Looking at Twenty-Five again, the baby's face was always lowered, and it seemed to accept the name in the most insipid way.

But if you feel it carefully, you can feel that his breathing is a little cloudy, and obviously his state of mind is not so calm.

In fact, the reason why Su Jinyao named the three of them was because she understood that as a person without ego, she had the desire to have a name.

The name is gone, and Gu Xuebin let them flatten. Then only seventeen, that is, Gu Xun remained.

Ah Ning and Mo both dodged out, and the duty of the shadow guard was to hide in the shadows and do their best to protect the safety of their masters.

Su Jinyao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I really didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, there would be an extra shadow around me." ”

Gu Xuebin said: "This is how it should be, after all, Jin Yao's identity is different." In fact, some shadow guards have followed their masters since childhood, such as Helian Tianqi's shadow guard, who has been by his side since he was six years old, and the tacit understanding can be seen. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Mingjuan walked in and said, "Master, do you want to pass the meal?" Seeing that the master had been busy just now, he didn't bother, in fact, the kitchen had already prepared dinner. ”

Su Jinyao nodded, and suddenly remembered something, and said, "What about A-Ning and Mo?" Where do they eat? ”

"You don't need to worry about this, they naturally have their own methods as shadows." Gu Xuebin smiled, turned his head and asked Gu Xun: "You don't need His Highness's permission to eat and drink Lazar, right?" ”

Gu Xun nodded, then turned to Su Jinyao, gave her a deep salute seriously, and said, "Gu Xun wants to thank the crown princess for her generous gift." ”

Su Jinyao waved her hand and said, "Needless to say, you can help me lead those rivers and lakes in the future." ”

Gu Xun also nodded again and again, although he was not good at expressing himself, but he could see that he was grateful from the bottom of his heart.

Although she knew that the shadow guard didn't need special arrangements, Su Jinyao still asked Mingjuan to prepare some meals and put them in the next room. This is obviously for A-Ning and Mo. As for when the two of them will have time to eat, then there is no need to worry too much.

After dinner, Gu Xuebin wanted to go to the study to read the official documents, because he had been accompanying Su Jinyao all day, and there were still many things to do.

Su Jinyao also knew that his Royal Highness the Crown Prince was really busy, so she didn't force him to take a walk with her.

Su Jinyao walked alone in the garden for a while, and then went to the treasury to prepare some gifts, which she would use when she visited Helian's house tomorrow.

By the time Gu Xuebin returned to their new house after he was done, it was already late at night.

However, the lamp in the happy room was still on, and Su Jinyao did not sleep, but sat at the table with her clothes on, fiddling with a small box.

"Jinyao, what good things are you looking at?" Gu Xuebin saw that all of Su Jinyao's attention was on the box, and he was still a little jealous.

Su Jinyao deliberately put the box on the cover, pressed both hands on it, and said, "Guess, I guessed it for you." ”

Gu Xuebin guessed: "Jewelry? Today, the Queen Mother and the Queen have rewarded a lot of good things, is it your favorite bracelet or necklace? ”

Su Jinyao smiled and said nothing, obviously saying that Gu Xuebin guessed wrong.

Gu Xuebin

Following Su Jinyao's meaning, he continued to guess: "That's what Madam Gu gave you a good thing, right?" Or what kind of pattern is Gu Xueqi's embroidery? ”

"Not really." Su Jinyao grinned, and no longer let Gu Xuebin guess, so she pushed the small box in front of Gu Xuebin.

Gu Xuebin took it and asked Su Jinyao with his eyes if he could really open it.

Su Jinyao nodded and said, "However, after reading it, you have to tell me what this is." ”

"What am I telling you?" Gu Xuebin was confused, and reached out to open the lid of the box.

