This shadow guard, you are enlightened

Since the day Ying Ba entered the Shadow Guard Army, he never thought that he would survive until the day he left, but when that day came, he stood outside the palace gate in a normal suit, looking at the dazzling sun hanging in the sky , the heart was extremely peaceful.

The man on the side bumped his arm: "Why, can't you bear it?"

Yingba regained his senses, shook his head and smiled: "After all, it is a place where I have stayed for so many years. It is impossible to say that there is no reluctance, but the person I am most reluctant to bear has been brought out by me, so I don't feel like I imagined." That's unacceptable."

Ying Jiu also smiled: "Then let's go, go to the forgiveness hall now, and still have lunch in time."

The two of them carried a big burden on their backs, and without hiring a carriage, they wandered from outside the imperial city all the way to the shrine in the east of Luan City.

On the surface, Shuguan is only one of the many martial arts halls in Luan City, but in fact it is the dark spot of the Shadow Guards in Luan City. Information collected from various places will be sent to the palace through here. At the same time, as a martial arts hall, it also Responsible for selecting those teenagers who are extremely talented in martial arts, and send them to the shadow reserve camp after training.

And all the martial artists in Shukan are from the Shadow Guard Army.

The Eight Shadows and Nine Shadows have reached the age to quit the Shadow Guard Army, Zhuo Ying gave them three ways, one is to enter the Shadow Reserve Camp, the reserve camp is still a Shadow Guard Army membership, and the residence is still uniformly arranged in the palace; the other is to leave the Palace and enter the Shu As a martial artist, you can buy your own residence in Luancheng, but you must not leave Luancheng for no reason; the third is to bid farewell to the identity of the shadow guard and the life of the past few decades. There are no restrictions on any contact with David.

Ying Ba and Ying Jiu chose the second path almost without any hesitation.

In fact, they were really reluctant to leave the Shadow Guard completely, not to mention that the two of them had no other skills to make a living except for their martial arts, so they couldn't really rely on the savings of the first half of their lives to idle around and wait for death.

Entering the forgiveness hall can not only allow them to continue to serve the court and the Shadow Guards, but also allow them to have their own small home in Luancheng without too much disturbance. This is undoubtedly the best choice for them.

The owner of the forgiveness hall is a strong and tough old man who is nearly sixty years old. When Ying Ba Ying Jiu was still in the shadow guard army, he came to the forgive hall many times in order to obtain secret information. They are no strangers to each other. When they arrived, they were invited to sit down and have a meal with everyone, and told them that their accommodation had already been arranged for them.

Although the two wanted to buy a mansion by themselves, they couldn't handle it for a while, so they still had to settle down in the forgiveness house for the time being.

It wasn't until the senior asked his name that Ying Ba remembered that he had left the Shadow Guard Army, and the code name of Ying Ba Ying Jiu didn't belong to them, so he said, "Young Geng Wu, this is Wang Xiucheng."

"Okay, okay, you must be familiar with many people here, so I won't introduce them one by one. The routine in the forgiveness hall is the same as that of 'there'. Apart from eating, drinking and daily training, the only thing you have to do is to teach If those kids practice martial arts, if they don’t understand anything, they can ask me or any other martial artist.”

Geng Wu and Wang Xiucheng thanked each other, and after eating, they followed the familiar former shadow guard to familiarize themselves with the environment.

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After settling down in Shuguan, the two began to pay attention to which mansions in Luancheng were for sale recently.

They have accumulated a lot of savings over the years. Since the Shuguan is a military officer, the martial artist will naturally get a corresponding monthly reward for teaching martial arts, so they have no worries about money. After checking a few places, the two chose a distance. The house not far from the museum was bought.

The location of the house is good, just a few streets away is the busiest market in Luangcheng, but the house itself is in an alley surrounded by houses, so it can be regarded as quiet amidst the hustle and bustle.The yard is the size of an ordinary single-entry courtyard house, which is enough for two people.After getting the deed, they simply purchased some supplies and moved into their own residence within a month.

Because neither Geng Wu nor Wang Xiucheng knew how to cook, the two simply went to the Shu Hall every morning, shared all three meals in the Shu Hall, and walked home together after dinner.

Such days are both ordinary and warm, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, as usual, Geng Wu and Wang Xiucheng led the children to stride in the courtyard, when they heard a "squeak" behind them, the courtyard door was pushed open, and a A man in a veiled hat stepped into the courtyard.

