Xie Li frowned slightly, his tone was light, and there was no hint of joy, "I just sent a few informants there, how can I get any merit?"
Shen Ji shook his head, with a clear smile on his lips, and said warmly, "The emperor wants you to go there in person to find out the truth."
Xie Li paused, then his eyes flashed with surprise, "I don't know martial arts, why did you choose me to go there?"
"So..." Shen Ji poured a cup of warm tea, took a sip, and whispered, "The Emperor allows you to take one person with you."
Xie Li frowned even more tightly. After a long silence, he suddenly thought of something and twitched the corners of his lips, "The emperor wants Lian Yan to go over, but he is too shy to speak. You want me to be a bridge?"
"Quite smart." Shen Ji turned the tea cup in his hand and lowered his eyebrows slightly, "King Runan entered the palace today and angrily accused the emperor of being close to aristocratic families and delegating too much power."
Xie Li was shocked, "Is he crazy for talking to the emperor like this?"
Shen Ji was disdainful, "But because I am a relative of the emperor, and because of the emperor's kindness, I deliberately took advantage of Qiao."
Xie Li found it strange and asked in a low voice, "Which family member offended him?"
Shen Ji glanced at him and raised the corners of his lips, "The youngest son of King Runan teased an official lady in the street. Young Master Lian saw him and almost got punished."
"I don't see how righteous this kid Lian Yan is on weekdays, but he can actually do it for..." Xie Li paused slightly, and his expression froze for a moment, "The official lady you are talking about...can't be my sister, right?"
Shen Ji chuckled, "If it weren't for her, who could provoke Mr. Lian?"
"King of Runan..." Xie Li gritted his teeth and grabbed the wolf brush beside him, "I'm going to write a note right now and get involved with him!"
"Why bother?" Shen Ji said something to stop him, "The King of Runan is not going to court. You wrote a lot of things eloquently, and the most you can get him is a few words of reprimand. It's better to stumble behind him and make him remember. "
Xie Li paused, suspicion flashing in his eyes, "When did you learn to play dirty tricks?"
Shen Ji's smile was gentle, like the spring breeze blowing on his face, "Your mother taught you."
Xie Li pinched the penholder tightly with her fingertips and cursed peacock secretly.
Shen Ji smiled and looked at him faintly, "What do you think? Are you going to go to Duke Qi's place or not?"
"It's destiny to go against it, so how can I say no?" Xie Li rolled his eyes at him and said in a low voice, "I will go find Lian Yan later and discuss this matter with him."
Shen Ji nodded and said slowly, "The emperor wants to choose a good general who will make a name for himself and scare the barbarians. I have introduced your wife to go to court tomorrow and ask her to go with you."
Xie Li was startled and raised his eyes to look at Shen Ji opposite, who had a calm expression on his face.
As the person next to him, he naturally knew about his wife's persistence for many years, but due to his status as the son-in-law of the Song family, he could not take the initiative to mention this matter to the emperor.
Unexpectedly...it was Shen Ji who helped bring it up.
Xie Li's heart warmed slightly, and he suppressed the corners of his mouth that wanted to raise, and responded calmly.
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It was night, and two figures appeared under the outer wall of the Duke's Mansion.
Xie Li stared at the person in front of him with disgust and asked, "Why are you dressed like this?"
Lian Yan was dressed in night clothes, his hands and feet were tightly tied up, and his face was covered with a gauze scarf, revealing only a pair of smiling peach blossom eyes.
Lian Yan couldn't help but frown when he saw that Xie Li was wearing a robe as usual, "We are going to follow others, so naturally we have to be more concealed. Are you preparing your big sleeves to sing?"
The two secretly competed with each other, neither of them convinced the other.
Lian Yan rolled his eyes, threw him a gauze scarf, and said angrily, "At least cover your face!"
Xie Li knew he was wrong and reached out to take it, "I have never done this myself..."
After Xie Li had finished packing, the two of them hid in the alley and looked at the closed door of the Duke's Mansion from a distance.
"Is the information you gathered accurate?" Xie Li looked sideways at him and lowered his voice.
Yan didn't even turn his head and comforted him in a low voice, "Don't worry, Qi Chong will definitely leave the house today."
The two waited for a long time. After about half an hour, the door of the Duke's Mansion opened a crack.
"Xie Li!" Lian Yan's eyes flashed with excitement and he whispered, "There's something moving!"
Xie Li rubbed his sore eyes and looked up into the distance.
The moonlight was hazy, and all I could see was a tall man walking out of the Duke's mansion and getting into the carriage that had been prepared.
Seeing the carriage leaving, Lian Yan patted Xie Li on the shoulder and whispered, "Follow."
In the silence of the night, the sound of the wheels creaking and turning was particularly abrupt on the long street. There was no one around, and the carriage driving under the moonlight added a bit of terror.
Qi Chong leaned against the car wall and took a nap with his eyes closed.
"My lord, something's not right."
The voice of his confidant came from outside. Qi Chong slowly opened his eyes, his eyes suddenly turned cold, "What's the matter?"
"There seems to be someone following us from behind." The confidant opened the curtain of the car with a solemn expression, "Just now, I hurriedly looked away and saw two figures."
Hearing this, Qi Chong drank again and said casually, "It's just two people. Send someone to deal with them."
"Yes." The confidant responded in a low voice, turned his head and took out a jade whistle from his chest, held it in his mouth, and blew it hard. The sound from the whistle was actually the cry of a bird.
Lian Yan, who was following not far away, looked confused, stretched out his hand to stop Xie Li, and whispered, "We have been discovered."
Xie Li was puzzled, "How did you know?"
"That wasn't a bird chirping just now, but a whistle." Lian Yan's expression turned cold, "The Lian family used it when they were training secret guards."
As he was talking, there was a sudden sound from around him, like someone walking on bricks and tiles, and the sound was getting closer and closer.
Xie Li's heart sank, "What are the chances of winning against them?"
Lian Yan sneered, his eyes full of disdain, "You and I work together to kill indiscriminately."
Xie Li glared at him, looking uneasy, "I told you a long time ago that I don't know martial arts."
Lian Yan stood in front of him, pulled out the long sword at his waist, and whispered, "I am responsible for killing indiscriminately, you just have to follow behind."
Xie Li looked at his back, speechless and choked.
As soon as the words fell, more than ten people suddenly flew out from the surroundings and surrounded them.
Under the moonlight, a dozen long swords glowed with cold light, making people tremble with fear.
Lian Yan's eyes darkened slightly and he stared at the group of people in front of him. The hand holding the sword hilt turned white with force.
Xie Li also had a cold face and did not dare to make a sound.
The leading man snorted coldly, pointed his sword at Lian Yan, and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you!"
Lian Yan chuckled, his thin lips raised contemptuously, "The person who will take your dog's life."
"Looking for death, come on!"
Lian Yan's swordsmanship was tricky, and although he had the upper hand at the beginning, there was a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves. More than a dozen people continued to attack, and Lian Yan was attacked from both sides, and gradually lost his advantage.
The leading man saw the opportunity and stabbed him in the chest with his sword.
"Be careful!" Seeing this, Xie Li subconsciously reached out his hand, trying to catch the man's sword with his bare hands.
At the critical moment, a cold arrow shot out of the air and pierced the man's neck.
