In the room, Yu Zhi put Li Wantong's hand back into the quilt, and then stuffed the quilt tightly. He just looked at Li Wantong, thinking only of the happy time they spent together.
After a while, Yu Zhi walked out of the house. He understood what Yu Zhuyue meant. Whether and when Li Wantong would wake up was still unknown.
But Yu Zhi didn't want to wait like this. Just like the spring breeze will not wait until all the ice melts before it arrives.
The same goes for revenge.
Lao Huang sat on the threshold in front of the small courtyard, leaning against the wooden door riddled with holes.
Gulu gulu, after taking a sip of rice wine, Lao Huang's eyes became clearer and clearer. He looked at the alley in front of the yard, and the scene of the girl's death that night was in his eyes.
Immediately afterwards, Li Wantong was poisoned and fell into coma.
In just a few days, everything happened so suddenly.
"Prime Minister, you are so cruel." In the past few days, Lao Huang has repeated this sentence thousands of times.
This assassination proved that the last assassination was not groundless. Yu Zhi's reminder is not unreasonable.
"Prime Minister, what are you thinking about? Why do you want to kill the young lady? The young lady has obviously come to Beiliang Mansion. As long as her legs can be cured, the lintel of the Prime Minister's Mansion will not be disgraced. Why do you want to kill the young lady!"
Lao Huang's expression was complicated. There was only one thing that he couldn't figure out in his mind. He couldn't figure out just one thing.
After all, who could guess Li Xiuyuan's thoughts when he was the prime minister?
Yu Zhi walked to Lao Huang and sat down. He just wiped his face with cold water so that he could be more awake.
An old man and a young man sat on the threshold like this, with the same lonely expression.
"Give me a drink." Yu Zhi said. He didn't need to drink to drown his sorrows, but he suddenly wanted to taste the taste of wine.
Lao Huang looked at Yu Zhi and handed the wine gourd to Yu Zhi. These days, Yu Zhi has been staying by Li Wantong's side, and what he has done has been recognized by Lao Huang.
No one in the prime minister's mansion had ever cared so much about Li Wantong.
"Ahem!" Yu Zhi coughed a few times. Lao Huang's wine was very strong. He could drink it like water, but Yu Zhi couldn't. Take a sip and spit out half of it.
Lao Huang took the wine gourd and laughed. Looking at Yu Zhi's appearance, he remembered how he looked when he drank for the first time... He was also in such a mess.
"Boy, the wine in Beiliang Mansion is stronger than that in Kyoto. It should be a little sharper. You...can't get used to it," Lao Huang said.
Yu Zhi nodded and said: "Kyoto... I have traveled to countless places in Dachu since I was a child, but I dislike Kyoto the most."
Lao Huang was confused and didn't know what Yu Zhi meant by this.
Yu Zhi looked up at the sky and reached out toward the clouds in the distance, as if he wanted to hold onto that cloud.
"Kyoto... It is a city that countless people yearn for. Countless people want to hold an official position at the foot of the emperor, or rise to the top. However, that place makes me feel depressed."
"There are too many high officials, too many princes, and those so-called princes and royal highnesses. These people have ulterior motives even if they just want to eat in Baiwei Juli."
When Yu Zhi recalled those days in Kyoto, it was indeed not as pleasant as being in Wenwen Academy.
Lao Huang took a sip of wine and said, "It seems that you are also a famous figure in Kyoto."
Yu Zhi glanced at Lao Huang, then nodded and said: "If you say so, that's fine. I should be as famous as Qing Huan. However, there are always unruly people who want to harm me. The two Bai Yu brothers from the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Revenue, the Prince of Chu Mansion Xiang Jinghao, there should be some people secretly there."
Old Huang smiled again and said: "These people you are talking about are not ordinary people."
Yu Zhi spread his hands, quite helpless. "Yes. These guys always come to mess with me, and I can't even hide away. However, I am also very grateful to them in my heart. Maybe it is because of some of them that I was able to meet Wan Tong."
Lao Huang looked at Yu Zhi again, but there was a sincere smile on the young man's face. During the trip north, Lao Huang had been secretly observing Yu Zhi and observing Yu Zhi's words and deeds. Most of the time, Yu Zhi likes to quarrel with the girl and tease Li Wantong, mostly with a cynical look.
The conversation after the assassination at the inn was the first time that Lao Huang had a deeper understanding of Yu Zhi.
The young man is as meticulous as a hair and has a deep scheming mind. The "shame of asking" is his cover-up, making everyone despise him. With such thoughts, he is not a good match for the young lady.
Now, Lao Huang looked at the young man's calm and sincere smile, and he understood a little better.
"After meeting Wan Tong, I felt that the world was complete." Yu Zhi withdrew his hand and put it on his knees, and the smile on his face gradually faded. "On my trip to the north, I considered everything. Someone wanted to kill me. But it was just a killer below the sixth level of Armor Break. Both Qing Huan and I could handle it. I thought that as long as I be careful, and more careful, Then I can take Wan Tong to heal his legs and return to Kyoto safely."
"I left the Grandmaster Sword Qi given to me by my elders with Wan Tong, thinking that she would be safe. But..."
