Waizumi Shiebe's gaze fell on the book of poems, and his heart was filled with complicated emotions.
When he looked up, he saw the samurai leaving the pavilion. For some reason, Waizumi Shiebe suddenly asked, "Who are you?"
This question was rather rude, but Waizumi Shiebe could not help but ask.
Yamada Shinichi's literary attainments and mannerisms were nothing compared to the son of an ordinary samurai family. Even the son of a Minister of the Imperial Court could not be compared to him.
Such a person was more like the son of one of the Imperial Ministers!
Pei Zi Yun looked at her and did not speak. He smiled and turned to leave.
This smile stunned Waizumi Shiebe. When Yamada was far away, he regained his senses and felt a little lost.
"Your Excellency Yamada, do you need our service?" As soon as he left the pavilion, a maid came over and asked cautiously.
Pei Zi Yun knew that these maids had taken the initiative to approach him. Rather than saying that they were listening to Izumi Shibu's instructions, it would be more accurate to say that they were here because of the arrival of the palace maids. This made his identity seem even more mysterious. Before this, even when he had ordered people to prepare paper and ink, these maids would avoid him as much as they could. Unlike now, their gazes were filled with curiosity and flattery.
Pei Zi Yun looked up at the sky, "Is the room ready?"
"Your Excellency Yamada, please follow me. Your room is ready." The maid led the way.
Pei Zi Yun's room was not far away. This mansion was not very big, and the rooms for guests could not be chosen as the lower rooms. Other than the main house, there were only a few guest rooms.
The room next door was empty and unoccupied. It was separated from the main house by greenery, which was exactly what Pei Zi Yun wanted. He opened the door and saw that it was clean and tidy, and was satisfied.
"Your Excellency Yamada, these are the books you wanted." Previously, the maid had prepared paper and ink for Pei Zi Yun, and now she was even more willing to serve him. The speed at which she prepared the books was also very fast. He asked for a few books, and they were sent over in no time.
At the same time, some food was also sent over.
Pei Zi Yun looked at it and asked them to place it on the low table. Seeing that the maid had retreated to the door, he did not leave immediately. He said, "I do not need you here. If there's anything else, I will call for you. You may leave."
"Yes, Lord Yamada." Only then did the maid respond. Her footsteps gradually faded away.
At this point, the sky was getting dark. The oil lamp in the room was lit, and the flames flickered. This made Pei Zi Yun's expression even more unfathomable.
He didn't touch the food that looked quite exquisite, nor did he drink the tea that the maid brought over. Instead, he held the scroll in his hands and read for a while. When it was late at night, he directly extinguished the lamp, put on his clothes, and lay down, as if he had fallen asleep.
The waning moon peeked out from the dark clouds in the gray sky, sprinkling down some pale light, but it was quickly blocked by the dark clouds.
Inside the house, the warrior who had his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes in the quiet atmosphere. His eyes were astonishingly bright in the pitch-black night.
"As expected, he couldn't hold it in anymore."
The demonic transformation and Izumi Shibu killed Yamazaki Ichiro, and then plotted against the Prince. In the end, the Princess revealed her Prajna form. These were all demonic ghosts that women hated. Pei Zi Yun did not believe that the Princess was innocent.
Living in Izumi Shibu's house, on one hand, was to protect her, and on the other hand, was to lure the snake out.
The Princess hated the Prince because he fell in love with Izumi Shibu. Today, she was dead, and she would definitely make a move. This was the reason why he said to go out tonight.
Pei Zi Yun stretched out his hand. Between his fingers, there were three strands of green hair that formed a heart. At this moment, it was trembling, letting out a silent cry.
Unfortunately, no matter how crazily it struggled, it could not break free from Pei Zi Yun's fingers.
"Ah!"
In the main house, Izumi Shibu suddenly woke up from a nightmare. She gasped for breath and instinctively looked at the window. She did not know what was going on. The wooden window that was closed before she slept was now wide open. Gusts of cold wind blew in, making her feel very cold.
No wonder she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar in her dream. So it was because of the cold wind.
Izumi Shibu struggled to get up, put on her coat, and walked to the window to close it. At a glance, she saw that in the middle of the night, there was a thin layer of fog in the courtyard.
"Fog?" In a windy night, there was actually fog. This made Izumi Shibu feel strange.
She could not help but look outside for a while. This window could directly see the door from inside the house. Just as Izumi Shibu stood there and looked out, she suddenly saw a figure appear in the fog. The door was opened, and an ox cart was parked outside.
"Damn it, who is so careless?"
Although the distance was too far, and she could not see clearly, this scene still made Izumi Shibu feel frightened.
One must know that in Heian Capital, it was easy to attract evil spirits when the door was open at night.
She did not know what was going on. She should have called for the maid, but instead, she walked out of the room quickly.
The figure that was walking towards the door, at this time, she also saw clearly. Although it was only the back view, she could see that it was Yamada Shinichi!
The other party actually went to see the Emperor at night?
