Chapter 230: Kneeling in the Rain
"Yun Muxi knows that the last time she saw the wind spirit in the tent of the Tianshan Mountain, and she saw the Xuannu at the sacrificial ceremony, she should have known that it was the same person, and"
Nan Wufeng paused, because she already knew their relationship when she saw the parting kiss of the wind spirit to him behind the tent.
"Is it the news that the mother released?"
, Beiying couldn't believe it, "Niangniang won't really take revenge on the wind spirit girl because she is jealous of the emperor and the wind spirit girl."
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At this moment, Beiying felt that a woman's jealousy was really terrifying.
Nan Wufeng did not comment on Beiying's speculation, but instructed: "Send someone to follow Yun Muxi closely, especially the maid beside her, before going to Tianshan again, you must not have an accident, and investigate the recent records of that maid's dealings with Phantom Star."
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"No"
When Beiying was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something that had not yet been reported, "The emperor has one more thing, the emperor asked his subordinates to investigate Niangniang's life experience, his subordinates have already investigated, Niangniang's life experience is not abnormal, and the butterfly tattoo on his body is also fake, without the slightest flaw, the only difference is that the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting that Niangniang knew before are now all gone, and even the dance that he has been best at since he was a child does not remember at all, but now he is proficient in juggling, it is the carriage with two wheels"
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When he heard this, Nan Wufeng's eyes that had been closed for a long time finally opened, Beiying reported so many things, and there was only one thing he cared about, "When did it start?"
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"According to the eyeliner around Niangniang, when Yunfu sent someone to pick up Niangniang, Yun Qiuluo secretly pushed Niangniang down the valley, the strange thing is that falling from such a high valley is not a big deal except for a little skin trauma, since that time Niangniang's brain has begun to be different from ordinary people"
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Nan Wu looked at the sunlight shining in from the window, his gaze was as complex as grains, and he had no clue, as if he was a little tired, so he slowly closed his eyes.
"I know, you can step down"
, Nan Wufeng's thin lips gently spit out a few words, and his breath was faint.
"No"
, Beiying cautiously pushed out the door, the emperor was seriously injured, and he was also heartbroken, if it weren't for that Yun Muxi tossing so many things, the emperor, who has always been strong, would not be sick and lying in bed.
In the middle of a vast forest, a spring rain had just fallen, and the air was filled with the fresh smell of earth.
The two of them began to plot again.
Every time they met, they were in the jungle outside Jiangdu, a young and lovely woman dressed in a pink and tender Luo skirt, but she looked at her from the front with a stiff face, she was a fish.
The fish is different from the other dead soldiers, and it should be one level higher than the other dead soldiers.
The dead are divided into three classes, and the third class is the faceless people who can be seen everywhere, but because these dead men can hallucinate and create false facial features, ordinary people can see their facial features, and Mu Xi is not confused by the low-level illusions of the third-class dead because of a special physique, so he sees the original faceless appearance of these dead men (this special physique will be revealed one by one in the following chapters).
The second-class dead man is a face person like Yu'er, and Phantom Xingchen has installed sound facial features on them, so they can't be found at all with Mu Xi's cultivation.
The first-class dead soldier has all the characteristics of the second-class dead soldier, and can also control the second and third class dead soldiers, and now the object that Yu'er is reporting is his boss The first-class dead soldier, the number of the first dead soldier is not much, and Phantom Star Chen has only made about a dozen.
And Phantom Star Chen is not a dead man, he is a living human being, he is a phantasmagogue, and he leads all the dead soldiers.
The body of the dead man is zài some kind of Gu technique, which can be transmitted through guò eye contact, and the third class of the dead man is transmitted at will, no matter when and where.
Only second-class and first-class dead men can control the spread of Gu magic in their own bodies.
Yu'er is reporting on the situation in the palace recently.
"Yun Muxi is still back, he was forced back by the army sent by Nan Wufeng, and Nan Yueming's carriage was on the way to avoid the pursuit of the officers and soldiers, it was too dark, the carriage fell into the cliff, and life and death were unknown."
