One

The rivers and lakes are difficult to walk.

Before embarking on this road, Hou Ziyu had made full mental preparations, but when she really embarked on this road, she found that survival was such a difficult thing. In the past half a month, the arrest of the imperial court under the command of the king of Luoyang has not slackened, as well as the bloody and cruel disputes and the vicious and unpredictable people's hearts in this river and lake, are enough to shake a person's determination. She was finally able to understand what Yang Yi said it was like to have trouble sleeping.

And Yang Yi, although his eyes have returned to life, the anxiety and anxiety that he shows from time to time in his demeanor have replaced the calmness when he first saw him. After five years of fading, his former ability to survive has also faded, and his former high spirits and former pleasures and hatreds do need time to be recovered.

On this day, the two entered Fumian Town and were already in Shaanxi. For this occasion, it is only possible to avoid the limelight only by going west, to the border and even outside the border.

Hou Ziyu and Yang Yi walked into a simple restaurant.

In fact, they have long been sleepy, why don't they want to find a decent inn, and have a good rest on the delicacies, but they are really shy in their pockets, and they have nothing to do with saving.

Both of them are people who have fled in distress, how many taels of silver can they have?

However, money and possessions are the most important thing to do, and the level of a person's status often depends on this.

"Two guest officers, what do you want to eat?" Xiao Er greeted warmly, and his oil-stained hands wiped the table several times more oily than his hands in front of Hou Ziyu's eyes. Hou Ziyu couldn't help but swallow a little disgusted.

Yang Yi's face showed embarrassment for the first time: "Just bring us a few steamed buns!" Xiao Er's enthusiasm suddenly decreased, and his tone became much colder: "Wait!" ”

Hou Ziyu had never received such a cold reception, and slammed the table: "What kind of attitude do you have, do you know who we are?" ”

Xiao Er sneered and said, "What, if you don't have money, you still want to be a master?" I see that the two of you are still dressed a little well, who knew that you were pretending to be arrogant, what a waste of Lao Tzu's expression! ”

"You are ......" Hou Ziyu rushed up to teach this little two a lesson, Yang Yi hurriedly held her down, and whispered: "Do you still want to tell him that we are wanted criminals who are being rewarded by the imperial court?" When Hou Ziyu heard this, she couldn't help but squeeze out a smile and said: "That's right, I was impulsive again, and I thought I was still Miss Hou!" ”

Yang Yi said guiltily: "I'm really useless, causing you to suffer so much? ”

Hou Ziyu asked rhetorically: "I caused you to lose the position of the gold medal guard admired by everyone in the Bajun Mansion, and once again became a criminal of the imperial court, don't you blame me?" ”

Yang Yi smiled and was about to say something more, when suddenly, a pot of wine appeared in sight, and holding this jug was a dry and stable hand with bruised muscles: "Guest officer, please use it!" This person's voice was unusually low and deep, revealing a murderous aura.

Two

Yang Yi said coldly: "We didn't ask for wine. Besides, we can't afford to drink this pot of wine! As he spoke, he went to pull out the sword on the table, but the other party said, "You can definitely afford to drink!" With a shake of his elbow, he poured the whole pot of wine on Yang Yi's face, Yang Yi didn't expect the other party to make such a move at all, and he was caught off guard for a while, so he could only hide his face with his hands, but this person's shot was extremely fast, and a lot of wine syrup had seeped into his eyes, and suddenly there was a spicy stinging sensation that filled his eyes, but he didn't care about the pain, and he pulled out his sword and caught the other party off guard.

The sound of the blade cutting through the skin and the blood gushing out rang in his ears, Yang Yi knew that he had succeeded, so he hurriedly grabbed the panicked Hou Ziyu and grabbed the door, who knew that as soon as the front foot stepped out of the threshold, there were two knives and a sword towards the front door, Yang Yi met the block, pulled Hou Ziyu behind him, and retreated.

At this time, Yang Yi's heart was already panicked to the extreme, which was a dangerous situation he had never encountered since his debut. In the past, even if he was half covered in blood and bruises, he could still fight more and more bravely, never flinching, and would not run away from the battle; Now, there is one more Hou Ziyu by his side, he is no longer alone, he has no worries, and his life is no longer allowed for him to squander, so he is running away all the way. And at this moment, he didn't even have the chance and ability to escape, because the poison in the wine had completely spread, and his eyes were already blurred, and his right brain was also paralyzed, causing the left side of his body to not be able to lift his strength at all.

"Hmph, Yang Guard...... No, Yi Daxia, how does the poison of our 'Lore Four' taste like? The person who poisoned him before lined up with the other two swords and swords, and asked with a grin, "Although someone has to ask for your head, but to be honest, I am indeed a little reluctant to kill you, and it is rare to meet someone who is as fast as me, and I have not had time to fight one-on-one, so I ......" He made a look of great pity, and inadvertently pressed the wound that was deep into the bones.

