Xiaohu said solemnly, "I have something to tell you."

Shui Ling'er didn't expect to meet Xiaohu here, even if he had kidnapped her, the friendship between them growing up and having fun together could not be erased, and she still trusted him.

They walked along the corridor of the tavern to the backyard, and there was silence along the way, but Xiaohu easily broke the silence and said, "I really can't imagine that the tavern is so big, why don't we have it in the town where we live, otherwise we will have to grab it." This is what he squeezed his head to think of what he could say to Shui Ling'er, but in exchange for a silent response.

He knew that he and Shui Ling'er could no longer talk straightforwardly like before, planning where to grab and how to use the income of the cottage village, all of which were in the past and could only be recalled in their minds.

The backyard, an elegant garden, is silent at night, except for the sound of insects coming from time to time.

For a moment, both of them were silent, once the people who knew each other best, but now they were the most familiar strangers.

Shui Ling'er lowered her head, stepped on the weeds on the ground back and forth, and slowly said, "Xiaohu, come back to me, it's okay." Just like before, the two frolicked and lived every day.

"No, I can't." Xiaohu said bluntly, he saw that she was no longer just a friend as before, he wanted something, he wanted more than a friend, he wanted to marry her.

Shui Ling'er was rejected, and she felt sad, she attached great importance to Xiaohu, so she didn't want to lose him.

After Xiaohu sorted out the complicated emotions in his heart, after looking back and forth at no one, he showed a smile and said, "Da Mao Mu, since you became a man, you haven't robbed yet, right? Why don't we grab it in this tavern?"

Shui Ling'er's sad face was gradually replaced by joy, she looked at Xiaohu and said, "Okay."

Half an hour later, in the box on the second floor of the tavern, the county magistrate and Fang Yu had been chatting for a long time, in addition to the military aspect, there was also the management of the people, and finally the food and beauties from all over the place.

Situ Jing sat on the side and drank tea, listening without saying a word.

When the county magistrate was about to nominate his little girl to be dedicated to King Jing, a soldier ran in in a panic and said half-kneeling, "Lord Fang, it's not good!"

Fang Yu frowned and said, "What's so flustered?"

The soldier was frightened, "Someone is looting the tavern, and every room is being ransacked."

Situ Jing put down the teacup and said sternly, "Who is so bold?" He lived in a tavern under the banner of King Jing, and there were still people who dared to rob him, but he was not taken seriously.

The soldier stammered, "Yes... Be... The little ones don't dare to say it." He bowed his head in fear.

Fang Yu said unhappily, "What is there to dare not say? Could it be that the emperor came to rob the tavern, afraid that King Jing would not be able to manage it?"

The soldier winced and said, "It's not the emperor, it's... Yes..."

Situ Jing slapped the table vigorously and said, "Say!"

The soldier took a deep breath and said, "It's King Jing who is robbing the property, and everyone doesn't dare to stop it."

The prefectural magistrate almost weakened his legs when he heard this, but fortunately he was sitting on the chair.

Situ Jing gritted his teeth and said, "How much trouble are you going to cause me!" He rushed out quickly.

Fang Yu sighed and rushed out as well, but it was conceivable that he, a peacemaker, was about to come forward again.

Shui Ling'er and Xiaohu happily stuffed all the valuable items they saw into their clothes, and the clothes were stuffed with bulging.

When the two were running towards the backyard, Situ Jing chased after him and shouted, "Shui Ling'er, stop for me!"

Shui Ling'er said in fright, "Brother Jing, why are you here?" Now she's really finished, if she is caught, it's not as simple as being scolded.

Seeing Shui Ling'er's slow pace, Xiaohu grabbed her and ran forward quickly, not letting Shui Ling'er have time to hesitate.

Situ Jing saw the little tiger in front of Shui Ling'er, and said unhappily, "What a little tiger!" It was for the sake of him that he was Shui Ling'er's childhood sweetheart, so he didn't deal with him, but he didn't expect to blatantly come to him to grab Shui Ling'er.

Xiaohu and Shui Ling'er arrived in the backyard, and after the two climbed the tree, Xiaohu jumped on the wall on the side first, turned around, stretched out his hand, and said to Shui Ling'er, "Jump over!"

At this time, Situ Jing ran under the tree and shouted, "Don't go over!" Shui Ling'er's body originally had no internal strength, so he couldn't use light power, so he could only climb the tree quickly.

He was afraid, if Shui Ling'er jumped over and followed Xiaohu, then he was afraid that he would never see Shui Ling'er again in his life.

Shui Ling'er watched Situ Jing climb up the tree, and couldn't help worrying about his safety, and said nervously, "Brother Jing."

Seeing that Situ Jing was about to climb up, Xiaohu hurriedly shouted, "Da Mao Mu, jump over quickly!" Let's go to a place where no one is and live again, just like before, quickly!" This was his last hope for her.

Shui Ling'er looked at Xiaohu in embarrassment, she didn't want to lose him, but she didn't want to leave Situ Jing.

Situ Jing crawled to Shui Ling'er's side, hugged her tightly, and said to Xiaohu, "She won't go with you!"

Xiaohu didn't give up and said, "Big mud, come here!"

Situ Jing shouted in displeasure, "Don't go over!"

After Shui Ling'er hesitated for a moment, she shed tears and slowly spoke, "Xiaohu, I'm sorry."

