Chapter 53: The Assassins

Tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and the clear reflection is rising with hot air, and the sight is dense, like a fairyland on earth.

Soaking in the soup pool, surrounded by warm spring water, Murong Xi exhaled uncontrollably.

"The royal hot springs are really not comparable to modern saunas."

Almost half-lying in the hot spring pool, Murong Xi looked up at the stars in the night sky, her body was comfortable, but her heart was not a good feeling.

General Murong in his memory has a serious face, and the general's wife seems to be a heroic woman.

There is also a brother and a sister, as the youngest daughter in the family, she is also a much-loved Jiaojiao.

Murong Xi lowered her eyes, hugged herself in the water, and looked at the rippling water.

If it weren't for that fire, the original owner would have been the most noble lady in the capital by now, wouldn't she have crossed over?

The white forearm poked out of the water, grabbed the wine glass resting on the shore, and took a shallow sip.

The plum flavor is more delicious than the palace banquet.

Murong Xi smashed her mouth, turned her back, rested her chin on the boulder on the edge of the soup pool, and her thoughts were scattered.

It stands to reason that the Queen Mother has raised her for ten years, except for the marriage, and the care of the original owner is indeed like a grace of recreation.

The night before marrying Jiang Huaiyin, the Queen Mother also pulled Murong Xi to talk about it for most of the night, without mentioning that she was targeting Jiang Huaiyin in the Regent's Palace.

Murong Xi was a little confused, could it be that Shen Hede was just sowing discord?

What is the explanation for the soup of the child?

The more he thought about it, the more confused his brain became, Murong Xi took a sip of plum wine and threw away the wine glass casually, "Forget it, I still don't want to, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge." ”

As soon as the words fell, a burst of wind broke from above.

Murong Xi's eyes froze, and he sank into the water vigilantly, leaving only a pair of bright eyes to check the surrounding movements.

After a few breaths, a ghostly black shadow rushed in, and Fang bypassed the bamboo raft and saw a human head in the water.

He didn't hesitate, and rushed towards Murong Xi, the big knife in his hand raised high, glowing with a faint cold glow under the light of the stars.

Murong Ji was stunned.

This is an assassin?

The man was seven feet tall, dressed in black and masked, making it impossible to see his face.

But you can feel the cold murderous aura.

Seeing that the assassin was about to rush in front of him, Murong Xi covered his eyes with both hands and exclaimed: "Hero, spare my life, I didn't see anything!" ”

The man in black used ten percent of his skills with the idea of killing the woman with one blow.

When I heard her begging for mercy, my brain exploded, and I quickly retracted my strength, but it was too late.

The big knife was only an inch away from Murong Xi's eyebrows.

The black-clothed man's pupils shrank sharply, and at the last moment, the tip of the knife was raised, and the black black black iron broadsword slashed above her head at a fraction of a centimeter's length, cutting off a strand of green silk.

Murong Xi tightened her neck, and in an instant, she even thought about where she would be reincarnated in the next life.

"Ding!"

The broadsword landed on the ground and smashed against the rock not far away, making a crisp sound.

The expected pain did not come, and Murong Xi's curled eyelashes with water droplets trembled slightly, opening a gap.

Under the shadow of the moon, the man in black's clothes was windless, standing on the shore like a god, looking down on her.

"Thank you Daxia, I'm just a humble maid in the palace, I haven't seen anything, Daxia, it's still too late for you to leave now, I promise not to tell anyone."

Murong Xi spits out words like beads, and in the face of life and death, nonsense comes as soon as he opens his mouth.

The man in black saw her appearance clearly, his thick eyebrows were slightly raised, and the corners of his lips twitched under the face towel.

"Hero? I heard that the regent is in the palace, why don't you hurry up?" ”

Murong Xi was unsure of the purpose of the man in black, and pretended to be calm to persuade the assassin.

But I was praying desperately in my heart, Jiang Huaiyin is coming, Jiang Huaiyin is coming!

The man in black looked away, walked slowly towards the rock, and withdrew the broadsword.

"Princess, offended."

"Don't be offended, don't be offended, you go quickly, I won't tell-" Murong Xi snorted and wanted to get by, halfway through her words, she suddenly realized that she had made a mistake, and looked at the assassin with a pair of beautiful eyes shocked and cowardly, "You, how do you know that I-"

The assassin turned his back to Murong Xi, slumped the long knife into its sheath, held the handle of the knife and spun it around in a circle, and finally carried it on his shoulder.

He tilted his head slightly, and his tone was slow, "It's inconvenient to talk about the old tonight, after he returns to Beijing in the future, Chu will definitely make amends to the girl." ”

With that, the man in black rose into the air, his toes on the bamboo row, and quietly blended into the night.

Murong Xi: "? ”

He calls himself Chu?

Murong Xi squinted her eyes at the disappearing back, to be precise, at the big knife that almost wiped her neck, and felt more and more familiar.

The light in his eyes flickered suddenly, was it Chu Cheng's killing?!

How could he be in the palace?

Murong Xi climbed out of the water with a question mark in her mind, she was so frightened by Chu Chengsheng that she didn't dare to stay longer, she dressed up indiscriminately, and before she got out of the hot spring, there was another messy footsteps.

Frowning, Murong Xi walked in the direction of the voice.

Many officers and soldiers held torches in their hands, searching in the hot spring pavilion inch by inch.

At the front of the officers and soldiers, a snow-white figure stood, well-dressed, but his sideburns were wet.

Apparently fresh out of the hot spring pool.

Jiang Huaiyin also saw Murong Xi, was slightly stunned for a moment, and hooked his finger at her, "Come here." ”

Murong Xi pursed her lips and asked as she walked, "Lord Wang, what's wrong?" ”

"The princess is also soaking in the hot springs?"

When Murong Xi approached, Jiang Huaiyin looked Murong Xi up and down by the light of the fire.

Murong Xi didn't dare to look at Jiang Huaiyin's eyes that seemed to be able to penetrate everything, pretended to be curious to look at the officers and soldiers, and nodded, "Yes, I'm having fun, and I'll come out and take a look when I hear the movement." ”

She tried to calm her tone, and put on a natural look, but she didn't know that the glass of fruit wine just now had left a mark on her face.

Looking at the flush on her cheeks, Jiang Huaiyin hugged her arms with her hands, "Drinking?" ”

"Just a little." Murong Xi coughed lightly, "Ahem, the prince lost something?" Calling so many people to look for it? ”

"There are assassins." Jiang Huaiyin raised his legs, took a step forward, and happened to be standing side by side with Murong Xi, he turned his head and asked Murong Xi, "The princess has been in the Hot Spring Pavilion, so she hasn't heard any movement?" ”

His gaze swept over the top of her head, and a seemingly indentation in her sideburns immediately caught his attention.

"Huh? No, it's been quiet all the time. Murong Xi yawned, she couldn't talk to Jiang Huaiyin anymore, for fear of revealing her stuffing, she decided to go as a plan, "It's not too early, so I won't delay the prince to find an assassin, I'll go back first." ”

"Stop." Jiang Huaiyin's thin lips hooked, there was no smile in his eyes, he raised his hand and touched Murong Xi's head, hooking out a strand of broken hair.

"Come to think of it, the assassin should be the prince of Chu?"

Murong Xi secretly screamed that it was not good, she didn't say anything, how did Jiang Huaiyin notice it?

I couldn't help but look up at him in confusion.

At a glance, the blood on her face dissipated, her hands trembled uncontrollably, and her heart was beating violently.

Jiang Huaiyin's anger seemed to overflow his body, and the killing intent in his eyes was naked and rich.