"Is the fourth young master in the house?"

Xiao Ru hurriedly ran out, looked at the person, and said, "Steward Qian, the fourth young master is here, please come in." ”

Xiaoru welcomed an old man in his sixties, who was the second housekeeper in the house, Qian Gui, who was holding a soup bowl in his hand as usual.

Lao Qian looked at Li Wuchang's head full of bandages, covering his originally handsome face, and said with concern: "Is the fourth young master better?" The eldest lady asked the old slave to come to see the fourth young master, and also brought you tonic soup, so that the fourth young master must drink it while it is hot." ”

Li Wuchang nodded and said, "Okay, it's almost there, it's hard for the old housekeeper to run like this every time, just order the next person." When I go back, I will return to my aunt, and I will go to her old man's house tomorrow to say hello. ”

Old Qian glanced at Li Wuchang strangely, and said in his heart, why is this kid so polite?

His face remained silent, put the soup bowl on the table, and said, "The fourth young master is polite, but the fourth young master doesn't have to go tomorrow, the master has an order, let the fourth young master go to the east courtyard for dinner at noon." ”

Li Wuchang's scalp tightened, he got up and took Steward Qian's hand, and said nervously: "My father is usually busy with official business, what can he do with me, does Steward Qian know? ”

The other three were speechless.

Are you honest? Who in the entire Chang'an City doesn't know that you Li Er is a well-known troublemaker.

Steward Qian said: "Fourth young master, be relieved, the master said that the martial arts conference is coming, and you will test your kung fu, and the eldest son and the second son will also go." ”

Li Wuchang rolled his eyes, looking helpless.

Dayan established the country with martial arts, and the martial spirit is strong.

The martial arts conference was set up by Yan Taizu to select martial arts talents for the imperial court, and once every four years, it was a literary and martial arts competition with the triennial scientific examination.

It's been less than half a year since the next martial arts conference.

Aspiring young people from all over the country have rushed to Chang'an City to prepare for the exam, hoping to shine in the martial arts conference, if they are selected by the imperial court, it will be a matter of glory to the ancestors, and the second point is to be favored by the major noble families in Chang'an City, recruited as a general, and it can be regarded as living up to what they have learned.

The most important thing is that those who perform particularly well will have the opportunity to enter the martial arts pavilion, the holy land of martial arts, for further training.

That alone is enough to attract thousands of young talents.

Li Wuchang is not interested, because he doesn't know any martial arts at all, so if he goes to the martial arts conference like this, he will give people a punch and lie down, and he will not lose his death.

It's not that he hasn't learned martial arts, on the contrary, he has studied for a few years, and has followed a few masters, but unfortunately the master said that his qualifications are too poor, and others are also lazy, and he hasn't even practiced the true qi in a few years.

In addition, he is the concubine of the family, so he does not have to provoke the big responsibilities in the family, and the family is not so strict with him, and he rarely asks about his martial arts practice.

However, the imperial court has regulations that all the children of the nobles who have reached the age of sixteen must participate, and Li Wuchang is seventeen years old this year, and he must participate in the martial arts conference next year.

The court set the rules, of course Li Wuchang didn't dare to disobey them, and said dejectedly: "As far as my three-legged cat is not a good thing, what else does my father take the test, just take the eldest brother and the second brother." Then he rolled his eyes and said to the nurse: "Either I'll lie on the bed and say that I'm not well yet, and push this matter away." ”

The nurse poured a small bowl of soup, handed it to Li Wuchang, and said angrily: "The conference is still four months away, even if you are afraid of the lord and dare not go to the East Courtyard, you should also thank the eldest lady, since your mother passed away, the eldest lady has always regarded you as her own, for fear of wronging you, you are weak, the eldest lady often sends some good things to you to make up for your body, not to mention anything else, just say that this tonic soup is sent several times a month, and this delivery is five or six years." ”

"Hey, got it. Li Wuchang replied helplessly, and took a sip of the soup, which was extremely delicious, as in the past, and there was a faint strange fragrance in the soup, which was refreshing.

Seeing that Li Wuchang had already started to drink the soup, Steward Qian confessed and retreated.

The nurse redressed Li Wuchang's wound, and when she saw that he was fine, she said: "You just stay at home honestly, Xiaoru and I will go to the pharmacy to get medicine for you, and buy some things by the way, and you go to the East Courtyard by yourself at noon." ”

After that, he took Xiaoru out.

Li Wuchang shook his arms and walked out of the hall, ready to walk around, lying on the bed for a few days, his body was about to rust.

The Li Mansion is very large, divided into two houses, east and west.

