Chapter 69: Secret Investigation
The late autumn wind blew violently, startling the birds and insects to flee in all directions uneasily, Li Zifeng pulled out the soft sword hidden at his waist, and drew a ray of water in the dark night.
Immediately after, the dead leaves fell to the ground, Li Zifeng sat on the horse, leaned back, dodged the long sword that slashed at his throat, he held his breath and concentrated, spun his body and flew towards the tree, and then disappeared among the branches and leaves.
I saw that on the ground where he had just ridden the horse, a large shallow pit suddenly appeared, the sharp hidden weapon was densely erected upward, the horse's hooves were stung, and after the horse twitched and neighed miserably, he ran frantically to the depths of the dense forest, Li Zifeng looked at it, stroked his forehead helplessly, and said in his heart: How can the horses of Xikun Wangfu be compensated?
He touched his cheek by the way, but fortunately, Ning Shi's human skin mask was still firmly attached to his face. At this time, a cold voice sounded beside him, "What does Childe think?"
Li Zifeng sneered, looked at the source of the voice, and deliberately changed his voice and said, "Your Excellency startled my horse, I will go back in a while, I am afraid that I will not be able to explain to my prince." β
The opponent's grim laughter rippled in the dense forest, and it took a long time to stop, "Guard Ning doesn't have to worry. β
"Why?" Li Zifeng asked deliberately confused.
The opponent's eyes were full of murderous intent in the cold night, "Because you no longer have the opportunity to see your Yikun Prince again." As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a large number of killers suddenly poured out from among the branches and leaves of the trees around him.
The killers were dressed in black, their eyes were cold, and they showed their weapons. Li Zifeng seemed to be commonplace, and he was not shocked, he indifferently glanced at the eyes not far away, "The guards of the Yikun Palace's Mansion dare to intercept and kill, your family has really made a bloody investment, isn't he afraid that my prince will sue the emperor?"
"Emperor, Ning Guards are really naΓ―ve. In a few days, it is not certain who the emperor is!" The black-clothed killer smiled horrifiedly, "Guard Ning, with this satisfactory answer, let's go on the road!"
Li Zifeng was stunned, it stands to reason that the people who kidnapped the Yikun Mansion always had to ask him what he was doing, or secretly stalking him, such a blatant interception and killing could only show that Zhu Luofeng had reached the point of madness.
With an order, the killer rushed to Li Zifeng like a tide, Li Zifeng flew up, and used his body to jump easily in the forest, irregular, so that the killer had no way to start, Li Zifeng took advantage of the killer's difficulty in tracking himself, and sprinkled a handful of stones, the killer was caught off guard, and was hit again and again.
Li Zifeng suddenly flew to the middle of the killers, waved the soft sword, and flew quickly, and in only half a moment, the killers were all stabbed in the throat and fell to the ground to death, not even having time to react.
In order to prevent the flaws from being exposed, Li Zifeng deliberately made a few moves with Zhu Xingyi's bodyguard Ning Shi before leaving the palace, and hurriedly wrote down his tricks and sword skills and figure.
The leading killer seemed to be shocked by Li Zifeng's movements, and secretly sighed in his heart that Zhu Xingyi's personal guards were really not simple, seeing that his subordinates were all killed, he was angry in his heart, and with another wave of his hand, two black-clothed killers with wider bodies fell from the sky. The order he received was to kill Ning Shi, so no matter how big the effort was, he must not miss.
The two killers who appeared later had some skills, and Li Zifeng was engrossed in accepting the move, but he could only do it without suffering. The sword light and sword shadow, sparks splashed everywhere, and it was particularly dazzling in the dark night, Li Zifeng suddenly felt that his eyes were stung by the cold light, and in a distraction, the tip of the sword tore through his clothes and cut the flesh of his abdomen.
Li Zifeng slandered his abdomen, and sure enough, the killers cultivated by Hongyuan Villa were all the same as Li Shijie's tricks, specifically picking people's abdomen and intercostal areas to attack. Li Zifeng covered his wound and took two steps back.
The attack of the man in black was even more violent, and the move was close to Li Zifeng's vital point, Li Zifeng had to be passive defensive, and after a few moves, he barely repelled the attack of the man in black, but he was caught off guard and a long sword pierced into his heart, blood gushed out from the corner of Li Zifeng's mouth, and after a weak struggle, he fell to the ground on his back.
The black-clothed leader looked at the blood stains on the tip of the sword and smiled with satisfaction. One of the men in black stepped forward to inspect it, and then replied, "Chief, he's dead. β
"Good. The black-clothed leader sneered, "The guards of the Yikun Palace's palace are nothing more than that!
The killer's footsteps faded away, and Li Zifeng, who fell to the ground, suddenly opened his eyes and sat up, flying to follow.
It turned out that the long sword of the man in black just now was just stabbed into the soft cushion that Li Zifeng had cushioned in his heart, and the blood spilling from his mouth was just a mouthful of blood that he forced out by forcibly mobilizing his internal force.
