The dusk in the northwest was beautiful, the sun set on every inch of the huge mansion, and the thin air was dyed with a layer of plain warmth, somewhat of a late twilight. The glazed tile roofs that were reflected, countless flying dust feathers turned into a few reddish glows on the horizon. The sunlight that had softened and softened floated on the clouds, and from time to time a dusk rain fell, irrigating countless lonely corners with the twilight.

Li Changjing showed doubts on his face, and couldn't help asking, "Mr. Shentu, do you know me?" ”

The round-faced man Shen Tunan shook his head, "I don't know, but I was entrusted by someone to wait for you here." ”

"What are you waiting for me to do?"

"Don't worry, go in and have a cup of tea." Shen Tunan walked in front to lead the way, and took Li Changjing and the others to a quiet elegant room, so that Yang Yiyi could accompany the guests here and go in to make tea himself.

Bai Yueling looked around curiously, and found that this room was very simple, except for chairs and a few coffee tables for people to rest, it was empty, and it was not an exaggeration to describe it as a house with four walls.

"What, it's too shabby for half of the people in the dignified Chengtian Mansion to live in such a humble place." Bai Yueling pursed her lips and muttered in a low voice.

Yang Yiyi explained with a smile: "Miss Bai doesn't know, my senior brother is low-key, does not like to be public, and has always been honest, and he always invites the workers and disciples below to eat every month, and there is never a penny left. ”

"I see." Bai Yueling suddenly said: "It's really strange that there are still people in the world who don't love money." ”

At this time, Shen Tunan came out of it with a tray in his hand, served the steaming tea to everyone separately, and apologized: "The cold house is simple, if the hospitality is not good, please forgive me." ”

Everyone hurriedly returned the salute politely, greeted each other for a while, and then began to drink tea.

Li Changjing also took a sip and found that the entrance was slightly bitter, but after swallowing it in his throat, he felt sweet, and the aroma was overflowing, which made people feel refreshed and happy, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Mr. Shentu, this is the famous Huashan Silver Needle Tea?" ”

Shen Tu Nan nodded with a smile, "The Huashan Silver Needle is produced on the cliff at the top of Mount Huashan, and the feces produced by the cloud eagle must prey on a herbivorous fox named 'Taizhong' before the feces produced will have a chance to grow into the Silver Needle Tree." ”

"What? It turns out that this tea grows from animal dung? Bai Yueling had a bitter face and coughed a few times, her expression was very disgusted.

Li Changjing smiled: "What's strange about this, many precious and nutritious things in the world are animal excrement, such as bird's nest, which is condensed by the saliva and fluff of swiftlets and their fellow swallows, and cat feces coffee, which is excreted by civet cats after eating coffee cherries, and people extract the coffee beans from their feces for processing, which becomes one of the most expensive coffees." ”

Li Changjing hurriedly took another sip of tea, lowered his voice and said: "Don't say it, this kind of Huashan silver needle tea sells for two million yuan a tael on the market, and the total annual output of the top of Huashan does not exceed ten catties, which has the effect of concentrating and nourishing qi, and you can't drink it if you have money." ”

"That's amazing, huh?" Bai Yueling's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly drank the tea in the cup and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Shen Tu Nan nodded with a smile, poured her another full cup, and said kindly: "I have collected two or three catties of Huashan silver needle tea in the past few years, if you like it, I can give you some." ”

"Not really, thank you." Although Bai Yueling is usually willful, she still understands the basic human feelings, and she is not familiar with such precious tea, how can she ask for it.

After drinking the tea, Shen Tunan brought some pastries up, then sat down next to him and said to Li Changjing: "Brother Li, there is a customer who has ordered a high-end mask from me, let me tell you that he has something to do now, and he will come here to see you in a few days. ”

Li Changjing frowned, the customer Shen Tunan said was obviously the person who had the Buddha beads in his hand before, but he didn't expect him to know that he and Xu Huairou were coming...... But since the other party wants to have a good talk, then there is no need for him to make the relationship die, stabilize the relationship for the time being, and wait for a way to get the Buddha beads in his hands.

