Chapter 62: The Ghost-Faced Man
Chinese The door panel was crumbling, but it only took a few strokes to knock it open. Yu Tai rushed in with someone impatiently, but when he went in, he was stunned - it was dark in the room where there was obviously a fire, and he heard the woman's voice before, but he didn't even see a figure in the attic...... There was the sound of wind whirring on the surface of the pool, but in the ears of Yu Tai and the others at this time, it was extremely weird and terrifying.
Finally, a timid eunuch shrunk his shoulders and spoke timidly
"Big ...... Eunuch ...... It can't be the hell, right? As soon as these words came out, everyone who was already suspicious gasped in unison, thinking of the haunted rumors in the palace, and their hairs stood up.
Yu Tai's heart was also furious, but his face was not as panicked and frightened as the little eunuch under him, and he gritted his teeth and said coldly
"My father-in-law doesn't believe in any ghosts, someone must be deliberately pretending to be a ghost to scare people!" He said with a righteous face, but a little eunuch beside him had the courage to look around the attic, and said with a white face and a trembling voice
"But...... But we obviously saw the lights, but when we came in, there was no one, not even oil lamps and lanterns, so it must be a ghost...... Eunuch, let's get out of here quickly, and burn some paper money another day, so that the ghosts and gods in this house don't blame us for being reckless......" As soon as he said this, everyone who was already extremely frightened unanimously knelt down on their knees, and retreated outside while snorting, and when they reached the door, they were already running forward in fright, as if there were really ghosts chasing after them...... Looking at the people who fled in the wilderness, Su Liuying, who was held in Lou Yue's arms, finally let go of her hanging heart and breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
At the last moment when the door was knocked open, Su Liuying was desperately waiting to be caught, Lou Yue jumped down from the high skylight of the attic, scooped her up and took the oil lamp...... At first, Su Liuying didn't understand why Lou Yue wanted to take the oil lamp away, until she heard the guessing voices of the eunuchs below, and she understood that Lou Yue was as careful as dust, and thought about the rest of the things - if the oil lamp was left, the heat on the oil lamp would definitely Yu Tai know that there was indeed someone in the attic.
At that time, he will definitely expand the scope of the search, but I am afraid that when the palace gate will also be under martial law, it will be difficult for Lu Mo to get out of the palace.
And now he brought out the oil lamp, but Yu Tai and his gang could not find evidence, and mistakenly thought that everything that happened in the pavilion was the work of ghosts and gods, so that they were afraid and did not dare to continue to dwell on tonight's events.
In this way, it saves too much work. After thinking about this, Su Liuying admired Lou Yue in her heart.
At that time, Yu Tai and his entourage were so frightened that they ran out of Huaqing Pond, and it returned to the cold and quiet of the past.
Lou Yue followed her and jumped down from the high branch next to the attic. Thinking of Fang Cai's danger, Lou Yue was angry and hateful, this woman was really bold.
If she hadn't arrived in time, she would have teased Yu Tai like this, but she was afraid that Yu Tai would have killed her if she found a crime.
Glaring at her coldly, Lou Yue said coldly
"Is this your New Year's gift to the son?" Su Liuying knew that she was at a loss, so she didn't dare to speak for herself, so she had to tell him honestly about what she found in the cold palace and what she found tonight about Princess Linglan and Lu Mo.
After hearing this, Lou Yue's expression instantly became solemn. In fact, he had long suspected Chen Zhaoyi's matter in his heart, but later Emperor Huicheng explicitly ordered that he was not allowed to mention this matter again, and he gradually forgot about it.
Now hearing Su Liuying's words, his good-looking long eyebrows tightened tightly, and said coldly
"If it doesn't happen tonight, do you plan to hide it from me all the time and go to find out the real murderer alone!" If it is really as she said, Chen Zhaoyi is just a scapegoat, then this mastermind behind the scenes is too terrifying.
And this woman is actually preparing to find out the real murderer alone, isn't she killing herself? Thinking of this, Lou Yue said coldly
"Leave this matter to me to investigate, and you are not allowed to interfere again." Seeing that his face was not depressed, Su Liuying didn't know how to open her mouth to tell him about the green foam, so she hesitated for a while and said with difficulty
"It is naturally best to hand this matter over to the prince to investigate. In this case, the prince is willing to temporarily contain the green foam...... After all...... After all, it is possible for her to know who the real culprit is......" Lou Yue certainly knew the importance of Green Foam, but he was angry that she didn't care about it, planned for others everywhere, but put herself in the most dangerous position.
