Chapter 33: Guarding
Yun Yanzheng forcibly suppressed the fiery pain that was flowing in his body, pretended to be calm and let him hold him, staring at his side face without blinking for a moment, to divert the inexplicable overwhelming feeling of vertigo.
It wasn't until his hand wrapped around her waist that a crisp sound of her sternum shattering broke the silence and rang clearly in her ears.
Yun Yanzheng's reaction was slightly sluggish, and he turned his eyes to look ahead, but saw Yun Yanqi's body immediately fall to the ground. Then he collapsed to the ground like a puddle of soft mud, never to bounce again. A trace of bright red blood slowly flowed from the corner of his lips, like a brightly colored picture, and it was imprinted into her almost chaotic and lost mind in an instant.
She had no strength in her hands, but she tried her best to tighten the hem of Gu Xi's clothes, and asked angrily, "Why did you kill him?" The hoarseness in his voice was not accompanied by a hint of resentment.
Gu Xi turned his eyes to look at her, still smiling slightly, and said softly and gently: "Don't be excited, he is not Yun Shuai's fifth emperor brother." The prince has been detained by the emperor in the queen mother's palace at the moment, as long as he does not take advantage of the chaos to carry out the rebellion, he can be safe and sound. His hand was on her waist, but with the other hand he took out a signal flare from the white cloud sleeve, pulled open the red ribbon, and exploded into the sky with a crisp sound.
She frowned slightly, but leaned weakly into his arms, her face cold to see the red fireworks flying up into the sky.
The next moment, he pulled her hand that was facing the person just now to take a closer look, the red spots on the white palm were faint, a trace of mist flashed in Gu Xi's eyes, but the look on his face seemed to be smiling, and he couldn't see the seriousness. He took out a white porcelain bottle from his arms, unscrewed the stopper, pulled a pill to her mouth, and whispered comfortingly: "Swallow this medicine, it's okay, but the matter here, Yun Shuai doesn't want to stay in my arms all the time?" ”
Only then did he realize that he was so close to Gu Xi at the moment, and his eyes turned slightly, and there were his subordinates not far from him, waiting to rescue her in the melee at any time. Yun Yanzheng was not shy either, smiling at them to show that she was okay, no need to worry about her, free and clear, unrestrained. As the commander, no matter what situation he finds himself in, he must face it calmly, the generals have already trusted her and have a very tacit understanding, and after each bowed his head, he quickly integrated into the list of encirclement and suppression of traitors in an instant, and even Gu Xi was appreciative.
Yun Yanzheng tried several times, but he still couldn't stand on his own, so he believed that Fang Cai's palm was indeed poisoned by others. She pursed her lips and swallowed the pill in Gu Xi's palm, which was catalyzed by luck, but she still couldn't change the situation. She looked up at him, their eyes were glued, and Yun Yan suddenly repented that this pill was not the right medicine at all, and the reason why he said that was just to provoke her to take the medicine.
Although she was not afraid that his medicine was poisonous, she hated the teasing smile in his eyes. This teenager's method of playing with people's hearts is really skillful.
Gu Xi faced her angry complexion, but said softly: "In order to prevent the news from leaking, I can't tell Yun Shuai in advance." With that, his hand was still on her waist, and he took two steps with her in the melee, and with a light toe, a long sword scattered on the ground flew up and landed right in his hand. He held the hilt of the sword and gently pushed away the emanation of Yun Yanqi who fell to the ground with a sharp blade, and she saw that the face revealed was not the handsome and bewitching Yun Yanqi, but someone else.
"Since they want to 'hijack' King Yi as a shield, they will definitely make the best use of it, this person has already changed into the clothes of the Fifth Emperor, just to attack his unprepared blow by surprise. And the arrow that Fang Cai Yunshuai blocked for Gu was just a trick to distract you. Gu Xi's voice was soft and soft, as usual for her to clear up all kinds of hidden weirdness, he deliberately glanced at her, his eyes were dark, and the meaning of the words suddenly brushed her ears sternly: "You shouldn't be so distracted." Suspects don't need to be suspicious, if Yun Shuai wants to lead me into this game, he should believe me, and he shouldn't easily fall for someone else's scheme. ”
"Then can Brother Gu also trust Ben Shuai defenselessly?" Her eyes shone like stars, and all her thoughts turned into this question that reached the bottom of his heart.
"Yun Shuai can't trust me, so why did he block that arrow?" He asked with a slight smile, and it was easy to dissolve.
Yun Yanzheng pursed his lips and smiled bitterly, half-lowered his phoenix eyes and sighed: "Fang Cai's arrow is so vicious, no matter whether the person he wants to shoot is Brother Gu or not, Ben Shuai will block it." ”
"No, didn't Yun Shuai expect that this arrow wouldn't be able to hurt Gu at all? Yun Shuai deliberately blocked it in order to blackmail Gu, it was a plot, right? His faint smile not only made her speechless, but also unexpectedly a little embarrassed. Her thoughts that flashed at that time were suddenly presented like transparent crystals in those dark and deep eyes that could not be looked at directly.
