Chapter Seventy-One: Missing
Xia Li hid in the corner of the door and didn't go in, thinking about what way he could use to keep the secret guards from finding out.
Later, when she saw the wind lanterns hanging in the courtyard, she thought of them, so she found a few stones from the ground and picked them up, pointed them at the lights that were lit in the courtyard one by one, and threw them all.
I only heard a few flutters, and the wind lantern went out in response.
When the lights are turned off, the dark guard can't see her, and he can't feel it, so it's much safer to go in.
Xia Li took a dark gap, searched and entered the courtyard with a leap, and hid under a thick tree inside.
She could feel a few guards on the door, still whispering "strange, why are the lights out?"
"I don't know, maybe it's windy!" A dark guard replied.
However, a rude voice interjected:
"Fart, whoever can turn off all the lights at once, I think there must be a situation"
"Don't say it, there may be hidden secrets, so I'm on guard."
After that, several people also stopped and said no more.
Xia Li was already able to see at night, and with all her five senses open, she could see the figures of those people lying on their stomachs at the door or on the roof, so it seemed that she had to be careful.
She leaned against the thick tree's wall and walked inside, checking the situation as she went.
There are a lot of trees in this yard, there are many flowers and plants, and there is a small rockery pavilion in the distance, but they are all well organized by the next people, and it is different to see that being a Xiangye is different, her father's yard does not have these things, it is very simple.
If you want to say that the roof ridge can be in the courtyard, Xia Li guesses that it can only be on the side of the rockery, because there are other places that can be seen at a glance, and the door of such a secret room cannot be in such a courtyard.
Xia Li walked forward with her breath closed, and with the ability of these hidden guards in the courtyard, she couldn't feel it at all, unless a master appeared, she might still be discovered.
But the strange thing is that there is not a single secret guard on this side of the tree or on the rockery in the courtyard, and almost all the secret guards are on the side of Li Honglian's residence.
This is just a Xiangye wife, even if Xia Xiangye relied on this lady's maiden relationship as the prime minister in the early years, he would not need the protection of so many people!
Xia Li was skeptical.
What does the place that the Secret Guard fail to protect says, it must be that there is nothing to protect.
I don't know if these secret guards are to protect Li Honglian's safety or if there are other reasons.
Xia Li walked around the yard a few times, but found nothing, and even the flowers, rockeries, and pavilions planted in front of the house she groped carefully, and she didn't find anything suspicious.
Could it be that the ridge is not outside, but inside?
In addition to the former study and successive bedrooms of the eldest man Xia Zhiyuan, there are also two adjacent ear rooms; Then there is Li Honglian's Red Lotus Courtyard, which has four or five main rooms and two ear rooms in succession, as well as the small courtyard of the aunt Poria who lives behind the Red Lotus, and then there is the wing room where the maid and mother-in-law live, and there are no less than dozens of houses large and small.
Xia Li guessed that it was most likely that the ridge in the house would belong to Li Honglian's Red Lotus Courtyard, because she was the only one with the most secret guards.
Xia Li secretly thought to herself, it is probably impossible to go to Li Honglian's house now, she didn't prepare anything when she came, she had to prepare something to enter this person's house, or she really didn't dare to go in rashly.
If these guards find out, it's not trivial, although it can be beaten, but there are too many people will consume time, and everything will not be what she wants, unless she comes to solve all these people one by one, otherwise it will be troublesome to make a noise, so she can't go today. I'll have to wait until I have the opportunity to come back later.
Thinking of this, Xia Li quietly withdrew and walked out of the door, and he couldn't delay here for too long.
……
This silver, who had just gone to assassinate Xia Li and was unsuccessful, returned to the Dark Moon Palace to ask for his guilt.
It was the first time in years that he had not completed his mission.
He didn't expect this task to be so tricky, so he knew that he would push it off.
Who would have thought that girl would be so difficult, and her martial arts would be on par with him.
But her moves felt familiar to him.
It's not that it's completely familiar, but it's also an illusion to say it's unfamiliar.
