Just when Lin Rui wanted to hear more inside information, he felt an itch on his ear. He tried to drive it away with his hand, but it kept coming back. When he tried to drive it away again, he touched something cold.
Good man, this chilling blow made his body tremble, and he looked at his ear as if he had been electrocuted.
A green bamboo pit viper was staring at him with its big green eyes in a cute way, which scared him so much that he stepped back repeatedly. His disordered steps directly attracted the attention of the three people who were talking.
"who!"
"Jingque, go and take a look!"
“Kill without mercy!”
Damn it, if he’s discovered, he’ll be killed!
He hadn't intended to leave him any chance of survival during these conversations, but now that he'd been discovered, he could only return to his happy home even earlier. He strained his voice and imitated a few cat meows: "Meow, meow! Meow, meow, meow!"
When people have a strong desire to survive, they can really imitate anything they learn. At least the cat's meow he learned was so realistic that he could even imitate the stress response of a cat when it was frightened by a poisonous snake. However, he could not resist the footsteps of the frightened birds sent by the Yan Xiu Yu brothers, which kept moving towards him.
He simply hid back in the mansion. When he got there, he lay on his luxurious and soft leather sofa with lingering fear, and kept patting his chest. "Assholes!" he thought. "I was almost scared to death by these three guys."
Jingque strode to the place where Lin Rui had just stood, and carefully looked at the shape of the grass here to see if it was flat. Fortunately, Lin Rui had a sudden inspiration and was standing on the stone of the rockery when he was eavesdropping, so Jingque did not notice the clue.
Jingque then drew a scimitar from his waist and nailed the bamboo snake, which was still trying to attack, to the bamboo body.
Lin Rui in the mansion was still thinking that it was winter in Huangmo Pass and Yishu Pass. The snakes were hibernating, so why was the Bamboo Leaf Green Snake hanging around instead of sleeping? He was almost killed by it.
Jingque returned to Yan Xiuyu and the others and said, "There's no one here. The cat was frightened by a bamboo snake in the bamboo forest."
"Let's go. We can't stay here for long."
"This bamboo forest should be removed. Snakes like these often crawl into it. It's really annoying. What's going on in the Lower Town? There's not enough food for people, yet why are cats and dogs still running around?"
Lin Rui stayed in the mansion for about five minutes, but finally couldn't stand it anymore. His mansion still had a bug and would not move according to the owner's thoughts. For example, he entered the mansion from the bamboo forest and rockery, and when he came out a while later, he was still next to the rockery.
He has been delayed long enough. When the Major General and Lord Han see that they cannot wait for him, they will definitely mobilize a large force to look for him, and it will be difficult for him to explain this.
If I can't explain it clearly, the trouble will be even greater. Will the brothers Yan Xiu Yu and Yan Xiu Zhuo suspect that they have overheard something, or discovered some unspeakable secret in this filthy palace?
Now this place gives Lin Rui a false sense of peace. If he tears off a corner and touches the snow-white wall, he can see signs of mold and stench inside the wall.
Now they are still in the city, and three thousand soldiers are still stationed in the suburbs. Although they rely on simple signal fireworks to communicate, generally speaking, it is someone else's territory. If they want to ambush you, you will be hard to guard against. It is best not to alert the enemy and slip away secretly.
After he came out of the mansion, the surroundings were indeed empty. The body of the Bamboo Leaf Green Snake was hanging limply on the bamboo, and a small dagger was stuck in the snake's body.
Although Zhuyeqing deserved to be killed, it was still a bit cruel to kill him with one knife.
Lin Rui wanted to leave the same way he came, but he really overestimated himself. He used the stone bench to gain leverage when he climbed over from the yard of the toilet, but now there was nothing there. There was only an empty lawn under the corner of the wall, and the rockery was at least a hundred meters away from the wall.
It’s over. It was easy coming here, but there’s no going back.
He had to find another way.
He moved like a thief, hiding behind the trees and sticking to the wall. He kept an eye on whether there were any servants passing by, and at the same time looked for any bamboo pit vipers on the trees and in the bamboo forest. He had just suffered a loss at the hands of that creature, so he had to keep a close eye on it now.
Walking to the edge of the garden, there is a curved arch. Outside the arch is a layout similar to that of an imperial garden, filled with various trees, flowers and plants. However, because it is winter, the branches and trunks are bare, which really does not look beautiful.
Servants passed by from time to time, and Lin Rui shrank into the corner of the wall to reduce his presence.
He waited until there was no one on the road before sneaking out again.
After he exited, his vision went dark. It was over! These roads led in all directions, and the key was that he had no idea which one led to the banquet ahead. He could only choose a cobblestone path that followed a general direction, but the path only got darker and darker, from bright daylight to increasingly eerie.
What kind of place is this! Lin Rui couldn't help but hug his arms, his back felt a little hairy.
But at this moment, a woman's laughter was even more irritating, making his scalp almost explode: "Baby, baby, baby, after Laba Festival, it will be the New Year, mother will make you some Yangchun noodles, haha, hahahaha!"
Is this a nursery rhyme?
It’s broad daylight, there shouldn’t be any ghosts, right?
Damn it! Where on earth did he go?
At this moment, he heard some footsteps coming here again, and they were getting closer and closer to him. He was about to find a place to hide, but he found that there was only a bare alley around him and there was no place to hide.
Just as he was considering whether to enter the mansion again, a pair of slender hands grabbed his arm: "Follow me!"
A woman's voice sounded in his ears, and soon he was pulled into a remote courtyard by the woman.
The courtyard was truly remote, a world away from the magnificent palace decorations ahead, yet it was part of the palace. Lin Rui could tell at a glance that the courtyard was not even as big as the first workshop he had built.
He turned to look at the woman who had pulled him in, quite surprised. They had actually met twice before, in the main hall and in the courtyard. "Miss Yan, why are you here?"
At this time, Yan Qingqing had already taken off her gaudy gauze clothes and was wearing a coarse linen shirt. There were still marks on her face from being slapped by Yan Xiuzhuo. She looked at Lin Rui with a cold gaze and said, "Don't stay here. Leave quickly. The farther away the better!"
Lin Rui looked at her and smiled bitterly: "I want to leave too, but I'm new here and I don't know the way around the palace very well."
Yan shook his head gently. "I'm not talking about the palace, but Yishu Pass. I know you came here with General Xing, so I advise you to leave quickly and never come here again. If possible, please send troops to attack this place, burn it down, and destroy it. They are all evil spirits, man-eating evil spirits. Don't leave any of them alive, burn them all to death!"
After saying that, he looked at Lin Rui and said, "I have secretly heard about Huangmo Pass. I dreamed of taking my mother to Huangmo Pass, but we can't leave. You are good people who gave the people a way to survive in troubled times. Good people should not die here."
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