Chen Jiao's voice was clear and gentle, full of attractive rhythms, and Wu Jie couldn't help but be moved when she heard it. She misses her hometown so much. But her gaze swept across the table and landed on the package that smelled of blood, and she regained consciousness in an instant.

"You South Chen have a deep hatred with Dongyue, don't you know?" Wu Jie interrupted him with a sneer. The death of the prince's brother was firmly in her heart.

Chen Jiao paused, and said solemnly: "I know about this matter. After returning to South Chen, I will definitely find out the truth for you and avenge you."

"Don't worry, with you and me here, South Chen and Dongyue will definitely restore the old relationship between the two countries, and even renew their marriage." He solemnly promised that Dongyue did not want to marry South Chen's clan daughter, no problem, he will marry Isn't the princess of Dongyue also a good thing made by nature.

"Are you avenging me?" Wu Jie felt like laughing.

The one who can dispatch a navy fleet to ambush the prince of Dongyue must be the king of a country... Wait, Emperor Tiankang had a stroke last year and was paralyzed in bed. The person behind the scenes manipulating the government is Xiao Zhou. The previous series of methods against East Vietnam and the Northern Wei Dynasty should all be written by this empress.

"How do you want to take revenge?" That is the current Queen of South Chen, or the future Queen Mother of South Chen.

"However you want to take revenge, I will take revenge. Kill people to pay for their lives, pay debts, even if you want that person's life, there is nothing wrong with it."

When it comes to the queen of a country, he is completely indifferent,

Yes, he just killed a queen mother, and there was a prince before, so it is normal to kill another queen. Wu Jie sneered, but before she had time to say anything, she was stunned by Chen Jiao's next words.

"Anyway, it's not once or twice that my stepmother has inspired me to kill."

stepmother?

This appellation contains too much information, Wu Jie couldn't react for a while,

"Yes, Xiao Zhou is my stepmother and my aunt." Chen Jiao smiled helplessly. That woman, who used to be his most dependent relative, later became the source of his nightmares.

Wu Jie's eyes widened. Xiao Zhou Empress turned out to be his stepmother, so his biological mother...is the Da Zhou family. Thinking of the childhood story he told herself before... Wu Jie was completely dazed.

Damn, she didn't think much about it.

Although Xie Xianshi treated him respectfully and politely last time, she speculated that Chen Jiao's status in South Chen was extraordinary. But they didn't expect that he turned out to be the eldest son of Emperor Tiankang and the biological son of Empress Da Zhou.

I heard that the eldest son of the emperor was wild and rude, rebelled against his father, and was disliked by the court, so he did not expect to appear in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Really crazy, the majestic prince of a country came to the enemy country to stir up wind and rain, is he sick?

"It's just that there are some things in my heart that I can't let go of. Only when I do it with my own hands, can I feel that my mind is clear." Chen Jiao said as a matter of course.

The thing you can't let go of is killing Prince Fu and the Queen Mother? Wu Jie found it incomprehensible.

"I wanted to delay it for a little longer, but you told me before that the old man was about to die, so I had to go back quickly."

"So, come with me. I will do what I say."

Maybe it was because she was too shocked, even Chen Jiao stepped forward to hold her hand, but Wu Jie did not refuse.

Being dragged by him all the way out of the study, the two of them entered the main hall.

The flood has receded long ago, and the once clean and tidy hall is now full of mud, and the bench placed in front is also covered with thick dirt.

Chen Jiao looked at it, and said with a low laugh: "The last time you brought me to this Changqiu Pavilion, and seeing you lying on the bench, I knew you were not happy in this palace."

Wu Jie remembered the conversation between the two in Changqiu Pavilion last time, her legs and feet were numb, and she asked him to help... Thinking of this, her cheeks turned rosy, feeling ashamed and annoyed.

In her heart, she has always regarded Chen Jiao as a woman. Although she knew his true gender later, she was wearing women's clothes and dangling around you all day long, with a face more beautiful than a woman's. Think about it.

However, is returning to South Chen with him the same as returning to his hometown? They are also in distant foreign countries, and they are also in deep palaces, and she always feels that this person in front of her is dangerous and elusive.

