"Lord Wang, be careful!" Du Jiang instructed Qi Hao as he raised his hand and waved the sword in his hand to block the oncoming cold arrows for Qi Hao.

Qi Hao snorted coldly, flew off the horse, and began to fight with Gu Nianshi.

At the same time, the men and horses of the Eight Princes poured in from all directions, so the two sides suddenly fought.

In fact, without the order of the Eighth Prince, according to Gu Nianshi's martial arts, he couldn't hurt Qi Hao.

Therefore, not only do you not have to deliberately restrain yourself, but you also have to fight hard and make sharp moves.

After all, he still has to protect himself.

Although the "battlefield" was outside the city gate, the two armies fought without leaving room for each other.

Because, the cost of failure is too great.

There are many people in Qi Hao, and the people of the Eighth Prince plus the killers of Chen Zexuan and Mo Li are ruthless.

The two sides were incompatible with each other, and the shouts and fights startled the people in the city to close their doors tightly, hiding on the kang under the quilt and shivering.

After half a tea time, two figures appeared on the city wall, and the gate below also opened, and many Praetorian Guards came out of it.

Immediately afterwards, there was a dull "squeak" sound from the city gate, and it was closed at a very fast speed.

The "troops" of the Eighth Prince were supported in time, so the more they fought, the more courageous they became, and the fighting between the two sides became more and more intense.

Qi Hao caught a glimpse of two figures above, one purple and one white, his eyes were suddenly cold, and he was unconsciously ruthless at Gu Nianshi's movements.

Gu Nianshi was kicked by Qi Hao, his body flew out, and he fell to the ground.

When Chen Zexuan saw Qi Hao looking over, he hooked his lips and smiled to charm the sentient beings, "Sheng'er, Qi Hao is looking at you." ”

Gu Jinli's hand holding Qin in her arms subconsciously tightened, but her face was calm as usual, "Brother, what about Master?" ”

Chen Zexuan shook his fan, looking like he was holding a winning ticket: "At this time, it is not appropriate for the master to come forward and wait for news in the mansion." ”

Gu Jinli knew that the "mansion" that Chen Zexuan was talking about was naturally the old mansion of King Nanyang.

Qi Hao couldn't hear what Gu Jinli and Chen Zexuan were saying, but he was stunned by the smile on Chen Zexuan's face.

He turned, gritted his teeth, and slashed two Praetorian Guards with his sword in his hand.

Gu Nianshi is Gu Jinli's second brother, he can't take Gu Nianshi to get angry, but he can't let the fire in his chest suffocate him!

Now it has just "started", so Chen Zexuan is not in a hurry to let Gu Jinli make a move, he sent someone to bring the chessboard, and sat down with Gu Jinli, while the two of them are playing chess back and forth on the chessboard, while looking down at the battle situation under the city wall from time to time.

Since Chen Zexuan was not in a hurry, Gu Jinli naturally couldn't show any signs of impatience.

She didn't look down like Chen Zexuan, but kept her eyes on the chessboard, and seemed to care about everything below.

The sword in Qi Hao's hand was spinning wildly, watching Gu Jinli and Chen Zexuan sitting opposite each other in the fight, with a scene of "the years are quiet, and they are in each other's hearts", and his heart was even more angry.

Chen Zexuan caught a glimpse of Qi Hao's fierce eyes, and glanced at Lei Zi on the side without a trace.

Reiko understood, took a few steps back, and took the bow and arrow from the archer's hand.

Gu Jinli had already noticed something strange when Lei Zi retreated.

Seeing that Lei Zi aimed his bow and arrow at Qi Hao, he "chuckled" in his heart.

Squeezing the white chess hand, she resisted the urge to raise her head and landed heavily on the chessboard.

"Sheng'er, you're in a bit of a hurry with this move." Chen Zexuan's words were casual, but in Gu Jinli's ears, they were a pun.

Gu Jinli smiled and said lightly: "Brother, this chess is only half played, and it is not certain who loses and who wins." ”

"Oh?" Chen Zexuan raised his eyebrows, and glanced meaningfully at Qi Hao, who had narrowly avoided Lei Zi's sharp arrow, and said with a smile: "That's right, what Sheng'er said is true." ”

Gu Jinli hurriedly glanced at the red-eyed two armies who were killing the red-eyed by raising her hand to hold the teacup, and lowered her head to take a sip of tea.

