The residual lamp in the house was like a bean, I was melancholy, and it was difficult to sleep, Xiao Shunzi pushed the door in, handed over a scroll of silk books in his hand, and said: "This is information related to Gao Yan, if it weren't for the fact that Gongzi had confirmed that this person was an assassin of the Northern Han Dynasty, I wouldn't have seen anything unusual in it." ”

I said lightly: "Is Zhuang Jun here, let him listen to it tomorrow." This is also a coincidence, this Gao Yan is a real person, I am afraid that he is also in the Northern Han Dynasty now, this person came under an impostor, there was no flaw, but it is a pity that it is too much, and the 'washing dust' guqin is the biggest flaw. Although this piano is indeed a treasure of the Goryeo royal family, it is a pity that it was stolen out of the palace many years ago, and it was transferred to Jiangnan, and it was Tianji Pavilion that was collected at the beginning, and I also personally identified this piano, and the broken lines at the end of the piano were repaired by me personally supervising the work, and this piano was secretly auctioned by me, and the world rarely knows, but no matter who the buyer is, it cannot be the real Gao Yan. I think this person wanted to use this guqin to hide his identity, but unfortunately he left such a flaw. ”

Xiao Shunzi said regretfully: "It's a pity that this person is talented, a beautiful woman, so why be a thief, but since he is here for the son, the son just wants to use this person, why give away the piano score, isn't it a pity?" ”

I sighed lightly: "Although I have the heart to use this person, but the heart of the score is a piece of sincerity, this person is elegant, love the piano like life, this volume of piano score to him is really good, I just hope this person is not too stubborn, can retain a useful body, do not live up to my score, but although I don't know his identity, such a talent, should not be an ordinary person, I think, he should be able to return to the Northern Han Dynasty with the score." ”

Xiao Shunzi asked, "So is Childe ready to stop using Ling Duan?" And if Gao Yanxing is allowed to assassinate the son, it will be too risky, and the body of the son's daughter can not be easily risked. ”

I smiled and said, "With you by my side tomorrow, and I know in advance that he is going to do it, will he still be taken advantage of, you can rest assured, you can act according to the plan tomorrow." ”

In the middle of the night, Gao Yan was in a hurry, busy copying the piano score, what assassination at this moment, what Northern Han Dayong, had long been left behind by him, and he copied it until the third watch in the middle of the night, and finally finished copying, Gao Yan checked it again from beginning to end, and found no omissions, so he treasured and collected the copied piano score, and put the piano score that Jiang Zhe lent him, ready to return it tomorrow. After these were completed, Gao Yan sighed lightly, he was going to find a chance to do it on the road tomorrow, if he really had to follow him to the barracks, it would be difficult to escape even if the assassination was successful, originally he was desperate to prepare to sneak into the Dayong military camp, but now it is rare to have this opportunity, and there are not many guards around Jiang Zhe, if he can't succeed in the assassination tomorrow, I'm afraid it will be really difficult for him to get out. However, it is said that the evil shadow Li Shun is strong in martial arts, how can he hide his ears and eyes from a thunderous blow? And even if the assassination is successful, I'm afraid that I will regret it for the rest of my life, Gao Yan secretly smiled bitterly in his heart.

It was not Gao Yan who couldn't sleep all night, and Ling Duan couldn't sleep this night, when he arrived at the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple yesterday, he had the intention to flee at night, but soon after arriving, he found that the Tiger Guards beside Jiang Zhe had arrived one after another, and they had firmly controlled the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple, and that's it, Ling Duan believed that there was still a chance to escape, after all, he didn't get anyone's attention, but the guard who was in the same room with him last night took a bowl of wound medicine, and he suffered some minor injuries because of the fight with Hu Yanshou during the day, and he didn't refuse, but I don't know if the guard had the intention, I added some sleeping drugs to the medicine, and I actually let myself sleep peacefully all night. Today, Ling Duan secretly poured the medicine and pretended to be asleep, but the guard was also in the room, and Ling Duan didn't dare to move for a while, for fear of alarming the guard. But he has already learned that he will return tomorrow, if he doesn't think about escaping, he really won't have a chance, he doesn't want to be executed for no reason like Li Hu. He had been thinking about this matter for a long time, and he could only think that it was related to quartz, but he never understood how Li Hu, a small soldier, could encounter such a tragic incident.

