[Rebirth] After Ten Years of Marriage, Fall in Love Again

What is there to criticize?You won't be accused of colluding with people in the world just because you recognize a master outside, right? "

"Then since this is the case, isn't there no problem for me to join the Dongshan faction...?"

Shen Jieran laughed out loud.

Yuan Lingxiu recalled, "It turns out that you were trying to anger Master on purpose. In fact, whether I enter the Tongshan School or not will not affect you..."

"There will still be some influence, but it doesn't matter if you pay attention. But if you join the Tongshan School today, he will let you be the head tomorrow, so what should I do?" Shen Jieran said innocently.

"Then you are the head wife." Yuan Lingxiu said in a low voice.Although there was wind whistling in his ears, Shen Jieran still heard it.

"What did you say?" Shen Jieran licked his lips, "Ah Chu, you called me Xiaoran in the ruined temple last night."

"Ah? Is there any?"

"Of course!" Shen Jieran hugged him tightly from behind, with his lips close to his ears, "From now on, you will call me Brother Jieran!"

46. Chapter 45

Now that the Dongshan faction has also been rescued, and it has been nearly a month since they came out this time, the most urgent thing is to go back to the capital first, so they didn't make a detour to the Dongshan faction, but just tried to pass the news to them first.Since I didn't really trust the paid messengers, I just told them that the matter was settled, and didn't say it clearly in the letter.

Although they are going back to the capital directly, they are not in such a hurry. The world is in chaos now. There should be no one chasing and killing them along the way, so they gradually relax.

After going out for more than 20 days, more than half of the time was spent on horseback. Since time was running out, Shen Jieran proposed to get a carriage.

Yuan Lingxiu didn't agree at first, but later Shen Jieran said that if Qi'er was too bumpy, she couldn't sleep well, so Yuan Lingxiu agreed.

Little Qi'er ate and slept every day. Yuan Lingxiu was afraid that he would not be able to keep up with the nutrition by feeding him rice cereal, so he wanted to rush back to the capital as soon as possible.

This is not a problem for Shen Jieran, every time he goes to a place, he hires a nanny to feed him a few sips of milk, and the job is over.

Just stop and go like this, seeing that there are less than two days before arriving in the capital, something unexpected happened.

That night, after a long day of driving, they finally arrived at the post station and stayed there overnight.

At night, Yuan Lingxiu had just put little Qi'er to sleep, when Shen Jieran rushed forward with a look of desire and dissatisfaction.

"Don't make trouble, Qi'er just fell asleep."

"Then let's take it easy..."

"Couldn't you be more restrained with the kids by your side?"

"He's clearly asleep!"

"Aren't you tired from the day's journey?"

"I have to sleep with you whether I'm tired or not!"

Yuan Lingxiu was a little helpless, his body was about the same age as Shen Jieran's, and although he also had desires, he had never been as unrestrained as he was.

Shen Jieran saw that Yuan Lingxiu's attitude was a little loose, and was about to make persistent efforts for tonight's happiness, when he heard a very slight, almost negligible sound on the roof.

That was the sound of loose bricks and tiles.

Is someone in the room?

Although all the way back was safe and sound, they never let down their vigilance.The two looked at each other, and Shen Jieran got up lightly to touch his sword, while Yuan Lingxiu hugged the child in the bed.

Shen Jieran gestured to him, Yuan Lingxiu nodded, moved into the bed, yawned deliberately and said: "Go to sleep, you have to leave early tomorrow morning."

Shen Jieran sighed reluctantly and fell on the bed, "Okay then." As he spoke, he took out two pills from his pocket.

The candles in the room were extinguished.

Holding the sword in his arms, Shen Jieran fumbled to stuff a pill into Yuan Lingxiu's mouth, and also yawned.

There was no more sound in the room.

Yuan Lingxiu released his inner strength, and a moment later drew four vertical lines on Shen Jieran's hand.

Now it was almost midnight, ordinary people had gone to bed early, and it was unusually quiet outside.I don't know how long it has been in the dark, but it is estimated that it was only about half an hour, and both of them smelled a smell of smoke.

After waiting for a while, the inner bolt of the door was pried open and fell to the ground.Both Shen and Yuan took the medicine and were not fascinated by the smoke.But they still lay there, mainly wondering who was messing with them again.

Four men in black walked into the room together, the room was too dark to see clearly, but seeing that the person on the bed didn't respond at all, they thought the plan had succeeded, and one of them stabbed with a sword!

Shen Jieran didn't expect this group of people to kill people as soon as they got started, so he stopped pretending and grabbed his sword to resist the attack of that person.

Seeing the abnormal situation, the others obviously didn't expect that the person on the bed was still awake, so they immediately drew their weapons and besieged Shen Jieran.

It's a pity that the space in the room is small and there is no light, which hinders their actions.

