Just after Jiang Lili's knife fell, there was applause in front of him, and several figures walked out from behind the green shade, and the person at the head was really Liu Mao with a feminine appearance.

Liu Mao looked at Jiang Lili with a smile, "Childe is really a good skill, but I don't know if Childe's copy can be used by me?"

Jiang Lili didn't say a word, and turned his head to look at the other people.

Liu Mao was followed by three people, a Qi Refiner with a gloomy face, roughly forty or fifty years old, and the other two turned out to be Mao Zijin and Miao Xiaomei!

After seeing the visitor, Cheng Ru also frowned, he didn't know how Mao Zijin and Miao Xiaomei could appear here, could it be that this ghost city was really in this heyday of the imperial city?

The gloomy-looking Qi Refiner held a small red sword in his hand, and his eyes were fixed on Jiang Lili.

Jiang Lili sneered, "It's you, a shameless old bachelor, who came to sneak attack Lao Tzu? Sure enough, the qi refiners are all shameless cowards!

The Qi Refiner snorted coldly, suddenly smiled at Jiang Lili, turned his head, and played with the small sword in his hand.

Jiang Lili licked her lips.

Liu Dan walked over, he looked at Liu Mao and said with a smile: "Why does Brother Xian have time to come to me today? Hurry up, I just set up the banquet, and it just happened that our two brothers were eating together!"

Liu Mao replied very respectfully: "Thank you, Brother Huang, it's just that I have something important to do, so I don't dare to stay longer." Just passing by here, I heard the sound of fighting here, and I thought that an assassin was coming, so I hurriedly came over to protect the imperial brother!

Liu Mao spoke extremely respectfully, but how many hidden arrows were hidden inside?

Where there are assassins and no palace guards come to arrest them, anyone with a discerning eye will know that it is just a contest. And the sword of this qi refiner is clearly to Jiang Lili's death, where is there any half of affection at all? What is even more subtle is the word "breeding" in his sentence, which forcibly lowered these martial artists under Liu Dan to a higher level!

Even if other warriors were subservient to the authority of Liu Dan's crown prince, they did not have much aversion to the word "breeding". But Liu Mao knew that Jiang Lili's temperament must be much stronger than that of the others! Even if this word could not leave Jiang Lili from Liu Dan's side, it would be able to plant a seed in it! If the right time comes, he will definitely be able to open up a bright sky for himself!

This kind of thing that only takes three points of strength but can get ten layers of good things, everyone who is good at the emperor's mental art will definitely not be stingy!

And Liu Dan could naturally hear the cold arrow shot in Liu Mao's words, frowned slightly, and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then the imperial brother will not send it." The road in this prince's east palace is tortuous and not straight, don't go the wrong way, let these wise men around you see the joke!"

And Liu Dan's rebuttal is even more intriguing, he didn't deliberately lower the identities of those who followed Liu Mao, but just taught Liu Mao to pay attention to some ways!

Why did he come so little? Because Liu Mao is not the prince, he Liu Dan is the prince!

Cheng Ru was not very interested in this kind of intrigue, shook his head, but focused on Mao Zijin and Miao Xiaomei, trying to find some clues in the two of them.

But just looking at these two people for a moment, Miao Xiaomei turned her head and glared at him fiercely. Cheng Ru hurriedly whispered no wonder, and hurriedly withdrew his eyes.

Jiang first saw Cheng Ruye's strange appearance, and after Liu Mao walked away, he walked to Cheng Ruye's side and asked, "What's the matter?"

Cheng Ru thought about it for a while, and felt that there seemed to be nothing to deliberately hide about this matter, so he replied truthfully: "I know two, that woman and that young man, one is called Miao Xiaomei, and the other is called Mao Zijin." But it's only been a one-time meeting, not an acquaintance. ”

Jiang Xian said again: "Did Cheng Gongzi ever know the identities and strength of those two people?"

Cheng Ru smiled and said: "How do I know this, I am just in a hurry with them." I know the name, that is, the man knows some etiquette and introduces it. ”

"I see. Jiang Xian nodded and did not ask again.

