Wishful Things

Following his young master out of the inn, the dark guard said in a low voice, "It's better to go to another inn later, young master."

He knew that the young master wanted to avoid suspicion, but one after the other, he pretended not to know Miss Xu. In this small town, there shouldn't be any rumors, right?

"No need."

The young man's tone was not serious, but it was uncompromising.

He didn't want to bring any troubles that could have been avoided because of a fluke, and he has always acted like this.

"Then this subordinate will go to a nearby town to see?" the dark guard hesitated.

There were four of them in total, Xiao Qi was looking at the dead body in the forest, and the other two were secretly sent by the Young Master to guard Miss Xu, and he was the only one beside the Young Master at the moment, and he could not and would not dare to leave the Young Master's side easily unless necessary.

"Don't be so troublesome, the city gate will be opened in about two hours."

Wu Chao strode forward to the gazebo where pedestrians could rest their feet, leaned against the railing of the pavilion, folded his arms and closed his eyes.

The dark guard sighed in his heart that the young master is really good to serve, so he silently stood by and rested against the pavilion pillar.

About half an hour later, Wu Chao, who was not sleepy, opened his eyes.

From the corner of the eye, he caught a glimpse of the food box placed on the stone table by the dark guard, and the young man suddenly felt a little hungry in his stomach.

He subconsciously glanced at the hidden guard beside him.

If it is seen, it will lose its majesty, right?

Fortunately, the other party leaned there and seemed to have fallen asleep.

Wu Chao hesitated for a moment, got up and walked to the stone table, and opened the food box.

It was not very bright, and it was hard to see what kind of snacks were in the food box. The boy picked up chopsticks and randomly picked up a piece and put it into his mouth, and then took one piece after another.

Maybe it was because I was hungry, but it tasted surprisingly good.

Trying to make his breathing sound even enough, the secret guard who quietly narrowed his eyes into a thin slit secretly watched the picture of his young master sitting there eating snacks, and couldn't help feeling complicated-you can eat as much as you want, and you still sit there alone. What's the matter with Gu Zi nodding in satisfaction at the dim sum?

Is it that delicious?

Wu Chao chewed for a while, then looked back as if observing something.

Inexplicably, I always feel that someone is spying on him——

The dark guard hurriedly closed his eyes, not daring to move even if there were mosquito bites on his face.

Is it easy for the young master to eat with peace of mind?

Compared with Xiao Qi who stayed in the forest, I don't know who is more difficult.

After eating all the food in the food box, Wu Chao returned to his original position and sat down contentedly.

However, the mosquitoes disturbed people everywhere, even with the help of the hidden guards who pretended to be awakened to drive them away, Wu Chao still couldn't sleep for a while.

When the sky brightened the next day, the face and hands of an otherwise handsome young man were covered with red spots from being bitten.

"My lord, Miss Xu has already got up and left."

A secret guard who was guarding outside the inn where Xu Mingyi was staying last night came to report.

"Miss Xu asked her subordinates to send a message to the young master, saying that it is still early, so they will not disturb the young master's rest, and will formally thank the young master in the next day."

It's just that his son looks like he's sleeping on the street?

Wu Chao glanced at the clean face of the guard who sent the message.

Could it be that Xu Mingyi gave each of them that kind of small porcelain bottle to repel mosquitoes?

Suddenly feeling a little unbalanced in his heart, the young man got on his horse.

"Go back to the city."

"yes."

The horse's hoof raised dust and smoke, and the tall and straight figure of the young man quickly disappeared into the thin morning light.

...

Xu Mingyi returned to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, washed and changed, and just after breakfast, Cui Shi came looking for him.

"Zhaozhao... Did you really rest at the Princess's mansion last night?" Cui asked with a smile on her face, but felt uneasy in her heart.

The eldest princess's mansion is not an ordinary place to go. After all, the capital is really the first person to raise noodles, and it has to be the mother of Princess Yufeng who respects the eldest princess.

Princess Jingrong is the only daughter of the late emperor, and she was so loved by the late emperor that Princess Yufeng was just born, and the late emperor made an exception and ordered her to be the princess.

But less than a month after the edict came down, the late emperor passed away due to illness before he had time to take a good look at the only granddaughter.

Princess Jingrong was very sad because of this, and at that time, she met a son-in-law who had empathized with a folk woman, and was caught and raped in bed, and the son-in-law was condemned and demoted to a commoner. The news that the mansion is raising noodles.

Princess Yufeng has been obsessed with this since she was a child, so her daughter inherited her mother's career.

His Majesty was very helpless about this, and tried to persuade him many times to no avail, but he couldn't bear to be too harsh.

Day after day, year after year, Princess Jingrong closed the door with her daughter and focused on raising her face, ignoring the rest of the matter, even the censors didn't bother to do more impeachment.

Thinking of the nightly singing and dancing in the Princess's mansion, Cui stayed up all night last night.

Although Zhaozhao had promised her that he would not follow her to raise a face, but in the end, he was not deeply involved in the world and lacked concentration. What if he couldn't resist the temptation of those alluring men?

"Mother, in fact, I didn't stay at the Princess's Mansion last night." Xu Mingyi said.

Cui Shi was taken aback.

Before taking a breath and not being able to reach Matsushita, a guess suddenly popped up in his mind and made him even more anxious - if he didn't stay in the Princess's mansion, he would have spent the night outside!

Could it be that he rested in the small hall with Princess Yufeng? !

Seeing the nervousness in his mother's eyes, Xu Mingyi hurriedly explained: "I took Ah Zhu out of the city last night, and found Qi Lin's body outside the city."

"..."

Cui's mood went back and forth between relief and horror.

"Qi Lin's corpse?!"

Xu Mingyi nodded lightly.

"Mother can now send a letter to Yong'an Bo's Mansion, and let the Bo's Mansion send someone to identify the corpse outside the city."

She told Cui Shi where the forest was.

Cui suppressed her heart and nodded in astonishment.

In the middle of the night, Zhao Zhao got clues from nowhere, and ran out of the city to find a corpse?

Afterwards, he stayed outside the city for the night, went home early in the morning and had breakfast, and now he was sitting here talking to her about it?

God, how could she have such an unusual daughter!

A quarter of an hour later, Cui Shi left Xiyuan, Xu Mingyi turned around and wanted to enter the inner room.

Ah Kui came out of the room holding a few books that Xu Mingyi had finished reading.

"etc."

"Miss, do you have anything to tell the maid?" Ah Kui stopped in confusion.

Xu Mingyi walked in front of her, and took out an invitation card that was sandwiched between the books.

Ah Kui glanced at it, and said: "Girl, this is the birthday invitation card sent by the second girl of Zhan's family, and I am about to send someone to give it to me for the birthday gift."

But the girl has always been reluctant to pay attention to the second girl, and it is absolutely impossible for the girl to go to the other party's birthday party.

At most, they are asked to prepare a birthday present for them to take as a way to save face, which is usually the case in previous years.

Xu Mingyi gently closed the invitation.

"There's no need to ask someone to deliver it, I just take it with me when I go to the banquet in the evening."

She happened to be going to Zhan's house to confirm one thing.

It's better to go sooner rather than later, so let's go tonight.

good morning~