A glance at the spring breeze

Bao Qi took out a torch, lighted it up and threw it inward.

The small cluster of fire only flickered behind the secret door, but it was still bright and not extinguished.

Bao Qi got on her horse and said to Ruan Lan through the curtain: "My lord, it looks like it's safe inside. As long as we pass through this secret passage, we can leave the city."

The word "out of the city" made Ruan Lan feel uncontrollable ripples in her heart.

He, Ruan Lan, after enduring eight years of house arrest and torture by Yin Jian, was finally able to escape from this imperial city that eats people and never spits out bones.

The feeling of getting one's wish gradually spread from one's heart.

For a moment, he wondered if he was dreaming.

The carriage drove in, and the secret door was quickly closed behind. The small cluster of jumping flames in Baoji's hand was the only bright thing in this long dark passage, but the lighting range was limited, and the place the two could see was not far away.

The unpleasant smell of corruption and humidity came to her nostrils, and Ruan Lan felt that her whole body was about to be wrapped in the surrounding moisture and she couldn't breathe.

"Although you can breathe normally here, this secret passage has been closed all year round, and there are probably a lot of filthy things gathered here. Sir, please try to hold your breath as much as possible."

"it is good."

Bao Qi was sitting on the horse in front, Ruan Lan couldn't see her face, only the high ponytail on the back of her head.

After that, only the panting of the horse and the sound of the horse's hooves trampling on the ground remained in the secret passage.Even so, Ruan Lan still felt eerily silent.

It may be because of the instinctive fear in the closed and dark environment.

"clatter……"

"Da... Pa Da."

At first, Ruan Lan thought she was hallucinating.

Or the sound of hooves.

Ruan Lan closed his eyes, and he felt that his hands were gradually sweating.

Unexpectedly, in the end, the voice became louder and louder.

"clatter……"

"Da... Pa Da."

"clatter……"

"Da da……"

This is clearly the echo sounded in the empty secret passage.In any case, it can't be an auditory hallucination!

The sound came from where they had just passed.That is to say——

Something unknown is slowly approaching them from behind...

Moreover, it is getting closer and faster.

--faster and faster.

"clatter……"

"Da da da……"

When they came in, there was obviously no one else coming in, if someone opened the mechanism stone door later, they would definitely hear it too.That is to say...

The sound behind was made by some strange thing that was originally in this secret passage.

Ruan Lan heard her thumping and accelerating heartbeat, and her eardrums seemed to be congested with blood at an extremely high speed, making her swollen uncomfortably, as if she could no longer resist the intrusion of the sound.

"Da da……"

"Da da da……"

At this moment, the fire light shook violently, and Bao Qi's straight-backed shadow swayed non-stop on the wall of the corridor.

The dark shadow swayed from side to side.

Coquettish and weird.

"My lord, something is following us..." Bao Qi should have heard the voice from behind the carriage, and the voice sounded a little trembling.

She suddenly swung the whip and hit the horse's rump, the reddish-brown BMW hissed, then raised its hooves and started to run.

The horse ran like flying, Ruan Lan, who was sitting, bumped and fell straight backwards, hitting his head on the window of the carriage, and there were stars in front of his eyes. went out.

The only source of light disappeared.

It was so dark that it seemed to be soaked in ink, and I couldn't see my fingers.

The faint fire should have been blown out by the wind blown by the horses running.

But the weird voice following them did not disappear, but kept getting louder and expanding.

——Keep getting closer.

"clatter……"

"Da da da……"

In fact, it is very dangerous for the horses to run rapidly in such a narrow and dark passage, because if there is any corner or any accident to the horses, they will definitely crash the car and die.But Baoqi had no choice, her intuition told her that once something behind caught up with them, the two of them would die.

"Da da da……"

"Da da da da da da da da—"

However, it seems useless for the horse to run faster.The horse was going fast, and the thing seemed to be going faster than them!

The sound is already very close, they are about to be overtaken!

But the surroundings were too dark, and Ruan Lan couldn't see anything.

But he knew that that thing seemed to be behind him!

against his ear—

"Da da da da da-"

Ruan Lan felt a gust of warm air blowing against his ear - it seemed that the thing opened its mouth.

——Suddenly, Ruan Lan saw a ray of light ahead.

is an export.

They finally ran to the exit!

Another stone door opened suddenly, and the carriage ran out quickly.

The wilderness and the moonlight came too suddenly, and Bao Qi drove the carriage for a while before stopping in shock.

