Chapter 693 The Token of the Poison-making Circle
Lin ngya complained as she helped Baili Rui walk into the room.
As soon as they entered the room, Lin ngya glanced around inadvertently, only to find the ssy room had been cleaned up now.
The central room of the courtyard was quite spacious. Her teacher, who was a workaholic, had paid little attention to such trifles as his quality of life.
But now, not only the room had been cleaned up, but also the living area and work area had been clearly divided.
Even her teacher’s clothes were clean with a faint fragrance of soap.
It definitely didn’t look like a bachelor’s residence!
After walking around, Lin ngya suddenly showed a wicked smile, leaned close to her teacher’s ear, and said while winking, “Teacher, you’re living quite a pleasing life. Tell the truth, do you plan to marry Yunzhu?”
Baili Rui, who had been used to Lin ngya’s impertinence, could only foam with rage.
In front of this mischievous girl, he was no longer the intimidating Saint of Poison he had been.
“Wretched girl, do you have any respect for your teacher?” He said reproachfully.
Lin ngya had always turned up her nose at her teacher’s resort to sophistry in covering up his thoughts.
Rolling her eyes at Baili Rui, she suddenly patted him on the shoulder like an old friend of him and tried to enlighten her stubborn teacher in earnest, “Teacher, I don’t an to criticize you, but I want to tell you that a wedding ans a lot to won after all. Besides, the two of you have wasted all these years. It’s not too late for you to get married now. Of course, I couldn’t agree more with your marriage, so you don’t have to worry about the disapproval of your immature student. What’s more, I lost my mother when I was a child. If you marry Yunzhu, there will be one more person to dote on .”
As Lin ngya said, she clasped her arm around Baili Rui’s shoulder and acted like a spoiled daughter in front of her father.
Baili Rui could not help sighing as he gazed at Lin ngya, who seed to be teasing him but actually said that for his own good.
Then he said, “I... want to take her as my wife, but we don’t need to do that. Speaking of this, I’ve heard about what happened these days. How dare the bastard bully you! I’ll teach him a lesson when I’m free.”
Hearing her teacher’s words, Lin ngya couldn’t help smiling.
It turned out that Baili Rui drove away all the guards to vent his anger on Long Tianyu.
Thinking of this, Lin ngya thought that her husband was really wronged. But what her teacher had done ward her heart.
“It’s fine, teacher. What has happened to is not as complicated as it seems, and I believe I can tackle the problem soon. So you can set your mind at ease and marry Yunzhu. Only if you settle down can I set my mind at ease, right?” Lin ngya sat in a chair beside her teacher and said with delight.
She let down all her guard in front of her teacher and was just a thoughtful student who hoped that her teacher could take the initiative.
“Alas, silly girl, I know you are going on the trip. In this case, I can only give you a gift for self-protection,” Baili Rui said.
Lin ngya surprisedly watched him rummage through the cupboard and fetch a dusty carved box.
Baili Rui stared at the box with a complicated expression, which seed to be a mixture of pride and sorrow and thousands of words, that were on the tip of his tongue but he had to swallow.
Lin ngya stared at her teacher quietly, thinking in fact, her teacher was also a person with rich life experience, but he chose to keep his experience in his mind like most people.
“I’ve told you before that back then our Baili Family occupied a leading position in the poison-making circle, but the disturbance many years ago caused most of the mbers of the poison-making circle to suffer heavy losses. Now, you are going to seek the Seven Poisons Sacred Grass that can save your life, but the mbers of the poison-making circle consider it a sacred object. I assu that you will have plenty of competitors. Therefore, if the mbers of the poison-making circle see this thing I give you, they will definitely show you so respect. At least, in the current situation where the poison-making circle has been declining, they will try to avoid internal conflicts,” Baili Rui said seriously with a solemn look.
It must be extrely difficult for him to put what had happened behind and move on.
Lin ngya knelt respectfully in front of Baili Rui, watching him open the box and take a black seal out of it.
Baili Rui stared at the black seal with mixed feelings and seed to be reluctant to give it away. Finally, he showed a decisive look in his eyes and placed it on her palms.
She reached out to take the seal from Baili Rui.
Then she frowned slightly, thinking why it looked so familiar.
Baili Rui casually put the box on the table and seed to be relieved.
Finally, he unloaded the heavy burden he had shouldered.
Without any strings to tie him down, now he felt much more relaxed.
“Teacher, is it...” Lin ngya decided to keep her doubt to herself before asking the question.
