Chapter Twenty-Three: Mistaken Sight of Rong Xin (Part II)
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Gui Ning counted the purple-clothed corpses on the ground, and the fear on his face was still there. Claiming to be the number one assassin of the Chengtian Pavilion, he almost died at the hands of another assassin, Gui Ning didn't have the heart to rejoice in his short-term safety, he wanted to dispose of these corpses that suddenly appeared, and then restore the inn to its original state. The last secret report on the night before: Lord Qi has arrived at the White Sandfly Peak.
The fishy wind gradually dissipated overnight, and he stayed at the south gate for an hour as promised, and also blocked the butcher's knife of the man in purple as promised. Seeing Gui Ning rushing over from the corridor, he didn't say a word of greeting, only glanced at Gui Ning, and rushed towards Dou Xin's room.
The sky was already white, and as soon as I walked through the corridor, I suddenly heard the sound of thousands of iron horsemen. Guining's gamble ended like this. The moment he looked at each other, he knew that he was not a winner, and neither was Gui Ning. A dark sigh: the dealer and the gambler know that they are all losing, but they are willing to participate in the gambling game, and only Gui Ning set it up.
Gui Ning pushed open the south door, smelled a burst of fragrance, and saw a red plum in front of him like blood, not contaminated by the filthy blood at all, and finally took a half breath. He closed the door and carefully covered his right shoulder, so that not a drop of blood would fall into the plum garden.
The night before.
Gui Ning calculated that Du Yuan would go away, so he called one to the atrium to taste tea. After a while, he followed the postman to the atrium. After a handful of letters sat down suspiciously, Gui Ning handed over the latest secret letter in his hand. I didn't open it, and I held the secret letter in front of me.
Gui Ning didn't know that half an hour ago, there was already a breath on this secret letter. "Ning Ye misunderstood, the little monk intended to visit his uncle, and the master had a preface, so let the little monk not be nosy." He picked up the teacup and looked like he was out of the way.
In the past two days alone, there have been more than a dozen secret letters flying from all over the place. Out of the Assassin's acumen, Gui Ning smelled the unfamiliar scent that mingled with the Tianshan Mountains, just as Du Yuan had sensed before he was in the South Pavilion Stack.
Gui Ning suddenly remembered something: Xue Shilang had some personal relations with Du Yuan, and Du Yuan was not suspicious of Xue Ping, and let him join him. After Xue Ping cheated to death, Du Yuan felt that the team was not clean, so it was obviously not Xue Ping that he had always suspected. Gui Ning and Du Yuan had previously ordered Kong An to investigate, but the number of corpses in Nan Ge Zhan did not match the number of people brought out by Du Yuan, and to this day, the whereabouts of the escapees have not been found. Could it be that after the South Pavilion Stack, those people followed Du Yuan all the way to the post house? Since they avoided the eyes and ears of themselves and Du Yuan along the way, why did they impatiently show their horse's feet when they arrived at the post house?
After thinking about it again and again, Gui Ning only thought of one possibility, their target was not Tianshan, not Lord Qi, but the post house. Lord Qi spent more than ten years repairing the post house, replacing every post soldier in the post house with an old man who knew the roots of Chengtian Pavilion. Except for this blatant trip to the Tianshan Mountains, Chengtian Pavilion has already hidden the heavenly machine of the post house seamlessly, and Gui Ning can't guess who would set the target at the post house so straightforwardly.
Gui Ning quietly screened all the teams staying in the inn and found nothing abnormal. If there are unidentified people, except for the bitter Zen disciples who Du Yuan tried so hard to protect, there is only one person left-one.
He put his subordinates on the White Sandfly Peak, and Kong An died in vain; He knows his every move well, he comes from a nameless small temple, but in this small temple there has been an old and stubborn monk who is respected by Lord Qi as the upper seat - Master Zixu; The most important thing is that he also knows Qi Yu. And the details of the one that Guining can find out, there is only one Tongyin Temple at most.
Who is he? How much do you really know about the Chengtian Pavilion? Gui Ning decided to find out his face for himself, just tonight, and the bait was the secret in the inn. If he knew the secret, Gui Ning could deal with him directly; If he doesn't know, he's the best person to keep the secret.
Gui Ning stared at Yi's every move almost intently, and Yi's indifference and indisputability looked so real. Gui Ning decided to put out his biggest chips and gambled on the riskiest game.
