The noodle shop owner has been stealing glances at this side, sneaking around. If he were in a Jianghu storybook, he would be a villain with ulterior motives. But he is actually just a hardworking cook. After years of hard work, he finally got a customer who appreciates his cooking. He is like Boya and Ziqi in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was so excited that he didn't even want to collect the meal fee.
Li Sui put down his chopsticks and glanced at the boss.
Zhu Yanyin immediately became nervous, fearing that a tragedy like broken bowls and overturned tables would happen in the next moment.
Li Sui ordered: "Come here."
The boss trotted over, crouching down: "How was the meal, sir?"
Zhu Yanyin was ready to call his servants at any time.
As a result, Li Sui threw a silver ingot over and said coldly, "Not bad."
Zhu Yanyin: “…”
The boss caught the windfall with both hands, and he was completely confused. It's not entirely correct to say that he was ecstatic, anyway, it felt unreal. Zhu Yanyin also felt that it was unreal. First, the noodles were really not delicious, and second, Palace Master Li was stared at without getting angry, which made him feel a little strange.
So he observed him carefully again, fearing that the other party might go crazy.
Li Sui felt better and asked, "What's the matter?"
Zhu Yanyin considered his words carefully: "I was thinking about the dense forest outside the city."
"You can't figure out the result by just thinking about it. You can only know it by going and seeing it." Li Sui stood up and said, "Let's go."
While eating, Zhu Yanyin had been trying to find a reason to follow him into the forest. He didn't expect the other party to take the initiative to ask, so he hurriedly trotted out. Li Sui took big steps and walked fast. If the elegant young man from Jiangnan wanted to keep up with the others, he had to run.
"Young Master." Zhu Zhang and his guards had been waiting outside for a long time. When he saw the two men coming out, he stepped forward and said, "The horses are ready. We are going to return the guests now—"
Before he could finish his words, Zhu Yanyin was once again pulled onto the horse's back by Li Sui. The black horse kicked up like a whistling wind, and he held his head high and chest out. In a blink of an eye, he disappeared from the corner of the street, leaving only a few swirling leaves in the air.
The loyal old butler who is used to this kind of situation: Don’t panic, it’s just a small scene, just follow it!
The streets were covered with golden and red fallen leaves. The black horse slowed down its speed as it kicked up the snow, making a rustling sound of drizzle.
Li Sui asked: "What are you happy about?"
Zhu Yanyin said with a smile: "When I go back tonight, Uncle Zhang will probably scold me again. He is most annoyed by me running around without guards."
"Then why are you laughing?"
"He won't really scold me. At most he'll just nag me for a while."
Li Sui glanced back and saw that the guards of Zhu Mansion were following the two men at a distance. He had fought with that group of people before, or to be more precise, it was that group of people who rushed out unilaterally, ready to protect their young master with a fearless look on their faces. Although they had not fought, their martial arts could be seen from their light footwork.
"It's Beiyang Island."
"Well, my eldest brother said that the people of Beiyang Island understand the rules of the martial arts world and are good at martial arts." Zhu Yanyin stretched out his hand and caught a fallen leaf. "But my father and mother don't like it. They want to hire guards from my cousin's martial arts troupe. They have been complaining about it for several days."
"Why don't your parents like Beiyang Island?"
"Not only do they dislike Beiyang Island, they always say that all the people in the underworld—"
The words stopped abruptly at his lips, because Mr. Zhu remembered in time that the man behind him was also a man of the underworld, and he was very free and unrestrained in this underworld, quite a devil.
"What happened to the people in the Jianghu?"
"Nothing, I'm fine."
"… "
Li Sui was not satisfied with this perfunctory attitude, so he reached out again to pull his face to warn him. Zhu Yanyin smiled and dodged to the side, holding the reins to keep his balance. His cuffs were embroidered with maple leaves in very fine gold thread, which only glowed in the sun, just in line with the golden autumn scenery between heaven and earth, with red leaves and yellow flowers filling the city.
Li Sui held his shoulders and helped him sit up straight.
Kicking the snow, Wuzhui ran out of the city.
Lan Yan was waiting outside the dense forest. Although the peach blossom almond stuffed bean curd was delicious, she had to do her work. Maybe it was because she had seen how strange the relationship between her own palace master and Mr. Zhu was when she was in the inn, and later she heard Jiang Shenglin roughly tell the whole story at the dinner table, so when she saw the two of them riding the same Kicking Snow Black Horse, she didn't act too weird.
The disciples of Wanren Palace have already entered the dense forest to search, and Qiu Shun and his grandson are also inside to testify. However, the incident happened in the dark night, and they all thought they had killed someone. They were so scared that they were a little unconscious. It would take some time to sort out the whole thing.
Zhu Yanyin asked: "Do you need my help?"
Li Sui led his men down from their horses: "No need."
Lan Yan also smiled and said, "We have enough manpower. Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Zhu."
Zhu Yanyin thought that Wanren Palace didn't like others interfering in his work, so he didn't force it. Li Sui took two steps forward and looked back at him.
Mr. Zhu: My guards can’t enter the forest but I can, right? Okay, I understand, I’ll be right there!
Lan Yan watched the two of them enter the forest, still wondering why... But she couldn't put her finger on what was wrong, so she had to keep brainwashing herself, it was normal, it was normal, just like what Doctor Jiang said at lunch, even sows can climb trees, so it's not impossible that the Palace Master is grateful and willing to take the initiative to build a good relationship with Master Zhu just because she ate a few old ginsengs from the Zhu family.
Although the example may not be appropriate, that's the meaning.
She patted her forehead and followed him in.
