In the Qili City outside the Huangquan front, there is a house.

This mansion may be special, either belonging to a certain magnate or a dignitary.

But at this time it was empty, there was no one left, the ground was a mess, leaving traces of escape, and the dry mountains and water were trampled everywhere with footprints.

Nan Shiori, who was leaning against the corner of the quiet room, suddenly opened her eyes and grasped the hilt of the knife.

She felt a chill.

Yesterday, she left the warehouse.

Because there is no point in staying there anymore.

Man, it's over.

It was the result of the Yellow Springs demon rushing in, just as she went out to search for food and water.

The time was too coincidental, and when she returned, she was dead, and she was left in a mess.

Wandering the streets, she finds a survivor who is badly wounded, who doesn't survive but tells her something.

Those demons were artificially introduced.

And their goal ......

It's Minami Shiori.

So she found a place to hide and decided to hide until the end of the Yellow Spring Purge.

As a transcendent being, even if you don't eat, drink, or sleep, you won't die, but you're just a little weak.

She quietly hid in a secret room in this mansion, eliminating traces and breaths, and theoretically not being found.

However, the sudden extra chill at this time made her feel uncomfortable.

The temperature in the room started to get lower.

And the source ...... From a window that quietly opened a little crack.

It seemed to be blown away by the wind, and just as a ray of moonlight came in and fell in front of her.

Wait, moonshine?

Could it be that the fog outside has lifted?

She subconsciously stretched out her fingers to gently catch the rays of light.

But the next moment, the chill almost condensed into substance, leaving a layer of frost in the palm of her hand.

She withdrew her right hand with lightning speed, and at the same time slammed her back into the movable secret door, escaping the ashram and preparing to evacuate and move to the next place.

Then she stopped abruptly and looked out into the courtyard.

The dry landscape is still there, the fine sand and gravel are paved with stones, the stone groups are stacked, there is not a trace of green, a rockery stands in the very center, the outline is huge, like a Buddha sitting cross-legged.

Time stands almost still.

She held her breath and took a step forward, making a small crumbling sound as she stepped on the gravel.

As if stagnant time began to flow, the white mist floating in the courtyard dissipated, and several silent ghostly figures appeared from the white mist.

Standing in the four corners of the courtyard, southeast, northeast, southwest, and northwest, a cold, dead stare emanating from the four corners, the silent corpse-like assassin staring at the person who was about to become a corpse.

The dead soldiers of the Yingzhou royal family.

Chrysanthemum knife crowd.

……

"The Emperor wants to kill them?"

Cortilia's eyes widened slightly: "Wait a minute, isn't the emperor canonized?" ”

"It's canonized." Bai Yu said: "Just like the Roman emperor. ”

"Why is it so complicated to kill people for canonization?" The saint didn't quite understand: "If it is in Rome, the emperor wants to kill people, which is the easiest thing." ”

"It's easy for a tyrant to kill." Bai Yu said: "But the question is how to kill people and not be regarded as a tyrant...... The emperor can kill people with his words, but many emperors will not kill people at all, and one of the ways to maintain the strict authority of the monarch is to make the courtiers afraid and think that they have a knife in their hands. ”

The saint said, "You mean, the emperor is not a tyrant?" ”

"He doesn't want to be seen as a tyrant, at least in Yingzhou, the emperor has shoguns to check and balance." Bai Yu said lightly: "Moreover, Yingzhou is already quite strange, the emperor's monarchy is different from that of the emperors of Rome and Great Xia, because the emperor's monarchy is incomplete." ”

"Therefore, even if the emperor sees who is the thorn in his side, he can only use some unconventional means."

"It is impossible to decide the life and death of a person directly in a word."

Cortilia asked, "Why do you think the emperor is the murderer?" ”

"It's simple." Bai Yu replied: "It's intuition. ”

The saint immediately wanted to complain, and then realized that the other party was ridiculing and choking.

She snorted unconvinced: "A woman's intuition is very accurate, and so is a man's intuition?" ”

Bai Yu looked at the transparent barrier not far away: "If he doesn't make a move to fall this barrier, I won't think it's him...... Instead, he placed his suspicion on the shogun, and it was too strange for him to watch the shogunate die and be wounded without doing anything. ”

"But he took the initiative to fall this barrier, then there is no need for brainstorming, it must be the emperor, it is him, and it will only be him."

The saint scratched her hair, she was not stupid, but she didn't know much about the situation in Yingzhou, so she didn't react for a while.

After sorting out her thoughts, she understood the point.

"I see."

"Originally, the Chinese encircled and suppressed the martial arts, if it succeeded, Miss Amamiya would definitely be buried in the canyon."

"But she broke through the realm, and now her strength is stable, but the emperor fell to Tianiwato, clearly with the intention of letting everyone die here."

"If there is no other reason for this, there is no need for the emperor to be so absolute, he should think about how to stop the loss, instead of locking everyone in the Yellow Spring."

"And the reason for this is to kill Miss Amamiya......"

