Ambush from all sides

In the last night, the temperature began to drop gradually.In the past few days after coming out of the cave, the dead leaves have not been woken up by the heat, and sometimes the night wind blows, and they still feel a little cold.The night insects made one sound, and the pitch of their chirping also changed. It was sleepy, and it was no longer as full of spirit as before.

It is estimated that he is about to die.Many insects are short-lived, living for a summer, leaving offspring and then dying.When the autumn wind blows, the night insects stop singing, and the night returns to silence.

It was too quiet to sleep.

The days seem to be a little different, and Dead Leaf knows that this is not an illusion.I don't know if it's because of the change of mood, but now he is sitting at the door, facing the yard, there is no leisurely pleasure in his heart, only tedious contemplation.This change did not know where it came from, it seemed that after he came out of the cave, he was never happy again.

But it didn't matter, he wasn't very happy before anyway.The progress or change of life, going round and round, going round and round, the worst plan is to return to the original state.

On the morning of the second day after learning that Wan Shu had entered the exhibition house, Dead Ye saw her in the yard.

In the morning, Ji Tang came to deliver breakfast and did not show up again. Fang Qiuni was also taken away by Minwei after playing with him for a while, saying that Uncle Zhong found him a private tutor to teach Fang Qiu how to speak and read. .When Fang Qiu left, he was pouting his mouth in grievance, the dead leaf poked his forehead with his hand, coaxed him incoherently, and the little guy reluctantly left.

In the morning, the sun is just right.The dead leaves were adjusting their internal energy in the room, and after a while, they heard someone gently walking into the yard.Then, the sound of sweeping and sweeping came from outside the door, with different rhythms, and one could tell that he was not someone who sweeps the floor often.

Dead Ye got up and went out to look, and saw Wan Shu wearing plain cloth clothes, her hair was only braided into a long braid hanging down her head.All those colorful gold and silver jewelry were gone, and even the earrings were simplified into two short tea stems.She took a rattan dustpan and slowly swept the fallen leaves on the ground, clumsily and awkwardly.Withered Ye frowned and looked at it for a while, originally wanted to ignore her, but was annoyed by the indistinct voice.After struggling for a while, he finally walked out with a stinky face.

Wan Shu raised her head and saw him coming, she couldn't help but pause nervously, and her expression became uncomfortable: "Cen, Brother Cen..."

Withered Ye frowned and walked in front of her, and said coldly, "Why are you, Ji Tang?"

Wan Shu stood with her hands down in a daze, her eyes a little frightened: "Ji Tang is tidying up the room in the middle courtyard, so I came to sweep the floor instead."

"Clean up the room?" Withered Leaf repeated with a frown, a little irritated in her tone.Wan Shu secretly looked up at him, and said in a low voice, "Well, it seems that some important guests are coming today, so everyone is busy..."

After hearing this, Dead Leaf frowned, and stopped asking questions.Wan Shu held her breath and was cautious. Seeing his cold expression and indifferent eyes, she couldn't help feeling more nervous.When she saw Dead Leaf for the first time, she was a little intimidated by the aura of "don't get close to strangers" in this man.But back then she was the oiran, and she had Zhan Hao in her heart, so she could only pretend to be calm and invite him upstairs.Now that the situation has changed, she lives under the fence, seeing the dead leaves at this time, she really feels a little scared in her heart.

But Dead Leaf is not happy and Gui is not happy, and she doesn't seem to want to embarrass her.He just kept silent for a while with a stinky face, then stared at her sideways, and said coldly: "You don't need to be busy, put the things down, I will do it myself."

Hearing this, Wan Shu couldn't help being a little stunned, at a loss with the broom and dustpan.Withered Ye looked down and saw the fine scratches on her fingers made by the bamboo strips, and she couldn't help but feel more irritable: "Go as soon as I tell you, why are you still standing there?" He said, grabbing the broom involuntarily and the dustpan, turned around and went under the tree to clean up by myself.Wan Shu looked at it with some trepidation, and after a while, she squatted down slightly and made a blessing, and said, "Then, Wan Shu will go first." After she finished speaking, she lowered her eyes somewhat disappointed, turned around and walked out slowly.

