Five hundred and seventieth chapters night talk five
After Hong Ling and Dongfang Xuxiao left the palace, they stayed at the original inn.
"Where are you going to find it?" Dongfang Xuxiao poured a cup of tea for himself and Hong Ling each and asked casually.
"I don't know!" Hong Ling picked up the tea cup and shook her head gently.
"Actually..." Although Dongfang Xuxiao didn't want to say it, he had to tell the facts before them: "... You can stay in the palace and wait for the news; after all, with the power of the emperor, the speed of finding clues is very fast.
Much better than doing it alone with us!"
Hong Ling took a sip of tea, but her expression didn't change much.
Dongfang Xuxiao paused slightly, then continued: "Finding it with the strength of just the two of us would be like finding a needle in a haystack!"
Hong Ling slowly put down the teacup, a trace of bitterness flashed in her eyes: "Hong Ling doesn't know. Doing this is undoubtedly finding a needle in a haystack; but if you don't do this, what can Hong Ling do?" Stay in the palace and wait anxiously, or wait every day.
Are you suffering from nightlife?
Dongfang Xuxiao did not miss it. There was a flash of bitterness in Hong Ling's eyes: "Tell me the truth, apart from finding Luo Luo's whereabouts, the other reason why you left the palace was to avoid the emperor?"
"Is it important?" Hong Ling lowered her eyes, playing with the teacup in her hand.
Dongfang Xuxiao closed his mind and stopped asking further questions.
Maybe it's not important to you, but to me...
After sighing silently, he smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Tomorrow, Hong Ling wants to go and visit the place where he was captured!" Hong Ling raised her eyes and looked at Dongfang Xuxiao.
Dongfang Xuxiao quickly concealed the emotion on his face: "Is this necessary?"
"Hong Ling thinks so!" Her eyes followed the window and looked out into the hazy night. She slightly opened her lips and said, "Sometimes, people mistakenly believe that the most dangerous place is the safest place!"
"Okay! Then we will set off early tomorrow morning!" As long as it is what you want to do, I will accompany you to do it unconditionally.
"That……"
"Shh!" Dongfang Xuxiao suddenly made a silent gesture and glanced at the roof.
Hong Ling immediately understood the meaning in his eyes and silently took back the words she was about to say.
Dongfang Xuxiao pointed his fingertips at the two windows respectively, indicating that the troops should be divided into two groups to intercept the people on the roof.
Hong Ling nodded clearly; she and Dongfang Xuxiao flew out of the window at the same time.
By the time the people on the roof noticed something strange, it was already too late!
"Who is so bold? How dare you spy on our conversation!" Dongfang Xuxiao narrowed his eyelids and looked up and down at the masked man in front of him.
The masked man quickly turned around and wanted to leave from another direction.
Hong Ling stepped forward quickly and blocked his way: "I want to leave! It's not that easy!"
A trace of confusion flashed in the eyes of the masked man, but he refused to take action.
Sensing something strange about the masked man, Dongfang Xuxiao lowered his guard slightly; he intuitively felt that this person had no malicious intent!
"Since we are not enemies, why don't we be honest with each other?" Dongfang Xuxiao asked tentatively.
A trace of suspicion flashed in Hong Ling's eyes, but she did not ask out loud.
The masked man's eyes glanced at Hong Ling and Dongfang Xuxiao for a long time before finally speaking: "Can we talk in the room?"
Dongfang Xuxiao nodded and made a gesture of invitation.
The masked man did not hesitate and entered the house.
Hong Ling and Dongfang Xuxiao looked at each other, then ducked into the house.
After entering the house, the masked man slowly took off his veil in front of Hong Ling and Dongfang Xuxiao. Then unexpectedly, he knelt on one knee in front of Hong Ling and said, "I bow to the Queen!"
"This..." Hong Lingliu frowned slightly; she didn't realize what was going on for a moment!
There was no surprise on Dongfang Xuxiao's face, as if he had already guessed it.
"This subordinate is sent by the emperor to secretly protect the queen!" the masked man replied truthfully.
After hearing what the masked man said, Hong Lingying's lips pursed slightly.
Brother Yiyi! Are you showing your concern for Hong Ling? If you really cared about Hong Ling, why did you treat Hong Ling so cruelly in the first place?
"What evidence do you have?" For the sake of safety, Dongfang Xuxiao wanted to ensure that nothing went wrong.
The masked man took off a waist badge from his waist and handed it to Dongfang Xuxiao.
Dongfang Xuxiao glanced at it and handed it to Yi Hongling: "It's up to you to identify the things in the palace!"
Hong Ling lowered her eyes and looked at the waist badge in her hand carefully; for a moment: "Not bad! It's the palace waist badge!"
"In that case, you should get up first!" Dongfang Xuxiao said.
The masked man ignored what Dongfang Xuxiao said and looked at Hong Ling with hope.
"Get up!" Hong Ling whispered, stepping forward and returning the badge in her hand to the masked man.
"Thank you, Queen!" The masked man stood up slowly and put the badge back to its original place.
"If the emperor sends you here, I believe you are not the only one!" The words seemed to be asking, but they were full of confirmation of his guess.
"Report to the Empress! Your Majesty has sent a total of ten guards to protect the surrounding area. This subordinate is just here to investigate!" The masked man did not dare to hide anything and reported back truthfully.
"Let them all come to see me!"
"This..." The masked man looked troubled, unable to guess what Hong Ling's intention was.
The corners of Hong Ling's lips raised slightly: "What? You're still afraid that I'll eat them!"
"I don't dare!" The masked man panicked and hurriedly knelt down.
"Get up! Do as I tell you!" Hong Ling spoke again without any doubt.
"I obey!" The masked man stood up again, walked to the window and blew a whistle.
Within a moment, nine guards dressed in the same attire as the masked man stood neatly in front of Hong Ling.
"I bow to the Queen!" No need for the masked man to say anything, all nine guards knelt down in unison.
Hong Ling raised her slender fingers: "Get up!"
"Thank you, Queen!"
Hong Ling glanced at everyone indifferently, her lips parted lightly: "You all go back, I don't need your protection here!"
"Queen, please think again!" Upon hearing this, all the guards knelt down again.
"If the emperor knew about it, he would definitely blame his subordinates!"
"Yes! Queen!"
"Please be kind to the Queen..."
The guards spoke to each other and expressed their anxiety and uneasiness.
After hearing what the guards said, Hong Ling was not shaken at all: "If the emperor is to blame, just say it was my intention!"
"Please have mercy on the Queen! Please have mercy on the Queen..." The guards did not relax at all because of what Hong Ling said; they all kowtowed and begged for mercy, as if if they returned without success, it would be a death penalty!
Dongfang Xuxiao frowned slightly, unable to bear them to continue to torture themselves: "Let them stay!"
"Hong Ling doesn't want to..."
"I know what you're thinking!" Before Hong Ling could finish speaking, Dongfang Xuxiao interrupted directly: "But have you ever thought about the consequences if something happens to you at this juncture?"
Hong Ling's eyes turned to Dongfang Xuxiao: "Can it be that with your martial arts, you can't protect Hong Ling's safety?"