Indoors, Xue Rui was lying flat on Yu Shu's bed, with long hair scattered, only white single clothes, the gauze tent was lowered, the window was closed, and from the outside, only a vague figure could be seen, and it was impossible to distinguish between men and women.

In the face of the impending killer, his mind was calm, and his right hand hanging by his side held the hilt of the sword steadily, ready to attack.

Liu Hao would kill Yu Shu, he was not surprised at all. In fact, since Yu Shu exposed the unique thaumaturgy of breaking death at the Furong Gentleman's Banquet, he has been worried that if she is too sharp, she will become a thorn in the side of others.

In the years when he and Liu Hao were brothers, they knew that Liu Hao was a man who was inconsistent with his appearance, and the Seven Princes, who had a good demeanor on the surface, were actually narrow-minded and had no room for others.

Although Yu Shu has a "death thaumaturgy", after all, she has no background, and only relies on the false title of a female operator, in Liu Hao's opinion, it is not an obstacle for the time being, it is okay for her to do nothing, once she takes action and makes Liu Hao feel threatened, then he will inevitably strangle her to death.

Last night, he wasn't sure if Liu Hao would take this opportunity to attack Yu Shu, so he waited for a day, waiting for the cook to show his feet, and then confirmed that the murderer's target tonight was not himself, but Yu Shu.

killed Yu Shu, exposed his identity, blamed the eleventh prince, forced him to solve the case, and turned against Concubine Lu.

If Liu Hao wasn't too conceited, he wouldn't have been able to solve his killer move.

In this matter, Xue Rui concealed two points from Yu Shu -

One. That's the murderer's target tonight.

Moreover, the chef who can cut off people's heads with a knife is not just practicing foreign kung fu.

Just imagine, how could a killer who could quietly avoid the guards and sneak into Zhou Qi's room to behead him only have brute strength.

Fortunately, Yu Shu didn't understand this, so he took advantage of her worries and switched rooms with her

Around the ugly hour, it was dark, and Lu Hong and his two companions were squatting on the beams outside the corridor. I was a little drowsy waiting. Suddenly, a soft sound was heard.

Lu Hong hurriedly lowered his head and stared at the staircase, only to see the guard who was assigned to patrol the night in the corridor. but he fell to the ground limply. Dragged into the darkness by a pair of invisible hands.

Lu Hong suddenly became vigilant. Raise your hand to suggest to your companions: It's coming!

Before long, a dark shadow appeared under the corridor, groping along the corner. counted them one by one, and they happened to stop in the room where Xue Rui was.

The black-clothed figure paused at the door for a moment, stretched out his hand and swiped a few times on the crack of the door, and the originally closed door was easily pushed open by him.

The door opened and closed, and only a slight sound was made, but in this quiet night, it was enough for Xue Rui indoors to hear clearly.

He lay motionless on the bed, clenched his sword, and looked through the gauze tent to the door.

"Squeak"

A black shadow sneaked in, Xue Rui adjusted his breathing, and the sound of a shallow sleep sounded like a woman was asleep.

He squinted, rolled his eyes, and followed the dark shadow from the doorway to the head of his bed.

Not long ago, the imperial historian Zhou Qi lost his head in his sleep, the same scene, the same murderer, at this moment, just like a murderous executioner, he pulled out a two-foot bone chopping knife from his waist, his eyes were full of hideousness, and he waved his arm and slashed at the head on the bed!

***

Yu Shu squatted in the cabinet for a long time, pricking up his ears and not hearing any movement outside.

The wardrobe door was closed tightly, only a thin slit was breathable, and she didn't move inside, she was sweating all over her head, but she didn't dare to reach out and wipe it, for fear that the action would be too big, make a sound, and startle the murderer who didn't know when it would come, and break the trap arranged by Xue Rui, in case the murderer jumped off the wall in a hurry and hurt him again.

After waiting for a while, there was still no sound outside, Yu Shu couldn't see or hear, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.

A drop of sweat slipped down her eyelids, and she squeezed her eyes, and then, suddenly, a chirp pierced the silent night.

"Bell!"

The voice came muffled, far away, Yu Shu's heart fluttered twice, only felt that something was wrong, his ear was close to the cabinet door, and he found that such a sound was not in the house, but outside the door, which seemed to be a few stories away.

What's wrong?

Yu Shu had a lot of doubts in his mind, and he wanted to call Xue Rui, but he remembered his advice, and if he didn't hear his call, don't make a sound.

