As soon as Li Dingxing and others left the city gate, the guards behind them clapped their horses and approached Li Dingxing and reported: "Second Young Master, there is someone following us."
"How many people?" Li Dingxing asked, turning his head.
"only one."
Li Dingxing replied calmly: "Ignore it." As the second son of the Nanhuai King, Li Dingxing was confident that no one would dare to cause trouble in Su City, not to mention that there was only one person on the other side.
Li Dingxing and his party were in front, and Yi Xiaodao was behind. In this way, the two groups of people left the city and headed towards Dayang Mountain in Su City.
…
It started to rain lightly in the sky, and Huang Bai was invited into the Nanhuai Palace by the King of Nanhuai. Nanhuai's rice wine was not too strong, but it was intoxicating even if he drank too much. Huang Bai's guards were placed elsewhere, and Nanhuai soldiers went to accompany him. Huang Bai was greeted by officials of the Nanhuai King and invited to drink frequently. After a while, he became drunk and fell unconscious.
"Your Majesty, this..." The officials looked at each other in confusion when they saw that Huang Bai had passed out drunk at the banquet.
The King of Nanhuai put down his chopsticks: "Yang'er, Mr. Huang is too drunk. Please find a clean guest room for Mr. Huang to stay."
"Yes." Li Yaoyang called a few sergeants, lifted the drunken Huang Bai, and went down to make arrangements.
After a long time, the banquet ended, and the officials left one by one. Li Yaoyang came in from outside the door: "Dad, why did you let the man named Huang live in our house? Isn't there a hotel?"
The King of Nanhuai held a tea cup, took a sip of tea and said: "After all, he is an envoy of the imperial court. It is outrageous to give away the wine he drank at the house when he was drunk. Besides, he is living under our noses. I’m not afraid of them playing tricks.”
"Hey, this guy surnamed Huang is short in stature. He must be from the south. Why are he not wary of this rice wine at all? The court is afraid that there will be no one left, so it sends such a person as an envoy." Li Yaoyang couldn't help but say something when he thought of Huang Bai's drunken appearance. joked.
The King of Nanhuai said seriously: "You can't judge a book by its appearance. This Huangbai is a court official of the imperial court and a native of Feicheng. It is normal that he is not used to drinking rice wine. Yang'er, you have to remember, don't judge things based on experience. You don't know things." , you must check it out!”
Seeing that his father had become serious, Li Yaoyang had no choice but to put away his smile and said, "Yes, I will obey my father's teachings."
While the father and son were chatting, an official came in and whispered a few words in King Nanhuai's ear. King Nanhuai nodded and waved for the official to leave.
"Dad, what's going on?" Li Yaoyang asked aloud, a little confused.
Li Yaoyang was the eldest son of Li Rongqi and the heir apparent of Nanhuai. However, officials still reported only the King of Nanhuai in whispers, which shows that the King of Nanhuai had strict control over his officials.
"When greeting the envoy, Huang Bai turned his head and glanced back. His father sent people to keep an eye on the tower. Now there are still more than ten people who are suspicious. The people below do not dare to act alone and report it." King Nanhuai Said lightly.
When Li Yaoyang heard this, he was quite indignant: "Is it sent by the imperial court? If you don't join the envoys, you are trying to do something behind your back!"
The King of Nanhuai raised his hand to stop him: "It's human nature. It's reasonable for the court to distrust us. It's just that they underestimate us. We are not even smart..."
"My dear, please do this!" A trace of ferocity flashed in Li Yaoyang's eyes.
The King of Nanhuai waved his hand: "No, after all, they are members of the imperial court. It's okay to lock them up and starve them for two days to make them suffer a little. If they do something bad, it won't be easy to explain to the imperial court, so you can go down too."
Li Yaoyang bowed his head and listened to the order. After paying his respects, he withdrew.
After Li Yaoyang retired, Nanhuai King Li Rongqi sat alone in the hall, picking up his tea cup and stroking it, thinking.
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In the prison, Xiang Lian'er, Fang Long, and dozens of others were imprisoned in a large cell.
"Why are you arresting people randomly?"
"I didn't do anything. Did you make a mistake?"
"Sir, I just go to the city to sell pears. At worst, I don't want the pears anymore. Just let me go!"
A group of prisoners held on to the cell door and kept begging.
