This shadow guard, you are enlightened

Just as the shop waiter said, Xing Chenmu and the others traveled westward for about an hour, and they could see the huge villa from a distance.The villa is built by the mountains and lives by the water. There are no other houses except this one in a radius of more than ten miles.

The villa is very lively today, there are many elegant guests gathered outside the gate, a middle-aged man who looks like a housekeeper stands outside the gate to welcome the guests.

Yan Qing parked the carriage not far from the villa, and the housekeeper immediately called several servants over to lead the horses.

Xing Chenmu and Zhuo Ying got out of the carriage, without stopping, they stepped forward and cupped their hands to the butler: "I heard that Qiulu Mountain Villa is a holy place for appreciating osmanthus, the owner is generous and kind, and is willing to share this beautiful scenery with others, we two brothers I prefer sweet-scented osmanthus, so I came to bother you, I wonder if I'm lucky enough to enter?"

"The old slave's surname is Xu, and Xu Yunshan is the manager here." Xu Yunshan returned the salute to them, "How many of you came from Luancheng?"

"Mr. Xu, Qiulu Mountain Villa is well-known. We did come from Luan City on purpose. My surname is Zhuo, and my name is Mu. This is my eldest brother." Xing Chenmu paused, but did not report Zhuo Ying's name. Instead, he continued, "This is the housekeeper and his wife, and those two are the guards that my father specially invited for us to go out."

Xu Yunshan nodded, and said: "Since you came here for the name, you must have heard about the rules of our villa. Whether you can enter or not... this old slave can't decide, I hope you can forgive me."

"Mr. Xu, you don't have to be polite, just follow the rules." Xing Chenmu smiled with his lips curled up, and he had already noticed the tables set up on the left and right sides.

"Yes, are the two young masters competing in literature or martial arts?"

"I am different from my elder brother. My elder brother is good at martial arts, but I am good at literature."

"Since the two of you are here together, you just need to pass one test." The visitor saw that he was from a wealthy family, and Xu Yunshan didn't want to offend the distinguished guest, so he quickly introduced, "We need to win the martial arts test in our villa nursing home. For the essay test, you only need to use Gui as the topic, you can write a short essay or make a picture."

This time without waiting for Xing Chenmu to speak, Zhuo Ying spoke first: "Let's compete in martial arts."

Xing Chenmu frowned slightly, he thought that he could just draw a picture, but he didn't want Zhuo Ying to do it with others.

Xu Yunshan noticed the disapproval on Xing Chenmu's face, so he cast his eyes on him, and after a while Xing Chenmu said: "Listen to my brother."

"Hey, okay, those young masters, this way please."

Although the owner of the villa is hospitable, it is actually not easy to enter the village. Take the martial arts test as an example. Can't stand it.

There are a few chairs on the side of the stage for the injured visitors to rest, and now it is full of people.

Zhuo Ying watched from the side for a while, and waited until the people who came before them were kicked off the stage, then he turned his head and said softly to Xing Chenmu: "I'm going."

Xing Chenmu didn't speak, just nodded slightly, Zhuo Ying pulled his palm under the sleeve, and then turned onto the stage.

The nurse standing on the stage looked very young, and when he saw him on the stage, he cupped his hands: "I don't know what this young master is good at?"

"I'm a guest, since Xiongtai represents the master's family, it's up to you to decide." Zhuo Ying is best at using swords, but he has dabbled in almost all weapons.

The guard looked at Zhuo Ying without any trace, and probably knew in his heart that he had met a master: "Our rules here are to the end, if you don't mind, why don't you just fight with fists."

"Okay." Zhuo Ying took off his saber, without looking at Ying Ba who casually threw it aside, "Please."

The nurse saluted him again, and then raised his hand to attack, Zhuo Ying sideways slightly, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw the opponent quickly changed direction with a hook of his elbow, and attacked him again.

Zhuo Ying took half a step back, the fist narrowly passed in front of his eyes, bringing a gust of cold wind, almost at the same time, raised his other hand, and hit his head from bottom to top, but he blocked it by raising his arm.

This move was so familiar, Zhuo Ying's eyes flashed with astonishment, and at the same time, he knew in his heart that this person probably didn't use his full strength when facing other challengers just now.

Letting the opponent attack first was just to test his foundation, before Zhuo Ying waited for him to adjust, he raised his palm first and attacked, the two moved so fast that the audience didn't even have time to see clearly, they had already made twenty moves back and forth in a short while, But still no winner.

Xing Chenmu stared at the stage, tense all over, subconsciously said: "Yingba."

Ying Ba understood his worry, stepped forward and whispered in his ear: "Don't worry, Lord Zhuo is just testing his ability."

Only then did Xing Chenmu relax a little.

Zhuo Ying on the stage also had a sense of proportion, knowing that Xing Chenmu should be worried if the fight continued, so he stopped playing around, and looked for an opportunity to dodge to the left side of the guard, and grabbed the opponent's throat with his backhand.

"Jia Family Boxing." Zhuo Ying said softly, and then withdrew the palm on the opponent's throat, "I've accepted it."

The other party was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked after a long time: "You...can you see the moves I use?"

"Jia's boxing is famous all over the world, how can you not know about it?" Zhuo Ying didn't want to talk about this matter, so she got off the stage after speaking.

It is true that the Jia family's boxing techniques were famous all over the world, but it was decades ago, and now he is the only one left in the Jia family, seeing that Zhuo Ying was about to leave, that person also jumped off the stage, hesitantly asked: "Who is the young master? "

Seeing this, Ying Ba Ying Jiu wanted to step forward to stop him, Zhuo Ying shook his head lightly, and looked back at the man with a somewhat complicated expression: "Your elder brother and I are old friends."

