Autumn nights are cool. Li Shijie sat tiredly in front of the bookcase, supported his head with his left hand and supported the table, holding a pen with his right hand, writing down a line of words, but in the end he was thrown to the corner next to him, at this time, the flame on the table shook slightly, Li Shijie looked dignified, and found the black shadow hidden behind the screen in a blink of an eye.

Li Shijie frowned, picked up the ruler and slashed at the figure, "It's getting more and more unruly." ”

Without the sound of the ruler landing, the floating shadow slowly walked out from behind, and put the ruler back on the table steadily, Li Shijie glanced at him coldly, "If you have something to say, just get out if you have nothing to do!"

Fuying was not angry with Li Shijie's attitude, but silently picked up the paper ball he threw on the ground and re-unfolded it, only to see that it was densely written with irrelevant content, and it was thrown aside again, the corners of his mouth hooked up with an evil smile, and he said faintly, "I've already arranged it for you over there." You'll be on your way to Yancheng in a few days to prepare for your next move. Rest assured, this time I have strictly ordered them not to kill. ”

Li Shijie's face changed slightly, and he threw the pen in his hand irritably, and the remaining juice stains on the tip of the brush splashed on the white paper, staining pieces of ink, "What are you arranging? Are you so anxious to let me die?"

The floating shadow picked up the brush and played with the tip of the brush leisurely, "The young farmer won't forget the owner's order, right? This mission has been delayed for a few days, and you should be glad to have so much time to prepare." As he spoke, he put a free hand on Li Shijie's shoulder, "Okay! Don't be willful, listen to the owner's words carefully, and be careful of ending up like your poor brother." ”

Li Shijie's eyes suddenly became sharp, like a knife approaching the floating shadow, just raising his hand, the cold fingers were already strangled the floating shadow's neck, "You dare to mention it again! Believe it or not, I will break your neck?!"

The floating shadow's face gradually turned crimson, and it was a little difficult to breathe, but he couldn't break free of Li Shijie's hand, he understood that as long as Li Shijie was willing, his neck would be broken in two immediately, and when the atmosphere was stagnant, Li Muyang's scolding voice came, "What to do? Do you want to turn the sky upside down?!"

Li Shijie retracted his murderous aura, the floating shadow rubbed his neck and coughed a few times, Li Muyang waved his hand, and the floating shadow disappeared into invisibility like a shadow. 'Slap!', the sound of slapping on his cheeks was particularly harsh in the quiet study, Li Shijie was caught off guard, took two steps back, barely held on to the table so that he didn't fall, and looked at Li Muyang steadily, his eyes were cold.

Li Muyang blew his beard and glared, "There is no appearance of a young owner, he was sent to you by me, you have murderous intent against him, don't you have murderous intent towards me?!"

Li Shijie was noncommittal, and his voice did not carry any emotion, "He has seriously disturbed my mind now, lest it affect the next task, I just want to teach him a lesson." He didn't want to take his life. Besides, in order to achieve the end by unscrupulous means, even at the expense of the lives of one's own family, this is what you have taught, and children dare not forget. ”

Li Muyang seemed to be smiling, but seemed to approve, "Yes, like my Li Muyang's son." For the father's unfulfilled wish back then, the next thing is up to you. Li Muyang paused, "Of course... I hope you come back alive. ”

Li Shijie met the eyes of the person in front of him without the slightest warmth, and there was no longer any hope.

"Uncle, eldest brother, what are you doing?

This woman is wearing a long blue dress, the skirt is delicately embroidered with white plum blossoms, the white jade belt is tied around the waist, part of the black hair is simply tied on the top of the head, only the plum blossom headdress is simply dressed, the rest is scattered behind her, the plum earrings are hung at the earlobes, and the face is slightly powdered, which looks fresh and elegant.

She is Li Shijie's cousin, Li Muyang's niece Su Kexin, and is seventeen years old. Since his parents died when he was a child, he was taken to Hongyuan Villa by Li Muyang to raise him, because he was well-behaved, smart and sensible, and was the only daughter of his sister, so he was deeply loved by Li Muyang.

