Chapter 68: A Mortal

They were discovered by General Wen's people, and the journey to Suzhou would only be more difficult and dangerous.

"go."

Yao Xuanci took out the two folded letters from his bosom, unfolded them and shook them in front of the white crow, "Mo Ya was taken away by the prince's secret guards, and the second girl Zheng fell into Wen Boqing's hands again.It’s pretty stalemate there, too.”

It was precisely because of this Yao Xuanci from the previous life that he used this excuse to leave the imperial city, but he had already been targeted by the Wen family... He narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, and then shared the pressure for His Royal Highness.

Yao Xuanci thought for a moment, raised his hand to signal the white crow to come over, and ordered in a low voice, "Take someone with you, and go before tonight..."

White Crow nodded again and again, then cupped his fists and was about to leave. When the door was about to close, he looked at the man in black robe with a slightly different posture and behavior, and tried, "Master, are you..." Which one?

He said the last three words, but it was clearly written in his eyes. Yao Xuanci glanced at him casually. After being suppressed for a long time, he finally came out to breathe. He hooked his lips, "It's me.”

As expected, another son came out.

But the two masters were both his masters, and Bai Ya didn't dare to show any expression, so he closed the door and left obediently.

...

On the day of the new year, Mother Wen had eaten breakfast, and waited for the warm sun to rise into the sky, so she specially called Aunt Song and Ayao to knead the dough and prepare all kinds of stuffing.

Mother Wen didn't come into the kitchen very often, she was covered in flour after tossing for a while, and there were scattered vegetable fillings everywhere on the table, but she was still very happy.

"Mommy, is the stewed pig's trotter ready?"

"It's stewed, and when the noodles are mixed, people will burn the pot."

Nanny Song put down the kitchen knife in her hand, handed it to A Yao to season, patted the vegetable leaves on her hand, looked at the yard outside, and said with a smile, "Didn't you come to help me, sir, we are going to roll the noodles here,I haven't come yet, I should tell Ayao to call out, a man is a real man, you can count on what you say."

The smile on Mother Wen's face was very strong, "Let's eat two mouthfuls to pad our stomachs before calling him, and let that brat stay hungry until noon."

As soon as the words were finished, Wen Qiong came in with a bunch of candied haws. She looked around, then curiously probed the fillings on the table, and asked in amazement, "Is the four kinds of fillings too much?"

"What's more." Mother Wen brought her a small stool, "I'm afraid it won't be enough for the neighbors after cooking."

"Where's your brother?"

The sweet caramel coating melted, and the sweet and sour hawthorn tasted especially delicious. Wen Qiong spat out the small hawthorn core, "The prince's secret guard intends to exchange Miss Zheng Er back, and he sent people to the exchange place to find out."

Mother Wen paused as she grabbed the dough, "Then this New Year's Eve is not going to be a good one."

The three of them have become enemies with the second girl Zheng, which is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain, and Hecheng can't stay any longer.

Wen Qiong spread her hands silently, saw the thin calluses on her fingers and palms, turned the candied haws in her hand, and casually bit off one, "No way."

How could she let her enemy leave gracefully.

Sitting at the small table and watching Mother Wen and Nanny Song making dumplings for a while, Wen Qiong felt so sore that she couldn't sit still, she waved her hand to ask A Yao to continue rolling the dough, and walked slowly to her small courtyard.

As soon as she walked past the familiar door of the ear room, she heard a loud bang. She turned her head to look at the ear room, only to see a slamming sound, and the thin door panel trembled.

She paused for a moment, then rolled up her sleeves, revealing the red rope tied around her thin wrist, untied it, and opened the lock on the door.

When Zheng Ruyu heard the sound of unlocking, he stared at the door, and when the door was slowly pushed open, he smashed the wooden box in his hand.

Wen Qiong had expected to stand aside, looking at the cracked small box thrown on the ground, and peeking inside, she happened to meet Zheng Ruyu's gloomy fox eyes.

