Chapter 20: The Eve of the Storm
Wanyan left very satisfied, after Li Junzhi sent Wanyan away, he pushed open the secret door in the living room and went straight to the room where Mingfu was, Mingfu looked at Li Junzhi's eyes full of meaning, and asked, "What do you want to do here?" Which side are you from? ”
"Can't you see this, of course it's a seizure." Li Junzhi's answer was magnificent.
"Do you think this huge Tang Dynasty is so easy to win?" Mingfu asked rhetorically.
Li Junzhi's face was gloomy, staring out the window: "This country should also be returned to its original owner." ”
"You obviously have a plan, you already have your own plan, everything is under control, what do you want me to do as a useless person? What the hell do you want me to do? Mingfu didn't understand what Li Junzhi meant, she didn't think that a person like her still had any use value in front of Li Junzhi.
"Mingfu, you are still as smart as before, you are still self-aware, you really don't have much use value, it's just that you have hatred in your heart, I can just use it to make my plan icing on the cake, and make their death more perfect and artistic." Speaking of this, Li Junzhi sneered, which made Mingfu shudder.
Li Junzhi looked at Mingfu's somewhat frightened expression, and said with a smile: "Mingfu, the stable life in the past few years has made you a lot less courageous." I haven't told you about my big plan yet, and you're scared like this. ”
"What do you want Wanyan to do? I look at you, it doesn't seem that you want to help her, and it seems that you are giving her advice, is everyone just a pawn you have laid down a long time ago, as early as when you asked me to spy on those officials, I should have understood that your ambition has been revealed. ”
Li Junzhi listened to Mingfu's words, instead of being annoyed, he smiled and nodded, as if he was very satisfied with Mingfu's words, Li Junzhi patted Mingfu's shoulder and said, "That's right, what you said is right." The strange tone made Mingfu's hair stand on end again.
Mingfu was silent and did not speak, waiting for Li Junzhi's next words, but Li Junzhi smiled mysteriously and said: "When it's time for you to appear, I will naturally tell you, don't be anxious, let's wait for the opportunity." ”
Mingfu didn't feel much surprised by these words, Li Junzhi's city was so deep that she couldn't guess what unexpected moves he would make next, Mingfu didn't ask anything more, she knew that even if she asked again, it would be futile, it was only three days, all the puzzles would be solved soon, all she could do now was wait.
But Mingfu is full of uneasiness and contradictions, and chooses this path, that is, to be the enemy of Zhao Nan, her former brothers and sisters, and the happy times, she will become a knife in the hands of Li Junzhi and insert it into the heart of the person she loves the most, but the pleasure of revenge makes Mingfu want to stop, and in doing so, Mingfu doesn't know whether it is right or wrong.
Tang Changyu returned from Luoyang Palace in vain, and before arriving at Luoyang Palace, he thought that as long as someone spread the word, he would definitely be able to go in and see Zhao Nan, but he didn't expect that the strictness of Luoyang Palace was far beyond his imagination, and compared with Chang'an Palace, it was even better, Tang Changyu couldn't help but wonder what happened.
Tang Changyu showed his identity, and asked the people guarding the palace gate if they could pass on General Zhao Nan at the same time, but they were sternly refused, and asked what happened, the people guarding the palace door only said that this was the emperor's order, and it was forbidden to say all the news about the Luoyang Palace, Tang Changyu was even more suspicious, the emperor's decision to suddenly come to the Luoyang Palace made the court speculate constantly, if such a thing was spread again, I am afraid that there will be people with bad intentions who are ready to move.
Tang Changyu stayed outside the Luoyang Palace for two days, and he didn't have a chance to see Zhao Nan at all, and when he saw that there was no accident in the Luoyang Palace, he was also a lot more relieved, but the emperor had the heart to come out to recuperate and relax, but later, Tang Changyu's thoughts at that time were too simple.
Tang Changyu thought that he couldn't get any useful news here, and Chinese New Year's Eve was coming soon, so it was better to rush back to Chang'an earlier and stay with Liuning to be more at ease.
It didn't take long for Tang Changyu to hurry up and rush back to Chang'an day and night, and when he returned home, he was exhausted. Walking into the house, Liuning was concentrating on sewing something, and didn't notice Tang Changyu coming in at all, Tang Changyu hugged Liuning from behind, but put Liuning down, the needle in his hand shook, and stabbed it on his hand, and the blood dripped onto the thing she sewed.
