Phi-Fic Chapter 199: The Lord of Guangyao Palace
Chapter 199: The Lord of Guangyao Palace
Caiyi sneered, pinched Lin Qianzhong's ear, and looked down at him, "Do you know you are wrong?"
Lin Qianzhong apologized hurriedly, "My dear, I was really wrong. Please forgive me. You know, I was afraid you would melt if I put you in my hand or in my mouth. If I hadn't been poisoned, how could I dare to treat you like that?"
His eyes were full of worry, and he wished he could lean on Caiyi's legs. He had no self-respect at all and only had Caiyi in his eyes, afraid that Caiyi would frown or look unhappy.
Caiyi glanced at him and pointed at the door, "Go out by yourself. Come back to me when I calm down."
Lin Qianzhong stood up obediently, grabbed a corner of Caiyi's sleeve, and raised his eyes carefully, "Caiyi, I'm sorry, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer.
But I can assure you of one thing, nothing happened between Lou Qianxue and me today. If I lie, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death."
After a pause, Lin Qianzhong's eyes were full of fear, and his voice became lower, "You, you are not allowed to leave."
Caiyi raised her eyebrows without comment, "Look at your performance. Go away. I don't want to see you now."
Lin Qianzhong knew Caiyi's character. He looked at her reluctantly before walking out.
Xie Ling quickly said, "Lin Qianzhong, don't kill Lou Qianxue. I have a use for her."
Lin Qianxue frowned.
He had really wanted to torture Lou Qianxue before killing her, but now that he had said that... he might as well just reluctantly spare her life.
Hiding the murderous intent and hostility in his eyes, Lin Qianzhong nodded lightly.
After Lin Qianzhong went out, Caiyi quickly closed the door without any lingering look in her eyes.
Turning around and looking at Xie Ling, Caiyi touched her nose embarrassedly, "Xie Ling, I haven't done anything embarrassing these days, right?"
Maybe it was too painful, Caiyi's memory of the past few days has been intermittent and vague.
Seeing that the two were about to talk, Gu Wei quickly opened the door and walked out, leaving the space for them.
Xie Ling glanced at Gu Wei's back and said, "Nothing much, well, just crying in pain to keep Lin Qianzhong, being bullied by Lou Qianxue and not daring to talk back, being submissive and timid, and even wanting to commit suicide..."
Caiyi's face was embarrassed, her eyes widened, and she immediately covered Xie Ling's mouth, "Ahhh, stop talking! This is so embarrassing!"
Xie Ling laughed loudly, held Caiyi's hand, and the two of them started to make a fuss.
"Okay, I won't say any more. I told you that you are not someone who is so trapped in love. There must be something fishy going on. Sure enough, I guessed it right."
Caiyi snorted, turned around and sat on the stone table beside her, propped up her chin with one hand, and raised her eyebrows lazily, "Let's not talk about Lin Qianzhong not daring to do this to me, even if he really dares to do this to me, how can I keep him?
Oh, the world is so big, there is no place for me to stay. Wouldn't it be better for me to find a few male lovers and live a carefree life? Why should I hang myself on a crooked tree? "
As she spoke, she patted Xie Ling's shoulder and said earnestly, "Love is important, but it is not a necessity in life. People should live more for themselves, or for their dreams, or for distant places. I stay with Lin Qianzhong now just because I want to have a home. Maybe one day I don't want a home anymore, and I will run away. Haha."
Xie Ling curled her lips. She liked Caiyi's unrestrained way of living for herself.
But she felt that Caiyi would not leave Lin Qianzhong.
With Lin Qianzhong's temper, if Caiyi really left, she would probably die.
Thinking of this, Xie Ling also sat on the stone table, with one leg hanging in the air, looking at the vast blue sky, "I also think that the world is vast, and there is a place to soar."
At this moment, Gu Wei, who was walking on the cobblestone path, suddenly sneezed.
He raised his eyebrows slightly. What's going on?
The sunlight fell on the mutton-fat white jade hairpin on Xie Ling's head, revealing a bright and graceful luster, delicate and soft.
Caiyi looked at her hairpin and asked casually, "Did you meet any strange people along the way?"
Xie Ling raised her eyes and finally got to the point.
He said bluntly: "I met Tian Jue from Guangyao Palace. There was supposed to be a big battle, but for some reason, he suddenly gave up. Sister Caiyi, can you tell me what happened?"
Caiyi bent her eyes, "I know you are smart, you must have guessed it, so I won't hide it from you. This is something from Guangyao Palace, called Fuyao Hairpin. Guangyao Palace has so many assassins, and they go on missions every day, so it is inevitable to kill many people. In order to prevent the relatives or friends of the Palace Master from being killed, the Palace Master made a lot of Fuyao Hairpins and Fuyao Jade Pendants.