The west courtyard was divided into seven courtyards, Li Wuchang, his two brothers and one sister each occupied one, the other three, two were used as guest rooms, and the remaining one was converted into a school field.

Li Wuchang's Caiyun dwells in the westernmost part, the place is empty and quiet, there are six side rooms, two miscellaneous rooms, a kitchen, a study, a hall, and a small garden in the middle, with a long corridor at the end of the garden.

Because Li Wuchang doesn't like people to serve more, so the huge yard only lives Li Wuchang, the nurse and Xiaoru, and now the nurse and Xiaoru are on the street, and the yard is becoming more and more deserted and quiet.

Li Wuchang was bored, walked into the garden, stopped and stopped, and carefully looked at his garden.

The garden is really not small, rockeries, stone pavilions, corridors, lotus ponds, all kinds of plants and trees, all kinds of plants, there are also large open spaces, there are a few weapon racks, but most of the weapons on it are rusty.

"It's a luxury to have a garden so luxuriously repaired. Li Wuchang sighed, walked to a stone table, and sat down. A coldness spread to his body, and Li Wuchang didn't care, thinking about the fight with the third prince a few days ago.

This is a top priority, and I don't know how my father is going to punish him.

"Ahem......" A coughing sound came.

"Who?" Li Wuchang stood up and glanced around, but found nothing.

"Ahem......" The cough sounded again, and it was clearer.

At this time, Li Wuchang heard it very clearly, followed the sound to the corner of the wall, and found a man in black lying in the dead grass not far from the dog cave, the corners of his mouth were full of blood, and his chest was undulating.

Although Li Wuchang was startled, he still immediately stepped forward, patted the face of the man in black and whispered to wake up, the man in black coughed again, coughed up a mouthful of blood, his eyes were closed, and he was delirious.

Li Wuchang felt his pulse and found that the pulse was extremely disordered, and it seemed that he had injured his lungs and was in danger of his life at any time.

Saving lives matters.

Li Wuchang helped the man in black, asked him to sit on the ground again, and carefully checked his pulse.

"Hey, the injury is too serious, but it's a pity that there is no golden needle in his hand now, otherwise there is still salvation. Li Wuchang frowned, thinking about how to proceed with the healing.

After thinking for a while, Li Wuchang grabbed his head with both hands, pressed his thumb on the temples of the man in black, massaged for a while, and then pressed his vest with his left hand to acupuncture points, and slapped it hard with his right hand.

"Poof...... The man in black spurted out a mouthful of black blood, his eyes opened, he woke up, looked at Li Wuchang, and said, "Who are you, where is this?"

Li Wuchang made a silent gesture and said, "Don't talk yet, I'll help you to the room first." ”

Before the words fell, Li Wuchang felt his throat tighten.

"Are you from Dali Temple, Du Chengye sent you?" the man in black suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed Li Wuchang's neck, and said viciously.

Li Wuchang's eyes rolled and he had difficulty breathing, if he could speak, he must tell the story of Mr. Dongguo to this man in black.

What kind of person, sneaking from the dog hole into someone else's house, others woke him up, but he didn't want to repay, the first thing he did after waking up was to choke the neck of the life-saving benefactor, grandma is a bear, if I know martial arts, I will definitely slap you a white-eyed wolf, and then stuff it back into the dog hole, Li Wuchang hated and thought.

Although he hated it very much in his heart, Li Wuchang didn't want to be strangled to death by the man in black, so he struggled desperately, pointed to his neck at the man in black, signaled that he was having trouble breathing, and let him go.

The man in black looked around, shook his head, recalled what happened to him, and saw that Li Wuchang had a bandage on his head, his body was thin, and he didn't look like a catcher, and realized that he might have wronged someone, so he let go of his hand.

Li Wuchang breathed a few desperately, and said angrily: "What are you doing, the young master is kind enough to save your life, you will take revenge like this, grandma is a bear, is there still a royal law, is there still a heavenly principle?"

The man in black grabbed Li Wuchang's neck again, and said with a fierce face: "Don't speak loudly, now I ask a question and you answer, be quiet, if you attract others, I will break your neck as soon as possible, do you understand, nod if you understand." ”

Mom, my life is at stake, Li Wuchang nodded quickly.

The man in black let go of his hand and stared at Li Wuchang carefully, Li Wuchang carefully looked at the fierce man in black, his nervous heartbeat accelerated, and he didn't dare to speak, for fear of provoking this evil rakshasa.

Seeing that Li Wuchang was quite honest, the man in black observed the surroundings again, beckoned to Li Wuchang, and the two moved to a tall cypress tree together, sat down, and the man in black took a pose and began to heal his wounds.

