Cover The Sky With One Hand, Beat The Ground With The Other

Zuo frowned, "What does the princess say?"

I twisted the book with needles on the table, shook it in front of Azuo, Ayou, and asked, "If someone secretly uses such a poisonous needle at you, can you avoid it?"

The two of them looked at each other tacitly, and said in unison: "Difficult."

I put the book on the table: "You are the shadow guards who have been trained by Ming Jiansi for many years.

Ah You frowned and said: "A hidden weapon, use eyes in the light and ears in the dark, it is hard to tell if the tip of the needle falls, let alone..."

Zuo said: "It's just that because the needle is small, it is contaminated, and it has to penetrate into the heart vein to quickly kill it. If it is to be done in a dark place, it is necessary to use some light to inject the poisonous needle."

I thought about it for a moment, turned off the lights in the house, looked sideways at the window, and the moonlight fell into the house. Even though I could see the figure of A Zuo A You, I walked forward and reached out to close the window, and the room fell into darkness. .

Opening the window again, the moonlight shone on Ah Zuo Ah You's face, and there was a hint of clarity in the bewilderment.

I said lightly: "It's late at night, so let's go to bed earlier."

After hearing the words, Ah Zuo and Ah You went back to the dark place one mile away, and I was not tired, leaning on the couch with my hands around my knees, quietly meditating.

The painting boat sank to the bottom of the river, and the Ministry of Penalty and the Jingshiyamen also confirmed that the corpse on the floating bank was me. Under the circumstances that should have been detailed, the Mafang was placed under house arrest as soon as he came forward. Obviously someone set up the situation early in the morning; the cabinet’s chief assistant presided over the overall situation. Of course, Yu Cifu Li Guoji said that the princess died tragically and the prince was unconscious, and the inner parties must have been in chaos. The competition between the Lingnan faction and the Jianghuai Party was inevitable. Not only is it useless to say it, it can even shake the power in one's hands...

Here, the identity of the black hand behind the scenes will probably be revealed...

And when the other party thought that the treacherous trick was about to succeed, everyone appeared in the Imperial College in full sight, and the spies placed in the prison students would immediately turn to tell me.

For this man behind the scenes, the things that are at your fingertips will also be destroyed by my appearance.

When I was in a different place, he would have difficulty understanding why I had to appear in the Imperial College alone. Princess Xiangyi is not a fuel-efficient lamp. She has escaped several times, fearing fraud, and will act cautiously.

But is he cautious?

As soon as daybreak I return to the palace to regain control of the country, all my thoughts will be wasted, and it is impossible not to panic.

If I were him, I would do my best to get rid of the troubles.

Yes, I lost my judgment just because I heard about Lu Lingjun's "bad news", and now I have plunged myself into an extremely dangerous situation.

Lu Lingjun is just a junior student in the Imperial College, and there is no reason to be assassinated at this time. The most likely reason is this princess.

It is hateful that Brother Lu's exquisite and exquisite words are inaccurate and untrue, and it is impossible to find the key from him.

The only thing I know is that there are people who can kill us at any time hidden in the Imperial College.

It is difficult for me to make sure that the two shadow guards lying on the roof can protect me, and I dare not say whether there will be any mistakes in the inference so far.

only.

I glanced sideways at the faint moonlight that came into the bedroom, and let out a long sigh.

It’s just that no matter whether it’s in the light or in the dark, there are few opponents, and the people in the temple are only deeper. Things in this world are always changing. If you only make sure decisions, how can you win by surprise?

Thinking of this, I heard the slow movement of the door bolt.

Although it was very subtle, it pierced into my ears, but I couldn't help but make my whole body stretch tight. I lay down on the collapsed edge with one hand.

The incoming man moved extremely slowly, and he couldn't even hear the creaking of the door. With just a glance, the figure suddenly jumped in from the gap he opened, with a light body and no sound. He didn’t stop for a while, a white light flashed, and a shining blade was hitting in my direction. This action did not cause any muddle. I secretly groaned in my heart, turned over, and pulled **** what I had already held in my palm. Rope knot.

The window closed suddenly, the room plunged into darkness, and the knife was swept away.

I tied the rope to the window beforehand. Azuo Ayou is a secret guard, and he is familiar with the sound of the voice in the dark. When faced with sudden loss of light, his performance will be different from ordinary people.

The trick is a trick after all. At the critical moment, I have to point to Azuo Ayou. At this moment, I can't know anything except the sound of fighting. I don't know if they can work together to subdue the assassin. With the sound of broken skin, my heart felt cold, and when I heard the "Kang Dang" knife drop to the ground, he breathed a sigh of relief.

