[The seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, the second day of the fourth month, the unitary time, the southern suburbs of Chang'an, Xianghu]

After Xu Ke jumped into the lake, Li Yi and Yiqing could only sit by the lake and wait.

The two of them chose a dense grassy slope and sat down, and chatted casually before the flowers and plants were fragrant under the warm spring sun.

Before, Li Yi had already talked to Yi Qing about Xu Ke's early dynasty yesterday. At this time, there was nothing to do, and Yiqing asked Li Yi, why did the sick wood argue with the Son of Heaven in the Hanyuan Palace? Why did the Son of Heaven limit the sick wood to catch the cat demon in three days, otherwise, he would have to "take his post and go to prison"?

So, Li Yi told Yiqing how Xu Ke knew the truth about the murder of King Han, and how he did not hesitate to disobey the holy will of the Son of Heaven in order to rescue all the criminals in Mingyue and Cuiyun Tower, and even King Han opened a brothel without permission.

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On the first day of the fourth month, Li Yi knew that he could not change his father's decision, so he did not go to the court.

Of course, Li Yiping acted more idly than his father. For the early dynasty of Daqian, he wanted to go up, and if he didn't go up, he wouldn't go up, and two of the three early dynasties were not in the prince's train.

Naturally, even the Son of Heaven did not blame King Zhao's habit of going to court by temperament, and the rest of the courtiers did not dare to say much.

However, after yesterday's morning, although others were in the palace, they remembered the entrustment of their junior brother in their hearts, so they ordered the chief manager Ma Yun to go out to inquire, what happened to King Han's case?

Only an hour later, Ma Yun returned to the palace and reported to Li Yi in detail about the early dynasty of Hanyuan Palace. After Li Yi knew that all the prisoners in Cuiyun Tower had been pardoned by his father, his heart couldn't help but feel relieved, and then he heard that his father had only given his junior brother a three-day demon hunting period, and his heart tightened again.

Catching the cat demon was originally within his Li Yi's responsibility, how the crime of dereliction of duty fell on the head of his junior brother!

Li Yi has acted all his life, although he is idle and uninhibited, but he has always been above board, at this time, he heard that his junior brother actually "carried the black cauldron" for him, how could he bear it in his heart?

That night, after Li Yi had dinner, he was going to enter the palace for an audience. Unexpectedly, he came to the Danfeng Gate of Daming Palace, and happened to meet the fourth brother Li Zhen walking out of the palace gate.

As soon as Li Zhen saw his third brother, he immediately knew Li Yi's intention, he hurriedly shook his head and pulled his third brother back.

The two brothers left the Daming Palace and simply came to the Zhao Palace.

After explaining to his third brother what he had done tonight, Li Zhen told his third brother that at this time, he should not fight with his father again.

Li Yi also heard the voice of the fourth brother, his father is angry, at this time, you are fighting with your father, in addition to being boring for yourself, it is useless for Xu Ke's matter!

At that time, Li Yi asked, three days later, if you can't catch the cat demon without illness, what should you do?

Li Zhen waved his hand and said, before and after the murder of the sixth brother, his father knew better than anyone else that his father was just angry today, and after three days, even if he really couldn't catch the cat demon without illness, at most, he would go to the edict for a few days, and his father would not do anything to him.

Of course, if you can catch the cat demon within these three days, that's the best!

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After Li Yi personally escorted Li Zhen back to the Wei Palace, he had been thinking about the cat demon in his heart.

He returned to Zhao Wangfu, and after sleeping in a hurry, he came to Meixuezhai in the south of the city early this morning.

Li Yi carefully asked Yiqing how the four of them went to Jinding Mountain to find demons that day, and then he also talked about his experience of going to Xianghu with his junior brother the day before yesterday. The two sat together and discussed for a long time, and then simply decided to go to Xuandu to view the line!

They hurried to the Xuandu Temple, but the Taoist on duty told them that the Guanzhu was not there, and they didn't know where they went.

There was no way, after Li Yi and Yiqing had lunch, they decided to go to Jinding Mountain again.

In the vast sea of people, they really don't know where the cat demon is hiding, however, according to the current information, there is only the clue of Jinding Mountain.

The Son of Heaven only gave Xu Ke a three-day deadline, and now, one day has passed, and Li Yi's mood at the moment is even more anxious than Xu Ke!

Because at this moment, he really has no other way to help his junior brother get rid of the cat demon except to help his junior brother catch the cat demon.

Along the way, Li Yi roughly told Yiqing about Xu Ke's big trouble in Hanyuan Hall yesterday morning, Yiqing listened with great interest, and then heard that three days after the emperor, if he couldn't see the cat demon, he would take the "sick wood" and go to prison, and she couldn't help but worry in her heart.

Therefore, after Li Yi and Yiqing hurriedly finished lunch, they immediately came to Tsing Yiwei in person, and pulled him out without waiting to talk to Xu Ke in detail.

