phoenix jiuxiao

Chapter 92

After leaving the gate of Litangyuan, Su Hailing's heart was still heavy.

She understands Situ Ye's love, but...she can't afford it, can't afford it...

"Master, who is this?" Yang Wan came from here, but saw her standing in the middle of the road in a daze, so she couldn't help calling out strangely.

"Boss Yang." Su Hailing thought for a while, and then said calmly, "How's the investigation going?"

"Zhao Jie who was on duty at noon died." Yang Wan said in a deep voice.

"Dead?" Su Hailing raised an eyebrow, "How did you die?"

"Hang yourself." Yang Wan answered simply, "Suicide in fear of crime."

"Oh?" Su Hailing couldn't help sneering, and repeated with a more emphatic tone, "Suicide in fear of crime?"

"It was hanged up after being strangled to death." Yang Wan added.

"Bury them well." Su Hailing sighed, "Yang Jue's body is extremely poisonous, remember to burn the corpse and bury it deeply, and handle it carefully in the dungeon, so that the people in the village won't be poisoned."

"Master, let's forget it?" Yang Wan was stunned, and asked after chasing him.

"So what if it doesn't count?" Su Hailing asked back as he walked, and without waiting for her answer, he continued, "This matter, it is clear that there is no result to be found out, not to mention who is behind it?" Yes, I know that too."

"The owner means..." Yang Wan seemed to have realized something.

"Go ahead, clean it up." Su Hailing patted her on the shoulder and walked into the yard by himself.

Something happened, although Mu Qingchen was a little tired, but he didn't go to bed, and he was still waiting for her while flipping through the book.

Mu Xin stewed ginseng soup, half coaxing and half persuading his master, he was relieved when he saw Su Hailing enter, put down the bowl and retreated out.

"Why are you losing your temper again?" Su Hailing smiled, sat next to him, picked up a spoonful of ginseng soup, and brought it to his mouth, "Drinking it will be good for your body."

"One or two don't let me live for a while." Mu Qingchen glared at her, then looked at the ginseng soup in front of him for a long time, and then frowned and drank it in small sips.

Su Hailing watched him drink it all with a smile, and then let him go.

"Why did you come back here? Who did it?" Mu Qingchen said.

"You're so smart, you should have guessed it, right?" Su Hailing blinked at him.

"King An, Su Yuling." Mu Qingchen said with certainty without even thinking about it.

"Kill people to kill people, what a vicious heart." Su Hailing smiled coldly, and couldn't help but think back to the night when he escaped from the capital, under the moonlight, Yang Jue's indomitable figure.

"What are you thinking?" Mu Qingchen sighed softly.

"We will go to Beijing in two days." Su Hailing thought for a while and said, "Qingchen, will you go with me, or will I pick you up later?"

"What do you think?" Mu Qingchen put one hand on his lower abdomen, "I'll go with you, but it's only been two months, if the journey is smooth, it will be fine."

"Alright." Su Hailing nodded, hugged him from behind, and said with a low smile, "I really can't bear to be apart for so long."

"I'm going to the capital this time, probably won't come back?" Mu Qingchen turned around and asked.

"If it goes well." Su Hailing didn't hide it from him, and he didn't mind revealing his ambition.

"Situ Ye will also go together?" Mu Qingchen asked.

"Yeah." Su Hailing was stunned for a moment before nodding, "It's been three years since he went back to the capital to visit his parents... and I feel more at ease with him by my side."

Mu Qingchen was silent for a while, and was about to speak when he heard a few strange noises from outside the closed window.

Su Hailing frowned, got up and opened the window a crack, and saw Xuan Yu's small body jumping in through the gap, stopped on the desk, and rubbed her hand affectionately with his small head.

"News from Xuanming Palace?" Mu Qingchen also walked over.

Su Hailing took off the letterhead and read it quickly, his expression became gloomy again.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that she was silent, Mu Qingchen picked up the note and read it.

"It seems that I will be able to meet that good imperial sister soon." Su Hailing sneered.

"Su Yuling is going to Xijing." Mu Qingchen raised his eyebrows, and said again, "Lan Jing made this move at this time, it seems that he has already made up his mind to join King An."

"Qingchen, tell me... before we go to Beijing, do you want to meet His Royal Highness King An?" Su Hailing said while picking up the letter paper, and lit it on the candle.

"What's there to see about her?" Mu Qingchen curled his lips and said disdainfully, "It doesn't make me want to vomit even more."

