One and Gongsun Helan arrived at Gutian Village at nearly one o'clock in the morning

Seeing that the house was quiet as usual, Liu Yiyi's heart that had been hanging was also calmed down a little, and it seemed that the home did not seem to have been attacked by an unknown person.

Giving the reins to Li Biao, who was guarding the door, and signaling him not to make loud noises, Liu Yiyi and Gongsun Helan went to the backyard of Liu's mansion together.

"Big brother, look, there seems to be someone in the room!" Gongsun Helan stretched out his hand and pointed to the top of the courtyard, under the semicircular moon, a faint figure stood upright on the roof.

Liu Yiyi looked up according to the situation, and saw a figure jumping directly from the room, and in a few moments, he actually reached their approach.

Clean, neat, fast, and a master.

"Who?" Xue Rengui blocked Liu Yiyi's way, and looked vigilantly at the two strangers who appeared in the backyard of Liu's Mansion in the middle of the night, looking up and down.

"Who are you?" Gongsun Helan asked Xue Rengui with a loud voice, looking at his appearance, he wanted to step forward and fight with Xue Rengui, Xue Rengui's actions just now had greatly aroused his interest.

"Xue Rengui?" Seeing the skill and age of the person who came, as well as his defensive awareness just now, Liu Yiyi had a hint of realization in his heart, counting the days, Ma Cheng should also come back from Shanxi.

"The owner?" Hearing that someone called out his name immediately, Xue Rengui looked at Liu Yiyi with some uncertainty and carefully verified.

"Well, I'm Liu Yiyi, the one who asked Ma Cheng to go to Shanxi to invite you back, but you don't have to call me the owner. In my life, what I admire the most is a hero like Brother Xue, how many years older than Brother Xue, let's be commensurate as brothers in the future. Seeing that Xue Rengui was here, Liu Yiyi's heart was completely settled, Xue Rengui alone was enough to reach thousands of troops, not to mention a few assassins hiding in the dark?

Xue Rengui carefully observed Liu Yiyi. I saw that his demeanor was calm, modest, and his tone was calm and orderly. There is no trace of panic, it doesn't seem to be fake, but listening to his tone, how can it seem to be complimenting himself? Fraud?

One way or another. Xue Rengui still bowed lightly to Liu Yiyi, and said: "The owner is serious, the villain has not been a teacher for a long time, and he rarely moves around on the rivers and lakes. The title of hero and hero, the villain is ashamed, and the owner still calls me Xue Li.

Between words. Xue Rengui took another slight step back. You can see it. For Liu Yiyi and Gongsun Helan, he still has a trace of vigilance. He could see that the two people in front of him had a good body of martial arts, and before they were really determined, Xue Rengui didn't dare to risk the safety of the Liu Mansion, he didn't know Liu Yiyi, who knew if these two people were deliberately impersonated by assassins?

Seeing Xue Rengui so careful, Liu Yiyi became more relieved, worthy of being a legendary peerless general, although he is still unwilling, but his own quality is quite complete, Liu Yiyi smiled and said to Xue Rengui: "I know that Brother Xue can't trust the younger brother now, but it doesn't matter, the people in the mansion know the two of us, you can go and call one to identify it, well, this is Gongsun Helan, and he is also half the master of this Liu Mansion, and you should become very good friends in the future." ”

"He? Cut! Gongsun Helan looked Xue Rengui up and down, held his head high, and pursed his lips disdainfully, not just anyone is qualified to be his friend.

"Big young master! Young Master Helan! Ma Cheng heard the sound outside, opened the door and came out of the house, and saw three people standing on the ground in the courtyard, and they were busy greeting them without even caring about wearing their clothes, bent over and saluted Liu Yiyi and Gongsun Helan, and asked Liu Yiyi: "Young master, didn't the old master and the old lady say that you went to Chang'an?" Why is it in the middle of the night? ”

"Oh, something happened in Chang'an, so I came back early, well, tonight, nothing happened in the house, right?" Liu Yiyi glanced at Ma Cheng and asked him softly.

