In Yanqing Lane, in the palace of the Qin Kingdom's royal family, although Qin Kingdom is better than Ming Qi, it is not as rich and powerful as Da Liang, so he bought all the mansions on the street. It was close to the street intersection, but was deliberately pulled away by Prince Rui's mansion.
Princess Ming An was sitting in the room, with all kinds of delicate desserts and tea in front of her, but she was not in the mood at all, and her brows were full of depression. Several maids in a row have been scolded by Princess Ming An for no reason today, and I don't know what kind of rush Princess Ming An committed.
"Is there any news from Xie Changwu?" Princess Ming An asked her subordinates.
The man shook his head.
With a "bang", Princess Ming An suddenly threw the cup in front of her on the ground and said angrily, "Trash!"
The people around were accustomed to Princess Ming An's arrogant temperament, and they didn't dare to come out. Princess Ming An seemed to feel very annoyed, so she simply got up and walked out of the house and into the yard.
Xie Chang Wu and Xie Chang Chao did not know how they did things, they had already kidnapped Shen Miao from the Shen family that day, but they did not do anything. In the end, Shen Miao returned to the Shen residence unharmed. When she learned that Shen Miao returned to the Shen residence, Princess Ming An was very angry, she immediately sent someone to pass the word to the Xie family brothers, wanting to anger the Xie family brothers for their unfavorable actions, but Xie Changwu wrote to her to tell her that in the future arrange. On the one hand, Princess Ming An had to be on guard against Huangfu Hao's discovery of this matter, and on the other hand, she was banned from her feet.
It turned out that after waiting for so many days, at the moment, she finally couldn't hold back, and she really got angry, and planned to let the Xie brothers eat and walk away. There is nothing in this world that has ruined the things she explained. living people.
Just as he was about to call someone to find the Xie brothers, he saw the other servants trotting over and seeing no one around, he secretly handed a letter to Princess Ming An and said, "Your Highness, this is from the second young master of the Xie family. of."
Princess Ming An was startled, not understanding that Xie Changwu dared to take the initiative to send the letter, so she quickly opened it and looked at it. Shatter couldn't see his original face, and suddenly he was in a good mood and said to the palace maid beside him: "Go, accompany Ben Gong to pick out some bright clothes, and then pick out all the jewelry in the box, Ben Gong must choose carefully. ."
The maids are all a little puzzled. Now that Princess Ming An is staying at home, who is she dressed as an immortal? Besides… . Why dress up
Although they were puzzled, everyone did not dare to provoke Princess Ming An, so they had to go in and dress up Princess Ming An properly.
The day passed so fast, as if time was like running water, and at night, it was already dark in winter. What's more, it started to snow again in the sky, but it was not a light snow. The snowflakes were almost like goose feathers. In the winter, the cold wind was piercing, and even those who were on the watch just left in a hurry. The entire Ding capital was silent.
When the child was born, the Wanli Lake was all quiet.
The restaurant is still open all night, drinking and having fun, but on the street, there is no one outside the restaurant, and even the windows in the flower building are closed - such a late night, the wind is like a knife, blowing It hurts badly in the face. The girls are also afraid of the wind blowing outside, freezing the warm wine into ice, and failing to live up to the precious wine.
In Wanli Lake, the boats of the past have all stopped. In winter, the lake is frozen and cannot move at all. The boat was frozen in the middle of the water by the frozen lake, and it looked extremely depressed.
But today, there was one person in the boat that was frozen in the middle of the water.
Xie Changwu was sitting in the middle of the boat, rubbing his hands a little uneasy, maybe he was guilty of being a thief, maybe Xie Changchao said that Shen Xin's people were still secretly investigating, which made him feel a little nervous, so he didn't even take the stove, let alone ignite it. Fire for heating. He was already wearing very heavy clothes, but it was even colder near the water, and the boats in the lake had been uninhabited for many days, and the cold wind was even more piercing.
Xie Changwu looked outside the boat, and he was a little anxious before seeing the shadow of the person.
Xie Changchao said in the letter that they would meet in the middle of the boat in Wanli Lake in the middle of the night. He said that the Ding capital was searched everywhere, Shen Xin's eyeliner was everywhere, and it was even more unsafe outside. When people come, no one else will see it, and it is safe. When Jie Shi brought a few more people and let Princess Ming An see Shen Miao being insulted, Princess Ming An would naturally feel happy. And the wind is strong above the lake, and the windows and doors of the restaurant closest to the lake are closed, so no one will notice the movement here.