Tang Changyu saw that he was bleeding again because he had pierced Liuning, and hurriedly took Liuning's finger into his mouth, and a warm and humid flow from Liuning's finger to his heart, Liuning blushed slightly, and said angrily: "Changyu, what are you doing, don't make a fuss, I'm fine." ”
Tang Changyu smiled and let go of Liuning's fingers, but he still held Liuning from behind, buried his head in Liuning's shoulder socket, and muttered: "A-Ning, I miss you so much." ”
Liu Ning smiled, his fingers gently stroked Tang Changyu's soft black hair, and said in a low voice: "Fool, me too." ”
Tang Changyu tried to collect his emotions, but for some reason, an inexplicable sadness came to him, which made him want to hug Liuning tightly, as if he was afraid that as soon as he let go, Liuning would disappear.
Tang Changyu raised his head and looked at the things sewn in Liuning's hands, the delicate patterns could be seen, but they were not unfolded, and Tang Changyu didn't see it very clearly, so he asked Liuning: "I remember that you didn't know how to do these needlework in the past, what are you doing here, show me." ”
Liu Ning quickly hid the things he had sewn into the sewing box, and said with a mysterious and lively smile to Tang Changyu: "For you, you can learn anything, I can't tell you now, I'll surprise you when the time comes." Liuning thought for a while and said, "Did you go to Luoyang Palace to see Zhao Nan?" What did he say? ”
Tang Changyu let go of Liuning, sat down beside her, shook his head and said: "I didn't see Zhao Nan at all, I don't know why, the emperor gave an order, and the entire Luoyang Palace seems to be under martial law, I stayed there for two days and didn't find any clues, what about you here, did you find Mingfu?" ”
Liuning sighed and shook his head: "Alas, not at all, so many people were sent out, but there was no news at all, Jinling has found all the places she has stayed in before, there is no news, Mingfu seems to have evaporated from the world, she must hate us very much......"
When Liuning thought of this, he felt very sorry for Mingfu, Mingfu had suffered so much outside alone since she was a child, and finally settled down in Chang'an, but she still couldn't escape such a bumpy and tragic fate, as Mingfu's most trusted person, but she had been telling her a big lie, Liuning remembered Mingfu's desperate expression when she dropped the cup that day, and her heart hurt as if she was stuck together.
Tang Changyu could see that Liuning was sad in his heart, and he must be extremely self-blaming, in fact, after they knew Mingfu's identity, he had always advocated telling Mingfu the truth, but Zhao Nan repeatedly blocked it, saying that he still had something to figure out, let them wait, he would say it in person, but this wait, just wait until now.
Tang Changyu grabbed Liuning's shoulders and let Liuning lean on himself, such silent comfort is the greatest warmth he can give Liuning now.
Liuning closed his eyes and leaned on Tang Changyu, the things that had happened in the past few days flashed in his mind over and over again like a rewind, Liuning sat up like a sudden realization, and said to Tang Changyu: "We're afraid that we are tricked again, although Mingfu's identity is true, but it is obvious that someone is using her identity to divide us, we put all our attention on Mingfu, but we forgot, how did Mingfu know?" ”
Tang Changyu also seemed to suddenly wake up: "Yes, why didn't I think of it, none of us said it, but there are other people who know, someone must have leaked this matter, and the person who leaked the secret must be the person around us." It's terrible, this person is hiding too deeply. ”
Liu Ning listened to Tang Changyu's analysis and felt that it was very reasonable, but she couldn't believe that around her, these brothers and sisters who were like relatives, there was a betrayer who was so dormant, and now that she thought about it, many things that had happened in the past were afraid that they couldn't escape from this person.
It's just that Liuning counted the people who knew the truth, the Tieguan Daoist had passed away, and the only ones left were herself, Tang Changyu, Zhao Nan, Liubin and Yunqing, Liuning couldn't believe it, among them, there was a person who had always wanted to put them to death.
Liu Ning and Tang Changyu exchanged glances, Tang Changyu nodded heavily, they understood each other's thoughts, their speculation is the same, I'm afraid it is also correct, then, the group of people who are now in that person must be plotting another conspiracy that I don't know what kind of conspiracy it is.
Tang Changyu could see Liuning's worry, patted her hand and said: "A-Ning, the current worries are all in vain, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, we have already gone through so many winds and waves, are you afraid that this time it will not work?" Don't worry, I'll protect you no matter what. ”
Liuning nodded, but she was still full of uneasiness, she always vaguely felt that this time the test would be more fierce than the previous one, dragging all of them into the whirlpool of death. Liu Ning proposed to Tang Changyu: "Changyu, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and so many things have happened recently, let's go to Famen Temple together and pray for the people around us." ”
Tang Changyu pondered for a moment, and then agreed to Liuning, he knew that in the past, Liuning did not believe in this ghost and god theory, but this time, she actually wanted to believe in this ghost and god theory, Tang Changyu was not easy to refute, so he thought that he was looking for a peace of mind for Liuning, and he also prayed for more blessings for himself.
In fact, Tang Changyu's mood was the same as that of Liuning, they were all faintly worried, worried about what was about to happen and what they didn't expect.