Chapter 64
The carriage sped along, turned the alley, and finally stopped in front of a small building several stories high.
The curtain opened, and Gu Lang jumped off the carriage first. Then he turned around and stretched out his palm in front of the curtain. Soon, a slender white hand reached out, but it did not touch Gu Lang's broad palm. Instead, it supported Gu Lang's wrist through a thin piece of cloth at the cuff and got out of the carriage.
Gu Lang was not annoyed. Instead, he smiled, withdrew his hand and stood shoulder to shoulder with Qin Yi.
Lian Yu sneered in his heart.
You are really resourceful, sister-in-law.
Just as he finished speaking, Qin Yi, who had already stepped over the threshold, suddenly stopped and turned around. Unintentionally meeting those dark, clear eyes, Lian Yu was startled and quickly hid behind the stone lions.
Did he see me? Lian Yu's heart was beating wildly.
Fortunately, the two of them quickly entered the building, and Lian Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief, looking up at the bustling multi-story building in front of him. But the moment he saw the plaque clearly, Lian Yu choked and then laughed in anger.
Tianxiang Pavilion.
What a nice place.
I was so busy following them that I didn't even notice they were in this kind of place. What could possibly require two people to come to a brothel together? Lian Yu clenched his teeth, biting out a cruel smile, and stepped through the door.
"Oh!" The fragrant beauty crashed into Lian Yu's arms.
Lian Yu instinctively reached out, and the beauty spun around, barely tucked into his arms. The beauty reacted quickly, her snow-white arms clasping Lian Yu's shoulders as she smiled sweetly, "Thank you, Master Lian, for saving me! Without you, I would have fallen."
Lian Yu's mind was not on the beauty in his arms. He looked up and saw Qin standing in front of the railing on the second floor with half of her face hidden behind a red veil. A slender white hand was holding the railing tightly, as if staring at him.
Lian Yu tugged at the corners of her lips.
He spread his palm in the air above the beauty's face, and a bulging money bag fell down, jingling as it hung in the air. The beauty's eyes lit up instantly, and she straightened her lithe waist and kissed Lian Yu on the cheek. "Tonight, Master Lian, I will do anything you ask me to do."
"Really?" Lian Yu raised his eyebrows. "Could you please lend me your bamboo hat?"
The white veil fell before his eyes again, blurring his vision once again. It took Lian Yu several minutes to get used to this hazy vision. He groped his way up the stairs.
Lian Yu remembered that Qin Yi seemed to have entered a room on the second floor with Gu Lang.
Let's give them a surprise.
But just as Lian Yu stepped onto a few steps, a roar suddenly came from the second floor: "It was that bitch who tricked me! Catch him now!"
It’s Li Bawang!
Lian Yu thought to himself that something was wrong and turned around to run downstairs, but Tiehe had already brought people to guard the stairs, waiting for him to show up and fall into the trap.
Seeing the iron chain coming towards him with the strong wind, Lian Yu instinctively raised his arms to block it in front of him.
With a crisp clang, a purple bamboo flute blocked the iron chain, causing it to lose its momentum and instantly collapse to the ground. In just a few seconds, the young man in green grabbed Lian Yu's hand.
There was no verbal communication between the two, but Lian Yu knew that the other party wanted to take him away.
The wind receded so quickly, whistling past my ears, enough to drown out all the noise in the world. Li Bawang's curses, the iron crane waving its iron chain, and the screams of the guests in the brothel all disappeared.
Only the pounding heart remained.
The white veil swayed as she ran. Lian Yu stared at the handsome and thin figure in front of her. The heat was transmitted between their clasped palms like a scorching meteor.
The pursuing crowd was finally left far behind, and the two men stopped.
"Why are you here?" Lian Yu released their clasped hands.
Soon, a piece of paper was stuffed into Lian Yu's palm, as if someone had anticipated that Lian Yu would ask this question. Lian Yu unfolded the piece of paper, which was still stained with residual warmth.
[This time I will save you]
Lian Yu was surprised by the answer, but soon laughed out loud: "Silly boy, didn't you save me last time?"
The person in front of him didn't move, but Lian Yu could feel his gaze resting on him for a long time. Who was he looking at? Lian Yu couldn't help but wonder.
Or in other words, who does he hope is under the veil?
Even though she knew the answer might not be satisfactory, Lian Yu still couldn't help asking: "You..."
"Hurry up and surrender!"
A shout came from afar, and before Lian Yu had time to react, the black-clad guards filled the wall. Lian Yu hadn't expected Li Bawang to have such a large number of guards, let alone that he would mobilize such an exaggerated number of people just to capture him.
The iron chains collided with each other, and the black-clad guards automatically made way, and Tiehe walked to the front of the crowd.
A green figure flashed and stood in front of Lian Yu. The dark eyes behind the bronze mask stared at Tie He, and his eyes were full of vigilance.
Tiehe said expressionlessly: "Hand over this man, and the master will let you go. Otherwise——"
The iron chain was pulled out from his waist, and Tiehe shook his arm. In the blink of an eye, a clear crack appeared on the bluestone slab.
"This is what happens to you."
The young man in green lowered his eyes and stared at the crack for a moment, then suddenly raised the corners of his lips, silently expressing his determination by looking at each other: Let's give it a try.
"No need!" Lian Yu interrupted the duel that hadn't yet taken shape and walked up to the young man in green robes. "Everyone is responsible for their own actions. If your master wants to arrest me, then just take me back. Why implicate innocent people?"
As soon as Lian Yu finished speaking, he felt someone grabbing his sleeve. The young man next to him shook his head quickly. Lian Yu patted the other's hand soothingly.
"That's great." Tiehe praised calmly, "Then..."