Izumi Shibu suddenly understood, and was even more surprised. This was completely against etiquette.
"San …" Just as she was about to shout, she saw that the fog that blocked her vision suddenly dissipated. The ox cart parked at the door was clearly seen by her.
The woman driving the cart originally had her back to her, but at this time, she seemed to feel something and looked back.
This one glance made Izumi Shibu break out in a cold sweat!
She was not someone else, but the dead female official of the honorable prince's residence!
He saw that the other party's face was pale, and her red lips were like blood. She looked like an evil spirit, no, she was an evil spirit!
Izumi Shibu panicked, and wanted to scream, but she could not. She saw that she was gradually approaching.
"Break!" At this moment, there was a muffled sound of thunder, and a sword light fell.
"No, no —!" A mournful cry came from Izumi Shibu's room.
When the maid sleeping in the next room heard this sound, she did not even put on her coat and immediately came over in a panic.
"Shibu, are you okay?!" She pushed the door open and found Izumi Shibu lying on the bed with a pale face. The maid was relieved and asked.
"… So it was just a nightmare?" Izumi Shibu woke up from the dream again, hesitated for a moment, and then realized that she had just had a dream within a dream.
Her slightly dull gaze fell on the maid's face, and she shook her head. "It's okay, it was just a nightmare. You can leave."
"If you need anything, please call me at any time." The maid observed for a moment, felt that Shibu should have just had a nightmare, and then left.
As soon as she left, Izumi Shibu struggled to get up, and then suddenly felt something. Her movements paused, and she gently sniffed around.
"Burning smell …" Where did this burning smell come from?
Because she could not find it, she could only give up in the end. She put on her clothes, hesitated, and opened the wooden window from which she could see the door, and looked outside.
Fortunately, the scene in the nightmare did not reappear. There was no fog outside, the door was not wide open, and there was no dead female official with the ox cart.
Izumi Shibu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and when she was about to go back, her gaze fell on the side of the house.
It was a guest room, and one of the rooms was occupied by Yamada Shinji.
But at this time, the wooden door that should have been closed was open, and it was dark inside. She could not see if there was anyone inside, but in this weather, it was wrong to leave the door open.
Thinking of the nightmare, Izumi Shibu was surprised, and finally decided to go out.
When she came to the courtyard, she hesitated for a moment, and then carefully walked to the room with small steps.
For women in this era, going there alone at night would be considered as asking a man for sex, and this behavior was a bit risky.
When she finally walked to the door, she looked around, and there was no one in the room. Izumi Shibu's heart jumped, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.
For a moment, she even wondered if the nightmare just now was really just a dream.
"Come!" Walking back to the courtyard, she shouted.
The sleeping maids heard the noise and put on their clothes.
"Did anyone of you hear the sound of the ox cart?" Izumi Shibu asked.
This question was really strange, and inexplicable. The maids who came out one after another heard this question, and looked at each other. A female official with willow eyebrows came out, "Shibu, I have not heard of it."
"I am really sorry to disturb you. Go back and rest!" With an ugly expression, Izumi Shibu waved her hand to let them go, ignoring the maids' gaze, and stood in deep thought.
Suddenly, her expression changed, and with a speed that could be called rude, she quickly returned to her room. Ignoring the others' gazes, she directly knelt on the tatami, and flipped the quilt.
A knife mark, although thin, appeared on the quilt very clearly. In addition, there were a few strands of burnt hair stuck on it, which made Izumi Shibu's expression even worse.
"Shibu, what's wrong with you? Did something happen? "The maid gathered her courage and asked.
Izumi Shibu stood up, and without answering, she walked out of the room and towards the door. When she arrived at the door, her hand was already on the door, and she shivered, hesitating again.
"If … if the dream just now was real …" She looked at the door in fear, and pushed it open, and really saw something she didn't want to see, then what should she do?
But if she ignored it, this matter would definitely become a knot in her heart, and she couldn't let it go.
After thinking for a while, she heard the messy footsteps behind her, and knew that the maids were frightened by her strange behavior. Without hesitation, she pushed the door open.
The quiet street was empty.
The night wind blew, and the snow on the ground had not yet melted. There were … traces of an ox cart.
Looking at the obviously fresh traces of the ox cart, Izumi Shibu was dumbfounded, and her body could not help but shiver.
And at this time, on the road to the palace, it was quiet and dark. An ox cart with a dim light sped along the road.
Following the light, there would be rustling sounds coming from behind, not knowing what was going on.
Pei Zi Yun did not seem to hear it at all, and closed his eyes to rest.
After an unknown period of time, he opened his eyes.
"We have arrived at the palace." Although the nature was slightly different, Pei Zi Yun would definitely not be wrong. In the next moment, there was a "boom" from the side of the ox cart. He floated down from it, and with a slash, he chanted, "Ten steps to kill a person, a thousand miles unstoppable."
Just as he finished speaking, the blade fell, and with a "poof", before the ox cart and the demon driving it could react, a white light was ignited.
As the flames spread, under the moonlight, the closed palace door opened.
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