Death Princess

Yao Jingyu picked up the knife again.

"Left, right, lower body," Leng Tong put one hand behind his back, and was using the scabbard to fight Yao Jingyu with the other hand, "Waist and abdomen, open!" Before he could finish his words, the scabbard slashed across Yao Jingyu's hands. The wooden knife in Jing Yu's hand fell to the ground, and the tip of the sheath was just a little behind her knee, and the whole person was overturned on the ground.

With a splash, Yao Jingyu once again fell into the pile of fallen leaves that had been smashed out of shape.She gritted her teeth and reached for the wooden knife that had fallen by her feet, using the knife as a staff, trying to get up from the ground, but after trying several times, she fell back to the ground after half of her body was propped up.

Seeing this, Leng Tong frowned, put back the scabbard at his waist, and said, "Let's go here first." Then he ignored Yao Jingyu on the ground, turned and left the forest.

Time flies like an arrow, the martial arts conference will officially start in three days, and Leng Tong has been staying in this sword sect for more than half a month.The green maple forest in front of me, which was so unfamiliar that Leng Tong would always raise the highest vigilance, has now become the place where Leng Tong stays the longest every day, with red leaves flying around.

She shuttled through the woods familiarly, her consciousness was in a trance.This silent forest of red maple leaves is nothing more than a calm day after day, like that sweat medicine, eroding Leng Tong's nerves bit by bit, eroding her high wall that took ten years to build around her. .

Zhaolu, she left herself in Jianzong, is it really just as she said on the surface?Is the pill really used to control his own poison?Thinking of this, Leng Tong shook his head involuntarily.She found that she didn't know how to face Chao Lu, and she didn't even know what kind of emotion lingered in her heart when the word "Chao Lu" was mentioned.

Also, Yao Jingyu.

What is the purpose of Zhao Lu secretly inducing this child to worship him as a teacher?Leng Tong thought of Yao Jingyu falling to the ground and getting up stubbornly again and again, she thought of the old self.

Leng Tong knew that she treated Yao Jingyu too harshly, after all, this place is not a dark pavilion, and Yao Jingyu is not an assassin.However, she couldn't help asking Yao Jingyu, especially when she saw her shadow in Yao Jingyu again and again.

Keeping yourself busy is the best way to relieve your grief.This method is true for Leng Tong, and it is also true for Yao Jingyu. The idea of ​​"revenge" is just an isolated island, but even if it is an isolated island, it is at least a goal, a goal that can drag oneself forward, so as not to fall into the abyss of grief.So at this point, she understood Yao Jingyu, and she also acted according to her "understanding".

Could it be that this is the purpose of Zhaolu entrusting Yao Jingyu to her?

Leng Tong pressed her temple and shook her head.Sure enough, once you are free, those thoughts that should be there or not will swallow you up.Leng Tong actually began to fear these peaceful and leisurely days.

"She's just a child." A voice came from not far away.

Cold sweat soaked Leng Tong's back in an instant, because she realized that until the man spoke, she hadn't even noticed the existence of the speaker.

Is it blunt?In this peaceful day, let your own knife become blunt.

"She's just a ten-year-old child," said the person who came out of the forest, it was He Yi, "Even if you are her master, there is no need to force her like this, right?"

"Child." Leng Tong withdrew his thoughts.

"That's right, she's just a child, what she needs is a carefree childhood, not a master like you." There was an indescribable coldness in He Yi's eyes.

"Children in their teens," Leng Tong met He Yi's eyes without hesitation, "In this world, there are too many children who can't be carefree. Not everyone can be as beautiful as you, Your Highness the Princess." Jade food."

He Yi's eyes flickered, "A child who can't be carefree," she repeated these words gently, as if each word had its own meaning, "Are you too?"

Leng Tong narrowed his eyes, covering the sharp light in them, and did not answer.

"What about her?" He Yi didn't ask, "Your apprentice, why can't she be carefree?"

"She bears a bloody feud." For some reason, Leng Tong answered truthfully.

"Blood hatred," He Yi put his hands behind his back, and said to Leng Tong sideways, "Then you know that there is no pure hatred in this world, everything has a cause and effect, and everything is involved, and some hatred is revenge. No way. Even if," taking a deep look at Leng Tong, "the enemy is by your side."

Leng Tong frowned, "Forgive me for being dull, I don't understand what Her Royal Highness means."

"Heh." He Yi just smiled through his nose, then turned and left.

. . .

The enemy is around.

What does Princess Changping mean by these words?It means that the princess's enemy is in the palace and by her side, but she is powerless; or she hints at herself that her mother-killing and village-killing enemy is by her side, but she doesn't know it at all; or...?

Inadvertently, Leng Tong remembered her first mission after entering the dark pavilion, the mission that was carried out in the snow that was rare in a century.At that time, as the assassin at the bottom of the secret cabinet, she naturally had no right to know the details of the mission.But following a series of events that happened later, she vaguely guessed that the mission of that day should be inseparable from the deaths of King Jing and King Ji.

