He Yan did not sit up immediately. Instead, she held her head and groaned. She was thinking about something else.
Yuan Baozhen was really here to test her. First, he wanted to know how she found out about the wine. Second, he wanted to see if she was really blind. This person was very meticulous. He even asked Ding Yi to put a stool there to see her reaction. If He Yan's response wasn't right in the slightest, this pair of master and servant would have other thoughts.
She had excellent hearing and heard Ding Yi's movements. She also knew that Yuan Baozhen did not leave immediately. That was why she was here to cooperate with them and act out what Yuan Baozhen wanted to see. But Yuan Baozhen was testing her. Wasn't she also testing Yuan Baozhen?
They obviously had a close relationship, but she insisted that they only knew each other. He Rufei's servant, Ding Yi, would not follow him here. There was indeed something wrong with the wine. But what puzzled He Yan the most was what role He Rufei played in this matter. Did he and Yuan Baozhen conspire to murder Xiao Jue? Or was it He Rufei who instigated it? Or were they working for someone else?
Next, she had to follow Ding Yi and find out what the two of them were up to.
There was no movement outside. He Yan's "Aiyo, aiyo" became louder. There was movement behind her. It was Fei Nu's voice. He asked, "What happened to you?"
"I hurt my head just now." He Yan blankly reached out to grab him. "Brother Fei Nu, come and help me. I sprained my ankle."
Slave Fei answered and went forward to help her onto the couch. He Yan's eyes were covered with a cloth. Therefore, Fei Nu could not see her emotions from her eyes. Naturally, he did not know what He Yan was thinking.
In fact, the act just now was not only for Yuan Baozhen, but also for Fei Nu.
Yuan Baozhen and Ding Yi were so focused on testing He Yan that they didn't notice that Fei Nu had been standing at the door and listening to what was going on inside. They did not notice, but He Yan did. Fei Nu only ordered people to remove the bowls and plates, why did he leave for so long? It was nothing more than the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
He Yan didn't know why, but he always felt that Xiao Jue and Fei Nu didn't trust her. This wasn't a big deal. Of course, they wouldn't trust someone they didn't know. However, she sensed that not only did Xiao Jue not trust her, but she was also wary and suspicious of her.
He Yan was also confused. She didn't think she had done anything that would make people suspicious. Now that she was here, she didn't even have any interactions with Yuan Baozhen in the past. She didn't know why she was suspected.
Forget it, if they were suspicious, then so be it. One act was enough to deceive two people. He Yan said, "Brother Fei Nu, where did you go just now? That Imperial Censor Yuan came to sit for a while, but you didn't see him. "
Fei Nu avoided her question and only asked, "How's your head?"
He Yan touched her head and said, "It's swollen. I don't know when it'll go away." She sighed heavily again, "This is really a trap. I think that little brother of mine is quite smart. It's right that he didn't come. This is much more dangerous than being forced into a marriage. "
If Cheng Lisu was here, she wouldn't know what would happen.
"Sit down and rest for a while." Fei Nu's voice was emotionless, "I'll be at the door. Call me if you need anything."
He left again.
He Yan lay on the bed. She was covered with a cloth, so Fei Nu couldn't see her expression. She also couldn't see Fei Nu's reaction. She thought that he was expressionless.
She didn't know when Xiao Jue would come back.
By the time Xiao Jue came back, it was already late at night.
On this day, He Yan and Fei Nu stayed in the Sun residence and didn't do anything. The wine and dishes that Sun Xiangfu sent over had to be tested for poison with silver needles. Because He Yan couldn't see, she simply slept in the room for the whole day. Fei Nu also stood guard at the door for the whole day.
When Xiao Jue came back, Fei Nu, who was sleeping on the bed, immediately woke up. He got up and walked to Xiao Jue's side, saying, "Young master."
Xiao Jue indicated for him to follow her into the room. Fei Nu glanced at He Yan on the bed. Under the dim light, she was sleeping soundly.
