- A few years ago, when Li Gai was just working as a shadow guard for Wang Chi, the venue for his daily practice was set on the hill in the middle of the royal mausoleum. But since then, he has realized that when he is practicing, the energy accumulated in the meridians of his body will often be a little uncontrollable exposed, and the circle of pine trees on the hill close to his practice often shakes into bare branches.

Later, he assumed the post of commander-in-chief of the garrison and defense of Kyoto, and under the special delegation and authorization of Wang Chi, his control over the military power of Kyoto was so great that it was simply more than the norm of previous dynasties. But because of this, the official duties piled up on his desk every day were also extremely heavy, and he had a mountain of official documents, so he didn't have time to run to the hill in the imperial tomb every day. The Commander's Mansion couldn't leave him for a moment, so occasionally he used some leisure time to practice martial arts, and the venue could only be in the courtyard of the Commander's Mansion.

However, because he already had a consciousness on Lingshan, he never used Dawu in the Commander's Mansion after he lifted all the tiles of the four-way house when he practiced in the courtyard of the Commander's Mansion for the first time, and smashed two civil officials who happened to come to the Commander's Mansion to find him something. As soon as he responds to the blade, he asks people to put it away, and occasionally comes out to practice, that is, to pick a flower, or a leaf, and put it in the palm of his hand, so that the energy that is always out of control and exposed is revealed, and he delves into the way of controlling and receiving.

If he just practiced like this, for him, it would only be regarded as a slight movement of his neck bone, and of course it would be okay for the stability of the buildings in the Commander's Mansion.

After several years of unremitting study, Li Gai has now mastered this momentum that is easy to get out of control, and has also summed up some of his own experiences. A few times he accompanied Wang Chi on his trips, and he was able to smash those arrows shot from dark corners with his bare hands, relying on this strength.

But in the past few days, the way he practiced suddenly changed, no longer picking flowers and leaves, but with an extra two-foot high Split Moon Halberd in his hand, and he practiced in the single courtyard in the east corner of the mansion.

Although he had moved out of the study, leaving the study full of case files undisturbed, the environment in the single courtyard in the east corner of the mansion had now become quite bad. Where there used to be tiles, it must now be bare. However, Li Gai had instructed that there was no need to repair these defects immediately, and it was obvious that they were repaired in vain, so don't waste materials.

But at this moment, the guards who were guarding the periphery of this courtyard and extended a distance of ten meters all had another question in their hearts: If the commander practiced like this for a few more days, maybe it would be more than just tiles, and I was afraid that even the courtyard wall would not move and collapse.

Just when a few guards were holding on to the slightly trembling waist knife hilt and thinking this, a trumpet suddenly remembered on a sentry tower in the courtyard closest to this practice courtyard. After a while, the sound of the horn that sounded one breath at a time stopped completely, and the whistling sound of some kind of aura flying and colliding in the single courtyard also stopped, and Li Gai walked out of the courtyard.

When Li Gai held a heavy weapon to practice. It is almost impossible for people to approach. It's not that he's afraid of being disturbed. It's that a person with a slight weakness in martial arts can hardly stand firm as long as he is close to his ten steps range. But from time to time, the Consul's Mansion always had affairs that he needed to read and make decisions, so there was such a way to deliver news since a few days ago.

A guard hurriedly walked over and took the ninety-pound Split Moon Halberd from Li Gai's hand. Carry it on your shoulders. On the way to the large council chamber in the middle of the Commander's Palace, another guard handed him a cotton handkerchief that had been moistened with warm water, and Li Gai took it and wiped his face.

When throwing the cotton handkerchief back into the guard's hand, Li Gai glanced at the guard who was carrying the heavy halberd, and suddenly asked: "Are you on duty today?"

The guard hurriedly replied: The guard Rong seems to be suffering from a sudden illness today, and when he ate at noon, he fainted while eating, and he held on until the afternoon, and was finally reprimanded by the head of the palace to go home to rest. At that time, Lord Commander, you had already begun to practice the halberd. Therefore, the subordinates failed to report in time.

After being transferred back to Kyoto from the four foreign branches due to illness, Eishu first recuperated for more than half a year, and after his illness recovered, Eishu took up his post in charge of the Lord's Guard Group, mainly responsible for serving the sword for Li Gai - which is equivalent to a weapon rack with long legs - although Li Gai basically did not use weapons in normal times. But there are still some face-to-face images of this new guard who has entered the Commandery's Palace, because he is inseparable and follows closely.

In fact, Li Gai also knew in his heart that although Rongshu's illness had recovered, his body had been weakened a lot because of this calamity, and he should have recuperated for another three months to recover his physical strength. Therefore, after listening to the explanation and advice of the halberd guard, he waved his hand lightly and said: If you are sick, you should rest more, and the old butler is doing well, so he will send two more days off to Rongshu!

