Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 85

When the man in black asked questions, he fixed his eyes on Huo Mingzhu, as if he was looking forward to her answer.

"The Ninth Prince is among dragons and phoenixes. How many women are waiting to marry him. I think that any woman in the world will recognize the Ninth Prince as a family member in this life. The difference is only between getting and not getting it."

The man in black wanted to "dispute", but Huo Mingzhu refused to go along with him, and continued: "I advise you not to go to the palace to steal, the guards there are heavily guarded, there may be a thief with your skills In and out."

In fact, Huo Mingzhu wanted those thieves to focus on Baili Zonglu, so she used the aggressive method, and she would never talk about her relationship with Baili Zonglu with a gentleman on Liangshang. Since there are secret gossips circulating in the market, then It's not a bad thing for them to spread it, it's not what she said.

Unexpectedly, after hearing her answer, the man in black withdrew his gaze, looked away angrily, and mumbled, "You really miss him."

"What did you say?" Huo Mingzhu didn't hear what he said clearly, and asked with a frown. She didn't miss any chance, as long as the man in black might endanger her life for a moment, she wouldn't dare to take any chance. Relax.Now that he entered here, it seemed unreasonable for the man in black to return empty-handed without taking anything. Therefore, Huo Mingzhu was still waiting for the man in black's next move.

The man in black, who had finished muttering softly, sat for a while, then turned his head and wanted to get up and said, "I'm leaving."

He was about to get up, Huo Mingzhu retreated after him, keeping a certain distance from him full of vigilance.The man in black noticed her precautions, looked down at her in an extremely bad mood, and said, "No matter how bad I am, I am a gentleman, not some gangster who murders and robs me. Miss Huo is so guarded against me, she really looks down on people. But , I’m in a good mood today, so I don’t want to haggle over every detail with Miss Huo, so I’ll just sell another message to Miss..."

Huo Mingzhu was not prepared for him to speak out again, and asked with doubts: "What news?"

It doesn't count to just listen to all the news, there are many people who talk nonsense in the world, Huo Mingzhu has developed the habit of half-obedient.

The man in black approached her ear and said softly: "Promise me, when I am leaving later, if you don't ask someone to take me, I will say so."

Huo Mingzhu raised her eyebrows, and he also knew that she didn't believe him, so he nodded: "Yes."

The man in black seemed relieved, nuzzled the other side of Nulian Pond with his mouth, and said in a lower voice: "When I sneaked in just now, I saw a girl sneaking around there, it seemed that she was hiding something... You big families, the tricky thing is that I may accidentally bump into some secret of my aunt's wife, and sell it to others, which is worth a lot of money."

Look at the way he talks, saying that he is not a gangster, but he has a deep knowledge of these trivial matters and secrets, and he even knows that he can sell them for a good price.

Huo Mingzhu couldn't help but gave him a look of contempt, and the man in black didn't care, and added: "I thought, what kind of treasure might be buried, if I hadn't been caught by the lady and forced to go No, I must be reluctant to tell the young lady, I have to find some time to come and dig by myself, that would be a beautiful thing."

Huo Mingzhu suddenly became suspicious of this black-clothed masked man's lip service, he was indeed a habitual thief, and he knew the secrets of this kind of deep courtyard like the back of his hand.

Huo Mingzhu hadn't seen these in her previous life because she had never deliberately observed them. Who knows what secrets the General's Mansion still has?
Seeing that Huo Mingzhu's gaze turned to the grass on the other side of the lotus pond, the man in black took a deep look at her side face, seemed to sigh slightly, and said, "I'm an outsider, and the stolen things can be sold in a way. Don't be stupid and dig out the treasure and put it on the bedside, if you are caught and you are still in your own house, how can you stay?"

Huo Mingzhu had only seen this bold thief in her life, he not only bargained with her, but even wished to teach her all his knowledge of thieves, this is really...

"You..." Huo Mingzhu was speechless by him, just raised his head, but he retreated a few feet away, and then escaped out of the wall and disappeared.

Ganqing used a distraction technique to take the opportunity to escape.

Huo Mingzhu instantly became suspicious of what he just said about the secret on the other side. It seems that this person is not only a habitual thief, but also has a good tongue. Can he take what he said seriously?

Quiet beside the lotus pond, only one or two crickets chirping together with the sound of frogs in the pond, making the surroundings seem extremely quiet.

Huo Mingzhu sat by the pool for a while, was about to get up, suddenly saw a black shadow coming from the other side of the path out of the corner of his eyes, paused for a while, looked around, and then sneaked towards the pavilion on the other side .

Is there really a situation?

Huo Mingzhu hid in the grass, her eyes never moved away from the black shadow, she couldn't see clearly from a distance, but she could vaguely see that it was a woman.

Even at this moment, Huo Mingzhu's vigilance remained undiminished, and suddenly she heard a slight sound of footsteps coming from her ear, as if someone deliberately slowed down and was approaching her step by step.

Huo Mingzhu's eyes sank, it couldn't be that the man in black left and returned, could it be that she was talking with the man in black and was seen from behind, or thought that she had found out some secret about them and was going to kill them?
In short, Huo Mingzhu didn't dare to relax her vigilance, as expected, the footsteps were approaching her position step by step, and she suddenly jumped forward!
When it was too late, Huo Mingzhu grabbed the man's arm violently, pulled the man hard, and suppressed the man under her body. The other hand also covered the man just like the way the black-clothed masked man did just now. human mouth.

