Chapter 163 All Fear Comes from Insufficient Firepower

Man in white: “…”

If there was any expression under the mask of the man in white, Jian Yue thought, forget it, he couldn't figure it out, but it was definitely not happiness.

Why was he so sure? Because Jian Yue saw the man in white raise the instrument in his hand in a friendly manner. Then the sound of the instrument instantly changed from the peaceful sound just now to a sharp and piercing one. It was as if something was moving through the surrounding land.

then.

The soil beneath my feet and the air were filled with a strange yet familiar smell, like the distinct smell of blood.

Jian Yue glanced back and saw a skeletal hand emerging from the ground at his feet. He jumped in surprise: "What the hell!"

It’s better not to jump.

This jump stepped on the other hand, and only a crisp sound was heard, which was very clear in the night.

Jian Yue lowered his head and said quickly: "Sorry, sorry, I didn't notice."

He politely moved his feet away, and even had time to apologize, saying to the man in white next to him: "Look at how this happened, there was no warning at all, right? You can't ask me to pay for the medical expenses, you are also responsible, but since I have apologized, why don't you just let it go? Look, the person involved didn't say anything, right?"

White Bone: “…”

It fell to the ground with its finger bones swaying in the wind.

Jian Yue chuckled a few times.

The man in white looked at him through the mask. Under Jian Yue's expectant gaze, he suddenly began to shake the instrument in his hand vigorously.

"Bang!"

More and more skeletons emerged from the soil.

There was even one who emerged from the soil and tightly grasped Jian Yue's ankle!

Jian Yue cursed and shouted, "Compensate me! I have a sachet worth a gold melon seed. Can't you use it as medical expenses? I didn't say I won't compensate you!"

He was excited.

The man in white saw that Jian Yue, who obviously had small arms and legs, was able to nimbly dodge the attacks of several white-bone hands by just raising his feet, and ran towards a path opposite to the palace!

The musical instruments behind him rang loudly, like the roar of the man in white.

There was the imperial palace in front of him, and behind him was pitch black, with no road visible at all. However, Jian Yue ran straight towards the darkness, closing his eyes and running forward.

"Bang!"

There was a huge noise.

Jian Yue gasped violently, and saw the dazzling light falling into his eyes. A voice came to his ears: "Get up, get up! Hurry up, someone is calling in the yard!"

Everyone in the room slowly woke up from their dreams.

Jian Yue had not yet recovered from the sudden pounding of his heart. He sat up with his heart still beating violently. He didn't know when a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back, as if he had just escaped from an extremely dangerous escape.

On the bed not far away.

Someone shouted, "Ahhh! Help!"

Also woke up from sleep.

Everyone else looked at him. It was Gao Fei, a 1.80-meter-tall man with a look of fear on his face.

Everyone asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"I, I had a nightmare." Gao Fei panted heavily. He wiped the cold sweat from his head, still in shock. "I dreamed that a man in white clothes invited me to dance. While we were dancing, he suddenly turned into a white skeleton... It was so scary."

The other taskers all laughed when they heard it.

"Were you scared yesterday?"

"And you said you're not afraid."

"My brothers had sweet dreams last night."

"Isn't it?"

Gao Fei was trying to catch his breath. After hearing the teasing from others, he grabbed the person sleeping in the next bunk and clamped his arm around his neck, saying, "Stinky boy, isn't it time to cry like you were scared last night?"

The people around him begged for mercy.

Jian Yue leaned against the wall and watched them make a fuss, trying to calm himself down.

Gao Fei looked over at him, and the two of them exchanged glances. Then a large eunuch came in from outside. Eunuch Liu said, "What a bunch of lazy bastards! Why don't you get up? Do you want to be beaten? Do you want me to loosen your bones?"

Everyone got out of bed quickly.

Eunuch Liu fainted yesterday, but he seemed to have recovered this morning and there seemed to be nothing wrong with him.

Jian Yue and others are not used to wearing the clothes here, but at least they understood the process when they took them off last night.