"Excuse me, what's the matter—" Geng Wu's inquiring words came to an abrupt end when he saw the person who followed him into the room, his knees bent subconsciously, but when he thought of something, he paused again, and shouted in a choked voice: " Lord."

The man in the veiled hat also noticed him at this time, and immediately walked towards him: "Geng Wu, stop him for me."

"Ah?" Geng Wu heard Zhuo Ying's voice, but the meaning in the words made him not know what to do. He looked at Zhuo Ying and then at Xing Chenmu, and finally stopped in front of Xing Chenmu as he said, and said cautiously: " I'm sorry, Grandpa."

"Ying Ba, get out of the way." Xing Chenmu said in a low voice, his eyes followed Zhuo Ying until he entered the main hall.

Geng Wu rubbed his nose: "Master, I am no longer Ying Ba, you, you should still call me Geng Wu."

The two confronted each other like this, Xing Chenmu knew that the person in front of him didn't have the guts to really attack him, but it was almost impossible for him to chase after him beyond the martial artist Ying Ba.

At this time, the children who were striding forward also looked at the two of them curiously. Wang Xiucheng wanted to step forward to help, but he had no choice but to appease the children first.

Xing Chenmu was silent for a long time, and finally said helplessly: "Then you can't keep me here forever, can you? Alright, this long is enough for Ah Ying to avoid me, let me in first."

Geng Wu thought about it too, and after exchanging a glance with Wang Xiucheng, he led Xing Chenmu inside.

After walking a few steps, more than a dozen martial artists rushed out, apparently under Zhuo Ying's orders, they stopped Xing Chenmu to salute on the way.

Xing Chenmu's entire face turned dark: "The etiquette is all waived, take me to find Ah Ying."

Nowadays, most of the shadow guards in Shuguan used to be Zhuo Ying's subordinates. It's not that they are not afraid of Xing Chenmu, but Mingying Palace can be regarded as Zhuo Ying's "mother's family". Zhuo Ying's head.

So everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one moved.

After a while, the curator rushed out to greet them, which broke the deadlock.

After all, due to age and experience, the curator saw at a glance that the two were just ordinary couples quarreling, and it would never get better if they were not allowed to meet. He waved his hand to let those people go to work on him He asked Geng Wu to lead Xing Chenmu to the east courtyard to find Zhuo Ying.

The curator of the forgiveness hall is a shadow guard in the same group as Zhuo Ying's adoptive father. When the curator left the shadow guard army, Zhuo Ying had already become the commander of the shadow guard. It was Zhuo Ying who personally arranged people in the forgiveness hall.

After Zhuo Ying entered the martial arts gym today, he first found the curator and asked the curator to prepare two vacant rooms for him. He and Xing Chenmu would stay here temporarily tonight. He knew that Geng Wu would not be able to stop Xing Chenmu for too long, so he took advantage of the gym Chang sent people to clean up the empty space in the house, and calmly mobilized a dozen people to block Xing Chenmu outside.

When Xing Chenmu was brought to the east courtyard by Geng Wu, the door of Zhuo Ying's room had already been tightly closed, even locked from the inside.

Xing Chenmu sighed, stepped forward and leaned against the doorway: "A Ying, give me a chance to explain."

After a moment of silence, Zhuo Ying's voice came from inside: "Say!"

Xing Chenmu smiled wryly, and had no choice but to explain through the door.

Speaking of this matter, Xing Chenmu himself felt quite wronged. A few days ago, when Xing'er ascended the throne, he and Zhuo Ying left the palace, planning to wander around Luancheng for a few days before traveling all the way to the southwest.

But who would have thought that when the two of them were shopping in the market the day before yesterday, he just found it interesting and borrowed a hawker's stall to draw a sugar painting for Zhuo Ying, but he was entangled by the girl who was watching.

Although Xing Chenmu has passed his forties now, he looks like he is only in his thirties in appearance. He was born good-looking, but after years of precipitation, he has an extraordinary bearing.

The girl called herself a "child of the rivers and lakes", and she was always informal, since she had a crush on him, she insisted on following him.

Xing Chenmu repeatedly explained that he already had a wife and children, but the other party didn't care. In the end, Zhuo Ying fended him off and dragged Xing Chenmu back to the inn.