She shook off his hand suddenly.

Chen Jiao was taken aback, and asked with a smile: "What's the matter? Are you worried about that little girl next to you? We just take her..."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Jiao suddenly turned and stared out of the window, his soft eyes suddenly changed, full of sharpness and fierceness.

"Someone is approaching, you find a place to hide first, and I will turn around and come pick you up." Chen Jiao hurriedly reminded. Quickly dodged out the door.

Seeing him disappear outside the door, Wu Jie breathed a sigh of relief.

Do you want to follow and leave? At that moment, Wu Jie really hesitated, and followed Chen Jiao back to South Chen. She was unhappy in Great Wei's palace, but is South Chen's palace a good place? It is also not my hometown, nor my relatives.

There was the sound of weapons being exchanged in the distance.

Did the imperial guards of the Great Wei discover the impostor, or was it the pursuers after the Queen Mother was killed?

Wu Jie hesitated for a moment, and ran upstairs.

The sound of fighting became farther and farther away, until it got dark, and Chen Jiao's figure did not appear again.

Even on the second day, there was no sign of anyone.

Wu Jie became a little worried again, this guy will not be slaughtered by mistake. Hope he escapes safely...

In the afternoon of the second day, the water level dropped a lot, Chi Rui came back from fetching water from the backyard, and brought back a lot of news.

She went out and checked the surroundings by the way, "That looks, it really looks..."

Chi Rui didn't know how to describe what she saw. The once gorgeous and bright pavilions, the once prosperous and bright flowers and trees were all piled with mud, old and dilapidated. The whole palace was even more bleak than after a war. The most frightening thing is the corpses that appear from time to time under the flowers and trees in the corridor, all of them are swollen and swollen.

Wu Jie could imagine that scene, the corpse soaked in water for three or four days was far more terrifying than the one hacked to death by random knives.

"This is still near the North Palace. I heard that there are more corpses in the Emerald Garden, which is horrific. The ones hacked to death by barbarians in the front hall are not so miserable." Chi Rui murmured.

When she went out this time, she also met a few little maids who escaped unharmed. Like them, they all survived by hiding in the attic with relatively high terrain.

"Poor few haven't eaten for three days, and their legs and feet are weak from hunger. The servant gave them the two pieces of snacks they had with them."

"I heard that there were barbarian soldiers and horses coming in from the front. They burned, killed and looted for a long time, and were driven out by the imperial army after two days of hard fighting. Fortunately, our Changqiu Pavilion is located in the north."

With lingering fear in her heart, Chi Rui talked about the news she had heard.

Wu Jie felt that the Tangsu in her mouth became bitter. No one would be happy to hear such news.

She thought of Chen Jiao, who was nowhere to be seen, "You don't want to leave, do you want to hide here for the rest of your life?"

Why he didn't want to go with him? From the bottom of my heart, it was probably because of that guess.

Chen Jiao should have colluded with the Gao family!

Although he is a member of South Chen, it is reasonable to collude with the rebel party and disrupt the internal affairs of the enemy. Moreover, he is not from the Great Wei, so he doesn't need to worry about the Great Wei's Guozuo.

But the strange feeling in my heart couldn't be suppressed no matter what.

Wu Jie also couldn't tell what was wrong with her. When she thought of leaving with Chen Jiao, she fell into conflict and entanglement. Fortunately, Chen Jiao didn't come back, so she didn't have to choose.

Moreover, speaking of leaving, she still has her own way.

Chi Rui brought back the good news that the surrounding floods have receded. Wu Jie finally made up her mind, and went to the secret passage to investigate before speaking.

Maybe this secret passage can lead to the outside of the palace...

Chi Rui was shocked by a secret passage in Changqiu Pavilion, and Wu Jie explained that she discovered it while reading books in the past two days.

She asked Chi Rui to guard in the room, and she took the candle and went down the tunnel.

Going all the way down the stone steps, as expected, most of the water subsided, leaving only potholes and water stains. I thought it was the end of the passage, but because of the flood, the gap was washed away. Wu Jie carefully Check it out, and found that it should be an exquisitely crafted stone gate, and there should be some mechanism hub opened.

