The weather is hot and cool at night, but there are more pedestrians on the street than during the day, and the night snack stalls on the side of the road are crowded with people and it is very noisy.
Lu Xiao hurried through the crowd and asked several people before he found the location of Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
Turning in from the noisy street and walking a few steps into the alley, the bustling sound over there seems to have faded away, and the moonlight shone on the bluestone board, bringing some mottled light and shadow, making the alleyway even deeper.
Lu Xiao stood quietly at the entrance of the alley for a while, then Fang approached the gate and knocked on the side door next to it.
The door opened with a creak, and a big man leaned out, looked him up, and asked, "What's the matter?"
Although the big man was wearing the clothes of an ordinary gatekeeper, he carried a menacing aura. Lu Xiao stepped back slightly and said, "The student is entrusted by Mr. Zhu to visit Master Ling's house."
The big man looked left and right, pushed the door open, let Lu Xiao come in, then closed the door, and then shouted to those behind him: "Come and see Mr. Ling."
A person came out from the next hut, and said to Lu Xiao: "Follow me." Then he walked inside.
Lu Xiao was a little surprised, that's it? Don't ask anything else? He drew back the hand that was about to take Zhu Weili's letter from his bosom, took a few quick steps, and followed the man at a speed that was almost a trot.
Lanterns were lit on both sides of the road at a little distance. Lu Xiao scanned the two sides with the corners of his eyes as he walked. Not too far away, there were people wearing guard clothes standing quietly in the shadows. Walking in, there were quite a few people. , but no sound was heard.
Passing through several floors of courtyards, before arriving at a circular porch door, the person leading the way stopped in his tracks and said to the inside: "Someone was entrusted by Mr. Zhu to see Mr. Ling."
After a while, a young man flashed out from behind the door, glanced at Lu Xiao, nodded and said, "Come with me."
Passing through the round door, it is different from the majestic courtyard building outside. The inside is indeed a bustling and scenic garden, with all kinds of small courtyards in the shade of trees faintly visible.
Lu Xiao raised his heart, and followed the young man along the path. The young man's clothes were different from those of the guards outside. The black tights wrapped his vigorous figure, and every step he took seemed to have the agility and agility of a leopard. Strength.
The flowers and trees are lush, and the shadows of the trees are sparse. It seems that there is no one in sight, but Lu Xiao just feels that he is being watched all the way, sending him to the next round door.
"It is said that Mr. Zhu entrusted me to see Master Ling." After the young man finished speaking, a young man in the same attire walked out from the door. He just looked at him quietly, and Lu Xiao felt a chill down his back and broke out in a layer of cold sweat. come out.
Seeing him standing still, the young man frowned and asked, "Do you have a token?"
Lu Xiao hurriedly took out the letter from his arms and handed it to him. The young man walked a few steps, looked at the writing on the envelope by the lantern by the door, nodded and said, "Follow me." Seeing the sound of footsteps, looking back impatiently, seeing the man with his mouth open in shock, he said in a cold voice, "Go or not?"
When the young man approached the lantern, that heavenly face was clearly reflected in Lu Xiao's eyes, making him stunned as if struck by lightning. It turns out that there is such a beautiful person in this world who has never In the daydream, he came back to his senses, heard his cold jade-like voice, and unconsciously replied: "So what if you go? So what if you don't go?" As soon as the words came out, he suddenly came back to his senses, hurriedly slapped himself, and said with a smile: "Go, go!"
The boy turned around and left, Lu Xiao hurriedly followed, and asked flatteringly, "This brother, I'm next to Lu Xiao."
The boy didn't even glance at him from the corner of his eyes, and led him from the path to the inside. Although there were some lanterns and many people in the places I passed by, they always felt deserted, but after passing through the door just now, the inside was much more lively. Several small yards were brightly lit, and the interconnected paths Walking around, crisp laughter came along with the wind, and there was even the sound of the strings being plucked at random, teasing people's hearts one after another.
Walking to a yard by the lake, the young man stopped, knocked on the door, and said: "The person sent by Mr. Zhu, please see the head of the house."
The door opened with a creak, and the bright light and the lively sound inside came out immediately.
The person who opened the door was a young man in his twenties. He was tall and straight, with sharp and deep facial features as if carved out, and his eyes were sharp and cold. Wiped a cold sweat.
