slave like jade

Chapter 80 Killing two birds with one stone

Walking hurriedly, before he could get out of the garden, he ran into a group of people. It was Mu Lingzhi who led the Mu family brothers and sisters and Jing Zhaoyin's official messenger over.

Her face turned pale, and she quickly lowered her head to suppress the panic in her eyes and stepped forward to greet Mu Lingzhi.

Seeing that it was her, Mu Lingzhi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "Why aren't you in Yunsong Courtyard so late?"

Yu Ruyan put away the panic in her heart, raised her head and said with a grin: "If you go back to Your Highness, this servant eats too much at night, so I went to the garden to refresh myself."

As she spoke, she glanced at Mu Ziyue who was standing beside Mu Lingzhi——

I haven't seen her for more than a month. Mu Ziyue seems to have walked out of the last assassination incident in the workshop. She is wearing a fiery red riding outfit, and her face is beautiful and noble, just like when she first met her, bright and charming. The difference is that at this time she There was a red turban wrapped around her head, not a single strand of black hair could be seen on her head, her almond eyes were full of spring, but Yu Ruyan knew the flash of hatred inside.

She stepped forward lightly, and smiled affectionately at Yu Ruyan: "Recently, the security in the Eastern Capital is not very good. My sister has to pay attention to safety if she wants to digest food at night, and don't encounter vicious assassins."

She bit the word 'assassin' very hard, and stared at Yu Ruyan without blinking, a cold light flashed in Yingying Xingyan's eyes, which made Yu Ruyan's heart skip a beat!
What I expected was right, it really came for Xiaodao and myself.

However, at this time, the more he can't mess up.Suppressing the panic in her heart, she smiled lightly and said slowly: "Miss Mu was joking, the palace is heavily guarded, how could there be assassins? I think Miss Mu is overwhelmed."

The coldness in Mu Ziyue's eyes permeated people. Seeing Mu Lingzhi present, she gritted her teeth to restrain the overwhelming hatred in her heart, and subtly raised her lips and snorted softly. The interface said: "Is it because my sister is overwhelmed and you can find out if you check."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and clasped his fists respectfully to Mu Lingzhi and said, "Your Highness, the officers and soldiers who were looking for saw the assassin fleeing into your mansion with their own eyes. Please allow me and Mr. Wang to lead people to search the mansion."

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi's face darkened!

Seeing that his face was not gloomy, Mu Ziyang quickly explained: "Your Highness forgives the crime, I have no other intentions, this assassin is really too rampant, His Highness also saw what happened today, and killed three guards in the house with one attack. Courtyard, last time I also scratched the face of the maid next to Yue'er, and went to the prime minister's mansion again and again to make troubles. The cruel methods are really abhorrent. If he is really hiding in the mansion of His Highness, I am afraid that he is also a Huge hidden danger! Your Highness, please allow me to capture the assassin together with Mr. Wang, so as to save the palace from disaster!"

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's heart sank with a 'thump'. If he persuaded Mu Lingzhi to agree to search the house thoroughly, he would definitely find the knife!

Clenching her hands nervously in her sleeves, she suppressed the panic in her heart and said lightly: "Master Mu said so lightly, it's getting late now, and most of the women in the back house have gone to bed, you brought so many people into the back house Searching for people, I'm afraid it will alarm the people in the entire palace, and I'm afraid it's inappropriate if other troubles arise at that time!"

Mu Ling had thought of her concerns a long time ago, so he frowned and ignored Mu Ziyang's words.

Mu Ziyang couldn't help feeling anxious when he saw that he didn't agree with him, and looked at Mrs. Wang who was shrinking his neck, implying that he would persuade Mu Lingzhi to agree to search the house.

Master Wang dodged his gaze, and kept his head down, not daring to lift it up.Think of him as a small Beijing official who dares to set foot in the prince's mansion, let alone ask him to lead people to search the mansion.If something happens again at that time, it will really be impossible to deal with the job, and I am afraid that my head will be lost at that time.

Seeing Master Wang shrinking back, Mu Ziyang gave him a hard look, but there was no other way to do it.

