Rivers and Lakes Records

Perhaps because he was afraid that the night would be full of dreams, Master Yang's actions were faster than Lu Mingtong expected. Before Yang Tong's confinement was over, preparations for the succession ceremony were already in full swing.

Yang Feng stayed behind closed doors every day, took care of Pei Lian in his room, and was very worried that he would be dismissed after hearing the wind. Fortunately, Master Yang seemed to have forgotten that he had such a second son when he was busy. None of them found him.Lu Mingtong passed in front of them once, and happened to hear the two elders talking about the succession ceremony.

"I've already checked the roster, and all the respectable guests have stayed. Can't you really try again with the leader of the martial arts? If you can invite the leader to the scene, it will be better to talk about it in the future."

"I have submitted invitations several times, but the Wulin League returned them on the grounds that they were too busy. Isn't there still Shi Daxia here? I think he is not in the limelight now. The leader means to let Shi Daxia replace him, and when the time comes...Fengyun make."

Lu Mingtong, who was caught eavesdropping, nodded towards the two, with a friendly face on his face: "Where are you two going?"

The two portraits who were still discussing in full swing just now stopped their voices instantly, and said, "I am going to the living room. There are a lot of things in the house these days. If there is any negligence, please forgive me."

Being hated for no reason, Lu Mingtong said with a dry smile: "Where is it, you two go on to work, I'll just walk around."

Old fox, he yelled silently in his heart.No wonder I saw Yang Tong and Brother Shi walking together before, it turned out that Master Yang had already made plans to move the Yang family to the Wulin League.

I haven't seen Brother Shi very much recently, and I don't know what he's busy with. I didn't even see him watch the famous sword competition.

Lu Mingtong turned around to look for someone, Shi Jingtian was not in the room, Lu Mingtong only found out after asking the servant that he had gone out early in the morning.

When he was in the inn before, Lu Mingtong had seen him get up early and practice diligently, but after looking around the Yang family, there seemed to be no place for him to chop trees.

He hovered around the door for a while, unable to wait for anyone to come back, so he left a message for the boy and went back.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Shi Jing received the news and came to look for him. Lu Mingtong saw the person and asked curiously: "Brother Shi, what have you been up to lately, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Shi Jingtian said: "The weather is going to turn hot, my father and I discussed that it is time to change the outfits for the children in the boxing gym. I went to the market in the past few days to find some light and comfortable materials."

Lu Mingtong remembered that his mother was still in the boxing gym, so he hurriedly said: "My mother should have done some research on this, I will write a letter to ask her."

Shi Jingtian smiled and said: "No need, Mrs. Lu has already given father many ideas, and I only went out to buy after receiving their instructions."

Last time Lu Mingtong suspected that there was an inner ghost in the house, and asked the housekeeper to investigate secretly. For Madam Lu's safety, she was temporarily kept in the Shijia Boxing Gym. Madam Lu likes children. Half of Mrs.'s content is about children.

"My mother really likes to play with the children. By the way, my father and the owner of Jinyi Pavilion are family friends. They must have good materials there!"

Lu Mingtong was so excited that he was about to write a letter right away, but Shi Jingtian couldn't stop him, so he had to silently calculate the price, and planned to send someone over when the clothes were ready.

"Having said so much, Mingtong still hasn't said what he wants from me." Shi Jingtian paused, frowned, and said, "I heard that Pei Lian abstained from the famous sword competition for the last round?"

The corners of Lu Mingtong's mouth froze, and he said sadly: "Hey, something happened, and I couldn't explain it clearly at the moment." He remembered overhearing the conversation between the two, and asked, "Master Yang wants to tell you about the position of the Patriarch of the Yang family?" Passed it to Yang Tong, does Brother Shi know?"

"I heard about it." Shi Jingtian said regretfully, "I really didn't expect that Mr. Yang is still looking very energetic. Why did he rush to let Mr. Yang inherit the great cause so quickly? Recently, the Wulin League has been too busy. Here I am, I originally wanted to return to the Wulin League to help after the Famous Sword Conference was over, but I didn't expect Master Yang to make such a sudden decision, I can only stay here for a few more days on behalf of the leader of the alliance."

