They say it's sick

Chapter 42

The sun was setting, and it was getting late.

The people who were busy during the day went home, and there was only one Li Yan left in the entire Suwei mansion except for those who were still on duty.

The Suwei Mansion has strict regulations, and the courtyard where the assassin is held has been assigned a special person to be on duty early on, and other people are not allowed to approach.So most of the afternoon passed, and Li Yan was the only one in the whole yard.

The high and deep courtyard walls cut off the hustle and bustle of the outside world, and there was no movement in the house, which made Li Yan feel the rare peace, as if he was back on the mountain again, brewing a pot of tea in the morning and reading a book alone in the yard , By the way, wait for Yunzhi to wake up.

This is what Gao Liang saw when he came out of the house.

It was obviously the most important place in Suwei Mansion, and the surrounding rooms were either piled with corpses or locked up criminals, yet Li Yan was allowed to stay in this courtyard with a peaceful scene.

So much so that Gao Liang looked down at the blood stains on his body and hesitated, thinking whether he should change his clothes first.

After all, Li Yan was not in good health, if he was frightened again, he would not be able to enter the gate of the palace for the next six months.

But he didn't think about it, just as he was hesitating, Li Yan raised his head, glanced over him, and then looked behind him: "Haven't you spoken yet?"

"Recruited..." Gao Liang followed his line of sight and looked back at the closed door behind his eyes, "Didn't you just agree that as long as Young Master Yun can pry that mouth open, let them stay alone."

"Hmm..." Li Yan withdrew his gaze, picked up a cup, poured water and said, "Drink some water."

Gao Liang sat down opposite him, took the water glass and drank it clean in one gulp, poured himself another glass and drank it up before heaved a sigh of relief: "It's getting dark now, I thought your boy would have returned home a long time ago. Thinking of sitting so securely, it’s quite relaxing.”

"I also want to thank the two people outside the door. I just wanted them to help you find a book in your room to pass the time. When they came back, they brought me a pot of water..." Li Yan picked it up and put it down. He pushed the book in front of Gao Liang, "But I didn't expect that the general is busy with affairs on weekdays, so he still has time to read such things."

"Why did you find this out..." Gao Liang immediately reached out and took the story book, rolled it up casually, and put it back in his sleeve, "This is a good thing that I have spent a lot of time finding!"

"Maybe it's because I really can't find any books in the general's room..." Li Yan lowered his head and took a sip of water, "But no one in our village has read this level of script."

"No one sees you sitting in the yard watching in broad daylight. With your expression just now, I thought you were reading some Four Books and Five Classics..." Gao Liang said, scanning Li Yan up and down, "Xuanzhi, you are supposed to This age should not be, if there is something unspeakable, you should seek medical treatment in time."

"I don't need to worry about whether I have something difficult to say, but you, the general..." Li Yan glanced at Gao Liang's cuff, and shook his head lightly, "If you can deal with that kind of words...cough, why don't you go to the imperial doctor Prescribe a few medicines to lower the fire."

"You boy...you've been with the steward for a long time, and your speech is becoming more and more similar..." Gao Liang pointed at Li Yan, "Then you'd better find a wife as soon as possible, so as to save my age, and let the mansion again With an extra bachelor, can you still say these sarcastic remarks when you see it?"

"Don't worry, general, I won't..." Li Yan wrote lightly, "If you just said that I look like a manager, I will take it as a compliment. Don't worry, the manager will not know."

Gao Liang: "..."

Seeing Gao Liang's expression, Li Yan laughed, poured another glass of water and pushed it over: "Okay, drink some more water, let's talk about the business, just now that guy explained the person who ordered them to assassinate the prince?"

"Well, it's almost as expected..." Gao Liang drank his saliva and looked up at Li Yan, "You can guess."

Li Yan squinted his eyes, and after a little thought, he asked, "The Zheng family?"

"Look, the Zheng family thinks they are invulnerable..." Gao Liang laughed lightly, "Actually, everyone would guess them first."

"There are quite a few people in this capital who want the prince's life, but the one with the deepest grievances at the moment belongs to their family..." Li Yan tapped the stone table lightly with his fingertips, thinking, "If the prince hadn't always been vigilant , and they are very skillful, leaving such a life alive, even if they suspect them, there is no proof."

"Speaking of this, I really have to thank you, Young Master Yun..." Gao Liang turned his head and glanced at the room just now, "If it wasn't for him, we would really have to work harder."

Li Yan took a look, then lowered his eyes, took a sip of water, and didn't answer.

The sky was dark, Gao Liang didn't notice his emotions, and said to himself: "You told me earlier that Mr. Yun is not an ordinary person. I didn't take it to heart. I have learned a lot today. He looks like a half-grown man. The child always had a smile on his face. After entering, he lit the knife without saying anything. The guy inside had been tortured a lot in the past two days, so he was not taken seriously at all. Later..."

