CHAPTER XLIV
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The crackling candles burned, and the whole backyard suddenly became a sea of fire, and in the scorching firelight, there was a strange and sharp hissing sound, like the cry of a baby. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ info and farther away, as if echoing this cry, a clearer and more poignant echo sounded.
The collapsed palace ladies were pale, but most of them had regained consciousness, and only a few who were already seriously ill were still asleep, and Yan Yin placed them alone
He slowly walked through the crowd, but he didn't find Yuan Qi's figure.
"One less." He said slowly.
The guards looked at each other, and turned their heads to look at the place where the backyard had been connected into a sea of fire, and where there were still human figures.
Yan Yinmei's eyes narrowed slightly: "Have you ever seen it in the well?" β
"But the well, it can't hide people, it's all thick layers of oil...... The general is suspicious, that woman is the Gu mother? β
"Extinguish the fire." Yan Yin's face turned pale.
"If she is really a Gu mother, then being burned to death is just the right solution to the predicament of this epidemic." The guard reminded.
"She can't be a Gu Mother." Yan Yin's face was solemn, "If she dies, she will never be able to find out who is the Gu Mother." β
The real Gu Mother is not afraid of fire, not tempted by flesh and blood, it carefully hibernates, like an ant queen hidden in the dark underground. Even the secret medicinal powder of the national hand did not react, it was not here, Yan Yin raised his head, followed the direction of the faint cry in response, looked at Shouning Palace, and his face became solemn.
It was still moonlight, but now suddenly there was a thick and dreary black cloud, as Qin Tianjian had predicted, the fire was halfway burned, and a rumbling sound sounded, followed by a pouring rain.
"It's exactly the same." Yan Yin strode into the backyard first, leaving mottled traces of burned tung oil. Flames stretched down the branches and cracks in the walls, blocking the barrier outside.
The heavy rain extinguished the remaining fire, and one of the guards stepped forward and covered Yan Yin with an umbrella. Lu's shoulders, but he strode forward, not afraid of the possible involvement of the Gu worms inside, and the umbrella became a burden. The rain flowed down his cheeks, Yan Yin looked left and right, and decisively walked to the only β‘β‘ well.
He stood by the ancient well, lowered his head and looked at it, there was a faint light on it, Yan Yin's face was frosty, and the corners of his mouth rose: "You come up by yourself, or I will pull you." β
A quarter of an hour later, Yuan Qi, who was almost suffocated, lay on the edge of the well, and Yan Yin squatted down and looked at the pale face.
"It's you." He crouched down and patted her face gently.
At the moment when he made a move, Yuan Qi also followed, her movements were very fast, almost no one saw how she drew the knife, a short knife had pierced Yan Yin's eyes, at this tight time, no matter how fast he retreated or dodged, he could be stabbed, and the blue shadow of the knife edge indicated that the knife had been fed with poison.
At that moment, Yuan Qi's face was filled with unspeakable hatred, even more than her expressionless indifference, and her teeth bit deep blood on her lips. She just wanted his life.
"Die." She snorted coldly.
However, the next moment, her wrist was clasped by Yan Yin, and he pulled her into his arms at the same speed - not pushing her away, but pulling her into his arms, and a clear bone sound sounded, it was her wrist bone that was broken.
The great pain made her eyes darken, and the next second, she rolled on the ground, and there was the sound of a soft whip cutting through the night sky.
"Give you a chance, now say where the Gu Mother is, I can spare your life."
An indifferent smile appeared at the corner of Yuan Qi's mouth, she held her wrist with one hand, and looked up at this man, they had a time when they were extremely close, and that time was obviously an insult to her.
The disdain in her eyes angered the man, and the whip was mercilessly whipped down,
The soft whip was wrapped in iron thorns, and every whip on the body always had a broken placket mixed with flesh and blood
"Still waiting for your master to come and save you? You're just an outcastβan outcast that's been exposed. β
"Where? Well? The Temple of Manna? Zhu Zifang? Shouning Palace? Every time he gave her name, he followed her with a whip, and the guards on either side held umbrellas and torches, carefully illuminating her expression in the pouring rain, not missing the slightest change.
