She stared blankly at the handkerchief in her hand. As the breeze outside the window and the air from the people walking around blew the ends of her hair up.

"Sister, what are you daydreaming about?"

At the stairs, the boy held the handrail, turned his head and looked at the person sitting there, asking loudly in confusion:

Hearing this, Lu Shiniang's eyes immediately regained their spirits as she looked at the handkerchief. She took out the purse from her waist, folded the handkerchief into four pieces and put it into the purse. After everything was ready, she patted the dust off her sleeves, stood up leisurely, gave him a look that said "you go first", moved her body out from between the table and the chair, walked lightly towards the stairs, gently covered the boy's hand, and squeezed it.

"I remembered some past events, but it's not important anymore, let's go."

As she spoke, she let go of the boy's hand, lifted her skirt, and walked upstairs.

Wen Baixu looked at the receding figure, and there was a hint of sadness in his heart, but it was like a thread being pulled away, and it disappeared in an instant...

The sky gradually became gloomy, and the originally sunny weather was instantly covered by dark clouds, and it looked like it would snow heavily in the next second.

The two of them walked downstairs with their luggage. The carriage had already arrived at the door. The driver standing beside them walked to the door and was about to take the luggage of the two people. Suddenly, a large piece of snow fell down and landed on the boy's head.

"Is it snowing again?"

Lu Shiniang held her hand in the air for a moment, and then a large piece of snow fell on her hand, melting into water.

Looking at the gloomy weather, Lu Shiniang lowered her head and glanced at her palm thoughtfully. The driver beside her reminded her, "Girl, young man, the weather is a bit too gloomy. It may snow heavily. We should set off early, otherwise we may not be able to leave today."

The two looked at each other, nodded, and climbed into the car...

As the driver sat on the side of the cart, pulled the reins, and pulled, the cart slowly started and drove out of the small town...

Gradually, the snow fell heavier and heavier, and the whole sky became completely gloomy, followed by the sound of crackling raindrops accompanying the snowflakes.

Snowflakes and large raindrops hit the ground, instantly turning into water and melting into the already muddy soil.

The hand that had been mixed with mud suddenly stretched out, and there was dirty mud between his fingers. The back of his hand was basically covered with soft mud. With a creaking sound, the next second, the hand that had been stretched out retracted, and then there was a loud bang, and the originally concave land suddenly revealed a big hole.

With a dull thunder, a head covered with mud broke out of the ground.

"Huh~Finally...finally it came out...cough cough..."

The man's voice echoed all around. He pushed himself up with his hands, crawled out like a silkworm chrysalis, and sat down on the edge of the dirt pit.

Feeling the raindrops and snowflakes falling from the sky, he shook his head helplessly. He had wanted to shake off the dust on his head first, but now it seemed that he had no chance.

While the man was thinking, his head was suddenly shrouded in darkness. Just as he was about to raise his head, he felt a chill on his neck. A bright big knife appeared at his neck.

The man's body stiffened, his neck was as stiff as a straight bamboo pole, his lips trembled slightly, and opened a little, but no sound came out...

"Where are you going, Master Jia?"

A dull sound was heard, followed by the sound of horse hooves from afar. The sound was like drumsticks, hitting his heart again and again.

"Jia.....you.....I am not"

"You're not? I buried you with my own hands, and you're still trying to make excuses. You're indeed a relative of the Imperial Concubine, as eloquent as the Imperial Concubine. If it weren't for the order, I would have let you get away. But don't even think about escaping my clutches today."

The man finished speaking and raised his knife to chop down, when he heard a muffled thunder and then a bolt of lightning slid down and struck him straight on the body.

Under the glittering silver light, the man was shaking all over, smoking, and fell to the ground with a bang.

After hearing this, the man turned around and saw a smoking figure lying on the muddy ground, twitching...

Seeing this, he shrank back, but the kindness in his heart forced him to reach out his hand. Just as he was about to touch it, he heard the sound of horse hooves getting closer and closer. He quickly stood up, took a look at the person lying on the ground, turned around and ran deep into the woods...

After a while, the sound of horse hooves arrived at the open space. The leader was wearing a black cloak. He glanced at the person on the ground, stretched out his hand and beckoned to the back. There was a sound of horses dismounting, and a short man walked up to the person lying on the ground.

He sniffed the breath of the person on the ground, turned back to look at the person on the horse and shook his head.

“No more air”

The man on the horse looked coldly at the humanoid corpse lying on the ground, then looked at the hole not far away, and pointed his finger slightly.

The short man immediately understood, walked forward, walked around the edge of the cave, looked at the empty cave and the footprints extending into the woods beside the cave, then turned around and knelt on the ground with his fists clasped.

"Lord~ that person seems to have escaped. I will lead my men to chase him..."

Before the man on the ground could finish his words, he saw the hand holding the reins lift up, and the other hand gently turned the ring on his hand.

"No rush. We have already completed the orders we received. What happens next is not within our jurisdiction. Besides, I... don't owe her anything."

The man took the reins of the horse and gently tightened them. The horse was restrained by the neck and took two steps on the ground. The man kneeling on the ground looked at the man on the horse with a worried look on his face.

"Lord~ But you don't really want to..."

"Shut up, when will it be your turn to comment on these matters..."

"I dare not..."

The man kneeling on the ground saw that the man on the horse was angry, so he immediately lowered his head and buried it in the muddy water.

The man saw this, and although his expression did not change, his tone of voice softened slightly.

"Let's just leave it at that. You take off his clothes, throw him in, and fill up the hole. This will complete his mission. Your mission is to follow him. You have to make some noise to make him think someone is chasing him. Then he will lead us to find out what we want to know. Remember... if someone besides you wants to harm him, you take action and try to stay close to him. He must be doing something he can't tell anyone, otherwise..."

The man glanced at the person on the ground, a faint smile appeared on his lips.

"Yes, Lord~"

Then there was a sound of "rubbing", and the person who was kneeling on the ground disappeared completely. With a wave of the hand of the person on the horse, several people wearing bamboo hats flipped off the horse, and swiftly lifted up the people on the ground one by one, and threw them into the hole like throwing garbage. Then there was the sound of "crackling, crackling" as the soil was filled back into the hole...

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