Rogue with a knife on the right

Xiuli finds a citizen's attire for him, and the two walk on the deserted street at night.

"I heard that the wine here is very strong, I've wanted to try it for a long time." Huashima put his hands in his pockets: "But it seems that all the shops on this street are closed..."

"Never mind, I know a bar."

"bar?"

"It's a place to drink, the northerners call it a bar." She made a circle on the moonlit road, and suddenly pointed to the right: "Look, there is "Jin Gong"! "

Looking at the past, there are snow-white walls and blue glazed tiles. The Jin Palace is located on the top of the hillside, supported by three circles of stone walls, and the flying eaves cut off a bright moon.

Nearby, they walked through a gate.The door opening formed a long and quiet tunnel, and the dim lights magnified the shadows of several military trucks infinitely.Through the iron fence, Huashima saw soldiers queuing up to board the car, and the sound of dogs barking echoed in the air.

"Let's go." Xiuli pulled him and hurried past.

"What are they doing?"

"Never mind, anyway, it's best not to mess with the army here."

Huadao looked back for a few moments, and the truck drove out of the iron gate and headed in the direction of Jingong.

"Hi, Huadao." After regaining her composure, Xiuli suddenly asked, "Are you really the Green Lantern Guard?"

"Do you suspect that I am a fake?"

"You're more like, um, a bandit. You're good at tricking girls with sweet words."

"I'm a little sad to say that." He shrugged: "In this case, are you still willing to accompany me to drink?"

"One yard owned by a yard."

Turn into the alley.Deep in the alley, neon signs flicker.

Evening primrose, evening primrose.

A small door suddenly appeared, and dirty footprints trampled the snow in front of the door.Huashima squeezed the brim of her hat and walked into this hidden bar with Xiuli.

"I'm interested in your story, so I came out with you." She asked the bartender to serve two glasses of Northland whiskey.

Huashima tasted the strong wine in the glass, and frowned at the heat.

"I heard that this kind of wine can make people tell the truth." Xiuli smiled: "Tell me about you and Captain Han?"

"Is it obvious?"

"At least I can see it."

The music known as jazz was low and pervasive. When Hanashima lit a cigarette, a dark cloud rose from between his fingers.

"He started it first. Probably because I look like his old lover, so he approached me, and I didn't refuse."

"do you like him?"

"I like it, but I don't dare to ask for anything extravagant." Huadao said: "He is the kind of person who should be worshiped like a statue in the alcove, and only occasionally glances at the mortal world."

Xiuli held her chin: "Since you have lost your previous memory, could it be that you are actually his—"

"Hahahaha, to tell you the truth, I also guessed that way, but later I found out that his old lover is noble, and has nothing to do with me... Although I don't want to admit it, I'm just a substitute after all. " Hua Dao took a small sip: "Oh, this wine is really fucking good."

"I understand."

These three words soothed his heart a little, and the two clinked glasses.

"Girl, after hearing so much from others, you haven't talked about your own story yet." Huashima turned to Xiuli, squinting her eyes.

"Where do you want to start?"

"Since childhood?"

"Okay." She put down her wine glass: "My mother was the maid of King Yan before."

"So you grew up in Jin Palace?"

"No. My dad and I live below, and my mother works in the palace alone. Usually, she would smuggle some food and clothing utensils from the alley to eat. They were all not needed in the palace. She picked them up and gave them to us. At that time, our life It was pretty good, until one day, we didn't find her person on the path, but her body."

Huashima was taken aback.

"She was carried down by two eunuchs. The eunuchs told us to find a place to bury her quietly so that no one would find out. I found out later that she was beaten to death with sticks because she stole things from the palace without authorization." Xiuli's eyes dimmed. Come down: "Later, Dad also left. I met a soldier who helped me through the most difficult days, but turned around and sent me to a hostel as a hostess. Over the years, I have seen many Men, I have told them many stories, hoping that someone can take me away, but in the end, I will be stuck here for the rest of my life."

