Tao Ying felt the gloomy look in Liu Dashao's eyes. Although she was mentally prepared to die, she was still a little flustered when she saw Liu Mingzhi's appearance.
"I...because someone saw you kill my husband with your own hands, and then created the illusion that he committed suicide by drinking poison.
If you don't want others to know, you have to do nothing! There is no airtight wall in the world.
Now that you have all the witnesses, what else can you say to make excuses?
For me, a dying person, what can you do if you tell me the truth?
Even after you kill me, this secret will not be leaked."
Liu Mingzhi stared blankly at Tao Ying's confident look, and for a moment he really didn't know what to say.
If Li Yunlong hadn't personally been present to know the truth when he drank poisoned wine and committed suicide after worshiping his father Li Zheng in the royal study.
He was almost shocked by Tao Ying's confident look, and couldn't help but believe that he really killed his third brother Li Yunlong with his own hands!
Seeing that although Tao Ying was afraid of him, she did not dodge the gaze she was looking at him. Liu Mingzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at the poisoned dagger in his hand, and looked at Tao thoughtfully.
cherry.
"Who? Who told you that I, Liu Mingzhi, killed third brother Li Yunlong with my own hands!"
"You have nothing to do with this. Although I, Tao Ying, am a prostitute, I will not be killed by the benefactor who told me the truth about my husband's death.
What do you want from me, and then killing people and silencing them is just wishful thinking, I'm not even afraid of death, so what do you have to be afraid of?"
Seeing Tao Ying pretending to be calm and stubborn, Liu Mingzhi shook the poison-quenched dagger in his hand.
"Tao Ying, let me ask you, do you really not know where this dagger came from?"
Tao Ying looked at the dagger in Liu Mingzhi's hand, snorted and looked away.
"Now that things have come to this, what is there that I dare not admit?
I dare to admit that I want to assassinate you, the current emperor. It doesn't matter whether I have a poison-tempered dagger or not.
I will never deny that it was prepared by me. If it was not prepared by me, it was not prepared by me.
If you want to kill me or cut me into pieces, I'll leave it to you. There's no need for you to continue to ridicule me."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Tao Ying calmly and calmly for a while, then with his pupils turned, he put the poisoned dagger under the tip of his nose and sniffed for a moment.
"Apart from Huan'er, don't you know that Lu'er and the other maids know kung fu?"
Tao Ying glanced at Young Master Liu in surprise, then thought for a while: "Yes, you just seemed to have said something about Lu'er and the others' kung fu skills.
It's impossible. They have been serving me under Huan'er for more than two years, and they don't know any skills at all! Did you read it wrong?
Besides, you were in the cabinet and couldn't see anything!"
Liu Mingzhi discussed silently for a moment, then looked at Tao Ying quietly: "Don't you want to tell me who told you that I personally killed the third brother, or do you actually not know the identity of this person?"
"I...you should give up on this. I won't reveal anything about my benefactor."
"Okay, okay, you can be tough. I admire you very much, little brother.
I don’t need to ask you about the benefactor you mentioned, you can always tell me when Lu’er and the other maids followed you.”
Tao Ying hesitated for a moment: "It seems to be almost two years!"
"Where's Huan'er?"
"She is the maid who has been with me since I left the imperial family. After my husband failed in his rebellion, she still stayed with me even though I was living a homeless life.
What's this for, you ask?
You don’t think it was Huan’er and the others who snitched on me, do you?”
"That is to say, Lu'er and the other maids were with you only a few months before you came into contact with me, right?"
"She was probably the maid Huan'er bought in the market about two months ago when I got close to you.
After I bought this house, although I had more than enough money, I didn't have much.
They were much cheaper than other maids, so Huan'er bought them back.
And they have always served me with all their heart, working hard and never complaining... Why am I telling you this? What exactly do you want to ask? "
Liu Mingzhi seemed to ponder for a while, and looked at the layout of Tao Ying's boudoir with a vague gaze. He slowly approached Tao Ying, lifted the beauty's chin and looked down at Tao Ying, who was looking at him in fear.
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"How did you know that I set up a stall outside Penglai Restaurant to tell fortunes and sell books?"
Tao Ying clearly told herself not to say anything, but looking at Liu Mingzhi who was leaning over her head with an overwhelming aura, she couldn't help but answer.
"When...when I learned from my benefactor that you killed my husband, I returned to the capital and lived in seclusion.
I originally thought of going to the clan mansion first and taking advantage of my status as the concubine of the King of Shu to live in the clan mansion, and then I would find a way to get close to you to avenge my husband.
But before I had time to go to the Zongren Mansion, when I wanted to pry out the situation outside the palace gate, I met you next to the Penglai Restaurant outside the palace gate, shouting and selling that kind of book.
Although I was inexplicably surprised when I first met you, I still didn't dare to approach you directly.
After all, the kind of books you sell, as a woman, it is really not suitable for me to use the reason of buying books to approach you.
But then you set up a fortune-telling stall, and I knew the opportunity would come.
Then you know what happens next."
"Didn't anyone guide you to approach me?"
"No...no!"
Seeing the calm look in Tao Ying's eyes, Young Master Liu casually glanced outside the boudoir, released Tao Ying's chin, took off her robe, bent down from the floor and the bedside to pick up his own clothes.
The clothes were put on one by one in front of Tao Ying.
After Liu Mingzhi got dressed, he picked a few pieces of clothing from the closet and walked towards Tao Ying.
Lifting the brocade quilt, Tao Ying's flawless body was exposed. Liu Mingzhi picked up the clothes and handed them to Tao Ying's jade body.
