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There is a medicine hall in Linzhou, named Xingtang, which is neither big nor small, quietly opened in the north corner.

The Xingtang staff warmly entertained him and asked Ying Qi what kind of disease he was suffering from, or what prescriptions he would give his family.

Ying Qi quietly took out His Royal Highness's handwriting and stuffed it into the clerk's hand, and saw that the clerk's fingernails were blackened, chapped and peeled, and the thick calluses between the index and middle fingers were also stained with black mud.

Xingtang is just one of Prince Qi's settlements in Linzhou. Most of these jobs are hidden spies, who specialize in collecting information from eyeliners.

The clerk took a look at it, put it away as if nothing had happened, and said: "I'm going to get you the medicine, please wait a moment." Then he hurried into the back hall.

Ying Qi waited quietly in the Linzhou Xingtang, sitting in a chair in the corner, resting her fingertips lightly on the handle of the chair.

This pharmacy has a sparse business, and a few clerks are busy picking up medicines and keeping accounts, and there is often a look of scrutiny in their expressions, and they quietly glance at Ying Qi from the corner of their eyes.

The sharpness honed in the shadow palace made Ying Qi involuntarily hold down the hilt of the sword on his lower back, straightened up calmly, his eyes gradually turned cold.

The guy who delivered the handbook came back from the backyard, and brought out a well-dressed young man with red lips and white teeth, probably only eleven or twelve years old. The young man handed the book back to Ying Qi as it was, and whispered into Ying Qi's ear: "I've already seen it, my lord, please go back."

Ying Qi asked him, "Where is Young Master Wei Cheng?"

Wei Shiyi from the Royal Palace of Medicine still remembers what Ying Qi told him, and wanted to meet his little grandson.

The young master regretted: "Our young master is not here, please come again next time."

"Yeah." Ying Qi took the handwritten letter and put it in his clothes. When he got up to leave, a gust of cold wind blew past his ears. Ying Qi's eyelids drooped slightly, and suddenly disappeared in place. Quickly turning around to find the person, Ying Qi suddenly landed behind the child, grabbed his right hand, pulled and pushed deftly, and directly removed the knuckle of his middle finger.

The fledgling kid is actually so powerful. If it was an ordinary shadow guard of the Feilian Group, he would probably have been subdued by this kid.It's a pity that the opponent is Yingqi.

Ying Qi didn't change his expression, he held down the young man's wrist with one hand, and broke it hard with the other, the veins in his arm swelled up and locked him around his neck, pressing the whole person in front of him to block him, and with his right hand, he pulled out a dark knife from the white belt. The knife was on his throat.

Even if the enemy is a child, Yingqi will not show mercy.

The young master gasped, cast a vicious glance at Ying Qi, and said with a sneer, "You're courting death!

Yingqi had noticed the cocoons and blood stains on the hands of Xingtang's buddy a long time ago, and the difference between the killer and the shadow guard was revealed at this moment. The killer was proud of the bloody scars on his body, while the shadow guard always disguised himself as an ordinary person, Every time I do work, I must clean up my body completely, leaving no traces, and will not be disgusted by the master.

This young man was clean, with only a light scent of medicine on his body, and he was only a child, Ying Qi relaxed his vigilance, and it was almost in his way.

Ying Qi's eyes were even colder, and the cold blade pressed on the meridian of the child's neck, and asked him coldly: "Young Master Wei Cheng, what do you want to do?"

"Clean up the door!" He snorted, his eyes were full of sternness, and he raised his hand, and four or five little guys picking up medicine and keeping accounts suddenly dropped the thing in his hand and rushed towards Ying Qi.

"Dare to hold my young master hostage, don't go!"

He didn't glance at Huang Li when he went out, but bumped into a group of killers.

The handsome young man who was held hostage in front of Ying Qi suddenly bowed his head and shot a three-inch sharp arrow from the back of his spine. Going out, it almost penetrated into the body, and with a groan, it was deeply nailed to the beam.

This kid looks like a hedgehog, with a tight-backed crossbow on his spine.

Ying Qi rolled on the spot, stretched out his hand to grab the doorpost, and flung himself onto the roof with force, his figure was erratic, and he disappeared after a few steps.

Four or five fellows who were covered in cold to the bone rushed out of the apricot hall, and everyone looked at each other fiercely.

The little boy came out slowly, supported himself with two fingers and snapped it hard, and calmly took back the knuckles that had been removed by Ying Qi, and ordered in a childish voice: "There is a message from above, Chase!"

"Yes, Master!"

