pertwk Chapter 2328 How can we just let this go?
Chapter 2328 How can we just let this go?
Chapter 2328 How can we just let this go?
Nie Xiaolou suddenly realized. This little spy is quite cunning.
“When I was feeding the cat, your men were probably watching from a short distance away. But a cat has four legs and a tail to cover itself. At the time, it was curled up under the table, hidden by the table and chair legs. How could they possibly notice which leg of the stray cat I was feeding was lame? They would be lucky if they could vaguely remember that it was a white cat.”
Human energy is actually limited. When a person is focused on Tong Yiyi, they often overlook other details.
"Aren't you afraid I'll really send someone to look for the cat?" He didn't believe that Tong Yiyi was just being willful.
"You really did look for it, didn't you?" The Imperial Preceptor of the Azure Palace was very thorough in his work.
Nie Xiaolou remained silent.
“That kitten was very sick. Although it was desperately trying to live and eating a lot, I knew it was just a final burst of energy before death, because I later saw it vomit everything it had eaten,” Mei Wu Niang said quietly. “It had acute paralysis and was too thin, so its vitality was very weak and it wouldn’t make it until dawn. You probably won’t find it, and even if you do, you can’t be sure that it’s the one I’m looking for.”
"So it's not the point which leg the cat is lame, right?"
Mei Wu Niang smiled and nodded.
If Nie Xiaolou were to tell Tong Yiyi that he couldn't find the cat or that the cat was dead, wouldn't he be creating trouble for himself?
Nightmare fabricated this dream in order to complete the task assigned by the Lord of Qing Palace as soon as possible. Naturally, he preferred to avoid trouble and "send her back to her country" as soon as possible, so that it would be easier to extract information later.
In dreams, what can't be made up?
So, as expected, Mei Wu Niang got a white cat with a lame left hind leg that could meow at her incessantly.
Therefore, she knew that it was all just a pipe dream.
Neither he nor the secret were out of danger.
“If you had told me the truth, I might have taken the dream as reality,” she said wistfully. “It’s a pity that for people in our line of work, the hardest thing to say is the truth.”
"Since you've seen through it, why not expose it on the spot? Why do you have to go through the whole process in the dream before killing her?" Going through the whole process is also very exhausting, especially for a patient like her who is seriously injured in spirit and in dire need of rest.
In the latter half of this trap, it's unclear who was playing along with whom.
"How can you just let it go like that?" Mei Wuniang leaned forward slightly and spoke softly, "I suffered torture and great torment, and you just wave your hand and it's all over so easily?"
Her eyes were like those of a mother wolf; even when severely wounded, she would tear a piece of flesh from her enemy.
Of course, she couldn't tear Nie Xiaolou apart, but she could cause him losses. The nightmare was incredibly powerful, capable of creating flawless dreams. If she eliminated it, it would make things inconvenient for Grand Preceptor Nie in the future.
Nie Xiaolou remained silent for a few moments, then stood up: "No wonder the Nine Nether Emperor personally recruited you. Someone like you is indeed a good weapon in his hands."
This woman was his prisoner, in the most unfavorable situation, yet she displayed astonishing initiative and vigilance, making good use of all the cards in her hand and gradually turning the tide.
After finding a way to survive, she immediately began to fight back.
Once an ordinary spy's identity is exposed, they only hope to escape alive, unlike her who is determined to avenge every wrong done to her.
So, does she have a fourth secret?
Mei Wuniang gave him a charming smile: "There are countless others like me in the Gold Plains. Just wait, Cang Yan will tear you all to shreds sooner or later!"
Nie Xiaolou remained very courteous: "Get some rest. I won't come to see you off tomorrow morning."
As he walked out of the room, he could still hear her ordering Qingwei around without any politeness: "I'm hungry, get me something to eat. I think the steamed buns with pork and bamboo shoots at this inn are pretty good, and I'll also have a bowl of fish soup and spinach soup."
They've even ordered food.
Nie Xiaolou shook his head. The Gold Plains must be a magical place to produce someone like "Tong Yiyi."
As soon as he stepped out of the inn, a young boy came to meet him and bowed.
"Lord Nie, our Palace Master requests your presence."
"The lotus flowers in your Summer Palace have all withered, and you only invite me over now?" Despite saying this, Nie Xiaolou still took a step forward.
"You love to joke. The lotus flowers in the Summer Palace bloom forever, even in the depths of winter." The boy was quite familiar with him.
……
Mei Wu Niang was too weak to ride a flying bird, so Nie Xiao Lou, following the specifications in his dream, indeed provided her with the floating boat.
Ten guards escorted Mei Wuniang back to Cangyan, and their flight path was exactly the same as in the dream.
During the two-week voyage, she spent most of her time recuperating and recovering.
But every time the floating boat lands, she insists on going down to the town on the ground to walk around, buy some things, and experience the local customs and atmosphere.
If Nightmare could even visualize all of this, including the taste of the local specialties she ate, that would be truly amazing.
This caused the journey to be delayed by three days.
When she arrived at Xianyi Forest in the south of Jucheng, the maple leaves had already quietly turned red.
The ten guards escorted her to her destination, bowed to her, and then left with the floating boat. This was Nie Xiaolou's special instruction: she was not allowed to have any additional conversations with Mei Wuniang during the escort.
Everything looks just like it did in my dream.
However, this time Mei Wuniang did not see Du Shan at the post station. The Golden Palace guards who came to meet her escorted her into the Chixiao Golden Palace, where a mirror slowly unfolded beside her.
The moment she entered the frame, she was standing in Liufangjian.
Here, the stream babbles and the waterfall splashes against the rocks. Due to the season, only a small portion of the wildflowers along the stream have bloomed, but the leaves are beginning to change color, from pale yellow to orange-red, and then to apricot red, creating a scene of gradually changing hues.
From the pavilion in Liufangjian, one can overlook most of Jucheng.
Mei Wu Niang only glanced at it once, but she couldn't take her eyes off it.
It turns out that Cangyan's capital city is so vast and magnificent!
Compared to the former capital of the Bo Kingdom, it is like a dim little star next to the bright moon, not worth mentioning.
Fifteen years ago, who would have imagined that the Gold Plains could have such a prosperous city and such magnificent landscapes?
A slight mist appeared in her eyes.
Then the mirror opened again, and someone stepped out.
Mei Wu Niang turned her head and saw him, blurting out: "Prime Minister Du?"
With his flat nose and dark skin, isn't that Du Shan from my dream?
However, his mustache was meticulously trimmed, a standard handlebar mustache, unlike in the dream. It seems Nie Xiaolou was unaware that Du Shan had recently changed his appearance; the nightmare's information was somewhat delayed.
"Mei Wu Niang?" Du Shan smiled very kindly. "How did you know it was me? It seems like we're meeting for the first time."
After being recruited by the Emperor, Mei Wuniang underwent secret training and then went to the Mu Kingdom, where she never encountered Cang Yan's entire administrative team. Du Shan was certain that he had never met her before.
Mei Wu Niang chuckled and said, "I vaguely saw it in my dream."
(End of this chapter)