incomprehensible

Qinghua 29th lunar month 23rd, Xiaonian.

It was night, when the lanterns came on, the city of Luanyang was full of voices.Although it is located in the southwest, far away from the center of imperial power, it cannot be said to be a prosperous place, but the New Year is approaching, and naturally everywhere is full of joy.

"...I saw the son leading the vanguard all the way, invincible; the longbow in the hands of the Fourth Highness is like a full moon, and the arrows are always shot..."

At this time, in Guixin Building, the largest tavern in Luanyang City, the storyteller was talking on the stage.

This gentleman, surnamed Li, is well-known in the local area. He is short and thin, but full of spirit. His melodious and vigorous voice echoed in the huge tavern; Glorious deeds of the North.

Although it happened more than two years ago, there have been few wars in this dynasty, and the young general led the army for the first time and won a great victory. This kind of exciting story is naturally the most talked about.

After a speech, the audience applauded thunderously.

Although Guixin Building has only two floors, each floor is twice as tall as an ordinary building. In the center of the first floor is a huge circular stage, and the second floor is designed as a circular corridor. The vermilion lacquer beams and twelve Panlong columns.

The owner of such a resplendent and busy restaurant is a woman who likes to wear red clothes on weekdays, so she got the nickname Hong Ji.As for the real name, no one cares.It is said that there is some personal affair between Hong Ji and the Governor of Southwest China, and the government and businessmen colluded, so the business will naturally grow bigger and bigger.

This middle-aged but still lingering boss is leaning on the Panlongzhu behind the stage, with a smile on his face, and he can hardly close his mouth from ear to ear.Today is the new year, according to the customs of the central government, everyone has to go out to the streets, congratulate and bless each other, and return until midnight.There were no empty seats in Guixin Building, Hongji specially invited this Mr. Li to speak a few paragraphs for the guests.But the facts proved that her choice was quite correct. Mr. Li was elated and the audience listened with great pleasure.

It was windy outside, but there was a stove burning in the Guixin Building, and the shed was full of guests, making people sweat with warmth.Luanyang City is an important town in the southwest, with a dense population, and it is even more lively during festivals. Drinks and dishes are delivered from the kitchen like flowing water, and there are laughter and laughter one after another. It is a prosperous scene.

However, in the private seat on the second floor, in a small space separated by bamboo curtains, the atmosphere does not seem to match the Guixin Building at this time.

There are three tables of yellow pear wood in the private seat, the floor is covered with cashmere upholstery, and there is a finely carved copper smoker in the center, which can be seen as VIP treatment.

"It's not interesting to think of the Southwest."

The young man sitting at the top smiled leisurely, and the brilliance in his pair of phoenix eyes flowed, "I also said that only Danlu's youth was so lively."

"I don't like to hear your words. Your Jilei Pass is a wilderness, and my Xuehu Pass has beautiful water and grass. Don't make it seem like the northern border is not as good as the southern border."

The young man in black on the right hand poured a glass of wine on his own, put the wine under his nose and took a deep breath, his expression intoxicated, "But the Baihua Niang in the southwest is really fragrant. Although it is not as strong as the wine in the north , but it doesn't taste good."

Regardless of the exquisite dishes in front of his table, he just raised the wine cup and sat opposite the young man with phoenix eyes. His upper body was tilted and one long leg was supported.

"At this time of year, the snow in the northern region can crush the roof of the house, right?" The phoenix-eyed youth gave him a half-smile look, "After all, the southern region is more comfortable."

"Then you still have to rely on the Northwest Frontier Army." The black-clothed youth shook his head disdainfully, "Since you feel that the northern border is bitterly cold, why don't you just go back to Danlu?"

He stretched out an arm, put it on the shoulder of his companion, and smiled maliciously, "If you don't go back, your uncle's forehead may be going bald."

The phoenix-eyed young man was noncommittal, and turned to ask the white-clothed young man on his left: "Chang Yue, what do you think?"

