Chapter 45 Chapter Forty-Third

Seeing that Xiong Ying turned a few turns and was about to reach the ditch where the filth was thrown away, she disappeared in a flash.Yan Wei stood on tiptoe and looked around, but still couldn't see anyone.There are big Polygonum and beard branches as tall as a person all around here, densely covering the wide path, if people get into the bushes, outsiders really can't find it at all. Yan Wei had no choice but to continue to approach the valley, the foul smell gradually became stronger, Yan Wei covered her nose with her sleeve, and walked forward bravely. When I came to the edge of the ditch, I saw that the ditch was more than ten feet deep, and there were layers of dirt underneath, so I couldn't see clearly.Although the heat of summer has passed, the weather is still very hot, and the sour and foul smell makes people want to vomit.Yan Wei saw that there was nothing unusual, and was about to walk back, when she suddenly felt movement behind her, she turned around and looked back, but it was Xiong Ying standing behind her.

Yan Wei asked, "What are you doing here?" Xiong Ying said: "Naturally...discard the filth." Yan Wei asked again: "What kind of filth is it? Aren't those servants doing these menial tasks? How can I let you do it?" Xiong Ying murmured: "Some...some things are inconvenient to hand over to them..." Yan Wei smiled and said, "What is it, so mysterious?" Xiong Ying was even more shy, lowered her head, and said softly: "The ones used for menstruation..." The voice was so thin that it was barely audible. Yan Wei was stunned for a while, and it made sense after thinking about it, and asked again: "Then why are you back again?"

Xiong Ying said: "I saw a figure here, who looked like a girl. I'm afraid the girl got lost, so I came to have a look." Yan Wei heard her words without flaws, so she said, "I'm fine, let's go back!" Xiong Ying replied: "Yes." She leaned over and picked up a clay basin from her feet. Yan Wei wondered: "Since it's a throwaway thing, why take another basin?" Xiong Ying murmured: "There are so many people coming and going...we must cover up..." Yan Wei looked at the basin suspiciously, it was very clean, there was neither water stain nor oil stain, and nothing could be seen, so she had to let it go.

The two returned downstairs, only to see a car parked downstairs, surrounded by four guards in black.Seeing this scene, Yan Wei knew something had happened, so she hurried upstairs. "You're back, I'm waiting for you!" As soon as he went upstairs, he heard Gongzi Cong's voice. "What's wrong? What happened?" Yan Wei asked hurriedly. "Your Father urgently called me back to Huaidu." Young Master Cong said. "What's the matter?" Yan Wei was a little nervous. "It is said that your father is ill, and he summoned the young master who is away..." Gong Zi Cong looked sad and happy, but also a little surprised.

When Yan Wei heard this, her heart tensed up, thinking of the crown prince's guard of honor mentioned earlier, could it be that the king intends to let son Cong succeed him? Gongzi Cong said again: "I'm going to leave at dusk, you just stay here and wait for me." Yan Wei asked, "Do you know the person here?" Young Master Cong nodded, and asked suspiciously, "Do you suspect fraud?" Yan Wei shook her head and said, "I don't know, I just feel uneasy..." Gongzi Cong said: "The head waiter in black is called Shou Tian, ​​I have seen it in the palace, and the seals and letters do not seem to be fake."

Yan Wei felt scared for no reason at the thought of being left alone in the valley, and asked softly, "Can I... go back to Huaidu with you?" Gongzi Cong said: "How can this be done? It will cause controversy, especially at this moment..." Yan Wei also knew that it was very rude of her to make this request, if the king really wanted to let son Cong succeed him, there would be a thousand pairs of eyes staring at him at this time, and there would be no mistakes.So he said again: "Just go out of the valley with you, I will wait for you outside the valley." Young Master Cong took Yan Wei's hand with both hands, and asked, "Isn't it okay to wait for me here? What are you afraid of?"

