marriage contract

Gu Chengzhi held a waist knife in his hand and protected Jin Rong behind him, and a dozen people dressed as guards surrounded the two of them.

There were many corpses lying on the ground, including eunuchs around Jin Rong and people in guard clothes.

The blood gradually stained the ground red, and coquettish flowers seemed to bloom on the white snow, dotted with spots of red.

Suddenly, the dozen or so people moved, and a dozen knives slashed from different directions.

Gu Chengzhi snorted coldly, swayed to the right, raised his foot and kicked a person away, then pushed Jin Rong to the gap, and met the dozen or so knives sideways.

The two sides hold the same weapons, but their powers are quite different.

Gu Chengzhi didn't bring his weapon with him. When those people attacked, he grabbed a knife casually and chopped the original owner of the knife to death.

Even now facing the siege of those people, Gu Chengzhi's face did not change at all, the knife glowed with silver light in his hand, and soon two people fell to the ground, unable to get up again.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jin Rong squatted down and pulled out a knife from the dead man lying on the ground. Although he is average in martial arts, if there is an accident, he can resist it for a while.

Gu Chengzhi's saber technique was quick and quick, and in just a few breaths, three more people fell to the ground.

Those people already understood that they couldn't kill Gu Chengzhi, but their target was not him.

The person in the lead made a few short calls, and the rest of the people paused slightly, and then three people were separated to rush in the direction of Jin Rong, and the rest were responsible for encircling and intercepting them, and they were bound to stop them.

Gu Chengzhi guessed what they were going to do when the man yelled, and at the moment their movements stopped, he turned his feet and stood in front of Jin Rong again.

The first to rush over were the three who were about to attack Jin Rong. Gu Chengzhi could walk freely under the combined attack of more than a dozen people, let alone only three of them.

Gu Cheng took a step forward, and slashed to the right with the blade in his hand. The person on the right couldn't dodge in time, and half of his arm was almost cut off.

Seeing this scene, the other two jumped up and swung their knives.

Gu Chengzhi didn't dodge or dodge, and with the force of swinging the knife just now, he slashed up and cut the neck of the person on the right.

A cold wind suddenly picked up behind him, Gu Chengzhi turned his feet, his waist and legs were exerted at the same time, and his long arm swung the waist knife, slashing across a nearly perfect semicircle, and directly collided with the two knives.

The power of the vertical slash was not as strong as Gu Chengzhi's charged blow, and the place where he attacked was three inches above the hilt of the knife, and the two knives were directly sent flying.

The two without weapons are like a tiger without claws and claws. Perhaps in Gu Chengzhi's heart, they can only be regarded as cubs at most.

Until now, there were less than ten people in that group. They looked at each other and decided to give it a go.

Gu Chengzhi's expression became more and more condensed. Those people already had the determination to die, but he still wanted to protect Jin Rong, so he could only be more cautious.

At this moment, Fourth Master Zhang flew from outside the courtyard and stood on the wall beside him, holding a sword in his hand. The blade of the sword flashed a cold light. Seeing the scene in the courtyard, his face instantly sank, and he stomped his feet, and the whole body People shoot at those people like arrows that leave the string.

When Gu Chengzhi saw him, he was overjoyed. Together with Mr. Zhang, they plundered the lives of those people like harvesting wheat.

Holding a sword in his hand, Zhang Siye, who killed people like cutting vegetables, could not see the usual romantic demeanor at all. His expression was cold, and the cold air in those romantic and affectionate peach blossom eyes was threatening, and his whole body was filled with a strong murderous look.

But Gu Chengzhi returned to the human world like a Shura from hell, surrounded by the aura of killing and blood, which made his whole body dyed blood red.

"Keep alive." Jin Rong stood aside and said suddenly.

Gu Chengzhi paused, and the blade that was supposed to kiss the leader's neck was replaced with the back of the knife, and the man was knocked out with one blow.

So far, except for the leader who was captured, the rest of the assassins were put to death.

Gu Chengzhi and Zhang Siye also stopped and stood aside.

When Chu Junyi ran to the gate of the courtyard, it was at the time when those two people flew to chop Gu Cheng.

At that moment, Chu Junyi only felt that his heart stopped beating.

And when Gu Chengzhi shook off the knives they were holding and chopped the two of them under the knife, the gushing blood splashed Gu Cheng's body, but he didn't care and continued to reap the lives of those people.

