Sir, this sword is a keepsake

In the boundless night, Shen Fang and his party finally left Qingzhou and drove into Lanzhou.

Compared with Qingzhou, which has a vast expanse of wilderness, Lanzhou only has vast remote mountains in the north, while the south is full of city walls and developed commerce. It is the trading center of the Central Plains.The Daigo River, originating from the northern foot of Kunlun, flows eastward in Lanzhou.Luoyang, the imperial capital, is located to the east of Lanzhou.

The city Shen Fang and the others arrived at was Lianyun City. The two tributaries of the Daigo River: Yunchuan and Yuchuan passed through the city, converged in the south of Lianyun City, and continued to go further south to Yuzhou.

Shen Fang, who had been sober all the time, was the first to realize that the three pairs of stretched long legs made this spacious enough compartment look cramped... There was really nowhere to put it. He bent his knees again. Leave more space for the right side to slide down and down, and on the other hand, to avoid some unexpected intimate contacts.

Then, Shen Fang glanced at the woman in front of his chest, sighed silently, and pushed the other person who was still asleep to the other side - after Qingqing fell asleep, she inadvertently laid a pillow on his shoulder.If he didn't know that Zhuang Li didn't pay much attention to the etiquette between men and women, Shen Fang wouldn't sacrifice himself and sit in the middle.

Although Zhuang Li turned his head to the other side, Shen Fang knew that he was not asleep.As soon as he was on the road, Shen Fang found that Zhuang Li would purr like a kitten when he was fast asleep.To Shen Fang, who loves cats, this is not only not disturbing, but also reassuring.

Caught off guard, Zhuang Li suddenly turned his head, their eyes met and they were startled at the same time.

"You won't keep staring at the back of my head like this..." Zhuang Li said quietly, blinking his left eye.

Shen Fangzuo said solemnly: "I'm just thinking about whether what you said about your master before is true or false."

"Anyway, I didn't lie to you, but I don't know if my master has lied to me." Zhuang Li said easily.

Shen Fang was taken aback, Zhuang Li's words were very interesting, and he took all responsibility away.

"You mean, your master often deceives people?"

"I didn't say that." Zhuang Li crossed his arms, sat up straight with his legs crossed, and said with a serious face, "Believe it or not, if you want me to go, I won't go."

"Then stay by my side forever." Of course, Shen Fang didn't say these words, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, amused by Zhuang Li's tone.

At this moment, he noticed that Qingqing's body moved slightly.

In the next second, Shen Fang lowered his voice, and said solemnly to Zhuangli: "I still need your help regarding Wuxianglou."

Zhuang Li had a subtle expression for a moment, and after a few seconds of silence, he said, "I just don't know the exact location of the Wuxiang Building. If we can find someone who is familiar with the structure of the building, it's not a bad idea to sneak in without anyone noticing."

"By the way, I'm asking you a question, no offense intended." Shen Fang thought it over.

Zhuang Li was taken aback, his body straightened suddenly, and he said vigilantly, "You...ask."

It seems that you have a lot of ulterior secrets... Shen Fang cursed.

"Once we enter the city and cause disputes again, it is very likely that officers and soldiers will be attracted. To be on the safe side, I wonder if you know the so-called disguise technique?"

Zhuang Li's expression relaxed, and he clapped his hands lightly, "He's good at it!"

After finishing speaking, he stretched out two hands, one left and one right palms accurately supporting Shen Fang's face.Shen Fang's eyes widened suddenly and his body froze.

"you……"

"I've always been a professional, so I need to carefully observe your facial features." Zhuang Li said solemnly, and at the same time pressed his face up, his eyes lingered on Shen Fang's face up and down, left, right, and right, and his palms gently moved Shen Fang's face from time to time Angle.

For the first time, Shen Fang, who knew what it meant to be dumbfounded, gradually came back to his senses, enduring the itch to scratch his heart and lungs, and said in a deep voice:

"how?"

"If it's just to hide from the crowd, the key is to leave a false and profound facial feature to people. Once something happens, it will be difficult to be discovered once the facial feature fades."

Zhuang Li spoke clearly and clearly.

