Unprecedented

Chapter 16

Night, as deep as the sea.There is only one jade plate in the vast sky, and the moonlight is as clear as water, sprinkled all over the ground.

Shuang Lan'er walked faster and faster, heading towards the shop at the west corner.

"Shuangshuang, what's wrong with you?" Long Teng's eyes were full of deep worry. Seeing that she was silent, he blamed himself, "It's all my fault, I shouldn't have taken you to release the river lantern. Shuangshuang, you must Don't believe this. It's just a lotus lantern. What kind of wishing, it doesn't work..."

The autumn wind whimpered beside him.

Shuang Lan'er stopped in her tracks, her eyelashes moistened slightly, she wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "I don't want to believe this. I remember that before I got married, I went to the temple to ask for a safe talisman. It was summer, and the sky was clear when I went out. But it started to rain heavily, and I ran all the way home, drenched all over. The peace talisman was soaked in water, and the handwriting was blurred and turned into a mass of hideous black ink. Aunt Lin next door saw it and said it was not a good omen, something was going to happen , asked me what I asked for, but I didn't tell her."

"Then what did you ask for?" Long Teng asked with his long eyelashes slightly drawn back.

She said lightly, "I am in peace with my future husband. I didn't care about it at the time, but I didn't dare to tell my mother, for fear that she would worry about it. But the ending... I don't need to tell you, you should know."

At this moment, the moonlight fell on the side of her face, which seemed to be covered with a light yellow halo, making her look even more cool.

Long Teng looked at her and said softly, "Do you really want to marry Li Zhixiao?"

Shuang Lan'er turned her back, feeling numb in her heart, "Why do you think? I haven't even seen him before." Her eyes fell on the pavilion not far away, the palace lanterns were brightly lit, and there were bustling scenes everywhere, only her state of mind was like Gray as night.She didn't want to believe in fate, but she had to.

"Shuangshuang, you are overthinking. My mother even asked someone to tell my fortune, saying that my love life is bumpy. You see, I am now in my twenties, and I am simply a heartthrob. How can there be ups and downs?" He smiled easily, said in relief.

Shuang Lan'er nodded, "I hope I'm overthinking." She stopped at the side door of the shop, and she took out the key to open the door.She gave the key to the store's main entrance to Xiao Luo who was helping, and Xiao Luo would open the door early in the morning to display the goods.The neighbors didn't know that this side door was actually connected to the shop in front. They thought Long Teng and her were neighbors. Recently, Long Teng was poisoned. She cooked medicine, bought clothes for him, and entered the house through the side door. I'm afraid the neighbors would complain. .

As they both stepped into the hospital, Long Teng took the key from Shuang Lan'er and locked the door behind his back.

Looking at his bent posture, she felt a soft wave in her heart for a moment.In fact, he and she share a common yearning, the life of idle clouds and wild cranes.It's a pity that they are ups and downs in the stormy sea, how can they really stay out of it.Long Xiaoting was in opposition to the prince, and had long regarded Long Teng as an enemy.If Long Teng has something to do with her one day, Long Xiaoting is afraid that one day he will not give up.She was only afraid that she would implicate him.With a slight flicker in her eyes, she whispered, "Shaoyun—"

Long Teng turned around, and saw that Shuang Lan'er was smiling slightly, and her pear nest was sunken.His beautiful handsome face suddenly brightened. In my memory, when had she ever spoken to him so softly?His thin lips were slightly raised, and he smiled, "Shuangshuang, what's the matter? What do you want to say to me?"

Shuang Lan'er breathed out Rulan's breath, and said slowly: "I think, after tonight. You should go back to Luzhou, after all, you still have an official position, so it's time to ask questions after such a long time. Don't let the emperor down again— —”

He smiled coldly on his lips, "Is this what you want to say?"

She raised her eyes and said nothing.

