C22

This was the first time Luo Yi acted alone since she came to the Northern Tribes.

The last bit of stubborn starlight mixed with a tiny bit of the morning sun draped itself over her shoulders, as if it had given her a great deal of courage.

He didn't even open his eyes. With a wave of his hand, he wanted to send the man away. "If you want a bun, come back in two hours …"

Luo Yi also did not speak anymore, and the two of them continued walking without a word until they reached the last place in the courtyard.

Lin Xiang leaned on a rock at the side and said lazily: "We're here."

He pointed around the rooms and said, "These are all rooms. Pick one if you like it, I won't accompany you in."

He yawned again and leaned closer against the rock as he spoke. He looked like he had no bones.

Luo Yi was not polite and nodded at him before walking into one of the rooms.

Even though he had already mentally prepared himself, Luo Yi still couldn't help but feel a chill behind him when he saw the scene before his eyes. He only felt that the entire room had a ghastly and terrifying atmosphere.

However, when Lin Xiang's house was being built, he had made a mold on all three walls beforehand. Thus, when he looked at the human faces, not only were the facial features clearly visible, they were also protruding. It was a truly horrifying sight, causing Luo Yi to involuntarily take two steps back.

Thinking back to it, when Xu Heng did not tell her these details, they were afraid that she would be scared witless, but if she knew that she would personally enter the house for a day, he might as well tell her about them in advance, so as to prevent his from being scared out of his wits.

Luo Yi stopped in her tracks and took two deep breaths before she closed his eyes and started to think about the past. She tried to forcefully suppress the fear that was lingering in her heart, and then she opened his eyes and realized … It was useless.

His back that should have been cold felt waves of coldness, and the soul that should have left was also nowhere to be seen.

Luo Yi did not have the courage to stay in this room, thinking that Lin Xiang's masks were all big beauties anyways, so she closed her eyes and casually took a mask from the position closest to him, then ran out as if she was escaping.

Lin Xiang was actually not in the courtyard. He did not know what he was doing, but Luo Yi was using his hands to support the stone he had just leaned on to take big breaths of air. Who knew that before he could recover his breath, he would feel a chill on the back of his neck.

"You came out?"

The damp and cool air, combined with a faint sound, revealed an eeriness even greater than that of the room. Luo Yi suddenly turned her back on the stone, and his lower back bumped into the protruding stone protrusion, causing him to feel an excruciating pain.

Lin Xiang wiped the water droplets that were not completely wiped off his face and asked: "What's wrong?"

Luo Yi, "..."

"Not really," she said as she tried her best to suppress her desire to beat him up, and showed the mask in her hand to Lin Xiang.

"Ugh …" Lin Xiang went over to take a look, and studied the outline of Luo Yi's face, before extending her hand and taking it: "Come, I'll put it on for you."

During the process of wearing the mask, the two of them did not speak. Lin Xiang could not bear the silence and took the initiative to speak before the atmosphere became awkward: "I've been here for so many years, you guys are the only ones who found out my true interests."

What hobby? Collect faces?

Luo Yi was too lazy to insult his hobby, she just happened to be unable to speak, and silently rolled her eyes.

But Lin Xiang did not point at the person in front of him and replied himself. He said those words happily, but when Luo Yi heard it, it sounded like a heavy curse in her ears, causing him to not be able to stop herself from getting sleepy. Fortunately, before she had completely fallen asleep, Lin Xiang finally stopped and raised a mirror in front of her: "It's done."

Hearing that, Luo Yi raised her head, her eyelashes slightly raised, as she saw a completely unfamiliar face.

Lin Xiang seemed to be very satisfied with his handiwork, and after looking up and down a few times, he could not help but nod his head proudly, praising: "Indeed only a good-looking person can display his or her own skin so vividly, unlike the person who brought him here a few days ago, and ruined his or her appearance for nothing."

His complaint came too suddenly, Luo Yi did not know how to reply, so he pretended not to hear it, and extended his hand towards the mirror and touched the back of his face as he said his thanks in a low voice.

"No need for thanks," Lin Xiang waved his hand in disapproval, "Anyway, this was an agreement that we made in advance."

An appointment in advance?

Luo Yi immediately asked: "What did you promise him?"

She frowned.

She only came today because she heard from Xu Heng and Liu Liangyun that this person was here to try his luck. Who would have thought that Lin Xiang was not surprised at all, it was as if he had already known that she would come.

"You don't know?" After Lin Xiang heard this, he revealed a surprised expression, "He sold himself to me."

"…"

Luo Yi felt that sshe had heard some kind of incredible secret, but before she could finish digesting Lin Xiang, he hurriedly waved her hands, "This way of putting it, doesn't seem to be accurate," he explained.

"Oh right, and yours." Lin Xiang slowly added: "That's why you have to take care of your face. From today onwards, it is mine, if I were to kowtow it, I won't forgive you!"

Luo Yi could not bother to think about how such a face-saving method worked. Her brows furrowed as she asked: "So, he knew I would ask for your help?"

