Hu Li is Zhu Xing's bodyguard, responsible for Zhu Xing's safety, almost never leaving, Hu Li is very loyal, and his vigilance is also high, and what Zhu Xing touches, including food, daily necessities, clothes, quilts, beds, etc., he has to test in advance, just in case.

At this time, it has passed the second watch, the spring night is a little cold, Chunxue Garden is Ouyang Ze's carefully selected place to stay for Zhu Xing, the spacious and exquisite room has a fire early, and the heat spreads to all corners, warm and comfortable. Li Zifeng and Hu Li were cleaning up the satin bedding on the soft collapse.

Every time he finishes tidying up, Hu Li has to re-check, although Li Zifeng is dissatisfied, he is still polite and polite on his face, he understands when to speak and when not to speak. At this time, Zhu Xing, who seemed to be turning the pages of the book, was secretly observing Li Zifeng's behavior, and would smile with satisfaction from time to time.

After cleaning up, Li Zifeng withdrew from the room and went to the door to be on duty, he thought for a long time, waved his hand in the courtyard, and Zhou Ping, the leader of the secret guards, appeared with two secret guards, and saluted, "The eldest prince." ”

Li Zifeng's eyebrows deepened, and there seemed to be a faint heat between his breaths, "It's all deployed?"

Zhou Ping still maintained a saluting posture and replied, "Yes." The eldest prince can rest assured that his subordinates have dispatched strong and strict secret guards, and they are secretly deployed in all corners inside and outside the courtyard, and everything is in order. ”

"That's fine. Li Zifeng's expression was awe-inspiring, and his tone was extremely heavy, "If anything goes wrong, don't say that you and I are not in danger, and it will even bring ruin to the entire sect!"

Zhou Ping knelt on one knee with two secret guards, "Gongzi is relieved, tonight's subordinates are fighting for their lives to protect Chunxue Garden." ”

Li Zifeng replied with the same salute, "Thank you." ”

Zhou Ping looked up and saw Li Zifeng also kneeling in front of him, with a hint of pleading under his solemn face, and instantly understood the weight of the task of guarding this night, he calmly helped each other to get up, "The eldest prince doesn't have to be like this." ”

The half-moon hung obliquely in the cold sky, exuding a bleak silver light, and the sound of 'cooing' pigeons hovered over Hongyuan Villa, which looked very strange in the silent night, echoing in the night sky and making people's hairs stand on end, and they couldn't help but shiver.

At this time, Li Quan, a housekeeper dressed in a black robe, arranged the affairs of the village for the day, and after looking at the sky, he quickly walked to a hidden corner while the people were unprepared, and met a man with a black hat, and the black veil hanging from the hat haze-covered his entire cheek.

Li Quan lowered his voice, "It's really not safe for the Dharma Protector to see me at this time. ”

"Oh, is Steward Li talking about his own safety?" the man with the hat made a rough voice, but it was not difficult to hear that it was a woman's voice.

Li Quan raised his hand and rubbed the corners of his eyes covered with crow's feet, and said with a sneer, "Why did the Cold Rain Protector say this? I am not safe, I have already worked for you, you can see it in your eyes!"

The hazy black veil hanging from the cold rain hat could not hide the chill emanating from his eyes, the corners of his mouth hooked a beautiful arc, and his voice was still hoarse, "Okay, you and we are grasshoppers on the same rope, and it is useless for us to quarrel here, I am here to convey the instructions of the Lord." As he spoke, he took out a note from his sleeve and handed it to Li Quan.

Li Quan took the note, and four words appeared on the note, 'Check Li Zifeng', Li Quan obviously looked a little surprised, "The Lord is confused? Who is he Li Zifeng? Can we check it if we say it?"

Leng Yu sneered and said something that seemed inconsistent, "The Lord is far-sighted, and has always believed that if you live to see people and die, you will see corpses, if you don't check, someone will check, and at that time, I'm afraid that the entire mountain villa won't be able to eat and walk around." ”

Li Quan suspected for a while that there was something wrong with his ears, Li Zifeng was alive and well, so he stayed in the Hengshan faction safely, how could he live to see people die or see corpses? Surprised, he was about to ask, but after Leng Yu left the sentence 'ponder for himself', he disappeared without a trace, leaving only a gust of wind blowing across his cheeks.

Li Quan patted the clothes on his body, tried to make himself look normal, turned around and walked in the direction of his residence, but before he took two steps, he was stunned and dragged away by a man in black.

When Li Quan woke up again, he was already in a spacious room, the candles flickered, and the flames crackled, emitting a dim light. Li Quan struggled to sit up, only then did he find that his hands were tied behind his back, and when he looked up, the mastermind who kidnapped him was none other than Li Shijie, the young owner of Hongyuan Villa, and his entourage Minghe.

Li Shijie squatted down and looked at Li Quan playfully, "Uncle Quan has been very busy lately?"

Li Quan's eyes widened, "Young farmer, but what did the old slave do wrong to make you unhappy? If there is a mistake, I hope that the young farmer will make it clear that the old slave will admit to punishment and punishment, but there is no need to use this method!"

Li Shijie put away his playful smile, and his face suddenly became cold, "Uncle Quan, I remember that you have served by my father's side for many years, and I can turn a blind eye to the things you did behind your back." But tonight, just now, what did you do, or what are you going to do, you don't need me to remind you, do you?"

