The showers were in a hurry, and suddenly stopped at sunset, leaving the ground covered in red. The shadows of the sun are skewed, the night color is layered, and the sound of the dripping of the sycamore leaves spreads a wetness in the dark night.
Chu Mingyun pushed out the door, walked into the atrium, took out the blue whistle in his sleeve and summoned the black feather bird, stuffed a secret letter into the bamboo tube and let it fly away.
The branches and leaves of the phoenix tree are green, and footsteps suddenly sounded in the silence, as if someone was walking quickly from outside the courtyard, from far to near.
Chu Mingyun retracted his gaze from Yuanwang, and looked back inadvertently, the courtyard gate was full of shadows, and suddenly a white shirt passed by, which was very conspicuous.
He frowned slightly, and flashed behind the man in a blink of an eye, "… Master Su?"
The other party's figure froze suddenly, and then turned around, Su Shiyu's face appeared in the dim and fuzzy lamp shadow, he nodded, as an answer.
Chu Mingyun frowned, then stretched it out and chuckled, "What are you doing?"
He didn't say a word, looked around and found that there was no one there, relieved, put his index finger to his lips and silently 'shh', then turned around and walked towards Chu Mingyun's room.
Chu Mingyun stared thoughtfully at his movements, followed him back to the room at his signal, closed the door and leaned up, copying his hands to look at him. The other party turned around and took a few steps closer, and Su Shiyu's gentle and handsome face approached with a smile.
Chu Mingyun let him get close, swept his eyes coldly across his face, and looked straight into those eyes. The other party lowered his eyes, staggered his gaze, turned his head slightly, and moved slowly and ambiguous as if he was about to kiss him.
But not proportionate.
Chu Mingyun suddenly raised his hand and choked his throat to lock it, the sound of bone cracking was accompanied by the crisp sound of 'dang bang', and a short knife fell out of the plain white sleeve. He raised his hand and tore off a human-skin mask, and the delicate face exposed under it suddenly turned purple, and when he opened his mouth, blood gushed out, struggling beyond words.
The mask is soft to the touch, very similar to human skin, and the workmanship is exquisite. Chu Mingyun carefully looked at the candlelight for a moment, and sneered: "I don't even learn half the modalities, and dare to pretend to be Su Shiyu to assassinate me." He raised his hand and raised his hand. He got the other party's feet off the ground, "Let me think about it, should I praise you for your courage, or should you think your life is too long?"
There was a broken and painful whimper in the other's throat, and it trembled violently, the tense body softened, and there was no breath.
Chu Mingyun let go, and the corpse fell to the ground dully. He didn't even bother to look at it, and instead handed the mask to the candle flame, which burned into a black ball, and an indescribable strange smell filled the room.
Chu Mingyun frowned for a moment, then raised his feet and walked towards Su Shiyu's courtyard.
After a few songs in the corridor, suddenly someone came towards him, it was the single Yuwen Falcon.
The night is getting darker, and there are lanterns hanging on the veranda of the scarlet palace, and there is no sound in the surroundings.
Chu Mingyun turned a blind eye and walked forward, just about to pass him. Yuwen Falcon suddenly stopped, recalling the embarrassing situation in the daytime. How can I not think of what Chu Mingyun said to Su Shiyu at that time, so that a gentle and Confucian person can reach such a level, and his resentment will last a lifetime, and his sarcastic words will naturally come out: "General Chu is so late. Do you still have something to do?" Yuwen Falcon snorted and laughed, "That's right, it's hard to imagine how a beauty like a general got into this seat."
Chu Mingyun stopped when he heard the words, looked at the lanterns not far away, and suddenly asked, "Who are you, Yuwenxiao?"
Yuwen Falcon was inexplicable for a while, "It's my emperor's eldest brother."
"Listen to the tone, you admire him very much?" Chu Mingyun asked.
"Naturally." Yuwen Falcon looked at Chu Mingyun's back and couldn't help but feel a little arrogant, "When the eldest brother of the emperor swept the three states and twelve counties, you Han people couldn't eat it, such a spirit, even if we die in the battle, we are still us. Hero of the Huns! Who does not admire?"