Finally in the dead of night, Ling Duan got up lightly, walked to the guard, and was about to kill him while he was asleep, but after thinking about it, this guard's martial arts are higher than his own, if he accidentally alarms others, it will be absolutely difficult for him to escape, and if he does this, he will inevitably be a little ungrateful, these days, this guard takes great care of himself. Thinking of this, he just tapped the guard's sleeping hole lightly, so that he could not wake up.

After thinking about it, Ling Duan was not polite, and swept away the gold and silver on this guard, he was not a gentleman, he knew the truth that it was difficult to move an inch without money, put on civilian clothes, put on a big hat, he sneaked out of the room, perhaps because he was not taken seriously, this room can be said to be relatively remote, as long as he passes through the two lines of defense, there should be no danger, of course, after they find out tomorrow, they may send troops to search for themselves, but relying on his familiarity with the terrain of Zezhou, Ling Duan feels that he is somewhat sure that he will return to Qinzhou through the mountains.

When Ling Duan cautiously sneaked out of the ancient temple according to the observation of the day, several pairs of eyes were secretly watching him, and Hu Yanshou laughed in a low voice: "This kid is quite smart, and he has chosen a safer road, of course, this is also our defense is mainly to protect adults, so there is this gap for him to slip away." The adult said that Ling Duan would inevitably flee today, and sure enough, it was true. ”

The guard standing beside him said: "It's still an adult's clever means, yesterday a bowl of medicine settled this kid, and tomorrow he will go back to the camp, if this kid doesn't escape tonight, when do you want to escape, he is also bitter enough these days, but Lao Zhao is unlucky, he was beaten and beaten up, not to mention, and was looted." ”

Hu Yanshou said with a smile: "Tomorrow according to the plan to arrest Ling Duan, whether he can escape or not depends on his own ability, but you hint at it, just say that the adults are actually quite merciful to him, and they are not in a hurry to ask for his head, but don't leave too many traces, you understand these things, it is better for this person to let him escape back." Okay, we have something to do tomorrow, so let's go back to sleep. ”

Standing in front of the window with his hands in his hand, Qiu Yufei looked indifferent, today is the day of life and death, he has to make his state of mind as ethereal as in the past, in order to complete the task of assassinating Jiang Zhe, and escape from the siege, the maid Jin Zhi came in with water to serve him to freshen up, he looked at Jin Zhi, and suddenly said in Goryeo: "Today, whether you succeed or not, both of you will be martyred, do you regret it?" ”

Jin Zhi glanced out the window vigilantly, and also said in Goryeo: "The Lord has received the great favor of Duan Ye, and there is nothing to repay, Jin Zhi and Cui Lao are willing to die, please don't mind the son." Qiu Yufei sighed again, picked up the sheet music from the table, and gently stroked the cover of Huang Aya, looking infinitely melancholy. When Jin Zhi saw it, he asked suspiciously: "Childe, I see that Master Jiang is gentle and elegant, with peerless talent, and he is also interested in Childe, Childe is so tempted, he must be unwilling to kill him, why do you have to force yourself, Jin Zhi is not afraid of death, but I feel that Childe has lost such a confidant and friend, I am afraid that I will not be happy in my life." ”

Qiu Yufei smiled bitterly and said: "The master is gracious, this matter cannot be autonomous, yesterday you were not in the main hall, did not hear his words, no matter what kind of person he is, with him one day, it will be difficult for my Northern Han soldiers to sleep in peace, in fact, I also know that the general trend is like this, it is difficult to support alone, but even if I can avoid the bitter battle this spring, I can leave a little more vitality for the Northern Han." ”

