"What do you mean!"

Su Ze turned around and saw Pan Yingqiu standing in the corridor not far away. He walked over in two or three steps and spoke in a bad tone.

"Cousin... I just..." Pan Yingqiu looked up at Su Ze with a frown, her eyes full of grievance, as if she was just kind-hearted, but Su Ze misunderstood her.

Master Cui took a look from the side, shook his head, turned around and left.

"Just what? You've already made the tea, but you still insist on showing off in front of them. As a girl in the boudoir, why do you like to show off so much?"

Su Ze's words were harsh, but Pan Yingqiu just shook her head gently with tears in her eyes.

"No... I was afraid that the servant wouldn't be able to introduce the tea well, and that would undermine my cousin's efforts in entertaining such distinguished guests."

"..." Su Ze looked at Pan Yingqiu. The delicate appearance of this woman in front of him made him feel extremely disgusted for some reason. He knew that she was doing it on purpose, she was pretending to be like this, but she refused to admit it.

"Cousin, I know I was wrong. I will never do this again in the future. Don't blame me..." Tears as big as beans fell down Pan Yingqiu's face. Su Ze just thought it was ridiculous. Why was she crying!

Before Su Ze could speak, Pan Yingqiu said, "I know you are interested in Miss Xiao Lan..."

Su Ze frowned and said, "Who told you..." Before he could finish his words, his father's voice came from behind him.

"What is Xiao Lan? Whose daughter is she?"

Su's mother also followed behind him and hurried forward, looking very happy.

"Zer? Do you have a crush on a girl? Whose family is she from?"

Su Ze suddenly understood why Pan Yingqiu, who always had a calm face, suddenly burst into tears. It turned out that she had seen Su's father and mother coming over from behind, but he had been so angry that he didn't pay attention.

"Yes..." Su Ze turned around to answer, but then felt there was no need to answer. No matter where Xiao Lan came from, his parents would not agree. Even if his parents agreed, Xiao Lan had no intention of agreeing. Why was he wasting his breath here...

"Why are you hesitating? There's nothing shameful about it." Father Su had decided on Pan Yingqiu, but if Su Ze really had a good woman he liked, he wouldn't be ashamed and could even take her as a concubine.

"I have no intention towards others. My cousin is just making random guesses!" Su Ze turned his head away and didn't want to say more.

"Oh, well, let's not talk about it. I'm afraid it's not even close. Yingqiu, don't cry all the time. Your cousin has a lot of work to do, don't upset him." Su's mother was protective of her son, having grown up in the backyard. She understood some of Pan Yingqiu's attitudes, even though her father didn't understand them. But after all, she was her own niece, and her parents had died young, so she couldn't say much.

Therefore, she was not as satisfied with Pan Yingqiu as Su's father was. She just thought that if Su Ze wanted to marry her, then so be it. After all, with such a wife in the family, the concubines would not cause trouble and the family would be stable. But if Su Ze was unwilling, she would not force him. After all, such a mischievous character would make it difficult for her husband in the future.

Pan Yingqiu lowered her eyes, wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, raised her head and forced a smile, "Yes, auntie, Yingqiu won't do that again in the future."

Father Su was heartbroken when he saw this.

However, this time, Su's mother and father also remembered the name Xiao Lan, thinking that they would find an opportunity to see what kind of woman this was in the future.

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Outside the city, bamboo forest.

Old Yu had been following Liu Yu's carriage for a while. The carriage made many twists and turns after leaving the city, and finally stopped at an intersection.

Ever since Liu Yue went to Liu Yu to cry and complain, Liu Yu had kept her and hadn't let her go back to Xiao Lan. He said she was staying to find Liu Hu, but it was just a way of keeping her locked up, fearing she would cause trouble.

After all, Liu Yue had gone and would never return, and Xiao Lan was worried. Fortunately, after some inquiries, she learned that Liu Yue had simply been left behind in the military camp and was not in any danger. Liu Yue was also shrewd enough not to rush to send a letter to Xiao Lan, as there was no one in the camp she could trust. Furthermore, her martial arts skills were not good enough to escape the heavily guarded military camp undetected.

It was after that day that Old Yu was sent by Xiao Lan to follow Liu Yu. Xiao Lan had initially been reluctant to trouble Old Yu, believing that his primary job was to coach the servants, and that he already provided a lot of assistance. However, since following Xiao Lan, Old Yu seemed to have rediscovered the thrill of his former life as a powerful figure, and he even yearned to hang out from time to time.

But after all, he is quite old, and Xiao Lan is worried about him. Before he comes out, he repeatedly reminds him to put safety first and not to get hurt. Mr. Yu is deeply moved.

Liu Yu's carriage stayed there for a long time, and finally another carriage came from the other direction. No one got out until the two carriages met.

Yu Lao was already far away, so he couldn't hear or see anything. But he was a steady man, not impatient, and just waited patiently.

Sure enough, waiting pays off. For some reason, Liu Yu rushed out of the carriage, flung open the curtain, and began to curse at the other carriage. "That's my own brother! Do you think I wouldn't dare touch you?" This time, Old Yu finally heard a few words.

The military guards following behind Liu Yu also raised their swords and prepared for battle.

However, the people inside said something else. Finally, Liu Yu raised his hand to signal the people behind him to put down their weapons and step aside to let the carriage go.

Liu Yu watched from behind the carriage for a long time before leaving angrily.

And Old Yu followed the carriage and moved forward.

The carriage wasn't going fast, and Old Yu had no trouble following it. Just as the road forked ahead, Old Yu felt something fly out of the carriage.

He quickly rolled off the branch and disappeared into the woods. Touching the stinging spot beside his ear, his hand was wet and sticky with blood. He turned back to look at the tree. A bamboo stick was halfway embedded in the trunk... This was incredible skill. No wonder Liu Hu was so badly injured.

Old Yu knew he had been exposed, and further pursuit was pointless. He crouched in the shadows, motionless. The carriage didn't disembark, but continued on its way. Only after the carriage had driven far away did he return to the spot where he had been injured, pull out the half-broken bamboo pole, tuck it into his arms, and head back to South City.

Xiao Lan was restless at home. Today, when she came out of the government office, she heard Li Si say that Yu Lao had left the city. Because Liu Yu drove out of the city in a carriage and brought a few close followers with him, he must have gone to find the person who hurt Liu Hu.

Finally, General Yu appeared in front of everyone, and everyone finally felt relieved. General Yu told them everything he saw outside the city and took out the bamboo stick.

Since traveling through time, Xiao Lan had only witnessed Liu Hu's hard kung fu, Su Ze's archery, and Yu Lao's extraordinary light kung fu. This kung fu, which could penetrate half of a tree trunk with a bamboo stick, was unheard of. He felt that this was really coming to the world of martial arts.

She was frightened, but fortunately, Old Yu was good at martial arts. If she had not been able to dodge in time, she would probably have suffered the same fate as Liu Hu.

"It seems that my guess is right. Liu Yu doesn't know how badly this person has hurt Liu Hu. But this person can even send the tense Liu Yu away with just two sentences. He has a strong backing!" Only Li Si and Old Yu were around Xiao Lan.

"Looking at the direction he was walking, I couldn't tell where he was going. He drove me away at the fork in the road because he didn't want me to see where he was going. And the road was so interconnected that even if I saw it, it would be hard to tell."

"Can that road lead to Xiangquan Town?" Xiao Lan asked.

"No, they're not in the same direction. One goes east and the other goes west. There's no way they can get around it."

Xiao Lan nodded, but suddenly didn't know who to suspect.

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