Cold Sword Perched Peach Blossom

In this way, during the day, Rui took Xuan Qing and Lin Rufei for a walk in the palace for a day, and also ate dinner with Bai Jinglun before going back.

On the way back, Xuan Qing was sitting in the carriage, her eyes closed as if she was thinking about something, Lin Rufei didn't dare to disturb him, she opened the curtain and looked at the night scene outside.

Because of the curfew, the most lively night scene in Lantern City disappeared, and the streets were lined with closed businesses, and there were no tourists, only solemn guards in heavy armor patrolling back and forth in uniform steps from time to time.On the way back, the carriage was stopped several times by the guards, and they were released only after seeing the token belonging to the palace in the driver's hand.

When they arrived at the inn, Xuan Qing and Lin Rufei bid farewell to each other and went back to their rooms to rest.

In such hot weather, Lin Rufei was indeed a little tired after walking outside for a day.Fuhua and Yurui brought him the boiled medicine, as well as the refreshing white fungus soup, and urged Lin Rufei to drink it.

Lin Rufei frowned when she saw the medicine, and wondered why she had to take the medicine when her cold was already cured.

Fuhua explained that it was a medicine for calming the nerves, and that after drinking it, she would not be unable to fall asleep at night. She also said that the effect of the medicine was really good, and it seemed to be working so far.

Lin Rufei asked strangely: "It works, how do you know if it works?"

Fuhua and Yurui didn't make a sound, but their expressions looked a little strange.

Lin Rufei simply sent the two of them out, and was about to find a place to dump the medicine. Looking at the brown-black medicine juice in her hand, she suddenly understood what Fuhua and Yurui said about the effect.

Recently, Gu Xuandu has been getting weaker and weaker, and he seldom appears in front of him. Because of this, in the eyes of Fuhua and Yurui, his hysteria of talking to himself has been greatly improved.The maids took it for granted that this change was due to the effect of the calming medicine, so they urged Lin Rufei to continue taking the medicine prescribed by Wan Yao.

Lin Rufei was very helpless, after all, the medicine was three-point poisonous, who knew if it would have other effects if he drank too much, so although he appreciated Fuhua Yurui's kindness, he still poured out the medicine quietly, and lay down again. Back on the bed.

Walking around the palace today, Lin Rufei also saw some tricks.Although Rui said that he wanted to help during the day, in fact, he hadn't taken this matter to heart before. It wasn't until someone made a move under his nose a few days ago that he really provoked him.

At present, Bai Jinglun has not established a crown prince, and the eldest prince is not a direct descendant, so the various forces in the palace are in a state of treachery. In Bai Rui's words, he will not be surprised even if he uses any method.During the day Rui was not interested in the friction between these forces, as long as it was not blamed on him, he would not intervene.After all, it is easy for an eight-level sword cultivator to destroy a city. Although he lives in the mortal world, all living beings are as insignificant as ants in his eyes.

Do you care which ant wins in the end?The same is true for Bai Rui.

Of course, Bai Rui hid his attitude very well. If Lin Rufei didn't have a deep understanding of the swordsman's temperament, he probably wouldn't have noticed it.

Probably Bai Jinglun also knew his younger brother's temperament, so he didn't doubt that Bai Rui was involved in this weird incident. After all, if he really wanted to do something, why would he choose such a tactful method? convenience.

But during the day Rui was really interested in Lin Rufei, even Xuan Qing felt it. On the way back, he told Lin Rufei to pay attention to him. It's really not a good thing to be taken a fancy to by him.

Naturally, Lin Rufei also knew that although Tian Rui was no match for his second elder brother Lin Bianyu, but Lin Bianyu was far away in Kunlun, and it might be too late to rush over when something really happened.But unlike Xuan Qing's feeling, he felt that Bai Rui's interest in him was not the kind of affection between a man and a woman, but more like a vague temptation to test whether Lin Rufei was as harmless as he showed.