Lu Mingtong thought that the Yang family was determined to rely on the shadow of the Martial Arts League, and felt uncomfortable. Hearing this, he said: "They moved very fast, Brother Shi should be able to go back earlier."

After Shi Jingtian left, Lu Mingtong hurriedly found Feng Ji. When talking with Shi Jingtian just now, he reminded himself with an unintentional sentence——Although Pei Lian's martial arts is high, it is not enough to ignore Master Yang , Mr. Yang is so eager to pass the position to Yang Tong, is it because something happened that made him not sure whether he can suppress Pei Lian?

After listening to his conjecture, Feng Ji said in a deep voice: "Theoretically speaking, there are only two possibilities for him to pass the position in advance. One is that Pei Lian's martial arts have reached the peak, so he has to take precautions in advance. The other is that he himself What happened to his body, he was afraid that he would not be able to support the day when Yang Tong surpassed Pei Lian."

Lu Mingtong murmured: "But these two possibilities are not the same. If Pei Lianzhen has already practiced the peerless miraculous skills, how could he be injured so easily? But if Master Yang's health is not good, he looks better than ordinary people." The old man is much more energetic."

The two looked at each other, Feng Ji said: "Neither you nor I are experts in this field, we have to hire another expert."

After a while, a third person came into the house.

After listening to their conjectures, Duan Heng said calmly: "Under normal circumstances, the quality of a person's body will be directly displayed on his appearance. A person with a strong body will have a rosy complexion, and a person with a weak body will have a pale complexion. Qing. Although it is possible that he used a trick to deceive his eyes, I have not checked the pulse of Master Yang, so I can't confirm it."

Lu Mingtong said: "We are just conjecturing. Brother Duan, what medicine are you talking about that can help people survive temporarily?"

"It is rumored that there is a thing in the Western Regions called the Soul-Returning Grass. It can make people who are about to die regain the strength of their prime, but this medicine has a strong backlash. Once the time expires, the person who takes it will rapidly age overnight and the liver will dry up. "Duan Heng said: "Of course, all these are just rumors. I have heard of all kinds of weird medicines since I practiced medicine. This time, I have no way of distinguishing the true and false of the soul grass."

Lu Mingtong was a little uncertain: "It's really not worthwhile to make such a big sacrifice just to prevent Pei Lian. If I were him, I might as well kill Pei Lian directly."

"He may not think so." Feng Ji pondered: "It's just that killing him requires a reason that everyone in the world will believe in and support, so he thought of blaming Pei Lian for the loss of the sword, and then borrowing your hand to kill him." The reputation of Pei Lian as a traitor has spread, so killing him is justified and justified, and it is very satisfying."

No wonder he dragged himself into everything, Lu Mingtong couldn't help but feel chills down his back, he almost became a knife, a knife borrowed to kill Pei Lian.

"No." He thought for a while, and said, "But Yang Tong stole the sword suddenly, how could he get to this point?"

Feng Ji said: "Why can't it be counted? Yang Tong will steal the sword because he knows that Master Yang will pass on the position to himself in the near future. Think about it, the rumors of the Yang family have been passed on for so long, why did he suddenly pick the right date to attack?" , and succeeded? Who in the huge Yang family can pass this message to him?"

"You mean...in fact, Master Yang was guarding and stealing all of this?" Lu Mingtong's head began to ache: "How big a game of chess did he play? If Yang Tong didn't steal the sword, wouldn't his plan be all right?" Did it fail?"

Speaking of this, Lu Mingtong was shocked. He suddenly realized that if their guesses were true, then Master Yang would definitely not just make one-handed preparations.

Even if Yang Tong didn't steal the sword, he must have other ways to kill Pei Lian.Lu Mingtong was startled, raised his eyes to look at Feng Ji, Feng Ji saw through his inner thoughts, and said, "Yang Feng is guarding him right now, Mingtong, no matter what, Master Yang is his father, what do you have?" I never thought that if Yang Feng didn't listen to you, or if others listened to what you said, the Lu family and the Yang family would be married."

