Li Zhang

Afterwards, Jin Bai still talked to Li Zhang in private. When he mentioned the secret guard, Li Zhang didn't show much resistance, but just listened to him quietly as usual.

Jin Bai felt ashamed, and assured Li Zhang again and again: "The emperor is different from before. The front court and the harem have been properly taken care of. It should be that he has really let go of his previous thoughts. Although the matter of the dark guard seems far-fetched, wait for you to stand firm in the army." It can no longer be used as an excuse. I will continue to let Bai Qi come over, and you can discuss with him if you have anything to do."

Li Zhang bowed his head and stood silently for a moment, then raised his head and said to Jin Bai: "I only have one thing, it's okay to tell Lord Jin first. I'm going to get married next year, if he wants to do anything, just do it to me." , if I want to hurt her at all, there is no guarantee that I will do something rebellious. If Mr. Jin thinks that Li Zhang is in the way, it is better to make a decision now, so as not to cause troubles when the time comes."

Jin Bai's face turned pale, he frowned and stared at Li Zhang and asked, "What do you want me to do? Arrest you now?"

Li Zhang laughed lowly: "Then you have to catch it!"

Li Zhang said that he didn't see any momentum, but his body had been swept away by more than ten feet.Jin Bai was eager to win, and relying on his outstanding lightness skills, he chased after him.He knew that Mu Yan was not good at making light work, and Li Zhang could barely jump up the high wall in the past, but now he followed behind Li Zhang, but he became more and more frightened as he chased him. After running for dozens of miles, Li Zhang had disappeared. .

Jin Bai stopped in annoyance, looked at the weeds stretching under his feet, no means of tracing had been used, he stayed there for a long time without feeling a wry smile, wondering if he really just ran away like this?Then what did he promise Zhang Yu and Wu Zijun?

He didn't believe that Li Zhang was a man who didn't believe what he said, and knew that he must have something to say for what he did, so he simply sat down in the shade of a tree, picked up a grass stalk and chewed it slowly in his mouth.

The sun was gradually turning to the west, and the wind was getting cooler. Jin Bai was sitting in the forest bored, the aura of the hidden guard was vague and alert.

A gust of wind blows, and the dead leaves flutter to the ground.Jin Bai looked back vigilantly, only to see a figure flash among the branches and leaves, and a hidden guard had fallen to the ground.Jin Bai immediately jumped up and landed on the ground, blocking Li Zhang's way, while the remaining three hidden guards surrounded him.

Li Zhang smiled slightly, and leaned forward indifferently, the dark guards surrounded him before he approached Jin Bai, and all kinds of weapons greeted him.

"careful!"

"Be careful!"

As Li Zhang said, he had already flashed out of the encirclement, not so fast that people couldn't see clearly, but he just slipped out in the gap between the two hidden guards, and Jin Bai was already a step too late to retreat.Li Zhang's foot moved a little bit, and his body moved quickly. In the blink of an eye, he was behind Jin Bai. With a flip of his right wrist, a dagger with a cold light was placed around Jin Bai's neck.

"Let go of your lord!"

The hidden guard rushed forward, but stopped in the face of Li Zhang's unmoving killing intent.

Li Zhang and the dark guard faced each other quietly, the dark guard's whole body tensed up, staring at Li Zhang's movements without blinking.Li Zhang suddenly smiled slightly, and the solemn killing intent dissipated in an instant.

"Master Jin is too underestimating the enemy!"

As Li Zhang said, he had let go of Jin Bai, and then moved his body away Zhang Xukai, standing silently.

Jin Bai looked at Li Zhang steadfastly, stopped the guard from rushing up again, nodded slowly and said, "I see. I promise you, as long as Jin Bai doesn't die, Miss Song will be safe!"

"Thank you, Lord Jin, for fulfilling it!"

Li Zhang knelt on one knee, clasping his fists together.Jin Bai let out a long sigh, went to help him up, squeezed his well-proportioned arms, and was in a daze.

"If he sees you like you are now, I'm afraid he will have a heart demon again... What a shame!"

"Oh! Master Jin also thinks that Li Zhang is a monster?"

Jin Bai shook his head, looked at the sarcasm in Li Zhang's eyes, and said helplessly: "I know you blame me, but I can only choose that way. His demon can't be helped by others, but you are its only nemesis. So I'm not worried. But you, where did you learn from the teacher? This movement is really handsome! I took your pulse yesterday, and the internal breath is fine and long. It seems that it is no longer Mu Yan's way, the old wound in the veins It has also recovered. In the past two years, what adventure have you encountered again?"

Li Zhang fluttered his black eyes, and pretended to be mysterious with a smile: "Master Jin can't figure it out?"

"Uh……"

"The one who saved me that day was Mr. Zheng, the commander!"

Jin Bai was stunned for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up: "Master's...is here?"

"Yes! It's in Yanshan. If Mr. Jin wants to go, Li Zhang can lead the way."

