Doctor Song was the imperial physician of the two dynasties, and he also watched Mu Churan grow up in the palace, so he naturally could see through his mind better than others.

This made Xiao He feel guilty.

The imperial capital, in Li Zhaoting's Shangshu Mansion.

"Lord Qiyu, the carrier pigeon from Qinglong Hall has arrived." The subordinates presented a thin tube less than a finger thick, and handed it to Li Zhaoting with both hands.

Li Zhaoting took it, scraped off the sealing wax, took out a secret letter from it, and after reading it, he couldn't help but look solemn, took the secret letter to the lantern and lit it, and watched it burn out.

After a long time, he sighed and muttered, "I'm afraid I can't let him come back." ”

Huaizuo City Inn, Mu Churan's room.

Outside the door, Xiao He stood silently for a long time, raised his hand twice to knock on the door, and put it down twice.

When she was about to turn to leave, the person inside spoke, "Standing for so long and not coming in, are you waiting for me to call you?" ”

When the words fell, the door opened, and Mu Churan stood inside the door, with a casual smile like a breeze and a moon on his face, but at this moment, the smile was a little desolate in Xiao He's eyes.

Mu Churan's leg injury did deteriorate sharply in two days and one night, and when he turned back to the house, although he tried his best to restrain himself, his right leg was still a little unstable when it landed, causing his body to tremble slightly.

Xiao He followed him into the house, took a deep breath, and then arched his hand and said: "Childe's injury, I was negligent, please punish Childe." ”

"It's okay, Dr. Song has already taken medicine." Mu Churan saw her eyes flickering, as if she still had something to say, so she stretched out her hand and asked her to sit beside her. If it was other times, Xiao He would definitely stand and speak with his neck strained, but at this time, she felt ashamed, so she obeyed Mu Churan's words and sat beside him obediently.

"If even you can't keep it peaceful in this world, then who else can? I reacted too much before, and spoke more heavily, and I ask my son to forgive me for my reckless sin. Xiao He said softly.

Mu Churan looked at her, his eyes lit up, and he asked her softly, "Do you trust me?" ”

Xiao He bowed slightly, she was sure of it.

She believed that he had the heart to rectify this chaotic officialdom, so she spoke out to encourage him. So she can give herself an excuse, and when he governs the world, it will not be too late for her to act. After all, she didn't mean to lose her life, but just to kill him alone.

Mu Churan's eyes were burning, looking at the person in front of her, she didn't know what her words meant to him, like a person who fell into depression, looking at the rising moon, the bright light pointed out the direction for him.

He reached into his arms and hugged her tightly.

Xiao He was defenseless, he was held in his arms, shocked and ashamed, and was about to push him open, but the door was pushed open, accompanied by a surprised voice, "Childe, I found it!" ”

That person was Liu Zixin, who was coming to report with joy because he had found out the news of the previous assassin in Oolong Town, and he forgot to push the door for a while and entered, but he saw such a scene. His own master is holding Xiao He.

Xiao He hurriedly broke free from Mu Churan's embrace, bounced up from him, blushed, and left the room as if he had fled, and when he passed by Liu Zixin's side, he had to look at him like a murderer.

Mu Churan saw that Xiao He was scared away by Liu Zixin, a rough man, and couldn't help pinching his forehead, "Before you come in next time, can you knock on the door first?" ”

Liu Zixin looked at his master with some dissatisfaction, and had an idea in his heart, in order to prevent a generation of Ming masters from becoming the laughing stock of the world, he must keep an eye on them in the future, and he couldn't let that Xiao He get close to Mu Churan alone.

Mu Churan looked up and saw Liu Zixin's expression of righteous indignation, and couldn't help but speak, "What are you here to report?" ”

finally reminded him to return to the topic, "Son Qiyu, the assassin in Oolong Town last time, was found by the villain. They belong to an organization called Qinglongtang, which is a secret killer organization in the rivers and lakes. ”

In his early years, Qinglongtang grew up with the support of the crown prince Tang Qinghua, and specialized in helping him assassinate those officials who disagreed with the government and could not deal with it directly. Before Tang Qinghua was Mu Churan's result, Qinglongtang had grown to more than 100 people, and its rudders were all over the important checkpoint towns of Dayin.

This organization was originally called the Blood Hall, but after Tang Qinghua took over, he thought the name was too cheesy and undesirable, so he changed its name to Qinglong Hall. In the first few years, it was Tang Qinghua who provided all the funds to cultivate elite killers to serve himself.

In the next few years, Tang Qinghua was able to cover the sky with one hand, and he didn't need to use killers at all, he could use the order of the young emperor to eradicate dissidents for him. So he left Qinglongtang to be autonomous and turned it into a bounty killer organization on the rivers and lakes.

Of the bounty earned, Tang Qinghua only took thirty percent of it, and the rest was rewarded to the killers in the hall.

From the establishment of such an organization, the selection of alternative killers, to the training, there is a mysterious hall master who does things for Tang Qinghua. And when Tang Qinghua was uprooted by Mu Churan and killed in his mansion with a trick, he took advantage of his unpreparedness and took him by surprise, and there was no chance for him to react at all.