She had no choice but to hold on.

But the next moment, the noise outside the door suddenly became louder, and with a loud collision, she clearly heard someone shouting, followed by a chaotic clang.

Yu Shu was stunned for a moment, listening to the voice, it was clearly outside the corridor through a wall.

"Big brother?" made such a big noise, what else did she have to endure, and called Xue Rui in a low voice, but did not hear him respond.

Yu Shu's heart was in a mess, he stretched out his hand and pushed the cabinet door open, and the cat's waist came out, wiping the sweat on his eyes, and swept towards the bed not far away with the moonlight rising outside the window-

However, the bed was empty, where was Xue Rui's figure!

There's no one here, so what's going on outside? Could it be that the murderer touched the wrong room? But what about Xue Rui?

Yu Shu was stunned for a moment, his brain turned around, his face changed suddenly, he turned around and ran outside, out of the inner room, straight to the door, just a short way, stumbled twice, and as soon as he touched the deadbolt, he tore it open vigorously.

There was a dim lantern hanging at the end of the hallway, and she could see the broken door on the other side, and she was sure that the short, messy sound of the fight was coming from the other side.

Her heart was beating suddenly, and she somehow walked into the opposite room, and came to the door of the bedroom where the candle was lit, and saw Xue Rui sitting on the edge of the bed through a few guards at the door.

His hair was loose, his face was grim behind the messy strands, his white clothes were slightly open, half of his body was splashed with red spots, and one hand held the hilt of the sword, and the dark red liquid snaked down his wrist, flowing through the long blade of the sword, to his feet.

The same at his feet. There was also a man dressed in black, lying in a pool of blood, bleeding from a hole in his chest, still holding a heavy chopping knife in his hand, half of his face was against the ground, and he was staring at a pair of eyes before he died.

When Yu Shu saw this scene, if he didn't understand what was going on, he turned his head white.

It turned out that King Ning, the killer, was here for her!

"My lord, this person is already angry." Lu Hong squatted on the ground and pulled down the mask of the man in black. I was not surprised to see the face of the chef of this restaurant. Two fingers probed his nose and pressed the artery on the side of the other party's neck, confirming that the person on the ground had become a corpse.

Xue Rui frowned. Raised his left hand. He said in a deep voice: "This person is extremely fierce. Full of murderous intentions, I made two moves with him, and he cut my arm. In a moment of panic, he stabbed him to death. ”

Only then did others discover that Xue Rui had a cut on the sleeve on the other side, and half of the blood was wet, and it seemed that the knife was not shallow.

Lu Hong and the others were shocked: "My lord! ”

They were about to step forward to help stop the bleeding, but a figure passed over them and swept in front of them.

Yu Shu straddled the corpse on the ground, took three steps and made two steps, stood in front of Xue Rui, bent down to examine his injured arm, and strained his face.

Xue Rui saw Yu Shu running over, his face softened, Niu Er was pierced through the heart by his sword, and he couldn't die anymore, there was no danger.

Seeing her staring at his arm as if she were facing a great enemy, Xue Rui comforted:

"It doesn't matter, it's just a cut."

It's just that it's longer and deeper.

Yu Shu ignored him, confirmed where the knife was, took out the clean handkerchief in his arms, gently pressed the section, turned his head to Lu Hong, who was stunned, and said:

"Hurry up and prepare hot water, find a Lang Zhong, any of you brought gold trauma medicine, hurry up and bring it."

"Uh, yes!"

So Lu Hong and the others hurriedly turned around and ran, leaving Yu Shu and Xue Rui behind, and no one cared about the corpses on the ground.

Yu Shu smelled the smell of blood in the room, looked down at his hand covering his wound, the dampness and heat of his palm made her heart mixed, bit the tip of her tongue, and asked astringently:

"Why are you lying to me?"

She was still hiding in the cupboard in a daze, thinking of going through trouble with him, but like a fool, he silently blocked the disaster.

He obviously didn't have to take the risk, it was she who King Ning wanted to kill, but he was the bait.

Xue Rui lightly threw the long sword in his hand onto the corpse, took out a free hand, covered the back of her injured hand, smiled lowly, and said:

"I told you the truth, will you still listen to me?"

Yu Shu pursed his lips.

"Don't think about it, this is the best solution, you are an unarmed girl, can I still let you go to fight with a murderer?"

Yu Shu knew that what Xue Rui said was reasonable, even if he told her in advance that the person Niu Er was going to kill was her, what could she do?