And...Princess Changping is the only daughter of King Jing.

Leng Tong thought of the sword-wielding girl in the heavy snow eight years ago, the girl who desperately protected her brother and sister...

Suddenly, a sound of close combat not far away interrupted Leng Tong's thoughts, and she subconsciously ran towards the source of the sound.When she got closer and hid beside a maple tree, she saw clearly: on the empty ground covered with fallen leaves red, a man and a woman were fighting with each other with long blades. Sitting on a boulder at the end of the empty meadow not far away are Chaolu, her white cat, and a middle-aged woman.

Who is that middle-aged woman dressed as a general?

Vaguely, Leng Tong recalled what had happened in recent days from the disciples of Jianzong.

Hearing that General Ping Qi, who was originally sent to supervise the martial arts conference, was assassinated on the way, and his whereabouts are unknown, King Ping and Princess Changping went instead, looking for the whereabouts of the general by the way.And just when King Ping failed to find it for a long time and the martial arts conference was about to begin, General Naning appeared in the sight of everyone along with Duan Muxi, the young owner of Feiling Villa. The main guests seem to be King Ping and General Ping Qi.

Could it be that she is General Pingqi - Ning Yuan?Then why did she appear here? This is only the residence of Jianzong disciples and "distinguished guests", and outsiders are prohibited from entering or leaving the Maple Leaf Forest?Why did she have such a happy conversation with the young lord of the Sword Sect, Zhao Lu?Also, who is that young man who competed with the members of the Sword Sect?

"Who is sneaking around there?!" Before Leng Tong could sort out her thoughts, Ning Yuan had already discovered her existence.

Now that she had been exposed, Leng Tong had no choice but to boldly walk in front of the two of them, clasped her fists in a stiff salute, and then froze on the spot as if she didn't know what to do or how to explain.

"Ah, Leng Tong." Chao Lu teased Chestnut with a small dried fish, and said, "Senior Sister Ning, don't mind, this guy has always been so dull, and she won't be able to eavesdrop on her with a brain that is not enlightened. I guess I just passed by and accidentally saw your son and Zhuo Er discussing each other, and stayed where I was when Wu Chi committed a crime."

Senior sister Ning?Son?Leng Tong looked at Ning Yuan suspiciously, and then shifted his suspicious eyes to Wei Zhuoxuan who was sparring with Wei Zhuoer.Looking at the situation there at first glance, the two are evenly matched, but according to Leng Tong's personal judgment standard, Wei Zhuoer is slightly better.Looking away, Leng Tong didn't say anything.Zhao Lu and Ning Yuan didn't answer the conversation, but both set their eyes on the empty ground.

The Wei brothers and sisters just fought and fought in front of the three of them, fighting all the way from the other side of the empty space to the front of the three, and then back to the end of the empty space, as if they could never tell the difference between the high and the low.On the other side, on the stone, Ning Yuan was watching the discussion between the two sons and daughters with relish, while Chao Lu yawned, looking at the two siblings with raised eyebrows, and at the same time did not forget to deal with Chestnut's "fish grabbing eighteen" claw".

"Back to the Sword Sect this time, is Senior Sister planning to stay for a long time?" Zhao Lu suddenly asked.

Ning Yuan was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand why Zhao Lu asked such a question.Then, she glanced at the chestnut that jumped to her hand, and after the chestnut meowed a few times in a random manner, she replied: "No, since your majesty has already entrusted the matter of the martial arts conference to His Royal Highness Prince Ping and Princess Changping." , It would be inappropriate for me to keep Jianzong. Fortunately, under the care of His Royal Highness Ping Wang, Xuan Er and I have now moved into His Highness Ping Wang’s other courtyard in Lingzhou, so we can use this free time to investigate who dared to assassinate imperial envoys.”

Chestnut called again.

"Besides," Ning Yuan frowned, glanced at Lengtong calmly, then looked at Chaolu as if seeking confirmation, and then added, "Your Majesty sent me to Lingzhou this time, except for Wulin The General Assembly has another purpose."

Even if she couldn't understand Chestnut's cat language, Leng Tong also guessed a lot, and Zhao Lu asked Ning Yuan to tell her what she said.

Senior Sister, Chao Lu called General Pingqi "Senior Sister".The general was once a disciple of Jianzong?Can His Majesty know now?If he knew, how could it be possible for His Majesty to send a general to supervise the martial arts conference given how taboo His Majesty is against the collusion between the imperial court and Jianghu?

Also, the assassination of the imperial envoy, is there any connection between the assassination and the previous inn tragedy?Your Majesty has other intentions, and what is the intention?How far is Jianzong's power, can easily control the situation of the Jianghu, and has a close relationship with the important officials of the court, that's all?What was he involved in?

More importantly, what is the purpose of Zhaolu doing this, exposing the intersection of Jianzong and the court in front of her, exposing her hidden power and these ulterior secrets?

Is she really just a marionette as she said?If so, then why not only her Zhaolu, but even Princess Changping would pay extra attention to herself?