The moonlight was like silver, and his clear eyes locked on her firmly, as if he wanted to look into the bottom of her heart.Suddenly reaching out to grab her sharp and delicate jaw, he clenched his teeth tightly: "It's been so long, I don't believe you don't know anything about it."

She tried to separate the distance from him with a distant smile, "What should I know? All I know is that I am an outcast, and I even had a child..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was cornered by Long Teng.

The moonlight was falling, and everything in front of him was like a dream, blown to pieces by the wind, he frowned and raised her head: "You see yourself like this?"

She looked at him, and forced a smile out of the corner of her eyes. She wanted to be like him, half laughing and half serious, but she couldn't learn it after all.

His lips lightly fell on the corners of her eyes, and his fingers lifted a strand of long hair on her forehead with elegant movements.After a long time, he let her go, "Go to bed early."

She wondered if he was really angry.In his impression, he had never been angry with her.In short, he didn't say a word, and when he returned to the attic, he fell asleep, and soon the sound of even breathing came.On the contrary, she was tossing and turning on the floor, feeling drowsy and didn't know when she would really fall asleep.

In the morning, she just felt dizzy.When I really woke up, the sky was already bright, and a ray of morning light appeared through the gaps in the window curtains, and the whole attic seemed to be stained with a blue-blue luster like porcelain.

It was quiet all around, with soft pillows, soft beds, and familiar desks.This is not... She suddenly realized that she was sleeping on the bed, and she was startled.Just about to sit up, an arm around her waist forcefully embraced her, and pulled her back to the bed.

His back seemed to hit a hard wall, and it was painful, accompanied by a familiar masculine breath.She was slightly startled, knowing that it was Long Teng, she couldn't help but let out a low voice.

But he turned over and pressed her under him, his firm jaw pressed against her soft neck, "It's so early, let's sleep a little longer. Be good."

She pushed him hard, "I remember sleeping on the floor."

He murmured in a daze, pretending to rub his long hair, "Who knows, maybe you climbed up by yourself in the middle of the night. Maybe it was cold, and you came here because you knew I was warm. Human nature, what's so good Strange."

"Nonsense!" Her face was so hot that she didn't know what to say, and she pushed him hard again, "We can't live together anymore if a man and a woman can't kiss each other. Today, immediately, immediately, you have to move out!" Originally Seeing him angry last night, she felt a little guilty. After all, she has dragged him down a lot.But this morning, he turned out to be glib again, so there's no need for her to be polite to him.

Long Teng didn't intend to get up at all, he pressed down on her shoulder with one hand, and supported the bed with the other hand to prop up slightly.There were two clusters of faint blue flames burning in his deep eyes, and he said clearly: "It seems that I have to cook raw rice."

cooking?What to cook?Shuang Lan'er was slightly stunned, she didn't have time to think.

The next moment, Long Teng's hand pressing down on her shoulders was violent, and half of her clothes were taken off with a pull, revealing the blue apron and a large piece of ice-like skin.Before she could react, his hand had already reached her waist. He impatiently untied the knot at her waist, still not satisfied, he lowered his head and bit her shoulder with his teeth.

"Ah", Shuang Lan'er cried out in pain.

Today's Long Teng is extraordinarily crazy, with unusual impatience, unlike the first time in prison, he molested her like a dandy, brazenly asking her to use her body in exchange; nor like that night in Luzhou Tianfeng Tower, He was half-drunk and half-awake, and he touched her, not knowing whether it was true or false.

His shortness of breath was less than the usual indifference; his serious expression was less than the usual laziness; his movements were almost rough and less of the usual elegance.He seemed very anxious, as if if he missed today, he would miss everything.

With a wave of his hand, the desk beside the bed was empty and the floor was in a mess.He grabbed her resisting hand and pressed it firmly against the head of the bed.At that moment, she seemed to be able to hear her wrist bones whine.

Raising his arms, he looked down at her in a panic, like a beast about to hunt, pinched her chin, and gasped, "Shuangshuang, I can't wait...I'm sorry..."

