Suzaku Street.
Xiao Jingkong did not go back to Bishui Hutong after school from Guozijian, but came here to find Gu Jiao after pestering Liu Quan.
Liu Quan knew that Gu Jiao was recovering from her injury and did not want the little guy to know the truth. He deliberately pretended that he didn't know the way, but Xiao Jingkong patted his chest: "I've been here before, I remember the way!"
The worst child in the family is Xiaojingkong, Liu Quan couldn't, so he had to bite the bullet and bring him over.
Gu Jiao's injury has greatly improved, but the gauze is still wrapped around her wrist and waist, and the little guy can see that Gu Jiao is injured at a glance.
Xiao Jingkong couldn't bear to blame Gu Jiao for hiding him, so he went to the study to find the bad brother-in-law who was writing a letter.
He had a dark face, his little hands behind his back, and his tone was particularly deep: "You are a deceiving and bad brother-in-law."
"How did I lie?" Xiao Heng asked.
"Jiaojiao is obviously injured, you don't even tell me!" Xiao Jingkong said resentfully.
"Just for this?" Xiao Heng smiled lightly, "I didn't lie to you, I just didn't tell the whole truth - my mother does have the old problem of angina, and Jiaojiao is indeed here to accompany her."
Xiao Jingkong frowned and thought about it seriously.
It seems reasonable to say that, but why does it feel that something is not right
"Okay, have you finished your homework today?" Xiao Heng decisively changed the subject, "Have you memorized the poetry collection of Yan Guo that Ming'er sent you last time?"
"It's almost finished, and some songs won't work." Xiao Jingkong said with akimbo, "but my progress is already moving forward, don't try to divert the topic, I'm not a child anymore! You can't fool me like I did when I was a kid. It's gone!"
Xiao Heng's mouth twitched.
The little monk is very skilled, and he knows that he won't be led by his nose.
Also, you are only five years old, what were you when you were young
Xiao Jingkong hugged her arms, stomped her feet, and hummed, "I don't care, you're just wrong!"
Xiao Heng raised his eyebrows: "Do you think it's wrong for me to hide from you, or do you think I've been with Jiaojiao for a few nights, are you jealous?"
Xiao Jingkong was stabbed in the sore foot, and his face flushed with anger: "Humph! Bad brother-in-law!"
Dr. Song can't see it anymore, how old is he, and he still bullies children to play
He called from the yard: "King Kong, I want to make medicine for Doctor Gu, do you want to come over with me?"
The sense of mission to boil medicine for Gu Jiao overcame the desire to win a battle with the bad brother-in-law, Xiaojingair gave the bad brother-in-law a bulging look, and stomped her feet out.
Said to boil the medicine, in fact, Dr. Song boiled the water and opened the medicine bag. Xiao Qingkong was only responsible for pouring the herbs into the jar, and then he obediently squatted on the side and guarded the jar.
Gu Jiao didn't like to drink medicine, but because Xiao Jingkong boiled it, she drank it very respectfully.
Dinner was eaten on Suzaku Street, only a few of them.
Xiao Jingkong asked strangely, "Why don't you see the princess and Long Yi? And Aunt Yujin?"
"They went out." Xiao Heng said, "Maybe they won't be back in a few days."
Gu Jiao glanced at Xiao Heng.
Xiao Heng whispered: "It's okay, I'm going to deal with that group of people."
After eating, Xiao Jingkong came to Gu Jiao's bed with a small pillow in his arms. He learned to be good, and he didn't ask the bad brother-in-law if he could stay here, because if he asked the bad brother-in-law, he would definitely disagree.
He simply crawled onto the bed, arched into the bed like a pig, and lay down beside Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao is looking at the piano score.
This is Xiao Jingkong's pair of "tattered" piano scores, and she will only look through it when she has nothing to do.
Xiao Jingkong rolled around excitedly in the bed: "Jiaojiao!"
"Huh?" Gu Jiao looked at the soft little guy beside her.
Xiao Jingkong looked at the sheet music in her hand: "Does Jiaojiao like to read sheet music?"
