Chapter 21： punish

The gray falcon flew in shock, passing a pool of cold shadows.

"Wei Qi..." Yu Lingxi heard her voice trembling slightly, and her ominous premonition reached its peak at this time.

Ning Yin looked at her with a calm expression, as if the lake behind her was just an unlucky fish.

The water splash turned from big to small, and soon there were only a string of bubbles and a few aftermaths.

A piece of clothing emerged from the water, and Yu Lingxi gasped for breath: Xue Cen can't swim!

Before she had time to ask Ning Yin what was going on, she kicked off her shoes and socks and quickly jumped into the lake.

With a plop, water splashed everywhere.

Ning Yin turned her head to look at the girl in the lake who was desperately swimming towards Xue Cen, her calm eyes became turbulent and shattered.

In his opinion, Xue Cen is undoubtedly a guy who is in the way, taking advantage of others' danger, but flaunting justice, with the unique selfishness and hypocrisy of the Xue family in his bones.

As long as he died, the two crises of the Xue family and the East Palace would be resolved logically. It was really a bargain that couldn't be more cost-effective. He didn't understand why Yu Lingxi jumped into it...

Xue Cen had already lost consciousness, and was bound by clothes in the water. The delicate girl was exhausted very quickly, and was dragged down by Xue Cen's heavy body.

The carriage of the Yu Mansion was parked outside the wall, and the guards stood with their swords in their hands, ignorant of the situation of the lotus pond inside the wall.

Yu Lingxi followed Xue Cen's wrist and grabbed the skirt of his shirt, pulling him up desperately.

But the young man's body was too heavy, ups and downs several times, she began to regret leaving the guards far away from the wall in order to have a private conversation with Xue Cen.

He wanted to open his mouth to call, but his mouth was filled with cold water.

Yu Lingxi exhausted her last strength to push Xue Cen to the reef on the shore. The moment she submerged in the water, she saw Ning Yin's dark and cold eyes distorted by the waves through the rippling sleep.

It's over.

After being reborn with great difficulty, the last thing I saw before I died was still that hateful face of Ning Yin...

No, you can't die here.

She frantically paddled her hands and feet, and when her consciousness was blurred, she heard a splash of water next to her ears.

The cold moonlight on the water broke into silver spots, and a familiar figure of a young boy broke through the water, swimming towards her vigorously with a series of bubbles.

Yu Lingxi's arm that was floating upwards unconsciously was tightly grasped, and he didn't see how hard he was trying, but felt a strong pull.

Strong arms supported Yu Lingxi's waist, making her head float out of the water smoothly.

"Miss."

She heard Ning Yin's slightly rapid breathing in her ears, and pinched her jaw to call her desperately.

The next moment, the air scrambled into the nasal cavity, choking her to cough violently.

"Come... come, someone!"

She finally remembered the guards waiting in the distance, and said in a hissed voice, "Qing Xiao!"

Beside the carriage, Qing Xiao was the first to notice something was wrong, and strode through the moon gate of the fence to see it, and his expression changed suddenly.

"Come on, save Miss!"

Qing Xiao dropped his saber and jumped into the pool to support Yu Lingxi.

The other two guards also arrived in time, and together they pulled the drowsy Xue Cen ashore, causing chaos by the pool.

Yu Lingxi was surrounded and rescued ashore, and the guards patted her on the back to cheer her up, but she looked at Xue Cen, who was lying wet with his eyes closed, and said in a short voice, "Leave me alone, go... to save Xue Erlang!"

So he pressed Xue Cen's chest, pressed his chest, and asked for a doctor, and there was another flurry.

No one paid attention to Ning Yin who was still submerged in the water.

Wave light shattered in his eyes, Ning Yin thought about it expressionlessly, in the current situation, it is safest to kill everyone present.

However, the blade between his fingers twirled a few times, and was finally retracted into his sleeve, and he went to the shore wearing a drizzling lake.

In late spring, the taste of soaking in cold water is not pleasant, and it is even colder when blown by the wind.

Yu Lingxi was trembling, half from cold, half from fear.

If he failed to save Xue Cen in his previous life, he couldn't implicate him in this life.

Just as he was thinking, his shoulders warmed up, and he put on a large and dry dark blue robe.

She looked back in a daze, and saw Ning Yin's young and cold face.

