A cool breeze blew through, and in the dilapidated cold palace, there were a few lonely old trees swaying in the wind, with dead leaves covering the ground. A few crows fell on the trees, frightened, and let out waves of hoarse cries.
The man's hair stood on end, and he suddenly fluttered his wings and disappeared into the dark night.
There was a person standing under the tree, dressed entirely in black, with a black gauze covering his face. Only his eyes were exposed. At a glance, he looked like a man in body and height, but as soon as the voice came out, he knew he was a thin woman.
"Both missions failed?" The man said coldly, with obvious displeasure in his tone, but it made people shudder inexplicably in this gloomy place.
"Yes, yes," another tall man responded immediately, "I deserve to die." His voice was low, with the unique magnetism of a middle-aged man.
"Hahaha, you really deserve to die. How many times have we assassinated Fu Yunqi?" The woman smiled softly, but continued talking to herself before he could speak, "Including the last time in Xiling,
Yang Yu, this must be the third time, right?"
"Yes..." Yang Yu lowered his eyes and clenched his fists tightly at his sides. These actions were all his mistakes. There was no excuse for this, but he didn't want to let Xie Jiabao and the imperial court
Not even half a thing.
"They're all trash!" The woman snorted, clasped her hands behind her back, raised her head and sighed, "It was all in vain that I tried so hard to rescue her from a bunch of stinky men, and spent so many years humiliating and resenting her in the army.
, he didn’t even touch the corner of Fu Yunqi’s clothes!”
I thought this assassination would be flawless, but I never thought that Wu Hongyu would be so impatient and waste such a good opportunity. She was as stupid as her father!
"Fortmaster..." Yang Yu started to speak but stopped.
That tall and thin man turned out to be Xie Hongni, the powerful Lord of Xiejiabao. According to rumors, this generation of Lord had disappeared for more than ten years, and no one could find any trace of her.
In her aggressive eyes, Yang Yu finally spoke: "Master Xie, 'Xie Jiabao is not allowed to participate in any court gang disputes.' This is the rule set by the old master. If you do this... you
Wouldn’t this be contrary to the old castle owner’s original intention? Then, how should I go down and explain to him in the future?”
"The rule is that dead people are alive," Xie Hongni said sternly, "I am the owner of Xie Family Fort. If I insist on disturbing this great golden country, so what?!"
That sinister look made Yang Yu's heart tighten. Once upon a time, she was an innocent girl. Why on earth did she become such a sinister and vicious woman now?
"Hong'er, have you thought about your retreat?"
Hearing this call, Xie Hongni's originally fierce eyes were blank for a moment, and then gradually faded away, and the sharp thorns on her body also disappeared. Her eyes slowly became hollow, as if she was thinking about the past, or the nothingness.
From now on, "Uncle Yang, this is a road of no return, what other way out is there? It's a pity..."
"If the young castle master knew all this, he probably wouldn't forgive you." Yang Yu said with a slight hesitation.
Not only would he not forgive him, but depending on his temperament, he might wish he didn't have her as his mother. She shook her head with a wry smile, looked up and sighed, but vaguely heard slight movement nearby amidst the soft sound of the wind.
Yang Yu also discovered it at the same time, immediately protected her behind him, stepped forward and shouted: "Who?!"
Who will show up in this remote cold palace? Of course it is the concubines who have fallen out of favor. Most of these concubines are crazy and elusive. If you are frightened by them at night, you will definitely lose your soul.
"Trash, hahaha," sure enough, a crazy woman laughed and stood up from the ground, shouting "trash", and stumbled towards them.
Without the emperor's favor, the concubines would not take them seriously. Occasionally they would be punched and kicked, and cold dishes and rotten rice were their daily meal. So when she started to trot with a pale face, Ren Yang
Jade was used to seeing cold corpses, so she was really shocked.
"Who are you?" Even though he knew that there were countless crazy people in the cold palace, for the sake of safety, Xie Hongni still pretended to test.
The crazy woman walked up to Yang Yu and looked at her for a long time. She covered her mouth and screamed "Your Majesty". Then she suddenly stopped laughing, stood up and bowed solemnly, and called out: "I have seen the Emperor. Why don't you let Cao Cao know that the Emperor is coming?"
My father-in-law said in advance that I, my concubine, have not bathed yet. Yes, my mother-in-law said that I, my concubine, must be washed before I can face the saint."
She was just a poor woman. When Yang Yu saw her shy face and slowly took off her clothes, she finally believed that she was crazy. Since she was crazy, then...
"Hong'er?——" It wasn't until he saw the woman falling lifelessly in front of him like a dead leaf on a tree that Yang Yu suddenly turned his head and watched the woman holding a concealed weapon beside him slowly wiping his hands.
His eyes were full of disbelief.
"Only the dead cannot speak. Isn't this what Uncle Yang taught me?" Xie Hongni raised his head and said calmly, as if he was just talking about a normal thing, not a bloody human life, "Don't worry, no one will care that there is one less person here.
Human.”
The commotion just now attracted the guards patrolling nearby. They followed the sound, but saw no one around. They just saw a woman in a pink dress lying under a tree from a distance.
