Ruyi Jue

Seeing Yun Lian and Liu Hanyan who unexpectedly appeared here, Shen Yufeng froze in place. Hong Lian next to him saw that the situation was wrong, so he quickly pushed him: "Brother Li?"

He woke up like a dream, shook his head and said, "I'm fine." He glanced at the cavalry team again, "They're coming soon, I'll count to three, and we'll rush out together."

Hong Lian said: "Okay."

Before the cavalry team arrived at the city gate, the city gate had already been opened from the inside out to both ends. Shen Yufeng said in a low voice: "One, two, three!"

As soon as the word "three" fell, the two quickly got on their horses, and at the same time as the team rushed into Zizi City, they galloped in with them.

There are still few pedestrians in Zizai city as in that day, and the horses riding on the crotch of the group of cavalry are chaotic, the noise is loud, and the road is full of smoke and dust. After entering the city, they go straight to the most central tower without looking back. Shen Yufeng and the two followed behind, but they didn't attract their attention, let alone the suspicion of the person who opened the door in Zizai City, and they only thought they were in the same group.

After the two entered the city, they quickly distanced themselves from them, turned their horses, and set foot on the road in the other direction. Although Shen Yufeng was already walking on the other road, his eyes were still fixed on the team of people. He reconfirmed in his heart: Yes, he will not mistake someone, this person is indeed Yun Lian.

But, how could it be him?

When he entered the city, he still hadn't recovered from the shock of seeing Yun Lian, and heard Hong Lian say beside him, "Brother Li, today is that old thief's birthday, he must have held a banquet in the city to entertain guests, there are no guards in the backyard , is our best chance to start."

Shen Yufeng didn't answer her words, he was still thinking about Yun Lian, frowned and said, "Those people belong to the imperial court?"

Hong Lian nodded and said: "Yes, Immortal Heima also said before that those people belong to the imperial court."

Shen Yufeng nodded slightly, but his puzzlement became deeper and deeper. Zizai City is a place for the imperial court to exchange information, and people who are not imperial court are not allowed to come in and out at will. Why did Yun Lian appear here?

Didn't he just get rid of Tianluo Palace and regain control of the Yun family?

Why did you get involved with the court again?

He shook his head, drove the chaotic thoughts out of his mind, and said, "I will help you rescue Brother Zhao today."

Hong Lian smiled and said: "I believe in Brother Li's ability."

The two of them rode fast and came to the city lord's mansion in the center of the city. From a distance, they could see lanterns and festoons at the gate of the city lord's mansion, stacks of red silk, and the sound of silk and bamboo music, accompanied by laughter and laughter.

Hong Lian said angrily: "This old thief Shi is really abominable! Trapped my elder brother in the city to suffer, and I am on the other side enjoying good food and wine!"

Shen Yufeng said: "Shh, keep silent, be careful to startle the snake."

Hong Lian cursed a few words angrily, and took Shen Yufeng to the backyard with ease. The two got off the horse and circled around until they could no longer hear the noise from the hall in the front yard. They jumped in from a wall in the backyard. The inner court.

Shen Yufeng was led by Hong Lian. He walked hundreds of steps in the backyard, divided the flowers and willows, and walked along the winding path in the middle of the grass. The last time he entered Zizai City, he was sitting in a prison car and was sent directly to the Wuxin Pavilion. I don't know the specific terrain of the city lord's mansion at all. Now I walked around the backyard of the city lord's mansion, only to find that it is more than four or five times larger than his Ruyi Villa. It's hard for Hong Lian to touch the path after only going to and from the city a few times. so familiar.

The two walked another hundred steps, and found that, as Hong Lian said, everyone in the City Lord's Mansion was sent to the lobby to help, and the backyard was empty, with no one in sight.

And Zhao Linhuai didn't seem to be here either.

Hong Lian was puzzled: "Strange, where will the eldest brother be sent?"

Shen Yufeng said: "Don't worry, look for it for a while."

