Still waiting for Zhaoyang

Chapter 44
Jingtan's dark eyes rolled: "Kiss me, maybe I can think about it."

Shang Rui raised his eyebrows again, without any hesitation, he said immediately, "Come here."

Jingtan was not polite, climbed into the car, walked to Shang Rui and squatted down.

Shang Rui hastily touched her lips.

Jing Tan touched her mouth and smiled "puchi": "I don't admit it for being so perfunctory."

"Then you come over here yourself." Shang Rui said coldly.

Jingtan complied with a smile.

So he opened his mouth and took her lips in.

The carriage is actually not narrow, but Shang Rui intentionally wants to sit next to Xia Yue.

So the two were almost arm to arm.

At this moment, the kiss between Jingtan and Shangrui was very close, Xia Yue couldn't stand it no matter how thick-skinned she was, and hurriedly turned her back.

Jingtan's breathing became more and more rapid from the kiss.That voice entered Xia Yue's ears, making her feel ashamed.

I don't know how long it took before I heard Shang Rui ask in his slow voice: "Is this enough?"

Jing Tan seemed to be a little absent-minded, her breathing was unsteady and she replied shyly, "I'll call someone." Then she lifted the curtain and came out with her red lips kissed alluringly.

Xia Yue was almost dumbfounded, and after Jingtan left, she sat for a while before saying to Shang Rui: "You can really let go."

"I'm not a chaste woman." Shang Rui looked at her with a cold face, "Besides, who am I doing this for?"

"Anyway, we're going to live to the end, so it doesn't matter if one hand is useless or not." Xia Yue said.

He suddenly asked: "If I die with you, will you be happier?"

"If possible, I hope it was Zijin who came in just now." She said truthfully.

"You don't want me to die?" he asked.

"He and I have nothing to worry about, only each other, and we die together without involving others. This kind of ending is not bad."

Shang Rui raised the corner of his mouth and laughed at himself when he heard the words: "I am that other person."

At this time, Jingtan led people and untied Xia Yue.Jingtan was very cautious, fearing that Xia Yue would deliberately pretend to be injured to deceive her, and let Shang Rui take advantage of the loophole.

She ordered someone to look at Shang Rui, and at the same time asked someone to check Xia Yue's injuries.At this moment, there must be no medicine. The other party randomly wrapped her with wooden chips to fix her bones, and then tied her back behind her back.

When a few people left, Xia Yue took the opportunity to look outside the car, and it was already dark: "Why don't they do anything? Where are they taking us?"

"They are still waiting." Shang Rui replied.

"What are you waiting for?" Xia Yue was puzzled.

"Wait for the right time. Do you think that Jingtan tried every means to catch me, just to make me and you a pair of hard-working mandarin ducks?"

"..."

The pain in Xia Yue's hands relieved a lot, and her mind cleared up. Thinking of the bearded man just now, she reminded Shang Rui, "There are Wusun people among these people."

Shang Rui didn't show much surprise when he heard this, but murmured: "Xu Zizhang still took the Xu family to take the step of treason and defection to the enemy."

Their car never stopped, shaking and bumping fast.

Xia Yue only tied her hands, at least she could move her legs left and right.As for Shang Rui, his hands and feet were tied.He was calm, leaning his back against the carriage, recharging his energy.

After a while, someone got into the car and put cloth strips on the two people's eyes.

After another incense stick, the carriage seemed to have entered the backyard of a farm, but Jing Tan gently climbed into the carriage, untied the rope on Shang Rui's feet, and urged the two of them to get out of the carriage as soon as possible.Blindfolded, the two stumbled for a while and were locked in a dark room.

"It's good now, I don't even need my eyes anymore." Shang Rui sighed.

"What are they going to do?"

"I have no idea."

"Didn't you know everything just now?" Xia Yue said.

Shang Rui didn't speak any more.

The cloth strips on their eyes were still covered, and the two of them faced the darkness at the same time, and the atmosphere became dignified.

"Are they going to do something?" Xia Yue began to realize the reason for his hesitancy.