The light of the extinguished fire shone on her bloodstained clothes, setting off the delicate and white skin of her face even more.
Yan Yin's whip struck the good and avoided the face.
In her torn clothes, Yuan Qi lay stiffly on the ground, her head tilted, her expression full of resentment, sadness, remorse, and great pain, and these pains were closely related to the man in front of her who had once been fascinated by her body.
The guards on the left and right all stood sideways, ignoring them. In the eyes of the world, General Yan was born in a famous family, his status is noble, and he is accustomed to smiling and fist, and being kind to people, coupled with his bright clothes, dilutes his former horse atmosphere, so that many people themselves gradually forget that this general is an illegitimate son, and followed the king from the chaos to Jinghua Palace to enter the Chu State. He himself is different from those pampered children in Chu Du.
And these carefully selected and trained guards, although each of them wore the Yan family crest, they had secretly sworn allegiance and absolute obedience to the king of Chu in the Zhu Zifang.
Therefore, even if they are faced with the uncrowned king of the harem, the informants and doorways of the major families in the palace, and the female officials who have expedient decision-making rights in the palace and the family, they will not obey 100%.
"I've been in the Prison Hall for a while." Yan Yin accepted the whip, pure and seductive, "The people there, some even regret being born." You're not like them, you're a woman, and there are more ways to get you to speak. β
Yuan Qi had a white face, her eyes lit up slightly when she heard this, and with undisguised provocation, she finally spoke: "Didn't the general let me try those methods?" β
Yan Yin looked at her, the woman's neck was slender, the clothes on her chest were half-broken, and her beautiful and broken body had a strange beauty.
He whipped her around her neck and watched her struggle almost as if she were suffocating, pulling her into his own little by little.
That kind of contempt and disgust in his eyes made his heart swell with murderous intent.
He tightened the whip in his hand little by little, watching her struggle and gasp, but she suddenly let go of the hand that was holding the whip tightly, and smiled slowly, Yan Yin looked at her, the gloomy and menacing smile twisted and engraved on her face, her voice was indistinct, but every word seemed to be full of strength, hitting his chest, she said: "Aren't you afraid that today I will die and haunt you?" β
Yan Yin stared into her eyes, as deep as an ancient well, suddenly let go of the whip, pinched her small chin, and his voice was cold and hard: "I can't ask for it." β
A dull thunder rang out in the sky, and the long-brewing thunder rolled around the clouds, ready to move.
Lightning illuminated the minutiae on her face.
Yan Yin let go of her hand, gaining insight into her provocation and intentions: "I won't let you die." β
He turned his face: "Take it down." β
When Xirong's Gu poison finally attacked, it was like the crazy palace of Na Shouning Palace, bloodthirsty and crazy
γ If the original Gu was really planted by Yuan Qi, she was neither a Gu mother.
Then who in this palace will be the person who is related to her?
Only the same bloodline can become the original host of the Gu Mother, and once it matures, it can break out of its body, and at that time, it will be possible to lay eggs on anyone.
Is it Cui'er? Empress Dowager? Or - Empress Chu?
There was a sharp sound that trembled in the thunder and lightning, and that kind of sound was not made by humans.
Yan Yin withdrew the whip in his hand, and there was a little blood stained on it.
"Let's go!" He turned and walked out.
Half of the nearest road between Kunhe Palace and Shouning Palace was hidden in the leafy bushes, and he walked quickly, and the conversation with the King of Chu was still clear.
"What if, the Gu Mother is not on that Qi girl, but on Cui'er?"
"Kill."
"Then if it's the Empress Dowager."
The voice stopped for a moment, and the king of Chu said slowly: "The nurse has paid a lot for me, imprison her in Shouning Palace, and send someone to accompany her for the last time." β
"If it's Empress Chu." Yan Yin asked again.
The king of Chu looked at him: "The Xin clan is from the Chen country, and Yuan Qi is the daughter of Qi, how can there be blood relatives." β
Yan Yin smiled slowly: "The king forgot, Weichen is really a Chu person. β
Isn't it also the same half-blood as Xin Hui?
