"Hey, have you heard? It seems something happened in the palace again! This time I heard that the king's youngest son was thrown into prison the same day he returned to the palace."
"Could it be the young master who accompanied the boat division on the expedition to Peng Kingdom a while ago? Why?"
"Who knows the details, but haven't you seen that the palace gates are all closed? He must be guilty of defeat or something like that. What kind of evil is the ruler of the country possessed by? He just cut off the crown prince's hair during the Moon Festival.
An arm, and now I have to behead my youngest son in the street. If we continue like this, it will be a question of whether our country of Ye can have a complete prince to inherit the throne."
"Shhh - you don't want to live? If an official listens to these words, it will be a crime of beheading!"
"It's such an eventful time! The days have finally settled down a little. It's a blessing that we can sit here to eat and drink. Don't talk about state affairs. Don't talk about state affairs. That's not what we, the common people, should worry about."
In Jiayun Zhai, several diners at the wine table were talking in low voices. Although their voices were not loud, to Leng Jiayun, it was like the sound of bells ringing in her ears. Before the army set off, she had a vague feeling in her heart.
She had an ominous premonition, and it wasn't until the fleet left port that she discovered that Ning Yue had disappeared.
Fortunately, the girl did not forget to send a message back, saying that she secretly followed Jiang Yan and Qi Ziyin out to sea. This made Leng Jiayun's anxious mood slightly relieved. However, her hanging heart could not be let go, and she could not stay at home.
I look forward to the early return of my three children all day long.
Now that she suddenly heard the rumor that Qi Ziyin was going to be questioned and beheaded in the street, the woman in purple's heart suddenly tightened again. If Ziyin had returned to the city, what about Jiang Yan and Ning Yue who were with him? And now he was leading the Lu Division on the expedition.
Where is Xiang Baili? Does he know this big bad news?
Thinking of this, Leng Jiayun's hands suddenly stopped collecting the leftover soup, and she felt her head was buzzing. By accident, the bowl full of soup fell to the ground with a "dang" sound.
It was smashed to pieces, and the greasy soup splashed all over her gorgeous purple skirt.
The sudden sound attracted the diners in the store to look sideways, but the woman could no longer care about her reserve. She took three steps and two steps at a time, rushed out of the door as if she had lost her soul, and stopped a passing carriage on the street:
"Send me quickly to Zheliuxuan in Dongshi!"
The wind stopped and the trees were quiet, and there was no sound. Xiuyefang is a rare quiet place in Mulu City, and there are only a few people around Zheliuxuan deep in the pine forest. The only sound in the silence is the woman stepping on the bluestone slab.
The thick layer of withered yellow needles on the road made a creaking sound.
Leng Jiayun climbed up the pine hill in one breath, with fine beads of sweat on the tip of her nose. She didn't know why she rushed here in the first place, but she just instinctively felt that maybe the shoulder she could rely on might also be there.
Came back with Qi Ziyin.
The crabapples in Zheliu Pavilion were in full bloom, and several branches covered with flowers stretched out from the wall. They were so delicate and beautiful. And the woman could clearly see that the heavy copper lock originally hung on the courtyard door had indeed been removed.
It's opened.
She suddenly became excited, stretched out her hand, pushed open the door and rushed in, shouting loudly:
"Xiang Baili! How come you didn't tell me when you came back? What crime did that child Ziyin commit, and why was he sent to prison by the king? What happened in the palace?!"
However, to Leng Jiayun's expectation, the person who walked out of the room was not the Tsing Yi general who made her look older, but the red-haired girl with waist-length hair. Seeing the angry look of the visitor, the girl He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then asked nervously:
"Sister Jia, why are you here? Just now you said that Ziyin was sent to prison?"
"Xiaoyue, please answer me first, how long has it been since you guys returned to the city? Why are you hiding here quietly and not telling me immediately? Where is Baili now?"
The Dongli woman rushed forward and grabbed the girl's shoulders. Ning Yue had never seen the girl in such a panic before, and whispered hesitantly:
"Uncle Baili said he was going to take Little Stutter to get some medicine for his wound, so he went out early in the morning. We entered the city yesterday evening, but Uncle Baili told you not to tell you the news for the time being, and that Little Stutter and I were not allowed to go without permission. After I left Zheliuxuan, I didn’t go to Jiayunzhai to see you..."
"What on earth did you little brats meet on the sea? How did you meet Baili? Why didn't he let me know that you had returned to the city?"
Leng Jiayun vaguely felt that the situation seemed to have gone beyond her imagination, and continued to ask questions relentlessly. Ning Yue had to tell the story of the heavy fog she encountered after going to sea, how she was kidnapped at Lingyu Island in Shanghai, and how Marquis Jinghai wanted to usurp the throne. He told the other party everything in detail.
