The pretending to be calm was inadvertently stopped by the guards, and seeing that the matter was about to be revealed, fortunately, the grandmother reacted quickly and replied: "This is the maid who my grandfather just transferred to take care of my mother, and she scratched her face when she wiped the cabinet yesterday, so she had to cover it with a gauze towel." ”

"That's right. She doesn't look like a clever girl. Do you want to invite another girl to the young lady? ”

"No, no, uncle, you're busy, I'll be back in a while!"

The other party was shocked by the title of "uncle", and hurriedly nodded his head and said, "Don't dare, I can't afford it", and sent them away in a cold sweat.

Finally escaped from the Hou Mansion, the two breathed a sigh of relief, and sped up their pace to run towards Ji's house, but they didn't think about running a few steps, but they saw Li Chengyu and An Ruichen, the son of the Hou Mansion of Han Zhang, leading the horse side by side and slowing down. The mother and daughter hurriedly found a random alley to hide. I could vaguely hear the two teenagers talking and laughing.

"Chengyu, I just went to your house to look for you, your second brother said that you went to play chess with Ji Heng, why did you come back so soon?"

"Today is the death day of the former head of the Ji family, and their family went to sweep the tomb, I sat for a while and came out, and I didn't have time to play chess......"

"But I see you've been wandering around here for a long time, what's wrong?"

Li Chengyu looked behind him and said, "I always feel that someone is following me these days, but I don't see anything wrong." It's weird. ”

An Ruichen smiled: "Aren't you just a prince of the Hou Mansion, and you are not a prince, who rarely follows you?" It just so happened that I went up the mountain yesterday afternoon and shot a deer, do you want to come over and eat roast venison? ”

"Your father went to the northwest, and you are alone at home, don't you think it's too clean?"

"What do you say, my father didn't let me follow him and left me alone in the capital. I heard that the second son of the Ji family followed the prince to the northwest, and he is about to come back when he sees it, maybe he has seen my father - don't talk about this, are you coming or not? ”

Cheng Yu shook his head and said with a smile: "My little sister has long said that she has something to ask me, and I have to go back." ”

An Ruichen didn't want to force it, so he stabbed two sentences and went back stupidly.

The midday sun shines directly into the eyes, making the restless heart even more uneasy. There was some restlessness in the crowd, and there were more soldiers and family members in the red shirts of the Marquis of Bowei's mansion. Ji Shu avoided the crowd and shuttled through the small alley.

"Mother, where are we going?" Chang'er couldn't help but ask.

"Get out of the city, we're going to meet up with your grandfather."

Ji Shu held her daughter's hand and didn't dare to stop. Sister-in-law tried her best to catch up with her mother's pace, and she didn't dare to shout tired. And Ji Shu felt that their every step was so small, and time passed so quickly.

Suddenly, two strong men sprang out of the alley, even though they were huge, they were not clumsy, and their every move was a military man's style - Ji Shu had seen them, they were the two guard chiefs who had followed Li Xingzhi for many years.

Ji Shu held her daughter's hand and tightened unconsciously.

"Madam," said one of the men, without the slightest warmth in his words, "go back, Master Hou has something to say to you." ”

"I didn't have anything to say to him. We're not going back. Ji Shu protected her behind her and said firmly.

"Master Hou said, no matter what, bring the two back. Don't blame my brother for being offended. ”

The two big men made a false salute, one came to get Ji Shu, and the other stretched out his hand to Yan'er. Ji Shu took Chang'er back a few steps, but he knew that he couldn't escape the control of the two people.

Seeing that the two men were about to control Ji Shu, Yan'er hugged her mother's arm tightly and did not let go, as if waiting for a tragedy to come.

But tragedy did not befall them after all. With two screams, the two strong men were hit in the back of the head and fell one after the other. And the strong man who completed this series of sneak attacks had not yet had time to withdraw his hand knife.

Knowing the person, Ji Shu was surprised and delighted, and called "Brother Wei". Yan'er also shouted "Uncle Wei".

"Third sister, Miss Yan," Wei Chengchao looked at the mother and daughter who were running all the way, "Why are you here?" How can it be blocked? ”

"We ...... It's hard to put into words. Ji Shu said, "Brother Wei is the deputy commander of the city defense, is he taking a turn off today?" ”

Wei Chengchao said: "It's not that it's a rotational break. As soon as I saw my teacher, I went to visit the tomb with your eldest brother, sister-in-law and little Ji Heng, and only then did I know that today was the death day of the old lady, so I thought about coming back to prepare some paper money and wine and food, which can also be regarded as a little heart. ”

"You met my father?"

"yes, just left."

"Big brother," Ji Shu held Wei Chengchao's arm and pleaded, "I got a piece of news today, which is not only related to my Ji family, but also involves the safety of national politics. Ask the eldest brother to help the younger sister, I want to see my father. ”

Ji Shu has always been dignified and gentle, but at this time, something big must have happened in a panic. Wei Chengchao also knew a lot of things or didn't know well, so he didn't dig deeper, he thought for a while, and said: "Ling Zun has a great favor to his subordinates, since the Ji Mansion is in trouble, Wei Chengchao is duty-bound." So go home with me, and I will prepare the carriage and give you a ride myself. ”

The thick fog that lingered in Ji Shu's heart finally dissipated a little, and she thought, maybe there was still enough time.

Wei Chengchao looked around vigilantly, then dragged the two people lying upright on the ground to the corner, covered them with mats, and led the mother and daughter to their house.

Yan'er was hugged by Wei Chengchao, looked back at the two people covered with mats, and asked, "Are they dead?" ”

Wei Chengchao was worried that Yan'er was scared, and explained: "They just fell asleep and will wake up in a while." But before that, we have to hurry. ”

Chang'er glanced at it again, and couldn't help but feel apprehensive in her heart, and she shrank into Wei Chengchao's arms and didn't dare to move.

Wei Chengchao guessed that the matter was urgent and did not dare to delay. After a while, an inconspicuous carriage pulled out of the back door. The mother and daughter sat in the speeding car and secretly looked out, the street was full of people, and the family members of the Boweihou family were shuttling through the crowd, looking for it hard.

When the guards at the gate of the city saw that the deputy commander was about to leave the city, and whoever dared to stop him, he immediately let him go.

When the carriage ran wildly on the main road of the capital, it was quite smooth, but it was different when it went out of the city. About half an hour later, the carriage entered a grove.

It was early spring, when everything came back to life, and the moist air filled the forest. The finches sang loudly and seemed to be carefree. The gentle wind seemed to try to cover up something, but unfortunately it didn't work.

The whistle was sharp and loud, and the whole grove shook, and the chaffles flew and the small leaves that shook the newborn fell down.

With a string of rustling footsteps, the carriage stopped.

Ji Shu rolled over the curtain and saw five masked men in black shirts and carrying large knives standing in front of the carriage, and soon, hurried footsteps sounded behind him.

Ji Shu felt that he almost forgot to breathe.