Looking down at the things inside, Gu Xuebin couldn't help but smile first, and said, "Jin Yao, I didn't expect you to keep all of this." ”

"yes, if I don't figure out what these numbers mean, I won't feel at ease for a day. So one by one, they were left in this box. After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she reached over and took out one, and read: "Thirty-five days? What exactly do these numbers mean? ”

Gu Xuebin reminded with a smile: "Then Jinyao, think about it, didn't you receive these notes that day?" ”

Which day? Su Jinyao wrinkled her brows and thought for a while, and said, "We didn't receive it on the day of our wedding." You took me to the silver smelting factory outside the city that day......"

Speaking of this, Su Jinyao suddenly understood, snatched the box in Gu Xuebin's hand, flipped through all the notes, and said, "You are the day of the countdown to our wedding?" ”

"Not a countdown, to be exact." Gu Xuebin said seriously: "At that time, Jinyao came back, and our wedding was a foregone conclusion, but the wedding date had not yet been decided, which made me really anxious." I don't know how to look forward to that day, so every day I give you an extra note to write the day I want you to be my daughter-in-law. ”

No wonder, no matter how late they met the night before, the next morning Su Jinyao would have an extra note written by Gu Xuebin on her bedside.

Now it seems that he feels that he has finally survived the day, but he has ushered in a new day.

Su Jinyao thought for a while and suggested: "Che, we won't be separated in the future, so these notes are useless, let's go back and bury this box together." ”

"Good. Bury my lovesickness, and when Jinyao is by my side in the future, I don't need to miss bitterly anymore. After Gu Xuebin finished speaking, he closed the box, held the box with one hand, and led Su Jinyao with the other, and said, "Go to the highest plane tree in the garden and bury this box." ”

"It's the middle of the night, what's the rush now? What's more, your Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now going to bury a small box in the garden, and it is estimated that he will soon be targeted, saying that it is your treasure. Su Jinyao snatched the box again and put it on her dresser.

Then, Su Jinyao turned her head and smiled at Gu Xuebin, and reached out to hook Gu Xuebin's neck, and said with a little coquettishness: "Now we should sleep, sleep well." ”

"Jinyao, you finally know that it's good to have lingering love." Gu Xuebin suddenly looked surprised, hugged Su Jinyao and dragged him to the bed.

Su Jinyao had quietly picked up a silver needle, and when Gu Xuebin just threw her on the bed, a needle pierced Gu Xuebin's sleeping hole.

Gu Xuebin was stunned for a moment, but no matter how strong his internal force was, he couldn't resist Su Jinyao's steady, accurate, and ruthless silver needle, and the next moment his body was crooked, and he fell asleep on the bed.

A small misunderstanding in the desert

Gu Xuebin had just fallen asleep on the bed when there was movement at the door. Immediately, the twenty-fifth shadow guard who had just had a name, that is, Mo broke in.

But A-Ning also followed closely, and came to the side of the bed faster and first, blocking between Su Jinyao and Mo.

Su Jinyao was stunned, and she understood that her action had misunderstood the shadow guard. Mo is here to protect Gu Xuebin, and A-Ning is here to protect himself.

"It's okay, I'm just letting him sleep for a while." Su Jinyao explained with a dry smile. At the same time, she wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, and secretly congratulated herself that she didn't do anything with Gu Xuebin.

Gu Xuebin said before that Gu Xun and him had a tacit understanding, so when he was with Su Jinyao, Gu Xun would hide a little farther away to ensure that he would not look at indecent behavior.

But now A-Ning and Mo are both newcomers, and they obviously haven't gotten along with their masters, so they broke in at this time.

But after Su Jinyao explained, Mo still stood motionless, and had no intention of leaving, and his eyes kept looking at the sleeping Gu Xuebin.

And although Ah Ning had her back to Su Jinyao, Su Jinyao could feel that her body was already tense, and it was estimated that her expression at this time was quite serious.

It can be seen that although Mo is young, he is definitely a difficult character to deal with. And A-Ning is a woman after all, and she has to use all her strength to deal with Mo.

Just when Su Jinyao was thinking about how to explain the misunderstanding, or simply wake up Gu Xuebin, another person jumped in outside the door, and this time it was Gu Xun who came in. That is, the original seventeen.

