A puddle of water

A pavilion

A lamp

A jug of wine

A stone table

Night, dim night, late autumn night is always dark very early, although the swaying lights are not very bright, but can illuminate this not very large gazebo, a young man in green clothes leaning on the railing against the pillar sideways, lazily sitting on the bench, in the middle of the pavilion is a round stone table, on the stone table is placed a stove, on the stove warm a pot of wine, next to the stove there are a few delicate snacks.

The breeze blew, a few pieces of withered yellow leaves were swirling and falling, falling in the clear lake, waving in circles, a naughty fallen leaf like a fluttering butterfly flew towards the pavilion by the breeze, and landed on the young man sitting on the bench by the railing, the man didn't seem to see this naughty leaf, just looked at the scenery on the lake under the night, but he didn't know whether he was really looking at the scenery, or thinking about something.

"Knock, knock, knock"

It was the footsteps of a person, and the footsteps came from the other end of the covered bridge, the sound was very soft, but it still woke up the young man who was looking at the scenery, and the footsteps of this person he knew were --- his cousin --- Wei Zidu.

Why is there only one person? Could it be that my cousin failed to invite Chu Yunqi back.

With doubts, the young man withdrew his gaze and turned to look in the direction of Wei Zidu, but saw that there was another person behind him, and that person should be Chu Yunqi.

The young man was stunned for a moment, and then he restrained his expression, if he didn't exactly see Chu Yunqi following Wei Zidu, Chu Yunqi walked without footsteps, he thought that Wei Zidu was alone, Chu Yunqi seemed to be integrated into this world, if the eyes can't see the spirit and are not strong enough, even if Chu Yunqi is standing in front of you, you can't feel it.

The young man stood up, straightened his clothes, and the leaves that fell on him with the movements of the young man were unwilling to fall on the stone bench, the young man got up and stepped forward to greet Chu Yunqi, and said loudly: "Young Master Chu, I haven't seen you for many years, but it's fine." ”

Chu Yunqi saw the young man greeting him familiarly, and wondered in his heart: "Are you ?—— we have seen it?"

Chu Yunqi was still quite confident in his memory, and he didn't dare to say that he would never forget it, but it was almost the same, he was sure that he had not seen this person in his memory.

The young man did not feel unhappy because of Chu Yunqi's doubtful attitude, but smiled slightly: "In the Xia Chaoge County Lieutenant Wei Zixu, His Majesty the First Emperor toured the east in the thirty-second year to this time, and in the team that Xia Ye took over at that time, I saw Your Excellency and Xia Wuhe standing on both sides of Your Majesty~'s side from a distance. ”

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Wei Zixu and Chu Yunqi sat down one after another, Chu Yunqi put the forsythia in his arms on his thigh and covered it with the long sleeve of his left hand, Wei Zixu saw the flash of red, although he was curious, Chu Yunqi didn't say that he didn't ask, sometimes it's not a good thing to know too much.

Wei Zidu filled the wine for the two of them, as more and more wine in the wine glass, the aroma of the wine became more and more intense, and as the wine pot returned to the fire, Wei Zidu stood behind Wei Zixu.

Chu Yunqi picked up the steaming wine glass, took a sip of hot wine to dispel some of the cold in his body, his body gradually warmed up, and put down the wine glass in his hand: "What are you looking for me for? ”

Wei Zixuan was stunned for a moment, he thought of a lot of rhetoric to lead the topic, and tried to persuade Chu Yunqi to help, but he didn't expect Chu Yunqi to ask so directly, and he was stunned for a while.

Wei Zixu also put down the wine glass in his hand: "Your Excellency already knew it when you first entered the court, and you ordered someone to pay attention to your Excellency." ”

He didn't directly say that he wanted Chu Yunqi to help, but talked about Chu Yunqi's new entry into the court.

Chu Yunqi: "I know. ”

When he and Xu Yanlang entered the court, they didn't deliberately hide it, and Xu Yanlang's behavior of holding the carriage was so eye-catching, it would be strange if Wei Zixu didn't know.

