Falling off the horse Chapter 024: First Strike
Cheng Rang's reaction to this was particularly bland.
"We'll talk about that tomorrow." At this moment, there are only Xiaocha and Cheng Rang in the room, and it looks a little ambiguous under the candlelight.
Xiaocha's heart has been full of irritability these days, I don't know when, her defense against Cheng Rang has been quietly removed, today with Cheng Rang, Xiaocha unconsciously relaxed, and even took the good wine brought by Cheng Rang, and drank a few more cups.
Xiaocha's alcohol consumption is not good, especially at the moment, it is easier to get drunk.
"You, who are you." Xiaocha was confused, looked at the person in front of him and asked.
"You're drunk." Cheng Rang looked at Xiaocha like this, a little helpless.
"I, I'm not drunk." Xiao Cha smiled and put her face in front of Cheng Rang.
Cheng Rang's heart skipped a beat, just Xiaocha, did you want to kiss him.
It's a pity that Cheng Rang didn't get an answer to this question at the moment.
In the next second, Xiaocha fell asleep in front of Cheng Rang.
Cheng Rang looked at the small tea poured on him, and he was a little incredulous.
It can be confirmed again and again that Xiaocha has indeed fallen asleep.
Cheng Rang was a little helpless, but he still carried Xiaocha to the bed and settled down, and then took everything for tonight by himself.
The next day, Xiaocha woke up very early.
When I opened my eyes, it was still pitch black outside, and the hazy light in the distance seemed to indicate that it was still early in the morning.
The headache after the hangover made Xiaocha a little uncomfortable and lifted the quilt and got up from the bed.
looked at himself after reading the clothes he wore yesterday, and when he looked at the table in the next second, there was nothing left, everything was as neat as new, as if Cheng Rang had never been here last night.
"Oh no." Xiaocha smiled bitterly in her heart, this is not a good sign.
"Little tea girl, the master asked you to go." There was a knock on the door at this moment, and it was not yet the time to start, Ren Tingyou was only named the prince yesterday, and today is the first day of the first month, he should be extremely busy, and at this moment, what to do.
Xiao Cha didn't ask much in the end, and when she followed the man, she went to Ren Tingyou's courtyard.
"Sit down." Ren Tingyou seems to be in a good mood at the moment, Xiaocha stood in front of him, looking at the dark green in Ren Tingyou's eyes, thinking that he didn't fall asleep yesterday, too, such a happy event, Ren Tingyou did not celebrate in the mansion, it can already be regarded as low-key.
Now although Ren Tingyou has been named the crown prince, the queen has a solid foundation, and last year the palace suffered misfortune, so naturally he could not be kept in obscurity.
"Okay." Xiaocha sat down in front of Ren Tingyou.
Looking at the people coming in and out of Ren Tingyou's courtyard, it was expected that after the palace banquet dispersed yesterday, the official eunuchs in the capital had never stopped, and how many worship stickers were sent at this moment, and in the name of the New Year's Festival, everyone wanted to visit the new prince's mansion.
Xiao Cha thought in her heart, the plaque at the door is about to change from the Five Princes' Mansion to the Prince's Mansion, the Holy Lord's election of Tingyou as the crown prince, the accident is also reasonable, but at this time, Xiao Cha always feels that it may be a little rushed.
And Ren Tingyou took advantage of the time before others had time to come to find him, just afraid that he would have to do something.
"There is a house in the capital, on the edge of the city wall in the southeast corner, there is a person named Lao Li, bring it back to see me."
What Ren Tingyou said at the moment, Xiaocha could only do it.
"Yes." Xiaocha took the task and hurried away, at this moment she has Ren Tingyou's hand card, and the entrance and exit of the house are naturally unimpeded, and when Xiaocha came out, the sky was just bright, but there were already a lot of teams at the door to give gifts, and the original plaque, at this moment the workers are replacing the new "Prince's Mansion" three big characters.
Xiao Cha followed the map Ren Tingyou gave her, and sure enough, she found the house, Xiao Cha climbed into it from the back wall, but the courtyard was quiet.
There was a strong smell of blood in the air, which was Xiaocha's first instinct.
And the smell is getting stronger and stronger, reminding her that the scene of the incident is ahead.
"Who is it?" Xiaocha pushed open the door, and with a "squeak", Lao Li's body in the house was still lying on the chair, as if he wanted to stand up and resist, and was pierced through the heart with an arrow.
Xiaocha felt that the murderer was still in this room at the moment, and asked.
At the same time, he clenched the sword in his hand, ready for a sudden attack at any moment.
"My sister is not easy to fool." The woman's delicate voice came from outside, and Xiaocha could hear it, and the voice seemed familiar.
"Is that you?" Xiaocha looked at the person in front of her and asked in disbelief.
"Why, my sister forgot about me so quickly." The sword in his hand was still dripping with blood, and Zhixing came out of the darkness and smiled.
Zhixing was still wearing the same color dress of that day, red, and wanton and arrogant.
Even with the whole face, it is also rubbed into the bones.
Xiao Cha naturally won't forget it, how to say that day, Zhixing's martial arts were strong, but he didn't take the opportunity to sneak attack when he was fighting against An Lao, for Xiao Cha, it was still a favor that he owed her.
"Nope." Xiaocha is not used to Zhixing's direct way of speaking, today is the first day of the first lunar month, which is the middle of winter, but Zhixing is wearing a strong suit, outlining the perfect curve of his body, Xiaocha is a little afraid to look directly.
