Imperial City, Divine Crossbow Guard.

Unlike the guards who guarded the Emperor's Imperial City by the Jinwu Guard, the Divine Crossbow Guards are usually idle except for training troops, as long as the emperor does not leave the palace. Cheng Yu made great achievements in Fu last year. Although he was only twenty years old and had been promoted to the fourth-rank commander, he even saved the training of troops. He entered the palace early and sat in the house with ice to deal with some trivial matters.

Chen Shuo walked in from outside and saw him sitting at the desk reading, whispered: "Second Master, cousin and the others have already set off. The Marquis took several young masters to escort the left and right."

Cheng Yu nodded, still staring at the book in his hand, and calmly ordered: "Send two people to secretly protect their siblings, and tell me immediately if you have any news."

Chen Shuo should have withdrawn.

Only himself was left in the room. Cheng Yu's hand was slowly pausing. After a while, he took out a peach pink sachet from his arms and sniffed it gently, because he had been away from her for too long and had long lost the familiar fragrance.

Cheng Yu lowered his eyes and was stunned at the sachet.

He hadn't seen her for a month. He thought about it every day and every moment, but her appearance gradually became blurred and seemed to be unable to remember. He rode a carriage with her in Hangzhou, rescued her on the road and carried her back. Tianjin forced her to agree to pretend to be her cousin, and went to the capital to eat what she made, hugged her and kissed her. Because she hadn't seen her for too long, it became so unreal, as if there was no girl named Hanzhu in the world, but he had a dream.

So he envied Zhou Wenjia and decided to forget it, so he stayed away. Unlike him, he could not stay away without provoking it.

He took her to the capital, and he had to guard her.

~

In Jiuhua Temple, Yunyang Hou Mansion rented a three-entry house on the hillside. In the next twenty days, the three brothers Chu Yuan, Chu Huai and Chu Hong lived in the front yard. The old lady led Chu Qiang to live in the second room. Hanzhu and Chu Rong each divided a small courtyard, and the later she lived for the mothers and maids who followed her. The eldest lady only stayed in the temple for two nights and had to go back, so she naturally lived with her daughter.

As soon as he moved in, all the rooms were to be cleaned up. Chu Qing led the Hanzhu siblings to their East Cross Courtyard.

The yard is not big, but it is better than quiet. An old locust tree in the yard is as thick as three people hugging each other and casting a cool green shade. Chu Qing asked the maid to move a rattan chair outside, and he and his children enjoy the coolness.

"Does A Xun like this place?" Chu Qing used a bamboo stick to tie a piece of watermelon to feed his son.

Ah Xun turned his head and looked around. He heard the birds in the forest outside happily screaming, and nodded, "I like it, I'll use a slingshot to catch birds." There are not so many trees at home, nor so many birds.

"Then don't you want to be black?" Chu Qing asked with a smile, holding his son's fat hand and said, "Why don't Ah Xun go back with his father in a while?"

Ah Xun wanted to be dark, but he prefers to be with his sister. He crawled down from his father's legs unhappily, ran to his sister's side, first arched into his sister's arms, then turned his head and pouted, "I won't go back."

Chu Qing laughed and said, "If you don't go back, will your father take you to hunt? There are pheasants on this mountain, but Ah Xun hasn't seen them?"

Ah Xun couldn't help but crawl out of his sister's arms, looked into the mountains and asked, "What is a pheasant?" His clear and pure big eyes were full of curiosity.

Chu Qing stood up, picked up his son, and strode out, "Dad to take you to see!"

Ah Xun turned his head excitedly and shouted to his sister: "Sister, go too!"

Hanzhu stood up from the chair, followed by two steps, and smiled and said, "Sister is tired, A Xun and Daddy, sister is waiting to see the pheasant A Xun caught."

Ah Xun looked at his sister and turned around with a smile.

After sending the person, Hanzhu returned to the house. Ruyi had already led the little maid to clean the room. The windows were bright and clean. Outside the window, you could see the eaves of the temple were hidden among the green trees. Although the scenery was beautiful, Hanzhu had no good mood when she promised Chu Qiang to come to the mountain. She sat blankly in front of the window, and her mind was full of what Chu Qing told her yesterday evening.

Someone wanted to harm her and A Xun, but Chu Qing did not tell her who she was, but just asked her to pretend to be ignorant, and then, trust him and act according to his instructions.

Should I believe Chu Qing?

