Chapter 30: The Assassins Attack

The third old lady led Mrs. Lu to Luofen Courtyard and sent a maid to lead Lu Mingyue to Qingyun Pavilion.

Xiao Yuzheng was crooked on the low couch under the shade of the trees in the courtyard, holding a medical book in his hand, flipping through it one by one. Four girls suddenly walked in outside the courtyard gate, three of them were dressed as maids, and the other was dressed very rich and flamboyant, and at first glance she was the daughter of a big family.

"Big girl, Miss Lu came to you, and the old lady asked me to bring Miss Lu to meet you." The maid sent by the third old lady replied with a smile and left, leaving the richly dressed girl to walk up to him with two maids.

"Miss Lu? Do we know each other? Xiao Yu said suspiciously.

Lu Mingyue also glanced at Xiao Yu a few times, wrinkled her nose, and said unrecognizantly: "What, you are younger than me, I have called Sister Feng for so many days, what a loss." ”

Sister Feng, Sister Lin. Xiao Yu's eyelids jumped, and he watched Lu Mingyue sit beside him by herself.

Lu Mingyue looked at Xiao Yu's still puzzled gaze, and said a little frantically: "Miss Feng really doesn't remember me?" You saved my life, how can you not remember me! ”

Xiao Yu finally remembered, no wonder this girl looked a little familiar. It's just that in the White Horse Temple that day, she was lying on the ground weakly, with a gray face, almost like the bright and bright girl in front of her.

"It's you!"

Lu Mingyue smiled and hugged his shoulder: "I'm older than you, I'm my sister." I didn't expect that there would be such an interesting person as Sister Feng in Huaiqian City, and I really didn't come back in vain this time. ”

Xiao Yu was hugged by the nephrite warm girl, and was so shocked that he retreated again and again.

Men and women don't kiss each other, Miss Lu!

"What are you doing?" Lu Mingyue saw that he avoided him like a snake and scorpion, and pouted unhappily.

Xiao Yugan laughed twice, he couldn't say that he was of a different gender from her, so he hurriedly called Bai Ling to make tea and get snacks, and he took the opportunity to get up from the couch and sat on the chair on the side.

Lu Mingyue has a good temperament, Xiao Yu refused her enthusiasm, she was not angry, and when she saw the medical book falling on the couch, she picked it up and turned a few pages.

"My sister works so hard, no wonder her medical skills are so good, she can bring the dead back to life!" Lu Mingyue said with a look of adoration, "I don't like reading the most, I have a headache when I see words." ”

Lu Mingyue touched her neck as she spoke, and seemed a little uncomfortable.

Xiao Yu thought of the wound on her neck, and didn't know how those doctors dealt with it? At that time, I made a 2-centimeter incision, so I think it will leave a scar. This is also a lifelong event for the daughter of the lady in the boudoir.

"I'll see, how is the wound?" Xiao Yu walked over and lifted Lu Mingyue's chin and looked down at the wound on her neck.

Lu Mingyue raised her head obediently, looked at the branches and leaves of the canopy above her head and said, "It hurt a little two days ago, but now it doesn't hurt anymore, but it itches from time to time." ”

The wound was medicated and wrapped in gauze around the neck. Xiao Yu gently opened it and looked at it, the wound had healed and scabbed.

"It's very good, no infection." Xiao Yu put the gauze on it again, "It's just that it may scar, it's a pity." ”

"It's fine." Lu Mingyue touched her neck and said indifferently, "My father said that if you don't want to marry my man because of such a small scar, it's not worth marrying." Even if I can't get married, he will support me for the rest of my life. ”

After waking up, all I saw was Feng Yunfei and Feng Yunjiu, who was a scumbag like Feng Yunjiu, and Dr. Xiao was simply moved to break through the sky, Lord Lu is really a good man and a good father!

Lu Mingyue pulled his sleeve and said, "By the way, I don't know my sister's name yet." My name is Mingyue. ”

Xiao Yu said suspiciously: "Mingyue? Didn't Mrs. Lu always call Mei'er that day? ”

"Oh, that's my nickname, and my mother shouted out in a hurry in public. My father said that if someone dared to use my name to make trouble, he would cut that person down if he didn't want to fight for his official position! ”

Xiao Yu: "...... "Miss Lu, you're here to show off your father, it's too much."

