The villa is not very far from Qianshui Town, about ten minutes to walk, the two of them walked very slowly, talking about something from time to time, and it seemed that they were just going out on the street.

Suddenly, Liu Yingjiang and Wu Qi frowned at the same time, feeling the breath not far behind them, they looked at each other to understand each other's meaning, and continued to walk forward as if nothing happened.

Walked to a corner, the inn was nearby, Wu Qi said something to Liu Yingjiang and walked away, he seemed to be waiting for someone, but in fact, it was just a chance to give the person who was following him a chance to walk the road.

The breath was really getting closer and closer, Liu Yingjiang's lips hooked up a smile and waited patiently, the person's breath instantly became cold, a palm wind struck, Liu Yingjiang dodged on his back and waved a few silver needles towards the masked man, he was agile and dodged, the two faced each other head-on, this masked man's martial arts were not above Liu Yingjiang, but he was not afraid of being injured at all, no matter what kind of secret weapon Liu Yingjiang used, he didn't look injured when he met it.

Suddenly, Wu Qi and Xiao Chu appeared together and surrounded the masked man, but the man was not afraid at all, but he was outnumbered and soon the three of them captured him.

Liu Yingjiang tore off his face towel, but found that he had committed suicide by taking poison, this person's face was pale and bloodless, and the blood on his lips looked very abrupt.

He was a dead man.

"It seems that the person behind this is not simple, and he actually came up with such a trick." Wu Qi frowned and said, now that the only clue to the death of this tracking has been broken, the person behind the curtain seems to be hiding deeper and deeper.

"Wait......" Xiao Chu said suddenly, he looked straight at the dead man, and said suspiciously: "This dead man is not from our Great Zhou Dynasty, the Great Zhou Dynasty is rainy and watery because of the terrain, the diet is very different from other countries, and his appearance is more gentle. ”

"During the fight just now, I noticed that his moves were somewhat familiar, but I couldn't remember where he was for a while." Liu Yingjiang pondered and said, now that this clue has been broken like this, several people are a little stunned.

"That's it, there is always a chance, now we have to be more careful, and the people behind it must be more vigilant." Wu Qi said, suddenly thinking of something, he said: "Today is the day when Miss Le Yao replies to you, I was going to the inn to get the letter, since you are here today, I will hand it over to you directly." ”

"Okay, I'm just going to see her." Liu Yingjiang said, Wu Qi dealt with the man in black, Xiao Chu and Liu Yingjiang walked towards the Fulai Inn.

The street is deserted, not at all like when he and Gao Weihu first came, if Gao Weihu saw such a look, it would inevitably be a little sad, this plague was too involved, and it almost ruined a prosperous town.

As soon as Liu Yingjiang walked into the store, his eyes fell on the hairpin on the head of the proprietress, which was clearly given to Gaowei Lake when he was in the capital, because the carving pattern was very rare, and the glazed white hosta could hardly find the second one, so it ......

"What do you want to buy?" The proprietress asked with a smile, Liu Yingjiang squinted his eyes with a little coldness, he aimed the long sword in his hand at the proprietress and said in a deep voice: "Say, where did you get the hairpin on your head?" ”

"Childe, what do you mean?" The proprietress flashed a little panic in her eyes, and quickly calmed down again, after all, she is also a person who has seen the world, so she will not be so simply frightened.

"What's going on?" Xiao Chu asked inexplicably, Liu Yingjiang said coldly: "That is obviously the hairpin I gave to Gao Wei Lake before, why is it here with you?" Isn't anyone who has been here......"

Liu Yingjiang suddenly thought that on the day he and Gao Weihu were taken away by the patriarch, Le Yao went upstairs to get the forgotten baggage, and the hairpin must be in the baggage, as for why it was in this jade shop, it seemed to be obvious.

Xiao Chu understood what Liu Yingjiang meant, and also walked up to the proprietress and said, "Is there any misunderstanding in this?" ”

"Misunderstanding? Without saying a word, this son pointed his sword at me......" Before the proprietress finished speaking, Liu Yingjiang approached her with the sword again, and said with a little anger: "Tell me, where did you get this hairpin?" Did a girl come before? ”

The long sword was already approaching her neck, as long as he used a little more force, he could see blood immediately, and the proprietress saw that Liu Yingjiang's eyes were full of coldness and seemed that what she said next sentence was not as good as he wanted, and the sword would swing at her neck without hesitation.

She ...... Yes, there was a girl who came, she brought this hairpin, and said that she wanted to buy the same ......" The proprietress said and quickly took off the hairpin on the bun, handed it to Liu Yingjiang with a trembling hand, and said in a low voice: "Childe...... Childe, don't be impulsive, I was greedy and deceived the girl with a fake hairpin, I don't know anything else...... She took the hairpin and left. ”

Liu Yingjiang took the hairpin, and asked again in a calm voice: "I really don't know anything else?" ”

"Childe...... I really don't know......" The proprietress panicked, tears about to flow.

Xiao Chu gently pushed away Liu Yingjiang's sword and asked the proprietress, "Then do you know where that girl went after she went out?" ”

"She turned right when she went out, and I don't know what happened next." The proprietress took a few steps back and said with trepidation, Liu Yingjiang clenched the hairpin, and her heart became more and more uneasy.