"..."

At this moment, Xiuli took Huashima's arm and leaned her head forward:

"Would you like to take me away?"

The next morning.

Han Jingye wore a high bundle of blue silk, and inserted the emerald silver hairpin. The hem of his heavy clothes swept the white snow, leaving two lines of footprints.He put his right hand on the handle of the knife, followed by six green lantern guards, with Huadao walking last, almost falling behind.

They came to the foot of Jin Palace.The white walls, glazed tiles and gilt decorations on the flying warps are shining in the sun. The tall stone walls make this palace unbreakable. It is worthy of being honored as "the first city of the Warring States Period" for 200 years.Originally, the Jin Palace was the same as the imperial city, with red walls and yellow glazed tiles. After the independence of the Yan Kingdom, the King of Yan ordered all the walls to be painted white and blue tiles were used. This is how it is today.

The gate of Yingtian opened slowly, and a few guards with guns led them through the labyrinth-like stone road: "Marshal Yin has been waiting for your lord on the Shouming Pavilion for a long time."

"I'm sorry to trouble you." Han Jingye untied the cloak, handed it to the guards around him, and then climbed up the steps.

click!

At this moment, a gun suddenly stood in front of his eyes, dividing the Qingdeng guards into two groups.

"The marshal ordered that only Mr. Han, Team Leader Zhang and Staff Officer Wang are allowed to enter the pavilion, and the rest please follow me back to the guest house to rest." The guard said.

"How can this be!" A team member with a more aggressive temper retorted immediately.All at once, several gun barrels were aimed at him at the same time.

Seeing this, Han Jingye looked over from the other side, raised his hand and said, "Follow the order, you all go back."

Huashima stood on tiptoe, barely seeing his face from the figure.Still calm, the drooping bangs made the eyes more gloomy.To Hanashima's slight surprise, he was still wearing the scarf he had given him on the train.Before he could figure out what was going on, the man had already turned around and walked towards the high platform surrounded by black-clothed guards.

Huadao suddenly realized that she had watched too many people leave recently.

Shouming Pavilion is the highest palace in Jin Palace.The current Marshal Yin Qingxuan works here.

Yin Qingxuan, the first son of King Yan, is often said to look like a woman: slender facial features, deep sunken eyes, and bright red lips, making the sunlight on him look pale and bleak.He was sitting in the depths of the hall, with a portrait of his father hanging above his head, but the expressions of the two of them were not the same—Yan Wang was cold, and Yin Qingxuan was scheming, with an extremely deep look in the city.

At the same time, he is also the only one who is different from all the black clothes in Yan Kingdom.Snow-white gown with flowing cloud pattern, traditional style, with two short knives on the left and right around the waist.

Han Jingye couldn't figure out what this person was thinking.

When the civil war broke out many years ago, Yin Qingxuan cut off the Dahe Chaofan flag with his sword in the shooting star-like cluster of flaming arrows, and caught a glimpse of Han Jingye standing on top of a pile of corpses. She flashed him an almost cruel smile.

Yin Qingxuan put down the document that Dahe handed over, and raised the corners of his lips: "I keep saying that we are a family, but in turn let Yan Guo help you block the gun... The old lady said it nicely, but she never really put it in her mouth." We are family members, we all know this, and it is really ridiculous for her to draw her in hypocrisy at this time."

"Now that foreign countries are invading, the current situation is different from the past. The Yan Kingdom and Dahe are originally connected by blood. If they join forces—" Staff Officer Wang said.

"Bloodline?" Yin Qingxuan laughed: "It's just a tool to frame people. So what if bloodlines are connected? In the imperial city, are there still few incidents of killing fathers and brothers, and brothers and sisters? Erzhou has many punishments and heavy punishments, why have you considered blood?" After the attack, his face suddenly became calm, he picked up the teacup and said:

"People, the most important thing is profit."

