After a long time, the two finally emerged from the dark alley.Yao Xue took a few steps forward, and suddenly noticed a line of sight behind her.

Someone was watching them from the shadows.That line of sight is like mud sticking to the body, which makes people feel very uncomfortable, even a little chills down the spine.

The person hiding in the dark hides very well, so he won't be noticed easily, but Yao Xue's five senses are very keen, and he can judge the general direction of the other party in an instant.

So he looked around slightly, sank down, and said coldly: "Come out."

Suddenly a black shadow flashed past. Although Yao Xue was ready to capture the other party, that person was very dexterous and extremely fast. He broke away from Yao Xue violently, and rushed into the dense crowd on the avenue among.

Yao Xue and Qiu Chen hurried to the avenue, but that person had already blended into the bustling crowd and disappeared.

Qiu Chen stopped and looked at the crowd for a while, then turned to Yao Xue and said in confusion: "He is not tall, he seems to be wearing a hood, he can't see his face clearly."

When Yao Xue heard the word "hood", her heart moved, and she guessed: "Could it be...he is that witch and Gu master?"

Previously, he had interacted with this voodoo master again and again, and coupled with the letter Sheng Ling brought him, Yao Xue became more and more suspicious in his heart. This voodoo master is very likely to be him and Qiu Chen An old friend.

He pursed his lips, but suppressed the idea of ​​telling Qiu Chen about this matter, and the two of them didn't go shopping anymore, and sneaked back to the mansion under the cover of night.

A few more days later, and the ten-day period was getting closer and closer, Qiu Chen solved Gu bit by bit in the mansion every day, and consulted a large number of classics in his spare time.He also did some research on the poisonous insects that Yao Xue got from Gu Min. Apart from knowing that these insects were extremely poisonous, he seemed unable to track down any other information.

Although dispelling the Gu only kills the female worms, the vitality of these female worms is extremely tenacious, killing them is an extremely long process, and it is very difficult for Qiu Chen, Yao Xue is with him almost all the time.

Everything was calm at first, but for some reason, in the past two days, a lot of strange rumors suddenly began to appear in Shuo'an City.

At first Yao Xue heard the servants in the mansion whispering there, but as soon as he approached, those people hurriedly shut up, looking evasive and very suspicious.

Later, even the guards at the door looked up and down Yao Xue with prying eyes.They naturally didn't dare to do anything to Qiu Chen, but Yao Xue clearly noticed that this group of people seemed to have a different heart towards Qiu Chen.

Yao Xue saw that Qiu Chen worked very hard every day, so she didn't tell the other party about it. He found an opportunity to sneak out of the mansion and came to the street, wanting to hear the latest news.

As soon as he reached the main road in the downtown area and walked a few steps, he noticed an obvious strangeness.

Everyone on the street seemed to be talking about something.Those people looked serious, as if they were discussing something important. They were mysterious but talked about it with great interest, as if they knew some shocking secret.Some people had joking expressions on their faces, some looked gloating, and some even clenched their fists and were aggrieved.

Yao Xue felt more and more surprised, so she squeezed into a dim sum stall, smiled kindly at the woman doing business, and said, "Sister, what's new?"

Seeing Yao Xue's good looks and sweet mouth, the woman was immediately elated, and told Yao Xue everything she knew: "You don't know about such a big thing? Everyone has been spreading it these two days, and our Great Liang's The national teacher is not from the Liang country!" When she said this, she looked around very artificially, and said in a low voice, "His real identity is actually the prince of the Yong country!"

When Yao Xue heard this, she felt a sudden shock in her heart, as if she had been hit by something for a moment, her mind was full of shock.

He tried his best to gather himself, his voice trembling: "Who told you?"

The woman said with a smile: "Probably the day after the Lantern Festival, everyone knows about it! As for who said it..." The woman rolled her eyes, thought for a while, and felt a little confused. Don't think about it: "I really don't know who it came from. However, royal secrets like this are generally true!" Someone immediately spoke up: "Isn't this the secret work sent by the Yong Kingdom? Yong Guo is really shameless! If His Majesty finds out, people like this should be executed immediately!"

Another person said: "I heard that a group of people have already gone to the gate of the palace to make trouble. I believe His Majesty will issue an order someday to execute this liar."

This group of people had never really met Qiu Chen, they only knew that he was a well-known Gu King, and now someone had discovered his flaws.These common people in the market were originally only afraid of Qiu Chen, but now they hear a little bit of wind, they are very gloating, and they all want to add trouble to him.

Hearing this, Yao Xue felt his mind was in a mess. He stared at those people fiercely, but felt that there were many words stuck in his chest and he couldn't speak them out.Those few people were a little dissatisfied by him, and they wanted to argue when they came up, Yao Xue finally pushed them away, and ran back to the National Teacher's Mansion in a daze.

