9. Fools don't realize it, just follow the maze

As soon as Pei Nianyu asked those words, the three people present didn't know that their master was determined to take his own blood, and a look of guilt appeared on their faces.

Seeing that they didn't answer, Pei Nianyu simply opened the mechanism of his portable fan, and took out a narrow and short dagger as thin as a willow leaf from the middle of the handle.

Lian Xiao, who was reclining on the side, saw that the matter was a foregone conclusion, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh, his expression dimmed.

He did something wrong first, even though He Qi and Lou Yefeng concealed it from their master intentionally or unintentionally and made him suffer more, but the three-day period was chosen by him, so of course he would not complain.And he is usually not considered the most trusted shadow guard of the master...

"Master, Lian Xiao acts willfully and willfully. He should be punished for offending the master. How can he be worthy of you treating his subordinates like this..."

Pei Nianyu shook his head: "I'm a little angry, but I shouldn't punish you like this. Well, there's no need to say more about this."

He turned to look at He Qi: "Is my blood used for...?"

He Qi hurriedly went to the cabinet in the house and took out a palm-sized jade bottle, saying:

"At the beginning, for the convenience of controlling the use, this fusion pill was fuzed with your blood. Now you only need to mix the fusion pill with the universal detoxification pill that has been tempered with your blood, and the existing blood in his body can be released.The Rongxue Pill is poisonous and forcibly terminated."

"What about after the suspension?"

He Qi continued:

"After the discontinuation of Rongxue Pill, it is equivalent to sealing up the poison in the meridian. Master, you can understand that... the meridian has been injured internally. You need to rest for a month, and wait for the poison to slowly resolve."

"It's just that within this month, the internal force and martial arts cannot be used at all, otherwise the qi and blood will go retrograde, and I'm afraid that life will be in danger immediately."

Lian Xiao on the side almost shed tears when he heard the words "do not use force", so he had to lower his head even more, hiding his face in the shadows - he was resting in the house for a month, nothing could be done.If you can't do it, you're really not a competent shadow guard.

Pei Nianyu didn't think about this, but when he wanted to give a word, he turned his head and saw Lian Xiao's appearance, and swallowed the words again.

He was afraid that Lian Xiao would think too much, so he simply held the thin blade of the willow leaf, gritted his teeth, and stabbed at his white and clean fingertips.

He Qi quickly picked it up with a bottle, but perhaps Pei Nianyu's inner strength was so strong that he only squeezed out a few drops of blood, and the small wound healed itself.

He Qi sighed:

"Master, this subordinate is offended, I'm afraid... you need to cut your arm to draw blood."

Pei Nianyu hissed lightly. He had rarely been injured in the past few years, so of course he was afraid of pain. If he just pricked his finger, it could be regarded as going to the hospital to draw blood, but making a long gash would be purely self-harm.

He couldn't move the hand holding the thin blade, gestured to his smooth forearm a few times, finally gave up, and handed the willow leaf blade to He Qi:

"Old He, come here."

He Qi's face quickly turned pale:

"Master, how dare this subordinate!"

Pei Nianyu understood what was going on in a flash. As a shadow guard, Old He certainly didn't dare to do such a thing to personally hurt his master.He had no choice but to pass it to Lou Yefeng who was beside him:

"Then Ye Feng, come on, you always dare?"

Lou Yefeng didn't speak, and took the thin blade silently.It's just that before he could move, both of them had keenly noticed his slightly frowning brows and slightly trembling fingers that couldn't be concealed.

As a top shadow guard, the stability of his hands is the basic skill he has practiced for many years. Pei Nianyu said in surprise:

"Why are you still afraid of old building?

He Qi couldn't help but said: "This subordinate really doesn't have the courage, but does the master think that he is willing to give up the old building..."

Pei Nianyu suddenly smiled and said:

"The old building dared to beat my hand like that with a thorn stick in public, why didn't he dare to cut me?"

——This time it was Lou Yefeng's turn to turn pale.

Master's words were sharper than the blade in his hand, and he was caught off guard by a trace of pain in his heart.

Could it be that in the heart of his master, Lou Yefeng is already such an unbearable person who disrespects his master and offends his superiors?

He pursed his lips tightly, but he couldn't see any irony in the master's calm and breezy face. Presumably this was the true thought of the master casually.

Lou Yefeng took a deep breath almost imperceptibly, and forcibly calmed down the vague pain in his chest.

After a while, the light in his eyes froze, and his fingertips had returned to their usual rock-solid stability.A white light flashed, and Lou Yefeng dropped the knife neatly.

Pei Nianyu didn't pay attention for a while, and suddenly saw blood gushing from his arm, and couldn't help shouting: "It hurts, it hurts..."

He subconsciously wanted to retract his arm, but was ruthlessly restrained by Lou Yefeng's palm, unable to move.

"Master, bear with it for a while, and it will be ready soon."

Although he was the one who brought this up, the corners of Pei Nianyu's mouth drooped a little aggrieved.

………………

After He Qi quickly filled the jade bottle with blood, Lou Yefeng cleansed, applied medicine, and bandaged the owner neatly.

Seeing Lian Xiao sitting on the couch staring at the bandage on his arm, Pei Nianyu's eyes became more and more guilty.He wanted to sneak away quickly, but Lou Yefeng finished tying the last knot of the bandage, suddenly took a step back, knelt down and bowed his head and said:

"...The subordinate had a grudge against his colleagues before, and also deceived his superiors and concealed it, which caused the master to hurt himself. Please lower the responsibility, the master, so as to calm the grievances of the colleagues."

