Qi Huang

The person holding the knife did not hesitate at all, his movements were clean and neat, and he stabbed with the knife.

The moment the white light of the sharp blade entered his eyes, Xie Xuan seemed to really hear the horn of death.He raised his arm hastily and grabbed the man's wrist: "Wait, I'm..."

"what are you?"

Unexpectedly, just before the blade was about to penetrate the flesh, the man really stopped.

The room was dark and dim, and in such a backlit situation, only his eyes, like a star in the clear night sky, were dangerous and charming.

"I'm... a boy who just arrived." Xie Xuan paused, "I want to see if Master Zheng needs help."

Those eyes only stared at Xie Xuan, and he didn't know what kind of flowers he could see when his vision was so limited.After a while, he let go of Xie Xuan and stood up, smiling: "You are not a servant."

The window was "squeaked" open.

Spring comes with the sunshine in this dark room.There was still a pot of tea brewing by the stove, and it was steaming hot, Li Zheng picked up the cup on the table and brought it to his mouth leisurely.

Under the shadow of the window, Li Zheng's outline seemed to be covered with a thin layer of light and shadow.He leaned sideways, his eyes didn't know where to look out of the window, and he said in silence: "Which prince are you Xie Qingshan?"

He had known for a long time that it was not some insignificant person who entered the door.

Xie Xuan looked up at Li Zheng.

Because of the backlight, Xie Xuan couldn't see his face clearly, but he could smell the strong smell of blood on his body.

Maybe it came from Li Zheng himself - Li Jin was severely punished for hurting others, and he was beaten and whipped, and he didn't get medical treatment in time; or maybe it was Li Zheng who splashed it on his clothes after killing people. the blood of others.

Xie Xuan smelled the breath of the same kind of people after a long absence.

This is an extremely novel experience.

"I want to ask how I know?" Seeing that Xie Xuan didn't say a word, Li Zheng said to himself again, "Qiluo Suxiu, the cuffs are decorated with Hangzhou's special gold thread, and the dark pattern..."

"The dark pattern is based on the crane and surrounded by pine leaf-shaped stitches. It is a handicraft unique to the Qin family in Hangzhou." Xie Xuan interrupted him, "The Qin family just sent a batch of ready-made clothes to the palace a few days ago. Those who wear it are only the royal relatives."

Li Zheng snorted.

The servants in the mansion saw that Xie Xuan's clothes were messy and casual, which was different from the noble son they had in mind, so naturally they would not doubt his identity.But the things that are worn on the body are still divided into high and low.

He finally stepped out from the backlight, revealing a sharp-edged face.

The most eye-catching thing is not his facial features that seem to have been filled with heavy ink and color, but his eyes when looking at people.It seems that no matter who is standing in front of him now, whether it is a commoner, an aristocrat, a literary scholar or a high-ranking official, he will stare at you with such supercilious eyes.

Inch by inch, bit by bit, when you are unaware or let down your vigilance, it will drag you into the abyss.

"Li Yinghan." Li Zheng nodded slightly, as if waiting for Xie Xuan to report himself.

Xie Xuan looked down at the dagger in Li Zhengzang's sleeve, the black hem of his clothes showed a strange dark color, it was water, or something else.After a long time, he smiled lightly and said, "Xie Xinglan."

Both of them are clearly vigilant and have their own ghosts, but they seem to be confidantes who hit each other like old friends.

... It is not impossible to say hit it off.

The tea on the long table finally stopped boiling.The smoky water vapor dissipates along the window, matching the not so bright sunshine, just like the fog lost on the tower, and the moon crossing the maze.Li Zheng poured a cup of tea for Xie Xuan, and said straight to the point: "What do you want to know?"

He also regarded me as the queen mother's person.

While Xie Xuan was thinking, she didn't stop picking up the teacup, as if the other party was not asking the words that should be hidden in the conspiracy, but asking him whether the weather today is sunny or cloudy.

He took a sip of tea, and suppressed the look in his eyes.

"If I ask, can I walk out of this door alive?"

Li Zheng's eyes were not shy, and he fell on Xie Xuan's face frankly: "That depends on what you are asking."

Xie Xuan paused, and the tip of her tongue was scalded by the hot tea.Li Zheng knew his identity the moment he pulled him into the house, but the killing intent he felt at that time was also true.

This person really thought about killing him?

He raised his head, met Li Zheng's blatant gaze, and for a moment couldn't figure out what was going on in this man's mind.

If it was Xie Xuan, as a little bastard who was stared at all the time, not only would he be cautious in his words and deeds, but he would definitely hide his strength and bide his time, and plan to turn around when the time is right.According to Li Zheng's short but rough first half of his life, with no one to love and rely on, why did he develop such a crazy temper now?

Does he really think that if he kills a prince in the Li family, he won't be held accountable by the royal family?

No, Li Zheng would not be so stupid.

Xie Xuan remembered what the Tenth Prince had complained in front of him before coming to the Li Mansion.

"It's not a big deal. The reason why the emperor's grandmother knew it was because the daring concubine had sued Li Yuyi to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. But the family affairs of such court officials are not in the hands of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. This time the bastard came here, not only was he ridiculed by the adults of the Ministry of Justice for not knowing the etiquette of the elders, but also made Li Jin lose face, and the whole Bianliang knew that the eldest son of their family was fighting with the bastard."

At that time, Xie Xuan thought that the bastard was a dull and reckless man, but now it seems that it must be a part of his plan.

