Chapter 496 Murderous Intent
That night, Yun Chen was sometimes lucid and sometimes confused.
She was deeply trapped in a nightmare that seemed to have no end. She climbed out of a sea of blood and a mountain of corpses, walked out of the mess hall of the Black Scale Cavalry Camp that was full of debris, and fell into a swill pit filled with bones.
She ran desperately in front, and Yan Shijiu was chasing her closely from behind.
Sometimes he acted like a frivolous young man, smiling at her wantonly, and sometimes he took off his handsome appearance, revealing his heart and lungs beating and flowing with black water.
He transformed into a demon king in a moment, and with a slight movement of his fingers, countless ghosts crawled out frantically from hell, tearing the world apart and causing widespread misery.
One moment he turned into a snake and scorpion, speaking lies and hypocrisy in every word, and he was so bold as to deceive the world. Then he suddenly turned into the appearance of a lonely young man, looking at her with melancholy and crying.
She couldn't tell which one was the real him, and didn't understand why he was so crazy about wanting to destroy and possess her!
She desperately tried to escape, but turned around and fell into A Ling's huge, dark snake cavity...
She suddenly remembered in her dream the day when she encountered a storm at sea while on a small boat.
So when he said "Heaven will not abandon me" and "Heaven also knows me", he believed that God was helping him, and that's why he became crazy?
No, maybe he was born a demon.
I don’t know if it was because I was frightened by what happened in the secret room, or because I hurriedly took off my pine tar-stained clothes and took a cold shower, but with only three days left before departure—
On January 14, Yun Chen suddenly fell ill.
She woke up from a high fever and opened her eyes to see Yan Shijiu sitting beside her bed, frowning and looking at her with a worried look.
Her whole body froze, and she wanted to escape instantly, but she dug her fingers into the mattress and held on tightly, not moving.
Yan Shijiu touched her forehead with his hand, gently helped her to tidy up her hair, and said with a distressed tone:
"Xiao Yunyun, why are you suddenly sick? You must be feeling unwell. Do you want some honey milk cheese? I'll ask someone to make it."
Yun Chen's whole body was stiff and tense. He stared at him for a long time, as if he wanted to see through the handsome appearance to see whether he was a human or a ghost.
She couldn't see through it, she really couldn't see through it.
In the end, I could only force myself to close my eyes and shook my head gently.
Yan Shijiu just thought that Yun Chen was uncomfortable with the fever and didn't notice anything wrong.
With a sullen look, he asked Lan Qian and Xiao Yue'er about Yun Chen's condition during the day, and asked the two palace doctors in detail.
When he learned that Yun Chen was just slightly cold and frightened, and would be well in two days, his face looked much better, but he still asked Yun Chen inquiringly:
"Can we still set off for Dongyan on January 17th? Can you handle it?"
Yun Chen didn't open his eyes, paused, and nodded firmly.
Yan Shijiu smiled happily, asked the court doctor to prescribe medicine and give acupuncture as soon as possible, and then personally arranged for Wan Chen to prepare the warmest and most comfortable carriage for Yun Chen to set off.
After Yan Shijiu left, the court doctor finished acupuncture for Yun Chen and left. Yun Chen slowly sat up from the couch. Ignoring Lan Qian and Xiao Yue'er's attempts to stop him, he sat steadily beside the couch, looked at the two maids for a long time, and uttered a word:
"roll."
Lan Qian and Xiao Yue'er looked at each other, obviously thinking they had heard wrongly.
Lan Qian stepped forward to put clothes on Yun Chen. Xiao Yueer muttered, "Look, he's burned out," and quickly poured hot water for Yun Chen to drink.
However, Yun Chen just frowned, pushed them away, and said clearly and cruelly again:
"Get lost. You guys don't serve me well, I don't want you anymore."
Lan Qian and Xiao Yue'er were both stunned, still thinking that Yun Chen was so sick that he was talking nonsense.
It was not until Yun Chen threw the cup of water at their feet and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Get out! Get out now!" that the two maids finally realized that Yun Chen was not joking.
Yan Shijiu heard the noise and turned back with Wan Chen and other guards. They saw two maids standing aside in a daze, frightened and at a loss.
