orders. As long as you identify the real culprit behind the scenes, you will naturally not be held accountable..." "You don't have to delay any longer!" Wang Yun steered his horse forward and rushed towards her, "Huang Zixia, I won't let you come back to him again! Even if I ruin you, I don't want to see you in front of others." Live to your heart's content!" Huang Zixia pulled the horse back, turned around and galloped towards the rear. There was only a distance of ten feet, and even though Fusha was one of the best Dawan BMWs in ten thousand, after all he had just recovered from a serious illness, so his reaction was a little slow.And although the horse under Wang Yun's crotch was not as good as hers, it was still a good horse for thousands of miles. As soon as he jumped, he lay across in front of her, blocking her way. Huang Zixia turned the horse's head again and ran towards the rear. Wang Yun urged the horse to jump towards her again, but only heard a "wow" and "bang", the saddle suddenly tilted, and he fell straight off the horse. Fortunately, Wang Yun reacted very quickly and rolled on the ground to lose momentum, so he was not seriously injured.But under such impact, his original wound burst open immediately, and the front of his chest was stained with red spots by slight bloodstains. He turned his gaze back to his horse and saw the neatly cut saddle, only to realize that she had already moved her hands and feet when she just got on his horse. Before he got up, Huang Zixia had already jumped off the horse, and pressed the Yugu sword in his hand to his throat-this sword, she put it on Na Fusha before the banquet started, and from Na Fusha's body When she came down, she pretended to check the horse's body, but actually put it in her sleeve quietly. He lay on his back on the ground, with severe pain in his chest, and looked at her in front of him weakly. It was as if the scene in the forest was re-enacted, and she once again restrained him in the deserted and quiet street. "Huang Zixia...I'm not your match after all." He looked at her resentfully and helplessly, and murmured. Huang Zixia tilted the Yuchang sword in his hand so as not to accidentally cut his skin: "Captain Wang, in the mountains and forests, we let you go because of the situation. But now you have fallen into the trap again. In my hands, why don't you please confess to me now, in the end, who is behind your scenes?" "There is no one behind the scenes. I only listen to my own heart." Wang Yun's gaze fixed on her coldly, as cold as a knife.At this moment, his spring-like warm demeanor was completely gone, replaced by winter-like icy cold.His voice, also carrying a cold meaning, pierced deeply into her heart. "When I left Beijing this time, someone sent me a word. He said, some things you desperately want to get, but they end up in the hands of others. Then, it would be better to destroy them." Huang Zixia grasped the handle of the Yuchang Sword tightly, her finger knuckles were too tightly gripped, and even showed a trace of bruising, but she didn't seem to feel anything.She just looked at Wang Yun motionlessly, like looking at a complete stranger, like looking at a garden full of flowers that fell into the fire in an instant, and all the beautiful traces disappeared. "Huang Zixia, do you know how much I hate you," his voice was low and slow, and his tone was so cold and emotionless, "You insulted me, the entire Langya Wang family, you let me and my family Become the laughing stock of the whole world, you say - how can I be willing to watch you live well?" Huang Zixia asked back: "In order to get revenge on me, you would involve King Kui?" "Hmph..." He didn't answer, but turned his eyes away coldly, and looked up at the night sky. "Even if you really hate me and really want to kill me, your first target is King Kui. And I'm just someone you want to kill by the way, isn't it? The forces behind you are the one The beginning of this assassination." Huang Zixia took a deep breath, looked directly at him, and asked without hesitation. "I want to kill you, Princess Qi Le also wants to kill you, we hit it off, that's all." He still just said that. Huang Zixia wanted to ask more, but he heard someone behind him say flatly, "Chong Gu." Huang Zixia turned her head and saw a figure standing under the stars, clear and elegant, tall and majestic, it was Li Shubai. She still pressed the fish intestine sword against Wang Yun's neck and called him: "My lord..." "Don't make wild guesses." Under the backlit starry sky, she couldn't see Li Shubai's expression clearly, but only saw his eyes reflecting the starlight, with a dark glow, "Yunzhi is my friend, and even more so." The eldest grandson of the Langya Wang family, the cousin of the Empress Wang, and the captain of Zuojin Wuwei, he cannot possibly be the one who assassinated me." Huang Zixia was about to speak, but the moment she met his gaze, she was startled and understood. She put down the Yuchang Sword in her hand, sheathed it back into her arms, and said in a low voice, "Yes, I was overthinking... Please don't