Chapter 70

Quanzhuang

After arriving at Quanzhuang, Huo Jin took Luo Chaoyan for a walk around.

I have to say that this manor is really big. Various precious flowers, plants and trees are planted all around. The flowers are in full bloom and are beautiful beyond words. The courtyard layout is not much different from the mansions in Kyoto.

Seeing her happy face, Huo Jin said, "If you like, we can come often in the future."

Luo Chaoyan looked at him and smiled, "Okay!"

"Let's go, I'll take you to see somewhere else!" Huo Jin said as he took her hand and walked forward.

When they came to a grape trellis, they saw Huo Rui jumping hard to pick grapes.

Huo An stood aside and waved to encourage his brother.

When he saw Huo Jin and Luo Chaoyan coming over, he quickly pointed at the bunches of ripe black grapes on the grape rack and said, "Grapes...eat!"

Luo Chaoyan smiled and said, "Why don't you let someone pick them for you?"

Huo Rui jumped up and was a little out of breath. He said, "Didn't you say that the ones you pick yourself are the best?" As he said that, he exerted more strength, jumped up, and finally picked a bunch. He was picking the fruits from the lowest places; he had no way to pick the fruits from the taller ones.

Seeing this, Huo An hurried over to him, stretched out his hand, raised a lovely smile, and said, "Brother!"

Huo Rui deliberately stretched the bunch of grapes in front of him, and when he was about to take it with joy, he moved it back and said, "No! Pick it yourself." As he said that, he deliberately pulled a black grape and started eating again.

"So sweet!"

Huo An smacked his lips, looked up at the grape trellis, then looked at his body, then glared at him angrily and said, "Brother is bad!"

Luo Chaoyan rolled her eyes at Huo Rui, what a loser. Why learn something else than learning from his brother to protect his food?

"An An, mother will pick them for you!" Luo Chaoyan rolled up her sleeves and was about to pick them.

But the bunch of big, black grapes that she liked was a little high and she couldn't reach it. I also wanted to walk to the stone table and move a stone bench over to step on it.

Huo Jin held her back, then picked her up and said, "Pick it!"

Luo Chaoyan was a little dazed, then nodded, raised her hand and picked the bunch of grapes.

Huo An was very happy to see this. After seeing his father put his mother down, he looked at his father and said, "Hold her!"

Huo Jin didn't refuse and hugged him to satisfy him. He raised his little hand and reached as high as possible, but in the end, because the height was not high enough, he could only pick a grape on the tip.

But he didn't feel disappointed. Instead, he felt quite happy being held high by his father.

The family happily played on the farm for a whole morning, had lunch and rested for a while before returning home.

On the way back, a somewhat disheveled man was chased by a group of men in black.

Seeing their carriage, the man hurriedly called for help, "Help!"

The Huo family guards who were protecting the carriage looked at him and the men in black behind him warily.

“Who is that?!”

The leaders of the men in black saw the mark on the carriage and thought it looked like someone from the Huo family. They thought to themselves that this was not good and they had to bring this person back today, otherwise they would not be able to complete the mission and the consequences would be something they could not bear.

Huo Jin lifted the curtain in the carriage and looked out, then told Luo Chaoyan, "Keep an eye on them, don't come out."

Luo Chaoyan naturally knew that this matter was serious. She nodded quickly, hugged Huo An in her arms, looked at him, and said, "My dear, be careful."

Huo Jin nodded, then lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage.

When the man saw him, it was as if he had seen a life-saving straw, and he begged, "Save me!"

"Who are you?" Huo Jin asked.

The man pursed his lips, seeming to be hesitant to speak. He is now his master's only hope for survival. Seeing that the man has a cold and handsome face and a dignified demeanor, like a child of a noble family, he doesn't know if he can be trusted.

Huo Jin seemed to sense his embarrassment and said, "I am Huo Jin, a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Rites."

The man was delighted when he heard this and asked, "Are you from the Huo family? Then who is Master Huo?"

"He's my father." Huo Jin said.

The man looked at the man in black behind him, then looked at him again, and finally decided to take a gamble. He knelt in front of him and said, "Sir, please save me. I have a grievance."

"Who are you……"

The man said, "I am the follower of the prefect of Xuanzhou. My master was murdered by a villain and was wrongly imprisoned. He asked me to come to Kyoto to find Master Huo."

Huo Jin frowned. The disaster in Xuanzhou had not been resolved recently, but someone had sued the prefect of Xuanzhou for embezzling disaster relief money. All those involved in the case were either dead or imprisoned. Now it seemed that this was a false accusation.

Huo Jin helped him up and said, "Get up first. If you have any grievances, go to the government office and talk about it."

"Lord Huo, please stop interfering in other people's business." The man in black said coldly.

Huo Jin looked at him with cold eyes and said, "You know me!"

The man in black said, "Master Huo's reputation is respected by everyone in Kyoto."

"If you know me, you should know my attitude." Huo Jin's expression remained unchanged.

"Then don't blame us for being rude." The man in black had a sinister look on his face and raised his hand to the people below, "Go ahead."

So the Huo family guards started fighting with the men in black.

“Ding-ding!”

A hail of swords and sabers.

Luo Chaoyan in the carriage quietly lifted the curtain and looked out, feeling a little worried. The men in black they met this time were serious. In just a short while, there were casualties on both sides. Looking at the bloody person falling down, Luo Chaoyan felt nauseous. This was the first time she had seen such a bloody scene, whether in modern times or ancient times.

Huo Rui was also very uneasy. He looked at Luo Chaoyan and whispered, "What should we do?"

Luo Chaoyan hugged Huo An tightly, trying to calm herself down. They had planned to return at noon, but they had wasted some time resting, and they didn't know if the government would send someone to inquire about it.

When the guards of the Huo family saw that Huo Jin's back hand was injured when fighting with the man in black, they said worriedly, "Sir, we will cover your retreat. You drive the car and take the madam and the others away quickly."

Huo Jin gritted his teeth. Even though these people knew that the Huo family was behind him, they were still so cruel. They must be from the Crown Prince's side or Prince Huai's side. It seems that the Xuanzhou case involves a fight between two people. It's really ridiculous that a prince of the Dayong Dynasty can ignore the lives of the people and only care about fighting for power.

He looked at the man and motioned for him to get in the car. They had to leave here alive.

The black leader seemed to notice their actions, stepped forward to stop them, and raised his sword to stab Huo Jin.

Huo Jin's sword-holding hand was injured, and he could only barely block. Fortunately, a guard came over and dealt with the man in black.

"My Lord, please leave!"

Huo Jin covered his injured hand and walked quickly to the carriage.

Luo Chaoyan suddenly remembered that Su Qian had given her a special flute before. As long as you blow this flute, the scarred male master will come to help. She was embarrassed to ask for it at first, but Su Qian said it was a sign of sincerity to make friends with her. So she shamelessly accepted it.

She quickly took out her purse, took out the flute, and blew it vigorously a few times.

“Shh!”

What she didn't expect was that before the scarred man arrived, the man in black had already lifted the curtain of the car and raised his sword to stab her.