Li Zifeng and his entourage arrived at the outskirts of Qingyuan Town the next day, because it was close to the day of royal blessings, the number of officers and soldiers patrolling inside and outside Qingyuan Town suddenly increased, and the uneasiness in Li Zifeng's heart floated again.

All the shadow guards were hidden in the figures of the passers-by, closely observing the spies of the Lingye Palace, Li Zifeng took Xu Zining and Xu Weixiang to drink tea in an inconspicuous tea shed outside the town, taking the opportunity to observe the surrounding situation.

Everything looks very calm, passers-by come and go, there are talking and laughing in groups of threes and twos, officers and soldiers routinely check, everything is going on in an orderly manner, it's just... Li Zifeng rubbed his frowning brows and pondered for a moment, what was wrong?

Xu Zining took out the topographic map centered on Qingyuan Town, a mile away is Shi Qingshan, Zhiyuan, Shi Qingshan, Qingyuan Town, Xu Zining muttered in a low voice, and finally dropped his finger on the center of the circle of the three, "That deserted courtyard is probably in this location, the surrounding terrain is complicated, and it is very easy to set up ambushes." ”

At this time, the clouds and rain that had been secretly investigating at the foot of Shi Qingshan sent back the news, except for the officers and soldiers who were patrolling normally, Shi Qingshan suddenly became quiet, and King Qingping and Hongyuan Villa did not make any moves

Yi Hao also came with the news that they had found a large number of secret posts in the Lingye Palace outside the deserted courtyard.

"It's better for us to outflank us and ...... from the outside in" Xu Weixiang took a sip of tea, he was hearty and rude, and his thinking about the problem was much simpler, although there were more killers in the Lingye Palace guarded, but he always thought it was an ordinary rescue operation. He didn't understand why Li Zifeng thought so complicated.

"After so many years by my side, it's still as simple as thinking about the problem. Li Zifeng put away the terrain, drank several cups of tea in a big gulp, and looked up at the sky again, "Wait..."

The sunset rose and burned half of the sky red, and the shops and shops in Wei'an City that were still making a living had also turned on their lights.

The imperial garden, which is separated by the palace wall, is very intoxicated by the golden red light, and some palace maids who clean up the flowers and plants occasionally look up to see the rare sunset.

In the imperial study, the lights are bright, the fragrance of tea is overflowing, and Zhu Xingzhan seems to have endless twists and turns.

After a stick of incense, Xu Xiangkun was able to return to the situation of reviewing Wan Ziyu in the past few days, and what he said this time was relatively neutral, and he no longer dared to hide it in the slightest. After hearing this, Zhu Xingzhan only responded lightly, "Got it." ”

When Xu Xiangkun was thinking about how to reply, Hu Li, the imperial guard, asked to see him. After getting the answer, Hu Li walked in in a hurry, and when he saw that Xu Xiangkun was also there, he stopped talking a few times.

Xu Xiangkun was about to retire and leave, but was stopped by Zhu Xingzhan, Zhu Xingzhan looked at Xu Xiangkun deeply, and seemed to mean something, "No need, you are also listening well." Turning to look at Hu Li, who was still hesitating, "Say!"

"Your Majesty, the news came back from the dark pavilion without a trace, saying that a large number of suspicious people had gathered in a deserted suburban courtyard outside Qingyuan Town, and not far from the courtyard, Li Zifeng's traces were found. ”

Xu Xiangkun's eyes flashed silently, and soon returned to normal.

Zhu Xingzhan glanced at Xu Xiangkun and ordered, "Immediately bring someone to investigate, if there is any change, arrest immediately!"

"Obey!" Hu Li ordered to retreat.

Xu Xiangkun's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his breathing was a little unsteady, Zhu Xingzhan looked at it coldly, and asked seemingly unintentionally, "Xu Aiqing, what's wrong?"

Xu Xiangkun came back to his senses suddenly, "Back to Your Majesty, the minister suffered a little bit of cold, and it is fine, thank you Your Majesty for your concern." ”

The candle flame in the imperial study inadvertently shook a few times, and the eyes of the people were a little sore......

On both sides of the conversation, Li Zifeng and his party secretly killed a large number of spies from the Lingye Palace, and gradually approached the other courtyard.

The dead soldiers of the Lingye Palace guarding in the courtyard only patrolled as usual, and did not take any action, and the major heads did not suffer any other injuries except for being tied up and their internal forces being sealed.

Among them, the younger head couldn't help but whisper, "What are these people from the Lingye Palace going to do, tie us up here, and drain it!" As he spoke, he twisted his body hard, but it didn't play any role, "Isn't there a shadow guard in this Hengshan faction? Why hasn't it moved yet?!"

"Okay, you can be quiet for a while! Complaining can solve the problem?!" Qian Shitong was full of disdain.

Jin Shuo was already obese, so he was tied up like a zongzi, which was even more uncomfortable, "Let's say a few words, save some physical strength, and you can still last until you eat." ”

"Eat, eat, eat... You know how to eat...", one of the leaders couldn't help but sneer.

In the inner hall, there was some commotion, and the dead soldier of the Lingye Palace who was guarding scolded him, "What are you arguing about? Be quiet!"

Outside the courtyard, Li Zifeng hid behind a stout tree, observing the situation outside the courtyard and the surrounding area.

"Shi Qingshan, pray for blessings, officers and soldiers..."Li Zifeng muttered in a low voice, then his eyes shrank sharply, and he gasped, "No!" This place is so close to Shi Qingshan, the heads of the rivers and lakes gather, there will inevitably be fierce fights when saving people, and in the dark night, it is impossible to distinguish between friend and foe. At that time, he may be charged with rebellion!

