There were only a few people left in the room.
Li Qingyi looked at the severed forehead mop on the ground, and was about to pick it up and take a look. Mrs. Lin stepped forward, picked up the forehead mosaic, took a look at it, and conveniently placed it in the charcoal basin aside!
The flames engulfed the fabric and soon burned it to ashes.
Lin's lips curled up and she ordered: "Clean up the remaining cinnabar on the ground to avoid harming the old lady."
Li Qingyi slowly put down his raised foot. This Lin really left no flaws!
"Gu, Gu——"
The clouds covered the moon, and the low hoarse cooing of an owl suddenly came from the dark night. Li Qingyi felt as if someone had poured countless chills from top to bottom, and chills suddenly rose from the roots to his roots.
Standing behind Mrs. Lin, Ninglu's legs softened and she knelt down directly on the ground. Mrs. Lin's eyebrows were filled with anger: "What are you doing, little hooves! Why are you so unruly!"
Ning Lu sat on her knees, lowered her head to the ground, and was so frightened that she almost cried, "Madam, Ning Lu knows that she is wrong. It is really the owl's call that is unknown, so..."
Mrs. Lin was silent after hearing this, and then asked, "Unknown?"
Ning Lu said in fear: "I heard from the old people that the owl will smell the scent of a dying person and fly to the window to look at it. If it sees the person's face clearly, it will take away the person's life... "
Hearing this, everyone looked at Mrs. Wei subconsciously. Nong Shao quickly lowered the gauze curtain on the couch to block the old woman's body.
The lights hanging under the eaves of the porch were constantly swaying in the wind and snow, and the candles that had been replaced gave off a dim and dim light. The few people in the room all lost their outlines in this light and blurred into a ball.
Only Mrs. Lin, who was sitting near the candlestick, still had a clear look on her face: "What the hell are you talking about! Old Madam Jiren has her own destiny, how can an owl take her away?"
"Yes... I'm a talkative slave..." Ning Lu stepped aside and disappeared into a dark corner.
Princess Yuanheng arranged the affairs inside and outside the Heyan Hall. It was already late, and Mrs. Lin said: "Princess Princess is busy with feeding, why not go back and rest first. I am an idle person. I will guard the old lady tonight. If If something happens, let someone inform the uncle and the princess."
Since Mrs. Lin became ill, she has handed over all the middle funds in her hand. Now only Mrs. Guo still has some of the middle funds in her hands, and the rest are under the control of Princess Yuanheng.
Princess Yuanheng nodded upon hearing this, "I'll ask Nanny Qin to stay here to take care of you."
Mrs. Lin knew that Princess Yuanheng wanted to keep one of her own, and said with a smile: "Nanny Qin has taken care of her affairs. It would be great if she can stay. Princess, just rest assured and go back to rest."
Princess Yuanheng left, and Mrs. Lin walked to the courtyard corridor to get some fresh air.
The night is gathering, and the crescent moon is embedded in the clouds and moving continuously, like following the waves of water.
She looked in the direction of Zhuoxiangyuan with a sinister smile.
Ning Lu's face turned pale and her nervous palms were sweating.
Mrs. Lin caught a glimpse of her appearance, her raised eyebrows slowly fell, her face turned cold, she looked at Ning Lu and scolded her in a low voice: "Useless thing! If you dare to show such expression in front of others, I will let you You also go down and accompany Mr. Wen!"
Ning Lu said, "Yes, yes..."
Peilan Courtyard.
Zhao's mother and Dong Ling were talking quietly.
Dong Ling hesitated and said, "Didn't Madam say before that she couldn't do anything to the Third Madam? Why did she still use candles to involve her today? Could it be that she changed her mind?"
Zhao's mother shook her head: "I don't want to attack the third lady."
"That is?"
Mother Zhao lowered her voice a little lower, "The old lady was poisoned, and the third lady was under suspicion again. Now everyone's attention is on them..."
Dong Ling's eyes widened, "So Madam is going to..." She made a fuss.