Shen Fang only felt that these words were very reasonable, so he blurted out what he was thinking, "It is indeed a very clever stealing technique——"

Zhuang Li narrowed his eyes, slightly bent his right index finger, and slowly tapped twice on Shen Fang's cheek, while rubbing his thumb against Shen Fang's jaw, "So that's what I said earlier~ "

Sensing the teasing intention, Shen felt a little thumped in his heart, turned his head to one side, and raised his hand to gently push away Zhuang Li's hand.

"It's a compliment."

"Thank you. But don't move around." Zhuang Li touched Shen Fang's face again unceremoniously, "Mr. Shen is a dragon and a phoenix, so I have to work hard and close my eyes."

Hearing that he was about to close his eyes, Shen, who had been keeping his eyes on the top, let out a sigh of relief, and closed his eyes obediently, and Zhuang Li's chuckle came from his ears...

A few seconds later, Zhuang Li frowned and said, "Hey, Shen Fang, my tense jaw is tight, I'm not going to slash your face..."

After a few seconds, "Shen Fang! Get your hands off me!"

Shen Fang said dumbly, "No, your thumb has been touching there for a long time, what are you doing!?"

"I'm feeling the corner of your jaw. After all, I want to make the beard stick more naturally."

"..."

Qingqing, who had already woken up, watched very intently, and exchanged makeup skills with Zhuang Li from time to time.

Shen Fang sighed deeply, gave up struggling, and let Zhuang Li play with his face.He kept reminding himself that this was probably pampering.

"All right."

Shen Fang opened his eyes and looked at Zhuang Li smiling at himself.

"I hope you're not like this in 20 years."

"Very young?"

Zhuang Li shook his head, "I gave you a scar, but luckily it's fake."

"This……"

Shen Fang was speechless for a moment, but saw that Zhuang Li had already averted his gaze.

Did he... feel embarrassed to say that?

"But the sword has no eyes." Shen Fang felt that he needed to give Zhuang Li a warning, and he couldn't help worrying whether he really had a scar on his face, and Zhuang Li despised himself, "Since you said that, then I Just avoid using your face to accept the trick."

Zhuang Li raised his forehead and looked at Shen Fang with a funny face, but Qing Qing laughed out loud.

"Hey, I always feel that you seem to have changed recently."

"Ah?" Shen Fang became anxious.

"I can't tell exactly what has changed, it seems to be more interesting."

At this moment, the coachman was outside to remind them that they were about to enter the city. Shen Fang, who was secretly relieved, stretched out his hand to lift the curtain, and looked at the three characters "Lianyun City" on the city gate in the distance.

Shen Fang remembered what he overheard on the roof a few months ago: There is still half a month before the vernal equinox, and the mocking wind is likely to stay in the "Qiyun Tower" in Lianyun City he said.He has already made up his mind that the place where he will stay tonight is Qiyun Tower.

"Ask someone for directions, how to get to Qiyun Building." Shen Fang told the coachman.

"okay."

The coachman inadvertently glanced at Shen Fang who stuck his head out, and after a few seconds of stunned, he realized that the other party had changed his appearance: the young and heroic eyebrows and eyes were surrounded by wrinkles, there were two more beards on his lips, and there was a hideous line on the side of his chin. old scars.

"How?" Shen Fang asked the driver with a smile.

"This...young man, you still look good in your true face."

"what about me?"

Zhuang Li also poked his head out, waiting expectantly for the coachman's comment.The coachman stared at the bearded Zhuang Li, surprised and speechless.

Shen Fang didn't expect Zhuang Li to change his appearance in a few words, "You often do this?"

"That's right. Isn't it very masculine?" Just as the words fell, Qingqing laughter came from inside the carriage.

"If you look like this, I won't be able to get cold in the pool at all."

"..."

The carriage drove into the downtown area of ​​the city.

Beyond a thin bamboo curtain, there are various wine shops and shops lined up along the road, with tall lanterns and waving banners, and even the voices of yelling and talking from the opposite side of the river can be faintly heard.

In the hustle and bustle of the market, the bearded Zhuang Li suddenly said, "I want to find... ahem, I want to find a sword shop and buy something."

In the middle of his speech, in order to match the effect of disguise, he immediately said in a rough voice.

Shen Fang suddenly guessed what Zhuang Li was thinking, and said with a smile, "Why, addicted to using it? Take it, I'll give it to you."