Yu Ruyan glanced across Mu Ziyue's face indistinctly, and seeing her confident look, she knew that if she asked, Mu Lingzhi would definitely not be able to refuse.

Sure enough, Mu Ziyue, who had been silent all this time, spoke——

From just now, her sinister gaze has been fixed on Yu Ruyan's face for a long time, and there is a cruel sneer at the corner of her mouth, her Yingying Xing eyes seem to see through the secret in her heart.

Yu Ruyan's scalp was numb from her stare, her eyes inadvertently showed panic and guilt.Seeing her guilty and flustered, Mu Ziyue smiled triumphantly, and viciousness appeared in Yingying Xing's eyes, and she suddenly turned to Mu Lingzhi, with a gentle face and a sincere tone: "Lingzhi, it's really not right to disturb the palace because of things in my family's house." , Brother, it is even more inappropriate for him to propose to search the mansion, how can the dignified prince's mansion be so rashly searched?"

She looked at Mu Ziyang with full eyes and said angrily: "My brother is really inappropriate!"

Mu Ziyang was startled when he heard the words, and looked at her in astonishment, with a confused face!
Today's situation was set up by her alone. She was the one who caught Brother An and attracted the assassin, and then she was the one who deliberately let the assassin go, and it was she who drove the assassin to the palace, and it was she who made him search the palace. Objected?
In fact, that day at the Sugar Man Workshop, an assassin with a silver mask suddenly came forward to challenge Mu Ziyue to throw the sugar water on Yu Ruyan, rescued Yu Ruyan, and helped her escape the catastrophe of disfigurement, but Mu Ziyue reaped the fruit of herself and became a Ugly tomboy.After Mu Ziyue calmed down after despair and resentment, she finally discovered a secret——

That means the man in the silver mask and Yu Ruyan knew each other back then!
If he didn't know each other, why would he stand up and help Yu Ruyan!
When the knife scratched Huamu Ziyue's maid's face before, she had already suspected that the assassin was related to Yu Ruyan, but after what happened in the sugar man's workshop, she was even more convinced that her guess was correct.

This thought got into her mind and could never be removed. The person she hated the most in her life was Yu Ruyan. She tried every means to send her to hell, but she couldn't find a way to deal with her.

After fighting Yu Ruyan a few times, she has deeply understood that Yu Ruyan is far from being as simple as she appears on the surface, there must be secrets hidden behind her, and that assassin is the breakthrough for her to dig out all the secrets behind Yu Ruyan!
This discovery made her so excited that she couldn't sleep for several nights. She carefully planned, first arrested An Ge and imprisoned him in the mansion for torture, then deliberately brought a knife into the mansion to save him when Mu Lingzhi came to visit her, and finally put him in the mansion again. He let him go, forced him to flee to the palace, and finally brought people to search the palace——

If it is true that Yu Ruyan is related to the assassin as she expected, then when the assassin escapes into the palace, he will definitely come to her for help, and then capture them together in front of Mu Lingzhi himself, look at this lowly servant girl How can you justify?

Mu Ziyue restrained the excitement in her heart, glanced coldly at Yu Ruyan with cold eyes, and spoke softly, but pierced Yu Ruyan's heart like a poisonous sharp weapon——

"The officers and soldiers who were rounding up saw the assassin fleeing into the palace with their own eyes. If such a big hidden danger could not be found, it would probably make the Houzhai uneasy. However, a large-scale search will disturb everyone, so I have an idea—"

She looked at Mu Lingzhi with sparkling almond eyes, and said in a gentle and sincere tone, "The palace is heavily guarded. I don't think the assassin would choose a crowded place to escape. He should hide in a remote place with few people. He has wounds on his body. , There will definitely be blood stains along the way, why don't we go around the garden and look around, this way we won't disturb everyone in the mansion, and we should be able to find the assassin soon!"

After all, Xian Xianyu pointed lightly in the direction of Yu Ruyan's coming, just in the direction of Yu Ruyan's small bungalow.

Mu Ziyang came back to his senses, and immediately understood the meaning of her words, and said happily: "Xiaoyue's idea is very good, and the analysis is reasonable, so that the women in the back house will not be disturbed, and the scope of the search will be narrowed. Kill two birds with one stone!"

