At the time when the night market was prosperous, there were too many cars and horses on the street, so that Nangong Li's carriage was not traveling very fast, which made it easier for Gu Jiao to follow.
Nangong Li broke his arm and was seriously injured. It was said that he was about to die, but he seemed to be alive and well, so how did the rumor of his imminent death come out, and what was the purpose
Gu Jiao guessed that Nangong Li's mission to assassinate Xiao Heng failed, and in order to reduce the guilt, he deliberately pretended to be seriously injured and died.
Who gave him this task? Is it the head of the Nangong family or someone else
No matter what, Nangong Li was not innocent.
Nangong Li's carriage walked along the long street for a while, then turned right into a small alley.
After passing through the alley, there is another relatively clean street.
Most of the antiques and paintings sold on this street are not as lively as the long street with brothels and lanterns.
But it was also because the population was less, which increased the chance of Gu Jiao being exposed, and Gu Jiao had to be more relaxed.
Nangong Li's carriage stopped in front of an antique shop.
The driver put down the footstool and helped Nangong Li down.
Gu Jiao was hiding behind a pillar diagonally opposite.
It was just now that they were far apart on the second floor and couldn't see clearly. Now that they were closer, all the light from the lantern hit Nangong Li's face. Gu Jiao realized that Nangong Li's injury was indeed not optimistic.
His face was very pale, and his pace was not as steady as he had seen in Zhao Kingdom.
It seems that Chang Jing's sword not only broke his arm, but also injured his foundation, and it is basically impossible for him to recover.
After Nangong Li entered the store, Gu Jiao also came to the vicinity of the store, she hesitated whether to go in directly or sneak up to the roof.
She had met Nangong Li, and she had seen real people and portraits, but she was not sure whether Nangong Li had seen her, and whether he had investigated her along the way when investigating Xiao Liulang.
If not, then there is no harm in going in in a grand manner.
But in case there is-
Gu Jiao looked down at her clothes, she just came out in a hurry, she didn't change her clothes, she was wearing the uniform of Tianqiong Academy.
"Forget it, climb the wall."
Gu Jiao walked into the alley and climbed to the roof by kicking on the wall.
The night properly covered her figure, she followed Nangong Li's voice and gently lifted a tile.
Nangong Li sat on the main seat, and opposite him stood a man dressed as a businessman in his fifties, who looked like the shopkeeper of this shop.
Gu Jiao is now at the tenth level of Yan Guo dialect, so naturally there is no situation where she can't understand the conversation between the two.
She heard Nangong Li ask, "How is the situation over there?"
The shopkeeper sighed: "His Royal Highness is very angry, saying why he can't even handle such a trivial matter."
Nangong Li said: "This is no small matter! This general has lost one of his arms!"
The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "The general has worked hard and made a lot of work, and His Highness also said, let the general recuperate."
"Hmph, I'm afraid that if this general hadn't been injured so badly, His Highness would have punished me?"
"His Royal Highness is also angry, and the general does not understand His Highness's loyalty to His Highness?"
Gu Jiao heard this and heard the general idea. The trivial matter in Nangong Li's mouth should be the assassination of Xiao Heng, but it seems that this matter is not only the idea of the Nangong family, but also has a highness behind it.
The only people who can be called His Royal Highness can only be the Dayan Royal Family.
Why did the Royal Family of Dayan want Xiao Heng's life
Could it be that Xiao Heng has something to do with the Dayan royal family
Nangong said impatiently: "Okay, let's not mention this, how is the investigation I asked you to investigate."
At present, it seems that this shopkeeper has three identities. The first is the shopkeeper in the shop, the second is that His Highness's informant, and the third is Nangong Li's confidant.
The shopkeeper said: "The Young Sect Master of the Dark Night Sect ran away from home in a quarrel with the old Sect Master a few years ago, and he has been silent since then. Those Dark Ye Sect elders who went to Zhao Kingdom should be looking for the Young Sect Master, who would have thought The Young Sect Master didn't meet him, but he happened to rescue the general."
Nangong frowned and said, "I was in a coma at that time, and I couldn't tell them that it was the Young Sect Master of Dark Night Sect who hurt me. When I woke up at Nangong's house, they had already left."
Wait, wasn't Chang Jing the one who hurt you
Why did you become the Young Sect Master of the Dark Night Sect again
By the way, what is Nightgate
Gu Jiao was confused.
The shopkeeper hesitated: "Then... will the general tell the dark night door about the young door master?"
Nangong snorted coldly: "What if they told me? Can they kill their young master to avenge this general? The young master injured this general, but their guardians also saved this general, and the old man The sect master protects the calf's urine, and he will definitely say that the merits and demerits are balanced, so that the relatives will not be killed righteously."
The shopkeeper sighed, "The old sect master has always had a son. I don't know how much he treasures this son. Naturally, he can't bear to punish him."
