Chapter 61: The Secret of the Attic

Chinese Maybe it was the Bianzhou cuisine that Lin Yan and Lou Yue gave her that aroused her thoughts, or maybe it was the marriage date set by Li Xiu and Rongqing that broke her last bit of hope and thoughts, and today's Su Liuying is in a very low mood.

Returning from the city tower, along the way, everyone watched the fireworks happily, and she was the only one walking silently...... Unconsciously, Su Liuying actually walked to the side of Huaqing Pond.

The Huaqing Pond in winter is very deserted, and at a lively moment like tonight, it is even more cold and silent here, and even the pool surface illuminated by the firelight is glowing with a cold cold light, becoming more and more deserted and dead.

Although Su Liuying and Mama Lan have only met twice, invisibly, she regards her as the only relative and reliance in this palace, and when she was most lonely and suffering, she unconsciously walked here, wanting to find Mama Lan and talk to her.

At a glance, the attic by the pool is all pitch black, and there is no shadow of the lights. It seems that Mama Lan is not here at this time.

Su Liuying didn't give up and went to the attic where Mama Lan took her last time, pushed the door in, and there was nothing inside except pitch black.

I feel more and more lost and uncomfortable. Su Liuying silently withdrew, closed the door of the pavilion and was about to leave, but there was a slight rustling sound in her ears.

At first, Su Liuying thought that she had misheard, thinking that it was the sound of the wind blowing through the pool. When she stopped and listened carefully, she found that the sound was not the sound of the wind, but the moaning and whimpering of people...... On the edge of the silent Huaqing Pool, there was a sudden sound of people moaning and whimpering, even if she was as bold as Su Liuying, she was furious in her heart, and she couldn't help but hide in a secret place.

She originally wanted to leave quickly, because the harem was dark and there were many unsightly pickled things, but when she thought of Mama Lan living alone by this Huaqing pool for a long time, she suddenly couldn't take a step.

Could it be that something happened to her? With this thought, Su Liuying couldn't care about anything else, and walked in the direction where the voice came from.

However, before she could find the source of the sound, the moaning suddenly disappeared, and no other sound could be heard in her ears except the sound of the wind, as if everything was her auditory hallucination.

The fireworks on Yunmengtai still continued to be set off, and the moment the fire rose, the Huaqing Pond was illuminated.

By the light of the fire, Su Liuying clearly saw the footprints on the snow. Following the footprints, she came to a secluded attic in the west corner of Huaqing Pond.

It wasn't until she got closer that she realized that there was a faint fire leaking out of the attic. Su Liuying stood at the door, hesitated for a while, and finally knocked on the door and said softly

"Who's in there? Is it Mama Lan? Hearing the sound, there was a sudden messy rustling sound in the house, the sound of something falling, and the next moment, the lights in the house were completely extinguished, and the surroundings instantly returned to a pitch black and dead silence.

There was a cold sweat in her palms, Su Liuying wanted to withdraw from this terrible place, but looking at the iron lock hanging at the door, the ghost made the gods, instead of leaving, she pushed open the door of the attic.

It was pitch black at the entrance, but exclamations rang out from the depths of the room. Without waiting for Su Liuying to take out the fire fold, the fireworks exploded outside the house and lit up the entire night sky again.

The light of the fireworks shines through the open attic door, illuminating the attic room clearly. With that moment of light, Su Liuying saw at a glance that there was a woman with gauze wrapped around her head lying against the wall in the attic.

Her heart was shocked, and before Su Liuying stepped forward, the woman was already struggling to escape, but she was obviously injured and couldn't move, so she had to scream and bury her face in the futon, looking like she was afraid that someone would see her face clearly.

However, when she was struggling, Su Liuying had already seen who she was by the bright light rising outside! With a stagger, when Su Liuying's gaze touched the woman's pale ghost-like face, she almost stood unsteadily and fell to the ground.

Horror appeared in her eyes, Su Liuying never expected that the person who should have died would still appear alive in front of her - the woman in the attic room was actually the palace maid Lu Mo next to Chen Zhaoyi, who was ordered to be beaten to death by Emperor Huicheng!

Green Mo desperately tried to hide herself, and her mouth couldn't stop whimpering. And as she struggled, blood spilled out of her mouth, describing it horribly.

