Chapter 22: Tough Clothes
Jade country, located in the southwest of Hengjiang, widely planted a special kind of trees, this tree grows for decades, becomes very stout, the fire is not bad, the knife and gun can not hurt it at all, and even can not draw traces on the bark, unless it can be cut or scraped with a special axe, so the people who collect this kind of bark are very strong, they pick this bark, and then use special tools to spin into cloth, make clothes to wear on the body, have fire prevention, anti-knife guns, cold protection, is widely used on the battlefield, called 'tough clothes'.
The land area of the jade country in Hengjiang is larger, the transportation is convenient, and the emperors of the Liang Jing Dynasty have been favored all the year round, and establish a good friendship with it, the two countries have close contacts and communicate with each other, the jade country is willing to submit to the Liang Jing Dynasty, and often dedicates special rare treasures as tribute to the Liang Jing Dynasty.
A few days ago, Emperor Zhu Xingzhan received a secret letter from the lord of the Jade Kingdom in Hengjiang, saying that at the time of the autumn harvest, he would offer the special robust clothes to Liang Jingchao as a tribute, and his heart was naturally overjoyed. But once the news spreads, there will be uneasy people who are ready to move. In order to prevent accidents, in addition to deploying troops to take strict precautions, Zhu Xingzhan issued a secret edict through his henchman Hu Li, and issued it to the Linxiu Dart Bureau in Weicheng, which was closest to Wei'an City, and then passed it to the Hengshan faction from the Linxiu Dart Bureau.
Ouyang Ze, the head of the Hengshan faction, was busy with official business, and the eldest disciple Li Zifeng was seriously injured and couldn't travel for a long time, plus it was inconvenient to speak, and he had other tasks on his body. Therefore, the task of going to Weicheng in advance to investigate this time fell on the second disciple Xu Zining. Although Li Zifeng hoped that Xu Zining would go down the mountain to exercise more, this time the task was heavier, and he was somewhat uneasy. Therefore, it is inevitable to 'nag'.
Xu Zining saw a lot of his senior brother's uneasy look, and at the same time he felt a warm current in his heart, he was also a little helpless, seeing Li Zifeng open his mouth, and he wanted to express something, Xu Zining couldn't help but smile, sat down next to Li Zifeng, and said in a voice that only two people could hear, "Senior brother, I know! You must act cautiously, don't take risks regardless of safety, go to Heyue Teahouse to find Uncle Gu if you have idle things, and go to the Linxiu Dart Bureau to find Mr. Zhao's dart head immediately in case of emergency... There are many guards with me, and there are people secretly protecting me, don't worry!"
Li Zifeng smiled helplessly.
Xu Zining sighed, shook his head helplessly, and said, "Senior brother, I didn't expect you to be so nagging at such a young age. ”
When Li Zifeng heard this, his expression was gloomy, and his throat became even more uncomfortable. Seeing this, Xu Zining knew that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly comforted, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I ......"
At this time, Xu Weixiang came in to break the silence, "Don't worry! With me here, I guarantee that your second junior brother is okay, and I will protect him when I die." ”
Li Zifeng's expression tightened...
Xu Zining got up and slapped Xu Weixiang, "You can't speak?
"Oops, I'm wrong......"
Library Cabinet
When he stepped here again, Li Zifeng's heart was inexplicably nervous and heavy, and the scene of the attack flashed in his mind over and over again, lingering. Although it was cleaned up afterwards, there seemed to be traces of a fight here, and there seemed to be a faint smell of blood in the air, and there were faint traces of black and red in the corner of the stone table.
"Eldest Prince, all the information you want is here. ”
Since the accident in the Library Pavilion, Ouyang Ze has dispatched guards with superior martial arts and quick reactions to manage the secret materials and seals of the Library Pavilion. This guard's name is Yin Nan, he is about thirty, his body is a little strong, and he always has a hearty smile on his face, but he is well-mannered and respectful to his master.
Li Zifeng smiled and nodded in response.
Yin Nan replied, "Then the subordinate won't bother you, but there are some words, the subordinate still has to instruct, the rule of the library is that there is only two hours to read the materials, don't miss the time." Looking up and seeing Li Zifeng, he continued, "What do you need, just open... Despite the commands. The subordinates are guarding outside. ”
The inner room returned to silence, Li Zifeng looked at the file page by page, and the first thing that caught his eye was the tragedy fifteen years ago......
Fifteen years ago, it was raining lightly......
Li Muyang was dressed in a black power suit, leading people to avoid the eyeliner of the crowd, and quietly sneaked into the Hengshan Sect Library, but his toes had just landed, and suddenly... Mutations are rampant!
"Not good!" Li Muyang dodged back, and several cold arrows broke through the air, but the people behind him did not have this good luck, and soon, there was a wail on the ground, but after a while, only he and Shi Bingyi, who was only fifteen years old, were still standing.
"Who?!" the guards outside the door burst in at the sound of the voice, and both sides were startled, and soon a chaotic battle ensued.
"Has there been a change in the library pavilion?" Ouyang Ze, who was holding an umbrella and accompanying Hu Ziyun for a walk, heard a chaotic sound from the library pavilion not far away, accompanied by the shouts of the guards, and immediately let go of Hu Ziyun's hand, handed the umbrella to her, and said to her: "Madam, I'll come when I go." ”
After saying that, he rushed into the rain without looking back, looking at his distant figure, Hu Ziyun shook her head helplessly, "This day is busy until late, and it is not easy to walk with me in the rain, and I can't rest for a while." ”
Having said that, it seemed to be complaining, but her eyes were full of admiration, and when Ouyang Ze's hurried figure disappeared from her gaze, she suddenly remembered something, and suddenly her beautiful face became anxious, "Husband, he forgot to bring a sword!" Then, the beautiful figure held an umbrella, ran quickly, and disappeared into the rain.
