Su Yi was woken up by a knock on the door, and when he opened his eyes, he found that the sun was shining in the sky outside, and it was obvious that he had slept until three o'clock in the morning.

"Master?" I automatically walked around the room, but there was no sign of the old man.

The shopkeeper stood outside the door and began to call again: "Guest officer, are you up?" I've got you some face wash. ”

"Come in, come in." When he woke up, he didn't see the master for the first time, and somehow, Su Yi was a little inexplicably irritable.

Watching the shopkeeper put the hot water away, Su Yi asked, "Young man, let me ask you, have you ever seen an old man this morning?" It's about this tall, and he looks like a man of the world, dressed in gray clothes. ”

The shopkeeper looked at him for a long time and shook his head: "You mean the old gentleman who was with you last night, right?" I haven't seen this yet, and I don't seem to see anyone come out since the old gentleman entered the room last night. As for today, I haven't seen it anymore. ”

It's strange, didn't Master say last night that we would wait until this morning to be together? Could it be that he didn't call him to join him because he slept too dead, and went alone? But he went by himself, just to find out the details, he should come back by now, right?

When I thought of this, the irritability in my heart became even stronger.

"Okay, thank you." Su Yi scratched his head a little irritably, and waved his hand to call the shopkeeper out.

Could it be that Master is going out to eat? After thinking about it, it is unlikely, although the old man usually picks at him, but he still takes good care of him, if he doesn't come back and goes somewhere to eat alone, he will definitely be called along.

Could it be that he went to the bottom last night and bumped into the old witch in person? When the two strong meet, there will be a fight, is it possible that the master is entangled and can't come back?

Or, instead of going to the Five Princes and the old witch, the Master went to do something else?

Su Yi walked back and forth in the room several times, and found that the more he speculated, the more irritated he became, and he simply didn't want to think about it directly—instead of thinking about it here, it was better to wait and see, and if the master hadn't come back in the evening, then he would go to the fifth prince to find out.

During this period, he also flew a pigeon to pass the book back to the Fengyun Pavilion Restaurant in the imperial city, and asked the master if he had ever been back.

The shopkeeper's reply was yes and no.

"Where the hell has this old man gone?" Su Yi said that he was very annoyed, and tore up the letter in reply, neither sitting nor standing, he was really restless.

In fact, Su Yi knew that with his master's ability, even if he encountered anything, there would be no big problem, but somehow, he was inexplicably irritable in his heart, and he felt that there was always a ball of fire pressing, and he couldn't send it out, and he couldn't hold it back. It made him very uncomfortable.

Degrees and seconds are like years.

Finally waited until it was dark, Su Yi couldn't sit still at all, and after walking back and forth in the room twice, he found that the old man still hadn't come back, so he decided not to wait, went downstairs and said hello to the shopkeeper, and went straight to the mansion where the fifth prince was located after leaving the inn.

Although the fifth prince was punished by the old emperor to come to the night city, he was a serious royal family after all, so General Ma, who was guarding the night city, did not dare to slack off this prince, not only arranged for him to live in his own private house, but also specially sent someone to guard near the mansion, for fear of chaos on the side, in case there were any bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods mixed in and accidentally injured the prince, it was a big crime that he couldn't even pay for losing his head.

However, no matter how many people guarded it, they couldn't stop Su Yi, who was bent on finding his master, and those secret sentinels were really useless to him. After quietly entering the mansion, he took advantage of the fact that the night watchman was not paying attention, and directly hijacked a little maid, and after forcing the fifth prince to ask which courtyard he was, he directly knocked people out and put them in the grass, and under the cover of night, no one would find her for a while.

All the way into the courtyard of the fifth prince, almost as soon as he approached his room, Su Yi immediately smelled an indescribable pungent smell, if he hadn't stolen to see that the fifth prince was actually drinking medicine, otherwise he would really suspect that the smell was actually some kind of amazing biological weapon.

Su Yi was covering his nose in disgust and wanted to continue peeking through the window, but suddenly heard the fifth prince in the room coughing for a while, and then looked straight in the direction where Su Yi was, and asked, "Who is outside?" ”

Yo, it was discovered so quickly.

Su Yi felt a little embarrassed, after all, if you don't look at it, peeking is not a gentleman's doing. It didn't matter if he was discovered, he simply straightened up, pushed the door and entered.

The fifth prince frowned: "Who are you?" Why eavesdrop outside the door? ”

Su Yi's gaze seemed to inadvertently sweep around the room, and found that there was no one else except the five princes.

"Don't get me wrong, first of all, I'm not a bad person, I'm here to find someone, and I broke in without permission in a hurry, I'm sorry." The so-called reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, Su Yi felt that after all, he was trespassing on other people's territory without permission, and he was embarrassed to be discovered, so he softened his attitude first and prepared to set up the words of the fifth prince.

"You can break in so easily without being discovered, your martial arts are very good." The expression of the fifth prince was a little soothing, but it seemed that his body was a little weak, and he had to cough for a long time even after saying such two short sentences.

Su Yi consciously found a stool by himself and sat down, and when he saw that he was coughing really badly, he almost asked, "Sick?" What kind of medicine is this, it smells so bad, and you have a cough? As he spoke, he wanted to reach out to the half-drunk medicine bowl, but was grabbed by the fifth prince.

"Don't move." The fifth prince suddenly became a little excited, and the hand holding Su Yi's arm was very hard, but because of his weakness, this bit of strength was really not very painful.

