Hezhou Palace.
Wu Zhu raised his head, looked at the person in front of him, and suddenly frowned.
The person who came was none other than Ling Su, who had now changed into a rosy complexion. The whole person seemed to have gained three points of weight. He was not wearing robes and armor, only a wide robe, and he was standing straight.
"Master Ling..."
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry too much. If I am not wrong, listen to me entering the palace. Li Liu will be here soon."
"Master Ling, if you are standing here now, if Li Liu comes, he will see your broken arm."
"It doesn't matter, I've already made arrangements." Ling Su said calmly.
Wu Zhu frowned. Although he looked puzzled, he hesitated for a while and chose to believe it.
Sure enough, as Ling Su said, it didn't take long before he heard the footsteps of the attendants outside the palace and walked in. Li Liu, the envoy of Shu, was outside asking for an audience.
"Please." Wu Zhu looked at Ling Su and gritted his teeth.
"Master Xiao Li enters the palace——"
Outside the hall, Li Liu was walking quietly, with an extremely calm expression. Next to him, Ruan Qiu did not remove his sword, but followed him like a god of death.
"Master Ling, they are coming." Wu Zhu spoke in the hall.
Ling Su was neither sad nor happy, standing beside Wu Zhu with his hands behind his back. He looked up, looked at Li Liu approaching the palace, and then stepped into the palace.
"Li Liu, the envoy of Shu, comes to see your Majesty." Li Liu bowed his hands. After finishing speaking, he turned his head silently and looked at Ling Su beside Wu Zhu.
"General Wu is here too." Li Liu clasped his fists.
"I've met Commander Li." Ling Su said with a smile.
"General Wu, is it possible that you are injured and unable to salute?"
"Exactly, when I was protecting the pearl, I was robbed by thieves and suffered some minor injuries."
"I feel relieved to see that General Wu is fine." Li Liu also smiled and waved back, and Ruan Qiu next to him handed over a ginseng box.
"Don't be surprised, Your Majesty. General Wu and I met late. Knowing that he was injured, I wanted to send him some supplies to comfort him."
Before Wu Zhu could recover and speak, Li Liu had already moved quickly, walked up to Ling Su, and handed over the ginseng box. Immediately, a pair of extremely deep eyes looked at Ling Su.
"Why didn't General Wu answer? Could it be that the courtesy was too frivolous."
Ling Su lowered his head slightly and looked at the young man in front of him. This behavior was nothing more than to test the fact that he had broken his arm.
If he is unresponsive and falls behind others, it will also arouse suspicion.
"Thank you, Commander Li."
"Xiao Li, General Wu is injured. Why don't you let me do it for you?" Fang Kong, the staff member next to him, hurriedly came over and extended his hand.
"Wait a minute." Li Liu seemed to be suddenly angry and looked up at Ling Su, "General Wu, I, Li Liu, have always regarded you as a friend. When I found out that you left Hezhou and got injured again, I specially found wild ginseng for you. You heal your body. The king is here today, but you are really chilled by my appearance."
"Little Military Advisor Li, it's just because of physical inconvenience." Ling Su frowned.
"If this is the case, I will return to Nanhai tomorrow to avoid being accused of not knowing how to advance or retreat."
"Little Military Advisor Li..." Wu Zhu's face turned pale. It is far from clear what Ling Su will do when he enters the palace. Fortunately, now, Li Liu was forced to the edge of the cliff.
"Commander Li, it's just a gift." Fang Kong advised from the side, "As you know, General Wu has been injured, and his arm has been injured."
"It's not just a gift, it's my, Li Liu's great kindness that has flowed eastwards." Li Liu raised his head and stared closely.
Beside Li Liu, Ruan Qiu's eyes were slightly sharp, and his hand dropped to the handle of the knife unconsciously.
Wu Zhu was wiping sweat from his head. He knew what it would mean if Ling Su's identity was exposed.
In full view of everyone, Ling Su coughed a few times in the hall. He braced himself, swung his wide sleeves, stretched out his hands, and caught Li Liu's ginseng box.
There were shocking knife marks on both arms.
Li Liu's expression paused, and then he quickly covered it up. He smiled, regaining his previous gentle expression.
"I have always said that General Wu must regard me as a friend. What? We really encountered a vicious thief? The injury on General Wu's hand is indeed very serious."
"After a few days, everything will be fine." While Wu Zhu was stunned, Ling Su put down the ginseng box with both hands and sighed.
"When I recover from my injury, I will definitely look for Military Advisor Xiao Li to get drunk."
"Very good, I'll be waiting." Li Liu smiled and turned around again, facing Wu Zhu who was still staring.
"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to do when I come here. Knowing that General Wu is fine, I will leave Hezhou and rush back to Jiaozhou City in two days."
"Commander Li, why don't you stay a few more days."
"That's right, Commander Li, you and I haven't had a drink yet." Ling Su also spoke.
Li Liu smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I have some personal matters to return to Jiaozhou City. I'll come back after a while."
"In that case, my lord and I will wait for Military Advisor Li in Hezhou." Ling Su sighed and nodded.
…
When he walked out of the palace, Li Liu looked gloomy.
"Brother Li, why did you leave Hezhou suddenly?" Ruan Qiu looked confused.
"In any case, I have fallen into a passive position this time. Regardless of whether General Wu is someone who entered the inner city or not, if you and I continue to stay in Hezhou, nothing will be found."
"What does Brother Li mean?"
"On the surface, you and I will return to Jiaozhou to make it less protective. Secretly, I will send people to stay and continue to investigate."
Ruan Qiu hesitated and spoke again, "Brother Li, why does that man still have two hands? Maybe he guessed wrong."
Li Liu was silent for a while, "I don't know either. Let's go back to Jiaozhou City first and wait for the information from Ye Xiao's investigation. I must have been a little impatient just now. I pushed too hard and my momentum was weakened."
"Brother Li is already very powerful...if it were me, my brain wouldn't be enough."
"I couldn't find out one or two. I'm ashamed of my lord and military advisor. How can I be so powerful?" Li Liu looked up to the sky and let out a bitter sigh.
…
"Ghost Hands, come down."
Ling Su, who was wearing a long robe, walked with Fang Kong to the deserted corner outside the palace and uttered a deep sentence. Not long after, behind him, a twisted dwarf-like man slowly slid down from the back of his robe.
Among them, one of the dwarf barbarian's arms was clearly covered with knife marks.
"Master, this is a brilliant plan." Fang Kong couldn't help but praise.
"The more urgent he pushed, the more confident he became, but unexpectedly at the last moment, he found that he had guessed wrong. In this way, his trust in me will be increased by two or three points."
"Master knows things like a god. Now, that Li Liu has returned to Jiaozhou."
"Whether he comes back or not, during this period... pass on my orders, the troops will continue to lie dormant, and no one shall be exposed. When the momentum rises in the north, this will be the best opportunity for you and me."
Ling Su gritted his teeth, and the look on his Yi Rong face became more and more ferocious. There are two people he hates the most in this world.
"I have said that I vow to capture the dog thief Huang Zhizhou and the lame man from Xishu alive. If I don't kill these two people, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart!"
