The sun is setting, the twilight is deepening, the pedestrians are hurrying, wrapping their clothes tightly and going home, Xu Zining is dressed in black, avoiding many ears and eyes, shuttling through Wei'an City, to track down a person: Hengshan Sect Yitong Elder Shang Huaifeng!

Although Shang Huaifeng is the head of the elders of the Foreign Affairs Hall, it is normal to go there, but at this time, it is really a little abrupt to appear in Wei'an City, Xu Zining cooperated with Duanmu Fengxun to escort the heads out of the city, and when he came back to Ouyang Ze to return to his life, he found Shang Huaifeng's figure, he didn't think about it, so he quietly followed.

In a desolate alley in the west of Wei'an City, Shang Huaifeng stopped, as if he was waiting for someone. Xu Zining hid among the still dense trees on the edge of the courtyard wall, silently watching Shang Huaifeng's actions.

Half an hour later, a black-clothed masked man appeared and met Shang Huaifeng. Shang Huaifeng stared at the masked man, "Seeing that I still need this, I haven't seen you for a long time, but you are becoming more and more cautious." ”

"The situation in Guard City is delicate and I have to be cautious. The masked man's voice was low, "Are you alright?"

Shang Huaifeng didn't have the slightest emotional ups and downs, and said with a straight face, "Without you dangling in front of me, I'm much more leisurely." ”

If it weren't for the fact that the face of the man in black covered by the black cloth seemed to be full of embarrassment, he sighed slightly, as if he was complaining, "Since I was a child, you have never praised me. Presumably, this time, it's also for Li Zifeng, right?"

Hearing Li Zifeng's name, Xu Zining, who was hiding in the tree, immediately came to his senses, held his breath, and listened carefully.

Shang Huaifeng stared at the man in black expressionlessly for a long time, and then said, "In front of the emperor, do you also talk like this? ”

The man in black looked at the sky, he didn't have time to raise the bar with Shang Huaifeng here, so he said straight to the point, "This afternoon, the emperor summoned Li Zifeng, I don't know what they talked about, an hour later, he..."

Shang Huaifeng raised his eyebrows, "How is he?"

Also holding his breath with Shang Huaifeng was Xu Zining, and the autumn night seemed to be colder.

The man in black sighed slightly and continued, "An hour later, he was transferred to death row by the emperor's order. ”

Time seemed to stop, and the air froze, Xu Zining was dumbfounded, and then his chest rose and fell violently, forcibly controlling his trembling body, so that he did not fall from the tree, but tears were already overflowing from the corners of his eyes.

Shang Huaifeng was only slightly stunned, and then had no other reaction, he thought for a moment and said, "I have seen Li Zifeng's power with my own eyes, since he has the opportunity to face the saint, he will definitely seize the opportunity." ”

"You mean..."The man in black was slightly surprised, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly understood something, "Between him and the emperor, there was a certain ... Deal?", although it is bizarre, it is a reasonable explanation.

Shang Huaifeng was noncommittal, just turned his back silently, and the man in black asked tentatively, "You want to leave?"

Shang Huaifeng shook his head, "Since you have come to this Wei'an City, you naturally have to stay for a few more days." ”

"That..."The man in black opened his mouth and said with a deep breath, "Dad, take care, my son will go back first." ”

Shang Huaifeng sighed, "Take care of Li Zifeng..."Halfway through the words, Shang Huaifeng realized what the man in black called himself just now, he couldn't remember how long he hadn't heard him call himself, the estrangement and contradictions between the two for many years seemed to be slowly dissolved with this title, and his eyes couldn't help but pantothenic acid when he thought of this, "Let's go back first!"

The man in black nodded in response, bowed his hand slightly, and prepared to leave, but after walking two steps, he was stopped by Shang Huaifeng again, "If you can call me a few more times in the future, my father can consider praising you a few words." ”

The man in black was stunned, two lines of tears flowed down the corners of his eyes, melted into the masked cloth, he looked back again, and left without hesitation, Shang Huaifeng turned to look at his back again, and sighed heavily.

Xu Zining was only immersed in the news that Li Zifeng was taken to death row, what the two of them said later, he only listened to a rough idea, he looked at Shang Huaifeng who was standing in place, and remembered Li Zifeng's situation, and couldn't help but pinch off the branches.

The subtle sound of pinching the branches did not escape Shang Huaifeng's ears, Xu Zining also realized that he was out of shape, and hurriedly dodged and hid elsewhere, Shang Huaifeng chased after him At this time, he saw a wild cat spinning under the tree, and he was relieved.

