Chapter 45: The Killer

The news of Li Yuanlin's assassination in the hunting ground soon spread to Shengning Palace.

Liang Hou stood in front of the high seat, his cold eyes reflected the slender golden cranes on the left and right of the high seat, without saying a word, but the aura exuded by his body was enough to suffocate people.

Outside the smoky light veil knelt a sloppy soldier, his head pressed extremely low at the moment, and he didn't dare to breathe.

After a short time, the steward of the hunting ground and an old woman were dragged in and fell to their knees tremblingly.

"Is that them?"

As if he had been named, the little soldier was shocked, squinted his eyes and looked at the others, and hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, the villain did see that the steward took the money from the old woman and let people into the hunting ground." ”

The hunting ground steward and the old woman were thieves and didn't dare to defend themselves, so they only shrunk their shoulders and begged Empress Liang to spare their lives, saying that they were just greedy for money and didn't know the true identity of that group of people.

Liang Hou turned around slowly, and her beautiful eyes were like clear pure water. dragged the long Chinese dress down the golden steps, and the two palace maids trotted over to lift the light gauze curtain for her, and the gorgeous figure swam out like a piece of brocade.

"Corruption and bribery, forming a party for personal gain, and murdering the emperor, you will not be able to atone for your sins if you die thousands of times."

The hand painted with bright red dancome was as white as an onion, and he slowly touched the fresh daffodil urn on the flower platform, and suddenly turned around fiercely, and the daffodil urn fell down fiercely, smashing into the head of the hunting ground steward.

Hearing only the sound of "bang", the celadon urn fell to the ground with blood and suddenly shattered, and the head of the hunting ground steward was smashed out of a big hole, and he convulsed and fell to the ground on the spot, and the warm blood splashed on the old woman's face.

The old woman who witnessed the death of the hunting ground steward was so frightened that she screamed in fright, and immediately rolled her eyes and fainted.

Liang Hou's eyes returned to calm, and there was even a hint of happiness, and the little palace maid lowered her head and walked over quickly holding a golden basin full of water. A pair of tender white hands were placed in a golden basin and wrapped in warm water.

At the right time, Mama Lin reverently stepped forward and handed Liang Hou a dry cloth.

Empress Liang squinted her eyes, took a dry cloth to wipe her hands, and instructed the palace people: "Hang the body of the steward to the hunting ground, and tell them that this is the end of the rebellion!" As for the old woman, if she dared to form a party to murder the emperor, she would be sentenced to death by the whole clan. ”

"Queen Mother, is the mastermind behind it also to be removed as soon as possible?" Mama Lin was worried.

Liang Hou thought about it with heavy eyes, and her red lips suddenly floated with an evil smile: "The blade is out of the sheath when it meets, go and tell the wolf cub in Danxia Palace that it's time to use her tonight!" ”

The winter snow outside the window has not melted, the cold wind is blowing on the window like a tiger that wants to devour people, the candle flame is beating in the room, and the girl sitting at the table is tugging at her heart, constantly recalling Mama Lin's words - "The Queen Mother told Xidan Lou to wait, and someone handed over the portrait, and the person on the portrait will kill him." Don't know anything else! ”

This is the Xidan Building, which is the closest to the palace gate, and a carriage is waiting outside the gate. She didn't know what the purpose was, and she didn't know who the Queen Mother ordered to kill was, but she just wanted to kill someone......

Ye Lingyi looked down at her rough palm, and in an instant, a feeling of uncertainty about the future came out from the depths of her heart and occupied her heart. It's strange to say, it's not the first time I've killed someone, why do I feel cold and terrible in my heart this time?

She didn't dare to think too much, for her, the lost life was precious, even if it was for someone with treacherous intentions like Liang Hou, it was not a big deal.

After some self-paralysis, she changed into a neat black power suit, took out the face towel hidden in her sleeve and covered it, stuffed the potion just in case into her arms, and walked out of the door with her long sword.

Tang Luo, who was dressed in a guard uniform, waited by the carriage, stood in the snow and bowed slightly to Ye Lingyi, who came over, took out a small roll from his arms and handed it to her, and then made a gesture of please.

Ye Lingyi hesitated slightly, looked at the roll in his hand, and finally took a step and got into the carriage.

Tang Luo whipped the horse, Ye Lingyi sat in the carriage and opened the roll, and there was indeed a roll of white paper hidden in it.

Empress Liang asked her to kill an old man?

Ye Lingyi frowned slightly, and listened to Tang Luo say in his usual plain tone: "This mission is difficult, only success is allowed, and failure is allowed, I will pick you up outside, and I will help you when I release this arrow!" ”

A delicate little crossbow was thrown in, and the arrow was an oval hollow glass, with a hole dug in the middle.

Ye Lingyi picked it up and played with it curiously: "This is the ringing arrow?" Did the Queen Mother give it? ”

Tang was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "I made it!" ”

Ye Lingyi played with the little crossbow's hand for a moment, looked at the figure that came in through the carriage curtain, and said with a deliberate smile: "Guard Tang is really loyal!" In order not to leak the task, he made this exquisitely crafted crossbow by himself. ”

There was silence outside the curtain, save for the neighing of the whip on the horse's back, the muffled sound of hooves trampling the snow, and the rolling of the wheels.

"Can you tell us something?" Ye Lingyi suddenly came behind Tang Luo.