After several seconds of silence, Zhuang Li said, "I'm going to buy something."

He kept an eye on the shops along the street, saw something, motioned for the driver to stop, and then got out of the car.

Shen Fang glanced curiously and saw Zhuang Li walking towards a jewelry shop.

"..." Shen Fang tightened his body and hesitated for a few seconds: Zhuang Li, a big man, what can he buy at the jewelry store... he might not tell me when he comes back.There are people coming and going here, and the woman is alone, if something happens to her, she will use her real skills to protect herself, I have to go and see.

Thinking of this, he also got out of the carriage, looked around, and saw that the distance was only tens of meters away, so he asked the carriage driver to wait by the river.

The store is not big and there are not many people.Shen Fang spotted Zhuang Li who was deep in thought at a glance, leaned over, and said softly, "What do you choose?"

"Just take a look." Zhuang Li was not surprised, he seemed to know that Shen Fang had come in, but Shen Fang, who seemed not familiar with the disguise, couldn't help laughing after just a glance.

You're like this... It's not going anywhere.Shen Fang was quite calm.

A pretty girl walked towards them, smiled at the two of them, passed by, and was about to leave the shop.

The two smiled back politely, but Zhuang Li made a sudden move, blocking the girl's way, and stared at her directly.

The girl was startled, looked affectionately, and said calmly: "I don't know what orders this young master has?"

Zhuang Li's expression was slightly relaxed, and he said in a low voice with a smile: "In the public, it's not good for me to search you."

The woman's eyes changed suddenly, and the autumn waves in her eyes disappeared, she pursed her lips unwillingly, "Here."

A money bag slipped from her cuff, and Zhuang Li caught it firmly. Shen Fang's eyes lit up, and he recognized that it was his own money bag.

"Thank you." Zhuang Li rushed to the back of the fleeing woman.

Shen Fang was full of emotions, "As expected of a person who has been a thief, this is the so-called knowing yourself and the enemy?"

"...Do you still want money?"

"You don't want to buy something, spend it for me."

Zhuang Li frowned and said, "Master has money."

Shen Fang nodded, "First of all, young master, you have to know what you want to buy."

Zhuang Li spread his hands, "Okay, choose a ring for me."

Shen Fang didn't ask any more questions, he looked for it, and said at the same time, "Although I'm still a good hand at recognizing jade, but I'm in a rush right now, so I just glance at it casually, don't blame me."

"In a hurry?"

"I'm afraid of being ridiculed."

Zhuang Li obviously didn't understand what Shen Fang meant, "...Shen Fang, make it clear."

Shen Fang briefly explained the ins and outs of Xiaofeng's uphill and downhill, and at the same time found a ring pendant with a white texture and a warm color, with the shadow of a unicorn carved on it.Seeing that Zhuang Li had no objection, he motioned to the shopkeeper.

After hearing the price, Zhuang Li was dumbfounded, only to hear Shen Fang smile and say: "Didn't lie to you, I just said it, I'm pretty good at it."

So you picked such an expensive one to prove that you know the goods?

If he hadn't been in a hurry, Zhuang Li knew that he would not agree so readily, so he could only grit his teeth and cut his flesh, no, it was no longer a cut of his flesh - buying such a ring pendant with all his wealth should be called suicide.

Seeing that Zhuang Li had collected all the money, Shen Fang was quite surprised.

"I also know the goods, and know that the sword you gave me is a good sword." Zhuang Liqiang looked calm and calm, and took a cool look at Shen Fang, "I don't want to take advantage of you."

What does it mean?Shen Fang was taken aback.

"Let's go." Zhuang Li carefully put the box containing the ring pendant into his bosom, and hurried out.

Shen Fang saw it, and said casually, "I'm in a hurry to give it away."

"Shen Fang, it's wrong for you to say that. I just spent all the money I've saved for several months for you, so can't you praise me?"

Shen Fang didn't react for a while, the back of his foot hit the threshold, staggered slightly, but quickly stabilized his figure, "Is the ring pendant for me?"

"Otherwise? However, it will take a few days to give it to you. Don't ask, don't guess. When I give it to you, you will understand."

This... sounds very exciting.

The corners of Shen Fang's mouth raised uncontrollably, but a second later, he looked into the distance and became serious: their carriage is gone!