Early the next morning, Lu Xihe went to visit the Duke of Jin Guo, and she was very grateful for Ning Yan's "care" yesterday.

Jin Guogong picked up the pen and wrote a word, but he didn't put down the pen after writing.

He smiled and said: "I look left and right at this painting, and I always feel that something is missing, you can take a look at it for me." ”

Seeing him nodding kindly at herself, Lu Xihe walked over, stood on the side of the desk, and looked at it carefully.

Jin Guogong's words are strong and powerful, but he cares too much about horizontal and vertical, and it seems stiff.

Lu Xihe's eyes darkened slightly, was he reminding himself?

"Grandpa Guo, forgive the little girl for being stupid, I can't see anything wrong." She thought about it and replied.

Jin Guogong took in her expression, suddenly put down the brush, and sighed: "Girl, why are you so deep in your mind at such a young age?" ”

"The little girl doesn't understand."

The Duke of Jin sent someone to take down the pair of words and looked at her for a while.

"There's no one else here." Seeing that she didn't react, Jin Guogong continued: "I'm curious, who is secretly fueling the trouble in the matter of Xie Chengyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry? Later, I found out that it was Zhao Jin, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, who accused him, but this Zhao waiter has always been the confidant of the Ministry of Works, how could he betray him? Do you think it's weird? ”

After hearing these words, Lu Xihe wondered how much Jin Guogong knew.

"Maybe Zhao Shilang hasn't been promoted for a long time, and he has resentment and impulsiveness." When she said this, she was very calm, and her tone was calm, like an outsider's tone.

"Really? But I heard that Zhao Jin's beloved wife had an affair with Xie Chengyuan, and Zhao Jin was angry and exposed Xie Chengyuan's old background. How did Zhao Jin find out? One day he came home from Xiu Mu and found that his wife was in a hurry and looked nervous, Zhao Jin followed curiously, only to find that his wife had entered the back door of Xie's mansion. No matter how bold his wife was, she didn't dare to go to Xie Mansion in a grand manner, it turned out that a mysterious person gave her a letter, imitating Xie Chengyuan's handwriting, promising her to enter the palace to testify that Zhao Jin's concubine killed his wife, and she would have the opportunity to remarry Xie Fu. In normal times, who would believe such a clumsy lie? Coincidentally, Zhao Jin carried the third concubine into the door, and he was very pampered, but Zhao Jin's wife couldn't bear it for a long time, so she lost her mind in a rage. A few things that seemed to be a coincidence, but they completely pushed the three of them into a dead end. ”

Lu Xihe's heart sank, Jin Guogong must have known everything, and continued to pretend to be stupid, which would only lead him to suspicion, so he simply showdowned: "Xie Chengyuan and Zhao Jin have long been estranged, and they will tear their faces with just one ***." No one can endure the betrayal of the other half, and if Xie Chengyuan didn't get his way, I wouldn't have succeeded so quickly. ”

"Willing to tell the truth?" Jin Guogong shook his head, "Your father used to be a powerful general with a strict family style, and he was persecuted and demoted to Tiandu as a civil official, and I didn't see him hold a grudge and do things to others behind his back. Your mother is a noble girl, and she reads poetry and books with everyone's demeanor.

Are you really raised by them? ”

Lu Xihe was poked in the sore spot, and said with a smile: "I won't tell you, I have been in poor health since I was a child, and I was sick at every three days, and my father wanted me to take care of my body well, so I arranged a quiet place to recuperate at home." ”

Jin Guogong's expression gradually relaxed, "In this way, you grew up on your own. No wonder the style of acting is not like them at all, tell me, why did you want to attack Xie Chengyuan? ”

"Xie Chengyuan is in a high position and does not seek the well-being of the people, as it should be."

Jin Guogong smiled, "What else?" ”

Lu Xihe pursed her lips slightly, and was afraid that Jin Guogong would see through her nervousness, so she slowed down and replied: "The enemy's friend is the enemy." ”

"Girl, you're still too young." Jin Guogong said again: "Did you have fun yesterday?" ”

Lu Xihe remembered that her face was bruised yesterday, and she was "happy"!

"Ning Yan, I'm used to it, and it's not easy to get along with. He's still polite to a little girl like you. You must be thinking, why am I looking for him, right? Your eldest brother has His Majesty's appreciation, and this time he will go to Beijing to report on his work, and if it goes well, he will stay in the capital. It is not easy to enter the court as an official, and it is even more difficult at the feet of the Son of Heaven. If the prince does not act, the only person the court can rely on is Ning Yan. ”

Lu Xihe was silent, his father had too many enemies in the past, only Ning Yan was the one, and he still had some friendship.

"If you want to come back openly, you need his help." Jin Guogong took out a thin sticker with gold rim from the shelf and put it on the desk.

"It's all about him."

Immediately after, he took out another thick stack of posts and placed them next to the thin stickers.

"This is a list of people who have been involved in your father's case."

Lu Xihe looked at the two stacks of posts that were very different, and couldn't help muttering in her heart, she just wanted to find the murderer who killed her brother back then, and as for being involved in these whirlpools, she hadn't seriously thought about it.

"Aren't you keeping track of these people so that one day you can use them for your own use? Only when you have power can you protect yourself. The road is to be walked by yourself, how to choose, it is up to you. ”

Lu Xihe lowered his head for a long time, stepped forward, and attached his right hand to the thick pile of posts.