"The people behind them must have encountered trouble. It is estimated that Yao Chuang has already found them, so they hurriedly hid us here temporarily."

"and then?"

"Abandoned soldiers to stay in command..." He spit out these four words lightly.

Xia Yue stopped talking after hearing this.

So is Shang Rui.Yao Chuang was much later than he expected, maybe something happened on the way.Thinking of this, Shang Rui became nervous, and shouted into the dark void with a trembling voice: "Zhaoyang, come here."

"how?"

His legs were locked by the rope again, so he couldn't move naturally, so he coaxed her softly: "Come here and talk."

She hesitated for a moment, followed the voice and slowly moved towards him.Just when she got close to him, the door was kicked open.

A burst of murderous aura rushed over.

"It's inconvenient for the two of you, let's get rid of this woman immediately, and the dog emperor will stay for a while." It was the bearded man who spoke.

Before he finished speaking, Shang Rui had already protected Xia Yue behind him, and scolded: "Whoever dares to touch her, my Wei Shangrui will definitely tear him to pieces!"

He originally had the air of a man of heaven who is not angry and self-imposing, but now such an angry reprimand is really daunting.

Unexpectedly, Jingtan gave a "puchi" smile, "Uncle Nine, your performance as a hero saving the beauty is so wonderful, it almost moved me."

Shang Rui stepped forward again, blocking Xia Yue with his body.

Jingtan walked over, pulled the cloth strips from Xia Yue's eyes and said, "I just found out that in order to win your heart, my ninth uncle deliberately captured me without a fight. , so that you can't bear him."

Xia Yue squinted her eyes, a little unaccustomed to the sudden light, she turned her face away.

"Wei Jingtan!" Shang Rui said angrily, "Don't touch her."

At this time, the bearded man kicked Shang Rui's chest viciously, and then pushed him against the corner of the wall with the sole of his foot, separating the two of them immediately.

His chest and lungs were shaken, a mouthful of fishy sweetness gushed out of his throat, and blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

Jingtan squeezed Xia Yue's chin, and turned her face to Shang Rui viciously: "Before you die, you really have to take a good look at him to see what kind of person he is. He can use you to control Wei Ranyu To deal with my father, you can deliberately instruct that imperial doctor to teach you to treat diseases, so that you are reluctant to leave. Now he is using me to make you change your mind. Everyone in this world is just a pawn in his eyes. Make sure. If he likes you, he will hold you in his arms, and if he has no value, he will discard it like a piece of trash."

Xia Yue didn't respond, and secretly held back her strength, preparing to kick Jingtan.It's a pity that just as she was about to step out, the bearded man saw the clue and swung the long sword in his hand, cutting off a piece of flesh from her leg.

Shang Rui was blindfolded all the time, completely unaware of what happened, only Xia Yue let out a deep groan, followed by the smell of blood permeating the air.

The rope in his hand was about to be strangled into his flesh, and his eyes were tearing open: "I swear in the name of David, as long as I get out alive today, I will conquer Wusun Kingdom tomorrow!"

After finishing speaking, he wanted to struggle to get up and move towards Xia Yue again. The bearded man stabbed with his right hand, thrust the sword into Shang Rui's shoulder blade, and said mockingly, "You have to go out and say it." Afterwards, With a strong force, the tip of the sword pierced through the flesh and blood of his shoulder blade, nailing him to the corner of the wall.

Jingtan looked at Xia Yue's bloody leg, and shook her head: "What a pity, I originally wanted to give you a good time for brother Yu's sake."

Xia Yue endured the severe pain and didn't make a sound.

"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing," Jingtan said again, "I heard that Uncle Jiu is planning to add you to the Wei family's jade certificate, and make you and Brother Yu into a pair of real siblings, so that he will only look at you for the rest of his life. I got it, but I can't marry you. How did my ninth uncle come up with such a brilliant idea?"

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the courtyard, and the sound of footsteps came one after another.Jing Tan and the bearded man looked at each other, they closed the door at the same time, and greeted them out.

