After the birthday banquet, major entertainment newspapers made extensive reports on the banquet, and Shang Ke's identity was also known to the public because of Lu Xiufan's relationship. The news that the young master of the Yue family and His Excellency Wang Jue have "cohabited" spread like wildfire. The outside world is quite optimistic about the couple, and it is generally believed that the gradually declining Yuejia may take this chicken and dog to the sky.
Lu Xiufan did not pay attention to these gossip, but concentrated on investigating the poisoning incident. The wine he drank at the banquet was prepared separately, few people had access to the wine bottle, and the scope of the investigation was not large. Moreover, there are surveillance cameras everywhere in the palace. Even if there is an internal response, it is impossible to be leak-proof. This is the reason why Lu Xiufan is rarely plotted in the palace.
This time, the planners behind the scenes dared to attack the palace, which shows that Lu Xiufan's investigation of certain matters has gradually approached the truth, and the threat to them is getting bigger and bigger.
"Knock knock", several knocks on the door interrupted Lu Xiufan's thoughts.
"Come in." Lu Xiufan's eyes were still on the document in his hand, and he didn't raise his head until he smelled the scent of medicine. Seeing the person coming, the coldness in his eyes melted a little.
"It's time to take the medicine." Shang Ke held the medicine bowl in front of Lu Xiufan.
Lu Xiufan looked at the bowl of steaming liquid, his brows tangled imperceptibly, and in the end he drank the medicine in one gulp while Shang Ke watched.
"Ozawa, how many more do I need to drink of this medicine?" He couldn't help asking.
"Today is the last one." As soon as he finished speaking, Shang Ke saw Lu Xiufan's brows stretched out, looking like he was reborn.
Shang Ke laughed secretly, and handed over pudding and chocolate to ease the bitterness in his mouth.
Lu Xiufan said, "Compared to these snacks, I think your kiss is sweeter."
Shang Ke bent down and kissed his lips.
Lu Xiufan didn't expect that he would really kiss, so he was stunned for a moment, then looked at Shang Ke with a hint of tenderness in his eyes. Probably only the person in front of him will not be afraid of him, will not be afraid of him, and will not alienate him.
Lu Xiufan took Shang Ke into his arms and said softly, "Ozawa, I hope that one day you will not get close to me because of the contract and obey me."
Shang Ke is too good, if he hadn't become a promise-keeper, he might never have the chance to have him in his life. But the lifespan of the covenant-keeper is short, and within ten years, I am afraid that I will face the pain of losing him.
A sharp look flashed in Lu Xiufan's eyes, he would never allow such a thing to happen!
"Ozawa, I'm going on a business trip tomorrow. It will take about seven or eight days to come back. Please wait for me at home."
"Yeah." Shang Ke nodded, guessing in his heart that he should be looking for the leak. Although he really wanted to go with him, it would be awkward to rashly ask. For the time being, I'd better stay in the mansion and see what's going on.
Before leaving, Shang Ke gave Lu Xiufan a small and sharp scalpel. He remembered that among the several attacks that Lu Xiufan might encounter in the near future, once all the bullets of the pistol were fired, and there was no other weapon on his body. Almost fell into desperation. Therefore, Shang Ke gave him this scalpel, which could be considered a precaution.
After Lu Xiufan left, Shang Ke began to relax. Every day, apart from collecting information on the Internet, he was thinking about how to complete the task. It is not difficult to become the heir of the Yue family again, but how to meet the standard of heroic death.
This is probably the reason why this world is classified as a difficult world. The empire is relatively peaceful, there are no major wars, and the main contradictions come from within. Assassination, sneak attack, conspiracy calculation, death in this situation can only be considered bad luck and lack of ability at most. The only thing that works is probably dying to protect someone.
While thinking about it, the mansion's butler reported: "Young Master Ze, Her Majesty the Queen has sent an envoy, please enter the palace for a chat."
Shang Ke was puzzled, why did the Queen summon him
Shang Ke put on formal clothes and followed the messenger to the palace.
The Queen was sitting in the pavilion in the garden drinking tea leisurely. Seeing Shang Ke coming over, she smiled and beckoned him to sit down.
Shang Ke originally thought that the queen was looking for him to ask about Lu Xiufan, but she just casually chatted about trivial matters. After about an hour, the queen let him go.
