Spring River Flower Moon Night: Set of 2 Volumes

Chapter 95: Deep Courtyard (4)
"Going further, it's Liu'er's room." Wang Zijin's fear disappeared, as expected, the illusion is an illusion, and the reality is reality, the difference is like heaven and earth.

He took two quick steps, brought Feixiao to a simple carved wooden door, and said softly, "This is it!"

"Hush." ​​Fei Xiao raised a finger, implying that he should not speak, only to see that the room was dimly lit, and someone was actually inside.

I saw a middle-aged beautiful woman and an old man with gray eyebrows and beard sitting in the room, discussing matters.

"A matchmaker proposed marriage to Liu'er today, does that family not know about Liu'er's illness?" The old man said worriedly with a dignified appearance.

"The gift list given by the matchmaker is very rich. It depends on whether Liu'er has this blessing..." The beautiful woman in an indigo brocade robe took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes, weeping with joy.

When the prince heard her voice, his mind suddenly rang. This voice was exactly the same as the voice of the temptress who chased and killed him in the wilderness.

I saw the master holding her hand and said: "Fu Rong, I have suffered so much for you for so many years. When Liu'er gets married, I will definitely make it up to you."

"Master..." Fu Rong looked at her husband and was speechless.The light reflected her beautiful side face, which was indeed as gorgeous as a lotus, but at this time, she was middle-aged, and she was a little bit more haggard than in the illusion.

When Wang Zijin saw that her face was peaceful and beautiful, she was completely free of the hostility he saw that day, and he was even more puzzled.

While thinking about it, I saw this deeply affectionate couple stand up hand in hand, as if they were about to leave.

Fu Rong said softly to the master: "It's time for Liu'er to take medicine, I'm going to prepare."

She lifted the hem of her skirt lightly, a pair of embroidered shoes embroidered with white orchids loomed under the brocade robe.

Wang Zijin and Fei Xiao hurriedly moved away from the door, only to see them go out one after another.

The middle-aged man said: "Tomorrow I will agree to the marriage, the betrothal family seems to be very wealthy, I hope Chong Chongxi Liu'er will get better."

The two walked while talking, and walked slowly to the end of the corridor, turned a corner, and disappeared.

But Wang Zijin couldn't help being dumbfounded, the reality and Liu Er's heart are too different, and the person who wants to harm her is really this concubine?
Feixiao's eyes were also full of confusion, and the two sighed at the same time, feeling that this ordinary house was much more terrifying than the illusion.

It is the kind of horror that makes people follow suit and get deeper and deeper.

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Wang Zijin and Fei Xiao pushed the door and walked into Liu'er's boudoir, only to see the flickering candlelight, making the room flickering.

A pink curtain hung beside the bed, and the people inside were silent.

Wang Zijin looked at the curtain, for some reason, he felt that it was very similar to the one used by the lady in the illusion, and he was afraid that there would be a mummy lying inside.

"Liu'er? Liu'er?" He walked over while calling, and gently opened the curtain, only to see a pale girl lying inside, with picturesque eyebrows, hair like clouds, and her eyes closed. Liu Er they parted.

Fei Xiao came over to take a look and said, "She seems to have been cursed by someone."

"What?" Wang Zijin wondered, and he remembered what he saw in the illusion that day, the shoe embroidered with peonies was parked next to the Eight Immortals table, as if a bag of poison had been put into it.

"Is that spell effective if people drink it?"

"Yes," Fei Xiao nodded softly, "but those are all superficial methods and are useless."

"Although the method is superficial, what if we use it every day?" Wang Zijin asked.

"Then I don't know, anyway, I have never used such a stupid method..." Fei Xiao said, scratching her head with a folding fan, with a puzzled expression on her face.

While the two were talking, they heard the sound of small footsteps coming from the corridor, as if someone was coming.

Fei Xiao hurriedly pulled the prince in to escape, only to see the door was pushed open, and an embroidered shoe stepped in.

