Chapter 40: The Shadow of Jiangdu
As mentioned earlier, after Liu Yi eagerly bid farewell to Li Shen, he went to chase after his sister. And Li Shen was not interested in the willow wind generation, so he also left in a hurry. After Liu Feng lost the wooden sword, he first mourned for a long time, and then regained his strength under Jiang Tong's comfort, and at the same time he was also thinking about how to get his wooden sword back.
Besides, after Li Shen left, he did not rush to his mansion, but went to a remote suburb in the west of the city. I saw that Li Shen's master and servant came to this wilderness and waited for a while, and suddenly a black suit drove by, and the servants on the side hurriedly stepped forward to protect Li Shen behind him.
Li Shen turned his head slightly to look not far away, signaled the servant to retreat, and walked towards the place where Fang Cai was looking, and the servant was a little worried, and wanted to follow, but was stopped by Li Shen and let him stay where he was.
Li Shen walked through the grass, and at this time a black-robed man appeared in front of him, although the black-robed man was facing away, Li Shen could still vaguely feel his powerful cultivation aura.
The corners of Li Shen's mouth rose slightly, and he said to the black-robed man, "Lord Shu Heaven is not harmed!"
The black-robed man was one of the five hall masters of the Shadow Sect, called Shutian. I saw that this Shutian tilted his head slightly, and knew that it was Li Shen who came, so he turned around, and he couldn't see his face clearly under the black robe, but he faintly felt a powerful aura.
"Your Highness is well. Shutian spit out four words, and it seemed that there could be no more.
"Where did you come from! This king asked the Shadow Sect about it, and I heard that it was the Shu Hall Master who personally came out, but I didn't expect it to fail. Li Shen said with a slight mockery.
"It's true, this time I came here to be ordered by the sect master to make amends to His Highness. The black-robed man bowed his hand and bowed.
"This is a rare opportunity, and it has been delayed by the Hall Master, so why do you say this? No matter how powerful the task is, as long as you accept the task, you will achieve it. This time it's not a powerful character, at most it's only a nine-rank martial realm, could it be that the Heaven Lord, a master who has been nearly ten realms, can't take him?"
And although the black-robed man Shutian was unwilling, he had to endure it, he didn't speak, just blindly listened to Li Shen's chatter. I can only blame myself for being unlucky, and I met the mysterious man in white, so I didn't get what I wanted.
Li Shen saw that Shutian was also silent, and he knew that it was not interesting to count down, so he thought for a moment, and the corners of his mouth rose and smiled: "Since the Shutang Master has not done a good job, I can't say anything more." Since the sect master of your family called you here, I think you should also help me do something, so that I can talk about my dereliction of duty last time!"
This black-robed person already knew in his heart that there must be something wrong with this Li Shen, but he was suffering from his own identity and wanted to take the opportunity to ask himself for help. However, the last time he missed was indeed himself, this time Li Shen used himself, that is, to help him once, it was reasonable to say, and he returned what happened last time.
"That being the case, His Royal Highness still said that Shu Mou should do his best this time and make up for the mistakes of the last time. ”
Seeing that he agreed so readily, Li Shen was also expected by himself, so he stepped forward and whispered a few words in the ear of the black-robed man.
On the road back to the city, Li Shen walked in front, and the servant followed behind. At this time, the servant was very puzzled in his heart, and couldn't help but ask Li Shen: "Your Highness, do your subordinates know something?"
Li Shen turned his head slightly, continued to walk and said, "Come on." ”
The servant was also a little bolder, so he continued: "Your Highness knows that although the Jiangdu clan is all screwed on, it is also secretly fighting openly and secretly, why does Your Highness still care so much about the Liu family?"
Although Li Shen's servant is a subordinate, he has followed Li Shen's father and son for many years, and was a guard swordsman, called Cao Huan. As early as when Li Shen's father, Li Shou, was still in Chang'an, he took on the responsibility of protecting his father.
It is said that before Li Shou left, he still entrusted him again and again, asking this Cao Huan to swear to protect Li Shen to the death, and this Li Shen was also watched by Cao Huan grow up. For this, he recognized this Li Shen as the master he swore to protect in his life, which is both a responsibility and a commitment.
Li Shen stopped at this time, and Cao Huan saw that Li Shen did not move, and he was afraid that he had said something wrong, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "My subordinates should die, I said the wrong thing, and I hope His Highness will forgive him." ”
"Where is the sin?"
Cao Huan was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, Your Highness, for forgiveness." ”
"This Jiangdu family is nothing more than the dominance of the four families of Xiao, Wang, Qi and Liu. Xiao, Wang, and Qi San's style of acting is high-profile and public, and their influence is relatively broad, but there are a lot of tricks behind them, and they all have some handles that can be used. It's just that the Liu family has always been wise to protect themselves, and rarely participate in battles, on the surface it is low-key, but the forces in the secret are not small, so what can be fought for is still to be fought for. In addition, the Liu family also has some relationship with another person, and that person is the initiator of the turmoil eighteen years ago. Li Shen said at this time, his eyes were slightly closed, his face became very cold, and then he showed a smile.
