Today is a rare good opportunity. If you don’t leave, you may not be able to leave. The guards at Zhuli Pavilion are lax. Rain will cause the water in Crescent Lake to surge. The water in Crescent Lake is living water. She can swim. She has already taken care of her body and eyes. Can see things clearly.
During the days when she lived in the Zhuli Pavilion, someone would come to see her, a young man or a woman. As long as they came, Jiang Sanlang would let her out of the Zhuli Pavilion.
When they saw her, sometimes they were in the lobby, sometimes in the pavilions, and sometimes in the garden.
Ying Niang could feel them looking at her with secret and silent malice.
Ying Niang counted her advantages one by one, but her palms still broke out in cold sweat. In the darkness, Ying Niang walked to the closet where she kept her clothes and took out a set of dresses. Then she took out a knife and cut out the quilt on the bed. The curtains were tied into a human shape. In order to increase the weight, Yingniang placed vases, potted plants and other things in the human shape.
Then he put the clothes on the figure and stuffed it into the closet. The sound of heavy rain outside perfectly covered up the movement inside the house.
After doing all this, Ying Niang took out a set of spare quilts and neatly folded them on the bed. All her movements were carried out in the dark. In order to escape this time, she kept the layout of the house in mind.
After her breathing calmed down a bit, Ying Niang opened the window.
Immediately a maid came.
"I'm hungry and want to eat." Yingniang said.
This noble man often asked for food at night, and the maids were not surprised, so one of them went. As Yingniang expected, she came back later than usual. She heard a maid whispering outside, saying The distinguished guest has arrived at Lantian.
Ying Niang ate snacks, and the maid lit the lamp. Because the matter was too ordinary, like every night, she took a cursory glance at the room, found nothing unusual, and left.
The door was closed again, and it was raining and thundering outside.
Yingniang stopped eating, pushed the table and stool against the door, closed the window tightly, and amid the roar of thunder, she took out the dummy from the closet and put it on the bed with her back to everyone. Finally, she put the dummy on the table He picked up the candlestick and lit a corner of the curtained bed in the room.
Soon, the house burst into flames.
Ying Niang hid under a window facing north in the house. Through the barrier of the Duobao wooden frame, she heard the door being knocked and the maidservant's anxious questioning coming from outside the house.
Then came the sound of patrol footsteps, coming very quickly.
Thick smoke and fire filled the room. Ying Niang covered her mouth and nose with a wet handkerchief moistened with tea, biting her lips to prevent herself from making a sound.
The door was quickly kicked open. Across the sea of fire, everyone saw the burning figure on the bed at a glance. Some people were eager to put water on the fire.
Harsh screams and panicked footsteps all came here. While no one was paying attention, Yingniang quickly pushed open the window and jumped down on her tiptoes. To be precise, she jumped. Go down.
With a splash, Ying Niang's face turned pale.
There are bamboo groves planted on both sides of the Zhuli Pavilion. The Crescent Lake is shaped like a crescent moon. The two points of the crescent moon just meet behind the Zhuli Pavilion. Yingniang knows that there is a path from the Zhuli Pavilion leading to the Crescent Lake. Yingniang endures the pain on her ankles. It was painful to run, and I accidentally fell several times during the process.
When she arrived at the back of the Zhuli Pavilion, the water surface of a small pool was smashed by the rain. From a distance, she saw the winding corridor on the left brightly lit. Everyone was holding torches and shouting something, and more people flocked to this place. side.
In the cold lake water, Ying Niang trembled all over. There is a winding corridor on the left and right sides of Crescent Lake to reach the Zhuli Pavilion. The winding corridor is designed along the shape of the Crescent Lake. It is not like ordinary lakes with wooden bridges directly connected to it. Now , the torches on the water corridor on the left that we often walk reflect on the river, and only sporadic firelight looms on the right. There are very few people on the water corridor on the right.
It looks safer than the water corridor on the left.
Ying Niang took a deep breath, cut off a piece of her coat with a knife and threw it on the grass on the right side of the small pool. Then she immediately swam to the water corridor on the right. They would soon find that there was no body on the bed, and they would also discover her escape. In the middle of the lake There is no bridge, only two water corridors on the left and right to choose from.
She deliberately placed the cloth strip on the right side. Jiang San and the others most likely thought they were escaping to the water corridor on the left.
Ying Niang tried her best to imagine what Jiang San and the others would do if they found out that she had escaped. Then she would do the opposite and flee to the right.
And as long as you escape from the water corridor on the right, you will arrive at Baiyuan Garden northwest of Lantian Villa. Baiyuan Garden also has a running stream, which is specially used to water the garden. The stream is a branch of the river outside the village. The terrain outside Lantian is flat, and the farmland All depend on the river.
