This shadow guard is kinda nice

One night passed, snow fell in Pingyao, and the sky and the earth were all white. It was really like a spring breeze overnight, and thousands of trees and pear trees bloomed.

Mo Ran's body is slowly recovering, and now Xiao Yichen is allowed to walk around in the courtyard, but he is not allowed to do this for a long time, for fear that the wounds on his abdomen and shoulders will tear again, leaving sequelae.

Mo Ran slowly put on clothes for himself, he thought about going outside to have a look, but he also stayed idle in the house, besides, the master went to the suburbs early in the morning, so he stayed here with nothing to do.

He supported the bed and stood up, trying not to move too much, walked slowly to the table, poured himself a cup of tea, raised his head and drank it, and opened the door, his eyes were bright and white.

He brushed the snow off the stone bench and sat down.

The yard is very quiet, and occasionally there will be a light breeze blowing by, not like the cold wind in winter, but more like the warm wind in spring.

As his health gradually improved, Imperial Physician Zhang didn't have to stay here all the time to take care of his injuries. He went to the isolation area two days ago to take care of patients with the imperial physician nearby.

It is rare for him to have such a leisure time. Most of the time in the past, he followed behind his master, doing this and that for him, and he was still a little uncomfortable when he was suddenly allowed to be idle like this.

With his hands on his knees, even though there is no other person in the yard, he still sits upright, but his mind is full of thoughts, which is not as it looks.

He thought about many things that happened during this period, from the incidents where he and his master came to Pingyao, from the medical center to the isolation area, from the discovery of silver to the serious injury he was suffered by those two people.

There is a left protector of the Crescent Moon Pavilion, and a person from Zigu, he doesn't understand why the Crescent Moon Pavilion is just a little money in order to get involved in this muddy water, is it worth it for him to violate the rules he established when he built the pavilion?

And which side is behind Ning Dao, the prince or the king?Or who else?

After thinking for a long time, he still didn't have any clue, instead he had a headache. He rubbed his brows, and touched the jade pendant hanging on his waist as usual.

Unexpectedly, the waist is empty, nothing.

Mo Ran's heart was shocked, he turned his head, he touched his waist back and forth several times, but there was still nothing.

It must have landed in the room.

He thought, stood up, and hurried to the room, not caring about any wounds.

He rummaged through the clothes he had recently worn on the bed, on the table, and half a day passed. He searched the entire room, including the yard, but there was still no trace of the jade pendant.

Seeing the sun slanting to the west, Mo Ran was sweating all over his back, and he sat on the stone bench again. When the wind blew, his whole back felt cool.

Since he woke up, he has been staying in this yard, living in the master's room and sleeping in the master's bed. If the jade pendant has been lost during this time, it can only be in this yard, but it took a long time to find it. , have not been found, it can only be dropped before then.

Before that, it was time to fight those two people on the mountain.

Mo Ran frowned, and it wasn't necessarily when he was fighting. On the way up and down the mountain, he even passed out on the ground. Who knows when he lost it. If he was looking for it now, it would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

Mo Ran couldn't help sighing, feeling a little empty in his heart.

The jade pendant was something he had been carrying with him since he could remember. For so many years, he would only rub it in his hand for a while when he was like today, when his thoughts were complicated and he was depressed, as a way to comfort himself.

Now that he lost it, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

But only a little bit.

After all, it is a dead thing, nothing compared to it.

……

When Xiao Yichen came back, it was already dark, and Mo Ran was sitting on the edge of the bed in a daze. When Xiao Yichen opened the door and came in, he slowly turned his head. After seeing the person coming, his eyes lit up, and his whole body became alive .

The gloom of losing the jade pendant was swept away.

"have you eaten?"

Mo Ran shook his head, Xiao Yichen gave orders, and then he sat next to Mo Ran, "Don't wait for me in the future, you eat first, don't starve yourself."

Mo Ran leaned against him and untied his cloak, "This subordinate is not too hungry, so I won't starve myself."

"Where's the master? Didn't you eat it?"

Xiao Yichen nodded, he casually leaned on the bed frame, stretched out his hand and rubbed the center of his brow, he read the account book for most of the day today, and then interrogated the man who took the lead in making trouble that day, that day Lin Hai followed the man and captured him by the way The person who instigated the man behind his back to take people to the prefect's mansion to make trouble.

After interrogating for a long time, it is natural that the criminal law that should be there is not missing. The man couldn't stand the whip, so he was recruited within a few strokes, and he was recruited cleanly. What surprised him was that Mo Ran had taught the steward Wang a lesson before. That time, when the old man was sent to the quarantine area, the old man was the man's father.

He thought about it, so he talked to Mo Ran.

Hearing the words, Mo Ran didn't feel much emotion on his face. He treated his father like that, and he didn't think it was strange what the result would be in the end.

As for the old man, he had nothing but a few pitiful sympathies.

"What about the other one? Whose person?" Mo Ran asked.

Xiao Yichen's expression had been expected, Mo Ran's emotion is pitiful, it may be the bad influence brought by his family when he was young, he still remembers the man's happy face when he took the silver taels in Jinling, which was full of wind and snow at that time , as if the little oil bottle had finally been given away, and he no longer had to be responsible for it.

The man then turned around and left without saying a word to Mo Ran, who knelt on the ground and was still a child at that time.

Not a word.

