At this moment, Han Zitong's breath was suffocated.

Because the one standing at the door is Pei Yuanxiu.

He was still dressed in white, and in the night there was a faint, moonlight like a moonlight, but there was something unexpected and gloomy about this light, probably because his face was heavy, and there was not even any light in his eyes, and when he looked up at us, I even felt that there was a stranger standing in front of me.

Probably because, there are some things that are completely impossible to hide, and there is no way to escape them.

And Han Zitong, her whole person seemed to have completely lost consciousness, she was so stupid, looking at Pei Yuanxiu with two empty hands, that feeling, as if the whole person was empty, she couldn't hold anything, and she didn't dare to ask for anything, and she didn't dare to fight for anything.

Her trembling voice sounded softly: "Yuan Xiu, you-"

I turned my head again and looked at Pei Yuanxiu, who was speechless.

Han Zitong's whole body was trembling: "You, when did you come?" ”

“……”

"What do you hear?"

She was a little flustered, and she didn't even wait for Pei Yuanxiu to answer, and hurriedly said: "No matter what you hear, it's all fake, it's Yan Qingqing who is talking nonsense." I, I didn't-"

At this time, Pei Yuanxiu spoke lightly, his voice was a little deliberately indifferent, but he couldn't hide the impulse in his heart at this moment.

He said, "I've been here for a while." ”

“……”

"I've heard everything I should have heard."

“……”

"I also know what's true and what's false."

When he finished saying this, Han Zitong was like a puppet that had been completely cut off, the whole person lost traction, his legs were weak, and the whole person fell to the ground with a wolf, and one of her hands just touched the short knife that had just fallen at her feet.

As soon as she touched the handle of the knife, her whole body trembled, raised her head to look at Pei Yuanxiu, and then looked at me.

Suddenly, she seemed to understand something: "You-it's you!" ”

“……”

"You did it on purpose!"

I looked down at her, frowned slightly but didn't say anything, and I couldn't say anything, and at this moment, Han Zitong's face was full of anger, and he grabbed the short knife at once, and stood up suddenly: "I'll kill you!" ”

At this moment, she seemed to have completely lost her mind, and in the dim candlelight, I saw that her eyes were bloodshot and red for a moment, as if she had just fallen into a trap and suddenly turned into a fierce beast that had rushed out of the predicament, and wanted to tear apart the qiē in front of her with her fangs and sharp teeth, especially me!

With a "cang" sound, the short knife was pulled out of its scabbard by her, and a cold light flashed in front of my eyes.

In an instant, she was already grabbing the hilt of the knife and roaring at me, and the distance between me and her was only a few short steps, and at this time I was no longer even allowed to react or dodge, and the sharp, chilling tip of the knife was already in front of me, about to pierce my chest!

At this moment, suddenly, a hand came sideways from the side, and the other grabbed the short knife!

Han Zitong stabbed out this knife with all his strength, and it was completely too late to stop at this moment, the sharp blade "smacked" in the palm of that hand, and suddenly cut the heavy palm, only to see a wisp of blood red soaking out of the clenched fingers, more and more, more and more, and slowly the whole hand was full of blood gushing out, and even dyed the entire short knife red, and the blood dripped down little by little along the tip of the knife.

At this moment, Han Zitong and I were completely stunned.

When I raised my head, I saw Pei Yuanxiu's heavy face, and his eyes were clearly flashing with trembling caused by severe pain, but he just looked at me: "Are you okay?" ”

“……”

My throat was completely dumb and I couldn't speak, just looking at him.

didn't get my answer, in fact, everyone knew that the knife didn't even touch the corner of my clothes, and was firmly held in his hand, but he still glanced at me to make sure that I was not hurt at all, so he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and turned his head to look at Han Zitong: "Have you forgotten what I said?" ”

“……”

"Whatever happens, whatever you want - it's just her!"

“……”

"It's only her, you can't hurt it, and you can't touch it!"

At this moment, without waiting for him to open his mouth to order, when Han Zitong held his knife in his hand, the whole person was completely stunned as if he had been stabbed by himself, and at this time he was even more soulless, after Pei Yuanxiu finished saying the last word, his hand was loosened, and the handle of the knife was let go by her.

And Pei Yuanxiu still held on to the blade of the knife, and only let go of his hand when he was sure that there was no more danger coming.

With a thud, the short knife fell to the ground again.

But this time, with a dazzling bright red!

I suddenly felt a feeling of dizziness hit me, almost knocking me down, obviously the three people in the room, I should be the only one who has not suffered a serious blow to my heart and body, but on the contrary, I also seem to be infected by their pain, and it hurts.

I saw Pei Yuanxiu's hand slowly put down, hanging down to his side, I couldn't see the wound in his palm, I could only see the blood constantly flowing down his fingertips, drop by drop, drop by drop, dripping to the ground.

Suddenly, the room was filled with a strong smell of blood.

