Chapter 145: Publicity
The orderly convoy saw the Assassins rushing up from all directions, and immediately broke up into a pile of scattered sand. The leader of the palace sat on the horse and looked around in horror, but he had forgotten to tell everyone to keep the grain and grass.
The fastest assassin had already rushed into the convoy, slashing and slashing at sight, but the convoy was made up of palace guards, and the well-trained killers were cut off before they could draw their spears from under the car.
"Miyahata!"
I subconsciously rushed up, but in order to get out of the city smoothly, I didn't take the sword with me, so I had to dodge left and right, and moved forward step by step with my agile body, and then jumped up and grabbed the palace flag that was dismounted in a hurry.
"Return to Hotaru! How did you end up here? β
I didn't have time to reply, so I snatched the sword from Miyahata's hand and engaged the swarming Assassins. Although I am highly skilled in martial arts, I am extremely restricted by holding the palace flag with one hand, and I have not been able to kill the assassin after a hundred moves.
Just as I was fighting the assassins with a sword in one hand and a sword in the other, a small hole suddenly broke open in the periphery with a panicked shout. I seized the opportunity, grabbed the palace flag and rushed out.
"Return to Hotaru! You go first! β
I was extremely pleasantly surprised to see Duan Ming and Sarong each holding their swords, and with great speed, they slashed into the assassins who surrounded me and the palace flags. The Assassins dispersed in a panic, and then surrounded the two of them again.
"What a daze, let's go!" Sarong's screams drowned out the whooshing of her jade-clad sword, "We'll catch up with you soon!" β
As soon as I heard this, I grabbed Miyahata's hand and ran desperately in the direction of Kashu. Wen Ling's feet are extremely fast, and even when he helped me escape from Lifu, Wen Zhao couldn't hope for him. However, to my surprise, we kept running for half an hour, and Miyahata followed me without saying a word.
"It's here..."
After another tea time, we finally stopped at the gate of Karju City. I turned my head to look at the palace flag, and saw that his cheeks, which were originally as white as jade, were flushed with two patches at the moment, fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead and nose, and he was panting under the weight of his heavy armor, but he had barely followed me all the way.
I had never seen him so embarrassed, and I felt a little funny for no reason. Grabbing the thawing dirt from the side of the road, I wiped it off his face without saying a word.
"Hey! β¦β¦ What are you doing? β
Barely recognizable, I smeared the rest of the dirt in my hand on my face. Miyahata was still a little annoyed, and when he saw that I was embarrassed, he showed a white and neat tooth for a while, and laughed.
"If you have time to laugh, don't take off your armor quickly, and I'm not afraid of heat stroke...", I pretended to be disgusted and my tone revealed unconcealed pity, "Those assassins are not palace drapery, it is better to be cautious and low-key when returning to Karshu at this moment." β
Miyahata reluctantly withdrew the stupid gaze that was lying on my face, and took off the armor on his body one by one. We clung to each other, trying to pretend to be light, and squeezed into the city among the crowds.
On Changning Street, we quickened our pace and went straight to Taopin Building. And when they returned to the back building, Duan Ming and Sarong had already arrived first.
"Why are you so slow! Is it not possible to walk through the city gate? When Sarong saw me enter the house, he pulled me away from the palace banner and looked at the mud on my face, "I'm not stupid." I was worried that you wouldn't be able to look good, and what would happen if you were discovered by the city's eyeliner. β
"You also think it's Gong Wei's handiwork, don't you?" I said in a trembling voice, "I thought about it for a long time all the way back, and I really can't think of anyone else who would do such a thing except him." β
"According to the current situation, it is indeed their most suspicious." Duan Ming said solemnly, "Sarong and I wanted to leave one or two alive to bring back for torture, but when they saw that they couldn't beat us, they committed suicide by taking poison one after another. β
"If the Moren are hiding in the fine works of Karzhou, their corpses should turn into smoke and dust. But after the death of those assassins, nothing has changed at all, so they should all be from the heart. β
"Before they died, they burned all the grain and grass to the ground. So Sarong and I deduced that it should be the third prince who did it. β
The door creaked open, but it was Wanqiu Pian who walked in
"Return to Hotaru! Why did you get so embarrassed and hurt yourself? - Who is this, and why is he only standing in the doorway......"
Only then did everyone come back to their senses, and they all looked at the palace flag, which had been silent since they entered the room. I saw him standing by the door in the corner of the room, his body was covered with sweat and dust, his originally clear face was dry and muddy, only a pair of eyes were still black, looking at everyone in the room with a little nervousness.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce, this is the five princes of Daxin, Gong Han."
As soon as this statement came out, I regretted it a little. The already awkward atmosphere became more and more tense and suffocatingβSarong and Duan Ming had both had a relationship with Gong Wan, and as the banner master and deputy flag master of the Tail Sect, they were naturally jealous and hostile to the imperial court.