When Fei Nu and He Yan entered the room, they didn't see the youth sleeping soundly on the bed. Her hands were gently tapping the mattress under her body. He Yan obviously wasn't asleep. After sleeping for the whole day, how could she continue to sleep at night? She wasn't a pig raised in the village. Second Young Master Xiao obviously had something to say to his confidant. She guessed that Fei Nu would also tell this commander-in-chief everything that happened here today.
He Yan didn't have the guts to listen to the master and servant whispering to each other. Xiao Jue wasn't Yuan Baozhen. She knew real martial arts. Once she exposed herself, there would be too much trouble and the losses would outweigh the gains. However, she could imagine what Fei Nu would say to her. He Yan felt that she could fool Fei Nu with her acting today.
As for whether she could fool Xiao Jue, she didn't know.
In the room, the lamp was lit.
Xiao Jue placed her sword on the table and sat down on the chair in front of the table.
"Young Master, Yuan Baozhen came by today." Fei Nu said.
Xiao Jue looked up and asked, "What's the matter?"
"From what I can see, he came specially to look for He Yan. Yuan Baozhen said a few words to He Yan. " He recounted the conversation between Yuan Baozhen and He Yan to Xiao Jue. In the end, he said, "Yuan Baozhen seemed to be testing He Yan."
Xiao Jue pondered for a moment and asked, "What do you think?"
"From He Yan's answer, it seems that he doesn't know Yuan Baozhen. There were no flaws. However, it could also be that the two of them were acting together. Overall, He Yan's suspicions can be cleared for the time being. "
"Cleared?" Xiao Jue curled his lips into a smile and said, "Slave Fei, the liar in our house has even deceived you."
Fei Nu was startled and didn't understand.
"Don't forget, when He Yan competed with Wang Ba in archery, she once blindfolded herself and shot a bird in the sky. Do you think that someone with such good hearing wouldn't be able to tell that Yuan Baozhen's bodyguard placed a stool in front of her? "
"Young Master, you mean …"
"He could have avoided the stool, but he still fell. Firstly, he deceived Yuan Baozhen, and secondly, he deceived you." Xiao Jue said casually, "This person is very good at deceiving people."
What was a blind person like? Stumbling and panicking, when there was no one around, they couldn't do anything. They were very pitiful. This was the impression that ordinary people had of a blind person. Yuan Baozhen and Fei Nu were ordinary people. Naturally, they would think the same. Seeing He Yan fall and be helpless, it was exactly what a blind person would look like. But He Yan was not an ordinary blind person. Even if she was blindfolded, she could still shoot better than other people.
Yuan Baozhen had never seen He Yan shoot an arrow while blindfolded, but Fei Nu had seen it before. Even so, even he overlooked this point.
"Deceiving you is secondary. The person he wanted to deceive the most was Yuan Baozhen. Otherwise, he wouldn't have said that there were flying insects in the wine."
There were flying insects in the wine? How could this be possible? It was not summer now, and the Sun residence paid special attention to this. There were wormwood sachets everywhere to prevent insects from flying into the wine. It was not easy for He Yan to think that there were flying insects in the wine.
"Young Master, is he Yuan Baozhen's man?" Fei Nu also didn't understand. If he was Yuan Baozhen's man, why did he have to be so suspicious?
"He doesn't look like it, but I can't say for sure." There was a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone on the table. Sun Xiangfu had specially arranged it. He didn't like these things, but he liked to pretend to be cultured.
Xiao Jue found a brush and paper and wrote a few words. His handwriting was elegant and strong. It was very beautiful. When it landed on the paper, it was as bright as a person's.
"I want you to bring a letter to Lin Shuanghe."
"Young Master Lin?" Fei Nu's calm face finally showed a surprised expression. "Young Master, didn't you not allow Young Master Lin to come to Liangzhou?" He suddenly thought of something and said in disbelief, "Could it be … He Yan?"
The handwriting quickly dried in the wind. He put the letter into the envelope and looked down. "It's for him, but not entirely for him."
Fei Nu didn't ask any more questions. He put the letter away and tiptoed out. Xiao Jue saw this and laughed.
"Why are you so careful? The people outside have already woken up." He said.