Cortilia was a little puzzled when she said the last sentence of analysis: "Is this too far-fetched?" ”

"From our side, that's far-fetched." Bai Yu held his cheeks: "But what if you change the angle?" ”

The saint asked curiously, "How to change?" ”

"This Tianyan Household not only trapped us, but also isolated the inside and outside, the people inside couldn't get out, and the people outside couldn't get in."

Bai Yu picked up a peanut, peeled it off, divided it into two, and separated it with his palm: "Does this form a pattern where the two sides can't help?" ”

Cortilia lit up and raised her index finger to the sky: "Ah......hhhh

"Yes, Minami Shiori."

Bai Yu picked up half a peanut and threw it into his mouth: "She's isolated, if I'm not mistaken, the emperor's assassination force has already arrived." ”

There was silence in the tent, and the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive and solemn.

The holy woman looked at the white fox mask on the table, and she asked, "The reason why the Emperor wants to kill them is because of the incident I mentioned earlier?" ”

"Nine times out of ten, I can't think of any other reasonable explanation." Bai Yu nodded.

"Amamiya Masa's grandmother is a congenital hero, and it is likely to be from Kyoto, but she and the old man of the Amamiya family gave birth to a son and a daughter, which may have violated some taboo, and we don't know what it is."

"In a broken place like Yingzhou, I am not surprised at all if there are any strange folk customs or dross."

"As a direct descendant of Amamiya, Amamiya Masa's bloodline may have stained anyone's eyes, especially if she has inherited the principles of the Heroic Spirit."

Minami Shiori belongs to the angry side.

Amamiya Masahiro is targeted because of blood;

Minami Shiori is targeted because her eyes are from Amamiya Masahiro.

In fact, there were early signs of what was going to happen today.

If you think about it carefully, when did the fact that Nan Shiori's eyes didn't belong to her start to spread?

The reason why this incident spread was because of Nan Shihui's speech before his death six years ago...... (Chapter 424)

He directly explained that Minami Shiori's eyes came from Amamiya Masa.

At first, Bai Yu thought that Nan Shihui bit back before he died, so that the two sisters could be separated.

From the point of view now, perhaps it is to publicize the secret, and to publicize this matter in front of so many people present.

His smug smile at that time was looking forward to the day when Amamiya Masatsu's eyes would bring disaster to the Nan family.

Recall Nan's last words at that time.

Do you know why I think so highly of you and disdain her? ’

'Have you ever wondered why she would be valued by this Great Xia person if she was just an ordinary waste?!' ’

There are things that do not see the light of day! ’

I treat her as a tool, and I treat her with great cruelty, all in a sense to make you accept the Nan family more smoothly. ’

Since you don't accept this love, then I don't have to hide it...... Enjoy my grandfather's last parting gift to you! ’

After saying the above words, Nan Shihui revealed the fact that Nan Shiori's eyes came from Amamiya Masa.

And all the sense of déjà vu comes from the foreshadowing words above.

What is it that can't see the light?

Why can't Amamiya Masahiro, as the daughter of the Nan family, become the head of the Nan family?

Why did Nan Shihui not hesitate to dig out the eyes of Amamiya Masahiro to support Nan Shiori to take the position?

From the perspective of hindsight, Nan Shihui has always been very aware of the fact that Amamiya True Day is the bloodline of the acquired heroic spirit.

Because of this, he felt fear, afraid that this incident would bring ruin to his family.

Exchanging her eyes to Nan Shiori is also a protection for Amamiya Masabi in a sense, as long as she doesn't awaken her bloodline, she won't attract the killing intent of the one above.

As a result, Nan Shihui himself was defeated.

He told the biggest secret.

That's not for Minami Shiori at all.

It turned out that everything was already decided.

There is no coincidence in the world, only the inevitable that leads to the inevitable.

Of course, looking back on the past doesn't help the status quo.

Only when it is clear who is behind the scenes, can we know how to deal with it.

Since it was the emperor's plan, it was obviously more than that.

Don't forget.

This time, the Huangquan Purification is full of many coincidences.

For example, the Fujiwara clan's attack on the shogunate samurai was a coincidence of the 'pied pipers'.

For example, the front line of Huangquan was penetrated by a hundred ghosts, forcing the emperor to fall into Tianiwado, which is also a coincidence.

Without these coincidences, what would the emperor's planning look like?

The original front line was not allowed to retreat.

So in his plan, Nan Shiori and Amamiya Masahiro will stay in Huangquan.

Then he must have prepared another hard dish.

At this time, an indescribable coercion came from the far north.

The Yellow Springs were in turmoil, and the white mist was surging like a tide, enveloped in a biting chill, and frost that froze on the ground.

Although there was no thunder, there seemed to be countless rumblings between heaven and earth.

Bai Yu raised his hand to take a snowflake, and said softly: "Tonight will be a long night, let's prepare, we are going to prepare to escape." ”

"Hmm."

The woman on the other side of the table answered and stopped talking, silently picked up the repaired white fox mask and buckled it on her cheek.

(End of chapter)