The moon is in the middle of the sky, and the light is as clear as water.
In front of a wall in Chongrenfang, Shi Hong was blocked in the corner by Yang Xuan.
Shi Hong pulled out the short gun on his shoulder and said calmly: "Brother Yang, although this is the first time we have met, brother, I have heard of your name for a long time."
Yang Xuan said coldly: "This is the second time."
Shi Hong was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Yes, you stopped me from assassinating Wu Chengsi last time."
Yang Xuan stopped talking and slowly approached Shi Hong.
Shi Hong raised his hand and said: "Brother Yang, wait a moment, I have a few words from the bottom of my heart that I want to say to you."
Although Yang Xuan still didn't speak, he also stopped.
Shi Hong said slowly: "Brother Yang, I want to ask you, do you still remember the meaning of the existence of us bad people?"
Yang Xuan's eyes flashed and he said: "I only know whoever owns the Suzaku Black Stone Jade Tablet, and I will obey his orders."
Shi Hong snorted and said: "Yes, Emperor Taizong ordered four black stone jade tokens to be made, and the bad guys were divided into four branches: Qinglong, White Tiger, Xuanwu and Suzaku. The bad guys in the four groups only recognized the tokens but not the people.
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After a pause, his tone changed: "But you have to know that Emperor Taizong's purpose of doing this is to worry that bad people will have different intentions, so as to restrain each other. The fundamental purpose is to protect the Tang Dynasty forever!"
Yang Xuan said expressionlessly: "So what?"
Shi Hong said in a deep voice: "Wu Chengsi has now become a threat to the Tang Dynasty. You should kill him instead of working for him!"
Yang Xuan looked up at the night sky and said nothing.
Shi Hong said in a deep voice: "The moment we become bad people, our lives are no longer our own. Brother Yang, you should understand what our mission is in our bones, right?"
Yang Xuan sighed and said: "You are right, maybe I am really wrong."
Shi Hong's eyes lit up and he said: "It's still too late for you to turn around now. Wu Chengsi trusts you very much. You can easily take off his head!"
Yang Xuan whispered: "Kill him, what will I do next?"
"You come back with me..." Shi Hong suddenly stopped mid-sentence and his face turned livid.
"Are you trying to trick me?"
Yang Xuan said calmly: "What are you talking about?"
Shi Hong said sternly: "You want to find out who I am working for and then tell Wu Chengsi, right?"
Yang Xuan stopped talking again and slowly approached Shi Hong. It was obvious that he had seen through his motives and was planning to turn against him and take action.
Shi Hong knew that Yang Xuan was as hard-hearted as himself. Since what he just said had no effect at all, it would be useless to say more. He immediately shouted loudly and took the lead in attacking Yang Xuan.
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After Wu Chengsi returned to the palace, he kept waiting for Yang Xuan in a room in the abandoned palace.
Feng Wu leaned against the door, her head facing outside the room, without even looking at Wu Chengsi, with an "I'm very angry" look.
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Why, who made you unhappy?"
"You!" Feng Wu suddenly turned her head.
Wu Chengsi touched his nose and said, "I didn't offend you, did I?"
Feng Wu bit out and said: "You were assassinated, but I was not around!"
Wu Chengsi was quite moved and said: "Feng Wu, I'm fine, don't worry."
Feng Wu glared and said, "Who is worried about you? I'm worried about myself!"
Wu Chengsi asked curiously: "What are you worried about?" As soon as the words came out, he thought: "Ah, she must be worried that Yang Xuan will blame her."
Then he smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will put in a good word for you."
Feng Wu snorted and turned her head to the door again.
At this moment, Feng Wu screamed in surprise and ran out of the house. Wu Chengsi hurriedly followed him out.
After seeing Yang Xuan, Wu Chengsi felt cold all over.
I saw him standing in the middle of the yard, holding a round package in his left hand. Only the blood-stained sleeve was left in his right hand, and his entire arm was missing.
"Mr. Yang, you..."