At this time, Liu Dan walked over and said with a smile: "Come, the wise men will eat and drink first." ”

Zhong Fenghua stood in place, stunned.

Liu Dan smiled and said, "Come on, Zhong Gongzi, what are you still doing standing here, come over and have a drink!"

Zhong Fenghua glanced up at Jiang Lili, but found that Jiang Lili was just eating chicken legs and didn't look at him. He smiled bitterly, and returned to the wine table after giving a salute to Liu Dan, but he didn't say a word, and he didn't have the heroic spirit of Fang Cai!

Only then did Zhong Fenghua remember what his father meant by what he said to him.

"Outsiders, mountains outside mountains. And don't be arrogant, maybe you are the first 'person' in the eyes of others, and don't be arrogant, maybe you are the last 'mountain' in the eyes of others. ”

Zhong Fenghua smiled.

"Compare yourself to yourself. ”

This is the second sentence his father has ever taught him.

After being full of wine and food, Liu Dan took Jiang Xian to deal with chores, and other martial artists were also invited to hone their skills. Jiang Lili and Cheng Ru were each other's companions and slowly walked back to the original courtyard, and when one of them was about to invite Jiang Lili, Jiang Lili glanced at him coldly and walked away.

Lu Zeren walked over quickly, smiled at Jiang Lili and said, "I didn't expect your skills to be so clever, but I was clumsy." ”

Jiang Lili said: "It's okay, there are more people like you." ”

Lu Zeren was a little embarrassed.

Cheng Ru smiled and said: "Don't pay attention to him, he is like this, you only need to take his bad words as good words, and treat his good words as bad words, and you will know that others are not bad." ”

"As far as you know, can you keep your mouth shut?" Jiang Lili glared at Cheng Ru and then left first.

Cheng Ru was even more embarrassed at this time, turned his head to look at Lu Zeren and explained: "Look, he is now praising me for saying two more words!"

Lu Zeren's eyes teased.

Lu Zeren didn't talk to Cheng Ru for long before he left, not knowing where he was going. Although Cheng Ru kept an eye on it, he still couldn't detect Lu Zeren's whereabouts, so he had no choice but to find Jiang Lili.

Jiang Lili was sitting in the courtyard at this time, with a sad face.

Cheng Ru sat down on the table in front of Jiang Lili with a big grin, picked up a grape from the table and put it in his mouth, waved his hand at the surrounding palace maids to signal to leave, and then said to Jiang Lili: "What's the matter?

"I didn't have the heart to deal with him," Jiang Lili replied: "I beat Liu Mao in the restaurant before,

Liu Mao had a grudge against me, and it was only natural for him to secretly ask the Qi Refiner to kill me. ”

Cheng Ru was slightly surprised, "Aren't you angry?"

"What's so angry about this? If I'm angry with this and that, wouldn't I be angry with myself before I reach the underworld?" Jiang Lili glanced at Cheng Ru with disdain, and then said: "Wouldn't it be better to find an opportunity to kill him and Liu Mao in the future?" ”

Cheng Ru was speechless, and finally said: "You are really not much different from three years ago." ”

At the end, Cheng Ru asked, "Then you are thinking about Mao Zijin and Miao Xiaomei?"

Jiang Lili nodded and looked at Cheng Rus, "You said that the two of them caught ghosts, how could they have a relationship with Liu Mao?

Cheng Ru pondered for a long time and then replied: "I actually think that the two of them and Liu Mao are not a master-servant relationship, but a transaction. ”

Jiang Lili raised her eyebrows, "What do you say?"

"Think about it, this Mao Zijin and Miao Xiaomei are Taoists who catch ghosts, just like Zhang Wei! You see how dashing Zhang Wei is? How could these two people obey this Liu Mao so easily?"

"That's it?" Jiang Lili's face was suspicious, obviously what Cheng Ru said was not so reasonable.

"Don't worry, there's more!" Cheng Ru said, "I just put the conditions on the table." Think about it, the person who assassinated you just now was the Qi Refiner, how is that Qi Refiner's ability?