Withered leaves pursed their lips and swept the ground vigorously, not knowing why in their hearts, they became more and more bored and depressed.When Wan Shu's footsteps gradually disappeared behind the wall, he couldn't help throwing the broom on the ground, and sat down on the spot with a sullen face.

The flowers you see are not flowers, and the grass is not grass.A cicada screamed tirelessly on the top of the tree, one after another, like a curse that could not be escaped, lingering around my ears.The midday sun was gradually heating up, and the sky directly above was illuminated into a pale, stagnant air.

It made him almost out of breath.

When the addiction to banned drugs occurs, the blood vessels in the whole body seem to be burning, and the whole body screams with hunger and thirst, wanting to feel the closed pleasure of being immersed in the bottom of the water that day.This feeling is hard, worse than any kind of wound or illness, because the body and mind are not like their own.It was as if a wild beast rushed out of his body, as long as he didn't pull it hard, it would do irreversible things against his will.

No one likes the feeling of being out of control, and neither does Dead Leaf.

Since escaping from the cave, drug addiction has occurred three times in the past few days.In fact, he can still bear this level of anxiety, but every time he endures it, his body will feel like a collapse, his whole body is weak and sweaty.When Dead Ye tried hard to control himself and gnashed his teeth tremblingly, he couldn't help but think that he had only smoked twice, and Lin Zhihuan, who was already terminally ill... When he was addicted to drugs but had no smoke to smoke Time, what kind of pain should it be.

Lin Zhihuan's paranoia is not without reason.If he was tortured by this poisonous smoke for two or three years, he probably wouldn't be much better than him.

All his wrong beginnings were just falling in love with someone who didn't love him.

In the afternoon, Dead Leaf went to Yuliang Mountain alone.

Most of his body has already recovered, although the poison of the bone-breaking grass will still attack from time to time, making him gasp and throbbing, but it is only in the middle of the night.He was in a hurry to rescue Fang Qiu that day, so he didn't have time to take the withered leaf knife away.I hope that Lin Zhihuan and the others didn't do anything unnecessary, it's just a broken knife, and it shouldn't go smoothly.

Thinking about it, the dead leaves walked into Yuliang Mountain along the spring channel.

The place where I escaped that day was the outlet of the spring on the mountain. There was a small round hole more than two feet wide, not big enough to fit a strong man.Dead Leaf squatted at the entrance of the cave, lighting a small torch to carefully observe the situation in the water.The spring water is very clear, but the waterway is deep and dark, making it difficult to see clearly.Dead Leaf remembered that she came from the bottom of a big dark river hole. At that time, with Fang Qiu, her strength was almost exhausted, and she couldn't remember some details... Forget it, let's talk about it first.

So Dead Leaf put out the torch, took a deep breath, and then climbed the cave wall and submerged into the water.

It was colder underwater than in memory, Dead Leaf opened her eyes, and the eyeballs were so cold that they were trembling in an instant.The muscles all over his body were stimulated, and his throat couldn't help being choked, and he fell down calmly.

In the long waterway, the light becomes dimmer as you go down, and soon, the eyes of the dead leaves are pitch black.I couldn't see anything, so I could only grope for the cave wall with both hands and slowly sink.The sinking speed was too slow, the cave was too narrow, and he couldn't turn around and swim downstream... Dead Leaf couldn't help scolding his own stupidity in his heart.The oxygen in the lungs was getting less and less, and when he saw that it was about to be exhausted, he finally touched the aisle at the bottom of the cave.

When Dead Leaf exposed his head to the surface of the dark river, he only felt that his lungs were empty and he was almost going to collapse.Sure enough, the body has not recovered yet, and it is still a bit reluctant to dive for such a long time.Lie down by the river and coughed for a while, the dead leaves crawled to the bank with a pale face.The inside of the cave was pitch black, and the torches that had been burning had all been extinguished. He couldn't see anything, so he could only grope slowly based on the memory of that day.

