Cover The Sky With One Hand, Beat The Ground With The Other Chapter 27: (With the explanation of the author of the article)

Azuo frowned: "What's the meaning of what the princess said?"

I picked up the book with needles inserted on the table, shook it in front of Azuo A's right, and asked, "If someone secretly uses such poisonous needles on you, can you avoid it?"

The two of them looked at each other tacitly and said in unison: "It's difficult."

I put the book on the table and said, "You are a shadow guard trained by Mingjian Division for many years, and you are so talented that you can't avoid it?"

Ayou frowned and said, "A hidden device, use your eyes in the bright place and use your ears in the dark place, it's hard to tell when the tip of the needle is on the ground, let alone..."

A Zuo said: "It's just that because the needle is small, even if it is contaminated, it must penetrate into the heart to kill it quickly. If it really needs to be done in a dark place, it is necessary to use some light to apply the poisonous needle."

I thought about it for a while, turned off the lights in the house, looked sideways at the window, the moonlight fell into the house, and even saw the figure of A Zuo A You, I stepped forward and stretched out my hand to close the window. plunged into darkness.

The window was opened again, and the moonlight shone on Azuo Ayou's face, and the puzzled color was already a little clear.

I said lightly: "It's late at night, so let's go to bed earlier."

A Zuo A You heard the words and went back to the dark. I was not tired. I leaned on the couch with my hands and knees in quiet contemplation.

The painting boat sank to the bottom of the river, and the Ministry of Punishment and the capital yamen also confirmed that the corpse floating on the shore was me. Under the circumstances that should have been detailed, the consort was placed under house arrest as soon as he came forward. Obviously, someone set up a bureau early; It is natural for the assistant to preside over the overall situation. For Li Guojiu, the second assistant, the princess died tragically and the crown prince was unconscious. The inner party must have been in chaos, and the conflict between the Lingnan faction and the Jianghuai party is inevitable. For the first assistant, it is not only useless, but even shakes the power in his hands...

There are all kinds of things here, and the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes is probably going to be revealed...

And when the other party thought that the trick was about to succeed, I appeared in the Guozijian in full view, and the spies who had placed them in the prison would immediately turn to inform them.

For this man behind the scenes, what was at hand will be destroyed by my presence.

He would have difficulty understanding why I appeared in the Guozijian alone. Princess Xiangyi is not a fuel-efficient lamp. She escaped from death several times.

But is he cautious?

As long as it's dawn, I will return to the palace to regain control of the country, and all my thoughts will be in vain. It is impossible not to panic.

If I were him, I would do my best to get rid of the troubles.

Yes, just because I heard the "bad news" of Lu Lingjun, I lost my judgment, and now I have put myself in an extremely dangerous situation.

Lu Lingjun is just a small prison student in the Imperial College. There is no reason for him to be assassinated at this time. The most likely reason is because of this princess.

It's a pity that what Brother Lu has said is not true, and it is difficult to find the key from him.

The only thing I know is that there are people who can kill us at any time in the Guozijian.

I can't be sure that the two shadow guards on the roof will keep me safe, and I can't say whether there is any link in the inference so far.

Just.

I glanced sideways at the faint moonlight that reflected in the bedroom, and let out a long sigh.

It's just that no matter where it is in the light or in the dark, the number of opponents is small, and the people who are immersed in the temple are only deeper, and things in this world are always changing. If you only make sure decisions, how can you win by surprise?

Thinking of this, I heard the slow movement of the latch.

Although it is very subtle, it can't help but make my whole body tense when it penetrates into my ear.

The approaching person moves very slowly, and he can't even hear the creaking of the door. With just a glance, the figure suddenly enters from the space he opened, and the movement is light and does not make any sound. He didn't stop for a while, the white light flashed, and a dazzling blade was attacking in the direction of me. This series of actions was not sloppy. I secretly complained in my heart, turned over, and pulled hard. knot.

The window slammed shut, the room was plunged into darkness, and the knife was swept away.

The rope was tied to the window in advance. Azuo Ayou is a secret guard who is familiar with listening to voices in the dark. When faced with sudden loss of light, his actions will be different from ordinary people.

A trick is a trick after all, and I have to point at Azuo and Ayou at the critical moment. At this moment, I can't hear anything except the sound of fighting. I don't know if they can join forces to subdue the assassin. "The sound of the sharp blade cutting through the flesh made my heart feel cold, and I was relieved when I heard the "Kangdang" knife falling to the ground.