Outside the city, Gu Nian led people to "charge into battle", and there were Gu Jinli and Chen Zexuan on the city wall to "supervise the battle", while the new emperor's eighth prince stood in front of the window of Mingyang Palace, with a brocade box containing sachets and rags in his hand, and his eyes were deep.

Since the Eighth Emperor came back from the corridor of the Imperial Garden, he took out the brocade box from the cabinet and stood in front of the window for a long time, and he was still wearing wet clothes, which made Xiao Xiangzi have to say boldly: "Your Majesty, do you want to change the clothes on your body first?" After wearing it for so long, don't let the cold air enter the dragon's body. ”

The Eighth Prince didn't seem to hear what Xiao Xiangzi was saying, but handed the brocade box to Xiao Xiangzi and said slowly: "Go find a meticulous embroiderer, I want to see an intact sachet in an hour." ”

"This ......" Xiao Xiangzi looked at the messy strips of cloth in the brocade box, because the eighth prince had the word "I", he forcibly changed his words for the difficult words: "Yes, the slave will go." ”

Like holding a statue of Guanyin with a light open, Xiao Xiangzi didn't dare to breathe, for fear that he would not be willing to drop the fragments of the eighth prince's beloved "sachet" on the ground.

The Eighth Prince looked at Xiao Xiangzi's trembling and cautious appearance, and shook his head self-deprecatingly.

Under the city walls, the two armies fought fiercely to the peak moment.

Gu Jinli and Chen Zexuan's game of chess has also been played, I don't know if Chen Zexuan intends to back down, in short, the two have a draw.

Chen Zexuan watched as more and more of the Eight Emperors' men and horses fell, and his face was not as pleasant as just now.

Qi Hao's black hair fluttered in the wind, and the sword in his hand actually shaved off the head of a Praetorian Guard with a wave of his hand.

"Gollum", the Praetorian Guard's head rolled to the side.

Perhaps Qi Hao drew his sword so quickly that before the Praetorian Guard could react, his head and neck had already been separated.

Therefore, his eyes were still wide, and he looked dumbfounded.

"Xiao Lu!"

Coincidentally, the Praetorian Guard who was killed by Qi Hao usually had some friendship with Gu Nian.

Seeing this, Gu Nianshi erupted into an angry roar, so regardless of the disparity in strength between the enemy and me, he raised his sword and was about to slash towards Qi Hao.

Qi Hao wiped a handful of the blood splashed on his face, his cold and bloodthirsty eyes looked up at the top of the city wall, and met Gu Jinli's eyes that flashed a trace of panic.

As soon as his figure turned, he toe lightly, flew into the air, and landed behind Gu Nianshi.

Although he dodged Gu Nianshi's fierce blow, he took care of Gu Jinli and never made a move against Gu Nianshi.

"Sheng'er." Chen Zexuan squinted his eyes and said word by word: "The time is almost up, and it can't be delayed." ”

These words imply that Gu Jinli can play the "Soul Charm".

Gu Jinli said "um", put the piano on the table, raised her hand to play a few times, and then lowered her head and played.

Neither of them expected that the "hot" game was playing at this time, and suddenly a melodious and tactful tune floated down above their heads.

If you take a closer look, it is "Lin Sheng" dressed in white sitting next to Xuan Shizi and playing, and the two of them really have the ancient book that writes Zhou Yu "Talking and laughing, the canopy is in ashes" as calm and calm.

was just stunned for a moment, and then everyone continued to fight.

"Zheng Zheng Zheng", the tone suddenly changed, startling many people.

Qi Hao and Du Jiang are very familiar with the music played by Gu Jinli, because Gu Jinli had played it more than once when she was in the palace before.

Therefore, only the first few notes were heard, and this sound had no effect on the two of them for the time being.

Gu Jinli noticed that Chen Zexuan's eyes were getting colder and colder, so she increased the intensity of the piano and changed the tune.

The sonorous rhythm is like the gripping sound of war drums, and the impassioned and high-pitched long notes are like the sound of a trumpet that shakes the valley.

Drum three links, iron horses galloping, everyone, including Chen Zexuan, is as if they are on a real battlefield.

It's just that the same song has different effects in the ears of different people.

Because the people of the Eighth Prince had already taken the medicine in advance, they only had the urge to fight bloody and fight to the death when they listened to the murderous, passionate and tragic sound of the piano.

