Jian An Kee

"Who are you?" I gripped the hilt of the sword tightly to prevent him from playing tricks.

Although the person in front of me is not one of the two people I fought against at the day market, I can't guarantee that they are in the same group.Otherwise, in this wilderness, there would really be heroes passing by for a soy sauce?

"I'm just a mere incompetent." He came up with such a sentence.

I was dizzy for a moment, my hands were not vague, and the point of the sword touched his eyebrows: "Is your surname not good enough?"

"It's a mere talent." He replied in a low voice.

I was dumbfounded, but my heart slowly relaxed, because he really didn't seem to be malicious at all.If this hero has any habit of verbal teasing, I will tolerate it without hesitation.

"Brother, why did you come here?"

"Obey the master and protect your safety, Miss."

"Who is your master?"

"If Miss must know, she might as well be called 'Mr. Zhong'."

"You mean Zhong... Bo Ning?"

"Zhong Bo Ning" is one of Mr. Kong Ming's many aliases, and it is also the one he has been using in front of me for many years.

"My master's name is taboo, I dare not say it out loud." He raised his head and looked at me with a frown.This is actually a beautiful and coquettish man's face, with picturesque eyebrows and knives in his eyes.

If this person is really sent by Mr., doesn't that mean that he is very likely to meet this coquettish man often?oh sir!When did you change such a heavy taste?

I cried silently, motioned him to get up sadly, "Where are the two who chased me down?"

"I'm being reckless. When I was at the market at noon, I cut them up and fed them to the fish in the river." Brother Ququ answered me with a smile.

Hearing this, a tendon popped up in my forehead, "What are you doing, you don't know how to keep alive? And why didn't you tell me all the way here? I'm so embarrassed by Miss Ben!"

"Those two or three rebelled too much, and we had to clean them up together." He replied casually when talking about the weather.

"Stupid." I said coldly.

Hearing a very slight "hum" from his nostrils, I pulled a sword flower and stretched my neck: "It seems that brother Ququ is very dissatisfied with me? Why don't we discuss it."

He didn't look up, his eyelashes drooped, his expression remained motionless, and he pulled out his short sword in his hand: "Please."

I took a step back, raised the sword and recited the forbidden mantra secretly, and the shallow formation that I stepped down around the courtyard in advance raised a pale green light, lingering in the air.

He pursed his lips, lowered the tip of the sword, and then pressed the sword and cupped his hands, saying: "I offended you, please forgive me, miss."

I smiled slightly: "Forget it, this little formation was not designed to deal with you." Facing the void with three strokes of the long sword, I said: "Break."

The green light was turned away, and he didn't say anything more, and the roof fell silent for a while.

I was really tired after tossing and tossing for half a night, so I jumped into the yard and prepared to go into the house to rest for an hour or two.As for mere brother, let him stand guard on the roof.

In fact, I was not completely relieved of him, and after a light sleep for an hour, I got up and beckoned him to go on the road.During the period, I asked him if he could escort me to Chaisang, and he smiled: "Miss, please don't dislike my company. This time, Mr. Zhong has already ordered you to escort you all the way."

I am overjoyed, it seems that this time my life is safe!Then he continued to interrogate him: "Since when have you followed me?"

"Out of Jingzhou City, you were followed by those two bags of fish food, didn't you notice?" The implication is that they followed all the way.

I sighed, "It's because I'm slow, I didn't realize it until I crossed the river."

"Speaking of which, Miss is also very capable." He smiled brightly: "I got rid of those few yesterday, and I want to catch up with Miss to explain why, but Miss threw me away dozens of times in one afternoon. miles away."

I forced a smile embarrassingly: "I thought it was an assassin following up... Hey, why didn't you tell me about this matter outside Jingzhou City?"

"Miss Xu knows how Mr. Zhong behaves."

I nodded: "I'm afraid he told you to protect him secretly, if you don't show up, follow along all the way."

"Miss really understands the master."

"Forget it," I cut off his words, and said firmly: "I understand what he means, you can follow me from now on, how about it?"

