Chapter 40 Chapter Thirty-Eight

The afternoon sun made the room warm and drowsy.In several cases, floating melons and sinking Li exudes coolness. Yan Wei picked up a plum, took a small bite, and asked Li Qichen, "Where are we going next? What are your plans?" Li Qichen said: "Tong Sui is asking Mr. Yue An to find out about your father, and he still has some minor affairs to deal with. When everything is settled, we might as well go to live in Salt Lake for a while." "We..." Yan Wei repeated in a low voice. Li Qichen glanced at Yan Wei, and said in a deep voice, "If you don't want to be with us, you're up to you... we'll send you back to Huaidu, with Young Master Ju and Young Master Cong looking after you, presumably that Young Master Heng will not." Something will happen..."

"Hmm..." Yan Wei hummed, noncommittal.But he was still thinking about what happened last night. At that time, did he nod or shake his head? Li Qichen looked at Yan Wei silently, as if guessing what she was thinking. The atmosphere suddenly became very awkward, the surrounding air seemed to be frozen, and the constant sound of cicadas outside the window made people irritated. Suddenly, Tong Shuai hurriedly pushed the door open, bringing with him a gust of heat and sweat all over his body. Tong Shui sat on the mat, picked up the melon, took two bites, wiped the juice that flowed down his chin, and said vaguely: "I have promised Mr. Yue'an to assassinate Mu Xuanshi." That look and tone seemed to be talking about not life and death, but whether to eat fish or meat at night.

"Are you crazy?!" Li Qichen was shocked and stood up abruptly. "I'm not crazy. I said that I'm going to Jiang's palace to see the magic sword. Isn't this just the way? If I'm lucky, maybe I can make that Jiang's princess fall in love with me at first sight! Three birds with one stone Why don't you do something beautiful?" Tong Su narrowed his eyes with a smile, as if there was a princess in front of him who wanted to throw himself into his arms. Li Qichen said angrily: "Since ancient times, none of the assassins has had a good end! Either they missed and were killed, or they were killed by rabbits. If they were lucky, they would just become swords in the hands of kings. They would kill each person one by one. How many people in history can be loyal and live forever?!"

Tong Shu rubbed his nose with his hands, and said, "Although I haven't read as many books as you, I know these things. Don't forget, these people are famous only because they are assassins. Their biographies. Please tell me the name of the 'Wei Wei' who was King Yang in the previous dynasty, and what did he do to show his face?" Li Qichen said: "What's so good about being famous? Is your name so good? Is it worth fighting for your life for the name?" Tong Sui said: "Of course it is good to be famous. When you walk in the rivers and lakes, everything goes smoothly. You want the wind to get the wind, and the rain to get the rain. You are not an unknown person in the deep palace all the year round. Of course you can't feel it. I don't want to be like Like Master, he has done many earth-shattering events, but he was unknown, and the limelight was taken away by others. In the end, he was miserable all his life and suffered from injuries..."

When Li Qichen heard Tong Shui talking about Master, he also fell silent, and then said after a while: "The grievances and hatreds of the older generation are not for us juniors to criticize. Naturally, there is a reason why Master does what he does. You can't learn from Master. ?" Tong Shu sneered: "I'm sorry, I can't go back to the past now. I have tasted what it's like to be rich and powerful, and I want to taste what it means to be famous all over the world!" Li Qichen said angrily: "You are stunned! Is it that easy to assassinate Mu Xuanshi? Three assassins have already died. Why do you think you are better than others?"

Tong Shi said: "You defeated him when you were seventeen years old. I am better at swordsmanship than you, and I am younger than you. Why can't I?" Li Qichen said: "What is that situation, and what is this situation? On the temple, before the king's steps, he has defeated several masters in a row, and his strength is already exhausted, not to mention that he always has to find a step for the king to step down. I just happen to be at the right time. If When it comes to a real contest, it’s not certain who will win the game! What’s more, a sword competition is completely different from a life-and-death contest! You can beat him in a sword contest, but you may not be able to defeat him in a life-and-death fight. Sword competition is about swordsmanship, and killing people is about ruthlessness! "

Tong Shi said: "No matter how strong he is, he is already old after all. Moreover, this is an assassination, he was in the open, I was in the dark, by surprise, a successful blow, and then retreated, what's the problem?" Li Qichen took two steps forward and pressed Tong Shi's shoulders: "Listen to my elder brother's advice, it's too dangerous, don't agree to this. After you finish dealing with the salt affairs, let's go back to the salt lake together! Remember what you said in the bamboo house?" Have you ever lived? I have always kept in mind 'Being free and easy is better than anything else', but you forgot it in a blink of an eye..."

