Cut Frost

Chapter 90 90. Prison Escape, Hunting

Last time, Daoist Tianxuan almost...

Afterwards, Ning Jia recalled the scene many times, and still had lingering fears.

Although I have never seen the following scene with my own eyes, the supernatural power of Taoist Tianxuan to subdue demons has long been known to everyone in the palace.

When Fang Rong said it vividly, Ning Jia broke out in a cold sweat.

Yu'er looked at her, the tears on her face were still wet, her eyes were still red and swollen, and she had cried so many tears.

"Third Princess, I'm sorry..." Yu'er didn't know what to say, so she blurted out such a sentence, but felt that it was too light and had no weight.

"No, no," Ning Jia walked in front of her and said, "You have worked so hard to cure your second brother's illness, and I haven't been able to thank you yet."

"I should have brought him back safely, and shouldn't have left him in Lanwo Village..." Yu'er said sadly.

"Maybe, let's talk about fate." Ning Jia also had a sad expression, and tears had already rolled down her eyes.

Yu'er didn't know what to say to comfort her, she just looked at her silently.

Suddenly remembered that I came here because I was entrusted by others.

"Third Princess, Captain Chi is waiting for you, do you want to go see him?" Yu'er said.

"Him?" Ning Jia was a little dazed when she heard that, she only stared at Yu'er with her eyes wide open.

"He came to the inn in a hurry to look for us, he was very worried about you." Yu'er said.

"I, can't see him..." Ning Jia said, tears rolled down again.

"Why? I'll take you out, so no one will find out." Yu'er said.

"Father, he has promised me to someone else..." Ning Jia said.

"Sir Xiao? Do you know about him?" Yu'er said.

Ning Jia nodded while wiping her tears.

Yu'er took her hand and said: "Not to mention what he looks like now, if he is really acquitted, I will find a way to fulfill you and Captain Chi, don't worry."

"I, father, he..." Ning Jia was still full of hesitation.

Yu'er dragged her out, opened the pear blossom door, and walked out.

"Yu'er, no, no..." Ning Jia whispered, "I can't leave the palace..."

One side freed his hand backwards.

Yu'er turned around to look at her, and said slowly: "How long can you live? What's the use of regretting after death?"

Ning Jia was speechless when she heard the words.

Yu'er picked her up and jumped onto the five-foot-high palace wall.

Yu'er galloped ahead.

A tall figure followed behind, and it was Kurihara.

Yu'er walked fast, Ning Jia could only feel the wind in her ears, and could barely breathe, so she hugged Yu'er's neck tightly.

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At this time, the door of the Meng family in Jingyue City was also quietly opened.

A woman and a fat man walked out of the door.

Both of them took large and small packages and got into a carriage waiting at the door.

The carriage pulled the two of them out of the alley.

After turning two streets, suddenly several men in black rushed out from the darkness to stop the carriage.

The fat man lifted the curtain and said loudly, "Who?"

But he was stabbed with a sword in the chest.

The sword was drawn out again quickly, and blood spurted out immediately.

The fat body fell from the car.

The woman in the carriage screamed loudly and rolled out of the carriage.

A sword stabbed towards her, cutting her cheek.

The woman got stuck under one person and stopped rolling.

Just as he was about to get up, the man stabbed down with a sword.

Just then, a broadsword blocked the sword.

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Yu'er left the palace all the way, and went straight to the woods where she was last time before stopping.

"Here we are." Yu'er said softly.

Ning Jiafang noticed that she had stopped, and raised her head to look around. There was a slender figure standing under a big tree, which was extremely familiar.

Yu'er put her down.

Ning Jia's feet touched the ground, but her legs felt weak and dizzy, and she couldn't stand up.

Yu'er hurriedly supported her.

Chi Lin has already stepped forward, so close that he can even smell his breathing.

Yu'er let go of Ning Jia, and Ning Jia barely stood still, but only lowered her head.

"Talk well." Yu'er nodded to Chi Lin, turned around and pulled Li Yuan who was standing behind her, and walked away.

The two of them walked one after the other, gradually moving away from Ning Jia and Chi Rin.

Yu'er turned around and said, "It's almost this far away, isn't it?"

Suddenly, he was blocked by a bright red flower.

"Does it look good?" Kurihara smiled while holding a branch of manjusawa in full bloom.

The flower is so bright red that it is intoxicating, but it is still bright and dazzling even in the dark.

The sparse shadows in the dark night do not reduce its beauty by half, but make it even more beautiful.

"Well, why are you picking it?" Yu'er said angrily.

"See you off." Kurihara smiled charmingly.

"You are also a practice monster, everything has spirituality, aren't you destroying others' practice?" Yu'er said.