So in the chaos that only martial arts masters can hear this princess, Ah You exclaimed "Be careful of princess", and a black shadow rushed forward. I couldn't avoid it, that figure After a stagnation and a muffled groan, the whole body slumped on me, motionless.

So... captured? that's all?

My brows jumped, and when I was about to ask, I saw someone slamming out of the window, slamming a hole through the window with great force.

The light re-entered the house, and Ah You stood leaning against the window, his eyes swept sharply: "The assassin has escaped, and he may move the tiger away from the mountain. The subordinates should stay behind to protect the princess."

I can't think for a while.

So the one lying on my body is Zuo?

I moved out with difficulty, and at a glance I saw the densely packed young needles all over Zuo's back, which was shocking.

"This is... Rainstorm Pear Flower Needle?"

Ah You walked around and said: "I thought that the princess could not be given a poisonous needle in the dark. There is still a chance of winning in the fight. Unexpectedly, the thief actually used this cruel hidden weapon. If Ah Zuo hadn’t blocked the princess, I’m afraid it would be inevitable. Princess, it’s really not a good place to stay here long..."

"What's the matter?" I shook my hands and said, "The first thing is to think about what Zuo will do..."

Ah You frowned and said, "He?"

I nodded.

Ah You's face was indifferent: "If you don't throw his body on the roof first, Ming Jiansi will send someone to clean it up when you turn around."

"..."

I stared at Zuo’s pale profile in a daze. I couldn’t believe that the person who was still alive the moment before died suddenly. He died so silently. After all, he died to save the princess. How could he even have a last word...

"...Your Royal Highness does not need to be sorry for her subordinates..." Zuo's eyes closed for a long time suddenly opened, fixed, weak, and dazed, looking at me with sadness: "This kind of death is the shadow guard His fate can save the princess, even though You Rong die, I will die without regret..."

I:"…"

Unbearable flashed in Ah Zuo's eyes: "The princess must not blame herself..."

I turned my head and asked Ah right: "...Did the assassin forget to apply poison to the needle..."

A Zuo: "..."

Ah You pondered for a moment and said, "A Zuo, are you wearing a silk cover today?"

I was taken aback: "What silk cover?"

Ah You explained: "The blouse made of silkworm-like gold silk, wearing anti-knife and hidden weapons, is the heirloom of the Zuo family."

After hearing the words, Zuo became stiff at first, then sat upright and touched his body quickly and said, "I'm wearing it, I forgot it."

I:"…"

Ah right: "..."

Therefore, the tragic and majestic appearance of being depressed after getting the needle is purely self-suggestion?

I faintly wondered if it was time to ask Ming Kamji to change his shadow guard.

Then again, since the assassin possesses such a brutal hidden weapon of the rainstorm pear flower needle, why did he use only one or two when he assassinated Lu Lingjun?

"In your opinion, will it...er, okay."

After an eye-catching effort, the two shadow guards who had just been in front of him disappeared again. Looking back again, the fascinating Lu Ling didn't know when he opened the door and hurriedly shook my shoulders and said, "Brother Bai, here, what happened to this?"

I said: "As you can see, someone wants to kill me."

Jun Lu Ling circled me up, down, left, and right, and when he saw that I was fine, he said, "Where is the assassin?"

"It's gone..."

I fell silent.

In the chaos just now, I did hear the sound of someone being scratched by a knife, but the left and the right were all right. Could it be...

I stretched out the palm of my hand, and the room suddenly lit up. Only then did I see a drop of blood on the ground extending to the window sill.

Lu Lingjun and I looked at each other stiffly. He jumped out of the window first. I circled around without a knife. Lu Lingjun turned back and urged me. I stepped on the table and jumped out of the window, following the trail of bloodstains. Stop and go all the way.

At this time, the night was getting dark, I went around the corner, crossed the corridor, and stopped in front of the innermost room of the prison building—

This vacant room does not usually live in large numbers of people, but some supervisors are afraid that they will be disturbed by night reading in their children's room, so they will occasionally move to Wen Wen books. At this moment, there was no movement outside the door, and through the door leaf, it was vaguely visible that there was an oil lamp flickering inside.

I cast a suspicious look at Jun Lu Ling. He stretched out his arms vigilantly to protect me behind him. Just as he opened the door, he stepped on the sound of water stains.

