"Silver needle?" Xu Qingqing's heart moved slightly, and she instructed Zilu, "Go to the doctor and get a pair of silver needles." ”

Zilu received the order, and after a while, she took the silver needle.

Within a few days, General Hong brought a book of hidden weapons, Xu Qingqing studied it day and night, very focused, but Zilu was anxious when he saw it.

"Niangniang, you haven't seen Your Highness for three days......" When she was serving Xu Qingqing for dinner this day, she couldn't help but remind.

"It's only been three days." Xu Qingqing's tone was light and did not take it to heart.

Seeing that she was eating as if she was fine, Zilu bit her lip for a moment, and finally couldn't hold it anymore, and called another maid from the other garden behind Xu Qingqing's back: "Qianyu, go and report a message to the shepherd's guard, just say that Niangniang misses His Royal Highness, and wants His Highness to come over tonight." ”

Qian Yu hesitated when she heard it: "But how can Niangniang miss His Royal Highness, how can she call His Highness over......"

Isn't this holding a silver needle all day long, ignoring what is going on outside the window, and only reading the "book of sages"?

"What do you know," Zilu interrupted her, "If this continues, if His Royal Highness is disgusted with Niangniang and accepts another concubine, can you afford it?" ”

Qian Yu was stunned, and so did her heart.

She has served in many large families, and she has never seen a room like Niangniang, and everyone else is trying their best to win the favor of her husband......

She is the maid next to the mother, and she knows that if the mother is favored, it is naturally a person who has won the way and the chicken dog ascends to heaven, if the mother falls out of favor, her status will also plummet.

Thinking like this, he immediately nodded: "The slave and maid are going!" ”

"Wait." Zi Lu thought about it, and always felt that she seemed to have overlooked something, "When His Royal Highness came to the other garden before, how did Niang Niang serve?" ”

"It's ......," Qian Yu scratched her head.

She didn't know how Xu Qingqing served Lin Hongyi, she only knew that Lin Hongyi stayed overnight in the other garden, and would always drive the maids and servants away.

"By the way, every time His Highness stays here overnight, the candles in the main room are always extinguished early, but the candles in the side rooms will be lit until the third watch." She said.

"Partial room?" Zilu had never paid attention to these before, and when she heard what Qian Yu said, she suddenly understood-could it be that His Royal Highness and Niangniang had never shared a room?

No, in this way, even if you try to invite Your Highness over, you are still doing useless work......

"Qianyu, you go to the warehouse to get a lock and lock the side room." Zilu commanded.

Qian Yu couldn't help but hesitate: "Sister Zilu, this ...... Wouldn't that be too ......?"

"What are you afraid of," Zilu had already thought of a statement for her, "You first ask a few little maids to clean up the entire villa and move all the old things to the side house." When the housekeeper asked, you said that those old things were worth a lot of silver taels, and you were worried that the hands and feet of the people below were not clean and secretly left, and they had to be locked up to rest assured. ”

Qian Yu couldn't help admiring Zilu's thoughts, and nodded again and again: "I know, I'll go ...... now."

Of course, Lin Hongyi didn't know anything about these small actions, and when Mu Zhao came to him to pray, he was stunned when he heard it: "What are you talking about, she misses this king?" ”

"Yes, it's the words of the maid next to Niangniang, saying that His Royal Highness has never been to another garden since he came back from the Hidden Spirit Temple. Mu Zhao said fifteen-ten.

Lin Hongyi felt ridiculous.

All the women in this world have lovesickness, and it will definitely not be Xu Qingqing's turn.

"Okay, this king knows." He waved his hand, as if he didn't take this matter to heart, and when Mu Zhao retreated, his eyes were slightly condensed.

Ordinary women are all safe and secure, only she Xu Qingqing has one idea after another, and she is a Gu, a martial artist, and a Buddha in the Hidden Spirit Temple...... God knows what the hell he came up with this time.

Knowing this, Lin Hongyi still went.

When I came to the annex, there was a faint light in the bedroom, and a figure was printed on the window.

She seemed to be sitting at a table, holding a book.

The silhouette swayed slightly with the candle flame, slender and beautiful, sometimes holding a pen, sometimes supporting the cheek, so not focused......

