All the way back, Su Yan complained with a dark face behind him: "Finally found a way to make money, what are you doing to me?!"
Zuo Qing shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Are you also involved in the brothel business? Aren't you afraid that Su Ming will tear you into pieces?"
"That miser of his has money and is his mother. How could he kill me, a cash cow! Besides, I didn't go to a brothel to sell myself. Do you think I'm too dirty?!"
"And you are?"
"O madam! Open a brothel, I will be the madam, and the master will sell wine. It's the best of both worlds!"
Zuo Qing almost missed the breath, and left quickly without wanting to talk to him anymore.
Su Yan held up his two short legs and chased after him and said, "The things are done, can we go play?"
"Now that things are done, let's set off back tomorrow."
"It's still too early!" Su Yan was reluctant and hurriedly begged him: "Let's stay for a few more days. It's so much fun in Chucheng! I made friends with two young ladies during the show. Let's go out for a drink tomorrow?"
"No need."
Su Yan persuaded him without feeling tired: "Then I will find another doctor for you. Although your hand is healed, you still need to make up for it. The doctor in Chucheng must be great!"
Zuo Qing ignored him and continued walking to the inn.
Su Yan was angry and helpless. He returned to the inn. Seeing Zuo Qing about to close the door, Su Yan turned sideways and nimbly slipped into the door. He picked up the teacup on the table and poured himself a cup of tea. Throat.
"It's not easy to come here, and the medicinal materials are sold. It's time to go around and have some fun. Just go back. I don't know when I can come to Chucheng again in the future."
"If you don't go back, your master will be worried!" Zuo Qing didn't even raise his head as he rummaged around in his luggage.
"You don't care what he does! You're here, you really don't want to go and have fun? The bamboo forest in Nanshan, the lake view outside the city, as well as restaurants, teahouses, and all kinds of food on the streets, these are all Kuai Feng There’s nothing you can’t see or eat in this town…”
When Su Yan said this, he suddenly stopped as if he thought of something and sighed slightly.
He is not someone who lives in a remote town, so naturally he will not be yearning for the scenery and food in Chucheng.
After all, they are not the same kind of people!
She suddenly became worried, was Zuo Qing going back to Rongguo? After that, it became a life of two people again...
It has been nine years, living in that small place, facing the same people, doing the same things. To be honest, she has had enough of this kind of life!
Zuo Qing finally found the book he wanted to read and opened it. He caught a glimpse of Su Yan's disappointed look and asked her cautiously: "What's wrong?"
"It's okay," Su Yan turned around and covered up all his emotions. When she walked outside the door, she still couldn't help but turn around and ask the person at the window: "Are you going back to Ruoshui?"
A flash of panic flashed in Zuo Qing's eyes, and he squeezed the book in his hand tighter and tighter. After a long moment, he nodded.
"Yes, you have stayed in Chu for a long time. It's time to go home...it's time for me to go back too." Su Yan smiled relievedly, closed the door for him and left.
He looked at the door in despair, as if he had lost something important, which made him feel uncomfortable and panicked.
The sun sets over the western mountains and the night is long. Zuo Qing sat in front of the window, not reading a page of the book in his hand. He only thought about one thing:
When did Su Yan leave a mark on his heart? How can I wipe it clean?
The next day, it started to rain in Chucheng, and the south of the Yangtze River was hazy.
Zuo Qing drove to a bamboo forest. At first, there was nothing strange, but as the carriage went deeper into the bamboo forest, the surrounding atmosphere became weirder.
A sharp whistle suddenly sounded, and in an instant, the green bamboos were swaying wildly, the wind was roaring, and wherever the eyes could see, there seemed to be countless black shadows passing by, getting closer and closer!
"No!" Zuo Qing realized the danger and whipped hard. Unexpectedly, the horse was stuck in place, not daring to take a step forward. No matter how hard he whipped it, it was of no avail.
At the critical moment, Su Yan has to kick the horse in the butt.
"You stupid horse, why don't you start running when you are about to die!"
With a scream, the horse's four legs ran in a straight line.
But Su Yan still felt uneasy. He looked up and saw the black shadows around him following the carriage closely, unable to get rid of it!
If Zuo Qing is allowed to drive, he probably won’t even know how he died!