"No wonder! Haha! Good! That's great! Is it true that the master is protecting you? It's a pity that the senior brother doesn't know how to cherish it!"

"Master Jin!"

Jin Bai shook his head helplessly and said: "He treats you like that, you still can't bear to say that he is not?"

Li Zhang lowered his head: "If Master hadn't saved me back then, Li Zhang wouldn't be where I am today. Besides, the deceased is already dead..."

Jin Bai suddenly understood: "Mu Yan is not dead, you don't know?"

"real?!"

"It was Ling Yuncong who saved him. Now he is the general of chariots and cavalry in command of the capital's soldiers and guards!"

Li Zhang thought about Mu Yan's expression in a daze for a while, and finally smiled wryly: "From now on, he should be called General Mu."

Jin Bai looked at him speechlessly, full of pity.

Li Zhang shook off his depressed mood, thought of Rong Xie, and said to Jin Bai again seriously: "Master Jin, Li Zhang has an unfeeling request, can you let the dark guard pay attention to Rongjiazhuang? I always feel a little weird, originally I plan to spend more time to observe it myself, since I want to join the army now, I can't take care of it. Besides, Zhiqing is still there, so I don't feel at ease."

Jin Bai agreed immediately: "Okay! I will ask Bai Qi to tell you about the operation of the Northern Xinjiang Dark Guard Network. I can rest assured that you come to sit in the town."

Li Zhang's eyes widened: "How can Mr. Jin do this!"

Jin Bai squinted at him with a smile that was not a smile: "The hidden guards in Ningzhou have been played around by you, am I still afraid of problems in Northern Xinjiang?"

"I……"

"Most of the dark guards in Beijiang are novices, so I'm afraid you need to worry about it!"

Li Zhang looked at Jin Bai's determined look, knowing that he would not give up, he smiled helplessly: "Master Jin is not afraid of me messing around!"

Jin Bai stopped talking, raised his hand and punched Li Zhang, and walked into the city side by side with him.

The next day, Sima Yi had received the news from Jin Bai, although it was only a few words, it made him restless, and he only wanted to fly to Bingzhou, even if it was just to take a look at Li Zhang from a distance.He wandered around the imperial study room like a trapped animal for a long time, then suddenly took off the Long Yuan hanging on the wall, and went straight to the harem.

Eunuch Xi stopped Qinfang who was going to follow, and called the clever Liu Yuan, who hurried to follow.

Sima Yi walked straight into the palace gate of the Fourteenth Hall, where there lived two beauties sent back by the Xianbei people, the palace servants saw them from a distance, and hurriedly ran back to the hall to inform their masters.

However, Sima Yi turned to a palace that had been sealed for a long time, stood outside the palace and watched for a long time, and Liu Yuan stepped forward to tear the seal.

A slightly musty smell rushed towards his face, as if a ghost who had been sleeping for a long time gradually woke up, looking at him quietly through the spider web and dust.

Sima Yi stepped into the palace gate, Liu Yuan followed behind, looking around curiously.

The majestic hall has not been dimmed by dust for a long time. The tables, chairs, screens and fans dotted with emerald gold, and the antique racks full of curios are all shining again after the reappearance, eye-catching.Even though Liu Yuan had followed Sima Yi for some time, he couldn't help being amazed when he suddenly saw it.

He kept in mind Eunuch Xi's teachings, buried his head behind Sima Yi, didn't ask, but couldn't help but not look, secretly speculated about the fate of the owner here, and felt a sense of right and wrong for no reason.

Sima Yi had never paid attention to the decorations here before, but when he looked carefully at this time, he suddenly felt that it was extremely vulgar, and suddenly realized that Li Zhang had never paid attention to this place before, and that's why all the palace people gave him things It's packed full.

He clenched Longyuan tightly in his hand, walked around the Nuan Pavilion and walked into the dormitory.

The plain bedroom and the outside room are like two worlds.Wardrobe, pot stand, table, chairs and dressing table are all simply standing in the room without any decoration, quietly covered with dust.

Sima Yi looked down at the messy bed that was still the same as that day, thinking of the stiffness and coldness at that time, he once again clenched Long Yuan tightly.He went directly to open the closet, looked at the neatly folded rack of old clothes, stared at them for a long time, and then let Liu Yuan take out all of them.

Soon, the reopened Phoenix Hall underwent a comprehensive repair. The newly built courtyard wall separated the main hall from the fourteenth hall's enclosure and converted it into a simple clean room.During the reconstruction period, Sima Yi went to the court as usual, and he also cooperated with the Empress Dowager's concubine selection. He allowed two beauties and one noble concubine, and the date of canonization and marriage was also set.The fourteenth hall quickly became busy, and the vacant halls were all renovated. The palace people moved, arranged and cleaned, and prepared for the newcomers who were about to move in. The whole harem was full of joy.The renovation of the Phoenix Hall was quietly completed in such a hurry. The undecorated house was separated from the fourteenth hall with emerald eaves and vermilion gates, but it seemed to be a double world.

