In the night and rain, the scarlet robe was as dark as blood, and the long knife was slowly raised-

Prince Xiao Yu's eyes widened in horror, and he was shouting something.

"No, ......," Yuan Yan sighed softly in his ear.

Yes, the distance was too far, and there was heavy rain to block it, and her arrow couldn't even reach him.

But—

Lin Jiaruo still tightened the bowstring and held her breath.

"Whoa—"

The arrows broke through the air and screamed in the night, and Lin Shisheng's long knife hurriedly withdrew before it could touch Xiao Yu, and retreated a few steps to avoid it.

The strong castration carried a cold and sharp murderous aura, piercing through the torrential rain, and submerged deep into Xiao Yu's chest, leaving only half of it outside.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

In the midst of the exclamation, the crown prince Xiao Yu fell to the ground suddenly.

This happened too suddenly.

Lin Jiaruo suddenly let go of her hand, and the arrow in her hand flew out uncontrollably, but she didn't care about this, and turned her head to look east eagerly.

She has been practicing archery since she was a child, and she can naturally estimate the origin of the cold arrow just now.

To the east, echoing her, stood a patrol platform, on which two figures, superimposed on top of each other, held a large bow, and although the arrows were out, they could still see the direction of their target.

Lin Jiaruo stared blankly at one of the figures.

Although it was some distance away, although it was dim, although the man was still surrounded by another tall figure.

But that person, she was so familiar, so familiar, it was impossible to misidentify him.

Why her? How could it be her?

"You recognize?" Yuan Yan asked behind her, and her lazy tone, which was not as lazy as usual, instantly woke her up.

As soon as he woke up, Lin Jiaruo noticed the movement underneath.

Not only did Jin Wuwei divide the direction of the men and horses to chase the cold arrow, but the four gates of the imperial city, each with a lot of soldiers and horses poured in, and the east side directly chased the patrol platform.

She subconsciously glanced at Lin Shisheng more.

He pointed his long knife to the ground, tilted his head slightly, and looked at the platform with a good half-point, his figure seemed to freeze into a statue, and he did not move at all despite the heavy rain.

Did he recognize it too?

Lin Jiaruo thought uneasily in his heart.

When I looked on the stage again, those two people were gone!

"What about people!" Lin Jiaruo asked anxiously with Yuan Yan.

Yuan Yan grabbed her wrist and dragged her in front of him, blocking her head with one hand, and dragging her off the patrol platform with the other, still out of the imperial city from Xihua Gate.

Lin Jiaruo looked left and right and asked, "Then the two ran away from here?" ”

Xihuamen is still guarding the Yellow Armor Guards, how did the two escape from here?

Yuan Yan shook his head with a smile, took an umbrella out of nowhere, opened it and put it on her head, and said kindly: "No, they walked from Donghua Gate, there may have been an accident there, and there were irrelevant people mixed in." ”

As soon as Lin Jiaruo heard this, he was about to run to the east.

Yuan Yan still grabbed her wrist, grabbed it to death, and still coaxed her patiently and kindly: "Okay, this excitement is almost over, I'll send you home!" ”

Lin Jiaruo bit his lip and shook it twice, but he couldn't shake off his hand, but his arm hurt, and his eyes unconsciously bursted with mist.

Yuan Yan sighed lightly and let go of his hand.

As soon as he let go, Lin Jiaruo rushed out without hesitation, like a hare that had escaped from its cage, and soon disappeared into the rain.

At curfew, the wind is tight all over the city, and it rains heavily.

The streets of the capital were washed clean, and there was no anger left, and the occasional sound of armor colliding added a bit of coldness.

Lin Jiaruo brushed up his soaked bangs, wiped the rain off his face, carefully dodged a team of yellow-armored guards, and continued to run towards the east of the city.

As soon as she reached the door, she slammed into it.

The impact used up her remaining strength, and she could only slide to the ground, panting in embarrassment.

The door soon opened, and Lin Jiaruo stood up according to the threshold.

"Four girls? Why did you come here at this time? Did something happen? "It's so terrifying to see the mother's baby daughter appear in front of me like this at night!

Lin Jiaruo pushed him away without saying a word, and rushed in by himself.

The lights were on in the main room, and I didn't know if I hadn't slept or was startled.

Lin Jiaruo didn't pause for half a step, pushed the door, and went straight into the bedroom.

Under the lamp, Xu Yaoning turned to look at her, looking flustered.

"Sure enough, it's you......," Lin Jiaruo muttered.

The night robe had just been unbuttoned, and I hadn't had time to take it off yet.

Xu Yaoning lowered her hand and looked at her daughter who suddenly broke in, looking dazed and helpless.

But soon she came back to her senses and suddenly became angry: "You are also in the palace? Who brought you in? Isn't it your dad? In such a dangerous place, he dares to take you in! I shouldn't—"

"Mother!" Lin Jiaruo shouted, interrupting her.

"Why are you in the palace? Why shoot the prince? Who is that person? Lin Jiaruo looked at her with a tense face, and there were countless questions in her heart, as if she had accumulated for many years, and for a while, she could only ask these questions in front of her.

Xu Yaoning avoided her gaze, and said with a sneering face: "These things, I can't say them clearly for a while, when you grow up-"

In an instant, memories crossed my mind like light.

"Mother!" Lin Jiaruo interrupted her again, with a serious expression, "When I was five years old, you said that when I grew up to be as tall as my eldest sister, you wouldn't hide anything from me-"

took a step closer to Xu Jiaoning, raised his eyes slightly, and said, "Mother, look at me, am I already taller than my eldest sister when she was twelve years old?" ”

Xu Yaoning was stunned.

When Ah Ruo was five years old, it was six years ago.

Six years ago, she had just been reborn, and her emotions were extremely confused, whether she had said such a sentence or not, she was completely unimpressed.

Even if she really said such a sentence, it was just to coax her, but I didn't expect her to remember it today.

"Mother, what are you hiding from me?" Lin Jiaruo asked softly, "Why did you suddenly want to get rid of Mama Xu and the nurse?" Why do you hate Xu Changshou so much? ”

"Why do you always know things that no one knows? Why do you have Woodymen and Enceladus by your side? ”

"Why are you in the palace today? Why did you shoot the prince? ”

Xu Yaoning stretched out his hand to her, wanting to hold her in his arms and coax her as before.

As soon as I raised my hand, I realized that she had grown so tall.

Xu Jiaoning is not petite among women, but now Lin Jiaruo is only half a head shorter than her, much taller than Lin Jialan, who was twelve years old at the time.

Sighing lightly, Xu Yaoning said in a low voice: "If you want to know, my mother will tell you......"

The lights exploded several times, and the figures reflected on the window paper, one was excited, and the other was like a clay sculpture, always motionless.

“…… It's Xiao Yu! He snatched his wish! Half! Half a year! No one in the Lin family went to save him! ”

"My wish, such a wise and sensible wish! was tortured by Xiao Yu for half a year, and when Gan Mingcong rescued him, he couldn't even speak, and he was even afraid of me......"

Xu Yaoning hid her face and cried, hoarse.

"When he died, he was just eleven years old, his mother was useless, his mother couldn't save him, and she couldn't save you!"

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