The sunset and the moon rose, and in the blink of an eye, officials from various counties came one after another. Cars and horses crowded the streets outside the gates, and the courtyards were brightly lit. The huge county governor's mansion was very lively, and even the chill of early autumn was warmed by the aroma of fragrant wine.
Looking around the court, more than half of the people had arrived. Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu sat down on the throne, and one of them stepped forward with a jug diligently, "Master Chu, Master Su, it's time for the lower officials to be courteous."
The person who came was the county governor of Hengshan County in Huainan. Su Shiyu recognized him and smiled back, "Sir Shen, long time no see."
"Yes, long time no see." Master Shen smiled and poured a full glass for him with the jug in his hand, "It's rare to meet, the banquet hasn't started yet, I'll give you a toast first!"
Chu Mingyun couldn't help but glance at him when he heard the words. Since they knew there was something wrong with Han Zhongwen, they naturally wouldn't touch the food and drink at the banquet, but they didn't expect that Liang Jin had just put medicine in the wine, so another toast came at this moment. Sure enough, Su Shiyu smiled and declined: "It's really rare to see each other, but tonight's meeting is for important things, so I don't drink alcohol anymore."
"Just a cup is nothing," Master Shen handed the wine glass over, "Look, I poured it for you, and it's okay to have a drink."
"Sir Shen, you don't have to be so polite, you can drink this glass of wine as well, just treat it as I respect you." Su Shiyu said mildly.
He was a little embarrassed to hold his glass empty, "Master Su really doesn't want to drink, or is it because my official position is low, you don't want to drink the wine I poured?"
"how come… "
"You don't have to persuade him in vain, he, it is estimated that he doesn't want to touch alcohol this month." Chu Mingyun suddenly said, and his smiling eyes swept over the waist of the person beside him.
Su Shiyu looked away solemnly. Fortunately, Lord Shen didn't carefully study the meaning of Chu Mingyun's words, and turned to him and said, "Then, Lord Chu, are you willing to reward this official?"
Chu Mingyun raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked without answering, "I drink this glass of wine and you go?"
Lord Shen smiled shyly, and handed the wine glass, "A glass of thin wine, let's talk to show respect."
Before Su Shiyu could stop him, Chu Mingyun took the wine and drank it, threw the jade cup back to him, and gave him an impatient look. Master Shen politely said, hurriedly walked away with the jug, and went to pay respects to Yuzhang and Lushan County Governor one by one.
Su Shiyu was surprised for a moment, then took out a small white jade bottle from his sleeve and poured out a few pills in the palm of his hand, "This is the antidote that A Yue gave me, most of the poisons can be cured, you take it first. I'll take your pulse again."
Chu Mingyun didn't say anything, he held down Su Shiyu's hand and shook his head.
"What's wrong?" Su Shiyu looked at him.
Chu Mingyun turned sideways, turned his head back, opened his mouth and spit out the wine.
Su Shiyu: "… "
Chu Mingyun turned around, raised his hand and wiped the corner of his lips, "What are you doing looking at me like this, can't help but want to kiss me?"
"… What do you think?"
The people who were talking had already arrived, and everyone sat down as non-voting delegates, and the court gradually became quiet. Han Zhongwen glanced slowly for a week, stood up from his seat, and said, "I believe that my colleagues here are aware of what happened in Huainan, and also understand the purpose of the Taiwei and the Imperial Censor. Tonight, Mr. Han will thank the entire Huainan. Thank you, two adults, for coming from afar."
Suddenly, there was a sound of thanks and reply.
Han Zhongwen looked at the host, "Do you two adults have anything to say?"
Chu Mingyun looked at Su Shiyu, Su Shiyu smiled lightly, and didn't refuse, "I won't say more about the things that are already clear. Since all the adults are here, I will take this opportunity to ask a question." He raised his eyes to the seated Liang Jin, who was on the side, spoke calmly and still, "A few days ago, Mr. Liang told me that there was news about the reinforcement general Luo Xin, but unfortunately, some accidents happened later and we couldn't talk about it in detail. I wonder if Mr. Liang can tell the news now?"
