Chapter 9 Let Her Do It
The man was quite big, and except for his left knee touching the ground, Ye Lanzhou landed steadily on the man. However, his forehead seemed to hit the man's teeth, which made his head buzz with pain.
Before she could get up, a cold light mixed with the night flashed in her eyes.
She was startled and looked sideways, only to see a man in black standing next to her, holding a short dagger only two fingers away from her neck.
Nanyang was not peaceful during the war. I didn't expect it to be still the same after so many years.
At that time, bandits were rampant in the Nanyang area. They would use swords and knives at each other at any time, making the people live in fear all day long.
She just accidentally bumped into their bandit leader, she wouldn't die, right?
In the faint moonlight, he couldn't see these people clearly, but although the man holding the dagger was dressed in black, he could tell from a closer look that the material of the clothes was not inferior, and it didn't look like something a bandit would wear.
His hand was still on the man, his fingertips brushing against the clothes of the man beneath him. They were made of silk. Which bandit would wear such exquisite things?
Could it be someone from the Nanyang Inspection Office?
When Ye Lanzhou was in Nanyang, she had dealt with people from the Inspection Office. At that time, she and her biological mother Qin were helpless in Nanyang. Qin knew medicine, so she opened a clinic in the old temple.
The medicines sold by Qin were very cheap, so the famous clinic in Nanyang gradually declined. Those people said that Qin had taken away their business, so several people picked up weapons and smashed the clinic.
This incident alarmed the Nanyang Inspection Office, and she, Qin, and those who took action were invited to the Inspection Office for mediation.
But the final result was that those people gave Qin dozens of taels of silver, and Qin's clinic was never opened again.
Ye Lanzhou was very disgusted with the Inspection Office.
It's really annoying that a group of people are taking salaries from the court and doing things to smooth things over.
But these people are not to be messed with.
The man holding the dagger said coldly, "Get up!"
As he spoke, the dagger in his hand moved closer, and the cold blade was directly against her neck, making her shiver all over.
Ye Lanzhou said, "Don't! We can talk it over. Why are you getting so angry, sir?"
The person under her seemed stunned for a moment when he heard her voice.
As if in a bad mood, he suddenly sat up. Before Ye Lanzhou could react, he fell off him and almost rolled to the ground beside him.
Zhang Qiyue, who was standing on the side, witnessed all this and immediately approached the man with a kind smile, saying, "Sir, please don't be angry. My daughter is..."
The man turned his head and glanced at him lightly. Zhang Qiyue realized the man's identity and immediately stopped talking.
Ye Lanzhou thought he was too frightened to speak, so he continued, "My father is seriously ill, and I came here to get medicine."
The man was facing away from the light, and Ye Lanzhou couldn't make out his face clearly from his angle. He only heard him chuckle, "After the curfew in West Market, only the ghost market remains."
The deep voice made Ye Lanzhou's hair stand on end. This voice... why did it sound so much like the man she had made love with the night before she left Beijing?
But then I thought something was wrong. Xie Chengyan should be in the capital now.
The mourning period for Yin Ning has not yet ended. As Yin Ning's biological brother, how could he possibly get away and come to Nanyang?
She knelt down, her forearm brushing against the man's dark clothes, revealing her pitiful appearance. "My father is seriously ill. By the time the pharmacy opens, I'm afraid he'll be dead. Please, sir, let me go this time."
The man frowned and brushed the dust off his shoulders. His gilded mask covered his entire face. It was dark now, so he didn't need to wear a brocade band. "Tell me where the ghost market is, and I'll let you go."
Ye Lanzhou raised his head and looked at him against the light, "Is the official going to the ghost market too?"
The moonlight shone on his gilded mask, revealing a strange shadow: "Looking for someone."
He showed a half-smile on his lips.
Ye Lanzhou blurted out, "Exit this alley and walk south for a hundred miles. There are three willow trees there. It's behind the middle one."
At this time, it seemed to be drizzling again, and the hazy raindrops hit my face and made me feel a little itchy.
The place she was talking about was actually the base of a group of bandits. If this person was a spy from the government, he would definitely be caught red-handed, because bandits hate government officials the most.
She needed help from the ghost market, so how could she possibly bring government officials there?
The man holding the dagger suddenly coughed, the dragon pattern on his sword gleaming coldly in the moonlight. "Going south?"
The man's drawn-out tone was like a hook, startling her so much that a thin layer of sweat broke out on her back. Suddenly, he raised his hand and brushed his thumb across her forehead, with some force, landing squarely on the spot where she had been injured.
It hurts, but I dare not resist.
She always felt that the person in front of her had a bloody smell on him. It wasn't the real smell of blood, but an invisible sense of killing.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but he seems to be able to kill her.
Ye Lanzhou pretended to be calm and tried his best to make his expression look normal.
The group of people were in a stalemate. When Ye Lanzhou was about to give up, the man suddenly stood up and looked down at Ye Lanzhou who was kneeling on the ground: "I remember, girl, you'd better not lie to me. If you tell a lie, you must make sure I can't find you in the future. Otherwise-"
He chuckled: "Whether you live or die is not up to you."
After saying that, he left, taking the group of people with him.
Ye Lanzhou was left in a daze. When Zhang Qiyue came to pat her shoulder, she came to her senses and found that her inner clothes were soaked with sweat.
The words that man said when he left were still lingering in her ears. From the sound of it, it seemed that he would kill her the next time they met.
She groaned in her heart, why do so many people want to kill her?
When she was in the palace, Yin Ning wanted her to be buried with him, and Prince Rui Xie Chengyan still held her life in his hands.
After leaving the palace, she met the inspection officer of Nanyang area, who threatened to kill her.
She only has one life, why do so many people care about her?
But fortunately, she is now in Nanyang, and she will return to the capital in a few days. He won't be able to find her then, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
Thinking of this, she felt a little relieved and stood up with the help of Zhang Qiyue.
The group of people in black walked away until they turned around the end of the alley. The person in black next to Xie Chengyan spoke up, "Isn't the ghost market in the north? Why don't you expose her? That girl is leading us to the barren mountains and wild slopes."
There is a little light here, and the long street is lit up, which is one of the few prosperous places in Nanyang after the curfew.
He subconsciously narrowed his eyes. The medicine bottle in his arms felt a little cold, sticking to his chest through his inner clothes. "Let her be. When we return to the capital, I'll have plenty of time to deal with her. Sheng An, have you forgotten why you came to see me?"
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