It's already past the time for the training set, and although Xi Yao usually comes over with a step, she is rarely late. Chu Sheng looked up at the sky, the sun was tilted, he had been standing here for half an hour, but the thin and lively figure had not appeared, he was about to go to the small kitchen to have a look, but was stopped by Mo Bai behind him.

"Childe, childe!" Mo Bai trotted all the way, breathing heavily, "The head of the Xi family is here with elite soldiers, and he is now standing at the door of the Chu family." ”

"Elite soldiers?" Chu Sheng frowned, obviously a little dissatisfied. The so-called elite soldiers are actually the heavy army in Tiansheng Palace to protect the emperor's safety, although their strength is not as good as Chu Wei's under Chu Sheng, but their strength is definitely stronger than that of ordinary county officials.

Could it be that he suspected that the Chu family was secretly doing something to threaten the safety of the dynasty, and he used the excuse of searching Xi Yao to investigate the secrets of the Chu Mansion? He frowned, and it was clear that the Xi family, who was the most backward of the five nobles, also had the ability to lead troops into the Chu Mansion, and dared to be in line with the emperor's thoughts.

"How many?" Chu Sheng asked.

Mo Bai thought for a moment and replied, "Not much, about five or six people." ”

This is very good, his Chu family is not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door if he doesn't do bad things, but he wants to let the emperor Lao'er see who is the virtuous minister and who is the villain.

Xi Yao hadn't come yet, Chu Sheng looked at the entrance of the training ground with some concern, and whispered to Mo Bai: "You go to the small kitchen to find Xi Yao, be sure to hide her in the dark room, she doesn't say the reason for anything, tell her to meditate and practice with peace of mind, can't speak, understand?"

Mo Bai clenched his fists and nodded respectfully, "Yes!"

When Chu Sheng arrived, Xi Jingming was already standing at the door of Chu's house, with six burly soldiers in bright red majestic armor behind him. When he saw Chu Sheng, he pulled the corners of his mouth without smiling, and said hypocritically: "I haven't been here for a long time, the Chu family's mansion is still so magnificent, it's incomparable to my Xi family." ”

Chu Sheng also responded with the same smile, and said lightly: "Where is it, Lord Xi passes by here every day, why don't you come in and sit?"

Xi Jingming was stunned for a moment, then hugged his fists and smiled: "Hahaha, Childe is joking, isn't this coming today, just look, I took the royal elite soldiers, and it was not easy to enter without the consent of the master, so I waited at the door." ”

The Chu family is located in the center of Nanyang City, Xi Jingming swaggered through the city with the royal elite soldiers, and everyone didn't know that he came to the Chu Mansion to find Xi Yao, he did this clearly to make the Chu family ugly, so that the people of the entire Nanyang City felt that the emperor ordered the elite soldiers to enter the Chu Mansion, and what the officers and soldiers wanted to do when they went to the officials' houses should be obvious.

Chu Sheng is so smart, of course he can think of what others can think of, but he is not angry, he only smiled indifferently and turned sideways to give way, "It seems that I was not considerate of my hospitality, and I actually asked Lord Xi to wait outside the mansion for so nine, please come in quickly." ”

Xi Jingming smiled disdainfully, raised his head slightly and looked at Chu Sheng, although he didn't say anything, but just a greeting was full of gunpowder, and both sides were unbearable.

The elite soldiers of the royal family naturally had their privileges, and after greeting Chu Sheng, they scattered around and began to search. Chu Sheng and Xi Jingming walked all the way and looked at it, although the old fox was indifferent on the surface, the thief's squinting eyes did not let go of any corner.

He said as he walked: "Brother Chu may not know much about the situation of the Xi family. My sister-in-law gave birth to only one daughter and died, and since then my eldest brother's health has been weakening day by day, and he followed him six years ago. The child was raised by the old lady of the long house, but the old lady was old after all, and he died three years ago due to the cold. ”

That's why it's called the broom star of the Heavenly Evil Grid, Chu Sheng thought so. It was the first time he had personally heard the Xi family talk about her life experience, and his emotions were mixed, but the loss of all his relatives was true.

"Later, Xiyao was passed to my house, probably because he has experienced too many relatives since he was a child, and the child has always been very withdrawn, and he doesn't like to talk, and... I didn't get along well with my two little daughters. Even though I did everything I could to defend her, she never really treated me like a parent. Xi Jingming's eyes flashed with a little pain, and he muttered: "But I didn't expect that kid... The child's personality was so extreme that she wanted to commit suicide, and the subordinate who followed her half a month ago suddenly came to report, saying that Xiyao took advantage of their inattention, escaped from the house, and jumped... Committed suicide by jumping into the river!"

Looking at Xi Jingming's words and words, as if he really treated Xi Yao as if he was his own daughter, if it weren't for Chu Sheng's understanding of Xi Yao, I am afraid that he would really believe it, and his kung fu of acting and deceiving people is really good, no wonder the emperor wants to believe him.

"The officials in the court and the central government all insulted me as a brother and were unkind, and I didn't know loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, and after Xi Yao drowned and disappeared, they all wrote to impeach, but who knows the bitterness in my heart! If I suffer infamy through the ages, in exchange for Xi Yao's resurrection, I would rather be that sinner. Xi Jingming sobbed twice, wiped the corners of his eyes, and said earnestly: "So Master Chu, if Xiyao is really in your mansion as the rumors say, please return her to me, that is my eldest brother's only bloodline..."

Chu Sheng looked at him coldly, his sharp gaze was terrifying, making Xi Jingming's expression stiffen, his heart and liver trembled, and he almost exposed his original form.

He said coldly: "Is it? That's really hard Xi-sama, but unfortunately, I've never seen Xiyao, and I've never heard of this name." ”

"Is it..."Seeing that the tearful performance did not move Chu Sheng, Xi Jingming had to smile awkwardly, and then his expression was cold, concentrating on finding Xi Yao.

He can't understand Chu Sheng, although he is an official in the court, but the Chu family is neither civil nor military, and Chu Sheng has never expressed his opinion on the national society when he was in the court, but the Chu family is still rewarded by the emperor, and in the hearts of hundreds of officials in the court, Chu Sheng is definitely a mysterious existence.

Later, he gradually heard that the Chu family was doing underground intelligence work, even if he didn't impeach officials or go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, he could gain the emperor's trust, and it turned out that the Chu family was a family living in darkness.

When the officials were socializing with each other, he had also heard a lot of rumors about Chu Sheng, he had done everything to kill people and set fires, and due to public opinion, some small countries annexed by the Tiansheng Dynasty could not be slaughtered at will, but his Chu family could, slaughter villages, slaughter cities, and slaughter countries, as long as it was the emperor's order, no matter how dirty and bloody things he could do.

In the face of such a dangerous man, if it wasn't for the emperor's personal order, he wouldn't have dared to lead troops to search the Chu Mansion in person, and now he just wants to find Xiyao as soon as possible and get rid of the infamy of being unkind to his younger brother as soon as possible.

The two of them had their own thoughts, and at this moment, Mo Bai suddenly rushed out of the corner, his expression was bad, and his eyes widened to tell that something big had happened.

"Gong..."Mo Bai saw that Chu Sheng was about to shout loudly, but found that Xi Jingming was following behind him, so he gagged his mouth.

But this scene happened to be seen by Xi Jingming...