The next day, the sun rose.

Sunlight poured into the room through the window sills. Li Mingsi got up early in the morning. Standing in front of the case, he reached out to pick up the ruler on the case table, and then unfolded the rice paper.

Immediately afterwards, he half-rolled his sleeves, and picked up a small white porcelain bowl filled with clear water.Tilt the small bowl and mix clean water into the inkstone.

Then he put down the small white porcelain bowl, and raised his hand to pick up the ink ingot on the ink bed.The ink sticks are in the shape of strips, the whole body is pitch black, and the edges and corners are sharp.The word "Qingwei" is engraved on it.

The ink grinding is also very particular, and the weight and speed of the ink grinding must be appropriate.In addition, the posture of grinding ink needs to be correct, the ink needs to be held vertically and straightly, and the inkstone should be ground vertically in circles.

After a while, I saw that the ink in the inkstone was complete.

Li Mingsi reached out and picked a Langhao pen from the pen holder.Dip it into the ink in the dipping inkstone and start painting on the rice paper.

Langhao's brush strokes back and forth on the rice paper. Swimming, chapping, rubbing, dotting, and dyeing outlines a landscape painting.

Three thousand Feiliu waterfalls flow into the Bihan water pool.The heroic man in the scarlet woven golden flying fish suit stood beside the old Matsushita beside the waterfall, looking up at the sky, with his left hand resting on the embroidered spring knife at his waist.

As soon as Li Mingsi put down his pen, he heard a knock on the door: "Mingsi, are you awake?"

"Get up, get up." Li Mingsi bypassed the case, walked to the door, and opened the door.Waiting to see the person in front of him, he said with a smile: "Brother, it's early."

"Junior Brother only troubled me once, so naturally I have to take it to heart." The shopkeeper replied with a smile, and then there was a little worry on his face: "Have you really thought about it?"

"Think it over." Li Mingsi turned sideways and signaled the shopkeeper to enter the room. After closing the door, he continued: "This is the case with feuds and entanglements. I can't escape."

"But I see that you have a good relationship with the commander, can you really do it?" The shopkeeper frowned slightly, worried.

"That's why I asked my brother to help me..." Li Mingsi smiled wryly, "I was planning to kill him at first, but it was delayed for a while."

"Then why do you still want to help him get Gouyu back?" the shopkeeper asked back.

"It's not for him. Besides, that Gouyu belongs to me." Li Mingsi teased: "Brother, when did you become so inked? Don't you really think of yourself as an old man?"

"Okay, I won't play tricks with you anymore." The shopkeeper sighed softly: "Since you have made up your mind, don't regret it in the future."

"I will never regret it." Li Mingsi smiled.Maybe the Li family is the only one who remembers the hatred and hatred in this world, but he has to obey the instructions left by his master.

"That's enough." The shopkeeper said, "I'll go get ready, and you must remember to take the medicine on time, so that your internal injuries can heal."

"Understood, brother."

………………

Li Mingsi stood on the second floor of Huaman Building with his hands behind his back, looking at the row upon row of houses and the people passing by in the distance, the sunlight shining on the glazed tiles was coated with gold.

Although he didn't know if Ling Duanyi would attend the appointment, he still asked his senior brother to deliver the letter.

At noon, Ling Duanyi really arrived as promised.Ling Duanyi was wearing casual clothes, holding the Xiuchun knife in his hand, and walked slowly in front of Li Mingsi on soap boots.

Last night, just as he was about to go to bed, a dart flew out of the window suddenly, and there was still a note on the dart. It was Li Mingsi who asked him to go to Huamanlou at noon tomorrow, saying that he had something important to discuss.

"Come?" Li Mingsi turned sideways, looked at Ling Duanyi and smiled.

"En." Ling Duanyi walked up to Li Mingsi, stopped, and then took out a bottle of medicine and handed it to Li Mingsi: "I got someone to make this medicine for you yesterday, and it's good for your recovery. "

"..." Li Mingsi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and took the medicine bottle from Ling Duanyi's hand: "Take care of yourself."

"It's okay." Ling Duanyi replied.

"Sit." Li Mingsi pulled out the wooden chair and sat down, and Ling Duanyi happened to sit opposite him.

"I came here today to wear the nine-pattern jadeite phoenix." Li Mingsi turned up the upside-down teacup, lifted the teapot, poured a cup of tea and pushed it to Ling Duanyi's table.

"Do you have a whereabouts?" Hearing this, Ling Duanyi's expression became solemn.

"Yes~" Li Mingsi took a sip of tea and said, "According to my investigation, they will bring the nine-pattern jadeite phoenix pendant to the Hexagonal White Pavilion on Sunset Cliff tonight for trading. Come and get all the stolen goods!"

"According to your investigation?" Ling Duanyi raised his eyebrows slightly: "Where did you get the information?"

