Lin Ji staggered over calmly, then squatted beside Fu Ling with great effort, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Look, this is the price of arrogance.

Fu Ling was angry, but he didn't have the slightest strength to fight back, so he could only let Lin Ji's hand slap on his shoulder without any way.

"Then I'll give you a choice now, either tell me where Yi Hanlan is, or die. Lin Ji deliberately said the word death lightly, but it was extremely harsh in Fu Ling's ears.

The column of blood in his chest became more and more rapid. He felt his vitality gradually draining from his body, and it seemed that he had no strength to speak. His body trembled slightly, his mouth pursed tightly, and it took an extremely strong will to hold back and not moan because of the pain, and not fall to the ground and fall unconscious because of the injury.

Fu Ling stretched out his hand and grabbed it in the air with great difficulty. But there was still nothing in his hands.

She ...... Kill me, and you'll never find her. Fu Ling's voice was getting weaker and weaker, and by the last word he was no longer even audible what he was saying.

"Oh......" Lin Ji lowered his head in contemplation and did not speak. Then he stood up and walked slowly into the distance.

"I've never been a threat. Don't say it's you. ”

Listening to the footsteps getting farther and farther away, Fu Ling became nervous, and glanced around in a little panic, for fear that Lin Ji would leave his sight.

But Lin Ji really didn't look back like this.

The twilight is gone, and the light rain is coming.

A middle-aged official with a clear face walked on the rainy street with an umbrella, judging from the color of the official uniform, the rank was not low, but there were no subordinates beside him, only a general with a cold face followed silently.

The soldiers and junior officials at the west gate stood quietly under the eaves, their eyes moving with the footsteps of the two officials in the street, no one stepped forward, and no one showed a surprised expression.

The middle-aged official was Huang Long, the commander of the Qincheng Guards, who was responsible for the defense of the entire Huancheng and the royal city, and the general who followed him was the general of the Guards.

Huanglong is known for his diligence and honesty, since he took over the post of commander of the Huancheng Guards in the capital of Huanyue, every morning and twilight, he will inevitably choose a city gate for inspection, without any subordinate officials, light and simple, rain or shine, so many years there is no day that is not like this.

The people at the gates of Huancheng have long been accustomed to the scene in front of them, and they can only leave after the adult has finished his inspection, which has formed an unwritten rule. It has also become a scenery in recent years.

According to the rules and habits of the past years, it is the West City Gate that leads Lord Huanglong to inspect today.

After inspecting the West City Gate, Huang Long confirmed that he had not found any problems, nodded, and the general behind him looked back at the soldiers and officials under the eaves with nervous faces, and waved his hand with a cold expression.

Standing on the rainy street outside the West City Gate, Huang Long tilted his umbrella slightly, looked up at the rain falling from the sky, felt that his legs were a little tired, and said slightly: "After all, I am still old." ”

The general behind him bowed his head and said, "My lord can serve the imperial court for another thirty years.

Huang Long smiled faintly and asked: "Over the years, you have accompanied me around every day, and you have to step on the night to return home every day, my younger brothers and sisters have long been dissatisfied, and it is really hard for you." ”

After a moment of silence, the general replied: "My life was given by adults, don't say that accompanying adults to walk through the nine gates of Huancheng, even if you give away your life, it is a matter of course." ”

Now these two famous and honest officials in Huancheng used to be colleagues in the barracks, and their fates changed because of an incident back then, and they are also closely linked.

If it weren't for Huang Long's ruthless determination, he was the first to take refuge in the crown prince with several capable subordinates, maybe the court would have been eradicated long ago, even if he didn't die, he would probably be left out in the cold by the court.

It's a pity that after all, they were still affected by the incident back then, although the two of them were diligent and honest and worked hard for the imperial court, and their official positions and military positions had come to an end, and it was difficult to be promoted, but at least they had glory and wealth.

"Back then, the head of the family took us into Huancheng, and it seemed that we were walking through the West City Gate. Huang Long pursed the corners of his mouth, as if he had thought of something.

The general behind him looked slightly grim.

When the two of them inspected the city gate every morning and dusk, they talked about the gossip in the house, the interesting things in the court, and also recalled the military career, but they never mentioned that person and that family.

Because the two don't want to remember the tragic incident back then, they don't want to recall the role they played in that incident, maybe because of guilt and shame, maybe because of fear.

"I was so tired, so tired that I was worried that I would suddenly burst out of the crowd and kill me. Huang Long sighed and didn't speak again.

Of course, the generals behind him knew why Huang Long had this feeling, like Huang Long, there were many Pei officials who had taken refuge in the royal family in the process of uprooting, and the person who judged the master would no longer be trusted after all, so Huang Long's military position had stopped there for many years and did not go any further. But if he hadn't joined the royal family back then, maybe he would have died at this moment.

But whenever he thinks of the person who brought him up in the first place, Huang Long will always feel inexplicably uncomfortable in his heart.

Although the Pei family is now like fire and water with the Huanyue royal family, after all, it is still the largest family and cultivation family in Huanyue, and the power in Huanyue is like an old tree, and it is still much more difficult to uproot it after all.

The rain in the twilight is getting heavier and heavier, the pedestrians have already returned to their respective homes, the subordinate officials of the City Gate Division have probably returned to the warm mansion, the night vigil guards are hiding in the city gate hole or the duty room, the wet street is empty and quiet, only the sound of the rain accompanied by the two silent memories of the past.

Two carriages waited silently at both ends of the rainy street, it was the carriage sent by the two people's mansion, and the steward of the mansion had long been accustomed to the rules of the adults, so he did not come to urge them.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps suddenly sounded on the rainy street, the footsteps were very soft and steady, and if you listened carefully, you seemed to be able to hear the subtle sound of the soles of your boots breaking through the puddles.

It was a young man dressed in black.

Strangely enough, the young man did not have an umbrella and let the rain fall on him, his clothes were already soaked, and the rain ran down the strands of hair that hung down his forehead.

Huang Long looked at the young man in black walking towards the two of them, and his brows slowly raised.

He just thought that the young man in black, who was drenched all over, was a little strange, and he didn't notice any danger, and he didn't think anything would happen.

Nothing really happened.

When the young man walked in front of the two, he noticed the official uniform worn by Huang Long and the light armor worn by the general behind him, saluted, and then walked out of the long street.

Huang Long noticed that when the young man in black saluted, the expression on his face was not awe, but with very complicated emotions, and said with a smile: "We look at this young man in the rain strangely, and I think he will also feel strange when he looks at us two officials standing silent in the rain." ”

The general behind him said: "Reasonable, then go back." ”

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and although it wasn't cold, it was a little restless.

Huang Long suddenly felt that there seemed to be something more in his hand, and when he looked down, he saw a note in his hand.

He didn't look at what was written on the note, but turned to look behind him, only to see that the young man in black had long been missing from the street in the summer rain.

The general behind Huang Long also noticed this matter, his eyebrows suddenly raised, and he said in a deep voice: "This person is very remarkable to be able to quietly stuff paper into the hands of adults." ”

Then their hearts thumped at the same time. Then they looked at each other with a hint of fear in their eyes.

Huang Long was silent for a moment, stabilized his mind, and slowly opened the note in his palm.

The note was yellowish and seemed ordinary, with six big words written on it: "Traitor, damn it." ”

The expressions of the two changed drastically, and their expressions were so dark and gloomy that the night was about to rain temporarily, and Huang Long's fingers holding the note trembled slightly.