The caves in Yuliang Mountain are intricate and interconnected. To be honest, Dead Leaf himself didn't have much hope.Although that knife is not a valuable thing, it is used after all, and it has been with me for many years.Thinking about trying my luck, try to find it if you can, if you can't find it this time, come again next time.But next time, it is estimated that two or three torches should be wrapped in oiled paper, or else we can only be caught blind like now.

The dead leaves walked around the cave wall for a while, and he remembered that he had passed through a very narrow gap, and then a tall and wide cave, and the rest was a little blurry.Dead Leaf groped while remembering, feeling the wet ground in the cave, and it made a "click" sound.After touching it for a while, he couldn't help but feel a little strange—the cave's mountain wall is dry and there is no water, so how could the ground be wet?

Dead Leaf squatted down with her eyebrows frowned, and touched the ground with her hands. There was indeed a water stain extending from where she walked, and it seemed to lead to the front.Withered Ye held his breath and raised his head, but he didn't hear the sound of water dripping from the top of the cave - so it seemed that someone else had come in from the river.

Could it be Nian Yuqing's people?Ji Tang said that they absconded, will they hide again?

Thinking of this, the nerves in Dead Leaf's brain tensed immediately, and his whole body entered a state of being on the verge of firing.He cautiously groped forward along the water stains, holding his breath, trying to detect possible breath sounds.But after walking for a long time, he didn't hear anything.However, when it came to a fork, the dead leaf found that the water stains also divided into several paths, extending to several holes.

It seems that this person also doesn't know the way, probably not Nian Yuqing and the others.

Dead Leaf breathed a sigh of relief, and his body also relaxed.But the mind was disturbed like this, and the mood of looking for a knife was gone. Anyway, it's a black light, so why not bring the torch next time.He thought about it and decided to go home.But when he turned around, he kicked something under his feet, and rolled on the ground several times.The sound came suddenly, abruptly and piercingly reverberating in the cave, wave after wave, and it sounded extremely creepy in the dark.

Dead Leaf didn't feel scared at all, after all, she had never been anywhere.He knelt down and fumbled on the ground for a while, and picked it up within a few clicks.Some long and rough pillars, like a piece of wood, were covered with a lump of hard, brittle stuff at one end, and when pinched by hand, they turned into small crumbs and fell to the ground with a clatter.

It was a spent torch.Withered Ye took that thing and studied it in the dark for a while, thinking who should have come in and walked around...could it be someone from the government?Also unlikely.Can't figure it out, just don't think about it, Dead Leaf pouted, threw the torch to the ground, turned around and went out of the hole.

When descending the mountain, the sky was already a little dark, and the sun gradually set in the west.The dead leaves are walking by the floating water, and the clothes are still a little wet.He's not in good health yet, if he's lucky, the sea of ​​qi will be uncomfortable, so he doesn't bother to use his internal energy to dry it out, anyway, it's not cold.So he walked slowly like this, raising his eyes from time to time to see the red clouds in the sky, or the birds returning to their nests.In the tranquility, for a while, I didn't really want to go back to Zhan's house.

He still remembered clearly what Lin Zhihuan said to him that day, Zhan Hao valued affection, but all his affection was given to Zhan Zhao alone.He is a character who says he can let go, so rational that it is disgusting.

Until now, Dead Leaf has not been able to distinguish the authenticity of that sentence.But judging from his understanding of Zhan Hao, it seems more likely that he is right.Zhan Hao is indeed calm and indifferent, as if he never worries about anything.Apart from him, Zhan Zhao does have the capital to make people fall in love with him. Even a cold person like Bai Yutang would fall in love with him, so it is not impossible to attract Zhan Hao.

Heh, Nan Xia Zhan Zhao, what an outstanding person, handsome and talented.Not to mention his high martial arts skills, he is also kind and easy-going.People like this are always more attractive. He understood this truth when he was a child, didn't he?

When walking to the entrance of the exhibition house, Dead Leaf saw that the gate was open, and the inside was bustling with activity.Three strange-looking cats sprinted past his feet and ran into the door.Dead Leaf felt strange. He heard that there would be guests in the morning, but who would make such a big fight?The girls in the Zhan family were all trained by Zhan Hao, and they are all very temperamental. How could someone make them so excited?It's really strange.