Tong Shu raised his arms, touched Li Qichen's arms from the inside, then gently and delicately moved Li Qichen's hands down from his shoulders, and changed into a posture where he supported Li Qichen's arms with both hands, and said: "Of course I remember You only need to wait for me for half a month, just treat it as something else I have to do, and we will go to the salt lake when we come back." Li Qichen flicked his arm and said angrily: "I really don't understand, aren't you crazy? What if you miss? Why bother to take risk alone for a little fame?"

Tong Shui suddenly smiled and said: "If I miss, you will definitely not avenge me, right? Because it is very dangerous... Haha..." Li Qichen was furious: "In your eyes, is this the kind of person I am?!" Tong Shui made a grimace, rolled his eyes, and smiled, without answering. Tong Rate's demeanor made Li Qichen even angrier.Li Qichen squeezed Tong Shuai's shoulders heavily, shook and shouted: "I said I can't go, but I can't go, I'll go to find Mr. Yue An, I'll go!" Because the movement was too violent, it hurt his leg, and he staggered , nearly fell down.

Tong Shu waved his arms, stood up, and said with a smile, "With your injuries, how can you be better than me? I'm afraid Mr. Yue'an has already looked down on you." Li Qichen became even more furious, pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword, and said in a deep voice, "Draw your sword! Now that we've come to this point, let's compete to see who is stronger!" Seeing that they were talking more and more stiffly, Yan Wei rushed to the middle of the two, opened her arms, and said, "Don't do anything! Talk if you have something to say." Tong Shui took Yan Wei's wrist with his left hand, brought her to his side, raised his right hand high to the side of his face, with the back of his hand pointed out, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid you are not qualified to compete with me. The ring of the master is here, and the disciples are not here yet." Quickly kneel down and salute."

