None of them noticed that the shadow guards were all dark-faced, motionless, and trying their best to endure it.

After a long time, Xia Pei paid attention to the shadow guards around him, suddenly let go of his hand, and coughed lightly.

"Today's words of the military advisor, I am very useful, and I will come back another day to consult with the military advisor."

"No!" Lu Zhaoyi hurriedly refused, "Your Majesty, I have already said in the hall that in the future, the meaning of the family teacher will be conveyed by the ministers in the palace, and there is no need for Your Majesty to come in person every time." ”

Xia Pei smiled, laughing happily, it seemed to be laughing freely, without a little scheming.

He nodded at Lu Zhaoyi, tilted his head and called for the guards and Gong'e to come together, and drove back to the palace.

After Xia Pei left, she let out a long breath.

"Qi Niang, it's too scary."

Behind him, Gu Manyuan looked at the direction where Xia Pei went, and he was stunned, but he looked stupid.

Lu Zhaoyi turned his head to look at him and couldn't help but smile.

This Gu Man is also too funny, I don't know if he was frightened by what happened just now.

Ying Feng looked at this scene, his lips twitched slightly, their husband, how could he laugh at this time?

However, it is true that I haven't seen Xiaoman all day.

"Qi Niang, you don't take me with you when you take the troops back to Lu's house, and you don't take me with you to greet Da Sima, where are you going now, you have to take me with you, right?"

Now, she was given a mansion by Xia Pei, and Gouchen Villa can't live for a long time, but she can go to the mansion in Yong'anli first.

Before leaving, Lu Zhaoyi still didn't plan to take Gu Man with him, but instead explained some things to him, arranged for him to go to Da Sima's Mansion to deliver the news, and came back tomorrow to give the letter.

Shadow Cloud and Shadow Wind still have to be stationed in the other courtyard, and they can't show their feet, so they want to give the illusion that Gou Chenzi is still in the other courtyard.

Looking at the shadow guards, she felt that the left and right deputy lieutenants of the shadow guards, Ying Ling and Ying Xue, were all women, and it was convenient to accompany them, so they would not be pointed at by outsiders.

The journey was smooth, and in about half an hour, I arrived at the mansion in Yong'anli.

After entering the door, the house was brightly lit, and it was obvious that it had been cleaned up.

Going deep into the courtyard, I found that although this place is in the capital, it is built by the water, and two streams run through the house, and the scenery is as beautiful as a picture.

Looking at the scenery here, she went straight to the lotus pavilion in the lake, and after sitting down, she closed her eyes and concentrated.

After a long time, the shadow spirit ran over and lowered his voice, "There is no trace of anyone else in the mansion, the servants and maidservants in the mansion are all clean and have no complicated backgrounds. ”

After hearing this, she nodded, and motioned for the shadow spirit to go down, while she herself sat in the lake pavilion, and soon fell asleep.

However, before she could sleep for long, she was awakened by a noise.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the Lotus Pavilion, and when she opened her eyes, she found that it was a woman, walking towards her.

This woman is tall and slender, with bright eyes and bright teeth, wearing a black power suit, with a knife at her waist, her appearance is pretty and capable, her eyes are flashing and sharp, and her bearing is awe-inspiring.

She noticed the woman, and there was something faintly wrong in her heart, so she shouted as the woman continued to approach.

"Friend or foe, why don't you come over and talk about it?"

The woman paused, stared at Lu Zhaoyi, and then stepped closer and sat on the ground next to her, "You know me?" ”

"Your martial arts skills are good. I don't really like being prying eyes from strangers, though. She brushed her sideburns and said.

was so indifferent that the woman lowered her eyelids, "I'm Qu Qi Niang, I'm here to kill you, have you ever done something wrong?" Otherwise, how can my buyer chase after you? ”

This sentence instantly poked at her interest, her eyes swirled on this Qu Qi Niang's body, and her eyes flashed, "You are Qu Qi Niang, just right, I am Lu Qi Niang, is this fate?" ”

But Qu Qi Niang's face was expressionless, and she swept her face, "Don't mention fate for the time being, but you must die today." ”

Suddenly, Lu Zhaoyi got up, patted the dust on the hem of her skirt, and tidied it up slowly, "Qu Qi Niang, for the sake of you and me, can you tell me, who is your buyer?" ”

"If you want me to die, you have to die, don't you?"

These words were just ordinary logic, but Qu Qiniang was stunned for a moment, and lowered her head and thought carefully.