"Make one mistake and don't make another mistake, otherwise time will run out. At this moment, can Yun Shuai temporarily hand over the military order to Gu Mou for a while? He raised his eyebrows slightly, and the light in his eyes that couldn't reach the end was still unpredictable. It would have been easy for him to snatch the token from her hand at this moment, but he asked her solemnly. It was as if if she had trusted, he would have been able to calm the melee and clean up the mess; If she doesn't trust her, he can also be a cold looker and detached.
Yun Yanzheng weighed it slightly, feeling that he had handed over the token in his hand to this confident teenager. His strength everywhere makes people feel more and more high in the clouds, unattainable.
Gu Xi smiled and took the military token of the phoenix flying, and urgently summoned the two Nine Heavens Cavalry generals who were sweeping the formation on the side with a military order. He whispered to them, calmly assigned, and in a few words he could be admired and convinced, and this natural bearing seemed to be the habit of those who had been in the position of power for a long time. Then the two turned their heads and took the order under Yun Yanzheng's jaw signal.
Yun Yanzheng frowned and pondered, looking forward to his next move. Gu Xi grabbed her tightly and jumped on the snow bell war horse waiting beside him, and with a wave of his hand and whip, he galloped towards the gate of Yuecheng in the opposite direction of this place.
"Brother Gu is like this, leaving the generals of his own commander behind?" Yun Yanzheng struggled to sit up resentfully, and asked with an unsteady breath.
"They just need to act according to Gu's strategy, and after a short delay, reinforcements will arrive. Yun Shuai doesn't need to worry about them, the person you have to worry about at this moment is yourself. He said that he would go, and he didn't have the mind to stay on the battlefield for a moment, and his voice had already brought a trace of coldness: "Didn't Gu explain to Yun Shuai that Tao Xun couldn't be let go of Tao Xun no matter before this battle was decided?" No matter what Yun Yanzheng moved, his left arm was always firmly guarded by her waist.
Gu Yan had never spoken in such a cold tone, Yun Yanzheng couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat, but he ignored the fleeting thoughts and asked, "Are you angry?" ”
"What do I have to be angry about?" Gu Xiyun asked lightly, as if everything was not in his mind. A cold smile tugged at the corner of his lips, but it was too faint in the dark night to be clear.
"Brother Gu was sure of winning, and he had already set the overall situation? Was it Ben Shuai who ruined all this situation and tilted the odds in their favor at the moment? Yun Yanzheng looked back slightly, staring deeply into his eyes with those clear and slightly upturned phoenix eyes, while guessing: "You have already arranged for the dead soldiers to disguise themselves as the Fifth Emperor Brothers, and created an opportunity for them to be held hostage, and all kinds of arrangements are to lure them into the bait." All this is to give them a fatal blow at the end, and as long as the patrol battalion and the Nine Heavens Cavalry have been cooperating with your dispatch, they can take down this group of rebels in one fell swoop. Now, you are about to leave the battlefield, even if there is such a layout, but no one can control the overall situation and plan changes at any time, and the other party is also a person who is skilled in the art of war, but I am afraid that the situation will be reversed. ”
Gu Xi smiled slowly, his dark eyes were bright, and under the control of such a drug, his mind could still be as clear as water. In her heart, she was afraid that she had already seen through the causes and consequences of all this, and deliberately blocking that arrow was a deliberate bad situation.
Yun Yanzheng looked at him with a light smile, knowing that he had guessed the whole situation correctly. She had no intention of really being the one who was in this bad situation, and she could also expect that he must have spent a lot of effort for this battle, and endured the high expectations placed on him by the emperor. She stubbornly struggled again and grabbed the reins in his hand, and said in a low but firm voice: "You go back, Ben Shuai's horse will send me back to the Eldest Princess's Mansion, where I will wait for your good news." ”
"Gu can't watch Yun Shuai die or be subject to others for the rest of your life. This poison cannot be delayed for a moment. Gu Xi rejected her proposal with a smile, and once again raised his whip to urge the white horse to run towards the city. When encountering such a situation, if it weren't for the sake of reassuring her and not regretting the mistake at that moment, he would never delay a moment more on the battlefield and explain a word to anyone.
Yun Yanzheng stared at him in a daze, and did not speak for a moment. Her death, or being subject to others, is actually not important to this young man at all, and what he said in the past was so ruthless, as if he had already seen through all the feelings in this world. So, in what mood did he say such a thing to her at this moment?
Feeling her strange gaze, Gu Yi analyzed softly: "Since Gu Mou promised to be Yun Shuai's gentleman for half a year, he must not agree that Yun Shuai was injured by others during this half a year. ”
People with extremely high decision-making skills can often watch a leaf fall and know the autumn of the world.
"In this assessment, Ben Shuai is only afraid that he will disappoint you, Brother Gu." Yun Yanzheng turned his eyes back to look ahead, a slight but wanton smile on the corner of his lips. A string in her heart gently lowered, and her body relaxed, gently resting on his shoulder.