Yin Yue realized something was wrong, "Ghost Old Man asks us to supply a large number of medicinal materials every month, and has not contacted us for two months!"
Zhou Zhan's brows were tightened. Although the old man Gui was unparalleled in doctors, he had weaknesses. If something happened...
The importance of the Ghost Old to Zhou Zhan can be imagined. Without him, Zhou Zhan would have revealed his flaws.
"You stay in the mansion and bring the wind. When the princess comes back, she says I'm going to bed and I'll go out of the city to see. If you haven't come back before dawn, go find Si Yiluo."
Very few people know about the Ghost Old Man. Except for him, only Yin Yue and the butler Zhou Fu knew that Yin Yue was his personal bodyguard. Only when he stayed in the mansion would not arouse others' suspicion.
"Your Highness, you shouldn't take risks yourself. If you stay in the mansion, the same will be true for your subordinates."
"I can sleep in bed to cover up my whereabouts, but you can't. And there is something I need to verify in person."
Is it someone who wants to target him or is it a medical poison technique for the old man? The poison that appears in the capital recently... If it is related to the old man of ghost, it will be troublesome.
Zhou Zhan didn't want to say much, changed into Ye Xing's clothes, tied a hidden weapon and dagger on his body, and told him: "I'll leave it to you in the mansion."
Take out an unmarked sword from behind the bookshelf and sank into the dark night.
A dark cloud in the sky covers the full moon, and the light between heaven and earth is dim.
He touched the edge of the city tower with familiarity, took out the ropes that had been prepared long ago, tied up the flying claws, threw them on while changing defenses on the city wall, climbed the rocks to the edge with a flexible body, and took out a brazier to illuminate the illumination of the stones.
Bump over.
The footsteps on the city wall covered his movements, and the light that had temporarily dimmed covered him. He rushed to the other side in an instant, hung up his flying claws and climbed down the city wall.
The movement of horse hooves did not alarm the people on the city tower. There was an outer city downstairs. Many inns and restaurants specially welcomed business trips that could not get into the city. Not to mention that it was still early, even in the middle of the night, you could often hear the sound of horse hooves.
Because there are many business trips, this place is becoming more and more lively, and the shops on the street can be opened until dawn.
There are special horse shops outside the city, which are open for twelve hours. The procedures for renting cars and horses at night are much looser than during the day.
Zhou Zhan walked along the official road to a place, turned into the path next to it, and then turned around the path and walked into a valley. The dark and dilapidated village was dormant at the foot of the mountain without a single light.
Tied the horse under the locust tree at the entrance of the village, and he walked up the abandoned village road, and the old ghost lived halfway up the mountain.
The clouds are sometimes thick and sometimes thin, and the light is also clear and sometimes blurred as the clouds move.
Looking into the house from the dilapidated doors and windows, there seemed to be green spots of light floating in the air, like ghost fire at the entrance of hell.
No one lived here before, but later, he arranged for a guard to protect the safety of Gui Lao, but those people are now... no trace.
He should have continued to move forward, but suddenly his nerves tightened, he tightened his scabbard and walked to the ghost fire in the room.
With the glimmer of light coming through the window, I vaguely saw several corpses piled on the ground.
It was the guard he sent.
No wonder no one sent a message back, it turned out that they were all dead.
Coming out of the courtyard and looking at the hillside, a little dim light highlighted the person there. The outline of the courtyard was vaguely visible, and a peaceful light radiated in the glimmer of light, but it might be a trap.
Zhou Zhan was not a person who was confused. He immediately turned around and went down the mountain and rode his horse back.
There were more than a dozen masters ambushed in the small courtyard halfway up the mountain. When the leader heard the sound of horse hooves, he asked his subordinates to light up the lights in the house. After waiting for a quarter of an hour, he heard the sound of horse hooves ringing again.
The person ran away.
"Boss, do you want to chase after me?"
The men in the lead didn't know whether to praise or regret it, but they stayed here for three months before they got this clue, so naturally they could not let it go.
"It's a big problem to keep such a person. If you don't do anything, are you waiting for him to bring people back and get us covered?"
