Meng Zhang noticed the change in Li Xuan's face and cast a questioning look.
Li Xuan restrained his temper and said with gritted teeth: "That old thief is Li Nu, and the people behind him are all his followers."
Regarding Li Nu, Meng Zhang once heard Li Xuan mention it.
If you want to evaluate this person in one sentence, it would be a villain, a real shameless villain.
Li Nu and his group of monks were originally a group of bandits who fled here from other places, but they appeared as ordinary casual monks.
More than ten years ago, they spent a lot of spiritual stones to purchase a first-order spiritual vein from Shuangfeng Valley, became a vassal force of Shuangfeng Valley, and settled down.
The spiritual vein where Li Nu and the others settled happened to be near the ancestral land of the Li family.
Shuangfenggu didn't look down on their strength at all, and they couldn't even try to curry favor with them.
Therefore, Li Nu and others had no choice but to try their best to please the Li family.
Li Nu is not this person's original name, and their surname is not Li. In order to curry favor with the Li family, they all took the initiative to change their surname to Li, and this person was even named after Li Nu. It means that I will always be the slave of the Li family.
After exhausting various means, this group of people finally managed to curry favor with the Li family, and could barely be regarded as a peripheral force of the Li family.
The Li family, who knew their details, would certainly not trust them. They just use them as tools to secretly do things that are inconvenient for the Li family to do in person.
The Li family, which has foundation-building monks, can certainly control these minions who come to the door steadily, and is not afraid of what they have in mind.
But during the sand monster rebellion more than two years ago, the Li family's ancestral land was invaded by the sand monster, and the Li family was destroyed.
At this time, Li Nu and the others immediately turned against each other.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Li family was destroyed and the remaining monks were in chaos, they embezzled the Li family's property and killed the Li family's monks.
Even Li Xuan, if he hadn't joined the Taiyi Sect in time, would have almost killed this gang of people.
If Li Xuan is killed, the mortals under his protection, including his relatives, will be sold into slavery by Li Nu and his gang.
Therefore, Li Xuan hated Li Nu and his gang and wanted to kill them.
Meng Zhang was also very disdainful towards such shameless villains. If the opportunity was right, he wouldn't mind helping Li Xuan vent his bad breath.
Under Li Xuan's hostile gaze, the group of people walked over and slowly approached Li Shengqi's side.
With a flattering smile on his face, Li Nu took the initiative to walk to Li Shengqi, nodded and bowed, as if he was trying his best to please.
"Since Li Nu and his gang betrayed the Li family, they have completely fallen out with Li Shengqi and other Li family monks. He must have some plot against Li Shengqi if he behaves like this now."
Li Xuan looked at Li Nu's movements and made a judgment.
"Aren't you going to remind Li Shengqi? Although you have left the Li family now, you should still have some love for each other." Meng Zhang asked casually.
"Master, you have underestimated Li Shengqi too much. This old fox is cunning and cunning, and Li Nu cannot deceive him."
"If Li Nu underestimates Li Shengqi, he will definitely suffer a big loss."
Li Xuan made his own judgment based on his understanding of both parties.
Over there, Li Shengqi first scolded Li Nu without any pretense. Li Nu bowed his head and kept explaining something.
After a long time, Li Shengqi's expression softened slightly, and he and Li Nu finally started talking normally.
The banquet lasted for a long time and did not end until midnight.
The monks from various families who attended the banquet returned to their respective residences, preparing to leave Linshan tomorrow.
Li Nu sent a group of his men back to their residence, but he took advantage of the darkness and secretly came to the small courtyard where the monks of the Zhao family lived.
There were monks from the Zhao family who had been waiting for him to come and brought him to Zhao Dong.
"I have seen Brother Zhao. I wonder if Elder Jiudou has rested?"
Li Nu was much older than Zhao Dong and had better cultivation than him, but in front of Zhao Dong, he was still humble and flattering.
"Elder has already rested. If you have anything to say, it's the same as mine." Zhao Dong said coldly.
As a family monk, he looked down upon someone like Li Nu who betrayed his master. If it weren't for Zhao Jiudou's order, he wouldn't want to have any contact with such people at all.
Li Nu turned a blind eye to Zhao Dong's indifference and said very respectfully: "I have tried my best, but I still can't win over this old guy Li Shengqi."
"However, this old guy has no way to ask for help now, and he has no manpower available. He has not completely turned against Xiao Xiao, and he probably thinks Xiao Xiao is still useful."
"Isn't this nonsense? Who dares to trust you, a villain like you?" Zhao Dong reprimanded him unceremoniously.
"Remember, you must always follow Li Shengqi and control his every move."
"If there is any change in his behavior, report it immediately without delay."
"Young one, please remember. You will definitely not miss important events."
Li Nu kept nodding.
"As long as you act honestly, our Zhao family will not treat you badly."
Considering that Li Nu is still needed to do things, he still has to give him some thoughts. After Zhao Dong reprimanded him, he also issued a bad check without any sincerity.
"The young one will definitely be willing to work hard for the Zhao family, even to the point of death."
"I have a request, I wonder if I can make it?"
Li Nu's attitude made Zhao Dong feel good. So he said patiently: "If you have any requirements, tell me."
"The younger one wants to change his surname to Zhao, and is willing to be a slave of the Zhao family for the rest of his life."
Li Nu said extremely humbly.
"Bah, what a bunch of stuff, you damn well deserve the surname Zhao."
"Get out, get out of here. I feel sick when I see you."
Zhao Dong was really disgusted by this villain and drove him out directly.
After Li Nu was driven away, Zhao Jiudou walked out of the room at the back.
"Eighth Elder, this villain is really disgusting. I don't even want to see him again." Zhao Dong complained.
"Don't underestimate this villain, he is a truly smart man. Isn't the so-called shameless villain a good disguise?" Zhao Jiudou said quietly.
"What do you mean, he was just pretending?" Zhao Dong was a little confused.
"When the false is true, the true is also false, and when the true is false, the false is also true. Who knows?"
"In short, this person is very complicated and hard to see through. If there was no other way, I wouldn't think of using him."
There was a hint of helplessness in Zhao Jiudou's words.
Li Shengqi has a big secret. In order to find out this secret, the Zhao family monks used many methods, but unfortunately they all failed.
If he hadn't learned that Li Shengqi was determined and determined, and had taken the Heart-locking Pill, and that ordinary methods of mind-reading and soul-searching had no effect on him, I'm afraid the Zhao family monks would have captured him long ago and tortured him severely.
As a last resort, Zhao Jiudou had to use roundabout means to slowly achieve his goal.
