It turns out that neither of the two princesses is hers.

It seems that the emperor doesn't want to marry his daughter either.

Li Le only told the result. When Minister Zhou heard it, he smiled and said, "Thank you, Taoist Li, for telling me. I'm sure Your Highness will be happy to know this."

The two started chatting about other things, and most of the time it was Minister Zhou who did the talking while Li Le just listened, occasionally agreeing with a few "hmm".

The two were halfway through their meal when they heard someone knocking on the door. Li Lezhi and Minister Zhou both looked towards the door and stared at each other. Then, Li Lezhi stood up and went to open the door.

He originally thought it was the waiter who came to deliver something, but when he opened the door, he saw the face of Taoist Gu. "Taoist Gu?"

Gu Taibu looked past Li Le and saw Minister Zhou looking over here. He smiled to ease the awkwardness and said embarrassedly, "Master Li, I hope I didn't disturb you. I just learned from my junior brother that Master Li was here, so I came to pay a visit."

Gu Taibu pulled Shen Ya, who was reluctant to see Li Lezhi, over and introduced him to Li Lezhi: "Master Li, this is my junior fellow apprentice, Shen Ya."

Shen Ya raised his eyes and glanced at Li Le, then lowered his eyes and didn't look at him. His hands covered by his sleeves stroked the fabric. He still remembered that Taoist Li looked down on him before. When he suddenly bumped into him, Shen Ya just wanted to pretend that he didn't know him.

See it as if you haven’t seen it.

Unexpectedly, his senior brother actually pulled him over, saying that he wanted to pay a visit. In the end, he couldn't persuade his senior brother to come, but when he really saw the person, Shen Ya felt like backing out.

But he kept a straight face and called out "Master Li."

Ever since he met Shen Ya and heard that they were fellow apprentices, Li Le felt that his circle was too small, and some of the people he met were actually related to him.

Li Le could only sigh in his heart.

Then, he noticed Shen Ya's face, and with a sound of surprise, he said to the two of them, "You come in first."

Li Le just dodged.

Although Gu Taibu didn't know what he meant, he was willing to sit at the same table with Li Le and get to know him better. He didn't want to miss this opportunity.

Therefore, Gu Taibu pulled Shen Ya into the house and bowed to Minister Zhou again.

Minister Zhou also nodded to the two of them.

Li Le simply closed the door and slowly walked to his original seat and sat down, his eyes still fixed on Shen Ya's face.

Seeing this, Shen Ya raised his hand, touched his face, and frowned. Although he didn't understand why Li Le kept listening to his face, he didn't ask. After all, he couldn't bring himself to ask.

Seeing this, Gu Taibu spoke up for his junior brother and asked, "Master Li, what's wrong with my junior brother's face?"

He was not an expert in physiognomy, but judging from his junior brother's face, it looked the same as before, and he didn't look like someone who would suffer a disaster.

"Your junior brother..." Li Le paused for a moment, then continued, "Has he met someone else recently and had an argument with him?"

Shen Ya: “…”

The argument with him was only recently...

Shen Ya looked at Li Lezhi with a complicated expression. This Taoist Priest Li was really strange. He talked about this matter in front of him when the person was right in front of him. Was he pretending to be ignorant even though he knew the truth, or was he trying to hint at it and give him a warning?

Gu Taibu also thought of this. He did not forget that when he went to test Taoist Li, his junior brother expressed a lot of dissatisfaction with Taoist Li in the letter. He just felt that Taoist Li was targeting him. If anyone said that his junior brother had a conflict with someone recently, it was only Taoist Li who was to blame.

Does Taoist Priest Li want to make things clear today?

What he meant was that he already knew that his junior fellow apprentice had been saying bad things about him behind his back and had had an argument with him, and now that they met today, he wanted to make things clear.

This is to prevent his fellow apprentice from having any demonic thoughts in his heart and taking the past events to heart.

The more Gu Taibu thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. He hesitated and said, "Master Li, it was my junior brother's fault before. Please don't take it to heart."

"Huh?" Li Le was just confused. What did this have to do with him? But seeing that Gu Taibu seemed to have misunderstood, he thought it was between him and Shen Ya. How could it be possible? He and Taoist Shen had only met once or twice, but they got along well. How could it be said that they had a dispute?

Secondly, he didn't want Master Shen's life.

Li Le just said, "Gu Taibu misunderstood. Someone else wants to kill him. Taoist Shen, why don't you think about it carefully? What happened and who did he encounter?"

Gu Taibu said anxiously: "Junior Brother Shen, please think about it carefully."

He stared at Shen Ya without blinking, his face anxious, as if he wanted to do it himself and recall everything for his junior brother.

Shen Ya said "this" several times, wanting to say that what Li Le said might not be true, and wanted to say that he had not had an argument with others at all, and that he would take his life.

Besides the one who he quarreled with, Li Lezhi, who else did he... ?

Who else would take his life?

Shen Ya recalled the people he had met recently one by one, and finally, he thought of Senior Lu Chengfeng. When he thought of Senior Lu, Shen Ya thought it was impossible, because this was Taoist Priest Xuan Yangzi's senior brother, and there had been no dispute between him and Senior Lu.

etc……

Shen Ya suddenly thought of what he saw that day, and then recalled what Li Lezhi said. He first said that someone had a dispute with him, and then said that someone wanted to kill him. If Taoist Li's original intention was to ask whether he had a dispute with someone that led to the murder.

That means that Taoist Li was able to see that someone wanted to kill him.

This made Shen Ya panic. When he picked up the tea on the table, his hands were still shaking slightly. He raised his head and drank the tea in the cup. Under the gaze of three pairs of eyes, he said hurriedly: "Brother, I remember that I saw Senior Lu releasing the pigeon two days ago. It must be because of this matter. Brother, Taoist Li, but this matter will lead to a killing calamity? How can I survive it?"

Among all the people present, only Minister Zhou was not panicked. If Shen Ya died, it would mean a murder had occurred in the capital, which would be a big deal for their Ministry of Justice. However, before the two of them came, he had asked Taoist Li to calculate and nothing serious had happened.

As long as Taoist Li is around, Shen Ya will not die.

Instead, it was the Senior Lu mentioned by Shen Ya that made Minister Zhou think of someone.

He frowned and asked, "Master Shen, is the Senior Lu you mentioned Master Lu Chengfeng?"

"Yes," Shen Ya nodded.

"What?" Gu Taibu was shocked, his voice so loud that it could have blown the roof off. When he realized something was wrong, he immediately lowered his voice, "It turned out to be Taoist Master Lu Chengfeng."

This Taoist Master Lu Chengfeng is Xuan Yangzi's senior brother. He was more talented than Taoist Master Xuan Yangzi at the beginning. Unfortunately, the head of Xuan Yang Palace at that time still chose the current Taoist Master Xuan Yangzi. Because of this, Taoist Master Lu Chengfeng left Daliang and no one knew where he went. Later, he came back to Daliang from time to time, and then disappeared without a trace.

This time, when Taoist Master Lu Chengfeng came back, he was unexpectedly met by his junior fellow apprentice, and was even expected to bring about a fatal disaster.

