Chapter 97: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes
Shui Qingqing, who was worried about Nameless, heard a knock on the door outside at this moment, which startled her and Xiaoxi.
Who would come to her at such a late hour?
Frightened like a drum in her heart, Shui Qingqing had already thought of something, and her face turned pale.
Xiaoxi stood at the door and listened to the increasingly urgent knock outside, and said in a panic: "Miss, the nameless brother hasn't come back yet...... Are we going to open the door? β
Her heart was tight, compared to the knock on the door outside, Shui Qingqing was even more worried about the safety of the nameless.
He has been out for so long and hasn't come back, nine times out of ten, something has happened......
If something really happened to Nameless, he had helped her so much, and now she not only couldn't run away anymore, but she had to stand up and save him......
Thinking of this, Shui Qingqing gritted her teeth and pressed the panic in her heart, stood up and said with a gloomy eye: "It's a disaster that can't be avoided, go open the door." β
Xiaoxi hesitated: "However, the nameless brother has been telling me not to open the door until he comes back......"
Shui Qingqing's heart was desolate, and she smiled bitterly: "But now that people have come to the door, can we hide?" β
After listening to Shui Qingqing's words, Xiaoxi had to carry the lantern and open the courtyard door with a bitter face.
The person waiting outside the courtyard was not chasing the nameless Li You, but Bai Haoqing with a gloomy face.
It turned out that since Bai Lingwei said that in Shui Qingqing's room, he had seen someone who looked exactly like Mei Zijin, Bai Haoqing couldn't help but think of the 'Mei Zijin' who snatched Yun'er from the Zhuangzi in the suburbs before.
At that time, listening to the description of the servant in the village, the person who snatched Yun'er was Mei Zijin, but later, Bai Haoqing learned from Shui Qingqing that it was not Mei Zijin who robbed Yun'er, but an assassin who had a grudge against Mei Zijin.
Later, the masked assassin broke into his house and stole the antidote, but it was also confirmed that what Shui Qingqing said was true.
So, in other words, the 'Mei Zijin' who went to Zhuangzi to snatch Yun'er was the mask assassin who broke into the mansion and stole the antidote, and this mask assassin actually had a face exactly the same as Mei Zijin?
If these were just Bai Haoqing's speculations before, now this terrible speculation has been confirmed in Bai Lingwei's mouth.
And Bai Lingwei's words also made Bai Haoqing confirm one thing.
That is, as he had expected, the Mask Assassin and Shui Qingqing were acquaintances, and it was very likely that they were her people.
Thinking about it, Bai Haoqing thought of the only guard beside her, Nameless.
Therefore, since leaving the house in the afternoon, Bai Haoqing has sent people to follow the nameless all the time, but unfortunately, they were all nameless, and they were all lost halfway.
Just now, the nameless person who followed him came back again and told Bai Haoqing, saying that the person was lost again.
Bai Haoqing was very curious about what Nameless was doing when he left the house in the middle of the night, but when he heard that he had lost it, he couldn't help but be furious. Just as he was about to send people around to find him, his protΓ©gΓ©, Jing Zhaoyin's Mansion Yin, quietly asked someone to deliver him the news, saying that it was the Third Highness and the son of Chen Guofu, Chen Zijin, the squire of the military department, who was chasing down the mask man who had stolen from Chen Guogong's Mansion in Vermilion Bird Lane.
As soon as he heard the words 'masked man', Bai Haoqing immediately thought of the masked assassin who came to the mansion last time to steal medicine, and then thought of the nameless who quietly left the house at night.
So in order to find out, Bai Haoqing immediately went to the main courtyard of Shui Qingqing to verify.
As soon as the courtyard door opened, Bai Haoqing didn't even say hello to Shui Qingqing, and he had already led people to the next room in the main courtyard.
Xiaoxi followed behind them, watching them go to the nameless room, wanting to stop but couldn't stop them, and her face turned white in a hurry.
Shui Qingqing's main courtyard was already quiet and deserted, and in the middle of the night, it was even more quiet.
In the backyard, at a glance, there is no light in the lower room, and there is no one in the nameless room.
Seeing that the nameless room was empty and there was no half of a figure, everything seemed to be expected by Bai Haoqing, but it was beyond his expectations.
