"Who are you, where is Ah Yue?"
The man said nothing, but his defensive posture became more cautious.
Qiu Che frowned and said indifferently: "If you don't tell me, I won't let you go with the knife in my hand."
"Ah Yue" took two steps back and remained silent. It seemed that he was planning to do nothing. Mouth.
Qiu Che sneered, raised his knife and headed straight for the man's door.
The other party took out the long sword from his waist and blocked her carving knife.
The sword was not Ah Yue's, and Qiu Che was reluctantly relieved - this meant that Ah Yue might not have been silenced yet, and that this person was just pretending, not pretending after killing people.
"She" is obviously a skilled practitioner, with a wide range of moves, steady and precise moves, and extremely neat, and her strength is not inferior to Qiu Che's.
If it hadn't been for this year of training on the battlefield, Qiu Che might not have been able to fight "her" so well.
When did Beijing have such a master...
After a few rounds, Qiu Che played a dirty trick and took the opportunity to land a knife on the opponent's face.
However, after the skin and flesh were cut open, as expected, no blood flowed down.
Behind the punctured flesh is another face whose face cannot be seen clearly.
It is indeed a human skin mask.
Qiu Che went straight for his face. The opponent could not defend himself for a while, but Qiu Che still cut him on the right cheek again.
The flesh on both sides was cut open, and a large piece in the middle of the human skin mask was about to fall to the face, which was quite an obstruction and blocked the view.
The man didn't hesitate and took off his mask without hesitation.
Qiu Che's heart suffocated: "... Mr. Cui. I didn't expect you to be able to shrink your bones."
Cui Wenshen looked at her silently, and his figure slowly returned to its original appearance from a woman's figure amid his defensive posture.
It can be seen that although he does know the bone shrinking technique, this method should damage him, otherwise he would not be able to return to his original appearance so quickly in front of Qiu Che.
But...why did Cui Wenshen appear here?
Qiu Che remembered that she had dragged Yang Qiu to check Cui Wenshen's background some time ago, and frowned tightly.
There is no doubt that Cui Wenshen deliberately lured her out.
But what about the purpose?
Whose person is he?
Is it to lure her to the martial arts training ground, or just to lure her out of the city?
Although they are all meant to lure her out, the differences are very different for different purposes.
In fact, it is very simple to confirm these issues. Go to the martial arts training ground and take a look to see if Ah Yue is still there and if anything happened to the city guard team, then you can deduce the conclusion.
But looking at Cui Wenshen...it doesn't seem like he wants to let her go.
"I have no intention of getting entangled with you," Qiu Che said coldly, "If you leave now, I can still pretend that nothing has happened."
"You just can't beat me." Cui Wenshen said lightly, "That's why I don't want to fight."
"You can't beat me," Qiu Che said without being angry, but just as coldly, "Let's each take a step back and live in peace."
Cui Wenshen shook his head and looked at her with a rather strange look.
Under the moonlight, his eyes held a hint of pity and regret, and his voice returned to its original state.
"Sorry, you can't leave."
"You want to stop me? I'm afraid I can't."
Cui Wenshen said: "My mission is to kill you."
Before he finished speaking, his figure rushed over again with a sword.
As the commander of the Jinyi Guards, his martial arts is said to be second in the world, and it is estimated that no one dares to claim the first place.
When he exerted all his strength, few could see how fast his figure in the air was.
While Qiu Che blocked the edge of his sword with a carving knife, his thoughts were racing: "... Mr. Cui should know that if you want to kill me, you yourself will not be much better. Either you die or I live. I don't know Why have I offended Mr. Cui? We havenât seen each other for a long time, and now that we have met, you will do this to me."
Cui Wenshen moved swiftly towards her weak point, not trying his best to block Qiu Che's attack.
Even during the exchange of swords and swords, he apologized calmly: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you, but I was ordered to die tonight."
"Is it your master's order?"
Cui Wenshen was shocked to realize that he had said too much. , fell silent again, and struck out with another sharp sword.
Qiu Che bent down to dodge, and stabbed him back with his backhand. He still said, "Ah, don't say anything, that's it. Prince? No, judging from your expression, it was not the prince's idea."
Cui Wenshen's eyes changed slightly.
Qiu Che leisurely dodged the opponent's attack while strolling leisurely, while saying: "But the prince should also know and agree...so your master is actually someone else."
Cui Wenshen's jawline is at a certain point It instantly became tense.