Seeing that the direction Mu Ziyue was pointing at was Yu Ruyan's bungalow, Mu Lingzhi knew it, and said coldly, "Xiaoyue is really sure that the assassin is in the garden?"

Just as Mu Ziyue was about to make a sound, Yu Ruyan said first: "Your Highness, this servant just came over from there, and I didn't see anyone suspicious..."

"The assassin's martial arts are very good, and it's a trivial matter to climb over the wall and enter the room. How can you guarantee that you didn't miss it?" Under the light of the fire, Mu Ziyue's face was obviously beautiful and charming, and Yu Ruyan His eyes are like Rakshasa.

There was hesitation in Mu Lingzhi's eyes——

Ever since Mu Ziyue kept saying that he wanted to search the garden of the palace, he had vaguely understood that today's so-called search of the mansion to catch assassins, perhaps the real target of the Mu brothers and sisters was Yu Ruyan, and he didn't know what other tricks they had waiting for them. To deal with her, so I have been struggling whether to agree to search the house?

After all, he was still afraid that Yu Ruyan would be scared again!
He thought about it intently, glanced at Yu Ruyan at the side, and said firmly: "I believe she is right, since she came here just now and didn't find the assassin, then go to other corners of the garden to look. "

Mu Lingzhi's words must have warmed Yu Ruyan's heart——

He actually believed in himself so much!

Seeing the trust and protection in his eyes, Yu Ruyan was excited, and the panic in her heart disappeared before she knew it. With his support and trust, her chances of winning are even greater!

Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth and insisted: "Your Highness is wise, I really didn't see any assassins, Miss Xiaoyue wants to search, why not go to other places in the garden, so as not to waste time here and let the assassins escape!"

She looked at Mu Ziyue provocatively, who was already jealous when she heard Mu Lingzhi speak for her.

"Oh, Miss Xiaoqing is so sure?" She approached her step by step, her sinister gaze seemed to pierce her heart. She already hated her to the bone, but now that she heard Mu Lingzhi speak for her, the hatred in her heart became even stronger. The turbulent, cold gaze of Xinzi swept across her face, making Yu Ruyan's hair tremble.

Seeing the light, she suddenly picked up Yu Ruyan's hand, her sinister eyes flashed fiercely, she raised her sleeve and said triumphantly: "Everyone, look, what's on her sleeve?"

Hearing the words, Mu Ziyang quickly took the torch from the subordinate at the side and brought it over. Under the bright light, Yu Ruyan's white sleeve was stained with a blood stain, but it was when she wiped her body with the knife just now. arrived.

Mu Ziyue had caught something, Yingying Xing's eyes flashed with pride, she forcefully dragged Yu Ruyan to Mu Lingzhi, and said coldly: "It's so late, she appeared in the garden all by herself. , and there are blood stains on her body, it looks like it was accidentally left behind when helping the assassin, Ling Zhi, do you still believe her words now?"

Yu Ruyan's hand was tightly clamped by her, unable to move, a faint cold light flashed through her flowing eyes——

The fish bit the hook!
Seeing the bright red mark on her sleeve, Mu Lingzhi's eyes sank, and he looked into her eyes and said word by word: "I think it's too inappropriate to suspect her based on a single blood stain. Xiaoyue can't be too judgmental." .”

Yu Ruyan's heart was shocked, she stared blankly at the unbelievably wide eyes of the man in front of her who trusted her——

He never expected that for the first time, Mu Lingzhi would not stand by Mu Ziyue's side but on her side, trusting her to protect her!

Her eyes were red and uncomfortable, and there was a surge of heat in her heart. Finally, she was no longer fighting alone, she had support and companionship!
Mu Lingzhi's words were like piercing a sharp dagger into Mu Ziyue's heart. Her heart was suffocated, the blood in her heart was churning, she gritted her teeth to suppress the hatred in her heart, and asked with a pale face unwillingly: "Even if this blood stain can't It's proven to be from the assassin, but why is there blood stains on the body?"