With lingering fear in her heart, Bao Qi looked back to the rear of the carriage.

There is no sign of the organ Shimen anymore.The unknown thing did not follow.

There is a vast forest ahead, which cannot be seen clearly in the night.

Both of them gasped in relief, their hearts were really dangerous.

Bao Qi asked: "My lord... are you alright?"

Ruan Lan's breath was a little messy, she closed her eyes and shook her head, "It's okay..."

"The princess did tell the servant that this secret path might be dangerous, but she also said that she just needs to keep her head down and run forward, so the servant just let the horse gallop without even thinking about it... Now that I think about it, I'm really scared... "

"It's okay." Ruan Lan waved her hand, "Just escape, don't blame yourself."

Sitting on the horse's back, Bao Qi calmed down, and said: "We can't rest tonight, we have to continue on our way, sir, please support, although this horse is a thousand-mile horse, it will be bumpy when you sit in the carriage. Rest until you escape to Yuyang tomorrow."

The two fled overnight in the carriage, and it was early morning when they arrived at the outskirts of Yuyang.

It was the first time Ruan Lan saw a horse that could run so fast and stable while dragging a carriage, and she secretly admired it.

The scenery outside the car is gloomy, the hillside is covered with green grass, and there is a clear stream running through the entire hillside, the gurgling sound of the water is very pleasant.

Especially in the ears of people like Ruan Lan who haven't heard the stream in the mountains for a hundred or eighty months, it is even more beautiful and melodious, like the sound of heaven on the clouds.

The sun has slowly risen in the sky, the light is warm and bright, reflecting the surrounding green and full of vitality.

Bao Qi stopped the carriage, went to the stream and squatted down to wash her face, and saw Ruan Lan jumping out of the car, walking towards her with a sense of direction.

Seeing this scene, Bao Qi was surprised, and suddenly "swished" and stood up straight.

"My lord! You can see it?!"

Ruan Lan stopped her pace: "What?"

"My lord... aren't you blind? How can you see again?"

Ruan Lan lowered her eyes and said, "I thought you already knew about this."

Bao Qi shook her head, lowered her eyes and recalled: "Princess told me today that because you can't see, you can't ride a horse, you can only take a carriage..."

She didn't see Ruan Lan's eyes clearly last night, and she was sitting in front of her and rarely turned her head, so she never noticed it.

Ruan Lan had an ominous premonition in her heart.

He took a step forward, his beautiful eyes were shining brightly, his eyes exuded such aura, he looked like a blind person.

Ruan Lan said: "Then...the assassin that night was not sent by the princess?"

The assassin already knew that he could see that night, so if the assassin was really sent by the princess, how could the princess not know?

"What assassin?" Bao Qi hesitated for a while, and suddenly her eyes widened, "You mean the assassination of His Majesty a few days ago? How is it possible? Her Highness is His Majesty's younger sister! How could it be possible for the Princess to send someone to assassinate His Majesty?! You really wronged the princess!..."

"The assassin said that the princess wanted to help me leave the palace..."

Bao Qi interrupted him: "No, there is no assassin at all. You asked the imperial concubine to find the princess, so the princess agreed to help you leave the capital this time...The assassin really has nothing to do with the princess!"

Ruan Lan bowed her head in silence after listening to Bao Qi's words, who knows, after a while, he actually laughed in a low voice.

In fact, he didn't know whether to laugh at others or himself.

That's right, there are so many suspicious points, how could he not be aware of it even if he is as smart as him.

He just wanted to leave the palace too much.

He was alone and had nothing.

Is there anything else about him that is worthy of others' attention?Abandoned by close friends who grew up with her classmates, lost her home, lost her friends, and was even defiled by the emperor who had a penchant for cutting off sleeves... One prison is eight years!

What else can he pursue but freedom?

Suddenly, Ruan Lan remembered something again, and asked Bao Qi: "Then you know..."

At this moment, a crisp bird song fell from the sky, interrupting his questioning.

A gray and white bird perched on a nearby branch.

Bao Qi said, "It's a letter from Her Highness the Princess."

Bao Qi pulled out a note from between the messenger bird's feet, opened it and read it.

As soon as she glanced at it twice, she froze her expression, stared her eyes in horror, and said to herself: "Impossible..."

The note fell from between Bao Qi's stiff fingers, and Ruan Lan was about to pick it up when she heard Bao Qi say, "My lord, Concubine Wei Wan is dead..."

Her voice trembled even more: "The letter said that someone saw it with their own eyes, and it was you... who killed her with your own hands..."