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The night wind suddenly picked up and whizzed past the ridge of the roof, like invisible sharp knives scraping through the ears.The sudden arrival of the truth was like pouring a bucket of ice water over the head, soaking through the muscles and bones, making Shen Si feel cold all over, and shivering uncontrollably.

The voice of the conversation in the room drifted further and further away, and was replaced by another familiar voice, which was always unhurried, kind and gentle, "You have saved my life, just like Bo Ling. There is nothing wrong with calling me Wang Biao..."

"Be patient for a while longer, from now on you will be my king's man..."

"Nian Qing is really clear and transparent, without any pretense, just like the starry night sky on Liu Gu Mountain at this moment..."

"Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and it takes a long time to see people's hearts. What kind of person is this king, and one day you will understand..."

"Are you hungry? I have someone prepare porridge and side dishes for you, and keep warming it on the charcoal stove. Come and have a few sips to warm your stomach..."

"After this battle is over, I will accompany you to the hot spring to take a bath, and I will never play tricks on you this time..."

"Fortunately, you are intact, otherwise I will feel even more uncomfortable..."

"Ning Cheng fell in love with you at first sight when I first met, and I fell in love with you. In the past 30 years, I have only treated you like this..."

It was as if countless guards swarmed up from all directions at the same time, calm, concerned, frank, smiling, affectionate...surrounding him, tearing, pushing, squeezing him almost out of breath Come.Why are those pictures and words clearly presented in front of my eyes without special recall?Is it because the memory is too good?

Shen Si raised his head and let out a long breath. There was no bright moon or stars in the nine heavens, only the heavy dark night and the misty mist.He put his palm on the hilt of the sword and held it firmly, letting the copper sword slam into his throat... Now the only thing he can rely on is himself and the sword in his hand...

After the subordinate surnamed Chen left, Gu Mingzhang slowly turned in from the outside of the screen. He stood at the mahogany table and took a sip of hot tea, his eyes lowered in thought.Seeing this, the man on the bed got out of the quilt lightly, walked behind Gu Mingzhang, wrapped his arms around him and hugged him in his arms. Let’s do the calculations again during the day, a spring night is worth a thousand gold, so it’s time to enjoy yourself.”

Gu Mingzhang looked at the man with peachy eyes, smiled charmingly, turned around and pinched the man's chin: "Why, come again? I can't see that you are so fierce!"

The man picked up Gu Mingzhang by the waist, jumped back on the bed in three steps, threw it into the brocade quilt, and rolled on the same place.Gu Mingzhang was also suppressed and quickly became interested, his body twisted from side to side like a water snake, and he was moaning and panting endlessly.

The indistinguishable and extremely ambiguous voice was extremely ear-piercing in the quiet night, making the roots of the teeth sore and swollen.Shen Si frowned in disgust, leaned carefully on the roof, pressed his body against the tiles, and tried his best to hide himself in the shadows.As he expected, after a while, the two teams of patrolling guards crossed the path behind the house carrying lanterns, exchanged passwords with each other, and turned to other directions along the established route.

After those footsteps gradually faded away until they disappeared completely, and after confirming that there was no more danger, Shen Si clung to an upside-down golden hook on the eaves, and hung his upper body to the window.The window was locked from the inside, and he inserted the point of his sword along the gap at the bottom of the window, swiped upwards, and quietly lifted the wooden bolt.Gently pushed the window sash open again, swung his body vigorously, and threw himself in by inertia, landed smoothly, and then closed the window with his backhand.

The two of them on the bed were immersed in the great excitement of having sex with each other, and they didn't even notice the murderous intent coming.The man moved his lower body in and out, complaining jealously: "Did you work so hard when you were serving him on the dragon bed? No wonder he can't leave you for a moment..."

A lewd and indulgent smile appeared on the corner of Gu Mingzhang's mouth, and he was about to retort a few words for flirting, when he suddenly felt that the light above his head was covered by a shadow.He didn't realize what happened for a while, but when he looked around in dissatisfaction, he saw someone in black clothes standing beside the bed, with a gloomy expression almost like a ghost, and a cold sword in his hand.

