Madam, look at the sword!

Chapter 41 The role of family
He left the mansion where the Third Prince had just settled.

The three real people and the little Taoist priest were walking on Yuanfang Street.

Looking left and right, the little Taoist realized that if he didn't have a spare coin in his pocket, the neighborhood in Yuanfang would be cleaner than his face.

Even though it was the end of the day and the brightest time of the day, there was not even a trace of dust in the air in front of him, let alone the small merchants and hawkers that he thought should be everywhere on the streets of Kyoto.
So the little Taoist priest who had a piece of spare silver in his pocket was a little unhappy and asked: "No, don't all the wealthy people living in Yuanfang want to eat stinky tofu, a piece of water chestnut cake or something from time to time?"

Sanzhen said: "If I have some money in my pocket, I just want to eat it."

"Senior brother, it's really not my fault. Who wants to go to the house of the third prince of Dangtangbei Palace to have a meal and just eat clear soup noodles?"

As he said that, the little Taoist priest added with a look of resentment: "Later, I finally managed to get some pickles, but I still had to rob them!"

"I just settled down and have nothing to do. Please understand."

"Well, senior brother, you still speak for him. Could it be that you like him?"

Master San was happy: "Yes, I quite like it, but it's a pity. It would be even better if he could become our junior brother."

The little Taoist priest looked at his senior brother and blinked: "No, senior brother, do you really believe what he and his maid said?"

Sanzhenren shook his head: "It's not a matter of belief or not, it's not necessary."

"What do you mean?"

"There's no need to lie, and there's no need to hide."

The little Taoist priest still didn't understand what his senior brother meant, so he raised his head and asked, "Why is there no need to lie or conceal?"

Sanzhenren frowned, as if he was dissatisfied that his junior brother didn't understand yet, so he raised his finger and pointed to the southwest of Kyoto, his handsome side face facing the hot sunshine, and said very proudly:
"Because we are Lixian Sect!"

"Is there anyone in the Zhou Dynasty who doesn't want to enter the Lixian Sect?"

The little Taoist priest looked at him with a look of disgust on his face: "Senior brother, I say the same thing to outsiders, but you and I should not do this. Anyway, I was not happy when I was asked to come."

Sanzhenren, who was still looking arrogant, felt as if cold water had been poured on him when he heard this, and his handsome face fell: "Then why did you come in the end?"

The little Taoist priest got angry when he mentioned this. He pinched his waist and said, "Taizu told me that after I enter the school, he will recruit a few more junior sisters. He has already identified them, and each one is prettier than the other. I have to hesitate and start the school later." , he will become a junior brother!"

Sanzhenren coughed, as if thinking of his childhood experience, and murmured: "Taizu is like this. He is the best at deceiving children."

"Ah? Senior brother, could it be you too?"

Sanzhenren waved his hand: "It's not important. Junior brother, you just need to remember that no one in Zhoutian can reject Lixian Sect. What's more, if the third prince is a mind master, it's impossible for him not to want to learn from senior brother."

Mentioning the elder brother, the little Taoist blinked: "Is the elder brother also a mind master?"

Master Sanren: "..." He suddenly realized that the younger junior brother started too late and not all the people in the sect have met. It is normal that there is no sense of collective honor yet.
Seeing that his senior brother was stunned, the little Taoist priest said again: "Anyway, the third prince must be a spiritual master, and the maid just now must be lying."

"Why are you so sure?"

The little Taoist priest said firmly: "Because I feel that we are the same person! I understand him!"

"Who are you two?"

"Just, just, I can't describe it."

Sanzhenren described it seriously: "A shameless person?"

"Brother, you are so annoying sometimes"

Sanzhenren: "To be honest, it's easy to be annoying."

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……

Bai Zhi didn't tell the truth.

The reason is simple. Her husband, who is like a father, is still being healed by the Third Prince.

So the Third Prince didn't want people to know that he was a mind master, so she had to protect him from people knowing that he was a mind master.

