Chapter 15: Encounters

On this day, Cui Shanggong received a secret order from a flying pigeon: kill the palace maid who collects the corpse.

Zong Chuke is a person who will not leave any handle, he didn't move Jing Wan'er before, because Zong Huo had just been beheaded, and a palace maid died in the palace immediately, which was too eye-catching.

Now that a month has passed since the whole thing, at this time, Jing Wan'er was killed quietly, and the whole thing will be unaware.

After Cui Shanggong received the order, his eyes narrowed.

She couldn't help but remember that a few days ago, she summoned Jing Wan'er and told her the rumors that His Majesty might want to retry Jing's case.

Jing Wan'er said that she would only become a corpse.

It seems that she knows her fate very well.

Cui Shanggong called his subordinates: "Go and bring Jing Wan'er and Qiao'er to me." ”

On the same day, Qiao'er was also sent and died naturally, and she also had to die with Jing Wan'er.

Qiao'er had been working for a day, and she had fallen asleep on the bunk, and was dragged up from the bed by the maid of Liang Shanggong, who was still sleepy and had no idea what was going on.

The maidservant then opened Jing Wan'er's bed, but saw that the figure inside was empty.

In the middle of the night, all the palace maids were alarmed, with panic and confusion on their faces. The big palace maids beside Liang Shanggong stood in front of the palace maids who were already lined up, and swept over them one by one with cold eyes like a ruthless Lu judge.

Jing Wan'er was still not found.

"Where's Jing Wan'er?"

The palace ladies knew nothing but confusion on their faces.

The big palace maid immediately rushed over and told Cui Shanggong what had happened.

Cui Shanggong's eyes were cold in addition to being profound, and she asked, "When was the last time you saw Jing Wan'er?" ”

Finally, a palace maid said that it was after noon.

At noon, it was almost three hours since then.

Cui Shanggong's cold gaze became ruthless, and the palace maid cried and cried in fear, justifying that Jing Wan'er usually did not work with them.

Jing Wan'er was only the one in charge of collecting the corpse.

In the huge and empty courtyard of the miscellaneous house, only Jing Wan'er had a lot of time to stay alone.

Moreover, she is the most hated person by the palace ladies.

Jing Wan'er used five years to turn her into a character who was hated by all people, and she was a freak. Even in normal times, except for Cui Shanggong, everyone in the miscellaneous room would automatically avoid her.

So much so that today, at this moment tonight, who would know where Jing Wan'er went?

The palace maid threw the burden at the foot of Cui Shanggong: "This is from under the bed of that cheap maid." ”

A pen that has been disconnected, and a few sheets of paper that flutter in the wind.

When Qiao'er saw this, the blood on her face faded cleanly.

Cui Shanggong motioned to bring Qiao'er over, and his eyes swept over the pale face with a venomous snake: "You already know these things?" ”

Qiao'er collapsed to the ground like a soulless child, unable to get up again.

After Liang Shanggong's cold and slashing gaze, he gave an order: "The palace is heavily guarded, even if it disappears from noon, she will never leave...... Within the walls of this palace. ”

It is difficult for a palace maid to leave the palace on which she depends.

The faces of the palace maids in the miscellaneous room turned cold, and at this time, they finally faced a fugitive slave together, Jing Wan'er. Jing Wan'er is already a capital offense nailed to the pillar.

Cui Shanggong looked over one by one: "Before dawn, find Jing Wan'er." ”

Even if the miscellaneous servant's room is in the most remote corner of the palace and no one cares about it, when everyone goes to find a palace maid who has escaped from the crime, they will even alarm Qianniuwei, this palace maid is already a turtle in the urn, and there is no way to survive again.

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The night of the Taiye Pool is far better than the bright moon outside the palace.

Zhongzong sent a eunuch to guide Pei Tan, and even parked a special amusement boat by the Taiye Pool.

The eunuch greeted him with low eyebrows: "If Lord Pei is tired of playing, you can go into the painting boat to rest, there are snacks and beds prepared inside, if there are other needs, Lord Pei can order the slaves." ”

This Daming Palace, a prosperous place in Chang'an, Pei Tan only needs to stand on the bow of the painting boat and look at the river breeze and willow bank, and he knows that this situation and this scene are indeed worth it.

He asked Zhongzong to stay in the palace to watch the Taiye Pool, a decision that was important at least in his lifetime.

Pei Tan stretched out his hand and untied the rope of the painting boat, and the painting boat immediately floated down the water.

The eunuch couldn't help but say, "Master Pei? ”

Pei Tan stood at the bow of the boat and gradually moved away, "Pei wants to look around, and my father-in-law can do it himself." ”

Seeing that while he was talking, the painting boat was already floating away.

This Taiye Pond River Wind is thousands of miles, it is by no means only the scenery in front of him, and if it is drifting along the water, before dawn, whether it can drift to the end of the Taiye Pond, Pei Tan does not know.

He was just intoxicated by the wind, very momentarily intoxicated.

Jing Wan'er brushed aside the aquatic plants in front of her, and her face was already covered with thick silt at the bottom of the pool.

In this night, she not only wants to hide her whereabouts and not be easily discovered, but also looks for a way out of this palace.