The gentle young man in white showed a perfect official smile: "Please trouble your son, my father's forehead is still bushy."

The young man in black laughed loudly: "Oh, that's such a pity."

The three of them pushed and exchanged glasses, they really looked like drinkers who came to drink, without mentioning the real drunkenness; but it was already extraordinary for the three of them to appear here.

—— Ye Xuehuan, the third prince of Chongyang, Mo Ran, the prince of Yanbei, and General Chu Changyue of Mo Ling.According to the information on the surface, these three people should still be in the capital Danlu at this time, waiting to go south for inspection after the year, instead of sitting here drinking and listening to the show.

On the stage, the voice of the storyteller continued: "... Shizi charged into the enemy's formation with a single gun, spun dozens of times with one foot, and all the enemies around him fell down..."

Mo Ran took a sip of the wine and coughed violently.

Ye Xuehuan clapped his hands and praised: "Your Majesty is truly extraordinary, I admire him. When I return to the army, I must perform this unique skill of spinning dozens of times on one foot."

Chu Changyue nodded in agreement: "Changyue also wants to see it very much. I think it is because of such a unique skill that the son of the future has made all the more than ten tribes in Mobei bow their heads."

Mo Ran gritted her teeth and said, "I'll chop up this rambunctious rascal!"

Chu Changyue suppressed a smile and comforted him: "It's just a storyteller, if it's not bizarre enough, it won't attract people."

As if to verify his words, Mr. Li became more and more excited when he spoke, he slapped the chopping board, and said loudly: "... His Royal Highness jumped several feet high, head and foot, an arrow flew out, and hit the enemy general's eyebrows, Its head shot through!"

The audience applauded enthusiastically and continued to applaud.

"Listen, Nuan Wen is amazing." Ye Xuehuan laughed loudly, "Leaping several feet, and bowing with his head and feet, tsk tsk, I will ask him to perform some other day."

"...Just laugh." Mo Ran raised his forehead, "I'll ask someone to spread the rumors about you in the northwest, and I want to see what you will be said about."

After a paragraph of the book was finished, the atmosphere was pushed to the highest level.Mr. Li accepted the reward, smiled broadly, and stepped aside to rest.Several graceful dancers came onto the stage, with long sleeves fluttering, so charming.

The three of them were not interested in this kind of song and dance performance, so they chatted and laughed alone.

After a while, there was a soft sound outside the window.Tong Xuan, the commander of the guards who had been waiting by the window with his sword in his arms, pushed the window open a crack, reached out to take a piece of writing, read it, and burned it on the candle.

Ye Xuehuan glanced at it and asked, "What, is there any movement?"

Tong Xuan nodded, and replied respectfully: "Yes. And it seems that I have finally figured out the purpose of Skylark's sneaking in this time."

Ye Xuehuan raised his eyebrows, motioning for him to continue.

Tong Xuan hesitated for a moment, as if he didn't quite believe it, but he still replied: "It seems to be tracking."

Mo Ran was surprised and said, "Tracking? From Yi Country to Chongyang territory?"

"Yes." Tong Xuan's expression was quite complicated, "It seems that there is only one person being chased..."

Chu Changyue was also quite surprised, "That's all for Skylark, how did this chased person come from, how could he sneak into Chongyang territory so easily? And he even went all the way to Luanyang City, where even a team of Skylark couldn't take him down? "

The purpose of the third prince's trip is to track down a small team of the secret agent organization "Skylark" in Yiguo.

Yi Country borders on the southwest of Chongyang. It is a small country with weak people, but there is an extremely powerful spy organization.Even an absolute overlord like the Chongyang Dynasty has not been able to ascertain the details of this organization so far. We only know that Skylark's spies are spread all over the world, but the exact number of people, how they are distributed, and how to obtain and transmit information are all unknown.Relying on such an organization, the country of Yi can take the lead in diplomacy, its position is beyond that of other small countries, and it can even confront the central government occasionally.