Everyone looked at Liang Jin in unison, Liang Jin took a sip of wine without changing his face, but avoided Su Shiyu's sight and did not speak.
"Master Liang?" Chu Mingyun urged.
Liang Jin put the cup on the table, and before he could speak, a scream rang out first.
They followed the sound. The maid covered her mouth in horror and stared at the county guard of Yuzhang County. The county guard's face was blue and purple. He was stunned and suddenly spit out blood, and then he planted his head on the table. up, stop moving. Before there was time to react, several screams sounded one after another, and five or six people fell straight down, their eyes suddenly bursting, and the death was exactly the same.
Su Shiyu could see and remember clearly that these people were all people who had just been toasted. Chu Mingyun turned his head and looked over, Shen Shen's eyes couldn't help trembling when he met him, and he hurriedly took a few steps to hide beside Han Zhongwen. Han Zhongwen was still sitting in the same position, but he did not know when the government soldiers surrounded him, his hands were on his waist, and he was ready to go.
When the incident happened suddenly, the attendants who came with them from Chang'an were originally guarding the periphery. After recovering, they rushed up to block Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu, and also held the hilt of the knife to be vigilant.
The scene suddenly stalemate, condensed to the extreme.
The sky was not good on this day, the night was as dark as ink, the stars and the moon were hidden behind heavy clouds, only the high-hanging lanterns trailed light, illuminating the courtyard brightly.
Chu Mingyun laughed lightly, and it sounded very clear at the moment, "It seems that there is no need to answer the question." He glanced at him calmly, "It's no wonder that he hasn't attacked us, it turned out to be waiting for today. So The rest of the people who didn't die are all yours?"
"Except for the two adults, all of them." Han Zhongwen looked at him, "Master Chu is really amazing, but fortunately I'm not naive enough to think that a glass of poisonous wine can solve you."
"It seems that it is not Luo Xin who has betrayed, but Master Han and all the officials in Huainan." Su Shiyu said in a low voice, "Since Master Han has turned his mansion into an asura field, presumably his wife and children have already been transferred?"
Han Zhongwen did not speak.
Chu Mingyun smiled without emotion, "Why don't you talk? You've come to this point, let's just make it clear. Bought Zhang You, hunted down the whole family of the Shouchun County Chancellor, and covered the sky with one hand in Shouchun and did whatever you want. You did it so beautifully, then did you kill the reinforcements?" After a slight pause, he said, "I don't believe that anything will disappear out of thin air. It's better to say that all this is a good show carefully arranged by you, in fact, there is no such thing. Why did King Huainan betray the party?"
"You are wrong, Master Chu." Han Zhongwen finally spoke, he stood up and stepped back a few steps, "Of course there are remnants left by King Huainan, otherwise who are these people?"
Before he finished speaking, the silhouettes of archers appeared on the eaves, dressed in black, exactly the attire of the men in black who met at the Prime Minister's house in Shouchun County that night.
"Fire arrows!"
Arrows fell in response to the sound, like rain. The others in the court were unpredictable, and they suddenly became a mess, screaming and running around, but they were inevitably shot by random arrows and fell to the ground. The attendants drew their knives to block. . Chu Mingyun stood up, rolled up his sleeves and waved off the oncoming arrow. He reached out his hand to grab Su Shiyu, but was suddenly pulled back by Su Shiyu and bumped into him unexpectedly.
Chu Mingyun was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to see the sword in his sleeve slip out, flashing between the handsome and fair phalanx, and then flew out into the distance, as fast as an arrow, but far stronger than the arrow, turning into a cold Mang Yidian brushed past the three arrows, directly piercing the chest of the archer who was alone at the corner of the eaves, with a string of blood flowers.
Among so many archers, only this one was specially prepared for Chu Mingyun. It was hidden in a blind spot that he couldn't see, and it fired three arrows in a row under the mixed sound of countless flying arrows.
It's just that they didn't expect this gentle and gentle censor doctor to actually know martial arts.