"Hurry up!" the people outside said, "If you delay any longer, you'll all go clean the toilet!"

The sun outside hadn't risen yet, and the whole sky was gray. Jian Yue checked the time on the system panel and found that it was only a little past three in the morning.

It is really not easy to work like a slave, whether in modern times or in ancient times!

He lit the candle for himself in his heart.

Everyone stood in the courtyard. Eunuch Liu swept his eyes around everyone and said, "The emperor will go out of the palace to pray at Baoguo Temple in the next two days. The masters of each palace must follow him. Our Shangyi Division also needs to follow. They will leave tomorrow. Everyone should prepare for it today!"

The emperor is leaving the palace.

Are they leaving the palace?

Jian Yue's brain was working rapidly. To be honest, today was his first day in this copy world. He had no idea how to deal with the Xue family's affairs. Perhaps changing the environment would be a good thing.

Eunuch Liu pointed and said, "You go to the front to help. The rest of you go to the warehouse and prepare to move things."

He distributed them in order.

Eunuch Liu suddenly pointed at Jian Yue and said, "You..."

Jian Yue came to his senses and looked at him quickly, feeling a little nervous. He didn't know what he was going to do. He couldn't be that he found out that he had knocked him out.

Eunuch Liu narrowed his eyes and said, "You are quite clever, you two should follow them to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get the list, and come back after you get it. Don't cause trouble for me!"

Jian Yue said quickly: "I will follow your instructions."

Eunuch Liu snorted lightly, then covered his waist. He had clearly fainted from overwork yesterday, and he didn't know why his whole body ached so much. He couldn't imagine that he was dragged on the ground and bumped into by someone after he fainted yesterday, so he just went back to his room to continue resting.

Jian Yue and Gao Fei were both asked to pick up the orders, so they went to another line.

Before daybreak, everyone went out.

On the roads in the palace, one could already see palace maids and eunuchs from various offices walking hurriedly with lanterns in their hands.

The cold wind in the early morning blew in my face, bringing a bone-chilling chill.

The little eunuch in front of Jian Yue's stomach growled with hunger.

The person in front said, "It's so loud, are you hungry at this time?"

The young eunuch said, "I was assigned to take care of Eunuch Liu last night. I was so tired that I didn't sleep well all night."

They were talking.

Suddenly, there was a sound of clapping not far away, and a bright procession came from afar. The eunuchs leading the way immediately knelt down with everyone.

It is the emperor's ceremonial guard.

The bright yellow ceremonial procession was majestic and solemn. First came the countless eunuchs and palace maids, and then the guards armed with swords.

Jian Yue and others couldn't even raise their heads. This was the majesty of the royal family.

As a result, in this quiet morning, the rumbling sound of hunger rang out again, especially clear.

Then.

Jian Yue heard a low male voice coming from the ceremonial guard: "Stop."

Everyone's footsteps stopped instantly.

Then, a substantial gaze fell from above, and the emperor's voice slowly fell and said, "What was that sound just now?"

This question almost made people sweat profusely.

Jian Yue could feel that the hungry eunuch beside him was shaking. After all, this was the emperor who could chop off people's heads for no reason.

No one dared to speak.

The emperor said, "Lift your heads."

The eunuchs in a row slowly raised their heads. It was obvious that the one whose stomach was growling was the young eunuch next to Jian Yue, whose face had turned pale with fright.

The emperor's eyes fell on Jian Yue.

This was also the first time that Jian Yue saw the emperor's face. The man was wearing a bright yellow brocade robe, a crown and golden tassels. His tall and thin figure was not actually strong, but gave people a presence that should not be underestimated. With the tassels, through the ceremonial curtain, one could only see his sharply curved jaw and his pair of dark and deep eyes.

They should be strangers.

The moment their eyes met, Jian Yue suddenly froze in place.

It was a very strange feeling, like my brain went blank for a moment, but my soul was trembling for no reason.

