Although Yuan Piaopiao, who came uninvited, was not as noisy as Yali, but because he was a person of few words, after chatting with Feng Hongluan for a while, the atmosphere became a bit cold.
After Liu'er came to report the good news between the prince and the bachelor, Yuan Piaopiao naturally said goodbye and left.
Not long after Yuan Piaopiao left, Hong Yan came back, looking a little tired.
Feng Hongluan hurriedly asked Liu'er to prepare dinner again, and then stepped forward to massage Hong Yan's shoulders thoughtfully.
"What's wrong?"
"Something happened."
Hong Yan held his forehead.
It was rare to see Hong Yan showing such a tired expression, Feng Hongluan frowned.
"What's up?"
"Brother Imperial may have been targeted, please ask me to send people to secretly support you as soon as possible."
"What?"
Feng Hongluan's eyebrows tightened slightly.
The emperor's private visit incognito was very secret. Except for a few ministers in the court, almost no one knew about it. Moreover, even if someone got the news and wanted to attack the emperor outside the palace, it would not be easy to succeed because of the many experts around the emperor.
The emperor also brought with him a first-class imperial guard with swords. I heard that the martial arts of those two men were unfathomable and no one could approach within ten meters.
With two people like these around, the emperor would still be in trouble.
But at the moment, protection is very important. No wonder Hong Yan had to discuss it with the cabinet bachelor for so long. The matter is of great importance and every detail must be taken care of.
"Hongluan, I'm sorry, I may not be able to accompany you to climb the mountain tomorrow. Far water cannot save the near fire. Now I am the only one who is going to escort you in disguise. You wait for me here and don't go anywhere. If you want to go hiking to watch the sunrise,
Let Liuer accompany you, do you understand?"
"only you?"
Feng Hongluan was obviously worried.
Hong Yan gave her a comforting smile: "Don't worry, the bachelor will arrange for experts to come to help later. I promise you, I won't let anything happen to me."
Even though he made this assurance, the person who was eyeing the emperor must be something serious, and Feng Hongluan could not help but be worried.
"Otherwise I will go with you."
If anything happens, she still has a way to kill both the jade and the stone. Even if she can't save herself, she will share weal and woe with Hong Yan.
Hong Yan's face became serious: "Be obedient and wait for me here. I will set off in the middle of the night. Remember not to be separated from Liu'er."
Feng Hongluan was silent for a long time, and finally nodded, because she knew that if the confrontation was really a difficult opponent, her presence would only add burdens and worries to Hong Yan, and become Hong Yan's burden.
"Okay! Then I'll wait for you. When you come back, we can watch the sunrise together."
"Well, okay, Liu'er said you haven't had dinner yet, let's eat together."
Her heart was heavy, but she didn't want Hong Yan to worry about it, so she forced a smile and shared dinner with Hong Yan.
After dinner was finished, time flew by. In a blink of an eye, the moon was high in the sky and everything was quiet. Hongyan was dressed as a farmer and went out with a bamboo hat.
Reluctantly sending him to the door, Feng Hongluan kept telling herself that Hongyan was very skilled in martial arts and there were two masters beside the emperor, so nothing would happen to him.
But how could such self-hypnosis hide the worries in my heart?
She just wished she could turn into a butterfly and follow Hong Yan all the way, just to see him every day.
Hongyan left in the middle of the night, and Feng Hongluan spent the entire second half of the night tossing and turning. When the sky became slightly brighter, she couldn't sleep anymore. The faint uneasiness in her heart made her restless all day long.
After lunch, sleepiness finally hit her, and she reluctantly fell asleep, only to wake up when the sun was setting.
Hong Yan is not around, and it has been a long time since she and Hong Yan have been separated for such a long time. It seems that except for the time when Uncle Xiao died, she hid in Hong Zhi's other courtyard and refused to see Hong Yan, and refused to forgive Hong Yan.
It was that period when there was such a separation.
Missing him has been with me from the moment he left.
*
Three days later, there was no news about Hong Yan, and the cabinet bachelor's family had also returned home. They invited Feng Hongluan to accompany them, but Feng Hongluan refused.
Hong Yan said that if he asked her to wait here, she would wait.
Moreover, Liu'er also wanted to let the cabinet bachelor's family leave first, as they would have to stay here for a few more days.
There was a new waiter in the store in the past two days, which was not a strange thing at first, but Feng Hongluan always felt that the waiter's face felt inexplicably familiar, but he couldn't tell where he had seen it before.
