Although Yingqi left the hidden guards, he did not move out from his previous residence, but still lived in the row of small wooden houses with the hidden guards. This kind of house has one hidden guard, and the appearance is very low-key. But there is nothing lacking inside. As the Hierarch's personal guards, the hidden guards will naturally have a hard life. There are even a few valuable things in each hidden guard's room, which are rewarded by the Hierarch over the years.
Seeing that the sun was just right today, Yingqi opened the box in his house and took out a stack of neatly folded white things. He cherished the silky fabric in his hand, lost his mind for a while, and then went out to shake it to dry.
The white thing shook, and it turned out to be an incomparably gorgeous fox fur cape.
The weather at this time is naturally not the time to use a cloak, but it is very suitable for drying. No matter how good the material is, if it is kept in a box all year round and there is no wind, it will probably be eaten by mold and insects. In sunny weather Taking the clothes and bedding out of the wind can not only protect the clothes, but also keep them warm in the coming year.
The snow-white cloak is very conspicuous hanging outside the house, and some hidden guards who are not on duty will inevitably be attracted by this cloak. One of them looked at the cloak and sighed, faintly envious, "This is the cloak of the leader, right? Shadow Seven , the leader is really kind to you, but why have I never seen you wearing this?"
Ying Qi looked at the cloak, with a flash of reminiscence in his eyes, and said, "The reward from the leader, we just accept it, how can we really wear the cloak of the leader?"
The dark guard nodded after hearing what Ying Qi said, "That's true."
It was originally a leisurely afternoon, there was nothing to do in the church, and there were not many shadow guards following the leader, and the remaining shadow guards happened to have a rare rest time.
But this leisurely time was interrupted by a shrill howling sound. All the hidden guards, no matter what they were doing, immediately stopped, armed with weapons and dressed neatly, and gathered in the open space outside the cabin.
The chief instructor was standing outside, looking at them expressionlessly with a gloomy face in four seasons, and said in a hoarse voice, "What's going on, the speed is so slow, all gather, and go out with the leader."
"Yes." The hidden guards agreed in unison. Although Ying Qi was no longer a hidden guard, as the leader's bodyguard, he should follow behind him when he traveled, so he also stood aside.
"Okay, you go find the leader." The leader didn't say where they would find the leader. As the most loyal and capable subordinates of the previous leader, the hidden guards naturally have a way to find their master.
"No need, I'm already here." The sudden cold voice surprised everyone present.
They turned around and found that the leader was actually standing behind them. The chief instructor hurriedly took the lead and knelt down, and then he knelt on the ground behind him, and the voice of "See the leader" came loudly.
Yin Rui nodded lightly, "I'm here to talk about our next deployment. You will be divided into two..." Yin Rui looked up and saw the white cloth hanging under the eaves, and his voice stopped abruptly.
When the hidden guards were wondering why the leader stopped suddenly, they looked up quietly, but were surprised to find that the leader had already left, and the direction they were walking turned out to be the row of wooden houses where they lived, no, it was the white cloak drying in front of the wooden house .
Ying Qi also saw this scene, and couldn't help but thumped in his heart.
Yin Rui thought this cloak was very familiar before, but now he walked up to him, grabbed the corner of the cloak with one hand, squeezed it in his hand, and looked at the cloak carefully. The snow-white fluff of the fox fur, but its expression gradually turned cold. That's right, it's this one, bought with thousands of gold, the fox fur cloak he personally chose for Fan, but this cloak disappeared on a winter night, he thought that Fan had left it somewhere without paying attention. , I actually saw it again here...
The bad premonition in Ying Qi's heart became stronger and stronger. Sure enough, not long after, Yin Rui's voice without any emotion sounded, "Whose is this cloak?"
Ying Qi gritted her teeth, took a step forward, and knelt down again, "It belongs to my subordinate."
"Oh, this cloak is obviously my seat's property, so why is it in your hands." Yin Rui's eyes didn't show any special emotional fluctuations, but they were icy and cold, which made people have no courage to look at each other.
Ying Qi is no longer surprised by the question asked by the leader. Even though he knows that his next answer may not be beneficial, he still can only lower his head and say, "This cloak is a gift from the leader. .”
"A gift from me... Hehe, it's been too long, I'm so busy and confused, I even forgot about it, get up."
Although the leader had a smile on his face now, everyone who heard the leader's laughter felt a chill in their hearts for some reason.
Next, Yin Rui made the deployment as if nothing had happened, but Ying Qi was placed in the most dangerous position by Yin Rui. He was originally the leader's guard, and he only had to follow the leader to protect the leader's safety. However, what he did obviously shouldn't be assigned to him, Ying Qi's heart sank continuously, but he didn't say anything, he just calmly followed Yin Rui's instructions.
On this day, Ying Qi completed the task perfectly, but he was also injured. Fortunately, the injury was not serious and he could rest for a few days, but Yin Rui didn't give him any preferential treatment because of his injury, on the contrary, he didn't wait for him even more Seeing him, not only are there not many rewards for completing the task, but there are not even a few words of praise. Even the stupid and loyal secret guards are aware of the differential treatment.
For all this, Ying Qi endured it in silence, without any excuses or complaints, which made those shadow guards who wanted to comfort him not know how to speak.
After all, Ying Qi didn't keep that cloak. When Yin Rui picked up the cloak casually, he said, "I'll take this, you don't mind."
What else could Ying Qi say, even though the hand hanging by his side was tightly clenched into a fist, he could only watch Yin Rui leave.
Yin Rui seldom smiled, but today he always had a smile on his face, even though the smile was weird, he kept smiling. It wasn't until he returned to the room with the cloak and swung everyone away that Yin Rui's suppressed emotions finally broke out. He threw the cloak on the ground viciously, and all the teacups on the table were swept away, making a ping-pong-pong sound. crackling sound...
