I went to the temple after traveling through time, and he turned out to be a monk!

Seeing Zhuo Yao, Bai Zhi remembered what he said to her in the bedroom, and felt panicked. She unconsciously shrank behind Xiao Yang, trying to escape his sight.

But Zhuo Yao's eyes were burning and he didn't let Bai Zhi go at all.

"Princess Ning, why are you running around in someone else's house?" Zhuo Yao gritted his teeth, with some anger in his voice.

Bai Zhi was about to retort, but Xiao Yang beat him to it. He blocked Bai Zhi behind him and met Zhuo Yao's gaze directly, "Just find a corner to rest, you have to take care of this too?"

Under the extinguishing light of the fire, Xiao Yang's aggressive and vigilant gaze made Zhuo Yao feel very uncomfortable, like a beast guarding food that would tear the oncoming enemy to pieces in the next second.

Zhuo Yao sneered, "Meng Ying has been looking for you all afternoon, but you had a private meeting with his bodyguard. Princess Ning, you are really good at it!"

When Bai Zhi heard this, she became inexplicably angry. She pulled Xiao Yang behind her, raised her head slightly, and glared at Zhuo Yao, "Whoever I have a private meeting with, I'm afraid it won't be Master Zhuo's turn to teach me a lesson! If you want to scold me, just say so. No need to beat around the bush here to disparage me!”

Zhuo Yao lowered his head and met her eyes. Sparks were dancing in her eyes, and she could no longer speak out the words. She could only take a deep breath to suppress the anger in her heart.

He crossed Bai Zhi, walked to Xiao Yang, and handed the lantern in his hand to Xiao Yang, "Go and clean up the woman's bones. Don't leave them in my house as an eyesore."

Xiao Yang did not refute. He was stunned for two seconds, then took the lantern from Zhuo Yao, lowered his eyelids, and said with relief: "Okay, she can finally leave this prison."

Bai Zhi felt sorry for him, gently held Xiao Yang's wrist, and looked at him firmly, "Let's go."

Feeling her company, Xiao Yang felt warm in his heart and returned her a faint smile.

Seeing the scene, Zhuo Yao felt a surge of anger directed towards Tian Ling Gai. He clicked his tongue, frowned and said angrily, "Xiao Yang, don't you have a clue about your situation? Don't you know how poisonous your blood is? Then The yard is dark, and there are either mice or venomous snakes and flying squirrels. Do you want to kill her?"

Xiao Yang had not set foot in Zhuo's house for many years, and did not know what the current situation of the small courtyard was. He only remembered that his mother had cleaned the place cleanly, saying that he finally had a place to stay.

If you think about it carefully, he was young at the time and buried his mother shallowly without a coffin. If no one had cleaned up the yard, the bodies would have been eaten by rats. If a rat eats carrion, it will be poisoned and die within a few steps. When I think about it, there are already animal carcasses all over the place.

He didn't want to scare Bai Zhi, so he turned to Bai Zhi and said, "Just stay here and wait for me to come out."

Although Bai Zhi was a little afraid of those venomous snakes and mice, she was more afraid that Xiao Yang would feel lonely, so she said, "But you are alone..."

"Can you help him pick up bones? Or can you help him kill mice? Why are you joining in the fun! You can't enter that yard, stay here!" Zhuo Yao pulled Bai Zhi over and said angrily.

Xiao Yang nodded towards her to reassure her.

Bai Zhi was indeed afraid of mice and snakes, so she had to give up.

Xiao Yang left with the lamp, and the surrounding lights gradually dimmed. There was no moon tonight, only the starlight in the sky. Bai Zhi couldn't see clearly the person next to her, and could only make out a rough outline.

Xiao Yang's lantern gradually faded away, and when it was as small as a star, suddenly there was the sound of a crow flying and its shrill cry. Then there was the sound of another animal, squeaking and noisy, like the sound of countless pieces of chalk scraping on a blackboard.

Goosebumps appeared all over Bai Zhi's body, and her body shrank unconsciously. She hugged her arms tightly and kept rubbing them to relieve her tension and fear.

