The night wind swept through the remaining leaves in the courtyard, making the unclosed wooden windows crackle. Aman raised his eyes and looked at the window, then lowered his eyes to look at the sleeping Xiangqu.
The sound of the collision disturbed Xiangqu, so Aman stood up and tried to close the window. As soon as he let go, Xiangqu grabbed him fiercely. Aman was so stunned that he turned around and saw Xiangqu sitting up. His pupils were bloodshot and his face looked like a nightmare.
Staring straight ahead like a possessed person.
The sadness in those eyes, as if waiting for someone's return, caught Aman's eye, and his heart sank. He took a look, but saw nothing for a long time. When Aman looked back, Xiangqu grabbed his arm.
"Why!"
As he screamed, Aman's expression froze, and when he felt the evil poison in Xiangqu's body, Aman quickly held Xiangqu with his backhand and called out softly.
"Xiangqu?!"
"Why... why..."
"Xiangqu! I am Aman! You..."
Xiangqu slowly raised his eyes to look at Aman, looking for Aman's appearance that was no longer the same as before. His mind was filled with images of Liu Jinlou mocking Manya today. Each word was as sharp as a razor, stimulating Xiangqu to try his best to speak again.
"City Lord, why did you abandon us?! Why..."
"me..."
"What exactly did you encounter at Guixu Rock back then?!"
Aman endured the pain of scratching his shoulder blades when Xiangqu spoke, and said hesitantly for a moment.
"I...I don't know what you're talking about?"
Xiangqu smiled bitterly upon hearing this.
"Oh, she said that you abandoned your family and the people for the Demon Ancestor! Do you know that after you left, Yuehuang's success or failure was scattered across the land with corpses scattered all over the place? How could you do this to us!"
"I didn't! I didn't! I really didn't!"
Aman scolded him three times in a row, causing tears to fall from Xiangqu's eyes and fall down his cheeks. Each drop stung Aman's soul that was sealed by the forbidden technique, awakening Xiangqu's respect for Aman.
"Then what are you doing for?"
As she spoke, Xiangqu held Aman's cheek with both hands, feeling the face under this cheek that gave Yuehuang hope hundreds of years ago, and let out a sad cry.
"Did you know she said you would protect Ye Can until your death at Guixu Rock!"
"...Guixu Rock?"
"Yes! Guixuyan, why do you protect him but not your subjects!"
As soon as Xiangqu's words entered his heart, Aman's soul was shaken. He raised his hand to throw Xiangqu away and at the same time hit his head hard, once, once, while muttering something late in his mouth.
"I...I didn't...didn't..."
In a daze, Aman looked at the fuzzy picture that appeared in his mind, felt the molten temperature that burned his skin in the picture, and subconsciously looked at the three-petal lotus pattern in the center of the curtain.
"Red...Red Lotus!"
The overlapping names of the past awakened Aman's trance consciousness. Aman lowered his eyes and looked at Xiangqu who had fallen asleep again. Thinking back to what Xiangqu said, he could not look away for a long time.
Until Shan Hu rushed back through the window, she saw A Man standing motionless in front of the bed, with a look of shock and horror on his face, which made Shan Hu think that Xiang Qu had passed away, and he opened his mouth to call out.
"Third Madam! Third Madam! Did something happen to Xiangqu?"
Shan Hu didn't know why he was so interested in Xiang Qu. Anyway, when he saw A Man's expression at this time, he was so anxious that he almost jumped into the house to check for his pulse and calm down.
Fortunately, A Man came back to his senses in time, calmed down his emotions and looked back at Shan Hu.
"She's fine!"
As soon as he got the response, Shan Hu remembered the ideas he gave A Man during the day and said hurriedly.
"Then you go find the fourth lady now, I'll guard you here!"
Hearing this, Aman saw Shanhu pointing at Xinyuan towards him, nodded in acquiescence, looked back and tidied up the brocade quilt for Xiangqu, and turned around to head towards Xinyuan.