Lao Huang was shocked and said, "Did you give that Grandmaster Sword Qi?"
After that night, Lao Huang couldn't guess where the master's sword energy came from and who saved the young lady. The key point is that this is the Grandmaster Sword Qi, not the Grandmaster Sword Qi that everyone can possess.
Yu Zhi nodded and continued: "That was given by my elder. It's a pity that he only gave me this sword."
It seems that this boy has many secrets... Old Huang thought to himself.
"By the way, my elder's name is Li Haomiao!" Yu Zhi said casually.
Old Huang was shocked again. Is Li Haomiao the tenth-grade Grandmaster of Free Swordsman? Could it be the same name?
There are many question marks in Lao Huang's heart.
But the only tenth-grade swordsman masters revealed to the world are the Tower Keeper of Nanzhou Prefecture and the carefree and traceless Li Haomiao. Compared to the tower guardian, the sword energy was more likely to come from Li Haomiao.
Gulu gulu!
Laohuang bitter wine entered his throat, and after a long time, he said, "Why are you telling me this?"
Yu Zhi looked at Lao Huang and said in a firm voice: "What I want to say is that I have many enemies, and there are also insidious people who have never seen the light of day and want to kill me. But, I have enough confidence to deal with these dangers. Because , there is a tenth-grade grandmaster standing behind me."
"I hope you can tell me Wan Tong's life experience, so that I can protect her safety." Yu Zhi paused and continued, "And find those people for revenge."
Lao Huang was startled, and then he looked hesitant. He didn't know whether or how to say it.
Maybe speaking out will make Li Wantong more dangerous?
But the repeated assassinations became more dangerous each time. This time the girl died, what about next time?
Lao Huang picked up the wine gourd and poured it down, leaving only a drop of wine hanging at the mouth of the gourd. Simply, Lao Huang put away the wine gourd, looked at Yu Zhi with complicated eyes, and stopped talking.
Yu Zhi was not in a hurry. In fact, he had made a guess a long time ago.
"If you don't tell me, I also know that Wantong should be from the prime minister's palace in Kyoto."
The calm voice was like the spring breeze, but it set off huge waves in Lao Huang's heart. Lao Huang's shocked expression had verified Yu Zhi's guess.
"Have you investigated us?" Lao Huang said.
Yu Zhi shook his head and said: "You three masters and servants live in seclusion in the mountains outside Kyoto. This is not unusual. I started to wonder about Wan Tong's identity after the assassination at the inn. On top of the monument The killer."
"In order to kill a helpless girl, the killers on top of the monument were actually dispatched. Moreover, these six black guards were well-trained and cooperated tacitly. This is not an ordinary killer."
"The cultivators above the Open Monument already belong to the top professions, and no matter how bad they are, they can still hold the official position of a third-grade military general in Dachu. To be able to summon such a master, the opponent should not be an ordinary person."
"Li Wantong, haha, there happens to be a big shot named Li in Kyoto. It just so happens that I am somewhat 'familiar' with this big shot. I remember that Prime Minister Li has a granddaughter named Li Chuchen."
"So Wan Tong, she is from Prime Minister Li's Mansion. Is that right?"
Lao Huang was silent for a long time, as if he had forgotten that there was no more wine in the wine gourd. He poured a few sips into his mouth, and then he realized how to put the cork on the gourd.
After a long time, Lao Huang said: "Sometimes, even an old man like me thinks you are a bit scary. You are so wise and foolish, I am afraid that all the princes and young masters in Kyoto have been deceived by you."
Yu Zhi held his face in his hands and smiled, "I didn't lie to them. Those people are just self-righteous."
Then Lao Huang sighed, "My lady once asked me to investigate you. After knowing that you had a conflict with the Prime Minister, my lady asked us to move away from the bamboo forest."
"Fate is fate. I never thought that in this small town, the lady would see you again."
Yu Zhi also echoed: "Yes, fate. The fate between Wan Tong and I seems to be endless. We are destined to be together in this life."
Lao Huang glanced at the narcissistic Yu Zhi, "The young lady does come from the Prime Minister's Mansion. She is the granddaughter of the Prime Minister and the sister of Miss Chuchen. They are twins, and they do have different destinies."
"Is it because of Wan Tong's legs?" Yu Zhi asked.
Lao Huang nodded, "Yes. The prime minister was worried that the young lady's disability would attract ridicule from outsiders and disgrace the lintel of the prime minister's house. I remember it was a snowy night thirteen years ago. The young lady was five years old and still sitting in a wheelchair. Go up. In the past five years, the Prime Minister took the young lady to search for famous doctors, but they still could not cure the young lady’s legs. "
"When the young lady was five years old, the Prime Minister also lost his patience. He hid the young lady's identity and asked me to take the young lady to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests outside Kyoto. This stay lasted for thirteen years. For the whole thirteen years, the Prime Minister's Mansion only had one person. There is only one young lady, and the prime minister has only one granddaughter, and that is Miss Chuchen."
"And Miss Wan Tong is just a dispensable person for the Prime Minister's Mansion... No, it would be better if she is an existence that has never appeared before."
Yu Zhi's eyes suddenly became extremely cold, "So, these killers in black also come from that prime minister's mansion?"
