This is an ordinary dark brown porcelain bottle with a simple neck shape and cheap glaze color.

But as long as Lan Qiao poured out a little of the liquid in the bottle, he immediately recognized the difference in the liquid.

Because he had used this liquid before, it was the reducing agent used by Liu Yueyao when he helped him take off the human skin mask.

The liquid rolled on the skin, leaving a cold touch. Lan Qiao can still clearly remember the scene when the liquid separated the human skin mask from his skin in the Goddess Building.

"Don't say anything, I just want to know the truth." He tapped Hua Yuxi's mute point and applied the reducing agent bit by bit on the edge of her cheek.

Hua Yuxi's expression was like a frightened deer, with big tears rolling down from the corners of her eyes.

But that doesn't stop Blue Bridge.

Under the influence of the cold reducing agent, a faint thin line appeared from the upper edge of Hua Yuxi's forehead, passed under the ear and extended to the lower jaw.

The thin line gradually became clear, and more reducing agent penetrated inward from the position of the thin line, causing Hua Yuxi's face to swell little by little, as if it were swollen.

Although this process is very slow, every step is clear and unmistakable. It turns out that Hua Yuxi has always been wearing a mask with the same characteristics as Lan Qiao when she sneaked into the Goddess Tower a few days ago.

"It's time to take off the mask." After the reducing agent completely penetrated under the mask, Lan Qiao pinched a corner of the mask and slowly lifted it up, revealing a small piece of protein-like soft and tender skin from under the mask.

He continued to unmask, with an expression like a red-eyed gambler unveiling the dice cup that has settled on the final bet with all his wealth.

The mask as thin as a cicada's wings was finally taken off, and a beautiful face suddenly appeared in front of him. It was the Li Jingshu he had been looking for so hard.

But her eyes were still full of tears.

Lan Qiao sighed secretly and said nothing. He only untied her acupuncture points, stood up silently, and lowered the window curtain for her.

So Hua Yuxi was shrouded in darkness again.

Although her hands and feet were free again, at this moment, it felt like someone was holding her throat, and she couldn't even take a breath.

There was silence inside and outside the bed curtain. The two of them stood and lay down, speechless for a moment.

After a long time, Hua Yuxi finally seemed unable to bear the terrible silence, and said quietly: "When did the young master become suspicious?"

"The day before yesterday." Lan Qiao's voice was so cold that it contained no emotion.

Hua Yuxi said cautiously: "Is it because I told the Duke of Wei that day that you couldn't find Li... you couldn't find me anyway?"

"Yes." Lan Qiao said with a self-deprecating smile, "But who could have imagined it? The little Shu that I searched so hard for turned out to be beside me. So of course you know that whether I go to Wei Guogong's Mansion or Liu Jing

The mansion must have gained nothing."

"Young Master is suspicious of me just because of these few words?"

"Now that I think about it, there are too many suspicious things. That day I took back Xiao Shu from Tiancha Villa... and took back the robe you sewed for me. You asked me where I got the robe. How could I know if I wasn't an insider?

Has that robe ever been lost? And your various speculations about Li Jingshu's thoughts, your understanding of Xu Miaojin's birthday celebration habits, and your memory of the location of pens, inks, paper and inkstones in Jiangpu Yaolu, all of these seem to remind me again and again.

.”

Hua Yuxi smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect you to remember what I said so clearly."

"I remember every word I said to you." Lan Qiao's voice was full of pain, "But what really made me think of this possibility was the note with the prescription."

"That one Xiang Yixuan gave you? Alas, the slave family knows it. It must have been that day that I was in a hurry to urge him to buy medicine, and I didn't pay attention to the handwriting when writing the prescription, which exposed the flaw."

"Ever since Mr. Xu asked us to write couplets for Yaolu, I have always remembered your handwriting, so I immediately became suspicious when I saw the prescription." Lan Qiao paced the walk: "Both of you are proficient in water properties, and both

Both are good at medicine, and they are also well versed in cooking. Oh, of course, you are the same person."

"The matter has come to this, and the slave family has nothing to say." Hua Yuxi closed her eyes and lamented as if resigned to her fate: "Young Master, please do whatever you want to do with the slave family."

"I have a question for you."

"Master, please don't mention one question, even if it is ten or a hundred, I will tell you everything I know."

"Are you the only person hiding behind this mask, or was there someone else before?"

"I don't know what happened so early, but since I got this mask, only the hall master and I know the secret. Every time I meet the young master, from Luzhou until now, it's me alone.

