Ling'er frowned slightly, looking distressed. It wasn't that she didn't want to go in and rescue Zixi right away, she was just thinking of a way.
The area around this yard looks desolate and barren, but there are many secret guards hiding there. If they really come to a head-on confrontation on someone else's territory, the two of them may not gain any benefit.
Moreover, once this matter became a big deal and was known to more people, and if Mo Lingling accidentally found out, it would be almost impossible for them to act quietly in the future. So she acted cautiously and thought twice before acting. She must come up with a good solution.
Feeling that Ling'er was in a bad mood, Xiao Zi immediately fell silent. However, she still couldn't help but feel anxious, staring at the closed door without moving.
By the way, the old lady who came out just now seemed to be holding a basket in her hand.
He raised his eyebrows, and a plan came to his mind. He immediately turned around and ran in the direction the old lady had left.
"Master, please wait for me." Can she change this habit of leaving without saying goodbye? Did she forget that there is someone following her
Xiao Zi looked helpless and hurriedly caught up.
Jianxin had already reported the news of Mo Lingling's return to the palace to the Lord of Lingxi Palace before he set out, so everyone in Lingxi Palace had already prepared for the return of the young Lord.
All the medicines, doctors, high beds, soft pillows, and delicious food have been prepared in advance, just waiting for Mo Lingling to come in.
As soon as Mo Lingling came back, she was sent directly to the warm room to recuperate.
Because Mo Lingling had to constantly input spiritual energy to control the soul-stealing effect, her complexion was not good and her body became weaker and weaker. She lay in bed sickly and without the spiritual energy of the past.
Chunying had been serving by the side, her heart was in turmoil, fearing that the Palace Master would find out about the Young Palace Master's affairs and that she would be punished as well.
By then, the young palace master would just give in and beg for mercy, and the palace master's anger would be directed at her, a servant girl. She was scared just thinking about the palace master's cold appearance on weekdays. It was really hard to imagine what the palace master would look like when he was furious... The more she thought about it, the more panicked she became, and she even lost her focus.
"Haru Ying, what are you thinking? The soup is spilled."
Chunying came back to her senses upon hearing the voice, and saw that she was still holding the spoon that she was using to serve soup to the Young Palace Master, but her arm was slightly tilted, and some of the soup spilled onto the ground.
Chunying quickly withdrew her hand and knelt on the ground, "Young Palace Master, please spare my life. I was too worried about your health and was a little distracted."
"Forget it, forget it. Get up. You've been busy these past two days. Just spill it. I don't have an appetite to drink. Let the servants come in and clean it up." Mo Lingling was exhausted at the moment. Even if she wanted to be angry, she didn't have the energy.
I have to meet my master soon, so this is definitely not a solution.
He waved at Chunying, motioning her to come closer.
"Yes, yes, okay, Young Palace Master, I will definitely get things done, you can rest assured." Chunying accepted the order and left quietly.
Not long after Chunying left, Mo Lingling's complexion suddenly improved.
"I feel relieved at last. Even if Master is here, he won't be able to see any clues. I can finally rest assured." The face, which had just regained some color, showed a weird smile.
Outside a courtyard of the Mo family, the old lady came back half an hour later.
"Knock, knock, knock." There was a gentle knock on the wooden door, and then with a 'swish' sound, the person inside opened the door a crack.
He poked his head out, looked around behind the old lady, and after making sure there was nothing unusual, he lifted the cloth-covered basket in the old lady's hand and checked it, finding some vegetables and meat.
"Come in."
The old lady walked in without saying a word.
"Master, your makeup skills are so amazing that even I can't tell the real thing from the fake." The master is so powerful, he can do anything.
At this moment, the old lady was Ling'er pretending to be her, and Xiao Zi had turned into a bracelet. Because they communicated through spiritual consciousness, other people could not detect their conversation at all.
Ling'er didn't say anything, but went straight to the kitchen.
She paid attention to her surroundings along the way. The inside of this courtyard was very different from the outside. It looked ordinary from the outside, but inside it was an arsenal. There were blacksmiths and foundry masters everywhere, but the only sounds inside were those of forging iron, sharpening swords, and burning fires. No one inside spoke.
She carefully observed the old woman buying vegetables and found that her tongue seemed to have been cut off, so she could not speak. Is this the case for all the people here
Because there were so many spies hiding in the dark, Ling'er didn't dare to look around and could only do what the old woman should do.
"Xiao Zi, go check if Zi Xi is here." Xiao Zi can transform into a small snake and swim around without being easily noticed.
"Good Master."
Ling'er put down the basket, took out the ingredients inside, started to make a fire and cook, while waiting for news from Xiao Zi.
