Shi Guanyin certainly wasn’t stupid enough to tell Ximen Chuxue the real reason. She just smiled, met Ximen Chuxue’s eyes, and said softly, “Of course it’s because I want to go, and we are friends, friends who share life and death. Who else can I go to except you?”

Perhaps it was because Shi Guanyin’s smile was truly malicious, Ximen Chuxue only felt a chill on his back, and inexplicably had a terrifying feeling as if he was entangled by a python.

Sure enough, her next sentence was: “They have left, shouldn’t we go back to sleep? After all, I am your wife…” Shi Guanyin leaned close to Ximen Chuxue’s ear, bit her lip and said softly: “Although the night is not long, it doesn’t matter if we do that until dawn, don’t you think?”

Ximen Chuxue took a deep breath and firmly rejected her proposal to sleep on the same bed with her. He also firmly and resolutely stated that he would never go to the interstellar world, especially with her, and strongly and forcefully asked Shi Guanyin to get out of here.

Shi Guanyin’s eyes turned, with a smile still on her lips, but for no reason she gave people a sense of coldness.

The evil woman who has been roaming the desert for decades is not a person with a good temper. The last man who dared to disrespect her like this had his eyes gouged out, his tongue cut off, his cheeks scratched, and he was tortured to the point where his life was worse than death.

However, this time she said nothing, but just smiled, with a smile that was quite playful, and disappeared under the moonlight just like when she came.

This time she really left. After she left, Ximen Chuxue seemed to have returned to his previous lonely and peaceful life.

I don’t know how Hua Manlou explained to his brother after he returned. Anyway, a few days later, Ximen Chuxue received an apology letter from Hua Liugongzi. It was not sincere, but it was very polite. The general idea was that he already knew the whole story of the matter. If Qi Tong did not lie to him, then you did nothing wrong. He was really impulsive when he slammed the door and cursed in the street that night. I express my sincere apologies here and hope you don’t blame me.

Also, the courtesans are forbidden to sing those obscene songs with you as the main character. A total of more than 25,000 copies of the books were printed on the market, and only 18,000 copies have been collected. The rest cannot be recovered. Fortunately, this matter has not spread further. Your reputation in the world is still clean, and there are no strange rumors. All the collected books have been packed and sent to Wanmei Mountain Villa, and the owner of the villa will deal with them.

Ximen Chuxue didn’t think there was any need to hand those things over to him. He just considered it as his expression of sincerity. Since they were already on the way, he would just have someone take them away and burn them when they arrived, and the matter would be over.

He never imagined that the box containing 18,000 books would be intercepted halfway!
Perhaps it was because the transport convoy arranged by Young Master Hua Liu was too luxurious, or perhaps the sealing and packaging of the boxes were too exquisite, causing the thieves to think that the boxes contained gold, silver, and jewelry. In any case, the convoy had just reached Jiangnan Road when the goods were robbed.

Left at the scene were a handkerchief embroidered with a peony, more than a dozen blind men, and eight dead bodies.

After receiving the news, Ximen Chuxue was silent for a long time.

The person who came to deliver the message obviously knew what was in the boxes. He didn’t know whether he was afraid or embarrassed, but he looked very helpless. He carefully observed Ximen Chuxue’s expression and stammered, “Master… you see… this… this matter is really… our young master has already sent people to investigate. Don’t worry, these books… these books we will definitely…”

“It’s okay.” Ximen Chuxue stood in front of the window and said calmly, “This matter has nothing to do with me.”

Ximen Chuxue certainly wouldn’t be in a good mood when something like this happened, but if he thought about it carefully, the thief was just robbing for money, so what was the use of those books? He couldn’t really sell them on the street, could he? It was too hard to use them as toilet paper, so in order to avoid being found, he had to find a place to destroy them as soon as possible, which saved him a lot of trouble.

Speaking of which, too many bad lucks have befallen him in recent months. Although Ximen Chuxue does not believe in ghosts and gods, he can’t help but have the idea of ​​going to the temple to burn some incense to get rid of the bad luck.

Another person who has the same idea is Jin Jiuling.

The Southern Prince’s Palace was robbed, and Jiang Chongwei, the manager of the palace’s treasury, was also killed by the Embroidery Thief and blinded.

