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Chapter 4 The Boring Man Picked Up

Du gradually entered the tavern, paid the storekeeper for wine, and just sat down and picked up the walnuts on the counter to eat, when another person came in outside the door.

"Shopkeeper, come to Sanjin Huadiao."

Du Jian stopped chewing when he heard the sound.

Turning his head to look, this person just happened to look over.

Changying glanced from his half-sagging eyebrows to his chin and upper body, and then looked at the store lady who responded, "I want strong wine boiled in the first pot of water, please help me get three gourds to pack."

The shopkeeper agreed to go, Changying sat down and looked at the shop.

Du Jian withdrew his gaze, swallowed the walnuts in his mouth, couldn't hold back, and turned his head to the side: "The official words are right. People from Yanjing?"

Changying glanced at him, but said nothing, resting the five fingers of her right hand on the table leisurely and lightly tapping.

Zhou Liang and the others hadn't come back yet, she was out for a stroll, and when she passed by the tavern, she came in to buy a few catties of wine to reward her subordinates.

Over the years, she has met a lot of people who strike up a conversation outside, and she doesn't want to pay attention to this person.

Du Jian pondered for a while, then looked at her fingers, and saw the calluses on the bases of her fingers that were inadvertently exposed when she twisted her sleeves and let go of her hair.

He asked again: "Have you used the sword for many years?"

Chang Ying stopped her fingertips and squinted at the man.

"Girl, Huang Ji and the others are back!"

Zi Xiang, who walked in quickly from the door, interrupted her, and she took another deep look at Du Jian, took out a piece of silver and took the wine from the shopkeeper.

Du Jian looked at her back, still thoughtful.

"The little girl looks good, but she seems to have a temper." The shopkeeper smiled while supporting the counter.

Du Jian smiled without saying a word, took a sip of tea, took the wine and left.

After Cheng Xiao took care of the family affairs, he couldn't hold on until dawn.

Of course, he didn't say anything about the purpose of the bandits' visit last night. Fortunately, no one would think about this kind of thing in other ways.

But in the end, only he knows what kind of danger last night was, not to mention life and death were hanging by a thread, just that battle was about to kill someone!

"My lord, the two bosses have investigated separately, and those people pried open the corner door to enter after dusk when the house was empty.

"They are strong in martial arts, and they seem to be very familiar with the situation in the mansion. They should have been staring at us a long time ago. Just now, Master Tongzhi has sent an order to guard the city gate strictly. The following defense masters can rest assured."

Cheng Xiao glanced at the person coming and nodded.

He was relieved of Du Jian's actions. Back then, he saw with his own eyes how he charged and killed surrounded by dozens of people.

Although he, Cheng Xiao, was a literati, he knew quite a few military generals. Few of them could be found with Du Jian's skill.

He confidently picked up the ginseng soup and drank it.

After taking two sips, he paused again. Du Jian's skills are good, he knows that the mansion has been very peaceful with him by his side these few months, and even the atmosphere in the city has improved a lot, he also knows.

But since the mansion is heavily guarded, how did those people break in last night?
"Where's Yang Chan?" He asked.

"Yang Chan rested, sir, do you have something to order?"

There was a voice from outside the door, Cheng Xiao looked intently, it was Du Jian who came in with a jug of wine in his hand.

Cheng Xiao looked at him deeply: "Why didn't you rest?"

"Last night, something strange happened. Earlier, Lao Yang and I walked around the mansion wall a few times, and determined that someone opened the back corner door and let in the person.

"And it was quite early when people sneaked in. But I couldn't figure out who the men in black were. I just went to buy some wine and planned to wait for news from the police."

Du Jian sat on the twig under the bed.

He is from the Jianghu, and Cheng Xiao has accepted his life-saving grace, so he has never cared about these details of him, and this time is of course no exception.

But he asked, "Why did you come so slowly last night? Where did you go?"

Du Jian was silent for a while, then said, "I'll ask Miss Er about that."

Cheng Xiao was slightly taken aback.

"Yesterday, during the Flower Festival, the second young lady ordered the younger one to accompany her to go shopping in the flower street, but I waited outside the gate of the mansion until midnight, but I never saw her come. I didn't realize that something was wrong until I heard the fight in the mansion, and went back to the house. to the house."

Du Jian had an indescribable look on his face.

Cheng Xiao didn't know how to describe his expression.It's hardly a secret that Cheng Mei likes Du Jian, he dare not lie about Cheng Mei.

So, the reason why Madam scolded her daughter last night was because she wanted to go out with Du Jianye privately?And Du Jian couldn't come to help out because he was entangled by his own daughter?
Thinking of this, his facial muscles trembled again, and he said dying, "Go out."

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Changying gave the wine to Zixiang, and when she returned to Changyunxuan, Huang Ji and Zhou Liang were already waiting in the room.

"How about it?"

"There is nothing to gain." Zhou Liang worried: "We chased those people to the city gate, and suddenly they ran into a dark alley and escaped. But Huang Ji also poured red paint on their faces, so it was nothing. It's a waste of time to run this trip."

"Where did you get the red paint?"

"Isn't this the Flower Festival? The flower stands on the street need to be painted red. Red paint is not like cinnabar. After it dries, it is not afraid of water. When I saw a lacquer pot, I splashed it and hit their faces!" Huang said. The sound is high-pitched and loud.

"Really?!" Shaoqing immediately cheered up: "Isn't it true that as long as you guard the city gates strictly and wait for the rabbits, you will always be able to catch them? In this way, it is still very possible to complete the plan!"

"That's not it!" Zi Xiang was also happy, hugging the wine gourd and said: "Even if it may not be found, at least the chances are greatly increased!"

Changying pondered for a while, then nodded: "Then you guys rest first, I bought some wine, you can refresh yourself, I'll go look for Cheng Xiao."

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