fall in love with one arrow

In the hall of Duke Anguo's mansion, Lin Xiaoquan's fingers gripping the handle of the chair turned white and trembled uncontrollably.

"My Xing'er, why are you so stupid!" Sitting aside, covering her face with a handkerchief, Xiao choked with sobs, almost fainting.

Lin Xing stood in front of him, staring at the expressionless Lin Yunzhi beside him, and clenched his fists tightly.

"Xing'er, help your mother go back to the house to rest." Lin Xiaoquan said with a gloomy face.

Lin Xing nodded slightly, gritted his teeth and helped Xiao Shi to leave.

Lin Xiaoquan raised his head, his face was equally pale: "Yunzhi, she is your sister after all..." he said weakly.

Lin Yunzhi's eyebrows were loosened, but she didn't respond.

Lin Xiaoquan sighed, and didn't beat around the bush: "If you can say a few words in front of the emperor, you won't be without a bit of power to maneuver."

Lin Yunzhi raised his head to look at the roof, the layers were scattered, entangled like people's hearts.He whispered: "Just because she deserves to be like this."

Xiao Shi was helped into the bedroom by Lin Xing, and slumped on the couch.

Lin Xing picked up the teapot on the table and filled the cup: "Mother, drink some water."

Shaw shook his head, tears couldn't stop flowing down.

"Mother, don't worry, I won't let Xing'er suffer this torture in vain!" Lin Xing smashed the water glass back on the table, gritted his teeth.

"You, what do you want to do! Xing'er, don't mess around!" Seeing the cold light in Lin Xing's eyes, Xiao hurriedly said.

The ripples in the water glass scattered towards the wall of the glass, and gradually became quiet.Lin Xing closed his eyes, and opened them after a while: "Don't worry about L, I have my own measure."

The capital city has been getting colder and colder since autumn, and the empress dowager was too sick to go west for a long time.

Now that the situation in the north is unstable, Liang Jingsheng, who originally planned to observe filial piety in the palace, finally compromised because Wei Jikun and other veterans wrote a letter on the grounds of Dayuan's custom and filial piety, and went to the Mercy Temple [-] miles outside the city to fast for seven days to tell the queen mother's spirit in heaven.

Not long after Liang Jing was born in Beijing, the door of the Xiao Mansion was knocked open.

"Is there something for everyone?" Wang Feng looked at a group of people with unkind expressions in front of him, and immediately became vigilant.

Lin Xing stood at the forefront, and said coldly: "Xiao Chengyu, who was picked up by Zhongshu Shengyou, is suspected of colluding with foreigners in an attempt to rebel. The Prime Minister has ordered me to come and thoroughly investigate the mansion." After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and walked behind People poured into Xiao's mansion.

"Wait—!" Wang Feng couldn't do it alone, so he ran into the courtyard quickly to wake up Gu Xian who was still asleep.

Gu Xian rubbed his eyes in a daze, when there was a sound of ping-pong outside the house, his brows were immediately furrowed, and he hurriedly put on his coat and went to check.

Lin Xing stood in the courtyard with arms folded, watching his subordinates pass in and out of each room with a sullen face.Seeing Gu Xian walking quickly, he pulled out a strange smile: "Master Xiao, did you sleep well?"

Gu Xian said coldly: "Second Young Master Lin, the emperor has just left, and you are so impatient to raid my house?"

Lin Xing sneered twice, but did not respond.

"Master!" A person hurried over, handed Lin Xing two letters, whispered a few words, and stepped aside.

Lin Xing opened the letter with only two eyes, snorted coldly, and said loudly: "Come here, the evidence of Xiao Chengyu's collusion with foreigners is convincing, take it down immediately!"

Before Gu Xian could react, he was pushed out by several tall attendants.

"Master!!" Wang Feng rushed forward, trying to push away the people surrounding Gu Xian, but was knocked down heavily.

"Wang Feng, don't be impulsive!" Gu Xian turned around and shouted.

Lin Xing glanced at it, and said to several attendants: "You guys, stay here and watch carefully. From now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave the Xiao residence."

"Yes!"

The attendants left by Lin Xing were divided into two groups to guard the gate and the main road of Xiao Mansion.In the first two days, we were very careful, not even a single fly flew in.Later, seeing that the servants in the mansion seemed to be obedient, they gradually relaxed.Therefore, no one noticed that a petite figure flashed past the bamboo forest in the courtyard.

