Xia Zhaoyi took the porcelain bottle, opened it and took a sip, then raised his head curiously: "I'm not injured."
Shen Lie looked at her left forearm.
Xia Zhaoyi paused, smiled clearly with curved lips, and untied the belt that bound his sleeves.
He took off the arm crossbow and rolled up his sleeves. The skin under the clothes was red and swollen, the flesh was torn, and there were large areas of bruises and bloodshot eyes.
The arm crossbow was too powerful, so she improved it more carefully this time. Every time it was fired, the recoil would rub on the arm, which would indeed be very painful and could cause injuries.
She applied the ointment on it, and the black ointment spread evenly with her fingertips, stimulating a coolness on her skin and feeling quite comfortable.
Shen Lie quietly stood aside and watched her apply the medicine. Her little head was slightly hung. Although she was much taller than when she first met, she was still a child who was not even a girl.
Thinking of the little figure he saw today running towards those silver-armored soldiers, all the way to the top, Shen Lie felt frightened and frightened.
The feeling is like throwing a stone into the river and sea. No matter how powerful the stone is, it can't resist the roar of the mountains and the tsunami.
"Ah Li," Shen Lie said, "I suddenly guessed your arrangement when I came here on horseback."
Xia Zhaoyi raised his eyes: "What?"
"Those archers can't hurt you. The best crossbows in the world are no more than 400 paces. The crossbows they carry shouldn't be more than 300 paces. In addition, the wind is strong today. The wind direction changed when I passed by. Where you are standing The position can easily avoid those crossbow arrows," Shen Lie said, "That position should be something you have planned for a long time."
Xia Zhaoyi blinked, then smiled: "Why don't you say I'm lucky?"
If someone else said the word luck, he would just listen to it, but in her case, he knew that she didn't need the blessing of luck at all.
Seeing that the ointment on her arm was almost smeared, Shen Lie lowered his eyes and opened the small wooden box at hand. It contained clean gauze. He took out one and handed it over.
Xia Zhaoyi took the gauze and said: "Mr. Shen, no matter what, I want to thank you. If you hadn't appeared, it would not have been so easy for me to escape today."
"No matter what," Shen Lie looked at her, "your first priority should be to protect yourself."
His handsome face was expressionless and his voice was very plain.
Xia Zhaoyi looked at him and suddenly smiled, with curved eyebrows and a broad and bright smile: "That's natural, my life is very valuable."
It was hard-won, and she was very precious.
She lowered her head and wrapped the gauze around her left forearm in a circle. After wrapping it, she put down her sleeves, stood up and said, "I have something to do today, so I have to leave first. I owe you another favor. I will remember."
Shen Lie paused: "Are you leaving now? The situation outside is not good now. Where are you going?"
"Didn't I tie up Taifu An last night?" Xia Zhaoyi smiled, "I'm going to play with him. By the way, the capital will become increasingly unstable in the next few days. Mr. Shen, please take care of yourself."
After saying that, she raised her arms and said goodbye politely, turning around and leaving with a relaxed expression.
take care.
Shen Lie looked at her thin figure. Instead of going through the door, he jumped from the window sill to the quiet alley on the other side.
He felt that he couldn't take care of himself at all...
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The sky is getting darker and darker, there are only a few lights in the city, the streets are full of soldiers, people are coming and going at a fast pace, and every house is being inspected.
A carriage was coming towards Qili Bridge. Since there were not many people on the street, the driver's horse galloped wildly.
Lao Tong was bored. He was about to go to the market to see if any shops were open, but he almost got hit by this car.
Looking at the fast car, Lao Tong frowned and cursed: "You don't have eyes!"
The carriage stopped at Qi Luyuan. As soon as Fang Guanyan got off the carriage, he got out of the carriage and strode towards the inside.
After passing through the study rooms one after another, he went to the innermost room, opened a secret compartment, and went up the dark stone steps.
This place is usually the coldest, but today it is quite lively, with at least four or five people here.
Fang Guanyan entered the room. Behind the screen, a man was sitting cross-legged at the table. In front of him was a plate of ribs and a glass of sake. However, his chopsticks were left untouched.
Different from the previous days when he wore plain clothes with loose hair, he is now dressed in smart clothes, with his hair tied up in a crown, showing a clean and smooth face. Although his face is still tired from a long illness, he is still handsome and handsome.
Sitting opposite him was an older woman, with frowning eyebrows and a worried expression.
On their side, a subordinate was talking, but was stopped because of Fang Guanyan's arrival.
The woman glanced at Fang Guanyan, then looked at the subordinate, and said, "Go on."
"That's all, madam, there is no more news," the subordinate said.
The woman nodded and looked at the man opposite her with serious eyes: "You are too reckless today."
"What does the teacher mean?" the man asked.
"Those three arrows," the woman said displeasedly, "Three arrows were fired in unison. They were originally used by Duke Dingguo to show off his power to the generals. How dare you do it in front of a large audience today?"
"I want to save her." The man looked at her and said calmly.
"The so-called confession book," the woman said, "did any of you bring it back?"
The man looked at the attendant behind him, who stepped forward and took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve.
The woman took it, lowered her eyes and was stunned: "This word..."
"Are you familiar?" the man said.
"Dingguo Gong's name!" the woman was surprised, "Where does this girl come from?"
"That's why I want to save her," the man lowered his head and said calmly, "Maybe she doesn't need my saving."
But at that moment, he couldn't react.
"But you," the woman shook her head, "are still too reckless, and you shouldn't have gone to Daping Square for this reason today, and now your plans have been ruined by that girl."
The man looked at her and said nothing.
"Your Majesty..." Fang Guanyan said at this time, "I heard that there is a man in black today?"
"Yeah." The man nodded.
"I heard that he came out from behind," Fang Guanyan said, "Your Majesty, did the girl come on horseback first, and the man in black was not with her?"
"What do you want to say?" Yang Guanxian asked. Based on his understanding of Fang Guanyan, he would not say these words for no reason just after arriving.
"This shows that they are not in the same group," Fang Guanyan said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, I heard that the man in black doesn't have many accomplices, only about thirty."
The man didn't speak, he looked up at him, waiting for him to say next.
"No one would bring thirty people to the execution ground," Fang Guanyan said. "Would this just mean that the man in black did not go to the execution ground, but he did not come out with the girl. What does this mean?
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Yang Guanxian was so dizzy that he scratched his chubby neck: "Fang Guanyan, what do you want to say? I'm at the scene today. Don't go around here and there. Just say what you have to say."
