Chapter 028: Ambush
"Your Highness, what does Princess Qi'an want to say with this toss?" After Bai Qige left, the battle court was still puzzled.
"It's nothing more than a rehash of the old things, wanting me to let go of the Bai family, but this time I have more confidence than before." Yi Chenjing sat lazily in the chair, her slender fingers knocked on the tabletop, and the corners of her slightly raised eyes were as misty as mist, "I have been using the Bai family as a threat to force her not to dare to seek death, but I didn't expect that instead of committing suicide, she took advantage of the plan." She did that just now to tell me that she has the ability to take my life at any time, and if I really attack the Bai family, she would rather fight to the death and defeat both, and never teach me to be alone. ”
Focusing on offense and defense, and anti-guest, Bai Qige's hand is really beautiful, and her domineering momentum just now is enough to make Yi Chenjing re-examine.
Strong, brave, courageous and enduring, all the character qualities that Bai Qige has shown so far are completely different from those when they were separated three years ago, which also makes the cause of Hong Xuan's death more and more confusing - if it was Xiao Yingge back then, she might not be so ruthless to hurt her sisters, but if it was Bai Qige who was unwilling to be slaughtered now...... However, for no reason, he wanted to believe in that cold and hard woman who was decisive and resolute.
"Zhan Ting, is there any change over there in Yun Zhongjin?" His eyes suddenly turned cold, and the atmosphere that had finally eased up solidified again.
Zhan Ting also responded with a casual look: "Since the last time he left from the Dust Xuan, Yun Zhongjin has been training recruits in the military field outside the imperial city, and has had private contacts with a small eunuch in the palace several times during this period, but this little eunuch is not a member of the five princes, but a subordinate of the crown prince. ”
"Prince? Does he want to get into this muddy water? The corners of his mouth unconsciously filled with a cold smile, Yi Chenjing held the corners of his forehead and closed his eyes, and the scroll in his hand was pinched and deformed, "Okay, Yi Chenxuan is monotonous alone, I want to see where these princes who are hiding in the palace and enjoying their wealth and health can go." ”
When he opened his eyes again, the pride that belonged to the prince and general of Dayao was deeply buried, his long eyebrows and fine eyes inadvertently swept outside the door, and his voice was suddenly lowered by three points, almost whispering: "It's only been quiet for a few days, and the uninvited guest has come to visit again." Zhan Ting, I am optimistic about Bai Qige when I am not there, don't let her meet Yi Chenxuan - even if there are others. ”
The master will do whatever he orders, and if he needs to explain, he will naturally say it, and if he doesn't need it, he doesn't need to ask. Zhan Ting has followed Yi Chenjing for many years, and he is extremely accurate about what to ask and what not to ask, and after receiving the order, he turned around and left, without half a word of nonsense.
With Yi Chenjing's unstated promise, Bai Qige's life is finally a little better, although food, clothing, housing and transportation are still not as good as Su Yan Surao, and even when he walks around, he often finds the battle court following behind, but at least he doesn't have to lock the door of the room every night or even push through the tables and chairs to block it.
To be honest, the destruction that night almost ruined his body and mind made Bai Qige still shudder when he recalled it, the pain was not limited to the flesh and skin, it was already deep in the heart, and sometimes he would wake up with fragmentary memories in his dreams.
It's always not wrong to be more careful, although Yi Chenjing may not have the heart to touch her again.
The New Year is approaching, Concubine Jing is always worried about going to the nunnery to make incense and make wishes, Yi Chenjing originally planned to let Su Yan and Surao accompany her, who wants Concubine Jing to ask him to go with Bai Qige, but he can't resist his mother, Yi Chenjing had to take Bai Qige out of the palace together.
The nunnery is in the mountains, the snow does not stop, the whole place is covered in silver, Bai Qige does not believe in the gods and Buddhas and does not want to worship, while Concubine Jing and Mei Xiangu are chatting alone outside the nunnery, and enjoy a rare and comfortable time alone.
People who grew up in the north have a special affection for snow, and Bai Qige is no exception, seeing the swan-like snow covering everything, I feel as if I have returned to the past, to the previous life, to the days and nights of life and death with my comrades.
People don't live for themselves, just like her previous life was to find her relatives and repay those who helped her, but this life is for the Bai family, for the relatives who came down from the sky and gave her the meaning of life.
"There are wolves on this mountain, so don't walk outside." There was a creaking sound of stamping on the snow behind him, Bai Qige turned around, and when facing her, the face that always looked like he owed money and didn't hold a grudge seemed to have lost weight again, "I've been busy all month and haven't had time to find you, so you don't know how to take the initiative to send me the drawings?" ”
"When you design weapons, you paint mountains and rivers and beautiful women, and you can come out with a few strokes?"
Yi Chenjing shrugged his shoulders and was noncommittal, and shook out a letter from his sleeve and gave it to Bai Qige: "I didn't want to give it to you, considering that I need evidence to prove that I am abiding by the agreement, it can be regarded as part of the transaction." ”
How can you care about what the man who cares about everything and interests Bai Qige snatched the letter violently, and he didn't care about Yi Chenjing's complicated eyes and hurriedly tore it open, as if it would disappear a moment later.
No one will write to her, except for the Bai family, so this is a family letter, the first family letter received in two lifetimes.
Sometimes smiling lightly and sometimes low, the appearance of greedily reading the letter fell in Yi Chenjing's eyes, and the unfamiliar expression on the familiar face made the Seven Princes of Yaoguo have an illusion for a moment: the person in front of him was not Xiao Yingge who had known him for ten years at all, but another woman, an innocent woman who interested him and couldn't bear to hurt again.
