Xie Tingzhou opened the door under her glare and left calmly facing the guard's gaze.
"Did you see the injury on the prince's lip?" One person raised his chin.
Another said: "Obviously, the overlord is forcing his bow."
"Then you say it's successful or not?"
"of course--"
"You two." Shen Yu held the door, "Come here."
The guard hurried over and said, "Sir."
Shen Yu spoke softly, "Who let him in?"
The guard said: "Sir, we can't stop it, and we don't dare to stop it."
"Don't let him come again in the future." Shen Yu closed the door hard.
"Of course it didn't work." The guard quietly continued what he had left unfinished before, "Look, the adults have all their beards and tails, and the clothes on their bodies are still neatly dressed."
……
It has rained intermittently in Shengjing for the past two days. The stone roads in the alleys were worn and uneven, and the moon was trapped in the puddles in the night.
A man in gray clothes was walking in the alley, wearing a bamboo hat and carrying a medicine bag. He didn't stop when he reached the door of his house. Instead, he turned at the end of the alley and turned into another alley.
He hides in the dark, and when he hears a subtle sound, he strikes out like a lightning bolt.
Just as he was about to meet the person in front of him, Shen Zhao's expression changed when he saw the other person's face. He deflected the blade and narrowly missed the person's temple, shaving off a few strands of hair.
"Why don't you know how to hide?!" Shen Zhao was shocked and angry.
He was not masked tonight. Shen Yu stared blankly at Shen Zhao's face, and two lines of tears rolled down unexpectedly.
"elder brother……"
She wanted to pounce on it, but she was afraid that everything in front of her was just an illusion and it would break if she moved.
Shen Zhao sighed, "Let's go into the room and talk."
He turned around and returned to the door he had just passed. Before entering, he looked down to the west to make sure no one was there before opening the door.
Shen Yu followed closely and heard someone talking in the room.
"Is it the master?"
"Yes." Shen Zhao raised his voice and replied, and then said to Shen Yu: "It's Kong Qing. He was injured that night in the palace. We left separately at that time. He only came back two days ago."
"Wait for me in that room." Shen Zhao pointed to a room, entered the room and put the medicine.
When I came out, I saw Shen Yu standing at the door with her head lowered, raising her arms from time to time, silently wiping tears.
The little girl was still like that. She didn't know how to speak when she was in pain. She didn't know how to make a sound when she cried. She could only shed tears silently and hold the pain in her heart.
Shen Zhao felt sour in his heart and said, "Auntie, come over to my brother's place."
He opened his arms.
Shen Yu pursed her lips, held back her sobs, and walked over slowly.
Shen Zhao hugged her back and looked up at the bright moon.
The moon is full and the moon is full, and with dad gone, they are the only brothers and sisters left in this world to depend on each other.
It was his brother who did not do well.
Before his mother passed away, he promised to take good care of his sister, but instead he made her practice martial arts and spend her days exposed to the wind and sun at the border with the harsh north wind.
Before her father passed away, he drugged Konoe and asked her to take her away, but she ran back without hesitation and wanted to fight alongside them.
She was only seventeen, and he had left her alone for so long, letting her walk alone in this chaos.
"Brother, I'm sorry for you." Shen Zhao choked with sobs.
He endured it, but couldn't. Tears fell from his cheeks into her hair.
Shen Yu shook her head, "As long as you live, I just want you to live."
She was not sad, she was filled with joy and joy of reunion, but she could not hold back her tears.
Shen Zhao let her tears wet his clothes and coaxed her and patted her back as before.
When she stopped sobbing, Shen Zhao let her go, wiped the corners of her eyes with his thumb, smiled and said, "Why do you still cry so much?"
"I rarely cry now." Shen Yu wiped away her tears, "I only cry easily when I go to see my dad."
Shen Zhao rubbed her hair and said, "She's grown taller."
Shen Yu suddenly remembered, "Brother, have you gone to visit dad's grave?"
Shen Zhao went into the room to pour tea, "Yes, I'm going."
He smiled bitterly, "As long as I live in this world, I have no face to see him, but..."
"No." Shen Yu interrupted him and said seriously: "Dad must hope that you live a good life, just be ordinary."
Shen Zhao handed the tea to her, "What about you? Since you know that dad wants us to be ordinary, why would we take such a risk?"
Shen Yu pursed her lips and said, "It's not as dangerous as you think."
"Isn't it dangerous?" Shen Zhao said solemnly: "What do you want to do by risking yourself and going deep into the tiger's den?"
"I want to find out the truth behind the defeat at Yanliang Pass and bring justice to my father and one hundred thousand soldiers."
"This is what a man should do, why do you, a little girl, have a hand in it?" Shen Zhao said.
Shen Yu said: "I am also my father's daughter, and you didn't raise me as a girl."
"How dare you talk back?"
Shen Yu shrank her neck and said cautiously: "Brother, it's almost over."
"The two scapegoats, Liang Jianfang and Ge Liangji, are dead, but the people behind them are still alive and well." Shen Zhao's eyes were sharp, "I have to kill Emperor Tongxu."
Shen Yu said: "I'm afraid this matter is different from what we expected. I originally thought it was because my father was so powerful that he killed the donkey with Emperor Xu, but later I found out that it was not the case. The water here is too deep."
Shen Zhao looked at her quietly.
In less than a year, she has grown so fast. She can fight generals with a sword, and can outwit civil servants in planning.
He was happy in his heart, but also felt distressed.
Shen Yu talked for a long time before she explained the whole story clearly. Shen Zhao frowned and poured her a glass of water.
"Have you ever thought about what would happen if Emperor Tongxu insisted on protecting the prince?"
"Then I will do it myself." Shen Yu said, "And..."
She suddenly froze.
Shen Zhao looked at her, "What is it?"
"Oops." Shen Yu suddenly stood up, "I forgot there was someone else."
"who?"
"It's Prince Beilin." Shen Yu hurriedly ran out of the yard and whispered into the dark alley: "Are you still there? Hello?"
"I thought you had forgotten that there was a person like me."
Xie Tingzhou walked out of the darkness, lowered his head and approached her face, and asked, "Why are you crying like this? Your eyes are swollen."
He stretched out his hand to touch it, but Shen Yu immediately took a step back to avoid it, and glanced back from the corner of her eyes to remind him.
Xie Tingzhou smiled and looked at Shen Zhao, who was standing not far behind her, "General Shen, I have long admired him."
"The Prince of Beilin, I have admired your name for a long time."
Shen Yu laughed dryly, "Well, then there's no need for me to introduce you."
Shen Zhao raised his hand, "Your Majesty, please."
Xie Tingzhou glanced sideways at Shen Yu and walked over, "Don't worry, General Shen. The surrounding area has been cleared and no one will eavesdrop."
"Your Majesty, you are good at what you do."
"Excellent."
Shen Yu's eyes moved back and forth between the two of them, always feeling that the atmosphere was a little subtle.
"What are you looking at?" Shen Zhao asked first.
Shen Yu said: "How come you two feel like thunder from the sky is stirring up fire on the earth."
Xie Tingzhou's eyes were complicated, "Who did you learn this word from? Li Jifeng or Pei Chunli?"
"Isn't that how it works?" Shen Yu asked blankly, "I mean you two have a little..."
"That's called the tip of a needle facing the wheat." Xie Tingzhou reminded her.