Gu Taibu couldn't help but think a little more.

What on earth happened that made Taoist Master Lu Chengfeng want to kill his junior fellow apprentice? Was it because his junior fellow apprentice saw a carrier pigeon?

If Gu Taibu could think of it, then Minister Zhou could think of it too.

Minister Zhou thought more than them. Being in his position, and considering that these days were the days when the Snow Country and the Zhao Country were coming to the capital, he had to think more and look at the two things together.

If Taoist Master Lu left Daliang and went to Snow Country or Zhao Country and took refuge with the two countries, and then returned to Daliang with the ceremonial guards of the two countries, he would collect intelligence before the two countries came and then pass it to the two countries through carrier pigeons. This happened to be seen by Taoist Master Shen, and thus he was killed.

After thinking about it carefully, Minister Zhou couldn't find any loopholes. It seemed that this was the case. However, these were just his guesses. If he wanted to know whether it was true, he would have to rely on Taoist Li's ability.

Gu Taibu didn't think that deeply or that far. He just wanted to save his fellow apprentice's life and help him survive the disaster.

He turned his head and asked, "Master Li, how should my junior brother get through this?"

He didn't want to think deeply about whether his junior brother had offended Lu Chengfeng, nor did he want to think about whether it was because he saw the carrier pigeon. He just wanted his junior brother to survive a fatal calamity.

Gu Taibu looked anxious, afraid that Li Le would not agree, so he said, "No matter what the cost, as long as I can save my fellow apprentice's life, I am willing to do it for Taoist Li."

Li Le saw that the other party had said this. He originally planned to tell him a solution, but getting Gu Taibu's promise was also an unexpected gain.

Li Le only said: "This matter is also easy to solve. The other party has the intention to kill Master Shen, but as long as there are people guarding Master Shen, there will be no chance to kill him. As long as he can survive for five days, Master Shen's life will be safe."

"Okay, thank you, Taoist Li," Gu Taibu slapped his thigh excitedly, and then asked, "I wonder if my Taibu Office is safe and can protect my junior brother's life."

Gu Taibu became worried again.

Li Le only looked at Minister Zhou.

Minister Zhou met Li Lezhi's eyes, and saw Gu Taibu also looking in his direction. Upon seeing this, Minister Zhou turned to look at Shen Ya.

"You want me to protect him?" Minister Zhou looked at Li Lezhi, somewhat puzzled. According to where he lived, he might not be able to protect Taoist Shen's life. But just now, he was not mistaken. Taoist Li was looking at him. Did Taoist Li think that he was the key to breaking the deadlock?

Minister Zhou couldn't understand it.

You can't just put people in a cell, a cell?

Minister Zhou asked, "Master Li, do you mean to lock him up in a cell and protect him?"

Li Le only exclaimed "Ah" in his heart, lowered his eyes to hide the surprise in his eyes, and then thought carefully about what Minister Zhou said, it seemed feasible.

Shen Ya was locked up in a cell that was guarded by people. Knowing the situation in advance, they were able to protect him. However, the cell was damp and dark, so it was not a good place to stay. He stayed there for five days.

Li Le only took a look at Shen Ya's physique. He was not a particularly strong man. If he went into the cell with this body, it would be half his life.

Li Le just shook his head. "Not appropriate. The cell is a good place and can protect his life, but the conditions in the cell are not good for his health."

"At this juncture, life is more important than the body," Gu Taibu was about to make the decision to go to the cell, but when he saw his junior brother's physique out of the corner of his eye, he was a little unsure. Judging from his junior brother's physique and the fact that he would not be severely tortured, he would definitely be able to hold on in the cell and survive.

Gu Taibu gritted his teeth and was about to persuade Li Lezhi and Minister Zhou.

Li Le only said: "I thought of one person."

In the capital, apart from the imperial palace, the safest place should be the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. Those people are all capable people who have fought in the battlefield. Even if someone wants to kill Shen Ya, it may not be possible to do so in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

Li Le only mentioned Xiao Xuan.

Gu Taibu wiped his face, feeling hopeless, and said, "Then you might as well go to jail."

Entering the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion, especially with these Taoist priests, is no different from a lamb entering a pack of wolves and being beaten. In the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion, no one likes Taoist fortune-tellers, and the two sides are unwilling to give in to each other in the army.

Gu Taibu was really afraid that his fellow apprentice would never come back. After five days, his fellow apprentice should still be alive, but the atmosphere was depressing and disturbing.

If Young Master Xiao was young and energetic, and asked his junior fellow apprentice to compete with him, then his junior fellow apprentice might have spent his days lying on the bed in the Duke's Mansion.

Gu Taibu Shen thought this was not a good idea, especially since he still owed Taoist Li such a big favor that even selling him off would not be enough to pay it back, so he insisted on sending his fellow apprentice to jail.

Shen Ya: “…”

Li Le only tried to persuade him twice, but he still didn't give up his idea. He said to Minister Zhou: "I'll leave this matter to Lord Zhou."

"No problem," Minister Zhou accepted it. Besides, he also wanted to try whether he could catch some people with Shen Ya as bait to verify his guess.

In this way, Shen Ya was sentenced to spend the next five days in jail.

After the agreement, the four of them no longer had time to eat. Minister Zhou took Shen Ya back to the Ministry of Justice, took him to the prison, and personally instructed everyone to treat him well and not to make things difficult for him.

Because Emperor Zhao had mobilized the military supervisors some time ago, a small team from the Ministry of Justice was also sent to guard the place, and the precautions were much stricter than usual.

This also led to the situation that after Lu Chengfeng decided to kill Shen Ya, he found that the other party had left the Xuanyang Palace and never returned. He sent people to investigate and learned that the other party had entered Feng'an Tower. Not long after, he was arrested by Minister Zhou of the Ministry of Justice and imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice.

I heard that in addition to Minister Zhou, the popular Li Lezhi was also traveling with them.

Lu Chengfeng knew that Shen Ya must have offended Li Lezhi. Minister Zhou happened to be present. If he offended Li Lezhi, he would have offended Minister Zhou. It was a pity that he originally wanted to erase all traces of him so that no one would know about his deeds.

Now, the other party has offended Li Lezhi and is in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. He probably doesn't need to take any action. He will be tortured beyond recognition by the Ministry of Justice in two days, and naturally he will not be able to tell his deeds to anyone.

Even so, Lu Chengfeng still had some doubts.

He calculated for this purpose, wanting to know whether things were as he thought, but this calculation made him unable to see clearly. This was the first time for him that he could not see anything clearly. He could only sense that something made the destiny unclear and could not be seen clearly.

Could it be that among the people Shen Ya had interacted with, some were outliers?

That's impossible.

Lu Chengfeng suppressed the speculation in his heart. Since the person was already in jail, the matter ended here.

Li Lezhi had just returned home when he saw his two apprentices coming back. Seeing them, Li Lezhi was still happy and said to Gao Mingli: "Mingli, are you confident about the exam next February?"

