Chapter 62 Chapter 62 My cute little darling, suck it quickly! ...
"Let's not talk about whether he will return for now. If he does, given the strength of the palace spies, I'm afraid they wouldn't even be able to scale the palace walls, let alone lurk quietly within it."
The Queen Mother had long heard that the private soldiers in the palace were all tall and strong, and their skills were no worse than the imperial guards. If she wanted to fight against them, she was afraid she would not have much chance of winning.
Therefore, Princess Chunyu recommended to the Queen Mother the secret guard army that Princess Chaoyang had personally trained over the past ten years.
"Other soldiers may not be capable of this, but the secret guards of the Princess's Mansion were praised by the late Emperor himself, and they are definitely capable of this task!"
"But the princess...is she willing to help us?"
Princess Chunyu nodded confidently, "Why not? Your Majesty, please rest assured. I have already taken care of the princess' affairs privately. You can just sit back and take charge of the harem without worrying about causing any chaos among your own people."
The next day, Princess Chunyu pretended to go to the Taoist temple to pray for blessings, but secretly turned back and went to the princess's mansion.
At that time, Princess Chaoyang was sitting under the stage in the garden listening to music. A tall guard stood beside her, but Prince Consort Sun was not at home.
The servant informed her that the princess wanted to see her. She waved her hand to signal the servant to invite Princess Chunyu in. At the same time, she dismissed the maid beside her, leaving only the guard.
The princess dismissed her attendant maids to the outer hall and came before the princess alone.
Seeing her slightly bulging belly, her rosy face, and her leisurely and elegant demeanor listening to music in the garden, the princess couldn't help but sigh, "Your Highness is truly blessed. Born in troubled times, she has never suffered the slightest hardship. She was cherished by the late emperor. Although a woman, she is able to mastermind and manipulate powerful officials. Now that she has her own child, her future is worry-free. I envy her greatly!"
"Isn't it thanks to the help of the princess' wife that I can conceive this baby?"
Princess Chaoyang turned around and looked at the guard beside her with a smile: "Yuqing, don't you agree? Why don't you thank the princess quickly?"
Guard Yan Yuqing bowed to Princess Chunyu and expressed his gratitude, "Not only did you not despise my humble status, you promoted me and even gave me to Her Royal Highness. This is how I have achieved what I have today. If there is ever a time to repay your kindness, I will do everything I can to repay you! Even if it means death, I will not hesitate."
"Guard Yan, you're being too kind. How could His Highness be willing to let you die? I only did a little favor, it was an unintentional act, it can't be considered a favor."
"Hey, you're being modest, ma'am. Oh? By the way, ma'am, is there something important you want to discuss with me today?"
"Actually, the Queen Mother has something to ask of you!"
Upon hearing this, Princess Chaoyang immediately dismissed Guard Yan beside her, leaving only the two of them to discuss face to face.
Upon learning that Prince Yin had dared to flee without permission, she was furious. "I've long said he's been rebellious since he was young, and if he doesn't change his wild nature, he'll cause trouble sooner or later. But my brother is always soft-hearted. You have to talk him down! Now that his charges haven't been determined, he dares to flee out of fear of punishment? I think he thinks his crimes aren't enough, don't you?"
"Your Highness is absolutely right. Your brother and I have been so worried about Long'er! If Heng'er were still here, I wouldn't have to... wuwuwuwu~"
Chunyu said a few words and then started crying in grievance. At her request, the princess was willing to send secret guards to lurk in Prince Yin's mansion, and also sent a secret guard army to assist the Queen Mother's men in searching for Yin Jinglong.
On the other side, Old Zhong and the people from the General's Mansion had arrived in southern Xinjiang. When they were worried about their unsuccessful search for General Heng, the spider appeared.
After being injured by Hanyu that day, the spider was unconscious for half a day before waking up. When she woke up, she found that Hanyu and the others had escaped from Miao Village. She captured Lai Yue and tried to force her to tell her where they had gone.
Lai Yue cried, "I really don't know! I just took them to find the horse, and I didn't know they were going to leave Miao Village. Please don't hit me! Otherwise, I will tell Grandpa and the village chief!"
The spider pulled her little ears and let her go.
She knew she could no longer catch up with the man, so she sent a message to her master. She learned that her master was also on his way back to Beijing, so she followed his trail.
Unexpectedly, he ran into people from the capital who were looking for his master on the way.
When Elder Zhong learned that the woman from southern Xinjiang had met his general, General Heng, he offered her money to get information about him, hoping to get his whereabouts. However, the woman refused to pay and simply said that she worked for the general, whose whereabouts were unknown.
Since Yin Jinglong escaped from the palace, he has been hiding secretly in Shangjing City. Officers and soldiers are searching for him everywhere, especially in his own palace. There are not only the empress dowager's people, but also the princess's people. It seems that there are quite a few people who want to catch him.
It would probably not be easy for him to escape from Shangjing City now, but he thought of a long-forgotten mansion where he could hide, and that was the General's Mansion.