As soon as the two of them saw the shoes, they knew who was coming. Sure enough, Fu Rong came with a maid in emerald green dress, and only listened to her order: "Xiao He, go and move the small table to the bed."

The maidservant responded and hurriedly moved a small square table over.

When Wang Zijin heard this name, he couldn't help being shocked. Whether it was fantasy or reality, he had heard this name countless times, but he had never seen her face.

He poked his head out curiously, and saw the girl with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, her appearance was mediocre, and there was nothing amazing about it.

Xiao He put the small square table in front of Liu'er, helped her up, and stuffed a cushion behind her.Fu Rong sat in front of Liu'er with a medicine bowl in her hand, her wrists were as white as snow in the candlelight, and the pitch-black medicine was even more terrifying.

"Liu'er, take the medicine, and when you're healthy, you can marry..." Fu Rong scooped up the medicine juice with a small spoon and sent it to Liu'er's mouth.

Wang Zijin only felt a heart in his throat, and a voice in his heart cried out: Can't drink, can't drink.

Just as she was about to go up to stop her, she felt her wrist tighten, and seeing Fei Xiao's handsome face was rarely serious, she resolutely shook her head at him, meaning to tell him not to go over.

Wang Zijin clenched his fists, seeing the medicine in the bowl being fed in bit by bit, but he was helpless.

Xiao He was very surprised when she heard Fu Rong's words, "Ma'am, is the girl getting married?"

Fu Rong mixed some water with honey and fed it to Liu'er, "That's right, someone came to propose marriage to the girl today, that person's family is rich, and the gift list is very generous."

It's only been an hour since the prince came here, and he has heard them mention the "gift list" several times. It seems that Fei Xiao has prepared a generous dowry gift for herself.

He looked at Feixiao gratefully, but saw that she was like a jade, standing coldly in the shadows, turning a blind eye to Wang Zijin's gaze.

"Master agreed?" Xiao He asked with concern.

"That's right, the master thinks it's better to get married as soon as possible, the girl's body will last for a few more days." After she finished speaking, she sighed, and two lines of tears flowed down her no longer smooth face.

When the prince came to see her, his heart felt sore, he really didn't understand why such a beautiful and gentle woman was like a monster in Liu'er's heart?

The two of them waited for Liu'er to wash and wash up, and then quietly retreated out. It was already the mid-moon at this time.

"Fei Xiao, I don't think the concubine looks like someone who will harm others. Let's go back first and pick Liu'er away in two days."

Fei Xiao sat on the edge of the bed, held Liu'er's hand, thought for a while and said, "Unless what you want to pick up is a dead body."

"What?" Wang Zijin gasped.

"If you want to kill someone, but that person is leaving now, what will you do?" Fei Xiao said coldly.

"Need to step up."

"Yes, so that person will definitely show up in the next few days, you and I must not relax."

That night, Wang Zijin and Fei Xiao stayed up all night, but everything went on as usual, nothing happened, but Liu Er showed no sign of waking up.

Ten

During the daytime of the next day, Fei Xiao was busy arranging for the prince's marriage again. Wang Zijin knew that the more intense the marriage, the sooner the real culprit would show up.

And at night, the two went to Yang's mansion to protect Liu'er, only to see that Fu Rong brought different maids on duty every day, tirelessly serving Liu'er to take medicine and wipe her body, which was boring and cumbersome.

After a few days, Wang Zijin couldn't take it anymore, but Fei Xiao was very energetic, drinking and eating chicken every day, without showing fatigue.

That night Wang Zijin had just taken a nap on the bed when he was woken up by Fei Hong.

"Can I have a day off?" he wailed.

"Your engagement with Liu'er will be tomorrow, and the murderer will probably show up tonight." Fei Xiao walked out of the inn holding him by the neck, and the two of them watched Fu Rong serve Liu'er as they did a few days ago.

The same program, the same boring, the prince was tired of watching it, and he couldn't help admiring this woman named Furong, who can take care of his wife's daughter for several years.

