The two sat down in the study. Lan Zhiqing calmed down a little, and finally asked the question in her heart: "Xiao Jianchu said that when he arrived, the prince's palace was already in flames, and no one survived. ”

Ren Yuanbai sighed: "Except for me, there is no one left." He looked at Lan Zhi: "It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who sent someone to save me." Later, His Highness was brought back to Haotian City by Xiang Jinxiu to be a proton, and I followed. ”

When Lan Zhi heard this, her face was not good-looking: "Prince Xiang Jinxiu was taken away, half a month after the city was broken. At that time, I was looking for you with all my heart, and I sneaked into the palace to ask Your Highness, but he said that there was no news of you. Did you let him lie to me? Are you deliberately avoiding me? ”

Ren Yuanbai touched his nose, his face was empty, and he acquiesced. Seeing Lan Zhi staring at him, he finally sighed: "At that time, I was determined to help His Highness restore the country." It's a risky road, and I don't know how long I'll live, and if I die one day, it will make you happy. That's why I want to hide it from you first, and if I have the life to return to China in the future, I will see you again. ”

When he mentioned this, Lan Zhi made a straight face: "You are really the leader of the detailed work pursued by Hu Weiwei?" ”

Ren Yuanbai grinned and said, "Yes, I'm amazing." ”

Lan Zhi said coldly: "You think you have a long life." ”

Ren Yuanbai just laughed. Lan Zhi said again: "Since you didn't want to see me at the beginning, why do you recognize me now?" ”

Ren Yuanbai was still smiling: "Didn't you happen to see it in Wuxiang Temple and realize that you miss your sister too much." ”

Lan Zhi looked at him expressionlessly: "Whenever you talk so sweetly, you just want me to help." ”

Ren Yuanbai stopped laughing. He coughed lightly: "Sister, I really want you to help." ”

What do you want her to help with...... I'm afraid that it's either rebellion, it's violence. It's messy, Lan Zhi said in her heart, but she opened her mouth with an unexpectedly calm: "Say, let me also listen to what big things you are planning." ”

Ren Yuanbai really replied succinctly: "Xiao Jianchu has been planning for two years, and he has consolidated the scattered forces of the Central Plains, and only one righteous person is needed to ascend to the top and shout, so that the imperial court can be re-established, and from then on to help the people and fight against Yuyuan." It just so happened that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had been in Haotian City for nearly two years, and he had been in obscurity, and Yuyuan's vigilance was gradually relaxed. Recently, I have been discussing with His Highness that I want to try to send him back to the Central Plains to make a great career, and I want to ask my sister for help. ”

After he finished speaking, Lan Zhi was silent for a moment and repeated, "You want me to help you send the prince back to the Central Plains." ”

She used a descriptive tone, but Ren Yuanbai still replied, "Yes." ”

Lan Zhi continued to say in a non-waved tone: "The Central Plains prince who is locked up in the Proton Mansion. ”

Ren Yuanbai should be again: "Hu Weiwei is in charge of the garrison of the Proton Mansion, and it is because I want to ask you for help." ”

He looked at Lan Zhi, waiting for her answer. Lan Zhi looked back, and said slowly after a long time: "Aren't you afraid that your sister will be discovered and imprisoned in the prison to be tortured to death?" For the sake of your great cause, you can bear to put your sister in danger? ”

Ren Yuanbai's expression froze. He imagined Lan Zhi's reaction, guessing that she would be worried that she would oppose and persuade, but she did not expect her to condemn it.

- His sister is still like this, she looks at Wen Tun on weekdays, and rarely cares about people, but when she really cares, she is not gentle in talking and doing things at all.

Ren Yuanbai smiled uncomfortably: "If my sister is unwilling, then I won't say anything." It's rare for our sister and brother to reunite, so you will come to Xinfeng Courtyard early tomorrow night, and we will have dinner together, which is always okay. ”

Lan Zhi shook her head: "Don't eat." ”

Ren Yuanbai: "Why? ”

Lan Zhi said lightly: "I'm angry." ”

Ren Yuanbai: "......"

Lan Zhi said again: "You said everything, what do you want me to do when you didn't say it?" I know your character, and if you say you want to do it, you have to do it. If you really don't want me to be in danger, you won't tell me about it. Now that you have sued me, you are sure that I am worried about you, and it is impossible to stand idly by. You're risking your safety to push me. ”

Ren Yuanbai was choked. He opened his mouth for a while, but finally shook his head and smiled: "Okay, okay, everything has been broken by you." He got up, walked to Lan Zhi and sat on the ground, looked up and smiled: "I'm such a scoundrel, how will my sister be?" ”

Lan Zhi said expressionlessly: "Naturally, I want to kill the prince." If he's dead, you won't have to take any chances. ”

Ren Yuanbai: "......"

