Mr. Chen looked around to make sure no one was there before taking a step forward. He didn't even knock on the door. Instead, he put his face against the door, whispered something, and the door opened from the inside.
Xia Lingxuan took advantage of the opportunity and looked inside. It turned out that a man armed to the teeth was responding. After seeing Mr. Chen's face clearly, the man led the way inside. Seeing the door close directly, he looked thoughtfully at the wall that was inconspicuous and not built too high.
At this time, the Lu Mansion was quiet, and the servants had already gone to bed, which made it easier for him to follow. Otherwise, if he met a night watcher from time to time, he would be easily discovered.
Suddenly, Mr. Chen, who was holding a lantern, turned his head sharply.
Xia Lingxuan frowned, thinking that he had been discovered. He stood on tiptoes and quickly ducked behind the rockery to avoid being caught by him.
Under the night, Mr. Chen's old face was full of suspicion, and he said to himself: "Is it my imagination? I always feel like someone is following me!" Then, he turned around and continued walking forward.
Seeing this, Xia Lingxuan let out a breath and sighed that this old guy was just an old fox.
Xia Lingxuan followed again, and this time there was no surprise. Soon he noticed that Mr. Chen stopped in front of a door again. This time he just bent his fingers and knocked on the door a few times.
Boom, boom, boom! Very rhythmic.
After a while, the door opened by itself, and Mr. Chen walked in.
The person in front of him was Lu Huiqing.
"Master Lu!" Master Chen knelt down directly, his attitude was very humble and flattering.
Lu Huiqing squinted his eyes until cold sweat broke out on Mr. Chen's forehead. After a while, he asked leisurely, "What's the matter?"
"Ahem, Wang Lin from the Imperial Medical Office came to see the official because of the prince's affairs. He asked the official to make up a few sentences about the prince in front of all the adults in the Shangshu Mansion, so that the prince would lose the backing of the Shangshu Mansion!"
"Oh? Does he know the magic you practice?"
Lu Huiqing slowly raised a dangerous sneer.
Coupled with his old face, Mr. Chen was frightened for a while. He had been working for Mr. Lu for so long, and he already knew this person's temperament. The happier he smiled, the more it meant that someone was going to be unlucky.
"No, no!" Mr. Chen hurriedly denied and knocked his head heavily on the ground.
"I am just following your instructions to make friends. Wang Lin has seen me twice and knows my official position, so he thought of a way to surprise others and make outsiders suspicious. It can be explained that I am a flattering person and cannot win. I won’t go to his Wang family at all.”
Speaking of this, Mr. Chen also sneered in his heart. But he completely forgot about his own behavior.
"I have already agreed to this matter. What are your instructions? Oh yes, this is the bank note Wang Lin gave to me!"
After Master Chen finished speaking, he took out the banknotes he had prepared from his chest and handed them to Lu Huiqing respectfully.
Even though his heart was bleeding, now that his biggest supporter knew about this matter, he no longer wanted to accept bribes.
Lu Huiqing did not take it, but waved her hand.
"Do as he said. As for this bank note, since Wang Lin gave it to you, I won't be greedy for it. You deserve it. As long as you continue to work for me, I will have you here." the benefits of!"
"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!"
Mr. Chen looked excited and said "thank you" several times. He was completely attracted by the cake painted by Lu Huiqing. Only Xia Lingxuan, who was hiding under the eaves and eavesdropping, looked at the sky speechlessly.
A shameless old fox who uses other people's money to buy people's hearts and takes advantage of him as a matter of course, but the person being used is so addicted to it that he can't extricate himself.
He didn't dare to make any other sound even if he scolded him. If he was caught by someone named Lu, and there was no one else here, he could kill him and silence him at any time, destroying his body and destroying all traces.
As the saying goes, whatever you're afraid of comes, Xia Lingxuan's shoes accidentally stepped on a loose tile before he could adjust his posture.
Oops! He thought to himself.
"Huh?" Lu Huiqing, who was always cautious, blinked and heard the subtle sound of tiles. He raised his wrist, and a sharp broken arrow flew out of his sleeve, piercing the roof very quickly.
Mr. Chen's legs went limp after witnessing everything. He almost thought Mr. Lu was targeting him just now.
When Xia Lingxuan noticed that Lu Huiqing found him, he jumped. Lingyun Qigong exerted its power. He was extremely fast, like a bird accustomed to flying in the air. In a few jumps, his figure disappeared from where he had just peeked at Lu Huiqing and the others. Talking on the rooftop.
When Lu Huiqing chased him out, there was no one outside the house.
"Meow!"
A black cat meowed. It moved very dexterously and jumped from the direction of the roof to a big tree not far away. A pair of cat eyes looked at Lu Huiqing with extra vigilance. Another jump and disappeared into the night.
"Could it be that I saw it wrong?"
Lu Huiqing still did not let down his guard, and Mr. Chen, who had recovered at this time, also walked to him and shouted as softly as a mosquito, "Mr. Lu?"
"It's okay, it's just a wild cat."
Lu Huiqing said something, and the two returned to the room and started talking.
Not far from the room where Lu Huiqing and Mr. Chen were discussing, Xia Lingxuan's face turned pale. He was holding his chest tightly, where blood was constantly bleeding. If you look closely, the color of the blood was very abnormal. , revealing a hint of darkness, but in the darkness, Xia Lingxuan, who had already been numbed by the pain, did not notice this.
"What a Lu Huiqing!" He gritted his teeth, "I thought you were just a weak scholar, but I didn't expect that your martial arts skills are so deep. It seems I was too careless!"
He couldn't help but curse Lu Huiqing a few times in a low voice. If he hadn't been afraid of being discovered, he would have cursed louder.
"I remember today's grudge, and I will pay it back a hundred times in the future!"
"This hurts too much!"
"No, no! It hurts me to death!"
Xia Lingxuan was talking while observing the surrounding environment. Only then did he realize that the sky had turned bright, the whole street was bustling with people, and he was now in the downtown area.
If it was late at night, he could still run around with the injury on his chest, but if he was seen in broad daylight, he would be mistaken for a gangster.
He didn't want to be wanted and become the first prince in history to have his portrait wanted.
What a shame!
"Zhenzhen, come and take a look, the Rouge here is pretty good!"
At this time, a clear female voice sounded, with a hint of joy in the voice. The voice was extremely familiar, and Xia Lingxuan raised her ears and listened for a few times.
"Sister Ye, you are really discerning. This rouge suits you perfectly. You are so beautiful, you don't look like me."
This sentence made Xia Lingxuan, who was eavesdropping, frown.
WTF? Are there still people who demean themselves and exalt others?
"Zhenzhen, you are also very beautiful, how can you say that about yourself?" The woman who spoke was a little unhappy. She picked out a few rouges and gouache she liked, turned to the woman who had just spoken and said, "Today, whatever you like, just do it." Say, if you can’t afford it, I can give it to you, so you don’t belittle yourself like this in the future.”
Tsk, tsk, tsk, another fool.
Xia Lingxuan complained silently, but accidentally pulled the wound on his chest, and his handsome face became paler with pain.
"Sister Ye, we have been shopping for so long. You should be hungry. My house is nearby. Why don't you go to my house and have some snacks first? I will ask the servants in the house to go to your house and inform you later. Let the servant come pick you up?"
"Okay, I bought so many things, so I can reward them casually."
The two talked and laughed as they passed the high wall where Xia Lingxuan was hiding.
Suddenly, there was a sound from the high wall, which also attracted the attention of the two. Before they had time to react, they saw a black object falling from the high wall and hitting one of them directly.