Nangong said coldly, "But this general can't swallow this breath!"
The shopkeeper's face changed slightly: "The general is planning to—"
Nangong Li didn't say anything further: "I have my own arrangements for this matter. Your Highness, please pay more attention to me. Although I have injured my body, I still have military power in my hands, and it is still useful to Your Highness."
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "The Nangong family is now the first family of military power, and it is too late for His Royal Highness to value the general. When the general recovers, send someone to kill that kid."
"I see." Nangong Li stood up lightly and accidentally pulled the wound on his broken arm. He gasped in pain, and subconsciously raised his left hand to help, but accidentally knocked off a Duobaoge on the calligraphy.
The calligraphy and painting were spread out on the ground.
Gu Jiao took a closer look.
It is Xiao Heng's portrait.
To be precise, it is the portrait of the first beauty in Canglan Academy.
The beauty in the portrait, Ayara Suyi, wears a translucent veil, and she is unbelievably beautiful.
Nangong Li once kidnapped Xiao Heng and recognized Xiao Heng's face—
Gu Jiao frowned slightly and squeezed the silver needle in her hand.
The shopkeeper bowed and picked up the portrait, rolled it up, and said embarrassingly, "It's the portrait on the Six Nations Beauty List, a new beauty from Canglan Academy."
Nangong Li was not interested and left without looking back.
Gu Jiao took back the silver needle.
Through the conversation just now, Gu Jiao determined two things. One, the members of the royal family of Dayan wanted Xiao Heng's life;
Did Marquis Xuanping know that the one he abducted was the precious son of the Sect Master of Dark Night
The Sect Master of the Dark Night Sect knew, and he was afraid that he would come over with a knife and cut him.
After Nangong Li left, Gu Jiao slowly put the tile back, turned over and jumped down.
Nangong Li originally only had a coachman who knew martial arts with him. Gu Jiao didn't have much trouble following her, but just after leaving the shop, a group of men suddenly came, all of whom came to pick up Nangong Li.
Gu Jiao hesitated for a while and decided to stop here today.
Now that you know that this pawnshop is Nangong Li's stronghold, as long as you stare at it, you will always be able to meet Nangong Li again in the future.
But what the plan couldn't keep up with was that Xiao Heng and Xiao Jingkong appeared nearby.
It was rare for Xiaojingkong to grow a little longer, and the original clothes were short, so Xiao Heng brought him over to customize the clothes.
Coincidentally, the embroidered building is opposite the pawnshop.
Nangong Li and Xiao Heng's carriages each parked on the side of the road.
Xiao Qingkong stuck his head out of the window and looked around curiously.
Seeing him, Gu Jiao was basically sure that Xiao Heng was also in the carriage.
At this time, Nangong Li also came to the street, as long as Xiao Heng got off the carriage, Nangong Li could see him.
The curtains of the carriage were lifted.
A slender, jade-like hand came out of the carriage.
And as if there was some kind of attraction somewhere, Nangong Li subconsciously looked at the carriage opposite.
The small headroom jumped down first.
He was tanned into a little black egg, blending with the night, but he didn't show his appearance.
But Xiao Heng was too eye-catching.
Just as Xiao Heng bowed and stepped out of the carriage, Gu Jiao suddenly picked up a small stone beside her feet and slammed it towards Nangong!
With a bang, a big bag was smashed out of Nangong Li's forehead!
The surrounding guards surrounded Nangong Li and the carriage one after another.
"Protect the General!"
said a guard.
With such an interruption, Xiao Heng entered the embroidery building smoothly.
Nangong Li glanced at the carriage and saw nothing. At this moment, his attention was no longer on the carriage that made him feel bad.
His whereabouts have been revealed!
He covered the big bag on his forehead and shouted fiercely, "Follow me!"
"Yes!"
Eight guards swarmed up and chased in the direction where the stone was thrown.
Gu Jiao was still wearing the clothes of Tianqiong Academy, so it was not a good time to fight.
She evacuated quickly.
The other party was chasing after her, and the soldiers divided into three paths to outflank her.
Just as she was passing by a small alley, suddenly a hand with sharp joints reached out, covered her mouth, and dragged her over.
Because of the strength, she slammed into the opponent's arms, and with a flick of her arm, a silver needle fell into her hand.
"it's me."
A familiar voice rang in her ears in time.
Gu Jiao retracted her hand and turned to look at him.
Mu Qingchen looked around, making sure that Gu Jiao recognized her, and took Gu Jiao to perform light work and got into a carriage at the other end of the alley.
Nangong Li's eight guards surrounded the carriage from different directions and finally locked the carriage.
The driver is not there.
The guards exchanged wary glances with each other, and one of the guards asked, "Who's in the carriage? Come out!"
Mu Qingchen looked at Gu Jiao beside her, and motioned her to pull the hidden compartment under the car seat with her eyes.