"You..." Before Gu Mingzhang could utter an exclamation, the sword pointed straight at his throat. The blade was extremely sharp. As soon as it slashed across the skin, an inch or so opened, and blood trickled down him. full body.

Seeing this, the man hesitated for a moment, then swung his elbow and struck at Shen Si. He tried to distract Shen Si with this, and took the opportunity to rescue Gu Mingzhang from the sword.When Shen Si saw his exposed body muscles were tight and his bones stretched, he knew he was a martial artist, so he was on guard. Before he could fully swing his elbows, he punched him hard, hitting the opponent's elbow joints. , I heard a crisp "click" sound, and it was already neatly divided into muscles and bones.The man trembled violently in pain, and the sound of groaning came out of his mouth. He did not give him a chance to adjust his breath in deep thought. Instead, he bent his index finger and middle finger, and slammed the protruding parts of the phalanges on the third of the opponent's backside. [-]. Between the second vertebrae, there is the meeting point of the Governor Vessel, the Du Vessel and the Yangwei Vessel. The man could not even hum after being subjected to this move, and fell unconscious on the ground instantly.And from the beginning to the end, the sword in Shen Si's hand was firmly across Gu Mingzhang's neck, without moving a bit.

After getting rid of the tall man, Shen Si looked at Gu Mingzhang coldly: "Don't make a sound, or I will cut you off with a sword!"

Gu Mingzhang opened his mouth, only now did he recognize that the person was pensive, his eyes widened in fear, and he shook his head again and again.

Shen Si grabbed Gu Mingzhang by the throat with one hand, and easily lifted him to the table.Gu Mingzhang scratched his pensive palm and struggled endlessly, but his body was hanging in the air, so he could only kick around in vain, his jade face gradually turned purple.

Shen Si pushed the man to the table: "Listen, Gu thief, if you want to survive, write down all the evil deeds you have done to frame my father and brother, including how the dog emperor ordered you to write down! If you lie, I will dig out your eyes, ears, mouth and nose and feed them to the dogs!"

Gu Mingzhang knew that what Shen Si said was all lies, no matter whether he followed what the other party said or not, he would die in the end.But his life was at stake, he didn't dare to make any mistakes, so he nodded his head with difficulty, and then stretched out his palms to gesture vigorously, indicating that there was no pen and paper prepared here.

Seeing Gu Mingzhang's quick glance towards the door, Shen Si knew that he was looking for an opportunity to call for help, and the next batch of guards would come on patrol soon. Time was running out, so we had to make a quick decision.With a backhand sword, he cut off the snow-white curtain hanging from the beam, flattened it and threw it in front of Gu Mingzhang, then turned his sword back, cut off a small piece of Gu Mingzhang's fingertips, and with the gurgling blood gushed out It was pressed on the veil: "The blood on a finger is limited, you'd better think about it before writing. If you talk a lot of nonsense, you will suffer in the end."

Ten fingers connected to the heart, Gu Mingzhang is used to being pampered, his skin and flesh are much more delicate than ordinary people, how could he have suffered such pain, the pain immediately made his body tense up violently, and cold sweat poured out.Because his mouth and nose were covered by meditation, he couldn't make a sound at all, so he could only "puff and puff" and breathe heavily.

Gu Mingzhang was in pain and fear, his body couldn't stop shaking, he couldn't even control his fingers, and it took him a long time to write two or three words.Seeing that the blood on that finger was about to freeze, Shen Si cut off a small piece of his flesh and bones again without hesitation. Gu Mingzhang knew that there was no escape, so he had no choice but to resign himself to his fate and write with pain.

The six or seven-foot-long curtain was densely covered with blood, and Gu Mingzhang was completely soaked, as if he had just been fished out of the water.Taking advantage of the distraction when he was meditating to put away the cloth, he tried his best to push the sword blade around his neck with his bare hands regardless of the pain, and rushed towards the flower stand on the side of the screen.The wooden frame was knocked down by his body, and the huge Ru kiln bottle on it fell to the ground, and exploded into countless pieces with a "boom".Gu Mingzhang fell to the ground together with the vase, and then quickly crawled out on hands and feet, screaming hoarsely while crawling: "Come here, cough cough, there are thorns..."

