Chapter 091 Jin丨Exclusively published by Jiang Wenxue (4000 comments plus more)

No one in the world knows Gong Jiu better than Xue Chen. As his twin brother, the two of them are often mistaken for each other, so it is very advantageous for him to pretend to be Gong Jiu.

But Xue Chen's martial arts are not as good as his brother's, and he does not have the quirk of liking to be whipped, so he has to spend some time to ensure the safety of the trip to the Nameless Island.

There is still some time before the anniversary of the death of the princess, and Xue Chen is not in a hurry at all.

He pretended to be listless, rested in the courtyard every day, and even ate alone in the courtyard.

The system sighed: [You really sacrificed too much to play a sickly character. 】

Xue Chen: [No, my mother's death anniversary is in a month or so, and I will have to travel around and wander around. When I think about the fact that I don't have much time to rest, I just want to be paralyzed and don't want to do anything. 】

System: [...]

Xue Chen: [Not to mention that if I didn't pretend to be sick, my brother would have danced his sexual fetish in front of me! It's better to be vulnerable, just like Xie Heng is completely immune to injury. 】

The system pondered.

Xue Chen: [Are you thinking about something bad again? 】

System: [Absolutely not! 】

In fact, it is.

It wonders why Xue Chen has always refused to know the truth.

Is it because he knows very well that he is a brother-con, and it is impossible for him to refuse his brother when Gong Jiu chases him and asks for a fight?

He is indeed a pervert.

For the sake of the system's own living environment, it is better to continue the show, and it will not be exposed.

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Pei Rui came back from the battlefield. He originally wanted to rest for a day before reporting to the Shenbu Division, but that night, when it was quiet, screams came from the distant courtyard again, which made him unable to sleep, so he had to set off to Zhui Ming.

There is no curfew in Daxing, but it is too late at night. Along the way, except for the sound of the wind and some animals, it is completely quiet.

Pei Rui came to the old building of the Shenhou Mansion according to the route in his memory and stood in the yard.

Xue Chen: [Do you think Xiao Mian should go to bed directly, or go to say hello to Zhui Ming? ]

System: [Go to bed, don't disturb him. 】

Xue Chen: [I've been away for so long, Zhui Ming must have missed me, I have to go say hello to him, this is more in line with Xiaomian's personality. 】

System: [……]Then why are you asking me?

Pei Rui climbed over the railing and came to Zhui Ming's room. He listened with his side ear, determined the direction of the breathing sound, and slowly touched over.

He took the knife in his right hand, stretched out his left hand and slowly groped in the dark. After touching the soft skin, he was about to distinguish which part of the human body it was, Zhui Ming suddenly stood up and kicked over.

Pei Rui raised the knife to block and took a few steps back.

"Xiao Mian?" Zhui Ming's tone was unclear, he rubbed his eyes, "Why are you here? Am I dreaming?"

Pei Rui tilted his head.

"I thought it was another assassin attack, so I kicked you a little too hard. Did I hurt you?"

"Assassin?"

"These past few days, there have been assassins trying to kill us every now and then, and things are not going well with my uncle. Those assassins are very skilled in martial arts, and they came so suddenly that we couldn't catch any of them. We wanted to set up an ambush to capture them, but they didn't come when we were ready."

Pei Rui walked over, touched the bed, made sure there was enough space, and sat down.

Zhui Ming: "I thought you wouldn't come for a few days."

Pei Rui: "Shut up."

Zhui Ming thought of the last time he forced him to tell him the purpose of the knockout drug, and he couldn't help feeling embarrassed.

He scratched his face: "Where's your knockout drug?"

Pei Rui shook his head.

The knockout drug was given to those islanders.

Zhui Ming smiled and asked, "You don't know?"

Pei Rui blinked very slowly and tilted his head, as if thinking about how to answer. After a moment, he said, "I wanted to see you, so I didn't drink the knockout drug."

Zhui Ming's heart softened and he took Pei Rui's hand, "Come on, I'll take you to bed. Your room is still empty. I heard that Prince Taiping was returning to the capital today, so I cleaned it specially. Is your brother good to you?"

"Well." Pei Rui said, "I don't want to sleep."

