Chapter Twenty-Four: They x Undercurrents
At sunset, in front of the imperial city of Baidu.
Chen Xiaolan looked up at the huge black bronze door in front of him, and exclaimed, "It is worthy of being the place where the king lives, it is so magnificent." ”
The bronze door was closed, and on either side of the door stood two guards in all iron armor.
"The question now is how do we get in." Su Yan said calmly on the side. Since he has left the Su family, he can't rely on his original identity at will.
Without the access token of the imperial city, and they were not ministers of the court, entering became the first problem. Su Yan had tried to contact Bai Ye before, but he had not received any reply for the time being.
Chen Xiaolan and Su Yan glanced at each other, but they didn't have good ideas. They were dressed in black and red in front of the imperial city gate, and had already begun to attract the attention of the guards.
"Miscellaneous people can't stay here." One looked at them and warned.
"We're waiting for someone." Chen Xiaolan hurriedly waved his hand, indicating that there was no malicious intent.
At this moment, the black bronze door made a heavy grinding sound, and a gap slowly opened in the middle. As soon as the two looked at it, two people in dark blue official uniforms walked out, with a delicate square embroidery on their chests, which was vividly tattooed with the sacred beast admired by the White Lian Kingdom, the White Tiger Roaring Moon.
According to Su Ran's introduction, the officials of Bailian State are divided into seven grades, in turn they are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple official uniforms, purple is the highest first-grade official, the Su family is subordinate to the white king, and Master Su is only a third-grade official to the outside world.
These two second-grade officials both had gray hair on their foreheads, and they were chatting with serious expressions as they walked.
“…… It's no wonder that the king was angry, and the congratulatory gifts sent to the Green Dawn Kingdom twice in a row were robbed on the way, and I don't know who was behind the scenes against our White Ripple Kingdom. ”
"And the reason that the envoy in charge of transportation came up with is like a fantasy."
"That's right, he said that the soldiers escorted were bounced away one by one by the invisible attack, and the wagon carrying the goods disappeared in an instant before his eyes."
"Who would believe that?"
"But it's strange that both envoys said that."
"Hey, I heard that this time the king wants to send an envoy to the prince......"
Chen Xiaolazy glanced at the second-grade officials who came out curiously, and then thought about the idea of entering the door. Their conversation was overheard by Su Yan on the side, and he looked at the backs of the two of them gradually walking away, and his eyes became solemn.
"It seems that the person we are looking for has already started to move."
He recounted to Chen Xiaolan what he had just heard, and the two looked at each other.
"I heard about this from my father before, the new king of the green kingdom ascended the throne, so the white king specially asked people to send a generous gift as a congratulator."
"If this really happened as we expected, then the white night ......"
They whispered a discussion as they walked back.
"Yo, I've met you again."
This joking voice made Chen Xiaolazi's eyes light up. Walking out of the corner in front of him was the little prince Baiye.
"Are you waiting for me?"
Bai Ye was still alone, and he didn't even bring out a guard by his side, he hugged Su Yan's shoulders as if he was familiar, Su Yan frowned and didn't push him away.
Chen Xiaolazi replied happily, "Well, I just wanted to find you." ”
"I'm sorry, I'm not interested in immaturity." Bai Ye teased his neat bangs, bent his slender Danfeng eyes, and teased.
He turned his face to Su Yan's ear and whispered, "Have you identified yourself with her?" ”
Su Yan hummed helplessly, after many years, the cynical personality of his childhood playmate still hasn't changed, "I have something to tell you." ”
"Then let's go straight to my dormitory." White Night raised eyebrows -
The imperial city is full of black and white buildings, white walls and black tiles, and palace towers.
Along the way, they had seen several concubines with exquisite makeup, either gorgeous and graceful, or dignified and delicate, all walking slowly with broken steps. They were followed by several palace maids, some of whom were thoughtfully shaking fans to dispel the heat around them.
After these concubines saw Bai Ye, only one of the younger ones said hello briefly, and the rest left without looking at him. And Bai Ye didn't care, and twittered to Chen Xiaolazy to introduce the surrounding furnishings, who lived in what palace, and where he couldn't enter at will.
She finally realized the reason why Bai Ye was called an idle prince, he was not involved in court politics, he did not fight for power, and several other princes moved out of the imperial city to set up their own doors, but he continued to live in the imperial city on the grounds of moving around and building houses and courtyards.
His biological mother is Xiao Niangniang, and since she was not favored by the White King and was snubbed, she began to be emotionally changeable, irritable and irritable.
"If you see that woman, you don't see her." Bai Ye blinked and laughed.
It seems that he has a very bad relationship with his mother, Chen Xiaolazy nodded.
The place where Bai Ye lived was located in the southwest corner of the entire imperial city, and the three of them walked for a while before they arrived at the door of his residence, the Wuji Palace.
"Hello Wangye."
Chen Xiaolan found that the palace maids in the Wuji Hall looked at Bai Ye a little strangely, mixed with sympathy and fear. She turned her face to look at Su Yan suspiciously, and Su Yan shook her head lightly to indicate that she didn't know.
"Say it."
The three of them sat around a low round table carved in mahogany and sat comfortably on a mat. After the snacks and fruits were brought to the table in turn, Bai Ye waved his hand to let the waiting palace maid close the door and go out.
Chen Xiaolazy looked at the bright red curse mark on Bai Ye's eyebrows, and held his chin and suddenly didn't know what to say in the first sentence.
"Do you find yourself different from other people? For example, there will be a certain change in the specific time. ”
Bai Ye was stunned for a moment, and changed to a comfortable position to lean, "No." If I had, I wouldn't be so bored. ”
Aren't all targeted people with special bloodlines? Or hasn't the White Night awakened yet?
Su Yan glanced at Chen Xiaolazi, nodded in affirmation, and asked her to continue. In the enclosed space, the rotten aura on Bai Ye's body was even more obvious.
"I know you have." Chen Xiaolan pointed at Su Yan, "He is a descendant of the wolf clan, and he will transform into a werewolf on a moonlit night." ”
"So you don't have to worry."
"Su Yan, is this really the case?" Bai Ye seemed to have discovered something new, and crawled next to Su Yan and touched him, "Can you really transform?" ”
Su Yan let him be harassed, and said expressionlessly, "Yes." I can feel the smell of you, too. ”
"Okay." Bai Ye pursed his lips and sat down in his place. He grinned and looked at Chen Xiaola, "I can't tell, I'll show you the show." ”
He looked at the small fruit knife on the table, a little disgusted, and turned his face to ask Su Yan, "Do you have a dagger or something?" ”
Su Yan casually threw him a silver dagger, and after Bai Ye caught it, "Look at it." ”
He stretched out his wrist, aimed the blade at it, and without hesitation, cut it at the vein.
"What do you do!"
Chen Xiaolazy covered her mouth, Bai Ye's suicide made her panic, and Su Yan also stepped forward and grabbed the dagger.
However, it was too late, and bright red blood poured out along Bai Ye's wrist, but he still looked like he was smiling. Chen Xiaolazy rushed forward and grabbed his wrist, reached out to cover the wound and raised it high, so anxious that tears rolled in his eyes.
Su Yan seemed to have a premonition of something, put down the dagger in his hand and did not move.