Her hands were tightly clamping Yu Ruyan's hand and she refused to let go, staring at Yu Ruyan fiercely with her cold eyes, with an expression of immortality!

"The rats in my room probably came from when I was beating the rats just now." Yu Ruyan looked at her with watery eyes, and her understated tone was heard in Mu Ziyue's ears, it was worse than slapping her. Satire!

She broke free from her hand, and said slowly: "Miss Mu seems to have a big prejudice against me, no matter what happens, she can fall on me. What does it matter to me that there are assassins in your house?"

"If there is nothing else, I'll go back to Yunsong Courtyard first." Yu Ruyan shook off Mu Ziyue's hand, grinned at Mu Lingzhi and said, "Your Highness, it's getting late, I'll go back first."

Mu Ziyue wished she could eat her alive, how could she let her go so easily?

She stopped her, stared at her fiercely and said: "Oh, it's none of your business? It's too early to say anything before the truth is found out!"

After finishing speaking, she turned her head to look at Mu Lingzhi and said, "Lingzhi, there is something I haven't told you in time, do you know that the girl that the assassin came to my house today to snatch away is Xiaoqing?" Friends of my friends, if the assassin didn't know them well, why would he try his best to break into the prime minister's mansion and rob them."

She wept and said: "Ling Zhi, last time in the workshop, the assassin picked fondant and ruined my long hair, making me a slut that everyone laughed at and despised... My whole life was ruined by the assassin." In his hands, he hurt me so badly, you don't feel sorry for me, don't you feel sorry for me?"

After that, she knelt down on the uneven ground with her knees limp, hugged his legs and cried, "I just ask you to let me search the bungalows in your mansion and find The murderer who murdered me, can't you agree to such a request?"

The way she was crying was really pitiful, the tears were overwhelming, and she looked at Mu Lingzhi with tears in her almond-filled eyes, and said in a sad tone, "Now that everyone in the world despises me, are you going to abandon me?"

Mu Lingzhi's heart froze, and his mood was extremely complicated. He never believed that Yu Ruyan would harbor assassins, but looking at Mu Ziyue's description now, it was indeed pitiful. Looking at her, he couldn't help but think of his own. Cousin Mu Yizhi felt guilty all of a sudden.

Things have developed here and there is no deviation from what I thought, it's time to add a fire!
Yu Ruyan's Liuguang's watery eyes flashed lightly, she stepped forward and knelt down in front of Mu Lingzhi calmly, raised her head and said with aggrieved face: "Your Highness, the house search is a small matter, but Miss Mu's slander of slaves is nothing to worry about." It's chilling!"

She knelt there, with her thin back straight, and she said decisively: "This servant is no more than the maidservant of the Qi Kingdom. She is loved by His Highness. She followed His Highness back from the border and stayed in the palace. , never had the slightest intention of harming others. However, no matter how the slaves calm down, they still become a thorn in the eyes of others."

Although no tears fell, Yu Ruyan's voice was filled with tears, and she said chillingly: "Having been in the palace for less than half a year, first she was sold to a brothel for no reason, and finally escaped with a narrow escape, so I can go to attend the prince's wedding. The banquet was once again regarded as an unruly whore, and was almost killed by His Highness by mistake. Now, she has become a vicious person conspiring with an assassin. Life is better than death for slaves, so please give justice to slaves, Your Highness!"

Her words exploded in everyone's hearts like a thunderbolt.Mu Ziyue's whole body trembled, and her body instantly turned cold——

What Yu Ruyan accused was all her conspiracy to frame her, and now that she said it in public, Mu Ziyue hated and felt ashamed.She secretly raised her head to look at Mu Lingzhi's expression, and saw that the latter's expression was icy cold, and there were clear descriptions in his expression, as if he had fully understood the conspiracy just mentioned!

My heart was shocked, could it be that he had already seen everything she did to that lowly maidservant?
She trembled all over her body, she buried her head and didn't dare to look at his expression again, the chill on her body was like the surging water of a lake with no embankment flooding her whole body——

No wonder, no wonder she always felt that the relationship between Mu Lingzhi and her was getting more and more distant. She no longer felt the sweet love between men and women in him.
It turned out that nothing he had done could escape his eyes!

