Dianxia Qingcheng

The night wind was cold, whistling past my ears.

Qi Changyi's cheek was painfully stabbed by the wind knife, and his body was so cold that he almost lost consciousness.

The two rushed to the city wall in the north of the city, and there was a dark figure standing under the high wall, and when they saw someone coming, they hurried over to meet them.

"General, Your Highness."

It was only when he got close that he could see clearly that the man was actually wearing the clothes of the Imperial Guard, and he also had the sword of the Imperial Guard on his waist.

"It's not too late, you two come with me!"

Zhao Litang got off the horse first, and when he turned to pick up Qi Changyi, he saw him staring at the man's clothes with a nervous expression on his face.

Zhao Litang explained to him, "Don't be afraid, this is my former subordinate, and now he is only working in the imperial capital, you can definitely trust him. Come down quickly, the patrolling army will find out here soon, we Get out of town as soon as possible."

As she said that, she was about to hug Qi Changyi off the horse, but Qi Changyi turned sideways to avoid his outstretched hand, but held his hand with one hand, turned over and jumped off the horse carefully.

The movement of dismounting the horse was very unskilled, Qi Changyi almost fell to his knees, but fortunately Zhao Litang helped him to stand firm.

"Thank you, brother Tang."

Qi Changyi withdrew his hand and thanked him softly.

Zhao Litang was stunned for a moment, but didn't care, and led him to follow the man and walked quickly.

The three came not far from the gate of the city. The northern part of the city was sparsely populated, and there were very few pedestrians on weekdays, and the guards were looser.

The man gave Zhao Litang and Qi Changyi the clothes of the imperial guards and asked them to wear them outside.

"Later, you just need to mix in the team and go out with me. Don't look up and don't talk. Although these little soldiers may not recognize you, it's better to be careful."

After putting on the clothes, Zhao Litang's figure was mixed with the soldiers, so it was impossible for him to be recognized.

But the baggy clothes on Qi Changyi looked like costumes, the sleeves and trousers were too long, and he had to pull them up several times to keep them from being dragged on the ground, like a child stealing an adult's clothes.

Zhao Litang looked at the thin and small Qi Changyi who was dangling in his clothes, his brows and eyes were full of worry, "Is this possible? Why do I feel a little dangerous, or..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw torches popping up from the street in the distance, indicating that the guards on patrol were about to rush over.

"General! It's too late to hesitate! Hurry up! Go away! Now that things are going on, there is only a dead horse as a living horse doctor!"

The three put on their armor and sneaked into the queue in the north of the city under the darkness.

That subordinate turned out to be the leader of a small team. He walked to the front of the team and led a few people towards the gate of the city.

"Stop! What are you doing! Is the city gate closed tonight? No one is allowed to enter!"

Sure enough, the guard guards stopped the team of several people.

"We were ordered to go out of the city to find the assassin."

Several gate guards looked at each other.

"Leaving the city? The order we received was to close the city! Whose order are you following?"

The man cupped his hands towards the high place, "Naturally, it is under the order of Mr. Pei. If things are delayed, I don't know if you can bear the consequences!"

The number of torches moving in the distance gradually increased, and half of the sky above the imperial capital city was illuminated. If they did not leave the city, the imperial guards would arrive soon!

"Look! Master Pei is also leading people to chase after him here. Originally, the Lord meant to order us to go out of the city to search first. If the Lord arrives and finds that we have not left the city yet..."

The guards were terrified.

"Quick, go and open the city gate!"

The city gate opened, and several small groups of people went out in an orderly manner. As soon as they walked out of the city gate, they disappeared into the darkness and disappeared.

Those guards breathed a sigh of relief, and almost made a big mistake. If you offend anyone, you can't offend Mr. Pei, otherwise you might not get the whole body if you die.

When the mighty Imperial Guard troops arrived, there was no one at the gate to the north of the city.

The Imperial Guard troops spread out and lined up in two neat rows, all holding torches high in their hands.

Pei Zheng came from behind on a horse, and the sound of the horse's hooves echoed in the silent night.

"Is there any suspect waiting to show up?"

A few gate guards knelt aside tremblingly, "Returning to my lord, there is no one else waiting except for the small team that just went out to patrol the city."

When the reins were tightened, the horse was strangled and screamed in pain. The horse's mouth was cracked, and blood dripped out.

Pei Zheng jumped off his horse, walked to the man who was speaking, and looked at him coldly.

"Out of the city to inspect?"

The sound was three points more piercing than the cold wind blowing.

"Yes... yes... they said they were ordered by you, my lord... to go out of the city to inspect first... the little one dare not disobey... just... just let me go..."

Pei Zheng said angrily, "How many people left the city?"

"Ten people...it seems to be 11 people...no, it's 12 people..."

"Useless things!"

Before he finished speaking, Pei Zheng drew out the sword of the person next to him, and the cold light flashed, and the guards didn't even have time to howl, and then fell into a pool of blood.

Pei Zheng's hand had already been cut by the sword, and the blood had condensed. Now that he gripped the sword hard, the wound began to bleed again.

"Just now, who said that they saw the man in black in the south of the city?"

If they hadn't been misled to the south of the city, how could they have been given a chance to escape!

These useless things!Not even a little person can stop it!Everyone should be killed!

Pei Zhengshou's sword was covered with blood, and he seemed to be red-eyed, and he gritted his teeth when he asked a word.

