Volume 1 The Wind Rises Chapter 49 The Wind Rises (9)
The emperor entered the White Jade Palace, saw Lu Xi and Wan Jiao'er kneeling on the ground, and said, "Get up." ”
The two of them rose in thanksgiving, one sitting down at the table, the other standing aside. The emperor looked at the steaming food on the table and said, "Why do you eat so late?" ”
Wan Jiao'er didn't know if she wanted to, she sat sideways, exposing the bruises on her face to the emperor's eyes. She spoke: "The concubine is a little unwell, so she has some appetite. ”
The emperor looked at Wan Jiao'er's face, slowly stretched out his hand, and touched the wound, and Wan Jiao'er also shrank back with the emperor's hand. The emperor frowned and said in a low voice, "Does it hurt?" ”
Wan Jiao'er smiled and said, "It doesn't hurt, Your Majesty." It's good that the emperor is angry. Lu Xi looked at Wan Jiao'er, and couldn't connect this Wan Jiao'er with Wan Jiao'er who was still curled up on the bed just now. Wan Jiaoer's eyes were still a little red and swollen, but they were lined with bruises on her face, and she couldn't see it at all.
The emperor retracted his hand, his body trembled slightly, Lu Xi stood in the direction behind the emperor, he couldn't see the emperor's face, he only heard the emperor crying: "I'm sorry for you, I can only be angry with you, what kind of emperor am I......"
Wan Jiao'er hurriedly took the emperor's hand, took the initiative to put it on her face, and said: "The emperor will always be my emperor, and the emperor will gradually become stronger." ”
Xiao Luzi has been waiting outside the door, seeing the emperor crying, he quickly retired the palace maid and eunuch in the house, Lu Xi is now sitting with him, he can't send Lu Xi out, he can only smile at Lu Xi outside the door, Lu Xi saw Xiao Luzi's movements, but he retreated by himself and brought the door shut.
"Father-in-law Lu first came to this palace to do things, but he is still used to it." Xiao Luzi and Lu Xi took a few steps, estimating that they would not disturb the emperor and Concubine Hui, so they said hello.
"There is Lao Gonggong's concern, Concubine Hui is generous, and it is naturally easy to contact." Although Lu Xi's tone was flat, he didn't have much affection, and he didn't mean to stammer Xiao Luzi at all. Gao Lishi was squeezed out of Ansheng Palace by Xiao Luzi, he remembered.
Xiao Luzi knew that it would only be boring to talk about it, so he only said: "Then there will be Lao Lu's father-in-law to guard, and I will go back to Ansheng Palace to make some arrangements." Then he left. Lu Xi sent Xiao Luzi away and returned to the door. But I heard a low voice from inside.
The emperor gently leaned his head into Wan Jiao'er's arms, Wan Jiao'er held the emperor's head, and the two talked like this.
"What did Liu Baihe say?" Wan Jiaoer listened to the emperor's chatter, but asked about Liu Baihe, after all, Liu Baihe is now the emperor's biggest support.
The emperor squinted, felt Wan Jiao'er's soft hand, and said: "Xu De has washed the Tianjing City, and now it is not easy to enter and exit even if it is my sister, but he said that Xu De is just knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and he will not be embarrassed." ”
"The tiger in the capital, does the emperor know who it is?" Wan Jiaoer asked.
"I don't know, maybe my sister will know, or maybe they know, they just won't tell me."
Wan Jiao'er was silent, looking down at the emperor in her arms, she grew up with the emperor, and seeing the emperor's beard growing thicker day by day, she was actually distressed.
"You're really angry?" The emperor sat up from his arms and took Wan Jiao'er's hand.
"The concubines are not angry with the emperor." Wan Jiao'er squinted and smiled, her eyes like crescent moons.
"I'm not going to be mad at you anymore." The emperor hugged Wan Jiao'er again and said, "I will always guard you." ”
Wan Jiao'er's eyes flashed with water, and she buried her head on the emperor's shoulder.
Lu Xi was outside the palace gate, imagining what was happening in the palace, and subconsciously clenched his fists. Immediately, a wave of fear rushed to his heart, he wiped the cold sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, looked around, lowered his head and slanted around, no one noticed him. Lu Xi was afraid for a while, but he was surprised in his heart, what was wrong with him.
The gentleman sat on the roof of the Salesian Bureau. The rain stopped, but the green tiles were covered with moss, and they were so slippery that he sat on them, but he wanted to sit on the flat ground.
Perhaps because of the rain that had just fallen, the dark clouds in the night sky were so thin that they seemed to wear a veil on the moon, and the white moonlight fell on the ground and on the house, and was cut into uneven white spots by the branches of the eaves and trees.
In the shadows, someone picked up the white spots and walked up, and in a few steps he crossed the wall and roof, and sat down beside the gentleman under the willow. But it was not Shang Yang, but a man with thick eyebrows, Lao Chen Chen Xingjian.
"It's all done?" Yanagishita asked.
The thick-eyed man also sat firmly on the slippery roof, and said, "It's done, it's dead." ”
"How many died?"
"Sixteen."
When the gentleman heard this, he was a little distressed. They are now isolated in Beijing, and the manpower they have raised is one less than one.
"More than 20 people died on the other side, and there was also a master, who was stabbed by me and retreated into the Quang Nam Palace, so he should also be dead."
"That's fine, it's not too much of a loss."
It turned out that the gentleman of Liuxia arranged for Chen Xingjian to lead the team to stop the spies outside the Eldest Princess's Mansion and the Guangnan Palace, and after listening to Chen Xingjian's answer, the gentleman of Liuxia estimated that in a short period of time, Xu De would definitely bite to death to protect the two targets, and he would never retreat his eyes again.
"What are we going to do after that?" Chen Xingjian asked, as long as he went against Xu De, he felt comfortable all over his body, even though the blood on his hands had not been washed yet.
"Wait." The gentleman got up and stood on the roof with the moonlight on his back, and at night in the West City, there were more rats and wild ghosts without graves than people.
"Waiting for the emperor?" Chen Xingjian asked
"Wait for everything." The gentleman under the willow jumped down and jumped into the courtyard, but he stepped on the stagnant water, and the mud stained the black clothes: "Wait for Xu De too." With that, he disappeared into the shadows.
As soon as the gentleman left, Shang Yang came out of the children's residence, saw the tall figure on the roof, stepped on the wall, and came to him in a few steps.
"Done?" Shang Yang asked.
"It's done." Chen Xingjian was still thinking about what to do, and he was obviously absent-minded when he answered this.
"Hurt?"
"I was slashed in the hand. Out of the way. ”
"Do you need some medicine?" Shang Yang asked.
"No need, I'll go back too." After speaking, Chen Xingjian also fell into the courtyard and walked a few steps.
Shang Yang sighed and was about to enter the house, but the soles of his feet stepped on something, but it was obviously not rain. By the moonlight, he recognized the dim red at a glance. Shang Yang sighed and turned to leave.
Today's Tianjing City does not seem to be sad for the secret death of dozens of people, the street artists are still blowing fire and playing monkeys, the small shops on the street are crowded, and the Tianjing River, the beautiful lights shroud the peaceful night.
A gust of wind, with a faint touch of blood, rose from this quiet ordinary, heading for an unknown place.