Chapter 407: Snow on the Desk of the Infatuated Alliance Leader (8)
Chapter 407: Snow on the Desk of the Infatuated Alliance Leader (8)
"..."
Bai Chao glanced at Jing Hengzhou, poked a grape with a stick, and shook it gently three times.
Jing Hengzhou stood with his hands hanging down, looking straight ahead.
Bai Chao laughed angrily: "Maoyou, what have you learned in the past three days?"
"..."
Only then did Jing Hengzhou realize that this person was giving orders.
"Young Master, do you want me to help you peel the grapes?"
"I asked you to pick a leaf from the third tree opposite."
Jing Hengzhou: “…”
It was obvious that this person just now was not testing others in this way. Any instructions and gestures he gave were simple and easy.
How come it has become a guessing game for him?
Jing Hengzhou had no choice but to go pick the leaves. When he came back, he saw Bai Chao making a pinky gesture to him again.
"..."
Jing Hengzhou thought Bai Chao wanted him to give him the leaf, so he tried to take a step forward, but when he saw that Bai Chao didn't respond, he continued to walk towards him.
But before Jing Hengzhou got close, he heard a cold voice.
"If you dare come any closer, I'll break your legs."
Jing Hengzhou: “…………”
Wasn't it this person who let him pass?
Bai Chao tapped the ground with his fingertips: "Remember this distance."
Jing Hengzhou looked down and saw that they were still two steps apart.
He remembered that one zhang was the main line.
Bai Chao stood up and walked slowly towards Jing Hengzhou.
"The rules I have you learn are equivalent to your lives. You must not forget them even when you die. You must engrave them firmly in your bones."
"Remember your own identity."
Jing Hengzhou looked at Bai Chao who was walking towards him, and suddenly found that the shape of the eye mask on Bai Chao's face was a little different from before.
Did you change the eye mask?
"..."
Jing Hengzhou suddenly felt a pain in his foot.
He looked down and found that it was Bai Chao who stepped on his foot and deliberately rolled over it hard.
"You can only look at the master's feet. If you dare to go beyond the belt, you will be guilty of peeping at the master..."
Bai Chao's voice was a little gnashing: "So... why are you staring at my face? Do you want to turn the tables?"
"...don't dare."
Bai Chao snorted coldly: "I think you are very brave."
Jing Hengzhou lowered his eyes silently, watching the brocade boots step heavily on him a few more times before moving away.
"..."
"Stand here until dark today, reflect on yourself, and continue training tomorrow."
Bai Chao walked slowly towards the carriage, but suddenly stopped and said, "The six of them will also train with you. If you fail in one day, they will accompany you. Do you hear me?"
Jing Hengzhou raised his eyes slightly and looked at Bai Chao's wrist hanging by his side.
I had noticed before that the hand holding the grapes was a little unstable and his wrist seemed to lack the strength to lift it.
Jing Hengzhou suddenly asked: "Young Master, do you still want Ye Zi?"
Bai Chao's expression turned ugly again: "...You can only say yes when you reply to your master's words."
"promise."
Jing Hengzhou held out the leaf in his hand: "That leaf..."
"do not want!"
"promise."
"..."
After that, Bai Chao came to the training ground once a day.
But Jing Hengzhou failed every time, so he was punished to stand until late at night without even a sip of water. He had to continue training the next day. Even the other secret guards felt a little sympathetic towards him.
That day, after Bai Chao left, the secret guards came to Jing Hengzhou who was still standing as punishment.
"Maoyou, is the young master targeting you?"
"Yeah, yeah, I think you performed pretty well the last few times."
Jing Hengzhou learns things quickly. After he understands Bai Chao's ways, he knows what Bai Chao is going to tell him just by a look or a gesture.
But no matter how well you do, Bai Chao can always find some faults.
Jing Hengzhou said nothing: "Maybe."
That night, Jing Hengzhou changed into his nightgown.
He has been spending every day on the training ground these days without a moment's rest.
That person was targeting him because of his sister.
"..."
Jing Hengzhou's figure disappeared outside an exquisite and luxurious attic.
This is Songtaoju.
That night, Bai Chao turned the villa upside down. Except for Jiang Yingchu's residence, this was the only place he had not been to.
Jing Hengzhou jumped lightly onto a branch.
Compared with before, the number of secret guards outside Songtaoju has doubled.
Jing Hengzhou frowned and thought.
I'm afraid I can't go in and find out tonight.
He hasn't come here these few days.
It's not just because he was tortured by Bai Chao on the training ground, leaving him with no free time.