Cao Huan looked at his master, and probably knew who Li Shen was talking about, but he asked with a little doubt in his heart: "Isn't that person already dead?"
The two continued to walk, and Li Shen snorted coldly: "Hmph! ”
The servant Cao Huan lowered his head slightly, understanding the reason, but it was all eighteen years ago, and now that so much time has passed, it is unknown whether that person can still have an effect on them. But his master has his reasons for doing this, and he doesn't dare to ask more, so he just does his best to protect his master, and he doesn't care about everything else.
At this time, the master and servant wandered all the way through the countryside and wilderness, heading towards the middle of the Jiangdu city.
It is said that since that day, Liu Feng and they have been recuperating in the broken temple, Jiang Tong took the money given by Liu Yi, and the two did not have to go out for a few days for the time being, but just stayed in the broken temple to accompany the children. It's just strange that this Liu Feng is obviously more seriously injured than that Jiang Tong, but the injury is better than Jiang Tong, and this Jiang Tong is also curious, and he is confused for a while.
It stands to reason that both of them were beaten by Na Liumei, and they didn't have any fatal injuries, but according to Jiang Tong's own experience, this injury will take at least a few days to heal. But this willow wind was alive and kicking the next day, and when I thought about it, although my injury was lighter than that of willow wind, it was also better faster than before.
Jiang Tong, who was really puzzled, looked at Liu Feng, who was outside the temple at this time, and asked, "Why are you getting better so quickly? ”
Liu Feng turned his head to look at him, and at first looked reluctant to answer, but seeing that Jiang Tong wanted to cut the roots, he couldn't bear it, so he said perfunctorily: "How do I know, it's been like this since I was a child, it's all good to bump and bump into it, maybe it's a good body!"
In fact, Liu Feng didn't know what was going on, and he didn't particularly care about it himself, but since he was a child, he and the people around him rarely got sick, and he also thought that this was the result of his mother's blessing by burning incense from time to time. But that year, his mother was sick, and he did his best, and he was cheeky enough to ask a doctor to buy medicine on credit, and he also went to the temple to burn a lot of incense, but in the end he still didn't help his mother at all. Although the doctor also said that the disease was not saved, and that his mother could live so long, which was rare in the world, he never believed in those words such as burning incense and blessings.
Although Liu Feng said this casually, Jiang Tong was still skeptical, but he really couldn't think of anything that could explain it, so he looked at the remnants of the temple again, and took it as the manifestation of those broken and dilapidated statues in the broken temple, which blessed them.
"By the way, what can you think of, how can we get my wooden sword back?" Liu Feng said as he threw a small pebble at Jiang Tong.
That Jiang Tong was thinking about the blessing of the god statue at this time, and he didn't notice Liu Feng's words, and he threw a stone at the side before he came back to his senses and rolled his eyes at him.
At this time, Jiang Tong was a little hesitant again, that girl was the sister of the eldest young master of the Liu family, that is, the daughter of the eldest master of the Liu family, he had pickpocketed him just a few days ago, but he didn't necessarily recognize himself as a little minion when he thought about it, but thinking of the scene where Brother Hai was beaten that day, he was still secretly a little afraid in his heart.
"This, or you can go to Liufu to find her, anyway, she told you to go, and you still have to get paid. It's not that we both don't have a livelihood, but going to work in Liufu can solve the current situation, and you can get back your wooden sword, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds. Jiang Tong said with a grin.
"I won't go, I got angry when I thought of the young lady of the Liu family, and asked me to be a servant in her house, I won't go, I want to go to you, I'll find a way. Liu Feng said resolutely.
"Don't mind! It's not that I don't want to go, it's just that the eldest lady has pointed out that she wants you to go, and threatens with your most important wooden sword. If it were me, I wouldn't have to do it like that, just say the last word, and I'll go. You don't want to get your sword back, but you also want to go to the rivers and lakes, let's go first, when the sword is back, and you get the commission money, you can have the Sichuan capital travel fee, the world is so big, where can you go?" Jiang Tong tried his best to persuade.
Liu Feng thought about it, as if he had earned it himself, but he really couldn't get over it in his heart, so he was very hesitant in his heart.
Jiang Tong saw that he was still hesitating, so he stepped forward to sit in a row with him, put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Don't hesitate, if you hesitate any longer, then Miss Liu is going to burn your wooden sword, and there will be no chance if it's too late, manly husband, what if you put up with her for a while?"
Liu Feng, who was still hesitating, listened to Jiang Tong's words, and also knew that the eldest lady of the Liu family had indeed said that day about burning the sword, and he thought that the person was extremely rude, and he would do it if he could say it. Now that he has made up his mind, no matter how hard she makes it difficult for her, he will take back the wooden sword.
At this point, the two of them made a little total, briefly explained and settled the children, and then went out of the broken temple together and went to Nafushou Street.