Zhui Ming: "What's wrong?"

Pei Rui: "I want to hear you talk about assassins."

Zhui Ming yawned, took a pot of wine, and sat back in his original place: "If nothing unexpected happens, the assassin should be sent by Fu Zongshu."

Pei Rui: "Fu Zongshu?" Zhui Ming

took a sip of wine and was completely sober: "Speaking of which, I have to thank you. I didn't find anything wrong with the recipe of the mooncakes in Woyunlou that day. Later, you asked me for knockout drugs, so I went to prepare some, and then I found that the mandrake flower has another alias, called hairy apple. The fake boss Jiang used this name to replace the mandrake flower when he copied the mooncake recipe."

Pei Rui: "Mandragora flower?"

"It is a common herb used to make knockout drugs, anesthetic powders and other analgesics." Zhui Ming said angrily, "It must have reacted with the poison given by Gan Rong to produce a strong poison that killed Concubine Shu. After you left, I took people to arrest Boss Jiang and brought him back to Beijing. I presented the evidence, but the government didn't take it seriously and didn't punish Fu Zongshu. It was from then on that the assassination took place."

Xue Chen: [This must be the first time that Fu Zongshu has experienced the feeling of taking the blame for someone else, so he is so angry.]

System: [He is so miserable too. 】

Xue Chen:【Don't sympathize with everyone. Fu Zongshu has done too many bad things, but he has never been punished for any of them. The law is meaningless in front of him. Even if he didn't kill Concubine Shu Guifei, there were other innocent people who died in his hands. What does this little pot count for?】

System:【What about your brother? Has he killed innocent people?】

Xue Chen:【Good question. My brother was killed indirectly, such as robbing the disaster relief money of Longxing Mansion, withholding food and salary, and embezzling money. Countless people starved to death, but they were all Luo Junqing's fault, and had nothing to do with my brother. In the original book, he killed many escorts. It should be the first time he committed a crime directly. Lu Xiaofeng found out about him and beat him to death. At this time, my brother hasn't started a killing spree yet. 】

Zhui Ming suppressed his worries, drank a sip of wine, and patted Pei Rui: "It's okay if you don't understand, it's not a big deal. Xiao Mian, are you okay along the way? Did you encounter any danger?"

Pei Rui was silent.

Zhui Ming: "Xiao Mian?"

Pei Rui spoke slowly: "I met Yun Heyan."

Zhui Ming: "Who is Yun Heyan?"

Pei Rui: "The killer in Qingyi Building. His swordsmanship is very powerful. He came to the battlefield to kill the Jin people and then left."

Zhui Ming sat next to him: "He didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

Pei Rui shook his head: "We are friends."

Zhui Ming suddenly realized.

No wonder Xiao Mian specifically mentioned Yun Heyan, it turned out that he was introducing his friend to him.

It seems that not only he regards Xiao Mian as his younger brother, Xiao Mian also regards him as a family member.

Xiao Mian didn't know his name before, not because he didn't care about him, he was just naive and simple, and his reaction was slower than ordinary people.

System: [Why did you mention Da Mian in front of Zhui Ming?]

Xue Chen: [Da Mian can be a killer for a while, but he can’t be a killer for life. He will have to clean up his act sooner or later. He should get some connections with Zhui Ming first. When he makes his official debut, he won’t be considered a suspicious person anymore.]

The system suddenly realized: [So that’s how it is. You’ve been thinking long-term.]

Pei Rui chatted with Zhui Ming for a while, but soon he felt sleepy and dozed off with his knife against the head of the bed. Zhui Ming

patted him gently: "Xiao Mian, go to bed?"

Pei Rui choked without opening his eyes.

This little rascal suddenly came over in the middle of the night and woke him up, but he was sleeping soundly.

Zhui Ming moved his arm and dragged him to the bed with the knife.

"It doesn't look big, but it's quite heavy."

After drinking all the wine in the jar, Zhui Ming was no longer sleepy.

He came out of the house, jumped onto the roof, and blew the wind quietly for a while, until the sun rose and Xiao Mian came out of the house, and then he left the roof.

Pei Rui's hearing was excellent and he could catch any movement nearby, but sometimes he was completely unsure of Zhui Ming's whereabouts.