In the evening of this day, the weather was a little hot. As spring came to an end, the feeling of summer began to get stronger.
After dinner, Feng Hongluan wanted to go out for a walk, Liu'er accompanied her. There was a small lotus pond in the yard. The lotus flowers were blooming very well. There were several koi carp in the lotus pond. Feng Hongluan was sitting in the pond.
I was looking at the koi carp in the pond when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps behind me.
She turned around and saw the new clerk in the store behind her.
Liu'er looked at the other person very warily. The man smiled at Feng Hongluan with a strange smile.
Feng Hongluan also smiled slightly, always feeling that this person was strange.
"Don't remember me?"
But he spoke first.
Feng Hongluan looked at the other party doubtfully: "Should I know you?"
He was startled, then smiled: "Actually, you should know me."
Should know.
Feng Hongluan searched her memory for memories about this face, but found nothing, but the inexplicable feeling of familiarity became even stronger.
Liu'er didn't seem to have a good impression of this person, so he asked Feng Hongluan, "Master, let's go back. He's nothing more than a flirt with women."
After saying that, he was about to help Feng Hongluan. The waiter just looked at Feng Hongluan with a smile and said nothing. When Feng Hongluan and Liuer passed by him, he suddenly smiled jokingly: "Your Majesty, noble people really forget things.
.”
Empress! He knows her identity.
In the inn, she never revealed her identity.
"who are you!"
Stopping in his tracks, Feng Hongluan said that this person was not a good person.
The man dressed as a waiter smiled and pulled off the top of his head, and his long hair was spread down. He neatly put his hair into a bun and tied it with a wooden hairpin on top of his head. At a glance, Feng
Hong Luan was suddenly shocked: "It's you!"
Liu'er obviously didn't recognize the person in front of him, but judging from the man's smile and eyes, he knew that this man had bad intentions. He secretly practiced his skills and was ready to fight at any time, but he was shocked to find that he could not concentrate his internal energy at all.
With each movement of his kung fu, the internal energy began to rush around in his body. He panicked and tried to control the turbulent internal force, but was counterattacked by a greater control force. There was a stream of blood in his throat, and his brows were frowning.
's tight.
"Hahahahaha!" The man laughed wildly, lowered his head and looked at Liu'er, his eyes full of disdain and coldness, "Don't do useless work, I knew Hongyan would keep you by her side.
Your martial arts is extraordinary, but no matter how powerful your martial arts is, can it be a match for my colorless and odorless Neigong Powder? So, do you feel that your internal strength is completely out of control and is scattered in your body? The harder you try, the more helpless it becomes.
Take control, I advise you, don’t do useless work, otherwise, you will only be killed by your own internal power."
"Who on earth are you!" A mouthful of blood spurted out, and Liu'er's figure became a little unstable.
Feng Hongluan hurriedly stepped forward to help Liu'er, and looked at the man in front of her coldly: "Xia Chengtian, you finally showed up."'
Xia Chengtian!
This name is not unfamiliar to Liuer.
I was shocked.
The man in front of him was actually Xia Chengtian, the son of the former General Xia Hui and the brother of the former Jin Princess Xia Rongling.
At that time, Xia Rongling hurt their princess, and the Xia family disappeared overnight. The emperor issued a nationwide arrest warrant, but nothing was found. Now, many years have passed, and the emperor has slowly begun to give up the pursuit of the Xia family. Unexpectedly,
, Xia Hui’s son is actually hiding in a place like this.
No, he is not hiding in a place like this. He clearly came to this place on purpose. He came here to seek revenge.
Thinking of this, Liu'er tried to exercise his skills again regardless of life and death, but was stopped by Feng Hongluan. She knew that Liu'er was eager to protect his master, but in this situation, even if Liu'er risked his life, it would be of no avail.
Feng Hongluan had also secretly lucked out just now, and she was indeed poisoned.
In such a peaceful town, such a quiet season, and a place with simple folk customs, she and Liu'er really failed to take precautions, which allowed Xia Chengtian to take advantage of it.
Now, she and Liu'er were unable to resist at all, just like fish under a sword, they were at the mercy of Xia Chengtian's whims.
Judging from Xia Chengtian's eyes that were gradually filled with hatred, he knew that Xia Chengtian would definitely kill them.
Sure enough, Xia Hui sneered, took out a dagger from his sleeve, and stabbed Feng Hongluan on the left shoulder.
