Abduct a shadow guard to investigate the case

One month later, Liuyun Villa in the south of the Yangtze River.

The villa is decorated with lanterns and festoons, full of guests, very lively.

On Shen Liuyun's 48th birthday, friends from all walks of life came to congratulate him.

Shen Ze, the second young master of the Shen family, stayed in the front yard of the villa early in the morning to welcome the guests.

Taking advantage of a gap, he shook his arms and let out a long sigh of relief.

Suddenly a hoarse voice sounded beside him, "Taiwei sent Master Yu Ang to congratulate him."

Shen Ze turned his head and saw a man in blue standing in front of him. The man was tall and straight, but ordinary-looking, about 30 years old.Is it the new apprentice of Master Yu Ang?Shen Ze thought in his heart.He was sure that he had never seen this person before, but he couldn't say why, and he felt familiar with this person.

Shen Ze cupped his fists and saluted, "Where is Master Yu Ang?"

"The teacher will be here later, and sent me here to deliver the congratulatory gift first." The man in blue said, and as he spoke, he took out a long brocade box from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Ze.

"You're welcome," Shen Ze thanked, "Please go to the main hall to rest, the luncheon will start later."

The man in blue clasped his fists in return, followed the boy in the villa and walked inward.But no one expected that after a stick of incense, he would appear under a big tree outside the villa.

The man in blue looked at the main entrance of the villa from a distance, kicked his feet, turned over and jumped up the high branch of the big tree, where Xuan Qi was waiting for him.

"Has the gift been given to the master?" Xuan Qi asked.

"I delivered it to my younger brother Shen Ze, this silly boy, I guess he won't find out that he was cheated until my master arrives. Your disguise technique is really good, hahaha!" Shen Yao laughed, matching his current situation. That face with plain features looked a little weird.

"Take off the mask." Xuan Qi slightly raised his eyebrows.

"I finally put it on, and I want to play for a while."

"..." Xuan Qi pursed his lips, "Are you really not going to see the master?"

"I'm not going," Shen Yao stopped laughing, and turned his gaze towards the direction of the villa, "Now is not the time." That changed face, obviously expressionless, seemed a little lonely and stubborn.

"Yaozhi..." Xuan Qi couldn't help calling out to him.

Shen Yao turned around, took Xuan Qi's hand, and said with the corners of his mouth curled up, "Let's go back."

The two returned to the inn in the town, and Xuan Qi helped Shen Yao fetch a basin of water.

Shen Yao put his hand behind his ear, raised his hand and tore it off, a human/skin/mask/mask was peeled off from his face.

He wiped the sticky place on his face with a handkerchief dipped in water, touched his chin, looked at the basin for a while, and nodded in satisfaction.

When he turned around, he happened to see Xuan Qi bowing his head behind him and snickering.

"What are you laughing at?" Shen Yao walked over and hugged Xuan Qi, revealing a section of red rope on his wrist.

For a month, he and Xuan Qi came all the way to the south of the Yangtze River, stopped and went, and played a lot of places. Xuan Qi's external injuries recovered little by little, but his power was less than half, and his internal injuries did not heal for a long time, and he often broke out tortured him.Shen Yao sometimes felt that Xuan Qi was like a stubborn weed, and also like a tough bamboo, even if he was broken, he would endure all pain and always show others his fortitude.The more you understand this, the more distressing it is.

Along the way, Xuan Qi still respects him, but the relationship between the two becomes more natural, and Xuan Qi occasionally shows some small temperament, which makes Shen Yao feel very cute.

Xuan Qi looked at him silently, but the corners of his mouth were still slightly raised.

Shen Yao hugged him and shook his body, "Don't say I'm going to punish you."

"I didn't call the wrong name..." Xuan Qi said almost reflexively, and the roots of his ears turned red immediately.

Seeing Xuan Qi's reaction, Shen Yao burst out laughing, smiling, he stopped suddenly, and said thoughtfully, "Ah, actually, I should have found out that Lan Yi likes Dong Qiqiu early in the morning."

"Why did you suddenly think of this again?"

"When I first arrived at Tibetan Name Villa, Lanyi tidied up my room. I saw her arranging her hair in front of the basin. I thought she was Aimei, and then Dong Qiqiu came to me. Thinking about it now, I'm afraid it was Lan Yi knows that Dong Qiqiu will be coming soon, so before meeting the person he likes, he needs to make sure his appearance is clean and tidy."