"It's not like you can practice everything, okay? Without spiritual roots, you don't even know what cultivation is?" Kurihara said.

"How do you know it doesn't have spiritual roots?" Yu'er said.

"Why do spiritual roots grow in the world where people are picking them?" Kurihara laughed.

"Only you are right." Yu'er shook her head and said.

"Then take it quickly." Kurihara said.

"I don't want any flowers." Yu'er said.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Kurihara said, "Then I'll hold it for you first, and I'll plug it in for you when I go back."

As he spoke, he grabbed a grass root and put it in his mouth.

The moonlight is like yarn.

Two or three faintly visible stars hang on the blue sky.

Ning Jia's eyes were red and swollen, and the corners of her eyes were suddenly stained with tears.

Chi Lin stretched out his hand, wanting to wipe it off for her.

Ning Jia took two steps back and didn't look at him.

Chi Lin felt a pain in his heart, and said in a hoarse voice, "Are you okay?"

Ning Jia only nodded slightly.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't save him..." Chi Lin said, feeling both sad and guilty.

"No, no." Ning Jia said hurriedly, looking up at him.

Fu lowered his head again, and said softly, "This has nothing to do with you..."

"You entrusted me with his affairs, but I failed to do it..." Chi Lin said.

"No, it's not..." Ning Jia shook her head hastily and said, but she didn't know what to say, so she just stared at him blankly.

Chi Lin took a step forward, wanting to embrace her, but she took two steps back.

His heels were touching a tree trunk, and he could not retreat any further, so he had to lower his head, tangle up a strand of blue silk with one finger, and twist it indiscriminately.

Fang wanted to say something, but suddenly felt a shadow approaching him, and he fell into his arms.

She hurriedly stretched out her hand to push, but Chi Rin hugged her tightly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Don't do this, don't do this to me..."

Hearing these words, Ning Jia burst into tears, gave up struggling and let him hold her.

"Yu'er, what does he hold now, sister-in-law?" Li Yuan asked from a distance with a long and thin grass root in his mouth.

"Daughter-in-law!" Yu'er knocked him on the head hard.

"The third son-in-law ordered by the emperor's imperial pen doesn't seem to be him." Kurihara chewed the grass roots in his mouth and said.

"So what?" Yu'er said.

"While he is clamoring to clear up other people's grievances, at the same time he is dating their daughter-in-law in the middle of the night. Tell me, is this really, okay?" Kurihara said.

"Stop talking!" Yu'er twisted Li Yuan's arm hard, gritted his teeth, and said, "The third princess must be Chi Lin's wife!"

"Ouch!" Kurihara said with a bitter face while rubbing the sore spot desperately, "You meddling vixen!"

"That name sounds good." Yu'er smiled at him, "I'll just leave it at that, how about it?"

"It's not good, the lady has a life, so don't dare to refuse!" Li Yuan turned around and smiled evilly at Yu'er, "Let's just watch like this? Or, we also..."

As he spoke, he leaned towards Yu'er.

"Aren't you afraid of ice?" Yu'er looked at him calmly and said.

"A hug will be enough." Kurihara said.

As soon as my hand touched Yu'er's arm, I felt a chill coming from my fingertips.

Yu'er looked at him with a satisfied smile.

Kurihara withdrew his hand and looked at her with a frown: "You hate me so much?"

"I don't hate you." Yu'er couldn't bear to say seeing his expression.

"Then you like me?" Kurihara said happily.

Yu'er rolled his eyes at him: "You have been away from Qingluo Peak for so long, you should go back and have a look."

"If I'm not here, will you miss me?" Kurihara looked at her and asked.

"Of course there are others thinking about you, why bother me." Yu'er said.

"Others are others, you are you." Kurihara said.

"Since you can't let go of others, why do you care about me?" Yu'er said.

"You mind so much? That's why you like me." Kurihara smiled.

Following this smile, he suddenly rushed forward and hugged Yu'er tightly.

Caught off guard, Yu'er was embraced by him, and he quickly picked up the Snow Mountain Crystal.

Kurihara's hands were immediately bound by a layer of blue ice, and Yu'er jumped back out of his embrace.

"Be careful with my flowers!" Kurihara shouted.

Fortunately, it was just freezing my hands, and the branches and petals did not touch.

"You are really! It's too dangerous!" Yu'er stood a few steps away and blushed loudly.

Kurihara looked at her with a smile and said, "One day, you will like it."

"Don't follow me anymore! Go back to Qingluo Peak!" Yu'er said loudly, still in a hurry.

"The legs are on my body, it insists on following you, so I have to listen to it." Kurihara said helplessly.

"Then let me help you!" Yu'er said.

Take out the ice wheel, drive the snow mountain crystal ice force, and the icy wind rolls towards Kurihara.