Countless thoughts ran through her mind, and drowsiness gradually came to her. Lin Rufei closed her eyes, and when she was falling asleep, she heard a slight creaking sound.The sound was very soft, as if the window was accidentally blown by the breeze, but in this silent room, it seemed particularly abrupt.The candles on the table had already been extinguished, and the room was so dark that people couldn't see clearly, but Lin Rufei opened her eyes suddenly, sat up from the bed vigilantly, and said, "Who's there?"

No one answered.

"Who's there?" Lin Rufei asked again.

There was still no answer, as if the voice Lin Rufei heard just now was just his illusion, but although he couldn't see it, he could clearly feel that there was something in his room, maybe by the window, maybe in the corner , maybe... hiding under his bed.

Lin Rufei was taken aback by his own thoughts, he calmed himself down, held Gu Yu who was hanging beside him in his hand, pulled out the blade, then rubbed it out of bed, intending to light the candle on the table.

The room was quiet, Lin Rufei carefully observed the surroundings, he stumbled to the table, and finally touched the fire folder on the table.Just as he was about to pick it up and ignite it, there was a sudden burst of force behind him.

Lin Rufei didn't notice for a while, and was directly pushed down on the table. The attacker was so powerful that he directly pressed his mouth with one hand to cover his cries for help, and the other hand grabbed him. neck, nailing him to the table.

Lin Rufei's first reaction was that this man wanted to kill him, and the next moment he swung Gu Yu, who was wrapped in sword intent, directly. He felt as if he had hit something, and the hilt of the sword was slightly frozen, but the lingering However, the sword intent seemed to have disappeared, and there was no sound at all... Lin Rufei knew that he should use a shield, and Lin Rufei suddenly had such an idea in his mind.

The person who restrained Lin Rufei let out a chuckle, slowly bent down, leaned close to Lin Rufei's ear, and slowly opened his mouth.

But as soon as his voice came out, Lin Rufei showed disbelief.

The man spat out two words: "Tian... Jun..." The soft words, like a gust of wind, pierced Lin Rufei's eardrums. What surprised him the most was not the word Tianjun, But this person's voice was exactly the same as that of Gu Xuandu who disappeared after entering Dajing.

The person who wanted to kill him was Gu Xuandu?No, it's impossible, even if Gu Xuan wanted to do it, he could do it a long time ago, why wait until this moment.But if it wasn't for Gu Xuandu, what would this person have to do with him?Lin Rufei's mind was extremely chaotic, countless thoughts flashed one after another, he wanted to ask a question, but his mouth was tightly covered by the man, so that he could only let out a weak whimper.

The man felt Lin Rufei struggling with all his strength, and chuckled again, as if Lin Rufei's powerless appearance pleased him, he lowered his head, and looked at Lin Rufei who was struggling under his hands with burning eyes. A soft kiss fell on the back of his hand.

There was only one hand between Lin Rufei's lips and his. Logically speaking, at such a close distance, Lin Rufei should be able to see clearly what the person opposite him looked like, but no matter how hard he tried, , there is only darkness in the field of vision, as if this person is just a void, and it is impossible to recognize the appearance of the person in front of him with the naked eye.

At the same time, the hand pinching his neck was slowly tightening, gradually blocking Lin Rufei's ability to breathe. Lin Rufei's eyes widened, and her hands wanted to push back, but her hands waved in mid-air but did not. Didn't touch anything.He was clearly pressing on her tightly, but she couldn't touch him. Lin Rufei thought in disbelief, where is this person's body?Could it be that he has no body?But since he doesn't have a body... how can he hold himself down.

Because of the strong sense of suffocation, tears overflowed from the corners of Lin Rufei's eyes, and another gentle Tianjun "Tianjun", that person's voice exploded in his ears like thunder.As the suffocation time gradually lengthened, Lin Rufei's vitality also began to dim, his consciousness gradually became trance, and some messy patterns began to appear in the dark field of vision.

Is he going to die... But if he just died like this, wouldn't it be ridiculous, Lin Rufei thought so, and closed his eyes unwillingly, but the moment he closed his eyes, a deafening sound suddenly fell from the window. Rolling thunder, bright yellow dazzling lightning followed, and struck the building not far from the inn in an instant. The building was directly ignited by the raging fire, and the bright flame shot into the sky, and projected into Lin Ru's house through the window. Fei's room.The person pressing him suddenly let go, and fresh air flooded into Lin Rufei's lungs again. He covered his neck in pain and coughed violently.