"Your Highness?" Qian Yu, who was on night duty outside, saw Lin Hongyi at a glance, and hurriedly saluted, "Your Highness, please, Niangniang has been waiting for a long time." ”

In the room, Xu Qingqing, who had been waiting for a long time, looked surprised when she saw Lin Hongyi: "What are you doing?" ”

Zilu on the side coughed lightly a few times, and "reminded": "Niangniang, didn't you say before that you wanted to ask Your Highness for a few close-range martial arts?" ”

Xu Qingqing looked at the evasive maid suspiciously-when did she say that she wanted to ask this iceberg for martial arts?

Lin Hongyi stepped forward, picked up the scroll on the table and took a look: "Are you learning acupuncture?" ”

Xu Qingqing nodded.

She remembered that Lin Hongyi often wore a sword around his waist, and he should be good at swordsmanship, and he had no research on hidden weapons such as silver needles.

Unexpectedly, Lin Hongyi took a silver needle from the cloth bag, raised the needle in his hand, and firmly stuck it on the mahogany table, which turned out to be three points into the wood.

"Your Highness is very skilled!" Qian Yu couldn't help but marvel.

It is said that His Royal Highness's martial arts are extraordinary, and when I saw it today, it was really good!

I was about to see it again and open my eyes, when I was suddenly pulled by someone.

When I turned my head, it was Zilu.

Zilu winked at her and looked at the door.

Qian Yu quickly understood, and the two maids slipped out quietly, and closed the door lightly.

"You say...... Won't the mother blame us early? Qian Yu was a little worried.

Zilu glanced at her: "What are you afraid of, isn't there still me?" If the mother is to blame, I will bear it for you. ”

She couldn't understand Xu Qingqing's temperament anymore, knowing that she seemed to be cold and indifferent, but in fact she was kind-hearted, and she wouldn't play tricks to anger people at all......

In the room, Lin Hongyi had already noticed the sneaky movements of the two maids, and there was no displeasure on his well-defined faces, but a hint of meaning flashed.

And Xu Qingqing, who was focusing on the needlework, was unaware of this scene: "I knew that His Royal Highness's martial arts were so good, why should I invite any martial artist?" ”

That martial artist claimed to be a first-class master in the world, but in her opinion, her skills were probably less than one-tenth of Lin Hongyi's.

Xu Qingqing just told the truth, but Lin Hongyi listened to it quite usefully: "If you like it, this king can take the time to come over every day to give you some advice." ”

"Of course it couldn't be better." Xu Qingqing didn't think much about it and nodded.

"Tell me, what are you going to repay the king?" Lin Hongyi asked.

Repay?

Xu Qingqing was stunned for a moment, looked at him as a matter of course, immediately understood, and refused without thinking: "Even so, it's better not to bother Your Highness, I'm poor and white, but I can't afford to invite such a clever master from Your Highness." ”

As he spoke, he asked the maid to send off the guest.

"Wait," Lin Hongyi frowned slightly, "What do you mean?" ”

"Are Your Highness's ears ornamental, why can't you even understand such simple words?" Xu Qingqing raised her eyebrows, undisguised the mockery in her tone.

The fox's tail was revealed so quickly, she really thought he was here to instruct martial arts......

Lin Hongyi was speechless, looking at her indifferent eyebrows and eyes, her face was as black as the bottom of a pot: "Xu Qingqing, you ......"

"Your Highness, let's go back and forth from where, my garden is too small to accommodate the big Buddha of Your Highness." Xu Qingqing interrupted him without thinking.

Lin Hongyi's eyes became darker.

He had never been so annoyed with a woman: "It's too late, it's easy to invite the Buddha to send the Buddha, and this king will stay here tonight." As a princess, you still don't wait for the king to wash and change clothes? ”

What is easy to invite a Buddha and difficult to send a Buddha? This man's skin is as thick as the corner of a city wall!

But after all, he is Prince Hong, the master of this palace, thinking that he is now under the fence, Xu Qingqing rarely obeyed - God knows what this person will do to her if he is in a hurry?

"I asked Zilu to wait for you to wash and change your clothes." She said.

As he spoke, he was about to summon Zilu.

