Song Kingdom, Xique Palace.

Xiao Jiu stood in front of the desk, his eyes flashing slightly, looking at Song Yuan behind the desk, and the latter stared at the letter in his hand without raising his head.

Although thousands of thoughts flashed in his heart, he still lowered his head and did not speak.

After a while, Song Yuan raised his head first and called Xiao Jiu's name, and said lightly: "You tell everyone outside the mansion to leave." ”

Xiao Jiu was shocked, raised his head and exclaimed, "Your Majesty, you are ......"

Song Yuan shook his head, looked at the candle case and said, "Don't worry, I have my own thoughts, not only will she be fine in Qingjiang, but on the contrary, she may return to the palace tomorrow." ”

Xiao Jiu looked at Song Yuan in disbelief, not knowing the truth of His Majesty's words for a while, so he just stood in place and did not move.

Song Yuan knew that he was kind, and he also cared about Qingjiang, so he had doubts in his heart. I couldn't help but raise my head and smile at him, and said with relief: "I know your hesitation, but since you are my man, you have to listen to my orders, you just go and tell the hour that they will leave, and the rest will follow its own direction, let it be." ”

Only then did Xiao Jiu let go of his doubts and left the palace as he said.

When he arrived outside the Ling Guo Mansion, he saw a table of five big and three thick men sitting at an herbal tea stall around the corner, rolling up his sleeves and grabbing the melon seeds on the table and sending them to his mouth one by one.

It is said that there is one table, but in fact there are only three.

Rao is Xiao Jiu had already dressed up in advance, so he couldn't help but cover half of his face with his hand, for fear that someone would see it and move there in small steps.

It's closer. A man who was facing this side spit out a mouthful of melon shells, stood up with one foot on the bench and beckoned to him: "Brother Jiu, you are here, come and sit." ”

Xiao Jiu resigned himself to his palm, pulled up the stiff muscles at the corner of his mouth and pulled out a smile, then walked over and sat down, hugged his hand at one of the men and said respectfully, "Seventh Senior Brother." ”

The person he called the Seventh Senior Brother sat with his back to him, and then turned his face to look at him, a pair of sword eyebrows flew into his sideburns, and Xiao Jiu was shocked again. At this time, there was a man next to him with a round face. The man who laughed like a Maitreya Buddha punched him in the chest, and said with a smile: "Okay, you Xiao Jiu, did you only see your seventh senior brother?" ”

Xiao Jiu hurriedly clenched his fists again and shouted, "Eighth Senior Brother." ”

At this time, the person who greeted Xiao Jiu earlier took another handful of melon seeds. said vaguely: "Brother Jiu." Don't be polite to them. The next time I see you don't make a little stumbling, a few people in the senior brothers will count you as a bully. Come and sit down and say, and be careful to be suspicious all the time. ”

Xiao Jiu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then he opened his robe and sat down.

The boss came up with a thick tea bowl, only nodded at him, and hurriedly rushed to greet him when he saw a guest coming.

Xiao Jiu stared at his distant back, looking for something to talk about, "I didn't expect the tea shop to be watched at this time, and the business was fine." ”

The person he called the Seventh Senior Brother stared at him, his face was majestic, and he said: "How do you know that it was built at this time, and we are not staring at this old thief for a while, but you are in the deep palace and don't know." ”

The eighth senior brother watched him being trained, and he had nothing to do with himself on the side, watching the show, as if he was holding his arms and laughing.

This feeling is the most familiar to him, and he only feels very familiar and nostalgic.

It is said that the eldest brother is like a father, and the seventh senior brother is their eldest brother, but it happens to be a seven-character in the name, so it has been called the seventh senior brother for a long time, and the senior brothers are all called seven, eight, nine, but in the tenth, Song Yuan happened to come to Yanluo Mountain, and the name was taken by him, and it was no longer a number, but it became Xiao Shi and Xiao Shiyi.

They all followed Song Yuan down the mountain and became helpers in the dark and in the open.

In fact, from the very beginning, the master recruited talented children everywhere as apprentices, all in order to lay a foundation for Song Yuan, and they always knew it in their hearts, but they never asked why.

Xiao Ba saw Xiao Jiu staring at the porcelain bowl in a daze, so he stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, and said with a smile: "Why, I haven't been scolded by Senior Brother Seventh for a long time, and I feel sad like a little daughter-in-law for a while?" ”

Xiao Jiu came back to his senses, frowned, and then remembered that he had come here for business.

So when Xiao Qi saw him like this, he knew in his heart, stopped Xiao Ba in a loud voice, and asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter, does Your Majesty have any orders?" ”

Although Xiao Ba's words are straightforward, among the senior brothers, although Song Yuan is also a disciple of the master on the surface, he is different from them.

Song Yuan didn't have to call them a senior brother, nor did he have to abide by the rules of the teacher, but he could bear the voice of the little junior sister.

Xiao Jiu knew that Senior Brother Seventh had always been angry in his heart, and Xiao Ba and Xiao Shiyi were also a little embarrassed, so he just pretended not to feel it and said to them: "This time it's not for everyone to do something. The brothers can go wherever they want, but there is only one point, the flying pigeon will be there. ”

After he finished speaking, he realized that Xiao Shi was not there, so he turned his head and asked Xiao Shi for interpretation.

"Where's the hour?"

Xiao Shiyi's face was scornful, and even the hand that stretched out to the pile of melon seeds on the table paused in mid-air.

Xiao Jiu saw his reaction, even if he didn't speak, he could guess a rough idea, I am afraid that Xiao Shi, the unlucky bastard, was sent to do the most unpleasant thing again, he only dropped a sentence: "I'll go find the hour." ”

When Xiao Jiu disappeared, Xiao Ba turned his head to look at Xiao Qi, the smile on his face was retracted, and he said to him: "Senior brother, I know that you are angry in your heart, but in this situation, you also know that it is not easy for him, and there are only a few of us left, even the little junior sister can go down the mountain to help regardless of the previous suspicions, why should you be angry, it's time to let go." ”

Xiao Qi was silent and did not speak, his face was serious and calm, and he didn't even raise his eyelids when he heard this.

……

Xiao Jiu evaded the secret guards outside the Ling Guo Mansion and quietly swept to the backyard, but he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart.

Ling Guogong had secretly sent so many people in the backyard, he held his breath and carefully observed the surrounding situation, stopped after a while, and went to the place near the lake to hide.

Although there are many secret guards in the Ling Guo Mansion, only a few of them have been trained, and although their kung fu is much stronger than them, it is not as good as them who have been in the mountains all year round and have learned the kung fu of holding their breath.

Xiao Shi was hiding in a tree, with a hat made of branches on his head, staring at the window of Qingjiang's house motionless, when he suddenly felt a slight turmoil in the branches behind him, he was startled, and quickly turned his head to look.

"It's you, scare me, I thought I was discovered!"

Xiao Jiu stepped on the branch and walked a few steps forward, stood still behind him, and said with a smile: "You are so good at stealth, how can you be discovered, but you can find out about my arrival at the first time, and you are vigilant." (To be continued......)