Chapter Twenty-Three: The Sword and the Song (I)
Piano Sword and Song (I)
The embroidery needle easily parried the darts, and she was not surprised, nor were the others.
They knew that in this darkness, for Mo Qingshui, showing up and not showing up were the same, since this was the case, why not come out generously.
The two men, with hats covering their faces and long knives at their waists, walked in unison and turned over the wall in front of the room, which was originally overgrown with vines.
Mo Qingshui's ears moved slightly, and he said lightly: "I don't know why, the eldest prince would suddenly attack me." ”
The two men didn't say a word and stood in front of Mo Qingshui.
After all, they were given the task order to bring her back, not kill her.
The wind blew the sideburns beside Mo Qingshui's ears, she tidied it up, and then said lightly: "If you still don't say a word like this, I won't go with you." ”
The two stopped approaching Mo Qingshui.
"We don't know!"
"The order is to take you back!"
Mo Qingshui sighed slightly, knowing the truth they were telling, she frowned, things were a little out of her control.
"Then in that case, we can only fight!"
Mo Qingshui said lightly, at this time, the figures of the two people not far in front of her were very long, but unfortunately she couldn't see it.
She stepped back slightly, leaning against the door.
She had to leave here with what she thought was the most important thing, no matter what the fight was or whatever, she didn't want to affect the people who lived here.
"You two are 'knives', responsible for arresting me, and one person is ready to substitute at any time, and one person is on guard around. I just don't know how about these 'vigils that don't return'?"
Mo Qingshui said lightly, and there was no emotional fluctuation in his words.
She just wanted to stall for time to get her close to the door and even into the house.
"The four of you can't catch me, I can feel that the two of you are just the pinnacle of the Huixi Realm. It stands to reason that apart from the vigil and no return, the two of you should be the strongest in the team. It's a pity that the peak of the Huixi Realm can't help me. ”
The two were slightly stunned, glanced at each other, and stood in place.
The opponent understands them too well, according to the degree of understanding of this opponent about them, they really don't have much certainty, and they can't make too much of a fuss, after all, this is in Chang'an, at the feet of the Holy Emperor.
"Come back with us, don't hurt the fish in the pond. The two said lightly, although they didn't dare to disturb these people, they were also Mo Qingshui's weakness.
Mo Qingshui's face turned pale, and the moonlight hit his slightly round face.
"Don't play with these little eyes, I care about them, and I know you don't dare touch them. ”
The two sighed slightly in their hearts, and the woman had touched them thoroughly.
"How about we all take a step back and go out of the city?" a faint smile appeared on the face of the blind female luthier in white.
The two nodded.
Suddenly, Mo Qingshui leaned against the door, and then with a wave of her hand, the big piano she often carried appeared in her arms.
This is a guqin, the material of which cannot be seen clearly in the moonlight, but the strings are shining, as if to cut the moonlight, showing its extraordinary.
Su hand gently supported the strings, the two of them suddenly changed their complexions, a sonorous sound came, they immediately dodged, one after another waves of air shot out, only to see that there were two deep pits where the two were originally standing.
Such movements naturally attracted the attention of the surrounding people.
They had already fallen asleep when they heard these two loud noises, and a bright light suddenly appeared in the next room.
Listening to this sound, they didn't think about it, they simply put on two clothes and walked out.
"Miss Mo, haven't you slept yet?"
Mo Qingshui nodded, turned to the uncle who came out with the candlestick and the clothes, she nodded slightly and said, "Sleep immediately!"
"It's good to be young, when I was your age, I went to the river every night to catch shrimp, but now I can't do it, I'm sleepy when it's dark. ”
As he spoke, the uncle scratched his head and walked towards the house with sleepy eyes.
When he was about to go back to the house, he remembered why he had just come out, so he immediately turned around and asked, "Miss Mo, did you hear any strange sounds just now, 'bang'!"
Mo Qingshui shook his head with a smile, hugged the qin tightly and said, "It's nothing strange, the weather has been very strange in the past two days, and it was thundering just now." ”
The uncle raised his head, looked at the bright moon, and there were a few dark clouds on the side, scratched his head suspiciously, and muttered, "Maybe!" So saying, he went into the house, and in a few moments the candlestick was blown out, and the window of the room was facing the wall overgrown with vines. There was a whisper from the window, and the husband and wife muttered a few words.
Soon, the night was quiet again.
Mo Qingshui held the qin, and the two people with hats appeared in front of him again.
They were creatures in the night, so naturally they couldn't be seen, and the moment the candlelight lit up, the two of them disappeared into the darkness.
When the night was quiet, they immediately appeared in front of Mo Qingshui.
"I'm not going to be restrained. Mo Qingshui said lightly, tightening the piano in his arms.
"At the same time, you don't dare to make a move here. She continued.
The two frowned.
At the same time, there was a whistle, and the two people with hats frowned.
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With a hat, he is good at hiding when he acts alone.
He is like a lurking snake, and if someone disturbs the capture of prey inside, he will clean up the uninvited guests around him like a poisonous snake.