Lu Mingtong was a little embarrassed for a moment, and the hand hanging beside him couldn't help clenching his fist, revealing every vein.For a long time, Fengyun Envoy has been recording these things as a bystander. Is it the right move to act rashly?If in exchange for the result of fighting with the Yang family, is it worth it...

But human life is at stake, if you don't say it yourself, what awaits Pei Lian is likely to be the next trap.Lu Mingtong's mind was in chaos, he hesitated between the two choices, Feng Ji glanced at his anxious face, stretched out a hand, gently covered his hand, and swam in between his fingers, He opened his clenched fist soothingly.

"Whatever you choose, I will be with you."

The confusion in his heart dissipated instantly, Lu Mingtong held him back, showing a relieved smile: "I'll go find him."

Pei Lian has been able to walk normally in the past two days, but Yang Feng is still too worried, so he dragged him to lie on the bed forcefully, and began to ask for his health when he heard the noise.

Seeing Lu Mingtong approaching, Yang Feng opened his eyes wide in surprise: "Master Fengyun, why are you here?"

Feng Ji glanced at Pei Lian, and said to Yang Feng: "He has some things to discuss with Mr. Pei alone, and please ask Second Mr. Yang to wait outside with me."

Lu Mingtong turned his head and glanced, and immediately understood Feng Ji's intentions.Yang Feng is pure by nature and has the most direct blood relationship with Master Yang. Instead of telling him about these things, it will only embarrass him, it is better to talk to Pei Lian directly.

Yang Feng nodded, he had great trust in Lu Mingtong, and followed Feng Ji out without hesitation.

Inside the room, after Lu Mingtong finished his conjecture, Pei Lian turned his head and looked at him fixedly: "So, envoy Feng Yun wants me to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible?"

Lu Mingtong said: "The Yang family can't tolerate you. If you stay here, you will only face endless dangers. When your body recovers, there will be plenty of room for you to perform, so why be obsessed with it."

"Thank you, Envoy Fengyun, for telling me." Pei Lian didn't show any anxious expression when she heard this, and said with a faint smile, "But I can't leave."

"You..." Lu Mingtong said, "Is it because of Yang Tong?"

Pei Lian nodded and said with a wry smile: "To tell you the truth, I have been abandoned since I was a child and have no one to rely on. Only he is willing to regard me as a friend. For me, he is the only light and heat in this cold world. I have a low life, I have no objection to how the master should deal with me, but if he asks me to leave him, it will really kill me."

Lu Mingtong opened his mouth disappointedly: "But Yang Tong definitely doesn't think so. He must want you to live and stay in Yang's house. None of us can predict what will happen next."

"Although Pei is not as skilled in martial arts as Feng Jiaozhu, he is not without the ability to protect himself. Since Fengyun Envoy has reminded me, I will naturally be more careful." Pei Lian said: "Also, please Fengyun Envoy Keep it a secret for me, don't tell Xiao Tong about it, the succession ceremony will be soon, I'm afraid he will be worried."

"Okay." Lu Mingtong said: "I respect your choice, Pei Lian, you... take care of yourself."

"Thank you."

After the words had been brought, Lu Mingtong stopped talking, when he came out, Feng Ji and Yang Feng were standing side by side at the door waiting for him.Yang Feng thought of the messy relationship between Lu Mingtong and Feng Ji Xiao Lang that he accidentally revealed when he was drunk last time, and he felt uncomfortable. Fortunately, Feng Ji didn't seem to have much interest in talking to him, so the two just talked straightforwardly. Standing, except for a polite sentence at the beginning, one is more silent than the other.

Seeing someone come out, Feng Ji asked: "Have you finished?"

Lu Mingtong nodded, stepped forward and quietly hooked his sleeve with his fingers: "Let's go back."

The two looked natural and acted intimately.Yang Feng scratched his head, looked at the figures of the two leaving, and then murmured in a tone that only he could hear: "So, whose family is the leader?"