He even forgot to be afraid and just stared blankly. Jian Yue didn't even know why he wasn't afraid. It was as if there was no need for them to be on guard against each other...

Just thinking about it.

Then I heard the emperor's somewhat cold voice: "It's you? I remember you."

Jian Yue was stunned. Do you really know him?

The emperor asked, "Yesterday on the Imperial Garden Road, was it also someone from your company who had to pee urgently?"

Jian Yue: “…”

There is no need to know about this matter, Your Majesty!

And I wasn't the one who had to pee urgently. You don't remember the one who had to pee urgently, so why would you remember me? !

The emperor's gaze finally fell on the person next to Jian Yue as if to show favor and asked, "Why, haven't you had breakfast yet?"

No one dared to say a word.

A eunuch beside the emperor quickly said, "Your Majesty, it was the national master who calculated the national destiny and said that it was for the sake of praying for the country. Since last month, all the palace servants have to wait until the sun rises before eating together, so that they can gather energy and pray for good fortune!"

The emperor's voice was inarticulate: "Oh? Really?"

The eunuch continued with a smile: "Yes, Your Majesty, you are very busy, so you naturally don't know about such things."

The emperor sneered, "I didn't know that all the affairs in the palace are decided by the imperial master. Don't we even need to report to the emperor?"

The words fell.

It was quiet all around.

The eunuch seemed to realize the problem and said quickly, "Your Majesty, please calm down. The Imperial Master did this for the sake of our Daqian's national destiny. This is all for your consideration for your Majesty and Daqian!"

The emperor said calmly: "So, I don't understand the good intentions of the Imperial Master."

The eunuch's voice trembled a little: "I have absolutely no such intention."

He has more to say.

The emperor waved his slender white hand and said, "Send him to the Imperial Master. Tell him that I have found a pillar of talent who shares the same mind as the Imperial Master and sent him to the Imperial Master for training."

The fate of this worthless chess piece sent by the emperor is self-evident.

The eunuch knelt down with a plop: "Your Majesty, please spare me! I said the wrong thing, Your Majesty, please spare me, Your Majesty... You can't do this! Huangfu Chengyu! I was given to you by the Queen Mother, you are seeking revenge! You are unfilial!"

The guards around him had already taken the person away.

Throughout the entire palace corridor, it seemed that one could still hear people cursing and begging for mercy from afar. Everything was silent and no one dared to breathe. The cold air of the early morning blew over, but it was not as chilly as the chill in one’s heart.

Jian Yue was still kneeling there stiffly, unable to react to such a sudden scene. After the emperor withdrew his gaze indifferently, his eyes also swept over him, dark and deep, like an unclear pool of water that was unfathomable.

At the same time.

Jian Yue sorted out the clues in his mind.

The Imperial Master seems to be at odds with the Emperor, there seems to be something hidden in the relationship between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, and the people around the Emperor are not entirely loyal to him.

The chief eunuch said in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty, please stand up."

Their procession left.

When the eunuchs slowly stood up, Gao Fei pulled Jian Yue at the same time. Jian Yue then felt that he was a little numb from kneeling.

Everyone felt heavy-hearted. In just one day, they watched the emperor get rid of people with just a few words, and realized the danger of the situation. Would it be the same for them? If they took a wrong step one day, they would be doomed.

"We have arrived at the Ministry of Internal Affairs." The eunuch leading the way said, "You two follow me to get the list, and the rest of you wait here."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Jian Yue and a few others were waiting in the yard. They were just ordinary eunuchs and were not qualified to meet the chief stewards.

The little eunuch beside him had a rumbling stomach again.

Gao Fei said: "I never thought that we had to wait until sunrise to eat. My little eunuch has worked so hard."

The hungry eunuch said, "This is not hard work. Look at your Majesty. He has to review documents and read books at night, and he has to go to court at this time."

Jian Yue thought about it and realized that being an emperor was not easy. He was an emperor, but he still had to get up at the same time as the working people.

