Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 153 Sneak attack from behind
Taiye Lake is located in the southwest corner of the palace city, between Jing'an Palace and Yupeng Palace.When we first arrived at Haishi, it was already curfew time. No palace attendants showed up, and the surroundings were eerily quiet.The calm lake surface is like ink-colored emerald, and the mottled treetops are projected by the moon, giving it a mysterious color.

Huo Qi's expression was heavy, and he pursed his lips and looked into the distance. He had been waiting for nearly a quarter of an hour in the winding corridor on Taiye Lake.

After dinner today, she went into the house to pack her bags and read the books by the way.When I was interested, I suddenly heard the sound of the window. When I opened the window, I found that there was no one there, except for a letter stuck in the gap between the branches of the purple bamboo.

The person who left the letter is a bit clever.There is only a simple sentence on the letter - "During Haishi, there is an urgent matter to discuss by Taiye Lake". The letter paper is the most common rice paper, and the signature is deliberately not left. The traces of the believer.In the lower right corner of the letter paper, I used a few strokes of light-colored tribute ink to outline a square of ink bamboo, which is ambiguous and full of imagination.

Huo Qi's first reaction when he got the letter was to burn it, as if he had never seen it before.

Weighing the pros and cons is almost the most habitual way of behavior engraved deep in her bones after her rebirth.When she read this letter, this habit immediately took over her body.

In this perilous palace of giant beasts that can engulf everything, she is a newcomer and has many enemies and few friends. She must always be vigilant at 12 points in order to barely protect herself.What's more, she was only involved in the death of a court lady who threw herself into a well, and met the queen. Who knows how many eyes are staring at her in the dark?
But when her eyes fell on those purple bamboos, another voice in her mind shouted uncontrollably: What if, it's really him?

She was rescued by him in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, but she had not yet received her reward.

She accidentally heard the news of his injury in the martial arts arena, shouldn't she also express her concern from the perspective of a partner?

He was also in a difficult situation in this palace. If it was him who delivered the letter, maybe he also encountered some unsolvable problems and needed her help?
With this gambling mentality, Huo Qi came anyway.

But now it has arrived at the time agreed in the letter, but there is no one around, the uncertainty in his heart is like cool rain, seeping into Huo Qi's chest drop by drop.

Shen Yuning is a very principled person, and the things he agreed will not change, and he will not show up at the agreed time.

She must have lost the bet.No disappointment, but a sense of relief.

Since the person has not arrived, she has no reason to stay.Huo Qi glanced at the moon and was about to turn around and leave.When his eyes passed over the toes, he suddenly saw a long black shadow slowly approaching her shadow.

Her expression froze, her whole body tensed up, her breathing slowed down, pretending that she hadn't noticed, and subconsciously rubbed the hairpin hidden in her sleeve.A murder weapon like a dagger could not escape Huang Dongying's inspection today, but she was used to leaving a way out for herself, so she left an inconspicuous hairpin.The head of this hairpin is sharp and thin, light and compact, and can kill people invisibly.

When the black shadow was about to merge with her shadow, she turned her head and stared, indistinctly, she saw a man dressed as a little eunuch who was about to push forward, his hand was already halfway out, obviously trying to push her into the sky in the lake.

The little eunuch didn't seem to expect that Huo Qi was so keen, and his heart was beating like a drum.What surprised him even more was that Huo Qi never screamed for help, nor did he run away. Instead, he turned sideways, turned his back on the guest, and pulled his mask off, causing his hands to stop in shock.

In the blink of an eye, Huo Qi ran away like a rabbit.He had a bad heart and was extremely annoyed. Immediately, he exerted force on his feet, threw his arms forward, and precisely covered Huo Qi's mouth.The next second, a sharp pain came from his wrist, and it was Huo Qi who bit his finger fiercely.His eyes were about to split, he let go of the pain, and wanted to grab Huo Qi's neck instead.

Huo Qi sensed his intention, his arms drooped, and the hairpin hidden in his sleeves slipped to his palm, aiming at the right moment, he wanted to stab the eunuch's neck fiercely.Unexpectedly, the little eunuch reacted quickly, he grabbed her arm with a wave of his right hand, dragged Huo Qi to the edge of the corridor with his left hand, and wanted to throw her into the lake as planned.

Huo Qi held a bow and arrow, and a dagger in his hand, but he spent more time holding a pen in the end. The strength in his hand was not as strong as that of the eunuch. After wrestling, he faintly lost.After a few rounds, she has found out the depth of the little eunuch, he is not a family trainer at all, let alone martial arts, but restrained her by a brute force.At that moment, she wanted to make a clever effort to lift her leg to kick the eunuch's crotch.

Although the eunuch has no roots, this trick still works!

But before she could take action, she shook her head and the eunuch disappeared. Suddenly, a medium-sized wave was created on the calm water surface of Taiye Lake.Apart from the sound of splashing water, there was no cry for help.

Suddenly, a black shadow flickered behind her, and she felt her whole body was imprisoned by a strong force.Different from the strength forged by the eunuch just now doing rough work, this force came from the back, and it was like a mountain overwhelming and a stormy sea, completely engulfing her.At that moment, her breathing couldn't help being stagnant, and her throat couldn't even make a sound.A strong tension gripped her firmly.

The man seemed to be afraid of disturbing others, so he carried her and ran towards the shadow of the trees beside Taiye Lake, then jumped into the air and stepped towards the full moon high in the sky. His body was as fast as a night spirit sneaking into the world.When Huo Qi was finally able to speak, she had landed firmly on the roof of the palace.The moon hung high above the sky, and the entire palace city was visible at night.

Her life is in someone else's hands, she has no time to enjoy the night view, once she relaxes, she turns around and stabs the hairpin towards the person behind her.The man dodged her fists, pinched her wrist easily, turned her around with his strength, and said quietly: "Why, you want to fight with me?"

When Huo Qi heard the voice, she finally saw the person's face clearly. It was the person she was waiting for tonight, Shen Yuning.His eyes were always cold and solemn, but at this moment his smile was as clear and deep as the water of Taiye Lake.

Huo Qi thought of his nervous appearance just now, or thought that he had won the bet, he let out a long breath, and suddenly smiled: "Will Your Highness fight with me?"

Shen Yuning didn't answer her, but turned her back again.Huo Qi's body tightened, only to feel the huge oppressive feeling brought by his figure come back again, and she clearly felt his clothes clinging to her back, slightly hot.

The next second, Shen Yuning asked her to hold her left arm, grabbed Huo Qi's slender and beautiful wrist with a jerk of her right hand, and pretended to stab the hairpin towards her neck, whispering in her ear: "Next time If someone sneaks up from behind, how to deal with him, have you learned?"

(End of this chapter)