Chapter 57: Thank you, Commander, for loving your sister

Xie Guanlan saw Wen Xingluo wiping Chen Yushi's sweat.

The two of them sat side by side, almost touching each other.

A single man and a single woman don't even know how to be discreet.

I sent Xie Shian over to keep an eye on it, but he didn't know where he was looking.

Wen Xingluo didn't expect that Xie Guanlan would pass by here.

Thinking of how this person had criticized her for being unbecoming this morning, she felt unhappy.

She stood up sullenly and saluted, gathering her sleeves uncomfortably: "Elder brother."

Xie Guanlan narrowed his eyes.

The little girl was obviously unhappy that he had disturbed her good time, so she was hesitant even in her greetings.

Chen Yushi stood up and asked, "What is Commander Xie going to do? What happened?"

Xie Guanlan teased, "It's not like Prince Chen and my sister are enjoying a leisurely life traveling around the mountains and rivers. I naturally have important government affairs to attend to."

Fushan unfolded a wanted poster and explained, "A murderer from Cangzhou has fled to Rongcheng, and my commander is on his way to capture him."

Wen Xingluo looked at the portrait.

The murderer was a burly, middle-aged bald man who looked ferocious.

After killing nine young girls in Cangzhou, he disemboweled them and threw them on the streets. On his way to the southwest, he killed three more girls in succession, disemboweling them in the same way. When the news spread, many towns in the southwest fell into panic, hoping that the murderer would be caught as soon as possible.

Wen Xingluo grasped the key point: "He only attacks young girls?"

"Yes!" Fushan replied, "So the whole city is under martial law now. Unmarried women are advised not to go out alone."

As Fushan spoke, he glanced at Xie Guanlan's face and suddenly said, "Miss, if you don't have anything urgent to do, you should hurry back home. It won't be too late to go out shopping after the murderer is caught."

Wen Xingluo had no friends in his previous life, but in this life he hit it off with the Chen sisters right away and didn't want to go back now.

She and Le Zhidu had an appointment to go to the Liyuan Opera in the afternoon...

Chen Yushi noticed her reluctance and said to Xie Guanlan, "Le Zhi and I are both good at martial arts, and we are more than capable of protecting Sister Wen."

Xie Guanlan: "Really? If anything happens to my sister, can Prince Chen really take the blame?"

Chen Yushi confidently waved his ink-wash folding fan and said, "I promise I won't let anything happen to Sister Wen."

Wen Xingluo looked at her adoringly.

She knew how good Chen Yushi's kung fu was!

Xie Guanlan took in the admiration and dependence on the girl's face.

She really fell in love with Chen Yushi.

She wanted to get married and leave the Zhenbei Palace.

Xie Guanlan sneered, "Prince Chen dared to promise, but I dare not trust you so easily. Ningning is the apple of my grandmother's eye, and there must be no mishaps. Fushan."

Fushan understood and immediately ordered the guards to bring a sedan chair.

So before Wen Xingluo finished eating the bowl of red oil wontons, Xie Guanlan's confidant sent her into the sedan chair.

Xie Guanlan personally watched her get into the sedan chair.

The silver butterfly on the girl's bun flickered, as if it had flown back into his palm.

But when Silver Butterfly bravely turned around and glared at him, there was some reluctance in her voice.

When the sedan chair curtain fell, he relaxed his grip on the reins slightly and looked at Chen Yushi with a half-smile: "Excuse me."

Chen Yushi smiled faintly: "Commander Xie, you love your sister so much, I understand."

"Prince Chen is wrong." Xie Guanlan corrected her, "It's not that I love my sister too much, but that Grandmother is worried about Ningning."

Chen Yushi: "Haha."

Wen Xingluo was detained in the palace for many days.

Fortunately, Baihe Academy also gave the female students a holiday because of the murderer's incident, so she didn't have to fall behind in her studies.

At night, Wen Xingluo got tired of reading under the lamp and walked to the corridor to get some fresh air.

Suddenly, a low "hush" sound came from not far away.

She looked over warily and saw Chen Lezhi lying on the wall in his nightgown, grinning at her: "Ningning, it's me!"

Wen Xingluo quickly walked to the top of the wall: "Why are you here?"

"I wrote to you every day, wanting to ask you out, but your guard said it's dangerous outside and you can't go out." Chen Lezhi felt a little aggrieved. "But I have to go back to Hanzhong tomorrow, so in a hurry, I had to secretly use Qinggong to climb over the wall to see you. Here, I also brought you flowers."

She took out a bouquet of flowers from her bosom.

The little wild flowers I picked on the way here have been wilted because they were kept in my arms for too long.

Wen Xingluo was very happy.

She held the small wild flower and asked, "Do you want to sit in my room?"

"What's the point of staying in the room? I came to you just to take you out to play."

It's not curfew yet.

Wen Xingluo put the bunch of wild flowers into a porcelain vase and sneaked out through the side door with Chen Lezhi.

Although the government posted a notice saying that a serial killer had escaped to Chengdu, everything was peaceful for several days and everyone became bolder again. The night market was brightly lit and bustling, and it didn't look like there was any danger hidden.

The two walked hand in hand through the night market, where they not only listened to a few operas on the roadside but also tasted many snacks.

Chen Lezhi instructed, "I'm going to buy some bayberry drink over there. Ningning, you buy some Bobo Chicken here. I'll be back soon, so don't run around."

Wen Xingluo nodded.

She stood in front of the Bobo Chicken stall and watched the stall owner pour sesame oil on the skewers of Bobo Chicken.

As I was watching intently, I suddenly felt a sharp hard object hit my waist from behind.

Her body stiffened, and she smelled a dangerous smell of blood from the aroma of Bobo Chicken.

The man behind him said in a low voice: "Don't shout, turn right now."

Wen Xingluo lowered his eyes and saw that the man's shadow reflected in the stall was burly and strong. Although he couldn't tell whether he was bald because he was wearing a hat, he was most likely the wanted criminal.

Without hesitation, she stepped viciously on the man's instep.

She took advantage of the man's cry of pain and ran away.

"Bitch!"

The man cursed angrily, strode after him, and grabbed Wen Xingluo's arm.

Wen Xingluo pulled out her hairpin without hesitation and stabbed it into his eyes fiercely.

The man quickly raised his hand to block.

Wen Xingluo stabbed without regard for the consequences and used almost all his strength.

The silver hairpin pierced into the gangster's arm, causing him to let go of her subconsciously due to the pain.

Wen Xingluo took advantage of the fact that he hadn't reacted yet and ran towards a crowded place.

At the end of the night market, the lanterns are as bright as day.

Xie Guanlan chased the murderer to this street tonight.

As he was about to draw his sword and mount his horse, he saw a girl at the end of the long street, her face full of tears, her complicated skirt held up, running towards him.

The hustle and bustle of the night market seemed to disappear in an instant.

All was silent.

In Xie Guanlan's field of vision, only that beautiful and fragile figure remained.

She was wearing a peach-pink Myrobalan skirt tonight, with large lotus-purple chiffon sleeves and long, loose black hair tangled in the wind. Her little face, as red as a crabapple, was full of tears, and the corners of her eyes seemed to be stained with red Polygonum flowers that had bloomed and succulent.

She used all her strength to run towards him.

And behind her, the evil spirit followed like a shadow.