The person who reported it knelt down at Pei Zheng's feet with a plop, and kowtowed with a trembling voice, "My lord, I'm a lowly and incompetent person who was deceived by thieves. I'm a lowly person... and obey my lord's punishment!"

Pei Zheng sneered, raised the blade of the sword, and was about to cut it down, but the man kneeling on the ground was suddenly kicked to the side.

The cold sword hit the ground, splitting a deep dent.

Standing beside Pei Zhengjian with his hands folded, Chengfeng bowed his head and said, "Master, I know how you feel, but it's better to spare his life for the time being, and ask him to hunt down the assassin and atone for his mistakes."

The man quickly knelt down again, "I hope my lord can give me a chance to redeem my meritorious deeds, I will definitely do my best to catch the assassin!"

Pei Zheng clenched his hand tighter and tighter, and the blood in his palm dripped down the blade, and there was already a small pool of red dripping.

He knew that Chengfeng was not only interceding for that person, but more importantly, helping himself regain his sanity and calm his anger.

The tyranny and dryness in his heart welled up in his heart, and he often couldn't control his thoughts of violence.

He has already killed several people in a row, and if he continues like this, he is afraid that he will kill all the people present before he can stop.

I closed my eyes and tried to take a few deep breaths to let my calmness and rationality return.

Jie Guangdang threw his sword to the ground, and Pei Zheng swung his sleeves and got on his horse.

"Get out of here."

"Yes!"

The kneeling man stood up, ordered someone to open the gate of the city wall, and led a large number of imperial guards to rush out.

The torches rushed towards the outside of the city, and then scattered in all directions, disappearing into the vast night.

Standing beside the horse, Chengfeng tore off a corner of his sleeve, and first simply tied his palms on Pei Zheng's behalf to stop the bleeding.

The man on the horse looked out of the city gate, his eyes were gloomy and he couldn't see clearly.

Qi Changyi was sitting in the carriage, and the carriage was speeding towards the direction away from the imperial capital.

He raised the curtain and took a last look at the towering gate of the imperial capital under the hazy moonlight.

It was like a cage, imprisoning him and restraining him.

The first few years he lived there were very happy. He had his mother and concubine and his father, and he was loved by thousands of people.

But then, happiness is gone.

His mother and concubine died, his father didn't love him anymore, and after he was seriously ill, he gradually became different from ordinary people. They laughed at him as a fool, suffered all kinds of bullying and suffering, but he was still working hard to live.

Because the concubine mother told him that she would always be with him in the dark. Although he couldn't see her, she could see him, so he had to live happily every day.

So even though he lived alone in that remote and cold little dormitory, he was still pure and kind, always facing all the bitterness and suffering, darkness and obscurity with a bright little face.

Fortunately, he became happy again later.

All his happiness comes from one person, the ruthless and ruthless Prime Minister Pei Zheng.

He never called him Master Pei, he called Brother Pei.

His elder brother Pei is sometimes very good, and he can hide in his arms and act like a baby, but most of the time, he is not so good.

But it doesn't matter. After being bullied and neglected for a long time, a little warmth can make him fall into it, not to mention that Brother Pei's kindness to him is worth everything else.

What about later?

Afterwards, this bit of happiness was gone...

The carriage turned a corner, and the imperial capital immediately disappeared from sight.

It was windy outside, and Qi Changyi was shivering non-stop, and his eyes gradually became sore.

Putting down the curtain, he lowered his head and sobbed softly.

"Chang Yi, if you're tired, go to bed first, we'll be out of the control of the Imperial City by dawn." Zhao Litang said.

The little man didn't move, his shoulders trembled, and after a while he raised his head, his eyes were red, and it looked like he was trying to hold back tears.

"Brother Tang, where are we going?"

"Go to the frontier, go to a place far, far away, to a place where... no one else can find you. No one there knows you, and no one bullies you and laughs at you. They will treat you very well."

Zhao Litang shook his cold little hand, "You just need to cultivate your body well, live a long life, and stop thinking about those messy things, okay?"

The tears in the corners of Qi Changyi's eyes finally couldn't help falling down, and one by one, they fell heavily into the clothes.

He was still holding the broken lantern in his arms, and his grip was a little wrinkled.

The carriage galloped all night and came to a small town far away from the imperial capital.

The coachman found a hidden small inn and took the two of them to live in it.

Zhao Litang first took Qi Changyi out of the carriage, covered him with clothes, and then led him into the inn.

The boss opened the best guest room for the two, but the conditions were still limited, so it couldn't be compared with the place where Qi Changyi lived before.

"Chang Yi, let's just settle here for a while, we can't live in a nice place now, it's too ostentatious..."

"Brother Tang." Qi Changyi called out, "This is already very good, I know, we have to be careful, so we can't be found out, right? It's really good here, and the bed is also very soft and easy to sleep on .Thank you, brother Tang."

Sometimes he is too sensible, so sensible that Zhao Litang feels that he has never known how to refuse and act like a baby, or is it that those vivid emotions are all shown to others?

"Thank you for telling me, you have a good rest, I'll go out and have a look."

"it is good."

Qi Changyi closed the door, and the sadness on his face immediately showed undisguised.

He slowly walked to the hard bed and lay down, put the tattered lantern next to his pillow, and pulled the quilt over to cover himself and the lantern.

——I didn't get a good rest at all after running around at night, and drowsiness came over me.

The little man under the quilt turned over, hugged the tattered lantern in his arms, and fell asleep with sparkles in the corners of his eyes.