"But I have conditions to negotiate." Lian Yu looked at the young man in green robes beside him, then raised his head to look at the black-clad guards standing vigilantly around him. "Let these people withdraw, then I will dare to believe that you are truly not capable of him. Otherwise, I will not go back with you. I think if I grit my teeth and fight you to the end, you will not gain anything."
Tiehe pondered for a moment, then raised his hand to signal the black-clad guards to withdraw.
A huge crowd of people retreated like a tide, and the surroundings became empty in an instant.
Lian Yu squeezed the young man in green shirt's hand and said, "Go ahead, don't worry about me."
The young man in green robes said nothing, simply turning and leaving. Tiehe grabbed the iron chain and moved forward, seemingly attempting to bind Lian Yu's wrists. Suddenly, a flash of silver light pierced the acupuncture point on Tiehe's neck. His iron-like body suddenly went limp, collapsing to the ground.
Lian Yu, who was behind the white veil, hadn't reacted yet when she felt someone pulling her to run again.
In his haste, he seemed to hear Gu Lang's voice: "Go over there, leave this to me."
Gu Lang?
Lian Yu suddenly felt that his mind was a little confused.
"Gu...Lang." The man, limp on the ground, gritted his teeth and called out fiercely, his usually expressionless face becoming vivid. Against the backdrop of this unwavering hatred, the dull eyes behind the iron mask unexpectedly became vibrant.
Gu Lang sighed softly, knelt down, and took Tie He's limp body into his arms. He pinched the end of the silver needle with his fingertips, but did not rush to pull it out for Tie He.
Tiehe stared at him like a cat with its back bent and fur standing on end.
"Why do you have to make yourself like this? I will double the salary that Li Bawang gives you."
"General Gu even cares about someone like me? He's really quite carefree."
"People like you?" Gu Lang loosened his grip on the silver needle and looked at the stubborn man in his arms. He lowered his eyes, which inexplicably made people feel a little scared. "What kind of person are you?"
Tiehe's clenched teeth clicked: "Of course it's someone who has nothing to do with you."
"Really?" Gu Lang loosened his grip and let the man in his arms fall back to the ground. Tie He groaned in pain. Gu Lang clenched his hands under his sleeves, but his expression remained the same: "It seems I recognized the wrong person."
"Gu Lang!" Seeing Gu Lang turning to leave, Tie He suddenly shouted anxiously, "Those two men can't escape. The people lying in ambush on the road will push them into the secret passage. They won't be able to find the exit and will suffocate to death in three days. If you don't want them to die, you'd better go quickly and find a way to break the secret."
Secret passage.
Everything happened so suddenly that by the time Lian Yu realized what was happening, he had already fallen into the dark secret passage. His body was pushed down from two stories high, and his bones hurt from hitting the ground, but Lian Yu didn't care about himself.
"How do you feel?" He groped in the darkness and accidentally touched a soft body. Lian Yu quickly retracted his hand as if he had been electrocuted: "I'm sorry!"
The tinderbox lit up quickly, and the young man in green shook his head.
The other person walked ahead, giving Lian Yu a chance to lift a corner of the white veil and carefully survey his surroundings. It wasn't so much a secret passage as it was a rectangular secret room. Directly in front of the room was a stone door. The young man in green raised his hand and tentatively pressed on the stone door.
A stream of water spurted out, and the young man in green had no time to dodge, and most of the facial skin that was not covered by the mask was soaked.
"Be careful!" Lian Yu hurried forward, but after searching in his sleeves for a long time, he couldn't find a handkerchief. Lian Yu gritted his teeth, took off his bamboo hat, and tore off the white gauze to wipe the water stains off the young man's face.
A liquid of unknown composition wet the eyelashes of the young man in green. His long and dense crow feathers hung down wetly, and he obediently let Lian Yu wipe them for him.
"Okay." After wiping it clean, Lian Yu withdrew his hand.
The young man in green opened his eyes, and their gazes accidentally met. They both froze for a moment. His dark pupils trembled, as if he hadn't expected Lian Yu to take off his hat.
Lian Yu looked away and suddenly chuckled: "Why, I'm not good-looking, am I not considered the top star?"
The young man in green shook his head vigorously.
"You don't have to comfort me," Lian Yu brushed off the dust on the steps and motioned for the other person to sit down with him. "If he knew that I ended up in this situation because of following him, he would definitely laugh at me."
The young man in green blinked, bent down and wrote on the ground with his fingers.
[she? ]
Lian Yu shook his head, bent down, and wrote "he" next to it.
[Is he the one you like?]
"Really?" Lian Yu chuckled and answered the question: "Do you like him? I don't know. Maybe I care a little, otherwise I wouldn't follow him so childishly."
But he shouldn't like Qin Yi.
"I don't even know who I am or where I belong. How can someone like me have the right to like others?"
In the last world, the young man lying in a pool of blood remained in Lian Yu's memory for a long time. He liked Qin Yi, but he knew nothing about it. At the very end, when the murderer shouted "die", he vaguely realized that perhaps all this was related to him.
It was he who caused Qin Yi to be retaliated against, but he couldn't be with him. Now he didn't even know whether Qin Yi was dead or alive.
"I'm not qualified to like anyone." Lian Yu raised the corners of his lips, but there was sadness in his eyes.
The young man in green suddenly covered his chest with his hands.
No longer caring about love or hate, Lian Yu hurriedly supported the unsteady young man in green clothes: "What's wrong with you? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
The young man in green couldn't speak, he could only breathe heavily with difficulty, but almost his entire face was framed by the mask, which locked his breath like a cage.
A mask that gets in the way.
Lian Yu grabbed the edge of the mask and pulled it.
"No!" The man under the mask exclaimed for the first time.
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