So in the chaos that only martial arts masters can understand that this princess is completely incapable of hearing, Ah You exclaimed, "Be careful, princess", and a dark shadow flashed forward, and I couldn't avoid it. The body froze, groaned, and collapsed on top of me, not moving.

So...captured? that's all?

My brows jumped and I was about to ask what was going on when I saw someone slammed out of the window, smashing a hole in the window with such force.

The light shone into the house again, A right leaned against the window and swept his eyes sharply: "The assassin escaped, I am afraid that the tiger will leave the mountain, and the subordinate should stay behind to protect the princess."

I couldn't think for a moment.

So it's Ah Zuo who is lying on top of me now?

I moved out of my body with difficulty, and at a glance I saw the dense needles all over Ah Zuo's back, which was shocking.

"This is... a rainstorm pear flower needle?"

A Zuo walked over and said: "I thought that in the dark, I couldn't give the princess a poisonous needle, and I still have a chance of winning, but the thief actually used this ruthless hidden weapon. If A Zuo sacrificed himself to block the princess, I was afraid. It's doomed, princess, it's really not a good place to stay for long..."

"What is the truth?" I shook my hands and said, "The most urgent thing is to think about what to do with A Zuo..."

Ayou frowned: "He?"

I nod.

A right face was indifferent: "Why don't you throw his body on the roof first, then Mingjian will send someone to clean it up."

“…”

I stared blankly at Ah Zuo's pale profile. I couldn't believe that the person who was still alive and kicking just a moment ago died suddenly. He died so silently. After all, he died to save the princess. How could he even say a last word Also...

"...Your Highness the Princess doesn't need to feel sorry for her subordinates..." A Zuo's eyes, which had been closed for a long time, suddenly opened, fixed, weak, looking at me in a daze and with sadness: "So His death is the fate of the Shadow Guard, who can save the princess's life, even if I die, I will die without any regrets..."

Me: "..."

An unbearable flashed in Ah Zuo's eyes: "The princess must not blame herself..."

I turned my head and asked Ah You: "...Did the assassin forget to poison the needle..."

A Zuo: "..."

Ayou pondered for a moment and said, "Azuo, are you wearing a silk hood today?"

I was taken aback: "What silk cover?"

A Zuo explained: "The smock made of silkworm-shaped gold silk, wearing a sword and hidden weapon, is the heirloom of the A Zuo family."

A Zuo's body froze when he heard the words, then he sat up and touched his body and said, "I'm wearing it, but I forgot."

Me: "..."

Ayou: "..."

Is it purely self-suggestion that the tragic appearance of giving up one's life and dying for justice?

I wonder if it's time to ask Mingjian Division to change the shadow guard.

Speaking of which, since the assassin possesses such a ferocious hidden weapon as the Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needle, why did he only use one or two of them when he assassinated Lu Lingjun?

"In your opinion, will it be... uh, well."

With one eyelid lift, the two shadow guards who were still in front of him just now disappeared. Looking back again, the elusive Lu Lingjun pushed the door open at some point and came in. He hurriedly held my shoulders and said, "Brother Bai, what happened here?"

I said: "As you can see, someone wants to kill me."

Lu Lingjun circled me up, down, down, left, right, left, and right. Seeing that I was okay, he asked, "Where's the assassin?"

"It's long gone..."

I fell silent.

In the chaos just now, I did hear the sound of someone being scratched by a knife, but the left and right are safe, could it be...

I stretched out the lamp in my hand, and the room immediately lit up, and then I could clearly see the blood on the ground and the streaks extending to the windowsill.

I and Lu Lingjun looked at each other stiffly. He jumped out of the window first. I looked around, but there was no sign of the knife. Lu Lingjun turned back and urged me. I stepped on the table and jumped out of the window. The trail of bloodstains stopped and went all the way.

At this time, it was getting dark, round the corner, crossed the corridor, and stopped in front of the innermost room of the dormitory building——

Second update——

There are not many people living in this vacant house on weekdays, but there are prisoners who are afraid of disturbing people's dreams by burning lights in their own room and reading books at night. At this moment, there was no movement outside the door, and through the door leaf, the light of the oil lamp flickered inside.

I cast a suspicious look at Lu Lingjun, and he stretched out his arms vigilantly to protect me behind him. He was about to open the door, but he stepped out first with a splash of water.