After the momentary shock, Su Liuying thought of the scapegoat Chen Shuren in the cold palace, and then looked at the green foam in front of him who was 'dead' and resurrected, and a bright light flashed in his mind.

The next moment, she took two steps forward, picked up the green foam that had fallen in the futon, and said eagerly

"Green foam, who locked you up here?" Su Liuying had too many questions in her heart, and she wanted to know who saved Lu Mo from the mess.

I want to know more, who betrayed Chen Zhaoyi at the last moment? Lu Mo is Chen Zhaoyi's maid, she was brought to the palace from her mother's dowry, and it stands to reason that whoever betrays Chen Zhaoyi will not be her.

So when she heard that it was Lumo who betrayed Chen Zhaoyi, Su Liuying's doubts flashed in her heart, and now when she saw her here, she was even more suspicious.

Seeing that Su Liuying recognized her, horror flashed on the face of the green foam, which was as pale as a ghost, and her mouth whimpered, but she couldn't say a word.

Su Liuying took out the fire fold and lit the oil lamp that had fallen to the ground, and brought the oil lamp close to Lu Mo.

Green Mo avoided the light in fright, and Su Liuying saw that the corners of her mouth kept gushing blood, and finally thought of something.

The next moment, she grabbed Green Moth's head and grabbed her cheeks with her fingers, forcing her mouth to open.

Just one glance, Su Liuying's heart was shocked, her chest was suffocated, and she almost spit it out - not only was her teeth knocked out, but even her tongue was cut off, and her mouth was full of blood, like a blood hole, which made people shudder in her heart...... It must have been the real culprit behind the scenes who cut out her tongue so that she could no longer speak!

Su Liuying's head was buzzing, her back was already covered with cold sweat unconsciously, and her hand holding the oil lamp couldn't help shaking.

There was a voice in her heart urging her anxiously - take Lu Mo away, she is the only evidence to expose the mastermind behind the scenes, and only she knows who the real owner of the red sandalwood Buddha beads is!

Su Liuying, who came back to her senses, blew out the oil lamp in her hand, stepped forward to pick up the green foam, and gritted her teeth

"Don't be afraid, I'll take you away now!" Hearing this, the green foam's eyes flashed with surprise and horror, and she desperately struggled to get off from under her.

Su Liuying knew that she didn't trust herself, but she didn't have time to stay and explain to her slowly at this time, so she had to forcibly carry her and walk out.

However, she walked to the door of the attic with the green foam on her back, and a dagger suddenly stabbed from the side, and the sharp tip of the knife pressed against Su Liuying's neck, forcing her to retreat to the attic.

'Bang! Tonight, the last fireworks were lit, and brilliant sparks fell like colorful flowers.

In this dazzling fire, Su Liuying looked up at the comer.

"Ah......" When she saw the cold face of the person who came and the murderous aura in her eyes, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise...... The door to the attic was shut, and the oil lamp in the room was lit again, but the dagger around Su Liuying's neck did not move for half a minute.

Su Liuying was shocked when she saw the person coming, and the owner of the dagger was also shocked when she saw her. The two looked at each other in shock for a moment, and Su Liuying was about to speak, when the person came and said coldly

"Put her down!" The cold blade attached to his neck then approached for half a minute, and in an instant, it had left a shallow blood mark on Su Liuying's snow-white neck, and the blood beads jumped out drop by drop, rolling along the blade, reflecting Su Liuying's face becoming more and more pale.

She put the green foam on her back on the ground as she said, but the next moment she knelt in front of the person who came, and said in a trembling voice

"Princess, the slave is not hostile......"

"Shut up!" With a soft snort, the face of the girl who was about fifteen or sixteen years old was as cold as ice, and her bright eyes were covered with ice and snow, and her expression had a killing decisiveness that did not match her age, and she pointed at Su Liuying, who was kneeling on the ground, with a dagger, and said coldly

"Whether you mean it or not, whoever knows the secret - die!" As soon as the words fell, the dagger in his hand was about to stab Su Liuying in the chest without hesitation......

"The fifth princess spares her life, the slave and maid know that Zhaoyi Niangniang is innocent, and the slave and the princess are fellow travelers......" Seeing that the dagger was about to fall on her, Su Liuying hurriedly dodged and said in a loud voice.

