Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Mandarin Ducks

The white light turned into boundless cold rain, and it rained profusely. Young Master Xingyang let out a cold scold, but he didn't dodge, and went up to meet the matchmaker's arrow.Although his right hand was seriously injured, his figure did not slow down at all, like a feather, shuttled back and forth among the shadows of arrows all over the sky. Hongniang's feathered arrow stabs quickly, her martial arts looks very fancy, a short feathered arrow in her hand sometimes looks like a judge's pen, hitting acupoints with her fingers; sometimes it's like an Emei thorn, probing the vital points; , the hook cuts and kills; sometimes it is even thrown like a hidden weapon, and then it is retracted in a circle.

Her martial arts are much higher than when she fought Liu Yi and Nie Yinniang just now.Not at all like an assassin who only trained for a year. However, she is still very young after all, and she has not had time to practice such complicated martial arts one by one.There is only one key to her victory, and that is speed. Her strikes are so fast, I am afraid that there are very few people in the world who can return five moves when she makes ten moves.As the red dress fluttered, the feathered arrows in her hand fell like peach blossoms, making it dizzying for the eyes.In just a quarter of an hour, she had made nearly a hundred moves, and Young Master Xingyang's figure was completely shrouded in the bluish-white light.

However, although her moves were fierce, she always hesitated when she dropped the blade. The tip of the arrow brushed against Young Master Xingyang's clothes several times, but never seriously injured him. Mr. Xingyang obviously also found out that Hong Niang was showing mercy, so he couldn't help but sneered and said, "You don't want to kill me?" The matchmaker chuckled, "My sister asked me to take care of you repeatedly before she died, and I'm still hesitating whether to listen to her." Young Master Xingyang sneered and said: "I know that you sisters are deeply attached to me, since you are reluctant to kill me, why don't you sacrifice yourself and fulfill me." As he spoke, he took a step forward, turning defense into offense, but his strikes were even more ruthless.

Forced by his offensive, Hong Niang took a few steps back and said calmly: "I have lived in the dungeon for thirteen years, and I have only learned one thing, that is, nothing is more precious than my own life. I will never Will sit and wait." Young Master Xingyang sneered and said: "Then you will die!" He suddenly exerted strength, his body rose from the ground, and rushed towards the matchmaker with all his strength.The blood was scattered, his injured right arm collided with the feathered arrow in Hong Niang's hand, and with a hissing sound, the tip of the arrow went straight into the bone marrow. Young Master Xingyang clenched his teeth tightly, but there was a cold smile in his eyes, Going up against Si, the amputated limb has already blocked the double flying arrows of the matchmaker after all, and his real power has gathered in the intact left palm, swung it suddenly, and shot down at the matchmaker!

This blow was inevitable, and he didn't even take much defensive measures, or he was ready to go all out, or he was just betting on one thing - Hong Niang would not be willing to kill him! The matchmaker was still smiling, but her eyes were a little lost. Looking at the double flying arrows in her hand and his bloody right hand, she shook her head mockingly.I don't know who she is mocking, is it the master, Mr. Xingyang, or herself? The palm wind hit, she seemed to be still immersed in her own thoughts, she even forgot to dodge, the palm of Mr. Xingyang was imprinted on her chest.

The ferocious internal force came overwhelming like a raging wave, and Hong Niang's slender body was like a flower in a strong wind, blown into the air by the strong wind, and would fall off at any time. However, the moment that internal force touched her body, it suddenly disappeared!Hearing a miserable cry from Young Master Xingyang, he fell back heavily! The matchmaker seemed to have been injured too. She covered her chest with her hands and bent down in pain. Young Master Xingyang fell to the ground and looked at his palm with extreme horror in his eyes.His palm turned completely black.

Hong Niang was still bowing her body, panting unceasingly, Mr. Xingyang's palm wind had hurt her heart veins, bursts of severe pain came from her chest, making her almost faint. However, she laughed. She lowered her head and kept laughing, louder and louder, almost out of breath. Suddenly, she staggered, and managed to hold on to the wall to avoid falling down. She covered her chest and raised her head slowly, her face was as pale as paper, but her entire jaw was stained red by the blood she vomited. She shook her head and smiled miserably: "I forgot to tell you, this fake blood eagle coat is also placed on the I got a shocking needle, and it was a highly poisonous shocking needle.”

