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Although there were only a dozen or so people outside, Lu Jingran was clearly more nervous than last time at the manor. Last time, the guards he brought were all left behind by his grandfather, and even if they were not all from the thousand li away, they were all from the hundreds of miles away. With Mr. Bai at the side scheming, but now, he only had one Ban Xia by his side.

The remaining few people were all sent by the National Duke Ning's Madam Zhang to him. They were all like pails of rice, if they really started fighting later on, they would run away faster than anyone else.

Lu Jingran thought for a moment, pointed to the few servants and said: "I have found my enemies again, you all stay close to the door, after that, I will reward each of you 100 gold taels!"

He had changed back to that foppish, hedonistic look of his.

When the attendants heard that there was a hundred silver taels, their eyes lit up. Who didn't know that their master had a lot of silver taels?

However, Lu Jingran reached out his hand towards the window. The private box was on the second floor, jumping down was nothing to him, but to these few girls, it would be nothing.

He thought for a moment and said, "Are you afraid?"

Right now, only he and Ban Xia were both protecting one person, and one girl was left behind. Moreover, if there was a burden on their bodies, then their hands and feet would be tied, who knows, at that time, how many people would be killed by those people.

Lin Shu immediately understood what he meant, she shook her head and said: "No, I'm not."

There were already sounds of people knocking on the door from outside, one after another. The force of the banging was so great that it caused the door to bang loudly.

The few guards who had rushed over with their money also had hesitant expressions on their faces. Although they wanted money, they would need the life of a flower to do so … Looking at the attitude of those people outside, it seemed as if they wanted to take their lives.

Actinin Qin and Yun Dou said in unison, "Quickly bring the lady away …"

If Ban Xia wanted to protect the two of them alone, it would not be easy, so he might as well stay there. After all, those people outside do not want their lives.

Lin Shu still had some hesitation, but Lu Jingran grabbed her hand and jumped down from the windowsill.

Caught off guard, Lin Shu sprained her ankle.

This was truly adding oil to the fire, there were even a few people sent by the Princess Changze guarding the Celestial Fragrance Pavilion entrance, upon seeing this, they all rushed forward, all of them wielding swords, Lu Jingran was unarmed and had brought Lin Shu along as a burden, how could they possibly resist?

In less than the time it took to make a cup of tea, Lu Jingran was already mediocre.

Fortunately, these people didn't want Lin Shu's life, they only wanted to catch him alive.

Even Lin Shu had gradually become aware that Lu Jingran was not strong enough, and looked at the people in the private rooms on the second floor rushing out, Lin Shu subconsciously said: "I will follow you back, and you guys can let the innocent go."

"If Fourth Miss had obediently followed us since a long time ago, we wouldn't have had so many things happen. Princess Changze only wanted you."

The current Princess Changze was truly crazy, crazy!

What kind of place was the Celestial Fragrance Pavilion? It was the most luxurious restaurant in the capital. There were countless nobles and officials coming and going every day, but the Princess Changze could no longer care about anything else … Nian'er was anxious, the Princess Changze was going to be driven mad in the next few days.

Lu Jingran's hand that was holding her wrist tightened a little. As he agreed with the evil people, he even took out a moment to ask her: "Are you crazy? If you go with them, you can still live? "Don't be afraid, just hold it off for a while longer and lure the soldiers over."

No matter how daring these people were, they didn't dare to casually take a girl away in the busy city. What they needed to do now was to stall for time.

However, the bandits took advantage of his distraction to slash on his shoulder, causing blood to flow down his arm and splatter on Lin Shu's hand. If Lin Shu wanted to struggle free from his grasp, even Lu Jingran would lose his life. Those people were afraid of the Princess Changze, and did not dare to do anything to her, but they did not know of Lu Jingran's identity.

But Lu Jingran's hand strength was too strong, how could Lin Shu struggle free?

Gradually, the 10 + people surrounded the two of them, and with it, it was difficult for Lin Shu to escape.

Although there were many people coming and going and there were occasionally one or two distinguished officials, it was too late for them to hide. How could they still go forward to help?

At this time, Lu Jingran also did not say that he would let Lin Shu go. He firmly grabbed her wrist, and said with a raised voice: "Do you know who we are?"

He knew that those people must know Lin Shu's identity, but the only thing he could do now was to delay, as Ban Xia had already called for reinforcements.

On the surface, he still had a few other foppish friends.

The knife-scarred man said: "What I am doing is to lick my knife. If I get the wrong person, how am I to establish myself in the martial arts world?"

Saying that, the knife-scarred man said impatiently, "Cut the crap. If you are willing to obediently hand over this girl, then I will spare your dog life. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite."

His knife was already across his waist.