This guy is kind of like ...... Memory, yes, just like her.
The last time he was drunk, the person he met was very similar to Yiying, but in hindsight, he thought that he had a dream.
He buried the memory with his own hands, he was afraid that she would wake up, and he kept watch by his side for three days before he was buried, although the person in front of him was like, but it was not.
But he couldn't understand why it was somewhat similar to Yiying's moves.
Silver returned to the palace uncertainly and met the big boss Pulsatilla.
"Hey, why did you kid come back so early, the mission is complete"
This man looked to be in his sixties, but his beard was white, he looked like a ten-year-old man, and his speech was a little like a bird's call, and his voice was shrill, sometimes it sounded good, sometimes it sounded harsh.
Silver shook his head "No"
"No?" Pulsatilla's voice suddenly became very sharp, piercing the white ear drum and causing him to cover it with his hand unconsciously.
Pulsatilla was anxious when he heard this: "Stinky boy, do you know what you're talking about?" Do you know what that means? ”
What does it matter if silver nods indifferently and what it means! Memories are dead, and he is still living alone, sometimes feeling that life is not interesting.
If you're dead, you can find her when you're dead.
But when he thought of the person who looked like Yiying today, he wanted to see him next time.
For a long time, he looked at the palace master and said, "It's okay, don't worry!" It's going to be fine, is the palace master here? ”
"You...... You...... It's really heartless to dare to say such a thing, you don't want to live you"
Silver nodded, "It's a little"
Pulsatilla was so angry that he shouted a few times: "You stinky boy, have you forgotten how you came back to life?" It's so easy to talk about death, it's in vain that I love you like this all these years, go, I'll go with you to see the palace master"
The old man took the silver and left.
Yinzi knew that the main thing was to save him, but he didn't bother him, and said without moving: "Don't worry! I can't die, I just didn't complete the task this time, it's going to be fine."
In order to reassure the big master, he deliberately said it very lightly.
The palace master saw that he didn't move, and said there: "You stinky boy, you are still the same as before, stubborn and stubborn, I really can't do anything about you"
Bai Yin smiled and patted the shoulders of the big chief, and the corners of his mouth smiled before turning around and leaving.
He entered the corridor and approached the innermost room, and every time he went, he would unconsciously glance into the room of the Memory, always thinking that it would be the same as every time, this person would lie or sleep or wait for him inside.
But no matter how he looked at it, it was empty, nothing.
The reality was so cruel that it broke his illusion and made the temperature in Bai Yin's heart cool again.
Everything is what he thinks in his heart, and it is impossible to achieve.
When he came to the door of the palace master's room, he knocked lightly.
"The palace master is the subordinate silver"
After knocking a few times, he thought that the palace master was not there, and just when Bai Yin was about to turn around and leave, he heard the words inside, "Come in!" ”
Bai Yin pushed the door in, and saw the palace master wearing a fanged mask sitting at the head of the bed practicing.
He has never seen the statue of the palace master when he is so old, and once he secretly asked all the brothers out of curiosity, and everyone shook their heads and said that they had not seen it, and they heard that only the chief of the palace had seen it, and no one else was allowed to see it.
Listening to the palace master's voice, I couldn't tell how old he was, because this person used internal force to make a sound, which was different from his voice.
He and Yiying's martial arts are all the martial arts of this palace master, and the two of them know that this palace master's martial arts are unfathomable, and no one knows what level they have reached.
Over the years, the Dark Moon Palace has been standing tall in the martial arts, and it has not been bullied by any gang, because of the palace master's martial arts experience, almost more than half of the people in the rivers and lakes will retreat and hide far away when they hear the name of the palace master of the Dark Moon Palace.
Yinzi came to this person and knelt down on his knees and said: "I'm sorry palace master, my subordinates failed to complete the task this time, please punish me"
"Why didn't you complete the task" The palace master didn't open his eyes, and when he still came, he sat with his eyes slightly closed, and didn't move.
"The subordinates can't beat him, so he ......" Baiyin told the truth.