She didn't dare to struggle too much, and she didn't dare to shout.She thought, he must be sure of her mind, so he dared to be so arrogant.Xiao Luo must be watching the shop downstairs, if she yells and Xiao Luo runs up without knowing the situation, I'm afraid all the neighbors in the neighborhood will know.If she didn't shout and let him do whatever he wanted, the outcome would probably be the same.She was dazed and confused, she didn't know what she was thinking at this moment, and she didn't know what to do.

Little did he know that in his eyes, there was a hint of confusion in her tense expression, which was extraordinarily alluring.The curvature of the neckline is perfect, the chest is full, the waist is as thin as the mouth of a wine jar, and it can be grasped with one palm.He kissed her, and as long as she resisted, he would bite her lip until she softened under his body and stopped struggling.How could she be his opponent with little experience?With an evil smile, he took off his jade belt, and the gorgeous clothes slipped off little by little, revealing his strong chest.

Passion is on the verge of breaking out.Unexpectedly, the abrupt female voice interrupted everything.

"Lan'er, Lan'er! I managed to sneak out of the house, Lan'er! I have big news to tell you! Lan..."

Linglong ran up to the attic, and suddenly turned around and leaned out, but when she saw the scene in front of her, her silver bell-like voice stopped along with her excited footsteps.The bed was messy and beautiful, her thinking stopped suddenly, she froze in place, her whole body was cold, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and all her blood, passion, and happiness flowed back.

"exquisite……"

Shuang Lan'er hurriedly tidied up her messy clothes, her face was embarrassed, for such a sudden situation, she couldn't say a word of explanation.

The lust in Long Teng's eyes faded, and he seemed to be somewhat awake.On the face of disapproval, he leisurely pulled up his slipped clothes, and calmly fastened the jade belt buckle in front of Linglong.Standing up, when he passed the pale-faced Linglong, his voice was extremely cold, "I'll save you this time, and stay away from her next time."

Linglong's heart fell to the bottom of the lake forever at this moment.The face is blue for a while, white for a while, red for a while, and various colors are interlaced.Long Teng actually said that, how could he say that?After being dazed for a long time, she looked at Shuang Lan'er, no matter how difficult she was to speak, she finally opened her mouth, "You... If this is the case, why did you give me hope at the beginning? You gave me hope and then broke it with your own hands. Don't you think you are too cruel?"

Shuang Lan'er's lips moved slightly, and she answered speechlessly.

Linglong took a deep breath, chewing tears in her eyes, and tried her best to hold back, "Shuang Lan'er, I hate you!" She turned and fled, and ran downstairs.

In the narrow attic, there are only the "creaking" sound of embroidered shoes when stepping on the old stairs, and the "beeping" crying that Linglong couldn't hold back in the end, which lingered for a long time.

It seemed as long as a lifetime had passed, Shuang Lan'er finally put on her clothes, looked at the yellow bronze mirror, tidied up her pale complexion and messy bun, and then stepped down to the attic.What happened this morning was too fast and unreal, and she still can't get back to her senses.Suddenly... Long Teng was bumped into by Linglong again... At this moment, her heart was even more chaotic than before, as if a giant net was covering her breathing, she almost suffocated.Linglong is her only friend.They used to talk, drink together, and chat all night, but now they are a thing of the past.She can't keep anything, even friendship.And Long Teng, how should she face him.

Surprisingly, Long Teng downstairs acted as if the previous incident had never happened. When he saw Shuang Lan'er coming down, he just gave him the same smile as usual.Then, with a smile on his face, he helped Xiao Luo do business on the cabinet.

Xiao Luo is sixteen years old, and his family is poor. He came out to make money at a young age. He knows some herbal medicine, and he has learned a lot from Shuang Lan'er in the past ten days, and he admires Shuang Lan'er very much.

Long Teng praised from the bottom of his heart: "Xiao Luo, you are diligent and willing to learn. Given time, you will surely achieve something."

