The bamboo shadows whirled, and the cold wind dyed the sleeves.
After Han Ya stuck the white jade hairpin into Li Qiushui's side neck, he took a few steps back calmly, but it seemed that he just didn't want to be stained with dirty blood.
He was not sad at all, and the ruthlessness and coldness in his eyes made people shudder.
Li Qiushui's death was so sudden that no Jackdaw Assassin could react for a while.
It was still Shen Chao who took a step forward and said, "My lord, the wound on your face..."
Han Ya touched the blood on the side of his face that was scratched by the silver needle. The wound was obviously deep, but he didn't seem to feel any pain.
"It's fine, wait till we go back to Tianque Mountain Villa." Han Ya said casually, looking at the gradually cold corpse in Li Changtian's arms, he shook his head helplessly, "Find a quiet and pleasant place, and build a grave for the princess. Tomb, bury her properly, and don’t miss any of the Buddhist rituals that should be done.”
"Understood..." For Han Ya's decisive killing, even Shen Chao felt lingering fear in his heart. He lowered his head and clasped his fists in response, and couldn't help feeling that Li Changtian might not escape death.
"As for this person..." Han Ya looked at Li Changtian, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Bring him back to Tianque Mountain Villa, put him in prison, watch him in prison."
Shen Chao was taken aback: "Take it back?"
"Yes." Han Ya nodded, and suddenly he gave Shen Chao a meaningful look, "Why, you also think I want to kill him?"
"I..." Shen Chao was startled by Han Ya's gaze, and lowered his head in panic.
"Actually, I didn't intend to take his life at all. I was just trying to test the princess. Who knew she would make such a fuss. Anyway, it's useless to keep her. After all, there must be a battle between the Central Plains and Beidi." Han Ya He said coldly, looking at Li Changtian, his tone was calm, "I don't want to take his life, because keeping him is still useful."
After finishing his sentence, Han Ya suddenly sneered a few times, and the eerie laughter echoed in the bamboo forest, making one's hair stand on end.
-
A few days later, Tianque Villa.
It's late at night, the moon is bright and the stars are thin, and the cuckoo on the mountain peak is singing the night moon, full of endless sorrow.
A person walked slowly into the heavily guarded attic full of guards.
The man silently walked to a wing with several guards standing at the door, took out a token to prove his identity, opened the door and walked into the wing.
This person is Ah Wu.
He seemed tired, his eyes were cloudy and bloodshot.
After Ah Wu stepped into the room, he closed the door tightly and inserted the bolt.
Then he went into the inner room.
The inner room is not big, and the furnishings and displays are clean and simple. There is a canopy bed with a soft tent next to the yellow wooden round table without patterns. Ah Wu walked to the side of the bed and looked down at the person huddled in the corner of the bed.
The man seemed to be afraid of something, with his arms around his knees, he was tightly huddled together, his wrists and ankles were tied with iron chains, and there was a heavy iron hoop around his neck, which made his white neck hair red.
Hearing the sound, the person huddled at the corner of the bed raised his head, seeing that it was Ah Wu, he laughed out loud, the meaning was unknown, and the laughter was weird.
This man, obviously insane, is a fool.
And this person is Li Changtian.
A few days ago, after Li Changtian was kidnapped by Jackdaw Assassin and returned to Tianque Mountain Villa, due to the severe blow he suffered, he became dumbfounded, curled up on the bed every day, laughing and crying for a while, thinking like a child.
When Han Ya heard about this, he didn't say much, but he just told people to take good care of Li Changtian.
"Hehe, hehe." Li Changtian looked up at Ah Wu and smiled.
Seeing Li Changtian's appearance, Ah Wu suddenly became furious, his eyes were bloodshot, he went forward and grabbed Li Changtian by the front, and slammed him against the wall.
"Woooooo!!" Li Changtian was taken aback, and cried with his head in his hands, "Don't hit me, don't hit me."
"Why! Why are you alive, but the princess... the princess..." Halfway through the words, Ah Wu's voice trembled, and he even started to cry.
"Woooooo, hehehe." Li Changtian cried and laughed at the same time. He looked at Ah Wu, as if he didn't understand his behavior at all.
"It's all you, you fool, who killed the princess!" Ah Wu roared angrily, "Why didn't you die earlier, why!"
"Woooooo." Li Changtian cried again, "Sister, I miss her so much, woooooo."
"Why...why..." Ah Wu's eyes were full of pain, he knew that Li Changtian couldn't understand his threats and roars, so instead of saying that he came to question and curse Li Changtian today, it would be better to say that he wanted to find a place to talk.
After asking "why" twice, Ah Wu suddenly started to cry, he let go of Li Changtian's clothes, knelt on the bed weakly, in front of Changtian, covered his face with his hands, and wailed loudly: "It's not you! , It was me, I was the one who killed her, it was me who told Master Han that you were going to escape, it was me, it was all me! But I hope Master Han can bring her back, I don’t want her to leave, why, Why did it become like this, isn't she the daughter of Lord Han, it's all my fault... Blame me..."
Ah Wu raised his hand suddenly, and slapped himself hard while crying, one by one, extremely hard, after counting, his disguised face distorted a little bit, and became distorted and terrifying.
He just cried and yelled, slapping himself until his cheeks were deformed and the corners of his mouth were bleeding.
"Hehehe." Li Changtian curled up, buried his head in his knees, and suddenly laughed foolishly, "Sister, treat me the best."