Mother Zhao lowered her eyebrows and looked at the swaying green buds in the tea cup and said: "Now that the situation is forcing Madam, she is almost forced to a dead end. As slaves, we naturally obey the master's wishes and try our best to help Madam get through this difficult time. "
Dong Ling nodded, "Since Madam has made the decision, of course we must help Madam make things happen. Only if Madam is good will we be able to do well."
The two looked at each other and went about their business.
*****
Qin Mansion.
Nagasawa knocked on Qin Zeng's door and said, "Sir, I have something to report."
"Come in."
Qin Zeng put on some clothes and lit the candles with his own hands, "What's going on?"
"There are some signs on Lin's side."
People in Dongchang naturally don't do things in a roundabout way like women in the back house, and they are very efficient.
Nagasawa informed Lin's little move and then talked about the Mu family, "Mu Yuanchang has been thinking of ways to treat Mu Ying's injuries. It is said that Mu Ying's foot injury can recover sixty-seven percent. Although he will be lame in the future, he will still be able to recover." She can still walk, and she still has her voice. At that time, Mu Yuanchang, the old fox, also kept his hands. Now, although Mu Ying's voice is hoarse and unpleasant, she can barely speak."
On the day of the execution, there was a big mess at the execution ground. The fake Mu Ying took poison and committed suicide on the spot. Li Qingyi said that it was not time to break up with the Mu family and did not continue to hold on to the matter. The Mu family and the fourth prince were working secretly. , the matter was settled, and Mu Yingjinchan escaped from her shell and survived.
However, Mu Ying hated Li Qingyi deeply, and something would happen sooner or later, so Qin Zeng kept people paying attention.
"My subordinates secretly investigated and found out that Mu Ying's behavior today was a bit unusual, perhaps to harm Miss Li."
"Lin and Mu Ying actually chose today to attack?"
Nagasawa said: "It's a bit of a coincidence."
Qin Zeng said in a deep voice: "Although that girl is smart, she doesn't have many people at hand. Both groups are going to be detrimental to her, so it's inevitable that she will be in a hurry. You send a few capable people over, don't hold back."
"Yes! I understand!"
Just as Nagasawa was about to turn around, Qin Zeng suddenly spoke again: "Wait a minute."
Nagasawa looked at him doubtfully, Qin Zeng stood up and said, "I'll go there myself."
Mu family.
Mu Ying was half-lying on the beauty's back, wearing a long purple gauze dress and a dark gray shawl lightly draped over her shoulders and arms. The laziness weakened the venom in her eyes.
Yinshan swayed and stood in front of Mu Ying, "Girl!"
Mu Ying's eyes burned with hatred. She looked at the ink orchids painted on the tea cup and smiled viciously: "Are you all ready?"
Her voice was very hoarse and unpleasant, but compared to being mute, this was already a good result.
Yinshan said respectfully: "The people I have chosen this time are all good people, and they will definitely complete the task successfully."
The fourth prince sitting in the shadow put down the tea cup in his hand and said, "Ying'er, why are you so anxious."
Mu Ying said calmly: "The only way to catch someone by surprise is to kill them with one strike, right?"
After the fourth prince heard this, he finally stopped trying to persuade him.
Mu Ying was silent and stretched out her hand towards the fourth prince.
The fourth prince glanced at Mu Ying's ankles covered by her long skirt, stood up and walked over.
Mu Ying's fingertips crawled onto the fourth prince's palm, and she pulled him to her side, resting her pillow on his leg affectionately. "Brother, that Li Qingyi doesn't have any old illness at all. She is lying to you. If possible, I will definitely treat her Leave it to you to make spices.”
The fourth prince's face flickered and he said nothing.
Ever since that day when she broke her foot and was poisoned to mute, Mu Ying seemed to have become a different person. She no longer resisted this abnormal brother-sister relationship and even took the initiative to get close to her.
Mu Ying hugged his waist: "Why, brother doesn't love Ying'er anymore?"
The fourth prince then spoke: "How could it be possible? Since Ying'er wants to kill Li Qingyi, my eldest brother will help you. However, you'd better let go of that Qin Zeng as soon as possible. If you get stuck in it, you will only be doomed."
