three feet away from me

The news of the prefect of Jingzhou committing suicide in fear of crime spread quickly, and the people from the capital would return to Beijing the next day.

In the evening, Wen Xucong stood in the courtyard, the night was as cool as water, his eyes looked over the courtyard wall, quiet and deep, the young man's face was like moonlight, covered with a layer of veil, making it difficult to see his expression clearly.

It's this wall. Du Xingqing climbed it countless times in the past two days in Jingzhou. Wen Xucong got a headache every time he yelled, but there was no one in the courtyard, but Wen Xucong didn't see that handsome young man lying on his back. Smile at him over the wall.

Until the dew got deeper, and the robe was wet with dew, Wen Xucong turned around and entered the room without saying a word.

On the second day, Qichen got into the carriage, and Wen Xucong was supported by the servant of the Wen family into the carriage: "Young Master, Young Lord and the others haven't come out yet, do you want to wait?"

Wen Xucong glanced at the direction of Xie's mansion, the vermilion gate was still brightly colored, blue birds flew across the sky and landed on the eaves, and the branches growing out of the courtyard wall folded into a beautiful arc.

"No," Wen Xucong put down the curtain, with his sleeves hanging steadily on his knees: "Let's go back first."

The sound of the creaking carriage gradually sounded, and the wheels splashed fine dust, floating in the sun, so small that the wind could not blow it away.

Because of the news of Xie Zhijiang's death, the conflict between Emperor Pingyang became more and more serious, and the situation in Beijing became visibly tense.

Wen Xucong and Du Xingqing haven't seen each other since they returned to Beijing, but they met in Xuanlemen.

There are two walls in Xuanle Gate, one in the south and one in the north. They were originally built for military use. After the wars have subsided over the years, they have been abandoned for a long time.

That day, Prime Minister Wen "accidentally" took the forbidden army to Xuanlemen to clean up the dust, and happened to meet King Pingyang who "coincidentally" brought soldiers to Xuanlemen for drills.

Wen Chengyu is in the south, and Du Yuansou is in the north.

The two sides confronted each other on the city wall. When the sun was shining, the scene was like a tense string, ready to explode.

Wen Xucong saw Du Xingqing at this time. Standing beside Du Yuansou, he looked haggard, and he didn't know what he had done these days.

Of course Du Xingqing also saw Wen Xucong, his eyes shifted to Wen Xucong's body, and he avoided it vaguely.

Wen Xucong looked calm, standing behind Wenxiang without saying a word.

"My lord, what does this mean?" Wen Chengyu stood on the city wall with his hands behind his back: "It is a felony to lead troops out of the camp without permission."

"Miss Wen was joking, I just think the soldiers are tired, I just took them out to have a good meal," Du Yuansou suddenly asked, "The heroes under my account, did you eat well today?"

The soldiers cheered loudly.

"it is good!"

"Thank you, my lord!"

"This meal is amazing!"

"Since it is to reward the soldiers, what to do here at Xuanlemen, this is a forbidden area, unless the emperor has an order, you are not allowed to enter or leave at will."

"The soldiers are full of food and drink, and their spirits are high. If they want to practice, I can't refute them, Xuan Lemen!"

The two of you come and go and don't give in to each other. Wen Chengyu made a rumor in advance that he would come to Xuanle Gate to clean it. Du Yuansou had already ordered his own soldiers to follow him. They confronted each other on the city wall. It seemed that both of them had difficulties.

In the end, the people around Du Yuansou couldn't bear it any longer: "My lord just went to the Xuanle Gate for a while, it's not like he hasn't been here before, why should the prime minister be so aggressive, does he really think that there is no one in my Pingyang Palace?"

As soon as these words came out, the bows and arrows of Pingyang Mansion were set on the city wall one after another, and the people of Wen Mansion also drew their bows and stringed them.

"Father." Wen Xucong frowned, turning sideways to stand in front of Wen Chengyu.

"It's okay, you stand back." Wen Chengyu told Wen Xucong to step aside: "He dare not hurt anyone."

"Father!" On the other side, Du Xingqing was dissatisfied and wanted to pull Du Yuansou behind him.

"What are you afraid of? He doesn't dare to shoot arrows." Du Yuansou pushed Du Xingqing to the back.

Both sides thought that the other side would not dare to shoot arrows, but there was a single-minded idiot in the team. Hearing Wen Chengyu's words, he was furious. It was the first time in so many years that the prince asked them to come out to have a good meal. The talented prime minister, do you really think he dare not shoot!

The little soldier was so loud that the string collapsed to the maximum arc, so that the hand that drew the bow was trembling slightly. He could feel the bowstring cut the skin on his hand, but he gritted his teeth, full of resentment, and reasoned. Tell him not to let go.

But at this time, the people around him seemed to be very nervous, and even trembled to the extreme, and hit Xiaobing's shoulder with his elbow. Xiaobing's body lost his balance, and he let go of his hand reflexively.

The pure black bow and arrow came through the air with a destructive momentum, so fast that everyone couldn't react in time, but in the blink of an eye, the arrow had already flown over the city wall, and went straight to Wen Xucong's chest.

Wen Chengyu raised his head, his eyes were full of astonishment, he could hear the sharp sound of the arrows.

At the critical moment, Wen Xucong snatched the bow and arrow from the person beside him, drew the bow and set the arrow without hesitation, and shot it with a single cut.

He had no strength in one hand, and most of his aim was lost. When two arrows met on the city wall, Wen Xucong's arrow tip almost brushed against the tail of the arrow. .

"father!"

"grown ups!"

"Prime Minister!"

Blood gushed out in no time, and Wen Chengyu's chest was blood red, and he fell backwards due to the inertia of the arrow, and Wen Xucong stepped forward to catch him.