The subordinate took out a signal and put it in the sky, and a bouquet of white fireworks bloomed in the night sky.
Birds were rising in the surrounding mountains and forests, and the sound of breaking through the air came down from a high place. Zhou Zhan drew out his long sword, and shot down the hidden arrow like eyes growing behind him, and then turned over and jumped onto the horse's back.
Another white fireworks in the sky, with the sound of running footsteps blocking in front of them, and the horse's front hooves were suddenly tripped by the trip rope, and the body leaned forward and pounced on the ground by inertia.
He rolled around the ground a few times and rolled into the grass beside him.
The next moment, a few black feathered arrows chased his trail and nailed it into the ground where he fell.
He threw out the rope and hooked it and tied it around his waist, and walked to hide deep into the dense forest.
The pursuers followed him and found nothing except the horse with the mark on the horse.
"Boss, are you still chasing me?"
It is difficult to walk on the mountain road, and with the light skills of the man just now, it is not difficult to leave no trace. They just have this little manpower and go to find him to give him a head.
But if we go to the forest together to look for it, the forest is so big, it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Boss, we have one missing arrow!" The subordinate repeatedly counted the retracted arrows, and the volume increased, "One missing is indeed!"
The leading man gritted his teeth.
"Send someone back and tell the elders, and the others follow me to chase me! Whether it is life or death, be sure to find the person!"
A horse ran away along the way, and the others hid into the mountains.
The moon quietly deviated from the direction and ran towards the end of the night. The sky turned white and the morning glow of green and yellow gradually rose.
The thick clouds quickly blocked the sun's brilliance, and the entire sky was gloomy.
“It’s raining.”
Shen Moran got up early to visit Zhou Zhan. The female official Liang took an umbrella and covered her head, "Don't get wet with the princess."
Seeing that she was so attentive, Shen Moran suddenly didn't want to go anymore. Her half of her foot was retracted under the eaves and responded to her words: "I caught a little cold last night. The rain was quite heavy, so I really couldn't get wet again.
It's raining. If your highness gets sick, it will be bad."
The female official Liang smiled and said, "The Princess and Your Highness have a good relationship. Your Highness rested in the study last night. I believe I miss you very much. If you don't go, aren't you afraid that Your Highness will not be able to eat?"
She insisted on going, but Shen Moran noticed something was wrong.
Take the umbrella from her hands.
"The umbrella is so small, I will hold it myself and get another umbrella for Ms. Liang."
The servant hurriedly prepared an umbrella, and Shen Moran had already stepped into the rain and strided towards Zhou Zhan's study.
Bitao served her since she was a child and had some tacit understanding with her. She knew that she didn't like the female official Liang to make trouble, but she was a person sent from the palace and could not offend her openly, so she scraped the umbrella secretly.
"Oh, why is this umbrella broken? Get another one for Ms. Liang!"
Hongying was about to go, but she was pulled to her and asked, "Hongying, aren't you usually checking the objects in your palace? This umbrella is broken like this. Fortunately, it was not given to the princess, otherwise you should just be careful. !”
"Go and get it!"
Changying turned around and searched for it. After searching for a while, he found an umbrella and opened it and handed it to Madam Liang.
When the female official Liang took the umbrella and went to chase after her, she could no longer see Chen Moran's back.
"Where is Your Highness?"
The door of the study was closed, and Yin Yuehun was guarding the outside without hesitation. Chen Moran could see something was wrong at first glance. She closed the umbrella, stroked the hair wet from the rain on her forehead, and pushed the door and was about to go in.
"The Princess..."
Yin Yue spoke to stop him, but Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the female official Liang following him, "Your Highness suffered a cold last night and has not yet gotten up."
Chen Moran looked back at him, and said with a nod, "I'll go in and see, you are guarding outside, Your Highness is not well yet, don't let Your Highness see the wind."
Female Official Liang took a step forward.
"I will go in with you. Your Highness is so strong that I can help you."
Chen Moran turned around and looked at her and smiled mockingly.
"Did the female official Liang not learn the rules well in the palace and can't understand the master's instructions?"