"Wait," Lin Hongyi frowned, "When did this king say that this matter can be replaced by someone else?" ”

Xu Qingqing was about to hold back the anger in her heart: "You...... Don't deceive people too much! ”

Lin Hongyi looked at her puffed face, and there seemed to be a string in her heart that had been lightly touched, and the feeling was very subtle: "What if this king deceives you?" ”

This time it was Xu Qingqing's turn to speak, she: "Lin Hongyi, you ......"

"What am I? Tonight's beautiful scenery, why waste time in a fearless battle of words? Lin Hongyi said deliberately.

The more she stammered, the more amused he became.

I can't imagine that this sharp-toothed woman has such a deflated time?

"You're not a decent gentleman!" Xu Qingqing held back for a while before he could hold back such a sentence.

Unexpectedly, Lin Hongyi nodded, not only was he not angry, but took a step forward: "That's right, this king has never been a decent gentleman. ”

Xu Qingqing glared at him angrily: "Don't come here, otherwise...... Otherwise I'll ......"

He was a little amused by her: "How about you? ”

Xu Qingqing took out a packet of powder from his arms in a hurry, and sprinkled it on his head and face.

Lin Hongyi was caught off guard and was immediately choked by the powder, but in the end, he was experienced in a hundred battles and quickly held his breath.

How dare this woman plot against him?

His eyes lit up, and he reached out to grab her, but she was gone.

Xu Qingqing slipped away quickly.

That bag of powder was begged by her from General Hong, and it was more than enough to deal with ordinary people, but Lin Hongyi was not an ordinary person, his martial arts were high-definition, and a mere pack of powder was probably not enough to stun him......

Sure enough, as soon as she grabbed the door with her front foot and fled, Lin Hongyi walked out quickly with her back foot.

The courtyard is quiet, the maids and servants have long disappeared, only the lanterns are swaying in the night wind, and the lights are out of reach.

Lin Hongyi was inexplicably annoyed.

How dare this woman use medicinal powder to charm him?

It's just daring!

Xu Qingqing's footsteps were extremely fast and light, and when she noticed that the people in the courtyard were missing, she suddenly understood - it must be a good idea of Zilu's girl!

It's false to say that she doesn't regret it, she has never regarded that iceberg as her husband, and she thought that the iceberg would not regard her as a wife, but today he didn't know what kind of wind he smoked, and he actually became so unserious......

Xu Qingqing was a little itchy and a little worried, afraid that she would be eaten and wiped clean by Lin Hongyi.

She followed the corridor to the side room, where she wanted to hide, but there was a big lock on the door.

At the same time, there was a sound of footsteps behind him......

She hid sideways in a corner on the side, and when she saw the black shadow flashing, she was taken aback - the person was thin and small, not Lin Hongyi, and he was wearing a strange black clothes, and he was obviously not a subordinate in the house.

In the middle of the night, it was possible to appear in the other garden so sneakily......

When the fox was suspicious, the thing in the black shadow's hand shimmered in the moonlight, and it was a dagger!

Xu Qingqing was shocked - Lin Hongyi rarely stayed in the other garden, and nine times out of ten, this person came for herself, the princess of the previous dynasty.

She clenched the silver needle in her sleeve, annoyed that she shouldn't have sprinkled the powder.

The garden is empty, and I'm afraid that even the guards guarding the door have been sent away by Zilu's little girl......

In other words, only she and Lin Hongyi are left here.

It was the first time Xu Qingqing wanted to see Lin Hongyi's well-defined face like this, she would rather be bullied by him than die at the hands of an assassin for no reason......

After a while, the footsteps that had been far away gradually approached again, so close that she felt cold all over her body.

As soon as the night breeze blew, she realized that cold sweat had oozed from her back, and it was wet and cold, and it felt extremely uncomfortable.

At the moment when the footsteps came to him, Xu Qingqing stabbed the silver needle in his hand suddenly.

The wrist was held by a strong force, and immediately, a familiar voice came into the ear: "Don't be afraid, it's me." ”

It's not an assassin, it's Lin Hongyi.

Her panicked gaze slammed into his eyes, and his heart trembled, and the little anger that was left vanished in an instant.

"How did you know I was here?" Xu Qingqing asked in a low voice.

I have to say that with this iceberg, she felt a lot more stable in her heart.

"There are only two bedrooms in the annex, where else can you go besides here?" Lin Hongyi asked rhetorically.

There was no light in the corner, it was extremely dark, but her eyes were very bright, as if a few rays of moonlight had fallen into it, and he was stunned for a moment.