Of course, a blind man could not be competent for the position of general manager, so he took the initiative to resign and recommended his good friend, Jin Jiuling.

Jin Jiuling is a retired captain of police. He has been working in the government for thirty years. His students and former officials are everywhere in the Six Gates. Even the current chief captain of the Six Gates is his close friend. He himself is also known as the most skilled martial artist in the government in the past three hundred years, without a doubt.

The current chief steward of the palace, Jin Jiuling, who was once a world-famous chief constable, was sighing in front of the exquisite and luxurious boxes.

An official who is good at solving cases is naturally much better than an ordinary thief when he becomes a thief. No one knows better than him how the government investigates cases, so he makes a good plan, creates a lot of hype, and transforms himself into a big thief. In just one month, his notoriety spreads throughout the world.

He attacked his old friends and innocent escorts and merchants, but he never thought of attacking Wanmei Villa!
Looking at the entire martial arts world, there are definitely not many people that Jin Jiuling dare not offend, and Ximen Chuxue is one of them. Especially a month ago, even the dignified leader of the Emei Sect, Dugu Yihe, was defeated by his sword.

Although many people say that his martial arts skills are unfathomable and he can be listed as one of the top five masters in the world, it is important for a person to know himself. Jin Jiuling knows very well that if his martial arts skills are compared with those people, it is simply like climbing to the moon to cheat.

Therefore, before he robbed these boxes, he really didn’t know that they were going to be sent to Wanmei Villa! Moreover, he had never heard that the Jiangnan Hua family had any friendship with Ximen Chuxue, let alone any business dealings. What on earth was the mind of the six children of the Hua family thinking of giving gifts to Ximen Chuxue?
If it was really something valuable, he would be willing to take some risks, but after opening the box, Jin Jiuling was completely dumbfounded.

What is this! What is this!
There was not a single bit of gold or silver in those boxes, but more than 10,000 pornographic songs and lyrics! And the protagonist was actually Ximen Chuxue himself!

Jin Jiuling only flipped through two pages and felt like poking his eyes out. He felt that either the Sixth Child of the Hua Family was crazy, or he himself was crazy and was hallucinating in broad daylight. Otherwise, this matter could not be explained by common sense!

He was sweating profusely and closed the box in a panic. He must not let anyone know that he was the Embroidered Thief. Otherwise, he would not only be ruined but also die without a burial place! He had to find a scapegoat quickly.

He hid the things and rode back to Wuyang City at full speed.

Wuyang City is his base. Only by returning there can he find a way to slowly break the impasse, shift the blame, and retire with honor.

……

The nights at Wanmei Villa are very quiet. Even in midsummer, not a single insect chirping can be heard in this green area. The collapsed houses are still being repaired, but fortunately there are still many empty rooms in the manor.

Ximen Chuxue was sleeping soundly, and he always had a good sleep, but tonight, he suddenly turned over and sat up in his sleep!

The reason was simple, it was just that he suddenly thought of Shi Guanyin and the smile on her lips when she left.

After living together for more than seven months, he really understood Shi Guanyin’s character. She was a woman with a strong sense of revenge. She would usually find ways to destroy something she couldn’t get.

What did she want but didn’t get?

After figuring this out, Ximen Chuxue got up, dressed, and went out with his sword without any hesitation.

At midnight, he was already galloping on his horse on the official road.

At the same time, in Wuyang City, in the Palace of Prince Nan.

Ye Gucheng looked coldly at the woman who suddenly appeared in front of his bed.

There were more than 600 guards in the palace, and they were divided into three shifts during the night, with six teams in each shift, including both fixed sentries and patrols. As far as Ye Gucheng knew, there was a team of guards patrolling in front of his door, and a team hiding in ambush, and this woman was able to avoid all the sentries and guards and appeared quietly in front of his bed.

“Who are you?” There was still some hoarseness in the voice from sleep.

Shi Guanyin did not answer him, but smiled, narrowed her eyes, and said as if talking to herself: “Although I can’t do anything to him, I can still deal with you.”

