The wind

Ever since Xiao Zhouheng left with his sleeves angrily, Yin Jiuchu in Shuiyanmei didn't say anything more to Huangfu Chu, but just patted Huangfu Chu's shoulder with his good left hand, and after saying take care, also left.

Huangfu Chu's heart was also in great pain, but he couldn't be more clear at this moment that Xiao Zhouheng and Yin Jiuchu's ability to achieve such a level was based on the friendship of these years and saved enough face for himself.

The two of them are rare gentlemen in the world, and he is the villain who follows the ups and downs of the world.

The way of life is chosen by oneself, if you do it all over again, will you still be like this?

As if everything wasn't that...important.

At this moment, the thick fog outside the window has completely receded, and the light squeezed into the room along the vertical curtain, illuminating everything in the private room, making Huangfu Chu see the old days when drinking in a bottle, a cup of chatting, etc. Consolation, those elegant scholars who have never disappeared for a long time, famous works and good words come out one after another from their hands. They laugh or cry, sad or happy...but none of them seem to have anything to do with Huangfu Chu.

Because... Huangfu Chu never saw himself in that group of people.

Huangfu Chu shook his head feebly, turned around and turned the Lying Konghou kicked over by Xiao Zhouheng just now, flicked off the dirt, and hugged him again.He sighed several times, couldn't bear to look at the room again, turned around and closed the door behind him.

It was still early, looking down, there were only a few scattered tourists.For some reason, Huangfu Chu recalled Ding Zhongchou spending a lot of money upstairs that day, and the wanton laughter in the hall still lingered in his ears and never disappeared.If he hadn't known himself, maybe... Maybe he would still listen to music and chat, lie down and travel in the mountains and rivers in his world.

I am the sinner who is least qualified to mention him.

Shisha Mei came in guests one after another, Huangfu Chu also felt that he had no face to stay here any longer, he went down the railing, and when his back foot was raised from the last step, he heard someone plucking a string by his ear.He looked sideways, and saw Luo Qingqing holding the pipa upright, tying the strings with his left hand and trying the music with his right, as if he was tuning the strings.

Luo Qingqing felt his eyes stop, paused slightly, and looked back.The women in the fireworks venue would naturally be bolder, Huangfu Chu found some embarrassment in Luo Qingqing's round eyes looking up and down, he kept rubbing the hem of his clothes, and only nodded to her.The girl asked me about fingering before, so let's say she recognizes it.

Luo Qingqing saw that he seemed a little uncomfortable, so he also nodded at him in return, and continued to lower his eyes and tune his voice tactfully.

Just as Huangfu Chu turned around, he heard Luo Qingqing's voice faintly coming from behind: "The road ahead is very difficult, Mr. Huangfu should be careful and slow down."

Huangfu Chu didn't know where the "difficulty" in Luo Qingqing's mouth came from, but he replied out of politeness: "Thank you."

After leaving the gate of Shiyanmei, Huangfu Chu made up his mind, since he has already made a deal with Gu Qinhuang, and if he can protect himself from Zhong Bugui's control, then he can go to the wild place in the north with peace of mind.

The cold wind blowing on my face seemed like yesterday, but I lost the peaceful state of mind of the past.Huangfu Chu and his crouching harp walked step by step, before leaving the city gate, they walked for a while, for some reason, he walked faster and faster.But after a while, the young man in robes holding the crouching harp could no longer be seen on the road.

It turned out that Huangfu Chu discovered the "tail"——

Gu Shuxi, who had followed all the way from the capital to Jinling, arrived out of breath and looked around, but in this barren field, apart from the smoke and dust, where was there a half of Huangfu Chu?

It's over, it's over, Gu Shuxi beat his chest and stamped his feet, only to feel remorse all over his body - the person Gu Ye asked him to protect secretly disappeared in the blink of an eye.

