Chapter 365: 98. Entering the Game

98. Entering the Game

"Sixth Young Master!"

The Persian merchant Li Li's voice is both surprised and happy.

Li Li, who just returned from Zhu Lingxu's mansion, looks at Wei Shaoxuan who suddenly boarded the carriage halfway, his green-bean-sized green eyes widening, unable to help but turn his head to look at the starry night sky outside the carriage window.

The Persian merchant rubs his eyes, suspecting he saw wrong.

Zhu Lingxu's side is going to set out the day after tomorrow, inviting him to discuss important matters. Li Li just finished discussing matters there and left Zhu Lingxu's mansion in the city.

His carriage was driving low-key on the streets of Chaisang Ward in the night.

As a result, halfway through, Wei Shaoxuan, who had gone to the Yunmeng Swamp and lost contact for a long time, suddenly boarded the carriage and appeared in front of him.

"You... why did you come." Pausing, the surprise faded slightly, and joy occupied Li Li's face:

"You finally came back, this little one has been looking for you so hard."

Wei Shaoxuan looks like he hasn't changed much since the beginning, waist hanging a black iron token with the word "Wei", after boarding the carriage, his expression is calm and composed, sitting down in front of Li Li, reaching out to put down the carriage curtain.

Wei Shaoxuan doesn't look at Li Li, pats his sleeve, and then directly picks up the brown pottery teapot on the small tea table in the center of the luxurious and spacious carriage, pouring a cup of hot tea.

He takes a sip, and in front of the Persian merchant who is curiously sizing him up, he sighs a long breath: "Hu—"

Wei Shaoxuan doesn't answer, Li Li is a bit embarrassed.

The inside of the carriage falls into a short silence.

Having not seen him for a long time, Li Li used his pair of beady, emerald-green eyes to cautiously size up the effeminate youth opposite him who had returned in the middle of the night.

Just at this moment, the dark guards following Li Li's carriage, after being surprised, finally noticed someone boarding the carriage halfway, appearing one after another, and the carriage slowly stops.

"Who?"

"Is Li Boss okay..."

The guards ask with concern.

Li Li looks at Wei Shaoxuan, who is sitting in the carriage, calm and composed, watching him, turns his head, and a withered hand wearing a full set of ice-seed jade and gold-inlaid white jade rings stretches out of the curtain, waving silently at the dark guards outside the window.

The dark guards withdraw one after another.

Li Li turns his head back, smiling:

"Congratulations to the Sixth Young Master, after half a year of training, your spiritual cultivation is becoming more and more profound. Just now, until I boarded the car and sat down, this little one and my subordinates didn't notice your heroic posture, too amazing..."

"However, Sixth Young Master, are you coming back from the Yunmeng Swamp... How did you find this little one."

Wei Shaoxuan smiles: "After coming out, this young master received Father's letter."

Li Li frowns: "The Prince's letter?"

"Heh, you think, under Father's command, you are the only one in Jiang Nan? Monopolizing all our resources in this way?"

He laughs lightly, his voice a bit heavier.

"No, dare not." Li Li bows his head hurriedly, wiping his sweat.

Wei Shaoxuan returns from the Yunmeng Swamp, seemingly having learned a good tea ceremony, and is now cooking tea and drinking it alone.

Opposite him, the Persian merchant is embarrassed for a moment, looks around, and hurriedly finds a topic:

"By the way, Wei Young Master, you are back, then Mr. Qiu? And the most important... Xin Dingjian."

Lowering his voice:

"The Prince is waiting bitterly for the Young Master and the Xin Dingjian in the capital. The Great Zhou Eulogy Center in the plan, and the Four Directions Buddha Statues are almost built. Except for the rebellion in Guizhou, which needs to be re-selected, it can't slow down the plan...

"The Prince is waiting for the new Xin Dingjian now, to give the Empress a surprise. This is the true blessing of the Great Zhou, more reliable than anything else."

"Oh? Are the Center and others waiting for the Xin Dingjian..." Wei Shaoxuan nods and mutters.

Li Li's eyes are suspicious: "This... Young Master doesn't know?"

Wei Shaoxuan raises his head and smiles: "Of course I know, it's just... didn't expect it to be so urgent."