At first Sima Yi liked to take a rest there, and gradually moved the critical memorials there, but the discussions and discussions were still in the Imperial Study Room. No one dared to enter that clean room except the eldest son Sima Jun and Liu Yuan who accompanied him.

Sima Jun is five years old, and Sima Yi intends to teach him to enlighten him, and wants Mu Qingshi to be his accompanying student.

Mu Yan was quite hesitant about this, and after hesitating for a while, he said: "It's better for Qingshi to practice martial arts, and he will continue to serve as the little prince's bodyguard in the future."

Sima Yi glanced at him: "Gu didn't say that he is not allowed to practice martial arts. Gu just thinks that he is calm and thoughtful, and should be able to accept Wen Yunwu. Mu Qing doesn't just want Qingshi to be a bodyguard, does he?"

Mu Yan said disapprovingly: "The Mu family has always been the emperor's bodyguard."

Sima Yi glanced at Mu Yan again, walked silently for a while, and suddenly asked, "What does Mu Qing think of Li Zhang?"

"..."

"Why? Not easy to answer?"

Mu Yan took a careful look at Sima Yi: "Why did the emperor mention him again?"

"Gu saw Qing Shi pensive yesterday, and suddenly thought of him."

Sima Yi stopped walking as he spoke, looked up at the sky and his expression became gentle: "Gu used to hate his cowardly words, but now that I think about it, I think he is the same as Qing Shi, but he just doesn't like to talk. It's a pity that Gu I understand too late..." He looked back at Mu Yan, and continued to ask him: "What does Mu Qing think of Li Zhang? I still remember what you said when you wanted to accept him as your apprentice. Let Gu lose him."

Mu Yan bowed his head and remained silent.He is not a person who likes to think about things, especially not good at thinking about people's minds.He couldn't understand Li Zhang at the beginning, and when he saw that he dared to kill the king openly, he felt that he was not my kind, and he never thought about it again after he cut it off cruelly.Now under Sima Yi's repeated questioning, I slowly recalled just now, and all I thought about was Li Zhang's intelligence, agility, hard work and stubbornness. Thinking of his last "Master", he sighed unconsciously: "He is very smart." , but cleverness was mistaken by cleverness!"

"Oh?"

"The emperor values ​​him so much, and he is still unwilling to be satisfied. He is really not the best choice for a guard."

"Mu Qing thinks he's not a good guard?"

"Yes! The so-called bodyguards are those who serve as guards, but he turns back on his master. He really deserves to be punished!"

Sima Yi was slightly shocked by Mu Yan's righteous words, and looked at Mu Yan with an elusive expression: "Mu Qing really believes that he will kill Gu?"

Mu Yan knelt down on one knee: "Mu Yan's disciples are useless, please be punished by the emperor!"

Sima Yi looked down at Mu Yan, and after a long time, he sighed softly: "Get up. If you want to punish, let Qing Shi Congwen be punished! Jun'er's guards can't be so unreasonable."

"……Yes!"

Since then, Mu Qingshi has become Sima Jun's accompanying student. Concubine Pity pitied him for the great change he suffered when he was young, and Mu Yan was busy with military affairs and didn't take good care of him, so she kept him by her side.Although Mu Yan was reluctant about this, he couldn't refuse. He was worried that Qing Shi would be too spoiled, and he would be stricter with him, and he would be severely punished if he made a slight mistake in the martial arts lessons he arranged every day.Poor Mu Qingshi is only eight or nine years old. He needs to learn literature and martial arts, and also play with Sima Jun. After being beaten by Mu Yan, he was eager to please his father and refused to take a good rest. In the end, he fell seriously ill and became emaciated. Baba, Yu Muyan's request was even more difficult to achieve, so he cried in anxiety.

Mu Yan's temperament became irritable after his family changed, and he had great expectations for the only remaining son. Seeing this situation, he became more annoyed, filled with indisputable disappointment, and his attitude towards Qing Shi became even worse. In the end, not only Sima Jun complained to his father every day, but even Concubine Mi couldn't stand it any longer, and even stopped Mu Yan outside the palace on the grounds that Qing Shi had just fallen asleep because of illness.

Mu Yan was inexplicably sad and indignant, and turned to Sima Yi to request that he be removed from the status of Qingshi's accompanying student, and that he should be taken home to practice martial arts with peace of mind.

Sima Yi listened to him silently, and then said lightly: "Qing Shi now is really very similar to Li Zhang in the past. It's just that I met Li Zhang in a strange way, and I didn't know his character and tried to destroy him. Qing Shi is you Parents and children, how can you be so cruel? Do you really think that Li Zhang's future achievements are all due to the coercion and torture of Gu? What Gu gave him was just a bottom line that could not be retreated. What you gave him was profit. Hopeful help! You are his master, but you don’t know what you mean to him, no wonder he is... so decisive!"

Mu Yan was stunned again.

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In the end, Mu Yan is the most foolish, Mo~~~