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The torrential rain in early summer can drown out all sounds in the torrent.

Ming Yu looked at the dark guard with a half-smile, and turned his head in the direction of Princess Qing and Princess Chang in the Taoist temple: "Let's do it."

The dark guard's hand holding the sword tightened by two points, cast a cold glance at Ming Yu, treated him in the same way, and said in a flat tone: "Aren't you meddling a little too much? It's not the turn of Qianyong Landlord to speak up about it, right?"

Ming Yu twitched the corners of his mouth, shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, and his tone was full of sarcasm: "Why, His Highness King Jing's capable subordinates have taken a fancy to the princess, is she soft-hearted now?"

The dark guard's face was angry, and the sword in his hand was half unsheathed immediately.

"Zhao Wu!" Seeing this, the messenger hurriedly grabbed the hidden guard, and said in a low voice, "His Royal Highness's order is important!"

The hidden guard named Zhao Wu glared at Ming Yu for a moment, then retracted the sword in his hand with a "clang" sound, and strode towards the back hall of the Taoist temple without saying a word.

Ming Yu's provocative move was so handy, he didn't raise his heels, he just stood on the spot, staring at Zhao Wu's back with a slight smile on his lips, his eyes flashed a faint light that was bound to win.

Princess Qinghe must die today, and must die in the hands of King Jing.

The rain outside was violent and violent, and the dilapidated Taoist temple seemed to be unable to withstand the pouring rain. An old tile on the roof was crumbling by the hole, and finally fell down in a sudden gust of wind and shattered. The apse of the Taoist temple is like a thunderbolt exploding from the ground.

When Zhao Wu walked in holding the sword, Qinghe barely wrapped up the wound on his left shoulder, stood up against the wall, and took a slow step towards the place where the rain did not leak.

The moment the two looked at each other, Qinghe withdrew her hand supporting the wall, and stood up straight, without any panic on her face, she just looked at the murderer who tied her here calmly.

For some reason, Zhao Wu dared not meet the princess' eyes for no reason.

He has a younger sister, who is about the same age as the princess, if you put gold on her face.When I was young, there was a famine one year, and the family couldn’t eat enough. When he and his sister went to the mountain to dig wild vegetables, they fought with others. His sister was pushed down the hill by mistake, leaving a long scar on her face. So far, I have not promised to be a good family.

From then until now, he has been blaming himself as an older brother for not protecting his sister well. Later, he practiced martial arts and became a bodyguard, so he wanted to save more money and make a dowry for his sister.

His younger sister is demure and intelligent, and she probably found out later that he was begging for a living on the edge of a knife. She always advised him to quit his job and go back to the countryside to farm. She said that she didn't want to get married anymore, and she didn't want him to earn any money, as long as the family had enough to eat. That's it.

But how can there be a girl who doesn't marry? One year when he got the grace to go home, there was a family in the village who married a daughter. He could remember the envy in his sister's eyes when she sat in front of the window and watched the wedding sedan go by outside.

He is a stupid person, he doesn't understand why His Royal Highness has already taken the jade talisman from the princess, why must the princess die, isn't the princess also His Highness's younger sister?

"What do you want?" Zhao Wu heard the princess ask him.

He became a secret guard, even if it was far from enough to serve His Highness, he was only the lowest and most marginal expatriate, and it was impossible for him to "resign from his errand". He just wanted to save more money for his sister while he was still alive. Some money to settle down.

He loosened the hilt of the sword hanging from his waist and quickly grasped it again. A thin layer of sweat broke out in his hands for no reason, and he lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "Princess, I am only following orders."

The little hesitation of the dark guard did not escape the eyes of Princess Qinghe. Her eyes flickered. The people in front of her knew her identity, so it was not a robbery, but a special trip for the Dongjun Token in her hand. of.Looking at the whole Dayin, you can count on one hand those who dare to set their minds on the eldest princess, and there is probably only one who is so desperate that he has the guts to kill her.

She was not afraid of death, but she didn't want to die like this in an unknown deserted house. She still had something to do.

Qinghe's eyes widened suddenly, with disbelief and grief and fragility shining brightly on his face, he moved his lips and seemed to have spent a lot of effort to find his voice: "Order...he wants to kill me?"

Zhao Wu couldn't bear it. He didn't know if it was because he hadn't been home for a long time or something. At a certain moment, he seemed to see the shadow of his sister in the princess. Anyway, the princess would die here today. The elder brother justified indiscriminately: "Princess, Your Highness also has his difficulties."

"Your Highness", as she expected, Qinghe's thoughts turned, and Jiang Jincheng's shadow was instantly outlined in his mind.

