Chapter 17: Temptation
remembered that Mama Yan also forced her to confess that day, the same tone, but today she changed someone, and the most ridiculous thing is that she has always regarded him as a life-saver.
Biting his lip, his eyes glared at him for a moment, he pushed his neck forward, and said angrily, "You...... You've let me down so much. Anyway, my life was saved by you, you can kill if you want, I would rather die at your hands and give my life back to you, isn't that okay!" Suddenly disheartened, his eyes were closed, and he felt that there was no hope for life.
If she is given a reason to live, it is the person in front of her, and she wants to repay him for saving his life for the rest of her life. Now that the benefactor wants her life, she simply returns her life, which can be regarded as repaying the favor.
Two hot tears rolled down their cheeks and into the collar with a damp salty smell. The masked man's hand holding the sword trembled slightly, and when he saw that her face was full of pear blossoms and rain, her eyes were full of sadness, and he hesitated for a while.
Zi Ning's face turned pale, her neck trembled, and she said, "Don't you do it yet, do you want me to fulfill you!" willfully slammed into the blade of the sword, "Poof!" Suddenly the blood bloomed, staining the white placket on his chest bit by bit.
"You ......" the masked man put away his long sword in time and shouted, "Don't you want to die!" The blade cut through a layer of skin around her neck, but it didn't hurt her.
Zi Ning threw himself on the hay, his face was pale and bloodless, and he suddenly felt chills all over his body, and whimpered: "Since you want to kill me, just give me a sword, let me die, and it will be a hundred." I don't want to drag you down, and I don't want to be tormented by you. You ask me who I am, and I repeat, I am a little maid outside the second gate of the palace. When I met my benefactor today, my wish was fulfilled, and I died without regrets!" she was covered in wounds, the old scars were cracked and shocking, and the new wounds were still bubbling and bleeding.
He hurriedly picked up the clean cloak, covered her tightly, and took out a small medicine bottle, and applied the gray-white medicine powder to the wound on her neck, and quickly stopped the bleeding.
Gently helped Zi Ning up, let her sit on the side, and said, "Let me ask you, since you are a maid outside the second gate, why did you go to King Huajun's study? As long as you tell the truth, I will believe you." His tone softened slightly, staring at her to hear how she could explain.
There was a rustling sound on the hay, and he sat cross-legged, the two of them facing each other, feeling each other's body temperature and breathing.
Zi Ning was determined, and told all these things about how he was robbed by the frost goose in the morning, hid in the clothes box, and escaped by stealing the clothes of the little county lord. Even the details are clearly described, and the masked man can't believe it.
"Whew!" Zi Ning took a deep breath after speaking, only to feel that her mouth was dry, her stomach was grunting with hunger, and said, "What I said is the truth, believe it or not, what else do you have to ask?"
The masked man was silent for a long time and asked, "How did you know about the thunderbolt?"
"Thunderbolts?" Zi Ning furrowed her eyebrows and asked in a daze: "Are you talking about bombs? Isn't that the same as firecrackers, you know that they will explode at a glance, what is there to explain......
His gaze revealed a coldness, staring at her eyes, obviously not believing her words, and slowly asked, "What are firecrackers?"
Zi Ning's head was sweating profusely, and she thought, "It's over, it's over, didn't there be firecrackers in the Jin Kingdom?" she said after a while: "I mean, it's like firecrackers." Firecrackers, you know, are just burning bamboo and making a thumping explosion. With his hands open, he made a popping motion, and the masked man's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he said in a cold voice, "Thunderbolts are not the same as firecrackers. ”
Zi Ning scratched her head and said angrily: "I also know it's different, but how can I tell you?" That female killer took out a black iron bullet and threw it out, I knew it would explode when I saw it, which shows that this girl is very smart, what do I want to explain to you!"
The masked man snorted coldly, "The thunderbolt is the treasure of the Mi Dao Sect, such a powerful weapon, few people in the rivers and lakes have seen it, how can you know that you are a little maid of the palace?"
The corners of Zi Ning's mouth twitched, and she said disdainfully: "What kind of powerful weapon is a thunderbolt, it can't even kill people, it's nothing remarkable." The bomb I know is a hundred times more powerful than a thunderbolt!" shrugged his shoulders, wrapped his cloak tightly, and stared at him with a look of indifference.
"You little girl, what do you know!" The masked man couldn't help but be a little discouraged when he saw her despising the thunderbolt, and thought to himself: "Why did I tell her this, she doesn't need to know about these disputes." ”
After a while, he said lightly: "I will believe your words today, if you lie, even if you escape, I will take your life at any time." ”
Zi Ning twisted her eyebrows, flattened the corners of her mouth, and said in a depressed mood: "Hey, don't always threaten me, I've died a few times, my life is not worth much, when do you want to kill me on a whim, come to me at any time, this girl will accompany you to the end." There was a pride in his words, as if he had already seen through life and death, and he didn't care about his warning.
The masked man frowned tightly, and the sulk in his chest made him feel a deep sense of powerlessness. Such a strange little maid is really not even afraid of death, and she is an understatement when she says cruel things.