“Speaking of which, you really made me have a hard time finding you. I went to the South China Sea and people in Baiyun City said that you lived here because you are the master of the young prince. I have never heard you mention this matter before.”

As she spoke, she did something that Ye Gucheng could never have imagined in his dreams.

She actually lit a candle!

How dare she?
Ye Gucheng’s hand was already grasping the hilt of the sword. Even when he was sleeping, he never left his sword.

As if seeing through his intention, Shi Guanyin said leisurely: “I will give you two pieces of advice. First, don’t think about alerting the people outside. Since I can avoid their eyes and ears, I can also kill them, no matter how many people there are.

Second, I have seen your swordsmanship countless times in places you don’t know, so you’d better not attack me.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Gucheng drew his sword!
No one could describe the speed of that sword, and no one could describe its brilliance and splendor. With just one sword, Shi Guanyin was completely enveloped by the sword light.

The sword thrust out, penetrated into Shi Guanyin’s chest, and passed through her heart.

She was still smiling, but Ye Gucheng’s expression changed, as if a person suddenly saw a ghost.

Shi Guanyin took a step forward, and with just a light flick of her hand, under Ye Gucheng’s suddenly tightened gaze, his wrist had been captured, and in the blink of an eye, several major acupoints on his body had been sealed.

The sword fell to the ground with a slight sound.

“I forgot to tell you that one sword can’t kill me. When your life points are full, you have to use more swords. But it seems that you don’t have such an opportunity anymore.” Shi Guanyin approached him, stretched out her hand, gently stroked Ye Gucheng’s face, and said softly: “Guess what I will do next? Hmm?”

With his acupoints sealed, Ye Gucheng couldn’t even do such a small movement as turning his head, and could only be forced to look at that frighteningly beautiful face.

It was indeed beautiful, but in Ye Gucheng’s eyes, it was as if he saw a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue at him.

After being defeated in one move, Ye Gucheng no longer wanted to say anything, and there was really nothing to say. Having fallen to this point, everything in the world had nothing to do with him anymore.

He didn’t want to know who this woman was, nor did he want to know why she came, because he was ready to die.

Death is sometimes easy, and sometimes difficult.

At least it’s difficult for him now.

He was pushed down on the bed, the lamp placed next to his face, his eyes closed, his chest heaving.

Shi Guanyin was admiring Ye Gucheng’s expression, and the more she looked, the more satisfied she felt.

“I just gave you two pieces of advice, but you didn’t listen. Now I’m going to give you two more choices. You must listen carefully and think carefully before answering me.”

“First, be my servant and serve me well. I don’t like to force others when I go to bed, so you’d better take the initiative. Second, I will dig out your eyes and cripple your hands, making you my slave. Which one do you choose?”

Ye Gucheng did not make a choice and his expression did not change. Perhaps because the candlelight was too hot, his face was burned red and sweat was slightly oozing out.

Shi Guanyin smiled softly: “It seems that you don’t want to choose, so let me help you choose.”

“In fact, I still like you very much. For you, I am willing to make an exception once. That’s why I brought a medicine with me when I came here. I didn’t want to use it at first, but now it seems that I have to use it.”

As she spoke, she took out a porcelain bottle from her bosom, unplugged it, and a sweet scent emanated from the bottle. Even though Ye Gucheng didn’t know what medicine it was, he could guess what it was used for.

His body suddenly tensed up and his heart began to beat wildly.

Just as the liquid in the bottle was poured out, a cold voice came from behind him.

“You’d better not do this.”

Ye Gucheng suddenly opened his eyes, with unprecedented shock in his eyes.

The voice sounded very familiar, because it was his own voice.

Shi Guanyin turned around and was stunned for a moment when she saw the person coming.

“Why are you here? Shouldn’t you still be in the game?”

The man said calmly: “I passed the level.”

Shi Guanyin was even more incredulous: “You actually made it through? How did you make it through? When I left, you were still…”

“Of course, he was able to pass the level thanks to me!”

Shi Potian’s voice came out of nowhere. He tiptoed and wanted to look inside, but was pulled back. This made Shi Potian feel a little embarrassed, but he couldn’t help but say one more sentence:
“If I weren’t your friend, you would have been raped!”

(End of this chapter)