A traitor

Since what happened to Zhao E last time, and Su Qinglang filed a complaint in front of the emperor, the life of Jia Dexin and Jia Siqi has become more and more difficult.

Not only was Qin Xiangye unable to enter the gate, but even in the court, he was treated coldly, and was transferred by the emperor to a corner nest to guard prisoners.

Both sides can no longer work, and if they want to gain a foothold in the officialdom, they have to find another way, so these days, Jia and his son have been busy regrouping and making friends with their party members.

Today, Mei Liusheng is happy to move to a new residence, Mr. Jia naturally can't let go of this opportunity to show his goodwill, so he selected a few gifts from the treasury and asked his son to bring them to congratulate him.

But I didn't expect that this Jia Siqi was as tall as the sky, and his stomach was still small. Seeing that Mei Liusheng, who entered the court with him, was rewarded and promoted, he had nothing. He compared it, feeling very unhappy.

Then look at those people in the court, they all complimented Mei Liusheng like honey, but they turned a blind eye to themselves, the contrast between the two sides was obvious, and they couldn't help being even more angry. To Mei Liusheng's face.

Young master Jia was in a bad mood, and he was only drinking wine alone, and then overdid it, and when he went to the backyard to celebrate, he fell into the grass nest and fell asleep, and he was discovered after the guests had dispersed.

It's just because of the grievances he suffered before, and the fact that he was drunk, now that he saw Mei Liusheng and Su Qinglang, he felt even more angry, no matter whether they were good or bad, they all scolded them as if they were human beings.

Hearing his words, everyone in the courtyard fell silent, looking at each other with strange expressions, as if they had heard something extraordinary.

Su Qinglang's expression didn't change, he still waved the fan unhurriedly, even with a smile on his lips, but the aura around him obviously became much colder, mixed with a murderous intent.

He didn't make a move, but he saw Mei Liusheng took the first steps. He stood in front of Su Qinglang, walked down the steps step by step, and walked towards Jia Siqi. The people around Jia Siqi, forced by his momentum, all slowed down. Slowly let go of Jia Siqi, and quietly retreated to the side.

Standing in front of Jia Siqi, he asked calmly, "Say it again."

Jia Siqi was still drunk, but he also sensed that something was wrong. He showed timidity, but in order to save his face, he still stiffened his mouth and said falteringly: "Just say it, Su..."

Before he could finish speaking, he heard the sharp sound of the golden sword being unsheathed, Mei Liu made a backhand and pulled out the long sword in Chengying's hand.In the blink of an eye, the tip of the sword had reached Jia Siqi's throat.

The icy long sword was pressed against his neck, and even the person holding the sword deliberately raised it up, as if to remind him that just one touch could kill him.

Mei Liu's eyes narrowed slightly, and her tone was cold and majestic: "Say it again, and I will kill you."

Jia Siqi's cold sweat immediately broke out, and being frightened by his actions, he woke up quite a bit from his drunkenness, and when he recalled the bastard words he said, he felt even more disturbed.

He lowered his eyes and stared fixedly at the tip of the sword on his neck, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and said in a trembling voice: "You... How dare you treat me like this..."

Mei Liusheng raised his eyebrows, and there was a bit of sarcasm in his majesty: "Who does Brother Jia think he is, if you still don't know your situation, I don't mind helping you think about it."

Saying that, the tip of the sword approached a little more, and the bright red blood suddenly flowed out slowly from the neck.

Jia Siqi's eyes widened in fright, his legs trembled, he suppressed the fear in his heart, and did not go limp.

A series of actions shocked the people in the courtyard. Seeing that he was about to make a move, Cheng Ying immediately stopped the voice: "My lord..."

He also heard Mei Liusheng say: "Brother Jia, I think you are in the same class as me. For Mr. Jia's sake, I won't argue with you if you scold me, but Brother Su is my distinguished guest. Come to my The mansion is under my protection, if someone dares to hurt him today, he will be my enemy, and I will fight to the death, and I have to seek justice for him, understand?"

Jia Siqi's face was livid with fright, he looked at Su Qinglang tentatively, then turned his gaze back to Mei Liusheng, and was silent for a moment, not daring to say another word.

Su Qinglang was also taken aback for a moment, then calmed down, stepped down the steps, and comforted him: "Brother Mei, forget it, today is your housewarming celebration, don't make trouble."

Mei Liusheng didn't move at all, he raised the tip of his sword and said, "Tell me, what you just said, is it nonsense?"

Jia Siqi glanced at Su Qinglang again, thinking of his current situation, nodded stiffly: "Yes... yes..."

Mei Liusheng said again: "Since you are talking nonsense and slandering Brother Su Qingyu, you should apologize to him. Doesn't Brother Jia even understand this?"

Jia Siqi gritted his teeth and was about to get angry when he saw Mei Liusheng's sword approaching a little, he immediately calmed down and took another look at Su Qinglang.

After a while, he slowly looked away, and said insincerely: "I was just drunk and talked nonsense just now, please forgive me, Mr. Su."

Su Qinglang waved his folding fan like a normal person, when he heard Jia Siqi's words, he bent his lips and let out a cold snort, neither pursuing nor forgiving.

He turned his head to look at Mei Liusheng, and said: "Brother Mei, you and I are gathering here, don't let irrelevant people disturb your interest, and let him go, we will talk about this matter later."

