On the night of the Lantern Festival, it snowed all night in Jingshu City. When I woke up, the sky and the earth had become a vast expanse of white, and it seemed that the entire city was frozen in this snowy morning.
But for Ning Yue, who was under house arrest by Kunjie, this situation could not make her mood any better. When she first escaped from Mulu City, she thought that her situation would not get worse, but this The changes that occurred during the month have once again plunged life into an increasingly difficult predicament.
The girl sitting beside the couch let out a long sigh, and held the little white fox injured by Kun Jie tighter in her arms, feeling regretful in her heart:
"Xue Ling, I'm sorry, it was me who caused you to get hurt like this."
The little white fox's right front leg was broken in the fight before the moon, and now it can only be fixed with a few chopsticks. Seeing that the girl was sad, it hurriedly stretched out its pink tongue and licked the girl's fingertips , the furry belly rises and falls with the breathing, and soft whimpering comes from the throat, as if to comfort the owner to cheer up.
Ning Yue gently rubbed the white fox's ears with her hands, smiled at him, and said thoughtfully:
"I know, you asked me to think of another way to find a chance to escape. But now Kun Jie has sent extra people to watch outside the door. Even if I can escape from this room, I can't leave this house. The courtyard makes it even more difficult to leave this city..."
The red-haired girl said, and glanced worriedly at the shadow of the guard on the corridor outside the door reflected on the paper. But soon she noticed that the other person seemed to be attracted by something, and he kept reaching out and pointing at the guard. Points were pointing in the sky. After a while, there was a commotion in the courtyard on the first floor, and some people were shouting.
The little white fox in Ning Yue's arms was also alarmed. It raised its ears alertly, but turned its head towards the window facing the street. Immediately, the girl heard several flapping sounds of wings in her ears, and then she saw that it was A red-necked and green-backed parrot flapped its wings and landed on the edge of his window. His eyes widened in disbelief:
"Brother Parrot! Why are you here?"
The bird turned out to be the parrot brother Qi Zi had raised as a messenger. The girl had not seen it since she left Mulu City two years ago. When she saw the bird, the elegant Ye Guo in white immediately appeared in front of her eyes. The young master looked surprised and happy at the same time.
Brother Parrot's wings seemed to be injured, and there were spots of blood on his feathers. However, he recognized Ning Yue. As soon as the girl made a sound, she stretched her neck and screamed.
However, the red-haired girl's expression changed. She quickly put down the white fox in her arms, walked quickly to the window, held the bird in her palm, and closed the window. At the same time, the door behind her was also opened from the outside. Kick your feet away!
"Did a bird land on you?"
The person responsible for guarding Ning Yue was a lean little man. As soon as he entered the room, his eyes began to scan every corner with vicious eyes.
"What bird are you talking about? I've never seen it."
The girl turned around and spoke without changing her face. After speaking, she still bit her lower lip hard, secretly praying that the parrot brother she had hurriedly hidden under her chest would not be exposed. .
"Search for me!"
The thin man didn't believe the girl's words at all. He waved his hand and ordered the people following him to search everywhere in the house. Seeing that his things were turned over in pieces, Ning Yuedeng immediately became anxious:
"You guys, why do you mess with other people's things?"
"Why? Have you forgotten that you are a prisoner under house arrest now? I'm warning you, if you hide that bird somewhere, you'd better hand it over obediently. Otherwise -"
The other party narrowed his eyes and threatened. But before he could finish his words, the girl interrupted him angrily:
"Otherwise what? I keep the doors and windows closed all day long and it's suffocating. How could there possibly be a bird hiding there? And why do you think it flew to me?"
"That bird originally landed in the courtyard, and it clearly had a bamboo tube for delivering letters tied to its feet. It must have come to deliver a letter to someone you know! Except for you, everyone in this house is
Master Kunjie has carefully selected those who hold the fire, and they have absolutely no two intentions. So that bird must be coming to find you!"
"It's ridiculous. A messenger bird is tired of flying and lands in the yard to rest for a while. It can be suspected of this girl. Are you too busy? You have to find something for yourself to do every day.
?Now that I have searched, there is no third living creature in this room except me and Xue Ling! The bird may have flown away long ago. Instead of wasting time here, you might as well go out quickly.