Li Zifeng followed all the way and directly followed Hongyuan Villa's station 'Grace Garden' outside Wei'an City, and unsurprisingly saw that the black-clothed killer who attacked him was reporting on his 'achievements', and the object of the report was Li Muyang!
Li Zifeng was suddenly taken aback, although he had already known that Li Muyang had a problem, but he didn't expect that Li Muyang had been so bold as to openly intercept and kill the guards of the Yikun Palace, it seemed that the next step was to join forces with someone to make a fuss in the Guangfeng Temple.
After a few moments, Li Muyang put on a black cloak and left Graceland through the side door. Seeing his figure gradually disappear into the vast night, Li Zifeng didn't have time to think about it, and a flying body followed again.
Li Muyang traveled all the way, and Li Zifeng chased all the way without stopping, until the sweet smell of sore throat came out, and his physical strength was about to be exhausted, Li Muyang walked into a small farm yard, Li Zifeng probably identified the direction, this location is already very close to the foot of Shi Qingshan.
The small farm yard is the same as an ordinary farmer's house, which is simply made of stone bricks, and the farm tools are thrown aside idly, and there are crops scattered all over the yard.
In Li Zifeng's heart, he definitely didn't believe that Li Muyang came here just to experience life.
Sure enough, Li Muyang only stayed for a moment before leaving again, but what made Li Zifeng feel strange was that when Li Muyang came out, he was followed by some people in ordinary costumes.
With Li Zifeng's intuition, these seemingly ordinary people are by no means like the servants or followers of Hongyuan Villa, they walk with the wind, their vigilance is extremely high, their steps are consistent, and the murderous aura on their bodies looms. Looking at the figure, it looks like a killer organization cultivated by Bihongyuan Villa for King Qingping: Qing Pavilion!
Li Zifeng followed again, but found that they had entered Qingyuan Town at the foot of Shiqingshan and lost their traces in a wine shop at the west entrance of the town, Li Zifeng frowned.
He looked up at the sky, which was inky blue and the moon was a little lighter. Counting the time, it was less than three hours before he returned to Xing Wei's Mansion. Obviously not allowing him to act anymore, Li Zifeng hesitated for a moment, wrote down the name and location of the wine shop, and flew away!
The sky is white, the figure of the moon is getting fainter and fainter, and the faint morning light lifts the clouds and mist, sprinkling a faint light on the earth. As the city gates opened, pedestrians carried their burdens into the city to catch the market. The vendors who got up early also started their day's work. Cai's snack shop already has customers eating hot wontons or hot noodle soup.
Shang Pingrong finished eating the wontons, put down a few copper plates, said 'checkout', and got up to leave, passing by the apple stall near the snack shop, he stopped for a while, and picked apples at random, "Do you hear the movement?"
"There was no movement in the morning. The vendor shook his head, thought for a while and said, "There is another thing, that is, when I closed the stall last night, I saw Ning Shi, the guard of the Yikun Palace, leaving the city, and he hasn't come back yet. β
Shang Pingrong's brows tightened suddenly, he faintly felt that something must have happened last night, the first thing that came to his mind was Li Zifeng, and then he put down the apple and walked straight to Xing Wei's mansion.
When he arrived at Xing Weifu, his first goal was to check the cell where Li Zifeng was held, and the moment the cell door opened, he saw Li Zifeng wearing prison clothes, lying on a straw mat by the wall and sleeping peacefully.
Li Zifeng seemed to be woken up in his sleep, rubbed his sleepy eyes and sat up, looked at it in a daze for a while before reacting, and quickly stood up, "Shang Ge Ling?"
Looking at each other, Li Zifeng suddenly felt that Shang Pingrong was becoming more and more incomprehensible.
"I'm just here to see if you're still alive. Shang Pingrong raised his eyebrows, "You are a repeat offender in the imperial court, if something goes wrong with you, even our Xing Wei Mansion will have to give you a funeral." β
"As long as the daily food is non-toxic, I will not die. Li Zifeng stared at Shang Pingrong, as if he was deliberately reminding of something.
When he went out last night, he felt that the atmosphere in Guardan City and the surrounding towns was not quite right. The next step, I am afraid that I will make a move on Xing Weifu, Li Zifeng suddenly had a bold idea, but perhaps, this is also an opportunity.
Shang Pingrong read Li Zifeng's eyes, "Don't worry, as long as I live, I guarantee that you will not be poisoned." β
You guys... Li Zifeng silently breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this reply.
Shang Pingrong inadvertently found that the corners of Li Zifeng's prison clothes and the position of his heart were faintly red, and Li Zifeng turned sideways consciously, "Why are you looking at me with such eyes?"
Shang Pingrong snorted coldly, and casually threw a small medicine bottle to Li Zifeng, "I'm afraid that you will be bitten to death by a mouse." β
Li Zifeng took the medicine bottle, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, "With Lao Shangge's concern, I can still handle a few rats." β
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