Thinking about it, Dead Leaf frowned slightly, and walked into the yard with some doubts.

Before taking two steps, he smelled a strong smell of food, as if it had just been placed on the table and was still warm.The dead leaves can identify a few of the dishes, including steamed sea bass, Huadiao shrimp and sweet and sour eel... Tsk, why are they all aquatic products?

When he got closer, Dead Leaf could hear the chirping voices of the maidservants, sometimes mixed with a few meows.But the cat's voice doesn't sound like a little mandarin duck either.

At this time, Minwei's clear voice jumped out of the commotion like a nightingale, and she shouted loudly: "Hey, hey, master! Put your shrimp down, don't peel it, you won't be able to eat it until you see someone What! Really! Don’t pay attention to him, come on, Second Young Master, I’ll get you a piece of fish!”

Immediately after her words came the unconvinced wailing of a kitchen girl: "Ah, Miss Minwei is so cunning! What's so delicious about your fish, the second young master obviously likes to eat crabs!"

"Stop arguing, I'll eat it all, I'll eat it all... oops, it's gone."

This voice was warm and moist, with a touch of lightness in the mellowness, as if a clear spring entered the water.Even in a chaotic situation, she didn't look embarrassed at all, but added a little bit of kindness.Hearing this tone, the dead leaf pestle was stunned at the door of the dining room, and his expression could not help but froze for a moment.This voice is so familiar, after hearing it, he couldn't forget it. He remembered that the owner of this voice had taunted him with words without dirty words, and kicked himself off that day in Gong's school. up the roof—

Regarding the other party, he should have defined it with such a thing.But at this moment, the first thing that Kuye thought of was the words that Lin Zhihuan sneered that day:

"...He was talking about business with others. As soon as Zhan Zhao came back, he would leave them behind to pick him up. The best things in the house were to be left to his younger brother. When Zhan Zhao was hungry in the middle of the night, he immediately climbed to the bed. Get up and make supper by himself. Even if he went to a restaurant for a meal, he had to learn to go back and cook it for his younger brother. Zhan Zhao didn’t sleep well, so he would get up three times in the middle of the night to tuck him in. Sometimes Still sleeping together..."

To Zhan Zhao, he must have spoiled Zhan Zhao to such an extent.

"Okay, you all stop arguing, Zhao Zhao is tired from the journey, you all go to eat by yourself, don't crowd here." Amidst the noise, Dead Leaf heard Zhan Hao blame Min Wei with a slight complaint, but smiled Yes, it sounds like he's in a good mood - that's right, Zhan Zhao is back, of course he's happy.

"Well, I know you want to dominate the second young master! Isn't Fifth Master Bai just going back to Songjiang Mansion first, and he will come tomorrow! Hmph, young master, you can be ashamed!" Min Wei groaned. With that said, he finally decided to let the two young masters go, and led the girls out swaggeringly.When she stepped out of the threshold, she glanced at the dead leaves standing stiffly behind the door, and immediately raised her crescent eyebrows fearing that the world would not be chaotic, and shouted in surprise: "Oh, Brother Cen! You Where did you go, why did you come back now?"

"Hmm, Brother Cen?" In the dining room, Zhan Zhao heard Min Wei's words, couldn't help but whimpered curiously with his mouth in his mouth, and then rushed out with his rice bowl in his hand.Zhan Hao couldn't stop him even if he was standing beside him, he grabbed the air with one hand, and his eyes suddenly showed the look of "the big thing is not good".

Besides, outside, when Dead Leaf heard Zhan Zhao's movement, the first thought popped into her mind, was to run away.But as soon as he turned around, Zhan Zhao's hand behind him pressed on his shoulder: "Brother Cen?"

Withered Leaf's temples tightened, and she couldn't help raising her hand and elbowing it.Zhan Zhao held the job bowl in one hand, staring cat-eyed lightly away, but the other hand of Dead Leaf came again.Holding the bowl and chopsticks, he took two quick steps back, letting the dead leaves fly away, but at the same time turned his face away.As soon as Zhan Zhao saw his face, his dark golden pupils constricted: "Dead leaves?!"