When he saw Gu Cheng who was fighting bloody battle, Chu Junyi's eyes turned black, dizziness, nausea and heart palpitations swept his whole body, his limbs were cold, his face was frighteningly white, and the underwear he was wearing was soaked in cold sweat.

Chu Junyi supported the wall, barely stabilized his body, and stared at Gu Chengzhi without blinking, for fear of missing a little bit.

Red, the color of blood red everywhere, but the worry in Chu Junyi's heart overwhelmed the physical and psychological discomfort.

When everything was over, Fourth Master Zhang pulled his sleeves unconsciously. There was no blood on his body, but some rubbed on his sleeves.

Turning his head to see Gu Chengzhi's appearance, Zhang Siye twitched the corners of his mouth, why didn't he react at all when he was almost a bloody man.

It was not the first time for Gu Chengzhi to fight bloody battles. When fighting at the border, he didn't have so much time and experience to pay attention to his appearance.

Wearing a suit of clothes for a few days, wearing white clothes as red clothes when stained with blood, and wearing black clothes when the blood dries and turns black, these are commonplace for Gu Chengzhi.

Moreover, Gu Chengzhi wanted to know who sent these people more than the color of the clothes.

Jin Rong also thought of something with Gu Chengzhi.

Just like the police are always the last ones to arrive, the prince's guards were also more than half a beat behind.

The guards knelt in front of Jin Rong, lowered their heads and waited for Jin Rong to come down. The corpses on the ground were enough to show the intensity of the battle just now. If it wasn't for the escort of Gu Chengzhi and Zhang Siye, as long as something happened to Jin Rong, The heads of these people are about to move.

With a sullen face, Jin Rong directed the guards to take the leading assassin down and guard him strictly.

Suddenly, the expressions of Gu Chengzhi and Fourth Master Zhang changed suddenly.

Gu Chengzhi rushed in front of Jin Rong, swung the waist knife twice in his hand, and made three soft "ding ding ding" sounds, and the three short arrow-shaped hidden weapons rubbed tiny sparks with the waist knife, and then fell to the ground.

But Fourth Master Zhang strode towards the leading assassin, swung his sword, and also shot down the hidden weapon.

But the leading assassin suddenly opened his eyes, and let out a howl, the black air spread to his face at a speed visible to the naked eye, his body twitched twice, his head tilted and he died.

Fourth Master Zhang's eyes turned cold, and his icy sharp blade-like eyes shot in one direction.

"I'll go." Gu Chengzhi flew away, leaving only an afterimage behind him.

Fourth Master Zhang held back his anger and knelt down to see the assassin's situation.

The three hidden weapons were shot down by him, but there was still a silver needle as thin as a cow's hair stuck in the assassin's neck. Fourth Master Zhang didn't notice it just now, but now he was shocked when he saw it. Use this silver needle to deal with Jin Rong...

Jin Rong was also frightened by the side, and entered the house decisively, surrounded by walls to block, as long as the doors and windows are guarded.

Fourth Master Zhang ordered all the corpses on the ground to be brought down, while he scanned his surroundings. The situation was urgent just now, and he didn't pay much attention to the surrounding situation, but then he found a person standing by the small door in the distance.

When he got closer, he saw that it was Chu Junyi.

"Why is it you?" Fourth Master Zhang asked with a frown, and then realized that his expression was wrong, "Are you okay?"

Chu Junyi only felt the buzzing in his ears. It took him a long time to react to what Zhang Siye said, but when he opened his mouth, he found that his throat was very dry, so he had to shake his head in the end.

"Should I find you an imperial doctor?" Zhang Siye saw his face was really ugly, no matter it was for Zhu Ning's face or Gu Chengzhi's face, he didn't want to let Chu Junyi accident.

Chu Junyi then shook his head, took two deep breaths and said, "No, I know what's going on with me...just take it easy."

The dry and hoarse voice made Fourth Master Zhang frowned, he didn't say much, and directly carried Chu Junyi away, and didn't let him go until he returned to Gu Chengzhi's courtyard.

Chu Junyi wanted to break free, but he was so weak now that his hands and feet were so soft that he was able to stand up because of his breath. He had nothing to do with Zhang Siye's actions.

After sending the man to the front of the house, Fourth Master Zhang said, "I'll call a doctor over later. It's hard to say whether the third child will come back tonight. Don't worry him."

