continue waiting. This is the next task Nan Yi receives.
Song Muchuan is planning the final plan code-named "Nirvana". And before that happens, hiding yourself and ensuring safety is the first priority.
Life in Wangxuewu was still too comfortable. Nan Yi did not dare to relax, so he secretly dug a stake in the courtyard and practiced some boxing and kicking skills to keep his body tense at all times.
Nan Yi spent a lot of time climbing to the roof of Zheyue Pavilion, where he could just see the courtyard where Xie Queshan lived. He's been spending a lot of time at home lately.
It was as if he was hanging on to her on purpose, knowing that someone was waiting for her. He didn't go out to meet people or do things, but just ate, drank, and defecated, just like normal. He generously allowed her to monitor him, as if they were together all the time. Occasionally he looked up and saw her on the roof. He didn't do anything, just stood under the courtyard wall with spring flowers blooming and looked at her.
He had left since the spring equinox that year, and this was his first spring back in his motherland.
Spring is also very beautiful.
Nan Yi was even thinking that if the end never came... would everyone be able to live in such peace together. No one will die, no one will draw a sword.
Therefore, during the dormant time, there is no news, which is the greatest good news.
But when she opened her eyes in the early morning, Nan Yi realized that there was someone in the room. She immediately wanted to find the dagger under the pillow, but she heard a familiar call.
"Sister-in-law."
Nan Yi was startled and sat up: "Xiao Liu?"
He quickly raised the curtains and saw Xie Sui'an in plain clothes standing at a loss. It was drizzling outside, and her body was wet. Her eyes were misty, and her hair was stained with a few faded petals.
"What happened?" Nan Yi felt something bad for the first time.
She went to hold Xie Sui'an's hand and found that her hand was surprisingly cold.
"King Ling'an...is missing."
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Xie Sui'an's life was very simple during these days. A soft sword to kill, a Zen room for practice; a silent Buddha statue, a weak monarch.
These discordant combinations gathered in this small Buddhist hall.
The space is small, the days without leaving home are boring, and there is no end in sight.
She became silent. Occasionally, when I sit in the courtyard with Xu Zhou and chat, the two of them will deliberately avoid talking about that person. Carefully, for fear of accidentally opening the scab and causing new wounds.
There will also be some sudden crises.
A few days ago, a drunk guard broke into the courtyard drunkenly and accidentally saw Xu Zhou. The guard was horrified and wanted to run to report, but Xie Sui'an raised his knife and killed the man.
However, burying the body is not an easy task. Xu Zhou helped Xie Sui'an.
Dig a hole, dump the body, and bury it. Real contact with this land, life and death. It rained that night, and every shovelful of soil became extra heavy. After doing all this, covered in mud and blood, like an evil ghost crawling out of the Shura field alive, Xu Zhou collapsed.
If the string is stretched too tight, it will suddenly break.
He had obviously faced bigger crises, and he had overcame them all, but as the worries over the past few months had gradually accumulated, this minor incident finally became the last straw that broke his spirit. He sat in the rain and cried, he was no different from everyone else. He is also of insignificant flesh and blood, and he does not even have extraordinary courage or strategy. There is a reason why he has not been favored by officials since he was a child. He is probably a person with mediocre qualifications. He even finds the current scene terrifying.
He was extremely powerless, but no one cared, and he didn't dare to let anyone discover him. With so many people going through fire and water for him, throwing their lives and blood, how could he dare to be hypocritical? It doesn't matter who he is, the dynasty needs legitimacy, so it supports him.
Everyone asked him to wait, so he waited quietly. He imagined that it would be best for him to be a statue, without sorrow, joy, ruthlessness and desire, but in the end he was still a body, breathing the air of the turbid world and eating the food of the world. Three meals cannot build a body of steel. Then Xie Xiaoliu came. Every time he saw her, he would think of the dead Pang Yu. He thought that she should be the same. Their existence is a kind of harm to each other, but they have to coexist.
He watched the fresh things in her gradually disappear, and she was still locked in this cage with him.
He wanted to do something, but he couldn't do anything.
After crying a lot, he regained his composure. As usual, I listened to the evening drums and morning bells every day and walked around the western courtyard in a circle along the way and in the opposite direction, a total of eighty-one steps. Imagine this is the eighty-one difficulty. When will it be the last difficulty?
Then today, a few days later, Xu Zhou suddenly disappeared. In this small western courtyard that could be seen at a glance, there was a dragnet outside, and such a living person disappeared under his nose.
Soon Xie Sui'an discovered the path he took to leave.
Today is the day for delivering food and pouring swill. Xu Zhou had been waiting in the kitchen early, knocked the man unconscious, put on his clothes, and carried the swill bucket out.
An inconspicuous little servant left Wangxuewu in the early morning before dawn, and no one even saw where he was going.
Xie Sui'an anxiously searched around the area but couldn't find anyone, so he came to Nan Yi for help in desperation.
This matter is serious and must be discussed with Song Muchuan. Nan Yi made a prompt decision and asked Xie Sui'an to pretend to be a female envoy and follow him. Then he went to pull Xie Qin up from his sleep and asked him to immediately prepare a few academic questions that Mr. Song needed to answer. He hurriedly called the female envoy to give him Put on your clothes and get in the carriage.
Song Muchuan was just about to go to the Shipbuilding Department when he was intercepted by the "studious" Xie Qin at the gate of his courtyard.