There was a curtain between the two, Tang Luo's back was obviously stiff, and even his tone was unnatural: "What? ”

The girl looked at the old man on the picture scroll, and her eyes were sly: "What is the identity of this person?" Or why should we kill him? ”

"You don't need to know that much!"

Tang Luo's voice suddenly cooled a few degrees.

Ye Lingyi pursed her lips and whispered, "Sigh": "If you don't say it, forget it!" ”

What Tang Luo can't say bluntly is that knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing, and those who cause murder are often because they know too much, and there are only two kinds of people who have many secrets in the palace, one is the lord of the supreme position, and the other is the dead.

Rolling wheels stopped in the dark alley.

Ye Lingyi jumped off the ground from the carriage and approached Tang Luo while the snow was dark.

Jiao Li's face suddenly approached, causing the young man's heart to suffocate and fall back, and the rabbit in his arms was instantly frightened and jumped up: "What...... What's up? ”

"No, I just think ......"

The girl's eyes danced with a smile, touching her chin like an old hand, and the other hand unexpectedly poked Tang Luo's face, pushing the corners of the man's mouth up: "I just think you're too serious!" I heard that you, like me, are also people who died from the nine deaths of Cangling Mountain, so you should know how to disguise yourself. Besides, you're so good-looking......"

The girl smiled maliciously, the man couldn't retreat, his eyes dodged, and he waved away the hand that was pressed on the corner of his mouth, but he didn't think that he would unintentionally use too much force, and the girl was directly overturned in the snow, and the weight of her whole body slapped on the cold ground through the palm of her hand, and the pain instantly came to her mind.

"Shhh Ye Lingyi frowned and exclaimed.

Tang Luo reacted, hurriedly jumped from the carriage, leaned over and asked nervously, "Are you okay?" ”

"Isn't it just a small thing? Are you concerned? ”

Ye Lingyi raised her head angrily.

Tang Luo really looked ashamed, and stretched out his hand to her: "I'm sorry, it's all my fault!" Let's get up first! ”

Ye Lingyi didn't agree, pouted and said: "Today I was sent by the Queen Mother to carry out a mission, if you don't sincerely apologize to me, then I won't get up!" ”

"And what do you want?" Tang Luo was helpless.

Ye Lingyi's eyes showed cunning, and the greasy man who learned to visit the Qinglou in the world raised his chin and said, "I'll forgive you for giving Uncle Ben a smile!" ”

"You!"

Tang Luo was shocked and anxious. Helplessly, Ye Lingyi made a rogue posture on the ground, "If you don't laugh, I won't be able to afford it".

The man blushed, raised the corners of his mouth and stared at his eyes, and forced out a "vicious" smile.

Ye Lingyi was amused and laughed childishly.

"Okay, right?"

Tang Luo's tone was quite helpless, and he stretched out his hand, and Ye Lingyi finally put his hand on his hand with great compassion.

The snow was translucent, and a slender figure jumped from the high wall of the compound like a cat, and touched the courtyard along the root of the wall.

Ye Lingyi took advantage of people's inattention to rob one of the maids, covered her mouth, forced the knife to her neck and asked, "Where is your master?" ”

Where did the little maid experience such a thrilling thing, she was so frightened that tears rolled in her eyes, the hand of the man in black was slightly released, and the little maid couldn't wait to confess: "Spare my life, my lord will rest in the second aunt's house tonight." ”

The man in black rolled his eyes, and before he could ask where the second aunt's house was, the little maid who was afraid of death said to herself: "The second aunt's yard is next door to the main house!" ”

All right! Don't give her a chance to play at all!

The man in black took out the potion prepared in advance from his arms: "This is a sweat medicine, powerful ......"

As soon as the words began, the little maid snatched it very respectfully, raised her head and drank the potion clean, and then rolled her eyes and fell down directly.

The man in black, whose hands were still in the same state, was speechless, but at this time, he couldn't manage so many tasks, so he went to the next yard with his sword.

The lord and the concubine seemed to have fallen asleep, and the courtyard was dark, with only two or three lamps left.

Ye Lingyi sneaked in through the half-open window, and the sword came out of the sheath and quietly approached the bed under the brocade tent, and slashed down with the brocade tent, only to hear the sound of "clang", and the weapons struck each other.

There was a man dressed in night clothes like her lying on the bed, and he looked like a man. With just a short sword, he easily took her sword.

This is a master.

The first instinct that flashed in Ye Lingyi's mind was that he underestimated the enemy, it seemed that the other party had already taken precautions, maybe he had already set up a net in the yard and waited for her to come, and catching her at that time would be like catching a turtle in an urn.

Ye Lingyi's scalp was tight, she knew that she couldn't take care of any big tasks for the sake of today, and the only way to save her life was to leave as soon as possible!

The long sword in his hand slammed into force.

While the people on the bed were coping, Ye Lingyi jumped a few steps away, hurriedly took out the small crossbow with the ringing arrow hidden in his waist, and aimed it out the window.

But before he could pull the crossbow machine, the arrow of the rattling arrow was cut off by a quick knife.

The back road was completely cut off, Ye Lingyi shouted in her heart, she completely lost her mind, and in a hurry, she turned around and swung her sword violently, and the opponent's short blade actually forced her neck one step faster.

"Who are you?"