Before the word "guest" could be uttered, a cold light flashed by, and his beautiful head "swished" away from his body and flew into the air, leaving only his bare shoulders shaking twice, and blood gushed out of the bowl-sized hole It sprayed out, instantly staining the four walls red.

The maids broke into the door when they heard the noise. Seeing this scene, they all turned pale with fright. They all screamed: "It's not good! You've killed someone! You've killed someone!"

Shen Si kicked the Eight Immortals table, Shengsheng kicked the table into the air, spun it and smashed it towards the door.Several maids were knocked out three to five feet by their chests, screaming "ahhh" and fell straight into the yard, without making a sound.Shen Si bent down and grabbed Gu Mingzhang's head by his long hair, and slashed at the lamp with a horizontal sword. The burning candle was cut off by the sword and bounced to the curtain beside the bed. Mahogany carved partitions.

When the guards guarding the courtyard arrived, they saw Shen Si coming out of the house. He was holding a sword in one hand and Gu Mingzhang's head in the other. The fire behind him was raging and crackling.The light of the fire made his face flicker, his eyes were blood red, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised in a half-smile, and his teeth gleamed frighteningly white.

A small leader bravely raised his knife to chop off, and was cut in half by Shen Si at the waist three steps away. The second person followed closely behind, his throat was sealed with a sword, and a big mouth seemed to grow out of his neck, and he yelled ferociously. Laughing, blood spattered everyone's face and body.The rest of the people exchanged glances with each other, and at the same time screamed and besieged them.

Those people were masters carefully selected by Gu Mingzhang. After thinking about it, it was inevitable that they would be negligent. In an instant, their cheeks, arms, chest, and back were covered with large and small wounds, and their clothes were soaked with blood. The trousers were sticky to the skin, like thousands of worms wriggling at the same time, but he didn't feel any pain at all, instead he became more and more courageous as he fought. .

He joined the army as a young man and killed countless enemies, but he had never killed so freely before.He is not so much fighting as he is venting.The suicide of his father, the tragic death of his brothers, the innocent murder of his sister and brother-in-law... All these resentments and grievances accumulated in his heart, biting him so much that he would rather die than die.Those who blocked his way, those who glared at him, those who served Gu Mingzhang as a minion, they all had to die!All are going to die!

A group of guards were quickly killed by Shen Si's sword, and the corpses were lying all over the ground. The remaining few guys survived by chance, and they didn't dare to approach rashly, just hid in the corner and bluffed with their weapons.

The sky was dry, and the fire took advantage of the wind to quickly engulf the spacious bedroom and spread towards the adjacent wooden pavilion, the billowing flames burned half of the sky red.All kinds of people in the mansion woke up from their sleep, and rushed to put out the fire with buckets and small basins. Several teams of patrolling guards scrambled to protect the governor, making a noisy mess.Those stragglers tried to gather more people to catch the murderer, but unfortunately the situation was so chaotic that everyone was dizzy and couldn't figure out what was going on.

Before more people arrived, Shen Si rushed to the top of the wall in three or two steps, jumped a few times according to the route set in advance, and disappeared into the vast night...

King Jin and his party traveled day and night, and finally arrived in the capital two days before the little emperor's birthday.

Unexpectedly, before the others entered the city, the spies had already sent shocking news, saying that a few days ago, Shensi set fire to the mansion of Zuojun Commander Gu Mingzhang, and the next day hung Dudu Gu's head high in front of the yamen of Liudu Mansion. On the top of the lamp post used to add joy, there are also eight large characters of people painted with blood on the freshly painted wall next to it.

This news made Jin Wang's heart just fall to the ground, but he quickly hung up again.

The emperor's birthday is an annual happy event. The whole world celebrates the coming of all nations, and the streets and alleys are decorated with lights and festoons. On such an important day, to dare to openly kill the court officials is no less than provoking and declaring war on the entire Great Zhou court.In public, Gu Mingzhang is the emperor's confidant, but in private, Gu Mingzhang is the emperor's confinement. The little emperor once praised him unabashedly in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty: "Mingzhang is my beautiful jade."

