After meeting with Yao Gongzhi and Han Shao, Zhongzong couldn't wait to act on the second day. After the last dynasty, Qi Zhongzong united with Yao Gongzhi and several other old ministers, regardless of whether they were open or secret, as long as they were involved with King Luo, they were convicted or beheaded, exiled, or imprisoned according to the size of the crime.

A huge net was cast, and the suppressed group of leaderless people were powerless to parry. However, if the net is large and the gap is large, it is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net, and at the same time as the arrest begins, a secret letter will be transmitted out of the capital non-stop.

Qi Zhongzong's resolute action was to clear the obstacles for himself, but he left all the problems to Lu Jue in Hangzhou, and also left a fatal blow.

Speaking of Hangzhou, Zhou Ruoning tried Lu Jue several times in a row to no avail, and dispelled the idea of flying on the branches and becoming a phoenix overnight. After Lu Jue left the Zhou family that time, she stayed at home honestly, and started to be a lady without leaving the door.

The eldest lady was sullen, and the big girl next to her was not only worried, but she couldn't use her strength. Just when she didn't know what to do, Mu Zhen, who hadn't appeared in the Zhou family for a long time, actually came to Xining Courtyard, and Qiu Ju saw her like seeing a life-saving straw. Immediately greeted him and said with a smile on his face: "Madam, go and have a look!" The eldest lady hasn't been out for two days. ”

"Oh, really?" Mu Zhen looked at the closed door, and couldn't help but feel ridiculous, how blind Zhou Ruoning was before, he didn't expect that he would be sad because of a few words from a person, so he couldn't leave the door.

Qiu Ju saw that Mu Zhen was just standing at the door, and had no intention of going in, so she hurriedly said, "Mrs. Mu, go in and see the eldest lady!" ”

Mu Zhen came back to his senses and turned his head and said, "Oh, it's okay, you don't have to worry, I'll go and take a look." ”

"Mrs. Xie." Qiu Ju smiled sincerely.

Mu Zhen smiled and pushed the door into Zhou Ruoning's room, the whole room was as lifeless as its owner, and through the bead curtain, she saw Zhou Ruoning sitting cross-legged on the bed, so she opened the bead curtain and walked to the side of the bed and sat beside her.

Zhou Ruoning raised her eyelids lazily, glanced at Mu Zhen who was sitting beside her, and asked weakly: "You are here." At this time, Zhou Ruoning looked listless, and she sat there without makeup, and her appearance was really distressing.

Mu Zhen looked at her gently, combed her messy hair and said, "Just admit defeat like this, this is not like your character." ”

At this time, Zhou Ruoning didn't even bother to get angry, his arms hugged his bent legs, his chin pressed against his knees, and his eyes were lifeless: "I don't want to fight, it's useless if it's not my own, he has no intention of fighting with me at all, I admit defeat." ”

Mu Zhen lowered her head and whispered in her ear: "I tell you a good thing, it will definitely make you lift your spirits." ”

Zhou Ruoning covered his ears with his hands and said, "Don't say it, I don't want to hear it." But Mu Zhen's inaudible words still floated into her ears, these words made her eyes widen, and she suddenly came to her senses, and her eyes turned to look at Mu Zhen with some disbelief: "This, this thing is true." ”

"When did I lie to you, I have already helped the eldest lady to ask Lord Lu to go to Mingyue Tower to meet, you go and fight for it!" Mu Zhen looked at the energetic Zhou Ruoning and smiled lightly, raised her hand on her shoulder, raised her chin, looked at the dresser with her eyes and signaled: "Do you want to make up, I'll help you call Qiu Ju." ”

"Okay" Zhou Ruoning nodded vigorously, ran to the dresser without even putting on shoes, and sat there with a smile on his face, waiting for Qiu Ju to make up for himself.

Ever since he knew that Mu Zhen had ulterior motives in the Zhou family, Lu Jue had been thinking about giving Zhou Ruoning a wake-up call, and he wanted to remind him of the meeting two days ago, but those messy things made him upset, and he just nodded a little. After calming down in the past two days, I moved this thought again, not for anything else, for Zhou Ruoshui's sisterhood; For the sake of the indelible heartbeat in his heart, it is impossible for him to be indifferent to all this anyway. But how do you speak? If she says it lightly, she won't hear it at all, and if she says it heavily, her temper will only backfire.

Isn't this just when he was in a dilemma, he received an invitation letter from Zhou Ruoning Tuo Muzhen. After receiving Mu Zhen's message, Lu Jue was in a very complicated mood, thinking about how to communicate with Zhou Ruoning, and at the same time still worrying about what Mu Zhen was doing. When he returned to his guest room, he entered the room only to find that the window of the guest room was open, and there were clearly visible blood stains on the ground, and at this moment, Bai Jiu jumped down from the beam.

