As soon as Xiao Gu asked, someone under the eaves took over with a low laugh: "His master is me!" ”

When he raised his eyes, it was Qin Yao, who was standing tall and looking at her with a smile.

I haven't seen him for a few months, he seems to have lost a little, his face is not bad, and he is wearing a pale purple embroidered Taoist robe with dark patterns of fairy crane and grass, which makes him wear a noble and dignified bearing, and the black green mink velvet is draped on his body at will, but his face still seems to be hot.

"Seventh Brother!!"

Xiao Gu cheered, stepped forward, held Qin Yao's hands tightly, felt the temperature of his warm and delicate palms, and the smile on the corner of his lips became even brighter and more delicate, almost making the young man next to him unable to take his eyes off it!

Qin Yao lightly chiseled a shudder on his head, and introduced to Xiao Gu with a smile: "This monkey cub is my newly adopted apprentice, called Six Fingers. ”

What a strange name, Xiao Gu couldn't help but look at his palm, and sure enough, at the end of the little finger of his right hand, there was an inconspicuous purple-red bump, which he couldn't notice at all if he didn't look carefully.

"This kid is bold and dead-eyed, and he cut it by himself - the rules of our pear orchard are that people with missing fingers and stumps cannot be used, in order to learn opera, he bit a white cloth wrapped in anesthetic and cut it with a kitchen knife."

While Qin Yao was talking, he had already brought Xiao Gu into the inner room, and when he saw that Liu pointed out that he had gone to make tea, he sighed lightly and added, "Their family was originally a small landowner in the countryside, and the second uncle had a daughter who married Qi Tai's disciple, which even affected the 'melon man', originally as long as one person was punished as a slave, and there were still a few sisters in his family who were not married, he was voluntarily sold into a play." ”

Xiao Gu only smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "We are affected by the flesh and blood of our closest relatives, and there is no way to do it, he is purely involved." 'Melon vine copying"?! It's hard for those officials to come up with such a vicious name. ”

Qin Yao saw that although she was in good spirits, her face was pale and slightly tired, and there was even a kind of gloomy sadness in her eyes, so she asked: "You just came back from Beiqiuwei, this time the Jinlan Secret Society has nothing to matter, so take leave first." Why rush here? ”

Xiao Gu was touched by his question, and looked up at Qin Yao, and there were faint tears flashing in the corners of his eyes-

"Brother Seven, this time...... You're almost not going to see me! ”

She didn't cry, but her voice was slightly choked, which suddenly shocked Qin Yao's heart, and hurriedly said, "What's wrong?" ”

Xiao Gu looked at him with wide eyes, and a grief and indignation flashed in his dark eyes, "Big brother, he used us as bait and wanted to kill Ji Gang with explosives......"

As she narrates. Qin Yao's face became more and more heavy and ugly.

The next moment, only a crisp bang was heard, and the teacup in his hand was slammed on the table and shattered into several petals!

*****

At nearly one o'clock in the night, all corners of Yue Xianglou gradually calmed down, but the third floor of the main building was brightly lit and laughter was noisy.

The host of the guest here today is Tobe Shangshu Natsuharayoshi, who invited about five or six guests, and he is generous and kind by nature. has never been put on an official shelf, so there are not only his henchmen and deputies, but also Liu Guan, the newly reinstated official of the Zuodu Imperial History, and Shen Yuan, the recent hot emperor's close minister.

The cars of several adults are not Xuanhe. But there were also twenty or thirty people in total, and the street outside the door suddenly seemed a little crowded and noisy.

These adults all have special signs, and of course a curfew is not a problem, and even the soldiers and horses of the five cities patrolling the streets don't want to anger them. So he avoided it from afar.

In this ordinary noisy walk, no one noticed that on the windowsill outside a room on the second floor of Yue Xianglou. A pot of orchids was placed.

The room was dark and unlit, but someone had already arrived, quietly listening to the noise of gongs and drums upstairs in the dark.

He sat on the low couch at the top, but a black silk gauze tent hung in front of him, which looked mysterious and strange.

There was a creak, and the door was pushed open.

His sharp and bright eyes looked at the door, and there, there stood a girl who was as plain as a pear blossom.

"It's Little Twelve? You're so early. ”

The mysterious man behind the black silk tent chuckled under his breath, his voice familiar and intimate.

"Big brother comes very early every time......"