The other party's footsteps stopped for a moment, looking more surprised than just now. After a while, he turned his gaze to Xu Yunshan and said, "Director Xu, I am not this young master's opponent. Please invite them into the village."

Xu Yunshan nodded, smiled at Xing Chenmu and the others: "Guys please come inside."

After getting away from the crowd, Zhuo Ying turned around and asked: "The martial arts test in Qiulu Mountain Villa, there must not be too many people who can pass it?"

Zhuo Ying's statement was already very euphemistic. According to him, if the villa selects visitors based on the level of the nursing home, it is almost like chasing them away.

Xu Yunshan understood what he meant, and was a little embarrassed: "The young masters don't know that the nurse who was competing outside was not Xiao Jia, but yesterday a guest accidentally injured the nurse, so he was replaced. Yes, although Xiao Jia is not very old, he is indeed the most capable person in our village. No one can compare to him today except you. The master has just ordered that someone else will go out tomorrow."

"I see." Zhuo Ying nodded, but did not speak again.

Qiulu Villa deserves to be famous for its sweet-scented osmanthus. The valuable cinnabar osmanthus is planted beside the trail in the village. The sweet scent of osmanthus wafts in the air, making people feel happy.

Xu Yunshan took them to the Xigui courtyard in the village, and the maids who were cleaning the courtyard immediately came up to meet them.

"This is an independent courtyard in the villa. There are five rooms in the courtyard. Let's take a rest here first. The master hosted a banquet in the Qiugui courtyard to entertain all the guests. I will send someone to invite some of you during the meal." Xu Yunshan said again He introduced them, "This is Susu, the servant girl in the courtyard. If you have anything to do, you can tell her to do it. If you want to enjoy the osmanthus in the village, you can let her lead you."

"There's Mr. Lao Xu. But there have been a lot of visitors to the villa recently. We came here suddenly. We feel ashamed to occupy the entire courtyard. Let's ask for three rooms, and you can arrange other guests to stay in the other two rooms." Xing Chenmu said.

"To tell you the truth, there seem to be a lot of people who came to appreciate the osmanthus this year, and there is indeed a shortage of vacancies in the village..." Xu Yunshan hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Then thank you for your understanding."

Xu Yunshan still needed to go outside to entertain new guests, so he led them into the house to have a look, and then left first.

Xing Chenmu closed the door, turned around and took Zhuo Ying's hand, a little aggrieved: "Why won't Ah Ying let me go to the competition? I can't help but worry when I see you competing with others."

"Mu'er, in your capacity, how can calligraphy be left among the people at will." Zhuo Ying said helplessly.

Xing Chenmu murmured: "But they don't know my identity..."

"It's better to be careful."

Xing Chenmu also knew that what Zhuo Ying said was reasonable, so he stopped entangled in this matter, thought for a while and asked: "You just told that nurse that you and his eldest brother are old friends?"

"Well, I used to hear his elder brother mention him often. If I remember correctly, his name should be Jia Tianlei, and his elder brother Mu'er should also know him. Jia Tiansen was once the shadow commander of the tenth team..." Zhuo Shadow eyes darkened, "In the 15th year of Fulu, he was seriously injured and died in the battle of Shangqing Temple."

When Xing Chenmu went out of the palace to go to Shangqing Temple, the first emperor sent a tenth team of shadow guards with a total of more than 360 shadow guards, as well as fifteen cloud shadow guards who had been transferred to his side to accompany him.

In the end, less than ten Shadow Guards survived, except for Zhuo Ying, the rest were seriously injured and could no longer stay in the Shadow Guard Army.

"I see, no wonder you recognize his moves."

"Well, the Jia family is considered a family of martial arts, but it is a pity that they were poisoned by a group of shameless thieves back then, and only the two brothers are left. In addition to passing down a set of boxing techniques created by themselves, the Jia family also has first-class swordsmanship. I didn't compete swords with Jia Tianlei, because Brother Jia also taught me that set of swordsmanship, and I can still see its shadow in the swordsmanship I use today."

After Zhuo Ying finished speaking, she was a little puzzled: "With Jia Tianlei's ability, why did he work as a small nursing home in this villa?"

The Jia family had a very high prestige in Jianghu back then, even if there was an accident, the house was still there, not to mention that the monthly salary of the Shadow Guards was not low, and he died to save the prince. After leaving Jia Tianlei, no matter how he thinks, he shouldn't be so short of money that he needs to be a nursing home.

"Perhaps he has friendship with this villa owner?" Xing Chenmu knew little about martial arts, but he believed that Zhuo Ying's judgment would be the same one that Zhuo Ying could agree with.

"I always feel a little weird." Zhuo Ying frowned, "Mu'er, let's leave as soon as possible after enjoying the sweet-scented osmanthus tomorrow."

"Okay, listen to you."

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The sky outside was about to get dark, and there were voices coming from the courtyard outside, Zhuo Ying got up and opened the door, Xu Yunshan was standing in the courtyard with two men dressed as scholars.

Seeing him open the door, Xu Yunshan brought the two people forward and introduced: "Master Zhuo, these two are the tribute scholars who have passed the examination this year. I will arrange them in the remaining two guest rooms in Qiugui Courtyard. middle."

The examination just ended more than a month ago, although Xing Chenmu was not in the palace, Xing Chenxiu had already sent someone to present the list of tributes to him, and he cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, may I have the honor to know the names of both of you? "

"My surname is Liang, my name is Yuxin, and my name is Boning. The person next to me is the winner of this year's general examination, Zhou Qiyou, Brother Zhou."

The author has something to say: Zhou Qiyou, hahahaha finally wrote about this person.

But let me explain, he is a member of the emperor, he has a good status, because he was in contact with each other by letter before, so he didn't know each other.