Chapter 402 Love and Like

The weather was hot, but it was still cool at night. There were more pedestrians on the streets than during the day, and the late-night snack stalls on the roadside were crowded and noisy.

Lu Xiao hurriedly walked through the crowd and asked several more people before he found the location of Duke Ding's mansion.

Turning from the noisy street and walking a few steps into the alley, the bustling sounds there seemed to fade away. The moonlight fell on the bluestone slabs, bringing with it mottled light and shadow, making the alley appear more profound.

Lu Xiao stood quietly at the entrance of the alley for a moment, then approached the door and knocked on the side door next to him.

The door creaked open, and a big man leaned out, looked him over, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Although the big man was wearing the clothes of an ordinary janitor, he carried an intimidating aura. Lu Xiao took two steps back slightly and said: "The student was entrusted by Mr. Zhu to come to visit Master Ling."

The big man looked around, pushed the door open, let Lu Xiao in, then closed the door, and then shouted to the person behind him: "Come to see Master Ling."

A man walked out of the hut next to him and said to Lu Xiao, "Follow me." He walked inside.

Lu Xiao was a little surprised, that's it? Don't ask anything else? He pulled his hand into his arms to take Zhu Weili's letter and retracted it. He walked a few steps quickly and followed the man at an almost trotting speed.

Lanterns were lit at a little distance on both sides of the road. As Lu Xiao walked, he glanced at both sides with the corners of his eyes. Not far away, there were people wearing protective clothing standing quietly in the shadows. There were many people walking in. , but no sound was heard.

After passing through several courtyards and arriving at a circular corridor door, the person leading the way stopped and said to the inside: "Someone has been entrusted by Mr. Zhu to come to see Mr. Ling."

After a while, a young man appeared from behind the door, glanced at Lu Xiao, nodded and said, "Follow me."

After passing through the circular door, unlike the solemn and grand courtyard building outside, the inside is indeed like a prosperous and scenic garden, with various small courtyards in the shade of trees faintly visible.

Lu Xiao raised his heart and followed the boy along the path. The boy's clothes were different from those of the guards outside. The black clothes wrapped tightly around his strong figure. Every step he took seemed to carry the agility and agility of a leopard. Strength.

There were luxuriant flowers and trees, and sparse shadows. It seemed that no one could be seen, but Lu Xiao felt that he was being stared at all the way, leading him to the next circular door.

"I said I was entrusted by Mr. Zhu to come to see Master Ling." After the young man finished speaking, a young man in the same clothes walked out of the door. Just looking at him quietly, Lu Xiao felt a chill on his back and broke into a cold sweat. come out.

Seeing that he was stunned and didn't move, the young man frowned and asked, "Do you have a token?"

Lu Xiao hurriedly took out the letter from her arms and handed it to him. The young man walked a few steps, looked at the writing on the envelope with the lantern by the door, nodded and said, "Follow me." He couldn't hear what was behind him after he took two steps. There was a sound of footsteps, and I looked back impatiently. Seeing the man's mouth open with a shocked look on his face, he said in a cold voice: "Are you going or not?"

When the young man came closer to the lantern, the celestial face was clearly reflected in Lu Xiao's eyes, making him stunned as if he had been struck by lightning. It turns out that there are actually such beautiful people in this world. When I came back to my senses from my reverie, I heard his cold and jade-like voice, and unconsciously replied: "So what if I leave? So what if I don't leave?" As soon as the words came out, he suddenly came back to his senses, hurriedly slapped himself, and said with a smile: "Go, go!"

The young man turned around and left. Lu Xiao hurriedly followed and asked flatteringly: "Brother, I'm Lu Xiao."

Without even glancing at him, the young man led him from the path to the inside. Although the places I walked through before had lanterns and many people, they always felt deserted. But after passing through the door just now, it was much livelier inside. Several small courtyards were brightly lit, and the interconnecting paths were There were figures walking around, crisp laughter carried by the wind, and the sound of strings that seemed to be plucked at random, teasing people's hearts.

When he reached a yard by the lake, the young man stopped, knocked on the door, and said, "The man Mr. Zhu sent here wants to see the master."

The door creaked open, and bright light and lively sounds came out immediately.

The person who opened the door was a young man in his twenties. He was tall and tall, with angular features as deep as carved ones. His eyes were sharp and cold. With just one glance, Lu Xiao, who was almost stunned again, came back to his senses. Wiped off a handful of cold sweat.

