Governor’s Illness

Chapter 68: Falling flowers and chasing water

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There were a few clappers from the dark street, and then the watchman shouted: "The sky is dry and the night is dry, be careful of the candles!"

Xia Houlin and a bunch of others were ambushed on both sides of the street. He leaned back against a pillar and hid in the shadow of a beam and pillar. The left and right were the same as him. He pressed the goose ling knife with his left hand and adjusted his breathing to the maximum. light. The black splatter almost merged with the darkness, only the embroidery on the chest and back was flowing with dark golden brilliance, flashing ferociously.

Today is the third day that he has become an officer of Dongchang Chenzi Kee. He was ordered to ambush on Qianmen Street to arrest Li Xian, a remnant of the Wei Party who fled. He clenched his fists, the scars tight and itchy.

He rested at home for half a month, and the teeth in his mouth were filled. Originally, it was not intended to be repaired, but it was missing in it anyway, and it wasn't much of a hindrance other than eating stuffed meat. That's all, the debt is too much to be overwhelmed, anyway, the debt to Shen Jue is so much, it's not bad. He also asked Shen Jue about Tang Shiqi's whereabouts. Shen Jue said that he had never seen this person before, so he probably escaped. Xia Houlin squeezed the sweat for Tang Shiqi. When he saw that all the stuff in the dark cave was in Shen Jue's place, he thought that the kid was a lot of bad luck, but luckily he had already escaped. Shen Jue transported all his knives, guns, sticks, clothes, shoes and socks to his house, saying that he was afraid of being stolen and kept them for him. Although I don't know why Shen Jue felt that someone would want to sneak away from the fire map, sweat towel and trousers.

He also used the name of Xiahou Lin, and there are countless people with the same name in the world. Some of Shen Jue's cronies should have guessed his identity, but many of them were not clean themselves. Most of Shen Jue's cronies were from all corners of the world. Some of them had been horses, some had sold illicit salt, and some had even been pirates. Now that they can settle down, Shen Jue helped them clean up. In their eyes, Xia Houlin was also a talented person recruited by Shen Jue.

In the depths of the street, there was the sound of chariots and horses. Xu Ruoyu, who was standing opposite Xia Houlin, pursed his lips and learned a few bird calls. All the fans immediately alerted, holding the hilt of the knife in their right hand, sticking to the pillar, and looking at the distant man. dark.

Xu Ruoyu is the long character of Chen, and he was the one who played the role of King Fu last time. The festive face has already restrained the smile, and the corners of his eyes and brows are full of cold killing intent.

The two carriages drove over one after the other, and soon entered the center of Qianmen Street. Fanzi rushed out, hand crossbows on their arms, blocking the carriage's path, Xu Ruoyu showed his teeth and shouted sharply: "Dongchang take people, the people inside, come down and check!"

The carriage did not move, as if it were dead. In the empty night, only the breathing of the fans could be heard. The fans were surprised to find that neither of the two carriages had a driver on the shaft. The carriages and horses parked silently in the middle of the street, like a hearse coming from the underworld.

"Again, the people inside, come down!"

As soon as the words fell, a small and sharp sound suddenly sounded in the air, Xia Hou frowned, knocked away Xu Ruoyu, and quickly drew his sword. Mercury-like sword light burst out, and two short black arrows collided with the drawn sword one after another, and two silver fluorescent water droplets splattered.

Xu Ruoyu roared: "Release the arrow! Go!"

The crossbow arrows shot into the night, whistling into the curtain of the carriage, but only a few muffled sounds were heard, and then the sound disappeared, as if escaping into an unknown void. Fanzi put away their crossbows and drew their knives out of their sheaths. The golden hilt and swallowing mouth of the Yanling Knife gleamed in the darkness.

Xia Houlin jumped onto the car and slashed with a horizontal knife. The car curtain shattered into four pieces and fell, revealing the empty carriage behind. There's no one in the car! Xia Houlin realized that something was wrong, but it was too late! Like something icy pierced his back, the assassin's intuition forced him to raise his head, and a chilling arc fell on his head, and at the same time there was a sour swishing sound, it was the blade piercing the wooden board under his feet, towards He is approaching!

Clamp up and down!