"You...what are you going to do? A scholar can't be killed!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Tao Ying's panic expression and smiled casually.
"Put on your clothes honestly, or I will hang your naked body on the city gate tomorrow for people to pay their respects."
"You are mean!"
"Thanks for the compliment, wear it!"
Regardless of whether Tao Ying agreed or not, Liu Mingzhi directly pulled Tao Ying into his arms and forced the selected clothes on her body one by one.
After a while, Liu Mingzhi looked at Tao Ying, who was neatly dressed and had an unhappy look on her face, and nodded with a slight smile.
"Not bad! It seems that this young master still has some ability."
After finishing speaking, he fumbled for a porcelain bottle of golden sore medicine from his arms, lifted up the Yunluo sleeve on Tao Ying's left arm, and poured some gray powder towards the wound on Tao Ying's arm.
"hiss……"
"Be patient, and the pain will stop after a while!"
"Liu Mingzhi, you can't kill without a nod, what do you want to do?"
Liu Mingzhi ignored Tao Ying's questions, first put the porcelain bottle into his waist, then hid the two daggers in his cuffs, walked to the stove, poured a cup of tea and walked towards the screen.
Tao Ying hesitated for a moment, then stepped on her embroidered shoes and followed out with a confused look on her face.
Liu Mingzhi sat on the stool with his legs crossed, took a sip of tea and looked out the door with a half-smile.
“Everyone, since it’s been so long, why don’t you show up and meet me?
After investigating for so long, it is still not confirmed that this young master came to the appointment alone?
When did the spy who was famous in the underground world become so cowardly in his behavior?"
Tao Ying stared blankly at Young Master Liu staring at the door with a half-smile, wondering what trick he was playing.
He had already told him that under his own arrangement no one would dare to come to his boudoir tonight. What could he say to the empty door?
Liu Mingzhi drank the tea in the cup in one gulp and smacked the corners of his lips casually.
"Everyone, this is boring.
It has been almost two hours since the young master entered the house. With the strength of your spies, it is more than enough to investigate every corner of the capital, not to mention the situation around this house.
I can’t find out whether I brought anyone here or not for two hours, so your spy shadow’s strength is a bit unworthy of the name!”
Tao Ying looked at Young Master Liu sitting on the stool still talking to himself in the air. Although he didn't hear any movement, she still felt her hair standing on end involuntarily. She always felt that someone was watching her secretly.
"Are you...are you sick? There are obviously only two of us in this room, who are you talking to..."
A hearty voice interrupted Tao Ying's words and came from the courtyard into the boudoir.
"Hahaha, you are worthy of being the King of Side by Side. I am so thoughtful and considerate. I admire you so much!"
The sound of clothes whistling sounded from all directions around the boudoir, and was transmitted into the boudoir one after another.
Under the light of the lights in the corridor outside the house, figures seemed to appear out of thin air, suddenly flashing around the boudoir, and the dark shadows were reflected on the rice paper on the doors and windows, which was really weird.
Tao Ying stared blankly at the dense black shadows that suddenly appeared on the doors and windows like ghosts. She screamed and rushed towards Young Master Liu who was sitting on the stool. She lay in Young Master Liu's arms without daring to raise her head.
His trembling arms pointed to the door.
"Ghost! There is a ghost!"
Liu Mingzhi put down the teacup, patted Tao Ying's back gently, and glanced calmly at the figures around the boudoir.
“I haven’t heard the title King of Side by Side for a long time, and when I heard it again from Your Excellency, I couldn’t help but feel a little sad.
I haven’t seen you for more than two years. Although your voice sounds familiar, I can tell who you are!
The shadow master? The Four Great Dharma Kings of Wind, Thunder, Rain and Lightning, Zichou Yinmao... Twelve Shadow Dharma Protectors? I wonder which senior you are?
Since you’re here, why not come in, sit down, have a cup of tea, and catch up on old friendships!”
The closed door opened without any wind. Tao Ying, who had wanted to take a peek at what was going on, screamed again and shivered in Liu Mingzhi's arms.
"What a ghost!"
A man in black robes with a cloak covering his face slowly walked into the room. His shining eyes under the cloak looked at Mr. Liu in surprise, who was sitting on a stool and staring at him with a calm expression.
"Old Chenying, I have met King Bingjian.
King Bingjian doesn’t seem to be surprised at all by Lao Cheng’s appearance!”
Liu Mingzhi sneered twice: "If I didn't know that Your Excellency and all the heroes would come sooner or later, why would I wait here all night?"
Hearing Chen Ying's voice, Tao Ying had the courage to turn her eyes to peek at who Chen Ying was. When she heard Liu Mingzhi's words, her delicate body trembled suddenly, and she subconsciously looked into Liu Mingzhi's eyes.
Looking at Liu Mingzhi and Chen Ying's confident and unsurprised expression, he couldn't help but feel a little confused.
She suddenly felt that the reason why Liu Mingzhi stayed to be in love with her and do what Wushan Yunyu did was not because of her retention, let alone because he was obsessed with her beauty.
It's just because he wants to use his identity to wait for the person who should come.
Looking at Liu Mingzhi blankly, Tao Yingfang felt sad: "From...from beginning to end, you have been using me, right?
What my identity is is not important to you at all. You are just using me to wait for them to arrive, right?
Even if you have sex with me, it's still your plan, right?
You've been plotting against me since you entered the room, haven't you?"
Liu Mingzhi tensed up, looking at Tao Ying looking at him with sad eyes, a hint of guilt flashed in his eyes!