The boy hugged Big Bird and left, leaving only Wu Chao and Xu Mingyi outside the car.
"Get in the car." Xu Mingyi looked at Wu Cha and said softly: "Be careful along the way."
Wu Chao nodded in response, but his feet did not move.
Then, he said to her: "Don't worry. When I return to Ningyang, I will write you a letter to report that I am safe. You should also be careful in Linyuan."
"Well, I know everything." Xu Mingyi nodded.
Wu Chao didn't speak anymore, but still didn't turn around. He just stood there and looked at her.
It seems that everything that needs to be said has been said, and it would be too long-winded to say it again, but in my heart, it seems that there are still many things that can be said in the future.
Looking at each other, the moon is cool and the breeze is gentle.
Even though I didn't say it explicitly, I still felt reluctant and worried.
Looking at each other in such silence, Xu Mingyi suddenly felt that his eyes were a little astringent and his nose suddenly felt sore.
If possible, she didn't want the people she cared about to be in danger at all. When she first returned to this life, she was always dreaming about how to become stronger and how to better protect the people around her.
But her power alone is still too small, and it is even more unrealistic to think that she can support everything by herself.
But then she gradually felt at ease——
Because all this was not originally supposed to be supported by her alone. She was surrounded by people who were capable, responsible, and willing to trust her.
Like grandfather, like Wu Chao.
They all have their own abilities and can be called powerful people, but the bonds and worries between people will not be weakened by this.
After looking at each other for a while, under the moonlight, the young man opened his arms.
She rushed forward and hugged him.
The fine crow-blue silk robe on the young man's body was clean and soft, and had a slight coolness dipped in the moonlight, carrying his unique refreshing aura.
He hugged her, gently rested his chin on the top of her hair, and said to her: "Zhaozhao, since my grandfather has agreed to the matter between my aunt and Uncle Xu, then your marriage and mine are basically settled..."
Although the tone was affirmative, there was a young man's anxiety and temptation in his voice.
He was still a little afraid that she would not agree.
Therefore, this sentence has some tricks to try to "muddle through".
But facing the one he loves, even his skills are clumsy, and those young minds and cautious temptations cannot be hidden at all.
Xu Mingyi buried half of her face in his shoulder, her voice was muffled but without any hesitation: "I think so too, so you should take better care of yourself, we still have a lot of things to do."
She never said meaningless words like "Who wants to marry you?" or "When did I agree to marry you?" It was no secret that she wanted to marry him.
"Okay!" She clearly heard the heart beating fast and powerfully in the young man's chest next to her ears, and there was also a smile in the undulating voice: "Then you can just think that I am here to collect the betrothal gift——"
"Okay." She raised her head from him, looked at him, curved her mouth and said seriously with eyes: "Wu Chao, I'm waiting for you to come and apply."
The young man's face, which had always been expressionless, now smiled brightly, revealing a row of neat white teeth.
"Let's go quickly, don't delay." Xu Mingyi glanced at the direction of the carriage behind him and said.
Wu Chao agreed, and when he saw the wind blowing, he raised his hand to cover her with the hood behind the sandalwood cloak. He carefully tidied the edges, and finally leaned forward slightly, pressing his cool lips gently on her forehead.
Then he got on the carriage and left.
Xu Mingyi turned around immediately and went back, quietly watching the carriage disappear into the night.
The wind suddenly picked up even more. She raised her hand to tighten her cloak, and his breath seemed to be lingering on it.
But she no longer shed any tears at this time. She believed that the separation now would be for a better reunion in the future.
The girl turned around and returned to the door. The moon and stars were sparse above her head, and the night was like a long river.
…
Eight hundred miles away in the capital, the night suddenly became arrogant and noisy due to a torrential rain.
It was half past midnight, and there were still no sounds in Fusi, Beizhen.
In the execution room where felons were imprisoned, the smell of blood and rot filled the nose. A man wearing a green robe of a police officer came out of the room, wiping the blood on his fingers with a cloth and cursing.
: "What a damn unlucky thing. I died like this before anything was found out..."
The subordinate next to him continued: "Sir, please don't be angry. These Purple Star Sect's gadgets are all hard-core. They have never been able to find any useful clues... just like the endless swatting of flies.
It seems that I can’t recruit anyone else.”
The man wiped his fingers, threw the cloth to the subordinate beside him, straightened his sleeves, and said: "The new commander makes me so appreciated by you, I don't want to think about what achievements I can make to be worthy of you."