"Just look at it." I didn't say whether I liked it or not. As the number one agent in the organization, he is actually a cold-blooded killer. What about his liking for art
Xiao Jingkong said, "I like to watch it."
Gu Jiao asked, "Why?"
Xiao Jingkong's eyes rolled: "Well... it's beautiful!"
It's beautiful, I haven't seen it before.
Gu Jiao tucked the quilt for him: "Go to sleep."
Xiao Jingkong obediently closed his eyes.
He was just pretending to be good, but he wasn't sleepy at all. After a while, he quietly opened his eyes and moved his little body under the quilt, sticking tightly to Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao couldn't see through his little gestures, and flipped through the piano score in her hand in a funny way.
"what?"
Xiao Jingkong suddenly called out.
"What's wrong?" Gu Jiao asked.
Xiao Jingkong turned over, lay on the bed, and pointed at Gu Jiao's waist with her little finger: "Jiaojiao, you also have a flower here!"
Gu Jiao was wearing a short jacket and pajamas, and she didn't care that the corner of the pajamas was lifted up, revealing her slender, snow-white waist.
Gu Jiao could not see the position of the waist fossa.
She sighed and said, "Is it a big flower?"
"Well... so big!" Xiao Jingkong gestured with his finger.
It's small, about the size of a knuckle.
Should be a birthmark.
Does her small body have so many birthmarks
Xiao Jingkong pointed to her waist and asked curiously, "But why isn't this flower red? It's cyan!"
He likes red flowers.
But if it grows on Jiaojiao, then the blue one is not bad!
Gu Jiao couldn't see it herself, but even if she saw it, she wouldn't care. She even compromised on the birthmark on her face, not to mention the invisible on her back
Gu Jiao moved the little guy's head: "The hair has grown a little longer, and it will be tied into a little tug soon. Go to bed, go to bed early and get up early to grow taller."
"Um!"
This time, Xiao Jingkong closed his eyes and fell asleep after rolling a few times on the bed.
Xiao Heng pushed open the door and entered, looked at the small bag that was bulging in Gu Jiao's quilt, and said, "Is he asleep?"
"Sleep." Gu Jiao said.
"Then I'll take him back." Xiao Heng said, as if afraid of Gu Jiao's misunderstanding, he explained, "Tomorrow there will be classes at the Imperial College, this road is too congested in the morning, it is too late to go to the Imperial College from here."
Gu Jiao closed the score: "Okay."
Xiao Heng picked up the sleeping little guy from the bed, dressed him, and the little guy didn't wake up even though he tried to turn around.
Xiao Heng poked the little guy's chubby face with a funny smile, turned his head and said to Gu Jiao, "You remember to take the medicine later, I'll come over after I send him back."
Gu Jiao responded again with a calm expression: "Okay."
Xiao Heng took the little guy out of the yard and handed it to Liu Quan: "Go back with the clearance."
"Ah, yes." Liu Quanxin said, don't you want to send the clearance in person? Why didn't you send it again
Xiao Heng arranged for a Dragon Shadow Guard and Liu Quan to accompany him, plus Gu Yan's dark guard, it was basically foolproof along the way.
After Liu Quan got into the carriage with Xiao Qingkong in his arms, he found that Xiao Heng was in another carriage. He wondered, "It's so late, is Rokuro going out?"
Xiao Heng said: "There is something going on in the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, I have to go there."
Oh, it's no wonder that I can't send the small headroom in person, it turns out to be busy with official business.
Liu Quan took a small headroom and left.
Xiao Heng said to the driver, "Let's go."
"Yes!"
The long street was silent.
Xiao Heng's carriage was not heading in the direction of the Punishment Department, but all the way to the east of the city.
The driver who drove the car for him was the secret guard of the Princess Mansion.
The alertness of the dark guard is much higher than that of ordinary people. When they turned to another cold street, the dark guard's ears suddenly moved: "Master Xiao, someone is chasing after him!"
Xiao Heng said sternly: "Don't stop, keep going! Speed up!"