Kurihara jumped sideways to avoid it, and said, "You're serious!"

The feet touched the ground, and the ice has rolled in again.

Yu'er didn't say a word, just focused on mobilizing Bing Li.

Kurihara jumped out to one side again, not wanting to feel the coldness there, his feet were immediately wrapped tightly by blue ice.

"My dagger!" Kurihara remembered how Yujue snatched the prison flame dagger again, and was furious.

"You guys are..." Chi Lin held Ning Jia and stood a foot away, staring at the two of them dumbfounded.

"Yu'er..." Ning Jia also stared at them with wide eyes.

"Third Princess, are you finished?" Yu'er asked Ning Jia.

"Yes." Ning Jia nodded.

"Then I'll take you back now." Yu'er said.

"Kurihara..." Ning Jia looked at Liyuan's feet frozen by Lan Bing.

"He did it on his own, don't worry about him!" After Yu'er said that, she turned around and gave Li Yuan a hard look.

"I just lack such a domineering lady." Li Yuan smiled brightly at Yu'er.

"Shameless!" Yu'er snorted.

Chi Lin and Ning Jia looked at each other and smiled.

Yu'er gave Li Yuan a white look, took out a flower branch from his hand, and handed a solitary red manjusawa to Ning Jia: "This flower is so beautiful, let me give it to you."

Seeing this flower suddenly, Ning Jia felt a shock in her heart for some reason, followed by a strange yet familiar feeling of sadness and nostalgia.

It seems that there are still many unspeakable pains.

Ning Jia felt strange, and asked Yu'er, "What kind of flower is this?"

Hearing her question, Yu'er looked at the bright red flower in her hand: "This is Manjusawa, haven't you seen it?"

Ning Jia shook her head lightly: "This kind of flower has never been planted in the palace."

"Really? That's a pity." Yu'er said.

Ning Jia looked at Manzhushahua, who was Zhuoyan standing upright in front of her, not knowing why she felt so restless, and didn't reach out to pick it up, she was in a daze.

Seeing Ning Jia's expression changed, Chi Lin asked with concern, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Ning Jia shook her head and said, "It's okay."

"You don't like this flower?" Chi Lin said.

"No, it's not." Ning Jia shook her head lightly.

Yu'er moved the Manju Shahua closer again: "Take it if you like it, it looks so pretty."

Ning Jia reached out to take it.

The flower branch started, and my heart was even more terrified.

But Chi Lin took Manzhu Shahua from Ning Jia's hand: "There was no such flower in the palace, and now you brought it back and it was seen by others, so there must be some right and wrong, let me hold it for you."

Ning Jia smiled and nodded at Chi Rin: "That's fine."

"There are too many rules in the palace." Yu'er was a little displeased.

"Yu'er," Kurihara saw that they were talking lively and forgot about himself, and hurriedly shouted, "untie it for me!"

Chi Lin and Ning Jia pleaded for him again, and Yu'er finally relieved him.

Then he hugged Ning Jia, said "Let's go", and together with Li Yuan, he led Ning Jia back to Jianjia Palace.

Chi Lin watched them go far away, and set his eyes on the bright red in his hand: Is there anything weird about this flower?
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When Yu'er and Li Yuan returned to the inn, it was already light.

Xiao Mi was still asleep.

Yu'er was afraid to meet the old Taoist Tianxuan again, so she didn't dare to tell her what happened tonight.

Xiao Mi turned over and whispered in her mouth, "Youjue...brother..."

Yu'er couldn't help frowning.

secluded?

He was the one who followed us outside the city that day.

He has come.

Sure enough, he won't let me go.

Where is he now?

Yu'er took out the emerald green bamboo dragonfly from her sleeve, and remembered the situation in the East China Sea that day.

"Why on earth did you kill the turtle?"

"Hmph, it's okay to tell you. Master is ill, and the heart of the turtle can help master get rid of the illness, gain eternal life, and enjoy the world. Therefore, it must die!"

Youjue's expression and words that day were like yesterday.

What kind of illness did his master suffer from?

Is it curable?
Will what he wants me to do be related to this matter?

Or something else, something I didn't know?

Anyway, no matter where I go, he will find me, and he probably won't let it go.

Yu'er lay on the bed, tossing and turning.

In Jianjia Palace, Ning Jia also tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.

I don't know when I suddenly fell into a dream.

A vast and endless bright red river is rolling, and there seem to be two looming red shadows in the rolling waves.

The two red shadows swam desperately towards each other, but were further and further blocked by the rolling waves and rapids.

Is it crying?
Or a scream?
Unspeakable sadness, unresolved despair...

Suddenly, the boundless and endless red waves suddenly turned into a raging fire,

The living flesh and blood were instantly burned by the scorching flames,

To the bone, to the marrow, to the heart...

