In Liangyi Mountain, Zou Yitang, the senior brother in the alchemy room, was obsessed with alchemy all day long, in order to live forever.

Under her teaching of science and civilization, Zou Yitang became more and more obsessed with alchemy, and even taught her as a personal disciple

So when she went down the mountain, Zou Yitang reluctantly handed over his alchemy notes over the years to her, which should have a ratio of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal

Li Zhilian quickly flipped through the notebook, the specific gravity of one saltpeter, two sulfur and three charcoal will explode, so you need to be cautious

She closed the notebook, put it in her arms, pushed open the door, looked at the sun that gradually rose overhead, and asked, "Hasn't Gongzi Zhou come yet?" ”

Shen Chun shook his head and replied, "Not here yet"

Li Zhilian was in the room, anxiously pacing, a small Si trembling and running over, she immediately stepped forward and asked, "But Zhou Gongzi is here?" ”

Xiao Si said: "It's the little chess piece father-in-law in the womb, who said that he had something important to see Her Royal Highness the eldest princess."

Li Zhilian was a little surprised, and suddenly felt dissatisfied in his heart, this Li Chenghou was too dependent on her

Just wanted to refuse, the little chess piece had already come running in the rain, panting, and said: "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess~ something big happened......"

Li Zhilian stood there, couldn't help frowning, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The little chess piece said anxiously: "Last night, Zhao Qianning, the young lady of Lord Zhao's family, and the young lady of Du Shangshu's family, were killed!" Now Lord Zhao and Du Shangshu are asking His Majesty for an explanation."

Li Zhilian was silent, what does this have to do with her?

I only heard a familiar voice not far away: "There is a man surnamed Xu who brought an autopsy report from Xilin City, saying that those dead were black-clothed people who died under your hands, and after comparison, they were the same as the two young ladies of the Zhao and Du families, and they all had knife wounds on the three fingers below the throat, and they were indeed suffocated to death."

Li Zhilian stared at Zhou Cheng for a long time before he said, "What does Zhou Gongzi mean that Zhao Qianning and Du Ruoyi were killed by me?" ”

Zhou Cheng looked at her, his expression was almost stiff, and he threw the package in his hand to her and said, "You go to Fuhu Mountain first, and I will deal with this matter."

Li Zhilian tried his best to suppress his breathing and said, "I didn't kill the person."

Zhou Cheng's face, which had been collapsing, was slightly relaxed: "The guards sent by His Majesty have arrived at the gate of Shangxianfang, if you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave in a short time."

Li Zhipian looked at him, took the package for a long time, flew onto the eaves, and disappeared in the mist and rain in an instant

Zhou Cheng turned his head and said to the little chess piece: "Father-in-law~ You immediately go back to the Imperial Palace, and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go to Yongning Palace, just say that Lord Shen is in trouble, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has set off to Fuhu Mountain to rescue, let Your Majesty send troops"

The little chess piece lowered his head, pondered for a long time, and finally nodded

Before Shen Chun could calm down, Zhou Cheng hurriedly nodded at him and said, "Please also ask Steward Shen to take this father-in-law to the back door."

Only then did Shen Chun react, and took the little chess pieces all the way to the back door of the Shen Mansion, and saw him go away, and when he came back, Zhou Cheng was gone

Li Zhilian flew to Ma Peng, chose a fast horse, galloped on the street, and went straight towards the Yanping Gate

After a while, the horses rushed out of the city gates and ran along the Li River to the eastern outskirts of the city

The mountains and forests in the east of the city are prosperous, Li Zhilian drove his horse to the nearby tea shed and asked the vendor who set up the tea stall: "Boss~ How to get to Weijiazhuang?" ”

The owner of the tea stall enthusiastically led her horse to the official road, pointed to the road ahead, and said: "Walk along this official road until you reach Nashien Town, and then ask the passers-by."

Li Zhilian nodded at her and said, "Thank you!" "Keep galloping

When he arrived at the boundary of Shien Town, it was already afternoon, Li Zhilian turned over and dismounted, and led the horse to the tea stall on the edge of the fork in the road

The tea stall owner asked in disbelief, "Miss Zhilian?" ”

Li Zhilian raised his head sharply and exclaimed, "Brother Shen Qiu~ Why are you here, is the teacher also there?" Looking behind Shen Qiu, the tea stall was empty

Shen Qiu took her into the tea shed in a panic, handed her a clean handkerchief, and said, "My lord left for Fuhu Mountain at noon yesterday, and my lord left me here to wait for Lord Liu."

