flstandardbreds Chapter 165 Shadow Guard
Chapter 165 Shadow Guard
It was the tenth day of the eighth month in the sixth year of Wenzhi!
Bai Shaoqiu secluded himself in the west wing of Baicao Garden for a full fifteen days!
Except Zou Kongqing, no one knew what Bai Shaoqiu had learned or done in these fifteen days.
That morning, the tightly closed door opened.
When Bai Shaoqiu walked out of that door, He Xiaofeng's eyes widened——
The original handsome and elegant Mr. Bai is gone!
Standing before him was a...
Unshaven beard,
Looks haggard,
A depressed...slovenly boy!
Almost unrecognizable!
If his eyes were not still clear and bright, even a little excited, He Xiaofeng would have thought that he was a different person!
Xiao Xi was also very worried.
She hurried over and looked up at the young master's increasingly thin face, feeling very distressed.
So much so that she ignored the unpleasant smell on Bai Shaoqiu.
"Master...why torture yourself like this?"
"I will go get food for the young master right now... I will stew a chicken for him to nourish his body."
Before she finished speaking, the heartless Dongfang Meng's voice exploded like spring thunder:
"Sister Xiaoxi, I, I want to eat chicken too!"
Xiao Xi glared at him: "You're such a jerk!"
“…I like chicken butts too!”
Bai Shaoqiu smiled and rubbed Xiaoxi's head: "Prepare some clothes for the young master first. The young master needs to take a bath first."
"Ah...I will go boil some water for you, Master!"
"No need, it's so hot, just use cold water."
"……it is good!"
After a while, Zou Kongqing also walked out of the door.
He had a saddlebag hanging over his shoulder.
He also stood in front of Bai Shaoqiu with a haggard face and said with a smile: "I'm leaving."
"You... I still say the same thing when you go to Kyoto. Be careful. When you come back from Kyoto, I will teach you other skills."
Bai Shaoqiu smiled gratefully:
"master,"
"Don't call me Master. Remember, don't tell anyone outside that I taught you."
Bai Shaoqiu was stunned. "Are you afraid that I'll lose face for you?"
"No, I'm afraid you'll be in more danger!"
"……I understand."
"As long as you understand, I'm leaving."
"It's not too late to leave after lunch."
"All good things must come to an end. I need to return to the palace to see how the prince is doing hunting in the Western Wilderness. You...you also need to make some preparations for the trip to Kyoto."
Zou Kongqing raised his hand and patted Bai Shaoqiu on the shoulder, "You are very good, and the princess is also very good!"
"You have some misunderstandings about the princess... After you go to Kyoto, please ask the emperor to withdraw the imperial edict. It is a blessing for you to marry the princess."
"The last thing I want to tell you is... our emperor is not some unforgivable villain."
"He's just a scholar who shouldn't be sitting on the throne!"
"He likes poetry and prose, and that's not just because he's trying to be sophisticated; he really likes it."
"Your article has reached his desk, and he even has the 'Lanting Preface' hanging in his imperial study. His desire to see you is urgent and sincere."
"From what I know about him, he would never kill you, but others really want to kill you."
"You must remember what Lao Yu told you and do as he says. It won't do you any harm."
"gone!"
"When you come back, remember what you promised me!"
Bai Shaoqiu suddenly felt a little sad.
He looked at Zou Kongqing and nodded seriously: "I will be back."
"I will take care of you and see you to the end of your life. I will take care of Old Yu and see him to the end of his life... Thank you so much!"
Zou Kongqing's nose also felt sore. He turned around and walked away, waving his hand behind Bai Shaoqiu:
"Thank you!"
"After Lao Yu and I die, bury us on the hill near Dasan Pass... Remember to bury a few extra jars of wine for Lao Yu!"
On the morning of the tenth day of August, Zou Kongqing left Baicao Garden and returned to the Prince of Zhenxi's Mansion.