"Yes!" The dark guard tightened the reins, and a whip hit the horse, causing the horse to gallop hard in the dark.
In the carriage, Xiao Heng's expression also became vigilant.
The dark guard said again: "It's not good, my lord! There are also people from the north and south! There are still a lot of people! We are going to be outflanked!"
Xiao Heng clenched his fists: "Rush over!"
The dark guard gritted his teeth: "Yes!"
Now there is only no one left to block the front, and the dark guard has brought the speed of the carriage to the extreme. Thanks to the fact that Princess Xinyang uses a first-class sweaty BMW, there is nothing to say in terms of combat power.
"Turn left!" Xiao Heng said.
The dark guard suddenly tightened the reins and turned the carriage into the alley on the left.
Almost as soon as they entered the alley, two groups of people rushed from both ends of the original street. If they had not entered the alley, the road would have been blocked by now.
"Turn right!" Xiao Heng said.
"Turn around!"
"Rush over!"
"Turn left!"
With his familiarity with the capital's terrain, Xiao Heng avoided the pursuit of the three waves of troops.
It's just that this is a coincidence, and in the face of absolute encirclement and suppression, it has to be defeated in the end.
Not long after entering the outskirts of the city, Xiao Heng's carriage was blocked on a sparsely populated lane.
There are fields on both sides of this trail, a canyon ahead, and a large open space behind. The canyon and the open space are already full of chasing soldiers. Unless Xiao Heng is running into the field, he cannot escape even if he runs.
There is no carriage on the ridge.
He can't outrun these masters on foot.
The chasing soldiers in the canyon ahead obviously came around from another road, and the leader was the man wearing a cloak, Mrs. Zhuang.
At this point, Mrs. Zhuang was too lazy to hide his identity, he took off his bamboo hat and looked at Xiao Heng's carriageway with a half-smiling smile: "Xiao Heng, Xiao Heng, do you think you are the only one? Are you familiar with the topography of the capital?"
He was able to call out Xiao Heng's name, which showed that he already knew Xiao Heng's identity.
Xiao Heng coldly opened the curtain and looked at Mrs. Zhuang who was riding on the horse through the heavy night: "Ts. Zhuang, stay safe."
"Between you and me, there is no need for polite words. The purpose of this old man today is very simple."
"Oh? Let me guess, kill me or catch me?"
"Catch first, kill later."
Xiao Heng turned his head and looked back from the rear window of the carriage.
Master Zhuang sneered: "Don't look at it, everyone who should be here is here, you can't escape."
Behind them were hundreds of Dragon Shadow Guards from the Kingdom of Yan. Unlike the Dragon Shadow Guards from the Kingdom of Zhao who wore masks, they wore black cloaks, and the caps of the cloaks covered their faces.
And right in front of the group of people, there is a middle-aged man with extraordinary clothes and a burly figure.
I think it was the General Nangong.
Mrs. Zhuang sneered: "I know what your plan is. You guessed from the beginning that Princess Xinyang's plan had leaked. You knew that the Yan people would take the opportunity to enter the capital, and you also guessed that the old man would help them. That's why you want to come. As soon as the mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind. This is the only way to go to the Langshan camp. You want to introduce us into the sphere of influence of the Gu family army. Gu Changqing is not here, and the old marquis is recuperating at the mansion. Let me guess. Guess, the second son of the Gu family is waiting for him in the military camp right now! It’s a pity, you never expected that we would kidnap you halfway. If you still don’t show up at the appointed time, Gu Chengfeng will come out to look for you, but guess what, Can he find it?"
Xiao Heng squeezed his fingers: "Master Zhuang, turn back to the shore."
Mrs. Zhuang laughed arrogantly: "Is this old man guessing right? The old man then guesses to you, whether there are organs and formations set up in the canyon ahead, even if the Gu family army can't arrive in time, you can make it We died seven to eighty-eight in the formation."
Xiao Heng's expression changed.
