Southern Qi Fenghua Record

Chapter 72 The Mantis Catches the Cicada Oriole Behind

It happened so suddenly that almost no one thought of saving it.Xia Houshu also felt that his body was frozen by something, unable to move.

Suddenly a white shadow stopped in front of Yu Wenke, quickly pushed him away, and the arrow pierced through Yu Wenke's hair, and finally nailed to a tree not far away.

The hearts of the onlookers mentioned their throats and finally fell back into their stomachs smoothly. Then some people cared about Yu Wenke, while some looked at the culprit, trying to get her to give an explanation.

Xia Houshu's mind was like a mess.She thought that she almost became the sinner who murdered Prince Ling's son, and she didn't know how to face it for a while, so she rubbed her forehead and murmured: "I drank too much wine just now, and my head is so dizzy..."

Before she finished speaking, she fell down in a timely manner amidst the screams of everyone.

Xia Houyi looked at the feathered arrow nailed to the tree, then at Xia Houshu who was lying on the ground, and there was something he couldn't figure out.He hurried over to apologize to Yu Wenke: "Cousin, he is too strong to drink, and almost hurt the prince by mistake. He didn't mean to offend, and I hope the prince will forgive me!"

Yu Wenke dared to hold the red cloth bag in person because he was certain that Xia Houshu would not be able to shoot that far, but he did not expect that she would perform supernormally, and what was more unexpected was that she missed the shot and almost hurt herself.

Yu Wenke took a deep breath with lingering fear, waved his hands and pretended to be generous and said: "Today, Xiao Wang invited everyone to compete with each other, and the main thing is to have a good time with the guests and the host. The matter just now is just a small episode, I don't care. Take it to heart, Brother Xiahou doesn't have to worry about it. Speaking of it, it's my strength. If I knew that Mo Xiandi is so incapable of drinking, I shouldn't let him drink so much."

Then he looked at the attendant next to him, "Come here, quickly help Mr. Mo to the tent to rest!"

As soon as the words were finished, several attendants immediately came up and carried Xia Houshu to a small tent specially designed for guests to rest.Not only that, but Yu Wenke also specially asked the accompanying doctor to diagnose her pulse, yelling that nothing should happen because of his kindness.

As the saying goes, acting is a complete set, Xia Houshu clearly heard his brother apologize for her, and was carried into the tent clearly, but he could only continue to pretend to pass out and let the doctor feel her pulse.

The doctor put his hand on Xia Houshu's wrist, and looked into her eyes again, his brows were almost knotted with worry, and he couldn't figure out why, so he had to talk nonsense, saying that she had drunk too much, If you are frightened, you only need to drink some decoction to relieve the hangover and rest for a while.

Xia Houshu secretly felt that wine is really a good thing!With this excuse, today's rashness can all be attributed to it.Of all the people present, who hasn't said a few stupid words or done a few stupid things because of drunkenness?With this consensus, everyone will not care too much.

Seeing that Yu Wenke didn't pursue it, and hearing that Xia Houshu was fine, they all heaved a sigh of relief. After a while, they left the tent one after another and continued to shoot arrows.It's just that this time, everyone was more cautious, for fear that something bad would happen if it got hotter.

The tent gradually became quiet, and Xia Houshu opened his eyes cautiously, only to see a figure still standing in front of the couch——Xia Houyi was staring at her without blinking, with an unusually solemn expression.

Xia Houshu couldn't help but shivered, but he didn't dare to continue to play dumb, and called "Second Brother" in a voice like a mosquito, showing goodwill on his face.

Xia Houyi didn't speak, his eyes were fixed, Xia Houshu's back felt chills.

After a long time, Xia Houyi suddenly asked, "Did you do that arrow on purpose?"

"No." Xia Houshu answered honestly.As Yu Wenke is a hostage in Beijing, even if she doesn't want to see him anymore, she won't take trouble on herself.She really wanted to shoot that red cloth bag.

Xia Houyi sighed, and said again: "Do you know what will happen if that arrow hits?"

"I know." Xia Houshu replied, carefully recalling why things turned out like this, "You know I'm not proficient in riding and archery, I said at the time that I couldn't, but Yu Wenke was stubborn and insisted on Pull me to learn. I also want to save my face, so... But he was not injured, at most he was a little frightened, so he shouldn't care about me, right? In front of people, behind people's back is another matter A face, this is not the work of a gentleman!"

"Has Yu Wenke ever advertised himself as a gentleman?" Xia Houyi looked solemn, as if he hated iron but steel, "As the hostage of King Ling in Beijing, Yu Wenke has many eyes and ears around him, and most of the people attending the banquet today are from the capital A child of the noble family, once this matter gets out, you will definitely attract everyone's attention, and your matter may be found out by then. Are you clear about these consequences?"

Xia Houshu shook her head, she really didn't think so far, it sounds really scary now.

She had concealed her true identity when she entered the Evergreen Gate. If this was revealed, she would be in great trouble.

Thinking of this, Xia Houshu hurriedly explained again: "I really didn't do it on purpose."

Xia Houyi closed his eyes to restrain his emotions, and Fang said: "It's my fault too. I knew that you had attracted his attention when you suddenly appeared in Shuyu Pavilion last time, but I brought you here to try my luck. It's me Wrong, I shouldn't have taken the risk."

Xia Houshu had already figured out Xia Houyi's good intentions before, and now he felt even more guilty after hearing this, lowered his head and said sincerely: "I'm sorry, I was careless and ruined your plan again."

