Tonight is destined to be a restless night.

After all the slaves had finished their dinner, they were assembled in front of the mud house, and no one went anywhere else. Because they were told that later an adult would come and summon by name, and if anyone was not present, they would be punished as a felony.

This warning made the slaves afraid to leave the confines of the earthen house, and gathered in front of the earthen house, discussing something in a low voice.

They seem to have gotten some news and are secretly discussing. The expressions on their faces were quite restrained, but their eyes were full of curiosity and excitement, as if they were discussing some exciting taboo topic.

"You all know, the leader of the Hundred Beasts Garden is dead. ”

"He died so badly, his body was found in some body of water, with a big hole in his chest. ”

"Who did that?"

At the mention of the cause of Nine's death, the slaves' faces turned terrified. They were trying to suppress the horror, and there was an eerie smell permeating the haystack.

Someone suppressed his voice and said, "I heard that I entered the deep forest by mistake and was bitten to death by a ferocious beast." ”

"No, I heard that he was killed by a slave, and I want to find out who is the murderer......"

"In my opinion, it's impossible, there is no slave who can bombard that true qi, I am afraid there is no one in the entire mountain villa. ”

Killed by slaves?

Xia Gui, who was sitting on the side, was suddenly startled, but he quickly suppressed his expression and did not let people notice.

This was obviously killed by a certain magnate, and this is still a rake on the head of a slave.

Cao Ming, who was next to him, said with a puzzled expression: "It's strange, the top of the board attaches so much importance to the death of a slave leader! I have died so many slaves for unknown reasons before, and I haven't seen anyone come to investigate." ”

"There were a lot of domestic servants who died inexplicably before, and it wasn't that no one cared about it. The other slave replied.

Xia Gui also mixed in with the crowd, quietly listening to everyone's discussion.

Hearing this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook up a sneer, and he thought to himself, you don't understand this. This time, a powerful woman thinks she's been peeked at in the shower and wants to find out who has escaped. After all, the matter of being peeked at taking a bath can't be put on the table, so under the pretext of finding the murderer, you can investigate the matter in a grand manner. This is called the drunkard's intention not to drink.

"After a day's work, I'm tired to death, hurry up and finish the roll call and let us rest. Cao Ming complained in a slightly crying voice.

"Yes, unless Miss Xuefu summons us, we don't want to waste our time at all!" said the other slave.

", is Miss Xuefu's name what you can call it?" another slave was indignant.

"Didn't you call Miss Xuefu by her own name just now?" the previous slave shot back.

Xia Gui found that when these slaves mentioned "Xue Fu", there was an inexplicable burning heat in their eyes. Even, some people think that mentioning her name is disrespectful to her, which makes Xia Gui extremely puzzled.

"Who is Miss Xue Fu?" Xia Gui asked Cao Ming cautiously.

Cao Ming is a know-it-all, although he hasn't been here for a long time, he already knows a lot about astronomy, geography and trivial things, including this Xue Fu.

Cao Ming replied bitterly: "Ah Gui, you have been here for more than a month, and you don't even know about Miss Xue Fu! You have to pay more attention to other things in the villa, and you can't only have tasks in your mind! Miss Xue Fu's surname is Mi, and Mi Xue Fu is the seventh daughter of Jiuhou. Speaking of which, Miss Xuefu is actually a princess, but a serious nobleman. ”

The Ghost Marquis is the leader of the Ghost Fang Kingdom and a king. His sons and daughters are actually princesses and princes.

However, since he was divided by the king of Shang, in order to show his loyalty, he surrendered his identity and called himself the marquis. And the titles of his children have also changed from princesses and princes to young ladies and young masters.

In fact, to put it bluntly, they are all royal.

Although they are now all young masters and young ladies call themselves, and the ghost marquis also calls himself the marquis, it seems that his status has been downgraded, but in fact, this means that the sub-feudal support of Emperor Xin of the Great Shang State, his status is noble, far from being comparable to the royal family of ordinary Xiaofang Kingdom.

Cao Ming looked at Xia Gui in a daze, and added meaningfully, "I heard that this Miss Xuefu is a peerless beauty, hehe." ”

The word "hehe" laughed at the tacit understanding between men. Xia Gui could probably guess Xue Fu's appearance from his shining eyes.

As the slaves were making their unnourishing speculations, there was the sound of neat footsteps ahead, followed by a procession of men. At the head was a tall servant with a bamboo slip in his hand, and strode in front of everyone. When they saw the servant coming, all the slaves kept their mouths shut, knowing that the master was coming.

The servant who led the party said in a loud voice, "Listen, all the slaves, when the names are read, they are summoned." ”

As soon as they heard that an adult had summoned them, the gossiping slaves hurriedly closed their mouths, and the originally noisy meadow became unusually quiet. Each slave was afraid that he would be summoned, and they all held their breath, and they did not dare to take a breath. In front of the quiet earthen house, the domestic servant read out the list of summons aloud.

"Thirty-seven! One hundred and ninety-three......"

The loud voice remembered that with every time he called out a man, a slave came out of the ranks.

Sure enough, as Xia Gui expected, these people are all slaves who entered and exited the Qingmao Forest today, and of course, Xia Gui will not be missing here.

"Sixty-three!"

coldly, Xia Gui's number was also shouted out.

Xia Gui was not surprised, because he knew that he would be summoned, and he was fully prepared for it.

He had wiped the palm prints from his chest, and had thought of plenty of words to deal with it, so he didn't panic too much when he heard his name. He replied in a low voice, and his expression was about to come out of the ranks. It was Cao Ming next to him who trembled in fright.

"Turtle...... Are they calling you?" Cao Ming said in a trembling voice.

"It's me. Xia Gui nodded.

Cao Ming's expression became nervous, and he was very worried about Xia Gui, because they knew that Xia Gui and No. 9 would not get along.

"That'...... Is that you?" asked Cao Ming.

Xia Gui said "it's me", referring to the sixty-third is him. And Cao Ming asked "It's you", so he naturally asked if the murderer had returned to Xia. After so many days of getting along, the two of them have become good friends, and the Ming people don't say secret words, so Cao Ming asked straightforwardly.

"I didn't have the strength to get that fatal wound to Nine's chest. Xia Gui said.

"Well, too. Cao Ming thought about it for a moment and nodded. Thinking of the big hole in No. 9's chest that was penetrated by true qi, Cao Ming was also relieved. Not only Xia Gui, but no one has the ability to achieve this cultivation.

Thinking of this, Cao Ming secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Xia Gui also felt quite warm in his heart. He didn't expect that in this place where life was like a mustard, he could find a friend who really cared about him.

"Don't worry, I'll be back in a good time. Xia Gui turned around and smiled faintly. With that, he strode into the ranks of the twelve.