Chapter 401 - Go to the Mansion Banquet Again
After discussing with Yang Huchen, it was already past the end of the year, Gu Xiao was worried that Xiaodouzi would wake up and not see him, so he would be worried, so he immediately said goodbye to Yang Huchen and returned to Yunlai Inn.
Turning over and entering the side room, seeing that Xiaodouzi was still sleeping soundly, Gu Xiao put his mind at ease, his mind was relieved, and the sleepiness of a day's rush came in an instant, he took off the sword box behind him, walked to the table, and slept in his clothes.
Xiaodouzi, who woke up, opened his eyes and saw that he appeared in a strange room, he was worried, but he saw Engong sleeping at the table in the room, and the smart girl thought about it for a while, and knew that it was Engong who took advantage of her sleep to take her away from the Yunlai Inn.
Looking at the sleeping boy, although he was a few years older than himself, his slightly thin body carried many things.
"It would be nice if I had such a brother." The girl tiptoed to sit opposite each other, looked at the young man's face, and spoke to herself.
Seeing that he was sleeping very deeply, the girl was reluctant to wake him up, and was worried that he would not sleep comfortably like this, so she jumped down from the stool, brought the futon from the couch, and wanted to put it on for the boy.
I don't know if it was because he was too sleepy or because he was worried about too many things, the boy slept deeper than usual until the sound of footsteps walking in the room sounded in his ears, and he suddenly woke up.
Feeling someone approaching him, he almost subconsciously opened his eyes, jumped up, and grabbed the person next to him... But when the hazy sleepy eyes saw Xiaodouzi's clear eyes like lake water and the futon she was holding in her arms, the young man came to his senses, hurriedly let go of his hand, and apologized repeatedly.
"Engong has something big in his heart, so he is naturally alert, how can Xiaodouzi blame Engong." Little Beanzi flashed with a pair of bright eyes and spoke softly.
Gu Xiao smiled, "Did you sleep well?"
Xiao Douzi's eyes were full of smiles and replied: "With Engong guarding his side, he naturally slept sweetly, but it was bitter for Engong, and it was still early now, so Engong could go to the couch and rest for a while."
Looking at the female doll's wrist being slightly red under his own unconsciousness, Gu Xiao felt apologetic, and then thought of the Fu brothers, and explained to Xiaodouzi, "Your father-in-law and second uncle..."
"Engong doesn't need to say much, Engong does this, naturally he has Engong's plan, Xiaodouzi believes in Engong... It is not necessary to explain with the little bean ... It's just that Xiaodouzi wants to invite Engong..." With an innocent smile, the girl opened her mouth to Gu Xiao, Xu had something to ask for, but she was worried that it would make Engong embarrassed, so she opened her mouth.
Gu Xiao naturally understood why the girl was worried, and immediately spoke: "I know you want to ask about the little sixth brother, I can only take you alone at night, don't worry, I have agreed with your stepfather and second uncle, today they will find an opportunity, and tell the little sixth brother that they will find a chance to leave the Yunlai Inn and come here to meet us."
When the girl heard that the young man had made proper arrangements for the worries in her heart, she immediately smiled and said, "Xiaodouzi knows that Engong will not leave the sixth brother, Engong will go to rest, and I will prepare some food for Engong."
"It's not sleepy, but when you say that, you're hungry." Gu Xiao touched his shriveled stomach, scratched his head and smiled.
"Well, just leave this little thing to Xiaodouzi." The girl looked at Engong's embarrassed appearance and covered her lips and smiled.
Xu is thinking that there are suddenly more girls in his room, maybe it will attract the suspicion of the second child and the shopkeeper in Yunxiang Pavilion, maybe they will also think of themselves as traffickers who abduct children, even if they want to stop Xiaodouzi.
But the girl Bing Xue is smart, how can she not know Engong's cautious thoughts, looking back and smiling: "Yunxiang Pavilion has no guests, this little second and the shopkeeper rarely ask about these trivial matters on weekdays, I am small, I only say that it is the little sister in Engong City, when I entered the store this morning, they will only think that they missed it, and they will not be suspicious."