If something happened to him, how should he explain it to Master Gu?But at this time, Gu Shuxi had no choice but to secretly blame himself for his ignorance.So he made a judgment in his heart, chose the road that Huangfu Chu was most likely to go, and hurried up.

Huangfu Chu, who had thrown away Gu Shuxi, sighed. Although he didn't know who followed him, he must not be a good person to be able to follow him.Just as he was thinking like this, the wind sounded in his ears again, with sporadic breathing sounds mixed in.

"Please show up when you come, you don't have to be so evasive." While speaking, Huangfu Chu sat down on the ground with his sleeves flung, and took advantage of the opportunity to put the lying harp on his crossed legs.

As soon as the words were spoken here, several men in black surrounded Huangfu Chu, all masked and approaching with their knives raised.

"Are you sent by Zhong Bugui?" Huangfu Chu said calmly, sweeping the crowd away.

One of them snorted coldly: "Of course I know what I know, so I just accept my fate obediently and don't make unnecessary struggles."

Hearing such words, Huangfu Chu frowned, and mixed feelings in his heart: Gu Qinhuang promised to protect his life, but he still...has he broken his promise?If it is true... the words of the powerful ministers in the court are still...unbelievable.

Thinking to this point, as the fingertips swept across the surface of the piano, Huangfu Chu's wide white robe suddenly swelled. Although several men in black were wary of his ringing fingers, they blocked their ear holes with special objects in advance , to block the sound of the piano.Who would have known that when he met him, Zhong Bugui kept this person by his side and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility for several years, not on a whim.

That kind of murderous intent merged with the artistic conception of the quiet and ups and downs of the piano sound, and the vigor was unleashed. The melody seemed to weave a giant net in the air, and then turned into thin needles, and threw them at several people in a hurry.I don't know what kind of tune flowed out from Huangfu Chu's hands, the trembling strings turned into long whips one after another, each strand entangled with the seven orifices of the man in black, and even went straight into his heart.

If they can't move forward, it seems that they will be tortured to death in place.

Just when the song reached its climax, and at the same time when Huangfu Chu used his killing move, he suddenly felt choked with cold, his chest became hot, and he vomited a ball of black blood.

Everyone was stunned, and they didn't know why he was acting like this all of a sudden, but with just this mouthful of black blood, everyone was no longer restrained, and the situation was abruptly reversed.

Huangfu Chu originally wanted to continue the previous song, but he was unable to do it again.

In this world, there is nothing more than the strong and the weak, who will eventually have a master. Huangfu Xingyu, you have found your so-called master.

In front of him was the cold light of the knife point approaching, and Huangfu Chu vomited out another mouthful of black blood, dyeing one side of the lying harp completely black, but he didn't feel panic, just because another picture scroll appeared in front of him——

The door of the private room was suddenly opened, and a handsome young man of the same age as himself entered from the outside. Huangfu Chu recognized him at that time. study.

"Excuse me, Mr. Huangfu." The man saluted him greatly, "This way of playing is astonishing, this piece is full of ancient clumsiness, Xiaosheng just... dared to write a sentence for you, you should not be offended."

Huangfu Chu took the crumpled yellow paper with some hesitation, and saw the words "chaotic fiber wrapped around the beam, the end of the world".Seeing these words entered his eyes, Huangfu Chu only felt an indescribable joy in his heart.At that time, he laughed a few times, plucked the strings of the guqin in his hand, and said to the young man who was a little nervous: "Very good, I like it very much. From today onwards, you are my best friend. In Xiahuangfuchu, the words Xingyu."

"Xiaosheng Xiaozhouheng, the word Shuting." The young man's expression overflowed with joy, "Xiaosheng only feels that a few words are worthy of Mr. Huangfu."

"Do you deserve it? I am ashamed to accept it." At that time, Huangfu Xingyu looked at Xiao Zhouheng with a smile, "From now on, Shu Ting, I will see the beautiful scenery of Jinling City with you... ..."