This twelve-year-old young master is the person in charge of the Xingtang of the Wei family, Wei Cheng, the youngest grandson of Wei Shiyi in the Royal Medical Hall.

Ying Qi fled and evaded in the complicated alleys of Linzhou City, entered a narrow alley, and hid sideways in the narrow gap between two small buildings. The narrow gap can only allow one person to walk, and it can only hide for a while.

The incision of the tortured knife on the back was torn, and there was a dull pain. Ying Qi gritted his teeth and endured it. Taking advantage of the dark sunlight, he took a few breaths, and suddenly covered his mouth and coughed continuously. When he glanced at his hand, his right hand was already covered with blood. , I had to carefully pick out the handwritten letter with my clean left hand.

The handwriting is only a thin sheet of paper, which has been stained red by the blood he coughed up.

The blood-stained paper printed a line of words more clearly, and it was too late for Ying Qi not to read it.

"Kill the messenger."

……

Holding the bloody letter paper, Ying Qi was stunned, slowly leaning against the wall, trembling, looking down at the letter paper.

He stared at the letter paper in a daze, staring at the five words on it, and on the inscription, which was exactly the same as his own right shoulder blade with the heavenly fragrance peony seal, and stayed for a full hour of incense sticks.

Suddenly I couldn't control it and cried.

He lay on the ground and coughed violently, the salt poison on his back gradually corroded Ying Qi's body, and Ying Qi felt that his body seemed to become weak.

He thought that at least His Highness believed him.No, you don't need to trust him, at least don't doubt his loyalty.

He tried his best to protect His Highness and stay with His Highness, he almost dug out his heart and gave it to His Highness. Ying Qi no longer expects His Highness to treat him differently, at least don't break his loyalty and throw it on the ground like this .

Ying Qi felt dizzy for a while, and leaned against the wall, embracing a solitary ball. He hadn't shed tears since he could remember, and today he cried so heartbroken.

I have already given up on liking His Highness, is His Highness so intolerable for himself?

Don't be a shadow guard anymore, don't be a shadow guard anymore, don't want to like anyone anymore, master is right, he shouldn't come, for His Royal Highness, he can escape from the shadow palace to save him from the siege However, it turned out that to His Highness, he was still a humble shadow guard who would come and go as soon as he was called, and would never gain the slightest trust from His Highness.

He desperately walked to his side, desperately leaning closer and closer to him, only to realize that he was not caring at all, and with a slight push, he would be lost forever.Only then did I realize that some people, no matter how much they paid, couldn't make His Highness take another look.

Ying Qi clutched the handwritten letter that trampled him coldly, leaned against the cold and hard wall, breathed heavily, wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth, closed his eyes helplessly, his face was covered with tears.

Footsteps came from beside him, it didn't sound murderous, it was probably a pedestrian passing by.Ying Qi was too lazy to open his eyes, still resting against the earthen wall.

When the breath was getting closer and closer to him, Ying Qi reluctantly squinted his eyes to see.

The first thing that came into sight was a strand of long hair, followed by a navy blue cloak covering him.

Ying Qi's body froze, and his narrowed eyes slowly closed again.

Li Yuan squatted down patiently, helped Ying Qi who was leaning against the wall and fell asleep exhaustedly, wiped the sweat stains from Ying Qi's forehead with his warm fingertips, and then he was relieved to see that there was no trauma on his body, and put his arm on his neck , leading him out of the narrow alley.

Ying Qi was suffering in his heart.His Royal Highness Shizi is always so unpredictable, he is gentle and kind to him for a moment, but kills him in the next moment.

Ying Qi gave Li Yuan her loyalty and obedience without reservation, but he never cared about it.There are many good things around His Highness, as humble as a shadow guard, he has as much as he wants.

Ying Qi lowered his eyelids, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness has taken so much trouble for your life."

His deep and hoarse voice echoed in the alley, and it was the first time he contradicted his master.

"Did you read that handwriting?" Li Yuan's face froze, and he said awkwardly, "I don't know what's written in it. I didn't give you this one. It's Shadow Four. He changed it..."

"Of course I did. After all, you think this subordinate is a spy, and this subordinate does not want to disappoint you." Ying Qi withdrew her hand from Li Yuan's neck, pulled half a foot away from the prince, raised her right hand, and held the letter between her fingers. The blood-stained handwriting was handed to Li Yuan.

"Is this your blood on it? Where did you hurt?" Li Yuan was stunned, and brushed back the long hair blown in front of his face, trying to take the handwritten letter, but Ying Qi held it firmly between his fingers. Li Yuan couldn't take out that piece of paper, and looked at Li Yuan quietly and indifferently.

