Ming Xiu frowned and looked back, there seemed to be a hint of surprise in his eyes, and his thick eyebrows were slightly raised, "Lone will investigate what happened last night, if it is the mistake that Lone made, Lone will definitely repay it with his life, but if it is ......something else," his eyes sank slightly, exuding a bit of light, "If it is some other conspiracy, this conspiracy, and the threat of your grandfather today,"

He raised his eyes, his narrow eyes narrowed slightly, like a beast grinding its claws and ready to attack, "Gu will definitely not let this matter go easily." ”

The words fell lightly, as if mixed with an ice pick, which made Liang Erniang, who was originally standing in place as if he was holding the victory, suddenly turned pale, and saw him calmly raise his steps, with his back to Liang Erniang and leave with his sleeves brushed, the dark one and the dark two on the side glanced at each other, and did not look at Liang Erniang again, and hurriedly chased their master.

The little eunuch who was originally standing in place sighed silently, and then looked at Liang Erniang, who was still pale, with a serious voice, "Erniang, with all due respect, His Highness's temperament needs to be soft, if you are hard with Your Highness, I am afraid that Your Highness will be harder than you." ”

After that, he took out a few taels of silver from his arms and stuffed them back into the hands of Liang Erniang, who was standing stiffly in place, "Now that you have this benefit, the small ones don't dare to accept it, Erniang, you still ...... Find someone else. ”

Then, seeing him turn away, leaving the woman standing in place, her innocent eyes gradually gave birth to an inexplicable resentment, and she threw the broken silver in her hand into the pond beside her with an indifferent face, and was so shocked that the fish were scurrying around.

……

When Tao Jinyan arrived, Chu Nian was sitting on a rocking chair under the eaves of the herb house with a tired face, and beside him was a charcoal basin and a small bamboo table brought out by Mei Xiang, on which was a fragrant tea, and a little steam was slowly rising.

Seeing Chu Nian's appearance, Tao Jinyan put away the folding fan in his hand calmly, and then looked at Chu Nian with a little ridicule and said, "You girl, where do you have so many worries in a day?" Anyway, what's going on? ”

Chu Nian raised his head and glanced at him lazily, "Why don't you accompany Little Peach, why are you here with me." ”

When these words came out, Tao Jinyan raised his eyebrows slightly, and sat down on the chair on the other side of Chu Nian with a dead face, and looked at Chu Nian with raised eyebrows, "Yo, what's the matter, Sanniang is jealous?" ”

Chu Nian narrowed his eyes slightly and didn't speak, at this point, Tao Jinyan felt bored, and leaned on the rocking chair with a snort, as the rocking chair slowly swayed, the bright sky above flickered and darkened, "You say, where is the dark Rin hidden?" What is his purpose in targeting you and Ming Xiu like this? ”

Tao Jinyan's words fell, and Chu Nian, who was originally calm, suddenly felt a burst of irritability in her heart, she knew very well where this emotion came from, whether it was yesterday's illusion or the Liang Erniang she really met in the Ming Cultivation Hall today, she understood that this must have been arranged by Dark Rin, but this inexplicable uncomfortable emotion lingered in her heart.

In the middle of the night, she suddenly sat up from the rocking chair, raised her eyes to look at the dazzling sun in the sky, and her eyes were confused, "It's going to rain again." ”

Tao raised his head inexplicably and looked at the sky above the eaves without a trace of superfluous clouds, and then, a faint wind suddenly blew in the yard, and the yellowed sycamore leaves that had originally fallen on the ground were blown by the wind, slowly floating in the courtyard, and the vanilla house was suddenly full of depression.

After a while, Tao Jinyan frowned slightly, and turned his eyes as if he was looking at Chu Nian seriously, "You have something to hide from me, I heard Mei Xiang say earlier that you entered the palace to find Ming Xiu, did he bully you again?" ”

Chu Nian took a deep breath and shook his head gently, "No." ”

Seeing her insincere appearance, Tao Jinyan's face became more and more serious, he got up, folded the fan behind his back, and strode towards the door, "I'll go talk to him." ”

Chu Nian frowned and looked at Tao Jinyan's impulsive back, and at the end, he sighed, got up, and quickly stepped forward to grab Tao Jinyan's arm, "That's it, it's just that I'm thinking too much, it's time for lunch, you can stay and eat together." ”

The body was pulled back into the house by Chu Nian, but Tao Jinyan still frowned and looked at the figure in front of him, "You told me not to hide something from you, but you didn't tell me anything at this time, we are still close friends?" ”

"Dear friends, of course, yes." Chu Nian stopped, turned his eyes, and looked at Tao Jinyan with some guilt, "You and I have experienced a lot together, you are the person who knows me best in this world, and you have long been the only best friend in my eyes, this naturally cannot be changed, but there are some things, if the dust really settles, I will naturally tell you." ”

Tao looked at the dodging eyes steadily, and at the end, he had to sigh, "If you don't want to say it, it's okay, Ming Xiu will come to me sooner or later, and then I will reason with him that you have a good rest today, and I will have to go back to eat with Little Peach later, otherwise it will be quite troublesome if the girl makes a fuss, and I am afraid that I can't stay for lunch." ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, then you go back first, and later, I'll look for you to drink." ”

"Okay, that's a deal."

