The whole world is waiting for the devil to break up

Xiao Han was very neat. He stared at Li Zhi after drinking the ginger soup. He asked people to prepare the boat overnight. The wind went smoothly all night. When the sky was slightly bright, he arrived in Jiujiang.

Before arriving at the pier, the ship is ready to dock.

In the early morning, the thick white mist floats on the river, making the sky and the earth hazy, like a fairyland.

Xiao Han got up early in the morning, leaned on the deck and looked at the river view leisurely.

Yan Qi went up the stairs, walked to Xiao Han's side and saluted respectfully, "Your Majesty, we are going to land."

Xiao Han's brows were filled with unknown joy, and he put away the folding fan that had been shaking happily just now.

"Then I'll call Zhizhi."

Yan Qi hesitated to speak.

Xiao Han asked: "What do you want to say?"

Yan Qi looked at the blood scab on Xiao Han's neck, "My lord, is it true that Master Li won't do anything again?"

"It's hard to say." Xiao Han said this, but he didn't care at all on the face, he waved his hands casually, walked down, and said slowly: "If he is in a bad mood, maybe he will Cut me with a sword."

"Then why don't you get so close to him?" Yan Qi followed up.

Xiao Han wondered, "Didn't you stand up to him earlier? Whatever he asks you just say."

"Why, he saved me once? I'll just be more polite to him." Yan Qi said anxiously: "But he really drew his sword at you last night, and the wound on your neck is alive Lesson!"

Xiao Han chuckled, turned and walked towards the cabin.

Unexpectedly, when they turned around, Li Zhi, the center of their topic, was standing behind silently.

Xiao Han and Yan Qi stopped at the same time.

"Are you going to disembark?" Li Zhi asked calmly, standing in front of the cabin with a long sword in his hand.I don't know whether it was intentional or not, Wei Liang's gaze was slightly lowered.

Xiao Han subconsciously touched the shallow blood scab on his neck, "I was about to call you."

Just as the boat docked on the shore, there was a crisp sound of water.Li Zhi nodded and got off the boat first.

This is a desolate forest, and a group of people from the shore had already come to meet him. Li Zhi could tell at a glance that these people were masters of the inner family. When they met, they changed to a carriage and drove to the south.

Only Xiao Han and Li Zhi were sitting in the carriage.

The responders brought food, which was naturally prepared for their master Xiao Han.

Xiao Han picked and picked, stuffed warm water into Li Zhi's hands, and then handed the rest of the warm things to Li Zhi, "The radish pancakes and Hukou rice cakes are still hot, Zhi Zhi, do you want them to taste?" .”

In the past, Li Zhi had accepted it frankly long ago, and he could not do anything to make life difficult for him.

But now he already knew that Xiao Han approached him for another purpose, and Xiao Han was still so enthusiastic, Li Zhi hesitated, "Your Majesty, you are welcome."

Xiao Han smiled nonchalantly, "There's no need to be polite between us."

Li Zhi frowned upon hearing this, and said bluntly, "You don't have to act anymore."

Xiao Han froze for a moment, "What?"

Li Zhi looked at the bloodstain on his neck and felt a little guilty.He was able to grasp the size and not hurt Xiao Han at all, but Xiao Han was still hurt by him... Li Zhi's brows became a bit serious, "Then I'll just say it straight. My son, you don't have to condescend again Please please me, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings."

"What misunderstanding?" Xiao Han asked.

Li Zhi looked at him and warned solemnly: "I will think you have other plans."

Xiao Han finally understood what Li Zhi meant, and put the food in his hand back on the small table resentfully, "I'm just used to the way I used to get along with you, and aren't we already friends now?"

Li Zhi categorically denied: "My friends have never been as enthusiastic as you."

Xiao Han argued hard, "So you now have a new friend."

Li Zhi was dumb for a moment, it was hard for Xiao Han not to suspect that Xiao Han had ulterior motives like this, but the other party was more calm than him, just to make friends with him, and if he continued to fight, it would seem that he had ulterior motives.