"You don't care about that." Li Mingsi shrugged and put the teacup on the wooden table: "Anyway, your task is to get back the Nine-pattern Emerald Phoenix Pendant, isn't it?"

"...Well." Ling Duanyi was noncommittal, this was his task.

"Okay, we're done talking, we're here, why don't you treat me to dinner?" Li Mingsi looked at Ling Duanyi and smiled.

"Okay." Ling Duanyi nodded, and then ordered: "Take that medicine three times a day, two pills at a time, don't forget to take it."

"Ah?...Okay." After speaking, Li Mingsi reached out and took the menu on the table to order, "What do you want to eat?"

"Anything." Ling Duanyi replied.

"Then serve all the dishes?" Li Mingsi put down the menu, looked up at Ling Duanyi and asked.

"..." Ling Duanyi looked cautious: "I don't bring enough money."

"It's just a joke, don't take it seriously~" Li Mingsi smiled at Ling Duanyi, and ticked off a few or two dishes on the menu. "I just ordered three dishes, should I be able to afford it?"

"Yes." Ling Duanyi said sincerely.

Li Mingsi also didn't know what to do with Ling Duanyi. The first time Ling Duanyi met was because he was caught peeping at a man taking a shower.

Later, in order to avenge Ling Duanyi, he ran to peek at Ling Duanyi taking a bath, and happened to see the birthmark on Ling Duanyi's waist and the piece of white dragon jade.

Later, he was inadvertently involved in the cold war between the two factories and one guard, and he became their gimmick against Ling Duanyi.I could have pushed all of this onto Ling Duanyi and escaped.

But invisibly, he always cared about Ling Duanyi, who was not good at words, and was a bit old-fashioned.

When he was seriously injured by Wang Hai's dog, he didn't hand him over.Ling Duanyi knew that officials and thieves were not in harmony, but he subconsciously protected himself.

Li Mingsi always felt that Ling Duanyi was probably stupid.

"Yesterday you left me, what did you go for?" After ordering, Li Mingsi was bored and chatted with Ling Duanyi.

"Buy medicine." Ling Duanyi said.

"..."

Seeing that Li Mingsi didn't answer for a long time, Ling Duanyi continued: "I bought it after waiting in line for half an hour, and if I go late, I won't be able to buy it."

"I'm a thief, you're an official. Why are you being so nice to me?" Li Mingsi propped his chin with one hand, turned his head to look out the window, and said casually.

"You were injured because of me, so I should take part of the responsibility." Ling Duanyi replied.

"Then you still want to arrest me?" Li Mingsi's eyes were frivolous, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Yes." Ling Duanyi replied: "I am an official, and you are a thief. Stealing royal treasures is an even worse crime."

"Then you want me to be imprisoned and executed?" Li Mingsi turned his head, met Ling Duanyi's gaze, and asked.

"..." Ling Duanyi didn't have that kind of intention in his heart. Although Li Mingsi did steal something, it wasn't too expensive.

As for the nine-pattern jadeite phoenix pendant, Li Mingsi cannot be blamed for its responsibility, after all, there are two other factories involved.

Seeing Ling Duanyi's hesitation, Li Mingsi smiled and said, "Forget it, it's still a long time anyway, so it's not too late to talk about it later."

"Ah."

………………

After drinking and eating, Li Mingsi took Ling Duanyi to wander around the streets.Although he walked through the wide streets and narrow alleys countless times, he never stopped.At that time, I was either doing tasks or catching thieves.

Li Mingsi walked to the sugar figurine booth, bought two sugar figurines, and handed one of them to Ling Duanyi beside him.

"..." Ling Duanyi looked at the sugar figurine he was handing over, hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take it.

"Mother, look. That big brother is so old and still eats sugar, shame on him."

"..." Ling Duanyi resisted the urge to throw away the sugar figurine, and swallowed the sugar figurine in a few mouthfuls. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Li Mingsi handed him a string of candied haws.

Ling Duanyi looked at the candied haws handed to him, and said calmly, "I won't eat it."

"Why?" Li Mingsi was puzzled by this, as if he had thought of something, he continued: "This is called candied haws, and it's delicious, sweet and sour."

"..." Who doesn't know candied haws?It's just that such a big person eats candied haws like a child.Anyway, he is also the commander of Jin Yiwei.

"Come and taste it." Li Mingsi unwrapped the glutinous rice paper, and handed the candied haws to Ling Duanyi's mouth.

"..." Ling Duanyi turned his head to avoid the candied haws: "No, you can keep it for yourself."

"I already have it." Li Mingsi replied, and then sent the candied haws to Ling Duanyi's mouth.

Ling Duanyi had no choice but to stretch out his hand to hold the wooden skewers on which candied haws were strung together.Inadvertently, the palm slipped across the back of Li Mingsi's hand, as if touching lightning, which made his heart throb.