The King of Chu was silent for a moment: "I will send her to Ensi Lake first." β
The island in the middle of Ensi Lake, the absolute forbidden place of Chu Palace.
"Wechen understood." Yan Yin's head.
At this moment, he was following the direction, and the location of Shouning Palace did not have the expected fire, which meant that, under some circumstances, there was an accident in Shouning Palace.
The Qi Nu Cui'er who stayed there became a dangerous powder, and if she was not careful, she would cover the entire palace.
On the way, he met the guards who had come in a hurry.
"The king asked the general if everything was going well." The guards galloped all the way, their voices hurried.
"It's all under control." Yan Yin said, waving his hand to let him retreat, and the whip in his hand was pinched tighter, and the special mechanism on the whip handle was pressed, and the entire long whip was filled with venom in different tones.
In the distance, in the rain that was gradually laughing, he saw a strange and large woman, dressed in a long palace skirt, walking down the high arched bridge, and on the other side of the arched bridge, several chamberlains were desperately pushing the hull of the boat to get out of the shore position.
A bolt of lightning struck down, illuminating the woman's almost swollen and distorted face, which was also smeared with a lot of rouge, and looked red and translucent, horrible and disgusting.
She pressed one hand on her stomach, touched her hair with the other, and walked down one step at a time.
Walked to the position of the arch bridge downward, at this time, she seemed to see Xin Hui and the others, because of the previous forcible obstruction of the waiter and others, Xin Hui had a few strands of long hair scattered, quite embarrassed, her face was a strange pink because of annoyance, she was dressed in palace clothes, wide and cumbersome, and simply wrapped them in front of her
The courtesy's respectful and resolute attitude, whether she took out the majesty of the Empress Chu or the little woman's soft words, they were all not in the oil and salt, and only said that the King of Chu had prepared a dinner party for her on the island in the middle of the lake.
Na Cui'er walked in the screams of the palace on all sides, her eyes were tinged with strange yellow, she looked at Xin Hui sideways, and her brows suddenly frowned, as if she remembered something.
"I remember you." She chirped.
Xin Hui was dumbfounded, this Cui'er hadn't seen her for a few days, and she had become like this, and several of the attendants' faces changed greatly, and they immediately increased their strength and began to push the boat, but the boat, which was usually just moored on the shore, seemed to be grabbed tightly at the moment, no matter how hard they tried, they didn't move at all.
Cui'er's eyes widened suddenly: "It's you, your stomach is ......" she tilted her head and thought, "That day the real people also gave you the elixir - you also want to seduce the real people!" β
Her voice was gloomy, speaking more like it was squeezing out of her throat.
She was talking about the pill that Jade Toad gave her after the rockery that day.
"It seems that you are not only sick physically, but also have a broken brain." Xin Hui is staggered.
"No, you're not in the right head."
Cui'er didn't listen to her at all, she reached out to touch her belly, and then raised her head, her eyes became more and more terrifying: "The real person is mine." β
He was naturally hers, from the first time she was in her aunt's palace, watching the curtain open, listening to the soft sound of the jade pendant, and watching him step out with the hibiscus crown.
When the corners of his cyan robe swept over the kneeling fingertips, the tip of his nose smelled his faint and strange fragrance, like fireworks and bewitchment.
Naturally, she couldn't play, and when she raised her head to Mu and looked at him stupidly, she saw from his wide lute sleeves that there was a plain collar on the top of the peony petal-shaped lips.
At that moment, it was as if there was something in her body, slowly waking up, and she was obsessed with the sour and convulsive feeling of awakening, so that she often saw her jade toad real person in her dizzy arms.
And today, when those wicked people wanted to push her into the backyard covered with tung oil, he also appeared like a fairy and saved her from fire and water.
He also cares about her, he talks to her so softly, which is completely different from the king of Chu who can only be born in the military with a straight face, he is so noble and gentle, but he only speaks to her.