Like a cat, he instantly switched from a foodie state to a vigilant state, stretched out his hand with chopsticks, pointed straight at the door of the dead leaf, frowned and asked in a low voice: "Why are you here?! "

Withered Leaf bit her lip and stared at him, standing still and not speaking.Zhan Hao quickly walked out from the door to stand between the two of them, his brain was throbbing and he said, "It's all a misunderstanding, misunderstanding, and it's my fault that I didn't tell you. Zhao Zhao, Cen Bie is our family's guard now, stay here Almost four months."

"Guard?" Zhan Zhao frowned tightly, his dark golden eyes were full of suspicion.A cold, withdrawn and cruel person like Dead Leaf would actually be a guard in his house?Does this guy have some kind of conspiracy? Does he want to use his elder brother's relationship to do bad things?Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes, several thoughts had already turned in his mind: "...Brother, are you kidding me?"

Although Zhan Hao stood between the two of them, Dead Ye could clearly see the suspicion in Zhan Zhao's eyes.He bit his lip, glanced at Zhan Hao who was explaining to Zhan Zhao with an apologetic smile on his face, and then at Zhan Zhao who was still dubious... An uncontrollable sense of resentment slowly rose in his heart.He lowered his eyes and bit his lips tightly, turned around in silence, and rushed towards the east courtyard quickly.

"Huh?" While walking quickly, Dead Leaf heard Zhan Zhao asking in surprise from behind, "Brother, does he live in the East Courtyard?"

Before Zhan Hao could answer, Min Wei scrambled to say: "That's right! Brother Cen lives in the east courtyard, and he's been here for a long time."

"Ah?" Hearing this, Zhan Zhao couldn't help but wrinkled his face and muttered depressingly, "Didn't I live in the east courtyard before? Why..."

Hearing these words, Dead Ye's eyes suddenly went dark, and a fire burned in his heart. For no apparent reason, it burned his chest to the point of pain.He couldn't hear the voice behind him, only a messy roar rang in his ears, and his hands and feet were stiff and weak.For a moment, he didn't know whether to continue walking to the East Courtyard, or to rush out of Zhan's house.There was an uncontrollable sense of shame in my heart, as if I accidentally picked up something dropped by others and took it as my own but was discovered by the owner.

The east courtyard is where Zhan Zhao lives...it belongs to Zhan Zhao.

All show.

With his head roaring all the way, he rushed into the east courtyard, Dead Leaf wished he could pack up his things immediately and leave the development house immediately.The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was an uninvited guest who was ignorant of current affairs, occupying the magpie's nest, and shameless!These were originally Zhan Zhao's things, such as living, eating, and using... He is the second young master of the Zhan family, the young master who is favored by the Heavenly Demon Palace, and the well-known Nan Nan. Xia.And what about yourself, what is yourself?Just a notorious Ghostface killer.

When Dead Leaf was about to walk into the room and slam the door, a hand suddenly stretched out from behind and grabbed his arm forcefully, without even thinking about it, he knew who it was.Gritting his teeth, he swung his arm vigorously, and at the same time gathered his internal strength, turned around and slashed at the person behind him, but his wrist was easily grabbed by the opponent.With a little apology on his face, Zhan Hao looked at him slightly panting, holding his wrist tightly in his hands, stepped forward, and whispered sincerely: "Bie Cen, don't be angry, I didn't mean to hide you of……"

"You fucking let me go!" Gritting her teeth, Dead Leaves growled, raised her foot and kicked Zhan Hao's body in a haphazard manner, but was easily blocked by him: "I was also the one last night. I just found out that Zhaozhao is coming, I wanted to tell you this afternoon, but you don’t know where you are..."

"You don't need to tell me! Does he need to report to me when he returns to his own home? Who the hell am I? What am I?!" Withered Ye growled and struggled for a long time, but couldn't shake Zhan Hao at all. .He gritted his teeth, and a feeling of resentment and frustration couldn't help but rise up in his heart - he always thought that his martial arts were very good, but he just suffered an injury, and now he has reached the point where he is being bullied by Zhan Hao at will!Under the anger, he couldn't help feeling sad, the current him might not even be able to take Bai Yutang's thirty moves.

