"You're talking about the painting we just got back from the National Teacher's Mansion, right?" Qiao Xiya poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Yun Zhishui.

"Yes." Holding the hot tea in his hand, Yun Zhishui's heart also warmed up slightly, and there was a trace of gratitude in his eyes when he looked at Qiao Xiya, "That painting was originally painted by Poor Dao in his spare time, and the emperor and concubine in it also focused on freehand. Perhaps it was because of Yu Meng's obsession with the champion and the palace that she resonated with the painting, and the painting was quickly opened and lifted into the air, and Yu Meng was quickly sucked into the painting. When Poor Dao brought the painting back, Poor Dao had a long dream." Yun Zhishui put down the teacup, looked up at the cold moonlight outside the window, two tears slipped down his face, and then let out a long sigh, "This dream, the dream of her miserable life."

After Yun Zhishui finished speaking, he looked directly at the ethereal night sky outside the window, and did not speak again for a long time, his eyes were full of sadness.

After sitting for about a cup of tea, Yun Zhishui slowly got up and bowed deeply to Mo Haoning, Qiao Xiya and others: "It's almost dawn. Poor Dao was deeply tired and went to rest first. Everyone, please take care of yourself." With that, he turned and left.

It wasn't until Yun Zhishui's slightly old back staggered out of sight that Mo Haoning turned around, looked at Qiao Xiya and asked, "Do you believe his story?"

Qiao Xiya was stunned, slowly turned her head, looked at Mo Haoning with teary eyes, and nodded lightly.

"Why?"

"When we came out of the National Teacher's Mansion, I had already looked at it carefully in the carriage, the painting scroll was not a human bone, and the canvas was not a human skin, so it can be seen that Zhuang Yumeng did not tell me the truth in some places in the dream, then, she identified Yun Zhishui as the murderer, and it is very likely that she wanted to borrow my hand to get rid of Yun Zhishui, so that she could break through Yun Zhishui's seal on her and carry out a plan to slaughter Jin'an City. Moreover, the story of Yun Zhishui not only matches some details of my dream, but also makes up for and modifies the unreasonable parts of my dream, so the story of Yun Zhishui and my dream should be the truth of the matter." Qiao Xiya said softly. But it was such a light speech, but it smashed into Mo Haoning's heart like a stone.

Qiao Xiya's dream is bizarre enough, and now the story of Yun Zhishui not only fills in some of the missing details in Qiao Xiya's dream, but also contrasts it with Qiao Xiya's dream one by one. In this way, there is only one explanation, and Yun Zhishui is telling the truth.

But if Yun Zhishui is telling the truth, then who is that champion?

"Shinoya ......"

"Lord Wang......"

The two spoke almost simultaneously.

Mo Haoning smiled, he looked at Qiao Xiya softly, and said softly, "You say it first."

"Lord Wang, you often walk in the palace, why don't you go and check the clues of the champion?"

"That's what I mean." Mo Haoning smiled, "It's just that my search speed is not as fast as yours, I wonder if Miss Qiao is willing to go with you?"

"Okay then." Qiao Xiya thought about it and responded, and found out who was the champion who lost Zhuang Yumeng earlier, maybe she could resolve her grievances a day earlier and solve this matter earlier.

"Miss Joe, please." Mo Haoning got up and said falsely.

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"Sir, ma'am, it's not good!" As soon as the sky was slightly bright, Lin Yaozhu's personal maid Yumei rushed to the window of the inner room where Lin Fengan and his wife were resting, and shouted eagerly.

"What's wrong?" Although Lin Fengan had already gotten up, he was still a little unhappy in his heart when he was rudely disturbed by the maid early in the morning.

"Is Zhu'er uncomfortable?" Lin Zhu hurriedly put on embroidered shoes, jumped out of bed, and threw himself towards the window.

"Girl...... Girl, she ......" Yumei was so anxious that she couldn't speak properly, "Oh, madam, go and have a look with the slave!"

Hearing that Yumei was already a little incoherent, Lin Zhu pulled the overcoat on the hanger, put it on, and ran out, "Hurry up, take me!"