In my impression, Xiao Yingge is plump and not inferior to Su Yan, with baby fat on her tender cheeks, although she is not beautiful but very delicate and lovely, but now she is so thin that she seems to be blown down by a gust of wind, her slender wrists are skinny, and her face is much worse than in her memory. The world is impermanent, who would have thought that the three children who grew up together would fall to such a point, and turn from friends of life and death to enemies?
If he could, Yi Chenjing hoped that everything was just a dream, he was still a taciturn but happy and free proton, and she was still the cowardly girl who stayed with the woman he loved, the sister who was often held behind by him.
With a sigh that could hardly be heard, Yi Chenjing took away the letter paper that Bai Qi was holding carefully, and folded it neatly and retracted the envelope: "I'll give it to you when I go back - Bai Jingfu and Bai Haocheng have returned home, I have done what I agreed, and the rest depends on whether you can keep your promise." ”
It's just a few chapters of weapon patterns, and it's nothing. Bai Qige was about to open his mouth to agree, but there was a loud bang in the distance, and the ground under his feet shook violently, if he hadn't held on to the dead tree on the side, he was afraid that he would have fallen into Yi Chenjing's arms.
The violent shaking did not last long, but Yi Chenjing's face immediately changed the moment he heard the roar, and he rushed towards the nunnery in the shaking that was difficult to stand, and Bai Qige could only hurry up after the shaking stopped.
If there was no loud noise, it might have been considered an earthquake, but the moment he heard the sound, Bai Qige was sure that it was the sound of an explosion.
There are not many people in the nunnery, except for Mei Xiangu, there are only a dozen or so little nuns who clean and serve, and then Su Yan Surao and four subordinates who came with Concubine Jing, Bai Qige rushed back to the nunnery only to see a chaos, half of the houses collapsed, fires broke out, and the frightened little nuns and their subordinates ran around like headless flies, but they never saw Concubine Jing and others.
"Where's Concubine Jing?" Yi Chenjing, who arrived first, roughly pulled past a subordinate and asked sharply.
"Respect, respect...... With Mei Xiangu...... It seems that ......" The subordinates couldn't speak in a panic, Yi Chenjing was so anxious that he arrested a few little nuns and asked, but these little nuns were even more frightened than the subordinates, and they couldn't even say anything except crying and pointing in the direction indiscriminately.
"I'll look in the guest room, and you go to the front hall." At the critical moment, the only woman left was Bai Qige, the explosions sounded one after another, and the violent vibration hit again, and she didn't care about her identity, Bai Qige actually directly commanded Yi Chenjing. Concubine Jing treats her as if she were her own, and Bai Qige, who believes in repaying good with good and punishing evil with evil, naturally can't sit idly by, although the vibration under her feet is violent and it is difficult to stand firm, she still rushes towards the guest room in the face of the crowd running around.
The confusion and eagerness did not stop Bai Qige from thinking, it was no accident that there was an explosion here and now, and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart, and it became stronger when he saw the two old figures.
"Respect Concubine Niangniang!" In the corridor at the end of the guest room, a burly man in a strong suit raised his knife and was about to cut it, and the people who retreated in horror under the knife were Concubine Jing and Mei Xiangu. In a hurry, Bai Qige pulled out the jade hairpin in his hand, rushed up in three steps and two steps, and stabbed the back of the man's neck.
With a furious roar, hot blood beads splashed on Bai Qige's face, and the whole white bead hairpin was also dyed red. The man was not afraid of a sneak attack, and with a shake of his wrist, he shook off the long knife, and swung his long arms back violently, but fortunately, Bai Qige's strength was insufficient but he was agile, and he dodged the heavy attack with a short body.
"Let's go!" Deftly walked in front of the attacker, Bai Qige used all his strength to bend his elbow and slammed into the man's abdomen, and the whole person stopped between Concubine Jing and the man.
Anyway, she is also a person who has experienced countless palace battles and chaos, Concubine Jing calmed down a little under the reminder of the voice, and ran out along the corridor with Mei Xiangu in each other's arms, turning back frequently in a hurry and pain while running. How could the thin Bai Qige be able to compete with a strong man? Concubine Jing was worried that she would fight for her life and cause her misfortune for her old life.
The feeling of being a special forces soldier is recovering, and although the strength that the body can mobilize is far less than before, it is still possible to delay time to block the way. Bai Qige took advantage of his short stature in the narrow corridor to move left and right, and forcibly blocked the attacker's inch, and only when Concubine Jing and Mei Xiangu disappeared at the end of the corridor did they deliberately sell a flaw and escape. Xu was enraged by her halfway interference, the man picked up the knife and chased straight towards Bai Qige, and the cold light of the Dao Dao waved and lit up behind him.
"Sister Qige! Here, here! Seeing that he was about to run out of the guest courtyard, Su Rao's voice suddenly came muffled, and Su Yan was vaguely sobbing. Bai Qige stopped and looked around, and found that the two were trapped in the opposite room, and someone had inserted the latch outside. Looking back at the man chasing after him with a knife, Bai Qige gritted his teeth and turned around and ran towards the door.
The door was opened, and the man also caught up, Bai Qige only felt a cool breeze passing behind his head, and subconsciously rolled to the side, and Xue Liang's blade grazed his shoulder and slashed on the door panel.
Inside and outside the house, Bai Qige and Su Yan Surao held their breath at the same time, their hearts were raised to their throats, and they saw the fierce-looking man raise his blade and wave it towards Bai Qige, but there was no way to escape - the position where Bai Qige was standing was at the end of the corridor of the guest room, and the only way out was the direction of the knife light.
As the long knife raised high again slashed, Su Yan Surao closed her eyes in fright, and after a low groan, blood splashed everywhere.