"What's wrong?" Chai Jing turned
her head and glanced at Luo Jin.
"I'm not going!" Luo Jin said angrily, "If he wants to drink tea, he can make it himself!"
Chen Changmo said hurriedly, "Princess, I don't want to drink it, and I dare not trouble the deputy envoy."
Chai Jing frowned and said coldly, "Why, now even this princess can't do anything to you, right? It seems that you don't take this princess seriously anymore..."
She stood up with a cold face and said, "Go upstairs and copy the Heart Sutra for me three hundred times. You are not allowed to come downstairs before you finish copying! None of you should go upstairs, and no one is allowed to copy a word for her!"
"I..." Luo Jin was so anxious that tears came out, "Princess, I was wrong, please don't copy it three hundred times? How many days will it take me to finish copying..."
"When you finish copying, come downstairs!" Chai Jing waved her hand, "Give her paper and pen!"
Luo Jin wiped her tears and went upstairs holding the paper and pen and the original text of the Heart Sutra that Ruan Qin had just brought.
Looking back and seeing that no one followed her, she wiped her tears and smiled.
Sure enough, Chai Jing would not let her down.
Such an arrangement would naturally give her a reasonable excuse to search for clues upstairs without being suspected.
No one came upstairs all day, and Luo Jin searched every corner of the second and third floors, but did not find any clues left by the former music master.
When Luo Jin came downstairs in the evening, Chai Jing and Chen Changmo were getting on the carriage together.
Luo Jin hurried over, caught up and asked, "Your Highness, will you return to Changfeng Garden tonight?"
Chai Jing frowned slightly, but nodded and said "hmm".
...
Chai Heng had an errand to do recently, and he will not be back until dark. When he came back, he saw Luo Jin walking out of the gate and heading towards the corner of the street.
Seeing that it was already dark, Chai Heng was worried about her going out alone, so he followed her, "Deputy Envoy Luo, if you want anything, you can ask the maid at home, you don't have to go in person."
Luo Jin stopped and waited for him to catch up, then said, "The princess said she would be back today, but I was worried so I went out to greet her. Your Highness, go back, it's cool at night."
Chai Heng said, "No need to wait for her, she has hidden guards following her... The three eighth-level hidden guards last time let Jiang Mo was injured and has not come back yet. This time, three seventh-level masters were replaced, and their kung fu is also very good. They are more than capable of protecting her safety. "
Luo Jin was still worried, "Can't the eighth-level masters protect her? The seventh-level masters are even more useless, right?"
Chai Heng said: "This is Weicheng, no one dares to attack her. The last time I went to Shacheng, even a ninth-level master like Yue Qinghai didn't dare to attack me. Why do you think it was?"
"Why?"
"Because he knows that if he dares to attack me, the prince will not let him go. Even if he is a ninth-level master, as long as the prince wants to kill him, it will be useless for him to escape to the ends of the earth!" Chai Heng said, with undisguised pride in his tone.
"The prince... is he so strong?"
"He is an expert above the eighth level, just one step away from the ninth level. Moreover, he has many eyes and ears, plus He Xiao is his subordinate. If he is determined to kill Yue Qinghai, Yue Qinghai will surely die! That's why he was so wary of me when he assassinated Jiang Ge that time."
Luo Jin still didn't take it seriously, "But didn't Jiang Mo make a move last time? I didn't even notice that he had killed those three eighth-level hidden guards... He is above the eighth level, right? Hidden guards below the eighth level can't deal with those above the eighth level, let alone the seventh level?"
"Don't compare him with others," Chai Heng got angry just thinking about it, "He is not normal. He doesn't consider the consequences of what he says or does. He is probably a lunatic with a sick brain."
"You are the one with a problem in your brain!" A cold voice came from above Chai Heng's head.
Luo Jin and Chai Heng looked at the roof behind them at the same time, and saw Jiang Mo jumping down from the roof and landing in front of Luo Jin.
"You...what do you want to do? If you dare to touch me, my elder brother will not let you go!" Chai Heng retreated again and again. He did not bring any guards, and even if he did, he would probably not be able to beat Jiang Mo. He did not know that Jiang Mo's martial arts were so strong before, but now that he heard about it, he could not help but feel a little scared.
Jiang Mo glanced at him, "Why should I touch you?"
He then turned his gaze to Luo Jin.
Chai Heng immediately shouted: "You are not allowed to touch her either! If you touch her, my elder brother will also..."
But he said this without confidence. He also knew that the prince could not care about Luo Jin's life or death.
"You're so noisy!" Jiang Mo frowned and suddenly grabbed Luo Jin's arm, "Let's talk somewhere else!"
Luo Jin was caught off guard and was taken away again. Fortunately, he flew more steadily this time and didn't feel like vomiting.
When Jiang Mo finally stopped, Luo Jin found himself on a very high roof. There was a crescent moon above his head and green tiles under his feet.
Jiang Mo sat down, and Luo Jin sat down with him.
"What did you bring me here for?" Luo Jin asked.
"To admire the moon."
Luo Jin looked up at the crescent moon in the sky. He was about to say what was so good about this crescent moon, but he immediately remembered that Jiang Mo couldn't see the full moon, so he didn't say anything.
Jiang Mo took out something wrapped in oil paper and handed it to Luo Jin, "Food."
