After traveling through time, the four best friends were all targeted by the boss

When Xia Nian woke up again, it was already the next day. She slept until she woke up naturally. Xia Hou Yu was beside her, holding her tightly, as if he was afraid that she would suddenly disappear.

She moved slightly and Xiahou Yu opened his eyes. Seeing that she was awake, he hurriedly poured her some water.

Xia Nian drank several sips, she let out a long sigh, and found that she felt very comfortable. It must be because Xia Hou Yu helped her clean up after she fainted last night.

"Anian, are you still feeling uncomfortable somewhere?" Xiahou Yu carefully looked her up and down, as if he was looking at a rare treasure.

"I'm not feeling uncomfortable anywhere. I wasn't injured last night." Xia Nian said, putting down the cup. "How did you resolve the issue later?"

Xia Houyu held her hand and said, "I threw those people to feed the dogs. No one was injured."

"Then...what about that little girl?" Xia Nian asked, thinking of that childish face.

"I asked Qi Sheng to give her and her mother some money, and the girl was not hurt." Xia Houyu said patiently. He touched Xia Nian's cold cheek with his big hand, "A Nian, it was my fault last night."

"No way, who could have thought of such an emergency?" Xia Nian shook her head and grabbed his hand, "Besides, I'm fine, right?"

"But you were still frightened." Xia Houyu held her in his arms and kissed her on the forehead, "It was my fault that I failed to protect you."

"I'm fine. I'm fine now." Xia Nian raised her head and blinked at him. "But I killed someone. Will there be any punishment?"

"The punishment is that you must stay by my side for the rest of your life and you can't leave even a step!" Xiahou Yu said sullenly.

"Okay." Xia Nian was amused by him and couldn't help but secretly admire his own psychological quality. He killed someone and saw such a scene, but now he is still here flirting with Xiahou Yu.

"By the way, are those ordinary gangsters?" she asked.

"No." Xiahou Yu's eyes turned cold when he mentioned this. "I asked someone to check. They are from a nearby village."

"He actually has some background." Xia Nian thought thoughtfully.

"The innkeeper said that the leader of that mountain stronghold is a gangster who likes to burn, kill and loot." Xiahou Yu said.

Xia Nian frowned, "Then how did they open the inn?"

"Protection money was paid," Xiahou Yu explained. "I sent someone to ask, and they said those dozens of people last night were new and didn't know the rules."

"Rules?" Xia Nian sneered, "Their rules are that local snakes are rampant and overbearing?"

Xiahou Yu loosened his grip slightly. The two looked at each other, and she saw that the murderous intent in Xiahou Yu's eyes seemed to be transformed into a physical form, turning into the sword he often carried, piercing their bodies one by one.

"Ah Nian, you are right." He stroked her cheeks with both hands, his tone showing indifference to human life, "I will show them what the real rules are."

Xia Nian nodded. She knew that Xia Houyu had this ability.

After talking for a while, Xia Nian realized that it was almost noon. She packed up and left the house with Xia Hou Yu.

In the corridor, the girl who was forced yesterday and her mother were just about to leave.

When the girl saw Xia Nian, a look of gratitude appeared on her face. She walked up to her and thanked her in a low voice, and gave her the paper-cut paper-cut she had made.

But she avoided looking at Xiahou Yu who was standing beside her, and her shoulders even trembled as she walked over.

Xia Nian glanced at Xia Houyu. He noticed Xia Nian's gaze and turned his head to give her a harmless and innocent smile.

She didn't know that after she fainted last night, Xia Houyu held her in his arms, squatted down and gave the crying little girl a sinister look, with even jealousy and resentment in his eyes: "She killed someone for you. If you don't know what to do, then don't live."

The little girl nodded repeatedly and wrote down the testimony under Qi Sheng's guidance.

-

Meng Yin and Gu Ling arrived in Qilin City in the morning, and they returned to Gu Mansion first.