Lu Jingran raised his voice and said, "You want to take my dog life? That will depend on whether you have the ability or not. "

Just as the knife-scarred man was about to rush over, a shout came from the side, "Stop! How can you be so presumptuous under the feet of the Emperor?"

Lin Shu and Lu Jingran turned to look, who did they think it was? So she was just a white-faced scholar! She was born with a clean and white face, her writing was weak and gentle, and she had the appearance of a future rich family... However, when their gazes shifted, they saw that the ten odd followers behind the man were all Internal Service s of the palace.

The person who came was definitely a descendant of the royal family!

Lu Jingran could not help but heave a long sigh.

But the knife-scarred man did not have the slightest bit of strength, and arrogantly said: "Heh, yet another busybody has come! "Today, laozi's blade will be drenched in the blood of more than ten people."

However, just as he finished speaking, a Internal Service behind the man threw out a few silver needles from his sleeves. The needles pierced the man's throat, but he was unable to make a sound.

The weak looking man from before slightly smiled. "What insolence!"

The rest of the people panicked, but that man raised his voice and said, "Arrest all of them. I want to see who has the guts to act so arrogantly in this busy city!"

The Internal Service behind him all had extraordinary skills. With just a few movements, they had already captured those vicious people.

After Lin Shu casually used the handkerchief to bandage Lu Jingran's wounds, Lu Jingran then walked forward and sternly said: "Thank you brother for your assistance. I would like to know your name, but in the future, I will definitely repay you greatly!"

The man only said indifferently, "I am Ouyang Zhao."

Lu Jingran's face changed, although he guessed that the person who came was a member of the royal family, he never expected that it would be the Empress Zhang, "So it's the Eighth Prince, excuse me."

When he was young, he was brought to the palace by the Aunt Di to meet the Eighth Prince a few times. Because they were similar in age, he had played with the Eighth Prince a few times … However, once his first brother was born, he would thoroughly become a thorn in the side of Aunt Di, so why would they bring him into the palace?

It had been more than ten years, and the appearance of humans had changed. Naturally, he could not recognize the Eighth Prince either.

Eighth Prince was startled, "May I ask who this brother is?"

Although Ouyang Ziyun's surname was the imperial family, how many royal families were present in the capital? He had just reported his name, and this person already knew his rank, so he must have some status as well.

Lu Jingran laughed, "Lu Jingran from National Duke Ning Palace."

"Cousin Jing?" He even hoped that Lu Jingran would come to the palace to play with him day and night. Although he also had a little Internal Service by his side, they were all tied up, unlike Lu Jingran who would bring him to boat and catch fish or fish eggs, "It's been so many years since you entered the palace … I have asked Queen Mother many times, but Queen Mother has always said that you were too busy, and that you were sent to the Tianjin to train a few years ago.

He was protected extremely well by the Empress Zhang. Not only did the Empress Zhang not let him get involved with the matters of the imperial court, he also did not let him know a single bit about the matters of the capital that he was missing out on … Empress Zhang felt that for the sake of the Great Zhou Dynasty, for the sake of the imperial government, she had already given up a Third Prince.

Lu Jingran nodded his head, "Mn, I've already been back for some time, but I haven't had the time to pay respects to the Empress."

The two of them had different identities, and they did not have as much to say as they did when they were young.

However, Eighth Prince was very happy, and even wanted to invite him to enter the Celestial Fragrance Pavilion room for a drink. Lu Jingran couldn't help but be a little hesitant.

However, Lin Shu took the chance and stepped forward: "Eighth Prince, Uncle Jingtang's shoulder is injured, I need to immediately find a doctor to bandage it with medicine. If this martial arts practitioner is really sick, I'm afraid that in the future, he will be affected."

She faintly felt that Lu Jingran did not wish to get entangled with the Eighth Prince too much.

The Eighth Prince hurriedly replied, "Since it's like that, then I can't let cousin Jing go … Ah Fu, go get a doctor! "

As he said that, he held Lu Jingran's other arm that wasn't injured, wanting to pull him into the Celestial Fragrance Pavilion box. "Now that you're injured, where can you go to the infirmary? "Let's go back to the room to rest first."

Ah Fu was the Internal Service who killed the knife-scarred man just now. His name sounded kind and amiable, but when he made his move he also had a smile on his face.

Lu Jingran had no choice but to be helped up to the pavilion by the Eighth Prince.

Lin Shu was also supported by Actinin Qin and Yun Dou as she limped and followed along.

The doctor had not arrived yet, but when Eighth Prince saw that the blood flow on Lu Jingran's shoulder was not as bad as before, he became slightly relieved, "Cousin Jing, have you offended someone? Why did those people want to kill you just now? Don't they know that you are an elder of the National Duke Ning Palace? "