Heinous

"This is really a good place, but it's a pity that it's deserted." Standing in the left garden of the palace, Xue Zhe sighed.

From the paved stone road with patterns under the feet and some carvings around it, it can be seen that the garden was also carefully designed back then.It's a pity that there are few people to take care of it these years, and weeds are overgrown. Although the flowers and trees are still lush and lush, they still give people a sense of mess. It looks like a beautiful but unkempt girl, which is really a pity.

If there's anything good about the mess, it's that there's plenty of natural cover, giving someone a sneak peek beforehand.

The only neat thing in this garden is probably the set of stone tables and benches in the garden.The stone table is the most common style. A stone pillar props up a round stone slab. If the owner wants to, he can also carve some patterns on the stone slab.However, there is no pattern on this stone slab. Instead, it is a little rough and not smooth enough. Fortunately, it was wiped clean, and it can be regarded as the cleanest thing in the garden.

Bu She was sitting at the table, quietly watching the garden.

"Here... is it?" After a long silence, he asked.

The place Mu Liansong mentioned, Yue Xiangyun, the place where his mother was robbed.

Now that he is here, he just feels empty in his heart, and he can't tell what it feels like.

"Well, it should be here." Xue Zhe took a few steps forward, parted the long grass, and revealed a small stream below.

To say it's a stream is actually an exaggeration. It should have been a stream at first, with running water introduced into it, but it has been abandoned in the past few years, and fallen leaves and silt have accumulated, silting up the waterway long ago.Now, only small streams of water can be seen, occasionally protruding from the mud, flowing half-dead.

Two rows of pebbles were placed along the river on both sides of the creek, roughly outlining the traces of the original water flow. This creek is about half a meter wide. One end flows into the depths of the palace, and the other leads to the outside of the palace not far away. wall.The outer wall of the Wangfu is not low, and in Xue Zhe's eyes, it is a height that is difficult for ordinary people to surpass, but... he glanced at it incredulously, and asked, "Is it difficult for you to climb over this wall?"

Bushe shook his head: "All you need is a dagger."

Tsk, master...

Xue Zhe pursed his lips, walked back to the stone table, and rushed to point to the direction of the creek, "It is said that that pool of blood was there back then—the blood is invisible now, but the one I asked about Mammy still has lingering fears about that scene, saying she has never seen so much blood in her life."

"Is it."

"Also..." Xue Zhe was about to continue talking, but Bushe suddenly frowned, he raised his hand and waved at Xue Zhe, Xue Zhe understood, and continued smoothly, "It is said that the princess just caught a rampage with someone A flower picking thief in thirteen provinces, that thief had a brother who threatened to take revenge. Some people said that this person was the one who did it, but unfortunately he was killed half a year later, and they didn't say what happened... Sigh , what a pity."

"You two... are you here to see the princess?" An old voice suddenly sounded, and then, one person came out from the garden gate.

He doesn't look outstanding, he looks about five or sixty years old, his head is already white-haired, his face is wrinkled, his eyes are a bit cloudy, his waist is slightly bent, but his steps are still steady, and he walks slowly.He was dressed in rough clothes, with big hands, carrying a rag, he looked like an ordinary servant that could be seen everywhere in the mansion.

"Yes, that's right." Xue Zhe smiled, "I heard about the matter of the great princess back then, and I was a little curious, so I came to have a look."

He said it as if nothing had happened, but Xue Zhe's heart was suspended - Bu'she was facing the garden gate at this time, the old man couldn't see the expression on his face, but Xue Zhe could clearly see that he was fully God was alert, his hands were slightly clenched into fists, his body was tense, and his attitude was so dignified that he couldn't help but get nervous.

"Oh..." The old man replied slowly, "Miss, it's a pity. Miss is a good person. There were many cats and birds in this garden, and they were all taken care of by Miss. Miss is gone. , they're gone too..."

As he spoke, he walked slowly. As he got closer to the stone table, Unforgiveness became more tense. When he got to the stone table, he suddenly stopped and put one hand on the stone table.

Then, he picked up the rag and slowly wiped it on the stone table.

"Uh... old man, who are you?" Xue Zhe leaned forward, as if he was observing the old man's movements, and took advantage of the situation to block Unforgiveness.

"Wipe the table." The old man said while looking at Xue Zhe with disdain, as if he couldn't understand his "stupid" question.

"But... why do you need to wipe this table?" There are dozens of hundreds of tables in the whole house, and none of them are more valuable than a table that no one may use once a month, right?

This time there was no answer at all, only a more disdainful glance, which made Xue Zhe couldn't help grinding his teeth.The old man finished wiping the table slowly, even the edge of the stone table, and also wiped the back of the stone table with a rag, until the whole stone table was as clean as new, and then he left with satisfaction.

Hearing the sound of footsteps going away, Bu'she breathed a sigh of relief, feeling relieved.

"Who is he?" Xue Zhe asked as he wiped the cold sweat off his face.

"When I first came here, he was by that woman's side." Bu She said briefly.

"The one who brought you tea?" Xue Zhe suddenly realized.