It turned out that the girl holding the knife in front of her was actually the fifth princess Ling Lan of the Dayong Dynasty, and her mother concubine was Chen Shuren, who was demoted to the cold palace.

Hearing this, Princess Linglan's hand froze, suspicion flashed in her bright eyes, and although the dagger in her hand paused temporarily, she was always vigilant at Su Liuying, and said coldly

"I know that you are Ning Guifei's person, and the Anguo Temple incident is also your credit. But now you say that you are on the same road as me, what do you mean by that? Don't you try to lie to me! Seeing that she was willing to listen to her explanation, Su Liuying secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart and hurriedly said

"The slave maid knows that Zhaoyi Niangniang is wronged, and the slave maid, like the princess, is looking for the real culprit behind the murder of the concubine's miscarriage, so the slave and the princess are people on the same road...... "From the moment she saw Princess Linglan, Su Liuying already understood in her heart - presumably the fifth princess knew that her mother was wronged, so she would quietly save Lu Mo.

It is estimated that she thought the same as Su Liuying, knowing that Lu Mo's betrayal and betrayal must have been threatened by others, and then she thought that Lu Mo had dealt with the real murderer.

Therefore, Princess Linglan will ignore the revenge of Lu Mo's betrayal and false accusation, and take the risk to save her and hide here, just to find out the real murderer from her mouth and wash away the grievances of her mother...... Ling Lan raised her eyebrows and looked at her and sneered

"Hmph, even my father and emperor have decided that my mother is the real culprit who harmed Ning Guifei's miscarriage, except for me, I am afraid that there will be no second one in this palace who believes that my mother is innocent. You don't want to lie to me in order to survive. Su Liuying's unexpected survival surprised Su Liuying, and at the same time, she also gave birth to new hope in her heart, so in order to dispel Princess Suzuran's suspicions about her, she told Suzuran what she had found in the cold palace and what the assassin had said to her.

“…… In order to save their lives, slaves and maids naturally have to find the real murderer. And in order to avenge her mother's grievances, the princess also has to find out the real culprit. Therefore, the goal of the slave and the princess is the same. After all, Su Liuying still hid the matter of the red sandalwood Buddha beads.

For some reason, in the dark, she always felt that this string of Buddha beads had something to do with Ah Niang, so she would not tell anyone about the Buddha beads until the real culprit behind the scenes was identified.

Hearing her words, Princess Suzuran's eyes flashed with hesitation. Xiang'er, the palace maid on the side, saw it, and couldn't help but remind her and be careful

"Princess, after all, she is Ning Guifei's person, we can't trust her." Listening to the palace maid's words, Princess Linglan became more and more hesitant in her heart, but when she thought of what she was going to do next, she had to choose to believe Su Liuying.

The next moment, she finally put away the dagger in her hand and said coldly

"You're a smart man. In that case, what's next for you? Before, because all the witnesses were killed and there were no clues, Su Liuying was at a loss for the real murderer, but now that she has green foam, she suddenly feels that the future is much brighter.

Seeing her looking at the green foam on the side, Ling Lan had already understood her intentions, and couldn't help but splash her cold water

"Lu Mokou is no longer able to speak, and he is illiterate, and now his life is on the verge of being discovered at any time. So, you'd better not get your hopes up too much for her. Su Liuying naturally knew Lu Mo's current situation, she was originally a person who was given death, and she was seriously injured and dying.

If someone finds out, it will naturally be a dead end. And if the real murderer knows that she is still alive, he will kill her at all costs...... Almost instantly, Su Liuying had already thought of something, and couldn't help blurting out

"The only way to do this is to secretly send her out of the palace for treatment and save her life first." What Su Liuying thought was exactly what Princess Linglan planned to do.

She looked at Su Liuying silently for a long time, and finally believed her. Ling Lan said

"That's what I'm going to do. And tonight is the perfect time. Hearing this, Su Liuying's whole body sank, and she was right

"What is the princess going to do?" After saying that, she said again

"Is there a place where you need a slave or maid?" Ling Lan's face showed a difficult color,

"I have prepared a carriage to leave the palace, and I will send her out of the palace in the princes and ministers who have left the palace. It's just that...... I don't have anyone outside the palace who can be trusted, even if I send Lu Mo out, I can't find a place to settle down...... "Princess Linglan is telling the truth, her maternal uncle's family doesn't know where to go, and she doesn't know the bad luck, and she grew up in the deep palace since she was a child, and there are no relatives and friends outside the palace, so there is no one who can rely on the trust after Lu Mo is sent out of the palace.

