Chapter 131 Cold Branches and Quiet Sparrows

At that moment, Jiang Xuening's blood seemed to boil all over her body, and then instantly froze, her face turning even whiter.

She couldn't feel any warmth.

Zhang Zhe just smiled silently for a moment, his blood stained and cold face adding a touch of warmth. Then he raised his hand and gently placed it on her thin shoulder, slowly gripping it tightly——

The place where Xie Wei stood is only a few tens of zhang away from the valley below.

Dao Qin and Jian Shu both changed their faces.

Even though he rarely reveals his archery skills in front of others, Xie Wei is never a true scholar without the power to bind a chicken. How fierce is the impact of an arrow? When it breaks through the air, it even makes a sharp whistling sound!

But this arrow was neither heading towards Jiang Xuening nor towards Zhang Zhe, but rather lightning passed over the heads of the two and shot straight towards their rear——

Xiao Dingfei!

God knew that he knew something was wrong at the moment he saw Xie Wei appear, and he was short and ready to run away. I thought Xie Wei didn't notice him, but who could have imagined that this arrow was coming towards me?

I only heard a whoosh.

How powerful is the Diao Ling Arrow? In an instant, it penetrated his shoulder and brought out a stream of blood. Even his entire body was shot backwards and fell to the ground!

Everyone in the field was stunned for a moment.

At this moment, turning back to look at Xiao Dingfei, I realized that this person had unconsciously hidden behind him, afraid that giving him some more time would lead him to retreat into the thorny bushes behind and hide.

However, Xie Wei's cold arrow clearly extinguished all his hope.

A clear pain surged between the handsome eyebrows and eyes, and the cold sweat on the forehead instantly poured down. However, as he fell into the bloodstained weeds and reached out to press down on his injuries, a hint of sarcastic laughter appeared on his lips, somewhat different from his usual lazy and mischievous arrogance. He looked up at Xie Wei, who was standing tall, with a sarcastic mockery on his face.

Du Jun ultimately detested him.

Even though he wore a sage like skin bag and didn't usually say anything to him, Xiao Dingfei had always been very self aware and could see clearly in his heart.

I knew he wouldn't easily let himself go.

A drop of blood slid down the trembling bowstring, appearing somewhat shocking under the dim sky light.

Xie Wei slowly lowered his arm.

At this moment, in a moment of slight shock, Daoqin turned around and caught a glimpse of the blood droplets on the bowstring. She then turned to look at Xie Wei's fingers hanging low in the wide sleeve robe, only to realize that his fingertips had been cut by the bowstring because he had just fastened it too long and too tightly, and blood was dripping down his fingertips.

However, he had no reaction at all.

Up and down the valley, there was silence.

Dao Qin looked at it for a while, but dared not speak up to remind her.

After Xie Wei shot down Xiao Dingfei with an arrow, he only said, "Take it down."

Jianshu's eyelids twitched and he led someone down. He immediately held down the injured Xiao Dingfei and quickly pulled out a piece of clean cloth, blocking his mouth and forcing someone to push him down.

The others were surrounded in groups.

Jiang Xuening still maintained the position of covering Zhang behind her, seeing the carved feather arrow flying over her head, she didn't know what she felt in her heart.

The only warmth comes from the hand that covers her shoulder.

The moment Xie Wei lowered her bow, she felt all her strength disappear and almost collapsed to the ground.

Did you win the bet?

Although the result was what she wanted, when the wind blew, she still felt waves of coldness on her body.

Only for the silent gaze of Xie Wei from a high place.

She offended him again.

Xie Wei reached out and handed the bow back to Dao Qin, as if he had done nothing just now. He ordered normally, "Look at Mr. Zhang's injury."

Someone immediately went down to help Zhang Zhe.

He was indeed seriously injured.

Jiang Xuening stood beside, still stunned and motionless.

Xie Wei calmly said to her, "Ning Er, come up."

If the peach cake he gave her to eat in the palace gradually dispelled her previous fear of Xie Wei; So today he bent his bow and aimed at Zhang Zhe's arrow, and regained all her fear of this person.

This is a person who has slaughtered the royal family.

This is the person who exterminated the Xiao family.

It was also the person who nailed the head of her confidant Zhou Yinzhi to the palace gate.

I have never been a kind saint!

But why, why should one have a murderous heart towards Zhang Zhe?

They were all officials from the same dynasty.

Moreover, this time Xiao Shi intervened, and Xie Wei didn't seem to care about who took credit for it.

She turned her head to look at Zhang Zhe and saw that the two soldiers were indeed dressing his wounds. She lowered her eyes and gently grasped the fingers hanging on her side, finally walking step by step towards Xie Wei.

Every step has a heart wrenching feeling like stepping on the tip of a knife.