Xia Houlin rolled on the ground and entered the carriage. The hem of his clothes was cut by the tip of a knife that emerged from underneath. Xia Houlin didn't stop, and slammed into the back of the car. The blade was in the vanguard, piercing the wall with the force of his forward attack. He heard the dull sound of the knife stabbing into the flesh and blood, and red blood flowed out from the blood groove of the knife. He hit the board again, the board collapsed, and he plunged into the night against the board. The plank fell to the ground, torn apart, and there was a black-clothed man under it.

These knifemen lurked behind the back of the car and under the chassis, crawling on the carriage like spiders. Xia Houlin roared: "Pay attention to the top and bottom!"

Fanzi surrounded the carriage and threw iron hooks. The hook claws stubbornly bites on the perimeter of the car, the fans on both sides exert force at the same time, the entire perimeter of the car collapses, the wood chips fly, the figure of the man on the roof falls, and the long, narrow and straight knife held in both hands is as cold as frost in the dust. . The man below also climbed up, back to back with his companions. Fanzi rushed over, and in an instant, the knife and the knife strangled each other in the air, and the light of the knife splashed like rain.

Xia Houlin walked to the front of the second carriage, struck the back of the carriage with the back of the knife, and said, "Come down."

The curtain of the car was opened by a hand, and a thin man's cheek appeared in the darkness. Behind him was a woman and two children, a boy and a girl, who looked like ten years old.

Li Xian looked at Xia Houlin, his lips trembled, and said, "You and I know Shen Jue's means, let me live, and I will give you all my wealth."

"No." Xia Houlin continued to use the back of his knife to knock on the car, and his voice seemed to be urging him, "Come down."

"You are a good man, how can you be willing to be Shen Jue's lackey!"

Xiahou smiled disdainfully, "That's better than being Weide's underdog. Besides," he licked his lips, and added, "My director Jun, let alone being a dog, is the mud under his feet, I would also like to. !"

"You!" Li Xian's eyes gradually darkened, "Then only... offend!"

The sharp sword light burst out, and Li Xian jumped out of the carriage, the three-foot-long sword light in his hand slashed down like a landslide. Xia Houlin held the knife in his backhand and slashed the opponent's blade. The dazzling light of the knife seemed to cut into Li Xian's eyes, causing him to close his eyes subconsciously. Xia Houlin raised his foot and kicked, and Li Xian backed into the car, causing severe pain in his lower back. Xia Houlin turned the blade over and slashed at Li Xian's neck with the back of the blade, intending to knock him unconscious.

Li Xian thought that Xiahou Rin was going to kill him, widened his eyes in horror, pulled his left hand, dragged the girl from the carriage down, and blocked him in front of him. Xia Houlin obviously did not expect his move, and stopped at the moment when the back of the knife slashed the girl's forehead. Li Xian gritted his teeth and pushed the girl towards Xia Houlin, Xia Houlin hugged the girl, and Li Xian's blade followed.

He actually planned to slash with his daughter and Xia Houlin with one knife!

The blade was blowing in the wind, and a thin layer of frost seemed to form on his face. The girl just held down Xia Houlin's right hand, and he couldn't swing the knife! In a hurry, everything happened between lightning and flint, Xia Houlin didn't have time to think, he subconsciously hugged the girl and turned around quickly, using his shoulders to resist the slash.

Frost hairs appeared on his shoulders. He closed his eyes and waited for the slash to fall. However, the expected slash did not succeed. Xia Houlin opened his eyes and saw Shen Jue holding a static iron beside him. Looking at the pitch-black blade of iron, the tip of Jingtie's blade sank into Li Xian's chest, and blood dripped on the ground.

Li Xian stared at Jing Tie in a daze, the knife in his hand fell to the ground with a bang.

The girl in Xia Houlin's arms burst into tears and buried her head in Xia Houlin's shirt.

Shen Jue stared gloomily at the girl, Fanzi had already cleaned up all the swordsmen, and rushed over to see Shen Jue. Shen Jue looked around with a sneer, and said, "Our family passed by, let's see how you guys are doing. The result really opened our family's eyes. It took so much work to catch Li Xian!" , Seeing that the doll was still snuggling in Xia Houlin's arms, his face suddenly became grim, "Xiahou Lin, what are you still holding this girl, can't you let go!"

Xia Houlin: "..."

Xia Houlin carried the child back to the woman, but when the woman pushed the child, the girl fell to the ground and smashed her head.

"What's the use of asking you! Even people can't stop it! This is good, your father is dead! It's over, we're all over!" The woman clapped her hands and scolded her, and the girl threw herself on the ground and cried.

