Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

It's December, but Chang'an has already been covered with heavy snow by now, isn't it?It should be snowing in Le'an, but south of Fulongling, there is no trace of winter at all, and there is bright green everywhere.They rode their horses and galloped through a forest of flowers. The pale yellow petals fell with the wind, and the horses walked through the overwhelming flower trees, crushing the fallen flowers mercilessly.

This is the third day since they left the pier, wearing the stars and wearing the moon, day and night, not daring to stop for a moment, only time to breathe.Qingping felt as if there was a ferocious beast chasing them behind him, otherwise why would Tianxuan's expression become more and more nervous.

They passed a village, Tianxuan came out with a map, and said, "It's still ten miles away from Zhaoye, why don't we rest here for a while, and wait for the master to come before we go together."

Qingping was sensitive to find that she had been calling Chen Jun 'Master' instead of Miss or something else, could Tianxuan be the guard of the palace?That should also call Chen Jun "Miss", not "Master", which has a subtle meaning.

Tianxuan got off her horse and walked into the village. This village is close to Zhaoye, and there are many merchants coming and going to rest on weekdays. Cars and horses unloading goods can be seen everywhere, as well as vendors hawking goods.Qingping followed Tianxuan and saw her slowly clenching the sword in her hand, ready to strike.

They walked past the door of an inn, and the passers-by were already familiar with it and didn't look at them too much, but Tianxuan whispered: "Come here."

Liu Zhen and Qingping walked close together, Tianxuan said: "Don't get too close, be natural."

They just walked through a busy street in fear, Qingping pretended to be curious and looked around, looking like a child who went out for the first time, her eyes swept over the sugar cake sellers, all kinds of gadgets, At the end of the street, there was a merchant selling cloth. The blue cloth was very eye-catching in the sun, and it attracted many people to stop; For wages, one of the bamboo baskets contained long items wrapped in cloth. …

Qingping withdrew her gaze, but she still felt that something was wrong. When she thought about the things in the bamboo basket, she suddenly felt that it looked like a sword.

She was just about to take another look, but Tianxuan had already walked into the alley, and the cloth strip that wrapped the long sword in her hand had fallen off, revealing the scabbard, Tianxuan said flatly: "Don't look back, come in front of me."

Liu Zhen and Qingping looked at each other, and they both saw nameless fear and tension in each other's eyes. They walked slowly in front of Tianxuan, as if passing her by accident.Tianxuan gently pushed the blade away with his thumb, and said: "I'll count to three, you guys run. Remember, no matter what happens, don't come back, find a place to hide it, and wait for the master to come to Zhaoye, understand? One, two--"

Before she could count to three, a few women in common clothes were found from under the eaves, dressed as brokers, the leader pressed the bamboo hat on his head, kicked away a bamboo basket, and said, "When will the secret guards of the Wei family start giving People are running dogs?"

Tianxuan put her hands behind her back, making a gesture of three, and Liu Zhen pulled Qingping and ran away from the alley desperately.The commoner leader said "Huh?", and one person beside her took out a slingshot with a strange shape, put an iron ball on it, tightened the cowhide band, and shot towards Liu Zhen.

Tianxuan's pupils narrowed slightly, and she drew her sword with a swipe to stop her. The commoner leader stabbed her with a sword, forcing her to fight back. At the same time, the two of them jumped to the top of the wall, and walked forward, chasing Qingping and the others in the direction they left. go.And the leader led the other four people to attack Tianxuan with their swords drawn, Tianxuan's face remained unchanged, and with a flick of the sword's edge, it turned into multiple sword shadows, and waved down without fear.

The leader said indifferently: "Is the number one swordsman going to become an assassin? I'm not afraid of insulting my master and losing my reputation."

Tianxuan backhanded a sword, quick and quick, and picked one of them over; turned around and kicked the attacker away, and said coldly: "Speaking of insulting the reputation of the master, Mr. An, who can compare to you?"

The leader was furious, but was forced by her sword to take a few steps back. The Tianxuan sword was pulled out from behind one person, the blood-red tip of the sword was wiped across another person's neck, and the person fell to the ground instantly.The leader realized that he underestimated the enemy, put away his sword, staggered, jumped onto a tree at the entrance of the alley, and said with hatred: "One day, you will definitely regret it!"

Tianxuan didn't chase after him either, seeing the leader jump off the tree trunk and disappear.Standing among the corpses on the ground, she put away her sword and murmured: "...I will never regret it."

Qingping helped Liu Zhen to walk in an alley, when the sound of breaking through the air came, she heard Liu Zhen muffled, and wanted to ask what was going on, but Liu Zhen pushed her forward forcefully. Zhen hoarsely said: "Go quickly, don't, don't look back!"

Qingping helped Liu Zhen up. It turned out that her right leg and forearm had been hit by something, and it was red and swollen. Liu Zhen was sweating profusely in pain, and her complexion was as paper. Put Liu Zhen down in an alley.

This alley is very quiet, half of the alley is filled with small bamboo cages, Liu Zhen whispered: "Qingping, you go first, go first, there must be someone chasing you..."