Xiao Han was completely unaware that he would cause trouble to others.He had met Li Zhi three years ago, and he had a good impression of him—Li Zhi had allowed him to meet different people from the rivers and lakes, and he had always occupied an unforgettable place in his heart, and every time he thought about it, his heart would warm.Now, having the opportunity to get along with Li Zhi for a while, he also feels that this time is unprecedentedly comfortable.He was used to having Li Zhi around him, so he thought that he might as well make friends with Li Zhi.

Because Li Zhi is very kind to his friends.

For example, Jiang Yuelou, a friend who betrayed him, Li Zhidu once helped him wear women's clothing.

Although he is the leader of the demon sect, he is a leader of the demon sect who values ​​love and righteousness. He can kill people without blinking an eye, and he can risk his life to save others.

Therefore, Xiao Han has nothing against habitually flattering Li Zhi, and he never tires of it.

Li Zhi didn't know how persistent the other party was in making friends with him at all, he only knew that Xiao Han's dog legs were worse than before, clinging to him more recklessly and making more noise, which made him very irritable.

After enduring all the way, I finally arrived at the destination before dusk. This is a guest house built in the wild. The three-story wooden building is old and decayed. It can only be used as a resting place for passers-by. There are still people here There is tea and fodder for the horses.

The moment the carriage stopped, the smile on Xiao Han's face suddenly faded.Seeing that his face was serious, Li Zhi couldn't help but become serious.

The two got out of the carriage one after another, with Yan Qi leading the way, and several guards guarding them, the group of people pushed aside the fence outside the building and walked in.The soil is wet, leaving a string of footprints after everyone walks.

Downstairs there were one square table after another, with traces of sword cuts remaining on them, some old and some new. Three or five people sat down and drank tea separately, while the shopkeeper stood in front of the cabinet and flipped through pages of ledgers.

The moment they entered, the atmosphere in the building became tense in vain.

Judging from the breathing and posture of the few people in the building, these people are no weaker than the guards brought by Xiao Han. They are obviously pretending. cocoon.Li Zhi skipped downstairs and saw that these people were wrong, but there was no one he wanted to see here.

Li Zhi turned his head and looked at Xiao Han suspiciously.

Xiao Han lowered his head and whispered to him at the same time, "Zhizhi, take out the jade pendant."

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows.

Xiao Han touched his nose and said in a low voice: "They don't recognize people, they only recognize tokens."

Li Zhi was silent for a while, took out the dragon pattern jade pendant that Xiao Han gave him last night from his sleeve, then hung it on Xiao Han's belt himself, and said with some disgust: "In that case, I'd better give it back to you."

When he accepted the jade pendant, he didn't expect it to be such an important thing.

Sure enough, when those people in the small building saw the dragon-patterned jade pendant, they stopped secretly observing them, and they stepped forward one after another, obviously heaving a sigh of relief, "Your Excellency, you came from the palace?"

Xiao Han pressed Li Zhi's hand and put the jade pendant into his hand, "I told you, it's yours." After speaking, he raised his eyes to look at the man, "It's me. Is Jiang Yuelou back yet?" ? is it alive?"

Such blunt words made those people look happy.The man in the long robe winked at the leader, and the store owner immediately ran to close the door.

The man turned sideways to clear the way, and hurriedly said: "They are all inside, please follow me."

Holding the jade pendant, Li Zhi stared blankly at this scene—it was too mysterious.

After a while, they followed the man up to the second floor. Just as the man told them to sit down and wait, there was the sound of quick and quick footsteps upstairs, and a man in white ran down. His face was very pale. He was young and handsome, but his description was a bit embarrassing, his face was quite pale, and the cloth on his shoulders was stained with blood.

Several people followed the prestige.

To Xiao Han and Li Zhi, everyone is acquaintances, and they recognized at a glance that the owner of Wuzheng Villa they were going to meet——

Jiang Yuelou.At this moment, he is really as Xiao Han said last night, he is very embarrassed.

As a result, the smile in Xiao Han's eyes grew stronger, Li Zhi's eyes were cold, and his body was filled with murderous aura.

"Your Majesty, you are finally here..." Jiang Yuelou's surprised smile froze immediately after seeing the man in Tsing Yi behind Xiao Han, and then limped up the stairs holding on to the railing, his face pale.

Li Zhi didn't chase after him, anyway, Jiang Yuelou couldn't run away since he had already arrived here.

