From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 536

There was no farewell this time.

On the morning of April 28, Zhou Yuan quietly left the house. When he was leaving, only Mingrui saw him off.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the mansion. Since it was still dark, only the dim lanterns were lit, and everything around was dark.

The fog was thick, and the sky and the earth were hazy.

Zhou Yuan patted Mingrui on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Stinky boy, you have been with me for two years. Take good care of the family and don't let your young lady worry too much."

Mingrui choked a little, but still nodded heavily and said: "Don't worry, Master, don't worry, Mingrui will definitely be able to manage these servants and take care of the affairs of the mansion."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said: "Wait for me to come back and find you a marriage."

He got on the carriage and saw that there were already three people sitting on it.

Li Yu'an ate quietly. On the small coffee table in the carriage were fruits and snacks as breakfast.

Zhuang Xuansu closed his eyes and rested, his face expressionless, wearing a black martial arts uniform, with a capable temperament and a sharp edge.

Guan Caixi looked uncomfortable and a little depressed, leaning against the wall of the carriage, looking listless.

Damn, a small carriage, full of life.

Zhou Yuan sat on it, too lazy to talk.

Li Yu'an cut the fruit into pieces and handed it to Zhou Yuan, poured him a glass of water, and then handed him a snack.

While eating, Zhou Yuan lifted the curtain and looked out the window.

It was still foggy, and even though the sky gradually brightened, the visibility was still very low.

Guan Caixi snorted heavily and couldn't help saying, "Duke Weiguo is so arrogant that he always brings a beautiful girl with him when he goes out to investigate a case, and she is always there to serve him."

Zhou Yuan said, "You will not think so soon. After all, you will rely on her to save your life."

Guan Caixi pouted and said angrily, "I really don't know what my sister is thinking. She insists that I go with you. You are obviously going to investigate a case. Wouldn't it be more dangerous to go with you?"

Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "Does the leader of the martial arts world also fear danger?"

Guan Caixi shook her head of course, "Danger also represents fun. In fact, I really want to investigate a case, but I can't stand you being a master when I'm with you."

In fact, Zhou Yuan didn't have any master style, but the Virgin Sister sometimes liked to play the role of a maid. She enjoyed it, and Zhou Yuan had to cooperate.

She needed to get feedback from somewhere to build a sense of security, and Zhou Yuan naturally accepted it.

The carriage went forward along the street, out of the city and all the way to Tongzhou, and finally got on the boat.

I wanted to take a nap to cheer myself up, but Guan Caixi had a lot to say.

This girl is an extrovert and afraid of being bored. Now that she has opened her mouth, it is not easy to stop talking.

"Sister said you went to Jiangnan to investigate a case? What case are you investigating? You have to go incognito."

"Wouldn't it be more convenient to investigate it by issuing an imperial decree and appointing you a high official?"

She blinked and seemed to be in a much better mood.

Maybe girls are always like this. Sadness is short-lived and their eyes are easily attracted by new things.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "Isn't it more fun to go incognito? Imagine a fifth or sixth rank official looking down on us, but after learning our identities, he was shocked. Isn't it interesting?"

Guan Caixi thought about it, her eyes lit up, and she said immediately, "It's really interesting. Isn't this the plot of Guan Yu killing Hua Xiong with warm wine? It's very attractive that a horse archer can kill a general."

Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "You're right."

As soon as the voice fell, Zhuang Xuansu also arrived at the cabin.

Her tone was low, her voice was calm, and she was also calm: "We have checked inside and out. There is no gunpowder, no suspicious items, this ship is safe, and our actions are very secretive."

Guan Caixi hurriedly said, "Oh, Sister Zhuang, why don't you let me go with you to check, this is much more interesting than talking to Zhou Yuan."

Li Yu'an completely regarded herself as an outsider, like a maid, sitting next to Zhou Yuan without saying a word.

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said, "Secret? There are so many spies lurking around our mansion. How can it be secret? There may be many spies on this ship."

"Really?"

Guan Caixi drew the sword at her waist and frowned, saying, "I will deal with them and let them know how powerful the leader of the martial arts world is."

Zhou Yuan glanced at her and said, "Why don't you eat first? It seems that you didn't even have breakfast."

Guan Caixi blushed and put away her sword embarrassedly. She did not eat and almost couldn't get out of bed.

Zhuang Xuansu frowned and said, "Zhou Yuan, what are your plans? What kind of things will we encounter next?"

"You have to tell me a little, otherwise I don't know., and I don't know how to cooperate with you. "

Zhou Yuan smiled and shook his head, saying, "There is a plan, but there is only strategy, no policy, so I can't guess what will happen next."

"Below Jiangnan, everything is out of control, and everything can only be dealt with as it happens."

Zhuang Xuansu said, "Isn't that too dangerous?"

"Of course it's dangerous."

Zhou Yuan said slowly, "This time when I go to Jiangnan, my minimum goal is to return to Beijing alive, and my highest goal is to find out the big case."

Guan Caixi said, "How can it be so exaggerated? You are the Duke of the State after all, and my sister trusts you so much, who dares to touch you!"

Zhou Yuan didn't want to respond to such childish words.

But Li Yu'an gave an answer: "From the moment we left the house, the crisis has enveloped us, and we can't take it lightly at any time."

Guan Caixi didn't like this woman because she was too beautiful and treated Zhou Yuan as a master.

She felt very embarrassed, so she snorted, "What crisis? It still covers us, you mean this thick fog! "

Li Yu'an said calmly: "For example, this bowl of porridge in front of you, there is a compound poison in it. If you drink a mouthful, you will be poisoned and die within an hour."

Hearing this, Zhuang Xuansu was startled, and quickly took out a silver needle and stabbed it into the porridge.

The silver needle did not change color, everything was normal.

Guan Caixi said: "You are scaring me! I have come all the way from all over the country! Wulin Alliance Leader, do you know!"

"Caixi! "

Zhuang Xuansu glared at her and said in a deep voice: "Don't mess around... You are the leader of the martial arts world... She is the Holy Mother of No Life..."

"No Life..."

Guan Caixi couldn't say anything, just swallowed hard, and was stunned.

As a half-jianghu person, how could she not know the name of the Holy Mother of No Life? That is the great devil of the jianghu that everyone talks about.

Sitting in front of me? And with this maid's attitude?

Guan Caixi's worldview was half destroyed.

Li Yu'an said: "There is no poison in the porridge, but it is just a kind of musk that is difficult to detect. You won't get sick if you eat it."

"It's just that this musk, combined with the flowers in the cabin, will form a colorless and odorless poison."

After speaking, she picked up several flower pots in the cabin and threw them out.

Guan Caixi felt that these words were a bit far-fetched, but Zhuang Xuansu did not dare to be careless. This ship was found by her. If something happened, she could not bear the responsibility.

"Everyone to the deck! Must go!"

She drew her sword directly, her eyes full of murderous intent, she must find out the truth about this matter.

Until this moment, Guan Caixi realized that all this seemed to be true, and it seemed that it was not a joke.

Zhou Yuan stretched and spread his hands and said: "Well, it seems that we have been targeted for a long time. This trip to Jiangnan should be very interesting."

He stood up and followed Zhuang Xuansu to the deck.

Guan Caixi also hurriedly followed, she also wanted to see what was going on.