Perhaps there are already officers and soldiers surrounding this place. Thinking of this, Li Zifeng knew that he had been framed, and the current situation was completely unfavorable to him, and he was immediately annoyed, even so, he still hoped to minimize the damage.

"Senior brother, what's wrong?" Xu Zining sneaked in quietly.

Li Zifeng grabbed Xu Zining's wrist suddenly, "The situation is not right, you take Xu Weixiang and some of the secret guards to leave first, and the tea shed where we drank tea before is hidden, ready to answer at any time." I'll take people in and make a quick decision. ”

"Senior brother, what's wrong?" Under the bleak moonlight, Xu Zining saw that Li Zifeng's face was not quite right.

"Execute the order! Hurry up!" Li Zifeng roared and let go of Xu Zining.

Xu Zining's expression tightened, and he didn't stop, and left with Xu Weixiang with some people.

Without waiting for anyone, Li Zifeng waved his hand and immediately led people to quickly surround the courtyard.

After a burst of sword light and sword shadows, the killers of the Lingye Palace who were guarding the major heads in the inner hall were all ambushed. Li Zifeng quickly led people to cut the rope that tied him, and there was a commotion among the various heads, "You're here." ”

"I said what the hell is going on here, why are you tying us up here?"

Li Zifeng didn't bother to answer, so he arranged for people to evacuate everyone. The younger head asked unwillingly, "We are here because of your background, are they not here for you?"

"We have fallen into a trap, and the worst may be annihilation, but rest assured, I will do my best to protect you first. Li Zifeng glanced at the little boss coldly, his face was gloomy and frightening. The little boss shuddered silently and shut up stupidly.

Li Zifeng was busy arranging, and everyone evacuated one after another. Shangguan Qing, the master of the Xingzhu Gate, had been following Li Zifeng all the time, and he had just heard him say this, and the doubts he had about him at the head meeting before slowly subsided.

When he came to the gate of the courtyard, Li Zifeng blew a secret whistle, and the secret guards who followed secretly appeared one after another to protect the various heads. Li Zifeng's face was solemn, "You will escort all the heads out safely, and there must be no mistakes." ”

"Yes!"

"Thank you this time, although I don't agree with you, but I am a person with clear grievances. Qian Shitong, the pavilion master of the Yuqing Pavilion who had provoked him before, narrowed his eyes, solemnly bowed to Li Zifeng, and retreated with the secret guards protecting them.

At this time, there were already officers and soldiers approaching here with torches, Li Zifeng's expression was solemn, he knew that if he tried to escort these people out safely, it would inevitably attract a large part of the firepower, and only in this way could he create favorable conditions, and immediately lightly tap the ground to perform light skills, and go in the direction of Shiqingshan.

He succeeded in attracting a part of the recovered officers and soldiers. The rest of the group of people have already fought with the head of the house who came here, and for a while, the sword and sword shadows are terrifying. The originally silent night has become extremely lively.

Li Zifeng knew that time could not be delayed any longer, so he led people straight forward, and took advantage of the convenience of being familiar with this terrain to lead the group of people who were encircled and suppressed to the deep mountains and old forests to make a detour.

What he didn't expect was that some of the killers in Hongyuan Villa also mixed in the crowd and took the opportunity to attack and kill, and even killed a few officers and soldiers. Li Zifeng suddenly felt that something was wrong, he grabbed a few stones casually and threw them at the officers and soldiers who were encircling and suppressing, the officers and soldiers retreated violently, and Li Zifeng and the others took the opportunity to knock the officers and soldiers unconscious, and turned back reflexively.

In the chaos, when the head saw that someone was helping them repel the officers and soldiers, he didn't think much about it, and withdrew directly from the gap. Li Zifeng flew over and quickly eliminated some of the killers of the Hongyuan Villa faction who took the opportunity to attack and kill.

When Li Zifeng led everyone to disperse, the officers and soldiers of the encirclement and suppression gathered from another direction again, and the leading officers and soldiers walked out of the crowd, their faces were gloomy, and they shouted loudly, "Don't you hurry up and arrest you, there is only one emperor in this world, do you still want to rebel?!"

This hat is too big, and some sects that have dealings with the imperial court, pause for a moment, and a few killers from nowhere attacked and killed small soldiers. Li Zifeng looked at it, his eyes constricted.

Attacking and killing officers and soldiers in an attempt to gather a crowd to plot rebellion, once the gangsters succeed in their treacherous schemes, I am afraid that they will damage the vitality of the entire rivers and lakes, cause turmoil in the rivers and lakes, and make the people's hearts unstable, and a poisonous scheme.

Those officers and soldiers thought that they had a hidden killer coming to attack and kill, so they were no longer polite and went straight forward to encircle and suppress.

A sensible boss slammed away an officer and soldier who attacked Li Zifeng. and Li Zifeng back to back, whispered to him, "It's all a good thing that you kid has done, and it has touched the interests of too many people, so that now it has affected us, and after this incident, it will definitely hurt the vitality of the entire martial arts, and you are a sinner for the ages!"

Qian Shitong on the side once again blocked the attack of another person, "You really don't know your grievances, no matter what, he has saved us now, how can you reverse your priorities and still speak ill of people here?"

The head retorted, "Bantam, where did you get the benefit from? Here to help him say good things, didn't you say that you were the highest jumper before?"

At the critical moment, Li Zifeng didn't have time to be moved, so he only flashed and scattered from the gap with the bosses. At this time, a black-clothed masked man appeared, repelled the officers and soldiers who attacked Li Zifeng from the side, and took the opportunity to say to Li Zifeng, "Go east, there is a wasteland there, almost no one passes, there are few officers and soldiers patrolling, and it is easy to escape." ”

Li Zifeng stared at the man in black for a while, even if the man in black was masked, he could recognize it from his eyes: Xu Xiangkun, the leader of Xing Wei's Mansion!