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Early in the morning, the old servant heard someone report that Li Xi had returned.

Moreover, people also directly entered the lucky hall where the ancestors were worshipped.

He sounded puzzled, felt something was wrong, thought for a while, and asked this person to inform the old lady, and he went to have a look first.

He hurried to the Futang, stepped over the threshold when he entered the door and raised his eyes, seeing Li Xi's outfit, he was startled.

When he approached, seeing Li Xi kneeling silently in front of the tablets of the ancestors, his two old brows frowned tightly.

He asked him, "Third Master, what are you..."

This uniform was made by Li Xi for fun many years ago.

Because of this, General Li once reprimanded him.

But today, Li Xi came to visit his ancestors in such a dress, and the old servant looked at him with a bad feeling in his heart.

Soon, Mrs. Li also came over.

The old lady hadn't washed up yet, she just put on her clothes in a hurry, combed her hair casually, and she was taken aback when she came in to see what he was wearing.

Heart suddenly suspended, she came forward in a hurry, seeing Li Xi's serious face, she was furious, and said: "You don't want the lives of more than 100 members of Li's family because of him, do you?"

She misunderstood.

She thought that Li Xi decided to fight Zhong Sheng to the death in order to get Zuo Ji back.

After finishing speaking, she saw Li Xi take out something, and when she saw it was a tiger charm, her eyes and the old servant's eyes widened.

"Last night, King Huainan came to the city to look for me, and he let go of this. He said that there was an order from the Holy Spirit, that I must lead someone to kill the criminal Zhong Sheng today."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and said to Mrs. Li, "I don't know if mother is satisfied with the result?"

Mrs. Li's heart dropped heavily.

"...for what?"

"Because Zuo Ji is the eldest son of the current emperor." Li Xi took back the tiger amulet, and this time he did not intend to hide it from her: "Everyone was deceived by Zuo Shicheng."

"Even so, what does it matter to you?"

Faced with Mrs. Li's unacceptable face, Li Xi smiled wryly.

"I want to be with him and live a good life. How could the Holy Majesty, who has already known the truth, tolerate me."

From that day, when he learned the truth in the forest, he knew that Wu Yu would trouble him sooner or later.

Unexpectedly, Wu Yu just wanted him to kill Zhong Sheng instead of getting rid of him directly.

That's benevolent already.

We should be grateful for the influence that the Li family has in the court.

In this battle, no matter who dies in the end, he loses.

He thought about it all night last night, thinking about it.

Things have come to this point, we can only accept it.

After all, God's will is inevitable, isn't it?

Li Xi kowtowed three times to the memorial tablet of his ancestors, got up and walked away.

The old lady watched her off, and at the end, she hesitated and said anxiously, "Xi'er!"

Li Xi went to the door, and when the old lady called him, his steps stopped.

He knew what she was worried about.

As the youngest son in the family, he is superior to his elder brothers both in martial arts and intellect, but he claims to be weak and sick to the outside world, and he still refuses to take a step closer to court.

This is not because he does not seek power and glory.

It was because not long after he was born, Banxian warned his father that he would disobey and kill the king in the future.

Therefore, his loyal father has been hiding him and raising him, asking him to do nothing and not care about world affairs.

However, such is fate.

Because of helping him once, he fell in love with Zuo Ji, and because of this, he still stepped in with one foot.

Feeling concerned, he left without looking back.

On the side of the medicine hut, Mo Jia and the others spread out in the forest, but nothing was found.

Mo Jia's heart is not here, but just wandering around. Finally, when he came here, he glanced left and right, and found that Qi Luo's face was not right, and his eyebrows were raised slightly.

He sensed that Zirro was more nervous than before.

There must be a problem around here.

He looked around again, the sky was bright, and the situation of obstructed vision had improved significantly. He noticed something strange in a downhill not far away, so he couldn't help walking over.

After walking a few steps, he was suddenly blocked by Qi Luo rushing forward.

Zi Luo gritted his teeth and stared at him aggressively, but lacked confidence.

Mo Jia pushed him away and went forward. He came to a towering tree and looked down. The thick roots of the old tree twisted and hugged each other, forming a big tree pit on the lower side.

And inside the tree pit, there is a pile of bonfires that have been burned out.

Mo Jia jumped directly into the tree pit.

Turning around, I found a natural pit under the tree.

There's some messy luggage here, and a quilt.

Mo Jia reached out to check, but there was no one inside the quilt, and the residual temperature had almost dissipated.

Qi Luo hurriedly chased him down, seeing that Zhong Sheng was not there, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

He hurriedly kicked all the masonry around the campfire into disorder.

He also squatted down and pulled the soil vigorously, trying to cover up all the traces of burnt firewood branches outside the pit.

"It's useless." Mo Jia said.

This made Zi Luo very angry.

He got up, smashed the soil in his hand angrily, and said loudly: "Otherwise? What else can I do? What should I do?"

Mo Jia didn't want to listen to his nonsense, so she turned around and wanted to leave, but was blocked by him rushing towards her again.

"Did you kill Lu Hui?"

Zi Luo couldn't help but asked again.

Mo Jia frowned, and finally said, "Yes."

Mo Jia's confession surprised Zi Luo very much.

He staggered back two steps, wondering if this meant that Mo Jia would kill him next time, fear was written all over his young face.

He asked, "...why?"

"Because he knew a secret he shouldn't know, and planned to do something he shouldn't do."

"...no...something to do?"

"The Holy Majesty wants Li Xi to kill His Highness with his own hands."

Mo Jia's words startled Qi Luo.

"He followed Bai Mayan, overheard this, rushed back here, and met me. I took him to avoid Bai Mayan's pursuit. I originally planned to take him back at his request and let him go The one who saved His Highness didn't want to, but he set his mind on Zuo Ji..."

His eyes were different from usual ones, and he was determined with hostility. He said to Qi Luo, "This is exactly what I don't allow."

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