In the middle of the moon, the lights burned for a long time, and in the courtyard of Shangqingyuan, after the two waiters in charge of sprinkling and sweeping cleaned up the last fallen leaf, they also collected a pair of tools in their hands, and bowed slightly to Feng Yichen, who was keeping vigil, and quietly retreated. Under the flickering candlelight in the study, a secret report from Qingsongtang called 'Family Letter' was leisurely displayed on the bookcase, and the letter paper was still printed with the 'Shen' seal as usual.

What worried Ouyang Ze was the news that the emperor would go on patrol half a year later. There is nothing wrong with this in itself, but the problem is, how could Qingsongtang, which has always been rigorous, spread such ordinary news to the Hengshan faction in the form of secret reports, is there something hidden in it?

The Lingye Palace Hall Master Wang Zhuang was poisoned under his nose and had not yet been thoroughly investigated, and now that he had received such a headache secret report, Ouyang Ze sighed heavily......

The same news also reached the hands of Li Zifeng of Yuntian Pavilion, and the same doubts as Ouyang Ze kept circling in his mind, so he held the official document in his hand, half lying on the bed, and stayed awake until dawn.

Xu was cold at night, at this time, Li Zifeng's forehead was a little low-grade fever, and the soreness in his body became more and more obvious, and the cane wound behind him also became difficult.

Li Zifeng pillowed the pillow, slowly curled up his legs, moved the cushion under his waist, and tried not to lie down so uncomfortable. At this time, the footsteps in the outhouse sounded, and he was shocked, and quickly hid the official document in his hand in the place where he had it, and looked at the tent curtain with a headache. After Uncle Lu left last night, Xu Zining came in again and chatted about eating, drinking, sleeping and so on.

This is not the end, even Xu Weixiang, who was on duty at night, came in several times a night, lest he would not sleep, and after less than two hours of silence, footsteps sounded outside again. If you are nagged again, I am afraid that my head will explode, thinking of this, I stretched the thin blanket covering my body to cover my entire face.

The footsteps approached, and after the door rang, Li Zifeng seized the opportunity and opened his mouth before anyone could speak, "Oh, I know, I promise to eat on time, drink medicine on time, sleep well, can't I go anywhere?" Please let me go, if I keep talking, my ears should be calloused." ”

After the person who came 'fluttered' and smiled, there was no reaction, Li Zifeng was a little puzzled for a moment, quietly pulled open the quilt and peeked, and the next moment, he was sober in an instant. Because the person who came was Ouyang Ze. At this time, Ouyang Ze was standing at the door, looking at him funny.

Li Zifeng turned over and got out of bed and knelt on the ground, pulling the wound behind him, trembling uncontrollably, cold sweat dripping, and it took a while to stabilize his slightly rapid breathing, "Master, disciple is rude." ”

Ouyang Ze frowned, hurriedly stepped forward to help him into bed and settle down, took out a handkerchief to wipe the cold sweat on his face, raised his eyes and unintentionally caught a glimpse of the official document that was not very hidden, and said with a smile and a smile, "No wonder so many people talk about you, is it an old mistake again?"

Li Zifeng was stunned, and then he also found the exposed official document, and his ears were hot, "Master, the disciple is lying on the bed, and he is really panicking." That's ......"

Ouyang Ze sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Li Zifeng's red and swollen eyes due to staying up late, and sighed helplessly, at his age, he should have been a carefree young master, but he had to bear so much on his shoulders, and the only time he was lazy because of fatigue, and he paid such a big price.

Li Zifeng saw that Ouyang Ze was silent, his face was solemn, thinking that he was still angry about yesterday's incident, he lowered his eyes and seriously pleaded guilty, "Wang Zhuang's death is a disciple's negligence. ”

Ouyang Ze looked at his lover's sickly face, although he couldn't bear to criticize anything more, but there were some things that he still had to mention, "Wang Zhuang is originally from Lingye Palace, and it is not a pity to die." But since you brought him back to be imprisoned, you should have thought that there would be an accident, and the teacher has reminded you more than once that you must be cautious in everything. ”

"What the master taught is that the disciple remembers. It's just that... Yesterday, the disciple learned from Uncle Lu that Wang Zhuang's poisonous name was 'drunk for a thousand years'. As for how exactly this poison entered the sect, the disciple had already sent someone to secretly investigate. ”

Ouyang Ze nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the official document on the corner of the bed, "What do you think about this matter?"

Li Zifeng thought about it again and again, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face, "In your heart, I'm afraid you have already made up your mind." ”

"You do. ”

There was a knock on the door outside, followed by a respectful voice, "Master, Senior Brother's decoction is ready." ”

"Come in!"