"This bastard Baili, after such a big thing happened, does he still plan to handle it alone?! Did he say where he planned to take Jiang Yan to change his dressing and when he would be back? Does he know that Zi Yin will be beheaded in the street tomorrow!"
Hearing what the woman said, Ning Yue was frightened to death on the spot. At first, she thought that since the slovenly-looking uncle had saved her and her companions once, he would be able to win back the victory, but then suddenly When I heard that Qi Ziyin was about to be executed on the street, tears welled up in his eyes.
However, before the two people in the courtyard could continue to discuss countermeasures, they heard a jingle of metal collisions coming from the woods outside the courtyard. Then the sound of footsteps came from far and near, and many people came to break the entire Liuxuan Pavilion. Surrounded!
"The person who came here is evil, let's get in quickly!"
The Dongli woman's complexion changed, and she immediately pushed Ning Yue to hide in the room behind her. After entering the door, she turned around and overturned a desk to the ground. Before long, the two of them had just stood on the desk. After he lowered his body, he heard the sound of a bow string playing outside the courtyard wall!
Countless arrows drew long arcs in the air, flew into the courtyard like raindrops, and then shot through the paper and entered the house. The opponent fired a total of three rounds of volleys, as if they did not intend to leave anyone alive. .The iron arrows were nailed to the desk that Leng Jiayun had overturned earlier, making a clanging sound that made people tremble with fear!
Although the volley only lasted a short moment, it was an extremely long ordeal for Leng Jiayun and Ning Yue. When the arrows finally stopped falling, the red-haired girl poked her head out and boldly looked at the situation outside. .
"Xiaoyue, don't move! They are planning to enter!"
However, the Dongli woman quickly stretched out her hand and pulled the girl back. As soon as she finished speaking, there was a muffled sound, and the group of people outside the courtyard really opened the door and rushed in with weapons in hand. From the holes in the paper, you can see I saw that those who came were a group of elite boat masters wearing black armor.
"...Seven, eight, nine, ten-eleven people! They will disperse later and search each room to see if there are any survivors left. We are very close to the courtyard gate, and we will not escape until the other party enters the house.
It's the best time to be in danger, Xiaoyue, you must listen to my arrangements when you arrive, and don't act rashly!"
The one-room hut where the two men were hiding faced south. It was originally used as a greenhouse for cutting flowers and plants. At this time, the various bottles and pots placed in the house had been shattered in the dense rain of arrows.
The ground was in a mess. However, the large and small flower stands scattered in various heights were filled with feathers and arrows, forming a maze that could be used to deal with the opponent.
As expected by Leng Jiayun, the chief who led the team into Zheliuxuan quickly ordered his subordinates to disperse. And walking straight towards the room where the two were hiding were two
A soldier holding a long sword.
The woman's face regained its usual composure, and she reached out from her waist and pulled out a soft, curved sword with only the thickness of a willow leaf. She asked the girl to hide under a table in the corner and whispered instructions.
After a few words, she hid behind several abandoned flower stands by the door, and covered the entire shelf with a piece of mud-stained linen cloth. Through the gaps in the linen cloth, she was always paying attention to what was happening outside.
Watch for movement, hold your breath and concentrate, planning to wait for the opportunity to move.
Soon, the two soldiers arrived in front of the house, but they stuck their heads outside the door and did not dare to come in rashly. One of them pushed the other man's shoulder hard and urged: "Why did you stop?
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"Brother Luo, this is a flower room, there shouldn't be anyone hiding there, right?" The other person just smiled and shook his head, refusing to continue walking.
"Although it is true, what if there is really someone? You have to go in and take a look. The commander has given an order to see people dead or corpses!"
"But everyone else has gone to the main building at the east end, obviously thinking that someone is more likely to be hiding there. You see, the whole house has been shot with arrows, and even the potted flowers are not left intact.
Yes, if there is someone, he must have been dressed as a hedgehog. How about we take a look at this door, and if there is no movement, it will be over!"
"That's fine, but you have to look carefully. It is said that General Yu, who is responsible for arresting the rebels in the city this time, is ruthless and shows no mercy to his own people. If he knows that we are not doing well in our affairs afterwards, he will never let him go easily!
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After hearing what the other party said, Leng Jiayun, who was tense and ready to take action at any time, finally relaxed a little. But just when the two soldiers looked into the door for a moment and were about to turn around and leave, there was a sudden sound in the corner of the room.
There were a few slight nasal noises, which sounded like a kitten snoring.
