This shadow guard is kinda nice

After Xiao Yichen went back, he told Mo Ran what happened just now, Mo Ran was silent for a moment, he looked up at Xiao Yichen, "Master wants me to go?"

Xiao Yichen nodded, he had actually been thinking about this question on the way back, who should he let go, the one with high martial arts and his trust, there is no one but Mo Ran.

"I don't worry about other people. Although Xiao Yi'an says he has no ambitions, he still has to be on guard. I'm afraid he will get in the way."

Out of emotion and reason, Mo Ran didn't want to leave Xiao Yichen's side. After following Xiao Yichen's side, except for the thought of leaving at the beginning, Mo Ran didn't want to leave anymore. He didn't want his whole life to be with another person who had nothing to do with him It doesn't matter, he has no concept of loyalty and surrender, and he doesn't want to be loyal to anyone, he is only loyal to himself.

Even if this person is the one who bought himself for 50 taels of silver.

He was not grateful at all. When he was kneeling on the ground, he watched the transactions of several people with cold eyes. He was an item, bought here and there, had no right to speak, and could not be his own master, but he was not. He was a man of flesh and blood. People with living thoughts.

He doesn't care who sold himself and who bought himself.

He just wanted to get away with it.

He ran once, and three months after being bought, when Xiao Yichen gradually trusted him, he opened the palace door and ran out in the middle of the night while Xiao Yichen and his mother and concubine were fast asleep.

For the past three months, he had stayed by Xiao Yichen's side all the time, and he was not familiar with the terrain of the palace at all, so when he was on the palace road, he was about to bump into the patrolling guards head-on, and when he was almost caught, a huge force behind him, He dragged him into the yard next to him.

He was full of panic, his heartbeat seemed to jump out of his chest, and he was about to scream, he thought he was done.

The man threw him against the wall, covered his mouth with one hand, and held him down with the other to keep him from moving.

When the two looked at each other, his flustered mood miraculously calmed down, it was Xiao Yichen.

He blinked and signaled Xiao Yichen to let him go, but Xiao Yichen didn't move, he frowned, and he didn't let go of Mo Ran's hand until the imperial army passed by here and they were far away again.

Before Mo Ran had time to explain to him, Xiao Yichen left without even looking at him, shaking his sleeves.

Mo Ran froze in place for a moment, during that short quarter of an hour, when he and Xiao Yichen stared face to face, he thought about many consequences.

I thought that Xiao Yichen would be angry and wanted to leave him secretly, and was almost discovered by the imperial army. If he was caught by the imperial army tonight, not only he would die, but Xiao Yichen and his concubine might also be killed.

Therefore, no matter how angry Xiao Yichen was, he could understand it.

He lowered his head, and even thought that Xiao Yichen would beat himself, no matter how hard it was, after all, when he was at home, whenever his father in name didn't like him, he would beat him, slaps, sticks, whips, he would survived.

So, after making a mistake, he only thought that Xiao Yichen would beat him too, but Xiao Yichen didn't do anything, didn't even say anything, didn't even pay him a glance, and just left.

Xiao Yichen who walked away with such a sullen face made him feel more uncomfortable than if he beat himself up hard.

He chased after belatedly, Xiao Yichen had disappeared, he was a little panicked, the cold wind hit him from all directions, he shivered, and ran away.

After returning to the small courtyard where he lived for three months, when he was worried about how to get in, he lowered his head and took a closer look. There was a small gap in the door, and he stretched out his hand and pushed it lightly.

After that day, he never thought of leaving again. In the following days and nights, he agreed with Xiao Yichen from the bottom of his heart, so he slowly surrendered, and confessed his loyalty like this.

When he was ten years old, he voluntarily went to the place where the shadow guards were trained in the palace, and then there were four years of ups and downs. During countless days and nights, he shed a lot of blood, but he never shed tears.

Except for those four years, and at the beginning, he didn't stay by Xiao Yichen's side for a single moment, but now he was suddenly asked to leave Xiao Yichen's side and go to another person's side, even this order was given by the master.

Mo Ran was a little dazed.

Xiao Yichen naturally also understood, he sat beside Mo Ran, didn't say anything, gave him time, let him make his own decision, if he didn't want to go, he wouldn't force him to go.

But how could Mo Ran go against his will, so it doesn't matter whether Mo Ran is willing to go or not, the result is the same, Xiao Yichen understands.

The only thing he gave Mo Ran to choose was that one thing, for the rest, he had no choice at all.