This is the third test of Yingsi. If Yingqi didn't read the letter and came back alive, of course he was loyal and powerful, so he passed the test directly; Then he will know that his master has doubts about him. If he betrays and escapes halfway, or goes to other masters with 'secrets' to claim credit, he will be caught back, his martial arts will be abolished, and he will be tortured to death.

Ying Qi said indifferently: "You directly ordered to kill the subordinate, and the subordinate immediately killed himself, there is no other way, why so many detours."

Li Yuan swallowed, and said helplessly, "Let me see what is written on this piece of paper first? I know that Ying Si must have written something bad, but let me see..."

"Your Highness, you can treat me as a young lady who comes and goes when you call, I don't care, but don't play hard to get with me." Ying Qi leaned against the wall, and slowly walked up to Li Yuan. As they leaned closer and closer to him, Li Yuan had no choice but to take a half step back, pressing his back against the wall.

"?????" Li Yuan's mouth twitched.

To this day, he still has a slight illusion about his master, longing to gain even a sliver of his trust. Over the years, he got close to him little by little, and finally knelt at his feet after suffering a lot, and all he got was "Kill the messenger".

The world said that King Qi was suspicious, and Li Yuan was even more suspicious. Ying Qi always thought that His Royal Highness treated him differently, and he always deceived himself into believing that in His Highness's heart, it was Ying Qi who paid the most attention to and worried about him.

He was still trying his best to calm down, his chest heaved and his voice was low and depressed:

"You...don't do that to me."

Li Yuan looked at him, Yingqi's eyes had lost the slightest luster, and his gloomy and sad eyes stared at him lifelessly. He could see through the extreme pain in his heart, the disappointment and loneliness that was so painful that he couldn't live without it, it was like watching himself pursue for many years with his own eyes. His treasures were shattered into powder in front of him.

Li Yuan's whole heart ached, watching Ying Qi tear off the mahogany shadow card from the hundred-bladed belt, and took it to his hand: "I'm not a shadow guard anymore."

"Don't go!" Li Yuan chased after him, showing his timidity for the first time in 20 years, grabbed Ying Qi's arm, pulled Ying Qi into his arms, and hugged him tightly, "Little Qi, how many words can you say?" Ah? No, listen to my explanation..."

Li Yuan was very surprised. He thought that Ying Qi was always as obedient as he saw, but he didn't expect that he was not blindly obedient. No matter how obedient a puppy is, there are times when his hair blows up.

Behaving recklessly for too long, probably touched Xiaoqi's bottom line.

He knew that Ying Qi was Mrs. Jiang's chief disciple, and he couldn't count how many Jianghu sects tried to invite him to join the alliance every year. The commission of any one was enough for him to work hard for himself in the palace for several years.

How could I have made Ying Qi follow him so obsessively, but I pushed him away with my own hands again and again, tormenting his sincerity.

His little shadow guard was actually angry.

Surrounded by the temperature of years of wishful thinking, Ying Qi twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled.The person he has pursued so long with all his heart, always gives himself a little sweetness when he is about to give up, tormenting him with a glimmer of hope.

Ying Qi pushed Li Yuan away, turned and left.

Li Yuan has never been so wronged, nor has she been so cowardly.

God knows what he actually wrote in Xiao Qi's handwriting: "Hurry up and heal my baby", and Ying Si replaced it with a note that didn't know what was written on it. God damn Ying Si, who is this testing?Still think Xiao Qi doesn't hate me enough, do you?

"Xiao Qi, I believe in you, I have always believed in you!" Li Yuan chased after Ying Qi, who turned her head coldly and glanced at him.

"Wen Ji is tired and incompetent, I'm afraid he won't be able to be a shadow guard again." Ying Qi slowly drew out a dark knife and pressed it against Li Yuan's back heart.

Li Yuan was startled, and froze on the spot, Ying Qi whispered in Li Yuan's ear, "Your Highness dares to get so close to a dangerous person like me, probably because he has more than a dozen shadow guards around him."

His movements were already obvious, the blade of the dark knife was pressed against the fabric of Li Yuan's back, and with just a light stab, he could make the prince fall at his feet.

He knew that Li Yuan must be accompanied by shadow guards, and he also knew that he had been under surveillance these days. Once he made any outrageous actions, those shadow guards would swarm him and kill him without hesitation.

He wanted His Royal Highness to see for himself that the trust he was talking about was the kind of trust that was closely monitored.

