A Faithful Dog's Secret Guard

It was still a while before dawn, Xiao Yin was no longer sleepy, and he stood by the window and looked out in draped clothes. The lantern in the porch was still on, and he could clearly see a figure flying under the tree not far away, holding a A broken branch is practicing sword.

He had heard Qi Yan say several times before that this man's swordsmanship was amazing, now that he saw it, Xiao Yin deeply felt that this was true.

The movements are clean and neat, the moves are smooth and flowing, the figure is like a light and fluttering leaf, it lands in the air without a sound, and when the slender branches stab out, there is also the sound of breaking the wind, and it stabs accurately on a falling leaf in mid-air , and nailed the leaf to the trunk in the next instant.

At this time, the servants in the mansion hadn't started working yet. Jiang Yao deliberately got up half an hour earlier to practice swords. It was inconvenient to have shackles on his hands and feet before. Now that there is no burden, he doesn't have to worry about waking up others.

After coming to Ping Zhaohou's mansion, he knew that he was neglected to practice, far less intensive than before, and he didn't go out to perform missions. In fact, he was always worried. His habit has made him inseparable from that kind of life, and he quite likes being a secret guard. He is not good at words and communication, and sometimes he thinks it is a good thing to be able to move his hands and mouth, and hide in the dark without being caught by others. Discover.

During this period of time, apart from practicing sword with Qi Yan, he has no chance to exercise his muscles and bones, and practicing sword with Qi Yan also has to pay attention to Qi Yan's rhythm, and he can't rely on his own will. , I haven't regressed after so few days of practice.

Xiao Yin stood in front of the window and watched the whole process quietly. The man was much more lively than usual when he practiced the sword, and he was no longer in a submissive manner. Looking at the light, it seems that there is still a bit of pride.

After practicing for a long time, it was also a little hot in the spring. Jiang Yao wiped off his sweat casually, and noticed that his hair was a little loose. Wrap the hair tie up slowly.

Xiao Yin by the window is still watching, this man with tied hair has such a docile and quiet appearance, and his eyelashes are so long, he can be seen fluttering like a small fan from such a distance.

After Jiang Yao finished tying his hair, he saw Xiao Yin as soon as he turned around. The look in his eyes seemed to be frightened, and he ran over in a hurry, and murmured through the half-open window: "Master, master, what do you want..."

Xiao Yin stared at his face for a while, both sides of his face were still very swollen, and the fingerprints didn't fade away. This man's face was small, and his appearance was immature. This appearance is really pitiful, but it is very pitiful. .

Thinking about it again, half of the person in front of me might be that A Xuan...

"Come in." Xiao Yin said coldly, and left the window.

Jiang Yao didn't dare to delay, and immediately pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing that Xiao Yin was not dressed yet, he lowered his head and asked nervously, "Master, do you want to get dressed?"

Xiao Yin suddenly took a step closer, picked up his chin and pressed down his swollen face, seeing that he shrank subconsciously, obviously in pain, and said in a deep voice: "Since you know the pain, why don't you know how to take medicine? Qi Yan Didn't give it to you?"

"No, no, Master Qi Yan is a slave." Jiang Yao hurriedly said, "Yes, the slave forgot..."

"Do you remember now?" Xiao Yin withdrew his hand, his voice was still as cold as ice, Jiang Yao looked at him blankly, and he couldn't even blink his eyes in a daze, he said angrily, "Hurry up when you remember." Paint!"

"Yes, yes, thank you master..." Jiang Yao seemed to be frightened again, and immediately took out the medicine bottle from his arms, turned sideways, poured it out indiscriminately and wiped it on his face.

The startled look of this person is quite amusing, Xiao Yin sneered, and thought: You can forget the medicine even if you put it on your body, you are really stupid, it is better that Ah Xuan is not this person, he does not want to admit that he was down and out in the past It had to be looked after by such a stupid person.

Thinking of Jiang Yao holding a hair tie to tie his hair just now, Xiao Yin was thoughtful, and when he finished applying the medicine, he said, "Come here and tie my hair."