Something was shouting frantically in his heart, Bai Haoqing's eyes flashed through the cold, and without stopping for a moment, he turned around and went towards Shui Qingqing's main house.
I asked her for someone!
However, when Bai Haoqing came to Shui Qingqing's main house and pushed the door open, he was stunned again-
Inside the house, Shui Qingqing was sitting at the sandalwood round table, eating the roast chicken in front of her.
And the person guarding behind him is nameless.
Shui Qingqing, who was eating well, suddenly saw Bai Haoqing rushing in with someone, and seemed to be frightened, her mouth and hands were covered with grease, and she looked at the people who appeared in her room in the middle of the night.
Seeing this, Bai Haoqing had to put down the question that came to his mouth, and his eyes fell sharply on the nameless body who bowed his head and stood silently behind Shui Qingqing.
The next moment, he lifted his robe and sat down beside Shui Qingqing, staring at Shui Qingqing with a stupid face with his eyes, and said in a slightly cool tone: "I don't sleep in the middle of the night, why are you still eating here?" β
Without waiting for Shui Qingqing to answer, Nameless replied respectfully: "The county lord didn't have dinner tonight, but just ate a few mouthfuls of pastries in Wugu Zhai, and couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, saying that he wanted to eat roast chicken, so his subordinates went to the street to buy it for her." β
Bai Hao smiled coolly, raised his eyes again to look at the nameless with a calm face, his sharp eyes seemed to see through him, and sneered: "But I heard that you left the mansion at the end of the year, and now it's time to buy a roast chicken, why do you need to go for so long?" What's more, if the young lady wants to eat, the chef in our house can help the young lady make it, so why go out of the house to buy it? β
This time, there was no need to answer for her namelessly, Shui Qingqing was stunned: "It's not delicious in the house, it's delicious to buy it namelessly." β
After that, in front of Bai Haoqing, he took a big bite and ate it with relish.
Nameless followed her answer, and said to Bai Haoqing in a deep voice: "The roast chicken that the county lord likes to eat is in Suzaku Alley, and tonight, when his subordinates went to buy chicken, there was an accident in Suzaku Alley, and the intersection was blocked by officers and soldiers, and everyone who went in had to investigate, so it would be later to come back......"
When he said these words, Nameless looked calm, there was no wave on his face at all, and he picked up the chicken bones that Shui Qingqing threw on the ground carefully, and he couldn't see anything unusual at all.
How could Bai Haoqing believe him so easily?
obviously guessed that he was a mask assassin, but at the moment, there was no evidence to prove that Nameless was the mask assassin who snatched Yun'er before and came to the house to steal medicine.
In this way, Bai Haoqing's heart is not angry.
He hated to think that as long as he did something, there would always be traces and evidence, and it was impossible to cover it up so closely.
Just as he was about to ask someone to search the nameless house, Hu Bo came in from outside and told Bai Haoqing: "Master, there is news from Jing Zhaoyin's side that the people of the Third Highness and Chen Shilang have appeared as a masked assassin and his accomplices, and they are now being pursued with all their might. β
Hearing this, Bai Haoqing, who was sure that the nameless was the mask assassin, suddenly learned that the mask assassin had someone else, and couldn't help but be shocked!
Could it be that I guessed wrong?
Suspicious Bai Haoqing has always believed in his own vision and intuition, so he still doubts namelessness in his heart.
Sharp eyes stared at the nameless with a calm face, Bai Haoqing sneered: "There are three highnesses and Chen Shizi who will personally go out, and they will definitely catch them-this face is really curious, who is this mysterious mask assassin?" What is the purpose of the heart? β
Now, Bai Haoqing is really interested in this mysterious assassin - the same is true for Nameless!
However, no matter what he said, Nameless's expression was always calm and waveless, and he couldn't see the slightest flaw.
But Shui Qingqing couldn't help but worry about Nameless-
Although she didn't know how other masked assassins could appear besides Nameless, she guessed that the 'masked assassins' who were being pursued by Li You and them must be his people or his companions!
Therefore, if something happens to his companion, Nameless will definitely not sit idly by!
