After the Hou family's mistress went crazy, she became the favorite of the entire capital.

Shu Yan was alert and pushed Xi'er away. While protecting the two treasures in his hands, he had already firmly caught the move of the man in black in front of him.

Without even looking at the eyes exposed by the black scarf, Shu Yan already knew the identity of the other person based on his body shape and shooting habits.

She struck back with her hand and hit the man in black on the shoulder with a little less force. It was still so shocking that the man in black knocked over the screen.

Xi'er was so frightened that she wanted to scream and call someone, but Shu Yan covered her mouth and told her to shut up in a cold voice.

When he raised his head, the man in black was gone.

Xi'er broke out in a cold sweat and her voice was trembling.

"Who on earth dares to sneak into the Hou Mansion and hurt people before it gets dark? It's so audacious."

Thinking of that cold light, Xi'er became more and more frightened as she thought about it.

"No, I have to tell the Marquis."

"Stop!" Shu Yan called her back, "Don't tell anyone what happened just now."

Xi'er's eyes widened, "Young Madam?"

"I have my own sense of discretion. I can't say anything when the eldest master comes later. Do you hear me?"

There was a bit of sternness in her tone. Although Xi'er didn't understand it, she was still obedient.

Lanxiang Pavilion.

The boy was still cleaning the yard. When he saw He Wangzhou coming, he quickly put down his broom and saluted.

The doors and windows were closed last time, but they were willing to open them this time.

He Wangzhou entered the room and saw He Chenzhi sitting at the desk. There was a pile of books in front of him, several sheets of rice paper, but only a few ink stains and nothing else.

"What are you doing here?"

He Chenzhi's voice was like his own, without any ups and downs of emotion, like a pool of stagnant water.

"We will set off in two days. Father said, let me take you with me."

He Zhenzhi's eyes became brighter, "Did father say that?"

He Wangzhou pursed his lips, half smiling.

"It turns out you don't know. I thought your doors and windows were wide open because your father had already informed you, so you wanted to open them. It turns out that's not the case."

He said it as a joke, but every word slapped He Zhenzhi in the face.

He Zhenzhi's hands clenched into fists under the desk.

"I'm not wrong, why can't I think about it? I don't understand what the elder brother said."

He Wangzhou walked straight up to him and patted his shoulder.

"Your elder brother, I'm not a good person. If you don't understand those words, you don't have to listen. I'm just here to tell you that with my grandfather's reputation, there will definitely be many knowledgeable people coming to celebrate his birthday. .Brother, I don’t live up to expectations, but you are the face of our Jing’an Marquis Mansion, so you must be more steady when the time comes and don’t let others look down upon you.”

As he spoke, his knuckled fingers tapped lightly on the stack of books, reminding him.

He Zhenzhi pursed his lips tightly, but in the end he did not dare to say anything.

After He Wangzhou left, he suddenly swept everything on the table to the floor like crazy.

"I have the reputation of being a talented scholar from the Northern Yuan Dynasty, how could I be looked down upon by others! So what if those people are very knowledgeable, they are all about to die, what's there to be proud of!"

He Zhenzhi's eyes were red and he gritted his teeth as he spoke.

"Just wait and see, that day, I will definitely impress everyone, and no one will dare to look down on me again!"

He picked up the square inkstone on the ground, smashed it out of the window, and shouted hysterically: "When the time comes, I'll see how you humiliate me!"

The boy in the courtyard almost suffered this unreasonable disaster and was so frightened that he ran away.

He Wangzhou was standing outside Lanxiang Pavilion, and he heard every word of those words.

The corners of his lips curved, but there was no smile at all in his eyes, only contempt and ridicule.

Shu Yan was filled with worries, and she didn't walk to the door until she heard He Wangzhou in the courtyard asking the servants why they wanted to move the screen in the room.

"I accidentally broke it, so I asked them to take it away."

He Wangzhou looked carefully and found that the screen was indeed broken.

He walked quickly to Shu Yan's side, "Are you injured?"

She shook her head.He Wangzhou frowned, "The screen is well placed there, how could it be bumped into."

Shu Yan said, "I'm just careless."

She immediately changed the subject, "Why are you going to Lanxiang Pavilion?"

He Wangzhou answered straightforwardly, "Go and humiliate him."

The next day, Shu Yan made an excuse to find Bai Shuangshuang and left the house alone without Xi'er.She deliberately walked in the alley, and sure enough, within a moment, two footsteps suddenly came from behind her, and then, the cold light of yesterday's sword struck again.

She was using her bare hands, but she didn't suffer at all, and she was even able to defeat the opponent's two moves.It wasn't until the end that the other party was sure that Shu Yan was playing a trick on him.

"Death!"

The opponent's swordsmanship suddenly became fierce, and his moves were aimed at Shu Yan's vital point.

Shu Yan gradually lost his patience and used the move he used most often when practicing with Qiu Nan. When the opponent was stunned, he suppressed him.Then, when the man in black was unprepared, he grabbed her sword and pulled off her face covering.

Looking at Qiu Nan's face, Shu Yan's face turned frosty.

"Why do you want to attack me?"

Qiu Nan's eyes were filled with disbelief. She opened and closed her mouth, and it took her a while to find her voice.

"Who are you?"

Shu Yan threw the stolen sword back to her and said in a cold voice, "Your swordsmanship has deteriorated."

Unexpectedly, when Qiu Nan heard this sentence, he knelt down with a thud.

"Miss."

Shu Yan took a quick step forward, then took it back as if nothing had happened.

"I'm not your young lady."

"You are the lady."

Qiunan's eyes were full of confusion, but she was very confident in her heart.

"I have been serving the young lady since I was a child. I have learned martial arts and practiced swordplay with the young lady. I can recognize the young lady's moves at a glance. This time I am lazy, the young lady will know it after I try it. Then she will always say that my swordsmanship has deteriorated."

Qiunan opened her eyes wide, as if she wanted to take a closer look at the person in front of her.

"You are obviously my young lady, why are you..."

It's someone else's appearance again.

Shu Yan felt bitter in his heart, but couldn't say more.

"Go back."

After leaving these words, Shu Yan quickly left the alley, leaving no chance for her.

Qiunan knelt on the spot for a long time before returning to the general's mansion. He came to the woodshed, dismissed the guards guarding the door, and stepped into the woodshed.

Seeing her coming back, Lin Jinan was ecstatic.

"You killed her?"

Lin Jinan's eyes were full of excitement, the corners of his mouth could not be restrained from raising, and his face was full of pride.

The next moment, Qiu Nan's dagger hidden in his sleeve suddenly stabbed him. Lin Jin'an screamed and fell down, in a state of embarrassment.

"How dare you kill the Lord!"

Her face was pale, and she moved farther away inch by inch. If you look closely, you can see that she was trembling with fear, and she didn't have the bearing of a general's daughter at all.

Qiunan held the dagger tightly, her voice trembling.

"You are not my lady. Who are you? What did you do to my lady?"

Lin Jin'an's mouth tightened.

"who am I?"

She sneered and raised her fingers towards Qiunan.

"Come here and I'll tell you what I did to your lady." (End of Chapter)