"When my subordinate accepted this task that day, he took poison. This poison needs to be suppressed by taking the antidote on time on the seventh day of every month... If not, life will be worse than death, and life will not be saved."
Therefore, he had to wait for someone from the palace to deliver the antidote every month.
Although it is just a knife, it can be regarded as a useful knife. As long as it is still useful, it will not be discarded easily.
So he still had a delusion before that he could return to the young master one day.
But he still thought too simply.
He almost forgot to think that although the young master was very affectionate, he certainly could not tolerate betrayal and concealment.
Even though he was still unwilling to die like this, he had no choice now.
No, as a secret guard, he had no right to choose from the beginning.
To express everything he knew today was one of the few choices he could make in his life.
Sui Jiang on the side looked a little confused.
The seventh day of every month...
Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year...
"My subordinates have something else that I need to inform the Young Master..." Suishan spoke again and said, "In fact, an incident occurred in the mountains that day."
Wu Chao looked at him.
Suishan said: "After the young master fell into coma, my subordinates found a man in black hiding in the dark, holding a crossbow, and wanted to hurt the young master... I dare to conclude that the man was an expert, and his intention was to take the young master's life."
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The man in black who wants to take his life?
Wu Chao's eyes changed.
"My subordinates blocked the arrow at that time. Seeing that I was exposed, the other party wanted to run away. Before my subordinates could pursue me, Xu Jiajun was about to arrive." Suishan said with a complicated expression: "So my subordinates didn't know that this person was under the influence.
Who instigated it... But since there is such a person, you must be careful, Young Master."
He even suspected at that time that this was also part of the plan. The reason why he told him that it would not harm the young master's life was just because he was afraid that he would not cooperate fully and would reveal the news to the young master——
Everything he could think of, Wu Chao naturally thought of it at this time.
This guess made his fingers instantly turn cold.
But he is still more inclined to believe that someone else has learned about this so-called plan, so he plans to take advantage of the chaos and "fake it for real" - but the person who can learn about this plan must not be an outsider.
The involvement seems to be getting deeper and deeper, and more and more complex.
Of course, again, all these speculations need to be based on what Suishan said is the truth.
Whether it is true or false, he will find out on his own.
Looking at the extremely weak former subordinate in front of him, the young man did not say anything more, but with a cold expression he pulled out the saber from Sui Jiang's waist.
Sui Jiang's expression changed slightly, but he did not dare to dissuade him.
No matter who is behind it, it is an indisputable fact that Suishan betrayed the master and concealed the young master...
It can only be said that their lives have never been in their own hands.
Under the alternation of complicated emotions, Sui Jiang clenched his fists and turned his head slightly.
Suishan closed his eyes.
It is easier and more pleasant to die by the young master's sword than to die from poison.
"Bang!"
The sound of iron weapons clashing was heard, and the iron chains binding the people to the stone pillars were shaken open. Suishan lost his grip and suddenly slid to the ground with his back against the stone pillars.
Wu Chao neatly put the knife back into the scabbard on Suijiang's waist.
"Let people think favorably of him."
After confessing in an indifferent tone, the young man turned around and left the secret room.
Suishan sat on the ground in a daze, watching Wu Chao's leaving figure motionlessly.
Sui Jiang took a deep look at him, sniffed, and said: "Young master, there must be some use in saving your life. Don't think about making your own decisions and causing trouble to the master!"
He will also make people think favorably of him!
Seeing the bookshelves parting, Wu Chao walked out from behind, and Xu Mingyi stood up.
"How?" she asked.
"I've basically asked them all."
Xu Mingyi couldn't help but look at him carefully for a while.
Just ask, then she won't need to take action, which will save trouble.
But...why does he look so heavy?
Could it be that the result of the question is very unusual?
Xu Mingyi wanted to ask something, but when the words came to her lips, she still didn't ask.
She came today to help him get Suishan to talk. Since he had already asked and it seemed a little unusual, there was no reason for her to go out of her way to inquire.
She has always been quite clear-eyed about the sense of propriety between people, but the thought of asking just now was very abnormal.
But she didn't ask, Wu Chao took the initiative and said: "This matter should be done by someone from my clan."
When Sui Jiang, who had just followed him out of the secret room, heard this sentence, the complex emotions accumulated in the secret room were instantly wiped away, and then he looked at the young man who spoke in disbelief - the young master could not wait to say such an important thing.
Is it really okay for an outsider like Miss Xu to listen?
"...Wu family? Is it because of a conflict of interest?" Xu Mingyi was shocked.
Wu Chao said: "It's not clear at the moment. I still need to verify it myself before I can make a conclusion."
Sui Jiang breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that the young master is still measured and did not say what is really important. As for the words he just revealed, it should be to win Miss Xu's trust.
As soon as he finished these words in his heart, he heard his young master seriously add: "I will talk to you after I find out."
Sui Jiang was silent.
Scene talk.
Sir, this must be just a pretentious statement.
"Okay." Xu Mingyi nodded, looked at Wu Chao, and said softly: "Then let's go back now."
we--
These two words, as well as the girl's tone that was a little softer than usual after she seemed to be aware of his strange mood - these seemed to be details of comforting and caring for his mood, which softened the slightly cold expression between Wu Chao's brows.
A little bit.
The two of them left the villa side by side and got into the carriage.
As soon as he entered the carriage, Wu Chao thrust the stove in the carriage into Xu Mingyi's hand.
When he took his hand back, his fingers touched the back of her hand.
His fingers were cold—
Xu Mingyi returned the hand stove stuffer to him and said: "I just smoked the stove for a long time and felt a little hot. I'll give this hand stove to you."
Wu Chao glanced at her.
"What kind of stove do I, a man, use?"
"Why can't a man use a hand stove? My second uncle usually hugs a soup dumpling even when he is lying in bed."
To be precise, I hold one in my hand and another at my feet, and I have to change it twice an hour.
"Mr. Xu is a scholar, and I am a martial arts practitioner." Wu Chao insisted and gave her the hand stove: "It is precisely because it has been baked in the smoker for a long time. When you suddenly come out, you will feel colder, so hurry up and hug it."
Xu Mingyi couldn't resist him, so she had no choice but to hug him.
When the carriage was approaching Yinxian Tower, Wu Chao suggested and asked: "It's still early, do you want to go to the theater?"
In the past few days, he had been busy with family matters and had not been able to take her for a nice walk.
Hearing this, Xu Mingyi looked at the young man in front of him and sighed in his heart.