"By the way, sister, what's your name, won't be so stingy and don't even tell me a name." Lu Mingyue pestered him again.

"Call me Xiao Yu."

"Oh, Xiaoyu, my sister's name is so nice."

“……”

Lu Mingyue said again: "By the way, in a few days, Governor Li's subordinates will hold a banquet to celebrate Governor Li's mansion, Xiaoyu, will you go?" We're all in this together. ”

Xiao Yu was stunned: "Celebration banquet? ”

"yes, don't you know? Governor Li's mansion has made meritorious contributions to quelling the chaos and has been rewarded by the Holy Decree. Lu Mingyue said, "A group of petty officials who love to pat on the back have to take advantage of this incident to hold a banquet to celebrate." I don't want to go at all, and there is no one in the Li family who is a good person. But my mother said that my father's Shangfeng was also surnamed Li, and he was still related to the Li Governor's Mansion, so he still had to do reads for the sake of face. Alas, it's annoying. ”

Xiao Yu was a little helpless, this girl really dared to say anything.

“…… It really doesn't matter if you gave me all the old stuff of your family? ”

"You are my savior, I look at you and feel that you are definitely not a bad person, what can't you say." Lu Mingyue hugged her again, Xiao Yu hurriedly got up to dodge, and Lu Mingyue continued to pout unhappily.

After sitting for a while, the overly enthusiastic and cheerful girl Lu Mingyue was invited away by Xiao Yu half coaxing and half persuading. After Miss Lu made an appointment to meet again next time and reluctantly left with the two maids, Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief, wiped his forehead and sat down to take a sip of tea.

Such an enthusiastic lady is really unblessed!

As for the Li family's banquet that Miss Lu said......

The third old lady had always listened to Feng Zhaoqing's provocation, and she would definitely not take him out, and she didn't even tell him at all. If it weren't for Lu Mingyue saying it, he would still be in the dark.

If it was in the past, Xiao Yu would definitely not go to join in the fun, but now that he knows that the situation in the current dynasty affects the whole body, the Li family's status is very important, and this is the celebration banquet of the Li Governor's Mansion, he must go out to see the world.

Xiao Yu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then called Bai Ling: "Go and bring the eldest young master to Qingyun Pavilion and say that I have something to find him." ”

Bai Ling quickly found Feng Zhaoqi, Feng Zhaoqi walked into the courtyard awkwardly, snorted coldly with a straight face, and stood with his back to Xiao Yu.

"Tell me, what's the matter with me?"

Xiao Yu kicked the chair: "What are you doing, punish the station?" I don't have a hobby of abusing my brother. Sit down and say. Seeing that Feng Zhaoqi was still standing there motionless, Xiao Yu slapped the table.

"What's wrong? Don't listen to me?! ”

Feng Zhaoqi was taken aback by him, and the momentum that he had managed to hold up was suddenly poked again, and he glared at Xiao Yu angrily, and sat down with a cold snort.

Xiao Yu smiled and poured him a cup of tea from his own cup.

"Come, drink saliva first."

Feng Zhaoqi took it with a cold face, and took a sip of it elegantly.

Xiao Yu said: "I came to you because I wanted your help, and you will go to the Li family's celebration banquet." ”

Feng Zhaoqi nodded, and said proudly: "Naturally, I want to go, I am on behalf of my father, how can I be absent from such a big event." ”

Xiao Yu nodded: "That's good." You find a set of your clothes and give them to me, and when the time comes, we will both wear the same clothes, and I will dress up as you and go to the front yard to have a look." You remember to cooperate with my actions, and don't be debunked. ”

"What?!" Feng Zhaoqi was so shocked by him that he almost squirted out a mouthful of tea, and coughed, "You, what do you want to do?!" Do you know how to write the word "women's way"! If things come to light, your reputation will be gone! What if you can't get married when the time comes?! ”

Xiao Yu frowned and avoided his spittle: "What do you mean that you can't get married?" Besides, if you can't get married, you can't get married, aren't you still willing to support me?! This brother of yours is ready to treat his sister so ruthlessly?! Am I misreading you? ”

"It's not the same thing;!" Feng Zhaoqi's face turned red, and his fingers trembled and pointed at him, "Don't mix it up!" ”

Xiao Yu pressed his fingers back: "That's it." If you're not willing to help me with this, I know that I misjudged you, and you don't have a sister in your heart. Shaking his head and sighing, "That's it, if you see it wrong, you can see it wrong, my sister will never believe you in the future." ”

"......" Feng Zhaoqi was so aggrieved that he wanted to cry!