"Young Master?" Fei Nu was stunned.
"Forget it. When it comes to deceiving people, you are no match for him." Xiao Jue shook his head and said lazily, "In any case, he doesn't have the guts to come in."
Fei Nu stood in place and thought for a while before leaving the room. After he left, Xiao Jue flicked the wick of the lamp. In the light, his eyes were bright and oppressive.
"Xu Jingfu …"
The night swallowed his whispers.
When He Yan woke up, Xiao Jue was already gone.
He seemed to be very busy these two days. When He Yan woke up, he had already left. When he came back, He Yan was already asleep. They didn't even see each other. She guessed that what Xiao Jue was doing was related to what happened at the banquet at the Sun residence. However, she couldn't go with him and could only sit here and wait.
But she didn't want to sit here and wait. Fortunately, after noon, when it was almost evening, Slave Fei also went out for some matters. Before he left, he reminded her to stay in the room and not go out to avoid trouble.
He Yan nodded in agreement.
In fact, He Yan thought that the Sun residence was not as murderous as Fei Nu said. From what happened at the banquet, it could be seen that the assassins' target was only Xiao Jue. Since Xiao Jue wasn't around, the manor was 70% safer. The remaining 30% might not be able to defeat her.
This morning, He Yan took off the cloth covering his eyes. It was because the cloth had been used for two days and needed a new one. However, the physician in the residence was scared away by Xiao Jue last time and there was no one to make a new cloth for He Yan.
Although he took off the cloth, after two days, everyone in the residence believed that He Yan was blind and didn't treat him as an ordinary person. He Yan was the only one.
When she took off the cloth, she felt that the sky was too bright and she still felt uncomfortable. Yesterday morning, when she took off the cloth in front of Fei Nu, her expression didn't change. God knows how much she wanted to cry at that time — it was too dazzling.
In fact, He Yan had never been 'blind'.
That day at the banquet, the manservant who received Ding Yi's order had indeed thrown a handful of powder-like things at him. She blocked it and at that time, her eyes did hurt.
After all, she had been blind once before and her eyes were more sensitive than ordinary people. Subconsciously, she felt that her vision was blurry and she suspected that she was going blind. But when she calmed down, she felt that she had actually avoided it. At night, when there was no one around, He Yan secretly took off the cloth and she could see the light of the lanterns outside.
It was just a mistake because she was too nervous. She originally wanted to explain the next day, but when the next day really came, she changed her mind.
A blind person shouldn't be a threat. It was much easier to be a non-threatening person and get close to Yuan Baozhen than to be a 'smart enough to discover the poison in the wine' Young Master Cheng.
So when she took off the cloth in front of Fei Nu, He Yan didn't show the slightest bit of abnormality. She had been a blind person for a long time. She could imitate all the reactions a blind person should have, and no one could find anything wrong with it.
But she didn't expect that Yuan Baozhen would be so cautious and especially come to confirm whether she was really blind or not. Because of this, He Yan was in a difficult position. But at the same time, she was even more certain that He Rufei, Ding Yi and Yuan Baozhen had something going on. He Rufei must have been involved in the murder of Xiao Jue. Although she didn't know what kind of grudge He Rufei had with Xiao Jue, the enemy of an enemy was a friend. Now, she and Xiao Jue were on the same side.
She had to find out what Yuan Baozhen and Ding Yi wanted to do.
He Yan tied up her hair and quietly went out.
Everyone knew that Young Master Cheng couldn't see. Other than going to the toilet, he stayed in his room every day. Moreover, these days, everyone in the residence was in danger. Sun Xiangfu was busy cleaning himself, so He Yan didn't have anyone to care about her. Luckily, she had a good memory. On the first day she came to the Sun residence, she already knew the way to the Sun residence.
But He Yan didn't know where Yuan Baozhen lived. Just as she was in a dilemma, she saw someone walking quickly through the garden. It was none other than Ding Yi.