Mo Ran waited for a while, but seeing that the master still didn't intend to speak, he couldn't help feeling a little flustered, whether he had crossed the line by himself, and asked something that shouldn't be asked.

When Xiao Yichen regained his senses, he saw the uneasy look on Mo Ran's face, he couldn't help comforting him, and told him about another person.

"That man is more stubborn, and he endured it for a long time before he opened his mouth." He reached out and stuffed Mo Ran's hand outside the quilt.

"It was indeed Zhao Kai who did it. After the death of the young master of the Zhao family, he followed their original plan and found someone to make trouble in the prefect's mansion. The news has already been sent back to the capital."

Xiao Yichen pursed his lips, and smiled nonchalantly, "They said that my methods were too tough, I didn't know how to be flexible, and it was easy to break just after—"

Before Xiao Yichen could say the next words, Mo Ran sat up straight in a daze, looked at Xiao Yichen, and said to him very seriously: "Master, no, they don't understand you."

Xiao Yichen leaned on the bed frame, looked up at him slightly, and then smiled with great interest.

"Know me well?"

Hearing this, Mo Ran was a little embarrassed. He was impulsive just now. He couldn't hear others saying that the master was bad, so he didn't think too much, so he said it outright.

He opened his mouth and tried to defend himself in a low voice, "No, my subordinate..."

"Okay, just kidding you."

Mo Ran lowered his head, wishing he could put his head on his chest, Xiao Yichen looked funny, he stretched out his hand, and raised Mo Ran's chin.

Mo Ran raised her head obediently, but her eyes were still erratic, she just refused to look at Xiao Yichen.

"Look at me." Xiao Yichen ordered.

Mo Ran had no choice but to disobey his master's order, so he had no choice but to put his gaze on Xiao Yichen's face, looking at his dark eyes, and was unconsciously attracted to him.

The chest beats again and again, with the faint meaning of getting faster and faster.

He heard the master say, you just know me, no one knows me better than you, there is no shame in admitting it.

I know you too, no one knows better than I do.

We know each other best.

Mo Ran nodded involuntarily, yes, her heartbeat was getting faster and faster, her face was inexplicably hot, and she didn't know if she was red, but they knew each other best.

Xiao Yichen let go of his chin, pushed the person back to the side, let him lie on his side, and covered him with the quilt.

"Xiao Yi'an will arrive in Pingyao in a few days."

Mo Ran's mind regained consciousness in an instant, and the vague feeling just now was completely gone.

King Cheng is also coming, but the rumors still have an impact on the master. After all, the emperor was worried and sent another person, but after thinking about it, this is fine, it doesn't mean putting the master here alone and putting him in danger among.

"Master, King Cheng is here, you can test it out and see who these people in Pingyao really belong to."

Xiao Yichen was noncommittal, "I forgot to tell you that Zhao Kai is Zhao Jin's son."

Mo Ran said in a low voice, that's it, these are all people from the Prince's side.

However, he didn't understand why Zhao Jin, as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, would let his son come to Pingyao at this time. In order to ruin the reputation his master had accumulated so hard, he didn't hesitate to kill his offspring.

This is too faithful.

Mo Ran didn't understand, neither did Xiao Yichen, he really couldn't figure out why Zhao Jin came here, just for the money?This also involves forces in the world like the Crescent Moon Pavilion.

However, there is no need to speculate too much, there are people around now who have provided evidence, and all of them have been recruited. He was ordered by Zhao Kai to spend two dollars to find someone to make trouble, trying to put the government and the people on the opposite side, and Zhao Kai even killed someone himself. .

That day, the man followed Zhao Kai to the Zhao Mansion to visit, during which officers and soldiers came to search for sick people, it happened that the young master of the Zhao family had a fever, the master of the Zhao family refused to let him be taken away, the two sides fought, and there was chaos In the middle of the battle, the young master of the Zhao family was pushed into the middle of the crowd, and then Zhao Kai, who was standing among the crowd watching the battle, hit the back of the head with a hidden weapon and died on the spot.

Afterwards, the man left and passed the news back to the capital, but Zhao Kai stayed, maybe out of ego, or something else, he watched a group of people find out that Zhao Kai was dead, they started to panic, the scene was chaotic for a while, he laughed up.

Until Xiao Yichen's arrival, he couldn't leave the Zhao residence.

No matter what, Zhao Kai will not be able to escape afterwards. As for the real purpose of his coming here and the forces in the Jianghu involved, it depends on the future, no one will sit still and wait for death.

After talking about the business, Xiao Yichen turned to talk about other things, "What's the matter today, you don't look very happy?"

When he came in just now, Mo Ran looked not very interested.

Mo Ran was silent for a moment, the master saw it, he thought about whether to say it, it was just a trivial matter, and he didn't feel particularly uncomfortable, but the next moment, he thought of what he promised the master at that time, and he would never hide it from him in the future.

"Subordinate...the jade pendant is lost."

Xiao Yichen was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the jade pendant Mo Ran was talking about.

At that time, the only thing Mo Ran had on him was from the time he followed him, from the time he was five years old to now.

For 13 years, the jade pendant that has never left her body.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something to comfort him, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything.

Mo Ran shook his head, and said in a low voice, "My subordinates don't feel that bad, just lose it if you lose it."

Xiao Yichen reached out and stroked his hair.

Mo Ran closed his eyes, and the little gloom in his heart dissipated.