Xiao Luo smiled honestly.

At this time, an old lady in blue came to the shop, flipped through the goods on the counter, and said: "Hey, Xiao Luo, a new batch of goods has been bought recently, and it looks better than last time. I really have nothing to say. It's not easy for a girl to have a beautiful and capable person. Xiao Luo, please tell her that Mrs. Lin on Dongjie wants to tell her about her son."

Long Teng wrapped the medicinal materials in his hands, and handed them to the blue-clothed aunt with a smile, "Here are the medicinal materials you want, a total of five taels of silver."

The aunt in blue cheerfully took it, paid the money, and said, "Hey, aren't you that handsome young man who lives next door? Why are you here to help out in the shop? Is Boss Shuang not in good health? Please come and help out temporarily?"

Long Teng smiled, "This aunt, thanks to your concern, she is in good health. As for me, I can't talk about helping. We are about to get married, and my wife's shop should help."

Xiao Luo couldn't turn her head around for a while, and stared blankly at Long Teng, "Brother Long, you two are getting married? When did this happen? Why didn't I hear about it all day in the shop yesterday?"

Long Teng was slightly annoyed, and gave Xiao Luo a hard look. This kid really has no eyesight. "Last night was the Mid-Autumn Festival. It's a great day. Your Sister Shuang and I have made a private decision for the rest of our lives. You are so stupid!"

Xiao Luo was young and ignorant of love. Hearing what Long Teng said, his face flushed immediately, and he said, "No wonder Brother Long came down from the attic this morning. It turned out to be, hehe——"

Long Teng tapped Xiao Luo on the head, "Someone is here, what did you and Sister Shuang do in the attic all night, is it possible to say such things? What if everyone knows? manage?"

Xiao Luo rubbed the top of her head innocently, thinking: You want everyone to know, really.

The smile on the face of the blue-clothed aunt froze, and it took a long time before she said, "That's it... congratulations to you all." After that, she took the medicine bag and left sadly.

At this time, Xiao Luo found that Shuang Lan'er came behind him at some time, and he blushed and said, "Sister Shuang, you are here." Seeming to be a little embarrassed, he laughed dryly again, "Business is good this morning, we have already done it." Five orders. Recently, the business has been getting better and better.”

Shuang Lan'er was expressionless, and said: "Xiao Luo, give me all the cash on the cabinet, I want to use it." After she finished speaking, she turned around and went to a secret chest of drawers behind the cabinet, opened the lock, Put all the silver accumulated inside into the silk handkerchief and tie it tightly.

Xiao Luo handed over the counter money to Shuang Lan'er.

Shuang Lan'er nodded hastily, and ordered: "You can take care of the shop, I'll go out to do some errands."

"Okay, Sister Shuang, don't worry." Xiao Luo said with a smile.

Shuang Lan'er nodded, and as soon as she stepped out of the shop, Long Teng had pulled her back and said, "Shuangshuang, what's wrong? If you're angry with me, hit me and scold me, don't be so lukewarm, I can't stand this Are you unhappy with what I said to Auntie Blue just now?"

Today is a clear sky in Japan, maybe also infected with gloomy mood, at this time the sky is full of haze, which is suffocating.

Shuang Lan'er looked as indifferent as the sky, "I'm not angry, I just went out to do something."

Long Teng's handsome face tensed up, anxious, "You take all the money away. Could it be that you don't want to take care of the shop? How do you explain to Feng Yanxue?"

With the wind blowing, Shuang Lan'er frowned, raised her eyes to look at the last ray of Xiaoguang covered by dark clouds in the sky, "I remember never telling you about my cooperation with Feng Yanxue." After a pause, she looked deeply at Into his eyes, questioned: "How do you know?"

Long Teng knew that he had slipped his words, and his handsome face became embarrassed, trying to get away with it, and he laughed dryly, "You didn't tell me? No way, then how would I know? Maybe you said it but forgot, ha ha."