Mrs. Zhuang had a panoramic view of Xiao Heng's expression, knowing that he had guessed everything, he laughed hahaha: "Xiao Heng, Xiao Heng, I have to say that your strategy is perfect! You are better than the old man's grandson Zhuang Yuheng. You know better ways of ingenuity! If you hadn’t been against the old man, the old man would have really thought about cultivating you! It’s a pity that you are the son of the Marquis of Xuanping, so you are destined to be a stumbling block for the old man! How about it? Is the taste of one zhang okay?"
Xiao Heng's fist was clenched tightly.
General Nangong ordered ten powerful Dragon Shadow Guards: "You guys, go to the canyon and see."
"Yes!"
The ten people rode their horses to the canyon. The canyon looked the same as usual. Of course, it was possible that they themselves were not familiar with this canyon.
The leader turned over and got off the horse, slapped the horse's butt with a whip, and the horse ran over in pain.
Nothing happened.
He followed cautiously.
The other nine people also planned to follow. At this time, he had already left the canyon. He saw something and raised his hand to a few people to signal them to stop.
Then he took out a thin rope and tied it to a protruding stone.
He crossed the canyon and returned to his companion. He pulled the string with his bare hands, and the stone fell, followed by a few loud bangs. The boulder in the canyon fell, the arrow array and spear flew, and the hidden weapon dart and silver needle covered the sky. Like a tiger roaring and a dragon roaring, lightning and thunder!
After a terrible movement, the way to the canyon was completely blocked by boulders.
If they didn't intercept Xiao Heng in time, but let Xiao Heng pass through the canyon to trigger the mechanism, they would have to break in at least half, not to mention the entire army was annihilated.
General Nangong shuddered.
Master Zhuang sneered: "The plan is a good plan, but the old man still said that, Xiao Heng, you are not the opponent of the old man!"
General Nangong said coldly, "Stop talking nonsense with him! Hurry up and get him to do business!"
Mrs. Zhuang said, "Xiao Heng, are you obedient enough to capture you, or does the old man send someone to arrest you?"
Xiao Heng opened the curtain and got off the carriage.
Mrs. Zhuang made a gesture, and the two banker's guards and a Long Yingwei from the Yan Kingdom walked towards Xiao Heng's carriage.
Long Yingwei Er of Yan State stunned the dark guard of the Princess Mansion without saying a word.
The Zhuang family's guards captured Xiao Heng and brought him to Mrs. Zhuang.
At this time, General Nangong of the Yan Kingdom also rode his horse around from the rear, tightened the reins, and looked down at Xiao Heng condescendingly.
His eyes became deep little by little, as if he was looking at Xiao Heng, and it seemed like he was looking at someone else through Xiao Heng.
"You are General Nangong?" Xiao Heng met his gaze without fear.
A general of the upper country, the aura is enough to crush the humerus minister of the Zhao country, but this nineteen-year-old young man dared to stare at him.
General Nangong lightly curled the corners of his lips: "I'm a little timid, I chopped off one of his fingers!"
Even when he heard that his fingers were about to be chopped off, Xiao Heng still looked at him without changing his face.
A Long Yingwei stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Heng's left hand at will.
Mrs. Zhuang said indifferently, "Hold on, chop off his right finger!"
Xiao Heng looked at Mrs. Zhuang coldly.
Long Yingwei pulled out his dagger and was about to slash it down when suddenly there was a rapid sound of horse hooves not far away.
"Leave someone under the knife—"
Long Yingwei's movements stopped.
Master Zhuang and General Nangong looked around together, but saw Eunuch Qin next to Queen Mother Zhuang galloping quickly.
"Who is he?" General Nangong frowned.
Master Zhuang smiled and said, "Eunuch Qin, the Queen Mother's confidant."
When Eunuch Qin's horse rushed to the open space, it was blocked by Yan's Long Yingwei and guards.
General Nangong made a gesture, and everyone stepped aside.
Eunuch Qin turned over and dismounted, panting to look at Master Zhuang and said, "The Queen Mother... The Queen Mother has an order... Under the sword... Keep someone... Just... As long as you let Xiao Heng... The Queen Mother... The Queen Mother will promise you any condition..."