"In that case, thank you Mr. Shentu." Li Changjing arched his hand.

"I'm just a talker, just a gesture." Shen Tu Nan smiled and shook his head.

"Senior brother, it's getting late now, I'll take them home for dinner." Yang Yiyi glanced at the gradually darkening sky outside and said.

Shen Tu Nan hurriedly said: "Why don't you let them stay here, although it's just me, it's not difficult to cook a meal." ”

"Don't bother you, they're my friends after all...... Besides, you don't have a place to live. ”

"Okay." Shen Tunan sighed, and there was a look of pity in his eyes.

Yang Yiyi took Li Changjing and the four of them to leave Shentu Nan's residence, and continued to walk along the stone steps up, and soon a very magnificent brand new villa appeared in front, divided into three floors, extremely spacious, not only a garden, but also a swimming pool, it is actually a rare European style, and the surrounding style Lei building is in sharp contrast, it is very incompatible.

Yang Yiyi hesitated for a moment, and for some reason didn't pass by the side of the villa, and planned to take Li Changjing and the others to take a detour, but before he could go far, he found a young man about twenty-five years old in front of him, standing on the side of the road with his hands behind his back and an expressionless face.

"Second Senior Brother." Yang Yiyi walked up and said hello to the young man.

"Little junior sister, since there are guests visiting, why don't you bring them to my house as a guest?" The young man frowned, as if dissatisfied.

Yang Yiyi was a little embarrassed, and stopped talking, the young man simply waved his hand and snorted: "Forget it!" I don't blame you for this, only Shen Tunan. ”

Yang Yiyi sighed, looking a little helpless.

"Are you Li Changjing?" The young man stepped forward and looked Li Changjing up and down, looking domineering.

"I am." Although he didn't know why the other party would recognize him, out of politeness, Li Changjing still answered truthfully.

"I am Xiaoyi's second senior brother, and my name is Wang Zhengyang." The man who called himself Wang Zhengyang seemed to see Li Changjing's doubts, and sneered: "You dare to make a big fuss about the Zhang family's wedding banquet, do you still expect yourself to not be famous?" ”

Li Changjing was relieved, it seemed that the things at the wedding that day had been circulated.

"Who is this beauty?" Wang Zhengyang's eyes lit up, looked at Xu Huairou behind Li Changjing, and exclaimed: "Such a national color and heavenly fragrance is really the only time I have seen it in my life!" I wonder if you can have a meal with me and go for a swim? ”

Xu Huairou raised her willow eyebrows, grabbed Li Changjing's arm very naturally, and smiled back: "I don't care, but you have to ask my boyfriend's opinion." ”

"So you have a boyfriend, forget it." Wang Zhengyang was a little disappointed, glanced at Li Changjing, and looked a little scrutinized, as if he couldn't figure out where he got his charm to have such a beautiful girlfriend.

"Let's go, go to my house." Wang Zhengyang turned around and walked towards the luxurious villa, not giving everyone a chance to refuse at all.

"Since the second senior brother invited, then let's go." Yang Yiyi smiled helplessly and followed first.

Li Changjing and Xu Huairou walked at the back, he broke free of Xu Huairou's hand, and snorted coldly: "Don't take it as an example, if you dare to do this when you go back to Daye City, I will break off my friendship with you." ”

Xu Huairou was furious, she just didn't bother to explain just now, so she pushed Li Changjing out as a battle card, and his tone seemed to be very disgusted? Doesn't he know that in Daye City alone, there are countless men who dream of being her boyfriend?

It's a pity that Li Changjing had already run away in advance and didn't give her a chance to attack at all.

As the night deepened, the many mansions of the entire Chengtian Mansion began to be lit up, which were continuous and dazzling, making people feel as if they had walked into a tourist attraction, which was very magnificent.

Compared with Shen Tunan, Wang Zhengyang's life style is like a rich second generation, the villa is full of high-end furniture, four nannies have been hired, and there is a chef who cooks Western food, according to Yang Yiyi, her second senior brother prefers women, and when Li Changjing and others came in, they also saw two tall and sexy models, swimming in the heated pool below.

