101. Chang Ruoen was faithful all his life

That night, after hearing Lou Yefeng's "report" on Yinzi, Pei Nianyu didn't take it to heart.I just told him not to worry about this anymore, to rest earlier, and then returned to his main room.

And He Qi, who was guarding the dark place outside the courtyard, saw that the two finally...separated, and then appeared in the master's house, ready to find a suitable place to keep watch as usual.

As soon as He Qi's figure landed on the ground, Pei Nianyu's nose sharply detected the familiar aroma of milk tea.He turned his head to look at the cup He Qi was holding in his hand, and there was still 20-30% of the red bean milk tea in it.

Pei Nianyu was not stingy about his concern for the leader of his family's shadow guard: "You haven't finished drinking after being outside for a long time. Let it cool down before drinking, it's not good for your health."

The tone of these words is called an earnest concern.However, a certain unscrupulous prince seems to have completely forgotten—and he doesn't know who shut He Qi out of Lou Yefeng's house.

He Qi choked for a moment, picked up the cup and took a sip, and said embarrassingly:

"Thank you, master, for your concern. This subordinate has been using internal energy to warm it up, so it doesn't matter. Isn't this... reluctant to drink it so quickly."

Pei Nianyu laughed dumbfounded: "It's not a difficult thing to do, just let Yun Shao do it more often in the future."

He Qi was a little happy when he heard that this milk tea would become one of his regular drinks.Then he moved closer to his master with a gossiping expression on his face:

"Master, just now old building said that he had something to report to his subordinates. Before the subordinates heard a word, you were thrown out by the master. This... what old building wanted to say..."

"This..."

Pei Nianyu hesitated for a moment, he didn't want to tell He Qi about this kind of thing, after all, it was his selfishness towards Lou Yefeng.However, he remembered that just now Lou Yefeng seemed to be saying that he had to report to He Qi about "taking the stolen money privately".

He thought for a while, he didn't want his Ye Feng to face Lao He as a subordinate, so he directly conveyed it to He Qi.

He Qi gave a "tsk", with an expression of "I understand", pretending to be serious and saying:

"Master! With regard to Lou Yefeng, it's a real violation of the regulations. Master, how do you think you should be punished?"

Pei Nianyu tapped his finger on the table, squinting at him:

"Old He, if you are capable, put down the milk tea in your hand before you tell me this."

"..."

He Qi didn't respond, just clenched the milk tea cup in his hand in response.Threatening to be punished or something... Naturally, it was just a casual remark.

He took another sip of the warm milk tea, and said in a sour tone:

"Master, you really treat the old building differently. Isn't it the same when you find your subordinates for the same job..."

Pei Nianyu spat at him:

"Old He, you miser, you have been thinking about Ye Feng lending you one or two hundred taels of silver for so long. Ye Feng took all of his private property on the road, and I didn't have any left, so I tried every means to find some money back for him."

"You are not that greedy for money. Old He, you have saved so much money and don't spend it. Why do you still think about this kind of money... I don't know why you save money every day. After you leave the shadow guard, I still have money.Can I lose you a bright future?"

He Qi coughed and quickly covered up:

"Joke, joke."

Although He Qi said so, Pei Nianyu naturally took his words to heart.He thought about it again, this kind of "gray income" exclusive to shadow guards, it was really not authentic for Lou Yefeng to eat alone before.

So he paused for a moment, pretending to be casual, and said to He Qi:

"Next time there is this special 'task', you call it old building, and a few more shadow guards, let's do it together. As for the 'stolen money' collected during the case...well, follow the general rulesgone."

This time it was He Qi's turn to be surprised, and hurriedly said seriously:

"Master, how can this be...? This subordinate is really just a joke, how can you really do such a thing?"

Pei Nianyu wondered what you were talking about, and immediately became upset:

"What do you mean by 'this kind of thing'? Lou Yefeng can accept this task, but you can't? It seems that you are very noble, right?"

He Qi knew that he had said something wrong, and he was so bored that he didn't dare to look at his master.Then he thought about it, whether it was the master's intention to take care of him, he nodded in agreement.

It's just that He Qi, who just said the wrong thing, knew he was wrong, and seeing his master's expression was upset, so the serious matter that he wanted to tell the master tonight slipped to his lips and swallowed it back.

He hesitated to speak like this, and after repeated several times, Pei Nianyu also found something unusual.He was about to step into the inner room, pull off the bedding, undress and go to bed, but he couldn't help frowning after seeing He Qi's expression:

"Old He, do you have anything else to say?"

He Qi hesitated for a while:

"……yes."

After waiting for a while, there was no more text.Pei Nianyu couldn't help but feel annoyed when he saw that he was actually trying to make himself guess:

"Say something quickly, or I'm going to sleep, you go outside to watch the night."

He Qi hurriedly said:

"It's like this. Master, the restriction on me has reached the end of three months... the antidote..."

Pei Nianyu froze for a moment, then secretly scolded himself for being a goldfish.

The so-called "Shadow Guard Restriction" is just a slightly nicer way of saying it, but it is actually the kind of long-term poison specially used to control Shadow Guards, dead soldiers, etc.It's just that the royal style of behavior can't be described as poisonous in such a high-sounding manner.

Not every shadow guard takes this poison, but some shadow guards with less "innocent" identities are required to take this poison.Because of changes in his family, He Qi's elders were beheaded and exiled in various places. He should have been sold into slavery.

Because of his martial arts skills, he was pulled by Pei Nianyu, so he was able to become a shadow guard and serve the royal family, so he escaped a catastrophe.