Xie Changwu was a little unwilling in his heart, but Xie Changchao had already arranged everything, so Xie Changwu could only accept it. It's just that when I see my son approaching, but no one has come, I can't help but feel a little anxious.
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a slight movement outside. Xie Changwu was startled, and then he opened the window of the ship with some joy. Sure enough, he saw a vaguely appearing figure in the distance, carrying someone on his back. Xie Chang Wu thought that it must be Xie Chang Chao who came with Shen Miao on his back, so he breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the bow to pick him up.
The man got closer and closer, and when he got closer, Xie Chang Wu felt something was wrong, Xie Chang Chao was not taller than this man, and his stature did not look like that. He was uneasy, and was about to step back, but when he saw the other party lit a fire, a familiar voice sounded: "Xie Changwu, what are you doing!"
Xie Changwu looked at him in amazement, but saw that the person who came was a bodyguard-like person, but Princess Ming An was lying on his back.
Princess Ming An was very displeased.
The letter from Xie Changwu to her was at Wanli Lake, it was still in the middle of the night, and the Qin Dynasty was like spring all year round. She was not used to the severe cold in Ming Qi's winter, and now she was shivering from the cold. Afraid of being discovered by Huangfu Hao, Princess Ming An could only go out quietly at night with a few of her personal guards. But Xie Changwu chose the place inside the painting boat, so he had to let a guard come over with her on his back, and the others stayed outside. Princess Ming An was extremely squeamish, if she hadn't wanted to see Shen Miao's good show with her own eyes today, she would not have forced herself so hard. Seeing Xie Changwu, he vented his anger.
Xie Changwu said, "Why is Your Highness Princess here?"
“Xie Changwu, are you crazy?” Princess Ming An said angrily, “Didn’t you ask Ben Gong to come over to let Ben Gong appreciate Shen Miao’s ugliness? What nonsense are you talking about now?”
Xie Changwu was a little stunned. Although Xie Changchao's letter mentioned that he wanted Xie Changwu to bring Princess Ming An appreciation together, so that Princess Ming An would be relieved. But Xie Changwu himself was more careful. He was afraid that something unexpected happened in the middle of the journey and Princess Ming An would be dragged in. He was afraid that something bad would happen. Besides, today’s matter was not foolproof, if Princess Ming An came over but failed to make Shen Miao humiliated, what would Princess Ming An get even more angry? Therefore, Xie Changwu did not invite Princess Ming An in any way.
But Princess Ming An appeared here now, saying that Xie Changwu asked her to come. Xie Changwu felt a deep unease in his heart for some unknown reason.
Princess Ming An saw Xie Changwu's face full of doubts and became even more displeased, and said, "Xie Changwu, are you kidding me?"
"I dare not." Xie Changwu was sweating profusely, and said, "It's just that I have never written a letter to Her Royal Highness."
When Princess Ming An heard this, she said angrily, "Since you have not written a letter to Ben Gong, then you should explain to Ben Gong why you are here now? As the letter said, tonight you will give Shen Miao unforgettable pain. Experience, why didn't you tell this palace?"
Xie Changwu was speechless, but he was secretly surprised. In that letter, everything he planned to do was written on it, obviously only he and Xie Changchao knew about it. If this letter was written by Xie Changchao to Princess Ming An, why did Xie Changchao do this? He could only say, “This minister indeed thinks so, but now that Shen Miao is in the hands of the younger brother, the minister is still waiting for the younger brother to come.”
"Xie Changchao?" Princess Ming An frowned, "Are your brothers not together?"
Xie Changwu didn't dare to tell the fact that Xie Changchao had been missing for many days, so he could only vaguely respond: "I'm afraid of causing suspicion, the third brother and the minister acted separately."
Princess Ming An had no doubts, she thought for a while and then asked, "What you said, Shen Miao returning to the Shen residence was just a swindle between Shen Xin and Princess Rong Xin, is this true?"
Xie Changwu's heart skipped a beat, and said, "Exactly." In fact, Xie Changwu was also somewhat skeptical, after all, this matter was only one side of Xie Changchao's words. But now he could only choose to believe in Xie Changchao, but Xie Changwu had never suspected that the letter on his desk was fake. After all, there were no one in the world who could copy Xie Changchao's handwriting, except for Xie Changwu. And it is impossible for others to know the secret code of the two brothers.
Princess Ming An rubbed her hands together, it was probably surprisingly cold, and shouted to Xie Chang Wu, "When exactly did Xie Chang Chao come here?"
Xie Changwu felt the bitterness in his heart and couldn't express it, and said, "The third disciple will come when he talks about his son."