Strange, what was the purpose of the Queen summoning him this time? Shang Ke is really puzzled.
Walking out of the palace, Shang Ke was about to pick up the car. As soon as he walked into the garage, he heard an unfamiliar voice from the side: "He is Yue Ze? Sure enough, he is a beauty."
Shang Ke looked at the prestige and saw seven or eight people surrounding him, and one of them was Yue Xuan.
"Since she's a beauty, why don't you all love me?" Yue Xuan smiled at the people around him.
"Tsk, he's the king's man, do we dare to move?" A tall man sat on the hood of a buoyancy car, staring at Shang Ke with malicious intent.
Shang Ke glanced at Yue Xuan, and before he went looking for trouble, this guy came to the door by himself.
"You don't have to worry, my eldest brother is a promise-keeper, as long as you are gentle, he will not sue." Yue Xuan continued, "Her Majesty the Queen also knows his identity and will not be a promise-keeper. If you are embarrassed by others, she may wish that he was far away from His Excellency the King."
Shang Ke heard the words and vaguely guessed the reason why the Queen summoned him this time. It turned out that she already knew that she was a promise-keeper, and the source of the news was probably his stepmother. The news that the Yue family is a promise-keeper, even in Luoxu, only a few people know about it. Even if the queen wants to check, it will take a while.
The tall man touched his chin, showing an eager expression, jumped off the hood, walked to Shang Ke's side, looked up and down, and said with satisfaction, "I have never seen such a beautiful promise-keeper before, I don't know how to have sex with him. What does it feel like."
"Haha, Dopp, we'll know if we try it?" Several people around coaxed.
"Okay." The tall man said excitedly, "There is an underground warehouse nearby, so let's go there and play."
Everyone immediately pushed Shang Ke and walked towards the underground warehouse noisily.
Shang Ke has carefully observed these people, their footsteps are vain, their eyes are cloudy, and at first glance, they know that they have not been trained, they are just a group of dude who don't know what they are called. Just as he was about to start, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Yue Xuan taking out a camera from his bag.
Very good, in this case, it will fulfill you.
Shang Ke let them push into the warehouse, and the clothes became a little messy under their pulling. However, he was very skillful in dodging, and he didn't let these take any advantage.
Yue Xuan stood in the corner, raised the camera and pointed it in the direction of Shang Ke.
"The person Wang Jue likes is about to be taken by us, and it's exciting to think about it."
"Who will come first?"
"Come according to your age. Dopp and I are the oldest. You help to suppress him."
"Okay, come here, little beauty." A few arms stretched towards Shang Ke, and Shang Ke immediately dodged, deliberately letting them tear off his coat, and the buttons of his shirt were also torn off, revealing his sexy collarbone.
Several people laughed strangely and continued to pounce on him.
"Hurry up." Yue Xuan urged, "He can be accompanied by guards. If he doesn't see anyone for a few hours, he will definitely send someone to look for him."
Lu Xiufan's guards were all in the Memo Court, and Shang Ke left the side gate of the palace and went straight into the subordinate parking lot, before meeting with the guards.
After listening to Yue Xuan's words, everyone stopped wasting time playing around, and began to use brute force.
At this moment, Shang Ke's communicator rang, and the caller showed Lu Xiufan.
"Don't let him pick it up!" One person grabbed Shang Ke's hand and pressed it against the wall, Shang Ke took advantage of the situation to increase his strength, only to hear a "click", the communicator on his wrist shattered, and a few pieces of metal pierced into him In the flesh, blood flowed down his arm.
A hint of coldness flashed in Shang Ke's lowered eyes: Enough. A communicator and a few drops of blood, for half a lifetime of your life...
In the remote warehouse, there were screams one after another.
After a while, Shang Ke put on his coat, tidied up his appearance, took the chip taken out from Yue Xuan's camera, and walked slowly towards his parking space.
When the guard saw Shang Ke's appearance, he thought he was embarrassed by the queen, so he didn't dare to ask more.
After returning to the mansion, the big housekeeper immediately said to Shang Ke, "Why can't your communicator be connected? The lord called a few times and came back to ask about your whereabouts. Hurry up and send a message to the lord."
Shang Ke nodded, returned to his room and changed his clothes before calling Lu Xiufan.
"Ozawa, are you okay? Where did you go just now? Why is the communicator disconnected?" Lu Xiufan asked several questions in a row.