They searched more than half of the courtyard again, but they still couldn't find anyone, Hong Lian couldn't help becoming anxious: "Brother isn't here, where did Old Thief Shi send him?"

Shen Yufeng stood with his hands behind his back, looking around from time to time, and asked Hong Lian, "Are you sure Brother Zhao will be trapped here by Shi Guanghe?"

Hong Lian resolutely said: "I have been here several times, and this is the place! This is the most complicated place in the city. My elder brother has been imprisoned here before!"

Shen Yufeng sighed, "Then where is he now?"

The two looked at each other, and Shen Yufeng suddenly smiled and said, "Let's go to the front hall."

Hong Lian was surprised: "Isn't this a self-inflicted trap? What should I do if Shi Guanghe finds out?"

Shen Yufeng said: "Brother Zhao will enter the city for the second time, Shi Guanghe will definitely watch him strictly, maybe he has moved his hiding place to a place like a secret cave and dark room, if we search here for another whole day, I'm afraid It doesn't help either. I think most of the people who participated in the banquet were members of the imperial court, and perhaps Shi Guanghe will report this matter to them at the banquet, so we might as well just sit on the sidelines and see if we can find any useful information."

In fact, apart from helping Hong Lian find out Zhao Linhuai's whereabouts, the reason why he made this suggestion was more because he wanted to see that person again, but before the matter of Yun Lian became clear, he felt that it was unnecessary to tell Hong Lian the truth.

Hong Lian didn't really want to meet Shi Guanghe and the others. Shen Yufeng saw her hesitation and said, "Let's go in and sit in a corner. I'm sure Shi Guanghe won't pay attention to us."

Hong Lian came here wholeheartedly for Zhao Linhuai, so she still had some concerns, but thinking of Shen Yufeng's extraordinary skills, she had some trust in her heart, so she agreed to his proposal, saying: "Okay, I will listen to Brother Li, but we are now That way you won't be recognized?"

Shen Yufeng scanned her from top to bottom, and said with a smile: "It's okay, if you change into this clothes and makeup, people in Zizi City won't recognize you."

He asked again, "What about me?" He wasn't used to putting powder on his face, so he just pulled up his hair and changed into smart clothes, without making much change to his face.

Hong Lian also smiled and said: "It's good that you are like this, don't worry, people who haven't seen your real face will definitely not recognize you."

"Ah That's good."

The two abandoned their horses and walked towards the main entrance of the city lord's mansion.

There was a huge crowd of people at the main entrance, and everyone had a happy face. Shi Guanghe and a group of subordinates stood by the door, bowing to the guests coming and going. Shen Yufeng and Hong Lian pretended to be generous and mixed in Among the people coming and going, Shi Guanghe obviously didn't want to cause an accident in front of the court envoys, so he treated all the guests who entered the door equally, and greeted them with a smile, allowing them to successfully sneak in.

When they walked into the hall, they could still hear Shi Guanghe's polite and flattering laughter behind them.

Hong Lian whispered: "It's disgusting!"

Shen Yufeng smiled helplessly.If it were him who didn't know the inside story before, seeing this scene, he would really think that Shi Guanghe was so hospitable and hospitable, but now Shen Yufeng already knew the reason why Shi Guanghe and Zizai City existed in advance, and also understood that these people were interested in Shi Guanghe. It is said that not only the guests who came to congratulate him, but also the people sent by his immediate superiors, of course, he must greet them carefully.

But what he cared about was that the military adviser named Gong Yeming was not by Shi Guanghe's side. After all, compared to Shi Guanghe, he felt that the thin Gong Yeming was an expert worth guarding against. He was not here, which made Shen Yufeng feel at ease.

With Hong Lian, he walked through the crowd and strode into the banquet hall. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Yun Lian sitting on the main seat, and Yun Lian seemed to have sensed something, and looked over at this time.

The two passed through a sea of ​​people, their eyes facing each other.

