The boy stammered, "He's handsome, well-mannered, and left-handed."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Guozi thought it was probably a misunderstanding. He didn't know anyone like that, so he asked again, "Is he from Guanzhou?"
"No, I'm from out of town. Please, kind lady, spare me! I really don't know anything. I just took the money and flew a kite for someone." The boy pleaded with a pained expression.
As soon as the words "female knight-errant" left his mouth, Xiao Guozi let go, saying, "Who are you calling a female knight-errant!"
"You're not a woman disguised as a man? Then... Hey hero, can I leave now?" The boy kept rubbing his wrist, wincing in pain.
Xiao Guozi was too lazy to explain and said irritably, "Let's go, let's go."
Once the boy got permission, he dashed off and disappeared in a flash, leaving Xiao Guozi dejectedly walking back slowly.
After Xiao Guozi left, the boy peeked out from the corner, mischievously sticking out his tongue, "Hmph, trying to outdo me? But this little eunuch is really interesting."
"Interesting?" A voice sounded behind the boy, who was startled and his face changed. He slowly turned around with a bitter expression, then revealed a big smile that was both obsequious and audacious. He shrugged and said, "Master."
Xia Guang held a folding fan in his hand and tapped it on Hu Yichen's head. "Who told you to fly a kite?"
“My lord,” he said with a self-righteous air.
Xia Guang tapped him on the head again, "Still not telling the truth!"
Hu Yichen pouted, reluctant but under the pressure of his master's authority, and said in a low voice: "His Highness the Crown Prince had his leg repaired today. The master secretly went to see the little princess. The little princess was unhappy, so he went to drink. I felt sorry for him, so I tried to cheer up the little princess for him. Anyway, the kite was just sitting there and couldn't be sold. I didn't expect the little princess to be so suspicious that she sent people to investigate."
Xia Guang knocked again after hearing this, and once wasn't enough, so he knocked several times in a row. Hu Yichen cried out in pain, clutching his head and wailing, "You hit me even for telling the truth?"
"I'll beat you to death! How dare you follow someone like that, sir!" Xia Guang said, then hit Hu Yichen a few more times, causing Hu Yichen to flee in all directions.
As they fled, they bumped head-on into Wei Tingsi, who suddenly appeared. Wei Tingsi was unmoved by the impact, but Hu Yichen stumbled back several steps and fell over.
Xia Guang saw Wei Tingsi and hurriedly bowed to apologize, "My lord, this unfilial disciple is ignorant and should be punished."
Wei Tingsi glanced at Hu Yichen, his face cold and stern, like an ice man from the far north. The cold of the icy world was far less than the chilling aura emanating from him. "I told him to come along."
"My lord..." Hu Yichen was almost in tears. Had the lord lost his mind in anger? He would never dare to do it again, even if he were beaten to death. He had never believed the rumors that the lord was the King of Hell. He was just a teenager; how could he be so terrifying? But now, even though the lord hadn't punished him, he felt it was more terrifying than a beating. Was the lord planning to torture him slowly...?
Xia Guang, unlike Hu Yichen, wouldn't have such wild thoughts. He breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that the master didn't hold it against him, otherwise he didn't know if he could have kept his disciple.
"Thank you, sir." He bowed and expressed his gratitude.
Wei Tingsi nodded, took out a memorial from his pocket, and handed it to Xia Guang. "Send it to the capital. I have already arranged a position for you. You will take over the Hao family's 80,000 defense troops within three months."
Xia Guang looked up at Wei Tingsi in surprise, "My lord, are you referring to the Hao family's 80,000 garrison troops?" The Hao family was clearly not within the scope of the purge. Currently, Jiangnan was secretly training troops, and the princes of the Duan Prince's Mansion were fighting amongst themselves. Soon, the Duan Prince's Mansion would completely collapse, at which point they could also secretly train troops. Wang Jiyang had already incorporated 150,000 iron cavalry under the Ningguo Marquis in Liuzhou, and there was also the Pengcheng Army. Whether the Hao family's 80,000 garrison troops were there or not was actually irrelevant. Moreover, the Hao family was the Empress's maternal family. If the Empress's relatives were too weak, the Crown Prince would collapse even faster. At that time, the princes' struggle for the throne would be brought into the open, and they would form factions, making it even more difficult for them to accumulate troops...
In just a moment, he thought of many things.
"Let's set off now." Wei Tingsi didn't explain. "Yi Chen will remain in Guanzhou and await orders."
Hu Yichen was still wondering why the adults were helping him, his heart pounding with anxiety. He couldn't understand why someone else had also been drugged like him.
At this moment, Little Fatty seemed to be possessed by a nanny, nagging, "This servant said that Borrowing Knife Pavilion and Yipin Residence are the same, both belonging to Lord Wei. You didn't believe me. Just now, this servant saw Hu Yichen go to fly a kite to make the princess happy after he came out of the palace."
Huo Baichuan was sipping his freshly brewed Longjing tea when he heard this. He didn't drink a drop, and instead glanced at him, saying, "How have I been taught you? What kind of logic is this?"
Little Fatty knew his logic was unclear, so he pouted and continued, "The Borrowing Knife Pavilion is investigating us. Not only are they investigating us, but they're also investigating Aunt Dan."
Upon hearing this, Huo Baichuan put down his teacup, his nonchalant expression vanished, and he asked Little Fatty with extreme seriousness, "Did they find anything?"
"Nothing else, but the people from the Borrowing Knife Pavilion found out that Master admires Aunt Dan." Little Fatty was quite proud of himself, thinking that no matter how powerful the Borrowing Knife Pavilion was, it couldn't be more powerful than their young master.
Unexpectedly, Huo Baichuan picked up a teacup from the table and smashed it at him, saying, "If I find out that Wei Tingsi has come to Guanzhou and you haven't found out, I will have Biyue punish you properly."
Upon hearing the name Biyue, the chubby boy turned pale with fright. However, despite his fear, he quickly grasped the key point: "Does the young master suspect that Lord Wei has come to Guanzhou?" He nodded to himself after asking, "Very likely."
Huo Baichuan didn't answer him, but asked only, "Where is my elder sister?"
"After arriving at the palace, I learned that His Highness the Crown Prince is getting his leg repaired today, and Aunt Dan is going to deliver meals to the Princess."
Hearing this, Huo Baichuan slammed his fist on the table, pulled out a licorice root and put it in his mouth, lay down on the chaise longue, and rested his head on his hands. "If elder sister continues like this, something bad is bound to happen. Where is the master?"
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