Shang Rui coughed heavily, bringing out a cloud of black blood. He lowered his head and wiped the corner of his mouth on his shoulder, and then called out: "Zhaoyang?"

There was no response from the other side.

He was a little flustered: "Yu Zhaoyang, talk!"

Xia Yue replied hoarsely, "I'm fine."

"Come here next to me." He said softly.

"My leg hurts and I can't move," she replied.

His tone was a little cold.

She didn't believe everything Jingtan said just now, but she didn't believe everything.That's right, if you are not sure of getting out of the body, with Wei Shangrui's personality, how can you fight with your life.

Thinking of this, Xia Yue smiled wryly, and finally couldn't help asking: "Is He Xiang dead?"

Shang Rui didn't speak.

"You killed her?" she asked again.

"She committed suicide." Shang Rui replied.

After getting this answer, Xia Yue turned her head, pressed her face against the cold wall, and burst into tears: "She is useless to you, so it's not a pity to die, is it?"

He was silent.

Xia Yue's eyelids closed, and tears burst out: "Wei Shangrui, do you really have a heart?"

Blindfolded, he listened to Xia Yue's question in the dark, and after a while he slowly answered: "Zhaoyang, everyone in this world can ask me this question, except you."

六

At this moment, the door was pushed open again.

There was a shadow standing in the dark outside the door, but there was no movement for a long time.

With a smile on the corner of Shang Rui's mouth, he shouted: "What are you doing hiding, come in, Mr. Tian."

Xia Yue raised her head in surprise when she heard this address.

I saw Tian Yuan really coming from the dark, "I never thought that even if the emperor can't see at this moment, he can have such good eyesight."

"You are really Wusun spy." Shang Rui said.

Tian Yuan looked calm and asked curiously: "How did you guess it was me?"

Shang Rui nodded Xia Yue with his chin: "She told me."

Xia Yue was puzzled.

"She told me that He Xiang died before. Jing Tan must have told her the news. As for how Jing Tan found out, when Ming Lian came to report the news of He Xiang's death, there were only three people present in Kang Ning Hall."

"Then why don't you doubt Helan Xun?"

"Because Jingtan's letter was sent by you, not him." Shang Rui said.

"You are really smart." Tian Yuan said with a smile.

"Did you infect her with black Yin Sha on purpose? So that she would die in my hands unknowingly, and make Wei Ranyu turn against me?" Shang Rui asked again.

Tian Yuan nodded: "That's right, but what's the use of you guessing right? You know it's too late now. You arranged for Yao Chuang to rescue you, but unfortunately I have already intercepted you halfway. And at this moment, Xu Zizhang should You have already revolted in the city, wait for him to break into the palace, and join forces with Wusun's cavalry, you are not yet a subjugated king."

Shang Rui smiled instead of anger: "Are you sure Xu Zizhang has already revolted in the city?"

At this moment, Wei Shangrui had a pale face, with blood on the corner of his mouth, his eyes were covered, and there was still a sword on his shoulder. No matter how he looked at him, he looked very embarrassed.But the bright smile on his lips made Tian Yuan startled.

He took two steps back, turned around and left the house, and hurriedly sent someone to verify the news from Xu Zizhang.

At this moment, two black shadows floated lightly from the roof and landed in the dark under the eaves.

Seeing that this room was tightly guarded, they were [-]% sure in their hearts, and the two of them killed the four guards at the door together.

One of them called softly towards the crack of the door: "Your Majesty?"

"I'm here." Shang Rui recognized Yao Chuang's voice, and added, "Miss Min is here too."

Yao Chuang heaved a sigh of relief, lowered his voice, pleaded guilty, and reported the recent situation concisely: "I almost fell into Tian Yuan's tricks on the road, and the rescue came too late."

Knowing that Xia Yue was there, another black shadow hurriedly lowered his voice to test: "Miss, I'm Chu Zhong. How are you?"

Xia Yue said, "I'm fine."

