The two looked at each other for a long time, and the air was filled with invisible sword lights and shadows.
"Beirong has just withdrawn its troops. It is impossible for Pei Ye to withdraw his troops from the border now to deal with us."
"Wait another half month to see what Pei Ye does next, and we will make plans again."
"Don't worry, since I promised to cooperate with you, I will never stay in Jucheng like this."
Pei Xiuyan put away his murderous intent and spoke calmly.
A shameless villain like Nan Gongli will stab Dafeng in the back sooner or later when he deals with Beirong.
Regardless of whether Yan Ke was successful or not, he could no longer continue to cooperate with Nan Gongli.
The soldiers and horses of Dianzhou only recognize the dragon talisman and not the human being.
He must now find the dragon talisman used by Nan Gongli to rule Dianzhou, and then kill Nan Gongli.
With the dragon talisman, Dianzhou's soldiers and horses will be used by him.
Nan Gongli gathered his chill and his voice was bright and smooth.
"I'm in the same boat as you, how can I not believe you."
"Since there is nothing to do in the past half month, I will go back to Dianzhou tomorrow."
Pei Xiuyan nodded in agreement.
Nan Gongli turned and left Pei Xiuyan's house.
After leaving the door, his gentle and jade-like face instantly turned cold and ferocious.
Yi Nu, who was guarding outside the house, silently followed him.
After Nan Gongli walked back to his room, he closed the door and said to Xi Nu:
"Pei Xiuyan can't stay anymore."
"You go and kill him tonight."
Pei Xiuyan is willing to suspend his rebellion for Dafeng today, and he will join forces with Pei Ye to fight against the enemy for Dafeng in the future.
Counting on him to seize power is a long way off.
Zhao Yujiao was in Nan Gong Mansion in Dianzhou, and she had Pei Xiuyan's flesh and blood in her belly.
Once Pei Xiuyan died, he sent people to spread rumors afterwards, saying that Pei Xiuyan, the true emperor, stopped seizing power during the Beirong invasion for the sake of Dafeng, but Pei Ye took the opportunity to send people to kill Pei Xiuyan.
When the time comes, all he has to do is continue to seize power in the name of avenging Pei Xiuyan, the true emperor.
After the incident was completed, the child in Zhao Yujiao's belly was adopted as the puppet emperor, and the emperor was held hostage to order the princes!
Xi Nu looked straight ahead with her eyes expressionless.
"Yes, Master."
"Remember, no matter what the price is, Pei Xiuyan must be killed tonight!"
Xi Nu paused, clenched her fists slightly, and said coldly: "I understand."
The master meant to kill Pei Xiuyan even if they both died together.
Nan Gongli noticed Xi Nu's slightly clenched fists, and her eyes flashed slightly.
He suppressed his previous coldness, softened his expression, stepped forward, held Xi Nu's face and pecked her gently.
Then, he looked at Xi Nu with tender eyes and said warmly: "Xi Nu, I understand your thoughts."
"When I capture Dafeng, I will definitely not treat you badly."
Xinu looked up at Nan Gongli in surprise, and saw Nan Gongli looking at her tenderly. She couldn't help but the tips of her ears turned red, and there was uncontrollable joy and shyness in her eyes.
She originally thought her master was ruthless, but she didn't expect that his master would see her efforts in his eyes.
He also silently recorded his contribution.
In this life, with her master's intentions, she would die without regrets.
Xinu sang a cool and serious song, her face suddenly softened, and she looked a bit like a little daughter.
Nan Gongli lifted the hair from her forehead and whispered in her ear: "You won't let me down, right?"
Nan Gongli's warm breath hit Xi Nu's ear, and half of her face turned red. She no longer looked as cool and aloof as usual.
"Master...Master...I promise to complete the mission..."
Nan Gongli nodded with a smile, his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and his voice was bright and charming.
"I trust you."
He had seen Pei Xiuyan's skills, which were unfathomable.