Li Li sighs:

"Alas, Young Master doesn't know, before you came back, for more than half a year, the situation in the Prince's Mansion was not good. Before the rebellion of Li Zhengyan, the Prince could only count on this. Now that he has won the position of Grand Commander of the Jiangzhou Circuit Expeditionary Army, military merit is in sight, which has pulled back a city, and can breathe a little."

Wei Shaoxuan nods, suddenly says:

"Actually, this young master not only knows this, but also knows that someone is more urgent."

"Who?"

"The Empress."

Wei Shaoxuan spits out two words, Li Boss is solemn.

"Why, can't think of it? Isn't this obvious."

The effeminate young man speaks indifferently:

"Li Zhengyan is making trouble in the Southwest, aggressively, for the Great Buddha here in Jiangzhou... hmm, the Empress is naturally quite urgent, the sooner it is built, the better,

"This young master went to Twin Peaks Peak to see before entering the city, that Great Buddha in the legend is still being built in full swing, presumably the female officials sent by the Empress are already urging, right."

Li Li is stunned, revealing admiration:

"Sixth Young Master is truly a god, guessing correctly. Just after coming back, I see the situation clearly... This little one thought the Young Master was busy with the Yunmeng Swamp and couldn't take care of other things...

"Since the Sixth Young Master said so, this little one also feels that the Empress should be a bit urgent.

"It concerns the secret of the Xin Dingjian and the foundation of the Great Zhou. The Empress strongly supports the Prince in building the Center and the Four Directions Buddha Statues. However, the Empress should not know yet that the Prince and the Sixth Young Master can get a new Xin Dingjian, and doesn't know the Prince's full plan.

"But it still concerns the foundation of the Great Zhou. No wonder she sent so many palace female officials. It seems that it is not just to care for the Xunyang Prince's Mansion, this Great Buddha in Jiangzhou is also very important. The Empress should have some advance arrangements, just in case."

"Xin Dingjian secret, Great Zhou foundation..." Wei Shaoxuan mutters and nods.

Li Li sees that the smile on the effeminate young man's face is even brighter, and asks in a low voice: "What is the Young Master happy about..."

Wei Shaoxuan doesn't look at him, sips tea, and then says leisurely:

"This time, after lurking in the Yunmeng Swamp for more than half a year, those Yunmeng female cultivators are really difficult to deal with, especially that Great Lady Xue something. But fortunately, with the help of the Godfather, I took the opportunity to obtain the Longevity Medicine Sword Art. Heh, this time it can be considered a full return.

"Rest assured, the Xin Dingjian has been brought back to the capital by the Godfather, it's on the way."

"That's good, that's good!"

Li Li hears this and is immediately full of joy:

"Next time the Prince writes, I don't have to urge anymore. Alas, Sixth Young Master, you don't know, before you and the Xin Dingjian didn't return for a long time, this little one had no choice but to set a military order in front of the Prince. If I couldn't find you, I would take my head to see the Prince."

Wei Shaoxuan looks at Li Li, who is smiling bitterly and aggrieved, nods lightly, and smiles:

"This young master also left the Yunmeng Swamp, received Father's latest letter, asked the messenger, and knew that things were so urgent, so I let the Godfather bring the Xin Dingjian back at the first time.

"As for your side, the matters of the Xunyang Prince's Mansion, Wang Lengran, and Zhu Lingxu, this young master learned a little from the letter, and came here specially, waiting for Father by the way. As the Grand Commander of the Jiangzhou Circuit Expeditionary Army, he will also arrive in a few days, and then we will gather."

"Sixth Young Master is wise."

Wei Shaoxuan pats the Persian merchant's shoulder:

"It's all thanks to you. Li Li, after tonight's matter is over, this young master will reward you well."

"Ah?"

The reward is too sudden, Li Li is a bit confused.

Wei Shaoxuan says seriously:

"If it weren't for the Mo Jiao medicine you provided last time, it would be difficult to take the sword art in the Yunmeng Swamp this time. Good stuff, it not only saves lives at critical moments, but can also kill people."

He reveals white teeth.

"So that's it."

Li Li nods, his expression still curious, opening his mouth to ask.

