fall in love with one arrow

Night shrouded the entire city of Yunzhou, and the moon hid in the clouds, dimming the sky.

Two lightly dressed figures crossed the street one after the other.

Because of Lin Yunzhi's martial arts practice, it didn't take much effort to run.Hearing the panting behind him getting more and more rapid, he turned his head and stretched out his right hand.

"What's wrong?" Gu Xian asked doubtfully, wiping away the sweat that was about to drip down.

"If you are tired, I will hold you." Lin Yunzhi said lightly.

"No...no need!" Gu Xian knew that his face turned red in disappointment, but luckily the moon was dark and the wind was high, so the man couldn't see him.

Seeing his refusal, Lin Yunzhi withdrew his hand and stopped talking, but his pace slowed down significantly.

Although it was a bit strenuous, Gu Xian was born as an athlete, so Gu Xian followed Lin Yun and arrived at the destination in half an hour.

The western outskirts of the city are facing the mountains, and the surroundings are as black as thick ink, with no trace of light shining through.

The air floated in the darkness, causing the leaves to rustle. Gu Xian felt a little nervous for some reason.

Suddenly, the wind surged, and accompanied by the sound of sharp weapons piercing the air, the breath of people was close at hand.

Before Gu Xian could react, his arm was tightly grasped.With a cry of pain, he was about to break free when a strong force pushed him back, and he couldn't stop staggering two steps.

The sound of fierce clashes of swords clashed one after another, and Gu Xian's heart was lifted accordingly.After fighting back and forth a few times, someone landed lightly beside him.

"Don't be afraid."

The voice next to his ear was still cold, but calm and powerful, passing through the periosteum and shaking Gu Xian's heart.

Groping to grab the man, Gu Xian said anxiously, "Are you injured?"

"It doesn't matter." After Lin Yunzhi said, he raised his hand, hesitated for a moment, covered the hand that was holding his arm tightly, and patted it.

After being appeased, Gu Xian gradually calmed down, his eyes adapted to the darkness, and only then did he realize that there were figures in front of him.

It appears to be surrounded.

Seeing the people beside him relax, Lin Yunzhi breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned again.

During the confrontation just now, the number of opponents must have been quite small, but when they made their moves, they didn't attack the vital point, obviously they didn't intend to put themselves to death.Who are these people and what is their purpose?

Lin Yunzhi didn't have to wait too long for the answer.A few fires came from far to near, and the surroundings began to brighten.

Dozens of tents appeared not far away, which looked like a military camp.

More than a dozen soldiers in armor lined up, with Chen Gui standing at the forefront.

"Who is the trespasser?"

Gu Xian stretched his hand into the front of his shirt, and showed the Golden Dragon Token bestowed by Liang Jingsheng.

Chen Gui squinted to see the inscription on the badge, and immediately showed a look of horror, and knelt down on the ground, and all the soldiers also knelt down.

"Chen Gui, the prefect of Yunzhou, has eyes that don't recognize Mount Tai, please forgive me!"

"Your Majesty Chen, don't be nervous. I picked up Xiao Chengyu from the right of Xia Zhongshu Province. This is Anguo Gong Lin Shizi. The two of us came here on the order of the emperor to check whether Yunzhou has the conditions for a trial implementation of the New Deal. Because I don't want to make public, so I didn't Tell me the itinerary, and I hope you will forgive me." Gu Xian said calmly.

"understand."

Chen Gui stood up, stabilized his body, and supervised Lin Yunzhi who was behind Gu Xian. Seeing that he was frowning and staring at him with sharp eyes, his scalp felt numb, so he could only smile embarrassingly: "Recently, Yunzhou is not very peaceful. Also please Master Lin and Lord Xiao follow me back to the residence to settle down." After saying that, he winked at both sides, and the soldiers stepped forward to surround Gu Xian and Lin Yunzhi.

Judging from this posture, it is not enough to "invite" people back to the prefect's mansion.

"Let's go then."

Lin Yunzhi took a step forward and walked towards Chen Gui.When passing by Gu Xian, she gently squeezed his hand.

Gu Xian was slightly surprised, looked at the back of the person in front of him, nodded secretly, and followed.

On the street, Gu Xian walked in front, followed by two figures behind him.

"I said Brother Officer and Soldier, you just keep following like this, aren't you tired?"

Gu Xian stopped, turned around, and looked helplessly at the two soldiers who were three steps away.

"Protecting adults is a duty, why bother." One of them replied with cupped fists.

But I'm tired...

"Even if I show the Golden Dragon Order bestowed by the emperor, do you still have to follow?" Gu Xian rubbed his brows and said.

"There are many disasters in Yunzhou right now, and the safety of the adults is the most important thing. There are old and young in the small family. If something happens to the adults, the small ones can't bear it." Another soldier showed a embarrassed expression.

