Chapter 43: Broken Window
The chΕ«n night drum sounds, and it is the time when the rooster cries and the dog steals.
A black shadow fell like a leaf from the back wall of Fan's mansion, and when it landed, it didn't make a sound, and the dust on Shan's body disappeared into the night. This person was naturally Fan Xian, and while he was walking in the dark, he thought to himself why there was no real light skill in this world that could sweep ten zhang away?
Although Kyoto is prosperous, there are only a few places where there are lights at night, such as the side of the tile alley, because of the night market, and juggling, and the waterhole of the Liujing River, because of the first half of the night to pick up the benefactor on the boat, so there will be some lights by the river. Most of the other streets are dark, except for the faint lights of the houses next to them, which occasionally shine through the cracks in the doors onto the bluestone slabs, reflecting a thin dark line.
Fan Xian walked through these vague and invisible lines, running in the dark night, the night breeze hitting his slightly hot face, feeling very comfortable. It didn't take much time, he had already come to the alley next to the royal courtyard that he had been to during the day today, looking at the small building in the courtyard from a distance, he frowned - there must be some guards of the inner palace around, in the words of Uncle Wuzhu, at most, he is the internal strength cultivation of the seventh grade, and the delicate control of the third grade, if you want to rush in rashly without alarming these masters, you must be very careful.
He has to see Miss Lin, although he doesn't know what the other party's full name is, but he needs to tell the other party who he is, who you will marry in the future, and the most important thing is her illness.
The night was quiet, the sound of beating the watch had just sounded, it would not sound again in a short time, occasionally there would be a few frog chirpings that were a little out of season, Fan Xian stood quietly behind the wall at the mouth of the alley, breathing the true qi in his body, letting the domineering true qi slowly spread all over his body, and the back waist snow mountain was the pivot, perfectly controlling every part of his muscles and divine sense.
He didn't know that Uncle Wuzhu was not around, but he knew that he couldn't rely on Uncle Wuzhu for the rest of his life. Because no matter how strong Uncle Wuzhu is, there are times when he can't take care of him, otherwise his mother would not have died back then. Wiped his hands vigorously on his clothes to ensure that there was not too much sweat on them, and then found an unnoticeable place on the back wall of the royal palace, and the true qi slowly seeped out of the palm, and then retracted by the palm edge, forming a small depression, just like climbing the cliff outside the port of Lanzhou before, it was very easy to attach to the wall and slowly climb up.
This wall is two feet high, and it is difficult for ordinary masters to jump over it no matter what, and the wall is smooth, so the royal guards' defense of this place is the weakest, and no one can guess that the one who came to steal incense today is actually a spider man.
Climbing to the top of the wall, Fan Xian climbed on the wall with one hand, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with the other, and thought to himself to come to see his daughter-in-law, why did he have to take such a big risk?
The silver light flickered, and with a whoosh, Fan Xian had already quietly landed in the garden, like a civet cat into the dense short bushes, and covered his tracks with the help of the trees.
In fact, there were not many guards in the courtyard, and at this time, it was almost midnight, and it was even more lax, only listening to the distant front door that there seemed to be people who were not sleeping, but there was no one patrolling the garden at all. Fan Xian breathed a sigh of relief, cautiously walked to the bottom of the small building, and looked up to find that the lights in the building had long been extinguished, and it was dark, he thought to himself, I don't know if she fell asleep.
The door downstairs was closed, and I didn't know if the old lady would have poison in her stomach and get up in the middle of the night, so Fan Xian gave up this road with a wry smile, turned to the outside of the building, and slowly came out with both hands, and grabbed the wooden pillars hard, and climbed up. Climbing to the top, the second layer of the wooden pavilion is a part of the protrusion, about two feet long, Fan Xian exhaled lightly, reached out to touch, touched a small gap, grabbed it with his index finger and middle finger, and with a swing of his body, he hung in the air, and his waist and abdomen swung up with his strength, and he went up like a bat, sticking to the outside of the window.
The last thing he said when they met during the day, Fan Xian believed that the girl in the window must have understood what it meant, so he gently pulled the window with a confident smile on his face...... He didn't move, he used a little force, and pulled the window again...... It's still not open!
............ Lin Wan'er went to bed early, but she couldn't sleep, lying under the soft thin quilt, holding the corner of the quilt with both hands, a pair of big eyes open in the night, looking at the top of the bed above her head very clearly, not knowing what she was thinking.
She heard the movement outside the window immediately, her heart tightened, she didn't know what to do, she never imagined that the young man was really so bold, he dared to touch the royal courtyard in the middle of the night, she should have called someone, but when she thought that if the guards rushed over, the beautiful young man was only afraid that he would be punished with death, so he was a little unbearable, biting his lip tightly, not knowing what to do.