Xiao Gu's voice was crisp and pleasant, but with the sharpness and coldness of an ice blade-

"Every time, sooner than any of us......"

Her footsteps stepped in, making a soft sound on the board, and the night wind that followed was cold and dancing wildly, blowing the veil fluttering—

"Everyone can only see you sitting behind the curtain, and no one has ever ...... To see you for who you really are. ”

Xiao Gu's voice was still very soft, but the 'big brother' behind the gauze tent keenly heard the wind and thunder contained in her voice.

That's the determination of broken gold and jade!

He laughed suddenly, and in the dark night, the clear and cold man's voice seemed elegant and amiable, but it was also majestic—

"Twelfth sister, you came early, just to see my true face?"

The one who answered him was the Xue Liang Qingfeng who stabbed obliquely, and the brush cut through the gauze tent and pointed straight to his vital point!

With a snort, a large opening opened in the veil, and the blade pierced through the gap, directly on the neck of the 'big brother'.

"Thanks to my eldest brother, I almost can't come back...... Such an earth-shattering explosion, what a good scheming, a good book paragraph! ”

Xiao Gu's cold laughter echoed in the room, and in the next moment, the tip of her sword pierced, and suddenly blood trickled to the ground-

"I thought that you were trying to rescue those humiliated women, but I didn't expect that you actually treated everyone as a pawn that could be used - so far, what explanation do you have for your big brother?!"

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The girl's grief and indignation turned into a bloody accusation, like an ice fountain breaking through the seal and bursting, and it was approaching away.

A deep voice echoed in the dark inner room, mixed with the howling wind that blew in wantonly, and the whole room seemed to be immersed in a monotonous and uneasy hum.

"Explain?"

The other party seemed to laugh, and his attitude was actually calm, "What kind of explanation do you need?" ”

Xiao Gu clenched the long sword in her hand—this was what she took from Qin Yao's room, and the force was so deep that even the hilt of the sword almost fell into the palm of her hand, "Your original plan was to introduce Ji Gang into the explosion circle, and the bait that made him excited was the women that Jin Lan would rescue!" ”

"Those women are miserable people who are in a similar situation to us. Some of them can even be my aunts and aunts, and the rest are like my sisters' siblings - and you treat them as mud on the soles of your feet! How much are their lives worth in your eyes? ”

"Twelfth sister, I see that you have a deep misunderstanding of me!"

A sarcastic voice responded to her, "With this enthusiasm, you came to me for an explanation...... Twelfth sister, I thought you were sober-minded, smart and wise, but I didn't expect that you would also have such a stupid time! ”

His voice shook. But it's full of seriousness and coldness—

"They are not only your relatives and siblings, but also mine!! Do you think that every man will be like a pedantic old five, wishing that his mother and sister would kill themselves all over the festival?! Like you, I look forward to their coming back alive! ”

His voice was not high, but it was very agitated, listening to Xiao Gu's heart like thunder, she raised her eyebrows, and her glass-like eyes glared at him with a sneer.

"It's better to say than to sing! Whose person is Red Note? What did you write in your letter to Yuan Wugongzi? Why will my gunpowder disappear inexplicably, and why will it be buried in the ground of Pingning Fang? And who instructed the red note to detonate the murderous madness! These questions. It's up to you to drive the 'big brother' to say that you're ugly! ”

After Xiao Gu finished speaking, she felt that her throat was a little dry and hoarse, she coughed, and the depression in her chest became deeper and deeper.

There was darkness and silence in the room. Only the sound of blood falling to the ground is incomparably clear,

"Red Note is my person. Yuan Wu's letter was written by me, and it was my ultimate goal to lead to the commander of Jinyiwei, Ji Gang, and the explosion in Pingningfang was also made by me at the behest of the red paper. These. You're not wrong. ”

The eldest brother stood behind the broken gauze tent, his attitude was calm and calm, and he could still talk calmly. "I did all this, and there is nothing I dare not admit."

"But what am I doing this for, you should know it!"

His words changed, and his tone changed from gentle and elegant to sharp and cruel, "What kind of person is Ji Gang, the emperor's biggest and most powerful eagle dog, and the person who has been chasing the clues of our Jinlan Society!" If he dies, the leaderless dragons of the Jinyi Guards will never return to their former sharpness, which is equivalent to breaking one of Zhu Di's dog emperor's arms! ”

"Twelfth sister, for yourself, is it the most valuable thing to take Ji Gang's life and paralyze Jinyiwei into chaos?"