Hanzhu didn't know, but she didn't believe it, so what could she do? Before the time came, Chu Qing didn't allow her to tell Ruyi. She told him that Ruyi would definitely find a way to notify Cheng Yu. Chu Qing discovered it. What would Chu Qing think? Think that her daughter trusted her cousin more, or did she believe that she often passed messages with Cheng Yu through these two maids?

None of them is right.

There is also Cheng Yu, who hasn't seen him for a month. Did he deliberately avoid her, or did he forget that intimacy, and then he felt that there was no need to see her, so he didn't come? Since Chu Qing promised that there would be no accident with A Xun, she rashly told Cheng Yu that Cheng Yu would be busy at that time, would she blame her for doing this for such an extravagant way?

"Miss has something to worry about?" Ruyi came back from making tea and saw her sitting there in a daze, asking in confusion.

Hanzhu came back to her senses, shook her head, and asked her to bring a volume of scriptures.

Ruyi frowned secretly and asked again with concern. Hanzhu passed by perfunctorily. Ruyi had no choice but to bring the scriptures over. Hanzhu read the book, and she was with her side.

About half an hour, Chu Qing and his friends came back. At the old lady in the main courtyard, she sent a maid to invite her over. Hanzhu put down the scriptures, put away the complicated thoughts in her heart, and went with a smile. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw everyone in the Chu family. Two brightly feathered pheasants tied to the open space in front of the main hall, cooing, and sometimes flapping their wings and struggling.

"Sister, Dad caught the pheasant!" Ah Xun stood beside Chu Qing, saw his sister, and pointed at him excitedly.

Hanzhu's eyes fell on a little boy wearing coarse cloth clothes next to him. His face was white and clean, looking about the same size as Axun.

When Ah Xun saw his sister looking at her new playmate, she grabbed the boy and introduced her to her, "He is Shi Tou, and his father is a woodcutter. He lives at the foot of the mountain. I asked him to play with me."

He couldn't explain it clearly, Chu Qing smiled and said to his daughter, "A Xun likes him, so I'll bring him back. During your time in the temple, let Shi Tou play with A Xun. They are all boys, so they can play together so that they won't stick to you every day, like a little girl."

A Xun didn't hear what this said, Chu Huai deliberately teased him, "Dad said A Xun looks like a little girl!"

Ah Xun understood this time and pouted, "I'm a man!"

Everyone in the yard was amused by him, only Hanzhu, looking at the stone that was about the same size as A Xun, his heart was heavy.

Chu Qing looked at her daughter and glanced unintentionally over the third lady who was standing next to the old lady and smiling. There was a little more smell in her smile.

At noon, the whole family had a meal together. After a break, Chu Qing went back and left Chu Yuan's cousins ​​here to take care of the female relatives. The eldest and third ladies were both the head wives and could not live in the mountains. They left after two nights. So the only female relatives in the temple were old ladies and three girls. Hanzhu and Chu Qiang were both quiet and talked to the old ladies every day, and most of the time they were taken in their respective yards. Chu Rong was quite playful. She disguised herself as a man and went to the temple with Chu Huai for a walk, and came back to talk about a lot of new things.

A Xun also wanted to go, but Hanzhu refused. A Xun was dejected. Fortunately, there was a partner of the same age around him. Two little guys were pinching earth balls in the yard and looking for insects, and they had a lot of fun.

On the afternoon of the fifteenth day, Chu Qing sent someone to bring a basket of melons and fruits.

After Hanzhu heard about it, his heart beat faster.

Capital.

At sunset, Cheng Yu returned to the royal palace, went to the main courtyard to say hello and went back to his Changfeng Hall.

It was hot in summer and the official uniform was heavy and sweating. Cheng Yu directly brought cold water in and wiped it with a wet wipe.

Suddenly, hurried footsteps came from outside, and soon Chen Shuo's voice sounded from the door, "Second Master, there is news over there."

"Come in." Cheng Yu frowned and stopped for the time being.

Chen Shuo pushed the door open, closed the door, and went straight to the inner room. After entering, he saw his second master standing behind the screen, his white and jade-like chest faintly appeared through the mountain and water screen. He held a towel in one hand and his arms were tight and tense. Chen Shuo consciously lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Second Master, there is a partner who seems to be targeting the Chu family, but he doesn't know who to deal with. Look at that attitude, he will take action tonight."

"Arrang a fast horse for me outside the city, and I will leave the city later." Cheng Yu said coldly.