After Shang Ke finished listening to his question, he slowly replied, "It's okay, I went to the palace, and the communicator was accidentally damaged."
"The palace? What are you going to do at the palace?" Lu Xiufan's attention was immediately turned to this matter.
"The Queen summoned me and chatted with me for a while."
chat with you? What can we talk about? Quiz game? Lu Xiufan was puzzled by the Queen's actions. But he knew that the queen would not hurt Shang Ke, so he could only ask after he went back.
Lu Xiufan warned Shang Ke a few more words, and then reluctantly ended the call.
The next day, Shang Ke paid attention to the news from the outside world and found nothing unusual. He guessed that the group of people should not dare to speak out.
However, on the third day, the identity of Shang Ke's promise-keeping person was spread by "people with a heart", and the people who were optimistic about him and Lu Xiufan suddenly changed the trend.
[A promise-keeper? It turned out that he was only the pet of His Excellency the King.]
[The Yue family is really a good plan to send the eldest young master who has become a promise-keeper to Wang Jue to serve him in exchange for the best interests.]
[A promise-keeper with a handsome appearance and a family background, no one can resist, no wonder His Excellency Wang Jue will keep him by his side.]
…
Shang Ke looked at these remarks, and felt quite uneasy in his heart. He has carefully checked the information about the promise-keepers. More than a hundred years ago, the Empire formulated the law on the protection of the promise-keepers to protect his basic rights and interests, and set up a supervisory department to regularly investigate the living and working conditions of all the promise-keepers. , once it is found that they have been abused, the perpetrators will be held to legal responsibility immediately.
However, the keepers are not good at words, and they will not resist when they are abused. As long as the employers cover up a little, the supervisor cannot find strong evidence at all. Coupled with some private exchanges, concealing and not reporting. Gradually, the supervisory department lost its due role and was useless. Until now, the outside world has become more and more indifferent to the contract-keepers, and the distribution center that was originally designed to protect the basic rights and interests of the contract-keepers has gradually become an alternative slave trading market.
Moreover, most of the promise-keepers who were sent to the distribution center were from civilians. As long as no one reported it, basically no one would claim justice for them.
Nowadays, promise-keepers have become a special consumable. They have lost their voices and feelings, as well as their due dignity and rights.
When the identity of Shang Keke was exposed, everyone's perception of him immediately changed from a family's son to the king's pet.
Shang Ke's fingers lightly rubbed the video chip, and a thought suddenly popped up in his heart, can he do something for the promise-keeper? True equality can never be achieved by relying on the charity of others. The rights and interests of the covenant-keeper can only be fought for by the covenant-keeper himself.
"Di" - the voice of the big housekeeper came from the inside line: "Young Master Ze, you will arrive at the mansion in ten minutes."
"understood."
Shang Ke tidied up his clothes, walked downstairs, and stood at the door with the others to greet Lu Xiufan.
Lu Xiufan had been away for eight days, during which time he had communicated with Shang Ke several times, but there was no news after that. Shang Ke did not dare to contact him rashly, so as not to disturb his actions. It wasn't until he returned safely now that Shang Ke was relieved. Next time he has to find a way to walk with him no matter what, rather than stay at home and wait foolishly, it is better to face the danger with him.
After a while, a buoyant car slowly drove into the parking lot of the mansion. Lu Xiufan got out of the car, and his gaze passed over the big housekeeper who was approaching him, and landed on Shang Ke at the door.
"Welcome home, sir, it's been a long journey." The housekeeper saluted respectfully.
"Yeah." Lu Xiufan strode to Shang Ke's side and gently hugged his waist.
"I've put in the hot water, do you want to take a bath first?" Shang Ke asked.
"En." Lu Xiufan followed Shang Ke back to the room.
The housekeeper looked at the backs of the two of them, and Lord Secret Dao really doted on him, but unfortunately, he is just a promise-keeper...
Walking from the door to the bedroom, Shang Ke found that Lu Xiufan's right hand was a bit strange, it had been rigidly placed on his waist. He is very familiar with the way he walks, and he will never make such a movement that affects the appearance.
Back in the bedroom, Shang Ke helped Lu Xiufan take off his shirt, took the opportunity to observe his right hand, and caught a glimpse of a piece of gauze protruding from the cuff.