"Of course!"

Xiao Gu replied without hesitation, but he also immediately turned around, "If you use other means to do it, I will definitely be happy and convinced of you, but you sacrifice your own people and defenseless women, this kind of means is simply despicable and shameless!" ”

"Do you think you can achieve your goal by using the means of a righteous man and a gentleman?"

'Big Brother' suddenly laughed loudly, his voice was clear and beautiful, as if there was a special magical power, which made people want to listen carefully, "Our father and elder are more upright than a gentleman: Fang Xiaoru and Tie Xuan, which is not a model gentleman, but as a result, they harmed a large group of relatives and went to Huangquan as if they were dead, but the throne of the dog emperor Zhu Di is as safe as a rock, and there is no wavering - do you think this kind of upright gentleman is of any use?" ”

The eldest brother's voice is getting lower and lower, and the gongs and drums upstairs are becoming more and more noisy and high, but his voice seems to have magic power, penetrating the excitement of the prelude to this meeting, and piercing Xiao Gu's ears-

"In this world, if you want to punish the king, beast and dog official, only the means are more shameless, more vicious, and more inferior than them, so that you can win them!"

Xiao Gu's heart shook when she heard this, but she still insisted on a little in her heart, almost stubborn, "You can use whatever means you want, but you are not qualified to exchange other people's lives for them - it is nothing else, it is a living human life, a human life that can never be repeated once something happens!" ”

"Human life is precious and should not be neglected, this is what my father often taught me, and I always remember it - but no matter how precious human life is, it only means that it is more valuable and more."

"Everything in this world has its value, and the proportions of each end are immediately clear when measured on the scale in everyone's mind. For me, if I can get rid of Ji Gang and cause civil strife in Jinyiwei, even if it is at the expense of these women, you, and even my conscience, it is worth it. ”

The eldest brother chuckled, suddenly raised his head, and stared at Xiao Gu's black eyes that were shining with fire at the other end of the gauze tent, "This matter, from beginning to end, I will not regret it, and I will never feel guilty." If you and those women want to hate or resent, come to me. ”

This person! This person...... Simply crazy!!

Unforgivable!!

Xiao Gu gasped violently, and the anger in his eyes brightened because of these words.

Before entering this room, she had guessed that the eldest brother might explain with a clever tongue, he might vehemently deny it, and he might even softly beg her to keep quiet, but this reaction made her anger rise to the highest level but there was nowhere to vent!

"You ......"

She was speechless for a moment.

For such a man with an iron heart, all the laws, morals, conscience, and feelings in the world no longer work!

All he has left is the scale in his heart, which can weigh, exchange, and sacrifice everything in the world, including himself.

Xiao Gu closed his eyes, and a strong sense of sadness and powerlessness suddenly surged in his heart.

The gongs and drums upstairs had stopped, and the huqin was weeping and complaining, hoarse and mournful, and the lingering and mournful prelude echoed in her ears...... Xiao Gu's heart was in a mess, and she looked through the broken gauze tent blankly, first to see the expression on the eldest brother's face.

But all in vain was defeated by darkness.

Boundless darkness.

Huqin was suddenly stunned, and Tsing Yi Hua Dan opened his mouth shyly and happily - it turned out to be Wang Baochuan embroidery building recruiting relatives!

The pair of men and women upstairs are playing the admiration and shyness of young men and women at first sight, while the two people who confront each other downstairs are bright-eyed and have their own thoughts.

The 'big brother' gaze stared at Xiao Gu through the gauze tent, the light was faint and complex, but it was brighter than anyone else - suddenly he stretched out his hand and grasped it, and Xiao Gu's long sword was actually restrained.

"Women shouldn't be dancing with knives and guns like that. Put it down......"

Xiao Gu wanted to break free, but he dragged the other end of the tent with a huge force, she wanted to let go, but found that the whole person couldn't help herself-

The next moment, the entire dark room suddenly lit up with candles!

"The one who should let go, it's the big brother!"

Someone stood on the windowsill and said suddenly.

"Huh?"

The eldest brother was stunned, and was about to look back, but was swept in by an iron spear, and had no choice but to let go of Xiao Gu in his hand.

"It's you, Seven!"

"Seventh Brother!!"

He and Xiao Gu shouted in unison, but the former was surprised, and the latter was happy and relieved. (To be continued......)