On the second day of the eighth month, Shang Yan looked worriedly at the gift boxes stacked in the hall, which were full of them, and they were all small objects sent by relatives or civil officials in various palaces.

Luo Li came in and saw that he was worried about a pile of boxes, "Shang Zhang, what is this?"

"Hall Master, you are here, this is all a gift from the harem and civil officials. ”

"Ah, isn't this a bribe? So blatantly sent directly to the Academy of Painting and Calligraphy? Isn't this a trouble for me? Send them back!"

Shang Yan sighed and said, "According to the law, these are not considered bribes, these are all rice paper or painting scrolls sent by dignitaries and nobles in the name of painting...... This matter is regarded as their goodwill with you, if you have the heart to make friends with someone, you can draw a picture and send someone back. ”

Luo Li looked at the box and was upset when he looked at it.

Shang Yan handed her a piece of paper, which was densely filled with names and official positions.

It turns out that there are still people who can talk to the artist, which is really strange.

Luo Li swept through it and put away the letterhead, "Let's put these in the study, and I'll talk about it later." ”

Luo Li was already on duty in the evening, and after returning home, she went directly to Meiyuan, she hid at the door of Meiyuan, looking at the courtyard.

Lou Xiaoyun and Xiao Orange Blossom are helping Pei Ying to walk in the garden, Pei Ying looks much better today, but her legs and feet are a little unsuitable when she walks.

In the garden, Pei Ying had beads of sweat on her forehead, and asked Lou Xiaoyun who was supporting her in a low voice: "Miss, when did you say she would dare to come to see me?"

Lou Xiaoyun's eyes sank.

"Miss Luo...... You have come to see me for the past two days, but you don't dare to come in when I wake up......" Pei Ying heard some ear wind, she knew what Luo Li was crying in Meiyuan that day.

"Miss, please let her in, and tell her that I don't resent her. ”

It was her duty to protect Luo Li, and with that person's order, she would not hesitate even if she died.

After a while, Luo Li followed Lou Xiaoyun into Meiyuan, her face was a little awkward, Pei Ying saw this, she broke the embarrassment first, she said calmly: "Miss Luo, it is Pei Ying's duty to protect you, injuries are inevitable, girls don't have to mind." ”

Luo Li lowered his head and was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I will find that person and avenge you." ”

Pei Ying shook her head, "Miss Luo, don't think about avenging me, you are now the master of the Nine Halls, you must not take risks, if you can help the prince, Pei Ying's injury is worth it." ”

Luo Li took out a small packet of medicine bottles from her arms, which were all tonic pills she had scavenged from the second senior brother, and she threw them all to Lou Xiaoyun, turned around and left.

Lou Xiaoyun saw her awkward appearance, and she didn't catch up, the two looked at each other and sighed.

Luo Li practiced swords as usual, but she didn't go to Qi Muxiao's ice cellar, and she went to bed early when she traveled far tomorrow. Heaven did not fulfill people's wishes, and a thunderclap outside woke her up again.

No matter how hard it was to sleep, Luo Li tossed and turned thinking about Pei Ying's affairs, the wind rustled outside the house, and the windows were also blown and squeaked.

Luo Li got up, and with the flash of thunder, she stepped out of the screen to get the water cup on the tea table. Suddenly, she raised her qi seal, and several pink qi swords flew out, followed by the sound of several crashing against the wall.

The black shadow flashed in front of Luo Li and exclaimed, "Miss Luo!"

Luo Li took a few steps back alertly, "Who?"

"The Secret Guard of the Earthly Branch-Mao. The black shadow didn't move forward, and whispered back, just now he was stunned for a moment, he had been guarding Luo Li for a few nights, and he had never been noticed, but today he forced her out, how to explain to the master now?

Luo Li didn't doubt it, after all, no one in the palace knew about the secret guard of the earth branch.

"What are you doing here?" pink qi spilled from Luo Li's fingertips, and thousands of strands converged together.

Mao stared at the faint air mass, a little worried, "It was the young sect master who ordered a few of us to secretly protect you, girl." ”

"Just protect in the women's boudoir?" Luo Li was a little dissatisfied.

Mao watched the red qi mass in her hand condense, and unconsciously took two steps back, his own cultivation was only in the four realms, but the true qi was far less abundant than Luo Li's, "...... Miss Luo, my son went to the toilet...... I'll just keep an eye on it for a while, the girl doesn't have to worry, usually the house is guarded by a woman in the secret guard......"

"The Dark Guard is from the coast of the East China Sea?" Luo Li asked coldly.