This organization has always been secretive, but a month ago, Ye Xuehuan's intelligence network caught a little movement.A small team secretly sneaked into the territory of Chongyang from the southwest border. Although the speed was not fast, it was obvious that they were heading north.

The end of the year is approaching, and the flow of people around is chaotic. It is the time when it is most likely to fish in troubled waters. At this time, the elite of Skylark sneaked into the territory. Ye Xuehuan naturally paid special attention, so he took his guard "Xuanfeng" to personally investigate.Originally, after the Shangyuan Festival, he was going to make a tour of the south, but this time it was just an early departure, so it was regarded as a private visit.

I thought that the other party was about to make some earth-shattering move, but I didn't expect that this group of spies were not looking for information or assassinating important officials, but they were actually tracking a person.

"Interesting." Ye Xuehuan raised his brows, with a smile that was not a smile, "Lu Yao found Yunque's movements, but failed to notice this person?"

Tong Xuan replied: "There were some signs before, but I couldn't find anything specific. It's not very useful information. He mentioned it to me once before departure, but he just asked me to pay attention to it."

Ye Xuehuan glanced at the young subordinate behind him, and said casually: "Oh, so he told you, not me?"

Tong Xuan was startled, and immediately knelt down on one knee, "This subordinate has neglected his duty."

"What's wrong with you?"

Ye Xuehuan was playing with the wine cup between his fingers, and the antler finger on his right thumb touched it, making a calm and pleasant sound.

He looked at the clear wine in it, with no joy or anger on his face, "The spy bee's queen is he, not you, why do you have to report for him. If you have to say that you have failed in your duties, it is because you are too unprincipled. You have spoiled Lu Yao into such a young lady's temper. How many times is this the first time you don't report it?"

Mo Ran was fanning the flames: "Punish! You should be punished!"

Mo Ran's valet, Mo Yangui, stood behind Tong Xuan, and winked at his master, hoping that he would shut up quickly, but it's a pity that the prince of Yanbei never winks.

"It should be punished." Ye Xuehuan glanced at Tong Xuan meaningfully, "After returning to Danlu, you go and spank his ass."

Tong Xuan: "..."

Mo Ran said disdainfully: "As far as he is being pissed, he can tell at a glance that Yeye is going to be hung up and beaten by Lu Yao, how can he do it. He doesn't have the majesty that a man should have at all."

Tong Xuan: "..."

Chu Changyue tilted his head and suppressed a smile, while Mo Yangui covered his face in despair.

Ye Xuehuan said without changing his face: "Then punish Tong Xuan and go to the north with the son for three months, to learn the heroism that a man should have."

Mo Ran shook her hands, and said in a polite manner: "I'm sorry, I was wrong. Please send Tong Xuan to Lu Yao to be beaten every night, and don't let that aunt out to cause harm to the world."

The corners of Ye Xuehuan's lips curled up, and he said to Tong Xuan: "Did you hear that, you are still shouldering the great task of eliminating harm for the people, get up."

"..."

Tong Xuan stood up straight, and silently retreated to the window.Mo Yangui gave him a sympathetic and slightly apologetic look, but at the same time felt like laughing.Being molested jointly by the third prince and the eldest son, it's lucky that he can still keep such an upright face.

But he can also understand it very well, after all, it is because of this face that is always upright that people want to flirt.

"Forget it." Ye Xuehuan put down the wine cup and got up happily, "It's normal for Lu Yao not to be able to find out the person who can make the skylark go round and round. Chang Yue stays and Tong Xuan leads the way. Let's go and see the excitement. "

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The snow in the southwest has always been very late, and the first snow just fell on Xiao's New Year's Eve.However, once it starts, it will be a year later, procrastinating and never clearing, and it is annoyingly wet and cold.

The people are all gathered in the bustling city center, and the alley in the northwest corner is very deserted and lonely.In the depths of the alley stood a pale figure silently, hidden in the shadow of the alley wall, with a thin layer of snow covering its shoulders, it was unknown how long it had stood there.

