Chapter 165 People from the Northwest Come to Beijing
"If I don't have you, I don't want any fame or official career."
Su Cheng was stunned for a moment, his eyes fell on the man's cold profile, and he couldn't say a word.
The book doesn't say much about Xie Suzhou. It only says that he is a kind-hearted man with a black heart. He stepped on hundreds of corpses to get to the top and would do anything to gain power. But even though he was one of the Three Dukes, second only to the emperor, he never had the heart to rebel.
But the Xie Suzhou in front of him was completely different from the description in the book. He was an innocent boy who would blush and his heart would beat fast when holding hands or touching faces. He regarded Wang Lin as his biological father. Even though he knew that he was not Xie's biological son, he would protect his two non-blood-related brothers from wind and rain. He studied hard since he was young and wanted to climb to the pinnacle of power, but it was only to take care of his family and let his family completely get rid of poverty.
In the past six years, he had very few peaceful nights. He finally passed the imperial examination and made a name for himself in the capital, but he had to sacrifice his life for it.
How could such a person be so cold-hearted?
"Xie Suzhou, I don't want you to die." Su Cheng clutched his sleeve tightly, his eyes fixed on the cold arrow not far away, almost biting his back teeth. "I can escape from Huo Beiting alive, and this time, I will definitely be able to turn danger into safety. If you live well, you will marry me, right?"
Xie Suzhou's body froze for a moment, and he slowly turned his eyes to the side, a flash of surprise in his eyes, "You...you heard it?"
"If you can't hear, can you still not see?" Su Cheng looked at him quietly and said softly, "Wait for me to come back. Don't do anything stupid. I will definitely come back alive."
"Hey, at this critical moment of life and death, you're still busy spouting these mindless love words?" The man sneered, tightening his longbow, a bloodthirsty smile curling his lips. "Whether he lives or not is up to me."
In the night, lightning streaked across the sky, and suddenly a white light appeared, illuminating the streets.
Only then did Su Cheng see the man's full appearance. He was about nine feet tall and had a strong build. His whole body was covered tightly, leaving only a pair of phoenix eyes exposed. There was a red pattern engraved on the back of his hand that was drawing the bow, like a burning flame.
The man looked at Xie Suzhou coldly and said in a deep voice, "Hand over the Su family girl, and I can leave you with an intact body."
Xie Suzhou looked back, his eyes becoming even colder, "I told you, you're dreaming."
The man sneered, slowly let go, and the arrow flew out, heading straight for Xie Suzhou's heart.
"Xie Suzhou!" Su Cheng subconsciously pushed him away and was about to squat down to avoid the arrow, but the man shot another arrow as if he had expected it.
Before the two arrows got close, a person appeared in the rain, and several stones flew out, knocking the arrows down effortlessly.
Su Cheng looked up in surprise and met the man's smiling gaze, "Ji Heng?"
"Young lady, how did you get yourself into such a mess?" Ji Heng waved the folding fan in his hand, his eyes fixed on the pale Xie Suzhou. His eyes were deep and his smile was faint. "It seems that the people around you are unable to protect you, young lady."
Su Cheng ignored him and turned around to help the man next to him.
Ji Heng shrugged, as if he was used to her attitude. He looked at the man with a smile and said slowly, "I will protect the young lady's life. If you insist on taking her away, I will let the King of Hell take you away."
"Damn it! Why are there more and more people?" The man cursed, threw off his cloak, tapped his toes, and flew away.
"Suzhou, I'll take you to see a doctor." Su Cheng put her arms around his waist and picked up the paper umbrella thrown aside. She didn't care about the raindrops hitting her, "Let's go..."
"It's raining so hard, where can you find an open clinic?" Ji Heng stopped her in her tracks with a smile and said in a deep voice, "Why don't you go to Wanhuafang? They have a permanent doctor there."
Su Cheng raised his eyes to look at him, his gaze passed over his wrist, his expression became even colder, "No need, I can find a doctor myself."
Ji Heng looked hurt, covering his chest exaggeratedly, with a smile in his eyes, "Miss, how can your heart be as hard as stone? Is this how you treat your savior?"
"Miss, please don't forget. If I hadn't happened to pass by today and helped you, both of you would have died here." Ji Heng moved closer to her, his eyes frivolous. "Why don't you be nice to me, Miss? I'll volunteer to be your bodyguard, how about that?"
Xie Suzhou forced himself to stand up, pursed his thin lips, and cast a cold gaze on his face. Excessive blood loss made his face pale. "It's better to be a good actor. If you want to work for her, it will never be your turn in several lifetimes."
The smile on Ji Heng's lips faded a little, and when he and Xie Suzhou's eyes met, the atmosphere became strangely quiet.
"Let's go." Su Cheng supported him with one hand, held an umbrella with the other, turned and walked towards the Zhao family.
"Miss!"
Cai Lian's voice came from not far away. Su Cheng looked up and saw that the two brothers of the Xie family were walking in front with umbrellas.
Seeing his own people, Xie Suzhou could no longer hold on. His eyelids drooped and his body fell to one side.
"Thank you Suzhou!"
“Second brother!”
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Tinggu Lane
Cup after cup of tea was poured, but the person in front of him just held his chin in his hand and stared blankly, not taking a sip until the tea was cold.
Rong Qing looked at the puddle at Su Cheng's feet, then glanced at the eighth cup of cold tea. Unable to contain himself, he whispered, "Are you worried about something?"
Su Cheng came back to his senses, looked up at her, and nodded angrily, "Yesterday I met a killer, and the person behind the scenes ordered him to capture me alive."
"Is that true?" Rong Qing's expression changed slightly. He quickly stood up and walked around her. "Are you injured?"
"No." Su Cheng shook his head and sighed softly, "Suzhou was shot by that man while trying to protect me. I asked the Zhao family's doctor to bandage him yesterday and he was busy until midnight."
Rong Qing breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the cup, and gulped down a mouthful of tea. He raised his eyes and glared at her, "You're panting so hard while talking, aren't you afraid of scaring people to death? Are you wondering who sent that assassin?"
Su Cheng nodded slightly, puzzled. "It's not that there were no people who opposed me in the past, but they are all dead. The only ones left alive are Huo Beiting and Concubine Zhe. But I don't think they are the masterminds behind this."
"If Concubine Zhe was attracted to me because her son admired me, why would she order my capture alive? If it was Huo Beiting, there's a high probability that I would be captured alive and made his lover. However, there's something on the back of that person's hand that looks like a totem and a scar, which makes me feel that he doesn't belong to Huo Beiting."
"Totem...scar?" Rong Qing frowned, stood up and fetched a pen and paper. "Draw it out, let me see it."
Su Cheng picked up the pen, thought for a moment, and scribbled on the paper. After a while, he handed it to Rong Qing, "Look."
Seeing the flames drawn on the paper, Rong Qing's expression suddenly changed. He threw the paper away, sat down on the ground, and his face instantly lost color.
"Princess?" Su Cheng was puzzled and hurried to support her. "What's wrong with you?"
"Northwest... This is a fire totem that only the Northwest royal family has."
"Northwest Royal Family?" Su Cheng was stunned for a moment, recalling last night when Ji Heng also had a flame-like pattern on his wrist. "Princess, are you sure this is a totem only found in the Northwest?"
"I won't admit my mistake! People from the northwest have come to the capital, and they're here to arrest me!"
Rong Qing was trembling all over, huddled in Su Cheng's arms, unable to even finish his words, "Su Cheng, please save me, I don't want to be caught..."
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