Seeing that Xiaodouzi had resolved the worries in his heart, Gu Xiao stopped stopping him, let Xiaodouzi open the door and go to the store by himself... Not long after, the second child of Yunxiang Pavilion entered the room under the guidance of Xiaodouzi, holding pancakes and side dishes, porridge and steamed buns.
After running around all night, Gu Xiao was indeed hungry, and when he was about to sweep away the food with a chopstick, he heard the sound of hurried horses' hooves outside Yunxiang Pavilion.
"Has Brother Mu ever woken up?" Yu Lie's loud voice resounded in the Yunxiang Pavilion, and even the closed door trembled under this voice.
Xiaodouzi didn't know why, so he hurriedly raised his eyes and handed Gu Xiao a puzzled look, but saw Engong frowning slightly, put down the double chopsticks in his hand, and whispered to himself.
"This person is a partial general under Shan Bin, I will deal with it, you have to remember, if I don't return, don't move around at will."
Xiao Douzi nodded heavily, and his eyes swept over the table towards the esophagus: "Don't worry, Engong, Xiaodouzi will never cause trouble for Engong, it's just that Engong was hungry all night..."
Before the words fell, he listened to the shouting voice with a little impatience, and he had already stepped on the stairs: "Brother Mu... Brother Wood!"
"Don't worry, just remember my words!" Gu Xiao didn't know why Yu Lie came, but he could guess that it was related to his meeting with Shan Bin last night, and immediately told Xiaodouzi to get up quickly and carry the Broken Moon Sword Box.
When he opened the door, he saw that Yu Lie had already gone upstairs, hurriedly closed the door, stepped forward and hugged his fists and smiled, "Why did General Yu come in such a hurry early in the morning? What's going on?"
"Brother Mu didn't wake up, or was he tired last night, why are you so tired on your face?" Yu Lie looked at the tiredness on the young man's face, and diverted the topic with a little concern.
Gu Xiao only said that Yu Lie was testing himself, and pretended to sigh and said, "The general knowingly asked, last night there was a strange noise in the city, and the whole city heard it, how can you sleep peacefully."
Yu Lie didn't have the intention of probing, and when he heard the young man mention this, his brows frowned slightly, but then he smiled and said, "I also don't think that a master like Brother Mu will not worry about such a trivial matter... Don't worry, it's just that the fireworks shops in the city have not been on guard, and in the early spring, the weather is still dry, and the fireworks have been ignited, so there is such a movement, and there is no danger now."
Ordinary people may be deceived by Yu Lie's words, but Gu Xiao is a person who knows the inside story, and the conversation is a test of Yu Lie, seeing his words and deeds, it seems that he is not embarrassed by himself, his heart is a little calm, and his face is also relaxed and said: "That's good, I don't know that General Yu is here..."
"I almost forgot about business, the general met Brother Mu last night, and they had a very happy conversation, no, the general will sober up, so he hurriedly sent me to invite Brother Mu to come over the house." Yu Lie patted his head, remembered the general's explanation, and hurriedly invited the young man.
"I see, since the general has invited him, he can't delay... I thought it was General Yu who was thinking about it, so he came to look for me to drink." The young man was still worried that Yu Lie wanted to enter the wing room to talk in detail, so he borrowed Shan Bin's invitation and mentioned going to the general's mansion.
Yu Lie didn't suspect it, he was thinking about Shan Bin's invitation, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Don't be in a hurry to drink, General Shan invites you, you can't slack off, let's go to the General's Mansion first, and when we see the general, it's not too late for us to drink."
After finishing speaking, he didn't care about anything else, just pulled Gu Xiao's arm, Gu Xiao's goal had been achieved, and he followed Yu Lie out of the Yunxiang attic, and then went to Shan Mansion.
When he arrived in front of the entrance of Shanfu Street, the street was empty, and the well-trained soldiers and soldiers he saw last night were gone, Gu Xiao couldn't help but be curious, last night the entrance of Shanfu Street was still heavily guarded in front of the door, and last night's incident should be to make Shanfu more vigilant, how did it reduce the number of guards, which really made Gu Xiao puzzled.
Xu saw the young man's doubts, Yu Lie Lerma slowed down, and when the young man walked to his side, he lowered his voice and said, "Brother Mu, persuade your brother to say a word, after entering the mansion for a while, don't mention these guards."
