Intelligence Ultime

Chapitre 98

She turned to Manager Qin and said, "Manager Qin, aren't you going up?"

Steward Qin stood beside her, forcing a smile, and said, "The young prince ordered this old servant to protect Miss Zhu's safety, so wherever Miss Zhu is, this old servant will be there."

Zhu Huihui blinked her big eyes and asked, pretending not to mind, "Brother Liu Yue asked you to protect me. Wherever I am, you will be there too?"

"Yes!" Steward Qin would never say a word more to someone he didn't like.

Zhu Huihui patted her chest lightly: "That's great!" Suddenly, she leaped into the lake. Hmph! ( ) Jump into the lake, let's see if you'll even jump!

To everyone's surprise, Steward Qin just sneered, and a fair hand shot out like lightning, grabbing Zhu Huihui's collar in mid-air.

Zhu Huihui was being held in mid-air, and he was about to vomit blood. He never expected that this weird-looking fat man would move so fast!

Steward Qin stared at her, pausing in mid-air for a moment. For a split second, Zhu Huihui thought he was going to throw her into the lake, and she couldn't help but feel a little scared—even though her previous action was also to jump into the lake, and the outcome was the same, was being thrown in the same as jumping in herself?

At first, Steward Qin really wanted to throw her overboard, but after thinking about it for a long time, he finally decided to carry her ashore for the sake of his young master.

As soon as Zhu Huihui's feet touched the ground, she took off running towards the mountain villa and water fortress.

Xuan Yue Shui Yu was dark and gloomy. It wasn't that she wasn't afraid, but Brother Liu Yue had appointed Steward Qin as her bodyguard. He seemed very capable, so he probably wouldn't let her get killed easily, right?

The walls of Xuan Yue Water Island were very high. Zhu Huihui searched along the base of the wall for a long time before finally finding a side gate in a corner.

The door was closed. Zhu Huihui pressed her ear to the door and listened, but couldn't hear anything. She pushed the door hard, only to find it locked from the inside.

He glanced at the high wall, then back at Steward Qin, indicating that he should be carried inside. Steward Qin tossed his head back, pretending to look at the sky.

Zhu Huihui was still angry. She turned her head away, ignoring him, and glanced at the stone hitching posts carved into animal shapes standing on either side of the wall. These things were taller than her; perhaps if she stood on them, she could jump onto the top of the wall…

She grabbed the beast's feet, struggled to climb up, pressed down on its ears, stepped onto its head, and stood up shakily. She tiptoed and peered into the manor, but still couldn't see anything clearly. She pushed off with both feet and leaped towards the wall, hooked her arms over the top, and struggled upwards for a while before finally getting onto the wall.

Looking down, he could vaguely make out what appeared to be grass. Just as he was about to jump down, he suddenly remembered that when listening to storytellers on the street, in situations like this, one would usually test the ground first to see if there were any traps or tripwires. So he lifted a tile from the wall and smashed it down with all his might.

The tile landed, hitting something with a "crack," and shattered into pieces. Zhu Huihui listened intently, sensing that the ground below was solid, and then jumped down.

Although it was difficult for her to climb up the wall, she was very agile when she came down. With her toes touching the ground, she rolled to dissipate the force of the fall and hid behind a tree. Then she peeked out with half of her head showing.

A gentle breeze blew by, and Steward Qin appeared beside her.

Zhu Huihui caught a glimpse of the disdain on his face and knew that she had been looked down upon by this effeminate man again—thinking about it, he was right, how come she could never shake her thieving habits! This Xuan Yue Water Island was the territory of the heroes, and she had come with the government, so from any perspective, she should be acting openly and honestly!

So she immediately stepped out from behind the tree, coughed, put her hands behind her back, and imitated the adults on the stage, putting on airs and walking forward with measured steps.

The Xuan Yue Water Island was deathly silent, with only the occasional chirping of night birds, and no other sounds.

She walked through several courtyards but didn't see a single person. Even the guards from before were nowhere to be seen.

This situation is truly...unusual...

Jianghu Tianhenqing II 6 2009-08-06 18:43 As she was walking, her foot slipped, as if she had stepped on something. Zhu Huihui quickly grabbed a rock to steady herself, and then saw a person lying on the rock. In the darkness, she couldn't make out the color of the person's clothes, but she could smell the strong stench of blood on their hands. It seemed that blood had trickled down the rock, and although the rain had washed it away, traces remained. She guessed that what she had just stepped on was blood.

Zhu Huihui felt a chill run down her spine and hurriedly jumped to the side, but then kicked something with a loud "clang," which sounded particularly jarring in the silent manor and startled her.

Looking closely, she realized that what she had kicked was a broken knife.

Further in, corpses and weapons appeared intermittently. The corpses were arranged differently; most were neatly dressed and lying to one side, while only a few had been killed by sharp weapons. Visibility was poor in the night, and Zhu Huihui was extremely nervous, but at this moment, she couldn't worry about anything else. She didn't know what was going on with Xuan Yue Shui Yu Fusang. She only knew that one person lived here each day, and judging from the appearance of the corpses, they hadn't been dead for long.

So, what about the hero? How is the hero doing?

Although Zhu Huihui was scared and wanted to turn around and run away, she immediately became anxious when she thought that Feng Xuese might be in the manor and her life or death was unknown. She rushed in with all her might.

Steward Qin followed behind her silently. Zhu Huihui comforted herself, thinking, "Just treat it as a ghost behind me. We'll just not bother him!"

Xuan Yue Water Island was quite large. Zhu Huihui searched several more courtyards, but apart from the corpses, she still didn't see any living people and was feeling a bit dizzy. She had to admit that she was lost.

Seeing her wandering around like a headless fly, Qin, the head steward, couldn't help but let out a cold "humph".

Zhu Huihui glared at him, and Meng Haoran shouted at the top of his lungs, "Hero! Hero!"

Xuan Yue Water Island remained silent for a long time, when suddenly the sound of weapons clashing rang out from the northwest corner of the manor.

The Sky is Clear in the Jianghu II 72009-08-07 12:28 Zhu Huihui was both surprised and delighted. He was delighted that there were still living people in this manor; he was surprised by the sound of weapons clashing, which proved that there were enemies...

Without thinking twice, she took off running towards the direction of the voice: "Hero, is that you?"

In the northwest corner stands an exquisite and elegant moon-viewing pavilion, perched above Dongting Lake, connected to the shore by a winding little bridge.

Beneath the small bridge lay several corpses, all dressed in tight-fitting clothes and with their faces covered by black cloths.

At the end of the bridge, a man sat on the ground, wearing a straw hat, with a gleaming sword on his lap.

Zhu Huihui ran closer, but upon seeing the person, she dared not go any further and shrank back into the nearby woods: "You...who are you?"

The man remained silent for a long while before asking, "Zhu Huihui?"

Zhu Huihui jumped up: "Master...Master!" This person was actually Xiye Yan.

On the other side of the small bridge, a smile spread across Nishino En's cold and stern face. He slowly removed the straw hat from his head, revealing short hair: "I am no longer a master."

Zhu Huihui stared blankly at him: "You were kicked out by Buddha?"

Nishino En frowned. This kid really doesn't know how to talk. Was he kicked out by Buddha? He agreed to return to secular life on his own when his term was up.

His eyes were sharp, and even in the darkness, he could still see things as usual. When he caught sight of the red official robe and hat of the person behind Zhu Huihui, his face immediately darkened.

People in government!