Huo Yun was already asleep, her breathing was steady and long, and her expression was peaceful. Under normal circumstances, she rarely dreamed. Han Fen was sitting on the edge of the bed, smiling and humming a tune in a very low voice, like a little mosquito that didn't know how to stop. She looked up and saw Gu Shenwei, blinked, stood up slowly, and walked out of the room with him. . "You're back, don't you need to hide anymore?" There were no outsiders in the courtyard. Han Fen sat on the railing of the corridor, leaning against a pillar. Although there was a smile on her face, she looked a little tired. She had been staying with Huo Huo. Everyone around Yun knew nothing about the outside world, and had not even heard of the decree declaring the Dragon King innocent. "Well, there's no need to hide. Is she feeling better?" "The old man surnamed Sun has seen it and said it's not a big problem and he'll just rest for a few days. Hehe, the old man is really timid. When he saw Huo Yun, He was shaking with fear, and there were beads of sweat on his head. "That's good." "Since I don't have to hide anymore, where is that kid Qin Yeming? I want to tell him that I have to pick the gift myself this time." , He doesn¡¯t have to choose.¡± ¡°He has something to do, and it will take a while before he can see you.¡± ¡°Oh.¡± Han Fen was a little disappointed, but she didn¡¯t ask more. She was more focused on what gift she wanted. By the way, I want to ask you something." "What?" "Why did the baby grow up when he was very young?" Although he has been with Han Fen for many years, Gu Shenwei is still stumped by her questions occasionally. "Everyone is like this. You, me, and Huo Yun all grew up as children." "Oh, but they are no longer cute when they grow up." "Have you ever seen Shangguan Cheng?" "He came to see me. , I can't leave Huo Yun. Who would have thought that he has grown a lot and is not much shorter than me. How can he be like this in the future? " "What did he say?" Gu Shenwei understood immediately. . Shangguan Ru is "unlovable" for another reason. "He asked if you poisoned my mother to death. I said that I had poisoned many people and I didn't know who your mother was. He said that my mother's name is Luo Ningcha. You have seen her before. I said, oh, it's her. It seems to be me. She was poisoned, he said, think about it again. There was a time when my mother took me out of the military camp and you rescued me. I said that when I think about it, it was really me who poisoned her. He said, why did you poison her? I said, Huo Yun. I don't like her, but if she stays in the military camp, I will secretly give her the antidote." Han Fen spoke very fast, and Gu Shenwei could only hear the words "he said" and "I said" clearly. I still understood what she meant, "Then what?" "Then he walked away without letting me hug him, and he kept doing this." Han Fen seemed to have been hit on an acupuncture point, straightening her body stiffly, and then A short "hum" came out of his nostrils. It means that this is Shangguan Cheng's voice. "He's not cute anymore. Don't interact with him anymore." "Of course, he can hum, and so can I." Han Fen was a little annoyed. "You have to stay with Huo Yun in the next few days and never leave her." "Okay, okay, I'm willing to stay with her, as long as she's not angry, but she was angry just now. She shouldn't be in this period of time." Han Fen was happy again. "Let's rest." Han Fen jumped from the railing to the ground, as if he remembered something particularly interesting. He was afraid that the sound would be too loud and disturb Huo Yun, who was sleeping in the room, so he opened his mouth wide, covered his stomach, and laughed silently. Gu Shenwei didn't ask, knowing that Han Fen would tell him. "Did you know? The little baby looks more and more like you. He is a smaller Gu Shenwei, haha. When he first entered the house, Huo Yun asked, 'Why have you lost weight and become shorter?' It was so funny." Me. But he is still not cute, no matter how cute he is like you." Han Fen stopped smiling and looked at Gu Shenwei. His brows tightened, as if even Gu Shenwei himself was no longer cute, then he snorted softly, turned around and went into the house and closed the door. Gu Shenwei's room is next door, and diagonally opposite is the residence of the new Dragon King Shangguan Cheng. There is no light there, but it seems like a pair of eyes are peeking out. When Gu Shenwei walked into his room, he still couldn't feel the slightest emotion towards the child who looked more and more like him. He took off his knife and put it on the table. He sat down and stared at it without lighting the lamp. The night was shrouded in darkness, and he was not sleepy at all. Even after six years of normal life, he still couldn't get rid of the habits he had formed in the past. The ten months of assassin training at Jinpeng Castle left a mark on his body that was worse than the "huan" on his arm. The scar is even deeper, spanning nearly thirty years of life, like a stubborn scar that cannot be removed no matter how hard you try. With thousands of threads entangled together, Gu Shenwei patiently classified all the information one by one and looked for available clues. He knew that he was facingThis is a huge conspiracy, and the palace assassination is just the beginning, not the end. The mastermind behind the scenes tried his best to frame the charges on the Dragon King and the Kongtong Sect, and will never give up. The next time he takes action, Gu Shenwei will Fight back. Killing requires severing ties, and he recalled Zhong Heng¡¯s famous saying, if the enemy is a powerful royal family member, can the ties also be severed? Gu Shenwei immediately gave an affirmative answer, which was sometimes easier. Fan Yongda and Lin Xiaoshan were deceived one after another. Where was Zhong Heng? He is so smart that he will never easily trust the so-called Dragon King's envoy. After being defeated in the Western Region, once he is bribed by powerful figures in the Central Plains, he will definitely accept it without reservation. Is everything going smoothly with Qin Yeming? Gu Shenwei did not reveal Qin Yeming's whereabouts to anyone. It was a weapon he deliberately concealed and would not be revealed until a critical moment. No news at this time was good news. Asking and answering questions, Gu Shenwei sat alone until after the third watch. Just as he was about to go to bed to rest, he grabbed the narrow knife on the table and said, "The door is unlocked." He said. The door opened