Chapter 239
"Your old man is really powerful. You can come back safe and sound without a trace of blood on your body."

Chang Xi took a little sniff, turned and left without waiting for his reply.

The old man laughed behind him: "You are holding a basin of blood water, but you can smell that there is no blood on my body. You can distinguish it so clearly. Your nose is too good."

Chang Xi stopped in her tracks: "Isn't that right? My family feeds tigers. They eat raw meat from childhood to adulthood. They are not capable of smelling blood every day. How is that possible?"

"Old man, you can help yourself."

This is not to blame for Chang Xi's ambiguous speech. She saw that those people were not easy to provoke, and she was worried that even if the old man was not injured, she would be a bit embarrassed after getting out. She was thinking about whether to help buy clothes.

As a result, he came back soon, and he was so calm about things.

He should have left the encirclement safely without even pulling out the scabbard.

If she wasn't weird, could she still be Chang Xi?
The old man laughed, and her reaction was so quick that people praised her for being so clever.

Cao Jingxiu then cupped his hands and took him to the upper room to rest.

After a night of nothing to say, Xi prepares breakfast by himself the next day.

It's not that she loves to work, it's really inconvenient for the inn's food, if they eat something unclean, their lives will be lost.

This is the first time the old man has tasted Changxi's handicrafts. Before spending the night in the wild, most of them are Wufu Cao, doing simple roasting.

Later, they met in the bamboo forest, and because they were close to the capital, they could buy food along the way to satisfy their hunger, and they didn't have the opportunity until today.

The simple breakfast this morning made the old man drink half a jug of wine, and he smacked his lips in satisfaction. "Not bad, really good, the little girl's craftsmanship, you can open a restaurant."

Just as he was praising, an unexpected guest came to the inn.

The steward of King Zhao's mansion, with the servants of the mansion, walked in in a mighty way.

The butler of King Zhao is also a respectable figure in the capital. The shopkeeper of the inn came out to serve him in person, but the butler didn't look directly at him and just passed him.

"Young master, the prince has ordered you to take you back to the mansion today."

"Isn't what we said yesterday not clear enough?"

Unhappy, he put down his chopsticks with a snap and stood up.

"He is not a cat or a dog who will come and go when you are called by the palace."

Cao Jingxiu also stood up: "My guard is unconscious, I will not leave the inn, you go back."

The butler's attitude was arrogant, and he didn't take this young master seriously.

"My son, this is the order of the prince. You'd better follow it. It's very easy for the guards. After returning to the mansion, I will arrange the guards for you again."

"Please." Obviously the butler lacked patience.

Seeing that the other party wants to drive ducks to the shelves, Chang Xi is not happy.

"He, Cao Jingxiu, is the son of the Cao family in Liaocheng, and he can't compete with your Prince Zhao's mansion. Is your eldest son in a hurry for someone to inherit?"

"If you are in a hurry, you might as well go to a relative's house to adopt a son."

"Presumptuous! With newborn flesh and blood, how can the title of Prince Zhao's Mansion be left alone?" The butler suddenly blew his beard and stared.

"Come here, take the young master away!" After finishing speaking, a group of big insiders ran in at the door, obviously they came prepared, and they even found powerful experts.

See the clothes worn by the big insiders, and the badges they show.

Chang Xi didn't expect that the royal killer would be dispatched for Cao Jingxiu?

The old man was obviously stunned, he didn't want to meet the big insider, why did this matter get more and more involved?

After thinking about it for a while, Chang Xi exchanged glances with the old man and gave Cao Jingxiu a push.

He finally said: "If you want me to enter the mansion, I will bring the guards and this little girl to live in the palace together. As for this old man, we just met by chance, and he just drew his sword to help when we saw injustice. He will not come with us." went."

The housekeeper was noncommittal, and asked someone to go upstairs to help Cao Wu who was unconscious.

Before they left, Chang Xi took the opportunity to stuff the old man with something.

A large group of people left while the innkeeper and passengers were stunned.

"Oh, I didn't expect that there are distinguished guests in our inn!"

"Yeah, did you hear that? The son just now is actually the future son, and he will inherit the title of King Zhao!"

"Tsk tsk, oh, after a bloody storm in Prince Zhao's mansion, I didn't expect that the foreign boy would be taken advantage of in the end."

"King Zhao has a lot of sons, some of them died and some were injured. Now even the concubine's son has to stand aside. The young master just now really has a history."

Sparse chatter, as the carriage ran up, could not be heard at all.

As soon as Chang Xi and Cao Wu entered the palace, they were arranged in the miscellaneous room in the outer courtyard, completely separated from Cao Jingxiu.

But they have martial arts skills, and there are old men outside. Think about it, as long as her elder brother and second brother come to Beijing with their witnesses, things will take a new direction.

In the days that followed, Chang Xi knew that someone was watching her in a hidden place, so she didn't act rashly. She took care of the injured master every day, and lived in the courtyard waiting for him to recover.

No one dared to let her work, and she could often listen to the handymen and servants chatting about the affairs of the house. She also heard about Cao Jingxiu's movements from other people's mouths.

He and his own father quarreled every day.

The two spoke sarcastically, and the lord, with the majesty of a father, asked him to sever ties with the Cao family, but Cao Jingxiu didn't talk to him much.

Seeing Cao Jingxiu and his followers enter the palace, Zhao Wang's side concubine and her daughter couldn't sit still for a long time.

Li Chang'er came forward to deal with the know-it-all person several times, and gave Dongzhu the task of pushing things hard.

Later, he bluntly said that the matter was difficult, and the price had to be increased, otherwise there was no discussion.

From birth to now, Li Chang'er was blackmailed for the first time, and it was a blatant blackmail.

Her self-proclaimed concentration was broken, and she finally came to her mother to complain.

"Mother! Wanshitong is too arrogant! We are relatives of the emperor, what is he like a reckless man?"

"Take our things, and refuse to listen to our orders, or we will report to the officials and return all the things given out."

The side concubine shook her head helplessly: "The officialdom doesn't care about things in the Jianghu, and besides, why did we trade with Wan Shitong? Didn't we expose ourselves when we found the official?"

"Mother, I can't swallow this breath. Why does Wanshitong break his promise? It's only natural to take people's money and help them eliminate disasters."

"I often hear people say that a know-it-all is the most polite. How come we can meet such dirty things when it's our turn?"

The side concubine couldn't think of any solution for a while: "They are indeed the actions of rascals. They originally planned to rely on them to deal with Cao Jingxiu. Let's hide behind the scenes and watch from the sidelines. This plan will not work."

"But we don't have our own influence in the Jianghu. For the present plan, we have to learn from this lesson first, stop trusting people in the Jianghu, and win over your father first."

"Anyway, Cao Jingxiu has already entered the palace, and I have always been in charge of the back house. We still have a chance!"

(End of this chapter)

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