She glanced at the messy and dusty white silk on the ground, got up and stepped into the room to pick it up, and shook it in front of Zheng Ruyu, her beautiful amber eyes slightly curved, "Second Miss, don't you like it?"

This scene made Zheng Ruyu feel humiliated, she adjusted her sitting posture, covered her legs with a soft quilt to cover her feet that were imprisoned by iron chains, raised her head slightly, "give me another place to live, prepare bright clothes, and bring a stove.”

She knew from Wen's brother that the hidden guard wanted to replace her.

Wen Qiong just pursed her lips and smiled, picked up a white silk that was a little cleaner, and patted off the dust on it, "This satin is placed outside, and it is considered a good fabric. It's a pity that the second girl just threw it on the ground like this."gone."

Zheng Ruyu was disgusted by the plainness on her face, and pulled off the quilt, "The donkey's lips are not right with the horse's mouth."

"You and Yao Xuanci really look like a husband and wife. You have a calm and noble face, but you are used to fooling people."

She sneered, "He knew I meant it, but he never paid attention to it. He was clearly indifferent and heartless, and I foolishly chased after him, but you got the marriage decree to marry into the Hou's mansion, and you still pretended to be a good wife and mother who is obedient and docile..., One by one, he was able to calculate, regardless of his reputation and consequences, kidnapped me, and became murderous towards me."

"I really regret it. If I had known that you had an extra life, I should have asked Imperial Physician Song to do it while I was in the Hou's mansion. At least I could make you suffer as hard as I do now."

The smile in Wen Qiong's eyes had long since disappeared. She looked down at the white silk that had just been folded, and calmed down and let out a breath.

After a few breaths, she showed a look of compromise, and then spread the white silk, "The plain white color also suits the second girl."

Zheng Ruyu felt that her words were incomprehensible, but she saw her throwing Bai Ling towards the beam. After two or three consecutive failures, Bai Ling finally passed through the beam in the room.

Wen Qiong tied a beautiful knot, took two steps back to check the height, then went to the door and shouted loudly, and soon a guard came over.

"lady."

Wen Qiong turned sideways, pointed to Zheng Ruyu who was sitting on the bunk, and calmly ordered, "Hang her on that white silk."

Zheng Ruyu immediately gritted her teeth, "How dare you!"

She didn't believe Wen's had the guts to touch her.

The guard was stunned for a moment, "Ma'am, aren't we..." Are we going to exchange her for Mo Ya to come back soon?

Wen Qiong's tone was light, "When she is about to die, hold her down, and then put her up slowly."

The guard immediately took orders.

Seeing the guards approaching her, Zheng Ruyu realized that Wen Qiong was not threatening her intentionally, so she shrank back and hid in the corner, "Wen Shi, if something happens to me, you will die... let go of me, let go!"

When he waved his hands wildly, he slapped the guard on the face.

Wen Qiong folded her arms and leaned against the door panel, her eyes lowered slightly.

During the siege in the last life, the half box of white silk made her suffer day by day. In her dream, she hanged herself in various scenes.

She thought she would get a new life just by doing it all over again.

But at this moment, Wen Qiong didn't have the slightest intention of being carefree. Those beautiful amber eyes looked at the white silk, and unconsciously stroked her stomach, feeling a little dazed.

"Let go of me, get out!"

"Don't hug me, no... I don't want to hang myself, I don't want to hang myself... Ahhhh!"

Zheng Ruyu held Bai Ling tightly, struggled to raise her head, kicked her legs to break free, but she struggled for too long, her strength had long since disappeared, and with her last breath, "Put me down, let me go!"Cough cough, help..."

Wen Qiong was brought back to her senses by her ear-piercing screams, and seeing Zheng Ruyu's distressed appearance, she suddenly thought of herself.

If she had chosen to hang herself in the first place, would she be in such a mess, with no dignity at all?