This is useful information that Ying Niang occasionally extracted from flower farmers when they talked about this year's crop harvest.
She planned to dive into the water and swim into the big river to escape from Lantian Villa.
The rain was pouring down, and Jiang Sanlang couldn't believe his eyes and ears. He was furious and looked at the maid and guard who had failed in their duty: "I was fine this afternoon, why did I disappear?!"
Wei Erlang looked at the charred bed and said sternly: "There is no body on the bed at all, she ran away!"
"Hurry up and find her." Jiang Sanlang roared angrily: "Butler, guard every door for me. I don't believe it. Where can she escape to?"
Wei Yanshan was wearing a robe, and his right arm was wrapped with white cloth. During the Battle of Lujiang, his right arm was wounded by a crossbow, and he was still recovering from his injuries. He looked outside.
There was thunder and lightning and heavy rain.
Soon, a guard reported that they had found pieces of clothing in the small pool behind the Zhuli Pavilion. Jiang Sanlang walked behind Wei Guogong, his eyes red with anger. He finally entertained Wei Guogong tonight, just to present Princess Youzhou. As a result, the banquet Not long after this, I heard the news of a fire in the Zhuli Pavilion, and Princess Youzhou was still in the house.
Jiang Sanlang's vision immediately went dark, and he hurriedly took people to the Zhuli Pavilion. When the fire was extinguished, he found that there was no body in the room. He was happy and angry.
I am happy that the person did not die, but I am angry that the person escaped.
Wei Erlang was also furious. He never expected that something like this would happen to Princess Youzhou, who had always been quiet and reserved. She was still blind!
When everyone arrived at the small pool, Jiang Sanlang immediately asked the guards to search intensively on the water corridor on the left, and not on the right. Princess Youzhou was so forbearing and smart, the cloth on the right must have been used to confuse them, and she must have escaped to the waterside pavilion on the left.
But the lake is so big, the sky is so dark, and the rain is falling so hard that the entire lake is like boiling water exploding. Once on the lake, no one can be seen ten meters away.
The search was difficult.
"Did you commit suicide by throwing yourself into the lake?" Jiang Sanlang said a little panicked.
Wei Yanshan looked at the lake and asked Jiang Sanlang to bring over the geographical map of Lantian when it was built. The steward quickly sent it from the warehouse to Wei Guogong. Wei Yanshan looked at it for a moment and asked Jiang Sanlang and the others to continue looking for the water corridor pavilions on the left. .
Yingniang bent down and hid at the bottom of the water gallery, stepping on the moss-covered stones. After there was no sound of movement above, she grabbed hold of the wooden stakes under the water gallery and climbed up the water gallery little by little. Here she is After hiding for a long time, the previous wave of searchers just passed by.
Baiyuan Garden is not far away.
Wet fingers pressed on the wooden floor of the water gallery, and then the small half of the wrist groped for the railing of the water gallery.
Ying Niang held on tightly to the vertical railing at the water corridor. Because her hands were slippery, she almost fell. The sound of wind and rain around her suddenly became quieter.
The blurry vision made it impossible to see anything in the dim sky. Ying Niang’s hands were holding on to the railing as if they were frozen. She had been in the lake for too long, and it was early spring, so her face was bloodless and her eyelashes were cold. I couldn't tell whether it was rain or river water, but there were red dots on my lips bitten by silver teeth.
Wei Yanshan lifted his robe and squatted down, stretched out his hand to strangle the woman's neck, forcing her to raise her head.
Behind him, Wei Erlang held an umbrella to protect his father from the rain.
Princess Youzhou half-floated on the lake in a helpless and weak state, her soft and pale face stained with blood, like the remaining red petals falling from the white frost in autumn.
Wei Yanshan looked at Princess Youzhou's jade plaque again. After swimming for a long time, the jade plaque under the woman's neck regained its brightness. It was only tied with a rough rope.
In the night, the characters Qian Ying on the jade plaque emit a jade-colored halo.
The jade tablet is as thick and milky white as milk, and the edges are even warm and slightly transparent. Wei Yanshan has only seen this kind of jade quality on the emperor's jade seal.
Wei Erlang also looked at the jade plaque. Suddenly, he thought of something and his eyes widened in shock.
I heard that the original jade of the Imperial Jade Seal was not small. After the dragon seal was carved, a small piece of jade was left. This jade has always been in Zhou Youzhou’s hands. The rumors are actually true!
And that piece of dragon jade, which is said to be as heavy as half the mountains and rivers, was actually carved into a jade plaque and given to a woman? ! Wei Erlang only found it unbelievable and unbelievable. That was jade that came from the same source as the Dragon Seal!
Wei Yanshan stared at the jade plaque, his hands tightening unconsciously.