Now that his beloved "beautiful jade" has been beheaded and decapitated, and after death, he will be burned and humiliated by the public, how can he not be enraged?Not enough people killed him, and hanging their heads at the door of his house is simply trampling on his majesty as an emperor!Such a person must not be taught to live in the world. Not only must he be arrested, but he must also be hacked into pieces!

A piece of apprehension document quickly reached all levels of prefectures and counties, and announced to the world: The traitor is meditating, abandoning the country, betraying the king, colluding with the party, not following the law, not being moral, stealing the power of life and killing with the fineness of an individual, the crime will not be tolerated punish!

Immediately, the portrait of meditation was also posted on the city gates, downtown, etc., and the government offered a reward of one hundred gold, vowing to capture him and bring him to justice.

On the surface, the huge capital looks like it is still peaceful and peaceful, but in fact it has been turned upside down by Shen Si alone.First, the gates of the four cities were equipped with heavy guards, so that people could enter the city without hindrance, but they had to go through layers of inspections when they left the city. Any adult men who resembled Shen Si's portrait by three points would be taken to the Yamen for strict interrogation.Those who are rich and powerful are fine, and they can get away with it with a few taels of silver. The poor people can only be locked up for three to five or seven days because of the limited manpower in the yamen.If the market rogue wants to punish his enemies, he only needs to secretly report to the officials that the other party seems to have had contact with Shen Si, and that person will be immediately taken away by indiscriminate officials for questioning.

Because Shen Si is still at large, everyone in Gu Mingzhang's party is in danger, fearing that someone will follow Shen Si's actions and settle with him the many sins he committed in the past, so layers of guards have been sent to the mansion, and entry and exit are also very strict. Be careful, and some people even claim sick leave and dare not even go to court.

King Jin knew that it was difficult to find Shen Si in this situation, so he could only wait for Shen Si to show up automatically to find him.He was afraid that Shen Si would be too busy hiding the news that he had arrived in the capital, so he tried his best to show off when he entered the city, not only accepting banquets and banquets from the emperor, courtiers and elders of various factions, but also displaying his ostentatious prince guard of honor. In various places in Beijing, what's more, they even swaggered around the Nanfeng Pavilion overnight, which caused rumors in the streets and alleys, and discussions among men, women and children.In this way, it is very consistent with his indecent reputation as Prince Jin's promiscuity and misbehavior.

It was Tu Moer and a group of guards who suffered because King Jin made this move.They were already wary of the emperor's assassination, so they didn't dare to relax their vigilance for a moment, but now King Jin not only refused to take precautions, but also stood up in front of the public like a live target. Conjure a few sets of hands and feet, easily weave a human flesh net, and keep the King Jin safe.

No matter how calm and at ease Mingli is, King Jin is extremely anxious in his heart. Thinking of meditating in danger and hiding in Tibet, he can't eat, sleep or sleep. fall asleep.

That night, he had just bathed and changed his clothes and was lying on the bed when he heard the slight sound of fists and kicks from outside. King Jin didn't take it too seriously. He knew exactly how heavy his subordinates were. All of them are the best of the best, and with Tu Mo'er around, I don't believe any assassin can easily get close to him.If even Tu Mo'er couldn't stop the coming people, I'm afraid it would be useless for him to take any precautions.

Sure enough, the noise stopped after a few moments, and the King of Jin said that the man had already been captured, but he would have thought that there would soon be another exclamation that was half joyful and half gratified: "Mr. Shen! Yes! Mr. Shen!"

How many people can Mr. Shen have who can make his guards put down their guard and greet him with a smile?King Jin jumped up from the bed in a jerk, and before he could even put on his outer shirt, he ran out of the bedroom in three steps at a time.He heard correctly, the person standing outside the door was Shen Nianqing whom he had been thinking about day and night!Eyes facing each other, silent and speechless, full of emotions...