The love——”
The subordinate agreed enthusiastically, but secretly frowned in his heart.
What appreciation and love...
To put it bluntly, it was just a matter of flattering people and gaining an official position in hundreds of households.
Han Yan, the former commander of the Interdiction Guard, was seriously injured on his way out of the city to hunt down the Duke of Zhen. After receiving treatment, it took seven or eight days, but he still couldn't hold on.
As soon as Han Yan died, the world of the detectives changed completely.
After the new commander Wang Tong took over the task force, he started a silent bloody storm and washed away the confidants left by Han Yan.
When someone comes down, someone wants to go up.
No matter high or low.
This man named Zhao Guo was lucky enough to board this boat.
As the two of them were talking, they passed from cell to cell, hearing the painful groans of prisoners, most of which were rotten and feeble, as if they would never have life.
"Zhao...Zhao Guo?"
A faint voice passed into the ears of the hundred households.
Zhao Guo stopped and looked over subconsciously following the sound. In a cell next to him, he saw a man crawling on the ground wearing a prison uniform whose color could not be distinguished. At this time, he was struggling to raise his head to look at him, with dirty and messy hair.
Most of his face was covered, leaving only a pair of vaguely familiar eyes.
Who is this?
Zhao Guo was a little curious. He bent slightly and looked down for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "Who did I think he was? It turns out to be Brother Yue!"
"It's...it's me!" Seeing that he recognized her, Yue Pei's eyes brightened even more, as if he couldn't hear the sarcasm in the other person's tone, or in other words, after many days of torture, he almost failed to hold on to the end.
The experience in one breath left him no time to care about the so-called ridicule and face.
Now he just wants to live!
Seeing him like this, Zhao came over and became interested. He simply squatted down across the prison bars and looked at the man who was covered in blood. He was obviously unable to move and could only crawl and drag his lower body. He said "tsk" with some pity:
"...I was quite worried when I heard that my brother was involved in Xia Tingzhen's murder of Lord Zhen Guo. Now that I see him, I am really suffering."
He and Yue Pei grew up together, but from childhood to adulthood, whether it was a wrestling match in childhood or a future in the future, the other side would always outdo him.
Before that, he had been running around for so many years, and he was still just a little policeman without a name.
After the other party entered the Beijing camp, he easily obtained the official position of President Qian.
Compared with those truly superior figures, these little people are just ordinary people. If there is any grudge worth mentioning between them, there is none.
It's just not pleasing to the eye.
Of course, that was in the past.
Now when he looks at the other person, he feels much more pleasing to the eye.
"However... since Brother Yue obeyed Xia Tingzhen's orders, and Xia Tingzhen committed suicide in fear of the crime, the case is over, why was Brother Yue brought to this prison?"
Looking at his appearance, it was obvious that he had been severely punished.
Yue Pei lowered his head and panted, as if gathering strength, but did not answer his question for a while.
The subordinate next to him lowered his voice at the right time and said: "Zhao Baihu didn't know something. Although Xia Tingzhen is dead, he did a lot of corruption and bribery for personal gain. After the confiscated family property was consolidated and compared, there were still very few.
Nearly two hundred thousand taels of silver were purchased..."
Two hundred thousand taels is not a small amount.
Especially now that there are frequent wars, where can we not use money?
Therefore, the palace had previously made a decree to trace the whereabouts of the two hundred thousand taels of cash.
Yue Pei was not the only one who was secretly taken to prison, but all those who were ordered by Xia Tingzhen and who might have clues about the matter were sent over.
Zhao Guo cursed in a low voice.
Two hundred thousand taels!
This amount of money is unimaginable to him just by hearing it, and he will never be able to save it in ten lifetimes!
These extremely rich officials deserve to be damned!
No wonder they all want to climb up!
"Have you found out where you are going?"
"I have some clues... It is probably hidden in a few villages outside the city. I have been searching for it these past two days."
Zhao Guo's eyes moved slightly: "Who is responsible for this matter?"
This is a very lucrative job. If you can...
The subordinate vaguely guessed his intention, laughed dryly, and said: "It's Hu Qianhu..."
Zhao Guo frowned.
This is a goose-plucking thing. I always hold it tightly with both hands, not wanting a drop of oil or water to leak out. With this person here, it is impossible to even think about fishing for a copper plate!