"Okay, I, help!" Feng Zhaoqi gritted his teeth and said word by word.

Xiao Yu patted the top of his head with a smile: "This is good." After thinking about it, he said, "Oh yes, you go and talk to the third old lady, and let the third old lady take me to the banquet." "It's so inconvenient to be a girl, you have to have a female parent to go out openly.

"Why don't you say it yourself?!" Feng Zhaoqi was unconvinced.

Xiao Yu pinched the tips of his fingers: "How can everyone be so unreserved." ”

Reserved?! What reserved lady would be as scoundrel as his sister!

"But even if I say it, I have to have a reason, otherwise it's not good to say that I want to take you out for no reason, even if I'm your brother."

"The reasons are all ready-made, just say that I should get married when I'm older, and I will meet other ladies when I go out."

Feng Zhaoqi was crazy: "Who said just now that it doesn't matter if you can marry or not?!" ”

Xiao Yu glanced at him: "You just hope that I can't get married, my sister really misjudged you." ”

Feng Zhaoqi was so angry that he walked out of Qingyun Pavilion all the way, and after Xiao Yu waited for him to go away, he rolled on the couch with a smile and slapped the pillow.

In a blink of an eye, on the day of the banquet, the third old lady really brought Xiao Yu with her, but Zheng and Feng Zhaoqing's faces were really wonderful when they saw him appear.

Xiao Yu asked Bai Ling to hide the clothes that Feng Zhaoqi had brought over, and stopped after swaying on the road for half an hour in a carriage, it seemed that the prefect's yamen was really not far from the Feng family's mansion.

Mrs. Li had already waited by the second gate with a group of maids, and when she saw Xiao Yu who got out of the carriage, Mrs. Li's face was slightly distorted for a moment, and she greeted the third old lady warmly and thoughtfully.

The third old lady only brought her two daughters-in-law and Xiao Yu and Feng Zhaoqing out, and the other granddaughters were not there.

Feng Zhaoqing is still good at dancing with long sleeves as usual, and Mrs. Li has her own plans, and the two of them seem to be very affectionate.

Xiao Yu followed behind everyone and looked at him as he walked. The backyard of the Li Mansion is not much bigger than the Feng family, but the wealth and solemnity in it are not the same. Along the way, there were maids and servants busily shuttling back and forth, and it was obvious that the Li family attached great importance to this banquet.

Out of the corner of Mrs. Li's eyes, she looked around at him, and she was unhappy at first, and she suspected that this Feng girl was looking for her Luo'er. These days, Li Luo is making a fuss about seeing Miss Feng, and her head hurts, and Mrs. Li is naturally very alert about the affairs of these two people. She summoned a maid and whispered in a low voice, which nodded and walked away briskly.

Mrs. Li politely sent the third old lady to the bright room of the guest house specially arranged for the guests to rest, and then took people out to greet the other ladies.

Xiao Yu looked at the back of Mrs. Li leaving in a hurry. The more polite she was to the third old lady, the deeper Feng Yunfei and Feng Yunning fell into the Li family's thief ship...... That's really not a good thing.

Xiao Yu took advantage of the fact that others were not paying attention, pulled Bai Ling to hide in a place where no one was around, changed Feng Zhaoqi's clothes three times and divided them by two, and then scattered his hair, and read them at random.

Bai Ling was stunned, blinked his eyes, and said, "Girl, you ...... It's really good...... Jun. ”

Tall, handsome eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, the person in front of him is clearly a beautiful son, where is there a trace of a daughter? If it weren't for seeing her own girl change her clothes, such a person appeared directly in front of her, Bai Ling herself wouldn't have recognized that this was actually her girl.

It's still that face, why has it changed so much?

Xiao Yu smiled at her, and actually made Bai Ling blush, and lowered his head embarrassedly.

"Bailing, when I am not there, I wronged you to go to the small forest next to the thatched house, if anyone looks for me, they will say that I went to the thatched house." Xiao Yu instructed.