Xia Houlin hurriedly helped the girl up, opened her hand to look at the injury, and yelled at the woman, "Are you sick! You fucking let your daughter block the knife!?"

"She's not my daughter! She's a little slut raised by a slut! A little slut! Killing her own mother doesn't count, and she kills her father!" The woman became mad, and Hu Tian cursed. Shen Jue's ears hurt when she heard it, and she told Fanzi to drag him down. The boy stumbled and followed, crying and calling her mother. The sound of crying gradually faded away, and it came through the misty night, listening to the howl like a ghost.

Xia Houlin put the child on the steps by the street, took out a handkerchief to cover the wound on her forehead, and asked her what her name was. The child refused to answer, but continued to cry, her palm-sized face flushed with tears. Xiahou Lin had no choice but to turn his head to look at the center of the street. Fanzi were cleaning up the mess, carrying the body away, and the carriage. Xu Ruoyu pointed to the girl and asked Shen Jue a few words, Shen Jue answered impatiently, and Xu Ruoyu left. The people gradually disappeared, the girl was tired from crying, lowered her head silently, and asked her why she still didn't speak.

"It's almost done, send it to the Dali Temple quickly, she should stay with her mother-in-law." Shen Jue walked over and said.

"I heard that the women's family members of prisoners are going to join the Jiaofang Division. This child is so young, so he has to go there?" Xia Houlin asked.

"Or else? Are you feeding it?" Shen Jue said coldly.

Xia Houlin stood up and poked Shen Jue with his elbow, "Young master, please help. Your words will work. Who would dare to sway your will? This child looks so pitiful, please feel sorry for him."

Shen Jue glanced at the girl, her face wrinkled from crying, looking at the injured eye. Shen Jue had an unhappy expression on her face and said, "It's not my daughter, what do I feel bad for?"

Xia Houlin said cheekily: "Young master, I beg you! You should feel sorry for me. If you save your life with all your might, and then send it to the Jiaofang Division, won't you save it in vain?"

Xia Houlin said a lot, but Shen Jue only heard the words "I feel sorry for me". This is his person, who doesn't feel bad for him? Shen Jue softened her heart and wanted to agree, but she was afraid that Xiahou would be flooded with kindness, and he would ask him to help any cat or dog he saw on the street. Then he said with a cold face: "This is the only one, the next one is not an example. Wei Dang is involved in a wide range, and people are sent to the Jiaofang Division every day, please don't let me save them, Dongchang is not a temple, and I am not a Bodhisattva, no one. Donate incense to me."

"I know," Xia Houlin said, "I'm not a Bodhisattva either. I can help me if I can, but forget it if I can't." He smiled and said, "However, where should we put her? I don't know. I can take care of children, and there is no one else at home but me, what should I do?"

Shen Jue greeted a long attendant and ordered him to pick up the child. "Let Lianxiang take care of it. Tomorrow's Mid-Autumn Festival, Lianxiang will ask you to come over for dinner. There will be a banquet in the palace. I'm not sure if I will come back. You don't have to wait for me."

Shen Jue's carriage was getting farther and farther, and Xiahou Lin held the yanling knife and slowly walked home.

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Cishou Palace.

The queen mother sat in front of the bronze mirror and brushed the Di bun on her head with her fingers. Zhu Xia opened the dressing gown, and the queen mother picked out a pair of hairpins with gold inlaid jewels and butterflies. see?"

The queen mother put her hand on Zhu Xia's arm and said slowly: "Then let's take a look."

When he walked outside, the little emperor's essays were all laid out on the table, and they were already spread out. The queen mother sat down and took a look. Don't look at it, the more you look, the more angry you become. Words are like dogs crawling. Mencius has studied the meaning of the classics for so long, and the articles written are still unreasonable. The queen mother was so angry that she patted the table and pointed at the human: "Call the emperor over, Aijia wants to ask questions!"

Zhu Xia persuaded her to be relieved, and the person sent out not long after leaving, came back and said, "Long live is having a good time in the leopard room. If you say that Empress has something to say, you don't have to ask him to come."

The queen mother was so angry that her eyes darkened, and she said hatefully: "This is the opposite! I don't even listen to what my mother said! Who is with him in the leopard room!"

The people below whispered back: "It's Eunuch Shen, and Eunuch Jiang and the others. When the slaves went, Eunuch Shen served as a horse for His Majesty."

"Okay! It's the gang of killers under Shen Jue's hands again!" The Queen Mother clenched her fist, Dan Kou stabbed into her palm, and the red blood seeped out.