Fights, complaints, gossip.From a mere family affair to a farce, the idle people in Bianliang reaped the jokes and gossips after dinner, what did Li Zheng reap?

……focus on.

Xie Xuan's movement of flicking the tea stopped in mid-air.

If the prince died in the Li Mansion, Li Jin would be the first to be held accountable. This is what Li Zheng wanted...attention.After the farce happened, Li Jin went to the family banquet to test the queen mother's reaction, but the queen mother noticed that there was something tricky in it, so she sent the ten princes to visit at this time.

It turned out to be the case.

He's...he's killing people with a borrowed knife.

The person who borrowed the Queen Mother's knife to kill Li Jin.It's just that this approach is really a bit arrogant and means that they will die together.

"Have you figured it out?" Li Zheng said lightly.

Xie Xuan put the teacup back on the table, withdrew his hands and stuffed it into his sleeves: "Thought it out, it's just a pity that I didn't get to know Brother Ying Han earlier."

Li Zheng chuckled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.But Xie Xuan asked suddenly: "How did you make Li Yu's head look like that?"

"..." Li Zheng was stunned for a moment, "This is what you want to ask?"

"Curiosity." Xie Xuan propped his chin with both hands, frowned and said, "I don't like the way Li Yu looks at me, so I'm thinking of finding an opportunity to look at his head as well."

Li Zheng looked at him and smiled slowly.

This time, Xie Xuan finally detected a sincere smile from his face, and couldn't help but also bent his eyebrows and smiled.

"While he was asleep, I picked up his favorite antique and smashed it down on the head." Li Zheng said, "They all thought that I was humiliated by Li Yu in public in the lower province of the door, and I was so angry. Only then do impulsive things."

Xie Xuan understood, and then said: "Actually, it's because you didn't like him a long time ago, but this time you just followed the trend?"

Li Zhengzai took a careful look at Xie Xuan: "It's strange, we've only met for the first time, and I already seem to like you a little bit."

Xie Xuan was as motionless as a mountain, he opened his mouth, and before he could utter half a sentence, Li Zheng's face suddenly changed.

He walked towards Xie Xuan quickly, pushed him to the corner of the wall, blocked the whole view behind him with his tall figure, then picked up the teacup on the table with his backhand, and threw it with an extremely tricky force.

With a "snap", the teacup was smashed to pieces, and a figure outside the window was smashed with an "ouch".

Li Zheng scolded coldly: "Who is sneaking around there?"

"It's me, it's me, Master Zheng."

To Xie Xuan's surprise, standing outside the window was the consul who led them to meet Li Yu just now.He was drenched all over with tea, his forehead was red, he didn't know whether he was hit or scalded, and he leaned crookedly against the wall.

Li Zheng changed his face in an instant, revealing a mocking expression that anyone who saw it would want to punch up: "Didn't the old man keep people from approaching this room? When you come here, are you not afraid of his family law, or are you not afraid of me?" unlucky?"

The consul waved his hands again and again: "Young Master Zheng, don't be angry, I just want to see if Young Master Zheng needs to add some charcoal while watching the sky turn rainy."

Hearing this, Xie Xuan looked at the ashes-piled stove in the corner of the house and laughed, but Li Zheng gave him a sideways glance.

The consul almost had the words "listen to the corner of the wall" tattooed on his face, and he didn't know which family's eyeliner it was, so he couldn't bear to put it on.At this moment, a muffled thunder sounded from the sky, followed by a meandering bolt of lightning, illuminating the courtyard as if it were daytime at noon.

"Look, if you don't leave, be careful that lightning strikes your head." Li Zhengdao, "Although I am in confinement, if I want to harm someone, I will still be able to do so."

The consul's face suddenly became colorful. He must have heard a lot of similar words and seen the pros and cons of fate.He lingered for a while as if on patrol, and finally left unwillingly.

And inside the room, the last breath of heat from the teacup on the table finally disappeared.As he got closer, the bloody smell on Li Zheng's body became stronger and stronger. Xie Xuan saw a finger-thick bloodstain from his slightly open neckline, winding and spreading deep.

"It's going to rain, you should go."

Li Zheng let go of Xie Xuan, and pulled his open collar up, but Xie Xuan still stood against the wall.

The blood was his own.

The tip of the nose was entwined with the smell of blood, which reminded Xie Xuan of some bad memories.

"He's spying on you?"

Li Zheng curled his lips slightly, neither answering yes nor no.

Xie Xuan continued: "Or, do you have what he...or the people behind him want?"

"Your Highness." Li Zheng turned his head, bent his index finger and raised his chin, "You shouldn't ask, don't ask too much."

Xie Xuan calmly said, "But I have one last question."

"Oh?"

"What is the fate of robbery?"

Li Zheng was taken aback.

He looked at Xie Xuan silently, trying to see through Xie Xuan's eyes the reason why he said this.But people are not bodhisattvas. They don't know what people in the world want, what they think, what they think, and what they feel.

"You mean the lone star of the evil spirit?" Li Zheng spoke slowly, but he could not conceal the darkness in his eyes. "A person with this fate will have a life of ups and downs. When he was young, he was betrayed by his relatives, plotted against by his friends, and everyone betrayed them. In the end, the lonely family will live a desolate life, or they will be born in the world and become famous all over the world, becoming a wise man, a hero, a legend in the history books..."

"And me, why can't it be the latter?"