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"Nan Yueming has no use value for the Lord. The Lord had already guessed that Nan Wufeng would not leave his old lover alone, this time you have made a great contribution, and the Lord intends to give you a rank of Deadman, before that, you still have two tasks to complete, as long as you complete these two tasks, you will be a first-class Deadman"
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"If you can go to the soup for the Lord, your subordinates will not give up"
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"Well, very good, the next task, no matter what method you use, you have to go to the Tianshan Mountains with Yun Muxi, at that time, Nan Wufeng will definitely not let you go, you have to follow Yun Muxi inch by inch"
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"Obey, the subordinates also found an important thing, the subordinates found a maid outside the heart hall and brought out a pot of burned ashes from the inside, when the subordinates secretly looked through it, it was the dust after the cotton and linen burned embers, although they were very cautious and careful, but there was still a little bit of cloth that had not been burned, and the subordinates smelled a faint smell of blood."
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"The smell of blood? The cotton cloth taken out of the Heart Nourishing Temple has been burned, and there is still a smell of blood? ”
, The dead man thought for a moment, this Nan Wufeng must be hiding something, could it be that he was injured!
It seems that he has to do his best to report to the Lord, "I know, it's been some time since I came out, go back quickly, don't arouse Yun Muxi's suspicions"
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"No"
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After the two met, the dead man immediately went to the Wolf Cang Country.
In Chuxiu Palace, Mu Xi stood anxiously at the door waiting, at this moment she was still wearing the cloak left in bronze, and she had not changed it yet, since she returned to Chuxiu Palace in the morning, she immediately asked Yu'er to inquire about Nan Yueming's news, and she didn't know what the situation was, she had been out for so long.
When Yu'er arrived not far from the door of Chuxiu Palace, she saw Yun Muxi wandering at the door, and she found her shoes covered with wet mud under her feet.
Fortunately, he brought an extra pair of spare shoes, quickly changed the dirty shoes under his feet, put away his empty gaze, and walked towards Chuxiu Palace.
"I'm back, why did I go for so long"
, Mu Xi checked the various paths, pulled the fish into the yard, closed the gate, and asked, "How is it, Nan Yueming's carriage is safe out of the forest?"
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"Miss, get the news"
, Yu'er's expression was a little sad, and he said in a hurry: "The carriage fell off the cliff, I heard that it was an iron carriage"
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Hearing this, Mu Xi's feet weakened, and he took a step back, how could this be, if he was still in prison, at least he would not have encountered such an accident.
"Miss, be careful"
, Yu'er hugged Mu Xi and comforted: "I have to think in a good direction."
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"What about the dancing girl, how will the emperor deal with her?"
, Mu Xi caught the fish excitedly, she promised the dancing girl to ensure the safety of Nan Yueming's life, and now that she broke her promise, the dancing girl will be sacrificed in vain.
"The emperor was angry, changed his mind, and ordered that all the remnants of the former dynasty in the prison be beheaded, and none of them could be left, including Nan Yuexuan, who was among the staff officers, and Yu'er only listened to the rumors of the palace maids and eunuchs outside, and didn't know if it was true."
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Mu Xi didn't say a word, closed her eyes and took a deep breath, and the tears in her eyes flowed back, she couldn't do anything, she hated herself for being incompetent at the moment, knowing that they were going to be beheaded but she couldn't do anything.
After a long time, Mu Xi opened his eyes, "Yu'er, do you think I'm useless, watching these innocent people leave, but I can't do anything"
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"Miss, don't say that, it's not like there's no way now, Miss can go and ask the emperor, Miss is also a mother, and the emperor may be extrajudicial."
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"Please?"
, Mu Xi looked at the fish lifelessly, and laughed at himself: "If there was still a glimmer of hope before, it is impossible now, I escaped from the palace and was captured by him as a hostage, my life is worthless in his eyes, and what I say is even more unlikely to have any effect."
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"But it's better than not trying, one more point to try and one more chance, how can you not know if you don't try, and since the emperor has captured Miss back as a hostage, then it means that there is still use value in the emperor, and Miss can use this as a threat"
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As soon as Yu'er said this, Mu Xi understood something, "What you said is not unreasonable, but you know that he is the emperor, even if I don't want to be a hostage, he will tie me up in a sedan chair to Tianshan, if I use this to threaten him, I am afraid it will anger him even more, but it will backfire."
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Yu'er pouted, "But there is only one way, it really doesn't work, Miss can use bitter meat or something"
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"Okay, you're tired all morning, go rest, no matter what the result is, I'll give it a try"
, Mu Xi made up his mind to have a good talk with Nan Wufeng, Nan Yuexuan was the first confidant he met in Yanwangfu, although he didn't have a good impression of Yu Ji, but after all, her starting point was for love, so she couldn't help herself, she was a good girl.