Shen Si became thinner and darker. He was wrapped in a large cloak with a hood on his head. There were dark red scars on his cheeks that were about to scab. His expression was cold and alienated.

King Jin didn't care about too many details, and immediately rushed forward and grabbed Shen Si's shoulder: "Nian Qing, I finally found you..." At this moment, he felt more determined and at ease than ever before, and his eyes were flooded with excitement red.That's great, he's alive in contemplation, and his Nian Qing is standing in front of him, just where he can hug him with both hands.

"Hiss..." Shen Si was grasped too tightly, she couldn't help frowning, took a breath of cool air from the corner of her mouth, and quickly forced herself to return to normal.

King Jin saw it, and asked with concern: "Why is Nianqing injured? Show me quickly..."

Shen Si didn't answer, just glanced coldly, raised his palm and waved towards King Jin.Unsuspectingly, King Jin was pushed back a few steps, and hit the wall with a "boom", causing his shoulders and back to go numb.Before he could struggle to get up, a long sword was already pressed against the hollow of his neck.

"Guardian, I have a few words to ask you." Shen Si didn't look sideways, but the wrist holding the hilt of the sword was trembling almost imperceptibly.

If someone else dared to threaten the prince with a sword, he would have been killed by the guards, but this happened to Shen Si, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, at a loss.This group of guards has always been inseparable from King Jin. From the siege of Ningcheng to the Battle of Fenshui, they have already seen what kind of person Shen Si is, and they all know exactly what weight Shen Si occupies in King Jin's heart.Without King Jin's order at this moment, who would have the guts to take action against Shen Si?

Jin Wang checked his face and looked at his face, and his heart was somewhat clear.He waved at the guards: "Stay back, no one is allowed to come in without my summons." After everyone bowed their heads and left the door as promised, King Jin added, "Ah Qu also goes out."

After waiting for a long time without any movement, King Jin could only emphasize his tone: "Ah Qu!"

A moment later, a fast black shadow flashed by his side, and before Shen Si saw it clearly, the door was slammed shut behind him.

"Nianqing, don't be in a hurry. I'll see how your injury is." King Jin stepped forward as he spoke, as if he had completely forgotten about the long sword hanging across his neck.

Shen Si couldn't defend himself, subconsciously withdrew his hand and withdrew the sword, and the tip of the sword brushed against King Jin's skin, leaving a shallow bloodstain in the end.He blurted out: "Why don't you hide?"

King Jin was stunned for a moment, and stretched out his hand to his neck, although he touched a hand of blood, he just glanced at it casually and threw it aside: "This little flesh injury is nothing, I need to make sure you are all right. "

After listening to King Jin's words, Shen Si felt even more annoyed: "It's the same way again, you always do the same way!"

After all, didn't I just eat this trick?He really wanted to tell whether King Jin's concern was genuine or not, but no matter how harsh and critical he was, the expression on that man's face seemed to come from the heart.Is it because I have poor vision, or is the other party's acting skills too good?Why do I always look so stupid in front of King Jin!

Shen Si fended off King Jin's hand protruding towards the hem of his clothes, his lips were trembling, and he couldn't utter a word for a long time.He was not a articulate person in the first place, and at this moment, his thoughts were disturbed, and his mind was so hot that he felt dizzy, so he couldn't think of where to start.

It's ridiculous to think about himself. Those days when he was restrained and imprisoned, those days when his father and brother were in trouble, and those days when he fled alone, he couldn't help but recall every detail of being with King Jin, and even once regarded King Jin as a life-saving straw As if, holding it tightly in the palm of your hand, relying on those pleasant pasts to warm and support yourself... It's a pity that everything is fake!All based on deception and framing!The lamp that was lit for him never existed at all, it was just a bubble in the water, a poison to quench thirst...

Thinking of this, he was filled with grief and indignation, his voice hoarse and unbearable: "Feng Zhuosheng... is it yours?"

King Jin paused, and replied truthfully: "Feng Zhuosheng is indeed my man. I arranged for him to hide beside Gu Mingzhang to steal information in case of emergency. Nianqing, do you know where he is now? Really buried in the sea of ​​fire?"