Han Jingye said: "Dahe promises to support you with 500 million taels of silver as a joint war fee. Other than that, what other conditions are there can be discussed."

"Han Sanshao looks like he is begging me now?" Hearing his voice, Yin Qingxuan got up slowly, turned his finger and came to his side, adding a murderous look in the air: "Everyone understands, Then please help me think about it, is Dahe's offer better, or is it more beneficial to join forces with Beiguo?"

"The samurai clan will never betray Dahe for generations!" Team Leader Zhang said generously.

"Poor." Yin Qingxuan just said lightly, and raised his hands hidden in his sleeves.Over there, the door was pushed open with a clatter, and a pair of studded official boots stepped out.

The lobby on the first floor of the guest house.

The Blue Lantern Guards are on standby here, and it is already 04:30 in the afternoon.

"On February [-], thousands of Republicans captured the governor's office in Shanghai. So far, the Jinhu Railway has been completely controlled by the Republicans. The Dahe Dynasty army was forced to withdraw and gathered in the suburbs for the final resistance. action......"

"Is this real news or fake news?" Jiannan couldn't believe it, the voice on the radio always gave people an unrealistic sense of trance.

"Damn it!" Xiao Pan kicked over the radio, "These thieves always take advantage of the mess! They want to subjugate the country! Fuck it!"

Chaokou turmoil had plunged the Dahe Dynasty into a sea of ​​flames. When the national forces were gathering northward, the Republicans dormant in the south saw the right moment and finally captured the city of Shanghai in one fell swoop.At this time, Dahe was facing internal and external troubles, and the army was in turmoil. The young Qingdeng guards also felt that the fire was coming.

Jiannan hurriedly grabbed Xiao Pan: "Calm down, there is the Marquis of Zhongshan in the south, and he will definitely be able to withstand it!"

At this time, Huashima just came down from the stairs, whistling leisurely.He changed into a citizen's attire, and stretched out his hand to straighten the brim of his hat.

"Flower Island? Where are you going?" Jiannan asked.

"Too boring, find a woman to play with." He greeted casually and walked out of the hall.He didn't notice the fragments of the radio on the carpet, and he didn't notice the pale faces of everyone.

It wasn't until his back disappeared that Xiao Pan gritted his teeth and said:

"...He is not worthy of being a Green Lantern Guard."

Next to Jin Palace, there is a stone bridge over the moat.

Huashima looked at the flowing water in a daze.

Xiuli patted him from behind: "Why are you looking for me all of a sudden?"

Huadao smoked a cigarette, instead of looking at her, she kept staring at the river: "I have a question, has the water here always been this big?"

The running water washes over the pebbles and foams up.

"Today seems to be bigger than usual." Xiuli replied: "In the past, there was no booming sound."

Hearing this, he looked up at the Shouming Pavilion located at the highest point of Jin Palace.Han Jingye was there, Huadao thought, the negotiation had passed for three full hours.

"Have the lights been turned on so early in the Jin Palace?" Seeing the burning lanterns under the eaves, he was thoughtful.

"Maybe it's because the marshal is going to receive Mr. Han today, so the lights are turned on in advance."

Huadao stared at Shouming Pavilion carefully for a while, then turned to face the Great Wall.I saw a few wisps of wolf smoke rising from the tall gray wall on the other side, pointing directly at the sky in the windless and snowless sky, like some kind of signal.

The trucks transporting troops at night, the sudden surge of water, the early lighting, the beacon fire on the city wall...  

Minutiae clues are often the most critical.

The ashes in his hand broke and landed on the leather shoes, Huashima had no time to care, rubbing his chin in thought.

If you connect all of these together, no matter whether it is impossible or impossible, you can only lead to one conclusion——

He suddenly grabbed Xiuli's shoulders and asked, "Don't you want to leave here?"

"You... what's wrong with you?!" She was startled.

"Do me a favor and I'll take you away."

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