Laughing at Chang'an

"Why is it so cold?"

Stepping out of the airship with one foot, Li Shen couldn't help shivering. Chilling is one of the proofs that his body is declining day by day. The temperature was irritating, and the captain walking behind heard his muttering, hesitated, and said: "The altitude here is relatively high, it's normal to be hot in summer and cold in winter."

Before he finished speaking, a snow-covered raindrop floated to the tip of Li Shen's nose and melted into water on his skin.The two raised their heads subconsciously, only to see that the sky was dark, scattered with sleet, and there was a cold and damp atmosphere around them, which made people feel uncomfortable instinctively.

Li Shen let out a breath of white air, walked down the gangway with his suitcase, and the person in charge of Ye Yang branch who rushed to greet him nodded and said, "Prepare a car for me, I'm going out for a trip, the people and goods on board are all Take control, one less thing, I want your head."

The person in charge of the branch froze with a flattering smile on his face, bit the bullet and answered yes, and invited Li Shen to the car that had been prepared earlier in the morning.Seeing the person driving and disappearing in smoke, he let out a long breath, wiped off the sweat that didn't exist on his brow, and beckoned people to arrest the captain and other crew members. There is no doubt that the evil star will be soft when he kills his own people.

Li Shen drove straight to No. 94 Wencheng Lane, Qijiangli, Yeyang City.

He had seen the map on the boat, and this place was quite remote, almost at the easternmost corner of Yeyang City.Qijiangli is a ferry, and there is a big river from east to west, which is called Qijiang.As long as this kind of large ferry is always mixed with fish and dragons, all kinds of people from south to north appear here, which is very suitable for hiding and easy to escape.If the person who asked him to meet was really the missing Li Tieyi as Lin Guo said, then Li Shen could only think that the situation of the other party was not very good.

It is also sad for me to be forced to this point by my own son.

Propping his head and looking at the rearview mirror, Li Shen drove the car into the hotel owned by Geng Jun on the side of the road, asked for a room, took care of the luggage, entered the room to change clothes, took the elevator down to the third basement floor, and changed a car. The car leaves from another exit half a kilometer away from the special passage.After that, he passed a restaurant, a food stall, and a gambling house, and did the same thing until he confirmed that there was no follower behind him, and then he drove into Qijiangli.

In the end, Li Shen, dressed as a casual businessman, stood in front of No. 94 Wencheng Lane, lowered the brim of his hat to check the seal on the door.He frowned, turned over and jumped into the courtyard wall. Inside was a deserted and dilapidated courtyard. It was already evening, and it was still dark, as if someone lived there.

He pushed open the door of the main room, and a pungent rancid smell came over his face, and he saw a man sitting beside the Eight Immortals table in the middle, holding a small knife in his hand, with his head lowered, cutting the flesh of his legs one by one.

The flesh is black.

Li Shen stood by the door, took off his hat, his eyes were indifferent, he already recognized the identity of this person.

Li Xin, the five permanent generals of Huiguang, who is benevolent, righteous, courteous, wise and trustworthy, is at the bottom.Li Xin has been with Li Tieyi all year round, and his skills are the best among the five permanent generals, because he is the youngest, only 56 years old now.

The knife was nailed to the table with a bang, and his right leg turned into carrion on the ground from the knee down. Li Xin raised his head and said in displeasure, "You have a sweetheart, if you dare to come in through the main entrance, I will cut you with a knife."

The words were quite blunt, Li Shen squinted at him, the other party put on such an elder posture to talk to him, could he be sure that he already knew his background?

"Okay, let's go in."

Li Xin drew out his knife and waved his hand at Li Shen, and went to gouge out the carrion on his leg. He followed Li Tieyi all the year round, watched Li Mubai grow up, and also liked Li Mubai from the bottom of his heart, so he was the most ruthless.

The young man who smiled and called him Uncle Xin had a piece of persimmon in his mouth and handed him the poisonous one.

When the knife is cut down, the poison is cut, and the heart is gouged out.

Li Shen walked out through the small door at the back of the house and entered another inner room.The room was also dim, with a small candle lighted, and there was a strong smell of medicine. He lifted the curtain in front of the bed, and saw Li Tieyi lying on the bed with a pale face.

Compared with the last time I saw him, the old man was much thinner, and the flesh on his cheeks was almost invisible, only a layer of skin stuck to the bones. The faint candlelight flickered on and off on that old face, making him look even more desolate.

The majestic glory was in charge, and Li Shen walked to the bedside, stretched out his hand, and put his hand under the old man's nose.

"The master has been poisoned by septic blood, and the blood in his body has been changed three times, but it is only an emergency measure, and it is difficult to eradicate the toxin." An old voice sounded from the corner, and Li Shen didn't notice it when he came in. Surprised, I turned my head to look——

He saw a box.

Less than half a meter high, the box is square and square, with a pair of eyes looking out from the box, like two balls of will-o'-the-wisp.As if aware of Li Shen's surprise, the person in the box laughed hoarsely, and explained: "I was cut off by Du Zhong, so I can only live in this box. Please don't mind, my young master... Please forgive me this time. When the Lord comes, I have something to ask."

"I'm not the young master of your family." Li Shen frowned and said displeasedly, "I'm Li Shen from the Geng Army."

The person in the box laughed hoarsely.