Seeing her appearance, Lu Zhaoyi smiled faintly, turned around to leave, and provoked Qu Qiniang to stand up immediately, holding the handle of the knife, and was about to draw the knife.

"There's no hurry." She glanced at the hand holding the knife, "You think slowly, I'll go eat something first, don't worry, I won't run." ”

But as soon as she was halfway there, Qu Qiniang suddenly pulled out her knife and slashed horizontally, but she still walked unhurriedly, and just when the blade was close to her, a cold arrow, with a "whoosh", shot towards the blade.

"Bang bang bang" There were a few metal collision sounds, and the knife fell off from Qu Qi Niang's hand, stunned, and stood there.

From beginning to end, Lu Zhaoyi never looked back.

It was only half an hour, and she came back again, but saw Qu Qi Niang still standing so stupidly, her eyes flickering, "Still stunned?" Sit, you martial arts practitioners, you don't have to be so bad. ”

As she spoke, she placed the brocade box in her hand on the stone platform, opened it, and said, "This is the dim sum she made yesterday when my second sister-in-law gave me." At that time, I was only concerned about entering the palace to meet His Majesty, and I didn't think about opening it to see. ”

The lid of the brocade box was opened, and inside was a plate of small and delicate pastries, the aroma was so fragrant that it made her swallow.

She casually picked up one of them and handed it to Qu Qi Niang, "Oh, taste it, does my second sister-in-law taste good?" ”

Qu Qiniang hesitated for a moment, but finally took it.

Seeing her open her mouth and bite it, Lu Zhaoyi pursed her lips and chuckled in satisfaction.

After eating the pastries in her hand, Qu Qi Niang couldn't help but ask, "Since you know my details, how can you not guard against me?" ”

"Why should I be on guard against you?"

She had just finished eating a piece of pastry, and before she could swallow it, she couldn't wait to pick up the next piece and stuff it into her mouth.

Looking at her appearance, Qu Qiniang frowned and shook her head.

After swallowing it with great difficulty, Lu Zhaoyi impatiently picked up another piece, "Have you thought about it?" Do you want me to die? ”

As she spoke, her lips opened slightly, and she lowered her head to eat.

"My buyer found me in the alley of Yongning and said that he wanted me to follow you."

Lu Zhaoyi chewed and subconsciously asked, "Is it a strong man about thirty years old, seven feet two, with a beard scratching his face and an official seal?" ”

"Not? What's more, he's not a man at all! ”

Having said this, Lu Zhaoyi stared, and the pastry he had just taken a bite of slipped out of his mouth.

"You say, 'The woman hired you?'

Qu Qi Niang nodded, "Although that person is dressed in ordinary women's clothes, I can see that her waist is red silk, which is logically ......."

Before she finished speaking, Lu Zhaoyi immediately followed her words and said nervously, "That's a harem thing!" ”

At this time, Qu Qiniang was also very surprised, "My employer is actually a person from the harem?" ”

Xia Pei's harem, now there is only one person, is the daughter of the Cai family in Fufeng County, Cai Zhengjun, and today's Cai Guifei.

"Actually...... Cai Zhengjun also wants to kill me? It was rare for her face to be so shocked.

Qu Qiniang took a deep breath, got up and prepared to leave, and said before leaving: "There are masters around you, I can't kill you, I won't do this business." Leave! ”

With that, she picked up the downed knife from the ground and was about to leave.

But she hadn't taken a few steps before Lu Zhaoyi suddenly stopped her, "You don't do this business, why don't you think about it and do my business?" ”

"Do your business?" Qu Qiniang laughed stupidly, "Let me enter the palace to kill people?" ”

"No, no, no!" She quickly denied it.

"I'll pay double your employer's price to protect me!"

Her words reached Qu Qi Niang's ears and immediately caused laughter.

"You want me to protect you? There are so many masters around you, can you use me? ”

"You need it!" Lu Zhaoyi's eyes flickered, and he was extremely sure.

Qu Qiniang glanced at her suspiciously, and smiled indifferently, "Right now, there are people killing you outside, Lu Qiniang, do you really think that I can help you?" ”

"It still depends on whether they killed me or my other identity." Lu Zhaoyi was not annoyed at all, and even smiled lightly.

Ignoring Qu Qiniang's reaction, she suddenly stood up, walked to the edge of the pavilion, looked at the light rain falling outside, and said to herself.

"If you want to protect me, you must first know who I am. So I want to ask you, is your employer going to kill Lu Qiniang or Gou Chenzi? ”