The young man turned sideways to let the two people in, then closed the door, took the lead and turned around the screen wall, and walked in.

Behind the screen wall is a large courtyard. Under the shade of big trees and among the shadows of flowers, there is an open space paved with bluestone slabs in the middle. There are stone tables and chairs on the open space, as well as lounge chairs and soft couches. At this time, there are Several people gathered together were laughing.

As he walked from the corridor into the middle of the courtyard, Lu Xiao felt his heartbeat begin to accelerate.

The man who was leaning on the soft couch and looking at the chessboard in front of the woman in front of him had his black hair tied loosely behind his head. He had a slight smile on his beautiful and elegant face. When his eyes moved, it was A grace that charms all living beings.

The man sitting next to the woman was plucking the strings on the piano table next to him and pointing at the woman with a smile. His facial features were not very good when viewed separately, but after the combination of his face, he was actually perfect. As picky as it is, the fingers that strum the strings are as long and slender as if they were carved from mutton-fat white jade. Every time he raises his eyes and raises his eyebrows, he has a peerless grace.

Lu Xiao couldn't even lift his feet, but saw the man standing behind the woman raise his eyes. On the face that he had originally ignored, a pair of shining eyes looked over with coldness. Immediately, the face became vivid and handsome, making people's hearts flutter.

"who?"

A clear female voice brought Lu Xiao back to his senses again, and he hurriedly walked up the first few steps: "My wife, Lu Xiao, was entrusted by Mr. Zhu to come to visit Mr. Ling."

The woman laughed, threw away the chess piece in her hand, and said, "Is it Mr. Lu who is familiar with party affairs and can use the smallest manpower, the most damaging tricks, and the most shameless methods to mess up the party?"

Lu Xiao's face darkened slightly. He felt that it was very embarrassing to be slandered in front of so many beautiful men. He raised his voice and said, "I'm using tactics! I only want the result, not the process. That’s all!”

"Haha," the woman stood up with a smile and said, "That's great, I am Ling Qingyu."

Well? The big boss, the person who can command Zhu Weili, is actually a woman? !

"Master, the sour plum soup is ready." A clear voice sounded next to him, and Lu Xiao unconsciously turned to the side to let the blond boy next to him pass by.

Well? Blonde boy! The young man was blond and blue-eyed, indescribably beautiful, and his figure was much taller than that of Zhou Ren. His slender legs seemed to have only taken a few steps to reach the woman's side.

The expression on this man's face was colorful from the moment he came in, which really made people want to laugh. However, thinking of Zhu Weili's praise of this man in his letter, Ling Qingyu still said with great respect: "Mr. Lu has come all the way, so why not go first?" Have a night’s rest and let’s talk tomorrow?”

Lu Xiao once again pulled his soul back from running away, raised his chin, and asked: "I want Party Xiang to perish. Can you really help me?"

"What do you need?" Ling Qingyu sat back on the chair and asked with a gesture of invitation.

"Five million taels of silver, two boxes of jewels and jade," Lu Xiao said word by word as he walked towards the chair, "and two hundred people who can kill innocent women and children without hesitation."

"Silver and jewelry are all fine," Ling Qingyu frowned slightly as he watched Lu Xiao sit down and asked, "A good player? How good do you need to be?"

"There are many tribes in the party, and there is a lot of friction between them in order to compete for territory. I need someone to dress up as them and provoke their fights." Lu Xiao smiled and said: "As for how good it is, I You have to know how good the master's subordinates can be." Before he finished speaking, he felt a chill in his ears, and a strand of hair fell leisurely on his dusty gown.

Well! Looking up stiffly, looking at the beautiful young man that day, he slowly put the sword back into the scabbard, swallowed his saliva, and Lu Xiao said: "I need to be proficient in the language of the Dangxiang tribe, imagine the body shape of the Dangxiang tribe, be good at riding horses, and have experience." A warrior who has passed the battlefield." A person of this level is called an assassin, right? This is not a good player, this is called a master!

"This is easy to handle. Just go to Meng Su and pick two hundred people." Ling Qingyu smiled and shook his head. Couldn't this person have been made clear earlier?

"Sanlang, take Mr. Lu to rest. Let's talk in detail tomorrow, okay?" Ling Qingyu turned to Lu Xiao and asked.

After driving for several days, he was already dirty and tired, and after receiving the reply that all the conditions were agreed to, Lu Xiao immediately smiled and said: "Okay!" His eyes glanced at the people in the yard again, and unexpectedly Do you know who Saburo is? ah! Saburo, what a daydream!