Su Hailing was taken aback, then couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Xuan Yu didn't leave immediately this time, but jumped up and down on the desk, messing up the paper, pen and ink.

"Don't make trouble!" Mu Qingchen grabbed one of Xuan Yu's wings and picked it up.

Su Hailing shook his head amusedly, and saved Xuan Yu who had been abused from him. While spreading out a very thin piece of paper, he picked up a pen, dipped it in ink, and began to write.

In addition to the news about Su Yuling, Mei Junhan's letter simply stated that the matter of the traitor in Xuanming Palace had been dealt with, and he was going to go north after making some arrangements.

But at that time, they probably had already left Haiyue Villa, so it was better to inform Mei Junhan to meet up directly in the capital.

After writing the letter, Su Hailing rolled up the note, stuffed it into the cylinder tied to Xuan Yu's leg, and let it fly.

Mu Qingchen tidied up the messy table and yawned.

"Are you tired today? Rest early." Su Hailing walked towards the room with his arms around his waist.

"What else are you going to do?" Mu Qingchen squinted at her.

"I'm always a little worried, so go out and take another turn." Su Hailing smiled, helped him to lie down, and put on a cloak to go out again.

Maybe it happened that a dark cloud covered the moonlight, and the yard was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers. This world doesn't have so much light pollution as in modern times.

"Master!" The two guards who were watching the night came up to him and saw her, and quickly stopped in their tracks and called out.

"Go ahead." Su Hailing waved his hand, ignored them, and walked forward alone.

In a blink of an eye, it has been more than three years since I came to this world, and everything about Su Che in the previous life seems to be slowly being forgotten, and she has become more and more integrated into Su Hailing's life.

Yang Jue's death reminded her of her life in Chaoyang Palace back then, with intrigues and court turmoil.

And all of this is about to come to the final moment!

Facing the cold wind blowing towards her face, for no reason, she actually felt a little excited.

For three years, I haven't smelled the smell of blood floating on the battlefield.

Not far away, in the shadow under the eaves, there was a pair of eyes staring at her closely.

Su Hailing... She is still so beautiful, but she has shed her weak disguise, showing her domineering arrogance even more.

The man's slender body trembled slightly, and crystal tears slowly seeped out of his bright eyes, which wet the black veil.

Su Hailing stopped and let the night wind blow in from his collar. Although he didn't feel cold, his mind became clearer.

Suddenly, there seemed to be a faint sigh in the wind.

"Who? Who's there?" If Su Hailing sensed something, he turned around suddenly, and his sharp eyes swept across the dark places around him.

At this moment, the dark clouds dispersed, and the bright moonlight sprinkled on the earth again.

Although Su Hailing didn't carry the Xie Xie Sword with him in the village, but out of his habit when he was a special soldier, he always carried a dagger with him.

She secretly clasped the dagger, silently mobilized her inner strength, and carefully examined the surrounding plants and trees.

Seeing her sword-like gaze, the man in black felt a chill in his heart, and couldn't help but push back.

With a sound of "snap!", the sound of a dead branch being trampled off was very clear in the silent night.

Su Hailing didn't even think about it, he raised his left hand, and threw out a handful of coin darts.

Seeing this, the man in black didn't care to hide his figure. He danced his long sword impenetrably, and finally knocked down all the hidden weapons. He didn't dare to stay at the moment.

"Want to leave? How can it be so easy!" Su Hailing sneered, grasped the dagger with his right hand, and chased after him with light kung fu.

The martial arts of Qinglian's lineage are mainly based on lightness and spirit, and her lightness kung fu is even more unique. Her kung fu is far superior to that of the man in black, and she rushed ahead to block the way in a few strokes.

The man in black panicked, raised his hand and shot a few throwing knives, and jumped off the ground, trying to take shelter for a while under the cover of flowers and trees in the courtyard.

"Looking for death!" Su Hailing dodged the throwing knife and chased after him.

This commotion had already alarmed the guards in the villa. Immediately, torches were lit everywhere in the villa. Except for the fixed sentry posts, all the guards on patrol gathered here.

"It's none of your business, retreat back, don't let anyone take the opportunity to get in!" Su Hailing shouted heavily, and told all the guards to go down, chasing after the man in black.

She always had a feeling that that person...she recognized him!

The man in black panicked and ran towards a place where there was no fire, and unknowingly chased him to the pond in the backyard.

Seeing the vast blue waves ahead, he couldn't help being stunned.

