Chapter 68: Harboring Evil Intentions
Purple Wind began to pack her bags.
The prince came to Wudetang today, saying that the spies found that Dongfang Jue suddenly went to Tanzhou and was with Xu Zicheng, the governor of Tanzhou, the prince of Chenjun Wang, and the prince was angry and gave him an order to lead people to kill Dongfang Jue.
A few months ago, Zifeng took the initiative to ask Ying to find Dongfang Jue, to know the pros and cons to him, to let him remain neutral for the time being, in order to avoid causing death, and announced to the public that the prince threatened the safety of Dongfang Jue's closed disciples, Dongfang Jue knew that this was a trap for the prince, and added a crime to the prince with bad deeds, Dongfang Jue agreed, and kept his promise, temporarily forbearance, and it was safe for a few months. And when the prince knew that Dongfang Jue had a private view of Xu Zicheng, which made the prince, who had always been narrow-minded and suspicious by nature, angry, like a fish in his throat, eager to get rid of it quickly, and now that the Sky Shaking Tiger was seriously injured and had not healed, he threw this arduous task to Zifeng.
Zi Feng sat quietly at the table, his face solemn, his eyes closed in contemplation.
It was extremely easy to kill Xu Zicheng who had no martial arts, but the prince didn't want to do anything to Xu Zicheng, because he didn't take Xu Zicheng, a third-grade petty official, in his eyes at all, and it was different for Dongfang Jue.
Dongfang Jue is by no means an ordinary martial arts person or a court official, he is the leader of the northern faction with a higher prestige than Zang Feiyi of the Quicksand Gate, and it can also be said to be a martial arts supreme of the two factions of the north and the south. Even if the Sky Shaking Tiger went in person, I am afraid it would be difficult to bargain, and it was after learning that Dongfang Jue had arrived in Tanzhou alone, and felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he couldn't wait to order Dongfang Jue to be assassinated.
Dealing with Dongfang Jue, Zifeng was not completely unsure, but had no chance at all. Perhaps, just like the Heaven Shaking Tiger assassinating General Qu Yan, for the crown prince, even if he is defeated and dead, all he has is a few ants under his command, how can he care? However, although Zi Feng was like a mirror in his heart, he couldn't disobey the prince's orders, and even prepared for the worst, which was why he wanted to leave Feiyan a sum of money.
That night, Zi Feng took two brothers from Wudetang who were strong in martial arts to ride towards Tanzhou.
After Zifeng set off, Zhao Dehai came to the bedroom of the Sky Shaking Tiger.
The Sky Shaker had not healed from his injuries, but he had mostly recovered, and he sat on the couch to breathe.
Zhao Dehai cautiously stood with his hands on the side.
"What's the matter with you?" Although the Sky Shaking Tiger did not open its eyes, it knew who it was.
"Master Liu, I saw that the Purple Wind Master took the people from Wudetang out today." Zhao Dehai replied.
"yes, I know." The Sky Shaker still didn't open his eyes, and said while pranayama.
"Ah, it turns out that Liu Ye already knows."
The Sky Shaking Tiger finally opened his eyes and looked at him, and said in a muffled voice, "Dehai, what do you want to say?" ”
"Master Liu, Dehai doesn't mean anything else, I just think that although this Zifeng Gongzi is your disciple of Master Liu, you still have to have more eyes on it."
The Sky Shaker asked, "What exactly do you want to say?" ”
Zhao Dehai was extremely deferential, bowed down and replied: "Master Liu, Dehai has something unclear, I want to ask Master Liu, this Zifeng boy has been following you in the past, and now he is considered to have achieved some success, and he has gone to Wudetang, why do you still live in the mansion?" ”
The Sky Shaking Tiger took a deep breath and said indifferently, "Oh, you're asking this. Zifeng also told me that the prince wanted him to live in Wude Hall and run back and forth in the province, but he had been with me for so many years, and he was used to it, and he didn't want to leave me, so he still lived here, what, do you have any opinions? ”
Zhao Dehai hurriedly replied: "Dehai doesn't dare, Dehai just thinks that the Purple Wind Boy is willing to go to and from Wudetang every day, which is very hard, so he has this question." ”
Sky Shaking Tiger hummed: "I'm afraid you don't think he's hard, but have other ideas, right?" This is how worried you are, after he entered the Wude Hall, he would come back to tell me about big and small things, but he never hid it from me. ”
"Ah, it turns out that the Purple Wind Boy has told you, he has a heart, which means that he has you as a master in his heart."
Seeing him talking dodgy, obviously he had something to say, and the Sky Shaking Tiger said unhappily: "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't hide it for me, Lao Tzu likes to get straight to the point." ”
Hearing this, Zhao Dehai said with a humble expression: "Dehai respects Liu Ye, so he is willing to follow you, for Liu Ye, Dehai will not hesitate to go to the soup, for Liu Ye, Dehai naturally has to think more about Liu Ye in everything, if you say it wrong, don't blame Dehai." ”
Sky Shaking Tiger said "um": "If you have something to say, just say it, I don't blame you." “
Zhao Dehai coughed lightly and said, "Since the Purple Wind Boy went to Wudetang to take up his post, Dehai found that the Purple Wind Princesse seems to be different from before. ”
The Sky Shaker said in a deep voice, "Oh? How is it different? ”
Zhao Dehai: "He goes out early and returns late, he is very busy, a while ago, I found that after he came back from Wudetang, he always ran out. ”
The Sky Shaker said: "Running out? What did he do? ”
Zhao Dehai said: "Dehai once heard from a friend that he had met the Purple Wind Boy in Mifang Pavilion a few months ago. ”
"Mifang Pavilion?"