Yun Chen sat beside the couch with a sick look on his face, and asked Yan Shijiu with red eyes:
"I've been putting up with these two maids for so long. They've been treating me with disrespect under the guise of old acquaintance. They even gave me a cold shower because of my illness. I never want to see them again. I don't want them anymore. Is that okay?"
Yan Shijiu raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Yun Chen had seen with his own eyes how happy he was to see the two maids when he first entered the Yan Mansion. How could he be driven away just because he didn't take good care of them?
Yun Chen is not that kind of person.
Yan Shijiu stared at Yun Chen's dark face, feeling hesitant.
He couldn't tell if it was because Yan Lang's medical skills were not good enough, causing the "devil Yun Chen" to appear again? Or was there something terrible that caused Yun Chen to suddenly become like this?
He looked at Yun Chen carefully from head to toe, and finally fell into the pair of eyes that never lied and were trying hard to hide their emotions by lowering their eyes. Suddenly he remembered that when he passed by the yard just now, he saw the servants giving A Ling a bath.
He narrowed his eyes and looked at her for a long time, a wicked smile curled up at the corner of his mouth, and said in a light tone:
"Do as my lady says."
Wan Chen immediately pushed Lan Qian and Xiao Yue'er out of the bedroom, returned their indentures, and gave them severance pay.
Yun Chen sat quietly without saying a word. When she heard the crying of Lan Qian and Xiao Yue'er fade away and the door of Yan Mansion closed heavily, she gently relaxed her shoulders and fell headfirst onto the couch.
Yan Shijiu kept looking at her with a smile on his face, his eyes as deep as the night, twinkling with two strangely bright stars.
Yun Chen could feel his gaze, like a thorn in her back, making her feel cold all over.
She kept telling herself in her heart, "Don't panic, don't show your true colors! It's only four days away, and you can leave him... No matter if he's a human or a ghost, he has nothing to do with you anymore..."
January 15th, two days before departure.
Wan Chen came to report that Lan Qian and Xiao Yue'er had been lingering outside the Yan Mansion and were reluctant to leave.
Yun Chen got furious, a rare occurrence. He yelled, "Get out! Lan Qian, get out of here! Xiao Yue'er, don't you want to serve Huo Luyu? Then get out of here too!"
Wan Chen conveyed Yun Chen's meaning. Lan Qian and Xiao Yue'er cried until their eyes were red and swollen like walnuts. In the end, they wiped their tears and got on the carriage to Youzhou.
January 16th, the last day before departure.
Yun Chen's fever had subsided, but he was so sick that he had no strength and was drowsy. However, she still forced herself to get up and personally replaced the horseshoes for the Swallowing Cloud Beast and the Slaughter Wolf Colt.
After finishing her work, she was sweating all over and sat in the yard gasping for breath.
Her eyes unconsciously turned to the wall of the hall and fell on the Hidden Moon Sword and Taiping Sword hanging there.
We are leaving tomorrow, so we have to find a way to get weapons as soon as possible.
At midnight tomorrow night, he would either escape and elope with Huo Gannian, or be discovered by Yan Shijiu and fight to the death.
No matter what the situation is, she must get the sword to increase her chances of winning.
She was concentrating on thinking about these things when Yan Shijiu suddenly appeared behind her and asked with a smile:
"You want it? I'll give it to you."
Yun Chen was startled like a thief caught in the act. He jumped up from the stool and retreated cautiously.
Realizing that she had overreacted, she stopped herself and forced a smile towards Yan Shijiu:
"Nothing, I'm just looking around."
Yan Shijiu ignored her words and actually asked someone to bring the Yinyue Sword and Taiping Sword.
He looked back and forth between the two swords, tested their weight, and finally chose Yin Yue.
He put the Taiping Sword into Yun Chen's hand, winked mischievously, and said with a smile:
"It seems like we've never really been rivals! We're about to leave Nan Country, how about a duel?"
Yun Chen grasped the cold hilt of the sword in astonishment, and instinctively said "thank you", and then immediately realized that the weapon she wanted was easily in her hands.
If she wanted to, she could explode right now—
Taking advantage of this opportunity to fight, he killed Yan Shijiu.
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