The woman in purple immediately realized that Ning Yue, who was hiding under the desk, had inhaled the pollen dispersed in the air and couldn't help sneezing. She secretly thought that something was wrong, and she waited until the next moment to look at the two soldiers.
At that time, I saw that they were also alerted by these unusual noises. One person was holding a crossbow and the other was holding a knife and stepped into the door, one after another in the direction of the sound!
As a result, hiding his whereabouts was meaningless. Unable to avoid it, Leng Jiayun did not hesitate to lift the linen cloth covering his body and cover the two soldiers.
The visitor was staring intently at the table where Ning Yue was hiding. How could he have thought that another person would come out of the diagonal stab? He immediately panicked. The man holding the crossbow was closer to the woman at the moment.
He immediately moved the machine to fight back. But the sackcloth covered his head in an instant, and the arrows shot in the air were completely missed. When he pulled off the cover on his head and wanted to pick up a new arrow, he saw a cold light.
It's already in front of you!
The Dongli woman struggled to swing the soft sword, and the thin sword body wrapped around the opponent's arm like a silver whip. The soldier holding the crossbow finally saw clearly that the person who attacked him was actually a weak woman, and she was confident.
He reached out to grab the weapon from the opponent's hand.
However, after holding it hard, he realized that this soft sword, which seemed to be only as thin as a piece of kraft paper, could cut iron like mud and break gold and jade. Leng Jiayun only twitched the hilt of the sword in his hand, tightening the blade.
The blade easily cut through the thick black armor on his body!
The whole process was so fast that even the soldier didn't have time to cry out, and he was horrified to see that the muscles on his arm were like butter cut by a hot knife, turning into circles of neatly cut meat.
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The woman in purple didn't give him any chance to say anything. She took back the soft sword and then quickly swung it away, directly wrapping the sharp blade around the opponent's unprotected neck. She was usually quiet and lazy, seemingly weak,
In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a life-killing killer and easily cut off the soldier's entire head!
Another soldier holding a knife was frightened by the sight of blood flying in front of him. He did not dare to make any resistance and fled. Leng Jiayun did not intend to let anyone live. At the moment, she was wearing soft-soled cloth shoes.
She was like a civet cat catching birds, silently dragging the soft sword and chasing after the opponent. Just when the soldier had already rushed to the door, opening his mouth wide, he wanted to call out for reinforcements in the main building.
, the soft sword stabbed out like a poisonous snake spitting a message, had penetrated directly into the back of his neck, and then stabbed out from under his throat.
The soldier's windpipe and vocal cords were instantly severed. He could only stretch out his tongue and lean back, falling heavily to the ground. The blood from the wound poured into his lungs, causing him to curl up and twist on the ground in pain.
Before the other party could choke to death on his own blood, Leng Jiayun had pierced the temple on the side of his forehead with a soft sword, ending his pain in advance. The woman didn't have time to think too much, turned around and returned to the house.
Go, pull up Ning Yue from under the table, shaking like a sieve of chaff, and run straight out of the courtyard gate without looking back.
After all, this is a hard-earned escape opportunity, and no more mistakes are allowed!
After about another stick of incense, another sharp whistle came from Zheliu Pavilion. It seemed that the soldiers who broke into the courtyard finally discovered the body of their comrade. However, it was already getting late, and the trees on the pine hilltops were already dark.
It was quite lush, and even if they immediately chased Leng Jiayun and Ning Yue, who had already run away, it would be impossible for them to catch up.
Along the way, the woman in purple didn't dare to slow down at all. She just held the girl's hand and walked straight into the bustling Zitong Street, and then stopped.
Ning Yue glanced behind her with lingering fear, and asked breathlessly: "Have we gotten rid of those soldiers? Sister Jia, what are you going to do next?"
"We must find Jiang Yan and Baili as soon as possible. However, it is too ostentatious for the two of us walking on the street like this right now. We must disguise ourselves and go back to Jiayunzhai to make further plans."
As the woman spoke, she casually pulled out a piece of scrap material left by the cloth shop on the roadside, folded it into a square scarf and gave it to Ning Yue to cover it up. Ning Yue also knew that her red hair was too obvious, so she immediately took it.
After passing by, he wrapped the cloth around his head and turned around to continue rushing in the direction of Jia Yunzhai.
However, at this moment, the woman walking behind the red-haired girl was unexpectedly covered by a big hand that suddenly stretched out from the side and covered her mouth and nose. She immediately struggled hard, but she was no match at all. She was beaten to death by the opponent.
He was dragged into a secluded and deserted narrow alley, and watched as the unaware girl walked further and further away, completely disappearing into the crowd...