"Yes! Sir, please come with me!" A young man walked out from the corridor, with crooked eyebrows and a smile as bright as the sun in the daytime. He ran up to him in a few steps and said with a smile.

Lu Xiao saluted Ling Qingyu and followed the young man who seemed to be skipping when he walked out of the yard. He walked through several paths and arrived at a much quieter courtyard next to him.

The young man opened the door of a side room and said, "I'll ask someone to get you some water. The mattresses are all new, so you can use them without worry."

The young man lost his overly bright smile, and his facial features returned to their original angular appearance, with a straight bridge of nose, red thin lips with a habitual curvature, and a pair of eyes that were so clear and transparent that they seemed to be reflected in the starry sky. .

There are so many stunning beauties! When Lu Xiao sat in the barrel, the images of those people were all that dangled in his head. Although, in terms of appearance, he was naturally a boy who looked like a human being, with such a cold temperament, and so beautiful. face, but the others also have their own charms. Even Saburo is very handsome when he is serious. Of course, he also looks good when he smiles, good-looking and cute, and has two small tiger teeth.

If he knew about my poor hobby, would that boy treat me like my poor hair? oops! Even if I was knocked off by him, by such a beautiful person! I, Lu Xiao, am also willing!

Ice cubes were placed in the study, which was cooler than outside. Ling Qingyu took a charcoal pen in his hand, and while talking to Lu Xiao, he casually took notes on the paper.

Lu Xiao, who was neatly tidied up, was also a handsome scribe with fair face and red lips. He had smiling eyes and was gentle and polite. He spoke at a leisurely pace and analyzed the current situation of the party item by bit.

As far as Ling Qingyu knew, the reason why Xixia was able to defeat the Northern Song Dynasty was partly because of the powerful soldiers and generals of Xixia, and partly because of the three scribes who took refuge in the past.

Now I heard from Lu Xiaoyi that the three scribes had indeed taken refuge there, but they were not as important as she knew. The Empress Dowager Liang who is now in power is a very suspicious person, because her original position is where she came from. If it’s not true, everyone will feel that they have ulterior motives.

Lu Xiao sipped her tea and looked up at Ling Qingyu, who was writing on the paper in a font he couldn't understand. According to Zhu Weili, this person had never been to Dangxiang, but he asked questions and casually said things. , but it is definitely not something that someone who doesn’t know much about Dangxiang can come up with!

Moreover, Lu Xiao's thoughts wandered away again, looking at the handsome man standing next to her who had placed the map and the things she wanted to see in front of her before she even mentioned them. He took another look and quietly came in. The blond boy added some tea and put freshly cut fruits on the table. Then he glanced at the handsome man who was half leaning on the soft couch behind her and swallowed.

"So, Mr. Lu is planning to imitate Zheng Henggong's trick of borrowing a knife to kill people?" Ling Qingyu's words brought him back to his senses. He glanced at Ling Qingyu in slight surprise and said with a smile: "Does the boss think it's okay?"

"No, this is a good plan." Ling Qingyu smiled. Distancing, provoking, and taking advantage of the ineradicable suspicion in human nature may be just a small seed at first, but when this seed takes root, you can't help but look at everything with suspicion. As long as If doubt arises, cracks will appear. For the current situation of party items, it is perfect!

"I will send someone to take you to Yinzhou. Money, jewelry and people will be prepared for you there. From now on, it will be up to Mr. Lu." Ling Qingyu said with a smile. This plan is simple to say, but it is not easy to implement. It all depends on the ability of the person doing it. Lu Xiao is so familiar with Party items. Let’s not talk about anything else. His heart and ability to collect intelligence alone are worth a gamble. .

The roof of the main house has a very wide view, but with the scorching sun and the cool breeze blowing from the lake, it is really not a good place to go.

Ye Shiyi sat on the roof. He thought he was dead that day. When he woke up the next day, there was no breath in his body. He lay in bed for two days and took a lot of good medicine that Alan brought over. He had the strength to stand up, but then he discovered that when he started practicing again, his inner energy gathered very quickly. It only took him a few days to use this momentum to break through the seventh level of the Bihai Tide Kung Fu. After breaking through, that The speed returned to normal. Although he gave everything he had to Ling Qingyu, he also washed his own body accordingly, and then he could go one step further.

