Chapter Seventy-Six: Prelude
In the morning, the snow fell, and the flowers fell like shredded pieces of paper, which fell to the ground and stained with dirt, which was thinner than paper.
Bai Heng came to the carriage early in the morning and went straight to the city, the two of them had nothing to say all the way, each with their own thoughts.
She didn't want to witness Shen Yuchen's wedding with her own eyes, she just wanted to simply go around the city, and maybe it would also attract people who manipulated Bai Heng behind the scenes.
And he didn't just accompany her out for a walk, but more importantly, according to the plan he had discussed with Huo Sanye before, he took her to Shen Yuchen's wedding.
The carriage was bumpy halfway, and Ping Yan was pregnant, so she couldn't stand it anymore, holding her chest, and her stomach was uncomfortable. Bai Heng took out a green winter orange out of nowhere, peeled it and handed it to her, "I know you don't like to ride in such a well-behaved and closed carriage. β
Ping Yan ate half of it, the sour juice woke up, and immediately suppressed the nausea feeling by half.
"You're not afraid to take me back, I'm going to run?" Ping Yan secretly touched the meniscus knife he returned this morning in his sleeve, which was a little strange.
Bai Heng smiled, clear and moist, as if the evil ghost at night painted his skin and shaped his body, and changed into the appearance of a gentle gentleman, "Then let me tell you one thing, if you want to know the truth, you can accompany me through this year." β
"What?"
"Master, he's not just a play." He blinked a little mischievously, but his tone was yin and yang, revealing a creepy chill, "Does he have a big secret?" At the beginning of spring this year, we went to the lockdown city to sing, and you were arrested by the police station, and I waited for you for a few days, but the master took the opera team and left first. You know why? β
Ping Yan didn't say anything.
He smiled lightly, grabbed Ping Yan's hand, and warmed her, but he didn't know that his body temperature was much lower than hers, "That's because I accidentally discovered the big secret he has hidden so far, he wanted to kill me at first, but he couldn't stand my master-apprentice relationship over the years, and repeatedly kowtowed to survive, so he couldn't bear it, let me go, and gave me money, so I went to other places to beg for a living." You know, Master seems to be cold, but in fact, he is the most emotional. β
"Who the hell is Master?" When she thought of the bronze box, she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart, and subconsciously tightened Bai Heng's hand.
Bai Heng lowered his eyes and looked at the tightly intertwined fingers of the two, and couldn't help but smile, he took the opportunity to wrap Ping Yan's hand in the palm of his palm, and said with a smile: "Senior sister, if I tell you, will you still guard me?" β
Ping Yan quickly withdrew her hand, and her face gradually turned cold.
"How do I know if what you're saying is true? No matter what, I believe in Master's character. β
Bai Heng smiled contemptuously, his voice was like a spring hitting a rock, crisp and sweet, but the words were covered with dazzling patterns like poisonous weeds, "You don't believe me? Haha, junior sister, don't you deceive yourself anymore, aren't you already suspicious of Master? I will lie to everyone in this world, but I will definitely not lie to you. β
He bent down to pick up the handkerchief that Ping Yan had fallen at his feet, gently wiped the fine sweat off her head for her, and said, "Among these people you know, only I know Master's secrets. As long as you obediently accompany me and have the same heart with me, you can take your life at any time, let alone the things on the side. β
The carriage was surrounded by thick satin curtains, which was already warm, and she breathed like an orchid, and her breath was sultry. Bai Heng looked at her, his heart was emotional, his eyes suddenly deepened, he leaned closer and wanted to bite the cherry pink lips, the moment his skin rubbed against each other, Ping Yan suddenly came back to his senses, and was shocked, and slapped him in the face without thinking about it.
The sound is like a crack, far louder than the whimpering of the north wind.
Her raised hand didn't let go for a long time, her fingertips were still slightly numb, and her eyes were open, a little at a loss.
Bai Heng didn't care, stretched out the tip of his tongue and licked a few traces of blood on his lips, and pinned the messy hair in front of Ping Yan's forehead behind his ears with a warm smile, "It's that senior brother is too anxious and rude, junior sister don't be afraid." β
Ping Yan has no owner, she opened a corner of the car curtain, looked at the wind and snow outside the window, the wind was thin, rolling up the snow, more chaotic than her heart.
Her senior brother, kind and friendly, restrained and reserved, how did he become what he is today?
And her master, is it really as unbearable as she guessed?
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In the Western dressing mirror, a beautiful face with light fat powder and bright eyebrows is reflected, but the eyebrows are wrinkled, the eyes are shaking, and there is no fixed place. She held a jasper bracelet and kept knocking it on the table, and the air was filled with a loud and small thump in the air, filled with restlessness.
Hearing a movement outside the door, Lin Lixue immediately straightened up with a heavy wedding dress and hurriedly walked a few steps forward, "Wang Sleeve, how is it?" Is there any news from Mom? β
She wore a wedding dress to the ground, decorated with pearls, outlining the girl's unique slender posture, like budding bones, petals layer upon layer of fluffy, the faint fragrance smoked the king's sleeves confused. He stared straight at her, the amazement in his eyes lingering.
"King's sleeve?" Her face was full of anxiety. You must know that as early as a month ago, she went to Hanshan Nunnery to beg her mother, temporarily let go of her knots, came to attend her wedding, and gave her parents complete and complete blessings.