Lan Zhi added half-ringingly: "But he saved you, and people can't take revenge." Therefore, this method is not advisable. ”

Ren Yuanbai breathed a sigh of relief. Lan Zhi said slowly: "But I can find an eyebrow to put you in prison, and then send you back to the Central Plains when I have the opportunity in the future, and I can also ensure your safety." ”

The corners of Ren Yuanbai's mouth twitched. If someone who is not familiar with it hears this, he is afraid that he will take it seriously, but he knows that Lan Zhi just said it on purpose to vent his dissatisfaction. He hurriedly said, "Sister, stop laughing with me." As a young prince and young master, my father was loyal to the country all his life, and in the end, he set an example and died of martyrdom. The Central Plains raised me to grow up, and now the people are in dire straits, and I plan for the country, which is also in morality. Besides, if the prince returns to the Central Plains, I will naturally go back with him, and I will not live in the realm of the Yuyuan people in the future, so I don't need to be afraid anymore, isn't it the best of both worlds? ”

Lan Zhi's expression finally softened, but she still said, "Don't take out your father to press me." Did Daddy teach you to doubt your sister? ”

Ren Yuanbai was stunned: "What?" ”

Lan Zhi raised her head slightly, leaving Ren Yuanbai with a chin: "In the Wuxiang Temple, you are testing me by talking to me while I am adding oil lamps, right?" If you suspect that I have joined the Tiger Guard, you will not recognize the past, and you will not recognize you as a younger brother. ”

When Ren Yuanbai heard this, he wanted to laugh for a while, but he didn't dare to laugh: it turned out that my sister still minded this. He pulled Lan Zhi's sleeve and shook it: "Good sister, don't be angry, I also have a hard time." Who let Xiao Luo of Wuxiang Temple be killed by Duan Ling? ”

Lan Zhi knew that Duan Ling was at fault for this matter, so she inexplicably felt that she was at fault, so she had to stop pursuing it, explaining: "Duan Ling followed me that day. ”

Ren Yuanbai was slightly surprised: "Why did Duan Ling follow you?" Doesn't he like you? ”

Lan Zhi didn't expect that he had even heard of this, but he couldn't tell him Duan Ling's identity, so he thought for a while and said, "Yes, he likes me, that's why he follows me, who knew that he would bump into me to deliver sachets." ”

Ren Yuanbai actually believed it, and shook his head again and again: "This person is too perverted, sister, you still don't want to be nice to him." ”

Lan Zhi replied vaguely. But Ren Yuanbai said again: "I know that Uncle Liu will not believe the wrong person." ”

Lan Zhi guessed that Uncle Liu must be the Central Plains fine work. She was silent for a moment: "Uncle Liu knows about me? ”

Ren Yuanbai sighed: "I know." He was originally the prince's secret guard, and the prince also came with him when he came to Haotian City, and he had a good relationship with me. ”

Lan Zhi then understood why that person only had a one-sided relationship with herself, but chose to believe her. She told the story of the prison and focused on depicting Yu Yuan's cruelty and bloodiness in treating the fine work, but Ren Yuan pretended to be stupid and just smiled and listened. After Lan Zhi finished speaking, she felt that she had nothing to persuade anymore, and she was silent for a while, and finally sighed: "What do you want me to do?" ”

In the early morning of this day, when Lan Zhi left Xinfeng Courtyard, her mind was unprecedentedly heavy. Ren Yuanbai would come forward to see her, and there was a reason. He wanted her to steal something from Duan Ling: the Proton Mansion Access Token. Lan Zhi knew that she finally agreed to help, perhaps not just because she was worried about Ren Yuanbai's safety. Although she never admitted it, her adoptive father's words and deeds had taken root in her heart. Even though she is not from the Central Plains, she has deep feelings for the Central Plains.

The deeper the contact between Ke Lanzhi and Duan Ling, the more she felt that this person was powerful, and she had great doubts about whether she could succeed. On the other hand, Duan Ling treated her so well, but she wanted to repay her betrayal, and she was really uneasy in her heart.