"Farewell, Cen," Zhan Hao frowned and clenched his wrist a little more, his eyes became more serious, "Don't be angry. I'll help Zhaozhao tidy up the wing rooms in the middle courtyard, and you will live in the east courtyard."

"Ha! I still live in the east courtyard?" Withered Leaf laughed mockingly, staring at Zhan Hao fiercely: "Zhan Hao, don't put your priorities in reverse, I'm just a useless guard, he's your Zhan family. The second young master! You, an older brother, don’t care about your younger brother, but favor an outsider, so you’re not afraid that Zhan Zhao’s parents will come back to settle accounts with you?!”

"Bie Cen, the East Courtyard is not a precious place, it's far away and inconvenient." Zhan Hao sighed helplessly, looked at him with a somewhat conniving face, and said in a low voice: "I bought the East Courtyard before. At that time, Zhao Zhao’s Yan Zifei was practicing to a critical juncture, and when he came back for the festival, he fell in love with the lotus pond, so he was allowed to live in the east courtyard, and it has been like this ever since.”

"But since entering Kaifeng Mansion, Zhao Zhao has rarely come back. When I brought you back that day, I thought to myself that you don't like to be in contact with people, and the east courtyard is relatively quiet, so I decided to let you live here. Now Changzhou has such a big Zhaozhao is here to handle the case, and I don't want to embarrass you. I know you don't like him, and Bai Yutang will probably take him away when he comes tomorrow, so don't be angry... huh?"

Zhan Hao said in a low voice, and shook the wrist holding the dead leaves in a good-tempered manner, as if coaxing a child.Withered Ye looked into his gentle and sincere eyes, and couldn't scold for a while.But the shame and anger in his stomach didn't decrease, on the contrary, it became more and more uncomfortable.

Seeing his suffocated and stubborn appearance, Zhan Hao just wished he could immediately hug him into his arms, rub him well, and comfort him carefully.But he just thought about it in his heart, before showing his eyes, Dead Leaf gritted his teeth, yanked his wrist, turned and entered the room.

"Why am I embarrassed? He came back right away, I took his place, he should be angry, what right do I have?! Let me tell you, Zhan Hao, you are his brother, not my brother, so there is no need to be so hypocritical! I have rough skin and thick flesh, and I can't bear it!" Withered Ye said in a cold voice, standing by the bed and taking off her half-wet top with force.He threw the clothes on the hanger, and felt that Zhan Hao hadn't left behind him, so he turned his head and stared at him coldly, and said, "What are you still standing here for, aren't you eating? Your brother is back, Brothers, don't you want to talk?"

Zhan Hao stood at the door and lowered his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Aren't you going to eat with me?"

"Let's eat together?" Withered Ye sneered, "Zhan Hao, is your brain caught by the door? I used to chase Bai Yutang to kill for so long, and even rebelled with Zhao Cong. Do you think Zhan Zhao is used to me? !"

"Zhao Zhao is not such a vengeful person, those things are already in the old calendar, he won't care too much..."

"He doesn't care about me." Withered Leaf coldly pressed her falcon-like eyebrows, with a mocking smile on her lips, "I'm not as magnanimous as him. I still remember how many times he kicked me. Let's eat together This kind of thing, huh! Don’t even think about it. I need to change my clothes now, and if Boss Zhan can’t get over it, the dishes will be cold.”

After finishing speaking, Dead Leaf turned her back and started to untie her hair with a cold face.Zhan Hao stood at the door and looked at him gloomyly for a while, seeing him impatiently grabbing his tangled half-wet hair, his movements were chaotic and out of order... Finally he sighed in his heart, turned around, and walked out slowly.

Out of the corner of his eye, he watched Zhan Hao's figure walking past the window, and at this moment, the depression suppressed by the withered leaves in his throat was released.

I feel so annoyed and feel uncomfortable all over.Thinking that he was living under the same roof with these people, and that he was still eating from Zhan Zhao's house at noon, Dead Ye felt a spasm in his stomach and almost vomited it out.

It's not that he hates Zhan Zhao deeply, but... when he thinks that all the food he enjoys originally belonged to Zhan Zhao, he can't wait to tear his bones apart and use what he ate at Zhan Zhao's house for the past four months. Take everything out and return it.

