Chapter 388 The Last Move
Si Linglong opened her mouth. She didn't expect that her sister Quan had actually done her homework. She was worthy of being from a general's family.
[But, I have already asked Ah Yue in advance which courtyard Wu Lie lives in...]
Si Linglong thought about it and glanced towards one of the courtyards unconsciously. Then she saw Gu Qingquan pointing to another place and said, "Let's try it from here first."
Seeing this, Si Linglong held her finger and gently moved it towards Wu Lie's place, "I think this place is more suspicious, why don't we start from here."
Gu Qingquan must not be allowed to know that she and the emperor were in collusion, but she must not be allowed to make random attempts either.
She heard from Futai that people had been assigned to the other two courtyards.
One of them was given to Helian Tuo, because he had saved her last time and was not only injured but also poisoned.
Although Helian Yue was always thinking about how to make the hero die naturally, he still had to put in some effort to keep up appearances.
Gu Qingquan looked at the finger she had moved and raised his eyes in confusion.
Si Linglong was afraid that she would doubt him, so she immediately said with a firm face, "My intuition is very accurate, trust me!"
【I have the standard answer! 】
Gu Qingquan didn't care. It didn't matter where he checked first.
"Okay, let's go here first." Gu Qingquan paused and said, "Then you can just stay outside."
"Yeah." Si Linglong nodded. "Just follow what we discussed in the car. If the situation changes, use the last trick I taught you."
After hearing the last move, a trace of awkwardness flashed across Gu Qingquan's face. After a long while, he responded vaguely.
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It was almost dusk.
Candles were lit one after another in various places in the palace.
On a garden path opposite to Tingfengzhai, Si Linglong was walking slowly with Shuhong and Xueshan in her arms. Suddenly, she stopped, turned around, and gently rubbed Fox's head with the back of her hand that had finally removed the bandage. Then, she used the code she had specially taught Xueshan to whisper,
"Fat Tiger, go!"
The fat fox, who had been lazily lying in Shuhong's arms, seemed to perk up instantly after hearing the word "go". It swung its big tail, struggled out of Shuhong's arms very neatly, and then ran away in the blink of an eye.
Shu Hong looked at him with disdainful eyes, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
Si Linglong waited until she could no longer see the fat fox before she hurriedly called out, "Someone come!"
Upon hearing the commotion, the imperial guards on patrol nearby came over immediately and saw Si Linglong pointing in the direction of the rockery garden, saying anxiously, "Xue Sha suddenly ran away just now. It's almost dark. Please help me look for him."
The captain of the imperial guards recognized Si Linglong, and when he heard that Xue Sha was missing, he did not dare to take it lightly, and immediately ordered his men to search everywhere.
Si Linglong also asked Shu Hong to bring all the palace guards who were on duty nearby over to search together.
In the blink of an eye, there were no more guards or patrols around the yard where Wu Lie was.
Gu Qingquan changed into an inconspicuous palace maid's attire, passed by Si Linglong quickly, and took advantage of the fact that no one was around to enter Tingfengzhai effortlessly.
There was no one in the temple.
Gu Qingquan went to the hot spring pool holding a set of clothes. When he put the clothes down by the pool, his fingers accidentally slipped an ice ball into the hot spring pool.
The ice ball melts into water when it encounters heat and quickly merges into the misty hot spring pool.
Gu Qingquan didn't stay long. He put his things down and immediately turned around to leave. However, he went around the corridor, came back from another small door, and hid behind a rockery.
She didn't have to wait too long. Soon, the man wearing a half-black and gold mask slowly walked over. His eyes swept over the steaming water in the pool. Without saying a word, he quickly untied his belt and took off his clothes, leaving only a pair of trousers.
In the misty hot air, the man revealed his perfect figure with broad shoulders and narrow waist, and slowly stepped into the hot spring pool.
Behind the rockery, Gu Qingquan glanced across the man's wrapped wounds through the steaming water vapor. Beyond the bandages was the cross-shaped branding scar on the man's back, and his clean, unmarked back.
Gu Qingquan's clear eyes gradually turned cold, and no emotion could be seen on his cold and innocent face.