Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 135 War Escalation (1)
Yu Zixi said: "Not necessarily, it may also be that Qi Xing was found talking to troublemakers at the gate of the yamen just now, and we were followed."

Xianglai said: "That's also doing things for me, isn't it because of me."

Yu Zixi said: "Why do you like to take responsibility on yourself so much? If you are really worried, I will send you to a safe place, and I will go back to see him."

Xianglai nodded in agreement, and the two planned to return to Zhixiangju, but before they had gone far, Qi Xing called from behind: "Second Master, Miss Shen, I'm back."

Xianglai and Yu Zixi looked back and saw Qi Xing running from the direction of the alley. There was nothing unusual about him except for a long slit in his sleeve.

Seeing Qi Xing approaching, Yu Zixi asked: "How is it, are you injured?"

Qi Xing raised his cut sleeve, and said: "It was close, but fortunately, that man was slow, and he ran away not long after you left."

Yu Zixi said: "It's good that it's okay, Miss Shen has been worrying about you, let me see you after sending her to a safe place, let's go, this time we will take a further detour and send her back by a safe road."

So the three of them changed their route to Tianxiang Cloth Village.

Xianglai was wondering while walking, and said: "Qi Xing, have you found out who the assassin is? Why do I think he didn't seem to be sincere to kill people?"

Qi Xing glanced at Yu Zixi, and then answered Xianglai: "What did Miss Shen say, although I didn't find out who it was, but she came at us with a knife, and didn't ask for money and didn't speak, right? What are you going to do if you want to kill someone?"

Yu Zixi saw that Qi Xing's expression was different, and knew that it was inconvenient for him to say something in front of Xianglai, so she didn't ask him immediately.

Xianglai didn't know what the two of them were thinking, and said to herself: "If Xu Zongde really sent someone to kill me, he must know that I was with you, and he sent five or six people to assassinate me and Shen Che that day. To kill the three of us, but send only one?"

This time Qi Xing didn't answer Yu Zixi and said, "Well... maybe he thought you were going back to Buzhuang alone, but he didn't expect that we would send you off. The killer came out to show his face in order to be able to do business. Now, if he can’t kill him, it doesn’t mean he didn’t make a move.”

Xianglai shook her head disapprovingly, but she didn't refute anymore, after all, she couldn't think of any other reason.

The person who sent Xianglai to the gate of the Buzhuang head office stopped and said, "It's getting late, so we won't go in. The inside of the Buzhuang is always safe."

Xiang Lai said: "It's all at the door, no matter what, we should go in and sit down."

Qi Xing also said: "Second Master, you have traveled a long way, why don't we go in and beg for some water."

Yu Zixi glanced at him suspiciously, knowing that this guy must have other intentions, so she nodded and walked inside with Xianglai.

Qi Xing followed behind the two of them, looking into the yard with his head.

The largest room in the backyard of Buzhuang is Xianglai's bedroom and "office". Luo Jinxing lives in a wing not far from her room.But at this moment, the light in her room was on, but Luo Jinxing's room was dark.

Xianglai guessed that Luo Jinxing should not have slept at this time, and was probably waiting for her to come back in her own room. A faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. If there is such a man, he will not ask you anything, but will reach out when you need it. Come to support, wait for you when you leave, and you will be considered a blessing for the rest of your life.

Yu Zixi looked at her tender eyes, pursed her lips in displeasure, and stepped forward to help her open the door.

I saw only Luo Jinxing and Xu Lin in the room.Luo Jinxing was sitting under the lamp reading a book, while Xu Lin was leaning against the shadow of the corner with his sword in his hand, closing his eyes and resting his mind, as if he was about to become invisible.

Seeing the three people come in, Luo Jinxing put down the book in his hand and looked up, "Xiang Lai, Brother Yu, you are back."

Xianglai and Yu Zixi walked to the table and sat down, Xianglai said: "Don't mention it, if it wasn't for Brother Yu and Qi Xing tonight, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to come back."

Luo Jinxing was startled, and asked nervously, "What's going on?"

Yu Zixi said: "On the way back we were assassinated, but fortunately, the assassin's ability was not high, and there was only one person, so he couldn't do anything to us."

Luo Jinxing said: "Do you know who it is? But they were sent by Xu Zongde?"

Yu Zixi said: "That person didn't reveal his identity, and I was worried about Xianglai's safety, so I asked Qi Xing to block him for a while, and I will take Xianglai and leave first."

Luo Jinxing nodded and said: "Xianglai has no other enemies in this Huikang mansion, most of them are Xu Zongde's people."

Xianglai looked around the room and asked, "Where's Shen Che, why didn't you see him? He always followed me in the past, but something happened if he didn't follow me today."

Luo Jinxing said: "Oh, seeing that you haven't come back so late, he went out to look for you."

They were talking here, Qi Xing had already moved to Xu Lin who was in the corner, and said in a low voice: "Guard Xu is free today."

Xu Lin didn't raise his eyelids, and said lazily: "It's my duty to protect my young master, and I haven't been free since I told him."

Qi Xing said: "Since you're not free, why do you still have time to go out at night?"

Seeing that Xu Lin didn't answer, he said again: "Don't think that I can't see you if you deliberately change your movements. I can still recognize your figure."

His words seemed to anger Xu Lin. Xu Lin opened his eyes and looked at him coldly, and said, "I'm not idle, and some people seem to be even more idle. For example, one summer I took Renda all the way to Yanjiang Village to seek death!"

Qi Xing's expression froze for a moment, and after a while he said unwillingly: "Don't bite people like a mad dog."

After speaking, he pretended to be fine and returned to Yu Zixi's side.

Yu Zixi talked with Xianglai and Luo Jinxing for a while, then left. After leaving the cloth village, Yu Zixi asked: "Qi Xing, is the assassin related to the people in Tianxiang cloth village? Why do you have to go in?"

Qi Xing said: "Because I suspected that the assassin just now was Xu Lin, so I went in to test it out."

Yu Zixi immediately woke up, and said, "Did he admit it?"

Qi Xing said: "I didn't admit it directly, but..."

"But what?"

"But...he recognized me as the one who assassinated Miss Shen three years ago."

Yu Zixi exclaimed in surprise, "How could this happen?!"

Qi Xing lowered his head timidly and said: "I don't know about this either. It's been so long, and it was still at night, so he should have no reason to recognize me."

Yu Zixi thought about it for a while, and said, "Maybe he just doubted you before, but just now he went to test your skills."

Qi Xing whispered: "It might be like this."

Yu Zixi didn't complain about him, but she was extremely annoyed, and said irritably, "Oh, if they really recognize it, it will be a big trouble. Will you tell Xianglai not to mention it, I'm afraid this land can't be rented."

(End of this chapter)