With a chuckle from the bottom of my heart, I lowered my head, but saw a pool of blood slowly overflowing from the room, and the dark red color appeared strange and shocking under the faint light and shadow.

Jun Lu Ling no longer hesitated, and kicked the door vigorously. The door opened at once, and finally he saw what was going on in the house.

I don’t know what words to use to describe the scarlet redness that I saw in front of me. The three familiar figures collapsed on the collapsed side motionless, and a steady stream of blood gushed from the scar on the neck. ; One fell down on the table with his eyes open, holding an ink-stained pen in his hand, and the blood tickled along the tip of the pen to the ground; another was paralyzed on the ground in a crawling posture, with his hands pulling the bleeding marks forward, as if he had to work hard. Look up at the person.

Li Wen, Du Fei, Su Qiao.

Jun Lu Ling lifted up Su Qiao who fell on the ground. He had two swords in his body. It seemed that he was the only living mouth in the house, but he was dying. When he saw us, his eyes lit up, his hands trembled and pointed behind him, not paying attention to his mouth. The blood oozing out continuously said: "Save...save people..."

My gaze was blurred, I tried my best to move my steps, and touched Li Wen and Du Fei's necks, but couldn't feel anything. I just shook my head at Lu Lingjun, and he reached out and touched Su Qiao. The acupuncture points in his acupuncture point were intended to stop the bleeding, and the blood was flowing well, so that the sleeves and plackets of the two of them were soaked. I wanted to call people to call the doctor. He said softly, "No need," and then turned back, Su Qiao opened his eyes and looked forward empty as if he wanted to say something, but his breathing had ceased and he could no longer speak.

Later, I occasionally recalled that at that time, I felt that maybe the next heavy rain in that situation should be the occasion, and the next heavy rain would pour me out. In the end, I cried and fell ill in the rain for three days and three nights. Maybe things would be much simpler. It's a pity that the gods are not beautiful. The night is clear, the wind is calm and the waves are calm. The surroundings seem to be quiet, until I walked out of the room and heard the cry of Lu Lingjun, until the prison students gradually realized that people turned their backs on their horses, until the penalty department was number one. The time blockade and the search all over the Guozijian site made me feel whether this kind of night was too quiet, so quiet that the chaos pervading my heart settled, and the knots had been untied at some point.

After walking aimlessly for a while, I covered my forehead and looked around, and said casually into the air, "A Zuo."

Zuo fell in front of me in no direction: "What's the princess' order?"

I asked him: "If you don't call, it seems that you can't detect where you are hiding, but sometimes I walk around like this. How can there be hiding places everywhere for you to follow and hide?"

Zuo probably thinks that I have been injured in my mind, so I asked this kind of non-marginal question calmly at these moments. However, the Shadow Guard has no right to ask, and only pulls the corners of his mouth to answer: "Or easily mixed in the crowd, or Choose a suitable place to ensure that the princess is within the visible range. It is hard to be foolproof, so the princess should also be careful not to return to the palace as soon as possible..."

I interrupted: "You and Ah You go and help me with some things, and then you can go back to the palace."

Bi Ayou floated to me from another place. Now I could see that she was emerging from the big tree by the eaves. She stared at me anxiously, and then looked down again: "The crisis is everywhere, and the assassin does not know when it will If we attack again, Zuo and I must never leave the princess."

I looked up at the tree and said, "Is there a good Tibetan up there? I want to go up and sit down."

Ah You anxiously said: "His Royal Highness..." Ah Zuo waited to persuade them again, and I stopped talking nonsense with them, and said solemnly: "Listen to the order."

A Zuo and A You were taken away by me. The soldiers searched the Imperial College and could not find the assassin. I was sitting alone on the tall tree trunk, condescendingly looking at the Imperial College where the crescent moon could shine. The torch of the official office fainted the place of the prison into dizzy gold. Yellow, the appearance of this Li Dusu before and after his death is spinning back and forth in my mind. I can't describe my feelings. Some truths are ready to come out, but I dare not think deeply. I closed my eyes and counted and felt the night breeze. , Qiuyi is cool and thin.

I think I should have taken a nap.

When I opened my eyes, the Imperial College had recovered a lot of tranquility. I looked down at the tree trunk and wondered how to go down. When I looked at it, I saw the back of a green robe.

The master of Qingying took out a jade Xiao from his sleeve, and slowly played the melody like green silk, revealing a sad beauty.

It's Nie Ran again.

I sighed softly.