The young man turned sideways to let the two come in, then closed the door, turned his head towards the screen wall, and walked in.
Behind the screen wall is a large courtyard, under the shade of big trees, among the shadows of flowers, there is an open space paved with bluestone slabs in the middle, there are stone tables, stone chairs, and soft couches. The few people who gathered together were bursting into laughter.
Walking into the middle of the courtyard from the corridor, Lu Xiao only felt his heart beating faster.
The man leaning on the soft couch and looking at the chessboard in front of the woman in front of him, his black hair was pulled back loosely, and there was a faint smile on his beautiful and exquisite face. Charming elegance.
Sitting under the hand of the woman, while lightly plucking the strings on the piano table next to him, the man who pointed at the woman with a smile, his facial features don’t look good separately, but after such a combination on his face, they are so perfect But picky, the slender fingers that pluck the strings are as if carved from suet white jade, and when they raise their eyes and eyebrows, they are peerless.
Lu Xiao couldn't lift his feet, but he saw the man standing behind the woman raised his eyes, and looked at the face that he had neglected with a pair of sparkling pupils with a sense of coldness. Immediately, that face became vivid, and it was so handsome that it made people's heart beat.
"who?"
A clear female voice brought Lu Xiao back to his senses again, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I'm here, Lu Xiao, who was entrusted by Mr. Zhu to pay a visit to Master Ling."
The woman laughed, threw the chess piece in her hand, and said: "Mr. Lu who is familiar with party affairs and can use the smallest manpower, the most damaging tricks, and the most shameless methods to mess up the party affairs?"
Lu Xiao's face darkened unknowingly, feeling that it would be a shame to be slandered in front of so many beautiful men, so he raised his voice a little bit before he knew it: "I'm using tactics! I only want the result, not the process. That's all!"
"Haha," the woman stood up with a smile, and said, "That's very good, I am Ling Qingyu."
Uh? The person who is in charge of the house and who can order Zhu Weili is actually a woman? !
"Master, the sour plum soup is ready." A clear voice sounded from the side, and Lu Xiao unconsciously turned to the side to let the blond boy pass by.
Uh? Blonde boy! The boy was blond and blue-eyed, so beautiful that he couldn't describe it, and his figure was much taller than Zhou's. His slender legs seemed to reach the woman's side after only a few steps.
From the moment this person came in, the expression on his face was colorful, which really made people want to laugh, but thinking of Zhu Weili's praise of this person in the letter, Ling Qingyu still respected him very much: "Mr. Take a night off, let's talk tomorrow?"
Lu Xiao pulled back his soul that had run away again, lifted his chin, and asked, "I want the party to perish, can you really help me?"
"What do you need?" Ling Qingyu asked after sitting back in the chair, making a please gesture.
"Five million taels of silver, two boxes of jewels and jade," Lu Xiao said word for word as he walked towards the chair, "and two hundred people who can strike innocent women and children without hesitation."
"Silver jewelry is fine." Seeing Lu Xiao sit down, Ling Qingyu frowned slightly and asked, "A good player? How good is it?"
"There are many clans in the party, and there is a lot of friction between them in order to compete for territory. I need someone to dress up as them and provoke their fights." Lu Xiao smiled and said: "As for how good it is, I will You have to know how good the subordinates in charge can be." Before he finished speaking, he felt a chill in his ears, and a strand of hair fell leisurely on his dusty long gown.
Uh! Looking up stiffly, watching the beautiful young man slowly put the sword back into the scabbard, Lu Xiao said: "I need to be proficient in the language of the Dangxiang clan, and imagine the figure of the Dangxiang clan, good at riding horses, experienced Soldiers who have been on the battlefield." Such a level is called an assassin, right? This is not a good player, this is called a master!
"It's easy to handle. You can go to Meng Su's place and pick two hundred people." Ling Qingyu smiled and shook his head. Wouldn't it be enough to make it clear to this person
"Sanlang, take Mr. Lu to rest. Let's talk in detail tomorrow, okay?" Ling Qingyu turned to Lu Xiao and asked.
After driving for several days, he was already dirty and tired, and when he got a reply that all the conditions were agreed, Lu Xiao immediately smiled and said, "Okay!" His eyes swept over the people in the yard again unconsciously. Know who Saburo is? what! Saburo, what a daydream!
