flapping wings

Xiang Qing'er lifted Qi Ping's arm around the third prince's waist, and placed his head on the man's shoulder, before nodding in satisfaction: "Close your eyes, I'm going out."

Xiang Qing'er squatted at the door, holding the small stove in her arms, letting the wind and snow hit her body, her eyes closed, and she looked drowsy.

The sound of heavy footsteps was getting closer, and she slowly opened her eyes with a dazed expression, looking at a group of soldiers in black armor who were getting closer.

She stood up from the spot with a terrified expression, leaned back against the door, and swayed tremblingly.

Uncle Wang rushed over from behind, panting heavily while rubbing his chest, "Is Your Highness asleep?"

Xiang Qing'er pointed at the door, and said in an inarticulate manner: "His Royal Highness, he... He and Tu'er have already fallen asleep."

Uncle Wang thought for a moment, pushed Xiang Qing'er away, stepped forward and knocked on the door, "Your Highness, something happened."

Qi Ping felt the body under his arm move, he retracted his arm and rubbed his eyes, sat up with half-opened eyes, his face was full of doubt and sleepiness, he cleared his throat and whispered: "Your Highness, what's wrong? "

The third prince put his arms around his shoulders and sat him on his lap. Although Qi Ping felt nervous at the moment, he was nervous, and it didn't matter that he was so close to someone.

The third prince ordered: "Let someone come in first and surround the screen."

Through the gauze curtain and the screen, Uncle Wang knelt on the ground, "Your Highness, assassins have entered the mansion."

Qi Ping felt that the hand on his wrist tightened instantly, he couldn't help becoming nervous, and secretly glanced at the third prince, only to see that the man didn't look at him, but scolded angrily between his brows: "Let General Li Come in!"

There was a clanging sound of armor, and then a deep voice said: "Your Highness, don't worry, the assassin cannot escape."

The chest that was close to his back was raised high, and then fell heavily. Qi Ping knew that the third prince was really angry. He didn't dare to move any more, and held his breath, like a piece of wood.

"Save these words and catch the assassin before you tell me," the third prince growled, "I'm asking about the specific situation now!"

"Yes," General Li said respectfully, "In the middle of the night, a young maid in the mansion found a guard who had been stabbed to death on the rockery in the backyard. The screams attracted the soldiers patrolling nearby."

Qi Ping's eyebrows darkened, probably the guard was killed by Mu Xiaoque, but he didn't expect to be bumped into by a girl who was going on a tryst, it was really bad luck.

The third prince interrupted: "A girl, what are you doing at the rockery so late?"

The room was quiet for a moment, and then Uncle Wang said: "The little girl and the servants from the mansion made an appointment to hang out there, and now the two of them have taken care of it."

General Li continued: "Now everyone has been mobilized to search for the whereabouts of the assassin, so forgive him for not being able to escape even with his wings."

Qi Ping felt at ease, at this time other feelings finally came back, his wrist was pinched so painfully, his fingers were congested, he wished he could turn around and slap this scourge completely.

"That is to say," the third prince said angrily, with fire in his eyes, "you haven't even found the whereabouts of the assassin, have you?"

There was only a plopping sound, and then the armor knocked on the ground with a bang, Li Jiang said anxiously: "Your Highness, forgive me, I have sent all the people to look for it."

The third prince gasped for a long time and asked, "Is there anything else unusual in the mansion?"

"Just checked," Li Jiang said, "In addition to this, there is one more dead, one missing, and the dead one fell behind the toilet, with a hole in the back of the head directly by a hard object. of."

"Your Highness, this old slave has already checked the identities of these two people," Uncle Wang added, "The ones lying behind the latrine and the missing ones are the private servants who went outside to pick up those girls, and they went to pick up the rabbits this evening. girl."

There was another thumping sound, and it was supposed to be Xiang Qing'er, Qi Ping quickly got up from the arms of the third prince, and knelt beside him with his head bowed.

He waited for Xiang Qing'er to say something, but the woman didn't say anything, just knelt quietly, without explaining, crying for grievances, or crying for sympathy.