"What time is it now?" Princess Ming An asked her attendant, and the attendant replied, "It's almost time."
The wind and snow were blowing outside, and it seemed that it could be cold to the heart. For some reason, Xie Changwu's heart suddenly became more and more uneasy. Looking at the pitch-black night sky, my heartbeat was extremely fast, as if I felt the danger was coming and instinctively wanted to escape. He looked at Princess Ming An tentatively and asked, "It's better for Her Royal Highness to go back first. If there is news, I will tell Her Royal Highness the next day."
"Are you having fun with Ben Gong?" Princess Ming An was furious: "Ben Gong has already come in person, you tell Ben Gong to go back now, Xie Changwu, Ben Gong can make you lose your head at any time!"
Princess Ming An was so domineering and fierce, Xie Changwu had to laugh bitterly and stopped talking, but he heard footsteps outside. Princess Ming An looked happy and said, "Here!"
The two walked to the bow of the boat to see, and they saw a group of men in black suddenly appeared on the frozen lake. These men in black were all wrapped from head to toe, with only a pair of eyes outside, and they could not see clearly. . Princess Ming An's expression softened a little and said, "It is quite concealed." Immediately, her eyes swept across the dozens of people, her brows furrowed, "Where is Shen Miao?"
These men in black were all male and they did not see any trace of Shen Miao. Princess Ming An looked back at Xie Changwu displeased: "What happened to Xie Changchao?"
When Xie Changwu saw the dozen or so men in black, he instinctively felt a chill down his spine. None of these ten or so people seemed to be kind, not to mention that Xie Changwu had never seen Xie Changchao in this group of people.
Xie Changwu wanted to escape, but in this icy world, the lake surface of Wanli Lake was frozen, and it would slip when walking on the ice, not to mention that the lake surface was quite large, and there was not even anything to block it. How easy was it to escape? Seeing that Princess Ming An was displeased, Xie Changwu shouted boldly, "Who are you?"
The dozen or so men in black didn't speak, they just walked closer and closer to them. Princess Ming An finally realized what was wrong and asked Xie Changwu, "Aren't they from Xie Changchao?"
Xie Changwu was in a panic and didn't know how to answer Princess Ming'an's question, but only got: "I have never seen the third brother!"
Princess Ming An said: "Be bold, don't kneel down when you see Ben Gong!"
Those people seemed to be deaf, and they were still approaching. The attendant beside Princess Ming An raised their swords and rushed into the men in black to protect Princess Ming An and kill everyone. Princess Ming An finally understood that the people in black were not good people. She suddenly thought of something, looked out of the lake, and said, "Where's the dark guard? Where did the dark guard go?"
When Princess Ming An was carried in, she didn't want to be heard talking to the Xie brothers, so she only brought one person, but the others didn't leave. They were just some distance away from the painting boat, but there was such a big movement right now. , I should have heard the rescue, why is there no voice at all
Xie Changwu was as flustered as Princess Ming An. He didn't come alone today, but some of his men were placed in the other two boats to prevent any changes in the middle. But why is it now, but there is no movement, people
Princess Ming An's only bodyguard was quickly thrown aside by the man in black, but under the weak fire, blood gushed from his throat, and he was killed by a knife.
The lake breeze on Wanli Lake brought the wind and snow to the face, cutting people's faces like knives, but even so, big drops of cold sweat still ooze out from the foreheads of Princess Ming An and Xie Changwu.
"Who are you?" Princess Ming An forced herself to suppress the fear in her heart, and said, "Ben Gong is the princess of Daqin. If I leave now, I will spare you a life, if you don't leave, don't blame the prince and brother in the future. Come down!"
Xie Changwu didn't know whether to be afraid or to yell at Princess Ming An for being an idiot, and Princess Ming An actually said her name as taboo. But on second thought, what happened today is obviously a trap. The other party is afraid that the identity of Princess Ming An has already been known, otherwise the letter that Princess Ming An received will not be clear.
But what can they do now? Xie Changwu said in his heart, he can't shout for help here. If he can be heard or not, he will be discovered. He is a Ming Qi courtier, and Qin Princess came to Wanli Lake in the middle of the night. The mouth can't tell.
In a dilemma, Xie Changwu calmed down instead. He looked at the other party and sneered: "The crime of murdering a princess of a country is not a light crime. If your Excellency is not afraid of death, you can give it a try. Try to be chased to the ends of the earth, like a lost dog. "
When Xie Changwu spoke, Princess Ming An felt a little comfort in her heart. Although she was also afraid, no one dared to treat her because of her status as a princess of a country. Then he said, "Yes, the identity of this palace is not something that you people can touch. If you dare to touch this palace today, the imperial family of Qin will definitely blow your bones to ashes in the future!"