When Jiang Yao turned around and saw Xiao Yin outside, he was really frightened. He entered the room tremblingly, but he didn't expect that Xiao Yin asked him to apply the medicine himself, and now he wanted him to tie his hair.

Xiao Yin is so strange today...

Standing behind Xiao Yin, Jiang Yao combed Xiao Yin's hair with a comb. Through the bronze mirror, he could see that the outline of Xiao Yin's face was more angular than it was eight years ago, and it looked much sharper. He always had a cold and alienated expression, and lost the previous aggressive look, but when his black hair was loose, his outline was much softer, and he was a bit bookish.

At this time, Jiang Yao's hair-tying method is much more gentle and delicate than when he tied his hair outside just now, but his movements are skillful, obviously he has done this job before, Xiao Yin didn't speak, and felt that Jiang Yao's fingers were unintentional. He rubbed his scalp for a while, there were many calluses from practicing swords all the year round, and there was a slight itchiness when he rubbed it, his eyes moved slightly, this feeling was somewhat similar to what he remembered.

According to Xiao Yin's usual preference, Jiang Yao put half of his hair into a small silver crown and put the other half behind his head. He tidied up the fine hair carefully, and stepped back respectfully after confirming that there should be no problem. .

Xiao Yin sat there without moving for a long time, just when he thought he had done something wrong and made Xiao Yin unhappy, he heard Xiao Yin ask: "I don't ask you where Jiang Lianzhi is, I just ask if you are A Xuan?"

Ah Xuan...why is it Ah Xuan again?

Why did Xiao Yin seek Jiang Xuan?

Jiang Yao really couldn't figure it out, lowered his head and said, "No."

This expression and tone really don't look like lying, after all, this person was very obvious when he lied before, but now he is so calm, it doesn't look like it.

Xiao Yin didn't ask any more questions, but looked back at him, and said again: "Your amulet and headband..."

Speaking of this, Jiang Yao immediately looked over with burning eyes, and plopped down on his knees: "I beg the master to return it to the slave."

Xiao Yin originally wanted to give it back to him, in case he was Ah Xuan, he would have done a good deed, but for some reason seeing him staring at her with bright eyes, he suddenly didn't want to do good deeds.

Those amber pupils were clean and bright, like the eyes of some kind of small animal, so obedient that people couldn't help but want to bully them.

So Xiao Yin secretly smiled in his heart, but said indifferently on his face: "You should know that I am sending someone to investigate you, and I can only return it to you after I find out your identity and find Ah Xuan."

Jiang Yao lowered his eyes in disappointment, bit his lips and asked, "Master, why, why do you want to find Ah Xuan?"

"Didn't you say you weren't?" Xiao Yin got up and walked around him, "Why should I tell you?"

Jiang Yao wanted to get those two things back quickly, but he didn't dare to ask Jiang Xuan more about it, fearing that Xiao Yin really wanted to harm Jiang Xuan, so he had to back out with a dejected expression.

In the afternoon, Jiang Yao went to the dark pavilion to practice swords. After a round of practice, Qi Yan stopped talking several times, and finally said: "You are too talented to practice swords with me. Would you like to enter the dark pavilion?"

Jiang Yao didn't expect that he wanted to let himself be the secret guard, and said, "Isn't that okay? The secret guard insists on not serving two masters, and I have recognized the master."

Qi Yan patted him and motioned to look behind him, he turned his head and saw Mo Feng standing on the sidelines watching, Qi Yan said: "I told the pavilion master that he came to take a look by himself today."

Jiang Yao was still a little nervous for no reason, thinking that he should have done nothing wrong just now, and his performance was very normal.

Seeing that the two of them were staring at him, Mo Feng simply walked over, his tone was still businesslike and indifferent: "It's really good, it's rare to meet an opponent, but you didn't seem to be outstanding in the hidden guards of the Soul Eater Pavilion in the past."

Jiang Yao was very guilty. He naturally hid his clumsiness in the Soul Devouring Pavilion, and he was not that stupid. It is impossible for Jiang Lianzhi to be good at assassination techniques. If he is too outstanding, he will be exposed immediately.

