Feeling the dagger on his neck plow through the skin and slowly pierce in, Ling Li slowly closed his eyes.

"Poof—"

The man in black behind him fell to the ground with a sudden slam.

Ling Li turned around in surprise, and in the blazing light from the broken windows of the main hall, the woman in white holding a wooden stick in front of him made him instantly dumbfounded: Shen Chan?!

The fire was monstrous, the flames were rushing, and in the gnawing sound of the tongue of fire, the doors and windows, beams and pillars, and the roof of the main hall of Xiangji Temple began to gradually tilt.

In this purgatory-like scene, he actually saw Shen Chan!!

Have you already arrived in the Netherworld?!

Ling Li didn't believe his eyes. He raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his delicate appearance and delicate facial features were still the same as in his memory. Those eyes as clear as autumn water seem to be full of words. How is this possible?! It's been twelve years, and even if she was still alive, she wouldn't be at this age......

"That woman is here, ——! quickly"

There was a shout behind him, and a group of black-clothed men armed with bows and crossbows quickly gathered around the northwest corner of the main hall.

"Boom-"

Torrential arrows rained down.

In front of him is a bow and crossbow heavy armor, behind which is a cliff, and there is no way to escape!!

Whether it is life or death, it is up to God!

The woman in white grabbed Ling Li's hand and dragged him to the cliff behind the main hall.

A dazzling light suddenly pierced the cloud-covered sky, illuminating the heavens and the earth as if it were day, and the moment the woman in white pulled Ling Li to jump off the cliff, the highlight was fixed in the eyes of every crossbowman.

"Boom-boom-"

The blinding lightning was followed by a deafening thunderclap that exploded in midair.

Then, torrential rain poured down. The torrential rain poured on the fire, causing the already overwhelmed roof to collapse in an instant. "Boom-", in the violent sound of the collapse of the main hall, huge clouds of white smoke carried a wave of heat into the air, and suddenly lifted the crossbowmen gathered around the main hall.

"Let's take down the mountain first——!"

After the order, the crossbowmen who were choked by the smoke and waves did not care about picking up the bows and crossbows, and fled down the mountain with their mouths and noses covered.

After the beams collapsed, the fire was quickly suppressed by the torrential rain, and gradually died down.

Between heaven and earth, only the sound of torrential rain washing over the bluestone ground remains.

*********

The torrential rain lasted for three days and three nights, and a large-scale landslide occurred in the Lushan Mountains.

After the rain stopped, Chu Yugu led people around the landslide mountain, entered the deer mountain and searched up and down thoroughly, except for the three charred corpses in the ruins of the main hall of Xiangji Temple, no trace of Ling Li was found.

"Lord Wang, everyone saw Ling Li and the woman jump from here that night, such a high cliff and such a heavy rain, they will definitely not survive!"

"You can't see a corpse." Ling Zhao stood on top of the cliff, looking at the cloudy and misty Lin Gu after the rain, and said coldly.

"We've sent someone to search for them under the cliff, and their bodies should have been buried by the landslide......

Seeing Ling Zhao's gloomy face, Chu Yugu turned around and ordered, "Leave one group of people here to dig the collapse point, and the other group of people search all the way down the valley." To live to see people, to die to see corpses! ”

"Yes, landlord!" Yushuang received the order and turned to leave.

"I've heard that the girl knocked you unconscious with a wooden stick, and you missed the opportunity." Ling Zhao turned around and looked at Chu Yugu.

"Blame me for being careless, please punish the prince." Chu Yugu didn't dare to look at Ling Zhao, so he lowered his head and admitted his mistake.

"Why are you careless?" Ling Zhao asked again.

"I believe in Mama Jiao Xi too much, this girl has a strong temperament, and she has a deep resentment against me, so she turned against me......"

"Really?" Ling Zhao stretched out his hand to break off a pine branch that was still carrying rain and dew from the tree next to him, and bent down to scrape off a lump of mud stuck to the jade-decorated white brocade, "How come I still heard that the night before the funeral, the princess disguised herself as a maid and went out of the palace......"

Chu Yugu's face suddenly turned pale.

"That girl is Shumei, right? Because Xu Zhiyi couldn't bear to kill her, you deceived me with the method of disguise? ”

Chu Yugu nodded helplessly in acknowledgement. Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from him!

"Yugu, how did I treat you?"

"The prince treats the villain like a brother." Chu Yugu replied in a low voice.

"Brotherly and affectionate?" Ling Zhao threw away the branch in his hand, and suddenly lifted Chu Yugu's face, making him look at him, "Chu Yugu, my life is in your hands, and that's how you treat me?!! ”

"Lord Wang, villain ......"

Ling Zhao's slender knuckles sealed Chu Yugu's mouth that he wanted to justify, and shook his head with a disappointed expression: "How many times have you said it, you and I are the same person, in front of me, why do you still call yourself a villain?!" ”

"I, I'm ......" Looking at Ling Zhao's handsome and peerless face, Chu Yugu felt chills for the first time.

"Our friendship of more than ten years of comrades can't match your relationship with Xu Zhiyi for a month and a half?!"

Chu Yugu's heart tightened, and he immediately knelt down in the mud, shook his head again and again, and said, "No, Lord Wang, it was Xu Zhiyi who threatened me with the child in her belly, and I ...... I made a big mistake when I relented......"

"Really?" A hint of doubt flashed in Ling Zhao's eyes.

"My life was given by the prince, how dare I betray the prince?!" Chu Yugu took a few steps on his knees in the mud and hugged Ling Zhao's legs.

"Then I'll let you kill her now, can you do it?"

Chu Yugu was stunned for an instant.

"You can't do that, can you?" Ling Zhao's face approached his.

During Ling Zhao's interrogation, Chu Yugu mustered up the courage to argue: "Now that the situation in the DPRK and China is complicated, and Ling Li's life and death are unknown, if you want to block the mouth of Youyou and help the prince enter the East Palace smoothly, this child is very crucial......

"It's just a child, there are many pregnant women in the world, why should this king be rare!" Ling Zhao said coldly.

"This one, this one is ......" Chu Yugu couldn't argue, he forced the pain in his heart, stood up, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll go and kill Xu Zhiyi!" ”

"Good!" The corners of Ling Zhao's lips curled slightly, revealing a satisfied smile, "But you don't need to do it, I've already solved it for you." ”

Chu Yugu stopped in an instant. He clenched his fists tightly, and it was only then that he could contain the anger and pain that was surging in his heart.

"The king didn't kill her." Looking at Chu Yugu's every move, Ling Zhao said leisurely: "But in this life and this life, you won't be able to see her anymore." ”

As long as she and the child live! Seeing it or not, he can accept it.

Chu Yugu's heart fluctuated, only to feel that in an instant, he was cold and hot, dead and alive, completely controlled in Ling Zhao's palm.

He felt that he had changed, since he had Xu Zhiyi, since he had a child, his heart had softened inexplicably, not only could he not do anything to Shu Mei, but he also promised Ling Li to help her raise her daughter......