Chapter 5: Ever-Changing Events (15)
One
The tall tower facing the river on Luoyu Street is a relatively tall building in Dongzi. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
At this time, the thin clouds were blown away by the wind, and the dark city was gradually covered with a layer of silver light, and the light of the moon finally reflected the city and the sea.
Duan Qianyan stood on the top floor of the tower, his figure looking lonely under the canopy, like a falcon overlooking Dongzi.
There seemed to be a faint but dull sound in the air, and it disappeared before anyone could catch it. Duan Qianyan found this subtle abnormality, and his eyebrows moved slightly.
After waiting for more than three moments, a voice slowly came from behind-
"You are Duan Qianyan?"
It's a woman's voice.
Duan Qianyan didn't turn around, but asked in a low voice, "Who is Your Excellency?"
"You don't know when you turn your head. The woman seemed to be dissatisfied, and her voice was very lazy.
Duan Qianyan was stunned for a moment, turned around curiously, and saw such a scene - under the full moon, a young woman stood in the wind, her long black hair curly like a flying ink snake, her light dress was filled with the wind, and the tide was swinging. He couldn't see her face clearly, and in the backlight, her curling figure was like a fairy in the night, mysterious and charming.
"Have you seen enough?" the woman said disapprehendedly.
Duan Qianyan came back to his senses, looked at her vigilantly, and asked, "Who are you, why do you keep following me?"
When the woman heard this, she was stunned and said, "Yo, it turned out that you found out, so you came here and deliberately lured me out." ā
"From the moment I left the prison, I noticed people staring at me in the dark. Generally, those who pay so much attention to me are either here to kill me, or they are looking for me to have something, and I don't feel the murderous aura in you, so you must have something to come to me. But I didn't expect it to be a woman, what a surprise. Duan Qianyan was relieved and vigilant, and said with a smile: "This place is good, the field of vision is broad, and the entire Dongzi is in full view, which is the most suitable for talking about things." ā
The woman's face ...... still couldn't be seen clearly, he could only hear her say: "Duan Qianyan, you are very smart, at least smarter than Jun Bai and Huang Yuan." ā
When Duan Qianyan heard this, a smile froze on his face, and he narrowed his eyes dangerously, and said, "Who are you?"
"Heh, among the four sons, you are ranked behind Jun Bai, but I don't think you should be second, according to your identity and intelligence, even if you are tied with Jun Bai, it is not an exaggeration. Her voice was good, and she didn't care how dangerous the man on the other side was. Just looked at him quietly, observing and evaluating the value of something, she said: "The only son of the king of Yunnan, one of the three major countries of the Central Plains, Duan Qianyan, is you." ā
This is a declarative sentence, not an interrogative sentence.
Duan Qianyan's eyes widened for a moment, and his face changed, "How did you know?"
This identity has been carefully hidden, and even Han Liangxue, the dead girl, doesn't know, and even when facing the second prince of Nanchu, he can handle it well. Why did the unmasked woman in front of her tell his identity and who she was?
In contrast to his obvious suspicion and anger, the woman's attitude was the complete opposite, and she said to him lightly: "I said, you are very smart. You are very good at hiding yourself, you have been in Dongzi for so long, and the two princes of the Southern Chu royal family have not found a noble person from another country lurking in their own territory. I have to say that you have a lot of ability, dare to stay here for half a year, I'm afraid Jun Bai and Huang Yuan can't do it, but ......" She paused, took out a scroll from behind her, and continued: "I'm not them, no matter how great your ability is, someone will find out, such as me." Don't be nervous, I'm not from your uncle's side, not from any side, and don't think of me as an assassin who is trying to kill you, I don't have the leisure to kill you. ā
"Oh, you know a lot about me, and you haven't answered my questions other than complimenting me. Duan Qianyan looked at her coldly, the coldness in her eyes was as bright as a sword, and it would make people shudder after looking at it for a long time.
It's a pity that the woman is not an ordinary person, and she doesn't care at all about Duan Qianyan's unangry and powerful momentum from beginning to end.