Li Changjing had to sigh that people are not good-looking, in the face of such a luxurious life, who would have imagined that most of the sleeves on the market today would actually come from the hands of this 25-year-old Wang Zhengyang?

Li Changjing was not used to eating Western food, so he only ate a little bit and didn't want it. Xu Huairou ate it very deliciously, and praised the chef's good skills.

Miss Xu is so picky about food, she said that it was good, it should be really good, but Li Changjing really didn't appreciate it.

After eating, it was already more than eight o'clock in the evening, Wang Zhengyang invited everyone to go swimming together, but Li Changjing naturally wouldn't go and politely declined; Xu Huairou directly ignored it and didn't even give a reply, only Yang Yiyi and Bai Baihua brothers and sisters went.

"I always feel that there is something wrong with this Chengtian Mansion." Xu Huairou leaned on the fence, looking at the dreamy night scene in the distance, the butterfly mark on her forehead exuding a faint light.

Li Changjing snorted and said softly: "That's true." From the moment I entered, I felt that there was a hint of offensiveness hidden in this place, and I couldn't tell what it was. ”

Xu Huairou couldn't help but feel a little irritable, "Wait for that person to come in a few days, no matter what method you use, you have to get the Buddha beads in her hand." ”

"What if people don't want to give it?"

"Then grab it." Xu Huairou said strangely: "You are so powerful, you won't even be able to beat someone who is out of the world, right?" ”

"It's not that simple." Li Changjing sneered, "That woman has already suffered a loss last time, how can she be defenseless this time." ”

"I don't care, anyway, no matter what, I must get those three Buddha beads in my hands." Xu Huairou's face was cold, and she said angrily: "Just because I gave you my Buddha beads at the beginning, I now have nightmares every day, and after the three Buddha beads are in hand, I have to ask for at least two." ”

Li Changjing shook his head, too lazy to argue with her, the Buddha beads were more important to him than his life, and he would definitely not let them out.

By the time Bai Yueling and the others came back from swimming, it was already more than nine o'clock, and everyone had been in the car for a day during the day, and they were still a little tired, and when Wang Zhengyang arranged a room for everyone, they went in to sleep, and Yang Yiyi also stayed, and lived next door to Li Changjing.

Lying on the bed, Li Changjing couldn't fall asleep over and over, in a daze, he sometimes thought of Qingtan's face in his mind, but it soon turned into water again, and then Xu Huairou appeared in front of him again, but it was very vague, sometimes disappearing, suddenly near and far.

Suddenly, Xu Huairou's figure in his mind suddenly cracked and turned into fragments in the sky, Li Changjing woke up with a shout, and after being stunned for two seconds, he heard a faint cry for help from the opposite room, as if calling his name. Li Changjing's face changed, he turned over and got out of bed directly, opened the door, and went straight to Xu Huairou's room.

As expected, Xu Huairou's door was open, Li Changjing kicked the door open, and found Xu Huairou falling to the ground, her face was pale, and her hands were clutching the bedside cabinet, while Wang Zhengyang, who was disheveled and flushed, was standing behind her, tearing her collar hard.

Li Changjing was furious, stepped forward, swept Wang Zhengyang's left waist with a kick, swept him out on the spot, and hit the wall with a "bang", letting out a huge scream.

Li Changjing came to the head of the bed with a calm face, knelt down on one knee and helped Xu Huairou up, and found that she was very weak and covered in sweat, and asked in a deep voice, "Is there anything wrong?" ”

Xu Huairou shook her head, "Fortunately, you came in time, there is medicine in the meal, I was careless." ”

Li Changjing put his mind at ease, helped her sit on the bed, but he was even more angry, took a few steps to Wang Zhengyang under the wall, grabbed his neck with one hand, lifted him off the ground, and then began to punch him one after another, until his ribs in the chest were broken, blood was spitting out from his mouth, and his entire chest was dented, only to be stopped by Yang Yiyi and others who rushed to hear the news.