His hair was dripping with water, his lips were very pale, and his eyes were dark and hard to distinguish. He looked at her and said, "Miss, don't catch a cold."

Yu Lingxi sat slumped on the ground, panting, as if seeing the shadow of her previous life on this young and handsome face.

She suddenly pursed her lips tightly, and after a short moment of stupefaction, endless sullenness overflowed.

Using force with her palms, she tore off the outer robe Ning Yin gathered and threw it on the ground.

She didn't want to put on his clothes, and she didn't want to talk to him.

At this moment, Xue Cen, who was unconscious beside him, suddenly coughed out a mouthful of stagnant water, and the guard said happily, "Miss, Xue Erlang is awake!"

Yu Lingxi heaved a sigh of relief, ignoring Ning Yin, hurriedly staggered up and rushed to Xue Cen's side, her wet red eyes were full of guilt: "Brother Cen, are you alright?"

Ning Yin lowered her eyes and looked at her empty hands, casting a heavy shadow.

Xue Cen Kankan came back from the ghost gate, still very weak, unable to speak, only raised his clenched right hand tremblingly, as if to say something.

When he opened his palm, he saw a small piece of torn black cloth inside.

It was torn from the black-clothed masked man who killed him before he fell into the lake.

"This fabric..."

Qing Xiao is well-informed, picked up the piece of cloth, touched it, and frowned, "The material is good and wear-resistant, not like the style of ordinary people."

This already confirmed Yu Lingxi's conjecture, and Xue Cen's fall into the lake was no accident.

Soon, Xue Cen was sent back to Xue's residence, and Yu Lingxi specially sent Qing Xiao to explain the situation.

She sat on the ground blankly for a while, and then she came back to her senses under the cautious call of a guard, got up stupidly, dragged her heavy body, and walked towards the direction of the carriage step by step with wet footprints.

Ning Yin's jaw was dripping, and he followed her silently, just like that snowy night a few months ago.

It's a pity that she won't be fooled by the same trick twice.

Yu Lingxi stopped in her tracks, her usual soft voice was stained by the coldness of the lake, and motioned to her attendants, "Go down first."

Turning away the attendants, she looked around and picked up the whip left by the coachman on the carriage.

Holding the whip in her hand, she turned around and raised her head, looking straight into Ning Yin's eyes.

After a while, he asked, "Why are you here?"

The letter that disappeared, Xue Cen who fell into the lake, and Ning Yin who "coincidentally" appeared here...

The details that she had overlooked are finally connected and woven into a terrible truth, and everything is running wildly in the direction she fears most.

The lantern hanging on the carriage shook slightly, and their shadows also jumped and trembled, revealing a secret anxiety.

Ning Yin was still obedient and quiet, as if the chaos tonight had nothing to do with him, only when he looked at Yu Lingxi's shivering and cold body, there were some shallow waves in his eyes.

"Miss is trembling." He said softly.

Yu Lingxi asked, "When did you start planning this matter?"

"It's cold at night, and it's easy to catch cold in wet clothes." Ning Yin said.

Yu Lingxi took a deep breath and asked, "How long are you going to pretend, Wei Qi?"

Ning Yin pursed her lips tightly.

He lowered his head and remained silent for a while.

Just when Yu Lingxi thought he was repenting and reflecting, the young man raised his head and showed a cold smile that she was very familiar with.

After removing the tiring disguise, he even relaxed his tone of voice, and said softly: "Miss can't marry him, and let the guy who gets in the way disappear from the world, isn't it good?"

Yu Lingxi's heart trembled.

She recalled the scene she saw just now under the Moon Cave Gate. At that time, Ning Yin was standing by the pond, watching Xue Cen struggling in the lake with cold eyes, with such a pleasant and cold smile on his face.

This is what Yu Lingxi knew, the real Ning Yin.

"So, you just go ahead and kill him and push a person who can't swim into the pool?" Yu Lingxi asked, enduring the pain in her chest.

"I do not have."

"Still cheating!"

"It wasn't me who killed him, he is not worth my hands."

Ning Yin sneered, if he had done it himself, Xue Cen would have been a corpse long ago.

Yu Lingxi trembled: "But you want him to die."

"Yes." He admitted simply.

"why?"

"The Xue family can't protect you."