The beautiful scenery of Jinling City, I still want, I still want to... take one last look...

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After several people went to the main hall, when Shen Qianhe saw a feast, he immediately began to feast on it, regardless of etiquette.Seeing that Gong Liangzan beside him was still holding chopsticks and hesitating which one to try first, he conveniently stuffed a chicken leg into Gong Liangzan's mouth: "Zan Zan grows up, eat more, don't be polite to the Li family, they have plenty of money."

Gong Liangzhan's mouth was vague, but there was a faint smile: "Where is it grown?"

"You... you bastard, are you so capable now?" Shen Qianhe's ears turned red, his eyelids rolled up, and he buried his face in the food table, ignoring that annoying Gong Liang.

Although Xiao Zhouheng already felt hungry, but facing a table to eat, for no reason, he just lost his appetite.After a while, Li Zhongnan came back, sat beside Xiao Zhouheng, looked at the untouched bowls and chopsticks in front of him, hurriedly supported his forehead and said: "Shu Ting, do you feel any discomfort?"

Xiao Zhouheng shook his head, barely took a piece of lotus root slices into his mouth, but he felt that it tasted like chewing wax, he couldn't taste anything.

Seeing Xiao Zhouheng's slightly frowned brows, Li Zhongnan became more anxious, and stretched out his hand to feel his pulse, but before his hand touched his wrist, Xiao Zhouheng shook it back: "Don't worry, Zhongnan, Jomo is exhausted."

Seeing his insistence, Li Zhongnan naturally no longer insisted, and smiled and kissed the back of Xiao Zhouheng's hand: "It's almost over."

"Well, it's almost over."

After dinner, a few people went out of the living room, but they saw the golden crow falling and the jade rabbit rising in the east. Although the four of them were tired, they were thinking about Zhenjiang, and after discussing, they planned to leave tonight.After bidding farewell to Li Yunyi and Qu Yeliang, they borrowed the carriage and driver of the Li residence and hurried to Zhenjiang residence.

But just when Xiao Zhouheng left the Li Mansion, for some reason, he stopped and looked into the entire Li Mansion, especially the round of moon pills, which stayed on top of the tallest building in the Li Mansion .Tonight's Xiao Zhouheng only felt that the moon was soft and the wind was quiet, a little gentle and outrageous.

Dantu is not very far from Jinling, but it still takes some time to go by horse-drawn carriage.The four of them sat down one by one, and seemed to be resting with their eyes closed.Obviously there are still doubts, and there are many doubts, but the four of them just kept silent in such a tacit understanding.

When the carriage passed a pothole, it bumped uncontrollably, and seemed to wake up the four people in the carriage, only to hear Shen Qianhe suddenly say: "Shu Ting, why didn't I see you mention the poison in the study just now? If you Having said that, maybe something else can be tricked out of Li Yunyi."

"I think it's better not to mention it." Xiao Zhouheng put down the curtain at hand, looked back at Shen Qianhe who was opposite, "The two of them must know something else."

"You mean that Sixth Brother and Mr. Qu deliberately concealed something?" Li Zhongnan asked.

"I have no way of knowing this, but I always feel that there is something weird about the two of them."

"Maybe you are overthinking." Shen Qianhe finally couldn't help it, and raised his Erlang legs, "I have dealt with Li Yunyi before. .It seems that he puts his own stance extremely low, but under the circumstances of clearly standing in line, he does not have bad relations with other parties."

Gong Liangzhan also nodded and said: "He seems to have contacts with my father and brother."

"I hope I'm overthinking." After hearing what the two of them said, Xiao Zhouheng had no choice but to put aside his thoughts for the time being, squeezed the space between his brows, and then changed the subject, "You are talking about this person to Lou Bei What do you know?"

