The more she spoke, the wider the Jinyiwei's mouths opened, and their jaws almost dropped.
Is Miss Gu telling the commander's fortune? ! She's so accurate! Some Jinyiwei who just found out that the commander had taken the imperial examination looked at him with a strange look.
"..." He Lie was speechless.
He seemed to be praised, but in this situation, he only felt that he was a piece of coveted fat meat, which could be bitten hard by the Yu family and Shangqing at any time.
He Lie's eyes twitched, and he coughed dryly and said, "I haven't heard of any young talents missing in Beijing recently."
The other Jinyiwei also looked at each other and nodded.
The disappearance of some beggars and refugees in the capital would not cause too much shock, but if there were young talents from noble families disappearing, it would definitely not go silent and would not be hidden from the eyes and ears of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
"Of course, I'm borrowing your luck, not your life." Gu Yanfei suddenly took a step closer to He Lie, "I just need to leave a mark on you."
She raised her hand and snapped her fingers towards He Lie's ear.
The air around him seemed to vibrate, and He Lie shuddered.
“The person whose luck is borrowed will not die, but sometimes, life is worse than death.” Thinking of Gu Yuan’s ending in his previous life, a cold smile appeared on Gu Yanfei’s lips.
She looked at the array patterns on the wall again and said calmly, "The commander can check further ahead. I guess something else must have happened in the past ten years."
The Yu family's actions could not be said to be perfect, it's just that no one thought much of them in the past.
After being reminded by Gu Yanfei, He Lie suddenly thought of something and almost dropped the scabbard in his hand.
He had a cousin who was seven or eight years older than him. He was very smart since childhood. He could read at the age of three, recite essays at the age of five, and compose poems at the age of seven. He had read the Four Books and Five Classics by the age of fifteen, and passed the imperial examination at the age of sixteen.
At that time, everyone thought he had a bright future, but a series of misfortunes suddenly befell him. His father was robbed by bandits while doing business and his life was in danger. The owner of the family shop absconded with the money, and the family fell into poverty.
After that, the cousin failed in the exams many times, his wife and children left him, and everyone said that he was a Zhongyong.
What if this matter is not just a "misfortune"? ! Wait! He Lie suddenly thought of something, his eyes widened. Before his father went out to do business, his brother and his family seemed to have gone to Wuliang Temple to ask for a peace amulet. Could it be that his brother was "marked" by the evil Taoist Shangqing at that time? !
He Lie held the scabbard tightly in his hand, his eyes flashing coldly.
He had been to the battlefield and killed people before, with countless lives on his hands, but these were all open battles, and even if he died, it was a clear and distinct death.
This technique of borrowing luck is comparable to killing someone and destroying his heart. It can completely defeat a person, making his survival as good as death.
Gu Yanfei had turned around again, facing the transparent wall in front of him, and at the same time forced the pitiful spiritual power in his body to his fingertips.
She looked at the faint white light on her fingertips with heartache and thought: If the old does not go, the new will not come.
She drew a winding rune with her bare hands towards the center of the formation. Her movements were skillful and smooth, as graceful as a dance, without the slightest pause.
When he withdrew his hand, a gleaming white light flashed, spreading rapidly like ripples on the lake...
Then, a few wisps of burnt black smoke emerged from the patterns on the walls on both sides of the secret room, and some gravel and sand fell from the walls, as if something had collapsed.
He Lie and a group of Jinyiwei looked at this scene in surprise and doubt.
While they were still looking around, Gu Yanfei had already walked towards the children in front without hesitation.
There are no more obstacles ahead.
The Jinyiwei were stunned for a moment and then hurried forward.
Everyone started to check on the children. Some took their pulses, some checked their injuries, some shook their bodies or tried to pinch their philtrums.
"Commander, these children should be fine, but for some reason they are unconscious." Gao Yuan came over to report after examining a dozen children.
He was talking to He Lie, and couldn't help glancing at Gu Yanfei, "Have they been bewitched by some evil spell?"
He Lie also looked at Gu Yanfei.
