A traitor

In the evening, in the inn where he was staying, Su Qinglang sat at the wooden table and took out the letter Erniang gave him by the lamp.

Looking at Su Zheshan's handwriting on the envelope, he was silent for a while, then slowly removed the red wax on it, and took out the letterhead inside.

Taking advantage of the dim light of the oil lamp, I saw a few lines of small characters written on it——

From brother Cheng:

Seeing the words like meeting, since I went to Beijing, I don’t know if my brother is safe?

Because my younger brother is entangled in trivial matters, he has not been able to communicate with his elder brother all year round, which is a very serious crime.

Recently, looking back on the past years, it is like a white horse passing through the gap, and the water is flowing eastward. I suddenly realized that it has been more than ten years since I first met my brother.

Everything in the past is vaguely like yesterday. I want to be with my brother when he was in his prime, full of ambition, and tied to the rivers and mountains. Now it is over half a century. Half of the work is to live up to my brother's old ambitions. Every time I read this, I have trouble sleeping and eating, so I only use this book to comfort my brother.

Today, the child is clear and bright, and he is ordered to go on a mission in Qinzhou. I am afraid that I will take photos with my respected brother. My brother knows that a dog has no virtue and is difficult to tolerate in the world. Abandoned, but guilt is tormented in my heart, and I am anxious day and night. I am so out of line and immoral, and I know that I will never have the face to see my elder brother again.

Brother Yu Jishou, just this one wish, I hope that brother will remember the friendship of the past, and forgive the child a little, and I will be ashamed and put away to thank my brother for his kindness.

A few lines of words that were neither long nor short fell in Su Qinglang's eyes, like needles pricking them one by one, making his eyes hurt.

He was silent for a while, then carefully put the letter back into the envelope and put it close to his body.

He only heard footsteps coming from outside, followed by a person knocking on the door, Su Qinglang walked over, opened the door and saw that it was Cai Jun.

Then I heard Cai Jun say: "Lord Su, some colleagues came from outside and said that the inn is simple, please let us live in their official residence."

Su Qinglang said: "The current situation in Qinzhou is urgent, since you and I have accepted the emperor's order, we can only travel day and night to try to reach Qinzhou as soon as possible.

The inn is simple, but it is more convenient to live in, and now it is late at night, we have to hurry tomorrow, moving around would be troublesome, so let them be rejected. "

Cai Jun hummed: "That's what I told them too, but they insisted on not leaving and insisted on seeing you, Mr. Su."

Su Qinglang sighed, his expression was very tired: "The journey has been exhausting, and now I just want to have a good rest, I really don't want to see anyone again, and Mrs. Cai replied, I just said that I have fallen asleep, and it is inconvenient to see guests. In this special period, Forget about such red tape, if you come to this place in the future and let me be the host, it will be regarded as an apology for today."

Cai Jun nodded, seeing that he was really not interested, he said: "Master Su, please rest, I will tell you not to disturb you again."

Su Qinglang hummed, seeing that he was about to leave, he hurriedly said: "Hey, Mr. Cai, wait a minute..."

Seeing Cai Jun stop in his tracks, he turned around and walked back into the house, took a few packs of dried fruit snacks from the table, and handed them to Cai Jun outside the door: "My second mother made this, and said it was for you and Mrs. Mei, Thank you for taking care of me along the way, Master Cai will accept any kindness."

Cai Jun looked at it, and said very happily: "I heard that Mr. Su is very good at cooking, but I have never had a chance to try it. If so, I will be disrespectful. Thank you, Mr. Su."

Su Qinglang said: "Master Mei also has a share here. I have washed up now, and I am about to go to bed. I am inconvenient to go out. Please, Mr. Cai, will send it to him."

Hearing this, Cai Jun bowed his hands to him: "Okay, I'll send it to him later."

Handing the things to Cai Jun, seeing him turn and leave, Su Qinglang stood in the corridor for a while before entering the door.

Pacing back and forth in the room, thinking for a long time, seeing the moon going up to the tall building, he was really sleepy, so he turned on the lamp and lay down on the bed directly to sleep.

Sleeping until midnight, I suddenly heard small noises coming from outside, as if footsteps were approaching here.

Fortunately, due to Su Qinglang's poor health, she has always slept very lightly, and would wake up with a slight noise, so she noticed it immediately.

He opened his eyes, and heard the sound of footsteps approaching little by little. There seemed to be several people coming, and they all walked on tiptoe, for fear of disturbing others.

Judging from Mr. Su's many years of experience in being assassinated, he probably met an assassin again this time.

It's just that the assassin this time, who was sent by the man who acts on behalf of the heavens?

Su Qinglang didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly got up from the bed, took a pillow in his hands, and saw that those people had already walked to the door, under the moonlight, the shadows reflected on the window clearly showed that they were all carrying knives.

So he held his breath, sneaked down, and moved behind the wooden door little by little, only to hear the creaking sound coming from the room. The assassin's knife had already been inserted into the door, and he was trying to open the door with the tip of the knife.

Su Qinglang hid behind the door, his heart beating wildly, even his breathing became a lot heavier, it was hard to be heard, he hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, and with the other hand, he blocked the pillow in front of his chest defensively.