"ah……"
Feng Hongluan took a step back in pain, but Xia Chengtian took a step closer and pierced the dagger deeper.
The severe pain made Feng Hongluan gasp for air frequently, and cold sweat fell from his forehead.
At this moment, even with Qin, she was no match for Xia Chengtian. She had to pour in her inner strength to complete the task in one go, but she couldn't control her current inner strength at all.
She knew that she would definitely die.
But before she died, she wanted to know.
"Xia Chengtian, where did Xia Rongling take Liuxiang?"
Xia Chengtian's eyes were fierce: "Go to hell and ask the King of Hell, you bitch, you are the one who caused the death of our Xia family, caused our family to be displaced, and caused my mother to commit suicide because she couldn't bear such changes, leaving my brother and sister to become
I have given birth to an orphan, Feng Hongluan, I have been waiting for a moment for too long, go to hell!"
After saying that, he pulled out the dagger from Feng Hongluan's shoulder and slashed it towards Feng Hongluan's neck.
"Empress!" Liu'er almost flew over, but was easily kicked away by Xia Chengtian.
The bright and sharp dagger was only one foot away from Feng Hongluan's neck. She never thought that her life would disappear in such a way.
She didn't even have time to say goodbye to Hong Yan and her father.
The moment the dagger was applied to his neck, a scream was heard, and Xia Chengtian in front of him flew backwards out of thin air, hitting the wall heavily, and a mouthful of thick blood spurted out from his mouth.
What happened?
It was clear that a moment ago, Xia Chengtian wanted to take her life, but at this moment, he was clutching his chest in pain. It seemed that the blow that knocked him away just now was really hard.
But Feng Hongluan looked around and saw no one at all.
Just when she was puzzled, she saw a white shadow floating on a red lotus in the lotus pond in front of her, standing alone in the world, like a fairy from heaven.
Looking up from his clothes, he saw that it was the white-faced young man with unfathomable red and phoenix eyes that he met that day.
Why is he here.
His Qinggong...
Being able to stay on top of a lotus flower for a long time without resorting to external force.
Feng Hongluan no longer cares about imagining the level of this man's Qinggong.
But one thing she is sure of is that this person is helping her now.
"Empress!" Seeing Feng Hongluan save the day, Liu'er struggled to stand up from the ground and staggered towards Feng Hongluan.
Xia Chengtian, who was leaning against the wall and obviously suffered heavy injuries, looked a little panicked when he looked at the uninvited guest in front of him whose martial arts skills were infinitely better than his own.
After all, he is afraid of death.
Feng Hongluan stepped forward and helped Liu'er to stand against the tree. She walked a few steps in front of Xia Chengtian and grabbed Xia Chengtian's neck: "Tell me, where is Liuxiang."
The blood on her shoulder gurgled out due to her exertion. Her face had already turned pale due to the dagger and the chaos of her internal energy, but she always had a stubborn and cold expression on her face, even her brows.
Not once wrinkled.
Xia Chengtian's neck was stuck, and he spoke in pain with a hoarse voice: "I don't know."
"Why don't you say it yet?" Feng Hongluan increased the strength in her hands.
Xia Chengtian had more difficulty breathing.
"I really don't know, my sister was seriously injured by you that day, and it was difficult to leave the palace alone, how could I take your people away."
"You still refuse to say it?" Feng Hongluan was furious. She always believed that Liuxiang was still alive. She always believed that the smiling spirit had kidnapped Liuxiang and wanted to use Liuxiang as a hostage to blackmail her in the future.
She hypnotized herself in this way again and again. Only in this way could she convince herself that Liuxiang, who was seriously injured, was still alive.
But now, Xia Chengtian has undoubtedly destroyed all her hopes.
"You're going to tell me or not!"
The veins on Xia Chengtian's forehead were exposed, and foam was already spitting out of the corners of his mouth.
He could no longer utter a single word, only a painful and weak death struggle.
Feng Hongluan's eyes were already red, and a mouthful of blood surged into her throat. She didn't even notice that she had used her internal energy, and now the backlash almost shattered her internal organs.
"If you don't let go, you will die."
On the lotus, a calm word came, and the next moment, the white figure landed beside him. He raised his hand and grabbed Feng Hongluan's wrist. He pulled it, but it couldn't be pulled away.
His narrow red phoenix eyes were startled, and a look of seriousness appeared on his seemingly cynical face.
"Let him go. He definitely doesn't know what you're asking."
"I want him to die. I said that I will let the entire Xia family be buried with Yan'er."