As an official who served as a temporary sacred sacred place for the division of industry, even if he wanders around in his leisure time, why can he be so leisurely after all his lives have been killed? After thinking about it again, it doesn't matter, as the princess of the prison country, it would be quite okay to pretend to be dead even if she didn't manage the country. What's the position of this corpse climbing a tree to sleep in the middle of the night to laugh at others.

I quietly looked at Nie Ran’s silhouette, and suddenly remembered that I was in front of the Niu’s village house in the past, and I said something outrageously. At that time, Xu Fang had recovered his memory and looked at the setting sun with his hand, and said:" In the home of wealth and wealth, cravings are like fierce fire, and power is like flame. If it doesn't bring some cool smell, its flame will shine if it doesn't burn people."

At that time, Xu Fang... was talking about himself.

I sighed again. With this sigh, Nie Ran turned around and looked up.

I had nowhere to hide, except to meet his slightly surprised eyes.

Nie Ran didn't ask any questions. He just kept looking up at me. I raised my hand a little awkwardly and said, "Can Nie Siye get me down?"

Nie Ran jumped and jumped one by one and brought me down the tree. Before I could boast of his triviality, he said: "You hide a good place. If someone finds out the dead Princess Xiangyi appears in At the scene of the Guozijian homicide case, there is a **** storm."

I patted the leaves on my body and said, "What kind of climate can a substitute become?"

Nie Ran said, "Before no one exposes you, what is the difference between you and the real princess?"

I continued his words: "Master Nie means that my identity will always come to light?"

Nie Ran stared at me silently.

I laughed at myself and shrugged, "So the **** wind is not avoided, but the time has not come?"

Seeing my attitude like this, Nie Ran said, "I still think you will ask Du Fei and Li and they are sad."

I said: "I still think you are busy handling the funeral for them."

Nie Ran stiffened and said, "I don't want you to be so unfeeling."

I touched my nose, and said, "I think Master Nie was dangling by my side in everything, and accidentally got infected."

Nie Ran's face was clear and white, and his eyes were bewildered. I was too lazy to be poor with him. When I was about to go around, he grasped the arms of my arms, and the grip was painful: "What are you thinking about? What are you still thinking about? What? Someone wants to kill you, some people die because of you, but you still don't realize it? You are willing to be used by others?"

After he finished speaking, I was stunned. After a while, I came back to my senses and tilted my head to look at him: "So you know, you know that Li Dusu died because of me, and I also know that I am trapped in this place, but pretends. I don't know, be silent?"

Nie Ran was silent. I knew I couldn’t help him. I smiled: "It turns out that the mantis is behind the oriole. If you have your plan, then be your oriole. Why bother to provoke me. What about the cicadas? There is no need to confront each other for the time being. Why don't you continue to watch the fire from the other side and take advantage of the fisherman's profit?"

Nie Ran stared at me in shock.

I smiled and asked, "Does it suddenly feel that it is safer to kill me? Otherwise, one day the cicada becomes an eagle, and your group of birds can't eat it?"

The already silent night was even more silent, Nie Ran lowered his voice and said, "How much do you know?"

I sighed tiredly: "If I said, just ridiculous, but you show this look because of your guilty conscience, will you be extremely upset? Master Nie, Shizi Nie, you are unpredictable again and again. Is it deliberately to confuse the audience? As long as there is a little sense of reason, please continue to hide your power and bide your time. Don't advance your conspiracy and tricks in advance. All parties use their own ability to seize the benefits they want.

Nie Ran: "..."

I touched the corners of my dry eyes, and felt panic in my heart. "I have been awake for almost three days. I didn't expect Li to ask Du Fei Su Qiao about them...they..."

In the next moment, I couldn't help but leaned forward, and Nie Ran suddenly pulled me into his arms: "No need to say any more."

I was stunned, this lean, this moment, the phantom overlapped firmly with the embrace of Xu Fang that day.

Unfamiliar tone, familiar embrace, unfamiliar location, inexplicable peace of mind.

This time, I really don't know how to speak.

There was a sound of thunder in the quiet night, and pulled me back from my stunned state.

I took a step back and just listened to him: "I just don't want to see you in an accident, after all..."

After all, have you liked him after all?

It had begun to rain in the sky. After all, he didn't say anything. He just took off his robe and covered me with his head. He immediately let go, let the rain drop on him, and walked away.

I really want to stand for a while with this artistic conception, but Nie Ran's cloth robe is not rainproof, so I had to run all the way back to the prison. Only after this run did I remember the existence of Lu Lingjun. He, I wonder if he is okay?