"Miss Lian'er, what should we do now? We were caught inexplicably. Brother Yi's side..." Fang Long asked Xiang Lian'er.
Xiang Lian'er sat down and put her hands on her knees: "Don't worry, Yi Xiaodao will find a way to save us!"
Fang Long looked at the prisoners on the side who were complaining about injustice, then at Xiang Lian'er who was sitting peacefully, and simply sat down next to Xiang Lian'er.
After a while, Fang Long couldn't help it anymore and asked aloud: "Brother Yi doesn't even know that we have been arrested, how can he save us? Even if Brother Yi knows that we have been arrested, how can he save us?"
Xiang Lian'er rolled her eyes at Fang Long: "I'm not him, how do I know?"
"Then you..." Fang Long was speechless by Xiang Lian'er.
"Yi Xiaodao seems to be the most unreliable person, but in fact, it's okay to leave it to him. We just need to do what he says and don't cause any complications." Xiang Lian'er thought of what happened in Wucheng. On officialdom, Yi Xiaodao pretended to surrender to Kong Bao, and finally turned against him. If He Yue'er hadn't persuaded him that time, he might have ruined Yi Xiaodao's affairs.
Xiang Lian'er ignored Fang Long, closed her eyes, and rested.
Fang Long saw this and muttered in his heart: "What a weirdo. You are the one who scolds him the most, and you are the one who believes in him the most... Oh, did dad push me into a pirate ship..."
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Yi Xiaodao followed Li Dingxing and others from a distance to the foot of Dayang Mountain.
"Second Young Master, that man is still following you." The guard reported to Li Dingxing again.
When Li Dingxing heard this, he frowned slightly: "Go and send him away."
The guard who reported the report rode towards Yi Xiaodao, and Li Dingxing led the remaining three guards on horseback to the mountain.
The guard came slapping his horse, and Yi Xiaodao was also riding a horse. He had no time to dodge, so he had to rush forward.
"Who is this person? Why are you sneaking around with us? Leave quickly!" the guard asked, pressing the hilt of the knife at his waist.
Yi Xiaodao turned around and looked around, pointed at himself and asked, "Are you talking to me? What do you mean by following you? I came here to play in the mountains, you don't care about me!"
The guard smiled coldly: "Your accent is not from Su City, and you still dare to quibble!"
Yi Xiaodao spread his hands: "Anyway, the road is facing the sky, so everyone goes to one side. I'm from out of town, what? Can't people from out of town come to Sioux City to play?"
The guard was retorted by Yi Xiaodao, and he knew that he was not being reasonable, but the second young master had already sent him away, so there was no reason to let him go. With a "clang" sound, he pulled out half of the long knife in his hand: "Second Young Master wants to visit this mountain today, please find another place and don't ask for trouble!"
The guard deliberately dragged out the word "trouble" with a long sound, and combined with the long knife in his hand, it conveyed a strong sense of threat.
Yi Xiaodao ignored him and rushed towards the guard. When the guard saw Yi Xiaodao's sudden violence, he was not polite. He drew out his long sword and rode towards Yi Xiaodao.
The distance between the two gradually got closer. The guard drew out his long knife and slashed at Yi Xiaodao's face: "Seeking death!"
Yi Xiaodao rolled his saddle and dismounted, rolled on the spot, turned around and punched the horse on the buttocks. The fire in this punch poured out, causing the horse to feel pain and gallop away with a long neigh.
The guard on the horse just reacted and slashed the air with his sword. Looking back, he happened to see Yi Xiaodao punch the horse on the buttocks. Before he could open his mouth to speak, he was taken out by the horse on his crotch. Far.
"Be careful, don't trample the crops~" Yi Xiaodao shouted to the guards who were leaving, smiled, trotted two steps, grabbed his horse, turned over, and continued towards Dayang Mountain.
Li Dingxing came to a bamboo forest halfway up the mountain. There was a small pavilion in the bamboo forest. Li Dingxing entered the pavilion alone with a bow and a quiver. He lay down on the railing and read a book. The bow and quiver were put aside. The remaining three guards took out their raincoats from the packages on their horses, put them on and stood around the pavilion, guarding Li Dingxing.
"Hey, my hair is mopping the floor and soaked in water." A call came, disturbing Li Dingxing's leisurely mood.