Good timing! He Yan praised her in her heart and quickly followed her. She moved very quickly and was used to finding a room to hide. Of course, because the Sun residence was luxurious, there were rockery and bonsai everywhere, giving her many places to hide. Along the way, no one discovered her. Finally, Ding Yi stopped in front of a room and pushed the door open to enter.
For some reason, the room Yuan Baozhen lived in was very far away from the main hall. It was almost remote and there weren't many people around. It was autumn. In the evening of Liangzhou, the sky was already dark. He Yan estimated for a moment and jumped onto the roof.
She was small and thin. The roof had sharp corners and cornices, and there were carved stones everywhere. He Yan lay on the roof and almost merged with it. She carefully searched for a long time and finally found a gap. She didn't know if it was because of the rain or the hail, but the fragile crystal roof was broken and there was just a gap. He Yan put her face close to it and listened to the movement inside.
Ding Yi walked into the room.
"How is it?" Yuan Baozhen asked.
Ding Yi shook her head. "I lost him."
"You weren't discovered by him, right?"
"No." Ding Yi hesitated. "I didn't dare to get too close in case he discovered me. He left early today and went to the east of the city. I looked for him in the vicinity but couldn't find him. "
Yuan Baozhen's expression was uncertain. "This Xiao Jue, what is she trying to do? She clearly got into trouble in the Sun Mansion, but she wants to stay in the mansion and go out every day. I don't know what she's doing. I keep feeling that something is wrong. "
He Yan heard this and became suspicious. Did Yuan Baozhen ask Ding Yi to follow Xiao Jue?
"Has the yamen matter been settled?" Yuan Baozhen asked.
"Yingyue and the others are dead. There's no evidence. The spy in the mansion is also dead. Since Sun Xiangfu was notified in advance, there shouldn't be any problems." Ding Yi paused. "I still don't understand. How did Cheng Lisu know about the spy's movements? He was also the one who discovered the cup of wine."
"You think there's something wrong with him? But you saw it yesterday. He can't see. He's just an ordinary young man. "
"Even so … I still feel that something is wrong." Ding Yi couldn't put his finger on it. That young man should be blind. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to act so well. The servants in the mansion also said that he stayed in his room all day and was guarded by Xiao Jue's bodyguards. From the looks of it, he really did look like a weak rich young master. However, Ding Yi still remembered that during the banquet, Cheng Lisu had looked at him.
That gaze was fleeting, as if he had just glanced at someone else. However, at that moment, Ding Yi seemed to have felt the shock and anger in the young man's eyes. When he looked again, the young man had already looked away. It was as if what he saw was just an illusion.
But was it really an illusion?
Their conversation was lively, but He Yan's heart was filled with shock as he listened. "Yingyue is dead." "There's no evidence." "She told Sun Xiangfu." This meant that the assassination of Xiao Jue was indeed done by Yuan Baozhen. Perhaps Sun Xiangfu had even helped him.
Now that Xiao Jue was still living here, wouldn't it lead others to continue to harm her?
As she was thinking, she heard Yuan Baozhen ask, "Has Brother He sent you any letters recently?"
He Yan thought that this "Brother He" was most likely referring to He Rufei.
"No. Before Master left, he told me that I must succeed this time." Ding Yi said, "If I fail, I won't be able to answer to Prime Minister Xu."
Prime Minister Xu?
He Yan's heart skipped a beat. He Rufei asked Ding Yi to assassinate Xiao Jue because he wanted to answer to "Prime Minister Xu". In other words, He Rufei was working for Prime Minister Xu? But who was Prime Minister Xu? She knew the current Prime Minister, Xu Jingfu, but she didn't know if he was the "Prime Minister Xu" that Ding Yi mentioned.
"We've already failed." Yuan Baozhen was half angry and half disheartened. "I didn't expect Xiao Jue to be so difficult to deal with. Now he's starting to suspect me … I don't know if I'll have another chance in the future."
"Xiao Jue is difficult to deal with, but he still has a blind nephew." Ding Yi said, "Since this person is blind and doesn't know anything, I think we can use him."
"What do you want to do?" Yuan Baozhen asked.