When Zhui Ming suddenly appeared, he was still a little confused. He stretched out his hand tentatively and touched the warm chest.

"It's me." Zhui Ming said.

Pei Rui slightly widened his eyes, as if he wanted to see more clearly, but he had no eyesight at all, and tilted his head again, trying to catch the sound of the wind with his ears.

Zhui Ming grabbed his shoulders: "What's wrong?"

Pei Rui: "Where did you come from?"

Zhui Ming: "The roof."

Xue Chen: [It seems that Xiaomian needs to be extra vigilant against enemies falling from the sky. If someone had ambushed me like that before, I might not have noticed until they got close.]

System: [Why didn't you think of it?]

Xue Chen: [It should be a cognitive problem. Although Xiaomian is controlled by me, losing the vision of the vest will still have some impact on my cognition. For example, for objects that are far away, I can feel where it is through the flow of air, but I don't know what it is or its specific shape. The roof is such a blind spot.]

System: [Fortunately, you have strengthened your hearing and intuition, otherwise Xiaomian's life would be very difficult. 】

Xue Chen: 【Normal, after all, it's a discarded vest.】

System: 【……】

Zhui Ming saw that Pei Rui seemed to be lost in thought: "You haven't been to the roof?"

Pei Rui shook his head.

Zhui Ming said, "I'll take you to the rooftop to get some fresh air some other day, but not today. Today is the day of the imperial concubine's funeral, and I have to go to the palace with my uncle, and I don't know when I can come back."

Pei Rui: "I'll go too."

Zhui Ming was worried about him: "The palace has many etiquettes and rules, and it's such an important day, I can't spare the time to take care of you. Xiao Mian, be obedient and wait in the Godly Marquis Mansion. If you feel bored, you can go to the eldest senior brother to play with the four sword boys."

Pei Rui: "I want to follow you."

Xiao Mian is usually easy to coax. Except that she reacts slowly and doesn't know how to organize her language, she always answers questions and obeys them. She is rarely so stubborn.

Zhui Ming: "Are you afraid that someone in the palace will assassinate me?"

Pei Rui shook his head.

Zhui Ming: "Why?"

Pei Rui said lightly: "You are very sad."

Zhui Ming was stunned: "I thought I concealed it well... I appreciate your kindness. With you by my side, I will get better soon. Wait for me to come back in Shenhou Mansion, okay?"

Pei Rui shook his head.

Zhui Ming: "Okay, let's go together."

Pei Rui nodded.

Zhui Ming pinched his face: "Go wash your face quickly, otherwise you will not have time for breakfast."

Pei Rui went to wash his face immediately.

System: [Why do you have to go to the palace? ]

Xue Chen was speechless: [Can't I really want to comfort him? Ask, ask, ask, ask everything, and you must ask me to give other answers before you are satisfied, right? I went to the palace, of course, to see if the pot of roses was still there. 】

System: [Beep——you beep——]

Xue Chen: [I haven't seen you swear in a long time. You've been so silent and calm recently, so strange. You're more friendly now.]

System: [Beep——]

It suspects that Gong Jiu's masochism was not stimulated by his mother's death. It is very likely that his family carries such genes! It is recommended to conduct a strict investigation of the three generations of ancestors!

After Pei Rui washed his face, Zhui Ming came over and stuffed two warm and soft things into his hands, then pulled him outside: "Time is running out, let's ride on the same horse and eat on the way."

Pei Rui smelled the aroma of the food, put it in his mouth and took a bite. It was a bun stuffed with mutton and radish. It must have just been out of the pot. The surface was no longer hot, but the inside was still very hot. The mutton was just right in fat and lean, and it could absorb the soup.

Zhui Ming jumped on the horse and stretched out his hand: "Xiao Mian, give me your hand."

Pei Rui held his hand and was pulled up.

He took a big bite of the bun: "Cui Ming, what if I accidentally get soup on your clothes?" "

It's okay, just change." Zhui Ming turned around, "Why do you sometimes call me Zhui Ming and sometimes call me Cui Ming?"

Pei Rui shook his head and continued to eat the bun: "I don't know your name."

Zhui Ming: "..."