Except for a nearby fire, everything was pitch black in the woods. Zhang Ning couldn't help but look around, as if he felt that there were many eyes staring at him in the darkness. Lying softly on the ground were two bodies that had just been taken from the Earth Temple.
The corpse that came over was still soft in limbs, but no longer breathing. After working for a long time, the sweat had cooled down on the vest, and now he felt cold.
Zhang Ning's mind went blank, and his thinking almost stopped. He originally thought that he would be very scared after killing someone, but now he almost didn't feel anything, and he couldn't even worry about what happened next. But he was still very nervous, and he found that he
His hands were shaking slightly and couldn't steady themselves. He took a shovel and threw it over, "dig, just dig a hole here and bury them together."
The only tools he brought were two shovels. Lao Xu picked up the shovel and started digging, while Zhang Ning took the other one. Xu Wenjun on the side said hurriedly: "Master, I'll do it."
Zhang Ning didn't seem to hear it at all. Maybe he didn't react and was immersed in shoveling the soil.
I don’t know how long it took, but when he sat down on the ground exhausted, his consciousness came back bit by bit. His body was hot and wet with sweat, and his face felt the cold air of the spring night, one cold and one hot. He had already dug it before meeting.
He walked into a deep pit as high as a man, knowing that the next thing to do was to push the body down and cover it with soil. But he got up and pulled Wu Yong's body but it didn't move. His limbs were so sore that he couldn't use any strength.
Then Peach Blossom Fairy and others helped push the body down.
Zhan Zhuli was lying face down in the pit. Zhang Ning was about to turn him over, but Wu Yong's body was immediately pushed down and laid on Zhan Zhuli's back. Zhang Ning gave up when he saw this.
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Wu Yong's dull eyes were still staring at the sky, with a dead look on his face. Zhang Ning suddenly remembered one of the many nonsense words he had spoken before: Sooner or later, Mr. Hu will have to settle accounts with you. So the emotions of anxiety and panic gradually spread throughout his body.
Before committing this murder, Zhang Ning had carefully considered it many times. Now that everyone is dead, there is nothing to regret...but he could not stop a feeling of uneasiness. Not long ago at the inn at night, he said to the Peach Blossom Fairy
To put it another way: feeling uneasy is because you have done something you feel guilty about. This is probably the reason.
After the four people finished their work, they covered the new soil with weeds and thorns, and carefully dealt with the traces left behind before leaving. It is difficult to identify fingerprints in this era, unless it is a blood pattern, and you don't need to be too thin to eliminate the traces.
They drove the horses and carriage to the post road. Zhang Ning got on the carriage and found that his body was covered with dirt and very dirty. He wiped his face with his hand and it was covered with dirt. Lao Xu finally broke the silence and said: "Master, come in now
If we can't get to the city, we have to find a place to wait until dawn."
Zhang Ning said: "You and Wenjun stay here until dawn and return to Yuanshui for tea; Fairy Peach Blossom and I have to do another thing. I will send someone to deliver a letter then, and you can help deal with the aftermath."
Old Xu vaguely knew something about Zhang Ning's collusion with the anti-evil sect, but he didn't ask any more questions and responded politely.
When they arrived near Changde City, the carriage was left to Old Xu and Wenjun, while Zhang Ning and Fairy Peach Blossom separated on horseback and headed west.
By daybreak, the flat road had turned into a rugged mountain road. The Shu horses ridden by Zhang Ning and Fairy Peach Blossom were also walking slowly, both of them were exhausted. But Fairy Peach Blossom asked easily: "Is Mr. Zhang also going now?"
Can’t you feel at ease anymore?”
Zhang Ningqiang argued: "I just have no choice. If I don't kill Wu Yong, within half a month there will definitely be guards coming to arrest me and take me back to Beijing. I will be sent directly to the imperial edict without any preparation."
After walking for a long time on the mountain road, the two of them arrived at the main altar of the anti-evil cult at noon. They came to the entrance of the back mountain and entered the mountain with the help of the anti-evil cultists. They continued to climb the steep road in the mountain. Zhang Ning was now unkempt.
Like an ascetic. There was no sunshine in the sky, and there was no rain. At noon, there was still a thin layer of fog covering the mountains. This place was very peaceful, and even the sound of the waterfall did not make any noise.
After finally climbing up the mountain, Zhang Ning was exhausted when he entered the yard. Regardless of Yao Ji's surprised look, he lay down directly on the wooden floor, looked at the ceiling and let out a long breath.
Yao Ji hurriedly asked: "How did you do this?"
Zhang Ning turned his head and said: "I have been working hard all day and night, killing two people, and have been on the road again since midnight last night. The mountain road up the mountain is so steep that my bones seem to be falling apart now."
"Did you kill those two Wu Yong people?" Yao Ji said.
Zhang Ning said: "What else can I do if I don't silence you?"
Yao Ji lowered her head and said nothing, knelt down in front of him, took out a delicate handkerchief from her sleeve and gently wiped his forehead. Zhang Ning said hurriedly: "It's useless to wipe it, it's stained by you." Yao Ji said.
Ji then said: "Then you go take a bath and change your clothes quickly... You are so dirty, go wash in the hot spring pool in the backyard, that is living water."