Xu Zining returned to the Hengxiang Inn where he was staying, replied to Ouyang Ze, and also told Shang Huaifeng about meeting the man in black secretly, but he only missed the fact that Li Zifeng was transferred to death row and imprisoned, not that he forgot it, but that he didn't want to mention such heavy news in front of Ouyang Ze.

After Ouyang Ze heard this, he was silent for a long time, then swallowed a cup of bitter tea, forcibly held back the soreness in his eyes, and said with a wry smile, "Seeing the emperor, I'm afraid Zifeng has been transferred to death row, right?"

Xu Zining was stunned for a moment, and was about to explain what Shang Huaifeng had speculated, when he was interrupted by Ouyang Ze waving his hand, Ouyang Ze stared at the candlestick flame on the candlestick for a long time, and an inexplicable smile appeared on his face, "The emperor plays a good chess hand." ”

The emperor is suspicious by nature, and the Hengshan faction has a strong command of martial arts, and his power is growing day by day. But there was a mole. With the accident in the Prime Minister's Mansion, everything behind the Prime Minister's Mansion must be investigated, and the exchanges between the Hengshan faction and the Prime Minister's Mansion were openly placed in front of the emperor.

Li Zifeng is not only the second son of Hongyuan Villa, but also the chief disciple of the Hengshan faction, and holding Li Zifeng as a hostage can better control many forces. Ouyang Ze suddenly regretted a little, regretting why he was so obsessed with Li Zifeng's life experience in the first place, not only was the relationship between master and apprentice damaged in the past, but also was pinched in his hands as a weakness.

Ouyang Ze sighed heavily, "After all, it was Zifeng who was burdened by the teacher." ”

Ouyang Ze decided that no matter what, he had to go to Xing Wei's Mansion to meet Li Zifeng.

Here, Ouyang Ze was only thinking about how to meet Li Zifeng, but Li Zifeng, who was imprisoned on death row in Xing Wei Mansion, was thinking about how to get out of relationship with Ouyang Ze, it didn't matter who he was, as long as he was not Ouyang Ze's apprentice or the chief disciple of the Hengshan faction, then there was nothing else to control Ouyang Ze. But he ignored Ouyang Ze's feelings and guilt for him, even if he was nothing, Ouyang Ze would never give up on him.

At this time, the door of the cell opened, and Shang Pingrong, the pavilion leader, came in with dinner, Li Zifeng sat at the wooden table and watched quietly. ”

Li Zifeng smiled, "I'm just a death row prisoner now, and I'm flattered to bother you, the pavilion leader, to deliver the food personally." Li Zifeng unceremoniously picked up the bamboo chopsticks and ate two bites, just talking too much, chewing two more mouthfuls of vegetables, involving the wound on his face, Li Zifeng frowned slightly, and coughed twice.

"This is what the Pavilion leader of Xing Wei's Mansion must do every day, to deliver food to death row prisoners. Shang Ping looked at Li Zifeng expressionlessly, Li Zifeng's overall mental state was fine, but the scars on both cheeks were a little terrifying.

"I don't know how to talk back, I don't mind using Xing Weifu's torture staff to teach you. Shang Pingrong frowned, and said coldly, his tone was full of threats, as if he was going to beat someone in the next moment.

"Why should Shang Ge Ling embarrass a death row prisoner?" Li Zifeng didn't seem to mind being threatened like this by Shang Pingrong.

Shang Pingrong stared at Li Zifeng with deep eyes, and said coldly, "I advise Li Gongzi, don't have abnormal thoughts, otherwise the first one to be affected by you is Ouyang Ze." ”

Li Zifeng's gaze staring at Shang Pingrong was also covered with a chill, "The last thing I, Li Zifeng, am afraid of, is threats." ”

"Good. Shang Pingrong smiled and said, "Then we can try it, how Ouyang Ze is going to talk to Master Zhu in Zhujiazhuang for a while, Li Gongzi?"

Li Zifeng's eyes suddenly tightened.

Shang Pingrong looked at Li Zifeng, as if he had won, and said with a deep smile, "Li Gongzi use it slowly, and when you finish dinner later, just send the plate and chopsticks out through the gap in the wall, and you won't be accompanied by it." ”

Shang Pingrong said, deliberately pointed to the gap next to the wall, and before Li Zifeng could come back to his senses, he turned around and left, leaving only the sound of chains locking the cell door.

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