"It doesn't matter. They are just trapped in the formation." Gu Yanfei said as he touched his sleeves, then his purse, and finally took out a crumpled talisman paper from the bottom of his purse, holding it in his hand and muttering to himself.
"wake up."
After the two light words fell.
After burning, the talisman turned into countless silver spots of light, like fireflies filling the air, or like stars falling from the sky.
All the Jinyiwei around were stunned and subconsciously held their breath.
Those silver spots of light disappeared into the children's bodies in the blink of an eye.
A low groaning sound was heard in the dark room.
In the corner, a pretty and petite girl slowly opened her eyes and looked up blankly.
Soon, the second, third, fourth... more and more children slowly opened their eyes.
The children all looked confused and looked at each other, not yet realizing what was going on.
After being stunned for a moment, some children slowly came back to their senses. A round-faced boy stammered, "Where is this..."
Before he could finish his words, he and several other children nearby saw the Jinyiwei around them wearing bright red Qilin costumes and were all startled.
Most of the children showed expressions of panic and fear, and several of them leaned against each other and took several steps back.
The round-faced boy mustered up the courage to ask, "Who are you?"
In the back, words like "being trafficked", "being kidnapped", and "unable to return home" floated faintly from among the children.
"Please let us go." Another short and thin boy said timidly, "I promise, if you let me go, I will ask my parents to give you money."
Several children also poked their heads out from behind their companions and begged them one after another. The timid children hid behind and cried silently.
It was obvious that these kids thought He Lie and other Jinyiwei were beggars.
Several Jinyiwei looked unhappy and wanted to scold these tactless children, but when they remembered that the second Miss Gu was still here, they shut their mouths awkwardly.
He Lie's eyes twitched, and he glanced at Gu Yanfei. Seeing that she didn't speak, he cleared his throat and said righteously, "Don't panic, we are the Jinyiwei."
"Many children disappeared in the capital overnight. When His Majesty heard about this, he ordered us to rescue you."
The children immediately grasped the key words: "Are you here to save us?!"
"Did the Emperor ask you to come and rescue us?"
"Did I hear you right? It's the Emperor?"
The children began to murmur one by one.
Some people showed joy, some couldn't believe it, some were still confused... and some suddenly burst into tears of joy.
"Great, we are saved and we can go home."
"When I get back, I will tell my mother that we were rescued by people sent by the Emperor."
“…
The children hugged each other in twos and threes, smiled with tears in their eyes, and looked radiant.
They thought they would never be able to return home and see their parents and relatives again.
The children's laughter and joyful voices floated in this small secret room, and even the Jinyiwei who were usually serious were infected by a little smile.
He Lie got a headache looking at these chattering brats, and his eyes twitched again. When he turned to face Gu Yanfei, he was respectful again and asked Gu Yanfei politely, "Miss Gu, do you have any other instructions?"
"It's all right now." Gu Yanfei looked around slowly, "As for this secret room... let's burn it down after we collect the evidence."
As soon as she opened her mouth, the children next to her noticed that in addition to the Jinyiwei, there was also an extremely beautiful young lady. They looked at her with curious eyes, with surprise written on their faces.
"It's burned, it's burned!" He Lie nodded repeatedly without saying a word, as if he was following her lead.
Gu Yanfei liked to talk to straightforward people, so he gave the other party another hint: "Evil creatures are most afraid of fire."
Not only this evil formation, but other evil things are the same.
He Lie thought thoughtfully about the blood poison that was burned by the raging fire and Shangqing, and then he realized it.
"Don't worry, young lady. We will burn it thoroughly." He Lie's smile deepened, and he waved his hand to his subordinates in a heroic manner, "Take everyone out."
So, those Jinyiwei drove nearly a hundred children out of the secret room like driving ducks. The children walked forward whispering and chirping like sparrows.
After the children walked away, the secret room became quiet again. It was empty and the dark brown lines on the four walls became more glaring.
Gu Yanfei was still looking at this secret room.
The spirit gathering and luck-borrowing formation on the wall is already quite rare for this small world. Shang Qing is indeed a talented cultivator, but it's a pity that he has gone astray.
"Second Miss Gu, please."
