Chapter Eighty-Four: The Assassins
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Xiahou was practicing swords in the courtyard, Ping'er and Li Qingya were sitting in the small pavilion on the side, eating desserts and drinking tea, happily watching Xiahou practicing swords, and their eyes were shining with admiration.
After half a ring, Xiahou was putting away his sword and standing, wiped the thin man on his head, and walked towards the two people who were watching the excitement.
When Ping'er saw Xiahou coming, she immediately gave him a hand towel to wipe his sweat and a cup of hot tea at the same time.
"Miss Li, please forgive me for the neglect, sit in the house!" Xia Houzheng wiped Han, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile.
"Xiahou Gongzi doesn't have to be polite!" Li Qingya sighed in her heart as Xiahou entered the living room, "I told him last time that I just called me Qingya, why does he ?......still call me Miss Li? No, it's not, obviously he's happy every time he sees me, and he likes to eat the pastries I make, he ...... He just doesn't know about me...... I like him, he calls me a girl out of politeness!" Thinking of this, a trace of blush appeared on her face, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Xia Houzheng again.
Seeing her like this, Xiahou sighed softly, "I can't let her follow in Hermione's footsteps anymore, I have to go out and avoid it, and after a long time, she will naturally not remember me!
Taking a sip of the tea sent by Ping'er, Xiahou Zheng said: "Ping'er, I have to go out once tomorrow, you stay at home, you have to practice the martial arts I called you, I will come back to investigate, if you are not qualified, then wait for me to punish you!"
"Where is Childe going, take Ping'er with you!" Ping'er looked at Xiahou Zheng pitifully, her big eyes blinked, flashing with tears, and it seemed that she would cry out in the next moment.
"No!" Xia Hou turned his face away, pretending not to see it, and he didn't know where this girl learned it, and before he knew it, he had learned to sell cuteness and pretend to be pitiful, he had been fooled several times, and he would definitely not be fooled now.
"Is Prince Xiahou going out, where are you going?" Li Qingya also asked.
"I don't know where to go, Miss Li, please rest assured, the girl can still come over at any time when I am away, and Ping'er will entertain you for me! You will treat this place as your home as before!" Xia Hou was smiling and nodding at Li Qingya.
Li Qingya's expression darkened, "You only said that I came here to enjoy it, but you didn't know that I was all here to see you!
Li Qingya didn't speak, but Ping'er said: "Ping'er also wants to go with Gongzi, and Ping'er wants to take care of Gongzi!"
"Nonsense, the rivers and lakes are dangerous, I have more than enough to protect myself, but I don't have the extra strength to protect you, you stay at home!" Xia Hou Zheng said strongly.
Ping'er lowered her head pitifully and said "oh", and immediately said excitedly: "Then Ping'er has practiced martial arts, is it okay to go with Gongzi!"
Xiahou Zheng nodded, "Look at your performance!"
If Ping'er could reach the realm of a second-rate master in the rivers and lakes, Xiahou Zheng wouldn't mind taking her out, but now he really didn't dare to take her out.
Ping'er waved her small fist and cheered herself up: "Ping'er will definitely practice hard!"
"I also want to practice hard, and when the time comes, let him take me out to explore the rivers and lakes, he will definitely not refuse!" Li Qingya thought happily on the side.
After the last time Xiahou Zhengjiao Ping'er practiced martial arts, Li Qingya begged Xiahou Zheng to hand her over, the two could be regarded as friends at that time, Xiahou Zheng didn't think much about it, thinking that she became interested in martial arts after learning Taijiquan, and the martial arts taught to Ping'er were not top-secret martial arts, so this kind of small request agreed to her, but she generally didn't practice at home, only practiced in front of Xiahou Zheng, more often than not, she still let Xiahou Zheng guide her, and sometimes she would pretend not to, and let Xiahou Zheng teach her a few more times.
The next day, Xiahou said goodbye to Ping'er and rowed a boat to Mantuo Villa.
After coming here for nearly a year, Xiahou Zheng went to the Langhuan Jade Cave of Mantuo Villa several times to read books, and he was already familiar with the waterways of the past.
Half a month ago, after more than eleven months of continuous efforts by Xiahou Zheng, he was finally about to reach the realm of a first-class master, but unfortunately no matter how much he cultivated in the next half a month, there was no progress in the slightest, so he decided to ask Mrs. Wang if there was a way today.