The only master beside him who could kill Pei Xiuyan in one fell swoop was Xi Nu.
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At midnight, the moonlight is as bright as warm water, shining quietly on the ground.
After Pei Xiuyan and Nan Gongli took over Jucheng, they lived in the Jucheng magistrate's mansion, and the former magistrate moved to another place consciously.
Pei Xiuyan lived in the east wing of the front yard, and Nan Gongli lived in the west wing of the backyard. Both sides were guarded by their own soldiers and horses.
They were always on guard against each other.
Dressed in black, with a black scarf covering her face, Xinu quietly lay on the roof of the east wing of the house where Pei Xiuyan lived.
She gently opened a tile and saw Pei Xiuyan sleeping on the bed.
The bed curtain blocked his vision, so he couldn't see the face of the person on the bed clearly, but the black iron eyepatch on his left eye was obvious.
It was Pei Xiuyan himself.
Xinu threw a stone outside the courtyard, and several guards in the courtyard suddenly became alert and shouted: "Who!"
Then he immediately rushed out the door.
Xinu took the opportunity to sneak into the house.
She walked silently, slowly moved to the bed, took out her sword, and was about to stab the person on the bed when she suddenly had a bad feeling.
Pei Xiuyan is a martial arts practitioner, so it is impossible for him to sleep like this.
She raised her hand to lift the bed curtain and found that lying on the bed was a beautifully made cloth man, with the black iron eyepatch that Pei Xiuyan wore every day on his face.
Xi Nu suddenly felt something bad and ran out.
Fell into a trap!
Although there are many masters around the master, except for himself, there is basically no one who can compete with Pei Xiuyan.
She must go back to protect her master.
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Nan Gongli was drinking tea slowly in the house, waiting for the good news that Pei Xiuyan was killed.
The door was suddenly pushed open, and before he could get up, a black figure floated in and pinched his neck.
Pei Xiuyan was not wearing an eyepatch, his hollow left eye was a bit scary, and his body was full of cold and vicious aura.
He pinched Nan Gongli's neck, gritted his teeth, and said coldly: "Where is the dragon talisman?"
Nan Gongli's gentle and jade-like face suddenly turned the color of pig liver. He was not afraid, but glared at Pei Xiuyan angrily.
"You should give up on this idea... I will never tell you even if I die..."
There were more than thirty masters guarding his yard inside and outside, and Pei Xiuyan just broke in.
How could his martial arts be so high? One person quietly killed all the masters outside.
Pei Xiuyan seemed to see through Nan Gongli's thoughts and smiled strangely.
"I'll show you a good show."
After saying that, he pinched his neck and lifted him to the door of the house.
Nan Gongli saw that all his guards had been killed in the courtyard, and their corpses were lying on the ground.
Dozens of black-clad secret guards stood in the yard.
All of them wore silver masks and held long swords, all covered with blood.
His bodyguards were killed by these secret guards.
Pei Xiuyan sent out the secret guards he trained in advance!
Nan Gongli knew that in this situation, whether he and Pei Xiuyan would win or lose was a foregone conclusion.
He was unwilling to give in and glared at Pei Xiuyan, his eyes almost splitting.
"Pei Xiuyan, don't forget, Zhao Yujiao is still in Nan Gong's house, and Lin Shi is watching her. If you kill me, Lin Shi will definitely kill Zhao Yujiao, and then your child..."
Before Nan Gongli finished speaking, Pei Xiuyan tightened his grip.
The empty left eye is like an endless abyss, as if it will swallow you up in the next second.
"Do you think I care about the child in that bitch Zhao Yujiao's belly?"
It was a good thing that Nan Gongli didn't mention this matter. Whenever he mentioned this child, he would get angry.
She felt that she had betrayed Ayan and wished she could tear Zhao Yujiao to pieces right now.
Nan Gongli's complexion gradually turned purple after being pinched.