Li Qichen glared at Tong Shui, only to see a smile hanging from the corner of his mouth, which seemed to be contemptuous, sarcasm, and even a trace of sadness, but it was hard to see what he was thinking. Tong Shu smiled wryly: "I knew that you never took me seriously...you never looked down on me...it was like this when I was a child, and it's still the same now..." Hearing what he said, Li Qichen bit his lower lip, sighed helplessly, bent his knees, and knelt down. Yan Wei was shocked when she saw this, she blamed Tong Shi and said, "You're crazy!" She wanted to break free from Tong Shi's grasp and go to help Li Qichen, but she didn't know that Tong Shi's fingers were tightly clenched, and she couldn't break free at all. Tong Rate said with a smile: "Since you admit that I am the head, it will be easy to handle. I order you as the head, this Jiang country, I will go! You must not stop, and you must not follow, just wait here My good news is." Li Qichen almost bit his lower lip to bleed, and said in a deep voice: "Master, do you know that Mu Xuanshi's mother is the cousin of the great king, who is involved in the secret affairs of the palace. After all, blood is thicker than water, and the assassination is successful. It’s hard to escape the disaster of killing yourself.” Tong Rate was startled, then smiled and said, "If someone comes to kill me, won't I run away? If I am killed, you will be the head of the sect, and you will avenge me, right?" Then he let go of Yan Wei Wrist, turned and went out. Yan Wei hurriedly ran to Li Qichen's side and helped Li Qichen up. Tong Shui walked to the door, stopped in his tracks, and said without turning his head, "I came here to tell you that starting tomorrow, I will move to live in Jianlu, and I still have some things to learn about assassination applications." walk away. Still dense medicinal energy filled the room, and Li Qichen began to heal his wounds again. It's been several days since I saw Tong Shui, and Mr. Yue'an never showed up. Even Du Rong rarely showed up. He only sent someone to bring medicine so that Li Qichen could continue to heal his wounds. Li Qichen and Yan Wei lived here like this, with nothing to do and no one to pay attention to, which was a bit embarrassing, but they were worried about their childishness, and couldn't just leave like this. "I don't know what's going on with Tong Shui now. When will he leave for Jiang Country..." Li Qichen seemed to be talking to Yan Wei, but also seemed to be talking to himself. "Just go to Jian Hut and ask. He won't miss you." Yan Wei replied. Li Qichen was silent for a long time, then murmured: "Would you go and see him for me?" "What am I going to say?" Yan Wei asked. "What are you talking about..." Li Qichen was also silent, since we hadn't seen each other since we quarreled last time, it seemed that nothing good could be said. Suddenly, a soldier rushed in from outside the door, and said to Yan Wei: "Tong rate is injured, you go and have a look!" Yan Wei got up in surprise, and hurriedly packed up the healing things. Li Qichen also stood up abruptly, and asked, "Where is he? How is his injury?" The soldier replied: "In the sword hut, the sword was stabbed in the chest, the injury is not serious..." Li Qichen's expression changed after hearing this, he pulled Yan Wei up and ran out the door. Li Qichen supported Yan Wei's armpit with his arm, and started running with lightness kung fu.Yan Wei felt as if she was flying through the clouds, and she arrived at the Sword Cottage in a short while. Tong Shui was lying on the mat, his upper body was bare, and there was a wound on his chest. Although he had applied medicine, he was still bleeding. The location of the wound was similar to Tian Lian's wound that day. Yan Wei hurriedly used the Bianstone to stop the bleeding, then took out Huayu ointment to apply, turned around and ordered someone to take the medicine and decoct it. Li Qichen just knelt at the edge of the table, clinging to Tong Shu's hand, almost crying. Although Tong Li was seriously injured, he was conscious, and smiled at Li Qichen, "It's just a small injury, there's no need to be like this, it looks like I'm going to die..." As soon as he spoke, the wound oozes blood again, soaking Yan Wei just wrapped the bandage. "You are not allowed to make a sound!" Yan Wei scolded in a low voice. Tong Shu stuck out his tongue and winked at Li Qichen. Seeing that Tong Li's bleeding had stopped, her pulse was calm, and her expression calmed down, she turned her head and said to Li Qichen, "The wound is not deep, so it's okay." As soon as the words came out, she realized that Li Qichen had run over barefoot, wet His legs and feet were covered with mud, dust and gravel, as well as some medicinal residues from bathing his feet. Yan Wei said anxiously: "You can't do this! If you get cold, all your previous efforts will be wasted, bring hot water!" Li Qichen muttered: "I'm fine..." He also felt embarrassed, and added softly, "This is too rude..." I don't know if it is impolite to run barefoot like this, or it is impolite to bathe in medicine at this moment. Only then did Yan Wei notice that Yue An Jun and Du Rong were both there, and she only smiled and nodded at them, then turned to Li Qichen and said, "What's so rude about treating illnesses and saving lives? Emperors, generals, who has never been ill? Who is sick? And can you be as usual, scruples about etiquette?" Jun Yue An said: "Yes, etiquette must be implemented by people, so people are higher than etiquette. The so-called self-restraint and restoration of etiquette are just restraining one's desires, not restraining one's illness." Li Qichen nodded, and asked Mr. Yue An, "What's going on? Who hurt him?" Mr. Yue'an hadn't answered yet, but Du Rong's eyes turned to the corner of the wall. Li Qichen followed Du Rong's line of sight, and the person standing blankly in the corner with an expressionless face was none other than Mu Bie. "You hurt him? Why?!" Li Qichen glared at Mubie. Mu Bie rolled his eyes and turned his face away, not looking directly at Li Qichen. Li Qichen looked back at Jun Yue An: "Could it be that the matter is not confidential? Who leaked it to him?" Yan Wei also thought so in her heart. I'm afraid that Mu Bie heard that Tong Shui was going to assassinate Mu Xuanshi, and he was worried. His own father came first to assassinate Tong Rate. Jun Yue An shook his head: "That's not it, he was fighting Tong Shi with a sword. He lost and was not convinced, so he took advantage of Tong Shi's unpreparedness and stabbed Tong Shi back." Li Qichen said angrily: "Your father doesn't know how to teach you, I'll teach you how to be a man for him!" After saying that, he jumped up, drew his sword in his hand, and rushed over.I saw the sword light vertically and horizontally like a violent storm, dazzling people. All of this was like lightning, everyone was caught off guard, and they were shocked on the spot, and no one could step forward to stop it.