Chapter Twenty-Three: There Are Assassins
Konoha locked himself in the house and refused to come out, leaving Fennel and Guo Li outside without opening the door or making a sound. Meals were not eaten either.
Fennel was in a hurry, Guo Yan came to see it five times a day, and the next morning, he was thinking about whether to tell Li Yi, but the door opened.
Konoha came out of the house, his face surprisingly calm, not even haggard, but a little tired.
Guo Yan was about to ask out loud, but Mu Ye said, "Third brother, don't worry about me, I'm fine." ”
Her tone was very calm, as if she was not the one who had been hiding in the house all day.
He can't let go. He heard himself say, "I'm with you." ”
Mu Ye lowered his head slightly, as if he was thinking, and raised his eyes for a moment: "Third brother, you go and help me make an appointment with Li Yi, I need to make it clear to him in person." ”
Guo Yan was still not at ease: "I will make an appointment with him for you." However, I would rather see you cry, as if it was uncomfortable in my heart. ”
"Uncomfortable?" Konoha shook his head slowly: "No, whether I'm uncomfortable or not, I can't change anything." ”
was so calm that Guo Yan was frightened.
Not long after, Guo Yan came back and said to Mu Ye: "He needs to go to court today, I have set Shen Shichu for you, and I am in Wangshu Tower." ”
Konoha suddenly turned his head: "Third brother, can you see him?" ”
Guo Yan was stunned for a moment: "I didn't see it." At this time, he is already in Daming Palace, how can I get in? However, I have found a proper steward in his house to deliver the news, you can rest assured, as long as he comes out, he will definitely go to the appointment. ”
Konoha thought for a long time, and nodded slowly: "That's it." ”
Konoha was upset, so Fennel found an embroidered bandage to make needlework for her, but she didn't dare to take the unfinished wedding dress, so she only took a handkerchief that she usually practiced to embroider.
This stitch and thread is the most laborious, and it is also quite calming, but Konoha has pierced her fingers five times in half an hour, and Fennel had to take the embroidered bandage away, and there is no match to chat with her about some untight gossip to relieve boredom.
Although Konoha was calm on her face, the people around her could see that she was uneasy, and she sat stupidly and asked Fennel to make up for her, but she didn't know where she had gone.
Who knew that in the afternoon, he heard someone say that the king of Guangling County was coming. Konoha still didn't react, and Fennel thought that her master was not in good spirits today, and if someone messed around here, it might be better, so she made her own decision and invited Li Chun in.
When Li Chun saw her, he first took a deep look and said, "I heard that the Twelve Niang ......"
Konoha suddenly turned his face nervously and glared at him: "What did you hear about me?" ”
Li Chun hooked the corners of his mouth, and smiled with his eyebrows: "I heard that the twelve mothers are not in good health and have a poor appetite, so I specially prepared some light side dishes and snacks that the East Palace is good at to inquire." ”
Saying that, a maid really came out behind him, holding a large food box in her hand, and put it on the table, "They are all appetizing things for strengthening the spleen, fragrant and not greasy, Guo Twelve Niang can taste it while it is hot." ”
opened the food box and took out the contents of the same thing, sure enough, the color and flavor were complete, and several maids such as fennel swallowed their saliva involuntarily.
Fennel was clever and hurriedly saluted Li Chun, "Our Twelve Niangs have indeed had a discordant spleen and stomach in the past two days, and I think it is because of the wind and cold, and there is the king of Laojun." ”
Saying that, he filled half a bowl of lotus leaf porridge, picked up a small white porcelain plate, and sent a few items to Konoha: "Twelve mothers and try it, the king of the county is also kind......"
She pondered the words, Konoha was a little unstable in the past two days, and she was afraid that her master would be angry and turn the table up.