It's just adding to the troubles.

"How do you know that King Ning wants to kill me? What if he doesn't plan to do it to me? ”

Niu Er didn't go to assassinate Xue Rui, not because he ran to the wrong room, but because he received an order, he simply killed her, the person who ran out to stir up the situation.

can also reveal the identity of the murderer, there is no benefit in assassinating Xue Rui, but it is even more worthwhile to take the opportunity to kill her, a female operator who knows thaumaturgy of breaking death.

Yu Shu didn't think about this before, not because she couldn't think of it, but because Xue Rui was there, she subconsciously felt dependent and didn't think too much about it.

"I asked Lu Hong to secretly stare at Niu Er, and when I knew that he had probed into your room, I determined that King Ning was going to take this opportunity to attack you."

Xue Rui told her truthfully, everything has passed, and there is nothing to hide.

Yu Shu felt very uncomfortable in his heart, on the one hand, he was moved by Xue Rui's heart of maintenance, and on the other hand, he felt guilty and frustrated.

If she hadn't recklessly come to Pei County and honestly passed on the letters, where would she have caused this trouble.

"Shu, what's wrong with you?" Xue Rui saw that her face was wrong.

"Niu Er treats you as me, so he is ruthless to take your life, and you will be injured."

If she didn't show up at the beginning, Niu Er's target would only be Xue Rui, and when the time came, she would pretend to be assassinated, so as to achieve the purpose of revealing her identity, where would Xue Rui take this risk.

"It's all my fault that made you suffer." This time, she did a bad job.

Yu Shu smiled bitterly, between her and Xue Rui, she has always given more and less, and she has paid a penny, but in exchange for his very reward, if this continues, she will not take advantage of her joy, but gradually feel a little uneasy.

Why did she let him be so fond of him? Is she worth it?

Xue Rui saw her blindly blaming herself, her eyes darkened, and she couldn't help but use a little force when she pressed her hand, and there was a more self-deprecating tone in her voice:

"If that's what you think, then I'll be honest with you, I did it on purpose."

"What intentionally?" Yu Shu didn't understand.

"Deliberately hiding it from you, deliberately taking risks for you, deliberately taking a knife from the murderer, deliberately being injured."

"You are" Yu Shu raised his head blankly, facing Xue Rui's dark eyes.

"Do you remember the time when the two bandits of the Taehyung Chamber of Commerce met you in the capital and sent a killer to find you?"

"Yes." Yu Shu frowned slightly, not knowing why he mentioned this paragraph.

"I also remember," Xue Rui said in a deep voice, "That time, it was Jingchen who blocked the knife for you." ”

Yu Shu's expression moved.

"I still regret it, if I grabbed the knife at that time, then the man you liked from the beginning should have been me, and you wouldn't have suffered for him later. On the night you were captured by Si Tianjian, I saw that you suffered the pain of a broken finger, so I made up my mind that no matter what means you used, even if you took advantage of the situation, I would rob your people and win your heart. ”

Yu Shu opened his mouth, saw the bright emotion in his eyes, and wanted to say something, but the words were blocked in his throat.

"I just want you to understand that I am a man worthy of being entrusted for life, what others can't do, I can do it for you, and what others can do, I can do better."

Xue Rui's words were not pressed in his heart for two days, in the past, he would only show with his actions that he would clearly convey to Yu Shu for the first time today.

Put a piece of sincerity in front of her, naked.

Xue Rui's honesty was always so unexpected to her.

Suddenly, Yu Shu's heart was numb, and he was still sentimental, and now, his eyes suddenly lit up-

She and him don't care about those who have or don't, and they don't have anything to do, because the two of them are clearly people all the way!

They are all bent on paying for those who are worthy, so naturally, only if they feel that they are worthy of each other, they will do those things without hesitation.

Xue Rui is good to her because he thinks she is worthy, and she wants to be good to Xue Rui because he is worthy.

The two are happy, but so, where can she find such an idiot like her?

"I won't say anything good to be obedient, there is one sentence, you write it down," Yu Shu half-lowered his eyes, his gaze fell on the overlapping palms of the two, with a hint of nasality, and whispered to him:

"If you don't forsake me, I will live and die."

When Xue Rui heard this, his eyes flickered, and he was scary, regardless of the pain of the wound, he clenched her hand hard, his chest shook, and he said with a low smile:

"I will never forget my words in this life." (To be continued......)