Jiang Lili thought for a while, "I can't see it, I'm afraid it's similar to me." ”

"That's it!" Cheng Ru clapped his hands and said: "Liu Mao's girl hates you so much, why didn't you ask Mao Zijin and Miao Xiaomei to assassinate you, but called the qi refiner?"

"Is it because Mao Zijin and Miao Xiaomei's skills are not as high as him?"

"There is another reason, that is, Mao Zijin and Miao Xiaomei will not help Liu Mao do this kind of thing, because they are not a master-servant relationship, they just made a deal that we don't know about, and this transaction does not include the option of helping Liu Mao kill people!"

"Then maybe! What if it's because Mao Zijin and Miao Xiaomei studied killing ghosts, and their ability to kill people is not as high as that shit qi refiner's ability to kill people?" Jiang Lili said with a frown.

Cheng Ru laughed, "Jiang Lili, why is your head getting more and more stupid? If Mao Zijin and Miao Xiaomei's ability to kill people is not as good as that shit qi refiner, then what are you afraid of? Can't you still beat two ghost killers who don't have that shit qi refiner?"

Jiang Lili was thoughtful.

"Therefore, whether these two people are Liu Mao's subordinates or just made a deal with Liu Mao, they can't pose a threat to you and me, we just need to prevent Liu Mao's secret means. And the appearance of these two people has given you and me a lot of convenience to another extent!"

"Is it because the two of them originally went to the ghost city, and this trip here, it means that the ghost city is really in this imperial city?"

Cheng Ru smiled, "Not only that. If they make a deal with Liu Mao, maybe this imperial city will be in chaos!"

"Think about it, the two of them can follow Liu Mao to this imperial city must be for the ghost city. And when we investigate the movement of the Yin Cave, we can see that this ghost town is extremely important to Korea! Why did Liu Mao let the ghost town that he had worked so hard to move to the imperial city for two ghost-killing Taoist priests to enter? Doesn't this have an impact on Korea? Therefore, Liu Mao must be for a big fruit, and this fruit is the crown prince, or maybe the throne!"

"Liu Mao wants to be the crown prince, and Liu Dan can stand by and watch? When the two of them fight, won't this imperial city be in chaos?! Haha, and the two of us can meet everywhere and ride the wind! There is a chance to take this imperial city and this ghost city!!"

Jiang Lili said coldly: "We're just going to the ghost town to ask for directions." ”

Cheng Ru's face was full of heroism, and he suddenly froze, "Hey your grandma, I forgot about this stubble!

At this time, in a courtyard in the imperial city, Tang Qiuya was sitting quietly with a cup of tea, and light footsteps sounded behind her, Tang Qiuya turned her face, "Is there any news?"

Wei Lao replied respectfully: "I just heard that the Korean crown prince and the second prince had an innocuous fight. ”

"That's all?" Tang Qiuya took a sip of tea.

"Naturally not," Wei Lao raised his head, a glint flashed in his eyes, "According to the advice of the spies, follow the two ghost-killing Taoists we saw in the Dragon and Phoenix Teahouse before by the side of the second prince!"

"Oh?" Tang Qiuya stood up, paced slightly, and smiled after a moment, "Sure enough, there is going to be chaos in this imperial city, and this is our best chance!"

"What about the ghost city?" Wei Lao asked again: "Do you want to send people to the ghost city?" According to the history books, there should be a lot of secret treasures in the ghost city!"

Tang Qiuya said: "No need, these secret treasures are nothing for a country. At the end, Tang Qiuya said again: "By the way, is there any news from that person?"

Wei Lao hesitated slightly, "Not yet, but he should show up then." ”

"It's good to show up," Tang Qiuya replied, "I'm afraid he won't show up!"

Sitting in this courtyard, Tang Qiuya's mood was difficult to calm down for a long time, her eyes were full of excitement, and after taking a deep breath, her face returned to normal, and suddenly asked, "By the way, what about Li Xiaoer's minion?"