As soon as she climbed over the wall, Yao Xue heard noises coming from the main house.Knowing something was wrong, he hurriedly opened the door and went in, and saw Si Le was standing in the center of the room with two attendants, while Qiu Chen was sitting on the seat with his hand on his forehead, looking very tired.

The two attendants did not know what mistake they made, they were lying on the ground trembling, Si Le raised eyebrows at them, but Qiu Chen rarely said a word, his hands clenched into fists, as if deliberately suppressing What.

Seeing this, Yao Xue's heart sank again and again.If he guessed correctly, Qiu Chen should already know what the people in Shuo'an City are discussing these past two days.

Sure enough, Sile didn't believe the rumors at all, and didn't notice Qiu Chen's strangeness, and continued to say angrily: "Master, these two people are not doing their job well, and they are here to bite and slander you, I will beat them to fifty Ban, get kicked out of the house!"

When the two servants heard the words, they hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "We, we just heard the rumors on the street, and we don't know the details! About the Master of the State Teacher, the whole Shuo'an City is now spread! "

When Qiu Chen heard this, his pupils shrank suddenly. He finally couldn't bear it any longer. He raised his hand and ruthlessly swept the vase in his hand off the table, and said sharply, "Get out! Get out!"

It was a celadon vase, which was very valuable, and it fell to the ground and shattered.Qiu Chen used so much force that the shards of the vase flew and cut Si Le and the two guards.

Rao Si Le, it was rare to see Qiu Chen get so angry, he froze in place for a moment, turned to look at Yao Xue begging for help.

Yao Xue winked at him, signaling that the other party would take the two of them to jail.When Si Le hurried out of the door, Yao Xue turned around and closed the door gently, came to Qiu Chen and sat down.

Although Qiu Chen has been in poor health recently, with Yao Xue by his side, he is in a good mood and treats people fairly gently. Now that he suddenly mentions his life experience, the previous ones immediately collapsed, and he changed into another in the blink of an eye. A fierce look of extreme hostility.

Qiu Chen's eyes were full of ice, and his tone was almost hysterical: "How would they know? Who is it?" When he said this, he suddenly raised his head to look at Yao Xue: "In the entire Liang Country, only you know about this." His eyes became fierce in an instant: "How did other people know?"

Seeing this, Yao Xue sighed silently in her heart.He didn't respond to Qiu Chen, but patiently picked up all the pieces on the table aside to prevent Qiu Chen from being stabbed.Then, he raised his hand to hold the other's hand, and said seriously: "Don't worry."

After being soothed by him, Qiu Chen calmed down a little bit. He raised his eyes to look at Yao Xue, his emotions were very agitated, and the corners of his eyes were a little red.His eyes trembled slightly, and Yao Xue even saw a trace of helplessness in his eyes.

Seeing this, Yao Xue felt pain in his heart. He pinched Qiu Chen's fingers and said slowly, "I may not be the only one who knows about your life experience." He paused, and told Sheng Ling the contents of the letter Looking at Qiu Chen, he continued: "When Fang Wanqian found Sheng Ling, her face was covered with a veil, and her appearance was very suspicious. Her face was probably disfigured, or there were other injuries."

"Back then, most of the servants of your family and mine stayed in Xingcai Town, only her family could not be found. I guess, someone should have captured her, branded her face, or destroyed her face. gone."

Qiu Chen thought for a while, squinted his eyes and said: "Speaking of which, my family left Xingcai Town in March seven years ago, but in fact, after the Shangyuan Lantern Festival that year, I have never seen Fang Wanqian's family is here." He said here, pondered for a moment, and then said: "The Lantern Festival in the Lantern Festival is in February, and at that time, I remember Aunt Fang said that she would bring Wanqian back to her hometown to visit relatives, and my mother gave her a lot of money. Panhang... Later, until I left Xingcai Town, they didn't come back."

Yao Xue nodded: "I have an impression of this incident. Fang Wanqian has never been to the school after the Lantern Festival. Therefore, this person can no longer be found anywhere in Yongguo, and if his face is branded, it is often They will all be sent to the north as slaves..."

Before Yao Xue finished speaking, Qiu Chen hurriedly said, "So, you mean that Fang Wanqian fled to Liang Country?"

Yao Xue did not deny it: "Perhaps, she is in Shuo'an now. I have sent Qin Luo to investigate, and asked him to find out if there are any women in Shuo'an who have their faces branded or have been covering their faces all the time. I want to come here In a few days, the results will be known."

When Qiu Chen heard this, he held his sleeves tightly, and his face was very pale: "Back then... I only found out about my life experience at the end. Fang Wanqian, how did she know? Why..."