But when Furong left with her maid, Feixiao said to him: "Zijin, I want to unravel the invisibility technique, you first hug Liu'er and find a place to hide."

"What? There will be changes tonight?" Wang Zijin picked up Liu'er, only to feel that the person in his hands was as light as a child, and was very haggard.

He couldn't help but feel sad, and hurriedly found a screen to hide.It was dark behind the screen, there was no glimmer of light, and it was impossible to see what tricks Fei Xiao was playing.

He didn't know how long he had been sitting this way, but he was sleepy and tired, so he couldn't help dozing off.

Unexpectedly, after sleeping for a while, there was a soft knock outside the door, and a piece of moonlight poured in, and someone came in.Wang Zijin held his breath, he couldn't see the face of the visitor behind the screen, only saw a pair of silk embroidered shoes embroidered with orchids passing in front of him.

The embroidered shoes stopped in front of Liu'er's bed, and Wang Zijin's sleepiness disappeared immediately, and his heart raised his throat.

"Liu'er, don't blame me, I was really forced to do that, otherwise my life would be over." The voice was sad and sad, it was the concubine named Fu Rong.

But Liu'er was clearly in her arms, so who was she talking to?He looked at Liu'er's face, and suddenly a flash of inspiration came to his mind, and he knew that it was Feixiao who was lying on the bed.

"Liu'er, now that you are leaving home to get married, just forget about the past, and don't hate me, I have lived a very hard life for so many years..." She said, sobbing.

Wang Zijin heard her cry for a while and then quietly exited the room, not looking like she wanted to hurt anyone, so he couldn't help wondering.

The door closed slowly, and the room fell into boundless darkness again. After an unknown amount of time, just as Wang Zijin fell asleep again, the door creaked open again.

This time, a pair of cloth shoes walked slowly past him and stopped in front of the bed.

Who is this?What are you doing so late?
Before he could think clearly, he saw a flash of silver light piercing the dark night.

When the prince saw it, he secretly screamed in his heart that something was wrong, it was clearly the luster of a knife, it was cold and frightening, exuding the breath of death.

He yelled and rushed out from behind the screen. The man was taken aback. He glanced at the prince, but the speed of attack was a little faster.

Although the room was dark, Wang Zijin was shocked when he saw the knife stabbing the person on the bed.

Only a female voice sounded in the darkness: "Who are you? Why did you harm me?"

Coquettish and gentle, it was Liu'er's voice.

Wang Zijin broke out in a cold sweat immediately, Liu'er was obviously lying behind the screen, how could he speak here?
"Zi Jin, don't let him run away!" Wang Zijin listened to this order, and in exactly the same tone as Fei Xiao, he rushed forward and grabbed the man's arm.

During the fight, the two overturned all the tables and chairs. Before Wang Zijin could hold it firmly, he felt a pain in his hand. It turned out that he had been stabbed, so he let go of his hand in pain.

The man broke free from Prince Jin's shackles, and immediately rushed to the gate to escape.Unexpectedly, after pulling hard twice, the door did not move at all. In a blink of an eye, it was like a turtle in a urn, with no way out.

Wang Zijin knew that it was Fei Xiao who locked the door with a magic spell, so he endured the pain and took out the fire pocket, and lit the candle.

When the man saw the light of the candle, he was terrified, covered his face and squatted on the ground, knowing that there was no way out.

"Who are you?" Wang Zijin asked curiously.

Before the words fell, she heard Fei Xiao on the bed say: "Xiao He, why did you want to kill me?"

Still using Liu'er's voice.

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Xiaohe?Wang Zijin was startled, it was Xiao He who killed Liu'er? !

Wang Zijin hurriedly looked back, and saw Fei Xiao sitting on the bed in the dim candlelight, the shadow of the curtain cast on his face, it was really hard to see that it was a man for a while.

Seeing that she was seen through, Xiao He raised her head, her ordinary face was full of horror, and saw Fei Xiao sitting on the bed, as if she had seen a ghost, "Girl, how did you wake up?"