After saying goodbye to Tao Jinyan, Chu Nian went to the old Taijun's yard, after two days of coma, the old Taijun woke up leisurely, and the first time he saw Chu Nian was the old tears, Chu Nian comforted a few words, and then asked the maid next to him to take good care of the old lady and fall asleep again, it was late at night.

Chu Nian walked out of the old lady's courtyard with pacing steps, the night was as cold as water, the sky was black and oppressive clouds, and the rain was about to be suppressed.

The Chu family's compound was still brightly lit, Chu Nian walked among the shadows of the trees, his eyes gradually drifted to the candle flame in the distance, and the people under him were arranged to take care of the unwell old lady, this stall was quiet, as if she was the only one in the world.

At this time, she suddenly frowned, and then, she turned her eyes and looked behind her vigilantly, and the short blade that was originally hidden in her sleeve also fell into her palm, she looked back and stared at the darkness not far away, her red lips opened lightly, and her voice was cold, "Who is there?" ”

There was a burst of sneering laughter in the darkness, this voice was hoarse with a bit of inexplicable familiarity, Chu Nian frowned slightly, and saw a thin figure wearing a black cloak slowly emerging from the darkness.

"Chu Nian, let's meet again."

Seeing a strand of silver hair that seemed to be unintentionally revealed under the cloak, Chu Nian frowned, "Dark? ”

"It's me." Dark Rin took off the hood that almost covered the entire face on his head, revealing a pale face, the pair of silver-gray pupils flickered with a strange light, the corners of the pale lips were slightly hooked, and the snow-white skin was like another new moon in the weather where the moonlight was covered by dark clouds.

"Accident, right? Because of your kindness, I am not dead. ”

Chu Nian vigilantly looked at the dark Rin who was gradually walking in, but at the end, he breathed a long sigh of relief, the vigilance in his eyes dissipated, and he gradually regained a little clarity, "If I guess correctly, the illusion you can use now can suppress me for less than an hour and a half at most, and it has to be in the case of my unpreparedness." ”

Dark Rin's footsteps suddenly stopped, and those strange pupils reflected a cold face, and after a while, he seemed to react to something, and his pale thin lips slightly hooked up a touch of arc, "The unequaled county lord really lives up to the reputation of resourcefulness, and even this kind of thing was guessed by you so easily, it seems that you have already guessed most of my plan, right?" ”

Looking at Dark Rin's appearance that she was still winning, a strange feeling suddenly rose in Chu Nian's heart, and she frowned and looked at Dark Rin, "That illusion you deliberately set up for me before was just to make me suspicious of Ming Xiu?" It's a pity that I know your plan now, and when I first met the second lady of the Liang family, I already knew what kind of person she was, and I would definitely not fall into your trap as easily as I once did. ”

As soon as these words came out, Dark Rin suddenly laughed, he raised his eyes and looked at Chu Nian with compassion, "You can consider the cause and effect of things so rationally, but people are emotional after all, can you control yourself not to be careful?" ”

Chu Nian pursed his red lips and didn't speak, then he saw Dark Rin slowly take a few steps forward, "I remember, the county lord still had a conflict with His Royal Highness the prince in the prince's palace today, right?" His Highness seems to be very sad because of this, and is now staying in the temple and hanging his head. ”

Seeing Dark Rin's smug look, Chu Nian's red lips were bitten white, she knew that what Dark Rin said was not wrong at all, seeing that Liang Erniang today, she did lose control for a moment, and at that time she even thought that now Ming Xiu's ambiguous attitude is not because he and that Liang Erniang have long been ...... But another voice sounded in her heart, she has experienced so much with Ming Xiu, what is Ming Xiu's personality, others don't know, do she still have to doubt it?

Seeing Chu Nian's complicated face, Dark Rin chuckled again, he half-lowered his head, raised his right arm, and clenched his fist slightly, "You know that I am injured, and my illusion has been greatly reduced, but I don't know how fast my recovery time can be, or it won't be long, that is, before you make that ice water heavenly clothes, I will definitely use illusion to rule the entire Da Liang, with the national strength that Da Liang has accumulated over the years, and the barbarians who have long become in my pocket, do you think that Western Chu will still be an obstacle to my unification of the Three Kingdoms?" ”

Chu Nian frowned and looked at the dark darkness that seemed to have fallen into his own conjecture and was a little crazy, "It turns out that the mysterious illusionist who controls the barbarians is you?" ”

"That's nature." There was a bit of cunning light flashing in those gray-white eyes, and the color of pity seemed to be looking at his pet, Chu Nian was uncomfortable stared at by such a gaze, and his brows were twisted.

"I have one more question." She looked fixedly at the darkness in front of her, which was almost close at hand, whether real or illusory, "Why are you doing this?" Even if you really unify the three kingdoms, what benefits can you get? ”

There seemed to be a moment of dazing dazing in his dark eyes, but he regained his clarity after only a moment, and he looked at Chu Nian with a smile, "Of course you won't understand, because you won't know what the people you have given warmth will experience after you leave, but ...... This vast world has made me experience a lot. ”

"Hypocrites deserve to die."