The servant stopped by the lake for a moment, made sure that there was no one around, withdrew his gaze from all directions, and walked along the shore of the lake until he reached the far courtyard wall.

Standing below, the servant leaned his back against the courtyard wall, looked left and right, and then turned over and crossed the courtyard wall, and his figure disappeared behind the courtyard wall.

Long Zun, who was hiding behind the rockery, was already sure that the person dressed as a servant must not be a servant of the Li family, and Tiancheng County had not heard of any family using cultivators as servants.

After making sure that the person had jumped over the other side of the courtyard wall, Long Zun walked out from behind the rockery, driven by curiosity, to the shore of the lake, and walked to the foot of the courtyard wall where the servant had just stopped.

Looking up at the courtyard wall nearly two meters high, with the strength of his legs, his body rose from the ground, and his palms climbed up, grasping the edge of the protruding courtyard wall.

With a slight exertion of his arms, he moved his body up until his eyes were out of the courtyard wall.

Two arms were placed on the edge of the wall, and the exposed half of the head was just in time to see the situation behind the courtyard wall.

Through the courtyard wall, there is a small courtyard with no people, the courtyard is clean and tidy, and in the middle is a gravel paved path, connecting the courtyard gate and the house behind.

The construction of the house is relatively simple, there is no gorgeous appearance and decoration, just an ordinary large room, but this room is larger than the general space, the area is more, the door alone is more than two meters high and more than one meter wide.

Leaning on the courtyard wall, you can clearly see some of the furnishings inside through the door, but it is precisely because of the large door that it is convenient for the people in the house to notice everything in the yard.

Long Zun was glad that he didn't impulsively jump to the other side of the courtyard wall, there was not even a place to hide in the empty courtyard, if there was really a noise, it would be easy to be discovered by the people in the back room.

He searched the courtyard and didn't see the servant who had jumped in earlier.

His gaze turned to the house at the back of the yard.

I guessed that if the servant hadn't left, he would have been in the back of the yard.

It's hard to see the whole room when the door is big, especially in such a big house, and it's hard to find people inside.

Long Zun honestly lay on the courtyard wall, unsure whether the servant was in the house or not, and did not dare to break in recklessly.

Although he was not afraid that the other party would find out, this was the Li family's mansion after all, and if there was a noise to attract others, it would be troublesome to explain.

He has enough patience to wait, even if no one is inside, he has no loss, just wander around, and the big deal is in the banquet hall.

Not long after, there was a noise in the room, and the servant jumped out from the direction of the beams in the middle of the house.

As soon as he landed, the other party slapped the dust on his body a few times, and then walked out of the house and came to the gravel road in front of the door, but his eyes kept paying attention to the direction of the courtyard gate.

At this time, the sky was still bright, and by the light, Long Zun could see the appearance of the servant who stayed in the courtyard.

The other party has a pair of small eyes, a high nose bridge, a big red nose, and the two hands are constantly rubbing each other, and there is obvious anxiety in their eyes.

The red-nosed servant rubbed his hands together as he walked back and forth around the same place, but his eyes were always on the courtyard gate, as if he was waiting for someone.

It didn't take long for Long Zun to see the other party's face with joy, and strode towards the courtyard gate.

Long Zun turned his head and turned his gaze to the courtyard gate, where a person walked in and walked towards the red-nosed servant.

When he saw the man approaching, the two arms that were hanging from the edge of the wall were not released.

The person who walked in from the courtyard gate was dressed in a black robe, and the most characteristic thing was the face, a pockmarked face.

This person is not Sun Dewang's fourth uncle, why did the other party come here, and he still had a private meeting with a servant of the Li family. Long Zun thought silently in his heart.

The whole person slowly sank and hid behind the courtyard wall, leaving only two hands on the courtyard wall.

“...... Stuff...... Hand...... I...... Stuff ......"

Long Zun's body was pressed against the courtyard wall, and his ears intermittently heard some of the servant's words, but the voice was too small to be heard very clearly.

Then he heard the sound of two people arguing, and soon there was a muffled snort, and the quarrel came to an abrupt end.

Long Zun leaned against the edge of the wall, slowly revealing his eyes, and saw the pockmarked-faced middle-aged man pull out a bloody dagger from the back of the servant.

Looking at the servant again, the two eyes turned outward, the white eyes were more white and the black eyes were less, and the arms were drooping downward, obviously dead.

The pock-faced middle-aged man slowly laid the servant's body flat on the ground with his other hand, trying not to make a sound.

After leveling the body, he did not leave, but squatted down and groped his hands around the body, as if looking for something.

The corpse was rummaged inside and out several times, only some gold leaves and scattered silver were found, and the middle-aged man with a pockmarked face kicked the corpse of the servant unhappily, and left from the courtyard gate with an ugly face.

Long Zun was curious about what the pock-faced middle-aged man was looking for.

He knew that the other party was a martial artist, and what could make a martial artist care about it must be extraordinary.

Long Zun waited on the wall of the courtyard for a while, and it was estimated that the middle-aged man with a pockmarked face should go away, so he turned over and jumped into the small courtyard.

A few steps to the side of the servant's corpse, the corpse had become a little stiff at this time, the servant's face was already faintly blue, and the mouth above his chin was slightly open, as if he should have wanted to cry before he died.

There were still a few red marks around the mouth, which were obviously gagged by the pock-faced middle-aged man, and the voice could not come out.

The two eyes of the servant were wide open, with more white eyes and fewer black eyes, and there was doubt in his eyes when he was dying.

Thinking about it, he didn't understand why the pock-faced middle-aged man killed him, he was obviously unwilling to die, and his eyes were not closed.

Long Zun crouched down and gently slid his hand over the servant's face from top to bottom, trying to help the servant close his eyes.

He whispered in his mouth: "Dust to dust, dust to dust, no matter what you did before, after death, it will all be gone, rest in peace!"

He slipped his palm over the servant's eye, helping the dead servant close it.

After settling the servant's body, Long Zun got up and walked to the back room.

He remembered that the dead servant had jumped down from the beam inside the house before he saw the middle-aged man with a pockmarked face, and if there was anything, he hid it there.

With this in mind, he walked into the house.

There was a lot of space in the room, much larger than what he had seen on the courtyard wall before, after all, looking through the door, he couldn't see how big the air really was in the room.

When I walked inside, I found that this room was simply a small hall, and there was a statue in the middle of the inner wall, holding a dust whisk in his hand, a sword pinned to his waist, his head in a bun, and the long beard under his chin almost on his chest.

In front of the statue is an offering table with an oil lamp on each side, and some fruit bowls and snacks in the middle, which appear to be often worshipped.

Apart from the statues, there are only a few pillars dyed red with vermilion paint in the room, and nothing else.

(End of chapter)