Mei Liusheng looked at Jia Siqi for a moment, seeing that he was terribly frightened by him and had learned the lesson he should have learned, so he withdrew his long sword and said to him: "Brother Jia, this is the end of today's matter, since Brother Su interceded , I will not pursue it anymore, and I hope Brother Jia will take care of himself in the future, I still have something to do today, so I will not send Brother Jia away, please."

Saying that, he ordered the servants in the mansion to take Jia Siqi away.

All the waiters left, and only the two of them were left in the courtyard.

Mei Liusheng first bowed his hands to Su Qinglang and said: "What happened today is all my fault, I am really ashamed that Brother Su was frightened and humiliated."

Su Qinglang waved his folding fan, and said indifferently: "Jia Siqi is the one who cursed, not you, why should Brother Mei apologize, let alone..."

He paused, closed the folding fan, nodded and said: "Brother Mei stood up to protect each other today, Qing Lang was very touched, I should be the one to thank you."

After Jia Siqi made such a fuss, the two of them lost a lot of time, and when they returned to the narrow corridor, the sky had already darkened, and even with the lights up, they still couldn't see clearly.

Mei Liusheng said somewhat disappointedly: "Looks like I don't have time today, about drawing, I'll ask brother Su another day."

Su Qinglang nodded: "Okay..."

Looking at the sky outside again, he said: "It's getting late, I should go back too, Brother Mei, see you tomorrow morning."

He was about to leave, but was stopped by Mei Liusheng, who also looked outside, and said: "It's too dark today, the Shangshu Mansion is quite far from here, I'll take Brother Su back."

Su Qinglang was slightly surprised, then smiled and said: "I'm not a girl, and I need Brother Mei to take me back. Besides, I came here by carriage, so it's okay, Brother Mei, you don't have to be polite."

However, Mei Liusheng shook his head, and his attitude was very firm: "Brother Su came to congratulate me today, and he was supposed to treat me well, but Liu Sheng felt ashamed in his heart when something like this happened. It's getting late now, and Chang'an has been a little uneasy recently. Let Brother Su go back alone, for the sake of peace of mind, Brother Su should not refuse."

Mei Liusheng, once he made a decision, would never give up until the goal was achieved, just like the weeds in the river, he was really annoying.

Su Qinglang had already figured out his habits, if he did not agree to his request, he might not be allowed to leave the house today.

In desperation, he had no choice but to compromise: "Okay, it's just that if you send me back, you have to come back by yourself later, why bother?"

Mei Liusheng smiled, and answered softly: "I have practiced martial arts for several years, it's fine, as long as I see Brother Su is safe."

The two left the mansion together, Su Qinglang's carriage was waiting outside, with two lanterns hanging on the front of the carriage, the frail lights dimmed in the darkness.

After getting into the carriage, they headed in the direction of the Shangshu Mansion. Su Qinglang sat in the carriage with his eyes closed and rested, while Mei Liusheng held the dagger and silently looked around.

A while later, Su Qinglang opened his eyes. Due to the curtains blocking the light inside the car, the light inside the car was not good, and he could only vaguely see Mei Liusheng's handsome silhouette.

He was silent for a moment before he opened his mouth and said, "Brother Mei doesn't even ask me?"

Mei Liusheng was staring sideways at the window. Hearing this, he withdrew his gaze, looked at Su Qinglang and asked, "What are you asking?"

"What Jia Siqi said today..."

Su Qinglang paused, then coughed softly: "Brother Mei doesn't want to know, is it true or not?"

Mei Liusheng stared at him for a long time before saying, "It's just nonsense, even he himself admitted it, so what's the truth?"

Hearing this, Su Qinglang was speechless, he was silent for a moment, and then asked in a tone that was so calm that it was almost indifferent: "What if... is it true?"

Mei Liusheng was stunned for a moment, speechless for a while, and then said: "I believe Brother Su, he is definitely not such a person."

Hearing what he said, Su Qinglang fell into complete silence, and after a long time, he murmured: "Is that so..."

As he spoke, he leaned against the car window next to him, quietly watching the curtain in front of him, his handsome face, under the light of night, he couldn't see his expression clearly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

In such silence, Mei Liusheng raised his head slowly, glanced at him, then lowered his head again, hesitantly said: "Brother Su..."

Su Qinglang didn't respond, and after a long time, he came back to his senses belatedly: "Huh?"

Mei Liusheng was silent for a moment, and finally laughed at himself, pulling his lips: "It's nothing..."

He turned his head away and stopped looking at Su Qinglang, the dagger in his hand tightened involuntarily.

The carriage was running smoothly on the street, and there was silence all around, so quiet that it made people feel a little bit cold, a little bit of fear.

Su Qinglang had just recovered from a serious illness, and his energy was not good at all. In addition to the troubles in Mei's house, his body was so tired that he leaned on the carriage and fell asleep after a while.

After an unknown amount of time, the carriage that was driving stopped suddenly again. Su Qinglang opened his eyes, only to see Mei Liusheng holding a dagger, leaning forward, as if facing a formidable enemy.

He was startled, then glanced sideways at the car curtain, and said with a smile on his lips: "Brother Mei, what you were worried about finally happened..."