However, the opponent is a good archer after all. The positions of the three shots are different. Su Shiyu has no weapon in his hand again. He avoided the first two shots, but was finally pierced by the last arrow into his arm.
Su Shiyu didn't respond, not even a low hum, but Chu Mingyun's face changed abruptly, "Shiyu..."
"It's just a flesh wound, it doesn't matter." Su Shiyu let go of him and pulled out the arrow to throw it, but Chu Mingyun grabbed his wrist, he clearly saw the green light on the arrow cluster, his face was extremely ugly, "The arrow is poisonous. "
Su Shiyu broke his hand and threw the arrow, took out a white jade bottle and took a few pills, and even raised his eyes and smiled at him, "It's okay, I can hold it."
There was nowhere to hide. Under the attack of the arrow rain, most of the attendants died in order to protect the two of them, and the remaining few were injured and supported. Han Zhongwen didn't care that the people who had taken refuge were killed by mistake. The court was full of corpses and blood flowed into rivers. Only these people were left standing alone in the middle. The archers were changing their arrows and setting up their bows, and it was this gap that allowed them to talk, but then, they would definitely die. Thinking of this, the archers were also very excited, and with the last blow, they put the bowstrings together. After tightening to the extreme, let go of the arrow.
The arrows were swaying, and suddenly several black shadows passed by, and they came from nowhere. They stopped in the courtyard in the blink of an eye, and stood facing Chu Mingyun as the center. They blocked them all, and two people also held bows and arrows and raised their hands to shoot at the eaves. There were only six people, far less than the attendants who were just now, but when they stood in the courtyard, the atmosphere was stunned.
"Being late, please punish the Lord!"
Chu Mingyun didn't say a word, grabbed the horned bow in Shadow Guard's hand, drew three arrows and put them on it.
The shadow guard who was facing the row of archers heard the voice behind him, extremely cold, "Bow your head."
They didn't dare to hesitate at all, they leaned over in response, and then Li Feng swept over their heads, bringing out a sharp shriek. They looked up, and unexpectedly found that the three arrows did not go straight at the archer, but pierced through. The lantern hanging under the eaves, its momentum is unabated all the way up, shooting into the body.
The lantern burst, and the flames burst into flames on people, which quickly spread. The fire on the eaves suddenly shot into the sky, reflecting the gloomy sky, moaning and screaming one after another, and countless archers tumbled and fell down in pain, after falling to the ground. The fire soared again, and it burst into flames with a crackling sound.
Chu Mingyun held Su Shiyu in his arms. He didn't know whether the hundred poisons were effective or not. He clearly took the medicine, but his face became pale with the naked eye. Moreover, he was always good at concealing and covering up, and he never showed the slightest bit of pain. Instead, Chu Mingyun was even more distraught, too lazy to care about Han Zhongwen, "Shiyu, let's go out first."
Su Shiyu nodded, his thoughts were stagnant and sluggish, and the pain of insect bites was densely gnawing on the bones of the meridians, but he still pressed Chu Mingyun to pick up his hand, shook his head and said: "... I can go by myself, Take your sword."
"World Honor..."
"... I'll go by myself," he insisted.
"Tsk." Chu Mingyun had no choice but to hug him tightly, and turned his head to tell the Shadow Guard something. He was so close, but Su Shiyu couldn't hear clearly, it was blurry. He raised his eyes and saw the blazing fire not far away, Thick smoke billowed, suddenly felt a little cold for no reason, and suddenly heard a thin voice calling him:
"Little General..."
Su Shiyu was startled.
Chu Mingyun glanced at Su Shiyu, held his arm tightly again, and rushed out first, followed by Shadow Guard.
Han Zhongwen stared at them from the corridor in the distance, and shouted to the soldiers: "What are you still doing, stop them!"
The soldiers of the government rushed forward with their knives.
This mansion is full of green bamboos, lush and forested, and countless paths are connected by twists and turns. Han Zhongwen never imagined that it would be very beneficial to them now. Under the shadow of the bamboo leaves, it is dim and difficult to distinguish, the sword light flashes and extinguishes, the shadows move between the leaves and the blood is like splashing ink, splashing and dyeing the green bamboo.
