Wishful Things

The boy left with Big Bird in his arms, leaving only Wu Chao and Xu Mingyi outside the car.

"Get in the car." Xu Mingyi looked at Wu Chao and said softly, "Be careful all the way."

Wu Chao nodded "OK", but he didn't move his feet.

Then, he said to her: "Don't worry, when I return to Ningyang, I will write to you to report my safety. You are in Linyuan, so you have to be careful in everything."

"Well, I know." Xu Mingyi nodded.

Wu Chao didn't speak any more, but still didn't turn around, just stood there looking at her for a while.

It seems that everything that should be said has been said, and it seems to be long-winded, but it seems that there are still many things in my heart that I can't say in the future.

Looking at each other, the moon is cool and the wind is light.

Even if I didn't say it clearly, I still have reluctance and worries after all.

Looking at each other so silently, Xu Mingyi suddenly felt his eye sockets astringent, and his nose suddenly sore.

If it was possible, she would not want the people she cared about to take risks. When she first came back to this life, she dreamed about how to become stronger and how to better protect the people around her.

But her strength alone is still too slim, and it is even more unrealistic to think that one person can support everything.

But then she gradually felt at ease——

Because all of this was not originally to be supported by her alone. She was surrounded by capable, responsible people who were willing to trust her.

Like grandfather, like Wu Chao.

They are all capable and can be called powerful people, but the bonds and worries between people will not be weakened because of this.

Looking at each other for a while, under the moonlight, the boy opened his arms.

She rushed forward and hugged him.

The crow blue fine silk robe on the young man was clean and soft, with a slight coolness soaked in the moonlight, carrying his unique refreshing breath.

He hugged her, put his chin lightly on the top of her hair, and said to her: "Zhao Zhao, since grandfather agreed to the matter between aunt and uncle Xu, then our marriage is roughly settled..."

Although the tone was affirmative, there was a young man's uneasiness and temptation in his voice.

He was still a little afraid that she would not agree.

Therefore, this sentence has some tricks in an attempt to "get away with it".

But in the face of the sweetheart, even the skills are used clumsily, and those young people's thoughts and cautious temptations cannot be hidden at all.

Xu Mingyi buried his face in his shoulder, his voice was muffled but without any hesitation: "I think so too, so you have to take care of yourself, we still have a lot of things to do."

She never said such meaningless words as "Who wants to talk to you about marriage" or "When did I agree to marry you?" It was no secret that she wanted to marry him.

"Okay!" She clearly heard the heart beating fast and powerfully in the boy's chest beside her ears, and there was a smile in the ups and downs of her voice: "Then just think that I am here to get a bride price—"

"Okay." She raised her head from in front of him, looked at him, curled her mouth, and said seriously, "Wu Chao, I'll wait for you to come and hire me."

The young man's face, which usually had no expression, now smiled brightly, revealing a row of neat white teeth.

"Let's go, don't delay." Xu Mingyi glanced at the direction of the carriage behind him, and said.

Wu Chao responded, and seeing the wind blowing, he raised his hand to cover her with the hood behind the sandalwood cloak, carefully tidied up the edges, and finally leaned over slightly, pressing his cool thin lips gently on her forehead.

Then he got into the carriage and left.

Xu Mingyi didn't immediately turn around and go back, quietly watching the carriage disappear into the night.

The wind suddenly got stronger, and she raised her hand to tighten the cloak, as if there was still his breath on it.

But she no longer has any tears at this time, she believes that the difference now must be for a better reunion in the future.

The girl turned around and went back to the door, the moon and stars were sparse above her head, and the night was like a long river.

...

Eight hundred miles away in the capital, the night suddenly became noisy and noisy due to a torrential rain.

After half an hour, there were still many voices in Fusi, Beizhen.

In the torture room where the felons were held, the nose was full of blood and putrid smell. A man wearing a green robe of the police guard came out of it, and while wiping the blood on his fingers with a cloth towel, he cursed : "It's really fucking bad luck, nothing has been judged yet, so I died like this..."

The subordinate next to him said: "My lord, don't be angry, all these things of the Purple Star Sect are tough, and they have never been able to ask any useful clues... just like the endless swat of flies It seems that there is no one to recruit."

The man wiped his fingers clean, threw the cloth towel to the subordinate beside him, straightened his sleeves, and said: "The new commander appreciates me so much, I don't want to think that if I can make some achievements, I will be worthy of my lord." love-"

The subordinate echoed with graciousness in his mouth, but secretly pouted in his heart.

