Chapter Thirty-Eight: Jerod
When I went back, I saw the women who had "come together" again, and at this time they seemed to have forgotten how they had been deceived, as if being alive was the greatest gift given by the masked man.
"Childe, are you back?" A slightly surprising voice.
Looking up, a woman with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes did not understand how she could be willing to follow this cold masked man.
"Why are you stunned? Hurry up and go back and change your clothes, they've smoked me for so long. "A male voice, who else can there be here but the masked man.
Smoke? It's not the clothes he asked people to find! I secretly rolled my eyes in my heart, and then watched the men in front of me leave with a group of women, and several of them didn't forget to glance at me, the kind of eyes that show off after victory.
I couldn't laugh or cry, did they think it was a proud thing to be around a cunning wolf? Aren't you afraid of being in a different place for no reason? I sighed, I couldn't protect myself, how could I have the leisure to care about others.
He's a cunning wolf, and I'll have to find a way out as soon as possible.
Later, I heard that the sedan chair that was supposed to come back at the dinner did not come back, and the next person and the sedan chair were out of thin air. Then, a few days later, the masked man was gone. When those women got up to be free, they began to get together, saying what the masked man looked like, what his identity, etc., curiosity was curiosity, but no one dared to unmask him.
I really didn't bother to listen, I raised my legs and was about to leave, but I was pulled by a woman, the woman with clear eyebrows last time.
"Don't go, tell me what you did when you went out?" At this time, she seems to have changed as a person, her eyes are sharp, and she is not at all as gentle as yesterday.
She gives people the impression that she is a vinegar jar that has been overturned. Perhaps.
"Yes, yes, you can tell me...... "The attention of the other women also shifted to mine.
"Hey, have you forgotten how you got here? Is that masked man your benefactor? You're all just pawns, do you still want to marry him? In one breath, I spit out all the words that had been held in my stomach for a long time, and finally felt comfortable.
I don't know if I was frightened, they all looked at me in a daze...... No, it's looking behind me.
Masked Man!
"You come with me."
"One, two, three ......"
"Fourteen...... Twenty ......"
I bit my lip, holding back the pain in my ass and the tears that were about to bubble up, not knowing where I had provoked him.
"This is a willow whip specially made by me, soft but powerful, neither hurting the muscles and bones but not losing pain." These words came out of his mouth, as if the clouds were as cruel as a light breeze to the extreme.
Until I couldn't hold it anymore, I collapsed. In the moment of coma, I secretly swore that I would pay back everything to him now!
By the time my butt injury was almost healed and I could get out of bed, it was 10 days later. I heard that those women had been sent to the palace by Lord Tozo.
I wondered why I wasn't sent to the palace with them. Is it because of the injury to the butt? I stood in the courtyard for a long time, but I didn't think of a reason, and I didn't know what to do next. is bent on seeking revenge on the emperor, and bent on giving the masked man a good look...... However, he seems to have always been a fish on a nail board, at the mercy of others.
It seems that it can't be delayed any longer...... It's just that in the Eastern Wu Dynasty, where you are unfamiliar with life, even if you can escape, how can you survive in a strange place by yourself? I suddenly thought of someone, but ...... He didn't seem to recognize me anymore and had a headache.
I knew that this day would come, how could the masked man be kind enough to raise a sick person in his own home, although he did not arrange me in the palace, but he was arranged in a down-and-out prince's house. The idea of going to the palace to find Yelujing had to be put aside first.
Before leaving, the masked man repeatedly warned me that my main task was to spy on the so-called down-and-out prince. Just when I wondered why he was convinced that I would die for him, he suddenly said, "I have planted poison in each of you." No wonder he was so relieved of us.
According to the route given by the masked man, in a remote place, I finally saw this mansion. There is a courtyard around it, but in addition to being much larger than ordinary people's homes, it is not clear that this is actually a prince's mansion.
Knocking on the door, a butler-like figure poked his head out of the crack in the door, "May I ask who you are?" ”
I smiled and said, "I've fled here, and I've heard that you're short of manpower here, so I'm ......."
He looked me up and down and nodded, "Okay, you come with me." ”
I was secretly happy in my heart, I didn't expect to go in so easily. Listening to the masked man, this prince's mansion has always been short of manpower, but no one has dared to enter. When asked him why, he just smiled mysteriously, "You'll know when you go in." "It's definitely not a good thing, but it's much better than staying by his side and worrying about his life all day.