Now even the whole family has moved out...

Gu Xian put his hands in his sleeves and pinched each other hard to keep himself calm.

"Ugh……"

"What's the matter?" Lin Yunzhi glanced at the dull-looking person lying on the table, and turned his gaze back to the words in the book.

"It's been five days. I've been staying in this prefect's mansion every day. Even if I go out, there are people following behind me. No matter what, I don't want to leave. It's like being in jail." Gu Xian rested his head on his arms and said listlessly.

Staring at the wind-blown hair on the head of the person in front of him, Lin Yunzhi smiled lightly and said, "Aren't you always calm? Can't sit still after just a few days?"

Gu Xian curled his lips and didn't speak.

Yeah, when did I become so impetuous?In the past, even when he was behind the third ring with only one arrow left, he could still take it easy and turn defeat into victory.Now he is just trapped in the prefect's mansion. Although it feels uncomfortable to be watched all the time, at least there are delicious food and drink for him.What's more, I am not alone, and he is...

"Occasionally, it's not bad." Lin Yunzhi said lightly.

Gu Xian's eyes widened, thinking that he had heard wrong again.

Realizing the subtlety of what he just said, Lin Yunzhi hurriedly coughed lightly, and pushed the peanut crisps on the table towards Gu Xian: "I'm in a bad mood, eat something sweet." After thinking for a while, he said, "You seem to be Love these."

Gu Xian blinked, looked away, and said in a low voice, "Eat sweets if you are in a bad mood, but there will be retribution."

Lin Yunzhi: "..."

Gu Xian, who has always claimed to be a good young man in the new era, rarely does sneaky things.

So when Ye Qi sneaked into the study of the prefect's mansion, he was still a little nervous and a little excited.

The study room is very spacious, and the table and chairs placed in the center are made of high-quality sandalwood.Bookshelves are lined up in all directions, and books are neatly arranged according to the categories of classics and history subsets.

I searched for it one by one, but found nothing.That's right, who would put important things in a place where people would come in at any time, then Chen Gui was very suspicious, and I'm afraid it would be difficult to get clues if he didn't go to his bedroom.

Thinking about it this way, Gu Xian planned to back out quietly, but he didn't pay attention to his feet, he tripped over something and almost fell down.Bow your head, it's a black box.Gu Xian opened it, and there were several booklets stacked inside.Flipping through it casually, Gu Xian almost coughed out.

"Six years of Chengxuan, [-] soldiers, [-] cash per month, [-] shi rice..."

The Yunzhou military expenditure account recorded above is astonishingly large, and the number is increasing year by year.

It's no wonder that the common people are complaining endlessly. The money goes into the military pay, and it never returns. Now people have to go in, and they don't even give them a way of life.Is it Chen Gui's own words, or is it following someone's wishes, how much conspiracy is there in it, Gu Xian dare not make a conclusion based on these few account books.

Taking out one of the books and hiding it in his clothes, Gu Xian packed up the box and put it back in its original place, when he heard the sound of someone coming from the door.

not good!

Gu Xian screamed in his heart, he blamed himself for being too absorbed, he didn't even notice someone approaching outside the door, and he was a little at a loss.

"!"

His mouth was covered suddenly, and Gu Xian was shoved into the back of the bookshelf.Before he had time to struggle for half a minute, a faint voice came into his ears: "It's me."

Gu Xian immediately calmed down, removed his hand from his mouth, and stared back at Lin Yunzhi.

Lin Yunzhi put his index finger on his lips, signaling him to keep quiet.

The visitor was getting closer and closer, Gu Xian couldn't help but hold his breath.He was very close to Lin Yunzhi, and that person seemed a little nervous, groping for something around his waist.

At this time, a loud voice came from the courtyard: "It's not good! The west guest room is flooded!"

The footsteps of the visitor stopped and then left in a hurry.

Gu Xian finally breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and walked out of the study with Lin Yunzhi.

In the courtyard, people were rushing to and fro, and there was a lot of exclamation and noise.

Lin Yunzhi pulled Gu Xian to avoid the crowd, and came to the door of Chen Gui's bedroom, where he saw a man in black waiting there.

"Young Master, Lord Xiao!" The man in black pulled down his veil, it was Lin Yunzhi's personal bodyguard Feihong, "I and Aning set the fire, she was waiting outside the mansion, I will take you out."

Lin Yunzhi nodded and said, "Find a vacant room and set the fire, delaying the time."

"Yes!" Feihong replied.

Lin Yunzhi led Gu Xian into Chen Gui's bedroom.The interior decoration is gorgeous and luxurious, which is in stark contrast to the depressed scenery of the streets in the city.

The two searched almost every corner, but did not see any valuable information.