Guining dismissed all the post soldiers in the atrium, and sat down in a precarious position: "In the fifth year of Yongde, the five princes touched the dragon's face and were demoted to Shudi, and only took one concubine and one craftsman with him before leaving. In the ninth year of Yongde, after natural disasters and the rebellion, only the five princes survived. The first emperor had no choice but to recall him back to the East Palace. The ministers all know that His Majesty returned to the court alone, and he has never mentioned the concubine of the year until today. And that craftsman is really ......"
The craftsman left a secret book, leaving more than 100 secret plans, which were enough to make the five princes ascend the throne that day and stabilize the country for a hundred years. Being relegated to Shu is probably one of the schemes. However, the secret book let General Gui, General Du Lao, Prime Minister Huang Cheng and dozens of courtiers evaporate from the world after returning to their hometown. Lord Qi secretly took in several orphans, and recognized two of them as their righteous sons, one Huang Bin and one Guining. He said indifferently, as if someone who had experienced it was telling the story.
Gui Ning's frown widened, and he stood up and looked at the young monk in front of him. Who is he, and where does he know all these old things? And what made Gui Ning feel uneasy was that Yi didn't seem to want to hide what he knew at all, was he deliberately proving his innocence? Gui Ning decided to change his plans for the time being, and he had to find out what he knew first.
Seeing that Gui Ning didn't answer, he took a sip of tea, and then poured the whole cup of tea into his throat with a grunt. The warm tea accompanied by the light fragrance surrounds the lips and teeth, and the remaining tranquility is fleeting, and I exhale slightly and blow out the fragrance of the tea. Tonight, this pair of lips and teeth will speak of the evil things he least wants to be touched.
Gui Ning picked up the teapot and poured it full. "Presumably, Master Yi already knows who that craftsman is."
With a shallow smile, he picked up the filled teacup, "I don't know if the saint knows, who else in the world knows?" No one knows who he is or where he comes from. ”
"There is a man who knows the cause and effect of all these years. First, does Master want to know? Gui Ning said in a low voice.
"I don't want to." He put down the teacup and said, "If Ning Ye wants to ask something from the little monk, the little monk must be endless." But the little monk had no time to take care of extraneous things. Please be considerate of Lord Ning. ”
Gui Ning sat back and sneered: "A master is a monk, and his duty is to eat fasting and recite Buddha, and purify all sentient beings. Then where did you know about these past events that cost countless lives? ”
He stared at the teacup in front of him and didn't pick it up. "The little monk doesn't know, but the little monk has skimmed some history books, and he has read the term 'the bird is hidden in the bow, and the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked'."
"A master can see it through." Gui Ning squeezed out an expression that seemed to be smiling, and cold sweat unconsciously broke out on his body.
The little monk lost his words. If Ning Ye has nothing else to do tonight, can the little monk retire first? As soon as he said that, he stood up, and glanced at Guining out of the corner of his eye.
"A master is familiar with the old things of this dynasty, but does he know Mei Niangniang?" Gui Ning spied. He turned around, hid the smile on the corner of his mouth, and replied: "The first emperor denounced her as a demon girl, the five princes as a red face, and accepted her as a concubine. It was a good story. Later, there was humanity that she died of illness in Shu, there was humanity that she was imprisoned in Shu, and there was humanity that she was abandoned and hanged herself. Time has passed, who can tell the truth of the day. It's just that after the five princes of the 'love species' returned to the dynasty alone, they never mentioned this Mei Niangniang again. ”
"If Mei Niangniang is still alive, where do you think she will be?" Gui Ning asked with a straight face.
turned around, looked at Gui Ning's eyes calmly, and sighed for a while: "The sinner girl should be punished." I am afraid there is only one reason for being able to live to this day - is it a princess or a prince? Is this what Ning Ye intended? ”
"Master is so smart. His Majesty was the prince that day, and the baby was born without a seal or canonization, and so far he was only a county lord at most. ”
"Ning Ye won't tell the little monk this for no reason. If the little monk pretends not to hear it, I'm afraid he won't be able to get out of this door tonight. Ning Ye might as well talk about it. He sat down again, picked up the tea bowl, and found that the tea inside was already cold, and the aroma was gone.