Bai Haoqing saw that his temptation didn't seem to have any effect on Nameless, so he couldn't help but pass through the cold in his heart, smiled coldly, and said to Hu Bo: "Do you know where the mask assassin has fled?" β
Hu Bo said: "It is said that there are more than a dozen people on this trip of the mask assassins, all of whom are strong in martial arts, and after they were killed from Vermilion Bird Lane, they fled to the west of the city. β
Bai Hao smiled coolly and said with satisfaction: "Presumably, these people were hiding in Vermilion Bird Lane before, but today they are going to be taken by the Third Highness - let's go, go and have a look at the true appearance, and see who this mask assassin is?!" β
With that, he walked away.
As soon as Bai Haoqing left, Shui Qingqing's tense heart did not relax, but tightened tighter, raising her eyes and looking at Nameless worriedly.
And Nameless, who had a calm face, heard that Liu Jing and the others did not successfully get rid of the officers and soldiers, and finally changed their faces.
Xiaoxi had already heard Shui Qingqing say that she knew that Nameless was the mysterious background person she saw in the Huxin Pavilion of the Hou Mansion before, and she also knew that he was the mask assassin who went to Tingsheng Courtyard to find Shui Qingqing in the middle of the night, so when she saw Bai Haoqing suddenly come in and find him, she was also so worried that her heart was about to jump out.
Now seeing that Nameless came back safely, Xiaoxi was overjoyed, but he also felt afraid in his heart, and worried: "When did Nameless Big Brother come back?" I really almost scared Miss and me to death, in case you didn't rush back, but let Miss explain ...... to the master"
Shui Qingqing saw that Nameless's face was not depressed, and hurriedly spoke for her: "Just when you went to open the courtyard door, Nameless just came back." β
Xiaoxi also noticed that Nameless's expression was wrong, and guessed that he had something to say to Shui Qingqing, and said, "I'll close the courtyard door and guard it for you." β
As soon as Xiao Xi left, Nameless took out the silk cloth with the traces of the blue bricks of Chen Guogong's Mansion from his arms, put it in front of Shui Qingqing, and said in a heavy voice: "This is copied from the blue bricks of Empress Chen's boudoir Lanxin Courtyard." β
The moment she got the silk cloth, Shui Qingqing should have been happy in her heart, but she couldn't be happy at the moment.
She looked at the bloodshot in the nameless eyes and said worriedly, "The masked assassin they just talked about, is it Brother Liu?" β
From the moment Liu Jing put on his mask, Nameless's heart has been worried and tightened, and now that he learned that Liu Jing and the other brothers did not break through as they wished, but were pursued by Li You and Chen Shizi, he was even more anxious-
If Liu Jing had an accident because of him, how could he not be sorry for his adoptive parents who died to save him?!
Since childhood, because of the vain death of their adoptive parents, Liu Jing and Liu Yin, two brothers and sisters, have also lived a miserable life of displacement.
But they have never resented him because of the death of his parents, and Liu Jing has always remembered his parents' words, while maintaining and taking care of him as a younger brother, but respecting him as a master.
And over the years, it has been the Liu brothers and sisters who have been with him, so that in the abyss of hatred, he has a trace of comfort and a taste of family affection......
Therefore, he must not let Liu Jing have an accident.
Thinking of this, the nameless eyes sank, and the expression on his face was even more cold and resolute, looking at Shui Qingqing who was worried about him, his heart was sour and sad, and he said coldly: "The blacksmith shop has been revealed, and His Royal Highness not only suspects me, but also suspects Liu Yin, so ......"
Hearing this, Shui Qingqing's whole body was shocked, her face turned pale, and she lost her voice: "What about Yun'er?" Yun'er can be ...... by Li Youxian"
Nameless looked at the eagerness in her eyes and shook her head tiredly, "Don't worry, we left early when they found the blacksmith shop...... Since His Royal Highness will be suspicious of Liu Yin, he will naturally not let Yun'er go, so I have asked Liu Yin and them to find an opportunity to temporarily take Yun'er out of the capital......"
Shui Qingqing didn't expect that just a photo at the gate of the 6th mansion made Li You suspect Liu Yin and Yun'er, and she didn't expect that because of Li You's sudden intervention, she could finally reunite with Yun'er, and she would face separation from Yun'er again......
Her original plan was to bring Yun'er back to her to raise her openly after the poison of A Furong and the poison of cold paralysis in her body were resolved.
calculated, it will take about a month to grit her teeth, and she will be able to be with her son as she wishes. But now it seems that I can't wait for the day when my body is poisoned.
