Volume 2: Female Corpse in Monk's Clothes Chapter 68 Why didn’t you say it earlier?
The ancient mountain road is covered with silver on both sides.
The river water in the valley is half ice and half rapids.
The carriage that Xu Zun was riding in was driving on the muddy and slippery road along the river. The driver was his new butler Liu Dong.
Shangyuan City is located in the north of Xinye County. The journey is not far. It is just across the mountains. If you ride fast, you can arrive there in just one day.
If you take a carriage, a day and a night is not much different.
Although the temperature is low today, the sun is shining, the sky is high and there is no wind.
"Miss Huo, please... stop being like this, okay?" Zhao Yu, riding his fast horse, said to Huo Anu, who was riding next to him, "I don't think I owe you money, do I?"
Huo Anu was riding a tall maroon horse, carrying an iron umbrella behind him, looking very heroic.
When she heard Zhao Yu's words, she still turned a deaf ear and just kept walking.
Zhao Yu was very puzzled. He didn't know why Huo Anu acted as if he had a grudge against him. Not only did he ignore him, but his eyes were full of hostility.
Could it be... because of the fake Qiu Yongnian incident? Back in the court, she felt that she acted too late, which led to Mr. Shen's accidental death?
That doesn't make sense!
There were so many internal guards at that time, and each of them was an excellent martial artist. It's not my fault, right?
Could it be... because I became Xu Zun's guard? I stole her limelight?
That’s not right, right?
I enjoy a salary from the state, so there is no conflict of interest with her, right?
“Ahem…”
Zhao Yu was very good at resolving awkward situations. Seeing that Huo Anu ignored him , he started talking non-stop.
He cleared his throat, speaking to himself and perhaps to Huo Anu:
"I really don't know what Lord Xu was thinking, he actually let Liu Dong be his housekeeper, that guy is a well-known habitual thief!
"And... he was allowed to bring his family with him? Isn't that outrageous? Look, he has a wife and children..."
As he spoke, Zhao Yu glared towards the car window. Xiwa, who was lying on the window, was frightened and quickly got into the car.
"Lord Xu is now a seventh-rank official. I calculated that his salary can at least hire 10 servants, right?" Zhao Yu said, "The Chief Justice has such a hard job, shouldn't he hire some strong men?
"I can't believe it..." Zhao Yu became more and more excited as he spoke, "What's going on with Liu Dong's wife? Why is she sitting in the same carriage with Lord Xu? Isn't she here to be a nanny? Shouldn't she be sitting in the front carriage with Liu Dong?
"Oh, she looks a little abnormal, doesn't she?"
Swish!
Unexpectedly, Zhao Yu was talking to himself when he suddenly saw Huo Anu's iron umbrella falling from the sky and smashing down on his head!
ah!!?
Zhao Yu was startled and instinctively raised his sword to block.
when!
The iron umbrella was so powerful that Zhao Yu was unable to block it and immediately fell off his horse.
However, Huo Anu jumped off his horse without saying a word, then shot out another iron umbrella, attacking Zhao Yu again, heading straight for his vital point!
"You...what are you doing?" Zhao Yu rolled over to avoid it, and his body was immediately covered with stinky mud. He was so scared that he shouted loudly, "Miss Huo, are you crazy?"
The iron umbrella attacked again, and Zhao Yu couldn't avoid it, so he had to draw out his sword and fight with Huo Anu.
Ouch...
Hearing something strange behind him, Liu Dong quickly stopped the carriage, turned around to look, and was immediately startled. He quickly reported to Xu Zun:
"Master Xu, Master Xu... something bad has happened. Two guards are fighting! Go and have a look!"
Liu Dong lifted the curtain and saw Xu Zun, Xiwa and Ku Niang were all leaning against the window, watching the fight seriously...
"Stop hitting me! Ah..."
It was obvious that Zhao Yu was no match for Huo Anu. Although he held up the iron umbrella, he was still kicked to the ground, looking extremely embarrassed.
Looking at Huo Anu again, it seemed as if he had a deep hatred for him. He swung the iron umbrella mercilessly, almost killing him with every umbrella!
"I was wrong, I was wrong, isn't that enough? I apologize to you... I..." Zhao Yu barely blocked it a few times, and seeing that begging was useless, he had to yell at the top of his voice, "Master Xu, help! Help..."