"No, everything is safe, young master rest assured," Seeing Xue Rengui standing on the side, Ma Cheng patted Xue Rengui on the shoulder, and said to Liu Yiyi: "Young master, this is Xue Li that you asked me to go to Shanxi to find the land, and we just rushed back in the afternoon." ”

"Xue Li, you don't sleep in the house in the middle of the night, what are you doing running out?" After returning to Liu Yiyi, Ma Chengdali magnificently trained Xue Rengui, just now he saw Xue Rengui standing in front of Liu Yiyi and Gongsun Helan, and thought that Xue Rengui had offended the two young masters in front of him.

"Steward Ma, I couldn't sleep at night, so I wanted to come out to keep vigil, but I didn't expect to meet the owner and this young master Helan coming back," Xue Rengui smiled wryly, and explained to Ma Cheng and Liu Yiyi in a low voice, Gongsun Helan is okay, Liu Yiyi is his boss, and his performance just now seems to have passed a little.

"Just now, the villain had no eyes, and in the middle of the night, I thought that the owner and Young Master Helan were some kind of villains, and they were offended, and I hope that the owner and Young Master Helan will forgive me!" As he spoke, Xue Rengui clasped his fists and saluted Liu Yiyi and Gongsun Helan. {First Reading}

Gongsun Helan snorted and didn't say anything, although Xue Rengui's skills just now aroused his interest, it was far from reaching the point where he could pay attention to it. I really don't understand why the eldest brother thinks so highly of him, and as soon as they meet, he wants to call him a brother?

"It's okay, those who don't know are not guilty, hehe," Liu Yiyi stepped forward and took Xue Rengui's hand and said, "It is the good fortune of my Liufu to invite Brother Xue to come to my Liufu to guard, let's go to the house and talk!" ”

Under the stunned expressions of Ma Cheng and Gongsun Helan, Liu Yiyi took Xue Rengui together and walked to the study next to him.

I didn't expect the young master to attach so much importance to this Xue Li, and would be commensurate with him as a brother? Ma Chengqiang swallowed and foamed, secretly glad that fortunately he didn't feel sorry for this Xue Li on the way, otherwise he would be sad in the future.

"Ma Cheng, what is the origin of this Xue Li?" Gongsun Helan looked at Liu Yiyi's rare enthusiastic appearance, and asked Ma Cheng on the side softly.

"It's a farmer, well, probably half a hunter," Ma Cheng bowed. He replied to Gongsun Helan in a low voice: "The young master heard that he had some skills somewhere, so he sent the little one to Shanxi to invite him back and make willows."

The head of the courtyard, the money for two times a month. ”

Speaking of this example money, Ma Cheng was red-eyed again, he had been doing it in Liufu for so long, and he only had an example of ninety wen a month, and this Xue Li had not yet come. The young master gave him two runs, wouldn't it be more in the future, if he didn't blush, it would be strange.

To know. is the big housekeeper of Liufu, and it is only about 300 wen a month, Ma Cheng doesn't think that this Xue Rengui will have the ability of their big housekeeper.

"Farmer? Hunter? Gongsun Helan frowned slightly, the eldest brother just wanted to ask for a nursing home. You don't have to go to Shanxi to hire a farmer, right? Also hunter, Gongsun Helan pouted again, not to mention Chang'an, it is in Sanyuan. There are not a few nursing homes with ability?

Strange, Gongsun Helan shook his head slightly, and followed with a step.

Xue Rengui did not follow Liu Yiyi to the study. Instead, he suggested that Liu Yichi go to his own room. Under his bed. There was also an Assassin he had caught in the middle of the night, and the owner had now returned. It's just over to the owner to deal with.

"The owner, Helan Shaoshao, the horse steward," entered the house, lit the half-lit candle at night, Xue Rengui bent down, took out the black-clothed assassin from under the bed, threw it on the ground in the middle of the room, clapped his hands, looked at Liu Yiyi and the three with a smile, and said: "This is what the villain caught from the roof two hours ago, sneakingly, like an assassin, I wanted to hand it over to the horse steward after dawn, but now that the owner is back, it is up to the owner to decide." ”

The black-clothed man's ground mask had already been pulled off by Xue Rengui, with a mustache, two mung bean eyes, a mouth closed one by one, showing two rows of yellow teeth, a middle-aged man about forty years old, who was opening two small eyes at the moment, looking at Xue Rengui resentfully, looking like he wanted to eat Xue Rengui in one bite.