"Yes! Sir, please come with me!" A young man walked out from the corridor, with curved eyebrows and a smile on his face as bright as the sun in daytime. He ran up to him in a few steps and said with a smile.
Lu Xiao saluted Ling Qingyu, followed the young man who seemed to be jumping while walking, and walked out of the courtyard, walked through several paths, and arrived at a much quieter courtyard nearby.
The young man pushed open the door of a side room and said, "Then ask someone to fetch water for you. The mattresses are all new, so you can use them at ease."
The young man who accepted the excessively bright smile returned to his original sharp-edged appearance, with a straight nose bridge, rosy thin lips with a habitual curvature, and a pair of clear and transparent eyes, as if reflected in the starry sky .
There are so many gorgeous ones! When Lu Xiao sat in the wooden barrel, the images of those people were all dangling in his head. Although, in terms of appearance, he was naturally the boy who was like a man from that day, with such a cold temperament, so beautiful Even the Saburo is very handsome when he is serious. Of course, he also looks good when he smiles. He is good-looking and cute, and he has two small canine teeth.
If he knew my poor hobby, would that boy treat me like my poor hair? oops! Even if he was knocked off, by such a beautiful person! I, Lu Xiao, are also willing!
Ice cubes were placed in the study, which was cooler than outside. Ling Qingyu held a charcoal pencil in his hand, and while talking with Lu Xiao, he took notes on paper.
Lu Xiao, who tidied up neatly, was also a handsome scribe with white face and red lips, smiling eyes, gentle and polite, speaking at a steady pace, analyzing the current situation of the party project bit by bit.
As far as Ling Qingyu knew, half of the reason why Xixia was able to win the Northern Song Dynasty was because of the strong soldiers of Xixia, and half was because of the three scribes who took refuge in the past.
Now I heard from Lu Xiaoyi that those three scribes had indeed taken refuge in the past, but they were not as highly valued as she knew, and the Queen Mother Liang who is now in power is a very suspicious person, because her original position came from the same place. It's not right, anyone who looks at it will feel that there are ulterior motives.
Lu Xiao sipped his tea, looked up at Ling Qingyu who wrote on the paper in characters he couldn't understand. According to Zhu Weili, this person had never been to Dangxiang, but the questions he asked and the things he said casually , but it is definitely not something that a person who doesn't understand party items can come up with!
Moreover, Lu Xiao's thoughts ran away again, looking at the handsome and handsome man standing beside her, who had placed the map and the things she wanted to check in front of her before she mentioned it, took another look, and came in quietly After refilling the tea, the blond boy who had freshly cut fruit was placed on the table, then he glanced at the handsome man who was half leaning on the soft couch behind her, and swallowed his saliva.
"So, Mr. Lu intends to imitate Zheng Henggong's trick of killing with a knife?" Ling Qingyu's words brought him back to his senses, and he glanced at Ling Qingyu in a little surprise, and said with a smile: "Do you think it's okay for the head of the family?"
"No, this plan is very good." Ling Qingyu smiled. Divisiveness, instigation, and the use of doubts that cannot be eradicated in human nature may be just a small seed at first, but when the seeds take root, they will involuntarily look at everything with suspicion, as long as Doubt arises, and cracks arise. For the current situation of the party project, it is perfect!
"I will send someone to take you to Yinzhou. Money, jewelry and people will be prepared for you there. From now on, it will be up to Mr. Lu." Ling Qingyu smiled. This plan is simple to say, but it is not easy to do. It depends on the ability of the person doing things. Lu Xiao is so familiar with the affairs of the party. Let alone other things, this heart and the ability to collect information are worth a gamble. .
The roof of the main house has a very wide view, but the sun is hot, even with the cool breeze blowing from the lake, it is really not a good place to go.
Ye Shixi sat on the ridge of the roof. He thought he was dead that day. When he woke up the next day, he had no breath in his body. He lay on the bed for two days and took a lot of good medicine brought by Alan. Gaining the strength to stand up, but then he found that when he practiced again, his internal energy gathered extremely quickly, and it took only a few days for him to break through the seventh layer of the Bihai Tidal Kungfu. The speed returned to normal. Although he gave Ling Qingyu everything he had, he also washed his own body accordingly, and then he could go further.
He buried his head in his arms, and there was a commotion in his body again. As long as he thought of her, and that night, he couldn't help but want to get close to her, hug her, kiss her, thinking of the two bodies blending together When they were together, the ultimate happiness, the happiness that made him want to die.
