After I was resurrected from the dead, I turned from an old man to a peerless beauty

It was clearly the twelfth lunar month of winter, and the weather was freezing, but the thick coffin exuded a faint stench, mixed with the unusually strong smell of spices.Although countless means were prepared along the way, when the corpse was delivered to Gong Ningzi, it had already faintly started to rot.

Of course, it is also possible that someone deliberately slacked off on keeping the corpse because he was worried that if the corpse he prepared was too complete, Gong Ningzi would see the clues.

Thinking of this, Gong Ningzi couldn't help but sneer faintly.

Just like what Hong Mudan used to taunt in person... In his whole life, he claimed to be smarter and more transparent than others, but he made a stupid mistake on Bai Ruolin alone.

How can you think that person will imagine with his cat?

Obviously such a shallow and greedy idiot.

After being Gong Ningzi's apprentice for so many years, he actually thought that Gong Ningzi would not recognize Lin Mao's corpse.

What's more, the preparation of the corpse was so full of mistakes and crude techniques-at the moment when the coffin was pushed away, even though Gong Ningzi was at the most disturbed time in his life, he could still tell at a glance that the corpse was not at all. It's not Lin Mao's.

In fact, if you look at it from the perspective of ordinary people, the thoughts in Gong Ningzi's heart are actually a bit wronged for Bai Ruolin.

It would be a lie to say that Bai Ruolin didn't put much thought into the fake corpse.

It was precisely because of staying by Gong Ningzi's side for so many years and admiring him so much that Bai Ruolin was extra careful when preparing for this matter.He was well aware of Gong Ningzi's longing for and spying on Lin Mao for so many years, so in order to prepare this corpse, he tried every means to find an innocent person who was similar in age and shape to Lin Mao.When that person was young, she was a well-known beauty in a radius of ten miles, and lived her life in peace, but when she was old, she would die because of someone who had nothing to do with him.

After catching this most unlucky man in the world, Bai Ruolin tried his best to use a piece of poison he had painstakingly obtained to disfigure him while he was still alive, and then killed him with a special technique.The body of the man after death, like Lin Mao, looked as if he had been sick for many years and finally died of a serious illness.

Logically speaking, after Bai Ruolin's modifications, no matter what, Gong Ningzi should not be so easy to see that the corpse is fake.

But Bai Ruolin probably never thought about it anyway, the biggest flaw in the corpse was so simple——

That corpse is not beautiful enough.

Bai Ruolin has a pretty good appearance, but in the end...he's just an ordinary person.

So he never thought at all that there will be people in this world who are down to the skin, and there is nowhere that is not beautiful.

The old man he found was probably just like Bai Ruolin himself when he was young, he was just an ordinary and beautiful person, so when the body was half-rotten and the few bones were exposed, it could be seen that this person had a slightly longer waist, And the legs are slightly shorter.

Gong Ningzi has described Lin Mao in his heart many times over the years, and his figure and appearance have long been engraved in his soul, so when he opened the coffin and saw a little bit of the man's waist, long legs and short legs, He knew immediately that this was not Lin Mao.

In this way, Gong Ningzi's heart suddenly cleared as he recalled the changes in Chizheng Mansion and Bai Ruolin's various subtle changes in his heart these days.

There are ghosts in Bai Ruolin, the Emperor Yun is about to move, and the so-called Penglai Immortal in the deep palace is even more scheming and has ulterior motives...Gong Ningzi knows these things well in his heart, and has already prepared countermeasures.

"Gong Ningzi, you've probably been smart all your life, and then you've gathered all the stupid things you should have committed in this life..."

I still remember that Red Peony once said this to him.

That's right, the reason why Gong Ningzi was able to climb from an unknown beggar to his current position in so many years is not only due to the gully in his chest, but also his calmness, which makes people tremble. His calmness - he has neither love nor hatred in his heart, neither enemy nor friends, so he can keep his countenance and calculate people's hearts even more human nature without being burdened by affection.

However, once Lin Mao was involved in what these people did...Gong Ningzi found that she was worried about gains and losses like that stupid world, and her mind was disturbed.

Just like on the day when the corpse arrived, he stood beside the disgusting half-rotten corpse, looking at the carefully forged dilapidated face through those crystal shards of ice, but there was a faint joy in his heart for no reason.

Without saying a word, he exited the room step by step, rolled up his sleeves and looked at the gray sky.

A crystal snowflake fell and landed on his eyelashes, but it was not melted by the temperature of the human body, but condensed there.

There is a little ice crystal in front of my eyes, and when I look at this world, there seems to be a glimmer of light in the corner of my field of vision.

Ah, this is not Lin Mao.

Gong Ningzi whispered to herself from the bottom of her heart.

All the intrigues, all the love and hatred, are gone in an instant.

The huge capital, as well as the darkness and blood among the bustling crowds in the capital, are like ink paintings soaked in water, fading away little by little.

