across the Quartet

Wei Zhuang walked unhurriedly on a quiet and remote street.About twenty steps behind him, there is a vague black figure, which often disappears in a flash, and after a flash, it sticks to the wall carefully and follows.

The girl's body is light and soft, and she has excellent aptitude for practicing lightness kung fu. Among the opponents Wei Zhuang has met in this life, no more than ten fingers can walk without making a sound, but he didn't expect that the one behind him would be one of them.

He stopped in his tracks, and pretended to sigh at the moon.

"If the princess really wants to keep others from noticing her, she can't have the fragrance of the palace's incense in her clothes."

The black shadow froze for a moment, and then stood up boldly, with three points of anger and seven points of doubt on his beautiful face.

"you--"

"Ah, Wei Zhuang is offended. The clothes themselves have not been infected, but it is a pity that they have been stored together with other clothes all day long, and they have been contaminated with fragrance unknowingly. This is unpredictable for the princess."

Hearing what he said as if she saw it with her own eyes, Honglian became more and more surprised, and even forgot to be annoyed.I saw the man turned around, with a smile on his lips, his eyes were cold, and the hem of his clothes moved automatically without wind, with the posture of a heavenly man.

"The princess is very courageous, and I admire it very much. It's a pity that I should be more cautious in my actions. If I were Your Highness, I would turn around and leave as soon as my whereabouts were discovered. People have scruples, it is the best plan."

Honglian stared at him, and subconsciously stepped back a few steps. "Conspiracy... What do you mean? Could it be that you want to—kill someone to silence you?"

"Hahaha... the princess was joking. Wei Zhuang asked himself to act in an upright manner, why should he conceal others, let alone silence?"

Guren opened her mouth indecently, unable to utter a word of rebuttal.

"The night is cold and the dew is heavy, it is better for the princess to return to the palace earlier." Wei Zhuang saluted respectfully and turned to leave, but Hong Lian suddenly said: "Wait!"

"What else does the princess want?"

"..." Hong Lian bit her lower lip, lowered her head and said, "You, those words you said at the Luming Pavilion, did you really think that way in your heart, or did you say that because you knew I was there?"

Wei Zhuang looked at her thoughtfully: "Which sentence is the princess referring to?"

"About me...um...going to Qin..."

"Naturally speaking from the bottom of my heart." Wei Zhuang raised his lips and chuckled, "The princess is not Xi Shi, the king of Qin is not Fu Chai, and Lord Hengyang can't be the king of Yue Yue. Besides..." He turned to the moon again, with a face full of incomprehension. Worry.

"Qin is like an insatiable python. Only real land and cities can satisfy their greed."

"Now, the state of Qin is forcing the king to send troops to the state of Zhao, how can we..."

"Princess doesn't need to worry about these state affairs." Hong Lian was startled, and found that the man's voice was close to her ear at some point, warm and ambiguous, mixed with a hint of teasing, "The counselor of South Korea is not dead yet. .”

Watching the girl with reddened ears quickly run away using lightness kung fu, the smile on Wei Zhuang's face quickly disappeared without leaving any traces.

Just as he was about to go on the road with lightness kung fu, suddenly his eyes narrowed, and the shark's teeth came out of the sheath—the right hand holding the hilt seemingly casually threw the demon sword behind his back, but blocked a series of poisoned white feathers impartially.

Only a few wisps of murderous aura that hadn't been retracted in time crossed the blade, and raised the whiteness of his temples.

With a frosty face, he suddenly used the technique of shrinking the ground, and his long arms sprang out like a poisonous snake spewing out a letter——from under the eaves, he picked up a little assassin who was about to run away after failing to hit him.

"Boy, how many times is this the first time?!"

Once the boy with blue hair and purple eyes was caught, he immediately showed a well-behaved resignation to his fate. "The... um, the second time."

"Second your father!" Wei Zhuang, who has such a good temper, couldn't help being teased again and again, "It's more than twenty times, okay! At the beginning, I clearly said that I would give you three chances—"

"Aren't you dead? It doesn't count."

"Damn! Doesn't it count if you're not dead? You've got a good idea!" Wei Zhuang was extremely contemptuous of this kind of behavior of rolling around without a move, but luckily he frowned and thought about it. "Boy, did you see the woman who ran away just now?"

"Yeah." The boy nodded and sneezed.

"Let your bird keep an eye on her. It's fine if she goes back to Hanwang Palace, if she goes somewhere else, send me a message right away." Wei Zhuang saw the obvious reluctance in the kid's eyes, hum He laughed and said: "If you can't do this well, I'll let Wu Jiu and the others shoot all the crows, swallows, and sparrows in a radius of ten miles, and make a few tables of whole bird feasts, so that you can eat your fill."

A look of fear and resentment immediately appeared in the boy's eyes.Wei Zhuang turned a blind eye to him, put him down on the ground, pointed in the direction where Hong Lian was leaving, and said, "Go quickly."