Yuan Lingxiu didn't dare to put Qi'er down, and didn't join the battle from the beginning.

There is no light inside or outside the house, no matter how advanced the martial arts are, people can't see anything.But Yuan Lingxiu was already familiar with the use of internal force to perceive the external situation, so he saw the opportunity to sneak attack.

Apart from eyes, martial arts practitioners have some means to perceive the outside world.Some rely on the wind, some rely on ear power, and there are very few people who can use internal power and are as proficient as Yuan Lingxiu.He had the upper hand in this regard, and all four of them were knocked unconscious by him in no time.

Shen Jieran turned on the lamp again.

Although the sound of their fighting was loud, it took only a short time and did not attract the attention of the people staying next door.

The four of them lay unsteadily on the ground, Shen Jieran's face was very ugly.

"The martial arts of these people are too ordinary."

Not saying it's bad, but it's just average.If it was the gangsters who came to sneak attack, these few people would not be the only ones.

"How dare they come to sneak attack?"

"Wake up and ask and you'll know." Shen Jieran grinned.

Acupuncture points were tapped all over the body, and the four people were woken up one by one, and confessed quickly.

They are just a group of local ruffians with some martial arts skills, but now the government of Taiping is chasing them closely, and it is difficult for them to make a living. Seeing that they can't live on, until someone gave them a sum of money half a month ago, Let them ambush here.

"They told us to kill two people, saying that only one of them knew kung fu and it was easy to deal with, and they taught us how to use poisonous smoke just in case."

"What did the man who hired you to kill me look like?"

"We couldn't see him with his face covered. But he looked like he came from a wealthy family, about 40 or [-] years old. He said that he would give us a second payment of silver taels after the incident was completed, and if we quit or ran away, we would immediately notify the government. Come and catch us."

"Hero, we are also forced to make a living, so please spare us!"

"You said they told you that only one of the two of us knows kung fu?" Shen Jieran confirmed again.

"Yes, that's what he said."

Shen Jieran's face was solemn, he didn't pay attention to these four gangsters, and seeing that there was nothing to ask about them, he let them go.

"Jie Ran, what did you think of?"

"Ah Chu, when you were at home, did you never fight with anyone, or did you practice?" Shen Jieran asked hesitantly.

"No, but I practiced swords a lot when I was in the other courtyard." When he really didn't use martial arts in Shen's residence, he sometimes used lightness kung fu to go back directly to the courtyard without being seen.

"Then when you practiced the sword, did anyone see it?"

"At that time, only Chunfeng and Dongxue followed me in the mansion. I think they would know something about my martial arts skills. What guesses do you have...?"

"Dongxue won't talk about our affairs to the outside world, that Chunfeng may not be sure. But she doesn't know martial arts, maybe she didn't take it to heart when you were practicing sword." Shen Jieran paused, and said: "These four people He is a local ruffian, and he will definitely confess to his employer when something happens. There is no reason for people in the Jianghu to hire such a person to kill us. And the people who have interests with me, except for the fourth prince, are... from the Shen family."

"Huh?" Yuan Lingxiu was taken aback.

"Those people are obviously active in this area. Most of the people who hired them came from the capital, and even if I offended someone in the capital, they didn't have to kill me. Although Fu Huaiyuan is only interested in me now , but he still relies on me a lot, not to mention that if he makes a move, he will not find such a person.” Shen Jieran paused, gritted his teeth and said: “Thinking about it this way, the only person who is stupid enough to not want me to go back is My big brother."

"how come?"

"Probably because he saw the letter I asked someone to send to Dad when we left Huashan. He knew about the third child, and also about Qi'er." Shen Jieran said with a sigh.

Although Yuan Lingxiu couldn't believe it, he was not stupid.He has always known that Shen Jieyi attaches great importance to Yongchangbo's position.If he knew that Shen Jieran and the old master had been quietly discussing some important matters recently without his participation, and that Shen Jieran was going to adopt Shen Jiexi's orphan, then he would probably be anxious.

"But you haven't yet reached the age of coronation, and the old Marquis is also in his prime. Who can say what will happen in the future? What's more, buying a murderer to kill his own brother for the sake of a noble title, how could someone do this? And the eldest brother he Always honest..."

If it was the former Shen Jieran, he would not believe it either.

But in this life, Shen Jieran is no longer muddled, and sees people more clearly.He more or less understood that he had robbed Shen Jieyi of many things since he was a child, and in a certain way, he was Shen Jieyi's knot in his heart.

Probably the most unbearable thing for Shen Jieyi is that he robbed him of Yongchang Bo's position again.

What's more, Shen Jieyi's connections in the capital are not very good, and it's not easy to tell others about the behavior of murdering his younger brother. With his ability and handling style, he is most likely to hire such a man.