"It's so cute." Zhixing put down the sword in his hand, like Xiaocha taking the initiative to show goodwill, Xiaocha naturally understood Zhixing's meaning, so there was no need for him to show much hostility.
As for why Zhixing killed Lao Li, Xiaocha didn't know.
But Lao Li is Ren Tingyou's person, not Xiao Cha's person, take a step back and say, if Lao Li is really Ren Tingyou's person, then Lao Li is dead, and he is also helping Xiao Cha.
"You're a step too late, I've already killed him." Zhixing shrugged his shoulders, looking a little regretful.
"It doesn't matter." Xiao Cha replied.
"Lao Li, but Ren Tingyou's eyeliner, I remembered it wrong, didn't you help Ren Tingyou do things." Zhixing is obviously very clear about Xiaocha's current situation, the last time I saw Xiaocha, Xiaocha was obviously still a maid in Suifu, and now, she is doing things for Ren Tingyou clearly, which makes Xiaocha can't help but be a little guarded, looking at Xiaocha's eyes, Zhixing said with relief:
"Don't be afraid, I know why you stayed by Ren Tingyou's side, you just need to remember that I won't harm you."
Zhixing's words did not get much trust from Xiaocha.
That day, she still stood on the opposite side of herself for the sake of blood jade, and now she suddenly said that she would not harm herself, Xiaocha naturally couldn't understand.
Zhixing also seemed to think of this, but there were some things that he couldn't say at the moment, so he had to stop mentioning this topic, and just said to Xiaocha:
"If you want to find me, come to Jiutang." Hearing the place mentioned by Zhixing, Xiao Cha subconsciously thought in his mind, this Jiutang is the largest green building in this Thousand Yang City.
"You'll find me." Zhixing dropped this sentence, and picked up the sword again and left, the pace was so fast that Xiao Cha even felt that between her and Cheng Ji, Xiao Cha was not easy to determine who was faster.
And this kind of speed is obviously a weapon to save their lives for them.
Go to learn light skills with Cheng Ji another day, Xiao Cha thought so in her heart, in the face of Zhixing leaving only Lao Li's body in the house, Xiao Cha was a little difficult, now Lao Li is dead, and Ren Tingyou is dead or not, Xiao Cha doesn't know.
simply settled Lao Li's body, and Xiaocha returned to the Five Princes' Mansion.
"Dead?" When Ren Tingyou came to see Xiaocha after being busy, it was already evening.
"Well, when I arrived, I had already been killed with a sword, and I had already buried the body in the backyard of that house, and I would bring it back if I needed to." What Xiao Cha said now is true, Ren Tingyou looked at Xiao Cha and had the idea of going to dig up the corpse again, and waved his hand:
"I'll tell others to do this, you can go back first."
Xiao Cha sneered in his heart, and sure enough, Ren Tingyou still had some distrust in his heart.
"Okay." returned to her own courtyard, and what she found out in Ren Tingyou had already filled Xiaocha's heart with many questions, and more things, I am afraid that she will still be in vain in this mansion.
You have to contact Chengji or Fucheng.
At present, Ren Tingyou doesn't know his true identity, he only thinks that he is a person from Sixteen Luyue, but he is afraid that Fucheng is there, Ren Tingyou has already set up defenses, if he rashly goes to find it, then both of them will be wiped out.
At the moment, the only way to find Chengji is to find Chengji.
In this Thousand Yang City, except for Cheng Rang, no one else knows Cheng Ji's true identity and his connection to Pulau City.
Thinking of the way Chengji crooked An's old-fashioned nose that day, Xiaocha felt funny.
Xiao Cha wanted to contact Cheng Ji, naturally there were countless ways, and now while the people in Ren Tingyou's mansion were busy running around, Xiao Cha secretly left the mansion from the back wall.
And when he saw Cheng Ji, the first thing Cheng Ji said to Xiao Cha was:
"Master, are you fat?"
"Don't you have the guts?" Xiao Cha smiled on her face, but her hands were not light at all.
"It hurts, it hurts." Chengji begged for mercy for a long time, and finally saved his ears that were about to be twisted red from Xiaocha's hand.
Xiaocha is also a little unnatural, these days, not last night, Cheng Rang often comes to eat, every time in the middle of the night when Xiaocha returns to the residence, he sees Cheng Rang's note, and the food box on the table.
Let Xiaocha can't help but smack her tongue a little, this heavily guarded new prince's mansion, Cheng Rang can come and go so freely.
It seems that the day of revenge from Cheng Rang is not far away.
"Let's get down to business, have you gotten Ren Tingyou's phoenix edict?" Xiaocha went to Suifu naturally not in vain, even when he left with An Lao, he did not forget to explain things to Chengji.
"Hey, look." Chengji took out a well-made scroll from his bosom.
"This is the Phoenix Edict?" Xiaocha took it.
Ren Tingyou has this thing in his hand, and he naturally does not worry about ascending the throne, but the suppression of the concubine and him by the saint and the queen still made Ren Tingyou not wait for the saint to die.
And the saint has a big fate, Ren Tingyou can't even find a chance to start, and he has a reputation for betraying him when he takes out the phoenix edict.
This is the last resort to become the crown prince, it turns out that the tiger talisman has always been a dispensable thing for Ren Tingyou.