Qingping was almost exhausted, but she still insisted not to let go of Liu Zhen's hand. She turned around and looked around. There was a field of chicken feathers beside the bamboo cage, and there were a few feathers in the cage. A wooden door was half-closed. Most of the varnish has peeled off, and some dark red splashed on the door. Qingping slowly opened the door and looked inside. The room was full of firewood, and there was a big pot, boiling water, and stacked on the side of the pot. Looking at the number of chickens that were killed, it seemed that they were about to go into the water to pluck their hair.Qingping instantly understood that this was a small slaughterhouse, she didn't have time to think about it, she pushed Liu Zhen into the firewood pile to cover her, then took off the jade pendant around her waist, put it in Liu Zhen's hand, and whispered Said: "Liu Zhen, I will lure them away, you wait here, Tianxuan will definitely come to you."

Liu Zhen grasped her sleeve tightly, tremblingly said: "No..."

Qingping took a deep breath, pressed Liu Zhen's shoulder and said, "Listen to me—"

Liu Zhen thought she was about to say something, loosened her sleeves, and she took the opportunity to walk away, saying: "It is better to die alone than two people, and I may not die yet."

Qingping ignored Liu Zhen's call, carefully closed the door, and hid behind the bamboo cage. In fact, that little bamboo cage couldn't hide anyone at all. If anyone came here, they would definitely see her hiding here.Sure enough, she heard light footsteps, then she stood up abruptly, kicked down the pile of bamboo cages, and ran forward, the people behind shouted: "Grab her!"

She walked through one alley after another, rushed out of the alley to the market, took a breath, and shouted: "Killer! Help!"

After she finished speaking, she ran desperately into a crowded place, where a few carriages and horses unloading goods were heard, and she shouted as she ran, and everyone on the street looked over their heads, and the two civilian women holding weapons behind her were like this exposed in the public eye.

Qingping supported a truck, pointed backwards at the stunned man, and said, "There...someone...was killed, in, in the alley!"

Everyone's eyes focused on the two assassins, forcing them to take a step back, and someone shouted: "If you catch the reporter, there will be a reward!"

For a moment, everyone's eyes were straightened, and the young woman who sold the sugar brazenly stomped the wooden stick in her hand and said, "Chase!"

Smoke and dust billowed, everyone's eyes were shining with the light of money, the two assassins couldn't care less about Qingping, they turned and fled.Qingping walked to the door of an inn as if nothing had happened, and said to the glare of the sun: "It's really hot."

When she thought of Liu Zhen, she was startled, and plunged into the alley, circled around like a headless chicken a few times, but didn't know which alley she came out from. Just when she was in a hurry, someone grabbed her hands suddenly, twisted After reaching her back, a dagger was attached to her neck, and the man whispered: "Don't move, if you move, you will die."

Qingping held his breath, nodded lightly, and signaled that he was very cooperative and obedient. The man withdrew the dagger, stabbed her in the back instead, and said sharply, "Go when I tell you to go, and stop when I tell you to stop, you understand? !"

Qingping nodded stiffly, the man pushed her and said, "Let's go!"

While walking, she came across the sharp dagger on the back of her waist. The woman pressed Qingping's shoulders and slowly walked out of the box. Walking on the long street, she saw that she was about to reach the exit of the village. Qingping was extremely anxious. The horse passed by, glanced at them casually, Qingping felt the hands on her shoulders increase in strength, almost crushing her shoulder blades, her steps slowed down, and the man said: "Go!"

Qingping suddenly rushed to the lieutenant's horse, and at the same time the dagger cut her back, she pulled the horse's tail forcefully, the horse neighed, and the lieutenant fell to the ground, and the lieutenant rolled on the loess , coughed a few times, pulled out the saber from his waist and shouted: "Who dares to be presumptuous!"

Qingping turned around and ran towards the opposite direction of the village entrance, the assassin followed behind her, the lieutenant said angrily: "Stop! Stop!"

The three of them chased after each other, Qingping went around a few houses, startled the flock of chickens and scattered them all around, the assassin also chased after him, but a hen flopping in mid-air covered his face with chicken feathers, waiting for her to find By the time of Qingping, it had disappeared.

The lieutenant's voice came from behind: "Bastard, beat me up first if you catch it!"

The assassin had no choice but to give up his plan to track down Qingping, and left resentfully.

Qingping hid in a farmhouse's chicken shed, with a hen hatching eggs beside her. She was half lying down, stretched out her hand and touched her lower back, and she was indeed scratched, but luckily only bled a little. After lying down for a while, the reed hen beside him slowly opened its eyes, its feathers were blown up, and it stared at Qingping threateningly.

Qingping: "..."

It didn't take long for her to run out of the chicken shed, covered in chicken feathers.The hen was clucking angrily behind her, and Qingping took away a little chicken feather sticking to her forehead, and squatted beside the kennel in melancholy, a little puppy came out of the kennel, and looked at it Seeing Qingping, he dragged out the dog bowl from the den and placed it next to Qingping.

Qingping touched it touched, but heard a low growl from the kennel, she didn't dare to turn around, and ran away, followed by an angry dirt dog.The little milk dog stared blankly at the direction in which one person and one dog left, stretched out its hind paws, scratched its ears, and barked on the spot.

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I am moved by myself!

With a bark, he burst into tears.