After Xue Mu woke up, he couldn't fall asleep again. He looked in the direction of the main room for a while, then put on his coat and went out.
Liu Qinghuan fell asleep halfway through, and always felt a sharp gaze staring at her. She frowned, and reluctantly opened her eyes.
Xue Mu stood in front of the bed suspiciously.
Liu Qinghuan swallowed her saliva, and sat up from the bed with a dry smile: "Master Hou, are you sleepwalking?"
Xue Mu still stared at her without speaking.
The smile on Liu Qinghuan's face became even more dry: "Hehe, then I won't disturb your sleepwalking."
After she finished speaking, she was about to lie down on the bed again, but Xue Mu grabbed her wrist—the five-color life-sustaining thread he personally put on for her was wrapped around it.
"Since you are just a liar, why did you block Jing Shu's hidden weapon for me?"
Xue Mu's voice was colder than the night, Liu Qinghuan subconsciously froze for a moment.
He stayed up all night just to ask himself this question? !
Liu Qinghuan felt a little intolerable.
She tried to withdraw her wrist, but when she realized that the other party was holding it even tighter, she rationally gave up struggling. She looked up at him and smiled: "Although I am a liar, I am a liar with grace."
Xue Mu's eyes moved slightly.
Just when Liu Qinghuan thought they were going to stare at each other forever, Xue Mu finally let go of her hand.
"That's it."
There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, but Liu Qinghuan couldn't understand the meaning of that smile.
She watched Xue Mu walk out of the room, her eyes gradually darkened.
She must leave the Hou Mansion as soon as possible.
Although Liu Qinghuan's identity was exposed, her life in the Hou Mansion was not much different from before. Every morning and evening, I went to pay my respects to the old lady, and my servants took care of my food and clothing every day. The only difference was that I was being followed too closely.
But Nian Tang was alone, so it was impossible to stare at her for twelve hours. When she went to rest, it was usually when Xue Mu was at the mansion.
Liu Qinghuan had thought about it, if she wanted to escape, of course she had to take advantage of Xue Mu's absence, and to do bad things, of course she had to take advantage of the dark and windy night.
But Xue Mu was always at the house on a dark and windy night.
Liu Qinghuan was very distressed.
She hesitated again and again, but decided to give up the dark and stormy night and choose to implement her escape plan when Xue Mu was not at the house.
It was another dark and windy night, Liu Qinghuan dragged her cheeks and looked up at the dim moon in the sky, lamenting that she missed another good time to escape.
She glanced in the direction of the lotus. Although there was still some distance from the main room, she still didn't dare to take the risk of running away when Xue Mu was around—she didn't know how advanced Xue Mu's martial arts was. , If you don't die, you have to shed a layer of skin.
She had to think of a foolproof plan.
With a whoosh, the wind blew open a window behind him, Liu Qinghuan turned his head to take a look, and then froze in place.
I don't know when there was another person in the room. He was wearing a mask and was tall. His eagle-like eyes shone with a sharp cold light in the night.
Liu Qinghuan shuddered, and then the corners of her mouth twitched: "Is Nian Tang still alive?"
Aies smiled with his thin lips, and his voice was as arrogant as ever: "If you are talking about the little girl guarding the yard, then I suggest that Xue Mu replace you with a bodyguard."
Liu Qinghuan corrected, "She's the cell boss."
Aus nodded and said, "Sounds very good."
Liu Qinghuan pursed her lips: "I think your Chinese learning needs to be strengthened."
Aies showed a little impatience: "I didn't come to discuss my Chinese level with you."
Liu Qinghuan blinked quickly: "Could it be that you are here to visit my boudoir?"
Aurus paused for a moment, and then a strange smile suddenly appeared in his eyes: "Don't you want to escape from the Hou's mansion, Du Juan?"
Liu Qinghuan's eyebrows twitched, and she looked at Aes innocently: "So you wanted to find Du Juan? I regret to tell you that you went to the wrong place."
Aerus looked at her face with some surprise: "This human skin mask is really good, it can make such vivid expressions."
Liu Qinghuan: "..."
I can still cry for you, believe it or not.
After Aies sighed at Liu Qinghuan's face, he finally remembered his purpose of coming to the Hou's Mansion: "I can help you escape from the Hou's Mansion, and I can also guarantee that Xue Mu will not be able to trouble you after you escape."
Liu Qinghuan looked at him and said nothing.
Aies raised his eyebrows and asked, "You don't think Xue Mu can really seal up the news, do you?"
Liu Qinghuan shook her head and said, "I'm just thinking about what terms you want me to exchange with you."
Just as Aies moved the corner of his mouth, Liu Qinghuan said first again: "I won't use my body to make deals."
Aus: "..."
He was silent for a while before he said, "I'm not interested in your body."
Liu Qinghuan added kindly: "I won't give you my heart either."
