◎I ruined your beautiful dream with my own hands◎
Early in the morning, just as the sky was getting light, a few young men came outside Yanmen Pass.
The first person had a face as white as jade and a body as slender as bamboo. He was wearing a spotless white robe. Even in the endless yellow sand of the northwest, the robe was spotlessly clean.
Behind him followed a pretty girl in blue, a handsome and upright young man, and lastly a tall servant leading a camel and carrying a bag.
The strangest thing was that there was a heavy wheelchair upside down on the camel's back.
Everyone in this group was very young, and the oldest servant looked small, but no one dared to look down on them.
It was because the steps of these people were steady and their breaths were long, and the young girl and the young man were wearing long swords. They were obviously martial artists and obviously came from the world of martial arts, not ordinary people.
However, among the four people, the one who made the decision seemed to be the young man in white who was leading the group.
The young man in white was handsome and well-dressed, and he was the least like a man of the underworld among the four. His face was pale, and his eyebrows and eyes were gloomy, which made people feel that he must be seriously ill.
Even though he walked steadily, he would cough from time to time. Every time he coughed, it was as if he was going to cough out his lungs. He coughed so hard that his whole body trembled and veins bulged on his forehead. He then covered his lips with a white handkerchief and slowly stopped coughing.
If someone else coughed like this, they would have been too sick to get out of bed, but I don't know why he is still walking around outside with such a sick body.
The four men entered the city early and went straight to an inn.
The inn had just opened for a short while, and the innkeeper was standing behind the counter, half-awake, settling yesterday's money, when he saw these four men.
The shopkeeper was stunned. He had run a shop here for decades and had some good sense. Seeing that the guests did not seem to be staying in the shop, he accompanied them and asked carefully, "Dear guests, is there anything you need from us?"
The young man in white swept his dark eyes across the lobby as if looking for something. He looked around carefully, then looked away with a little disappointment.
The shopkeeper thought to himself, it's so early in the morning, most customers are not awake yet, how could there be anyone in the lobby?
This young man must have been desperate and tried every possible means to find a cure, so he walked in and saw the empty lobby.
However, this glance from him also made the shopkeeper understand their purpose.
There are always many disputes in the Jianghu. If these people are here to seek revenge, they hope they don't destroy his inn. These Jianghu masters are all very powerful and are not afraid of government soldiers. He has been running the inn for so many years and is most afraid of encountering such things.
At this moment, the shopkeeper was already thinking about whether there was any guest among the guests who came in the past few days who was the one these four were looking for.
He remembered that a man and a woman came yesterday evening. They did not look like ordinary people, especially the girl in the red dress. She was very beautiful but also had a fierce personality.
If others looked at her for a few more seconds, she would glare at them fiercely.
The man following her was an ordinary guy, but he was eight feet tall and strong, and did not look like an ordinary person.
All the thoughts in his mind went back and forth, and the shopkeeper smiled and said, "Are you here to look for someone?"
The young man in white lowered his head slightly and coughed, but soon he held it back. His lips turned pale as he said, "Yes, we want to find a girl, about seventeen or eighteen years old, tall..."
He paused, not knowing what he was thinking about, and his expression was dazed for a moment. After quickly coming back to his senses, he raised his hand to his chin, compared it, and said affirmatively: "This high."
From the tone of his voice, it seemed as if the woman he was looking for had really been compared to him before, and must be that tall.
"She likes to wear red clothes, and her appearance..." At this point, the young man in white stopped talking, lowered his head and started coughing violently.
His fair face changed color due to coughing, and an abnormal flush appeared on his cheeks.
"Pei Ji, don't worry, let me tell you."
The young girl in green at the side showed an expression of pity, and hurriedly stepped forward to tell the shopkeeper, "We have a friend who was kidnapped yesterday. It was a girl, wearing a red dress, very beautiful, and she had big, bright eyes..."
"Is your temper bad?" the shopkeeper asked with a smile.
The shopkeeper had seen so many people that he had a rough idea of their temperaments after just one encounter. He was relieved to see that they were not like the arrogant and rude people from the Holy Church outside the Great Wall, but were very polite and not rude.
"Yes, that's right!" Lin Qingyan's eyes suddenly lit up when she heard it.
The young man in white who had been coughing violently stopped coughing. He raised his head with heavy breathing, and his pair of black eyes looked straight at the shopkeeper.
This glance made the shopkeeper's face pause.
Originally, in his judgment, the young man in white should be just a gentle and elegant nobleman who was unfortunately seriously ill. However, when he was looked at with such eyes that seemed to want to eat him alive, the shopkeeper couldn't help but wonder if he was seeing things.
Just as he was wondering, he saw the young man in white suddenly lower his eyes. When he raised his eyes again, he still looked gentle and sickly as he remembered. The terrifying look before seemed like his illusion.
The shopkeeper was worried, but he didn't dare to say anything. He just pretended he didn't see anything and said truthfully, "You all asked the right person. There was really the girl you mentioned in my inn yesterday. There was also a man in black with her. I heard that the man called her Miss An."
Hearing this, Lin Qingyan was already smiling, and said repeatedly: "It's her, it's her, her name is An Jiu!"
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper stopped smiling and said hesitantly, "That's strange. I don't think the girl was kidnapped. The two of them seem to know each other. The man next to her takes good care of her and even guards the door for her at night!"
