Placid Chang'an

The sky had completely darkened, and the sound of evening drums and eight hundred came from Suzaku's door, indicating that the curfew time had come, the palace gates were closed, and passers-by were forbidden.

Outside the gate of the tribute courtyard, however, the lights were brightly lit, and everyone was carrying lamps and sticks, waiting solemnly at a sugar water shop at the entrance of the tribute courtyard.

Uncle Tian took down the flag that had been fluttering for many years, and a line of official script was already blurred, but it was clear that the handwriting was elegant, with silkworm heads and swallow tails, showing a bit of skill.

Old Man Tian folded the flag and put it away in his arms, wiped the tables and stools one by one, and took a last look at the pitch-black gate of the Gongyuan, and walked out staggeringly with his back bent.

Su Cen silently watched from the side as the man finished all this, and then stepped forward when he came out, "Can we talk now? Who is that man?"

Old Man Tian pursed his lips that were chapped due to dryness, and just about to speak, he heard something coming from a dark place wrapped in the wind, and it was actually coming directly towards the two of them.

There were only two crisp sounds between the electric light and the flint, and the fire suddenly appeared, and the two hidden weapons were intercepted in mid-air.

Qi Lin stood in front of Su Cen with his sword, obviously waiting for a long time.

"Ling'er!" Su Cen called out to somewhere in the dark.

A person soared into the air nimbly, and landed steadily in front of the man in black who was retreating anxiously. The two swallowtail darts were released immediately, and the angle was so tricky that it was impossible to avoid it.

Qu Ling'er smiled, "Use a hidden weapon, I am the master."

Qi Lin arrived immediately and blocked the escape route of the men in black.

Su Cen smiled slightly. As soon as he found Wu Deshui's head, this person immediately came out to assassinate him. Seeing that they had captured Old Man Tian this time, he naturally wouldn't sit still.

In the morning, he asked Qi Lin to look for not only Xiu Niang, but also Qu Ling'er, who had been hanging out at his house for a long time.Although this person is useless on weekdays, but he has excellent lightness skills and is proficient in hidden weapons. It is still easy to hide in the dark and observe the enemy's position.

A group of yamen servants followed closely, and the man in black saw that he could not escape, so he repeated his tricks and took out two smoke bombs.Before he could make a move, he felt a pain in his wrist, and the two small balls fell in response.

"I didn't bring any equipment last time, did I spoil you?" Qu Ling'er held two stones between her fingertips, "How dare you use a hidden weapon in front of my young master?"

Naturally, the man in black wouldn't talk nonsense with Qu Linger, he drew his knife with his backhand, only to see a flash of cold light, and went straight towards Qu Linger.

It's a pity that he was intercepted before reaching the person. Qi Lin held the sword to block it, and the flames lit up. He let go of his right hand, and with his left hand, he caught the sword and crushed it forward.

The man in black took a few steps back to stabilize his figure, but the sword light flashed in front of him in an instant, Qi Lin's figure was as fast as lightning, and his moves were deadly, forcing the man in black to retreat again and again.

Qu Ling'er couldn't help but shook her head with a smile, she couldn't gain any advantage by wielding a knife in front of this person.

Su Cen couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief seeing the encirclement in front of him. Everyone went to besiege the man in black, but he and Old Man Tian were still standing where they were. When they turned around and led the people there, they couldn't help being taken aback.

Old Man Tian's face was black and black, and he looked at him in horror. The next moment, his body went limp, and he fell down in front of Su Cen.

Only then did Su Cen see that a short knife went straight from the back to the back of the heart, and the blood flowed profusely from Old Man Tian's back, staining most of his back.

How could this be? !

Su Cen's pupils shrank suddenly, all the hidden weapons just now were blocked by Qi Lin, and it was a frontal attack, so where did the short knife behind his back come from?

The murderer is not alone!

Just hide among them!

Su Cen squatted down in a hurry and hurriedly pressed the knife edge, blood oozing through the fingers and slipping down, his eyes were bright red, like a glued black night.

Old man Tian trembled and twitched on the ground, his hands were as dry as twigs, and he grabbed the clothes in front of Su Cen tightly, as if holding on to his last obsession.

Knowing that everything was futile, Su Cen nodded solemnly: "I will find that person and give Tian Pingzhi justice."

Old Man Tian slowly let go of his hands, his eyes moved to the pitch-black gate of the Gongyuan, his cloudy eyes reflected the distant fire, and he suddenly smiled.

More than ten years ago, his Ping'er drank sugar water here, smiled and waved goodbye to him, and entered that door.Now he can finally let Ping'er drink the sugar water he boiled with his own hands again.

"My Ping'er... My Ping'er came out...he came to pick me up..."

Su Cen lowered his hands in vain, watching the eyes gradually lose focus, and the hot blood on the fingertips gradually turned cold.

A life, under his nose, in his arms, was just gone.There was a roaring and crushing in his ears, which twisted all the crowded struggles around him.