Wu Chengsi came to Yang Xuan and was about to ask him how he lost his arm. Suddenly he saw that his face was pale and sweating like rain, and he hurriedly ordered: "Feng Wu, go find the eldest lady immediately and ask her to bring the medicine box.
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Feng Wu was at a loss when she heard the words and nodded vigorously before leaving.
Yang Xuan, however, stretched out his hand to hold Feng Wu and said, "No... no need, just treat my wound."
Wu Chengsi frowned and said, "Mr. Yang, let Zhiying handle it for you. She..."
Yang Xuan forced a smile and said: "Your Highness, even if Her Royal Highness the Princess comes over, it can only relieve my pain. This arm will never come back, so let Feng Wu do it."
Wu Chengsi sighed and nodded in agreement.
Feng Wu took some medicine and bandages to treat trauma, and treated Yang Xuan's wounds in the room. Although her movements were not professional, she was very skilled.
Wu Chengsi stood aside and saw the muscles on Yang Xuan's cheeks beating, but he remained silent.
After a long while, Feng Wu finally bandaged the wound.
Yang Xuan said weakly: "Your Highness, although I intercepted Shi Hong, I couldn't find out who was behind him, so I had to kill him."
Pointing to the package on the ground, he said, "That's his head."
Wu Chengsi asked: "Did he break your arm?"
Yang Xuan nodded and said: "His martial arts skills are not inferior to mine. When he was about to fight back, he wrapped his bowstring around my arm. Although I stabbed him to death, his arm was also strangled by him."
Wu Chengsi sighed and said: "Mr. Yang, why do you have to fight so hard with him and just let him escape? We will have many opportunities to catch him in the future."
Feng Wu said: "Yes, why are you doing this? If the mission fails, His Highness will not blame you."
A strange expression suddenly appeared on Yang Xuan's face, and he murmured: "I know, I actually...actually deliberately hurt both sides with him."
Wu Chengsi was stunned and almost suspected that he heard wrongly.
"on purpose?"
Yang Xuan did not answer directly, but stared at Wu Chengsi and said: "Your Highness, you are a far-sighted person. I want to ask you a question, and please tell me the truth."
"go ahead."
Yang Xuan said word by word: "Do you think bad people should continue to exist in this world?"
Wu Chengsi was silent for a long time and slowly shook his head.
Feng Wu was startled and looked at Wu Chengsi in astonishment.
A faint smile appeared on Yang Xuan's dry face: "Feng Wu, don't misunderstand His Highness. He hopes that you can live like a human being and stop being a ghost in the night."
Feng Wu nodded in understanding.
Yang Xuan had a look of reminiscence on his face and said: "I was locked up in a valley since I was a child. There were many children like me at that time. There, someone trained us from humans to ghosts!"
"Most of the people are dead, and those who survived have become living ghosts. We living ghosts only have two things in our minds, one is to obey orders from our superiors, and the other is to protect the Li Tang clan."
"When I was young, I served Emperor Taizong for ten years. After Emperor Taizong's death, I served King Han for another twenty years. During these thirty years, I have been living like a ghost. I have become afraid of the sun and living people."
Wu Chengsi was deeply touched.
For a long time, Yang Xuan had always felt like an emotionless ghost to him. He always thought that the other person had become numb and lost his emotions. In fact, he just buried his emotions deep in his heart.
Yang Xuan looked at Wu Chengsi and said quietly: "Your Highness King Zhou, Feng Wu's experience is exactly the same as mine. Originally, I thought she would become a ghost like me.
However, over the past six months, I have discovered that after being by your side, she has slowly transformed from a ghost back into a human being. I am very happy for her and also envious of her!"
Wu Chengsi said softly: "You can follow me like Feng Wu from now on."
Yang Xuan was stunned for a while, lowered his head and said: "Your Highness, I want to ask you something."
"you say."
"Now that I am missing an arm, my martial arts skills are no longer comparable to Feng Wu. According to the rules of bad guys, the new bad handsome man will be succeeded by her."