With a thud in my heart, I lowered my head, only to see a pool of blood slowly spilling out of the room, the dark red color appearing strange and shocking under the weak light and shadow.

Lu Lingjun no longer hesitated, kicked the door open, the door opened in response, and finally saw what was inside the house.

I don't know what words to use to describe the blood redness that I saw in front of me. Those three familiar figures, one of them fell on the side without moving, and the endless blood flowed from the knife on the neck. The scars poured out; one fell on the table with his eyes open, holding an ink-stained pen in his hand, and the blood dripped to the ground along the tip of the pen; another was paralyzed on the ground in a crawling posture, and his hands were plucking the blood scars forward, as if Try to look up at people.

Li Wen, Du Fei, Su Qiao.

Lu Lingjun helped Su Qiao, who was lying on the ground. He had two knives in his body. Putting on the blood that kept oozing out of his mouth, he said, "Save... save people..."

My vision was blurry, I tried my best to move my pace, and touched Li Wen and Du Fei's necks one after another, but I couldn't feel anything. I just shook my head at Lu Lingjun, who reached out to touch Several points on Su Qiao's acupuncture points were intended to stop the bleeding for him. The blood flowed so fast that the sleeves and plackets of the two of them were soaked. I wanted to call someone to call the doctor. Lu Lingjun said softly, "No need." Turning back, Su Qiao stared blankly forward as if he wanted to say something, but his breathing had stopped and he could no longer speak.

Later, I occasionally recalled that at that time, I felt that the next heavy rain, which should have been in the situation, poured me into a mess, and finally cried and fell seriously ill in the rain for three days and three nights. Maybe things will be much simpler. It's a pity that Heaven is not beautiful, the night is clear, the wind is calm, and the surroundings are quiet as if nothing has happened, until I walked out of the door and heard the cry of Lu Lingjun inside, until the prison students found that people turned their backs one after another, until the first in the punishment department. Searching all over the Guozijian at the time blockade site, I wondered if this night was too quiet, so quiet that the chaotic precipitation in the bottom of my heart, the knots were unraveled at some point.

After walking aimlessly for a while, I covered my forehead and looked around, and said casually to the air: "Zuo."

Azuo fell to me from an unknown direction: "What's the princess' order?"

I asked him, "If you don't call, you can't seem to notice where you are hiding, but sometimes when I walk around like this, how can there be hiding places everywhere so that you can both follow and hide?"

A Zuo probably thinks that my mind has been damaged, so I asked such an outrageous question calmly at these times, but Yingwei did not have the right to ask questions, only twitched the corners of his mouth and replied: "Or Yi Rong mixed in the crowd. or choose a suitable place to ensure that the princess is within the visible range, it is difficult to ensure that nothing goes wrong, so the princess should also be careful, it is better to return to the palace as soon as possible..."

I interrupted: "You and Ah You go help me with some errands, and then you can go back to the palace."

The words Bi Ayou floated to me from another place, and now I could see that she was emerging from the big tree beside the eaves, she stared at me anxiously, and lowered her eyes again: "There are dangers all around, the assassins don't know When will it attack again, Ah Zuo and I must never leave the princess's side."

I looked up at the tree and said, "Is there a good Tibetan up there? I want to go up there and sit down."

Azuo said urgently: "Your Highness..." Azuo still has to persuade him again, I will stop talking nonsense with them, and said solemnly: "Listen to the order."

A Zuo and A You were taken away by me. The soldiers searched the Guozijian and could not find any trace of the assassin. I sat alone on a high tree trunk, looking down at the Guozijian where the crescent moon could shine. Yellow, the appearance of this Li Dusu before and after death is spinning back and forth in my mind, I can't describe my feelings, some truths are about to come out, but I don't dare to think deeply, I closed my eyes and counted, feeling the night wind blowing , autumn clothes are cool and thin.

I think I took a nap.

When I opened my eyes, Guozijian had recovered to a peaceful state. I looked down at the trunk of the tree, thinking about how to go down. When I looked, I saw a back covered in a green robe.

The owner of Qingying took out a Yuxiao from his sleeve, and slowly played a song that was as soft as blue silk, revealing a sad beauty.

It's Nie Ran again.

I sighed softly.

As an official of Siye's temporary sacrifice to the wine seat, he usually has nothing to do and wander around. After thinking about it, it's okay, as the princess of the supervisory country who doesn't know how to govern the country, even if you pretend to be dead, it's pretty good. What position is there to laugh at others who lied on a tree and climbed to sleep in the middle of the night.