Although she had an intuition that this mustn’t be a coincidence, she was not completely sure of it now. Therefore, she could only keep it a secret for the ti being.
Glancing at the black seal on her snow-white palms with complicated emotions, Baili Rui finally looked away and said, “In fact, I’ve been hunted because of it. But it’s all over. Even if soone gets a hold of it, it can no longer play its part. Now I give it to you just because I hope it could protect you. Rember, you must never show it to anyone other than the mbers of the poison-making circle.”
Lin ngya nodded with only a hazy notion, speechless.
Her teacher gave her a hot potato. But given that he did that out of kindness, she could only accept it and keep it properly, which was the best way to repay her teacher.
“Teacher, I will rember your instructions. By the way, I’ve changed my mind. I’m not going to take the dicine you gave last ti. In fact, it’s just as well. In this way, both Long Tianyu and I can have a chance to choose again. If I can co back alive, I’m going to spend the rest of my life with him. If I can’t, I hope that he can enjoy the rest of his life. So teacher, you should marry Yunzhu so that I don’t have to worry about anything.” In the end, Lin ngya, who was supposed to be leaving, muttered her innermost thought with her back to Baili Rui.
Her eyes were drifting, because she was reading the introduction of the Seven Poisons Sacred Grass in the music score for the green stringed instrunt at the sa ti.
The Seven Poisons Sacred Grass, known as the most violent poison around the world, was severe and capable of bringing the dying back to life and getting rid of all kinds of poisons. At the sa ti, it could kill a person as soon as he touched it.
If she used it as dicine, she would have only a one-in-a-hundred chance of surviving.
Therefore, it was a significant gamble for Lin ngya. Whether she and Long Tianyu could win or not depended on her unfounded luck.
“Alas.”
Lin ngya heard a sigh of reluctance from the room.
“Wow, I’m such a big trouble. Even the Saint of Poison felt sorry for and sighed. In this life, I finally got sothing to brag about.” As she thought, she gave an order, “Let’s go back.”
Then she got into the sedan chair, closed her eyes slightly and leaned against the sedan chair lazily for a rest, seeming to be exhausted.
The sedan carriers didn’t walk slowly, but they didn’t stop after a long while she spent in the sedan chair.
“Baiji, haven’t we arrived ho yet?” She couldn’t help asking, but it was strange that she got no response from Baiji.
Lin ngya imdiately opened her eyes and lifted the curtain of the sedan with her small hands, only to find she had been carried quietly to an unfamiliar corner.
The sedan carriers in front of and behind the sedan chair all lowered their heads, so that their faces and expressions could not be seen clearly.
Lin ngya realized sothing was wrong, thinking she probably had been trapped!
She did not make any sound, as she knew very well that since the wire-puller did not kill her on the spot, it ant that the wire-puller wanted to keep her alive.
But where had Baiji been taken? Was she still alive? Lin ngya, who found herself in danger, was still worried about her maid.
Lin ngya could vaguely see through the curtain of the sedan chair and found it seed to be a place not far from the Capital City.
However, this was the place where the mbers of the royal family, who had disobeyed the Emperor, were detained.
Could it be that soone intended to detain her here so that no one could discover her?
After thinking for a while, Lin ngya thought it was impossible.
Both the Empress and the Emperor had sent their spies to keep an eye on her. Since she was carried here in a sedan chair, it was impossible to keep it a secret.
Unless...
At this mont, Lin ngya could only clench her fists and hope that things would go as she predicted.
She must stay alive, safe and sound! Otherwise, Long Tianyu would definitely lose his mind!
The sedan chair moved speedily and finally stopped outside an inconspicuous courtyard.
Lin ngya heard so sounds from outside, but she kept hiding in the sedan chair cautiously.
“Your Highness, may you live long for a thousand years. His Majesty has been waiting for you for a long ti. Please get out of the sedan chair as soon as possible.” The eunuch’s neuter voice confird part of Lin ngya’s speculation.
Taking a deep breath, Lin ngya subconsciously adjusted her hair, hair ornants and dress. After making sure that she was flawless, she gracefully stepped forward and said, “Thank you.”
Lin ngya was still gentle and polite. Although she was at a disadvantage, she would not lower her head easily.
“Your Highness, thank you for coming here. His Majesty is waiting for you inside,” the humble eunuch said, treating her as respectfully as before.
Only Lin ngya knew clearly that she was in a different situation now.
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