In the end, Mu Lingzhi stretched out his hand to pull Mu Ziyue in front of him, and then pulled Yu Ruyan to his side, and said in a cold tone, "You can search the room, but if the assassin you are looking for is not in the room, you are slandering her. How to plead guilty to her??"

Mu Ziyue's excited expression just now raised her head to look at him after hearing what he said behind her, her eyes were full of disbelief——

After searching the room of a lowly maid, do I still need to apologize to her? !
Her gaze touched the resolute indifference in Mu Lingzhi's eyes. Knowing that she had no way out, she gritted her teeth and nodded in response, and said coldly, "If there is no trace of the assassin in the room, I am willing to punish Miss Xiaoqing!"

The servant came to report and saw the assassin staying in Yu Ruyan's bungalow with his own eyes, so he held back for the time being, as long as Mu Lingzhi agrees to search the house, let him see the assassin in the room of that lowly servant girl to see how she died ?
Hearing her answer, Yu Ruyan couldn't help but relax.

Mu Lingzhi turned his head and said coldly to the copper coin, "Search!"

Hearing that Mu Lingzhi finally agreed to search Yu Ruyan's room, Mu Ziyue showed joy, and Yingying Xing's eyes could see the complacency—in the end, Lingzhi still cared about her.

A group of people came to the door of Yu Ruyan's room, Mu Ziyang was about to lead his troops to block the bungalow, Mu Lingzhi stretched out his hand to block it, and said coldly: "Since the assassin is here, you don't need to worry about it. Come here, surround the surroundings, not even a fly can be let go!" Mu Ziyang was stopped, his whole body shook, and he glanced at Mu Lingzhi awkwardly, the coldness in the other's eyes made him afraid in his heart, and he silently Step back and speak again.

Mu Ziyue couldn't help being anxious, stepped forward and said anxiously: "Ling Zhi..."

The words were interrupted by him, and Mu Ling said with a cool voice: "I promised to search the mansion, but I didn't agree to let outsiders search. Don't worry, the nursing homes in the palace are no worse than the officials outside. The most important thing— —They are loyal to this palace, I trust them!"

If you send people from your own mansion to search the mansion, you won't be afraid of being tampered with again!

Mu Ziyue trembled all over, she understood the meaning of Mu Ling's words, he no longer trusted her.

The door of the small room was opened, the torch was poked in, and the contents inside could be seen at a glance. There was a bed, a table, a chest of drawers, and three benches. Apart from these few simple furniture, there was no other place in the simple room. Other things, let alone any assassins!
Mu Ziyue's face suddenly turned black, and she looked at everything in front of her in disbelief——

How could this be?
Didn't the subordinate come to report that he saw the assassin enter the bungalow with his own eyes, why is there no one now?

Yu Ruyan followed her into the room, saw her expression suddenly changed, and said coldly: "Miss Mu, look carefully, is there someone you want to find in this small room of mine?"

Mu Ziyue couldn't say a word, stared at the empty room in front of her in a daze, her heart filled with hatred, her face turned blue and white, and she stayed on the spot.

Mu Ziyang's expression also changed. He heard from his younger sister that the assassin was here, so he asked Mu Lingzhi to search the house, but now——

His eyes dimmed, and he went into the house to search around resolutely, but the bungalow was only so big, no matter how hard he searched, he still couldn't see a single person...

Leaving the copper coins with the nursing home to continue the search, the others followed Mu Lingzhi back to the front hall.

The candles in the front hall were brightly lit, and there was a strange atmosphere in the air. Mu Lingzhi was sitting on the top seat, drinking tea leisurely, and glanced at Mu Ziyue who was standing beside him with a pale face. cold.

However, the others were the same as him, looking at the uneasy young miss of the Mu family in unison.

She personally promised that if the assassin could not be found in the house, she would plead guilty to Yu Ruyan. Everyone has heard this. Now, how can a noble and elegant young lady plead guilty to a lowly military prostitute?

Yu Ruyan stood quietly beside Mu Lingzhi with her brows restrained, her face calm and indifferent, neither urging nor in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)