"Afraid?" Zhuo Yao said coldly.

"Don't be afraid!" Bai Zhi said firmly.

After that, Bai Zhi was about to leave. She wanted to find a place with a wall to lean against, which would make her feel safer. But she had never set foot here. She didn't know what the furnishings in Zhuo Mansion were like, so she could only walk in the dark.

Just after moving a few steps, there was a bang, as if a flowerpot was kicked. After rolling a few times, the flowerpot fell down the steps and broke into pieces.

"Twenty taels of silver for a pot of flowers, Princess Ning." Zhuo Yao actually found it a little funny.

Bai Zhi was speechless and hesitated for a long time before saying, "What kind of flowers cost twenty taels of silver? You are asking for a lot of money!"

"This is my home, and it will be as much as I say."

It was simply a rogue act. Bai Zhi didn't want to pay attention to him at all, turned around and continued to move forward.

Zhuo Yao, who had driven away Xiao Yang, was in a good mood and had some teasing thoughts. He kindly reminded, "You are going the wrong way. There is a pond over there."

Bai Zhi turned around and groped in the other direction.

"It's not right over there, there are stairs."

"..."

Bai Zhi was spinning back and forth, losing her direction. Finally she couldn't help it anymore and said angrily to Zhuo Yao, "Zhuo Yao! Did you do this on purpose?!"

Just as Zhuo Yao was about to speak, he heard footsteps coming from around the corner. He grabbed Bai Zhi and took her with him briefly, moving behind a cave wall.

By the time Bai Zhi reacted, she was already behind the wall, and the two of them were huddled in the corner. Zhuo Yao was very close behind her, with a very ambiguous posture.

"Zhuo Yao! What are you doing! I'm warning you, don't touch me! Otherwise I will..."

"Shh." Zhuo Yao whispered in her ear, signaling her to be silent.

Bai Zhi struggled to stay away from him, but Zhuo Yao clamped her shoulders firmly, "Don't move, look at that."

Bai Zhi looked in the direction indicated by Zhuo Yao. The lights on the road were lighting up one by one, and someone was lighting them.

Bai Zhi whispered, "This is your home, what are you hiding from?"

"You won't know it until you see it." Zhuo Yao's voice was inexplicably proud.

So Bai Zhi really held her breath and waited for the person who lit the lamp to come over.

Zhuo Yao didn't care who the visitor was, he only cared about the person in front of him, who was only a stone's throw away from him.

Finally, the lights on the roadside lit up one by one, and Bai Zhi finally saw the person coming clearly. The plain white robe, the gently raised corners, and the handsome face illuminated by the firelight were the prince.

Bai Zhi turned back to glare at Zhuo Yao in confusion, and whispered, "Why are you hiding?"

Zhuo Yao was not surprised that it was Meng Ying. After all, few people except him were willing to come to this place.

However, besides Meng Ying, there was the sound of someone's footsteps.

"Keep watching," Zhuo Yao said.

After lighting two more lamps and walking around the corner, Bai Zhi found that there was another person following Meng Ying, Zhuo Ling.

Bai Zhi frowned slightly and moved forward unconsciously, trying to see more clearly through the window sash.

Zhuo Yao noticed that when the person in front of him saw Meng Ying, his breathing rhythm changed, his mood changed, and the atmosphere also changed, and his heart became a little solemn unconsciously.

Zhuo Ling followed Meng Ying and watched him lighting the lamps one by one, feeling very uncomfortable.

"Brother Salan plans to be the enemy of the Zhuo family forever?" Zhuo Ling asked.

When Meng Ying heard this, she showed no expression or any fluctuation. She just lit the lamp quietly, as if she had not heard this sentence.

Meng Ying's indifference seemed to have given Zhuo Ling a heavy blow in the heart. Zhuo Ling's heart felt as if it was being suppressed by a huge boulder and he couldn't breathe at all.

Meng Ying stood up and continued to light a lamp.

Zhuo Ling's eyes suddenly dazzled, she took two steps forward and hugged Meng Ying from behind.