Wei Zixu: "The people sent by Xia found that there were other people around Your Excellency. ”

Chu Yunqi: "I know. ”

Wei Zixu: "Out of prudence, I ordered someone to investigate, and found that they were all from Ziwei Hall. ”

Chu Yunqi: "I know. ”

Wei Zixu's "......" Chu Yunqi's attitude made Wei Zixu not know how to go on.

Chu Yunqi: "Before entering Chaoge, we met a group of people in the woods outside the city, and they were the people of Ziwei Hall. ”

Wei Zixu: "That person?"

Chu Yunqi: "It's dead." ”

Wei Zixu: "A few days ago, I received a letter from Xia that Xu Yanlang was arrested by the people of Ziwei Hall at the foot of Yunmeng Mountain, but the specific place has not been found in Xia. ”

Chu Yunqi: "Someone will come to inform me soon." ”

After a little thought, Wei Zixu already understood: "Ziwei Hall." ”

As the second largest force in Chaoge, when Wei Zixu sent people to greet Chu Yunqi at the city gate, he was afraid that Ziwei Hall had also received the news.

Wei Zidu: "What should I do? Do you want to send someone to check?"

Wei Zixu: "Wait." ”

The cold light flashed, accompanied by a 'boom', a sharp arrow shot towards Chu Yun from outside the courtyard wall, Chu Yunqi held the wine glass in his right hand, drinking the hot wine in the wine glass, he didn't even look at the sharp arrow, nor did he dodge, but raised his left hand, and the fast left hand drew an afterimage in the air, and caught the sharp arrow with his index finger and middle finger, and the tail of the sharp arrow kept trembling as if it was about to break free at any time but remained motionless as if it had taken root.

When the arrow is off the string, the archer throws down his bow and arrows and spikes away into the distance.

Wei Zidu immediately turned around and flew in the direction of the archery and chased after him, his toes lightly touching the water, and his body flew across the water like a bird.

Wei Zixu picked up the leaves on the stone bench and bent them at the archer, and the leaves pierced the canopy like an arrow from the string, and shot through the shoulder of the archer, bringing a piece of blood, scattering and falling, and the red gradually spread along the wound and dyed the red clothes, which was the color of blood, but the person who came didn't seem to be affected at all, as if it was someone else's body that was injured.

When Wei Zidu came to the wall, he could no longer see the figure of the archer, so he reluctantly turned around and returned to the pavilion.

Wei Zidu said to Wei Zixu: "Do you want to bring someone to chase after you?" ”

Wei Zixu didn't speak, and instead looked at Chu Yunqi.

Chu Yunqi put down the strip of cloth in his hand: "No." ”

When Chu Yunqi received the sharp arrow, he saw a white cloth strip tied to the sharp arrow, and when he took off the cloth strip, six words were written on the small cloth strip, "Xu Yanlang, Wuyan Mountain." ”

The purpose of Ziwei Hall is himself, and before he kills himself, Xu Yanlang is safe.

Chu Yunqi handed the strip of cloth to Wei Zixu, Wei Zixu took the strip of cloth and glanced at the message on the strip: "Go alone." ”

Chu Yunqi: "Yes." ”

Wei Zixu: "Ziwei Hall is the biggest force in the rivers and lakes of Chaoge, and the first hall master was the hall master of the Seven Star Hall. Saying that, he glanced at Chu Yunqi and continued: "He has a bad relationship with Wu Anjun, Wu Anjun left the Seven Star Hall in frustration after Du You was given death, King Zhaoxiang did not hold him accountable, and came to Chaoge Sui for several years, that is, to create Ziwei Hall in the name of Ziwei, it is because of this relationship, His Majesty did not deliberately target Ziwei Hall when he won Chaoge, but the existence of Ziwei Hall has increasingly affected the stability of Chaoge, and I hope that Your Excellency can help us eradicate Ziwei Hall." ”

Chu Yunqi: "I won't take the initiative to assist you." Giving an answer that was not an answer, he turned and left.

Wei Zi was puzzled: "My lord?"

Wei Zixu corrected Wei Zidu: "Didn't you say that you called me cousin when no one was around?"

Wei Zidu: "Got it, my lord." ”

Wei Zixu did not continue to dwell on this issue: "You bring a group of people to follow Chu Yunqi, and when Chu Yunqi leaves, you are taking people in to arrest people, resist and kill." ”

"No"