What appreciation and love...

To put it bluntly, he just got a hundred households into an official position by flattering his beard.

Han Yan, the former commander of the security guards, was seriously injured on the way out of the city to hunt down the Duke of Zhen.

As soon as Han Yan died, the police guards changed the sky.

After the new commander Wang Tong took over the police guards, a silent bloodbath broke out and washed away Han Yan's confidantes.

When someone comes down, someone wants to go up.

High or low.

This hundred household named Zhao Guo was fortunate enough to squeeze into this boat.

While the two of them were talking, they walked past the prison cells, hearing the painful groans of the prisoners, most of them were decayed and powerless, as if they would never have life.

"Zhao... Zhao Guo?"

A faint voice came into the ears of the Baihu.

Zhao Guo stopped, followed the sound subconsciously, and saw in a prison cell beside him, a man in a prison uniform whose color could not be discerned was prostrate on the ground. Covering most of his face, only a pair of vaguely familiar eyes were revealed.

who is this

Zhao Guo was a little curious, bent slightly and looked down for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "Who am I, it turns out to be Brother Yue!"

"It's...it's me!" Seeing that he recognized him, Yue Pei's eyes brightened a little, as if he couldn't hear the sarcasm in the other party's tone, or rather, after many days of torture, he almost failed to hold on to the end The experience in one breath has left him no time to care about the so-called ridicule and face.

Now he just wants to live!

Seeing him like this, Zhao came over excited, and simply squatted down across the prison bar, looked at the other party's blood-stained lower body, which was obviously unable to move, and could only crawl and drag, and said "tsk" with some pity: "...I was quite worried when I heard that brother was involved in the case of Xia Tingzhen's murder of Lord Zhen. Now I see you, brother really suffered."

He and Yuepei grew up together, but from childhood to adulthood, no matter whether it was their strength in wrestling when they were young, or their future prospects, the other party would always overwhelm him.

Before that, he had been rolling around for so many years, but he was still just a little police guard with no name.

After the other party entered the Beijing camp, he easily got the official position of Qian Zong.

Compared with those who are really superior, these little people are just ordinary people, if there is any enmity worth mentioning between them, there is no such thing.

It's just not pleasing to the eye.

Of course, that was in the past.

Now when he looks at each other, he feels much more pleasing to the eye.

"However... since Brother Yue obeyed Xia Tingzhen's order, and the other party committed suicide in fear of crime, the case is over, why was Brother Yue brought into this imperial prison?"

And looking at this appearance, it is clear that he has been severely punished.

Yue Pei lowered his head and gasped for breath, as if he was gathering strength, he didn't answer his question for a moment.

The subordinate next to him lowered his voice at the right time, and said: "Zhao Baihu doesn't know that, although Xia Tingzhen is dead, he has done a lot of corruption, bribery and personal gain, and the confiscated property is still very little Nearly 200,000 taels of silver..."

Two hundred thousand taels is not a small amount.

Especially now that there are frequent wars, which place does not use money?

Therefore, the palace has issued a decree before, and the whereabouts of the two hundred thousand taels of cash must be traced.

Yuepei was not the only one who was secretly escorted to prison, but everyone who was ordered by Xia Tingzhen and who might know the clues to this matter was sent here.

Zhao Guo cursed in a low voice.

Two hundred thousand taels!

He can't think about these money just by hearing it, and he can't save it even in ten lifetimes!

These high-ranking officials who are extremely rich are really damned!

No wonder everyone wants to climb up!

"Can you find out where you're going?"

"There are some clues... It is probably hidden in a few villages outside the city, and I have been searching for it for the past two days."

Zhao Guo's eyes moved slightly: "Who handled this matter?"

This is a very lucrative job, if you can...

The subordinate faintly guessed his intention, laughed dryly, and said, "It's Hu Qianhu..."

Zhao Guo frowned.

This is a plucking thing, both hands are always clenched extremely tightly, not wanting a drop of oil or water to leak out, with this person around, it's impossible to get a copper coin!

Inexplicably feeling that he had missed a lot of money, Zhao Guo looked at Yuepei again, and he didn't have the intention to add insult to injury. He sneered and said, "Since we have a plan, it seems that we don't have a few days to live. It's fine if we die. You won’t have to suffer this crime again by staying here.”