"Who is in front of me?" a guard asked softly, raising a lantern.
Seeing the man lying motionless and unresponsive for a long time, another experienced guard next to him poked him with his elbow and said: "Oh, can there be men besides women in this cold palace? Let's go up and have a look.
"
The two of them walked to the tree with lanterns in hand. The experienced guard called out several times and saw no response, so he kicked the body with his foot. The body spun around twice just enough to reveal its face. He said calmly: "It turns out it's
She must be dead, go up and clean up, so as not to be scolded when you change your shift tomorrow morning."
"We, won't we report it to Chief Tong? She died for no reason. If someone in the palace plots an assassination..." The guard was obviously timid and said tremblingly.
"Did you see any blood on her?"
The guard only dared to take a quick glance and didn't dare to look further, but there was indeed no blood on his body.
"No one cares about the woman in the cold palace even after she dies. I have to report this trivial matter to Chief Tong. Why don't I ask for scolding myself?" The experienced guard spat on the ground, "What bad luck!" After that, he dragged the body away.
He walked to the dry well not far away and threw her down. He did it in one go without any hesitation, which made people think deeply.
Killing without blood is Xie Jiabao's unique hidden weapon.
"You kid, you are too timid. If you want to hang out in the cold palace from now on, you need to be more courageous, otherwise you will be scared to death one day..."
"I have never seen a dead person in my whole life..."
"What's the point? The dead are much easier to deal with than the living! You guys should learn from it!" Yang Yu, who was standing on the tree, silently read everything and looked at the two people's backs as they left with a smile, feeling like a lump in his throat.
, he began to doubt whether he was right or wrong in supporting Xie Hongni to take this path without hesitation, and personally pushing her into this place where people can eat people without leaving their bones.
He tapped the treetop lightly, rose into the air, and disappeared after a few clicks. Only the dead leaves that fell down fell to the ground and piled up.
The sky unknowingly shed the first ray of sunshine in the morning, and the darkness completely disappeared.
"Baitao——" Fu Yunqi saw Chu Miao'er waking up slightly and called out the door.
Baitao walked in in response, but unlike usual times, where she kept making noises from the moment she entered the room, she was quiet at this time and her eyebrows were lowered, which made Fu Yunchi a little uncomfortable.
"What's wrong?" Chu Miao'er also noticed something strange about her. Seeing that she kept her head lowered, she asked casually. Unexpectedly, with this question, Baitao's tears flowed down like a flooded river.
This shocked Chu Miaoer. This was the first time she saw Baitao cry so sadly. She had never seen her cry so heartbroken before when she was pushed into the pond. Chu Miaoer felt bad and immediately
He straightened up and looked at Fu Yunqi. Fu Yunqi, who was also puzzled, held the teacup and shook his head innocently, saying that he didn't know what happened.
"Did Tingfeng bully you?"
Chu Miaoer's words caught him off guard and almost made Fu Yunqi choke on his saliva.
The only person she could think of who made Baitao feel wronged and painful was Tingfeng. Could it be that Baitao expressed her feelings and was rejected by Tingfeng? Probably, not right? Chu Miaoer sat quietly on the bed, waiting for her to finish crying.
"Princess, Princess," Baitao said with sobs, "Slave Gang, I just came downstairs to hear from the shopkeeper that someone died in Manchun Courtyard yesterday, wuwu," Baitao began to cry again and said while wiping her tears, "You
How scared you must be, but this slave is not with you at this time. You should not have left the princess privately yesterday, wuwu——"
Fu Yunqi's hand holding the tea paused in the air. He looked at Baitao crying in Chu Miao'er's arms. He was surprised, happy and helpless in his heart. He turned away and looked out the window, but the corners of his mouth couldn't stop raising. This Baitao is so funny.
.
If you were around yesterday, you might have caused more chaos, and you might even have been surprised. Chu Miaoer thought in her heart, but softly comforted her: "Isn't it okay? Be good, don't cry."
At this time, her stomach suddenly growled "Gulu", which brought Baitao back to her consciousness.
Baitao wiped her tears with her sleeves, stood up and said, "Madam is hungry, I will help you to change your clothes." Seeing this, Chu Miaoer raised his eyes, looked at Fu Yunchi from the distance and smiled.
As soon as I got dressed, there was a gentle knock on the door.
"Come in." Fu Yunqi put down his teacup and said calmly.
Tingfeng walked in and bowed, and when he looked up, he saw Bai Tao's eyes were red and swollen, and she was sobbing slightly intermittently. It was obvious that she had just cried.
"Tell me what you have to say." Fu Yunchi interrupted his thoughts and stood up.
Only then did Tingfeng come back to his senses, lowered his head and said: "Fourth Master, my subordinate has already sent a letter to the Second Master according to your wishes." When he said this, his eyes kept glancing towards Baitao and saw her.
Suddenly, he and the princess started laughing, and he also started laughing too unconsciously.
"Any more?"
"Huh?!" Tingfeng was frightened by Fu Yunqi's sudden appearance in front of him and took two steps back. He blushed and said, "Miss Yang San and Little Khan are already ashore at this time."