Chapter Sixty-Seven: Flying High and Flying Away
This day is the best time.
Shen Yining summoned Poria to go to Huihetang to retrieve a few medicinal herbs. Back in the backyard, she rummaged through a dowry box and took out two tips given to her by Daoist Xuanqing.
She opened the first bag, and inside was a piece of oily paper full of secret texts. She took a rather dilapidated and worn copy of the Yellow Emperor's Neijing on the bookshelf, and compared the page numbers and Chinese characters in the book to decipher the meaning of the ciphertext. She smiled, Daoist Xuanqing would always leave a way back for her. She opened another pouch, which contained a small bottle of odorless earthy yellow powder, an ancient Taoist medicine that could completely mask the smell of living people.
She went back to the house, packed up the rare medicine powder and the original surgical tools in the medicine box, and made a full set for the play, this cherished medicine box must not be taken away.
At night, the east wind is gradually rising, the time and place are favorable, and there are people.
Shen Yining had dinner as usual, retreated and closed the door, just saying that she wanted to concentrate on studying medicine in the house and not disturb her. She closed the windows on three sides of the back, trying to keep the room as warm as possible. She sprinkled a jug of wine at the head of the bed and around the bed, and an empty flask rolled haphazardly to the floor. When everything was ready, she packed her bags and sat quietly waiting.
Suddenly, there were a few small cat's meows above the roof, and she gently buckled the table five times, three heavy and two light, and someone quietly lifted a few tiles on the roof, it was Yue Heng.
She uncorked the bottle she held in her hand and sprinkled white phosphorus powder all over the room.
She took a deep breath, then swept a candle down. As soon as the flames touched the white phosphorus all over the ground, the flames burst out, and the raging fire was like a red demon with a bloody mouth wide open and grinning teeth, devouring and spreading the entire room with impunity.
"Madam, Sister Aning, Sister Aning......"
Kang Xiaojing cried heartbreakingly, and wanted to rush into the house to save people, but he could only be caught by Bai Zhi and Poria Cocos.
Uncle Chen and Aunt Qiu Ci were anxious and sweaty, and hurriedly instructed their subordinates to water and extinguish the fire.
Shen Yining crouched on Yue Heng's back, letting him lead him through the brightly lit tiled roofs one after another, a comfortable and pleasant warm breeze blowing in his ears, and after a while, the two of them stopped on the top of a high roof.
Shen Yining looked back at the sky-high flames of a certain mansion in the northeast, and the bloodthirsty flames lit up the dark and deep half of the sky, blazing the sky. She pursed her lips, no longer nostalgic and hesitant, and the two disappeared into the dark night sky again.
The next morning, the fire was finally extinguished. Lanyue Xuan collapsed into a pile of dark and miserable ruins, and the young woman inside never came out again. Bai Zhi, Poria and Xiaojing all knelt in the courtyard, weeping bitterly and grieving.
Li Yu hurried back from the Taihe Palace, looking at everything in front of him, silent, his eyes were heavy, and he was black like a ghost. He stood still, blankly, until sunset, vowing to see her body with his own eyes.
It was getting dark, and the burned items in the house were being cleaned out one by one. An unrecognizable and horrific corpse was also lifted, and there were still a few remnants of the fire in the pale green dress.
Li Yu's rigid shape shook slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Madame's medicine box is available?" ”
Kang Ming lowered his head and replied truthfully: "Back to the prince's words, I found a burned medicine box next to the makeup box in the middle, and the medicine bottles in it were all there, and I have repeatedly confirmed that it is Mrs.'s medicine box." ”
"She, she was wearing this dress last night?" His voice was already a little shaky.
Bai Zhi knelt on the ground and replied in horror: "Hui, back to the prince's words, yes, yes, Madame is wearing this dress." ”
But in a moment, the most powerful Qiao Yanzuo in Dali Temple also came.
"Qiao Yanzuo, be careful, don't damage her body."
Qiao Yanzuo saw King Qi's extremely gloomy and stubborn face, so he didn't dare to ask more, and went straight to check the corpse on the ground. The corpses on the ground were completely charred, and their faces could not be discerned. Judging from the face, chest, and pelvis of the corpse, it was a woman no more than 20 years old. The pelvic bones of the corpse were tightly sealed, and there were no signs of childbirth. The corpse's limbs were curled up in clumps, fingers twisted and clenched, and the mouth and throat were black and mushy, and they had been smoked into a coma while they were alive before they were burned dry.
However, there is something strange about this corpse. The adhesion between the corpse's skin and dress is not obvious, and it seems to have been burned twice.
Qiao Cheng thought hard and told Li Yu all the truth.
Li Yu listened to what Qiao Yanzuo said, his eyes became more and more dark, and he shouted sharply: "Kang Tai, turn her dowry upside down for this king, and find out the jade jade bracelet that the queen mother gave her." Kang Ming, you go to Huihetang, if Yue Heng is not there, he will directly seal Huihetang to this king. ”
More than a dozen people turned her twenty boxes of dowry boxes upside down, and the precious jewelry, gold and silver were all piled up in the boxes, but they were stunned to find the jade bracelet that the queen mother gave her.
Li Yu sat in the study, listening to Kang Ming's report, his face was frosty, cold and ruthless, and he suddenly broke the precious bamboo carved flower wolf pen in his hand.
"Good, good! Shen, Yi, Ning! ”
Yue Heng had excellent physical strength and high strength, and he ran wildly with Shen Yining on his back, turning over one high gate and thick house after another, and finally arrived at the edge of Chang'an City Gate. He stared at the lax moment when the two groups of guards handed over their shifts late at night, and took her out of Chang'an City with a slight leap. The two of them galloped to a place in the woods on the outskirts, mounted the horses they had prepared, and galloped away with a whip.
Two horses rolled up the yellow mud and dust all over the ground, and rode into the dust.
The sky was slightly white, and the two stopped in a remote deserted house in the mountains and forests. Everything the two of them needed had already been prepared in the deserted mansion, and Shen Yining ordered Yue Heng to prepare it in advance. Shen Yining repacked the small medicine box she was carrying, put the important medicine bottles and tools in it, and then dressed herself in disguise, and smeared her face with her unique formula of disfigurement powder.
Now, she is a yellow-skinned, rustic little country brother. Yue Heng put on a thick beard and changed into the old robes of a rural villager, looking really like a middle-aged woodcutter who made a living by chopping wood in the mountains and was tired of running around.
After the two of them reorganized, they didn't dare to delay for a moment, turned over again and hurriedly set off. The destination that the two of them were going to was the Qingyun Temple in Fuzhou, where the Xuanqing Daoist was located.
The Xuanqing Daoist is powerful and resourceful, as long as he arrives at the territory of the Xuanqing Daoist, everything can be at ease. The two traveled all the way, sometimes even overnight. At each overnight stay, Shen Yining would sprinkle powdered medicine to cover up the traces to cover up the smell and traces of the two.