Bright Spring

Shen Xu covered her mouth and said with a light smile: "Thank you for your highness, but of course the Mu family will not invite concubines. Although the old man of the Shen family has an old relationship with King Qianning; the concubine also has some personal relationships with Marquis Xiping, but her status is not very elegant. Tang... but Li Louxian's troupe, I can borrow my concubine's body from His Highness, and send it to Mu's residence to sing for a few days, the old lady must like this gift from His Highness very much."

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a moment: If he goes to the banquet by himself, some gift money will be given along with the gift, but Mu's residence is not short of money.It would be great if I could give some things that the old lady likes.

He originally wanted to make indirect remarks today and deceive Shen Xu, but suddenly he couldn't say anything, so he clasped his fists and said: "In that case, thank you madam first."

"It's easy to do." Shen Xu said.

At this time, a woman came to the door, bent her knees and said, "My lord, there is a lady who claims to know you, but I don't know..."

"She's right." Zhu Gaoxu said casually.

The woman withdrew the ceremony.After a while, the young lady from the Mu family who was disguised as a woman, the chieftain woman dressed strangely, and the handsome Geng Hao came to the door of the private room.

"Brother, don't come here safe and sound, it's really a destiny." The Mu family's young lady clasped her fists and bowed, and Geng Hao also performed the ceremony.

Shen Xu stood up calmly, and said with a smile, "Young master's friend is here, so I will leave for the time being."

Zhu Gaoxu bowed his hands back.

The young lady of the Mu family walked in and looked back at Mrs. Shen Xu.Mu Xiaoniang probably didn't know Mrs. Shen Xu, she smiled and said: "That girl is so beautiful, I'm sorry for disturbing my brother's good business."

"Please sit down." Zhu Gaoxu greeted.

Mu Xiaoniang and Geng Hao were sitting opposite each other, and the chieftain lady was probably just an attendant, standing behind them.Geng Hao said with a blushing face: "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet Xiongtai again today..."

"Really don't mention the twenty pennies anymore, I've already thrown away the debt." Zhu Gaoxu was a little impatient, and said it out first.

Mu Xiaoniang said: "My little brother doesn't want to disturb the good things of brother Taiwan, but I didn't catch up with the seat today, there are too many people."

"It's easy to talk about." Zhu Gaoxu said.

At this time, the actor's well-tuned chanting came from below, and Zhu Gaoxu said, "Let's start singing."

Both Mu Xiaoniang and Geng Hao turned sideways and looked towards the stage.

Not long after, there was a commotion in the lobby.A female actress just took the stage, and before she started singing, there were bursts of "Okay! Okay..." voices from below.

The actress's face was heavily painted, she couldn't tell what she looked like, anyway, Zhu Gaoxu didn't know what was so good about it.But soon she sang aloud, her voice was indeed correct, and her movements were well controlled with charm.

Although Zhu Gaoxu didn't know much about opera, but after listening to it for a while, he got used to the tune and thought it was quite nice.Moreover, the libretto of opera is very slow, and the plot can be understood clearly.In the Ming Dynasty, listening to opera was indeed one of the few spiritual entertainments.

He had just heard the content of the play, when suddenly, there was a "clang" sound of metal hitting something!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 2 Fifteen

/p>When a person is unprepared for a moment, there is no idea in his mind.There is no more weighing, no more right and wrong, and people suddenly return to the most instinctive state, and they don't even know the reason for what they do.

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head when he heard the voice, and his snow-white skin flashed in front of his eyes, which matched those abyss-like eyes very well.Then came the glowing blade!

"Si..." There was a slight trembling sound of the blade in the air.

Just like a situation: that is, the blade does not seem to be too fast, but when it is seen, it is already in front of it.

The muscles of Zhu Gaoxu's whole body tensed instantly, he leaned over and stood up, and pinched the blade of the sword accurately with the thumb, index finger and middle finger of his left hand!The blade slid forward, the momentum slowed down, and Zhu Gaoxu's lower palm and tiger's mouth immediately felt stab|pain.

...the blade was pinched violently by Zhu Gaoxu, and there was a brief moment of sliding forward. "Ding Bang!" Something fell to the ground, and at the same time, several exclamations came from my ears.

At this time, a small amount of information was transmitted to Zhu Gaoxu's mind belatedly.