"Okay, good news for Miss Yu'er"
, Seeing that after Mu Xi left Chuxiu Palace, he turned around and hooked a cold smile on the corner of his mouth, whether Nan Wufeng was injured or not, Yun Muxi will know when he comes back.
went to the imperial study, and Mu Xi knew that Nan Wufeng did not go to the morning court this morning, which is not like his style of doing things, he has always been strict with himself.
Outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, Mu Xi said that the guards at the door just didn't let Mu Xi in, which would make the strong father-in-law come out.
"Strong Father-in-law"
, Mu Xi beckoned to the strong father-in-law inside, fortunately there was a familiar person.
Grandpa Qiang glanced at Yun Muxi, "Don't, I don't dare to let you in again"
, The last time he let this woman in without permission and drugged the meal, the emperor's favor to him had been halved, if it weren't for the emperor's kindness, even his black gauze hat would have almost died, and now even if he eats the bear's heart and leopard gall, he won't dare to do it again.
"Father-in-law, we are also half acquaintances, so you can go in and spread the word."
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Father-in-law Qiang shook his head, "The old slave has already gone in just now to spread the word, and the emperor has made it clear that no one has been seen in the past few days, even the early dynasty is exempted, you still don't embarrass the old slave."
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Mu Xi had a bitter face and begged, "Father-in-law Qiang, please, I really have something important to find the emperor"
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Father-in-law Qiang looked at Mu Xi powerlessly, turned around and left inside.
"Father-in-law, you pass the word in, if the emperor refuses to see the concubine, the concubine will kneel here."
When Mu Xi spoke, he knelt on the ground on his knees and straightened his waist.
"This!"
, Qiang Gonggong looked back at Yun Muxi who was kneeling on the ground, sighed and went in, and let Mu Xi kneel.
Her kneeling is the end, there is a colorful glow hanging in the sky, the slanting sun pulls the shadow of the wooden kneeling elder, and the warmth of the sun in the air has slowly faded, in exchange for cool cold air.
Nan Wufeng never came out, but Yun Muxi couldn't go, and the stubbornness in her heart told her that she couldn't give up and wait for him to come out.
Her legs have gone from numb to unconscious, and now they have become painful in her knees, her straight body has bent at first, Mu Xi licked her dry lips, she hasn't drunk water for a day, her mouth is like fire, dry and cracked.
The weather in this spring is changing, just in the colorful sky, now the dark clouds have covered the bright sky, the sky instantly darkened, as far as the eye can see, the wind whistling on both sides of the trees, even the warmth in the air has been blown away, only the cold wind remains.
Mu Xi's thin body seemed to be blown away by the wind in the next second, and she gathered the wide men's cloak draped over her body.
The wind blew for a whole hour, and then, the wind mixed with the wet rain, moistened her cheeks, and then her black hair, which was raised high.
Immediately after, it turned into a violent storm, and the wind swept the rain like countless whips, whipping the wood, and her face was cut painfully.
The rain became heavier and heavier, and the wind blew harder and louder, and the dense rain like a waterfall was blown by the wind like smoke, fog, and dust, and the rolling ink clouds blackened half of the sky.
The rain flowed down her neck into the collar, wetting her clothes, and her whole body began to shiver with cold, her teeth trembled, she still had to wait, in fact, she was betting, betting on whether he would come out, betting on his tenderness to her that night was fake?
Is the love words in her ear that night all hallucinations?
Bet he really wants her to be a hostage?
Is it to bet that his heart is empty?
The rain flowed down the root of his nose and then into the corner of his mouth into Mu Xi's mouth, and Mu Xi licked and licked.
At that moment, a thunderclap rolled over her head, and then there was a heavy thud and exploded.
Mu Xi was frightened without a premonition, her body reflexively shrunk into a ball, tears flowed down the corners of her eyes, she cried for the first time because of thunder, he didn't come out, she cried heartbroken.
"Are you stupid? It's raining so hard and I'm still kneeling, how do you want me to explain when the hostages are sick?"
, The voice above his head was clearly a tone of concern, and the words he said were indeed so unpleasant.
Only the rain in front of her seemed to stop, Mu Xi raised his head, it was he who stretched out his sleeves to shield her from the rain in front of her, and the corners of her mouth were rendered with a bitter smile, yes, how to explain if the hostage is sick!
At the moment she was glad that it was raining, so that no one would know that she was crying, because the rain and tears were not clear, let her retain the last shred of dignity.