[Han Ye] Unknown guest

The severe winter wind was blowing like a knife, and the pine branches in the courtyard had been bent by the snow. The branches barely held a simple birdcage, and the snow and dust fell on the unclosed door frame of the birdcage. Snow water and pear pieces, as if someone expected a bird to fly back, and specially left a door for it.

"Wake up so early? It's strange."

As soon as Chen Guo came back from Zhang Luo in the front hall of the teahouse, she opened the felt curtain and saw Ye Xiu sitting in the pavilion under the pine, holding a teapot to cover his hands through a layer of ashes. Spirit raised his eyelids and greeted her: "Morning boss."

"What are you waiting for?" Seeing that he was absent-minded, Chen Guo occasionally glanced at the wall in front of the door. "It's freezing and running around again. Don't blame the medicine Xiao An prescribed for you when you're freezing."

Her tone sounded unfriendly, but Ye Xiu knew in his heart that he was caring for him, so he smiled at her: "Of course I have a sense of proportion, so don't worry about me."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp cry in the air tore through the clouds. Both of them raised their heads and saw a bright yellow green dove flying from afar. Ye Xiu looked at it quietly, then raised his hand towards it , the green dove circled twice, and landed on the back of his hand with the cold air all over his body.

Chen Guo approached a little: "Small one? Where did you fly to before, and what did you bring back?"

The green dove called "Little Dot" carried a roll of letters on its smooth back feathers. Ye Xiu untied it, scratched its neck, and put Xiao Dot back in the cage to rest. Chen Guo replied, "It was sent from the north."

"I thought you were so healthy that you were willing to wake up in the morning, but it turned out that you were waiting for the letter."

"Isn't it?" Ye Xiu yawned cooperatively, "I was in a hurry to get out of the cage the day before yesterday, and flew north as soon as the gate was released. I like to come back early in the morning."

Green Dove has a good temper and has been raised by Ye Xiu's side for several years, like a part of his shadow. Normally, there are very few people who can manipulate it, unless it is Ye Xiu's trusted friend from the bottom of his heart who has that special iron whistle. It can be brought in later.With this method, Ye Xiu had the opportunity to keep in touch with several old friends in the past few years.

There was a cool wind blowing, and the snow water accumulated on the eaves of the pavilion poured down. Ye Xiu's memory was interrupted by the splashing sound. He poured a cup of tea for the two of them, spread the paper on the table, and then began to read slowly. .Although Chen Guo was curious, she didn't want to take the initiative to ask more questions. She just glanced at it and saw a seal on the place where the signature was signed, and the word "Wang" could be vaguely seen in the complicated star pattern.

Ye Xiu didn't like to take the initiative to bring up things about his past in Beijing, and Chen Guo didn't know much about his past. In his impression, Ye Xiu only mentioned a friend named Wang, who was Si Tianjian, who held a high position in the imperial city.

"Who sent it?" Chen Guo asked intentionally, and couldn't help looking around.

"Didn't you see it all?" Ye Xiu said, "I said Ma'am, your neck is going to stick into my teapot."

"Oh, there's something mysterious about it. It's neither rare nor rare." Chen Guo pretended to be annoyed, drank the tea, and waved her hands to leave. Ye Xiu sat down.

Ye Xiu supported his head: "Go slowly."

After all, Ye Xiu suppressed his smile when Chen Guo's back disappeared into the yard, and looked at the contents of the letter with some seriousness.The Tianjian surname was Wang Jiexi, he was one of his close friends in the court. Wang Jiexi didn't have many letters with him, and occasionally just chatted about the current situation. The hexagrams and hexagrams of the stars were written together, saying that the fierce light was exposed, reminding him to be more careful.

Ye Xiu probably guessed what was going on, he was silent for a while, his expression didn't change, he just took out two flints from his sleeve, ignited the letter paper, and a sudden gust of wind and snow swept the ashes away without a trace.

Ye Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, and was just about to get up when a prickly pain suddenly swept through his throat——Ye Xiu swayed and gasped for breath. He secretly regretted that he forgot to take the medicine on time last night. His breathing gradually calmed down as his chest faded away, and the old wound began to ache faintly.