Wei Shaoxuan suddenly interrupts: "However, there is one thing, Li Li, did you not do it well?"

"What matter?" Li Li is nervous.

"The matter of setting a trap for the Xunyang Prince's Mansion, this young master heard the messenger mention it. Li Li, didn't I ask you to help reply and inform Father that the Xunyang Prince's Mansion family has no malice and can be won over? Did you treat this young master's words as wind in your ears and didn't bring them?"

"What does the trap that night mean?"

Li Li shakes his head hurriedly:

"Sixth Young Master's words, this little one told the Prince very early, but the Prince had some other views, saying that there is no need to let them all return to the capital,

"Since the Sixth Young Master likes that cousin Guoer, and the Xunyang Prince's line has some value, it cannot be cut off, so just leave some widows and daughters to return to the capital, which can give the Empress an explanation, and can also let the Sixth Young Master marry the daughter of the Xunyang Prince, which is considered Li-Wei intermarriage, easing the situation, so there is no need for all to return, raising a tiger to cause trouble..."

Wei Shaoxuan is speechless, nodding seriously:

"It has to be Father."

Li Li sighs:

"It's just a pity that Guo Yu and Meng Shouguang were useless, and were luckily seen through by Ouyang Lianghan. After laying out for so long, it failed at the last hurdle. It's really hateful!"

"Wei Shaoxuan" raises his eyebrows slightly, looking at the Persian merchant with a face of dissatisfaction and indignation, he thinks for a while, and decides to say a fair word:

"This Ouyang Lianghan is actually quite smart, hmm, probably has half a bucket of this young master's level."

Li Li nods hatefully: "So it's half a bucket of water, shaking blindly!"

Wei Shaoxuan: "..."

Li Li adds:

"This little one means, being able to have half of the Sixth Young Master's wisdom is already a blessing cultivated in a lifetime, yet he is proud of his success, half a bucket of water wants to shake it all out, jumping around everywhere, hmph, this child really needs to learn from the Sixth Young Master, as a rare sword wielder, keep a low profile and hide his clumsiness.

"It seems that it is true that it is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son, how can this kind of poor scholar compare to the cultivation of the Sixth Young Master's noble family."

"Li Li, oh Li Li." Wei Shaoxuan sighs and pats the Persian merchant's shoulder:

"You have a future with this mouth, you really should be rewarded."

Li Li laughs: "Thank you for the Sixth Young Master's appreciation."

Wei Shaoxuan asks suddenly: "The trap was set well, and it also has half of this young master's level. Ouyang Lianghan and the Xunyang Prince's family didn't fall for it, they really have two brushes."

Li Li defends:

"The reason for breaking the trap, it seems to have been found recently. Ouyang Lianghan and the Xunyang Prince's Mansion seem to have bribed Qin Heng, a Resolute Commandant of the Zhechong Prefecture under Wang Lengran. It is said that that night, this person was bold, participated in the action, and secretly reported it."

"Hmm."

Wei Shaoxuan nods lightly, not knowing if it is true or false, lowers his eyes and asks:

"However, in this trap, this young master is slightly curious about one thing. How did we get that Hetian jade token of Xiang Prince Li Lun? Was it really the Liang Prince uncle, taking advantage of the Xiang Prince's relaxation and lack of preparation at the Princess's birthday banquet, exchanging tokens?"

Li Li is speechless: "Uh..."

Wei Shaoxuan changes the subject, pouting: "In other words, are we in a transaction under a temporary balance with the Xiang Prince's Mansion?"

"Sixth Young Master means cooperation?"

Li Li understands the subtext, scratches his head and answers:

"Actually, this little one is not very clear. This public conspiracy, I heard the Prince say, was suggested by a strategist in the Liang Prince's Mansion.

"The Hetian jade token was handed to this little one by the people of the Liang Prince's Mansion. As for how it was obtained, I don't know the details."

"The Liang Prince's strategist, heh." Wei Shaoxuan nods: "A good poisonous strategist, interesting."

Li Li flatters: "Only half of the Sixth Young Master's level."

Wei Shaoxuan smiles,

Picks up the teacup, sips tea, "This young master came here this time, there is an important matter to inform."