mind Captain Wang, and don't blame me for being abrupt." Wang Yun sat up slowly, watching her without speaking.After a long time, his eyes turned to Li Shubai again. Li Shubai said calmly: "Yunzhi, Chonggu is simple and ignorant, ignorant of world affairs, don't blame him." Wang Yun raised his hand to press his chest, and after a long time, he whispered, "Don't dare." Li Shubai didn't say anything else, just walked over and held out his hand to him. Wang Yun held his hand, stood up slowly, and looked at Huang Zixia. Huang Zixia forced herself to suppress the depression in her heart, and bowed her head towards him to make amends: "Captain Wang, please forgive me for being so concerned about the safety of the prince that I wrongly blamed you." He raised his hand to stop her, slowly passed her, and walked towards the Jiedu Mansion.
Huang Zixia followed Li Shubai to the residence. In the west courtyard of Jiedu Mansion, a newly cleaned courtyard, the main hall is Li Shubai, and the two wing rooms on the left and right are Huang Zixia and Zhang Xingying. "It's late, you're so tired tonight, go to bed early." Li Shubai said to her. Huang Zixia stood where he was, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Please forgive me, my lord." He looked back at her as usual, "What's the crime?" Huang Zixia muttered: "The situation is unclear now, I... shouldn't have exposed everything first." Li Shubai looked at her uneasy look, but a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and said, "You are also worried that I will encounter a third assassination, so you are a little impatient, aren't you?" Huang Zixia nodded silently, and said, "But before, I really didn't expect that it would be Wang Yun..." "It's because of him that I'm in trouble." Li Shubai thought for a while, and motioned her to enter the room where he lived. The two sat on the low couch in front of the bed facing each other, Li Shubai took out a paper bag from his body, took out the talisman paper from inside, and handed it to her. Huang Zixia looked at the six characters above, except for the bloody red circle on the third character "孤", all other characters had disappeared. Huang Zixia carefully observed the word "waste", but saw that the paper was as usual, and there were no traces of blood dripping from before. Li Shubai said calmly: "Before, after we were in distress in the inn, I had confirmed this talisman paper. The word 'waste' on it was still circled in red and remained unchanged." "So, it only changed during the few days after entering the Jiedu Mansion?" Huang Zixia handed the talisman paper back to him, frowning. Li Shubai said: "Isn't it strange?" They said such weird things, but their tone was very relaxed.He put the talisman paper back into the paper bag, and said: "Because it was inconvenient on the way, I didn't put it in a heavy lock box, but chose to carry it with me. Recently, the Xichuan Army brought back my belongings. So I put it back into the small round box again, unexpectedly, there was a change immediately." Huang Zixia lowered her head in thought, without saying a word. Seeing that the tea in the pot was still hot, Li Shubai poured her a cup with his own hands. After smelling the smell and observing the color, he handed it to her and said, "The tea in Jiedu Mansion is not bad." Huang Zixia held the teacup, feeling a trace of sadness in her heart.From the moment he took over the government for the emperor who indulged in entertainment, he was afraid that he would be on guard everywhere and face countless life-and-death turning points. Seeing her look like this, Li Shubai smiled comfortingly, poured himself a cup and took a sip, and said, "Actually, it's nothing. Isn't Fan Yingxi afraid that something will happen to me in his house? Since I'm on his side, He must be responsible." Huang Zixia nodded, still thinking about something, but heard him say softly again: "Sometimes I think, maybe in my life, the only time I enjoy peace and tranquility is the few days when I escaped and recuperated in the mountains with you gone." Huang Zixia opened her eyes wide and looked at him in astonishment. "Although we were in a mess and our lives were hanging by a thread, only at that time, it seemed that all the pain and doubts in the world disappeared, and the past and future in my life were not important. Only the two of us were in the shade of the tree. Going straight ahead, the sun shining through the leaves casts on us, each and every brilliant spot of light, gorgeous and gorgeous, beating slightly..." He watched her intently under the lamp. The light of the palace lantern trembled slightly in the night wind, and their bodies were glowing with flickering light, vaguely, creating a sense of emptiness that was almost hallucinatory.What made Huang Zixia feel more illusory than the light was Li Shubai's voice, softly ringing in her ears—— "At the age of thirteen, my father passed away. After the emperor took the throne, I was in a state of instability for a long time. Several older brothers all died silently and inexplicably, except for the three