Bai Ling nodded again and again, and said with a red face: "The girl is older, don't say anything about the thatched house in the future......

Xiao Yu wordlessly straightened his neckline, turned around and walked out of the door to the front yard.

Passing through the small garden to the front yard, I just turned out of a courtyard gate, and met several young men walking together.

Xiao Yu didn't want to deal with it, but he didn't expect the group of people to stop him: "Huh? Brother Feng, didn't you say that people have three urgencies, why did they come back so quickly. ”

actually ran into Feng Zhaoqi's fox friends and dog friends. Xiao Yu, out of a parental mentality, inevitably looked at the few people in front of him with a critical gaze, and looked at a few people inexplicably.

"Brother Feng, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, I'll come out and get some straw paper." After saying that, he strode past a few people and walked forward.

Several people looked at each other: "Brother Feng looks really anxious......"

After walking a few steps, he saw Feng Zhaoqi coming forward with a smile, arched his hand and said, "Let you wait for a long time." ”

"Chess?" The fox friends were taken aback, and pointed to the direction where Xiao Yu left just now, and then looked at Feng Zhaoqi, "Didn't you go to find straw paper just now?" Why did it come out again so soon?! ”

Feng Zhaoqi chuckled in his heart when he heard this, knowing that they must have met his sister.

This bold guy really dares to disguise his identity and come out and hang around!

Feng Zhaoqi's heart jumped, but he still had to hide his smile and said, "Huh...... I...... I'm more unobstructed. Moving out such an explanation of self-destructive image, Young Master Feng, who has always shown a mature and stable image, was so heartbroken that he almost wanted to cry.

Feng Zhaoyu, you deceive people too much!

A few people didn't dwell too much on this kind of minutiae, and invited Feng Zhaoqi to enjoy the scenery and talk about things in the small garden.

Feng Zhaoqi was afraid that something like that just now would happen again. Although as long as they don't appear in front of people at the same time, no one should suspect anything, but in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he decided to hide first and let his sister hang out alone!

Xiao Yu couldn't hear his brother's inner complaint, so he pulled a few maids on the road to ask for the way, and then walked towards the small attic where the officials of Governor Li's mansion were entertained.

As for his current situation, as long as it is news from the outside world, anything is a valuable reads;

Feng Zhaoqi, as Feng Yunfei's eldest son and Feng Yunning's nephew, although he is not very old, he is still very valued here. Therefore, after he entered the attic, several bearded officials came up to greet him, and they did not avoid him when they talked about the current political situation.

The people in the room were basically divided into three groups.

A group of people surrounded Governor Li's mansion to celebrate and greet each other. The appearance of the Li Governor looks very decent, with a beautiful hair hanging down on his chest, neatly organized, polite, and clear-eyed, and politely socializing with the officials who came forward to get close, and he can't see that he is a traitorous minion who is acting for the tiger at all.

A group of people gathered around in a small circle by themselves, and Xiao Yu leaned over to listen, basically singing praises for the Li family and the eldest prince. The big and small officials who had retired from Governor Li's mansion after patting their sycophants came here to make a bunch. From their conversation, Xiao Yu also learned a news, it is said that the little prince, who is only five years old, is congenitally deficient, and has become more and more frail recently, but he is afraid that he will not live to adulthood. In case the little prince is gone, the eldest prince has both the emperor's preference and orthodox identity, and he will be the future prince of the rightful name.

Xiao Yu always felt that there was a bit of conspiracy in it, but the royal affairs were too far away from him, and he couldn't control it.

There were six other people, just sitting quietly in a corner, each looking at a cup of tea in front of them, silent, and no one said anything. Not only did no one go up to flatter Governor Li, but occasionally some people glanced over, but they were completely disdainful.

Xiao Yu guessed that these people should not be from the Li Dang. It's just -- look at the lively scene over there and a few people crowded, and then look at the cold and lonely people here, this small Huaiqian city is still so shaped, you can imagine how lush the power of the Li family is and how difficult it is to shake.

Xiao Yu also found a seat and sat down, holding the teacup offered by the subordinate in his hand, and looked at the six people over there without leaving a trace.

