Concubine Chongxi: Binding the Medicine Jar to the Master

Chapter 181 Black Belly VS Insidious
Baili Jiuge was filled with suffocation and emotional excitement, so he didn't even bother to look back at Yin Haochen, so he didn't see an unfathomable dark light suddenly flashed in the bottom of Mo Li's eyes the moment he turned around.

Seven steps later, something happened that Baili Jiuge didn't expect.

Mo Li was still holding her with one arm, but the other hand suddenly flung out from under the sleeve, and a thin silver thread flew out like Mo Li's five fingers, but with a flick of a finger, it rushed towards a person on the shore of the lake. After the bushes!
"Mo Li, why—"

Before Baili Jiuge finished speaking, he heard a horrified scream from behind the bush, and then saw Mo Li flipped his fingers, and pulled out a person from behind the bush, tied up with silver wires, and was dragged to the back of the bush screaming. On the embankment, it fell down hard.

At the same time, Yufeng appeared, grabbed the man's shoulder with one hand, and pinned him to the ground.

Baili Jiuge took a deep breath, he didn't expect that someone came in from the post palace.An Assassin, or a Secret Whistle?
Mo Li's slender fingers moved lightly as if randomly, and bound the man so that he couldn't struggle, and a strand of silver thread wrapped around the man's neck, pressing on his fragile artery.

Looking at the man's terrified eyes, Mo Li said coldly: "Your Excellency must have followed His Royal Highness all the way here. If it wasn't for the order to see off the guests, Your Excellency relaxed your vigilance. Thinking about it, with your martial arts, you wouldn't be able to It’s so easy to get to this point.”

What?Baili Jiuge looked at Mo Li in surprise, and asked, "You already knew that someone had sneaked in? Is this person following Yin Haochen?!"

Yin Haochen was also shocked, and said in a dazed way: "This king... didn't notice."

Mo Li said coldly: "His Royal Highness is absent-minded, so naturally he has no vigilance at all. Otherwise, with His Highness's martial arts, it is impossible not to realize that he is being followed all the way."

Yin Haochen blushed, his complexion was as pale as a piece of rusted iron, he was so sad that he couldn't say anything.

Baili Jiuge also sighed in his heart, Mo Li's cultivation is really much higher than hers, not to mention he was so angry just now, and he can still notice the surrounding environment...

She glared at the man on the ground and shouted: "Who sent you here? Did you kidnap Wu Niannian? Tell me honestly!"

Because that person's life was in Mo Li's hands, he was trembling with fear at the moment, but he knew that if he told the mastermind behind the scenes, he would also die.He shouted: "Little, I don't know, I really don't know anything! I beg you to spare my life, I'm just an errand runner!"

"Nonsense!" Baili Jiuge sneered unceremoniously: "We are all people who keep our word. If you tell the truth, you will be spared. Otherwise, don't blame us for being ruthless!"

The man was so frightened that his eyeballs were trembling. After thinking for a while, he suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Yes, it's the eldest daughter of the emperor! It was the eldest daughter of the emperor who did it!"

The eldest daughter of the emperor? !

Baili Jiuge was taken aback.Why did this involve the eldest daughter of the emperor again?The princesses of Heluo are really too cunning, all of them are playing dirty tricks.

It's just... how did the eldest daughter of the emperor know about Wu Niannian?This man is not telling lies!

Sneered: "If you want to survive, tell the truth!"

"This is the truth!" The man yelled in horror: "The little one has such a life, how dare there be half a lie! The little one is telling the truth!"

Baili Jiuge frowned, he was really helpless at the moment, turned his eyes to look at Mo Li, but saw that his expression was faint, although his brows were not stretched, but there was a calm and light light in his eyes .

Like a tacit understanding, Baili Jiuge understood.Mo Li, he must have already figured out a way to find out who is behind the scenes, she absolutely believes him.

Mo Li smiled indifferently, and his wide, tea-white sleeves fluttered like light clouds, and his slender, pale hand gently retracted, and the silver thread was subduedly put under the sleeve.

He said lightly: "Your Excellency, let's go, but if there is a next time, then I will let you come and go."

The man trembled, but a snicker appeared in the corner of his eyes, thankful that he got away with it.He got up and ran, but he didn't know that his subtle demeanor also fell into Mo Li's eyes, and there was a sharp cold light at the bottom of the moon-like pupils, weaving a sharp net...