As soon as he arrived outside Xinyuan, Aman climbed up to the eaves, squatted down and looked around, finding the guard hidden in the dark corner of the garden, and frowned subconsciously.
It seemed that this group of secret warriors was the real reason why Shan Hu let him come secretly at night, so A Man grabbed the main hall in the garden, which was brightly lit with candles, and jumped straight to the main hall.
At this time, in the palace, Yuan Zangxiang had finished her dinner and was sitting on the couch by the window, playing with the newly delivered little "Ye Hui" figure, squeezing the head of the "Ye Hui" figure and chanting.
"Senior brother, senior brother, I never thought that one day you would be pinched by someone!"
With that said, Yuan Zangxiang recalled the farce at the table today, lowered her head and smiled "hehe", then raised her head to face A Man who turned in from the window, and blinked her eyes in shock.
"you you you you..."
With their eyes facing each other, Yuan Zangxiang looked up and down at Aman.
"How did you come!"
"I have something to ask the fourth lady for help!"
After all, Aman said it politely when asking for help, but Yuan Zangxiang looked for the blood marks on Aman's neck that she had fished out, feeling ashamed.
"What's the matter?"
"My subordinate is seriously ill. I don't know that the fourth lady..."
"OK!"
Yuan Zangxiang was already trapped and moldy, and now it was rare to have anything to do. Especially when Aman, who had protected her at the banquet, asked for help, how could she refuse?!
"It's just that I have to go out now...it's a little difficult!"
As she spoke, Yuan Zangxiang pointed to Aman outside the palace. Aman had already discovered the hidden guard before. Now when Yuan Zangxiang said it, Aman smiled in understanding.
"Simple!"
After Aman finished speaking, he put his arms around Yuan Zangxiang's slim waist, and did not forget to confirm softly at the end.
"Are you ready?"
Yuan Zangxiang lowered her eyes and looked at Aman's arms around her, raised her eyes to look at Aman, and nodded.
"alright!"
At the same time as he finished speaking, Aman jumped up and Yuan Zangxiang suddenly felt his eyesight lifted up. The bright moon and starry sky were suddenly close at hand, and Yuan Zangxiang secretly sighed in surprise.
...Wow!
...I knew Qinggong was so good!
...She should have studied hard before!
...but it seems it’s not too late now!
In the midst of her thoughts, Yuan Zangxiang glanced at Aman, and saw that Aman was jumping up and down calmly. Her admiration in her heart skyrocketed, and she was just thinking about when to take Aman into her pocket.
So that A Man can teach her "peerless martial arts". It's not surprising that Yuan Zangxiang will be peerless, just because her senior brother is inherently defiant, even though he looks delicate and frail.
But once she got angry, the effect was like sparks and lightning. Anyway, she had seen it once and never dared to do it again. It was just that Aman was the concubine of her senior brother Xina.
Today, Aman offended her senior brother again. If she wanted to "protect" Aman from her senior brother, the only way was to bring the senior brother and Aman together, which solved the crux of her problems for many years.
In fact, she has always known that the reason why her senior brother treats her well is because he feels guilty about her father. She also hopes that her senior brother can be happy, and besides, he has a delicate body and a cheap temperament.
Meeting A Man, who is strong and straightforward, might create a different kind of spark. The more he thought about it, the more reasonable it became for Yuan Zangxiang, who couldn't hold back her giggles.
Aman felt panicked after hearing this, and he hugged Yuan Zangxiang tightly to the main pavilion of Yiyuan with a calm face, and then took Yuan Zangxiang into the attic.
As soon as he entered the pavilion, Yuan Zangxiang smelled the smell of blood mixed with demonic aura in the air. He frowned. He looked along the scent and saw Shan Hu, who was slightly startled.
"Brother Tiger, are you there too?!"
Shan Hu laughed twice and pushed to the side, revealing Xiangqu, which caught Yuan Zangxiang's sight, causing Yuan Zangxiang to frown at the sight of Xiangqu.