Yan Wei only felt that Gongzi Cong's fingertips were wet and cold, and seemed uneasy.Yes, what are you afraid of?Yan Wei herself couldn't explain it clearly, but felt that if Gongzi Cong wasn't here, she would lose her support, and she wouldn't be able to sleep well at night. "I don't know... I just don't want to be here alone..." Yan Wei said softly. Gongzi Cong smiled and said, "Why are you alone? There are so many people here." Then he said, "If you have anything to do, you might as well discuss it with Yingmei, this girl is very knowledgeable, and she will definitely not harm you. .”

Yan Wei nodded. Gongzi Cong pondered for a moment, then said: "If there is any accident, you just go to the crypt with Yingmei, I have replenished the food and charcoal there, and you will not be afraid when you are with Yingmei." Yan Wei nodded again. Gongzi Cong pondered again, took out the Gebu map from his pocket, and stuffed it to Yan Wei, "Keep this, and you can use it in case something happens. You can prepare some medicine to avoid miasma and bring it with you..." Yan Wei nodded again, and said, "The more you behave like this, the more disturbed I am..."

Gongzi Cong laughed and said, "It's just a precautionary measure. Even if it's not necessary, it's always right to be more careful. I've been here for more than ten years, and I'm used to it...you don't have to worry, ten and a half days at most If I don't come back within a month, I will send someone to pick you up." Yan Wei said: "That's a good deal, I must come, and I can't break my promise." Gongzi Cong clenched his fist with his right hand, stretched out his little finger only, and smiled at Yan Wei: "Never break his promise!" Yan Wei also stretched out her little finger, hooked it with Gongzi Cong's little finger, and pulled it hard a few times.

"Here, make me a token?" Gongzi Cong stretched out his hand, pulled off the white jade hairpin from Yan Wei's head, waved it in front of Yan Wei's eyes, and put it in his arms.Yan Wei's black hair fell down like a waterfall. "Then you must return it to me, it was left to me by my mother." Yan Wei laughed. Young Master Cong laughed and said, "Didn't I just say, ten days and a half months at the most, I will surely take you back to Huaidu in a splendid manner!" After hearing this, Yan Wei was in a daze for a moment, and faintly felt that there was something in what Gongzi Cong said, so she lowered her head in shame and stopped answering.Unexpectedly, when he lowered his head, he saw Gongzi Cong stretching out his fist. With a twist of his wrist, his palm spread out. In his hand was a delicate silver hairpin, only one stroke long, with a plum blossom on the hairpin's head.

