Chapter 34: The Past: The Lingque Pavilion (1)
"This time I lost willingly, and I will never let you again in the future. I will avenge the revenge of the extermination one day, and the four of you will have to take responsibility for your mistakes. After smiling casually, Zhou Sumo took Xuan Weiyi's hand and slowly disappeared from Su Yanlin's sight.
After the two walked away, Su Yanlin also took Gan Tian'er to the river.
The two of them squatted by the river, pasted the written note and placed it on the lit lotus river lantern, watching it float along with the many river lanterns.
Looking at the river lanterns drifting farther and farther away, Gan Tian'er couldn't help but ask, "Childe, where do you say these river lanterns will float to? Will they come back?"
"Answer me a question, do you like me?" Su Yanlin somehow asked such a question, which Xuan Weiyi had also asked before.
Gan Tian'er was stunned for a moment, and then tried her best to make the expression on her face look natural, her heart was already surging, but she didn't dare to answer.
I had to gently pull the corner of Lou Shenghao's clothes and smiled: "How could Gongzi ask such a strange question?
Su Yanlin asked with a serious face: "This question is very important to me, you must answer me!"
Gan Tian'er lowered her eyelids slightly: "I'm just a maid by your side, I don't dare to have any thoughts about the emperor, I just want to serve the emperor and his wife for the rest of my life." β
"Now, as a friend, I ask you, do you like your master?"
Gan Tian'er bit her lower lip, her heart beat "poof", and she was about to blurt out the word "like", and finally shook her head with a wry smile.
"I have never been friends with Emperor Zun, and I have always put myself in the right place. For the emperor, Tian'er only has admiration, and there is no personal relationship between men and women. I just want to be by the emperor's side and be loyal to the emperor for the rest of my life...... This life is enough, there is nothing else to think. β
It is not difficult to see from the expression on Su Yanlin's face that he is very satisfied with this answer: "Then I will take it seriously! Don't like me, I am not a person worthy of trusting for life, and I am not worthy of your liking." β
It's one thing to say the same thing from your own mouth, and it's another thing to say it from the other person's mouth.
Gan Tian'er, whose heart was broken into slag, slowly had something crystal in her eyes, and she choked up and asked, "What about Le Zhengrou? You hate her brother so much, or do you have ......a child with her?"
Su Yanlin's face changed when he boarded, but he had to restrain himself because of the large number of people, and his words did not carry the slightest warmth: "How can Rou'er's name be called out by your maidservant? Don't let me hear it a second time." β
The undying Gan Tian'er asked again: "But I know that the emperor doesn't like Madame! Back then, you married her just to borrow the power of the Lezheng family." Now that you have inherited the throne of the emperor as you wish, the glory of the Lezheng family is long gone.
They can't help you anymore, just Le Zhengjiao is not afraid at all, why should the emperor bother to share a bed with a person he doesn't love?"
Forcibly swallowing his anger, Su Yanlin patiently explained: "According to what you mean-should I cross the river and tear down the bridge to divorce my wife and abandon my children? You say that I am wronged, what do I have to be wronged? If this woman who has given everything for me does not die well, that is the real grievance." β
At this time, Gan Tianer couldn't control her crying anymore.
For many years, she foolishly thought that she and Le Zhengrou were only one name away. It wasn't until this moment that she realized how wrong she was.
The word "regret" runs through her whole body, she regrets not that she likes Su Yanlin, she regrets that she shouldn't mention Le Zhengrou, so that her faith will not be shattered.
I really didn't want to listen to gossip, and looked up at the full moon hanging in the sky, Su Yanlin quickly stood up: "Tian'er, it's time for us to go home." β
yes, it's time to go home. But that is not her home, it is the home of Su Yanlin and Le Zhengrou.
The so-called home is just a place to live for Gan Tianer. Just like what Zhou Sumo promised to Bai Yun, that thing is called a house, not a home.
Putting away her tears, Gan Tian'er reluctantly looked at the river lantern that was drifting farther and farther away, until she could no longer see the shadow of the river lantern, and then slowly got up and left with Lou Shenghao.
It's just that the two of them left in too much hurry, and Su Yanlin didn't have a chance to know that Gan Tian'er had considered staying under the bright moonlight, even if it was one more day.
Floating away with the river is not only the river lamp, but also the love that Gan Tianer has hidden for many years. It's just that her love has ended before it has time to start.
On the other side, although Zhou Sumo didn't get the river lantern for Xuan Weiyi, he still happily took her to the ready-to-wear store.
Since she can remember, Xuan Weiyi's clothes and accessories have been arranged by Nan Rongjin, and she has never felt that there is anything wrong, because she matures prematurely and is not like an ordinary girl, and she does not pay much attention to things like appearance.