"I'll drive!"
Su Yan rolled up his sleeves and took the reins.
The carriage's speed had reached its limit, but the black shadow in the bamboo forest was getting closer and closer. The light of the sword even reflected on the window... In the blink of an eye, it fell on the side of Su Yan's face again!
She completely forgot that her palms were completely bruised by the reins and just ran forward, otherwise she would die here!
"careful!"
Zuo Qing quickly pulled the reins, and the carriage suddenly changed direction, but he just missed the knife that almost hit Su Yan's neck.
In shock, men in black fell in front of the carriage one after another and forced the horse to stop.
Those five people were dressed as dead warriors, all in pitch black, with a vaguely weird pattern on the left cheek. Most of it was covered under the scarf, leaving only a little trace. But Zuo Qing recognized at a glance that those patterns were the unique marks of Rong Guo's death row prisoners!
Su Yan had seen the dead men and recognized them at this moment. He was just confused about who sent these people and who among them were they coming for?
There's no time to think about it, it's important to save your life now!
However, with his own martial arts, can he get out alive?
Su Yan had no confidence in his heart.
Zuo Qing suddenly grabbed her arm, but his face was extremely calm: "I will deal with it, you go quickly."
Su Yan looked at Zuo Qing's thin figure and couldn't help but shook his head: "Now that the matter has come to this, it's up to me, Su Nuxia, to take action. You just watch. If you can find a chance, help me. If I can't defeat you, run away for your life." , tell my master that his apprentice is not a bad person!"
After saying that, he jumped off the carriage, pointed at the dead men and shouted: "If you have the ability, come on one by one, I will accompany you to the end!"
Under the mask, those eyes were motionless, like a pool of stagnant water. Except for the murderous aura on his body, he looked like a dead person. I saw the broad knives in the hands of these 'dead people' turning over, and when white light suddenly appeared, they were quickly surrounded.
Su Yan cursed at the villain, then took a few steps back and climbed up the hood of the car.
Zuo Qing's nerves had collapsed into a straight line, and he stared at the battle situation without daring to relax. At this moment, seeing Su Yan fall on the hood of the car, he just breathed a sigh of relief, lifted it up again, and shouted urgently: "Be careful behind you!"
Almost at the same time, two more dead soldiers flew up towards them, attacking from both sides, and it seemed that there was no way out.
But Su Yan always managed to survive. She grabbed the handle on the edge of the car hood and jumped down. While avoiding the frontal attack, she kicked the car hood off with her kick. The jumping wooden board hit the attacker's lower body hard, wailing. With a sound, he rolled down.
After the wave was over, they adjusted their offensive and approached again.
After a few rounds of pulling, she managed to solve one, and then she had no more strength, so she let the shining blade fall in front of her...
His feet softened and he rolled down.
I felt that my eyes were going black and my whole body was in burning pain. The murderous aura around him gradually approached, and when his vision finally became clear, he realized that he was once again surrounded by dead soldiers.
If such a scene were placed on Master, he might not take it lightly, but for Su Yan, this is a battle between life and death.
One on three, head-to-head confrontation, she felt completely desperate.
"Their base is the breakthrough point!" Zuo Qing's voice broke the deadlock.
Hope rekindled in Su Yan's eyes, and he immediately turned the blade of his hand and killed him.
The bamboo forest was rustling, but several tragic wails could still be clearly heard, and the three dead soldiers instantly collapsed to the ground.
Su Yan jumped up on the spot, turned around and ran away, shouting as he ran, "Quick! You drive, start running first!"
Zuo Qing understood and immediately turned the car towards the nearest exit. When he started, Su Yan had already leapt up.
No one seems to be catching up behind me, and the sudden silence in the bamboo forest is terrifying...
Zuo Qing slowly stopped the carriage and looked behind him cautiously.
"Something's wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"Look at those people, they disappeared in an instant. Maybe there is an ambush nearby."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Yan felt that there were more dead soldiers approaching secretly nearby. He quickly pulled Zuo Qing behind him to protect him, and cursed: "You're going to do nothing good when you open your mouth! Hurry up and take out any of them if they come up." Defend yourself, Heroine, I may have to worry about myself!"