I quietly looked at Nie Ran's silhouette, and suddenly I remembered something I said in a fit of anger in front of the Niujia village house. At that time, Xu Fang had recovered his memory, and he also put his hand back to look at the setting sun, and said: Quote: "Growing up in a wealthy family, **** is like a fierce fire, and power is like a flame. If it doesn't have some cool smell, its flame will surely flicker if it doesn't burn people."

Xu Fang at that time... was talking about himself.

I sighed again, and I sighed inadvertently. Nie Ran turned around with his sleeves down, and looked up.

I had nowhere to hide but met his slightly surprised look.

Nie Ran didn't ask any questions, just kept looking up at me. I raised my hand awkwardly and said, "Can Nie Siye get me down?"

Nie Ran took me down the tree with one jump and another, and before I could boast about his feats, he said, "You have a good place to hide, if someone finds the deceased Xiangyi When the princess appeared at the murder scene of the Guozijian, she could not avoid a **** storm."

I patted the leaves on my body and said, "What kind of climate can a substitute become?"

Nie Ran said: "Until no one exposes you, what is the difference between you and the real princess?"

I followed his words: "Master Nie means that my identity will always be revealed one day?"

Nie Ran looked at me with a stern face.

I shrugged, "So the **** storm is not avoided, but the time has not come?"

Seeing my attitude, Nie Ran said, "I still think you will feel sorry for Li and Du Fei."

I said: "I still think you are busy taking care of their funerals."

Nie Ran froze and said, "I don't want you to be so ruthless."

I touched my nose and said, "I think it was Mr. Nie who was wandering around me at all times, and was accidentally infected."

Nie Ran's face was clear and his eyes were confused. I was too lazy to be poor with him, but when I was about to go around, he grabbed his arm, and his grip hurt: "What are you thinking about? What do you want to do? Someone wants to kill you, someone kills you because of you, and you are still obsessed? Willingly be used by others?"

After he finished speaking, I was stunned, and I was stunned. After a while, I turned my head and looked at him: "So you all know, you know that Li Dusu died because of me, and you know that I am trapped here. , but pretended not to know, kept silent?"

Nie Ran was silent, I knew I couldn't get rid of him, and smiled: "It turns out that the mantis catching the cicada oriole is behind, since you have your plan, then take care of your oriole, why bother to provoke it again. I'm waiting for Xiao Chan? For the time being, we don't have to confront each other, why don't you continue to watch the fire from the other side and take advantage of the fisherman?"

Nie Ran looked at me in shock and was speechless.

I asked with a smile, "Do you suddenly think it would be safer to kill me? Otherwise, one day the little cicada will become an eagle, and your flock of birds will not be able to eat and walk around?"

The already quiet night was even quieter. Nie Ran lowered his voice and said, "How much do you know?"

I sighed tiredly: "If I said that I was just talking nonsense, would you be extremely annoyed because of your guilty conscience? Master Nie, Shizi Nie, you have repeatedly said that you are paralyzing people. Are the unpredictable words deliberately trying to confuse the public? As long as you are still a little sensible, please continue to hide your strengths and bide your time, do not advance your conspiracy and tricks in advance, and each party will seize the benefits that they want according to their abilities, and don’t make extravagances, okay?”

Nie Ran: "..."

I touched the corners of my dry eyes, and my heart was filled with panic, "I've been awake for almost three days. I didn't expect Li to ask Du Feisuqiao and the others...they..."

The next moment, I couldn't help leaning forward, and Nie Ran suddenly pulled me into his arms: "No need to say more."

I was stunned, this lean, this moment, solidly overlapped with the phantom of the warm embrace that day.

Unfamiliar tone, familiar embrace, unfamiliar place, inexplicable peace of mind.

This time, I really don't know what to say.

In the quiet night, there was a thunderbolt, which pulled me back from the daze.

I took a step back and heard him say, "I just don't want to see anything happen to you, after all you..."

After all, did you like him after all?

It was already raining in the sky, he didn't say anything after all, just took off his robe, covered me with his head, and then let go, letting the rain drip down on him and pacing away.

I really want to stand for a while with this mood, but Nie Ran's cloth robe is not rainproof, so I have to jog all the way back to the cell, and only after this run did I remember the existence of Lu Lingjun, he, I don't know if he can It's not bad?

