Chapter 29 Counterattack
Xiao Xian looked at a painting hanging on the wall and was lost in thought for a long time. The maidservants who came to the house for so long thought that his soul was trapped in it.
"I really don't know what's so good about this painting. It's just a very ordinary picture of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. Our concubine in Yunlangjun's courtyard can also paint it!"
"That's right, I think Mr. Xianlang's illness is getting worse. Even a painting can make him feel as if he's possessed by an evil spirit..."
"That's right...you said...Mr. Xianlang, shouldn't..."
"shut up!"
Several maidservants were hiding in one place, laughing and talking, but were suddenly stopped by a shout. They saw the wind and dust running over quickly. After giving them a hard blow, they strode towards Xiao Xian's door. In the water pavilion.
"Lang Jun, you are looking at this painting again! You have been looking at it for a month, but have you seen any mystery?" Seeing Xiao Xian looking at the painting as if he was in a daze, Feng Dong couldn't help but ask.
"I didn't see the mystery, but..."
"Just what?"
Xiao Xian was stunned for a while and said: "It makes me feel unusually calm..." After saying this, he suddenly thought of something, turned around and asked, "How is it? Have you found out about her whereabouts?"
"I've heard about it, but..." Feng Dong's face looked a little ugly.
Xiao Xian asked anxiously: "But what?"
Feng Dong then looked around, leaned into Xiao Xian's ear and whispered: "However, that girl may not be well now. I heard that Madam You has sent more than a dozen dead soldiers to keep her alive in the past month. I was looking for their residence, and just yesterday, a servant came to report that it seemed to have been found!”
Xiao Xian's expression tightened, and his palms began to sweat. He asked hurriedly: "Then where is she now?"
She once said that she would definitely return to Xiao's house in three days, but after three days, except for the jokes in the wine shop and teahouse, she was nowhere to be seen again.
He knew... she must have encountered some danger... As expected, Mrs. Right couldn't help but attack her!
Xiao Xian firmly grasped the armrest of the wheelchair and clenched his fists.
"A Xinghua Village on the north bank of the Qinhuai River!" Feng Dong replied.
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Xian immediately turned his wheelchair and "ran" outside the hospital. Feng Dong shouted: "Lang Jun, wait, even if we rush there now, I'm afraid it's too late!"
"If you don't have time, you have to go!" Xiao Xian said anxiously. Suddenly he thought of something and said, "No, let's go find another person first!"
After Xiao Xian finished speaking, he quickly left the gate of Xiao Mansion. Feng Dong pushed the wheelchair to a relatively hidden alley according to his instructions. He took out his flute and played it for a moment, and then a black figure appeared very quickly. He flew out of a dilapidated hut, but in the blink of an eye he stood in front of him.
The person who came here was very thin, and his whole person was shrouded in a huge black robe. Even his face was wearing a half mask, only a scar on his chin was clearly visible.
"Master Xiao, do you want me to fulfill my last promise to you today?" the visitor asked, his voice was very hoarse and low.
"Yes!" Xiao Xian replied, "Xian sincerely asks you to go to Xinghua Village on the north bank of the Qinhuai River and save one person!"
"who?"
"A girl, but maybe she is still dressed in men's clothing, and she is accompanied by a teenage Hu boy. If I guessed correctly, they are currently fighting with more than a dozen of the right lady's dead soldiers. Xian Zhijun With outstanding light skills, I can reach Xinghua Village within the time of a stick of incense, so I sincerely ask for your help!"
The visitor raised a smile on his lips and asked: "You know, Mr. Xiao, this is the last time I repay you a favor. From now on, we don't owe each other anything, but you asked me to save someone who has nothing to do with you." ?”
"Yes!" Xiao Xian said solemnly, "Please don't delay!"
The visitor paused, curled his lips again with an unknown smile, and then flew towards the north bank of the Qinhuai River like an arrow from a string.
Feng Dong didn't even see how he left. He opened his mouth wide and looked dumbfounded, muttering: "Lang Jun, who is he?"