But he was not in his room. I saw that the wooden cabinet where the clothes were placed on weekdays was empty. Where can I go?

My hand rubbing my eyebrows paused in the air, suddenly remembering a place.

Guozijian has a clean waterfront, surrounded by green slopes next to the river, and there are no tiles or woods around it. It is a little desolate. General supervisors don’t like to go, but Lu Lingjun likes to run there and do whatever they want, such as secretly roasting meat. What, I know one thing or two.

When I got there, the showers diminished, dark clouds floated away, and the crescent moon appeared sharp again.

Lu Lingjun stood on the top of the slope, his dark figure hadn't moved for a long time, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

I walked to him holding an umbrella, and saw his clothes soaked, the rain dripped dripping, and said: "Brother Lu, it's almost impossible to leave the rain."

Jun Lu Ling turned to look at me, took off his clothes, probed the situation, and squeezed with me under the shabby umbrella.

I:"…"

Jun Lu Ling asked: "Where have you been? I have not been able to find you."

"Me? I... go and be quiet."

Lu Lingjun gave a cry, then whispered to me: "Brother Bai."

"Ok?"

"Brother Bai Xian."

"…Ok."

"I feel bad."

I nodded: "Me too."

Lu Lingjun said: "Actually...I don’t have a deep friendship with them, in fact...Li Wen is really a very boring guy, in fact...Du Fei cares about like a woman, in fact...Su Qiao is really very verbose. …"

I nodded again: "I know."

"But I'm very sad. Those, those Fangchang in the future who I didn't care about on weekdays, can only become memories?"

Lu Lingjun paused, and his voice was surprisingly soft: "Brother Bai, are you on guard against me because you don't know anything about me, and haven't considered me a true friend?"

"Do adults make friends and track down their details one by one?" I shook my head. "It's just that if you can show your sincerity, then the friendship will naturally be deeper... I don't seem to have any particularly close friends when I think about it like this. Well... Brother Lu, do you have one?"

Lu Lingjun was uncharacteristically, and his face no longer looked like he used to be, "Brother Bai, when I was so young, I liked a little girl..."

I interrupted his memorial: "So small...how small is it?"

Jun Lu Ling took a half step back, and explained: "I just made a gesture of my childhood height with my hands...about ten years old..."

"Then?"

"Then, I made an agreement with her, and I haven't seen her since."

"…Ok."

"Later I grew up and met many people and experienced many things, but I never forgot the appointment with her. Maybe she had forgotten my existence, but I always hope to see her again with a glimmer of hope, so I Came to Bianliang."

"Unfortunately, it seems...I came a little late, anyway, I couldn't meet her."

"I'm very disappointed. To be honest, I don't have much interest in official career. For me, being tied to the Imperial College is definitely not a pleasant thing...until I met someone who was... very interesting, at least, I I really like to stay with him and listen to him. For a while, I almost suspected that I had broken sleeves... One time I accidentally discovered that he was a girl. I was really shocked and happy at the time..."

"Brother Bai, when you hear this, you should know who I am talking about, right?"

With many thoughts, I stretched out my hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said frankly: "Actually, when you mention it, I know you are talking about me."

The sky in the east was faintly blue, and seeing the sky was about to light up, Lu Lingjun asked endlessly: "Brother Bai, you said, is friendship in this world more important, or love?"

I laughed and said, "Forgive me for being stupid, why didn't I hear, that little girl and that "him", which one is friendship and which one is love? Isn't it all love? Brother Lu... Huaxin boldly admit it, man It's not a shame to spend your heart..."

Jun Lu Ling suddenly lifted his sleeves, and even the tone of his voice changed desolately: "Brother Bai, you can deny that you really listened to me! These words, after tonight, I'm afraid... I won't have a chance to talk to you again..."

But I didn't ask him why he said this. For a long time, I replied, "Which is more important than friendship and love is not the point. The point is, Brother Lu, you have already made a decision early on, haven't you?"

I stood face to face with Lu Lingjun like this, his eyes showed so much that he couldn't hide it at all. He stretched out his hand to embrace me, put his chin on my shoulder, and whispered, "Brother Bai, I choose you. …"

Then I heard a harsh noise.

Accompanied by sharp pain. It seemed that something precious shattered in a flash.

I lowered my head hesitantly and saw a dagger pierced into my abdomen, and the person holding the dagger was Lu Lingjun.

I raised my head in confusion, looking at his beautiful eyes without a trace of emotion or color, coldly: "...I choose, give up you."