She didn't know that Dong'er's heart almost froze when she saw Dong'er take out the earrings he gave her and say that something had happened to her...... Ignoring her words, he turned and walked forward.
Lou Yue's mood has been suffocating tonight, and her mind is full of tears streaming down her face standing under the city tower.
At that time, he was standing not far from Li Xiu, and he saw her earlier than Li Xiu. He followed her eyes and saw Li Xiu, and naturally knew that her tears were flowing for Li Xiu...... Seeing his gloomy face, Su Liuying felt cowardice in her heart, and was even more frightened by the cold aura he exuded, and involuntarily took two steps behind him, not daring to get too close to him.
"Who gave you the food box?" Lou Yue stopped suddenly, turned his head and looked at her coldly.
"......" Su Liuying, who was thinking about how to open his mouth to ask him to agree to help, was asked by his abrupt words, and was stunned for a long time before he muttered
"Yes...... It was sent by Imperial Doctor Lin......" Hearing that it was Lin Yan, Lou Yue breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, twisted his eyebrows for half a minute, and said in a deep voice
"Go away from him. He was too impulsive. "It's going to hurt you. Su Liuying knew that he was talking about what happened in Yunling last time, her face turned red, and she responded silently.
"I will arrange it myself, you must remember not to act rashly, and let the fifth princess also act carefully." Unconsciously, the two of them had crossed the palace road to the palace gate.
Seeing that she had been frowning, Lou Yue finally agreed to her request. Sure enough, hearing that Lou Yue should come down, Su Liuying's heart that had been hanging all the way finally fell to the ground properly, and she couldn't help but smile at him gratefully
"The slave and maid thank the prince for his life-saving grace on behalf of Lu Mo." As soon as the two of them arrived at the gate of the palace, Princess Linglan quietly walked out of the secret place, Su Liuying gave a look, Princess Linglan already understood, and when Nanshan drove the carriage to the secret place, she quietly helped the green foam with the cloak into Lou Yue's carriage...... It wasn't until this moment that Su Liuying's heart was completely let go.
She bowed her knees and thanked Lou Yue from the bottom of her heart, and a hand reached out in front of her. Lou Yue spread out her palms and handed her the plum blossom earrings that had been held tightly in her hands-
"Gifts are still exchanged, I give you a gift, what do you want to give me back?" In this year's New Year, Su Liuying embroidered a purse for her sister Su Shiyu, and then made a pair of cotton shoes for Mama Lan, but she didn't prepare for the others.
Thinking of the previous handkerchief, Su Liuying wanted to re-embroider a silk handkerchief and give it to Lou Yue for a moment, but then thought that in Bianzhou, women usually only send silk handkerchiefs to the men they liked, and suddenly dispelled this idea.
Now that she was asked by Lou Yue in person, she didn't know how to reply to him, standing in front of him like a child who had done something wrong, her face was flushed, and she didn't know what to do.
Seeing this, Lou Yue's mind couldn't help but show her standing under the city tower and looking at Li Xiu crying, like an abandoned child, pitiful and helpless...... His face was as cold and detached as ever, and Lou Yue's tone was slightly cool
"Don't force the fate you can't get. Perhaps, because it is not a good match, God will rearrange ......" said this, he was persuading Su Liuying to let go of Li Xiu, and it seemed that he was also persuading himself.
The delicate and small wax plum earrings fell into her cold palm, and the temperature of his palm was still on it, which brought her a rare warmth.
And his abrupt words made her heart tremble. Looking up at him, Su Liuying's pale little face became more and more pale, was he comforting himself?
But such comforting words are very heart-piercing in my heart. After thinking about it, Su Liuying couldn't help laughing at herself again-Lou Yue was right, isn't she not destined for Li Xiu?
