The ancient road in the mountains is silvery white on both sides.
The river water in the valley is half ice and half rapids.
The carriage Xu Zun was riding in was driving on the muddy and slippery riverside road. The driver was his new butler Liu Dong.
Shangyuan City is located to the north of Xinye County. The journey is not far, just through the mountains. If you hurry up, you can reach it in just one day.
If you take a horse-drawn carriage, a day or a night is not much different.
Although the temperature is low today, the sun is shining brightly and the sky is high with no wind.
"Miss Huo, please... don't be like this, okay?" Behind the carriage, Zhao Yu rode his fast horse and said to Huo Anu who was riding next to him, "I don't seem to owe you money, right?"
Huo Anu rides a tall maroon horse, carrying an iron umbrella behind him, and looks very heroic.
After hearing Zhao Yu's words, she still turned a deaf ear and only focused on walking.
Zhao Yu was very puzzled. He didn't know why Huo Anu seemed to have a grudge against him along the way. Not only did he ignore him, but his eyes were full of hostility.
Could it be...that it was because of the fake Qiu Yongnian thing? In the court, she thought she took action too late, which led to Mr. Shen's unexpected death?
It doesn’t make sense!
There were so many internal guards at that time, and all of them were superb in martial arts. If you want to blame them, you can’t blame yourself, right?
Could it be... is it because he became Xu Zun's bodyguard? He stole her limelight?
That’s not right either?
Is there no conflict of interest with her when I enjoy the state salary?
"Ahem..."
Zhao Yu was very good at resolving embarrassment. When Huo Anu ignored him, he kept talking.
He cleared his throat, as if talking to himself or to Huo Anu:
"I really don't know what Lord Xu thinks, he actually asked Liu Dong to be his housekeeper. That guy is a famous thief!
"And... let him bring his family with him? Isn't that outrageous? Well, he also has a wife and children..."
As he spoke, Zhao Yu glared in the direction of the car window. Xiwa, who was lying on the car window, was frightened and quickly got into the car.
"Master Xu is now a seventh-grade official. I think his salary can be used to hire at least 10 servants, right?" Zhao Yu said again, "It is so hard to serve as a punishment officer, shouldn't we hire some strong ones? ?
"I can't believe it..." Zhao Yu said more and more enthusiastically, "What happened to Liu Dong's wife? Why did she sit in the same carriage with Mr. Xu? Isn't she here to be a mother? She shouldn't be riding in the front with Liu Dong. ?
"Oh, I think her appearance seems a little abnormal, right?"
Whoosh!
Unexpectedly, Zhao Yu was just minding his own business when he suddenly saw Huo Anu's iron umbrella falling from the sky and hitting him on the head!
ah!!?
Zhao Yu was startled and instinctively raised his saber to block.
when!
The iron umbrella sank with great force, but Zhao Yu did not block it and immediately fell from his horse.
However, Huo Anu couldn't help but jumped off the horse, then shot out another iron umbrella, attacked Zhao Yu again, and went straight to the gate of life!
"You...what are you doing?" Zhao Yu rolled away and suddenly his body was covered with stinky mud. He was so frightened that he shouted, "Miss Huo, are you crazy?"
The iron umbrella attacked again, and Zhao Yu couldn't dodge, so he had to pull out his saber with a swipe and hit Huo Anu.
Call...
Hearing something strange behind him, Liu Dong quickly stopped the carriage and turned around to take a look. He was startled and quickly reported to Xu Zun:
"Master Xu, Master Xu... Oh no, the two guards are fighting! Come and take a look!"
Liu Dong raised the car curtain and saw Xu Zun, Xiwa and Ku Niang all lying on the window, watching the fight seriously...
"Stop fighting! Ah..."
Zhao Yu was obviously no match for Huo Anu. Even though he was holding the iron umbrella, he was still kicked to the ground and was extremely embarrassed.
Look at Huo Anu again, as if he has a deep hatred for him. He wields the iron umbrella mercilessly, almost to the point of death!
"I was wrong. I was wrong. Can't you? I apologize to you...I..." Zhao Yu reluctantly blocked it for a few times. Seeing that begging was in vain, he had to shout at the top of his voice, "Mr. Xu, help me."
Ah! Help..."
The shout resounded throughout the valley, and there was even an echo.