"Yufeng." He called Yufeng lightly, looking away.

Yufeng immediately comprehended, and as soon as he cupped his hands, he disappeared like lightning.

Baili Jiuge almost understood now that Mo Li must have asked Yufeng to follow the secret whistle.That person must have not told the truth just now, so he had to follow the clues and wait to see who that person went to do business with.I believe that with Yufeng's judgment, he will follow that person for a while longer, make sure everything is safe, and then come back to report to Mo Li.

Mo Li turned his eyes, and the bottom of the pool was as cold as a snowstorm, just like the sharpness of a sword drawn out of its brocade, he just looked straight at Yin Haochen.

This gaze was too oppressive, although it was not hostile, it did not give in, and Yin Haochen fell into the siege of the blizzard, a little overwhelmed.

I had no choice but to cup my hands and say, "Thank you, my lord."

"His Royal Highness, you don't have to be like this." Mo Li, from his eyes to his tone of voice, was cold and overbearing, "Since someone wants to harm my beloved wife, I will naturally not stay out of it. I just thought of it for my beloved wife. Your Highness must be telling the truth. "

The blood on Yin Haochen's face was half faded, and the knife-like outline was so taut that it would almost shatter at the touch...My beloved wife, this title must have been specially given to him.

The heart is dead, Yin Haochen has already despaired, and now he only feels a dull pain in the empty chest, he said solemnly: "What is your plan?"

"Tonight, at Haishi, accompany Jiuge to the mausoleum of Emperor Heluo."

As Mo Li said, seeing Baili Jiuge Huarong still had anger that had not dissipated, he hugged her tightly, and when she looked at him, he smiled gently and kissed her forehead lightly, and then turned around. When looking at Yin Haochen, all kinds of tenderness suddenly turned into a thousand feet of ice.

He said lightly: "It's just because Jiuge regards Princess Chen as a friend from the bottom of his heart, and he sympathizes with her very much. I can't tolerate Jiuge being wronged, and I will go with him."

After finishing speaking, he took Baili Jiuge back to the lake center building, and said: "This is all I have to say. Your Royal Highness, please come back."

Just like this, Baili Jiuge was embraced by Mo Li, and returned to the lake center building. Mo Li swiped his wide sleeves lightly, and locked them up tightly, no matter whether the person on the long embankment had gone away or not.

Looking down at the cheeks flushed with anger of the woman in his arms, he didn't know that even the hair on the temples was messed up, and the hair was sticking to the eyelashes... He smiled helplessly, and carefully brushed the strands of hair with his slender fingers. Peel it off, put it back behind Baili Jiuge's ear.

Because of such considerate and subtle movements, Baili Jiuge was a little crazy, temporarily forgot the unhappiness just now, and murmured: "Mo Li, you..."

"Don't be angry, make yourself angry, does it make my heart hurt?" He smiled softly, the bell-like voice knocked on Baili Jiuge's heart, warm.

Can't help saying: "It's okay, I'm not too angry, it's just that Wu Niannian is not worth it."

Mo Li sighed slowly: "There is no value or non-value in this world, only willingness and unwillingness. Although I don't know much about her, I have heard a lot from you, so I naturally know that she is willing."

"But she's still sick!" Baili Jiuge said, "What if the kidnapper doesn't give her food, drink, or even kills her... I'm really worried that her body won't be able to hold on. With such a sick body, Before Yin Haochen..."

"Okay, don't be angry." Mo Li stroked the top of Baili Jiuge's head, trying to calm her down, "Let's rest for a while, let's think about what's going on tonight, don't get angry, okay?"

Baili Jiuge nodded.How can I make Mo Li feel bad again?Big Lala smiled: "Okay, I'll listen to you!"

"Hmm..." He took her to the study, sat down beside the warmly lit brazier, and then murmured voices of discussion wafted through the room.

The shadow of the sun flew away, and the time of the afternoon was fleeting.

At sunset, Mo Li prepared a meal and brought her to eat with Baili Jiuge, then took her away from the post palace and headed for the mausoleum of Emperor Heluo.

Because of the extremely high lightness skills of the two of them, the people in Luoyi hardly noticed it, and even if they saw a figure passing by above their heads, they thought it was a bird because of the speed.

