Chapter 1 Chapter 1 The arrow has been on the string for hundreds of years.
Gu Zhi never dreamed that he would die at the hands of the sword of his beloved.
Inside the forbidden area of Lan Pavilion on the snowy peak of Tianshan Mountain, the moon shines halfway up the mountain.
Under the dead moonlight, Nan Qiong Shuang's face was as pale as snow. She slowly loosened her five fingers and watched him fall down indifferently.
Those eyes that usually showed a gentle smile were now sad and cruel, resolute and cold.
Looking at his eyes, which were distracted but still stunningly beautiful, she vaguely remembered.
Today is their engagement day.
*
The opposite cliff was dark and foggy at night, making it impossible to see clearly what was happening on the opposite cliff.
The forbidden area of the Tianshan sect's Lan Pavilion was built on a solitary peak. Over a thousand feet high, it was narrow and slender, like a dagger thrusting into the night sky, connected to the mountains on either side by three thick iron chains.
Normally, the Tianshan Sect's members would enter and exit the forbidden area only by walking along these six iron chains. But now, the night fog was so thick that not only could they not see clearly, but the chains were also covered in frost and dew. Nan Qiongshuang paused at the edge of the cliff after a moment's thought.
Her unique skills lie in her looks and skills, not in her martial arts. If she rashly rushed onto the iron chain, she would most likely end up with no trace of her body left.
She looked back into the orchid pavilion with the curtains drawn and found that she was still calm, just trembling slightly.
Anyway, if the person is not dead, he will be seriously injured. If he is left overnight, he will definitely die. She thought calmly, waiting here for a while until dawn will not delay anything.
She took a deep breath and squatted down beside the huge wooden stake at the end of the cliff where an iron chain was tied.
When she squatted down, something hard stuck in her waist.
She took it out. Under the cool moonlight, it was a jade plaque with intricate patterns, its lines gleaming with luster. Inscribed on it were four large characters: "Mountain Guarding Jade Plaque."
The jade token felt warm to the touch, and her hand trembled. Logically, it should be because she had just placed it in her arms, but she felt as if she had been burned.
This jade token was taken from Gu Zhi's chest.
He was trembling slightly at that time, holding her face, breathing softly, and sucking her lips. She tilted her head back, and he smoothly laid her sideways on the simple bed in the Lan Pavilion, forehead against forehead, noses rubbing against noses.
Breathing in his breath, I could smell a sweet and sticky taste of blood in my mouth. I opened my eyes in a daze and saw the cold moonlight outside the window.
She was a little confused.
He kissed her lips, then began to kiss her hair. Her forehead, eyebrows, ears, and nose. When he reached her collar, she felt like she couldn't do this anymore. She felt like her whole body was melting, even her mind was melting.
So she gently pushed him up, pointed her index finger at his lips, and murmured, "Huai Jin." Huai Jin was his name.
The young man opened his eyes, looking as handsome and gentle as a jade statue. "What's wrong?"
"Is it true that no one will come?"
"No." Gu Zhi smiled. "Not many people come to the forbidden area in a year. To come here, you have to go through layers of approval. Besides, at night, unless you are really good at training, you can't come here at all."
His outline was gilded with a circle of light in the moonlight, making him look very handsome. She stroked his face and smiled:
"Then why did you bring me here?"
Gu Zhi laughed, lowered his head to touch her forehead, and rubbed her eyebrows, "Jiaojiao, don't you know?"
"I have no idea."
"You know the answer but you still ask."
She laughed too.
"If I say you want to come, bring me along. Aren't you afraid that the elders will scold you at a meeting tomorrow?"
"Jiaojiao..." He raised his head from the crook of her neck, his eyes and eyebrows were so gentle that they seemed to drown people, but his tone was helpless, "If you are afraid that I will be scolded, you shouldn't bother me... How can I stand it?"
She was really dumbfounded.
Gu Zhi said nothing, but lowered his head and covered her from the collar downwards inch by inch with his soft lips, carefully and lovingly.
A place he had never seen, a fresh land he had never set foot on, fragrant and soft like milk, so beautiful and soft that it made his heart tremble.
He has always been humble and selfless, but towards her, he has a possessiveness that even he himself did not realize.
Here, a kiss, it's his; there, a kiss, it's also his; here, here, and here... they are all his.
It’s better if they are all his.
Nan Qiongshuang felt like her whole body was burning. She could only put one wrist on her forehead, gasping for breath and letting the blunt knife cut her while she was sweating.
He also took off his clothes and suddenly said vaguely, "Eh," "Jiaojiao, you have a mole here."
Of course she knows where her mole is.
It's just that place...
The cinnabar-colored mole is too sweet and too eye-catching. It grows in that position, tempting and ostentatious, like a bit of crimson.
He closed his eyes, put his lips on it, sucked deeply, and rubbed it repeatedly. It actually felt sweet.
Nan Qiong Shuang took a breath and bit her lip.
Suddenly, a mountain breeze blew in through the window. She was drenched in sweat, and the wind chilled her completely. She leaned into his arms:
"It's so cold. Huaijin, close the window——"
Gu Zhi wiped the sweat off the tip of her nose, pecked her nose lightly, and leaned over to close the window.
When she leaned forward, something hit her nose hard. She covered her nose and said, "It hit me—" She looked up and saw that it was the... Mountain-guarding Jade Plate that he wore close to his chest all day long.