Go after it!”
The girl's tone of voice became stronger and tougher. Unexpectedly, the tall and thin man had no intention of leaving. Instead, he turned his attention to her:
"Why are you in such a hurry to drive us away? The bird was injured by me with a stone, so it must not be able to fly too far. Besides, there is another place in this room that we have not searched!"
"What do you want to do?!"
Seeing that the other party's face was not kind, Ning Yue subconsciously reached out to cover her collar. When she reacted, the thin man in front of her had already laughed:
"If it's really hidden in your clothes, then don't blame us for being rude!"
As he spoke, two guards immediately rushed to the girl's side, holding her arms on the left and right. Ning Yue immediately struggled and cursed, but the thin man was not moved at all, and reached out to relieve the girl.
Buttons on the collar.
"What are you doing?! You dare to be violent to the daughter of the chief priest. If the news goes back to Cangliu City, aren't you afraid of losing Lord Kunjie's face?!"
Just when the girl was screaming that the sky was not responding and the earth was not working, an old voice suddenly sounded outside the door, and several people in the room were about to drink. The thin man turned around, with an annoyed look on his face, but he still had to be respectful.
He bowed to him:
"Grandma Zhizhang forgives me. It's just that Master Kunjie has reminded his subordinates that this female prisoner is not honest at all. She may be communicating with people outside now. If our plan is exposed, Master Zhijun will blame me -"
"Don't use Lord Kunjie to put pressure on me! I invited the chief priest's daughter to come to Jingshu City all the way. Now that she is imprisoned here, I have not been implicated, which shows Lord Kunjie's trust! Here
It’s none of your business, even if you have to search me, I should do it myself!”
The person coming was Grandma Cen herself, and she had no intention of giving the other party a chance to differentiate.
"But--"
The thin man still refused to give up, but when he saw the old woman stabbing the whalebone staff on the floor several times, he knew that continuing to pester was asking for trouble, so he had no choice but to lead his men out angrily.
"What are you doing here? You and Kun Jie worked together to trick me into coming here. Why are you pretending to be a good person now?!"
Ning Yue held her collar firmly, as if she had not recovered from the previous shock.
However, the old lady didn't mention anything about Brother Miao, and just comforted her softly: "Miss, please believe that I have no intention of harming you!"
"Why should I believe you? In fact, I know everything. It was my father who convicted my mother-in-law and the whole family for rebelling against the party, and your only daughter died unjustly under Gan Yuan because of this! Now you just want to Why do you want to use me to retaliate against him and pretend to tell some sanctimonious nonsense?"
As if to take revenge, Ning Yue harshly opened up the other party's scars.
"Miss, how did you know what happened in my family?"
Grandma Cen was startled, but she was not angered. She just looked at the girl in front of her in surprise.
"My mother told me. When she persuaded my father to let my mother-in-law come to take care of our mother and daughter at home, it was because she felt guilty. But you didn't know about it at the time, and neither did my father."
"Mrs. Coral," the old woman suddenly shook her head in disbelief, and then nodded, "Yes, when I first came to your house, I did want to seek revenge. But when I saw the lady After that, I suddenly couldn’t do it anymore.”
"You can say whatever you want now!"
"Miss! Although I have followed Mr. Kunjie for many years, I always warn myself that I must act aboveboard. Otherwise, even if I get revenge, my daughter will not be happy in heaven. Otherwise, when I first came to your house, there would have been countless The opportunity can take your life, so why wait until today! Over the years, I have always treated you as my own flesh and blood, and I can't bear to have you hurt in the slightest!"
"Then let me go now." The girl looked at the old woman in front of her, her face still full of disdain and contempt.
"I'm sorry, miss, I can agree to any request you have. But this is the only thing I can't accept."
Grandma Cen still shook her head resolutely.
"I know it! You, like that Kun Jie, don't tell a single word of truth. Get out of here right now. I don't want to see you again in this life!"
Ning Yue snorted heavily. Unexpectedly, the old woman suddenly showed a sad look on her face:
"Miss Yue'er, there is no other reason why I don't want to let you go. It's just because Miss Yue'er's blood is the only way to help us enter the Holy City, find the way to Paradise, and gain liberation! This is my life-long belief, and for this reason And at the cost of my daughter’s life, please forgive me..."
