Da Si Kou sent people to outflank the Wuying Society, and all the hundreds of disciples in the Wuying Society were arrested, including Shang Bai, of course, "Why did you arrest us, what crime did we commit?" Shang Bai shouted unwillingly.

"Because you have committed the great crime of assassinating important ministers of the court!"

I appeared leisurely, and Shang Bai was taken aback, "It's you!" ”

"Your name used to be Yuanxi, and you were the fine work that His Majesty planted in the Tsukazai Mansion." I fixed my eyes on him and said coolly.

Shang Bai was stunned for a while, and after a while, he froze his mind and said with a cold gaze: "What nonsense are you talking about?" ”

"You don't have to rush to deny it." I glanced at him faintly and said idly, "I told you that there is a home remedy that can get rid of the birthmark on your face, and I suggest you try it." But isn't it weird that you refuse without even thinking about it? Who wants to have such a big, ugly birthmark on their face? ”

"It's too late for ordinary people to be happy when they hear that they can get rid of the birthmark on their face, how can they be as indifferent as you and reject others directly? There are only two possibilities for your reaction: one is that you don't care about your appearance and never think about changing it. But who in the world doesn't care about their appearance, what woman doesn't want to be born beautiful, and what man doesn't want to be handsome and chic? I've never heard of anyone who wants to be beautiful, and I haven't heard of someone who wants to be ugly. ”

My sharp gaze swept straight at him, "The other is that the birthmark on your face is fake, and you are afraid of being recognized, so you need to use this birthmark to disguise your appearance." And usually only wanted criminals are afraid of being recognized, so they change their appearance in disguise, and now there is only one wanted person who is posting portraits in Chang'an. ”

"A person's appearance can change, but his habits cannot change just as he says. I found that you like to touch your nose when you think about a problem, and this habit happens to be shared by Yuanxi. The third son, Yu Wenshen, said that Yuanxi has the habit of touching his nose. ”

"I secretly changed your sachet and found that there was cinnabar in it. Cinnabar is a special dye that can be applied to the face for a long time without fading, and that's how the birthmark on your face comes from. All sorts of things are in tandem, I'm sure. I stood up straight and stretched out my index finger to Shang Bai, "Your ——, is Yuanxi." ”

"You're really thoughtful and meticulous. But don't think you've won. Broken by me, Shang Bai no longer pretended to be stupid, and put on a deep and terrifying smile, "Kill me, there will be someone else who will seek justice for me, and he will avenge us!" ”

I sighed softly, like a slight ripple on the surface of the water, "If you mean Jingjing, then you're going to be disappointed." She has already been exposed, and this stupid girl still doesn't know that Yuwen Hu has been monitoring His Majesty's movements through her. ”

"No, it's impossible, you will have retribution, there will be retribution!"

The excited Shang Bai was pulled out, and a cold moon-like sneer appeared on my lips.

Retribution, retribution is also for you people who play with power, not me.

Wu Yingshe was shut down on charges of "conspiracy and deliberate rebellion".

It was night, in a lonely place in the Tsukazai Mansion, a red-billed white dove fluttered its wings and swept into the night sky, gradually flying away, and a sharp arrow behind it flew like a meteor, quickly chasing it.

With a wail of "Di", the red-billed white dove fell to the ground like snowflakes, and the girl who released the pigeon looked at the white pigeon that was shot down in panic, and was at a loss.

I stepped out of the myriad overlapping and mottled shadows, looked at the girl with inexplicable emotion, and sighed, "You won't be able to report to Your Majesty tonight. Jingjing, I have never hurt you, but why did you design me and deliberately lead me to Xiangmuro Street, so that Yu Wenyu could catch me and feed me poison? ”

Listening to my words, Jingjing changed her previous vivid and bright temperament, her fair face became obscure under the shadows of the intertwined branches, and she said in a deep voice: "When did you know?" ”

"I remember you played a tune with me, and you said it was a hometown tune. That day, the pair of grandchildren who were performing on the street, they played the same tune as you, they were from Qizhou, and they played the folk songs of their hometown. So, in fact, you are - a native of Qizhou. I quietly reasoned.

