Besides lying down, I also know a little about power struggles

Chapter 137 He is back
Fang Tong was startled, shook off the hand, and took a few steps back.

She raised her crossbow, pointing the tip at the approaching person.

The visitor did not move.

"It's me." Feng Twelve said.

Fang Tong's eyelashes trembled rapidly, as if they were pricked by them, and a sudden pain arose in his eyes.

She looked at him, her lips moved twice, and she said nothing for a long time.

Feng Twelve glanced at the corpse on the ground, then at the crossbow in her hand, and said in a deep voice: "Leave it to me."

Fang Tong was silent for a while, and finally found his voice: "Why are you here?"

Isn't Feng Twelve still in Luozhou? The emperor was furious about this matter, why did he come back suddenly?

Her voice was hoarse and almost inaudible. Feng Twelve frowned and stretched out his hand to her: "Come here."

Fang Tong looked at the corpse on the ground and quickly moved to Feng Twelve.

"I killed her," she whispered.

Although she killed a bad guy, she never thought that she would kill someone with her own hands.

Her hands trembled slightly, and her heart felt empty, as if everything that had just happened was unreal, and even the appearance of Feng Twelve seemed like an illusion.

She pinched the base of her right hand with force and stared at the cover.

Feng Twelve did not say anything to comfort her. He walked past her, came to Hong Xiao's body, and squatted down to check the arrow wound on her chest.

Fang Tong followed him closely: "She's dead, right?"

Her voice was very soft, like a thin and taut string.

Feng Twelve turned around to look at her and said, "Hmm," "This arrow hit the vital spot. Fortunately, it didn't miss."

Fang Tong hesitated for a moment before he understood what he meant. Given Hong Xiao's skills, if he was just injured, it would only anger her even more. Once she attacked with all her strength, Fang Tong would find it difficult to escape.

Fang Tong slowly calmed down, her eyes fell on Hong Xiao, and she felt mixed emotions.

Feng Twelve glanced around, stood up, walked forward a few steps, and picked up a hairpin from the ground.

Fang Tong said: "That's mine..."

Feng Twelve nodded. This was the jewelry he gave her, how could he not recognize it.

There was mud on the hairpin, he brushed it off with his fingers and put it into his sleeve.

Fang Tong didn't care about this. When she saw Feng Twelve, she felt a little calmer, but all her strength seemed to have suddenly disappeared. Her legs felt weak and she couldn't use any strength.

She simply stopped where she was and said to Feng Twelve, "We have to take Hong Xiao's body away."

Hongxiao definitely did not come to the capital alone, and Qingluan is still in the dark, so she cannot be allowed to know that Hongxiao is dead so quickly.

As if to agree with her suggestion, two people suddenly flashed in from outside the alley.

Fang Tong was startled, and then he heard Feng Twelve say, "Clean up the scene and take the body away."

The two men responded and acted as instructed.

Only then did Fang Tong see clearly that the two of them were guards from Prince Rui's Palace. They quickly cleaned up the blood on the ground, carried Hong Xiao's body, and left from the other end of the alley.

The whole process was clean and neat, and the alley returned to its original state in the blink of an eye.

Fang Tong was stunned for a moment, her vision suddenly darkened, and Feng Twelve stood in front of her.

"It's time to go back." He said calmly, as if Fang Tong had just gone out for a walk instead of killing someone.

Fang Tong clenched his fists and suddenly found that his hands had stopped shaking.

She nodded: "You go ahead."

Her legs were still weak, and she could only walk by crawling. Feng Twelve looked at her and reached out to her.

His palms were facing up, meaning that he wanted to help her. Fang Tong realized that she had been seen through, so she pursed her lips and slowly put her hand on him.

At this tense, awkward and weird moment, she actually thought of the palace dramas she had seen before, in which the eunuchs in the palace supported the empress in this way.

She glanced at Feng Twelve's face. His profile was deep and his features were handsome, without any trace of femininity.

Her thoughts were in a mess when she suddenly felt her palms getting warm. Feng Twelve closed his five fingers and held her tightly.

His palms were dry and warm. In contrast, Fang Tong realized how cold his hands were.

She envied his body temperature a little and did not struggle.

Feng Twelve held her hand and led her out steadily.

"Is it cold?" he asked.

Fang Tong shook his head and said honestly: "I'm just a little scared."

It didn't seem as embarrassing as she had imagined to express her fear. She had always been a law-abiding citizen and had never thought of killing someone with her own hands. But since she came to Dazhao, many things had changed.

"If you are scared, let Lu Tao sleep with you tonight." Feng Twelve said.

Fang Tong pursed her lips. Feng Twelve was obviously not very good at comforting people. However, in this situation, any amount of comfort would be futile. She just wanted someone to talk to her.

"I'm not afraid of seeing blood, otherwise I wouldn't have carried a crossbow with me. I just didn't expect that it would be such a coincidence that I could shoot her to death with one arrow," she sighed, "Hong Xiao acted impulsively, and I wanted to get some information out of her. She was with a middle-aged man tonight, and they were behaving intimately. Hong Xiao said that Qing Luan asked her to hook up with that man."

"Did you follow her?" Feng Twelve asked.

"I hired a carriage to return to Prince Rui's Palace. I saw her halfway and got off to take a look." Fang Tong said.

"No wonder Wei Baichuan hasn't been waiting for you."

Fang Tong was surprised: "Commander Wei knows that I am going back home?"

Feng Twelve nodded: "He left someone near the inn. When he heard that you hired a carriage, he guessed that you had discovered something, so he waited for you in the mansion. But you didn't come back, so he guessed that something must have happened to you, so he quickly sent people out to look for you."

Fang Tong felt sorry: "I'm sorry for causing you trouble."

"You went to the Prince's Mansion to get information for him, and he should have been taking care of you at all times," Feng Twelve said, "I said, you are not my subordinate, there are many things you don't need to do."

"I want to help," Fang Tong said seriously, "Everyone in the mansion treats me very well, and I am as worried about you as they are."

Feng Twelve paused for a moment and said, "I sent a message to Wei Baichuan. He should know that I am fine in Luozhou."

"But if the prince is in trouble, you will be in trouble." Fang Tong looked at him, "Guess why the prince was injured?"

Feng Twelve tilted his head to look at her, then exerted a little force with his hands and led her out of the alley.

The lights outside were dim, and his eyes looked particularly dark and bright under the light.

"Because His Majesty is suspicious of me." He said slowly, "As long as I am in the Beihe Army, he will be uneasy."

Fang Tong was stunned.

"you know?"

She paused and asked, "Since you knew, why did you--" Why didn't you come back earlier?

She swallowed the second half of the sentence, because Feng Twelve was right in front of her, in the capital.

She suddenly realized something and blurted out, "Did you do this on purpose?"

Feng Twelve's eyes moved: "Why do you think so?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Fang Tong understood that his guess was correct and Feng Twelve had done it on purpose.

She used force with her fingertips and unconsciously clenched his palm.

"The emperor didn't know you knew Captain Zhou until today. The prince wouldn't tell him for no reason. You must have left some clues in the letter." Her tone gradually became more certain. "You knew that the emperor didn't like you staying in the army, but you let him suspect that you had something to do with the army. You did this... why?"