"Master, don't worry. With my help, this matter is 90 percent certain," Gao Mingli assured, patting his chest. He also bumped into Qian Xi, wanting him to testify for him.

Qian Xi was hit, but his body did not shake at all. He stood steadily. When he received Gao Mingli's gaze, he hummed and testified for Gao Mingli: "Senior brother is diligent and studious in the academy. The teacher and others have praised him and said that he will definitely pass the county exam this time."

"Okay," Li Le was just happy. In order to celebrate Gao Mingli's passing the exam, he cooked himself. He even bought a chicken and slaughtered it. He also weighed a small piece of pork and cooked a meal for the two of them.

After finishing the meal, Li Le said, "You will take the boat back to Yangzhou tomorrow, and come back after the exam. I will send someone from the academy to tell your teacher."

Qian Xi: "Master, is something big going to happen?"

If it wasn't a big deal, why would the master ask them to go out and avoid disaster, and why would he specifically mention tomorrow?

"Yes, Master, I just came back. Why are you sending me away so soon?" Gao Mingli was also somewhat unhappy. Although he missed home a little, he also wanted to accompany his master for a few days. Besides, it was still early before February next year. Why should he go home so early and get tired of the old man?

"It's nothing important. You should listen to your master and leave the capital tomorrow when the city gates open and return to Yangzhou. You two have been away from home for a long time, don't you want to go back and take a look?" Li Lezhi looked at Gao Mingli and said, "Miaodao Temple still needs you to go back and take care of it. You have been away for so long and haven't offered incense to the Three Pure Ones in the temple for a long time. Don't forget the master of the temple when you return to Da'an County. I will go back to celebrate the New Year this year. The New Year is coming soon. You are my master's eldest disciple. If you don't take care of the temple's affairs for me, do you want your junior brother to make a long trip?"

Gao Mingli had nothing to say.

The master has already said this, if he still refuses without knowing what is good for him... the master will definitely use courtesy before force.

Gao Mingli was now a little smarter. He shouted to Qian Xi, "Junior brother, please say something."

Qian Xi: “…”

Qian Xi coughed and was about to speak, but when he met the look from his master, he swallowed it back silently and said obediently, "I will listen to you, Master."

"Junior brother!" Gao Mingli couldn't believe it. Qian Xi was the trump card that allowed them to stay. He would talk a lot on normal days, but when he saw the master, he was like a mute and couldn't say a word of any nonsense.

Gao Mingli was very disappointed.

But Qian Xi had already said so. He looked up at the sky. The matter had already been settled. If he wanted to refuse his master, he would only be greeted with a light knock from his master. Helplessly, Gao Mingli had to give up and agreed, "I will listen to your master too."

"Okay," seeing that both of them agreed, Li Le was satisfied and let them leave. Firstly, Gao Mingli's exam was coming up, and going back now would give him more time to deal with it. Secondly, as he said, he had been out for a long time and he didn't know how Miaodao Temple was doing. Finally, Li Le was just worried that if something big happened, the capital might not be safe, so it would be better to go back to the local area to avoid it.

Li Le just fell asleep.

The two disciples haven't gone to bed yet.

Because Qian Xihui thought it was troublesome to go back to the Qian Mansion, he slept in the same room with Gao Mingli. Gao Mingli secretly observed the master's room and saw that the light in the master's room was off. Then he lay back on the bed, rolled up the quilt, and said to Qian Xi who was sleeping upright: "Hey, Junior Brother, what is the deep meaning of Master asking us to go back to Yangzhou? I always feel that it is not as simple as Master said."

"Why think so much? The master has his own intentions," Qian Xi replied lazily.

"Aren't you curious?" Gao Mingli purred like a caterpillar and said, "Do you think that something big is going to happen between the two countries? Something big enough to affect Master. Master is worried about us, so he lets us leave. We are not the hostages written in the storybook to threaten Master, are we? Master has already calculated that we will become hostages, so he lets us leave at dawn?"

"If we become hostages, should I commit suicide? I haven't lived enough. Don't accuse me of being afraid of death. I am just regretting my best years."

"It's human nature." Qian Xi was also unable to sleep because of what Gao Mingli said. He sat up and said, "What you said are all assumptions. They may not come true."

"I'm just afraid of what might happen. Since I came to the capital, this kind of thing has come up again and again. They are all afraid of Master's ability. They are all afraid that if the people of the two countries knew Master's ability, how could they not be afraid? Master, you didn't expect that your family would be assassinated, right?"

"Do you think Master let us go because he was afraid that we would be implicated and lose our lives in vain?" Gao Mingli frowned slightly and looked straight at Qian Xi, wanting to know the answer from him.

Qian Xi: "Shouldn't...?"

Qian Xi was not sure either. He thought about it for a while and felt a little shaken. Could it be true, as his senior brother said, that the master had predicted that his family would be assassinated, and therefore sent the two of them away?

But no matter what, Qian Xi said: "Since Master asked us to leave, we should listen to Master. Based on Master's ability, there must be some tricks here that we don't know. Let's just go back to Yangzhou."

"...Okay," Gao Mingli thought that his mediocre kung fu might not be able to save his master, and he might even become a burden to his master.

Maybe, before, he did not hear what the master said and insisted on staying, which led to a lot of things happening in the end. So after the master figured it out, he let the two of them leave.

Because of this guess, Gao Mingli dreamed of being chased and running for his life. When the knife was about to stab his chest, Gao Mingli woke up instantly.

He was breathing heavily, with panic in his eyes as he scanned everything in the room. When he saw the familiar furnishings, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, realizing it was a false alarm.

He lay back down and continued to sleep.

It was not until the sky gradually brightened that Qian Xi woke him up. Gao Mingli opened his eyes. He rubbed his eyes and squinted them with a bit of confusion. He looked at the light outside. It was already dawn.

Remembering that he had to go back to Yangzhou, he got up and washed. When he was leaving, Gao Mingli thought that his master had not woken up yet. Unexpectedly, when they were about to leave, they heard the door creak and saw his master standing at the door in his middle clothes.

When the wind blew, Li Le felt his whole body was cold, but he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his apprentice had not left the house yet. He finally woke up early for once, and was thinking about getting up in the morning to see his apprentice off. He did not stay up late yesterday, and saw that the two of them had not left yet.

Li Le just said, "Wait a moment."

Afterwards, Li Lezhi returned to his room and quickly dressed himself. With an unwashed face, he felt a little embarrassed, but still said to his two disciples, "I'll take you two out of the city."

Gao Mingli turned around and hugged Li Lezhi, tears streaming down his face, "Master, I can't bear to leave you."

Li Le didn't know where to put his hands after being hugged by him. He endured it for a while before reaching out his hand to slowly push him away and said, "It's not a life-and-death separation. I will return to Yangzhou before the end of the year, don't worry."

"Let's go, it's getting late," Li Le just glanced at Qian Xi, rubbed his head, and then sent the two kids out of the city gate.

Looking at the two people in the distance, Li Lezhi felt a little reluctant. They would be separated from each other in the future, and it would be more difficult to see each other than before.