Zhu Yanyin walked along the path, looking around curiously. Everything was quiet and he did not see any disciples from Wanren Palace, so he asked.
The result was a puzzled look from Palace Master Li: "Why do you need to call me to find clues?"
Zhu Yanyin: "... I thought at least I should see someone."
Li Sui was probably in a good mood because he had eaten the noodles made by Chef Lu Qing, so he took him up the tree, pressed him on a thick branch, and ordered, "Stand still."
Mr. Zhu was completely unprepared and was scared out of his wits. He had never climbed a short tree in the south, let alone a towering tree in the north. His feet stepped on the round surface and he saw the distance to the ground from the corner of his eyes. His knees immediately went weak and he almost slipped down.
Li Sui grabbed him and frowned: "Are you afraid of this too?"
Zhu Yanyin held his shoulders tightly with both hands: "Yes!"
Why did you suddenly jump up the tree for no reason? We are not monkeys, let me down quickly.
Li Sui said, "Don't you want to see the disciples of Wanren Palace?"
Zhu Yanyin: "I don't want to watch it now."
Li Sui glared at him fiercely.
Zhu Yanyin: Yeah, yeah, actually you can watch it for a while.
In the northern woods in late autumn, most of the leaves have fallen, and the remaining leaves still hanging on the branches are swaying, waiting for the next gust of wind to return to the earth.
Or if there is no forest wind, it can be replaced by an extremely fast shadow. Wherever the shadow goes, it can also scrape away the dead leaves on the treetops, leaving only a dry branch.
It took Zhu Yanyin a while to react. Those shadows were disciples of Wanren Palace. Their speed was so fast that even in broad daylight, people would wonder whether they were ghosts or some kind of sensitive animals. There were so many of them that it was almost impossible to count them.
It is several times more brilliant than what is written in the storybook.
Zhu Yanyin exclaimed: "It's amazing, just like the wind."
Li Sui was not satisfied. After looking at it for a while, he shook his head and said, "It's getting worse than before."
Zhu Yanyin: That’s not enough, you are so harsh!
Li Sui seemed to be able to sense his inner thoughts and said fiercely: "Are you scolding me again?"
Zhu Yanyin said without hesitation: "How could that be possible? That's impossible."
Not to mention that the person is still hanging on a tall tree, he has to yield appropriately. Even if he is not hanging, being harsh is not considered as scolding, it is at most a statement of fact.
Li Sui was not happy.
The big villain in the story will kill people when he is unhappy.
In real life, when the big devil gets upset, he will take other people's snow-white sons and fly around.
He held Zhu Yanyin's waist tightly with one hand, and leaped down from the tall tree like an eagle, but did not fall to the ground. Instead, he stepped lightly on the branch again in mid-air, moved quickly, and flew into the deeper woods.
Zhu Yanyin: Ahh wait, I’m going to die!
The most exquisite and wonderful light skill in the martial arts world, countless people in the world want to see it in their dreams. It is like a soul or a ghost, but it is not like the wind, because the movement is so light that it cannot even blow away the most shaky leaf. There is no such wind in the world.
Li Sui landed steadily in the woods and asked coldly, "Do you know what it means to be powerful?"
Zhu Yanyin's legs went limp and he sat down on the ground with a plop.
Li Sui: “…”
Although Second Young Master Zhu longed to be able to fly on the grass, it was definitely not that kind of skill, and had nothing to do with the great knight in white robes. Instead, it felt a bit like jumping off a city gate tower to commit suicide.
Li Sui tapped his head with a finger: "Get up."
Zhu Yanyin: My legs are weak, I can’t get up, I want to sit for a while.
Li Sui squatted in front of him, and after a while, he burst into laughter.
Zhu Yanyin gave up on himself. You can laugh, but I can’t get up anyway.
Li Sui laughed so hard that his shoulders shook again. The happiness that came from the bottom of his heart made Zhu Yanyin feel that it would not be long before he would become a joke as famous as Master Lu.
Not far away, Lan Yan once again raised a question from the bottom of her heart, "Do you really think the Palace Master is normal? If you think there is a problem, then speak up as soon as possible. You can't hide your illness and avoid seeing a doctor, especially if you are a doctor yourself."
Jiang Shenglin's attitude is firm. It's normal, very normal.
Lan Yan: "But the Palace Master said that he wanted to come to the forest to look for clues, but he performed Qinggong for Master Zhu for a long time."
Jiang Shenglin: "It's also possible that he was deliberately trying to scare Master Zhu, and it wasn't a performance. Now that you think about it, doesn't it suddenly make sense?"
Lan Yan answered truthfully, "It's more like he's been possessed. Otherwise, you should prescribe some medicine for him. I'm scared."
But Li Sui would not care about his subordinates' thoughts. After laughing enough, he also sat on the dead leaves. The two of them were as leisurely as if they were on an autumn outing together. All they needed was a pot of wine so that they could recite poetry on the spot.
Zhu Yanyin reminded: "Don't you need to look for clues?"
Li Sui disagreed: "The others will find it, just wait."
Zhu Yanyin: “…”
Before this, he had thought that it would be like what was written in the book, with everyone holding their breath and looking for clues in every suspicious corner.
Li Sui asked: "Do you want to go?"
Zhu Yanyin was reserved: "I want to participate."
As soon as he finished speaking, a disciple from Wanren Palace came running over from the other side: "Palace Master, we found a bottle."
Li Sui didn't even raise his eyelids: "Where did you find it? Throw it back as it is."
disciple:"?"
Li Sui picked up Zhu Yanyin from the ground and said, "After throwing it back, it's your turn to find it."