Mrs. Zhuang narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is this what the Queen Mother meant, or are you just passing on a decree?"
"Naturally it means Aijia!"
Accompanied by a majestic and domineering voice, a spacious carriage came slowly from the rear.
Master Zhuang's eyes moved.
After being suppressed by Empress Dowager Zhuang's aura for many years, there is an instinctive fear in her bones.
But thinking of the current situation, he quickly relieved.
He and Empress Dowager Zhuang have long since broken, and he is no longer her minister.
General Nangong made a gesture, and Empress Dowager Zhuang's carriage drove straight in and stopped not far in front of Master Zhuang and General Nangong.
She came almost alone, and now besides Eunuch Qin, there is only one eunuch driving the car, and this eunuch does not know martial arts.
General Nangong looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang's carriage with a half-smiling smile: "Empress Dowager Zhao Guo is really impressive."
"Eunuch Qin." Empress Dowager Zhuang commanded lightly.
Qin Gonggong understood, stepped forward and opened the curtain for Empress Dowager Zhuang.
Mrs. Zhuang sat in a low-key and luxurious carriage, not afraid of danger: "General Nangong of Yan, how about we make a deal? You are here today that Xiao Heng has died here, and the Aijia promises that he will not appear in the future. In front of the world, in exchange, Aijia can promise you three conditions, any conditions."
General Nangong smiled: "Empress Dowager Zhuang is really generous. I heard that this kid has no blood relatives to Empress Dowager Zhuang. Empress Dowager Zhuang can even ignore her own nephew, King Sun Ning, so why is she so obsessed with protecting an outsider?"
Empress Dowager Zhuang did not get angry and said: "This is Ai's family's business. If General Nangong is troubled, Ai's family only asks General Nangong if he is willing to do this transaction."
Master Zhuang turned his head and said: "General Nangong, don't believe her, she is very cunning, if you let Xiao Heng go, she will stop throwing her hands at a rat, and she can turn her head and lead the army to destroy you! I know that the general's dead man is very powerful, But the 100,000-strong army must not be able to get out the general's dead soldiers."
Empress Dowager Zhuang said coldly: "Does the general think that if you kill Xiao Heng here, the Ai family will let you leave Zhao Kingdom alive? If General Nangong doesn't believe it, you can try it. If you dare to touch a hair of Xiao Heng today, you will be sorry The family wants all of you to bury him with him!"
General Nangong narrowed his eyes slightly, as if thinking about the possibility of this outcome.
Empress Dowager Zhuang knew very well how to give a sweet jujube a slap in the face, and she continued to persuade her: "This is a good deal, no matter who Xiao Heng is, he will no longer appear in the present identity in the future, nor will he Go to the State of Yan to interfere in any of your affairs. Ai Jia believes that the general also obeys orders. The loyalty of the general is valuable, but the life of the general and so many subordinates is not precious? If the general is worried that the Aijia will break his promise and become fat in the future, there is no need for it. Didn't the Aijia agree to the three conditions of the general? I believe that the general will always have a way to seize the Aijia."
"General Nangong, don't believe her! She is my sister, and I can't know what kind of temperament she is. She has never had such a thing as credit!"
It is impossible for Mrs. Zhuang to watch Empress Dowager Zhuang reach a deal with General Nangong, so he will lose the value of using it.
Empress Dowager Zhuang continued to poke at General Nangong's soft underbelly: "General Nangong is still hesitating, is it because he is doubting the sincerity of Ai's family? Isn't it enough to show Ai's family's determination to negotiate with General Nangong alone? Ranked eleventh in the country, even though our Zhao country is a lower country, we still have the ability to help the Nangong family to be the icing on the cake."
General Nangong's eyes fell on Xiao Heng's face.
Xiao Heng's hands had been tied with ropes by Mrs. Zhuang's guards, and he stood proudly under the sky, not showing the slightest embarrassment and fear of being imprisoned.
His eyebrows looked like a man.