As soon as the little assassin's feet hit the ground, he steadied himself first, and then he hopped and rushed out like a frightened bird, trying to get as far away from Wei Zhuang as possible.He gritted his teeth and scolded faintly in the wind: "...bad guy! Ugly!!"

Wei Zhuang grinned grimly.Boy, fight with me, you are still young.

He took a deep breath, and rushed towards the north, even his back was filled with anxiety that couldn't be concealed.

It was late at night.Han Fei's residence was actually a brightly lit and bustling scene.Many people who looked like civil servants came in and out, carrying piles of bamboo slips, some called names loudly, and some wrote down.

Wei Zhuang never expected that what he saw was such a situation.Deliberately hiding whereabouts is no longer necessary.He simply showed up and found the master standing in the courtyard, and whispered in his ear: "Uncle Fei, what is this for?"

"Offer a book."

"what book?"

"...the next few clumsy works are just."

"To whom?"

"King Qin."

"What?!" Wei Zhuang asked himself that he was extremely skilled in forbearance, and he couldn't help but almost jumped up at this moment, "Uncle Fei, what is the meaning of this?"

Han Fei glanced at him, "There was a man whose finger was bitten by a poisonous snake, and he chopped off his wrist with a single knife. What do you think he meant?"

Wei Zhuang's throat was astringent, and his heart was clear, "Uncle Fei heard that the King of Qin wants to invite you to Qin?"

"Yao Jia has been here." Han Fei closed his eyes, "I am no better than Lord Mengchang. Once I enter Qin, there will be no thieves to rescue me from my life."

"... In order to dissuade them, can't we just donate all of Uncle Fei's painstaking efforts over the past ten years?"

"What the King of Qin wants is nothing more than a strategy for governing the country. Whether it is a dying Han Fei, a book, or a set of decrees, it makes no difference to him. I told the Qin envoy that Han Fei was plagued by illness and it was inconvenient for him to go far away." Okay, I can only entrust them to bring these slips to the King of Qin, to thank the King of Qin for his knowledge and kindness."

"..." Wei Zhuang felt extremely hated in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. "I would like to know, how did King Qin come across this book when he was far away in Xianyang?"

"Three years ago, when my brother Li Si was on a mission to South Korea, he came here once." Han Fei closed his eyes and said slowly, "At that time, the book was not yet finished, so I showed him several volumes and asked him to judge .Brother is the best at memorizing when he was studying, no matter how difficult the article is, he only needs to read it a few times and he can recite it silently."

"It turned out to be him. But why did Uncle Fei give it to Li Si..."

The corners of Han Fei's mouth twitched into a half-smile—this expression was very similar to Wei Zhuang's. "I studied at the same class as my brother, and he can be regarded as my confidant. If there are three or five people in this world who can understand this book, brother must be one of them. You say, if I don't show it to him, who will it be?" look?"

Wei Zhuang's expression was very dissatisfied, but he didn't like having a fit. "A classmate is a confidant? It's ridiculous. My senior brother..." He stopped suddenly, turned his head to look at the pear tree above his head, and seemed to be full of interest in a crow flying over the top.

Fortunately, Han Fei didn't pay attention to his unusual attitude. Wei Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief, and returned to the original question: "Actually, your majesty has not yet agreed to the matter of sending Uncle Fei to Qin as an envoy. Yao Jia dared to come to the door to persecute him at this time. Too much disregard for South Korean monarchs and ministers."

Han Fei sneered slightly, "He didn't persecute him, but he was courteous and invited him again and again. As for my cousin Han An, I know best. Although he hasn't let go yet, he will have a discussion in court in a few days. The elders and ministers who hated me to the core, and those who took bribes from Qin, must speak out; even if he is the king of Han, he will have to obey the opinions of the crowd."

"So Uncle Fei can only give the book on the excuse of illness, hoping that the King of Qin will give it up first." Wei Zhuang shook his head and said, "However, it is the nature of Qin people to be greedy, if Yingzheng gets the book, but wants to see Uncle Fei more, so what? "

Han Fei turned his gaze back to him, "Since you say that, you must have already made up your mind."

Wei Zhuang said in a secret word that only the two of them could hear: "My nephew has several absolutely secret places in Yangzhai, you can wrong Uncle Fei to go and hide for a while."

Han Fei pondered and said: "...If it is true in the future, as you said, Qin State will come to ask for someone again, how will you deal with it? South Korea's situation is already on thin ice, and if you are not careful, you will give Qin State another reason to send troops .”

"King Qin was furious, naturally because South Korea refused to do what he wanted. What if our country is not unwilling, but can't?"

"cannot?"

"For example, Uncle Fei has passed away..."

Han Fei frowned slightly, and said, "Can you do it?"

