Chapter 3 Chu Lin, if you are unhappy, why not stab me with a sword...
Although he has the memories of his previous life, his body is that of a teenager, not as good as his peak period in the previous life.
Otherwise, she would have taken off that man's mask today.
The indigo feathers at the tail of the arrow trembled in the rain. Luo Wan gritted his teeth and grasped the arrow shaft with his left hand.
“Crack!”
A crisp sound pierced through the rain, and the arrow shaft broke into two pieces in her palm.
This arrow, I remember.
The person hiding in the dark in the previous life did not take action.
There were clearly many opportunities to shoot her this time, but he chose to do it when she was about to take off the man's mask.
Since it is known that he is the assassin of the Shen family, what other secrets does he have that he has to wear a mask?
The night rain gradually stopped, and before Luo Wan pushed open the wooden door of the courtyard, the door was opened by someone inside the courtyard.
The moonlight passed through the damp night, outlining the blue-purple figure clearly as in a dream. The alien outline of the boy with a high nose bridge was particularly deep in the night.
"You..." Chu Lin's Adam's apple rolled, and his eyes moved from her pale lips to her bloody right shoulder.
The fingers gripping the door frame suddenly tightened, and blue veins snaked like branches on the back of the white hand.
Luo Wan subconsciously looked at him. It turned out that time had wasted her youth. He was actually very different from now after many years, but she had never noticed it.
She originally thought that when she saw Chu Lin again, she would kill him immediately.
But when I saw the boy's amber eyes.
She softened her heart.
They had been entangled for too long. The shadows that overlapped countless times under the moonlight and the breaths that intersected countless times at close range were like the lingering roots of a tree, piercing through the heart. Even forgetting was a luxury.
She hated Chu Lin because she couldn't let go of what Chu Lin had done in his previous life.
She loved Chu Lin, so she couldn't bring herself to kill him when he was young.
This contradiction trapped her in this small space, like a bird in a cage, unable to be free.
Even if he could do it again, Luo Wan felt that there would not be a perfect ending.
The leaves on the trees are withering too slowly.
The last few drops of rain fell from the eaves, creating small splashes on the blue bricks between them.
Luo Wan brushed past Chu Lin and walked straight forward. His blood-stained sleeve brushed against Chu Lin's raised arm, and the lotus pattern embroidered on the blue-purple fabric was stained with a scarlet streak.
"Miss, you're back."
Tang Li ran out with a bruise under her eye. When she saw the dark red on Luo Wan's right shoulder, she suddenly covered her mouth and exclaimed: "Ah——"
Luo Wan threw the broken arrow shaft to Chu Lin behind him and asked Tang Li, "Is the hot water ready?"
Tangli covered her mouth and nodded like a rattle.
Although she knew that the person in front of her was not an ordinary person who would keep to himself.
But this was the first time she saw Luo Wan bleeding, and the first time in her life she saw someone bleeding so much.
Soon Tangli brought a basin of hot water with a towel placed on the edge of the basin. The stove made the room warm and comfortable.
Luo Wan sat on the edge of the couch, her clothes had been cut to shreds, leaving only a bra.
Chu Lin was pulling out the arrow for her.
As Chu Lin's fingertips just touched the arrow that had penetrated her shoulder, Luo Wan's body trembled slightly.
Chu Lin paused immediately and asked softly, "Does it hurt?"
It's absolutely ridiculous!
The person who killed her in the previous life actually asked her if it hurt.
Luo Wan looked at Chu Lin's slightly furrowed brows and said, "It hurts, how could it not hurt?"
"It will be quick, just bear with it." Chu Lin pleaded in his eyes.
He pressed her thin shoulder with his left hand and held the arrow shaft with his right hand to distract Luo Wan. "I heard that the cakes of Zhiweizhai in Jinxi City are world-famous. I bought a box. You can try some later."
There was an exquisite wooden box on the bedside table by the window. Luo Wan remembered seeing this box of pastries in his previous life. It was when he woke up from a coma of several days. The pastries were moldy and were thrown away by Tang Li.
The arrow made a sticky sound of blood and flesh being separated, and Luo Wan's lips turned pale from being pursed. Chu Lin threw the arrow into the basin, took the wine jug, and gently poured the liquor on the wound.
After Chu Lin bandaged the wound, he raised his hand to peel off the skin on Luo Wan's face and praised sincerely, "Your disguise skills have improved."
Then he brought the cake to her and said with a smile, "This is a reward for Ah Wan."
