Chapter 1844 [Shangxie] Three Kneels
And every moment they spent together since then confirmed the impression that first meeting left on him.
The lightning-fast sword flashes in the teahouse, the flying green-clad warriors on the martial arts arena, and the Jiangshan Order casually thrown away after victory...
Free, unrestrained, wanton, and with a proud character like snow.
Those were the things he loved the most, the things he longed for the most, and the things he almost got, but in the end they were broken abruptly within the walls of the palace, and from then on they were out of reach.
And… and… in the street lights along the Yudai River, the eyes of those who looked in with lanterns, their eyes especially bright and clear, illuminated by the ripples and the sunset glow, and the words spoken with red ears: “Its name is Chiwei, and your name is Li Chi.”
The man lowered his thick eyelashes and bent his back.
He bent down deeply, his forehead touching the dust on the ground.
Once, twice, three times.
The man finally stood up, straight as a sword, able to split the back of the endless stormy night, and fell into Lian Tang's sight along with the ruined temple, which made him wet his eyes unconsciously.
It was not until the man stood up and walked towards the unconscious girl that he suddenly turned around, wiped his face, and secretly spat at himself in shame.
Then he strode into the temple and raised his voice deliberately.
"Sir, I've already delivered the message. They've indeed been following us."
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The same rainy night.
In a small town inn not far from where the three people rested, a Tianji Sect secret guard dressed in black had already delivered the news.
In front of the window where the rain was pattering, the candlelight illuminated a corner of a robe with dark cloud patterns. Someone stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back. After a long silence, he said lightly,
"Can."
After a pause, he added,
"However, I have one condition."
The candlelight crackled, and after the secret guards left, Zhan Luoying, who had been standing silently by the side, raised his eyes in surprise.
"Aren't you afraid that he might take back the military token in a rage?"
The man in front of the window turned around, picked up the teacup from the table, and played with it slowly, with an ambiguous and cold smile on the corner of his lips, and his eyes under the candlelight were dark and bottomless.
"I'm also very curious whether he will agree."
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A sharp wind carrying the smell of damp earth blew into the hollow window frame, and the first person to open her eyes was the sleeping girl.
Who knows what kind of environment this habit was formed in, but even though she was in so much pain that she was unconscious and had lost all her senses, her dark eyes were still accurately and coldly aimed at the direction of the person coming.
But it was only for a moment. The next moment, a slightly cool palm touched her forehead. It was so gentle that even the lines on the palm fit her skin. She almost instantly returned to her drowsy dream again. The hand that was holding Long Yuan relaxed a little, and the other hand that was holding the man's sleeve tightened instead.
Li Chi let her hold his sleeve and looked up at the black-clad secret guard who climbed in silently through the window.
"Military talisman."
The secret guard uttered two words in a low voice. Lian Tang immediately narrowed his eyes dangerously and sneered.
"Don't you understand the rules of barter? Please take out what we want first."
The secret guard raised his hand, holding a small jade bottle that glowed with a warm color in the extremely dim light.
Lian Tang took a look, raised his hand and took out a peculiarly shaped jade pendant from his arms. Before throwing it over, he turned his head to look at the man leaning against the wall holding the girl.
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