He buried his head in his arms, and there was commotion in his body again. Whenever he thought of her and that night, he couldn't help but want to get close to her, hold her, kiss her, and think about the two bodies blending together. When we were together, the ultimate happiness, the happiness that made him want to die.

Ying Jiu glanced at the person in the window, then he straightened up and climbed onto the roof. Ye Shiyi raised his head sharply, and had already pulled out the sword halfway. When he saw it was Ying Jiu, he gently pushed the sword back, and then lowered his head.

After that time, his martial arts reached a higher level again. Now I wonder how many moves I can take on him? Ying Jiu thought as he sat down next to him.

Recalling the expression on this boy's face when he was guarding on the roof the night before yesterday, when he came over and heard the sound of **** coming from the bedroom below, Ying Jiu rubbed his head, feeling that this kind of thing was actually something that Ying Thirteen could not handle. Better, but Ying Shisan has never been able to truly forgive him, and won't even say a few words to him, so how could he remind him of these things.

Why didn't I do it back then? When he saw her and Yan San together and heard the moans while guarding, the physical impulse and the severe pain in his heart made him hide in Lingjia Village for more than half a year. After experiencing pain more intense than that, After the heart-breaking lovesickness, I finally found my heart.

"Eleven, I told you to marry a good wife, do you still remember?" After thinking for a long time, Ying Jiu said.

Ye Shi nodded.

"If you can't stand it, go find one."

"Brother Jiu, why don't you go find it?" There was no unexpected excitement. Ye Shiyi's reaction was very dull, but this rhetorical question made Ying Jiuyi stunned, and then he smiled and said: "I am too small-minded and can no longer pretend to be someone else." ”

Ye Shiyi lowered his head and said nothing.

Ying Jiu didn't know what to say for a moment. He just liked her at first. He liked her as if he were his master. As time went by, he felt the difference in her heart. The fluorescent soul in the secret cave asked him if he would like it. Only then did he realize that he was actually willing to do anything for her. Then, during the month before he was in Lingjia Village, he missed her day and night, recalling the moments with her over and over again, and then Yan When he woke up at seven o'clock, Yan Qi said, why are you so entangled? If a man loves you, you love him. What’s so hard to admit! At that time, he realized that it was not just love, it was called love.

I understand love, but it is even more painful, because even if I love again and love with all my life, that person will not be my own...

In the next six months, he practiced hard, thinking that if he could catch up with Yan San, he might still have some chances.

But when he saw her and Yan San again, he knew that he could not compare with Yan San. No one in this world could compare with Yan San. At that time, Yan Qi also asked him if he was willing to give up and find another woman to marry as a wife, so that it would not be so hard and painful.

How could you give up, and how could you give up? How can I give up the love that has been engraved in my bones and blood! Thinking of her original mood, Yingjiu unconsciously brought a wry smile to her lips.

Then just guard your heart, Yan Qi said calmly at that time.

No matter who you love, no matter whether you will look back and see me who loves you, I will only keep my heart and guard you. As long as I can see you well, there is no need to ask for more.

As long as you take one more look at me, you will already be in heavenly happiness.

"Eleven, you are still young..." Ying Jiu sighed softly and whispered. You are still young, and you still can’t tell what liking is and what love is. If you can’t be like Sum, then give up, while you can’t tell the difference at all now.

"Brother Jiu, I want to go to Dangxiang with Lu Xiao." Ye Eleven interrupted Ying Jiu's words with a low voice. Seeing Ying Jiu's face startled, he said: "I will be back in a few months. At this time, No one dares to touch her yet. Ye Fei's Mohist mental skills are about to reach the seventh level. Master Qi will increase Ye Fei's skills again. I'm not really needed here. I want to go to Dangxiang. Things over there. If it happens, she will behave better."

Ying Jiu choked and nodded unconsciously: "You might as well go out for some time."

Ye Shiyi smiled calmly and said: "Brother Jiu, you said that you are small-minded and can't tolerate others. However, Shiyi's heart has already been given to her. How can I still have the heart to tolerate others? I understand what you want to say. What is it? If I didn’t understand it before, I will know it that day. You don’t have to worry about me. If you can do it, Ye Shiyi can do it too. "

"Besides..." Ye Shiyi smiled and swallowed back what he said. Besides, although she didn't remember or know, I knew that Ye Shiyi had already made a contract with Ling Qingyu, and his hand pressed on her again unconsciously. Even if you no longer love me, Ye Shiyi is still the only one who belongs to you. No matter this body, heart, or even soul, it has been blended with you and will never be separated again.