Chapter 115 The Wandering Travel Group (Forty-Six)
"Princess, what makes you say that?"
There was a pause on the Imperial Master's face for a moment, as if she remembered something because of Nan Huan's words, but after a moment she came back to her senses and restrained all the expressions on her face.
"I am just an escort for the princess. As for why King Jiang sent the princess here to pray for blessings, you can guess freely. I will just pretend that I didn't hear it."
Nan Huan had a bad expression on his face, but it wasn't because of the imperial teacher's ridicule.
But since she had said so much, he couldn't run away anyway, and the Imperial Master had personally sent him here, Nan Huan felt that she must have made every possible preparation and didn't want anything to go wrong.
The princess has already guessed part of it, but the other party still has an indifferent attitude.
And the system did choose this period of time, which means there should be some clues here.
Nan Huan originally thought that the conversation ended here. After all, she didn't want to play tricks with the imperial teacher anymore.
Just when she was about to go back to the carriage and rest her eyes, the Imperial Master suddenly changed his mind for some reason and asked an unrelated question.
"Do you have any last wishes?"
After asking the question, the national teacher realized that he seemed to have been asking too much. His previous answers were self-defeating, so he had to add another sentence.
"After all, the process of praying is somewhat dangerous. There have been so many examples before. If you have any wishes, you can tell me now."
Nan Huan had already turned his face thirty degrees and turned back in an instant.
"Just ask the villagers to take care of it for me."
Nan Huan knew that what they were acting out was most likely something that actually happened in the past, which meant that the princess was indeed dead at that time.
Her mission in entering this game was to find the murderer, so now that the Imperial Master asked about her last wish, she could only stand in the princess's shoes and consider what the other party might want to do.
Then Nan Huan thought of the masked man he saw at Ghost King Ridge and added, "After everything is settled, you should never set foot in the place of blessing again."
In fact, what she wanted to say more was that the National Master and King Jiang and the others should not get close to Ghost King Ridge in the future and should not harass the masked man again.
But Nan Huan was worried that he would be exposed, so he didn't say it so clearly.
But these two answers have silenced the national teacher.
She has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, so long that she has forgotten the exact time. This is the only thing in her entire life. It has been so long that sometimes she would wake up from her dream because she could not remember the other person's demeanor or expression.
No one and nothing had ever been able to shake her, but today was the first time that her heart was stirred.
At first, the Imperial Master simply attributed this commotion to the fact that Nan Huan had a face similar to the other person's. Even the expressions that the other person showed at certain times, as well as the subtle expressions in his eyes, would make her stop and stare.
But after hearing the other party's answer, the national teacher was really a little confused.
"You don't want anything for yourself?"
The Imperial Master's voice became very low, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Nan Huan showed a rare hint of doubt.
"Everyone has left, what else is there to ask for?"
After all, Nan Huan is now playing the role of a princess, and on the one hand, she really doesn't understand the life of a princess.
The other party was sent out of the palace when she was young. I think all the people who were close to her were in that village. In order to protect the people in the village, she volunteered to pray.
So her first priority was to ask the Imperial Master to settle the people in the village.
Secondly, she had seen the princess' memory fragments and knew about her interactions with the ghost-faced man in the memory fragments, so whether for the other party or for her own selfish reasons, she mustered up the courage to make a second request.
The first requirement is that the imperial teacher can still feel that the princess grew up there since she was a child, so she will have some feelings for the princess.
The second requirement is a bit confusing.
"What do you know?"
The Imperial Master stretched out his hand to rein in the horse, stepped onto the carriage, and no longer pretended to be the emperor or his subjects. He simply lifted the curtain and placed his arm across Nan Huan's neck, bringing with him an indescribable sense of oppression.
Her movements were so quick that Nan Huan had no time to react. Or perhaps he knew that the princess would not die here, so Nan Huan did not dodge at all.
Even before he noticed Lingyue was about to rush over, he gave the other person a look that urged him to stay calm.
Then she lowered the curtain and entered the carriage with the imperial teacher.
"Three people have died. What do you expect me not to know?"
Nan Huan did not answer the other party directly, but avoided the question and brought up the previous death.
However, the imperial teacher was not fooled by Nan Huan's words and did not take his arm off Nan Huan's neck.
"I can understand why you care so much about the people in the village. After all, both humans and animals have a sense of chick complex, even though they are sometimes so stupid that they don't know that everything they see is just an illusion."
The Imperial Master was a little annoyed that Nan Huan did not tell the truth and even laughed it off, but she thought about it and thought of another thing.
Sure enough, Nan Huan's face changed when he heard this.
