Chapter 54 Meeting in Beijing
Zhuque Street was bustling with people, and there were restaurants and teahouses lined up one after another. Red silk was hung everywhere, as if some happy event was being prepared.
A clerk at a silk shop at the intersection was hanging red lanterns on the door. Many people were whispering around.
Yin Zhiyi lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked outside, only to find that the entire street was almost hung with red lanterns. It was no exaggeration to say that it extended almost all the way to the foot of the imperial city.
When everyone saw the eldest princess' carriage, they retreated in a hurry, and even the discussion just now stopped.
Not until the carriages and horses drove away did the crowd's discussions return.
Yin Zhiyi's hearing was better than that of ordinary people, and she heard every word of the discussions just now.
A woman said, "I heard that the evil ghost has started to capture people again recently! He picked brides who were about to get married. The daughter of a silk shop was also captured. It's really pitiful. Alas, I don't know what the evil ghost wants to do!"
Another lowered his voice and said, "You don't know this, right? The evil ghost wants to arrange a ghost marriage."
The woman exclaimed, "Hiss, a ghost marriage?! This is not an evil ghost, this is clearly a pervert! To arrange a ghost marriage requires snatching thousands of innocent girls? The world is going downhill!"
The angry voice agreed: "That's right!"
These women all have daughters at home, and they couldn't help but empathize with their daughters when they thought about what would happen to them.
"But soon this evil ghost will be eliminated. Just wait! I heard that not only many famous independent practitioners came to the capital this time, but also many cultivators from the Northern School of Heavenly Masters, and even the young master Ji Tianshi came."
"Hey! That's not right. I heard that he came here to hunt down the disciples of the Southern School Heavenly Master who sneaked into Shangjing?"
"Who cares? If something really happens, can they just sit there and do nothing? After all, our Imperial Master is also a Northern Heavenly Master! Now that things have gotten so serious, maybe the imperial court will intervene in the future."
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The whispering sound behind continued, and Yin Zhiyi took a deep breath.
No wonder I didn't receive any news from Bai Zhixing and Zhu Qingshan for such a long time. It seems that I was backstabbed by the male protagonist. Ji Ci's death is a very critical plot point. In the original book, Yan Shiman took advantage of this period and intervened in the relationship between the male and female protagonists. However, this villain did play an indelible role in this plot.
As the young master of the Northern School of Heavenly Masters, Ji Ci has been placed high hopes by his father since he was a child. His father is extremely strict with him in every aspect. More importantly, his father's attitude towards the Southern School of Heavenly Masters is very extreme. His lifelong wish is to annex the Southern School of Heavenly Masters. He simply cannot tolerate his son getting involved with Bai Zhixing.
After the protagonist group was accidentally discovered when entering the city, Ji Ci's identity was undoubtedly revealed. In order to protect the heroine, he could only pretend to turn against her, but the heroine did not have a God's perspective and thought that the hero approached her with other purposes before, so the two broke up completely.
Yan Shiman and Zhu Qingshan are two real rivals in love. They are too happy and fan the flames, especially Yan Shiman. Although Zhu Qingshan doesn't like Ji Ci, his feelings are all on his face, but Yan Shiman is different. He secretly puts on eye drops.
As the person involved is confused, Bai Zhixing of course chose to believe it.
So much so that a few provocative words almost caused the relationship between the male and female protagonists to collapse.
It is more effective than the bad intentions of the original owner along the way.
As for... the evil ghost that the crowd was cursing just now, he was naturally the person behind the scenes who raised ghosts and made puppets.
Yin Zhiyi snorted coldly, fearing that this person was hiding in the imperial city.
She lowered the curtain, felt the weight on her shoulders for the fifth time, and turned to look at the startled boy.
Yan Shiman's eyes seemed a little hazy, and he quickly raised his head from Yin Zhiyi's shoulder. As he did not sleep well last night, the boy looked very sleepy.
She had just discovered that as the carriage moved along, the boy's head kept dropping like a chicken pecking at rice.
She hesitated for a moment and said, "Why don't you just sleep on me."
Originally, she thought that since Yan Shiman had just been attacked by the evil spirit and his body was still too weak, it would be okay for her to let him lean on her. However, she did not expect that as soon as she finished speaking, a thin layer of red appeared on the tip of Yan Shiman's ears.
She caught a glimpse of him out of the corner of her eye and smiled. Why didn’t she realize that Yan Shiman was so innocent before?
From time to time, the tips of his ears would turn red. Yin Zhiyi even felt itchy and wanted to touch them. The red and swollen earlobes must be very hot.
Of course Yan Shiman did not sleep on her shoulder, because they would soon arrive at the Princess's Mansion.
The two men left the carriage quietly. After all, it was convenient to conceal their identities in the carriage. But if they arrived at the Princess's Mansion, given how much the Emperor valued Zhao Ran, it would be an iron wall, and their next actions would be inconvenient.
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The crisscrossing wide and narrow alleys make people feel dizzy.
Yin Zhiyi followed Yan Shiman in front.
The two turned left and right, and soon they met two groups of people who were catching suspects.
"Hey! Stop! Turn around, both of you!" one of them shouted.