Chen Shuo was a little worried, "Second Master, there were five people who showed up to inquire about the situation. Should I bring two more people?"

"No, I can handle it." Cheng Yu continued to wipe it, obviously not taking those people seriously.

Chen Shuo went out to make arrangements.

~

Jiuhua Temple is late at night.

It was the fifteenth moment, a bright moon in the sky, and the shadows of trees in the mountains and forests were swaying, which was even more invisible than a dark area.

The wind blew, and the branches swayed and rustled. Suddenly, someone quickly passed through the swaying shadows. A total of ten people gathered under a hill like ghosts. Above the hill was the house where everyone in the Chu family rested. A few whispered a few words, and the few people bent over and walked carefully towards the east wall. With the moonlight, they could see two guards turning from one side to patrol at night.

"There are six people patrolling, and there are two in the yard." The second leader said in a slight sense, and sent two agile to hide in the corner. He quickly wiped out the two guards while the guards were unprepared, instead of changing clothes and pretending to be guards. This was equivalent to having an insider, pretending to talk to other patrol guards, and defeating them two or two, and soon the six guards became several of them.

The five people continued patrol, one of them jumped onto the wall. When the two guards guarded outside the inner wall saw their companions jumping over, they couldn't help but be surprised and came over to ask him what he was doing. The person on the wall turned his back to the moonlight, and his face couldn't see clearly. He smiled and threw a pot of wine for them, "Drink some, otherwise it would be hard to bear this night."

The guards are also human beings. Drinking and refreshing when they are on the night stands is common, and they also take a nap secretly. Therefore, the two of them below did not doubt it. They drank two sips, but not long after they finished drinking, they fainted on the ground.

The second head of the family ordered two brothers to act as guards and stay outside to wait for the response. He personally and the one who was the best kung fu climbed into the East Cross Courtyard. He quietly touched the upper room and blew into the window. The fragrance was intoxicating.

After waiting in the dark for a while, the two pried into the house.

Ignoring the maid lying outside, the two of them went straight to the inner room, and in the moonlight, they saw a big and a small lying on the kang.

The short man in black touched his head and muttered, "Anyway, it's all her life, why don't you kill him here directly?"

The second instructor rolled up the eldest girl Chu and carried it onto her shoulders with the quilt, and whispered: "I said there, let's pretend to be human traffickers. Let's take her out first and then kill her. You can pretend that she is unwilling to be humiliated and committed suicide when she wakes up. If you kill her here, Chu Qing will know that her daughter has offended her enemies at a glance. Wouldn't it be easy to suspect the other party?"

The short-sized man suddenly realized, looked at the boy lying beside him, turned around and went to pick up curtains for the second boss's house, and the two left quickly.

Behind the screen, someone put away the dagger and chased him quickly, but saw that there was one more person behind the two men, hiding in the dark, and it seemed that they were not from the same group. He paused and did not show up for the time being.

Cheng Yu rushed over from the capital. The journey was long and he was one step late. He solved the problem of several men in black outside. When he arrived at the room, the man in black had already entered the house. He was about to kill someone, but he heard such a conversation. Since she had no worries about her life for the time being, she decided to go outside to prevent the blood in the house from being difficult to clean up.

For her reputation, he was not going to spread this night attack. He would go to the front yard to find Chu Yuan later. The two of them worked together to hide the matter.

The moonlight was hazy, and when two men in black arrived at the base of the inner courtyard wall, they would find something wrong with their companions when they went out. Cheng Yu did not hesitate anymore and raised his hand.

With a whoosh, the second head of the man carrying the man fell down. The other Cheng Yu deliberately shot missed, saving his life. Before the other party reacted, Cheng Yu rushed over quickly, and a palm blade slashed the man in black, stunning the other party.

Both of them resolved, and Cheng Yu's eyes fell on the quilt that fell on the side.

There is the girl he has been thinking about for a month.

Cheng Yu was a little nervous, afraid that she would wake her up and didn't know how to face it. He was worried that she had just hit her, and maybe she wanted to see her more. He squatted over, reached out to take the cuff into his arms, and called her in a low voice, "Hanzhu..."

He could only call her when she couldn't hear it.

But when I lifted the quilt covering her face, I found that the girl inside was not her at all.

Cheng Yu was shocked, and footsteps came from behind him. He immediately threw away Ruyi, retreated aside, and looked up.

Chu Yuan, opposite, was dressed in black and frowned and asked him: "What did you call her just now?"
Chapter completed!