Zhu Xia chased the people out, rushed over to break the queen mother's fist, and kept persuading him: "Niang, don't be angry, how can you be so angry! Shen Wenxing's gang of killing talents are hooking your majesty and not learning well! Jingri is either going to the Leopard House or sawing wood in the Qianqing Palace! Eunuch Shen has a lot of business, he has to manage the East Factory outside, and he has to manage the internal affairs inside. Tell Eunuch Shen!"

The Empress Dowager finally calmed down, opened her palm and saw that it was already dripping with blood, Zhu Xia was so distressed that she shed tears, and hurriedly went to find medicine for the golden sore. Zhu Xia squatted to help her apply the medicine, the queen mother looked down at her shiny bun, her hair was combed back, revealing a full forehead, but her appearance was okay, why couldn't she hold Shen Jue's heart? Back then, she tried her best to give Zhu Xia to Shen Jue just for this. Thinking about it, men are all affectionate, especially Shen Jue's crotch is missing a piece, and he doesn't care about the affection between men and women.

"You and Shen Jue are still the same?" the Queen Mother asked.

Zhu Xia blushed and bowed her head: "Shen Wenxing sent Shen Wenxing to send rouge over a few days ago. It is said that people from Dongchang called Gaoli to collect it, and they also took a pleasant name, what is it called 'Yipinchun' . That day, the servant happened to have something to do, and he came back so late. Shen Wenxing waited under the poisonous sun for a long time, saying that Eunuch Shen ordered him to hand it over to the servant."

The queen mother raised her eyebrows and asked, "Oh? Why didn't you see him so attentive before?"

Zhu Xia slowly put away the golden sore medicine and said, "Niangniang, you forgot that Eunuch Shen was still under Wei Thief's hands, how could he be so mad? When I encountered a few heart-rending words, I once asked the slave-handmaid's Jiaosha, and the slave-handmaid was strange. How did he know that the slave-handmaid had this disease? In the end, guess what he said? He said that the slave-handmaid was not with you before that day. It was strange to be with me, so I specially sent someone to ask, only to know that the slave was ill."

The queen mother was overjoyed, poked Zhu Xia's shoulder, and said, "You little hoof, you are still hiding from Aijia. Aijia thought you two had nothing to do at all!"

Zhu Xia gave the Queen Mother angrily, turned around, and said, "What do you call a servant girl! Are you still in a hurry to come to you, saying that yesterday Eunuch Shen brought a handkerchief again, and today Eunuch Shen brought a hairpin again. Ring! Shame!"

The Empress Dowager laughed. Sure enough, love is a bottomless abyss, who can escape? So does the eunuch. The queen mother wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, made a sad look, and said, "Ai, you have been with Ai's family for so many years, and Ai's family is very happy to be able to marry a good husband! But this Shen Jue is really not a person. It's easy to control. Look, His Majesty only knows how to play and delay his homework. He wants to raise the children of the Ai family!"

Zhu Xia changed his face and said hurriedly: "Niangniang, you misunderstood him. The slave will call him here, you should ask questions! If he does something bad, you will punish him!"

The queen mother shook her head, pulled Zhu Xia's hand over and put it in her palm, and said, "Aijia knows that you are all for me, and Aijia doesn't want to make trouble with Shen Jue in that kind of land. The only way to do it now is to take Shen Jue's seat. Let him be planted, and let the killer be far away from long live, long live can you work hard! Don't worry, take his seat, you don't have to deal with him and treat him badly. And let him stay in the supervisor of li. It's up to him to pick and choose! You think, you have a higher status than him, and he doesn't have to listen to you in everything?"

Zhu Xia frowned, knelt down, and said, "What Niangniang said. Niangniang can rest assured, and Zhu Xia can still distinguish the priorities."

"What you have to do is to hold Shen Jue's heart tight, and when necessary, spy on some information and come back, Aijia has a bottom line." The queen mother slowly grasped Zhu Xia's hand and said, "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, Daxing The emperor's filial piety has not yet come out, everything in the palace is simple, Aijia let Shen Jue go back to rest early. You go to his house first, and arrange it properly. Men, just love virtuous women who run the house and experience ups and downs outside. , when I got home, the woman ironed him, which made my heart warm. He heard that the house was very deserted. You should work hard to make it more lively. Ordinarily, a mansion is so big, how can it be done without a mistress. You can listen Understood?"

Zhu Xia nodded heavily.