Chapter 72 Her Bodyguard

"Is he really someone close to Jiang Jiu?" Lu Yunyang felt that there was something strange, but he couldn't explain it for the time being.

Three years ago?

Jiang Jiu started his business three years ago, using the name Xiaojiu.

Zhao Li joined Cangjiu three years ago.

Cangjiu is a killer organization cultivated by Lu Yunyang. They usually do assassinations and are not willing to be traded.

His subordinates have checked the background of everyone who joins the Eagle, and they must be clean.

The kung fu skills don't have to be very high, but the background must be clean, for example, you can be a beggar or an orphan.

If his kung fu is not high enough, he will be eliminated during the mission. After his death, he will give some pension to his family, but if they are orphans, forget it.

However, their organization is a single-line contact. Every time there is a task, a notice will be posted. Those who want to take the task will go to the designated location. The earlier they arrive, the earlier they will be picked up, and it is also voluntary.

Anyway, if you accept the mission, you will get a reward, but if you don’t accept it, you will get nothing.

Zhao Li is one of them. He receives missions every month, some of which involve killing, some involve assassination, some involve delivering things, and so on.

One of the killing principles of the vulture is not to ask the reasons, but only the results.

Zhao Li did have an elderly mother. When they were still in Xiang County, their family lived not far from the home of Lijiang County Magistrate.

There was no one else at home except my old mother.

Now that Jiang Jiu has moved to Suzhou, Zhao Li has also brought her mother to Suzhou and lives in Xicheng.

This time, Zhao Li was injured while carrying out a mission.

This mission was more difficult and worth three hundred taels. Three days after the mission was sent out, no one took it, and it was Zhao Li who took it.

But he has not yet recovered.

This time the mission is to go to the capital and find out what happened to Jiang Jiu's mother in the capital.

It seems that someone didn't want others to know, so Zhao Li was injured.

But, if he was really the person planted by Jiang Jiu’s mother to protect Jiang Jiu, how could he not know the truth?

I'm afraid I found something else.

The Eagle Organization has not stated any punishment for killers who fail to complete their missions. If they complete their missions, they will receive rewards. If they fail to complete their missions, that's fine.

Because they all wore masks, no one knew each other in private, but they all had a token. They received the token to complete the task and handed in the token to receive the reward.

If the token is lost for more than a month, their people will go looking for it.

Until the token is retrieved.

Lu Yunyang never imagined that Zhao Li had such an identity.

But what's there to hide with such an identity? Why not appear openly beside Jiang Jiu?

"Investigate further, and assign people to keep an eye on him. I want to see what he is going to do."

He actually wanted to bring Jiang Jiu directly to Beijing...

Lu Ming was a little embarrassed: "Master, his skills are not bad. If he really goes back to the mansion with Miss Jiang, please be careful."

Just now, Lu Yunyang had just exchanged a palm strike with him, but he had already realized that Zhao Li was a very skilled man. Even though he was seriously injured, his internal strength was unfathomable.

Lu Yunyang remembered Jiang Jiu's words. Instead of being alert everywhere, it would be better to keep it by his side.

It seems that Jiang Jiu doesn't have much trust in him.

Zhao Li was injured. Jiang Jiu gave him medicine and left without staying with him for too long.

In comparison, Jiang Jiu spent the longest time in the Buddhist temple.

After dinner, it was time for the monks in the temple to have evening lessons.

Lu Yunyang wanted to look for Jiang Jiu, but found her in the Buddhist temple. In such a big place, she was the only tiny person. She was sitting there quietly with her legs crossed, looking up at the Buddha statue that was tens of feet tall.

On the surface, she seemed neither sad nor happy, but until she saw the tears in her eyes, it became clear that she was immersed in deep sorrow.

"Don't bother her. She is different from the women around you. If you can, please let her go."

At some point, Zhao Li appeared behind him silently.

Not far, not near, about ten feet away.

A distance of ten feet is both safe and unsafe.

If Zhao Li had attacked him at that time, Lu Yunyang would have been seriously injured and the secret guards would not have been able to protect him in time, but he would not have died.

Lu Yunyang suddenly felt a chill down his spine and turned around abruptly. Zhao Li hid himself in the darkness.

"How many years have you been with her?"

Lu Yunyang turned around and came to a more spacious place. It was obvious that Zhao Li had no ill intentions towards him, but he still had to be on guard.

Zhao Li: “Ten years.”

Lu Yunyang couldn't believe it: "So long? But ten years ago, you were just a young boy."

Zhao Li: "Ten years ago, my master was still alive, and he took on this mission."

The master died, and the apprentice continued to complete it.

This is considered benevolence and righteousness in the underworld.

"Ten years. You actually followed her for ten years? Then you must know her background?" Lu Yunyang asked again.

Zhao Li said coldly, "I know, and I know everything about her, but I can't tell you a single thing."

Lu Yunyang was almost choked to death by him.

"Since you know her identity and my identity, why did you allow her to marry me?"

Zhao Li's face looked a little unhappy: "I was not in Xiang County on the wedding day, and I didn't know that she had exchanged marriages with the girl from the Jiang family."

Lu Yunyang lowered his eyes and chuckled: "What was her original plan?"

Zhao Li was silent for a moment. Just when Lu Yunyang thought he would not speak, he suddenly heard him say, "Originally, she was going to marry Chang Zhili. When Chang Zhili passed the imperial examination, she would go to Beijing with him. If she wanted, she could recognize her ancestors and return to her clan..."

Lu Yunyang narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the stars slowly appearing in the sky.

Was this her plan? It is indeed peaceful and stable.

"A small boat, isn't she going to keep it?"

Zhao Li's expression was still cold and indifferent: "Mrs. Jiang only hopes that she will live a peaceful life, nothing else."

Lu Yunyang was a little puzzled: "Why did she open a shop to make money and find a ring?"

Zhao Li raised her chin proudly and looked at the starry sky like him.

"Let it be. I am just responsible for keeping her safe. As for what she wants to do, it has nothing to do with me."

As a bodyguard, he has his own professional ethics.

Lu Yunyang recalled the days he spent with Jiang Jiu, the quarrels, the fights, the happiness. It seemed that only when he was with her did he live more like a normal person.

"Why did you let her come with you to Beijing? Didn't you say you would not interfere with her life?"

Zhao Li glanced at Lu Yunyang with a sidelong glance: "Because she is even less safe following you."

Lu Yunyang frowned: "Why? Don't you believe me? I will protect her anyway."

Zhao Li looked up at the starry sky with cold eyes again: "Because many people want to kill you... Ninth Prince Qi Wang, whether you have the ambition to be the emperor or not, your brother will regard you as a thorn in his side."

"In addition to the emperor, there is also the eldest princess. The eldest princess controls the imperial treasury, but she is always suppressed by a private company. Moreover, after so many years, she still has not found a way to check and balance this company."

Therefore, Princess Qi Yang came to Su City for a purpose.

Although Lu Yunyang claimed to be seriously ill and lustful, it is well known that only the dead can make people feel at ease.

After listening to this, Lu Yunyang remained silent for a long time. After a long, long time, he finally said, "I will not give her to you unless I die..."