Gao Weihu tossed and turned at night and couldn't sleep well, she always faintly felt that something was going to happen, the morning light outside the window gradually brightened, she thought that Liu Yingjiang should be out of the villa, she had to stay here today in case someone came.

She walked into the courtyard to make a pot of tea to drink, but her eyes glanced at a letter on the stone table, and opened it with some confusion, but what it said made her face pale.

"Before sunset today, let Liu Yingjiang come to the Wushi Forest outside Qianshui Town with the antidote to the plague, and a moment later, this girl will have one more knife on her body." Attached to the letter was also a placket, Gao Weihu carefully looked at the pink tassel dress that Le Yao was wearing the most on weekdays.

Her mind went blank for a while, and it took a while for her hand to tighten her finger joints, all of which turned white from the exertion.

What to do? Who took Le Yao away? Nothing will happen to her, right?

Liu Yingjiang and Xiao Chu are not in the villa, who should she talk to about this matter...... At this time, Wu Qingfeng pushed open the door and saw Gao Weihu sitting in the courtyard with a worried look, he frowned and asked, "Miss Gao, you don't look very good, but what happened?" ”

"Le Yao was kidnapped...... Gao Weihu handed the letter to Wu Qingfeng, and his hands trembled uncontrollably: "What should I do?" Liu Yingjiang and Xiao Chu are both outside the villa now, and we can't go out, what if they don't come back before sunset, then what will Le Yao do? ”

"Miss Gao, don't worry, let's figure it out together." Wu Qingfeng had never seen Gao Weihu in such a panicked moment, and he didn't know how to comfort him at the moment, he read the letter again, seeing that it was still early, he said: "It's still early, we still have time to discuss this matter, there must be a way." ”

Gao Weihu sat at the stone table, his eyes were already red, and his expression was uneasy, Wu Qingfeng's mind quickly turned around: "In this way, let's wait for a while, if Brother Liu and General Xiao haven't come back at noon, we will ask someone to look for it, if we interrupt them at this moment, maybe we will lose all our efforts, and ...... The man said that the time was before sunset, and that they would not dare to do anything to the girl during that time, or they would take something hostage. ”

Although Wu Qingfeng was also worried in his heart, it was more important to be calm now, and while he was comforting Gao Weihu, he was thinking about how to find them if they hadn't come back at noon.

"Hmm." Gao Weihu knew that she was in a hurry, and she was in a mess for a while, and her mind was full of fear that something would happen to Le Yao, she looked at Wu Qingfeng and said, "Brother Wu, thank you." ”

"Miss Gao, I heard you mention Miss Nale Yao several times, it must be someone who is very important to you, and I should naturally do my best." Wu Qingfeng said, with a bit of sincerity in his eyes.

I don't know when it started, he and her went farther and farther, and there were constantly estrangements and misunderstandings that seemed to be getting wider and wider into the abyss, they could only stand on the other side and watch each other, even if they wanted to get closer, they couldn't cross the abyss.

Beitang Jinyu's gaze stayed on the letter, and there was a bit of amazement in his eyebrows.

On the day of the imperial grandmother's banquet, he knew that it was not Gao Weihu who instigated Qinghui to assassinate him, but in front of everyone, he did not hesitate to put her in prison, and at that moment he clearly saw the last bit of light in her eyes dimmed, and he faintly felt that he might not be able to keep her.

But if she had not been imprisoned, she would have been able to unchained and leave the palace that night.

He was more afraid of losing than hate.

But now, after all, it has been lost.

"Gao Weihu ......" Beitang Jinyu said in a low voice, and the emotions between the words were indescribable.

"I've seen Concubine Zhen." Gui Xi's voice suddenly came from outside the imperial study, followed by Liu Xu'er's gentle voice: "Gui Xi's father-in-law doesn't need to be polite, can the emperor be in the imperial study?" ”

"The emperor is here, let the slaves go back to the emperor." Gui Xi gently pushed it away and came in, and Beitang Jinyu restrained his eyebrows the moment he heard the voice outside the hall, and returned to his usual calmness, as if that moment of sadness was just an illusion.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Zhen is here and is waiting outside the palace." Gui Xi bowed and said, Beitang Jinyu replied lightly: "Let her in." ”

Liu Yu'er slowly walked into the hall, and saw that Beitang Jinyu was sitting at the table to review the folds, and she smiled and said, "The concubine has seen the emperor." ”

"Concubine, please get up." Beitang Jinyu waved his hand, and continued to review the next book, Liu Xu'er gestured to the palace maid on the side, and the palace maid handed the tray in her hand to Liu Xu'er and quietly bowed and retreated.

"Your Majesty, the concubines heard that the emperor had been staying in the imperial study for a day, and they were afraid that the emperor would have no time to take care of his body for state affairs, so she specially boiled a bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup to make up for the emperor's body." Liu Yu'er said softly, and put a bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup on the table.

Beitang Jinyu glanced at it, and then looked at Liu Xu'er and said, "Concubine Ai has a heart, it's difficult to cook for you personally." ”