The halberd guard hurriedly responded: Yes!

Walking into the big council hall, Li Gai thought that the person waiting for him here was at least a presiding officer of the fifth rank or above, but he only saw a non-ranked, his subordinate Wu Shu, and he was a little surprised.

After sending a few guards guarding the large council hall outside, he asked directly: What happened when you suddenly came here when you were not on duty today?

Wu Shu carefully told what happened to the Song Mansion.

After Wu Shu's words were finished, Li Gai snorted and said with a smile: Knowing that I am about to leave Kyoto, any cow, ghost, snake and god can't help but jump out. After saying this, he pondered for a moment, and then said to Wu Shu: Although you are about to be promoted to the head of the fourth group of Beijing, the affairs of the Song Mansion have to be entrusted to you to watch carefully in the past few days.

Humble duty understands. Wu Shu bowed down to receive the order. After hesitating for a moment, he finally couldn't help but ask: Lord Commander, do you want to search for that masked woman in the whole city?

I know you have the ability to discern people, but ...... Li Gai hesitated and said: If you don't have full confidence in uprooting, you can't startle the snake. In short, if you have the opportunity to see this person again in the future, you will recognize her whether she is masked or not, so you don't have to rush it for a while.

Wu Shu bowed slightly, knowing that this was a strategy to put a long line to catch a big fish, but he was also afraid that the line would get out of control if it was too long, so he groaned and said slowly: In case something happens to the Song Mansion, how should I deal with it? Today, she was just chasing that woman, and she summoned more than a dozen killers to fight back in just a moment. It is impossible to estimate how many thieves there are in this group of thieves this time.

You're probably thinking of what happened to the Lin family's old mansion three years ago. Thinking of this past incident, this catastrophe involved the personal safety of his righteous brother, Li Gai first sighed to himself. Looking at what is happening in front of you, if you do it again like you did three years ago, you may hurt more than one person. After pondering for a while, Li Gai said slowly: Although Yulin Guards are all good players, they are not familiar with you, so you can use my personal sigil to pick people among the guards of the Commander's Mansion. I will match you with a hundred people, and how to arrange them in the Song Mansion depends on your dispatch.

Wu Shu couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly when he heard this, and there was a look of surprise in his eyes. Without waiting for him to speak, he heard Li Gai say again: The Song Mansion and the Lin family's old mansion are completely different in nature, if he had listened to my advice earlier and lived in the Song Mansion, maybe the ending of the events three years ago would not have been so tragic.

Wu Shu understood what the people and things involved in Li Gai's words were referring to, and he lowered his head slightly, not knowing how to answer these words.

And Li Gai had already put away his thoughts, he glanced at Wu Shu, who was silent, and said indifferently: What happened in the past, I can't say anything now, but things that have not happened in front of me may happen, so we should put more effort into managing it properly. If there's nothing to do, you can step down.

Wu Shu was about to say goodbye and retreat when he heard this, but he suddenly remembered about what happened in the Song Mansion today, and there seemed to be a small detail that he almost missed. After a little deliberation, he told Li Gai all these trivial suspicions.

After listening to Wu Shudi's narration, Li Gai's face suddenly became a little gloomy, and he said in a somewhat difficult tone: You said that this woman can avoid the courtyard of the Song Mansion and enter and exit the house freely, that is, you suspect that this woman has an internal response in the house, and this internal response is likely to be the head of the house called Bai Tao?

Wu Shu didn't feel that his inference was all falsehood, maybe the accuracy had yet to be verified, so he nodded calmly in the face of Li Gai, and added: After being observed for a long time, Bai Tao's martial arts skills are probably not lower than those of the lowly position, and she has been hidden for many years, which is the most suspicious point.

Li Gai suddenly smiled, this smile was not revealed for too long, and then he smiled and sighed: But Bai Tao is clearly the person of His Majesty.

Wu Shu was stunned.

Li Gai pondered for a while, and then said: Although your inference is not accurate, but that woman can enter and exit the Song Mansion without being discovered by the guards, such a thing is already a bit more than the control for the protective manpower set up in the Song Mansion. Even if the doubts about the white peach are ruled out, I am afraid that there are other people in the house who are deteriorating, I will do my best to discuss this matter with His Majesty, you just need to do a good job, and then wait for the arrangement decision of His Majesty.

Wu Shu, who still had a little surprise on his face, was ordered to say goodbye.

Because Bai Tao's true identity was revealed by the Lord Commander himself, and it turned out to be His Majesty's person, Wu Shu's heart was certainly not small. As he walked out of the Grand Council Chamber, he was still a little distracted by it. He regretted a little, he should have reported the matter to the Grand Commander when he first suspected Bai Tao two years ago. Maybe at that time, I can tell my identity clearly, then I can join forces with it to weave a web, and today I can catch the masked woman without alarming anyone-