When I ran far away and made sure that Yu Wenyong hadn't caught up, I slowed down and walked slowly with peace of mind.

Walking in the night, the corridor twists and turns, the winding path is secluded, and the flowers of a tree bloom in a picturesque way, bright and bright. Occasionally, the cool wind rolls in, the flowers and trees overlap and intertwine, and the shadows of the trees are messy, lingering with the aromas of peonies, pomegranates, hibiscus and acacias, like waves rushing up to the body.

Stepping on the colorful fallen flowers on the ground, the flowers and trees are sparse, there seems to be a rustling sound in the elite grass and trees, and then looking at the silence and ghosts of the night, I vaguely feel that something is wrong. Walking out of the porch, I lifted the dense layers of green branches under the rose trellis.

The black slender figure suddenly came into view, and I subconsciously stepped back and exclaimed, "Who! ”

In an instant, the man in black jumped out of the vines, holding the long sword in his hand, and he was brilliant and swift, and he pierced straight towards me. I quickly leaned over to dodge, thinking to myself, this person has a long sword in his hand and is agile, it is not easy to deal with, I only have a knife on my body, I can't resist him, it is best to attack in close quarters, take the lead, and have the possibility of winning.

A spun around and attacked him from the side, stretching out his leg and kicking him up the lumbar spine. But the man was very agile, and as soon as I moved, his sword slashed at my leg from top to bottom. Tightening his legs sharply, his fists clenched, and slammed hard into his sword-wielding hand from the side. Boxing is just a false move, in order to distract him, kick him off when he is unprepared, and then snatch his sword. But this man was not fooled at all, and when I stretched out my leg and kicked me, he actually grabbed my ankle with one hand and threw me to the ground hard.

The force was so great that I was going to be broken into a bone. In order to avoid falling and hurting, I rolled a few times as soon as I touched the ground, so as to alleviate the impact damage of my body's inertia, and also to prevent the person from stabbing me when I was unable to fight back.

Sure enough, the man's sword stabbed, and I rolled again and again to prevent him from succeeding, and then I turned over and jumped up with all my might, raised my feet and ran. Since I can't beat it, then I run, not to mention that women's physical strength is always inferior to that of men, I have consumed too much physical strength, I can't fight anymore, and it is important to save my life.

As he ran, he shouted, "Someone, there's an assassin!" ”

Shouting repeatedly, hoping that there would be rescuers to help, a black-clothed masked man appeared in the house for no reason, something must have happened.

The sound of swift and well-known rumbling footsteps came, and my heart was much more relieved. The guards in the mansion came, and who knew that it was accompanied by Li Ning's cold and solemn voice, "Release the arrow!" ”

The sound of "Boom" pierced the night sky, and arrows shot at the man in black like meteors. The sound of "dingding" was like a watery groan, and the man in black resisted with a sword, but he couldn't withstand the bombardment of arrows in turns, and retreated again and again. The man in black rolled on the bluestone slab a few times in a row to dodge a round of arrows, and one turned sideways, and Sen Han's eyes were already aimed at me hiding under the plane tree, and he pounced on me like lightning.

His broad, powerful hand grabbed my shoulder like an eagle's claw, and before I could fight back, he pushed me in front of him, and a cold arrow flew towards me.

In a hurry, I tried all my strength to lean over and slam the man in front of me hard, and the two of them fell down together, but I couldn't dodge, and I received a heavy arrow on the shoulder blade.

The sound of sharp weapons passing through flesh and bones, the piercing pain was densely wound up, quickly spreading all over the body, causing a throbbing low cry and trembling in pain.

Withstanding the pain, he quickly took out the knife from his bosom, pulled the sheath and stabbed him. A hard cut into my wrist, causing a sharp pain, and the knife slipped off my palm. I reached over with another hand and tore off the man's face scarf.

The silk lanterns illuminated in the hallway flickered, and the orange light leaked into the flowers and trees, reflecting on the man's face.

The spirit is clear and beautiful, the long eyebrows are in the sideburns, the eyes are clear like a wave of spring pool, the thin lips are red without dots, the light is like a jade tree, and the moisture is like a spring moon willow.

It's a pity that I'm not in the mood to appreciate his beauty, I just want to tear this beautiful face apart. In an instant, the man quickly pulled up the face towel and pushed me away without pity, but still grabbed my shoulders and used me as his shield to block the front.

I vaguely heard Yuwen Hu's scolding, "Don't let go of arrows!" ”

Xu was because I had saved him, and Yuwen had ordered me not to release arrows because I had taken care of my life.

The man in black seemed to be sensitive to something, and in a flash of cold light, the long sword was already on my neck.

"Don't come, or I'll kill her!"

The man in black pushed me and slowly walked out from under the plane tree. He probably saw that Yuwen Hu was unwilling to release the arrow because of me, and immediately threatened Yu Wenwu with me to escape.

From a distance, I saw that Yuwen Hu and a group of archers were standing solemnly, and the uncertain light was cast on Yuwen Hu's cold face, cloudy and uncertain.

Seeing that the man in black was walking farther and farther away with me, Li Ning was anxious, "Otsuka Zai, you can't let him go!" ”

"Xiao Qingqiang is kind to the widow, and the widow can't abandon her life." Yuwen Hu said in a deep voice, Li Ning still wanted to persuade, Yuwen Husen glared at him coldly, and shouted, "No one is allowed to release arrows or take a step forward." Violators, the widow will not be spared! ”

I felt a pang of comfort in my heart, but fortunately he was still caring for my life. Although Yuwen Hu is not a good person, he is a person with clear grievances, who has kindness and revenge. If it were someone else, according to his character, he would have fired arrows regardless of it, how could he be threatened by others.