Seeing that she was about to get married, in the end it was empty, her parents died, her family was ruined, and even the dowry she carefully prepared for her marriage was burned clean...... Holding back the tears that were about to burst out of her eyes, Su Liuying lowered her eyes and whispered
"Slaves and maids remember the teachings of the prince. Also...... Thank you for the generous gift of the prince, the slave is ashamed, and she can't repay it...... "Although Lou Yue has brought over the matter of asking her for a gift, and she also knows that he didn't really ask her for something, Su Liuying is really guilty in her heart.
He has always been the one who helped her and treated her well, and she really didn't do anything for him.
"For the Lantern Festival, I booked a private room in Zhiwei Building to drink and enjoy the lanterns. You drink well, come with me, and you will be your reward. Interrupting her words, Lou Yue said slowly.
Hearing this, Su Liuying was slightly stunned. I heard him refuse Princess Lishu's invitation, saying that he was not interested in the lantern festival, how could he let himself accompany him to enjoy the lanterns?
"My sister is just afraid that she won't be able to accompany the prince to enjoy the lanterns!" Without waiting for Su Liuying to reply, behind her, Su Shiyu, who appeared at some point, spoke softly and refused Lou Yue's invitation for her.
Hearing the sound and turning around, Su Liuying looked at her sister standing behind her, her face turned red, and she hurriedly stepped forward,
"Sister......" Su Shiyu took her hand and smiled softly
"I like the purse my sister gave me, thank you." Pulled by her warm hands, Su Liuying's heart warmed and she was ashamed
"My sister didn't take anything to give to my sister, I only made a sachet for my sister, the needlework was rude, and I asked my sister not to be surprised." Su Shiyu said with a smile
"If you have this heart, my sister will be very happy." After that, she looked at Lou Yue and said softly
"The prince of the world is not to blame the concubine for helping his sister to resign. It's just that my sister is now on an errand in the palace, not to mention that she can't go out of the palace at will, even if she goes out of the palace, presumably Princess Lishu will invite the prince to visit the lantern festival together, and the concubine doesn't want her sister to be caught in the middle and embarrassed. Su Shiyu is true of this, Princess Lishu has long been prepared for the Lantern Festival to be held with Lou Yue on the night of the Lantern Festival, if she sees Su Liuying also present, she is afraid that she will try her best to bully her.
Lou Yue's eyes were slightly cold, he didn't say anything anymore, turned back to the carriage, and told Nanshan to go home. Seeing him leave without a word, and not waiting for himself to be together, Su Shiyu showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, looked back at Su Liuying, hesitated for a moment and finally spoke
"Sister Fang Cai took it upon herself to refrain from the invitation of the prince for you, do you blame me?" Su Liuying shook her head,
"It's too late for me to thank my sister, how can I blame my sister? It's just that my sister doesn't blame me, last time I was in the Criminal Department, I was really drunk because I was ...... There is nothing between me and the prince, please don't misunderstand my sister......" When it came to the events of that day, Su Shiyu was still panicked, but she said with pity on her face
"I believe in you. If you really want to be with the prince, you were together four years ago, where will you wait until now? Hearing her say this, Su Liuying's worries that had been suppressed in her heart finally let go, and she personally sent Su Shiyu to board the carriage of the palace and watch her leave.
The moment the curtain was lowered, the smile that Su Shiyu had been hanging on her face disappeared unconsciously, thinking of Lou Yue's affectionate eyes looking at her sister, and then thinking of his indifference to herself, her heart suddenly seemed to be immersed in cold water, and she couldn't warm it anymore...... When Xingyu saw it, she was distressed, and gritted her teeth and said indignantly
The prince left in a hurry, and it turned out that he had gone to see the second lady again. And the slave maid also heard that the jewelry made by the prince who spent a lot of money to hire a craftsman was given to the second lady. However, where can she be a lowly palace maid with such good jewelry, obviously only the young lady is worthy of it......"
"Say no more!" Xingyu's words were like needles piercing Su Shiyu's cold heart, and her slender fingers were holding Su Liuying's purse around her waist, and Su Shiyu said with a white face
"She's my sister anyway. She has no father and mother, no home, and she is already pitiful...... The prince took care of her because she was my sister. I don't blame her, and you don't have to say anything about her in front of me again. Hearing her say this, Xingyu had to swallow her many dissatisfaction with Su Liuying for the time being, and responded in a low voice.