"Three princesses!"

"Three princesses!"

Ning Jia suddenly opened her eyes, Fang Qi was looking at her anxiously.

"Third Princess, what's wrong with you?" Fang Qi seemed to have tears in her eyes.

Ning Jia was startled to feel that she was drenched in sweat and her face was covered with tears.

"Did the third princess have a nightmare again?"

Fangrong wrung out a warm cloth towel for Ning Jia to wipe.

"It's okay." Ning Jia only said softly.

It was already dawn, and Yu'er Fang fell asleep for a while.

Suddenly the door was knocked open with a "bang!"

When Yu'er hurriedly sat up to watch, she saw Xiao Mi rushed to the bed in a hurry, panting and saying: "Out, out, big, big thing!"

Yu'er rolled over and got off the bed, grabbed Xiao Mi's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, speak slowly."

"Escape, escape, escape..." Xiao Mi gasped and said intermittently.

"Escape from prison?" Yu'er said in surprise, "Xiao Hengqi?"

"Yes, it's him, that's right!" Xiao Mi finally came up with this tone.

"His kung fu doesn't seem to be very good?" Yu'er thought for a while.

"Is he not good at martial arts?" Xiao Mi asked.

"It's okay. How do you know he escaped from prison?" Yu'er asked while getting dressed.

"Brother Chi said it." Xiao Mi said.

"Chi Lin is here?" Yu'er had already walked out, "Go and see."

"He's in Kurihara's room." Xiao Mi hurriedly followed.

The two went to Kurihara's room.

The door was open, and Kurihara and Chi Rin were standing inside.

"What's going on?" Yu'er asked Chi Lin.

"I saw arrest notices posted on the street early this morning. Ziyu was no longer in prison last night." Chi Lin said.

"Do you know who robbed the prison?" Yu'er said.

"I don't know." Chi Lin shook his head.

"How's Xiao Mansion?" Yu'er asked again.

They are the most suspect.

"Zheng Desheng has already searched, but nothing was found." Chi Lin said.

"What is the background of Zheng Desheng, who dares to search even the prime minister's residence?" Li Yuan asked aside.

"He is the head of Qianling Mansion. All the cases in Jingyue City are handled by him. Although the six ministries in Jingyue City are gathered together, they each perform their own duties and cannot interfere with the exercise of power in Qianling Mansion. If a key criminal escapes, he will be searched and apprehended." It's the responsibility of the head of the Qianling Mansion, whether it's true or false, we always have to do one thing." Chi Lin said.

"Let him search the Xiao residence once, but he found nothing, so he can prove his innocence." Yu'er nodded.

"Where will he escape to?" Kurihara rubbed his chin and asked Chi Rin.

"I don't know either." Chi Lin shook his head dejectedly.

"Brother Xiao did nothing wrong, why did he run away?" Xiao Mi wondered beside him.

"It's rare for you to be right once." Kurihara smiled at Xiao Mi, "If he escapes, even if he is innocent, he will become guilty."

"Hmph!" Xiao Mi hummed to him, "Which time am I wrong?"

"No," Xiao Mi said again, "If you don't run away, you can't just stay here and wait for death."

"You can't say that." Li Yuan said, "He stays in the prison obediently. When we prove that he is innocent, once he is released, he will still be the third son of the prime minister's mansion; but now, alas..."

"How is it now?" Xiao Mi chased.

"Resisting arrest and not returning, it's fine to shoot him to death with random arrows." Kurihara said.

"Ah!" Xiao Mi opened her mouth wide in fright.

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You Jue just opened his eyes in his temporary hut outside the city when he heard the talking bird singing outside the window.

Youjue pushed open the window, and Yushiniao flew in, shouting, "Prison escape, escape from prison."

Prison escape?

Xiao Hengqi?
He pleaded guilty voluntarily. How could he escape from prison if he wanted to take the blame for Xiao Hengfeng?

Then, there is another possibility: someone robbed the prison and forcibly took him away.

This person is most likely Xiao Hengnian, the only general of the Xiao family, General Ning Yuan.

In this way, this matter can become a big mess.

If he was arrested and brought to justice, Xiao Hengnian would definitely be questioned as well.

Prime Minister Xiao's status may not be guaranteed.

However, as far as I am concerned, the matter of the Xiao family still lacks a little meaning after all.

The language bird flew out of the window.

You Jue didn't have much interest, and walked to the sink to wash his hands and face.

Suddenly another talking bird flew in, singing continuously.

Youjue overturned the basin when she heard its cry, and all the water in the basin fell to the ground.

　In another two weeks or so the tempo starts to fast forward

　　
　
(End of this chapter)