"Let me guess, what is his purpose?" Qiu Che said in a casual tone, "It's not to stop me, but to kill me, but to lure me out of the capital to kill meââ"
"I don't believe Mr. Cui that you are afraid of the Princess Mansion. If those guards did this, it must be because I can't die in the princess's house."
"Why? Send a top expert to lure me out
with a single blow, even if he almost missed it several times . Being stabbed by Cui Wenshen's sword, his voice was still light and airy, "I know, you are going to do a big thing in Beijing, and I can't interfere in this matter, right?"
"Oh," under the night, Qiu Che noticed the subtle changes in Cui Wenshen's expression and calmly changed his words, "That should not allow anyone to interfere - and your master believes that I am the biggest variable. So I want you to kill me at any cost. Even if you pay Your life doesn't matter."
"Am I right?"
At this point, Qiu Che's knife had already landed on Cui Wenshen's neck, and the sword in Cui Wenshen's hand was also placed on Qiu Che's shoulder.
Cui Wenshen had a scar as big as a bowl on his arm, and it was dripping with blood.
There was also a trace of blood on Qiu Che's face, which was neither deep nor shallow. She stretched out her hand to wipe it, and there was a trace of blood on her fingertips.
Their fight was quite noisy, and they had already approached the bamboo forest on Guan Road all the way from the city gate. A large piece of bamboo leaves rustled down and was buried at their feet.
But with such a loud noise, no patrolling guard went out to check the situation.
The gates of the capital were closed, there was no light in the city, and it was eerily quiet.
Because of the wounds on his arms and the long fight, Cui Wenshen had a drop of sweat on his forehead.
But he always had no expression. Even if it was the moment when both sides' lives were hanging by a thread, his eyes were always cold.
With an empty...dead silence.
Qiu Che looked at the blood color on his fingertips and chuckled: "It doesn't matter if Mr. Cui doesn't answer my words. Since you want to spend it, then I will spend it with you."
"The reason why you obey him so much is because when you were young, You were saved by Zhenmei, right?"
Cui Wenshen's eyes flashed, and his expression finally changed.
The sword on Qiu Che's shoulder moved forward an inch more, and his voice became darker: "What else do you know?"
"That's a lot - there is a record in the palace's honor affairs room, Zhen Meiren, whose real name is Lan Zhen, She was originally an insignificant maid in the palace, but later she was transferred to the imperial court and was favored by His Majesty. She was brought into the palace and soon gave birth to a prince," Qiu Che said while observing his expression calmly.
"Those days were the autumn hunting. His Majesty was very proud of himself and never wanted to lose to others. Every time he asked you to hunt in the autumn hunting, he pretended to be his. Maybe it was because something unexpected happened during the autumn hunting. It happened that you were injured a little, and Lan Zhen happened to be among the accompanying maids, so she happened to save you. "
And in order to repay her, you brought her to the imperial court and gave her a chance to climb onto the dragon's bed. She did." I didn't live up to your kindness... No, maybe, she asked for it herself."
These words are partly the information Qiu Che dragged Yang Qiu to find out, and partly the content she deduced by combining her guesses.
But Cui Wenshen's expression told Qiu Che that she was probably right.
"It's just that after she climbed onto the dragon bed and became a concubine, she didn't see Tianyan for a long time. Instead, another concubine - Xiao Changzai appeared."
"She is stunningly beautiful and talented, and His Majesty was quickly attracted to her. She attracted attention. Coincidentally, she was also a palace maid, and she happened to have worked with Zhen Meiren who was also a palace maid. You should also know her - after all, when you transferred Lanzhen to the imperial court, you also brought this Xiao "After being ignored
for a period of time, and perhaps suppressed by other concubines, Lan Zhen finally understood the cruelty of the palace. She was just a little palace maid with little experience. She used all her courage to climb onto the dragon's bed, but she didn't expect to end up like this... So she found you again. "
What happened after she found you can be imagined by anyone who has heard the story.
I donât know why, but Cui Wenshen agreed.
He became this little palace maid's new support.
Hearing this, the muscle lines around Cui Wenshen's lips trembled. He didn't know what he thought of, and a sad look flashed across his dark eyes: "Shut up."
"Don't get excited," Qiu Che seemed to be chatting with him. Generally speaking, he smiled faintly and said, "I haven't finished speaking yet. Master Cui, don't you want to hear more?"
"I know what's going on behind, so you don't need to say more."
"Really?" Qiu Che didn't care whether he agreed or not. Still disagreeing, he just thought to himself: "Master Cui, are you sure that the person who saved you was really Lan Zhen?"
Cui Wenshen's pupils trembled: "...what do you mean?"
