Seeing that Tang Nian was listening attentively, Ji Shuhe continued with satisfaction, "After they left, I came in and saw that Princess Huaining's portrait had already gone viral in the Great Chu. Of course I know that she is the princess."
"Since you're already here, why don't you save her?"
"Why should I save her? Most of the people in Jingning City are puppets of the Fuyao Opera House. If I save her, I'll have to escape the city overnight and never come back. But you've come, so it's different."
"You've certainly got a good plan," Tang Nian sneered.
"Master Tang, you flatter me. I was just wondering about our collaboration..."
"As you wish, but I need to get the princess out of the city first."
“No problem, I’ll arrange it.” Ji Shuhe said without hesitation, which was completely different from what he had just said.
The two exchanged a glance; they were helpless now.
The people at the theater must have had their reasons for keeping Chu Roujia there.
Chu Roujia's bodyguards have disappeared without a trace. Even if they were there, they would just be ordinary people who don't know any magic.
If Chu Roujia is left in Jingning City, and the Fuyao Opera House is pushed too far, they won't care about so many innocent people.
She and Lou Mu went to Jingning City alone, while Jing Yao and Ming Huan were in Nanyu City, and they did not bring any attendants.
Not just anyone can enter the Ghost Gate of the young prince, let alone now that even the King of Hell forbids him from using it.
They had no way of getting Chu Roujia to safety without anyone noticing.
Although Ji Shuhe was full of lies, since he wanted to cooperate with them, he would believe him for the time being.
"Before the opera begins today, send her back to the capital. I want to see a letter written by the Emperor himself."
"make a deal."
After agreeing on a secret code with Ji Shuhe, the three parted ways.
Upon arriving at the inn, Tang Nian saw the Ye sisters guarding their room.
"Master Tang, may I go out with Young Master Ming?" Ye Liusi's eyes lit up when she saw the two of them, and she quickly stepped forward.
"This..." Tang Nian was also a little embarrassed. Just then, she saw Ye Liunian nod at her, as if she wanted to be alone with her.
Looking at Ye Liunian's ambiguous gaze, Tang Nian hesitated to say the words of refusal.
Lou Mu's voice rang out from beside him: "Miss Ye, is there something important you need me to discuss outside?"
Ye Liusi had already come up with a reason.
Lou Mu naturally didn't miss Ye Liunian's hint. In any case, these two couldn't cause any trouble. He and Tang Nian exchanged a glance and decided to agree to their request.
After Lou Mu and Ye Liusi walked away, Tang Nian heard Ye Liusi whisper, "Master Tang, please come with me."
Tang Nian followed her to the Ye sisters' house, which was so clean that it looked like no one had ever lived there.
Before Tang Nian could even sit down, Ye Liunian knelt down in front of her.
Tang Nian frowned and bent down to help her up, but Ye Liunian refused to get up.
"Please, Master Tang, save us sisters."
For a moment, Tang Nian couldn't figure out what the person in front of her wanted to do.
"Get up and speak."
"No, I'll stay like this."
Tang Nian waved her hand, and Ye Liunian, out of her own control, stood up straight and then sat down in the chair opposite her.
Ye Liunian's eyes were full of surprise, but she was even more determined to tell the whole story.
"Tell me, what happened to you sisters? And what do you need me to save you from?"
“Master Tang knows that our father is dead.” Ye Liunian swallowed, her voice trembling slightly, her eyes tightly closed. “But on the seventh night after his death, he returned.”
“People cannot be brought back to life, but the seventh day after death is the day when ghosts return home. Perhaps it was because you two sisters missed each other too much that you saw it.”
In fact, Tang Nian also knew that this was impossible.
The father she met at the Ye residence was a living, breathing person.
"No, I'm sure I saw a person! He had a shadow!" Ye Liunian was a little agitated, but she quickly calmed down.
Tang Nian didn't urge her. Seeing that there was still some cold tea in the teapot on the table, she casually poured a cup and handed it to Ye Liunian.
Ye Liunian glanced gratefully at Tang Nian, took the cup with both hands, and took a small sip.
“But my sister never doubted it. She just thought that what Father told us before he died had come true.” Ye Liunian said with a bitter smile, “How could anyone in this world die and come back to life? I have never believed what Father said.”
What did your father say?
“He said he made a deal with God that he would not die. He had already chosen a burial site before he died, and asked us to bury him there after he died, and that he would rise from the dead in seven days.”
Looking back now, she still finds it absurd.
god?
Tang Nian secretly memorized this unfamiliar yet familiar title.
“At first, I noticed him. He was just like my father in his ways. He also took my sister and me around for the sake of the Ye family’s revitalization, and I gradually lost my guard.”
As she spoke, she lowered her head, looking at the tea leaf floating in the cup, which had turned brown from being steeped for too long: "But then, one day, I discovered his secret."
Tang Nian nodded, signaling her to continue.
“I remember that night very clearly. It was pouring rain. I was supposed to go to bed early because I had to travel the next day, but I couldn’t fall asleep. I got up to go talk to my sister. When I passed by my father’s room, I saw that the candle was still lit and the window was not closed properly.”
She swallowed hard, paused for a long time, and then continued.
"My father never stayed up late. Out of curiosity, I squatted down by the window and quietly looked inside. I saw my father, no, that person had his back to me and was holding a piece of leather in his hand. Although it was a bit wrinkled, I could see it very clearly. It was my father's face!"
"I watched with my own eyes as he cleaned up the skin, stuck it on his face, and became a father!"
Ye Liunian took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
"I made up an excuse and went to my father's grave alone, and dug out his coffin."
“I don’t know what I was thinking when I opened my father’s coffin. When I saw that there wasn’t a single piece of intact skin on my father’s body, I fainted. When I woke up, I quickly found my sister, but she trusted him too much, and I didn’t dare to tell her about it.”
To become someone else while wearing human skin?
There are similar secret techniques in the martial arts world, such as the art of disguise.
But Tang Nian had never heard of using human skin for disguise before.
The skin of the people in Nanyu City was not only made into drums, but also into human skin masks.
Tang Nian felt a chill run down her spine.
However, based solely on Ye Liunian's few words, she didn't even know whether they were facing a human, a demon, or some other strange and unusual creature.
But she knew that Ye Liunian was sincere this time.
"Why did it take you so long to find me? Do you want me to save you?" Tang Nian said calmly.
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