Under the bright light, Zhang Xueming's thick eyelashes drooped slightly, casting a faint shadow under her eyelids.

No matter what that force wanted to do by bringing Gong Shangjiao and the female assassin Wufeng together, Gong Yuanzheng should not be involved.

"My brother returned to the Zheng Palace yesterday and only went to the small hall alone in the afternoon to inspect the accounting work. Was the pearl delivered at that time?"

Gong Shangjiao nodded with a grim expression.

He recalled everything that happened from yesterday to today, and every detail was clear in his mind: "I happened to see someone from the Shang Palace delivering something when I went out. I thought I would give you a surprise when I came back, so I took the things away. Then I left the things in that small hall.

I remembered it when I woke up in the morning, and asked Jin Ting to get it, but I forgot to bring it with me when I had breakfast. Someone from the Elders' Council came to invite me over, and I remembered it on the way, but forgot it again when I got back. It wasn't until you left the summer residence that I remembered it...

Those pearls were originally just small gifts for my brothers and sisters, nothing more.”

Having stumbled again, Gong Shangjiao was not only angry but also more ashamed.

A person who is so confident that he is conceited, has his mind manipulated twice in a row without knowing it. If Zhang Xueming had not been alert and discovered the problem in time to wake him up, who knows how serious the incident would have become.

After all, if Gong Shangjiao had not thought of using Gong Yuanzheng, who never refused him, to control Zhang Xueming and make Zhang Xueming give in step by step for Gong Yuanzheng until he achieved his goal, the other party would not have had the opportunity to take advantage of him.

Zhang Xueming bluntly exposed this dark thought in person. His straightforward questioning expressed trust, but also vented his dissatisfaction.

For Gong Shangjiao, this was more painful than being beaten.

He felt so ashamed when he thought about it that he wished he could find a hole to crawl into. Staying here for one more second would be torture.

Zhang Xueming found that Gong Shangjiao was being stubborn again, and he could not help but frown and make a "tsk" sound. He tapped the tea table twice with his fingers and shouted in a low voice: "Brother, calm down! Since the other party has this method that can magnify a person's negative thoughts at a certain moment and lead the other party to hurt the feelings of relatives, brother is still thinking nonsense. Do you want to give the other party another chance?"

Gong Shangjiao woke up and broke out in a cold sweat again.

He raised his eyes and quickly glanced at Zhang Xueming and Gong Yuanzheng. After hesitating for a few seconds, he finally chose to put down his brother's airs and stammered, "Zhao Zhao, you're too late. I, I seem to have been tricked again. I feel ashamed of what I did to you and brother Yuanzheng before. In my heart, I want to leave Zheng Palace and hide away."

Gong Yuanzheng's eyes widened in surprise.

The moment Zhang Xueming stood up for him and questioned Gong Shangjiao, his sadness disappeared.

Even if that force attacked Gong Shangjiao again in front of them so quickly, with Zhang Xueming there, he was not worried at all about the other party being able to cause any trouble.

He was surprised not because of Gong Shangjiao's disguised apology, but because... Gong Shangjiao's expressions and actions made him feel familiar. What was going on?

Zhang Xueming didn't want to comment on Gong Shangjiao's beating around the bush when apologizing: "The other party is invisible and hard to guard against. This incident was not your intention. Don't take on responsibilities that don't belong to you."

Face is something you lose over and over again, and you get used to it. Gong Shangjiao pursed his lips, turned his head away and argued: "If I don't have that kind of mind, I won't be fooled. If you do something wrong, you have to admit it. Even if it's a poisoned knife today, I have to swallow it..."

"Since you said so, then I'll do as you say. You don't have to swallow the poisoned knife. Just go to the martial arts field with me on time tomorrow morning." Zhang Xueming readily agreed.

Gong Shangjiao's heart ached. Well, not only was he bound to be beaten tomorrow, but he also asked for it.

Gong Yuanzheng, who had already gone to make tea, clenched the palm-leaf fan in his hand, lowered his head and tried hard to hold back his laughter.

I couldn't hold it in, and there was a "hiss" sound every now and then, as if the air was leaking out.

Gong Shangjiao felt guilty and didn't dare to care about being laughed at. He lowered his eyes and stared at his fingers, stroking his fingertips silently.

Zhang Xueming glanced at the young man who was in high spirits again, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he kindly reminded Gong Shangjiao: "Brother knows my temper. This time it was an accident, brother accepted the punishment, and the matter was over. If it happens again, I may not care who is the culprit."

Before she finished speaking, Gong Shangjiao shook his head reflexively, and his inner thoughts slipped out: "I knew I would be beaten but I still did it. I'm not stupid."

He was very distressed.

The person who always appears to be in control in front of others is now completely at a loss for ideas and is so worried that he wants to pound the table: "I am never afraid of challenges, but how can I deal with something that is invisible and elusive, and always causes trouble in secret?"

How long can he last if he is guided to be beaten every time he makes a mistake?

What's more, once people's hearts are broken, their feelings fade. Is it so easy to salvage them?

Zhang Xueming was not worried.

No matter what it is, as long as its purpose is determined and as long as it doesn't stop attacking, we will be able to find a flaw.

The opponent's biggest weakness now is Gong Shangjiao.

Zhang Xueming took a sip of the beauty tea that Gong Yuanzheng poured for her, then gave an admiring glance to the young man who was listening while not forgetting to make tea, and received a happy smile in return.

She spoke slowly, "Let's get back to the point. Judging from what happened in the past two days, whether that power is directly controlling thoughts or guiding thinking, its purpose is to make brother go to see Shangguan Qian, and perhaps Yun Weishan.

By comparing it with Cheng Angyun, who is also a bladeless assassin, we can know that these two people are the ones it protects. This means that in the plot it has set, Shangguan Qian and Yun Weishan play an important role. "

Gong Shangjiao picked up the teacup and gently raised it towards her, indicating that he agreed with her words. He frowned slightly as he drank the beauty tea and swallowed it as if nothing had happened.

"Last time we reached a consensus that the plot begins with Wu Feng's assassin pretending to be a bride-to-be and entering the palace, and ends with the final battle with the palace that Wu Feng has always dreamed of.

So the question is, these two female assassins are just low-level demons. After the secret passage incident, they lost all their internal strength and were imprisoned. We eradicated Wanhua Tower and the Liu family, and the ground-level spy Jiang Yunhong and their Jackdaws were imprisoned in the dungeon. They will definitely not be able to complete the task assigned to them by Wufeng. Why is that power still unwilling to give up on them? Can their existence still influence the situation until now? "

Zhang Xueming tugged at Gong Yuanzheng's sleeve, seeking his opinion: "Ayuan, assuming that Gongmen and Wufeng really have a decisive battle one day, do you think these two low-level assassins will be indispensable in the battle?"

"Impossible." Gong Yuanzheng also found it strange: "Even if my brother gets them out and keeps them by his side to monitor him, they can't pose a threat to my brother with their current strength. Even if they can find out the news about the palace gate, who can they pass it on to?"

His mind suddenly twitched, and he grinned, "It's impossible that Wufeng really intends to send them to be the brides of the Gong family, hoping that they can use their charm to fascinate people and give birth to more children for the Gong family, and let the hybrid of Wufeng and Gongmen be the next generation of sword bearers, in order to seize Gongmen in disguise?"

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