What kind of martial arts is Bai Jiu, if he wasn't injured, how could he be so careless, Lu Jue looked at the piece of red on his left shoulder. didn't rush to ask him about the results of the investigation, but first asked about his injuries: "What's the matter, how did you get hurt." ”

Bai Jiu looked at the wound that was still oozing blood and blamed himself: "I'm sorry master, Bai Jiu 、、、、、、"

Lu Jue raised his hand and interrupted: "Don't worry about it later, you wait here first, and I'll go find Poria." After speaking, before Bai Jiu could answer, he turned around and went out.

After the footsteps disappeared, Bai Jiu turned around and walked to the table, but before he could sit down, he heard soft footsteps outside the door. He pricked up his ears and listened, this was not Lu Jue's footsteps at all, so he dodged behind the screen on the side and listened to the movement. The footsteps were getting closer, and the only thing he could see was a pink figure.

The person who came in was none other than Zhou Ruoshui, Lu Jue went out early in the morning without even drinking the medicine, and waited for a long time to see someone come back, so he immediately came up with the medicine, but he was still a step late. She felt a slight disappointment and put down the decoction in her hand, and inadvertently found that the window was open, the weather was gloomy in recent days, and the cool breeze blew in, Zhou Ruoshui was worried that Lu Jue would suffer from the wind and cold, so he stepped forward and wanted to close the window, but before he walked to the window, he found the blood stains dripping from the window, and looked at the dripping blood stains, and found Bai Jiu standing behind the screen, and suddenly found that there was one more person in Lu Jue's room, she couldn't help but be startled, and took a few steps back again and again, until she leaned on a person's body and stopped.

Her shoulders were gently supported, and the familiar voice came from her ears: "Don't be afraid, he is my guard and will not hurt you." ”

Zhou Ruoshui turned his head to look at Lu Jue, who had a gentle face, and his heart also calmed down, and he remembered that he seemed to see Bai Jiu hiding behind the screen just now and was still injured, so he hurriedly grabbed his arm and said, "He's injured." ”

"yes, I see." Lu Jue said to Bai Jiu behind the screen: "Don't hide," and as he spoke, he beckoned Liu Fuling to prepare supplies for the injured.

"Yes" has been seen and it is not interesting to hide again, and when he got Lu Jue's permission, he walked out from behind the screen, he had just scared Zhou Ruoshui, so he hugged his fist and apologized to her: "I'm sorry, Bai Jiu scared Mrs. just now, please forgive Mrs." ”

"It's fine." I was taken aback just now, but now that I calmed down, I realized that this person seemed to have seen it somewhere, so I stared at him intently, searching for memories of this person in the depths of my memory.

Lu Jue saw that she had been staring at Bai Jiu, so he thought she was scared, gently wrapped his arms around her shoulders, and comforted her in a low voice: "He is his own person, and he will not hurt us." ”

Zhou Ruoshui looked up at his eyes and said seriously: "I've seen him." ”

Hearing this, Bai Jiu was shocked and immediately stood up. I wanted to say something, but I just opened my mouth and didn't say it.

Lu Jue glanced at him, turned his head to Zhou Ruoshui and said, "Let's go out and talk." ”

"Good"

"Let's go." Stretched out his hand to hold Zhou Ruoshui's hand and walked out.

Bai Jiu looked out of the door with a worried heart, and raised his feet to follow out. But he was quickly stopped by Liu Ling's eyes, he looked back at him and said, "I'm going to protect the master!" ”

Liu Fuling glared at him and said angrily: "What are you going to do, the two of you are talking, what kind of mess are you filling!" Seeing that he lowered his head and said, "Don't think about anything, the young master will come back in a while, you can confess whatever you should confess, that's right." ”

Bai Jiu asked very stiffly: "Why." ”

Liu Fuling said: "Because he is our master." ”

Lu Jue kept pulling Zhou Ruoshui downstairs before he stopped and asked, "How did you meet Bai Jiu." It is not difficult to hear the doubts in his words, yes, you must know that Bai Jiu is the eyeliner that King Luo placed beside him. Before he was with Lu Jue, he had been in the Luo Wang's Mansion, how could Zhou Ruoshui have the opportunity to meet him, could it be that she had been to the capital, if Zhou Ruoshui was a bargaining chip, it would not be difficult to explain all the strangeness of Zhou Wenfeng in the capital. So he asked again: "Where have you seen Bai Jiu?" ”

Zhou Ruoshui said while reminiscing: "I was still young at that time, and I was still with my mother. Before I was sent home, my mother took me to a very gorgeous mansion where I met the man. ”