Jin Zhi sighed and said, "Since this is the case, the slave has nothing to say. ”

Qiu Yufei sighed, reached out to take the square scarf, and suddenly there was a sound of breathing in his ears, Qiu Yufei's heart was shocked, could it be that someone was eavesdropping outside, but how could Fang Cai not realize it, since that person was able to hide his ears, why was he found out by himself now? He pretended to be unaware and put on his robe, and said, "Go and meet Master Jiang first, you and Elder Cui are ready to pack, we have to hurry today." ”

After that, he pretended not to know that there was someone outside and pushed open the door, and sure enough, he saw a little novice standing not far away, his expression seemed a little embarrassed, and when he saw Qiu Yu flying out, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Little monk Jingxuan, I asked to see Gao Tanyue on the order of the abbot." ”

Gao Yan's heart was wide, knowing that Jing Xuan was waiting there because Jin Zhi was in his room, and it was inconvenient to ask to see him, but this little monk's martial arts were not bad, he carefully looked at this Jing Xuan, and saw that although he was only eighteen or nineteen years old, he was solemn and dignified, and he already had the atmosphere of a high monk, so he didn't want to be rude, so he said: "I don't know what the abbot master has to say?" ”

Jing Xuan said: "This morning, the Marquis of Chu Township was furious and was punishing the guards around him, these things should not have been asked by the disciples of Buddhism, but the abbot master was worried that the Hou Ye was angry, and he was afraid that he would open the killing ring, the abbot couldn't bear it, and wanted to invite the prince to persuade him, the Hou Ye treated the son as a close friend, and he would definitely give this face." ”

At this time, Qiu Yufei was strange in his heart, why was Jiang Zhe so angry, could it be that something big had happened, he said to Jing Xuan: "I met Hou Ye strangely, and Hou Ye loved him, and regarded him as a confidant, but Hou Ye supervised military affairs, I am afraid that it involves military aircraft, and it is inconvenient to interfere in Xia, but if it is possible, I will not stay out of the matter." Little Master, please lead the way. ”

Under the guidance of Jing Xuan, he walked to the guest house where Jiang Zhe lived, Qiu Yufei was shocked, only to see the door of the guest house wide open, and more than 100 guards scattered the guest house around, although they were all casual clothes, they were murderous and majestic, and Jiang Zhe was wearing a light coat, standing on the steps with his hands in his hands, his expression was cold, and several guards knelt down the steps. Xiao Shunzi and Hu Yanshou stood on Jiang Zhe's left and right respectively, Xiao Shunzi looked indifferent, but Hu Yanshou was worried. Qiu Yufei slowed down and wanted to see the situation.

At this time, he heard Jiang Zhe say coldly: "Zhao Weiyi, I once ordered you to monitor Ling Duan carefully, how did you care about it, you were actually restrained by a vertical son, although Ling Duan didn't know much, but if he fled back to the Northern Han Dynasty and was seen through by someone with a heart, wouldn't it be harmful to the great cause of our army. ”

The guard next to him obeyed the order, dragged a guard aside like a wolf and a tiger, and scolded him with a cane in court, although the guard was beaten with flesh and blood, but he didn't dare to cry out for pain, but just gritted his teeth and endured it.

I have already noticed that "Gao Yan" is standing outside the courtyard gate, the look in his eyes is very complicated, and I can't help but feel regret in my heart, it's not that I don't want to deceive myself, but this Gao Yan is the prince of Goryeo, but there is a flaw in "washing the dust" first, coupled with the repeated temptation when I gave the score yesterday, although he performed perfectly, but the words finally showed traces, a troubled Goryeo prince, a kind of Aiqin idiot, if it is not closely related to his own body secret, how can he be so concerned about the affairs of the Central Plains, no matter how clever the cover can not hide the eyes that are willing to probe.