Also, Jiang Yide was secretly sending more people to check on every new unfamiliar face in the villa.
Older gingers are more spicy.
We knew that the intruder was either hiding somewhere or sneaking into the villa.
Perhaps he had alarmed the enemy a little.
"..."
Jing Hengzhou did not choose to act rashly. He walked around Songtaoju and carefully scouted the area, making sure not to disturb any of the secret guards hiding in the dark.
Taking advantage of the fact that the two groups of secret guards were changing shifts, Jing Hengzhou left the place silently.
Jing Hengzhou jumped onto other roofs under the moonlight and headed towards the training ground.
His figure passed over the eaves without making any sound.
Suddenly, Jing Hengzhou stopped on a roof.
"..."
Jing Hengzhou's eyes swept across the courtyard below.
This is... Bai Chao's yard.
How did he pass by here?
After standing still for a while, Jing Hengzhou half squatted down and quietly lifted a tile.
He suddenly wanted to see what this person was doing.
Through the small opening, Jing Hengzhou saw the person below wearing a moon-white middle-length dress, sitting on a bamboo couch by the window.
A maid was gently wiping the ends of the man's hair with a towel. On the other side, a servant was holding a fumigation basket and using hot air to dry the hair.
Next to Bai Chao, there was a maid holding a tray and serving him a cup of fresh tea and a plate of snacks.
Jing Hengzhou: “…”
I would actually enjoy it.
The person below only took a sip of tea, seemingly having no appetite. After placing the teacup back on the plate, he waved his hand impatiently.
The maids and servants around him bowed and left with the things in their hands.
Jing Hengzhou was about to look away, but his eyes looked down uncontrollably.
The man was looking out the window with his head tilted to the side. A gust of wind blew by, lifting the hair by his ears and revealing a section of his snow-white neck.
Almost blindingly white...
"..."
The wind soon died down, and the hair slowly fell down, and Jing Hengzhou did not look away.
The person below was looking at something, staring out the window, his long eyelashes casting a faint shadow under his eyes.
But after a while, Bai Chao stood up and walked into the inner room.
Jing Hengzhou suddenly snapped his fingers and a leaf flew out, spinning and floating towards the man's hand.
Bai Chao quickly realized something, stretched out his hand slightly, and caught the leaf.
He raised his hand, looked at what was in his hand, and frowned slightly: "Leaves?"
Bai Chao turned his head and looked out the window, as if he thought it was floating in from outside the window.
He waved his hand slightly, and the two sandalwood windows closed together with a click.
"..."
Jing Hengzhou gently closed the tiles, stood up and left the roof.
Bai Chao raised his head and glanced upwards, snorting and laughing: "A peeping Tom."
He walked to the bed and pulled out a small box.
Bai Chao opened the small box and put the leaves in his hand into it.
There was also a dagger quietly placed inside.
……
Day two.
Bai Chao went to the training ground again to check the training results of the secret guards.
He stared at Jing Hengzhou up and down.
"The sword test competition will be held in half a month. If you fail again, you and these six secret guards will be retrained together."
"..."
Jing Hengzhou lowered his eyes and said, "Young Master, since I am the one being punished, why do you want to involve others?"
The other six secret guards were all shocked.
It is true that a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. After being targeted for so long, he is still so brave...
Bai Chao narrowed his eyes: "Maoyou, don't you want your tongue anymore?"
"No."
"..."
Bai Chao said coldly: "Kneel down."
"..."
"I'll make you kneel down!"
A whip hit Jing Hengzhou's knee.
“……”Jing Hengzhou half-knelt on the ground.
Bai Chao slowly approached Jing Hengzhou, stopped, and lifted his chin with the handle of the whip.
"You are just a lowly third-class secret guard."
"If the master tells you to live, you live; if the master tells you to die, you die."
"You are not qualified to go against the master's wishes."
"Understand?"
"..."
Jing Hengzhou was forced to raise his head, and his eyes fell on Bai Chao's eye mask again.
It seems like this person has changed his eyepatch again?
Bai Chao sighed, "I think this is the best way you have learned the rules."
He removed the handle of the whip and threw it aside, and the servant quickly took it with both hands.
"I haven't tested your martial arts skills in the past few days. If a secret guard doesn't even have the ability to protect the master, then you can get out now."
"..." Jing Hengzhou suddenly said, "Then how does the young master try it?"
"Of course...try it this way!"
Bai Chao took the lead in attacking, with strong wind wrapped in his palm, and went straight to Jing Hengzhou's face.
Jing Hengzhou reacted very quickly, slightly tilting his body and barely avoiding the palm.