"What's wrong with the hand?" Shang Ke carefully pulled up the sleeve of his right hand and saw that his entire arm was wrapped in gauze.
"There was a little trouble on the way." Lu Xiufan looked at his arm, "It's just a minor injury, don't worry."
Shang Ke was silent for a moment and said, "The wound should not be wet, I'll give you a bath later."
"Yeah." Lu Xiufan's eyes dimmed, and he happily accepted the proposal.
Shang Ke mainly wanted to see if there were any other injuries on this guy. After stripping him off, Shang Ke glanced up and down several times with his sharp eyes. Except for a few bruises, there was nothing obvious on the strong muscles. The scars made him feel relieved.
Lu Xiufan found that Shang Ke was looking at his body, he was happy in his heart, he pressed him against the wall and kissed him eagerly.
"Take a bath..." Shang Ke's fine voice came out from the gap between his teeth.
"We'll talk about it later." Lu Xiufan bit his lip, with a bit of urgency and longing...
When they came out of the bathroom two hours later, they had a thorough wash inside and out.
Shang Ke was wearing Lu Xiufan's nightgown, his hair was wet against the side of his face, and the blush that was still lingering on his cheeks.
Lu Xiufan was only wearing a bath towel, revealing his strong and explosive muscles.
Shang Ke took out the medicine box and helped Lu Xiufan wipe the medicine and change the bandage.
Lu Xiufan did not know where to find a watch-style communicator, and said, "Last time you said your communicator was damaged, I'll customize a new one for you."
He pulled up Shang Ke's left hand and was about to help him put it on, when he saw that there were several scars on his wrist that had just healed, and they were uneven, as if they had been cut by some sharp object.
"Is this what happened when the communicator crashed?" Lu Xiufan asked in a deep voice.
"Um."
"Why are you so careless?" Lu Xiufan's accusing tone was a bit distressed. These scars appeared on the originally fair skin, and it was not pleasing to the eye.
"I'm sorry." Shang Ke lowered his head.
"No need to apologize." Lu Xiufan sighed, "You must take good care of yourself in the future, and don't let yourself get hurt again, okay?"
"Yeah." Shang Ke nodded seriously. The next time you encounter such a bad thing again, you will definitely hate it immediately.
The two remained warm for a while before they walked out of the room and went to the dining room for dinner.
The next day, Lu Xiufan went to the palace to meet the Queen, reported the results of the investigation during this period, and then asked about the last time the Queen summoned Shang Ke.
The queen smiled and said, "I just want to get to know this promise-keeper who makes you tempted again."
"Does your majesty know?"
"I'm afraid no one doesn't know now." The Queen shook her head and said, "You can go online and see for yourself."
Lu Xiufan's eyes narrowed, and in front of the Queen, he turned on his portable brain.
After a while, his face was gloomy, and after resigning to the queen, he hurriedly left the palace.
During the time he left, Shang Ke was criticized to such an extent! Who is behind the flames
After getting into the car, Lu Xiufan tried his best to restrain his anger, and said to Shang Ke in the driver's seat, "Go back to the mansion."
Shang Ke started the buoyancy car and galloped all the way to the mansion.
Park the car and get out of the driver's seat. Lu Xiufan was about to get out of the car when he saw a silver light flashing from the corner of his eye. Looking down, he saw a small chip sandwiched between the gaps in the carpet.
He bent over to pick up the chip, instead of directly asking Shang Ke who helped him open the car door, he quietly put it in his palm. If he read correctly, this should be a video chip.
After entering the mansion, Lu Xiufan asked Shang Ke to help him make a snack, then went back to the study alone, inserted the chip into the brain, and clicked to play...
[… The person Wang Jue likes is about to be attracted by us, and it’s exciting to think about it.]
[…You help to suppress him.]
[…Come here, little beauty.]
[… Haha… this way…]
[You guys hurry up...he can be accompanied by guards. If he doesn't see anyone for a few hours, he will definitely send someone to look for him...]
"Di Di Di", the communicator rang.
[Don't let him pick it up!]
"Crack!" The communicator was heavily smashed against the wall, and blood flowed from Shang Ke's wrist.
Shang Ke launched a resistance, and the picture began to blur...
Lu Xiufan stared at the screen that had turned into snowflakes, and a huge storm gradually condensed in his eyes.