However, Li Le just looked at the sky, thinking that something was wrong. He didn't dare to stop at all and immediately walked towards home. The sadness in his heart was all dissipated by the fact that he was going to be late for work.

After he had finally washed up and changed into his official uniform, he headed towards the Honglu Temple. When he arrived, everyone there was busy.

Fortunately, no one noticed his tardiness.

Li Le secretly returned to his office, but before he even stepped into the office, he was stopped by the Minister of the Honglu Temple, Lord Wang, who said, "Li Zhubu, we are going to welcome the ceremonial guards from the Snow Country and the Zhao Country today. Do you want to go?"

In the past, the chief clerk had no chance to go there. Lord Wang thought that Taoist Li was not an ordinary chief clerk, and it would be best to go and meet him in order to give face to both countries. If Chief Clerk Li could take this opportunity to find out something and report it, their Honglu Temple would also benefit from it and get to be in the limelight in front of His Majesty.

"Me?" Li Le just pointed at himself.

"Yes," Lord Wang nodded.

After hesitating for a while, Li Le decided to go and take a look. If he didn't experience such a big thing, it would seem like he had come to the Honglu Temple in vain.

After obtaining the consent of Taoist Priest Li, Lord Wang left with satisfaction.

Li Lezhi didn't have to wait long before he got the news that the guards of honor from Zhao Kingdom and Snow Kingdom had arrived. Li Lezhi went with everyone to greet them. He looked at the guards of honor from the two countries. Except for the people from Snow Kingdom, everyone was present. On the Zhao Kingdom side, the situation was a little different. Although the people who came out were wearing the prince's clothes, they were wearing masks and said that they had caught a cold and should not show up.

Li Le only suspected that this person might not be the Crown Prince of Zhao. It was written like this in the plot that some crown princes would run away halfway and then let a fake impostor come to disguise themselves. But what Li Le only didn't expect was that not only the crown prince of Zhao came, but also a princess.

Could it be that Zhaoguo also wants to form an alliance through marriage?

But there is really no harmony between Zhaoguo and Daliang. They dislike each other and it is a matter of life and death. How can they still have an alliance?

The two families become a pair... and walk hand in hand...

The scene was so beautiful that Li Le could only dare not imagine it.

The two countries' guards of honor were arranged in the Fan Pavilion. After everyone was arranged, Lord Wang pulled Li Lezhi aside and asked, "Master Li, do you see anything?"

"..." Li Le didn't know whether he could say it or not. This was all told to him. Li Le only thought of this for a moment, and then he felt that he was crazy. This kind of thing can be calculated, so he counted with his fingers.

The one who came was the Crown Prince of Zhao.

no.

After calculating the result, it was true. Li Le only whispered: "The Crown Prince of Zhao is not me."

"What?!" Lord Wang exclaimed. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he glanced around and no one dared to look at him. Lord Wang then frowned and thought deeply. The Prince of Zhaoguo was not himself. Where did he really go?

If something happened to the Crown Prince of Zhao in Daliang, Zhao would inevitably find fault with him, which would give Lord Wang a headache.

Lord Wang then asked, "Can Taoist Li calculate where the Crown Prince of Zhao is?"

Li Le just said, "Wait a moment."

Li Lezhi calculated and found out that the Prince of Zhao was on Baiyang Mountain, so he told it out.

Lord Wang had just felt relieved, but then he was worried again by the three words "Baiyang Mountain". There were ferocious beasts in Baiyang Mountain, so it was not a good place for hiking. If the other party was really dead, it would be great if the fake became real.

Thinking of this, Lord Wang suddenly felt happy and no longer worried about whether anything would happen.

After welcoming the guests, the subsequent affairs of the Honglu Temple were just to assist the Ministry of Rites in preparing for the banquet, and this matter had nothing to do with Li Le.

Li Le felt a lot more relaxed and went home after get off work in the afternoon. However, not long after he got home, he met another person.

This person was none other than the Third Prince.

Seeing the Third Prince again, and the Third Prince coming to his Xuanping Lane in person instead of inviting him to the palace, Li Le was only a little surprised.

Without thinking too much, he opened the door, invited Prince Duan in, and asked, "I wonder why your Highness came to see me this time?"

"Master Li has already seen the Snow Country's procession. How about the Snow Country's prince?" asked the third prince.

Li Le just remained silent.

He casually glanced at the Snow Country at that time and saw that there were quite a few people there. His mind was on the Zhao Country. He didn't know much about the Snow Country's prince, but when he saw the man, he saw that the other person was handsome. However, the Third Prince definitely didn't come because he was curious about the Snow Country's prince.

Li Le only said: "Your Highness, are you here because the Snow Country is asking for marriage?"

"Sure enough, in addition to me, Zhao Xuan has already sent people to ask Taoist Li for divination," the third prince said confidently.

“…”

The Third Prince did not dwell on this matter. He said, "I came here this time to do some calculations. There are two princesses of the right age. One is the prince's sister, and the other is my sister. I want to know who it is?"

Li Le just shook his head.

The Third Prince frowned and said, "Master, you don't want to tell my fortune? Is it because I don't give enough money? Is one thousand taels enough?"

“It’s not about the money.”

"Two thousand taels."

When the two thousand taels of silver came out, Li Le paused for a second. Two thousand taels of silver was not a small sum. He was tempted for a moment, but still shook his head and said, "It's not a matter of money. I won't do that."

Before the Third Prince opened his mouth to spend money, Li Le quickly finished the rest of his words.

"No?" The Third Prince pondered over these two words, "Master Li means..."

Li Le just nodded.

"The outcome of this matter is not the two princesses."

"Okay," the Third Prince was happy. It didn't matter who it was, as long as it wasn't his sister. Since it wasn't his sister, it wouldn't be better to fight with Zhao Xuan. The Third Prince was in a good mood. He took out two thousand taels from his arms and put them on the table. He said to Li Le, "This money, please accept it. I don't have much of anything, but I have a lot of money."

"No need, Your Highness, just give me 100 taels. For the rest, Your Highness can do more good deeds, and there will be good rewards."

"..." The third prince was silent for a moment. If Li Le had not said this, he would have let others see his methods.

But it was precisely because it was Li Lezhi who said it that the Third Prince took it to heart. Moreover, this matter involved his sister, so Taoist Priest Li said this. There must be a deep meaning behind what Taoist Priest Li said. If he could do more good deeds and let his sister stay by his side, that would also be a merit.

His mother could also be happy.

The Third Prince smiled and said, "I've made a note of this. I will definitely follow what Taoist Priest Li said and do more good deeds. I wonder how you define good deeds?"

"Don't let a small kindness go unrewarded. Always leave a way out for others."

The third prince repeated this sentence in his heart. This was the first time he heard someone say this, and it was said to him. Each of the eleven words was precious and enlightening.

He is not a good person and has never done any good deeds. As for leaving a way out, he prefers to cut the grass at its roots to avoid leaving any future troubles.

But since Taoist Priest Li gave him these eleven words, did it mean that something happened to him in the future that Taoist Priest Li predicted?