"Why can't you beat it?"
"I don't know, my subordinates didn't dare to fight, and they left after dozens of rounds without a win"
"Oh! Who is this person, there is still this person in Beijing? ”
Bai Yin couldn't tell whether the palace was angry or angry, and said there: "It's the young lady in the second room of the Xia Mansion, and her subordinates were hired to assassinate this person, but I didn't expect this girl to be a master, and if she has to fight for a long time, her subordinates may not be able to win her 100%."
"Miss Xia Mansion's second room? Is it Xia Fu? The palace master opened his eyes strangely and looked at Bai Yindao.
Silver nodded, "I heard it's called Xia Li"
"Who is going to kill her?"
"This subordinate doesn't know that it's Aunt Mei who is connected by a man in black."
Bai Yin wondered why the palace master asked so much, thinking that he would hear that if he didn't complete the task, he would directly let the palace people use the palace rules to dispose of him, but this is also a minority, because some killers can't do it for the first time, and they will also carry out a second assassination, the time is more than half a month, and it really can't be completed, that's welcome, you can only implement the palace rules.
But at this time, the palace master didn't say anything, and it took a long time before he said: "Forget it, go down!" This mistake will be remembered for you first, and you will be punished for it next time."
Yinzi was not very happy when he heard this, although he knew that he had picked up a bargain, but it was not what he liked, and it had little to do with it.
But he said respectfully: "Yes, thank you palace master"
"Let's go down!"
"Yes"
And when the silver came out of it, he saw the chief priest standing outside.
When the old man saw his figure, he hurriedly ran over, "How is it?" ”
Yinzi smiled, "Thank you for the blessing of the old man, I'm fine, the palace master said to remember to wait for the next offense and then punish together"
Pulsatilla was excited when he heard this, and hugged the body of the silver with both hands and said: "Good son is small, good look, and has experienced harm."
"What's the harm, it's just that the palace master is extra gracious"
"You're in luck."
"Yes, I'll invite you to drink tonight" The money is so stingy, anyway, the money earned will not be spent.
"That's good, anyway, today's mission has been dispatched" The chief is also very happy, and he usually can't find someone to drink.
"Okay, I'll go to Tianxianglou to buy some snacks and food, and I'll buy you some favorite food for the director."
"Well, I want the spicy duck tongue with sauce there, and a plate of braised pork head, I want to eat both"
"Okay, I can take care of what you like to eat today."
"Hahaha, what you said, please don't do it" The big boss Pulsatilla was really happy because the silver was not punished, he sometimes treats this kid as a son, and really doesn't want him to have anything to do.
"A few meals are fine, as long as you can drink with me" Silver has liked drinking since Yiying died,
……
Xia Li returned to the courtyard of the second room, hurriedly changed his clothes with Chu Han, and slept until dawn.
Early the next morning, she heard Chu Han say that yesterday the eldest lady sent a maid to Aunt Qingyi, and she had already been raised as a young lady.
"Oh, yes" Although Xia Li felt that this light-clothed man was not bad, if he really offended her scales, don't blame her for being polite.
"Miss, do you think Aunt Qingyi will be bought by the eldest lady?"
"It's hard to say, after all, if someone holds you and respects you, you will be happy," Xia Li said on the matter.
Chu Han sighed and said: "I hope Aunt Qingyi can stand on our side, the slave thinks she is good"
Xia Li curled the corners of his mouth, "Good and bad can only be seen after a long time, by the way, did you go to the kitchen to get food this morning, did the people say anything?" ”
Sometimes the eyes of these subordinates are much sharper than those of their masters.
Chu Han nodded, "I said, they said that the light clothes are beautiful and the people are still young, what if...... It's not too much to be a good match."
"What?" It turned out that she was going to be her stepmother? If her father wants to, she won't object, but she can't do it half-heartedly, she has to take a good look first.
When the master and servant had breakfast and went to learn the rules as they did every day, they saw that Xia Yue, who had not seen her for a few days, was also lightly dressed.
It's not over, everyone's not happy!