Seeing Su Kexin coming, Li Muyang couldn't let out even if he was angry, and said softly, "Kexin! persuade your eldest cousin, he has been a little unstable recently, and if he continues like this, I am afraid that it will affect the family business." Li Muyang pretended to hate iron but not steel, and walked out of the door with a sigh.

"Cousin, I made a new sweetheart cake, this time with peach blossom petals. I brought it to you to taste. With that, he motioned for the maid to bring it over, and a plate of sweetheart cakes with a sweet smell was placed on the table. Su Kexin casually picked one up and sent it to Li Shijie's mouth, "It's said that sweets can make you feel happy, try it?"

Su Kexin is the only female relative in the family, and she has been deeply loved by Li Shijie since she was a child, and even had feelings.

Li Shijie smiled bitterly and took the sweetheart cake with flower petals, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "After tonight, I may never be able to eat the dim sum you made again." ”

"Cousin, what are you talking nonsense? It's just going out on a mission, how can you die?" Su Kexin's eyes widened.

"I... Forget it, I told you you don't understand either. "Let's just take a bite of the sweetheart cake.

"Eat slowly, beware of choking. ”

The bell rang in the morning, the autumn wind gusted, facing the faint morning light, Li Zifeng finished the morning exercise, put away the sword and returned to the sheath, and when he returned to the study, he unsurprisingly saw Xu Weixiang, Xu Weixiang leaned on the bookshelf, his hands were wrapped in front of him, and his eyes that held back a smile looked at him silently. On the round table outside, there is a food box.

"Laugh if you want to, what do you want to endure? Li Zifeng walked to the basin stand, picked up a towel and wiped his face, then walked to the table and poured a glass of white water and drank it all.

Xu Weixiang quipped, "I thought that the senior brother would lie on the bed honestly, at least read some official documents quietly in the study." ”

Li Zifeng sat on the cushion laid out in front of the round table, frowned slightly, and casually took out the steaming steamed buns and egg soup in the food box, and ate them casually, "So you came to teach me?

Xu Weixiang understood, closed the door of the study, and said softly, "There is no big movement in Anyang City, but there is a caravan of 'face sheng' from the city recently, saying that they are here to resell jade. ”

"Face Sheng?" Li Zifeng raised his eyebrows, "Face Sheng" is not unfamiliar, but not like!

"How many people are there?"

"Not many, a dozen people! But they all know the rules, not like wicked people. ”

Li Zifeng was so angry that he laughed, and stretched out his hand to pat Xu Weixiang's head, "Good people and evil people are still written on their faces, and after all these years of joining the Hengshan faction, I didn't know that you still learned to read your face?"

Li Zifeng said coldly, "I'm going to go to Weicheng today." ”

Xu Weixiang was surprised, "In such a hurry, now that the sect is unstable, there is another change in the Lingye Palace...", he listened to it halfway through his words, he knew that once Li Zifeng made a decision, he would not change it easily.

"I'll go with you. ”

"No, I don't. Li Zifeng refused without hesitation, "You stay here and guard it well, and I can take Tian Kun alone." ”

"What?" Xu Weixiang could be described as speechless with surprise at this time, Tian Kun was the lowest level of the acolyte's disciple, his martial arts were low, and in the event of an accident, he was powerless to protect the lord at all.

Li Zifeng saw through Xu Weixiang's thoughts at a glance and persuaded, "It's okay, I'm just going to Heyue Teahouse to talk to the boss about something, and I'm not going to fight and kill, what accidents can there be?"

Heyue teahouse is one of the industries of Hengshan faction, because Hengshan is rich in salt green tea, it is counted as a special product in Weicheng, Weicheng has a large area, more prosperous, and has always been a place where soldiers must fight, so the business of Heyue teahouse featuring salt green tea is prosperous. In addition, the geographical location of the teahouse is good, up to the shopkeeper, down to the guys with a clear background, kind and hospitable, so the teahouse is also listed as a branch temporarily set up in Weicheng by the Hengshan faction, which is convenient for observing the merchants who come and go.