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It turns out that neither of the two princesses is hers.

It seems that the emperor doesn't want to marry his daughter either.

Li Le only told the result. When Minister Zhou heard it, he smiled and said, "Thank you, Taoist Li, for telling me. I'm sure Your Highness will be happy to know this."

The two started chatting about other things, and most of the time it was Minister Zhou who did the talking while Li Le just listened, occasionally agreeing with a few "hmm".

The two were halfway through their meal when they heard someone knocking on the door. Li Lezhi and Minister Zhou both looked towards the door and stared at each other. Then, Li Lezhi stood up and went to open the door.

He originally thought it was the waiter who came to deliver something, but when he opened the door, he saw the face of Taoist Gu. "Taoist Gu?"

Gu Taibu looked past Li Le and saw Minister Zhou looking over here. He smiled to ease the awkwardness and said embarrassedly, "Master Li, I hope I didn't disturb you. I just learned from my junior brother that Master Li was here, so I came to pay a visit."

Gu Taibu pulled Shen Ya, who was reluctant to see Li Lezhi, over and introduced him to Li Lezhi: "Master Li, this is my junior fellow apprentice, Shen Ya."

Shen Ya raised his eyes and glanced at Li Le, then lowered his eyes and didn't look at him. His hands covered by his sleeves stroked the fabric. He still remembered that Taoist Li looked down on him before. When he suddenly bumped into him, Shen Ya just wanted to pretend that he didn't know him.

See it as if you haven’t seen it.

Unexpectedly, his senior brother actually pulled him over, saying that he wanted to pay a visit. In the end, he couldn't persuade his senior brother to come, but when he really saw the person, Shen Ya felt like backing out.

But he kept a straight face and called out "Master Li."

Ever since he met Shen Ya and heard that they were fellow apprentices, Li Le felt that his circle was too small, and some of the people he met were actually related to him.

Li Le could only sigh in his heart.

Then, he noticed Shen Ya's face, and with a sound of surprise, he said to the two of them, "You come in first."

Li Le just dodged.

Although Gu Taibu didn't know what he meant, he was willing to sit at the same table with Li Le and get to know him better. He didn't want to miss this opportunity.

Therefore, Gu Taibu pulled Shen Ya into the house and bowed to Minister Zhou again.

Minister Zhou also nodded to the two of them.

Li Le simply closed the door and slowly walked to his original seat and sat down, his eyes still fixed on Shen Ya's face.

Seeing this, Shen Ya raised his hand, touched his face, and frowned. Although he didn't understand why Li Le kept listening to his face, he didn't ask. After all, he couldn't bring himself to ask.

Seeing this, Gu Taibu spoke up for his junior brother and asked, "Master Li, what's wrong with my junior brother's face?"

He was not an expert in physiognomy, but judging from his junior brother's face, it looked the same as before, and he didn't look like someone who would suffer a disaster.

"Your junior brother..." Li Le paused for a moment, then continued, "Has he met someone else recently and had an argument with him?"

Shen Ya: “…”

The argument with him was only recently...

Shen Ya looked at Li Lezhi with a complicated expression. This Taoist Priest Li was really strange. He talked about this matter in front of him when the person was right in front of him. Was he pretending to be ignorant even though he knew the truth, or was he trying to hint at it and give him a warning?

Gu Taibu also thought of this. He did not forget that when he went to test Taoist Li, his junior brother expressed a lot of dissatisfaction with Taoist Li in the letter. He just felt that Taoist Li was targeting him. If anyone said that his junior brother had a conflict with someone recently, it was only Taoist Li who was to blame.

Does Taoist Priest Li want to make things clear today?

What he meant was that he already knew that his junior fellow apprentice had been saying bad things about him behind his back and had had an argument with him, and now that they met today, he wanted to make things clear.

This is to prevent his fellow apprentice from having any demonic thoughts in his heart and taking the past events to heart.

The more Gu Taibu thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. He hesitated and said, "Master Li, it was my junior brother's fault before. Please don't take it to heart."

"Huh?" Li Le was just confused. What did this have to do with him? But seeing that Gu Taibu seemed to have misunderstood, he thought it was between him and Shen Ya. How could it be possible? He and Taoist Shen had only met once or twice, but they got along well. How could it be said that they had a dispute?

Secondly, he didn't want Master Shen's life.

Li Le just said, "Gu Taibu misunderstood. Someone else wants to kill him. Taoist Shen, why don't you think about it carefully? What happened and who did he encounter?"

Gu Taibu said anxiously: "Junior Brother Shen, please think about it carefully."

He stared at Shen Ya without blinking, his face anxious, as if he wanted to do it himself and recall everything for his junior brother.

Shen Ya said "this" several times, wanting to say that what Li Le said might not be true, and wanted to say that he had not had an argument with others at all, and that he would take his life.

Besides the one who he quarreled with, Li Lezhi, who else did he... ?

Who else would take his life?

Shen Ya recalled the people he had met recently one by one, and finally, he thought of Senior Lu Chengfeng. When he thought of Senior Lu, Shen Ya thought it was impossible, because this was Taoist Priest Xuan Yangzi's senior brother, and there had been no dispute between him and Senior Lu.

etc……

Shen Ya suddenly thought of what he saw that day, and then recalled what Li Lezhi said. He first said that someone had a dispute with him, and then said that someone wanted to kill him. If Taoist Li's original intention was to ask whether he had a dispute with someone that led to the murder.

That means that Taoist Li was able to see that someone wanted to kill him.

This made Shen Ya panic. When he picked up the tea on the table, his hands were still shaking slightly. He raised his head and drank the tea in the cup. Under the gaze of three pairs of eyes, he said hurriedly: "Brother, I remember that I saw Senior Lu releasing the pigeon two days ago. It must be because of this matter. Brother, Taoist Li, but this matter will lead to a killing calamity? How can I survive it?"

Among all the people present, only Minister Zhou was not panicked. If Shen Ya died, it would mean a murder had occurred in the capital, which would be a big deal for their Ministry of Justice. However, before the two of them came, he had asked Taoist Li to calculate and nothing serious had happened.

As long as Taoist Li is around, Shen Ya will not die.

Instead, it was the Senior Lu mentioned by Shen Ya that made Minister Zhou think of someone.

He frowned and asked, "Master Shen, is the Senior Lu you mentioned Master Lu Chengfeng?"

"Yes," Shen Ya nodded.

"What?" Gu Taibu was shocked, his voice so loud that it could have blown the roof off. When he realized something was wrong, he immediately lowered his voice, "It turned out to be Taoist Master Lu Chengfeng."

This Taoist Master Lu Chengfeng is Xuan Yangzi's senior brother. He was more talented than Taoist Master Xuan Yangzi at the beginning. Unfortunately, the head of Xuan Yang Palace at that time still chose the current Taoist Master Xuan Yangzi. Because of this, Taoist Master Lu Chengfeng left Daliang and no one knew where he went. Later, he came back to Daliang from time to time, and then disappeared without a trace.

