Shen Xingqi, who was fighting in the crowd, became more and more courageous, and her dark eyes became brighter and brighter.

This is her first actual battle, and after the initial discomfort, she found the feeling of fighting against people on weekdays, and she suddenly felt hearty.

Cheng Xi, who was watching the battle from the side, stopped the man in black who wanted to attack from time to time to relieve her worries.

So the originally fierce fight was forced to be divided into two completely different painting styles, Qu Shaojing and the guards fought to the death, while the three of the Shen family were leisurely and a little more casual.

Because of their joining, the one-sided scene was reversed in a short time, and the man in black who had the upper hand suddenly became struggling.

The leader couldn't beat him, and quickly gave his subordinates a look.

Want to go?

Cheng Xi's eyes narrowed slightly, "Wangshu, leave them!" ”

What if I miss her little girl after I run away?

Cheng Xi didn't want to be targeted by a certain dignitary in the capital.

"Yes!"

Wangshu's martial arts were not weak, and it was not difficult to leave a few injured assassins behind, and after a while, there was a group of black-clothed people lying on the ground, most of whom were pointed at the acupoints and couldn't move.

Qu Shaojing had long since recovered from the initial shock, and he was relieved to hold his injured arm.

"Thank you, Mrs. Shen, and ...... Miss Shen. ”

His gaze in surprise fell on Shen Xingqi, and he shivered coldly at those shining eyes.

This little girl is too cruel.

Why did he always think that this was a delicate and soft lady when they first met?

It's all an illusion!

"You're welcome, when the road is uneven, draw a knife to help."

Shen Xingqi waved his hand to show that he didn't care, and when he stood beside Cheng Xi, he returned to his previous well-behaved state, and his little face was red because of the fight just now, and he looked very harmless.

Everyone: "......"

That familiar feeling is here again!

Five minutes later, the newly purchased Zhuangzi by the Shen family welcomed not only its owner, but also several guests.

The guards of the Hou Mansion were more or less wounded, and after a simple bandage, their faces were much better, and one of them rode in the direction of the capital to find someone to clean up the mess, while the rest stayed behind to guard the group of assassins.

The two female guests calmed down from their panic and sat quietly in the living room with a cup of tea in their hands.

Cheng Xi looked at the white cloth on Qu Shaojing's arm that was stained with red blood and was amazed, "I really don't understand what these assassins think, why don't you smear the poison that sealed your throat with blood on your sword, you really don't have the capital to smear some drugs." ”

Then this sword will completely complete the task, as for the task is still alive now.

Several of the guests were shocked and looked at her with fear on their faces, as if they were looking at where this monster came from.

"Is there anything wrong with what I'm saying? Even if you have done such a degraded thing as assassination, wouldn't it be superfluous to care about the morality of the rivers and lakes? ”

"......" still has some truth?

No, no, it's a fallacy.

The killer organization also wants to be famous, okay!

Qu Shaojing smiled bitterly, "Mrs. Shen, don't make fun of it, if that's the case, then I will have a lot of thanks to their subordinates for showing mercy." ”

Shen Xingluo next to him took a sip of tea, "So you guys are going to Zhuangzi to enjoy the flowers, and you met an assassin halfway?" ”

"That's right, the Zhuangzi of the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion is nearby."

Qu Shaojing covered his bandaged arm and nodded, his expression was a little ugly, "These people are too rampant, they dare to intercept and kill in the suburbs of Beijing in broad daylight!" ”

"With all due respect, the last time it was also broad daylight, it was in the Hutong of the capital."

“......”

The person's expression froze, and he sighed helplessly, "Brother Shen, can you give some face?" ”

There is also his delicate fiancée here, how can he be embarrassed by this eight-foot man?

Qu Shaojing finally asked his sister to ask his fiancée to go to Zhuangzi to enjoy the flowers, but he never expected that he would meet an assassin with such bad luck.

It's okay now, the flowers didn't come to fruition, but scared their sister and fiancée.

Blame the Assassins!

Perhaps it was because Qu Shaojing's depressed expression was too substantial, and the female scroll was amused by his reaction, and the atmosphere in the living room suddenly eased a little.

"I wonder if the little marquis has any clues about the two assassinations?"

"It's a shame to say that these assassins just took the money to do things, and they didn't see the people behind the scenes at all, and the few they brought back last time didn't have anything to say."

The assassins who came to assassinate him this time all had the same number of martial arts, and even if they were brought back for interrogation, it would probably be in vain.

"Who has the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion been in conflict with recently?"

"My father has been stationed in the military camp on the outskirts of Beijing all the year round, and he should have never offended him."

The Marquis of Wu'an is a prince of the Great Yan Dynasty, not to mention offending people, the prince has to stutter, how can someone attack the little marquis of the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion?

Qu Shaojing was puzzled.

Although he doesn't pay attention to it on weekdays, he hasn't done anything angry and resentful, as for being hunted down?

Strange, so weird.

"Brother Shen suspects that the people behind the scenes want to eradicate the Wu'an Hou Mansion? Although it was difficult for Assassins to enter the military camp, my father's daily journey back to Beijing was very smooth, and he never encountered an Assassin. ”

In other words, you are the only one who was assassinated?

Oh no, maybe I'll have to add another one today.