After being confirmed by the two people, Yao Chuang blew a whistle into the air.

At the same time, Chu Zhong pulled out his sword and cut off the lock on the door.

Only then did the Wusun people realize the movement, and they all drew their knives and rushed over.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the lights outside the courtyard were suddenly brightly lit, and several rows of archers suddenly appeared on the walls on all sides. I don't know when the periphery of the courtyard was surrounded by officers and soldiers, and then Li Bingli led people to kill them.

Xia Yue gently leaned her head against the wall, she couldn't touch her legs, and she didn't dare to lower her head to look at them, she just felt blood trickling out.

Chu Zhong's expression turned pale, he tore off a piece of cloth from his body, and wrapped it tightly around her knees several times.

At this time, Yao Chuang had cut off the iron chains and ropes on Shang Rui's body, but he didn't know what to do with the sword stuck on his shoulder.

Shang Rui looked down, gritted his teeth, pulled it out by himself, threw it on the ground, and asked, "How about Beijing?" When Xu Zizhang returned to Beijing, he also secretly ordered Hongwu to lead troops northward, and secretly stationed troops in Shilipo, Jingji.However, when he didn't get the exact news, he was still not at ease.

Yao Chuang replied: "Xu Zizhang's party has already been taken down by General Hong in one fell swoop. It's just that the people of Wusun will also intervene, and some people have been lost."

Shang Rui was pulled up by Yao Chuang, and after listening to Yao Chuang's narration, he felt relieved and turned to check on Xia Yue.

The blood on her leg had stained the surrounding dress red.

Shang Rui reached out to help her, but Xia Yue raised her head and glanced at him unexpectedly, but did not respond, and only relied on the strength of Chu Zhong's hand next to her to stand up while supporting the wall.

She limped and took two steps forward with difficulty.

At this time, Zijin, holding a sword and cutting a bloody path from the enemy bandits, appeared at the door. After entering the door, his figure flashed, and he eagerly hugged Xia Yue tightly to his chest.

"Yue'er." Zijin called her name anxiously and joyfully.

Xia Yue naturally fell into his arms.

Zijin noticed Xia Yue's injury, and her expression changed suddenly, so she hurriedly carried her to a secluded place in the house for examination.Fortunately, he brought trauma medicine with him in case of emergency.

The medicine powder was poured on the wound, and the bleeding stopped, but the wound was still shocking.

The remnants of Wusun outside were still dying, fearing that Xia Yue would be stabbed in the back after leaving the house, so Zijin had no choice but to comfort her while hugging her tightly: "We will leave after a while."

Xia Yue nodded, and quietly buried her head in Zijin's neck.

Shang Rui inadvertently looked at Xia Yue, and the orange flames suddenly rising from the window frame reflected her, making that face very dazzling.

At this moment, the gentle and peaceful expression between her brows had never appeared in front of him.

Not once.

Seven

This summer was very hot, but the entire imperial capital was shrouded in the killing of the Xu Clan's remnants.

Jingtan committed suicide on the spot that day, and after that, Duke Huai's family followed suit.

Inside the Kangning Hall, Ming Lian came back from the outside, and said: "Your Majesty, King Yanping has already set off for Yunzhong to take over."

He Lan, who was discussing in the hall, took a look at Shang Rui.Immediately, Minglian presented another brocade box: "This is what King Yanping sent to the palace before his departure, saying that he owed the emperor something."

Shang Rui lifted the lid.

Inside the box lay a long-lived lock. There were three bells hanging from the lock, but one of them was taken out and placed on the side.

He twisted the mung bean-sized bell with his fingertips and shook it, but he didn't hear the silver bell it should have.

"Bo Luan, do you know what this is?" Shang Rui asked.

He Lanxun pondered: "Since it was presented by King Yanping, could this be the secret treasure of Emperor Taizu?"

When Shang Rui heard He Lanxun's question, he didn't answer, but put it in his palm. After looking at it for a while, he smiled sadly: "I can't ask for it, and I can't give it up. This is what I will end up with."

(End of this chapter)