This time, when Taoist Master Lu Chengfeng came back, he was unexpectedly met by his junior fellow apprentice, and was even expected to bring about a fatal disaster.

Gu Taibu couldn't help but think a little more.

What on earth happened that made Taoist Master Lu Chengfeng want to kill his junior fellow apprentice? Was it because his junior fellow apprentice saw a carrier pigeon?

If Gu Taibu could think of it, then Minister Zhou could think of it too.

Minister Zhou thought more than them. Being in his position, and considering that these days were the days when the Snow Country and the Zhao Country were coming to the capital, he had to think more and look at the two things together.

If Taoist Master Lu left Daliang and went to Snow Country or Zhao Country and took refuge with the two countries, and then returned to Daliang with the ceremonial guards of the two countries, he would collect intelligence before the two countries came and then pass it to the two countries through carrier pigeons. This happened to be seen by Taoist Master Shen, and thus he was killed.

After thinking about it carefully, Minister Zhou couldn't find any loopholes. It seemed that this was the case. However, these were just his guesses. If he wanted to know whether it was true, he would have to rely on Taoist Li's ability.

Gu Taibu didn't think that deeply or that far. He just wanted to save his fellow apprentice's life and help him survive the disaster.

He turned his head and asked, "Master Li, how should my junior brother get through this?"

He didn't want to think deeply about whether his junior brother had offended Lu Chengfeng, nor did he want to think about whether it was because he saw the carrier pigeon. He just wanted his junior brother to survive a fatal calamity.

Gu Taibu looked anxious, afraid that Li Le would not agree, so he said, "No matter what the cost, as long as I can save my fellow apprentice's life, I am willing to do it for Taoist Li."

Li Le saw that the other party had said this. He originally planned to tell him a solution, but getting Gu Taibu's promise was also an unexpected gain.

Li Le only said: "This matter is also easy to solve. The other party has the intention to kill Master Shen, but as long as there are people guarding Master Shen, there will be no chance to kill him. As long as he can survive for five days, Master Shen's life will be safe."

"Okay, thank you, Taoist Li," Gu Taibu slapped his thigh excitedly, and then asked, "I wonder if my Taibu Office is safe and can protect my junior brother's life."

Gu Taibu became worried again.

Li Le only looked at Minister Zhou.

Minister Zhou met Li Lezhi's eyes, and saw Gu Taibu also looking in his direction. Upon seeing this, Minister Zhou turned to look at Shen Ya.

"You want me to protect him?" Minister Zhou looked at Li Lezhi, somewhat puzzled. According to where he lived, he might not be able to protect Taoist Shen's life. But just now, he was not mistaken. Taoist Li was looking at him. Did Taoist Li think that he was the key to breaking the deadlock?

Minister Zhou couldn't understand it.

You can't just put people in a cell, a cell?

Minister Zhou asked, "Master Li, do you mean to lock him up in a cell and protect him?"

Li Le only exclaimed "Ah" in his heart, lowered his eyes to hide the surprise in his eyes, and then thought carefully about what Minister Zhou said, it seemed feasible.

Shen Ya was locked up in a cell that was guarded by people. Knowing the situation in advance, they were able to protect him. However, the cell was damp and dark, so it was not a good place to stay. He stayed there for five days.

Li Le only took a look at Shen Ya's physique. He was not a particularly strong man. If he went into the cell with this body, it would be half his life.

Li Le just shook his head. "Not appropriate. The cell is a good place and can protect his life, but the conditions in the cell are not good for his health."

"At this juncture, life is more important than the body," Gu Taibu was about to make the decision to go to the cell, but when he saw his junior brother's physique out of the corner of his eye, he was a little unsure. Judging from his junior brother's physique and the fact that he would not be severely tortured, he would definitely be able to hold on in the cell and survive.

Gu Taibu gritted his teeth and was about to persuade Li Lezhi and Minister Zhou.

Li Le only said: "I thought of one person."

In the capital, apart from the imperial palace, the safest place should be the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. Those people are all capable people who have fought in the battlefield. Even if someone wants to kill Shen Ya, it may not be possible to do so in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

Li Le only mentioned Xiao Xuan.

Gu Taibu wiped his face, feeling hopeless, and said, "Then you might as well go to jail."

Entering the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion, especially with these Taoist priests, is no different from a lamb entering a pack of wolves and being beaten. In the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion, no one likes Taoist fortune-tellers, and the two sides are unwilling to give in to each other in the army.

Gu Taibu was really afraid that his fellow apprentice would never come back. After five days, his fellow apprentice should still be alive, but the atmosphere was depressing and disturbing.

If Young Master Xiao was young and energetic, and asked his junior fellow apprentice to compete with him, then his junior fellow apprentice might have spent his days lying on the bed in the Duke's Mansion.

Gu Taibu Shen thought this was not a good idea, especially since he still owed Taoist Li such a big favor that even selling him off would not be enough to pay it back, so he insisted on sending his fellow apprentice to jail.

Shen Ya: “…”

Li Le only tried to persuade him twice, but he still didn't give up his idea. He said to Minister Zhou: "I'll leave this matter to Lord Zhou."

"No problem," Minister Zhou accepted it. Besides, he also wanted to try whether he could catch some people with Shen Ya as bait to verify his guess.

In this way, Shen Ya was sentenced to spend the next five days in jail.

After the agreement, the four of them no longer had time to eat. Minister Zhou took Shen Ya back to the Ministry of Justice, took him to the prison, and personally instructed everyone to treat him well and not to make things difficult for him.

Because Emperor Zhao had mobilized the military supervisors some time ago, a small team from the Ministry of Justice was also sent to guard the place, and the precautions were much stricter than usual.

This also led to the situation that after Lu Chengfeng decided to kill Shen Ya, he found that the other party had left the Xuanyang Palace and never returned. He sent people to investigate and learned that the other party had entered Feng'an Tower. Not long after, he was arrested by Minister Zhou of the Ministry of Justice and imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice.

I heard that in addition to Minister Zhou, the popular Li Lezhi was also traveling with them.

Lu Chengfeng knew that Shen Ya must have offended Li Lezhi. Minister Zhou happened to be present. If he offended Li Lezhi, he would have offended Minister Zhou. It was a pity that he originally wanted to erase all traces of him so that no one would know about his deeds.

Now, the other party has offended Li Lezhi and is in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. He probably doesn't need to take any action. He will be tortured beyond recognition by the Ministry of Justice in two days, and naturally he will not be able to tell his deeds to anyone.

Even so, Lu Chengfeng still had some doubts.

He calculated for this purpose, wanting to know whether things were as he thought, but this calculation made him unable to see clearly. This was the first time for him that he could not see anything clearly. He could only sense that something made the destiny unclear and could not be seen clearly.

Could it be that among the people Shen Ya had interacted with, some were outliers?

That's impossible.

Lu Chengfeng suppressed the speculation in his heart. Since the person was already in jail, the matter ended here.

Li Lezhi had just returned home when he saw his two apprentices coming back. Seeing them, Li Lezhi was still happy and said to Gao Mingli: "Mingli, are you confident about the exam next February?"

