The two of them hooked their shoulders and walked towards the county guard's mansion, and along the way, Li Feng was still chattering and talking to Xiang Ye about some inconsequential words, and Xiang Ye also had a match and did not have a match.

After entering the county guard's mansion, Li Feng patted Xiang Ye on the shoulder and said: "Brother, go back and rest, today's matter is so smooth thanks to you, of course, if someone hadn't secretly helped, you and I might have become someone else's ghost, we are really lucky, haha!" ”

Xiang Ye smiled at Li Feng and said, "Your Excellency is right, it's just that you and I talked a lot along the way, but you didn't ask Your Excellency's name?" ”

Li Feng patted Xiang Ye on the shoulder and said, "Brother, it's better not to know my name and surname, although everyone around the county guard knows that there is me, but not everyone knows my name." ”

Xiang Ye pursed his lips and smiled, although he felt very disappreciative in his heart, he still arched his hand and said to Li Feng: "Since Your Excellency refuses to say your name and surname, I can't force it, so I will leave!" ”

Li Feng also arched his hand towards Xiang Ye, returned a salute and said, "Farewell!" ”

After Li Feng and Xiang Ye returned to the county guard's mansion, in a large mansion in the east of the city where there were still some burnt black charcoal stains on the bluestone wall, a warrior was standing in the middle of the back hall with his hands down, and peeked nervously at Zhao Tong who was spinning around in front of him like ants on a hot pot.

"What you say is true? Five unidentified swordsmen were killed by Li You's men and the one with that surname? Zhao Tong walked back and forth for a while, then suddenly stopped, grabbed the samurai's collar and said viciously: "You tell me the details, if there is half a lie, beware of me cutting off your tongue!" ”

The warrior trembled slightly, and said tremblingly: "Returning to Gongzi, my subordinates did see Li You's first swordsman and his surname walking out of the city, and the two of them went out of the city on the path west of the city, followed by five swordsman-like people behind them. Seeing that the appearance of the five people was not a good kind, the subordinates did not dare to follow the past at that time, until the swordsmen surnamed Xiang and Li You's swordsmen returned to the city to investigate the path. During this period, the two of them also returned to the trail once, although they don't know what they did, but their subordinates later found that the dirt on the road had traces of being cut by sharp weapons, presumably the two returned to dispose of the corpse. The subordinates did not dare to delay, so they hurriedly rushed back to report to the son. ”

Zhao Tong loosened the collar of the warrior, frowned and muttered for a long time before waving his hand at him and said: "You go, I can't complain about you if I didn't see those five people killed with my own eyes, you are indeed not the opponent of the first swordsman under Li You, but there are two things you should hurry up and check for me." First, it is necessary to find out what the full name of the surname Xiang is and what relationship it has with the Jiangdong Xiang family; The second is to find out what the name of Li You's first swordsman is, what is the origin, and what he has been doing for Li You in the past. ”

After the samurai was ordered to leave, a middle-aged man of about thirty years walked out of the small corner door in the back hall, and the middle-aged man walked to Zhao Tong's side and looked at the door and said: "Brother, this time the father-in-law ordered me to come, in order to be able to catch Meng Tian's granddaughter smoothly, but according to the situation in front of me, things are not simple." ”

The corners of Zhao Tong's mouth tugged, and he replied with a strange smile: "Brother-in-law, this time my uncle is thoughtful, those people you brought can indeed help a lot, but at the moment, it seems that the forces involved are not only us and the Li family, the five people who were killed are unknown, if they have the same purpose as us, whose subordinates are they?" Why do you want to do something with that surname? If they wanted to protect Meng Tian's granddaughter, why did they fight with Li You's No. 1 swordsman again? It's really foggy! ”

The person who was called his brother-in-law by Zhao Tong nodded, but did not speak, he also felt full of confusion, and he was a little confused about the current situation.

"I don't think it's too late to do it now, wait until Meng Tian's granddaughter appears, we will only send someone to follow her, and it's not too late to do it after all the forces of all parties have surfaced!" Zhao Tong wrinkled his brows, let out a long breath and said, "I always have a feeling that these forces that are floating right now, no matter which one they are, are not something that you and I can compete with with our existing strength. ”

The person who was called "brother-in-law" by Zhao Tong nodded, and said thoughtfully: "No wonder your father-in-law will hand over such an important matter to you, you are really thoughtful, after this matter is done, when I return to Xianyang, I will go to your father-in-law to bring you to my door, and then I can find a name to make a name for yourself." ”

After hearing this, Zhao Tong turned around and gave his "brother-in-law" a look and said, "For example, who doesn't know the name of Xianyang Ling Yan Le today!" If I, Zhao Tong, act under my brother-in-law's account, I will definitely be able to do what I have learned in my life in the future, and I will thank my brother-in-law first! ”

Standing beside Zhao Tong was Xianyang Ling Yan Le, who was ordered by Zhao Gao to lead his capable generals to support Zhao Tong, hoping to capture Meng Su back to Xianyang to correct the law, so as to establish Zhao Gao's prestige and more completely suppress those ministers who were still dissatisfied with Zhao Gao.