Wu Chengsi frowned and said nothing.
Yang Xuan continued: "You said that bad people should no longer exist in this world. I think you are right. So, I want to ask you to change this rule and dissolve the bad people of the Suzaku lineage!"
Wu Chengsi said without hesitation: "Okay, I agree!"
Yang Xuan hesitated for a moment and then said: "And...I...I hope you can let me go."
Feng Wu was surprised: "Deputy Commander, where are you going?"
Yang Xuan said quietly: "I have been a ghost all my life, and I want to experience the feeling of being a human in the last days of my life."
Wu Chengsi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll let you go."
At this moment, he finally understood the reason why Yang Xuan was deliberately injured. He hoped to use this method to get rid of the shackles of bad people and live for himself for the rest of his life.
Yang Xuan said: "Your Highness, in addition to Feng Wu and me, there are nine bad people in the Suzaku lineage. I hope you can properly arrange for them."
Wu Chengsi said slowly: "I will let them be my personal guards like Feng Wu."
Yang Xuan stood up and said, "Your Highness, Feng Wu, I'm leaving then." He didn't say goodbye reluctantly. He didn't stop for a moment and left the house without looking back.
Wu Chengsi and Feng Wu came to the door and watched his figure disappear from the wall. Neither of them spoke for a while.
After a long time, Wu Chengsi said: "Feng Wu, from now on you will no longer be bad people. Just be my personal guards with peace of mind. If you have someone you like, you can tell me."
Feng Wu said blankly: "Someone who likes...?"
Wu Chengsi smiled and said, "You will understand later." He walked towards the main house.
Just as Feng Wu was about to follow, Wu Chengsi turned around and said, "Go and resettle the other bad guys, tell them the situation, and let them serve as personal guards like you in the future."
Feng Wu agreed, turned around and walked in the opposite direction.
Gu walked all the way to a broken yard in the southwest corner, and then whistled.
Nine figures sprang out from various rooms in the courtyard and surrounded Feng Wu.
These people are all the bad guys in Yang Xuan's hands, and several of them just participated in the battle to protect Wu Chengsi.
A tall man said: "Feng Wu, aren't you protecting His Highness? What are you doing here?"
Another short woman said: "Does the deputy commander have a new mission?"
The man's name is Long Yang and the woman's name is Feng Ying. They were the two people who originally ran with Feng Wu to be Wu Chengsi's personal bodyguard.
Feng Wu said concisely and concisely: "The deputy commander broke an arm and left after getting His Highness's consent."
Long Yang said in shock: "Gone? Where did you go?"
Feng Ying exclaimed: "How did the deputy commander's arm break?"
Feng Wu said: "He killed Shi Hong, and his arm was broken by Shi Hong before he died." He only answered Feng Ying and ignored Long Yang.
Long Yang was unwilling to give up and asked: "Where is the deputy commander?"
Another man followed: "Yes, he is gone, what should we do?"
Feng Wu thought for a while and said: "He said he wanted to experience what it's like to be a human being, but he didn't tell where he went. His Highness said that you will all be personal guards like me in the future!"
Everyone cheered in unison, and Feng Ying said happily: "That's great, I don't have to live in this damn place anymore!"
In fact, they were not so picky originally.
But since working for Wu Chengsi, Yang Xuan has not been as strict with them as before. Several of them often sneak out to play, and when they come back, they will tell everyone about what happened outside.
As time passed, everyone learned about the beauty of the outside world, and their desires became stronger and stronger.
After Feng Wu finished explaining, she ignored everyone and turned to leave.
Fengying said hurriedly: "Wait a minute, you haven't arranged a new place for us yet!"
Feng Wu didn't even look back and said: "His Highness did not explain this. You can continue to live here."
Feng Ying said angrily: "It doesn't make sense. We are just like you as personal guards now. Why should we stay in this shabby place when you can live in a big and clean house?"