"Yes......"

"By the way, the one who was injured before, he was not lightly injured, where is he recuperating, I want to meet him. ”

He ...... Dead ......" Mao spit out these words with difficulty, three of the four lower-level secret guards who stayed in the mansion that day were seriously injured, and let Chen and others escort them back to Baizong, Hai Ben escaped the first round of attacks of the assassins, and was seriously injured, but he supported himself to block a move for Luo Li, and when they arrived, Hai's body was a little cold. After that, the young sect master took a lot of effort to barely collect Hai's primordial spirit.

The Earth Branch Secret Guard is a special existence in the White Sect, mainly responsible for collecting intelligence and spying, and majoring in the unique secret art of the Earth Branch, so the cultivation is slightly inferior to other monks of the same level in the White Sect.

But these people have never entered the blood oath, and the monks of the third and fourth realms are placed in Kyushu, and it is also difficult to meet opponents, but who knows that it is a master of the seven realms who is looking for trouble this time.

The cultivators of the Seven Realms are also considered high-level cultivators in the immortal sects on the coast of the East China Sea, and the heads or sect masters of some small sects are not even as good as the Seven Realms cultivators, so it is normal for the four low-level secret guards to not be able to defeat them.

Shen, who was slightly injured that day, ran out to give a signal only under the desperate efforts of You, Xu, and Hai, otherwise they would not have rushed back at that hour.

The woman in the darkness did not speak, and the air mass in her hand was gone. Outside the window, thunder struck, and Mao saw tears slip across her cheeks.

Luo Li quickly turned around and went to the hanger to find a coat, and went out alone.

Mao followed out, saw her wrapped in a layer of pink, jumped on the eaves, he hurried to catch up, but Luo Li was gone.

A dark shadow fell next to him, and a woman's voice asked, "What's wrong?"

Mao's face was solemn, "Yin, I seem to have said the wrong thing......"

"When the boss comes back from the toilet, you can explain it yourself...... I don't know anything!" she said as she condensed a layer of red qi barrier and flew towards the place where Luo Li had disappeared.

Yin was relieved to see the water stains at the entrance of the ice cellar.

This woman is really a cultivator, and she sees the shadow of another person in her—their young sect master.

Yin retreated to one place, first told the leader about it with secret techniques, and then guarded the door by himself.

On the third day of the eighth month, the rain turned smaller, but there was no intention of stopping, Luo Li practiced for two hours and returned to Juyuan, and early in the morning, she rushed to the calligraphy and painting institute early.

An outing every two months is regarded as a special right given by Emperor Qi to the Academy of Painting and Calligraphy, and all painters can participate, and the master of each hall will select a few people, and the rest will stay on duty. The hall master generally brings the first-class offerings in his own hall, and Luo Li brought five people, Shang Yan, Li Ranzhi, and Yu Ziqing, three first-class offerings, and Gao Xiang and Zhang Sisi, two second-class offerings.

Gao Xiang and Zhang Sisi were very excited, they didn't expect that they could be selected by the hall master, and Luo Li naturally didn't let the people left behind idle, leaving a lot of paintings for them to copy.

Gao Xiang has grown rapidly recently, and since Luo Li's words, he has become more confident than before. And Zhao Yujie and the others knew how powerful the itch powder was, and guessed that Luo Li was mixed in it, so they didn't dare to trouble Gao Xiang.

As for Zhang Sisi, this woman from Phoenix has always worked hard and is also amiable.

The destination of this trip is selected by the wind and snow, and the location is Songming Mountain, which is adjacent to Luoshui in the east of Yanyang, where the scenery is pleasant, the mountains are high and the water is clear. This Fengxuehua did not shy away from his relationship with King Jing at all, and directly arranged for the second prince's courtyard to settle down.

Lou Xiaoyun had come to persuade Luo Li once two days ago, persuading her not to travel, she was worried that the assassin would take the opportunity to find her.

She didn't know that luring the danger away from the palace was one of Luo Li's considerations.

Although the Assassin had not returned since the day of the incident, Luo Li faintly felt that someone was spying on him, and he had been uneasy.

The older elders in the calligraphy and painting academy did not travel together, Min Yun, Feng Xuehua, Ren Shu and a few people in a carriage, Yu Qian and other hall masters invited Luo Li to ride with them but were refused, and Luo Li got into Beihuang Hall's own carriage.

Compared to those arrogant and conceited or sloppy hall masters, Luo Li was more accustomed to getting along with Shang Yan and them.