beg for chivalry

Zuo Sanniang came out of the stove holding a bowl of medicine.The shadows of the trees whirled, and the branches and leaves shook under the moonlight, casting a light shadow on the ground.There were bursts of insects chirping in the breeze, and it was as cool as water.The porters and guests chatted happily in the front hall, their voices sounded a little distant through a curtain.

Just as she was about to turn around and walk into the back hall, a waiter rushed over with a cedar barrel in a hurry, bumped her arm, and almost made her spill the soup in the bowl.

Before Sanniang frowned and opened her mouth, the waiter started apologizing like a cannonball. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, are you okay? Seeing that you haven't fallen down, and my legs are stretched, it's okay. I hope you don't count the faults of the villain, thank you very much."

Sanniang was stunned when she heard this. Seeing her confusion, the waiter jumped up and said anxiously, "Xiaoer ordered me to fetch two buckets of water. There was a strange guest who took the lead in blaming the horse, who could swallow a tank of water in one gulp. People blame horses as well." Strange, girl, do you think this is strange? If I were him, I would name the horse 'Hippo'."

"Really?" Sanniang just nodded in a daze, at this time the waiter looked at her up and down for a week, and said in surprise, "Girl, why did you change your clothes?"

"What do you mean by that?" Sanniang frowned, "I've been staring at the girl's clothes for nothing, but I'm still being lenient. If I change my clothes, will I have to report to you?"

But the waiter let go of the handle, and circled her carefully. "We are guest-keepers, and the guest officer needs to weigh the number of flowers and elbows in the plate clearly, otherwise he will be taught by the accountant. Hey, I remember that you just wore small sleeves and a red skirt with gold rims. She wears a flat heart bun, wears jade flowers on her hair, and has had a long conversation with the accountant."

"I... I was in the kitchen with your fat cook to borrow a pot to cook medicine, why did I go to gossip with the accountant?" Sanniang said angrily, "Nonsense words will be punished!"

The waiter stretched his face and said. "I rushed to fetch water, there is no space for nonsense! I am telling the truth, so I am not afraid of retaliation. Aren't you chattering and asking every guest in the accountant? Oh, I have to go, burn my ass! !"

After he hurriedly said this, he ran to the distant well with the bucket under his arm, and only Sanniang stood there in a daze.

Sanniang thought: I was in the stove house just now, why did the second "Zuo Sanniang" come again?The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became, and she turned and walked into the lobby.

The accountant is doing calculations, his eyelids are drooping, and the candlelight reflects the fine lines on his face, which looks like a piece of thin and dry wood.Seeing Sanniang approaching, he first glanced up casually, then his eyes straightened, and his face was full of fine lines as if he jumped up in surprise: "You rascal, why are you here again?"

"What's coming again? This is the first time I've met you tonight." Sanniang frowned.

The accountant raised his eyebrows coldly: "What did you say, you forgot which room to live in, asked all kinds of questions, and insisted on grabbing the name book to compare and match. I don't even want to remember you, a wanton little girl!"

After being reprimanded for no reason, San Niang immediately pouted and said, "Where do I have the leisure to compete with you for books? Besides, I can't remember which room I live in, so why should I come and ask you, you old man?"

The accountant's eyebrows trembled: "Okay, okay, if you don't remember, let me tell you. You took the portrait of the fierce boy and went to me to find someone. The evil spirit attracted and slaughtered all the people in the shop. With such a vicious mind, if I didn't see you pay the money, how could I keep you, a little girl, here!"

Sanniang's face paled, her voice weakened: "I... I never said that."

"Why didn't you say that?" The accountant said angrily, "You have read the name book several times, and you have caught a few people and questioned them carefully. He murmured, 'Golden Crow, Golden Crow...So it's called this name now.'”

In an instant, Sanniang's heart fell into an ice cave.She understood that when she turned to go to the kitchen, someone pretended to use her name to deal with others.And there is probably only one person who can easily change his appearance and is so familiar with his own appearance.

"...It's Yan Jiubian." She murmured, her knees suddenly went weak.

Hou Tianlou protector, who pretends to be a black-clothed Rakshasa to slaughter people everywhere.

