Rebirth's ultimate stand-in

It was just dawn, and Su Ning got up, ready to catch a few fish and go to Qinyuan Inn for a stroll.

Chu Ci frowned when he saw that he rolled up his sleeves to reveal his muscular forearm. "Wait for me." After saying that, he turned around and disappeared.

Su Ning waited for nearly a quarter of an hour for no reason, and finally saw Chu Ci's reversal, but at first glance, he didn't recognize anyone at all.Because Chu Ci not only changed his clothes, but also picked two frames, and each frame contained a few fish that were still alive and kicking.

Su Ning was stunned, this is too decent.At first, he just wanted to mention one or two fishes, pretending that he caught them himself, and exchange them for some money.It looks like a fisherman.

"You bought it from the shopkeeper?"

Chu Ci glanced at him, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, faintly proud. "Qinyuan Inn's specialty is salmon. I asked my subordinates to prepare it yesterday." After finishing speaking, he threw a bunch of clothes at Su Ning, "Put them on, it will look like this."

The fishy smell that hit her face made Su Ning frowned unconsciously.In this way, Su Ning had no way to refuse to walk with him.

The two went to Qinyuan Inn hand in hand like fishermen brothers.The strong fishy smell makes passers-by shy away, and those who love fish can't help but want to take a look.Fish are indeed good fish.And the two younger brothers still face each other tightly, and they don't speak with local accents when they speak.Therefore, many people who intend to buy fish have also started to take advantage of it.

This is human nature, and it is only natural for the brothers who are newcomers to refuse.

Su Ning even said angrily: "Don't bully outsiders, I have already inquired about it, the market price is three pennies more than you."

After saying that, he dragged Chu Ci who was carrying the burden and left.That imposing manner is just like an unsophisticated young man.

Feeling the strength of the grip on the arm, Chu Ci inadvertently raised the corner of his mouth.

The figures of the two brothers fell right into the eyes of the shopkeeper of Qinyuan Inn.The shopkeeper's eyes are fine.Looking at the dozen or so fish that were still jumping, he sighed deliberately, "I can give you the price you want, but now that the shop is taken over by a master, it doesn't cost that much. If you can make it cheaper, I will I bought it at a loss..."

Su Ning's brows twitched, she was indeed a profiteer.

Chu Ci's complexion is much more peaceful than Su Ning's, and this is the person in charge.So the shopkeeper just glanced at Su Ning, then set his eyes on him.

Chu Ci pondered for a while, as if making up his mind, and said: "Our brothers originally wanted to take root in Linchuan City. If the boss can bring us so many fish every day, our brothers are willing to sell them at a lower price than the market price." !"

Su Ning was secretly startled, Chu Ci meant that she was preparing for a protracted war.But he looked a little sad on the surface.

A quarter of an hour later, Su Ning was holding a bowl of porridge and sipping it unhurriedly, while Chu Ci sat opposite him and ate steamed buns.Xiao Er also looked at them with pity, as if he was facing two self-improving beggars.Seeing Su Ning's hair stand on end.

This can't be blamed on Xiao Er, only Chu Ci said in front of the shopkeeper that his poor brother hadn't had a full meal for three days, and he finally found this little job, and he had to use it to pay back the money for the hotel.The shopkeeper who took advantage of it happily rewarded them with a meal.

"I heard that there is a noble person living here? Little brother, tell me, let us also feel noble."

Xiao Er was quite chatty at first, but when he asked this, he mysteriously possessed himself and lowered his voice deliberately, "Even the shopkeeper doesn't know his identity. But he must have a big background. There are dozens of rooms in the entire inn. He took them all in. The dozen or so people accompanying him, except for the two maids who waited on them, were all burly men, and they looked like Lianjiazi. So these days, the brothers are all overwhelmed. Don't dare to take a breath."

But when asked what the other person looked like, Xiao Er couldn’t tell, “I only met once, when I checked in. I was wearing a mask, so I couldn’t see the face. Usually upstairs, even the shopkeeper couldn’t go up. "

"Isn't he going downstairs?"

"No, every morning he would watch the sunrise in the small garden in the backyard..."

These words successfully ignited the eyes of the two of them.

Su Ning suddenly covered her stomach and yelled, "Second brother, where is the latrine?"

Chu Ci's scalp went numb.What Su Ning is going to do, he can guess with his toenails.But since he opened his mouth, he had to cooperate.