Tears fell down, and Shui Qingqing said absolutely: "Now...... Since I have canceled my marriage to the Third Highness, I have no scruples, so I want to ...... Yun'er"
"I'm afraid it's not the time yet."
Before she could finish speaking, Nameless interrupted her and said in a deep voice, "Don't forget, what you're doing now. β
With that, the nameless eyes fell on the silk cloth in front of her.
Following the nameless eyes, Shui Qingqing also looked at the plain white silk cloth quietly spread out on the table again, her heart was mixed, and her eyes flowed even more.
This silk cloth was taken back for her by sacrificing her life namelessly, and it is also the only evidence to identify the old things of Queen Chen.
And she understands the meaning of namelessness.
Since she has made up her mind to expose Empress Chen's crimes, there will inevitably be a fierce battle between her and Empress Chen, then, during this period, if Yun'er is revealed, with Empress Chen's viciousness and unscrupulous means, she will definitely hurt Yun'er......
Therefore, before the hatred between her and Empress Chen is thoroughly understood, as Nameless said, Yun'er really can't be revealed.
Even if she was heartbroken, but compared to Yun'er's safety, she could only agree with the nameless arrangement, and nodded gently with tears......
Seeing that she agreed to send Yun'er away, Nameless also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said weakly: "It's late at night, the county lord should rest early." β
With that, he turned and walked out.
Shui Qingqing looked at the resoluteness in his expression, and guessed that he was not worried about Liu Jing, and would go out of the mansion to find them in the west of the city again, so she panicked, and couldn't help but reach out to hold him, and said in a trembling voice: "Nameless, you must not go out of the White Mansion again tonight...... I'm afraid, I'm afraid that Bai Haoqing and they are waiting for you to set a trap......"
Without saying it, Nameless also knew that Bai Haoqing, who was already suspicious of him, and even Li You, would definitely let him appear at this time.
But, how could he watch Liu Jing and them risk their lives for him?!
However, he was reluctant to break free from her hands......
Looking back, the nameless eyes looked at Shui Qingqing with a worried face, and a warm current surged in his heart, soothing his anxious and heavy heart.
His throat rolled, and he said with difficulty, "But ......"
"No, but."
Shui Qingqing took his hand and didn't dare to let go, and said worriedly: "Brother Liu, they did this to save you." If you are arrested in the end, Brother Liu's hard work will not be in vain......"
At this moment, in Shui Qingqing's eyes, Nameless is not only her friend who shares weal and pain, but also Mei Zijin's younger brother.
She will always remember that night when the nameless seriously injured coma in the lower room behind, when Mei Zijin asked her about his injury, she couldn't hide the worry between her eyebrows.
Therefore, not only to repay Nameless's kindness to her, even if it was for Mei Zijin, she also had to stop Nameless, and she couldn't watch him jump off those traps that would kill him.
Nameless struggled painfully in his heart, and in the end, he finally shook off Shui Qingqing's hand and walked out hurriedly.
Shui Qingqing chased him out without thinking about it, and seeing that Nameless was about to jump out of the courtyard wall and leave, she stepped forward again to hold his hand and was about to speak. At this moment, a string of white fireworks suddenly burst into the western sky.
The white fireworks lingered in the black sky for a long time, and they were extremely dazzling.
At the moment when the smoke lit up, Shui Qingqing saw the nameless eyes looking at the fireworks fixedly, but the expression on her face was obviously relaxed.
Shui Qingqing suddenly understood that the fireworks were a signal between Brother Liu and Nameless, and couldn't help but rejoice: "Brother Liu, are they out of danger?" β
Nameless's heart, which had been tense for a long time, suddenly relaxed the moment he saw the fireworks signal. When he looked back at Shui Qingqing's excited little face, a rare smile appeared on his always calm face.
His eyes fell on the hand she was holding and had not yet had time to let go, a soft light flashed in his silent eyes, and he said softly: "I'm not leaving, the county lord can rest assured, rest well." β
Hearing the nameless words and learning that Brother Liu and they escaped safely, Shui Qingqing was really relieved......
Back in the house, she carefully put away the piece of silk cloth and put it together with the secret letter from Empress Chen that she had found from the Yang family before.