Deliberately pretending not to see "Gao Yan", my eyes had already fallen on the other guards, showing a hesitant expression, as if thinking about how to punish them. At this time, Hu Yanshou's eyes fell on "Gao Yan" at the right time, revealing a faint joy, and said, "My lord, Mr. Gao is here." ”

When I heard Hu Yanshou's report, I pretended to notice that someone was coming, I looked up, and after seeing "Gao Yan", I softened my expression and said with a smile: "It turned out that Xu Zhi was here, and I punished the guards here, which made Xu Zhi smile." ”

Qiu Yufei stepped forward and saluted: "I have disturbed Brother Jiang to deal with military affairs, I don't know what happened, making Brother Jiang so angry." ”

I motioned for him to come closer, and said with a look of annoyance: "Xuzhi, sometimes the kindness of women is really unacceptable, a few days ago, His Royal Highness King Qi broke the Northern Han Tan Ji in the temple slope, General Tan's troops were almost all martyred, only one ghost rider Ling Duan survived, I saw that he was not very old, and he was General Tan's personal guard, and he couldn't bear to suffer in the hard labor camp, so he stayed by his side to serve with both soft and hard, although this child was always lukewarm, I didn't take it to heart, but pity him for being loyal and brave, unwilling to do harm, always thinking about living a year or two, After the Northern Han Dynasty was pacified, he was set free. I can't imagine that this young man also doesn't know what to do, he actually got rid of the guards' monitoring last night and escaped without permission, although I have the heart to be vigilant and not let him contact the military aircraft, but after all, he has been by my side for many days, I am afraid that he will know some things that should not be known, you say, these guards are useless, let a minor child escape from under their noses. Before the first meeting between you and me that day, this son was moved by the sound of Xuzhiqin, and actually intended to assassinate me, if I hadn't pitied him and the demons in his heart had not been removed, he would have been given to death, Xu Zhi or still remember him. ”

Qiu Yufei was shocked in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, when he and Jiang Zhe first met that day, he did see the scene of Ling Duan kneeling on the ground to ask for sin, but he didn't pay attention to it at the time, looking back at this moment, the young man looked stubborn, kneeling on the ground but still showing an unyielding attitude, he didn't expect that the young man was Tan Ji's personal guard, and he didn't expect Jiang Zhe to keep the young man by his side.

Qiu Yufei calmed down for a moment and said: "I do remember that Ling Duan in Xia, but Hou Ye did this, I thought it was inappropriate, Hou Ye is the supervisor of the Zezhou battalion, how important is his identity, Ling Duan is such an identity, Hou Ye should not let him get close, although there is nothing wrong with blaming your subordinates now, but Hou Ye missed first, and it stands to reason that he should not blame them too much." ”

I listened to his persuasion, thinking in my heart, he was not wrong, if it wasn't for the fact that I wanted to use Ling Duan, this matter would have been more wrong for me, but I was even more fond of this "Gao Yan", I was clear about things, tactful words, and good at persuasion, but unfortunately he was an assassin of the Northern Han Dynasty and couldn't stay by his side. Naturally, I showed a look of persuasion, and I softened my tone and said: "Xuzhi is reasonable, this is my mistake, it's just that, although Zhao Weiyi is wrong, thirty rods are enough to atone for the crime, so you don't need to go back, Zhao Weiyi, you can be convinced." ”

Zhao Weiyi's shirt was covered with blood, and he was helped by his colleagues, and bowed down: "The subordinates were negligent and let the thief escape, although he was punished, it was also a matter of course. ”

I glanced at the blood stains on his body, and said with some guilt: "I am angry, but let you suffer, go down and apply medicine to recuperate, as for the matter of arresting Ling Duan, although it is important, but you don't need to do it, send someone back to the camp in a while, and ask His Royal Highness the King of Qi to pass down a military order to arrest this person, but although this son is ungrateful, I pity him for his loyalty, and try to capture him alive." Xuzhi, to make you smile, you might as well have dinner with me, and I'm about to leave in a while. ”

Qiu Yufei leaned over and saluted: "If you dare to disobey your orders, the original score will be returned, please accept it." With that, he solemnly handed over the sheet music with both hands.