Gu Jiao did as she did, and found that there was a brand new set of women's clothes, which looked like Su Xue's in style.
"If we don't come out again, we'll do it!" the guard said coldly.
Gu Jiao put Su Xue's clothes on the outside.
To be honest, it's a bit small, but the Tuanba Tuanba of Tianqiong Academy can barely cover it.
Mu Qingchen's original intention was to let Gu Jiao change his shirt directly. He didn't know that the person beside him was a woman, so he naturally didn't think it was inconvenient to change his shirt, but he didn't have any doubts when he saw Gu Jiao being so rigid, he just thought Gu Jiao understood. Wrong own meaning.
He opened the curtain slightly to cover Gu Jiao appropriately, revealing only himself.
Not everyone has seen Young Master Qingchen, but he is well-dressed and has a noble aura, and the guards are all stunned.
Mu Qingchen revealed his identity: "I am Mu Qingchen, who are you?"
"It turned out to be Young Master Qingchen." The guard who shouted earlier bowed his hand, "I'm sorry."
Young Master Qingchen is famous in Shengdu. Some people may not have seen it, but there will be no one who has not heard of it.
Mu Qingchen turned against the guest: "Answer me, who are you?"
"I... we..."
The guards hesitated. Nangong Li was traveling in secret, and none of the guards wore Nangong's clothes. Naturally, he did not dare to make an assertion to reveal Nangong Li's identity.
"They are my people."
Nangong Li's voice suddenly appeared at the other end of the alley.
His carriage came slowly, and the guards gave way.
The carriage stopped ten paces away, and the driver opened the curtain for Nangong Li.
Nangong Li sat on the carriage and looked at Mu Qingchen majestically.
If you ignore the big bag on his head.
"Mr. Mu, long time no see."
Mu Qingchen greeted politely and alienatedly: "It turned out to be General Nangong. I heard that General Nangong was seriously injured and seems to be recovering well."
It's fake that he recovered well, his face was pale, and it could be seen that he was enduring great pain all the time.
Nangong Li did not play Tai Chi with him, and said bluntly: "I'm tracking down an assassin, and the assassin disappeared when I chased it here. I wonder if Young Master Qingchen saw it?"
"No." Mu Qingchen said without changing his expression.
Nangong Li gave Mu Qingchen a deep look: "There seems to be another person in Mu Gongzi's carriage?"
Nangong Li was an expert after all, so it was not difficult to hear another breath on the carriage.
Mu Qingchen said, "It's my third sister. She caught the cold and ran to the inn to see me. I was about to send her back to the house."
"Oh?" Nangong Li was suspicious.
Mu Qingchen opened the curtain a little, allowing Gu Jiao to reveal it too.
Gu Jiao loosened her hair, picked a finger and tied it gently behind her head with a hair tie. She also put on a veil to cover the birthmark on her face, revealing only a pair of calm and calm eyes.
Mu Qingchen said to Gu Jiao, "It's General Nangong."
The implication was to ask Gu Jiao to give Nangong a stern ceremony.
But how could Gu Jiao salute such a person
Gu Jiao looked at Nangong Li and asked in her female voice, "Is there anything wrong with General Nangong?"
His tone was a little squeamish.
Mu Qingchen almost choked!
Nangong Li had been observing Gu Jiao, but he didn't care about Mu Qingchen's surprise.
The status of the Su family was higher than that of the Nangong family. Su Xue did not take him seriously. Although Nangong Li was not happy, he did not doubt it.
He didn't see any flaws in the end, and finally left with the guards.
After the people walked away, Mu Qingchen said to Gu Jiao as if he had seen a ghost: "You, you just now..."
"Oh." Gu Jiao changed back to the voice of a teenager, and said without any guilt, "I love listening to dramas, and I have learned a little bit."
Hearing the familiar voice of the young man, Mu Qingchen breathed a sigh of relief.
For a moment, he almost thought his classmate was a woman!
Mu Qingchen looked at her bright eyes, and realized that his heartbeat was a little fast, he calmed down and said, "You, you don't want to dress like this again... It will make people misunderstood, and don't use it like that again. sound."
Gu Jiao: "You asked me to replace it."
Mu Qingchen choked.
Gu Jiao was wearing a veil and her long hair was loose, her cold and beautiful eyes magnified infinitely in his eyes.
Mu Qingchen didn't dare to look at it at a glance. He quickly changed the subject and asked, "Why did General Nangong call you an assassin? Did you really go to assassinate him?"
Gu Jiao said, "No, I just threw a stone at him."
Mu Qingchen wondered, "Why?"
Gu Jiao said fiercely: "Who let his son bully me? I'm angry!"
Mu Qingchen: "…"
I couldn't sleep all night, I just checked my body temperature, it was 39°6, I haven't had such a burn since I was a child.
I was going to save the manuscript these two days, but I don't know if it will survive.
Hope it doesn't stop.
(End of this chapter)