Young Master Cong tied up Yan Wei's hair loosely with a hairpin, and said with a smile, "I gave it to you for testing poison." The two looked at each other and smiled.Gongzi Cong's smile was so bright and gentle, like a pool of spring water, shining slightly in the afterglow of the setting sun. After sending off Prince Cong, Yan Wei was still restless, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, so she got up and lit the lamp, found the dagger gifted by Jun Yue An, and pressed it under the pillow.Still uneasy after thinking about it, he found out the man's clothes that he wore at that time, together with a small skin bag that Mr. Yuean prepared together that day, which contained things such as velvet and flint for going out. It was small and compact, and there were three people, one for each.Seeing this, Yan Wei thought of Li Qichen and Tong Shuai again, wondering if they had succeeded in the assassination? Yan Wei had been worrying all night and hardly slept much, but this night passed peacefully without any abnormality. During the day, Yan Wei only read those medical books in the building, and didn't go out again, and went to bed early as soon as it got dark. Not long after falling asleep, while half asleep, Yan Wei was awakened by a noise outside the window. Yan Wei stood up in shock, put on her clothes and looked out the window, only to see groups of soldiers bustling outside the window, holding torches, not knowing what they were doing.Knowing that things had changed, Yan Wei quickly put on her clothes, put on her sword, and was about to sneak out to have a look, but unexpectedly, the door opened with no wind. "Who!?" Yan Wei asked boldly. When the door opened, a figure in white clothes appeared floatingly, holding a lamp like a bean in front of the man's chest, the flickering light illuminated the man's face from bottom to top, making that face look hideous and terrifying. Yan Wei was stunned for a moment before realizing that the person was Xiong Ying.I saw her with loose hair, wearing a white sackcloth, and bare feet, looking ghostly. Yan Wei collected herself and asked, "What are you doing here?" Xiong Ying grinned, revealing a row of fine white teeth, and shone coldly under the light: "Your Majesty sent troops here to drive out all of you irrelevant people." She didn't answer Yan Wei's words, and her tone sounded domineering. Yan Wei was annoyed in her heart, and said with a sneer, "What does this have to do with you?!" Xiong Yingwu sneered, she didn't seem to care what Yan Wei said, she just followed her own words and continued: "Everyone has to leave tonight, leave with empty hands, you can't take anything with you!" Yan Wei only felt that Xiong Ying was very weird tonight, her expressions and tone were quite different from usual, so she stared at Xiong Ying for a moment and said, "It seems that you came here while taking advantage of the fire?" Xiong Ying didn't deny it either, and said with a smile, "Young lady's bracelet is really pretty." Yan Wei smiled slightly, took off the sapphire bracelet on her wrist and handed it to Xiong Ying: "I reward you, what's going on outside?" Xiong Ying took the bracelet with a smile, put it on her wrist, raised her arm, rubbed it, and looked at it, as if she couldn't put it down, and said without raising her eyes: "I don't know. If we drive you all away, we will go back to work." Yan Wei was irritated by her absent-minded attitude, and said with a sneer, "Going back is also a slave!" Xiong Ying raised her eyes and smiled, and said, "Yes! But don't underestimate the servant, I just need to shout a few times, and the people below will come up and strip you naked, do you believe it?" Yan Wei felt a chill in her heart, and her whole body was covered in cold sweat. She never thought that this frail girl would say such obscene words, she was stunned and didn't know how to explain it. Xiong Ying smiled contemptuously again: "And the jade on your neck, I also like it very much, although it's a bit small, it's in good condition." Yan Wei suddenly pulled out the "Double Dragon Transformation Fish Pendant" from her neck, and asked, "Is this what you're talking about?" Xiong Ying raised her jaw and sneered: "That's it! You don't wear the rest, and when you leave, they will all be mine." Yan Wei spat out three words from her mouth coldly: "You - not - worthy!" Then said sharply, "You know what it is, so you dare to ask for it?! You don't even look at your identity Status, don’t think that you can push your nose on your face by rewarding you with a bracelet?! Karma cycle, I will make you pay for what you did today, you are just a slave in the palace, you can hide in the sky Go? One day, I will ask you to settle this account!" Xiong Ying was stunned by Yan Wei's string of words, she rolled her eyes, and said after a moment of silence: "What if you don't have a chance to settle the score..." A cold light flashed in her eyes. Yan Wei felt a chill in her heart, and suddenly recalled clearly the day before yesterday at the edge of the valley, why did she put the basin under her feet?Why are you standing behind me silently?Why do you want to keep both hands free?Thinking of the valley more than ten feet deep, Yan Wei broke out in a cold sweat, and finally understood why she always felt restless these two days. It turned out that Xiong Ying had always wanted to harm her. "Why do you want to kill me?" Yan Wei asked tremblingly. Xiong Ying sneered: "Hmph! I don't want to hurt you. My body already belongs to Gongzi Cong. Now I want to go back to Huaidu to reunite with him. You will be kicked out. What else do I want to hurt you?" Yan Wei was stunned, thinking that before Gongzi Cong was alone in the valley without a woman, and later came to Huaidu, a world of flamboyance, even if he had something to do with Xiong Ying, it was not uncommon, so she sneered and said: "Your affairs, What does it have to do with me!" Having said that, she unconsciously felt a little lost. Xiong Ying chuckled twice: "Naturally it has nothing to do with you, if you send it to your door, no one wants it!" Yan Wei was furious and scolded: "Get out of the way!" She pulled out the dagger from her waist and slashed at Xiong Ying.