Everyone in the yard was doing their work with a blank expression, which made people feel very dull. Xiao Zi didn't like this feeling, so she crawled away quickly.
"This girl is really stubborn. If His Highness hadn't told me not to kill her, I would have stabbed her twice. Bah!" A rough-looking man with a scar on his face was a little tired of swinging the whip and stopped. He glared at Zi Xi fiercely, spit at her, then turned around and walked to a table not far behind him and sat down.
A bowl of liquid, which was either tea or wine, was brought to him, and he drank it all in one gulp.
Sitting on the other side of the table was a tall and thin man, looking at the scarred man with a helpless smile.
"Scar, you really need to change your hot-tempered temper. When working for His Highness, you can't just rely on brute force. You need to use your brain more. How can you achieve anything great if you always fight and kill? You are such a rough person." The tall and thin man drank the liquid in his bowl elegantly and slowly stood up.
The head that was originally lowered was slightly raised, and a pair of eyes were fixed on Zi Xi, who was covered with bruises, and a strange smile appeared on his face.
"You're tough on the outside, right? It doesn't matter. I like women with personality like you. Since you don't like the hard stuff, I'll give you something soft."
He walked up to Zixi step by step, stretched out his hand to pick up Zixi's chin. Zixi turned his head suddenly and dodged. He stared at the thin monkey fiercely, wishing he could poke two holes in his body.
"Even after this, you are still so stubborn. Brother likes you." The skinny monkey reached out again, pinched Zi Xi's chin hard, and lifted it up with force.
"You know what, she's really good-looking. Compared to the tigress in my family, this little girl is a hundred times prettier." One hand pinched Zixi's chin to prevent her from dodging, and the other hand gently placed on Zixi's cheek.
"Tsk tsk tsk, this smooth and tender touch is really good."
"Get away from me, take your dirty hands away!" Zi Xi felt nauseous because of the skinny monkey's touch, and she said with gritted teeth.
"Oh, you finally dared to speak up. But what can I do? Your skin is so smooth, just like tofu just out of the pot. I can't bear to let go." As he said that, he moved his hand down and placed it on Zi Xi's collar, then tore open the collar, revealing her collarbone.
Because of the previous whipping, her collarbone was covered with scars, but despite this, her beautiful figure could still be seen.
"Get out of here! If you touch me again, I won't let you go!"
"Oh my, you're a prisoner now, how can you not let me go? Otherwise, don't let me go in bed! Hahaha..."
Scar finally understood what was going on. It turned out that the skinny guy wanted to do that to the female prisoner. With his brain, why didn't he think of that
No, such a good thing can't be given to Skinny Monkey. Speaking of hard work, Scar is the one who usually rushes to do all the hard work. Now that there is a good thing, shouldn't he be the first to do it
With a 'bang' sound, Scar put the porcelain bowl back on the table, hurriedly stood up, walked in front of Zi Xi, and pulled the skinny monkey away.
Skinny Monkey, who was having fun, was suddenly interrupted. Feeling unhappy, he looked up and said, "Scar, what do you want to do? You can't interrogate the prisoner yourself, and yet you come to disturb me. When you were interrogating me just now, I, Skinny Monkey, didn't say a word. Can you behave yourself?" This big, stupid guy, who was only big in body but not in brain, he usually looked down on him and often mocked and attacked him with words. However, this idiot seemed to be born with a dull mind and could not hear it at all. He even foolishly thought that he was praising him.
"What do you want to do? Are you interrogating a prisoner? Don't think I don't know, you, you, you just want to do that to her! You... you are using your power for personal gain!"
"Oh, hey, you seem stupid on weekdays, but how come you suddenly get wise today and can even use idioms? It's amazing. But I think I taught you this idiom. Why, now you are using my words against me? Scar, you have grown up. Besides, His Highness only told us not to kill her, but didn't say we can't do anything else to her. Why do you care what means I use? If I can make her speak and ask what His Highness wants to know, it will be a great achievement. By then, do you think His Highness will still care about what means I used?" The skinny monkey smiled nonchalantly, glanced at Scar with contempt, and then stepped forward again to continue his previous actions.
Because Skinny Monkey had just said too much, Scar's brain was slow and he had to think about it for a while before he roughly understood what Skinny Monkey had said.
"No, that's not what I meant." Scar stood in front of Zi Xi again.
Skinny Monkey was a little angry. What did this idiot want to do today? He kept disturbing others. It was really annoying.
"Scar, get out of my way if you know what's best for you. If you interrupt my trial, I will report the truth to His Highness and you will be in big trouble!"