Although Gu Xiao didn't know why, he hugged his fists and thanked him: "Brother Yu's words, Mu Yi remembers."
Yu Lie was very satisfied with Mu Yi's attitude, bowed his head slightly, said no more, went to the door of the Shan Mansion, turned over and dismounted, and led Gu Xiao into the mansion.
Before entering the mansion, before he heard it, Gu Xiao heard the sound of smashing, followed by the sound of Shan Bin's angry reprimand.
"The dignified Yanbei Army can let these people do whatever they want under their noses, if they hadn't revealed their whereabouts last night, wouldn't they wait until they took off Lao Tzu's head, so that you could find out?"
When Gu Xiao heard this, he instantly reacted to why Shan Bin was angry, and turned to his side with a suspicious gaze.
"Brother Mu smiled..."Yu Lie's voice was not finished, but he was interrupted by the voice of Shan Bin in the room.
"Is Brother Mu here?" Shan Bin was still wearing a middle coat and opening his chest, and he turned out of the back hall, looked at Gu Xiao and Yu Lie, and hurriedly changed his smile to greet him.
Seeing this, Gu Xiao
Pretending not to hear Shicai's angry words, he quickly stepped forward and saluted with his fists: "With the general's order, how dare the kid delay, he came in a hurry, but he didn't know the general..."
Although there was a smile in the corners of Shan Bin's eyes, there was a chill in those eyes, seeing Gu Xiao clenching his fists, slightly narrowing the light in his eyes, he raised his arm and said, "Send Yu Lie to invite Brother Mu, he is in a hurry, I think that Brother Mu has not yet used to eat... Come on, prepare something to eat first, General Ben is also hungry, let's talk while eating."
Gu Xiao naturally agreed, but seeing that Yu Lie on his side didn't seem to have any intention of accompaniing, he said goodbye to himself: "Brother Mu, there is still military affairs in the city, and General Shan will not accompany him when he talks about things."
The suspicion rose slightly, but it was not obvious on his face, and he secretly raised his vigilance and said goodbye to Yu Lie: "Then wait until General Yu is busy with military affairs, and then let's drink and talk."
"That's nature." Yu Lie said with a smile.
Shan Bin personally led the way, and took the young man into the back hall, and when the subordinates saw this, they retreated one after another, until the door of the study, Gu Xiao secretly took a few steps on the road, looking back, the people in the house had already left, and only himself and Shan Bin were left in this huge back hall.
"Let's see what tricks he's up to." Looking at Shan Bin's one-handed lead, Gu Xiao secretly thought in his heart, and then stepped into the study.
Ordinary people may not notice the strangeness, but when Gu Xiao entered the study, he faintly smelled a trace of blood, although he had deliberately wiped it to cover it up, but under Gu Xiao's secret internal strength, he could smell it very clearly, even if it was the delicious morning food on the table, the fragrance emitted could not be concealed.
With a slight frown, Gu Xiao couldn't help but be full of vigilance.
"Brother Mu, what's the matter, sit down quickly." Shan Bin looked at the young man's expression in his eyes, his eyes flashed with shrewdness, a smile bloomed in the corners of his eyes, and he stepped forward quickly and personally opened the seat for the young man.
"Thank you for the general's love, the kid just hasn't seen such a grand mansion, so it's a bit rude, please forgive the general." Gu Xiao naturally saw the cold light hidden by the smile in Shan Bin's eyes, and when he sat down, he opened his mouth to cover it.
But when Gu Xiao's eyes turned to the delicious food on the table, he suddenly saw three pairs of silver chopsticks, and he was shocked, which means that there is another person, who is this person? Why don't you see anyone coming?
was in doubt, but I heard a person in the room speak: "The delicacy in the general's mansion is really not good for a day!"
This person spoke, Shan Bin did not react, but the shock in Gu Xiao's heart was almost irrepressible, this person was in the study, and when he had the right internal strength to investigate the source of the bloody smell, he did not even notice the existence of this person.
Just when the young man was secretly frightened in his heart, the person who had just spoken had already turned out from behind the screen, paced at least in front of him, and saluted Gu Xiao with a fist, "Brother, in Xia Lu Jin, it's polite."