On a night of heavy rain three years ago, Ye Xiu carried this injury along the stream and was washed all the way to this teahouse downstream.At that time, he had already lost his mind, was drenched, mixed with rain and blood, and was wandering in front of the gate of hell, even the pain was almost gone. Later, Chen Guo recalled that when she was preparing to close the museum, she found the stream in front of the gate A man was lying on the side suddenly, which frightened her a lot. Chen Guo saw that he had been stabbed in front of him and was seriously injured, so she quickly helped him into the room and poured all the medicine powder on Ye Xiu. Only barely stopped the bleeding.

When Ye Xiu woke up, it was the evening of the next day. It was An Wenyi, the little doctor who had been staying in the teahouse, who gave the needles all night, and narrowly prevented the injury from getting worse. In the morning, another sergeant named Qiao Yifan also followed suit. Following Ye Xiu along the stream to this point, Chen Guo immediately took in two unexpected guests who seemed to have a lot of background. Although she agreed to Ye Xiu's request to stay overnight, she still hoped that they could explain their background clearly.

Ye Xiu pondered for a while, and finally threw the ebony and gold medallion in his arms on the table. Chen Guo saw the official seal on it at a glance, and the pattern was more complicated than usual. Before she had time to ask, Ye Xiu said flatly, don't be surprised, now he can't go back to Beijing.

He and Qiao Yifan escaped from a dead situation.The most famous branch of the military headquarters at that time belonged to the Tiandu Eleven Guards. Each guard had dozens of elites, commanded by the guards and lieutenants. They were not subject to any restraints and directly obeyed the emperor himself. The silhouettes of the Eleven Guards handling errands, they are the sharpest blades in the imperial city, piercing through all the uneven nights.

When Ye Xiu was sixteen years old, he took the position of captain directly by virtue of his god-given ability. He led his subordinates to sweep the city inside and outside without losing any battles. Overthrowing the collars of countless rebellious parties, the emperor personally proclaimed "God of Fighting", and his reputation became famous all over the capital. Except for occasional draws with other lieutenants in martial arts, he was almost invincible. He had no intention of being transferred, thinking that he would So he stayed in the Eleventh Guards until he resigned and returned to the field, or died in the smoke of war one day-until he went to perform the last mission.

Ye Xiu once accidentally stepped into the forbidden area of ​​the palace. It was a remote abandoned pavilion, and thick dust and cobwebs buried volume after volume of books. Afterwards, he realized that this was the old site of the late emperor's collection of books, and now it has been sealed off. .Later, the emperor found another edict hidden by the late emperor in the mausoleum. There was a lacquer box hidden in Shangshu Pavilion. Dozens of my most precious secret treasures, and even the whole picture of the dragon veins, if they are introduced into the rivers and lakes, it will attract countless blood and rain.

So the Eleventh Guards Office had to order to work together to investigate the abandoned pavilion. Ye Xiu and other captains were ordered to go, but they were besieged and killed by the rebels who had been lying in wait for a long time.

The opponent locked the city gates and came prepared. That night, the imperial city was in chaos. They fought in the flames until dawn, and were scattered by the enemies one after another. Ye Xiu finally found the box in the secret passage alone. Strive to break through, but unfortunately suffered serious injuries.

Dawn came with a heavy rain, and Ye Xiu was exhausted, so he just passed out holding the lacquer box in his arms, and was sent all the way south by the rushing stream. Ye Xiu estimated that he had drifted for two days. If you save him, otherwise you will die.

He was so seriously injured that he had to recuperate. The knife that hit him at that time was mixed with a rare poison, and the sequelae left behind were difficult to cure, so he had to live here with a big secret.The famous God of Fighting no longer exists. Afterwards, he contacted a few scattered friends and asked them about the current situation in the DPRK and China. The rebellious party has not been eradicated, so he must not rush back to Beijing. He simply called Ye Xiaowei and Qi He His whereabouts were unknown, and Ye Xiu thought it would be better to stay in the teahouse until he knew who was having an affair with the rebellious party.

