A traitor

After Su Qinglang settled down, Mei Liusheng walked out of the room.

At this time, the accompanying officers and soldiers were cleaning up the yard, and the dead and wounded officers and soldiers, as well as the corpse of the assassin lying on the ground, were all carried down.

The owner of the inn had already arrived at the scene, and was pestering Cai Jun crying and pleading guilty, saying that he was careless and let the assassin sneak into the inn, and almost hurt the nobleman.

From what that meant, it seemed that he wanted Cai Jun to intercede for him, so that Su Qinglang would raise his hand and spare the lives of their whole family.

After hearing the news, several nearby doctors rushed over with medicine boxes to diagnose and treat the injured officers and soldiers.For a moment, the sound of wailing filled the inn.

A doctor approached him, came to salute and said: "My lord, your hand is hurt, I will bandage it for you first."

Thinking of Su Qinglang in the room, Mei Liusheng was a little worried after all, and said to him: "My hand is fine for the time being, but there is still one person in the room, please go and see the doctor first."

The doctor let out a sigh, and hurriedly carried the medicine box and walked in with him, because where Su Qinglang lived, there had been a fight in the corridor, and there was mess and blood everywhere.

Moreover, the officers and soldiers made a lot of noise to clean up the mess. Mei Liu was afraid that they would disturb Su Qinglang's rest, so she didn't dare to let him go back to live again, so she settled him in her own room.

At this time, Su Qinglang did not rest, but sat curled up on the head of the bed, his face was pale, and he still looked frightened.

Mei Liusheng took a quick step, walked up to him and said, "Qinglang, I have invited the doctor to come and let him show you."

Only then did Su Qinglang react a little bit, looked up at him, and smiled weakly: "I'm fine..."

After a pause, he looked at Mei Liusheng's hand: "Your hand is injured, let the doctor bandage it first."

Mei Liusheng also smiled, turned his right hand slightly, hid the wound in his long sleeve, and said in a calm tone: "It's a small cut, it's nothing serious, I'll let them see it after you're done."

Su Qinglang hummed, due to the half-night commotion and excessive shock, he was already extremely exhausted at this time.

He took advantage of the situation, leaned against the bed in a sleepy state, stretched out his right hand, placed it on the soft brocade, and left it for the doctor to feel his pulse.

Seeing this, Mei Liusheng stood sideways and asked the doctor to come over. The doctor understood, bowed quickly, put down the medicine box and walked forward.

It's within reach, it's icy cold, and looking at the palm of your hand, you can see the cold sweat, and the white and slender fingers are still trembling slightly.

The doctor hesitated for a moment, then raised his head to look at Su Qinglang's face, and saw that his expression was dull, his eyes were slack, and he had no energy at all.

After a long consultation, he stood up. Mei Liusheng led the doctor to the door and asked, "Doctor, how is he now?"

Seeing his concerned expression, the doctor faltered and said: "The lord was a little frightened. Later, the villain will prepare some calming tea, and he will be fine after two days of rest."

Knowing that he wasn't telling the truth, Mei Liusheng didn't press the question any further, he knew exactly what Su Qinglang's condition was, and he was just trying to reassure himself and make himself feel better.

He hummed, cupped his hands to the doctor and said, "I'm sorry..."

After bandaging the wound outside, Mei Liusheng walked back into the house and saw Su Qinglang still sitting in a daze, wondering what he was thinking.

He walked over, pretending to be relaxed and said: "There is still some time before dawn, let's sleep a little longer."

Su Qinglang came back to his senses, glanced at him, then looked away, and said calmly: "I'm not sleepy, and besides, I can't fall asleep."

After a pause, he asked, "Has everything been cleaned up outside?"

Mei Liusheng hummed, and said, "Lord Cai is busy, it should be soon."

Then I heard Su Qinglang say: "Lord Cai is too busy to come here alone, you should go out and have a look too, you don't need to deliberately accompany me."

Knowing that he wanted to be alone now, Mei Liusheng didn't expose it, and helped Su Qinglang to lie down, seeing him close his eyes, he opened the door and went out.

At this time, Cai Jun finally got rid of the store and came running profusely, "Master Mei, the assassin has almost finished dealing with it. I wonder how Master Su is doing?"

Mei Liusheng said: "Master Su has already rested, but he was a little frightened. I will ask the kitchen to make some calming tea later."

He paused, then asked tentatively: "Those assassins...are there any survivors?"

Cai Jun shook his head: "No..."

He had also noticed earlier that Chengying had killed the assassins, and it was inevitable that people would catch him. Even if he thought about it, Cai Jun couldn't find anything to do.

So Mei Liusheng was relieved, and Cai Jun was very puzzled and said: "I don't know who is the one who intends to assassinate Mr. Su this time, but half of our people were killed and injured. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, such a bold and reckless act is simply incomprehensible." Law."

Mei Liusheng said lightly: "Lord Su was assassinated in Chang'an earlier, and today's assassins must be those same people."

Cai Jun nodded in agreement, Mei Liusheng raised his eyes and saw Chengying not far away, staring at him, but said to Cai Jun: "Today's matter is really dangerous, and it is inevitable that such an accident will happen again. From now on, Mr. Su, please live with me."