So just now she was holding a noodle bowl in the kitchen and contributed her superb acting skills, just like when she woke up in the box and saw the Third Prince on the cloud ship for the first time, there was no flaw.

This is what she learned in that mirror town since she was a child. Although she doesn't like it, she seems to be very good at it.
The only dissatisfaction may be the only question raised by the two Taoist priests: "Your Highness, since she is an assassin, why can she become your maid, and you seem to have a good relationship now."

She didn't answer it at the time because she didn't understand either.
Fortunately, the Third Prince spoke up and said: "Although Taoist priests are not monks, they are still outsiders. So you don't understand that as long as they are alive, a man will not have an overnight feud with a beautiful woman."

The great Taoist priest still didn't understand, but it seems that the young Taoist priest did.

So, this matter is over.

After the two Taoist priests, one big and one small, left, she received praise from the Third Prince - a thumbs up.

For some reason, she felt a little happy because of this thumb.

However, there should clearly be enmity between her and the Third Prince.
"call"

Bai Zhi took a breath and decided to forget about her happiness just now. She adjusted the silk scarf covering the wound on her neck, and then looked at the busy crowd in front of her in a daze.
Yes, the Third Prince's Kyoto mansion did not need her as a maid to do anything. The people from the Ministry of Etiquette were instructing the warriors to move various objects into the mansion.

Many of the items looked very precious to her.
The furs of monster beasts, golden Ruyi, exquisite pendulums, jade cups inlaid with precious stones, sculptures that appear to be made of ivory, long glass vases from the Western Regions, beautiful porcelain of different colors, and paintings by famous artists, etc.
But if you look at it for a while, Bai Zhi will be dazzled.

Just like last night when she went to the Yunluo Ancient Road with the Third Prince, she couldn't even see it.

The same symptoms of vertigo occurred this morning. She stood at the Huaihe River Pier and felt a little dizzy looking at more than 200 flower boats.

Bai Zhi rubbed her temples, wondering if she had some unknown disease.
At this time, an official from the Ministry of Rites came to her and bowed slightly to show courtesy.

When Bai Zhi saw this, she immediately returned the greeting and saw the young official dancing and gesticulating with her.She didn't understand, so she took out the pamphlet, wrote three words "I'm not deaf", turned over her hand to show it, and pointed to her throat to express "I'm just mute".

The young official was stunned when he saw these three words and her subsequent actions, and immediately said, "I'm sorry, Miss Bai, they all said that. That's what I thought."

Of course Bai Zhi translated immediately. They all said you were deaf and dumb, so I thought you were deaf and dumb.

She was not angry at this misunderstanding at first, but when she heard the words 'They all said, I just thought', she suddenly became angry.

Because the experience of her and the Third Prince coming here these two days and one night seemed to be filled with 'They all said... I thought'

Especially when she thought about the possibility that she might have been living in an environment where "they all said, I just thought" since she was a child, her pretty face became even more frosty.

The young official was naturally very embarrassed when he saw her face, because deaf and mute people are disabled, and this misunderstanding may cause damage to the dignity of the person involved.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry Miss Bai."

Bai Zhi listened to his apology and shook her head.

Thinking of the Third Prince facing these "they all said, I just thought" situation, and even enjoying it, with a sense of relief like a smart person looking at a group of fools, she wrote "It's okay, it's not because of you." 】

The young official knew that the maid in front of her had been the assassin in the thieves' assassination. She had lived in an environment where everyone told her that the third prince of Dangbei Palace had committed a heinous crime and that he would be unjustly killed. His words only triggered her current situation. There are just some things that I don't want to think about.