The next day, as promised before, Concubine Ning Guifei also brought Su Liuying with her when she went to the Taimiao Temple to worship her ancestors, and asked her to quietly follow the palace attendants.
From last night to now, when she thought that she could go to Longtu Pavilion today to find the case file of Daddy's case, and she could clearly understand the ins and outs of Daddy's case four years ago from beginning to end, her heart couldn't calm down for a long time, and she couldn't sleep all night...... She lowered her head and carefully wandered in the palace people, looking at the Longtu Pavilion close at hand, her body couldn't help but tremble with excitement.
And Ning Guifei, who was dressed in a concubine costume and stood solemnly and majestically at the head of the concubines, coldly watched the emperor and queen enter the temple to worship their ancestors, she seemed to have infinite scenery, but she frowned, and a pair of bright apricot eyes flashed with cold light - no matter how favored she usually is, and no matter how high her status is, but when it comes to this kind of most prominent identity, only the queen of the main palace can accompany the monarch and worship the ancestors with the emperor in the name of husband and wife.
In the final analysis, no matter how favored she is, no matter how high her position is, she is just a concubine! And if he wants to take Queen Dilou to sit in the middle palace, he has to pull her off the horse.
And pull her off the horse, only to seize the power of the palace first! Apricot eyes crossed with a sharp cold light. Ning Guifei slightly turned her head sideways and glanced at Su Liuying, who was following behind her, and said coldly
"Today, this palace will help you achieve what you want, don't forget what you promised this palace." Hearing this, Su Liuying's whole body was shocked, and she involuntarily looked back at Lou Yue, who was standing at the head of the hundred officials, and finally gritted her teeth with a white face.
The emperor and queen came out of the Taimiao, and the blooming sacrificial ceremony officially began. Taking advantage of the fact that everyone's eyes were focused on the sacrificial ceremony, at the signal of Concubine Ning, Su Liuying quietly retreated, came to the Longtu Pavilion, waited for the guards to patrol to the front, and quietly climbed in through the back window...... For the case of Daddy, in the past four years, she went north to Beixian, and then ventured into the palace, and endured all the hardships that ordinary people could not imagine, and her heart was even more painful, and now, she can finally enter here, Su Liuying's heart is so excited that she is about to jump out.
The huge Longtu Pavilion is divided into two floors, quiet and quiet. The upper floor houses the royal family files, and the lower floor houses the court files.
The bookshelves like a wall are neatly lined up, and each bookshelf is marked with the year and time of the case file, Su Liuying pressed the excitement in her heart, looked for it in rows, and soon saw the logo of Huicheng's fifteenth year on the bookshelf in the southeast corner.
Huicheng has been in a hurry for fifteen years, which is the year his father's case occurred four years ago. Looking at the shelves full of volumes, thinking that the files about Daddy were inside, Su Liuying's heart was excited and complicated, with mixed tastes, and even her breathing became short, why did Daddy, who had been at the border for decades, finally be charged with treason against the enemy?
Why did Daddy, who can bend and stretch and be as tough as steel, bear to let go of his favorite wife and daughter and commit suicide in prison?
Why didn't he plead his case, why didn't he say a word himself, but chose to die in a tragic way...... What kind of grievances did Daddy bear?
! Thinking that the mystery that she had worked so hard for four years was about to be solved in front of her, Su Liuying's hands trembled, and for a moment, she didn't dare to reach out and open the file in front of her...... The warm winter sun shined quietly on Su Liuying's body through the carved window lattice, and she seemed to feel Daddy's doting gaze and Auntie's loving smile again, which gave her great encouragement, so that she finally mustered up the courage to open the case file in front of her...... She rummaged through the bottom floor.
Every time she opened the volume, she wished to see the answer she wanted to see. However, after going through the lower two floors in a row, I didn't find Daddy's copy.
Not far away, the Taimiao sacrifice is underway, and the audience is solemn and silent. And the empty Dragon Diagram Pavilion was so quiet that you could hear a needle falling to the ground, so that the sound of Su Liuying flipping through the scroll was extremely clear.
She rummaged intently, not noticing that since she came in, there was a pair of eyes in the dark that had been silently watching her...... The owner of the eyes saw her sneaking in through the back window, and the moment he saw her face clearly, he was stunned for a long time, and then his deep eyes lit up, and he actually forgot the purpose of his own coming, and looked at her for a moment...... Time passed minute by minute, the sacrifice of the Taimiao Temple had come to an end, and Ning Guifei had instructed Su Liuying to go back before the end of the sacrifice, so as not to be discovered.