Li Yan raised his eyes and looked at him without blinking: "What happened afterwards?"

"I also practiced martial arts since I was a child. I have dealt with various weapons all the year round. It is the first time I have seen such a big kid play with a knife so neatly. He doesn't bleed a drop of blood when he wants to break a vein, and he doesn't cut an extra piece of meat when he wants to peel his skin. ...

That guy was able to hold on at first, but this young master Yun knows how to make people feel pain, but he won't die. The guy was tortured so much that he would die, and he couldn't bear it any longer, so he opened his mouth..." As Gao Liang said, he couldn't help taking a deep breath, "Even if the scene looks a bit bloody, it's no wonder he won't let you in, if you see it, don't be scared. "

"He knows I won't be scared..." Li Yan shook his head lightly, "He just doesn't want me to see it."

"What?" Gao Liang didn't understand Li Yan's words. He raised his eyes and found that the other party lowered his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking. He didn't bother to ask any more, and pointed to the top of his head. talk."

"Let someone else go..." Li Gu said, "By the way, tell the steward that I won't be going back tonight."

"You're not going back?" Gao Liang was taken aback, "Where are you going to live if you're not going back?"

"You don't have a place to live in Suwei, so you can lend me a night..." Li Yan said naturally, "The assassin has just been recruited, so you should have a lot of things to do, and you won't need it anyway."

"You..." Gao Liang raised his eyes to look at him, "Xuanzhi, why did you come here this afternoon?"

Li Yan did not evade: "What does the general think I am for?"

Gao Liang looked at him, then turned his head to look at the room behind him, and took a deep breath: "It's not that important what you are for, does the prince know?"

Li Yan seemed to have heard something funny, and tilted his head to look at him: "Is there anything in our house that we can hide from the prince?"

"That's right..." Gao Liang nodded, and was about to speak again when he heard a knock at the door, before he turned his head to look, Li Yan beside him had already stood up and looked at the person who came out of the room: "Okay gone?"

It was completely dark, and the yard hadn't had time to light up the lights, only the twinkling stars in the sky gave off a faint light.

Yun Zhi was holding a dagger that was still dripping blood in one hand, and the scabbard in the other. His face was covered with mottled blood. In such a dim light, Li Yan looked more like a Rakshasa than the Li Yan on the day when we first met.

"Why are you still waiting..." Seeing Li Yan, Yun Zhi slowly smiled, "Afraid I won't return your knife?"

"That's right..." Li Yan took a few steps forward, took out Fang Jinpa from his arms and handed it over, "Wipe..."

Yun Zhi glanced at the brocade handkerchief, then looked down at the dagger in his hand, before he could react, a cool hand took the dagger directly.

Li Yan wiped off the blood on the dagger with the hem of his clothes, retracted the scabbard and hung it on his waist, then handed over the Fang brocade handkerchief again: "Wipe your hands first."

Yun Zhi glanced at the hem of his clothes, reached out to take the brocade handkerchief, wiped his hands and said, "Sometimes I feel that you have changed a lot, and sometimes I find that you are no different from when we first met."

"In comparison, you look a little more like me when we first met, right?" Li Yan turned around and poured a glass of water to Yun Zhi, "After tossing around all afternoon, you should be hungry, drink some water first, and eat later thing."

"It's getting dark, after the curfew, where to eat?" Yun Zhi wiped off the blood on her hands, took the water that Li Yan handed over, took a sip, and soaked her dry lips, "how about Think about it first, how can I avoid the night guards and send you back to the palace."

Gao Liang, the commander of the guard who sat aside and listened to all their conversations, was silent for a moment, coughed lightly to show his presence, and then slowly said: "Mr. Yun is here to help the guard today, and you are also the guard now. The guards, even if they are on official business, are not considered guilty of night crimes. If you want to go back, I will send someone to escort you, just say hello to the guards who patrol the night along the road. If you find it troublesome, you can just spend the night in the guard mansion. My room is empty, so it's just right to accommodate you and Xuanzhi."

Holding the water cup, Yun Zhi looked at Li Yan with sparkling eyes: "Are you not going back to the palace tonight?"

Li Yan nodded: "I just came to see the fun today, and I didn't help the Suwei Mansion, so naturally I can't bother General Gao."

Gao Liang glanced at him, covered his lips and coughed again, Li Yan looked calm, without any guilt.

"That's it..." Yunzhi put down the water cup in his hand, and looked up at Gao Liang, "Since there is a place, I'll stay in Suwei Mansion for one night. Otherwise, please trouble the brother of Suwei Mansion, I'm more or less I can't bear it. Besides, it's not suitable for me to go out in my current state. "

Gao Liang glanced at him, then at Li Yan next to him, shrugged his shoulders, and stood up: "Let's go, two young masters, I will personally send you there to rest."