Li Zhipian said: "But Lord Liu left for Jing'an City at about three o'clock in the afternoon yesterday, didn't he pass by here?" ”

Shen Qiu glanced at her, quickly lowered his head, and stammered, "Maybe...... Probably...... It's me who didn't pay attention......"

Li Zhilian knew at a glance that he was lying, and he didn't intend to investigate deeply, so he took out the rice paper from his baggage and spread it out, and said, "Brother Shen Qiu, I don't care what your purpose is here, but now the teacher is in danger, you must tell me the truth, which way did the teacher go to Fuhu Mountain?" Droplets of water slipped from the ends of her hair and dripped onto the rice paper, making splashes

Shen Qiu raised his eyes to look at her, speechless in shock.

Li Zhilian pointed to the last picture on the rice paper and said: "This is a jack gate, once a person goes in, he can't get out, if there is poisonous gas in it, it is death."

Shen Qiu's expression was surprised, he looked at Li Zhilian without knowing what to do, and said: "My lord went to Fuhu Mountain according to the route taken by King Kun twenty-five years ago, with Zhang Yu leading the way, it is that Wei Ping."

Li Zhilian folded the rice paper and put it in the package, and asked, "Brother Shen Qiu~ How to get to Weijiazhuang?" ”

Shen Qiu pointed to the fork in the road on the left, and said in a trembling voice: "This one, keep going inside"

Li Zhilian put the package on his back and turned over on the horse, Shen Qiu was so anxious that he suddenly stopped her horse and said, "Miss Zhilian, I'll go with you"

Li Zhilian looked down at him and said softly: "Brother Shen Qiu~ The teacher must have his own plans for staying here, rest assured that I will definitely bring the teacher and senior brother back."

Shen Qiu looked at her for a long time before he stepped aside and said, "Miss Zhipian, I believe in you"

From Shien Town to Weijiazhuang, all the way is a wilderness and lush forest, and in the smoke and rain under the sunset, it seems endlessly desolate.

Li Zhilian rode across a jungle, and Weijiazhuang appeared in front of him, and the village was still bright

She cautiously walked towards the firelight, only to see a man dressed in a servant's uniform, carrying the corpse in an orderly manner

At this time, a middle-aged man dressed in an official mansion walked out of the room, urging the officials to move quickly, and it was getting dark

Li Zhilian led the horse, turned around and disappeared into the dense forest, and ran towards the back mountain of Weijiazhuang

The long wind blew through the trees overhead, and the voices from far and near echoed in a trance, but they seemed even more deserted.

She was suddenly frightened, and she involuntarily looked up, listening to the sound of her own heartbeat in the howling wind

After a long time, she breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the bottom of the mountain, she had grown up in the mountains for both her lives, what was there to be afraid of

At the foot of the mountain was overgrown with wild grass, and a pedestrian path had been walked out of the middle of the low bushes, and it seemed that Wei Ping and his family usually went up the mountain from here

Li Zhilian followed the trail to climb up the mountain, and when he climbed halfway up the mountain, it was already completely dark, and within a radius of 100 miles, only Weijiazhuang, not far away, was still lit with a little fire

She turned her head and looked up, the road had come to an end, and all that was left was a steep mountain wall, and murmured, "Here? Wei Ping: How did they get there?

At this time, Shen Zhitang, Li Jianqing and others came to a dead end

Shen Zhitang stretched out his hand and knocked on the stone wall blocking in front of them, the stone wall was dead, he looked around blankly, there were black rocks all around, there was not the slightest suspicion

Li Jianqing held the torch high, and suddenly found that about four or five feet above the rock wall, there was a faint bright color

Li Jianqing hurriedly brought the torch over, it was a protruding rock, and immediately shouted: "Teacher~ Look"

Shen Zhitang rushed to the ground when he heard the sound, and pressed hard towards the ground, and the stone wall on the left hand side "clicked", revealing a hole that one person had passed through

Li Jianqing turned sideways, walked into the hole with a torch, turned a small bend, and a clearing appeared in front of him, with a circular hole on three sides

Shen Zhitang then came out, looked around and sighed, "There is such a big open space here."

Li Jianqing looked around, turned around and asked, "Teacher~ How to go here, is it divided into three ways?" ”

Shen Zhitang shook his head: "No~ The road here is wide, if Zhang Yu and they came, they would definitely leave traces, send someone to take a look, and choose the one with the most people."

The officials responded: "Yes~"