On the way back, Lan Lin rode his horse and walked slowly beside Suoyun Lake alone. The afterglow of the setting sun reflected on his lonely back. He seemed to be a defeated king, with his eyes full of desolation and sadness.
Because Suoyun Lake is a hot spring lake, the grass nearby is green, and the woods are also green. The horse lowers his head and gnaws the grass on the ground while walking, while Lan Lin looks at the grass on the ground with dull eyes. , until his eyes fell on a dandelion.
Perhaps because it was located in a warm zone, the dandelion that should not have bloomed in this season bloomed with a bouquet of small white flowers. He quickly got off his horse, picked the dandelion as if it were a treasure, and held it tightly. in hand.
Lan Lin murmured in his heart, dandelion - blown by the wind to the side of his sweetheart!
Just when he wanted to take a closer look at the dandelion in his hand, a cold long sword suddenly stabbed out and cut through the dandelion in his hand. At the same time, the long sword also hit his neck.
Although Lan Lin was in a trance, he was an alert person after all. His body instinctively moved away, then turned around and kicked the killer.
At this moment, Lan Lin had the opportunity to see clearly the appearance of the person who came to assassinate him. The person wore a bamboo hat and a black scarf, and was as agile as a cheetah in the snow.
Lan Lin fought with him, and the killer used his sword viciously to kill him. He quickly backed down and was almost killed. Fortunately, he had always been diligent in martial arts training and was very skilled. After the killer failed to attack in a sneak attack, he gained the upper hand.
He stretched out his right hand and clamped the sword blade with two fingers, thus stopping the opponent's attack.
The two stood in the wind, their eyes facing each other.
Lan Lin asked: "Do you know who I am? How dare you come to assassinate me!"
The killer sneered and said: "Of course I know who you are, King Zhui Lan - Lan Lin!"
Lan Lin was startled, and then said: "Since you know who Gu is, how dare you assassinate him? Do you know what it is to assassinate a monarch?"
The killer did not waver and said as if he was still determined: "Lan Lin - today is the day you die!"
After the killer finished speaking, he turned around and withdrew his sword, then took out the dagger from his waist and stabbed him.
Under the intertwined attacks of one long and one short, Lan Lin was caught off guard. He said: "Who are you? Who ordered you to come and assassinate Gu?"
"No one asked me to kill you, but I will definitely take your life today!"
"Hmph! There are many people who hate Gu, but so far, no one has been able to take Gu's life! The same goes for you!"
After speaking, he stretched out his hand and broke the killer's long sword. He clamped the tip of the sword between his two fingers and stabbed the killer. The tip of the sword lifted the bamboo hat on the killer's head. Then Lan Lin raised his foot and pushed his knee into the opponent's abdomen, knocking the opponent down. Suppressing him to the ground, he put the tip of the sword across his neck and said coldly: "Tell me - who are you? Who sent you to assassinate me?"
The man in black sneered, then pulled off the black scarf covering his face, and said, "I wonder if your majesty still remembers Changting?"
"Chang... Changting!" Lan Lin was shocked, his voice trembling.
The man in black sneered and said, "Yes, Chang Ting is my brother. My name is Chang Si, and I am his younger brother!"
"Are you Changting's younger brother?"
When Lan Lin heard Changting's name again, he was startled and his whole body was trembling slightly.
When Changsi saw this, he said with a look of resentment:
"More than ten years have passed. I think if I hadn't reminded you, Your Majesty, you would have forgotten that there is such a person as Chang Ting in the world! Do you still remember that he is your most loyal guard? Do you still remember that my brother has been with you forever?" An everlasting covenant?"
"You said that he is the love of your heart! My poor brother is so stupid that he would believe in the love of a king, swear allegiance to follow you throughout his life, and even risk his life for you. But what about you? You When I turned around, there were countless beauties in the harem, and groups of wives and concubines..."
"Let me ask you, who is he? My brother once simply thought that you two were in love with each other and understood each other's strong dependence best in the world. It turned out that all this was just wishful thinking on his part."
"It doesn't matter that you have so many concubines, but you still fell in love with a man other than him. Before, I thought about letting go.
Even if you have countless beauties in your harem, you can't help it. "
"But now there are rumors among the people that you actually fell in love with an eunuch named Lin Xie. This has become a joke among people in Zhuilan. My mental arithmetic is dead. Didn't you say that my brother is the only one in your heart?"
"Lan Lin, how could you deceive him like this? Lie to him? My brother Changting is really the stupidest and simplest person in the world! Do you know that today is the death ceremony of my brother Changting, who was killed in Suoyun two years ago? Hu, I missed the opportunity to assassinate you. Today I am here to kill you to avenge him!
Lan Lin seemed to have lost his fighting power the moment he heard about Chang Ting. Coupled with Chang Si's series of questions, he only felt a buzzing in his head and a wave of dizziness. All the dust-covered memories of his youth were flying quickly, like It looked like it was about to burst through his head and fly out.
At this moment, Chang Si seized the opportunity, grabbed the broken sword on the side, and stabbed Lan Lin in the chest.
"stop--"
The moment the broken sword stabbed him, a hand quickly opened the broken sword in his hand, but the broken sword still stabbed Lan Lin's chest, and blood immediately seeped out. Lan Lin's body swayed slightly, and his tall body seemed to He was so weak that he fell backwards.