Ah Ning climbed over the wall eagerly, and accidentally twisted when he landed.Regardless of the pain in his ankle, Ah Ning gritted his teeth and ran across a few streets. His eyes were dim and he couldn't breathe.

"I'm sorry!" Ah Ning backed away quickly, hurrying to go again.

"Miss Aning?"

Aning immediately stopped and looked up at the owner of the cold voice.

"Shizi!?" she called softly, her voice trembling uncontrollably.

Lin Yunzhi frowned and said, "Did something happen to Cheng Yu?"

"Young Master...Young Master, he was taken away by the Second Young Master Lin! For three days, there was no news at all. We were all guarded in the mansion and were not allowed to go in and out. I, I managed to escape! My son, I beg you, please help me!" Save the young master!" Ah Ning pulled Lin Yunzhi's clothes, tears almost welled up in his eyes.

"Don't worry, come with me first."

The two of them went to a remote place where no one was around, and Aning told the whole story one by one.

Lin Yunzhi's complexion remained the same, but the anger in his eyes seemed to burn someone.

Aning was obviously much calmer than before.She looked at the man in front of her, and knowing that she could entrust her young master to him, she no longer hesitated, and knelt down: "My lord, I am actually the person that Prime Minister Wei placed next to the young master."

Lin Yunzhi was stunned for a moment, and seeing Ah Ning's solemn expression, he nodded to signal her to continue talking.

Ah Ning's family was poor, living in the capital, accidentally met Xiao Chengyu, who had just become an official, and entered Xiao's residence.Unexpectedly, Wei Jikun came to him and told her that her family members were already under his surveillance. As long as she stayed by Xiao Chengyu's side and waited for the opportunity to strike, she and her family members would be sent away after the incident.But if something goes wrong, her family members will become prisoners and underground corpses.Ah Ning had no choice but to agree to this condition, but from the beginning to the end, he couldn't move his murderous intentions.

"It seems that this time Wei Jikun is planning to kill himself." Lin Yunzhi clenched his hands into fists and said in a low voice.

"My son, in my capacity, it is not difficult to enter the prison. They will only think that I went to the prison to assassinate the young master in the name of the prime minister. This time, let Aning make amends, and I will definitely bring the young master back safely." Aning raised his sleeves and wiped the corners of his eyes, and said firmly.

Lin Yunzhi stared intently at Aning, and the corners of his mouth relaxed for a moment: "I believe you." Then he put his hands into his lapel, took out a piece of uncut jade, and handed it to Aning, "It seems that His Majesty has long expected to keep this thing Give it to me. There is a secret passage in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice that only the emperor knows, and this is the key to open the door of the secret passage."

Aning took the uncut jade, put it away carefully, bowed and left quickly.

The prison in the Ministry of Criminal Justice was cold and damp.Gu Xian was stripped of his outer robe, wearing only a thin inner lining, with his hands raised above his head, his toes pointing to the ground, and his whole body was firmly handcuffed on the stake.

"Master Xiao, please don't toast and refuse to eat fine wine. If you plead guilty, you won't have to suffer this physical pain, and you can feel better." Sitting on a chair outside the prison room, Wei Jikun said leisurely.

Gu Xian lowered his head, his face was covered with shadows, and he couldn't see his expression clearly.For three whole days, there was almost no drip of water, many acupuncture points on his body were pierced with fine needles, and they were forcibly sealed up. Gu Xian even had great difficulty opening his mouth to speak at this moment.He shook his lips, and his voice was hoarse: "A man who dares to act bravely, if I were you, the prime minister, I would naturally have to admit this crime. Unfortunately, even if I am killed by a head-on blow, I still can't understand the hatred of the people in the world."

"You still dare to speak harshly now, come here!" Wei Jikun squeezed the cup tightly in his hand, then let it go, and said ruthlessly, "'Serve' Master Xiao well." He got up and left the prison.

A basin of cold water was poured from the top of the head, soaking the whole body, but it made the consciousness a little clearer.The placket was brutally pulled open, exposing the white chest to the air.A few silver needles reflected a strange light in the haze, Gu Xian gritted his teeth, and simply closed his eyes.

When he woke up again, he slowly opened his eyes, and a pair of tear-filled eyes were looking at him worriedly.

"A... Ning?" Gu Xian tried his best to open his eyes, his voice sounded weak.