She looked at him quietly, for a full moment, without saying a word.

"Okay." Long Teng couldn't hide it, "I admit, I know Feng Yanxue. He told me."

Shuang Lan'er said lightly, "It's that simple? I met you when I went to Luzhou, and Feng Yanxue has returned to Shangyang City. Did he tell you before? Or after? Actually, I've been thinking, is everything too coincidental? "

"Okay. Shuangshuang, Feng Yanxue and I are partners. Most of his business in Xianglong Kingdom is actually under my name. He just helped me to bear the name." Long Teng said a little helplessly, paused Suddenly, as if afraid that she would get angry, he held her hand tightly, his voice was like a piece of soft silk, warm and calm, "Shuangshuang, I actually..."

She interrupted, "Then this shop?"

He reluctantly admitted, "It's mine."

She turned her head, "It turns out that I am the one who should leave."

"Shuangshuang..."

She smiled slightly, and gently brushed his hand away, "I'm going to the pawn shop to redeem something, don't follow me." After saying that, she closed her neckline, and her slender figure quickly disappeared around the corner.With black tiles and green walls, the wind swayed the withered yellow leaves, which slowly fell, covering the imprint of her departure.

After leaving the shop, Shuang Lan'er went to the pawn shop at the gate of the city.Last time Long Teng was injured and poisoned, she pawned the silver mirror.Yesterday, Long Teng gave her a lot of silver, plus what she had saved before, it was finally enough.When she went, the sky was gloomy, but when she was about to return, it began to rain.

The wind and rain, with the chill of early winter, raging everywhere, countless fallen leaves were thrown into the air by the wind, and then flew to the ground.

Shuang Lan'er was trapped under the eaves in front of the pawnshop, unable to leave for a while.

The rain fell and rose from the eaves one after another, as if forming a natural water curtain. Through the hazy rain and mist, she saw a person in front of her holding an oil-paper umbrella slowly walking towards her.Her heart clenched violently, beating chaotically.

Lifting the edge of the umbrella slightly, it was Long Teng who came.

He pulled her under the umbrella, and the pattering rain seemed to play a rush of music above their heads.The rain was making noise, so he raised his voice, "You left in such a hurry, knowing that the sky was cloudy, and didn't bring an umbrella, you really don't know how to take care of yourself."

Before Shuang Lan'er could speak, Long Teng caught sight of the silver mirror in her hand with his sharp eyes, and turned to take it, "What kind of treasure is it? Pawn it. Go and redeem it and show it to me."

Shuang Lan'er hid the silver mirror deep in her sleeve, avoiding his outstretched hand, "It's nothing."

Long Teng refused to follow, and smiled rascally, "Stingy, show me what kind of treasure it is. It must be something you love if you keep it hidden."

He snatched it too fast, and she insisted on refusing to take it out.In the struggle between you and me, she slipped her hand and the silver mirror fell from her sleeve.

"Dang" sounded crisply, and the silver mirror fell into the pond on the Qingshizi path, stirring up a crystal.

"Long Teng, did you do it on purpose?" Shuang Lan'er became angry, her face was flushed, and her chest heaved violently.

She quickly picked up the silver mirror, but the moment she picked it up, she fell silent, not knowing what she was feeling.On the bright mirror, the face of the person in the mirror was pale, and a crack ran through the mirror, splitting her beautiful face in half.This is a rare treasure, no matter how you take photos at this moment, you can't get a complete face.

Looking at the broken silver mirror, Long Teng said in a strange tone, "Oh, he gave it to you, no wonder you are a treasure. Well, don't be sad, I have a lot of mirrors like this, nothing unusual If you like it, I will ask Feng Yanxue to bring it to you from Shangyang City. What, do you want two? Or five? Not to mention five, ten is fine." He looked at her cautiously The expression on his face, in fact, he had already seen what it was, and he broke it on purpose.