Ying Niang's face turned red, and the oxygen in her trachea was thin. She grabbed the hand that was squeezing her throat with her right hand, and pulled out the knife from her right forearm with her left hand, and slashed diagonally upward from the inside.
Blood beads rolled down.
Even though Wei Yanshan had stopped early, the knife still made a deep gash on his wrist by the unexpected blow.
He stood up straight.
The blood on his right hand kept ticking.
Wei Yanshan looked at Princess Youzhou and smiled slowly.
Chapter 294
Ying Niang was quietly basking in the sun.
The heavy rain yesterday did not affect the sprouting of spring vegetation at all. The fresh smell lingered on the tip of her nose, and the chirping of birds continued in her ears. Outside the window, there was greenery and sparse shadows of sycamores.
The scenery here was different from that of Zhuli Pavilion. Perhaps because he was afraid that she would run away again, her eyes were wrapped in cloth and sent to this strange place overnight. Before leaving, Jiang Sanlang chased him outside Lantian Villa. He spoke to the distinguished guests at the banquet in fear. Apologizing, she then learned that the aristocratic young man who often came to see him was named Wei Cixin, also known as Erlang. His father was a high official, and Jiang Sanlang always called him the Duke of the country.
Ying Niang always felt that their names and titles had a faint sense of familiarity, but she just couldn't remember them.
Maybe, they knew her before, or she knew them before? There can never be any intersection.
But sometimes people you know are not necessarily friends.
The sunlight was cut into fine rays of light and shone in front of her window. In Yingniang's eyes, it was like a kaleidoscope. She looked at the halos of different shapes and tried to make herself see more clearly.
After she was sent here, she never saw the Duke and Wei Erlang again.
Now, the Duke must be treating his injuries. Ying Niang touched her forearm under her spring shirt, but there was nothing there.
The knife was taken away.
Ying Niang stared at those haloes in trance. There were almost nothing in the house she lived in. There were no tables, stools, tables, or wardrobe shelves in the front hall. Her clothes and toiletries were removed as soon as they were used up.
Only a table next to the window was left in the front hall, which was used for eating and ventilation.
Separated by a twelve-screen screen is where she sleeps. The inner room only has a bed, bedding, quilts, pillows and other items, but no candlesticks.
Hengwuyuan has lush flowers and plants and pleasant scenery.
Wei Erlang chased after his mother with a depressed look on his face. The guards guarding Hengwuyuan were ordered by his father to not allow anyone to enter or leave. Naturally, his mother was stopped when she wanted to enter Hengwuyuan. She was furious and had a stalemate with the guards. She must Go in.
The people around his mother found him and asked him to find a way. Wei Erlang had no choice but to accompany his mother in. With him, the guards stopped him much less strongly. After hesitating for a while, they let him in. Hengwuyuan, he is now his father's only son, and his status and status are completely different.
"A-Niang." Wei Erlang stepped in front of his mother and blocked her steps: "A-Niang!"
Ye's beautiful face was full of anger at this moment: "Ci Xin, didn't you see how your father's wrist was injured by that woman?"
"I really didn't expect someone to look at her without saying a word. She is holding back to do something bad. Running away will hurt others." Ye said angrily: "Get out of the way, I have to give her some color."
Wei Erlang grabbed A Niang and said in a deep voice: "A Niang, don't be impulsive."
But whenever Ye thinks of the wound on the Duke's wrist, she hates the Youzhou Princess: "She hurt your father, and I want to heal her in return."
"She is the Princess of Youzhou." Wei Erlang emphasized: "I don't want anything to happen to this person. He will be unhappy if he finds out that you came to Hengwuyuan to cause trouble."
Ye stirred the handkerchief with her hands and took a deep breath, feeling guilty and scared: "What's wrong with Princess Youzhou? She's not a prisoner yet. The Duke's wrist was so seriously injured, and the woman looked so... With a poisonous heart, I, I also care about the Duke."
"You don't have to worry about her." After seeing Princess Youzhou's Long Yu, Wei Erlang keenly realized that the importance of that woman exceeded his imagination.
Therefore, she can't make any mistakes now.
"Then I'll just go and see her." Ms. Ye still said unwillingly, "That's fine without doing anything."
The ring made a sound, and the fragrance was astounding. Ying Niang was very familiar with the fragrance, so she saw the woman at the door as expected.
She and Wei Erlang should be mother and son.
Ye Yiru looked at Princess Youzhou and couldn't help but said angrily: "A blind man is very capable. If you hurt someone again, I won't be able to spare you."
Ying Niang seemed not to have heard. She picked up a peach segment on the fruit plate on the desk and ate it. The fruit plate was just delivered by the maid. March is the season for eating peaches. When looking out the window, there should be a peach forest in the distance. , Yingniang saw a large area of pink and peach color.