"Oh," Shen Yao sighed, "If I had met you earlier, I might have seen the way of it all at once."

"..." Xuan Qi rolled his eyes.

"What did you think of?" Shen Yao asked.

"It's nothing." Xuan Qi shook his head, hiding the little thought that came up at that moment.

On the other side, in Liuyun Villa.

"Ah, I didn't realize that it was the elder brother! I said why is he so familiar, when did the elder brother learn the disguise technique!" Shen Ze said as he circled around Shen Liuyun.

"Okay, don't mention him anymore." Shen Liuyun said with a straight face.

On the table in front of him was an open brocade box, inside which lay a jade hairpin carved by Liuyun, and a piece of red paper with birthday congratulations written on it.

"Master, it's useless to be an old servant. I couldn't bring the young master back." Shi An stood aside, beating his chest and stamping his feet.

"Father, I said that you and your elder brother have been at odds for so many years, so you can't go with his temper. I think there are some good knights in the Jianghu, don't they live well?" Shen Ze said .

"Shut up." Shen Liuyun patted the table.

Shen Ze shrugged, thought for a while and pointed to the brocade box and said, "This jade hairpin is quite unique, daddy, are you wearing it now?"

"Who wants to wear what that Nizi gave you?" Shen Liuyun raised his head and ordered, "Go out and continue welcoming guests, I'll be there later."

Shen Ze and Shi An left the house.

Shen Liuyun picked up the brocade box, walked to the bookshelf behind him, and put the brocade box in a grid.He looked at a grid next to him, where there was a smaller brocade box with some dust on it, Shen Liuyun reached out to pick up the brocade box, brushed off the dust on the lid, and opened it.I saw a wooden hairpin in the box. The sculptor obviously had poor skills. The body of the hairpin was not polished smooth, and the patterns on the head of the hairpin could only be seen as circles, but they couldn't see what was carved.

Shen Liuyun snorted softly, hooked the corners of his mouth, and put the box back in place.

……

Another month passed in the blink of an eye.

Jiangnan to the north, on Kuiyi Mountain.

In summer, the mountains are cool, with lush vegetation, colorful mountain flowers, gurgling mountain streams and magnificent waterfalls.The more you go up the mountain, the more chilly you feel.

Zhao Da is a villager on the mountainside. It took him half a day to climb to this height in the mountain when he got up early in the morning. At the edge of the cliff, look down with the probe.

Clouds and mist lingered under the cliff, and the cold wind hit his face. He couldn't help shivering and sneezed three times in a row.When he took a closer look, there were several clusters of translucent plants standing on a protruding stone under the cliff, each cluster in the shape of a lotus flower, and the petals that formed the shape of the lotus flower were like translucent green jade ice lamps.

He was overjoyed, and hurriedly observed the route down the cliff, and climbed down the cliff.

Seeing that he was about to come to the plant, a stone that Zhao Da was stepping on suddenly shattered, he only felt his foot slipped, his hands didn't hold on tightly, and he fell down as he rubbed against the stone wall.

"Ah——" Zhao Da screamed loudly.

The edges and corners of the stone wall made his body ache, and there was only one thought in his mind, that it was over, that he would never see Xiu Niang who was still waiting for him at home.

At this moment, Zhao Da's outstretched hand was suddenly grabbed by someone forcefully, his whole body was lifted up, and he returned to the cliff in a blink of an eye.

Zhao Daban knelt on the ground, still in shock. He looked up and saw a slender figure in a green shirt.

"Are you okay?" The man's cold and quiet voice came over.

"Ah, it's okay...it's okay," Zhao Da stood up slowly, and saw the man's appearance clearly. He was young and handsome, with profound and distinct features, a pair of star pupils like black jade, sword eyebrows and temples, and a straight nose.Because of his thin body, the robes moved against the wind on his body, as if he came from the forest against the wind.

"Ah, you are Immortal Kuiyi?!" Zhao Da yelled with his eyes wide open. He knelt down again and bowed to the man, "Little Zhao Da, thank you for saving my life!"

"..." Xuan Qi raised a black line on his forehead, "No, I'm not some great immortal, get up quickly." He stretched out his hand to support Zhao Da.

General Zhao stood up dubiously, Xuan Qi found that the clothes on his chest had been scratched several times, exposing the scratches, looking down, he saw that one side of his trousers was also scratched from the root of the leg ...

Xuan Qi tilted his head violently, Zhao Da looked down, and awkwardly covered himself with his hands.