Now, seeing Su Liuying taking the initiative to help her, Ling Lan couldn't help asking

"Do you have someone you trust outside the palace to help take care of Lumo?" This sentence stopped Su Liuying. Like Ling Lan, Su Liuying is now a lonely family and has no relatives outside the palace.

And friend-she suddenly thought of Lou Yue and Li Xiu in her mind, but she thought that this matter was very important, and the slightest carelessness would be the crime of covering up the death criminal, so she couldn't help frowning and shook her head

"The slave is ashamed, the slave and the maid, like the princess, have no relatives and friends outside the palace......" Seeing her frowning and embarrassed, Princess Linglan thought of some things that happened before, and suddenly had a plan in her heart, and said in an affirmative tone

"No, there's someone who will be willing to help you—as long as you ask." Listening to Princess Linglan's words, Su Liuying was a little stunned for a while.

Seeing that she didn't understand, Ling Lan had to spread it out directly

"As long as you speak, I think Lou Shizi will be willing to help us with this. And now, he is the only one who has the courage and ability to do so. Therefore, he is the best choice. Su Liuying's heart trembled - it is undeniable that Princess Linglan has a point, as long as she tells Lou Yue that there are other people, he will definitely be willing to help them save the green foam.

However, at the thought of implicating Lou Yue in this matter again, she was inexplicably flustered in her heart, and she was sad that she didn't want to get too close to him and let her sister misunderstand.

She knew the danger of this, and she didn't want him to be in danger because of herself...... Just when she hesitated, the door of the pavilion was suddenly opened, but it was Dong'er, the palace maid who was sent by Ling Lan to watch the wind outside, ran in, and said with a white face and trembling voice

"The princess is not good, Yu Tai led the palace people to search this side. Heard...... I heard that I found something lost in the palace, and I suspect that there is a thief......" Hearing this, Su Liuying and Ling Lan were stunned.

In the next moment, Su Liuying had already thought of something, her face turned pale, and she said coldly

"Yu Tai is not serving in Chengqian Palace at this hour, how could he suddenly come here to search for thieves, it must be the matter of green foam that has been discovered." No matter how smart Princess Linglan is, after all, she is only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, and she is not like Su Liuying who has experienced so many things.

So for a while, he was stunned on the spot, and asked Su Liuying with a white face and a trembling voice

"What are we going to do now...... No one must find out that Green Foam is still alive. Su Liuying's heart also jumped to her throat, and she gritted her teeth

"There is no other way at the moment, but to send Lumo out of the palace immediately." After that, he blew out the lights in the room, greeted Xiang'er Dong'er, who was scared stupidly, and asked them to help them pick up the green foam on the ground, and open the door together and flee out in the dark.

However, before they could escape from Huaqing Pond, there were already voices and lights at the intersection in front of them, and Yu Tai was heard shouting

"Everyone has searched carefully, you have to search inch by inch, and you must catch the thief!" The road ahead was blocked, Su Liuying was anxious, and Princess Linglan was even more anxious.

Green foam is the only evidence to prove the innocence of the concubine, and she must not let her fall into the hands of the real murderer again...... Looking at Mama Lan's attic not far in front of her, Su Liuying was anxious to lead Ling Lan and them to hide in.

Listening to the voices outside getting closer and closer, Ling Lan was so anxious that her face turned white and said in a trembling voice

"Hiding here is not a way out, they will definitely search for it, now ......"

"Now, only let me go out to lure Yu Tai away, and you will escort Lu Mo to the palace gate." Su Liuying quickly calmed down.

She took out the golden silk jade earrings in her arms and stuffed them into Dong'er's hand, and said

"We are divided into three lines. I went out and diverted the people outside. The princess and Xiang'er escorted the green foam and left here to go to Ding'anmen. Dong'er took the earrings to Lou Shizi and said that I was in trouble and asked him to come here to save me. Before the three masters and servants came to their senses, Su Liuying had already opened the door of the attic and said in a deep voice

"Don't bother. When I distract the people outside, you will get out of here at once. After that, Su Liuying broke into the vast darkness without looking back.