All traitors must die!

Xiao Han didn't think it was a big deal to watch a play, so he immediately gave Yan Qi a smirk. "Oh, Villa Master Jiang is seriously injured, he can't even walk! Yan Qi, at least we have met each other for a while, so hurry up and help him come here."

Yan Qi smiled and said yes.

Soon, the owner of Wuzheng Villa, Jiang, who is well-known in the righteous way of martial arts, was "helped" over.

Li Zhi didn't say anything, just sat quietly on one side.

Jiang Yuelou didn't dare to look at Li Zhi because of his guilty conscience, Yan Qi stood aside, and he couldn't escape, so he could only glared at Xiao Han in disbelief, "My lord, you are here to save my life, or to kill me! "

Xiao Han smiled and said, "Of course not."

Jiang Yuelou was angry and weak.Although Li Zhi didn't make a sound, his eyes were like knives. If he could turn into reality, he would have been violent and Ling Chi.With a bitter expression on his face, he could only ignore Li Zhi as much as possible.

"Okay, stop joking, the business is important. Since you are here, son, you should already know what I did to the Southwest this time, right?"

Xiao Han nodded, "I know."

Jiang Yuelou looked at Li Zhi vaguely.

Li Zhi didn't know, but the murderous look in his eyes had already made the other party tremble.

Xiao Han knocked on the table, and immediately made him look away from Li Zhi.

"Okay, I know you went to the southwest to pick up someone. The prince told me a long time ago that I will pick you up. Where is the man, are you still there?"

Jiang Yuelou saw that Xiao Han didn't mean to avoid Li Zhi, so he simply said bluntly: "Young Master is fine, he is upstairs now, I hired someone to protect him, he was just frightened along the way."

"Did you lose that thing?" Xiao Han asked suddenly.

Jiang Yuelou looked confused, "What?"

The two looked at each other for a long time, both with sincerity on their faces, Xiao Han smiled slowly, "Pretend, continue to pretend."

Jiang Yuelou said without leaking: "The prince only ordered me to go to the southwest to pick up people. He never told me to find anything. If you ask, my son, I really don't know at all. You have to ask the prince."

Xiao Han knew that he couldn't find anything to ask, so he got up and said, "I'll go and see this little lord from the southwest first." He said, looking down at Li Zhi, "I saw you, you can ask him if you have any questions. .”

Li Zhi looked up at Xiao Han, and found that although he was smiling at the moment, there was no smile in his eyes. Maybe he was a little anxious, and unconsciously clenched his five fingers, so Li Zhi nodded.

Xiao Han was worried after all, and said to Jiang Yuelou: "You can answer whatever Zhizhi asks, and he can know everything I know."

Such a solemn order surprised both Jiang Yuelou and Li Zhi.

Xiao Han took everyone away, leaving only Li Zhi and Jiang Yuelou on the second floor.

Jiang Yuelou was very restless. Under Li Zhi's murderous gaze, he spoke first, "Listen to me! I really didn't mean to betray you, it was the prince! The prince asked me to cooperate with the prince!"

The prince he was talking about was naturally the master he had worked so hard for so far, the current king regent.

Li Zhi was confused when he heard it just now, what kind of prince, what is the southwest, what is the little prince, and he asked Xiao Han to come to meet him... He is just a person from the rivers and lakes, but he also knows that these people are not in the same group.

The power of the regent king is only in the capital, and the Pingyang palace is in the south of the Yangtze River. On the southwest side, the power of the king of Zhennan has grown stronger and stronger in recent years, and he is about to move.In addition, there is a general king in the northwest, which makes the court fearful.

However, Li Zhi always avoided these things. He raised his hand and put the long sword on the table. With a bang, Jiang Yuelou jumped up on the bench and said anxiously: "You can't kill me yet. !"

"Why?" Li Zhi asked.Although he was sitting and looking up at Jiangyue Tower, between the two of them, he was the one who won the overwhelming victory.

Jiang Yuelou's martial arts is not good, he can be regarded as a second-rate master in the Jianghu, but he is famous in the Jianghu because of the Wuzheng Villa and his backing of the Regent.

