Chapter 82: Danger

Cheng Ke and Zhou Jingran dangled side by side outside the pavilion, and Yuanshan and Qingping also followed, half a step behind, spreading out in a semicircle, carefully following behind.

Zhou Jingran shook to the peach tree, circled around the peach tree, and was picky about either the thick branch, or the branch was too straightforward, and he didn't like it, and then shook it under another peach tree, and looked at a few in a row, but he didn't find the branch he wanted.

Zhou Jingran raised his head to look for the peach branch he liked, and suddenly a black shadow suddenly burst out from behind the mountain rock on the right not far from him, shooting at Zhou Jingran like a sharp arrow.

Cheng Ke was slightly slower than the black shadow, jumped up, and rushed straight towards the black shadow.

Yuan Shan and Luo Chuan followed Cheng Ke and pounced on the black shadow, Qingping, Jing'an and Nanhai rushed to Zhou Jingran's side, and the group surrounded him in the middle.

The folding fan in Cheng Ke's right hand and the short sword in the black shadow's hand touched one place, making a sharp and piercing metal hitting sound, the folding fan in Cheng Ke's hand shattered instantly, and the cold short sword in his left hand had already been stabbed out of his sleeve almost at the same time.

Yuan Shan and Luo Chuan also pounced, wielding their long swords and stabbing straight over, as if in the blink of an eye, there were a few more blood holes on the black shadow's body, gasping and staggering to the ground, and there was no sound in a moment.

Zhou Jingran's face was pale, and he walked over to the corpse, Cheng Ke stretched out his hand to stop him and pushed him away two steps.

Yuan Shan and Luo Chuan skillfully twisted their long swords to cut open the clothes that picked off the black shadow, flicked them with the tip of their swords, carefully inspected them inch by inch, and then kicked the corpse over with their feet, carefully checked their backs, turned their heads to look at Cheng Ke and Zhou Jingran, and reported in a low voice:

"It's clean, Deadman."

Cheng Ke nodded, turned to look at Zhou Jingran, and said in a low voice:

"It's this kind of captive dead again, and it's extremely difficult to find out."

Zhou Jingran clutched the folding fan in his hand tightly, stared at the corpse lying on the ground with sharp eyes, and said in a cold and low voice:

"Check? Still need to check? Who else but that idiot can raise such a fool? ”

The corners of Zhou Jingran's eyes twitched with rage, and he slammed the folding fan in his hand into the corpse on the ground, suppressed his voice, and roared in a low voice:

"He's not at ease, he's not worried about me, I'm going to die? Yes? Brute scum"

Cheng Ke's face also darkened, he reached out and grabbed Zhou Jingran's shoulder, took two steps back to protect him, was silent for a moment, and asked in a low voice:

"Buried?"

"Phew chop and feed the dogs"

Zhou Jingran roared viciously, Cheng Ke coughed lightly, waved his hand and signaled to Yuanshan and Luochuan, Yuanshan and Luochuan glanced at each other helplessly, and had to wave the long sword to decompose the corpse.

Cheng Ke pushed Zhou Jingran to the pavilion,

"Don't look at it, let's go back."

Zhou Jingran's anger gradually subsided, hung his head, and walked side by side with Cheng Ke into the pavilion, Cheng Ke turned his head to look at him, thought about it, and comforted softly:

"You want to open some too, this one, alas, you want to open some, it will always get better."

Zhou Jingran hung his head, walked forward sullenly, and did not answer, paused, turned his head to look at Cheng Ke, and said with a forced smile:

"You say, if I become a monk and become a monk, will he be relieved? Can you let me go? ”

Cheng Ke raised his eyebrows and smiled bitterly,

"Be a monk? If you want to be a monk, I'll accompany you. ”

Zhou Jingran laughed, gently tapped Cheng Ke's shoulder, and the two entered the pavilion side by side.

Gu Xiao's face was pale, Kunhe guarded him, and when he saw Cheng Ke and Zhou Jingran enter the pavilion, he retreated to the perimeter of the pavilion with Qingping and Nanhai.

Cheng Ke was stunned, stepped forward with a smile and patted Gu Xiao's shoulder, and said easily:

"Scared? It's okay, a little thief, probably took a fancy to the piece of jade on your big brother Zhou's hat, and he pounced on it to grab it without knowing whether he was alive or dead, it's okay, it's nothing. ”

Gu Xiao nodded in horror and confusion, Zhou Jingran stepped forward with a smile, knocked on Gu Xiao's forehead, and said with a smile:

"A little thief scared you like this? What a child, okay, listen to your cousin, it's okay, let's go back, let the villain spoil his interest. ”

The three of them went out of the pavilion, under the arch guard of several small servants, walked down the mountain, and entered the courtyard of Lingying Temple, Zhou Jingran was half a step behind, and slightly signaled to Cheng Ke, Cheng Ke understood, and instructed the little maid to go back with his things, pulled Gu Xiao, stood aside, and said with a smile:

"Brother Xiao, don't tell your wife and old lady about this matter today, you don't need to alarm them if you go back, you don't need to alarm them about such a trivial matter."

Gu Xiao hesitated, looked up at Cheng Ke, and said in a low voice:

"But the dead ......"

"Everything has me, don't worry, you just remember, this thing, just treat it as if it never happened, don't mention it to anyone."

Zhou Jingran paced over, patted Gu Xiao's shoulder, and said with a smile:

"We men, we must be bold and responsible, such a trivial matter is nothing more than to make the two ladies worry more meaninglessly."

