Gu Yunxi slowly opened her heavy eyes, and the veil of dark gold embroidered with cherry patterns filled her entire field of vision.

Her fragile consciousness recovered a little sober, and she made out that she was lying flat on a broad shelf bed.

The feeling of abnormality spread all over the face as if there was something tightly covering it, fatty burning and painful.

Although being dizzy, Gu Yunxi rolled sore eyes and desperately wanted to see the surroundings.

As soon as she turned her head slightly, the abnormal pain in her face was magnified.

The pain through the bones was indescribable, like the countless sharp blades cutting indiscriminately into every inch of the delicate skin of her face.

As Gu Yunxi moved her body slightly, the unspeakable pain spread from head to toes and instantly eroded and occupied all her body nerves.

There was a low whimper in her throat. She couldn't help holding her breath, and her whole body convulsed violently, and her fingers were trembling.

At this time, she no longer had the strength to raise her hand to touch her cheek that had aggravated abnormal feelings.

"It hurts... Master..."

Gu Yunxi didn't know that she had a fever, and she was muddled. Her chapped lips moved weakly, and she whispered.

"Master... it hurts. Water. I want to drink water..."

Tears mixed with blood uncontrollably snatched out the eye sockets.

In confusion, Gu Yunxi saw a figure being on the head of the bed, and the hood of the black cloak tightly blocked her head, and she couldn't see his face.

The sweet water poured into the bitter mouth like nectar in time, as if the long-dried desert was finally irrigated by drizzle.

Gu Yunxi tried her best to suck the copper spoon that came to her lips again and again, with a cold metallic texture, and consumed all the jade in it, greedy and thirsty.

The pain gradually disappeared. She closed her eyes again to fall asleep.

...

"Master, it hurts."

In the ear, a mournful murmur awakened the dozing Leng Qingtang.

With a sudden shudder, he woke with a start and stood up.

"Girl."

His eyelashes were high, and the deep black eyes showed endless anxiety and fear.

He looked around in amazement, and his bewildered eyes met those of the table in equal shock. He remembered that they were now resting in the last official lodge outside the city.

Just now, Leng Qingtang seemed to hear Yunxi's voice, and her sorrowful chanting words made his disordered heart even more anxious. In an instant, he felt as if he had lost a corner, which made him feel uneasy again.

Was that a dream? Or an illusion?

Xiao Xiaoshen saw that the Master's expression was not good, so he got up and asked respectfully.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

A quarter of an hour ago, under the Master's instructions, the five squads of the Eastern Depot stopped at Taichang post house outside the capital for a temporary rest and then went on their way after dawn.

After the brigade was dispersed and stationed outside the post house, Leng Qingtang led five captains and Xiao Xiaoshen into the post house. They sat on the first floor and ordered some food and wine for dinner.

Not long after the body healed, Leng Qingtang went through a long distance and a big battle. He sat down at the table exhaustedly.

While waiting for the dishes, he propped an elbow on the table. He held his forehead and closed his eyes, and he unconsciously fell asleep.

A call awakened him suddenly.

Leng Qingtang stroked the cold sweat with his cold fingers. He looked around in a hurry and relaxed.

"What time is it?"

He asked suddenly.

"Just after midnight, My Lord."

Xiao Xiaoshen replied with a raised eyebrow, and his eyes tightly fixed on the handsome face of the Master.

Leng Qingtang's eyes sank, and a pair of dark eyes reflected the flickering halo of candlelight. The light in them was bright.

He ordered with awe.

"Give my orders that gathering up, and we'll set off on our way back to the capital at once."

The captains looked at each other, but no one objected. They turned and walked out of the post to gather the squad.

...

In the Western Depot in Capital City.

Lu Qiange released the small whip in his hand and dropped two fingers on Ming Lan's Dantian acupoint.

Ming Lan's expression relaxed suddenly, and his bluffing mouth closed abruptly as if he had just experienced a desperate fight and became exhausted.

Lu Qiange sat back on the bed, holding a cold dagger. He pressed it against Ming Lan's half thin cheek, slowly rubbing back and forth.

Ming Lan was frightened and didn't dare to take a deep breath. His eyes followed the dazzling dagger through every inch of his facial features. Every moment of the dagger made him frightened, and the panic-stricken heart had reached his throat.

Seeing that the dagger's blade was bright and dazzling, and it was held by the beautiful man of unknown origin in front of him, he guessed fearfully.

"Who knows if he will be so mischievous as to glide and swipe on his proud cheek?"

"You, no matter who you are, please put that white jar down."

Ming Lan's tone trembled with fright, and his fingertips also quivered slightly. But what he cared most was the white jar on Lu Qiange's right hand.

Ming Lan could only talk at this time, and his body was still unable to move freely. The other side only partially solved him.

Seeing Ming Lan's frightened look, Lu Qiange smiled lightly, and he knew well why Ming Lan cared about the unsightly little jar in his hands.

The thing of the man who went into the palace to serve as eunuch after cleaning the body would not be thrown away at will in Da Yi.

According to the traditional method, it was dried with lime powder, then soaked in sesame oil, and finally sealed in a clean porcelain jar.

Choosing an auspicious day and placing the porcelain jar on the main beam of the home was the way to keep it properly.

After the eunuch died, his family members would take out the content of the jar and stitch it with the eunuch's body so that when he entered the underworld, he would have the face to meet the ancestors.

Ming Lan's treasure jar was originally placed on the beam of the dormitory of the mansion, which meant "attain eminence step by step".

Because the mansion was being repaired recently, Ming Lan had to go to the Western Depot. But he was uneasy about leaving the jar in the mansion, so he took it to the Western Depot.

Unexpectedly, it was stared at by Lu Qiange as soon as this baby came.

"Lord Ming, you want this jar?"

