Abduct a shadow guard to investigate the case

The black horse lent to Shen Yao by the villa was indeed a good horse. Although it ran away and disappeared when fighting with the bandits earlier, after whistling a few times, it ran back with a "clack" on its back, with a burden on its back. , Moreover, he brought back the white horse ridden by the bandit leader.

Shen Yao patted the black horse's neck and said, "You are capable."

The black horse snorted through its nostrils.

He tied the two horses to the nearest tree outside the old man Jin's house.

Here, some young and strong villagers stayed behind to transfer the bandits, while others, regardless of Shen Yao and Xuan Qi's refusals, insisted on hugging them and walking towards the village chief's house.

On the way, the two briefly exchanged information about the time they were separated. The killer Shen Yao caught did not reveal any information, and he bit his mouth and died of poisoning/drug suicide. The killer's face also had no obvious features.Xuan Qi said, he assassinated another person underwater, and then he was washed downstream by the current.Shen Yao asked him if he was injured before and after falling into the water, and he shook his head repeatedly.

Feeling uneasy, Shen Yao said, "Extend your hand, and I'll feel your pulse."

There was hesitation in Xuan Qi's eyes, and he slowly extended his hand. At this moment, a few villagers behind him suddenly inserted among them, pulled them excitedly, pointed to the courtyard in front, and said, "The village chief's house is here!"

With this interruption, the matter of feeling the pulse disappeared for a while.

The village chief directed everyone to kill chickens and fish, presented a table full of meals, and thanked him personally for company.

Shen Yao stopped being polite, and took Xuan Qi to the table together, and after the banquet started, he began to eat food.The village chief organized everyone to come to toast, and he helped to block all those who offered to Xuan Qi. After one round, even though he practiced Tai Chi, he still drank a lot of wine.

At this moment, old man Jin staggered over with a wine glass, Xuan Qi hurriedly reached out to help him, his face blushed drunk, and he raised his glass to Shen Yao, "Young Master Shen, I respect you! Thank you for helping us catch the bandit... ...Thank you!" While speaking, his eyes were red and tears welled up.

Shen Yao raised his glass earnestly, and said to him, "Old man Jin speaks seriously, and Shen must thank you too." As he said that, he glanced at Xuan Qi, clinked glasses with old man Jin, and drank it down in one gulp.

Old man Jin drank the cup, hiccupped, seemed to be drunk, pointed at Shen Yao, and said, "You said that you have such high martial arts skills, and you still leave the little brother behind and run away first, even if you are the master... You can't bully the servants like this, you know?"

Feeling embarrassed, Xuan Qi went to look at Shen Yao, and found that Shen Yao was also looking at him, his eyes were as gentle as water, Xuan Qi felt like his heart was being caressed like strings of a piano, and before he opened his mouth to explain, he heard Shen Yao say, " It’s my fault, and I won’t do it again.” After speaking, he turned his head to Old Man Jin, not knowing who he was speaking to.

The villagers stood up, smoothed things out with a smile, "Old Jin is drunk, drunk, haha", and helped old man Jin back to his seat.

Shen Yao and Xuan Qi sat down, Xuan Qi lowered his eyes and frowned, turned his head and wanted to plead guilty to Shen Yao, but found that Shen Yao propped up his chin with one hand at some point, and was looking at him sideways, seeing him turn his head, the other With a push, a bowl of chicken soup was pushed in front of him.

"Drink some chicken soup," Shen Yao said, seeing that Xuan Qi was in a daze, he went on to say, "Your injuries haven't healed yet, so pick some light food from the dishes on this table, don't blame me for not letting you drink."

Just after finishing speaking, another villager came to toast, and Shen Yao stood up.

"..." Xuan Qi sat on the seat and blinked vigorously, but the heat of the chicken soup blurred his vision.

It takes a long time to eat a meal.

Shen Yao can drink very well, and after the dinner, he was still sober.

Xuan Qi supported the old man Jin, Shen Yao walked beside him, and the three returned to the old man Jin's house.

Uncle Jin entrusted Ning Ning to Mrs. Liang next door before eating.

Seeing that he came back, Mrs. Liang was very drunk, so she asked Ningning to stay at home for a while longer.

Xuan Qi helped old man Jin into the bedroom to lie down, and when he came out, he saw Shen Yao playing football with Ning Ning in the yard of Mrs. Liang's house.

When Shen Yao saw Xuan Qi coming out, he suddenly kicked the ball into the sky, and he flew into the air. With an "upside-down golden hook", the hem of his clothes burst open in the air, the ball was caught by his kick, and it flew out, hitting Sister-in-law Liang. On the word "Fu" posted on the door of the house.

Shen Yao landed easily, Ning Ning clapped his hands and laughed, Sister-in-law Liang pushed the door out, Shen Yao said something to her, touched Ning Ning's head, and Sister-in-law Liang took Ning Ning back to the house.

Shen Yao ran back to Old Uncle Jin's house, Xuan Qi saw him bouncing around a bit, thought to himself, he should be drunk.

Shen Yao had come to him and said to him, "If I can see your expression all the time, I will play football for you every day."

"What...expression?" Xuan Qi asked strangely.

Shen Yao first smiled, and then suddenly said four words——

"Smile all over the city."

"..."

Before Xuan Qi could react, Shen Yao had already walked past him and walked towards the kitchen.

Xuan Qi hurriedly followed, and Shen Yao went straight to the water tank in the house, scooped up a ladle of water and drank it.

Xuan Qi secretly blamed himself for being careless, and hurriedly said, "My lord, drink less cold water."

Shen Yao stopped to look at him.