The eldest brother had taught him long ago, don't take anything from other people, don't even touch it.The Cen family never needed charity from others.

In the evening, Master Yu Maozhan had just had dinner and took a bath in the large bathtub at home, when Qiu Shaobai came to him in the lobby.When Min Wei served tea, she gave the hard-working and caring Mr. Qiu a hard look, thinking that this guy would never let the second young master rest for a moment!Isn't it just a case, it's important to have the second young master's body? !

Zhan Zhao didn't care too much, and ran over while his hair was still wet.When Qiu Shaobai saw him, a relieved expression appeared on his face.The servants of the Zhan family were too aggressive, he was really afraid to come in without a master staying here.

"Lord Qiu, this case of the Lin family should be over soon, right?" Zhan Zhao was holding a handful of peanuts, crouching in a chair while chewing and looking at him.Mr. Qiu was a little worried, lowered his eyes and sighed before saying: "The ins and outs of the case are clear, but none of the main culprits have been caught yet. I don't know much about some things. I heard that Lin Zhihuan and the others escaped. I had a conversation with your brother, but I asked Boss Zhan, and he said no. He said that he happened to run into their hiding place when he was looking for people, and he made them run away."

"Looking for someone?" Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows: "Who are you looking for?"

"Ah, it's Lin Fangqiu, the young master of the Lin family. You also know that Dead Leaf has been following Boss Zhan these days. Everyone thought Fang Qiu was Boss Zhan's son, and they said that Lin Zhihuan became angry at being cuckolded. Boss Zhan was afraid that Fang Qiu would be hurt. , and asked the dead leaves to sneak into the Lin mansion to rescue the child, but unexpectedly, they were plotted against by the Lin family. Boss Zhan said that he happened to see Lin Zhihuan coming out of the cave when he was looking for someone, but it was a pity that the situation was too sudden at that time. If you don’t react, let them run away.”

After hearing his words, Zhan Zhao stuffed the last peanut into his mouth while thinking.He knew that his eldest brother had a vague entanglement with Lin Zhihuan before, and this time it seemed that he was deliberately trying to deal with his eldest brother, but why did Lin Zhihuan grab the dead leaves?If it is said to be smooth, it is unlikely, after all, Dead Leaf's martial arts is quite good, if it is not carefully arranged, there is no chance of catching him.

But if it was really deliberate, Lin Zhihuan wanted to take revenge on his eldest brother, so why would he involve dead leaves?

Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao couldn't help but think of the incident that happened during dinner in the evening.To tell the truth, he used to monopolize the care of his elder brother.Every time he goes home, whether it is eating or going out to play, his elder brother will accompany him all the way.But this time, Dead Leaf just showed his face, and the eldest brother hurriedly chased after him.Tsk, this situation seems to be quite delicate.

A while ago, Zhan Zhao was so busy with the treason case that he got dizzy, but no matter how busy he was, he should have heard of such a strange thing that Dead Ye came to Zhan's family as a guard.Even leaving aside the path of the rivers and lakes, there are so many businessmen coming and going in Kaifeng Mansion, and this matter should be mentioned in their spare time.But in the past four months, he hadn't heard any news!He Yu Mao would not say that he was so busy that all five senses failed, so there was only one explanation left——

Someone didn't want him to know about this, or rather, didn't want to know so early.

And that person, except for his elder brother Zhan Hao, is not the second choice at all.

Thinking of this, Kitten Zhan from Kaifeng Mansion nestled in his spacious and comfortable chair, and couldn't help wrinkling his face with bitter hatred.At this moment, he really hoped that his white mouse would be by his side, so that they could communicate and discuss with each other.And if the truth of the matter is too scary, they can be a psychological cushion for each other to ease the shock.

Well, after all, the truth of the matter looks really scary.

When Zhan Zhao was discussing the case with Qiu Shaobai, Dead Leaf was packing things in the East Court.