Young Master Xingyang was startled, and then he was furious: "I didn't expect you to be so vicious!" He wanted to rush up, but the soles of his feet suddenly softened, he fell down, and couldn't get up again. The matchmaker looked at him deeply, and couldn't tell whether it was anger, hatred, contempt or pity in her eyes: "You forgot, the matchmaker's specialty is actually using poison, and both generations of matchmaker have." Young Master Xingyang opened his eyes angrily, staring straight at Hong Niang, wishing to pounce on her and tear her into pieces. However, he clearly felt that the power in his body was rapidly disappearing, and a flood of fear of death flooded his heart, Little by little his anger froze.

His gaze towards Hong Niang also gradually changed, the hatred on his face suddenly turned into earnestness, and he mourned: "Hong'er, give me the antidote..." He seemed to be struggling to get up, but the poison in his body had already circulated with the blood , destroying the functions of his body, making him unable to stand. Young Master Xingyang gritted his teeth, took two steps forward, and stretched out his hand to grab the hem of the matchmaker's skirt, but the matchmaker backed away gently. He was still not reconciled, and hurriedly said: "Hong'er, have you forgotten that I opened the door of the dungeon and rescued you back then, we agreed to go back to the mountains together, and we still need to build a hut, the door Plant a peach blossom in front of me, when the flower blooms..."

Hong Niang clasped her hands to her chest, half kneeling in front of him, her heart was beating slightly, and every sound was like a broken sound, but she just smiled softly and let him continue. Mr. Xingyang only felt a chill in his throat, and the fear of death instantly covered his whole body. He exhausted his last strength and hissed: "Give me the antidote... I will go with you to kill the master, believe me Once... believe me..." His voice became hoarse, and finally he couldn't say a word, but the corners of his mouth still twitched subconsciously. The matchmaker was still giggling, her laughter was like sobbing.