In the end, what remains in my heart is still only that sentence.

That body was not Lin Mao.

Gong Ningzi didn't feel her heart beating slowly again until that moment. Before that, when she heard the news of Lin Mao's death, she always felt that there was a bloody lump in her body. ice.

The ice froze his heartbeat, his soul, and all his thoughts.

But now, he felt that the part of his body that had been corrupted and withered seemed to be slowly coming to life.

Because as long as he didn't see Lin Mao's body for a day, he could deny that person's death for a day.

You can also...or you can think about it endlessly, thinking that Lin Mao might...maybe still live in this world.

"Palace Master Gong? Palace Master Gong..."

A slightly hesitant voice pulled Gong Ningzi back from his thoughts.

Zhang Qiong's reaction was very natural and ordinary, and even the tone of speech was so flawless and natural: "You mean the boy's self-proclaimed? He did say that his surname is Mu, but I don't know what the specific name is. I don’t know——At that time, Jiaocheng was on fire, and the people sent by my father suddenly launched an attack. Even though Chizheng’s mansion tried their best to protect me, I was still seriously injured. I was dizzy from the serious injury all the way, so I didn’t Didn't seriously investigate the boy's details."

The reasonable answer is also completely consistent with the news that Sananbu finally sent back.

However, it was really because Zhang Qiong's answer was too watertight, and Gong Ningzi always felt that Zhang Qiong's answer seemed to be hiding something.

After all, this is also a person who grew up under his teaching.

Gong Ningzi suddenly wanted to sneer.

That's right, isn't the aura on Zhang Qiong familiar... When Gong Ningzi talked nonsense before Emperor Yun and his courtiers, he would probably be like Zhang Qiong today, every sentence and every word can stand up to it. Scrutiny hardly arouses any doubts.

Gong Ningzi's thumb traced the porcelain cup without a drop of water, and his pale fingertips pressed the smooth rim of the cup, which seemed to be the same color as the white porcelain.

"That boy, what's wrong?"

Zhang Qiong's voice came over, and she seemed genuinely puzzled.

Gong Ningzi suddenly raised his eyes to look at the energetic young man beside the table, his eyes were slightly deep.

What a young man...

Slender and tall, with smooth skin and clear eyes.

It happened to be the look that Gong Ningzi didn't like to see the most.

If Lin Mao really came back to life and returned to his youthful appearance, he would be more suitable for such a young man, right?

Even though rationality kept telling Gong Ningzi that his assumption was groundless and illusory almost like a dream, the poisonous jealousy had long been ignited uncontrollably.

Gong Ningzi is not the kind of slovenly person, he even knows that his current appearance can still be called suave and suave, and he can be called easy to catch people's hearts.But he also knew that his temples had gray hair, and there were shallow wrinkles in the corners of his eyes and mouth.

His eyes had symptoms of blurred vision when the lights were dim.

Every year when the winter snow comes, the knees and joints that have been injured will ache.

Gong Ningzi had never cared about these details, but ever since she found out that Chang Xiaoqing suddenly had a handsome young man beside her, who also claimed to be Mu Feizhen... Gong Ningzi felt that there was a demon in her heart.

And Zhang Qiong, who was in her prime, became a lot more obtrusive.

"Gong Ningzi, don't scare my apprentice..."

Suddenly, a clear female voice came from the corner.

It turned out that Zhang Qiong's back was haired by Gong Ningzi's gaze, but a thin layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead in a short while.

Red Peony seemed to be killing and dismembering the two people in the corner the whole time, but she didn't dare to let go of her attention.

She even somewhat guessed some real reasons why Gong Ningzi disliked Zhang Qiong...

【Well, it's annoying...】

Hong Mudan wiped off the blood drops on her face with her sleeve, hooked a small piece of skin that was still dripping with blood with her middle finger, and walked towards the other side of the room - there was originally a landscape painting on the wall there Yes, but now the landscape painting has long been removed, revealing the dark secret door behind the scroll.

Before Hong Mudan and Gong Ningzi, there was only this secret door, and they easily entered this cell specially prepared for Zhang Qiong along the secret passage.

Bai Ruolin probably didn't expect that he had been in the Chizheng Mansion for so many years, but Gong Ningzi never revealed the real secrets of the Chizheng Mansion to him.

Red Peony stood in front of the secret passage, looking back at Gong Ningzi.

"Then I'll send this piece of skin to Lao Zhu first, and those people should be able to make the mask before they bring our Prince Qiong into the palace tomorrow." She said softly, "And, since you tomorrow You still have to use my apprentice to enter the palace, more or less let him do things for you, so don't put on that face in front of him today. Always raising your eyebrows and sneering like this is easy to get wrinkles and make you look old."

Hearing Hong Mudan's last words, Gong Ningzi couldn't help but froze.

The author has something to say: extra spoiler tip——

In fact, the wine that Gong Ning Zijuju is drinking now has goji berry in it.