The sun was setting in the west, twilight was closing, and a crescent moon hung in the dark night sky. In the deserted wilderness, a rapid rustling sound came from the reeds that were about as tall as a person.
Black shadows passed through the reeds, but the man in black at the head suddenly stopped. He raised his right hand, and the shadows behind him also stopped.
The originally swaying reeds gradually returned to calm.
There seemed to be no one, except for the faint sounds of their breathing.
"Manager, we seem to have lost track."
The person behind him took a step forward to approach the man in black and whispered, but his eyes still looked around him warily.
Several people behind him were holding weapons, back to back, looking around like nighthawks in the dark, fearing that someone would surprise them from nowhere.
The man who was replaced as the steward did not reply, but looked ahead in silence.
In the darkness, everything is empty and silent.
"You retreat first and fly back to the imperial city immediately. The Sifeng Envoy has rebelled."
"yes."
The men in black behind him did not hesitate at all. After receiving the order, they disappeared into the reeds in an instant like ghosts in the dark.
In the darkness, he remained motionless, his hand tightly holding the handle of the knife at his waist.
The men had gradually left, and there was no sound of other creatures moving in the reeds, only the sound of gossamer breathing.
"Why let me go?" A subtle voice came out in the darkness, "Lin Yu, you clearly discovered me just now."
The man named Lin Yu seemed to be frozen, and his figure did not move at all. Just now, a dark cloud passed by, covering the bright crescent moon, and the surrounding area became pitch black. His ability to see at night was incomparable. Sifeng could only tell his general direction from his voice.
"Why betray the secret guards?"
The reason why he didn't want to take action was that he wanted to truly understand why the Sifengshi, whom he had always respected, betrayed him?
He turned his face sideways, trying to widen his eyes to see what was ahead.
He was an orphan. At that time, he thought he was alone and helpless, without any hope.
Just when he was about to starve to death on the roadside, a hand reached out to him. At that time, he thought he had finally escaped from the life where the road was freezing to death, but he did not expect that he would just step into another hell. .
But it was in that hell that he met Sifeng, who was like a light in hell.
"Why rebel?" The voice suddenly chuckled, "Lin Yu, do you know why I no longer use the sword in my right hand?"
He suddenly remembered, yes, since Master Wen died in southern Yunnan three years ago, Sifeng, who had been following Master Wen, suddenly disappeared and did not return to the secret guard until a year ago, but Sifeng returned But it seems to have become a little different. Originally, his two-handed sword was unparalleled among the secret guards, but when he came back, he seemed to have never used his right-handed sword again.
"Could it be?" He suddenly thought of something, but he didn't dare to say it.
"Yes, it's the Holy One." As if returning to that dark time, the voice became a little trembling, "He locked me in a private cell, cut off the stem of my right hand, and disabled my right hand. But He wants me to continue to work for him, which is really ridiculous. What are we people doing for this?"
Lin Yu was silent.
He couldn't answer his words.
In order to control them, the Holy Spirit poisoned each of them. On the first day of every new year, if you don't take the antidote on time, you will feel tens of thousands of teeth biting people's flesh and tearing their muscles and veins all over the body. , it will make people feel like being in an ice cellar, shivering with cold, and at the same time, like being in a furnace, being burned by the flames and being unbearably hot.
"Lin Yu, thank you for letting me go tonight, but if we meet again in the future, don't show mercy. I don't want to embarrass you."
In the darkness, the reeds suddenly moved, and a shadow seemed to appear vaguely in front of him.
"Xi Shi's poison is insoluble. Now that you have rebelled, even if the Holy Spirit does not kill you, once the poison takes effect, you won't be able to live long without an antidote."
"Hahahaha, I'm leaving now. I don't care about life or death anymore."
Sifeng looked up to the sky and laughed: "Lin Yu, I only hope that one day you can escape from that dark place."
**
In the dusk, there seemed to be a hint of cold air floating around, and the clouds were gray, as if it was about to rain.
A black eagle soaring in the night sky circled the imperial city for several times before suddenly lowering its head and heading towards one of the brightly lit palaces without hesitation.
"Your Majesty, this is a secret message from Manager Lin."
A string of crystal-clear glass beads was rotating between the index finger and thumb of his left hand. Xiao Yanjing looked at the small bamboo tube in Li Fuzhen's hand in front of him. He didn't mean to reach out and take it. He just said lightly: "Nian."
After Li Fuzhen said "Oh", he quickly took out the piece of paper as thin as a cicada's wings from the bamboo tube. He just unfolded it and saw that there were only a few numbers in it, but his expression changed.
Si Fengzhi rebelled and absconded.
A hint of sneer appeared on Xiao Yanjing's lips: "I have imprisoned him for two years and lost one of his hands, but he is still so restless."
"Your Majesty, would you like to send a message to General Manager Lin to kill Sifeng?"
"No need," Xiao Yanjing raised his hand, "If he doesn't take the antidote, he won't be able to survive the Xi Shi poison in his body. But another thing interests me more. This year, he has been there honestly. Why is there a sudden rebellion in southern Yunnan now?"
"Perhaps he is becoming more resentful because of something?"
Xiao Yanjing raised the corner of his mouth and showed a meaningful expression: "Maybe he discovered something, so he didn't hesitate to risk his life."
"Could it be?"
"Perhaps our Master Wen really survived the disaster."
Li Fuzhen's expression changed. If Master Wen was really not dead, then the next thing might become even more uncontrollable.
"Where did Sifeng escape?"
"I am reporting to your Majesty in Lanshan County."
"Lanshan County," Xiao Yanjing squinted his eyes, "If I remember correctly, that seems to be the only way to go to Yunzhong City?"
"yes."
"Speaking of which, it seems that I haven't cared about Yunzhong City for a long time. I heard that Yunzhong City will hold a wedding banquet recently?"
"Yes, the spy reported that Yunzhong City has been decorated with lights and decorations recently. It looks like a wedding is going to be held, but I don't know who it is for. So far, there has been no post about inviting guests in the city."
"In this case, the court's gift must be given, Eunuch Li."
"The old slave knows what to do."
Xiao Yanjing just gave him a look, and Li Fuzhen immediately understood what he meant, bowed and got up.
The beads on the fingertips suddenly stopped rotating, but in the blink of an eye, there seemed to be a crisp cracking sound coming from the silk thread on the fingertips. The shining glass beads fell to the table and the ground one by one.
Xiao Yanjing's eyes suddenly flashed with disgust and hatred.
Wen Jirou, no one in this world dares to play tricks on me.