Xiaohu put down his hand and said to Shui Ling'er with a heartache, "Da Mao Mu, I respect your choice." With that, he turned around and jumped out of the wall, where he was nowhere to be seen.

After Situ Jing and Shui Ling'er climbed down the tree, the two sat on the ground, Situ Jing took the crying Shui Ling'er into his arms, patted her back and comforted her, he knew that the choice she made was too painful for her.

After a long time, Shui Ling'er fell asleep crying in his arms, and Situ Jing slowly spoke, "Fang Yu, how long do you have to watch the play?"

Fang Yu chuckled and walked out to them, and said respectfully, "The subordinates just let King Jing enjoy more warmth."

Situ Jing looked at Shui Ling'er in his arms and showed a faint smile.

Just now, after he climbed the tree, he noticed Fang Yu ambushing by the wall, if Shui Ling'er jumped over, he would definitely be able to catch her back, he said, "Fang Yu, do a good job."

"The subordinates are just doing their best to help King Jing."

At this time, Shui Wuxian walked over, he looked at Situ Jing who was sitting on the ground holding Shui Ling'er who was asleep, sneered, and said, "Princess, this is the man you want?" is as cowardly as a woman, how can she have shoulders to protect the princess, it's just that the status of the prince is superior.

Situ Jing squinted at Shui Wuxian and said coldly, "You have too much to manage."

Shui Wuxian sneered, he was his sister, and he hoped that he could be happy, so he saluted respectfully and said flatly, "Yes."

The next day, Fang Yu returned all the things stolen from Shui Ling'er to the original owner, and he compensated for the part that was stolen by Xiaohu, so no one in the tavern complained.

Shui Ling'er knew that she had done something wrong, so she rarely followed Situ Jing obediently, but Situ Jing didn't even scold her, which made Shui Ling'er even more unhappy.

On the street, the market was bustling, if it was an ordinary Shui Ling'er, she would have been running happily, but at this moment she was not in the mood at all, she carefully pulled his sleeve and said, "Brother Jing."

"Huh?" Situ Jing walked with a flat expression, looking at the stall vendors on both sides left and right, he heard what Fang Yu said, Shui Ling'er likes to be lively, so he took her out.

"Won't you scold me?" She robbed the tavern last night, leaving Fang Yu busy dealing with the aftermath early in the morning, and paid a lot of silver.

"Don't scold." She chose him and could atone for her sins.

Situ Jing's blandness made Shui Ling'er feel even more guilty, and even wondered if Situ Jing was tired of her.

Situ Jing walked a few steps, and seeing that Shui Ling'er was still depressed, he said, "I'll forgive you this time, but you have to practice my name first."

Shui Ling'er listened to it and said that it was good, and her guilty heart was relieved a lot.

Situ Jing chuckled and said, "Let's finish shopping in the market first and then go back to practice calligraphy."

Shui Ling'er nodded happily, pulled Situ Jingdong to look west, and also bought a lot of miscellaneous items back to the tavern.

After returning to the tavern, Shui Ling'er asked Fang Yu for paper and pen, and began to practice imitating Situ Jing's signature in a rare way.

Fang Yu saw that Shui Ling'er was concentrating on practicing calligraphy, and whispered to Situ Jing, "King Jing, there is something to report."

After Situ nodded, he said to Shui Ling'er, "Concentrate on practicing calligraphy, I'll come back later, don't do some strange things again."

Shui Ling'er focused on practicing calligraphy, and said, "Okay."

Situ Jing smiled faintly and walked to the study next door with Fang Yu.

After Fang Yu closed the door, he said, "King Jing, during the time you went out, an assassin attacked, and one of them was left alive, forcing them to come from the imperial capital, but unexpectedly, this assassin bit through the venom hidden between his teeth and died of anger."

Situ Jing thought about it and said, "We have been on the frontier all year round, and the imperial capital has not had a grudge against anyone." He couldn't think of who would have sent it.

"My subordinates are also wondering, the assassin's target seems to be one of you and Shui Ling'er, so when they attacked, they said that they couldn't find a target." Seeing Situ Jing pondering, Fang Yu continued, "It's impossible for the emperor to have anyone want to kill Shui Ling'er, so their target is you, King Jing."

"Not necessarily." Situ Jing remembered what Shui Wuxian had said, and said, "Shui Wuxian once told me that someone in the imperial capital spent a lot of money to ask the Black Plum Gang to kill Shui Ling'er."

Fang Yu was stunned and said, "Shui Ling'er? How could it be, she's just a female thief in a frontier town." Even the rivers and lakes do not have her name.

"I wonder too, but the Black Plum Gang has always kept their customers secret, so Shui Wuxian won't tell us who is going to kill Shui Ling'er, but I suspect it's the same person who sent the assassin to attack this time." Shui Wuxian has not handed over Shui Ling'er's head to the customer for a long time, it seems that this customer can't wait.

"King Jing, why don't we go and ask Shui Wuxi, after all, the enemy is in the dark, and we are in the light, it's too dangerous."

"Don't ask him, he just needs to know that an assassin is coming." There are too many opportunities for Shui Wuxian to start, if he really wants to kill Shui Ling'er, he will not delay it until this time, and after observing for a while, Shui Wuxian not only does not want to kill Shui Ling'er, but wants to protect Shui Ling'er.