Yin Zhiyi and Yan Shiman turned around and saw a group of people surrounding them.
The leader narrowed his eyes and was instantly excited when he saw the two people. He looked at the portrait twice and said with certainty: "A man and a woman, the man is handsome and the woman is pretty, and they look exactly like the portrait. Catch them!"
Yin Zhiyi was close, and the painting in the leader's hand was very large, so she could see it clearly at a glance.
It was the portrait of Bai Zhixing and Zhu Qingshan.
Yin Zhiyi's mouth twitched: "You made a mistake, didn't you?"
"How is that possible!"
He squinted, as if trying to make out.
Finally, the decision was made: "Don't they look exactly the same? How dare you quibble!"
Yin Zhiyi thought he was face-blind until he saw his face almost stuck to the portrait, then he realized that he was severely myopic.
I was speechless for a moment.
The younger brothers beside the leader were really embarrassed to see that their boss, despite his eye disease, was still performing as steadily as before.
He lowered his voice and said, "Boss, they are definitely not us. When we chased them in just now, those two were wearing white clothes, and they were wearing green clothes."
The leader scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Yeah?"
Suddenly, a cry came from the next alley: "Come on! Over here!"
At this sound, everyone instantly started to get agitated and rushed towards the next alley, no longer having the time to care about Yin Zhiyi and Yan Shiman.
Yan Shiman said, "Miss, let's leave quickly while there is chaos. Those people just now seem to be from the Northern School of Heavenly Master."
Of course Yin Zhiyi also noticed it. When those people came in, she saw the tokens hanging around their waists. There were hibiscus flower patterns on the tokens, which was the symbol of the Northern School of Heavenly Master.
But it is obvious that they are now searching for Bai Zhixing and Zhu Qingshan.
Yin Zhiyi thought that Yan Shiman had not seen the painting in the man's hand just now, and said: "Master Bai Tian and Master Zhu Tian are probably over there. I don't know how they are doing. We have to find a chance to meet up with them."
When Yan Shiman heard her words, a deep look flashed across his eyes.
After a moment, he hesitated and said, "Miss, they had no news when we fell into the water... It shows how hypocritical they are. Although I don't want to make malicious assumptions about others, Miss, you should not trust strangers too easily, not to mention that they are in danger now."
"It's not safe to be with them." He met Yin Zhiyi's surprised eyes sincerely, as if to assure her, "Miss, just trust me. I will protect you."
“…”
This always sounds weird, but it also seems to make sense.
However, Yin Zhiyi still believed in Bai Zhixing's character. Based on their previous interactions, she did not think that Bai Zhixing was a hypocritical person. On the contrary, she had clear ideas and was very kind.
As for Zhu Qingshan, he didn't seem like the kind of person who would abandon his friends and run away. Perhaps something unexpected happened to them that they were not aware of.
But she could also understand Yan Shiman's concerns. After all, he didn't have a God's perspective.
She said carefully: "I don't think Master Bai Tian and Master Zhu Tian are that kind of people. I believe them. Maybe there is some misunderstanding."
Yin Zhiyi's plot line will not end until the next time the person behind the scenes takes action, so she must follow the heroine.
Seeing her frown, Yan Shiman couldn't help but let down his doubts, and said slowly: "Miss, you are right, maybe there is a misunderstanding."
Yin Zhiyi smiled when she heard him say that. She found that Yan Shiman seemed to be very easy to talk to recently.
I can’t explain it, I just... I feel that his temperament is even gentler than before, which is really strange. Logically speaking, after exposing his identity as an evil cultivator, shouldn’t he be more arrogant?
But there was no time for her to think about it, so she could only hurried in the direction where the group of people left.
Yan Shiman looked at the figure getting farther and farther away from him, stroking it with his fingertips.
After a moment, he quickly caught up.
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Deep in the alley, the sound of messy footsteps gradually faded away.
Bai Zhixing protected Zhu Qingshan, and the two of them hid behind the wall without daring to make a sound.
Bai Zhixing's usually cold face was now covered in blood, and there was a bloody scar on his arm as long as a palm, so deep that the bone was almost visible.
"Senior Sister." Zhu Qingshan grabbed Bai Zhixing's sleeve. Looking at the wound that was constantly bleeding, he felt distressed and angry, and his eyes turned red with anger.
"Damn Ji Ci, I'm going to kill him!"
"Stop talking." Bai Zhixing's eyes were full of fatigue when he heard the name, "Shh, there's someone there."
Ever since they entered the city, they have been targeted by this group of mad dogs from the Northern School of Heavenly Masters, and they have been chasing them for three whole days!
During these three days, they dared only take a light nap, let alone eat.
Zhu Qingshan felt that even if he had a body made of iron, he would not be able to endure it.
But when he saw his senior sister standing in front of him, his eyes became red again. He was really useless. He had to rely on his senior sister for protection when he was a child. He thought he had grown up now and could protect his senior sister, but he didn't expect that he was still being protected by his senior sister.
The footsteps are getting closer.
Both men's nerves were on high alert, ready to draw their swords at any time.
Until a clear female voice reached their ears: "Master Bai Tian, Zhu Qingshan, is that you?"
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