At that moment of hesitation, Su Hailing blocked his retreat.

The man in black bit his lip, turned his head, and faced her face to face. The eyes exposed outside the black scarf flashed nostalgia, resentment, and sadness, but they were extremely familiar...

Suddenly, a name from deep in memory gradually surfaced, and Su Hailing called out cautiously: "Hong Chen?"

Hearing these two words, the man in black couldn't help being stiff. After a while, he raised his hand and tore off the black veil covering his face, revealing a pale and delicate face.

"It really is you, Hongchen." Su Hailing sighed and put away the dagger.

"Princess...Your Highness..." Hong Chen opened his mouth slowly, and spat out four words with difficulty.

"You are really not suitable for this kind of dress." Su Hailing shook his head, "These years, you and Zimo... have been very bad."

"Is there anything good?" Hong Chen said dumbly, "Master is dead, it is His Majesty's great grace that we were not dragged to be buried with him, how dare we ask for anything else."

"Su Yuling asked you to go." Su Hailing said after being silent for a while.

"Zimo and I were originally sent by King An to monitor the princess's every move. Didn't Your Highness already know about it?" Hong Chen said.

"So, what about these three years? What did she send you guys to do?" Su Hailing said, "I remember that you didn't know martial arts, and you must have suffered a lot to be able to practice like this in just three years. .”

"Still not as good as His Highness." Hong Chen looked at her deeply and smiled miserably.

"Hong Chen..." Su Hailing sighed again, "You killed both Yang Jue and Zhao Jie, right?"

"No." Hong Chen shook his head, "Zhao Jie was sent by King An, and she administered the poison, but Zi Mo prepared the poison. But Zi Mo was too careless to handle the facts, so he didn't know Kill people to silence, I have no choice but to go for him again."

Su Hailing couldn't help frowning upon hearing the words, Zi Mo... that beautiful boy like a deer, unexpectedly formulated such a poison, did he hate her to the extreme?Hong Chen, he has always been smarter and calmer than Zi Mo...

"If Your Highness doesn't want to kill me, please forgive Hong Chen for leaving." Hong Chen said flatly.

"I won't kill you, but I can't just let you go." Su Hailing said helplessly, "Three years ago, maybe I killed you, but..."

"No but." Hong Chen interrupted her and said decisively, "Since the moment His Highness walked out of Chaoyang Palace, he has given up on us. In this world, there has never been an 'if'."

"That's all." Su Hailing suddenly felt a little discouraged.On that day, when Zi Mo visited Haiyue Villa at night, the incomparably venomous look seemed to appear in front of her eyes again.

"Hongchen resigns." Hongchen knelt down suddenly, performed a very standard court etiquette, and then left without hesitation.

"Hong Chen!" Su Hailing didn't turn around, but said, "Also tell Zi Mo, from now on, the relationship between my mother and mother has been broken, whether it's an enemy or a friend, it's all in your mind. But next time we meet, I will Will never show mercy."

Hearing this, Hong Chen's upright back froze slightly, and after a while he said, "It might be a good destination to die in His Highness's hands."

Su Hailing turned his head abruptly, but Hong Chen could no longer be seen.

The night wind blows across the surface of the pool, bringing sparkling water waves, and the withered lotus swaying in the pool is desolate.

"Is it my hand?" She looked down at her white hand, and then slowly clenched it into a fist.

"...Villa Master...Villa Master!" Yang Wan flew over, hurriedly said, "Did you see the assassin?"

"Don't worry about it anymore, they've already left, but Zhao Jie and Yang Jue were indeed killed by him," Su Hailing said.

"A man of King An?" Yang Wan said.

"En." Su Hailing just nodded.

"This subordinate will go to inspect the village again." Yang Wan hastily clasped his fists together and hurried away again.

Su Hailing smiled lightly, and sat down by the pond.

Chaoyang Palace... It was not easy for Lu Tong and the villagers to relocate the people in the palace back then. , and Haoyue... Haoyue...

Su Hailing looked up at Mingyue and sighed deeply. No matter how she denied it, her heart would not deceive herself. She really missed Haoyue...

And not far away on the attic of Litang Courtyard, Situ Ye was wearing a coat, holding a candlestick, standing at the window, looking at the dejected woman by the pool from afar...

I really want to be with her in the past, even if it's pain and tears, but... the position next to her is still not my own.

In the gradually blurred candlelight, a man with light gray long hair slowly approached her, but was hugged deeply by her...

(End of this chapter)