Looking at the shape of this dynasty, the Li family and Li Guifei are likely to become the final winners and take the world into their pockets.

There is no right or wrong in the political struggle, since ancient times, the king has been defeated and defeated, but Xiao Yu instinctively dislikes the Li family. Maybe it's because the Li family and Feng Yunning are on the same path, maybe it's because of the immature little prince who has never met.

What's wrong with a five-year-old anyway? The so-called natural frailty, I don't know how many unseemly selfish methods are behind it, Xiao Yu sneered at the despicability that did not hesitate to attack the child.

Just thinking about it, I saw a few young people walking in outside the door, and the person led by him looked in his twenties, looking majestic and upright.

The man was wearing a head-catching uniform, carrying a steel knife at his waist, followed by two catchers, walked in and bowed in front of Governor Li's mansion and said: "My subordinates have led people to complete the inspection of the palace and set up several secret guards to protect the personal safety of your lords." After saying coldly, he arched his hand again and stepped aside.

Governor Li was not unhappy with his rude attitude, but there was a person beside him who pointed at the young man and said, "Zhou Zhao! What's your attitude?! Which of these adults in the room is not your top leader, and you have this attitude?! On weekdays, it's okay to be pretentious in front of the official, and the official is too lazy to bother with you. How dare you be so disrespectful in front of so many adults?! Who gave you the guts! ”

Xiao Yu looked at that person, it turned out to be Hu Zhixian who was a guest in Fengfu that day.

If Zhou Zhao is the head catcher of Huaiqian County this week, he is Hu Zhixian's subordinate, no wonder he is asked to come forward.

Governor Li waved his hand and smiled in the round: "Forget it, Lord Zhou is young and talented, upright, and this mansion appreciates such young people the most." Even if there is a bit of unruliness, it should be, and it is the true character of a teenager. ”

When Hu Zhixian saw Governor Li say this, it was inconvenient to say anything more, but he just glared at Zhou Zhao unkindly.

"Get down there and get down to business! If there is a little mistake today, this official is the only one who asks! ”

Zhou Zhao silently bowed his hand, turned around and left.

It's a man, Xiao Yu nodded silently in his heart.

A person who had been sitting in the corner silently suddenly called out to him, Zhou Zhao told the two catchers to go out first, walked towards the man, and gave a salute.

"Lord Lu." Zhou Zhao's face was obviously much softer.

Lord Lu? Does it have something to do with Lu Mingyue?

Xiao Yu quietly leaned over there and listened to them.

Lord Naru sighed: "I haven't seen you for many years, why are you still that tempered. How is your father? ”

Zhou Zhao said: "Thank you Lord Lu for your concern, my father is very good." ”

"Is he still under Hu Buyun as a canon?"

Zhou Zhao nodded and didn't say anything. Master Lu exchanged two more words with him, and finally said: "You tell your father that I, Lu Feng, will always be his soldier, and if there is any difficulty, don't hide it from me." ”

Zhou Zhao still nodded: "Thank you, Lord Lu." So he took his leave.

Xiao Yu couldn't figure out these few words. Seeing that everyone in the attic was already preparing to go to the hall where the banquet was held under the leadership of Governor Li, it was estimated that there was no need to inquire, and Xiao Yu was also ready to withdraw to the backyard.

As soon as he came out of the attic, he saw that Zhou Zhao was bowing his head on the side of the road and ordering a few people to catch something, and when he saw Xiao Yu out of the corner of his eye, he actually looked up at him.

Xiao Yu felt that this young man was an upright person, and he admired it very much, so he smiled at him.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Zhao actually walked over and looked at him condescendingly, his eyes were really not kind.

Xiao Yu was a little confused, could it be that this person had something to do with Feng Zhaoqi?

But he heard Zhou Zhao say coldly: "The eldest young master of the Feng family, you actually have a habit of eavesdropping on other people's conversations? ”

Xiao Yu was a little embarrassed, just now he thought that the little action he thought was hidden was discovered by someone, and he couldn't help blushing a little.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything, I just ......"

Zhou Zhao didn't listen to him at all, interrupted his voice and said, "Isn't it that the Feng Yuan sentenced you to find some more evidence of the crime and hand it over to Li Guozhang to treat my Zhou family's crimes?" Then he is really a non-human trust. After speaking, he glanced at Xiao Yu with disdain, and turned around and left according to the handle of the knife.

