Chapter 226 - Making Peace (2/2)

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The original plan was to have three people to eavesdrop during the recital – Slave Huan, Maid Lotus and Shangguan Ru

Shangguan Ru was not able to participate because of her hter would be suspended on a cliff for three days and two nights, she i said, “Let the killers do it, as it’s their job You are the Tenth Young Master, how could you take such a risk?”

As for Gu Shenwei, he felt he would have trouble if he tried to sneak into a group of women Furthermore, he was under surveillance and his h Bladeate both assassinations, he did not beco killer at the Castle The Heart Cleansing Yard had the Eighth Young Master’s main yard on surveillance, and there would be several people tailing Gu Shenhenever he stepped out of its doors Therefore, he decided to re any suspicion

Therefore all of the burden fell on Maid Lotus

When everyone’s attention was on Luo Ningcha and Lady Meng, Maid Lotus sneaked up to the cliff on the east side of the Tean to climb up until she reached a blindspot at the north side of the hts When the recital began on the 15th day of the seventh month, she planned to sneak to the open s to her east or west and record what she heard

The only safety precaution she took was to use a very thin rope Other than that, there would be no one to help her, so she had to take care of herself, regardless of whether she was caught in a torrential rain or a lightning stor this htforward, “This would save my life too”

They had to find a way for her topaper and brush was out of the question She would most definitely not be able to write with a brush when she was busy fighting with gravity Then they finally came with an idea They found a few soft wooden planks and cut theround out fine tips on two metal pieces for her to carve with Maid Lotus had practiced writing with them for a few days To prepare her for the possibility that the recital could be in the night, and she even had to learn to write with her eyes blindfolded

In order for the and Luo Ningchapeace had to last for three days On the first day, the daughter-in-laould express her goodhile Lady Meng would return the favor on the second Finally, on the last day, both of theuan Fa out her potentially fatalanxiously Every few hours, Shangguan Ru would co to Slave Huan to ask him questions, such as: Was Maid Lotus’ rope sturdy? What if she was noticed? Is the wind out there too strong? Gu Shenwei could only answer that Maid Lotus was very niht However, he was not too sure hicha did not cause any trouble, and aiting patiently for her huge monetary reward To keep her happy, Gu Shenwei re Master to not expose his lie

Two incidents occurred on the 15th day of the seventh uan Ru was extrecha’sto the Six Kills Temple Just after the ladies had left, people fro Yard cauan Ru had reminded him not to follow anyone back to the Stone Castle However, this yellow-belt torturer had coift Gu Shenwei received him at the front yard

“The Blademaster asked me to pass these two items to you,” said the yellow-belt torturer He closely observed for any changes in Slave Huan’s expression as he opened his palold hairpin and a jade ornament Gu Shenwei did not receive thes”

“Ahad abducted a woman, and now they are dead These two items were left behind by the woman, and the Blademaster said that you may be able to identify them, as they had come from the Inner Residence”

Gu Shenwei took a closer look and said, “No, I don’t recognize them And also, I’m not familiar with the Inner Residence I believe Blademaster Shen must have been confused”

The torturer clasped his palether and replied, “That is possible I shall let hinize them’”

“That’s fine”

This was an intimidation technique meant to test hiiven hi had wanted to keep a close watch on him; there was no cause for aniucha explained the reason to him “You are always not in the Castle, and are not aware ofused to be in cahoots, but are now not on good ter had wanted one of his own people to take over Mister Guo’s position, and had wanted to gather more killers for my husband, but was unsuccessful on both counts It’sMaster, and he wants to s difficult for you and strike at her at the same time Tsk, tsk, it should be like this So you see, I have becouan Ru beca while after she heard about the death of Wu Shengqing and Parro After she came to, she asked, “Should we let Third Elder Brother know?”

“If you don’t tell him now, he will hate you if he knows about it later”

Shangguan Ru could not bear to tell her Third Brother in person, so she sent Slave Huan with her mother’s waist token to pass on the bad news “How should we tell him? He would be devastated”

“Did you see whether Parro was happy when she left the Stone Castle?”

“She was happy, I’ve never seen somebody as so emotional I… I feel that the Stone Castle has owed her toowas also very happy That was enough, nobody can be happy for his or her entire life”

Shangguan Yun reacted much more calmly than his sister did He sat on his bed of stone, and looked at the full moon outside his cell “It has always been the case that no one could escape from the Stone Castle You have already achieved a feat by letting the two of them meet,” he said After a momentary pause, he added, “Thank you”

Gu Shenwei did not feel the usual anger or sorrow after getting to know that the love of his life and his best friend had been killed As he looked at the moon, the same ain It was as if he no longer felt any emotions, and he had even becoe of the wall, and felt around the area where Shangguan Yun had written the words for his sister There were no tools in the cell, and Shangguan Yun had used his fingers to carve the words, and his palm to wipe them off- all of which were done on stone The level of his Internal Strength stunned Gu Shenwei and also , Gu Shenwei passed souan Yun as he clasped his hand

It was a small piece of a compass saw, and it could be used to saw off the chains frouan Yun looked in bewilder that the full moon had moved beyond the view of his tinyHe finally understood that the killer was giving hie He had tried it once, but it was unsuccessful, which resulted in his iain as the ‘old anith in hieon, Gu Shenwei’s thoughts were not about Shangguan Yun’s reaction Instead, he was thinking about Maid Lotus, and if she had been successful, about how she would be busily inscribing the Wayless Qigong now