"Brother Xiao, look, he looks so beautiful!"

Xiao Qiao put down the pen in his hand and looked up at Hu Li, who ran in happily. Hu Li was holding a small eagle in his palm, and his hair was sparse and he couldn't see the slightest bit of beauty.

Xiao Qiao looked at Hu Li's excited appearance, thinking of the stupid face of this kind of carving when he grew up, he nodded reluctantly, "If you like it, keep it." ”

Hu Li nodded with a smile, looked down at the small eagle in his palm, and gently smoothed the feathers on the top of its head with his fingers, "Brother Xiao, when it grows up, I'll let him help me catch chickens." ”

Xiao Qiao couldn't help laughing, looked at Hu Li's yearning look, and encouraged: "Then take care of it, this kind of eagle will take more than a year to catch chickens, and it will probably take four or five years to fully mature." ”

"Ahh Hu Li looked at the little eagle with some disappointment, and the eagle's black and round eyes made Hu Li smile again, "It doesn't matter, then grow slowly!" "It's a big deal to find some spirit grass for him to eat, and he can live for a long time, only five years.

Hu Li put Xiao Diao on the seat, squatted on the ground by himself, and the fox eyes met Xiao Diao's black round eyes, "Brother Xiao, what do you say you want to give him?" To be mighty and domineering, you will know that it is the name of a bird of prey as soon as you hear it. ”

Xiao Qiao smiled, "Since you want to raise it, you naturally want to come up with a name." ”

Hu Li nodded, "Yes, yes, but what's it called?" Looking at the soft appearance of the small eagle, Hu Li's eyes lit up, "It's called the red halberd." ”

Xiao Qiao silently looked at Hu Lixin's appearance, Red Halberd, eat chicken, you really gave a domineering name casually!

Shuzhu, who was standing at the door, grinned silently, where is this name domineering, hahahaha!

At noon, when Hu Li was holding the chicken and nibbling on it, the red halberd stood tremblingly on the chair next to him, leaning up his fragile little neck to watch Hu Li eat deliciously.

Xiao Qiao looked at this scene funny, chewing the food in his mouth slowly, after Hu Li finished gnawing on the chicken legs, he turned his head and saw the appearance of the red halberd before he reacted that it was time to give the red halberd something to eat.

The little guy who had been waiting next to him understood what he was going to do as soon as he saw what Hu Li meant, and hurriedly brought over the things that had been prepared for the young eagle to eat, and fed them little by little.

Hu Li blushed embarrassedly, because his greasy fingers stroked the fluff on the top of the red halberd's head, "I will definitely not forget to give you something to eat next time." ”

The red halberd held half a piece of meat in his mouth, looking at Hu Li's eyes were extremely ignorant, Hu Li looked at the fluff on the red halberd's head that was stuck together because of the oily reason of his fingers, and turned his head weakly and bit the other chicken leg.

Xiao Qiao could barely hold back his laughter, but he endured it very conscientiously when he saw Hu Li's cheeks flushed.

In the afternoon, Hu Li took the young eagle and Qiu Xi to wander around the courtyard with the little maid sent by Steward Liu, and also ran to the foot of the mountain not far away to catch pheasants. Not to mention anything else, Hu Li still has a hand in catching chickens, and when he went back in the evening, Xiao Qiao saw that Xiao Wu and Qiu Xi were carrying two pheasants in their hands, and Hu Li also took one.

This is how much he loves chicken, and he really responds to his name, like a little fox!

Xiao Qiao shook his head and let him beckon Qiu Xi and them to go to the kitchen. Shuzhu ran in from outside and said in a low voice, "Young Master, the old lady has sent something." ”

Xiao Qiao raised his eyebrows, before his grandmother said that he would send him a few people, but there was no movement, he thought something had changed, but it didn't seem to be.

However, Ren is Xiao Qiao didn't expect that the old lady would be so generous.

"The old lady explained, and the token will be handed over to the eldest young master." The person who came took out a small jade plaque and handed it to Xiao Qiao, explaining: "This jade plaque can mobilize ten people, and from then on, these ten people will follow you, the eldest young master, and let you send them." ”

"Grandmother's heart is known, and I'm tired of Limber running this trip." Xiao Qiao took the jade plaque, the front of the jade plaque was written with the word "immortal", and the back was carved with intricate patterns.

Lin Bo said with a smile: "The eldest young master is polite, these ten people are always by your side, you can call them out to see you at any time." Lin Bo looked at the sky, "The old slave will stay for a short time, and he is still waiting to go back and return to the old lady." ”

"Shuzhu, send it to Lin Bo."

"Yes, young master!"

Xiao Qiao looked at the jade plate, knocked it gently, and a crisp knocking sound sounded, "Come out." ”

In an instant, ten black-clothed people appeared in front of Xiao Qiao at the same time, half-kneeling on the ground, bowing their heads and obeying orders.

"Is there a leader among the ten of you?" Xiao Qiao looked at these ten people curiously, although they were all dressed in black, but each of them had different patterns embroidered on the chest of their clothes.

The only one of the ten with a golden pattern on his chest whispered back: "Back to the master, I am the captain of the ten, Dark Zero." The remaining nine are Dark One to Dark Nine, and from today onwards they belong to the master. ”

Xiao Qiao put the jade plaque aside, stood up and walked in front of them, a silent aura spreading in the air. Obviously, Xiao Qiao was only one person, but that cold aura was no worse than those ten people in black.

"Who is your master?" Xiao Qiao's tone was soft, if he didn't look at the cold expression on his face and indifferent eyes, anyone would think that Xiao Qiao was a good-tempered person.