Aies took a deep breath, and said word by word: "Magnolia Spring."
Liu Qinghuan looked at him with a very regretful expression: "You came a few days late, that painting has already been taken away by Xue Mu."
Aus was unmoved: "You will find a way."
Liu Qinghuan glanced at him in surprise: "Where did I give you such an illusion?"
Without saying a word, Aus pulled out the dagger from his waist.
Liu Qing laughed happily and said, "You are right, I will definitely find a solution."
Aus took back the long knife in satisfaction.
"Ma'am, who are you talking to?" Qing Zhi faintly heard some voices, and knocked on the door worriedly.
Liu Qinghuan glanced at the person opposite, and said towards the door: "I'm just reciting poems to the moon."
Qingzhi: "..."
She raised her head and glanced at the gray moon outside the door, and sighed: "The moonlight is perfect tonight, no wonder Madam is so poetic."
"Yes, yes."
Liu Qinghuan let out a soft breath when she heard Qing Zhi's footsteps going away. She glanced at Aies who was still in the house, and blinked: "Tell me about your plan while I'm still enjoying poetry."
Aies said: "I'm going to return to Dongganluo on the eighth day of next month, and I will try to get you into my team. As long as you arrive in Dongganluo, even Xue Mu will be beyond reach. Of course, I will guarantee that you will be there." The life there will definitely not be worse than that in the Hou Mansion."
Liu Qinghuan blinked again: "It sounds very tempting, but why do I have to cooperate with you?"
A liar can deceive people even if he has no companions. Even if she was alone, she would still think of a way to escape from Xue Mu.
Aerus seemed to have expected her to ask this question a long time ago, so he threw out a bigger bait with a smile: "You should know the secrets in the four paintings that Ding Mao learned? You are just asking for money, wait for me If you successfully find the treasure, I can give you a part."
Liu Qinghuan chuckled, and the fluctuation range of this part was wider: "The treasure in your mouth seems to be money from the treasury of Dacheng."
Aies said: "Do liars still care whose money it is? This is our money."
our money.
Well, what a good description, Liu Qinghuan had to admit that she was moved. However, there are other problems.
"I heard that the treasure map can only appear after collecting all four paintings."
The implication is that even if you give him a pair of "Magnolia Spring", it will not be much different from waste paper—she does not believe that Aus has the aesthetics of appreciating calligraphy and painting.
Ayers looked at her for a while, and said the sentence that surprised Liu Qinghuan the most tonight: "I have "Golden Chrysanthemum·Autumn" in my hand."
Liu Qinghuan's eyes flickered quickly, and she asked suspiciously: "Are you sure that the painting in your hand is real?"
Aus said firmly, "It's guaranteed to be true."
Liu Qinghuan lowered her eyes, and when she raised her head again, there was no extra emotion in her eyes: "How are you going to try to get me into your team?"
Aies said, "Think for yourself."
Liu Qinghuan: "..."
This natural tone once made her think that she misunderstood his words: "Didn't you say you tried?"
"Yeah, I try to mean, you find a way, I will cooperate."
Liu Qinghuan: "..."
"Your Chinese still needs to be improved." She could only make this evaluation.
But obviously Aerus didn't care about her evaluation. Now that the deal has been concluded, there is no reason for him to stay in the Hou Mansion. Liu Qinghuan saw that he was going to disappear with a "whoosh" like when he came, and quickly stopped him in a low voice: "Wait."
Aerus hesitated for a moment, but turned back to look at her: "What else do you need?"
Liu Qinghuan smiled and said: "I'm still a little worried, if the painting in your hand is fake, then I'm at a big loss?"
Aies narrowed his slender eyes and looked at her probingly: "Then what are you going to do?"
"You bring the painting and let me have a look. I can tell if it's true or not."
Aies' eyes became colder and colder. He lowered his voice and said to her, "You'd better not try to play tricks. You should know that if Xue Mu doesn't kill you now, it doesn't mean he won't kill you all the time."
Liu Qinghuan chuckled softly: "You should also know that even if I don't cooperate with you, I can still leave."
The two stared at each other for a long time without giving in, and in the end Aies took a step back: "Okay, I agree to your request."
He brought the painting for her to take a look at. He didn't believe what she could do under his nose.
"Three days later, it's still the same time." After Aies finished speaking, he flew out of her room as fast as a bolt of lightning.
Liu Qinghuan couldn't help applauding his skill.
His martial arts might be comparable to Xue Mu's.
She closed the window and lay down on the bed.
Aus said that on the eighth day of next month, he plans to return to Dongganluo. She couldn't help curling her lips, the word "preparation" is really good, it's not sure if she really wants to go back.
The eighth day of next month, the day after Qixi Festival.
She rolled over and closed her eyes. Let her think about it now, how to sneak into Aies' team.