And the bookshelf has been turned to the top floor, but she has never found Daddy's copy, Su Liuying can't help but be anxious.
The bookshelves were too high, and Su Liuying climbed the ladder and rummaged through the top scrolls. Here, her last hope.
Another half hour passed, and only the last volume of the entire bookshelf remained unopened. Taking out the case file, Su Liuying's hands trembled for a long time, and finally slowly opened the yellowed file with the last glimmer of hope - the clear eyes saw the book clearly, and the next moment, Su Liuying's face turned white, her eyes were gray and desperate, and her heart was like falling into the abyss - the last file was not Daddy's!
What is on this bookshelf is obviously all the case files of Huicheng's fifteen years, why...... Why is there no Daddy?
There is no record of Daddy's case in the Criminal Department or elsewhere, so why there is still no clue about Daddy's case when he arrives at the Ouchi Palace.
What happened back then?! More and more mysteries are blindfolded. Su Liuying closed the last volume, her hands were shaking, and her body trembled uncontrollably-she ventured into the palace, endured all the hardships and sufferings, but she didn't want to end up with such a result.
There was a roar in her head, and Su Liuying, who couldn't accept such a fact, turned out to be black in front of her in the next second, and the whole person fell from a high ladder like a falling butterfly...... The weightlessness of her body made her uncontrollable exclaim.
The moment her throat sounded, she thought desperately, she was only afraid that she would die in this Dragon Pavilion today. Just when she was desperate, the next moment, her body fell into a warm embrace.
The moment her body was caught, Su Liuying looked shocked, and then before she came back to her senses, there was already the sound of hurried footsteps in her ears, and the guards outside the door were finally alarmed by the sound inside.
Seeing that it was dark, she was tightly hugged into her cloak, and then her body rose into the air...... There was a whirring wind whistling in his ears, Su Liuying also heard the noise, and the accident on the side of Longtu Pavilion alarmed the nearby Taimiao, and the Yulin Army was ordered to arrest the assassin who broke into the palace.
Su Liuying felt that the whole person was being carried forward at a rapid pace, and her heart jumped out of her throat, and her breath was almost suffocated - even the emperor was alarmed, how could they escape from the pursuit of the Yulin Army when they were regarded as assassins?
Also, she doesn't know who saved her. Who is he? Why does it appear in the Dragon Pavilion?
A heart was flustered and scared to the extreme, and Su Liuying's body trembled violently with fear.
"Don't be afraid!" Just as she was in despair, an unfamiliar man's voice came from overhead. Feeling her fear, the man not only spoke comfortingly, but also patted her on the back gently to show comfort.
Listening to the unfamiliar voice, Su Liuying's panicked heart added a trace of surprise. Then, before she could ask who he was, someone came and fell to the ground with her in her arms.
The moment her feet stepped on the ground, Su Liuying hurriedly left the man's embrace. However, the next moment she saw the scenery in front of her, Su Liuying was stunned again-the man actually brought her to Yunmengtai.
Yunmengtai is the highest platform of the Dayong Imperial Palace, which is full of peach blossoms, and the layout is magnificent and exquisite, just like its name, like a dream...... On the high and vast platform, the north wind was howling, and Su Liuying pulled her wind-blown hair behind her ears, looking at the man in front of her in a daze.
At this time, the peach trees on Yunmengtai are bare, and only the branches are left. A man in a purple brocade robe clasped his hands on his chest and leaned lazily on the peach tree.
The body is slender and straight, but the face is wearing a grimace mask with blue faces and fangs. Wearing such a grimace mask, it was obviously terrifying and scary, but his whole person had an indescribable demeanor, which actually made the entire peach forest follow him and add a few more colors.
Although the mask covered his appearance, inexplicably, Su Liuying actually felt that he was laughing at the moment. Sure enough, without waiting for her to speak, looking at her shocked and surprised look, the man chuckled, his eyes under the mask flashed, and he smiled
"The most beautiful celestial bell flower in the desert, I didn't expect to see you here." Cat flutter Chinese