It happened so suddenly that almost no one thought to save him. Xia Houshu also felt as if his body was frozen by something and he couldn't move.
Suddenly, a white shadow stopped in front of Yu Wen Ke and quickly pushed him away. The arrow pierced through the tip of Yu Wen Ke's hair and finally nailed it to a tree not far away.
The hearts in the crowd's throats finally fell back into their stomachs. Then some people went to care about Yu Wenke, while others looked at the culprit, trying to get her to give an explanation.
Xia Houshu's mind was in chaos. She thought that she had almost become the criminal who murdered Prince Ling's son. She didn't know how to face it for a moment, so she could only rub her forehead and murmured: "I just drank wine."
I drank too much and felt dizzy..."
Before she finished speaking, she fell down at the right time amid the screams of everyone.
Xia Houyi looked at the feather arrow nailed to the tree, and then at Xia Houshu who fell on the ground. There was something else he couldn't figure out. He hurried over and apologized to Yu Wenke: "My cousin, he is too drunk.
I almost hurt the Crown Prince by mistake, I didn’t mean to offend, and I hope the Crown Prince will forgive me!”
Yu Wenke dared to hold the red bag in person because he was sure that Xia Houshu couldn't shoot that far, but he didn't expect that she would perform beyond her normal capabilities, and even more unexpectedly, she missed the target and almost hurt herself.
Yu Wenke took a deep breath with lingering fear, waved his hands and said in a pretentious manner: "Xiao Wang has invited everyone to come and discuss with each other today. The main thing is that the guests and hosts have fun. What happened just now is just a sideshow, I don't care.
Take it to heart, Brother Xiahou, don’t worry about it. Speaking of which, I’m trying to make things difficult for others. If I had known that Brother Mo Xian was so intoxicated, I shouldn’t have let him drink so much."
Then he looked at the attendant next to him and said, "Here comes someone, please help Mr. Mo to go to the tent to rest!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several attendants came up and carried Xia Houshu to a small tent specially designed for guests to rest. Not only that, Yu Wenke also specially asked the accompanying doctor to diagnose her pulse, shouting that she must not
Something happened because of his good intentions.
As the saying goes, it's all a show. Xia Houshu clearly heard her brother apologize for her and was carried into the tent clearly. However, she could only continue to pretend to be unconscious and let the doctor take her pulse.
The doctor put his hand on Xia Houshu's wrist and looked at her eyes again. His brows were almost knotted with worry. He couldn't diagnose the cause, so he had to make some nonsense, saying that she drank too much and was drunk.
If you are frightened, just drink some hangover decoction and rest for a while.
Xia Houshu secretly lamented that wine is such a good thing! With this excuse, today's recklessness can all be blamed on it. Everyone present, no one has said or done something stupid because of drunkenness.
What happened? With this consensus, everyone won’t care too much.
Seeing that Yu Wenke was not being held accountable, and hearing that Xia Houshu was fine, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, they left the tent one after another and continued to shoot arrows. Only this time, everyone was much more cautious, fearing that
What trouble will come if it gets hotter?
The tent gradually became quiet, and Xia Houshu carefully opened his eyes, only to see a figure still standing in front of the couch - Xia Houyi was staring at her without blinking, with an unusually solemn expression.
Xia Houshu couldn't help but trembled, but he didn't dare to continue pretending to be stupid. He called out "Second Brother" in a voice as loud as a mosquito, with all the good intentions on his face.
Xia Houyi didn't say anything, his gaze was so focused that Xia Houshu's spine went cold.
After a long time, Xia Houyi suddenly asked: "Did you mean that arrow?"
"No." Xia Houshu answered honestly. As Yuwen Ke was a hostage in Beijing, even if she didn't want to see him anymore, she wouldn't try to do anything for her. She really wanted to shoot the red bag.
Xia Houyi sighed and said again: "Do you know what the consequences will be if that arrow hits?"
"I know." Xia Houshu replied while carefully recalling why things turned out like this. "You know that I am not proficient in riding and shooting. I said at the time that I didn't know how to do it. But Yu Wenke refused to give up and insisted on it.
Pull me to learn. I also want to save my face, so... But he wasn't hurt, at most he was a little frightened, so he wouldn't care about me anymore, right? It's another thing to do it in front of others, behind someone's back.
A face, this is not what a gentleman does!"
"Has Yuwen Ke ever flaunted himself as a gentleman?"
As a member of an aristocratic family, once this matter spreads, you will definitely attract everyone's attention, and your case may be found out by then. Are you aware of these consequences?"
Xia Houshu shook his head. She really didn't think so far ahead. It sounded really scary now.
She had concealed her true identity when she entered the Evergreen Sect. If this was exposed, she would be in big trouble.
Thinking of this, Xia Houshu explained again: "I really didn't mean it."
Xia Houyi closed his eyes and restrained his emotions, then said: "It's my fault too. He knew clearly that your sudden appearance in Shuyu Pavilion last time had attracted his attention, but he brought you here to try your luck. It's me.
Wrong, I shouldn't have taken the risk."
Xia Houshu had already figured out Xia Houyi's good intentions before, and now he felt even more guilty after hearing these words. He lowered his head and said sincerely: "I'm sorry, I was careless and ruined your plan again."
"Shur." Xia Houyi turned to look at his sister with a complicated expression, "The plan for now is for you to avoid the limelight first, especially your matter. If he gets caught, disaster will surely come!
"
"But..." Xia Houshu looked at his brother with a hesitant expression, "If I keep pretending to be faint here and don't go out to apologize symbolically, wouldn't it be bad?"