"The son of the king of Yunnan, didn't your old father teach you to be polite to women?" she seemed to be displeased with Duan Qianyan's attitude, spread out the scroll, and said unhurriedly: "You have been pestering my sister for almost half a year, why haven't you heard of me from her? No, Xiaoxue is greedy for good things, and she won't tell you about me." ā
When Duan Qianyan heard this, he was shocked in his heart, and blurted out: "You are Han Wen! Han Liangxue's sister!"
The woman nodded, "Yes, it's me." ā
"You ......" Duan Qianyan's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe that the person in front of him was the sister of the dead girl, and looked her up and down intently.
"Have you seen enough?" she saw him behaving so rudely, and teased: "If the thirteen generals of Yunnan see you staring at the woman like this, I'm afraid you will regret following the wrong master." ā
"It's not simple, the dead girl's sister is really eye-opening, even my thirteen generals in Yunnan know it. Duan Qianyan smiled coldly and said to her, "How did you know my identity?" Xiaoxue said that you have been missing for more than half a year, and I searched all over the world to find you, but I didn't expect to be here, and let me run into you, should I tell her that you are here?"
Han Wen lowered his head and focused on what was in his hand, "She already knows. ā
"......" Duan Qianyan was stunned, but she didn't expect the dead girl to really find her sister. He once thought that Han Wen was Xiaoxue's sister who made up a reason to persuade him to let her go. Now it seems that she is not lying, it is true that she said that she is going to come to the Central Plains to find her sister, and she said that her sister is very smart and powerful, which is also true.
Even if it was all true, he was still puzzled. Why did Han Wen pay special attention to him, just because he hid his identity from Xiaoxue?
Han Wen saw that he was still looking at her, so he knew what was going on, and said: "I want to know who you are, whether this matter is difficult to say, whether it is simple or not, in short, I just know." Your identity is not a mystery, this scroll contains information about you, and your identity is also on it, do you want to see it?" she raised the scroll in her hand and continued with a smirk, "I don't have any interest in you, but you are pestering my sister to believe that you have no purpose, just as you do not believe that I have no other intention to investigate you." I don't worry about people like you staying by Xiaoxue's side, give you a piece of advice, you can provoke any woman in this world, but it's best not to provoke the woman of my family, otherwise you will bear the consequences. ā
There was not a trace of expression on Duan Qianyan's face, and the words spoken in Han were extremely serious, and they were no longer considered advice, but warnings.
But this also figured out one thing, she paid attention to Duan Qianyan, investigated him, and followed him, just worried about her sister's safety.
After a long time, Duan Qianyan finally changed, and he grinned: "It's really interesting, you have a lot of tone, this is very similar to Xiaoxue." According to you, what will happen if I provoke Xiaoxue? ā
After hearing this, Han Wen also smiled, and said to him gently: "No matter what the consequences, you can't afford it." ā
"Then if I intentionally sleep with your sister, what will be the consequences?" Duan Qianyan was full of interest.
Han Wen's forehead was lightly bruised, and he smiled with anger, but still said gently: "I will slaughter you first, and then throw you into the sea to feed the fish." ā
"Hahahaha! Duan Qianyan smiled beautifully, very good-looking.
This man is so annoying. Han Wen labeled him as a slut in his heart, and at the same time felt deeply sorry for his own sister, it was not good to plant it in anyone's hands, and it was planted in the hands of such people, and it was still twice, which was a shame for her. If Mo Wen knew, he would definitely laugh at her.
"Your tone is also big, forget it...... You won't touch the light snow anyway. Han Wen raised his other hand and brushed the broken hair in front of his forehead. Duan Qianyan saw her face this time - thick eyebrows and big eyes, Qiong nose and red lips, between the eyebrows is a rare heroic spirit of a woman, although the appearance is not similar to the dead girl, but the two sisters have a distinct heroic spirit, which is very eye-catching.
"Why do you think I won't sleep with her?" he asked angrily when he saw what the other man looked like, and folded his hands around his chest.