So he is still saying: "I'm sorry, I'm very sorry"

Bai Zhi looked at his appearance, shook her head, and wrote again, "So why are you looking for me?" 】

The young official saw that her expression had softened, and it seemed that the frost on her pretty face just now might not be because of him, so he immediately said: "His Royal Highness's living room in the main house has almost been arranged. Miss Bai can now choose a wing room around the main house. Also, there are a lot of things moved in today, Miss Bai can choose them by herself, and I will ask someone to help you arrange them, after all, you are going to live here at night."

Bai Zhi blinked her eyes when she heard this, feeling a little dazed.

Because she realized a problem.

It seems like I have a home...
……

……

The reason why I think having a home is a problem.

It's because Bai Zhi has never felt that she has a family.

Even though she and her husband had lived together for many years, whether they were in the small town or later at the Thieves Inn, they were all pretending to live with a mission.
When she was in the mirror town, she knew from an early age that she was going to kill people when she grew up. She wanted to practice and improve her strength. In order to kill people, she had to learn how to charm men. In order to kill people, she had to practice everything that could help her. She kills people with a heavy sense of mission every day, as if she was born to kill people.

And in the seemingly peaceful life at the Thief Inn, she was always tense, always waiting, always polishing her various killing skills, and always ready to hunt.

Then the Third Prince glanced at her, and everything suddenly ended.

She didn't die as an assassin.

In order to save her husband, she revealed the secret of the mirror town.

She becomes the handmaiden to her target to kill.

She found that everything had changed.

All the tense life before disappeared.

Instead, there was a better life than I had ever had in my life.

The meals every day on the Yunjian are delicious.
She actually gets along very well with the big yellow dog who likes to bask in the sun, the book boy Aotian who always holds his head high when talking, and Liu Meiniang who pinches her throat but doesn't blame her.

No one here forced her to do anything other than being a maid.

As a maid, she enjoyed many things other than being a maid.

For example, I followed the Third Prince into Kyoto, went to Zuixian Tower to listen to books, went shopping on Yunluo Ancient Road, and even walked in the light in front of the palace.
Of course, these are not important even if they are important, and the most important thing is that Bai Zhi discovered from these things that since she became a maid, she has lived an extremely real, practical, and secure life.
She no longer has to think about killing people.

She doesn't have to be forced to learn something she doesn't like to learn every day.

For example, what kind of eyes should you use to seduce a man, what kind of posture should you adopt, and understand which part of your body will be most liked by men.
The most important thing is that she doesn't have to get up every day and live her life pretending to be someone other than herself.

And now she can not only relax and be herself, but also have a room of her own and the right to decorate this room.

So Bai Zhi spent a whole afternoon with bright eyes. She didn't even bother to eat a few more mouthfuls of food in the evening and communicated countless times with the young official from the Ministry of Etiquette.

When night falls and the stars shine brightly.

She sat in front of the dressing table and looked around, smiling happily as she felt that this would be her 'home' from now on.

Because at this moment, Bai Zhi felt extremely relaxed and at ease, and felt an unprecedented sense of security filling her heart, so this place was really her 'home'.

As if she didn't want to think too deeply, she closed the booklet, completed everything she needed to do before falling asleep as quickly as possible, and got into bed.
Maybe it’s because it feels really good to have your own nest.

Bai Zhi slept very well this night.

It was so good that I almost overslept the next day.

Fortunately, the Third Prince didn't get up early, and even gave her time to have a good breakfast.

So she began to wait calmly for the Third Prince to get up, and dressed him up as soon as possible.

This matter has always been done on the cloud ship.

But she didn't know what happened today. Maybe the room she decorated herself gave her too much sense of security, or maybe the breakfast was very good and delicious. When she wiped the Third Prince's face, she actually felt that his skin was really good.
When I tied his hair into a bun, I felt that his hair was really dark and shiny...
When I was changing his clothes, I even thought his hands sticking out of his sleeves were really pretty.
Even after finishing dressing up, the Third Prince waved his hand: "That's it, get out of here."

She also felt that this voice sounded a bit nice no matter what.
This weird feeling lasted all day
Is this the role of having a family?
(End of this chapter)