Xu Qingqing raised his hand and waved it in front of his eyes, reminding in a low voice: "There are assassins passing by ......."

Lin Hongyi came back to his senses and bowed slightly: "Can you bring the silver needle with you?" ”

Xu Qingqing took out all the silver needles, a total of five, slender as silk, almost broken as soon as they broke, and he didn't know if he could beat the dagger in the assassin's hand......

Lin Hongyi only took two of them and put the rest back in her palm: "You leave these for self-defense." ”

"Do you want to call a guard?" Xu Qingqing asked.

Lin Hongyi shook his head: "There are no guards at the door, the nearest guard should be in the West Chamber, and when they hear the sound and arrive, the assassin is afraid that he has already noticed where you are." ”

Xu Qingqing frowned unconsciously: "That ......"

"I'll lure the assassin out, and you take the opportunity to go to the West Chamber." Lin Hongyi said.

After speaking, without waiting for Xu Qingqing to speak, he added: "With the skills of this king, it is more than enough to deal with a mere assassin, you don't have to worry." ”

Who would be worried?

Xu Qingqing had a hard mouth and a soft heart, and before she could speak, a gust of wind came to her face.

When I looked closely, it was a dagger that glittered, almost grazing her ears and digging deep into the wall behind her.

"Stay here!" Lin Hongyi said coldly.

After that, he walked out quickly.

His steps were extremely heavy, as if they could ripple in the night as thick as ink, and his dark robe shone so brightly in the moonlight.

After a while, a dark shadow appeared on the other side of the corridor.

The figure of the man was extremely fast, Xu Qingqing couldn't even see it very really, only felt that there was a flower in front of him, and the two figures, one black and one white, were already fighting.

She settled down and ran quickly in the direction of the West Chamber, shouting as she ran: "Someone, catch the assassin!" ”

I just ran out of the garden, but I saw a dark shadow again.

The man was a few points taller than the assassin of Fang Cai, and he also held a dagger in his hand, dressed in black, covering his face with cloth, and the strong killing intent almost overflowed his eyes: "The demon girl of the previous dynasty, give me death!" ”

Xu Qingqing watched the dagger coming towards her, bit the tip of her tongue fiercely, forced herself to wake up, and barely dodged sideways, but she dodged.

Seeing that the assassin stepped forward again, she stabbed him in the chest with a silver needle in her hand, and then raised her knees to attack his weak point.

The assassin staggered back in pain, obviously not expecting that this seemingly slender woman could also do martial arts.

At the same time, the guards near the West Chamber came quickly, and they were all taken aback when they saw Xu Qingqing and the man in black fighting.

"Quick, catch the assassin!"

"Protect the princess!"

A dozen or so guards sped like the wind, and in the blink of an eye, several long knives swung at the assassin's head.

"Catch it alive." Xu Qingqing hurriedly shouted.

The guards would not kill someone so easily, and soon, several knives were on the assassin's neck.

"Say, Who sent you?" Xu Qingqing asked sharply.

The assassin gritted his teeth and said word by word: "The demon girl of the former dynasty has brought disaster to the country and the people, and has harmed the loyal and good, so she will not die well!" ”

"Bold!" The guard kicked him to the ground.

The assassin raised his head, staring at Xu Qingqing with a pair of cold eyes, and the light in his eyes was extremely strange.

Xu Qingqing felt that something was wrong, and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw the man's cheeks move, as if chewing.

"He hid poison in his mouth!" She was busy.

The guards immediately grabbed the assassin's jaw, but he was still a step too late.

A line of blood ran down his throat, and when the guards lifted the black cloth from his face, those eyes were already dim.

"It's a new guy in the house!" One of the guards recognized the man.

"There are also the assassin's accomplices in the annex." Xu Qingqing said.

At this moment, she couldn't help but worry about the safety of the iceberg.

By the time the guards arrived, the assassin's accomplice had turned into a corpse and collapsed stiffly at Lin Hongyi's feet.

"The subordinates are late, Your Highness forgives your sins!" The guard at the head hurriedly knelt down.

"Carry the body down and search it carefully." Lin Hongyi coldly ordered.

"Yes!"

The corpse was quickly carried away, and Xu Qingqing was shocked, only feeling a little weak.