"Really?" In the black-clothed crowd, a male voice suddenly sounded.
The voice was low and somewhat hoarse, but it was as sweet as the warm wine in winter, which made people feel extremely pleasant to the ears. Princess Ming An and Xie Changwu looked at them and saw that one of the men in black walked forward.
Because they were all men in black, they didn't see it clearly. Right now, I feel that this black-clothed man is a little different from others. Under the weak light of the fire, this man's stature is obviously taller and taller. Even with the same attire as these black-clothed men, he can't hide his bones. The extravagance is compelling, as if you can distinguish it from others at a glance.
"Who are you?" Princess Ming An said angrily: "Don't you know who Ben Gong is? Ben Gong is the princess of Daqin. With a single order from Ben Gong, all of you can lose their heads!"
Hearing this, the man in black paused, but smiled softly. Even though he couldn't see the other's face with the cloth towel, his laughter was clearly pleasant, but Xie Changwu and Princess Ming An seemed to be able to see the other's sarcasm through the cloth towel.
Princess Ming An's face was flushed red, she had never been ignored like this before. But there are some doubts in my heart. I always feel that this person's voice seems familiar, and it seems that I have heard it somewhere, and I can't remember it. She asked, "What are you laughing at?"
"Laugh at you for being over your head."
"You!" Princess Ming An was furious.
"What is the princess of Qin country?" The man's voice was pleasant, but his words were harsh: "Dead, still piles of bones."
"Bold!" Princess Ming An shouted.
"This king is bold, so what about you?" the man said unhurriedly.
The king? Princess Ming An was stunned for a moment. Suddenly, she thought of another person. That person also had such a fascinating voice. She looked up, and she couldn't see the face under the mask, but her eyes were like peach blossoms. It is generally intoxicating, as if there is an affectionate smile in his eyes, but if you look at it seriously, it is full of indifference.
"You are... Your Royal Highness Prince Rui!" Princess Ming An exclaimed.
His Royal Highness Prince Rui? Xie Changwu suddenly looked at the man in black, he also felt that the man in black gave him a familiar feeling, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he never expected it to be His Royal Highness Prince Rui of Great Liang.
The man in black didn't admit or deny, it was the default meaning in the eyes of the two of them. Xie Changwu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Why did Prince Rui come down here?"
Even Xie Changwu couldn't think of why Prince Rui appeared here. He had to know that Prince Rui and him had nothing to do with him, and he didn't seem to have anything to do with Princess Ming An, so why did he appear here? What do you want to do
After Princess Ming An recognized that the person in front of her was Prince Rui, all her fears dissipated, her eyes were full of tenderness, and she said softly, "His Royal Highness Prince Rui came here late at night, why is it?"
Xie Changwu felt that Princess Ming An was really stupid. Since the other party killed the guards brought by the two of them, it was obviously not here to catch up. Moreover, this Prince Rui felt extremely dangerous, and Xie Changwu felt a little trembling in his heart.
Prince Rui ignored Princess Ming An, but looked at Xie Changwu and said, "You seem to have something to ask this prince?"
Xie Changwu reluctantly smiled and said, "Dare to ask Your Highness, have you ever met my third brother?"
The letter was written by Xie Changchao, but the person who came was Prince Rui. Could it be that Xie Changchao fell into the hands of Prince Rui? What festival did Xie Changchao and Prince Rui have
The man in black smiled: "I have seen it."
Xie Changwu's eyes widened: "He..."
"Killed by me."
As soon as these words came out, Princess Ming An and Xie Changwu froze for a while, and shuddered involuntarily.
After a long pause, Xie Changwu asked, "Why did His Royal Highness Prince Rui want to kill my third brother?"
"He provoked the wrong man."
Offending someone who shouldn't? Xie Chang Wu was suspicious, who, could it be Shen Miao? The only person Xie Chang Chao offended was Shen Miao. But why did Prince Rui want to stand up for Shen Miao, what kind of friendship did Prince Rui have with the Shen family in private? Xie Changwu felt as if he had glimpsed the tip of the iceberg of a shocking secret, but because he couldn't see the whole picture, his mind was messed up.
"His Royal Highness Prince Rui came, why is it?" Princess Ming An finally woke up after being killed by the other party, Xie Changchao. She seemed to finally be aware of the danger shrouded in the darkness of the night. She opened her mouth tentatively, but her heart began to become violent. jumped up.