In the narrow and dark inner room, the doors and windows are closed tightly, and the moonlight cannot penetrate.
A madman is crying, a fool is laughing.
Very noisy.
-
More than half a month later, in the middle of mid-autumn, the situation in the capital was treacherous.
After being separated from Li Changtian Baidi City last time, Yan Shu, with the help of Shen Chao, found Master Xu Yixian. After the two obtained the hidden physical evidence, they hurried back to the capital.
The evidence that Han Ya colluded with Beidi and killed thirty-three Jinyiwei was placed in front of the emperor.
All of a sudden, political turmoil and coups occurred everywhere.
After all, the regent Han Ya is a big tree with deep roots. With such conclusive evidence presented in court, the emperor encountered resistance in impeaching the regent in court.
On that day, Yan Shu, as the imperial bodyguard, guarded the main hall, and saw three generations of veterans sighing to the emperor: "Your Majesty, do you really want to disown your relatives, disregard family relationships, and be unreasonable? It's not what people want." In the matter of Xiang, people are not sages and sages can do nothing, not to mention Han Wangye's actions, there may be grievances."
"Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the administration of the whip whip wins the hearts of the people. It is reasonable to be benevolent inside and righteous outside. Your Majesty, please think twice."
Voices of remonstrance, bitter words, every sentence weeping.
Look, what a wonderful word.
It can hide the truth, destroy people's hearts, turn black and white, and turn a deer into a horse.
It can make this clear Yu Yu muddy.
Even the emperor, who is usually vigorous and vigorous, fell silent under these questions.
He can deprive Han Ya of his rights, but he cannot order the raid on Han Ya's mansion, let alone send someone to arrest him.
Because Han Ya is his biological uncle, it is a rule passed down from generation to generation in Wu Yan's blood.
But on the second day, an urgent report from Shuofang about Beidi's border violation reached the emperor.
In the afternoon, regardless of the dissuasion, the emperor resorted to thunderous means to destroy relatives righteously, and the mansion of the regent Han Ya was raided.
When Jin Yiwei arrived at Han Ya's mansion, he found that all the important objects in his mansion had been completely destroyed, and the rest of the people were just some unknowing domestic servants.
It seems that Han Ya, an old fox, had already anticipated what was going to happen in the capital when he went to Baidi City.
Seeing that one wave is not flat, another wave rises again.
Just three days later, relevant officials of Baidi City came to report in a hurry, saying that the prefect was assassinated and died tragically in the mansion. Han Ya and Prince Shen, who went to Baidi City to recuperate fourteen years ago, took over the affairs of Baidi City.
But the first thing they did was to close the city.
Another three days.
The emperor sent 3,000 Imperial Army troops to Baidi City immediately. It was stated that he was sending people to find out why Lord Han Ya was doing this, but in fact he was arresting Lord Han Ya and returning to the capital to accept the crime.
Yan Shu, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, was appointed as the deputy commander.
But who is the leader, the emperor has not yet made a decision.
Until the day before the departure, a person appeared in the hall.
A person who has been away from the capital for ten years.
Dressed in silver mirror armor, he knelt on one knee in the hall with fists folded, shocking everyone.
The emperor looked at him, looked at his frost-stained sideburns, and thought for no reason that ten years ago, when he was just supported as a puppet emperor, he came to look for him.
He said: "You used to pretend to be crazy and foolish in order to survive, but now that you have a sharp sword hanging around your neck, do you still want to hide it?"
The emperor said at the time: "I also regret Ziqing's death, but you also know that Han Ya's power is too great to be easily shaken. What are you going to do against Han Ya?"
His eyes were firm, and his tone was cold: "My everything, my whole life."
But now, ten years have passed since he finished saying this sentence.
Life is short, there can be several decades.
In the court hall, the emperor looked at Qin Jueming, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Order, Shuofang Jiedu envoy Qin Jueming to lead 3,000 Imperial Forest troops to Baidi City immediately to arrest the rebels and protect peace."
Qin Jueming lowered his head so that people couldn't see his expression clearly, he said word by word.
"Follow the order."
He answered very calmly, but his hands were trembling slightly.
He looked up, and in a daze, he saw Yan Ziqing standing in front of him with a smile in his eyes.
Just like a certain winter day fifteen years ago.
In a youthful spirit, he went to look for Yan Ziqing in the Imperial Physician Hall covered with ginkgo leaves, and saw Yan Ziqing sitting at his desk, writing something on two pieces of red paper, while Xiao Yan stood on tiptoe watching.
Qin Jueming smiled and picked up little Yanshu to play with him, and asked Yan Ziqing, "What are you doing?"
"Write couplets." Yan Ziqing said with a smile, "It's almost winter, post it on the door to celebrate."
"What are couplets?" Qin Jueming said.
"Blessings." Yan Ziqing replied.
"Ah?" Qin Jueming was dumbfounded.
Yan Ziqing laughed suddenly, put his hands together, bowed to Qin Jueming, and said.
"I wish you all the best, the days will increase and the years will increase."
"I wish you, the spring is full of heaven and earth, and the family is full of blessings."
"I wish you good fortune forever."
"I wish you..."
Yan Ziqing's words of blessing lingered in Qin Jueming's ears, and he, who was kneeling in the hall, raised his head and said in harmony with the blessings.
"The minister will not disappoint the emperor, and bring the rebels back to Beijing..."
[I wish you...]
"Will die, don't say goodbye."
[Shouyu, Tianqi.]