"I've got it covered."

Jin Guogong felt a pity, obviously the first road was better. As long as Ning Yan cares about her, why can't her family return to Beijing as soon as possible?

But she didn't want to.

Jin Guo is angry that this kid is too stubborn, but he can't help but like it when he looks at it.

She really looked like she used to be.

"You've really figured it out?" Jin Guogong looked back and took out a book, which looked a little old, and there were faint creases on the cover.

"Although I am not completely sure, I will not be too miserable if I think that there is Grandpa Guo." She looked up, her eyes shining, her words humble but her expression very confident.

"You girl has a lot on your mind." Jin Guogong laughed a few times, "I still have something to do, and I have already sent someone to inform your eldest brother, and he will come to pick you up." ”。

Lu Yiran learned that she was in the Guogong Mansion, and immediately rushed over after dealing with the matter at hand.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Lu Xihe talking and laughing with the maid in the pavilion, and he was immediately relieved.

He walked over with a straight face, "Why didn't you talk to me when you came out?" ”

Lu Xihe lowered his head and looked at the ground in a distraction, "Not next time." ”

Lu Yiran seemed to have punched the cotton, but he was angry but had nowhere to vent.

"The Duke of Jin has something to do, you don't have to wait to ask him for resignation, go back with me." He said to her as gently as he could.

Lu Xihe stood up and threw a glance at him before leaving, his eyes full of indifference and alienation.

He pretended not to see and leaned sideways to let her walk over. The temperature around him dropped instantly, and the people didn't dare to breathe, for fear of angering the master.

Back at the inn, the two did not communicate.

Lu Yiran couldn't figure it out, why did he start ignoring him again when he was fine before? He was sure she didn't know about herself, so what was she thinking?

Do you like someone?

He was quick to deny it. Lu Xihe has only been in contact with Ning Yan in the past few days, and with his understanding of Lu Xihe, what she dislikes the most is people like Ning Yan.

If you want to say that the most likely, it is still Ning Yu'an.

Thinking of Ning Yu'an, his head is big, it is best to let this potential danger disappear quickly, as long as he does not appear near her, where is Ning Yu'an's love.

He was restless, always feeling that something was going to happen.

But it just so happened.

In the middle of the night, when everyone was asleep, Lu Xihe disappeared

A big living person, as if he had disappeared out of thin air. Unfortunately, no one found out.

Lu Xihe felt a jolt, her head was covered, and she couldn't see anything.

The person who carried her was so fast that she didn't know where she was, and she wondered how to get out.

But she miscalculated one thing, even if she had a three-inch tongue, how could she say that she was an outlaw?

The man stopped, threw her to the ground, and lifted the sack from her head.

"Say, who are you Ning Yan?"

Lu Xihe looked at him in a daze, only to see a man in black, with a mask on his face, only revealing a pair of eyes and nose.

Those eyes were so beautiful that they sparkled like stars in the sky.

"I don't know him."

The man didn't speak, but looked down at her, rubbing the knife in his hand.

Lu Xihe said: "I really don't know who the person you are talking about..." Pretending to be stupid is her forte, I don't want that person to just look at her quietly, his eyes are cold, and there is no emotion.

"If he doesn't come, no one will save you." The man finally spoke.

"Someone sent you to kill him?"

The man stared at her for a long time, "It has nothing to do with you. ”

"The family is the prince of the dynasty, and I am the unfavored daughter of the small family, do you think we will have a relationship?"

Oniki said seriously: "I see you together. ”

Lu Xihe thought it was funny, "So I have a relationship with him?" ”

"Hmm." Oniki leaned against the tree, looked at her for a moment, crouched down and stretched out his hand, but stopped the moment he touched her.

"If he doesn't come, you'll die." Oniki didn't seem to be joking, and the murderous aura on his body became more and more solemn.

"Isn't death a relief?" She bowed her head slightly, her voice extremely tired, "You kill me." ”

"Not afraid of death?" Oniki asked, pulling out his knife.

She smiled brightly, and her voice seemed to float from the sky, "Life and death are just the rotation of yin and yang. Why not exist in the world in a different way? ”

Oniki suddenly slashed at her neck, and with the slightest force, she would have died.

He looked at her face seriously, and if she was afraid, he would kill her immediately.

There were so many souls that died in his hands that he couldn't count them himself. Before they died, they were panicked, uneasy, begging, and resentful. But she had nothing.

"You're still valuable." Oniki's knife moved away at some point, and he stood up and looked into the distance without saying a word.

He finally relaxed his vigilance, Lu Xihe's hands were tied, and there was no way to escape.

Lu Xihe took advantage of his inattention and used her little finger to dig into the cuff, where there was a very small knife, which she used to defend herself at a critical moment.

Unexpectedly, this guy held himself hostage without him noticing, Lu Xihe looked at his back coldly, who was the hunter waiting for the prey in the dark night, it was not yet known.

Before she could withdraw her gaze, the ghost knife suddenly looked back, and her eyes were extremely cold.

"You're not honest." He approached, the knife shook in front of Lu Xihe's eyes, her sleeve was neatly cut off, half of her arm was exposed, the night wind was very cold, and she couldn't help but shiver. The knife she was hiding fell to the ground.

The ghost knife blindfolded her and pressed her head with one hand, "Don't show off in front of me. ”