Xiao Yurui said with a blushing face: "If I don't come back, I don't know how much trouble you will make." ”

Bai Zhu's face was ashamed, and he immediately knelt down and said: "It's the slave maid who is not good, the slave maid did not take care of and protect the young lady, so that the young lady was chased by assassins outside the mansion and was in danger, the slave and maid were ashamed of the son, please punish the son." ”

Xiao Yurui softened his tone, "I know that it must not be your idea to pretend to be a family member and sneak out, and it must be Xin'er who refuses to listen to your persuasion, so get up." I originally arranged for people to secretly protect you, but this time you suddenly pretended to slip out of the house, and they didn't recognize you in time, so they didn't follow you secretly to protect you. Tonight someone will secretly contact you, and then you can quietly go out of the house with him, and he will teach you how to play the sound with leaves, and if there is any unexpected situation like this one that you cannot foresee and control in advance, you can notify the people who are secretly protecting you in this way and use the code to keep in touch with them, so that similar things do not happen again. ”

Bai Zhu blamed himself even more when he heard this, so he didn't dare to get up even more, but just promised: "The slave understands." But this time, the slave and maid did have the trust of the son, and asked the son to punish him, and the slave and maid had no complaints. ”

Xiao Yurui said lightly: "Get up, I don't blame you this time, I also didn't think about it, I should have taught you how to get in touch with the person who was secretly protecting earlier." You don't have to blame yourself anymore, there are always accidents in everything, but fortunately this time you are all safe. Get up and speak, I have received only one part of what happened to you, and you tell me everything that happened after I left. ”

Bai Zhu got up and told Xiao Yurui in detail how she and Ling Yuxin slipped out of the house, how they met Zhuo Haoxuan and made an appointment to return the umbrella, how they rescued Zhou's sister-in-law and was suddenly chased and killed, and how they escaped.

When Xiao Yurui heard Bai Zhu say that they met a Zhuo Gongzi, a strange look flashed in his eyes, and as Bai Zhu's narration deepened, Xiao Yurui's eyes became deeper and deeper.

Bai Zhu kept saying that he didn't stop until they returned to the Ling Mansion safely, but when he saw Xiao Yurui's eyes were cold and deep, and his face was calm and he didn't say a word, he couldn't help but ask, "Childe, is there something wrong?" ”

When Xiao Yurui heard this, he quickly changed his expression and said lightly: "It's nothing." After a pause, he continued, "When that Zhuo Gongzi sends someone to pick up Xin'er in the future, you must be with you, remember, no matter where you go, who you meet, who asks you, you can't leave her half a step, you must protect her closely, remember!" ”

Bai Zhu's face showed a look of doubt, but he still nodded without hesitation, "Don't worry, Childe, the slave must remember that she will protect Miss Thorough no matter what." ”

Xiao Yurui bowed slightly, turned around and walked towards the backyard.

Bai Zhu suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "That's right, Childe, there is one more thing, Miss had a nightmare last night, but it was a little different from the previous situation, the dream was nothing special, Miss had dreamed of a similar scene before, but it was not a nightmare, but the similar scene I dreamed of last night suddenly became a nightmare for some reason, and the most inappropriate thing for the slave maid was that Miss tried to recall her reaction and behavior when she woke up from a nightmare, which looked very scary, she only remembered some fragments of the dream, But she tried hard to remember everything, but she couldn't remember anything, and then she kept beating her head, and the slave maid felt ...... It didn't seem like she had nightmares before. ”

Xiao Yurui frowned slightly, "What fragment does she remember?" ”

"Miss said that in her dream, it seemed that she saw a little boy teaching a little girl to practice swords, and it seemed that a little boy was practicing swords with a little girl, and then there was a lot of blood, and I couldn't remember everything else,"

Xiao Yurui's expression gradually became solemn, "You just said that she had dreamed of a similar scene before?" ”

"Yes, she once had a dream about a little boy teaching a little girl to practice martial arts, but it wasn't a nightmare, she didn't see a lot of blood like this time, and she didn't have the same situation after waking up from this dream."

"Then why haven't you ever mentioned it to me?" Xiao Yurui's voice grew colder.

Bai Zhu was stunned for a moment, and then replied truthfully: "The slave maid saw that Miss was not a nightmare, and it happened that Miss was practicing martial arts with you every day in those days, so the slave maid thought that she was just thinking about it day and night, and she didn't take it too seriously, so she didn't think of it and deliberately returned to you." ”

Xiao Yurui was silent for a long time before he said to Bai Zhu: "I know, if this situation happens again, stop her from thinking about it and tell me in time." After a pause, he continued, "Whatever she dreams about in the future, she must let me know as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, slave maid understands." White bamboo responded.

When Xiao Yurui entered the backyard, the door was open, and Ling Yuxin was concentrating on fiddling with the newly researched formation on the sand table, completely unaware of Xiao Yurui's arrival.