Unexpectedly, Konoha was also indifferent, drank a small half bowl of porridge with fennel's hand, and ate a few dishes, which were unexpectedly gentle, and he also bowed to Li Chun: "Thank you for the king's memory." ”
At this time, Guo Yan opened the curtain and came in, and when he saw Li Chun, he was slightly stunned, and then said haha: "The county king is also here, haha, I am about to go out with my little sister, is the county king going out together or sitting for a while?" ”
This is naturally an eviction order, the host is going out, what else is the guest sitting?
Li Chun smiled and looked Guo Yan up and down: "Guo San, you don't know how to take care of your sister as an elder brother?" Twelve Niang is still sick, how can she go out to blow the wind like this? ”
Guo Yan ignored him and said: "I feel a little sick, and I am not seventy or eighty, the weather is just right, so naturally I have to go out for a walk." Trapped in the house for a long time, I'm afraid that if I'm not sick, I'll get sick! ”
Li Chun said: "In that case, why don't you go out for a walk with the two of you?" ”
Without waiting for Guo Yan to answer, Mu Ye said: "It's just that I went to the market with my brother, how dare I work for the king of the county?" Besides, let people see my sister learning the tongue, and I will not do it, but only increase the right and wrong of the king. ”
When Li Chun heard her say this, he had no choice but to get up and say: "In this way, Chun didn't think about it thoroughly, so I will leave, and the two of you must be careful when you go out." ”
As he spoke, he really got up and left, so decisive.
Guo Yan knew that Mu Ye was in a hurry, so he went to the private room on the second floor of Wangshu Building a quarter of an hour in advance, sat down, ordered a pot of tea and some snacks and snacks to drink slowly. Who knew that after drinking a pot of tea, there was no shadow of Li Yi.
Konoha looked up at the sky, the sun was gradually approaching the mountains in the distance, and he saw that it was already dusk, and he was afraid that the door would be closed later, and he still didn't see Li Yilai.
Guo Yan comforted her: "I think something stumbled, or the emperor left him in the palace to discuss affairs......
Konoha didn't say anything, only lowered his head to stroke the small three-color tea bowl in his hand. Yi is the kind of person who is not organized, if he really stumbles on something, he will definitely send someone to inform him. Even if the emperor kept him and didn't leave the palace, since the steward who passed the message was a proper person, didn't he know to call a little servant to tell him?
If he doesn't come, either he doesn't want to come, or he can't. Whether he didn't want to come or couldn't come, it meant that his marriage contract with her was in crisis, and even if it was a holy decree, it might not be effective.
The tea has been added many times, and the sound of the piano is faintly heard, and the red lanterns hanging under the porch are lit, and the pink world is suddenly alive.
Konoha walked to the window and heard a kabuki singing "There are vines and grasses in the wild, there is no dew, there is a beautiful person, clear and graceful", and unconsciously became in a trance again, as if the light in front of him was getting brighter and brighter, and the night breeze somehow warmed up.
Guo Yan was about to ask her if she wanted to go back, but suddenly felt that something was wrong, sniffed hard, and suddenly realized: "It's not good, it's water!" ”
Konoha turned around in amazement, Guo Yan opened the door of the private room and saw that there were already flames outside, and the happy scene of singing and dancing was about to turn into the Shura Palace, and the guests screamed incessantly, fleeing out in embarrassment, and there was chaos.
At dusk, I couldn't see clearly, and the street where the front door was faintly visible under the flickering firelight was already in chaos.
The fire grew bigger and bigger, and the sound of beeping and peeling fire inside and the crackling sound of pillars and purlins falling down could be heard.
What to do?
Wangshu Tower is a wooden building, which burns quickly in case of fire, and the fire is uncontrollable in just a moment. Their private room was on the second floor, and the doors and stairs downstairs were blocked by people pouring out, and it was almost impossible to get out.
Konoha took two handkerchiefs and moistened them in the tea, handed one to Guo Yan, and tied the other to his face.
Guo Yan walked to the window, which was facing the wall, but it was very high from the ground, and it was not very easy to go down.
But there's no room for any more thought.