"Xu'er." Xia Houyi turned to look at his sister with a complicated expression, "The plan for now is to avoid the limelight first, especially your matter, if he catches the handle, disaster will surely come! "

"But..." Xia Houshu looked at his elder brother with a hesitant expression, "If I keep pretending to be dizzy here and don't go out to offer a symbolic apology, wouldn't that be too good?"

Xia Houyi considered for a while: "I will deal with these matters, you must remember my words!"

His tone was firm and unquestionable.

Afterwards, Xia Houyi left the tent, pretending to be nonchalant to discuss skills with everyone, while Xia Houshu stayed in the tent and continued to pretend to be dizzy.

It was sunny and there was no one else in the tent, so Xia Houshu couldn't pretend any longer.She leaned on the couch with her chin in one hand, thinking about what to do next.

Today's incident is neither big nor small. After all, Yu Wenke was not really injured, and no matter how others spread it, it would not be possible to accuse her of murder.Coupled with Xia Houyi's intentional reconciliation, those aristocratic sons and daughters will not take it seriously, and when they mention it in the future, they will probably talk about it as a joke, and generally nothing major will happen.

As for Xia Houyi's mention that Yu Wenke has begun to notice her, this is indeed a problem that needs to be treated with caution.Fortunately, she didn't have much contact with Yu Wenke. After today's incident, it is estimated that it will be difficult to meet again in the future. After a long time, everyone will forget it.Moreover, although Yu Wenke has a reputation for being romantic, he has not done any treacherous things so far. Compared with Wang Yukun, he is already considered kind. Even if he has some bad ideas secretly, it may not be so easy to find out her truth real identity.

Xia Houshu was thinking in a mess, when she heard movement outside the tent, she immediately lay down and pretended to be asleep.

After a while, someone entered the tent lightly, and leaned towards the couch step by step.

With such light steps, it should not be a man.Xia Houshu guessed that it might be the maid in the paddock who was ordered to come in to take care of him.

The woman stopped in front of the couch, put the tray containing the hangover soup on the head of the bed, then looked at the person sleeping on the couch and softly called "Mr. Mo".

She was indeed a maid.

Xiahou Shufang relaxed his vigilance a little bit, thinking about whether he should stop pretending, and said that he had slept for a while and woke up from the alcohol, otherwise he would really have to drink a bowl of bad-smelling hangover soup.

Before she could make a decision, she felt something approaching her quickly. An ominous premonition made her open her eyes immediately, and saw the charming woman in front of her with a fierce look on her face, holding a dagger towards her. He stabbed fiercely in the chest.

"It's you!" Xia Houshu quickly moved his hand to the side, and his body rolled backwards, narrowly avoiding Bai Shao's fatal blow.

Bai Shao flew into the air, then immediately turned around and stabbed at Xia Houshu again.

This time Xia Houshu was prepared, and immediately jumped up from the couch, dodged slightly, and then kicked her heart.

Bai Shao couldn't dodge in time, after being kicked, he staggered several steps backwards, and managed to stand still until he hit the screen.She covered her chest with one hand, and held the dagger in the other, with a very painful expression on her face, but she looked at Xia Houshu with more hatred and sternness in her eyes.

Xia Houshu looked at her in surprise, and murmured: "I thought you were just good at dancing, but I didn't expect you to be good at martial arts. You are really hiding something!"

A trace of blood leaked from the corner of Bai Shao's mouth, she swallowed back the fishy sweetness with great force, looked at Xia Houshu with vicious eyes, and said, "Who are you? Why do you want to check me?"

"I'll check you?" Xia Houshu was stopped by her question, "What do you mean by that?"

"You don't have to pretend." Bai Shao looked at her coldly, and said, "First you went to the Prime Minister's Mansion, which upset the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, then you went to Shuyu Pavilion, and finally found Zhuangzi in the Mausoleum Mansion. My old servant. Didn’t you do all this to investigate me?”

Isn't this called praying mantis catching cicada, and the oriole behind?

Xia Houshu never thought that everything he did would be seen by another person, and he couldn't help screaming in his heart.She is from Yu Wenke, and even she knows about things, does Yu Wenke also...

Bai Shao saw her worry and said, "You just need to tell me why you want to check me."

The other party has said it so clearly, Xia Houshu's pretending is meaningless.She happened to have a lot of doubts that needed to be answered by the other party, so she said, "I'm looking for Yi Wu, aren't you Bai Shao?"

Bai Shao looked at her and said nothing.

Xia Houshu suddenly realized, pointed at her and said: "You mean... Yi Wu is Bai Shao, Bai Shao is Yi Wu. You are actually the same person... You are not dead!"

Bai Shao was noncommittal, but looked at her with more doubts in his eyes.

Xia Houshu was also confused by her words and deeds.She quickly sorted out the information she knew so far in her mind, and then tentatively said: "I met your former maid, the one named Yinxiang, you... remember it?"

"She's not my maid!" Bai Shao flatly denied it.

"Isn't she?" Xia Houshu was confused again, "But aren't you Yi Wu?"

Yinxiang is Yi Wu's maid, isn't this well known in the Prime Minister's Mansion?

Bai Shao finally calmed down now, and said coldly: "I am Yi Wu, but Yin Xiang is not my maid, she is Bai Shao's maid."

"Wait..." Xia Houshu felt that his brain was not enough.She slowed down for a while, then reorganized her thoughts, Fang said: "You mean, you are Yi Wu, and the prime minister's mansion is Bai Shao. You look exactly the same, but you are not the same person?"

Bai Shao looked at her, neither saying yes nor no.

Xiahou Shuquan took her as acquiescing, and continued to analyze: "You two look alike, it's already hard to tell them apart, why do you want to switch identities?"

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