There was a flash of swords and shadows outside, and Xinu killed all the guards that Pei Xiuyan had arranged outside Nan Gongli's courtyard.
She was carrying a silver sword, her body was covered in blood, and she didn't know where the black veil fell.
There were several drops of blood splashed on the cold and plain white face, which was particularly conspicuous.
She strode into the courtyard, and all the secret guards in the courtyard immediately pointed their swords at her.
Pei Xiuyan stood at the door of the house, pinching Nan Gongli's neck like an evil spirit and looking at her mockingly.
Xi Nu did not dare to move lightly, she bit the tip of her tongue hard to calm herself down, and said angrily: "Pei Xiuyan, let my master go!"
"Otherwise, I will chase you to the ends of the earth."
Pei Xiuyan sneered twice and squeezed Nan Gongli's neck tighter.
"If you dare to take another step forward, I will let you watch Nan Gongli die in front of you!"
Nan Gongli's struggles with his hands and feet became smaller and smaller, and his neck was pinched so much that he could not speak.
When Xi Nu saw this, she was a little panicked.
"Pei Xiuyan, as long as you are willing to let my master go, you can do whatever you want me to do!"
Pei Xiuyan loosened his hand slightly, and Nan Gongli suddenly coughed a few times, breathing hard and loudly, his voice was hoarse and difficult.
"I, Nan Gongli... would rather die than surrender..."
"Xi Nu, kill Pei Xiuyan...I will die...and I will be buried with him..."
Pei Xiuyan stared at Nan Gongli and said jokingly: "Watch it!"
After saying that, he shouted to Xi Nu: "Is the dragon talisman on you? Give it to me! Otherwise, I will kill Nan Gongli now!"
Nan Gongli's eyes widened with horror.
This was the place where he thought about the hidden dragon talisman after careful consideration for a long time. Anyone in the world would betray him, but Xi Nu would not.
Moreover, Xinu's martial arts skills are so advanced that no one can hurt her.
How did Pei Xiuyan guess that the dragon talisman was on Xi Nu's body?
Xinu's eyes were locked on Nan Gongli's body.
The master, who was usually as gentle as jade, was now as miserable as a bereaved dog, with messy hair and a dark complexion. Her heart seemed to be grasped by a huge hand, and it was so painful that she could hardly breathe.
She took out the dragon talisman from her sleeves and held it high, trying to control her emotions and calm down.
"The dragon talisman is here. If you let the master go, I will give it to you!"
Although he was well controlled, there was still a slight tremor in his voice.
Pei Xiuyan glanced at Nan Gongli provocatively.
Nan Gongli screamed at Xi Nu: "Xi Nu... how dare you betray the master?"
Xinu's eyes were sour and the ends of her eyes were scarlet. The master had great trust in her, so he gave the dragon talisman to her for safekeeping.
She knew that handing over the dragon talisman would be equivalent to handing over the entire Dianzhou.
However, she couldn't just watch her master die in front of her.
Dianzhou can no longer be taken away. Once its life is gone, there will be no more.
As long as her master could survive, she would be willing to kill herself afterwards to apologize.
After she took a deep look at Nan Gongli, her face returned to calmness and sternness again.
"Pei Xiuyan, let's make friends with one hand and hand with talismans with the other!"
Pei Xiuyan dismissed it.
"I only said not to kill Nan Gongli, but I didn't say let him go!"
"You cut off your right arm, hand over the dragon talisman, and I will let Nan Gongli go."
Xi Nu's fingertips trembled slightly angrily.
"Pei Xiuyan, you are shameless!"
If you break your right arm, you will no longer have the ability to fight Pei Xiuyan.
If Pei Xiuyan goes back on his word, he will lose both his character and his fortune.
Pei Xiuyan said sternly: "You can only choose to believe me!"
Nan Gongli took the opportunity and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Pei Xiuyan is not a gentleman who sticks to his word, don't listen to him... kill him..."