." As expected, she said everything. Without waiting for Lan Qiao to ask, she took the initiative to explain: "The maker of this mask is the hall master's wife Lan Zhi. My wife is not amazing in appearance, but she is gifted with a pair of skillful hands. I wanted to make this mask to please her.

Hall Master, little did I know that the Hall Master only liked her as she was. She passed the mask to me before she died, so I had a new identity as Hua Yuxi."

"You deceived me so hard!" Lan Qiao said bitterly: "Now that I think about it, last year in Yueyang, and half a month ago in Jiangpu, you deliberately contacted me with my true self, and you were setting a trap for me!

No wonder An Xiaohan came to your door the day I sent you out of Yueyang City in the blink of an eye, and when you were trying to save Ling'er, you were almost killed by Xu Huizu's new army."

"The slave family has no choice. In fact, the slave family has been thinking about finding an opportunity to confess everything to the master these days. Unfortunately, the master found out before he was ready."

"So when you said you ran away from home, you actually went to Chushui City and became Hua Yuxi." The bed curtain was opened again, and Lan Qiao stared at her huddled in a corner, feeling a strange feeling that was both familiar and unfamiliar:

"Now, what should I call you?"

"Young master, you can call me whatever you want." Hua Yuxi lowered her head, with tears clearly visible on her face, like a child who had done something wrong.

Lan Qiao snorted noncommittally, and his eyes fell on her white and tender bare feet. Somehow, Hua Yu, who was used to showing others bare feet, suddenly felt a strong sense of shame when she saw Lan Qiao staring at her feet.

I couldn't help but change to a kneeling position and put my feet under my buttocks.

"How did you and An Xiaohan meet? And why did you join Chushui City?" Lan Qiao said aggressively, "How could a little girl who has lived in a boudoir for a long time get involved with people from the Erqihui?"

Hua Yuxi's mood gradually stabilized, and she wiped away her tears silently: "If this matter is traced back to its origin, it will eventually start with the old case from twelve years ago."

"In the 22nd year of Hongwu, the Hu Weiyong case broke out. Korean Duke Li Shanchang was implicated and accused of treason." Lan Qiao nodded and said, "Of course I know about this major case. Are you also related to Xu Huizu Liu Jing?"

Are those avengers seeking revenge against the Ming Dynasty established by the late emperor?"

"We were the only family at that time. We were spared because of our relationship with my mother, but we were also expelled from the capital." Hua Yuxi opened her eyes slightly and looked into the empty void, as if the tragic scene of that year was reappearing in front of her eyes, "I watched helplessly.

I watched my grandfather, uncles, cousins, and servants fall in a pool of blood one by one, but I could do nothing, not even daring to scream. From the age of twelve to fifteen, I almost walked away

Until the day when the tragedy happened, I would dream about them every night and have had a nightmare for three years."

"What happened three years later? Why don't you have nightmares anymore?"

"It wasn't until I met the young master three years later, and felt how free and easy the young master was in rejoicing in the arena, and thought that such a life was meaningful, that I was completely freed from the nightmare and strengthened my determination for revenge. I secretly swore

, we must make the late emperor pay the price for his original choice."

"So, it's me who pushed you onto the road of revenge." Lan Qiao shook his head helplessly and asked curiously: "But what does all this have to do with An Xiaohan?"

"In the second year after I separated from the young master, by chance, I found a guest in Mr. Xu's medicine house. He was wearing a black gown, with a long sword hanging from his waist, his face was as cold as ice, and his eyes were as deep as the universe.

.”

Lan Qiao suddenly said: "Is he An Xiaohan?"

"Yes, I happened to be hiding in the corner and overheard the conversation between the hall master and Mr. Xu. Only then did I realize that there are people in the world who have suffered similar experiences to me and are also full of hatred for the late emperor."

Lan Qiao calculated with his fingers: "It was in the 26th year of Hongwu that the Lan Yu case occurred. Mr. Xu was once a general under Lan Yu, and An Xiaohan was Lan Yu's son-in-law. Naturally, they met for this case.

thing."

"At that time, I thought this was an opportunity, so I didn't hesitate any longer. I went to see the hall master secretly while he was resting alone, and asked him to take me back to Chushui City." When Hua Yuxi said this, she also smiled self-deprecatingly: "I didn't expect that.

A chance encounter can change a life."

Lan Qiao frowned and said: "So, Mr. Xu is not only involved with the Erqi Society, but he may even be one of the key members of the Erqi Society?"

"When I was leaving Jingxuan, I once told the young master that Xu Huizu, Liu Jing and the hall master were the three founders of the Erqi Society, while Chang Hong, the steward of the Xu Mansion, was the fifth figure in this mysterious organization."
Chapter completed!