The night is deep, and the bright moonlight is like water, floating towards the world.
In the side room at the backyard of the Jingnan County Government Office, Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and others had already washed up and changed into fresh clothes. Liu Dadao was sitting in the courtyard on duty, guarding against any short-sighted villains who might plot against Zhu Ping'an.
Liu Mu was in the side room, and from time to time he stuck his head out to look outside.
If it happened once or twice it would be fine, but in the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Liu Mu had already stuck his head out to look seven or eight times.
"Brother Mu, what are you looking at?"
Liu Dadao, who was on duty in the courtyard, couldn't help but ask curiously when he saw Liu Mu looking out again.
"I'm looking at you, young master." Liu Mu retracted his gaze.
"Hahaha... Brother Mu, you usually act like an old man, but I didn't expect you to be even more greedy than me. What do you mean you're looking at the young master? Why don't you just say you're waiting for his chicken soup? There's nothing to be embarrassed about."
Liu Dadao finally seized the opportunity and couldn't help laughing and teasing Liu Mu, as he was usually the greedy one.
"I didn't realize you're such a glutton, Brother Mu. When the young master brings the chicken soup later, you can serve it first." Upon hearing this, Liu Dachui and others in the room stepped forward and patted Liu Mu on the shoulder, and couldn't help laughing.
"What? I just feel something is wrong." Liu Mu shook his head and said to them.
"What? Something's wrong?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Dadao and others immediately stopped smiling, and all perked up and looked around carefully.
Especially Liu Dadao who was on duty in the courtyard, he jumped onto the top of the wall, stood on the wall and looked around.
"There's nothing unusual."
Liu Dadao looked around on the wall for a moment, made sure there was nothing unusual, turned over and jumped off the wall, and said to Liu Mu.
"I'm not saying something is wrong outside, I'm saying something is wrong with the young master. Why are you looking at me like that... I'm not saying anything bad about the young master. The young master is the most considerate of us. Usually when we come back from outside with the young master, he doesn't even wait for us to change his clothes, and he gives us most of the chicken soup and fish soup cooked by Miss Huaer. But today, such a long time has passed, and I haven't seen the young master come out. Don't you think something is wrong? I'm worried that something has happened in the young master's room?"
Liu Mu was speechless to Liu Dadao and the others. He rubbed his forehead helplessly and said to them that he had just mentioned that something was wrong with Young Master Jue when he saw Liu Dadao and the others looking at him seriously. Knowing that they had misunderstood, he hurriedly explained and expressed his concerns to Liu Dadao and the others.
"Ah, yes, now that you mention it, I also feel that something is amiss. Before the young master came into the house, he said that he would share the chicken soup with us later. If it were usual, he would have shared it with us by now. Today, how come such a long time has passed, and he hasn't come out yet?! Moreover, the main house seems a little quiet."
After Liu Mu's reminder, Liu Dadao and the others also realized that something was wrong.
"Just in case, let's go to the door and ask the young master. If nothing happens, that's great. If there is something, bah, bah, bah, look at my crow mouth. The young master is worth a lot of money, a genius, and has a good life. How could there be anything wrong with him?"
After hesitating for a while, Liu Dadao suggested to Liu Mu and others that they go to the door to ask Zhu Ping'an if there was anything wrong, and then analyze the situation. When it came to the matter of whether there was anything wrong, Liu Dadao slapped himself hard on the mouth twice and called himself a jinx.
Liu Mu and the others nodded.
So, Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and the others came out of the side room and walked towards the main house. They stopped more than one meter away from the main house door. Liu Dadao and the others looked at Liu Mu. Liu Mu was the most stable and talkative person among them, so it was most appropriate for Liu Mu to ask.
"Young Master, Young Master, are you okay? We don't mean to disturb you, but we are a little worried because there has been no movement in the main house for a long time." Liu Mu stood at the door with his fists clenched, listening carefully, and asked softly.
At this time, inside the main house, the masked woman looked at Zhu Ping'an with a pair of fox eyes, and said sarcastically, "I'll let you go and drink with you?! Hehehe... You are ugly, but you think beautifully."
Just at this moment, Liu Mu's voice sounded outside.
The masked woman quickly covered Zhu Ping'an's mouth again, and the dagger in her hand was pressed against Zhu Ping'an's carotid artery. The force was well controlled, compressing the artery without cutting it, which was very threatening.
Hearing Liu Mu's voice, Hua'er, who was lying on the bed with her mouth blocked by a towel, became excited, as if a drowning person had encountered a piece of driftwood. She twisted her body excitedly like a silkworm. Although her mouth was blocked, she also made a humming sound with her throat, trying to send signals to Liu Mu and others outside.
Help! This evil woman wants to kill my son-in-law. Liu Mu, come and save me.
Huaer tried very hard to send out a distress signal.
After Liu Mu spoke outside, they kept listening to the noise in the house. Although the humming sound from Huaer's throat was not loud, they also heard it. After hearing it, their faces changed, and they felt that something was wrong, and immediately rushed into the house.
“Uh~~~”
Just as Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and others stepped into the main house, they suddenly heard a melodious, involuntary, painful, and indescribable sound like a rooster's crowing coming from the inner room.
Hearing this voice, Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and others all slammed on the brakes and stopped abruptly.
They were all experienced people, and they had just heard similar noises on the way back, so how could they not know what happened inside.
In an instant, they all blushed, their faces as red as monkeys' butts, and they wanted to bang their heads against the wall in embarrassment!
"Sorry... We are sorry, sir, for disturbing you. We will leave now, we will leave now..." Liu Mu and the others apologized repeatedly with red faces, and retreated faster than when they rushed into the house.
When Liu Dadao was retreating quickly, he didn't notice the threshold and fell to the ground with a thud, causing Liu Mu and several others to roll into a ball in the courtyard like a rolling gourd.
"Dadao, you young fool, look at your bad idea, which has caused us to disturb the young master's good deeds." Liu Dachui and the others got up from the ground with red faces, and tacitly put the blame on Liu Dadao.
"Ahem, I didn't expect that either." Liu Dadao touched the back of his head with an embarrassed look on his face. "On our way back, the young master calmly said that it was the sound of sowing hope. Who knew that the young master would also sow hope when he came back."
Holy shit, this works!
In the inner room.
Zhu Ping'an was petrified, looking at the masked woman like a blind dog, "You're really wasting your talent if you don't go to "Sound into the Heart".
"Why are you looking at me like that..." The masked woman blinked at Zhu Ping'an slyly with an innocent look on her face.
The chubby little maid was stunned, as if she had been acupunctured. She even forgot to twist her body and ask for help. Her little face was red. After a long time, she stared at the masked woman with red face and ears, and started to whimper, probably scolding her for being shameless.