Shen Si fixedly stared at King Jin, his eyes gradually dimmed, he swallowed hard, stumbled and asked: "That letter... the letter between my father and Huo Duan, is it... is it?" You instructed him to forge it?"

The king of Jin closed his eyes fiercely, and opened them again after a while: "It's me." The matter has come to this point, and he doesn't intend to hide any more, "At that time, the emperor took the opportunity to suppress the rebels and placed Gu Mingzhang and Shen Shuai Soldiers and horses contain Jinyuan, and troubles may arise at any time, so I have to guard against them. Jinyuan is the foundation of my life, and if I make a mistake, I can lose everything. At that time, I didn't know that Shen Shuai and Huo Duan were old friends. I don't even know that he helped Huo Duan's family escape from the customs secretly."

"Okay... okay... I'll take it as if you are protecting yourself..." Shen Si murmured with a desolate look on his face, "Then the defense plan of the Yifu Guard... Did you instigate Feng Zhuosheng to leak it?"

"It's also me." King Jin sighed quietly, "If you want to delay the timing of the Tatar army's dispatch, you have to let the rebels linger on the northern battlefield for a while. The most powerful force to defeat the enemy in the north is the Shen family army. In order to prevent the rebels from being annihilated by the Shen family army, there is no other way than leaking the secrets of defense.”

After Shen Si listened in a daze, he suddenly laughed, shaking his head while laughing: "It's me again...so it's me again..."

He seemed to have been punched hard in the chest, the pain was so painful that he almost vomited blood.When the Tatars came, he was still gearing up and eager to try. It was a joke to wait for the opportunity to wait for two months, and to ask the heavenly soldiers and generals to come to help him!His ability to defeat the enemy and use his soldiers like a god, after all, he got it in exchange for the lives of his closest relatives!

In an instant, Shen Si's face turned pale, he was extremely defeated, and almost fell down. Seeing this, King Jin hurried forward to support him: "Nian Qing, I can't help you. At the beginning of my actions, I never expected that it would turn into this. As soon as I found out about Huo Duan, I told others about it to Wei You. I thought you two had a close relationship, and he would definitely tip off the news and protect Old General Shen everywhere. This time the emperor made a sudden move, and even I was fooled. In the drum, when I heard the news and sent Wenfu to deliver the letter, it was still a step too late..."

Shen Si shook off King Jin again, his eyes blazing: "Guardian, everyone in this world can lie to me, but you alone can't!"

That's because...it's because...Forget it, what are you talking about now...

Shen Si gritted her teeth and swung out a sword, straight for King Jin's heart.The wind of the sword made King Jin's hair flutter around his ears, but he did not dodge the slightest bit, he just stared at Shensi with his eyebrows fixed.

Seeing that the point of the sword was about to pass through his heart, a trace of tangle flashed quickly on his pensive face. He forcibly turned his body and turned his wrist. Spilled out.King Jin stretched out his hand to cover the wound, and said in a consonant voice facing deep thoughts: "Just let it out if you are angry, beat or scold you as you please. When the vent is over, let's go home early."

Go home early... where is home?Where is home?Shen Si covered his chest with one hand, pain and mixed feelings for a moment, he kept telling himself that Wei Shouzhi is his enemy, Wei Shouzhi killed his father, brother, sister and brother-in-law, so he must kill Wei Shouzhi... Hateful Yes, no matter what, he couldn't gather any strength...

In the end, Shen Si let go of his arm, and the hand holding the sword dropped: "Dynamite is buried in the ground, don't kill yourself." He looked elsewhere and said bitterly, "I don't care if you die or not." Yes, but if the dog emperor wants to get rid of you at this time, the best way is to borrow a knife to kill people, and put the crime on me, a traitor. I don't want to take the blame for him!" After these words, he did not hesitate Turned around and jumped out of the window.

King Jin hurriedly stretched out his hand, and his fingertips almost touched the corner of Shen Si's clothes. Unfortunately, he was still a little too late, and he could only watch helplessly as the treasured sweetheart gained and lost...