However, the two didn't go too far, and Song Chuanbai stopped. Chen Tongsheng didn't know why, but she could sense the inexplicable acceleration of her heartbeat, and she was about to be on guard to make a sound.

Song Chuanbai said softly: "Ming rule." ”

There was silence all around, Chen Tongsheng slowly turned his head, and saw a lotus lamp under the corner of the wall, looking up, a black shadow protruding from the wall, like a person.

"Fang Ming's people are looking for you," Song Chuanbai said softly, "I can't find you tonight, they will continue tomorrow, she will stay here for a long time until she finds you." ”

Looking for him?

Didn't Fang Ming rest on the first floor?

Song Chuanbai didn't look at her, but he understood her confusion and said, "Why do you think we came out so easily?" ”

Because Fang Ming had already taken advantage of the noise of cleaning up things downstairs and took people out.

She didn't pay attention to this matter at all, Chen Tongsheng just knew that Fang Ming's subordinates would patrol the night near the restaurant, and didn't pay attention to it.

"I know that person is not you, and the person who hanged himself in the yard is not you. You wouldn't do such a thing, and you wouldn't leave that kind of remark for me. ”

The position where the black shadow is hiding is really hidden, Song Chuanbai and Chen Tongsheng are both standing on the street that can be illuminated by the moonlight, and the other party uses the dark courtyard and fence under the shadow of the tree as a cover, completely immovable, like a dead thing, almost making people think that Song Chuanbai has seen it wrong and admitted it wrongly.

Song Chuanbai paused, then took out the lotus lamp on his body, plus the one on the ground, there were eight in total, all of them were small, and they were held in small groups.

"Do you remember what I told about the lotus lantern? You said that if you light up the lotus lanterns and put them in the river, they will float up the heavenly river and float into your father's hands, do you remember? Song Chuanbai maintained the posture of holding the lotus lantern in his hand, and said softly: "There is no long river here, I'll take you to a place where you can put river lanterns, okay?" ”

Only then did the black shadow on the wall move slowly, and when he landed, he was very light, cautiously leaning against the wall, and his posture was half standing without squatting, which was an action that would make an ordinary person feel uncomfortable. Now Chen Tongsheng can finally see him clearly, looking at his figure, this is only an eight or nine-year-old child, and it is no wonder that he can lie on the charred branches. Probably because of the disasters he suffered from Licheng one after another, his clothes were not only very thin, but also old and tattered, which could be described as ragged, and the refugees outside the city were better than him.

What is even more ugly is that the scars cover almost half of his body, covering his original skin, forming the same pus and blood blister marks that appear after being scalded by boiling water.

Song Chuanbai squatted down and said very gently, "Shall I take you to the northwest?" Didn't you feel like a general before? There are a lot of generals in the Northwest. In fact, there are rivers in the northwest, but the waves are turbulent all year round, rolling like water from the sky. The river there is the closest to the Tianhe River. Clear? ”

Zhou Ming trembled violently, his lips were indistinguishable under the rotten flesh, but Chen Tongsheng still saw him open his mouth to say something, but he didn't make a sound.

He didn't look any better than Du Shan, but he behaved more like a human than Du Shan. But at the same time, he can't be a human being, nearly ten years later, he is still an eight or nine-year-old child, and he can't be human at all in this situation.

"Come here, Ming Ze," Song Chuanbai put the lotus lantern on his lap and stretched out a hand to him: "I will definitely protect you well this time, and I won't let anyone hurt you again, okay?" Do you remember...... Do you remember Empress Fang Ling? I told you the story of Empress Fang Ling, and it was because of this story that you wanted to go to the northwest, right? I'll take you there, and no one can stop us. ”

But Zhou Ming just trembled against the wall, didn't say anything, and shook his head with extreme difficulty. Zhou Ming was still holding something in his hand, he straightened his hand, opened his fist little by little, and the lotus lantern that was clenched fell to the ground. It feels very stiff, as if it is difficult to control yourself. He slowly withdrew his hand again and took two steps back.

Song Chuanbai sensed something, leaned forward, and said, "Ming Ze!" ”

At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps at the end of the road, and Fang Ming's people first saw Song Chuanbai, and then found Zhou Mingze.

Chen Tongsheng turned his head and saw Fang Ming in the queue from a distance, and subconsciously became a little anxious, and turned to look at Song Chuanbai.

Song Chuanbai didn't seem to notice the arrival of Fang Ming and the others at all, and just whispered, "I guarantee that Zhou Guanzhao will never find you again." I promise you will never again be forced to experience deception and murder by power......." His voice grew lower, and unspeakable sorrow flowed from the small words, touching Chen Tongsheng's nerves.

Zhou Ming was not killed by Song Chuanbai.

They are definitely not the relationship as rumored.

Zhou Ming's expression was a little sluggish, but his body retreated rapidly, and he even wanted to turn around and run.

And Fang Ming and his group saw this situation, and immediately pulled out their feet and rushed to this side, Chen Tongsheng saw that someone's knife had been drawn. Fang Ming's speed was especially fast, and he was approaching in front of him.

Zhou Ming finally turned around and fled, and almost at the same time, Song Chuanbai burst out: "Kill him!" ”

His forbearance and subtle sadness was still on his face, and he didn't have time to put it away, but the words blurted out cruelly made Chen Tongsheng stunned.

Kill whom?

Fang Ming, or Zhou Mingze?

