Chapter Seventy-One: The Ghost Gate
In a dark chamber, a candle burns. On the pedestal, the small half of the green candle, the color is like jade, covered by paper, emitting a faint light.
Sitting on the chair, the man could not see that he was tall, short, fat and thin, and his figure was completely hidden by a wide black velvet that dragged the ground.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, the man in black bowed slightly, blew out the candle in the papier-mΓ’chΓ© lampshade, and the secret room became invisible.
The person who came was five short figures, with a wooden mask, and when he arrived at the door, he smelled the familiar smell of the secret room, and he still frowned a little unconsciously.
He bent down slightly, clenched his fists and said, "Master, Chen Shou has run away." β
"Ran away?" The man in black spoke in a cold tone, without a trace of emotion, and it had become instinct for him to suppress his voice for a long time.
He seemed to know, and hurriedly escaped from Huayue Tower.
The person who spoke looked up, and it was already pitch black, and his own faint breathing and heartbeat could be heard.
He couldn't figure out why he was in such a dark place, even though he had countless lives on his hands and had seen the bloodiest scenes, but when he came here, he still felt furious in his heart.
Endless darkness brings fear, and a hint of awe. Yes, it is awe, awe of that person in the night, I am willing to go to the soup for him, as long as he says a word, let me do anything.
The man in black didn't blame his subordinates, he nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Today's poison is not fatal, it doesn't matter if he escapes, as long as he knows that someone is going to kill him." β
The masked man was a little surprised, the master rarely explained to himself, but this time he made an exception and said one more sentence.
What happened next made him even more surprised, and there was a faint laugh in the darkness, "Daqi has not produced such an interesting character as Chen Shou for a long time, he wants to mess up Bianliang, I'm just afraid that he will do it too slowly, fan him and light the fire... It's a shame to kill such an interesting person now. β
"This time, I think it's probably the prostitute who poisoned the problem, you go and fix it."
Although no one could see anyone, the masked man still bent down deeply, bowed, and said, "Yes, master." β
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In Huayue Tower, although Chen Shou was gone, he had already paid, and the banquet was even more cheerful.
Gao Huan and the others lost their restraint and completely exposed their true nature, and the scene was unbearable to watch for a while.
Hong'er looked a little flustered, and quietly retreated back to her embroidery room.
She clenched her fists nervously, leaning her back against the door, her heart pounding. Today was the first time she had accepted a mission, and she had betrayed them, if those people knew...
Thinking of the cruel methods of this group of people, Hong'er trembled a little, and could only hope that they couldn't guess that they had warned Chen Shou by themselves.
"You seem scared."
A gloomy voice suddenly remembered, and Hong'er was frightened with an "ah", only to see the candle in his room being lit.
On the chair in front of the dresser, an ugly-looking man sits, staring coldly at him. Looking closely, it turned out that his face was a wooden mask with a ghost face.
This mask is too familiar to itself, and it always appears in his nightmares, like a mountain pressing on himself.
"Ah, Envoy, listen to me..."
The middle-aged man laughed, "Your father is a prisoner of the imperial court, you should have gone out to pick up guests at the age of eight or nine, but at this age it is estimated that someone has already been played to death, who saved you?" I really didn't expect that you are still an unfamiliar dog, a natural cheapie. β
Hong'er was so panicked that her hands and feet trembled, and she couldn't muster any courage to call for help, and she didn't even dare to escape.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and the voice of the turtle 1 slave in the Huayue Building sounded outside, "Miss Hong'er, come out quickly, someone is coming to redeem you." β
There was a banging knock on the door, like a life-saving straw, and the ghost-faced man rolled his eyes, turned around with a cold snort, took off his mask, and disappeared into the night.
Hong'er sat on the ground, and then remembered to turn around and open the door, but the turtle slave outside had already impatiently slammed the door open, and the impact force made her forehead touch the ground, and the touch was red and swollen.
Turtle 1 slave was startled, this is about to be sold, if he breaks his face, people regret it, delay the business in the building, and he will not be dragged out and killed?
The little turtle 1 slave hurriedly apologized and said: "Hey, the villain should be damned, he couldn't knock on the door and pushed it in a hurry, Miss Hong'er, are you okay?" β
After he finished speaking, he saw that Hong'er didn't move at all, and he couldn't help but be even more flustered in his heart, "Miss Hong'er? β
Hong'er turned around, although her forehead was swollen, but a smile appeared on her face.
This smile is very pure, and the Qinglou is used to smiling and welcoming people, but the little 1 turtle and 1 slave can see at a glance that this time the Hong'er girl is actually smiling from the heart.
"I have to thank you... You saved my life. β
In an elegant room on the second floor, the old bustard had a flattering face.
The one who came to redeem people today turned out to be the fan of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who was directly in charge of their teaching department.
Yue Xiang's words can decide their life and death, but in fact, he is the master of the entire sect division.
She didn't even dare to talk about the price, so she let Zhao Hong offer a price and sold a girl with excellent quality for three hundred taels.
"This dead 1 turtle and 1 slave, why don't you come yet, a few masters, you sit for a while, and the slave family will go to urge it in person."
As soon as she finished speaking, Hong'er walked in quickly.
"It's coming, Hong'er, you are a blessed person, and a noble person has taken a fancy to you. What we're talking about is also a mother-daughter game, and we should have prepared some for you... You see that this time is in a hurry, so let's hurry up and go with the nobles. β
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In the summer palace, Chen Shou called Doctor Liu and was taking his pulse.
"Chang Shi, you haven't been poisoned here, have you?"
Chen Shou looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Why don't you take the pulse again, why do I feel a little out of breath." β
Doctor Liu said with a smile: "Chang Shi's pulse is strong but not steady, rapid but not short, according to the villain, most of it is caused by palpitations." β
Chen Shou's old face flushed, this grandson said so subtlely, in fact, he was reminding himself that he was scared out of breath.
"You don't know, I'm going to walk around the ghost gate today." Chen Shou said with palpitations.
Doctor Liu suddenly became nervous and persuaded: "Chang Shi, you look at the summer palace, how comfortable you are at peace." If you have nothing to do, you can also learn some medical skills from the villain, maintain your health in your spare time, and save your life in an emergency, wouldn't you be happy? β
He had to be nervous, the young man in front of him, but all his hopes.
Doctor Liu has a quiet personality and has no ambitions, just wants to study medicine carefully.
The only obstacle was his sister, but Chief Manager Yue Xiang promised himself, and when the time was right, he would make the decision to let Chen Changzhi marry his sister as a concubine.
After entering the Teaching Workshop Division, this can be a person of Yue Xiang's level, and he can rescue people, otherwise he will be a lowly person for the rest of his life.
So anyone can have an accident, but Chen Shou can't have an accident.