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There was a riot in the post station, the lights never went out in the second half of the night, and the number of people on duty didn't increase. Everything seemed to be peaceful, and there were murderous intentions hidden in the darkness.

At first, Tang Ling was more frightened than frightened, and didn't even have time to feel the pain. When the pain really arose, the room was full of people, so he could only hold back and keep silent.

The murderous atmosphere in the room gradually subsided, and the most embarrassing thing was not the one lying on the ground who had passed away, nor was it Tang Ling who was bleeding profusely, but the king of Chu who was supposed to be coquettish.

Qi Xiao, the King of Chu, seems to have no sense of existence in the ranks of the Huwei Army these days. He is not as "delicate" as Tang Ling, nor as prestigious as Su Qin. He is just a brat with the title of "King of Chu". Riding a horse and wearing a sword, he seems to have the virtue of a second-generation ancestor. Who would have imagined that he killed people so neatly?The assassin, who even the Tiger's Mighty army couldn't catch, was captured alive by him.

The cronies around Su Qin have all fought assassins in Hukou Gorge. Those are not ordinary killers, and all of them are very skilled. Qi Xiao didn't even wear shoes and socks, and he killed and captured one in the blink of an eye. His martial arts should be outstanding. how nice

A prince and a little kid stood in a pool of blood, the blood on his body was still hot under his feet, but his eyes became more and more serious, as dark as the night, swallowing all the light, and he couldn't see the waves.

For a moment, Qing Lan looked at Qi Xiao and felt scared, but fortunately, Tang Ling was injured and before he had time to grasp the flash of shock and fear, Qi Xiao had already walked out.

Tang Ling was brought into Qi Xiao's room, and Zong Sheng stood beside him with his sword in his arms, earnestly fulfilling Qi Xiao's order of "not leaving every step".

Qing Lan quickly treated Tang Ling's blood and applied medicine. Although the wound on his arm didn't hurt the muscles and bones, it was long and deep. Qing Lan didn't dare to be careless. He was afraid of Tang Ling's pain, so he mixed the wound medicine with anesthetic. After dealing with Tang Ling's injuries, Qing Lan broke out in sweat.

"My lord, don't let your wound get wet, you need to recuperate for a few days."

Tang Ling endured the pain and comforted Qing Lan: "I'm fine."

Qing Lan saw Tang Ling's pale face and bean-sized cold sweat on her forehead, how could she look okay?

"This pair of shackles is extremely heavy, young master, you should be more careful, don't get involved in the wound, if the wound bursts and cannot heal well, it may leave an ugly scar in the future."

Tang Ling was a little funny, in Qing Lan's eyes, she was like a porcelain doll that would shatter when touched, afraid of bumping, stumbling, wind and rain, just looking at him makes people feel scared, what's the matter?

"Qing Lan, I'm not a woman, so I don't care about that."

"Son..."

"Okay, I get it."

Qing Lan didn't want to say anything more, she lowered her head, as if she suddenly remembered something, looked at Tang Ling and blinked.

"what happened?"

Qing Lan blinked at Tang Ling again, and took a sneak peek at Zong Sheng standing next to him. Only then did he realize that this was Qi Xiao's room, and Tang Ling was sitting on Qi Xiao's bed, wearing Qi Xiao's quilt , that was wrapped up by Qing Lan herself for Tang Ling.

Tang Ling laughed for a moment, she really didn't know what to say about Qing Lan.

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Qi Xiao's body was dirty, fishy and smelly, he couldn't wait for the kitchen to make water for him to wash, so he simply poured two buckets of cold water from the well in the backyard and poured it from head to toe.

The Huwei soldiers on duty in the backyard had never seen such a "disrespectful" prince, and they were really curious, but they didn't dare to look at them openly, so they all turned furtive eyes.

Qi Xiao didn't think anything, but the guards brought out from the palace didn't like those probing eyes very much, so they moved two steps to block them for Qi Xiao.

Qi Xiao soaked himself thoroughly, wiped himself clean, and turned back into a young man with fine skin and tender flesh.

When they reached the stairs, Ye Huai was hiding in the dark waiting for Qi Xiao.

Qi Xiao glanced at Ye Huai, and went upstairs without saying anything.

Even without saying a word, Ye Huai felt relieved, if something happened, Qi Xiao wouldn't pretend that he couldn't see him anymore.

And it was this look that made Ye Huai really appreciate Qi Xiao. No matter what the reason was, Qi Xiao saved Tang Ling again and again, even more like a guard than him, a useless guard.

Just now, Qi Xiao was covered in blood and Ye Huai also saw it.

Ye Huai is not Qing Lan, and he has very complicated perceptions of Qi Xiao in his heart, many of which he can't explain clearly and can't understand, and he is more and more alert, vigilant, and suspicious.

If all the princes of the Chen Kingdom were like Qi Xiao, then Tang Ling's life in the future might be more difficult than expected.

When Qi Xiao returned to the house, Qing Lan had already healed Tang Ling's injury. When she saw Qi Xiao pushing the door, Qing Lan stood up straight, lowered her head, and suddenly became respectful to Qi Xiao.

"Don't you need to sleep?" Qi Xiao yawned, "I want to sleep."

There was only one bed in the room, and Qi Xiao said that he wanted to sleep, Tang Ling stood up consciously, and "smoothly" made the bed for Qi Xiao.

Qing Lan was afraid that Tang Ling would hurt her wound, so she hurried forward to help.

Qi Xiao looked at the two and frowned: "What are you doing?"

Tang Ling turned around and walked in front of Qi Xiao: "My lord's kindness in saving my life, Tang, is beyond words to thank, so I won't disturb my lord's rest."

Qi Xiao was expressionless, his eyes flicked across Tang Ling's face: "Are you allowed to go?"