Wei Lao said, "He, now he should be on the right track on this cultivation path." What I didn't expect was that this kid's cultivation talent was extremely high, and the "Tiankui" exercise only gave him so long, and without someone to teach him, his cultivation was already about to reach the second mountain. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Tang Qiuya's eyes flickered, "Cultivation is Tianhua?"

"Exactly," Wei Lao replied: "If it is someone else, after purifying the body, it must take a month or two of yin qi to cultivate this exercise, but this Li Xiaoer can directly cultivate, it must be related to his physique, this person is the best qualification for cultivating "Tianhua"!"

Tang Qiuya nodded, and after a moment of silence, she said, "You called him over, I have something I want to say to him." ”

Wei Lao replied "No" and then quickly retreated, and after a while, there was a hurried footstep behind him, it was Li Xiaoer.

"I heard that you have reached the second mountain?" Tang Qiuya turned around and looked at Li Xiaoer with a smile on her face.

Li Xiaoer hesitated slightly, and replied hesitantly: "Not yet, in fact, it's just the peak of the first mountain." There is no second mountain, there is no second mountain!"

"That's amazing, too. Tang Qiuya walked to Li Xiaoer's side, stretched out her hand and put it on Li Xiaoer's head, "It is worthy of being the person that His Royal Highness fancies, and his talent is extremely high, my sister really likes you more and more." ”

Li Xiaoer looked frightened, "Don't dare, no."

Dare.. Her Royal Highness the Princess. “

Tang Qiuya snorted out laughing, and patted Li Xiaoer's face again, "There is one thing I don't know if you are willing to do it, it can help you a lot!"

Li Xiaoer hurriedly replied: "The matter of Her Royal Highness the Princess, I, Li Xiaoer, will not hesitate to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire!"

"It's not so serious, it's just a small matter, and it can't be counted as my business, but it's better for you. ”

"Dare to ask Her Royal Highness what is the matter?"

"I know you know about ghost towns!" Tang Qiuya bent down to look at Li Xiaoer, "This trip is for you to go to this ghost city to practice the exercises, if you can get a few secret treasures from it for me, it would be better." Are you afraid?"

Li Xiaoer's figure began to tremble. "No... Unafraid... ”

Tang Qiuya only thought that Li Xiaoer was frightened by this ghost town, and patted Li Xiaoer's head again, "Don't worry, it's okay, I will ask Wei Lao to follow you, even if you encounter a powerful ghost, it won't hurt you." All you have to do is practice the exercises in it. In fact, if you see too many ghosts, you will find that these ghosts are no different from people!"

"Many... Thank.. Your Royal Highness Princess, below... Saying that, Li Xiaoer was about to bend down and thank you.

Tang Qiuya turned around, "Okay, you don't need to thank me, your ability to step up your cultivation is the biggest thank you to me!"

Li Xiaoer said yes, and his eyes were full of lust after raising his head.

Why was he worried about the ghost town just now? In fact, it was only because Tang Qiuya bent down and revealed the whiteness on his chest!

The East Palace is important, in Liu Dan's study.

Liu Dan and Jiang Xian sat opposite each other, with a pot of tea in front of them.

"What do you think about my imperial brother?" Liu Dan poured himself a cup of tea and asked casually.

Jiang Xian hesitated.

"It's okay, just talk about it. ”

"In that case, then it is presumptuous. Jiang Xian weighed his words and replied: "The heart of the second prince is now known to the world, but we don't know his abacus yet. However, the only thing that is certain is that the second prince wants to make the next big move, but he doesn't know what His Royal Highness the crown prince will do. ”

Liu Dan laughed, "My imperial brother, I really think that I am the material to be the emperor, he always wants to overthrow my brother, but where is it so easy to push?"

After taking a sip of tea, Liu Dan said: "Just now you told me that the few ghost-killing Taoist priests who followed my imperial brother's side, I already knew what he was planning, and he just wanted to use the power of these two ghost-killing Taoist priests to make himself ride the wind! But he did something wrong, where can these Taoist priests be fooled? He thinks that he can control the world with the number of his five fingers, but why don't these Taoist priests use his power to reach a higher level?"