Tears rolled down her cheeks like broken beads, and her voice choked up: "Brother Huang wants that jade talisman, so I'll just give it to him. But why doesn't he think about it, since I came to Nanshan to worship Buddha in private, how could I put such an important Do you have something with you?"

Zhao Wu's hand holding the sword stopped, and he looked directly into the princess' eyes with some hesitation, trying to find a flaw in the lie.King Jing's real purpose was to get the jade talisman from the princess. He didn't know what the jade talisman was for, but something that would allow King Jing to kill his own sister was obviously very important. If the jade talisman was sent to Dingkang The jade talisman is real or fake, the princess can't deal with it like this.

Zhao Wu breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, but he didn't take the princess's words lightly, and only said: "Your Highness can judge whether it's true or not."

Qinghe stopped her tears and took a deep breath, with a hurt and fragile look on her face: "I was misled by my cleverness. Today he killed me, and I will never get the real jade talisman again in the future. I It is only today that I realize that he really does not have my sister in his heart, and it is up to you, who is ordered to do things, to decide what is more important."

The dilapidated Taoist temple was swaying in the wind and rain, and Xinghui's clothes were wet by the heavy rain. They got off their horses and walked to the door of the Taoist temple. Just as they were about to open the door, Xinghui and Su Lang suddenly looked at each other, and they held their breaths in unison Calm down, take your steps lightly.

The torrential rain covered up all the sounds, and the change had happened quietly inadvertently. When people realized it was coming, they were only separated by a dilapidated wooden door.

Ming Yu, who was separated by a door, was alarmed in his heart. The uninvited guest outside was definitely a first-class expert. He quietly hid his figure behind King Jing's messenger, and when the old wooden door was pushed open, In an instant, the knife in the sleeve brushed the messenger's hair on the sideburns and struck the person who came.

"Let's go!" Ming Yu shouted angrily, and quickly put the bamboo hat on his head to cover his face - he saw two people who never expected to appear in Nanshan so soon.

Ming Yu's eyes were dark, his fists were tightly clenched, and King Jing's envoy rushed towards the apse where Qing and Princess Chang were located.

Su Lang's horizontal sword blocked, barely stopping the oncoming knife in his sleeve. The moment the metal and stone collided, the knife and the scabbard almost produced dazzling sparks, and made a piercing and sharp scream.Su Lang's true energy poured out, he turned the horizontal sword, the knife in his sleeve was knocked down by him in a different direction, most of the blade fell into the bluestone ground in front of his feet.

——This saber is full of killing intent.

Xinghui's face was slightly cold, and his figure moved, following two hurried figures from behind.

Ming Yu cursed in a low voice, strode into the apse, and unexpectedly saw Princess Qing and the eldest princess who were still standing, the anger in his heart suddenly surged, and the knife in his sleeve pointed out half an inch.

The messenger shouted: "Zhao Wu! Do it!"

Zhao Wu's instinct as a hidden guard gained the upper hand at this moment of lightning and flint. He subconsciously listened to the order, and pointed at the cold light on the princess's chest and moved forward an inch. When he realized what he was doing, the tip of the sword had already submerged The body of Qing and Princess Chang.

Zhao Wu was shocked, and was about to let go, when a knife in his sleeve pierced through the air and hit him in the back of his heart. The sharp energy contained in the knife forced his hand holding the sword forward along with his body, and the blood flowed from him. The princess choked out from his mouth, and the princess's painful murmur reminded him in a trance of the blood on his sister's face and body when he was pushed down the hillside when he was young, but he was too tired, and his hands seemed to weigh a thousand catties, exhausted With all his strength, it seemed that he only moved the tip of the sword an inch, but it couldn't stop the long sword in his hand from sinking into the princess' chest.

He seemed to hear the roar of the messenger behind him, and then it seemed to be the sound of the sword being unsheathed and cutting the flesh. He couldn't tell whether it was the handle in his hand or something else. At the last moment of his life, he thought a lot, It seems that he hasn't been able to go home to see his sister for a long time, and it seems that he still hasn't saved enough dowry for her. He is really not a good brother.

When Xinghui rushed in, the two corpses on the ground and Princess Qinghe's figure lying limply in a pool of blood suddenly came into view.

Su Lang followed up one step later, and only had time to chase out the back door. At a certain point, time seemed to have quietly set foot on the previous track. He was injured in the cemetery of the owner of the Qingnang Pavilion in Lishan Mountain. When they came to Lushui overnight, he had seen such a familiar figure on the road. [1]

Those inexhaustible threads seem to connect everything quietly at this moment due to the unexpected coincidence of time.

"Ming Yu." Su Lang said silently in his heart.

