The bluestone road was sprinkled with a layer of white moonlight, like a gentle veil.

The tense atmosphere was also blown away by the breeze.

Chen Ji put the dagger into its sheath. He looked at Princess Baili in front of him and asked softly: "How long have you been plotting to secretly help me?"

Bai Li picked at the purse on his waist with some embarrassment: "One and a half days."

Chen Ji wondered: "Why didn't I find you guys discussing these things?"

Bai Li explained: "Every time you come back during the day, you look tired, and you go into your bedroom to sleep. We always discuss it quietly in the yard while you are sleeping."

"Aren't you afraid that I'm going to gamble?"

"Don't be afraid, you are definitely not the gambler they say you are."

"Thanks."

Chen Ji could imagine this group of people sitting in a circle around the Eight Immortals table, whispering.

Childish yet sincere.

Chen Ji glanced at Liang Gou'er: "By the way, how much money have you collected to help Brother Gou'er? We haven't received the dividends from the kiln factory yet, so everyone has no money."

The prince laughed happily and said: "Ten taels of silver. Bai Li and I really have no money. Liu Quxing paid for these ten taels of silver. Didn't you see that when Liu Quxing took out the silver ingot from the sandwich layer of his clothes, his face changed.

It’s all twisted.”

Chen Ji was speechless for a moment. He was silent for a long time before saying in disbelief: "Liu Quxing?"

The prince laughed and said, "We agreed that each person would pay two taels of silver. This is considered as his help in advance. When the kiln factory pays dividends, we will return the silver to him."

Bai Li asked: "Chen Ji, what difficulties did you encounter..."

She took a step forward, but Chen Ji took a step back: "Princess, I can't say. Maybe one day I will tell you everything, but not now. I'm leaving first. There are very important things tonight."

"But Brother Dog can help you."

"No need."

After saying that, Chen Ji retreated step by step, and finally turned around and strode away, disappearing at the end of the long street.

Liang Gou'er held a long knife in his arms and leaned against the wall. He looked at Chen Ji's back and didn't know what he was thinking.

At this time, Bai Li mustered up his courage and wanted to continue to follow, but Liang Gou'er held his scabbard against his collarbone and stopped him: "Princess, don't follow. You'd better not get involved in his affairs."

.”

Bai Li looked at Liang Gouer in surprise: "Why?"

Liang Gouer smiled: "If a normal person encounters difficulties, how can he refuse my help? Unless the difficulties he encounters come from the Eunuch Party. Chen Ji is either a member of the Eunuch Party or an enemy of the Eunuch Party.

He knows very well that I will not help either of these people."

"But……"

Liang Gou'er suddenly said: "I'm afraid that the prince and the princess don't know what kind of person is hiding around them."

The prince was confused: "What do you mean?"

Liang Gouer held the long knife in his arms and glanced at the two of them: "This kid has definitely killed people, and he has killed more than one person. Whether a person has killed someone or not, the look in his eyes is completely different... Do you two know this?"

The prince and Bai Li looked at each other.

The prince clearly remembered how that night in Hongyi Lane, the mysterious man cut off the spy's long knife with one knife, and saw the other party swing it three times in a row.

So when Chen Ji cut the knife in Bai Li's hand, the prince already knew Chen Ji's identity.

Of course Chen Ji had killed someone before, and he had done so in front of him.

The prince hesitated for a moment, recalling Bai Li's recent behavior, and asked in a low voice: "Bai Li, have you noticed it a long time ago?"

Bai Li snorted.

The prince sighed with emotion: "No wonder...Brother Gou'er, we know that Chen Ji has killed people. Although we are not sure what his identity is yet, it does not affect our becoming friends with him."

Liang Gouer sighed: "His identity is probably more complicated than you two imagined."

"How to say?"

Liang Gou'er explained: "Bai Li and the Crown Prince are not familiar with martial arts, so they have no idea about this guy's sword skills, but have you ever seen sword skills that can break someone's weapon without brute force and only with skill? Then

It is a sword that can amaze many swordsmen throughout their lives. It has nothing to do with the level of strength. It is just about the skill. Ordinary people cannot learn it even if they want to learn it."

"The key is, who taught him this sword technique?"

Liang Gouer looked towards the end of the long street: "Fang Yuhang? Or Li Zhechong? No, neither of them can do it..."