Xuan Qi stretched out his hand to take off his robe, handed it to Zhao Da, and said, "Stop it."

"Thank you, Great Immortal." Zhao Da took the clothes over flattered, and held them tightly in his hands, not daring to wear them.

"I'm really not a fairy."

At this moment, a white figure quickly ran up from a distance, "Xiaoqi—" Before the man finished speaking, he had already arrived in front of them.

"Ah, there are really two immortals!" Zhao Da's eyes widened again.The man who rushed over was also handsome and picturesque, tall and slender, with slightly raised phoenix eyes, eyebrows like ink paintings, and his white clothes fluttered with his hands and feet, with a romantic personality.

Shen Yao gave Zhao Da a strange look, then frowned and said to Xuan Qi, "Why did you take off your coat, aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"

Xuan Qi said, "He almost fell off the cliff just now, and his clothes were torn."

Shen Yao followed his line of sight to look at Zhao Da, raised his brows, took off his robe with his backhand, and put it on for Xuan Qi.

Xuan Qi smiled gratefully.

Only then did Shen Yao turn to Zhao Dao, "You call us immortals?"

"Yes, it's spread in the village that there are two immortals on the top of Kuiyi Mountain, who are kind-hearted and handsome. A few days ago, Sun Niu'er met a wolf in the mountain, and was rescued by the immortals. Could it be, Isn't it you?" Zhao Da scratched his head, his simple and honest face was full of reverence and confusion.

Shen Yao suddenly stretched out his index finger to "shh" on his lips, and said with a mysterious expression, "If you see what happened to us, please keep it a secret."

Zhao Da showed a half-understanding expression on his face, he hesitated for a moment, then nodded vigorously, "Don't worry, Immortal, I won't say anything anymore!"

Shen Yao deliberately ignored Xuan Qi's gaze, and asked Zhao Dao, "Are you seriously injured? Why did you come to such a high place in the mountains?"

"Oh, it's all bruises, not serious!" Zhao Da hurriedly waved his hand, "The immortal doesn't know. The villain's daughter-in-law's family has been flooded recently and needs money to resettle. The villain wants to help. It’s not because I heard that there’s something called ‘Jiuzhuan Ice Crystal Lotus’ growing on the cliffs of Kuiyi Mountain, but because it’s a life-saving medicine that can be sold at a high price, so I went into the mountain to look for it.”

"Then did you find it?" Shen Yao asked hurriedly.

"I found it, it's below." Zhao Da stretched out his hand and pointed down the cliff, but he was a little scared and didn't dare to approach the edge of the cliff again.

Shen Yao quickly walked over to take a look, then turned back, looking at Xuan Qi with eyes full of excitement.

"Ahem, what?" Shen Yao said to Zhao Daodao, "It seems that you are very kind to your wife and her family."

"A man should support his family and treat his wife well." Zhao Da scratched his head and said.

Shen Yao smiled, and said, "Why don't you sell the Nine-turn Ice Crystal Lotus to us right away, so as to save you from the danger of picking it."

"Sell it to you..." Zhao Daxin thought, does the immortal mean to pay them tribute?

Just as he was thinking, Shen Yao took out two bank notes from his pocket and handed them over.

Zhao Da took a look and covered his mouth, "Give me all the money?!"

"Well, are you still satisfied?" Shen Yao asked.

"Satisfied! Satisfied!" Zhao Da hurriedly replied, he looked at Shen Yao for a while, and Xuan Qi for a while, and was a little incoherent with excitement, "Then how do you bring this flower?"

Shen Yao raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, squatted down and grabbed the edge of the cliff with his hands, and jumped, Zhao screamed in shock, and chased after him to look down.

Xuan Qi also followed, but his expression was not too worried.

Zhao Da saw Shen Yao swimming against the wall like a gecko, with his body sticking to the cliff, and nimbly landed beside the Nine Turns Ice Crystal Lotus. He reached out and picked all the clusters of flowers, put them into his bosom, kicked hard, and his clothes flew up , just returned to the cliff.

At this time, there was a light rain in the sky, Shen Yao walked to Xuan Qi's side, and said to Zhao Dao, who was standing by the side blankly, "It's raining, we have to go, you should go down the mountain quickly."

Zhao Da watched the two walk into the forest side by side and disappeared.If it wasn't for the clothes and bank notes in his hand, he really thought that everything just now was just a dream.