Chapter Seventy-Four: The Assassin in the Woods
Liu Shuangli followed the peach and willow green all the way out of the house with Shi Qiong. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Shi Qiong was depressed in her heart, and had no intention of having fun, since she entered the garden with the crowd, she walked around alone, and after a while, she was away from the crowd.
Shi Qiong has practiced martial arts, she is in a bad mood at this time, her mood is extremely bad, the steps under her feet are at will, she walks big and hurriedly, and she can barely keep up at first, but soon she gradually struggles. Seeing this, Liu Shuangli asked them not to follow hard, just waited on the porch, and waited until she found an opportunity to persuade Shi Qiong to come back to meet them.
Only Liu Shuangli wanted to persuade, but her Miss Shi was a very unpersuaded master.
Liu Shuangli was only angry when Shi Qiong was still as first seen, and she was not so angry, but as long as she persuaded her with a smile, she acted as if nothing had happened, anyway, she was a master who didn't remember and didn't wake up.
But this time, contrary to Liu Shuangli's expectations, Shi Qiong, who has always been arrogant and careless, has some understanding in his heart.
I think she has been spoiled since she was a child, and only others have followed her, and she has never been asked to obey others. Since she came to the capital, she knew that this place was different from home, and she was patient and learned to be obedient and skillful, but she also coaxed her aunt to please, and she could talk to her second cousin, so she thought that this was what was going on in the capital.
However, when she came to the Zhenguo Mansion today and saw these noble ladies and nobles, she knew that this was not the case at all, and she knew what the family of the capital was. What beauty and talent here, what chivalrous demeanor, is not worth mentioning at all, it is just something that others talk about. What matters here is the family background, the official position of the elders in the family, and the faction and circle that matter.
Since she arrived in Beijing, she wanted to find an opportunity to be a guest at Qingrenbo's Mansion so that she could get to know Bai Ziwei better. But several attempts were fruitless, and for some reason, she began to complain about her uncle and aunt, some unreasonable, and after others did not treat her seriously, she was clearly told by her third brother that her uncle's Cheng Mansion and Qingrenbo's Mansion were not in the same circle at all. And the result of this not being in the same circle is that if the two families have no official affairs and no clear requirements from the saints, they will not get along with each other in old age.
Not to mention getting married and marrying a family, the two families don't even have ordinary banquets as guests, and they can nod and say hello to each other when they meet, which is already the limit.
Only then did she understand why in Xi'an, her father entertained Bai Gongzi in the front yard of the public mansion with such a formula, polite and distant; why even if she was so polite and perfunctory, her mother complained a lot and made trouble with her father; why she wanted to find Bai Gongzi several times, and her parents, who had always spoiled herself and everything went according to her, reprimanded her completely regardless of the situation, and she ran away from home several times regardless of the situation, and her parents reluctantly agreed to let her come to the capital, and when she went out, she also cautiously told her that when she went to the capital, she knew what the world is big, and what it means to be high and low。
When she first arrived in the capital, she didn't understand, but this morning, in this town's mansion, when facing the princess of Changle, she finally understood, and finally understood what her parents meant.
Shi Qiong thought so annoyedly, like a headless fly, the subordinates of the Zhenguo Mansion saw that her face was not good, and her temper was big, and they didn't stop her much, so they unconsciously let her bypass several gardens, and those warblers and swallows in the garden before didn't know where they were.
After walking for a long time, looking at the sky when it was almost noon, thinking that the Zhenguo Mansion should hold a luncheon to find someone, Liu Shuangli knew that he would not persuade Shi Qiong again, I am afraid that they would be embarrassed more than once before when they came to be guests this time.
It's hard to do it, no matter how kind of smile she is, no matter how good her words are, it won't work. Liu Shuangli was helpless, so he wanted to force Shi Qiong to pull Shi Qiong regardless of it, but he thought about it, but when he wanted to make a move, he hesitated.
No matter how she is now a subordinate, in order to save trouble all the way, she is used to following this young lady's temperament first, and at this moment, she suddenly wants to use force on this young lady, but she really doesn't know how to do it for a while.
was hesitating, and suddenly heard the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground in the distance.
Liu Shuangxuan jumped down, looking for prestige, but saw that behind the pavilion in the distance, there was a dense forest, and the sound of heavy objects falling on the ground came from the woods.
The sound was far away, separated by the woods and the gazebo, and it should not be easy for people to hear. But at this moment, there is no one else in this garden, it is extremely pure, Liu Shuangli has practiced martial arts, and his ear power is excellent, but he can hear this voice very clearly.
It is accompanied by the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, the sound of the breeze blowing in the forest, and the footsteps of people who are trying their best to hide it.
Liu Shuangli raised his brows, seeing that Shi Qiong on the side didn't pay any attention to this, his expression was as annoyed as ever, and he didn't hear the strange voice in the garden at all.
The footsteps are faintly close, and there is more than one person, running back and forth, all of them are light footwork, obviously they are all practitioners.
Liu Shuangli no longer hesitated, grabbed Shi Qiong, and before she could exclaim, he pressed her mouth, suppressed her struggle, and dragged her behind the rockery on the side.
As soon as the two of them hid to the rockery, they heard a few screams from the woods, followed by the footsteps, and the woods were quiet for a while.
Shi Qiong was stunned for a moment, her eyes widened, and her body, which was suppressed by Liu Shuangli, no longer struggled, it was obvious that she had heard this miserable cry.
