When it becomes daylight in the east and the sky is bright, the last briquettes in the stove are burned out and the last remaining heat is emitted.
Liu Mingzhi's eyelids trembled, he opened his closed eyes, looked at the rising sun in the east, slowly stood up and stretched.
The sound of cracking joints was heard, and Liu Mingzhi groaned and took a breath.
Unexpectedly, I fell asleep just sitting like this.
After stretching his stiff neck, Young Master Liu swung his arms and walked towards the bed. Looking at the pretty woman lying on the bed with messy hair and still sleeping soundly, Liu Mingzhi hesitated for a moment, then turned towards the table beside him.
The case passed.
After leaving a note, Young Master Liu walked back to the edge of the bed, covered Tao Ying with the quilt again, and then walked out the door.
As soon as they arrived on the first floor, they were greeted by Lu Niu, who was standing at the door leading to the restaurant's backyard.
"Good morning, uncle."
"Good morning, you got up so early."
"I'm used to it. If you open a restaurant and do business, you can't tell when customers will come to your door. How can you do it if you can't afford it earlier?
The younger one has already prepared the hot water for washing and asked Lan'er to send it to the two shopkeepers' boudoir. Uncle, you can just go up and wash up."
"sorry to bother you."
"My uncle, what you said is out of context. You go and wash up first. The younger one has to go help with the soup."
"good."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Lu Niu who put up a towel and ran to the backyard kitchen to be busy, then turned and headed towards the second floor.
Now that sisters Xue Bizhu and Huang Lingyi are about to give birth, they may not give birth to a baby one day, so naturally they will no longer stay in the restaurant and work on their business.
Now the business of the restaurant is just like the days when the sisters lived in the palace, everything is jointly managed by a group of old guys in the restaurant.
"Slave Lan'er meets my uncle."
"No courtesy, thank you for your hard work."
"This slave should do it. My uncle, please quickly test the water temperature. If it gets cold, I will change it immediately."
"No, just take a shower and you'll be fine. I'm going out later. The woman in the guest room on the fifth floor is my good friend.
After she wakes up, you have to do some work if she needs anything.
No matter what her request is, she will agree to it."
"Yes, I know this. After my uncle goes out, I will wait outside the house immediately."
"Little girl, you are so obedient. I will ask the accountant to give you a salary increase next month. The New Year is coming soon. Go home and have a good New Year."
The pretty little girl narrowed her big eyes and saluted with a smile.
"Lan'er, thank you, uncle."
"Thank you for what? You deserve this.
Okay, I'll wash up first."
"Uh-huh!"
After about a stick of incense, Liu Mingzhi, who had changed into a new set of clothes, left the restaurant and hurried towards the palace.
"We see your Majesty."
"Excuse me, has King Wuyi entered the palace?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, King Wuyi was waiting outside the palace gate at midnight last night. As soon as the palace gate opened at dawn, he went directly to Qinzheng Hall and informed the ministers that he would wait for His Majesty at Qinzheng Hall."
"Okay, I understand. You can continue to be on duty. It's getting cold. Change shifts frequently to avoid frostbite on your hands and feet."
"I would like to thank your Majesty for your concern. I send you your Majesty's greetings!"
After Young Master Liu entered the palace, he went straight to Qinzheng Hall.
On the steps outside the palace, he glanced at the cabinet where officials were passing by. Liu Mingzhi nodded with satisfaction and walked directly towards the palace.
As soon as he entered the palace, Liu Mingzhi saw Song Qing, whose armor was stained with black blood, holding the weapon in his arms and leaning on the dragon pillar, sleeping soundly.
After hesitating for a moment, Liu Mingzhi walked over directly.
"Brother! Wake up!"
"Huh? Who is it... The Imperial Guards, Song and Qing dynasties, are all here to see your Majesty, long live my emperor."
"Okay, there are no outsiders here, so there is no need to be so polite."
Song Qing yawned and rubbed the dirt in the corners of his eyes: "Third brother, I made you laugh. I don't know why I fell asleep."
"I've been busy for most of the night. It's impossible not to feel sleepy. It's inconvenient to be in the palace. Let's go to the Imperial Study Room to discuss it in detail."
"Yes, please!"
"Together!"
The two brothers walked towards the imperial study room with steady steps. When they entered the imperial study room, Xiao Chengzi was instructing a group of eunuchs to clean the dust in the imperial study room. When they heard the footsteps, they looked towards the palace door.
"Xiao Chengzi comes to see Your Majesty and welcomes Your Majesty back to the palace. Long live, long live."
"We are waiting to see Your Majesty and welcome Your Majesty back to the palace. Long live, long live."
“All free!”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"You should step back first. I have important matters to discuss with King Wuyi."
"In compliance with the order, we will retire."
