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The man in black returned to Zhao’s mansion and brought the master’s words with him, and You Shu then blew out the candles and went to sleep on the bed. The man in black was still a little hesitant, but when he saw him pointing at the top, as if asking him why he hadn’t returned to his place, he jumped onto the beam nimbly and disappeared.

In the middle of the night, a black shadow rushed into You Shu’s room, and lifted the curtain with sharp claws. There were more than a dozen hidden guards inside and outside the courtyard, but none of them noticed, even the one on the beam remained silent, as if he hadn’t seen anything.

A corner of the red curtain was slightly lifted, and the black shadow was about to get in, but saw many bright green light spots rushing towards it, and it turned sideways to avoid it while being terrified. But it was too late, and then a cold light appeared immediately after the light spot, piercing towards the black shadow’s head. In the blink of an eye, the black figure finally saw clearly that those light spots were actually fireflies, but the cold light came from the dagger held in the young man’s hand.

How did he know that I would come and was already prepared to fight back? The dark shadow became suspicious, dodged the knife on the head and tried to hide behind the young man, but was caught by the tail and slammed into the wall. It was stabbed in the abdomen immediately, followed by another knife in the head one after another, as fast as lightning, without stopping.

The dark shadow didn’t know that mortal weapons could pierce its flesh, and it didn’t know what was wrong with the boy. He didn’t stab anywhere, but he liked to stab in the head. He was so vicious that he wanted to dig out his brain. It was in excruciating pain and frantically dodged, and finally broke free the moment the boy raised his hand, smashed open the window and fled quickly.

You Shu is not a mutant with explosive strength and speed, so naturally, he already felt exhausted after stabbing this dark shadow continuously, and he can no longer persist. He rubbed his sore wrist and slowly paced around the room. The walls, floor tiles, curtains, and desks were all stained with black and red blood, and there was a foul smell. There was also an invisible aura floating in the air, which was very similar to the concealment technique of ghosts.

No wonder the hidden guards didn’t find anything strange, presumably they were confused. He lit the candle, carefully wiped off the blood on the dagger with a silk cloth, and tied it back to his calf. This is not an ordinary dagger, but a life-saving weapon given to him by the old man when he descended from the mountain. The handle and body of the knife are engraved with attack runes, which can kill most evil spirits and ghosts in the world.

The monster just now looked like a fox and a mouse, but its body was not covered with fur, but a layer of carrion that has already festered, which looks very creepy. You Shu tried hard to recall the contents of the book “Demon Chronicles” in his mind, but he couldn’t find any species similar to it.

What exactly was it? What is its weakness? The brain was stabbed all over the ground by himself, and it still had the strength to escape! You Shu stepped on the red and white puddles of fleshy foam on the ground, his expression was very solemn, and he was relieved when he thought that it had escaped and might die on the way.

He quickly drew a few cleaning talismans and pasted them all over the room. The scattered purple fires burned away the blood, rotten meat, and stench one by one, as if nothing had happened.

When he woke up the next day, You Shu and his father were called by Old Master Zhao to the main hall for questioning. Old Master Zhao’s expression was very gloomy, Mrs. Zhao and the second family were sitting next to him. Zhao Yusong’s eyes were red and he looked haggard, as if he hadn’t slept all night.

“Come and sit down.” After the father and son finished their greetings, Old Master Zhao said slowly, “Have you done something about your transfer recently?”

Zhao Zhizhou cupped his hands, and was about to say that he didn’t need to trouble his father, but he still listened to the instructions, “There is no need to jump up and down to attract people’s attention, your father has already arranged a job for you as the prefect of Yunzhou, and you can leave in a few days. Until then, stay at home with peace and teach your son well.”

The prefect of Yunzhou is a hard job second only to Shuzhou! The Old Man can’t wait to distribute the big house to the second family! Zhao Zhizhou looked at the smug old lady, and at the second brother who had an indifferent expression, and suddenly trembled with anger.

Just as he was about to refute with a few words, a few officials came outside, saying that the transfer document for Zhao Zhizhou had already been issued, and the emperor ordered him to go to the ministry of household to take up his post immediately. Old Master Zhao took over the official document in disbelief, only to see four large characters written on it brightly – Ministry of Household Affairs.

It is not an exaggeration to say that transfer from a fifth grade prefect to a third grade post in the Ministry of household is a smooth progress. Due to the frequent urging from the officials, Old Master Zhao was choked up with words in his throat and couldn’t spit out anything, so he had to watch his son walk out with his head held high. Immediately afterwards, several eunuchs arrived outside the house, saying that His Highness Ninth Prince sent them to invite Young Master Zhao. From now on, Young Master Zhao will be His Highness Ninth Prince’s reading companion, and must enter the palace every day.

This time, Old Master Zhao and Mrs. Zhao were even more speechless to answer. They can’t disobey the will of His Majesty and His Highness’, can they? These two are the masters of Xia Qi after all.