Nearly three years have passed in a flash, Wang Jiexi's peace is about to be broken again with this warning. Although he didn't directly state it in the letter, Ye Xiu still easily imagined that some trouble would come to him sooner or later, and his position would be exposed sooner or later. In the past, Ye Xiu didn't bother to take these unknown people seriously, and he could solve it by himself, but now due to the confusion of poison and true energy in his body, he can't perform [-]% of his martial arts. Be cautious.

That night.

Han Wenqing's imperial horse galloped through the forest, and the black gold badge on his waist shone in the moonlight.He was dressed in black, his robe fluttering in the wind, and his horseshoes followed the direction of the target, stepping on the dead branches all over the ground.

A few days ago, he was ordered to track down the whereabouts of a group of suspected rebels against the party. The other party seemed to know the location of the late emperor's lacquer box one step earlier than the court, and had already left. Han Wenqing, as one of the lieutenants of the Tiandu Eleven , it is necessary to prevent the lacquer box from falling into their hands, and not let them know the location of Na Zehuang marked on the drawing.In order not to startle the snake as much as possible, Han Wenqing followed the trail of the rebellious party all the way to the south.

Now that he has stepped into the Jianghuai area, the people on the outskirts of the city are looming outside the shadows of the trees. Han Wenqing guessed that the rebellious party probably stopped in this small town, so he slowed down and walked towards the direction of entering the city.

The winter rain started pattering down, and the whole city had already fallen asleep, except for the teahouse beside the city gate where the lanterns were still lit, and the raindrops hit the paper lamp shells, and Han Wenqing's horse shook the water droplets, at this moment he A vague sound of fighting was heard.

It was the sound of a sword colliding with a sharp weapon, and it became more and more intense. Han Wenqing tightened his heart, and immediately galloped towards the source of the sound. It seemed to be a strange movement coming from this teahouse. At least dozens of people were gathered here, and he wondered why he sent so many people to steal the lacquer box.

But Han Wenqing didn't have time to think about it. He stepped on his toes and jumped directly onto the eaves of the wall. Through the rain curtain, he could clearly see the flickering lights and shadows in the backyard from time to time, reflected from the bodies of various weapons. They were surrounded, and they were fighting with the person in the center of the crowd at the same time... The clanging of swords rang out frequently, and Han Wenqing directly threw two silver darts in to interrupt their offensive. Someone noticed his arrival and was vigilant He ordered everyone to stop, Han Wenqing sneered, and was about to take advantage of the momentum to arrest someone and ask for the location of the lacquer box, when the people in front of him staggered, slipped and fell to the ground, and the encirclement was broken.

Han Wenqing saw the one-to-ten figure in the middle, and... an umbrella.

Umbrellas are special.The umbrella surface seemed to be oiled leather, and it was unscathed by the sword's slashing. The end of each umbrella rib was decorated with sharp blades, and others couldn't get close to it.Then, the umbrella was slowly put away, and Han Wenqing somehow felt that this figure was very familiar. He stared closely at the person's movements, and soon, the person behind the umbrella was exposed to his eyes.

"Ye Xiu...!"

Han Wenqing shouted in disbelief, half shocked and half suspicious, he thought Ye Xiu had disappeared in the chaos three years ago.

As one of the captains of Tiandu, Han Wenqing and Ye Xiu had received the same order. They split up and fought, but in the end he was exhausted and only used his last ounce of energy to guard the entrance of the secret passage. It was blurred, and when they woke up again, everyone had been informed of Ye Xiu's disappearance, and there was no news of Ye Xiu's disappearance for so long.

But at this moment, when Han Wenqing saw Ye Xiu's face, he was a little stiff, as if he didn't know whether to accuse him of running away irresponsibly, or to ask what was going on right now.

Ye Xiu was also a little stunned, he didn't understand why Han Wenqing was here.

Han Wenqing was the only old friend of his in the Eleven Guards of Tiandu who was defeated by him after a fight. The two had been in conflict since they met. A rare good opponent, but at other times they are still always at odds with each other.

