in the world of murder

Looking out from the South Yage Pavilion, the lake is vast and misty.Madam Bai Lu was sitting by the window, on the small table in front of her, boiling water was gurgling.She brewed a cup of hot tea with her own hands, and the fragrance filled the room.

Xie Li sat across from her, and Madam Bai Lu poured him a cup of tea, "You did a good job with the Ruan family's mine. His Majesty used this to win over the Ruan family, suppress the Xuan family, and drive apart a few families. It took a while. You can't wipe them out, but you can make them settle down for a while."

After the smoke from the hot tea, Xie Li's brows and eyes were still calm and indifferent.

"However, the Xi family must be the most important thing." Mrs. Bailu said: "The people in the middle of Shu are rich and rich in fish and rice. If they can help the world with food and rice, the country will be stable and the throne will be safe."

Xie Li lowered his eyes and said, "I see."

Mrs. Bai Lu nodded, raised her hand to sip tea, and acted gracefully and dignifiedly.

"The things here are over, should Auntie go back?" Xie Li asked.

Madam Bai Lu nodded, "It's extremely unruly for me to come out this time, if your Majesty didn't miss you, he wouldn't allow me to come out."

Xie Li pondered for a moment, then said: "Ask Bai Yue to bring someone to take you back."

"Bai Yue should stay by your side," Mrs. Bai Lu said, "You are alone, you need someone to take care of you."

"No need." Xie Li refused, paused, and explained: "It's inconvenient, I followed Xi Zhen into Shu, too many people around will make him vigilant."

Madam Bai Lu accepted his explanation, and said, "Well then, you should be more careful by yourself."

"Yes." Xie Li drank his tea, got up and prepared to leave.

Madam Bai Lu stared at Xie Li, and suddenly said softly: "Xi Zhen is very beautiful, isn't she?"

Xie Li paused, but did not speak, he saluted and left.

Madam Bai Lu watched Xie Li go away from the window, the maid came up to pack the teacups, and Madam Bai Lu asked, "Did he give the Ruan family's flower competition order to Xi Zhen?"

The maid replied: "Yes."

"What about the one I brought him?"

The maid said: "This one is still in the master's hands."

Madam Bai Lu raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "These two people are not that close."

The maid stood aside quietly, Madam Bai Lu's smile gradually subsided, and she became that cold beauty as cold as frost and snow again.

"Order, if the Xuan family sends another post, I will accept it."

"Yes."

After the incident in Xuanzhou, they delayed for some days because of the two sons of the Ruan family. The weather is getting hotter and it will soon be summer.Xi Zhen was less and less in a hurry to go home, and followed Xie Li to travel around the mountains and rivers, feeling a little bit reluctant to think about Sichuan.

They spent the night on the boat, the cabin was low and wobbly for a whole night.

Xi Zhen woke up first, he pushed open the window, lay on the side of the porthole and looked out.The sun has not yet risen in the morning, and there is a layer of mist floating on the lake, and even the green hills in the distance are looming, like a fairyland.

Xi Zhen sat kneeling by the window, with his bare arms stretched out of the window, the moist mist immediately splashed on his skin, turning into tiny drops of water.

The brocade quilt is around the waist, Xi Zhen's upper body is not naked, and the beautiful butterfly bones rise and fall with the breath.

He turned around and lay beside Xie Li.

Xie Li was still asleep, his hair was scattered beside the pillow, and there were teeth marks from Xi Zhen's bite on his shoulders, all of which were blood marks.

With such deep traces, it can be seen that Xi Zhen intends to take revenge.

Xi Zhen stretched out his hand, carefully grabbed some strands of Xie Li's hair, and braided them around his ears.

It would be great if Xie Li was a girl, Xi really thought, then he could marry Xie Li back home, and the two of them could have children.

Having a baby, giving birth to a baby... Xizhen muttered, but suddenly a low and hoarse voice came from next to his ear, "What are you doing?"

He was startled, the hair in his hand fell off and fell by Xie Li's ear.

Xie Li held it in his hand and looked at it, and said, "Do you know how to braid your hair?"