The words he wanted to refute were swallowed back as soon as they reached his lips, Chu Junyi nodded silently, he didn't want to hold back at this time.

Seeing him nodding in agreement, Fourth Master Zhang turned around and prepared to leave.

"I'm really fine, so don't tell him." Chu Junyi pushed open the door, and when he stepped into the room with one foot, he suddenly turned his head and said something.

Fourth Master Zhang paused, responded and left straight away.

Chu Junyi watched him out of the yard, and then took the other foot back.

After the door was closed, the breath he was holding on to was gone, and he turned around slightly, and the whole person fell limply to the ground.

This almost turned his heart, liver, spleen and lungs upside down. Chu Junyi lay on the ground and retched twice. After a while, he managed to support himself with his hands, but he didn't feel dizzy, palpitations or fatigue at all. subside.

The image of Gu Chengzhi's whole body covered in blood kept spinning in his mind, even though he knew that the blood was not Gu Chengzhi's, he didn't feel at ease.

Chu Junyi couldn't get up, so he supported himself twice with his hands before sitting with his back against the door.

His hands and feet were shaking all the time, and his chaotic thoughts almost swallowed him whole.

He was terribly afraid just now, he was afraid that Gu Chengzhi would die, and he was also afraid that he would be injured, once this kind of thought appeared, he couldn't get rid of it like a tarsal maggot.

And what Jin Lu said that day also rang in his ears like a mantra, and his thoughts were all entangled.

Chu Junyi couldn't help smiling wryly, he liked Gu Chengzhi, he liked it very much, even more than he imagined.

No matter how much mental construction he did, how many times he told himself, this feeling didn't abate in the slightest.

On the one hand, she lustfully enjoys Gu Chengzhi's kindness to him, and on the other hand, she keeps telling herself that she needs to restrain herself.

That person does not belong to him, that person will leave sooner or later.

Heart throbbing in pain, Chu Junyi bent his legs, buried his head between his knees, stretched out his arms and hugged himself into a ball.

Gu Chengzhi is different from him, he has his own ideals and ambitions, and his future is great.

He should climb to the top under the admiration and approval of others, he should marry a good wife, have children around his knees, and enjoy family happiness.

He understood all this, but he felt wronged in his heart.

The fundus of the eyes was sour and astringent, and the tears almost flowed down.

The stove was gradually extinguished, and the temperature in the room began to turn cold. Chu Junyi sat on the ground, his whole body was numb from the cold, and when his hands and feet recovered, he found that his body was extremely stiff.

Stumbling to the bed and sitting down, Chu Junyi closed his eyes wearily.

After Zhang Siye went back, he asked the guards to find the imperial physician. He knew how Gu Chengzhi treated Chu Junyi. Gu Chengzhi will have a grudge against him.

Thinking of this, Fourth Master Zhang couldn't help but sigh.

The situation on Jin Rong's side has been brought under control, none of the assassins were left alive, and the leader was killed by an unknown attacker.

This situation should go back to Beijing to find out the situation, but Jin Rong will definitely not leave at this time.

He sent people back to Beijing, and sent another team to search along the way.

Those assassins were dressed as dignified royal guards, and they were probably sent by the capital, but they were wiped out along the way.

And those assassins all changed into the clothes of the guards, pretended nothing happened, and arrived at the villa to carry out the assassination.

Gu Chengzhi followed the sneak attacker to a dangerous cliff, but after a few breaths, the person he wanted to arrest disappeared without a trace.

There are not many trees around, and there is almost no place to hide people. Gu Chengzhi looked around and then turned his eyes to the cliff beside him.

No footprints were found within a foot of the cliff, and there was also no sign of anyone walking under the cliff.

If it is said that the person jumped off the cliff directly from a distance of one zhang, Gu Chengzhi would not believe it, the difficulty is too high, even he would not be able to do it safely after jumping off the cliff.

That person's lightness skill is much better than those assassins, even Gu Chengzhi almost lost him just now, but in this short period of time, that person just disappeared out of thin air.

Gu Chengzhi frowned and thought for a moment, but still felt that he had missed something, and was about to investigate again, when he heard a noise not far away.

Turning around to look, Gu Chengzhi and the visitor said in unison: "Why are you?!"

It was already in the afternoon when the body of the guard who had been swapped was found, and the guard who came to inform him left after speaking.