Zi Ning looked at him straight for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "Let me tell you, my name is Zi Ning, I have been a maid in the big kitchen of the palace since I was a child, I am sixteen years old this year, and I have never left the palace for a single step." If you don't believe me, you can go to Ermen to inquire, everyone knows me and A-Niang. ”
After hearing these words, he was silent, and after a while, he said, "It will soon get dark, you can rest for a while, and I will send you out later." Zi Ning knew that he didn't believe it all, so he had to sigh deeply, close his eyes, raise his head and sigh: "Alas, it's really disappointing, you are so suspicious of people. ”
The masked man took off his wet clothes, put on a clean robe, and said coldly: "You must have read a book, have the courage and knowledge, and say that you are a low-status little cook, if I don't doubt you, it would be strange!" Wrapped the wet clothes that the two of them had changed into in cloth and put them aside.
Zi Ning snorted, pulled the broken hair on the sideburns with her fingers, and laughed coquettishly: "Thank you for the compliment, saying that I have the courage and knowledge, but the little woman doesn't dare to be!" I know that he looks indifferent on the surface, but he is actually a calm and wise person, and his heart is also very kind, but he deliberately makes a fierce appearance.
Seeing that he refused to take off the mask, Zi Ning couldn't help but ask, "Hey, benefactor, I want to ask, ...... What's your name?"
He raised his eyes and said coldly, "You don't have to know. He lowered his head and leaned on the other side of the hay and closed his eyes, not wanting to look at Zi Ning. This girl made him upset, and it was unbearable to say more.
Zi Ning puffed out her cheeks, very reluctant, and muttered in a low voice: "I told you the name, why didn't you tell me? You are still a man, so stingy!" The man of the Great Jin Kingdom, she didn't know about them before, and she hadn't been in contact with them. To her, these people were just names in the history books, and now that she was face to face with him, everything seemed to make her curious.
When I thought of a living ancient man in front of me, I was suddenly amazed, and thought: "The ancients are really unusual, not only have a strange temper, but also are inexplicable." If the men of the Jin Kingdom are all of his virtue, this girl would rather risk her life to cross back. ”
The masked man closed his eyes, put one hand on the scabbard at his waist, and said lightly: "What my name is, it has nothing to do with you, and you don't have to know." ”
Zi Ning was angered by his arrogant attitude, only to feel that her chest was suffocated, she was angry for a long time, and deliberately smiled: "If you don't tell me, then I will call you a benefactor in the future." It's simple and easy to remember, okay, benefactor?" I thought you were going to be angry with me, but this girl wasn't angry, it depends on what you can do.
Seeing that he was silent, Zi Ning's eyes rolled and said with a smile: "But there is one thing that is not good, I have other benefactors in the future, and I can't tell who it is, so it's bad to be confused." ”
The masked man was very puzzled, opened his eyes, and asked angrily, "What do you mean by being bad?"
Zi Ning grinned, put her hands on her cheeks, blinked her eyes and said, "For example, benefactor, I want to cook for you for the rest of ......my life; Wouldn't it be bad if you couldn't tell which benefactor it was?" deliberately showed a twisted expression, but his eyes secretly aimed at him to see how he reacted.
He snorted coldly, his eyes flashing, "What does this have to do with me? You don't have to cook for me, and you don't have to be by my side." After today, you and I will never see you. ”
Zi Ning was speechless, his heart was slightly cold, and he thought: "It turns out that he doesn't care at all, but I am self-inflicted." ”
After thinking about it, he was still unwilling, so he quickly changed the topic, and asked with a smile: "Benefactor, why are you masked, are you afraid that I will see it?" It doesn't matter, you let me take a look, I am a very strict mouth, and I won't say it." He straightened up, trying to rip the veil off his face.
With a wave of his hand, a violent air flow rushed out, and he shouted, "You sit honestly and don't move!" in a stern and indifferent tone, with an irresistible majesty.
Zi Ning grinned, sat down on the dry straw, and sulked and said: "Hey, you are too domineering, you have to take care of it if I move, I am not your slave, why listen to you!" I thought to myself, this guy is not in the oil and salt, it is really difficult to communicate with him, if he is not a life-saving benefactor, he is too lazy to talk to him so much.
The masked man was a little angry, and exhaled deeply, "You are always so stubborn, don't the maids in the palace obey?" A stubborn maid like Zi Ning, the first time he saw it, let him kill it, nor scold, in short, he was helpless and had a headache.
"It's because you're unreasonable, you don't let you see it, and you don't want to say your name, I've said so many things, and I've already suffered a big loss, why do I still want to listen to you?" Seeing that his eyes were cold, obviously angry, Zi Ning hurriedly eased his tone, and said with a smile: "Since you know that the maid of the palace is disobedient, then give in, first report your real name and honorific name, and then remove the black cloth on your face, and we will all be happy, isn't it, benefactor?" she stared at him with a smile on her face, stretched her neck forward, and said with a wink.
"Hmph!" he sneered, a look of disdain on his lips, and still did not speak.
Zi Ning was a little angry, clasped her hands on her shoulders and glared, and continued: "You look down on me like this, don't give face......! Just let me take a look, okay, benefactor?" ————