"Brother Dog, can you do it?"

"Of course I can!"

…

…

I followed the signboards of each house until I saw Chaiji Grain and Oil Shop, and then turned into a dark alley next to it.

The moment he turned in, he saw dozens of pairs of green eyes looking over at him in the darkness.

Chen Ji's scalp was numb. He couldn't tell whether the eye in the darkness was that of dark clouds. He could only test it softly: "Dark clouds?"

The cat didn't respond, but continued to stare at him quietly, motionless.

One pair of eyes blinked violently at him several times.

After a moment of silence, Chen Ji tested again: "The Nine Heavens Yingyuan Thunder Universal Transformation Heavenly Lord?"

The next second, I saw a pair of green eyes standing out from the crowd, walking into the moonlight from the darkness, and meowed arrogantly and coldly: "What do you want from me?"

Chen Ji coughed lightly: "Well, I have something I want to report to you alone."

Wuyun turned around and meowed at the dozens of pairs of eyes in the darkness, and saw those eyes slowly disappearing into the darkness.

Wuyun waited for a moment, then jumped into Chen Ji's arms and said happily: "What was that name just now? It sounded so powerful!"

Chen Ji smiled and said: "That is the name of the highest god in the Lei Department. He is responsible for life and death, rewards and punishments for good and evil, making clouds and rain, slaying demons and subjugating demons, and commanding thunder."

Wu Yun was in awe: "Feng Meng! In the future, when there are other cats around, can you just call me this name?"

The traces of silence.

Wu Yun hurriedly said: "I can beat your legs when you get home!"

Chen Ji remained silent.

"Step on the back!"

"Deal, but I don't need you to beat my legs and step on my back," Chen Ji smiled and touched Wu Yun's head and asked, "Why don't you go back to the hospital these days?"

Wu Yun thought for a while and said: "Master said that I have cultivated the energy of the Liang family's swordsmanship. If I stay in the medical center, Liang Gou'er will sense it."

Chen Ji: "Ah?"

Have you really learned it?!

Chen Ji asked curiously: "As long as fellow practitioners meet each other, will they feel it when they meet?"

Wu Yun replied: "Master said that when people who practice the same path meet for the first time, they will definitely have palpitations with each other, just like encountering natural enemies."

He suddenly remembered that after he used ginseng to dissolve the ice flow for the first time, the moment he saw old man Yao, he had palpitations, as if he was being stared at by an evil tiger.

It turned out that at that moment Master already knew that he had entered into spiritual practice, and he thought that no one else knew about it.

So, if I meet Lu Yang from the Jingchao Martial Temple in the future, the other person will immediately know that he is also practicing sword cultivation, and then chop him with a sword?

"Let's get down to business," Chen Ji looked at Wu Yun and said, "You have to do me a favor."

"What's the deal?"

"Borrow a knife and kill a few people."

…

…

On the night agreed with Liu Mingming, Chen Ji returned to Zhou Mansion as promised.

It was cloudless today, and under the dark night, he stood in front of the red painted door, put on the tiger mask, picked up the animal head on the door and clasped it.

The door was opened, and in the courtyard of the Zhou Mansion, there were densely packed secret spies in black sitting cross-legged on the ground, wiping their waist knives.

When Chen Ji stepped inside, a secret agent wiped his long knife while silently watching him with cold eyes, his eyes slowly moving along with his steps.

Golden Pig came out of the study and said with a smile: "You are quite punctual."

Chen Ji asked doubtfully: "Sir, aren't you going to pretend to be the boss of the company to meet with Liu Mingming tonight? Why have you summoned so many spies and look murderous?"

Jin Zhu smiled and explained: "Originally, I wanted to follow your plan and let Xifeng pretend to be the boss and slowly get some information from Liu Mingming. But then I thought about it. Although the Jing Dynasty traitor has not contacted the Liu family now,

, does not mean that they will never contact us. As soon as they contact us, we will be in trouble."

Jin Zhu continued: "It will be a long night and many dreams. As long as Liu Mingming comes to the appointment tonight, he will be suspected of colluding with Jing Chao. Even if I arrest him, the Liu family will not be able to say anything. At that time, Liu Mingming will only need to be arrested

Take me to the inner prison. Mengji is there, so I won’t be afraid that he won’t attack me.”
To be continued...