After several exchanges, seeing that Mrs. Wang no longer catches people to make flower fertilizer, and her behavior has been reined in, Xiahou Zheng's attitude towards Mrs. Wang has also improved a lot, plus Wang Yuyan as an intermediary, Mrs. Wang and Xiahou Zheng have eliminated the unhappiness caused when they met for the first time, and now the two are like real sisters and brothers.
"I can't do anything about this, my mother has never told me, and I have never practiced the Northern Spiritual Skill, I really don't know where to start, why don't you go out and find my mother, she will definitely have a way!" Mrs. Wang said while admiring the flowers.
"Senior sister, don't be joking, if I could find the master, I would have gone to find it a long time ago, where would I wait until now?" Xiahou Zheng smiled bitterly, but sighed in his heart: "I know that she should be in the Xixia Palace now, but didn't I look for death in the past?
"Actually, it's not impossible!" Mrs. Wang picked a camellia and sniffed it, "I remember that the Northern Shengong was originally an exercise to absorb other people's internal forces, as long as you find someone with advanced skills to absorb his internal strength, the breakthrough is not a matter of course!"
Xia Hou Zheng shook his head, "Although the Northern Spiritual Skill does rely on absorbing people's internal force to increase its strength, I still feel that my cultivation is a little more reliable, and the things I cultivate by myself are easier to control, and things that are not cultivated by myself will always not give me peace of mind." ”
Madame Wang continued to fiddle with her camellia, and Xiahou Zheng saw that she couldn't ask anything here, so she turned around and left.
Xiahou Zheng did not leave Mantuo Villa, he went to Langhuan Jade Cave to find this sword technique, and prepared to integrate it into the ethereal sword technique.
At night, Xia Hou was meditating and cultivating in his room, although there was no progress, he still insisted on practicing every day, but he thought that this was an accumulation, an accumulation that broke through the bottleneck, so although he did not make progress, he still insisted on cultivating every day, hoping that one day he could make a natural breakthrough.
Suddenly, there was a noise outside, Xiahou was walking out, and asked a servant girl who was rushing to prepare for what happened, it turned out that Mrs. Wang had been assassinated, fortunately, Mrs. Wang's martial arts were not weak, and the handmaid guards around her did not succeed.
When Xiahou was passing, Mrs. Wang was asking her maidservants to search the whole island with a frosty face.
"Senior sister, it's okay, I heard that someone assassinated you. Xiahou walked over and asked with concern.
Mrs. Wang's face softened slightly, "It's okay, I must find out those two sluts, since I came to my Mantuo Villa, then don't think about escaping! My Mantuo Villa is not a place where she can come and leave when she wants!"
Xiahou was thinking for a while, and asked strangely: "There are only two places where the villa can go ashore, but both places are guarded, how did the assassins come to the island silently?"
"Those two sluts want to kill me, naturally they are fully prepared, and such a trivial matter as going ashore can't be solved, how can they kill me? But it won't be me who died today!" Mrs. Wang sneered!
Xiahou Zheng: "Did Yu Yan send someone over there?"
Mrs. Wang knew what he was worried about, and said viciously: "I have already sent someone over, besides, it is not far from here, if those two sluts want to kidnap Yu Yan, then they will die." ”
Seeing Mrs. Wang's gritted teeth, Xiahou Zheng asked curiously, "Senior Sister seems to know the identity of the assassin, is it Senior Sister's enemy?"
"Enemy, sort of!" Mrs. Wang said lightly, her eyes flashing with inexplicable brilliance, and she was reluctant to tell Xiahou Zheng the identity of the assassin, so she did not say the name of the assassin.
Xiahou Zheng nodded, seeing that Mrs. Wang didn't mean to say much, she didn't ask anymore, and waited for the news of the next person with Mrs. Wang, but unfortunately the assassin was never found, half an hour later, Xiahou Zheng said: "Senior sister, I haven't found it for so long, it seems that the assassin has escaped from the island, let's go back and rest first, besides, it's dark, and it is inconvenient to search and pursue, so let's wait for tomorrow to make arrangements!"
Mrs. Wang nodded, "Senior brother is reasonable, I will send someone to hunt down and kill those two sluts tomorrow!"
Xiahou Zheng suggested: "In order to prevent them from killing back the horse pistol, we still have to strengthen the guards tonight." ”
After arranging, Xiahou Zheng also went back to the room!
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