Song Chuanbai clearly looked in the direction of Zhou Mingze: "Don't let him go!" ”

"I don't," Chen Tongsheng stammered, subconsciously replying, "I can't ......"

You don't want that.

You just saw him very sad.

Fang Ming came quickly, Song Chuanbai's face turned cold, and he shouted, "Go!" ”

Zhou Mingze's speed was very fast, because he was too fast, he even kept hitting the wall when turning, making a muffled sound of "bang", which sounded very painful. But Zhou Ming didn't seem to feel it at all, and there was no cushion at all after hitting it, and he even crawled forward with a rolling belt.

After Chen Tongsheng hit the wall again, he seized the opportunity to throw a short dagger in his hand, and after Zhou Ming was hit, he was only planted by the power behind him, and continued to get up and was about to run, and Chen Tongsheng chased after him at this juncture, pounced directly on Zhou Mingze, and pressed him to the ground.

According to the general style of play, Chen Tongsheng would only give the opponent a kick first, and then talk about the kick, but she realized almost at the moment when Zhou Mingze was stabbed and got up again: he would not be knocked down because of pain.

It's like the secret guard who fought with her in the bitter water village at the beginning, she didn't feel any pain, and she had to break her limbs to stop her from getting up, and ordinary heavy blows were useless.

Zhou Ming didn't have any strength, Chen Tongsheng pulled out the dagger behind his back and pressed him tightly to the ground, he couldn't break free at all.

However, Chen Tongsheng held the dagger in his hand, but hesitated. She looked back at Fang Ming and the others who came over, and Song Chuanbai on the side, her hands stopped in mid-air, not knowing what to do.

Fang Ming said: "What are you doing here?" She glared at Song Chuanbai angrily: "As soon as I came, I heard about the killing, and the Hou Ye was so anxious, was he afraid that something would not be revealed?" ”

Song Chuanbai had no cowardice, and said, "Ben Hou is not qualified to kill even the assassin who has endangered his life three times or five times?" ”

Fang Ming paused, and then said: "Even if you are an assassin, you have to ask ...... clearly."

"Do it!"

During the struggle, Zhou Mingze's skin cracked, pus and blood filled his palms, and Zhou Mingze looked at her with wide eyes, which were very dark, child's eyes.

Chen Tongsheng covered his eyes.

Poof.

The blade of the knife was inserted into the brain, to the point where the handle of the knife was submerged together. Zhou Ming twitched violently twice, and finally stopped moving.

Before Fang Ming could shout out the words, Chen Tongsheng had already finished neatly. She opened her mouth and looked at Chen Tongsheng in disbelief: "That's a child......."

She then raised her voice again: "If this is Zhou Mingze, you are charged with murdering the imperial heir today!" ”

"Zhou Ming is dead." Song Chuanbai interrupted her mercilessly, his voice was cold.

"Besides that suicide note, how can you prove that he is Zhou Mingze?" Fang Ming said: "Those things can be easily faked!" ”

"Because Zhou Ming died ten years ago." Song Chuanbai glanced at her coldly: "General Fang forgot?" It's my hand. ”

Fang Ming wanted to say something, but she just stared at her and didn't say anything.

She knew so much.

She knew that Zhou Ming, who hanged himself in the courtyard, was fake, and she preconceived that this person who looked like a child was the crown prince Zhou Mingze.

Song Chuanbai frowned, and didn't look at the person on the ground again: "Since the assassin is dead, let's go back." ”

Chen Tongsheng raised his head to look at Song Chuanbai's back, then picked up the dead child, ignored Fang Ming's surprised gaze, and followed Song Chuanbai.

Returning the same way, Chen Tongsheng saw the lotus lanterns scattered all over the place, but Song Chuanbai did not stop and walked forward over the paper lamps on the ground. Chen Tongsheng's heart suddenly moved, and he paused very hard to pick up the paper lamps one by one.

"No need to pick it up."

Song Chuanbai paused: "The person is dead, so there is no longer a clue." ”

She picked up the lamp, put it on Zhou Mingze, and then picked up Zhou Mingze.

"What are you holding him for?"

"Bury." Chen Tongsheng replied.

Song Chuanbai didn't say a word, turned around and left.

Fang Ming's subordinates caught up and said, "Just leave this kind of thing to us, don't let the girl bother anymore." ”

"I kill myself and bury myself."

Subordinate: "......"

But in the end, those people still took Zhou Ming away from Chen Tongsheng. The reason given by Fang Ming was that the body should be used as evidence, and he was sent to Kyoto with the hanged man to report to the empress.

At first glance, it seems that she is so loyal to the empress, which makes people feel very strange. But Song Chuanbai didn't say anything, so Chen Tongsheng had no reason to insist.

When Chen Tongsheng looked down, he only saw smoke rushing into the sky, and other people who rushed to hear the news were dragging the unconscious people out from near the fire.

Fan Rui stood not far away, as if he had just arrived, as if he had been standing for a long time.

Chen Tongsheng watched the smoke drift towards the sky that was extremely dark because of the early morning, remembered the seven lotus lanterns, and remembered the way Song Chuanbai squatted on the ground and spoke softly to Zhou Mingze.

An eight-year-old boy escaped from Kyoto with a lotus lantern, where he left his mutilated body behind and rose into the air and ran down the black river that burned out of the flames to the heavenly river.

It is a reunion and a repetition, and it is a repetition of deception.