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Chapter 45 Uncle Zhang's Guess

In the afternoon of autumn, the breeze swayed gently.

The warm sunlight fell through the dense leaves, turning into little golden spots.

The eighth princess was dressed in a red and white palace attire, and she and Xia He were sitting at a stone table under several sweet-scented osmanthus trees.

With a bright smile on her beautiful face, she raised the teacup in her hand and took a sip of the tea, enjoying the rare and comfortable time with Xia He.

Although it was a peaceful and peaceful moment, Xia He was full of thoughts. All kinds of things that happened recently kept churning in the center, and Ran Er, who had always been thinking deeply in his heart, suddenly came to mind in this peaceful afternoon. The lingering face of Ran'er fills Xia He's thoughts to the brim.

"Why haven't you seen Xia Yun in the past few days?" The eighth princess asked quietly, thinking that if Xia Yun was at home, they would not have such a quiet time.

Xia He smiled faintly, "Have you missed her yet?"

"No! No!" Eighth Princess quickly denied, "I'm just asking casually. Since you were injured, I have been to Xia's house many times, but I have never seen her!"

"Yeah!" Xia He nodded and said, "Too many things have happened in the Xia family, so I asked her to leave Luoyang to live with her mother's natal family for a while."

Xia He said, looked up at the eighth princess and said seriously: "The Xia family has not been peaceful for a long time, in fact, the eighth princess does not need to visit Xia at any time, it is safer in the palace!"

The eighth princess was not happy when she heard it, she pouted and said, "I don't, I'm coming to see you!"

Xia He sighed helplessly: "The eighth princess..."

Hearing this address, the eighth princess was even more displeased and said: "Also, don't keep calling me the eighth princess, my father has already betrothed me to you. Sooner or later, I will be your wife, so I can still be called with such a status."

Xia He was taken aback, and responded: "Eighth Princess is right, Xia should pay attention!"

The Eighth Princess Buyi muttered, "It's still the Eighth Princess!"

Xia He couldn't help laughing, and said softly: "I know, Zhi Yi!"

Hearing Xia He call out her name gently, the Eighth Princess said with a shy smile, "You still remember my boudoir name, I told you once, and it was a long time ago."

"I will never forget anything about you!" Xia He said slowly.

Yes, although I will not forget it, but I really don't like the eighth princess. If I do, why would I not propose until after my father passed away.

Looking at the eighth princess who only has her eyes full, Xia He feels a little melancholy. Hey, marrying the eighth princess is an unchangeable fact. Even if he knows that he will treat the eighth princess well, Xia He is not sure whether he will marry the eighth princess in the future without love. will hurt this girl.

The eighth princess stood up full of joy, stretched out her arms and raised her head slightly, feeling the oncoming breeze, her heart was as warm as the afternoon sunshine in autumn.

A thought popped up in her heart, and the eighth princess said softly: "Xiahe, I'll play the piano for you, how good it is!"

"Very good!" Xia He smiled and nodded.

……

Xia He's disturbed state of mind gradually calmed down in the melodious sound of the Eighth Princess.

Picking up the teacup on the stone table and taking a sip of tea, Xia He put down the teacup, and suddenly flew to the side of the palace guards who had been guarding not far away and followed the Eighth Princess.

Without waiting for the guard to react, he reached out and pulled out the silver sword from the guard's scabbard, turned around to the open space, and danced.

I saw Xia He spinning lightly, and the silver sword flashed like lightning, the sword shuttled like a dragon, and merged with Xia He's vigorous figure.

The silver sword light drew an arc in the air, Xia He's body fell backwards with the sword light, but at the moment when he was about to hit the ground, he raised his sword, his body was as light as a swallow and as fast as lightning.

I only felt the silver light suddenly rising all around, and the green leaves of sweet-scented osmanthus were shaking down one after another.

Xia He swung his wrist forward and turned it quickly, and the silver sword in his hand also turned faster and faster, rolling up the scattered osmanthus flowers on the ground, and the fragrance of the flowers was overflowing.

