"That's what you said, you pick the time, let's go one on one, I'm not afraid of you?" Lu Yi, who was hiding under the table, coolly accepted the challenge.
"Now then." Lu Qian felt that Sixth Brother was particularly afraid.
"Not now." Lu Yi waved his hand at his brother, "Brother needs to rest for a while, I'm tired."
Lu Qian thought that Sixth Brother was "tactically tired", but actually wanted to delay the day of the duel, so Lu Qian used his taunting skills to spearhead a mental attack on Sixth Brother: "Rest here? Do you want a quilt?"
"No, you guys go, close the door." Lu Yi's attention at the moment was focused on guarding against the beggar avenger outside the door, not noticing the mockery in the seventh brother's words.
"Come out, Ah Zun, His Highness won't beat you." Luckily, there was Xue Yao to clearly fill in the gaps, Xue Yao was very sure that Baby Warmth was afraid of getting punched by Seventh Brother.
[System warning: Land dive acidity value 98.]
Xue Yao shivered and turned his head to bump into Lu Qian's petty gaze.
Every time he said "Ah Zun", his acidity level would skyrocket by a few grams, Xue Yao hurriedly explained in a low voice, "It's just a title, it's quite easy to tell if you're calling Your Highness this way. ......"
Lu Qian raised his chin in dissatisfaction, "You can call him Old Six."
"How dare you!" Lu Zhan under the table couldn't even squat anymore, grabbing the table leg and signaling his brother with his eyes to show some respect, "Ah Yao, ignore him, you just call him that!"
"You guys are really at ease with leaving someone Gu out to dry like this?" Outside the door Gu Warrior's voice was unhappy.
Xue Yao was afraid, turned his head and asked the warrior to wait, when he turned back, the baby warmer under the table had disappeared again, and when he looked around, he found that the baby warmer had already hid behind the incense burner farther away, and waved his hand towards them!
"Get out! Get out!" Lu Yi looked anxious.
Under the dual urging of Sixth Brother and Grand Master Gu, Lu Qian finally managed to take his little companion out the door and obediently closed the door for Sixth Brother.
"Warrior Gu, it's only been a few days since you came, I'm afraid that our Highness' progress isn't very obvious, so should we practice a set for you now?" Xue Yao left a good retreat for Lu Qian first.
"Don't you look at what time it is now?" Gu Qingyuan cocked his head and raised his hand to point at the blue sky above his head with a lazy face, "The sun is right in the middle of the day, I rushed into the palace to find you guys at this time, for what?"
Xue Yao and Lu Qian looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Is it for a raid?" Xue Yao asked.
"In order for you to ask me 'have you eaten yet'." Gu Qingyuan looked frankly at Lu Qian, "Mister Gu has never tasted a palace imperial meal before, and is very much looking forward to it, Senior Brother, quickly arrange it."
Xue Yao: "......"
"This is going to prepare a table of stewed eggplant for senior brother." Due to the fact that last time when they were competing in swordsmanship, Elder Brother cheated and switched sword strokes in the middle of the match, causing His Highness to lose face in front of his young companion, Lu Qian had been holding a grudge until now, and was determined not to let go of any opportunity to infuriate Elder Brother.
Gu Qingyuan politely shot back, "That's fine, after eating the eggplant, Senior Brother will take you up the mountain to reminisce about Master's stewed tofu."
In the midst of the division's fratricide, no one saw another warm baby all afternoon.
In the evening, after placing Gu Qingyuan temporarily in Lu Qian's side hall, Xue Yao left the palace to go to the Rui Wang Mansion to look for Lu Jinan to discuss the matter of guarding Aunt Po's temple.
He had planned to talk to Lu Qian about this matter, but he was worried that the rebel pups would go to the trouble of that household official on impulse.
In order to suppress the matter as soon as possible, the lesser the commotion, the better, Xue Yao felt that it would be more prudent to find King Rui to do the job.
After Lu Jinan was informed of the situation, he didn't hesitate to promise to help Xue Yao settle the matter and stayed at the mansion for the evening meal.
During the meal, when she saw Lu Jinan turn his head to dismiss the attendants, Xue Yao became alert.
"Xue Yao, many years ago, I thought you were a man who anticipated things like a god." Lu Jinan scrutinized Xue Yao with a calm gaze, "I hadn't realized it until you said it, not only the grain collection, but later on, when Ping Rong County had an epidemic, and when my father went on the expedition, you reminded me in advance to beware of some dangers, were these things told to you by Auntie Parker, the Goddess of God, or did you extrapolate them on your own?"
Xue Yao's heart thumped and his face blanched slightly.
"Don't be nervous." Lu Jinan personally lifted the wine pot and added a cup of wine for him, "I am just a little curious, I am in no way suspicious of you, if you have such unforeseen talent, how many disasters and regrets can you spare for Da Qi in the future? If you still trust me, you might as well tell me the truth, lest your talents not be fully utilized."