When I spoke, my voice was hoarse: "You—"

Feeling that I didn't know what to say, maybe I couldn't say anything, Pei Yuanxiu looked down at me, in such a thick bloody aura, his gaze was as gentle as a cloud, a gust of wind, and said softly: "Don't worry, as long as you're not injured, it's fine." ”

“……”

And Han Zitong finally staggered to his feet.

She probably never dreamed that after saying those words just now, Pei Yuanxiu would actually stand at the door, and she would hear everything she said, let alone that Pei Yuanxiu would use her own flesh and blood to block the knife she stabbed at me.

I know that the knife didn't just hurt Pei Yuanxiu's body.

It hurt her heart even more.

At this moment, I heard Pei Yuanxiu deliberately suppressing his breathing, as well as Han Zitong's messy heartbeat and breathing, as if the surrounding qiē was completely chaotic, looking at the two of them facing each other in silence like this, for a while, I had a feeling of depression that I couldn't breathe.

I took a slow step, walked over to his side, and took his hand.

He didn't stop me, maybe because he didn't have the strength to stop me, so I gently held his hand, and when I looked at it, the deep blood in the palm of my hand came into view, and it suddenly stabbed my eyes red, and my hands trembled slightly.

Seeing me like this, he whispered, "It's okay, it doesn't hurt." ”

“……”

I lowered my head and didn't look at him, but I felt that the blood-red color was like a burning flame, so hot that I almost cried, I gritted my teeth to suppress the helplessness and sadness that surged in my heart at this moment, took out a handkerchief from my sleeve, and bandaged him.

Although the wound was deep, fortunately it did not penetrate, and his fingers could still move, so it should not have hurt his muscles and bones.

After I bandaged him, I gently held the hand and put it down, and said, "You guys, let's talk." ”

“……”

"I'll have someone call a doctor for you."

After saying that, he turned to leave.

Pei Yuanxiu didn't mean to stop me, he just stood at the door and didn't dodge, and what he said to Han Zitong later proved that he was going to face Yiqiqi tonight. It's just that when I was around him, he couldn't help but call me: "Light ......"

My steps faltered.

But I didn't look back, only said softly: "At this time, three people, it's too much." ”

“……”

"Since you both are here now, you might as well make some things clear. Yuan Xiu, haven't you been hesitating all the time? Miss Zitong is willing to do it or not, and how this marriage should be decided, in fact, I think you should listen to what she thinks, or rather, what she wants. ”

“……”

"As for you, Miss Zitong," I looked back at her and said softly, "what do you think in your heart, what do you want, you should find someone to talk to after hiding it for so long." ”

“……”

"This person is him, this opportunity, probably your last chance."

“……”

"If you still want to hide everything in your heart and continue to hide it—"

I didn't finish this sentence, because I saw that the almost broken gaze in her eyes had already revealed too much pain, so I just turned my head lightly and was about to walk out from Pei Yuanxiu's side.

But this time, he reached out and grabbed my wrist.

His palms, wounds, and blood had soaked through the handkerchief, and when he grabbed me, my skin could even feel the temperature of the blood in his body, and I shivered slightly.

I looked up at him.

In the night, his eyes flickered, as if there were so many things he wanted to say, and even the strength of his hand was much heavier than when he caught me on a normal day, but although a thousand words flashed in his eyes, at this moment, he only asked the most powerless word-

"Why?"

Why?

Why should I do this?

The corners of my mouth suddenly flashed a hint of a smile, but at this moment, it was an extremely bitter smile, and then said lightly: "You brought me from Xichuan to Jinling, don't ask me why." ”

“……”

"But at this moment, don't you want to face it yourself?"

“……”

As I spoke, I glanced at Han Zitong, who had completely lost his reaction behind me, out of the corner of my eye, and then at him, without saying anything, just gently taking his hand down with my other hand: "You two, let's have a good talk." ”

“……”

"I'll go and ask the doctor to prepare."

With that, I walked out of his side.

The door is also closed.

All the cold and alienation were isolated from the door, but when I held on to the door frames on both sides and closed the door, I felt a chill soaked through the thin clothes and dyed straight into my heart.

But I'm willing to do it.

When I slowly walked down the steps and walked to the path in the bamboo forest, I saw that the two girls were still standing not far in front, and they were both cautiously looking at the fine house over there. ”

"Is something wrong?"

I shook my head and said, "It's fine." ”

The two of them were still a little uneasy: "We just saw Miss Han Er come in, and she had a knife in her hand, so one of us immediately went to ask Pei Gongzi to come over, and the other was guarding outside." ”

"She didn't hurt you, did she?"

"Of course not," I reluctantly smiled and raised my hand to show them, but as soon as I looked up, I saw that there were a few blood marks on my wrists, which were left by Pei Yuanxiu when he arrested me just now, and the smile on my face suddenly froze.