Young Master Xingyang's throat twitched, and the black color slowly climbed onto his delicate face. His eyes had turned gray, but his hands were still stretching forward, as if subconsciously wanting to grab the matchmaker who was standing not far away. Suddenly, his hand was empty and completely limp. Hong Niang looked at him helplessly, seeing the man she had loved and relied on, dying and struggling just a few feet away from her, and finally turned into a pitch-black corpse. Her laughter was intermittent, and her eyes finally showed unconcealable sadness: "Thank you, I said our agreement again before I died, thank you so much... It's not that I don't want to save you, it's this kind of poison, there is no such thing at all. The antidote..." She took a deep breath, barely supported her body, stood up against the wall, and never looked at him again. The matchmaker came to Liu Yi and Nie Yinniang, who were still asleep, unaware of everything that happened around them. The matchmaker blinked her eyes, forced the tears in her eyes into a romantic smile, then, she took out the shocking needle and stabbed them. She used a non-toxic shock needle. After a cup of tea, Liu Yi and Nie Yinniang woke up slowly.Looking at the blood-stained matchmaker and the blackened corpse of Mr. Xingyang not far away, the two seemed to understand something. The few people were relatively silent for a while, but after a long time, Nie Yinniang said: "Why did you kill him?" The matchmaker raised her head, blew on the hair hanging in front of her eyes, and said casually: "He is the one who wants to kill me." She avoided Nie Yinniang's gaze, and turned her gaze to the extremely distant sky, as if she was trying her best to conceal something, but the pain had already climbed up her slender brows. After all, she is still young, not very good at hiding. Nie Yinniang sighed and said, "You knew he would do this, didn't you?" The matchmaker looked at the distant sky, and nodded slowly: "Yes, he is a real villain, timid and cowardly, but also adapts to the wind." She smiled self-deprecatingly: "Actually, I knew it from the beginning. However, it is very unlikely that Kunlun slave is the master, but I have to pretend to be very confident. Because, I want to give him a goal—a goal that we can achieve, so that he will feel profitable and will stay in the By my side. If you let him know the true strength of the master from the beginning, he will not dare to betray him no matter what." Nie Yinniang looked at her: "Since you know he is such a person, why do you want to cooperate with him?" Hong Niang looked at the distant sky and burst out laughing. She slightly raised her voice, as if she was shouting to the sky: "Because I like him." She likes him. I like this ruthless, mean and cowardly man. Nie Yinniang was speechless for a moment.There's a good reason for that. The legend is the loneliest group of people in the world, no relatives, no friends, only blood on their hands and pain all over their bodies.In the long and dark assassination career, perhaps, every legend has occasionally thought of the eleven unknown partners in the legend.Although I don't know whether they are good or evil, male or female, but as long as they can meet one, they will probably form good friends. Maybe it's sympathy, maybe it's the friendship between assassins, maybe it's just one loneliness accompanying another. Loneliness is what attracts each other. However, they never had a real partner.Until one day, they, who had never met before, were abandoned to this small town of Shura, and the ending was drawn up by the omnipotent master-at most, only one person could get out of this small town.Some people gave up on themselves, some started to kill wildly, and some finally threw off the shackles of their masters and really started to look for companions to fight against this unfair ending together. Among them, some legends choose partners because of reason, while others guard each other just because of feelings. Liu Yi chose Nie Yinniang because of reason, but the matchmaker chose Mr. Xingyang purely out of emotion.She seems to be a child who does not want to wake up from a dream, guarding a riddled emotion, just like guarding a sand castle on the beach, but she is so attentive and persistent. Thinking of this, Nie Yinniang couldn't help but envy Young Master Xingyang. The matchmaker sat under the tree with her knees hugged and looked up at the white clouds outside the wall. She said nothing for a long time. The breeze blew on her smiling face, which made the smile look sad: "The story I told you, there is a story in the end. It's a little bit different. When Mr. Xingyang was on a mission, he happened to pass by my sister's dungeon and rescued me. The world is so big, but it's him, and it's me. It's not too early or too late, no more steps, no less steps, Maybe it's fate... Then, I wandered the rivers and lakes with him and spent a very happy time... Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long, my sister finally found us, and she found out that I was actually with another legend. What a ridiculous coincidence..." She lowered her head and smiled, but her voice was even lower: "What's even more ridiculous is that my sister ended up falling in love with him too. He also fell in love with my sister. After all, they are more similar people, and I'm just a person with nothing. So I became a real matchmaker—holding the red line for the lady and the son, but in the end I ended up alone, watching others fall in love lonely." She raised her head, shook off the messy hair on her forehead, and said with a smile: "Since I was a child, my sister has always swaggered and robbed me of everything without any guilt. I am used to it. But this time, I hate She also hates him. If she wasn't my elder sister, I would kill her with my own hands and snatch Mr. Xingyang back to my side; if my elder sister didn't love him so deeply, I would kill this heartless person... But in short, I can't do it. I am destined to be a matchmaker, a matchmaker who will always giggle, watching Zhang Sheng and Yingying spend the night before the moon, watching this legend once a day, and the performance is vigorous." Looking at Hongniang's pale smile, Nie Yinniang was silent for a moment. In all the legends of the Tang Dynasty, where there is a lady who secretly falls in love with the son, there is a girl who goes through needles.They are always smiling innocently, walking between the high walls like birds, telling a good story for