"Young Master please speak." Li Li's expression is immediately serious.

Wei Shaoxuan squints his eyes: "When looking for the sword art in the Yunmeng Swamp, this young master saw a batch of unexpected people."

"Who?"

"Li Zhengyan, Wei Shaoqi, and others."

Li Boss is stunned.

Wei Shaoxuan squints, as if recalling something, and continues:

"Li Zhengyan brought a strange scroll, seemingly looking for some Peach Blossom Spring, suspected to have some connection with the Yunmeng Sword Swamp Yue women, I don't know what transaction there is.

"This young master guesses, it might be related to an unknown Xin Dingjian.

"Li Zhengyan is afraid that he holds a Xin Dingjian, which concerns the safety of Father who leads the troops and the Jiangzhou vanguard.

"This young master wants to see Zhu Lingxu, there are some things to exhort.

"Take this young master to see him quickly."

"Xin Dingjian!"

Li Li has no time to think, nods hard:

"Obey!"

The Persian merchant lowers his voice, ordering the coachman outside:

"Quick, quick, return the same way..."

Half an hour later.

Chaisang Ward, Zhu Lingxu's new mansion, in a private study.

Wei Shaoxuan drinks tea leisurely and waits, Li Boss sits and accompanies.

"Young Master wait a moment, Zhu Lingxu just fell asleep, has been notified, and will come immediately."

Wei Shaoxuan nods, asking casually:

"Who is the hunchbacked old monk standing at the door just now? Looks a bit interesting."

Li Boss answers truthfully like pouring beans from a bamboo tube:

"This head-tuo monk was once a gatekeeper of the Miyin Temple. When he was young, his talent was extremely high, and he was considered one of the Buddhist sons of the Esoteric Sect. Later, something happened, and he became an abandoned disciple, becoming a head-tuo like an ascetic monk, begging for food... He was accidentally recruited by the Prince's Mansion last year, and the Prince called him Miyin Head-tuo."

"What is the cultivation of this Miyin Head-tuo?"

"Grade 6." Li Boss whispers, and adds another sentence: "Diamond."

Wei Shaoxuan smiles and nods:

"Good."

Putting down the teacup, he is full of praise, pats the Persian merchant's shoulder:

"You do things quite comprehensively. In the current situation, Zhu Lingxu is indeed critical, leading the charge for our family, his safety indeed needs attention."

"Young Master doesn't know, it's mainly that Ouyang Lianghan, too cunning, have to guard against it."

Mentioning those four words, Li Li grinds his teeth:

"Looking at it now, this Ouyang Lianghan is determined to assist the Xunyang Prince's Mansion and go against us."

"Let this young master come."

Wei Shaoxuan picks up the teacup again, sips tea, and says without raising his eyelids:

"That public conspiracy of the Liang Prince's Mansion has something, but it's a bit lacking.

"This young master also has a plan, which can make people die without a burial place."

Li Li's eyes brighten: "Young Master has great talent, I would like to hear the details."

Wei Shaoxuan smiles slightly, blowing tea:

"Keep it secret for now." Selling a suspense.

He raises his hand, as if habitually supporting his chin, Li Li beside him doesn't care.

However, after getting along, Li Li, who is good at observing words and expressions, can clearly feel that the Sixth Young Master has converged a lot of momentum after this training, not as flamboyant as before,

Even making people unable to detect the fluctuation of spiritual cultivation, a bit like Mr. Qiu.

But Mr. Qiu's cultivation is too high, like a high mountain, others are at the foot of the mountain, floating clouds covering their eyes.

The Sixth Young Master is different, clearly a surging big river, but it dissipates without a trace, the riverbed is dry, looking closely, it turns out to be a subterranean river, hiding the water potential.

I don't know what great opportunity the Sixth Young Master got in the Yunmeng Swamp, could it be the supernatural power of the Longevity Medicine Sword Art...

The Persian merchant thinks to himself while serving the effeminate young man in front of him tea.

At this moment, Zhu Lingxu rushes over, and under Li Boss's enthusiastic introduction, bows respectfully:

"Sixth Young Master, long admired, long admired, visiting late at night, what are your orders?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 366 =====