His broad snow-white cloak was lifted by the wind, and his calm gaze fell on her face as she approached, giving her a feeling of suffocation.

Jiang Xuening buried her head and said, "Sir."

Xie Wei looked at her cheeks, which had been bloodstained by thorns, with some messy black hair. He also looked at her green lips and the wrinkled coarse cloth skirt on her body, with a clear and elegant expression between his eyebrows. He said, "I just drew an arrow. How did you block in front of Mr. Zhang?"

Jiang Xuening hesitated and dared not answer.

Xie Wei chuckled absentmindedly and said, "The little girl has all sorts of thoughts. Shouldn't she think that the master is going to kill your beloved?"

Every word and sentence hides a needle in a continuous stream.

Jiang Xuening thought, how could there be someone like Xie Ju'an in the world? At that moment, she clearly felt his murderous intent, but his calm and low smile at the moment seemed as if she had truly misunderstood and caused her to feel all kinds of anxiety and unease.

She was trembling and said, "I..."

Xie Wei said, "I see you're so cold."

He untied the thick crane cloak on his body, lifted his hand and draped it over her, wrapping her delicate body around her. He then brushed away a strand of black hair hanging from her cheek and said calmly, "Mr. Jiang is very worried about you."

That crane cloak still carries some residual warmth.

The wind is strong in the mountains, and it's always blocked out.

Jiang Xuening instinctively raised her hand and embraced the cloak, but felt that although the warmth wrapped around her, it seemed to be separated by a layer, making it difficult to penetrate her heart.

A group of heavenly disciples and others had already been subdued.

The remaining soldiers and defeated generals on the side of the Xiao family were also carried or helped out one after another. Xiao Yuan was even more nervous about his precious son, calling for someone to remove the stone that was pressing down on Xiao Ye. He then ordered Xiao Ye to be carried out quickly to find a doctor, but did not see anyone pressing down on Xiao Dingfei.

Zhang Zhe's wound was only hastily wrapped.

The soldiers who came with him only had some knowledge of hemostasis. If he really wanted to treat his injuries, he had to see a doctor. Therefore, when he saw that the blood was no longer flowing, the soldiers wanted to help him up. He just shook his head and thanked, walking up on his own.

Xie Wei lowered his hand and turned his eyes to see him. He still said to Jiang Xuening, "Your disappearance has not been made public. I don't know about it in the capital, but it's just that you're sick. The matter of Princess Chang's marriage has been settled, and I miss you a bit. I think you've been frightened. Xiao Bao, find a place nearby in the observation center and tidy up for Miss Ning Er to rest."

This means letting her go.

Xiaobao was taken aback for a moment, then bowed and agreed to go and invite Jiang Xuening.

Jiang Xuening hesitated and glanced at Zhang Zhe on the other end.

Xie Wei smiled faintly and said, "I led the ambush on the Heavenly Sect this time, and I have something to say with Lord Zhang."

So this incident was originally his plan.

No wonder everything is in my hands.

Jiang Xuening felt bitter in her heart. Although she didn't know how deep or shallow it was hidden behind her, she guessed that she had caused some trouble for Xie Wei. Even if she was worried about Zhang Zhe at the moment, it seemed to be of no use.

She bowed before turning around.

As I stepped forward, I saw Zhang Zhe. His cold and rigid face remained silent, and his lips pursed straight without speaking.

Quickly, she went far away.

The sky above became increasingly gloomy, as if it was about to snow.

Xie Wei only had the snow-white Taoist robe left on his body. He, who was somewhat afraid of the cold, stood in the wind like a patch of snow, but looked down at the Tianjiao followers who were already under control and waiting to be slaughtered at the bottom of the valley.

After retrieving the bow, Daoqin took people down and searched for something on these people.

In no time, the person returned.

But she tightened her delicate eyebrows and whispered to Xie Wei, "It seems like she's lost, not seen."

Xie Wei lowered his eyes and casually waved his hand, saying, "Kill them all."

The archers have been standing on top.

Upon hearing his words, the tightly held bowstring loosened and a shower of arrows rained down on the unarmed members of the Heavenly Sect below. They were all drenched in blood and fell to the ground, killing them all.

A strong smell of blood permeated the valley.

Xie Wei then thought that it should also snow.

Zhang Zhe watched him with such ruthless methods that he didn't leave a single life, silent and speechless. He remembered that in his previous life in prison, he had been subjected to torture, and after writing his own judgment, he was only to be executed in autumn. Unexpectedly, on a cold day in late spring, he welcomed an unexpected visitor.

The current Grand Tutor, who already holds great power, still cannot rise to such waves.

But at that time, he suddenly felt an indescribable deep and distant silence on this person, as if heavy snow had covered the ground, and the cold branches and sparrows were quiet.