"What? They know each other?" Lin Qingyan was stunned.
The innkeeper continued, "Yes, my waiter can prove that I never lied. And if you are looking for her, you can't find her now. The girl left last night. She checked out not long after booking a room. If you want to find her, you may have to go further."
Lin Qingyan was completely stunned. After a while, she said, "Did she go with that man voluntarily?"
"In my opinion, that's the case."
He Ziqing then asked: "Do you know where they went?"
The shopkeeper said, "When we checked out last night, I heard them say they were going home, but I don't know anything else."
"Cough, cough, cough..." At this time, the sickly young man in white started coughing violently again.
The shopkeeper's words made Lin Qingyan and He Ziqing a little confused. Only Pei Ji seemed calm on the surface, but he was coughing so hard that he couldn't move on.
As a last resort, they had to book a room in the inn, planning to rest for a while before discussing what to do about the matter.
If it is true as the shopkeeper said, that An Jiu was not kidnapped by thieves, but went home with someone on her own, then do they still need to look for her?
In the room, Lin Qingyan and He Ziqing sat at the table. After a moment's silence, Lin Qingyan clapped her hands.
"I think we still have to go and take a look. An Jiu told me a few days ago that she would be forced to marry an old man if she returned home. She definitely didn't do it voluntarily! And if she really went home, why didn't she tell us? Pei Ji is still here. She couldn't have left without saying goodbye. She must have some unspeakable secrets!"
The girl in blue analyzed the situation logically and finally came to a conclusion.
He Ziqing said: "I can do either."
Lin Qingyan glanced around. There were only two people in the room, but she seemed afraid of being heard. She leaned close to He Ziqing's ear like a thief and whispered, "Look at Pei Ji's current state. He must be worried. Even if An Jiu went back voluntarily, he must want to see her... Alas, you see he coughs so badly and insists on traveling overnight. I guess he must want an explanation. Let's go back to Zhujian Villa later and accompany him to the capital first. No matter what they think, they have to give an explanation, right?"
In fact, Lin Qingyan felt that An Jiu might really have done it voluntarily.
Everyone has seen clearly what kind of person An Jiu is in the past few months of working together. She is a spoiled young lady who cannot tolerate any grievance. She is arrogant and domineering. Although she is not a bad person, she is not very likable.
When Pei Ji had difficulty walking with his legs injured, An Jiu's disdain for him was obvious to all.
It was hard for Lin Qingyan not to guess that An Jiu might have learned that Pei Ji would die early due to poisoning, and felt that he was not worthy of her, so he went back on his word.
With the temperament of a young lady, she could really do such a thing.
But she would definitely not say this in front of Pei Ji. Ever since An Jiu disappeared, Pei Ji vomited blood and his health has become poor. He often coughs and even coughs up blood.
Lin Qingyan was horrified as she watched from the side, and advised him to stop and rest to recuperate while they went to go find someone.
Pei Ji turned a deaf ear and continued on the road despite his sick body. His face was so pale that she was worried that he might fall ill.
"Oh...what is this?" Lin Qingyan frowned and couldn't help sighing.
Faced with this kind of thing, He Ziqing didn't know what to say. He scratched his head and thought for a long time before saying, "We should go to the capital. If Brother Pei doesn't get an explanation, he might get sick and die. There's no rush for our business. Let's take our time."
Lin Qingyan's cheeks turned slightly red. She nodded and prepared to tell Pei Ji about their decision later.
In the room on the other side, the young man in white stood by the window. He still looked sick, but not as gloomy as Lin Qingyan and the others thought.
He reached out, picked up the bamboo tube from under the owl's claws, and unfolded the letter inside.
There were some words as tiny as mosquitoes written on the letter paper. He took a glance at them and his black eyes became even deeper and colder.
"She actually left voluntarily, huh."
Although the mother-child Gu has a positioning function, it will lose its sensitivity beyond a certain distance. So when Pei Ji arrived at Yanmen Pass this morning, he already knew that An Jiu was not in the city.
However, the message was sent out immediately last night, and all the troops in the Thousand Killing Pavilion were mobilized, and they have found her trace in another city.
Just like Lin Qingyan guessed, Pei Ji also thought that An Jiu had gone back on his word.
After all, this is what he thought An Jiu would do.
"Do you regret it now? It's too late..."
The young man in white had a grim expression on his face. He clasped his five fingers together, and the knuckles turned white. The piece of letter paper turned into powder in his jade-like palm.
He raised his hand, and the snow-white powder slowly fell to the ground, like a light snow.
He lowered his hand, and his fingertips suddenly touched something soft. He lowered his eyes and saw that it was a small bright red purse hanging on his waist.
The purse had a red background with a bird embroidered on it with gold thread. The bird looked at him vividly with its lively eyes open.
Just like the girl with lively eyes.
A low sneer filled the air.
"You would rather go back and marry a man who can be your father than be with me? Oh, Anjiu, you really... wishful thinking. I will satisfy you and let you marry him, and then I will personally destroy your beautiful dream, what do you say... okay?"
Gentle whispers echoed in the empty house.
The man curled up his jade-like fingers and grasped the small purse tightly in his palm.
The canary was also imprisoned in the cage made of five fingers and fell deeply into the invisible darkness.
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