"Of course." Xi Zhen said, "Don't move around, you won't be able to understand after a while."

"It's better if you can't solve it." Xie Li just woke up, his voice was slightly hoarse, it was very annoying to Xi Zhen's ears.

Xie Li grabbed Xi Zhen's hair and got entangled with his own.He held it tightly, and Xi Zhen was in pain, and shouted: "Stop making trouble, let go!"

Xie Li was unwilling, so he took out a knife and cut off the hair of the two of them.Two strands of hair were tangled together and fell into Xie Li's hands.

"What are you doing!" Xi Zhen was furious, pinching Xie Li while looking at her hair.

Xie Li avoided his hand, leaned against the head of the bed, and braided two strands of hair together.

"What are you doing?" Xi Zhen watched Xie Li's movements, tilted his head and straightened his long hair

Xie Li said in a slow voice, "That's what it's called, getting married and sharing the same pillow."

Xi Zhen was taken aback for a moment, pursed his lips, and a smile overflowed from his eyes.

There was a knock on the door, and Xi Zhen and Xie Li put on their clothes and got out of bed.Xie Li walked over to open the door, Feng Xin was standing at the door.

Feng Xin withdrew his knocking hand and looked Xie Li up and down, which wasn't really kind.

Xie Li paused for a moment, then passed Feng Xin and walked out.

When Feng Xin entered the room, he immediately saw the messy bed.Xizhen was washing his face by the copper basin with his sleeves rolled up, and the loose pajamas on his body couldn't hide the traces of love.

Feng Xin lowered his head and said, "Young master, I have something to report."

Xi Zhen took the cloth towel to wipe his hands, and said, "Say."

"The young master ordered me to check Xie Li's identity earlier," Feng Xin said, "I sent someone to go to Jiuyi Mountain."

Xi Zhen sat down at the table and said, "How?"

"I can't find out." Feng Xin said: "This subordinate is incompetent, I only know that Mr. Xie went to Jiuyi Mountain when he was young, and there is no trace of what happened before."

Xi Zhen frowned, "What about Mrs. Bai Lu?"

Feng Xin shook his head, "This Mrs. Bailu seems to have appeared out of thin air."

Xi Zhen's face gradually became serious.

"However, the subordinates did not get nothing." Feng Xin said, "The maid beside Mrs. Bai Lu seems to have something to do with Xian Zhou."

"Xian Zhou?" Xi Zhen was even more surprised.

About 20 years ago, the last emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was poisoned to death in the palace. Since then, there has been a chaotic world where there is no master in the world and heroes compete for success.The royal family of the Great Zhou fled in all directions, and now they just live in a corner, relying on the so-called orthodox name, cheating food and drinking.

"Could it be that Mrs. Bai Lu is from the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty?" Xi Zhen mused, "No wonder Xie Li said that his mother was a low-marriage."

Seeing this, Feng Xin said: "Young Master, Xie Li is probably a descendant of the pre-Zhou Dynasty. He went to Jiuyi Mountain to learn art, and competed for the position of direct disciple. The reason for this is hard to delve into."

He originally thought that Xie Li was just Xi Zhen's playmate and his pet, but he never thought that Xie Li's identity was so complicated.How could such a dangerous person be allowed to stay by Xizhen's side!

"Young master," Feng Xin said, "we might as well capture Xie Li and give it to Emperor Yan and Prince Chongming as your certificate of honor."

"No!" Xi Zhen immediately vetoed it.

Feng Xin's heart sank slightly, this was what he was most worried about.It is the young Mu Ai's age, and the two of them get along with each other day and night without getting enough, if they have real feelings at this time, what should they do?

"Young Master..." Feng Xin wanted to persuade him again, but Xi Zhen's expression sank, and he said, "If I say no, I won't!"

Feng Xin had no choice but to say: "Young master, don't forget what is the most important thing for us now."

Xi Zhen's face softened slightly, and said: "I know it well."

When the boat reached a mountain pass, it stopped.Feng Xin said that if we go further, the current is fast and the boat is dangerous, so we can only get off the boat and go over the mountain.

