Yue Laoqi fell heavily to the ground and screamed.

"There are assassins!"

The surroundings were filled with figures and surrounded Yue Laoqi's landing. Yue Laoqi was suddenly panicked, and he didn't care about any assassination mission. He shook his legs and ran outside Shanhefang.

He heard someone shouting, "Catch the living!"

Everyone chased after him, and saw that they were about to catch Yue Laoqi. With a whoosh, an arrow penetrated through Yue Laoqi's back. He ran forward a few steps and fell to the ground.

A swordsman stepped forward and sniffed, saying, "Die."

The leader of the swordsman said to another person, "Li Qijian, why don't he obey the order?"

Li Qijian said coldly, "The rules of the Li family are there, there are people in Shanhefang. If you break into the night, just kill them! I am just following the rules of the family."

The leader of the swordsman seemed dissatisfied with Li Qijian, but he could not find out the other party's fault. He could only say, "It's just a little thief, he has been killed. I'll go to the government office to file a record tomorrow."

Everyone dispersed.

Seeing that Master Mercy was so dissatisfied, Xiao Jinyan asked, "Why do this?"

Master Compassion said, "Sacrificing one Yue Laoqi can numb the opponents and let them relax their vigilance. Secondly, there are only a few dozen taels of silver in total. Three people can share it, but it is not as good as two people."

Xiao Jinyan thought to himself that this great monk called himself a master of compassion and his style of conduct was no different from that of the great thief in the Yangtze River. He said coldly, "I'm afraid that two people will separate, so it's better to just take it alone, right? After the assassination, you won't betray me, right?"

Master Compassion called the Buddha's name, "Amitabha, Yue Laoqi is a burden among our trio. If he doesn't sell him, he will be afraid that he will drag us down. But the hero Tang is different. You are a good player in the world. If you take action later, you will have to count on you!"

"Don't you go down?"

"I am the master who teaches the murder scriptures. I am responsible for commanding and you must do the specific actions." After that, Master Mercy took out a bamboo tube-like object from his arms, then lifted a piece of green tiles from the roof, and extended the bamboo tube in.

"What's this?"

"Soul-breaking smoke." said Master Merciful, "This smoke is produced in the Western Regions. It can make the other party faint within a few breaths, and the whole body is sore and weak, so you can do it. I spent thirty taels of silver to buy it from Hu Shang."

Xiao Jinyan said, "It seems that killing ten taels of talents is not worth it, right?"

The compassionate master thought about it and nodded, "It's right." Then he put away the Soul-Breaking Smoke and took out two other bamboo tubes. "Fortunately, I'm prepared, this is a psychedelic smoke. It can be bought on the market. It only costs a hundred copper coins, but the effect is not as good as the Soul-Breaking Smoke. However, we can use two."

He poked the psychedelic smoke into the room, "Help me!" and then blew hard.

Xiao Jinyan secretly used internal force to block the lower end of the bamboo tube. He felt a choking smell emanating from above the bamboo tube. The compassionate master scolded, "Make a profiteer, give me a fake." Then, his eyes were spinning in front of him and he slapped on the roof.

Xiao Jinyan sighed, jumped off the roof, and came to Li Qingcheng's room.

"Hear?"

Li Qingcheng smiled and said, "You are patient."

"I'm saving your life!" Xiao Jinyan didn't waste time. He told Li Qingcheng about the investigation today, and asked again, "Is there anyone in your clan who has a white sword hilt?"

Li Qingcheng said, "Only the three worshipers in the clan who protect the ancestral hall use white sword hilts, but they usually don't take the ancestral hall at all. Do you think that some of them will participate in the assassination of me?"

Xiao Jinyan shook his head, "I don't know, but I must be careful."

"That's easy to deal with. At worst, when I worship my ancestors, I asked my father to find an excuse to send them to the outer village."

The two discussed for a while, and Xiao Jinyan said, "If you are pursuing the mastermind behind the scenes, you might as well start from the direction of money, which is more reliable."

Li Qingcheng said, "My father has ordered people to track down the accounts of the clan for the past three years."

"But what are the results?"