The third prince reached out and hugged Qi Ping, "What are you doing?"

Qi Ping muttered twice: "Your Highness..." Then he didn't say anything, he roughly figured out what Xiang Qing'er meant, the more he explained about some things, the more guilty he seemed, so why not just straighten his back and say nothing, instead he could Express your attitude.

The third prince rubbed his waist with his fingers and said, "Say what you want, it's annoying to stammer!"

"There are some things that the rabbit girl can't say," Xiang Qing'er said outside: "It's better to let the servants say it."

After getting the consent of the third prince, Xiang Qing'er continued: "At first they said that they could take the money to sleep with the bunny girl tomorrow, and they could call her whatever they wanted. Said that the women His Highness has slept with are top-quality, and then the two had a dispute because of this."

"After all, it's a prostitute who came out of the building. At this moment, only the sharp thoughts of women are pretending in their hearts. They are no more respectable than ladies." Uncle Wang suddenly snorted: "Everyone is dead. What else do you mean?"

Xiang Qing'er quickly knocked her head on the ground and shouted: "Your Highness, forgive me!"

Qi Ping understands Xiang Qing'er's thoughts too well. Smart people are often the most suspicious. Therefore, be smart when you should be smart, and be stupid when you should be stupid. This is the way of survival for small people.

So he immediately knelt down again, knocked his head on the bed and said anxiously: "Your Highness, don't be as knowledgeable as her. The girls in our building have never learned any manners since they were young. Naturally, they are not as good as those famous ladies. Please don't punish her."

Uncle Wang then knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Miss Rabbit, don't worry, I'm not talking about you, it's just... just... it's just that all these things happened in one night made me a little confused, and I was a little speechless. Don't choose your words."

The third prince was so annoyed by these small thoughts one after another, he casually smashed the jade pendant on the bed to the ground, and said angrily: "Get out of here, if the assassin can't catch it tonight, you should come forward!" See!"

All the kneeling people in the room got up one after another, and when Xiang Qing'er came to the bed and wanted to lift the curtain, the third prince kicked Xiang Qing'er's lower abdomen and cursed: "Get out of here if I say so! "

Xiang Qing'er fell to the ground and immediately knelt down and said, "Your Highness, forgive me, this servant will go out now."

However, before he could stand up, the third prince said coldly: "I said 'get out'."

Qi Ping broke out in a cold sweat, he got up quickly, almost rolled out of bed, and was about to help Xiang Qing'er when he heard a crash from behind.

"Ah! Be careful!"

Qi Ping was terrified by Xiang Qing'er, and looked back, only to see a fist hit his eye socket.

Qi Ping held down Xiang Qing'er with his hand back, used his internal energy a little, turned his head in a slight direction, and received the blow forcefully.

boom!

The screen was smashed to the ground by him, and Qi Ping quickly struggled to curl up and hug his head, facing the next wave of punches and feet that hit him hard.

In front of him, Uncle Wang still had one foot in the door. Hearing this movement, he couldn't help shrinking his body, shrinking himself even smaller.

Then he stepped out without looking back, turned back and knelt at the door, his upper body lay on the threshold, his head was almost level with the ground, he stretched his arms and gently pulled the door closed, from beginning to end, his eyes never turned to this place. Take a look.

The moment the door closed, there was a sudden sound of neat footsteps outside, and what was even more strange was that the sound sounded farther and farther away from here.

Qi Ping listened drowsily to the movement outside, he didn't know why the guards didn't protect the master, but escaped at such a dangerous moment with assassins.

He tried his best to kneel and crawl towards the door, but his waist was directly stepped on, and a heavy fist hit his forehead.

Qi Ping clenched his fists, his anger was welled up in his heart, and his evil spirit also emerged. If he got up and killed the third prince immediately, wouldn't it be possible to end everything in the capital?

When the time comes, the emperor will definitely punish her, so Mu Xiaoque will have to run away with her, and they will be together forever. Five years, he doesn't even want to wait for a month.

With luck in her hands, just as he was about to pat him, Xiang Qinger suddenly flew onto him and hugged his head.