She felt as if someone had poured a basin of ice water over her head, chilling her from her scalp to her toes and even to the very bones.
Once you see the Mountain Guarding Jade Plate, you can’t pretend you didn’t see it.
She didn't know whether she was willing to see the jade token, but once she saw it, she felt compelled to be happy.
Nan Qiong Shuang warned herself, you know why you came here and how much effort you put into it.
The Mountain Guarding Jade Plate was difficult to obtain. Even if they were engaged, she would have many opportunities to be close to him in the future, but opportunities like today with the right time, place and people were still rare.
The forbidden area is a perfect place to start.
The arrow has been on the string for hundreds of years.
Today, I have to post it.
*
She stared at the Mountain Guarding Jade Plate in a trance.
It's still warm, is it his body temperature?
She suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest. She didn't dare to look at it or take it, and quickly put it back into her sleeve.
She stood there for an indeterminate amount of time, beneath the moon, in the mountain wind that blew through her, leaving her shivering with cold. She was completely lost in thought, thinking she was crying, and cautiously wiped her hands away. Seeing nothing, she let go, feeling relieved.
She hadn't fallen in love with him at all. Nan Qiongshuang thought calmly, people in their line of work are used to playing around, they've seen all kinds of people, so how could they have ever fallen in love with anyone?
To be affectionate is to arrive at the date of one's own death.
She was shivering in the wind, but she would rather be a little colder, as if a little physical pain would make her feel more comfortable.
She didn't know how long it had been, but she hugged herself and thought about nothing. However, she seemed to see something moving in the orchid pavilion with the curtains drawn.
Nan Qiongshuang's hair stood on end. She stood up suddenly and stared at the room covered by the curtain.
There was no movement again.
Is it her illusion?
Nan Qiong Shuang tilted her head. An assassin should trust their instincts and peripheral vision the most.
Go and have a look?
As soon as this thought came to her mind, she felt as if her heart was hit hard by a pendulum.
What are you looking at? Gu Zhi? See if he's...dead?
Look at that young man who had just come of age and was wholeheartedly caring about others, who was happier to see them than others themselves. Did he die under her sword? Did he take his last breath? Was there hatred, unwillingness, or regret in those eyes that were killed by the one he loved?
Nan Qiongshuang thought about it and shed a small tear, which she wiped away hurriedly.
Forget it.
She simply thought that her knife should be swift, and that he would not feel any pain. This was the best outcome after being targeted by the Wangsheng Gate, and it was also the only selfish desire she was allowed to have.
She raised her wrist to wipe her face, and suddenly found that her wrist was dotted with bruises.
He was reluctant to touch the soft part, but was afraid to leave it in an obvious place, so he had to choose a place that would not easily leave a mark. However, he couldn't help himself and left a mark anyway.
She couldn't hold back a sob, and immediately swallowed it with gritted teeth.
Can't think about it anymore.
Now that things have come to this, the way forward is clear. Thinking about it further will only be pointlessly shaking myself.
Nan Qiong Shuang turned her gaze away and looked again at the vast night fog and the looming mountains opposite.
She didn't know how long she had been waiting at the end of the chain. Finally, the sky began to turn white, and the dark night sky opened a thin edge.
Soon. When the sun rose and the morning dew cleared, she could leave this place, leaving the young man lying on the ground behind her, return to the Gate of Rebirth to claim her reward, watch the Records Department make a note of her name, and then set off to complete her next mission.
As she was thinking this, she suddenly heard a noise behind her.
After years of career as an assassin, she almost instantly felt that there was a living person behind her.
Nan Qiong Shuang was shocked and turned around instantly, gathering the spider silk in her palm back into her hand, ready to strike.
Who is it?! She looked around Lan Pavilion with a vigilant gaze. Could it be that the Tianshan Sect had noticed and climbed up the Hanxue Peak from the iron chain on the other side?
If too many people come... She glanced at the iron chain behind her. Too many people would be difficult to handle. With her martial arts skills, she didn't even know if she could get through the iron chain.
However, the iron chain on the other side did not move, not even the slightest tremor.
Suddenly the curtain of Lan Pavilion was lifted.
Nan Qiongshuang suddenly felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave.
Under the tasseled brocade curtain of the Lan Pavilion, a figure slowly and dyingly walked out, like a ghost.
Gu Zhi clutched his left chest, leaning against the door, his body half-bent, trying his best to get out. His pretty face was now frighteningly pale.
He opened his mouth, his voice already hoarse, "Jiao Jiao..."
Nan Qiongshuang's ears buzzed.
"Jiaojiao..." He panted, shook his head, and laughed at himself, "Why..."
That look was mournful and desolate.
She couldn't utter a word, and when she came to her senses, the man had already rushed onto the iron chain.
She couldn't bear to see Gu Zhi. Now she couldn't bear to see him anymore.
But he completely forgot that there was still morning dew on the chain.
Her feet were empty.
The mighty wind from the vast valley roared up to the sky, and her clothes were blown all over the place, like a meteor with a white tail.
With her long hair flying, she turned around and took one last look.
Gu Zhi had already rushed over, his expression almost terrifying:
"Bright and clear——"
She looked into his hysterical eyes and closed them peacefully in the dawn.
what goes around comes around.
Good people live long, thank goodness, thank goodness.
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