"I'm from Qizhou, so what?" Jingjing's beautiful eyes were cold and disapproving.

"You are from Qizhou, and our Great Zhou Majesty also happened to be an assassin in Qizhou, is there any mystery between the two?" I smiled lightly and said in a cold tone, "On the night of Otsuka's birthday banquet, you replaced the dishes that the maid was going to serve to His Majesty, and replaced the two plates of osmanthus fish sticks and lotus seed spring bamboo shoots crucian carp soup with sweet and sour lotus root and lily iced lotus seed soup, why?" Xiao Guogong told me that His Majesty does not like to eat fish, and that you insisted on changing the dish that night because you knew that Your Majesty did not eat fish. And His Majesty's preferences are only known to those close to him, how can you, a little maid of the Tomb Mansion, know His Majesty's preferences in the deep palace? ”

"Because you not only know this man, but you are also very familiar with him, and there is no better person who is so familiar with a person's preferences than the maid who takes care of the master's daily life." I bent a pool of autumn pupils, and the corners of my lips hooked coldly, "I heard that Yu Wenyu accepted a few lonely and helpless girls as maids when he was a thorn in Qizhou, so you must be one of them." After figuring out this layer, it's not hard to guess. After Yu Wenyu came back from Qizhou and ascended the throne, you were ordered by Yu Wenyu to lurk in the Tsukazai Mansion, am I right? ”

Jingjing raised her head and snorted and sneered, "It's just that I blamed my negligence and revealed a flaw in front of you." ”

"You're not alone in my negligence. Have you ever thought about it, with Otsuka's shrewdness, maybe he would have discovered your identity a long time ago. I reminded her lightly, otherwise, why would Jingjing take me out, and Li Ning would come to keep an eye on her.

Jingjing was stunned for a moment, and then her face was as usual in an instant, "Impossible, if he knew my identity, would I still be able to live so well?" ”

"That's because you're not smart enough, Yu Wenyu only knows how to use you to spy on Otsuka Jai, but Otsuka Zai knows that he is using you to spy on Yu Wenyu's movements."

Jingjing's calm face finally turned pale, and her body trembled slightly, but she forced me to be cold and hard: "Don't forget that your antidote is still in the hands of Your Majesty, you help Yuwen Hu deal with Your Majesty, do you expect Yuwen Hu to help you get the antidote?" Aren't you afraid that after the deed, Yuwen Hu will turn his face ruthlessly and end up even more tragic? ”

My face remained unchanged, and I said calmly: "I saved Yuwen Hu, but Yu Wenyu's plan to assassinate Yu Wen Hu in Cuihua Mountain failed, and there were countless casualties. Yu Wenyu will not let me go, he has always wanted me to die, and when I become a waste chess, my death will come, I never believe that he will give me an antidote. ”

"I don't trust anyone, I just believe in myself. I'm telling you, I still know a lot of secrets. "My voice froze, and it became faint, so faint that only I could hear it," about Yu Wenyong. ”

In an instant, Jingjing's eyes opened like copper bells, containing fear. The next moment, the cold dagger in her hand was already rushing diagonally towards me!

Everything was still, and Jingjing stared in disbelief at the sharp arrow that had pierced her body, slowly falling. Li Ning, who was holding a bow and arrow behind him, had a cold face and glanced at Jingjing who died on the ground with disgust.

I walked over, stretched out my hand and gently closed her eyes, and sighed quietly: "I hope that in the next life, you can live in a good family, live a peaceful life, and don't get involved in the killing of power again." ”

After dealing with Jingjing, I sorted out my baggage that night and prepared to leave Tsukazai Mansion and leave Chang'an, a place where I was cheating, I don't want to stay anymore. At this time, I deliberately asked Yuwen Hu to borrow the map of Chang'an to see, and I also deliberately circled the map of the east of Chang'an City, which Jingjing also knew.