On the contrary, Zhou Sumo, who was a man, was determined to transform her, and led her to a pink embroidered gown without saying anything, "Yiyi should wear it brightly at a young age, although the blue on your body is good, it is inevitably a little lighter." β
Seeing that he was so serious, Xuan Weiyi didn't want to be that disappointment, so she casually took the gown in her hand and looked at it carefully, "This embroidery is so beautiful, the embroidery lady is decidedly ingenious." β
The girl cooperated so much, of course Zhou Sumo was overjoyed: "Yiyi, you can wear it and try it on for me." β
Xuan Weiyi whispered: "I don't have the strength to try on clothes, it's better to pick a few good-looking ones and buy them, and try them for you one by one when I go back." I'll just show you one, okay?"
"Of course!"
However, just as he went to the front desk to pay the bill, a strange man pretending to pick out clothes suddenly appeared and stuffed a note for her. There are only a few numbers on it: go with me and come alone, otherwise Yuzhu will not survive.
"Jade Bead ......"
Yuzhu is a personal maid who grew up with Xuan Weiyi since she was a child, and she is as inseparable as a family.
After a little shock, Xuan Weiyi, who calmed down, couldn't help but wonder: "Yuzhu listens to me the most, I let her stay in the Absolute Dust Castle, she won't go out without permission." What's more, her cultivation is not low, who would kidnap her easily?"
Just as she was about to throw away the note, her doubts returned, "No...... Yuzhu doesn't like to go out, how did that person learn her name and know that the two of us are related?
Don't...... Yuzhu was ordered by her master to go out to look for me, and unfortunately met someone more powerful than her. If so, she would rather die than drag me down with her devotion to me.
But she has always been naΓ―ve and ignorant of the world, and it is not impossible for someone to be deceived and leak my information. If I don't do what the letter says, will she really be in danger?"
The shorter the threatening letter is, the more scary it is, because it leaves too much room for imagination, and the more you think about it, the more terrifying it becomes.
After thinking about it, Xuan Weiyi still decided to go to find out the truth in person.
Carefully put away the note, Xuan Weiyi came to Zhou Sumo with a smile, "Brother Su Mo, I have some stomach discomfort and want to go to the toilet, you can choose some more beautiful clothes for me here." β
Without waiting for him to reply, Xuan Weiyi immediately put his arm around him and sprinkled coquettishly: "If my brother can't wait, come to me...... I'll wait for you. β
It didn't take long for Zhou Sumo to find the tracking charm that Xuan Weiyi had secretly hidden in her sleeve and chased out. Unfortunately, he met Cheng Yunjing who came to look for trouble around the corner.
"Listening to Cheng Yunan's group of fox friends and dogs, you are the last person he has ever seen in his life. β
Zhou Sumo, who was busy "saving his wife", had time to entangle with others, and said very unhappily: "I don't have time to fight with you now, make way!"
Cheng Yunjing waved his hand very domineeringly to block his way: "I won't let you unless you give me an explanation." β
It is located in a prosperous area, and the streets are crowded, Zhou Sumo was afraid that his sudden attack would hurt the innocent, so he simply changed his direction and started to be a "deserter".
As the eldest son of the Five Elements Sect, Cheng Yunjing's cultivation is on par with Zhou Sumo.
According to the guidance of the tracker, Zhou Sumo unexpectedly rushed into the Lingque Pavilion, and didn't even have time to think about how one of her daughters' family could come to a place like the Qinglou.
He entered the door with his front foot, and Cheng Yunjing chased after him with his back foot, with a disdainful expression: "It is worthy of being a person that Cheng Yunan knows, and he is really virtuous with him, Sven scum, and shameless!"
Even so, Cheng Yunjing still did not give up tracking.
Of course, he didn't chase talent to avenge his younger brother, he just thought Cheng Yun's death was cheap. He chased people for the jade feather, the treasure jade feather that hid the power of Xuan Condensation.
The beautiful women did not attract the attention of the two, and all the girls who took the initiative to post and talk to them were automatically ignored by them.
Due to the unfamiliar terrain, Zhou Sumo was chased to the point of desperation, and arbitrarily pushed open a door and got in: "This time it can only depend on luck." β
The furnishings in the room are very messy, whether it is the chairs, coffee tables or bedposts, they are all covered with Daodao sword marks, as if this place has just experienced a fierce battle.
Cheng Yunjing's footsteps were getting closer and closer, and he was in a cold sweat all over, because the tracking charm told him that Xuan Weiyi was also in the Lingque Pavilion, and he was very close to him.
Recalling the tragic situation after she was injured by Cheng Ming, her worry added an extra layer: "Will he hurt Yiyi because of the resignation?" After all, he is Cheng Ming's son, and the degree of revenge is no less than his father's. β
He was struggling to think about what to do when he stumbled upon a one-man tall closet in the inner room, and without saying a word, he opened the door.
But he almost screamed at the moment he opened the door, and a blood-stained woman had been hidden in the cabinet long before him. What's even more peculiar is that the woman wears a hideous mask on her face.
Originally curled up in the corner, after seeing Zhou Sumo, she instinctively grabbed the corner of his clothes: "Please save me, I don't want to die." β
After saying these four words weakly, the woman fainted, and immediately fell unconscious.