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Chapter 5 Assassination

Inside the palace, Liu Mingxiao was carried out of the palace by several guards in brocade clothes. His back was torn to pieces, but his muscles and bones were not injured.

During the execution, Liu Wenchao leisurely drank tea across a screen. The supervisor of ceremonies lowered his head and did not speak. The guard in charge of the execution naturally understood Liu Wenchao's intentions.

Jin Yiwei has his own set of punishments, which can look bloody without causing internal injuries.

When the stick reached 56 strokes, Liu Wenchao came over and said, "The back is too clean." The court stick fell on the buttocks, and the flesh on the buttocks did not hurt so much. Really hit the back a few times.

After the execution was over, Liu Wenchao did not go out of the palace with Liu Mingxiao. If someone with a heart found out that Liu Wenchao had appeared in the prison during the execution and was brought before the emperor, it would only make things worse.

At the time of Haishi, Liu Wenchao stepped on the moonlight and walked outside the palace gate. Just a hundred steps out of the palace gate, a black figure came out from the darkness and pulled Liu Wenchao into his arms. The waist knife was pressed against the man's neck. Li Chengyun never thought that Liu Wenchao's body style was so neat, and Liu Wenchao's skin was cut by Liu Wenchao's sloppy eyes.

After seeing clearly that it was Li Chengyun, Liu Wenchao shook his hand, and the waist knife fell to the ground with a bang, and said, "Why is it you?" Then he saw a bloodstain on Li Chengyun's neck, and said anxiously, "Your neck is hurt."

Li Chengyun touched his neck with his fingers, blood was stained between his fingertips, he looked up at Liu Wenchao, and said with a smile: "Sir, you are good at hiding things. When did you learn how to use a knife?"

Liu Wenchao picked up the waist knife on the ground, looked at the carriage beside him, and said, "Are you waiting for me here on purpose?"

Li Chengyun nodded and said, "Let's talk in the carriage."

In front of the carriage, Li Chengyun said to Mu Yu, "Give me Jinchuang Medicine."

Seeing that Li Chengyun was injured, Mu Yu looked at Liu Wenchao with a frown, and then took out the Jinchuang medicine from his bosom and handed it to Li Chengyun. When he was in Changping, Mu Yu would carry the Jinchuang medicine with him. After all, there are many people who want Li Chengyun to die. You can be assassinated at any time, and you can be injured at any time.

The carriage was for two people, and the two sat facing each other, so it was not crowded. Liu Wenchao was worried about the wound on Li Chengyun's neck, so he asked, "Do you need some medicine for you?"

Li Chengyun handed him Jinchuang Medicine and said, "I can't ask for it."

Liu Wenchao took the medicine, sat next to Li Chengyun, opened a corner of the curtain, and gave him the medicine under the moonlight. The two faced each other, and their breath could be heard. Liu Wenchao's heartbeat missed half a beat. He said coldly, "Turn your face away." .”

Li Chengyun smiled and said, "Sir, you are blushing."

Liu Wenchao didn't show any expression on his face, and after a while, he said: "Okay, don't get wet these few days." After saying that, he was about to stand up and sit back opposite, but Li Chengyun pressed his shoulder and said, "Just sit here, Why are you nervous? I can't do anything to you. "

Liu Wenchao looked down at the hand on his shoulder, but caught a glimpse of the knife on Li Chengyun's waist. When he was fighting just now, he found that the knife seemed to have been modified, so he said, "Your knife is not bad."

Li Chengyun pulled down the knife from his waist, put it in Liu Wenchao's hand, and said, "I have a good vision. I modified this knife by myself. It is longer and more curved than ordinary knives, and it is much narrower than a big knife. I will give it back to reduce the weight. There are several grooves cut on the back of the knife."

Liu Wenchao waved it a few times, and found that it could be used as both a spear and a knife. It was indeed a treasured knife, and asked, "Does it have a name?"

"Leaving the soul."