Xia He looked at the eighth princess who was playing the piano, smiled lightly, flipped the silver sword with his wrist, and sprinkled the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers rolled up by the sword tip towards the eighth princess.

Then he aimed at the scabbard in the guard's hand, threw out the silver sword in his hand, and hit the scabbard right in the middle.

"Xiahe!" The eighth princess stopped playing the piano, stood up and said coquettishly.

"Haha, the fragrance of flowers is for the beauties!" Xia He said with a smile. After stretching his muscles and bones just now, he felt refreshed and refreshed, and his mood also improved a little.

"You!" The eighth princess stomped her feet, lowered her head with blushing cheeks, but couldn't hide the joy in her eyes.

Xia He smiled and was about to walk up to the eighth princess and help her brush off the sweet-scented osmanthus from her head and shoulders, but saw a servant walking towards him.

"Young Master, Sun Yang has something to ask for an interview, and he will be waiting for you at the door of your study!" The servant said respectfully, cupping his hands.

"Understood, you go down first!" Xia He said seriously.

Isn't Sun Yang always secretly protecting Uncle Zhang? Why did he come back suddenly?

Xia He had no choice but to walk up to the eighth princess, stretched out his hand to take a few osmanthus flowers that fell on her shoulders for the eighth princess, and said softly: "Zhiyi, I have something to do right now, why don't you go back to the palace first!"

"But..." the eighth princess cried out in disbelief, and she uttered two words but endured it again. Xiahe has business to do, how can she stop it.

"Be obedient!" Xia He comforted, hesitated for a while, and then said: "If you don't want to go back, you can talk to grandma, she is very angry these days, you can go and accompany her, and then finish dinner together, we Send you back to the palace!"

"Is it okay? I can wait for you to have dinner together, and then you can send me back!" Eighth Princess' eyes lit up, and she cheered happily.

Xia He nodded and smiled, "Of course!"

The eighth princess said happily: "Then you go and deal with the matter quickly, I will go to grandma right away!"

After speaking, she held up her skirt and ran to the wing room where the old lady was, and the two accompanying guards of the Eighth Princess hurriedly followed.

After running for a short distance, the eighth princess stopped again and said, "Hurry up, I'll wait for you to have dinner together!"

"Know!"

Xia He smiled and waved his hands, watching the eighth princess gradually walk away, then turned and walked towards the study.

As he walked, he couldn't help smiling and shaking his head. Although the eighth princess was a princess, she didn't have the slightest bit of arrogance and arrogance in front of her.

Hey... It's a pity that I just can't like the eighth princess.

Involuntarily, Ran'er's face came to mind again, and he didn't know why Ran'er's every frown, smile and every action could deeply touch his heart.

Ran'er, are you okay...

When he came to the door of the study, Sun Yang, who was dressed in black, was already waiting outside the door. Xia He asked directly without waiting for Sun Yang to speak, "Why did you come here suddenly?"

"Uncle asked me to come here!" Sun Yang replied concisely.

"Follow me into the house!" Xia He said as he walked into the study.

Sun Yang then followed in, and after closing the door and windows tightly, he whispered to Xia He: "Uncle Zhang asked his subordinates to come back to protect you. It is safe for him to live in Lei Mansion temporarily!"

"Oh? Why did you live in Lei's Mansion!" Xia He asked puzzled.

"Uncle Zhang used the seven-star lamp to renew Miss Yang's life. It took seven days to renew Miss Yang's life, so Mr. Lei asked Uncle Zhang to stay in Lei's Mansion temporarily. Firstly, it is convenient for Miss Yang to cast spells, and secondly, it is also good for protecting Zhang. Uncle's safety!" Sun Yang explained.

Xia He nodded to show that he knew. Xia Yun said that day that he knew about this, but he didn't expect Uncle Zhang to live in Lei's Mansion.

However, Lei Mansion is relatively safer.

For Ran'er, it's really embarrassing for Uncle Zhang.