I took the score in his hand, and I also sighed in my heart, knowing that from now on I must be careful of his assassination at any time, so as soon as the score arrived, I immediately handed the score to Xiao Shunzi, and Xiao Shunzi also took the opportunity to get close to me, avoiding the opportunity to let "Gao Yan" take the opportunity to assassinate.

When Qiu Yufei took over Jiang Zhe's score, he subconsciously held the hidden weapon, but when he saw the pair of dark and indifferent eyes, he couldn't help but soften, this hesitation, Xiao Shunzi had already approached Jiang Zhe, and naturally protected Jiang Zhe, Qiu Yufei sighed in his heart that he had lost a chance, but he was faintly happy, he hoped to let Jiang Zhe die unconsciously, and it was better to let the assassin who didn't know that he was the one who killed him.

I took back the score, and stretched out my right hand to invite "Gao Yan" to have breakfast together, seeing that he looked at me a little stunned, his heart was also moved, I couldn't bear to kill him, it seems that he couldn't bear to do anything to me, so he smiled and said: "What are you thinking?" ”

Qiu Yufei reacted, and was trying to find an excuse for his distraction, when suddenly there was a sound of fast horses galloping in the distance, and everyone looked at the courtyard gate, and after a while, four or five knights in fire-colored armor dismounted at the courtyard gate, and a mighty knight hurriedly walked over, walked to the front of the steps and bowed, his hands were above the top, holding a brocade bag containing documents, and said eagerly: "Zhuang Jun to meet your lordship, Your Highness has an order, there is an emergency military situation, please return to the camp immediately to discuss." ”

Hu Yanshou took the brocade bag and came up, opened it and inspected it, and handed the two documents inside to Jiang Zhe. Qiu Yufei's eyes flashed, and he had already seen that one of them had the word "Gao Yan" written on it, and the other one was only the upper and lower paragraphs, although it was only a quick glance, but he also saw that it was a letter written by King Qi to Jiang Zhe. I saw Jiang Zhe open the letter first, and after reading it, there was a faint joy on his face, although it was a flash, but Qiu Yufei could see it clearly. Jiang Zhe folded the letter and handed it to Xiao Shunzi, who casually put the letter in his arms. And another document, Jiang Zhe took it and read it hurriedly, and then looked at himself, Qiu Yufei knew that it must be the secret spy of the Yongjun army who sent the information on his identity investigation, although he believed that the senior brother would not leave any flaws, Qiu Yufei was still uneasy in his heart, but he made an unaware appearance on his face.

I showed a cheerful smile and said: "Xuzhi, I wanted to take you back to the camp, but the camp has sent information, Xuzhi, your identity is no problem, I will be the master, give you identity documents, so that you can leave freely, although I want to get together with you for a few more days, but the soldiers are in danger, I don't want you to be in danger, if you want, you can go to Chang'an to live in my house temporarily, at most two years, at least one year, I will return to Beijing, then I want to hear how much progress in your piano skills." ”

Qiu Yufei's heart shook violently, and he watched Jiang Zhe walk into the room, and after a while, he took out a document with ink You Xin, and said to himself with a smile: "With this document, the government will not be embarrassed along the way, and when you arrive in Chang'an, you can go to see Neizi, she will naturally help you arrange a place to live, Chang'an is the imperial capital, and it is extremely prosperous, Xu Zhi will definitely be satisfied with the life there." ”

Jiang Zhe's expression was so happy, but Qiu Yufei was like falling into an ice cave, how could he have thought that Jiang Zhe would send himself away immediately after his identity was "confirmed", although this shows that Jiang Zhe has a deep impression of himself, so he will let himself leave freely so easily, but in this way, where is his chance to assassinate? When he reacted, the document had already been stuffed into his hand, but Jiang Zhe had already retreated.