According to Li Yi's opinion, all the places around Jinding Mountain that should be investigated have been checked, but only the bottom of Xianghu Lake is very suspicious. It is unconscionable that the bottom of a lake can be so deep just because it is so small.

Originally, Li Yi wanted to tie a stone down by himself, but he couldn't help Yiqing and Xu Ke to persuade him again and again, and saw that Xu Ke actually knew how to hold his breath, and at that moment, he had to watch Xu Ke jump into the bottom of the lake......

After Yiqing heard Li Yizai carefully explain the causes and consequences of Han Wang's case, she didn't say anything, but the first sentence was to ask: Read the book for a long time

"Brother Li, that Mingyue girl, she looks very good, right?"

"This ......" Li Yi touched his smooth chin, the stubble that was originally there had been cleaned up by him, and he couldn't help but be surprised by Yiqing's question.

"How does Mingyue look, I haven't seen it, you have to ask your junior brother!" Li Yi said with a slightly embarrassed expression.

"Hmph, in my opinion, if this Mingyue girl is not good-looking, the sick wood will not be so concerned! I heard that she is still a top brand?" Yiqing asked again.

Li Yi really didn't expect that he had told a lot of facts about the case before and after, and Yiqing was only interested in Mingyue, but at this time, he had to reluctantly reply:

"Seems to be!"

"Good you sick wood!" Yi Qing looked at the surface of the lake and said angrily:

"There is already a beautiful fox demon in the family, and there is a beautiful and unparalleled eldest lady in the Tianbao Pavilion, and she is not satisfied!

"Senior sister, it's not right for you to say this, junior brother just can't see these people innocently dying, so he is trying to save them, what does this have to do with whether Mingyue is the top brand, whether she looks good or not, what does it matter?"

"Brother Li, didn't you say that after the sick wood went down to the court, he was the first to go to the Dharma field and personally saved Mingyue from the executioner's hands? If he didn't think about the other party in his heart, why would he be so anxious?"

"This ......"

Li Yixin said, where is this! However, he looked at Yiqing with an indignant look on his face at this time, and he really didn't want to argue with her about what Xu Ke was saving people, so he had to choose to be silent.

"Senior sister...... Li Yi changed his words and opened the topic:

"It's really ashamed to say that! The Cuiyunlou case implicated nearly 200 people, and almost killed so many innocent people, but I couldn't help it at all!"

"Brother Li......" Yiqing hurriedly comforted:

"Didn't you also contribute? You still entered the palace late at night and fought with your father and emperor for half the night! You have done your best to save these people!"

Unexpectedly, Yiqing was not comforted, but this comfort made Li Yi smile bitterly, and he was ashamed to say:

"I argued with my father for half a night, but to no avail! In the end, it was my fourth brother's words that really saved the more than 150 lives!"

Li Yi looked up to the sky again and sighed:

"Alas! I, Li Yikong, have a martial arts, and in terms of mental and cunning, I really sent my fourth brother far away! It is ridiculous that I was busy back and forth, begging hard late at night, but my father was not moved at all, and the fourth brother just said a word in front of the palace, so he hit the nail on the head, and ordered my father to change his mind when the palace was in power! It seems that ...... In terms of calmness in dealing with things, thorough discernment of things, and decisiveness in action, no one can surpass the right of my fourth brother! In the future, if I hand over to my fourth brother, I can rest assured......

Yiqing sat on the side, listening as if she didn't understand, and she didn't ask much.

Time passed quickly, and before I knew it, it was already unitary time, and the rising sun overhead, at some point, had quietly slipped to the other side of the mountain.

Seeing that Xu Ke had been in the water for two hours and had not yet returned to the lake, Yiqing and Li Yi couldn't help but worry again.

The two got up and walked around the lakeside, Li Yi saw that the sun was about to set, and he was so anxious that he took off his clothes on the spot and jumped into the water!

Suddenly, there was a large splash on the surface of the lake, and a golden figure jumped out of the water and jumped between the two, and that person was Xu Ke!

"Sick wood, you're finally back!" Yiqing said with a happy face when he saw the golden figure.

"No disease, ...... are you?"

Li Yi looked at Xu Ke, only to see that he was dressed at this time, but it was very different from when he went into the water, in addition to his blue-robed official uniform, he actually put on a shining gold armor, and couldn't help but be curious, so he asked.

Xu Ke shook off the water trails on his body, and then replied:

"Senior brother, I found this armor in a cave at the bottom of the lake, and it also has a name, called 'Chain Gold Armor'!"

"Chain Golden Armor, this is a three-star treasure!How did you find it?" Li Yi asked even more curiously.

Xu Ke took off the golden armor on his body, handed it into Li Yi's hand, and said with a smile:

"It's in the cave!"

Yiqing behind him also said strangely:

"Sick wood, you say there is a cave at the bottom of the lake? How can there be a cave at the bottom of the lake, is it that the hole is filled with water?"