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Chapter 175 Mind

He Zhaoxiong went down from the embroidered building and came to the Juyi Hall in the front yard. He ordered Li Quan to be invited outside to see that there was no one around. He lowered his voice and told Li Quan about his concern. The old man didn't say anything about people blowing mouth to mouth by the lake because of his daughter's face, and planned to use Li Quan's mouth to accomplish what they wanted.

Li Quan shook his head after hearing this. Although this is a happy event, he has also heard about Zhu Yousong's affair, but one thing is that he is the emperor and has not revealed his identity. The He family father and daughter have no inside information. The father and daughter agree to this marriage The key is whether the emperor can take a liking to this wild girl in the rivers and lakes. In addition, he thought that the emperor set up a memorial archway some time ago and dismissed all the beauties who have been randomly selected in various places in the south of the Yangtze River since he became the throne. For the sake of the country, I am afraid this matter is out of the question.

Therefore, Li Quan frowned slightly, and made an excuse and said: "I thank the old man for your kindness on behalf of our lord, but the lord already has a wife, so can he let a chivalrous woman be a child? Don't you feel wronged girl."

He Zhaoxiong said nonchalantly: "My daughter has always admired heroes, and the imperial envoy is a hero with a kind heart. It is my daughter's blessing to be able to be a child for an adult. I hope that Master Li will do a lot of good. After this is done, my lord will be the benefactor of our He family."

Of course Li Quan knew that if this marriage really happened, the old He Tou would go from being a bandit to becoming the ruler of the dynasty in one step. It might not be that cheap. Said, Li Quan rolled his eyes and said: "Old family, listen to me, and I will mention it to our adults tonight."

"Then I'll be sorry for Mrs. Li. A little thought doesn't count as respect, so please accept it." As He Zhaoxiong said, he ordered his maid Xiaohong to fetch five hundred silver and hand it over to Li Quan.

Li Quan hurriedly declined and said: "The old man absolutely cannot do it."

"It's nothing else, Mr. Li is worried about it, and Quan treats me as an old man to buy a drink. Is it possible that Mr. Li thinks it's too little?"

Li Quan had no choice but to accept the silver, thanked He Zhaoxiong, and accidentally saw a pair of eyes flashing at him in the dark. It was not the second time he had seen this kind of eyes. When he was saving his Majesty in the lake, he understood it. He also admired the graceful figure of the little red girl, because she was not wearing a navy suit at the time, and the wet clothes were close to her body, so he had a clear view of the girl's slim figure.

The man in his late thirties has not yet married. Although Xiaohong is a maid, she is attractive to him like a stunner. Li Quan has a strong reaction when he thinks of these things, but he has to bury this reaction in his heart. Inadvertently responding to Xiaohong, she glanced and turned to leave.

Near the third watch, the banquet dispersed.He Zhaoxiong had already arranged residences for Zhu Yousong and the others. He vacated the most luxurious courtyard in the villa and cleaned it up. All bedding and other useful things were replaced with new ones, so that Zhu Yousong and the others lived in, and sent ten people to live in them. The careful and experienced Zhuang Bing was in charge of waiting, and the old man also arranged patrols around the small courtyard.

Zhu Yousong felt a little sleepy after drinking some wine. After entering the room, he drank two cups of tea and lay down.

Of course Liu Zhaoji and Li Quan couldn't both rest, they had to be responsible for protecting the safety of Sheng Jia, and of course they couldn't rest assured that someone else was escorting them. People took turns to patrol, and Liu Zhaoji, who was full of energy and armed with a sword, was on the first shift first, so Li Quan had to go back to the house to rest first.

As soon as he arrived at the door of his room, a black shadow flashed, and martial arts practitioners had sharp eyes and ears. Li Quan caught the black shadow and called out softly, "Who?" Subconsciously, he clenched the handle of his waist knife.

"Me." A woman's voice.

"Miss Xiaohong, you haven't rested so late, what's the matter?" Li Quan felt turbulent when he saw that it was her, but he pretended to be nonchalant.

"Ah... the master asked the servant to come over and see if the lord needs anything else." In the dark, Xiaohong's eyes were a little panicked, and they moved away after a flash on Li Quan's face.

"It's still the old man who is thoughtful and everything is in order. I thank you on behalf of the imperial envoy." Li Quan cupped his hands to Xiao Hong as he spoke.

"We're all a family now, and your lord is still so polite...it's fine... By the way, you must do things of loyalty when entrusted by others. The master and miss are waiting for your lord's good news." When Xiaohong said this, His voice was very soft, and his face turned red afterwards.

"I don't know. It's just that my lord is a little tired tonight. I don't dare to disturb you. I will definitely report to you tomorrow morning and give you good words." Li Quan still looked like a modest gentleman.

"That's fine, I'll go back to Master Bing and Miss..." Xiaohong said to leave, but her legs didn't move, and she seemed to be full of ideas.Li Quan wanted to let Xiaohong into the house, but it was so late, and it was difficult for a lonely man and a widow to speak, the two of them froze here for a while, and neither of them spoke for a long time.

"Is there anything else you want Xiaohong to serve?" Finally Xiaohong broke the silence, and gave Li Quan a glance with her familiar eyes.

"Ah no...don't dare to trouble you girl..." For the first time, Li Quan felt as cowardly as a child.

Xiaohong had no choice but to turn around and leave.

"Girl..." Li Quan felt a little useless, seeing Xiaohong's beauty getting farther and farther away, he couldn't help following a few steps, and said boldly.

The black shadow paused, seeing that Li Quan didn't speak again, and Xiao Hongtou didn't return, the news was lost in the night...

Li Quan stood there in a daze, looking at the disappearing figure, his mind was full of Xiaohong's voice and smile, and then he blamed himself, Xiaohong was much better at martial arts, especially in water, they risked their lives to save each other , why can't I say anything in front of her?
Back in his room, Li Quan tossed and turned on the bed, unable to fall asleep, and then he simply got up, took the waist knife from under the wall, opened the door and came to the room where His Majesty lived.

"Brother Li, why haven't you rested yet?" Liu Zhaoji greeted him and asked in puzzlement.

"I can't sleep, Brother Liu, go back and rest, Your Majesty tonight... Ah no, leave your lord's safety to Li."

Liu Zhaoji felt that Li Quan was a little baffled, usually he never suffers from insomnia, what happened today, he was thoughtful and he said something wrong, almost revealing his identity as an adult, so he asked Li Quan a few more words, but Li Quan didn't say anything, just Insisting on patrolling all night, Liu Zhaoji shook his head and went back to his room to rest.

On the fourth watch day, Zhu Yousong heard the chicken dancing as usual, adjusted his clothes, raised his sword, and opened the door to see Li Quan sitting on the steps of the door with a look of loss, so he called him.

"Your Majesty..." Li Quan hurried over, but felt something was wrong, so he quickly changed his words, "My lord, so early?"

Zhu Yousong saw that Li Quan was a bit out of his wits, and asked him what was wrong, but Li Quan refused to say, and only reasoned that he didn't have a good rest at night, Zhu Yousong didn't ask further, saying that he was going to practice swords, and let him go back to rest .

Li Quan just walked a few steps and came back again, "My lord, there is something I need to report back to the house."

(End of this chapter)