Xia Houyi thought about it for a while: "I will handle these things, just remember my words!"
His tone was firm and left no room for doubt.
Xia Houyi then left the tent and competed with everyone on his skills as if nothing had happened, while Xia Houshu stayed in the tent and continued to pretend to be faint.
It was a clear day and there was no one else in the tent. Xia Houshu soon couldn't pretend anymore. She leaned on the couch with her cheek in one hand and thought about how to deal with it next.
Today's matter is neither a big deal nor a small matter. After all, Yu Wenke was not really injured. No matter how others spread the word, they would not accuse her of murder. In addition, Xia Houyi's intention
Those young men from aristocratic families would not take it seriously when talking about peace, and would probably treat it as a joke if they mentioned it in the future. Generally speaking, nothing major would happen.
As for Xia Houyi's mention that Yu Wenke has begun to notice her, this is indeed an issue that needs to be treated with caution. Fortunately, she has not had much contact with Yu Wenke. After today's incident, it is estimated that it will be difficult to see each other again in the future. As time goes by, everyone
I forgot about it. And although Yu Wenke has a reputation as a romantic, he has never done anything treacherous or evil so far. Compared to Wang Yukun, he is already considered kind. Even if he has some bad ideas behind his back, he may not be able to do it so easily.
Find out her true identity.
Xia Houshu was thinking erratically when she suddenly heard movement outside the tent. She immediately lay down and pretended to sleep.
After a while, someone entered the tent quietly and moved closer to the couch step by step.
With such light footsteps, it was probably not a man. Xia Houshu guessed that it might be a maid in the paddock who was ordered to come in and look after him.
The woman stopped in front of the couch, placed the tray with hangover soup on the bedside, then looked at the person sleeping on the couch and softly called "Mr. Mo".
She is indeed a maid.
Xia Housufang let his guard down a little, thinking about how to stop pretending, so he said that he had slept for a while and sobered up, otherwise he would really have to drink a bowl of unpleasant hangover soup.
Before she could make a decision, she felt something approaching her quickly. An ominous premonition startled her and she immediately opened her eyes. She saw the charming woman in front of her with a fierce look on her face, holding a dagger and pointing towards her.
He stabbed himself hard in the chest.
"It's you!" Xia Houshu quickly used his hand to block it, and rolled his body backwards, narrowly avoiding Bai Shao's fatal blow.
Bai Shao jumped in the air, then immediately changed direction and stabbed Xia Houshu again.
This time Xia Houshu was on guard, and immediately jumped up from the couch, dodged slightly, and then kicked her in the heart.
Bai Shao couldn't dodge, and after being kicked, she staggered back several steps, until she hit the screen and barely regained her footing. She covered her chest with one hand and held the dagger in the other. Her expression was very painful, but she looked at Xia Houshu's
His eyes were a little more hateful and fierce.
Xia Houshu looked at her in surprise and murmured: "I thought you were just good at dancing, but I didn't expect you could also do martial arts. You really hide your secrets!"
A trace of blood seeped out from the corner of Bai Shao's mouth. She endured the pain and swallowed back the fishy sweetness. She looked at Xia Houshu with venomous eyes and said, "Who are you? Why are you checking me?"
"Should I check you?" Xia Houshu was stunned by her question, "What do you mean by that?"
"You don't have to pretend." Bai Shao looked at her coldly and said, "First you went to the Prime Minister's Mansion, which made everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion fall on their feet, then you went to Shuyu Pavilion, and finally you found Prince Ling's Mansion on Zhuangzi.
My old servant. Aren’t you doing all this just to check on me?”
Is this called the mantis stalking the cicada, with the oriole behind?
Xia Houshu never thought that everything he did would be seen by another person, and he couldn't help but scream in his heart. She was Yu Wenke's person, and even she knew about it. Did Yu Wenke also...
Bai Shao saw her worry and said, "You just need to tell me why you want to check me."
Since the other party had made it so clear, it was pointless for Xia Houshu to keep pretending. She happened to have a lot of questions that needed to be answered by the other party, so she said, "I'm checking Yi Wu, aren't you Bai Shao?"
Bai Shao looked at her without saying anything.
Xia Houshu suddenly realized, pointed at her and said: "You mean... Yi Wu is Bai Shao, and Bai Shao is Yi Wu. You are actually the same person... You are not dead!"
Bai Shao was noncommittal, but looked at her with a little doubt in his eyes.
Xia Houshu was also confused by her words and deeds. She quickly sorted out the information she knew so far in her mind, and then said tentatively: "I met your former maid, the one named Yinxiang, you...
Remember?"
"She is not my maid!" Bai Shao denied.
"Isn't she?" Xia Houshu was confused again, "But aren't you Yi Wu?"
Yinxiang is Yi Wu's maid. Isn't this well known to the Prime Minister's Mansion?
Bai Shao finally calmed down and said coldly: "I am Yi Wu, but Yinxiang is not my maid, she is Bai Shao's maid."
"Wait a minute..." Xia Houshu felt that her brain was a little out of use. She paused for a while, then sorted out her thoughts, and then said: "You mean, you are Yi Wu, and the one in the Prime Minister's Mansion is Bai Shao."
, you look exactly the same, but you are not the same person?"
Bai Shao looked at her and neither said yes nor no.
Xiahou Shuquan thought she acquiesced and continued to analyze: "You two look alike and it's difficult to tell them apart, so why do you want to exchange identities?"