The Imperial Master showed a mocking smile. "Whatever the reason for your second request, listen to me clearly. You must go on this trip. I will definitely get what I want. As for Ghost King Ridge, it will no longer exist in two days. It doesn't matter whether you set foot there or not. So your two requests are a waste of time."
After the Imperial Master finished mocking Nan Huan, he took his hand off the other's neck.
"Hmph, just take care of yourself these two days."
After saying this, without paying any attention to Nan Huan's reaction, he lifted the curtain, mounted his horse, and rode away.
As soon as Nan Huan relaxed, he found that a few drops of sweat had dripped from the back of his neck.
She leaned in the corner and rubbed her stiff body.
Although the national teacher did not do anything to him, it was indeed a very troublesome thing to deal with him.
In addition, she had no time to rest since she entered this copy, and her body seemed to have reached its limit.
After a while, Lingyue brought some tea and snacks, lifted the curtain and entered the carriage.
"Miss, are you okay?"
Nan Huan shook his head.
While Lingyue helped the man up from the corner, she took out a potion from the control panel to replenish Nanhuan's strength.
Lingyue waited until her face was not so pale before she gave her some more tea.
"I'm fine. I just heard some news from the Imperial Master and was a little surprised."
"You said that it has been confirmed before that the Imperial Master has already chosen the princess since she was young. Then how could she just send the princess to a remote village? There are too many accidents. What if something happens to the princess and she doesn't grow up according to the Imperial Master's wishes?"
"Or maybe, the princess hasn't even grown up yet, but has already become curious about the outside world and wants to go see it. The world is so big, where is the Imperial Master going to find the princess?"
Nan Huan regained some strength and knew that Lingyue couldn't stay in the carriage for a long time, so he quickly shared the news he had just received with her so that she could communicate with others later.
"You mean..."
When Lingyue heard Nanhuan's words, a horrible association came to her mind.
"That remote village must have been arranged by the Imperial Master." Nan Huan finished what she had not finished saying.
"It was a scam from the beginning to the end. Although I don't know where the princess grew up, you saw it last time. Except for some etiquette that she was not familiar with and her movements were a bit bold, she was actually raised very well. She is sensible and knowledgeable. She stood up when the village was in trouble. Is this really someone who can be raised in a remote village?"
Nan Huan had felt it was strange before, because the princess she knew was very different from the person in the memory fragments she saw.
It was not until the Imperial Master had just said those words deliberately mocking her that she finally figured it out.
The national teacher set up a plan, a big one.
She sent the princess to the person and place she had carefully prepared since she was a child, and raised him up according to her last wishes.
Therefore, the possibility that she imagined would not occur, because the imperial teacher had been remotely controlling what kind of person the princess would become.
That's why she was able to lure the princess into her own trap because of her plan, and then use people who were originally in the same group with her to threaten the princess.
So she was not afraid at all that the princess would have an accident, because there were eyes all around her.
Lingyue also frowned. After all, no one could look relaxed knowing that the princess had lived a lie from beginning to end.
"My lady, do you think the villagers knew everything? Do they know why the princess was sent back?"
Although Lingyue didn't have the heart to ask this question, she didn't forget their primary mission in this game.
"Do you remember what Nineteen said before about how the princess came back?"
When Nan Huan saw Lingyue's expression, he felt relieved, but he didn't show it on his face.
"I remember, I seemed to have said that I was planning to go look for it, but I didn't know where to go in the vast crowd, and then someone gave me the news."
Lingyue recalled the news that Nineteen had learned when he was playing the role of a guard. "You mean the person who leaked the news was arranged by the Imperial Master."
"The person who leaked the information may not be arranged by the other party. After all, it is unwise to make such a big commotion in the palace to conceal the truth. However, the source of the information leaked by the person must be someone in the village. They must cooperate with the actions of the national teacher, and the prerequisite is to know when to act. Maybe this is one of the reasons why three princesses died before."
Nan Huan had always thought it was a bit strange that the three princesses died to conceal the truth. Now he finally understood that in addition to concealing the truth and creating a legitimate reason for the princesses to return to the country, the death of the three princesses was also a reminder of time.
It's impossible. As soon as the third princess died, the village would take action immediately. At least there should be some preparation in the beginning so that the princess would not be unable to accept such a fact all of a sudden.
"So they are also considered as one of the murderers."
Lingyue sighed. To them, it was just the correct answer to a game, but to a real princess, it was a matter of life and death.
And now it has been discovered that the villager that the other party was very dependent on is one of the murderers.
This realization made both of them not know what to say for a moment.
Finally, it was Nanhuan that reminded me of another thing.
"I have a bad feeling."
No one else could enter the carriage, so Nan Huan had to share with Ling Yue, "Based on the current situation, the princess is very likely to have died..."
