June 211 BC

It rained in Xianyang City today, and the raindrops were as big as soybeans, and they made a lot of "da-da" sound on the lotus leaves. The blue lotus leaves were covered with crystal droplets, and when the wind blew, the pearl-like rain fell on the leaf below, shattered and rounded again.

Due to the rain today, Wu Yi changed the place of practice to a large room that had been idle for a long time in the backyard of the Star Picking Garden.

The room is very large, and it should have been used for resting before, and the soft couches and wooden tables are neatly arranged, and there are many old bamboo slips stacked on the wooden shelves where the books are stored. Since no one lived in the house for a long time, a lot of dust fell in the house, Wu Yi put the straw man on the ground, and lay down lazily on the couch in the house, regardless of whether it was dirty or not.

In the summer, it rains heavily, the air is a little humid, and it is very irritating. Hair and clothes seem to absorb water, and they are uncomfortable against the body. I was naturally tired of dampness, so I simply tied up my hair like a man, and replaced my cumbersome dress with a normal short.

"A beautiful girl, but now she looks like a poor girl. Wu Yi took a sip of the teacup and joked: "It's really a person who relies on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and no matter how good-looking a person is, he can't help but dress up." ”

"I'm a poor girl, how can I compare to His Highness's natural beauty and hard to give up. I replied coldly, and I didn't look at him.

Wu Yi was not angry, he put the cup back on the table, and said to himself: "Go back and let Brother Qian'er go to Xianyang City to cut you a few beautiful new clothes, all with blue satin, you look good in blue." ”

I paused on my hand, still looking down to adjust the Hidden Arrow on my wrist, and did not answer him.

There were still three days left before Zhao Gao's birthday, and yesterday Wu Yicai took a piece of high-quality jade to the best jade craftsman in Xianyang City, asking him to polish the edges and corners of the jade within three days and engrave the word "longevity". I asked him why he still gave jade when he wanted to ask for his life, and he said that this jade would be given to Zhao Gao on that day as a birthday gift.

The sky gradually darkened, and a small piece of light gradually approached from outside the door, and then a maid knocked on the door cautiously, saying that she wanted to come in and take the lamp.

"Come in. Wu Yi was still lying on the couch, his back to the door, and his voice sounded sorrowful.

The light was not good, I couldn't see the little girl's face clearly, I only felt that the little girl's body was extremely tall, and her shoulders were extremely broad, not like a woman.

"What's your name?" I asked, stopping her.

"If you return to Her Royal Highness, the maidservant is called Xiaoyu. She lowered her head and lowered her eyes, her appearance was deferential, and her voice was clear and soft, no different from that of an ordinary woman.

"Really?" I raised my eyebrows, and asked, "What are you doing in the garden, and why haven't I seen you?"

"The slave maid is a fire-burning girl who works in the kitchen, this star garden is so big, and I have been staying in the backyard, and His Highness has not seen me. The girl named Xiaoyu skillfully lit the oil lamp, and then lowered her eyes and asked, "Does Your Highness have any other orders?"

"No more. I leaned sideways and said lightly: "You go back and tell the cook, Your Highness's bird's nest today is sweeter." ”

"Yes, the slave and maid will report it. "She blessed me with a swift walk.

There was a pang in my eyes, this maid was really wrong.

"Wait. I pointed my arrow at her from behind, frowned and asked, "Who are you?" The cooks in the kitchen know that His Highness does not eat bird's nest. ”

The maid's body stiffened, then she turned around and put her hand around my neck. The light fell on the man's face, and I finally saw that the man was a bearded man.

Faster than him, however, a long, white hand landed on his neck.

"Take your dirty hands away," Wu Yi tightened the hand holding the man, and said coldly, "She's not something you can touch dirty." ”

The man rolled his eyes as he pinched me, and the hand that was stuck in my neck gradually let go.

"Good. Wu Yi pinched the man's neck and lifted him up, watching the man's feet kick in the air, he sneered and threw the man out. The man slammed into the pillar and immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Are you alright?" Wu Yi picked me up from the fall, gently broke my face, and carefully examined my neck for wounds or strangulation marks.

"I'm fine. I pulled his hand away, lowered my eyes, and said, "He didn't use his strength." ”

"You don't have to say nice things for him, he won't be able to go back today anyway. Wu Yi turned on the fan pinned to his waist, fanned out the oil lamp in the house, lowered his head and explained to me who was a little panicked: "There is a mist in this lamp oil, and it will be effective after a while, you wait first, and I will take you back to the front hall after I finish cleaning up this person." ”

I couldn't see his expression clearly in the dark, but I could hear a trace of tenderness in his words, my heart moved slightly, and I lowered my eyes and responded softly: "Hmm." ”

The man who was thrown out coughed a few times, and suddenly laughed, and said while laughing: "Wu Yi! even if you kill me today, it's useless, if I die, there will only be someone more powerful than me, and your life will be destroyed in the hands of Lord Zhao sooner or later!"

"You're so thoughtful. Wu Yi walked up to him step by step, looked down at him and said, "I haven't asked yet, you will recruit yourself." You elm brain, how can you not look like your Lord Zhao at all. But none of that matters, anyway...... You're going to die soon. ”

"Really?" the man sneered, "I don't think I'm going to die. ”

"What...... Ahem, ahem, ahem!" Wu Yi's violent coughing sound suddenly came from the darkness, and I was startled in my heart, and I opened my eyes wide to find Wu Yi's figure in the dark.

"Boom!"

A thunderclap exploded in the air, and the light of lightning illuminated the room, and I saw the man pick up a dagger and stab Wu Yi, who was blinded.

"Ahh

A terrible voice suddenly sounded in the room, and then the man fell to the ground with his mouth in his hands, and he held out his hand to me tremblingly, staring at me with angry eyes.

Fear struck me from all directions, and I collapsed to the ground as if I had exhausted all my strength, looking at my trembling hands in disbelief, and muttering, "I killed someone...... I killed someone...... I really...... I ......"

What happened just now only happened in the blink of an eye, and before he could think about it, his hand was raised, and then, according to what Wu Yi taught, this hand shot the poisonous needle straight into the man's heart in an instant.

"Ah Rou!" Wu Yi groped in the darkness, and he roared loudly: "Come on!

I could feel his anxiety and irritability in the darkness, his messy steps approaching me, and then stepping on my sleeve.

"Arou. He crouched down and groped his way up my face, but his fingers stiffened as they touched the tears on my face.

"Your Highness......" I asked him with a wry smile, "I killed someone...... Are you satisfied?"

The hand on my face was retracted, and I was embraced into a warm, moist embrace.

"It's okay. His smooth chin rested on my forehead, and he couldn't stop whispering, "Arou, it's okay." You didn't do anything, you didn't kill anyone, you just protected me. Okay, Arou, don't cry......"