bluestone

At three o'clock in Xu time, the city lord's mansion, Guo Xiaoxiao's courtyard

Because they were prepared in advance, no one panicked when they discovered something strange.

Under the night, a black shadow first stunned the guard at the gate of the courtyard with a silver needle, and then sneaked into the courtyard silently, being very cautious in every move.

With the cover of the backlight, he approached the door carefully, knocked the little maid who was guarding the door unconscious, dragged her into the corner, and looked around vigilantly again to make sure that no one was watching, and then went to the window.

He pierced the window paper, looked inside, then turned his head suddenly, and confirmed for the last time that there was no danger, a trace of complacency appeared in his dark eyes, and he gently blew the misty smoke into the room.

In the room, since the day she got the news, Guo Xiaoxiao basically used to catch up on sleep during the day and cheer up at night, just in case.

In order to ensure the safety of the little girl, she didn't tell her about these arrangements, so when she saw the little girl guarding the door disappear, she immediately became vigilant.

One hand touched the dagger under the pillow, and when he heard the sound of the window paper being broken, he immediately closed his eyes, and at the same time covered his mouth and nose with the embroidered handkerchief he had been holding in his hand.

Qingming had reminded her in advance that this person is a master of medicine, and the scent must be colorless, odorless, imperceptible and powerful, so when you see the window paper is torn, immediately find a way to cover your mouth and nose, and try to inhale as little as possible. Some smokers.

Not long after, the door bolt fell to the ground with a soft "click~".

Came in.

The door is closed.

moved closer to the bed.

I can't hear footsteps, I can only feel it...

The distance is getting closer and closer, three feet...two feet...one foot...eight feet...five feet...two feet...five inches...

The man stood by the bed.

The bed curtain was thrown back.

He moved closer to her...

Guo Xiaoxiao suddenly opened her eyes, pulled out the dagger in her hand, and stabbed forward desperately.

"!"

The castration of the dagger stopped suddenly, and Guo Xiaoxiao looked at her wrist being held in shock.

"I almost fell for you. Fortunately, I was vigilant enough to notice the trembling of your eyelashes." The man looked at her sternly.

"Presumably there should be an ambush outside now, since you have come to my door, you can use it as a life-saving talisman!" He said, stretching out his hand to grab Guo Xiaoxiao's throat.

Of course Guo Xiaoxiao wouldn't just sit and wait like this, and soon began to rise up to resist after being surprised.

But just as she was about to move, she heard a "click~", and a sharp pain spread from her wrist.

"Dang lang~" Severe pain came from the wrist, and the dagger dropped from his hand and fell to the ground.

At the moment when she lost her mind, a cold hand grabbed her neck.

"Smelly girl, don't play tricks with me, or I will do everything I can to make your life worse than death!" A cold voice came from beside her ear, her neck tightened, and she almost couldn't breathe.

After the words fell, she felt her neck loosen, and then she gasped and coughed violently.

In the blink of an eye, Guo Xiaoxiao's whole body was firmly imprisoned, bursts of cold sweat oozed from her skin, she could only grit her teeth and endure it.

"Go outside." The man ordered.

At this time, unable to cover her mouth and nose, Guo Xiaoxiao inhaled the smoke that had not completely dissipated, and she had no strength at all, so she could only be obedient and stop acting rashly.

Push open the door, just like the man thought.

The courtyard was full of soldiers and archers. It was arranged immediately after the guard at the gate was found to be unconscious. However, there was still a gap in the courtyard, which was the room behind him.

Because they were afraid of making arrangements in advance to scare the snake, no one approached the roof of that house, and naturally there was a gap.

"You really deserve to be Young General Han!" the man sarcastically said.

"Thank you, thank you." Han Tuo smiled heartily, as if he didn't understand the deep meaning in his words, he was modest and polite.

"Why should Major General Han be modest!"

"Humility is a virtue."

"Hmph! What a pity, you still have to watch me run away in the end!"

Han Tuo looked around in surprise, making sure there was no way to let him go, and asked in confusion, "Brother, why did you say that?" The implication is that you are blind, you are surrounded, and you can still run away !

"Don't mess with me. If you want her to live, just remove all the archers!" He said impatiently.

When he came out of the house, he noticed that there was no one on the roof of the house behind him, and there were archers in other directions. As long as he moved a little, he might be shot into a sieve; After all, this major general is not an idiot, who knows if there is an ambush behind the house.

For now, the only way to get out of this encircled situation is to use the hostages to openly and aboveboard.

"Hurry up! Get your people to evacuate, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude," he urged impatiently, while adding weight to his hands, "I have already broken one of her hands just now, if you don't want her to use the other Your hand is also broken, so hurry up and do as I say; don't play tricks with me, or even if you die, I will drag her with you!"

Han Tuo's eyes flickered slightly, he raised his hand and waved, "Withdraw!"

With an order, the archers on the surrounding roofs quickly disappeared, and as the sound of footsteps weakened, they gradually drifted away.

"And them."

"You guys also get out first," Han Tuo ordered.

Lao Wei hesitated for a moment, glanced at Guo Xiaoxiao who was caught, and reluctantly asked people to move out of the way.

"Are you kidding me?!" He looked coldly at the road that only allowed one person to pass, and said coldly, and then with a "click~", Guo Xiaoxiao's injured hand was directly removed from his shoulder. down.

The whole arm hangs limply on the shoulder.