After finally slowing down, Lin Rufei hurriedly looked around, but she couldn't see the murderer who attacked him just now.

What about people?How could there be no one?Lin Rufei staggered a few steps and walked to the window. The window was half closed, and no one could be seen. If it wasn't for the severe pain in her throat, Lin Rufei would have doubted what happened just now. It was just a nightmare he had.

Lin Rufei wiped the cold sweat off her forehead casually, and looked out the window at the dazzling firelight.The fire came suddenly and went quickly, and was quickly extinguished by the guards' rescue without causing other losses.

Lin Rufei didn't dare to sleep anymore, so she lit the candles in the house again, and sat in the room like this all night.Even though such a thing happened, Gu Xuandu still did not show up. Lin Rufei was a little worried about his situation. Gu Xuandu was right. The incident in Dajingli was far more dangerous than that in Xiliang Mountain. many.

The next day, it was sunny.The building that was burning last night was still exuding a scorched smell. Lin Rufei originally thought that the building was a house, but when she came out to look at it after dawn, she found that it was actually a temple built by Tianjun in the city.He went into this temple when he first came to the Lantern Festival, and Xuan Qing even praised him, saying that the red sculpture inside was very similar to Tianjun. Lin Rufei asked curiously after hearing this: "Listen to Master Xuan Qing's tone, can you see Have you passed Tianjun?"

Xuan Qing smiled without saying a word, just clasped his hands together and said Amitabha.

The legend of Tianjun has been going on for hundreds of years. Could it be that the monk Xuanqing has lived for hundreds of years?Lin Rufei felt very strange, but seeing Xuan Qing didn't say anything, and didn't ask any more questions.

After all, who doesn't have a few secrets when walking in the rivers and lakes.

Now that the temple was suddenly burned, Lin Rufei still felt a little regretful.

"Mr. Lin, what happened last night?" Just as Lin Rufei was lamenting, Monk Xuan Qing happened to come down from upstairs, saw Lin Rufei sitting in the lobby drinking tea, asked with a frown, he His expression was a little dignified, and his eyes fell on Lin Rufei's neck.

I saw a pair of black handprints on the white and slender neck for no reason at this time, the handprints looked familiar no matter what, but Lin Rufei's calm appearance made Xuan Qing think that she was thinking too much .

"Oh, that thing came to me." Lin Rufei's throat hurt a little, and his voice was a little hoarse. He took a sip of tea and said, "I want to strangle me."

Xuan Qing stared.

"But it didn't work." Lin Rufei joked, "If it worked, I don't think I would stay here anymore..."

Xuan Qing didn't speak for a while, and sat next to Lin Rufei with a heavy face, thinking about his words: "Mr. Lin, the invitation on Kunlun has been delivered. It seems that it is not safe for you to stay in Dajing. You might as well leave earlier."

Lin Rufei said, "Does this mean I'm leaving?"

Xuan Qing smiled bitterly: "After all, if Mr. Lin is not joking, that thing should have come to the inn last night, but I am next to Mr. Lin, and I have never felt the breath of that thing, so... I am afraid I can't protect Mr. Lin well."

Lin Rufei rubbed the teacup in front of her playfully, and said, "Why is Master Xuanqing so unconfident all of a sudden?"

Xuan Qing said: "If you still persuade Mr. Lin to stay, then you are not confident, but conceited." He sighed, "After all, human life is the most fragile thing in the world."

Lin Rufei said: "Then Master Xuan Qing is not afraid of himself?"

Xuan Qing said: "A monk's life is worthless."

Lin Rufei's eyes were burning: "The lives of ordinary monks are probably worthless, but how can the master in Nanyin Temple compare with ordinary monks?"

Xuan Qing showed helplessness, she didn't expect this seemingly harmless Mr. Lin to be so eloquent when he got serious, making it hard to resist.

