As soon as Wang Hu entered the room, he saw Yang Song tied up with five flowers, and his heart suddenly froze. When he looked again, he saw blood stains all over his body, with different colors, but the vital parts were avoided.
Wang Hu had some confidence in his heart. Although the tracking was exposed, the other party was not a ruthless person, as long as he endured a period of physical pain.
"Last chance, one, two..." A cold female voice sounded. Wang Hu calmed down and was about to answer, but found that the person asking the question was not him.
He put on a frightened expression and was about to beg for mercy. As soon as the three words fell, the beautiful girl stretched out her hand and grabbed Yang Song's neck, tightening it suddenly.
"Well……"
Yang Song's face immediately turned purple from holding himself back, his mouth was wide open and he struggled to make a sound of uh uh, his face was twisted and ferocious.
Under the squeeze of the muscles, the dark red blood stain on the right side of the neck fell off, and the bright red blood flowed out again, flowing down the back of the girl's white hand. The clear white and bright red intertwined to create a breathtaking color.
Wang Hu felt dizzy before his eyes, and what made him even more frightened was the girl's eyes, which were so calm, as if what she was holding was not a bloody neck, but a wooden stake.
Under such eyes, Yang Song was also scared, and struggled to squeeze out two words: "I...said."
However, the girl remained indifferent, her fingers still tightened, and her nails turned white from excessive exertion.
Click!
In the silence, the sound was particularly clear. Wang Hu's spine trembled, and he held his breath unconsciously. He watched Yang Song's eyes widen and struggled violently for a few times, and his head hung loosely.
Then, the girl turned her head and looked over.
In those cold eyes, Wang Hu clearly saw his frightened face.
"Now it's your turn, one, two..."
The cold voice sounded again, and Wang Hu's scalp exploded. He didn't dare to let her read three words, and shouted hurriedly: "I say! I say! My young master is Zhao Xu, the third young master of the Prime Minister's Palace, and he asked us to keep an eye on you. "
From the time she took action until the stalker spoke, it only took a few breaths for Lu Fei to be completely confused. At this time, he came back to his senses when he heard the stalker's words. Regardless of the shock in his heart, he asked: "Why are you staring at her? "
Wang Hu still looked at Xi Yue: "Third Young Master didn't say anything, he just told us to keep an eye on him and not lose him."
Lu Fei secretly thought that it was not good. The powerful officials and relatives thought that A Yue was dead and were intensively preparing for a rebellion. Now that they suddenly discovered that A Yue was not dead, their target would definitely be on A Yue.
This third son of the prime minister is really not fighting for power and profit in Kyoto, so what is he doing in a remote town?
Lu Fei's eyes sharpened and he quickly made a decision: "Where is Zhao Xu?"
"Room 1, Tianzi, Hongmen Inn."
The Hongmen Inn is diagonally opposite the inn where they are staying. There was a tail early this morning. I think I was bumped into by someone when I entered the inn yesterday.
Next, Lu Fei asked a few more questions, but Wang Hu knew very little. He didn't even know Xi Yue's identity.
"I said everything, don't kill me, please!"
Seeing that nothing else could be found, Xiyue pulled out Mo Li from Lu Fei's waist and killed him with a backhand.
Lu Fei was startled: "You..."
"I didn't promise not to kill him."
Lu Fei:......
He shook his head: "Let's go. I'll go meet this Zhao Xu tonight and get rid of the tail. I'll be more low-key the rest of the way."
After leaving the courtyard, the two first went to Yahang to return the keys to each other, telling them that they did not like the courtyard, and then returned to the inn.
As soon as she arrived at the entrance of the inn, the feeling of being stared at appeared again. Xiyue walked a few steps to a small stall at the entrance of the inn, picked out a small gadget, and looked at it from left to right.
Lu Fei pretended to be helpless and leaned against the stall waiting for her to choose, but in fact he calmly looked at the surrounding situation and quickly settled on the owner of the tea stall opposite the inn.
Tea stalls are a place for passers-by to quench their thirst. They are usually placed on the roadside outside the city. Tea is also provided in the inns. This is also an inn street. Setting up a tea stall here is like a donkey’s kick!
He searched again and found no other suspicious persons. It seems that Zhao Xu only sent three people. The tea stall was responsible for supervising their situation at the inn. The salesman was suitable for following them when walking in the streets, and the one pretending to be a pedestrian was probably adapting to the situation. , just in case of emergency.
After finding the person, the two of them went back to the inn without further delay. In the afternoon, Xiyue stayed at the inn to attract the attention of the tea stall stalkers, while Lu Fei went out to check if there were any other stalkers and took the opportunity to pick up the people in the small courtyard. Dispose of the body.