But he wasn't in his room. I saw that the wooden cabinet where the clothes were placed on weekdays was empty. I couldn't help but padded my heart. When I heard the rain outside the window getting stronger, I was thinking about such a critical moment. , where can he go?

My hand rubbing my eyebrows stopped in the air, suddenly recalling a place.

Guozijian has a clean place near the water. The green slopes are close to the river, and the surrounding area is desolate and desolate. Generally, the prison students do not like to go there, but Lu Lingjun and the others like to run there and do whatever they want, such as secretly I know a thing or two about roasting meat.

By the time I got there, the showers were fading, the dark clouds were drifting away, and the crescent moon was pointed again.

Lu Lingjun stood on the top of the slope, his dark figure didn't move for a long time, I don't know what he was thinking.

I walked up to him with an umbrella and saw that he was soaking wet and the rain was dripping, and said, "Brother Lu, the rain has almost stopped."

Lu Lingjun turned to look at me, took off his hood, took advantage of the situation, and squeezed with me under the shabby umbrella.

Me: "..."

Lu Lingjun asked: "Where have you been? I can't find you."

"Me? I...go to be quiet."

Lu Lingjun snorted and called me in a low voice: "Brother Bai."

"Huh?"

"Brother Bai Xian."

"...hmm."

"I'm bad."

I nodded, "Me too."

Lu Lingjun said: "Actually...I don't have a very deep friendship with them, actually...Li Wen is really a very boring guy, actually...Du Fei cares about like a woman, actually... ...Su Qiao is really long-winded..."

I nodded again: "I know."

"But I'm very sad. Those, those who have never cared about coming to Japan on weekdays, can they only become memories?"

Lu Lingjun paused for a while, his voice surprisingly soft: "Brother Bai, are you wary of me because you don't know anything about me, and don't consider me a true friend?"

"Is it possible that when people make friends, they need to be tracked down one by one?" I shook my head and said, "It's just that if you can reveal your sincerity, then your friendship will naturally deepen... If you think about it like this, I don't seem to have much. What about a special friend... Brother Lu, do you have one?"

Uncharacteristically, Lu Lingjun's face was no longer the same as before, "Brother Bai, when I was so young, I liked a little girl..."

I interrupted his memorial: "So small...how small?"

Lu Lingjun took a half step back and explained: "I just made a gesture of my height when I was a child...about ten years old..."

"And then?"

"Then, I made a promise with her that I will never see her again."

"...hmm."

"Later I grew up, met many people and experienced many things, but I never forgot my promise with her. Maybe she had forgotten my existence, but I always held a glimmer of hope to see her again. , so I came to Bianliang."

"Unfortunately, it seems... I came a little late, in short, I couldn't meet her."

"I'm very disappointed. To be honest, I don't have much interest in a career. For me, being bound in the Imperial College is by no means pleasant...until I met someone who... Interesting, at least, I like to stay with him and listen to him talk. For a while, I almost suspected that I had a broken sleeve... Once, I accidentally found out that he was a girl, and I was really shocked at that time. Happy again..."

"Brother Bai, when you hear this, you should know who I am talking about, right?"

I had a lot of thoughts, reached out and patted his shoulder, and said calmly: "Actually, when you mention it, I know you are talking about me."

The long sky in the east was faintly blue, and the sky was about to dawn. Lu Lingjun asked without end, "Brother Bai, do you think that friendship in this world is more important, or love?" /

I laughed dryly and said, "Forgive my stupidity, how come I didn't hear, that little girl and that 'him', which is friendship and which is love? Isn't it all love? Brother Lu... Boldly admit that it is not shameful for a man to be distracted..."

Lu Lingjun suddenly raised his sleeves, and even his tone became desolate: "Brother Bai, can you really listen to me! These words, after tonight, I'm afraid... I won't have the chance to tell you again. ..."

I didn't ask him why he said this. After a long time, I replied: "The importance of friendship and love is not the point. The point is, Brother Lu, you have already made a decision, haven't you."

When I stood face to face with Lu Lingjun like this, his eyes showed too many things, and he couldn't hide it at all. He stretched his arms around me, resting his chin on my shoulder, and said softly, "Brother Bai, I choose you..."

Then I heard a screeching sound.

With sharp pain. It was as if something precious was shattered in an instant.

I bowed my head hesitantly and saw a dagger pierced into my stomach, and the person holding the dagger was Lu Lingjun.

I raised my head in confusion and looked at his beautiful eyes without a trace of emotion and color, as cold as ice: "...I choose to give up on you."