"The Taoist priest has the trick of the Taoist priest, my imperial brother has his mind, coincidentally the two got together, he thought it was a good thing for the interests of both sides, and even he could kill two birds with one stone, but unfortunately he was still a little tender. I just said that he did one thing wrong, that is, he shouldn't put the monstrous strategy of my Korean royal family in front of those ghost-killing Taoists! Now those ghost-killing Taoists, Princess Houliang, and even those two Great Sui people already know about this, and he is still complacent, but he doesn't know what kind of situation he has been!"

Jiang Xian sighed, "Your Highness really knows everything. At the end, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "It's just that listening to His Highness's words, I feel useless below." Please let me go back to my hometown to be a safe and stable teacher. ”

Liu Dan hurriedly said: "It is also human nature that Mr. does not understand the strategies of these people's hearts, and what I fancy is Mr.'s ability to govern the world!"

Jiang Xianyou sighed, "It's just that there is still some nostalgia in the hearts of the contemptible people, in this world, it is true that the literati such as the Great Sui National Teacher and the Xisu Demon Master are only five fingers, and the contemptible people who have read a lifetime of books are still not as good as them!"

Liu Dan comforted: "Sir, you don't need to mind, practice makes perfect." Sir has never seen such a thing before, how can it be considered thorough? If you listen to me explain the cause and effect of this matter and my intentions in detail, Sir will be able to understand the rules of it!"

In the middle of the night, Jiang Lili and Cheng Ru squatted on the roof and watched the dark night of the imperial city.

Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of a figure walking out of the East Palace, but I didn't pay much attention.

I heard a crisp sound on the roof again, and hurriedly turned my head to see Lu Zeren.

Lu Zeren made a booing gesture and said, "The two sons don't need to panic, in this trip, they are just to make a deal with the two sons!"

"What deal?" Jiang Lili was very vigilant.

Lu Zeren smiled bitterly: "The two sons don't know, in fact, I am the prince of the Chen Kingdom. ”

Cheng Ru was extremely surprised at first, and then woke up and said: "I just said that the surname of Lu is somewhat familiar, it turns out to be the royal surname of the Chen royal family!"

"Are you the prince of the Chen Kingdom?" Jiang Lili frowned, "Then what are you doing here?"

Lu Zeren replied: "The two sons have been coming to Korea from the Great Sui, and they must have seen the situation of my Chen State, and for decades, it has only rained two or three points of rain in my Chen Kingdom! I originally thought it was the wrath of God, but my Chen Guo has always been conscientious and has never done anything evil! Later, after a series of investigations, we found out that someone had moved the national fortune of my Chen State!"

Cheng Ru frowned, "How can this move your Chen Guo's national fortune?"

Lu Zeren smiled bitterly: "I didn't believe it originally, but I have no choice." A famous arithmetic in Chen Guo calculated that the reason was in this ghost town, so... ”

"You dare to tell us the truth?" Jiang Lili sneered, "Aren't you afraid that the two of us will tell Liu Dan about you?"

Lu Zeren's face was solemn, "The two of you are not people who love wealth and nobility, I can see that the thoughts of the two sons are not in this Korea, but in a ghost town!"

"But aren't you afraid that we'll find out about your suffering and use it to threaten you?"

Lu Zeren smiled bitterly again, "I'm also gambling, and I can't help it." ”

Cheng Ru was thoughtful.

"What do you have that we can use?" Jiang Lili said straight to the point.

"I have a map of the ghost town!"

"Deal!"

In the second prince's bedroom, the second prince had a night conversation with a young scholar.

Then the second prince laughed three times, turned his head and looked at Mao Zijin and the others who were guarding the side, "You can start." ”

A loud roar sounded, and a huge phantom suddenly appeared in the imperial city, it was a huge city, and in the city, there were ghosts!

And in the deep palace Luan Palace, a man smiled.