Shen Ruojiao sighed.

She seemed to be tied up and locked up in a small, dimly lit room.

The house was littered with corpses, all of them ordinary people who had been taken captive along the way, and those people forced her to tell Shen Xiang's whereabouts, and if she didn't say anything, she would kill one person a day.

There was a loud voice outside the house, it was the language of the Indian country, she couldn't understand it, but she seemed to hear her father's name.

There was a click, and the door was kicked open.

A peasant woman with a rokka-pregnant body was pushed in by several Yinli people, her face full of horror and despair.

She knew that what awaited her was the butcher's knife of the Yinli people.

The big Han who tied her looked at Xiao Ruojiao with a cruel smile, and said in an awkward Central Plains dialect: "You, where is the prime minister and the emperor, if you don't say it, she will die." ”

Eight-year-old Xiao Ruojiao's eyes widened and she shook her head in panic.

"Say it quickly!" Yin Liren yelled viciously.

"I don't know, I really don't know. Xiao Ruojiao's hands and feet were tied, and she struggled in pain, but fell to the ground.

In the mouth was the musty smell of damp hay, mixed with the saltiness of tears, and the fishy sweetness of the throat.

Yin Liren said something that she didn't understand, but looking at his movements, Xiao Ruojiao understood that he was going to kill this woman.

"Don't kill people! Don't kill people anymore!" Xiao Ruojiao roared hoarsely.

The woman also cried, "I don't want to die, I don't want to die, help me, help me!"

The woman was grabbed by Yin Li's big man, and she struggled to stretch out her hand to Xiao Ruojiao, her eyes full of longing.

Xiao Ruoyao lay on the ground in embarrassment, shaking her head incessantly.

Yin Liren smirked, snorted, and pulled out the meniscus knife from his waist, he looked at Xiao Ruojiao intently, but the movement of his hand skillfully slit the woman's throat.

Xiao Ruojiao could hear the sound of the tip of the knife cutting through the flesh, and she even trembled with her scalp, as if the cold tip of the serpent was against her throat.

The man looked at her, and the woman stared at her with wide eyes.

The woman's throat was gushing with bright red blood, but before the seal could stop, the meniscus slowly moved down and stopped on the woman's bulging belly.

What is he going to do?

Xiao Ruojiao only felt that the blood in her whole body was surging, her eyes were black, and her ears were roaring.

Suddenly, an equally thin figure stood in front of her.

"Don't look at it. ”

Who is it?

Who stood in her way?

Xiao Ruojiao tried to keep her eyes open, but her eyes became more and more blurry, and in a trance she seemed to see a little boy smiling at her.

"Don't be afraid. ”

"Who are you?"

Shen Ruojiao woke up from her dream, she opened her mouth and took a few deep breaths to calm her mood.

It was not yet dawn, it had rained all night, and it was gray outside, and the air was full of mist.

Only then did Shen Ruojiao realize that her back was cold, and it was cold sweat that soaked her clothes.

She opened her mouth to call the vigil of the moon, only to find that her voice was trembling.

Jiyue pushed the door in a panic and came in: "What's wrong with the lady?"

"I'm fine, get a basin of hot water. ”

Although she said this, Ji Yue could see at a glance that her face was not good.

"Lady has a nightmare again?" said Ji Yue's face was full of worry.

Shen Ruojiao's long eyelashes trembled, and she didn't say anything.

Ji Yue sighed, put on the coat hanging on the side for Shen Ruojiao, and carefully covered the door and went out.

Outside the door stood the alarmed Frost, and she looked into the house worriedly: "What's wrong?"

Jiyue sighed and pulled into the frost and walked out.

The two went together to prepare water for Shen Ruojiao.

"Is the lady okay?" asked Itsushuang as she couldn't help but ask.

The movements of the moon's hands paused, and I didn't know whether to say it or not.

She pondered and spoke: "The lady is having a nightmare, she has been kidnapped by the Yinli people before, you are from the northwest, don't mention the Yinli in front of the lady." ”

"Huh, is there such a thing?" Frost's hand trembled, and half a scoop of water splashed on the ground.

Jiyue raised her eyes to look at her.

She withdrew her hand and whispered, "It's horrible." ”

She also looked depressed and didn't speak for a long time.

Frost whispered, "I see." ”

She must protect her mother well in the future and will not let her be hurt.

All that was left in the room was the sound of scooping water and the clashing of utensils.

After a bucket of water was beaten, Jiyue suddenly angrily threw the wooden scoop to the ground.

"Those Yinli people are really hateful, if they dare to appear in Qi country, I will see one by one. ”

Juyue clenched her little fist indignantly.

Rushuang bit her lip and nodded slightly: "Okay, I'll help you too." ”

In the Xuanjing Palace, Bai Zhen was already dressed neatly, flipping through the letter paper in his hand.

He furrowed his brow and read the contents of the letter.

"What the hell does Yin Li want to do?" he suddenly slapped the table hard, "Guo Kui." ”

A black figure suddenly appeared in the originally empty hall.

Guo Kui knelt on one knee and waited for Bai Zhen to give orders.

Bai Zhen handed him the letter in his hand: "Go and check." ”

"Yes. Guo Kui took the letter, and as soon as the words fell, he disappeared.

"Inli. Bai Zhen muttered in a low voice, killing intent in his eyes.

After Shen Ruojiao had breakfast, the sky was already bright.

She took Jiyue and went to Suyun Palace to continue to investigate the case of the concubine.

As soon as he walked to the door of Suyun Palace, he heard a heart-rending shout.

Shen Ruojiao's eyes froze, and she quickened her pace and walked inside.

She casually pulled a little palace maid by her hand and asked, "What happened?"

The little palace maid panicked: "In the lake, there is a corpse floating in the lake!"

Shen Ruojiao let go of her hand in amazement.

The good concubine had just been poisoned and died, and another person died in Suyun Palace.

She snapped: "Don't find someone to salvage it yet." ”

The little palace maid responded with a sad face, and ran in with a smoke, calling people as she ran.

There is an artificial lake in Suyun Palace, the area is not small, but there are flower rockeries by the lake, as well as covered bridges and plank roads, and there has never been an incident of falling into the water.

Is it because of the heavy rain last night?

Shen Ruojiao guessed in her heart that she had come to the artificial lake.

Several palace people pulled up the corpse floating on the surface of the lake, and the person was already soaking, and Shen Ruojiao didn't recognize this person's identity at first sight.

When she got closer and took a closer look, she froze.

Behind him, there was a shout from the palace people who couldn't believe it: "Wan Concubine! Wan Concubine Niangniang!"

This one who died on the artificial lake would actually be a concubine.

Shen Ruojiao immediately turned around, silencing the palace people.

"From now on, none of you can leave Suyun Palace without my permission. ”

In the distance, Cui Guiren, who heard the news, hurried over, and just when she heard this, she asked, "Am I not okay either?"

Shen Ruojiao glanced back at her and frowned: "Yes, no one can." ”

Cui Guiren was at a loss: "Why is this?"

Shen Ruojiao said coldly: "Because, in this Cloud Palace, there is a murderer who killed Liang Concubine and Wan Concubine in succession. ”

After Concubine Wan's death, she was sure that the murderer was in Suyun Palace.