And Qi Hao's people gradually only felt that the sound of the piano was like a burst of disturbing magic sounds, which shook people's brains.

Many soldiers gradually turned scarlet with their eyes, as if they had been enchanted, and began to lose their weapons and cover their heads in pain.

The people of the Eighth Prince were extremely brave, and when Qi Hao's men and horses were "harassed" by the sound of the piano, they attacked in a big way, and they immediately had the upper hand.

Even if Qi Hao is more determined, it is inevitable that he will be affected to some extent.

He clutched the hilt of his sword and shouted at the soldiers: "Hold your breath and concentrate!" Don't be disturbed! ”

Seeing that Qi Hao's people were falling more and more, Chen Zexuan looked at Qi Hao as if he was looking at a besieged but still dying beast, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Gu Jinli tried hard to pretend to be calm, and at the same time secretly controlled the sound of the piano, striving for the two sides not to get a lose-lose situation in the end.

She has no internal strength, so she can only reduce the damage of the "magic sound" to the soldiers through the movements of her fingers.

However, just as the arrows that are shot cannot be withdrawn, and the water that has been spilled cannot be withdrawn, so is the "magic sound" that is played.

If you use external force to forcibly suppress the demonic nature of the "Dementor Curse", then it will backlash on the person who plays the piano.

Qi Hao had a splitting headache, and Du Jiang and the others needless to say.

More and more people, throwing away their armor, began to roll on the ground in pain, wailing.

Even though the vision in front of him began to blur, Qi Hao still stood up straight, wielding the cold sword strongly.

"Lord Wang, be careful!"

Suddenly, Du Jiang screamed, only to see Gu Nianshi's knife stabbing directly into Qi Hao's shoulder blade from behind.

Gu Nianshi, like other Praetorian Guards, was stunned and lost his mind.

The knife stabbed so deep that Qi Hao's body staggered a few steps, "Poof! He spat out a mouthful of blood.

Gu Nianshi was stunned by the trickling blood flowing from Qi Hao's wound, he looked at the sword in his hand again, and his blank eyes rolled.

Qi Hao gritted his teeth, pulled out Gu Nianshi's sword with all his might, and threw it on the ground.

Looking up, he looked at Gu Jinli, who was also looking at him at this time, and the disappointment and pain in his eyes reminded Gu Jinli of the Eighth Prince he had just met.

Blood fell to the ground from the wound, Qi Hao took a few steps forward, and smiled desolately: "Ah Gu, you are really ruthless!" ”

The sound of the fight drowned out Qi Hao's voice, but Gu Jinli could see his mouth shape clearly.

With a pain in his heart, Gu Jinli's finger pressing on the string was cut off with a bloody mark.

Before, she had a wound on her finger, and now it is even more injured.

In this way, Gu Jinli seems to have heard more than usual today.

First Yin Suwan, then the Eighth Prince, and now Qi Hao.

She is a despicable villain who will do everything to get revenge in Yin Suwan's mouth, and a selfish woman who does not hesitate to hurt innocent people in the eyes of the eighth prince for Qi Hao......

In Qi Hao's eyes, the "Soul Charm" she had practiced hard for many days was used to deal with him.

The backlash of the "Dementor Curse" coupled with Qi Hao's words made Gu Jinli's heart twitch unbearably.

"Poof!" She spit out three mouthfuls of blood in a row, which shocked Chen Zexuan's pale face: "Sheng'er! ”

"Lord Wang!"

At the same time, Qi Hao's eyes were also dark, and he was supported by Du Jiang in time.

"Withdraw!" Seeing this, Liang Kuan, who had suffered two sword wounds on his body, roared indignantly, and then helped Du Jiang evacuate with him.

After Gu Nianshi stabbed Qi Hao, he seemed to be a little unable to believe that he had really made such a heavy hand.

He was in a trance for a while, and was helped aside by his men.

Seeing Qi Hao's men and horses retreating, he reacted and was about to chase after him, but he heard Lei Zi on the city wall say: "The prince has an order, go back to the city!" ”

The city gate opened, and the Janissaries, who had not yet enjoyed killing, had to withdraw "unsatisfied".

Chen Zexuan took the unconscious Gu Jinli back to the old mansion of the King of Nanyang, and when the eighth prince heard that Gu Jinli was playing the piano and vomiting blood, he immediately rushed over from the palace with Wei Liao.