"Except for one pawnshop being suspicious, the other accounts are too perfect. It is precisely because it is too perfect that my father falsely claimed that there was something wrong with the account review and asked Uncle San to check it again. If Uncle San had a ghost in his heart, he would naturally find a way to cover it up. Then, you can see the clues after comparing the accounts on both sides."

Li Qingcheng wrote an address and handed it to Xiao Jinyan, "This is the No. 7 pawn shop in the city. The account records that a sum of silver was transferred to the Lingnan Sword Sect at the beginning of last year. I am not convenient for me to come forward. You can find a way to check it out."

Xiao Jinyan agreed and asked again, "What should I do if the person upstairs?"

Li Qingcheng said, "Since I want to kill me so much, I will strengthen the guards here tomorrow and let him stay on it for a few days."

"It's not a big problem, but why do I talk to Zhang's head?"

"How can we return empty-handed when the great hero Xiao takes the assassination? Why don't we take the opportunity to make a good show."

...

The next morning, the Master of Compassion woke up. He hid in the groove and looked outwards secretly. He heard the figures below. Obviously, something important happened. When he heard it carefully, he vaguely heard the news of "The Third Young Master was assassinated" and "The whole city was searching for thieves". He thought to himself that the kid had succeeded in his action last night? In this way, he could ask Lao Zhang for money. At this time, the weather was hot and the sun was sunken on the roof, which made the master red and itchy, but he didn't dare to make a sound. He just waited for the night to sneak away.

The news of Li Qingcheng's assassination last night soon spread throughout the Li family in Jinling. It is said that the assassin had very strong martial arts skills and had two swords against Li Qingcheng. Li Qingcheng was injured by the sword energy, his face was very pale, and he was seriously injured. Although he had no life worries, he could not use the sword in a short period of time.

For a moment, people came to visit him in a constant stream. Those who came to deliver medicine and care about their well-being followed one after another. Only Li Xiaohua did not come, but just sent the butler Li Ruliang to send a wild ginseng plant.

At noon, Qingcao shouted, "Young Master, the third master is here to visit."

Li Xiaoshu walked into the villa. Seeing this, Li Qingcheng struggled to stay and prepare to salute. Li Xiaoshu stepped forward and held him in a few steps, "You are seriously injured, don't move easily." While speaking, he secretly crossed a trace of internal force to investigate Li Qingcheng, and only felt that the true energy in Li Qingcheng was empty and it seemed that it could not condense the true energy.

Li Qingcheng said, "I'm sorry for my third uncle."

Li Xiaoshu Lian withdrew his internal strength and said with concern, "You are not seriously injured."

Li Qingcheng smiled bitterly, "Not!"

"I have brought a few boxes of healing medicines. You can rest with peace of mind and remember to move your internal strength." He said coldly again: "I dare to hurt someone under the nose of the Li family. I will definitely ask someone to find the thief."

Li Qingcheng said gratefully, "Thank you, Uncle San."

Li Xiaoshu sighed, "It's really a bad time to be hurt. I'm going to worship my ancestors in half a month. Fortunately, you're the head of the family, which is what everyone wants, so you don't need to fight a sword! By the way, your father has come?"

Li Qingcheng shook his head.

"It's all father and son, so don't hurt your relationship because of some trivial matters."

The two chatted for a while, then Qingcao said again, "Miss Liu Family in Hedong, I heard that the young master was injured, come to visit!"

Li Xiaoshu laughed, "It's the hardest to get rid of the kindness of a beauty. I won't bother you, so I'll say goodbye first." After that, he turned around and left.

Li Qingcheng said to Qingcao, "Just say I feel uncomfortable and it is not convenient to see guests."

Before Qingcao could speak, Liu Yuhan pushed the door and saw Li Qingcheng with a haggard face, and couldn't help feeling sad and shed tears.

Li Qingcheng was quite repulsive of the marriage of the Liu family. He was not saying that he had any objections to Liu Yuhan, but was not very satisfied with the arrangements of the elders in the clan. Seeing Liu Yuhan's appearance, he didn't know what he said. He looked back at the inner room and heard the sound of Li Jinping falling to the ground and putting on his shoes. He was afraid that she would worry, so he said, "Miss Liu is here, I'm fine."