Returning to the women's barracks like this, Lan Zhi found that the atmosphere was not right. There were many people outside Yuan Qiaoqiao's pharmacy, and when Lan Zhi passed by, she heard someone whispering: "...... When did you die? ”

Another replied, "I think it was last night." When the captain on patrol in the early morning found them, the blood on the ground was dry. ”

Someone died? Lan Zhi frowned, walked closer to the crowd, and saw a familiar figure on the ground. Yuan Qiaoqiao was lying on the ground, his face covered with a white cloth, a hole in his abdomen, and a bloody body under him, obviously out of breath. There was another male corpse at the door of the pharmacy, but his face was black and he was out of breath.

Lan Zhi paused, and was shocked for a moment in her heart: Yuan Qiaoqiao was actually dead!

At this time, a female soldier not far away sneered: "This person is above the top of his eyes, relying on Si Yang's favor to do evil, who of the sisters in the female barracks has not suffered from her idleness?" Arnold was poisoned after talking to Si Yang for a few words, and now her brother is avenging her, which is also the retribution of heaven. As she spoke, the female soldier looked at the dead man on the ground and sighed, "It's just a pity that Brother Arnold is still so young......

Lan Zhi also looked at the male corpse on the ground, and roughly understood why: this man avenged his sister Arnold and killed Yuan Qiaoqiao. But if Yuan Qiaoqiao resisted, he was also poisoned and died.

- So, this is a vendetta?

-- But how could it be so coincidental!

Lan Zhi's face flashed over Duan Ling's mind, and she tried to suppress the doubts in her heart: No, Duan Ling had already promised her, and this matter must have nothing to do with him.

- But in this way, she can't get the Dragon and Phoenix Gu. What should I do about killing and cultivating?

said that Si Yang went back to Si's house yesterday to attend the night banquet and did not return overnight. By the time she got the news and rushed back, it was already morning, and the people outside the pharmacy had already dispersed. Everyone knew about her relationship with Yuan Qiaoqiao, so they didn't touch Yuan Qiaoqiao's body, just waiting for her to come back and deal with it.

Si Yang knelt down beside Yuan Qiaoqiao, lifted the white cloth on the corpse's face with trembling hands, and the grief in his heart was indescribable. She felt it was her fault. She could have rushed back after the family banquet last night, but she saw that there were a few distinguished guests staying overnight, so she moved her mind to make friends, so she delayed. If she rushed back, Yuan Qiaoqiao would definitely not stay in the pharmacy, and she would not have met the assassin, and she would not die......

She held Yuan Qiaoqiao's already cold body in her arms and sat in place sluggishly. For a long time, her eyes finally focused, but she accidentally found some fine powder on the ground. Si Yang stretched out his hand, picked up a little powder, and put it on his fingertips to look at it carefully.

Yuan Qiaoqiao is good at medicine, and he often carries a lot of medicinal powder on his body, so it is not uncommon to have medicinal powder on the ground. But Si Yang recognized that this medicinal powder was something newly developed by Yuan Qiaoqiao. It is non-toxic, but the smell is long-lasting, and anyone who gets a little bit of it will wash off a layer of skin, and don't want to wash off the traces of this powder. Yuan Qiaoqiao raised a flying insect, and with this medicinal powder, it was specially used to track it.

Si Yang put down Yuan Qiaoqiao, walked into the pharmacy, and turned out a small box. Opening the lid of the box, a flying insect glowing with silver light flapped its wings lightly twice, as if it was about to fly away in the next second.

Si Yang snapped the lid shut and tugged the locket into his arms. She didn't know why she was trying to find it. Yuan Qiaoqiao's death seems to be just a vendetta, and the murderer even died here, before she came back, there were already thousands of households in charge of crime who came to see it, and they didn't find anything wrong.

But Si Yang was still skeptical. She thought that when Yuan Qiaoqiao was alive, she often ignored her, and now that everyone is dead, she must no longer ignore the cause of her death.

When Si Yang returned to the house, he did not act immediately, but waited until evening. In the middle of the night, the women's barracks gradually quieted down, Si Yang released small insects in the window and chased after them in night clothes.

The worm circled over the pharmacy a few times, and then flapped its wings and flew leisurely down the street. Si Yang followed it through the streets and alleys, in circles, and finally came to a mansion.

The lantern at the entrance of the mansion is shining high, reflecting the word "Duanfu" on the plaque. Si Yang hid in the alley outside the mansion, staring at the gate quietly for a long time.

The bugs never flew out again. In the shadows, Si Yang's face couldn't be seen really, but his eyes were amazingly bright, as if something was burning inside. She turned to leave, but her voice was strange and said two words: "Duan Ling......"