"Miss told us about the summoning of the soul before leaving for Xiangzhou. On the night of the summoning, Uncle Zhang was giving Miss Yang the seven-star life extension method, and then something happened halfway!" Sun Yang continued.

Xia He was shocked, and quickly asked: "What's the situation? What's wrong with Uncle Zhang, and where is Ran'er?"

Sun Yang said: "They are all fine, Uncle Zhang said, fortunately Mr. Lei was on the sidelines to protect the dharma so that no accident happened, or if the Seven Star Lantern Renewal Method made a mistake on the first day, Miss Yang's life is really worrying."

Xia He asked: "Then what happened?"

"Uncle Zhang was puzzled at the beginning, why he suddenly felt unwell. Later, when Ms. Jing talked about the summoning of souls here, Uncle Zhang suspected that the discomfort in his body at that time was related to the summoning of souls, because the time just happened to be right. .” Sun Yang said.

"Wh-what-!" Xia He was shocked. It is really unimaginable and completely unimaginable that this spiritual ritual can affect Uncle Zhang.

Sun Yang explained: "Because Uncle Zhang said that his symptoms at that time were dizziness, dizziness, spinning and unsteady feet. Specifically, it was the feeling of being out of control!"

"The soul is out of control!" Shocked, Xia He murmured: "From this point of view, Mr. He is a master!"

Sun Yang continued: "Uncle Zhang asked his subordinates to remind the young master to pay attention to those who come up with ideas. Uncle Zhang knows that our Xia family has always kept the ghosts and gods at arm's length, and never took the initiative to contact them, let alone think of such a method.

Therefore, Zhang Shu guessed that the person who came up with this idea would definitely not be a member of the Xia family, and most likely someone with ulterior motives. "

People with ulterior motives!

Could it be that Uncle Rui...?
Xia He guessed, leaned back in the seat, frowned and thought, but heard Sun Yang continue:

"But Uncle Zhang said that it is also possible that others just have good intentions, but I still ask the young master not to be careless. If there are really ulterior motives and this method can be figured out, then this person must not be underestimated!"

"I'll find out about this!"

Xia He thought deeply, and after a while, he looked up at Sun Yang and asked, "Other things, did Uncle Zhang say anything?"

Sun Yang thought for a while and said: "Uncle Zhang just asked his subordinates to come back to protect the young master, to make the young master be careful, and to be careful with everyone. Also, Uncle Zhang also said that the Lei Mansion is not simple!"

"Why isn't it simple?" Xia He asked, in fact, he also vaguely felt that the Lei Mansion was not as ordinary as it seemed.

Not to mention the martial arts skills of Mr. Lei's two subordinates, after the failure of the soul call that night, Herman easily dispelled those evil whirlwinds, which is not something ordinary people can do.

Although in hindsight, Herman nonchalantly said that it was just a simple Persian method of exorcism, and it happened that he knew how to use it.

Xia He knew that the facts would not be as easy as Herman said, but he was not someone who would ask the end. Seeing that Herman was obviously unwilling to say more, he didn't mention it after he thanked him.

And Herman healed his injuries for most of the night, allowing himself to recover in a short time...

There are so many, and none of them can be done easily, so how can they be ordinary Persian businessmen.

"Specifically, Uncle Zhang didn't say anything. Uncle Zhang just lamented that the Lei Mansion has helped the Xia family a lot!"

Sun Yang's words reached Xia He's ears, interrupting Xia He's thoughts.

After sorting out his thoughts for a while, Xia He ordered: "Then you don't have to go back for now, and accompany me to visit Uncle Rui tomorrow!"

"Shu Rui? Is the young master talking about the former Youwuwei General Yu Wenrui?"

"Yes, it's him!"

"How could the young master think of going to visit him? It is said that after he was dismissed two years ago, he has been reclusive."

"Because it was the spiritual summoning ceremony he proposed, and Mr. He was also invited by him!"

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(End of this chapter)