Liu Yuhan said, "Who is so cruel to attack you? Tell me that I have brought ten masters this time. Even if I search the entire Jinling City, I will never forgive him."

Because of the marriage escape, Liu Yuhan became a laughing stock in the clan. She was jealous, so she brought ten masters, intending to cause trouble for Li Qingcheng, but when she saw her at the city gate, she was moved and lost half of her three souls and six spirits. After she returned, her mind was full of Li Qingcheng's figure, and her revenge had already been lost to Java. This morning, when she heard that Li Qingcheng was assassinated, she didn't care about her identity and came directly to Shanhefang.

Li Qingcheng didn't want to bother with her too much, for fear that Li Jinping would misunderstand, so he deliberately said with a frown, "This is the Li family business, so I won't bother Miss Liu."

When Liu Yuhan heard this, his eyes turned red again, "But I want to help."

Li Qingcheng shouted to the inner room, "Jin Ping, come out."

Li Jinping walked out of the inner room with a curtain. When he saw Liu Yuhan, he nodded slightly to show his respect. Seeing that Li Jinping was not good-looking, Liu Yuhan knew that her life was ordinary, so he looked down on her quite. He couldn't help but say, "Is this woman you escaped from marriage?"

Li Qingcheng looked unhappy and said, "Miss Liu, I didn't know Jin Ping when I ran away from marriage. I wanted to marry Li Jin Ping because Li was obsessed with her and had nothing to do with other people, nor with your and my engagement."

This sentence was like a thunderclap, hitting Liu Yuhan. She was unwilling to accept it. If the other party was a noble girl or was fascinated by the whole country, she would feel better if she lost, but she could not accept it if the woman from the family stole the person she liked.

The tears that had just stopped fell again.

"Where am I worse than her?"

Li Qingcheng said, "You are better than her everywhere, but I only like her. Miss Liu, if I hurt you accidentally, I'm sorry!"

Liu Yuhan said, "You don't have to say sorry to me, she will say it if you want to say it!"

Li Qingcheng's face darkened and he said coldly, "Green grass, see off guests!"

Liu Yuhan threw the gift he brought to the ground, turned around and left the villa with anger. As soon as he left the villa, he burst into tears.

"Li Qingcheng, I hate you!"

"No matter what, I must get you!"

Several subordinates stood there and were at a loss when they saw the eldest lady's appearance.

At this time, a middle-aged man stood in front of Liu Yuhan and said, "Miss Liu."

"Who are you?"

"Li Xiaocao is Li Qingcheng's second uncle."

When Liu Yuhan heard that it was an elder of the Li family, he didn't dare to act rashly, and said, "I'm sad, are you in trouble?"

Li Xiaocao said, "Is the girl a beautiful thing?"

Liu Yuhan nodded, and Li Xiaocao said, "It is rare that a girl is so affectionate and righteous. If Qingcheng can win the girl, that is his fortune."

"But he has someone else in his heart."

Li Xiaocao said, "This is indeed a problem, but there is a solution to any problem, it depends on how much the girl is willing to spend."

When Liu Yuhan heard this, was there a turning point? She wiped her tears and said, "I am willing to bear the price."

"Girl, please follow me!"

...

There are only six people in Li Xiangzhong's family among the thirteen branches of the Li family. Over the years, Li Xiangdong and his wife gave birth to four daughters and one son, but their son died of a strange disease at the age of three. Due to the lack of population, they have a very low status in the Li family in Jinling. Even so, they are considered one in the genealogy. The Thirteen branches do not have industries in the Li family, but rely on monthly money in the family to make a living, and there are about 500,000 and 600,000 taels a year. After all, they are from the Li family. Although they cannot be compared with the large clan, their lives are not bad.

Li Xiangzhong is forty years old this year. He likes to raise flowers, birds, insects and fish, but has no big pursuits. His temper in the clan is famous for being stinky.

When Li Xiaoshu came to his house, Li Xiangzhong was fiddling with a banana tree. When he saw Li Xiaoshu coming, he knew that nothing good was wrong and ignored him.
To be continued...