The two rushed out of the city so quickly, landed on the ground, adjusted their breath, and walked towards the mausoleum along the road paved with bluestone bricks.

According to Mo Li, the former emperor of Heluo Kingdom, Luo Xia's mother, ruled the country very strictly.

Her mausoleum was built by ordering craftsmen when she had just succeeded to the throne as the Empress, and it was not fully completed until a year before her death. The layout of the entire mausoleum was a huge maze.It is said that the officials who were in charge of supervising the construction of the mausoleum and a group of people under him were trapped in the maze and died because they could not get out of the maze after the mausoleum was built, and even the bones could not be transported out.

This incident aroused the anger of the Heluo people at the time, but because Luo Xia who succeeded her was still a ruler, the anger of the people subsided over time.

Now that I think about it, Baili Jiuge can guess why the person who kidnapped Wu Niannian sent them to the cemetery to exchange.I'm afraid they want to take advantage of the labyrinth characteristics of the imperial tomb to trap them to death.

It would be a lie to say that you are not nervous, Baili Jiuge held Mo Li's hand tightly, and whispered: "If we are really trapped in the mausoleum, Mo Li, what can you do?"

Mo Li lowered her eyelashes, allowing the mercury-like moonlight to modify the edges and corners of the outline like transparent jade.

Softly comforting: "Don't be afraid, I anticipated this situation in advance, so Guan Ziqian borrowed a helper."

helper?Guan Xiaorong borrowed it?

Baili Jiuge was instantly covered by dark clouds.Shouldn't this be about Blink?

"Aww!" Sure enough, a ferret volunteered to come out, got out from Mo Li's skirt, lay on Mo Li's shoulder, and waved his paw to greet Baili Jiuge.

Baili Jiuge was speechless.Strange, why didn't I know when this guy got into Mo Li's clothes.Also, they obviously went to the cemetery to save people, but what is the atmosphere like now?Team up for a treasure hunt?
Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he scoffed, "You guys in Epiphyllum Valley are really... Mo Li, didn't you do it on purpose? You want me to relax, you actually smuggled Shining over here to lead the way, together we are all road idiots like Xiao Rong !"

Mo Li patiently explained: "Xinshan has a keen sense of smell and can track popularity, Jiuge, don't underestimate it."

"Aw, ow!" That's right, you can't underestimate it!
Baili Jiuge's face was full of dark clouds, and for the first time, she felt that the combination of Shining and Mo Li was so harmonious, it seemed that she had jumped into the queue with soy sauce.

Forget it, Mo Li's thoughts are also for her own good, so of course she happily accepted, "That's it, let's go, we will be there in a while, when we meet Yin Haochen, I want to see what the person who kidnapped Wu Niannian wants how!"

Walking all the way, about a quarter of an hour before Haishi, I arrived in front of the mausoleum.

The cold night of Qi Qi, the howling north wind, the cold bluestone bricks, the hoarse neighing of the ravens, and the pair of stones in front of the mausoleum gate to ward off evil spirits all set off the majestic and gloomy building.The cold and fearful aura seemed to gushes out from under his feet, rushing upwards.

The two joined hands closely, standing vigilantly in this deserted open space, until Yin Haochen appeared from the darkness and came to join them.

Unexpectedly, Yin Haochen was wearing a fox fur, and the moonlight shone like snow-white.

Baili Jiuge didn't have time to pay attention to this, at this moment, he suddenly felt that the wind had changed, and then, he saw a dagger shot at the eye socket of a stone to ward off evil spirits, and nailed it into the stone.

Such profound internal strength!

Baili Jiuge was taken aback, and Mo Li beside her was beckoning her not to act rashly with his eyes.He let go of her, walked slowly towards the evil stone, raised his hand, and pulled out the dagger.

There was a letter on the dagger, and when he opened it, the handwriting was the same as the letter left to Yin Haochen today, as if it was written by one person.

"Moli." Baili Jiuge approached, and asked anxiously: "Be careful, and what did the letter say?"

He calmly forwarded the letter to Yin Haochen, took Baili Jiuge's hand, and said: "The one who shot the dagger just now must be a capable person under the master's messenger. Since he is not the mastermind behind the scenes, don't bother. As for the mastermind behind the scenes The purpose of the envoy is indeed to lure us into the mausoleum, and eventually be trapped to death in this maze."