"Mister Xue naturally trusts Your Highness." Xue Yao immediately expressed his loyalty, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have informed you unreservedly of the things I know, things that even King Ning has no knowledge of."
Lu Jinan nodded, "Then where exactly did you learn about these things? Is it true that you have the ability to foretell things?"
Xue Yao was torn, there was no doubt that he trusted Lu Jinan, but admitting that he had such heavenly abilities was too great a threat.
And with all the major havoc of the original behind him, the future is unknowable to him now that everyone's fates have pretty much been turned in his direction.
If he admits at this point that he has so much unforeseen ability to foretell future disasters and fails to warn of them in advance, will others speculate that he is doing it on purpose, with bad intentions? Waiting for an opportunity to retaliate?
"How could I possibly have the ability to foretell things." Xue Yao decided to deny it, "All those things that your highness said are traceable, I did have some speculations, and then it just happened to really happen only, in reality, there were more things that I didn't guess accurately, your highness, do you still remember that I had reminded you in Ping Rong County to implement the change of law after the Royal Pole, and I never expected that the King of Ning would be made the Crown Prince."
After saying that, Xue Yao greeted Lu Jinan's probing gaze with a frank expression.
After a moment of silence, Lu Jinan nodded and raised his hand to greet him with a drink.
*
Lu Yi fled back to his own bedchamber and never stepped out again.
The Beggar's Avenger didn't show up until dark.
The Great Demon Lu Zhan breathed a sigh of relief and began to think about the suspicions of this matter--
How could this man find his way into the palace? Although his kung fu was indeed good, it was impossible for him to single-handedly break through the layers of guards and make a loud noise outside the upper study.
And his line about waiting outside seemed to be addressed to Chitti and Ayao.
Is he a friend of Chitti's?
Lu Yi rushed out of the bedchamber and looked for the seventh brother to inquire about the situation.
The three rows of halls in the three southern institutes were connected side by side, separated by a wall, and Lu Zhan lived in the middle institute, with the fifth brother to the east and the seventh brother to the west.
Now the fifth brother has gone to live in the palace outside the royal residence, and recently busy with the wedding, a few days did not come into the palace to accompany them to practice martial arts reading.
These three halls used to be separate, but later, because Chitti was lazy and didn't like to go around, the wall separating them from the West Institute was opened up and a corner door was opened.
Lu Zhan took the corner door to find his brother, no notification was needed, and naturally there was no eunuch to tell him that there was an unfamiliar guest in the courtyard.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard the sound of swishing swords, Lu Yi thought that it was the seventh brother practicing for the upcoming "Ah Yao Battle", so he held his head high and walked towards the figure practicing swords in the courtyard.
"It's so late, don't work too hard, when the time comes, brother will just let you have some." Big Devil Lu Zhan badgered his younger brother who stayed up late practicing his sword.
The figure in the darkness lurched and slowly turned its head sideways, a pair of eagle-like lacquered eyes looking at Lu Yi, reflecting the cold light of a sword blade in the dark night.
It was all too late when Lu Yi realized that the man was bigger and stronger than his brother.
"It's you?"
This is the darkly murderous voice of the Beggar's Avenger.
"What? Where is this place?" Lu Zhan instantly lost his memory, raised his eyes to look around suspiciously, turned around and fled towards the corner door, "Wrong way wrong way!"
A cool breeze skimmed behind him, and when Lu Zhan looked up again, the dark green figure was already leaning against the stone wall of the corner door, blocking his way.
Gu Qingyuan crossed his sword and lowered his eyes, the index and middle fingers of his left hand were brought together and slowly scratched across the body of the longsword, his voice was low as he murmured to the sword, "It's really a heavenly net."
Lu Zhan knew that he could not escape, so he took two steps back and asked coldly, "How did you find your way to the palace? Just for a meal?"
Gu Qingyuan asked back, "And how did you end up in the palace?"
Lu Yi froze, "You didn't come to the palace to look for me? Then what are you doing here?"
Gu Qingyuan's gaze gradually cleared, finally remembering where he had seen this little liar before.
This little liar has led a siege with his senior brother before, and seems to be his senior brother s ...... brother?
Wouldn't that be a king?
These days, are princes reduced to mixing food and cheating money?
Lu Yi saw that he didn't say anything, and his heart quickly flashed through countless speculations, "Shouldn't you be unable to pay for that meal and sell yourself into the palace as an errand boy?"
By the light of the moon to see the small liar's face can not hide the color of guilt, Gu warrior forced not to laugh, silent for a moment, suddenly the long sword to the ground, leaning against the wall slowly sat on the ground, tilted his head back to look at the cold moon, sadly lamented: ''What else can be done? Do you think Gu looks like someone who can afford three taels of silver? I can only sell myself into slavery, waste all my martial arts skills, and never ask about my future."
Lu Zhan drew in a breath of cold air!