Chapter 33. Face Saint
Seeing Xiao Jifeng approaching, I hurriedly took two steps back, but I didn't want him to press on step by step, and my back was already against the wall. I had no choice but to look at him.
His face suddenly turned hideous, and he continued with a sneer on the corner of his mouth: "After all, you are the only one in this world who can deceive Ling Niankong and deceive Ling Niankong for two months without being discovered." ”
My head buzzed: he knows! He knows I'm not the owner!
I thought that only Xiuli and Ling Niankong knew about this matter besides me. I didn't expect Xiao Jifeng to know! Could it be that Ling Niankong told him?
I was still thinking about it, but I heard him say again: "It wasn't for Ling Niankong to tell me, how could he be so arrogant that he would admit that he had been deceived by others?" And a scam or two months? And...... And I still admit the wrong sweetheart, hahahaha! He laughed again, and my eardrums ached from being so close.
"What the hell are you doing?"
Now that he knows who I am, I simply don't bother to deal with it.
He raised an eyebrow, a flash of appreciation in his eyes. "I just like the beauty, your straightforward temperament, but it's a hundred times stronger than that cold and shallow!"
He put his hand on my shoulder, and I struggled, but I didn't break free.
He leaned his face a little closer, and said in an ambiguous voice: "Brother is here to make a deal with you, a beauty." ”
Trade? I was puzzled and asked him with a look in my eyes.
He chuckled twice and said, "I want to ask the beauty to help me save someone." ”
"Who?"
"I'm a dying man."
"What if you save it, and what if you can't save it?"
Hearing this, Xiao Jifeng smiled even more on his face. "Talking to beautiful women is enjoyable." He paused and continued, "After saving you, I will help you escape from the Ling Mansion and get out of the palace. It's up to you wherever you want to go and what kind of life you want. Can't be saved...... You will stay in this Ling Mansion and wait for you to die. ”
I didn't expect this Xiao Jifeng to know what I thought, and it doesn't seem to be an easy corner to deal with. However, his conditions were to the point, and no matter what the outcome of the treatment was, it would have no effect on me. It's just that......
"How can I trust you?"
Xiao Jifeng hooked his lips, but he didn't answer, reached out and took out a white porcelain bottle from the placket, playing with the taste: "Just rely on it." ”
"What is this?" I took it, uncorked the bottle, and poured a black pill out of it.
"Poison." He replied lightly.
I didn't know what he meant, and I looked at him warily.
"Little beauty, don't be nervous. I, Xiao, love women the most, how can I be willing to force you to take poison? This medicine is the meaning of Ling Niankong. ”
At the sight of the man's name, my heart skipped a beating twice.
"Ling Niankong didn't expect the emperor to make you an official, if you become an official, wouldn't you get rid of his control? But how could he be willing? So there was this method. ”
"Then why is this medicine in your hand at this moment?"
"Since I asked him to do this for him, I came to you with joy!"
He smiled brightly, and I was cold.
"How? Compared to being choked by Ling Niankong's throat and forced to take medicine. I treat each other with courtesy, and all the transaction rewards are offered, is it much more merciful? ”
I sneered. "I thought if I promised to help you, I wouldn't have to take this poison."
Xiao Jifeng pretended to be helpless and said: "After all, Xiao has not confronted Ling Niankong head-on, and it is really troublesome to tear his face with him now, so I still have to wronged you, a beauty." But don't worry, beauty, although this medicine is poisonous, it will not kill people, but it will attack once a month at the end of the month, and it will be worse than death when it occurs. As long as the beauty is willing to help Xiao, Xiao will have a good life, and whenever the girl has poisonous hair, she will offer an antidote to help the girl avoid pain? When the man is healed, I will completely cure you of your poison and set you free. ”
His words were sincere, and at first glance they sounded reasonable, but they were also unavoidable. But in fact, he threatened again and again: if I don't help, then there will be no antidote, and I will suffer that inhuman suffering every month, and I will not be free.
I sighed in my heart and said, "Since Deputy Commander Xiao thinks about me so much, how can I live up to your good intentions?" ”
Hearing this, Xiao Jifeng's eyes were full of surprise. "Haha! The beauty is really transparent, Xiao really likes it from the bottom of his heart. Then let's make a decision! After that, he reached out and picked up the pill in my hand and brought it to my lips, and said softly: "Then you will be wronged by the beauty." ”
I gave him a cold glance and swallowed the pill.
Seeing that the pill had been taken, he was very satisfied, but he did not forget to add: "Today's conversation still hopes that the beauty must not be an outsider, otherwise it will be ......" He deliberately lengthened his voice. "Xiao will be very embarrassed."
"Deputy Commander Xiao, rest assured, I have my own measure."
He looked at me with admiration for a while, and sighed: "Ling Niankong really has no eyes, and he actually turns a blind eye to such a wonderful person as a beauty. It's better to wait for the matter to be over, how about the beauty following me Xiao? Xiao will definitely not treat you badly. ”
I didn't laugh and said, "Deputy Commander Xiao said that he was laughing." ”
Xiao Jifeng chuckled. "Interesting, beauty, you're getting more and more interesting. The hour is not early, and the beauty rests early. Xiao will come to see you another day. With that, he walked out of the house quickly.