He has no name, only a code name "Lone".
He didn't have the freedom to keep a vigil and not return, but the duties of the two men were somewhat similar.
"Silence" is responsible for monitoring the environment, excluding all factors that can affect the mission, and the vigil is also monitoring, but only monitoring them, excluding all factors that can expose the mission, even if it is them.
He is not as strong as the Vigil No-Return, but in terms of concealment, he is slightly stronger than the Vigil No-Return.
"Silence" is hidden in the darkness, and a pair of eyes keep scanning the surroundings.
A team consists of a total of five people.
"Knife" has two, the person who performs the task.
"Silence" is responsible for guarding the surroundings and sweeping away all distractions.
There is only one person in the "edge", and after the "knife" is broken, the person who comes out to replace the knife.
"Vigil does not return" is also a person, he belongs to the team, but also does not belong to the team, his role is to erase all traces of the existence of the mission, that trace, including the life of "knife", "silence" and "edge".
When the vigil does not return, it is announced that the mission has failed.
"Silence" is very clear that there are only two outcomes for each mission for them, dead or alive.
If the mission is successful, they will have a lot of gold, silver and jewelry to squander, and if the mission fails, they will have to die.
The guy who kept the vigil was ruthless, he was like an emotionless killing machine, and their team had more than a dozen missions, but the guy who had never appeared and they had never disappointed that guy.
As for this time, "Lonely" was in a more relaxed mood, after all, although the girl was a little tricky, he believed in "knife" and "edge".
He only had to make sure that no one disturbed them, and he would be able to receive a large sum of silver.
At this moment, there was a sound from there, and he became nervous, and he glanced around, he would never allow anyone to take another look out of curiosity.
Suddenly, a man burst into his eyes.
A young man in a green shirt, he was already silently counting in his heart.
"Ten zhang, nine zhang......" He swallowed his saliva slightly, holding a flying knife in his hand, as long as the person walked within five zhang, he would not hesitate to make a move.
"Liuzhang. He moved his body hidden in the dark, this was not the first time he had killed someone, he was not nervous, he just wanted to see the surprise and puzzlement of the man before he died.
He enjoyed that look and he enjoyed the process.
"Five ......"
Before he could silently recite the "zhang", the man who walked in suddenly stopped and leaned against the corner.
Silence's ears twitched, and he heard another sound, and at the same time saw the appearance of the approaching person.
That person's name is Xu Chang'an, a few months ago he was the prince of Pingshan Wang, and now he is Zhongyihou.
"Silence" put away the sharp, poison-fed flying knife.
When they passed the training, the prince would show them the portraits of the hundred officials.
Let them keep these people firmly in mind, so as not to sometimes kill them by mistake, causing the wrath of the Holy Emperor and revealing their identities.
"Silence" put away the knife and looked into the distance, and a group of men in black also approached the box.
Without too much hesitation, he took out a bamboo whistle, blew it gently, and then disappeared into obscurity.
At the same time, the two "knives" that were confronting Mo Qingshui immediately disappeared when they heard this sound.
Xu Changan was just a little uneasy in his heart, but he was a little afraid of disturbing Mo Qingshui, so he stopped in the corner.
What he didn't know was that he stopped and lifted a big siege.
He scratched his head, thought about it, and still mustered up the courage to turn the corner, no matter what, he would only be relieved to take a look.
Turning the corner, I walked towards the alley, and after a few steps, I saw a girl standing in the doorway, holding the piano.
Dressed in white, she was holding the piano in the moonlight, as if she was about to soar into the heavens.
Xu Changan was a little happy in her heart, it just so happened that she didn't sleep either, so she could say a few more words.
Some people are like that, just a couple of innocuous words to her will make you feel like the happiest person in the world.
She turned around, facing Xu Changan with her face, smelling the familiar smell, a little puzzled.
"Why are you here?"
Xu Changan scratched his head and said, "Didn't I hear a noise just now, so I came." He smiled with a bit of sincerity.
Mo Qingshui was expressionless, but his heart was overturned.
She deliberately revealed her identity, wanting to attract Tao Haijin to arrest her, and then she could justifiably hide in the Zhongyi Waiting Mansion, and after entering, she made up a story, so that those little gentlemen would inevitably relax their vigilance against themselves because of Xu Changan, and at that time, she could find an opportunity to take He Chen out to meet the eldest prince.
Everything went well, but what she didn't expect was that this big prince would suddenly kill her!
She was suddenly a little confused.
Those who want to calculate think of themselves in their hearts, but those who are loyal to them have a knife on themselves.
Xu Changan looked at Mo Qingshui, who was stunned, shook his hand in front of her eyes and said, "Miss Mo, are you okay?"
Mo Qingshui suddenly shook his head and said, "It's okay." ”
Xu Changan saw that her state was a little wrong, so he could only say: "Then you rest early and see you tomorrow." ”
Mo Qingshui smiled slightly, and also replied: "See you tomorrow." ”
As soon as Xu Changan turned around, he heard Mo Qingshui sigh leisurely.