Luo Jin was slightly startled, took the paper package, opened it, and saw a small bag of osmanthus candy inside.
It turned out that he still remembered what she said, that she liked to enjoy the moon while eating.
She picked up a piece of osmanthus candy and put it in her mouth. It was very sweet.
After a long silence, Jiang Mo said, "Before I go back, I suddenly want to see you, so I came."
"You... want to go back to Xiyuan?" Luo Jin's face changed, "But if you go back, the third prince will definitely let you deal with the prince, and the prince will definitely kill you!"
Jiang Mo lowered his head, put his hand on his heart, and whispered, "If you don't go back... you will die."
Luo Jin's nose was sour and he wanted to cry.
He really had no way to survive. No matter what he did, it was a dead end.
She had no feelings for this character when she read the novel, but after getting to know him, she realized the helplessness behind the death ending in just a few words.
"Then can you... not fight with Jiang Ge on New Year's Eve?" Luo Jin whispered.
She clearly remembered that Jiang Mo was killed by the prince on the snowy night of New Year's Eve, and his body was tied to a stone and thrown into the river, sinking in the cold river water on a cold winter night.
Jiang Mo thought for a moment, "Then I'll take action on the first day of the new year?"
Luo Jin: "..."
Indeed, it made no difference to Jiang Mo when he took action. The gap in strength between him and Jiang Ge was too big. Even if he fought to the death, Jiang Ge would only lose his secret guards. But
he had no choice. For him, it was nothing more than choosing a way to die.
"We should...never see each other again, right?"
Jiang Mo stretched out his hand and gently grasped Luo Jin's waist, flew down from the roof, and returned to the previous street corner in a few leaps.
Chai Heng was still running around looking for Luo Jin, and he was relieved to see her come back. Just when she wanted to complain to Jiang Mo, she saw his figure flash a few times and disappeared into the vast night.
Luo Jin stared at the back for a long time, with a sense of loss as if something was taken away.
A few neighs of horses were heard, and Chai Jing's carriage stopped beside Luo Jin. Chai Jing got off the carriage and reached out to grab Luo Jin's hand, "Why are you waiting here? Your hands are so cold, right?"
Luo Jin stared into Chai Jing's eyes, and suddenly his emotions broke down, and he cried loudly while hugging Chai Jing.
Chai Jing patted Luo Jin's back in a panic, and comforted him, "It's all my fault, I shouldn't have lost my temper with you... Don't cry, I was wrong..."
But Luo Jin cried even louder.
...
"I know the princess is just playing tricks on me to test Chen Changmo's background," Luo Jin wiped his tears and choked up, "I'm not angry with the princess. How could I be angry with the princess..." "
Then why are you still crying?"
"I just want to cry..."
Chai Jing handed Luo Jin a handkerchief and sighed, "I won't make you cry again next time. You're so hard to comfort."
Luo Jin sobbed and said, "I searched the second and third floors all day today, but didn't get any useful clues. I'll continue searching tomorrow...tomorrow."
"I'll take you out to play and relax tomorrow," Chai Jing said, "Mrs. Ji's Autumn Flower Festival has many beautiful flowers. I'll take you to see them."
Luo Jin raised his misty eyes, "Then...is Chen Changmo going?"
"Go," Chai Jing said and explained hurriedly, "He will be suspicious if we don't take him, we must take him... Just treat it as acting, okay? Cooperate!"
"Oh..." Luo Jin started crying again, "I will cooperate..."
Chai Jing: "..."
...
The next morning, Luo Jin got up and spent a long time putting on makeup. Her eye circles were a little swollen, and she had to use a thick makeup to cover them.
When she went out, Chai Jing's carriage was already waiting outside the door. She got on the carriage and saw Chen Changmo already sitting in the car. She
rolled her eyes instantly and turned her face away and ignored him.
Chen Changmo's voice was very gentle, "Miss Luo must have some misunderstanding about me, right? Can we clear up the misunderstanding and get along well with each other? After all, you are a very important person to the princess, and I also want to get along with you."
"Impossible!" Luo Jin said bluntly.
"Why? Because I come from a poor family, you think I must be greedy for wealth, right?" Chen Changmo shook his head helplessly.
"Bah, why are you stacking your armor?"
"Huh? What is stacking armor?"
"I have nothing to do with you!"
Chen Changmo lowered his head, and raised his head after a long while and said: "Miss Luo, why can't you believe that I really love the princess?"
"I absolutely don't believe it! Unless you take out your heart and let me see it!" Luo Jin said in a firm tone.
"..." Chen Changmo could only shake his head and sigh, "How can a young girl say such violent words? This is not good."
"Heh..."
At this time, Chai Jing got on the car, saw the two were chatting, and smiled, "You two had a good chat, you should get along with each other in this way."
Luo Jin rolled his eyes at Chen Changmo, "Maybe in the next life! In the next life, I will definitely get along well with him, but in this life... forget it."
Chen Changmo smiled bitterly, "It's my fault. I made Miss Luo unhappy."
Luo Jin: "I don't know if Mr. Chen is good in other aspects, but his tea art is impeccable."
Chai Jing smiled and said, "He is indeed good at making tea."
"Or is it making green tea? Right?"
"How do you know? We had a good chat just now!"
"..."