So, when dusk fell and the guards outside the general's mansion were replaced and there was no one on duty, he took the opportunity to sneak into the general's mansion.
Ever since he and his brother moved into separate residences, he seldom came to his general's residence. After his brother disappeared in the past few years, the general's residence had become a deserted house, and most of the servants had been dismissed. Only a few loyal old servants and a dozen guards were guarding the general's residence. The old servants guarding here always believed that General Heng was not dead, and they were all waiting for the general to come back.
It was precisely because the owner of the mansion had been lost and Old Zhong had taken away a group of guards, leaving only a few servants in the mansion, that he was able to sneak in easily.
Yin Jinglong was not familiar with the general's mansion. In order to avoid being discovered, he randomly found a room in the corner and hid in it.
He stepped into the house and closed the door carefully to avoid making any noise and alerting others, but unexpectedly, a masked man in black was standing behind him.
The man pointed his sword at him and asked, "Who are you? How dare you trespass into the general's mansion?"
It was dark, and the two men couldn't see each other clearly. Yin Jinglong only saw that the man was wearing a black and white facial mask. His throat was like a clay flute covered with a thick layer of dust, and there was always a dull friction sound when his breath passed through it.
Yin Jinglong asked the man about his identity, but unexpectedly he was recognized by him as the regent.
"How could you recognize me at first sight? Who are you?"
In such dim light, the person who could recognize him in disguise at a glance must be someone who is very familiar with him. Judging from his skillful sword-holding posture and the thick sword calluses on his knuckles, this person must have practiced martial arts for many years and has extraordinary skills.
But how could there still be a servant with such skills in the now deserted General's Mansion? And someone who was so familiar with him?
The more he thought about it, the more suspicious this person's identity seemed to him. He didn't look like someone from the general's mansion at all. Instead, he looked like someone who had left Prince Yin's mansion.
At this moment, a familiar face appeared in his mind - Li Yu.
The masked man naturally would not reveal his identity obediently. He placed the sword across Yin Jinglong's chest and threatened him: "If you don't want to die, shut up!"
"Li Yu, it's you, right?"
A hint of surprise flashed across the eyes beneath the black and white mask. Seeing that he didn't answer, Yin Jinglong pressed him, "Back then, I deliberately deflected my sword in front of the princess, sparing your life and even providing for your wife and children. Is this how you repay me?"
"Shut up! I'm not him!"
The masked man's sword-holding arm trembled slightly, and he scolded him in a low, hoarse voice.
These subtle changes in his emotions did not escape Yin Jinglong's eyes at all. He became even more convinced that this man was the rebel general Li Yu!
Yin Jinglong angrily shouted, "After the princess abandoned you, you are now Yin Jingheng's lover? What an ungrateful slave you are! I shouldn't have been soft-hearted towards you in the first place. I should have ripped your heart open with my sword!"
Yin Jinglong's angry words made Li Yu extremely helpless. He acknowledged his identity, but could not disobey the general's orders.
He pleaded with Yin Jinglong, "Your Highness, please don't force me! When you're in the martial arts world, you have no choice. Everything I do is just to survive. Even if I have to live as a lowly ant for one day, I'm willing to do it."
"What benefit did Yin Jingheng give you that made you loyal to him even at the cost of opposing me?"
"It's the spider. My life is in the hands of the general and the spider. I have no other choice."
Li Yu recalled that after Yin Jinglong stabbed him in the chest with a sword in the princess's mansion, he was seriously injured and thrown into a mass grave. There were rotting corpses and bones all around him. The pungent smell of corpses stimulated his brain, forcing him to wake up.
Several vultures were sharing a headless female corpse. How could that skinny headless female corpse possibly provide a full meal for these vultures? Their sinister, predatory eyes were scanning Li Yu, as if they were considering him as their next meal.
Although Li Yu's mind was clear, his body could not move. Every time he moved, he felt a heart-wrenching pain in his chest.
At this time, the spider suddenly appeared again, walked from behind the vultures, walked in front of him, held up his bloody face covered with knife scars, and sighed regretfully.
"It's a pity that he's disfigured, but he can still be saved. But are you willing to let me save you?"
Li Yu didn't understand what this evil woman wanted to do. There was no free rescue in this world. As long as he wanted to survive, he had to agree to her conditions.
The spider took out a small black spider and put it into the flesh on Li Yu's chest: "My lovely little darling, suck it up quickly! This is fresh human blood! It smells so good!"
Li Yu thought that if he just let her little spider suck his blood, the price wouldn't be too heavy. However, he didn't know that this little black spider was poisonous and it got into his flesh while sucking his blood.
He covered his chest with his hands, his expression filled with agony. The excruciating pain was comparable to having his chest cut open.
"What are you going to do?" Li Yu asked.
The spider replied in a relaxed tone, "I'm putting a spell on you! Just relax, it won't kill you. Hey! Don't scratch it, my little spider hasn't crawled in completely yet!"
It wasn't her who was in pain, so she said it easily.
"Why did you put a curse on me?"
"Nonsense! Of course it's to save your life!"
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