After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

Chapter 745 (Part 8)

He turned his head and his expression darkened.

"know?"

Lu Yuan asked.

The snake did not speak.

The man arrived panting in front of the Snake, first greeting the disciples of the Holy Temple with a smile, then taking a token from his waist and saying, "King Ling has ordered me to come and escort Young Master Lan back to the palace."

"Young Master Lan?"

Tan'er opened her eyes wide.

Meng Lang raised an eyebrow: "Oh ho, where is the young master?"

The leader looked at the Snake strangely: "You're from the Lan family? Why didn't you say so earlier?"

His words did not show much respect.

The current ruler of the island is the Temple Master. The former Lan royal family has long been reduced to mere figureheads, holding only the title but actually under house arrest in the palace.

After the parents of the Snake died, his uncle inherited the throne.

The visitor was none other than his uncle's confidant, named Qin Ling.

Qinling said to the Snake, "Young Master, please come back with me."

The snake pointed to Meng Qianqian and her group: "They're coming with me."

Qin Ling was stumped: "This..."

The head jailer said irritably, "You leaving on your own is already a favor from the temple, don't push your luck!"

Fearing that Si She would be angered, Qin Ling quickly stepped in front of Si She and said to the jailer, "What you say is very true, young brother. I am only taking my young master away. The rest of them have nothing to do with our Lan family."

The jailer said, "That's more like it! Since you are the young master of the Lan family, please leave!"

Snake (巳): "I'm not leaving."

Qin Ling was taken aback: "Young Master!"

The jailer chuckled and said, "Has your Lan family made up their minds yet? Are you leaving or not? If you're not leaving, we'll have to carry out the execution."

Meng Lang exclaimed in surprise, "No way! Open your eyes and look carefully! He's the young master of the Lan family! You just want to kill him like that?"

The jailer scoffed, "The person the High Priest wants to kill, let alone the mere young master of the Lan family, even if the King of Ling himself came, so what?"

Meng Qianqian personally experienced the overwhelming power the Holy Temple wielded on the island.

No wonder the Snake would rather leave the island and wander the world than stay and be a puppet.

Given the nature of the Snake, this is probably more unbearable than killing him.

However, the Snake of today is no longer that lonely young man.

The temple probably doesn't know that its own demise is not far off.

"Young Master, you should come back to the palace with me first and ask Prince Ling for a solution. It won't be too late to come and rescue your friends later."

Qinling knew that the Snake was loyal and righteous, so he decided to trick the Snake into going back first.

The Snake was not fooled: "You can leave now. This matter has nothing to do with the Lan family."

This means they've decided to face the challenge head-on.

Just as tensions were about to rise, a woman dressed in yellow stepped forward.

"The three protectors have ordered me to take them to the Jade Water Pavilion."

The lead jailer treated the woman with far more respect than he had shown Qin Ling, smiling as he asked, "So you're Sister Qing'er. Sister Qing'er, you may not know this, but the High Priest has ordered the execution of these uninvited guests who have brazenly entered Liuli Island..."

The woman said bluntly, "Are you deaf? The Third Protector ordered me to take the person over there."

The jailer's smile faded slightly: "This is the High Priest's order."

"The Temple Master is in seclusion. Has the High Priest already been able to dispose of so many lives at will? I had no idea when the Temple was taken over by the High Priest."

Hearing the familiar voice, Meng Qianqian's heart skipped a beat, and she looked up at the other person.

The woman who appeared before them, as ethereal and otherworldly as the clouds and water, was none other than Yun Xiyao, whom they had not seen for a long time.

"The Yun Dong family?"

Tan'er and Banxia spoke in unison.

Meng Lang: "Wait, you two know each other?"

Tan'er said, "It's more than just knowing them! We're practically family! Master Yun! I'd love to die for you!"

She excitedly threw herself into Yun Xiyao's arms.

Yun Xiyao pulled her out of her arms expressionlessly: "You're covered in sweat."

All the jailers hurriedly bowed to Yun Xiyao.

Yun Xiyao said calmly, "I've taken the person away. Have the High Priest personally go to my Biyue Pavilion to retrieve them." With that, she turned and left.

"Why aren't you following your master?"

The word "teacher" made Meng Qianqian pause and hum in surprise, then stammer, "Oh."

Qin Ling let out a long breath and watched with a complicated expression as Si She and Meng Qianqian's group were taken away by Yun Xiyao.

Upon entering the Biyue Pavilion, Yun Xiyao immediately instructed the small kitchen to boil water and sent everyone away to wash up.

"I'm all washed!"

Tan'er was the first to finish washing, and then she skipped and hopped off to find Yun Xiyao.

Yun Xiyao sniffed her little head, her eyes rolling back from the smell: "Qing'er, you wash her."

"Yes."

Qing'er agreed.

"I've washed! I've washed!"

Tan'er was ruthlessly dragged into the bathhouse by Qing'er.

It was already evening when everyone finished washing up, and Yun Xiyao set up a table of food in the garden.

It was all the flavors that Meng Qianqian and Tan'er loved to eat.

Braised pork belly

Tan'er's eyes gleamed with a bright green light.

God knows that since arriving in Xicheng, she has never had authentic braised pork again.

Once inside the desert, all that's left is dry, dried meat.

Meng Qianqian offered tea instead of wine: "Thank you for saving me, Master. I'd like to offer you a toast."

"Ah."

Yun Xiyao obligingly took a sip.

A weight lifted from Meng Qianqian's heart, and she voiced her doubts: "I guessed that Master was someone of great importance and no ordinary person, but I never expected that Master would actually be from Liuli Island."

He is also a protector of the temple.

Doesn't this make them mortal enemies?
She glanced at the Snake without making a sound.

The Snake ate its food calmly, showing no sign of anything amiss.

Yun Xiyao said, "Don't look at him anymore. He doesn't owe me anything. He can do whatever he wants in the future."

Snake: "I will remember your life-saving grace."

Yun Xiyao: "I saved my disciple; it's none of your business."

Meng Qianqian glanced at Yun Xiyao, then at the Snake, and decided that there was no point in saying anything more, so she simply kept quiet and ate her meal.

Yun Xiyao glanced at her slightly protruding belly under her wide robe, then glared at her and Lu Yuan: "How many months?"

Meng Qianqian honestly confessed: "Six months."

Yun Xiyao: "What a waste of time."

Even so, when arranging a room for Meng Qianqian that night, he deliberately placed her next to his own.

dong dong dong.

"Master, it's me."

In the middle of the night, Meng Qianqian knocked on Yun Xiyao's door.

Yun Xiyao said, "Come in."

Meng Qianqian pushed open the door and entered, giving an awkward smile: "It's so late, Master, are you still awake?"

Yun Xiyao: "Even if I'm asleep, you still wake me up? You've been holding back a lot of things to say, haven't you? I saw you couldn't hold back at dinner."

Meng Qianqian smiled.

Yun Xiyao pointed to the stool next to her.

Meng Qianqian sat down obediently.

Yun Xiyao looked at her, her expression complicated, and frowned slightly before sighing helplessly, "Look at you, you don't look like a mother at all."

Meng Qianqian blinked: "Isn't it only when I'm in front of Master that I dare to show my little temper?"

Yun Xiyao glanced at her: "You just use that mouth of yours to have Lu Yuan completely under your thumb?"

Meng Qianqian was at a loss for words.

"Alright, let's get down to business."

(End of this chapter)