After she finished speaking, she was about to get angry, but suddenly there was a stabbing pain in the back of her neck. Only Liu'er's exclamation was left in her ears, and she didn't know anything anymore.
*
I woke up in a daze, my body felt hot, and there was a scent of sandalwood lingering between my nose.
She opened her eyes in a daze, and her left shoulder hurt so much that she gasped. When she regained consciousness, she was shocked to find that she seemed to be in a cave.
The stone walls of the cave were covered with moss due to moisture, and a clear spring meandered down from a rock. With a lotus leaf plate underneath, she looked around. She lay on the ground, covered with a white silk robe.
After standing up and looking back, she realized that there was a person lying on the dry stone wall behind her.
The scene before fainting suddenly flashed through her mind, and she frowned.
"Who are you and where have you brought me?"
"Are you awake?" The person on the stone wall turned over and fell down. A pair of narrow red phoenix eyes landed on Feng Hongluan's shoulders without hesitation.
Only then did Feng Hongluan realize that apart from the clothes covering her body, she was only wearing a bellyband.
Where are her clothes?
Looking around nervously, I finally found a pile of bloody clothes in the corner.
The dagger Xia Chengtian stabbed her with was very deep, three-thirds of the way into her bones, and blood flowed all over her clothes. She still remembered it.
But even if the wound needs to be bandaged, it shouldn't be this person.
I hurriedly pulled my clothes.
"Where's Liu'er?"
"You mean the half-dead servant?"
"Where is Liu'er?"
"how could I know."
He said nonchalantly: "I just want to save you. As for him, if his life is good, he will still be alive. If his life is not good, he will go to the Palace of Hell in advance to clear the way for you."
When Feng Hongluan heard this, although she gritted her teeth, she could not accuse him of not saving him.
What kind of benevolence can these quacks have?
Moreover, she knew in her conscience that without this person, she would have died long ago.
I think Liu'er is not dead. He just lost some of his energy. After being kicked, he should be able to recover after adjusting his breathing.
What about Xia Chengtian?
"Xia Chengtian, are you dead?"
"He's dead. I cut off his head and sent it to the capital. I think your emperor would really like to see this head!"
He said it in an understatement, but Feng Hongluan was even more afraid of him.
He has great martial arts skills and behaves strangely.
"who are you?"
"Heh, you seem to have asked for the second time. I will tell you when you ask for the third time."
"Okay, for the third time, who are you?"
"Hahahaha, hahahaha, you are such an interesting woman, I really believe it."
He suddenly laughed, as if he had heard some funny joke.
This smile inexplicably made Feng Hongluan feel at ease.
At least he doesn't look like an evil person with no mercy, nor does he seem to have any agenda.
Otherwise, he could kill her, or he could take advantage of her while she was in danger.
But he didn't have any, not even the slightest bit of lustful possessiveness in his eyes.
He probably refused to give his name, but even if he did, Feng Hongluan might not know.
She rarely interacted with people in the world of Jianghu, and the few people she knew about were those she had pestered Xiao Yunye to tell her before. According to Uncle Xiao's age, the people in Jianghu whom she talked about were all middle-aged, so young.
Probably not any of the powerful characters Uncle Xiao said.
But he is really very powerful.
When Feng Hongluan didn't feel any breath, he was already close and even knocked Xia Chengtian away. His attainments in Qinggong were even more unfathomable.
Moreover, he also gives people a mysterious feeling.
Uncle Xiao once said that the more mysterious a Jianghu person is, the more powerful he is.
Since this man refuses to say his name, and Feng Hongluan thinks she needs to get along with him for a while, he will kidnap her to a cave for treatment, and probably won't let her go, so she should have a name for him.
.
Seeing that his biggest feature was his pair of evil red and phoenix eyes, Feng Hongluan said without even thinking: "If you don't want to say anything, I'll just call you Brother Feng."
Originally she wanted to call her Danfeng, but because she was afraid of being screwed by him, it was better to call her Brother Feng. He did look much older than her.
——Digression——
I mentioned this man before, but no one will notice this character. I like it very much, haha. Do you feel that the end is even further away, because the number one character has appeared again...
Alas, the appearance of this person plays a vital role. As for the others who appear, they are just soy sauce. Even Huai Wang Hongzhi is a soy sauce. Hongzhi is about to die, and Hongkang is scheduled to winter in the sixth year.
Today is the late spring and early autumn of the fifth year of Hongkangding.