Moreover, there is almost no communication between the hidden guards of the Soul Eater Pavilion. They have always been alone, and they will do it as soon as they receive the task. People don't have many opportunities to know their own level.

Unexpectedly, the dark pavilion of Ping Zhaohou Mansion has such a rule of accompanying others to practice swords. Xiao Yin even sent him to accompany a master to practice swords. Once handed over, he subconsciously took it seriously. Qi Yan naturally figured out his level.

Later, he also thought that Xiao Yin's move was probably to test him, but he was fooled so lightly, and when he met his opponent, he didn't care so much out of instinct and habit.

Therefore, what Mo Feng said meant to expose, Jiang Yao had no choice but to deal with it: "I don't want to attract attention in the Soul Eater Pavilion..."

Mo Feng didn't even think about what he would explain, and said: "If the master agrees, you can come to the dark pavilion."

Jiang Yao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Thank you, Pavilion Master."

If he becomes Xiao Yin's hidden guard, he can not only stay by Xiao Yin's side, but also protect Xiao Yin and do more things for Xiao Yin, so that he can make up for some of the mistakes he made back then.

After coming out of the dark pavilion in the evening, Jiang Yao was called to the study, and sure enough, Mo Feng came to find Xiao Yin.

"Since both you and Qi Yan think he is useful, then let him go to the dark pavilion." Xiao Yin looked at Jiang Yao, saw his eyes full of anticipation, and then thought about the freshness that he had never seen when he practiced sword in the morning. Huozhi, after thinking for a long time, can't think of a reason to refuse.

And I just bullied him in the morning, if I let this fool down again, wouldn't it make me look too inhuman?

Hearing Xiao Yin's words, Jiang Yao couldn't believe it was so easy for a moment, and it took him a long time to react, knelt down and saluted: "Thank you, master."

Mo Feng looked down at him, and said to Xiao Yin: "Although there is no problem with his strength, he still has to go through the rules of the dark pavilion. Before becoming a dark guard of the dark pavilion, he has to go through various trials and confirm various assessments. During the assessment, the Dark Pavilion also needs to fully understand the strengths and weaknesses of each hidden guard, so that it will be easier to assign tasks in the future and do further special training. These must also be written into the files of the dark guards, so that you can keep track of the dark guards' strengths and weaknesses at any time. Wei's situation."

This is basically the same as when Jiang Yao was in Jiangjia and Soul Eater Pavilion. It takes a lot of time and energy to cultivate an excellent hidden guard. It will still record all the details of each hidden guard, not only for control, so that they can know the hidden guards well, but also for the convenience of training and serving the master.

Therefore, the file that Mo Feng mentioned is very important to both the secret guard and the master. The file of the former Jiang family recorded every performance of him from the first training. , the results of each assessment are also recorded, and the sensitivity and intolerance to which punishment is clearly written, so that it is convenient to choose the most effective punishment method to serve as a warning when making a mistake, but generally speaking, the secret guard himself is If you can't see the specific content of that file, you just need to know where you still have deficiencies and continue to improve.

Hearing what Mo Feng said now, Jiang Yao naturally obeyed his orders and did not dare to refute. He has never been trained in the dark pavilion, and he has fewer records than others. Since the dark pavilion wants to accept him as a secret guard, In order to fully understand him, one must go through a thorough assessment and test to find out all about one's own situation, so that one can use him with confidence.

Besides, almost every hidden guard will receive torture training before recognizing their master, just like boiling an eagle, to grind their temper, let them use blood lessons to remember what is loyalty and what is obedience, and the master often only has this Only then will he feel that this hidden guard has been subdued by him and can be used. Now Jiang Yao knows that he should have nothing to trust in Xiao Yin's heart, and it is the same in Mo Feng's heart. Presumably, the dark cabinet will let him accept the torture again. Take an oath of allegiance to your master.

He has experienced these two times, and he has nothing to be afraid of. He only hopes that Xiao Yin can really trust him in the future.

At least give him the amulet and headband first...

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