"Well. At that time, there were many people who wanted to kill me, and he was the most dangerous one." Fortunately, after escaping from the palace, that person did not come after him for some reason, otherwise, I would not be able to guarantee that I would live to be with Xue Zhe when we meet.

Xue Zhe frowned slightly, several thoughts in his mind turned and slowly connected into a thread.

"I said, Xiao Amnesty, have you noticed that there were some strange things in that incident back then?"

"where?"

"According to whoever said, there was a lot of blood here, which stained a large area of ​​the ground red," Xue Zhe pointed to the water, "If so much blood really flowed, it would be difficult to stop for a while, and it would be difficult for people. survive."

There is no blood transfusion technology these days. If blood that can stain the ground red is poured out, people will probably lose their breath.But the more he thought about Yun, he could still give birth to Unforgiveness in the Valley of Unforgiveness, and he died a few years later. It can be seen that when he left Yue Palace, even if Yun Yue was injured, it would not be so serious.

Bushe nodded and waited for Xue Zhe's next words.

"Did you hear what the man said just now?" Xue Zhe pointed to the door, "At first there were many cats and birds here, but they all disappeared later."

"You mean..."

"Those blood may not be human blood, maybe it's a cover left behind by someone taking local materials."

Hearing what he said, Bu'she also frowned: "But why did the person who abducted her do this? To make people think she is dead?"

Xue Zhe shook his head: "It took too much time to rob people and let bloodletting go. This is the Yue Palace, it's not a messy place, so he's not afraid of being discovered?"

"Then... who would do it?"

"No matter who he is, the act of bloodletting should be to hope that others will think she is dead... But this method is a bit dangerous. If the person who robs her is for money, or she escapes, everything will be safe. Exposed. Unless he can be sure, it will be difficult for her to be let go, and it will be difficult for her to escape by herself..."

Having said that, Bu's face changed.

Where is the most difficult place in the rivers and lakes to enter and the most difficult to exit?

No return to the mountain, no forgiveness to the valley!

"You mean..."

"She appeared there, probably because of this." Xue Zhe nodded.

"But, why does that person know..."

"Probably what message was left by the person who robbed her?" Xue Zhe guessed, "But if he destroyed it or hid it, if there is no definite message, even if you want to find someone, it will be very difficult to find someone. valley."

In recent years, the people in the Valley of Unforgiveness have not appeared as frequently as decades ago, and have gradually disappeared. Some people say that the people in the Valley of Unforgiveness have long since died out.Unless there is conclusive evidence pointing to the Valley of Unforgiveness, ordinary people will never break into the Mountain of No Return for the sake of illusory point.

But if there is anyone who can rob people into the Valley of Unforgiveness, only one person can come to mind.

The person who taught him martial arts, the person who raised him was like... the person who was his "father".

Although he didn't even know the other person's name—usually in the Valley of Unforgiven, he would just call that person "Hello! You!"But for Bu She, in his 20 years of life, that person is the image most similar to his "father".

Although neither he nor that person would admit that there was any relationship between them, Bushe still felt a dull pain in his heart when he thought that he might be the culprit that made his mother suffer so much.

Seeing his depression, Xue Zhe sighed in his heart, wrapped his arms around his shoulders, and comforted him: "What happened back then...don't think too much, now it's just my guess, I can't do it right."

It was a bit awkward to put his hands on his shoulders, so he simply put his head on Bu's shoulders, and his hands slid down, into a posture similar to an embrace.

There was a burst of warmth coming from his body, Bu'she was stunned, and subconsciously wanted to break away, but stopped again.

He should have refused—even though Xue Zhe was open-minded, he still had thoughts that he shouldn't have. If he indulged like this, there would be no good results.

But Mu Liansong's words were damnably circling in his mind at this moment. He hesitated for a while, glanced at Xue Zhe's profile, and slowly lowered his head, accepting the warmth.

Xue Zhe didn't know the entangled thoughts in Bu's heart, his original intention was to comfort the lost Bu's, but when he put on the bracelet, he felt a little strange.

I don't know which nerve is wrong, but the normal contact made his heart beat twice more. Although it was only a sudden thing, the feeling was really subtle, so he couldn't help but not care about it.

It's as if something...is different.

Such a thought popped up in his mind, but before he had time to think about it, a voice interrupted Xue Zhe's thoughts.

"what……"

Xue Zhe was startled, then let go of his hands and turned around, and saw someone standing at the gate of the garden, covering his mouth with one hand, looking at them both in surprise and doubt.

Isn't this girl... the little princess?Why is it here?

Although the little princess of the Yue Palace is not the kind of young lady who is held in the palm of one's hand, her status is there, and there is always a maid accompanying her when she goes in and out.But there is no one around her now, and her eyes can't help but look left and right, and she looks a bit sneaky.

Glancing at the prospective son-in-law candidate next to him, he found that he didn't pay attention to the little princess at all, Xue Zhe muttered in his heart, and went forward: "Why, is the princess busy?"

The little princess looked at Xue Zhe, stared at him again, and said after a while: "I have something to do... No, I have something to ask for your help."

Seeing the look of embarrassment in her eyes, Xue Zhe raised his eyebrows, and put on a standard communicative smile on his face: "Since it is entrusted by the princess, it is my duty to wait - come, please sit here."