Tian Kun, the attendant disciple of Yuntian Pavilion, carefully walked to the bed with the medicine bowl, bowed his head slightly, and handed the medicine bowl over steadily, Ouyang Ze took it casually, and repeatedly scooped the brown and black medicinal juice with a porcelain spoon and ordered, "Your senior brother has been inconvenient in the past two days, and Xu Weixiang is too busy to spare time, you must take care of it carefully, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Tian Kun bent down to receive the order in an orderly manner, "Don't worry, the disciple has written it down." ”

"Go ahead!"

Tian Kun retreated, Li Zifeng looked at the medicine bowl in Ouyang Ze's hand, the soup was steaming, emitting a foul bitter smell, disgusting, Li Zifeng subconsciously covered his mouth and nose, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Ouyang Ze looked at his apprentice's appearance of facing the decoction as if he was facing a great enemy, the smile between his eyebrows and eyes grew, but he didn't force him, and said in a voice so low that only two people could hear it, "If you don't want to drink it, don't drink it!" ”

Li Zifeng came back to his senses, looked at Ouyang Ze's calm eyes, and said casually, "Thank you Master for your understanding." ”

Ouyang Ze restrained his smile, and a trace of imperceptible coolness and ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, "There is no need to be too anxious about that matter, what matters is the miscellaneous matters at the moment, some nails have been pierced for a long time, and they should be pulled out." ”

"The disciple understands. ”

"You should rest well! Turning his head to look at the decoction that had been slowly cooling aside, "As for this bowl of medicine......" Ouyang Ze paused, looked at the roof beam, and continued, "Just let him handle it for you!"

Li Zifeng looked at Ouyang Ze's eyes, and on the beam, a pale figure was in full view, and he lowered his head embarrassedly, "The disciple is not strict in discipline." ”

"It doesn't matter. Ouyang Ze patted him on the shoulder and got up to leave.

Li Zifeng sat up straight and bowed slightly, "Disciple sends off Master." ”

The door was closed again, the room fell silent, Li Zifeng sighed deeply, and then overturned the medicine bowl placed at the head of the bed, after the porcelain bowl rolled on the ground, a long hole opened, and the decoction flowed wantonly on the ground.

The figure on the beam shook, and then a man in black rolled over, tapped his toes lightly, and knelt in front of Li Zifeng with a 'plop', "Childe." ”

This person belongs to the shadow guard, the shadow guard is the top master of the Hengshan faction, only the head Ouyang Ze can be transferred, after Li Zifeng became the chief disciple, Ouyang Ze sent two shadow guards to follow Li Zifeng to secretly protect and assist in handling secret matters according to the rules. As his name suggests, the Shadow Guard acts like a shadow on weekdays, with no name, only a code name, and his code name is 'Drifting Cloud'.

Li Zifeng's eyes were sharp, and he said in a deep voice, "It's really getting more and more unruly, if you forget what I taught before, I don't mind letting you learn from scratch!"

"The subordinates are guilty, please punish the son. ”

"You belong to the Shadow Guard, and I have no right to punish myself. Li Zifeng frowned, and said in a low voice, "This is the end of this beforehand, your task now is to help me check someone." ”

Piaoyun understood, walked two steps to Li Zifeng, Li Zifeng said a name close to his ear, Piaoyun received the order, and respectfully bowed to his subordinates, "Don't worry, Childe." ”

Li Zifeng waved his hand, and Piaoyun cleaned up the ground and quietly retreated.

His eyes were sore, his mind was heavy, Li Zifeng slowly closed his eyes on the soft pillow, but he couldn't fall asleep, there was a faint sound of imperceptible footsteps in his ears, Li Zifeng opened his eyes suddenly, but he didn't even find a shadow, and laughed at himself in his heart, could it be a dream? Rubbed his temples and gradually relaxed......

Filled with smoke, Li Zifeng didn't know when he arrived at the top of a mountain cliff, familiar and unfamiliar, his feet were empty, his body slipped like a stone that had lost its support, and he could even feel the pain of the cliff wall rubbing against his body. But in an instant, I found myself at the bottom of the cliff again, and not far away, there seemed to be a person lying on the pile of rocks. It was a child, with a bloodstained face. Just as he was about to reach out and touch it, the child opened his eyes, stretched out a bloody hand and grabbed him, Li Zifeng was startled......

Overturned the round stool next to him, Li Zifeng sat up suddenly, pulled the wound again, and kept panting, Tian Kun, who was on duty outside, heard the sound and straightened the round stool that fell to the ground. Seeing that Li Zifeng was sweating profusely and his face was pale, he was slightly surprised, "Senior brother, what's wrong with you?"