It's a pity that she can't hear what he says, she is lovesick for him, thinking that he can barely hear other sounds, and often can't even see other things clearly.
And at this moment, she saw that bewitching slut, standing on the bow of the boat, disheveled, with a pink face, looking at this side with affection.
Does she want to come and rob real people too?! Like those damn bitches, they secretly hide portraits of real people, and shout real people's names with their filthy mouths.
Tsui'er felt a pang of anger in her heart, and she wanted to speak, but only a sharp cry came out of her throat, like a baby's cry. Then she quickened herself, dragging her long skirt and walking on her puppet-like feet towards the frozen ship.
Yan Yin's face changed greatly: Sure enough, it was this woman.
He whipped his hand, almost condensing the speed of his whole body to the tiptoes, and rushed forward with his feet.
The faces of the two attendants on the periphery changed greatly, but how could they have weapons in their hands, one of them directly lifted the stone next to him, and smashed Cui'er's head hard with both hands, but she never expected that the whole stone fell down, just smashing her head into a hole, and black blood flowed out, Cui'er turned her head and looked at the stunned attacker, she screamed and bit down
The chamberlain immediately fell to the ground screaming, and gradually his voice weakened, and his wound turned a dark and dull color.
The personal chamberlain of the king of Chu was sweating profusely, and while standing in front of the boat, he shouted loudly: "Madame, go quickly!" β
Xin Hui looked at the path that was blocked by Cui'er on three sides of the water, and sweated profusely: This, where can I escape from this......
Cui'er was like crazy, not afraid of any attack, and walked towards the boat firmly, several of the chamberlains were not her opponents at all, and her blood seemed to be highly poisonous, as long as it stuck to the person's body, the skin and flesh atrophied, and when she finally grabbed the side of the boat and climbed up, Xin Hui threw off the outer coat, took a discarded oar, and poked the terrifying Cui'er.
But she didn't want her to grab the oar with her backhand, so she pulled it directly.
Xin Hui was sweating profusely, and there was nothing to remove from the ship for a while.
In a hurry, she simply threw the coat over and put it right on Cui'er's head, and at the same time, she flew out with a kick, hitting Cui'er's swollen face, as if something had been kicked through......
And because of her strong kick, the whole boat shook violently, and this shake revealed that the boat was fixed with a hidden rope, because of the lack of cushioning, she lifted it straight back, and it seemed that it was about to fall into the water.
Xin Hui took a big breath, at least he wouldn't suffocate when he fell into the water.
But behind him was held firmly by a pair of hands, and then the tip of his nose smelled a familiar smell.
She turned her head and saw Jade Toad's real noble and handsome face.
On the other side of the ship, Yan Yin's whip had arrived, wrapped directly around Cui'er's neck, and was dragged out along with the covered clothes.
"General!" Xin Hui had never felt him so gracious and lovable.
Yan Yin withdrew his whip and looked at Yu Chan Zhenren: "Wu Anjun, is this a secular rite to enter the world?" β
It was probably the scent that stimulated Cui'er, whose neck was kicked out of place, and the mass of objects wrapped in her clothes twisted and slid towards the boat.
Yan Yin said coldly, "It is often said that this Xirong poisonous Gu will be affected by the mind of the Gu people-" He turned his head to look at the worm body with unknown meaning.
"This Gu man has a deep affection for Wu Anjun."
Jade Toad Zhenren - Wu Anjun Jingwei, who had removed the dignified and imposing bundle of his hair, looked as usual, and he clasped Xin Hui's shoulders in his arms.
"General Lao Fuyan told my younger brother that tonight on the island in the middle of the lake, my brother wants to catch up with him." With that, with a wave of the soft knife on his waist, several tenacious silks broke in an inconspicuous position on the side of the boat, and the boat slowly floated towards the center of the lake along the direction of the wind.
One of the guards was upset by the unsaved queen: "General! β
Yan Yin sprinkled a jar of medicinal powder on the wriggling Cui'er: "His nails are full of Gu poison. β
The nails held on the shoulders, as long as they exert a little force, Xin Hui may be the next Jiang Cui'er.