Xia Shang rushed into the room. Although he had already guessed what was going on, he still shouted twice tentatively.
There was no sign of a struggle in the room, but Mr. Dongyue still fell to the ground without any movement.
Under him, a trace of blood emerged from the floor. Xia Shang felt his scalp numb, and when he opened Mr. Dongyue's face, he saw a very thin blood mark on his neck, quietly dripping with blood.
There is no need to test your breath, such a clever killing method will never leave Mr. Dongyue a breath.
It's just that everything happened too fast. It only took half a minute from the time Xia Shang went out to now. Thinking that the old man who was talking to him before had turned into a corpse in an instant, Xia Shang couldn't accept it.
At this moment, suddenly there was a noise from the window in front of him. Xia Shang was startled. He looked up and saw Ge Yang running out of the window and standing on the tile edge of the turret.
"stop!"
Xia Shang instinctively shouted low and fired two crossbow arrows without hesitation, but the distance was a little far away and the opponent was a well-hidden master, so he easily dodged it.
The other party did not leave immediately. Instead, he looked back at Xia Shang and smiled sarcastically.
"who are you?"
"Hahaha... when I know your identity, you will naturally understand my identity."
After saying that, Ge Yang jumped up and disappeared from Xia Shang's eyes.
Xia Shang ran to the window to look, but there was only a darkening sky and no one could be seen.
"boom!"
The door was opened, and two disciples of Mr. Dongyue walked in.
At first, neither of them looked strange, but soon they noticed Mr. Dongyue lying on the ground.
"Sir...sir..."
After shouting twice, the two gradually realized the seriousness of the matter, and their expressions changed instantly: "It's not good, it's not good! The gentleman has been killed!"
"Sir was killed!"
"Sir was killed!"
The screams spread throughout the restaurant, and Xia Shang suddenly realized that the current situation was not good for him. When he was about to speak, a person in front of him rushed forward and grabbed Xia Shang: "You thief, you killed Mr. Sir, I want to take revenge on Mr.
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Xia Shang frowned: "Listen to me! I didn't kill Mr. Dongyue!"
"Don't even think about making excuses. My husband was always kind before. He only talked to you alone and no one came in. Now my husband has died inexplicably. You are the only one present. Who else could it be if he wasn't you?"
"This has nothing to do with me, it's that Ge Yang..."
The other party didn't listen to what Xia Shang said at all. He came up and grabbed Xia Shang's clothes more and more excitedly.
The other person ran out in a hurry, obviously to call more people to come up.
Xia Shang felt that he had been tricked. It was really difficult to explain the current situation. If no action was taken, it would be too late when all the scholars downstairs rushed up.
After thinking about this, Xia Shang also became violent and punched the scholar in the back of the head who was entangled with him, knocking the scholar unconscious. Then, following Ge Yang's escape route, he opened the window and jumped from the second floor.
We arrived at the back street of the restaurant.
Xia Shang had no time to take into account the situation in the restaurant, because he knew that he would bear the blame for Mr. Dongyue's death. In the next time, the literati in the world would vent their anger on him, and he must find a better person.
safe place.
After leaving the restaurant, Xia Shang returned directly to the inn.
In the inn, Sophia was getting ready to sleep, wearing only a thin layer of clothing. Xia Shang's sudden appearance startled her, and she quickly picked up the knife on the table in the room.
"Don't be nervous, it's me."
"Master...you...are you back?" Sophia looked happy.
Yesterday, Xia Shang was arrested, and Sophia also knew the news, but she didn't know what to do, so she could only worry in the inn. Now, Xia Shang is back on his own, which is naturally the best news for Sophia.
However, Sophia noticed the seriousness on Xia Shang's face and seemed to realize something. She asked in a low voice: "Master, did you escape privately?"
"Stop asking, pack your things and leave here quickly."
"Where to go?"
Xia Shang was stunned by these words.
Yes, where to go?
Xia Shang fell into deep thought.
Xia Shang did not have his own place to stay in the capital. In order to avoid the pursuit of various forces, it was really difficult to find a hiding place that would not be discovered.
Xia Shang thought about every place he could go.
The first is the third prince, but he lives in the palace and his every move is monitored, which is obviously not a good choice.
Then there is Feng Qi. This old man has not expressed his position on which side he is on. To seek refuge with him now is tantamount to making his own life a matter of his own thoughts.
There is also Mrs. Sai, but she is Li Xin's guest and must be monitored by Li Xin. In this matter, Li Xin is definitely the most active one among the many people who are chasing Xia Shang. It is too dangerous to go to Mrs. Sai.
After much deliberation, Linshan Garden was the only one left, and it seemed relatively safe to seek refuge with Li Youlan. Because Li Youlan did not have a conspicuous identity, not many people noticed her.
After thinking about it, Xia Shang quickly made up his mind: "Take some time to clean up, let's go to Linshan Garden."
It was already dark when this happened, and there was already a commotion in Dongcheng over the death of Mr. Dongyue. The news was spreading rapidly. The literati who had just been released from the Dali Temple prison were like a thunderbolt from the blue when they heard the news.
Sadness turned to anger, and he joined the search for the murderer.
Fortunately, the news spread slowly at night and did not have too wide an impact.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xia Shang took Sophia all the way to Linshan Garden without encountering any trouble.
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In Linshan Garden, everything is the same as before. But for some reason, it always feels a lot more deserted and depressing than before.
The lights in the young lady's room are still on, and the servants in Linshan Garden are all used to it. Because they all know that their young lady always lights up the lamp at night and looks at the night sky until very late.
Ping'er closed her eyes and yawned repeatedly: "Miss, Ping'er went to bed."
"Go." Li Youlan sat at the window and looked outside, responded calmly, and then sat still where she was.
When Ping'er fell asleep and no one was by her side, the girl took out a scroll of painting from the cabinet, opened it gently, and looked at it. A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. The person in the painting was Xia Shang.
Very similar.
Since Xia Shang left, Li Youlan has only recalled memories like this. Only when looking at this painting, Li Youlan rarely smiled.
Smiling, there was a twinkle in his eyes. He looked at the night sky outside and whispered to himself: "Xia Hui, how are you doing now?"
"Miss."
Li Youlan suddenly heard the sound of missing her in her ears. She couldn't help but be startled, then smiled bitterly, and said that she was hallucinating because she missed someone.
"Miss!"
It was that voice again, this time more real. Li Youlan realized that this was not her problem, this was really...