Red Flame Chapter 34 Assassination
In the countries of Kyushu, the Red Yan New Year Festival is the most lively, from Chinese New Year's Eve to the sixteenth day of the first month. Except for the lifting of the curfew during the Shangyuan Festival, the curfew was postponed for one hour for the remaining ten days.
Xu is the royal city on weekdays is too solemn, the people have been depressed for a long time, these days of the New Year's Festival, the city is full of lights, the sound of firecrackers comes and goes, the whole royal city is immersed in a joyful atmosphere.
It was the tenth day of the first lunar month, and the sun had not gone down soon, just like the previous days, the people in the city braved the cold, dressed up and went out, and crowded the streets early.
In the crowded crowd, two women ran out, one woman was dressed in red, and the other woman was dressed in purple and wearing a white cloak.
But it was Ji Qianning who took Nangong Ning to play on the way to Qingxin Pavilion.
The fireworks bloomed in the air, emitting brilliant light, and Ji Qianning said excitedly to Nangong Ning: "It's so lively, my uncle refuses to come." ”
Nangong Ning looked at her bright smile and looked relieved: that bright young lady is back at this moment.
Suddenly, the crowd on the street dispersed, accompanied by a burst of exclamations. A cold light flashed in the eyes of the two of them, and in an instant, the three black-clothed people lurking on the eaves flew from three directions, directly approaching Nangong Ning.
"Someone, help. There are assassins, the princess is here, come and rescue the ......" The maid behind her panicked and shouted loudly.
Nangong Ning subconsciously pulled Ji Qianning behind him, took a few steps back, and two short knives slipped out of his cuffs, his eyes were sharp, and he approached the man in black.
Seeing the knife falling, Nangong Ning turned around, the two short knives only blocked two scimitars, and at the moment when the third knife fell towards her, Ji Qianning flew forward to grab the wrist of the man in black, I don't know where to buckle it, the man in black let go, and in an instant, she caught the knife with her left hand, and slapped her right palm on the chest of the man in black, and then made a gorgeous turn and fell in place.
Nangong Ning was extremely surprised, when did Miss have this skill?
The situation didn't allow for much thought, she immediately changed into a sharp look, and pushed out the man in black with all her might. I didn't want the man in black to turn around and force it over again.
Ji Qianning instantly greeted and gave Nangong Ning a look, she understood, so the two fought side by side with the man in black.
The knife fell, and after a while, the man in black had the upper hand.
"Where did the rats come from, spreading wild here?" Suddenly, two men flew up and protected them.
Ji Qianning raised her eyes and found that it was Su Wei and a man she had never seen before.
"Xuan Qi is here too?" She asked herself inwardly, and glanced back at the dark shadow in the distance, the figure clearly it was him. She panicked, but as if she thought of something, she regained her composure. When he touched his face, his brows furrowed again, "When I went out today, I forgot to bring a veil." ”
Fortunately, Su Wei didn't look at her, so she silently retreated to the corner of the street, just when she didn't know what to do, she found that the people around her were scattering and fleeing, but not far away, a stall owner selling masks was watching the fight ahead, she chuckled, ran over and bought a random one, and put it on her face when Xuan Qi arrived.
At this moment, the man in black was restrained on the ground.
It turned out that Xuan Qi and Bai Yi, who were wandering on the street, heard someone shouting assassins, so they asked Su Wei and Bai Yi's entourage Bai Yang to check first, and the two came slowly.
Seeing the person clearly, a touch of shyness flashed on Nangong Ning's face, his heart was like a deer, he quickly turned around and tidied up his clothes, straightened his temples with both hands, and when he was sure that there was no mistake in his dress, he turned around and saluted Xuan Qi and Bai Yi.
Her gaze dodged, not daring to look directly at Bai Yi, but she couldn't help but look at him secretly, and when Bai Yi's gaze turned to her, she quickly dodged again.
"How did Miss Lanxin get to Chiyan?" Xuan Qi was the first to ask, and because of some people, his attitude towards Lan Xin was quite gentle.
"Princess, princess, how are you? Are there any injuries? Several of the maids came running in a panic, some of them with tears in their eyes, and if the princess had missed the slightest mistake, they would not have survived tomorrow.
"Princess?" Bai Yi looked surprised. Although Xuan Qi didn't say anything, doubts also appeared in his heart.
"Bold, don't you salute when you see Princess Yong'an?" The leading maid scolded.
"Qingzhu, don't be rude, don't hurry up and ask the six princes and General Bai for guilt."
The maid named Qingzhu quickly knelt on the ground.
"That's it, those who don't know are not guilty, get up." After Xuan Qi finished speaking, he muttered in his heart: The reception of the princess of Nanzhou has always been in charge of his fourth royal brother, but he didn't expect this princess to be Lan Xin, it seems that this marriage is interesting.
"Princess Yong'an? It turns out that you are the princess who was found in Nanzhou a year ago. ”
Nangong Ning nodded, his heart full of joy.
When Bai Yi learned all this, his heart was mixed, shocked, and a trace of indescribable emotion, he was at a loss for a while, in order to break this embarrassment, he said: "I vaguely saw a woman in red fighting with the assassin, why don't you see her at this moment?" ”
Hearing this, Nangong Ning realized that there was one less person beside her, and quickly turned around to look for Ji Qianning's traces, but saw her wearing a mask not far away, and she couldn't hold back for a while, and chuckled.
Everyone followed her gaze and quickly found the woman wearing the mask, the red dress was too conspicuous.