Even though he had memorized the contents of the secret letter written by Empress Chen to the Yang family, but when he saw the secret letter again, Shui Qingqing still felt a deep hatred in his heart.
The next moment, her eyes touched something that was put together with the secret letter, and her heart was slightly sour.
That's the severed finger she picked up that night when she was taking care of Nameless!
She knew what this truncated finger meant to Nameless, so she kept wondering whether to return it to him.
This truncated finger means that Nameless's hatred for the Hou Mansion in the past twenty years, if it is returned to him, it will only arouse the grief and hatred in his heart.
But if she handled it privately, it wouldn't be appropriate, after all, it was his thing.
After struggling for a long time, Shui Qingqing finally couldn't make up her mind, so she had to put it away again......
On the second day, the news of the thieves in the Chen Guogong Mansion spread throughout the capital, and even Queen Chen, who lived in the harem, heard about it.
Since the plan made her baby son and Shui Qingqing successfully dissolve the marriage contract, this time, Queen Chen's life has been extremely comfortable, so even if she heard that her mother's family was a thief, she just said a few innocuous words lightly, which did not affect her good mood.
It wasn't until she learned that the thieves had broken into her former boudoir, Lanxin Courtyard, that his idea was aroused.
She looked at her son, who had entered the palace early in the morning to report to her, and asked curiously: "What kind of thief is so bold as to go to Chen Guogong's mansion to steal?" Did you steal anything? β
Li You chased the masked man for most of the night, and his face could not hide the tiredness, and when he heard Empress Chen's question, he frowned and said: "It's not an ordinary little thief, and he didn't break into the house and steal anything." When he was caught, he couldn't find any stolen goods on his body, but he sneakily appeared in the courtyard where the queen mother once lived. β
Empress Chen said: "Since you have caught someone, it will be clear if you find out his identity." β
From yesterday to now, Li You's suspicions have become heavier and heavier, especially after catching the mask assassin with his own hands and taking off the mask on his face, the person behind the mask is not the nameless he expected, and instead of solving the mystery in his heart, the fog is getting heavier.
Especially the second before the assassin was captured alive, he didn't even hide from the sword, but at the last moment, a white fireworks signal was sent out into the sky, which made him realize that the masked assassin he captured may not be the real mastermind behind the scenes, he still has accomplices.
So, who are his accomplices?
Could it be the namelessness he suspected?
The more he thought about it, the more he had a headache, Li You's eyes flashed with anger, and he said coldly: "His ostensible identity is a blacksmith in Suzaku Lane, named Liu Jing, but behind him he is leading a group of well-trained assassins. Yesterday, it took a lot of effort to catch him. Andβ"
Speaking of this, Li You thought of Liu Jing's sister, the girl he met in the 6 Lin Mansion, and the child in her arms, but she ran away and never found it, and her heart couldn't help but be blocked.
The next moment, he took out the baby clothes he picked up in the blacksmith shop from his body, handed it to the red sleeves beside Queen Chen, and said in a deep voice: "You help the palace to see, the fabric of this baby clothes is made of tribute Yunjin?" β
Empress Chen has been in charge of the harem for decades, and Red Sleeves is the most powerful palace maid by her side, and the things that are usually paid tribute in the palace are arranged by her to be put into storage, so she recognized the fabric of the baby dress in Li You's hand at a glance.
After carefully looking at the fabric pattern of the clothes, the red sleeves said: "Your Highness is right, it is Yunjin." And it was the best batch of tributes after the autumn last year. At that time, there were less than 300 horses, and the mother left 200 horses for the masters and ladies in the palace, and the rest were rewarded to the following ladies and the families of important ministers of the court. β
Li You's expression changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Who are they rewarded?" β
Looking at Li You's expression, Empress Chen already knew that he was checking the provenance of this baby dress, and couldn't help but say coldly: "The record of this palace is that at that time, the aunt of Dingguo Hou Mei Zijin, Bai Shi, had just given birth to the eldest son of the Hou Mansion, and the palace rewarded half of the remaining hundred cloud brocades to the Hou Mansion. And looking at the size of this baby's clothes, it is about the same month as the little prince who died early in the Hou Mansion, it should be that the Hou Mansion can't be wrong......
Empress Chen's words made Li You's whole body shake suddenly, and the clothes in his hands were unstable and fell to the ground......
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