At the same time, in Li You's mansion, a guard was standing in front of Li You with solemn hands. And Li You sat behind the table, pressing his head with one hand, and pondering something with a solemn face.

"You tell the story all over again. Are you saying that Li Feng went out of the city with Xiang Zhuangshi today, and he also fought with people outside the city. So have you found out who is fighting them? Is it Zhao Tong's subordinate? Li You pondered for a long time before he raised his head and looked at the guards standing in front of him.

The guard lowered his head, his eyes didn't dare to look at Li You, his eyes were cast on the ground, but his tone was very firm and said: "Lord Hui, my subordinates did see Lord Li Feng leaving from the mansion with Xiang Zhuangshi, after they left the city, there were five people following behind them, after leaving the city, they went on a small road, and the subordinates did not dare to follow, but ran back to the mansion to find some helpers, and when we arrived, there was no trace of Lord Li Feng and Xiang Zhuangshi on the path, and even the five swordsmen who followed them were gone, However, later his subordinates saw Lord Li Feng in the mansion, and the clothes on his chest had traces of being torn by sharp weapons, obviously fighting with others. ”

After listening to the guard's report, Li You pressed his hand on his forehead and muttered for a while before saying, "You go and call Li Feng, I want to ask him who is fighting with him?" ”

The guard answered, clenched his fists and walked backwards towards the door.

It didn't take much time for Li Feng, who had already changed into a snow-white deep robe, and walked into Li You's room.

Li You raised his head and looked at Li Feng, who had just walked into the room, stretched out his hand to him and made a gesture and said, "You sit down, there are some things I want to ask you." ”

Li Feng bowed down to Li You and sat down on the ground, and before Li You could speak, he spoke first: "My lord, my subordinates encountered a strange thing today, and I wanted to report it to my lord, but considering that it was getting late, I decided to report it to my lord tomorrow." When the adult called, he reported the matter to the adult. ”

Li You nodded, and said to Li Feng in a flat tone: "If you encounter something strange, you just have to tell this official." ”

"Today, after getting the order to clear Zhao Tong's eyeliner outside the city, my subordinates found Xiang Zhuangshi and asked him to go out of the city with me, just to lure those people out. This move was really effective, and sure enough, it led to five swordsmen. Originally, the subordinates thought that they could be wiped out with their own strength, but they didn't expect that the swordsmanship of these five people was extraordinary, and the subordinates were not the opponents under their joint efforts at all. ”

When Li Feng said this, he raised his eyes and looked at Li You, who was staring at him intently, and then said: "A strange thing happened after Xiang Zhuangshi left, his subordinates were fighting with the four swordsmen, and suddenly a figure flashed behind the four people, and instantly disappeared in the grass on the side of the road. The figure flashed, and the four fell to the ground at the same time, each with a small sword mark on their throats. A moment later, Xiang Zhuangshi ran back and told his subordinates that he was also running away, and suddenly the swordsman chasing him screamed and his throat was cut. ”

"How do you scream when your throat is cut?" Li You frowned and asked Li Feng with doubts on his face, "Have you seen the corpse left by the swordsman who chased Xiang Zhuangshi?" ”

Li Feng shook his head and said blankly: "Lord Hui, my subordinates didn't see the corpse, originally the two of us saw that the five swordsmen were killed, and they were already planning to return to the city, but the subordinates suddenly remembered that the corpse had not been disposed of halfway, so they hurriedly rushed back with Xiang Zhuangshi." Originally, the death of the five people was very strange, and what made people feel even more strange was that after we returned, the corpses that were originally lying on the ground were removed, not only the corpses were removed, but even the bloodstained soil skin was scraped away. ”

Li You frowned and said after listening to Li Feng's narration: "Li Feng, who do you think will be responsible for this?" ”

"The subordinates originally thought that it would be Xiang Zhuangshi who killed the swordsman, but later the disappearance of the corpse made the subordinates overturn this speculation, he and his subordinates have been together, and there is no time to turn back to dispose of the corpse, unless he still has other helpers, but since he came to Xingyang, except for Chi Xue'e, the subordinates have never seen him in contact with others, and the one who killed the five swordsmen must have nothing to do with him. If it weren't for the fact that the adults were also at a loss, the subordinates would have thought that the people who killed them were the people appointed by the adults. Seeing Li You's question, Li Feng didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly told his guess.

Li You tugged at the corner of his mouth, showed a strange smile and said, "Don't you know what kind of people are under this official?" In Sanchuan County, you can be regarded as a swordsman with the highest rank, and those masters who have been famous for many years disdain to commit themselves to the government and are willing to take refuge under me, I am afraid that you are already the number one master. What you can't do, can anyone else under this official do? ”