In order to allow the other party to better monitor, Xiyue would hang out by the window every once in a while. Later, when the heat dropped and the setting sun dipped into the maple trees, she simply lay down by the window and admired the gorgeous maple leaves on the street.
I saw three children running out of the inn. The child in coarse linen clothes hugged the tree trunk and used his hands and feet like a little monkey. He climbed up the tree in twos and twos and sat on the branch to greet his friends under the tree.
The remaining two children in brocade clothes were so used to being pampered that they clung to the tree trunk for a long time without getting up.
The child on the tree jumped down again to show them, "Take hold of the tree with two feet and raise your hands..."
As he said that, he climbed up the tree again. The two children under the tree tried, but still failed. The anxious children on the tree kept muttering: "Why are you so stupid? My cousin is only five years old, and he can climb up." .”
As soon as these words came out, the two children below became angry. The fair and tender little fat boy raised his head: "Humph, brother, we won't play with him anymore. Brother will take you to hunt birds."
The shorter child's eyes lit up and he ran into the house: "I'll get the slingshot."
Xiyue upstairs watched with great interest. Soon, she saw the little dwarf running out with a polished tree-fork-like object with rubber bands on both ends and handed it to the little fat man.
The little fat man picked up the piece of leather wrapped in the stone in the middle of the rubber band, then pinched the piece of leather and pulled it apart, aimed at a bird on the tree, let go, and shot the stone out.
Unfortunately, the aim was not accurate and the shot missed. The bird was frightened and flew away.
Xiyue's eyes lit up. This thing called a slingshot could throw a stone farther and with much greater force.
She turned around and went out, intercepting the three children chasing the birds in the courtyard of the inn, and said, "I'll help you fight them."
The little fat man's doubtful eyes were undisguised: "Can you do it?"
"You'll know if you try it." Xiyue easily took the slingshot from his hand, picked up the pebbles, aimed at the sparrow on the cornice, pulled it open and let go in one go, and with a snap, the sparrow fell down.
The little fat man cheered and ran over to pick up the sparrow, pulled its wings and shook his legs, happily saying that he would eat stewed sparrow tonight.
The little dwarf also followed and stretched out his hand to touch the sparrow's feathers. The child in coarse linen clothes looked at Xiyue with admiration: "Sister, you are so awesome!"
Xiyue smiled at him and looked at the slingshot in her hand. It was indeed better than throwing stones. She waved to the dwarf and took out a piece of broken silver: "Can you sell the slingshot to my sister?"
The little man shook his head: "Sister, I'll give it to you. Can you shoot a sparrow for me too? I want to live."
"No problem, go get some chopsticks!"
The little dwarf ran into the inn and grabbed a handful of chopsticks. Xiyue took out one, and when she threw it, she twisted her wrist slightly, and the wooden chopsticks spun and shot out.
The smooth middle part hit the sparrow's neck exactly, and there was another snap. The sparrow landed on the ground and stood up staggeringly, looking dizzy.
"Sister is so awesome!" The little man cheered and rushed over, holding the sparrow in his arms and caressing it fondly.
The child in coarse linen clothes tugged on Xiyue's sleeve: "Sister, I want to learn to hunt birds."
The little fat man also shouted anxiously: "I want to learn too, I want to learn too!"
Xiyue was in a good mood after getting the slingshot and agreed immediately. The little fat man hurriedly went back to the house to get two slingshots.
When Lu Fei came back at sunset, he saw Xiyue and a fair-skinned child sitting on the steps, eating persimmons. The two little kids, one fat and one black, were holding slingshots and shooting at the only persimmon tree in the yard.
There were persimmons all over the ground under the tree, including green, red and yellow ones. The waiter stood in the hall and looked at them from time to time, but hesitated to speak.
Lu Fei raised his forehead and threw a piece of broken silver to the waiter: "We bought it."
Seeing him, Xiyue stood up hurriedly: "Sister is going back, so come here. As long as you practice diligently, you will be able to shoot accurately like your sister."
The corner of Lu Fei's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but feel sympathy for the parents of the two children. Little boys of this age are already hated by people. If they learn to use a slingshot, their destructive power will make their parents' blood soar. .
Returning to the room, he said: "No one was following you. I think only Zhao Xu discovered you and managed to scare those two people away. They will definitely take action tonight..."
In the dead of night, Lu Fei quietly left the inn dressed in black and came to the roof of Tianzi No. 1 of Hongmen Inn.
He gently moved the tile away a crack, only to see the young master in green leaning on the sofa beside the window, tapping the folding fan gently on his palm, with a solemn look on his face, glancing at the candlelight from time to time.
It's him.
Lu Fei recognized him at a glance as the young master who showed his face after the incident of hitting someone with a pole on the street yesterday. It turned out that he was exposed at that time.
Lu Fei was slightly happy that the boy was not there. After thinking about it, he simply came to the window and put out the candle with one palm move.
