"Corpse? I remember that there were at least tens of thousands of red bells at that time. When Jing'er and I came out of the illusion, the bamboo forest disappeared. It should be that Bo Yixuan changed or closed the entrance. I have tried to go there these days.
I looked for it, but found nothing."
"He asked for leave from the DPRK and has not shown up yet. Is there any conspiracy?"
"Continue the investigation and instruct your little demons to protect Jing'er secretly. I'm afraid that Concubine Yu and the others will attack her."
"Okay! Then don't be angry. My brother and I didn't mean to hide it."
"I know." Su Zhen raised her cup and sipped tea. Thinking of Su Tingye's change in attitude, she quickly put the tea cup down. A cold light flashed in her eyes. "Did the group of Taoist priests who attacked me earlier find any clues?"
"You silenced them all at that time and left no clues at all. My little demons did not dare to get too close to the Taoist temple and only dared to investigate secretly. But according to common sense, the only one who wanted to kill you at that time was King Qin."
"King Qin? If he had such strength, he wouldn't have lost everything and ended up like this."
"Then who do you suspect?"
Su Zhen rubbed her eyebrows, feeling that she had overlooked some clues.
Yue Xian'er wanted to kill her, but Shang Jingyao secretly blocked her and tried to save her.
Master Qingmiao was accidentally hit with an extra calamity of nearly ten deaths and no rebirth. Could it be because he gave the flute to him?
This change must have occurred because he changed the fate of others.
But who did he change?
Whether it is Shang Jingyao or Yue Xian'er, they are both half alive and half dead, so how can they change their lives?
Su Zhen reacted quickly and raised her hand to touch her cuff. Sure enough, the string of beads was gone.
"Sir? What's wrong?"
Su Zhen laughed dumbly, "I underestimated his compassion. I was willing to think that he wanted to use Shang Jingyao's help to get rid of harm, but it turns out..."
"What's the meaning?"
Su Zhen put away her smile and winked at her, "Want to hear it? Hey! I won't tell you!"
He jumped up from the seat and landed a few feet away from Mo Shen in the blink of an eye.
Seeing Mo Chen angrily rushing over to attack her, Su Zhen smiled softly, but what appeared in front of her eyes was Yue Xian'er's face.
That's all, no matter what the truth is, the cracks already exist and cannot be repaired.
...
The stream behind Huanyu Mountain is surrounded by mountains. The trees on the mountains are reflected in the water, and only some reflections can be seen vaguely. The green leaves fell off and drifted with the clear waves.
Looking from a distance, a woman dressed in red stepped barefoot into the cool stream, holding a pipa in her arms, wearing a string of Buddhist beads and a blue water jade bracelet on her exposed wrist.
The slender jade fingers rhythmically pluck the strings, and the beautiful and high-pitched music can make people intoxicated and forget about the way back.
After the song was played, a red light appeared in the woman's hand, and the pipa in her arms and the guzheng placed on the rock beside her shrank to the size of half a palm.
She took out a wooden box carved with green gardenia flowers from her side. She opened it gently, and there was a shaking drum that seemed to be some years old. The red surface had become dim, but overall, it had been kept.
It's actually very good.
This was a full moon gift given to her by her second sister.
In addition to the drum, there was also a stone stained with blood. That... was not her blood, but belonged to her twin brother Yue Chengzhi.
There was a time when he fought with bullies to protect his sister, but when did everything change?
Looking back on the past, everything has changed beyond recognition, and she is unwilling and helpless.
The mountains suddenly lit up with flames. Hearing the noise coming from behind, he put away the nostalgia in his eyes and smiled charmingly at the men in black who were chasing after him.
They turned around and flew down to the bamboo raft parked on the shore. When they were about to approach, they only had time to see a wall of fire blocking their way.
Through the scorching flames, they saw that the woman in red on the bamboo raft was also ignited with black flames.
But instead of struggling and frowning, showing pain, she even smiled calmly, free and relieved.
The officers and soldiers who were ordered by the emperor to go to Huanyu Mountain also arrived at this moment, but they only had time to see a ball of black flames flying into the air, and accompanied by the loud sound of phoenixes, the black flames exploded.
The gray-blue beam of light suddenly turned into golden red, and a phoenix on fire streaked across the night sky, with countless black and white flowers flying around it.
No one has seen Shang Jingyao, but since then there has been a legend that Shang Jingyao burned herself and transformed into a phoenix. So far, no one has seen her again. Because of this, there are more and more various rumors.
Gradually, Shang Jingyao became deified...
...
The next day, news about King Qin's suspected rebellion spread throughout the streets and alleys of Kyoto. In addition to the crown prince's people exaggerating the news, Su Zhen and Lao Zhutou's people also played a big role in it.
Outside the Su family ancestral hall, Su Zhen waited on the roof all night.
Yan Huiran was overjoyed when she heard the news about her return, but for some reason, she didn't want to come out to meet him.
Su Zhen's hair and clothes were stained with a lot of dew at night. The cool breeze blew by, making her hair stand on end, and she couldn't help but sneeze.
Looking at Yan Huiran, Qingrong, the maidservant, knocked on the door of the ancestral hall with a food box. She ignored the coldness in her body and rubbed her goosebumps through her clothes twice before jumping off the roof.
Qing Rong suddenly saw a person falling from the roof and almost knocked over the food box in his hand.
"Ouch!"
Su Zhen's feet slipped and scraped on the spot. She held the food box with one hand and put one foot against the wooden post behind her. She turned sideways and stood firmly on the spot.
Before Qingrong wanted to scream, he immediately made a silent gesture.
"Shh...it's me! Don't be afraid!"
"Qingrong? Qingluo? Are you here? What's going on outside? There seems to be strange movement."
Yan Huiran's confused call came from the ancestral hall.
Instructed by Su Zhen's eyes, Qingrong changed her words and said, "Madam, it's nothing, it's just that a cat jumped from the roof and scared the slave."
"So that's it, have you bumped into it?"
"Madam, don't worry, I'm fine!"
"That's good."
Hearing that silence returned to the ancestral hall, Yan Huiran did not become suspicious, and Su Zhen raised her fingers towards Qingrong.
Qingrong followed her down the steps and asked in a low voice, "Eldest Master? Why are you here? Didn't you return to Jinse Xuan all night?"
"Um."
"But...but Madam, she..."
"I know the weather has been bad these days and it's going to rain. You go back to Qixia Garden to get some more clothes and take good care of my mother. She is not in good health and the ancestral hall is cold and damp. Remember to open the windows for ventilation.
.If Aunt Liu comes to cause trouble, just beat her out with a broom, don't let her disturb my mother's purity. Also, to be on guard against Aunt An, except you and Qing Luo, no one is allowed to touch my mother's medicine."