After a while, looking through the crack in the rockery, I saw a figure rushing out of the woods, and the figure rushed to the pavilion, and the two of them found at the same time that it was a young man in a black suit, with a large blood stain on the placket, and a blood-dripping dagger in his hand.
Seeing this, Shi Qiong's feet immediately softened, and his whole body completely relied on Liu Shuangli's support to not fall. And although Liu Shuangli has seen a lot and people are bold, he suddenly saw this situation in this family's mansion, and his scalp couldn't help but tingle.
You must know that this is the Zhenguo Mansion, the courtyard of the deep house, and the backyard of the house is still inviting guests to set up banquets, how can it be heavily guarded, how can it run to carry out murderous assassins?
I saw that the assassin stopped when he walked to the pavilion, looked left and right, and sat down on the stone bench in the pavilion, and the dagger in his hand was also casually placed on the stone table.
As if he was extremely tired, the assassin put down the dagger and lay down on the stone table, his originally heavy breathing smoothing out.
Liu Shuangli was stunned for a moment, she felt that something was wrong in her heart, recalling the scene before, she chased Shi Qiong all the way forward, at first she could meet a few people from time to time, and then there were fewer and fewer people after that, and in the end, since entering this garden, she didn't meet anyone anymore.
Think of this big garden, there is such a large forest in the garden, and there is a pavilion rockery, although the scenery is average, but it is also in the backyard of the Zhenguo Mansion, can go all the way, no matter how far away from the main house, it should not be a very remote place, how can you not even see a subordinate?
After thinking about it again, seeing that the assassin-like person on the pavilion seemed to have closed his eyes and rested, Liu Shuangxuan was relieved, helped Shi Qiong, who was already weak, to sit on the side of the big stone, and whispered a few words, asking her to hide here and not move. He quietly walked around the other side of the rockery, and slowly circled behind the dense woods from the other direction from which the assassin had come.
On the other side of the woods, there is a January cave door, and the door leads to another garden, but at this moment the cave door is closed, Liu Shuangli stepped forward to take a closer look, and found that the door was stained with sweat that had not yet dried, and it was obvious that it had just been closed.
Without thinking about it anymore, Liu Shuangli cautiously walked into the depths of the woods.
As soon as he took a few steps, he saw a few people lying faintly in front of him.
Although he saw the conjecture scene, Liu Shuangli still didn't dare to be careless, and slowly leaned forward and hid behind a big tree to take a closer look. Several people lying upside down, all bloodstained and fell to the ground, and two of them were the same as the person they had seen in the pavilion before, wearing the same black sweat coat, thinking that they should be in a group. The other three are dressed as servants in the house, which is not very special. There is another person, but he is a person with a gorgeous crown of brocade, who is obviously a person with status.
There were six people who fell to the ground, and one who came out of the pavilion alive, making a total of seven. But Liu Shuangli recalled the footsteps she had just heard, but it didn't seem that there were so many people, if she heard it correctly, such a small and light footsteps should be no more than three people.
Suddenly, there was another noise behind me.
Liu Shuangli was startled, and heard that the door of the Moon Cave was opened from the other side.
Without thinking much about it, Liu Shuangli jumped into the air and jumped into the big tree.
After a short time, I saw two people dressed in guard clothes walking from the door of the moon cave, their steps were extremely fast, and when they saw the six people who fell to the ground, their faces immediately changed greatly. One of them immediately ran to the side of the brocade crown, helped the man up, then reached out to probe his nostrils, and then shook his head in disappointment at his companion.
The other man then stepped forward to check on the two men in black oversuits.
"It's a dead man. ”
Shaking his head in disappointment, he was about to walk away, when the man who picked up the brocade crown suddenly exclaimed: "Wait, there are still blood stains there." ”
Following the bloodstains, the two traced it all the way to the pavilion.
The man in black lying on the stone table heard the sound, suddenly opened his eyes and jumped up, and the dagger that he had casually placed on the table had shot like lightning towards the two people who were rushing towards him.
Before he could dodge, one of the two people who rushed to the ground fell to the ground with a thud, and the dagger was already deeply pierced in his big foot.
The man in black on the pavilion was obviously skilled, and he subdued one person as soon as he made a move.
At this time, he stood in front of the gazebo with a sneer, no weapon in his hand, but he did not flinch at all, looking at the other guard who was running towards him with a knife, he waved his palm and slashed forward with full strength.
But as soon as his big palm was split, his face changed suddenly, and he turned his head to the left to look at it, and saw that in the cold light, several stones with strong wind were hitting him in the upper middle and lower parts.
The stone came suddenly, and with strength, he found that no matter how good he was, no matter how fast he avoided it, there was still a stone that hit him in the right shoulder.
The man in black ate a stone on his shoulder, and the man was already tired, his body was unstable for a while, and he couldn't help shaking, and the guard who had been split back by his palm saw the situation, and immediately stepped forward and slashed at the man in black.
The man in black hurriedly moved to the side, but his strength was insufficient, and he only deviated a little, and the right side of his body was slashed by a big knife, and the others could no longer support it and fell to the ground.
The guard immediately stepped forward, grabbed the arm of the man in black and twisted it, only to hear two clicks, and the two arms of the man in black were dislocated. The guard then unbuckled his belt and tied up the man in black.
On the other side, the guard who was stabbed by the dagger also got up from the ground, tied his big foot with his belt, then clenched his teeth and pulled out the dagger himself, and struggled to take out the wound medicine from his arms and bandage the wound himself.
The two of them did this almost at the same time before they looked up to the side, the direction where the stone that had just helped them hit the man in black had come from.