When I returned to the courtyard, it was already night, and the stars were bright, but I still couldn't see the way back from the garden.

Halfway through the journey, I fainted, and my head was dizzy, stumbling all the way to the bed. The doctor had already received the news and stayed in the room, hurriedly looked at the abrasions on my arms, took a clay pot to suck out the dirty blood, and fed me many large and small pills before I breathed a sigh of relief.

Hou Ye frowned and hurriedly opened the curtain when the house doctor prepared a prescription and ordered someone to grab the medicine and decoction.

"It's only been a few days, is it serious? Doctor? ”

"Back to the Hou Ye, the girl suddenly encountered an assassin this evening, the blood was against the wind, the old wound was broken, the situation is really not good..."The palace doctor said in a cold sweat, "-plus I was wounded by an arrow......"

"Hurt again?" Hou Ye was furious, and suddenly raised his voice and said, "Is it serious!" You're useless, come on, go and ask Imperial Doctor Geng to come-"

"Master Hou, don't work hard to mobilize the people..."I persuaded weakly, "It's just a bruise on some flesh and skin, and it's not tight......"

"Gui Hotaru, it turns out that you are awake, how, dizzy? Do those wounds hurt badly? Hou Ye rushed to sit in front of my bed, turned around and said eagerly, "Tell me, what's wrong with Miss Lian?" ”

"Back to the Hou Ye, even the girl was not directly hit by the arrow, so the injury was fine. However, after the minister checked, the arrow was quenched with poison, and the girl was bruised, and she was naturally infected with some poison......" The house doctor looked at the Hou Ye's expression and immediately added, "However, the minister has helped the girl suck out the poisonous blood in time, but fortunately, it has not reached the heart, there is no danger, and there is no major problem." ”

"Bastard! Who is so vicious that he dares to sneak into the Hou Mansion and intends to kill him! Hou Ye was furious, and clucked the string of sandalwood beads in his hand and said, "Where are the Janissaries!" The murderers have invaded one after another recently, how did you guard the Hou Mansion for this Hou! ”

"Hou Ye is angry!" The soldiers on duty outside immediately knelt down and said, "It's the lowly rank who guards the Hou Mansion well, General Wen heard about this, and he is already on his way at this moment!" ”

"Hou Ye..." Hou Ye wanted to scold again, but when he saw that I grabbed the corner of his clothes, he held my weak and cold hand instead. My dizziness has not slowed down, but I feel that the blood in my body seems to be coagulated, and I said with difficulty for a while, "...... Turbidity, turbidity moon. ”

"Don't worry, although her injuries are more serious than yours, they have been treated by the government doctor in time. She's always in good health, so she's going to be fine. Hou Ye comforted me, then lowered his head and said angrily, "That girl is really useless, I thought she would be able to protect you with some kung fu." Now when you encounter an assassin, it is useless! ”

"Master Hou... You are wrong, if there is no turbid moon today, desperately guarding and blocking a fatal arrow for me, I am afraid... I'm just afraid of me—"

"Okay, okay, you're still weak, don't rush to defend her." Hou Ye put his hand on my forehead and said distressedly, "It's so hot, it must be because I'm frightened." If I really deal with the turbid moon, for a while, there will not even be anyone around you who knows cold and heat. ”

"Lord Hou......"

"I know-" Hou Ye soothed my anxious upper body back to the bed, "I'll keep that girl for the time being, but she's not thoughtful, and I'll have to send some more people to serve by your side in the future-"

"-Back to the Hou Ye, General Wen has arrived." A government soldier knelt down at the door and said, "At this moment, I am kneeling in the courtyard to ask for sin, Master Hou... Want to see you? ”

I don't know if he was interrupted or dissatisfied with the improper defense of the Praetorian Guards, Hou Ye seemed to be a little annoyed and exhaled heavily, and called in a low voice.

The Nafu soldiers were given the order, but after a few moments, they opened the curtain again, and saw that behind him was a tall, sturdy man in armor.

It was the first time I was so close to Wen Zhao, but I was lying on the couch, and there was a bed curtain blocking my vision, and I couldn't really see what he looked like. Wen Zhao knelt on the edge of the charcoal basin when he entered the warm pavilion, glanced slightly into the curtain, and then bowed his head without saying a word.

"Did the assassin catch it?"

Hou Ye was just a short sentence, and Wen Zhao seemed to have received a great deal of reprimand, as if he was extremely humiliated, he kowtowed heavily, and said in a deep voice: "The last general is not effective, and after getting the news, he immediately sent people to search the whole house, but it was too late, teach the murderer... Escaped. ”

"Escaped?"

"Please condemn the Hou Ye."

The air froze for a moment, Wen Zhao kowtowed his head as if he had a thousand catties, hanging on the ground stubbornly and refusing to lift it, Hou Ye slowly squinted his eyes, and the clenched teeth and clenched beads made a sharp and piercing sound one after another. The room full of medicine boys, the soldiers of the maidservant mansion saw that the marquis and the general were silent, where did they dare to let out a little sound, only to hold their breath and stand in place, it seems that they all want to turn into wood and stone immediately.

There was a crisp pop, followed by a crackling sound like a small bead falling to the ground. I turned my head to look, but the Hou Ye's hand was clenched too tightly, and the jade thread of the beads was ground by sandalwood, and the beads fell down one by one.