The surroundings were silent, and no one stepped forward to protect them.

Ying Qi froze for a moment.

Li Yuan suddenly showed some embarrassment, licked his lips and said with a smile, "...I only brought Yingchu with me when I came, and I asked him to go to Xingtang to find you first."

Although I don't know what was written in the note that Ying Qi got, I just know that there must be nothing good, if I go late, Xiao Qi will really hurt those who hit me lightly.

Li Yuan explained helplessly: "All the things before were not my intention. I was afraid that you would be assassinated by the spies of the imperial city, and I also want you to be safe. You know, people close to me will not end well."

Ying Qi was slightly stunned, turned the dark knife in his hand several times and inserted it back into the white belt around his waist.

Li Yuan knew that Yingqi would not hurt herself.He also admitted that he regretted it.

Messy footsteps came from all around the narrow alley, and those killers who were chasing Ying Qi in Xingtang tirelessly chased after them, blocking the two of them in the deep alley.

Ying Qi turned around suddenly, pressed both hands on the sword belt on the back waist, and slowly drew out two green snake soft swords, flicked both hands, the soft swords as soft as ribbons suddenly turned into two cold and hard rapier swords, Ying Qi wore a plum Yuan's navy blue thin fur coat stood coldly in front of Li Yuan.

"Your Highness, are these all your people?" Ying Qi turned around and asked in a low voice.

Li Yuan was taken aback: "Ah... But I didn't bring the badge, they haven't seen me before, so they recognize the badge but not the person."

"..." Ying Qi pursed her lips.

"Your Highness, come with me, don't leave me three steps away." Ying Qi held the sword in both hands, and the tip of the sword dragged out two sparks on the ground, Qingjun frowned slightly, slowed down his pace, and protected Li Yuan with one hand Block the weakest place and kill it.

"Don't leave, don't leave!" Li Yuan hurriedly put his hands together and moved towards him, followed unhurriedly, and occasionally took a look at the cold and handsome little shadow guard awkwardly.

Fortunately, Xindao Xiaoqi didn't leave his son here to fend for himself, but fortunately, he should be able to coax him back...

Li Yuan was worried. At that time, he was besieged by assassins in the mangrove forest. Ying Qi was like this when he descended from the sky. Gods and Buddhas were unstoppable, aloof and unruly. Li Yuan still remembers that when Ying Qi tied up his wound, he said in a low voice, "" Hold".

Ying Qi has been obedient and gentle for too long, making Li Yuan completely forget his original appearance.

Ying Qi kept his hands, not wanting to accidentally hurt His Royal Highness, and protected Li Yuan all the way out of the narrow alley. Li Yuan raised his hand to his lips, and blew a sharp horse whistle. A pitch-black horse appeared at the end of the deep alley. With the sound of the ground, it rushed past the pursuit of all the killers like a gust of wind, and broke through a gap.

The horse neighed, Li Yuan turned on the horse quickly, grabbed Ying Qi's right hand, and carried him onto the horse's back, the whip slapped in the air, Li Yuan galloped into the crowd, and escaped.

Fuck him forbearance, f*ck wait for the crown prince to ascend the throne, at worst he will try his best to protect him in the future.

Fortunately, His Royal Highness Shizi often competes with Liang Xiao and others in horse racing, and his horse riding skills are excellent, so he took Ying Qi and galloped several miles away in an instant.

Ying Qi froze, sitting in front of Li Yuan, Li Yuan held the reins tightly with both hands, and held Ying Qi tightly in his arms, fearing that he might lose him again if he wasn't paying attention, through the thin fur, he could vaguely see her. Feel the warmth and heartbeat of Yingqi.

Li Yuan leaned forward, completely sticking to Ying Qi's lean back, shyly stuffing the mahogany shadow card back into Ying Qi's belt.

"Xiaoqi, give me another chance...don't go."

I've been arrogant for a lifetime, and today I've been ruthless.

Li Yuan held Ying Qi's flat and tight abdomen with one hand, and hugged him into his arms, letting Ying Qi's thin back stick to his chest, holding the rein with the other hand, bowing his head and coaxing in his ear:

"Xiaoqi, it's all my fault. Show me that note. It's really not my writing, it was written by Ying Sichang! It was also my fault before, did I hurt your heart? I really, before Damn you, I thought I was doing it for your own good, I was the one who was messed up, and you know that I am very messed up..."

Li Yuan clings to Ying Qi with a dead skin, his arms are tightly around him, Ying Qi turns his head, avoiding Li Yuan's comforting, silent and indifferent.