Xiao Yurui didn't say anything, and after entering the house, he only quietly watched her fiddling with the formation, and after a while, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes, and after a while, the look of surprise in his eyes gradually turned into amazement. It wasn't until Ling Yuxin stopped the movements in his hand that Xiao Yurui said loudly: "Although this formation looks peculiar, it is quite mysterious, if it is used properly, it will indeed be very effective." ”

Ling Yuxin was startled by Xiao Yurui's sudden voice, but when she looked up and saw that it was Xiao Yurui, her face was immediately full of joy, and she jumped up from the stool at once, "Cousin! How did you end up here? When did you come back? ”

Xiao Yurui deliberately straightened his face and said, "I'm afraid that if you don't come back, you will overturn the entire capital." ”

Ling Yuxin suddenly seemed to have done something wrong, and said, "You know it so quickly," and asked after a pause, "Bai Zhu told you?" ”

"I still need to tell me with white bamboo! Rumors spread all over the streets, and as soon as you entered the city, you had already heard more than one rumor. ”

Ling Yuxin remembered the rumors that Cui Han said yesterday, and couldn't help but smile: "No, the rumors say that someone wants to rebel, how does my cousin know that it has something to do with me." ”

"Hmph." Xiao Yurui snorted coldly, "Rebellion!" At the feet of the Son of Heaven, just a dozen people can rebel! Or a black-clad masked man tightly wrapped from head to toe, who else but the one who wants to kill you! ”

Ling Yuxin praised sincerely: "It's still my cousin who is smart, he knows the subtleties, and he can deduce the truth without seeing it with his own eyes, unlike many people, who can tell you nonsense about what they see with their own eyes, this rumor is really terrible." ”

Xiao Yurui said with a calm face: "There must be a reason for the groundlessness, if you hadn't sneaked out and let those assassins have a chance, where could such a ridiculous rumor spread." ”

Ling Yuxin also knew that this rumor spread like this, I was afraid that it would cause unnecessary trouble, although the rumor was not something she could control, but in the final analysis, it was indeed as Xiao Yurui said, it was she who sneaked out of the house and gave the assassin a chance to take advantage of it, so she was also ashamed, lowered her head and admitted her mistake: "I know it's wrong, cousin, don't be angry, I promise that I will never sneak out by myself in the future." ”

As soon as Xiao Yurui received the news from his subordinates, he left what he was doing and rushed back to the capital overnight, although he was angry that Ling Yuxin had caused such a big mess by willful and reckless, but he was more worried about whether she was safe and sound, whether she was frightened, and even more worried that those assassins would have a follow-up if they didn't succeed once. Now that he saw that Ling Yuxin had already realized her mistake, she also dissipated her anger and said in a soothing tone: "It's good to know your mistake, I heard Bai Zhu say that she was not by your side for a period of time during the assassination, are you really not injured?" ”

"No, I don't have anything to do. But," Ling Yuxin looked worried and guilty, "I have a friend who was injured in order to save me, and he was seriously injured and bled a lot, and I don't know what happened to him now." ”

"Friends?" A cold glint flashed in Xiao Yurui's eyes.

"Yes, we met a son after we left the house, his surname is Zhuo, but I forgot to ask his name, he is really a good man, Pingshui met but sacrificed his life to save me, but unfortunately he didn't want to tell me where he lived, otherwise I really wanted to visit him immediately, and I don't know what happened to his injuries." Ling Yuxin said bluntly, "By the way, cousin, you won't leave when you come back, right?" Can you teach me to ride a horse and practice martial arts every day? Can we practice for a few more hours a day in the future? ”

"Why practice for a few more hours?"

"If I don't know martial arts, not only can I not protect myself, but also drag others down, and I won't hurt that Zhuo Gongzi, I want to practice martial arts as soon as possible and learn to ride a horse, oh, by the way, and archery, I also want to learn archery, if I can protect myself, I won't be a burden to others."

Xiao Yurui's eyes deepened, "You're worried about that Zhuo Gongzi?" ”

"Hmm." Ling Yuxin nodded.

Xiao Yurui's tone became cold: "Are you just for him to step up his martial arts training and equestrian training, and also learn archery?" ”

Ling Yuxin noticed Xiao Yurui's changes, and was a little surprised, but she didn't know why, but after thinking for a while, she seemed to understand something, so she smiled: "Of course not, I'm really worried about Zhuo Gongzi, but that's because we just met in Pingshui, but he sacrificed his life to save me, and he was seriously injured because of me, and now I don't know what the injury is, so I'm worried about him." But I want to step up my martial arts training is not entirely for him, I just don't want the same thing to happen again, although I don't know who is going to kill me, but with these three batches of killers, it can be known that the person who wants to kill me must not be simple, especially those black-clothed masked people yesterday, just with their skills and cooperation with each other, I think they must have undergone long-term training, and the behind-the-scenes commanders who can send such a group of killers must not be ordinary people, and they have not found out who did it for a day. If I can't practice martial arts as soon as possible, then there will be the next assassination, not only will I still not be able to protect myself, but I will also become a burden to others, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will be injured because of me, I don't want this to happen again, I don't want anyone to be injured because of me," after a pause, he looked at Xiao Yurui and said solemnly, "Especially the people around me, whether it's cousin you or Bai Zhu, I don't want you to have anything to do." ”