Thinking of what General Hong had said before, he felt more and more that his previous move to the Hidden Spirit Temple was really hasty - even Prince Hong's Mansion could mix in such a malicious person, let alone that remote temple?

"Call the butler." Lin Hongyi continued.

The tone has returned to its usual coldness, like an iceberg that rejects people thousands of miles away.

When the butler came, he saw that the ground was covered with black blood, and he was so frightened that his tongue knotted when he spoke: "Temple...... Your Highness, this ...... What's going on? ”

"The new little guy, you recruited into the house?" Lin Hongyi asked.

"Yes...... It was the old slave who brought in......" The butler nodded and stammered.

"Give the roster of those two to Mu Zhao, and early tomorrow morning, get out of the way to the Shen Penal Division for this king!" Lin Hongyi said.

The butler had never seen him get so angry, his legs were weak, and he immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Highness, Your Highness is gracious...... The old slave has an old bone, and when he goes to the Shen Punishment Division, he must go straight in and out horizontally, and I hope that His Royal Highness will spare the old slave's ......life because he has served in the house for many years, and he has no merit and hard work."

"Your Highness, the housekeeper has been in the mansion for more than ten years, and he has always been loyal, so he definitely has nothing to do with this matter." Mu Zhao also stepped forward to persuade.

Lin Hongyi naturally knew that the housekeeper had nothing to do with this matter, and he was angry that this person was so careless that he actually put the assassin into the mansion and almost killed Xu Qingqing's life.

"Pull it down, and take it to the Criminal Division tomorrow!" His tone was unrepudiable.

Seeing that the housekeeper was begging to no avail, he hurriedly turned his gaze to Xu Qingqing: "Niangniang, you are kind and kind, please save the life of the old slave......"

"Your Highness, it's better to leave people in the mansion for interrogation." Xu Qingqing proposed.

Lin Hongyi didn't expect her to intercede for this person: "Do you know that you almost died due to his negligence tonight?" ”

"Of course I know," Xu Qingqing nodded, "Although he is wrong, he is not wrong to death, if you rush to the Criminal Division, it will only make people think that you are ruthless." ”

"Yes, Your Highness, it's not a pity for the old slave to die, but the old slave doesn't want to dishonor His Highness's reputation......" The housekeeper hurriedly spoke.

Touching Lin Hongyisen's cold gaze, he couldn't help but tremble, and immediately closed his mouth and didn't dare to say a word.

"Take it down and interrogate it carefully." Lin Hongyi gave the order, according to Xu Qingqing's words.

The steward was like an amnesty, and he kowtowed again and again.

The guards escorted him down, and after a while, the people in the annex came to hear the news.

When Zilu heard what happened, she was so frightened that her face was pale, and when she saw that Xu Qingqing was safe and sound, she put her heart down: "The slave and maid made their own opinions, and almost caused Niangniang to be killed by the assassin, the slave and maid are guilty, please punish Niangniang!" ”

"Punish you for five days at night, so that you can reflect on it." Xu Qingqing said.

Zilu fell to the ground, almost crying: "Xie Niangniang, Xie Niangniang......"

Lin Hongyi glanced coldly: "These maids, it's time to discipline them." ”

"The concubine knows." Xu Qingqing nodded.

"What did you say?" Lin Hongyi's eyes were slightly stunned, a little incredulous.

Concubines?

She actually claimed to be a concubine?

"The concubine knows." Xu Qingqing repeated.

She bowed, but when she raised her head, she did not shy away from his eyes.

Looking at those clear eyes, the coldness in Lin Hongyi's eyes disappeared unconsciously.

He coughed lightly: "Say it again, the wind is too loud, and this king didn't hear it clearly." ”

Got to inch in, gave him face, didn't you?

Xu Qingqing's temper came as soon as he said it: "Then Your Highness should cure your ears." ”

"You ......"

"The concubine will go back to the room first, it's not too early, Your Highness should also rest." Before he could finish speaking, she bowed and turned back to her room.

Looking at the slender back gradually moving away in the corridor, Lin Hongyi was happy and angry for a while, his eyes changed and changed, and his expression was extremely strange.

The subordinates on the side were silent, you look at me, I look at you, no one dares to squeak - the conscience of heaven and earth, what medicine did Your Highness take wrong today?