Tang Dizhihua

Li Yi spent another year on the mountain.

Because he himself really couldn't remember what happened before he was six years old, and naturally he didn't know his own birthday, so he just counted the years.According to the age obtained from the bones, after this year, he will be 17 years old.

Before New Year's Eve, Pei Jia finally returned to the mountain. He had a fruitful year in Jiannan Road. Not only did he trade wine, but he almost went to the territory of Tubo.In recent years, Da Zhou and Tubo have not really been friendly. The friction between the two sides has been constant, and each has its own injuries.

Because it is located on a plateau, the Han soldiers were not used to the weather there, and there were many people who were not acclimatized.Before the Battle of Khitan, Wang Xiaojie had fought against Tubo on the western front and achieved some successes.

However, because it is located on a plateau, the weather is cold, and there are few crops that can be sown, so the local people mostly eat highland barley.

Pei Jia said that the locals like to stir-fry this kind of highland barley in a pot, add some salt, and it can be used as military rations.Li Yi cooked it once out of curiosity, and thought it was okay. It tasted similar to grain, but because it was roasted by fire, it had a crispy texture.

It's rare for Li Yi to have a few days of leisure, and his greatest joy is watching Yun Qi and Pei Jia fight.I didn't think it before, but now it seems that there are more fun.

A few days later, an uninvited guest disturbed the peace of the mountain.

A commoner man climbed up the mountain panting, took out a thin bamboo tube, and said: "The villain is the boss of Yunlaiju in Hu County. Someone has instructed to deliver this letter to Mr. Shangguan."

Li Yi let him into the hospital, turned around and knocked on the door of Shangguan Yan's pharmacy.Shangguan Yan was preparing medicine, nodded when he heard the news, and went out to talk to the man himself.

The man knew Shangguan Yan, and when he saw him go out in person, he hurriedly handed him the bamboo tube and said, "Mr. Shangguan, a person came to the inn at night and asked to deliver this letter to you. The situation of that person is a bit special, so you should read the letter." stop."

When Shangguan Yan saw the bamboo tube, his complexion became a little bad.

He unscrewed the bamboo cover and poured out a thin roll of paper, with some ink stains faintly visible.He read the letter from beginning to end, his brows furrowed tightly, and his right hand gradually clenched into a fist.

The man said: "Mr. Shangguan, that man was seriously injured and was brought to the town by several people. The villain is afraid that they will get into trouble, so I have to ask you to decide on this matter."

"Where are they now?"

"It's in the little man's inn."

"I'll go with you." Shangguan Yan went back to the room and put on a coat, turned to Li Yi and said, "When your master and the others come back, tell me I'm going to the town."

After that, he followed the man.

Li Yi watched him down the mountain in a daze, and when Pei Jia and Yun Qi came back from hunting in the evening, they told him what happened during the day.

It was getting late at this time, Pei Jia asked him: "Who is he going to see?"

"The master didn't tell me."

"What about the letter?"

"The uncle took it away."

Yun Qi rarely frowned, and said, "Senior, is there something you're hiding from us?"

Pei Jia said: "Senior brother was the first to get started, so I don't know what happened. He never revealed it. Senior brother started a year earlier than Pei, do you know?"

"...I don't know." Although Pei Jia's last sentence was worried, it was full of resentment as if she had stepped on a sore foot. Yun Qi grinned and said, "Junior brother, although I was a teacher a year earlier than you, but at that time brother had already started two years ago. Years, even if there was something, how can I see it."

"That's why you're stupid."

"I was only four years old at that time! Brother is already fourteen years old, how can I tell what he is thinking?"

Pei Jia said to Li Yi: "Take care of your master, I'll go down the mountain."

"No, I'm going too." Yun Qi said.

"What else do you have to look at besides lightness kungfu? I won't save you if you are in danger."

"I don't want you to save me! Yun can run by himself!"

Li Yi watched them go down the mountain one after another, and stood at the gate of the courtyard for a while, only to suddenly realize that the sky was already dark.

Yunlaiju in Huxian County, Chemamen.The messenger sent Shangguan Yan to the cellar door, then saluted and left.Shangguan Yan held a lamp stand, and slowly descended, passing by the place where wine and vegetables were stored, and opened a very secret door.

Because it was too dark inside the door, a residual lamp was also lit. In this narrow room, a person was lying on a narrow wooden bed.Shangguan Yan's hand holding the lamp trembled slightly, and the flames shook his shadow a few times.

He slowly walked around the lifeless servant, walked to the bed, and stared at this familiar face.

"You came."

Zhou Shao took a few breaths and said with a smile, "I'm relieved to see you before I die."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Shangguan Yan closed his eyes, grasped his wrist, and said in a deep voice, "You are poisoned."

"I know." Zhou Shao said, "It's a pity that you still owe me a favor. It seems that you are still not up."

Shangguan Yan said: "Who is it?"

"Who else..." Zhou Shao said, "The 22 Snake Spirit Halls are all in Luoyang. They..." Before they could finish speaking, they spat out dark red blood.