Feng Wu was too lazy to pay attention to her and left quickly.
Fengying glanced around and said, "We can't listen to her. The deputy commander is gone, so let's go find His Highness and ask for details."
Long Yang nodded and said, "It should be so." The nine of them walked towards the main house together.
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Wu Chengsi returned to the back hall of the main house, where the three ladies had been waiting for a long time.
When they heard from the servants in the mansion that Wu Chengsi had been assassinated outside, they were all shocked. The three women all thought that Wu Chengsi was with the other two, so they went to look for him.
After meeting, they discovered that Wu Chengsi was not in anyone's room. They searched the house but could not find Wu Chengsi anywhere.
After Wen Rong learned that the three ladies were looking for the prince, he hurriedly came to tell him that Wu Chengsi had gone to the old residence.
Xu Wenqing and Liu Lanshuang went to look for them, but Li Zhiying stopped them.
She knew that Wu Chengsi had a secret guard in his hands, and felt that he might be dealing with confidential matters, so she asked the other two people to wait with her in the back hall.
When Wu Chengsi came back, both Li Zhiying and Liu Lanshuang looked around Wu Chengsi and felt relieved when they saw that he was not injured.
Xu Wenqing was more direct and asked urgently: "Your Highness, I heard that you were assassinated, were you not injured?"
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "No injuries, no need to worry."
It was getting late at this time. Seeing that he was fine, Li Zhiying and Xu Wenqing said a few words and then went back to their houses.
Tonight it was Liu Lanshuang's turn to go to bed, and Wu Chengsi walked with Liu Lanshuang towards Xinglan Courtyard.
When they arrived at the dormitory, Liu Lanshuang walked to the piano table and prepared to play a piece for Wu Chengsi.
Wu Chengsi took the opportunity to ask: "Madam, you went to the music hall to compete with others today. Did you win or lose?"
Liu Lanshuang did not know that Wu Chengsi was assassinated in the music hall, nor did she know that her husband was there tonight. She frowned and said, "No, I am not competing with anyone today."
Wu Chengsi asked hurriedly: "Why not compete?"
Liu Lanshuang pursed her lower lip slightly, showing a somewhat troubled expression, and said: "I was recognized by an official from Dali Temple, how can I go on stage again?"
Wu Chengsi was slightly stunned, and it took him a while to figure it out.
Liu Lanshuang appeared on the stage as Liu Zixian, so she had no scruples. However, when Zhuge Nan recognized her true identity, she felt it was inconvenient to appear on the stage as a lady of the country, so as not to affect the dignity of the palace.
Fortunately, he had been thinking about it for so long, but he didn't expect it to be for such a simple reason.
Wu Chengsi was silent for a while and then asked: "Are you sure you can win against Mrs. Wang?"
Liu Lanshuang's eyes suddenly widened and she said, "Husband, how do you... know Mrs. Wang?"
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "I am also there tonight. I wanted to see you defeat Mrs. Wang with great power, but unexpectedly you ran away."
A blush rose on Liu Lanshuang's cheeks and she said, "Since you are there, why don't you come to me?"
Wu Chengsi said: "Actually, I happened to go there because of some business." He immediately told Yang Tai about recommending Wang Chen.
Liu Lanshuang nodded and said: "That's right." She fiddled with the strings a few times and said softly: "That person's playing skills on the Lusheng and Zheng are as good as mine."
"What about the other instruments?"
Liu Lanshuang smiled slightly, played her fingertips, and a piece of piano music slowly played.
Seeing his wife's smile, Wu Chengsi knew that she was better than him on other musical instruments. He was secretly happy and quickly immersed himself in the music.
This melody is soothing and melodious, making people feel peaceful and slightly different from the usual style.
Wu Chengsi secretly lamented that Liu Lanshuang knew that he was being assassinated today, so he wanted to use this song to calm the panic in his heart.
After getting along for a long time, you can find that this wife looks cold on the outside, but is actually very considerate on the inside. No wonder the second lady of the Liu family doesn't even listen to her father's words, but only wants to listen to her.