Xuan Qi took a quick look on the stove, found the jar of salt, took a bowl and poured boiled water, put a little salt on it, and gave it to Shen Yao, "I can only find this for a while, it can relieve the hangover."

Shen Yao took it and drank it in one gulp, and thanked Xuan Qi.

Xuan Qi took the bowl and put it down, and said, "I'll help young master to lie down in the guest room of Old Uncle Jin's house for a while."

Shen Yao wiped his mouth casually with his sleeve, and said, "No, I can drink well, but I'm a little thirsty." He casually glanced at the reflection in the water tank, suddenly felt something wrong, looked down carefully, stretched out his hand He touched his cheeks and chin, then raised his head, his face was full of embarrassment and frustration, and he wailed, "Ah, I'm in such a mess!"

"..." Sure enough, he must be drunk, Xuan Qi thought.

In the guest room of Uncle Jin's house, Xuan Qi helped Shen Yao bring a basin of water in, and then went out again.

Shen Yao stuffed his head into the washbasin and shook it, then raised his head, patted his cheeks with water, and quickly cleaned his face. He felt a little tired, so he sat on the edge of the bed to rest. The bedpost was asleep.

"Grandpa, grandpa—" the little girl's cheerful voice came faintly.Shen Yao shook his head violently, waking up from a nap, he looked at the sky outside the window, the sun was no longer as strong as at noon.

Shen Yao stretched, feeling a lot more relaxed. He pushed the door out and found Xuan Qi standing outside the door waiting, and had changed back into black clothes, with black hair in high buns, with a calm and upright demeanor.

"Xuan Qi?" Shen Yao rubbed his forehead and asked, "What time is it now, you won't be standing outside the door all the time, right?"

Xuan Qi said, "It's just passed the third quarter of Yin's hour, can you rest well, young master?"

"Well," Shen Yao nodded, then remembered something, and said, "Put out your hand, I'll feel your pulse."

Xuan Qi stretched out his hand, and Shen Yao put two fingers together to press on his wrist. His pulse was beating strongly under his fingers, but his internal strength was still weak, but it was much better than the pulse condition at the villa that day. This is a good thing, but Shen Yao always felt slightly A little strange, he withdrew his fingers and looked at Xuan Qi, who didn't avoid his eyes.

Xuan Qi asked, "When is your master going to leave?"

Shen Yao thought for a while, and said, "This matter should not be delayed. Let's say goodbye to Uncle Jin's family. Let's go now."

"Yes." Xuan Qi nodded, and was about to turn around, but Shen Yao grabbed his arm. He stopped and looked at Shen Yao puzzled.

Shen Yao softly said, "I actually want you to wait for me at Uncle Jin's house." As soon as he finished speaking, Xuan Qi's eyes widened and his eyelashes blinked, as if he had some thoughts secretly.Shen Yao sighed lightly and said, "Do you want to follow quietly?" Xuan Qi lowered his eyes and said nothing.Shen Yao said, "We are together, but you have to promise me one thing."

"But according to the son's order." Xuan Qi said hurriedly.

"You can't push me away like yesterday. If there is anything, let me protect you." Shen Yao locked Xuan Qi with his eyes, and his tone was very sincere.

Xuan Qi was stunned, and repeated, "Protect me?"

"Yeah." Shen Yao frowned.

Xuan Qi shook his head quickly, and said, "Xuan Qi doesn't need the protection of the young master." Seeing Shen Yao's eyebrows raised slightly, he thought hard again, and was about to kneel down. Shen Yao quickly supported him, and Xuan Qi said, "I will definitely be fine Protect the young master, don't add trouble to the young master! If you commit the crime again, please punish the young master."

Shen Yao clenched his fist and lightly knocked on his forehead, he let go of Xuan Qi, walked around two steps, looked at Xuan Qi again, the man stood still, his eyes followed him, the bright sun shone on Xuan Qi A halo just formed on his lips.

Shen Yao couldn't look away anymore, all the accumulated shock, anger, joy, and joy were all gone, leaving only throbbing and helplessness, he couldn't help but raise his hand on Xuan Qi's head. Touched up and down, as expected, the man's body froze immediately, Shen Yao moved his hand away, showing a self-deprecating expression, and said, "Oh, it seems that you still don't trust me enough."

Xuan Qi's eyes flickered, hesitating to speak, but Shen Yao smiled, stopped talking, and took him to find Old Man Jin to say goodbye.

Uncle Jin sent Shen and Xuan to the entrance of the village, Ning Ning followed behind with the ball in his arms, looked at them eagerly, and asked, "Big brother, will you come to play with me in the future?"

Shen Yao rubbed her head and said, "Yes, I will come to see you when we finish our business."

The sun shines on the path at the entrance of the village, which is warm and pleasant. Looking back at the village, along the winding road, there are full of fences, green trees and courtyard houses.

Xuan Qi looked at the leaving figures of old man Jin and Ning Ning, and was in a daze for a while.

It wasn't until Shen Yao patted him that he came back to his senses and hurriedly apologized to Shen Yao. Shen Yao said, "Old man Jin and the others are really nice people. I just quietly put a silver coin in the guest room to thank them. If you like it, you can do it later when you are free." , I will accompany you back to see them."

Xuan Qi shook his head, seeing that Shen Yao was puzzled, he explained, "Shadow guards are not allowed to make friends in private."

"What a broken rule!" Shen Yao said.

Xuan Qi turned around to lead the horse, the white horse left by the bandit was just in use now.

Shen Yao stood behind Xuan Qi, folded his arms and looked at him, as if thinking about something, his brows frowned and then relaxed.