Back in the room, as if there was some ominous premonition, Qing Lanxi's heart was always sunk, and she couldn't sleep, so she could only stare at the lamp and candle in a daze. In the middle of the night, she suddenly heard the screams of a maid, Qing Lanxi was already alert, so she jumped up and rushed out of the room, and saw that several palace maids in the corridor of the palace in front of her ran out and shouted for help, shouting: There are assassins, the patrol is coming to the rescue. Qing Lanxi only felt a bang in her head, and knew that it must be a hermit and Ziying.

Qing Lanxi rushed into Yuanhuang's room like a flying arrow, just in time to see Ziying, who was dressed in black, stabbing the long sword in his hand at Yuanhuang Niangniang, Yuanhuang seemed to be seriously injured, and he couldn't dodge and was stabbed into the shoulder and neck by the long sword, his face was pale and he leaned against a large screen without the power to fight back, holding the blade of the long sword in one hand, and the blood flowed down the blade.

Qing Lanxi was shocked, and used her occult technique to push Zi Ying away with one palm, stepped forward to support Yuan Huang, who was covered with cold sweat, and asked, "Niangniang, how are you?" Zi Ying was pushed by Qing Lanxi's gravity, and immediately let go of the hilt of the sword and fell to the ground. Yuan Huang's face was pale, and he also looked at Qing Lanxi fixedly, pointing at Ziying with a trembling hand, but he couldn't speak, Qing Lanxi's heart hurt greatly, and said: "Niangniang, the medical officer will be here soon......" Yuan Huang didn't wait for Qing Lanxi to finish speaking, he was angry and closed his eyes and tilted his head back. Next to her, Ling Wan and other maids from the palace hurriedly came over to help Yuan Huang, and at this time, the medical officer in the palace had already rushed to treat Yuan Huang like a spark.

Qing Lanxi looked at Ziying through countless panicked figures, Ziying had also been surrounded by the palace patrol legion, her face was full of panic, and she said incoherently to Qing Lanxi: "Senior brother, it's not me, it's really not me, I didn't kill her, I just pointed a sword at her and asked her to let you out of the palace, I didn't want to kill her, but someone pushed me behind me, I didn't kill her, it's not me, it's not me." Qing Lanxi lost all his strength and looked at Ziying, unable to say a word, he knew that Ziying would never be able to escape again.

At this time, there was a palace patrol army report outside: "Qi Yu Yuan Huang Niangniang, the general has captured the bewitched person." As soon as she heard this, Qing Lan didn't have time to think about it, let go of Ziying, and distributed the people who filled the palace, and a few figures had already come to the open space outside the hall.

At this time, the starry tower in the palace has been heavily surrounded by the palace patrol army and several generals, although the hermit has killed more than a dozen palace people and the palace patrol army, but has also been captured by the general Longting. The hermit was also wounded in many places, covered in blood, and was besieged by several palace patrol soldiers and swords, and he couldn't hold it for long.

The hermit slowly took out a small wooden ring from his arms, and looked at Qing Lanxi with a pleading look in his eyes, Qing Lanxi pushed away the palace patrol army blocking the side, ran over and knelt in front of the hermit in a few steps, and said sadly: "Master, what do you have to say?"

The hermit put the fragrant wood ring into Qing Lanxi's hand, Qing Lanxi looked down, it was a ring carved from the whole wood, it was pale yellow, the texture was delicate and only half the size of a palm, and the whole ring was carved with flowers and vines and branches and leaves, which were exquisite and lifelike.

Qing Lanxi looked up at the hermit, the hermit's voice was already weak, and he gasped and said: "The people of my clan, where they live, there is an ancient tree, its fragrance is like an orchid, and the wood is like iron. I have a daughter, but she was separated from me when she was still a baby, and I have not had time to name her, let alone carve her name on the ring, and in the future, if I see a woman wearing the same ring, remember to give her this ring. Tell her, tell her, let her live well. With that, the hermit closed his eyes and passed away. Qing Lanxi was shocked and painful, and tears fell like rain.

At this time, Ziying had also been escorted out of the hall by several patrol troops, standing not far away, and wept bitterly when he saw the hermit passing. Qing Lanxi turned her head to look at Ziying, her eyes were already red as blood. Ziying was angry and hateful, dragged away by the patrol escorting her, Ziying looked back at Qing Lanxi, and shouted: "Senior brother, I didn't kill her, it wasn't me, it's not me." Qing Lanxi looked at Ziying speechless with a heartache, and watched Ziying being taken away by the palace patrol army, walking farther and farther, suddenly Qing Lanxi got up and went crazy and pushed away the people guarding him and ran towards Ziying, pushed away the patrol army holding Ziying, grabbed Ziying's arm, and hugged her tightly into his arms.

Qing Lanxi looked at Ziying in despair, and asked with great grief: "Why did you come back, why didn't you listen to me?" Ziying's eyes were full of tears but no tears fell, only unwilling and resentful, and said in a calm voice: "I really didn't kill her, someone behind me pushed the sword in my hand with occult arts, senior brother, I didn't kill her." We just want her to let you go with me. ”

Qing Lanxi naturally believed Ziying, and hurriedly asked, "Do you know who is doing this?" Ziying shook her head, tears fell and said, "I don't know." ”

The young monarch next to him said: "Demon girl, she is still quibbling and coaxing Qing Lanxi." You entered the palace to assassinate Yuan Huang Niangniang to avenge your senior brother, the crime is unforgivable, what is the quibble?" Zi Ying still had a trace of hope in his eyes and looked at Qing Lanxi and said: "Senior brother, I and my master and brother are now besieged and killed in vain, and we only hate ourselves for returning to heaven without a skill, will you avenge us? Will you avenge me?" Qing Lanxi was stunned and did not answer, and the short-lived imperial monarch immediately shouted: "Don't take it away immediately." ”

The palace patrol army on the side immediately rushed up and escorted Ziying away, Qing Lanxi was anxious and desperately grabbed Ziying's arm, and shouted loudly: "Don't, you haven't found out the truth yet, let her go, let her go." Helplessly, more than a dozen people clung to Qing Lanxi, although the occult skills were profound, he could not match the strength of many patrol troops at that time, and the protracted imperial monarch forcibly dragged Ziying's arm out of Qing Lanxi's hands, and the palace masters such as the general Longting were on one side. Ziying's figure was escorted farther and farther away by them, and he could no longer see it, and he could only hear a voice farther and farther away shouting: "I didn't kill her, senior brother, I didn't kill her, I was wronged, you have to avenge us." ”

King Yi ordered that the hermit and Ziying assassinate Yuanhuang Niangniang, the hermit was dead, and Ziying was immediately executed. Qinglan Xi cooperated with foreign enemies to assassinate Yuan Huang, and was punished to the forbidden ground wall for 30 years, and was not allowed to go out of the customs for half a step.

But Qing Lanxi didn't know that among the palace people who handled the hermit and Ziying's corpse at that time, there was a palace man who found a pair of animal skin scrolls in the hermit's arms, and the palace man quietly hid the scroll. From then on, no one in the world knew anything about this hermit.

A tear rolled down her cheek, Qing Lanxi ignored it, and let the tears gradually turn from hot to cold, as cold as the night breeze at this time. Qing Lanxi closed her eyes, how she returned to the palace at that time, how she got up and left the palace, Qing Lanxi still can't remember. The night was so dark that it seemed to envelop the whole world in a dark smoke and dust, and it seemed that I had lost all my strength and consciousness, all my thoughts and memories that night.