Lian Xiao and He Qi changed their expressions slightly at the same time: "Old building!"

Then the room fell silent.

This is not a private plea to the master, but an admission in front of the commander and deputy commander that he deliberately "deceived the superior and the inferior".The two onlookers and the person kneeling on the ground knew it well, if the master gently revealed it as usual, wouldn't it prove that he was partial to Lou Yefeng because of his status?

Lian Xiao hurriedly smoothed things over:

"Where did you say that? I ask for punishment. Anyway, it has nothing to do with Professor Lou. How can I have any opinion on you..."

Pei Nianyu stretched out his hand to support Lou Yefeng, and chuckled lightly:

"You don't have to use this method to deliberately provoke me in front of the two of them."

Lou Yefeng saw half of the white bandage protruding from the master's cuff, fearing that the master's arm would break the wound again, so he didn't dare to fight the master's strength, so he had to stand up accordingly.

"I don't want to punish you seriously, don't they know? Now that this matter has been resolved, let's forget it. It's just... Ye Feng won't lie to me like this again. I know you were angry with him before, so tell me, I will naturally vent your anger on you."

Lian Xiao on the side smiled wryly.Master, this is really...to be frank and honest, tell him clearly - the master just wants to favor Lou Yefeng, so don't mess with him like this in the future.

"As for Old He... how can you use the Rongxue Pill to punish your own family?"

He Qi hurriedly said respectfully:

"Yes, this subordinate is following the instructions of the master."

Hearing the words "my family", Lian Xiao suddenly felt warm again.

"Okay, Old He, hurry up and make that detoxification pill."

"yes."

The three shadow guards heard the master's words, and they all had the same thought in their minds—the master's move is obviously not a suitable and appropriate method of imperial servants, but it is not in vain to get the master's honest report.How can I think more when I am a subordinate.

………………

He asked Lou Yefeng to look at Gu Lian Xiao's injuries in order to leave room for them to explain, so Pei Nianyu and He Qi went out of the house together.

He Qi turned around and came to the medicine boiler in the backyard, and began to refine the detoxification pill, while Pei Nianyu made a gesture beside him, calling out the Shadow Guard from the nearby dark place.

"Subordinates refer to the master."

"Even your deputy commander was injured, and you won't be able to use your internal strength for a month. The people around you should be more vigilant recently. If there is a small investigation, don't cause any problems."

"Yes, this subordinate understands."

Then he turned to He Qi and said:

"Old He, turn around and call some of the shadow guards who usually follow me over to guard him."

He Qi's complexion changed slightly:

"Master, how did this happen!"

He knew that shadow guards are usually not only protecting the master himself, but it is also quite common in other houses if they are assigned by the prince to protect the concubine or the prince, so they are also half masters anyway.

But protecting the shadow guards is nothing, they are all subordinates of the master.

Pei Nianyu shook his head: "What's wrong with taking care of your own brothers? Anyway, I have so many shadow guards with me, so it's not a problem to transfer three or five. And the old building has almost recovered his martial arts.If you stay by my side, you have nothing to worry about."

Seeing the master's insistence, He Qi had no choice but to agree.

Pei Nianyu said softly:

"Besides... if you are injured and weak, I will treat you the same way, there is no difference."

"Okay, I'm going back first, you can get this detoxification pill. I... well, you go quickly."

The second half of the sentence that Pei Nianyu swallowed was actually that he had to go back and tell He Yanjun quickly, but after thinking about it, it is better not to let Old He know about Yanjun's tip-off.

When he returned to his dormitory, he told He Yanjun that Lian Xiao was recovering from his injuries, and sure enough, she looked relaxed.Pei Nianyu wondered:

"Why do you care so much about this?"

He Yanjun hesitated for a moment.

In her capacity, she shouldn't have said this, but she thought about how her master behaved in the world, and it would be no problem to say it bluntly:

"In the end, it was my brother who tormented him. If he was really tossed hard and something went wrong, I was afraid that Master, you would treat my brother..."

Pei Nianyu understood: "That is indeed possible. So your tip-off is quite timely."

……………

Here, He Qi prepared to understand the poison elixir and sent it to Lian Xiao's house, but he saw that Lou Yefeng hadn't left yet, sitting on a chair and thinking about something.

"What's wrong?"

Lian Xiao clicked his tongue: "Ask him yourself."

Lou Yefeng saw He Qi looked over, and sighed softly:

"I did it because of what the master said unintentionally just now... He said that I dared to beat him in public, why didn't I dare..."

He didn't want to say any more, but suddenly clenched his fists, his eyes fixed on the ground:

"Could it be that in Master's heart, I have already, already acted like this..."

He Qi and Lianxiao looked at each other and said in unison:

"Don't you just now know what you've done wrong?"

Lou Yefeng's face turned pale again in an instant.

"I……"

Lian Xiao swallowed the pill in one gulp, and mumbled:

"The master's meaning... there is some reason. It's just that there are some things I can't say, old building, you can ask our Commander He, he may be willing to give you some advice."

He Qi glanced at him sideways: "Only you understand."

Lian Xiao did not back down: "Don't you also know it well?"

Lou Yefeng looked bewildered, for the first time he felt that he had lost to his two colleagues.Why can they understand everything about the master, but he doesn't know what they are talking about?

Seeing Lou Yefeng's expression, He Qi knew that he was not enlightened at all, so he could only sigh: "Forget it, forget it."

Then he patted Lou Yefeng's shoulder and motioned him to go out of the house.