However, Wanqiu pondered slightly, and Wan'er owed a debt to Gong Wan, "It turned out that a distinguished guest had visited." I heard Gui Ying say, it was you who redeemed the deed for me anonymously, and Wanqiu hasn't thanked me in person. β
Gong Wan didn't expect Wanqiu to thank him suddenly, and hurriedly returned the salute: "It's a trivial matter, not enough to worry about." β
I couldn't stand Duan Ming and Sarong's strange eyes, so I couldn't help but pull the palace flag back to my room. Please ask Zhuo Ying to ask someone to prepare the bathing water, and Gong Wan and I will each freshen up.
After changing into clean clothes, a small servant came in to spread the word, Wanqiu had informed Aunt Hua about the visit of the palace flag, and Aunt Hua set up a dinner party on the sixth floor and invited everyone to eat together.
I went to the palace house, but I saw that he had finished bathing. There were no decent men's clothes in Taopinlou, so the little maid took the old clothes and changed them to the palace flag. Miyahata's figure is straight and thin, not like Duan Ming's broad back and broad chest, and his muscles are strong. Therefore, wearing other people's clothes is also sloppy shoulders and sleeves, which does not fit well.
"You're here..."Miyahata put down the teacup in his hand when he saw me, and he still seemed a little cramped. Those friends of yours... I still don't seem to like me very much. β
"They are the Tail Sect Banner Masters who want to get rid of the Imperial Court, and you are the Prince of the Sincere Court, so they naturally don't have a good impression of you." I sat down and stroked Miyahata's uneasy back, and said softly, "Don't worry, I'll explain our relationship to everyone in the evening, and they'll accept you." β
"Their attitude is nothing, it's just that I lost the grain ......and grass that my father allocated to Lihan..."
"Someone outside is trying to kill you, do you still want to go to Lihan to deliver food and grass?" I was half distressed and half angry, "This is not your fault, as long as the facts are clarified, the emperor will not blame you." β
I put my arms around the banner and held his head tightly in my arms. With a skin-to-skin kiss like this, I was still confused last time, and this time, it became Miyahata's depression, which is really sad.
After comforting him for a long time, a small servant came upstairs to pass the meal. Miyahata and I held hands and went upstairs to Aunt Hana's room. As soon as we entered the door, we were greeted by a large table of delicacies, and everyone had already arrived, just waiting for us in silence.
"Ling'er is here." Aunt Hua smiled at me a little deliberately, and didn't look at Miyahata, "Come and sit next to Auntie." β
I didn't let go of Miyahata's hand, and took him and sat next to Aunt Hua. Fortunately, Wan Qiu was next to Gong Wan, otherwise Duan Ming and Sarong's strange gazes would force him to fidget again.
"Why don't you see Qu Xi?"
"Qu Xi has returned to Lingguang Mountain." Zhuo Ying saw that Sa Rong and Duan Ming were silent, so she replied to me, "She said that their Chiyan Banner does not have the rules for the banner master to stay outside for a long time, and Duan Ming's You Yong has not sent back the news of the sect master, so she went back in person. β
"That's right, that's fine." I put the chopsticks back down and took a deep breath, "Since everyone is here today, I will take this opportunity to tell you something." β
"Ling'er is hungry after a busy day, why don't you finish eating."
"Thank you, Auntie, I'm not hungry yet." I smiled at Aunt Hua, and my heartbeat lost its beat for no reason, "I want to tell you that Miyahata and I are in love with each other, and I will face this time and what may happen in the future." β
As I spoke, I looked at Miyahata beside me, and saw the same happy smile on his handsome face as mine, and suddenly I felt calm, and all the difficulties and bitterness became hopeful.
Looking back at everyone's reactions, although everyone didn't say a word, the expressions on their faces were not as pleasant as those of me and Miyahata. Zhuo Ying's expression was grim, Sarong's eyebrows were frowning, Duan Ming's eyes were sad, Wanqiu carefully looked at Aunt Hua's expressionless face, and sighed silently.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Miyahata stood up with his wine glass and said in an extremely sincere tone: "I know that everyone here doesn't like my identity as a prince of great hearts. But today, you came out to save my life, and you were willing to generously accept and contain, which shows that you have a fateful friendship with Gui Ying. Gong Wan didn't know how to say beautiful words, so he rewarded him with a glass of wine, thanked everyone, and thanked Aunt Hua. β
"-There's still something to do ahead of you, so eat first."
Wanqiu and I raised half of our wine glasses and stopped in the air awkwardly, and Aunt Hua threw down such a sentence and walked out of the room.
This meal was really tasteless.
After the meal, Zhuo Ying and I went back to the room. Before closing the door, Zhuo Ying clasped his hands to his chest and said to me in a deep voice, "Gui Ying, what do you think?" β
"What do you think?"
"That Miyahata! Are you kidding, how can you be with him? β
Zhuo Ying's expression was as serious as when we used to discuss every obscure astronomical question: "I spend my days in this room studying so that one day we can return to Earth, to the home that belongs to us!" But now that you say that you have a relationship with the people of this world, if one day we can really go back, do you want to give up the opportunity to stay here and fight with his brothers for the rest of his life? β