"What's wrong? Why are you here at this time?" Kong Wenjie couldn't move his eyes away from Fang Chengyin as soon as they fell on her. It was the first time he saw Fang Chengyin like this, with disheveled hair and clothes... a little messy. Kong Wenjie knew that he should not look at her at this time, but he couldn't help but keep looking at the young girl in front of him.
"Kong Wenjie, I just had a dream, a very strange and terrifying dream." Obviously, Fang Chengyin didn't have any of Kong Wenjie's fantasies in her mind. She looked up at Kong Wenjie, her palm-sized face full of worry and anxiety. "I... I dreamed that the lotus flowers in the pond next to Nanshan Villa were in bloom!"
Kong Wenjie was startled: "What's so weird and scary about this?"
"No, not ordinary lotus flowers..." Fang Chengyin hurriedly shook her head, lowered her head, bit her lip, exhaled deeply, and then looked up to meet Kong Wenjie's gaze, "What I dreamed of was a pool full of creepy red lotus flowers! And the water in the pond was also creepy, blood red, as if it was a pool of blood!"
"You must have read some ghost stories during the day," Kong Wenjie smiled and held Fang Chengyin's cold hand, saying, "Yesterday I took you to Nanshan Villa for a meal, and you saw a copy of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio in the lady's room, so you insisted on bringing it back to read. You see, you had a nightmare right after that. Don't read that scary book again in the future."
"No! It has nothing to do with reading! I just dreamed it so clearly! It was so scary!" Fang Chengyin explained anxiously, her eyes getting wet as she spoke. "Kong Wenjie, can you take me to Nanshan Villa? I always feel that Nanshan Villa is not peaceful. If I don't go there in person, I'm afraid I'll be worried and uneasy all night!"
"Now?" Kong Wenjie looked at the dark night in astonishment. "But what would happen if we went there now? Sister An and Grandma Chen must be fast asleep. If we go there, we will only disturb their sweet dreams."
"I don't care! I just want to go!" Fang Chengyin was crying. She wiped her eyes with her sleeves and glared at Kong Wenjie. "Why were you able to accompany the lady on a boat trip on the pond in the past? I want to go now, and you keep making excuses?! Anyway, I must go tonight! If you don't take me with you, then I will go by myself!"
"Okay, okay! I'll take you there right away!" How could Kong Wenjie really let Fang Chengyin go alone? He hurried back to his room to get a cloak, and hurried out with Fang Chengyin.
In fact, he felt a little uneasy tonight, as if something big was going to happen. Since he couldn't sleep anyway, he decided to accompany Fang Chengyin to Nanshan Villa.
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June 13, 1934
That night.
The capital.
Prince An's Mansion.
Zhong Mingwei was in the study room looking at the memorial that Jiang Bairen had just sent over, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
That day, in front of Zhong Mingzheng, Zhong Zhiheng handed over the command of the Imperial Guards to Zhong Mingwei. At that time, Zhong Mingwei did not expect that that night, Jiang Bairen came to Prince An's Mansion again, holding Zhong Zhiheng's handwritten secret order, and handed over the command of the Jinyiwei to him, asking the Imperial Guards and the Jinyiwei to cooperate with him to find out the real murderer of the fourth prince.
"If father wants to track down the real murderer who killed fourth brother, he can send either the Imperial Guards or the Embroidered Uniform Guards. Why did he let the Embroidered Uniform Guards and the Imperial Guards join forces?" At that time, Zhong Mingwei was very puzzled by Jiang Bairen who was kneeling in front of him.
Everyone knows that the Imperial Guards and the Embroidered Uniform Guards are incompatible with each other. Zhong Zhiheng has always condoned this incompatibility and hopes to maintain it. This is due to the emperor's desire for absolute control over imperial power, as well as his shrewdness and suspicion.
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