The accompanying guards brought the medicine for sores as quickly as possible. Princess Qing and the eldest princess grabbed Xinghui's sleeves tightly, trying to use up the last trace of clarity in her mind, with layers of silence in her eyes: "Dong... respect... "

The thunder exploded in the sky above Nanshan. This heavy rain washed away the sweltering heat of early summer, and the wind in the forest blew swiftly, bringing a chill to the bone.

Thousands of miles away, Lishan Silver House welcomed today's first guest on a rainy afternoon.

Shopkeeper Chen squinted his eyes and stood up from the reclining chair. He looked at the long robe covering the person's body without showing any emotion, and went forward to greet him eagerly, "Do you want to pick some jewelry, sir?"

The visitor put the umbrella in his hand into the lotus vat in front of the door, without taking off the bamboo hat covering his head, glanced at the lobby of the Silver Building, and said in a low voice: "I'll ask the shopkeeper to look at the piece of jade for me."

Shopkeeper Chen looked as usual, and made a "please" gesture to the table in front of him.

The visitor put a jade talisman on the table, but did not rush to remove his gloved hand, and said meaningfully: "I think the shopkeeper should know the goods."

Shopkeeper Chen's heart tightened for no reason, but he still didn't show it on his face: "Of course you need to know the goods when you open the door to do business."

"Please shopkeeper."

Shopkeeper Chen's eyes touched the jade talisman on the table, and the smile on his face froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal. He waved to the shop assistant and looked at the person who came: "Jade is a good jade, please sit on the second floor first, sir. Come after me."

The time for a cup of tea passed quietly, and when shopkeeper Chen stepped into the wing room on the second floor, he was followed by a man whose face was covered by a hood and whose face could not be seen clearly.

The tea in his hand was steaming hot. The visitor was standing in front of the window on the second floor. He heard footsteps behind his ears. The moment he turned around, he suddenly threw the cup with his fingers. The tea in the cup swirled in the air. It turned into several water arrows and pierced the air towards the door.

Shopkeeper Chen still smiled eagerly, the figure behind him moved, the teacup on the table was grabbed by Ling Kong in his hand, and with a sweep of his wide sleeve, the sharp water arrow wrapped in murderous intent instantly turned into tender fingers, without a drop falling to the ground Received in the blue and white porcelain cup, it was still a steaming cup of weak tea.

Shopkeeper Chen took the teacup from the person behind him, gently put it on the table and pushed it in the direction of the visitor: "Guest's tea."

The visitor gave a low laugh: "Good skill."

Shopkeeper Chen didn't make any noise on his face, and didn't pick up the words, just said: "The guest officer's jade is indeed collected by my silver house. When opening the door to do business, there must be traffic. The silver house accepts the jade. The guest officer can accept it." Make a request to Lishan, and Lishan will agree to it as long as it can. It's just that this jade can only be used once, so please be careful.

The person who came was obviously waiting for this sentence, and said straight to the point without talking nonsense: "I want Lishan to help me kill someone."

Shopkeeper Chen remained motionless, with a smile still on his face: "Guest officer, please tell me."

"Yuan Zeliang, General Huai Ze."

……

The afternoon rain in Huaize City was like a galaxy pouring down after a muffled thunder. The soldiers guarding the city gate trembled and almost couldn't hold the spear in their hands, and sneezed hard.

When Huai Ze got up in the morning, it was just a foggy day. He left in a hurry, forgot to bring his rain gear, and was only wearing unlined clothing. He didn’t know when the rain would start. When the wind blew at the city gate, it was clearly early summer. It was as cold as autumn.

Lian Songcheng, Governor of Changzhou, and the new Huai Ze General Soldier completed the handover of the city defense military quietly and secretly in the name of the Governor's affairs being numerous and Huai Ze's military affairs being temporarily handled by his direct subordinates.Lian Songcheng came back from the entrance of the Huaize waterway outside the city alone with an umbrella in his hand. Not far from the rain curtain, he saw the trembling gatekeeper under the city gate, his brows deeply wrinkled.

Seeing this always stern general, the soldiers guarding the city were shocked and stood up quickly. Unfortunately, it seemed that even the heavens were deliberately playing tricks on him. A gust of untimely wind blew straight towards the city gate. I couldn't help but shuddered again.

Lian Songcheng glanced at the single clothes on the soldier's body, and the gully between his foreheads deepened a bit: "What does the soldier look like sickly! Pointing at you to defend your home and country, the battlefield has not yet started, and a rain will blow you away." Frozen to death."

The soldiers guarding the city did not dare to speak, and only lowered their heads to listen to the training.

Lian Songcheng thrust the umbrella into the soldier's hand, and said coldly, "Go and change your clothes and put on your rain gear before coming back."