Cai Jun hummed: "Master Mei is a master of martial arts, it's very good, that's exactly what I mean."

Apart from Mei Liusheng who stopped the long sword, even the person Su Qinglang didn't know about Chengying's previous actions.

At that time, although what he did seemed to be an accident, to Mei Liusheng who knew his details well, the accident was deliberately too obvious.

Knowing that he couldn't escape, he walked over, came to Mei Liusheng's side, bowed his head and said, "My lord..."

Mei Liusheng didn't look at him, but said to Cai Jun: "Lord Cai, I still have some things to deal with, so I will leave it to Master Cai."

Turning around and leaving, walking to a place where no one was around, Cheng Ying followed behind him, bowing his head without saying a word.

Mei Liusheng was silent for a long time before asking: "When did you date Pei Yan?"

He didn't ask whether today's incident had anything to do with him, nor did he ask whether the person behind the assassination was Pei Yan, and he didn't even give him a chance to argue.

Chengying knelt down with a plop, cupped her hands and said, "Your subordinate hurt you, and you deserve death. Please punish me."

Mei Liusheng turned around, there was no warmth in his calm eyes, and he looked down at him: "Did you just hurt me when you did something wrong?"

Chengying was silent for a long time before bowing her head and saying, "Yes..."

As he said that, the long sword at his waist suddenly screamed sharply, and Chengying did not avoid it.In an instant, Mei Liusheng put the sword on his neck.

He asked again: "You colluded with Pei Yan behind my back, intending to assassinate the imperial court official. In your eyes, did you just hurt me by accident?"

Chengying raised her head, met his gaze, and after a while, said firmly, "Yes!"

"you……"

Mei Liusheng held the long sword tightly and used the greatest concentration to keep himself calm and prevent himself from slashing the sword edge in anger.

But I heard Chengying suddenly say: "Master, you have changed."

Mei Liusheng frowned slightly, and heard him slowly say: "Young master once said, nothing in this world can block your way, and you will not hesitate to eradicate anything that may affect our great cause. Young Master, you colluded with foreign ministers and accidentally injured Young Master. You have done the worst thing you should do as a guard, and you have already prepared to be killed by Young Master, but Young Master, you have softened your heart..."

"Is it because your subordinates have become more important in the heart of the young master, or you, the young master, have changed your mood?"

Mei Liusheng did not answer, however, the hand holding the long sword gradually lost strength, obviously losing its murderous aura.

Chengying raised his head, and said almost in despair: "Then Su Qinglang, you know the young master's secret, several times, the bad young master's big deal, young master, why do you want to keep him, why do you want to save him? You really... like it Is he gone?"

Hearing these words, Mei Liusheng's eyes widened subconsciously, and his loose hand clenched again.

As if the most unbearable secret in his heart was discovered and exposed to the sun, he tried his best to avoid it, and flatly vetoed it: "Shut up! What's the matter?"

Seeing his reaction, Chengying's desperate heart felt like falling into an ice cellar. He smiled bitterly: "Young master, you never lied to your subordinates before."

He paused, looked down at the long sword on his neck, and said slowly: "Before, you would never point your sword at your subordinates for a foreign enemy."

"Since the young master said that you didn't like Su Qinglang, well, that person has already threatened the young master, and even Xiangye has the idea of ​​killing him, which means that this person can't be eliminated, so the subordinates will kill him now, for the sake of the young master. Eliminate future troubles forever."

Just when Mei Liusheng was in a daze, he avoided Jianfeng and stood up, turned around and was about to walk towards Su Qinglang's residence.

Mei Liusheng came back to his senses, took a step ahead, the horizontal sword blocked his way, and said in a deep voice: "His life and death are decided by me, do you want to fight against it?"

"Subordinates dare not!" Cheng Ying lowered her head and hastily apologized.

Mei Liusheng stood in a stalemate with him for a moment, then turned around slowly, and the sword fell with a clang: "This time, I think you are loyal, everything you say and do is for the sake of this king, and this king will not care about it. Once, you will be expelled from the list, and you will never come to see this king again."

Sure enough, Mei Liusheng can accurately grasp people's hearts, and can also firmly grasp people's weaknesses. Cheng Ying is not afraid of killing people, he is not afraid of death, but he is only afraid of this.

If he was removed from their plan and could never see Mei Liusheng again, then his actions would be meaningless.

If he killed Su Qinglang, Mei Liusheng would probably hate him for the rest of his life.

It's just that Su Qinglang, when did it become so important?

Chengying's face was ugly, and finally he bowed his head to answer: "Yes..."

After a moment of silence, he said sadly: "Su Qinglang now knows our secret, knowing that you are not dead, and you have returned to Chang'an, he will suspect you sooner or later...Whether that person will kill or keep, I hope you will think it over carefully.”

Mei Liusheng stood with his hands behind his back, and after a long time, he slowly closed his eyes: "It's still useful to keep him now, if one day, he really wants to harm us, this king... will definitely kill him with his own hands."