Among the eighteen weapons, he only loves swords, which is why he became friends with Li Zhi, but he was not Li Zhi's opponent from the beginning. He envied Li Zhi's natural sensitivity to swords and admired him very much.

Thinking of Xiao Han's words just now, Jiang Yuelou was also puzzled, "What is your relationship with Shizi now?"

Li Zhi said: "What does it have to do with you?"

Jiang Yuelou turned his nose up and said resentfully: "I just want to remind you not to trust Shizi completely. He is not the same as me or you. He is capable and powerful, but he may not be without ambition. He is just a little boy." The fox, who is good at plotting and forbearing, will surely become a big event in the future. Even the prince, even if he is his cousin who has always been close to him, still has [-]% fear of him."

Li Zhi blinked his eyes, motioning for him to continue.

Jiang Yuelou propped his hands on the table, trying to regain his dignity by looking down at Li Zhi, and said solemnly: "Three months ago, on the night of the Longevity Festival, an incident happened in the palace. This incident involved many people. , the Regent King, Pingyang King, Dingbei King and Zhennan King, none of them are left behind, but they are secrets of the court."

Li Zhi lowered his eyes.

Jiang Yuelou looked at him and asked solemnly, "Are you sure, do you still want to know?"

Since Xiao Han dared to let him ask, it must have something to do with him.

Li Zhi hesitated and nodded.

Jiang Yuelou stared at him for a while, "You have never been involved in court affairs before."

Li Zhi opened his mouth, but he didn't explain the recent incidents of Fuyue Sect being framed by mysterious people one after another.

"In that case, I'll tell you." Jiang Yuelou sighed, and sat down again, with an unprecedented seriousness on his face. "That night, the emperor was assassinated, poisoned and comatose, the entire capital was sealed off, and several princes were all invited into the palace. So far, only King Dingbei returned to the northwest safely, and King Pingyang was released and stayed in the palace of the capital. Zhennan Wang was left alone in the palace to serve his illness. I think you should have guessed that Zhennan Wang is the real murderer, but he cannot be convicted at present."

Jiang Yuelou explained: "King Zhennan holds a heavy army in the southwest. If you move him now, the southwest will be in chaos." After a pause, Jiang Yuelou sighed: "And there is no evidence, the only witness is still absconding."

"That witness is an assassin." Because it was a secret, Jiang Yuelou's voice was very low, "The king of Zhennan is very ambitious, but he won't attack the emperor so obviously, and it's still on the Longevity Festival when there are so many people around. This is very detrimental to him. The prince guessed that he was an accomplice with the assassin, but the assassin turned back temporarily."

Li Zhi didn't understand. He just said that King Zhennan did the assassination of the emperor.

Jiang Yuelou could only tell him: "At that time, it was rumored that the regent and the emperor had the intention of cutting down the vassal. Zhennan Wang Xu had received some rumors and sent the assassin to do something, but no one thought that the assassin would dare So blatantly poisoning the emperor, and afterward, even the people of King Zhennan are looking for the assassin."

"Following the clues we got from the Zhennan Palace, we know that the assassin has a lot to do with the Zhennan King, and we are sure that he must have been sent by the Zhennan King." Jiang Yuelou said, but he was not sure. The prince is responsible for the murderer, and he found out about these things. And he is indeed working for the regent. After all, his father, queen, mother and concubine and two younger brothers are still in the capital, so he has to do it for him. Obey the Lord Regent."

Jiang Yuelou thought for a while, and hesitantly told Li Zhi the most important point, "But since the son came to me and asked me to check you, I already guessed that the assassin might be related to you."

"It is said that this assassin's lightness skills are extremely fast, and his martial arts skills are extremely high. Even the top experts can't stop him, and they can't hurt him at all! He must be capable of causing chaos in the capital and trapping King Zhennan in one fell swoop. Whoever finds out the murderer first will win this game, this is a battle between the regent and the king of Zhennan!" Jiang Yuelou said, looking suspiciously at Li Zhi, "The son has been following the Zhennan king's mansion. I guess the person he pays most attention to recently is probably an assassin."

What Jiang Yuelou meant at this moment couldn't be more straightforward - he was doubting Li Zhi.

Under his questioning, Li Zhi touched the hilt of the sword with his hand, and said coldly: "You are very smart."