Luo Wan raised her eyes and met Chu Lin's beautiful, almost bewitching eyes.
"Where's your sword?" She asked in a flat tone, as if she was just asking about the weather today.
Chu Lin did not hesitate and took off the sword from his waist and presented it to him.
The cloud pattern on the scabbard glowed coldly under the candlelight, and Luo Wan's fingertips trembled slightly.
It was this sword that once pierced her heart.
“Zheng——”
The cold light of the unsheathed sword illuminated her cold eyebrows.
In a flash, the sharp blade had penetrated Chu Lin's right chest.
In fact, the sword was not deep, so Luo Wan showed mercy.
She didn't kill Chu Lin immediately.
Not only because of that inappropriate softness in her heart, but also because she needed this help to ascend to the position of the owner of the building.
Although love and hate are entangled in Luo Wan's heart.
But she always knew what she wanted and what she should do.
Forgiveness was never on her mind.
Wait until the medical book is obtained, wait until Chi Wanwan’s revenge is achieved, wait until she ascends to the position of the owner of the building.
This blood debt must be settled, including Su Qinghuan's share.
Tang Li's face turned pale, and she froze in place, not daring to move: "Miss..."
Chu Lin frowned slightly and said in a hoarse voice, "Get out."
"Yes." Tangli responded and immediately went out to guard the door.
Luo Wan drew his sword and said nonchalantly, "Jinxi City is ravaged by war, but Zhiweizhai's pastries are still so exquisite."
"The rise and fall of dynasties..." Chu Lin said in a low voice: "It is always the common people at the bottom who suffer."
The dignitaries still live a free and easy life.
She watched Chu Lin skillfully stop the bleeding for her, his movements so smooth as if he had practiced them thousands of times. Finally, she couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you ask me why I stabbed you?"
Chu Lin paused while bandaging and said, "I am your shadow. If you are unhappy, you can stab me with a sword. Even if you want my life, I will give it to you."
fraud.
It's like this again, Luo Wan sneered in his heart.
Chu Lin, although seemingly docile, is actually more cruel than anyone else.
Since he didn't care, Luo Wan simply didn't care.
She looked at the arrowhead in the basin and asked, "Can you tell where this arrow came from?"
Chu Lin said: "An ordinary arrow, the lowest-ranking soldier in the Northern Kingdom's army can use two at will."
Luo Wan had a premonition that the man she was fighting today was definitely not an ordinary assassin, or in other words, a man with such strength was definitely not just an assassin. The person hiding in the dark could have taken action long ago, but chose to wait until she lifted the man's hat.
Luo Wan informed Chu Lin of the details of today's fight, and then said, "The people in the Shen Mansion want both the medical book and Shen Zhiyan."
After all, Shen Zhiyan is Prime Minister Shen's only son.
"That's Shen Mo's style." Chu Lin seemed to have expected this. "News has come from Xiliang that Shen Zhiyan has already left Xiliang and is on his way back to the court."
"How quick." Luo Wan was surprised. "Xiliang is actually willing to release him."
They confronted the Shen family for only three days before Shen Zhiyan quietly returned to the North Country.
Today, the Northern Kingdom is growing stronger and stronger, while the Western Liang Kingdom is gradually declining.
Xiliang's loss of the hostage is tantamount to destroying its own barrier.
There are two possibilities if we examine the reasons in detail:
One is that the Northern Kingdom had already planned to bring back Shen Zhiyan, and they happened to meet at the right time;
The second is that the Northern Kingdom and Xiliang secretly reached some kind of deal, which made Xiliang willing to let the tiger go back to the mountains.
"Shen Zhiyan has been a hostage in Xiliang for ten years, so it makes sense for him to go back." Chu Lin pondered, "There's one more thing. The building has assigned Tan Yin a task."
Tan Yin, the sworn enemy of Luo Wan in Tingyu Tower.
According to the rules of Tingyu Tower, a group of death warriors are selected to leave the tower every three years. Tan Yin is a senior who was one year older than her, and now they are both in the second level.
However, Tingyu Tower has always only needed a gifted person.
The scene in her memory suddenly became clear: at the end of the dispute over the building owner, Tan Yin was kneeling in front of her with blood coming out of all seven orifices, his body with broken meridians trembling constantly, his face distorted with blood and tears, pleading.
I was really cruel and crazy before, Luo Wan reflected on himself.
In the previous life, he fought with a masked man and was seriously injured and fell into a coma. When he woke up, the matter was over.