The three remaining masters and servants in the house looked at each other. Dong'er was shocked

"Princess...... Are we going to do what she says? Xiang'er still didn't dare to fully believe Su Liuying, and hesitated

"Princess, we've only dealt with her for the first time, what if she betrays us? Niangniang has always warned you that you can't trust anyone in the palace anymore......" Thinking of her mother's earnest advice to herself, Ling Lan's heart was also up and down, but seeing that Su Liuying took the initiative to take the risk to lead away the searchers for them, she inexplicably trusted her in her heart, and couldn't help gritting her teeth

"So far, we have no second way to go except to do what she says." After speaking, he and Xiang'er set up the green foam that collapsed on the ground, and said to Dong'er in a deep voice

"You must find Lou Shizi, according to what she said, and lead him here to save people." Seeing her extremely serious description, the two palace maids also dispelled the doubts and worries in their hearts, and nodded solemnly.

After Su Liuying walked out of the attic, she thought for a moment, turned around and quietly ran towards the west attic where they had just left.

When she came to the previous attic, she tied up the messy bedding on the ground and threw it into Huaqing Pond.

'Boom! "The sound of entering the water is particularly harsh in the silence of the night. Hearing the sound, Yu Tai and the others really didn't bother to search other attics, and ran here one by one with wind lanterns.

Before everyone arrived, Su Liuying had quietly returned to the attic, locked the attic door from the inside, and quietly listened to the noise outside...... The futon floats in the water, and at first glance, it looks like a person floating in the water.

Yu Tai thought that it was a fugitive who escaped into the water, and hurriedly ordered his little eunuch to go into the water to arrest people. This side was busy, and on the other side, the three masters and servants who were hiding in Mama Lan's pavilion took the opportunity to secretly leave Huaqing Pool with green foam...... The bedding in the water was quickly discovered, Yu Tai faintly felt cheated, and was in a hurry to order people to hurry to various intersections to block it, and suddenly, there was a little fire in the secluded pavilion not far away.

Su Liuying listened attentively to the movement outside, and after knowing that the futon was discovered, she calmly lit the oil lamp to let the light leak out, and Yu Tai and them came over to buy time for Ling Lan and them.

Sure enough, seeing the lights suddenly lit up in the attic, Yu Tai flashed doubts in his heart, and the next moment, he finally led his subordinates to rush to the door of the pavilion and knock on the door.

"Who's in there? Open the door! ”

"Ah......" Yu Tai's voice fell, but there was a woman's frightened exclamation in the attic. Hearing the sound, Yu Tai's heart was shocked.

Just now, his little eunuch came to report, saying that someone had secretly reported that there was a suspicious person hidden in Huaqing Pond, and this person was Lu Mo who was sentenced to death by Emperor Huicheng.

The moment he got the news, Yu Tai's face turned white. He is, the palace people around Chen Zhaoyi who executed Chen Zhaoyi were also supervised by him, if the emperor knew that the death row escaped from him, I was afraid that his head would also be lost.

Therefore, after getting the news, Yu Tai personally led people over to arrest people non-stop. And now, when he heard the woman's voice coming from the attic, he was even more convinced that the person in the attic was the fugitive Green Mo.

"Slut, my father-in-law knows it's you, open the door quickly and tie ...... up"

"I didn't expect you to be able to escape quietly from under my father-in-law's nose. You have to live but you can't jeopardize your father-in-law's reputation......"

"You have been lucky enough to live for a few more days, and today, my father-in-law must let you go to see the king of Hades!" Yu Tai kept scolding outside, but Su Liuying completely ignored his scolding.

After she successfully lured Tai over, she closed her eyes and counted the hours intently, estimating how long it would take for Lou Yue to appear...... But as time passed, Lou Yue never appeared, but Yu Tai led the little eunuch to knock on the door outside.

Su Liuying's heart finally became flustered - maybe Dong'er couldn't see Lou Yue at all, or Lou Yue couldn't get out of front of the emperor and queen to save her...... More and more speculation came to her mind, and before she could come up with a countermeasure to protect herself, the door squeaked, and she was about to be knocked open...... Cat flutter Chinese