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Yu blocked six or seven times, and the door was wide open, showing his defeat.
Huo Anu didn't even open the iron umbrella, he easily picked off Zhao Yu's saber, and then kicked him into the ditch next to him.
The ditch was as deep as one person, and after Zhao Yu fell down, he fell directly into the cold river water!
"Ah... help, help... Wu Lulu..."
Although the water in the river was not deep, Zhao Yu fell flat on his face and drank several sips of water on the spot.
Fortunately, the current was not very fast. He splashed in the water a few times, then walked to the shore and grabbed the willow branches on the shore...
"Oops! What's going on?" Finally, Xu Zun's exclamation came from the shore, "Why did Mr. Zhao fall into the water? Hurry! Save people!"
Soon, Liu Dong threw the rope to Zhao Yu, and Zhao Yu pulled the rope and climbed ashore with difficulty.
"Fire...fire is strong..."
Zhao Yu just wanted to curse Huo Anu, but when he saw Huo Anu pick up the frightening iron umbrella again, he was so frightened that he quickly shut up and hid behind Xu Zun shivering.
"Huo Anu, this is so outrageous!" Xu Zun pointed at Huo Anu and shouted, "Captain Zhao is a bodyguard appointed by the Holy Emperor. How could you...how could you..."
Unexpectedly, Huo Anu glared at Xu Zun so arrogantly that he was so frightened that Xu Zun did not dare to speak.
So, Xu Zun quickly changed his mind and turned to Liu Dong, saying: "Quick! If you fall into the water on such a cold day, you will soon be frozen!
"Come on, let's quickly take off Capt. Zhao's clothes and change him into dry clothes!"
"Oh, yes!"
So, Xu Zun and Liu Dong immediately took action and started to take off Zhao Yu's clothes.
"Don't? Isn't this not good?" Zhao Yu was shaking like a drowned rat, but his face was red with embarrassment.
"Oh, yes!" Xu Zun said quickly, "Then go to the carriage and change! Hurry, you will get frostbite if you are late!"
With that said, Xu Zun and Liu Dong ignored Zhao Yu's objections and forcibly pulled him into the carriage.
At this moment, Xiwa and Kuniang had already arrived outside the carriage.
As the carriage swayed for a while, Xu Zun came out of the carriage holding Zhao Yu's wet clothes.
As soon as he came out, he threw his clothes on the ground and began to search carefully.
As a result, he quickly discovered something unusual. He stretched out his hand and took out a booklet from an extremely hidden inner pocket!
The booklet was made of brocade and silk and looked relatively high-end.
"ah?"
Huo Anu came over quickly.
Xu Zun also thought it was some kind of secret letter, so he immediately opened it and looked through it. As a result, Huo Anu's face turned red.
But seeing that there were some pictures in the book that were not suitable for children, Xu Zun frowned, and after savoring it carefully, he put it back again.
Apart from this, there were no unusual items in Zhao Yu's clothes, only some scattered silver and gambling supplies such as dice and Pai Gow.
Tsk tsk...
Xu Zun asked Xiwa to put away her clothes, and then he and Huo Anu moved away.
"How is it?" Xu Zun asked, "Did you find anything?"
"It's probably not pretending," Huo Anu recalled, "I attacked so suddenly. There were several life-or-death moments just now. If he is really a master, he will definitely reveal his flaws."
"Tsk tsk..." Xu Zun smacked his lips again, "So, he was able to cut off the fake Qiu Yongnian's arm just because of luck?"
"It should be so," Huo Anu nodded, "At that time, the fake Qiu Yongnian had already entered a state of madness and was restrained by me and the inner guards, so he had the opportunity to take advantage of it."
"Oh..." Xu Zun looked at the still shaking carriage, with a hint of deep worry in his eyes.
"Master Xu," Huo Anu asked, "are you so suspicious of Capt. Zhao? Besides him cutting off the fake Qiu Yongnian's arm, what else was the reason?"
"Alas!" Xu Zun said sadly, "On the night when the iron coffin case occurred, I was followed on my way home from prison.
"At that time, fake Qiu Yongnian and others were busy with the iron coffin case, so I suspected that the person following me was..."
"Ah?" As a result, before Xu Zun could finish speaking, Huo Anu interrupted him and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I was the one who was following you at that time!"