When I went in, I found that this courtyard was not like what I had seen before, it looked too deserted and ...... There is no popularity.
In an instant, some kind of demon story came to his mind, and then he looked up at the butler in front of him, who was similar to a butler, and suddenly felt that he might turn around and open his mouth at any time. I was taken aback by the thought of myself, and I shrunk my neck, not daring to think about it any further.
The man who led the way didn't speak all the way until he pushed open a door, went in and said something and came out again, and then let me in. I hesitated for a moment, and then took a long breath before taking a step, calling it a demon and a monster, and I would know when I went in.
In front of me was a very thin gauze curtain, and it was faintly visible that there was a person sitting on a chair inside, no, a wheelchair! Then, the wheelchair moved, and the curtain was lifted, revealing a ...... A man with a black scar on his face. And these scars are uneven, which makes the whole face even more terrifying.
I hurriedly lowered my head and said that I was not afraid that it was fake, but fortunately, it was not a ghost. It seems that he is the eldest son of the former emperor. According to the masked man, the eldest prince was born with smallpox at the time, and then asked the emperor to be crowned the prince and withdraw from the competition for the throne. Now this scar is left after smallpox was cured. Later, the emperor named him the prince of Huang - Yelu Huang.
"Raise your head, are you afraid of me?"
I gritted my teeth, shook my head, and looked up at those gray eyes, secretly cheering myself up, no matter how hateful my face was, it was much whiter than the masked man's heart.
"I'll be afraid when I look at it a few more times." I stared intently into those eyes.
He seemed a little surprised, and then laughed out loud. I think if this face hadn't been ruined, he would have looked good with a smile.
"Okay, you can stay here."
Then, I entered the Huangwang Mansion smoothly, and even I felt that I had stepped on shit luck.
After a few days of observation, it was found that the daily life of this Phoenix prince was extremely simple. After eating every hour, he either played chess with the butler, went to the pond to feed the fish, and played the zither, and had almost no contact with the outside world, nor did he see anyone else.
It's as if forgotten by everyone.
I can't think of any weird and unusual behavior from such a simple person, and I need to keep an eye on him. Does the masked man think that everyone is as black as he is?
Wait, speaking of anomalies, there's something weird about it that I think, but it's not weird.
That is, whenever the moon is just over the top, he will sit by the pond, and this sitting will be for several hours. In fact, he didn't do anything, just quietly looked at the lake, and didn't know what he was thinking.
At first, I would sit with him in the distance for a while, but at last I was sleepy, so I went back, and he didn't stop me. I just want to eat and drink, and the masked man asked me to work for him, will I be honest? How, what, can, can!
Indignantly said these four words in his heart, and continued to sleep peacefully.
In the early morning of the second day, when he went to serve him to eat as usual, the butler said that the prince had gone out. I sat idly by the pond and suddenly remembered something, and leaned forward to find out.
Is there a secret in this pond?
The water in the pond is clear, and occasionally a few fish swim over. Other than that, nothing unusual was found. I sighed and looked up in disappointment, but I was frightened by a pair of yellow-brown eyes, and I couldn't retreat in time, so I fell into it so hard. Even though it's spring, the water is still so cold and biting.
"I ...... I...... can't swim ......" After saying this, he couldn't speak anymore, and he choked on the water and couldn't breathe, let alone speak!
It's just that...... It's just ......, why is the man on the shore indifferent, the one who can obviously laugh and look good.
After a while, there was darkness in front of me, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't see a little light.
I had a headache, and when I opened my eyes, I couldn't remember where I was for a moment when I looked at the familiar ceiling. I don't know how many times I've woken up from the darkness.
"Masked Man?" How is he! Because I was so surprised, I screamed.
I took a closer look at the room again, and finally remembered something, no wonder it was so familiar, this ...... This is obviously the masked man's room!
How did I come back again?
"What the hell did you do to make him find out who you are?"
What was done? I didn't do anything, just take a few more glances at his pond. Also, did the prince discover my identity? How did he find out? Just before I could turn my brain, the masked man spoke again, "I never raise useless chess pieces, since you were sent back, then ......"
"Wait!" Suddenly realizing what he might be saying next, I couldn't help but blurt out.
"What are you waiting for?" He smiled dismissively, as if to see how hard I was going to struggle.
Yes, I'll admit that I'm now greedy for life and afraid of death, but so what. My head was spinning, and I finally thought of something," I discovered a prince's secret. ”