Thick smoke billowed in, and the fire grew bigger, and if it continued like this, even if it was not burned to death, I was afraid that it would be crushed to death by the collapsed purlin. The air is getting hotter and hotter, and the smell of smoke is getting stronger.
Guo Yan took off his coat, tore it into strips with force, tied it into a long rope and tied it to the window, tied one end to his waist, and said to Konoha: "Quick, come to my back and hold me tight!" ”
Konoha only hesitated slightly, then decisively lay on Guo Fei's back, Guo Fei climbed out of the window with her on his back, and slid down the rope.
Below was a secluded street, where the noise could be heard, but there were no pedestrians. The foot had just hit the ground, and tongues of fire had been seen licking out of the window.
Konoha didn't have time to sigh for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, so he hurriedly grabbed Guo Yan's hands and looked: "Is it hurt?" ”
Guo Yan's two palms have worn off large pieces of skin, and the tentacles are sticky and greasy with blood, and she tore off a piece of her sleeve to bandage Guo Lu's palms.
Guo Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's not in the way, just grind some flesh and skin, and it will be fine in a few days, there used to be such small injuries every day!" ”
Mu Ye felt that he couldn't get over it, if it wasn't for her to wait for Li Yi here, he wouldn't have encountered such embarrassment, why would the third brother be injured?
Guo Yan raised his hand that was as thick as a bear's paw and patted Konoha's head: "Anyway, it's late today, the long street is quiet, it's better to simply take a candle night tour." ”
At this time, they were almost burned to death, but he still had the heart to travel at night, and her third brother could figure it out.
Konoha almost laughed, but he heard a voice in front of him: "Guo San, you took your sister out for a walk, did you have a good time?" ”
When I looked closely, it was Li Chun again.
He was also following the two women step by step, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be Guo Nianyun and Luluo, the master and servant.
Konoha's heart let go of seven points. On the occasion of Li Chun's presence, she sincerely welcomed Guo Nianyun's presence more than ever.
Guo Yan said with a smile: "I was saying not to live up to the beautiful scenery of this good day, it turned out that the king of the county and Nianyun also came to Bing Candle Night Tour, and they were really interested!" ”
Li Chun also secretly admired his temperament of not being chaotic when Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, and took a look at Konoha, but he wanted to explain the matter of being with Nianyun: "Where is it, I was just passing by here, and I happened to meet Ling Mei coming back from Dongshi, so I exchanged a few words." ”
Seeing you a ghost, Nianyun won't go to Dongshi this big night, if he really came back from Dongshi, they would have been here for at least an hour, thinking that Nianyun met him and then stuck to him here to say something considerate.
Guo Yan and Li Chun kept talking, joking half-truthfully, and Konoha and Nianyun followed silently.
As he walked, he was suddenly surprised by the sound of breaking the sky.
Before Konoha noticed, he saw that the strip of cloth tied to Guo Yan's hand was loosened, so he pulled him to stop and lowered his head to tie it for him again. Li Chun looked up and saw clearly that from the gap in the wall on the other side, a dark arrow flew suddenly!
Konoha stopped and happened to dodge the arrow that had already been shot, so the arrow was fast and ruthless, shooting directly at Li Chun's right eye.
Li Chun had learned a few tricks from Wu Zhuangyuan before, and he was more vigilant, so he turned his head slightly to avoid it, but at the same time, another cold arrow had already followed, heading straight for his left chest, almost not giving him any room to think, nor giving him a chance to dodge.
At that moment, time seemed to stand still for a moment, Nian Yun could almost see the stainless steel arrow flying sharply towards Li Chun's heart, the feathers on the tail of the arrow were very short, it seemed that the distance of the arrow was not far, and, under the reflection of the firelight, the arrow could almost be seen faintly shining with green light.
Poison Arrow!
Assassin!
In an instant, Guo Nianyun firmly and forcefully pounced on Li Chun.
Li Chun hugged Nianyun's body, only to see that the arrow was firmly and deeply inserted into Nianyun's shoulder!