Pei Xiuyan looked at Nan Gongli and Xi Nu's expressions that they wished they could eat themselves alive, and couldn't help laughing wildly, as if they were crazy.
He is indeed not a gentleman.
He has done too many shameless things, otherwise he would not be punished by Ayan.
He was already a rotten, despicable person.
Gou lives just to seize Ayan again.
Why care about Xi Nu's rejection and abuse.
"Xi Nu, I give you half a quarter of an hour, you cut off your right arm and hand over the dragon talisman, or I kill Nan Gongli!"
Xinu's eyes were red and she glared at Pei Xiuyan,
She knew that with Pei Xiuyan's skill, if she dared to take a step forward, Nan Gongli would be killed immediately.
As time passed by, Pei Xiuyan's hand tightened tighter and tighter, and Nan Gongli's breathing became weaker and weaker.
Seeing that Nan Gongli's eyes were about to lose focus, Xi Nu couldn't hold on any longer. She gritted her teeth and quickly tapped the acupuncture points on her right shoulder.
Holding the sword in his left hand, he cut off his right arm with a sword, and his whole body was bleeding profusely.
She reluctantly threw the dragon talisman in front of Pei Xiuyan and said tremblingly: "Let the master go!"
Pei Xiuyan looked at the secret guard next to him.
The secret guard picked up the dragon talisman, looked at it for a while, and nodded to him.
The Dragon Talisman is real!
Pei Xiuyan winked at the secret guards, who automatically separated, leaving a path for Xi Nu.
He let go of Nan Gongli. Nan Gongli was limp and weak, lying on the ground, breathing heavily.
Xi Nu rushed forward and tried to help Nan Gongli up with her left hand. Nan Gongli glared at Xi Nu with gnawing eyes.
Nan Gongli had calculated all his plans in this life, but the only thing he hadn't expected was that this idiot, Xi Nu, would give up the dragon talisman out of love for him.
For him, Jian Shou's life would be worse than death if he had nothing.
When Xi Nu met Nan Gongli's angry gaze, her nose became sore and her eye circles turned red.
"Master, keep the green hills here so you don't have to worry about running out of firewood. When I settle you down, I'll kill or hack you as you wish."
The blood on Xi Nu's right arm dyed half of her body red.
She picked up Nan Gongli with her left hand and helped him up.
Xinu supported Nan Gongli and slowly walked out of the yard.
Pei Xiuyan looked thoughtfully at the backs of the two people as they left.
After he quarreled with Nan Gongli during the day, he guessed that Nan Gongli would definitely send Xi Nu to assassinate him.
Although he had never fought against Xi Nu head-on, he guessed that she must be extremely skilled as Nan Gongli's personal maid and bodyguard.
He had long seen that Xi Nu was interested in Nan Gongli.
Nan Gongli didn't know martial arts, and he didn't dare to carry the dragon talisman with him. Knowing that Xi Nu was devoted to him, he would probably store the dragon talisman on her body.
Not only did he want to destroy Xinu effortlessly, he also wanted to successfully obtain the dragon talisman.
He thought about it all afternoon in the room, and after seeing Ye Chuyan's portrait on the table, he finally came up with this solution to get the best of both worlds.
There is no need to fight with Xinu, and she can still get the dragon talisman smoothly.
Although Nan Gongli is good at planning, he is ruthless.
He couldn't imagine what a woman could do for the person she truly loved.
For example, if you give everything, the dragon talisman still has life.
Pei Xiuyan was still deep in thought, but Xinu suddenly let out a low cry, "Master..."
It turned out that just after stepping out of the courtyard door, Nan Gongli held a short knife and plunged the knife into Xi Nu's heart.
"Why... why..."
Xinu fell heavily to the ground with a loud muffled sound.
Nan Gongli looked at Xi Nu lying on the ground with a ferocious expression.
"Those who betray the master should die!"
His self-defense short knife was forged by Xi Nu herself.