The old emperor and the empress dowager have been locked up in the Yonghe Palace for three days, because the eighth prince has ordered that no one can disturb the empress dowager and the empress dowager to recuperate, so even if Wei Liao deeply suspects that something is wrong, but there is no evidence, he can only swallow the doubt into his stomach.

After checking Gu Jinli's pulse, Wei Liao said: "Lin Gongzi's internal organs have been damaged to varying degrees, and there are signs of bleeding. ”

"Dare to ask, Lin Gongzi suffered internal injuries just now?"

Wei Liao didn't know that Gu Jinli was playing a tune on the city wall just now, and Gu Jinli's body had no external injuries, so it must have been caused by internal injuries.

Chen Zexuan shook his head, pursed his lips, and asked, "You only said that she was worried about her life?" ”

Wei Liao thought for a while and said, "Not for the time being, but it takes three or five days of careful recuperation." ”

"In particular, don't worry, don't work."

Chen Zexuan said coldly: "Then you can prescribe medicine for her." ”

"Yes." Wei Liao knew that Gu Jinli and Chen Zexuan had a close relationship before, but he didn't know that it was so close.

Chen Zexuan let Gu Jinli lie on his bed and didn't say anything, the care revealed in this word and deed seemed to be beyond Qi Hao, and he couldn't help but glance at Wei Liao more.

After quickly prescribing the medicine, Wei Liao gave up and left.

The eighth prince stood next to the bed, looked at Gu Jinli's blood-stained clothes, and said after a while: "She's ......"

Chen Zexuan bent down, wiped the blood from the corner of Gu Jinli's mouth little by little, and said coldly: "With this son here to take care of her, the emperor should not worry." ”

"Qi Hao will not give up, there should be another battle to fight tomorrow and tomorrow, the emperor should go back to the palace first."

In this world, it seems that everyone is qualified to care about Gu Jinli.

Qi Hao, Chen Zexuan, even if it is Gu Nianshi.

And the eighth prince can only be an outsider forever, and she is not even qualified to stand here and ask if she is injured.

Seeing Chen Zexuan's indifferent appearance that he didn't want to say much, the eighth prince wiped away the dark tide in his eyes and turned to leave.

When the sky gradually darkened, Gu Jinli woke up slowly, but her eyelids were so heavy that she couldn't open her eyes.

In his ears, the voice of Mo Li and Chen Zexuan talking came from.

"Xuan, Qi Hao's people didn't hurt too much this time."

"Master, there are more people in Qi Hao than we do."

"No, even if that's the case, there is Sheng'er's 'Dementor Curse', and it shouldn't just be the effect it is now."

"Master, no one has ever seen the power of the 'Dementor Curse', could it be that the rumors are exaggerated?"

"I don't know if it's an exaggeration, but it's a little strange to be eaten by the sound of the piano." As Mo Li spoke, he shifted his gloomy eyes to Gu Jinli, and said quietly: "Could it be that she changed the tune without permission?" ”

Gu Jinli's heart tightened, and she even trembled her breath.

In the quilt, her hands clenched hard, and a layer of sweat appeared in her palms.

"Master......" Chen Zexuan immediately understood what Mo Li meant, he was worried that Mo Li would be unfavorable to Gu Jinli because of this, so he hurriedly said: "When Sheng'er played the piano, I was by her side, and the music was fine." ”

Mo Li snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and said with a very dissatisfied expression: "That's it, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to pursue these again." ”

"That's what Master said." Chen Zexuan was slightly relieved to see that Mo Li didn't hold on to this matter anymore.

"By the way, you'd better go to the palace now and see the state of the old emperor and the queen mother." Mo Li's words changed and continued: "Now that Qi Hao has not been eliminated, the old emperor can't die yet. ”

From the 19th to the present, Chen Zexuan has not entered the palace in order to avoid suspicion.

So, he nodded and answered.

After Mo Li left, Chen Zexuan guarded Gu Jinli for a while, and after feeding her the medicine, he went to the palace.

Yonghe Palace is generally a place to hold palace banquets or welcome foreign envoys, and there are not many people who come except for the palace maids and eunuchs who clean on weekdays.

The Queen Mother and the Old Emperor lived in the east and west courtyards respectively, and the doors were guarded by the Praetorian Guards, and no one could see anyone.