Lin Rufei said: "Besides, Master Xuan Qing didn't ask clearly what happened last night, and just let me go. Aren't you afraid of missing some key clues?"

Xuan Qing said Amitabha, and troubled Lin Rufei to explain what happened last night in detail.

Lin Rufei was attacked until she was brutally suppressed, and when she almost died, the Temple of Tianjun outside the window suddenly caught fire

About the matter, I told Xuan Qing carefully.However, he deliberately skipped the "Tianjun", for some reason, he always felt that it was better not to let other people know about this sentence.It seems that there are some terrible things hidden in it, but Lin Rufei has no clue yet.

Xuan Qing said: "Did that thing disappear after the Tianjun Temple caught fire?"

"Yes." Lin Rufei nodded.

"Strange." Xuan Qing said, "What is this thing afraid of..."

If it is said that he is afraid of Tianjun, but there are so many temples and sculptures of Tianjun in Dengxiao City, why was that thing not afraid at first, but if it is said that he is not afraid of Tianjun, why did he suddenly leave when the Tianjun Temple ignited a fire , Spare Lin Rufei's life?

Xuan Qing squinted her eyes, as if she was thinking about something.

Lin Rufei was beside him, drinking tea slowly.

The two were silent, but a carriage from the palace came outside the inn, saying that the saint was invited.Xuan Qing wanted to go alone this time, but the servant in the carriage said that the saint also invited Mr. Lin.

So under Xuan Qing's sighing gaze, Lin Rufei also got into the carriage.

The carriage drove into the palace and soon reached its destination.

Lin Rufei and Xuan Qing were greeted by the palace staff, and quickly walked in front of a building that looked like a study room, but before the few people entered, they heard Bai Jinglun's angry scolding from inside, as if they were reprimanding someone .Seeing this scene, the palace man showed a nervous expression, raised his hand and knocked on the door carefully, and after a while, he heard "Come in" from inside.

Lin Rufei and Xuan Qing filed in, and saw the ashen-faced Bai Jinglun and the two princes kneeling in front of him. Prince Bai Rui was also present, but he was obviously not very interested in the scene where the old man reprimanded his son. Sipping tea leisurely on the chair, seeing Lin Rufei and the others coming, he showed them a warm smile.

"What happened?" Xuan Qing clearly guessed what happened, but she still pretended to be innocent and blinked, "Why is Your Majesty so angry?"

"They're all my good sons." Bai Jinglun gritted his teeth, "Say it yourself! What stupid things did you do the day the third princess fell into a coma!"

The sixth prince was young, and was so severely scolded by his father that he was already out of breath from crying. The second prince still gritted his teeth, but his eyes were already red, and he recounted what happened that day with a trembling voice.

It turned out that the three princesses planned to go out of the palace with the maid to watch the lights that day, but they met the second and sixth princes on the way. The third princess made a pass, and also punished the maid under the third princess's door.The third princess went back crying, but something happened after she went back, not only the maid who was close to her died, but she also fell into a coma.The princes felt that if the Holy Majesty knew about this matter, they would definitely be angry, so they wanted to hide it.But who would have thought that another accident happened later, and the two of them were almost killed by that thing, so they regretted that they shouldn't have concealed it...

Even though he said that, Lin Rufei felt that when the second prince lied yesterday, he didn't hesitate at all.

After hearing a few sneers, Bai Jinglun kicked the second prince on the shoulder, kicking him staggeringly. He pointed at the second prince's nose and cursed: "Dispute? You slapped your sister twice, You call this a dispute? Who gave you the right to hit her? Your mother?!"

The second prince's face turned pale when he heard the words "mother queen", and he knelt on the ground trembling, not daring to refute anything at all.The sixth prince cried out of breath, and said, "Father, don't blame brother, it's all that bastard... the brother who scolded that bastard first!"

As soon as Ye Zhong said the word, the sixth prince received a slap in the face, but it wasn't the Holy One who slapped him, but the elder brother he wanted to protect.The second prince's face was livid, and he said, "Guanlan, shut up!"