This trip to the city was not to go there on a whim after hearing some wind and grass, but in fact, it was also to explore the true situation of the emperor's southern tour.

Xu Weixiang thought for a while, "Then at least you have to order the shadow guard to follow and protect secretly." ”

"They were sent out by me to investigate something else. It is enough for me to take Tian Kun alone. ”

Xu Weixiang made the final persuasion, "But the head still has to report it, right?"

Speaking of Ouyang Ze, Li Zifeng suddenly remembered that Wang Zhuang's death still needed an explanation, thinking of this, he frowned slightly, thinking about how to settle this matter with his master.

Li Zifeng's momentary silence seemed to Xu Weixiang to be subdued, and he even gave up the trip to Weicheng, because he really didn't worry that Li Zifeng was so risky with an injury, and he was secretly proud, only to hear Li Zifeng's voice that was not salty or light, "Master, I will say it myself." ”

Xu Weixiang opened his mouth and couldn't say anything, and put away the dishes and chopsticks casually, "Okay, it's good if you're happy." ”

"Hey... I haven't finished eating it yet!" Li Zifeng looked distressed as the last remaining bun was unceremoniously thrown back into the food box by Xu Weixiang.

At this time, the closed window was slightly swayed by the autumn wind, Li Zifeng's eyes were instantly covered with a faint coolness, and he swept over at a glance, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with an imperceptible sneer.

Shangqingyuan study, the fragrance of tea is overflowing, and the sun is warm.

Li Zifeng said that Wang Zhuang's death was a secret murder by the spies of the Lingye Palace and the thieves in the sect, and the poison also came from the Lingye Palace, his tone was calm, his expression was calm, and he couldn't find anything wrong, Ouyang Ze just hesitated for a moment, then nodded, and the matter was over.

"Master..."Li Zifeng pondered for a while, "There has been a recent change in the city side, and more than a dozen unidentified merchants have come, so the disciple wants to ......"

"So you want to go to Zhucheng to find out the situation in person?" Ouyang Ze smiled knowingly.

"Yes, by the way, solve something. ”

Ouyang Ze nodded, looked at the figures back and forth outside the door, and said casually, "It's time to solve it." The teacher will give you ten days, and after ten days, no matter whether you succeed or fail, you will give me a safe return. ”

Li Zifeng bowed and saluted, "Yes." ”

"Senior brother, this is the homework that Mo Xuan has done in the past few days. "In the inner room of the Rite Hall, Zhou Yixiang, a disciple of Sect Elder Xiang Rui, took the homework done by Mo Xuan to Li Zifeng.

I don't know why, before leaving this time, Li Zifeng suddenly wanted to come and see this child who was temporarily arrested by him and was about to be sent to Shang Qingyuan. Mo Xuan's font is neat, the pen and ink are full, and the articles written are also decent. Li Zifeng smiled with satisfaction, and then asked, "How is the basic sword technique?"

"This child is smart and transparent, can teach well, and is willing to endure hardships and work hard, and now he has practiced the fifth form. And he is skilled in swordsmanship. ”

The basic swordsmanship of the Hengshan School has a total of twelve styles, and now it has been practiced to the point of half in just a few days. Now hearing Zhou Yixiang, who is not good at boasting, say this, Li Zifeng breathed a long sigh of relief, I hope this child, he is not mistaken.

"Senior brother?" Zhou Yixiang looked at Li Zifeng's distraction, and called softly tentatively.

"Oh. Li Zifeng came back to his senses, listened to the sound of reading aloud from the outer hall, and smiled indifferently, "I was thinking, when I am free, I must personally assess him." ”

It's just that what Li Zifeng didn't expect was that the sentence 'wait for one day to be free' would take three or four months.