Zhao Guo, who inexplicably felt that he had missed out on a lot of free money, looked at Yue Pei again, and did not want to add insult to injury. He sneered and said, "Now that we have an appearance, it seems that we don't have many days left to live. It's better to die.
You don’t have to stay here and suffer this fate again.”
With that said, he wanted to get up and leave.
However, one corner of his robe was tightly grasped by a hand that reached out from the prison bars.
"etc……"
Yue Pei struggled forward and moved his body, his voice was hoarse but full of urgency: "I have something to say to you..."
"What? There are still last words to be confessed?" Zhao Guo sneered: "No one is in your family anymore, who should you leave these last words to?"
"No... if it's extremely important..." Yue Pei shook his head and said, "Come here..."
Zhao Guo patiently leaned over.
The voice was as low as a ray of fishy-smelling weak wind on the summer river bank that penetrated into his ears: "Earlier, I hid five hundred taels of silver in a place where no one knew..."
Zhao Guo's eyes immediately lit up.
After looking into those red bloodshot eyes for a moment, he raised his eyebrows slightly, turned around and ordered: "Go and guard somewhere else, while I catch up with Brother Yue about old times."
"yes."
The security guard obeyed the order and retreated.
"Tell me, what do you want me to do for you..." Zhao Guo asked directly.
He was not stupid enough to think that because the friendship between the two was as shallow as possible, the other party said this just because he wanted to give him the money for free.
"I can do other things, but if you want me to rescue you, I can't do it." He said this beforehand.
Although Duke Zhen has rebelled, the charges of those who participated in the murder of Duke Zhen are no longer so important, but Yue Pei is Xia Tingzhen's man——
Nowadays, the bloodbath of Xia Tingzhen and his party from top to bottom in the DPRK has not stopped.
He finally got the opportunity and was promoted to a hundred households. He barely managed to get into the sight of the commander. He still has a bright future...
Under such circumstances, if he was asked to do such a risky thing that would cause him to lose his head if found out, he would be crazy to agree to it.
Money is tempting, but life is worth living.
He is very sober, and Yue Pei cannot be so whimsical.
Even if the two of them secretly escaped from prison, what would happen next?
Not to mention the eyes and ears of the imperial court, now that the Duke of Zhen has rebelled and martial law has been imposed everywhere, it is simply a fool's errand to leave the capital...
Just to say a few words——
Now that he was half-disabled, his life and death were in the hands of others. If Zhao Guo took him out of the prison, got the money, and killed him with a knife to avoid future troubles, he would have no choice but to suffer!
It was impossible for him to make such a deal with the other party that gave away money and life for free.
In particular, he is not really desperate at the moment...
so--
"Of course not... I just want to ask you to deliver something for me. As long as the thing is delivered and I hear back, I will tell you the truth about where the money is buried!"
Zhao Guo narrowed his eyes slightly: "What is it? Who am I giving it to?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yue Pei turned over with difficulty.
"Stab-"
He forcefully tore off a corner of the blood-stained prison uniform.
Then, he bit the pulp of his index finger.
Zhao Guo stared at his movements - was he going to write a blood letter?
However, the content of the blood letter made him doubtful.
The other party took his finger and tremblingly wrote the word "PE" on it, and nothing else.
After writing, he tore the piece of linen into two halves, held it in his hand and handed it to Zhao Guo: "Send this thing to the palace and give it to Concubine Rong..."
Concubine Rong?!
Zhao Guo was slightly surprised.
Yue Pei stayed in this dark place all day long and knew almost nothing about the outside world. Although Zhao Guo was a police officer, his official position was low and he did not know what Concubine Rong did in the Taimiao.
Under his instruction, the matter was kept secret.
Even the Rong family members only thought that Concubine Rong was staying in the Yongfu Palace well, and was only worried about getting sick because of the kidnapping of the young prince, and was currently recuperating.
"You want Concubine Rong to help you?" Zhao Guo was full of doubts in his heart: "Why does Concubine Rong save you?"
A hint of coldness flashed in Yue Pei's eyes.
beg?
Oh, he was not begging her!
He has been waiting for so long, but he has not seen any intention of rescuing her... This stupid woman is much more cruel than he thought!
This time he suffered all the torture alone, but she lived peacefully in Yongfu Palace, enjoying all the glory and wealth with peace of mind...
In this case, he can only 'save himself'!
After this thing was given to her, she had better be wiser and try to rescue him as soon as possible, otherwise... even if he dies, he will have to hold her back!
He was about to die, so why should he keep the secret for her?