It's raining harder......
Time changed in an instant, and Li Zifeng, who was flipping through the materials in the library fifteen years later, seemed to see that scene, he wanted to call Hu Ziyun to tell her the danger and tell her not to go, but he couldn't make a sound, Li Zifeng suddenly came back to his senses and continued to look down.
Go back fifteen years......
After Ouyang Ze rushed into the library pavilion, when he saw Li Muyang, he immediately frowned, and rushed straight forward, "Li Muyang, what do you want to do when you break into my Hengshan faction library at night?"
Although Li Muyang's skills are better than the guards of these library pavilions, after all, two fists are difficult to defeat four hands, and now under the siege of everyone, he has no time to take care of anything else for a while, and now Ouyang Ze's appearance makes him even more confused, if he can escape from the hands of this guard, but now that he meets Ouyang Ze, he is afraid that he will be dead.
Ouyang Ze stretched out his hand to touch the saber, but remembered that he had untied it when he was walking in the rain with his wife, but now that the person was in front of him, he couldn't have the kung fu to get the saber, so he rushed up, and Li Muyang was forced to be helpless, and he could only be caught with his hands tied.
"Husband?"
And at this moment, a soft female voice suddenly broke the battle of everyone, hearing this voice, Ouyang Ze's heart beat like thunder, and he suddenly turned his head to see that it was Hu Ziyun.
Li Muyang's eyes lit up, and he gave Shi Bingyi beside him a look, and Shi Bingyi waited for the opportunity to move.
Hu Ziyun's beautiful face showed an anxious look, and when she found Ouyang Ze's figure, she relaxed a little, and then stretched out her hand and raised the saber in her hand, "Husband, I'll give you ......"
The second half of her words were blocked back into her mouth, the coldness of her neck made her beautiful eyes widen, and a threatening voice from a strange man came from her ears, "If you move again, I will kill you!"
Shi Bingyi's eyes flashed with a hint of ruthlessness, and the cold blade pressed against Hu Ziyun's neck, and said to Ouyang Ze, "Stand down, otherwise, I will kill her!"
Obviously, he also discovered that this woman should be his only life, and the strength of his hand was even more ruthless, and the blade was close to the snow-white neck.
"Let him go!" Ouyang Ze was cold, and his lips were pale.
Seeing the figures of the two disappear outside the library pavilion, he led someone to chase after him, but he had already lost the trace of the two. And after Shi Bingyi hijacked Hu Ziyun and fled to the safety of the back mountain with Li Muyang, Li Muyang already had the intention of killing, and took advantage of Shi Bingyi's unpreparedness, and the sharp short knife smeared her neck. As soon as Shi Bingyi's hand was released, Hu Ziyun fell to the ground with a bang, blood kept gushing out of her neck, and with the rain, washing the earth, she looked at the figure that was getting closer and closer in despair, closed her eyes, and left with the child in her womb.
The rain was heavier, and the night was getting colder.
When Ouyang Ze led people to chase after her, the rain was ruthlessly washing over Hu Ziyun's already cold body, along with the child in her womb who had not yet seen this world.
Ouyang Ze knelt on the ground in a dejected manner, picked up the cold body of his beloved wife, and cried out in grief throughout the rainy night.
The information in his hand fell to the ground and scattered all over the ground, Li Zifeng was drenched in cold sweat, and it seemed that he had experienced that rainy night fifteen years ago, and two lines of tears fell quietly.
'Smack!' The teacup was inadvertently pushed to the ground and shattered, Ouyang Ze woke up suddenly, he felt that his eyes were a little moist, fifteen years, he couldn't forget that rainy night, and even dreamed of Ziyun holding the child and smiling towards him.
When I came back to my senses, I realized that the sky outside was completely dark, and even it was drizzling, thinking of Li Zifeng, who was still reading materials in the library, and my mind flashed again that Li Zifeng fell to the ground that night, covered in blood, unconscious, and my heart was inexplicably nervous.
Library Cabinet
Li Zifeng sat on the chair, staring blankly at the information that he had overturned, and the fragments recalled in his mind flashed again, he vaguely remembered that back then, before he fell off the cliff, the secret conversation between the black cloak and Li Muyang, it seemed that he heard the black cloak say that he used all the relationships to settle the trouble caused by Li Muyang five years ago, and the time was just right, but who was the black cloak?
At this time, the door of the inner room was pushed open, Li Zifeng stood up suddenly, and saw Ouyang Ze walking in quickly, with a face full of worry and distress, and his eyes were slightly red. Ouyang Ze stepped forward and grabbed Li Zifeng's arm, only then did he feel relieved, "Zifeng, are you okay?"
Li Zifeng smiled, two lines of tears flowed down the corners of his eyes, greedily enjoying Ouyang Ze's care, he didn't dare to imagine that when his life experience was revealed, whether he was still qualified to have this care and respect from Ouyang Ze, he only hoped that that day would come later. Thinking of this, he said in a hoarse voice, "Master, the disciple is fine. ”
Ouyang Ze smiled knowingly, his eyes widened instantly, and he was surprised and delighted, "Zifeng, can you speak?"
"Well, all of a sudden, I was able to speak. Li Zifeng wiped his tears, took a step back, and bowed with his fists, "The disciple is not filial, which makes you worried." ”