Originally, neither of them took this matter to heart, but who would have thought that Xing Chenmu met that girl again in the lobby of the inn the next day, at that time Zhuo Ying happened to go to the shopkeeper to arrange a ride, and she was not by his side, who knew that it was just like that After a while, when he came back, he saw the girl sitting firmly on Xing Chenmu's lap.

Xing Chenmu himself was stunned, all he met in the palace were well-educated official girls, he never expected a girl would take the initiative to pounce on a strange man, forgot to push him away for a while, and raised her head again Ying was already in front of him, he immediately stood up and hid behind Zhuo Ying, keeping away from the girl.

Zhuo Ying turned her head and glared at him, and walked out without saying a word, although she knew in her heart that there was nothing between the two of them, but she still couldn't help being angry when thinking of that scene.

Xing Chenmu coaxed all the way behind Zhuo Ying, he couldn't help but rejoice that they were outside the palace now, Zhuo Ying would not stay too far away from him for his safety, let alone lock him outside Mingying Palace as before.But when he followed Zhuo Ying into the forgiveness hall, he realized that he had calculated so many times that he had missed such a place in Luan City.

Although the people in the hall are not as brave as when they were in the Shadow Guards, it is enough to ensure his safety.

Xing Chenmu tried hard to explain outside the door, and finally got Zhuo Ying to open the door, but Geng Wu went back at this time, coughed, and said in embarrassment: "Master, there is a girl looking for you outside the door. "

Almost at the moment when his voice fell, Xing Chenmu froze all over, carefully turning his head to look at Zhuo Ying, but at this moment Zhuo Ying hooked the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "Always hiding is not a solution, let's go, Go out and meet her."

Geng Wu only felt that the smile made him feel cold all over, seeing that the two had already walked out, he could only follow quickly.

The person came to look for Xing Chenmu and Zhuo Ying, without their orders, everyone in the hall dared not let her in easily, until they saw the two people come out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The girl was dressed in a lotus-coloured dress, with a dagger pinned to her waist, and her long hair tied up high, she looked full of heroism. If she hadn't insisted on pestering Xing Chenmu, Zhuo Ying might still think that she had a lot of personality.

"Are you the martial artist of the Shuguan?" The girl saw Xing Chenmu, her eyes lit up immediately, and she said happily, "That's just right, my father is the curator of the Yongnian Pavilion, and it's just right for you to marry me."

Yongnian Kwan is also a large martial arts gym in Luancheng. Compared with Shu Kwan's low profile, Yongnian Kwan has been expanding in size in recent years, annexing several small martial arts gyms, and it is quite likely to strive for the number one martial arts gym in Luancheng.

Xing Chenmu looked at Zhuo Ying, seeing that he didn't intend to speak, he said proudly: "Miss misunderstood, I'm just a scholar, the real one is my family."

The girl squinted her eyes, stared at Zhuo Ying for a long while, and suddenly asked: "Then if I can beat this... Madam, would you be willing to take me home?"

As soon as she said this, the eyes of the crowd watching the excitement looked at the girl as if they were looking at a dying person.

Xing Chenmu couldn't hold back his laughter, and confirmed, "You really want to compete with my family, Aying?"

Seeing him like this, the girl seemed to have been greatly insulted, she stared: "Young master, don't look down on me, although I am a girl, I learned martial arts from my father since I was a child, and there are not many martial arts masters in Yongnian Hall who are my opponents. "

"That only proves that the martial masters in the Yongnian Hall are too weak." Zhuo Ying, who had not spoken all this time, said calmly at this time.

"you--"

"There is a difference in strength between men and women. Don't say I am a bully. How about this? I will stand here. If the girl can move me within [-] strokes, she will be considered a winner." Zhuo Ying walked to the center of the courtyard. Stand still, "But if the girl loses, please don't bother me and my husband anymore."

The word "husband" fell gently, and Xing Chenmu felt his heart stop for a moment, and then it ushered in a violent beating.

Even he himself finds it inconceivable that the two have been together for more than twenty years, yet Zhuo Ying's influence on him is still so great, a single word can make him confused.

Xing Chenmu was in a daze, the girl had already drawn her sword and attacked, she felt that she had been underestimated, with a little anger in the sword, she tried her best with every move, but when she finished twenty moves, she realized that Zhuo Ying not only didn't move. , She didn't even draw her sword, she just blocked all her moves with the scabbard.

"How is this possible..." The girl looked at her hand holding the sword with disbelief on her face.