Everyone set aside a place in the forest to rest for a while, there are many mountains and rivers in the middle of Sichuan, Feng Xin and his subordinates are all good at living in the mountains and forests.

Xie Li sat alone on the side, he found a piece of bamboo from nowhere, and was sharpening it with a dagger.

Xi Zhen walked over, sat beside him, and asked, "What are you doing with this bamboo?"

"Make a flute." Xie Li said: "I found a piece of purple bamboo in the mountains, which is a good material for making flutes."

Xi Zhen nodded, unconsciously rubbing the ring with his fingers.Xie Li glanced at his left hand, but didn't make a sound.

"Where are those people around Bai Yue?"

"I asked them to send my aunt back." Xie Li said.

Xi Zhen looked at Xie Li, "Your aunt went back? Where did you go?"

Xie Li glanced at him, "Why do you ask this?"

Xi Zhen supported his head and said with a smile: "I don't even know about you. If Xuanzhou hadn't met your aunt, I would have thought you were an orphan without father or mother."

Xie Li smiled and said, "If you want to know anything, just ask."

Xi Zhen raised his eyebrows, "You can say whatever I ask, and you promise not to lie to me?"

Xie Li paused for a moment, then said, "You answer one for yourself, and you answer one for me."

Xi Zhen looked at Xie Li vigilantly, but still couldn't match the curiosity in his heart, and said, "Okay, you can ask."

Xie Li looked at Xi Zhen, his reflection was clearly reflected in his eyes, "How many flower competition orders do you have in your hand?"

Xi Zhen paused, and said with a smile: "Three, I got one from Cheng Lian, and you gave the other two."

Xie Li stared fixedly at Xi Zhen, looked away for a while, and said, "It's your turn to ask."

Xi Zhen immediately asked, "Are you from the royal family of the early Zhou Dynasty?"

"Yes." Xie Li admitted very simply.

Xi Zhen took a deep breath and asked: "Then you compete for the position of direct disciple, is it to get close to Emperor Yan and then take revenge?"

Xie Li didn't answer, but instead asked: "The other day you said that I played the flute well, did you mean it?"

Xi Zhen was stunned, "It's true."

Xie Li lowered his head and smiled, like a pool of spring water stirred up by a breeze.

Xi Zhen stared blankly, and said after a while, "You haven't answered me yet?"

"I didn't intend to take revenge," Xie Li said while chopping bamboo, "When the Zhou Dynasty fell apart, Emperor Yan was still unknown, so what's the matter with him?"

This also makes sense.

"Then why did you go up to the mountains to learn art?"

"In order to fulfill my mother's last wish." Xie Li's answer was to the point, he asked Xi Zhen, "Is the flower competition order important to you?"

"Of course!"

Xie Li looked at Xi Zhen, "Is it more important than me?"

Xi Zhen was speechless, he opened his mouth and said, "This is the next question."

Xie Li didn't care, and said: "Okay, you can continue to ask."

Xi was so upset that he couldn't remember what he wanted to ask.He looked at Xie Li in front of him, and there was always a feeling in his heart that he couldn't catch him.

"You said before that you would help me find a flower competition order, is that true?"

Xie Li's bamboo-cutting hand paused slightly, looked at Xi Zhen, and said with a slight smile, "Of course."

Xi Zhen looked at him, his heart gradually fell back into the distance.

Xie Li said: "You haven't answered me yet, the competition is better than me..."

Before he finished speaking, Xi Zhen suddenly probed and kissed Xie Li on the cheek.Xie Li's voice stopped abruptly, he looked at Xi Zhen in front of him.There was a sly light in Xi Zhen's eyes, and he looked at Xie Li with a smile.

Xie Li couldn't continue, he looked away and looked at the flute he was about to finish.And even if he didn't look at Xi Zhen, the smile in his eyes couldn't be faked.

Xi Zhen tilted his head to look at Xie Li, and said, "Play me a tune, I want to hear you play the flute."

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Question: who told the lie