Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

In the backyard study.

Wei Xing, who arrived first, asked You Ziyin and the other two to sit down, then told the maid to make a pot of fragrant tea to entertain them.

While waiting, Wei Xing said to the three of them, "You must seize this opportunity. If you are favored by the lord, you will be able to enter the official career in the future."

"Don't worry, Chief Steward. We will definitely perform well."

"General Manager, you have to take good care of us later!"

"Yes! We haven't had much contact with the Lord, and we don't know his character. We have to rely on you to take care of him."

All three of them said this with a smile on their faces.

Wei Xing smiled faintly, lowered his head and sipped his tea silently, without answering.

"Someone come quickly! There's an assassin."

But at this moment, a guard's loud shout suddenly came from outside the study, followed by the sound of fierce fighting outside.

You Ziyin and the other two were sitting in the study, stunned with fear and having no idea what was going on.

Wei Xing hurriedly stood up and said, "You guys stay here, I'll go out and take a look."

"General Manager..." Before the three of them could finish their words, Wei Xing had already rushed to the door.

"Bah!"

But just as he rushed to the door, a masked killer rushed in quickly and slashed him in the chest with a knife.

Wei Xing's body stiffened and he immediately fell to the ground.

You Ziyin and the other two were so frightened that they quickly stood up and hid behind the desk.

The killer rushed in holding a bloody long knife, glared at the three people and shouted, "Tell me, who are you?"

"I...we just got here not long ago and don't know what the situation is!" You Zinyin said in a trembling voice.

"It seems that you are the lord's lackeys. Today, we are ordered by the prince to come here to eliminate the Jiangnan lord Gu Chan. Since you are related to him, today is the day you die." The killer said cruelly.

You Ziyin was frightened and shouted, "Brave man, you misunderstood. I am not the lord's lackey. This matter has nothing to do with me. I was just called here by the lord. I don't know what happened."

"Where are you two?" the killer said, glaring at the other two.

Long Yu and Jie Sanshao looked at each other, but they did not show any fear, but were very calm instead.

Looking directly at the killer, Long Yu was the first to say coldly, "I advise you to run away quickly! This is the Lord's Mansion. You are lucky that you can kill them by surprise. If the guards rush over in a while, you will not be able to escape even if you want to."

"That's right. And to put it bluntly, it's probably not an easy task for you to kill the three of us at the same time with your own strength." Young Master Jie said as he walked out from behind the desk and stood in front of the killer without fear.

Long Yu also plucked up the courage to stand up and stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

In contrast to the two of them, You Ziyin was completely afraid of death. He hid aside tremblingly and said, "Brave man, it's their business if they want to show off their strength. You can kill them if you want. It has nothing to do with me!"

"I'll kill you too." the killer said viciously.

"Brave man, if you are willing to spare my life, I will reward you with a large sum of money." You Zinyin said with a cowardly look on his face.

"Hahaha……"

The killer immediately raised his head and burst into laughter.

The three of them were stunned by his laughter on the spot and were completely confused.

After the assassin finished laughing, he couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Mr. You, you are the first place winner of the Jiangnan Poetry Festival. You look so cowardly. People like you are not worthy of staying in this lord's mansion."

After saying this, he reached out and untied the black cloth covering his face, revealing his true face.

It turned out that the killer was none other than Ren Nanshan, the commander of the guards in the lord's mansion.

At this time, Wei Xing, who was lying at the door, slowly stood up from the ground and silently reached out to brush off the dust on his body.

You Ziyin was stunned. "What's going on? Chief Steward, weren't you just... killed?"

"If I die so easily, how can I still be the chief steward of the lord's mansion?" Wei Xing turned around and glanced at You Zinyin with disdain.

You Ziyin was completely frozen in place.

Gu Chan walked in from the study door with a gloomy face, neither hurried nor slow.

After sitting down at the desk, she stared at You Ziyin and said, "Mr. You, please go back! I respect all the scholars in the world, but I respect a person's character even more. Your performance in the trial just now disappointed me, so don't blame me for being ruthless."

"My Lord...I...this..." You Zinyin was so embarrassed that he couldn't speak.

Ren Nanshan didn't bother to talk to him at all. He immediately called two guards and forcibly carried him away, one on each side.

"My Lord, I was wrong. Please give me another chance. I will never let you down again."

You Ziyin kept struggling, shouting, and begging desperately.

Gu Chan turned a deaf ear and focused all her attention on Long Yu and Jie Sanshao.

There is no doubt that their performance just now, although not very good, was indeed acceptable, and the aura of strength they possessed could not be faked.

In contrast to them, You Zinyin's aura was just fake. Once he took off his disguise, he was undoubtedly a coward.

Long Yu couldn't help but bow to Gu Chan, and said with admiration, "You are indeed worthy of being the Lord. You can think of such a method to test us. I really can't help but admire you."

"Yes! Just now I was very worried and confused as to why assassins sent by the prince would break into the heavily guarded lord's mansion. Now I finally understand it completely. The lord is really a man of great means!" Young Master Jie also shouted.

Gu Chan laughed and said, "You two are great. I like you both very much. Someone, bring them two strings of candied haws to eat to calm their nerves."

"Yes, lord." The maid waiting outside responded and immediately came in with two strings of candied haws and handed them to Long Yu and Jie Sanshao one by one.

But because of what happened just now, they now had to think in their heads while holding the candied haws, wondering if this was the second test given to them by Gu Chan, so they didn't dare to open their mouths and take a bite for a long time.

Gu Chan said with a smile, "Eat! You're welcome."

"Thank you, Lord." The two said in unison.

Then they each took a small bite of the candied haws.

After they swallowed the candied haws in their mouths, they soon felt dizzy, then closed their eyes and fainted on the ground.

Gu Chan said speechlessly, "These two idiots, I told them to eat, and they really ate. I am speechless too."

"Are they qualified now?" Ren Nanshan asked.

"Of course I passed. This shows trust in me! How could I fail?" Gu Chan said with a big laugh.

Ren Nanshan was in a state of confusion after hearing this. He did not stay in the study room any longer, but took his leave and left with a few of his guards who were acting.