She was dizzy before her eyes, and there seemed to be a hook in her heart, which was painful and heavy.When she thought of Jinwu, she panicked even more: that person has been poisoned for the past few days, his health is not good, and he is so weak that he can't stand up, how can he lift his sword to meet the enemy?

Zuo Sanniang turned her head and ran into the back hall, her expression was terrified and in a hurry, which made the accountant who Fang wanted to reprimand sternly confused, she just said in a dazed way: "Girls these days are really rude, half listen to what they say, and half reason. I don't even recognize..."

The decoction in the medicine bowl shook, and a light brown patch spread on her fragrant jacket.Sanniang walked in a hurry, but her heart was even more anxious. The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became.All of a sudden, it seemed like a thunderbolt exploded above her head. These days, she didn't think about eating and drinking, couldn't sleep, and her mind was muddled in order to detoxify, but now she suddenly became clear.

A chill ran up her spine quickly, and Sanniang was suddenly terrified.

She remembered that Yanxin had told her when she went to the Arhat Temple: Miss Shaoyao had sorted out the ancient books in the temple a few days ago.And the healing prescription she found had traces of smearing. Thinking about it carefully, the ink stains seemed to be added recently——

Someone changed the recipe before she read it!

Sanniang paused, then stopped in a daze.Although there are many people in the ward, most of them are bedridden and seriously ill. Sanniang usually bandages and applies medicine for them, so she naturally understands their injuries.Yanxin usually locks the door of the pharmacy properly and keeps the key by her side.Yanxin will only open the door when she and Miss Shaoyao come.

She thought of Shaoyao, a girl with a strong beauty like a flower, but pure and simple, she looked young, but she was married and had a daughter.The nickname... seems to be Ah Yao.

A sudden cold wind passed through the red-lacquered fir door like an arrow, lifted the painted curtain, and fell on her mercilessly.Zuo Sanniang's heart fell completely, she felt that the soles of her feet were connected to an abyss, and she was falling down.But later it was discovered that her legs and feet were weak, and she didn't even have the strength to stand upright.

She picked up a corner of the curtain, the thick curtain was azure, with begonias embroidered on it, flickering in the candlelight, as dim as it was about to wither.It was very bright outside the curtain, a round of silver plates hung coldly in the sky, the silvery white moonlight was even a little glaring, and the lanterns hanging at the four corners outside the wing room were made of white paper, emitting a gloomy gloomy light.

San Niang took a step forward with the medicine bowl in hand.This step was heavy, as if the shoes were filled with sand and gravel.The wind was very cold, and her blood was terribly cold.

There is a long Nanmu table in the center of the back hall, surrounded by Yunlei green glaze pots.The shadows of the lush mountain grass are like thick ink, which looks gloomy in the night.There seemed to be a whitish moon shadow in the shadow, and Sanniang went closer to look, only to find that it was broken white porcelain, dotted on the ground like snowflakes.

Someone suddenly smiled sinisterly but happily in front of her. "Third Miss, who are you looking for? Looking for him, or looking for me?"

A ghostly face seemed to emerge from the shadows suddenly, pale and frighteningly pale in the dark night.That face has all the features, but it is more ferocious than the evil ghost.

The blue clouds parted, and everything under the moonlight seemed even more dizzy.Yan Jiubian propped his chin, and crossed his legs comfortably on the long table.His eyes were dark, like two deep holes.

Behind him is a stone pillar, on which a person is leaning, one hand of that person is bound by a silk cloth strip.If it wasn't for the red silk strip, this person would have collapsed to the ground.When Sanniang saw the blood stains on the man's brocade clothes, she was horrified, and she lost her voice: "...Fifth Brother!"

Yan Jiubian was playing with the dagger, the edge of the blade was as cold as ice: "I heard that the young master was lost because of his blindness. I didn't believe it at first, but I saw it tonight, and it turned out so." He jumped up. , paced to the side of Jinwu, his eyes were cold. "It's ridiculous. The person I've hated so much for the past two years is as weak as an ant, lying here like this for me to kill."

He grabbed Jin Wu's hand that was tied to the pillar, and with all his strength, it broke abruptly.Sanniang heard a crisp sound of clicking in her ears, her shoulders shook, her face turned pale.However, even though his arm was broken by Yan Jiubian, Jin Wu still had his eyes closed tightly, but his brows were knit together, and a few weak groans/groans unconsciously poured out from between his teeth.