Unprepared, Guo Xiaoxiao couldn't help but let out a scream and almost fainted from the pain.

"You!" Han Tuo pursed his lips, his handsome face was full of anger, and his black eyes stared at him intently, as if flames were about to burst out of his eyes.

"Back again!" The soldier took another step back to the sides.

Han Tuo said sharply, "This is already the limit. I advise you not to push yourself too far. Either leave or stay. At worst, she dies, and I will pay her life!"

He weighed it, grabbed Guo Xiaoxiao, and carefully moved towards the opening.

Suddenly, Han Tuo took a step forward abruptly.

The man was startled, thinking that he was going to make a move, he quickly turned his head, looked at him vigilantly, and at the same time blocked Guo Xiaoxiao in front of his chest.

At this moment, a cold light flickered in the blind corner of his head, passed through his head, and finally stuck | into the soil on the ground, and blood flew down...

Guo Xiaoxiao suddenly felt her body loosen, and the eyes of the people behind her had widened, and they fell powerlessly to the ground, without any breath.

Without the support of others, Guo Xiaoxiao's eyes went dark and she completely lost consciousness.

It had been two days since she woke up.

Arms and wrists have been medicated and bandaged.

The little maid came in with the medicine, just in time to see her get up.

"Miss, you're awake!" the little maid exclaimed in surprise, she conveniently put the medicine on the table, then ran to the bed and helped her up.

"Miss, you drink the medicine first, and I'll call the doctor for you."

"Ah."

After a while, Dr. Liang came over to help her diagnose the pulse, "The effect of the drug is over, so there is nothing serious in general; it's just that the arms and wrists should not move around, be careful, apply the medicine on time, and take care of it for three months." , should be able to recover."

"Thank you, Doctor Liang."

Dr. Liang waved his hand and went back with the medicine box on his back.

"Xiao He, let me ask you something."

"What's the matter? Miss."

"Tell me what happened that night?" Guo Xiaoxiao was quite puzzled about why the thief suddenly fell to the ground and died.

"Oh~ That night, shortly after I was knocked unconscious, I was taken to a safe place by the soldiers of Zhenxi Army. Fortunately, I asked Lao Wei about it." The little maid said excitedly about what she heard. Because I didn't know that Guo Xiaoxiao was sober that night, I started talking about what happened after she was knocked out.

"I heard from Lao Wei that after I was knocked unconscious, the thief..."

Guo Xiaoxiao didn't interrupt, and listened carefully to her talking about the whole process.

"...The man grabbed the lady and planned to leave by the way out of the way, but he didn't know that it was a well-arranged trap..."

"...Young General Han took a step forward suddenly, just to attract the man's attention and make him concentrate on guarding the general. Young Master Qing was able to sneak attack..."

"...Young Master Qing pierced that man's head with only one needle, so the man died before he could even blink his eyes, and then Miss, you also fainted. Fortunately, General Han caught you in time. I didn't let you fall to the ground..."

When Guo Xiaoxiao heard this, she suddenly asked, "Xiao He, what about him?"

Of course the little girl knew who her lady was asking, her eyes rolled back and forth, her eyes wandered, and she faltered and whispered, "Major General, he..."

Seeing Guo Xiaoxiao's firm gaze, she became cruel and blurted out, "The young general went back to the general's mansion that night, but he didn't turn a blind eye..."

"Did he visit me these two days?" Guo Xiaoxiao didn't want to hear her explaining for someone.

"General Han has been quite busy these two days. He has to close the case and deal with the business affairs of the Rong people..." the little maid subconsciously argued, but noticed her empty eyes, and her voice became smaller and smaller.

"He really doesn't like me at all, and now he doesn't even want to give me a glimmer of hope."

Guo Xiaoxiao murmured, the corners of her mouth curled up in a relieved arc, but tears could not stop pouring out of her eyes, across her pale cheeks, dripping silently...

In the general's mansion, Dr. Liang told Han Tuo about Guo Xiaoxiao's physical condition.

After confirming that there was nothing serious, Han Tuo sent him away.

Qing Ming, who sat across from him the whole time, saw his solemn expression, and said, "Since you're worried, let's go and have a look."

Han Tuo glanced at him with a wry smile, and shook his head heavily, "No need, since you don't like it, why give her hope, and stop thinking about it earlier, the only way to really treat her well."

Qingming turned his head and looked outside the door, speechless for a long time.

"Young brother,..."

"I heard that you have a confidante in the imperial capital?" Qing Ming asked abruptly.

"?" Han Tuo didn't react for a while, and he didn't know why he suddenly asked about this matter.

"One is a famous prostitute in the imperial capital, and the other is a flower of the frontier fortress. Brother Han is really blessed!" Qing Ming teased.

Han Tuo lost his breath and coughed violently.

Qing Ming didn't want to listen to his explanation, so he got up and walked outside.

"Young brother!" Han Tuo saw it, and hurriedly chased after him, explaining in a panic, "Young brother, listen to me, it's not what you think...Youlan and I are gentlemen's friends, every time I go to her There is just chatting and listening to music, there is no other indecent words or deeds... As for Guo Xiaoxiao, don't you know the relationship between me and her, I have always regarded her as a younger sister... Hey~ Young Brother! Did you listen to me? ? Younger brother..."

As the two left, Han Tuo's voice gradually faded away.

At this moment, neither of them thought deeply about why they would ask such a question, why they would keep explaining in a panic...