"It's nothing more than preparing a corpse with the same height and shape as Uncle Fei. It's not difficult. We don't need to do it very carefully, we just need to give the envoy Qin an explanation."

"..." After pondering for a moment, Han Fei said, "It's not that this plan is impossible. It's just that you shouldn't underestimate Yao Jia. This man is a disciple of the World Supervisor, and he can make the king of Qin pay hundreds of cars, a thousand catties of gold, and clothes like him It is not a fluke to dance with his sword in the six kingdoms of Shandong, calling the wind and calling the rain. His eyes and ears in South Korea may have reached the point of pervasiveness."

"Nephew must be careful." Wei Zhuang saluted and left Han Fei's house in a hurry.

He rushed back to Quicksand's stronghold in Xinzheng City overnight, and after a sleepless night, he deployed the few people on hand one by one before taking a breath.Although he knew that Yao Jia had all-hands-eyes in South Korea, Wei Zhuang was very clear about the origins of everyone in the quicksand, and he definitely couldn't get mixed up with people from Qin.

Except for the little bastard calling the bird, Wei Zhuang secretly thought.Fortunately, he can't spoil my big business.

The next day, Wei Zhuang entered the palace before Yinshi, and was supposed to accompany the King of Han as usual; he didn't want the servant to feel the atmosphere was very different as soon as he entered the palace.

There are two rows of armored men standing under the corridor.These guards were all Wei Zhuang's subordinates, but today they all stood upright with their halberds, none of them dared to look at him.

Han Wangan actually took his seat early, his face was pale and tired, but his eyes were very clear.Although his attitude towards Wei Zhuang is not strict yet, it is far from being close to Wei Zhuang in the past.On the left and right stands Hengyang Lord with an inscrutable face, and several other close ministers.

Wei Zhuang stepped forward to salute as usual.He has seen how many courts are overturned, such as turbulent waves, ups and downs, but never once did he feel so uneasy.

"Zhuang'er." King Han said, "Lian'er is gone."

"What?" Wei Zhuang was shocked for the first time.

Han Wangan looked at him thoughtfully, and suddenly said, "Bring it up."

A servant girl from the inner palace dressed in a green shirt was brought from the left and right. When the woman saw the King of Han, she knelt down and did not dare to raise her head.

"Say what you said before."

"Your maidservant complies. Princess Honglian has not returned since she left the palace yesterday. Her Highness Snake Princess is burning with anxiety. Please order from the king to find the princess as soon as possible!"

"Tell me, why did Lian Er leave the palace privately?"

"Princess...Princess, she...received a letter from the guard..."

Wei Zhuang's heart skipped a beat, as if a basin of cold water poured from the top of his head to his heels.

In Luming Pavilion, he found that Honglian was following secretly. Although he was suspicious, he didn't fully take it to heart.It turned out that they had woven an impenetrable net long ago, just waiting for his prey to plunge into it.

Seeing the change in his expression, King Han became more convinced, and continued to ask, "Where is the letter now?"

"The princess took it away."

"How do you know that the letter was written by the guard?"

"The princess told the servant girl herself. The servant girl dare not hide it!" The woman kowtowed repeatedly, bleeding from her forehead.

"... Zhuang'er." Han An turned to Wei Zhuang at the bottom of the steps: "You and Lian'er are still young, and the young people lost their minds for a while and made a big mistake, but it can still be undone. If you ask me as soon as possible, I may not be able to agree to you two. It's just that you shouldn't take her away in private; how can I explain to Lian'er's mother."

Young Master Cheng also shook his head and said: "Yesterday, when we left Luming Pavilion, I heard Brother Wei say that we were going to meet a beautiful woman at night. I was still thinking about what kind of beautiful woman would make Brother Wei fascinated. I didn't think it would be——no wonder Brother Wei repeatedly lobbied and refused Send Honglian to Qin."

Wei Zhuang took a deep breath, turned to the maid whose face was covered with blood, and said kindly, "What's your name?"

"...Slave, this servant is called Xiao He..." The woman looked up at him, then immediately bent down and trembled.

"There is Fusu in the mountains, and Hehua in Xi. If you don't see Zidu, you will see Kuangqi. A good name, really a good name." Wei Zhuang sighed.

Young Master Cheng and his neighbors looked at each other, thinking that this person was a little out of his mind after being frightened by his bad deeds.King Han sighed and ordered the guards to temporarily guard Wei Zhuang in the side hall, while Lord Hengyang led people to search Wei Zhuang's residence in Xinzheng.

No one noticed that outside the palace at this moment, a group of swifts were hovering lowly.

The author has something to say: Note: The descriptions of martial arts and swordsmanship in this article are all fabricated, especially those involving historical figures, such as Su Qin.Here, in conjunction with the mysterious setting, it is assumed that all the disciples of Guigu's lineage have practiced swords.