"But how can we compare with the emperor in terms of luck?" said the young eunuch, "We can only do the dirtiest and most tiring work of serving others. If we are lucky, we can even get a job as a servant. If we are unlucky, well..."

As he spoke, he sighed.

My stomach is still rumbling.

His face turned pale from hunger, and his whole body was shaking. He looked very young, and it was probably due to hypoglycemia. Jian Yue stood with him, and seeing that he was still hungry, he took out a steamed bun from his pocket and handed it to him.

The young eunuch's eyes lit up: "Where did it come from?"

Jian Yue said: "I pretended when we were having dinner last night."

When he was a child, he was an orphan without parents and often did not have enough to eat. Later, he formed a habit. No matter where he went, as long as there was food, if he was full, he would carry some with him to avoid going without the next meal.

The young eunuch smiled at him instantly and took the steamed bread from Jian Yue's hand: "Then I won't be polite!"

He was really hungry and finished it in just a few bites.

Gao Fei was standing on the other side of Jian Yue. Gao Fei hurriedly stood in front to keep watch for the two men and cover the little eunuch while he was eating.

The young eunuch was also smart. He swallowed the steamed bread in one gulp and looked at the two people with gratitude: "Thank you very much."

He is not a tasker, but an NPC from the original copy world.

Jian Yue said: "You don't have to thank me, sir. We all work together, and it's always good to help each other."

The young eunuch smiled and said, "Just call me Xiao Dezi, there's no need to be so unfamiliar."

The relationship between the people has been further improved.

The eunuchs who had received the orders came back and some of them complained, "The clothes and ceremonial items for each palace have been prepared, except for the clothes order for Concubine Liu. I heard that she felt that the clothes in the palace were inconvenient and the styles did not meet her requirements, so she drew the design herself and asked the Clothing Bureau to make them. They are still rushing to finish them today."

Xiao Dezi said, "The designs and styles in the palace have always been the best. I remember that Concubine Liu was of humble origins. How come her requirements are higher than those of the ladies in the palace?"

The eunuch who received the list snorted and said, "Who knows, this noble lady is so strange. She has been in the palace for half a year, but she doesn't want to compete for favor or gain a foothold. She spends all day thinking about her pile of books. She also says strange things. She even complained about the clothes I sent her... that they are not fashionable enough..."

As soon as these words came out.

Jian Yue and Gao Fei were stunned for a moment.

The two people looked at each other and thought that this word was definitely a modern word!

And she is a concubine in the palace. To be honest, the emperor kills her at will. He has forgotten all about her by his own efforts. Isn't the name of this copy called The Hot Pure Princess? It's an ancient romance copy!

The heroine is a time-travelling woman!

Just as Jian Yue realized this, the system panel suddenly popped up: "As the first player in this instance to realize the heroine's identity, you have triggered a limited-time mission to assist the heroine in completing the task of repairing the world's plot."

"Task name: [Send timely assistance]"

Mission details: "Please help the heroine complete the heart-warming plot of helping the emperor in his time of need."

Mission reward: "Card skill has no cooldown once."

Jian Yue looked at the task panel and fell into a brief silence.

First of all, he had never even seen the heroine. Secondly, he was just a little eunuch who couldn't even get close to the emperor. How could he help two living fathers complete the mission?

Isn't this embarrassing?

The system panel refreshed again: "The mission comes with a random points package, which can drop a random large amount of points reward. Please note that the points can be exchanged for gold coins in the real world."

Jian Yue's expression changed: "But then again, although the mission is difficult, it is also a test for me. Correcting the world's plot is a heavy responsibility, and I cannot shirk my responsibility!"

system:"……"

The audience in the live broadcast room: “…”

It's all about money, right?

What if you hesitate for even a second?!

Why do you have to change your expression so quickly?

The reason why Jian Yue accepted this task was very simple. This task did not specify what the punishment would be if it was not completed.