"Master, don't worry. With my help, this matter is 90 percent certain," Gao Mingli assured, patting his chest. He also bumped into Qian Xi, wanting him to testify for him.

Qian Xi was hit, but his body did not shake at all. He stood steadily. When he received Gao Mingli's gaze, he hummed and testified for Gao Mingli: "Senior brother is diligent and studious in the academy. The teacher and others have praised him and said that he will definitely pass the county exam this time."

"Okay," Li Le was just happy. In order to celebrate Gao Mingli's passing the exam, he cooked himself. He even bought a chicken and slaughtered it. He also weighed a small piece of pork and cooked a meal for the two of them.

After finishing the meal, Li Le said, "You will take the boat back to Yangzhou tomorrow, and come back after the exam. I will send someone from the academy to tell your teacher."

Qian Xi: "Master, is something big going to happen?"

If it wasn't a big deal, why would the master ask them to go out and avoid disaster, and why would he specifically mention tomorrow?

"Yes, Master, I just came back. Why are you sending me away so soon?" Gao Mingli was also somewhat unhappy. Although he missed home a little, he also wanted to accompany his master for a few days. Besides, it was still early before February next year. Why should he go home so early and get tired of the old man?

"It's nothing important. You should listen to your master and leave the capital tomorrow when the city gates open and return to Yangzhou. You two have been away from home for a long time, don't you want to go back and take a look?" Li Lezhi looked at Gao Mingli and said, "Miaodao Temple still needs you to go back and take care of it. You have been away for so long and haven't offered incense to the Three Pure Ones in the temple for a long time. Don't forget the master of the temple when you return to Da'an County. I will go back to celebrate the New Year this year. The New Year is coming soon. You are my master's eldest disciple. If you don't take care of the temple's affairs for me, do you want your junior brother to make a long trip?"

Gao Mingli had nothing to say.

The master has already said this, if he still refuses without knowing what is good for him... the master will definitely use courtesy before force.

Gao Mingli was now a little smarter. He shouted to Qian Xi, "Junior brother, please say something."

Qian Xi: “…”

Qian Xi coughed and was about to speak, but when he met the look from his master, he swallowed it back silently and said obediently, "I will listen to you, Master."

"Junior brother!" Gao Mingli couldn't believe it. Qian Xi was the trump card that allowed them to stay. He would talk a lot on normal days, but when he saw the master, he was like a mute and couldn't say a word of any nonsense.

Gao Mingli was very disappointed.

But Qian Xi had already said so. He looked up at the sky. The matter had already been settled. If he wanted to refuse his master, he would only be greeted with a light knock from his master. Helplessly, Gao Mingli had to give up and agreed, "I will listen to your master too."

"Okay," seeing that both of them agreed, Li Le was satisfied and let them leave. Firstly, Gao Mingli's exam was coming up, and going back now would give him more time to deal with it. Secondly, as he said, he had been out for a long time and he didn't know how Miaodao Temple was doing. Finally, Li Le was just worried that if something big happened, the capital might not be safe, so it would be better to go back to the local area to avoid it.

Li Le just fell asleep.

The two disciples haven't gone to bed yet.

Because Qian Xihui thought it was troublesome to go back to the Qian Mansion, he slept in the same room with Gao Mingli. Gao Mingli secretly observed the master's room and saw that the light in the master's room was off. Then he lay back on the bed, rolled up the quilt, and said to Qian Xi who was sleeping upright: "Hey, Junior Brother, what is the deep meaning of Master asking us to go back to Yangzhou? I always feel that it is not as simple as Master said."

"Why think so much? The master has his own intentions," Qian Xi replied lazily.

"Aren't you curious?" Gao Mingli purred like a caterpillar and said, "Do you think that something big is going to happen between the two countries? Something big enough to affect Master. Master is worried about us, so he lets us leave. We are not the hostages written in the storybook to threaten Master, are we? Master has already calculated that we will become hostages, so he lets us leave at dawn?"

"If we become hostages, should I commit suicide? I haven't lived enough. Don't accuse me of being afraid of death. I am just regretting my best years."

"It's human nature." Qian Xi was also unable to sleep because of what Gao Mingli said. He sat up and said, "What you said are all assumptions. They may not come true."

"I'm just afraid of what might happen. Since I came to the capital, this kind of thing has come up again and again. They are all afraid of Master's ability. They are all afraid that if the people of the two countries knew Master's ability, how could they not be afraid? Master, you didn't expect that your family would be assassinated, right?"

"Do you think Master let us go because he was afraid that we would be implicated and lose our lives in vain?" Gao Mingli frowned slightly and looked straight at Qian Xi, wanting to know the answer from him.

Qian Xi: "Shouldn't...?"

Qian Xi was not sure either. He thought about it for a while and felt a little shaken. Could it be true, as his senior brother said, that the master had predicted that his family would be assassinated, and therefore sent the two of them away?

But no matter what, Qian Xi said: "Since Master asked us to leave, we should listen to Master. Based on Master's ability, there must be some tricks here that we don't know. Let's just go back to Yangzhou."

"...Okay," Gao Mingli thought that his mediocre kung fu might not be able to save his master, and he might even become a burden to his master.

Maybe, before, he did not hear what the master said and insisted on staying, which led to a lot of things happening in the end. So after the master figured it out, he let the two of them leave.

Because of this guess, Gao Mingli dreamed of being chased and running for his life. When the knife was about to stab his chest, Gao Mingli woke up instantly.

He was breathing heavily, with panic in his eyes as he scanned everything in the room. When he saw the familiar furnishings, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, realizing it was a false alarm.

He lay back down and continued to sleep.

It was not until the sky gradually brightened that Qian Xi woke him up. Gao Mingli opened his eyes. He rubbed his eyes and squinted them with a bit of confusion. He looked at the light outside. It was already dawn.

Remembering that he had to go back to Yangzhou, he got up and washed. When he was leaving, Gao Mingli thought that his master had not woken up yet. Unexpectedly, when they were about to leave, they heard the door creak and saw his master standing at the door in his middle clothes.

When the wind blew, Li Le felt his whole body was cold, but he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his apprentice had not left the house yet. He finally woke up early for once, and was thinking about getting up in the morning to see his apprentice off. He did not stay up late yesterday, and saw that the two of them had not left yet.

Li Le just said, "Wait a moment."

Afterwards, Li Lezhi returned to his room and quickly dressed himself. With an unwashed face, he felt a little embarrassed, but still said to his two disciples, "I'll take you two out of the city."

Gao Mingli turned around and hugged Li Lezhi, tears streaming down his face, "Master, I can't bear to leave you."

Li Le didn't know where to put his hands after being hugged by him. He endured it for a while before reaching out his hand to slowly push him away and said, "It's not a life-and-death separation. I will return to Yangzhou before the end of the year, don't worry."

"Let's go, it's getting late," Li Le just glanced at Qian Xi, rubbed his head, and then sent the two kids out of the city gate.

Looking at the two people in the distance, Li Lezhi felt a little reluctant. They would be separated from each other in the future, and it would be more difficult to see each other than before.