The sixth prince burst into tears.

Bai Jinglun squinted his eyes and looked at the two sons who were kneeling on the ground. He said, "Yazhong? Okay, call my sister Yezhong."

The second prince finally couldn't help crying and the scene became extremely chaotic.

In the end, it was Bai Rui who spoke in the end, persuading him in a neutral manner: "Brother, children always learn how to speak, and if they can learn the word wild species, it must be because the servants around them are not qualified. You and the two children are fussy." What."

Bai Jinglun said coldly: "Come here, take all their personal servants down, two hundred sticks."

The sixth prince's eyes widened when he heard the words, but his brother tightly covered his mouth.

The emperor gave an order of two hundred sticks, and this man was sure to die. Even if he survived with strong physical fitness, his lower body would definitely be useless. The emperor's actions made it clear that he was killing chickens and monkeys. He killed the servants and warned the empress that the prince said.

After saying this, Bai Jinglun ordered the princes to be taken down again. After all, the sixth prince was a half-grown child, and he didn't have so many things in his mind. When he was about to leave, he broke free from his brother's grasp and looked at Bai Jinglun. Jing Lun yelled: "Father is partial! That demon girl of hers is not worthy of being my sister!"

Bai Jinglun's face darkened, and he was about to get angry again.The sixth prince added: "Father doesn't know, she is proficient in the art of defeating victory, and has hidden countless dolls in the imperial garden. If you search carefully, you will definitely find them!! Although she is unconscious, but But it was not life-threatening, and the only people who were almost strangled to death were me and my second brother, this must be her conspiracy!"

"Take it down!" Bai Jinglun waved his hand.

The maids pulled the prince out abruptly.

As soon as the princes left, the room suddenly became quiet, looking a little embarrassed. During the day, Rui smiled and invited Lin Rufei and Xuan Qing to sit down, but the smile froze for a moment when he noticed the sudden bruise on Lin Rufei's neck.Bai Jinglun also noticed this abnormality, frowned, and asked Lin Rufei what happened last night.

Lin Rufei recounted what happened last night. When he said that the Tianjun Temple was suddenly struck by lightning and saved his life, during the day Rui glanced at Xuanqing with a thoughtful expression, and said, "Lin Rufei The young master is truly blessed and blessed."

"Well, good luck." Lin Rufei nodded.

During the day, Rui moved closer to Lin Rufei's side, carefully observed the mark on his neck, and hissed: "It's strange, this handprint seems to be a little different from the one on the prince's neck."

"Where?" Xuan Qing asked.

"Isn't it a bit bigger." Bai Rui said while making a gesture, and used both hands to tentatively wrap Lin Rufei's neck, "The ones on those two boys' necks are both half-and-half. Only the one on Mr. Lin's neck is a full circle, could it be..."

"Could it be what?" Lin Rufei asked.

"Could it be that thing likes you more?" Bai Rui said with a faint smile, and put his hands together, covering Lin Rufei's neck with hot palms.

Before Lin Rufei frowned, Bai Jinglun yelled, "Tianrui, don't be rude to Mr. Lin!"

"Just kidding, just kidding." During the day, Ruisong let go of his hand, but his face was still full of smiles, looking very aggressive.Looking at him like this, Lin Rufei really felt a little itchy.

"I was just thinking that the prince's words might have some truth." Bai Rui said, "Why did the second prince and the sixth prince have the accident? Could there be some rules hidden in it? But now that Mr. Lin has also had an accident, the princes' words are not true. meaning."

"That's not necessarily true." Xuan Qing, who hadn't spoken much all this time, suddenly spoke.

"Oh, why is this not certain?" Bai Rui said, "Master Xuan Qing, do you have any insights?"

Xuan Qing said: "Since the two princes swear that there are many disgusting things in the imperial garden, why not send someone to check it out?"

During the day, Rui seemed to want to say something, but finally held back.

Bai Jinglun agreed to Xuan Qing's proposal, and with a wave of his hand, he signaled the guards to search carefully in the imperial garden, not to miss any corner that could hide things.

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