Zhou Jingran bent down slightly, leaned into Gu Xiao's ear with a very intimate attitude, and whispered:

"Women are cowardly, you said this, it scared your grandmother and mother, and you will never let you out to play in the future, but you must not say it"

Gu Xiao nodded heavily and agreed,

"Well, I know, Brother Zhou, don't worry, I promise not to say it."

Cheng Ke breathed a sigh of relief, Zhou Jingran straightened up with a smile on his face, and looked at Cheng Ke and blinked.

Cheng Ke and Zhou Jingran watched Gu Xiao enter the Hanging Flower Gate, then turned around and walked along the path between the flowers to the Suo Luo Pavilion.

Zhou Jingran had a gloomy face, walked a few steps in silence, turned his head to look at Cheng Ke and said:

"Let's leave tomorrow and go back."

Cheng Ke nodded, paused, looked up at the birds jumping and chirping on the trees in front of him, sighed softly, turned his head to look at Zhou Jingran and said in a low voice:

"I thought, something must have happened in the capital, let's hurry up on the road and go back early."

"Hmm."

Zhou Jingran nodded in agreement, twisted his eyebrows and thought carefully for a moment,

"Don't be in a hurry, there is an uncle in the capital, nothing can happen, look at this, if there is something, it is also a good thing."

Cheng Ke thought about it, shook his head lightly and laughed,

"That's right, big ...... cough,"

Cheng Ke suddenly returned to the back, covered his mouth with his hand and coughed, Zhou Jingran squinted at him, and said slowly:

"The eldest brother is too stingy, and the good things that are open and secret, no matter how big or small, have to be accounted for, and if he occupies a little less than one and a half stars, he will have to jump like thunder, which must be what good it is not for him to occupy it all."

Cheng Ke smiled and didn't answer, Zhou Jingran sighed heavily, turned his head to look at Cheng Ke and said hatefully:

"You, you're good at everything, it's just as annoying as this, like your uncle, as long as you have anything to do with the royal family, you won't say a word, you and me, what else can't you say? In the end, it's still a little warm and pleasant."

Cheng Ke turned his head angrily and glared at Zhou Jingran, Zhou Jingran looked at Cheng Ke who was annoyed, laughed, and walked leisurely towards the Suo Luo Pavilion.

In the evening, Cheng Ke and Zhou Jingran went to Ruixuan Hall to bid farewell to Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhou, and prepared to leave for the capital early the next morning.

Cheng Ke stopped Gu Xiao who wanted to send them to Shili Pavilion, and insisted on not letting him send them away, and Mrs. Li was not reluctant, and led Gu Xiao to the gate, watching Cheng Ke and Zhou Jingran's convoy turn around the corner, and couldn't see it, so she took people in.

Li Xiaonuan was busy ****, but she was in a very happy mood, and after inquiring that Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhou had gone to the front yard to see them off, she hurriedly took Lan Chu and went to the back study building to change books.

In the days that Cheng Ke and Zhou Jingran were in the house, she didn't dare to go to the study building once, and she had been short of books for a while.

Li Xiaonuan picked out more than a dozen books, and Lan Chu took a few back to Songfeng Courtyard, leisurely crooked on the east couch, enjoying the comfort and leisure of this early spring.

Mrs. Li let people spread the word, she and Gu Yunhuan were busy ****, they were tired, they didn't have to go to the front yard today, and they didn't have to go to Ruixuan Hall to invite An, so they had to rest and sleep for a day.

Li Xiaonuan changed into half-worn thin cotton clothes and pants, and instructed Xiaoyu to move a rocking chair and put it under the verandah, basking in the warm spring sun, and reading the book leisurely.

Gu Xiao entered the courtyard and walked along the verandah, Li Xiaonuan tilted his head, his eyes were squinted by the sun, and he frowned slightly and looked at Gu Xiao who was standing in front of him, with slightly blue circles under his eyes, and hurriedly motioned for the little girl to move a chair over.

Gu Xiao sat on the chair, took the tea handed over by Lan Chu, drank a few sips slowly, put down the cup, looked at Li Xiaonuan, hesitated, picked up the cup and drank a few sips of tea, holding the cup in his hand and turning around, only after a while turned his head and instructed Lan Chu, who was sitting by the railing of the verandah with needlework:

"Go down first."

Lan Chu was stunned, turned his head to look at Li Xiaonuan, Li Xiaonuan nodded slightly, Lan Chu hurriedly got up and bent his knees, and retreated to the back of the seat with the little girls.

Li Xiaonuan put down the book in his hand, sat up straight, looked at Gu Xiao with concern and asked:

"What's wrong? You didn't sleep well last night? ”

Gu Xiao nodded worriedly,

"I didn't fall asleep last night, I had nightmares as soon as I closed my eyes, Nuan Nuan, I thought about it all night, I promised Cousin Ke and Brother Zhou not to tell anyone about it, but I thought about it carefully several times, Cousin Ke and Brother Zhou said not to let me tell my ancestors and mother, I promised, they didn't say they wouldn't let me tell you, then I said it, it's not untrustworthy, Nuan Nuan said it's not like that?"

Li Xiaonuan looked at Gu Xiao who was going around a little dizzily and asked:

"What happened yesterday?"

"Hmm."

Gu Xiao nodded heavily, Li Xiaonuan frowned slightly, looked at Gu Xiao and said:

"Something happened yesterday, Cheng Ke and Zhou Gongzi didn't let you tell the ancestor and his wife, you agreed, isn't that so?"

One shift today, two shifts tomorrow

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