However, Li Le just looked at the sky, thinking that something was wrong. He didn't dare to stop at all and immediately walked towards home. The sadness in his heart was all dissipated by the fact that he was going to be late for work.

After he had finally washed up and changed into his official uniform, he headed towards the Honglu Temple. When he arrived, everyone there was busy.

Fortunately, no one noticed his tardiness.

Li Le secretly returned to his office, but before he even stepped into the office, he was stopped by the Minister of the Honglu Temple, Lord Wang, who said, "Li Zhubu, we are going to welcome the ceremonial guards from the Snow Country and the Zhao Country today. Do you want to go?"

In the past, the chief clerk had no chance to go there. Lord Wang thought that Taoist Li was not an ordinary chief clerk, and it would be best to go and meet him in order to give face to both countries. If Chief Clerk Li could take this opportunity to find out something and report it, their Honglu Temple would also benefit from it and get to be in the limelight in front of His Majesty.

"Me?" Li Le just pointed at himself.

"Yes," Lord Wang nodded.

After hesitating for a while, Li Le decided to go and take a look. If he didn't experience such a big thing, it would seem like he had come to the Honglu Temple in vain.

After obtaining the consent of Taoist Priest Li, Lord Wang left with satisfaction.

Li Lezhi didn't have to wait long before he got the news that the guards of honor from Zhao Kingdom and Snow Kingdom had arrived. Li Lezhi went with everyone to greet them. He looked at the guards of honor from the two countries. Except for the people from Snow Kingdom, everyone was present. On the Zhao Kingdom side, the situation was a little different. Although the people who came out were wearing the prince's clothes, they were wearing masks and said that they had caught a cold and should not show up.

Li Le only suspected that this person might not be the Crown Prince of Zhao. It was written like this in the plot that some crown princes would run away halfway and then let a fake impostor come to disguise themselves. But what Li Le only didn't expect was that not only the crown prince of Zhao came, but also a princess.

Could it be that Zhaoguo also wants to form an alliance through marriage?

But there is really no harmony between Zhaoguo and Daliang. They dislike each other and it is a matter of life and death. How can they still have an alliance?

The two families become a pair... and walk hand in hand...

The scene was so beautiful that Li Le could only dare not imagine it.

The two countries' guards of honor were arranged in the Fan Pavilion. After everyone was arranged, Lord Wang pulled Li Lezhi aside and asked, "Master Li, do you see anything?"

"..." Li Le didn't know whether he could say it or not. This was all told to him. Li Le only thought of this for a moment, and then he felt that he was crazy. This kind of thing can be calculated, so he counted with his fingers.

The one who came was the Crown Prince of Zhao.

no.

After calculating the result, it was true. Li Le only whispered: "The Crown Prince of Zhao is not me."

"What?!" Lord Wang exclaimed. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he glanced around and no one dared to look at him. Lord Wang then frowned and thought deeply. The Prince of Zhaoguo was not himself. Where did he really go?

If something happened to the Crown Prince of Zhao in Daliang, Zhao would inevitably find fault with him, which would give Lord Wang a headache.

Lord Wang then asked, "Can Taoist Li calculate where the Crown Prince of Zhao is?"

Li Le just said, "Wait a moment."

Li Lezhi calculated and found out that the Prince of Zhao was on Baiyang Mountain, so he told it out.

Lord Wang had just felt relieved, but then he was worried again by the three words "Baiyang Mountain". There were ferocious beasts in Baiyang Mountain, so it was not a good place for hiking. If the other party was really dead, it would be great if the fake became real.

Thinking of this, Lord Wang suddenly felt happy and no longer worried about whether anything would happen.

After welcoming the guests, the subsequent affairs of the Honglu Temple were just to assist the Ministry of Rites in preparing for the banquet, and this matter had nothing to do with Li Le.

Li Le felt a lot more relaxed and went home after get off work in the afternoon. However, not long after he got home, he met another person.

This person was none other than the Third Prince.

Seeing the Third Prince again, and the Third Prince coming to his Xuanping Lane in person instead of inviting him to the palace, Li Le was only a little surprised.

Without thinking too much, he opened the door, invited Prince Duan in, and asked, "I wonder why your Highness came to see me this time?"

"Master Li has already seen the Snow Country's procession. How about the Snow Country's prince?" asked the third prince.

Li Le just remained silent.

He casually glanced at the Snow Country at that time and saw that there were quite a few people there. His mind was on the Zhao Country. He didn't know much about the Snow Country's prince, but when he saw the man, he saw that the other person was handsome. However, the Third Prince definitely didn't come because he was curious about the Snow Country's prince.

Li Le only said: "Your Highness, are you here because the Snow Country is asking for marriage?"

"Sure enough, in addition to me, Zhao Xuan has already sent people to ask Taoist Li for divination," the third prince said confidently.

“…”

The Third Prince did not dwell on this matter. He said, "I came here this time to do some calculations. There are two princesses of the right age. One is the prince's sister, and the other is my sister. I want to know who it is?"

Li Le just shook his head.

The Third Prince frowned and said, "Master, you don't want to tell my fortune? Is it because I don't give enough money? Is one thousand taels enough?"

“It’s not about the money.”

"Two thousand taels."

When the two thousand taels of silver came out, Li Le paused for a second. Two thousand taels of silver was not a small sum. He was tempted for a moment, but still shook his head and said, "It's not a matter of money. I won't do that."

Before the Third Prince opened his mouth to spend money, Li Le quickly finished the rest of his words.

"No?" The Third Prince pondered over these two words, "Master Li means..."

Li Le just nodded.

"The outcome of this matter is not the two princesses."

"Okay," the Third Prince was happy. It didn't matter who it was, as long as it wasn't his sister. Since it wasn't his sister, it wouldn't be better to fight with Zhao Xuan. The Third Prince was in a good mood. He took out two thousand taels from his arms and put them on the table. He said to Li Le, "This money, please accept it. I don't have much of anything, but I have a lot of money."

"No need, Your Highness, just give me 100 taels. For the rest, Your Highness can do more good deeds, and there will be good rewards."

"..." The third prince was silent for a moment. If Li Le had not said this, he would have let others see his methods.

But it was precisely because it was Li Lezhi who said it that the Third Prince took it to heart. Moreover, this matter involved his sister, so Taoist Priest Li said this. There must be a deep meaning behind what Taoist Priest Li said. If he could do more good deeds and let his sister stay by his side, that would also be a merit.

His mother could also be happy.

The Third Prince smiled and said, "I've made a note of this. I will definitely follow what Taoist Priest Li said and do more good deeds. I wonder how you define good deeds?"

"Don't let a small kindness go unrewarded. Always leave a way out for others."

The third prince repeated this sentence in his heart. This was the first time he heard someone say this, and it was said to him. Each of the eleven words was precious and enlightening.

He is not a good person and has never done any good deeds. As for leaving a way out, he prefers to cut the grass at its roots to avoid leaving any future troubles.

But since Taoist Priest Li gave him these eleven words, did it mean that something happened to him in the future that Taoist Priest Li predicted?

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