It turned out to be a matter of political position, not a personal grudge, so there was no way. Xiao Yu was a little helpless, but he couldn't explain it anymore, so he could only continue to walk towards the backyard.

As soon as he walked to the door of the weeping flowers, he was grabbed by Feng Zhaoqi, who was hiding there, and glared at him angrily: "Why have you been there for so long!" ”

"Okay, okay, I'll change you, it's time for dinner. Hungry, good, go to dinner, and go home early after eating. Xiao Yu patted Feng Zhaoqi's cheek and coaxed him.

Feng Zhaoqi's face turned red, and he opened his hand: "Don't treat me like a child." You're too bold, hurry up and get back and change your clothes, don't let anyone find out about the reads;! ”

Xiao Yu smiled and nodded in response, and Feng Zhaoqi walked towards the banquet hall with confidence.

Xiao Yu went to Xiaolin to find Bai Ling, and found a place where no one was there to change his clothes, handed them to Bai Ling to wrap them, and cut his hair, and then let out a long breath.

"Let's go to the garden......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard an urgent shout outside.

"Someone! There are assassins! Protect your adults! Before the sound fell, there was a shouting and the sound of swords clashing.

Xiao Yu was stunned, he didn't expect an assassin to appear before it was dark, and this assassin was bold enough. However, this is the time when people are easy to relax, and they are afraid that it will be easier to get their hands on it.

Xiao Yu hurried to the meeting room with Bai Ling, where Mrs. Li was comforting the panicked crowd with her servants.

"Don't be afraid, today Hu Zhixian specially sent Zhou Catcher to take the arrester to deploy defenses in the mansion, and he will definitely catch the assassin!"

It's just that her words have no comforting effect, and the women are still in a mess, some want to run out, some want to squeeze in, and some still fall to the ground, and the wolf is unbearable.

If the Assassins don't come, these people will have an accident themselves.

Xiao Yu raised his voice and said, "Don't be afraid! The assassin is going to Governor Li's mansion, and he will not come to the backyard to hurt the female dependents! Even if you want to capture the hostages, you will only arrest Mrs. Li, what are you panicking about?! ”

When he said this, everyone listened to it, and they only felt very reasonable.

Yes, Governor Li killed a lot of rebels some time ago, and most of these assassins were escaped rebels who came to him for revenge, and they had nothing to do with them. What do they have to panic about?

It's just that Mrs. Li's face is not very good-looking, let the two maids hold her, I don't know whether she is angry or afraid, her legs are weak and she almost falls, and she glared at Xiao Yu fiercely.

Xiao Yu guessed correctly, the assassin really only stared at Governor Li's mansion in the front yard, and the backyard gradually calmed down after the ladies and dependents messed up for a while at the beginning.

There was no watch here, and Xiao Yu felt that after about an hour, a little servant ran over to report to Mrs. Li: "Madam, the assassin has been arrested!" It's already safe! ”

Mrs. Li breathed a long sigh of relief, grabbed the little maid and asked anxiously, "How is the master?" Is the old man hurt? ”

The little guy shook his head: "The master is fine, thanks to the protection of Zhou Zhutou." However, Zhou Zhutou was seriously injured, and his arms were about to be cut off. Now I am urgently summoning the doctors of the whole city to come to the house to treat Zhou's head! The lord asked me to ask my wife if there was any good wound medicine brought from the capital, and send it to the front quickly, so as to stop the bleeding first. ”

After the little servant finished speaking, he ran away, and Mrs. Li called someone to go to the warehouse to find medicine. Xiao Yu's heart moved, and he ran towards the front yard with a step.

"Girl, what are you doing?!" Bai Ling saw his girl running away again, so he was so angry that he stomped his feet and hurriedly chased forward.

Xiao Yu turned around and shouted to her, "Bailing, find someone to ride a horse to take you home, you go and get my first aid kit!" Be quick! Hurry up! After speaking, a pair of long legs sped up his pace, and quickly threw Bai Ling away.

Bai Ling stopped and stomped her feet, and casually grabbed a mother-in-law who hurriedly passed by her with a look: "Auntie, find someone who can ride a horse to take me, I know where there is a miracle doctor!" ”