Taking advantage of this moment, Nan Yi quickly told Song Muchuan the whole story. Even a confident person like Song Muchuan showed nervousness when he heard this.
Nowadays, the streets and alleys are very strictly checked. Even entering and exiting the neighborhood need to be checked. If the identity is suspicious, they will be detained on the spot.
This matter cannot be made public, and we cannot search for people all over the city, otherwise it will lead to even more uncontrollable consequences.
Song Muchuan quickly ran through the approximate time of King Ling'an's departure in his mind, the tools he might use, and figured out which neighborhoods he would probably visit now.
After demarcating a rough range, Xie Sui'an and Nan Yi set off to search. On the other hand, Song Muchuan also sent Achi to inform Liang Da and Jiuniang. They were extremely familiar with the terrain in the city and would definitely be able to help.
Finally, Song Muchuan told Xie Sui'an a few words alone.
"Think carefully about why His Highness left. This is the key to finding His Highness."
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Xu Zhou changed into his servant's clothes and pushed the swill cart out of Wangxuewu. The swill had to be sent all the way to a special landfill, so he successfully left the neighborhood.
However, when he passed through the next neighborhood, he was stopped and questioned by soldiers at the gate. Fortunately, the servant had a public record and the soldier did not suspect him. He took a cursory look and let him go.
However, the soldier vaguely felt that this servant looked familiar, and after taking another look at his back, he felt that the man's posture when pushing the cart was accidentally unskilled, and he did not look like someone who had been working all year round, so he became suspicious.
Fortunately, at this moment, the replacement team arrived, so he didn't pursue it. When changing shifts, he accidentally glanced at a few portraits of people who needed to be focused on hunting down. There was King Ling'an on them - he suddenly remembered that the person who looked familiar just now was somewhat similar to the person in the portrait. .
He looked up again, and there was no trace of that person anywhere. He was shocked and reported it immediately, but the leader didn't believe it and laughed at him for thinking that he was crazy for wanting to make meritorious deeds. King Ling'an was well protected by Bingzhusi, so how could he show up in the neighborhood pushing a swill bucket?
But the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. He was going to report to the superiors and have someone set up a dragnet to arrest him. The man pushing the cart was not very fast and he would not be able to get out of the next neighborhood.
He hurried forward and bumped into someone.
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Xie Queshan didn't hear the sound of morning exercises coming from the courtyard next door this morning, and he already felt strange. When he was having breakfast, he heard that Nan Yi had taken Brother Qin to Song Muchuan for advice, so he realized that it must be problem occurs.
It was still an unexpected matter, and I'm afraid it would be quite tricky, otherwise Nan Yi wouldn't suddenly go to Song Muchuan.
He had not been seen in Qi Ren for several days, claiming to be ill. Hu Sha had just defeated Wan Yan Jun and was in the limelight. He was also suspicious of him. It was best for him to stay calm and not be caught. But I have to go there today to see what's going on.
On the way to the garrison, they met a Qi Bing who was in a hurry.
When Naqi soldiers saw Xie Queshan, they were overjoyed and couldn't wait to report: "Sir, I just saw a person suspected of being King Ling'an, heading towards Tongjifang. Please order the troops to arrest him!"
Xie Que was only slightly surprised on the mountain, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.
"really?"
"It's absolutely true! General Xiangsha once ordered that he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go. His subordinates did see that the man looked very similar to King Ling'an, and he was very sneaky. Even if he caught the wrong one, he would definitely be there. has a problem!"
Xie Queshan pondered for a moment and asked, "Who else knows about this matter?"
"I reported it to the Commander-in-Chief, but he didn't believe it. My subordinates felt that this was a big deal, so they had no choice but to come look for the Master."
"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, and you can follow me to mobilize the troops."
Qibing's face was filled with joy, he cupped his fists and said, "Yes!"
Xie Queshan calmly led people into an alley, going deeper and deeper.
Nan Yi and Xie Sui'an had already found Tongjifang and found out that a servant pushing swill passed by not long ago. He was walking in such a hurry that he almost overturned the car.
The two of them followed the direction pointed by the man and saw an abandoned cart in the alley.
But the person is no longer where he was.
It was one step too late and failed to catch up with Xu Zhou.
Just when the two of them were anxious, they suddenly heard the noise coming from the neighbor not far away. The two of them looked at each other and hurried to that place.
Lying on the ground was the body of a Qi soldier. Someone wiped his neck and threw him down from a high place, causing a huge commotion.
The common people gathered around several levels, all showing horror, pointing at the corpse and whispering, and some of them were bold and showed great joy. The nearby Qi troops were quickly attracted, and the neighborhood was about to be blocked.
Nan Yi first realized that this matter was strange. It seemed to be a terrible and big case, which would definitely trigger a search by Qi Bing. But if Qi Bing were to gather around him, then as long as King Ling'an was not in the neighborhood, there was a possibility that he would be exposed. It has also been greatly reduced.
Someone is secretly helping them.
She subconsciously looked up and saw Xie Queshan leading a group of soldiers over. Her heart suddenly skipped a beat, and a certain premonition became stronger and stronger.
But when Xie Sui'an saw Xie Queshan, she immediately pulled Nan Yi and turned away - she should be in the Buddhist hall now and could not be discovered.
The two of them followed the dispersed people and left the lively place, breathing a little sigh of relief. At least as of now, the disappearance of King Ling'an has not caused any ripples among the Qi people.
He seemed to be going somewhere with a purpose.
Xie Sui'an couldn't figure out where he was going and why he was leaving.