After hearing this, Zhang Ning got up. He was exhausted physically and mentally and didn't want to say much. He went to take a bath in the hot spring pool at the back. The person who helped him get a change of clothes was Yao Ji's valet Xiaoyue. He took off his clothes and jumped into the pool to feel the warmth.
The spring water filled the whole body, and soon a wave of sleepiness came over her. But Qing knew she couldn't sleep here, so she resisted the sleepiness and washed herself from head to toe, and soon came up to get dressed. Xiaoyue saw Zhang Ning naked.
Her face turned red when she was exposed, and she hesitated for a long time before coming up to help him dress.
Then he was taken to the study. Maybe Yao Ji wanted to ask him something he was eager to know. Zhang Ning found a chair in front of the case and sat down to wait. He almost fell asleep as soon as he sat down.
After a while, Yao Ji entered the study room and saw Zhang Ning leaning on the chair and snoring softly. She shook her head at Xiaoyue to signal not to wake him up, turned around and took a blanket to cover him.
Yao Ji then sat down opposite Zhang Ning, looked at the mist outside the window for a while, then turned to look at his face, sighed softly, and a trace of sadness gradually climbed up her beautiful eyebrows.
She couldn't bear to worry. With Yao Ji's mind, she could easily understand Zhang Ning's situation. The correct answer was that the house leaked and it rained all night, which offended Lord Jianwen. On Zhang Ning's side, two people from the public family died inexplicably.
, I’m afraid people in the court won’t let it go.
...Hazy, Zhang Ning felt that he was in a dark forest. He didn't know why he was in this place or how he got there. Suddenly, a pale hand stretched out from the ground, and the hand was still trembling.
Then a head of messy long hair crawled out from the ground. He suddenly broke out in cold sweat. He wanted to run but somehow his feet seemed to be stuck. The man slowly raised his head, with messy hair revealing a pair of bright but dull eyes.
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Where is my wine? A dry voice rang in my ears.
Zhang Ning felt anxious and wanted to shout but couldn't. At this moment, he suddenly woke up, opened his eyes and saw a delicate and beautiful woman in front of him, and then he smelled a faint fragrance in his nose.
The person looking at him with melancholy eyes was Yao Ji. She was gently wiping his forehead with a silk scarf. When he opened his eyes, she asked softly: "Are you having a nightmare?"
Zhang Ning stared blankly for a while. He moved his body and found that his limbs were sore. After a while, he shook his head: "I was too sleepy and fell asleep. It's not comfortable to sleep on this chair."
Yao Ji, who was standing, suddenly stretched out her arms to hug his head, letting him lean on her lower abdomen. Zhang Ning immediately felt a buzz in his gut, and he could clearly feel her soft waist and skin through her clothes on his face.
and skeletal touch.
Yao Ji could only be heard saying quietly: "I didn't do a good job. I really shouldn't have let you come to see the emperor."
It took Zhang Ning a while to come back to her senses, understand what she said, and thought to herself: Emperor Jianwen proposed to meet, how could she refuse? Yao Ji cannot be blamed for this, only that the superiors chose the wrong place to meet. If
If we weren't trying to ward off a cult, we just chose a place temporarily. How could we happen upon it by such a coincidence?
Yao Ji didn't hear Zhang Ning's answer. When she recovered from the worried mood, she suddenly felt something was wrong. She felt Zhang Ning's face was pressed tightly against her waist, her lower back felt hot, and a warm hand was placed on her waist.
Got there.
She hurriedly took a step back to break away, and looked at him angrily: "Xiaoyue will bring food in a while, let's just sit down and talk."
Only then did Zhang Ning realize that the light in the room was the light of candles, and it was pitch black outside the window. Yao Ji broke away and said those words again. She must have felt her bad actions... Zhang Ning's face flashed slightly at the thought of this.
Hot felt a little embarrassed. He didn't know how to reach out his hand just now.
"What should we do now..." Yao Ji sighed again.
Zhang Ning also felt that things had become a mess, and the familiar feeling of powerlessness and helplessness gradually came to his heart. No matter how ambitious you are, it will not help. However, his mind had recovered at this time, and he knew that the two of them were sighing together.
It has no effect, but will increase the depressing atmosphere.
He said nothing and waited for the food to be served. He devoured it without saying a word, but he didn't taste the food at all. When he finished eating and looked up, he saw Yao Ji looking at him, her
His face didn't seem as pale as before, maybe it was his voracious eating that infected her... At this time, his appetite was still so good.
Unknowingly, a macho mentality came to Zhang Ning's mind. He put down his chopsticks and said calmly: "For the current matter, first of all, I want to write a letter to my subordinates at Yuanshui Tea Garden to deal with the aftermath.
The dossier was fabricated to create a reasonable reason for Wu Yong's death; and then it was delayed for a while before being submitted to the capital. It can be said that the report was wasted on the road. But Jianwenjun does not need to worry too much, wait for the news first, I
I think it’s very likely that the higher ups won’t touch you.”
Yao Ji was slightly surprised and said: "Jianwen Jun thinks that I want to poison the prince. He can do this. How can he tell Queen Ma?"
Zhang Ning said: "Unless Empress Ma is controlling everything, the emperor will figure out the stakes."
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