The Sky Shaking Tiger's eyebrows trembled slightly, and he said, "What is he going to do there?" ”
Zhao Dehai: "I heard that he was drunk, so I went to call the girl." ”
The Sky Shaker frowned: "Did he play with women?" ”
Zhao Dehai replied: "That's not true, I heard that the bustard called him a few girls, but he drove them away, and he beat people in the court." ”
"Hitting? Who did you hit? Skyshaker asked.
"I heard that it was a businessman surnamed Qin, but because the two of them accidentally bumped into a place, the surnamed Qin scolded a few words, and the prince of Zifeng taught him a lesson."
"Merchant? He's dead? ”
"That's not true, it's just that the purple wind boy shot a little heavier and saw blood."
The Sky Shaking Tiger suddenly laughed: "Haha, I didn't expect it, this kid is so arrogant, but he has the demeanor of my Sky Shaking Tiger, well, good!" It's just a person, no fuss. And then what? ”
Zhao Dehai said: "My friend saw that he was almost killed, he was scared, so he left. ”
The Sky Shaking Tiger said disapprehantly: "Well, Zifeng probably drank too much, young man, it is understandable to go to see the freshness occasionally, in addition to running errands for the prince, he also came back at night, I know all this." You don't have to tell me this, he has followed me since he was a child, I know him, and I believe that kid will never do anything to be sorry for Qingyun. ”
Zhao Dehai said hurriedly and respectfully: "Ah, yes, yes, Zifeng Gongzi has always been decent, not smiling, and even more disdainful of having anything unclear with that kind of woman, or Dehai is too worried, Dehai is mouthy, Liu Ye forgive me." ”
The Sky Shaking Tiger got off the bed, Zhao Dehai hurriedly brought him tea, he reached out and took a sip, and said:
"Zifeng and Qingyun grew up together, I know my daughter, and I believe that her vision will not be wrong, as long as Zifeng lives up to Qingyun and can make Qingyun happy."
He handed the cup back to Zhao Dehai and said, "I'm in good spirits today, it's time to go out and move my muscles." ”
With that, he walked out the door.
Zhao Dehai hurriedly stretched out his hand to help, "Master Liu, your body is better, but you have to be careful, be careful about the threshold......"
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Two days later, Zifeng rushed to Tanzhou with two people from Wudetang, and found an inconspicuous restaurant and asked for a few rooms.
He sent someone to inquire about the news first, and he came to the lively street of Tanzhou. He walked slowly, revisiting every place he and his brother had walked and stayed in ten years ago, and a deep sadness oozed from his cold eyes.
"Gaole, where are you?"
He repeated the question that he had repeated countless times in the past ten years, and his heart was so troubled that he could not let go of it after all.
In the evening, the inquirer came back, saying that Xu Zicheng's mansion was very tightly guarded, and it was a blue sky and white day, so he couldn't get close at all, and after waiting for a long time, he didn't see anyone coming in or out, and he couldn't judge whether Dongfang Jue was included.
Zi Feng pondered for a moment, and finally decided to explore again at night, and he had to confirm that Dongfang Jue was in the Zhizhou Mansion before he could act.
At night, Zi Feng wore night clothes and took two Wudetang brothers to quietly sneak outside Xu Zicheng's mansion in Zhizhou.
He ordered his companions to stay outside the house and wait, while he flew up to the courtyard wall, and three or two rose and fell, and then went up to the roof of the ear room.
Xu's house is not big, only two into the courtyard, there are three or two families in the courtyard to patrol the night, the front yard main room and the east and west wings are lit with candles, here should be the master's bedroom, if there are guests, it should be in the south room of the backyard, and all the rooms in the backyard are also bright with candles.
He carefully stepped on the roof tiles like a tanuki and came to the roof of the main hall, there would be no one in the main hall at night, he squatted quietly on the roof, holding his breath and concentrating, not daring to make a sound, because he knew that although Xu Zicheng of Zhizhou was a civil official and did not have half of his martial arts, if Dongfang Jue was really here, with his skills, it would be impossible for a trace of sound to escape Dongfang Jue's ears.
Zi Feng's eyes scanned each room, and finally fixed his eyes on the window of a south room, in front of which a vague figure loomed in front of the window, seemingly pacing back and forth in the room, the figure was very thin, and a wisp of beard faintly appeared on the chin.
After waiting for a while, the door suddenly opened, and a middle-aged man in homely clothes walked out of the room, this person was Zhizhou Xu Zicheng, and then someone closed the door inside, obviously, there were still people in the room.
Xu Zicheng walked through the porch, went straight back to the front yard, and pushed the door in the main house.
Zifeng stared at the room with the candle flame lit, and in a moment, the candle flame went out, and the room was dark. Only the lanterns hanging under the porch, emitting a dim and dim candlelight.
After waiting for a while, there was no movement in the room, it seemed that the people in the room had rested, Zi Feng did not dare to act rashly, he carefully bowed his body and turned back over the high ridge of the roof, and tiptoed towards the eaves.
Suddenly, a faint breath came from behind him, and suddenly his heart tightened, and he turned around suddenly, Zifeng was shocked, and at some point, on the ridge of the roof, there was a person standing straight and straight ten steps away, a thin figure, white beard and hair, an old man who was over the age but shimmering in spirit, the hem of a white robe fluttered slightly in the wind, like a platinum star in the heavenly realm, with an innate awe-inspiring righteousness in the bones of the fairy wind Dao, and his blazing eyes were staring at himself, an uninvited guest......