Since he was born, no one had dared to say to his face that he would not do anything, and the feeling of being known made him jealous. As the only son of the king of Yunnan, it is easy for people to see that thinking is a dangerous thing, and the solution to this kind of thing is to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, leaving no trouble.
Han Wen probably saw what he was thinking at the moment, and didn't break it, just put away the scroll, straightened out the folds on his sleeves, and turned around and walked forward. Finally, she glanced back at him, "Why do you think I know, because ...... I know you've got a sweetheart. ā
Duan Qianyan trembled, pursed his mouth, wanted to say but didn't know what to say, just watched her gradually distant figure jump off the tower and completely disappear from his sight.
The night breeze blew lightly, the dark clouds passed over the moon, and half of Dongzi became dark.
Why would she know......
Duan Qianyan couldn't figure it out.
Two
He was blowing in the wind for a long time, and the woman suddenly appeared to look for him and left suddenly, all this happened to him a little confused, and his mind was still haunted by her last words, and he did not notice the thirteen black shadows that appeared silently around him.
When he noticed thirteen people, the street below suddenly erupted.
Dozens of soldiers in armor and cloaks appeared on the originally cold streets, and they rode horses across the streets, apparently performing very important things, and the pedestrians who came and went were frightened by this formation, and they all shouted in surprise to dodge on both sides, so as not to be accidentally injured by the horses.
Duan Qianyan looked at the leader of the horseback and asked the thirteen people around him, "Where are the dragoons going?"
"I just received news that a certain prisoner held by the crown prince of Huangyuan has been robbed, and Huangfuyan received this news and is mobilizing people and horses from the west bank to come to the city, so the dragoon guards should go to seal the city first. The only man among the thirteen who was closer to Duan Qianyan bowed and replied respectfully. The other twelve knelt down one by one.
The thirteen people who talked to Duan Qianyan were the thirteen generals of Yunnan mentioned in Han Wen's mouth.
Duan Qianyan watched the dragoon guards rush to the west gate with a team of men and horses, and vaguely guessed who the person Huang Yuan was going to arrest was, it should be the man who was in the same place with him. I heard from the dead girl's companion that the man's name was Mei Yuehan, and it seemed that the killer organization of the rivers and lakes Yunwu had a grudge against Nan Chu.
Thinking of the dead girl, he somehow thought of the words he had just said to her sister - what slept with her. He has really been out for a long time, and he dares to talk nonsense.
"Little Prince...... Do you want to go back now?" asked the man from the Thirteenth General of Yunnan.
Duan Qianyan lowered his head and stared at his palm, and said, "Well, let's go back, it's been too long to come out, it's time to go back." ā
"Then, do you want to inform the prince?"
"Not necessarily. Duan Qianyan glanced coldly at the thirteen generals, "Father doesn't know where I went, and he is not allowed to report my whereabouts when I go back." ā
"Yes. ā
"Nan Chu, it seems that the sky is about to change. Duan Qianyan finally looked at the glorious ancient city under his feet, showed a meaningful smile, and under the protection of the thirteen generals, he turned into a dark light and disappeared at the top of the tower.
Three
At the bottom of the tower, outside the dim tower gate, two pretty shadows leaned on the pillar, and the call of the wind blowing the skirt dance sounded faintly.
One of them is Hangul who has just come down from the top of the tower, and the other is Biluo, who has not been seen for a long time.
"Are you looking for the surname Duan to intervene in the affairs of Nanchu and Dali?" Biluo's voice fluttered like the wind, looking weird in such a night scene.