"Heh, died in battle." Chu Mingyun laughed softly, looking back at him, half of his face was hidden in the shadows, dark and unclear, "Want to know how he died in my hands?"
Yuwen Falcon was taken aback, "What... what?"
"I wouldn't tell you if I wanted to come to the Xiongnu." Chu Mingyun slowly turned around and faced him, "Desert Vast Sea, I can go straight to a hundred miles to attack the city without getting lost, do you know why?"
"Why?" Yuwen Falcon asked subconsciously.
Chu Mingyun raised the corners of his lips and said with a full smile, "Your elder brother told me."
"Nonsense!" Yuwen Falcon said angrily, "Eldest brother Huang will never betray our Xiongnu!"
"Then how do you explain that I have never been ambushed in the desert?" Chu Mingyun raised his brows slightly and looked at him quietly, Yuwen Falcon choked for a moment, Chu Mingyun chuckled and continued: "Within ten moves I broke half of Yuwenxiao's bones and captured him alive. There was a piece of Haizi next to the camp where I was stationed, so I tied him upside down to a wooden post tied in Haizi."
Chu Mingyun's tone was light and casual, but his smile deepened, looking at Yuwen Falcon and said, "Would you like me to tell you how it feels?"
"I won't die, but the sea water will continue to pour into his mouth and nose, he has to struggle to breathe in the tide all the time, and the salty water will soak into his texture, lingering his wounds, and repeatedly tortured to the point of suicide. There is no time. Besides, the blood in the whole body will flow up the head along the way, and after a long time, the eyeballs will fall out, and the bones will roll to your feet. "
Yuwen Falcon stared blankly at the handsome man in front of him, smiled, and said words without a trace of emotion. It seemed that sea water was pouring into his chest, and the blood all over his body cooled down a little.
"He couldn't stand it in just two days. When he put it down, he lay at my feet. Do you know what it was like?"
His throat seemed to be blocked, Yuwen Falcon's face was pale, Chu Mingyun's meaning was clear to him, but he could only spit out one sentence: "You... how can you... how can you treat him like this?!"
"What's wrong with winning the king or defeating the bandit? Yuwenxiao should have this kind of consciousness when he massacred the city before." Chu Mingyun said, "Yuwenxiao said something similar to you when he first met me, he said that I am like this. A beautiful woman should be captured alive for entertainment in the army."
"When he was lying in front of me like a dog, I asked him: Your Royal Highness, now, do you still think I am beautiful?"
Chu Mingyun slowly approached Yuwen Falcon, he took a step closer, Yuwen Falcon took a step back, and finally his back was on the upper porch and there was no way to retreat. Chu Mingyun stood in front of him, leaned slightly to look into his eyes, and suddenly revealed a captivating smile, "His Royal Highness, do you still think I am beautiful now?"
Yuwen Falcon opened his mouth, but before he could make a sound, he was caught by his neck.
Chu Mingyun's smile faded away, and his eyebrows were as sharp as blades. "You really deserve to be young and energetic. You have never even heard the blood on the battlefield, so you dare to show off your power in front of me."
"You dare..." Yuwen Falcon grabbed his hand and hissed, "... let go!"
Chu Mingyun leaned over and said in a low voice, "I can tell you bluntly that there is nothing to talk about about the ceding land covenant. If all of them agree, then I will kill you. What about the war between the two countries, what do you think of me? Are you afraid?"
Yuwen Falcon grabbed his fingers and tried desperately to break them apart, but that hand was as firm as cast iron, the suffocation didn't rise, and only his red eyes stared at him stubbornly.
"However," Chu Mingyun suddenly released his hand and took a step back, "I don't think the king of the Xiongnu would be stupid enough to start a war with Da Xia for an unpopular son." Yuwen Falcon, who coughed in his throat, "What do you think?"
Yuwen Falcon struggled to calm down his breathing, without saying a word, his eyes completely darkened.