"Hou Ye is angry!" A bead rolled in front of Wen Zhao's eyes, and he met Hou Ye's unpredictable gaze in fear, "Tonight's incident is purely the responsibility of the last general, and please punish Hou Ye severely, don't be angry with your own body!" ”

"Wen Zhao, from tonight, we will send more people to guard the inner garden, especially Miss Lian's courtyard." Hou Ye trembled and closed his eyes, as if he had made some extremely important decision, and then opened his eyes and said decisively, "From tomorrow, the large camp Praetorian Guards will be on full alert, and Lifu will resume the old practice of day and night group drills. ”

As soon as the word came out, no one was surprised.

Everyone looked at Hou Ye's calm face like stagnant water in disbelief, and they were so shocked that they didn't know how to react. Wen Zhao was the first to react, and kowtowed heavily.

"Hou Ye think twice! The Lifu Praetorian Guard is still loyal and brave, and tonight's events are all poorly arranged by the last general! Wen Zhao begged in a trembling voice, "Don't let us train the army, that's the holy decree of the old year, don't offend the emperor because you are annoyed!" ”

"Loyalty... If the general loses his sharpness, what is the use of remaining loyal and brave? Wen Zhao, tonight's incident, and the treasure theft earlier, are not your fault... For all these years, I blindly retreated to survive, thinking that they would stop there. Hou Ye said every word very lightly, but every word was heartfelt, causing people to be sad, "But some people refuse to let go, theft can't be done, and now they have the intention of killing people... The favor of power has never been what Ben Hou wants, but if they think that my Lifu is weak enough to bully at will, they must have really miscalculated! I will make it clear to the emperor about the training of the troops, and you just have to do it. ”

"Master Hou—"

"It's late at night, and I'm afraid it's inconvenient for General Wen to stay here for a long time." Hou Ye's tone was undoubted, "Tomorrow you have to personally train the Praetorian Guards, everything is complicated, if there is nothing else, it is better to go back to the camp as soon as possible!" ”

At this point, Wen Zhao knew that he could not be persuaded again, so he had to bow down again, and after greeting him, he got up and left. How shrewd everyone was, seeing that Hou Ye had taken away the general, they also asked for their leave. The warm pavilion filled with people suddenly fell silent, and only the small sound of rosin charcoal bursting from time to time was a little spark.

Hou Ye didn't say anything, just picked up my hand and held it.

Although my dizziness has not faded, I know very well what Hou Ye is thinking at the moment. I have no enemies, this attack, the biggest possibility is to come to the Hou Ye, now half of the courtiers in the government and the opposition are inclined to the Three Emperors, as the largest figure in the palace first-class officials, the Hou Ye is undoubtedly the first to bear the brunt, the most feared. Recently, the Hou Mansion has been so unpeaceful, but this old man, who is already over the age of old, how can he not die of sorrow.

"Gui Hotaru, I'm sorry ......"

For a long time, this sentence seemed to linger in my mind. I looked at the old folds on Hou Ye's forehead with distress, but I couldn't think of a word of comfort anyway. I can only try to hold the hand that is holding each other tighter, and then tighter......

In the next half month, the originally clean courtyard was successively added with many housekeepers and maids.

Xunyue arranged the work one by one, and she was free, and stayed by the bedside all day to talk to me to relieve my boredom.

Rao is like this, I still feel that this day is becoming more and more restrictive, and I can't relax for a moment. Hou Ye resumed the pulse of the imperial doctor in the palace twice a day at the beginning, and the soup and medicinal food were sent to the bed like water every day. I was deprived of the right to walk out of this small courtyard, and the only pastime on weekdays was to go out of the house in the afternoon and watch the juggling troupe of the opera troupe that Hou Ye sent in every day in different ways under the sun in the courtyard.

And I, since I was not blessed, went to the camp in the outer garden to see with my own eyes the grand scene of thousands of soldiers lined up.

Listening to Xunyue, even outside this courtyard, there are dozens of teams of government soldiers patrolling and guarding day and night every day. As small as diet decoction and medicine, charcoal fire clothing; From slaves entering and leaving, imperial doctors and artists must go through strict inspections. Hou Ye obviously attaches great importance to it this time, and he can't tolerate half a bit of sloppiness.

This kind of arrangement is very thorough, but it is difficult for me to be trapped in the room all day, and I can no longer take the remade kite to the garden and put it up. As I got better and better, I gradually got used to my life as a cabinet woman in a family of officials. For example, hairpin ring hairstyle, clothing materials, watching the turbid moon clean up for me can also learn a thing or two.

However, on the female worker's part, I asked my subordinates to find the most rare and best Zhenjiang soft gold silk, and pondered it day by day.

In addition to entertainment, I will also reminisce about the assassination of that day with Turbidity. It was a very dangerous day for us to write down all the clues.

However, I will never forget the scene when I turned around and looked at it - a flash of golden light, the arrow was knocked down by the air flow a second before it hit the turbid moon, and it was clear that there were still high-ranking people watching in the dark, and they came to the rescue at the most critical moment.

However, it was too strange, how did the assassin know about my existence, and whether his purpose was Hou Ye or me? Who is so strong in kung fu that they can disperse the power of the arrows without the need to attack each other with a physical hidden weapon? And why did that man only block the arrow that was shot at the Turbid Moon?

Could it be that he knew that I had martial arts and deliberately left me in danger, intending to stimulate the internal force in my body that I didn't know how to operate?

If you don't understand, you can't find out. Seeing that I was meditating, the cloud moon still comforted me softly with a plaster cast on my arm. I knew that she had good intentions, and that she was still speaking out to persuade her to be so injured that she was still smiling, and cheering up, putting aside those unclear unsolved cases for the time being, and not thinking about it again.