"You, you, you... don't try to scare me. My scar is not caused by fear. Even if I want to do something to this woman, I have to do it first. Why do you get all the good things?"
"Ha!" After all this fuss, this idiot is just greedy for women. I thought he suddenly had a change of heart and wanted to protect women's chastity.
"Okay, okay, since we've been working together for so many years, I won't bother with you. Let's... do it together. Wouldn't it be more exciting?" He winked at Scar with an obscene smile on his face. Scar seemed to have thought of something as well. He smiled foolishly and his saliva was almost flowing down.
The two men turned around and looked at Zixi with ill intentions. Their naked gazes made Zixi feel nauseous.
"Go away, you two pigs, you'd better stay away from me, otherwise, I will pull out your tendons and skin you alive, and you will die a miserable death!"
To be honest, Zi Xi was a little scared at the moment. No matter how tough she was, she was still an inexperienced woman. Chastity was really a weakness for her. Only when people were afraid would they look aggressive. And this vicious attitude only exposed her inner fear at the moment.
What should she do? Her acupuncture points were pressed and she was also fed cartilage powder. At this moment, she was basically a lamb to be slaughtered. She had no power to protect herself. What should she do!
Well, if you can’t survive, you can choose to die.
She thought of something and prepared to bite her tongue to commit suicide. But just as she had this intention, her mouth was pinched.
"Why, do you want to die? How can we bear to let such a fierce beauty like you die? Besides, His Highness has already told you, you must live. Otherwise, I will give you another chance. As long as you tell me your origins and are close to Miss Lingling's goal, we will let you go. How about it?"
Her mouth was tightly pinched, and she had no control over it at all. Damn it!
"If you agree, just blink twice and I'll let you go."
Sure enough, Zi Xi blinked.
"That's right. You are just a woman. There is no need to suffer for others. A wise man knows how to handle the current situation."
The skinny monkey's hand had just loosened, but before he could retract it, Zi Xi bit it hard!
"Ah! You damn woman, let me go!"
Zi Xi used all her strength to bite hard and refused to let go, biting off a piece of flesh from his tiger's mouth.
"Oh, it hurts so much, you damn woman, you have to drink the wine for forbearance, hiss, it hurts so much..." The skinny monkey pressed his hand and glared at Zi Xi angrily, wishing he could stab her to death right away!
"Scar, this dead woman is in your hands. Don't be polite to her. Play with her however you want. As long as she's still alive, it's fine!" His hand hurt so much that he had to take care of the wound first. After saying that, he turned and left.
"Hehehe, my little beauty, now you are mine alone. Don't worry, I will be gentle." After saying that, he took a piece of rag and stuffed it into Zixi's mouth, then pushed it towards Zixi's body.
Just as I was about to do something, there was a knock on the door.
Scar stopped and thought, could it be that Skinny Monkey changed his mind and came back? But he can just come in directly, why bother knocking? Isn't this deliberately ruining his good mood? He must be angry because I just interrupted his good time, and he did it on purpose. Forget it, forget it, just go and open the door for him.
However, the moment he turned around, he felt a pain at the back of his head, and then everything went dark.
"Hahaha, this big, stupid guy is so easy to fool."
Zi Xi was already groggy and about to pass out. In a trance, she seemed to see the figure of her young lady. She weakly called out "young lady" and then passed out.
"Zi Xi, Zi Xi!" Xiao Zi immediately transformed into a human form and went forward to check.
"Master, what happened to Zixi? Is she dead?"
"... She lost too much blood and passed out. Okay, stop wasting time. Take her away and find a safe place to heal her."
"What about here? Master, you..."
"Don't worry about this. I'll take care of it. Just take good care of Zixi. If there's anything else, I'll contact you."
"Then you must be careful, Master. If anything happens, be sure to call me."
"Got it. Go ahead."
"Okay."
... ...
After Xiao Zi took Zi Xi away, Ling Er set a fire in this place, deliberately creating the illusion of an accident, and then used puppetry to make a person who looked exactly like Zi Xi and put it in the fire. In this way, they would think that Zi Xi was burned to death, which could delay the situation temporarily and prevent Mo Feng from noticing anything unusual, so that she could hide in the dark and continue the next action.
"It's on fire, it's on fire, come and put it out!" This is the voice of Skinny Monkey.
After he treated his wound and turned around, he saw a raging fire and felt bad.
The fire spread quickly, and there was no way to go in and save people. He could only watch the place burn to ashes, including Scar, who was always mocked by him.
Life and death are predestined, wealth and honor are in the hands of God. Brother, we can only see each other in the next life.
He should think carefully now about how to explain this to His Highness...