He was already in his teens when he entered the Shadow Guard Camp, and he was the son of a criminal minister, so he was naturally different from those who had trained in the Shadow Guard Camp since he was a child.He was also very knowledgeable, and took the initiative to receive the "Shadow Guard Restriction" on the first day he entered the camp.

After finishing training and leaving the camp, Pei Nianyu has never skipped his three-month antidote for so many years.This time, because Pei Nianyu had just passed through, some details were not so familiar with the fusion of memory, so he forgot it.

It had been two or three days since he had taken the antidote, and He Qi's internal meridians began to feel discomfort. Seeing that the master hadn't given it to him, he took the initiative to ask.He only thought that he had made a mistake, and that the master was secretly beating him up.

While Pei Nianyu went to his room to get the antidote, he said apologetically:

"There have been a lot of things in the past few months, sorry, I forgot."

He took out the medicine bottle from the cabinet, suddenly remembered something, and asked casually:

"No, Old He. I never avoided you when I took the antidote before. You should know where the antidote is. I forgot this time. Wouldn't you come and get it yourself?"

He Qi opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but closed it again.After a long while, he said:

"Master, it's a blessing for you to trust your subordinates so much. But how can you behave like this?"

Pei Nianyu sighed:

"Then you should also put your body first. If I really have something to delay for ten days or eight days, wouldn't it be hurt?"

He watched He Qi take the antidote pills with milk tea, and suddenly a thought came to him:

"Old He, you are now the commander of my shadow guards, and your status is not as good as before. It is really inappropriate to keep this 'restriction' like this. Why don't you... just lift this restriction for you."

He Qi was stunned for a moment, then his fingers trembled slightly.

"Master, this...?"

Pei Nianyu smiled gently when he saw his absent-minded look:

"What's so surprising about this is that I should have explained it to you long ago. I can let you be the leader of my shadow guards. I made this decision because I know your loyalty. My subordinate Pei Nianyu, how can I have to do it every season?"Why come to get the antidote?"

Pei Nianyu spoke in a very casual tone, as if it was an ordinary matter like "Pork belly must be braised in brown sauce, there is no reason to steam it".

However, for He Qi, this is... a matter of life and trust.However, he has just become the commander for less than three months, and the house is peaceful, so there is no merit to be rewarded.And his master still rewarded him with such a heavy kindness, it seemed no different from his master giving him a cup of milk tea casually.

"Master, I... this subordinate is really..."

He was taken aback by the master's casual decision, and just wanted to reflexively say that this is not appropriate, master, please think again.However, when the words came to his lips, he fell silent again——

The second thing is to get rid of the long-term poison on the body.For him, as the son of a former courtier, this reward actually represented the master's unreserved trust in him.

How can he not be tempted?

He glanced at his master's firm and undeniable eyes, and it would be too hypocritical to say excuses at this time.

He Qi was silent for a while, then suddenly knelt down, and performed the most formal gift of thanks to the shadow guard three times to Pei Nianyu, with a slightly hoarse voice:

"This subordinate is grateful to the master for his trust. He Qi will definitely... repay it with all his strength in this life."

In order to avoid trouble, Pei Nianyu did not back down, and quietly accepted his three worships.It's just that after He Qi finished his salute, he helped He Qi up, and then smiled, with a relaxed and normal tone:

"Old He, if you want to repay it with all your strength, isn't it very simple-if you want to share the worries of the king, you should find a way to make the old building get better quickly, and just become a princess."

He Qi: "..."

He couldn't help but choked, and then remembered that just an hour ago today, his master shut him out with a cup of milk tea in order to whisper to his princess.

Immediately, the twelve points of emotion turned into ten points.

Pei Nianyu didn't care how touched He Qi was, and he wasn't doing it for kindness.His trust in Old He is as long as the action is done, there is no need to overemphasize it.

He turned around and went to find the antidote, but he couldn't find it after searching for a while.

Pei Nianyu frowned and pondered for a moment, and rummaged through old memories for a while before he realized:

"Old He, Ye Feng seems to be keeping the medicine that unlocks your restriction. Because this medicine is different from the antidote he usually takes on March 1st, there is only one copy. Ye Feng is afraid that someone will be caught keeping it hereSomeone with ulterior motives stole it, and he took it away."

"That happened many years ago. At that time, I didn't have martial arts. Well, I will ask him to come over tomorrow morning."

He Qi naturally wouldn't say anything.I have been here for so many years, and I am not in a hurry for this night.What's more, the master made an exception to explain it to him, so how could he ask for more.

………………

Nothing to say all night.

Pei Nianyu slept soundly as usual and had a sweet dream.But He Qi was keeping vigil in the darkness under the eaves outside, but his mind was tossing and turning, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

On the second day, after Pei Nianyu got up, he asked He Qi to go back to change shift later, until Lou Yefeng came into the room to help him wash up, and he told Lou Yefeng about it.

Pei Nianyu never thought that such a "small matter" could cause side effects.

However, after hearing his words, Lou Yefeng was stunned for a moment, then glanced at He Qi, then turned to Pei Nianyu, lowered his eyes and said:

"Master, this matter... this subordinate thinks it is inappropriate."

Although his tone was extremely respectful, Pei Nianyu could hear a bit... stubbornness.

He frowned suddenly.

The author has something to say:

He Qi: Old building, you are trying to make trouble!

Prince: (gripping) old building If you dare to make trouble, I will take care of you!