Bai Yueling was still wearing pajamas, after she figured out the reason for the matter, she found that Li Changjing's eyes had a strong murderous intent, and her face was faintly distorted, she had never seen Li Changjing get so angry for so long, she was like a rampaging lion, especially the amazing momentum of the outgoing body, blowing the clothes and hunting, even Bai Baihua couldn't help but change color on his face, and said in surprise: "It's only been a year, Brother Changjing has actually reached the realm of getting out of the ordinary......"

Bai Yueling looked at Xu Huairou who was sitting on the bed, her heart was sour and jealous, thinking that she had been kidnapped at the beginning, and listening to her brother, Li Changjing looked plain from beginning to end, but this Xu Huairou was just bullied...... It can even be said that he has not been bullied yet, but Li Changjing is like crazy, his angry look, his caring expression, and his attitude towards himself are simply worlds apart.

It was only at this moment that Bai Yueling finally gave up and understood a truth: not all men like women who throw themselves into their arms, but it is precisely because of Li Changjing's principles that she has always been thinking about it and doesn't want to give up.

"Mr. Li, why do you have such a heavy hand?" Yang Yiyi fed Wang Zhengyang a Huayuan Pill and barely stopped his injury, and then glared angrily at Li Changjing.

Li Changjing withdrew his momentum and sneered: "It is precisely because of your face that I show mercy, otherwise he would have died a long time ago." ”

Wang Zhengyang's strength is relatively low, only the third order, Li Changjing wants to kill him, it is not too simple.

Yang Yiyi has nothing to say, after all, it was Wang Zhengyang who wanted to do something bad first, such a beastly act, it is simply not as good as a pig and a dog, and it is indeed worth being happy that he was not killed.

Half an hour later, Shen Tu Nan rushed over when he heard the news, and after understanding the cause and effect, he stomped his feet and sighed, blaming: "Senior brother, why are you so confused, my brother has already advised you to be more restrained, don't indulge yourself too much, make such a thing, how will you serve the public in the future, how can you take over the great family business handed over to you by the master!?" ”

Wang Zhengyang was seriously injured and couldn't speak, but his eyes were very resentful, staring at Shen Tunan, as if he wanted to eat him alive.

But Shen Tunan seemed to be invisible, and said to Li Changjing and Xu Huairou: "I'm sorry for the two, this matter is my junior brother's fault first, I apologize to you on his behalf, but since he has been seriously injured and has been punished, why don't you expose it?" ”

Li Changjing didn't speak, just glanced at Xu Huairou.

Although Xu Huairou was still weak, her spirit had recovered a lot, and she nodded: "Okay, this matter will be settled as such, but don't spread it, just save a little face for me and your Chengtian Mansion." ”

"Thank you." Shen Tu Nan arched his hand and sighed to Yang Yiyi: "Little junior sister, help your second senior brother back to the room, I'll send the pharmacist over later." As for how the master will deal with it when he leaves the customs, it's not up to me. ”

Yang Yiyi responded, helped Wang Zhengyang and left cautiously.

When Shen Tunan went to ask for a pharmacist, and the Hua brothers and sisters also went back to the room to rest during the day, only Xu Huairou and Li Changjing were left in the room.

"Did you find it, not only me, but that Wang Zhengyang was also drugged," Xu Huairou narrowed her eyes, her face was very cold.

Li Changjing nodded, "It was precisely because he was drugged and couldn't help himself, so I didn't kill him on the spot." ”

"But if you make a mistake, you must be punished, and the difference is only whether it is severe or not."

Xu Huairou snorted and looked at him, "I shouted so quietly just now, why did you hear it, have you been paying attention to Miss Ben?" ”

"Give me less self-inflicted affection." Li Changjing was irritable for a while, took out a white porcelain bottle from his sleeve, poured a yellow pill from it and handed it over, "This is the antidote pill, it was given to me by Lu Li, there is only one, you will be able to recover your strength soon after eating it." ”

Xu Huairou took the pill, pinched it with two slender fingers, put it on her lips and sucked it gently, frowned, and said, "Why does it taste weird, you won't lie to me, this pill must be poisonous!" ”

"Impossible, the townspeople of Wucai Town are eating this kind of antidote pill, and even the poison of the toad can be cured." Of course, Li Changjing didn't believe that Lu Li would lie to him.