A hint of boredom suddenly rose in Wen Qiong's heart.

Tired of the painful memories of her sleepless nights at that time, and the murderer of the previous life was like a thin sheet of paper in front of death, not as strong and arrogant as she imagined.

The painful memory of the previous life was like a gangrene, and invisible tentacles clung to her without a sound, dragging her back into the dark abyss irresistibly.

Wen Qiong took a deep breath, closed her eyes, turned and left indifferently.

She can't accept that she has been shrouded in the shadow of her previous life and never really escaped.

Zheng Ruyu hadn't been hung for too long, and when she was put down, she was still terrified, somewhat nervous, she hid in the corner and kept cursing Wen Qiong, and even burned all the plain things in the ear room.

After Wen Qiong heard about it, a look of ridicule appeared in his eyes for a moment, and he continued to draw the bow, aiming at the bull's-eye with difficulty and effort.

As soon as the hand was released, with a sound of piercing through the air, the slender sharp arrow crookedly nailed into the red bull's-eye. Although it was not the center point, it had made a lot of progress compared to before.

Ah Shen, who stepped forward to check, pulled back the arrow, trotted back and gave Wen Qiong a thumbs up, "Young lady is so good, you can hit the bull's-eye in just six or seven days!"

Wen Qiong pursed her lips and smiled slightly, took the light bow and handed it to him, "Play for a while, I'll take a rest."

As she spoke, she sat aside while beating her sore waist, and A Yao took the cloak and put it on for her, "Girl, let's stop practicing here today, your body won't be able to bear it after too long, so don't tire yourself out."

What's more, as the New Year's Eve approaches, the weather is getting colder.

Wen Qiong smiled lightly, "It doesn't matter, I will practice for another quarter of an hour."

In the blink of an eye, it's the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the day of sweeping away the old.

Wen Boqing stood in front of the carriage, looked at the woman who had already got into the carriage, "Ah Qiong, come down, it's really dangerous for you to follow."

Wen Qiong gathered the cloak together, holding a thin box in her arms, she glanced at Wen Boqing, "Stay away from me, it's enough not to expose me."

"You are so bulky, in case something happens, how can I explain to my mother?"

Wen Boqing didn't understand why his younger sister was so persistent, but it didn't prevent him from deciding to let Wen Qiong stay. Who knows if those prince's secret guards would have any tricks in the place of exchange.

Wen Qiong put down the curtains of the carriage window, and said to Ah Shen who was driving the horse, "Let's go."

"Brother, hurry up, don't miss the hour."

Wen Boqing watched the carriage leave quickly, could only shake his head with a sigh, and then spread out his fan, "Let's set off too."

They walked for less than half an hour before a group of galloping horses stopped at the entrance of the alley.

The white-robed man looked around and saw the name of the alley, then got off his horse, walked quickly to the carriage behind him, and clasped his fists obediently, "Young master, we are here."

A moment later, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and the handsome man in a crow blue robe got out of the carriage, his eyes fell on the quiet and peaceful alley, and the corners of his lips were pursed.

He knew that Bai Ya had already written a letter, and Arjun knew that he had competed with Yao Xuanci from the previous life for his body.

Since Weicheng returned to Fenglin Biezhuang outside the imperial city, he has never appeared again. The last time he talked with Arjun was a letter telling her that he had gone to Suzhou.

Yao Xuanci already knew what happened in his previous life, and he had many dreams of his previous life in the days when he was suppressed. Sometimes he couldn't tell whether he was a player in the game or a bystander.

But at this moment, what was in his mind was not "Arjun will choose which of them to stay", and - if the enmity in the past life has been avenged in this life, will Arjun still choose to reconcile?

"Young master?"

The white crow saw that he was in a daze for a long time, and carefully reminded him, "The pursuers are still behind, you have to hurry up, you should leave when you see the madam."

They don't intend to settle down in Crane City.

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