However, unlike Shen Yufeng's surprise expectation, when Yun Lian saw his old friend unexpectedly, his body froze, his eyes darkened, and he turned his head away quickly, talking with Liu Hanyan as if nothing had happened.

Shen Yufeng was slightly disappointed, and he and Hong Lian went around the crowd and came to a table in a corner. Hong Lian pulled him to sit down in two of the empty seats: "Brother Li, sit down."

Pressed on the seat by her, Shen Yufeng took the tea she handed over absent-mindedly, took a sip without taste, and unconsciously raised his head to glance at Yun Lian.

It's okay not to scan, but when he scanned, he found that Yun Lian was also looking at him.

He was overjoyed, and blinked at him desperately. Yun Lian met his eyes, was slightly surprised, and then quickly turned his head to the other side.

After that, no matter how Shen Yufeng winked at him, he kept turning a blind eye and avoiding it.

Shen Yufeng was even more puzzled. He touched his face subconsciously, knowing that although he had put on a certain disguise, it was different from wearing Li Han's mask before. His appearance hadn't changed much, and it was impossible for Yun Lian to recognize him. out of him.And Yun Lian had been secretly looking at him, which also proved to recognize him.

But why is Yun Lian's reaction so cold?

The group of people who followed Yun Lian into the city also sat near the main seat, surrounding Yun Lian in the center, as if they respected him as the leader, and Yun Lian sat on the main seat, never looking at Shen Yufeng again, I saw him facing this side, next to the elegant and beautiful Liu Hanyan, the two of them bowed their heads and chatted from time to time, talking and laughing, looking like a pair of immortals to outsiders.

The sense of loss in Shen Yufeng's heart was even heavier. He was still the same person, but even stranger and more unpredictable than before.

What happened to him during this time?

When he was thinking about it, a deep voice came from behind: "Please borrow a seat."

Shen Yufeng turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw an old man with white hair and ragged clothes standing behind him, leaning on a cane, grinning at them.

Shen Yufeng hurriedly stood up, turned sideways, and gave him the empty seat beside him: "Old man, please sit down."

The old man came tremblingly with a stick, but he didn't walk towards the empty seat Shen Yufeng vacated. Instead, he took a few steps and accidentally sat on the seat he had just occupied, forcibly separating him from Hong Lian.

Both Shen Yufeng and Hong Lian were taken aback, Shen Yufeng put down the teacup in his hand, took a step back to the side, and sat down in the empty seat on the other side.

After the white-haired old man sat down, Hong Lian immediately smelled the stinky smell of sweat mixed with pig manure from his body, and frowned. He sat between Shen Yufeng and Hong Lian, but he was restless. He stretched out his elbows, grabbed a big elbow on the table and stuffed it into his mouth. He devoured and started to chew while making a chewing sound in his mouth. The oil stains splashed onto Hong Lian's sleeves. With a straight face, he looked at Shen Yufeng with eyes asking for help. Shen Yufeng shook his head and asked her to be patient for now.

Firstly, they couldn't do anything to such an elderly person, and secondly, they were in the enemy camp right now, so they couldn't cause any trouble.

***

After a while, all the guests had arrived, and Shi Guanghe led a group of servants behind him into the hall, and said with a smile: "Everyone came here today to participate in Shi's birthday banquet, it's really a face for Shi, everyone eat as much as you want , drink as much as you want, the more you eat, the happier I will be for someone."

He is not an elegant person, his speech is extremely vulgar, he can say whatever comes to his mind, which unexpectedly can stir up the atmosphere. After his voice fell, everyone present echoed again and again, and the hall was full of people's voices. lively.

After finishing his polite words, Shi Guanghe said with a smile: "At today's banquet, I would like to introduce a well-known person to everyone, and that is Mr. Yun next to me." He pointed to Yun Lian who was beside me, "Mr. The young head of a wealthy businessman's Yun family was specially invited to the banquet with his fiancée Miss Liu, and after that, Mr. Yun will stay in the city for a period of time to discuss cooperation matters with Shi Mou."