There was only one person in the room, and Zhao Xu couldn't talk to himself, so eavesdropping was useless.
He took advantage of the fact that Zhao Xu had not yet adapted to the darkness, so he entered with his sword and stabbed Zhao Xu in the heart.
Zhao Xu was also alert. He rolled on the ground to avoid the blade, then stood up again and opened his folding fan to respond to Lu Fei's attack.
"Who are you?"
Lu Fei didn't answer. After fighting for a while, no one came in. At this point, he was absolutely sure that Zhao Xu didn't bring many people. The boy should go to the inn with others to find Ayue.
All the servants who were serving him were sent out, so he would definitely not have many people with him.
Lu Fei no longer held back, and went faster and faster. Finally, he found a fatal opening for Zhao Xu in the gentle rain of attacks. Mo Li's sword was in his hand, and he cut straight away. The sword hit a vital point, and Zhao Xu was killed on the spot. .
He quickly looked through the room and found no useful information, so he hurried back to the inn.
At this time, in the inn, Xi Yue held her breath, stood at the corner between the bed and the window with a brocade handkerchief on her face and a slingshot in hand, watching two black figures tiptoeing towards the bed.
Finally, they came to the bedside. One person gestured to the other person and gently opened the curtain. The other person immediately slashed at the curtain with a big knife in his hand.
puff!
The quilt sank, red powder flew on the bed, and a rich aroma wafted out.
The knife wielder cut too hard, and his upper body was almost perpendicular to the bed. He inhaled most of the red powder that floated out, and then he shook twice and fell on the bed.
"No, it's a trick!"
The man who lifted the curtain exclaimed, and hurriedly raised his hands to cover his mouth and nose. He heard a soft sound, and something came through the air. Then his knees hurt, his feet became unsteady, and he fell straight on the bed. Then, nothing happened. .
Xiyue put away the slingshot, took out the rope she had prepared early in the morning, dragged the two of them to the pillar next to the outer door and tied them up, and then collected the remaining powder on the bed.
Soon, Lu Fei came back. He pulled back the face towels of the two of them and saw that one was a boy in Tsing Yi and the other was the tea stall owner.
His suspicion was confirmed and he was completely relieved.
After thinking about it, he killed the tea stall owner with one sword, who was also the person he was following. He didn't think that this person knew more than the other two, but he was a personal servant, so he must know a lot.
Sure enough, after waking up the boy, he quickly glanced around the room. When he saw Xi Yue, fear suddenly filled his eyes and his teeth trembled: "Princess Xi Yue!"
Lu Fei thought about it and signaled Xi Yue with his eyes.
Xiyue understood it and glanced at the boy: "Tell me, who Zhao Xu informed of my whereabouts."
The boy's face turned pale: "No, no."
"I hate people lying to me the most. If you lie, I will not only kill you, I guarantee that you will fall into the realm of animals for the rest of your life and never have a chance to become a human being."
The boy was sweating coldly, and his face was twitching rapidly. Under Xi Yue's crystal clear gaze, his defenses finally collapsed and he trembled: "The Imperial Master's Mansion and home."
Lu Fei was shocked and couldn't help but despise the young man for being timid. The influence of the Imperial Academy was all over the mainland. There was a branch of the Imperial Academy in Yuzhou, not far from Maple Leaf Town. One day was enough for them to arrive.
At that moment, he stabbed the boy to death without hesitation, and said to Xiyue: "Get ready, we will leave at dawn."
After saying that, they hurried to the kitchen and brought a lot of cooked food. The two of them ate in a hurry and packed up the rest. When the sky was dim, they rode their horses and waited at the city gate. Just rush out.
Xiyue looked at the city wall and saw that it was much shorter than the one in the capital, so she suggested: "Let's just dig out."
"No, we can't run far without horses. In this day's time, I think the Imperial Prefect's Office has already notified all major towns. Under martial law, it will be even harder to get horses."
While waiting, the sky lit up and the city gate slowly opened. Lu Fei rode his horse forward. Just as he was about to go out, he heard the sound of neat horse hooves.
A group of white-clothed mages galloped from the fiery maple forest on horseback. They shouted loudly first: "There is an order from the Imperial Prefect's Office to close the city gate——"
Lu Fei tightened the reins and shouted: "Drive!"
Before the city defenders could react, they rushed towards the city gate. Xiyue opened the slingshot and fired at the guards, preventing them from closing the city gate.
As soon as he left the city, Lu Fei immediately rode his horse towards the side path, and the mages made a sharp turn and chased after him.
Xi Yue, who was tense before, realized that Lu Fei had placed her in front, which was not convenient for her to shoot the slingshot, so she immediately shouted: "Let me sit in the back!"
(End of chapter)