Anyway, if he completes it, he will make money. If he fails, he will just lie down and let it go. It's the system that has to choose him. If the points given are few, he will let the system know what "cheap goods are not good" means!

system:"……"

After Jian Yue prepared himself mentally, he felt extremely relaxed.

After everyone returned to the Clothing Bureau, they started to get busy. In order to prepare to leave the palace, everyone was so busy that it could be said that everyone was running around in circles.

Originally, everyone was thinking about investigating the main mission, but it turned out that one task after another did not give people any breathing space.

By the time they are so busy at night, most people can't even straighten their backs.

Everyone in the room lay on their beds and heard other taskers complaining: "This dungeon is too torturous. As soon as I wake up, I'm like a slave. It's a fart mission to complete."

Everyone nodded:

"I'm so tired. This day feels like I've lived ten lifetimes."

"Why is the eunuch so tired?"

"Go to sleep quickly. We have to get up and travel tomorrow. Anyway, the system doesn't say when we have to finish the main quest, so rest first."

It makes me feel better when I think about it this way.

The only advantage of this copy is probably that there is no time limit.

But this kind of world with no end in sight actually becomes more despairing as time goes on, but now I’m so tired that I hardly think about it that much.

Before going to bed, Jian Yue glanced at the painting hanging in the room and said, "Do you think the colors of this painting are a little brighter?"

Everyone looked over.

This is a splash-ink painting, which depicts the palace walls of the imperial city and a small path. The ink marks are thick, and from a distance it looks like a bloodstain. It was a little unclear yesterday, but it seems clearer today.

"No."

"I didn't notice."

"Maybe someone has changed the picture."

“I’m so sleepy…”

The room fell silent almost instantly. Jian Yue still did not bring the sachet today, and judging from Gao Fei's words in the morning, he felt that this dream was definitely not simple.

There is definitely something wrong with this painting.

Jian Yue leaned against the wall and pondered it carefully. He decided not to sleep tonight and observe the painting for a while.

However--

When he leaned against the wall, the room was silent. Soon, he could hear slight snoring all around him. And for some reason, he would not feel sleepy so quickly if he didn't want to sleep.

But when he heard the night watchman's sound outside, he felt as if he was swept over by an inexplicable sleepiness, and he could no longer control his eyelids.

The intense sleepiness came like a tide.

Jian Yue pinched his palms and tried nothing else to stop it. He realized that it was not his problem, but probably the environment's.

But once I fall into a dream, I’m afraid I’ll see the man in white again.

Judging from the fact that he was almost caught last night, tonight might not end well again. He didn't know what to do to protect himself, but it would definitely be dangerous to be caught by the man in white.

The audience in the live broadcast room also said after seeing Jian Yue's performance:

"Not bad."

"As a newcomer, this is good enough."

"But the copy is not really that easy to avoid."

"Even if you insist, you still have to fall asleep."

“There’s really no solution to this.”

"What's the point of being smart? You still have to sleep!"

Everyone was chattering.

People were even saying that this group of newcomers was actually nothing interesting and a waste of time.

Jian Yue gritted his teeth and raised his head at the last moment of his consciousness. He looked at the painting in the center of the room. The audience was a little surprised. Seeing Jian Yue getting off the bed, some of them even wanted to scream, wondering if he wanted to move the painting.

However.

In the sight of everyone——

Then he saw Jian Yue standing in front of the painting. Sure enough, a man in white appeared on the path in the painting. Jian Yue seemed to be looking at the man in white from a distance across the painting.

Slowly.

The man in white in the painting seemed to have regained consciousness. The corners of his mouth were grinning under the mask. He looked at Jian Yue as if he was looking at his prey, just waiting for Jian Yue to step into his hunting area.

Then.

Just when Jian Yue was so sleepy that he almost lost consciousness and was about to concentrate on painting, everyone saw him take out a pen from somewhere and directly draw an AK and a machete on the path.

Just before sleepiness finally hits me.

Just before Jian Yue closed his eyes, he grinned and smiled at the man in white.

The man in white/the audience in the live broadcast room: “……?”