After Xiao Chengzi left with a group of young eunuchs, Liu Mingzhi took the tea that was always available in the imperial study and poured two cups. He motioned to Song Qing to help himself while drinking the tea to moisten his throat.
"How's it going? Did you catch him alive?"
Song Qing picked up the tea and shook his head helplessly: "No one was caught alive, some died in battle, some killed themselves by biting poison.
After working for most of the night, I just collected eighty-seven corpses!"
Liu Mingzhi stopped drinking tea and looked at Song Qing with a slight frown: "Are there four people wearing black cloaks inside the corpse?"
"Apart from those masked killers dressed in black, there is only one person wearing a black cloak."
"only one?"
"Yes, there is only one person. I only found a weapon and a jade tablet from him, and nothing else."
"Where's the jade plaque?"
Song Qing hurriedly took out a jade plaque from his wristband and handed it to Liu Mingzhi: "Here, you can take a look."
Liu Mingzhi took the jade plaque and looked it over in his hand. Looking at the character Mao on the jade plaque, the shadow protector named Mao Ying appeared in front of his eyes.
"Where's the body?"
"I don't know if you have any other plans. I have not transferred these corpses to the morgue of the Ministry of Punishment for the time being. They are all placed in the school camp now.
Do you want to see it? Should we go there or send someone to take it to the palace?"
"Wait until I have time to go there! Instruct the soldiers that no one is allowed to approach those corpses without my decree or instructions."
"Understood!"
"Brother, go back and deliver the order, and then go home and rest."
"Okay, if there is anything else, just send someone to tell me."
"Okay, let's go back first!"
"I excuse myself."
Watching Song Qing's figure disappear at the door of the palace, Liu Mingzhi put down his teacup, walked to the window sill, pushed open the window and made a few gestures. After returning to Long'an, he waited with an uncertain expression.
A moment later, three figures jumped out of the wide open window and entered the imperial study.
"Subordinate Qinglong!"
"White Tiger!"
"Suzaku!"
"See you, Master!"
Liu Mingzhi squinted his eyes and drank tea for a while before turning his attention to the three of them.
"Everyone is free of charge!"
"Thank you, Master."
"This young master waited for more than two years and finally fished out the spy.
However, out of the four shadow guardians, you only left one Mao shadow. You have made me very disappointed."
The three of them looked at each other anxiously, and then hurriedly knelt down on one knee as soon as they stood up.
"I'm going to have trouble doing things, so I ask the young master to punish me."
Liu Mingzhi waved his hand impatiently and pointed to the chair beside him.
"Get up, sit down and say, what happened after I left last night?"
"Yes, thank you, Master, for the seat."
"Qinglong, you are the main person in charge of this operation, please tell me."
"yes!
To report back to the young master, it’s not that the subordinates are incompetent, but that the Shadow Guardians are too powerful.
After you left, Master, those secret agents rushed out with all their might.
The courtyard at that time was too narrow, and completely incomparable with the wide terrain of Fengyundu.
Spy Shadow's more than eighty spies are all third-level masters. In such terrain, the poisoned crossbow arrows in the brothers' hands have no use at all. If they are not careful, they will accidentally injure their brothers.
With no choice, the brothers could only put away their crossbows and arrows and fight the enemy in close combat.
Young Master, you are also an innate master, so you naturally understand the difference between us subordinates who use our internal strength and the innate masters to protect their bodies with true energy.
The Four Shadows protect the body with their Gangqi. We can't do anything about them, and we can't use poisonous arrows to consume their Qi. The brothers' encirclement and suppression operations are completely restricted.
When Song Dutong sent a large army to arrive, the house was so narrow that the soldiers of the Forbidden Army, not to mention helping, actually held back the brothers.
The four shadow guardians were surrounded and suppressed by their brothers, charging all the way as if they were in an uninhabited land.
Moreover, the hidden stake that Spy Shadow was standing sentry outside turned out to be an innate master like a Shadow Protector.
Young Master, you just left without a cup of tea, and he rushed in with his sword to assist the other four shadow guardians.
Master Liao Fan and Miss Bai worked together to fight against a shadow protector who was unable to escape.
But the brothers couldn't stop the remaining four.
They protected their bodies with their true energy and fought their way out of the house at the cost of serious injuries.
The Protector Mao Yingying who died in the battle tried his best to support Master Fan, Miss Bai and the others, and was also involved in the pursuit of the brothers.
Although all eighty-six spy agents were killed, the remaining four shadow guardians used their strong strength to rush out.
In the end, under the pursuit of the brothers, he disappeared without a trace."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Qinglong's helpless and aggrieved look, rubbed the tea cup in his hand and recalled the topography of Li's house.
Thinking of the powerful strength of the innate masters who were called land gods, Liu Mingzhi sighed heavily.