"Lihun? Liu Wenchao thought for a moment: "Don't be melancholy about Lihun, look at the sword hero. (1)"

Li Chengyun smiled: "Mr. still understands me."

Liu Wenchao put the knife back into the scabbard, but found a plum blossom engraved on the handle of the knife. After looking at it for a moment, he was puzzled and looked up at Li Chengyun.

Li Chengyun said with a smile: "The first time I met my husband was in the plum blossom forest in the back garden of the palace."

Liu Wenchao recalled for a moment, it seems that such a thing happened nine years ago. At that time, Liu Wenchao was just a student in the Imperial Academy. On that day, when he was free, he saw heavy snow falling outside, so he wanted to go to admire the plum blossoms. He took an umbrella and went to the plum grove. Before he got close, he smelled the fragrance of plum blossoms from a distance, and walked into the depths of the plum grove for a moment. Just at this moment, a young man dressed in princely clothes walked over like a lost soul, stared at him without saying a word, So Liu Wenchao saluted and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness is also here to appreciate the plum blossoms?"

Li Chengyun still didn't answer, Liu Wenchao asked several times, but he still didn't answer.

At the moment when Liu Wenchao was recalling, suddenly, there was a gust of cold wind in front of him, and the long sword pierced through the curtain with a cold air, and rushed straight to Liu Wenchao's face.

Li Chengyun on the side grabbed the blade of the sword accurately and quickly, the sharp edge of the sword scratched his palm, and a trace of blood flowed out in a blink of an eye.

The sword was stabbed blindly from outside the window, and it happened to stab at Liu Wenchao. Seeing Li Chengyun's hand tightly grasping the sword body, bleeding more and more blood, Liu Wenchao's eyes were fierce, and he pulled out the Lihun that he had been holding in his hand all along. The knife stabs outside.

In an instant, there was a scream from outside, the strength of the sword was loosened, and Li Chengyun grabbed the sword.

Mu Yu outside the curtain was shocked and said, "My lord, we are surrounded by assassins."

Liu Wenchao calmly opened the Jinchuang medicine and sprinkled it on Li Chengyun's hands, took out a handkerchief from his arms and wrapped it up, keeping a cold face and not saying a word the whole time.

Li Chengyun glanced at the hand wrapped in a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Mister, is your heart hurt?"

Liu Wenchao said coldly: "There is still time to make jokes at this time, it seems that you don't want your hand anymore?" Liu Wenchao threw the Lihun Knife to him, and said, "Give me the sword in your hand."

"These assassins must be coming for me, don't go out."

Li Chengyun mentioned Lihun, his eyes became ruthless, and suddenly showed awe-inspiring killing intent.The curtain was lifted, and a dozen men in black outside surrounded the carriage with swords.

In the alley, the lights of thousands of houses are gradually dimming, and the autumn wind reveals a cool feeling.

A cold light passed by, and the assassin cut through the silent sky with a long sword in his hand.

Mu Yu drew his sword to fight with them, Li Chengyun's eyes showed coldness, and he looked up at the highest place in the house, there really was a leader hidden in the darkness.Li Chengyun broke out of the siege, stepped onto the eaves of the wall, and his figure went towards the leader on the high place like a gust of wind.

Naturally, the leader would not sit still. Taking advantage of the advantage of standing on a high place, he stabbed at Li Chengyun with a sword. So he stood on the roof, his clothes fluttering, and he was hunting.

The leader held a long sword in his hand, and stabbed at Li Chengyun suddenly, fast and ruthlessly, the cold wind was approaching.Li Chengyun fought more and more fiercely, not afraid of his sword wind, he took a step away, and drove straight in from the soul knife, advancing forward with an unstoppable momentum, piercing straight into the leader's shoulder.

The leader didn't expect Li Chengyun to be so powerful. With his desperate style of attack, his moves were as heavy as a thousand catties. Seeing that his identity would be exposed in the fight, he had no choice but to release the dark dart in his sleeve, and ran away in a few breaths. In the endless darkness , soon disappeared.