Chen Zexuan first went to the old emperor's room, and just as he got under the window, he heard the old emperor's roar: "Get out, you get out!" ”

Just when Chen Zexuan was puzzled by who the old emperor was angry with, he heard the queen's smiling and smug voice again: "Your Majesty, the mourning family advises you to recognize the status quo!" ”

"You're also getting old, it's time to take a back seat and retire with peace of mind."

"Moreover, Hachi, he is also your son, what's wrong with passing the throne to him?"

"Little Eight is plotting to usurp the throne, I don't have such a son!" The old emperor was so angry that he was panting, if it weren't for Gonggong Jia helping him on the side, he might have turned his back all at once.

"Your Majesty, don't be angry." The more angry the old emperor was, the happier the empress became.

She stroked her hair, hooked her lips and said, "If one accidentally dies, even the emperor can't be deserved." ”

"Alas, you are so pitiful, that little slut of Concubine Mei is also a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised."

"If it weren't for Xiao Baxinshan to let her go, it would be absolutely impossible for the mourning family to let her go!"

As soon as he heard the queen mention Concubine Mei, the old emperor was even more embarrassed as if he had been slapped by someone: "Shut up!" ”

Seeing that the old emperor was annoyed and angry, the queen kicked her nose in the face, and what she said next became more and more arrogant.

Chen Zexuan didn't think it was interesting, so he didn't listen to it anymore.

Turning a corner, he went outside the Queen Mother's room.

After being imprisoned, the Queen Mother did not think about tea and dinner all day long, and it was difficult to sleep and eat.

The queen just went out of the queen mother's room, so the queen mother was also angry with the queen, and now she is on fire.

While washing the feet of the Queen Mother, Mama Lan comforted: "Queen Mother, don't be angry with the queen, the slave maid heard that Prince Ning and the Eighth Prince fought a battle outside the city today." ”

"The military power is in the hands of Prince Ning, and in no three or two days, Prince Ning will definitely enter the palace to save you and the emperor."

"Hmph, the mourning family always thought that Xiaoba was a simple child, but they didn't expect him to be confused by Xuan Shizi!" The Queen Mother grabbed the handkerchief in her hand, gritted her teeth and said, "Speaking of which, it's all to blame on the mourning family." ”

Mama Lan added some hot water to the basin and said, "Queen Mother, what does the matter of the Eighth Emperor forcing the palace have anything to do with you?" Don't take the blame on yourself. ”

"No, if it weren't for the Mourning family's insistence on going their own way and hanging the King of Nanyang and the emperor, King Nanyang would not have given birth to a chaotic minister and thief like Xuan Shizi!" The Queen Mother recalled the past that had been sealed in her memory for many years, and her tone lowered: "Although Xiaoba is now on the throne as the emperor, the prince of Xuan is ambitious, and Xiaoba is ......."

"Queen Mother!" Mama Lan immediately interrupted the Queen Mother's words, looked back at the closed door with a weak heart, and whispered: "Don't talk about that matter in the future." ”

"Since you know that Xuan Shizi has bad intentions and supported the Eighth Emperor to be a puppet, if you let Xuan Shizi know the background of the emperor and the King of Nanyang, the country of our country will be completely subverted!"

"If the emperor had a spirit in the sky, he would definitely be very sad."

The Queen Mother thought of the former emperor who had been deceased for many years, and her old face was full of sorrow: "No, the mourning family stole beams and changed pillars, confusing the royal bloodline, even if it went underground, the former emperor would not forgive the mourning family." ”

"The Queen Mother's ......" saw that the Queen Mother's old eyes were filled with tears, and Mama Lan didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only dry her feet and persuade: "You were also helpless when you changed your son back then." ”

"King Nanyang was born with six fingers, if you don't replace her and Mrs. Xicheng's child, not only will you be rejected by the emperor, but even King Nanyang will be executed as a demon."

"You did that, although it was wrong, but it also preserved the blood of the former emperor!"

The Queen Mother thought about the helplessness of the year, and then thought about the situation of herself and the old emperor now, and felt sad.

Covering her face with her hands, she began to weep bitterly.

Mama Lan immediately didn't dare to speak more, and wiped her tears for the Queen Mother.

Chen Zexuan outside the window was hidden in the dark shadows.

His face was grim, and his clenched fists made a "squeak, squeak" knuckle sound.

A pair of narrow eyes flashed with hatred, and he was as light as a swallow, and flew out of the courtyard in the blink of an eye.