"I'm sorry. ”
Xu Changan felt that he had auditory hallucinations, so he turned around again, only to see a cold light piercing Mo Qingshui's back.
"Be careful!" Xu Changan didn't have time to think about it, he hugged Mo Qingshui, and before he could feel the soft and delicate body in his arms, he turned around violently, and the cold light pierced his back.
Bursts of pain spread from his back to his whole body, and Xu Changan's lips turned white.
His head was a little dizzy, and Xu Changan touched his head, trying to sober himself up.
Mo Qingshui smelled the smell, and the sword blade was also fed with medicine just now, it was not a highly poisonous thing, but it would make people unconscious.
She looked at the group of black-clothed people who appeared behind Xu Changan, and let Xu Changan lie on her shoulder.
"The Inspectorate?"
The man in black at the head nodded and whispered, "Come with us!"
Mo Qingshui snorted coldly, let Xu Changan hug his neck, lie on his body, and tap his toes, the guqin emitted a faint light, and the two of them rose into the air.
The group of black-clothed people wanted to chase after her, and she plucked the strings, and a burst of crackling sounds came.
Suddenly, the whole alley was in a commotion, and many houses lit candles again.
The black-clothed man at the head gritted his teeth, and could only wave his hand: "Go!"
When the two of them rose into the air, and a child got up at night, he went to his yard, under the little tree.
The child suddenly looked up and saw a woman in white and a man in a green shirt embracing each other, flying towards the moon.
The child's sleepiness was completely gone, and he looked at the two figures in the moonlight and clapped his hands and exclaimed excitedly: "Wow, fairy brother and fairy sister." ”
When the alarmed people got up, except for a few pits in the ground, everything was perfectly normal, and they complained twice and went back to their houses.
As for the little boy, after being slapped on the ass by his parents, saying that he was talking nonsense, he fell asleep with tears in his eyes unconvinced.
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Mo Qingshui stopped on the street, helped Xu Changan, and hid in the corner with the guqin.
Occasionally, two sleepy-eyed watchmen passed by, but they were not noticed.
The blood on Xu Chang'an's shoulder had slowly condensed, and fortunately it was his left shoulder that was injured, but the medicine on the sword made him drowsy.
Xu Changan bit the tip of his tongue and forcibly resisted this sleepiness.
He leaned on Mo Qingshui's body, and Mo Qingshui landed on the ground in a long skirt and sat on the steps, when the moonlight hit the ground, and the two happened to hide in the shadows.
"I'm sorry. Xu Changan was the first to speak.
Mo Qingshui was a little surprised, and his face was a little puzzled, but he returned to normal in an instant.
"I'm not Xu Shi, my name is Xu Changan, let's go to Zhongyi, those people shouldn't dare to go in. ”
Mo Qingshui shook his head and said, "They should have known your identity a long time ago, and now they are estimated to be waiting for us at various intersections." ”
Then Mo Qingshui sighed and said: "This matter has nothing to do with you, they are coming for me, you will go back alone later, they don't dare to embarrass you." ”
Xu Changan shook his head and did not speak.
"Who are they?"
"It's not about you. ”
"They stabbed me and wanted to arrest my friend, how can they say that it has nothing to do with me?" Xu Changan replied stubbornly.
Mo Qingshui stood up and wanted to leave, but he couldn't open his legs.
Xu Changan, whose face was a little pale, hugged his legs, and at this time he seemed to have become the rogue boy in Weicheng, and said with a smile: "Unless you take me with you, you will kick me to death." ”
Mo Qingshui was suddenly in a trance.
The eldest prince naturally treated her very well, and he relied on her in everything and respected her at the beginning, but compared with the little marquis in front of him, it seemed that there was something missing.
Although this little marquis is not so considerate, and even a little scoundrel, he has a good impression of him inexplicably, and he is very relieved.
Mo Qingshui's voice was slightly cold.
"Spread out!"
"I don't!"
She could only sigh and say, "If you don't let go of your hands, how can we go together?"
When Xu Changan heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and stood up.
"But I can't help the drug on the sword, and if you fall asleep later, I won't take you with me. Mo Qingshui's tone softened slightly.
Xu Changan shook his head firmly and said, "No!"
"Who are they, and now that we've decided to fight side by side, you should have told me, right?"
Mo Qingshui thought for a while and said, "It should be someone from the Inspectorate, and a group of killers." ”
"Killer?" Xu Changan was a little puzzled, and immediately asked, "Then which ones are more difficult to solve?"
"If we were to fight murder, they would find a way to keep the inspectors out of sight, because they were the ones who existed in the dark. ”
Xu Changan nodded, thought for a while, and his face was a little pale.
"Then let's deal with the killer tonight!"
Mo Qingshui was a little surprised, and then said: "The five of them, one of the little grandmasters, should be similar to me, and the other four are at least Huixi Realm, the two of us, can we do it?"
Xu Changan smiled: "If you encourage me, I will become very fierce, and it is not a problem to fight two or three Huixi Realms." ”
Mo Qingshui nodded.
"Well, they're not going to go together. ”
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