【bite-----
Death countdown day 1. 】
Before Nan Huan could finish his words, he was interrupted by the system's prompt.
As if realizing that Nan Huan had already received the relevant information, the system came to urge progress again.
The familiar darkness and dizziness came over him, and Nan Huan had no time to question this countdown with no regular changes.
When he opened his eyes again, Nan Huan was no longer in the carriage, but was standing on the territory of Guiwangling.
Unlike the scene she saw in the memory fragment, there were not so many people around her, nor any carriage. Not to mention people around her, even her aura was the only one.
Nan Huan looked at his current geographical location, which was at the foot of the back mountain.
She was not wearing the dignified white dress in the memory fragments, but a plain dress. She was not wearing any gold or silver objects, but only a small white flower on her hair.
When Nan Huan's hand touched the little white flower, he paused.
Before she could carefully consider whether she should climb up like the princess to see if she could run into Bei Xishi who was playing the ghost-masked man.
The bushes at the foot of the mountain made a rustling sound, as if foreshadowing something.
"I told you not to come here anymore."
The cool breeze made Nan Huan rub his arms. When he heard a familiar voice behind him, he felt the wind was a little weaker.
However, when she turned her back to that person, her expression turned bad.
Because she could tell from the man's voice that the other person was not Bei Xi, but the real Ghost-Faced Man.
Nan Huan turned around slowly. She still remembered the interaction between the princess and the ghost-faced man in the previous memory fragments.
"I remember I told you to wait for me and I would come back?"
This is what the princess said to the Ghost-Faced Man before she left last time. According to the Ghost-Faced Man, this should be the second time the princess has returned after leaving.
The ghost-faced man was wearing the same black robe and mask as before.
Although she was very restrained and didn't get too close to Nan Huan, Nan Huan found that she was standing in the wind's outlet, blocking the cool wind for her.
The ghost-faced man didn't say anything, and Nan Huan just stood there, not quite knowing what to do next.
At the same time, she sighed in her heart. Ever since she was getting closer and closer to Ghost King Ridge, she had a bad feeling.
Although it has been speculated before, Bei Xi will most likely play the role of the Ghost-Faced Man.
Nan Huan had been looking forward to their meeting, but later when she realized that the princess might have died here, she had a bad premonition.
After all, if Bei Xi could continue to play the role of the Ghost-Faced Man like herself or others, with Bei Xi's ability, she would have probably known everything about Ghost King Ridge clearly during this period of time, and this place doesn't seem like a place where "someone" could see through her identity.
It is very useful for guessing whether there are other people on the murderer's list.
But it was obvious that what Nan Huan could think of, the system had also thought of, so when it was confirmed that the person in front of him was the real Ghost-faced Man and not Bei Xi, although Nan Huan was a little disappointed, he was not too surprised.
But she was still a little worried in her heart. Playing the role of a princess in front of others was a different feeling from playing the role of a princess in front of the ghost-faced man.
Few of the former knew the real princess, and although the latter had not spent too much time with the real princess, Nan Huan had no idea what had happened between the two.
The ghost-faced man in front of her only needed to test Nan Huan with a few words, and Nan Huan would reveal what they had said when they were together before.
What’s more important is that there is only one day left in the countdown. If he is discovered at this time, Nan Huan feels that the game will most likely fail, and all the players, including himself, will not be able to get out.
"Do you still want to go to the Ten Thousand Ghosts Shrine on the top of the mountain to seek death?"
The two men stared at each other for a while, and it was the ghost-faced man who spoke first.
She couldn't tell whether she was happy or worried about seeing the princess again, or whether it was both.
Ever since the other party left here last time and heard her say that she would definitely come back, the Ghost-faced Man seemed to have some expectations in his heart.
It felt like there were two little people fighting in her heart.
A righteous persuasion to myself, you know what this place is, she almost died last time, even if she comes again, the ending cannot be changed, why does she want to come and die, you should be happy if she doesn't come.
The other voice is to make yourself face your true inner thoughts. When you hear the other person ask you to wait for her, your heart is excited and you are looking forward to her coming again.
Knowing that it was a dead end, he still risked his life to come to you. This feeling has never appeared in your life before. And it was not after meeting him that you finally wanted to leave here.
You should understand that she is different from others, especially in your heart.
These two thoughts kept tormenting him until the Ghost-Faced Man discovered that the princess had actually come back again.
Temple of Ten Thousand Ghosts?
court death?
Nanhuan soon captured two additional pieces of news.
In fact, she didn't quite understand at first. The princess had escaped death with great difficulty and left here, so why did she return here now?
If the prayer had gone well, she might have died.
It now seems that the last prayer did not go well, and the princess did not even enter the Temple of Ten Thousand Ghosts.