Li Zifeng looked around and saw that it was still his own room, but the lamp was in the house, and the sky outside was already dark, and he wondered why he could sleep so much, even if he stayed up late or was sick before, he would never sleep from early morning to the time of the lamp, Li Zifeng frowned, "What time is it?"

"It's the end of the unitary time. ”

Li Zifeng nodded, and couldn't help but think of the dream just now, "Who came in during this period?"

"It's... The second senior brother came in to see that you were asleep, and after a while, he went out. ”

"Zining?" Li Zifeng muttered in a low voice, according to common sense, he would not be so ignorant of the rules and trespass into his room without permission, at this time, he suddenly remembered that night Xu Zining kept an eye on the movements of the sect, and after a while, Wang Zhuang was wiped out, and the disciples and guards of the Dharma Ring who were in charge of guarding the council hall that day obviously did not dare to say something... Li Zifeng's sword eyebrows tightened, and he casually lifted the quilt and got out of bed.

Tian Kun immediately stepped forward to support him, and Li Zifeng said, "Go out for a walk with me." ”

"Senior brother, it's getting late, it's cold outside, you still have injuries on your body, you can't ......" Halfway through his words, he stopped talking in a daze, he secretly scolded himself for not understanding the rules, how could a lowly acolyte disciple have the right to influence the actions of the chief disciple.

Li Zifeng smiled indifferently, "It's okay, it's really boring to stay in bed all day." ”

The candle flame was dim, and the air was filled with the smell of dampness, and Li Zifeng, accompanied by Tian Kun, slowly stepped on the slightly slippery stone steps and meandered down.

The two guards in charge of guarding the dungeon didn't expect Li Zifeng to come over at dinner, so they hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and got up to greet them, saluting respectfully, with deep guilt in their eyes, "The eldest prince, it was the subordinates who were negligent for a while and made you suffer." ”

Li Zifeng did not let them be exempted, but walked to the wooden table, picked up a bowl casually, looked at the remaining food inside, and said with a smile, "It's just the pain of flesh and skin, and the pain will pass." But if there is any consequence of your deception, it will be too late to regret it. For example..."Li Zifeng slammed the bowl on the table, "Die in your sleep!"

The two guards hurriedly knelt on the ground, sincerely afraid, "What did Childe say, his subordinates don't..."

"I don't understand, do you?" Li Zifeng's slender fingers tapped on the wooden table intentionally or unintentionally, and said coldly, "Since I was able to protect you from punishment in the council hall that day, I can also overlook you and deal with you according to the rules now." You are all the guards of the Elder of the Law Ring, and his old man's methods, I think, you should know better than me!"

The two of them trembled obviously, but they hesitated for a moment, and then quickly leaned down again, "Childe, the subordinates really have nothing to hide. ”

Li Zifeng sighed heavily, his cold gaze flashed, and he instructed Tian Kun, "Go and inform the Fajie Elder......

One of the guards walked on his knees, "The second son came that night." ”

Li Zifeng raised his eyebrows and waved his hand to stop Tian Kun's footsteps that were about to walk out.

"Xu Zining?"

"Yes. The guard nodded, and continued, "I said that I came to the dungeon on your orders to check on the situation. Can... But the subordinates could see that the eyes of the second son looking at Wang Zhuang were full of hatred and murderous intent......"

Li Zifeng listened, frowning, "Go on." ”

Reading Qin Garden, the courtyard gate is locked, the wall is dusty, the plaque above the courtyard gate is also crumbling, it seems that the next moment is about to fall, it seems that this place is uninhabited all the year round, a figure stands silently in front of the courtyard gate, about a stick of incense after the effort, gradually disappearing into the darkness.

Tian Kun followed Li Zifeng and walked hurriedly, the pace was so fast that he could barely keep up, and he even began to suspect that Li Zifeng's staff injury was all healed in just two days, and when he was distracted, the person who was originally walking in front of him had already left a few steps away, and he hurriedly followed, "Senior brother, you go slowly, pay attention to the injuries on your body." ”

Li Zifeng stopped his steps suddenly, Tian Kun didn't pay attention, he almost bumped into it, and was about to open his mouth to plead guilty, but was interrupted by Li Zifeng, "Don't follow me, you go to Luhua Pavilion now and help me ask Uncle Lu for some antidote pills." ”

"Antidote pills?" Tian Kun couldn't help but wonder after hearing this, there are many antidote pills, and there are many antidote pills, according to different toxicity, the right medicine is prescribed, "Senior brother, this is ......"

Li Zifeng smiled indifferently, "If you go, Uncle Shi will understand." ”

"Yes. Be careful yourself. Tian Kun nodded in response, handed the lantern in his hand to Li Zifeng, and went straight to Luhua Pavilion.