"Didn't the third brother go after the assassin? Why did he have something to do with those corpses again?" Fourth Master Zhang asked in confusion.

"We'll know when they come over." Jin Lu said lazily as he leaned aside.

When Gu Chengzhi entered the courtyard, Jin Lu took the lead and said, "I said, did you fall into the pool of blood? Why did you get blood all over your body?!"

Gu Chengzhi glanced at him but did not answer. Instead, he saluted Jin Rong, and then narrated the incident of him chasing the attacker.

"Then who did you meet?" Jin Lu interjected.

Just as Gu Chengzhi was about to speak, he heard footsteps approaching from far away, "Here we come."

All eyes turned to the gate of the courtyard, and then they saw a man with a burly figure and a resolute face, who seemed to be about 20 years old, walked in.

"Mr. Ma, when did you come back?!" Jin Lu said in surprise.

Gu Chengzhi's fifth junior brother, Third Master Ma smiled, and after a salute with Jin Rong, he said: "Just now, before I got here, I met the third child."

Ma Sanye was guarding outside with his father. When Gu Chengzhi returned to Beijing, he was not in Beijing. This time he wanted to take this opportunity to get together with his friends, and he went to Beijing alone after talking to his father.

Originally, he wanted to give them a surprise, but he was taken aback. He found many corpses not far from the cliff, and his clothes were all stripped off.

Just when Ma Sanye was puzzled, a slight noise in the distance caught his attention, but when he went over, he found that it was Gu Chengzhi.

Jin Rong had been listening quietly, and nodded after Ma Sanye finished speaking.

After dinner, people from Jingli came again. The emperor expressed his anger at the assassination of the crown prince, and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter. At the same time, he also said what the guards were here for.

A concise sentence: The princess is pregnant.

Jin Rong was dumbfounded at first, and then his joy was beyond words. The princess is pregnant, and at least half of them may be a son. If Jin Rong has a son, his position will be more stable.

It was Eunuch Zhu, who was next to the emperor, who was happy to see Jin Rong, and said that the emperor attached great importance to this child. The empress had already sent a nanny to take care of the princess, and the child must be born safely.

When Eunuch Zhu stepped back, the relaxed atmosphere in the room weakened a bit. The Crown Princess was pregnant, but someone came to assassinate Jin Rong. What does this mean? !

Jin Rong's expression faded a lot, he simply explained a few words and then went back to the room, if he died, or if the princess had a miscarriage, who would benefit...

The others also understood that Jin Rong felt uncomfortable, and that things about the royal family were left and right. No matter whether the relationship was good or bad, it was still a family. It was needless to say the feeling of being stabbed by a relative.

Now that the matter has been almost handled, the emperor was worried about letting Jin Rong go on a night trip, so he specially explained to Eunuch Zhu, and asked him to tell Jin Rong: there is no rush to return to Beijing, safety is the most important thing.

When Jin Rong left, there was no need for the others to stay, and everyone in the room gradually dispersed.

But Gu Chengzhi and the others got together.

Jin Lu's yard was right next to them, and they were not polite, and went to find a place on their own.

Ma Sanye embraced Gu Chengzhi with a sympathetic expression on his face, "Old man, it's really hard work for you, that woman Dong has no eyes, so don't worry too much about it, on your terms, where can't you marry a virtuous woman?" Wife. Don't you know, my father still wants you to be his son-in-law."

Gu Chengzhi's expression froze, his eyes drooped slightly, showing no emotion at all.

"Ma Laosan, stop talking." Jin Lu said with a light smile, "Don't you see that Gu Chengzhi doesn't want to hear it?"

Ma Sanye also found out that Gu Chengzhi's situation was not right, and couldn't help but said: "That's what I said, it's okay if you don't want to marry my sister, you can marry whoever you like, anyway, your marriage can be fine in the future Make up your own mind."

"He's already married." Jin Lu leaned on the chair, crossed one leg over the other, leaned on the table with his arms, clenched his hands into fists and poked his cheeks, and glanced at Gu Cheng with a half-smile.

"It's been more than a year, it should be reconciled soon." Ma Sanye said in surprise.

Gu Chengzhi stood up suddenly, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "I'm going back first."

"By the way, third child." Fourth Master Zhang, who had been quiet all this time, said, "Sixth Master Chu may not be feeling well."

"What?!" Gu Cheng was startled, and wanted to ask him why he didn't say it earlier, but he held back.