"Do you want to ask the same question for the last year?" Han Wen said, "I said it earlier, the old lady didn't have the heart to care about the trivial affairs of the Central Plains and the Three Kingdoms, and she was in trouble." ā
"You don't want to care, but your dear sister has caused trouble for Duan Qianyan and Huang Li at the same time, can you rest assured? ā
"It's annoying. Wenwen turned around impatiently, stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, "Anan is really, they all told them that I was fine, and if I returned to Dayin earlier, I wouldn't have the trouble I have now." ā
"I listen to the one who admires the surname Duan, dare to say something like that in front of you, he is the first. Biluo remembered that Duan Qianyan had just said that he was going to sleep with Xiaoxue, and she couldn't help laughing. "It's funny, it's been a long time since I've met a guy who dares to shoot at your old sister. ā
Wen Wen glared at her coldly, walked out of the tower, and said: "Duan Qianyan is a smart person, I have said it so clearly, even if he has that mind about Xiaoxue, as long as he thinks of his sweetheart, no matter how amorous a man is, he will lose interest in other women." ā
When Biluo heard this, she couldn't help laughing, "I'm curious, why didn't you tell Xiaoxue about Duan Qianyan." ā
"Why do you want to tell?" Wenwen asked rhetorically, and said coldly: "He is just a passer-by in Xiaoxue's life, and it has no important significance, not to mention that if he and that dead girl's past are known to Xiaoxue, it is not equivalent to pricking a thorn in Xiaoxue's heart, and it is better not to have a bad thing happen." ā
"So you warned him. ā
"Against an ambitious and powerful man, warning is the same as provocation. ā
"It's weird, I don't want him to get close to Xiaoxue, but I also want to attract his attention, you are so contradictory, what kind of medicine is sold in your gourd?" Biluo was puzzled, she only felt that Wenwen was playing some bad idea, she couldn't help but want to know the medicine in this gourd.
Wen Wen stood with his hands behind his back, admired the moon quite leisurely, and replied to her: "Da Yin's side is too boring, don't those people like to make small moves in secret? Besides, wouldn't it be interesting to have one more person. ā
"It's interesting to involve Dali? This is not Duan Qianyan alone. ā
"Who let him provoke me. Wen Wen snorted confidently.
Biluo closed her eyes and seemed to be talking to herself: "I understand, no wonder your sister will always make trouble, I dare to love from you." ā
Dali has always been with Dayin well water does not violate the river water, and there is no intersection between the two countries between Nanchu and Xiling, but Wenwen deliberately provoked Duan Qianyan.
Duan Qianyan, as the little prince of the king of Yunnan in Dali, is a national responsibility, although I don't know why he stayed in Dongzi, but a prince who broke into another country alone undoubtedly has some ulterior motives. Wenwen told his identity straight to the point, which undoubtedly made him suspicious of Xiaoxue. For a man like Duan Qianyan, suspicion is equivalent to interest, he will definitely care more about Xiaoxue, as long as Xiaoxue returns to Dayin, he will investigate it, and then Dayin's actions will also be discovered by him. When the time comes, even if he doesn't want to get involved in the troubles of those people, the Dali Emperor and the Yunnan King behind him will push him into that pool of troubled waters.
Xinghai Yuelou is just the beginning, and the major events behind it are not easy to evaluate by ordinary conspiracies.
The Central Plains, which has been calm for many years, has already secretly stored its strength, and when it only needs a trigger, it will attack in one go.
The division of the world has lasted far too long, and the present era has the best and the worst, and is perfect for a new future.
Wen Wen is waiting for the key to the lock that can start to break the balance, and now that the time has come, she naturally does not allow anyone to watch while everyone is participating, whoever wants to compete with the snipe and the clam for the benefit of the fisherman, the more she wants to pull who into the torrent.
Biluo knows Wenwen's personality very well, and no one can change what she decides.
Duan Qianyan was probably lured by her, and when the time came, he would take the initiative to walk into the torrent.
It's just that Biluo didn't understand that Duan Qianyan was not a general, how could he not be able to open Wenwen's deliberate actions, so he asked Wenwen: "If Duan Qianyan doesn't have the intention of involving Dayin's gang, what else do you have to think about solving it?"
Wen Wendai raised her eyebrows slightly, and smiled confidently: "He will be involved, even if he sees that I lead him to the bait, he will take the initiative to take the bait as I wish." He is not the kind of person Jun Bai, arrogant, but with a good brain, a person like him is the most suitable for this era. ā
"Hmm......" Biluo said with a slight pause in her cheeks, "It sounds like there may be a lot of important things to do in the future." ā