When Lu Qiange asked with a light smile, the dagger was sharply picked, and a straight silver light flashed in front of Ming Lan's eyes.

Ming Lan's pupils suddenly locked tightly. Before he opened his mouth to shout, he felt a chilly cold spreading across his chest, and the cold was deep to the pores.

He looked down tremblingly, and the dress with hydrangeas had been cut by a sharp dagger.

However, the other side's strength was just right. The blade only broke his clothes and didn't hurt half an inch of the skin.

"Of... Of course, hero, whatever you want, I will satisfy you, but do not touch my jar."

Ming Lan was sweating on his forehead and temples. He whispered, not daring to make his sharp voice too loud.

A pair of stunning eyes were mostly white, and the pupils shrunk to the size of a point of lacquer. They fixed on Lu Qiange's evil and beautiful faces with full vigilance and fear.

If the jar in the other side's hand was broken, that would mean cursing him for dying without descendants!

"Okay! Then take a few whips from me!"

The dagger was changed to a small leather whip. Lu Qiange smirked, and the whip volleyed, spinning out a full circle.

The whip swished, and it fell on Ming Lan's bare chest.

"Ouch."

Ming Lan lay on his side at the head of the bed. His voice was hoarse, and his body was trembling, and his facial features were narrow and wrinkled. But he was enjoying himself in pain.

"Huh! The eunuch is a pervert!"

Lu Qiange let out angrily when he saw this, so he slammed the little whip down one after another.

Under the porch, the two guards, hearing the unusual cry of the Master in the room with a provocative trill, looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

...

In Xiaoye Chamber of the Palace in the capital.

When Zhao An came back to the palace in the cold moonlight, he heard Gu Yunyao crying in her bedroom.

Not daring to delay anymore, he hurried to the Master's side.

It had been passed the time of the emplacement, but Gu Yunyao did not remove her makeup. She wore a long skirt with blue smoke and purple embroidered fishes all over her body.

Song Qin, the maid, stood beside her, consoling her.

Two days ago, rumors about the assassination of the commander-in-chief of the Western Depot were widely circulated in the palace.

When the news reached Gu Yunyao's ears, she quickly guessed that the girl who was robbed by a mysterious person at the assassination scene was probably her sister, Gu Yunxi!

Gu Yunyao urgently sent Zhao An out of the palace to get in touch with the secret guards in the Eastern Depot, and finally got the truth from them.

It turned out that to retrieve the antidote for Master Leng, Yunxi went to Ming Lan's mansion a long time ago and never returned.

Gu Yunyao waited anxiously, looked forward to in the palace, and finally received the news that her sister was missing.

She didn't think about eating, drinking, or dressing up from then on, and she washed her face with tears all day long.

Zhao An was concerned about Yun Yao. To cheer her up as soon as possible, he went out of the palace to find out the latest news about Gu Yunxi's whereabouts.

Tonight, seeing Zhao An come in from outside, Gu Yunyao stopped her grief instantly and wiped her face with a brocade handkerchief. Then she hurriedly asked.

"How? Are there any whereabouts of Yunxi?"

Zhao An looked distressed. After a glance at Song Qin, he slowly shook his head. Then he lowered his head and said.

"Master, I'm incompetent. I haven't found the little master yet."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Yunyao's watery apricot eyes turned over, and she leaned back on the bed with her back.

"Master."

Her fainting terrified Zhao An and Song Qin. They held her back, rubbing her chest and back, and pinched philtrum a few more before they awakened her.

After taking a sip of tea, Gu Yunyao burst into tears again.

After taking a breath, Gu Yunyao turned her head with tears in her eyes and said to Song Qin.

"You have served me for a day, so go down and rest. You can leave Zhao An to serve you here."

Song Qin knew that the two had something important to say, so she hurriedly got up and made a bow with hands folded in front and went out.

There were only Gu Yunyao and Zhao An in the bedroom. Gu Yunyao grabbed Zhao An, the tears rolling in her narrow watery eyes, and then she said with unwillingness and anger.

"I knew Yunxi would be killed by Leng Qingtang sooner or later, and she didn't have a fever at all!

If it weren't the accident of the commander-in-chief of the Western Depot, we would be kept in the dark by Leng Qingtang and believe his lies! "

Seeing Gu Yunyao crying so dim and pale, Zhao An only felt his heartbroken.

He sat on the head of the bed, gently shook Gu Yunyao's wet hand, and softly urged.

"Don't be sad, master. The little master, a good man, will certainly be all right. Tomorrow I'll try to get out of the palace again and continue to inquire about it."

Gu Yunyao shook her head, looking depressed.

"It's my fault. I shouldn't have let her go to the Eastern Depot.

After entering the palace, I did not hesitate to fight those women for a favor, got a firm foothold in the harem one day and pulled Yunxi out of the fire pit.

Now without her, what is the point of me staying in this palace? "

"Master, be more open about everything. The little master will be all right."

Gu Yunyao's face suddenly tightened, and her eyes were cold. She said to Zhao An seriously.

"Tomorrow, you will try to take me out of the palace. I'm going to see Leng Qingtang in the Eastern Depot!"

Zhao An was frightened, knowing that Gu Yunyao would not give Leng Qingtang any polite words when she went to him.

"Master, Master Leng was not in Beijing now. How about waiting for him to come back?"

"If he doesn't come back in a day, I will wait for a day in the Eastern Depot! If he can't find Yun Xi, I will no longer be sent by him for life, and I won't contribute a little to his power in the court! "

"Master..."

Zhao An knelt uneasily.

"Master, please think twice. Now you and Master Leng are interdependent, and we cannot fight him!"

Gu Yunyao's eyebrows were getting colder, and she cast her eyes forward and sternly said.

"It's not a big deal. I will risk my life to fight against him!"