After climbing over two courtyard walls and returning to the familiar room, Huangfu Xiaoyuan took off her veil and black robe. Her face looked a little unsightly.
In front of the desk, Lu Hanjiang was reading a novel by a candle at night. Huangfu Xiaoyuan moved too much. When the window was opened, a cold breeze blew, almost causing the firelight to hit the writing.
Lu Hanjiang hurriedly stretched out his hand to block it, and then looked back helplessly at Huangfu Xiaoyuan: "Even if you don't like walking through the door, can you be gentle? This book is an only one. Lao Cui walked several streets to find it from a street stall.
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Huangfu Xiaoyuan was obviously not in the mood to chat with Lu Hanjiang today. The indifference in her eyes softened slightly, but her tone was still a bit cold: "I made a mistake today."
"Oh?" Lu Hanjiang blinked in surprise, put down the little book, looked at Huangfu Xiaoyuan and said, "Is there really someone in the Huo family who can discover you? Could it be that special groom you mentioned last time?"
Lu Hanjiang is very aware of Huangfu Xiaoyuan's martial arts. Although she is young, her skills are not inferior to those of martial arts masters who have been famous for many years.
Coupled with the unreasonable trump card of the Three Swords of Heaven, she may not have no chance of winning even if she is up against the leaders of the top sects.
As for the Huo family, when the Sword Forging Villa was still there, they had never heard of any masters. Now that the Sword Forging Villa is gone, none of the people around Huo Yunqi can fight.
As for the Jianghu helpers who had connections with the Huo family, Jin Yiwei also checked them one by one. It was true that there were many good people who had received favors from Huo Tianya back then, but these people left after repaying the favor.
Nowadays, most of the people left around Huo Yunqi are people with little reputation. Their strong reputation is enough, but if they want to compete with a master like Huangfu Xiaoyuan, they obviously think too highly of themselves.
"I originally wanted to find out the details of that person, but I didn't expect that he would lead an entire army." Huangfu Xiaoyuan's tone was a little cold, but it was not directed at Lu Hanjiang, but at the guy she was talking about.
Tonight, Huangfu Xiaoyuan entered the Huo family's yard again. She originally wanted to follow the groom quietly, but she never thought that the other party not only saw through her thoughts, but also took advantage of her and led her in a circle.
Not to mention, in the end, the madman was so bold that he killed shopkeeper Wu who unexpectedly came to the courtyard directly in front of him.
The death of Shopkeeper Wu attracted all the knights in the front yard. Huangfu Xiaoyuan was upset that she had nothing to gain tonight. When she was about to leave, she happened to meet the groom again.
This guy had an ordinary appearance, and could be said to be unremarkable, but for some reason, Huangfu Xiaoyuan always felt that he seemed familiar, so when she was stunned, this guy deliberately made noise and exposed her.
This led to the swordsman discovering her figure later, and then shouted loudly, causing all the knights to swarm forward, forcing her to take action.
Sending away a group of unworthy guys would at most make her feel a little unhappy. What really made Huangfu Xiaoyuan angry was that she was led by this mysterious guy from beginning to end.
Lu Hanjiang, who learned about the passing of Huangfu Xiaoyuan from Huangfu Xiaoyuan, was quite interested in this groom for a while. He immediately thought: "This man is quite interesting, Xiaoyuan, let's go and meet him."
"Okay." Huangfu Xiaoyuan agreed immediately, turned around and left.
But Lu Hanjiang also quickly said: "But it's getting late today, let's go tomorrow."
Although he wanted to see this person immediately, Lu Hanjiang didn't want to go out and work hard at night, so he naturally postponed the time.
"..." After hearing this, Huangfu Xiaoyuan paused, and then quickly climbed out of the window. This time, she still didn't remember to close the window.
Lu Hanjiang shook his head helplessly, stood up, closed the window, blew out the candle lamp, and returned to the bedroom.
What they didn't know was that in the Huo family at this moment, Huo Yunqi was staring at his big bloodshot eyes and issuing a series of orders to everyone.
The Huo family was attacked tonight, shopkeeper Wu died tragically, and the assassin did not show his true face and was highly skilled in martial arts. In his opinion, it was probably someone from the righteous path who was responsible.
The other party's only concern was that they couldn't come in an open and honest manner, so Huo Yunqi had to find a way to guard against all sneak attacks from the dark.
Just as he was issuing orders in an orderly manner, in the inconspicuous horse pen in the backyard, an ordinary-looking groom was silently cleaning the manger.
A friend who worked for the Huo family drunkenly passed by behind him and glanced at him in surprise: "Old Wu? Why don't you go and rest? What time has it been?"
"You go ahead, I'll finish the work and then go back." When the groom spoke, the overly bright color in his eyes was quickly suppressed, and when he turned his head, only stupidity and naivety remained.
"You...well, I can't control you. There are still fools like you in the world. What can you do if you raise this horse to be able to run thousands of miles a day? Living your own life is the only way to be serious."
The friend was lecturing himself, but seeing that the groom turned a deaf ear, he turned around and started working again.
"You're so stupid." He glared at the other party angrily, and then strode away.
The groom didn't pay any attention to his friend's words. Unseen by others, the sparkle in the groom's eyes reappeared. He gently stroked the mane of the white horse in the circle and murmured: "Come soon."
The groom's palm fell on the white horse in the circle. The horse seemed to be frightened and kept hiding back, making panicked cries.
The groom reined in the horse's rope and gently brushed the horse's back with his palms. Accompanied by a burst of whining from high to low, the white horse collapsed to the ground, and even the whining sound was so weak.
"Ma, Ma, I have taken great pains to take care of you these days, and you should repay me with something. I have an important guest tonight, so please don't make a fuss. I will get you something good tomorrow.
Forage, okay?"
The groom spoke warmly, and then put his hand on the white horse's neck. After a brief struggle, the white horse's body gradually stiffened, and finally returned to a deathly cold state.
After killing the white horse with his own hands, the groom gently put his hand on the stiff face. After a moment, he saw a lifelike human skin mask being torn off by him.
The true face behind the mask is none other than Gongsun Huan, the head of the Gongsun family who is rumored to have been manipulated by the Xuantian Sect.
Even though he was wearing a servant's old coarse cloth, Gongsun Huan still had a detached temperament that was unmatched by others. When he was pretending to be a groom, he could prepare food for the horses without hesitation, tidy up the horse pens with his bare hands, and handle all the things with his own hands.
Stinky horse manure.
But now after he took off the mask, Gongsun Huan seemed to have immediately regained his identity and character as the head of the aristocratic family. He glanced at the horse pen behind him with disgust, fetched water and washed his hands four or five times before stopping.
Down.
In the quiet courtyard, Gongsun Huan stood with his hands behind his hands, looking up at the moon. A ray of cold moonlight fell, making his shadow longer and longer, dark and mysterious. With an arrogant smile on his lips, he quietly waited for the guests.
s arrival.
The night passed quickly, but unfortunately, the guest Gongsun Huan was waiting for did not appear.