So much so that he didn't notice the cold breath behind him until he approached him.

Without waiting for Su Cen to turn his head, a hand stretched out from behind his back, locking his mouth and nose firmly into his palm together with a cry for help.

Then there was a surge of great fear and suffocation.

He was pressed against his throat, his mouth and nose were held, and the screams in his heart turned into a few hoarse whimpers, which were dissipated before they even had time to spread.

There were a lot of people, just a few dozen feet away, but no one noticed him, he struggled and shouted, but no one heard him.The flames flickered in front of my eyes, and gradually blurred into a light and shadow.

The voice of the person faded away, and his consciousness was confused. The moment he fell down, he only felt that the person's leaving back was inexplicably familiar.

Su Cen felt that he had a very long dream, and the strange thing was that there was no case he was concerned about in the dream, no murderer, no corpse, only a lingering scent of sandalwood, peaceful and at ease for no reason.

When he opened his eyes again, the sky was already bright, and a person stood in front of the window and looked at him with raised eyebrows, and asked with a smile, "Are you still willing to wake up?"

"Zheng Yang?" Su Cen frowned, feeling a dull pain all over his body, rubbing the center of his brows, sitting up and looking around, he couldn't help wondering, "Why am I here?"

This is not anywhere else, it is the place where he went out yesterday morning, Prince Ning's Xingqing Palace.

"Gong Yuan is relatively close to Xingqing Palace, so Qi Lin sent you here." Zheng Yang poked his head up with great interest, "Tell me, what's going on in that case? Why did the murderer change? , why did he die inexplicably?"

"You know it all?"

"The case is closed, and the announcement has been made to the world," Zheng Yang looked at the person solemnly, "Brother Su, you have been asleep for three days."

"Three days?!" Su Cen stood up abruptly from the bed, nearly fell down again after a dizziness, hurriedly supported the pillar, with a disbelief on his face, "What day is it today?"

"April [-]th," Zheng Yang stood up and opened the window wider, "But I don't blame you, my little uncle is too ruthless, if I don't wake you up for such a heavy tranquilizing incense Sleeping for ten or eight days is not a problem."

"Tranquil incense?" Su Cen couldn't help being taken aback, there was still a vague sandalwood fragrance in the room, which was exactly the same as that on Li Shi.

Su Cen gritted her teeth. It was this fragrance that almost drowned him in the bathtub on the first day he came here.

Thinking about it again, it turned out it wasn't a dream, and it was really Li Shi who picked him out of the water that day?Naked|naked?

Su Cen's face turned red. Although it was not unheard of in the study, at least he was pressed on the table at that time, so that he could not face each other.How could he face Li Shi in the future after being caught without a fight like this?

A maid knocked on the door and came in, and put a few small dishes on the table. Zheng Yang pointed at Su Cen, "Haven't eaten for a few days, are you hungry? Hurry up and eat, I specially asked the small kitchen to make it for you."

Su Cen moved over slowly. The porridge and side dishes suit my current appetite. Just as he picked up the chopsticks, he heard Zheng Yang say, "Where's the eight-treasure duck and five-treasure stewed crystal elbow hydrangea shellfish I want?"

The maid froze for a moment, she wanted to cry but said timidly, "It was the prince who asked us to bring these here."

"Brother Zheng..." Su Cen frowned helplessly, his stomach was so empty now, he only felt a throbbing pain in his stomach when he heard what Zheng Yang said, but he lost his appetite.

"I'm not kidding you," Zheng Yang sat down with a smile, "My little uncle is still thoughtful, you just woke up, you shouldn't be allowed to eat those greasy things."

Su Cen smiled at people, took a sip of the porridge, the temperature was right, the fragrance was tangy, it seemed that sugar had been added, the tip of the tongue was filled with sweetness that seemed to be absent, she couldn't help being overjoyed, she picked up the bowl and drank a few more sips.

Zheng Yang saw that people were eating deliciously, so he took the opportunity to look around the room and couldn't help asking: "Why does my little uncle let you live in this room?"

Su Cen raised his head from the bowl: "Huh?"

"This is sister Wen Shu's room."

Seeing Su Cen's blank expression, he added, "Oh, it's my little aunt's room."

"Cough...cough cough cough..." Su Cen almost choked on a mouthful of porridge.

"Huh? What's the matter?" Zheng Yang hurriedly stepped forward, "Don't get excited, Sister Wen Shu is a nice person, but she died a little early, and there are some her belongings in this room." , she has never lived here."

Su Cen's viscera seemed to be upside down as he coughed. There are so many rooms in the backyard of Xingqing Palace, he couldn't believe that Li Shi chose Concubine Ning's room by accident and let him live in it!

What does it mean?Take him for a woman?Or as someone?

Su Cen finished the porridge in two or three gulps, put the bowl on the table, got up and walked outside.

"Hey, where are you going?" Zheng Yang shouted behind him.

Su Cen dropped two words coldly: "Go home."