Xiaobing was stunned for a long time before realizing the meaning of Lian Songcheng's words, but he confiscated the umbrella, and stammered to explain: "But, general, you can't leave the city gate without authorization, no one is watching..."

Lian Songcheng couldn't help but snatched the spear from his hand, and interrupted him: "Am I not human?"

Xiaobing stared dumbfounded at the dignified governor of Changzhou straightening up to help him watch the city gate. He didn't recover until Lian Songcheng scolded him in a cold voice, and hurried into the city holding an umbrella.

Lian Songcheng stood under the city gate and looked at the back of the soldier sprinting in the rain. The rain was blowing on his face from time to time, and his always cold expression seemed to be slightly softened by the raindrops on his forehead.

Few people entered or left the city in the wind and rain. Lian Songcheng guarded under the city gate for a while before he saw a figure riding a horse from the direction of the long street of Huaize shops, heading out of the city without turning his eyes.

For some reason, the moment the man's back disappeared into the rain, Lian Songcheng's right eyelid twitched violently.

The soldier guarding the city changed his clothes and ran back quickly with rain gear, and brought him a cloak, but Lian Songcheng didn't accept the soldier's kindness, put the cloak back on him with a cold face, and walked towards the city with an umbrella go.

He had just taken two steps when he heard the soldier call to him from behind: "Wait, general, you seem to have dropped something."

Lian Songcheng frowned and turned around when he heard the words, only to find that the jade pendant for peace that his wife had prayed for in the temple fell into the muddy water at his feet at some point.

This rain covers most of Changzhou.

In the private room of the Dingguo Mansion in Dingkang City, the high-quality agarwood fragrance is entangled in the curling green smoke, exuding an elegant style.

Jing Wang Lingyi held the book in one hand, and lightly touched the incense burner with a copper piece in the other hand, admiring: "Zhou Mincai's fragrance is really good."

The confidant behind him agreed, and said: "Your Highness, Huai Ze City has already sent someone there."

King Jing gave a "hmm".

The confidant hesitated to speak, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "Don't you think it's a pity, Your Highness?"

King Jing turned around, with a smile that was not a smile: "Are you talking about Qinghe or Dongjunling? Speaking of which, Qinghe seems to be my younger sister. Isn't the most important thing in their women's life is to find a good husband, but she doesn't know much about it. Similarly, marrying someone is better than not marrying, I remember that I seemed to give her a dowry at the time, and it is a pity to die."

King Jing casually flipped through two pages of the book in his hand: "As for Dong Jun's order, that's not a pity at all. No matter how useful Dong Jun's order is, it is nothing more than a piece of valuable jade in the final analysis. In the end, everything depends on human effort. Since it is The jade in Lishan Mountain is of course the 'doing' of Lishan Mountain. As long as they don't want to do some things, what if outsiders have Dongjun's orders? Lishan Mountain is not mine, and of course I can't rely on them for what I really want to do. A jade talisman."

The confidant was active: "Your Highness did it on purpose?"

King Jing raised his eyelids: "Yuan Zeliang is just a useless son. With the princess here, I think he will not survive the fifth watch if he dies in the third watch. Is it worth my effort to kill him? I will let Lishan know about Qinghe soon. The order of Dongjun was in my hands, but they should have figured out the key point. Qinghe would not kill people who had nothing to do with her for no reason, but now they can vaguely guess that something happened to Yuan Zeliang, so they dared to follow Dayin's elder brother. The princess who snatches things from her hands and is unscrupulous is the only one who wants Yuan Zeliang to die the most."

"In the final analysis, Dongjunling is just a convincing tool in my hands. If I really want to rely on it alone to make Lishan listen to me and even help me kill people, it is a dream. Now Lishan is going away with the emperor. This 'closer' is what I can really use, with such a jade talisman of sufficient weight to convince Lishan of what I want to do, in fact, it is to convince the emperor and let the emperor know."

An inscrutable smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "If others know what you want to do next, they will think that everything is under his control, and they will relax their vigilance when it is really important .So, there's nothing wrong with this guy being a bit 'stupid' at times."

King Jing threw the book in his hand on the table: "I used to build a royal tomb in Jiangjin City, and I could draw the eyes of the imperial capital to the tomb. Everyone thought that there were some secrets in the royal tomb. I searched hard. Now I don't care about using this Eastern King's Tomb to build another 'Royal Tomb'.”[2]

The wind blew slowly across the window lattice, and the book on the table moved twice with the wind, and happened to stop on a page with a crease——

"Huainanzi? Binglue Training": "So the way to use soldiers... is to use it to respond to it, and to show it to the east..."

The rain that ravaged the two prefectures of Ningchang became heavier and heavier.

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