"I don't believe you'll try it yourself." Xu Huairou had a calm face, used Yuan Li to divide the pill into two, put it in the palm of his hand and handed it over.

"Try it, just try it." Li Changjing took half of the pills, put them in his mouth, and said strangely: "Isn't this very fragrant, there is no peculiar smell at all, and it melts in the mouth." ”

Xu Huairou took the remaining half of the pill and said meaningfully: "Are you sure it's fragrant?" ”

"yes, it's a strong smell of medicine."

"Isn't it the smell of Miss Ben's saliva?" Xu Huairou blinked.

Li Changjing's face changed, and then he remembered that the pill had been sucked by Xu Huairou just now, and he was immediately angry, "You...... You're so bored! ”

Xu Huairou's prank was successful, the haze just now was swept away, and her mood finally became better. She stretched and yawned, "What's the fuss, have you eaten less of Miss Ben's saliva?" ”

Li Changjing was in a bad mood and turned around to leave, but Xu Huairou stopped him and said angrily: "Where are you going?" ”

"Where are you going, it's the middle of the night, of course I'll go back to my room and sleep."

"I can't do it now, for the sake of Miss Ben's safety, you just sleep in my room."

Li Changjing looked at her and found that her face was indeed very bad, it should be that the effect of the antidote pill had not yet begun to work, so he had to sit down next to her, and said irritably: "You sleep, I'll just sit." ”

Xu Huairou was satisfied, kicked off her boots, and fell asleep under the covers.

Nothing was said all night.

The next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, there were many people's shouts outside, making a lot of noise, Xu Huairou was very angry after being woken up, and after dressing up, he went downstairs with Li Changjing, and found that the villa was full of people, roughly counting, no less than thirty or forty, all of them in blue robes, all of them were disciples of Chengtianfu.

Shen Tunan, Yang Yiyi, and the Bai Baihua brothers and sisters were all in the crowd, and Wang Zhengyang, who had a bandage wrapped around his chest, knelt on the ground with all kinds of flowers, and even the four nannies and Western chefs in the family were called out and stood trembling beside them.

After Li Changjing walked up and asked, he learned that it was because of last night's incident, Shen Tunan felt that he couldn't solve it privately, and he had to tell everyone in Chengtian Mansion to do it.

Li Changjing was very angry, Shen Tunan only said last night that he would not make a big deal about it, but he made a big fanfare early in the morning, wouldn't it be a reversal?

"It's okay, Miss Ben doesn't care." Xu Huairou was worried that Li Changjing would make a move again, so she hurriedly grabbed him and persuaded: "It's not in Daye City, what is not famous is not important." ”

Li Changjing had to endure it.

Wang Zhengyang was effectively treated, and his injuries were much better, but his expression was sluggish, as if he had been greatly stimulated, and he knelt on the ground without saying a word.

The disciples of the surrounding Chengtian Mansion were filled with righteous indignation, some suggested that Wang Zhengyang be expelled from the Chengtian Mansion, some asked him to retire from the position of chief forging master, and some persuaded him to leave by himself, and even let him recite the method of forging the sleeve, which was the patent of the Yang family, and people with stains on their bodies did not deserve it.

Only Yang Yiyi was interceding for Wang Zhengyang, saying that it was impossible for her second senior brother to do that kind of evil thing, there were many strange things in it, and the truth should be ascertained before making a decision.

Just when everyone was discussing, Wang Zhengyang's face suddenly changed greatly, he fell to the ground and rolled around, yelled, and broke the rope, and the surrounding disciples came up to hold him, but Wang Zhengyang's strength was very huge, and ordinary people couldn't control him at all, Li Changjing was worried that this person would hurt the innocent, so he hurriedly walked up to help.

As a result, as soon as he grabbed Wang Zhengyang's hand, the latter coldly stuffed a note into his hand, and then he fell to the ground softly and was re-tied with a rope by others.

Li Changjing was a little surprised, walked to the side, turned his back to everyone, and opened the note in his hand.

I saw a line of words written on it in very scribbled handwriting:

Save me, the Buddha beads are in my hands.