Later, these things were also given to us assassins. If we have relatives or friends, we can give these things to them. As long as they wear them, the assassins of Guangyao Palace will not be able to touch them again. "
"So, this is to protect me?"
Xie Ling tilted her head.
Caiyi nodded, "Yes, from what you said that day, I guessed that you might have been targeted by Guangyao Palace, so I took the initiative to give you this thing."
Then, he blinked and said, "You won't blame me."
Xie Ling laughed, "I have to thank you, this thing really helped me a lot. If it weren't for this thing, I'm afraid I would have to fight a big battle with that boy."
"Young man?" Caiyi narrowed her eyes. There was only one young man in Guangyao Palace, Zhixing. He was very fair and handsome, tall, but looked sickly. "
Xie Ling nodded.
Caiyi took a deep breath, "It's a good thing that I have the Fuyao hairpin. Zhixing is a martial arts master with unfathomable depth. At the age of thirteen, he had defeated all the opponents in Guangyao Palace. There are no more than three people in the world who are better than him in martial arts. It seems that Lenghu's mission at that time was very important, so the Palace Master sent Zhixing."
Weaving stars.
Xie Ling whispered the name, she didn't expect that a boy who looked so gloomy and world-weary had such a lively name.
At this time, Xie Ling didn't know that she would soon meet Zhixing, and in a very ridiculous way.
She then asked, "The Lord of Guangyao Palace actually has relatives and friends? I thought that running such a dark organization would be very cold and indifferent."
"Yes. But no one in the Seven Kingdoms knows the true identity of the Palace Master. I have only met him once and heard him say one sentence, which was when he gave me the Fuyao Hairpin. From the sound of his voice, he is a young man, and he is quite tall."
After a pause, Caiyi said in a deep voice: "This person is deep and unpredictable. He is planning and strategizing from a thousand miles away. All the major events in the world are under his control. It is best not to make an enemy of him unless it is absolutely necessary."
Xie Ling nodded on the surface, but smiled bitterly in her heart.
What to do if we are already enemies?
the other side.
Lou Qianxue opened her eyes dazedly, feeling a splitting headache.
In the blur, the main gate of the courtyard was suddenly kicked open, revealing the bright moonlight and the tall and handsome figure of a man.
In the darkness, Lin Qianzhong's expression could not be seen clearly.
Lou Qianxue's eyes widened with excitement, and she raised her eyelids timidly, "Brother Qianzhong, why did you come to see me so late at night? Can we go to the room and talk?"
After Lou Qianxue finished speaking, she realized that this room was full of Lin Qianzhong's paintings that she had hidden privately. She turned pale with fear, "Brother Qianzhong, let's go out——"
But before she could finish her words, she was kicked so hard and hard that she rolled backwards several times before stopping.
Lou Qianxue struggled and spat out a mouthful of blood, looking up in disbelief, "Lin Qianzhong, look at who I am, I am Lou Qianxue, not that little bitch Caiyi!"
Lin Qianzhong raised his eyelids coldly, his eyes full of murderous intent, and said in a cold voice, "Who are you calling a bitch?"
Then, he kicked again, and this time, several of Lou Qianxue's ribs were directly bent.
Lin Qianzhong's eyes were like those of a devil, and he said word by word, "How dare you cast a spell on me? You want me to bully my Caiyi?"
Lou Qianxue's whole body was shaking with pain. She looked at Lin Qianzhong with extreme fear in her eyes, as if she was looking at the most terrifying thing in the world.
She roared: "I am just a weak woman who loves you, what have I done wrong?"
Lin Qianzhong was so angry that he laughed. He half-knelt in front of Lou Qianxue with cold eyes, "Love comes from liking each other. You're just disgusting."
After he finished speaking, Lin Qianzhong stood up and saw the walls of "himself", lifelike, some angry, some furious, and there were almost hundreds of them.
The corners of his forehead twitched, his fists clenched and unclenched, his cheeks puffed up, and he tried his best to resist the urge to kill Lou Qianxue.
It has always been the case that people are willing to risk their lives for the sake of the beauty they love. Now, a rude man like him can actually cause such trouble. It is ridiculous and disgusting.
After roughly carrying Lou Qianxue out, Lin Qianzhong burned the whole house down with fire.
On the second day, everyone in the Lin family was spreading the news that the second young master had burned down the second wife's house and cleaned up the house where the concubine lived in Huyuan!
Mrs. Lin held her handkerchief in her hand, chanting "Amitabha" while shouting that it was a sin.
Young Master Lin sneered and said that Lin Qianzhong was asking for trouble.
Master Lin was lying on the bed. He stood up with a somersault and staggered, cursing angrily: "Unfilial son, ridiculous!"