Fei Xiao raised one hand, holding a three-inch dagger between her two fingers, "You see that spell is useless, so why not use this..."

After finishing speaking, he threw the dagger on the ground, only to hear a soft sound, and the sharp blade shone with a little cold light.

When Wang Zijin saw it, he couldn't help sweating. If the person lying on the bed hadn't been for Fei Xiao, he might have died already.

At this moment, a loud voice came from outside the door: "Liu'er? What happened? Who is the maid on duty at night? Open the door quickly." The sound of tables and chairs colliding just now alarmed the others.

Fei Xiao's gaze was like a torch, and she glanced at the door, which opened with a whimper.

Five or six people rushed in at once, the first was Fu Rong, Governor Yang's concubine, followed by Governor Yang and two maidservants.

When Furong saw Feixiao sitting on the bed, her complexion turned pale immediately, her eyes widened in fright, "Liu, Liuer, why are you awake?"

There was no surprise in the tone, but panic accounted for most of it.

"Who are you?" Governor Yang stared at the prince as he entered the room, obviously thinking of him as a villain.

Wang Zijin hurriedly saluted, "My next prince is from Jianghuai."

"Wang Zijin? But the one who proposed marriage to my daughter?"

Wang Zijin broke out in cold sweat when he heard this, his face was flushed, and he hurriedly said, "Exactly."

Governor Yang was very displeased when he heard this, "Although you and Liu'er already have a matchmaker, you can't act like this."

Seeing this situation, Xiao He, who was sitting on the ground without making a sound, suddenly pointed at the prince and shouted: "Master, it's him! He wants to kill the girl, I went to stop him, but he pushed him to the ground."

When Wang Zijin saw Xiao He bit back, he couldn't help but get angry, and hurriedly said: "It's true that you are the one who killed Liu Er, don't spitting blood!"

But the people around were all staring at his bloody hand and the dagger that Feihong had thrown on the ground just now, their eyes were full of doubts, it seemed that they couldn't explain it.

While in a hurry, she only heard Fei Xiao say: "Father, let all these irrelevant people go out, I have something to say..."

Governor Yang immediately understood that it was not an honorable thing for the prince to trespass on his daughter's boudoir.

Seeing this situation, Xiao He knew it was not good, she sat on the ground trembling like a sieve.

"Liu'er, do you have anything to say now?" Governor Yang asked softly, with tears in his eyes, as if he was afraid that his voice would scare his precious daughter.

Only Feixiao said leisurely: "Father, this prince is indeed here to protect me..."

The voice was weak, as if he was just recovering from a serious illness, and the performance was vivid.

"What's going on here?" Governor Yang asked, pointing to the dagger on the ground.

Fei Xiao didn't answer, and said to Prince Jin: "Zi Jin, go and look in Xiao He's arms, there should be something for casting a curse..."

Wang Zijin didn't move his hands, after all, he was a girl, how could he go through other people's clothes?
Fu Rong saw the difficulty of Wang Zijin, and hurriedly stretched out her hand and said, "Xiao He, give me something, or I will do it myself."

Xiao He looked at Fei Xiao in horror, as if she couldn't believe that he would see through her.Fu Rong reached into her arms and took out something wrapped in a handkerchief.

She opened the handkerchief and looked at the contents, her face couldn't help but change.

I saw a little cloth doll wrapped in a scarlet handkerchief, and a yellow paper charm was pasted on the doll. Even a fool could see that it was something harmful.

"Xiao He? The girl and I treat you well, why are you so?"

Seeing that the matter was exposed, Xiao He's eyes suddenly showed a fierce look, and his face was twisted so hideously that people were afraid.

She stood up with a sneer and said, "Treat me well? Are you really treating me well? If you give me leftover food and old clothes, will you treat me well?" Xiao He's tone was as cold as ice, "Unfortunately, pity is not a feeling for people in my opinion."

(End of this chapter)