A pair of almost identical eyes flashed in General Nangong's mind, and a bit of hesitation appeared on his face.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Mrs. Zhuang suddenly pulled out his horse whip and hit Xiao Heng with a whip. He was a civil official, and he didn't use much force, but he couldn't hold back the strength of the whip's tail and swiped it on Xiao Heng's delicate skin. .
A striking welt appeared on half of his cheek instantly.
Empress Dowager Zhuang's eyes sank: "Zhuang Changde, you are crazy!"
Changde is the word of Mrs. Zhuang.
Empress Dowager Zhuang has never called Mrs. Zhuang like that in her life.
General Nangong was also a little displeased, but it seemed that it was not because Xiao Heng was whipped, but when the whip went down, his brows were swollen, no longer reminiscent of those arrogant and unruly eyes in his memory.
General Nangong said slowly: "Queen Mother Zhuang, your offer is very attractive, but I'm afraid I won't be able to reach a cooperation with you. Even, because you recognized me today, I can't keep you alive anymore."
"General Nangong." Xiao Heng said suddenly, "Are you really going to oppose me?"
General Nangong said arrogantly: "It's not against you, but to kill you. You are not qualified to be this general's opponent."
Xiao Heng's hands were tied, and he looked at him seriously: "General Nangong, don't bully the poor boy."
General Nangong was slightly startled.
He raised his hand and issued an order: "Do it, don't leave one!"
Master Zhuang opened his mouth: "General Nangong..."
A Dragon Shadow Guard slashed at Xiao Heng's head with a knife!
At the critical moment, there was a cracking sound in the night sky, and an arrow shot fiercely and domineeringly, piercing the heart of this Dragon Shadow Guard!
After the arrow penetrated his body, it was nailed straight into the open space in front of General Nangong's horse, and the tail of the arrow swayed, which showed the speed of its strength.
And this is not an ordinary arrow, its arrow body is longer, the arrow is bigger, with terrifying barbs, like a ferocious beast.
General Nangong's heart sank!
He had never seen such an arrow!
A layer of ominous premonition flooded his heart, and the next second, the ground under his feet began to vibrate, and the dust and gravel began to rustle.
The horse was frightened and began to spin around uneasy.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The sound of horses' hooves from far to near was like a heavy black iron smashing on the cold bluestone slab, and on everyone's suddenly tightened heart!
This voice is still a little far away, but the powerful murderous aura has already covered the sky like sand and stone, and the whole world is shrouded in a terrifying chilling aura!
Boom! Boom! thump
It's not the sound of war drums, but it hits the heart more than war drums!
The sound of the iron cavalry is getting faster and faster, like a torrent of rushing over.
It was a black-armored cavalry with a ghostly face, holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other, and even put on a ghost-faced mask on the horse's head.
They are like Asura Yin spirits from purgatory, with the ghostly aura of death, making everyone hold their breath in shock!
General Nangong's expression changed!
Isn't this the rumored ghost army
The ghost-faced army is not the real dead, but that they are as terrifying as the undead, and there is no one alive where they pass, just like pulling the opponent alive into the purgatory of the underworld.
The ghost-faced general, holding a huge long sword, rode Juechen, striding past the head of the Fifty Dragon Shadow Guards in the clearing. Leaking in front of Xiao Heng!
Master Zhuang took a closer look and gasped, "Marquis Xuanping?!"
He looked at Xiao Heng again, and saw that Xiao Heng's eyes were calm, and he was not surprised at the arrival of Marquis Xuanping.
Oops!
Counted!
After working for a long time, it was another escape, and another flaw in the mechanism. It turned out that it was all a trick, and the real killer was Xuanping Marquis!
Xuanping Hou did not wear a mask.
At this moment, this beautiful face, known as the first face of Zhao Kingdom, is exuding endless murderous aura.
"Kill Lao Tzu's son?"
Xuanping Marquis pointed with a long knife, Xie Yan smiled, and said extremely arrogantly, "It's you who is floating, or I, Xiao Ji, can't lift the knife!"
(End of this chapter)