"Fortunately, the window is closed. She comforted herself in her heart, thinking that as long as the other party couldn't get in, she would naturally retreat in spite of the difficulties, so that she would not face a situation where she didn't want to think about it at all, and the young man would not fall into such a big crime.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as expected, and only a soft snort was heard in the window, and someone pushed it open, and a young man in black clothes turned in from the outside with a slender dagger painted in black. Lin Wan'er saw this scene through the veil, and subconsciously wanted to shout out, but as soon as she saw that face, the clean and dusty face she saw outside the Qingmiao Shentai Mancloth, for some reason, she swallowed it back alive.
Fan Xian moved quickly, without a trace of the shyness that a little boy in love should have, reflexively closed the window, and then walked to the bedside, lifted the gauze, and a faint fragrance began to spread in the room.
Lin Wan'er felt a little confused in her mind, but after smelling a faint fragrance, the whole person's jΔ«ng spirit suddenly woke up, and then she knew that the young man had cast the incense before. She was startled, could this person be ...... The legendary flower thief?
Endless regret began to pour into Lin Wan'er's heart, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she was ready to shout!
Fan Xian didn't have this kind of consciousness at all, but he was full of joy and was ready to wake up the girl, who knew that when he saw it, the girl was still awake, and there was a look of horror in her originally confused eyes, and she opened her mouth wide, was she ready to call someone?--He woke up immediately, his figure floated, he knelt on the bed on one knee, and covered Lin Wan'er's mouth with one hand.
The palm touched her soft lips, tickling.
"Don't shout, don't shout. Fan Xian stole incense for the first time in his life, and inevitably had some inexperience, and said sadly: "It's me, it's me, it's me." β
As if seeing that the young man had no malicious intent, Lin Wan'er gradually calmed down, Fan Xian removed his palm, and said softly helplessly: "Don't scream." β
Lin Wan'er suddenly thought of the two strange fragrances just now, and asked anxiously, "What happened to your maid?" Because the maid was sleeping on the couch next to her, she should have woken up long ago. Fan Xian explained softly: "It's okay, this incense has a calming effect, and it is not harmful to the body, just let her sleep." β
Lin Wan'er calmed down a little, looking at the clean smiling face in front of her, she was a little happy, but she was a little afraid, who was this person, what was her identity? Seeing the fear in her eyes, Fan Xian said distressedly: "Don't be afraid, I'm the doctor during the day, didn't I say I would come at night before leaving?"
Lin Wan'er suddenly smiled and said, "Didn't you ask me to close the window?" Seeing this beautiful woman suddenly smiled, Fan Xian's heart moved, and then looked at the lip flap, and then he had other thoughts, but at this moment, his neck suddenly felt cold.
A short sword, the cold light was shining, the hilt was in Lin Wan'er's hand, but the blade rested on Fan Xian's neck!
Lin Wan'er glanced at him twice, and suddenly her heart softened and said, "No matter who you are, as long as you leave at this time, I promise not to pursue this matter." β
Fan Xian had a cold sword on his neck, but he still had a smile on his face, looked at her and said softly: "I'll leave after a while, I'm just coming to see you today." After saying this, he took out an oiled paper bag from his arms, ignoring the sharp knife on his neck, but Lin Wan'er was afraid that he would inadvertently cut him, so she subconsciously moved the sword outside.
Fan Xian tore open the oil paper, took out a fragrant chicken leg from it, put it to her lips, and said with a smile: "I ate one of your chicken legs in Qingmiao that day, and I knew that you were hungry for this, so I brought it to you." β
Lin Wan'er couldn't cry or laugh, thinking that when was this, this young man was still so nonsense, if the guards found a strange man in their room, those two people would be finished, and said in a trembling voice: "Please, you go quickly." β
Fan Xianben was also about to tease the other party again according to Xiaoyan's routine, but seeing that Miss Lin was so anxious, his heart softened, and he coaxed: "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." As soon as this sentence came out, it felt a little wrong, how could it be very similar to the lines often said by flower thieves in martial arts novels in previous lives?
Sure enough, Lin Wan'er's expression changed greatly, put the sword on his neck, and said in a trembling voice: "I don't care who you are, if you want to speak lightly to me, I will go down with a sword." β
Fan Xian then thought that his private entry into the woman's boudoir was indeed a matter of great ruin to the other party's reputation, but looking at the resolute expression on Miss Lin's face, he couldn't help but say in his heart, are you going to murder your husband?