"It doesn't matter if you admit it or not, as long as the news spreads, troubles will follow... Back then, the matter between the master and Miss Yun was not a secret, and there were not a few people in the family who knew about it. Heart, they will naturally come to you."

"After all, your surname is Li."

………………

Middle Earth, Chang'an.

Just before Geng Yan boarded the airship, Gong Yun who hurried over finally stopped him.The two boarded the airship, closed the hatch, and remained relatively silent.

"Li Shen is Li Tieyi's illegitimate son?"

"Yes, it is Lin Guo's inference."

Geng Yan was silent for a while, and murmured 'no wonder'.

No wonder Li Mubai wanted to rebel, no wonder Li Tieyi showed his favor to Li Shen in every possible way, and everything was explained.As a result, Li Shen was drawn into the center of the whirlpool again. His position was that of the Geng Army on one side and his biological father Li Tieyi on the other, which was very contradictory.

If Li Shen had chosen Li Tieyi, then the Geng Army would not only have to lose a general, but the internal strife in Radiance, which was originally happy to see its success, probably would not have the expected result.

Geng Yan remained silent for a long time.

Gong Yun thought he was distressed, but unexpectedly he was silent for a long time, and suddenly smiled and sighed.

"Ayun."

"Ok?"

"There is such a person, you want to stay by your side all the time, hold him in your arms, and keep him as your own...but you can't do that, so what will you do?"

Gong Yun raised his eyes, his gaze was as deep as a pool, quietly watching Geng Yan who was smiling faintly in front of him.

After a long time, he opened his mouth and said——

"I'll let go."

………………

Candlelight flickered.

The cold air in the room lingered around him, Li Shen covered his mouth with his sleeve and coughed a few times.He looked down at the unknown old man lying on the bed, and there were many contradictions and complications in his eyes.

Before coming, Lin Guo told him in the communication that if what he saw was really Li Tieyi, then leave immediately, don't ask anything, don't say anything, don't care about anything.

That's right, if he's just Gengjun Li Shen.

"Young master, there is a boat at the ferry outside. The flag of Xu's company is hung on the boat. It is our boat. Before the master passed out, he issued a summoning order, and all the people who were summoned were gathered in Hanshan, eighty miles away. Now I am with you. With Li Xin's appearance, he can't accompany his master there, so he can only rely on you to come forward."

The voice of the person in the box has a peculiar sense of rhythm. Although the voice is hoarse and unpleasant, it is not offensive.Li Shen suddenly remembered a rumor, and asked, "Are you the jade-faced scholar Li Zhi?"

"Hehe." The person in the box laughed again, "The young master's eyes are exactly Li Zhi, but it's a pity that the jade face is not as good as the ghost face..."

Before he could finish speaking, there was a shrill knife sound in the front room. Li Shen frowned and turned to see what happened, but was stopped by the person in the box.

"Take Master with you." He begged in a low voice, "We are here, take Master with you."

"Before dawn tomorrow, if you don't make it to Hanshanji and get the antidote, I'm afraid the master... will die."

Li Shen didn't respond.

There were faint footsteps coming from all directions outside, this place has been exposed, and that's why Li Xin drew his sword to warn. It's too late to hesitate at this time.

He leaned over and pushed Li Tieyi on the bed to his shoulder, tightly wrapped his left hand around the bend of his leg, and put it on his arm.Then he kicked open the window, and jumped out facing the cold wind that swept in.

A few drops of rain with snow fell on the face.

Li Shen took a deep breath of the cold air, suppressed the confusion in his eyes, supported the old man on his arm, and walked towards the front that was already shrouded in darkness.

Even if he didn't want to recognize this father, he couldn't watch him die.

——How to choose?

"Thirty years of wind and rain have passed, no one can tell what is right and what is wrong, looking back, there is no old friend, joy and sorrow can only be hidden in the heart..."

Someone in the small courtyard hissed and groaned, laughing, crying, and lamenting.

Li Shen suddenly looked back.

The flames lit up the sky, and after the deafening explosion, the burning courtyard decayed and collapsed.The hot wind broke through the falling raindrops in the sky, lifted his hair at the sideburns, and made his eyes red.

A small knife shot out of the fire, brushed his cheek, and was driven deep into the stone wall in the distance.

—was urging him to go.

Let's go.

Li Shen turned around, raised his eyebrows to see the black shadows around him, he stepped forward, and the rain stopped in midair.With another foot down, the surroundings became quiet.

Where is the safest place in the world?

Naturally, it was in Li Shen's arms.

………………

At the ferry, the boat has lowered its sails and is waiting to set sail.

Li Shen appeared under the boat holding Li Tieyi.

A row of white paper lanterns stood quietly beside the gangway, and a dozen or so blurred figures stood sideways on the edge of the gangway one by one, bowing to him and lowering their heads.

Li Shen climbed up the stairs.

The bow and the deck were full of people.There are many familiar faces under the silver armor, and at a glance, none of them are young people.

The leader had white hair like frost, and Li Shen recognized that face, which had turned into ashes—if it wasn't old man Yu, who else?

I saw him kneeling on his armor, clasped his fists and said in a deep voice, "Hui Guang Li Ren, see the young master."

While the armor rustled, the old people knelt down to Li Shen one after another.

"See Young Master!"