"This, this, Xue Li, you caught the thief, why didn't you say anything?" Ma Cheng looked at the assassin on the ground and stepped back timidly, he was frightened by the fierce gaze cast by the assassin.

"Steward Ma, it's just a little thief, and it's the same during the day, and in the middle of the night, the villain doesn't want to disturb the old man and the old lady's dreams." Seeing that the assassin was still playing ruthlessly, Xue Rengui unceremoniously kicked him under the ground, and the assassin restrained his body, snorted twice in response, his face was flushed, and he couldn't bear to scream.

Really! Liu Yiyi turned his head and glanced at Gongsun Helan, and walked towards the assassins on the ground.

The assassin was bound hands and feet, and fell to the ground limply, and when he saw Liu Yiyi and Gongsun Helan walking towards him, there was no trace of horror in his eyes.

"Ma Cheng, you go outside and guard," Liu Yiyi waved his hand at Ma Cheng and commanded him softly: "Don't let others in, well, pay attention to keep quiet, don't wake up the old lady and them." ”

"Yes, young master!" Glancing at the assassin on the ground again, Ma Cheng retreated with some palpitations, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, fortunately, he invited Xue Li in advance, otherwise tonight, I am afraid that this Liu Mansion will not be able to live in peace.

"It's really hard Brother Xue, please accept Brother Xue's worship!" did not rush to interrogate the assassin, Liu Yiyi first respectfully saluted Xue Rengui, for Lao Liu, for Liu He, for Liu Shanghui, for Chu Chu and the child in her belly, if it weren't for Xue Rengui today, how many Liufu would survive now, it is not yet known.

"Boss, what are you?" didn't expect Liu Yiyi to come to such a show, Xue Rengui hurriedly moved and staggered, asking the owner to give him a subordinate, where could he afford it?

"Eating the king's money, loyal to the king, since I took the owner's money, it is my duty to do these things, and the owner should not be like this." Xue Rengui stretched out his hand to help Liu Yiyi up, to be honest, he didn't feel that he had done anything great, after all, catching thieves and preventing stabbing was the purpose of the owner to invite him, and it was his duty and duty.

"Okay, big brother, now that the person has caught it, it's another live mouth, let's try him first to get to the point." Gongsun Helan squatted down, stretched out his hand and removed all the joints on the assassin's arms and thighs, then untied the belt on his body, looked up at Xue Rengui, and asked him softly: "That, Xue Li, is this the assassin who came?" ”

"Yes, Young Master Helan! There is only one, and there is no one else. Xue Rengui didn't care about Gongsun Helan's rudeness, what he cared about was the attitude of the owner towards him.

Judging from the current situation, the owner is a very good person, and he seems to value him very much, which is enough for Xue Rengui.

"If Brother Xue didn't come before, one person would be enough." Liu Yiyi glanced at Xue Rengui gratefully, and slowly squatted down, saying: "The mansion is full of old and weak women and children, and most of the people below are not skilled in martial arts, an assassin walking in the dark is enough." ”

Just thinking about it, Liu Yiyi felt scared, he had always felt that it was Zhenguan Dazhi now, and now it was the most rare peaceful and prosperous era in the history of the Tang Dynasty, as long as he kept to himself, didn't make trouble, didn't make trouble, he and his family should not be in any danger, and their old Liu family could live well in this era.

But now, Liu Yiyi knows that he is wrong, it is true that it is the Zhenguan year, but this year is not really peaceful.

Think about what happened to him after he came here, first Wang Shuai, then Li Tai, then Hou Junji, and then this assassin now, which of them is not the master who wants human life?

Here, it's not safe.

Liu Yiyi reached out and dug into the assassin's mouth, and finally pulled out a pill the size of a grain of rice from between his back molars, looked at the assassin coldly, raised his hand and put his chin on him, and then grabbed the belt that had just been thrown to the ground by Gongsun Helan and stuffed it into the assassin's mouth.

"Brother Helan Xian, don't you often say that you are the best at torture? Let's loosen his muscles first. Liu Yiyi stood up and said to Gongsun Helan casually: "Be careful to take a breath, well, and don't make too much noise, so as not to frighten your family." ”