The cold blade of the sword passed by Xi Meng, and was about to hit Sima Luo City. But at the critical moment, the sweet fragrance of flowers filled the air, and suddenly flowers rained down in the room, and petals as big as thumbs seemed to have spirituality.
Generally, they rushed towards the black shadow one after another.
I could only hear a few muffled hums coming from the darkness. Shi Meng took the opportunity to drag Sima Luocheng open the door and leap out. When he got out of the room, he realized that the bodies of several guards were lying scattered in the yard. There were several rooms next door.
The doors are also wide open.
It seemed that the other party was well prepared, and the two assassins from before were just a test.
Now Sima Luo City's Shadow Guards suffered heavy casualties, but they didn't know exactly how many people there were on the other side. Shi Meng's already uneasy heart became even more confused at this moment.
She shouldn't have used magic in front of Sima Luo City unless it was absolutely necessary, especially since she was not good at studying. If she made a mistake, not only would she not be able to save them, but she might cause unnecessary trouble.
But the situation was really urgent just now, so she had to risk her energy and cast an illusion to confuse the black shadow, so that she could have a chance to escape.
Xi Meng used her weak spiritual power to lead Sima Luo City to barely resist the wind. After walking for about half an hour, she was exhausted and had to rest temporarily by a deserted river.
Along the way, Sima Luocheng never spoke. She knew that he had many questions in his heart, so why didn't she?
Sima Luocheng finally spoke first, "I thought she was trustworthy, but I didn't expect it was her."
Shi Meng was surprised, "How did you know? Isn't she your personal bodyguard?"
A hint of darkness flashed in Sima Luocheng's eyes, and he said slowly: "As early as when Meng'er told her to take a detour to Qingyang County, I had doubts. But tonight when she went to bed, she took the initiative to pretend to be me, so that she could
Preparing for an unexpected incident, I almost gave up my original doubts. Until the two assassins suddenly appeared earlier, I had already heard the fighting outside in the inner room, and ordered others to try to capture those two people, but I didn’t expect them to start.
He raised his sword and killed himself."
He paused for a moment, looked at Simeng, and then said: "With Ye'er's skills and her distance from the two people at that time, she could completely prevent them from killing themselves. But I saw that she seemed to hesitate, and then fortunately gave up.
Already."
Xi Meng nodded and took over his words, "So you deliberately let her knock on my door, and deliberately pushed the others away so that she could see you staying in my room, so that you could take advantage of it?"
Sima Luocheng looked at the clear water under his feet, a cold chill flashed through his eyes, "Yes, she is the person I sent to Xizhou to find out the news. It was she who submitted to me the evidence of Xiang Tianci's collusion with Xia Guo.
At that time, I had the same doubts as Meng'er about the authenticity of the evidence. But when the news came last night that the Xia army was approaching the border, I almost believed the evidence, and hurried to Xizhou to personally supervise the army in case anything unexpected happened at Yuguan.
.It wasn’t until Meng’er noticed something was wrong and suggested taking a detour to Qingyang that I realized that everything seemed to happen too suddenly..."
Xi Meng was sitting cross-legged by the river and regulating her breath. She thought that without the support of Mu Zili and Yifeng, this was the first time she faced a strong enemy alone. Although the opponent was just a mortal, his martial arts and light skills were excellent.
It was not easy for her to rescue Sima Luo City tonight.
That Ye'er was trapped by the illusion and it would be difficult to escape for a while. No matter how high her Qing Gong was, it couldn't match the speed of her wind control.
The riverside should be safe at this moment, but with the sound of running water in his ears, the only thing left was the inaudible sighs of Sima Luocheng. Once again, he was betrayed by someone close to him, and he must feel uncomfortable in his heart.
Xi Meng was silent for a moment and whispered: "It was probably because the detour to Qingyang angered her master, so she suddenly changed her mind. In fact, when I proposed the detour, I didn't know that she was doing it carefully, and it was just for the safety of my eldest brother.
For the sake of safety. Now that I think about it, this move almost harmed my eldest brother..."
Sima Luocheng glanced at Simeng, shook his head slightly, and said: "Meng'er's words are wrong. Since Ye'er has murderous intentions towards me, the result will be the same whether we go to Xizhou or Qingyang. On the contrary,
, thanks to Meng'er's presence tonight, I was able to escape by chance."
He is now safe and sound, and Xi Meng is no longer entangled in the matter, but when he thinks about it carefully, he realizes that the person behind Ye'er is their real opponent.
But now the enemy is in darkness and we are in the light, and many things are still hidden in the clouds and cannot be seen clearly.
I have heard Sima Luocheng mention before that the selection of shadow guards in the palace must go through a very strict process. Many people are selected into the palace since childhood and are trained by special personnel. They are like machines and will only obey their masters.
Order, there should never be any assassination of the Lord like tonight.
As if dreaming, he blurted out and asked: "Ye'er is the shadow guard you re-selected after you ascended the throne?"
The reason why she asked this was actually because he once said that when there was a huge change in the palace and he was being hunted, if his personal bodyguards had not sacrificed their lives to help him escape, he might not have been able to leave Xuanyang alive.
Later, when they returned from Bingzhou, he brought the surviving shadow guards to Longhai's other courtyard and met her and Mu Zili.
But on this trip to the west, according to her observation, the people following him were all unfamiliar faces. It was not certain that he would re-select the candidates for his personal bodyguard after he ascended the throne.
Sima Luocheng nodded, frowned and said: "Yes, after the demon concubine incident subsided, I personally selected twenty skilled newcomers from the Shadow Guards Department. Ye'er is the best among these people, she
She is especially good at disguise, and her Qinggong is also top-notch. But the most important reason is..." His expression suddenly darkened, he paused for a moment, and then said: "She and I have known each other since childhood. Strictly speaking, she and I are from the same sect.
When practicing martial arts, they all worshiped the late General Jin, the Minister of War, as their teacher. Meng'er may be curious, the shadow guards in the palace are all orphans, how can she share the same division with me with her status? "
"Could she be the Empress of Zhonglie?" Simeng guessed that maybe she was the orphan of a certain general who was entrusted by the Minister of War.
Sima Luocheng's face was startled, and then he smiled calmly, "As Meng'er said, her father was a fourth-grade captain of the Ministry of War. He was young and promising, and he won the heart of my father. He followed him on several battles.
, it is a pity that she died young due to illness. Her mother passed away due to dystocia when she was born. A few years later, her father also died of illness, leaving Ye'er helpless. Old General Jin saw that she was pitiful
He took her into his residence. Seeing that she was taciturn but very agile, he wanted to teach her martial arts, and we got to know each other."
The more Xi Meng listened, the more confused he became. According to what he said, Ye'er and his childhood sweethearts were brothers and sisters. How could they offend Mr. Assassin? Unless...