In the room, Sikong was peeling peanuts and drinking tea.
Seeing him throw twenty or thirty peanuts into his mouth in a short while, Xu Yin couldn't help but ask: "You haven't used your lunch yet?"
"Lunch? What day are you asking for? I haven't used the lunch masters yesterday and before. Otherwise, do you think my feet are so fast? No matter how good my Qinggong is, I can't shrink to an inch or three. I’ll rush here from the capital in a day.”
“Then you didn’t tell me earlier?” Xu Yin sighed helplessly and went out again, asking Hong Qian to bring a dinner.
Sikong continued: "Just make whatever is ready-made in the kitchen, even soup and noodles."
…”Do you really think that my sister’s place is a restaurant?
“Then what, the former emperor really died?”
Seeing that he had just returned from the capital, Xu Yin asked questions politely.
“He is the mastermind behind the scenes, right?”
"Prince Rui has become the emperor, so doesn't Xu Kui become the prince? I used to let him run errands, be the shopkeeper, and do so much work for me. Will the new emperor come to hold me accountable?"
Sikong: “…”
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Look, you have to answer so many questions just for a simple meal. Tsk!
That’s it, if he doesn’t tell her the truth, he will be treated to a vase next time he comes.
After the sumptuous meal was served, Sikong talked about the whole story while eating.
Xu Yin was dumbfounded when she heard this.
The brothers, the former emperor and Prince Rui, have been fighting since their father appointed the prince. They are not as harmonious as the outside world reports.
In fact, the former emperor's throne was not so open and honest, and he might have been snatched from Prince Rui. Therefore, there is always a thorn in my heart. Unless King Rui is completely suppressed, the throne will not be stable.
So, when Princess Rui entered the palace for a banquet, she mixed safflower powder to induce labor into a soup she liked.
Unexpectedly, Princess Rui was very healthy during her pregnancy. She thought she could give birth to a baby in the womb, and if it was a boy, she would have the midwife perform a stillbirth. However, Princess Rui showed no signs of giving birth until she left the womb. The palace gates began to move, and the child was born on the road.
At this time, it was too late to cause the stillbirth. The guards sent by the emperor to keep an eye on the baby pretended to be robbers and took away the child.
If the emperor had just killed the child at this time, there would be no such thing. But he was very scheming and suddenly came up with a bad idea. He handed the child to his confidants and asked them to send him to the Seven Star Sect, the most evil sect in the world, as a child. It must be very exciting to train him as an assassin and send him to assassinate King Rui when he grows up.
Unexpectedly, no one in Qixing Sect had any experience in taking care of infants. They lost the child after participating in a martial arts competition.
Just throw it away, they don’t take it seriously.
Until three years ago, King Rui did not give the emperor any face in court. He was so angry that the emperor thought of the child, so he asked his confidants to go to the Seven Star Gate and bring the child back. It was time to launch the assassination plan. He was waiting to see the father and son massacred.
Unexpectedly, his confidant returned empty-handed and reported: Qixingmen lost the child.
The emperor was angry and lost it? Why don't you find it if it's lost?
Seeing the imperial token, the Seven Star Sect realized how big the lost child was. In order to protect the entire sect from being hunted down by the court, they had to spread their disciples around to look for the child with a plum blossom-shaped red birthmark on his calf.
"The people from Qixingmen pretended to be bandits and killed your parents. I thought they were murderers and silencers before." Sikong had eaten and drank enough. He poured himself a cup of hawthorn tea, which is good for digesting and relieving tiredness. He drank it very comfortably and did not hesitate to say more. Point, "It wasn't until the old emperor was captured and the truth was told that he knew it was wrong."
“Isn’t it?” Xu Yin asked doubtfully, “What’s the reason?”
"The old emperor always thought that the owner of Qizhen Pavilion was a disciple of Prince Rui's Mansion. Seeing that Qizhen Pavilion had made countless fortunes for Prince Rui's Mansion, he had long wanted to get rid of it quickly. When King Rui summoned your parents, it happened that the people from Qixing Clan were here. If you are looking for the heirs of Prince Rui nearby, hire them to kill your parents to vent your anger."