Li Quan dodged Li Shijie's compelling gaze weakly, and his tongue began to knot, "Less... What did the young owner say, the old slave... I don't understand. ”

"Don't understand, it's good!" Li Shijiesen smiled coldly, stood up and dusted his hands, and looked at Minghe on the side, "Minghe, this kind of stuff that eats inside and outside will be dealt with quietly! ”

Minghe smiled slyly, "Okay, young master, look at it!" said as he squatted down, his palm riveted his strength, and covered Li Quan's neck.

Li Quan couldn't dodge and was strangled to death, but he didn't dodge anymore at the moment, his eyes were full of threat, and he looked straight at Li Shijie, "If the young farmer feels that the old slave has done something wrong, just do it! If the old slave sees the owner alive, I'm afraid I can't help but look back at what happened tonight." ”

Li Shijie laughed angrily, not only waved his hand to retreat Ming He, but also personally untied the rope for him, "Uncle Quan, I can let you go now, you go to your father's to report tonight's incident, I will also go to my father's to tell everything that happened just now, who do you think his old man will believe?"

Li Quan trembled all over, only then did he understand his status, let himself gain power in the village again, after all, he was only a subordinate, how could a subordinate compete with the young village owner? After thinking about it, he slowed down his tone and said, "What does the young village master command?"

"I can't talk about orders, I just hope that Uncle Quan can see the situation clearly. ”

"What do you mean?"

Li Shijie sneered, "The Hengshan faction is full of power, and Li Zifeng is by no means an idle person, let alone a villa steward who can move, once stealing chickens does not become a counter-erosion of rice, Uncle Quan thinks, who will be unlucky in the end? And my father will be thrown out as a chess piece in order to keep the entire villa?"

Li Quan was taken aback, like a slap in the face!

Li Shijie took advantage of the victory to pursue and said slowly, "The stakes in this, Uncle Quan might as well think about it." ”

Li Quan looked at Li Shijie and frowned, "Even if the old slave doesn't do it, someone will do it." ”

"This Uncle Quan doesn't have to worry about it, I have my own way. As long as you do what I tell you today, I don't know what I should do about what has just happened. How?"

Li Quan smiled bitterly, "The old slave obeys the orders of the young master. ”

Li Shijie smiled, and told Minghe to send Li Quan back to the room to rest, and when the room was quiet enough that only the sound of his own breathing remained, Li Shijie sat down on the round stool softly, his eyes were unconsciously sour, and his mind was full of Li Zifeng's shadow. After all, it gradually overlapped with what his brother looked like when he was a child.

No matter how much I miss him, how much I want to hear him call 'brother' again. But Hongyuan Villa and the Hengshan faction have already gone to the other side, he doesn't want to embarrass him, and he doesn't allow anyone to hurt him, no one can!

"Young Master!"

After Minghe sent Li Quan off, he turned back to Li Shijie's room, Li Shijie came back to his senses, put away the mist from his eyes, and covered it with a layer of cold killing intent again, "That crazy woman who lives in Qingyuan, crazy and crazy, talking nonsense all day long, don't say anything that shouldn't be said." Find a chance, do it!"

Minghe didn't understand his master's mind for a while, and he didn't know why he wanted to kill the crazy daughter who had no grievances with him, but after all, Minghe had followed Li Shijie for many years, and knew what to ask and what not to ask, and what his master did must have his reason, thinking about this, he responded, "Don't worry, young master, your subordinates understand." ”

Hengshan School • Spring Snow Garden

In the dead of night, Li Zifeng was dressed in a black suit, holding the Qingying Sword in his right hand, standing straight in front of the door of Zhu Xing's room, observing the wind and grass in the courtyard at any time. In his impression, he seemed to be rarely on night duty, even if he was only Ouyang Ze's attendant disciple at first, Ouyang Ze would reduce the number of times he was on night duty again and again because of selfishness. Until he officially became Ouyang Ze's personal disciple, he was completely exempted from night duty.

Now that he was ordered to personally take charge of Zhu Xing's diet, daily life and safety, he was naturally automatically put into the list of night duty, and at this moment, the cold wind was blowing, looking at the cold moonlight sprinkled by the moon.

In the afternoon, I heard Zhu Xing mention that he had to go from the fear and uneasiness when he fell off the cliff eleven years ago and began to secretly investigate Hongyuan Villa, to now gradually become calm, calmly ready to wait and see the development of the situation, calmly think about a person, a person who is both familiar and strange, warm and estranged, and finally, Li Shijie's appearance flashed in his mind...

Just when he thought he was going to endure the night, the door behind him squeaked open, Li Zifeng quickly turned around, and saw Zhu Xing simply standing in front of him with his coat on, Li Zifeng hurriedly saluted, "I wish the owner of the village." ”

Zhu Xing smiled kindly, "Zifeng! Oh, I can't sleep left or right, why don't you come in and chat with me!"

When Zhu Xing deliberately hid and almost announced that 'I' was clearly heard, Li Zifeng completely confirmed the identity of the distinguished guest, his expression was awe-inspiring, he took two steps back, and still maintained a bowing posture, "Zifeng doesn't dare, this... It's also not in order. ”

Zhu Xing was amused by Li Zifeng's restraint for a while, "It's okay, if your master asks tomorrow, I will explain, come in!" After that, before Li Zifeng could respond, he turned around and went back to the house.