As soon as Gu Xun entered the door, he also blocked the bed, and then said to Mo: "It's okay here, you go down first." The two masters left it to me. ”

Mo stood still and didn't move, but A-Ning glanced back at Su Jinyao, and then chose to retreat.

Although Gu Xun is no longer a shadow guard, he is obviously more experienced in the guards of the crown prince and the crown princess, so A-Ning chooses to believe him.

It wasn't until A-Ning retreated that Mo moved to the side, and then said in a calm but cool voice like water: "Seventeen, I know that you are the best shadow guard in the Shadow Guard Pavilion. But what about the scars on your face? That's the punishment for your dereliction of duty as a shadow guard, did you remove it? ”

"Yes." Gu Xun nodded, and then said, "Also, my name is Gu Xun now." ”

Mo's eyes flashed, and he said, "Your new name is indeed quite nice." However, the master's affairs are no longer guarded by you, you get out of the way. ”

"This is a matter of the two masters, you have too little experience, don't break in at will in the future." After Gu Xun finished speaking, he stepped out of the way and said, "You can come over and see, Your Highness is just asleep." The crown princess was worried that Her Royal Highness was too tired. ”

When Mo got out of the way of Gu Xun, he stepped forward as soon as possible, reached out and grabbed Gu Xuebin's wrist, and tested his pulse.

After making sure that Gu Xuebin was fine, Mo Cai took two steps back, knelt on one knee and said to Su Jinyao: "Please atone for the crown princess, Mo is not familiar with the master's situation, so he is anxious about the master's safety." ”

"It's not your fault. But I really wouldn't hurt him. After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she got up from the bed, and then said, "Since you have all come in, then please put Che on the bed." Then you are here to watch him, and his acupuncture will be solved in three hours, and then it is up to him whether he wakes up or goes back to sleep. ”

After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she walked to the hanger and pulled a cloak over her body, and turned to Ah Ning

"Come with me to the next room to rest." ”

"Yes." A-Ning agreed and followed Su Jinyao out.

There were only three big men left in the room, and one of them had fallen asleep.

Mo didn't hesitate to come over and carry Gu Xuebin's legs to the bed, put a pillow under his head, and covered his body with a quilt.

Gu Xun stood aside and watched, and couldn't help but sigh. Then he said: "Mo, don't you think that these things should be done by the crown princess?" ”

"But the crown princess stabbed His Royal Highness the crown prince." After Mo finished speaking, he casually took off the golden hook of the bed tent and let the curtain fall.

He himself sat cross-legged on the pedal under the bed. It seems that this Mo is really planning to guard Gu Xuebin here.

Seeing that Mo was so stubborn, Gu Xun was a little helpless. He walked over and sat beside Mo, and this pedal was just enough to sit on the two of them.

At the beginning, Mo didn't say a word, and Gu Xun didn't say a word.

After a long while, Mo finally couldn't help but say, "You used to be the shadow of Your Highness, don't you care?" ”

Gu Xun knew that Mo was referring to the fight between Su Jinyao and Gu Xuebin.

Gu Xun smiled, shook his head and said, "I can hide as far as I can." ”

"Well, no wonder you're being punished." After Mo finished speaking, he had an expression of "you deserve it".

Gu Xun shook his head again and smiled, "Maybe you're still too young." However, after you have been guarding them for a while, you will understand that it is forgiving to yourself to avoid some distance. As a shadow guard and a man, I promise that within three years, you will think of hiding farther than me. ”

Mo looked indifferent, but his eyes were puzzled. He stared at Gu Xun for a moment, and then came to a conclusion: "You are indeed not a qualified shadow. ”

"That's right, so I'm not now." After Gu Xun finished speaking, he closed his eyes and seriously adjusted his internal strength.

He always felt that he had more important things to do, more than his responsibilities as a shadow guard. That is trust, it is the trust that Su Jinyao and Gu Xuebin gave him.

