The young man's warm and cool palm seemed to have the power to calm people's hearts. Xu Mingyi raised his eyes and looked at Zhan Yunzhu: "Let's go."
That being the case, let’s go in and have a look together——
Zhan Yunzhu's eyes swept over the hands that the two of them were holding quietly, and he felt a severe pain in his eyes and in his heart.
He never knew when his Zhao Zhao got so close to others...!
Zhan Yunzhu tightly clenched the fingers in his sleeves, with a strange smile in his eyes: "It seems that Zhao Zhao and Wu Shisun have a close relationship, which is unheard of..."
——Zhao Zhao?
Hearing this title, Wu Chao felt it was quite harsh.
But then I thought about it, the other person was already dying, so there was no need to worry too much about him.
And he could clearly feel that under the other person's gaze, Zhao Zhao not only did not break away from his hand, but instead tightened it a little.
This move completely dispelled the boy's jealousy before it could arise.
Xu Mingyi looked at Zhan Yunzhu coldly: "Stop talking nonsense and lead the way."
If there really is a strange trap in the secret room, then this secret room will be the burial place of the other party today——
Zhan Yunzhu turned around, the smile in his eyes disappeared, leaving only the cold and cold look that changed repeatedly.
Walking into the inner room, he turned the mechanism behind a bookshelf.
Wu Chao paid attention to his movements - the opening of this mechanism seemed to be quite complicated.
After Zhan Yunzhu opened the door of the secret room, he turned back and looked around without leaving a trace. Seeing that no one had followed him, he took the long wax from the candlestick beside him and looked at Xu Mingyi and the two of them: "Zhaozhao, come on.
I'll come."
Black shadows flashed outside the window, like shadows of trees swaying in the wind and rain, and the patter of rain perfectly covered up the subtle sounds.
Xu Mingyi seemed to have found something out, and raised his eyes slightly to look at Wu Chao.
Wu Chao gave her a "reassured" look, held her hand and walked towards Zhan Yunzhu.
The secret room was dark and lightless, and the only thing that could illuminate it was the candle in Zhan Yunzhu's hand.
As soon as the three of them entered, Xu Mingyi heard the sound of the secret room door closing behind her.
She paused on her feet and frowned slightly.
If you are just here to see someone, why should you close the door to the secret room?
In this way, she and Wu Chao were trapped in this secret room at this time——
On guard, she grabbed Wu Chao's hand and refused to move forward.
Zhan Yunzhu, who was in front, noticed that the two of them had not followed, so he stopped and looked back, with some interesting doubts in his tone: "What's wrong? Zhao Zhao, the person who can save the Duke is right here..."
Xu Mingyi looked in the direction of his finger - it was dark in the corner ahead, and a black shadow was faintly visible.
But after her vision had roughly adapted to the darkness, she could roughly determine the size and outline of the secret room by relying on the candlelight in Zhan Yunzhu's hand.
This place is not too big, just the size of an ordinary study room.
And that indistinguishable black shadow...
Xu Mingyi looked at it intently, with a coldness gradually appearing in his eyes: "There is no fourth living person in this secret room -"
She didn't hear any breath at all.
...it is indeed a scam!
But what is the purpose of deceiving her here? Does Zhan Yunzhu really think that he alone can deal with her now? What's more, Wu Chao is still here.
So...there must be something else strange in this secret room.
Xu Mingyi thought quickly and sniffed lightly with the tip of his nose.
It seems that here is not just the damp and moldy air that has not seen the light for a long time, but there seems to be other smells...
"Yes, there is indeed no other living person." Zhan Yunzhu laughed, spread his arms and said: "And soon, there will be no more living people... Zhaozhao, we will never be separated again.
"
As he spoke, he raised the candle in his right hand high——
Xu Mingyi's eyes changed as she vaguely realized what he was going to do.
The young man beside her seemed to have anticipated this, and rushed forward at this moment.
The candle in Zhan Yunzhu's hand has been thrown behind him.
The candle body tilted and flew out. When it fell halfway, it was firmly caught in someone's hand.
At the same time, Wu Chao quickly grabbed Zhan Yunzhu's right arm with his other hand, raised his foot and kicked him at the crook of his knee, forcing him to fall forward to the ground.
Zhan Yunzhu groaned in pain and struggled to break free from Wu Chao's grasp.
Xu Mingyi walked over quickly.
The slippery feeling under my feet confirmed my suspicion...it was kerosene!