He is not a vigorous and decisive person, but sometimes he is more willful, and he can do whatever he thinks of.When I was a child, I ran around with my elder brother. Once he woke up to take a urinate at night, and when he got out of bed and was about to go out, he heard his elder brother whispering to someone in the outer room.Dead Leaf heard the eldest brother say that the second brother is not good, he is too straightforward and stubborn, not as smart as the third... Later, after the death of the elder brother, the green eyes passed down by the family passed on Cen Jing.

He has always been a stickler, from childhood to now.Sometimes, Dead Leaf knows that he is wrong, but he insists on being wrong; he also knows that he is self-willed, but he will never change.

No one would care anyway.

There are very few things belonging to him in the room, only two sets of clothes of medium thickness and a little silver that he brought in the spring.He is now wearing the new clothes that Zhan Hao gave him before, and the mask Zhan Hao asked someone to make, as well as shoes, socks, osmanthus oil, ointment for removing scars, desserts and snacks on the table, and all other odds and ends Crushed stuff.This made Dead Ye feel extremely aggrieved and frustrated, and he realized that he had already taken too much from the Zhan family, and he couldn't finish it no matter how much he returned it, and he couldn't get rid of it cleanly.

And these are still visible, and there are also some invisible ones, such as Zhan Hao cured his nose before, asked the kitchen to cook a table of dishes for him every meal, and had supper at night.These days, his injuries haven't healed yet, and he doesn't know how many medicines he takes every day... Withered Ye gripped the fluffy burden cloth tightly, and counted the benefits he enjoyed from Zhan Hao one by one. The more he counted, the more he felt in his heart More and more ashamed and angry.

Although he said that he was his bodyguard, he didn't actually do anything. He just found out some unimportant things for him, raised a cat for a while, saved Fang Qiu with a pot of flowers.These things are at most worth putting on the mask on his face, no matter how much, a set of clothes, a set of shoes and socks is barely enough.Counting up to this point, Dead Leaf couldn't help but tossed the empty baggage, and sat down in the chair, feeling extremely bored in her mind.Unreconciled, unhappy, unconvinced, why did she listen to Zhan Hao's words, and why did she foolishly believe his words?

How can a person like Zhan Hao be empty and have a bad life?He has the best enjoyment in the world, the most capable men and the smartest friends, and even the best parents and brothers.What is he missing?He doesn't need anything at all!Thinking about it now, four months ago, Zhan Hao's casual remark outside Yuehua Building seemed like a joke on the spur of the moment.A person who is full of wine and food takes leftovers coldly and says "come" to a stray dog ​​who has been hungry for a long time, and he really passes by.

It's stupid to have so much debt now.

Outside the courtyard gate, Zhan Hao held the sleepy Fang Qiu in his arms and stared intently at the room from afar.Withered Leaves put away all the clothes, leaving only the one he was wearing.The little fox didn't seem to be planning to bring any burdens anymore, anyway, he didn't have anything to take with him. He didn't have a weapon at this time, and his waist was empty, as if he wasn't used to it.From a distance, Zhan Hao saw him with a dark face, standing stiffly in front of the table for a long time, and finally frowned, made up his mind, reached out and took off the red beads worn around his neck.

Seeing his action, Zhan Hao's heart tightened involuntarily.He expected that the dead leaves would leave, but he didn't expect that he would try to get rid of him like this.Not to mention the clothes, and the bead... no, no matter what, he must be kept, at least after tonight.Tomorrow, wait until tomorrow to find his knife...

Zhan Hao restrained his mind, lowered his head with calm eyes, and gently shook Fang Qiu awake.The child fell into a drowsy sleep, opened his big eyes unhappily, and looked at Zhan Hao sleepily.Zhan Hao stretched out his hand to rub his little face, and said in a low voice: "Fang Qiu, Brother Mask has been in a bad mood for the past two days, and he keeps having nightmares at night, can you go and sleep with him?"

Hearing "Brother Mask", Fang Qiu's sleepy eyes immediately cleared up, and his big eyes were fully opened, looking at him blinking.Zhan Hao smiled at him, and said, "Your masked brother is shy, and he doesn't want us to know about it. He is too embarrassed to wear the red beads I gave him to ward off evil spirits. You go and accompany him and help him remove the beads.