He raised his jaw, and said with a pleasant smile in his tone: "What should I do, I have this plan."

The previous Laiyan was so dull, but this one is too lively, I'm afraid it's not easy to control, Mr. Weidao is willing to send it to me.I was melancholy for a while, I had to adjust my mood, and said seriously: "If you want to follow me, then let me know your name?"

"Please give me your name."

"Hey, I don't like being someone else's father. Whatever your original name is."

"No. My subordinate... No, my humble name is Gongsun Shao."

"Your surname is Gongsun? Which Shao is Shao?"

"In the master's words, this Shao character is 'calling ears'."

I pursed my lips, thought for a long time, and said solemnly: "Shao, from today onwards, you will follow me, and I will pay you twice the salary you get from Mr. Zhong."

Although this Gongsun Shao didn't know what the salary was, he obviously understood what I meant, so he obediently agreed.

I was so happy that this was actually my first employee.Although that guy Laiyan has been with me for two years, but he is Zhou Yu's trilogy after all, and he is really strict, I don't like it very much, and now this Gongsun Shao is more than several times stronger than him.

After walking all the way, I suddenly realized something: "Gongsun Shao."

"Your subordinate is here." He immediately came to walk alongside me.

I felt that my complexion was not very good: "The old woman and the little girl, did you do anything to them?"

He lowered his head and chuckled: "This subordinate has already erased all traces of your stay there, and it doesn't matter if there are one or two half-dead people."

"Oh, I was negligent. Fortunately, they are insane. This is a blessing."

"You're too soft-hearted. If the next time the ending is over, the subordinates will definitely not spare their lives."

I said, "Gongsun Shao, you are doing very well."

He nodded, let go of the horse and dropped behind me.

Looking up to the east, the sun has just risen.

Carefully inquired with Lu, and soon, I got the news that Zhou Yu had to return to the army after recuperating for a month, because the young and energetic General Sun, who was dazzled by the victory, led the army to garrison south of Hefei arrogantly. In order to enter the Central Plains, Zhou Yu was ordered to cooperate with him.Fortunately, it's not Zhang Liao defending the city this time, so General Sun probably won't be in danger of his life; let's let the little general put on a strong and sharp head to fight against the arrow stone, and be a leading soldier for a while.

But in this way, I won't be able to see Zhou Yu this time when I go back to Chaisang. If I do, I'm afraid I'll offend him.

I began to fear that I would be blamed when we saw each other again, but I had no regrets about my actions.

After returning to the mansion to freshen up, I went to see Mrs. Xiao Qiao.When I entered the hall, I saw her embroidering. The bright red picture of a hundred sons and a thousand blessings made me stunned for a moment.

"Alan greets Auntie."

"I'm back." She raised her head and smiled at me, her voice was sweet and smooth, and miraculously comforted me: "Your uncle went to the army, and before he went, he said that he would deliver a letter as soon as you came back. Alan's grandma is in better health, right?" ?”

"Thank you, Auntie, for your concern. Grandma is already well."

Her eyes turned into double crescents: "That's good. I didn't see Lai Yan to follow you a few days ago, and I was worried that something might happen to you alone. I heard from your uncle that he sent you another guard, so I just Don't worry. It's a mess outside, and the little girl's house is exhausted after traveling so far."

She put down her needle and thread, and called me to take a closer look: "I'm running around on the road, and the weather is so hot, it's not like I've lost weight."

"No, I still feel fat when I go home." I replied casually, picking up the embroidery at her hand with some confusion.The four-foot-long painting of Hundred Sons and Thousand Blessings uses the stitching method of open thread embroidery and closed thread embroidery. The stitches are fine and the style is exquisite.

"What a delicate pattern. Auntie, who is this embroidered for?"

A long time ago, her personal maid came forward to pick up the embroidery, unfolded it and looked at it carefully with me, then she smiled and said: "Miss nephew doesn't know yet, Madam is pregnant, I am very happy..."