Su Ning successfully flicked away the waiter in the hut, and got lost in the garden if she was not careful, it was really common.As a result, the day was only slightly bright, and a few strong men almost guarded all the intersections entering the garden.Su Ning only saw a slender figure in purple clothes from a distance.Rumo's long hair almost winds down to the ground, and gently floats up with the cool morning breeze. Just a back view is so exciting that people can't tell whether it's a man or a woman, or an immortal.

Just as Su Ning was about to take a step forward, she heard a heavy muffled hum.

A burly man blocked his line of sight for an instant, and stood with his chest folded, his eyes like torches, looking down at Su Ning like a mountain top.

Su Ning's small body unconsciously took a step back, squeezed out a lovely smile from her innocent face, and asked innocently, "Brother, do you know which direction the back door leads to?"

The burly man looked at him for a few breaths, his stiff cheeks and muscles all over his body remained motionless.Su Ning began to doubt whether he could understand what he said.He choked again, and repeated himself.

This time, the big man finally opened his mouth, with three resounding characters, "I don't-know-dao!"

"Then, can I ask other people?" Su Ning tilted her head and looked inside, just in time to see the man in purple turned her head. She thought she would see some peerless beauty, but in the end, she saw only a silver foil mask.Those eyes were swarthy, as if they could seduce the soul.

The big man blocked Su Ning's sight again with a movement, stared at Su Ning unkindly, and said two more words, "Leave!"

Fortunately, I didn't say "roll".In broad daylight, Su Ning didn't dare to come to the shadows, so she prepared to leave obediently.

"Let him come over." At this moment, a sound of heaven came into the eardrum.Neither light nor heavy, obviously without any emotion, but it seems to be able to tease people's hearts.

When the big man heard this, he took a step back and stepped out of the way.

Su Ning's heartbeat accelerated instead, obviously, this was beyond his expectation.He was also not ready to confront the man in purple.And what disturbed him the most was, why did he let himself pass?

If he is really the Patriarch of the Zhen family, with his two ounces of meat, he is really not enough for people with good eyesight.

Although her heart was rushing, Su Ning still had a quiet smile on her face, even a little shy and nervous, which was the instinctive awe of a low-level commoner for the powerful.

Su Ning stopped a few meters away, looked at the man in purple "cautiously", "...I just want to find a way out..."

The man in purple looked at him. The refined silver foil mask covered his nose, revealing his beautiful lips and soft chin.If you just look at the outline of the face, it is easy to mistake him for a woman.

His figure is half a head taller than Su Ning, almost the same as the already burly Chu Ci.The difference is that his figure is more slender, and there is a very thin light rippling in his gestures, as if he is really a fairy who has fallen into the mortal world by accident, and people dare not approach him easily and defile him.

However, it is such a person who leads the Zhen family and kills people like hemp.But at this moment, those blood-stained hands were stretched out towards him, and the morning light fell on the fingertips, which seemed to be transparent.

"come over."

Su Ning hesitated for a moment.

"I'll take you out."

Su Ning's feet moved, and she approached.Seeing the hand reaching out to him, he didn't withdraw it.Su Ning had no choice but to extend her hand.Unlike the person in purple who is white and tender, Su Ning has been worn down to rough skin and thick flesh, and even now has two fish scales.

Su Ning looked at the man in purple in embarrassment, "My hands are dirty!"

The corner of the purple-clothed man's mouth curled up slightly, and he withdrew his hand, "Before I take you out, do me a favor, okay?"

"What can I do for you?"

The man in purple smiled mysteriously and walked forward.This harmonious atmosphere like a spring breeze always feels that something is wrong.

How can you get tiger cubs if you don't enter the tiger's lair?Su Ning was determined.

Half an hour later, Chu Ci lost his temper and ran around looking for his "brother".He was really flustered, he didn't know if Su Ning did it on purpose, or if he was discovered and was in danger.

Even the shopkeeper and the waiter couldn't stop him.Several burly men surrounded Chu Ci, unable to advance or retreat.

Chu Ci blinked, and subconsciously pinched the syrinx that transmitted the signal. As long as he blew it, those subordinates would appear immediately, but since then his and Su Ning's identities have been exposed.

Chu Ci was patient, not daring to act rashly, trying to force himself to remain calm.