"He should have been by the side when we killed the assassin." Zhang Siye felt that Chu Junyi must have been frightened by their brutal killing.

Gu Chengzhi's expression changed, and he ran away like a gust of wind.

"I knew it would happen." Fourth Master Zhang said helplessly, "That's why I didn't dare to tell him before."

Ma Sanye was at a loss.

"Believe it or not, if I had told the third son about this before, he would have run back directly." Fourth Master Zhang looked at Third Master Ma.

Ma Sanye shook his head, expressing his disbelief.

"Why don't you believe this person has run away?" Jin Lu sneered.

"You mean..." Ma Sanye's expression was tangled, "The third son and the sixth master Chu...the two of them..."

"I guess it's almost there." Jin Lu said indifferently, he never cared about these things.

Ma Sanye: "..." He has only been away from Beijing for a few years, why has the world changed? !

Gu Chengzhi was anxious in his heart, and his pace gradually accelerated, and finally he used lightness kung fu to rush back.

Chu Junyi once said that he is afraid of blood, if Chu Junyi sees it when he kills...

The courtyard was quiet, with candles lit in the room, Gu Chengzhi entered the courtyard but stopped unconsciously.

Ma Sanye said that he should divorce and marry a wife, and he thought so too when they got married.

But since then, he began to avoid this matter.

He didn't have a good impression of the Chu family, nor did he have a good impression of the Chu family, but he couldn't bear Chu Junyi.

That person is in the house, as long as you open the door, you can see him.

Gu Chengzhi hesitated for a moment in front of the door, but he stretched out his hand and pushed the door open, but what he thought in his heart was: Fortunately, he changed the bloody clothes earlier...

Candles are placed on the corner of the table, the candlelight is soft and warms the room.

Chu Junyi was sitting in front of the table with his hands folded on the table, resting his arms on his head in a daze.

When the door was pushed open, Chu Junyi straightened up reflexively.

When their eyes met, both of them froze in place.

Whether it was Chu Junyi or Gu Chengzhi, they were all very sensitive to emotions. Although they had noticed something before, they had deliberately ignored them.

But now, the veil of self-deception has been lifted away, and the truest feelings in my heart can't be hidden, almost presented to the other party in the most straightforward way.

Either for a moment, or for a long time, the two of them looked away at the same time.

Gu Chengzhi stabilized his mind, went into the room and closed the door.

Hearing the sound of closing the door, Chu Junyi's hand trembled unconsciously.

"You..." Gu Chengzhi only felt that this moment was more nervous than his first time on the battlefield, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Did you see that I... killed someone?"

"En." Chu Junyi lowered his head and replied in a low voice.

"Are you okay?" Gu Chengzhi was still worried.

"I'm fine now. Fourth Master Zhang invited the imperial physician for me. I'll be fine after a short rest." Chu Junyi's hands tucked into his sleeves gradually clenched into fists.

The heart was slightly relieved, Gu Chengzhi wanted to see his situation, but he was patient and did not move.

The atmosphere in the room froze again, Gu Chengzhi couldn't take it anymore, and said dryly: "Then rest."

Chu Junyi nodded, got up with hands and feet, went into the clean room and began to wash.

When Gu Chengzhi finished washing up, Chu Junyi was already lying on the bed with his eyes closed and his eyelashes trembling slightly.

After turning off the lights, Gu Chengzhi didn't lie down, but stood by the bed and watched quietly.

He is obviously a very ordinary person, but why can't he let go? !

His life trajectory should be to marry a wife, have children, and become an official through the imperial examination.

Because of that one incident, he and Chu Junyi got married, and then...the road he was going to follow was completely messed up, and he could never get back on the right track.

Parents, official career, heirs... etc. were all swirling in Gu Chengzhi's mind, but in the end it was frozen into Chu Junyi's face.

Gu Chengzhi looked at Chu Junyi with a complicated expression, his eyes moved down from his eyebrows little by little, but when his eyes fell on his lips, he couldn't move them away.

Sitting on the side of the bed slowly, Gu Chengzhi's eyes were still fixed on his lips, and he stretched out his hand to support Chu Junyi's side, pressing his whole body under his body.

Chu Junyi's eyelashes trembled even more, and he clenched his hands tightly by his side, feeling extremely nervous.

Gu Chengzhi could see his nervousness, smiled lightly, and then lowered his head.