"You...don't touch him." Sanniang shook her head again and again, almost losing her footing. "What are you going to do? If you want to kill me, take my life away."

"I just want you to know," Yan Jiubian twirled the dagger, and suddenly grasped it, "It's so easy for me to kill him. The black-clothed Rakshasa two years ago can indeed cover the sky with one hand, and he can stand shoulder to shoulder with the jade white swordsman Qingfengzhang Huang Mo failed to kill him, Guoshou Wennian couldn't kill him, and even Yu Qiuxia couldn't cut off his head. But at this moment, I only need a short knife, and I can finish it with a single swipe His life."

He smiled and pressed the blade on Jinwu's shoulder, and looked back at Sanniang: "Miss San, do you know how our assassins torture people? The short-term pain is unbearable and the long-term pain is painful. You want to chop people into minced meat, from feet to head. From the four ends to the torso. When cutting the knife, avoid sharpness, ruthlessness, and force, but like this..."

Yan Jiubian slowly pressed the spine of the knife, the blade sank into his clothes, and gradually pierced into the flesh. At first, some blood oozed out, but then a few tongues of blood snaked out from the body of the knife, and swam into the groove, dripping down drop by drop. drip.

Jin Wu, who was still in a coma, trembled, gasping for breath and trying to break free, but Yan Jiubian relentlessly pressed his shoulder, sending the blade into his body bit by bit.The edge of the round neck was covered with blood, and the jacket at the waistline changed color, and it was a dazzling bright red under the moonlight.

Sanniang threw away the medicine bowl like crazy, and let Baici shatter flowers on the ground. "Stop!" She rushed forward frantically, "You touch him again...I..."

Yan Jiubian laughed suddenly: "If you take another step, this knife should be stuck in his neck!"

Hearing this, Sanniang froze.Holding the silver needle she took out of her purse in her hand, she wanted to fight to the death, but her courage suddenly dissipated.

His brows and eyes curled up, "I just want to tell you that it's easy for me to kill you, and killing him is like picking up withered leaves. But I don't want to kill you two tonight, because I have a wish."

Yan Jiubian drew his knife, and smeared the blood on the cloak worn by Jinwu, writing a painting like a vermilion pen.He looked up at Mingyue, and said leisurely: "I took the name of Rakshasa in black for the first two years, but the heart of the left master has never turned to me for a moment. I tried my best to imitate the appearance, expression and behavior of the young master, but I couldn't please The landlord is happy. I came here tonight without telling anyone, Dugu Xiaodao was kept in the dark, and no one in the Ministry of Water knew my whereabouts."

He whispered: "Do you know why I came here, Miss San? Because I want to fulfill my wish. I have always been a substitute for the young landlord. He can live in the dawn, but we can only stay behind him In the shadows. If the young master dies, she will cry; but when Shui Jiu dies, she won't even frown."

Sanniang looked at him blankly.

"Miss San, this is not pleading, but coercion. I can kill you, I can kill him, and I can also set fire to everyone in this shop. Did you hear the waiter say that someone brought a strange horse to drink water? That is The men of my Ministry of Water. All the water drawn is used to drink the horses. If I set a fire at this time, I will surely burn the dozens of people who live here. "

"What are you going to do? You, what is your wish?" Sanniang faltered, with fear and sorrow stuck in her throat.

The guardian in black glanced at the golden crow, who was as angry as a silk, and joy gradually climbed to the brows.

His desire had always been to replace this man.If this person is a Rakshasa in black, he will bear the name of an evil ghost.If this person is the Golden Crow, he will also take away his name, so that this person will have no place in the world.

He wanted Zuo Buzheng to understand that her beloved could easily be replaced.

He also wanted Jinwu to know that he was so vulnerable that he could only sit helplessly and watch the dove occupy the magpie's nest.

Under the moonlight, Yan Jiubian's face was like a white-glazed porcelain mask, smiling sweetly, but extraordinarily creepy.

"...From tonight, I am him. I am the son of the daughter of the honorable empress of Ningyuanhoufu."