Xu Yin was shocked: "It's actually like this... So is my ancestor really a member of Prince Rui's palace?"
If it is backed by Prince Rui's Mansion, then all this makes sense.
"I can't call him a close friend, but Mr. Xu had an acquaintance with Princess Rui's father. The two had a very happy conversation. They once wanted to invite them to tea, and were seen by many people. King Rui wanted to be friends with the older generation. I have taken great care of the Qizhen Pavilion." Xu Yin suddenly realized: "So that's it..."
Then tell the housekeeper later so that he doesn’t have to bear the psychological burden anymore. The real culprit in the death of his parents was the former emperor. Now he was forced by King Rui to take poison and die, which can be considered as revenge for his parents.
“When did King Narui find out that all this was done by the former emperor? Was it after he recognized Xu Kui?”
"Before this. To be precise, after your parents were killed by people pretending to be bandits, he came to our Qianji Pavilion. Either Qianji Pavilion didn't accept the mission, or there was no failure if it did. No, the former emperor It came to the surface. Many unclear ideas were solved by peeling off threads and cocoons."
Xu Yin watched this guy boasting in silence, and couldn't help but say: "It's really wronging you. You have to disguise yourself as an accountant to accept a task. By the way, if I hadn't kept you because of my soft heart, you wouldn't have been able to enter the Xu Mansion. Xu Kui can’t be found, but the people from Qixing Sect have spies all over Luo City, and they have people in every village in Xu Mansion, so today’s ending will be completely different.”
“…” What this girl said is very heart-wrenching!
“But it turns out that Qianji Pavilion did not fail!” Sikong looked at her proudly.
Xu Yin: “…”
Forget it, what's the point of competing with a martial arts master?
“What position do you hold in Qianji Pavilion?”
Touting your own unit so hard? At least at the top, right?
Xu Yin asked curiously: "If you are so powerful, then doesn't the Pavilion Master come and go without a trace? He doesn't even need to show his face. He can deal with whoever he wants with a wave of his hand from a long distance away?"
Sikong was amused by her description and laughed dumbly: "The master of the pavilion is my master, but he is really not as powerful as you said. But he likes to hear what you say. The old guy has no other hobbies except studying martial arts. He likes to drink and brag, and it’s best if someone cheers him up after bragging. The praise makes him feel comfortable, and he’s happy to do things for others without taking any money.”
Can you work hard for Prince Rui’s Mansion? It’s all the debt of praise you owe when someone praises you so much!
Xu Yin held back her laughter and thought to herself, master and apprentice, you two are very compatible. Don’t you also like to play?
But she only dared to say a few words in her mind.
Sikong raised his head and looked out the window. The sun was scorching. He was too lazy to go down the mountain at this time, so he asked Xu Yin for a guest room and went to rest.
It’s not an exaggeration to say that he has been traveling all the way from the capital without stopping just to answer her questions this morning. Is it not an exaggeration to give him a guest room to entertain him?
What else can Xu Yin say? Ask Wang Huyuan to take him to the front yard to choose a guest room, and he can stay for as many days as he wants.
Just like hiring a master nurse who provides food and accommodation without having to pay.
“Here comes Master Sikong! Thank you for your hard work, Master Sikong!” Wang Huyuan was very attentive when he saw Sikong.
"Wang Huyuan has betrayed!" Hong Qian said angrily, "I don't treat girls like this to Sikong... Hey, his name is Sikong, right? Isn't it a fake name?"
Sikong could even hear the faint sound in the air, let alone the conversation between the master and the servant. Hearing this, he turned his head and blinked at Xu Yin: "Sikong Jin, I will not change my name if I want to, but I will not change my surname!"
Xu Yin: “…”
His feet felt weak.
Yaoshou!
“Girl? Girl, what’s wrong with you?”
After Hong Qian helped the girl steady, she saw her staring blankly in the direction of the front yard. Looking along her line of sight, there was nothing.
"Girl, do you have anything else to say to Master Sikong? How about I invite him again?"
"No, no, no!" Xu Yin came back to her senses, returned to the room, and leaned on the couch, "I'm a little sleepy and want to take a nap."
She needs to be quiet!