Qiu Che seemed to be invisible. His face was as shocked as he smiled to himself, "I said, Lan Zhen is just a little palace maid with no hidden background... If you were not seriously injured when you met her, you wouldn't need the treatment of a strange palace maid at all. ...If you were seriously injured, how could she save you?"
"Master Cui, I don't believe you have any doubts." "I
know
."
"
...Yes. So what." Cui Wenshen was silent for a moment, his eyes became firm again, and his voice was very soft. "She is dead."
Qiu Che raised his eyebrows: "But her son is not dead."
"I just want to fulfill her last wish," Cui Wenshen said coldly. She said coldly, "The rest has nothing to do with me."
After Lan Zhen gave birth to the prince, she died of excessive blood loss and dystocia soon after.
She was originally a small promise, a beauty who was posthumously named.
"Oh -" Qiu Che said in a long voice, "So Lan Zhen's last wish is for you to assist and protect her son, right?"
"Master Cui really loves deeply. For this reason, he can betray the loyalty of generations. The emperor really impressed me."
Cui Wenshen's hand shook almost imperceptibly: "What does it have to do with you?"
"Of course it does not matter to me," Qiu Che said lightly, "The one who really saved you. "Where is Xiao Changzai?" "
Impossible." After Cui Wenshen quickly rejected it, he immediately realized his excitement and said calmly, "Even if it is her, she is dead."
His own mother, the one who died in the cold palace.
She is also a Nanyi saint, a guest who was sent to Daxia.
"But her daughter is not dead."
This is the phrase again.
Isn't Xiao Changzai's daughter the eldest princess Li Qingwu?
"Are you sure you want to kill your savior's only daughter?"
"I didn't kill her."
"But if you kill me, Qingwu won't be alone."
"..." Cui Wenshen's mouth twitched.
It feels like she is showing affection, there is no evidence, it is just a feeling.
Qiu Che raised his chin and said seriously: "So why does Lord Cui think it can't be her? Nanyi Saint - even if you didn't know it before, I don't believe you still don't know her identity now. Nanyi people are all good at using medicine. "It's more than enough to save you with some medicine, right?"
"She's a spy from Nanyi," Cui Wenshen said, "Why do
you want to save me?" "Who am I asking?"
"Maybe," Qiu Che paused. , "Is it to become a 'palace maid'?"
"It was Lan Zhen who made the request to promote them as maids. I just saw that she has a good relationship with Lan Zhen, and I was afraid that I would be found to have interfered in the affairs of the maids for no reason. Promote them together as a cover-up,"
Cui Wenshen said coldly, "Since she saved me to become a palace maid, why didn't she just admit that she was the one who saved me?"
"Because she didn't want to be exposed," Qiu Che said. The hand holding the knife was a little sore, "What's so confusing about this? What if her original purpose was not you at all, nor was it to climb onto the dragon's bed?"
Cui Wenshen paused.
Xiao Zi may have just wanted to become a palace maid at the beginning, so that it would be easier to inquire about information and assassinate the emperor.
In this way, it seems very reasonable that after she rescued Cui Wenshen, she deliberately let her sister Lan Zhen, who had a good relationship at the time and wanted to climb the dragon's bed to gain glory and wealth, to take the credit.
After the two sisters became imperial maids together, Lan Zhen was successfully promoted to the imperial court.
Xiao Zi was also attracted by the emperor because of her beauty, and soon fell under the emperor's rhetorical offensive, forgetting the original purpose.
Very reasonable.
When Cui Wenshen thought of this, he couldn't think of anything to refute.
Qiu Che smiled: "Asking these questions actually means that Mr. Cui already has the answer in his heart, doesn't it?"
Otherwise, with Cui Wenshen's style, he should stab her directly with a sword instead of talking a lot of nonsense with her here. .
After hearing this, Cui Wenshen finally raised his eyes again and spoke.
His voice was slightly hoarse, with a somewhat complicated meaning: "Master said that you are sharp-tongued and the best at deceiving people... He told me not to talk to you and just kill people. This is indeed true."
"Master..." Qiu Che Chewing these two words, he chuckled with unknown meaning.
"Your master is the third prince, right?"
Cui Wenshen said steadily: "Didn't you guess it a long time ago?"
"I guess I guessed it," Qiu Che said in a slightly weird tone, glanced at him, and said with a sweet smile, "But... I didn't expect that Mr. Cui would actually call his son 'master'?"
Cui Wenshen's pupils Due to the earthquake, the hand holding the sword became a little unsteady: "...What nonsense are you talking about!"
He didn't even know when he had a son!