"It doesn't look like it …"

Luo Yi frowned, and the expression on her face instantly became cold, but after hearing Lin Xiang's words, she relaxed a bit: "I think even he is not too sure of his words …. That's right! "

As if he had remembered something important, Lin Xiang's voice suddenly increased by a lot: "He said that if one day you really come to me for the human skin mask, let me remember to tell you that no matter how lifelike the mask is, it is still a fake. If he wants to obtain the true meaning, he can only trade it with his true heart … Hey, what did you mean when you said that? Are you saying I made a fake mask? Heh! What a joke! The skill that I, Lin Xiang, used as a mask, I said, in the second world, no one dares to claim to be number one! "He actually …"

Lin Xiang was still blabbering nonstop, but after hearing his complaints twice, Luo Yi automatically ignored them, and a self-deprecating smile appeared on his face.

She didn't even know whether to be grateful to Xu Heng for his meticulous actions or to blame for his vicious heart.

Her eyes drooped down in silence for a moment, and only after all the excess emotions in her eyes had disappeared did she raise her head and smile at Lin Xiang again, "Anyways, thank you very much today."

"Hmm?" Lin Xiang regained his senses after muttering to himself, and looked up to see the man who was bidding him farewell. He then waved his hand without a care, and did not forget to remind him before sending him out: "Take care of my face!"

Luo Yi silently quickened her pace.

The reason she went out today was hiding the truth from Liu Liangyun and Liu Yin. It was also because of Xu Heng's "Do not trust anyone" words, as for where she was going …

The general's manor had purchased a batch of maidservants at every corner of the border. Originally, it should have been delivered half a month ago. The butler acknowledged one of them for a while and finally remembered that this person was indeed chosen by him personally. He nodded to the guard at the door, indicating him to let them in.

Luo Yi was right in the middle of this group of people.

This news was even told to her by Xu Heng when she was in prison yesterday.

Therefore, Luo Yi was mixed in among them and was not discovered by others. She followed the butler to a backyard that had never been seen before, and imitated the servants that had been bought, and stood there obediently with their heads lowered.

The housekeeper should still be busy. After leading them to their residence, he left in a hurry, leaving behind the manager's wife to assign them specific tasks. Taking advantage that no one was looking, Luo Yi stripped off his tattered clothes, casually grabbed one from the others' bed and put it on, then jumped out of the window from the room.

Although the height of the window was not high, Luo Yi could not help but twist her body when she jumped. A sharp pain came from her ankle, but she gritted her teeth and endured it.

She had already noticed that there was a secret dungeon under this place, but she didn't pay much attention to it. Only yesterday, when Xu Heng had reminded her to do so, she had thought that the Medical Examiner might not have taken the hostages out of the house at all, but had hidden them inside the mansion's secret dungeon. But his garden was simply too big, there were flowers everywhere, Luo Yi could not see any place where she could set up mechanisms, and just as she was at a loss, her gaze suddenly landed on a pavilion not far away.

Previously, Liu Liangyun and Xu Heng had been invited to eat wine by the Medical Examiner. Both of his legs were placed on the same brick ground, as if he was afraid that someone might accidentally step on them …

Luo Yi clenched her teeth, rolled her eyes, bent down, and ran to the pavilion.

It was currently noon, and the scorching sun was in the sky. Luo Yi knelt on the ground, and used her fingers to feel the ground bit by bit. Finally, when she noticed an inconspicuous protrusion, her expression relaxed, and she strongly pressed it down.

At the same time, a faint sound came out from underneath the stone table in the center of the pavilion. Luo Yi looked over and saw that there was an extremely narrow staircase that only one person could pass through.

She climbed down until her whole body was submerged in the tunnel. Then, she casually touched the walls around her. As expected, she touched a button or something. With a slight push of her fingers, the secret door above her head slowly closed.

Luo Yi stood in place for a good while, getting used to her surroundings. Then, she took a deep breath and continued to climb while holding it in his breath.

This flight of stairs was not very long. Luo Yi only climbed for a minute before she reached the flat land with her feet. She turned around and continued walking. The narrow path that was originally only accessible to one person gradually widened, and the light became brighter. By the time she finally arrived at her destination, her eyes could already see normally as if they were on the ground.

She turned and looked around.

There was only one cell, at the end of the passage, and in front of it was a table with two large drinking bowls, but no one could see who they belonged to.

Luo Yi turned her head and looked around. Her fingers nervously pinched the incense in her hand, praying that this thing was as useful as Tang Yuan had said, he carefully walked towards the table.

Before he finished drinking the wine, the spilled wine on the table had yet to dry as well. The guards here seemed to have disappeared after drinking half a cup, but Luo Yi did not have the energy to care about this anymore. After confirming that not a single guard was present, he heaved a sigh of relief.

Even if the emperor was living as a prisoner, it was still the best prison. Luo Yi looked inside and saw that not only was there all kinds of furniture, the food inside was also much richer than that of an ordinary family. At this moment, this well-fed prisoner was lying on her bed taking a nap, and had to be shouted at by Luo Yi several times in a row before she could wake up.

"Xu Heng? Prime Minister Xu's only son? "

The people inside finally quietened down. They walked over from the bed and clung to the door as they looked at her.

Luo Yi heaved a sigh of relief, but time was of the essence, she did not even have the time to finish exhaling and memorize everything Xu Heng had taught her.

— I was bullied a lot when I was a kid.

"Your son is in danger."

— He gave me a dagger in front of everyone.

"Only you can save him now."

— But Father hid it.

"But you hid it."

— Only by holding the weapon in his hand could he defend himself.

"He will only survive if you give him this."