"Don't forget what I used to do." Ding Yi said, "I have my ways …"
Before he could finish, he heard a creaking sound above his head. A small piece of green fell. Ding Yi's expression changed. "Who's there?" He jumped out.
Under the moonlight, someone's figure flitted past like a swallow. In the blink of an eye, she disappeared into the night.
He Yan complained in her heart. Sun Xiangfu pretended to be cultured. Even the roof tiles were made of green crystal tiles. It looked good, but it was very fragile. Even a weak person like her would accidentally collapse if she leaned on it. What kind of logic was this? He Yan suspected that Sun Xiangfu was pretending to be weak. The purpose of using these tiles was so that no one could eavesdrop from the roof. If it was a normal man, he would have fallen down as soon as he leaned on the roof.
Ding Yi was still chasing in the distance, but for some reason, he didn't call out to the servants of the Sun family to catch the assassin. Perhaps he was hiding something. He Yan was familiar with the roads here. She hid left and right, thinking about the conversation she overheard.
Yuan Baozhen came to Liangzhou, Ding Yi came to Liangzhou, and He Rufei came to Shuojing. They all had one goal, which was to assassinate Xiao Jue. And the three of them had to answer to "Prime Minister Xu". Now, Xiao Jue was alive and well. All the men of sacrifice were killed. Yuan Baozhen was not satisfied and wanted to come again. Moreover, Ding Yi had his eyes on her, the "blind and useless person". He wanted to use her, the blind person, to kill Xiao Jue.
No matter how she thought about it, when one person used another person, it was nothing more than instigating a rebellion, holding her hostage, or being a weapon. Cheng Lisu and Xiao Jue were uncle and nephew. Yuan Baozhen probably wouldn't think of instigating a rebellion. So, there were only two possibilities left. He Yan was holding her hostage. First, He Yan didn't think that Ding Yi could defeat her. Second, she wasn't the real Cheng Lisu. Xiao Jue probably wouldn't do something so stupid as to "surrender for the sake of her nephew".
As for the third possibility, being a weapon … they forgot the most important thing. He Yan was not blind. She had been on guard against Ding Yi since a long time ago.
While she was thinking about this, He Yan had already seen the house she lived in. The lights were on. Fei Nu probably came back. He Yan felt around her body. She put the cloth in the room. She thought about how she still had to act for Fei Nu later and felt a headache coming on.
She was afraid that Ding Yi would catch up with her. She jumped forward and entered the room at lightning speed. When she turned around, she almost choked on her own saliva.
There was a wooden bath in the room. Xiao Jue was sitting in the middle of the bath. The beauty was bathing. His skin was ice cold and his bones were jade white. The moonlight slipped in through the cracks in the window. His black hair was covered with a layer of cold and clear color. He looked particularly attractive. His shoulder blades were very beautiful. For a moment, He Yan's mind drifted elsewhere. She thought, when was the last time she saw this person take off his outer clothes in the Xian Chang Pavilion? The men in the army were mostly tough and rough. Xu Zhiheng was probably considered gentle. However, Xiao Jue was different from them. He was handsome and strong. His waist was especially attractive. No matter if it was a man or a woman, they would all praise him when they saw him.
It turned out that this person was not only good-looking, but his body was also different from ordinary people. No wonder he was called "Commander Jade-Faced". He lived up to his name.
The fog made it difficult to see his expression. Xiao Jue probably didn't expect that someone would suddenly barge in at this time. She immediately stood up, and with a "splash", the sound of water was clear and crisp.
He Yan: "… …."
This time it was over. He Yan saw everything he should and should not see. At this moment, she was cursing herself in her heart. Why did she wear a cloth every day when she went out? Why didn't she wear it today? Or perhaps it would be better if she could not see.
Second Young Master Xiao quickly picked up the clothes on the shelf and put them on. He looked at her coldly.
The room seemed to have become colder.
He was about to speak when he saw the young man in front of him open his hand and close the door. His eyes were calm and seemed to widen. However, nothing was reflected in his eyes. He said, "Who … who is it?"
"Ha." Second Young Master Xiao laughed at this clumsy acting.
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