The warm, soft touch unexpectedly spread through his lips and tongue throughout his body. Zhao Jingyu's heart choked and he was completely stunned.
Fortunately, he was smart enough to quickly understand what Xie Nanjia meant. He immediately took the initiative, put one arm around Xie Nanjia's waist, held the back of her head with the other, and kissed her back hard.
Two men in black came over and were stunned when they saw the scene.
"I can't take you away. Your father will beat me to death if he finds out." Zhao Jingyu said vaguely while kissing, "And that tigress in my family will tear you apart and eat you."
Xie Nanjia: “…”
This guy is really good at taking advantage of others. He even made up a story about a tigress.
"That's why we want to elope. Let's go far away, to a place where no one can find us. As long as I can be with you, I'm not afraid of any hardship or difficulty." She hugged Zhao Jingyu's neck and confessed affectionately, kissing him madly.
The two men in black, who had probably never seen such a bold and passionate girl before, looked at each other, and not wanting to disturb their intimacy, turned around and walked away very consciously and silently.
Zhao Jingyu followed up with, "No, I can't elope with you. I can't get used to a hard life, and I don't want you to have a hard life."
The men in black had already walked over, but stopped when they heard this, as if they had not expected this man to be so incompetent. One of them couldn't help but turn around and cursed fiercely, "Are you still a man?"
The two people hugging each other were startled at the same time, hugged each other tighter, and asked in fear: "Who are you? Who are you?"
"I am a person who stands up for justice!" the man in black said gruffly, "If you are a real man, take the girl away. Otherwise, get out of here as soon as possible to save you from ruining such a good girl!"
Zhao Jingyu: “…”
Xie Nanjia: “…”
Are all killers so loyal and righteous these days
"Yes, yes, I understand. I'll take her away right now." Zhao Jingyu nodded, then stumbled away pulling Xie Nanjia.
"Look at how cowardly he is. I can guarantee that he will not elope with that girl." The man in black spat on the ground and said to his companion.
"Let's go, let's go. It's none of your business whether they elope or not. Don't forget your mission." His companions pushed and shoved him into another alley.
Zhao Jingyu and Xie Nanjia hid under the eaves of a house, listening to the two men in black walking away, and at the same time patted their chests and let out a sigh of relief.
"Damn it, how dare you call me a coward!" Zhao Jingyu cursed in the tone of the man who saw injustice.
Xie Nanjia chuckled and couldn't help punching him: "It's all your fault. Why didn't you just agree to elope with me? Why did you have to say that? Even the killer couldn't stand it anymore."
Zhao Jingyu grabbed her hand and kissed her. "If I want to marry you, I have to marry you with a grand wedding dress and a sedan chair, so that you won't be branded as an eloper."
"..." Xie Nanjia pulled back her hand and said helplessly, "We were just acting!"
"I can't even act." Zhao Jingyu said seriously.
"You blockhead!" Xie Nanjia was so angry that she punched him again.
At this moment, noisy footsteps and shouts suddenly sounded from the other end of the alley: "Quick, quick, quick, this is it, I was just tricked by them..."
"Oh no, he's back against injustice again!" Zhao Jingyu grabbed Xie Nanjia's hand and ran away.
A fierce chase ensued, and the two men turned through four alleys in one breath but still failed to shake off the gang.
Xie Nanjia gradually lost strength, broke free from Zhao Jingyu's hand and said, "You can run on your own. I'm not their target anyway, so they won't make things difficult for me."
"Do you believe this?" Zhao Jingyu lifted his clothes and squatted on the ground, "Come up, I'll carry you."
"No, neither of us can escape like this..." Xie Nanjia said.
"Don't say useless things. I will never abandon you, never." Zhao Jingyu interrupted her.
"..." Xie Nanjia wanted to say something, but after thinking for a while, she closed her mouth and obediently lay on his back with her arms around his neck.
"That's good." Zhao Jingyu stood up and ran forward with her on his back.
Xie Nanjia's nose suddenly felt sore for no reason, and tears welled up, blurring her eyes.
She turned her head and used one hand to rub her eyes. Suddenly, she saw a vermilion lacquered door with a red lantern hanging on it. On the lintel was a plaque with four large characters written in a majestic manner: Shangshu An's Mansion!
After running for a long time, they had already lost their way and unexpectedly ran to the back door of Minister An's mansion.
"Zhao Jingyu!" She shouted out Zhao Jingyu's full name excitedly, "Can you still climb over the wall? If you can, let's go in and hide."