Ah Ning nodded fiercely, holding back the tears, and quickly released the shackles on Gu Xian.When the restraints were removed, Gu Xian was about to be carried down, but luckily Aning had sharp eyesight and quickly reached out to hold him.

"Master, why did you have so many needles stuck in your body!?" Ah Ning whispered.

"It seems to be to seal the acupoints, so I'm afraid I will mess around. But I don't know martial arts, so I wasted so many needles." Gu Xian laughed at himself twice, "Can you help me take it off?"

Aning's eyes turned red, he nodded, and moved his hands cautiously.

Pulling out the needle at Feng’s acupuncture point was far more painful than piercing it in. Gu Xian gritted his teeth and tried his best not to let his voice tremble: "Quick, hurry up, I'm fine, or people from outside will come later!"

Ah Ning pursed her lower lip, and quickly pulled out more than a dozen silver needles one by one.When the last one came out, Gu Xian gasped, seeing that Aning was worried, he shook his head, and forced a smile on his pale lips.

Aning supported Gu Xian, and the two shuttled through the prison, and they reached a dead end in a short while.Gu Xian saw Aning groping around the wall.

"found it!"

After a while, Ah Ning yelled softly, took out a piece of jade from the skirt, and pressed it into a groove on the wall.

Immediately, the wall moved, creating a gap in the middle that could allow one person to pass through.

Gu Xian has sensitive ears, and a group of people are approaching them at a very fast speed.Due to the confined space, the sound of hurried footsteps and shouting echoed in the not very spacious prison, and the sound was getting closer.He lowered his voice, raised his breath and said, "The guards have found out, let's go!"

Aning took two steps away, shook his head and said: "No, young master, leave me alone, go!"

Seeing her like this, Gu Xian frowned anxiously: "What nonsense are you talking about!? If you don't come with me, wouldn't you—"

Before anyone could finish speaking, Ah Ning used his internal strength with his right palm and pushed hard, Gu Xian fell into the secret path.The force of this palm was not small, and it made his chest hurt. Before he could stand up, Aning, who was still outside, drew out his dagger and smashed the jade into pieces, and the gap was slowly closed.

"Master, keep walking along the secret passage, don't look back, someone is waiting for you over there—"

Gu Xian's eyes widened and he struggled to get up, but Aning's smile and words were separated by a stone wall.

Looking at the tightly closed stone wall and the broken jade on the ground, Aning breathed a sigh of relief, and said as if mocking himself: "Obviously I did a lot of things to sorry the young master, but in the end I still couldn't let him know the truth. Let Aning Be selfish again, and leave a good thought for the young master."

Turn around, listen to the footsteps quietly, and wait alone for the coming prison guards.

The secret path is dark and secretive, as if it will never end.Gu Xian endured the discomfort in his body, leaned on the wall and walked forward as hard as he could, not daring to stop a step.After walking for an unknown amount of time, a gleam of light flashed in his sight.Gu Xian clenched his lower lip and quickened his pace. 50 meters, 20 meters, ten meters, five steps, one step... Finally, Gu Xian stepped out of the darkness and was completely exposed to the light.

It seems that I haven't seen the sun for a long time.Gu Xian raised his hand to block the glare of the light, he couldn't help leaning forward, but fell into a soft embrace.

"Success!"

Gu Xian moved his hand halfway away, and Lin Yunzhi's face was close in front of him. Worry, sadness, and anger were intertwined, making his expression extremely complicated, and even a little distorted.

Seeing that the person in his arms was pale and his eyes were out of focus, Lin Yunzhi brushed over Gu Xian's head in distress, and said softly, "Chengyu, come with me, okay?"

Suddenly, Gu Xian seemed to come back to his senses, grasping the corner of Lin Yunzhi's clothes vaguely, his lips trembled, and tremblingly said: "Ah, Aning...she..."

Ah Ning didn't come out, so Lin Yunzhi guessed the result.His eyes sank for a little bit, he picked up Gu Xian, jumped onto the horse waiting beside him, let the person in his arms lean against him, and stretched out his cloak to wrap him in.

The horse moved slowly.The embrace of the person behind him was as warm as spring, and the whispers in his ear were gentle and forceful, but Gu Xian still ached all over his body, shivering uncontrollably from the cold.His vision became more and more blurred, his consciousness gradually moved away, and finally there was darkness in front of him.

The horse ran away and soon disappeared without a trace.