When I saw him gone, I took off my mask, put out the lamp and candle, lay down on the bed, and wrapped myself tightly in the quilt. But Rao is like this, and he still feels a chill all around.
This original owner's body is really weak, and he is so afraid of cold. But also, it's the ninth season.
The chill made my brain extremely clear, and without the slightest sleepiness, I unconsciously remembered the conversation between Fang Cai and Xiao Jifeng.
It seems that this Xiao Jifeng has different intentions towards Ling Niankong, and I don't know what his plans are. However, didn't Xiao Jifeng get acquainted with Ling Niankong since he was imprisoned in Yunhuashan at the age of ten? They spent the darkest time in their lives together, and they also worked together to kill Shen Yan, the affection should be extremely deep, could it be that Xiao Jifeng has always pretended to call Ling Niankong a brother?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think of what Ling Niankong said when he introduced Xiao Jifeng to me: "This is Xiao Jifeng, we have grown up together since childhood. "Suddenly I felt ironic, Ling Niankong, you are a good brother who shares hardships and lives and dies together, but Xiao Jifeng is calculating you behind your back. Ling Niankong, do you have a close friend?
Xu had something in his heart, and the next day he woke up as soon as it was dawn. After dressing and grooming, and after changing his appearance, he walked towards Ling Niankong's cold garden. Today, I have to enter the palace with Ling Niankong, face the saint and thank you, and then carry out a half-month inner court etiquette education.
Lengyuan is the main courtyard of Lingfu and the residence of the head of the family. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he saw the man wearing his official uniform and striding towards the door, his face showing that he was tired.
He didn't sleep well?
He glanced at me, said nothing, and walked on.
I pouted to myself, this guy must have done too many bad things, his conscience is uneasy, and he can't sleep at night.
Get in the carriage and head towards the palace, without saying a word all the way.
Walking to the gate of the palace, the carriage slowly stopped. But he didn't move.
According to the rules, I can't move if he doesn't move. Although the emperor has ordered the abolition of my so-called "slave status", in the eyes of everyone, I am still a subordinate of the Ling Mansion. In order to avoid trouble, I still do my duty quite calmly, so he doesn't move and I don't move.
For a long time, so long that my thoughts had flown out of the clouds, I heard him speak in a deep voice: "Lin Xuan." ”
"What?" I'm baffled.
"Lin Xuan." He looked at me repeatedly. "From today onwards, your surname is Lin, and your name is Xuan."
Hearing this, I was angry: "Ling Niankong, who do you think you are?" How can I change my name if you say it!? ”
Now, my connection to my world is only this name. This was taken for me by my parents after they adopted me. Dad's surname is Yan, my mother's surname is Lin, and Xiao Xuan was randomly named for me by my aunt in the welfare home when I was a child. One person, three words, represents two completely different lives...... Thinking of my parents, my eyes became uncontrollably sour.
But Ling Niankong didn't notice it at all, and only said: "'Yan' is the surname of the former Chaofeng leaving the country, and the surname is Yan, except for the ancient one, the rest are now in the imperial city of Beili. If you don't want to kill yourself, it's better to abandon that surname. ”
I was stunned. But why would he be kind enough to remind me? He must have hated me so much, wished I had been tortured.
I looked at him suspiciously, but saw him chuckle and said, "I just don't want your chess piece to be folded in the palace before it comes in handy." ”
Chessman...... Oh, isn't it!? I'm not a pawn to him. I just don't know what role I play in his plot......
After speaking, he got up and got out of the car.
After entering the palace gate, I took a soft sedan chair instead, and I walked on the side as usual.
After about half an hour, the soft sedan stopped. Ling Niankong lifted the sedan curtain and bowed down to get off the sedan chair.
The sedan chair man retreated, leaving only me and Ling Niankong.
"Keep up." He said coldly.
I followed him, and along the way I met a number of officials who were walking in the opposite direction of us, and they should be out of the palace.
I wondered in my heart, is it already gone? Isn't Ling Niankong late? Being late for the last dynasty is no longer than being late for school and work, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat and walk around, right?
Many of the officials I met along the way were familiar with Ling Niankong. Ling Niankong greeted the oncoming officials from time to time. Most of those officials were above him, and when they greeted him, their expressions were extremely respectful, and there was a faint look of fear. It seems that Ling Niankong is quite prosperous in the court.
I remember hearing that Ling Niankong was only appointed as an official in the court after he killed the resentful water three years ago. In just three years, I can stand in these old rivers and lakes of officialdom, and this guy is probably more unfathomable than I expected.
After walking for about half an hour, Ling Niankong finally stopped, and in front of him was a large hall, called: Wende Palace.
Before I could take a closer look, a eunuch came up and asked Ling Niankong a question or two, then turned around and entered the hall and reported.
After only a moment, a shrill voice was heard, and it was Xuan Ling Niankong entering the hall.
I followed him into the temple, but I did not dare to look wildly, but hung my head.