Now the red-haired girl was really anxious. She stared into the old woman's eyes and said word by word:
"At this point, do you still think I will believe this lie? In fact, whether there is a way to get to the paradise in that holy city or not, you and Kun Jie don't care at all! Now you can get what you really want It's just what the ancestors hidden in the holy city, the power that is enough to make the whole world tremble and bow their heads!"
Granny Cen was stunned by what the girl said. It took a long time for her to come back to her senses, but she kept shaking her head:
"Where did Miss hear these words?"
"Of course it was Kun Jie who told me personally! Now, mother-in-law, what are you going to continue to defend and cover for him?!" Ning Yue was filled with indignation, but now no matter what she said, it was all in vain.
"Miss, I'm sorry. If it hadn't been for Mr. Kunjie, I would have died standing here saying these words to you today. Now I won't, and it's impossible for me to betray you just because you said this--"
After hesitating for a long time, the old lady opposite finally made up her mind and lowered her voice, "I can only tell you that Master Kunjie has already prepared everything. We will wait until the Chengguo army invades Wanzhou soon.
Mu Lu City, we can continue with the next step of our plan."
"Aren't you worried that if that ancient map falls into the hands of Cheng Guo, and if Yin Qujian gets the secrets of the Holy City first, what will it bring to our entire Cangyu clan?!"
"Miss, what are you talking about? From the beginning, that picture was nothing more than a prop to attract the attention of land people and let them compete for power. Now that the two countries are at war, the defense in Mulu City must be empty. In this way, your Excellency, in advance
Only the spies placed in King Ye's palace can take advantage of the chaos and steal the map. By then, they will swoop in like a group of headless flies and will no longer be able to disrupt the great chess game of your Majesty!"
"That picture is just a prop? Now there is Kun Jie's spy in King Ye's palace?"
Hearing what the other party said was so conclusive, the girl couldn't help but feel frightened. She didn't expect that the trap set by the other party would be so deep. She also realized that this matter was far from as simple as she thought before, so she immediately followed the other party's words and asked further questions.
Go down. But Grandma Cen realized that she had talked too much and stopped her words in time:
"Well, Miss, please don't ask any more questions. The more we know, the less good it will be to you. I just want to advise you one more time, don't go against Lord Kunjie anymore. You are determined to not be able to fight him."
The girl knew in her heart that it would be difficult to find out the reason if she continued to be entangled, so she watched the old woman go out. In her heart, she was always thinking about Brother Parrot who had been close to her chest from beginning to end but did not move, waiting for him to leave.
Then he quickly untied his clothes and let the bird poke its head out from the collar again.
However, after Ning Yue unfolded the letter that Bird had brought, her already tense heart became even higher.
The letter was written to Qi Ziyin. Although it was impossible to tell whose hand it was from the handwriting, the anxiety between the lines revealed the tense situation on the front line. She also saw that the person who wrote the letter seemed to feel that the hope of victory was extremely slim.
Only by asking Qi Ziyin, who was on the run, to go to other countries to borrow troops, could the siege of Ye State be solved.
Ning Yue suddenly felt that she needed to remind the other party that the enemy Ye Guo was about to face was not only Cheng Guo, but also Kunjie, a poisonous snake hiding in the dark.
However, just after she bit her fingertips and frowned and thought for a long time, she could not write down even half a word. Although Ye Guo was in danger, the girl was heartbroken, but she was even more afraid if that person
The innocent-hearted young man in white learns about the current situation, the crisis in Ye State and his own situation, and will come to rescue him at all costs. But the last thing she wants to see is to escape with great difficulty.
The other party who robbed is putting himself at risk!
So, she did not put the letter back into the bamboo tube on Brother Parrot's feet, but silently recited a few spells in her mouth, healed the bird's injuries, and then let it out of the window again:
"Go, Brother Parrot, keep Ziyin safe for me!"
Watching the bird gradually turn into a black dot in the sky, the girl's heart seemed to follow it and fly into the distance, flying to the side of the boy in white who didn't know where he was.