Soon, the news spread to the Lou family from the mouths of Lin's servants, and the Lou family quickly sent people to seek justice.
In the Lin Family Ancestral Hall, Lin Qianzhong, who had been sorting out accounts and documents for the entire night, looked tired. He glanced at everyone and said in a cold voice, "Are you all here? Then I will speak directly and openly. From now on, I will be the master of the Lin Family. Big brother, you can step down now."
Lin Shian laughed angrily, pointed at him and cursed, "Lin Qianzhong, your father is not dead yet, what are you talking about!"
Lin Qianzhong took out a few account books calmly and said, "The Lin family is a royal merchant. They have been embezzling money from the purchases for the royal family over the years. Big brother, you have been in charge of this. Can you give me an explanation? This is a capital crime that can cost you your life..."
The room was filled with silence.
Master Lin was so angry that he had a heart attack.
Lin Qianzhong didn't care and walked out with big strides, coming in front of the Lou family's housekeeper. The servants behind him were carrying a heavy box.
After opening the box, Lin Qianzhong raised his eyes coldly, "One thousand taels of gold for Lou Qianxue's life."
The butler's eyes were shining, and he only saw gold, and he forgot all the prepared remarks.
At this time, Xie Ling was about to find Lou Qianxue to inquire about the news about the poisonous insect.
Gu Wei continued to search for information about "Little Leo".
The two of them acted separately.
But as soon as Xie Ling opened the door of the woodshed, she saw a corpse floating in the air, with eyes turned outward and body covered in bruises. It was estimated that it had been dead for a long time.
Lou Qianxue committed suicide!
Xie Ling shook her head and was about to leave. When her eyes inadvertently swept across a certain place, her eyes narrowed slightly.
She walked over quickly, picked up Lou Qianxue without fear, and looked carefully at the marks on her neck.
It was purple in color, with the lines on the neck shaped like a lock, and it was obvious that he had been strangled to death.
Because the white silk marks left by those who committed suicide were in the shape of a figure eight, and did not intersect behind the head.
If there are signs of intersection, it means the person was strangled to death.
Xie Ling took out a magnifying glass again, put on sterile leather gloves, and pried open Lou Qianxue's eyelids for a closer look. After seeing the red spots, Xie Ling narrowed her eyes.
There is no doubt that Lou Qianxue was strangled to death.
So who was it that was so impatient to kill Lou Qianxue?
Is he Lou Qianxue’s enemy, or someone from southern Xinjiang?
If they are from southern Xinjiang, why are they in such a hurry? Are they afraid of exposing something? Is there some unspeakable secret?
Xie Ling slowly took off her gloves and disinfected her hands.
Lin Qianzhong just happened to come over, and after seeing Lou Qianxue's body, he frowned slightly, "I didn't kill her."
Xie Ling nodded, "I know. Do you know if there are any weird people or people with extraordinary abilities in Huainan, the kind that can run around in aristocratic families?"
Lin Qianzhong thought for a moment, "Now that you mention it, there is one. This person is called Master Qingfeng. He often travels between the aristocratic families and the royal family. He has a very high prestige."
Xie Ling: "Has he ever been to your house?"
Lin Qianzhong replied: "He came here four years ago. At that time, the Lin family just moved to a new house, and invited him to the altar."
Xie Ling nodded thoughtfully.
Lin Qianzhong was puzzled: "What does this matter?"
Xie Ling shook her head. "Nothing, just asking. It's just my guess. If I find out something concrete, I'll tell you. I can't explain it clearly right now."
Lin Qian nodded, "Okay, if you need me, please let me know."
Xie Ling turned and walked out.
It was late in the evening when Gu Wei returned to his own courtyard.
He was dusty and had a slightly tired look on his face. "I found out that when the current emperor was still the crown prince, he did have a maid named Xiao Lizi, but she was later given to a man named Qingfeng. I guess this little maid might be the one we are looking for."
Gu Wei frowned as he spoke, "Xiao Ning said that Little Li was able to leave the zoo because he was loved by the prince. But I read the palace records and found that the prince didn't take Little Li seriously at all. There's something fishy about this."
After Xie Ling finished listening, she grasped the key words, "Master Qingfeng?"
"Yes, that's the name. How did you know?"
Xie Ling told Gu Wei that Lou Qianxue was strangled to death.
Gu Wei frowned and reasoned with his slender hands on the table.
"Why did they want to kill Lou Qianxue? They must not want to reveal their identities. Although the matter of the poison is secret, there are still many people in the world who know about it. They would not take such a big risk to kill someone to silence him. This can only mean that they have other intentions... Do you think they are a complete and mature organization, and have a leader who often shows up to look for information?"