"Just because of this?" Yu Lingxi couldn't believe it.

"If Miss marries him, she won't keep me by her side."

Ning Yin put her hands behind her back and said flatly, "Miss Ke promised that she would never abandon me."

Yu Lingxi finally understood what he meant by "Wei Qi understands" in the drizzle at noon.

He understood, as long as the Yu family can keep him by his side, it doesn't matter how many people who get in the way—

Even if he didn't do it himself.

The little madman! Still as unreasonable as the previous life!

When picking him up, he was not without temptations and doubts.

But Yu Lingxi thought, whether he pretends to be kind or speaks sweetly, he must rely on him to protect the future Yu family, a little lie is harmless;

But he didn't expect that his heart was so dark from the inside out that he would ruthlessly hurt the people around him.

"If you want to blame, you can only blame him for his hypocrisy, stupidity, and overestimation."

Anyway, it has been seen through, and Ning Yin doesn't mind telling the truth, "I don't have enough strength, but I want to fight with the prince; I don't know how to swim, but I still want to come to the lake. Such a person, he is the one who dies." Best value."

Yu Lingxi's eyes were red with anger and disappointment.

After the anger subsided, she calmed down instead, and asked with a chuckle: "You are so capable, the next person to kill..."

She pursed her lips: "Is it just me?"

Ning Yin tilted her head slightly, and thought about this question seriously before she came to a conclusion: "I will not hurt Miss. As I said, Miss is the person who treats me best in the world, and I am willing to do anything for Miss. "

Yu Lingxi couldn't tell if what he said was true or not.

"So, when you tried your best to chase after my carriage, it was because you recognized my identity and felt that the General's Mansion was profitable, so you gambled with your life to make me miserable?"

"Yes."

"During the spring search, you were one of the people who took care of the horses for me. With your ability and vigilance, it is impossible not to notice that there is a problem with the forage. My horse ran wildly and only you caught up...you did it too of?"

"no."

"But you know." Yu Lingxi guessed.

Perhaps, he also added fire to the conspiracy.

"Yes." It was still a calm voice.

There was no regret on his face, as if what he had done was as natural as eating and sleeping, and it was no big deal.

"Have you ever regretted it, ashamed?"

"Never."

"you!"

Yu Lingxi panicked and raised the whip in her hand high.

Ning Yin stood still, with a faint and mocking smile on her face.

What's so scary about a whip? Didn't that crazy woman often flog him when he was in the palace?

I have suffered even more pain, and I have long been used to it.

After receiving this whipping from her, it should be the end of this boring game.

However, the high-raised horsewhip paused in mid-air and never fell down.

Yu Lingxi's eyes were reddish, and she looked at Ning Yin with complicated eyes.

She remembered the phrase "Since I picked you up, you are my responsibility" that she said in her own mouth at noon today, and she remembered the fishy sweetness and warmth that flowed into her throat on the cliff...

In her past and present lives, she thought of many, many things, and the hand holding the whip trembled slightly, as if a heavy weight was falling on it.

For a long time, there was only the sound of wind blowing.

The next moment, Yu Lingxi closed her eyes, the horsewhip wiped Ning Yin's face, and landed **** her own palm.

With a whistling sound of the whip with all its strength, there was a crisp "snap", and her delicate palm immediately became red and swollen.

Ning Yin restrained her smile, and flicked the short-bladed fingers behind her.

"This whip will punish me for not being able to recognize people clearly, and for luring wolves into my house."

The corners of Yu Lingxi's eyes were wet and red, and she was trembling with pain, but she still gritted her teeth and said every word.

"Snapped"!

Another whip came down, two scars of redness and swelling intertwined in the palm of his hand, and the skin was immediately torn.

Obviously it was the whip that fell on her palm, but Ning Yin suddenly noticed her cold and dead heart, and suddenly jumped.

Tears rolled in her eyes, Yu Lingxi endured the severe pain that was about to cry, and tremblingly said: "This whip punishes me for being soft-hearted and credulous, which almost caused a catastrophe."

When the third whip fell, Ning Yin's expression darkened.

He raised his hand to grab the falling whip, and the tail of the whip twisted like a snake, throwing an angry red streak on his cold white jaw.

Ning Yin didn't even bat an eye.

He stared at Yu Lingxi, his voice hoarse: "Enough."