Shuang Lan'er sighed softly, that's all, she originally thought that she might be able to return it to Long Xiaoting one day, but now it seems that she doesn't need it.As if remembering something, she suddenly asked: "No, I clearly remember that when I bought it, Feng Yanxue said that the silver mirror is a rare thing in the Western Regions, and there is only one side. Where did you get ten silver mirrors?"

Seeing that she was no longer angry, Long Teng laughed like the patter of rain outside the umbrella, "I'm cheating on Long Xiaoting. You only need to say this is the only thing you sold to him, and he will keep it without asking the price, and he will buy it without hesitation." Come down. To do business, you have to kill a big guy like him, who taught him that he has money, and if he doesn't kill him, he won't kill him, haha."

Shuang Lan'er's face turned dark, and the corners of her lips twitched a few times. It was hard to tell that this man was still a profiteer.

"Let's go. It's time to go back." Long Teng caged her under the umbrella, carefully preventing the rain from getting on her.

Shuang Lan'er nodded, and did not refuse his intimate gestures. For some reason, the mirror was cracked, and she felt relaxed instead.In the end, everything is over.

Long Teng was very happy, and hugged her shoulders, "Let's go shopping for clothes, shall we? I've long had my eye on a mink shawl, and I'm waiting for you to try it on."

Although it was raining, Shuang Lan'er suddenly felt better, and said softly, "Yes."

Long Teng was even more delighted, "Then let's go to Tianxiang Tower for dinner?"

Shuang Lan'er still nodded.

Long Teng was almost jumping for joy, but he didn't know that there was a sudden commotion among the passers-by on the road at this time, his expression suddenly became awe-inspiring, and he looked in the direction of the commotion, not far from the end of the market, a person galloped towards him on horseback.

The man seemed to be in a hurry, the horse's hoof trampled over, and the water splashed half a person's height.

The rain was heavier, and the mist filled the entire city of Hongzhou. The black tiles and green walls seemed to be shrouded in misty clouds and smoke, so beautiful that it was unreal.

Closer, closer.

Immediately, a person flew down, covered in black, with a solemn expression, as if a sense of urgency was pressing upon him.Shuang Lan'er recognized that this was Xuan Ye who had been following Long Teng.

Immediately, Long Teng's face darkened.

Xuan Ye cupped his hands and saluted, and the first sentence was: "His Royal Highness is dead."

Shuang Lan'er was startled, God!Such a big event happened in Shangyang City.She looked at Long Teng worriedly.I saw him standing silently, his expression was like a vast sea, and it was impossible to guess what he was thinking, whether the next second would be a stormy sea or a calm sea.

"Your Highness." Xuan Ye called softly.

Long Teng narrowed his eyes slightly, "When did it happen?"

Xuan Ye replied: "Two days ago, the obituary that will be notified to the state capitals tomorrow will arrive. The emperor did not pardon you, so he didn't send someone to notify you. I knew the news was too late, so I came all night long."

Long Teng took a deep breath, "Is there any other news? What I asked you to keep an eye on?"

Xuan Ye's eyes flickered slightly, looking at Shuang Lan'er with sympathy.

Immediately, as if a sledgehammer fell in Shuang Lan'er's heart, her heart jumped wildly, and the scene of the wishing lamp being burned seemed to reappear before her eyes, and the flames and smoke fascinated her eyes.She held her breath, after experiencing so many changes, she thought that no matter how bad the ending was, she would be able to hold on, but when she finished listening, she only felt that her eyes were dark and the world was spinning.

"On the night of the crown prince's death, the hidden truth behind the death of the crown princess was revealed. Shuang Liancheng participated in the killing of the crown princess."

Long Teng was startled, "How to deal with it?"

"Shuang Liancheng admitted it himself, and the emperor was sad and furious, and ordered to 'kill the nine clans'."

The three words were pierced into the heart like three sharp swords. Shuang Lan'er couldn't hold on any longer and fell limply.

(End of this chapter)