When Lu Zuo saw Lao Pan asking questions, he frowned and thought. There was always a vague feeling of ominousness. He sent people to spy a few days ago, which meant that the other party was already suspicious. It could be seen that the assassination attempt failed tonight, indicating that he was targeted at him. Come on, the man in black escaped tonight shortly. When he saw that Yin Ji did not pursue him, he led his men and rushed in again. This was obviously a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. If he was so anxious to get rid of himself, Xun Mou must have been on guard, no! They definitely won't give up tonight. Lu Zuo then ordered: "Old Pan, take care of these corpses and leave two of them on my bed!"
After hearing this, Lao Pan and Yin Ji's jaws almost dropped with fright, "Huh? Master...how can you sleep like this?"
"Don't make any noise. Tao Qian and I can't sleep tonight. We'll go to the Xinghua Restaurant to rest. None of you can make any noise. If anything happens here, you can go to the Xinghua Restaurant and tell me immediately. Remember. Are you staying?"
Lao Pan leaned forward and agreed, and didn't ask any more questions.
Xinghua Restaurant is brightly lit and has not yet closed. The two shop assistants were still yawning and sitting in front of the counter half asleep. Lu Zuo brought Yin Ji to the counter. Just when he was about to speak, the waiter subconsciously opened his eyes and looked at Lu Zuo, and said energetically: "My lord, there are guest rooms upstairs. If you need them, I can arrange them for you!"
Yin Ji suddenly flashed in front of Lu Zuo and joked: "Don't you recognize me?"
The waiter woke up from a dream, "Oh, it's you! Then you must be Mr. Tao!" Seeing that there was no one around, the waiter whispered again, "The prince has already given instructions, you two can choose any room. I’ve been offended a lot in the past few days!”
Another waiter also quickly stood up and saluted, "You two are coming to the restaurant so late. Are you looking for the prince?"
Lu Zuo smiled and said, "It's nothing. The door to my house is closed. My servant is too deep in sleep to ask anyone to open the door, so I came here to find a room to sit in."
"It's easy to talk! Just tell me what kind of room you want? I'll take you two upstairs!" the clerk said with a smile.
"Just be more elegant! By the way, if my servants come to see me later, please help me take care of them."
As expected, the waiter arranged an elegant and spacious room for Lu Zuo. He boiled a pot of tea and placed it on the round table in the center of the room before taking his leave.
Lu Zuo saw that the child Yin Ji was yawning and feeling sleepy, so he said, "Qian'er, go to bed first!"
Yin Ji suppressed his sleepiness, shook his head, trying to wake himself up, and then said with a smile: "Master, I'm not sleepy. Didn't you say there is danger tonight! I want to protect you!"
After hearing this, Lu Zuo shook his head and sighed: "Hey! If it weren't for the tendons and hamstrings of your hands and hamstrings being severed by Xun Mou, causing you to lose all your martial arts skills, you should be protecting you for the master now! It's a pity that twenty years of practicing martial arts for the master have been in vain. He was destroyed by Xun Mou in this way, and now he can’t even lift it with his hands or carry it on his shoulders!”
Yin Ji saw his master's rare excitement, so he comforted him: "So we must move to Prince Edward, kill Xun Mou, and avenge master."
Lu Zuo was silent. Was he reminiscing? Or brooding? Or are you planning? Yin Ji couldn't see what was on his master's mind anymore, he just felt that the familiar feeling was back.
The fourth watch gong sounded outside Xining Street, and the tea in Lu Zuo's cup had gone cold. Yin Ji was sitting next to Lu Zuo, lying on the table and falling asleep. Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and Yin Ji was instantly awakened. She glanced at each other and turned her eyes towards the door in unison.
There was a knock on the door, and at the same time the clerk's voice came, "Mr. Tao, your butler is here!"
Yin Ji's originally tense nerves were relieved. Lu Zuo motioned Yin Ji to open the door. Sure enough, there was a grey-faced old Pan standing next to the waiter.
Seeing him looking so lost, Lu Zuo couldn't help but stood up and asked: "What's wrong with Lao Pan? What happened at home!"
Lao Pan was obviously in shock, and his whole body was soaked with sweat. He gasped for air, swallowed his saliva, and said in a hoarse voice: "Something... something happened! Something happened..."
Seeing that his voice was hoarse and his mouth was dry, Lu Zuo quickly handed Lao Pan a glass of water. After Lao Pan swallowed it with a gulp, he cleared his throat and said, "It's on fire!"
Yin Ji and Lu Zuo asked in unison: "Where is the fire?"
Lao Pan clapped his hands on his thigh angrily and helplessly, "Oh, where else could it be? Our house is on fire! The woodshed and the main house are both on fire, and now the neighbors over there are helping to put out the fire!"
After hearing this, Lu Zuo sat down on a stool with a gloomy face, "Killing everyone like this, he really knows."
Lao Pan and the other three didn't understand what he was talking about. Lao Pan was so angry that his veins were bulging, and he said: "I don't know who suffered such a tragic death after being stabbed a thousand times. If the assassination fails, it will be set on fire. Fortunately, God has eyes, sir. You have the foresight to come and stay here, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!"
Yin Ji slapped the table, "That's too much. Master, how about I go find these people right now?"
"No need!" Lu Zuoyi raised his hand with a sly smile on his face, "I will surprise them tomorrow as my teacher!"
Shrouded in the dark night, the Prince's Mansion was completely silent inside and outside the courtyard. No cicadas could be heard, only the pacing back and forth in the study could be heard. In the study, Xun Yu, his son, and Xu Bingde were so energetic after drinking a few cups of tea that they simply stayed awake and waited for news in the prince's study. Prince Liu Yanze went back to his house early to sleep, saying that he would send someone to tell him if he had any news.
The summer night at this time was extremely hot and stuffy compared to the day, so Xun Mou simply left the door of the study open so that some cool breeze could penetrate into the yard. Xu Bingde saw that Xun Mou was so anxious, so he put down the tea cup in his hand and said impatiently: "General Xun, please be patient. It's only the fifth watch now, so it must not be so fast."
Suddenly, a burst of hurried footsteps came from far away. Deng Zhuo, dressed in black, strode into the study. When he saw three adults there, and was about to clasp his fists to salute, Xun Mou couldn't wait to ask: "How are things going? Already?"
Deng Zhuo smiled flatteringly, "It's ready!"
Xun Yu and Xu Bingde also stood up in unison, walked behind Xun Mou, and surrounded Deng Zhuo and asked: "Can I ask clearly? Is the owner of Tao Mansion Lu Zuo?"
"It shouldn't be wrong. When the first assassin sent by my subordinates went there, he was stopped by that young man. The Zhanlu sword in that man's hand, even when he turned into ashes, he recognized it. It was the sword of that boy Yin Ji. Since Yin Ji calls that person his master, he must be Lu Zuo, there's no mistake!" Deng Zhuo said with certainty.
Xun Mou then asked, "Can you see your face clearly?"
Deng Zhuo hesitated for a moment, "I was so blind that I didn't see clearly! But when I heard Yin Ji call him master, it's absolutely true!"
"What about the back? How did people die?"