I have never heard of Tan Yin's related mission, nor do I know how Chu Lin dealt with Tingyu Tower and Chen Mansion regarding the medical book.
Luo Wan asked: "What mission?"
Chu Lin said: "Intercept and kill Shen Zhiyan."
Luo Wan frowned slightly: "Shen Zhiyan cannot die."
Even if I die, I cannot die at Tan Yin's hands.
Shen Zhiyan is currently Luo Wan's only bargaining chip in negotiations with the Shen family. If he can be kidnapped, it will not only help the negotiations, but also dampen Tan Yin's arrogance. If Shen Zhiyan dies, the negotiations cannot proceed.
"There are three roads from Xiliang to the North Country." Chu Lin spread out the map on the table.
"One is to cross the Yun Kingdom. Now the Northern Kingdom and the Yun Kingdom are at odds with each other, and Shen Zhiyan will not fall into a trap. That leaves only two routes: the frontier and the Miao border. Shen Zhiyan will definitely go through the frontier. To enter the Northern Dynasty from the frontier, one must pass through Weizhou. The Weizhou garrison will be a retainer of the Shen Mansion."
Luo Wan asked: "Where do you think Tan Yin will strike?"
Chu Lin brewed two cups of tea, one for Luo Wan and one for him to keep at hand.
Luo Wan understood his intention. This was an unspoken understanding between the two of them in their previous lives. They were used to using this method to write down what they were thinking.
So the two of them lightly tapped the tea with their index fingers, and their fingertips, which were dipped in water, simultaneously slid across the table, leaving water marks that formed winding words.
Luo Wan wrote Wutan.
Chu Lin moved the teacup beside him, and the two words "Wutan" appeared in his sight.
Wutan Town is located at the junction of Saiwai and Weizhou. It is the most remote border town under the jurisdiction of Weizhou.
Once they stepped into the territory of Weizhou, they would enter the territory of the Northern Dynasty. Even if Shen Zhiyan encountered an accident, the Western Liang army would not risk their lives to save him.
Secondly, Wutan Town is remote and the Weizhou army may not arrive in time.
Chu Lin looked up at Luo Wan, a smile appearing in his eyes.
Luo Wan glanced at the sky, which was turning slightly pale, and said, "Let's set off immediately."
"What about her?" Chu Lin pointed at Tang Li, who was standing outside the door and taking naps from time to time. "It's better to let her avoid this kind of thing."
"She's not going." Luo Wan didn't hesitate. "Tangli will return to the capital at dawn, and a carriage will be arranged."
Since she took on Chi Wanwan's identity, she naturally had to play this role perfectly. Tang Li returned to Sicheng with two empty carriages to prove that Chi Wanwan had returned to the capital, and Luo Wan was going to Wutan Town.
Chu Lin understood: "Okay, I'll arrange it."
*
The Northern Kingdom’s army did not stay in Jinxi City for long and left early the next morning, creating another grand scene.
When the first rays of morning light shone into the room, Luo Wan opened the window and saw Chu Lin climbing over the wall.
He also looked over, and suddenly stopped at the top of the wall, half squatting, then he broke off a branch of green plums and jumped down.
The boy's long black hair was dotted with tiny silver ornaments, which rustled as he moved.
Chu Lin walked over, stopped outside the carved window, and handed over the green plum: "For you."
He handed the plum branch through the window lattice, the dim morning light reflected in his eyes.
For some unknown reason, Luo Wan raised his hand.
There's no time to even think, it's a subconscious reaction.
Just when his fingertips were about to touch the plum branch, Chu Lin suddenly withdrew his hand. The plum branch spun deftly between his slender fingers, and the bud gently brushed against Luo Wan's fingertips, causing a slight tingling sensation.
When she came to her senses, the plum blossom had been hidden behind him.
Chu Lin smiled, and the green plum he took out from behind him was transformed into a snow-white jade hairpin with openwork flowers that shone softly in the sunlight.
He asked, “Is it nice?”
"It looks good." Luo Wan said frankly.
Chu Lin raised his hand to insert the jade hairpin into Luo Wan's bun.
Luo Wan took a half step back: "Let Tangli keep it for now. It's not very convenient to wear it now."
Just a moment ago, Luo Wan felt so nauseous that he wanted to vomit. Whenever he thought about the scene of his own death, his heart ached.
I feel disgusted by Chu Lin's duplicity, and I also feel disgusted by my own soft-heartedness and stupidity.
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