It's a pity that although I discovered this secret path in my previous life, I never found the mechanism, and I thought it was a dead end.

After passing through the broken stone gate, Wu Jie continued to move forward. After walking for less than half an hour, finally reached the end.

Looking at the upward ladder in front of her, Wu Jie was a little excited.

She lifted her skirt and went up the steps, and there was a stone slab on the top.

Wu Jie first listened carefully to the outside to make sure there was no sound, and then pushed lightly. The stone slab was heavy but extremely smooth. With a little force, she staggered to the side.

Looking out from the gap, Wu Jie saw the sky full of stars. Overjoyed in her heart, she continued to push the stone slab carefully, and then crawled out from inside.

As expected, there was no sound in the surrounding area, and as far as the eye could see, there were trees, and because of the flood, the ground was covered with yellow mud, and it was not clear whether it was inside or outside the palace.

Wu Jie crawled out of the tunnel, breathing in the cool air, first determined the direction according to the stars, and then walked towards the north.

Changqiu Pavilion is already near the North Palace, if the tunnel can leave the palace, then it is definitely right to go north.

However, after walking a few steps, Lin Zi arrived. She looked up at the building in front of her, and the corners of her mouth twitched.

Under the dark night, although the shape of the building can't be seen clearly, the thunder beasts and unicorns that can only be used by the royal palace are entrenched on the top of the towering eaves, which clearly shows that this is a palace building.

After tossing and tossing for so long, it turned out that he was still in the palace. Wu Jie was disappointed for a while.

She continued to walk two steps forward, trying to see the appearance of the palace clearly, but as soon as she got out of the grove, she saw the scene Chi Rui mentioned.

The once clean and smooth white stone road is full of mud, and there are a few people in disorder on it.

dead!

I don't know whether he was drowned by the water or hacked to death by the rebellious army in the past two days. Although it has been a few days, the clothes on these people are clearly visible, and they are all the lowest eunuchs or court ladies.

Wu Jie barely kept her composure, bypassed them, and after walking a short distance, she heard the sound of rushing water.

In front of the palace, a small river rushed past, Wu Jie finally recognized where it was.

It is the elephant garden in the northernmost part of the palace, and it is one of the most remote places in the palace. There is a Nianhua Pavilion in the garden, where some calligraphy and painting classics are in full bloom. Dongli is the small Buddhist hall where Empress Dowager Hong used to pay homage to Buddha. This is a place even more remote than the Leng Palace, and there are very few concubines to patronize. There are only some low-level servants sweeping and sweeping daily. There is a small stream passing through the garden, winding and winding, with a bit of wild charm. However, after irrigation by the flood, it has now become a small river full of mud and sand.

With the recent flood, it is clear that some unlucky palace people here did not escape.

Like this one in front of you.

Wu Jie was walking to the edge of the river, the surging water slapped the lawn beside the road, and even submerged half of the Baishi Corridor.

And at the bottom of the corridor, the body of an unlucky ghost is blocking there.

Because of the blocking of the colonnade, he was not washed in directly, but half of his body was also soaked in the water.

It seems to be a guard. saw seven or eight corpses along the way before, but just looking at the clothes, knew that they were all low-level sweeping servants. didn't expect that even the guards were so unlucky here.

Although the flood came quickly and violently, most of the guards with martial arts were able to escape, unlike these low-level handymen who were unlucky. Of course, those in the Emerald Garden are special cases.

Come here, there is no need to continue reading, this tunnel is of no value, so I am happy for nothing.Wu Jie was going to turn around and go back.Suddenly there was a low moan and groan in front of him.

Wu Jie was startled, and when she looked down, it turned out to be the bodyguard she thought was the corpse, who suddenly moved.

But it was only a slight movement, and then there was no sound.

Wu Jie acted boldly and approached the man.

After hesitating for a moment, she stood on tiptoe and gave the man a light kick on the shoulder.

Following her strength, the man rolled over half of his body.The clear moonlight shines on that handsome face.

With an eerie familiarity.

Wu Jie almost bit her tongue,

Is she dreaming?How could this guy in front of him be Yuan Jing?