She took the piece of candle from Wu Chao's hand and quickly looked around by the candlelight. The black shadows were actually a few empty oil drums... and the secret room they were in was almost wet.
Full of kerosene.
Are you planning to die with her?
Yes, he is indeed not a fool who would choose to die together, but he must be very clear at this time that he has no way to survive, so this is indeed not called dying together, but just dragging her along with him as a dying person...
Xu Mingyi's eyes were extremely cold. He looked at Zhan Yunzhu who was half-kneeling down and was restrained by Wu Chao. He asked one word at a time: "Let me ask you one last question, is the story of my grandfather's poisoning true or false?"
"Of course it's true. How could I lie to you about such a thing..."
Under the candlelight, Zhan Yunzhu, who was in pain due to pain, looked at her and said: "This is the emperor's intention. I have tried to dissuade him, but I have been unable to dissuade him. Zhaozhao, please stay closer. I will tell you that Duke Xie can be dissuaded."
Who is the poisonous person..."
Hearing this, Xu Mingyi couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly raised his foot and kicked the person against the green brick wall behind him.
Wu Chao, whose hand was suddenly empty, silently took it back.
Zhan Yunzhu hit the wall and gritted his teeth. Just as he was struggling to get up, the paper umbrella held by the girl left his hand and whizzed towards him, as if carrying the sound of the wind, it hit him hard.
at the back of the neck.
Zhan Yunzhu suddenly fell to the ground again.
With his vision blurred, Zhan Yunzhu looked at the murderous girl walking towards him: "Zhao Zhao, Lord Zhen Guo is not poisoned, everything is fake, but my feelings for you are true..."
"
As he spoke, he laughed: "Just now outside, I have already felt that you really want to kill me... Ever since I was a child, you have never changed your decisions easily. I know that I am destined to fail to convince you tonight.
...So, I can only drag you to die with me and be reincarnated together..."
As he spoke, he lowered his head, and when he raised his head again, there was suddenly a lit fire folder in his hand——
"Watch out!"
Wu Chao strode forward and stopped Xu Mingyi.
There was kerosene everywhere, and the fire quickly ignited around Zhan Yunzhu. He struggled to sit up and looked at Wu Chao: "It's a pity that there is an eyesore... but it doesn't matter. The grandson of Dingnan Palace is here.
It would be a decent thing to bury him with me..."
The fire spread very quickly, and the secret room was illuminated as brightly as day. Wu Chao protected Xu Mingyi and quickly came to the entrance of the secret room. Xu Mingyi tried to find the location of the mechanism, but there was no response after trying several places.
"There's no need to try hard, Zhao Zhao, you can't open it...!" Zhan Yunzhu had a broad smile on his face, as if he was very happy.
Glancing at the young man laughing in the firelight, Wu Chao showed no trace of panic on his face.
Using such a clumsy method, it seems that he is indeed crazy and somewhat delirious.
In other words, being trapped in this house and under surveillance everywhere, reality does not allow him to make a more sophisticated trap.
"Don't be afraid."
He held one of Xu Mingyi's wrists and whispered: "Xiao Qi has been outside all the time——"
If he didn't even think of this and was not prepared at all, how could he bring her in for an adventure?
Before that, he had made an agreement with Xiao Qi that if he didn't come out after half a cup of tea, he would immediately bring someone in to check.
Just do the math and it's almost there.
The fire spread and climbed high, and the corners of Zhan Yunzhu's robe were burned. In the entire secret room, only the area near the entrance of the secret room near the entrance of Xu Mingyi and Wu Chao was not affected for the time being.
Zhan Yunzhu tried to extinguish the flames at the corner of his robe - when death is really approaching, not many people can truly wait for death calmly.
Compared with death, what he was more afraid of at this time was dying alone.
Looking at the two people standing side by side, who were extremely dazzling and could even be called calm, he had a bad premonition in his heart. Then he suddenly took out a sleeve crossbow from his sleeve and pointed it at Xu Mingyi: "Zhaozhao
, I'm afraid you won't come with me... You shouldn't blame me, right?"
While he was talking, a short arrow had already left the crossbow.
Wu Chao protected Xu Mingyi and avoided it. Before Zhan Yunzhu could fire a second arrow, the dagger in Xu Mingyi's hand flew out quickly.
The dagger accurately passed through the wrist holding the sleeve crossbow. Zhan Yunzhu suddenly took a few steps back. The sleeve crossbow fell from his hand, and blood gurgled and dripped.