The assassin was a young woman, holding a wooden plate in her left hand. When the wooden plate was removed just now, the small plate of snacks on it fell to the ground; the dagger also stabbed at her.

The target of the assassin's attack was not Zhu Gaoxu, but the young lady of the Mu family sitting opposite!

The Mu family's young lady is located inside, next to the lobby, and there is still Geng Hao between her and the assassin.After the sword pierced through, Geng Hao hid back, and he hadn't fully stood up yet.

Zhu Gaoxu held the blade of the sword with his left hand; his right hand was in the direction of the inner lobby, so he couldn't fight back instantly.

He exerted force with his left hand, and instantly took the tip of the sword away from the target; the smooth blade slipped a little forward from Zhu Gaoxu's fingertips, but the direction was already off.

Although his hand was injured, the fulcrum of the sword was the front end of the hilt, so Zhu Gaoxu's force to the side was more effective!

The assassin immediately drew his sword backwards. Even if Zhu Gaoxu had a strong hand, he couldn't compete with the assassin who was holding the hilt when he squeezed the sword.He let go of his left hand, and grabbed the edge of the coffee table with his right hand, ready to lift it up.

At this time, the two sergeants behind Zhu Gaoxu and the chieftain woman had rushed towards the assassin.The assassin did not launch a second attack, but decisively dodged to the door.

"Stop!" The sergeant roared, and the three of them rushed out the door together.

...Everything seems to be just in an instant, people have not recovered, the attempted assassination|assassination incident is over.

Zhu Gaoxu looked down at his cut left hand, the blood was dripping down, only then could he believe that someone was going to assassinate just now, he is still a little dazed now.

Geng Hao got up and stepped back, his back against the wall.The servants of the two theaters were also curled up in the corner, staring in horror.

Mu Xiaoniang was sitting there, she didn't make a sound or move just now, she just stared at Zhu Gaoxu with big eyes.The time in the private room seemed to freeze for a moment, and no one made a sound.

"Boom, boom..." Zhu Gaoxu heard his own heartbeat.

Gradually he came back to his senses completely, and first took a look at where everyone was sitting.The stage is on the north side, the theater gate is on the south side, and the private room is on the left side of the entrance door, which is the west side.

And Zhu Gaoxu sat on the south side of the private room, this position is the best, diagonally opposite is the stage.On his left is the door of the private room, so he was able to grasp the blade with his left hand just like a conditioned reflex; this way, he doesn't have to sit and turn around, and the speed of reaching out is faster!

Zhu Gaoxu has always believed that his muscle reaction speed exceeds that of ordinary people, so in battle, his talent is always a little faster than his opponent.But looking back on the scene just now, he found that the assassin was faster!

Because when the assassin suddenly launched an attack, he was at the door, a little farther away than Zhu Gaoxu's attack; but the two of them arrived at a certain position almost at the same time.

Why did the assassin start early at the door?Seems to create a raid situation.Otherwise, once someone enters the door, the people in the room may turn their heads in advance; she will be in the sight of others from the beginning of her attack!

Zhu Gaoxu did suffer from being defenseless, but his opponent was indeed very fast!That's why his heart was beating so hard, because he felt a real threat.

After the shock just now, anger gradually replaced it.

"Brother, how is your hand hurt?" Mu Xiaoniang tremblingly asked, she had already taken out a handkerchief, and stretched it out with trembling hands, watching the blood drip gently on the table.

"Skin trauma." Zhu Gaoxu took a look at the wound, feeling that it was more painful now than before, and he looked at Mu Xiaoniang's face again, "She came to kill you, you know?"

Mu Xiaoniang said in a strange voice: "I was the one who got you into trouble, and I was wrong... Thank you, brother, for saving me. I dare not forget my great kindness."

Zhu Gaoxu let out a breath, waited for her to bandage his wound, and said earnestly: "Miss, please pay attention to safety, don't come out often without permission."

Mu Xiaoniang lowered her head.

At this moment, a military general in civilian clothes came in, knelt on one knee, cupped his fists and said: "The last general waits to protect the prince, he deserves death!"

"My lord?" Mu Xiaoniang looked at Zhu Gaoxu in surprise, and everyone looked sideways.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "This matter is not the fault of the brothers."