So is she here simply to perform the blessing ceremony again this time?
Nan Huan was skeptical about this. Not to mention the scene she saw in the memory fragment last time, it didn't seem like the princess was deliberately using the ghost-faced man to prepare for her next visit to Ghost King Ridge.
Regardless of whether the princess’s last blessing ceremony was successful, she got out of here alive. Just for this reason, Nan Huan felt that the imperial teacher would not let the princess go easily.
"Although I would come to see you if I had to choose, as you can see, I have things I have to do. However, after seeing you, I don't want to do anything else. It's good to stay with you like this for the last time."
Nan Huan didn't know how to answer the other party, so she had to pretend to be a real princess and tell the truth.
As she spoke, she took two steps towards the ghost-faced man.
"Hey, I won't live much longer. Don't you want me to see your true face?"
She half-jokingly said some nonsensical things to the ghost-faced man.
"Are the people guarding outside the village forcing you?"
The ghost-faced man did not take Nan Huan's teasing to heart, but easily grasped the key point of her words.
"I can find a way to deal with them..."
She could sense the presence of someone outside, but due to the restrictions of Ghost King Ridge, she had no way to go out and solve the problem herself, but she should be able to do it if she thought of a solution.
Since the Imperial Master had been planning for so long, it was obvious that she was very familiar with the situation in Ghost King Ridge. Nanhua felt that she was more likely to know the situation of the Ghost-Faced Man as well. From this, it could be seen that the Imperial Master was not worried at all about the other party's so-called solution, otherwise the princess would not have died like this.
"Did you know?"
Nan Huan interrupted her before she finished speaking, "Some things were destined a long time ago and cannot be changed."
Although Nan Huan couldn't see the other person's expression clearly, facing a voice that was similar to Bei Xi's, similar movements and behavioral habits, it was difficult for Nan Huan to remain calm and treat the other person as a stranger, especially since she seemed to have guessed the other person's identity and couldn't bear to see the other person working hard for an impossible thing.
She responded ambiguously, seemingly talking about why she came here, but actually analyzing the whole thing, or perhaps it was just her own appropriate emotion.
While Nan Huan was talking, she had already moved to the other person's side. She sat down on the grass without any hesitation and gestured to the other person.
"Don't waste your time. Sit down and chat with me for a while?"
The ghost-faced man was a little dissatisfied when he heard Nan Huan's seemingly fatalistic words, but when he saw that the other party turned his head to invite her, he did not insist and sat down next to Nan Huan.
"I didn't try, how do you know it's a waste of effort?"
She was a little unconvinced. The princess seemed to think she was a little weak.
The other party is different from Bei Xi in this respect. Bei Xi is usually calm and rarely shows off his strength, and he shows it so obviously.
Nan Huan smiled and said, "Even if you chase them all away, I will still come in to find you, so there is no point."
The Ghost-Faced Man was completely silent.
Although the other person's expression was blocked by the mask, Nan Huan could feel that her emotions were different.
It's quite easy to coax her. It seems that this method is feasible. It took Nan Huan less than a second to decide to take this gentle approach.
"I am a princess of the Jiang Kingdom. I don't know if I am a biological child or not. Anyway, I was sent out of the palace when I was young."
After the Ghost-faced Man calmed down a bit because of that sentence, Nan Huan continued to talk about the princess, "At first I thought King Jiang just found a remote place and left me there, but before I came here for the first time, I found out that everything was planned by the State Master and King Jiang. The place where I grew up was not a real village, but a place arranged by them."
Nan Huan told the ghost-faced man what he knew about the princess's life and everything else, and felt the ghost-faced man's emotions changing as he spoke.
"In fact, I only know that they found me more than ten years later and asked me to come here to pray. I didn't know much more until I met you last time."
I don’t know if it was because the princess’ life was too short or if I didn’t know enough about it, but Nan Huan’s few words were enough to explain everything.
"Okay, I'm done. It's your turn?"
In fact, rather than saying that Nan Huan wanted to use this method to learn some information about the game, it would be better to say that she wanted to use this method to understand the person in front of her.
The ghost-faced man listened carefully to Nan Huan's words and fell into a brief silence in response to the princess's question.
"You can't go to the Ghost King Temple on the top of the mountain. You will die."
She had warned the princess many times, but this time she was extra serious. Nan Huan could see through the holes in the mask the turbulent waves in her eyes that were suppressed, as if they were about to burst out in the next second.
It seems that the other party's background, or life story, should be quite complicated, so much so that Nan Huan has already exchanged it for the princess, but the other party has no intention of handing it over.
"You can't leave here. Is it related to the Ghost King Temple?"
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