The two of them followed Hua Yan, and Zhao Bao felt a little strange.
Zhao Bao glanced at the young man beside him who had been silent.
...Okay, he'd better shut up.
Hua Yan also seemed to be very familiar with the job, especially patrolling the Imperial Guards.
Even more familiar than Xiao Jingzi. When the two of them were on their way to the Clothing Bureau, Xiao Jingzi occasionally stopped to listen to sounds, but this Huayan seemed to have been there several times and regarded the palace as her home.
Similar.
The scenery on both sides became more and more familiar. Zhao Bao's eyes widened in surprise. Isn't this the palace of the second princess?
A few days ago, he even came to deliver meals in person.
Why did this Hua Yan come to the Second Princess’s Palace?
However, before Zhao Bao could think about it, he saw another sneaky figure coming out of Changle Palace.
"Xiao Jing..."
Zhao Bao turned around and was about to speak when he felt a gust of wind blowing past his ears, and the young man beside him immediately disappeared.
When he turned around again, Jing Yi was already standing in front of Hua Yan. Zhao Bao couldn't even see Jing Yi's movements clearly, and saw Hua Yan's body falling limply to the ground.
From beginning to end, not a single sound was made.
The figure from Changle Palace came closer, and Zhao Bao finally saw her appearance clearly, and almost screamed in surprise.
Isn't this the second princess's personal maid, Peony?
After Shaoyao came out, he walked straight towards their direction. Zhao Bao subconsciously held his breath. Just when Zhao Bao thought he was about to be discovered, he saw Shaoyao stop in front of the rockery that was only separated by a wall from the two of them.
After about a stick of incense, Shaoyao began to look anxious.
At this point, Zhao Bao finally understood who Hua Yan wanted to see.
But...huayan and peony?
She is just a little palace maid from the Clothing Bureau, the lowest status of a rough servant.
One is the personal maid of the second princess, with a distinguished status.
What could these two people plot together?
Just when Zhao Bao was puzzled, Shaoyao didn't wait for anyone. He must have sensed something was wrong, so he turned around and walked towards Changle Palace.
Jing Yi glanced at Shaoyao briefly, withdrew his gaze, and turned to look at Zhao Bao.
"You, hold her."
Zhao Bao immediately came back to his senses. Without hearing clearly, he subconsciously asked: "What?"
Jing Yi looked at Zhao Bao quietly.
"..."
Okay, he seems to hear clearly again.
Zhao Bao knelt down resignedly, pulled Hua Yan up from the ground, and put her on his back.
When Jing Yi saw Zhao Bao's action, he turned around and left.
"Xiao Jingzi! Just wait for me!"
Seeing this, Zhao Bao didn't dare to delay. He picked up Hua Yan and followed Jing Yi.
Zhao Bao didn't know how long he had been walking. Huayan's hair kept swaying in front of his eyes, and he couldn't see the road in front of him clearly. When he stopped, he suddenly heard the very familiar howling of wolves one after another.
The cool breeze blew gently, and a fishy smell rushed over to me.
Zhao Bao's calves began to tremble subconsciously.
"Xiao, Xiao Jingzi..."
Zhao Bao raised his hand to brush Hua Yan's hair in front of his face, raised his head and looked over. This glance almost stopped him from scolding her.
Familiar location, familiar crocodile brothers.
I don’t know if the crocodile still remembers the smell of Zhao Bao. It was still sleeping soundly, but suddenly it moved its body and slowly swam this way.
Is it too late for him to leave Hua Yan and run away now?
The memories of the past came flooding back, and Zhao Bao's heart suddenly beat like a drum, and he broke into a cold sweat behind his back.
Just when Zhao Bao couldn't help but want to kneel down to the crocodile brothers, someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder.
Zhao Bao suddenly became clear and his heartbeat gradually began to calm down.
"Xiao Jingzi, what are we doing here?"
There was even a cry in Zhao Bao's voice. If he had known that the price of hugging his thigh would be to revisit his old place, he would not have come here even if he were killed.
Jing Yi responded softly.
"Um……"
He raised his hand and pointed at Hua Yan behind Zhao Bao, with an extremely calm tone, "Destroy the corpse and eliminate all traces."
"Oh...it turns out to be the destruction of corpses..."
Wait, destroy what?
Only then did Zhao Bao react belatedly, and the smile on his face became stiff little by little.
"Corpse, corpse?"
Zhao Bao's tone increased unconsciously, and then he faintly noticed that something was wrong.
When he was carrying someone just now, he was behind a rockery and there was no light. Zhao Bao was so anxious that he didn't have time to take a closer look and just dragged the person on him.
Along the way, Zhao Bao complained several times in his mind, thinking that Hua Yan looked very petite, but he didn't expect that it would be so heavy when carried on his back.
As for her wrists feeling a little cold to the touch, Zhao Bao simply attributed it to the cold weather and Hua Yan didn't wear enough clothes.
Never thought about it this way.
Only now did Zhao Bao realize that something was wrong.
'boom'
Zhao Bao dropped Huayan from his back as if he was electrocuted. Huayan rolled several times on the ground and remained motionless.
Because he was by the pool and there were no trees around him, Zhao Bao wanted to poke his eyes out for the first time, wondering why the moonlight was so bright and why his sight was so good.
After Huayan rolled around a few times, she lay on her back.
Zhao Bao could see clearly that Hua Yan's face was ashen, and her body had stopped moving for a long time. Even if she looked carefully, she would find that there were faint corpse spots on Hua Yan's face, which looked like she had been dead for a long time.
for a while.
Zhao Bao was confused.
Xiao Jingzi killed someone in front of him?
No, even if it was a murder, something was wrong with Huayan’s body, and there were no visible wounds on her body.
But...if Huayan was not killed by Xiao Jingzi, then when did Huayan die?
This corpse stain could not be formed in a day or two. Is it possible that Hua Yan was actually dead long ago?
Then, who was the Huayan he saw that day?
Ghost?
The more Zhao Bao thought about it, the more frightened he became. He stood there in a daze, as if his soul had left his body.
Jing Yi glanced at Zhao Bao who was beginning to doubt his life. Without hesitation, he walked up to Hua Yan and kicked her into the crocodile pond.
The heavy object fell into the water and caused a splash.
The crocodile seemed to sense the presence of food, and swam over at a very fast speed, and soon arrived near where the two were standing.
Blood poured up in a steady stream on the lake, dyeing the water red.
Zhao Bao could even hear the sound of the crocodile's teeth scratching the flesh and chewing the bones, and the hair on his body stood up.
"Xiao, Xiao Jingzi..."
Zhao Bao murmured.
Jing Yi only glanced at the lake and looked away, "Well, let's go back to sleep."
"..."
No, how did you say such crazy things so calmly?
Can he still sleep?
The sound of chewing still echoed in my ears, and a gust of wind blew over from the lake.