"you……"

"Little... um... woo woo..."

The person suppressed by Huo Mingzhu opened his eyes wide and said something vaguely in his mouth.

Facing those big eyes with a little fear, Huo Mingzhu's expression relaxed: "Sulu? Why are you here?"

The person who was suppressed by her, unable to move but still struggling and whimpering, was it Sulu or who?
Seeing that Su Hui was desperately wanting to speak, Huo Mingzhu glanced at the other side, made a silent movement, and lowered her voice: "Wait a while, look over there..."

Sulu's curiosity is the most important, she wanted to talk at first, but seeing Huo Mingzhu being so mysterious, she closed her eyes and nodded.

This appearance reminded Huo Mingzhu of the same expression and eyes when she was suppressed by the masked man in black just now?
Thinking about it, Huo Mingzhu slowly loosened Sulu's mouth, helped her up, and the two of them looked towards the other side of the lotus pond together.

The black shadow had already entered the pavilion, looked around for a while, then climbed down from the railing of the pavilion, squatted in the hibiscus bushes and fiddled for a while.

"Miss, what is she doing?" Su Wei returned to the trouble, but she was still very alert at this time, and lowered her voice.

Huo Mingzhu didn't know, so she didn't answer.

After about a cup of tea, the black figure straightened up, looked around again, and saw no one, so he climbed up the pavilion again, and then walked away.

"Huh? Miss, why do I look at her like the big girl Qing'er in the madam's room?" Su Yu asked in confusion.

"Qing'er?" Huo Mingzhu then said, "Are you sure it's her?"

Su Hui frowned: "The figure looks similar, but it's very dark at night, so I can't be sure."

Saying that, Su Hui's curiosity could no longer be suppressed, and she was about to get up: "Miss, why don't we go to the lotus pond...it's very hidden, who would think of what to do there? She won't be able to bear it." Didn't you jump down because you wanted to relieve yourself?"

Huo Mingzhu naturally wanted to take a look, but now is not the time, if someone deliberately set up a trap, they would jump in without knowing it, and they might not know what will happen then.

"Don't worry, let's go back today." Huo Mingzhu made a decision, "It's getting late, and the guards who watch the night will find us here later, so it's hard to say anything."

Su Hui had no choice but to suppress the itch in her heart, reluctantly and frustratedly said: "Okay, listen to Miss. Let's go back first."

As they spoke, the two wandered out from the hidden bushes of flowers and walked along another road. The road of the General's Mansion was illuminated every few dozen steps, so it was not dark at all, and it was less likely to arouse the suspicion of the night watchmen.Occasionally, one or two maids and servants passed by, and there was no follow-up after saying hello.

What Huo Mingzhu was thinking at the moment was not that the sneaky girl was hiding something, but the words of the masked man in black. She thought he was telling lies, but the news she didn't want to sell to her was true. He had been squatting in the general's mansion for quite a long time.

But if that sneaky girl ran to that place twice in one night, what exactly would she be doing?

Huo Mingzhu had no clue, and even felt at a loss.She was so peaceful in her previous life, she couldn't see all kinds of crises around her, and she was so tired that she was full of crises in this life.

When they got back to Chenxiang Garden, they dismissed all the rough girls and locked the door, leaving only Huo Mingzhu, master and servant.

Su Hui held back her words for a long time and finally couldn't vomit: "Miss, you were at the lotus pond just now, and you almost broke my arm! It's still hurting!"

Huo Mingzhu also asked her: "Knowing that your young lady is there, it's pitch black, but you want to scare me to death? Do you understand that people are scary?"

"Well, I was wrong, but the young lady's eyes scared me to death. I thought I met the young lady who was possessed. There was an illusion that either I would die or the young lady would die! It's too scary!" Su Hui said Then, he shook his left arm and complained dissatisfiedly.

Seeing that Huo Mingzhu didn't answer, Su Wei thought for a while, and then said: "Speaking of which, since I met the Tazi assassins on the way back to Beijing, Miss seems to have been suspicious all the time, this is not the way to go, I have to ask the doctor to open some more calming Medicine."

After all, she was a girl who grew up together since she was a child. After complaining, she only thought of her. Huo Mingzhu carefully reviewed her words and deeds, and it seemed that she still needed to practice. People have to be suspicious.

Huo Mingzhu nodded: "Yes, I feel tired too, and I will never forget that scene."

But Huo Mingzhu doesn't know how to tell Sulu that her father, aunt, sister and Baili Zonglu are all human faces...

Such plain words, if it were herself, she wouldn't believe it, would she?

Su Hui is now able to enjoy herself and be happy every day, that is because she has never experienced her severe pain, the kind of pain that is greater than the death of the heart, the pain of the death of the heart, but the body cannot die, Su Hui doesn't understand, she can't bear it Ask Sulu to understand one day.

"Miss, should we follow that big girl Qing'er from Caiyixuan tomorrow? I always think she will go again..."

(End of this chapter)