Yun Lian just pursed his lips and smiled slightly, without making a sound, and Liu Hanyan beside him was always smiling lightly.

Shen Yufeng heard the word "fiancee", and took another sip of the cold tea in the cup.

He didn't know that the Yun family and the Liu family have been in-laws for generations, and Yun Lian made a marriage contract with Miss Liu's family after birth, and according to what Yun Lian said before, he will marry Liu Hanyan at the end of the year.

When he thought of this, his teeth became sour again. Yes, if Yun Lian hadn't been for the Liu family, he wouldn't have bid farewell to him as soon as he left Tianluo Palace and rushed back to Chang'an.

In the end, in Yun Lian's mind, he cared more about Liu Hanyan. To him, he was just a brother with deep friendship.

Fortunately, I have been waiting eagerly for the other party to go to Ruyi Villa to meet each other. It turns out that the other party's beautiful woman is in my arms, and I have long forgotten his former brother.

He was preoccupied when he suddenly heard a sneer of unknown meaning from the mouth of the old man beside him. At the same time, a servant rushed in from the door and shouted: "City Lord!"

Everyone at the scene looked over, Shi Guanghe was interrupted in the middle of his words, and said angrily: "You bastard who doesn't wink, don't even look at what time it is!"

Gong Yeming also stepped in from the door at this time, and said in a low voice: "City Lord, listen to what he has to say first, and then deal with it before it's too late."

Shi Guanghe had no choice but to suppress his anger and motioned for the famous servant to speak.

The Ding family hesitated and said: "Yes, there is a pair of brothers who don't know where they came from. They said they wanted to give a gift to the city lord, and they came to the gate with something on their shoulders, and they wanted to break in..."

Shi Guanghe was slightly surprised, since Zizai City has always been heavily guarded and the entrance is not open to the outside world, all the guests sitting in this hall are invited by him, without his order, ordinary people cannot enter the city at all, this pair of brothers Where did it come from?How to enter the city?He asked in a deep voice, "What is it?"

The servant trembled: "Yes... yes... yes... I dare not say it!"

Seeing him flustered and hesitating, Shi Guanghe shouted angrily: "What the hell is it?"

Gong Ye's eyes flashed, and he was about to make a sound to stop the servant from speaking, but he heard screams from the door, and then saw two strong men carrying something into the hall.

After they came in, everyone at the banquet was in an uproar.

It turned out that what they brought in turned out to be a black wooden coffin.

Shen Yufeng was more shocked than the others, because one of the two men who carried the coffin in was missing his left leg and the other was blind in his left eye.

It was the Fang family brother who was rescued by him a few days ago.

He was shocked, this pair of brothers came from causing trouble in the city, could it be another bad idea from Heima Immortal?

When Shi Guanghe saw the coffin, his face turned purple in an instant, and he was so angry that he said, "It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable!"

Presenting a coffin at his birthday banquet was clearly intended to hurt him!

The brothers of the Fang family put down the black wooden coffin, but remained calm, and said with a smile: "Our master heard that today is the city lord's birthday, and he is here to give a gift for a hundred years. I hope the city lord will accept it."

Shi Guanghe shouted: "Come on, quickly drag these two bastards out and beat them to death!"

The servants of Zizai City quickly entered the hall with wooden sticks and surrounded the Fang family brothers. The Fang family brothers laughed again: "It's just our master's wish to see why the city lord is facing an enemy like this."

Gong Yeming signaled the servants not to do anything yet, and whispered to Shi Guanghe, "Don't worry, the city lord. It won't be too late after Wansheng asks about their master's identity."

He walked up to the brothers of the Fang family: "Speaking of which, what purpose do you two brothers have and why are you here?"

The brothers of the Fang family said: "It's very simple, as long as you take out the map of the fantasy sea and clouds, we will reveal the identity of our master."