"It seems that you don't hesitate to spend a lot of money to hire you four unpopular killers, it seems that ......" Hou Ziyu pretended to be relaxed and said to Yang Yi: "It seems that I really mad him this time!" Yang Yi just hung his head, but he didn't answer, Hou Ziyu couldn't help but say in his heart: "He doesn't have confidence anymore?" ”

"Since he is a killer who survives by grabbing other people's lives, there is no distinction between entering and not entering the stream, as long as he can bring the head that his employer wants, he is an excellent killer, as long as he can achieve his goal, it doesn't matter what means he uses." The poisoned man was extremely gentle-looking, and his speech was slow, not at all like a man who lived by weapons, but he was expounding a fact that all killers would consider reasonable.

"Boss, why are you talking so much with a girl? Cut this half-dead man first! "The man carrying the fish-patterned broadsword was very impulsive.

Before the boss had time to stop him, he had already slashed at Yang Yi with a big knife, Hou Ziyu screamed in fright, the fierce sword wind had already blown in his face, and the shadow of death was also shrouded, but Yang Yi just lowered his head and didn't make any movement, she almost couldn't help but snatch the sword from his hand to resist. But listening to the long bloodletting sound of "stabbing-", Yang Yi's sword had already penetrated into the abdomen of the menacing swordsman at some point, and the man, who was more than eight feet long, fell to the ground like this, raising a thick cloud of dust.

No one saw Yang Yi make a move, not even Hou Ziyu behind him.

Three

"Who the hell are you?" Looking at the body of his companion who fell in a pool of blood, the boss did not show the slightest regret, but just looked at Yang Yi again with an exploratory gaze.

"Let's go together!" The remaining swords and swords were about to rush up, and their boss finally stretched out his arms to block the attack of the two of them: "If you rush up again, I'm afraid that you will die faster than the third child!" ”

"But he's already ......"

The boss narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "He is the most terrifying now, with his current momentum, none of us are opponents!" He turned around and patted them on the shoulder, "Let's go!" Seeing that they were still confused, he said: "I have also had this kind of experience, only when a person wants to protect something, can such a momentum erupt." At this moment, if we insist on fighting him, we are undoubtedly fighting with ghosts and gods. ”

The two killers put away their swords as if they didn't understand, and then they left with the boss stupidly.

Yang Yi's resolute body also fell.

The expression on his face was extremely terrifying, with the ruthlessness and determination to crush all the strong invasions, and it was not until Hou Ziyu said "They are all gone" that he returned to an extremely tired demeanor: "My eyes are completely blind, I have to get out of here quickly!" ”

"Good!" Hou Ziyu almost couldn't help crying, for the first time in her life, she was so desperate, desperate for fate.

Five

Inside an abandoned ruined temple on the outskirts.

It was already night, there were no stars or moons in the ink-like night, and there was no bonfire to keep warm in the ruined temple, only a weak and helpless person hugged another seriously injured and powerless person, as if hugging her whole world.

Quiet night, quiet temple, quiet two people snuggling up to each other.

"Xiaoyu, are you still with me?" Yang Yi's voice echoed in such a quiet environment, distant and unreal.

"Yes, all the time!"

"Come to think of it, you are the only person I Yi Zhuoyang who seems to be the one I can really have for so many years, but ...... It seems that my struggle can only go so far, my body has become more and more unconscious, and even your body temperature ...... I can't feel ......" "No, don't say that......" Hou Ziyu hugged Yang Yi tighter again, and tears fell on Yang Yi's face distorted by pain, "You won't die, and you can't die!" ”

"It's ironic, you seem like you've been running away since you knew me...... If you hadn't met me, you'd be a graceful princess by now......"

"Don't say it, don't let you say that, I'd rather die than get acquainted with you......" Hou Ziyu couldn't cry anymore, "It's all my fault for hurting you, if it weren't for my willfulness and saying that you were Yi Zhuoyang, you would still be the Yang guard who is admired by thousands of people......"

Yang Yi smiled dismally and said, "...... The king of Luoyang and the king of Yiduan Xian compete for the crown prince, and those of us caught in the middle will sooner or later be victims of the power struggle...... And...... And I was in Luoyang Wangfu that day, and I should have gone without returning, right? ”

"Why go when you know everything?"

"I just want to see you safe......" Yang Yi's hand rubbed weakly on Hou Ziyu's face, as if he wanted to keep this touch in his heart forever.

“…… In the past few years in the imperial court, I have long been numb to the reversal of black and white in officialdom and the struggle for power, and the concept of the word justice has become more blurred,...... It seems that living has become a meaningless thing,...... Good thing I met you...... You made me understand completely, but I understood it too late......"

Yang Yi finally fell into a deep sleep, just saying these words had exhausted all his physical strength, and he really needed to rest.

It's just that he doesn't know that this sleep will miss someone forever.