Zhao Jingyu paused, looked up at the height of the courtyard wall, silently weighed it in his mind, exerted all his strength, jumped up, and grabbed the top of the wall with both hands.
“I can only jump so high,” he gasped.
The two men struggled to climb up the wall and jumped into the yard with a "thump thump".
Unexpectedly, there was a pile of old tiles under the courtyard wall. The two men hit them, and the tiles made a crisp cracking sound. The two men lost their balance and fell to the ground, grimacing in pain, but they could only grit their teeth and endure it.
The sound of footsteps outside the courtyard wall was clearly audible, and someone shouted in a rough voice: "Where are the people? Where did they run to?"
"I don't know. I chased him and he disappeared."
"How is that possible? Did they grow wings and fly?"
"Maybe he's hiding in someone's yard?"
"Then search house by house!"
"That's not good. This alley is occupied by high-ranking officials. We should ask the master for instructions!"
"Okay, I'll go ask for instructions. You should arrange two people to guard each door, including the front door, to prevent them from leaving through the front door."
"knew!"
"What should we do now?" Zhao Jingyu asked in a low voice into Xie Nanjia's ear.
"Let's go see Minister An." Xie Nanjia said, pulling his hand and limping towards the front yard.
Xiankelou is the most luxurious restaurant in the capital. Not only does it have a great environment and expensive food and wine, but its tables, chairs, furniture, bowls, plates and tea sets are all of the highest standards. Its luxury is comparable to that of an imperial palace.
At this moment, the largest room in the restaurant was smashed into a mess. Song Jingxing's eyes were red like an angry beast, and he wished he could eat the person in front of him alive.
"You are all useless. You have hundreds of people and can't even take down one person. How dare you come to see me?"
Feng Shao led a big man to kneel on the ground covered with broken porcelain pieces, kowtowed and confessed his guilt tremblingly.
"I am incompetent, I deserve to die..."
"Then go die, die as far away as possible and don't get in my way!" Song Jingxing was hysterical.
The big man and Feng Shao looked at each other, looking embarrassed.
Feng Shao said with a stiff face, "Young Master, calm down first. General Lin said that the target is in Qinzheng Lane. As long as you nod, they will definitely find the person."
"Have you got any brains? Don't you know who lives in Qinzheng Lane? Do you think we can be searched just by nodding? You think we are not exposed fast enough?" Song Jingxing slammed the table, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.
Feng Shao got scolded no matter what he did, so he just shut up and let him scold him.
General Lin, who was kneeling beside him, thought for a moment and said, "Master, calm down. You are right. I am overthinking. How about this? I will send more people to replace the visible guards with hidden guards and monitor all the front, back, left and right of Qinzheng Lane. The target cannot hide in someone else's house forever. As soon as he comes out, we will take action immediately. What do you think?"
Song Jingxing was still immersed in the anger of mission failure, and said unhappily: "You are the commander-in-chief of this operation. Now you have alerted the snake. Once the snake returns to its hole, it will not come out again. I don't care what method you use, you must complete the mission. If the target is not killed, you will be beheaded!"
"Yes, I obey your command!" General Lin responded, stood up and left the room.
Song Jingxing sighed heavily, stood up and walked to the window, lifted the curtains and looked at the street downstairs. After the chaos just now, the originally bustling street was left with only people from the Kyoto government office and the Five Cities Army who had rushed over after hearing the news to check the scene. The mess on the ground silently reminded people of how thrilling the fight was.
But no matter how thrilling it was, Zhao Jingyu still managed to escape even though he was surrounded by hundreds of people.
He was standing upstairs watching the battle at that time. He thought he had already won the game, so he returned to the table and drank a cup of tea. However, in just this time it took to drink a cup of tea, the situation outside changed.
All the lanterns around were extinguished, and the fighting arena was dark. Before he could react, he heard someone shouting that Zhao Jingyu had run away.
He heard the voice clearly, it was clearly Zhao Jingyu's own voice.
He thought that Zhao Jingyu must be deliberately humiliating him. This humiliation was no less than being slapped in the face in public, which made him lose face.
Yes, at that moment, he really thought that nothing could be more humiliating than this, until General Lin suddenly ran over and said that Zhao Jingyu and a woman had performed an intimate scene under the noses of his men, and then disappeared.
When he heard about the woman, Song Jingxing immediately thought of that cunning woman, and then he thought that it must be that woman who shot out the surrounding lanterns and rescued Zhao Jingyu.