Lin Zhu's stumbled to the backyard embroidery building with the maid Yumei, and as soon as he pushed open the courtyard door, Lin Zhu's was stunned, and his daughter Lin Yaozhu was actually sweeping the courtyard with a broom.

"Pearl, Pearl, what are you doing here." Lin Zhu

He hurriedly stepped forward, pulled the broom in Lin Yaozhu's hand and was about to take it away and throw it aside, but unexpectedly, Lin Yaozhu's hand was so scary that she grabbed it twice, but she didn't take it down.

"Mother-in-law is early." Lin Yaozhu had a weird smile on her face, blessed slightly, and said softly, "Daughter-in-law, I'm going to make breakfast for my mother-in-law."

"Zhu'er, Zhu'er, I'm your mother!" Lin Yaozhu's appearance frightened Lin Zhu's back into a cold sweat.

"Are you all dead?! Why don't you snatch the broom from the girl's hand!" Lin Zhu's reprimand came from behind him.

"Daddy is early." Lin Yaozhu walked in front of Lin Feng'an and bowed slightly, "Daughter-in-law, I'm going to make breakfast, and I'm going to ask my father-in-law to sit down for a while." With that, Lin Yaozhu turned around and walked towards the kitchen.

"Old man......" Looking at Lin Yaozhu's departing back, Lin Zhu held a silk handkerchief and covered his lips tightly, for fear of crying, "Zhu'er, she ......"

"Alas......" Lin Feng'an sighed heavily, "You watch her at home, let her do whatever she wants, don't stop her, don't let her go out." I...... I'm going to ask a gentleman to come and see at home." After speaking, Lin Fengan ran out like a gust of wind.

"Mother-in-law, where is my father-in-law? Haven't you eaten breakfast?" The movement of Lin Feng'an leaving startled Lin Yaozhu in the kitchen, and she leaned out and asked.

"Oh...... He, he, he ......" Lin Zhu thought about his words while wiping the tears from his cheeks, "He goes out for a walk and comes back to eat later."

"Okay." Lin Yaozhu replied softly, turned around and went back to the kitchen. qδ

"Come here." Lin Zhu pulled Yumei over and asked in a low voice, "Girl, what's wrong?"

"Madam, the slave doesn't know it......" Yumei was anxious and afraid, tears rolling in her eyes, "Yesterday, after the prince and they left, the girl fell asleep, and when she got up early this morning, it became like this......

"Mother-in-law." As she was talking, Lin Yaozhu came out of the kitchen with a ghostly smile and looked at Lin Zhu's, "Is my mother-in-law eating in the yard or going back to the room to eat?"

"Let's eat right here." Lin Zhu stubbornly pointed to the stone table not far from him.

"Okay." Lin Yaozhu responded, brought a bowl of steaming porridge out of the kitchen, held it in both hands, and respectfully placed it on the stone table. Then he gave Lin Zhu a slight blessing, "Please eat for your mother-in-law."

Lin Zhu held back the fear in his heart and reluctantly smiled, "Sit down and eat together."

"Mother-in-law use it slowly, and daughter-in-law will go and wash her clothes." As if she hadn't heard Lin Zhu's words, Lin Yaozhu walked into the ear room on the side, took out a large wooden basin for washing clothes, and then turned back to the house and took out a few clothes and threw them into the wooden basin. After scooping water from the water tank in the corner of the wall into the wooden basin, Lin Yaozhu squatted down and washed it.

"Jewel, don't wash it...... Don't wash it...... "The weather was cold, the water in the water tank was biting, Lin Yaozhu's hands became red and swollen at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the rough wooden basin rubbed Lin Yaozhu's white skin from time to time, and the water basin soon became bloody. Lin Zhu's heart was so distressed that he burst into tears.

"Mother-in-law......" Lin Yaozhu stood up, blood oozed from the worn wound on her hand, she walked in front of Lin Zhu's and begged miserably, "Daughter-in-law will definitely serve you well in the future, please don't kill me, okay, give me back my child......