Dark Zero's heart froze, and the ten people replied almost at the same time: "It's you." ”

Xiao Qiao hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled, "That is the case, from today onwards, you will no longer be dark zero to dark nine, and you will all be surnamed Xia in the future." ”

The ten of them were stunned at the same time, they hadn't thought about having a normal surname since the day they were trained as Dark Guards, thinking that the number of the Dark Guards would stay with them for the rest of their lives until they died in an unknown corner.

Even Dark Zero's hearts were fluctuating, and the ten people bowed their heads again, but they no longer knelt on one knee, but became kneeling on both knees in complete surrender.

"Thank you for your master's name." Dark Zero knew that as long as they could get Xiao Qiao's full trust today, their future might really be completely different.

Xiao Qiao waved his hand and motioned for them all to stand up, "What I need you to do, there is only one request, secret. ”

Xiao Qiao left the original Xia Yi, Xia Si and Xia Ba, among the three, Xia Yi is good at poisoning, Xia Si is the best at hiding his breath, and Xia Ba is good at disguise and ventriloquism. The other seven people were all sent out, led by Xia Ling, and Xiao Qiao needed the seven of them to form a team of his own for him in the shortest possible time.

The current Emperor Huiming has a maximum of five or six years to live, and the period when he took advantage of the rise was also at that time, he needed enough strength to ensure that his plan was carried out.

In his last life, he died before worshipping the prime minister, and this time he asked for this wish!

The next day, Hu Li kept frowning at the place not far behind Xiao Qiao when he was eating breakfast, and the chicken porridge he liked to eat on weekdays was less.

"Isn't it unappetizing?" Xiao Qiao swallowed the lean porridge in his mouth, looked at Hu Li's unconsciously frowning eyebrows, and asked softly.

"Well, no, no, it's ...... Brother Xiao, don't you think there are more people in the house today? Hu Li said while looking behind Xiao Qiao, the corners of Xiao Qiao's curved mouth did not change, and his eyes were as gentle as ever, "Who is Xiao Li talking about?" But there are a few more servants in the house today. ”

Hu Li wrinkled his nose and wanted to say something, but in the end he kept silent and lowered his head to drink porridge. After eating breakfast absentmindedly, Hu Li ran to see the red halberd.

"Red Halberd, when will you grow up?" Hu Li touched the soft fluff of the young eagle, and was still thinking about the person standing not far behind Xiao Qiao in the morning.

Grandpa is right, human beings are really hard to discern. It's obviously that there are more people, and Brother Xiao still cares about him, hum!

And Xiao Qiao stood in front of the window, and Xia Ba stood in the shadow behind him, "The subordinates are sure that the little boy does sense the location of the subordinates." ”

"Let's go down." Xiao Qiao replied in a low voice.

When Hu Li was cold and feverish, he once probed Hu Li's pulse through the old doctor's hand, and he was indeed an ordinary teenager. But why can we accurately detect Xia Ba's existence, is it some secret means?

But thinking of Hu Li's heartless appearance, Xiao Qiao chuckled. What he can be sure of is that even if Hu Li has some secrets, he is afraid that he is not coming for himself.

After staying in a courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing for a few days, Xiao Qiao received a letter from Xiao Fu, and the day when Xiao Jingshu wanted to marry Qi Qingyun was two days later.

Hu Li didn't have enough fun, so he stayed in the other courtyard, Xiao Qiao took Shuzhu and Xia Yi, Xia Ba returned to Xiao's mansion, and Xia Si was left by Hu Li's side.

After Xiao Qiao left, Hu Li avoided Xia Si and secretly ate a lowest-level spirit grass for Chi Ji. Even the lowest-level spirit grass, for the red halberd that is still a young eagle, is equivalent to the Ten Great Tonic, and it is still the kind of tonic that is overdone.

Fortunately, this low-level spiritual herb is mild, even if it can't be absorbed at one time, it's nothing, the medicinal properties will be hidden in the blood, and the red halberd will be changed bit by bit.

Hu Li had a good time in the courtyard, and Xiao Qiao, who returned to the Xiao Mansion, also had a good time.

Although Xiao Jingshu is not a concubine in the eyes of the outside world, after all, she is the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, and she is the eldest grandson of the Qi family, and she can't say who is worthy of whom.

"Get out, get out of here!" Xiao Jingshu had red eyes and slammed the Zhucui sent in by the maid, "What does my mother say hurts me the most, why don't you help me, I don't want to marry Qi Qingyun, I'm going to see my mother!" Get out of the way......"

Xiao Qiao accompanied Xiao's mother and Aunt An to stand at the door, listening to Xiao Jingshu's angry shouts in the room, and gently patting Xiao's mother's back, "Mother, my sister is just a child's temper, you don't have to take it to heart." ”

Aunt An didn't know if she was hurt by Xiao Jingshu's words, and looked at the door in a daze, but there was no reaction.

Xiao's mother nodded with an ugly face, but she had a thousand thoughts in her heart, of course she didn't want her delicate daughter to marry a gentleman. But so many people saw the events of that day, even if Xiao Qiao quickly blocked the news, it was impossible for Shu'er to marry into the Great Prince's Mansion as she wanted before.

Other people may not be able to find out about Shu'er, but if you marry the royal family, you can't hide the events of the first few days at all, and then you will really be stabbed to everyone!

Thinking of this, Xiao's mother motioned to Mama Liu to push the door open, just in time to see Xiao Jingshu about to smash a vase in her hand, Xiao's mother hated iron and looked at Xiao Jingshu, "Don't put it down yet, what kind of system is crying and making trouble!" ”

Xiao Jingshu put down the vase in a sneer, but she cried again in an instant, "Mother, you help your daughter, I don't want to marry Cousin Qingyun!" ”

"It's still more than a year before you get married, and you can't make jokes about anything today!" Xiao's mother's stern words made Xiao Jingshu stunned.