Shen Xingluo and Cheng Xi glanced at each other, and they had a somewhat reliable guess in their hearts.

"I don't know if the little marquis has noticed, although the assassin just now was assassinating you, there are also a lot of black-clothed people on Miss Jiang's side."

The little girl sat beside Cheng Xi and nodded, "Yes, those assassins want to kill Sister Jiang, and the trick is fatal." ”

"This ...... Did they recognize the wrong person? ”

Qu Shaoya and Jiang Yuyao were in the same carriage, both were noble girls in Beijing who didn't go out often on weekdays, and it was normal for the people in black to admit their mistakes.

"What if I'm not mistaken?"

"What do you mean?"

"I remember that the little marquis and Miss Jiang only got married last month?"

"That's right."

Qu Shaojing glanced at Jiang Yuyao, his eyes a little flustered.

"The assassination started recently, and today the man in black is trying to do something to Miss Jiang, maybe the people behind the scenes just want your life, or maybe they don't want the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion to marry the Jiang family?"

Is that the case with "......"?

The Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion is loyal to the country and controls 100,000 military powers, and has never set foot in the party and government, and the Jiang family's scholarly family is also neutral, who doesn't want the two families to marry and does not hesitate to kill him?

Shen Xingluo saw that he was deep in thought, picked up the teacup and ordered it.

The Marquis of Wu'an Mansion quickly sent people over, and Qu Shaoya and Jiang Yuyao also left because they were frightened.

In the evening, Su Zhan just walked in with a basket of hawthorns.

"Childe, madam, this is the red fruit behind the mountain."

"Are all the mountains ours?"

"Yes, the red fruits in the neighborhood belong to Zhuangzi, and these red fruit trees are some years old."

Cheng Xi pinched a few and looked closely, the fruit of the hawthorn was oblate and spherical, the appearance was purple red and the red dots were very eye-catching, and the flesh was pink when broken, and the flesh was dense and hard.

She took a tentative bite, and was immediately overwhelmed by the sour taste in her mouth.

"It's so sour, it's so sour, it's going to fall out!"

Shen Xingqi's little face wrinkled, and his expression was depressed, "Sister-in-law, this red fruit really can't be eaten." ”

"Who said you can't eat it?"

"Huh?"

How do you eat so sour?

Shen Xingqi was stunned, "Sister-in-law, isn't there a way?" ”

"This is one of the varieties of the Great Venus hawthorn, the red fruit, if it is made into a sugar gourd, it is indeed rare for people to like it, but it does not mean that it cannot be made into other foods."

Most of the big Venus is used to make preserved fruits, a few can be made into hawthorn cakes, and if there is enough sugar, it can also be made into drinks.

"It's a lot of work to make pastries, but can you make a simple drink and have everything in the kitchen?"

"Mrs. Hui, the kitchen utensils are all purchased, and my subordinates have bought some vegetables."

"That's fine, the red fruits in this little bamboo basket are enough."

Cheng Xi carried the bamboo basket to the kitchen, handed over the task of cooking to Shen Xingqi and Wangshu, and picked out the larger hawthorns in the small bamboo building one by one for backup.

Hawthorn acid is not in the way, and it is as delicious as a drink or pastry with more sugar.

"It's a pity, this thing just can't be made into a sugar gourd."

The thin layer of sugar crust on the outside of the sugar gourd can't neutralize the sourness of the Great Venus hawthorn, but it seems that the icing sugar ball can be tried?

Cheng Xi poured the mountain plant into a large basin filled with clean water and cleaned it, and then took a knife to cut it horizontally from the middle of the fruit to remove the mountain plant core and mountain plant pedicle for simple processing, this step was too simple for her, and the small pot next to it was full after a while.

There are only a few of them in the Zhuangzi, and hawthorn juice should not be drunk too much, so too much hawthorn is not used.

Waiting for Shen Xingqi next to her to pick and wash vegetables, she put the processed hawthorn in the steamer and heated it, and the hawthorn in the steamer was already ripe in about 20 minutes.

Cheng Xi poured an appropriate amount of cold boiled water and sugar into the bowl, stirred evenly, and put it together with the cooled steamed hawthorn to squeeze the juice.

Because the ancient tools used to extract the juice were too slow, the hawthorn juice was mixed with a lot of residue, so she strained it twice with gauze until it was soft and delicate.

A bowl of hawthorn juice freshly baked.

"Taste it, how sweet is it?"

Shen Xingqi looked at the glass of hawthorn juice in front of him and was very surprised, "This color is quite beautiful?" ”

But...... Thinking of the sour feeling just now, she suddenly didn't dare to try it.

The little girl took a small sip under the encouraging eyes of her sister-in-law, and was fully prepared, but the hawthorn juice came from the entrance with a sweet and sour and silky taste.

"Huh?"

Delicious.

It's sour, but it's more sweet!

"Doesn't it taste good?"

"Very good, sister-in-law really has a way."

"If you feel sour, you can add some water and sugar, and filter it to taste better than the current one."

It's just that the amount of white sugar is more than a cup of milk tea.

Cheng Xi used the different proportions of sugar and water to make three kinds of hawthorn juice with different degrees of sweetness and sourness, and finally chose one of them under the successive attempts of several people in the Shen family.

On the second day, Star Breakfast welcomed a new drink.

Hawthorn juice.