But Shen Yingyue looked at the blood-stained hairpin in her hand, and suddenly tears flowed uncontrollably.

This is the hairpin that her eldest sister gave her when she left that day, because the appearance is so ordinary, even after rubbing and screening, it is still kept.

It's just that at this moment, the hairpin was soiled by her.

She wiped hard with her sleeve, trying to clean the blood stains on it, but to no avail.

Just when she was already desperate, suddenly, she heard a small click.

Looking down, it turned out that there was a secret hidden on this wooden hairpin.

She tried to twist it, and soon the hairpin split in half, and then she realized that the hairpin was hollow, and it was filled with a dozen gems, large and small.

Shen Yingyue took one of them in her hand and took a closer look at the sunlight, and was attracted by the dazzling light refracted from it.

She had never seen a gem shine more brightly than the one in her hand.

Hurriedly put all the gems back into the hairpin, and her eyes fell on your father-in-law's body again, and then she finally realized that she was afraid.

Fortunately, it was noon, and the other palace maids were lazy to go to sleep.

Shen Yingyue tried to stabilize her mind, and her brain began to work rapidly.

She killed her father-in-law next to Concubine Hui, and this matter will be exposed sooner or later.

Therefore, his body must not appear in the courtyard where she is, otherwise it will definitely be suspected of her.

Thinking of her aunt who had been bullying her, Shen Yingyue had a bold decision in her heart.

In the afternoon, the vicious aunt and the group of palace maids humiliated her again, and even harmed her without eating dinner on the grounds that she had not finished the work.

Shen Yingyue had something on her mind, and she didn't pay attention to everyone's difficulties at all.

At night, she sneaked into the yard, dragged out the corpse of her father-in-law who had been hiding in the corner water tank, and then dragged it out of the yard.

It wasn't long before she quietly returned, cleaning up all traces along the way.

Then go back to the room.

"What are you doing out so late?" In the darkness, suddenly a palace maid sat up.

Shen Yingyue was taken aback: "My stomach is a little uncomfortable. ”

"With such spirit, it seems that you are not tired during the day." The palace maid muttered, turned her head and continued to sleep.

It wasn't until she was sure that she had really slept that Shen Yingyue closed her eyes and fell asleep peacefully.

The next day, while everyone was working, something big suddenly happened in the yard.

Your father-in-law died, and the body was found in the well in the courtyard where the aunt in charge was.

A palace maid confirmed that the two met yesterday, so the matter was quickly concluded. The housekeeper's aunt was beaten to death with a stick.

Shen Yingyue watched expressionlessly as the stick hit the housekeeper's aunt, without the slightest wave in her heart.

"You did it, didn't you?" Suddenly, a palace maid walked up to her and said in a voice of only two people.

Shen Yingyue was startled, looked back, and found that it was the palace maid who saw her go out last night, and her name seemed to be Cuiliu.

She tried to stabilize her mind and pretended to be calm, "I don't know what you're talking about. ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't admit it." Cuiliu's eyes fell on the aunt in charge: "She is dead, and the position of the manager is mine, so don't worry, I will never say anything about this matter." ”

Shen Yingyue didn't answer, but the corners of her lips were almost straight.

"We're all ambitious people, so let's work together."

Shen Yingyue stared at her for a long time, making sure that what she said was not a lie, so she nodded slightly.

……

"Ahead is the Valley of the Medicine King." It's been almost a year since he left, looking at the mountains and forests in the distance, Zheng Chenyan couldn't help but feel a little homesick.

He took out three pills and gave one to Shen Xinyue and Jia Zhuyu each, and he also took one in his mouth.

"There is a miasma outside the valley all the year round, and this one is held in the mouth to avoid the poison of the miasma."

Shen Xinyue and Jia Zhuyu held them in their mouths as they said, and after the three of them passed through the miasma forest, the vision in front of them suddenly opened up.

In the midst of greenery, smoke rises from several bamboo-made houses.

In the fenced yard, children are playing wantonly, like a beautiful paradise.

As soon as the three of them approached, a villager took the initiative to come over to greet him: "Mr. Zheng is back?" Who are these two girls? ”

"This is my junior sister." After Zheng Chenyan introduced Shen Xinyue, he looked at Jia Zhuyu again and said, "This is a friend from outside the valley." ”

After greeting the villagers one by one, the three of them walked towards a courtyard halfway up the mountain.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I saw a figure standing on a ladder and doing something.

Zheng Chenyan asked loudly: "A-Yuan, what are you doing climbing so high?" ”

Ah Yuan turned around and saw Zheng Chenyan and Shen Xinyue, and immediately grinned happily: "Senior brother? Did you really bring the little sister back? ”

Shen Xinyue quipped: "Senior sister is senior sister, why add a small word?" ”

A-Yuan touched his nose: "You started later than me, and you are younger than me, but you are older than me." ”

Seeing his aggrieved appearance, Shen Xinyue laughed very unkindly.

"Let's just say that this bird's nest might as well poke them and let them find another place, and today is the second time that bird droppings have fallen on me." Bai Zhi changed her clothes and came out, still complaining.

Seeing Zheng Chenyan and Shen Xinyue, he immediately ran over happily: "Senior brother, junior sister." ”

"It's a litter of life, and listening to their calls makes me feel happy." Ah Yuan strengthened the bird's nest a little more before coming down from the ladder.

Zheng Chenyan looked around the courtyard, but didn't see Zheng Yiqi's figure, and couldn't help asking, "Where is Master?" ”

"I went to the mountain to collect medicine, and the third senior brother and the fourth senior sister also went together."

Zheng Chenyan nodded, took the two of them into the house, and gave the two of them a room to settle down in.

Outside there were villagers who came to deliver herbs, and Shen Xinyue put down her burden and went out to give Ah Yuan a hand.

In the afternoon, Zheng Yiqi came back with a medicine basket on his back, and there were two people next to him.

Both are seventeen or eighteen years old, but from the slightly dull eyes, it can be seen that both of them are a little mentally unsound.

"Master." Shen Xinyue happily greeted him and reached out to pick up the back basket on his body.

"I said that why the eyelids have been jumping all the time in the past two days, there is something good happening in the relationship." Zheng Yiqi was very happy to see her.

The master and apprentice were talking, and they didn't notice that the pupils of Yunxi and Yun Yao next to them began to grow gradually.

Soon, the pupils of the two filled the entire eye socket.

They suddenly went crazy and began to attack Shen Xinyue and Zheng Yiqi, who were closest to them, uncontrollably.

"Master, be careful!" Sensing that there was danger behind her, Shen Xinyue subconsciously pulled Zheng Yiqi down.

Before the two of them could make any more moves, Yun Xi and Yun Yao followed closely behind and attacked again.

Shen Xinyue turned around and was about to grab the wrists of the two people, Zheng Yiqi hurriedly reminded: "Be careful, their skin is poisonous!" ”