She received the same flying pigeon message today, but it was half a quarter earlier than the one from Cui Shanggong.

Although now, no one knows that Jing Wan'er cut off the human skin, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, and even if it has not been exposed now, it does not mean that she can continue to live safely.

From the letter that Zichan'er passed to her today, she knew that Pei Tan had made some changes, and Pei Tan's actions could only be based on Shangshu Mansion, and Shangshu Mansion ...... All Jing Wan'er could think of was that Zong Huo had fled.

Jing Wan'er knew that this day would definitely come, and as soon as Zong Huo left Chang'an, she would be wiped out.

She only had time to escape from the miscellaneous room immediately, and she didn't have time to do any elaborate arrangements.

Jing Wan'er couldn't help but gasp, she knew that she was now in the deepest part of the palace, and all she could think of was not to flee to the palace gate, but to flee to the inner perimeter of the palace in the opposite way.

This can indeed confuse and delay Cui Shanggong and the guards in the palace for a while.

But, after some time, what will she do.

In a heavily guarded court, it is as easy to catch a palace maid as it is to catch a fly. She had no chance of escaping.

But even so, Jing Wan'er still has to escape, and people's instinct to survive is destined not to give up easily.

It wasn't until Jing Wan'er pushed aside the weeds in front of her and saw the sparkling river that she fell drunk in the quiet pool for a long time, and then she suddenly realized the name of the river in front of her, Taiye Pool.

This is the most famous liquid pool in Daming Palace.

Jing Wan'er couldn't help but walk out of the grass and towards the edge of the pool.

The Taiye Pool stretches for miles, and not every inch of the land is guarded by Qianniu Guards, for example, the shore where Jing Wan'er is standing now is looking around, except for the gentle scenery of the night sky, there are no guards in sight.

This gave Jing Wan'er a sense of security.

Although she knew it felt only temporary.

She doesn't even remember that after five years in the palace, time has been like water, and she has never felt this kind of peace again.

Even if she is really caught by Cui Shanggong now, at least what she wants to do has been completed, right?

Zong Huo's escape is a foregone conclusion, which shows that the death of their father and son is also a foregone conclusion.

Jing Wan'er is still satisfied with this result.

Many things in this world, such as the exile of the Jing family, are not something she can change with the power of one person, but before she dies, she wants to drag the father and son of the Zong family to death, and she will not be born as the daughter of the Jing family in this life.

Just as Jing Wan'er was taking a deep breath, a painting boat slowly floated over from the Taiye Pool silently.

The boat just fluttered in the wind, as if the person driving the boat was also moving forward so casually, not caring where the destination was.

When Jing Wan'er saw the painting boat, she was a little stunned.

In this beautiful moonlight, there is a man in a shirt with wide sleeves, standing on the bow of the painting boat.

The man's sleeves were stirred up by the wind, but he became more and more like a fairy in the sky, and his beauty was a little illusory.

Jing Wan'er stared at the man at the bow of the boat until the painting boat was close enough, and she finally saw that it was indeed just a mortal man, not an immortal as she had thought before.

At this moment, Jing Wan'er seemed to come back to her senses, and the next moment, she jumped into the turbulent river.

Pei Tan's painting boat gradually approached the shore, he frowned a little, just now, he saw a figure on the shore in a trance, but in the next second, the figure disappeared.

Pei Tan didn't notice that there was a pitch-black shadow from the water, gradually approaching his painting boat.

The mud on Jing Wan'er's face was also washed away by the pool water the moment she jumped into the water. Her movements in the water are like a nimble fish.

She saw the figure at the bow of the boat, getting closer and closer to her.

Pei Tan's face was also completely revealed under the moonlight.

After Jing Wan'er jumped up for the last time, she took advantage of the moonlight and shadows to sneak into the bottom of the boat.

She also climbed to the bottom of the boat with both hands.

Jing Wan'er took a moment to understand the structure of the boat, and she chose to swim to the stern, which is where the inner wing of the boat is located, where she can board the boat and lurk in the room.

Just after Jing Wan'er had planned, she slowly approached the stern of the boat, and after making sure that there were no eyes around, she slowly emerged from the water.

The corners of her mouth hooked, and for the first time, she believed that there was no way to heaven.

Jing Wan'er slowly got on the boat from the stern, and she firmly didn't make a sound during the whole process.

But what she didn't know was that at the moment when she swam underwater to the stern of the boat, the figure standing at the bow of the boat also disappeared.

Jing Wan'er successfully touched the painting boat, and slowly opened the door of the wing room, making sure that it was dark inside.

She walked in at once, shutting the door softly.

She exhaled softly in the darkness, and her heart hung in the middle of the night, as if she had finally found safety and security at this moment.

Jing Wan'er gently wiped a handful of wet hair, and she heard the sound of water dripping on the ground.

Then she felt a cold sensation in her neck that was colder than the pool water, and just as she subconsciously reached out to touch it, she suddenly realized what the cold came from.

Her whole body, from being relaxed just now, to completely stiffening.

A dagger crept into her neck, and a cold and low breath lingered around Jing Wan'er's soft ears: "Who are you?" ”