The three guards outside the pavilion immediately drew their knives in their hands and looked towards the way they came. They saw Yi Xiaodao, soaked all over, brushing away the bamboo and walking in with a smile.
Li Dingxing closed the book, held it in his arms, and asked, "Where is my bodyguard?"
Yi Xiaodao shook his shoulders and said, "I don't know. I guess some farmer is dragging him to make him pay."
"Be careful." Li Dingxing couldn't understand Yi Xiaodao's "crazy talk" and warned the guards.
Li Dingxing didn't need to say anything. The three guards also understood that Yi Xiaodao was difficult to deal with. The missing guard was the evidence. No matter what method he used to prevent the guard from coming now, it showed that he still had some skills. ability.
"Hey, hey, don't do anything, I just want to talk to him." Yi Xiaodao waved his hands as soon as he saw the three people gathered around him.
The guards didn't listen to his words. The three of them split into three directions, two of them faced each other, one of them slashed his waist, and they all rushed towards Yi Xiaodao.
Yi Xiaodao quickly glanced at the three people from left to right, and moved towards the guard in the middle. He saw the blade heading towards Yi Xiaodao's neck. Yi Xiaodao reached up and hugged the guard's legs. With a strong move, the guard was hung upside down by him behind his back, blocking the blades of the two people behind him.
When the two guards behind him saw that their companion was restrained, they stood in front of their long swords and quickly stopped their swords.
Li Dingxing put down the book in his hand, picked up the bow from the ground, took out an arrow from the quiver, nocked the bow and aimed at Yi Xiaodao.
Yi Xiaodao casually flicked the guard in his hand towards the two people behind him. He ignored them and rushed straight towards Li Dingxing.
With a "swish" sound, a feather arrow shot towards Yi Xiaodao...
The three guards climbed up and saw that the feather arrow was nailed to the wooden pillar of the pavilion, and the tail of the arrow was still shaking. Yi Xiaodao pinched Li Dingxing's neck. At some point, a second feather arrow appeared in Li Dingxing's hand. The arrow cluster was only two inches away from Yi Xiaodao's eyes.
"What a skill! The second son of King Nanhuai!" Yi Xiaodao laughed and let go of his hand.
Li Dingxing put down the feather arrow in his hand: "You have no murderous intention, what do you want from me?"
"No reason, I just want to get to know each other." Yi Xiaodao smiled dryly and said, "I have a sister. It's time to talk about marriage. I wanted to come over and ask the second young master if he is interested."
Li Dingxing gave Yi Xiaodao a strange look, and then he came to the door and took action without saying a word. But it turned out that it was just for his sister's marriage? Looking at Yi Xiaodao like this, he is just an ordinary citizen, but he still has the courage to come to the prince of Nanhuai Palace to propose marriage?
Li Dingxing momentarily had doubts about whether there was something wrong with this kid's mind, but judging from his skills and conversation, he didn't look like a madman, so he simply ignored it, sat back by the railing of the pavilion, picked up the book and started reading. .
Seeing Li Dingxing's appearance, Yi Xiaodao didn't want to talk to him. The three guards behind him didn't have a good face towards him. They smiled and said: "It's indeed a bit hasty. It doesn't matter. You can think about it. I haven't asked you for advice yet." What’s your surname, the young master?”
Li Dingxing rolled his eyes at Yi Xiaodao and said impatiently: "Li Dingxing."
"What a good name!" Yi Xiaodao yelled, startling everyone. "I'm Yi Xiaodao, I won't disturb the second young master from reading. I will wait for the second young master's reply at the Nanhuai Prince's Mansion in the evening!"
After Yi Xiaodao finished speaking, he smiled apologetically at the other three guards, walked out of the pavilion, pushed aside the bamboo, and left along the way he came.
"Second Young Master, this is a lunatic. This subordinate will return to the city immediately and report to the prince to send someone to protect the Young Master." A guard came forward and said. Just now, the three of them were unable to do anything to each other. At this time, the guard's face was filled with confusion Somewhat ashamed.
"No, he has no evil intentions, don't worry about him." Li Dingxing had a good temper and did not get angry.
Another guard came over: "This man has some abilities. If he can be used by the prince..."
Li Dingxing's eyes flickered in thought, and he ordered: "Go back and tell my elder brother to pick me up outside the palace gate in the evening, and tell him that someone is going to do something bad to me."