He said that Ning Er passed away.

Zhang Zhe didn't know who he was talking about and felt lost.

The other party paused for a moment, as if realizing he didn't understand, and calmly changed his tone, saying, "Your mother has passed away.".

===Kunning Section 173===

Zhang Zheru is in his dream.

But he still smiled and said to him, "She left a message and asked me to let you go.". Yan Lin hates you to the bone. She was drunk and cried for a few days before her death. She fell drunk this morning and wanted to come here with her sword to kill you. Mr. Zhang, you are really amazing.

Zhang Zhe felt as if he had fallen into a cloud, which fell down again and turned into a torrential rain, enveloping the lotus leaves that followed.

In a daze, I met again in the afternoon rain at the summer resort.

He is Zhang Shilang, who has a bad temper and is tough, and doesn't give anyone a good face. She is the Empress who is playful, domineering, and doesn't play tricks on others.

She deliberately stepped on the corner of his robe.

He thought, if given a chance to choose again, he wouldn't bend down and tear off the corner of his robe, and let her step on it. He could step on it as long as she was willing, just because she was happy.

Then I heard him get up and ask someone to open the prison door and say to him, "You go.".

The chains hanging on the prison door swayed gently and made a sound.

Zhang Zhe, dressed in a blood stained prison robe, sat in prison for a long time before laughing and saying, "I only want to offer incense to my mother.".

Later

Later on.

Zhang Zhe looked at Xie Wei in front of him from a distance, feeling that this person was an unsolvable mystery to the world. However, this life seemed to have added a trace of human flavor, unlike the sage who was far away in the sky.

Xie Wei neither walked over nor asked him to come over, but simply said, "Duke Dingguo petitioned the emperor to enter the city ahead of him, which ruined Xie's plan and made Mr. Zhang suffer. Fortunately, his life was not in danger, otherwise Xie would have been blamed."

Zhang Zhedao said, "You're speaking too seriously."

Xie Wei said, "My student Ning Er has a stubborn temperament. Thanks to Mr. Zhang's care all the way, I didn't cause you any trouble, did I?"

Zhang Zhe listened to the words "Ning Er" and remembered the ending he had chosen in his previous life. He only felt that there might be some insider information he didn't know, but he didn't have much disgust towards Xie Wei, who was destined to become a rebellious minister, a thief, and a scheming hero.

Is the world predetermined, heroes should be cooked?

Or maybe it's because of something else

He slowly said, "Miss Jiang Er is very quick witted and intelligent..."

It's just that my temper is still not very manageable.

Xie Wei smiled and said, "It seems that Mr. Zhang doesn't quite agree with Xie."

He glanced at the corpses piled up by everyone below that day, but his eyes were blank.

Zhang Zhe just lowered his eyes and took out something from his sleeve. He said calmly, "Master Xie, did someone just search for this thing?"

He had a thin half page of paper between his fingers.

It is truly the secret letter from Dujun Mountain that Feng Mingyu, the Left Chancellor of the Heavenly Sect, obtained earlier!

Xie Wei's corner of the eye twitched slightly.

The sword and qin were even more chilling in my heart.

Zhang Zhe handed this page of paper to Dao Qin, recalling all the confusions in his past life. He found answers when he saw the handwriting on this page. Who would have let him see such handwriting in his previous life?

It's just a commotion, what is it related to him?

He looked at Xie Wei and said, "I just thought that this is a secret letter sent by Mr. Du Jun, the divine dragon of the Heavenly Sect, who can see the head but not the tail. Perhaps I can get a glimpse of it and catch up with all the chaotic parties. So I kept my mind and took advantage of the chaos to accept this letter. The journey was tedious and it was difficult to explain in a single word. If Master Xie has nothing to do, I will report it to you after the official's approval."

When Dao Qin received the secret letter, his other hand quietly clasped the knife between his sleeve.

He also looked at Xie Wei.

The assassination plot is on the verge of being triggered in secret.

Xie Wei couldn't help but wonder how much Zhang Zhe knew about this trip, and whether returning this confidential letter was truly unnoticed

If Lv Xian were here, the arrow just now would have probably penetrated this person's head.

For a moment, I was obsessed with keeping him alive until this moment. When I saw the secret letter, I was afraid that I would never give up. I would rather kill a thousand wrong than let one go.

He slowly raised his finger and felt a slight pain. When he lowered his eyes, he saw that he had just opened his bow and drawn an arrow, causing the bowstring to cut his hand. Feeling somewhat absurd, he suddenly looked at Zhang Zhe and said, "Ning Er said he likes you."

Zhang Zhe's body stiffened sharply.

Xie Wei looked under his eyes and tugged at the corner of his lips with a hint of interest, saying, "I, as a gentleman, am quite curious. Are you also interested in her?"