"Okay, okay, I just don't move, you let go of your hand first." Su Yi rolled his eyes, "Isn't it just a bowl of soup medicine, what's the big deal, as for being so excited." ”

Looking at his disdainful expression, he must not know what this medicine is.

Only then did the fifth prince relax and let go of his hand to apologize: "I'm sorry, I've lost my temper for a while." ”

Su Yi didn't expect him to be so easy to speak, so he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in some surprise and asked, "You are the Fifth Prince Helian Rong who was punished here?" "Typical knowingly asked.

As soon as he heard Su Yi's words, Helian Rong frowned slightly, obviously the word "punished" in these words poked his sadness, but he still nodded and responded: "Exactly." ”

Su Yi asked again: "I heard that you were affected by your mother's concubine?" I heard that the pure concubine Niangniang was beaten into the cold palace, and even the people next to her were beaten, alas, poor people, it's not easy to be here, right? ”

Helian Rong didn't reply, but the hand hidden in his sleeve was tightly clenched into a fist.

Su Yi asked provocatively: "I heard that as soon as your mother concubine entered the cold palace, she fell ill the next day, I don't know what the specific illness is, I heard that it is very serious, and I don't know what is happening now." I said the fifth prince, you don't worry? ”

Helian Rong pursed his lips and stared at him, as if he was trying his best to restrain something, and asked word by word: "What the hell do you want to say?" ”

"It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just that I suddenly remembered it, and I'm kind enough to tell you." Su Yi deliberately stimulated him, and when he saw that he was like this, he didn't lose his temper, and he felt a little incredible.

Could it be that the fifth prince suddenly suffered from this difficulty, so he changed his temperament?

Su Yi touched his chin and looked at Helian Rong's eyes full of inquiry. I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't find a suspicious point for a while, what is wrong......

was out of his mind, but suddenly heard Helian Rong say: "If I guessed correctly, the person you are looking for is an old man, right?" ”

Su Yi: !!

"You guessed it right." No matter how magnificent his heart was, Su Yi's face was very calm, and he was still smiling, "Listen to you, have you seen that old man?" ”

Helian Rong suddenly smiled, raised his eyebrows and asked Su Yi: "I really want to know?" ”

Su Yi smiled on his face, and secretly said in his heart, isn't this nonsense? He didn't want to know why he asked?

Seeing that Su Yi didn't reply, Helian Rong didn't speak anymore, picked up the half bowl of the already cold decoction, raised his head and drank it in one gulp, without even frowning.

Su Yi frowned, smelling this smell, the medicine added to this medicine is basically a blood-replenishing herb, but it seems that there is still a medicine, just by smelling the smell, he can't be sure what it is for the time being. "Let's get straight to the point, you tell me where the old man is, and I'll heal you, how about it?"

Helian Rong didn't seem surprised that Su Yi would say this, but smiled and said, "It's not good." ”

"Change your life against the sky, if you are a little careless, you can put both lives into it, but seeing that you are weak like this, it is estimated that you have succeeded? But don't forget, the old man I'm looking for now is not there, and the master you met is not there, and if you have any accident now, even the gods won't be able to save you a little later. Su Yi was choked by him, felt very unhappy, and directly scolded back, "What if you say that if I am angry, I will attack you directly?" I'm a person, I'm not very good at anything else, but I know hundreds of ways to kill, I don't know which one the five princes want to experience? ”

Helian Rong's hand holding the teacup drinking water paused slightly: "You won't." ”

"How do you know I'm not going to really kill you?" Su Yi sneered, took out a dagger like a trick, put it against Helian Rong's neck, and threatened, "Don't waste time, I just want to know where that old man is now." ”

Helian Rong was not flustered, but just frowned and asked, "What is the relationship between you and that old gentleman?" Are you his apprentice? ”

Su Yi snorted disdainfully, "Apprentice? You think too much, that old man loves to eat pork knuckle, every time he goes to my place to eat, he only gives credit and does not give money, this does not owe too much money, there are two hundred taels, I just come to collect debts. ”

What does it mean to lie and say that the face is not red and the heart is not beating? That's it, it's like it's true.

Hearing him say this, Helian Rong obviously didn't believe it: "You are lying, if you are just collecting debts, how can you chase you here from the imperial city?" For a mere two hundred taels of silver, it's not worth it. ”

It seems that the five princes know a lot, either the old witch told him, or the old man himself said it, it is likely that the old man has been here for a while, otherwise, the five princes will not be so calm, and he asked him if he is the old man's apprentice.

As soon as he thought of this, Su Yi's brows furrowed, and his tone unconsciously carried a hint of fierceness: "The more you know, the faster you will die." Since you have made up your mind that you don't want to tell me, then I'm sorry, I can only reluctantly send you on your way. As he spoke, the dagger cut through Helian Rong's skin, and immediately oozed blood.

Helian Rong felt the pain, but did not panic, but smiled bitterly and laughed at himself: "It seems that this is really the case." After a pause, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the bed, "Your master left you a letter, and it is pressed under that pillow." ”

Su Yi didn't move.

Helian Rong said: "I have to cough for a long time even to speak, how can I have the strength to calculate you." ”

Su Yi was skeptical, but he still put away the dagger, walked to the bed, and directly picked up the pillow, and there was a letter pressed underneath. On the envelope, there are five big characters written on the dragon and phoenix dancing - "Xiao Yi'er personally opened".