"Who are you, and where is this?" asked the man in black.

"Li Wuchang, the fourth son of the Kid Commander's Mansion, this is my courtyard. Li Wuchang replied cautiously.

"Commander's Mansion, Li Lingwu, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, turned out to be the dog official. The man in black muttered to himself.

Although he was extremely scared, when it came to his father, Li Wuchang still had the courage to say: "My father is not a dog official, he has always been conscientious and conscientious to protect the safety of the palace city, and he is deeply trusted by His Majesty. ”

The man in black said disdainfully: "What is it to protect the dog emperor, not a dog official?" Hmph, there is not a good official in the imperial court, and they only know how to make power and accumulate wealth, and they don't know the people's suffering. ”

It turned out to be an angry young man, Li Wuchang said in his heart.

Hearing him mention Du Chengye's head arrest just now, it is estimated that he committed something big and was hunted down by Dali Temple.

At this time, it is not advisable to provoke him, otherwise it is not good, Li Wuchang, the son of the "dog official", is only afraid that he will be more than lucky, and he has to find a way to get out, there is no one else in the courtyard, so he can only rely on himself.

Li Wuchang exhaled, glanced left and right, and whispered, "I'll tell you secretly, I'm also interested in that ...... Hey, that dog emperor is so dissatisfied. ”

The man in black scoffed, obviously not believing.

Li Wuchang continued: "Did you see the injury on my head? It was injured by the third prince Lu Xuanming, a few days ago, he molested a woman from a good family, I saw that the road was uneven, and I stepped forward, but I was injured by him and his guards, really, look at my head, is there blood on it?"

The man in black looked at Li Wuchang, showed a disdainful expression, and said, "I remember, the fourth prince of the Li Mansion was beaten by the third prince a few days ago, and it turned out to be you." Hmph, what kind of road is uneven, obviously it is jealous, I have been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, this kind of drama is often seen, but you kid is still a little bold, dare to fight against the prince. ”

Li Wuchang couldn't imagine that he was so "famous", so he smiled, thinking about the strategy, the man in black in front of him was not easy to fool.

After a while, Li Wuchang's eyes rolled and said: "Jianghu people, good, although I am a gentleman, I admire the heroes on the rivers and lakes the most, because they have the most clear grievances. We don't care if you are a dog official or not, I didn't take the opportunity to report you when you were unconscious, and I healed you and saved your life, this is a fact. And you, indiscriminately, woke up and grabbed me by the neck, trying to kill your savior, that's how you walked the rivers and lakes?"

The man in black looked Li Wuchang up and down, the banter in his eyes dissipated, and said, "Sure enough, I have a little guts." That's right, the most important thing we pay attention to when we walk the rivers and lakes is to distinguish grievances and grievances, and it was not mine just now. ”

After saying that, he bowed his hand, and apologized to Li Wuchang.

Li Wuchang breathed a sigh of relief and struck while the iron was hot: "I see you're hungry, it just so happens that I just eat, and there are still a lot left, do you want to eat some and then heal your wounds?"

The man in black twitched his ears slightly, frowned, and said: "Someone is here, although you saved me, but you and I are not all the way, I will find a chance to return this love to you, I made a big mistake, I don't want to affect you, this is the Commander's Mansion, it is too dangerous for me, let's leave it alone." ”

Someone is coming? Where is someone? Li Wuchang looked around, but found no one.

The sound of breaking wind sounded.

I saw the figure in black flicker, jumped onto the high wall, and disappeared in an instant.

Li Wuchang was dumbfounded and muttered, "Light work, such a style!"

Although there are many masters in the Li Mansion, no one has ever shown such a hand in front of Li Wuchang, Li Wuchang is usually in contact with some gentlemen, and fighting with others is like a hooligan in the market, where has he seen this kind of method, and he was a little fascinated for a while.

"This guy has such a high level of martial arts, how can he climb the dog hole? What the hell is this guy doing? Tsk, it's embarrassing for him to be so strong that he can get through a small dog hole. ”

Li Wuchang was talking to himself, walked to the dog hole in the corner, squatted down, imagined the appearance of the man in black drilling the dog hole, and laughed.

"Hey, what is this?" Li Wuchang saw something in the dead grass next to the dog hole.

When he got closer, he saw that they were two tattered books, with some blood stains on them and some dirt, Li Wuchang picked up these two books and was about to open them to take a look.

"Stunned, stunned, where are you, I've come to see you. A voice rang out.

Someone is coming.

Li Wuchang was stunned for a moment, and quickly put the two broken books into the placket of his clothes, and got up to greet the guests.

Old partner Han Dazhi is here.