I don't know how long I walked, but I was finally let go. I was drenched in cold sweat from the arrow wound, and I could no longer support it, and I fell to the ground......

——

The wound on the shoulder blade was medicated and bandaged, and his body lay weakly on the bed, panting softly. A rib was broken, and the doctor treated it in time, saying that it would be good to recuperate for more than ten days, prescribed medicine, instructed some precautions, and left with the box.

But this shoulder hurt all day and night, I could only grit my teeth and endure it, I couldn't sleep at night, and I hated the man in black very much, if I hadn't knocked him away in time, I am afraid that the injury would not be the shoulder blade, but several arrows piercing the heart, and I would have died in agony.

Yuwen Hu sent Jingjing to take care of me, and she told me that when I left the banquet, a group of assassins came to assassinate Yuwen Go, all of them were extraordinary, but after all, they were outnumbered, and finally they were defeated and fled, and the person who held me hostage was his accomplice.

His eyes looked at a bunch of gifts on the table, and when he opened the gift list, there were ginseng slices, deer tendons, pearl powder, honey, green jade bracelets, ivory bracelets, coral crystals, malachite, and a bamboo flute.

Gently open the box, pick up the slender bamboo flute, the color of the flute is uniform and moist, the single tube has six holes, the texture is solid, the hand is gentle and smooth, and the simple and elegant is like a sparse and graceful white plum on the ink painting.

The is audited, the timbre is mellow and bright, and it is actually a good bamboo flute.

Jingjing, who had been on the side, couldn't help it, and said: "Sister Qingqiang, there are so many jewels and jade here, as well as precious medicinal supplements, you don't even look at them, why did you just pick out the most inconspicuous bamboo flute?" ”

I caressed my body with my fingers and said lightly: "No matter how beautiful and delicate the jewelry and jade are, and no matter how expensive the medicinal supplements are, for me, they are not as moving as a tube of bamboo flute that washes people's hearts." ”

Jingjing's eyes became surprisingly bright, and her eyes still had three points of deep meaning: "It's all sent by Da Sikong, when Sister Qingqiang was in a coma, Da Sikong came to see you several times, and he also told me to take good care of you." ”

I put the bamboo flute back into the box without a sound, and looked at Jingjing with the excitement of exploring the secret and the ambiguous smile of strong suppression, and I said in a tone as light as a wave of clear water: "If you like these things, I will give them all to you." ”

Jingjing was taken aback, "Sister Qingqiang, you don't want all these jewels and jade, medicinal supplements, and this bamboo flute you like?" ”

"Take it all if you like it."

"Why?"

My eyes were like a rock, and my tone was firm like a sonorous wave of water, "These are other people's things. Not your own, not your own after all. I like to do everything on my own, and if I want these things, I have to get them by my own ability. I'm afraid I won't be blessed with the things that are empty. ”

After listening to my words, Jingjing lowered her eyes and thought carefully, before she smiled slightly: "Sister Qingqiang has a noble character, and it seems that it is difficult to buy my sister's heart with mundane things in the world." ”

Jingjing didn't dare to accept it because it was sent by Yu Wenyong, and I didn't care, I just stacked those gifts in a corner of the room and didn't move.

Thinking of the bamboo flute, the graceful and resolute face of the mother appeared in front of me: "Qingqiang, my mother asked you to blow the flute in order to cultivate your self-cultivation and calm your mind." There are quite a few knowledgeable and talented women in this world who are only focused on the love between men and women, their eyes are too narrow, they lack the overall situation, and their talents are mostly a means to attract men. My mother used to be the same, but I hated that I had lived for more than 20 years to understand this truth. In the future, when you have completed your studies, you must not flatter men. As a woman, you should be self-respecting and self-loving, act vigilantly, don't trust men easily, and would rather be ruthless than sad. You have to remember what your mother said today, and never forget. ”

I chose the bamboo flute, and there was no other one, just because it reminded me of the bamboo flute that my mother bought for me when I was a child.

——

In the study, He Lanxiang sighed regretfully, "Brother Hu let go of that person for a little maid, it's really not worth it." ”

"I, Yuwen Hu, have always had clear grievances, there is revenge, and there is kindness to repay kindness. That girl is kind to me, how can I abandon her and be the villain who will take revenge! Yuwen Go's tone was sonorous and powerful, and he had no regrets.

"The group assassinated me last night was fake, and the sneak attack on the dungeon was real, and they came to make trouble while I was holding a birthday banquet to relax my vigilance, pretending to assassinate me in an attempt to lure away the guards in the dungeon to come to the rescue, and they came to the east and west, trying to rescue the people in the dungeon. Hmph, how could I fall into their trap, I arranged for Chen Guo's fine work to write early to inform me of their plans. I was prepared, how could I let this gang succeed. Yuwen Hu changed the topic and analyzed the situation.

Helan Xiang was surprised, "They were sent by Chen Guo?" ”

"Nature." Yuwen Hu smiled deeply, "Who is locked up in the dungeon?" One is the nephew of Emperor Chen, and the other is the only son of Emperor Chen, who else can save them by making such a big fuss but Chen. ”

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from the Tang Dynasty Yuan Zhen's "Speaking of Sword" "Killing frost is in the front, and the moon is in the new." ”