You Shu didn’t care how ugly the faces of the people in the hall were, he picked up the box he had prepared and walked out, but was stopped by the excited Zhao Yusong, who cursed in a low voice, “Your Highness is not easy to serve, Zhao Youshu, I’ll be waiting to see your end!”

You Shu glanced at him lightly, then continued walking forward. He never paid attention to these kinds of dogs and cats who bite people indiscriminately.

If the young man scolded him, Zhao Yusong might have felt better, but the young man turned a blind eye to him, which made him almost go crazy, and he chased after him and hurriedly said, “Do you think you are like me and Xue Wangjing? Do you think we’ve served His Highness for more than ten years without any trouble? Let me tell you, Xue Wangjing saved His Highness’s life when he was young, and I am the future husband of Princess Mingzhu, so we could sit firmly in the position of his reading companions. Do you know Princess Mingzhu? That’s His Highness’s biological sister from the same mother. As long as she is here, Your Highness will never despise me!”

The more he talked, the more he felt that this was the case, and his anxious face could not help but ease down.

You Shu has already walked outside the second door, and said without looking back, “That’s strange, haven’t you already been abandoned by His Highness?”

Zhao Yusong was so angry that he stomped his feet, but he couldn’t shout in front of the attendants of the Eastern Palace, so he could only grit his teeth and go back. Over the years, relying on his outstanding looks, a little talent, and his dual identities as the reading companion of His Highness Ninth Prince and the future husband of Princess Mingzhu, he has been sought after by many people and his nature has long been spoiled and now he can’t even bear the slightest setback.

Once such a person falls down, it may be difficult to get up again, so You Shu didn’t take him seriously at all.

A group of people walked around the corridor through the garden, only to see many servants gathered in front of them, making a lot of noise. Zhao Zhizhou took a look from a distance, and found that it was his second nephew who was fighting with his wife, so he wanted to avoid it. Although Zhao Yulin was the second child, he got married earlier than Zhao Yusong, because Zhao Yusong had already been chosen as a husband for Princess Mingzhu, and he had to wait for a while to get married.

Seeing the second nephew’s wife grabbing her husband’s ear and then pulling a beautiful woman’s hair, cursing angrily, Zhao Zhizhou already understood what was going on, and hurriedly dragged his son to a few steps to avoid getting involved in the drama. You Shu looked back as he walked, with a serious expression on his face.

Based on the scent, he already knew that the monster last night was the woman named ‘You Shu’. He thought he had already stabbed and injured her head and she would probably die, but unexpectedly, after seeing her today, she was not only alive and well, but also unscathed and full of energy. What kind of terrifying resilience is this? What kind of profound Taoism is it?

You Shu’s eyes flickered, and the corners of his lips raised slightly. Instead of feeling scared, he was a little excited to try. The first time he met a monster was this kind of special species, so he will definitely be able to use it to practise his skills. At present, the monster probably does not know that he can recognise it in its human form, so it can be said that the enemy is in the dark, which makes it more interesting.

Today’s court meeting is very unusual. His Highness Ninth Prince is standing in a row with the princes and listening with downcast eyes, with a very peaceful expression. He didn’t satirise or scolded any of the court officials, didn’t get angry for no reason, and didn’t leave halfway. At the end of the court meeting, he even stood at the gate of the hall, talked with people for a while, and even laughed a few times.

Seeing his gentle smile, the court officials walked staggeringly as if they had seen a ghost.

“What miraculous medicine did His Highness take today? He even stood in the court meeting for an hour?” Someone secretly asked.

“How do I know? Master Zhu and Master Li are both fighting in the hall, and he doesn’t find it noisy, and he also helped to say a few words. It’s strange, it’s really strange.”

“If this happens every day, Xia Qi will be saved!”

“Yes, yes.” Many people immediately nodded in agreement.

Xue Wangjing followed His Highness the Ninth Highness and walked quickly to the study room, feeling rather complicated. He thought it was a catastrophe for His Highness to fall in love with You Shu, and he might do something foolish in order to please the beauty, but now looking at it again, he suddenly realised that it was a great blessing. With You Shu around, His Highness can sleep peacefully at night and be happy during the day, and his mind will stay calm. Now he is silent and peaceful, modest and restrained, and he really has a shadow of Emperor Zongsheng.

While thinking wildly, he tripped over the steps and looked up, and saw that His Highness had already gone far away, his steps seemed fast and messy. Today, You Shu will come to read with him, no wonder he can’t wait. Probably, if he didn’t want You Shu to sleep well, maybe he would send his attendants to Zhao’s mansion to pick him up before the court meeting started.

In the study room, the Seventh and Eighth Princes were already seated and reciting their books. When they heard the sound of footsteps and looked back, they almost jumped up in fright. Why is the Ninth brother here? The number of times he went into the study these years can be counted on one hand. The main task of Zhao Yusong and Xue Wangjing was to watch him and not let him get hurt, but they never accompany him in class seriously.

The sun is coming out from the west today, right?

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