"Is it really not?" Gu Xian said to himself.

"Maybe it's hidden somewhere we can't see." Lin Yunzhi obviously heard Gu Xian's murmur.He walked to the table, stared at an out-of-fit copper Buddha statue on the table, and reached out to pick it up.

There was a clicking sound from a scroll landscape painting hanging on the west wall.

Gu Xian stepped forward quickly, lifted the painting, and there was a small hidden compartment behind it, in which several letters were piled up.All the letters were opened, and the contents of the letter were all the exchanges between Yunzhou Prefecture, Yuzhou and Mohu people.It turns out that Yunzhou has long been in collusion with Yuzhou and the Mohu ruling group. The Yuzhou rebellion half a year ago was deliberately allowing the Mohu troops to enter the city to burn, kill and loot, and took the opportunity to give Yunzhou private swallowing of troops and private conscripts. An excuse for military pay.

Gu Xian exerted a little force, and squeezed the letter paper in his hand: "Such a deed, I am really ashamed of the soldiers of Dayuan stationed at the border, and I am ashamed of the innocent people of the two prefectures."

Lin Yunzhi nodded and said, "I need to return to Beijing to report this matter to the emperor as soon as possible. It seems that the trip to Yunzhou will come to an end tonight."

Lin Xing stood in the courtyard of the west guest room, silently watching the gradually diminishing flames in front of him. Seeing Chen Gui rushing over in a panic, his hands still buttoned up, he changed into a worried expression: "Master Chen, can you Did you see Big Brother and Master Xiao?"

Chen Gui was in a hurry to run for his own life, so he didn't care about other people, so he remembered that there were two distinguished guests at home, and immediately ordered his men to go look for them.

After half a stick of incense, his subordinates returned and said they hadn't seen the two of them.

"It must have been done by him." Lin Xing gritted his teeth in a low voice with a gloomy face, "Master Chen, your room may have been burglarized."

Only then did Chen Gui suddenly realize that he ran towards the bedroom.

In a hidden alley outside the prefect's mansion, Aning paced back and forth restlessly, looking out from time to time.

"It's really easy for me to find my sister."

"!" Ah Ning quickly turned around and took two steps back, narrowly dodging the dagger that hit the gate of life.

"Red... Sister Hongzhu!"

The woman in front of her was dressed in tight clothes, outlining her seductive curves, her lips were as bright red as if she had been smeared with blood.

"You little girl, you are so incompetent in handling things, and let Xiao Chengyu escape repeatedly, I'm afraid you didn't do it on purpose!" Hong Zhu sternly shouted.

"I..." Aning showed embarrassment, "The young master is really good to me, just like family... I really can't let go!"

Hong Zhu snorted coldly: "I don't want to go if there is a way, I think you are tired of life, why don't I send you down here, let you reunite with your parents and brothers!"

Aning's face lost all color in an instant: "You...what are you talking about? My family...all..."

"I guessed that you would do bad things, this is a piece of advice for you, it is your fate of betraying the prime minister!"

After Hong Zhu finished speaking, she was about to strike, but suddenly saw a stone flying towards the outside of her right elbow, causing her entire arm to become numb immediately, and the dagger fell to the ground immediately.

Hong Zhu suddenly turned her head, and Feihong was already right in front of her eyes.

The long sword came straight, Hong Zhu turned over and jumped to hide, but unexpectedly a gust of wind came from behind, Lin Yunzhi threw away the folding fan and knocked Hong Zhu staggeringly.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Hong Zhu, who had lost her weapon, gritted her teeth, pulled out a few hairpins tied in her hair, and threw them at the two of them.Lin Yunzhi and Feihong blocked her respectively, and when they looked again, the woman was no longer in sight.

"Master." Feihong looked at Lin Yunzhi, waiting for an order.

"No need to chase, the most important thing is to return to Beijing as soon as possible." Lin Yunzhi said.

Gu Xian, who was prohibited from stepping into the battlefield, trotted over, waved the stone in his hand at Lin Yunzhi, and said excitedly, "Your Majesty, you are so powerful. It turns out that hitting an effective acupuncture point can really paralyze people!"

Under the moonlight, Gu Xian's face was very close, Lin Yunzhi looked away unnaturally, and said, "That's because of your precise fingering strength, it might not be possible for someone else."

Gu Xian stuck out his tongue and turned to look at Aning who was still in a daze: "Are you okay? Are you injured?"

Aning slowly came back to his senses, and the focus of his eyes turned.

"Master, I..."

Gu Xian stretched out his hand and patted Aning's head, comforting him softly: "It's all right now, let's go home now."

"Go...home..." Aning murmured.The person in front of him has gentle eyes, a smile on the corner of his mouth, and the temperature of his hands is as warm as a spring day, but it makes his eyes blurred.