Yes, he was absolutely sure that it was definitely that woman, because he had seen with his own eyes the woman's skills in throwing pots and shooting arrows.
When he realized this, his sense of shame instantly reached its peak and anger burned in his chest. He wished he could find Zhao Jingyu and that woman immediately and chop them into pieces with his own hands to relieve the hatred in his heart.
He had been a favored child for twenty years, but no one had ever humiliated him like this. All the insults he had suffered came from these two people.
He even felt that these two people were sent by God to torture him.
He swore that he would never let them go, not in this life!
A dim light was on in Minister An's study. Zhao Jingyu washed his hands and face, changed into Minister An's casual clothes, and sat opposite Minister An with Xie Nanjia, briefly recounting what had happened tonight.
His clothes were covered in blood, and the Shangshu's wife, Mrs. Lin, took them to the kitchen herself and burned them in the stove.
An Yizhi's face was solemn. He stroked the short beard on his chin and said slowly, "Second Master Zhao, I don't know why you were hunted down. The reason why I was willing to take the risk of letting you take shelter in my house was entirely because of Miss Xiu'er, because she once saved the lives of my wife and daughter. I hope you can understand this."
"I understand." Zhao Jingyu's face was calm, his eyebrows and eyes were beautiful, and it was completely impossible to tell that he had just experienced a battle royale. "Minister An has no relationship with our family, so of course he won't do it for my face. Don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble, and I won't come to thank you after I leave here."
"Yes." An Yizhi nodded. "There must be spies everywhere outside now. We can't inform the Marquis rashly. Second Young Master, please stay here for one night. When the bandits retreat at four o'clock tomorrow morning, you can pretend to be my sedan bearer and go to court with me. At that time, I will personally hand you over to your father-in-law, Duke Su Xiaoguo. Then I will have done my best to help you."
"Minister An, this is very thoughtful. Thank you very much." Zhao Jingyu stood up and bowed to him.
Xie Nanjia also stood up and was about to salute, but Lin came in after burning the clothes and stopped her and said, "Miss Xiu'er, you don't have to be polite. You are our great benefactor, and we don't deserve your gift."
"Madam is the most polite." Xie Nanjia said with a smile, "I really just did a little favor that night, Madam, you don't have to keep it in mind. Besides, you also saved my life and the Second Young Master's life tonight, so this favor has been repaid. If Madam is willing, you can treat me as your sister in the future, okay?"
"In this case, I am marrying up. I couldn't ask for such a good sister!" Lin smiled and held her hand. "It's late at night. My husband will arrange a place for the second young master. Sister, come with me to the backyard to rest!"
Xie Nanjia glanced sideways at Zhao Jingyu and said nothing more. She followed Lin out of the study.
An Yizi then arranged Zhao Jingyu in the room next to the study and went back to his room to sleep.
The entire Shangshu Mansion returned to peace, as if nothing had happened.
The Dingyuan Marquis Mansion and the Zhenguo Duke Mansion searched everywhere for the whereabouts of Zhao Jingyu and Xie Nanjia, but they couldn't find them after searching for a whole night.
Sheng Qingyun cried at home until her eyes were red and swollen and her throat was hoarse, and the young Duke Su Xian also stayed awake all night.
Upon hearing the news, Sheng Qingluan went to the Duke's Mansion overnight to accompany her sister, and ordered Xie Nanfeng to lead the servants of the General's Mansion and the Su family to look for someone.
At four o'clock in the morning, An Yizi woke up on time and prepared to attend the morning court. For safety reasons, he first sent his confidant out to scout the way. The confidant came back and reported that something was not right outside and that there were people secretly monitoring the entire alley.
Upon hearing this, An Yi did not dare to take Zhao Jingyu out rashly, so he had to let him stay at home while he went to court. Before leaving, he ordered the servants to look after the house and no one was allowed to enter or leave until he came back.
As the sky gradually brightened, Su Jincheng, who had been searching in vain all night, returned to the scene of the fight and found the scattered South Pearls on the ground.
It was not until then that he vaguely remembered that he seemed to hear a female voice reminding Zhao Jingyu to take off her clothes last night.
He shuddered, looked at the pearl in his hand, and thought about the lanterns that went out one after another last night. He then remembered that his sister often shot birds in the garden with a slingshot in the past few days. He immediately realized that his sister was not lost, but came back specifically to save Zhao Jingyu.
So, she should be with Zhao Jingyu now.
(End of this chapter)