Su Shiyu staggered violently under his feet, Chu Mingyun pulled him into his arms, and with a little light, he saw his face as pale as paper, full of cold sweat, "Shiyu, what's wrong with you, where does it hurt?"
The flesh and bones seemed to have been drilled and split apart, and even his chest was full of convulsions, but Su Shiyu pursed his lips and shook his head. After a moment's pause, he forced Chu Mingyun to break away, but he couldn't help falling because of the weakness under his feet. on the ground. Chu Mingyun knelt down and stared at him, and the shadow guards also stopped, surrounded them at a distance, and stared at the surrounding bamboo forest with alertness.
"you go first… "
"Don't even think about it." Chu Mingyun interrupted him directly.
It was a little laborious to speak, Su Shiyu spoke slowly, and analyzed it carefully, "Taking me will only be a drag, we can't get out, but as long as you escape, Han Zhongwen will keep my life as a threat. , won't kill me... It's not too late to discuss saving me when you return to the barracks." Seeing Chu Mingyun's expression, he added warmly, "... Be obedient, now is not the time to be self-willed."
The soldiers of the government had already discovered their positions, and many figures flickered outside the forest. Some of them had already rushed in to meet the shadow guards' blades, and the clamor began to rise. Although the opponent suffered heavy casualties, the victory was in the large number of people who attacked one after another. The shadow guards lost their physical strength and were injured.
Jin Ming's broken sound could be heard in his ears, Chu Mingyun clasped his shoulders tightly, and said in a cold and stern tone, "I prefer to be self-willed. It's my decision to take you away, it's not your turn to speak."
Su Shiyu smiled helplessly, and was about to speak, when the pain surged from his limbs to his head and exploded, he shook violently and covered his mouth, but the dark red blood kept overflowing from his fingers. A big drop fell, and it fell on the spot of blood on the front of Confucian white clothes.
"Shiyu!" Chu Mingyun panicked, grabbed his hand, and was at a loss as never before, "Shiyu... how are you..."
Su Shiyu stared blankly at the blood on his hands, chaotic. He couldn't hear Ming Yun's voice, but the other voice became clearer a little bit:
"Little General..."
He felt cold all over. It was so cold that it penetrated into the blood and bones.
"World Yu..." Chu Mingyun's voice trembled, seeing that his drooping eyes were like dry wells, dimmed without a trace of brilliance, Chu Mingyun held his hand tightly, but clearly felt the warm palm of his hand. It got cold a little bit, and his mind suddenly became blank. He leaned over and hugged him, "World Honor..."
Su Shiyu couldn't hear anything, there was silence in his ears, and then there was the sound of rushing rain, and the voice that was close at hand:
"Little General..."
Weak and almost nothing, it suddenly became clear, it was the moment of dying, it was the last breath of roar before dying:
"Little General, run away!"
That's too late. That's too late.
The blood that could not be covered, the redness on his hands, was washed away by the torrential rain and poured out again. He raised his eyes and looked into the distance. The battlefield was thousands of miles away, and the fire was extinguished by the torrential rain.
He saw raindrops hitting the mud puddles, splashing bloody water, and he saw corpses all over the place, all with familiar faces, unwilling to close their eyes, and the word escape in their mouths, and then he heard the approaching footsteps He heard another voice calling him.
"...Why?" He was unable to get up.
"No reason." The man stepped on the boy's back and looked down at him, "You look like a little girl, do you really know what it means to fight?"
As soon as he spoke, the muddy water mixed with blood choked into his throat, but stubbornly said: "We obviously believe in you so..."
"You have to believe me, can you blame me?" The man laughed mockingly, "Little girl, the whole army has been wiped out. If you want to blame it, you can only blame you for being stupid. You are stupid."
He was pulled by his hair and looked up at the same familiar face. The rain was pouring down, and the raindrops were cold and painful, but he stared at the man without blinking, "I will definitely Kill you," said every word, "I hate people who cheat and take advantage of their feelings."