No one answered, and the footsteps sounded for a moment, and then again.

It stands to reason that the palace is heavily guarded, and no one should come and go at will, and it is such an hour.

"Who, speak." Xie Yiying put on his identity, and his voice was very stern.

But nothing worked.

She sat up and lifted the thin curtain that covered the side of the bed, and saw that the moonlight was pouring down in the room, and there was no one in the room.

The footsteps also survived at this time.

She felt a little strange, and did not think of any ghosts and gods for a while, so she only took the shoes on the couch and put them on, and then held up the candlestick on one side, and walked towards the place where the footsteps had just been heard.

The room was quiet, save for the sound of the soles of her shoes rubbing against the floor. At this time, the palace maids who were guarding outside the house heard Xie Yiying's voice, and they should come over to serve, but at this moment, the outhouse was quiet as if no one was on duty at night.

In the huge hall, it seemed that she was the only one.

There was a screen between the inner and outer rooms, which she had moved here at night after she had rested. It is embroidered with a picture of a lady, and at this moment, under the dim light of the candle flame, the face on the portrait is no longer gentle and gentle, faintly revealing a gloomy atmosphere.

was stared at by six or seven women, and Xie Yiying finally felt a little scared.

Just as he was about to bypass the screen, a voice suddenly sounded behind him. He turned around suddenly, only to see that the wind had blown the window open, and the window had hit the wall. Probably because the palace people did not check carefully, so they did not close the windows properly.

The wind was so strong that the candles in the room swayed, and even the figure that fell to the ground with her was deformed. I wanted to go and close the window first, but when I stood by the window, something fell and hit the back of her hand, and at first I thought it was rain, but I didn't hear the sound of rain outside, so I held the candlestick in my right hand close to the back of my left hand, and saw the drop on it, dark red, and it was blood.

Thinking back to the place where the blood was low, he hurriedly took a step back and looked up at the beams.

It was dark, and I couldn't see anything clearly, but a few drops of blood fell one after another, smashing into the ground and shattering.

At this moment, the footsteps that had stopped sounded again, and the swaying clothes rubbed against the ground, it was a woman...... Xie Yiying thought, it must be a woman......

As if to match her guess, a low song rang out all around.

The woman hummed softly and walked towards her step by step.

The window that had not had time to be closed was suddenly blown open by a gust of wind, and the candle in Xie Yiying's hand was suddenly extinguished.

Suddenly her heart was frightened, she leaned behind her, her calf hit the couch, and she fell to the bed.

The curtain was blown by the wind and swept across her face, and at one moment she saw a figure standing in front of the screen.

"Someone!"

Nearly lost his voice in fright, his chest rising and falling violently, and his voice was hoarse.

Suddenly, the room lit up.

Several palace maids trotted in with palace lamps in their hands: "Fourth Imperial Princess, what's wrong with you?" ”

Xie Yiying's mood couldn't calm down, she curled up slightly, clutched the quilt under her with both hands, and hung her head to gasp for a few breaths.

"You ...... Where was it just now. ”

"Back to the four imperial concubines, the slaves and maids have been guarding the outside just now, and when they heard you calling for someone, they obeyed the order and ran in."

She listened to the palace maid's explanation and blinked slowly.

The heart was still beating violently, and the expansion of the blood vessels in the ears caused a loud roar.

It took a long time for her to look up at them, "Say it again." ”

As soon as she entered the room, she saw the four imperial concubines sitting on the edge of the bed, her face was bloodless, and her black hair was also messy, and the palace maids were obviously frightened, and the palace maid who had just answered her question swallowed her spit and repeated it carefully.

Xie Yiying kept staring at her until she judged that her expression was not lying.

"Pour me a cup of tea."

"Yes."

She raised her left hand, and the back of her hand was snow-white, very clean, and there were no drops of blood.

That's ...... Dream?

She was a little unsure. If it weren't for a dream, how could the palace maids who were guarding outside hear nothing, if it was a dream, how could it be so realistic, and even that they were really wearing a pair of shoes on their feet.

I couldn't be sure of something, so I was naturally afraid, and after drinking the tea, I ordered the two of them to stay in the room and accompany me.

But I didn't sleep well that night.

So when he woke up the next day, he took two black circles under his eyes to see Concubine Rong, but Concubine Rong canceled a call: "Yo, what's wrong, can't you sleep in a different place?" ”

"Maybe it's true that I'm used to sleeping at home, I haven't slept well all night, and my spirit is a little weak, if my mother doesn't mind, I want to go out for a walk, and the wind can be better." Thank you for not changing her face, and she made a natural request.

I slept in a daze last night, and I was half-asleep and half-awake, and I couldn't figure out a lot of things, and when it came to daytime, I was afraid of any ghosts and gods. The only thing to be afraid of and watch out for in this world is the human heart.

Therefore, I thought about going to see if there were any traces left in front of and behind my house.

She didn't come here to be detained, so it was inconvenient for Concubine Rong to open her mouth and not allow her to go out, so she only ordered someone to accompany her, and finally said to her: "It's okay to go for a while, come back early, I'm still waiting for you to talk to me." ”

When I got out of the house, it was inconvenient to go directly to my own place, so I first went to the acacia forest, looked at it for a while, pretended, and then went around to the back of my house.

The scenery does not change with people, the water is murmuring under the small bridge, and the forest is full of flower buds. Yesterday, I only looked outside the forest, and today I had time, Xie Yiying wanted to go in and have a look, but the palace maid on the side stopped and said: "Fourth Imperial Princess, Niangniang doesn't like people to enter this forest on weekdays, please forgive me." ”

"Oh? Why? ”

"The slave doesn't know, probably because the mother likes this acacia flower very much, except for the palace people who go to rest on weekdays, the palace people next to them are not allowed to enter."

Having said that, thank you for not forcing it. It's just that...... No one is allowed to enter on weekdays, so this is a bit strange. Behind the forest seems to be the side gate of this courtyard, so that the gate built there is equivalent to nothing.

Xie Yiying stood there, staring at Lin Zi for a while, then turned around and smiled at the person: "It's not difficult for you, let's go." ”

From there, I walked on the cobblestone path all the way to the back of my house.

"Yo, it's this tree." Xie Yiying looked up at an old tree that was grabbing stones, "I looked at it through the window when I didn't fall asleep yesterday, and I thought about how this tree has no leaves, it turned out to be such an ancient tree." ”

As he spoke, as if he wanted to explain, he deviated from the road and walked to his window, "Oh, hit this window." ”

Although he said this, he lowered his eyes and looked carefully at the window.

Nothing. Fingerprints, or blood stains, nothing.

She didn't have a big plan to report what she could find today, after all, after a night, if there were any traces left, they would have been cleaned up long ago. It's just that I'm a little unwilling to catch even the clues. (To be continued.) )