"Big brothers, I just want to ask, is my younger brother upstairs?" He searched all over the place, even the shopkeeper.Although the shopkeeper is a businessman who values ​​profit, if someone is lost in his shop, or if that young man is dropped by this mysterious customer, he is really in a dilemma.Not reporting to officials, not reporting.Naturally he hoped for a peaceful solution.

The burly man ignored Chu Ci, an outsider, and just surrounded him without making a move, just staring at him.

The shopkeeper hurriedly came over trembling to smooth things over, and finally a big man finally said disdainfully, "Yes."

One word, choking to death does not pay for life!

Chu Ci almost ran away, "What did you do to him?"

Both eyes were red, and the originally handsome cheeks became cruel and cold.

The big man stopped talking and still looked at him as before.Chu Ci's heart was in a state of confusion, for a moment, he wanted to save the person first, regardless of what he planned.

The next moment, Chu Ci released the syrinx hidden in the corner of his clothes, and pulled out a dagger that shaves fish scales with lightning speed.

The shopkeeper was stunned.The strong man was even more disdainful, and he didn't even bother to look at him.

Chu Ci choked secretly, "Let my brother down, otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"

Everyone was still unmoved, Chu Ci simply rushed forward, he naturally didn't dare to reveal his background, and just stabbed indiscriminately.In the chaos, he really slipped a little bit of fresh meat, and a faint smell of blood came out.

And then his stomach was hit hard by a knee, the force made him retch and fell to the ground.

"What are you doing? Stop!"

Chu Ci finally heard the voice he wanted to hear, and also saw a moon-white robe rushing towards him from the stairs.

When Chu Ci saw the face clearly, he was a little dazed, the eyebrows were carefully drawn, and the refinement was natural.The robe is not very gorgeous, nor is there any inappropriate decoration, but it is indeed women's clothing...

And this person suddenly rushed over, hugging him in his arms, staring at those strong men angrily and warily.

The strong man's pupils did not change for a moment, and they backed away respectfully until they heard another voice.

Despite hiding his face, Chu Ci recognized this person——Zhen Yi, the head of the Zhen family.The secret guard's message was indeed true.

At this moment, Patriarch Zhen looked at the group of "Miserable Mandarin Ducks" on the ground with slightly raised lips, cold and indifferent, seemingly harmless, but could not see any good intentions.

"Mr. Lin, is he injured? It's because my subordinates didn't train him properly!"

As soon as the voice fell, several strong men started to slap themselves.Zhen Yi didn't even look at them, instead he helped them up and asked them to go upstairs to check their injuries.He even prepared hot water and clothes for Chu Ci.

When there were only two brothers left in the room, Chu Ci looked at Su Ning with a strange expression, "Why are you dressed like this?" Even if he tried to get close to this weird Zhen Yi, he wouldn't ruin himself like this, right?

The meaning in those eyes was so straightforward that Su Ning wanted to put him directly into the water to wake up.

"It's not as disgusting as you think. This master seems to be forced to marry him and needs me as a meat shield." After finishing speaking, he took out a bank note and shook it at Chu Ci.

After stuffing the banknote, Su Ning went to untie Chu Ci's clothes smoothly.

Chu Ci reflexively took two steps back, looking at Su Ning warily.

Su Ning also widened her eyes, looking at Chu Ci's flushed ears, her mood suddenly became a little strange.When he was in a good mood, he grabbed Chu Ci's skirt and teased him with a soft voice, "Master, let the servants wait for you to take a bath."

Chu Ci shuddered violently, an unknown fire burned through his entire cheek instantly, as if seeing a devil, he grabbed Su Ning's two paws, and pushed her out of the door mercilessly, very solemnly. Positively humming: "Stay here for me obediently, don't go anywhere!"

Su Ning was amused by his appearance, but instead burst out laughing.Not to mention how ugly Chu Ci's face was, looking at that face that he had missed for many years, and showing such a smile for the first time, the sourness and sweetness in his heart overflowed infinitely, and in the end he felt that his heartbeat was almost gone.

Su Ning finally stopped laughing after being watched by him, and when he was about to say something, Chu Ci shut the door firmly with a "bang".

Su Ning blinked, could this guy be shy?Really shy?

"Is he really your brother?" Zhen Yi came out from the opposite room at some point, leaned against the wall, and looked at Su Ning with great interest.Those eyes that couldn't see anything, were deep and deep, and somehow they had a creepy taste.

Su Ning didn't answer directly, she just said, "Are you really going to give me another 100 taels?"