When mentioning his life experience, Qiu Chen was on the verge of losing control. He was trembling all over, almost going crazy, his hands were tightly grasping the corner of the table, and his fingertips were so forceful that they lost all blood.

Yao Xue sighed, put her arms around Qiu Chen's shoulders, embraced him in her arms, and patted the other's arms to comfort her.He was silent for a while, but still said with some worry: "I think King Liang already knows about it now. Next, there may be a tough battle waiting for us."

Qiu Chen held Yao Xue's hand backhanded, closed his eyes and said, "Should... not so soon. Liang Mo is restrained by my Gu, so he dare not act rashly for now. We still have time. The most urgent thing is to generalize the army." All the Gu's were released, and then... we left."

……

But I didn't expect that trouble would come to my door that night.

Dozens of armies surrounded the National Teacher's Mansion airtightly in an instant, and the Gu clan headed by Gu Ming and Gu Xing led a small force of elites to break in directly, and rushed straight to the inner courtyard.

Yao Xue and Qiu Chen were waiting in the Gu refinement room, when they heard a sound outside the door, they were all startled.

Qiu Chen had just killed some Gu worms, and he was being bitten by the Gu poison, his face was pale and his whole body was covered in cold sweat from the rotten pain.He frowned his delicate eyebrows, bit his lip hard to endure the pain, and finally bit his lip until blood came out.

Yao Xue was holding Qiu Chen's hand tightly, and when she heard the sound of fighting outside the door, she looked towards the door uneasily.

Qiu Chen finally felt a little relieved, he panted violently, broke away from Yao Xue's hand, and pushed him out of the door: "I don't mind, you go and have a look outside the door."

Yao Xue looked at Qiu Chen worriedly for a while, and seeing the urging look in his eyes, she had no choice but to say: "You must not come out." After he finished speaking, he walked out of the room step by step.

As soon as Yao Xue opened the door, she saw Gu Ming standing at the door, with a dark group of people standing behind her, looking at him provocatively.

Gu Ming’s wounds from the last battle with Yao Xue were not healed. His injuries were serious. One eye was wrapped in white gauze, and his body was covered with bandages. He was staring at Yao Xue at this moment, like a ghost Shura. It makes people feel a sense of oppression for no reason.

It was night now, a waning moon was hanging in the sky, and Gu Xing was standing behind Gu Ming at this moment.He couldn't lift his hands up, and his arms were still oozing blood, but at this moment he was staring at Yao Xue, and the door behind Yao Xue, almost tearing his eyes.

Yao Xue just looked at Qiu Chen with gentle eyes filled with unresolved affection, but now it turned into bone-piercing ice in an instant.He knew that almost all the guards in the National Teacher's Mansion had been wiped out, and that he and Qiu Chen were alone and weak, so it would be difficult to get out this time.

But Yao Xue still looked straight into Gu Ming's eyes, raised her face, and said with disdain: "General Gu, did you break into the National Teacher's Mansion late at night to talk or drink? This battle is too enthusiastic, right? .”

Gu Minhui gave him a joking smile: "I think your national teacher misses you very much, so you specially brought some people over to catch up with him. What's the matter? You have to ask for your consent?" Gu Min said here, as if Thinking of something, he laughed and said: "Speaking of reminiscing about the past, it is indeed more appropriate for the national teacher to reminisce about the past with you. No one knows the affairs of Yong Kingdom better than you, right? Hahahahahahaha..."

Gu Xing also echoed at the side: "I originally thought he was a lowly slave who crawled out of some corner of the Liang Kingdom, but I didn't expect him to transform into the golden and precious prince of the Yong Kingdom! What a good way, all these years You have concealed it so well that even His Majesty has been fooled!"

Yao Xue put her hand on the hilt of her sword, stared at the crowd in front of her, and retreated secretly.

There are so many people on the other side, so it is certain that they will not be able to be kind easily, Yao Xue does not want to talk to them, but wants to go back to the house quietly, and finds an opportunity to lead Qiuchen out of the siege and escape.

Seeing that Gu Ming was about to rush forward, the people behind him were also ready to move. Suddenly, a person walked out from the corner slowly.

This person is not tall, dressed in black, with a hood, his face cannot be seen clearly in the night.He slowly raised his hand towards the Gu family and the army, and said in a manly voice, "What are you panicking about? I'll meet him first."

This person's voice was extremely hoarse, and his age could not be distinguished, but it was still recognizable that the person in front of him should be a woman.

The Gu family has always been domineering, and after hearing what this person said, they stepped back a few steps respectfully.

Seeing this, Yao Xue felt more uneasy and confused in her heart, and just stared at the other party for a while.

After that, the man chuckled, turned around slowly, faced Yao Xue, and took off his hood.

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