He tilted his head towards the direction outside the alley, as if he caught a little movement.Under the reflection of the snow, there was a handsome and handsome young face, who looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old. His black and white eyes flickered in the dark night, like two dark flames.

In such a cold and twelfth lunar month, he only wore a thin plain white blouse, his long hair was neatly tied behind his head, and the white headband fell on his shoulders. Only the boots tightly wrapped around his calves looked a little It is very warm, with no blood on the face, stuck to the wall motionless, the whole body is only black and white, like a miserable ghost.If anyone saw it in the middle of the night, they would probably faint from fright.

But if you look carefully, it's not really motionless.The right leg has been trembling slightly, and the white pants have a dark red ooze at the knee.

The murderous aura outside the alley was getting heavier and heavier.The young man bit his lower lip, reached behind his waist with his right hand, and silently grasped the handle of the short knife, the rough leather rubbed his palm painfully.

His fingers are slender and white, and they were originally used to distinguish the most secret and delicate mechanism. He has never held a sword before, and he can't touch these fierce and bloody things, but now he doesn't care much about it.

This hunt has been going on for more than a month.If he hadn't been injured at the scene of the incident, and had made many arrangements once and for all, he would have been able to get rid of these thorns in the territory of Yi Kingdom, and he would never have been chased to this point.It is obvious that the bustling main street is about ten blocks away, and the bustling crowd can provide him with the best cover, but it is snowing tonight. The traces immediately revealed their whereabouts, and they were blocked in this empty residential area.Although they haven't been in contact yet, the encirclement is getting smaller and smaller, and it's only a matter of time before they are found.

The opponent has a lot of people and strong force. If it really comes to a situation where a frontal breakthrough is necessary, it will not be as simple as a small prize.

I spent so much effort and made so many arrangements along the way, but I don't know if it will come in handy.

The boy sighed silently.After so many years of carefully walking on the tip of the knife, I finally got to this point. It would be too unworthy to break it in this kind of place.

Either way, staying put is only going to get more dangerous.He took a deep breath, held the short knife upside down in his hand, kicked his left foot hard on the wall of the alley, turned over and jumped onto a roof, and ran quickly in the backlight with his short body, soundlessly, like a light and vigorous cat .

"Where!"

"Surround him!"

Sure enough, it was discovered.The corners of the young man's lips were slightly pursed, but his expression didn't change much. Regardless of the increasingly dense footsteps around him, he just rushed towards the center of the city where the lights were brightest.

There was a sound of wind coming from behind him, he didn't turn his head, turned his waist and turned sideways, a sleeve arrow whizzed past the side of his face, leaving a cold and fishy smell in the wind.

It was a close call, but the boy didn't feel any thrill or fear.If these poisonous sleeve arrows could really hit him, then he would have died a thousand times already.

There are hidden weapons.This time it's left and right.The young man remained calm, bent his knees and lowered his upper body, narrowly dodging a sleeve arrow on the left, then jumped up vigorously, arching his waist backwards, and another throwing knife passed through the arc drawn by his back and shot into the night further away, And he had lightly landed on the opposite roof, seemingly not disturbed by even a speck of dust, and continued to run without looking back.

He could see more and more black figures not far away, and finally frowned.

He can still deal with one shot or two, but if so many people surround him, one person will shoot a poisoned hidden weapon one by one, in the hail of bullets, even if it is just a little scratch, he will definitely die.

Since entering the territory of Chongyang, the opponent has more and more people, and they are more and more ignorant. At first, they wanted to catch people alive, but now they even use such a fierce poison. It can only be said that they are desperate.The above is really ruthless, after all, if he is allowed to fall into the hands of the Chongyang court, I am afraid that the skylark will lose all skin.

While avoiding a few thorns, he quickly calculated the route.

The current situation is not optimistic, and the other party also knows that he cannot be allowed to escape into the crowd, and the entire encirclement has been forcing him to retreat in other directions.

In a blink of an eye, five men in black jumped onto the roof one after another, slashing with their bright long knives with a strong killing intent.The edge of the blade is a strange turquoise color, which looks extremely dangerous.