"Old Han?"

Ye Xiu retracted the umbrella, swung it half a circle backwards, and knocked down an enemy who was trying to sneak up on him. Only then did he have the time to continue asking, "Did I see the wrong person?"

Han Wenqing was unequivocally putting down a few people for him, when suddenly a cluster of black shadows shot towards him with the force of lightning, Han Wenqing hurriedly turned his head, the green dove flew around in front of him for a few times, and then croaked loudly shouted.

Ye Xiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, Xiao Dian recognized people, and thought that Han Wenqing would forcefully barge into his yard like he did back then, just to compare himself with him.At that time, Ye Xiu loved to sleep late and couldn't bear such troubles, so he asked Xiao Dian to report for him, and Han Wenqing told him as soon as he came, so that he could hide and continue chatting with Duke Zhou.As a result, Xiao Dian would scream every time he saw Han Wenqing, even after several years.

"Come back, come back," Ye Xiu waved to Xiao Dian, and the green dove stopped on Ye Xiu's shoulder. Ye Xiu turned to Han Wenqing, "Why are you here?"

Han Wenqing took a step closer and saw that his expression was wrong and blood was splattered on his cheeks, but Ye Xiu hadn't finished speaking when he heard a gust of palm blowing from his side, he subconsciously took a step back, Han Wenqing stepped forward and slapped the other side The enemy slapped him away, Ye Xiu raised his eyebrows, and Han Wenqing stood still again: "It's precisely for this purpose."

After he finished speaking, he paused and said, "Is the box in your hand?"

"That's right," Ye Xiu's voice sounded a little tired for some reason, "I've been hiding for so long, it will be a matter of time before I'm discovered, but these guys came a little faster than I thought."

Han Wenqing was a little silent. The first thought that popped into his mind was that he actually found out that Ye Xiu was still alive later than these rebels.

Just as they were talking, the rest of the people saw that the situation was not going well, so they gathered together and prepared to attack at the same time, Ye Xiu felt that standing still and resisting forcefully, he shouted at Han Wenqing: "Now is not the time to reminisce, leave first! "

He shook the handle of the umbrella in his hand, as if using the umbrella as a spear, and made a gesture of dancing a gun. Han Wenqing glanced at him thoughtfully, and Ye Xiu swung his long pole in a full circle, forcing a Lu, and Han Wenqing rushed out at the same time, they flung a section of the crowd, Ye Xiu suddenly turned back, flew over the top of the wall, took out something from his arms, and threw it down: "If you want this, take it!" go!"

Han Wenqing turned his head and saw a black shadow falling from the sky, Ye Xiu turned his head and left after throwing it away.

"What are you doing!" Han Wenqing growled, but Ye Xiu shook his head at him. They took advantage of this gap to leave the teahouse immediately. Han Wenqing found the horse he was leading under the woods, turned over and sat on it, and then Looking down, he saw Ye Xiu leaning on an umbrella and looking at himself.

Ye Xiu wiped the rainwater from his face, and said, "Aren't you going to take me with you?"

"What's the point of saving you?" Han Wenqing frowned, thought for a while, and decided to tell him, "I came here to track down the whereabouts of the rebellious party, and I also wanted to follow them to find the lacquer box, but now you just keep Give them the box? What the hell are you thinking?"

I don't know if it was his own illusion, but Ye Xiu always felt that Han Wenqing had an inexplicable anger towards him. He wondered why he hadn't seen Han Wenqing for a few years and still had this temper towards him, but he didn't have the strength to say this right now, Ye Xiu He opened his umbrella to cover himself from the rain.

"Stupid," Ye Xiu replied bluntly, "I burned the map in it long ago, and that box is empty."

Han Wenqing pursed his lips. Without his consent, Ye Xiu grabbed the rein and took the opportunity to get on the horse. Han Wenqing twisted his body and was about to explode when he saw Ye Xiu wink at him, then raised his hand and nodded his head: "Don't worry. , remember it all here."