When getting off the carriage, Meng Yin saw the fortune teller in a gray robe at a glance. He didn't set up a stall, but just held a sign and leaned against the wall of Gu's mansion to sleep.

He seemed to notice Meng Yin's gaze, and suddenly opened his eyes, staring at her with his gray eyes.

The man seemed to be frightened by something. He limped forward at an unexpectedly fast speed.

"You are not from here!" He pointed at Meng Yin and kept moving closer to her.

Meng Yin was startled and shouted, "Who are you? You just open your mouth and say that?" She glanced at Gu Ling's expression. Fortunately, he was looking at the fortune teller and didn't care much about the content of the words.

Gu Ling helped her down and stood in front of her. Perhaps sensing the cold aura of Gu Ling, the fortune teller stood still.

"I'm not talking nonsense. You're not from here anyway." The fortune teller didn't realize the glares falling on him, and his expression was very matter-of-fact.

"I'm from Zhaoding City, what's wrong?" Meng Yin rolled her eyes at him and pulled Gu Ling away.

Gu Ling hugged her shoulders and said to Lu Yun, "Get him out of here."

The fortune teller was held by Lu Yun by the collar, and he kept complaining: "She is not from here... She..."

Meng Yin stared at his back. She had never expected that the fortune tellers here were so powerful that they could even see this.

"Ayin." Gu Ling called her. Meng Yin came back to her senses and smiled awkwardly: "Let's go, we're finally here. I'm so hungry."

Gu Ling didn't think much about it, he just wanted to know if Meng Yin was scared.

Meng Yin breathed a sigh of relief and went into the mansion with him.

There were a man and a woman standing in the yard. When they saw Gu Ling and Meng Yin, they strode forward and bowed.

"Master Gu."

Meng Yin looked at the two of them silently. The girl should be younger than her, and her eyes were particularly bright.

Her expression was not playful, but serious, which looked a little incongruous with her childish appearance.

The man standing next to her was a head taller than her. His black hair only reached his shoulders and was half tied up and loose. Upon closer inspection, Meng Yin suddenly discovered that their eyebrows and eyes were very similar.

Could they be brother and sister? she thought to herself.

"Have you arranged everything for Mr. Lu's funeral and his family?" Gu Ling asked, "Did you find out anything?"

The man shook his head and said, "Everything has been arranged. Judging from the scene where Mr. Lu died, he did commit suicide."

"So, he was indeed persecuted and worried that the secret of the jade slip would be exposed, so he had no choice but to commit suicide." Meng Yin said in a deep voice.

The man's eyes moved to her, he nodded and said, "The girl is right."

The servant came out from the inner courtyard and told them that lunch was ready.

"Oh my god, it's finally okay. I was starving to death." Meng Yin yelled and leaned against Gu Ling. Her body was so soft that it seemed like she had no bones.

Gu Ling held her steadily, a smile on his face.

Duan Yan widened her eyes behind her and grabbed her brother's hand tightly and shook it.

"Okay, I know what you mean." Duan Ran said helplessly. Her feelings were all written on her face and could be seen at a glance.

Duan Yan didn't dare to act rashly in front of Gu Ling. She held back her words, planning to wait until she had a chance to be alone with Meng Yin before asking her how she subdued Lord Gu.

During the meal, Duan Ran reported the situation in the hall to Gu Ling.

Meng Yin said nothing. She roughly understood what was meant by someone in the palace who was planning a rebellion.

Gu Ling had an indifferent expression. On the surface, he was still picking up food for Meng Yin, but in his heart he was planning murder and arson.

"Delicious." Meng Yin grinned, his hands and mouth never stopped moving, thinking in his heart how to catch those people.

Gu Ling was going to get the jade slip, so she could just set a trap to eliminate these threats and put an end to them forever.

"Strange..." Duan Yan thought to herself. She bit the end of her chopsticks and looked at the two of them from time to time.

Why did she feel that Miss Meng, who had looked so innocent just now, was now so similar to her master?