The shout echoed throughout the valley.
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Yu had blocked six or seven attacks, but his defense was already wide open and his defeat was obvious.
Huo Anu didn't even open his iron umbrella, but easily knocked Zhao Yu's sword away, and then kicked it into the ditch next to him.
The ditch was more than one person deep. After Zhao Yu fell in, he fell directly into the cold river water!
"Ah... help, help... woo woo..."
Although the river was not deep, Zhao Yu fell flat on his face and drank several mouthfuls of water on the spot.
Fortunately, the current was not too turbulent. He splashed in the water for a few times and then waded to the shore, grabbing a willow branch on the shore...
"Oh my! What's going on?" Finally, Xu Zun's cry came from the shore, "How did Captain Zhao fall into the water? Quick! Save him!"
Soon, Liu Dong threw a rope to Zhao Yu, and Zhao Yu then pulled the rope and climbed ashore with difficulty.
"Fire...fire is strong..."
Zhao Yu was about to curse Huo Anu, but when he saw Huo Anu picked up the terrifying iron umbrella again, he was so scared that he quickly shut his mouth and hid behind Xu Zun trembling.
"Huo Anu, this is outrageous!" Xu Zun pointed at Huo Anu and shouted, "Captain Zhao is a guard appointed by the emperor, how could you...how could you..."
Unexpectedly, Huo Anu glared at Xu Zun so arrogantly that Xu Zun was so scared that he dared not speak.
So Xu Zun quickly changed his tone and turned to Liu Dong, ordering him, "Hurry! If you fall into the water in this cold weather, you will be frozen quickly!
"Come on, let's quickly take off Captain Zhao's clothes and change him into dry clothes!"
"Oh, yes!"
So, Xu Zun and Liu Dong immediately took action and started to strip Zhao Yu's clothes.
"Don't? This isn't a good idea, is it?" Zhao Yu was shaking like a drowned rat, but his face was flushed with shame.
"Oh, that's right!" Xu Zun said quickly, "Then go change in the carriage! Hurry up, or you'll get frostbite!"
Having said that, Xu Zun and Liu Dong forcibly pulled Zhao Yu into the carriage despite his objections.
At this moment, Xiwa and Ku Niang had already come out of the carriage.
As the carriage swayed for a while, Xu Zun came out of the carriage holding Zhao Yu's wet clothes.
As soon as he came out, he threw his clothes on the ground and began to search carefully.
As a result, he soon discovered something unusual, reached out his hand, and took out a booklet from an extremely hidden inner pocket!
The booklet was made of brocade and looked quite high-end.
"ah?"
Huo Anu came over quickly.
Xu Zun also thought it was a secret letter, so he opened it and read it immediately. As a result, Huo Anu's face turned red.
But when he saw that the booklet contained some pictures that were not suitable for children, Xu Zun frowned. After carefully examining them, he put them back.
Apart from this, there was nothing unusual in Zhao Yu's clothes, only some loose silver and gambling items such as dice and Pai Gow.
Tsk tsk…
Xu Zun asked Xiwa to put away his clothes, and then he and Huo Anu moved away.
"How is it?" Xu Zun asked, "Did you find anything?"
"He's not pretending," Huo Anu recalled, "I attacked so suddenly. It was a life-or-death situation several times just now. If he is really an expert, he will definitely reveal his flaws."
"Tsk tsk..." Xu Zun smacked his lips again, "So, he was able to cut off the fake Qiu Yongnian's arm just by luck?"
"That should be the case," Huo Anu nodded. "At that time, the fake Qiu Yongnian had already entered a state of madness, and was restrained by me and the inner guards, so he had the opportunity to take advantage of it ."
"Oh..." Xu Zun looked at the still shaking carriage, a trace of deep worry in his eyes.
"Master Xu," Huo Anu asked, "are you so suspicious of Captain Zhao? Besides the fact that he cut off the fake Qiu Yongnian's arm, what else is the reason?"
"Alas!" Xu Zun said sadly , "On the night of the Iron Coffin Case, I was followed on my way home from prison.
"At that time, the fake Qiu Yongnian and others were busy with the Iron Coffin Case, so I suspected that the person who followed me was..."
"Ah?" Huo Anu interrupted Xu Zun before he could finish and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier? I was the one who followed you at that time!"
