The sister-in-law was wrong, please forgive her, my black-bellied brother-in-law

This time, Xu Yi did not deny it and looked at Shen Qingyan seriously: "Why do you want to find out who wrote the letter?"

Hearing his question, Shen Qingyan also replied seriously, word by word: "Because I think the person who wrote this letter is a promising talent, I want to ask if he is willing to be my student."

Xu Yi: "Just a letter?"

Shen Qingyan nodded: "Yes, just based on a letter."

Xu Yi: "I think there are many people in Baidi City who want to be your students, right?"

Shen Qingyan was not modest: "Yes, there are quite a few. But I don't like any of them. What do you think? Do you want to consider it?"

Xu Yi raised his eyebrows: "What are the benefits of being an adult's student?"

Shen Qingyan: "..."

Benefits? He really hadn't thought about this question.

In the past, students who wanted to become his disciples in Baidi City would either visit him in person or ask someone to find connections and indirectly inquire about his intentions. No one had ever set conditions with him.

This was the first time he wanted to accept a student, so naturally he had to show some uniqueness.

As for the benefits, he needs to think about it carefully.

Shen Qingyan frowned and thought.

Seeing that his master didn't say anything, Shen Liuguang thought that his master was in trouble, and looked at Xu Yi with some displeasure.

His family's master is of such a high status, and he is just taking a student, so why is he negotiating conditions?

Besides, Xu Yi is just a little smarter at most. How come he didn't see that he is a talented person?

It should be his honor that the adults are willing to accept him as a student.

The more he thought about Shen Liuguang, the more he disliked Xu Yi.

He said in an indignant tone: "Master Xu, my master just said that there are many young masters from wealthy families in Baidi City who are vying to become my master's disciple.

Now my master thinks that Master Xu is very smart, and I hope that Master Xu will not miss this opportunity."

Xu Yi could hear the bad tone in Shen Liuguang's voice, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he replied calmly, "In that case, please don't give such a precious opportunity to someone like me who doesn't know what's good for me."

"you--"

"Liuguang, you step back first."

Just as Shen Liuguang was about to argue, he was interrupted by Shen Qingyan.

Seeing the look in his master's eyes, Shen Liuguang felt somewhat unwilling, but he still stepped aside and kept his mouth shut.

Xu Yi looked at Shen Qingyan: "Sir, your people are right. Such a precious opportunity should not be wasted by someone like me."

After being rejected many times by him, Shen Qingyan did not get angry but laughed instead, thinking that this kid's temper was just what he wanted. So he became more determined to accept him as his student.

Shen Qingyan stroked his smooth chin and said slowly, "You must be eager to see Nie Shufeng arrested with your own eyes. How about I let you participate in the arrest of Nie Shufeng?"

Given his intelligence and talent, those material things should not arouse his interest.

He had inquired before he came, and now he and his sister-in-law are the only two people left in his family, with no other relatives.

Then, family affection becomes extremely precious to him.

He had a deep relationship with his eldest brother since childhood. Now that he knew that his eldest brother died at the hands of the Nie family, seeing the Nie family receive the punishment they deserved should be the benefit he wanted most.

Sure enough, as soon as Shen Qingyan finished speaking, he saw a change on Xu Yi's face.

Then he saw him raise his head and look at himself.

It seems that he guessed right. Shen Qingyan smiled and waited quietly for Xu Yi to make a decision.

Xu Yi looked at Shen Qingyan for a long moment, and seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, he nodded: "Okay. But I have something to say first."

Shen Qingyan extended his hand to signal him to speak.

Xu Yi: "After the Nie family affairs are settled, I will take you as my master, but I still have to observe mourning for my mother, so I can't go back to Baidi City with you for the time being."

Hearing that he was willing to give in and that the conditions he proposed were not a problem, Shen Qingyan quickly nodded in agreement.

Qiao Xi, who was standing aside, was stunned by the interaction between the two of them. She even began to doubt her life.

A third-rank official in the imperial court wanted to take a student who had neither a prominent family background nor any achievements as his student. Not only did he have to obtain his consent, he even had to listen to his conditions.

The key point is that this third-rank official agreed to his conditions.

This situation would basically never happen in my world, unless the student was a genius.

But she felt that Xu Yi was at most intelligent, not gifted, right?

But no matter how surprised she was, it had nothing to do with her.

Look, the two people who were arguing about the issue of recruiting students just now started discussing how to arrest people.

Thinking about the cause of Xu Tai's death, and looking at Xu Yi who was now fully focused on how to catch people, Qiao Xi felt that Nie Shufeng had better pray that he would fall into the hands of a third-rank official instead of Xu Yi.

Otherwise, she really wasn't sure what was waiting for Nie Shufeng.

*

Half an hour later, Shen Qingyan and Xu Yi finally agreed on the specific implementation strategy.

Qiao Xi followed Xu Yi to the door of her home.

Shen Qingyan ordered Kuzhu to call a team of scouts and asked them to go to the back mountain to find out the situation first.

The scouts came back and reported that there was no major movement, but occasionally they could see traces of people having been there.

This is similar to the result guessed by Shen Qingyan and Xu Yi.

Nie Shufeng is indeed not a simple person.

The reason they made such a big fuss by entering Xuliu Village was to let Nie Shufeng know that his son Nie Guizhou had been arrested, so that he would become confused or unable to think properly, and they would have an opportunity to take advantage of him.

Unexpectedly, Nie Shufeng didn't fall into the trap at all. For this reason, Shen Qingyan glanced at Xu Yi, and they both tacitly understood that this was the time to implement the second plan.

Qiao Xi watched Shen Qingyan lead Xu Yi onto the carriage, with Shen Liuguang following behind them. The key point was that Kuzhu was also standing beside the carriage to keep watch for them.

They were obviously plotting something, but she had no idea what it was.

This time their discussion was a little shorter than before. In just two incense sticks of time, the two of them came out of the carriage.

Then, Qiao Xi saw Shen Qingyan calling the leaders of the soldiers and starting to deploy them in a hurry.

Xu Yi stood beside him and never spoke.

Because Qiao Xi was a woman, she felt that she stood out among so many men here, so she said goodbye to Xu Yi and went home to wait for news.

Another hour passed. Qiao Xi was curious about how far they had come, so she stood up and wanted to go out to see what was going on.

When she walked into the yard, she instinctively felt that something was wrong with her body, but she couldn't tell what exactly was wrong.

But soon, she realized something was wrong, because now, there was a cold knife across her neck.

The knife shone with a cold light, which made her feel endless chill in the hot summer.

"May I ask who you are?"