Jiaochu

Chapter 179 Yangzhou Governor (27)

A dark cloud floated over to cover the moonlight. The watchman had just struck the gong for the third watch. Everything was quiet. A dim light in the distance looked like a dozing firefly. After a while, it went out.

A strange fragrance drifted into the post house, and the two guards guarding the door of the courtyard suddenly felt sleepy. The next moment they closed their eyes and fell to the ground, unconscious.

A phantom swept across the yard and entered the house in front.The phantom moved silently towards the person on the bed and stopped beside the bed.

The dark clouds quietly moved away, and the quiet moonlight shone into the house through the window, illuminating half of the dress of the person beside the bed. The lavender light shone in the moonlight, which was cold and mysterious.

After standing quietly by the bed for a while, the visitor turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by a weak voice behind him. The hesitant voice was mixed with sighs and helplessness.

"You, are you leaving?"

The moonlight outside the window was shrouded again, and the lavender dress turned into a vague and graceful outline, as if cast a shadow.

"If I stay, I will only harm you." The woman's soft voice was like misty smoke lingering in the room, but there was a heavy determination in her tone.

"I'm not afraid! Cough cough cough..."

Hearing the violent coughing behind her, the woman turned around and helped the man on the bed, and gently massaged several acupuncture points on his back. The coughing gradually subsided.

"Mother Sheng, don't leave." Qiu Yu held the woman's slender fingers as if holding the lost treasure, "I'm not afraid of them. If you wrong yourself for me, then I would rather resign from this position and fight with them." It's a dead end." The slender hand gently pressed his lips, and she leaned lightly on his shoulder and said, "I'm not wronged. It's a great blessing for people like me to live a peaceful life. You If you still listen to me, you are not allowed to resign from this position, and you are not allowed to go to them." At this point, she paused, raised her arms to hug his thin body, and whispered in his ear, "You have to take good care of yourself. Stay alive and wait for me." The slender hand moved to his neck silently, and with a gentle press, he lowered his head and fell asleep, leaving only two vague tones like sighs, "Sheng Niang..."

She helped him lie down on the bed, covered him with the quilt and carefully tucked the corner of the quilt, and stayed for a moment before leaving.

The door opened slightly, and when the graceful phantom came out of the house, there were already two more dragon shadow guards in the yard. Their cold eyes turned back, and two more appeared on the roof behind them. Named Dragon Shadow Guard.

A person walked in from the door, and the moonlight gradually moved from his feet to the graceful phantom in front of him. It first illuminated the lavender dress, and then the face that was lightly covered by a veil. The veil was also Lilac is like an enchanting and mysterious purple rose with cool thorns.

"It's so late, wouldn't the girl come here to kill someone and silence her?" Yan Jiang's half-joking voice sounded in the yard, with an unpredictable chuckle on his face.

"I just came to visit an old friend, and I'm leaving now."

"Wait a minute, madam. I have a question. I wonder if madam can help me clear it up."

"I may not be able to answer your lord's doubts." "Madam, you might as well listen to me first. I had previously guessed that the remnants of the former dynasty had resurrected, and poisoned Lord Qiu in order to scare the monkeys. After all, Lord Qiu was the former prince. Son of Fu, when he sees Madam now, he may have guessed wrong before he made the move. Perhaps Sir Qiu is just a chess piece to lure Madam to show up."

"Your Excellency guessed wrong."

Yanjiang supports your chin?He shouted, "I wonder where I went wrong?"

"I don't need to show up. As long as that person wants to know, nothing can be hidden from him." The woman raised her head and looked at the half-waned moon in the night sky. Suddenly her eyes tightened and she stared at that person. The black dots that only flew from the moonlight immediately slipped out of the sleeves and put a jade flute to their lips. Mysterious and ethereal music floated out of the flute, and light and dreamy butterflies flew out of the flute. The lavender gauze skirt was surrounded like flying flowers, and pairs of translucent wings danced in the moonlight, leaving little flashes of light, like magic cast by elves, like a dream, making it difficult to distinguish. Is this scene in front of me an illusion or reality...

The four Dragon Shadow Guards looked at this incredible scene with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

A bright sword light cut through the butterfly shadow, like cutting through an illusory water mirror. Everything reflected in the mirror ceased to exist in an instant. Everything was annihilated like bubbles, including the lavender dress.

Seeing that the person disappeared out of thin air, the four Dragon Shadow Guards showed a hint of surprise.

Yanjiang turned his eyes and caught a glimpse of a lavender figure disappearing towards the roof on the left. When he was about to chase after him, a black shadow rushed towards him. The strange red eyes exuded an ominous and strange aura, and his body was larger than an ordinary crow. Doubled, as if it had mutated, the dagger once again drew a bright blade, sharp and fast, and the red-eyed crow flew away with a strange cry.

After about a quarter of an hour, two of the four Dragon Shadow Guards who went to pursue them came back. After another cup of tea, the other two Dragon Shadow Guards also came back.

Yanjiang gave instructions and the four people quickly left again.

The next day, it was dawn, and the misty white mist on the street was still as thick as milky white soup. The first person Qiu Yu saw when he woke up was Yan Jiang.

"Master Qiu, wake up. Did you sleep well last night?"

The oily aroma of steamed buns wafted out from the oil paper bag in Yanjiang's hand. The steamed buns in the bag were still steaming out. "Song Ji's signature sauced pork buns, Mr. Qiu, would you like to try them?" Yan Jiang said. Jiang took out a large bun with thin skin and lots of stuffing from it and took a bite. The aroma of oil mixed with the aroma of sauce overflowed out. Qiu Yu was aroused by the aroma. When Yan Jiang handed the paper bag over, Qiu Yu felt Yu waved his hand again, as if remembering something sad and sad, and said sadly, "General, eat it."

Yan Jiang said while eating steamed buns: "I sent someone to Yangzhou to investigate a few days ago. It seems that Mrs. Zi from your residence has disappeared. I heard that she eloped with someone."

"Nonsense!" Qiu Yu excitedly interrupted Yanjiang and coughed again. Yanjiang hurriedly consoled him, "Those must be rumors, and I don't believe them. I heard from the servants in the mansion that your Excellency dotes on Madam Zi very much. Madam Zi must have a deep affection for you, and I was wondering if Madam would come to the capital to visit you." At this point, he changed the topic and asked, "Have you seen Madam?"

Qiu Yu's weak expression tightened a bit, and the corners of his lips pursed into firm lines. After a while, he raised his calm eyes and said, "She has nothing to do with this."

(End of this chapter)