Yin Ji's alertness made everyone slowly realize that something was wrong. Everyone lowered their heads in unison and continued eating. Lu Zuo raised his eyes slightly, winked at Chen Tuizhi and Yin Ji, and motioned for them to go out and take a look.
Yin Ji understood it, put down the chopsticks in his hand, wiped his mouth, and said with a smile: "Master, I've finished eating. I'll go back to the woodshed to boil water for you to take a bath."
Chen Tuizhi followed closely, "Little Tao Qian, let me help you!"
Chen Tuizhi and Yin Ji strode out of the dining hall. After walking under the eaves of the corridor, they suddenly stopped. Chen Tuizhi folded his hands and fingers, then knelt on one knee with his hand on his knee. Then Yin Ji stepped on Chen Tuizhi's left foot. With Tuizhi's hand, Chen Tuizhi used his own strength to throw Yin Ji towards the roof, and Yin Ji took advantage of the momentum to jump to the roof. Sure enough, a black figure was on the roof. Seeing that he was discovered, the man quickly stood up and turned around to escape along the eaves. Unexpectedly, Yin Ji was as light as a swallow and was chasing after him in a moment.
The man in black knew that running on the roof was no match for him, so he jumped into the courtyard. Unexpectedly, he happened to meet Chen Tuizhi head-on. The man in black waved his sharp sword and stabbed Chen Tuizhi. Chen Tuizhi dodged and moved around, taking away several attacks from the man in black.
At this time, Yin Ji had also rushed behind the man in black, and the three of them instantly became confused. After just a few moves, the man in black gradually felt that he was beyond his strength. He knew that he was definitely no match for the two of them, so he wanted to escape. However, the two men's attacks were so fierce that he could not escape at all, not even the weapon hidden in his sleeves. Lime cannot be spilled either.
Just when the man in black was about to be captured, Chen Tuizhi accidentally tripped over a stone. The man in black quickly held the sword in his right hand and slashed at Yin Ji. With his left hand, he quickly hit Yin Ji's face with his sleeve. Throw it away, and instantly the lime is thrown towards Yin Ji. Yin Ji's face turns black and he can't see anything.
The man in black took the opportunity to stab Yin Ji's heart with his sword. Suddenly he felt that someone was still grabbing him at the back of his neck. The man in black quickly lowered his body and turned his body against the trend. With a "stab" sound, the clothes at the back of his neck were torn off. crack. Chen Tuizhi suddenly grabbed nothing again, leaving only a few rags in his hand. When he looked up again, the man in black had already run away, and then climbed over the wall. Chen Tuizhi saw that Yin Ji's head and body were covered with lime, and his eyes were also fascinated by the lime, and he kept moaning in pain. Chen Tuizhi stepped forward to support Yin Ji, and asked anxiously: "How is little Tao Qian?" Already?" Then he shouted into the courtyard, "Someone, come quickly, Tao Qian has been tricked by the man in black! Someone, come quickly..."
At this time, Lu Zuo and others had already rushed out of the yard. Seeing Yin Ji's appearance, they quickly asked Chen Tuizhi to help him back to the house and then wash him with oil.
In the back room, Yin Ji was sitting at the table, and everyone was helping Yin Ji clean up the lime. Seeing that Yin Ji was gradually okay and could open his eyes, Lu Zuo began to feel relieved, so he walked to the window with his hands behind his back and began to think, who will be the assassin tonight? Or who could it be?
In the prince's palace, in order to think about the next treasure offering, Liu Yan specially invited Xun Mou to come to the study to discuss it together. When the two were talking and laughing, suddenly Deng Zhuo's voice came from outside the door, "Your Majesty, my subordinate is back. Got it!"
"come in!"
Deng Zhuo was dressed in black, with several white patches stained by lime on his body. He bowed to Liu Yan and Xun Mou in a somewhat embarrassed manner.
Liu Yan looked at Deng Zhuo in surprise, "Why are you in such a mess? There are not many people in this world who can beat you, Deng Zhuo, into such a mess, right?"
Deng Zhuo lowered his head and clasped his fists, "I am ashamed of myself!"
Liu Yan continued to ask: "What's wrong? Have you visited Tao Mansion?"
"My subordinate just arrived at the Tao Mansion today, and I was discovered unexpectedly! I even fought against the opponent. The other party's martial arts is so strong that I can hardly be my opponent."
Xun Mou couldn't help but exclaimed, "So it seems that there is a rare master in the Tao Mansion you mentioned?"
"More than one!" Deng Zhuo cupped his hands and said, "There are two! One of them didn't pay much attention, but I remembered that he seemed to be dark-skinned and full of beards. That person could be said to be extremely powerful. Every time he made a move, it was very difficult for his subordinates. Resist it. And another subordinate felt..."
"What do you think?" Liu Yan asked curiously.
"This subordinate finds it very strange. I seem to have seen him before?" Deng Zhuo thought hard, constantly recalling the memory of that person in his mind.
Xun Mou and Liu Yan looked at each other and asked in unison: "Where have we seen it before? Do you remember it?"
After Deng Zhuo pondered for a moment, something suddenly flashed in his mind and he smiled: "I remember, when we were still young, we had a martial arts competition together in the Prince's Mansion!"
Liu Yan also thought hard and asked: "Did you compete in martial arts? Who? Why don't I remember?"
Deng Zhuo thought about the man's name again, but he couldn't remember his name. "I can't remember that man's name either, but I do remember the name of the man who came with him!"
"who?"
"Lu Zuo..."
Xun Mou and Liu Yan's eyes met at the same time. Liu Yan smiled and said to Xun Mou: "I remember that it seemed that Lu Zuo's apprentice was named Yin Ji. He was very skilled in martial arts. On the day he competed with General Deng, he won I have taken away my beloved ‘Zhanlu Sword’.”
Deng Zhuo also suddenly remembered that name and said, "Yes! It especially looks like the young man named Yin Ji!"
Xun Mou seemed to have noticed something was wrong and asked: "Why do you say it is a resemblance? Isn't it him?"
Deng Zhuo scratched his head and frowned, unable to think clearly, "When my subordinates went to investigate today, they happened to be eating. There were five people at the dinner table, four men and one woman. Among them, the one I fought with was extremely powerful. The man was a rough-looking man, sitting alone. To his left were two young men and women, who seemed to be brothers and sisters. They seemed to have made some mistakes and were taught a lesson by a man sitting opposite them. He also told them to leave the capital tomorrow. And that man seemed to be the owner of that mansion, and sitting next to him was the young man who looked like Yin Ji just mentioned. Their name was..." Deng Zhuo hesitated, " Tao Qian...so this is what makes my subordinates very confused."
Then Xun Mou stood up and walked to Deng Zhuo, "Are you sure his name is Tao Qian?"
"Sure! And the boy named Tao Qian keeps calling the person next to him master!"
Xun Mou's eyes widened. He began to wonder. There was a young man who looked like Yin Ji and a master. Could it be Lu Zuo? It was impossible, so he asked again: "Call him master? Who is that person? Have you seen him?"
Deng Zhuo replied without hesitation: "I've never seen him before! But he looks very sick. There seems to be some underlying disease! Everyone else seems to listen to him and are afraid of him!"
Xun Mou's mood calmed down a little and he sat back down again!
Deng Zhuo asked again: "Then do you still want to send people to keep an eye on this person?"
