chasing autumn

I haven't seen Fang Li for a few days.

Yu Huolian is currently in Yuxiangzhai, Du Fu's Appreciation Pavilion.

Ever since Du Fu left with Li Jing, this place has been empty.Lady Magpie was always afraid that Du Fu would come back if she suffered some grievances outside, so she never let other girls move in, and even ordered her servants to come and clean it from time to time.This time, under the request of Yu Huolian, the magpie empress had no choice but to give up the Shanghe Pavilion to Li Chengsong, the princess of Xixia.

After that quarrel ended unhappily, Yu Huolian never went to the lake again. He didn't know if Fang Li would go again. Words are really sad enough.He is now guarding the safety of Princess Xixia according to the imperial decree, and he has no thoughts or time to care about other things. He is trying his best to forget the lake, the appointment in the middle of the night, and Fang Li's tears, but he just can't control the hatred in his heart. I mean, he wasn't even sure if he would raise a gun and kill that person one day...

Just as she was thinking, Yu Huolian saw in the distance, behind the Yuxiangzhai lobby, in the night, on the covered bridge, a familiar figure slowly appeared, a familiar person who made him want to kill him——Chen Xiao .Yu Huolian said: "This kid is really not a good guy, why did he come here..."

Chen Xiao looked around all the way, searching and searching, as if he was restless.He stopped in a small pavilion by the pond, sat down, and ordered a pot of tea.After waiting for a while, a plump and charming figure came and greeted him enthusiastically, shaking the silk handkerchief in his hand.

"Oh, Young Master Chen! Why did Young Master Chen come here alone? Hurry up to the lobby, the girls are all there!" As he spoke, he was about to stretch out his hand to pull Chen Xiao's arm.

Seeing her reaching out her hand, Chen Xiao quickly avoided her with some disgust in his heart, collected himself, and said, "I'm not here to find a girl, I'm looking for you, you are the magpie lady?"

"Yes," Magpie looked at him in surprise.She has met many people, and she knows in her heart that this strange boy must have just arrived in the capital from other places, and he must come here for fun after hearing about Yuxiangzhai's great name, but she really can't imagine that he will come here to drink flower wine What else could I do, so I asked suspiciously, "Master Chen, you..."

Seeing that the exaggerated smile on her face finally subsided, Chen Xiao felt at ease. He took out a letter from his bosom and said in a low voice, "This letter is from my father."

"Your Father?" Magpie was startled, while opening the letter, she raised her eyes to look at Chen Xiao carefully, and suddenly felt that he looked familiar, with the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, he looked like an old friend.

While Lady Magpie was opening and reading the letter, Chen Xiaoli stood aside but was very uneasy. He clenched his fists tightly for a while, raised his hand and scratched his head for a while, struggled for a long time, and finally he couldn't help asking:

"You, can you tell me, what is written on it?"

After hearing this, Magpie said in amazement and amused: "This is weird! Since you want to know the contents of this letter, young master, why didn't you open it first?"

"This letter is not for me. How can I open it and read it? Besides...how can I..." Chen Xiao paused hesitantly, and said in his heart: Father wants me to hide from people's eyes and secretly send the letter to Yuxiangzhai In the hands of the magpie empress, it must not be lost, and it must not be disassembled and read privately, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law.Dad has such a temper that he must do what he says, how dare I...

The magpie looked at him strangely, pondered for a while, and suddenly laughed loudly: "Cough! It's nothing, it's just about money. I borrowed money from my father a few years ago, and I will ask someone to bring you a bank note later." , you just bring it back to your father!"

Chen Xiao was in a state of embarrassment, hearing what she said, he was relieved for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face immediately, and said: "So it's about money... I thought it was..." He was embarrassed to continue, and thought: About delivering the letter, my father told me not to even mention it to my mother.I thought it was a romantic affair that Dad didn't finish, alas, it looks like I had another fight with Dad for nothing!

Chen Xiao took a stack of banknotes from Mistress Magpie and put them in his bosom. Before going out, Mistress Magpie asked him where he lived recently and if there was anything he needed her to take care of and help with. Chen Xiao was surprised that the bustard still Really enthusiastic, thank you with a smile on your mouth.As soon as he turned out of the intersection in front of Yuxiangzhai, he found a person in night clothes rushing past under the shadow of the intersection ahead.He immediately became interested, raised his sword and quietly followed.

Chen Xiao chased the man in black from Yuxiangzhai to a gambling house in the west of the city.The man climbed over the wall, entered a room, lit a candle, and seemed very familiar.Chen Xiaoshang was thinking, and saw the man stepped out of the door again, throwing out some bloody cloth strips, but at this time, he had already removed the black cloth covering his face, revealing a resolute face.

When Chen Xiao saw it, he was shocked

——It's Fang Xu!

Why is Fang Xu here?Bloody cloth strips... what did he do?Still injured?

Chen Xiaofu was thinking on top of the wall, and was about to go to ask what happened, when he was suddenly dragged down from behind.

"Who?!..." Chen Xiao was about to ask, but the man covered his mouth firmly, unable to make a sound.The man grabbed him vigorously and dragged him quickly across two intersections before finding a dilapidated house wall and throwing him rudely on the ground.

"Who are you?!" Chen Xiao stood up from the ground and shouted loudly.He was full of doubts when he was dragged all the way abruptly by this sudden arrest.Taking a closer look, I saw that the person in front of me was dressed in white clothes, with a black mask attached to his face, and his eyes were shining with a cold light.

Yu Huolian laughed and said, "I sent you to the west!"

"you……"

When Chen Xiaoshang was surprised, he saw a flash of cold light, and a silver spear had stabbed towards his throat.He stepped back quickly, drew his sword with his right hand and parried the spear head.Yu Huolian took advantage of the forward momentum and tried to kick his heart. Chen Xiao was startled, and quickly turned sideways to dodge the attack.After a few strokes, the two men's foreheads were covered with thin sweat, and the weapons in their hands were colliding with each other, making bursts of ringing.At this time, Chen Xiao took advantage of the opportunity to get close, and suddenly stretched out one hand and tore off Yu Huolian's mask, and was shocked: "I've seen you! You are..."

Yu Huolian didn't want to really kill him at first, so she saved some strength, but now she didn't expect that Chen Xiao's martial arts is not weak, and she was shocked to see that she had shown her face, so she didn't show any mercy.Yu Huolian stretched out her hands to grab Chen Xiao's shoulder blades, turned around, and cut his hands behind him, Chen Xiao couldn't dodge, and the sword had already been released.With another effort by Yu Huolian, he was already crushed face-down to the ground.

"Say!" Yu Huolian restrained his elbow with one hand, put the sword on his neck with the other, and reprimanded bitterly: "What are you going to Yuxiangzhai for?! What's the purpose of going to the gambling house in the west of the city?!"

Chen Xiao said calmly: "I saw you on the street! At that time you were wearing a policeman's clothes, and you were a policeman from Kaifeng Mansion?!"

Yu Huolian was startled when she heard this, and said with a sneer, "Your memory is really good! But sometimes, a good memory can bring about fatal disasters! Now that you recognize me, you won't be able to survive!"

Chen Xiao was not frightened by his words, and said again: "You and I have no grievances, why did you kill me?! At least give me a reason!"

Yu Huolian laughed "humph", "I don't need to discuss it with you if I want to kill you, you just have to bear it!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Yu Huolian finished speaking, she was surprised to see a black shadow floating towards the front under the moonlight, which looked like a ghost. He looked at it, and his heart suddenly thumped.Only someone shouted in a deep voice:

"stop!"

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