jdhmnovel Chapter 298 This is my real seal!
Chapter 298 This is my real seal!
Upon hearing this, Ye Qing'an finally understood. So, this was his true purpose?
She was genuinely unaware that such a thing had happened.
Ye Qing'an looked bewildered: "But I really only called out to it once and then it left. I'm not a member of the Gu family, and my spiritual power is very weak. If it hadn't left, I probably would have died in that illusion."
"What is your relationship with Gu Duo?"
"Gu Duo?" Ye Qing'an was even more puzzled: "Are you talking about Gu Duo, the Prince of Dingxi? Wasn't Gu Duo already dead? Didn't he die more than ten years ago?"
"I...I've never even met him, how could I have any connection with Gu Duo?"
The masked man frowned, and suddenly stretched his hand back, revealing a sword in his hand. The sword was pure white and had a faint blue light.
"I hope you can tell the truth, otherwise..."
"Is Gu Duo still alive? Is he in the Ye residence? Your brother's life is in my hands."
Ye Qing'an bit her lip, her eyes red: "Don't say that my brother's life is in your hands. Even if you kill me now, I still can't give you a satisfactory answer. I have never met Gu Duo. I only know that Gu Duo died ten years ago, and I have never heard of such a person in the Ye family."
"That's the truth..."
Ye Qing'an took a deep breath, her voice trembling slightly: "If you want to force a confession out of me, or threaten me with someone's life, then you're going to be disappointed. Although I'm a woman and not very knowledgeable, I just don't know what I don't know, and I just haven't seen what I haven't seen."
The masked man stared intently at Ye Qing'an, then suddenly thrust his sword down towards her.
In Ye Qing'an's eyes, she could clearly see the sword getting closer and closer to her, and then it pierced directly into her abdomen...
The sword tip pierced in about half a finger's width before stopping.
Ye Qing'an's eyes were very calm, so calm that it seemed he truly disregarded life and death and didn't care at all.
The masked man frowned, remained silent for a long time, and then drew his sword.
"Want to die? Not so easy. You'll stay here. I'd like to see how long you can last."
After the masked man finished speaking, he turned around and left the dark cell, then locked the door behind him.
Ye Qing'an watched him walk further and further away until his figure disappeared completely before she lowered her head to look at the wound on her waist and abdomen. Then she placed her hand on the wound and touched it, finding her hand covered in blood.
Ye Qing'an's gaze fell on her blood-stained hands. She remained silent for a long time, her eyes growing deeper.
After a long while, Ye Qing'an finally moved. He slowly turned around, walked to a corner of the dark cell, and sat down against the wall.
When the masked man asked her the first few questions, she had already guessed that the person who brought her here must be from the Li and Gu families.
The last few questions the man in black asked were all directed at Gu Duo.
The Li and Gu families cared so much about Gu Duo, who was treated with such respect by a first-class palace eunuch, and who disregarded her status as the eldest daughter of the Ye family, even fearing that she would recognize him in the future...
Ye Qing'an curled the corners of her lips. Seven or eight out of ten times, it must be Gu Hai, the current head of the Gu family.
Gu Hai...
Ah.
She had always heard that the Gu family's decline was due to Gu Hai's appointment as head of the family. She had found this somewhat puzzling before, but after today's experience, she felt that the rumors were indeed not unfounded.
Ye Qing'an slowly closed her eyes, pretending to rest, but directly withdrew her consciousness and went to the Cloud Dream Realm.
Within the dreamlike realm of clouds, the Nine Heavens are circling back and forth.
Upon seeing Ye Qing'an enter, Jiu Xiao quickly perked up and greeted her: "How are things on your end? Are you alright?"
Ye Qing'an sighed: "I was locked in a dark dungeon, interrogated, and even stabbed with a sword."
Jiuxiao's eyes widened: "They even laid a hand on you? Are people in the palace so bold? Ye Feiran hasn't confessed, and you have nothing to do with this matter, so how could they lay a hand on you?"
"Hmm." Ye Qing'an didn't want to explain further, and simply asked, "How is the situation outside?"
“I was just about to tell you this,” Jiu Xiao said hastily. “After you left, Yi Moxu tampered with the belongings of many powerful and influential families in the city who were participating in the lantern festival.”
"They sabotaged the powerful and influential families at the lantern festival?" Ye Qing'an asked, puzzled. What sabotage did they do?
“Yes.” Jiuxiao nodded: “He gave those people the same drug that he gave Ye Feiran, a drug that can drive people crazy.”
"The whole of Wangjing is in chaos now, the streets are a complete mess."
Upon hearing Jiu Xiao's words, Ye Qing'an almost immediately pictured the scene in her mind and couldn't help but chuckle: "He actually came up with such a method; he really doesn't follow the usual path."
"Right?" Jiu Xiao couldn't help but click his tongue. "Although I've never really liked Yi Moxu because he's better looking than me, sometimes I have to admit, I don't know how this guy's brain works..."
"You don't know, when I went out and saw the scene on the street, I thought I had gone to the wrong place. The demons were dancing wildly, and there were crazy people crying and howling everywhere. It was just... too... too exciting."
Ye Qing'an chuckled: "Yi Moxu's method is excellent, but..."
However, it seemed to be of little use, because the Sixth Prince and his group had set up this scheme to bring Ye Feiran and her into the palace, and it wasn't for the incident that had happened in the bustling city earlier.
Jiu Xiao didn't know what Ye Qing'an was going to say next, so she didn't ask. She just blinked and asked, "You said you were imprisoned in a dark dungeon and then injured. How are you now?"
"That's good, there's no one guarding the dark dungeon."
"Unguarded?" Jiu Xiao blinked, his eyes darting around, clearly plotting some mischievous idea. "Tell me, what would happen if you suddenly disappeared from the dark dungeon unguarded?"
Ye Qing'an curled the corners of her lips: "I do have that plan."
"Ye Feiran was taken away by the Sixth Prince in public. As for me, I was brought into the palace by a palace eunuch right under the nose of the Ye family steward."
“If I suddenly disappear, Ye Qinghao will definitely make a scene... If I disappear, vanish in the palace, and am interrogated, then we can become reasonable even if we are wrong.”
After Ye Qing'an finished speaking, she said, "Go and catch a magical beast, whatever it is, it has to be intelligent. After I disappear, I'll need it to help me relay messages while I'm hiding in this illusion. You're too special, it's not suitable for you to appear in front of everyone so early..."
“Especially in front of Ye Qinghao.”