He packed up at the palace, and in the afternoon he and Lao Yu said goodbye to the princess and headed for Dasan Pass.
The lame man who liked to lie on the chair, drink wine and bask in the sun was no longer under the eaves of the small house in front of the palace's gate.
The palace also lost a miracle doctor.
On the same afternoon, Dongfang Xun returned to the palace.
After paying his respects to the princess, he came to Baicao Garden.
……
……
"Are you Dongfang Xun?"
Looking at the burly man standing in front of him, Bai Shaoqiu grinned: "Old Yu told me, but I didn't expect you to come back so late."
Dongfang Xun also looked at Bai Shaoqiu.
He didn't have a very good impression of this son-in-law of the royal palace.
Even though this son-in-law won the first prize in the Zhuxi Literary Competition, even though the princess mentioned that his Sanwei Bookstore was doing very well, even though the prince and princess had changed their views on this son-in-law, he still had no good impression of this handsome, white-faced scholar.
Without it,
The Zhenxi Palace relies on force to gain its foothold!
What everyone in the palace admires is not who can write a few crappy articles, but who has the best martial arts and the most military achievements!
Dongfang Xun, who was adopted by the King of Zhenxi since childhood, and his other five brothers, each of them has high martial arts skills and outstanding talents in marching and deploying troops.
Princess Changying is their only sister!
Each of them likes this sister from the bottom of their hearts. This liking does not refer to love, but the kind of strong family affection!
Although they are not real siblings,
But the relationship is deeper than that between most siblings in the world!
This sister is not only extremely skilled in martial arts, but also beautiful. In the eyes of her brothers, there are few men in the world who are worthy of her.
That man must have a distinguished family background.
He must be a man of both civil and military talents!
He will be able to become a general, a prime minister, or even the king of a region!
But the emperor's imperial decree granting them marriage shattered their hopes.
On the very night that the imperial edict reached the palace, the fifth brother was going to pick up a knife and chop Bai Shaoqiu to death!
If the prince hadn't said that it would bring disaster to the palace...
Dongfang Xun narrowed his eyes slightly. This kid must have been reincarnated by now!
Bai Shaoqiu obviously noticed Dongfang Xun's indifference. He looked up at Dongfang Xun again and asked, "It seems like you don't want to?"
"In fact, you took the Shadow Guards to Hexi Road and killed seventy-two people from the Xuanjing Division. I actually think that taking you to Kyoto would bring me more danger."
As he said this, Bai Shaoqiu took an arrow from the stone table and put it into a wooden barrel beside him.
"The Xuan Jing Division has existed for three hundred years. Shang Shan may seem like a fool, but in fact, this guy isn't stupid... he's ruthless!"
In Dongfang Xun's sight, Bai Shaoqiu stretched out his hands and put them into the wooden barrel. He carefully wiped the arrow with a cloth in the barrel and said:
"A cruel person is not necessarily brainless."
"A man who is both intelligent and ruthless... Do you think that what you did could really be hidden from the eyes of the Xuanjing Division?"
Dongfang Xun frowned slightly, and then he saw Bai Shaoqiu take the arrow out of the barrel. He squinted his eyes and looked at it in the sunlight. Dongfang Xun clearly saw a layer of faint green light on the arrow.
Poison arrow!
"Shang Shan was originally the future Young Master of Xuan Jing Division. Although he is Shang Shu's grandson, he is so young to become the Young Master..."
Bai Shaoqiu took another arrow and put it into the barrel, then said:
"Anyone who despises him will probably pay the price!"
"As for the Shadow Guard,"
Bai Shaoqiu turned his head and looked at Dongfang Xun, grinning:
"I think we should not leave Xiling!"
"Your martial arts skills may be very high, but if you want to survive,"
Bai Shaoqiu raised a finger and pointed at his head:
“This still requires some brains!”
"You go ahead. The prince is hunting in the Western Wilds. It's better for you to go there and make achievements than to leave Xiling City and be hunted down by the Xuanjing Division!"