Not only Xiao Yichen understands, but Mo Ran also understands that any decision made by the master, no matter who it is, cannot be changed at all, and he never thought of changing it.

Whatever decision the master makes, good or bad, he will carry it out.

From the moment he decided to surrender his loyalty, it was doomed.

"Okay, let's go." Mo Ran finally said.

As expected, Xiao Yichen nodded.

"How about your body?" Although Xiao Yichen took care of Mo Ran's body recuperation during this period, he naturally knew where Mo Ran's body had recovered, otherwise he wouldn't have been allowed to go.

Mo Ran shook his head, "It's all right."

The wound was scarred, and after applying the potion given by the previous master, even the scar could not be seen, only occasionally there would be some pain, but it did not affect him to perform the task.

Later, when Ren Mingfeng came to the prefect's mansion, Xiao Yichen was still a little surprised, not understanding why he came to the prefect's mansion to look for him.

The two sat down in the outer room, and Mo Ran rested in the inner room, "I want to ask you for a favor." Ren Mingfeng cut to the chase.

Xiao Yichen remained calm, "Say it."

"Ning Zhiyuan, do you still remember?" Ren Mingfeng was afraid that he would forget about this person, so he mentioned it first.

Xiao Yichen nodded, Ning Dao's son.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yichen asked, didn't Ning Dao say that he sent Ning Zhiyuan to his hometown some time ago?problem occurs?

Ren Mingfeng breathed a sigh of relief, but he still remembers, he continued: "To tell the truth, Chu... Prince," he paused, and said: "Zhiyuan returned to his hometown some time ago, it was agreed that he went to his hometown in Pingzhou , sent a letter to me, but after such a long time, I still haven’t received any letter.”

Xiao Yichen leaned back, he quietly listened to what Ren Mingfeng said, and did not express any opinions.

"I sent the disciples of the Qingyun Sect to Pingzhou to inquire, and learned that they did not return to Pingzhou."

Xiao Yichen raised his eyebrows, was this robbed by someone on the way?

"Afterwards, I sent people to search in Pingyao and Pingzhou, but I still couldn't find them." Ren Mingfeng's face became serious. "It is very likely that they encountered danger on the way."

He raised his eyes to look at Xiao Yichen, with a hint of pleading, "So I want to boldly ask the prince to come forward and help find it."

Xiao Yichen didn't speak the whole time, he put one hand on the table casually, curled his fingers, and knocked once and for all.

After a while, he said, "Call Taishou Ning over here, he should know more than you and me."

Ren Mingfeng lowered his eyes when he heard the words, he said with disapproval: "I have approached Governor Ning before, and he only said that Ning Zhiyuan went to Pingzhou, and he didn't say anything else."

Xiao Yichen chuckled twice, no matter how he heard it, it was full of sarcasm.

"I told him that Ning Zhiyuan should not have arrived in Pingzhou safely, and maybe something happened, but he told me not to worry, if something really happened, he, as a father, would naturally be more worried than anyone else, besides, those who went with him were even more worried. With his wife, he can't be careless, so don't worry about me."

"You believe it?" Xiao Yichen said lightly.

Ren Mingfeng was silent for a long time, he shook his head, "Otherwise I wouldn't have come to look for you."

Ning Dao heard Lin Hai say that King Xuan was looking for him, so he came quickly. When he opened the door and saw Ren Mingfeng, he felt dizzy for a moment and almost fell to the ground.

They all know?

No matter how flustered his heart was, there was no lack of proper etiquette, when he bent down to salute, he heard that King Xuan said that he would be excused.

He straightened up and sat down on the chair next to him.

"Tell me, Prefect Ning." Xiao Yichen lazily said, seeing Ren Mingfeng here, Ning Dao should understand everything.

"Say... what?" Ning Dao asked knowingly.

Xiao Yichen didn't even want to look at him with his eyelids lifted, "Leader Ren is here, what are you going to say?"

Ning Dao still looked like he didn't understand what he said, and he was extremely stubborn.

Seeing this, Ren Mingfeng felt that Ning Dao really knew everything. With this appearance, it was obvious that Ning Zhiyuan had already been threatened. Ning Dao had no choice but to bear it by himself.

He watched anxiously from the sidelines, but at present, if he wanted to solve the problem and rescue Zhiyuan and Mrs. Ning, he had to rely on King Xuan. Ning Dao said nothing like this, which was of no benefit at all, and could only harm the two of them.