Hearing another slap, the wooden bolt of the door was finally opened, and several black-clothed and masked figures walked in lightly and walked towards the bed in the inner room.

Seeing that all the people had entered the room and no one stayed behind at the door, Su Qinglang's heart beat faster, and when they weren't paying attention, he carefully moved to the door.

Because they were barefoot and without shoes, and their movements were very light, no one noticed that those men in black came to the bed and were about to make a move with their knives in hand. Su Qinglang was also about to rush out and escape from the house. At the very moment, a gust of evening wind suddenly blew, and the opened wooden door creaked, before the assassin could make a move.

Surprised, when he looked back, he happened to see Su Qinglang who was about to slip away from under their noses.

"Boss, people ran away!"

Hearing the sound of drinking, Su Qinglang's body froze subconsciously, without turning his head to look, he let go and ran out.

"Come on, there are assassins!"

Now, he holds the handle of Wan Yuzhen and Pei Yan in his hands, and he did not know how many heroes in the past wanted his life. After what happened to Wan Yuzhen last time, Su Qinglang became more careful. Therefore, I brought a few more people with me on this trip.Moreover, the officers and soldiers of the guards were distributed in the rooms around him.

Hearing Mr. Su's shout, all of them didn't even have time to put on their clothes and shoes, so they picked up the sword on the table and ran outside, just in time to bump into the assassin who was chasing Su Qinglang.

Hearing the jingle of Jin Ge, the two sides clashed. Although there were many officers and soldiers blocking the corridor, they were not armed enough, and the incident happened suddenly, so they were not prepared at all.

So, in the face of the vicious criminals, one by one fell down screaming in pain, and in the end it only slowed down their pursuit.

Regarding the movement behind him, Su Qinglang didn't care, and ran down desperately with a pillow in his arms. He lived on the second floor, and the stairs were steep and turned a corner.

Therefore, he fell a few times on the way to escape, and the last step suddenly crossed the air and rolled directly down the stairs.

Hearing the sound of stepping on the wooden board upstairs, he got up from the ground while running, and shouted hoarsely: "Come here, there are assassins!"

At that time, Mei Liusheng was falling asleep in his room, when he vaguely heard Su Qinglang's voice, at first he thought it was a hallucination from a dream.

Then the voice became clearer and clearer. In addition, most of the people in the inn were awakened by Su Qinglang's movement. The officers and soldiers rushed to the courtyard to stop the progress of the assassins. For a while, people screamed and there was the sound of weapons fighting.

He sat up from the bed in a jerk, and when he saw a fire flickering outside the room, he knew something had happened, and shouted sharply: "Chengying!"

Chengying immediately appeared, stood in front of him, saw Mei Liusheng get up and said, "Go out and have a look."

Outside the door, the battle was in full swing, the guards were killed and injured, while Su Qinglang was like a headless duck, not knowing where to hide.

In the chaos, there were swords and swords everywhere. When the officers and soldiers were cut down, blood was poured all over the ground, his brain buzzed, and his legs were so weak that he almost fainted.

Inadvertently, he looked up and saw Mei Liusheng on the side building, and Mei Liusheng looked anxious, as if he was also looking for him.

Cheng Ying lowered her eyes, met Su Qinglang's gaze, jumped down from upstairs with her sword in hand, killed the assassin while walking, and approached Su Qinglang again.

Su Qinglang went to find Mei Liusheng with all his heart, but he couldn't care less about seeing Cheng Ying's expression approaching him at this time, so he went up to meet him without avoiding.

Mei Liusheng was standing upstairs, looking anxiously, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Su Qinglang among the crowd.

At this time, an assassin attacked, Su Qinglang was suddenly alert, and subconsciously raised the pillow in his hand to catch it, narrowly saving his life.

He fell to the ground, still in shock, and when he raised his head again, he saw that the assassin had been stopped by several officers and soldiers desperately.

As for the pillow in his hand, a long slit was cut by the long sword.For a while, the cold sweat was like a waterfall, and he could no longer stand up.

Cheng Ying saw that the assassin's attack was missed, and saw that there were more and more officers and soldiers in the courtyard, she was anxious, and before Su Qinglang recovered, she walked towards him with a sword in hand.

He seized the opportunity, killed an assassin with his horizontal sword, swung his backhand, and sent the long sword dropped by the assassin flying, just as it seemed by accident, it flew straight towards Su Qinglang.

Seeing that the long sword flew out and was about to stab Su Qinglang, but Su Qinglang still fell to the ground and didn't notice, Chengying was ecstatic, thinking that this would remove the thorn in his side.

But there was a flash of black shadow in the sky, one person volleyed down, and then he dodged, holding the flying long sword in his hand, blocking the long sword's path.

Seeing Mei Liusheng standing between the two, holding the hand of the long sword, the wound was scratched by the sword edge, and shocking blood flowed out along the sword, Cheng Ying's eyes widened, a little unbelievable, and Mei Liusheng stared at him , in majesty, with a warning of obvious displeasure.

After that, without saying anything, he turned around and walked towards Su Qinglang.

He leaned down, squatted in front of Su Qinglang, took his head and buried it in his arms, and said softly: "Qinglang, don't look..."