Lu Jue's heart jumped suddenly, and he hurriedly asked, "Do you remember the name of that mansion?" Or do you want to meet someone? ”

Zhou Ruoshui shook his head and said regretfully: "I don't know why my mother blindfolded me all the way, and it wasn't until we entered the hall that the cloth covering my eyes was untied, and the person I just met was already waiting in the hall." After a few words with him, my mother let me drink a glass of water, and after I drank it, I fell asleep in a daze, and when I woke up, I was sent back to my father, and he was the one who sent me back. ”

Listening to Zhou Ruoshui's description, Lu Jue's heart rose to his throat, he was afraid that his worries would become a reality, so he asked again in a trembling voice: "Do you have any impression of that luxurious house?" ”

"I want to think about it." Zhou Ruoshui thought hard, while Lu Jue was anxiously waiting for her answer. After a long time, Zhou Ruoshui seemed to think of something, and said to Lu Jue: "I remember, on the front wall of that hall, there is a huge painting hanging on it, on which is painted a golden tiger, and there is a strange snake under the feet of that tiger. Seeing that Lu Jue was pondering, he asked very worriedly, "Does Liulang know what kind of place this is?" ”

Lu Jue didn't answer, just smiled back and frowned tightly. Now that it has been further confirmed, he can't help but be afraid for a while, if he just rushes at himself, he has no worries, but if he rushes at Zhou Ruoshui and his family, he will not be allowed.

Zhou Ruoshui saw that Lu Jue's face was getting more and more ugly, and she couldn't help but worry, she walked up to him and carefully held his hand and asked softly, "Liulang, what's wrong with you." ”

Lu Jue tried hard to change his mood, looked back at Zhou Ruoshui and smiled slightly, in order to prevent Zhou Ruoshui from seeing something strange in his eyes, he shifted his gaze to her hand, and pretended to be relaxed: "It's okay, I'm just worried about Bai Jiu's injury." By the way, you go and find Night Breeze, and say that I have something to find him. ”

"Okay" Zhou Ruoshui turned around and was about to leave.

Lu Jue didn't know what was going on, and called her again: "Shui'er." ”

Zhou Ruoshui stopped, turned to look back at him, and smiled, "Is there anything else?" ”

But after stopping the person, he regretted it, because he didn't know what to say, so he smiled back and said, "Stay here honestly and don't see anyone, I'll look for you in a while." ”

"Hmm" Zhou Ruoshui smiled softly again and left lightly.

It wasn't until Zhou Ruoshui completely disappeared from his line of sight that the tenderness left on his face gradually disappeared, he turned back to his room, saw Bai Jiu, who had already wrapped up his injuries, tried to suppress his anger, and asked directly: "Seven years ago, the person who took Shui'er to Luowangfu, but the Mu Zhen I asked you to investigate, you already knew each other, right?" ”

Bai Jiuxian was stunned for a moment, quickly stood up, and said without concealment: "Yes." ”

Lu Jue stepped forward and asked: "I haven't treated you badly for so many years, why are you hiding it from me!" ”

Bai Jiu panicked: "Back to the master, Bai Jiu 、、、、、、"

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Jue strode forward, grabbed the clothes on his chest, and forcefully lifted the person forward, his eyes were angry and indignant: "Say, what does your master want to do, since he asked Mu Zhen to take Shui'er away, why did he send people back seven years ago, what is his purpose, did he do anything to my family." ”

Lu Jue said it clearly, and Liu Fuling could also understand it, but no matter what, he was more worried about Lu Jue's body, and hurriedly persuaded: "Young master, what's wrong with you, let's talk about it first." ”

Lu Jue glared at him and didn't reply to his words, turned his head and stared at Bai Jiu and shouted, "Answer my question." ”

Bai Jiu said: "We dead soldiers are just tools, we can only go wherever we are sent by our masters, and there are some confidential things that we don't know." ”

Lu Jue had long known that this would be the result, but in order to make him remember that he was now his master, he had to ask as a last resort. He let go of his hand and said coldly: "Compare your heart to your heart, how I treat you, you know it in your heart, but don't take it as patience." It's best if all this is as you say, and if you hide a word, you know what will happen to you. ”

"Bai Jiu doesn't dare."

"Okay, in that case, you can recuperate first! It is not necessary to appoint before me for this time. ”

Hearing this, Bai Jiu's heart tightened, and he said, "Master, I want to drive Bai Jiu away." ”

Lu Jue said thoughtfully: "I just don't want to see you these days." With that, he turned and walked out of the room.

This remark made Bai Jiu fall into the abyss, and he turned his head to look at Liu Ling, not knowing what to do. He now hopes that someone can help him, he is just a tool for the dead, and he is a little ignorant except for obeying orders, Lu Jue is really at a loss for him.