Outside the dormitory, Qin Bao was sitting on the steps of the corridor, listening carefully to the music in the room.
Unlike Anibao, who is tone deaf, she not only loves listening to music, but can also play the piano well.
Just when I was intoxicated, I suddenly heard a noise.
Qin Bao frowned, stood up and walked towards the direction of the sound.
All the way to the gate, I saw Fen Bao and several maids, arguing with a few people outside the door.
Qin Bao stepped forward and shouted: "What are you arguing about? The prince is listening to the second lady playing the piano. If it disturbs the prince's elegant mood, who of you will take care of it?"
Hui Bao snorted: "Sister Qin, you don't know how rude these guards are. They know that the prince has come to our Xinglan Courtyard, but they still clamor to see the prince!"
Another maid put her hands on her hips and said, "Isn't that right? Every time the prince comes to our place, even Captain Feng never comes to disturb you. You little guards dare to come over and make noise, huh! Don't even look at this place."
Where!"
These guards were Feng Ying, Long Yang and others. After they arrived at the main house, they inquired about Wu Chengsi's whereabouts.
Because they were strangers to each other, they were also questioned by other palace guards.
However, they all had palace guard tokens in their hands, and they were said to be under Feng Wu, so the guards did not embarrass them.
Several people went all the way to Xinglan Courtyard, clamoring to see Wu Chengsi, and Hui Bao and other maids refused to let them in, so the two sides started to quarrel.
Qin Bao, who had a more steady personality, glanced at Feng Ying, Long Yang and others, and said: "You are eager to see the prince, is there something important?"
Other delinquents are more reserved and don't like to talk much, but Feng Ying is a special case. Although she is short, she has a very fierce temper. She hummed: "Of course."
Qin Bao said: "If you have anything to do, you might as well tell me first, and I will inform you."
Fengying said: "No, I can't talk about this until I see His Highness."
Qin Bao said coldly: "Since you don't tell me, I can't let you in."
Long Yang whispered: "Feng Ying, why don't you tell him."
Feng Ying flattened her mouth and said: "Okay then." She said loudly to Qin Bao: "Go help us ask the prince where we live!"
Qin Bao and the other girls were stunned. After a while, Qin Bao raised his eyebrows and said, "Why don't you just go to Manager Wen for such a trivial matter?"
Feng Ying said angrily: "What a trivial matter? This is a very serious matter!" Several bad guys nodded.
Qin Bao couldn't bear it anymore and ordered to the left and right: "Close the door and ignore them!"
With a bang, the door was closed, raising a puff of dust.
Long Yang crossed his arms and hummed: "Feng Ying, don't you always say that you are very good at communicating with others?"
A tall and thin man smiled and said: "Brother Yang, Feng Ying is good at communicating with her fists, but not with her mouth!"
A rather fat woman said angrily: "You guys know how to talk romantically. How come you didn't even dare to fart when you were talking to those people just now?"
"Isn't that right? When you were surrounded by the palace guards just now, you were of no use at all. It was not Sister Ying who relied on you!" Another woman followed.
Feng Ying stamped her feet and said: "Okay, stop arguing, let's think about how to solve the problem!"
Long Yang said: "How about we just climb over the wall and go in? The wall is so short, I can jump in with one foot."
The fat woman rolled her eyes and said, "Why don't you scare the prince and princess? Brother Yang, you are filled with mud, right?"
Long Yang became angry and said: "Then come up with an idea!"
The fat woman said: "I think you can try the little girl's suggestion just now and go find the palace steward!"
The tall and thin man said: "It's better to go find Feng Wu."
Feng Ying stamped her feet again and said angrily: "She always only cares about herself and doesn't think about others at all! Just listen to Xiaozhi and go find the housekeeper!"
Neither Long Yang nor the tall and thin man objected. The others were accustomed to following orders and had no independent opinions, so they all walked towards the front house.