Lin Xie was so shocked that he didn't care much and hurriedly reached out to help Lan Lin who fell down. "His Majesty--"
Chang Si looked at Lin Xie who had suddenly arrived, and couldn't help but be surprised. His face was very similar to his brother's, and his charm was very similar to his brother Chang Ting.
"Are you Lin Xie?" Chang Si asked.
Lin Xie nodded, turned back to look at Chang Si and asked, "Why do you want to assassinate His Majesty? Do you know that assassinating King Zhuilan is a capital offense?"
For some reason, Lin Xie felt that the killer looked at him not with fear, but with the feeling of seeing him again after a long separation.
Brother Changting——
Chang Si looked at Lin Xie and murmured in his heart, that name came across thousands of mountains and rivers.
Only then did Chang Si understand why Lan Lin fell in love with Lin Xie, because he was so much like his brother Chang Ting.
Hearing the guards coming behind him on horseback, Changsi didn't have time to think too much, so he quickly picked up the broken sword on the ground and ran away in a hurry.
Lin Xie wanted to chase him, but Lan Lin said: "Forget it, let him go..."
Lin Xie was puzzled and turned to look at the tip of the broken sword held by Lan Lin. He thought to himself that Lan Lin was very good at martial arts. He was holding the opponent's broken sword at that time, which showed that he had the ability to kill the opponent. Why did he do this? Let the other person go.
What is his relationship with the killer? Who is the killer? Why come to assassinate him?
All kinds of questions puzzled Lin Xie. At this moment, the group of guards had arrived. Seeing Lan Lin's chest injury, he hurriedly dismounted and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, your rescue is late, please forgive me!"
Lan Lin was in a daze and suddenly fainted.
Everyone was shocked, Lin Xie hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has fainted, please send word to Pharmacist Chen to come quickly——"
Lin Xie never dreamed that Suoyun Lake and his party would actually encounter assassins. He thought that the biggest danger was just a minor accident with bruises. He didn't expect that someone would dare to come and assassinate Lan Lin. Because of their negligence, they also Lan Lin was stabbed.
However, the strange thing is that the sword that the killer stabbed Lan Lin did not hurt the vital part because Lin Xie took action in time, but Lan Lin was hit by the sword and did not wake up, and has been in a coma.
Lin Xie asked: "Mr. Chen, Your Majesty has been sleeping for three hours, why haven't you woke up yet? Could it be that the killer's sword has poison quenched on it?"
Pharmacist Chen closed the medicine box while shaking his head and said: "Eunuch Lin, no, I have carefully inspected the sword blade, and there is no poison on it. I checked His Majesty's pulse just now, and I feel that he is overthinking and is mentally ill." What Yu Nanshu caused... was not a simple sword injury."
"Thinking too much, it's hard to feel relieved? Then when will he wake up?"
Lan Lin, who was unconscious, had a hot forehead and a high fever. The situation seemed to be bad, which made Lin Xie worried.
As Lan Lin fell into unconsciousness, Lin Xie couldn't help but start to worry. If Lan Lin really went to the hot spring villa, then none of them would be able to escape, and they would all die. He would not be able to escape at this moment.
Started to worry.
Pharmacist Chen said: "Eunuch Lin, I have used a silver needle to acupuncture your majesty. I will prescribe another medicine for your majesty later. I hope your majesty will feel better after drinking it!"
Seeing that the most experienced pharmacist in the palace was helpless, Lin Xie couldn't help but become more and more worried. However, this matter was of great importance, so he could only hide it tightly. He could only wait for Lan Lin to wake up, otherwise he would rush back to the palace for a while. It’s hard to tell at the moment, but he will definitely be accused of being innocent and someone will take the opportunity to get rid of him.
Lin Xie nodded and said: "Then I have to ask Pharmacist Chen. No matter what, we must let His Majesty wake up as soon as possible. This matter started in the Hot Spring Villa and must end in the Hot Spring Villa. Otherwise, it will become even more unclear when we return to the palace. You I can’t escape my involvement, do you understand?”
Pharmacist Chen nodded.
In his sleep, Lan Lin seemed to have returned to the past. It was a memory that had been buried in the depths of his memory for so long that he thought it happened in his previous life...
When Lan Lin was nine years old, his father brought Chang Ting to him. He took Lan Lin's hand, pointed at the young man in black kneeling on one knee, and said to him: "Lin'er, this child's name is Chang Ting. Training Speedy and loyal, he will be your personal guard from now on. He will follow you throughout his life, just like your shadow that never leaves you!"
Chang Ting, who was one year older than him that year, became his personal guard, growing up with him, playing tricks, getting into trouble, and getting punished.
As a guard, he was willing to carry and block everything for him. They were inseparable, and Changting seemed to have become a part of his life. As his father said to him, he is his shadow, and the shadow will never leave its master in his life.
Slowly, the little guard Changting has grown into a seventeen-year-old boy, and the unruly little prince has also ascended the throne as King Zhuilan.
Changting almost accompanied his growth throughout his life, until he grew from an ignorant boy to the youngest King of Chaoslan.