Yin Haochen's clenched iron fist twisted the letter paper into pieces and scattered them.He said solemnly: "Nian Nian...is in the mausoleum?"

Baili Jiuge thought for a while, and said: "Maybe the mastermind behind the scenes is lying to us, if Wu Niannian is still hidden by her elsewhere, once we go in, we won't be able to get out for a while, what will Wu Niannian do?" manage?"

Yin Haochen frowned tightly. He looked at the gate of the mausoleum and the long and dark narrow passage inside, and his chest was filled with worry and guilt.

"Don't worry." Mo Li's faint voice was very calm.

I saw him walking slowly towards the gate of the mausoleum, with an unfathomable sharp light at the bottom of his moon-like eyes, he just swept across the bluestone bricks in front of the gate of the mausoleum, observed for a while, slightly twitched the corners of his lips, and said: "Go Well, Princess Chen is in the mausoleum."

Baili Jiuge hurriedly chased after him, held Mo Li's hand, and asked in surprise, "How do you know?"

He explained softly and firmly: "Why is the mausoleum of Emperor Heluo unguarded? When I first came here, I felt suspicious. Looking at the footprints on the stone bricks in front of the mausoleum, it is not only messy, but also has spears The scuff marks where the handle rubbed against the ground. Which means—”

Baili Jiuge understood: "That is to say, the guards on duty at the gate of the mausoleum went into the mausoleum with Wu Niannian?!" After speaking, he felt a little strange, "Are those guards escorting Wu Niannian? You can't even leave the gate alone. Keep it."

Mo Li's tone was serious: "I'm afraid, the guards were also deceived, or they were coerced..."

Baili Jiuge's heart shuddered.Mo Li meant that the mastermind behind the scenes wanted to trap the guards at the gate of the tomb in the depths of the maze?To implicate innocent people like this is simply abhorrent!
He couldn't help sneering angrily: "If you do many unrighteous actions, you will kill yourself, and that person will definitely be punished!"

Yin Haochen, who was standing aside, seemed to be out of his body at the moment, looking at the depths of the imperial tomb in a daze, and only hoped that nothing would happen to Wu Niannian, he could not let him be hurt again...

On the other side, Mo Li took out a torch from his bosom and lit it, holding Baili Jiuge tightly with one hand, took a look at Yin Haochen, and the three of them stepped into the mausoleum together.

Under the feet is a road paved with bluestone bricks, which extends into the deep darkness under the light of sporadic torches.There are grotesque reliefs engraved on both sides, staring eeriely at the intruders, cold and chilling.

Layers of echoes echoed, and after walking for a while, there was a three-way intersection.

Mo Li approached each intersection, focused his attention, and carefully observed the footprints on the ground. When he was sure which way the messy footprints were heading, he walked into a fork in the road.

After passing through several forks, the long road in the mausoleum also has nine bends and ten rings, changing directions all the time.

Baili Jiuge's heart tightened secretly, and now he understood why this place could bury so many people, it was indeed a terrifying labyrinth!

Then, something happened that made Baili Jiuge even more palpitating.

Seeing a fork in the road, the color of Mo Li's eyes changed slightly, and he seemed to say incredulously: "It turns out that this is not just a maze, there are some forked roads, if you go wrong, you will die in the mechanism."

"What?!" Baili Jiuge was shocked, "How did you find out?" Wu Niannian was sweating in his hands.

Mo Li explained: "Look at the footprints here. There are only so many footprints here. It seems that someone has chosen another road. And that road..."

He walked to another road and lit it with a torch, and the long road was suddenly bright.

At this moment, both Baili Jiuge and Yin Haochen took a deep breath, and saw that in the depths of the illuminated long road, there were bones scattered on the ground, and there was a newly dead person!It's a person dressed as a guard, I'm afraid, it's the guard of this mausoleum!

"Niannian..." Yin Haochen's heart clenched tightly, and the fox fur on his body trembled, making a soft rubbing sound.

Mo Li's heart was also a little tight, but he whispered without changing his face: "I don't know what happened between them, which led to their separation and tragedy. But..."

He said, patted Shining on the shoulder, and said: "I heard from Jiuge below that Princess Chen has been suffering from cold and fever for the past few days, so she took some herbs." He said to Shining: "Let's look for the smell of herbs. Think about it, Coptis chinensis It must be one of them."

(End of this chapter)