Li Shixian was unwilling to get involved in this mess when a strange man suddenly appeared in the room, covered in blood.

But with just a glance, he knew that the man in front of him was a master. Although his body was covered with knife marks, the direction of the blades showed that each strike avoided the vital points.

The only thing that puzzled him was that such a master was surrounded by yamen runners and had no choice but to run for his life.

"Ittosai..."

Li Shixian muttered softly, and then looked at the other person's appearance, and asked suspiciously: "You are not from the Song Dynasty?"

"I am from the Northern Territory, not a citizen of the Great Song Dynasty." Yidaosai responded weakly.

"Oh! Northern Territory·Ittosai!"

Li Shixian looked surprised and nodded slightly, "How could those few yamen runners injure you so badly?"

When Ichidosai heard this, a trace of hatred flashed across his eyes for a moment, but when he thought back to the previous fight, a trace of shame and anger appeared on his face again.

"They are really despicable. If they hadn't used the knockout incense and the tripwire, plus the feather arrows and the net bag, their methods would not have been able to hurt me at all."

"Pfft!~"

Li Shixian couldn't help laughing, but when he saw Yi Daozhai's miserable state, he restrained his smile and said, "You don't want to fight them alone, do you?"

"As a swordsman, you have the dignity of a swordsman. Their behavior goes against the ethics of the martial arts world." Yidaosai said in a deep voice.

At this moment, the scent of the incense had dissipated a lot, his strength had recovered a little, and his body was not as weak as before.

"Hey!~"

Li Shixian secretly shook his head and said, "Fortunately, I met Shu Ting earlier, otherwise I might suffer in the future."

Seeing Li Shixian mumbling non-stop, Yidaozhai immediately cupped his hands and said, "I was helped by the young lady today. I will definitely remember your kindness. In the future..."

"Hey!~"

Li Shixian quickly raised her hand to stop Yidaozhai's polite words, raised her eyes and said, "No need to wait until later, I can repay you now."

"Now?"

Ichidosai glanced around the room suspiciously, looking at the scattered clothes, and his originally pale cheeks instantly showed a hint of redness.

If an ordinary woman saw Itosai's expression, she would definitely be too shy to look him in the face.

However, some of the scenes Li Shixian had seen were much more erotic than what she saw before her. She ignored Yi Daozhai's gaze and raised her hand to point at his knife.

"To be honest, I'm impressed by your swordsmanship. If you can help me protect someone for five years, how about we settle our favor today?"

"Protector?"

Yi Daozhai looked at Li Shixian suspiciously and said, "You don't know my identity? How dare you ask me to protect someone?"

"Those being chased by the government are either bandits or killers. And judging from the scale of those yamen runners just now, you are obviously the latter, right or not?" Li Shixian asked back.

Ichitosai was shocked when he heard this and subconsciously grasped the hilt of the knife. This was the killer's subconscious awareness of crisis.

Facing Yi Daozhai's action, Li Shixian did not get angry. He nodded with a smile and said, "Not bad! His vigilance is indeed very high. It seems that I have picked up a treasure."

As soon as he finished speaking, before Yidaozhai could react, Li Shixian's eyes flashed, and he casually picked up two leaves from the vase and threw them out.

Seeing the leaves flying towards him, Ichitosai hurriedly used his sword to block them.

Unexpectedly, at the moment when the two leaves attacked him, they flew out in front of Issai's eyes and landed steadily on the wooden pillar in the room.

Seeing the leaves' tails trembling constantly, Yi Daozhai was shocked and said, "'Picking leaves and flying flowers', this kind of skill is difficult to control without a person of deep inner strength. Could it be that..."

"What do you think? My request is not too much, right?"

After hearing this, Yi Daozhai pondered for a moment, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he stared at Li Shixian and said, "With your martial arts skills, you still need me to protect you?"

"I have to leave for a while. The time and place are uncertain."

Li Shixian said this, picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly, then his tone suddenly changed, and he said with a hint of coldness: "Just tell me whether you are willing or not."

"Okay, I promise you." Yidaosai looked at Li Shixian with a firm gaze.

He understood that in his current state, it would be difficult for him to escape the pursuit of the government. Moreover, there was an expert in front of him, so he could not run away.

"As the saying goes, 'He who knows the current affairs of the times is a hero.'" As Li Shixian spoke, he slowly put down the teacup and retracted the murderous intent that had just appeared.

Ichitosai knew he couldn't escape, so he softened his tone and said, "But I have one condition. I want to know who I'm protecting."

"Tell me first, who do you want to kill?" Li Shixian asked calmly.

Unexpected! Yi Daozhai remained silent for a long time after hearing this. As the room fell silent, Li Shixian could not help but frown, and suddenly had a guess in his mind.

"Based on what happened just now, you are not going to assassinate the prefect of Qinzhou, are you?"

Seeing Li Shixian's unquestionable eyes, Yi Daozhai nodded with difficulty, and said in a deep voice: "A group of merchant ships in the Northern Territory were seized by the prefect of Qinzhou. We have negotiated with the government many times but the government still did not show up, so..."

"So you are planning to assassinate me?" Li Shixian couldn't help but sigh.

Immediately! He bowed to Yidaozhai and said, "You people in the Northern Territory...are indeed a nation that practices martial arts."

Ichidosai couldn't understand the meaning of this sentence for a moment. After hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but ask: "Who do you want me to protect, young lady?"

"Xie Tingwen, the magistrate of Laigu County."

"Another official?"

Yi Daozhai sat on the bed angrily, waved his hand and said, "I killed the official first, and you asked me to protect him right after. Are you really making fun of me?"

But Li Shixian was not angry at Yidaozhai's questioning, and said calmly: "I remember that the Northern Territory doesn't seem to be close to the sea. Why did you come to Qinzhou?"

"Purchase food. Our high priest calculated that there might be a disaster next year, so he arranged for us to come to Qinzhou by sea to purchase food from Baiyue." Yidaosai explained without hesitation.

Hearing this, Li Shixian couldn't help but chuckle and said, "In that case, you will definitely be able to achieve your wish when you go to Gu County."

"What do you mean?" Ichidaosai asked with a suspicious look on his face.

Li Shixian did not explain much, but walked straight to the table, picked up a pen, wrote a few words on rice paper, put it in an envelope and handed it to the other party.

"When you arrive in Laigu County, give the letter to Mr. Xie's daughter, Xie Shuting, and she will handle all your requests."

Yi Daosai took the envelope and asked suspiciously, "Really?"

"really."

Li Shixian rolled up his sleeves and said calmly, "You should take a short rest tonight, and leave Qinzhou early tomorrow morning and head north to Laigu County."

Li Shixian took the cloak and put it on, and walked straight downstairs without paying any attention to Yidaosai who was standing there in a daze.

After all, if you want Yidaozhai to leave Qinzhou safely, it will be difficult without a travel permit, and this matter can only be left to the shopkeeper to handle.

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