Mu Ying's eyes turned cold, but a smile appeared on her lips, "I listen to big brother."
The slanting moon looked like a hook, and several figures walked into Zhuoxiang Courtyard like ghosts.
Changning hid in the dense canopy of trees in the courtyard. The silent night made her eyelids gradually heavy. She shook her head suddenly and looked around with her dark eyes again.
Just when she felt sleepy again and her eyes were wandering, a few slight noises suddenly came from the darkness, and her nerves tensed instantly.
In the blink of an eye, the yard
There were already five or six figures standing inside, with cold light in their hands.
Changning's sleepiness disappeared instantly!
The man in black moved silently like a cat to the door of Li Qingyi's room.
The leader Yinshan listened carefully for a moment, then silently raised his arms, beckoning the others behind him to follow, intending to fight quickly.
The moment the man in black pushed open the door, Changning jumped down from the tree canopy, holding two swords in his hands and sweeping across the two assassins behind him!
The moment Yinshan in front opened the door, a large handful of white powder came into his face and sprinkled it all over his head and face. Several people's faces suddenly felt a burning sensation, and even the eyes of two people were numb. After being sprinkled with medicinal powder, he screamed and shed tears of blood.
The originally solid and complementary positions were instantly in disarray. Chang Ning took this opportunity to make a sweeping move, and several men in black either had their arms broken or their legs chopped off.
Yinshan was horrified, the other party was not only wary, but had already set up a trap waiting for them!
She resisted the stinging pain on her face, regardless of what happened to other people's hands, she rushed forward and stabbed the figure on the bed with her sword!
However, just as the tip of her sword broke through the curtain on the bed frame, a figure suddenly hung upside down from the beam and pierced her life gate with a sword!
The killing intent was chilling through his muscles and bones, so Yinshan had no choice but to retract his sword force midway and turn around to block it. For a moment, the room was filled with sword light.
Yinshan has also been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and was chosen by the Mu family to serve Mu Ying. She considers herself to be quite skilled, and she is confident enough to complete this task against a wealthy lady who has no power to restrain a chicken. . However, the cold sword moves around her were as fast as one move after another. She looked at the person in front of her in disbelief. It was not Li Qingyi at all. Is this a man?
How could there be a man in Li Qingyi’s boudoir!
Moreover, the opponent held the sword with his left hand: "Who are you? You actually practiced the left-handed sword?"
The flexibility of ordinary people's left hand is far inferior to that of the right hand. Even if you can use a sword, it is still extremely difficult to pull out various sword styles.
I once heard that there was a swordsman in the martial arts world decades ago. He practiced his left-handed sword for ten years and became a master, and then he killed everyone. This shows the power of the left-hand sword.
Therefore, when Yin Shan encountered the "Left Hand Sword", he was naturally shocked.
However, how could Qin Zeng talk nonsense to her?
He used his left-handed sword because he didn't want to reveal his identity.
In fact, his left-hand sword is almost the same as his right hand, and the sword moves are "quick, accurate and ruthless". Compared with the sharpness of the right-hand sword, the left-hand sword is more weird.
How could Yinshan be Qin Zeng's opponent? He was suppressed and retreated steadily. Finally, he lost and was seriously injured and fainted.
Outside, Chang Ning had also dealt with the remaining five men in black.
A counterattack, silent.
Qin Zeng glanced at the corpse on the ground coldly and said, "Take care of it."
After that, he retreated into the room and turned to look at the girl on the bed.
Li Qingyi was wearing a long dress with a blue background and a moire pattern, and her cold eyes were slightly raised at the end.
She expected something would happen tonight, so she didn't make any arrangements. She just lay on the couch with her clothes on, ready to deal with emergencies at any time, but she didn't expect Qin Zeng to come.
Li Qingyi reached out and stroked the broken hair at the temples. Qin Zeng could almost smell the dry and refreshing smell in her hair. He didn't like those things like osmanthus oil, so this was good. .c
"Are you scared?"
