Chen Yunqi closed her eyes tightly and clenched her sleeves with her fingers.
For the first time, she liked the darkness so much, it could wrap her up, cover her, and hide her.
Ah Li's voice was like a hand strangling her neck, trying to pull her out.
The original fear and panic about the environment she was in had long since disappeared, and now she only had the shyness of being smart, and the anger towards the woman who hated people and ghosts.
"Miss Chen?" Zhao Yu tentatively called into the darkness.
Chen Yunqi took a deep breath and walked out.
The slim figure gradually became brighter under the light in Shen Lie's hand. Chen Yunqi glanced at them and then lowered his head, especially not daring to touch Shen Lie's black eyes.
But the harder she tried to ignore Shen Lie's existence, the less she could do it.
As she walked forward, the unspeakable confusion about him in her heart began to overwhelm everything else, rolling, roaring, and like countless arrows, "swish" coming towards her, angrily stabbing her limbs and bones.
"You are really here!" Ji Sheng said.
Chen Yunqi didn't speak, his eyes were lowered, and he stopped ten steps away from them.
Xia Zhaoyi frowned slightly, confused: "Why is it you?"
Zhao Xing told her that the girl claimed her surname was Chen and came from Congxin, but Xia Zhaoyi did not make any guesses about Chen Yunqi.
Chen Yunqi's crime was not light. She could not be imprisoned for only half a year by letting go of a wanted felon who had collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country and had several murder cases.
Chen Yunqi pursed his lips, suddenly raised his eyebrows and looked directly at Xia Zhaoyi: "Why can't it be me."
She still had that sweet and sweet voice, but her tone took on a stubbornness and toughness that she had never had before.
"Why are you with Chu Zheng?"
"Who do you think you are, and what does it have to do with you."
Xia Zhaoyi looked at her quietly for a while, then turned to look at the first dark room. She raised her feet and was about to go there, when Shen Lie gently held her arm.
"Ah Li, I'll go." Shen Lie said.
"Then, be careful," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Although she is seriously ill, she is still a master and is very likely to attack secretly."
"Okay." Shen Lie said gently.
Shen Lie walked towards the darkroom, the only light remaining was the small oil ball lamp in Xia Zhaoyi's hand.
After he walked away, Chen Yunqi turned his eyes and looked at his back.
She and Shen Lie first met in winter. On their way south to Hengxiang, she learned that they were traveling to the state as merchants.
At that time, his clothes were more ornate, rich and luxurious. Because of his handsome and dazzling appearance, his temperament was cold and distant. Those gorgeous clothes and brocade clothes made him more noble and noble, and he had the power to dominate others without anger. .
The light blue clothes he wears now make his back look a bit thin and straight, but it has a more bone-deep coldness and indifference. He seems to be far away from the world, a lonely sail in the blue sky and water, disgusted with all living beings.
Chen Yunqi didn't dare to look any further, and calmly turned his gaze back to the girl in front of him.
Xia Zhaoyi had lowered her head to look back at the body, her eyes focused and her expression thoughtful. After a while, she turned back and looked at the dark room inside the wooden door.
Chen Yunqi then raised his eyes and looked inside the door.
The light was really limited, and all we could see was that the ground behind the entrance was uneven loess, with messy footprints, and nothing else.
At this time, Chen Yunqi felt something out of the corner of his eye and looked towards Zhao Yu.
Zhao Xun was sizing her up, and he didn't avoid her gaze.
Zhao Xun looked at her, then at Xia Zhaoyi, his eyes going back and forth between the two women.
The two have similar heights and similar bodies. Just looking at their backs, they are almost the same. Only by careful comparison can you find the difference. Chen Yunqi is a little slimmer.
Chen Yunqi saw at a glance that he was making comparisons, so she bit her lip and turned her head away.
Suddenly, Zhao Xi was startled: "Ah Li, you want to go in?!"
Xia Zhaoyi walked to the door and turned around after hearing the words: "Well, I want to go in and have a look."
"No!" Zhao Xun shouted, "If you go in, I will, I will lock the door for you!"
"So, can you lock this door?" Xia Zhaoyi asked.
"……What?"
"This man died inside the door. I'm wondering who locked this door," Xia Zhaoyi said, looking at Chen Yunqi, "Did you touch the door here when you came down?"
Chen Yunqi looked away coldly, as if he hadn't heard anything.
Ji Sheng looked guilty: "It's me, Miss A Li."
"You? When did you lock him up?" Zhao Qi was surprised.
"Your Majesty, you were so scared that you probably didn't notice that I was the one who locked you up..."
"You are so out of your mind!" Zhao Xun interrupted him.
"So, you guys went in?" Xia Zhaoyi said.
Zhao Xun frowned unhappily and stretched out his hand to point to other places: "This, this, this, and this. Zhao Huien went in one by one, and finally entered here."
He looked at the open wooden door: "We saw Zhao Hui'en went in and didn't come out for a long time, so we followed her."
"What's inside?"
Zhao Xun didn't want to say anything and looked at Ji Sheng.
Ji Sheng looked panicked and said: "The wooden frame and the corpses hanging in a row are just like drying clothes. If we look inside, we won't know."
"So, Zhao Hui'en is still inside?" Xia Zhaoyi looked back at the wooden door.
Zhao Xun was troubled: "Ah Li, you and Zhao Huien have no enmity, so there is no need to go in to find him. How about we go find Shen Lie?"
"But Master and I have been looking for Feng Qing'ang, and now we found it by accident. I really want to go in and have a look."
"You send us back up there, then come back and take a look." Zhao Xun was a little angry, "Ah Li, the Xia family and the Zhao family have been friends for generations!"
Xia Zhaoyi took a deep breath and turned to look into Zhao Xi's eyes.
Zhao Gong was angry, and when he touched her dark and calm eyes, Zhao Gong frowned slightly, and most of the anger in his heart disappeared.
Perhaps it's because she is a biological sister, her eyes are almost exactly the same as hers.
"Hmph, it's still too late to find your way back after you've lost your way." Zhao Xuan said angrily.
Without saying a word, Xia Zhaoyi suddenly bent down and picked up the man's corpse on the ground by the collar and dragged him away.
Zhao Xun and Ji Sheng looked at her motionless, not knowing what she was going to do.
Xia Zhaoyi dragged the man's body to the corner, straightened up and said, "Let's go, I will take you back first."
Zhao Xun's eyes were filled with suspicion: "Why are you so kind-hearted all of a sudden?"
"Aren't you trying to persuade me to return from the lost path?" Xia Zhaoyi said.
"Are you someone who can be persuaded...?" Zhao Xun looked at her up and down.
Xia Zhaoyi ignored him and looked at Chen Yunqi: "Miss Chen, you are involved in several murder cases and you need to go back with us."
Hearing the word "murder", Zhao Xun and Ji Sheng both looked at her in surprise.
Such a sweet and charming girl whom I felt pity for was actually related to a murder case.
Chen Yunqi clenched his fingers tightly, and his nails dug into his palms, which was painful.
"You, why are you so hypocritical?" Chen Yunqi said, "If I fall into your hands, I will become a fish on a knife. You can manipulate me however you want, so don't be so hypocritical."
Xia Zhaoyi's eyebrows narrowed slightly and he looked at her intently.
Chen Yunqi slowly took a step back. Seeing that Xia Zhaoyi didn't respond, she suddenly turned around and ran towards the wooden door quickly.