Just as he was talking, more than a dozen people flew out from the surrounding grass. They were all black-clad and masked warriors holding short broadswords. Their faces were branded with patterns, and most of them were covered by scarves.
Su Yan held the dagger tightly and said to the person behind him: "If I can't resist it for a while, you can run away quickly according to the situation. By the way, if I help you escape this time, I will have saved you twice!" Don’t forget to repay me well in the future.”
Zuo Qing's face turned pale with anxiety, but he still clenched his teeth and took a step forward to block her.
"I won't leave you."
This sentence resonated loudly in Su Yan's heart.
Su Yan was dazed for a moment, forgetting that the blades of those dead soldiers were imminent, and her consciousness was no longer under control. Only one sentence kept circling in her mind: I will not abandon you. There was a rush of wind next to her ears, and the blade of the knife was almost touching her face. Only one arm was seen blocking the edge of the knife to protect her from the danger.
Seeing that Zuo Qing was about to lose his arm, at the critical moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from deep in the bamboo forest. The masked man in green broke out of the bamboo, followed by a column of eight people, passing by Su Yan's carriage like a strong wind, heading towards The dead man rushed forward.
One is black and the other is green, one is holding a knife and the other is holding a sword. Suddenly, the scene changes to a desperate fight between masked men.
The man in green only had one eye exposed, without any identity symbol on his body. Even his swordsmanship was wild and difficult to trace.
At that time, the man in Tsing Yi moved quickly, so fast that it was difficult to catch with the naked eye. Apart from the afterimage, all that could be seen was the flying bamboo leaves.
The dead soldiers tried to break through the siege, but the afterimage was like an iron wall, unable to get out even half a step.
Bamboo leaves fell to the ground, and the array was completed.
The man in Tsing Yi attacks with his sword, causing mud to fly everywhere he goes, as if the sky is falling apart...
The opponent relied on their numerical advantage and did not lose.
Su Yan was horrified and wanted to rush to help, but if he left, Zuo Qing would be left alone and could only observe the situation from the sidelines.
At this time, the two parties are in a stalemate. If this continues, I am afraid it will be difficult to tell the difference even after dark. She also carefully observed the swordsmanship of the dead men and found that these men were good at using machetes. Although they were powerful, they were weapons that were difficult to attack from a distance. The men in Tsing Yi used swords, which had no big difference in pros and cons. How could they use them skillfully? Conquer the enemy? Su Yan thought of the fight just now, and guessed that since these people were all good at using knives, they should be dead soldiers trained in the same place, and they might even have the same weaknesses.
Thinking of this, I suddenly became enlightened and immediately informed of this discovery. However, the people in Tsing Yi did not seem to receive the message and did not take any corresponding countermeasures. Just when Su Yan was anxious, the people in Tsing Yi quickly changed their formations.
A duel between masters, deadly moves.
Su Yan held Zuo Qing's hand unconsciously and broke into a cold sweat nervously: "They changed their formations. The four men in Tsing Yi at the head were nimble with their feet and used very cunning swordsmanship. The other four were constantly changing their positions and could not see clearly. …”
"The dead soldiers fought in a group, and it was difficult for the people in Tsing Yi to break through for a while, so the four leaders were delaying the enemy's strong offensive while also trying to disperse them." Zuo Qing carefully observed the fighting methods of the people in Tsing Yi: "The remaining people in Tsing Yi are They are assisting, and I guess they are also looking for opportunities to attack them. Just wait and see, when the formation of the dead soldiers disperses, the men in green will definitely defeat them with one move."
Sure enough, after a few more moves, under the skillful attacks of the men in green, the dead soldier's attacks gradually showed signs of fatigue.
This is the opportunity!
Thousands of small bamboo branches swayed wildly, and countless bamboo leaves flew down, crossing Su Yan's cheek, leaving a long and narrow cut. Su Yan was in pain and looked up. The blood-stained bamboo leaves were sucked away by the sword energy brought by the array, and disappeared as the snow-like fragments of the sword and corpses fell to the ground.
Everything returned to calm, and it was clear who won and who lost.
Su Yan jumped off the carriage and ran over, but they dived into the depths of the bamboo forest just as they appeared, coming and going without a trace...