After a while, he will be able to be an ordinary person with the name and identity of "Gu Xun", which feels a little strange and apprehensive, but more of a longing.

Mo was silent. He wasn't a talkative person in the first place, otherwise Gu Xuebin wouldn't have given him such a name.

Su Jinyao took A Ning to the next room, although this room was not as gorgeous as her and Gu Xuebin's new house, but it was also very comfortable.

Su Jinyao is not picky, but she feels a little sad that she will be forced to sleep in a separate room when she is still a newlywed.

However, let her know that there are two more light bulbs outside the door, and then do anything intimate with Gu Xuebin, she really can't do it.

A-Ning is also very quiet, or the shadow guard itself has to adapt to various environments and experience all kinds of loneliness.

They are just the shadows of the master, the shadows don't need to have emotions, they just need to be responsible for blocking the front of the master before the blade arrives.

Su Jinyao took off her shoes and sat on the bed, glanced at A Ning who was standing at the door, and said, "There are only two of us here, and you don't have to quit to hide somewhere." Just sleep on the couch over there. ”

"Yes." A-Ning didn't say much, walked straight towards the soft couch, and lay down in his clothes.

Chat with the shadows

For the shadow guard, it is the best place to have a bowl of rice and a seat to sleep on.

Now Su Jinyao let her sleep on the soft couch in the same room, which is really too superior and comfortable environment for A Ning. So much so that after almost half an hour, she still hadn't fallen asleep.

Su Jinyao didn't sleep either, so she moved to the side of the bed and looked over to the soft couch where A-Ning was lying.

Ah Ning turned around when he heard Su Jinyao's moving body, and saw Su Jinyao's bright eyes being exceptionally clear in the night.

But I don't know why, A-Ning always felt that Su Jinyao's eyes flashed a little bit of brilliance that made her familiar. But she was sure that she had never gotten along with Su Jinyao.

"Are you curious that there is anger in my eyes?" Su Jinyao smiled and restrained the momentum on her body.

She was just trying to test it just now, but she didn't expect A-Ning to be able to feel the other side of Su Jinyao.

But this is enough to prove that A-Ning is really not simple, at least her intuition is very accurate, and she must have blood on her hands.

A-Ning didn't answer, just lowered her eyelids slightly, and didn't look at Su Jinyao anymore.

Su Jinyao didn't necessarily mean to let A-Ning answer, so she said: "Actually, I have some subordinates who are also doing things like licking blood with knives. But gradually they all melted themselves into the sun, they accepted a new life, and the killer was just their job. ”

"I'm not a killer." A-Ning said these five words briefly.

"I know, but you're killing people for the sake of tasks and orders. It wasn't your intention at first, but you didn't have a choice. After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she sighed and said, "I didn't expect that a seventeen was liberated, and then twenty-five and forty came." ”

Ah Ning glanced at Su Jinyao again, and said in a very calm, but low voice: "The crown princess and the bodhisattva have a heart, but the bodhisattva may not be able to purify all sentient beings. ”

"Yes, I didn't want to be the White Lotus under the Bodhisattva's throne, and I also knew that I couldn't bring everyone to a bright, peaceful, democratic, and equal world by myself. In fact, I still think that inequality is quite in line with my mind. ”

After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she secretly laughed twice and continued: "But I think that what is unequal is identity, not the essence of a person. Everyone is the same person in their bones, and they do different things, and the natural rules are different. I never try to break the rules of other people or other industries, but I believe in fair trade. ”

A-Ning didn't seem to understand, looked up at Su Jinyao again, and then shook his head solemnly.

Su Jinyao said: "To put it simply, you are now a shadow guard for me, and I need your protection." But I'm not asking for your life for free, let you live only for me, in fact, you can live for yourself, you protect me is a job, I give you wages, and when you are old, you can no longer do this job and you can take money to retire. ”

After Su Jinyao's words were finished, A-Ning's body trembled and sat up from the soft couch.

Su Jinyao asked her, "What's wrong?" Feel like my words are shocking? ”