Wishful Things

"That's right...then let's leave the tunnel as soon as possible!"

"...Do you want to bring this kid with you?"

"What are you taking him for! It's just a burden that gets in the way! That's all... whoever called him unlucky, kill him!"

Under the faint light of the oil lamp, a high-raised knife shadow appeared on the stone wall, reflected in Xu Mingyi's eyes, causing her pupils to tighten suddenly.

At the same time, Duke Zhen has pulled out the knife behind Qin Wu!

The broad-backed broadsword flew out from the old man's hand sideways, and with the sound of strong wind hitting the ring of the knife, it was firmly thrown at the chest of the man holding the knife facing the boy, knocking him to the ground.

The long knife flew out from the man's hand, and was caught by Wu Chao who was in front of him. The tip of the knife sank, and with a sound of "Pang", it plunged into the mud and rocks under his feet.

"...Let's go!" The three men in black robes immediately fled inside when they saw that something was wrong.

When Qin Wu was about to go forward to chase after him, he only heard Zhen Guo's justice: "There's no need to chase!"

His purpose is to save his grandson, now that this purpose has been achieved, he will ignore other nosy matters, after all, it is thankless to take care of it, and it may even arouse the emperor's suspicion.

He is used to being suspicious, and it will be troublesome if it involves Wu Shisun helping him secretly capture the assassin, and he can't do the thing of revenge.

Xu Mingyi had already stepped forward and cut off the rope tied around Xu Mingshi's body.

As soon as the cloth towel stuffed in the boy's mouth was pulled out, he threw himself into a hug for Xu Mingyi.

"sister!"

The boy almost cried, "I almost died! I don't want to die at all!"

He hasn't won the first prize yet, hasn't watched Xu Mingyi get married, and the blanket weaved secretly for Tianmu is only halfway done, even if he dies, he won't rest in peace!

Hearing the blunt and timid words after escaping, Xu Mingyi, who was also red-eyed, couldn't help laughing, patted the boy on the back and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, it's okay... "

Seeing his grandfather approaching with blurred eyes, Xu Mingshi immediately held back the tears, let go of his sister, wiped away the tears, stood up, lowered his head and said, "Grandson is unfilial, and grandfather is worried.

"Good boy, as long as you're fine." Lord Zhen patted his grandson on the shoulder: "Let's go, we'll talk about it when we have something to say."

Xu Mingshi answered "Yes", and hurriedly said, "That's right, there is also the Celestial Eye!"

"Where is it?" Xu Mingyi asked immediately.

Xu Mingshi quickly pointed in a direction.

Wu Chao strode over.

Behind a pile of sundries beside the stone wall, there is a bamboo trap.

One person and one bird looked at each other across the cage, the big bird jumped up, and Wu Chao heaved a sigh of relief.

Anyway, he was raised by himself, so it is impossible to say that he is not worried.

After releasing the big bird from the cage, Wu Chao saw that the long beak of the big bird was also wrapped with strips of cloth.

I guess those people thought it was too noisy...

No wonder it was so quiet just now, he even thought something happened to the bird.

Wu Chao squatted down, raised his hand to untie the strip of cloth, and the big bird immediately called out, the cry seemed to be full of sadness and grievance.

"Okay..." Wu Chao rarely showed a loving expression, reaching out his hand to touch Da Bird's bald head.

However, as soon as he stretched out his hand, he saw the big bird running towards the girl who was walking with aggrieved steps.

The big bird screamed again, and rubbed its long beak against the girl's dress.

Xu Mingyi bent over to pick it up, looking at the layer of bird feathers that had fallen from the cage, he couldn't help feeling distressed - both children have suffered.

"The third eye lost so much hair to protect me." Xu Mingshi said guiltily from the side.

Whenever those people were rude to him, Tianmu would flap its wings in the cage and make a fierce appearance. Tossing back and forth like this, the hair of the cage was lost.

And when I first entered the cave.

At that time, Tianmu obviously had a chance to escape, and he also intended to let Tianmu go out to report, but as soon as Tianmu saw that those people had knives in their hands, they immediately flew back to protect him.

Thinking of this, Xu Mingshi couldn't help shedding two more tears.

Because he didn't want his grandfather behind him to see him wiping his tears, he took the Celestial Eye from Xu Mingyi's arms and lowered his head to wipe away his tears on Big Bird.

Tianmu let out a low cry, and rubbed the boy's face, as if to comfort him, and also seemed to feel a little silent guilt.

Seeing the scene of a man and a bird loving each other, Wu Chao, who was half squatting there, stood up silently.

"Let's go." Xu Mingyi patted his younger brother's head.

Xu Mingshi nodded, and the group quickly left the cave.

"Let someone go to the emperor and tell him that the man has been found." Zhen Guogong asked Qin Wudao: "You go to meet Yun Liu and let them take him back to the barracks the same way."

Qin Wu should go down.

Cui Shi, who had been waiting outside the mountain, saw someone coming out, so she hurried forward with her maid.

"Tomorrow!"

Seeing the boy holding the big bird appear in front of her eyes, Cui immediately blushed: "Are you injured?!"

Xu Mingshi shook his head: "Mother, I'm fine."

Those people did intend to kill him at first, but after hearing his identity, they changed their minds and wanted to keep him as a bargaining chip.

As for why the Celestial Eye was able to survive until the end——

It was because those people saw that it was very fat, so they planned to roast it to celebrate the success of the assassination...

So, who said that eating fat is not good?

A group of people walked towards the palace.

Cui Shi and Xu Mingyi led Xu Mingshi to walk ahead, while Zhen Guogong took a few steps slower on purpose.

"Thanks to Wu Shisun's help for successfully rescuing Mingshi today, I thank you—"

"It's a little effort, the Duke is polite." Wu Chao took the opportunity to say, "If there is something that can be used by the younger generation in the future, the Duke is free to speak up."

After all, marrying a daughter-in-law is not a matter between two people, and many relationships around the daughter-in-law must also be considered.

In this regard, he is very sincere.

These words made Zhen Guogong very comfortable to hear.

In addition to being comfortable, I even feel a little regretful.

——Why isn't that old guy Wu Jun here? Really should let the old guy hear it for himself!

But it doesn't matter if I didn't hear it this time, there must be opportunities in the future.

The sense of superiority that can only be had as an elder in the woman's family came to mind, and the old man was a little smug for a while.

But in a blink of an eye, seeing the serious and honest eyebrows of the young man, and reflecting on his use of the other party as a tool to show off, the old man couldn't help but feel a little bit hard on his conscience.

But when he thought of King Dingnan's face, the old man soon felt that there was nothing wrong with his conscience.

"When you have free time, the old man treats you to a drink."

Hearing this invitation in a good mood, Wu Chao immediately said: "The younger generation is free anytime——"

Duke Zhen stroked his beard with a smile: "Then, see you in the champion building when you return to Beijing the next day!"

...

After Xu Mingshi was sent all the way back to his residence, as soon as he took a sip of hot tea, Cui's questions rang in his ears one after another.

"How did you get caught in the cave by those people?"

"Why did they arrest you? For what purpose?"

good night everyone~