What should come will come anyway, Shen Qianhe opened the chatter box, and explained in detail what he knew about Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Xiao Zhouheng listened carefully, and during the few quarters of an hour that Shen Qianhe babbled, he mentioned the word "appearance" ten times, "look and forget" six times, and "look and forget" five times.On the whole, Xiao Zhouheng understood that although Lou Beiyin was the number one scholar, he was not smooth enough, his appearance was forgettable at a glance, his ability was average, and he did not make much achievements after becoming an official.

"Is he married?"

"I've never heard of this." Shen Qianhe tried hard to think back, "The place he lives in is also very small, it seems that there is only one servant. But judging by his appearance, maybe he has a wife in his hometown."

"That's it." Xiao Zhouheng also felt that Shen Qianhe did his best to return Lou Beiyin to the original person, so he turned his head and asked Li Zhongnan, "Zhong Nan, what about Yang Jie? How much do you know about him?"

Li Zhongnan seemed to understand the meaning of Xiao Zhouheng's questioning, so he told the three of them everything he knew, including the change of identity before.

After Li Zhongnan finished speaking, Xiao Zhouheng's complexion became more and more unwell. In addition, Gong Liang said in the middle that he had never met Lou Beiyin or Yang Jie, which made Xiao Zhouheng feel that the whole matter had returned to fog. among.

In other words, it has never been seen before.

Li Zhongnan tugged at Xiao Zhouheng's sleeve, and said softly, "Shu Ting, do you guess that Lou Beiyin and Yang Jie are the same person?"

"Yeah." Xiao Zhouheng was not surprised that Li Zhongnan would guess exactly what he was thinking in his heart, "Now that I think about it, it's my fallacy."

"Or, do you think that Lou Beiyin and Yang Jie are already acquainted? The so-called replacement of identities is just a trick to drive me away?"

"That's right." Xiao Zhouheng was a little frustrated, "But I don't have any..." Before he could finish speaking, Li Zhongnan pulled Xiao Zhouheng over and buried his head in his chest, holding it lightly with one hand. He scooped back, wrapping his arms around his waist.

"Shu Ting, don't worry, the creatures of the heavens and the earth will come to fruition, there will be results, trust me."

Following Xiao Zhouheng's final soft reply, the carriage fell into silence again.

After an unknown amount of time, the coachman stopped the carriage.

The Zhenjiang government office has arrived.

The new wind was blowing, and it was extremely cold. Not long after they got out of the carriage, they didn't even move their legs. They saw Wan Huaiyin standing in the middle of the avenue not far away like a pillar, and the four of them had to stop there.Shen Qianhe and Gong Liangzan had never met Wan Huaiyin when they came to Fuya last time, so naturally they didn't know each other very well, when they saw each other today, it was difficult to tell friend from foe.

But because of his own master, Li Zhongnan recognized that person as the person who often followed Yu Ruyi, so he stepped forward a few steps and saluted: "Young Master Wan, I am so bothering you, how dare you ask where your young master is? Urgent..."

But before Li Zhongnan could say anything, Wan Huaiyin said coldly, "I'm seeing a guest, it's inconvenient, please go back."

"It's so late, who do you want to see?" Shen Qianhe got angry when he heard the man's harsh words. After all, he always takes the soft and not the tough, and he walked towards the government office with a cold face. Enter.Seeing that he turned a deaf ear to him, Wan Huaiyin frowned, and wanted to block him with his backhand, but when he moved his arms together, his wrist was caught by Gong Liangzhan who came later.But seeing the bulging veins on his hands, and the sinister look in his eyes, just when the two eyes met and collided, they heard Shen Qianhe's high-pitched long hiss when he entered the government office——

"How could it be you!"

The author has something to say: Gu Shuxi is Gu Qinhuang's long follower, first mentioned in Chapter 44, and was ordered to protect Huangfu Chu from being hunted down by Zhong Bugui's men, but Huangfu Chu didn't know.

Goodbye, Mr. Huangfu.

I think my writing is not cruel, but the most common thing is the impermanence of the world.