"Take advantage of the master for an hour and stay at the south gate. Gui Ning believed that Master Yi knew what he was doing. Looking around the whole inn, you are the right choice. Gui Ning said this, his heart was half relaxed, and when he saw the moment he picked up the tea bowl again, Gui Ning saw through Yi's expression and knew that he was slightly better.
"What if I don't borrow this hour? Ning Ye believed that I would not disclose this news to everyone in the post house. They have seized His Majesty's handle, and if they can't threaten His Majesty, they can discredit him. Has Ning Ye thought of this kind of risk? A faint asked.
"I haven't thought about it, but I don't have to. Ever since you came here tonight and sat down, I knew that all other worries were unnecessary. Gui Ning smiled.
"Xie Ningye trusts, but the little monk doesn't understand a little. Ning Ye Fei Zhouzhang told the little monk this secret, why didn't he let General Du come ......"
"Chengtian Pavilion walked in the water, and the craftsman left the bones in vain. Compared with the blood and blood of the royal family, the eldest brother has more important things to do. Gui Ning looked out the window, and saw a chill in Gui Ning's eyes. If it happens, I will let you and Xin Yatou leave, and from now on, I will treat you as if I have never seen you. The rain is coming, and I'm not going to choke everyone to death in the rain. ”
"I don't know what hour Ning Ye borrowed? If the Chengtian Pavilion team is together at dawn, the little monk will not be blessed to enjoy the favor of Ning Ye. It will not be more than five hours until dawn. He said calmly.
"You listen ......"
As soon as I walked through the last corridor, I watched the sun slowly peek out of the Phnom Penh. There were blood flowers blooming everywhere. All the corpses were carried away, and only the blood still showed signs of slaughter.
I guessed that from the beginning, Dou Xin was already destined to not be able to escape from Chengtian Pavilion. So the night before, he decided to listen to the story that he had already known by heart, and then go to protect the other girl, the mysterious county lord, as promised, only in this way would he fully gain Gui Ning's trust and win a paving stone for Dou Xin.
The Merlin was the color of blood, as they said. In the past few days, I visited the post house, and I saw the three big characters of "Rong Xin Yuan" and the name of the evil ghost, in this deep courtyard, what is hidden is the most undisclosed past in the saint today, and to this day, it is also the net worth of all those who know.
Slowly walked to the door without blood, and saw that the lock on the door had fallen in a pool of blood, and a long blood mark was scratched on the paper window.
How did they kill here!
He suddenly pushed open the door, only to see Dou Xin lying on the ground, holding the jade in his hand. Half of him squatted on the ground, and felt that Dou Xin's pulse was smooth and there was nothing abnormal, so he breathed a sigh of relief. There were no injuries on Dou Xin's body, only slight signs of a fight in the house. I couldn't help but be a little puzzled, the people in purple didn't let go of any of the post soldiers who saw them, but why did they let Dou Xin go? What the hell happened here the night before?
When he didn't have time to regret it, he heard a slight sound from Dou Xin's throat, and when he got closer, it was a male voice. "Sure enough, you're finally awake." One exclaimed.
"She was terrified. Help her rest. I don't have the strength anymore. Guanlanjun's voice was extremely weak.
Dou Xin was picked up in surprise, and said with a pious face: "The little monk has seen Guan ......."
"I see, I've seen you. Let me rest for a moment. No matter what, you can't step out of that threshold today, and you can't let anyone in, if you neglect your duties again, be careful that I will find your master to sue you! Guanlanjun said impatiently.
put a handful of Dou Xin on the bed, covered the quilt, then closed the door, sat quietly at the table, closed his eyes and recited the scriptures. The mighty procession outside the door could not disturb him for half a minute. However, how long can such a quiet and leisurely day last?
Gui Ning wrapped up the wound on his shoulder and hurriedly went to pick up the wind for Lord Qi. Lord Qi traveled thousands of miles but was still in good spirits, and his white hair was mixed with a few green silks, and he seemed to be younger than the last time he saw Gui Ning. Gui Ning looked at the team behind Lord Qi, in addition to Xue Ping, the younger student who made him annoyed, there was another younger one, which also made him even more disgusted.
"Turtle son, how can I smell such a heavy fishy smell in this inn!" Master Qi stroked his beard and sniffed as he walked.
Gui Ning flexibly jumped from Lord Qi's left to the right, and the tiredness on his face swept away.
"Yesterday I opened meat and killed a few pigs. It's a coincidence that you only came today, so you didn't catch up. ”