The maids waiting outside were all terrified. They didn't know what had caused the leader to get so angry. The movement inside lasted for a long time, and they almost thought that the leader had smashed everything, until the sky was dark. It started to get dark, and they heard a deep voice from inside, "Come in."
The maids exchanged winks, and none of them wanted to be cannon fodder in the leader's anger, but keeping the leader waiting for a long time was a greater sin, so even if they didn't want to, they pushed each other to go in, but they didn't Thinking, after entering, the leader actually only said, "Clean up this place as quickly as possible and restore it to its original state."
What the leader said is to restore the original, that is, it must be exactly the same, the broken vase must be exactly the same, and the tea set on the table must be exactly the same. With the busy maids coming in and out, the house was restored to its original appearance in a short time , a maid who was picking up the debris on the ground looked up and found that the leader had already rested on the bed, she couldn't help but wink at the others, so she immediately relaxed and cleaned up the house quickly and silently.
When they retreated safely, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It's a blessing that they were able to escape unscathed after the leader made such a big fuss today.
The waitresses thought that the leader had just fallen asleep, and that he had made such a big fuss before and consumed so much energy, which should allow them to sneak away for a long time, but they didn't think that they had chatted for less than a quarter of an hour before they heard a voice coming from inside. There was no movement, and after a while, the voice of the leader actually sounded, "Come here, pass the meal."
The waitresses looked at each other in surprise. The leader woke up after only sleeping for a while. They didn't dare to neglect, and immediately two of them lowered their heads and went in to serve, while the others went to prepare meals.
The two waitresses who walked into the room thought they were greeted by another kind of suffocating low pressure, but after they entered the room, they found that the leader was sitting at the table with a peaceful expression, and he couldn't see what happened before. fury. The leader's mind is really not something ordinary people can guess.
Bai Fan, who was misunderstood as unfathomable, didn't know what the two maids were thinking. Although he sat at the table in a very dignified manner in order to maintain Yin Rui's demeanor image, in fact, he really wanted to rub his stomach. , that bastard Yin Rui didn't eat a few meals, he's so hungry, so hungry...
After a full meal, Bai Fan felt that he had finally come back to life. Looking around, he unexpectedly found that there was no shadow of Ying Qi around. After asking someone, he found out that Ying Qi was injured a little bit on today's mission. Ying Qi was injured. He couldn't let him wait on him anymore, after Bai Fan asked the doctor who was treating Ying Qi, he learned that Ying Qi's injury was not a problem, so he rewarded some precious medicinal materials that were beneficial to the injury, and went to Yin Nanhan's place.
The other hidden guards who had surrounded Ying Qi's room to comfort Ying Qi couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief when they learned that the leader had rewarded the medicinal materials, and some even laughed and said, "I'll just say, the leader values Ying Qi the most, how could it be possible?" I don't care about Ying Qi at all, today must be because the leader is in a bad mood to be like that."
"Yeah, Ying Qi, don't worry, look at the medicinal materials sent by the leader, tsk tsk, we usually don't have such good medicinal properties."
Hearing the comfort from the shadow guards who grew up together, Ying Qi pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, but no one could see through the emotion in his eyes.
Time passed day by day, and Ying Qi's life became more and more difficult. The leader seemed to dislike him everywhere. Ying Qi's position was always the most painful, tiring and dangerous place, and most of those things should not be done by him. Things, the other hidden guards who were optimistic before also gradually noticed something, even though the leader sometimes still sent generous rewards at night, they no longer naively thought that the leader still valued Shadow Seven. The mission arrangement almost meant to push Ying Qi to death.
For all of this, Ying Qi was the calmest person, he didn't complain or feel aggrieved, he just used his eyes to remember every difference between the day and night of the leader in his heart.
This day is very normal for Yingqi, and there is nothing worth remembering for everyone. Yingqi was still sent to a dangerous place when he was on a mission, still suffered a little injury, and still did not get a good face from the leader. Fortunately, there is a small discount for those who are injured, that is, they can go back to rest.
After sending away a few hidden guards who came to visit him, Ying Qi sat on the bed alone and bandaged the wound on his shoulder with one hand and his teeth. After the wound was bandaged, he tried to move for a while and found that apart from some pain Only when the external environment does not affect my movements, I am relieved.
Ying Qi raised his head, looked at the closed door, a firm light flashed in his eyes, he didn't take off his weapon and go to bed after dressing up as others thought, but got up neatly, took a few small After getting the tools, he confirmed that his equipment was in order, and then quietly dived out.
It is daytime now, and the sun is hanging in the sky. At this time, the leader usually handles church affairs in the study, and the leader has already been to that place today, and the leader only goes to that place once a day. Since he has been there once today, The possibility of going again is infinitely reduced.
Ying Qi was cautious all the way. As the former secret guard of the leader and the current guard, he knew all the obvious and hidden stakes in the teaching. Relying on his familiarity with the teaching, he sneaked into the leader's daily secrets safely and smoothly. Although he was equally curious about the things in the Forbidden Forest on the trail he arrived at, it was still easier to sneak in than the heavily guarded Forbidden Forest.
He didn't intend to betray the leader, but there were some things that he had to figure out. He didn't want to die for no reason, and he didn't want to die without knowing who he was loyal to.
Ying Qi is extremely proficient in mechanism techniques, coupled with the information that he sneaks in every day, he successfully opened the dark room.
The dark room was completely dark. After Ying Qi walked down a few steps cautiously, he lit a torch, and the dim light of the fire lit up, illuminating the dark room that hides the darkest secret in Yin Rui's heart.
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