The man's voice was as soft as the wind, but it was like ice and snow falling from the sky on Wanli Lake. It looked beautiful, but it was chilling. He said: "With such a beautiful scenery, isn't it a good place to be buried?"
Xie Changwu said: "Why did you do this? I have no grievances with you, you can't let us go?" Knowing that the other party was motivated to kill, but he had no way out, Xie Changwu finally couldn't hold back the fear in his heart and exclaimed. Voice.
"No injustice?" The other party seemed to have heard a joke and said, "You are too forgetful."
"Xie Changwu, for so many years, you are just as ignorant as your stupid younger brother." He said.
Xie Changwu felt that these words were somewhat familiar, and then he saw the man in black slowly pulling off the face towel covering his face.
Even the extremely weak Huozhezi light cannot cover up this person's brilliance. The long eyebrows are drawn into the temples, the nose is dangling, and the thin lips are as usual with a mocking smile, but a pair of peach blossom eyes seem to have looked over after a long time, clearly a very gentle smile, but with a touch of contempt.
That was Xie Changwu's lifelong nightmare.
"Xie Jing Xing!"
Princess Ming An was indulging in the man's seductive look, thinking that the face under Prince Rui's mask was as amazing as rumored, but Xie Changchao interrupted her thinking.
Xie Jingxing? Wasn't that the mansion of the Marquis of Lin'an, the son of the Xie family who died in battle two years ago, making people sigh with embarrassment
“It’s hard for you to remember me.” Xie Jing Xing smiled slightly, that originally handsome smile was extremely terrifying in Xie Chang Chao’s eyes. He turned around and was about to run away. It was an instinct that came out of his bones, just like the subconscious reaction of the prey when it encountered danger.
His body was held down, his mouth was blocked, and he couldn't move his body up and down. He also encountered Princess Ming An.
The painting boat is in the center of Wanli Lake. In the middle of the night, there is no one on the street. Even the restaurant with lights in the distance is also overwhelmed by the sound of singing and dancing. This subtle movement is like throwing a stone into the pool. Not even a single splash could be stirred up, so it slowly sank.
Xie Changchao and Princess Ming An were pressed by the people in black, and they watched the leader turn around and walk out of the boat.
Even on the ice, he walked gracefully, and his voice, through the heavy snow on Wanli Lake, was as cold as winter ice.
"Game over."
…
Shen Miao woke up from her dream.
I don't know why, I slept a little irritably tonight, and at this moment, I just woke up. There was not the slightest movement outside, and I thought it was a good night's sleep.
She rubbed her forehead and felt a pain in her head, but she couldn't fall asleep no matter what. The fire in the house was burning vigorously, but she felt a little stuffy in her chest. After thinking about it, she simply took the outer clothes from one side and draped it at will. She walked to the window and opened it, trying to dispel the stuffiness in her heart.
The window was opened, the big trees in front of the window were swirling, it was still snowing outside, and large flakes of snow fell and some blew into the house. Shen Miao stretched out a hand and watched the snowflakes gradually melt in the palm of her hand.
For some reason, I felt a little lonely.
In such a night, it is a bit pretentious to have no intention to sleep and watch the snow alone. But in her mind, she couldn't help but think of some things from her previous life, such as Wan Yu, such as Fu Ming, and she felt that the old scars hidden in her heart that were deliberately concealed were aching faintly.
A small flower fell from the sky and landed on Shen Miao's open palm. Shen Miao was stunned for a moment, and through the wind lantern hanging on the tree, she could see clearly that it was not a snowflake, but a bright red begonia.
Where can there be begonias this season? Isn't this tree a long begonia
Shen Miao looked up subconsciously and saw a person lying in the shadow of the tree with her hands behind her head, as comfortable as a young man. Seeing her look, he bowed his head slightly and looked down at Shen Miao from top to bottom, with handsome eyebrows and a cynical smile, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Why are you dazed?"
Shen Miao: "What are you doing here?"
Xie Jing Xing went to sleep on the trees in other people's yard in good condition, and Prince Rui of Great Liang's hobby seemed to be too amazing.
“Can’t sleep.” The man sighed and suddenly slid down from the tree and landed in front of Shen Miao, separated by the window, one outside the window and one inside the window. He rubbed his mouth towards Shen Miao's palm: "I broke a flower and came to see you, but I was afraid that you would fall asleep, so I waited for you to wake up on the tree."
Talking nonsense, Shen Miao rolled her eyes at him, but saw that although this person was full of smiles, today he did not look like the spirit of the past.
When her heart moved, for some unknown reason, Shen Miao blurted out, "Come in, there are leftover snacks in the room."