The young man leaned back, cast an extremely soft iron bridge, dodged it lightly, and then supported the eaves with both hands, twisted his wrist, his body had already turned an angle, bounced in another direction, and avoided the blade behind him .It's just that after all, there was an injury on the leg, and it was slippery after the snow, so the right leg couldn't stand firmly, staggered a few steps, and almost fell down.

Several men in black immediately attacked, and there was no way out, and they were finally forced off the roof. The impact of falling to the ground stimulated the wound again, causing severe pain in their right knee, but they couldn't care less.

Just as he set up his dagger to prepare for a frontal attack, there was a stern sound of piercing through the air from behind, and a white line went straight to the roof, piercing through the chest of a man in black with a bang, and immediately blood splattered everywhere.The man in black slumped down, and the corpse rolled down, stirring up snowflakes and dust all over the ground.

For a while, no one reacted.

There were four puff puff puffs again, and a bloody arrowhead protruded from the backs of the four men in black on the roof one after another.Half of the arrow shaft and four arrow feathers, three white and one red, were exposed on the chest.

"...Blood Feather Arrow?!"

The boy turned his head abruptly, and saw the tall slender man at the end of the street at a glance.With a crown of black blonde hair, a black robe, and riding boots covering her slender legs to the knees, she stands proudly in the cold and snowy night.

He held the longbow at an angle in his hand, and the bowstring was still trembling. There was a sneer on his face, and a pair of bright and sharp phoenix eyes were full of teasing, "Why are you in a daze? Wasn't it very chic just now?"

There was a sudden pain in the heart, and the small heat flow was like the tip of a needle, and it quickly traveled to the limbs and bones.

But at a glance, he knew who it was.

The corners of the third prince's mouth curled up, even a smile was full of oppression.Although he has a handsome face inherited from the Yexue clan, he also got full elegance and magnificence from his mother. His fair face doesn't seem to be so suitable for the battlefield, but he has made great achievements in battle.

"There is an ambush!"

The men in black who were aggressive just now all turned around, but it was too late to react.Suddenly, a large number of black-clothed guards emerged from all directions, with patterns of poisonous bees on their chests, and slender tail needles woven with gold threads, all of them were the elite of Xuanfeng.

There were fourteen Larks and Thorns chasing him, and the number of Xuanfeng seemed to be more than three times that. I don't know where the ambush was just now, but he probably didn't notice it because he started slowly outflanking him from a long distance away. .

The two groups quickly fought hand to hand.Skylark's thorns were all killing moves, and Xuanfeng didn't seem to have any plans to survive. The sound of clanging and collisions continued, and people kept falling, but most of them were Skylark's people.

In the shadow of swords and swords, the third prince walked forward leisurely and stood in front of the young man.

The young man was not afraid, his pale face was clear and without a trace of waves, he said softly: "The blade is very poisonous, please be careful, Your Highness."

The voice is clear and soft, not childish.

Ye Xuehuan glanced at the chaotic posture around him indifferently, and smiled proudly: "Then they must chop off my Xuanfeng's soft gold armor."

The boy lowered his head, still expressionless, but he was really relieved.The third prince will appear here tonight, which shows that the arrangement along the way is still useful.

"You know who I am."

Ye Xuehuan curled the corners of his mouth, this little thing looks calm and unhurried, but in fact his whole body is tense, like a wild cat wandering around the street corner, stepping loosely and carelessly, but whenever there is any movement, it will prick up its ears vigilantly, Always ready to flee.

The young man replied indifferently: "The Blood Feather Arrow is famous all over the world, and everyone knows it."

In order to be able to count the number of enemies killed by each army, the central government has strict regulations on the color of the arrow feathers of each army. White arrow feathers are the color used by the Northern Command Army.And this blood feather arrow - it is said that the red feather is dyed with the blood of the enemy, which symbolizes that its owner is brave and has killed countless enemies.

There is only one person in the whole world who uses this blood feather arrow.