Bai Chao was stunned for a moment, then he turned his wrist, turned his palm into a fist, and attacked fiercely.
Jing Hengzhou jumped up and took three steps back, and Bai Chao's punch missed again.
"..."
Bai Chao gritted his teeth and continued to move forward, using multiple moves and his clothes rustling.
But Jing Hengzhou was able to dodge like a nimble snake every time, and Bai Chao never hit him.
A secret guard watching nearby hesitated and asked, "Is Maoyou using the steps of the Ghost Shadow Tower?"
"It seems like... he was able to learn so well in just a few days?"
The secret guards looked at each other with amazement in their eyes.
This boy is extremely gifted. It turns out that the young lady has really unearthed a treasure.
On the field, Bai Chao's palm strike missed again.
His chest rose and fell slightly, and he almost bit his back teeth: "..."
But Bai Chao seemed unwilling to give up and suddenly raised his palm to attack again.
When Jing Hengzhou was about to avoid him, he suddenly saw the man's angry look.
"..."
Jing Hengzhou paused slightly.
The palm that was supposed to miss hit his chest instead.
The next second, Jing Hengzhou's back hit a stone pillar three meters away, which shattered and fine dust rose around it.
Jing Hengzhou covered his chest and staggered back a few steps before he steady himself.
Bai Chao finally stopped his attack, took a few steps forward, and stared at Jing Hengzhou.
Jing Hengzhou: “…”
He knew what he wanted to see.
Jing Hengzhou groaned, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
Bai Chao was satisfied. He stood with his hands behind his back, raised his chin proudly, and said in a neither light nor heavy voice: "Humph."
Jing Hengzhou suddenly felt his ears itchy.
[Ding——Task progress 1%.]
Bai Chao curled his lips but looked at Jing Hengzhou with disdain.
"My martial arts skills are too poor."
But this time, Bai Chao showed mercy and spared Jing Hengzhou.
"You can follow them to serve the young lady tomorrow, but you must go to the Shadow Building for training every night."
"You don't have to stand in the corner today."
Bai Chao walked up to Jing Hengzhou, stretched out his hand, and casually patted the side of his face.
"Whether the master rewards you or punishes you, it is the master's gift. Do you understand?"
Jing Hengzhou's Adam's apple rolled unconsciously.
"understood……"
[Ding——Task progress 10%.]
……
Day two.
Jing Hengzhou went with others to get a badge and go to the Orchid Garden to report on his work.
Jiang Yingchu was very happy. She had been asking her brother for several days, and now these secret guards could finally come out of the training ground.
Jiang Yingchu circled around the secret guards like a butterfly, looking left and right, very lively.
Since her rebirth, her life has been very easy and smooth. She is spoiled like a child again by her parents. Even her mentality has returned to her youth. She is satisfied and happy every day.
"I remember your faces. Tell me your names." Jiang Yingchu stopped in front of Jing Hengzhou and winked playfully. "By the way, Maoyou, you don't have to tell me your names."
Jing Hengzhou: “…”
The six secret guards gave their names one by one.
Jiang Yingchu nodded: "Okay, I'll remember it. So how are you going to protect me now?"
With a swish, the secret guards in front of him suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Jiang Yingchu was stunned for a moment, looked around, but didn't see a single person.
"... Maoyou?"
"..."
Jing Hengzhou reappeared in front of Jiang Yingchu.
Jiang Yingchu found it funny and couldn't help but chuckle.
"Where are you all hiding? I can't even see you."
Jing Hengzhou remained silent: "..."
Jiang Yingchu looked at Jing Hengzhou and suddenly felt a little guilty.
She suddenly felt that she had been a little cruel to this person.
In her previous life, she was obsessed with someone else, but the person who was interested in her always looked at her back.
In this life, although she had no intention, this person must be...
Did she still want him to watch her in the dark like this?
Jiang Yingchu hesitated for a while, and a little embarrassed appeared on his face: "Maoyou, do you want to be my personal bodyguard?"
The secret guards hiding on the beams looked at each other gossipingly.
No wonder Maoyou wins the young lady's favor...
Jing Hengzhou lowered his head: "...I am only qualified to be a secret guard."
"But……"
"neat."
Suddenly a familiar voice was heard from outside the door.
"Brother?" Jiang Yingchu turned around and saw Bai Chao had already walked to the entrance of Orchid Garden.
Jiang Yingchu's eyes lit up, and he was about to run to meet Bai Chao, when he suddenly remembered that Jing Hengzhou was still there.
"Miao..."
But when Jiang Yingchu turned around, the person in front of him had already disappeared.
"..."
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