Boom ~
Thunder exploded, bringing bursts of autumn rain.
Jingting and Ren Ruyi walked on the path on the outskirts of Andu City.
The Taoist priest in Qingyi opened the paper umbrella and tilted it to the right, letting the drifting drizzle slowly wet the skirt of his left arm.
Ren Ruyi was in a very low mood, and she had not said a word since she set out on this road.
At the end of the road is a tomb. The owner of this tomb is Queen Zhaojie.
There were not many guards guarding the mausoleum. Jingting took a step forward and was stopped by Ren Ruyi.
bass!
The sword light cut through the rain, slicing the necks of several guards. The Taoist priest gently pushed with his palm, and the paper umbrella floated out from his palm, always staying on the woman's head.
boom!
The last guard's body fell, and the paper umbrella slowly returned to Jingting's hand.
Ren Ruyi bent down and arranged the purchased tributes in a proper manner.
Jingting took a step forward and walked to the mausoleum. The Taoist priest had to admit that for a man of his age, this mausoleum seemed a bit too plain.
"She seems to have been forgotten by everyone except me."
Ren Ruyi knelt down, not caring about the muddy hem of her snow-white skirt, and slowly closed her eyes: "Mother, A Xin is back. A Xin is now called Ruyi. Your will says not to fall in love with a man. If Ruyi didn't comply, I brought him to see you. You can see if he is worthy of me."
Ren Ruyi said and turned his head.
Jingting had knelt down and bowed respectfully to the mausoleum.
"Xiao Xu Jingting, pay your respects to the empress."
"Mom, he treats me very well, but sometimes he acts like a blockhead and is a bit annoying."
Ren Ruyi held Jingting's hand tightly, as if introducing her lover to her mother: "We have gone through a lot of things. Without him, Ruyi would have died long ago."
"Empress, you protected her for the first twenty years. Leave the rest of the days to me. I will protect her and let her live happily."
Jingting took Ren Ruyi's hand and solemnly swore.
Boom.
There was a thunder in the sky.
Ren Ruyi's eyes were red, and water flowed down her cheeks. She didn't know whether it was tears or rain.
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Coming out of Queen Zhaojie's mausoleum, Jingting sat down with Ren Ruyi at the tea stall she had found.
Listening to the sound of boiling tea and watching the heavy rain in front of you, the beautiful scenery of Andu gradually becomes hazy.
"The Holy One once swore that he would only love the Queen in this life. After the Queen passed away, he wrote so many poems in memory of the Queen, yet he was so perfunctory about the matters behind the Queen's death."
Ren Ruyi frowned: "It's okay if there is no incense, but there are only four soldiers guarding it."
"Poems and essays are all written for others to read."
Jingting raised and lowered the cattail leaf fan in his hand and carefully controlled the heat of the tea: "To evaluate whether you are good to others, you have to look at what you did before you were alive. No matter how much you do after death, you only do it for others to see."
"It seems... okay?" Ren Ruyi frowned.
"Then why did the empress say not to believe men before she died?"
"This... I haven't thought about it."
"There is plenty of time to think about it. No matter how long it takes, some things will always come to light as long as someone thinks about them."
Jingting poured the brewed tea into Ren Ruyi's cup: "First look at what's in front of you, how beautiful it is."
Ren Ruyi raised his eyes and looked up. In front of him was a rippling river with a stone bridge standing on it. A small boat floated in the distance. The old man sat on the boat with a bamboo hat, letting the boat float down the river and disappear in the autumn rain of the North.
"I've never appreciated these before."
Ren Ruyi picked up the teacup: "Actually... Andu is also quite beautiful."
"Some things need to be stopped and felt."
The Taoist smiled and slowly closed his eyes: "We have missed so many scenery along the way. When the incident in Andu is over, we will have a good stroll."
Jingting closed her eyes, and the crisp sound of raindrops on the lotus pods, along with the chirping of cicadas and the noise of the street, reached the Taoist's ears.
Opening her eyes, Jingting stood up abruptly.
"What's wrong?"
"Not far from here, someone is killing people, even children."
"Go and have a look."
Ren Ruyi leaned towards Jingting naturally.
Holding Ren Ruyi's slender waist, Jingting jumped up and the two of them disappeared into the rain.
When it fell on the roof of a house, it was blood red.
People in the entire mansion fell everywhere, blood mixed with rainwater, washing away over and over again.
"This kind of blade belongs to Zhu Yiwei."
Ren Ruyi put her finger in front of a child's nose and shook her head: "This is not an official's mansion. The extermination of a family is a big deal. It requires an edict from the emperor and reports to the Ministry of Punishment. They just rush in and kill everyone they see. They are crazy." ?”
"They probably haven't gone far yet. Let's catch one and question them."
Jingting's method was much simpler and cruder. The Taoist flew directly into the air, and when he came back, he had a man with an ashen face in his hands.
"This is the leader, the rest are dead."
"Tell me! What's your name? Who's your subordinate?"
Ren Ruyi was very good at interrogation, and he could make the leading Zhu Yiwei wail in pain in just a few seconds.
"Zhang...Zhang Xu, Deng Zun's subordinate...the Purple-clothed Envoy."
"Why did you destroy the family?"
"Your Majesty...asked..."
Zhang Xu clutched his chest in pain: "I just...acted as ordered..."
"Where's Deng Xiao?"
"Zuo Shi...Chen Gui is dead. Your Majesty...went to check..."
Click!
With a crisp sound, Ren Ruyi broke Zhang Xu's neck.
"No need to ask, that's all he knows."
Ren Ruyi stood up and looked at Jingting: "Zhu Yiwei doesn't ask why he does things. He really doesn't know."
"Forty-seven lives."
Jingting finished reciting the mantra: "There is no reason."
"Before Chen Gui died, he said that Deng Zhu had been looking for something, and he had offended many princes and nobles for this."
Ren Ruyi looked around: "Is that just for this?"
"But there's nothing on him."
Jingting looked at the corpse on the ground, then raised his head and looked at the plaque of the mansion: "What does this Wang family do?"
"There are many drug stores in Andu. They became famous many years ago. They have trained many doctors and have been doing well."
Ren Ruyi also wanted to add that a blue butterfly passed through the pouring rain and landed on the woman's shoulder.
"It's Mi Die, the mission is looking for us."
Jingting stretched out his hand to Ren Ruyi: "Let's go back first. Ning Yuanzhou and the others went to Yong'an Tower. There may be something going on."
The rain mixed with blood rippled, and large drops of rainwater fell, reflecting the fragmentation between heaven and earth.
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"What! I didn't see it!"
As soon as Jingting and Ren Ruyi walked into the door of Siyi Pavilion, they heard Du Changshi's unbelievable voice coming from inside.