Ji Qianning had no choice but to come to everyone, her face under the mask was full of helplessness. deliberately lowered his voice and saluted the man in front of him: "I've seen two nobles." ”
Hearing the voice, Xuan Qi was even more convinced that it was the woman he had seen in Qingxin Pavilion that day: "Miss Su, is it you?" ”
"Your Royal Highness, meet again." Ji Qianning suddenly realized that she was still holding the knife she had snatched in her hand, and immediately threw it to the ground and laughed awkwardly.
Xuan Qi looked at the knife that fell to the ground, thoughtful. Then she saw the pig's head mask on her face, and her brows furrowed together, "Miss Su either covered her face with a white veil, or showed her mask, could she have seen it...... Deliberately? Seeing the words of this king, I swallowed it raw.
"What does this mean, King Ling? The little woman's face was accidentally ruined and ugly, and her heart was already suffering a lot, should she show such a face to the world, and defile the eyes of all people, and be mocked by them? After Ji Qianning finished speaking, she turned around, flicked her sleeves a few times, and pretended to be angry.
Xuan Qi was at a loss, and suddenly wanted to go over and coax the woman who was made to cry by himself, but his self-esteem as a prince did not allow him to do that: "This king didn't mean that." ”
Bai Yi looked at all this, as if he understood something.
Su Wei took a deep breath, except for the old man in his memory, no woman dared to have sex with his master like this, and he silently prayed for this Su girl in his heart. No, he suddenly found that the master was not only not angry, but his tone was extremely gentle, what was the situation?
Only Nangong Ning held back a smile in his heart, pretending to be calm on his face.
Ji Qianning turned around and pretended to sob: "Please forgive the little girl for not wanting to offend, her face is ruined, she is wronged in her heart, and she doesn't want King Ling to return it...... It's just like that, and that's why I'm more excited. ”
Nangong Ning couldn't help it, raised his hand and pretended to arrange his hair, covered half of his face with his wide sleeves, and laughed secretly.
Xuan Qi wanted to say something comforting, but he put on the pig's head mask, and swallowed the words again.
Ji Qianning suddenly saw Xuan Qi holding a cyan jade flute in her hand, and she suddenly thought of Yucheng a long, long time ago, a man in ink clothes with his back to the lake, the flute whimpered, his back was so thin......
It's like a world away......
Retracting her thoughts, in order to break the embarrassment, she walked to the man in black and took a serious look: "These people are coming for the princess, don't they want to destroy the harmony?"
In order to prevent these three from committing suicide by swallowing medicine, Su Wei gagged their mouths early. Ji Qianning looked at their faces carefully, all of them were exotic faces: "Good at using scimitars, destroying harmony is to instigate the relationship between Chiyan and Nanzhou, and the one who benefits the most is Daxin." At this, there was a look of contempt on her face under her mask.
Bai Yi followed her words and continued: "A few months ago, a small country like Lian Zhongwei, which was not a threat, was completely wiped out, in order to annex Kyushu, what else could Ling Chengzhi do?" ”
Ji Qianning laughed in her heart, it has been three years, the world has changed, and I don't want even Ling Chengzhi to become Daxin's auxiliary, but I didn't expect him to be even more despicable than before.
"In any case, it is our negligence that such an assassination occurred in Biancheng, and these people will be taken away for interrogation by the king, and he will give an explanation to the princess." Xuan Qi said sincerely to Nangong Ning.
Nangong Ning nodded to him: "There is the sixth prince of Lao." After that, he looked at Bai Yi with a warm face, "If there is nothing else, I will leave." ”
Nangong Ning was about to leave, but Ji Qianning grabbed her and whispered, "Such a rare opportunity, don't you have anything to say to Brother Yi?" ”
Nangong Ning's face was covered with red glow, he held Ji Qianning's hand and shook his head.
Ji Qianning saw her like this, calculated from her heart, broke away from her hand, grabbed her two arms with both hands, and pushed her in front of Bai Yi: "Childe, the princess has something to say." ”
Nangong Ning's face was full of embarrassment: "I'...... General Bai, I ......" Before the words were spoken, he was full of shyness, and he was so ashamed that he broke free from Ji Qianning and ran away.
Ji Qianning immediately went to chase Nangong Ning, turned around halfway and shouted: "General Bai, what the princess wants to say is that she ...... it." ”
Nangong Ning covered her mouth: "Don't talk nonsense." ”
"Hmm......" Nangong Ning let go of the hand covering her, "Oh, you are already devoted to him, let him know, why not." ”
Nangong Ning shook her head, she didn't want to scare him.
Ji Qianning saw that she was silent, didn't ask any more, and suddenly thought of something: "There was only a moment, Xuan Qi looked at me with disgust on his face, but why?" ”
Nangong Ning glanced at her, covered her mouth and chuckled: "You can take off the mask and know." ”
Ji Qianning took off her mask suspiciously, and when she saw the pig's head mask that was so ugly that she couldn't be uglier anymore, she also laughed. I didn't look at it carefully in my panic before, but I took this.
The fireworks were still blooming in the air, the streets were still bustling with people, and the bright laughter of the two women was gradually drowned in the boiling voices.
Looking at the back of the woman in red disappearing into the crowd, Xuan Qi's voice came faintly; "Su Wei, let the dark night keep an eye on Miss Su these days, and report it at any time."
Su Wei was full of doubts, but he still received the order to find the dark night.
Bai Yi thought thoughtfully, if it was really her, how good it would be.
……
"Ning'er, could it be you?" The past flashed in front of Xuan Qi's eyes over and over again, and his eyes were red, "Look, I can't let you go." ”
On that day, I met Miss Su in Qingxin Pavilion, although she was wearing a hat, her body shape was so similar. Maybe he really recognized the wrong person, he said to himself over and over again in his heart, if she came back......
But will she ever come back? The things in the world are not easy, otherwise they will be searched for three years, and they will not return to the old people.
However, she is the only one who can be protected by Princess Yong'an like this.