So as soon as Tang Qinghua died, this organization seemed to disappear into the rivers and lakes. Some say they were disbanded, others say they went into hiding. It was only the people they met in Oolong Town that allowed them to uncover the mystery of this vanished Jianghu power.

"In this way, the Blue Dragon Hall does still exist and is still operating." Mu Churan came to a conclusion.

"Yes," Liu Zixin reported, "I'm afraid there is still contact with the people in the palace, or there is a mole between us." ”

Speaking of internal moles, the first thing Liu Zixin wants to suspect is Xiao He, a normal scholar is not afraid of the dead, and he also knows some of the methods commonly used by people in the rivers and lakes, which is really suspicious. And he circled around Mu Churan all day long, and looking at it made loyal dogs like Liu Zixin extremely upset.

Mu Churan remained silent, and only ordered him to continue to investigate, and then report when there was tangible evidence.

In another room, Hongzhu was waiting for Xiao He to bathe.

She hadn't had much rest for a few days, and she had to spend the last night on the roof, wash well, and then go on the road again, and I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to sleep well for a few more days.

Hongzhu wiped Xiao He's back while telling her: "That Liu Zixin, who is against Childe everywhere, is full of that dirty mind, misunderstanding Childe and Your Majesty...... Mu Gongzi has that kind of relationship. ”

Xiao He smiled bitterly, "Actually, it's not just him, as far as I know, there are many people who have such thoughts, they are just waiting to catch my sore feet, it seems that I will keep a lot of distance from Mu Gongzi in the future." ”

Although Hongzhu responded on his lips, he felt in his heart that this Liu Zixin was really a lesson. Childe didn't care about him generously, but let him still gain power, and he must find an opportunity to clean him up.

At night, Liu Zixin was on duty with the other two guards to keep vigil, and Hongzhu saw that he was looking for an opportunity to go to the kitchen to get some food for supper, so he quietly followed him, looking for an opportunity to add a little spice to his noodle bowl.

When Liu Zixin saw Hongzhu appear, he couldn't help but be a little vigilant, but Hongzhu's quick move avoided his eyes, and he was still chatting with him, distracting him. The ingredients added to the red beads are actually just laxatives, but the effect will be slower.

When they set off to return to the imperial capital after dawn, on the way, Liu Zixin began to have a stomachache, and he stopped again and again halfway to make it convenient, which was unspeakably miserable. Dr. Song treated him, but he couldn't find anything, saying that he was probably sick from his mouth. He remembered that he had cooked a bowl of noodles to eat last night, but then he thought that Hongzhu had appeared sneakily when he was eating noodles, and said something about taking supper for her son-in-law.

Because Liu Zixin's stomach hurts, he falls behind the team.

And the carriage of Mu Churan and others was in the front, and at noon, it had already passed three towns.

Their march speed became faster and faster, because Mu Churan was like an arrow, and he had already prepared a will in his heart, and when he returned to the imperial capital, he would clean up the court.

At noon they passed the last town of the day's itinerary, and continued on their way, and entered a wooded field in the evening. The terrain makes the driver a little worried. The name of this place is peach forest, although it is only a few miles of peach trees, it is not unusual, but the terrain is sloping, and it is called bandit slope by the locals.

It is also because every time the year is bad, there will be rogue bandits here, specializing in robbing passing caravans and dart cars.

Because of Mu Churan's order, he marched at full speed, but he didn't even take these details into account. At this time, his boss Liu Zixin was still lagging behind and couldn't keep up, which made the people who drove the car even more worried, so they could only get out of the forest as soon as possible at night.

After the three carriages and four horses of the convoy were all in the forest, those who knew martial arts heard the sound of the wind in the dark, which was the sound of the tail feathers of arrows passing through and rubbing in the air.

"There's an ambush!" Someone shouted, and before he could finish speaking, an arrow was struck at the wooden post outside the carriage, and more flew in the air. The horses were frightened and galloped.

Mu Churan said: "If there is an ambush, I'm afraid there are other traps ahead." ”

Sure enough, a tripping rope was tied at the exit of the forest, and the frightened galloping horse tripped over the tripping rope, and the carriage overturned on the side of the road. If it weren't for Mu Churan's expectation, his preparations, and his good skills, he wouldn't have been injured.

The situation was similar for the next few carriages, and they were rounded up one after another.

There are twenty or thirty people who came this time, all of them are top masters, and it seems that the other party wants to put Mu Churan to death. The lieutenant who drove the chariot lifted the horse up, flew on the horse, and then rode out of the woods.

He rushed out alone and rashly, and in the night, he only let people see someone breaking through the encirclement, and in an instant, more than a dozen figures in the forest flew out and chased him, all of whom were extremely light people.

Mu Churan knew that his intention was to deliberately divert some people, but at this time, his mind was full of concern about Xiao He's safety in the carriage behind, so he drew his sword and ran backwards.

At this time, Xiao He was using the soft whip as a weapon to fight one against three, and he and Han Qiu respectively protected those who did not know martial arts, such as Hongzhu and Doctor Song. One of the guards in the car had been wounded, and two of the guards' horses had been frightened and had been led into the woods in other directions.