Adore Trick of Beauty

Her voice was clear and light, floating like the wind. The thin car curtain separates the two worlds, he is outside and she is inside, so close yet so far away. That night, the group rested in a small town a hundred miles away. The carriage galloped on the bumpy road all day long, so bumpy that his bones almost fell apart. Nie Wushuang got out of the carriage with Yang Zhi's help and couldn't help but soften.

"Be careful!" A clear and sweet voice came from beside him. Nie Wushuang turned around, only to see Gu Qinghong waiting beside the carriage at some point. He stretched out his hand to help her, but Nie Wushuang avoided it calmly.

Under the veil, her red lips curved in a cold arc: "Thank you, Prime Minister Gu, no need."

Without looking back, she was helped into the inn by Yang Zhi. There were no lights in the inn, and soldiers had already lit torches to illuminate the dangling plaque. Nie Wushuang looked at it, but was completely stunned. The inn in this small town looked like a pile of ruins. The tables and benches had been chopped to pieces. The entire inn was empty and without a trace of popularity. She turned around and saw Gu Qinghong leaning against the door, looking out of the inn with desolate eyes. Nie Wushuang's heart sank slightly, and she slowly walked out of the inn. Following his gaze, her pupils shrank: the town in front of her was already empty.

The streets were full of messes, and some streets were still stained with black blood. The houses on both sides of the street stood silently in the darkness, like skeletons that had lost their bones and blood, exuding the aura of death.

Soldiers lit torches, and the flickering light could only illuminate the long street for less than a dozen meters, but looking at it, it was once a bustling town center lined with shops.

"I passed by here a year ago when I was on my mission to Yingguo. At that time, there were so many people coming and going on this street that I couldn't even squeeze through." In the night wind, Gu Qinghong's voice unconsciously sounded hoarse and sad.

Nie Wushuang was just silent, and suddenly she sneered: "This has been the case between the two countries since ancient times."

Gu Qinghong turned around, his clear eyes were filled with red bloodshot eyes from sleepless nights, and he looked exhausted: "But all this should not have happened! If the Qin State hadn't captured Yunling Pass so quickly! How many more than a hundred people would have been there? How could it be possible that a pass that had never been captured by the Qin army in the past years could be completely captured in just a few days? Let the Qin army march straight in!"

He stared at her eyes, as if he wanted to see something, sharp as a knife: "I have been thinking about the border defense map you mentioned for several nights. Is it the border defense map of Qi State? In General Zhou's mansion, are you and me... Xiao Fengqing conspired to steal?!"

Nie Wushuang lowered his eyes when he heard this and lightly denied: "No."

Gu Qinghong's eyes were sad, and the gloom in his eyes was darker than this desolate night: "Then why did you go to General Zhou's mansion with Xiao Fengqing?"

"This has nothing to do with Prime Minister Gu, doesn't it?" Faced with his aggressive question, Nie Wushuang remained motionless. Under the veil, her smile became more and more weird and coquettish, and her beautiful eyes seemed to contain a poisonous thorn: "At that time, Wushuang had no one to rely on. , wherever His Highness Prince Rui wants Wushuang to go, Wushuang can only go wherever he wants, right?"

"As for the border defense map, Wu Shuang didn't see it and doesn't know about it. He doesn't have the ability to steal it. But if Prime Minister Gu has real evidence to prove that Wu Shuang took it, then today Prime Minister Gu will not just make this groundless accusation. Isn't it? ?”

She paused and raised her head suddenly: "Speaking of accusations, on the way to Donglin Temple that day, Prime Minister Gu gave Wushuang the two arrows. What can Prime Minister Gu say today?!"

The expression in her beautiful eyes was as cold as a ghost from hell, filled with endless resentment: "Wu Shuang wants to ask you today: What kind of hatred do you have between the Nie family and you? You actually want to kill them all?!"

"Tell me! What kind of hatred is it that makes you deceive me for three years, and finally kill all my Nie family members one by one?! Is it the Emperor of Qi, or was this your plan in the first place?!"

Gu Qinghong looked at her solemnly, the sadness and anger in his eyes and the hint of murderousness inadvertently revealed were frightening.

Nie Wushuang quietly took a step back and suddenly turned her back to him. The cold wind blew from the end of the deserted long street, lifting her long sleeves and lifting her veil, revealing her delicate and beautiful chin. She mocked quietly. : "But the answer to this question no longer matters to Wushuang."

"Because the blood of the Nie family and the blood of my son must be paid back ten times as much as you paid! One day, I want the cavalry of the Ying Kingdom to travel thousands of miles across the land to eliminate the hatred in my heart!"

She sneered and left, leaving him alone in the darkness.

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It was a cold night, and Nie Wushuang slept on the cold hard bed with his clothes on, listening to the wind blowing through the empty city, making a whimpering sound. Yang Zhi stood guard outside the room. How lucky she was that after stumbling all the way to this point, she still had someone by her side who would never leave her. Thinking of Xiao Fengqing's cold and heartless profile before leaving, she closed her eyes, curled up and sighed softly. Gradually, she couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell into a deep sleep.

I don't know how long I have been sleeping, but suddenly a soldier shouted from downstairs, his voice tense. Nie Wushuang sat up suddenly, and Yang Zhi hurriedly knocked on the door: "Mother, there seems to be something wrong!"

Nie Wushuang hurriedly opened the door: "What on earth is going on?"

At this time, Gu Qinghong quickly walked out of the room on the side, and a soldier ran up and said anxiously: "Master Xiangguo, there is news from the scouts in front that a Qin army troop is coming here!"

Gu Qinghong frowned: "How is that possible?! Yelutu was defeated. Shouldn't the Qin army retreat to Tongzhou City?"

"Maybe it's a small group of Qin troops who escaped from the battlefield. They didn't know the terrain, and they might have just avoided it in their panic..." the soldier said hesitantly.

"How many people are there in that Qin army?" Gu Qinghong asked again.

"It seems... there are one or two thousand... Mr. Xiangguo, it's too dark, scout

Can't see clearly either. "The soldier replied.

"Master Xiangguo, should we take shelter first? After all, our group only has more than 3,000 people." asked the soldier who rushed upstairs.

Nie Wushuang heard clearly from the door, and there was cold sweat oozing out of her hands.

Yang Zhi asked in a low voice: "What should I do?"

Nie Wushuang's thoughts were racing, and he suddenly whispered to Yang Zhi quickly and softly: "I'll look for an opportunity to escape later."

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