Ying Jiu glanced at the person in the window, his tall figure swept up to the roof. Ye Shiyi raised his head sharply, he had already pulled out half of the sword, seeing that it was Ying Jiu, he gently pushed the sword back, and then lowered his head.
After that time, his martial arts went up to a higher level again, now I don't know how many tricks I can fight against him? Ying Jiu sat down beside him while thinking.
Thinking of the boy's face when he was guarding on the roof the night before, when he heard the sound of **** coming from the bedroom below, Ying Jiu rubbed his head, thinking that this kind of thing was actually what Ying Thirteen said It's better, but Ying Shisan has never been able to truly forgive him, and won't say a few words to him, so how can he remind these things.
Why wasn't he at the beginning? Seeing her with Yan San together, hearing that groan while guarding, that kind of physical impulse and severe pain in his heart made him hide in Lingjia Village for more than half a year. After heartbroken lovesickness, I asked my heart clearly.
"Eleventh, I told you to marry a good wife, do you still remember?" After thinking for a long time, after searching his stomach, Ying Jiu said.
Ye Shi nodded.
"If you can't stand it, go find someone else."
"Brother Jiu, why don't you go find it?" There was no excitement as expected, Ye Shiyi's reaction was very flat, but this rhetorical question made Ying Jiu startled, and then smiled: "I'm too small-minded, I can't pretend to be someone else gone."
Ye Shiyi lowered his head and remained silent.
Ying Jiu didn't know what to say for a while, he just liked her at first, when she was like his master, after a long time, he felt the difference in her heart, the fluorescent soul in the secret cave asked him if he would like it Only then did he know that he would be willing to do anything for her, and then, in the month before Lingjia Village, he missed her day and night, recalling the fragments of being with her over and over again, and then Yan Woke him up at seven, Yan Qi said, why are you so troubled? It's a man who loves and loves, what's so hard to admit! At that time, he realized that it was not just liking, it turned out to be love.
Understand love, but it is even more painful, because no matter how much you love, if you love with your whole life, that person will not be yours...
In the next six months, he practiced desperately, only thinking that if he could catch up with Yan San, maybe he still had some chances.
But when he saw her and Yan San again, he knew that he was no match for Yan San, no one in this world could match Yan San. At that time, Yan Qi also asked him if he was willing to give up and find another woman to marry another wife, so it wouldn't be so hard and painful.
How can you give up, and how can you give up? How can you give up the love that has been carved into your bones and blood! Thinking of the original mood, Ying Jiu unconsciously brought a wry smile on the corner of his mouth.
Then guard your heart, Yan Qi said flatly at that time.
No matter who you love, no matter whether you will look back and see me who loves you, I will only keep my heart and guard by your side, as long as I can see that you are well, there is no need to ask for more.
As long as you look at me one more time, it is already a heavenly happiness.
"Eleven, you're still young..." With a light sigh, Ying Jiu whispered. You are still young, you still don't know what is liking and what is love, if you can't be like Su Mu, then give up, while you can't tell the difference now.
"Brother Jiu, I want to go to Dangxiang with Lu Xiao." Ye Shiyi interrupted Ying Jiu's words in a low voice. Seeing Ying Jiu's expression was startled, he said, "I'll be back in a few months. At this time, No one has dared to touch her yet, and Ye Po's Mohism mentality is about to hit the seventh floor. If Qi Ye raises Ye Fei's skills, I don't really need me here. I want to go to Dangxiang, and the things over there If it does, she will act better."
Ying Jiu choked, nodded unconsciously and said, "It's good if you go out for a while."
Ye Shiyi smiled lightly, and said, "Ninth brother, you said that you are small-minded and can't tolerate others, but Eleven's heart has long been given to her, so how can I have the heart to tolerate others? I understand what you want to say What is it, if I didn't understand it before, then I will know it that day. You don't have to worry about me, you can do it, and Ye Shiyi can naturally do it too."
"What's more..." Ye Shiyi smiled and swallowed the rest of the words. Besides, although she didn't remember or knew it, I knew that Ye Shiyi had already made a contract with Ling Qingyu, and his hand pressed down again unconsciously. Even if you don't love me anymore, Ye Shiyi still belongs to you only. No matter the body or the heart, even the soul has been fused with you and will never be separated again.