Who is the man in Tsing Yi, and who sent the dead soldiers? Is it related to Ruoshui? Su Yan was scared, she was afraid that all of this would eventually have something to do with her...
Here, Zuo Qing was in distress, and Zuo Qing had already squatted on the broken limbs at some point. The smell of blood hit his nose and penetrated into his internal organs, but he didn't take it seriously. He focused on looking for the heads of the dead soldiers and removing their masks one by one.
Su Yan endured the nausea and recognized the origins of these people after just two steps...
Rong Guo’s dead soldier!
Those brand marks and the iron ring on the nose are unique to Rong Guona Kyoto's Ruoshui!
It seems that they are really coming for me, but who will come to kill me? She couldn't help but think of the princess in the palace in Ruoshui. The memories of her childhood came back like a flood. She couldn't tolerate her mother, nor could she tolerate herself...
Zuo Qing stared at the mark on the dead man's face, frowned and said, "It seems that they came prepared!"
"Them?" Su Yan woke up from his memories and was frightened when he heard Zuo Qing's words, "What did you find?"
"They came after me. Someone in Ruoshui City wants to kill me!"
"kill you?"
"It's just two factions, Mo Fei's rival, or...him."
Su Yan was confused when he heard this: "What does it have to do with Mo Fei?"
Zuo Qing raised his head, stared at her from a distance and said, "I am the adopted son of Mo Fei, and I am also the deputy director of Qishan Academy."
"Mo Fei's adopted son?"
Su Yan had a deep impression of Mo Fei in his memory. Ruoshui, a powerful minister and a celebrity around the emperor, had the blood of countless loyal ministers on his hands... He turned out to be Mo Fei's adopted son!
Su Yan seemed to be struck by five thunders, his limbs were weak.
"I don't mean to hide it. I'm just alone, far away from Ruoshui. One more thing is worse than one less thing to do." Zuo Qing stood up slowly, his thin figure standing in the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, looking very much like an executioner!
Su Yan has never been so scared as she is today. The person in front of her saved her life. She thought she could exchange sincerity and become a close friend, but she didn't expect that he would lie to her the most in the end!
"You are Mo Fei's adopted son, you are just like him..."
"It's different!" Zuo Qing hurriedly explained: "The water in the capital is deep. It is difficult to survive without relying on it. I am just trying to survive."
But how can the people under Mo Fei become a compassionate Bodhisattva? Su Yan naturally didn't believe it.
Zuo Qing knew that nothing he could say could convince her, so he tore off a piece of the token from the corpse and threw it next to Su Yan.
"The token of the commander of the Imperial Guard. The person who wants to kill me is General Zuo in the palace, Mo Fei's nephew, Ge Yiyan. He has regarded me as a thorn in his side for more than a day or two."
Su Yan glanced at the incomplete token at his feet and found that it did belong to the Imperial Guard. However, why did Ge Yiyan kill one of his own people?
"Ge Yishan targeted him everywhere and even secretly assassinated him because I had never killed anyone on behalf of Mo Fei. He sent me box after box of gold treasures obtained from corruption and I never accepted them. He thought I had two things. However, Mo Fei treats me as his own son, so he is jealous and hates me!"
"You could obviously leave," Su Yan interrupted him coldly: "But you didn't. You are just like those people, coveting glory and wealth, and would rather be the subordinate of a traitor!"
Zuo Qing sighed slightly: "Ruoshui is an Asura hell. Once I step into it, I can leave if I want to. But I have never done anything harmful to nature! I have no choice but to stay in that position. I have something to hide."
"What's the unspeakable secret?"
Zuo Qing suddenly fell silent and just looked at her with a painful expression.
"It doesn't seem like it's time?"
He nodded slightly.
"Can I trust you?"
"able!"
Su Yan raised the corner of his mouth, kicked the token away, turned around and jumped on the carriage, leaned against the door and said to him: "I think I have known you for such a long time, so I shouldn't have misjudged the wrong person. Your nature should not be bad... But we have different paths and are not the same kind of people. After you go back, you can go back to your Ruoshui by yourself and we will pretend that we have never met. This time, I will give you a ride for the last time."
The way back is long, but for Zuo Qing, it is too short.