The two girls were also stunned for a moment: "This is—"

I looked at my wrist, and my heart felt like a heavy stone was pressed, I took a deep breath, and then said, "It's not my blood, it's Pei Gongzi who is injured." ”

"Huh?!"

The two of them were startled for a moment, but I had already taken a deep breath to calm myself down, and then said, "One of you will stay here with me, and the other will hurry to the doctor in the house." Although he didn't hurt his muscles and bones, I bandaged him, but I still had to ask the doctor to come and take a look. ”

The two girls immediately agreed, and one of them turned and ran out.

The other one stayed by my side, probably looking at the blood marks on my hands, looking at the room that was so quiet that there was no sound, and there were some palpitations: "Miss Yan, what happened?" Pei Gongzi and Miss Zitong will be fine, right? ”

I shook my head and said, "It's fine." It's just that I want to give them a little time now, so that Pei Gongzi and Miss Zitong can have a good talk, if they talk clearly, then in the future, there will be no danger in this inner courtyard. ”

After saying that, I led her out: "Let's go, let's go to the door, don't let people come in and disturb them." ”

The girl became more and more puzzled: "It's so late, will anyone still come?" ”

I smiled.

The two of us walked out slowly, just walked to the gate, when we heard a sound of footsteps outside, very anxious and messy, and when I looked up, I saw the other side of the bridge, a group of people hurriedly walked towards this side.

The girl's eyes widened: "Someone is really coming!" ”

I still only smiled faintly, and saw that in the first part of the group were two maids with lanterns, and the faint light flickered in the night, illuminating the road in front of them. When they all got on the small bridge, I saw clearly that behind the two maids, there was a rattan chair lying on the two maids, and the rattan chair was naturally Han Ruoshi, but she did not lie there, but eagerly propped herself up and looked ahead, as if she wished she could put on her wings and fly over.

And when she saw me standing in the doorway, even in the darkness of the night, I saw her face sink a little.

Finally, the group reached the door of the inner courtyard.

And the girl behind me stepped forward silently and stopped their way.

The two little servants put down the rattan chairs, and the two maids who followed them immediately stepped forward to help Han Ruoshi walk down from it, and then slowly walked in front of me.

I saw that under the light, Han Ruoshi's face was not better than when her sister came to the inner courtyard just now, and her forehead was full of cold sweat. I greeted them with a smile on my face, as if I was standing here to greet them: "Madam, what's the matter?" Bringing so many people in the middle of the night? ”

When she saw me, the expression on her face was slightly ugly, but she still reluctantly made a smile: "Sister, did Zitong come here just now?" ”

"yes."

"Then, what about Yuan Xiu?"

"He's coming, too."

At this moment, Han Ruoshi's face was full of blood, as if the blood in her whole body was frozen into ice, she subconsciously stepped forward and wanted to go inside, but I greeted her, blocked her quietly, and said with a smile: "Madame, is there something wrong?" ”

She wanted to go inside, but I shook her body and blocked her, and suddenly her face became a little unsightly, she looked up at me, and said in a deep voice: "Miss Yan, this- do you still need to ask?" ”

"Huh?"

"Men and women are not kissed, and lonely men and widows are alone in the middle of the night in the third watch, which is not good. Besides, Yuan Xiu is my husband, Zitong is my sister, this kind of thing, melon field and plum, should be avoided. Shouldn't I have asked them both in your room? ”

"Oh, so Madame was here to ask."

I smiled and said, "But Madame can rest assured, I promise Madam that the two of them will never do anything wrong, just be together and talk about things." Didn't Mrs. also say before that Miss Zitong is taking care of all the things in this house, and she usually spends a lot of time alone with her brother-in-law. ”

"But it's different!"

"What's the difference? Could it be that they are talking about things that are different from the usual? ”

I smiled and raised my eyebrows to look at her: "Should they be talking about Miss Zitong, so can't they discuss it alone?" ”

As soon as she heard my words, Han Ruoshi's face became even more ugly: "You say, what are they going to discuss?" ”

I smiled and said, "Yesterday, didn't Gongzi and his wife discuss it, it was Miss Zitong's marriage, and I think now, Pei Gongzi should also discuss this matter with Miss Zitong." ”

“……！”

"Although Madame said that the eldest sister is like a mother, and there are some things that you should decide for her, I think Childe still hopes to listen to Miss Tong's opinion for a while. After all, she is the one who is married, and she is a person with feelings and feelings, not a tool. ”

Han Ruoshi finally couldn't maintain the smile on her face this time, and her face sank completely: "What did you say, tool?" ”

"Oh, I'm speechless," I said with a smile: "If ordinary people see Madame trying her best to let Miss Zitong marry, I'm afraid that I will misunderstand Madame in order to win over the power of the King of Bohai, so she uses her sister, of course, how can Madame be such a person!" ”

“……”

I said, seeing that she was not angry, and she was blocked by me and speechless, she smiled and aggravated her tone a little: "Madame is not such a person, Pei Gongzi is not such a person!" ”