Chapter 105 A Bad Premonition
In the 28th year of the Nan Kingdom, the Huo Gang was at its peak of power.
The Huo Family Ancestral Hall, which had been under construction for over a year on the outskirts of Kyoto, was finally completed. It was time to move the ancestral tablets from the Yancheng Ancestral Hall here.
Relocating the ancestral temple was a major event, so the Huo Gang chose an auspicious day. Led by the young master Huo Gannian, hundreds of people set out on the journey back to Yancheng.
When you are at the feet of the Emperor in Kyoto, no matter how powerful your enemies are, you will always be wary of them.
The number of assassinations against the Huo Gang has decreased significantly in the past two years.
But now that they were leaving Kyoto, it was like leaving the protection circle. The guards of the Huo Gang had to be highly alert and patrol day and night.
On the day when everyone was having hotpot, Ye Yan suddenly disappeared, and several capable guards also disappeared with him. It was unknown what important errand he went to do.
Yun Chen suddenly had to temporarily take over Ye Yan's responsibility as the chief guard.
As the saying goes, the first time is new, the second time is familiar.
This is Yun Chen's second time serving as the chief guard. He is obviously much more skilled and handles affairs more maturely and steadily with ease.
Flowers absolutely raved about this:
"Achen, when Brother Ye Yan is no longer able to do the job, you can take over. I see that you are becoming more and more adept at handling the affairs of the Guard."
Bu Yan, who hadn't rested after finishing his night shift, dozed off to the side, unable to open his eyes. He yawned loudly:
"Achen is good at his job, but he's a bit too cautious. In order to prevent his enemies from assassinating him and seeking revenge, he always has to travel quietly at night, which makes me very sleepy. Hey, Achen, can we travel more during the day? Have you forgotten that two days ago we were speeding on the top of the mountain in the middle of the night, lifting the young master's sedan chair almost to the sky, and directly scared a farmer who was returning late to faint. He thought he had encountered ghost soldiers passing through! Although our Huo Gang has many enemies, we can fight against the enemy with our generals and block the water with earth. What's there to be afraid of? Even if there is a dangerous ambush ahead, well -"
Thinking back to the last time Buyan used his "crow's mouth" ability, he immediately encountered the Yu family's farewell gift package. Everyone almost fell into the trap and was pierced like a sieve. Yun Chen quickly covered Buyan's mouth.
"Brother, please stop talking. I don't want the Yu family to come up with another welcome gift package!"
"Don't worry, the Yu family has not dared to open a branch in Yancheng so far because they are afraid of us and will not take the initiative to cause trouble in our territory." Buyan said again.
Yun Chen didn't have time to hide these words from Bu Yan's mouth. He always had a bad feeling.
This feeling lasted for more than a month until the team entered the territory of Yancheng, and Yun Chen felt better.
Two nights' journey from the city, the team camped at a small pond near a waterfall for the night.
The guards were busy setting up the stove, setting up the tent, and packing the luggage. Huo Gannian thought it was too noisy and asked Yun Chen to push him to take a walk by the water.
The pool is not big, and the waterfall is like a piece of moon-white silk, hanging on the black rock, falling into the deep water, splashing water continuously.
Yun Chen stood behind Huo Gannian, holding an umbrella.
Neither of them spoke, but just watched the smoke rising from the waterfall quietly.
A bird flew low over the pond and picked up a herring in its beak and flew away.
Yun Chen spoke:
"Young Master, after the matter with the Yu family is settled, I have something to tell you."
As Huo Gannian's most trusted personal bodyguard, she had a premonition that this time when she returned to Yancheng, she would definitely clash with the Yu family based on Huo Gannian's behavior in the past few days.
Rather than saying that the Huo Gang was benevolent and filial and went back to Yancheng specifically to move the ancestral tablets, it would be more accurate to say that the Huo Gang deliberately exposed their flaws to lure the Yu Family into the trap.
Because the Yu family also knew that there were not many opportunities to take action against the Huo Gang outside of Kyoto.
Yun Chen thought that after defeating the Yu family and bringing peace to the Huo Gang, she would express her feelings to Huo Gannian and confess all about her disguise as a man.
No matter whether she will be greeted with disgust or acceptance, she is willing to face it.
He turned around to look at her, but unexpectedly she panicked and raised her hands to cover his eyes.
She herself was stunned and didn't understand what the hand was doing.
He didn't dodge or evade, but only revealed his beautiful lips from under her palm, and smiled slightly:
"What a coincidence! I have something to tell you too."
Feeling his eyelashes tickling her palm, her face turned red and her palm felt hot, so she quickly withdrew her hand.
She couldn't help but start to wonder what he had in mind to say to her.
He didn't look back at her, but his tone suddenly dropped:
"Yun Chen, protect yourself."
She understood that he was talking about the upcoming battle with the Yu family.
She knew that whenever there was fighting, there would be bloodshed. He was worried about her safety.
But she didn't understand the extreme powerlessness in his words.
Soon, two days later, the team arrived in Yancheng.
The Huo Mansion in Yancheng had already been tidied up inside and out.
As soon as Huo Gannian entered Beiling Hall, Ye Yan rushed into the study, exhausted.
Under the surprised gaze of Yun Chen and others, Ye Yan, who had disappeared for a long time, nodded to them, rushed into the study, and closed the door tightly with his backhand.
Yun Chen and his companions only had time to hear Ye Yan say, "Young Master, we lost three brothers, but we still haven't found the thing."
Hua Jue frowned, "Did you see that? Brother Ye was injured. I saw knife marks on his clothes."
Bu Yan nodded in agreement. "There are also a few dark bloodstains. I wonder what dangerous mission Brother Ye took on. What does 'the item was not found' mean? What important thing did the young master lose? Brother Ye Yan had to go find it himself, and even lost three brothers?"
Yun Chen hurriedly sent Xiaoliu to call the court doctor.
No one noticed Xun Xun, whose face was stiff and pale.
Several people waited outside the study for about half an hour before Ye Yan came out.
They were all guards. Even though they were curious about what Ye Yan was doing, they consciously did not ask any questions and just asked Ye Yan to go and heal his wounds and rest.
Perhaps feeling a little guilty for suddenly disappearing for so many days, Ye Yan patted Yun Chen's shoulder and said to the others:
"Thank you for your hard work. I'll treat you all to a drink after this is over."
After saying this, Ye Yan looked at Xun Yan with a complicated look, sighed imperceptibly, and said:
"Brother Gou, since you're already back in Yancheng, go visit your family. If it's your shift tonight, I'll take over."
Xun Xun nodded without any hesitation, said "thank you" softly, turned around and walked out.
Yun Chen sensitively noticed that something was wrong with Xun Yan and wanted to chase him to ask, but was stopped by Ye Yan.
Ye Yan's expression was serious. After seeing the surprise in Yun Chen's eyes, he quickly put on a concealed smile and said:
"Brother Gou hasn't seen his family for over a year. Let him go back and see them. Don't get involved, kid."
"But I feel like something's wrong with Brother Gou..." Yun Chen said.
Bu Yan pondered and said, "Gou Ge does look a little down. Perhaps he's more nervous about being close to home?"
Ye Yan didn't say anything, but just turned his head away, unable to bear to look at Xun Xun's back.
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