After handing the paperwork to "Gao Yan", I safely returned to Xiao Shunzi's side, thinking with satisfaction, there will not be much danger now, but I don't dare to show a happy mood, I said with regret on my face: "Xuzhi, I'm going to leave immediately, if there is fate, we will definitely meet again." At this time, a few guards came out of the room, carrying bags in their hands, Xiao Shunzi took the cyan daqi and helped me tie it to my body, and I saluted to "Gao Yan" and said, "Xuzhi is precious." With that, I walked outside, and Xiao Shunzi and a few guards protected me in the middle and walked outside.

Qiu Yufei knew that this was the last chance, and if he didn't think of a way, there would be no possibility of assassination, so he was anxious and said in a loud voice: "Brother Jiang, take a slow step." After that, he stepped forward, a few feet behind Jiang Zhe, bowed down on one knee and said: "Those who are in distress have the love of Brother Jiang, give them the piano score, treat them like their own brothers, and there is no way to reciprocate them. Then he bowed his head.

I was shocked in my heart, I obviously guessed that he was trying to lure me closer, but my heart was still a sadness, of course I have a good way to deal with it, just turn my back to him, pretend to say a few humble words, and say some embarrassing and painful false words, I can not help him. But the ecstasy, only farewell, not to mention that after today's separation, there is no chance to meet on the qin, thinking back to the past few days to get together, although I also revealed my true feelings, but I calculated against him everywhere, although he is an assassin, but I think he uses a little more sincerity than me. I felt a little guilty in my heart, and for some reason, my heart was hot, and I couldn't keep my cool anymore, so I gave him a chance to assassinate me, and then I didn't owe him anything. Thinking of this, I turned around and walked towards him, stretched out my hand to hug each other, and said, "Xuzhi doesn't need to be polite, today is just a temporary farewell, he has his own time to get together." ”

Just when Jiang Zhe suddenly turned around, Xiao Shunzi and the guards who knew about it trembled in their hearts, but they didn't dare to stop it, if they let "Gao Yan" see through the fraud, they were afraid that it was the master of the prison army who planned to come to naught, and they couldn't afford to bear this responsibility, but Jiang Zhe's life safety was better than others, except for Xiao Shunzi's special identity, he quickly followed and protected Jiang Zhe's side, they also subconsciously approached Jiang Zhe, fortunately, Qiu Yufei's heart was agitated, and he didn't notice the abnormality of these guards.

Just as I put my right hand towards "Gao Yan", he raised his head, and I clearly saw the determination in his eyes, and then I saw a black shadow dragon snake flying up from his sleeve, so close that I could see that it was a black soft whip, and at this moment the whip was slightly full of true qi, like a sharp arrow piercing my face. I knew in my heart that there would be an assassination, but I heard a cry of grief and indignation ringing in my ears: "Xuzhi! "It's my own voice, why don't I know how to shout it?

At the moment of life and death, I felt a pain in the crook of my knees, and as soon as my knees were weak, I was about to kneel down, and the black whip brushed over my bun slightly, and then a strong force pulled me from behind, I fell on my back, my knees were about to bend, and I couldn't help crying out in pain, but I saw a green shadow flashing in front of me, and then someone dragged my arms and grabbed me aside. It wasn't until I came to my senses that I saw that Xiao Shunzi had been entangled with that "Gao Yan", and it was Hu Yanshou and another guard who saved me to the side. Now I can understand, it must be Xiao Shunzi who used some tricks to save me, but this kid is probably annoyed that I am in danger, or there is no other good way, so I suffered a little, but according to my understanding of him, the reason is mostly the former. The weakness after escaping death made me secretly swear in my heart that I must not be impulsive in the future, and I will never do such a stupid thing again, gently wipe away the cold sweat that I don't know when, I said loudly: "Xiao Shunzi, capture Gao Yansheng alive for me, I must ask him if he still has a conscience." "No need to pretend, my tone and expression are absolutely sad and angry. The guards surrounded the surrounding groups, and the scene of Jiang Zhe's almost assassination made them also feel palpitations, and they hated the assassin to the core, and they would never allow him to escape.