The servant drove the carriage steadily through the lively crowd, the carriage was simple and simple, the carriage was spacious and breathable, Li Zifeng sat silently on the side, deaf to the noisy sound passing by his ears.

Li Zifeng has been carefully groping for the dragon and phoenix jade pendant given by the emperor himself, and he suddenly has a feeling of 'taking people's money and eliminating disasters with others', but this 'disaster' is really not so easy to eliminate, and it is even related to the life and death of countless people.

But with his own strength, how could he compete with the forces of Lingye Palace, Hongyuan Villa, or King Qingping? Li Zifeng only felt that the jade pendant in his hand was very valuable. Compared with Emperor Zhu Xingzhan's smile and Prime Minister Wan Ziyu's old scheming, he suddenly felt that Ouyang Ze was much simpler.

In the past, he only thought that people's life experiences could not be chosen, but after meeting Zhu Xingzhan today, he found that he could not even choose what path he would take in the future. Li Zifeng sighed slightly.

The shadow on the side didn't seem to care about what Li Zifeng was thinking, and he always looked at Li Zifeng with a cold look, "This jade pendant is related to life, and the son has to put it away." ”

"There is a reminder. Li Zifeng responded without any emotional fluctuations, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he heard it.

The carriage was stable, turning around the corners of the streets and alleys, and the noise of passers-by was much less, the carriage was getting slower and slower, and stopped in front of a noodle stall on the east side of North Street.

Piaoyun disguised himself as a passer-by for dinner, and had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Li Zifeng coming, he hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, took out a few copper plates and put them down, and stepped forward to help, "Childe, be careful, there is a wooden frame in front." ”

"Nothing. Li Zifeng smiled slightly, "It's hard for you to eat noodles here." ”

Piaoyun's eyes were slightly hot, and he forgot how long ago he and Li Zifeng said that he didn't like noodles when they were chatting unintentionally, he didn't expect that after so long, Li Zifeng would still remember.

But this is the closest place to the inn, so it is convenient to observe the suspicious situation around the inn, and it is more convenient to wait for Li Zifeng to come back, in order not to arouse suspicion, he can only pretend to be a noodle guest.

Li Zifeng's concern made him at a loss, and he opened his mouth for a long time, "Childe, shall we go back?"

In a pot propped up next to the noodle stall, the meat and bone broth was boiling with a gurgling voice, the heat slowly rose, and there was a burst of aroma, but Li Zifeng smelled it, and there was a feeling of turning the river and the sea in his abdomen.

Piaoyun also seemed to sense that something was wrong, "Childe, why are your hands so hot?"

"I'm fine, I'm just a little hot. Come with me to the Tianhe Teahouse and sit down!"

"Tianhe Teahouse?" Piaoyun looked at the sky, thinking that Shen Zhiping and a few people were still waiting in the inn, and there were also shadow attendants in Tianhe Teahouse secretly staring, and there was really no need to go back at any time if there was a situation, but Piaoyun understood the temper of his master, as long as he was identified, he did not change it easily, so he responded.

Li Zifeng sighed, Li Zhi was let go by him after all, and he was really not at ease at this time. Piaoyun silently helped Li Zifeng to the Tianhe Teahouse.

Hengshan faction?

The twilight was low, the lights were on, the orange light spread all over the study, making people drowsy, Ouyang Ze leaned lazily on the back of the chair, and kept pressing the temples to relieve the pain in his head, and the strong tea on the table was slowly steaming, with a strong smell of tea. Next to it is the official document of the other party.

"Boss. Mo Xuan knocked on the open door, looking a little hesitant.

Ouyang Ze didn't even lift his eyelids, he was invaded by a headache, and said softly, "Come in and say." ”

"Sir, there's a letter from you. Mo Xuan took a step forward, bowed slightly, and carefully handed a letter in his hand to Ouyang Ze.

Ouyang Ze opened his eyes slightly and glanced at it, and took it casually, the dark yellow envelope, the letter paper is dark textured, thick and textured, you don't need to look at the content Ouyang Ze also knew that there was a reminder letter from above.

Looking at the dense Xiaokai on it, Ouyang Ze's head seemed to hurt even more, but looking at the content, Ouyang Ze instantly sobered up a little, and waved his hand to signal Mo Xuan to retreat.