"what happened?"

Hearing this, Ling Duanyi regained his composure, lowered his head and bit off a candied haws, and said vaguely, "It's nothing."

"There's a pastry shop in front, accompany me to buy some." Li Mingsi stuck out his tongue a little, licking the icing that wrapped the candied haws.

"When are you leaving?" Ling Duanyi asked beside Li Mingsi.

"It's still early, and you came out for a mission. Now that the information is clear, we just need to wait and see."

Li Mingsi smiled: "Quan Zuo is my reward for giving you the news. You must know that if this news is to be sold, it will be worth hundreds of taels of silver."

"..." Hearing this, Ling Duanyi finally understood why Li Mingsi always eats at Huamanlou, but he is not short of money.

Speaking of which, buying and selling news was also acquiesced by the imperial court, and their Jinyiwei often needed to rely on well-informed businessmen to provide news, but relatively, they would also pay the silver.

"How about I sell you information in the future?" Li Mingsi teased: "Raise the price a bit, let's see you take a bath for two taels, get a handful of three taels, and take a bath for seven taels together, how about it?"

"..." Although it sounds like a good deal, Ling Duanyi hasn't despised himself to that extent.Immediately said sternly: "No need."

"I'm joking, don't take it seriously~" Seeing Ling Duanyi's serious face, Li Mingsi continued: "However, you can ask me three questions at will without charging you. If you have thought about what you want to ask, ask I am."

"Well, thank you." Ling Duanyi replied.

"It doesn't matter to me, it's you..." Li Mingsi paused, and looked sideways at Ling Duanyi: "Stay with me all day, really won't delay your mission? The commander will be very busy managing Jinyiwei anyway. right?"

"..." Although he didn't say anything, Ling Duanyi was noncommittal in his heart.

"It's okay if you don't say it." Before Ling Duanyi could answer, Li Mingsi walked towards the snack shop and said, "Anyway, it's your own business, so it doesn't matter if you don't want to say it."

"Ah."

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The moon cage tulle, the shadows of trees.

The clear light shines through the gaps between the strips, and the silver light is mottled all over the ground.

Li Mingsi and Ling Duanyi squatted in the bushes, watching the Hexagonal White Pavilion not far away.Hundreds of flowers compete around the white pavilion, overflowing with fragrance.

Suddenly, the breeze swept over, bringing a little fragrance into the nostrils.Mosquitoes buzzed and flew around his ears, disturbing Li Mingsi couldn't help being upset, the back of his hand was itchy, and he couldn't help scratching on the back of his hand.

In my heart, I can't wait to kill all the mosquitoes in the world.

"Stop scratching." Ling Duanyi almost jumped up and down when he saw Li Mingsi scratching like a hozen.He reached out and wrapped one of Li Mingsi's hands in his palm, and said, "I have mosquito repellent here, just wipe it on."

"En." Li Mingsi responded, stretching his hands in front of Ling Duanyi.Ling Duanyi took out the ointment and applied it on the back of Li Mingsi's hand.After a while, Li Mingsi felt that the back of his hand was no longer itchy.

"This medicine is amazing~" Li Mingsi said happily, "Now it doesn't itch at all."

"Hmm." Ling Duanyi dipped his index finger in the ointment, and tapped it on Li Mingsi's forehead: "Put some on your face too, it won't look good if you get bitten by mosquitoes..." As soon as he said this, Ling Duanyi silently closed his mouth.

"What did you just say?" Li Mingsi looked at Ling Duanyi and asked.Under the shadow of the tree shadow, Li Mingsi's clear and pure eyes reflected some clear light and the blurred shadow of Ling Duanyi.

"It's nothing." Ling Duanyi withdrew his hand and closed the plaster box: "Just spread the plaster evenly on your face."

"Hmm." Li Mingsi asked while touching the plaster, "Duan Yi, have you heard of Yinyang Yuanyangyu?

That day at the inn, there were so many people, it was really because I didn't think carefully, but now there are only you and me around, so there shouldn't be anything to be afraid of, right? "

"..." Ling Duanyi didn't know how to answer, although this yin and yang mandarin duck jade involved family hatred.

But the Ling family had nothing to do with it at all. It was clearly the Li family who insisted on it. They always felt that it was their Ling family's fault. Because his grandfather was inexplicably stuffed with this Gouyu, he was hunted down to death by the Li family.

"People who can have yin and yang mandarin duck jade must have a deep relationship with them. Duan Yi, you said your surname is Ling, and my surname is Li. I think you should have guessed something?" Before Ling Duanyi answered, Li Mingsi said lightly.

"Are you..." Hearing this, Ling Duanyi asked in surprise, "A descendant of the Li family?"

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