Xing Chenmu stepped forward to hug Zhuo Ying, and said to the stunned man in front of him: "A Ying is my married wife, in fact, even if the girl wins today, I will definitely not abandon him to welcome you through the door. I hope the girl will never appear in front of us again."

That girl was spoiled and spoiled in her own martial arts gym. She fell in love with a man at first sight for the first time in 15 years. Naturally, she was unwilling, but in front of so many people, she couldn't hold back her shame. In the end, she could only nod her head indiscriminately and turned her head away. Then ran away.

Seeing him leave, Xing Chenmu turned his head to look at Zhuo Ying, said softly, "Look, Ah Ying, I only have you in my heart, you can't wrong me."

Zhuo Ying ignored him, just raised her head and said to everyone: "I'm bothering everyone today, you all go to work."

After speaking, he walked back to the house, Xing Chenmu was no longer the emperor, he didn't care about other people's eyes at all, he took Zhuo Ying's hand and followed him, teasing Zhuo Ying to talk to him while walking.

Until they were far away, Geng Wu was still standing there thoughtfully, Wang Xiucheng stepped forward and frowned and said, "Why does he look so lost, could it be because he fell in love with the girl just now?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Geng Wu had no choice but to take Wang Xiucheng's hand, "That girl is not as good-looking as my Xiaojiu, nor is she as good at martial arts as my Xiaojiu. Is there anything worthy of my fancy."

Wang Xiucheng shook his hand with a smile, but did not shake it off: "Why do you become more glib as you get older?"

After arguing for a while, the two continued to teach the group of children, and Wang Xiucheng didn't ask what Geng Wu was thinking.

In fact, Geng Wu just remembered something that the two had been neglecting. After lunch, he found an excuse to avoid Wang Xiucheng, and went to the East Courtyard where Xing Chenmu and Zhuo Ying lived... .

Three days later, Wang Xiucheng and Geng Wu got up early as usual, and after a while, they heard the door of the courtyard outside being knocked. Geng Wu said to Wang Xiucheng, "Go and see who is outside."

Wang Xiucheng did not doubt that he was there, turned around and walked out, stood still in front of the door, and asked outside: "Who is it?"

"it's me."

Hearing this familiar voice, Wang Xiucheng immediately opened the door and said in surprise: "Why are you here at this time, please come inside."

Zhuo Ying was still dressed like that, wearing a veiled hat, and Xing Chenmu was standing beside him, but he didn't rush in, but directed the people behind him to carry all the items in large and small boxes into the courtyard.

Wang Xiucheng stared blankly at the red silk on the box: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Zhuo Ying led Xing Chenmu into the courtyard after all those moving things had left, and smiled at Wang Xiucheng who hadn't understood it yet, "I was entrusted by someone, and I'm here to hire you."

"Next, next hire?" Wang Xiucheng chewed these two words repeatedly, as if the answer was on his lips, but he couldn't believe it.

The next moment, he was hugged into a familiar embrace, and the man whispered in his ear: "Yes, Xiapin, I just remembered a few days ago, we have been together for decades, it seems that we still owe each other A title, Xiaojiu, if I marry you, or if you come to marry me, I also want to marry you, and we will share the same quilt for life and the same hole for death."

"Didn't we already...why do you still think about this..." Wang Xiucheng said so, but still couldn't help but turn red.

"Promise me, let me be married to the media, and welcome you into the house."

"it is good."

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Both Wang Xiucheng and Geng Wu have no family members anymore, but under the insistence of everyone in Shuguan, the wedding ceremony is still very grand. Even Xing Chenmu and Zhuo Ying deliberately stayed in Luan City for an extra month to attend their wedding ceremony.

That night, the two were driven back to their new house early, Geng Wu poured two glasses of wine and handed one of them to Wang Xiucheng.

Wang Xiucheng understood what he meant, his cheeks were stained with red clouds, his arm passed through Geng Wu's, moved the wine to his lips, and drank it slowly.

Heji wine, the original spicy wine seems to be tainted with sweetness because of this implication.

In a daze, Wang Xiucheng recalled that autumn day more than 20 years ago, the man hurriedly coaxed him who was crying, and said to him: "Xiao Jiu, I have been in love with you for a long time."

The author has something to say: Ying Ba Ying Jiu finally got a name at the end of the story, in order to bring a slightly jealous Zhuo Ying, the number of words is too high, I'm going to bed first~ There must be a bunch of typos, I will change them tomorrow