others, and then hiding behind the curtain, looking at the young lady, the mandarin ducks and the red lotuses.Once things are revealed, they are always the ones who are tortured and interrogated.However, after a volume of legends, what everyone remembers is always the flamboyant son and the infatuated lady. Who would have thought that behind the curtain, the matchmaker's untapped hearts? The matchmaker smiled shyly and interrupted Nie Yinniang's thoughts: "It's a pity that their happy life was not long before the master finally found out that the two legends were secretly in love, and the master ordered them to kill each other. This time, Xingyang The young master has been shaken, he even wanted to kill the elder sister, however, the elder sister showed amazing courage, she decided to assassinate the master alone." A faint smile appeared on Hong Niang's face: "Sister, oh sister, an infatuated and brave sister. No matter what, she is always the most worthy of my admiration in the world." She paused, and then sighed softly: "It's a pity that my sister failed in the end. The master tortured her to death. Three days and three nights of inhuman torture, but Mr. Xingyang just stood by and watched... Just when my sister's bones were still cold... , he found me and wanted to make up with me. I agreed to him, but the condition was that he would take me to see the master. He refused at first. I thought he wanted to protect me, but then I found out that he was afraid that I would do it for me. My sister took revenge and offended the master again. But in the end, I still couldn't resist my hard and soft tactics..." She glanced at Nie Yinniang and Liu Yi, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said in a relaxed tone: "To his surprise, the master didn't kill me, and I became the second matchmaker, while he is still the son of Xingyang." .” "I know his despicability, his fickleness, but I still like him. But I also thought that he would betray my sister, and sooner or later he would betray me. So I tried my best to protect him, hoping that this day would come later, but I still failed." Hong Niang stood up and stretched out her hands to the sky, as if she wanted to embrace the morning wind blowing towards her face, and let it bring everything in the past to nothingness. At that moment, her whole body was bathed in the noon sun, and she looked crystal clear, as if she was really a child untouched by the scum of the world. Nie Yinniang and Liu Yi looked at each other. What kind of heart does this girl in red have?Does she love her sister, Young Master Xingyang, her master, or even herself, or does she not care?Who can know? After a long time, Hong Niang put down her arms, and seemed to let go of the countless worries in her chest. She smiled brightly and said, "In any case, he is already dead. Senior Brother Liu and Senior Sister Nie, do you want to hear about my next plan?" Her smile was once again clear, without impurities. Nie Yinniang couldn't help being a little surprised and admiring that she could break free from grief so quickly. Liu Yi said lightly: "I thought I was extremely smart, but only now did I realize that there are heavens and humans outside the sky, and there are people outside the sky. The girl is a hundred times better than the next, but it doesn't matter if you ask me." Nie Yinniang had never seen Liu Yi praise others so much.Could it be that he wants to change his partner? This thought flashed through her mind, and she suddenly felt a little pain.How could there be such a reaction?She looked at herself in amazement, which made her feel very uncomfortable. The reason why she can be a good killer is because of her calmness, her untainted heart. But now, her heart has moved. The matchmaker obviously didn't notice her mood, and said with a smile: "Brother, you are welcome, my plan is very simple - since the master wants us to die, why don't we die for him to see?" She held her left cheek, smiled like a flower, and said cheerfully: "Since my sister's assassination, the master has spent several years building this huge plan, and wants to destroy the legend in this small town. Moreover, the master deliberately let In the legend, people all die with tattoos on their bodies. This is the ending he arranged for us. Therefore, if one of us dies not with tattoos, then the master will definitely come to check, at least put our corpses Become what he wants. And as long as he shows up..." She stopped talking, clenched her fists with both hands, pressed her chin tightly, and smiled little by little, as if a child finally saw her favorite candy piled up in front of her. It has to be said that this is really a good idea, especially in this desperate time. During the series of encounters, Liu Yi had long had a strange feeling that the master didn't just want to kill them, he seemed to have created a perfect work and then destroyed it. In the process of destruction, Fully enjoy the destruction itself. Or, what he wants to enjoy is not destruction, but creation. Not only does he want them to die in the way he designed, but he also wants them to die at the most appropriate time and at the most appropriate place according to their own rhythm, so that he can have enough time to appreciate carefully and appreciate the uniqueness of this world. Right legend. If his steps were interrupted suddenly... maybe they would really have a chance! The matchmaker pointed to the corpse of Mr. Xingyang and said: "Before seeing you, Mr. Xingyang and I ambushed a trap beside this mansion. There is a willow tree outside the high wall, and we have already set up traps under the tree." , and his body is the bait. We just need to hang his body on the tree... There is no protagonist who died on the tree in Tang Legend, so the master will definitely come and re-arrange it. As long as he shows up, I can Guaranteed to let him fall into my trap, plus the three of us, should be enough to kill him." Nie Yinniang glanced at her, but her voice became cold: "It's a brilliant plan, but I don't know, which one of us will be the person who should be hung on this tree?" The matchmaker shook her head and said, "Senior sister, don't be suspicious. Even if he doesn't die, I won't kill you guys. I prepared this." She opened her palm, and there was a small pill in her hand: "Returning Love Pill, as long as you eat it, you will die immediately, and you will recover after three hours." She shook her head, and threw the Repaying Love Pill aside: "But it's not needed now. Let's start to act."