I was taken aback for a moment, and immediately reacted, looking straight at Mrs. Xiao Qiao.She was already blushing slightly, and said softly: "It's not long ago, Alan was not in the mansion a few days ago, so I didn't tell you..."

"Congratulations." I was overjoyed, "Uncle must be very happy."

There was a faint blush on her cheeks: "Yes, Gong Jin is very happy."

I hurriedly took her hand: "Then my aunt also does embroidery, it hurts my eyes and mind."

"This is a prayer for children, and you must do it yourself to show your sincerity."

"That's it," I was a little disappointed, "or else Alan will help you."

"If you want, it's also good to come and help me embroider a few patterns."

I nodded, "Mingchao is free to come and talk to you."

Lying on the bed at night, although I was extremely tired, my mind was so messed up that I couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

Zhou Yu took the first step to find out that Mr. sent me bodyguards, and all the excuses were prepared for me; but the man named Gongsun Shao still needs to be investigated for a while, so it is best to write to Mr. to verify.But... the letter must go through Zhou Yu's hands, and now I have no shame to go to him.

The next day, I woke up before daylight.Zhu'er was sleeping on the couch outside, when she heard me get up, she quickly brought Bichun and Feifu in.I felt groggy, and managed to pull myself together to ask them to wash me up.

When Feifu combed my hair, Huzhu brought the tray to my side: "Miss, your letter.

"When did you come?"

"Miss Hui, it was last night. The master's entourage went back to the mansion to do some business, and asked Daoyue to bring them in. The servant saw you resting, and didn't dare to disturb you."

I unsealed the letter, and when the familiar handwriting jumped into my eyes, I couldn't control myself for a while, and my eyes were moist.

In the letter, he expressed his sincere condolences to my grandmother's condition and welcomed me back. It was a page full of nonsense.After the screen retreated from the crowd, I picked up the letter paper and faced the light source of the window. The narrow blank space at the bottom of the letter paper still left a short message in code: verifying the identity of Jiao Tupei, Dragon Nine Sons.

So, not only was there no word of reprimand, but even the only thing that I could worry about after returning home safely? I can’t ask for more from him.

In fact, I also know that the reason he sent Chaisang away was to keep me away from right and wrong.The reason is that Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, refused to listen to the advice of the governor Zhou Yu, and tried to take advantage of the victory to win Hefei in one go, and soon returned after being defeated.Sun Quan was furious about the defeat, and found all kinds of excuses to shirk responsibility, but Zhou Yu refused to budge.The consequence of their quarreling and breaking up was that Zhou Yu's long-term garrison army did not go to the land of Jingkou for a year.

If you use conspiracy theories to infer, God knows what Sun Quan will do to his family this year?

Zhou's family is thriving, but Zhou Yu is a petite.No matter how many times a few respected old guys came to the mansion to hint, from the beginning to the end Zhou Yu had only one nephew, Zhou Jun, who was also in the army.

Once he told me: "Not so many years ago, a hundred or ten members of my family were about to starve to death, but Zijing lent me food. At that time, my eldest brother had eight concubines, but he had no ability to help my younger brother. Now I have to Pick up ready-made benefits and dream!"

I laughed at him for being lackadaisical. He lifted his eyelids and said coolly, "In Morocco or somewhere else in [-], how much did you lose to me? Who hugged my thigh, snotted and cried, and said My heart is as broad as the sea, and adults don’t count the faults of villains?"

"I still remember..." I muttered softly, and then smiled brightly; "Actually, I know! Uncle is doing it for the good of our Zhou family, don't be too high-profile, full of damages and benefits... just like Lu Yi did to compensate the whole family. It’s not worth it to go in.”

Only then did he hum and walk out: "You just need to understand it in your heart, and you are not allowed to speak out in the future."

So there are only my aunt, the two brothers Zhou Xun and me in the big Dudu Mansion, besides the servants, maids and horses that Sun Quan has rewarded each time.At this time, Sun Quan's great cause has not been accomplished, and he dare not touch Zhou Yu's wife and son. As for the others... well, I wish I was lucky.