Shangguan Yan hurriedly took out the pills for him to take, Zhou Shao breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "You know, ten years?"

Shangguan Yan said in a deep voice: "I have no contact with him for a long time, what is he going to do?"

Zhou Shao shook his head: "I don't know, I guess, ten years later, they might save him..."

"Stop talking." Shangguan Yan said, "I'll prescribe a prescription to suppress it, and you rest here first."

"Wait..." Zhou Shao tugged at his sleeves, "This poison is very complicated. It comes from a kind of snake in the south of the Five Ridges, and it is made by adding unknown drugs. , and it cannot be cured. On the way here, in order to suppress it, I used some other poisons, and at this moment, I am afraid that it will no longer be difficult to cure."

"Then you let me watch you die?" Shangguan Yan suppressed his anger, "You died like this, how about your master?"

"It's all because of my unfilial piety... If the Medicine King is still here, I might have a chance to survive, but now I'm afraid it will be difficult. They poisoned me, are they... trying to harm you? You have to be careful."

Zhou Shao's lips moved, and his voice gradually weakened: "I think Ah Yi has grown taller. I forged a sword for him, which is longer than the original one..."

Shangguan Yan responded: "...I will tell him."

"Ah Jun..."

Shangguan Yan's eyes trembled.

Zhou Shao suddenly clenched his fists and let out intermittent pain, and then suddenly spewed out a mouthful of blood, his complexion turned pale instantly.

Dark red blood splashed on Shangguan Yan's gray clothes.

Dayang Mountain, the new general altar of the Snake Spirit.

Xiao Qingfang stood alone on the highest point, overlooking the men in purple who were patrolling below.

A person appeared and handed her the letter respectfully.Xiao Qingfang opened it, and for a moment, showed a distorted smile.

She called her confidant: "Where is Hui Wenzhong?"

The confidant replied: "It's already gone."

Xiao Qingfang nodded and said with a smile, "Unexpectedly, the person who ruined my plan has such an identity."

The confidant looked at the bamboo tube, which was a symbol of the Jiangnan area. He immediately remembered that before the start of the Chongzhou Project a year ago, they had received a letter from the Huzhou branch, saying that they had obtained the exact clues to the treasure.

At that time, she was busy with the Chongzhou project and had no intention of thinking about other things.

Immediately afterwards, the Chongzhou plan failed. She fled quickly and moved the main altar to Dayang Mountain in a hurry. After everything was settled, she found that there was no news from several branch halls in Jiangnan.

Fortunately, she was the cabinet leader of the House of Internal Guards, so she has another channel for news.A long time ago, she planted nails in the various prefectures of the inner guard. Jiangnan Dui was in charge of a military general surnamed Li, and the control was tight, so there was only one spy left.

It was the secret letter sent by this spy that let her know that the three sub-altars near Huzhou had already been surrounded and suppressed, and none of them survived.

Xiao Qingfang was newly defeated in Chongzhou, mad with anger.However, she couldn't afford to go to Huzhou to investigate the situation, and the Luoyang plan was more urgent, so she put it on hold for the time being, and just sent someone to check the ins and outs.

And today, she finally got a definite news.

This child is named Li Yi.

And according to what she knew about Wen Wenzhong, his younger brother who died early was called by this name, and his age was also right.Although the chance of a coincidence is higher, as long as it can make Jin Wenzhong unhappy, it is her happiest thing.

Xiao Qingfang couldn't help laughing as he imagined the expression that Wenzhong might have.

But at this moment, Wen Wenzhong had left, and Xiao Qingfang couldn't stimulate him.But thinking of her plan, she felt that it would not be too late to wait for Hui Wenzhong to come back.

Xiao Qingfang pointed at this secret letter, and said to her confidant: "Send a letter to Xiaohui, just say that she has found her father-killer and enemy. Besides Di Renjie, there is... him."

Xiaohui received the letter a few days later.What happened in the book made her eyes flush instantly.

She destroyed the biography, but the redness in her eyes did not diminish at all, and there was a bit of cruelty in her eyes.

A middle-aged gentleman walked up to her and saw her eyes were red, as if she had cried, and felt distressed all of a sudden, and said softly: "Xiaohui, what's wrong with you?"

Xiaohui hurriedly lowered her head to hide her emotions: "It's nothing, I just suddenly thought of my parents and lost my composure for a while, Your Highness is not to blame."

The prince didn't notice her unusual tone, and said: "That's good. It's getting late, let's settle it down."

Xiaohui turned her back to him, her complexion was blue and white, her hands were twisting her handkerchief, and there was a battle between heaven and man in her heart.

After tonight, there will be no turning back for her.

"Xiaohui?" Li Xian turned his head, "Don't sit still, it's cold."

Xiaohui thought of the content of the letter, bit her lip, and finally made up her mind quietly.

She pulled out a charming smile, turned around and said, "His Royal Highness invites you first, and the slave will arrive later."