Xiao Xian did not answer immediately, and was silent for a while before saying: "It's an assassin. Five years ago, he broke into Prince Ancheng's palace alone and assassinated the then King Ancheng!"
"Is he the present His Majesty?" Feng Dong was surprised.
Xiao Xian nodded: "Yes, you can call him 'Shadow'..." But Xiao Xian knew that this assassin had another name:
His name was Ling Ye!
He was once the top bodyguard around the eldest daughter of the Xie family in Chen County. During the Hou Jing Rebellion, Xie Yuqing, the eldest daughter of the Xie family, died trying to protect the family. She didn’t even know where her body was buried. Everyone was confused. They thought that the assassin named Ling Ye also died in that war, but they never thought that more than ten years later, he would quietly return to Jiankang City, sneak into Prince Ancheng's palace, and carry out an earth-shattering assassination. .
Although King Ancheng was not killed immediately by the butcher's knife in that assassination, he was seriously injured and suffered nightmares from then on, unable to sleep peacefully.
After that assassination, Ling Ye became the most wanted criminal with a reward from the royal family in Jiankang City. During an escape, he hid Ling Ye in his private house out of compassion and helped him lure away his pursuers. .
Ling Ye was only loyal to the eldest daughter of the Xie family throughout his life, and was never loyal to his two masters. However, he made three promises to save lives and return favors. In the past five years, he had already used them twice, and this was the last time.
…
When Ling Ye rushed to Xinghua Village, he did not see the desperate fight that Xiao Xian had expected, but only saw a picture that shocked him extremely:
A "young man" dressed in plain clothes was sitting fishing by a stream in the bamboo forest. His figure was as bright as the moon and as clear as the wind. The Hu boy beside her was carrying a wooden bucket and he was cheering one after another. One after another, the black fish jumped out of the river along an invisible line and fell into the boy's barrel.
In the bamboo forest behind them, there were several black shadows, just like the fish in their hands, trapped in one fishing net after another, struggling desperately but unable to escape.
The clear stream sings, the birds chirp softly, and the spring breeze blows in the fragrant fragrance of flowers, without any private smell of blood...
This picture is not ordinary beautiful!
Just like the short-lived beauty he had experienced before!
Ling Ye was a little distracted. He was a born assassin. Everywhere he walked was stained with blood.
Except for the time in Xie's Mansion a few years ago...
Not knowing what he thought of, Ling Ye felt that he should not disturb him, so he immediately turned around and prepared to leave.
But at this moment, I heard a clear girl's voice asking: "Since you are here, why are you leaving without seeing me?"
Phoenix thought that another foreign enemy was coming, and immediately prepared for war.
But he saw the person standing three feet away, motionless, and only said: "I am not your enemy. Since your enemy has been eliminated, just pretend that I have never been here..."
He didn't intend to look back, and just as he was about to leave, he heard the girl ask again: "Are you sent here by the Xianlang of the Xiao family? But I still need your... help."
Ling Ye then turned around, and when he turned around, he met the eyes of the girl who was walking toward him. For some reason, the girl's face was very unfamiliar, but the look she cast towards him was like It shot straight into his heart, shocking him.
This feels so familiar!
"Who are you?" he couldn't help asking.
"Xiao, Jin, Yu!" The girl answered very calmly.
It was just an unfamiliar name, and Ling Ye felt an inexplicable loss in his heart.
"What help does the girl need from me?" he asked.
Xiao Jinyu smiled and pointed at the figures in the bamboo forest who were tied up in fishing nets:
"They... I need to give a big gift to the mistress of the Xiao family, and..." she said meaningfully, "pass a message to the Xiao family's showman for me..."
After saying that, her man also walked up to Ling Ye and handed a piece of silk into Ling Ye's hand.
But when she saw the half-masked face clearly, her expression also changed slightly.
After a while, she didn't speak. It wasn't until Ling Ye took the silk and left, and Phoenix whispered in her ear several times, that she woke up from her deep thoughts.
"Brother Qing, what's wrong with you?"
"He seems...a person I know well!"
(End of chapter)