In the alley, only Yuan Yao remained.
She leaned against the cold wall, feeling a chill creeping over her.
Helpless, she could only start counting: "One, two, three..."
Po Yue said that he would come back when she counted to fifty.
If her body were any bigger, she wouldn't have ended up in this situation.
Being a baby is so stressful!
Just as Yuan Yao was lost in thought, the familiar voice rang out once again.
"Bang!"
Yuan Yao was startled.
So startled, she forgot how many numbers she had counted to.
She tentatively asked, "Broken Moon?"
The only response she received was silence.
It's not a broken moon...
It certainly wasn't Canfeng.
In the darkness, Yuan Yao's eyes, reflecting the distant lights, suddenly narrowed.
A diversionary tactic!
The figure that ran past the alley entrance just now was there to lure Po Yue away!
Right now, the other party is still testing the waters!
To test whether she has any hidden guards around her.
Yuan Yao pursed her lips.
It turns out she really was being targeted.
Or rather, she was being watched all along!
So unlucky...
Yuan Yao took a deep breath and said, "Since you're here, come out."
As she finished speaking, footsteps sounded from the shadows behind her, accompanied by the very soft sound of bells.
Yuan Yao's heart was pounding in her chest.
In the dim light, she could barely make out who it was.
The man was short with a long beard that was braided into a small plait.
This person...
Yuan Yao was so surprised she almost cried out, "It's you!"
This person was one of the foreigners who went in looking for trouble on the opening day of Si Shi Chun, but failed to find any!
At the time, this person was quite fierce, and he and another skinny guy mocked her as a little kitten...
"It's been a long time, Princess! Danji has been looking for you everywhere!"
His eyes were slightly slanted, flashing with a fierce light.
Yuan Yao leaned against the wall, calmly looking at him. "Since you know my identity, why did you still arrest me? Don't you want to live?"
"Of course I'll take your life," Danji said. "A few months ago, my elder brother gave you something. Do you remember it?"
That piece of blood jade?
If Danji hadn't mentioned it, Yuanyao would have almost forgotten.
At that time, the Empress Dowager's people were monitoring her. Yu was retrieved by Poyue, moved to another place, and later put back.
That jade talisman is still kept in the fish pond in the Four Seasons Spring room...
Yuan Yao looked at Danji: "If you want that jade, I can give it to you, but what about your elder brother?"
Your elder brother said that I cannot give this jade to anyone else; I must wait for him to redeem it.
Danji glanced outside the alley, sweat beading on his forehead: "My older brother is dead."
The bearded man is dead?
Yuan Yao remained silent.
She tilted her little head back and stared intently into Danji's eyes.
Perhaps it was because her eyes were too clear, but Danji's gaze became somewhat evasive.
He's lying!
It seems there's been some internal strife among this group...
Yuan Yao took a deep breath, pretending not to know anything, and said softly, "I've hidden that jade. If you want it, come with me to get it."
To everyone's surprise, Danji immediately became agitated: "No way!"
Yuan Yao shrank her neck and said in a childish voice, "If it's not okay, it's not okay. Why are you yelling at me?"
Back then, in Si Shi Chun, you ate so much, but you didn't pay me!
You've been eating and drinking at my place for free, and now you won't even give me the money to redeem the jade, and you're still yelling at me?
Danji: "..."
Danji, somewhat anxious, stroked his beard and said impatiently, "Don't speak!"
Yuan Yao glared at him defiantly.
Suddenly, Danji pulled out a short knife: "If you dare to make a sound, I'll... I'll slit your throat!"
Yuan Yao: "..."
She was too afraid to speak at all.
Danji pulled out a belt from his waist and tied it around Yuan Yao's small hand.
“You…” Yuan Yao frowned.
"Hmm?" Danji gripped the knife and brought it closer to her neck.
Yuan Yao silently swallowed.
Danji glared at her fiercely: "I'll tie you up first, then arrest you and lock you up."
"You're not allowed to speak unless I tell you to, do you hear me?"
Yuan Yao: "..."
Is this guy a simpleton?
Unfortunately, she was at the mercy of others, like a fish on a chopping board.
It's already a miracle that she survived...
Suddenly, darkness fell from above, and a foul, rancid smell assaulted my nostrils.
In a dizzying moment, Yuan Yaoren was stuffed into a sack and carried away.
Danji slapped her on the butt with the hilt of his knife: "Play dead, don't make a sound!"
Yuan Yao: "..."
What kind of human suffering is this?
It's all her fault for not listening to His Majesty!
Is this the end of us?
Danji is not very tall, but he is sturdy and walks very fast.
I don't know how long I walked before I finally stopped wandering around.
With a "thud," Yuan Yao was put down along with the sack.
The sack was opened, and a sliver of light shone in.
Yuan Yao was so dizzy from being shaken that when she looked up, she realized that she had been abandoned in someone's woodshed.
Inside the house, there were piles of haystacks and firewood, and beneath them lay a mess of dry straw.
Danji pulled Yuanyao out of the sack and scolded, "Behave yourself and don't move."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao obediently sat down on the straw.
As she sat down, she let out a soft hiss.
Upon hearing this, Danji immediately asked, "What's wrong?"
Yuan Yao shifted her position, looking aggrieved: "This straw is too hard, it pricks me..."
Her skin was so delicate that the straw, all tangled and messy, pricked her painfully.
Danji muttered something under his breath, bent down, grabbed a dusty animal pelt from a pile of grass, and spread it on the grass.
After laying out the mat, he said irritably, "You, sit here."
The skin, though rough and of unknown origin, was much softer than straw.
Yuan Yao scooted her small body over, sat down, curled up in a ball, and said obediently, "Thank you."
Danji glared at her fiercely, turned her back, and then muttered something under her breath.
Yuan Yao vaguely heard him say, "So delicate... I'm not here to serve you... You brat... You really are someone who's beholden to others..."
Yuan Yao grimaced upon hearing this.
This person wasn't as bad as she imagined.
At least, his heart isn't completely rotten.
“Hey…” Yuan Yao called out to Danji.
Danji turned around and said fiercely, "What's wrong with you now?"
Yuan Yao shrank her neck slightly and said innocently, "I just wanted to ask you, do you still want that piece of jade?"
If I disappear for too long, my father will find out.
"Don't you want to take the jade talisman and run away before anyone finds out?"
"Of course I know!" Danji said angrily, blowing his beard. "Shut up!"
"If you attract trouble, I'll make you pay!"
"oh……"
Yuan Yao puffed out her cheeks and curled her small body into a ball.
That wretched moon, I wonder where it went.
That silly bodyguard!
No matter how skilled you are in martial arts, it can't overcome his stupidity!
He's not only stupid, but also inexplicably confident!
Harmful!
Fortunately, he wasn't completely stupid; he knew he had left a lingering incense on her...
Just as Yuan Yao was lost in thought, a series of footsteps approached.
Upon hearing the footsteps, Danji snarled at Yuan Yao, "Quick! Close your eyes and play dead, or I'll knock you out!"
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