Chapter Twenty-Five: Trouble in the Night
At night, it was as dark as a pot of thick soup that could not be opened, hot and depressing, and there was no wind.
The two lanterns in front of General Chang's Mansion emitted a dim yellow glow, projecting on the black door like ghostly eyes, and suddenly a shadow quickly drew on the lantern, and the lantern shook lightly twice, and everything returned to calm.
The house is full of yellow paper full of symbols, silent, eerie and infiltrating. The shadow entered the house and ran straight to the innermost place, driving all the way, easily avoiding the vigil and entering a bedroom.
Entering the room, the pungent smell of bitter medicine filled the room, and the human-shaped quilt on the bed was faintly visible through the night light. A meter away from the bed, there were several plates of fruit and a knife on the table, and the shadow crossed straight through, took away the knife, stood in front of the bed and stabbed directly at the quilt.
General Chang has been plagued by nightmares since he came back from Snake Island, and he has just recovered a little in the past few days, and he is a little less alert than before when he sleeps. When he was sleeping deeply, he felt a tingling pain in his thigh, and he opened his mouth to exhale pain, but the foreign body in his neck made him swallow the pain alive.
"Did you take a hunchbacked mute man from Snake Island half a month ago?" A cold voice sounded low. The person who spoke had his back to the light, and her long hair was splashed over her shoulders as she leaned over, making her face even more indistinct.
General Chang, who was accustomed to the dimness in the room, squinted his eyes but could not see the appearance of the person threatening him in front of him clearly, and when he heard that it was a woman's voice, he was much calmer:
"Who are you? Do you know what this place is? Take your hand away, and General Ben will spare you from death. ”
"Did you take a hunchbacked mute man from Snake Island?" The words were repeated coldly and stiffly, and the knife unceremoniously pushed General Chang's throat, and immediately a warm liquid flowed out, ignoring General Chang's senseless threat.
At this time, General Chang's mind was sober, but when he heard the words of the hunchbacked mute man, his old face turned pale, his previously shrewd eyes showed a look of fear, and the whole person shrank into the corner, waving his hands excitedly.
"He's coming, he's coming to ask for his life. Hell, hell, hell, hell......"
The abruptly raised voice stopped abruptly after a long time, and General Chang's mouth moved with "hea, ahhh He looked at the woman with the knife in horror, one hand was on his dumb hole, the light was obliquely shining, he finally saw her appearance clearly, his eyes suddenly widened, almost frightened. In the past, he was majestic and fierce on the battlefield, and he has long lost his momentum.
It was natural for Mo Qinglan to come here to ask Qin Qian's whereabouts, but General Chang was not surprised at all when he saw that her appearance showed an expression that was more terrifying than a ghost.
"Has he been taken away by you? Yes, no, no, shake your head. Mo Qinglan sat on the edge of the bed, stretched out his hand to wipe the blood on the knife, and his white face was paralyzed.
General Chang shook his head slowly, his eyes showing awe and inexplicable sadness.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Mo Qinglan frowned lightly and asked, reaching out to untie his dumb hole, knowing that Qin Qian was not taken away by Emperor Ye, she felt much more relaxed in her heart.
But what does this ghost have to do with Qin Qian? Could it be that Qin Qian still has a mystery that she doesn't know?
"Kill ...... Killing the sky? General Chang's eyes were a little dilated, and he didn't seem to hear Mo Qinglan's question.
"It's me, Teacher." Mo Qinglan replied neatly, she had just seen that General Chang recognized her, so she was relieved to let General Chang speak again.
"I didn't expect it to be a woman." General Chang muttered, his face smiling and crying.
He is Emperor Ye's confidant, and he has participated in the assassination of Emperor Ye, but he only learned that Emperor Ye is a woman half a month ago, and when he looked at the portrait handed over by Emperor Ye, he was still in disbelief.
He is also the only teacher who has taught the Heaven Devouring Army, at that time she was already wearing a mask, although it was only a month, but because she was the Teacher of the Sky Eater, she was highly respected by the government and the opposition, and he lived a very nourishing life.
Today, with just one glance, everything is clear as long as you feel the compelling momentum that ordinary people can't match.
This teacher, like an end, the past, the future, are all over.
General Chang seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden, he looked at Mo Qinglan, his eyes were full of complicated emotions, and he sighed and said, "You and I are masters and apprentices, and it can be regarded as fate." I calculate you, after all, it is the sin I have done, and when there is a great disaster in the future, remember that you must go to the country of Huangci. ”
Suddenly there was a bright light outside the door, and a eunuch's shrill voice came: "Go and tell General Chang that the emperor has an urgent summons." Are they all dead and haven't woken up yet? ”
Of course, the vigil at the door couldn't wake up, because they were all lit by Mo Qinglan.
"What do you mean?" Mo Qinglan asked, why would a country that she had conquered become her refuge? How much did he and Ye Shuangqian hide from her!
"I didn't expect you to be blessed by him, it seems that Emperor Ye's great cause will be Liang Ke's dream after all. Killing the sky, the old man has always respected you and valued you. Die at your hands, the old man has no regrets. ”
General Chang sighed softly, ignoring the shouts outside. He slowly closed his eyes, as if he had been relieved of some restraints.
And what General Chang said about him, Mo Qinglan's heart was confused for a while, did he mean Qin Qian?
She had a lot of questions, but when she saw General Chang's expression, she knew that she could no longer get any useful information. With the sound of banging on the door and the call of the servant, she lowered her eyes and looked at the knife in her hand......