He Lie respectfully extended his hand as a gesture of request, and let Gu Yanfei go in front. The two of them walked out of the underground secret room one after the other, and walked out of the dark rockery.
Outside the rockery, it is bright and spacious, and the sky is as blue as the sea.
The surroundings were in a mess, with flowers and trees leaning to one side, bonsai broken, and half of the flower corridor knocked down...it was as if a strong wind had passed through.
But no one cared about it. They all felt relieved and felt that even the cold and bleak air seemed to have become a lot fresher.
Several Jinyiwei secretly wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads and decided that they would never come to such a hellish place again.
The children were quickly taken out of the garden by a group of Jinyiwei.
He Lie wanted to have Gu Yanfei sent back, but he heard Gu Yanfei say first: "Sir He, I want to go see the Lady of the Duke of Yingguo, is that possible?"
"Of course." He Lie agreed without thinking, "He's in the main hall, come this way young lady."
Not to mention meeting just one member of the Yu family, even if Gu Yanfei wanted to meet all the members of the Yu family, or even meet Yu Si in secret, He Lie could arrange it all.
He Lie personally took Gu Yanfei to the main hall of the outer courtyard of Yu's house.
Four Jinyiwei stood guard under the eaves outside the main hall like spears. There was silence and stillness all around. The house seemed to have become a dead house and no other people were seen.
“Squeak.”
The door of the main hall was opened from the outside by the Jinyiwei.
Madam Yu, Mrs. Yu and Yu Chaoyun, who were sitting inside, were all very nervous. When they saw the door open, they all raised their eyes and looked towards the door.
Yu's eyes lit up, and her first reaction was that the Duke of England had arrived.
She looked up excitedly, only to see a slender figure appear outside the hall, with a corner of her snow-blue clothes lifted by the wind.
Gu Yanfei! Yu's eyes widened, his pupils shrank slightly, and his gaze scraped across Gu Yanfei's face like an ice knife.
The two looked at each other quietly.
Gu Yanfei stopped under the eaves, the shadow of the eaves cast on her jade-white face, her eyes were as deep as a pool.
Yu suddenly stood up from the chair, her graceful face tense, and instinctively wanted to ask Gu Yanfei what he was doing here, but she swallowed the words and squeezed out the voice slowly from between her teeth: "It's you!"
Even though she already knew that Gu Yanfei was an expert in Taoism, she still looked down on such a crude girl.
Even if it happened again, she still wouldn't want such a scheming and petty daughter-in-law.
Yu raised her chin slightly and stood with a noble and graceful posture, still looking superior.
"It's me." Gu Yanfei nodded bluntly with a cheerful smile.
The muscles on Yu's cheeks twitched twice rapidly, and she almost couldn't maintain her graceful appearance. She gritted her teeth and asked coldly, "Why?"
"Why do you have to go against our Yu family?!"
Gu Yanfei looked at Yu steadily.
After staring at her for a moment, Gu Yanfei smiled and asked, "You took the lives of those children to seek the fortune of your Yu family for a hundred years. Did you tell them why?"
"..."Yu Chaoyun's heart beat violently a few times at the back, and he understood at once.
It turned out that this was what she had wanted to find out before but hadn't been able to find out.
It turns out that my uncle had committed such a heinous crime in secret!
Yu Chaoyun's eyes flickered, and she almost bit her lower lip until it bled. So what should she do? Yu's face became redder and redder, her body trembled, and her fingernails almost broke her tender palm. She said bitterly, "Gu Yanfei, did we have a grudge in our previous life?"
The two families had already broken off the engagement and parted ways, but Gu Yanfei was clearly holding a grudge against him and had been targeting him! "Yes." Gu Yanfei nodded calmly again.
She and the Yu family do have a feud that spans two lifetimes.
The painful memories of that time haunted her for a long time like a maggot attached to her bones, and eventually became part of her inner demons, engraved deep in her soul.
In this life, the Yu family still refused to give up.
Thinking of the "mark" that Shangqing left on his eldest brother, Gu Yanfei's eyes were filled with a creepy coldness.
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