Mu Yu fought with many assassins with his own power for a long time, but now he was at a disadvantage. A cold light suddenly appeared behind Mu Yu, and in a blink of an eye, Liu Wenchao raised the curtain and stabbed the assassin behind Mu Yu with his sword.

Mu Yu turned around, expressed his thanks with his eyes, Liu Wenchao smiled lightly, and joined the battle together.

There is silence all around, and the moon is like white frost on the ground.

Only this alley is full of swords and swords, making the sound of ping-pong-pong.

You come and go back and forth in the alley, and soon there are three or four men in black lying on the ground.

Li Chengyun jumped from the roof and landed in front of Liu Wenchao. Seeing that there was one more person, the assassins retreated again and again, not wanting to fight again, until they disappeared into the vast night.

Mu Yu's arm was also stabbed with a sword, so he didn't chase him any further, judging by the situation.

Liu Wenchao looked at Li Chengyun for a while, and finally set his eyes on his hand. The pure white silk handkerchief was already stained red with blood, and Liu Wenchao frowned slightly.

Li Chengyun said: "Sir, I was very surprised. Where did you learn this sword technique?"

"Ming Xiao and Ling Ran taught a few tricks at home, but they couldn't get on the stage."

Mu Yu held his bleeding arm with his hands, and said, "My lord, how do we deal with these assassins?"

At this time, a group of soldiers patrolling the night came from the street, and Mu Yu called them over.

Liu Wenchao knelt down and removed the black scarves from their faces. He didn't know each other, so he sniffed and found that they were dead.

Li Chengyun's eyes were cold, and he said: "It seems that someone can't help but want me to die. He gave me such a big gift. If I don't return the gift, it seems that I am ignorant."

Liu Wenchao said, "Have you guessed who it is?"

Li Chengyun sneered: "There are many people who want me to die."

"Since you know what's in your mind, I'll leave the rest of the matter to you. It's not convenient for me to show up, so I'll take my leave today."

Li Chengyun said: "Wait a minute, two assassination cases happened in a row today, and now the capital is in danger, and you have no personal protection around you, I will send someone to you, Mu Yu, you send these people to Dali Temple, tomorrow you send Ji Rufeng there Mr. Liu's mansion will protect him personally." After a pause, he said again: "Go and treat the wound first."

Liu Wenchao originally wanted to reject Li Chengyun's kindness, but seeing blood dripping from Li Chengyun's hand, he couldn't bear to speak.

Liu Wenchao looked up at Li Chengyun and said, "Thank you for blocking this sword for me tonight."

Li Chengyun raised his injured hand, waved it, and said, "Thank you?"

Liu Wenchao said: "Would you please listen to the music and have a banquet?"

After the silence, when a gust of wind blew through Liu Wenchao's hair, Li Chengyun said with a smile: "Actually, you don't have to thank me, I was also responsible for your assassination. If you hadn't gotten into my carriage, you wouldn't have been assassinated tonight. I should thank you for saving me."

Liu Wenchao said: "Since this is the case, then we will not owe each other."

Li Chengyun took out a red sandalwood box from the carriage, and said: "This is for you, and it is my gratitude."

Li Chengyun opened the box and took out a jade hairpin, and said, "I'll put it on for you sir!"

Liu Wenchao smiled and said, "Actually, you don't have to..." Before he finished speaking, Li Chengyun put the hairpin on Liu Wenchao's hair, looked it over, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "The moon tonight is not as beautiful as yours."

Liu Wenchao raised his eyes to look at Li Chengyun, with ripples in his heart.

For a moment, he really wanted to let go of everything, and then kiss his lips with this beautiful moonlight, releasing the desire/desire that has been suppressed in his heart.

When Liu Wenchao was in a daze, Li Chengyun's words broke the situation: "Send sir back!"

Liu Wenchao looked blankly, said nothing, and got into Li Chengyun's carriage.

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(1) From Gao Shi: Send Li Shiyu to Xi'an.