He didn't dare to take it out and stab Pei Xiuyan just now, because Pei Xiuyan was on guard. If he dared to take action, Pei Xiuyan would strangle him to death without hesitation.
But Xinu was different. Xinu was never defensive about herself.
Such an idiot doesn't deserve to live in this world!
Xinu's eyes opened wide, and she saw her gentle and jade-like master looking at her like a dead dog, with disgust and contempt on his face.
She recalled that when she entered Nan Gong Mansion at the age of seven, the old prince said that the master had been weak since childhood and could not practice martial arts, so he needed a personal maid and bodyguard.
She gritted her teeth and knelt down when she saw the pale little master lying on the hospital bed.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to train myself according to the requirements of a dead soldier. I will remain loyal to my master and protect my master's safety throughout my life."
Later, she stayed with her master like this for twenty years, and there was nothing in her world except him.
She always hoped that her master would take one more look at her.
She doesn't care about glory and wealth, nor does she expect to be his master's wife or concubine. She just wants to accompany his master.
She just wanted her master to live.
But she didn't understand why her master was so eager to kill her.
Xi Nu stared to death, refusing to rest in peace.
Nan Gongli kicked Xi Nu's body hard twice.
"Idiot! Waste! It's you who left me with nothing!"
Pei Xiuyan stood at the door of the room and watched all this with cold eyes.
He saw Nan Gongli still kicking and beating Xi Nu's body wildly.
He grabbed the sword from the guard next to him and threw it away.
The blade of the sword roared with wind, and the head of the sword penetrated Nan Gongli's heart, nailing him to the ground.
After Nan Gongli fell, his heart was instantly stained with a huge blood flower.
Pei Xiuyan walked up to him.
Nan Gongli looked at Pei Xiuyan and said with a weak breath: "You...you broke...your words..."
Pei Xiuyan looked down at Nan Gongli expressionlessly.
"I didn't break my promise to Xinu. I promised her to let you go, and I did let you go just now."
"But you were so shameless that you killed Xi Nu without leaving home."
"You owe Xinu this sword."
Nan Gongli turned to look at Xi Nu beside him and saw her lying on her back covered in blood like herself.
He had been weak since he was a child, and he tried his best to stay healthy and unable to practice martial arts for the rest of his life.
When he was six years old, his father gave him Xi Nu to serve as his personal maid and bodyguard.
In the past twenty years, he only knew that Xi Nu was about the same age as him, and he never asked her about her situation.
I don’t know what Xi Nu’s real name is, let alone her family background, or why she works in Nan Gong Mansion.
After he found out that Xinu was interested in him, he just thought it was ridiculous. How could a little cheap servant deserve to miss his master?
He likes to plan everything.
He regarded Xi Nu's love for him as the best thing to restrain her.
Unexpectedly, at the last moment, he actually died with her.
Nan Gongli thought all this was ridiculous and incredible.
He had been plotting all his life, but he never expected to be defeated by a woman's emotionalism.
If Xi Nu loved him and insisted on saving him, and listened to his words and killed Pei Xiuyan just now, he would not have lost so miserably.
Nan Gongli finally left this world with unwillingness and resentment.
Pei Xiuyan looked at Nan Gongli and Xi Nu lying on the ground, narrowing his eyes and pursed his lips for a long time.
"Find a place with good feng shui and bury them together."
Although Nan Gongli did not gain supreme power in his life, he gained Xi Nu's undying sincerity until death.
I hope that after Nan Gongli goes to hell, he will understand Xi Nu's sincerity towards him and treat Xi Nu better in the next life.
Don't be like yourself. Even if you go to hell, you don't know if you can get Ayan's forgiveness.
After arranging all this, Pei Xiuyan looked up and realized that dawn was gradually breaking, and the morning glow penetrated the thin clouds, revealing a faint golden light.
He looked at the misty distance and said in a deep voice: "Follow me to Kyoto in secret!"