The letter vaguely described some of the recent situations in Wei'an City, such as the direction of the silver coins of Datong Money Village and Hongtai Money Village, Zhou Yixuan's actions, and the secret work of Tianhe Teahouse, as well as the Lingye Palace that suddenly quieted down.

The candle flame flickered, the wick of the candle was scorched and burst into a small spark, Huang's eyes were a little uncomfortable, Ouyang Ze put the letter paper together with the envelope, put it on the candle flame and lit it, threw it into the copper basin on the ground, and slowly burned out.

"Black-eyed man..."Ouyang Ze silently muttered the 'black-eyed man' mentioned in the letter, the title of black-eyed man, almost overnight around Wei'an City, spread like this.

The corners of Ouyang Ze's mouth rose slightly, and he read silently in his heart, sure enough, it would glow wherever he went, and no one could bury it, but thinking that this light might also be probed by people with ulterior motives, Ouyang Ze couldn't help but get nervous, it seemed that it was time for him to persuade this 'black-eyed man'.

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The sky was completely dark, the vendors on the street had already withdrawn their stalls and gone home, and the shops and shops had also closed their doors to stop their day's work, and the lanterns in front of each house gave off a soft light, and there were occasional sporadic passers-by on the street, and the pace was hurried.

Tianhe Teahouse is the only shop in Wei'an City that can be open until late, just because there is King Qingping behind it. Therefore, at this time, there are still a few tables of tea guests drinking tea in the teahouse, most of whom are merchants from other places.

Since Li Zhi returned to Tianhe Teahouse, he has not gone out of the door, he has not stepped out of the second door, he has not spoken to anyone, and he has not come out to eat dinner, let alone have a secret conversation with someone, which makes the people who are watching him a little puzzled.

Li Zhi lay on the bed in the guest room tossing and turning, kept sighing, closed his eyes for a while, opened his eyes to look at the candlestick for a while, sat up and looked at the sky outside the window for a while, after a few breaths, Li Zhi turned over and got out of bed, quickly changed his clothes, quietly turned over the window, and went straight to the backyard.

The abacus in his heart is that even if there are people who are watching, they must be mixed in with the tea guests, the backyard is flat, and the piles of debris have been cleaned up two days ago, so there is basically no hiding place, and when it arrives, the backyard will be closed, and no one will come in at all.

But he was too confident and ignored Li Zifeng's existence.

A black shadow quickly jumped into the backyard, entered a small door in the backyard, and didn't notice the two black shadows behind him, Piaoyun helped Li Zifeng, and quietly approached the small door.

Passing through a long stone road, passing the surrounding trees and weeds, Li Zhi pushed open the door and walked in, the room was more spacious, there should be a lot of furnishings, under the dim candlelight, a person stood by the window with his back to Li Zhi, and the figure pulled out a long shadow on the ground, Li Zhi knew that this was Chang Ning, the guard of the Qingping Palace.

"I heard that Steward Li found another batch of goods today?" Before Li Zhi could say hello, Chang Ning asked.

The goods in his mouth refer to the qualified children or strong teenagers who have been selected by them.

Li Zhi's face did not change, and he pretended to be helpless and sighed, "Don't mention it, there was originally a child, a beggar, but that child was very poor, and I left him in the alley when he looked sick." ”

Chang Ning turned around and looked Li Zhi up and down, but he didn't see anything wrong on Li Zhi's face, Chang Ning said, "That's a pity, but after all, Wei Ancheng is under the feet of the Son of Heaven, and Steward Li is still careful." ”

"That's nature. Li Zhi nodded, "Does the prince have any other orders?"

"Another batch of goods in my master's hand needs to be taken care of, and I also trouble Steward Li to send a message immediately, let Shadow Villa send some people, move quickly, five days later, I want to see people." ”

"Five days?" Li Zhi raised his eyebrows, "Is the time of five days too urgent?"

Chang Ning smiled, "Steward Li is going to do it, if it is delayed, it will be difficult for my master to explain." Chang Ning tightened his cuffs, "In five days, I will come over to pick up someone." Steward Li must not delay. ”

After that, without waiting for Li Zhi to react, the candle seedlings in the room shook violently, and Chang Ning disappeared, leaving Li Zhi alone to sit in the room with a sad brow, drinking cold white water cup by cup.

In the weeds in the corner not far from the door, Li Zifeng hid his figure, using his extremely sensitive ears to catch the words of Chang Ning and Li Zhi, and then sighed silently in his heart.