Xiao Yichen stopped his fingers, and the light knocking sound on the table disappeared instantly, "Prefect Ning, let's go, I'm fine."

Ning Dao was stunned, he didn't expect King Xuan to let him go like this, he had been thinking about how he would hide it from King Xuan if he asked about his wife and children, but now he was caught off guard.He sat stiffly on the chair and didn't move. Before he could do anything in the future, Ren Mingfeng couldn't sit still.

He suddenly got up and walked up to Ning Dao, "Now that the matter is up to now, Ning Taishou still has nothing to hide. Could it be that you will not be satisfied until something happens in Zhiyuan?"

Ning Dao was shocked, Ren Mingfeng's words rushed straight into his mind, if something happened to Zhiyuan and his wife, then what's the point of what he did and concealed?

His mind gradually cleared up, Zhao Kai was imprisoned, he had no way of knowing where Zhiyuan and his wife were, and now the only person he could turn to for help was this superior person in front of him.He flicked up his robe, knelt down in fear, and finally told King Xuan everything he had done during this time.

Including the silver taels that Zhao Kai asked him to embezzle, after Zhiyuan and his wife were taken away, he promised that he would not have second thoughts about Zhao Kai, and told Zhao Kaixuan the fact that King Zhao Kaixuan had brought a man back, and he kept reporting it afterwards King Xuan's movements were given to Zhao Kai, and he had already told King Xuan to go to the prison by himself. Zhao Kai asked him to send a message to A Shi, and the matter of A Shi and him cooperating internally and externally to rescue Zhao Kai was just hidden. The fact that he has been working for Jo Jin since years ago.

Ren Mingfeng was listening at the side speechless, he didn't know what to say, he said that Ning Daoman was doing well, his wife and children were taken away, he just pretended to be a normal person, others didn't see it at all.

While dumbfounded, he also noticed what Ning Dao said about returning with a man in his arms, and he couldn't help but look up at Xiao Yichen.

can you?A person like him would condescend to take a man back?

Except for the matter that Ning Dao had told him before that Zhao Kai wanted him to cooperate with that man, the rest had no meaning at all to Xiao Yichen. For those things that Ning Dao passed on to Zhao Kai, there was also Lin Hai beside him. It was sent back to the capital without moving.

Therefore, the matter of saving Mrs. Ning and Ning Zhiyuan did not affect him at all, but he was also happy to sell Ren Mingfeng's face.

He gave Ren Mingfeng his Xuan character token, and asked him to take it and order the twenty or so forbidden troops to find someone in the house on the outskirts of Zhao Kai's city.

"Zhao Kai's house in Pingyao, Prefect Ning knows clearly, just take them to find someone."

Ning Dao got up from the ground, his gratitude couldn't be expressed for a while, King Xuan just gave them his token, and asked them to take the imperial army to find someone, and compared with his previous actions, he really didn't What face is there to face King Xuan.

Therefore, he promised on the spot that as long as Zhiyuan and his wife are rescued, he will obey King Xuan's order in his life, without any hesitation. If King Xuan tells him to go east, he will never go west.

Xiao Yichen didn't take these words to heart at all, he just said: "If no one is found in that house, just wait two days after Zhao Kai is completely convicted, and just ask him himself."

The two nodded, Ren Mingfeng folded his palms together, and he pinched the small token in his palms, the edges and corners of the palms were pinched, and there was a slight pain.

"Thank you..." Ren Mingfeng said.

Xiao Yichen got up from the chair, he patted Ren Mingfeng's shoulder, looked back and forth between the two faces, "It's true that Ning Zhiyuan has a brother like you."

Hearing this, Ning Dao looked at Ren Mingfeng apologetically. When Ren Mingfeng came to him before, he knew that Zhiyuan and his friends had been friends for many years, but he still didn't dare to tell him that although Ren Mingfeng was the leader of the martial arts alliance, he did not have absolute certainty. , he doesn't want any unexpected changes.

If he failed, he would not be able to bear the consequences, so under the circumstances at that time, the two of them were safe with Zhao Kai for the time being.

But the situation is different now, Zhao Kai is in prison and has King Xuan, he didn't say anything at first because he was afraid that King Xuan would blame him, so he refused to rescue him.

Ren Mingfeng smiled, Xiao Yichen said: "Okay, let's go."

The author has something to say: In the future, if I have a chance, I will write about their childhood~