young brothers who were still young. , the older one, I am the only one left. At that time, I thought every day, is it, it will be my turn next." He said softly, staring at the dancing wick of the candle, the blue-gray It was covered with a layer of warm orange red, swaying slowly in the slight air current.This warm light shrouded the glazed cup. The Agashine that had been left on the carriage sank quietly at the bottom amidst the light and the glazed light. It was unknown whether it was awake or asleep. . "More than three years ago, Pang Xun rebelled in Xuzhou. I asked myself to go out to suppress the rebellion. At that time, the imperial court allowed me to take away only a few thousand old and weak. But I was not afraid at all. I thought, maybe this is also A chance for me to escape..." Listening to his words, Huang Zixia suddenly remembered what he had said to himself, the first encounter with Xue Se and Xiao Shi.At that time, he went straight into the tiger's lair alone to kill Pang Xun's disorganized soldiers. When she heard about it, she thought whether it was unwise to take such a risk.But thinking about it now, he suddenly understood what he was feeling at that time. In fact, when he went to Xuzhou, he didn't want to find a chance to rise, but just wanted to find a way of death that he could accept. However, he became famous in the first battle, and the six major military governors pledged allegiance to his subordinates. The day he triumphantly returned to the court was the beginning of his power in the court. "After I came back, I was re-appointed King Kui. I was honored for a while, but my life was not peaceful. I was always facing two forces. I became the victim of one side and the target of the other side. There are countless people, I hope I disappear into this world." He said, his eyes dark and gloomy, he raised his hand and flicked the glass cup.Slight ripples swayed inside, the little fish flicked its tail lightly, then fell to the bottom of the water again, unmoved. "There are countless mysteries around me, and they are always on guard against me. No one knows that I am anxious and living in the mystery. I used to think that in this life, I have been living in this endless mystery. I was heartbroken until that day...you appeared." He let go of the glazed lamp, and at some point in those dim eyes, bright stars fell, reflecting the shadows of the lights, swaying gently.He looked at her without blinking, and her figure swayed slightly with the light in his eyes. Huang Zixia felt extremely nervous, as if he was afraid that he would be attracted by the bright star, and would no longer have a basis for existence; it seemed that he would get lost and never find the bright star again after his willfulness was out of his sight. direction. Therefore, she let her heart beat violently until her body was scorching hot, and she could no longer control the swaying of the heart, so she took a deep breath and said softly: "I... am very ashamed that I failed to serve the prince. Sharing your worries, I still haven't helped you uncover the secrets around you..." "How can a secret that can change the government and the public be cracked overnight?" He shook his head slowly, and whispered, "I have spent many years, but there is no result, let alone you just got in touch with it not long ago." "But I..." She stared at his face and suddenly made up her mind.Perhaps it was because the wind and lights of the dark night lost her reserve, she stretched out her hand, gently covered the back of his hand, and said seriously, "I will definitely be by your side to reveal this secret. I I will not let you get lost in the mist again, I will help you drive away all the clouds that obscure your eyes, so that you can clearly see your own destiny." She said it so seriously, as if it was an oath. She didn't tell him that that night, when he was dying and unconscious, she once thought in her heart that if the person she risked everything to follow disappeared from the world, she would never have anything to rely on in the world, and no one to support her. The opportunity for my family to reverse the case and redress their grievances... Then, what's the point of living by myself? But she thought, there are some things, why need to say it, he must understand. Li Shubai stared at her under the lamp, on that face that was always as calm as water, only his eyes flashed countless complex emotions, joy, sadness, sentimentality, and even a little hesitation and confusion. Huang Zixia felt his hand move slightly, as if unconsciously tightening it.Only now did she lower her head, and realized that she had been so forgetful just now that she pressed her hand presumptuously on the back of his hand. Embarrassed and nervous, she quickly raised her hand, ready to take it back. Just as her fingers moved, he turned over her palm and held her hand tightly in his palm. The lights flowed brightly around them, the silence of the night, the sleeping fish, the only sound was the wind passing by outside, and the beating of their blood, which was rapid and harmonious.