silently, and someone stepped in. He immediately opened the door and stood against the wall. After a while, he said, "Do the people in the Central Plains allow you to carry a knife?" "They pretended not to see it." Gu Shenwei said. , Western Region missions are not allowed to carry any weapons, and even short self-defense blades such as daggers must be left at the border and will be returned to their original owners when they return home. "So everyone calls me Mr. Gu?" "Well, you can also call me by my name directly." "It's the same. In short, your ability is still there, and even the people from the Central Plains can't kill you." "Not until the end, No one can say who is more capable. Come and sit, Tie Linglong hesitated for a moment before coming over. Sitting opposite Gu Shenwei, observing carefully with the dim moonlight, "Your appearance has changed." "There will always be some changes in six years." "Some people remain unchanged, such as Shangguan Instructor." Tie Linglong's voice Suddenly he became a little weird, as if he didn't want to say these words. But he immediately returned to normal, "I didn't let Xiaochu come over. There must be someone left to guard against the surveillance of the Central Plains people. We are like prisoners now." "Are you married?" "No, we just live together." Even though the dark night covered the outline of his facial features, Gu Shenwei could still see the blush on that face, "This is good." Silence slowly filled the entire room, and neither of them could find the feeling of being as close as brothers and sisters before. , it¡¯s not just six years that separate us. There are other things. "Xiaochu and I both want to ask you something." Tie Linglong broke the silence. "Ask." People from the Western Regions were full of doubts about him. Everyone in the Biyu Kingdom was tight-lipped about this. Only Tie Linglong, who had defected to Shule Kingdom, dared to ask questions. Gu Shenwei naturally would not object. "I don't ask why you secretly left Biyu City. You wanted to come to the Central Plains for revenge and felt that the Western Region did not have the strength. Xiaochu and I both understand. However, you are obviously going to leave. Why do you want to kill Xu Xiaoyi?" Tie Linglong said. Anger gradually emerged in her voice, and this incident made her very upset. It had a greater impact than Xu Yanwei, "Xiaochu and he are best friends. It's because of you that Xiaochu is willing to draw his sword. He will blame himself for this all his life." Gu Shenwei did not answer immediately. Linglong looks at it. It was like she was escaping. The anger in her heart grew more and more, but the more she felt was sadness. She had a half-brother, but in her heart. The man opposite him was his brother who had always cared for him, but now he was just like a passerby. Gu Shenwei finally spoke, digging out the memories from six years ago from the bottom of his heart. "When Xu Xiaoyi was executed, I had not thought about leaving the Western Region immediately. I had another plan in my mind. It was his death that made me know one thing. I had to start purging the Dragon Army, which meant killing many "People." "You've been killing people." Tie Linglong's tone softened. "I have killed many people, and even more people died because of me even though I did not do it. The swordsmen of the Snowy Mountains, the assassins of Jinpeng Castle, the swordsmen of Biyu City, soldiers from all over the Western Regions, and even my queen, But I don't regret it either. It was a war, either you die or I die. But starting from Xu Xiaoyi, things have changed." "Huh?" Tie Linglong vaguely understood what Gu Shenwei wanted to express. "With the death of Shangguan Fa, the Dragon Army's biggest enemy has been destroyed. Whether I continue to fight for hegemony in the Western Regions or launch an attack on the Central Plains in the future, I must knead several armies together, which means I have to start killing the people around me." "Everyone is willing to die for you." Tie Linglong's voice gradually became softer. "Many people have died for me before, but I didn't kill them, Xu Xiaoyi did. It was Xiaochu who drew the sword, and I was the one who killed him. I must kill Xu Xiaoyi, otherwise??The generals will think that I am weak, thus laying the hidden danger of division. Next, I have to be more severe. I have to kill at least one of Zhong Heng and Shang Liao. Your brother, like Shangguan Yun, is a target to be killed, regardless of whether he is loyal or not. Next, I have to kill you and Xiaochu. , because you two have disobeyed my orders several times, and no matter who kills Prince Shule for me, they will be wary of you; in the future, I will still have to kill all the descendants of the Shangguan family, not to mention those who surrendered. As a killer, I can't give the impression that the Dragon King will be soft-hearted to his enemies. " This series of "killings" made Tie Linglong's hair stand on end, "A descendant of the Shangguan family? Also including Shangguan Fei and Shangguan Ru? " "Especially the two brothers and sisters. They are the biggest obstacle to the merger of the Dragon Army into one. The swordsmen of the Snow Mountain have made great achievements for me. They have the right to ask me to completely eradicate Jinpeng Fort. " "People in Daxue Mountain now respect Shangguan Ru very much, without any contradiction at all. " "That's because I'm not here. Shangguan Ru and Daxue Shan have proven that they need each other. But as long as I am still the Dragon King, no one in the Shangguan family will have a chance to prove it. " "Is this what you had in mind when you left Biyu City? Tie Linglong was not completely convinced, but her energy was gone, "But after you left, everyone still killed each other." " "No, my idea at the time was that even if I killed these people and made the Dragon Army into a monolith, no one would follow me and hate the Central Plains. They would fight for me, but they would never resist Jinpengbao again. There was a concerted effort. As for killing each other, no one can stop it. If I were here, I would only use more killing to stop the killing. " Tie Linglong finally understood what the gap between the two was. The Dragon King moved forward alone, and she, like everyone else, was left behind. "If possible, I hope you go to see Kang Wang Shang Liao. " "Why? " "Listen to what he said about other things in Biyu City, lest lest you be deceived. " Tie Linglong stood up and left, refusing to give an explanation. (To be continued)