Chapter 51 I'm Angry

Even though Shen Yu tried to control herself, she still couldn't control her subconsciously slowed pace.

Xie Tingzhou turned around, "Hmm? Do you know her?"

"Yes." Shen Yu controlled her breathing.

At that moment, Shen Yu seemed to think that he already knew her details.

Xie Tingzhou looked at him in the light of the lantern, "Was she in the army during the battle of Yanliang Pass?"

Shen Yu swallowed and said, "Yes."

Xie Tingzhou pressed on, "Why didn't you say a word? Since she is a member of the Shen family, why didn't you mention looking for her body?"

Shen Yu's heart was pounding. If the Shen family hadn't left her plan, there wouldn't be such a situation now.

That ready-made clothing shop was Lu's property, and she had asked the shopkeeper about the situation.

Lu Yao had indeed returned to Beijing many days ago, and told the shopkeeper that she would go to the border to find her after completing the task assigned to her by Shen Yu.

But later, Lu Yao disappeared. She didn't appear in any of Lu's shops, and Shen Yu didn't receive any news from her at the border.

Fortunately, after hearing the news today, she expected that the news that three people from the Shen family died in the battle would definitely reach Xie Tingzhou's ears, so she had already thought of a countermeasure.

"Because I dare not say it." Shen Yu said.

Xie Tingzhou walked slowly in front of him and lowered his head slightly, "Why don't you dare?"

Shen Yu knelt on one knee under his sharp gaze, "Because Miss Shen is not dead at all."

Xie Tingzhou was shocked, "What do you mean?"

Shen Yu said: "The general didn't want her to die at the border with him, so he sent someone to send her away on the eve of the war."

"Where is she now?"

"I don't know."

"Why did the capital say that she died in the battle."

"I don't know."

"You don't know?" Xie Tingzhou's tone was a little warning.

Shen Yu raised his head to let him see his eyes, because he once said that these were a pair of eyes that could speak.

"I don't know. I'm also wondering about this, but Miss Shen did leave that night. The person sent to escort her was the general's personal soldier Kong Qing."

Xie Tingzhou narrowed his eyes and looked at her for a while, "You are sure that there are not many survivors left in this battle, so you are not afraid of my investigation, right?"

Shen Yu did not hide or give in, "Not many survivors are left, right? If you really want to investigate, the thousands of wounded soldiers and the recovered deserters will always be able to get the answer, right?"

Xie Tingzhou's eyes were cold, "I will investigate, but Shi Yu, the friendship of life and death cannot withstand your abuse."

Shen Yu said: "Before finding out whether what I said is true, His Highness has already preconceived that I am abused, and what kind of friendship of life and death is it talking to me."

Just now, the two of them were still eating a pot of noodles in the kitchen, but now they are on the verge of a fight.

The secret guards did not dare to disturb them and secretly retreated into the darkness.

Xie Tingzhou was defeated by him and suddenly laughed, "You are sharp-tongued and have no rules."

Shen Yu gritted her teeth and said nothing, her face full of stubbornness.

Xie Tingzhou looked at him for a moment and said, "Get up."

Shen Yu knelt and did not move.

Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes, "Are you still angry?"

Shen Yu herself did not know where the temper came from. Thinking about eating her noodles just now, she turned around and questioned her.

If Xie Tingzhou asked before eating, she would not feed him to the dog.

Xie Tingzhou leaned over to look at him, as if he was in a good mood, "Are you regretting cooking noodles for me now, or regretting not poisoning it?"

Shen Yu was surprised by his insight and subconsciously retorted, "I'm not that vicious."

Xie Tingzhou stood up and nodded, "Then you regret cooking it for me, or I will spit it out for you?"

Shen Yu glanced at him and said with disdain, "Are you disgusting?"

The laughter of Xie Tingzhou came from his throat in the dark night.

He turned and left, and the secret guard hurriedly walked out of the dark and asked in a low voice: "Then he..."

Xie Tingzhou: "If he wants to kneel, he can continue to kneel, if he can find a way back."

After a while, Xie Tingzhou heard the extra footsteps behind him, and he curled his lips lightly.

The first day of the first month is a seven-day holiday, and officials do not have to go to court, but the guards are different from officials. There are 365 days a year except for rotation. There is no holiday.

Shen Yu is on duty on the sixth day of the first month.

Xie Tingzhou is not in the mansion today, and Xifeng is not there either. Without Shen Yu to accompany her, she has to guard the empty yard with several guards.

At noon, they take turns to eat. When Shen Yu comes back, she happens to see Xifeng coming back to get something.

A guard whispered beside him: "A few letters were delivered just now, concerning the Yanliang Pass case. Should they be submitted to His Highness immediately?"

"Give it to me," Xifeng took the letter, "His Highness and Cang went hunting, and they won't be back for a while. Put it on his desk and wait for him to come back to read it."

Xifeng took the letter into the study and came out after a while.

When passing by Shen Yu, he asked: "Are you used to being on duty?"

"It's okay," Shen Yu said briskly: "It's similar to being in Yanliang Pass, but it's better than Yanliang Pass, not as cold as there."

Xifeng nodded and left.

At the hour of Xu, the guards changed shifts and left.

A figure quietly crawled on the eaves in the night.

Only a few lanterns were lit in Xie Tingzhou's courtyard, the windows were dark, and two guards stood under the eaves.

Shen Yu lay on the eaves and blended into the night. With a flick of her fingertips, a corner of the leaves rustled.

The palace was heavily guarded, probably not inferior to the palace. She had been on duty for the past few days and had already known the route thoroughly.

It took some effort to avoid the secret guards, but it was not too difficult.

While the guards were checking, she quietly sneaked into the study.

I had been to the study room before and knew the layout of the place. The moonlight coming through the window paper could barely see that there were indeed several stacks of letters on the desk.

The letters were classified into different categories. She didn't dare to light a candle, so she could only squat under the table and take out a night-shining pearl to look closely.

One stack seemed to be a military secret letter from Beilin, one stack was a letter from the staff, and the smallest stack seemed to be similar to the one handed to Xifeng by the guard at noon.

The surroundings were terribly quiet, and there was only the sound of friction on the paper in the study.

Just after taking out a letter and not having time to read it, Shen Yu's hair suddenly stood up all over her body.

That was an instinctive reaction when the body encountered danger.

Shen Yu turned around suddenly, saw a black shadow and rolled to the side at the same time.

The speed of the black shadow was abnormally fast, and the two light golden eyes flashed with strange phosphorescence in the dark.

What is this? !

The body slowed down for a moment, just a moment of delay, but it was enough to hover between life and death.

The thing instantly threw her to the ground, its two strong front legs pressed on her shoulders, looking down at her condescendingly.

The night pearl rolled to the ground, hit the table leg and rolled back to her side.

Shen Yu finally saw clearly that it was a leopard with a pure black body.

She lay on the ground and dared not move. She could already feel the black panther's breath spraying on her neck, mixed with a faint smell of blood.

She had no doubt that as long as she moved a little, the black panther would bite her neck without hesitation.

Shen Yu tried to breathe lightly, but she couldn't avoid the fear in her body.

Her hand moved slowly, trying to reach for the dagger at her waist, but the black panther got closer to her.

It seemed that it had noticed her unusual movement. The pair of light golden leopard eyes stared at her with a warning growl in its throat.

Shen Yu shrank uncontrollably and closed her eyes hard.

Suddenly, the bookshelf moved, and a slight friction sound was heard in the darkness.