As he spoke, he wanted to get up and leave.

However, one corner of the robe was tightly grasped by a hand protruding from the prison bar.

"etc……"

Yue Pei strenuously moved forward and moved his body, his voice was hoarse but eager: "I have something to tell you..."

"Why? There is still a last word to be confessed?" Zhao Guo sneered and said, "Your family has no one here, who do you want to leave this last word to?"

"No...it's very important..." Yue Pei shook his head and said, "Come here with your ears..."

Zhao Guo leaned over patiently.

The voice was as low as a wisp of the fishy-smelling weak wind from the bank of the summer river: "Earlier, I hid five hundred taels of silver, somewhere no one knew..."

Zhao Guo's eyes lit up immediately.

After looking at those bloodshot eyes for a moment, he slightly raised his eyebrows, turned his head and said: "Go and watch elsewhere, I will catch up with Brother Yue."

"yes."

The security guard obeyed his orders and retreated.

"Tell me, what do you want me to do for you..." Zhao Guo asked bluntly.

He was not stupid enough to think that the friendship between the two of them was so shallow that the other party said this at this time because he wanted to give him money for nothing.

"You can do other things, but if you want me to rescue you, I'm sorry I can't do it." He said this at the beginning.

Although Duke Zhen has rebelled, and the crimes of those who participated in the murder of Duke Zhen are no longer so important, but Yuepei is Xia Tingzhen's man——

Today, the bloodbath against Xia Tingzhen's party has not stopped.

He finally got the opportunity and just got promoted to a hundred households, and barely got into the sight of the commander, and he still has a bright future...

Under such circumstances, if he was asked to do such a risky thing that would kill his head if he found out, he would only agree if he was crazy.

Money is tempting, but life is the flower of life.

He is very sober, and it is also impossible for Yue Pei to be so whimsical.

With the two of them alone, even if they got out of the imperial prison secretly, what about after that?

Not to mention the eyes and ears of the imperial court, now that Lord Zhen Guo has rebelled, and martial law is being enforced everywhere, it is a fool's dream to want to leave the capital...

Just to say-

Now that he is half useless, his life and death are in the hands of others, if Zhao Guo takes him out of the imperial prison, after getting the money, and kills him to avoid future troubles, he can only accept it!

It is impossible for him to make such a transaction of giving money and life for nothing with the other party.

In particular, he is not really desperate at the moment...

so--

"Of course not... I just want to ask you to deliver something for me. As long as the item is delivered, I will tell you where the silver is buried!"

Zhao Guo narrowed his eyes slightly: "What? To whom?"

As soon as the words fell, Yue Pei turned over with difficulty.

"Stab—"

He tore off a corner of the blood-stained prison uniform.

Then, he bit the pulp of his index finger.

Zhao Guo stared at his movements - is this going to write a blood book?

However, the contents of the blood book made him feel suspicious.

The other party wrote the word "Pei" on it tremblingly with their fingers, and there was nothing else.

After writing, he tore the piece of linen into two halves, held it in his hand and handed it to Zhao Guo: "You try to send this thing into the palace and give it to Concubine Rong..."

Concubine Rong? !

Zhao Guo was slightly surprised.

Yue Pei stayed in this dark place all day long, and knew almost nothing about the outside world. Although Zhao Guo was a security guard, his official position was low, and he didn't know what Concubine Rong did in the Taimiao that day. At the behest of her, the matter was still kept secret.

It is that even the Rong family only thinks of Concubine Rong as Concubine Rong. Now she is staying in Yongfu Palace well, only worried about getting sick because of the kidnapping of the little prince, and she is recuperating right now.

"You want to ask Concubine Rong to help you?" Zhao Guo was full of doubts in his heart: "Why should Concubine Rong save you?"

A gleam of coldness flashed across Yue Pei's eyes.

beg?

Oh, he wasn't begging her!

He waited for so long, but he didn't see any intention of helping her... This stupid woman is much more ruthless than he imagined!

He suffered so much torture alone this time, but she lived peacefully in Yongfu Palace, enjoying all the glory and wealth with peace of mind...

That being the case, he can only 'save himself'!

After sending this thing in front of her, she had better be sensible and try to rescue him as soon as possible, otherwise... even if he dies, he will hold her back!

He was going to die, so why should he keep the secret for her!

If you want to die, everyone will die together!