The dagger is poisoned——
She was fully prepared before coming. If her life could not be cut off with a single blow, this poisoned dagger would be the easiest way to deal with unexpected events.
Zhan Yunzhu fell into the firelight.
The door to the secret room slowly opened behind Xu Mingyi and Wu Chao.
"Sir, Miss Xu, are you okay?"
The fire in the secret room was so hot that Xiao Qi was slightly startled and asked quickly.
Next time he won't be able to pinch so carefully, he should come in earlier - Tianmu has been wandering around the room early in the morning. At first, it scratched his clothes with its claws, and later it even flew up to peck him.
, he was mumbling something like he was cursing, and almost started a fight with him... Thinking about it now, maybe he sensed some danger!
As soon as the door of the secret room was opened, the wind rushed in, and the fire surged up again. The tongues of flames were beating towards the face. Wu Chao pulled Xu Mingyi out of the secret room.
Xu Mingyi saw a figure struggling to get up in the fire, and a hoarse and terrifying voice came out with the tongue of fire: "Zhao Zhao... Zhao Zhao... I will definitely find you again in the next life!"
The firelight flickered in the girl's dark pupils, but those eyes had a calm look, and the words coming out of her lips were also cold and calm——
"Then I will kill you again."
The shrill scream was extremely harsh, but it always weakened. It wasn't until he saw that the figure had completely fallen down and made no movement that Xu Mingyi turned around and left the room with Wu Chao.
Xiao Qi closed the door of the secret room again.
"There is no adjacent house nearby, so let it be burned." After leaving the outer hall, Wu Chao said, "When the government arrives, there will be nothing left."
Xu Mingyi nodded while holding his third eye.
The raindrops outside the hall floated into the corridor. She raised her head slightly and let the cool rain fall on her burned face. It was ice-cold and very comfortable.
Feeling the coolness falling on his face, Xu Mingyi slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhan Yunzhu is really dead this time.
Really dead again.
Even if a mere Zhan Yunzhu can't change the overall direction of the situation, she still needs to be alert for the future. But when this person dies, for her, she can finally let go of a worry in her past life and no longer have to be distracted.
Such a poisonous snake.
so--
Die well.
The girl summed it up simply and crudely in her heart.
"Let's go."
Wu Chao took the umbrella from Xiao Qi and held it over her head.
The two of them were under an umbrella. Xu Mingyi followed him step by step towards the courtyard, sighing and saying: "I didn't get any useful clues, so this risk was in vain."
"It's not a waste of time." The young man walked forward with an umbrella and said, "If you don't go in and take a look, if something really happens in the future, you will definitely feel regretful about it."
He knew her too well, so he didn't want her to have any regrets about what happened tonight.
Xu Mingyi turned her head slightly and looked at him after hearing this - hearing this, it seemed that he didn't think there would be any clues in it from the beginning, but just because he didn't want her to feel regret because of the unknown, so he stayed with her or even replaced her.
Does she risk going in?
She couldn't help but ask: "If you were me today, would you go in?"
Wu Chao thought for a while and replied truthfully: "Nine times out of ten, no."
Xu Mingyi guessed that this would be the answer - he was never less cautious than she was.
"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have gone in."
With him around, she always felt as if she had a lot of confidence in her heart.
So, is it because of each other that they behave differently when encountering problems?
Thinking like this, Xu Mingyi sighed half-heartedly and said, "I don't know if it's good or bad. Are you going to become a stupid and bold person without a brain?"
When Wu Chao heard this, a smile appeared in his eyes: "It's not that bad, I'm still sure of it."
This Zhan Yunzhu is at the end of its rope and is destined to be unable to make any big waves.
However, it would be an honor for him if he could really support her.
Hearing that he was confident, it was obvious that he had arranged everything before going in. Xu Mingyi couldn't help but asked curiously: "Were you eavesdropping on my conversation with Zhan Yunzhu? Where were you hiding?"
Wu Chao's face froze, and he quickly explained: "How could it be that--it was Xiao Qi who heard him lure you into the secret room, so he reported it to me."
How could he do something like eavesdropping on her conversation with another man?
And if he really listened, he would most likely not be able to listen to what the other person said clearly.
Listening to his serious denial and explanation, Xu Mingyi curled up her lips and nodded.
But after a while, the smile gradually disappeared. Looking at the rain in the night, she said thoughtfully: "I'm wondering whether Zhan Yunzhu's words are true or false, and whether something really happened to my grandfather."
…”
She didn't know whether to believe the idea of poisoning.