Painful groans sounded in his ears, Qi Ping was startled, looked back at Xiang Qinger, he slowly let go, there are so many friends who risked their lives to accompany him and Mu Xiaoque in danger, he had to protect them.

Qi Ping turned over slightly to protect Xiang Qing'er on his body, at this moment, that kick hit his side.

He spat out a mouthful of blood, and sprayed it directly on the third prince's feet. Seeing that the man seemed to be stunned for a moment, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and cried while begging: "Your Highness, please forgive me, the rabbit doesn't dare, the rabbit!" Never dare again."

The third prince hurriedly put down his half-lifted leg, and hurriedly ran over to help him up.

Qi Ping's eyes were swollen badly, and a phantom appeared when he looked at everything. Suddenly, drops of warm water dripped down on his face.

Xiang Qing'er quickly snatched Qi Ping from the arms of the third prince, raised her sleeve and gently wiped the water on his face, as if it was something dirty, then she looked at the closed door behind her, Said: "Your Highness, I will lead Miss Rabbit and go back first."

The third prince quickly raised his head, looked at them with tears streaming down his face, crawled over and snatched Qi Ping back, crying and said: "Aying, don't leave, I was wrong, please forgive me again, tomorrow, no , Today, let’s get married right away, okay? After I become the emperor, you will be the empress, and you will be the ruler of the world.”

"Your Highness, take a good look. This is a rabbit, a prostitute from Fengyulou," Xiang Qing'er wanted to snatch Qi Ping back, but she didn't. She said helplessly, "He is not what you miss." Ah Ying."

The third prince frowned and looked at Qi Ping carefully, then threw him out and shouted: "You are not Aying, where is Aying? Butler Wang, come here! Come here! Where is my Aying?"

Xiang Qing'er quickly dragged Qi Ping to hide at the place farthest from the third prince, frowning and watching him yelling like crazy from afar.

After a while, the door suddenly opened, and Steward Wang led a few servant-like people rushing in, wrapped the third prince in a large piece of pure white cloth, and carried him out.

Steward Wang glanced at them before leaving, and warned: "Tell what happened today, no matter how much His Highness likes you, you will not live for long."

Then he gestured to the person outside the door. As soon as the person entered the door, he bowed and pointed at the two of them, then turned and left.

Qi Ping glanced at Xiang Qing'er, quickly got up, picked up the clothes on the ground, and followed the man outside with her.

When he got outside, Qi Ping closed his injured eye and looked around. There was a sense of dead silence in the whole courtyard, except for the two servants waiting in front of the door, there was no one left.

Xiang Qing'er walked over and asked, "Where is Your Highness?"

The two servants gave them a cold look, then lowered their heads again and stopped looking at them, turned around and left, Qi Ping and the two naturally followed behind obediently without talking nonsense.

When they reached the door through which they entered the palace, the servant opened the door, stood inside and pointed to the outside, only to see a carriage parked outside.

Seeing them coming out, the driver knelt down on one knee in front of the car door, stretched out an arm in front of him, and looked down at the ground.

Qi Ping didn't know whether to go up, turned his head to look at Xiang Qing'er, Xiang Qing'er asked, "Are you taking us back to the Wind and Rain Tower?"

However, the coachman didn't even raise his head, still standing there like a wooden stake, Qi Ping reached out to touch him, until he raised his head in doubt, and then asked the question again.

The bearer stared at his mouth in bewilderment, said it several times, but didn't understand it, and finally he pointed in the direction of Fengyulou, and stretched out his hand towards the carriage.

Qi Ping raised his finger to confirm the direction, and asked word by word: "Send, we, we, go, wind, rain, building?"

The bearer moved his hand slightly to the right, stretched out his right hand and slapped the palm of his left hand, and shook his head.

He pointed in that direction again, nodded, let out a smirk at them, and opened his mouth apologetically.

This time Qi Ping was very close to him, so he could see very clearly. He saw that the man's tongue was broken at the root, and then the coachman pointed to his ear and shook his head.

Qi Ping couldn't help feeling chills all over his body. He looked back at the noble compound, wondering how much filth was hidden under this glamorous appearance.