When he woke up again, the seat next to Gu Yangyang was empty.
She lifted the bed curtains and it was already bright outside.
There was a figure sitting in front of the table in the hall. Looking over, it was undoubtedly Jiang Zhisi.
Gu Yangyang pursed her lips and got off the bed.
Jiang Zhisi seemed to have eyes on her back. As soon as she moved, a voice came from the front:
"Come and have breakfast when you wake up."
"......"
After spending these two days together, Gu Yangyang has become accustomed to his worrying personality.
She stretched a little and moved over slowly.
A delicious breakfast was laid out on the round table, and she could eat as soon as she sat down.
"Jiang Zhisi, have you eaten?" Gu Yangyang asked while eating.
Although they were reluctant to admit their identities, she had gradually learned to call them by their names when no one was around.
Jiang Zhisi seemed to have noticed this as well. He raised his head and his deep gaze fell on her, but he did not refute.
Why didn't he want to get along with her in his true identity? Why didn't he want to call him Senior Sister like before? In that uniform address used by everyone, only he knew what kind of unspeakable feelings were contained in each of his calls...
"Yeah." He murmured in response, "If you feel bored after eating, you can go out for a walk."
Gu Yangyang slowed down her chewing and nodded.
She thought of the maid she saw in the palace last night. It was a face she had never seen before. It seemed that she was newly transferred...
After quickly finishing the pastries in her hand, she stood up and walked out of the hall.
Jiang Zhisi sat behind the desk, with a mountain of memorials in front of him. There were too many to count every day. It seemed that he spent most of his time every day reviewing the memorials... That was why he allowed Gu Yangyang to wander around.
......
Left the temple.
Gu Yangyang did not go to the place she had been to yesterday, but wandered around outside the palace gate for a while, carefully recognizing the appearance of every palace maid guarding outside the palace.
After looking through it once, I found that I didn't see the palace maid from yesterday.
There wasn't even a single face she was familiar with.
Gu Yangyang's memory was not too bad. If she had seen this person before, she would definitely have an impression of him when she saw him again. But after looking around, she didn't find any of them familiar...
This means that all the palace maids in front of us are new.
The previous batch of palace maids have either been replaced or disappeared...
For some reason, Gu Yangyang is more inclined to the latter.
She kept walking and looked away unnoticeably.
Although these palace maids have different faces, their dull expressions and movements are exactly the same, as if their souls have been pulled out.
Gu Yangyang stopped reading and, anxious to verify her guess, turned and walked towards the garden.
Jiang Zhisi had reminded her many times that there were hidden dangers in the palace, so in order to ensure that she would not step into areas she should not enter, he still sent a palace maid to follow her today.
The new palace maid lagged far behind, her blank eyes and stiff movements looking particularly strange.
However, Gu Yangyang didn't care about these things. Since Jiang Zhisi let these palace maids follow her, it at least meant that these palace maids were not dangerous...
But if the danger is not with these palace maids, then where is the danger?
Gu Yangyang couldn't help but quicken her pace.
When she arrived at the corner where she was yesterday, there was no one there.
She bit her lip, thinking that she had guessed wrong, or perhaps she had wasted time observing the palace maids.
Just as she was about to leave in disappointment, she heard a rustling sound coming from the corner of the red wall not far away.
The sound sounded like something heavy was being dragged along the ground...
Gu Yangyang was startled and quickly crouched down and hid.
The sound coming from the corner became clearer and clearer. The sound of heavy objects mopping the floor was mixed with the man's difficult breathing...
One step, two steps, three steps...
The figure around the corner finally came out.
It was none other than the soldiers I met yesterday!
Compared to yesterday when they were still able to complain about gossip, today they looked visibly unhappy, as if they had encountered something horrifying...
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I saw that several of them were slightly hunched over, and it was obvious that something was weighing down their lower bodies.
Look further down.
Then I saw several people dragging a long sack in their hands, one in each hand, and they were very heavy.
The sack was the same as the one I saw yesterday, very rough, and had been worn on the ground for a long time, with signs of damage...
The blue color that shone through the damaged part was exactly the same as the one on the palace maid behind him!
people!
This word suddenly appeared in Gu Yangyang's mind!
She covered her mouth tightly and stared ahead. If she looked back now, she would find that the palace maid behind her was also looking ahead, but there was a deep fear flashing in the depths of her dull eyes...
The soldiers dragged the bags step by step. Perhaps there were too many "sacks" to carry, so they chose to carry two bags at a time. This also resulted in them being exhausted and having to drag the bags on the ground.
The sun was scorching overhead, but in the narrow palace road made of red walls and green tiles, the people transporting the "sacks" could only feel the chill seeping into the cracks between their bones.
"Brother." Someone shouted with difficulty. The slightly sturdy soldier walking in front turned around and said unhappily:
"do what?"
The soldier's face was pale and ugly, even a little distorted.
"Brother, I can't move anymore. I feel sad..."
As the soldier said this, he actually put down the sack in his hand and took a rest.
But before he could put it down, the eldest brother in the lead shouted, "How dare you!"
The soldier was still afraid, and immediately tightened his arms and stood there in a stalemate.
The eldest brother couldn't bear it either, so he advised, "Third brother! Don't think too much. Just finish this batch quickly, and then you can change shifts! After we get the silver, we brothers will divide it and go back to our hometown to get married and live a peaceful life!"
The man spoke in a very low voice, his throat a little hoarse, and it was unclear whether he was advising himself or the other brothers.
"Brother, I know...but brother! You saw it too, these girls died so tragically! What kind of disease can make people die like this, pieces of flesh, blood...it doesn't look like a disease, but rather like they were bitten to death alive..." the soldier recalled, muttering to himself.
The sound was carried to Gu Yangyang's ears by the wind. Her pupils suddenly shrank and she shuddered.
"Shut up! They've explained over there that if someone died of illness, then they died of illness! The rest is none of our business!" The eldest brother shouted harshly, and actually his face wasn't looking good either.