The man in blue replied to Chu Zhi, and it was self-evident who he was.

As soon as Feng Yang heard this, he closed the fan with a "snap", and his tone was displeased: "Lu Yin, what did I do to make you worry about me?" ”

Boss Lu Yin glanced at Feng Yang unwillingly, and his tone was light: "Didn't you say that you were born as a flower thief?" ”

The wind choked, and he was speechless for a while, and after a while, he turned around hatefully, opened the fan and slapped it twice, with a look that I don't remember the villain.

In the depths of the alley, there are fewer and fewer people, and the high walls block most of the light, making the alley a little gloomy.

The three of them walked together to the house of a person with a bell hanging at the door of the house, Chu Zhi took a step forward, lightly buckled it twice, paused for two blinks and knocked it lightly four times, and after doing these movements, he withdrew his hand and stood in place.

Feng Yang looked around, and there was some disgust in his tone: "Is it that we in Beichu are a little short of money, so we actually set up a liaison station in such a remote place." ”

No one answered him, Feng Yang said no more, and in a few moments the door in front of him was opened.

The one who opened the door was a hunchbacked white-haired old man, he was dressed in cloth, his face was covered with traces of time, his thick white beard covered most of his face, his eyes were half-narrowed, and he looked at the three of them unabashedly.

"Are you outsiders? If you want to find an inn, please go out of this alley and turn left to the third one, which is an inn. ”

Chu Zhi's face did not move: "But I don't like that one very much, is there an inn on the right turn?" ”

When the old man heard this, he immediately withdrew his scrutinizing gaze, bowed his head and said, "If you don't dislike it, you might as well come to my house for a night." ”

Chu Zhi nodded and agreed: "Thank you." ”

There was not much difference between the courtyard and the door, narrow but neatly tied, and the old man led a few people through the courtyard, bypassing the main house to a room in the backyard.

There is a cave in the room, it is clean and bright, the walls around it are filled with all kinds of books, and the fragrance wafting in the room seems to be a world of difference from the outside.

After entering the house, the old man closed the door tightly, and when he turned around, he saluted the three people: "Dare to ask the three of them?" ”

Feng Yang has always been unable to stand the quietness, and when he heard this, he subconsciously wanted to show his identity, where did he think Chu Zhi was more simply, and directly took out a piece of jade pendant from his waist.

The jade pendant material is the unique red jade of Northern Chu, and only for the royal family, the hollow phoenix pattern is lifelike, below the phoenix is a delicate and complex carved homogeneous jade plate, and a word is carved between the repeated patterns - Zhi.

The old man immediately knelt down: "Fang Li saw the emperor, I didn't know that the emperor was coming, and I missed the welcome, and I hope that the emperor will forgive the sins." ”

Chu Zhi didn't let him get up, she walked a few steps slowly, her eyes wandered on the bookshelf, and suddenly asked, "How long have you been here?" ”

Feng Yang was a little confused about Chu Zhi's behavior, but Lu Yin frowned slightly, as if he had thought of something, but he didn't speak immediately.

The old man lowered his head, so that people couldn't see his expression clearly: "Back to the emperor's words, I went to the capital of Southern Chu at the age of nineteen, and it has been forty-nine years now. ”

Chu Zhi sighed, stopped and turned her back to the old man, and her tone was flat, as if she was just chatting with the old man.

"Do you have a family?"

The old man replied: "No, I am an orphan, I was raised by the Northern Chu court since I was a child, and I haven't married a wife since I was nineteen years old. ”

"Then I don't understand, in that case, why did you betray Beichu?"