The corners of Zhen Yi's mouth curled up unconsciously.The boy's appearance was indeed well-born, but looking at his face, there was a hint of malnutrition yellow in his pale face.This weakness can really arouse people's pity.

But he, Zhen Yi, is not a person full of sympathy.It's just that he had nothing to do, and a lost kitten broke into his sight.The pitiful and terrified look disappeared when he saw a hundred-liang silver bill.No wonder the world wants to say that people die for money and birds die for food.

If he had doubted Su Ning's identity at the beginning, but after seeing his various performances later, he would have believed that this is a naive young man who followed his brother out to make a living and wanted to get ahead and return home.

"Of course! If I am satisfied, I will naturally give it to you!"

Su Ning looked at Zhen Yi with a smile, and there was no expression on her face that did not belong to her identity.

His and Chu Ci's identities had been planned long ago, and he didn't even suspect that Zhen Yi had sent someone to investigate after hearing his simple explanation.

These days, the competition is about who moves faster, who is more ruthless, and who is better at hiding.He has never seen anyone licking blood on the tip of a knife for three years.This is more than anyone else can learn in a lifetime.

Zhen Yi is not a person who shows his emotions.No one can read his mind.They have to be more careful.

The two said a few words at the door a few meters away, and there were several guards not far away.The atmosphere looked very weird. The two of them seemed to be unaware of this weirdness, and they still laughed a few times.

Zhen Yi's laughter stopped abruptly, and he suddenly looked at Su Ning deeply, "Aren't you afraid of me?"

Su Ning's heart skipped a beat, searching if she said something wrong just now, which made him suspicious.But he didn't dare to neglect his words, "Yes, a little bit. But I believe you are a person who keeps your promises!"

Zhen Yi didn't speak this time, but just looked at Su Ning for a few breaths, the corner of his mouth was still the same, he turned around suddenly, entered the room, and closed the door.

Su Ning was a little confused.Just when someone came to deliver hot water, Su Ning brought it in for Chu Ci.

There was steaming heat in the room, Su Ning looked at the man in the big bathtub, and suddenly felt a little dazed.It seems that in the previous life in the military camp, he often helped Chu Ci pour the bath water.And Chu Ci will also fetch water for him.During that time, they were closest to each other.

When the man moved, a glaring mark on his back was exposed, slanting down from his shoulder blades.Such hurt Su Ning is very clear.It was cut with a sharp knife.Because it was too deep, there were obvious suture marks on the skin.

Su Ning was so frightened by the wound that blood rushed to her chest, and her hands and feet became cold.With strength in his hand, he almost knocked over the bucket.

Chu Ci was startled, and he poked his head over to see Su Ning's pale face, frowned, and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

Su Ning cleaned up the emotions on her face very cleanly, but the slightly raised corners of her mouth seemed a little deliberate.

Chu Ci became more and more worried, and did not move his eyes away from him.Su Ning ignored him, tested the temperature of the water, and poured the water in.Chu Ci was so hot that he moved half a foot to the side.The heat rose up and wet his eyelashes, and he complained pitifully: "Are you hiding anything from me?"

The little guy is getting more and more incomprehensible now, this is to murder his own husband!

Su Ning snorted coldly, picked up the wet wipe, and wiped it on Chu Ci's shoulder.Only then did he openly observe the scar.From the scapula to the slanted waist, it is not difficult to judge from the shape of the wound. The focus is on the scapula, and there is a large scratch that was not avoided in time.

In the memory of Su Ning's previous life, there was no such scar.He couldn't imagine what scene this was left behind.It must be a bloody scene of life and death.

"You have good skills, why didn't you escape?"

Chu Ci was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that Su Ning's fingers were slowly crawling along the adult wound.

"A moment of carelessness, no defense."

"Accidental?" Chu Ci didn't look like a careless person.Since she didn't want to say it, Su Ning didn't want to ask any more.Throw down the wet wipes and get up.Chu Ci suddenly panicked, pulled him back, and looked at Su Ning firmly with a pair of black eyes.

Su Ning didn't know what he was going to do, she wanted to break free, but she couldn't get rid of his restraint.

After a long while, Chu Ci seemed to have made up his mind, and said leisurely, "...Three years ago, if you knew that I was injured, would you have stayed for me?"

Even if it was just out of guilt, he hoped that he could stay by his side forever.He admits that he has always been extremely selfish.As long as Su Ning cared about him even a little bit, he would tie him by his side no matter the cost.