If I go missing, the people behind Yuwen Hu and Jingjing will only think that I left from the east of the city, and who will know my true whereabouts.

At night, I put a letter and a piece of mountain jade pendant into a box, asked the old man who swept the floor in the yard to help me bury it, and told him to give it to Yuwen Hu if he heard about my death. The old man ate a lot of my braised chicken feet and took my money, so he naturally agreed.

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On the bluestone road, I sat in a hired carriage, lifted the bamboo blue curtain with my bare hands, and looked at the teahouses and taverns on both sides, the rows of houses, the thick green elm locust, and the red walls and green tiles in the distance. After a long time, the curtain was finally lowered and the prosperity and smoke of the city were hidden.

The car went out of the city gate and drove on the official road outside the city, my tense mood was slightly relieved, and only by leaving Chang'an, a place of right and wrong, could I be safe.

But I heard the clattering of horses' hooves coming in the wind, and the carriage was shaken and stopped, and I had a bad premonition, so I opened the curtain and asked the coachman, "What is the matter?" ”

At a glance, several men on horseback on the official road, armed with sharp swords, stopped in front of the carriage. There is a person in the middle, with wide sleeves in a dark robe, and his eyebrows are as cold as a cold star, and there is no doubt that Yu Wenyong is there.

I pulled out the long sword I was wearing, and the clear sword light flashed, and I pointed at him coldly, "What is Da Sikong doing?" ”

Yuwen Yong's face was as thin as ice, tearing away the tenderness of deliberately camouflaging in the past, "You deliberately looked at the map of Chang'an City, and used a red pen to outline the route of the east of Chang'an City, misleading everyone, thinking that you would flee from the east of the city." But you Xiao Qingqiang are scheming and scheming, how can you easily let people know the escape route? The northwest is a desert, and you won't be stupid enough to run there, so you will most likely choose to go south. Xiao Qingqiang, you can deceive Jingjing and Yuwenhu, but you can't deceive me. ”

I clenched my sword tightly and looked guarded, "So Da Sikong is here to kill me today?" ”

Yu Wenyong's face showed a sneer as thin as a flash, "What do you say?" ”

I stared at him tightly and said slowly, "No, you don't dare to kill me." ”

"I don't dare to kill you, now that you are alone, without Yuwen to protect you, it is the best time to kill you. But there is one thing that is very strange to me, I must ask you before you die, how can you dare to flee with the poison of broken intestines, and you are not afraid of being poisoned and killed? ”

"My poison has been cured." I told him lightly.

"Impossible!" Yu Wenyong said categorically, "The poison is rare in the world, and the antidote is only available to my imperial brother, so you can't solve it." ”

"That's because you've all fallen into the trap of thinking in a fixed way." I smiled coldly, like an ice lotus blooming in the snow, "Do you think that poison must be detoxified with an antidote?" You have forgotten that there is another solution in this world, and it is also the simplest and most direct way - to induce vomiting and clear the stomach. After I got out that day, I immediately bought charcoal ash and took it, then used alkaline water and emetic to wash my stomach, and then fried mung beans, honeysuckle and licorice at the medicine hall to take it, and cleared the poison from my body. ”

Although this method is very dangerous and hurtful, it will at least break my life span for ten years, but in order not to be controlled by others, what about breaking my life span for ten years?

Yu Wenyong's face slowly sank, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You have been teasing us for so long, Xiao Qingqiang, it seems that I have to kill you today." ”

Exegesis:

(1) The title is from the Song Dynasty poet Su Shi's "View of Hangzhou and Ouyu Sword and Battle Robes": "Scholars are only willing to sit on the curtains, talk and laugh, and make life and death." ”