Wang Sleeve frowned slightly, and sighed gloomily, "I have indeed inquired about the news." β
Lin Lixue's face froze, "Then where is she?" Did you send someone to pick it up? β
"I'm afraid I won't be able to pick it up......"
"Why?"
"There are people who don't know how to come and kidnap the wife, saying that they want to exchange a thing for them, and they are willing to let them go, otherwise they will tear up the ticket."
"What's that?"
"The Overseer's Talisman." Wang Sleeve was quite embarrassed, his eyes were half closed, and a strange light flashed.
"Talismans?" No matter how naΓ―ve and ignorant she is, she also knows what kind of weight the talisman in the overseer's personal control is, which is the basis for controlling the fate of the entire Qingzhou.
She hesitated and said in a panic: "The talisman is in my father's hand, I'd better go and tell him about it, he will definitely have a way to save my mother." As he spoke, he took a step.
The king grabbed her with a flawless sense of care and loyalty in his eyes, "No, you were young when Madame shaved her hair, but you should remember that she swore a poisonous oath to the Overseers, and after all these years, the Overseers have long since lost their affection for her." Besides, the Soldier is a big deal, and I think the Overseer would rather sacrifice his wife than hand it over. β
This gossip was like pouring cold water on his head, extinguishing Lin Lixue's last glimmer of hope. Yes, how could a man like his father hand over a talisman for a woman? What's more, this woman once decided to go alone and abandon him like a shoe, not to mention, in order to get rid of the disaster forever, regardless of his mother's safety, he sent troops to kill the thief.
"What then? What to do? Lin Lixue cried helplessly, tears were crystal clear, and the rouge on her pink cheeks was wet.
Wang Sleeve held her shoulder, his eyes were firm and gentle, "Don't worry, I'm still here, you can do as I say later, we will definitely be able to get the talisman and rescue Madame." β
"But if the talisman falls into the hands of someone with ulterior motives, what kind of world will Qingzhou fall into?" She has a relative.
Wang Sleeve gently hooked his lips, his eyes became secretive, and he only looked at her for a moment, and smiled indulgently, "Silly girl, you can't transfer troops with a single talisman, if you want to transfer the army on a large scale, you need to discuss with Division Commander Cheng Licheng and some other officers." Besides, the talisman is just a disguise, I just want to use it as a lure to rescue Madame, and I won't cheapen those daring thieves. β
Cheng Li is a confidant who has been supported by his father for many years, he is stable and loyal, and he is conclusive and reasonable, which has eliminated her last bit of vigilance.
Lin Lixue nodded, "Okay, just do as you say, you must rescue your mother." β
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The carriage entered the city and walked through the wide streets where the snow had melted.
Bai Heng lifted a corner of the curtain, and saw that there were few pedestrians in the heavy building, all of them bowed their waists and rubbed their hands, and passed quickly against the cold.
"Senior sister, are you hungry?"
Ping Yan raised a halfway god, listened to what he said, slowly opened his eyes, and inadvertently looked out of the curtain that was lifted by the wind, and there seemed to be two sneaky people hiding at the mouth of the alley, who had been following them not far since they entered the city. She smiled faintly, as if she had no idea, and simply accepted his kindness, seeing why he was going to stop on this street where there were not many food shops.
The car stopped in front of a shop, and the boss came out to greet him, smiling enthusiastically, and served a bowl of wontons to each of them, and the rest were breakfast.
Bai Heng ate half of it, and suddenly remembered something, and said: "Senior sister, I remember that there is a pharmacy in front of here, you are pregnant, and you have a little cough today, let me go and help you grab some medicine." β
Ping Yan bowed, "Thank you, senior brother." β
She watched Bai Heng's slender back disappear into the white mist at the entrance of the alley, straightened up, and just walked to the door frame, but saw a small hand full of dirt reaching out to her from the cold wind.
"Sister, okay, give me something to eat, I haven't eaten for a few days, I'm so hungry." It is an unkempt, ragged little beggar, raising a small face the size of a palm, with layers of mud stains, and it is impossible to distinguish the original facial features, only those eyes are like a pool of jade, very spiritual.
Ping Yan was slightly stunned for a while, as if she had been immersed in the eyes of the little beggar, and she was unconscious for a long time.
It wasn't until the dirty little hand carefully tugged at the corner of her skirt again that she suddenly came back to her senses, put on a gentle and amiable smile, slowly squatted down, held his little hand, and said, "Sister has three oceans here, you do my sister a favor, and these oceans will belong to you, okay?" β
The little beggar nodded in a daze, and just stared at the three shining silver dollars lying in her palm.
Ping Yan put the silver dollar into his palm properly, and showed him the way in front of him with a smile, "Did you see that alley?" There is a handsome boy in red in the alley, and you tell him that I have been robbed by a group of men in black, and ask him to come and save me quickly. β
After everything was arranged, Ping Yan turned around, looked at the owner who was only on the counter in the empty shop, and coldly took out a knife to his neck, and said coldly: "I have no intention of killing you, as long as you can understand current affairs." Whoever asks you will say that I have been robbed, and the rest will say that they don't know anything. β
The boss stiffened, nodding in a cold sweat.
Ping Yan took advantage of the situation to staggered the tables and chairs in the store, looked around, and quickly went up to the second floor, "Borrow one upstairs!" β