Tang Ling was stunned for a while, and didn't understand what Qi Xiao meant by coming here for a while, so she heard Qi Xiao say again: "Zong Sheng, go and hug two quilts."

"Yes."

Qing Lan and Tang Ling glanced at each other, what does Qi Xiao mean, they are not allowed to leave this room?

Qi Xiao brushed shoulders past Tang Ling, took off his shoes and socks and lay down on the bed, raised his chin at Tang Ling: "Young Master Tang, let's sleep on the floor all night."

"You..." Qing Lan was about to be reckless again, but was pulled back by Tang Ling. A moment ago, Qing Lan was sincerely grateful to Qi Xiao, but when he saw Qi Xiao's arrogant and domineering appearance, he felt uncomfortable and suffocated Qu, "My lord, your injury..."

"It's just a skin injury, besides, it will be dawn in a few hours, close your eyes, take a rest, and still have to hurry."

Tang Ling treats Qing Lan like a child, Qing Lan knows it in his heart, and he doesn't want to cause trouble for his son, but he really can't see Qi Xiao being so contemptuous and mean, especially when he treats Tang Ling.

Soon the quilts were delivered, and Zong Sheng made a bed in the inner room, and another bed in the outer room.

Qing Lan supported Tang Ling to walk outside, and was stopped by Zong Sheng just as she turned around: "My lord said, the young master is sleeping on the floor."

"You! How can my young master sleep on the floor?!"

Zong Sheng didn't talk nonsense with Qing Lan, grabbed Qing Lan by the collar, lifted her up and took her out.

Tang Ling had nothing to be unhappy about, Qi Xiao's arrangement was all to protect him, he was not as ignorant as Qing Lan, who wanted his savior to sleep on the floor.

Tang Ling turned off the lights in the room, and the dust in his hands made a slight rubbing sound. He slowly sat down on the ground, pulled the quilt a few times in the dark, turned his head to look at the bed that was less than half a meter away, and said: " Thank you...Qi Xiao."

Qi Xiao moved and turned over, Tang Ling could only see a phantom of the person hiding in the darkness.

"I'm sorry about what happened before.

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. "

Tang Ling sat hugging her knees, speaking in a very low voice, which could not be heard from outside, Tang Ling knew that with Qi Xiao's hearing, she would be able to hear clearly, "It's the same this time."

After a long time, the room was silent, Tang Ling thought that Qi Xiao was still angry and didn't dare to say anything, so she lay down and prepared to sleep for a while, when suddenly she heard Qi Xiao say: "You owe me your life, remember to pay it back in the future. "

Qi Xiao's voice sounded lazy, very casual and careless, Tang Ling smiled silently and hummed lightly.

"You have a knife on your neck all day, how can you laugh?" Qi Xiao turned over to look at Tang Ling.

Tang Ling was slightly taken aback: "How do you know I'm smiling?"

"You haven't?"

Tang Ling was a little startled. Qi Xiao's eyesight was so amazing in the dark night, when he couldn't see his fingers?

"Aren't you afraid?" Qi Xiao didn't feel sleepy at all because of the trouble all night, so he simply sat up, got out of bed and sat on his feet, faced Tang Ling, and chatted with Tang Lingye, "Look at you being so frail and fragile." Aren't you afraid of being attacked one after another?"

During the robbery in Yongcheng, Tang Ling was locked in the prison car and looked up at Qi Xiao. Qi Xiao has never forgotten that he was in a mess at that time, but his eyes were clear and calm, as if he was not in a cage. The prisoner of the prisoner, but the general on horseback, the son in the soft sedan chair.

Qi Xiao had heard the rumors about Tang Ling, a Confucian general who could stand against Lu Fang for several months should not be underestimated, but it was not until that moment that Qi Xiao really took Tang Ling seriously.

"When I was in Hukou Gorge, it would be a lie to say I'm not afraid."

Tang Ling also sat up, facing Qi Xiao in the dark, "At that moment, I really thought I was going to die."

Tang Ling lightly touched the gauze on her arm, and said softly, "Just now...it's too late to be afraid...if it wasn't for you, I would already be decapitated."

"Do you know who wants your life?"

Tang Ling could vaguely see Qi Xiao's outline from the darkness, like a fierce beast crouching in the mountains representing danger, or like a stone lion standing outside the mansion, fierce and evil could not be approached, Tang Ling could see the danger just by looking at him, And at the same time, I saw Xinan, which is both a spear and a shield, which is very miraculous.

"The two assassins were performed by different people. Hukouxia should be the assassin of Qi State, but today's one, I can't guess."

Qi Xiao asked with great interest: "Assassin of the Qi State? Guess it?" Tang Ling was helpless in the Chen State, with only Qing Lan and Ye Huai by her side, so it was impossible for her to have the ability and eyeliner to investigate the sneak attack and assassination. And along the way, neither Su Qin, Yue Zhilin nor Qi Xiao himself was willing to reveal a word to Tang Ling. How did Tang Ling guess it?

"Those with excellent skills and strong discipline, under the protection of the Tiger's Might Army, almost killed me with one blow, which is impossible for ordinary people in the world.

There are many reasons why I want to die or be taken away, and I can't figure it out for a while.

After General Su found me, he immediately put shackles on me. It seemed that he was afraid that I would be robbed. At first, I thought I couldn't explain it, so I had to let General Su lock me up. But after I arrived at the palace, I confirmed that those people must be It was sent by Qi State. "

"Oh? I don't understand even more when you say that."

Tang Ling smiled, and instead of answering Qi Xiao's question in a hurry, she asked instead: "You have a very close personal relationship with General Su, right?"

The author says:

I don't talk much, my heart is clear