Ye Xuehuan was noncommittal, and his gaze fell on the bloodstain on his knee, "It's not easy for you to escape here under the chasing of Skylark with your injuries."

"If I wasn't injured, I would have escaped a long time ago."

The young man also looked at him, his tone neither humble nor overbearing, as if he was stating an inconspicuous fact.Getting rid of the pursuit of the world's top spy organization is difficult for ordinary people, but for him it seems as simple as eating and sleeping.

Seeing that the target of the assassination had come into contact with the royal family of Chongyang, Skylark's Thorn didn't dare to fight any more, and desperately wanted to kill him first, several people turned around and killed him immediately.

The boy turned around to avoid it, but most likely the injury on his knee was stretched to the limit, his right leg couldn't be controlled at all, and his body collapsed the moment his toes touched the ground.Fortunately, he has a strong sense of balance, and managed to stabilize his figure in such a dangerous situation, but lost the best time to avoid the blade.

At this moment, a strong arm wrapped around his waist, and once it was closed, it hugged him.

With a sneer on his face, the third prince turned sideways to protect the young man in his arms, reversed the longbow in his left hand, and actually used the bowstring to hold three long knives.The blade almost touched the body of the bow, and the green blade cast a clear reflection in his glass-colored pupils, but it did not pose a threat at all; Thunderous offensive.

The boy's eyes fell on the purple-brown bow—the color of the finest yew.The strong bowstring is said to be made of leopard tendons. When the bow is drawn, it trembles very shrillly. When the bow is full, the arrow is extremely fierce.

When the string is moved, all ghosts will cry, and when the string is pulled, all gods and demons will be wiped out, hence the name - "Suppressing Prison".

Like the bright red tail feathers, this is a longbow that has terrified countless barbarians in the northwest, but now it is used to block knives for him.

Although it is only a blink of an eye, but if you miss this move, you will never have a second chance.

Ye Xuehuan retreated quickly with the force of the rebound of the bowstring, and the rushing Xuan Feng had surrounded the three of them.A siege has come to an end, the situation has become absolutely one-sided, the skylark has died in sevens and eights, there is no suspense about winning or losing.

"I do believe that."

Ye Xuehuan smiled lightly, and his deep voice revealed the calmness of a winner, "The few dodging moves just now were really beautiful. If you weren't injured, you don't need my rescue at all."

The chest behind him was broad and warm, in stark contrast to the boy's back which had been frozen for a long time in the snowy night.He trembled imperceptibly, quickly calmed down, and said softly, "Thank you, Your Highness."

"Your hand doesn't look like you've held a knife, put it down."

Ye Xuehuan took hold of his right hand that was holding the dagger, squeezed and twisted the wrist, the young man's hand loosened uncontrollably, and the dagger fell to the ground with a clang, drowned in the noisy shouts of killing around him.

The force was quite ruthless, and the slender, white and tender wrist immediately turned red.The young man froze, his entire forearm was almost numb, his fingertips trembled slightly, but his face was still calm, and he didn't dare to look back at those bright phoenix eyes. Only his slightly shortness of breath betrayed him at this moment. tension and confusion.

Ye Xuehuan squeezed his wrist and twisted it behind his back, threw the longbow over his shoulder, freed his left hand to clasp his waist, almost imprisoning him in front of him, and approached his ear like teasing. Pan, "Little wild cat... tell me your name."

The boy's pupils shrank slightly.

There has always been a folk saying in Yiguo that if a wild cat has a name, it means it has an owner.

It sounds like the moans of some sour literati hurting the spring and autumn, or the vulgar rhetoric of a swinger coaxing a girl; but it is a deadly truth for them who can't be exposed to the light of day.

Knowing the name is tantamount to exposing the existence.

Exposing existence means ending.

Therefore, only the master can know their existence and their names.

And the third prince of Zhongyang asked his name immediately after opening his mouth.

No rejection.Can't resist.

The young man pursed his lips lightly, then tremblingly said, "My...name is Lan Qi."

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