Bai Lixuan quietly poked her head out from the corner of an alley and peered at Yu Shiqi, who was looking for her. She couldn't help but snickered in a mischievous way. She turned around and faced the man who was setting up a stall at the entrance of the alley with a stern look on his face.

The vendor who looked at him in confusion asked: "How do you sell these pearl flowers?"

"Girl, you get what you pay for. You see, here is the top grade, here is the mid-grade, and here is the low-grade..."

"How to sell the high-grade ones?" After hearing this, Bai Lixuan expressed that she didn't like the other two types.

"One for seven silvers and three for twenty silvers." The vendor smiled and chose a Golden Butterfly Yae Sakura for her. "This one is very suitable for girls."

Baili Xuan took the pearl flower and looked at it, hesitating slightly: "This one is indeed beautiful, but I'm afraid it doesn't match the temperament of the person I want to give it to..."

"The girl didn't buy it for herself?" the vendor was a little surprised.

"No, it's for a... friend." She paused for a moment before adding, "It's a friend I've known for a while."

"Can the girl describe your friend in a few words?"

"Bright, brave, like a spring breeze blowing through the cold winter... kind-hearted, a little stubborn. Maybe that's it? I'm not good at reading people, so I speak based on my own feelings."

The vendor thought for a while and suddenly smiled: "Maybe this one is suitable for her. This is Fengwu White Magnolia."

"Magnolia..." Baili Xuan thought for a while, nodded happily, and said cheerfully: "I want these two. Pack them separately in wooden boxes. These are enough, no need to look for them."

The vendor looked at the silver coupon she slapped in front of her in stunned silence, which was worth fifty silver.

He felt a little guilty, and was about to say, girl, why don't I give you two or three more pills, you can take your pick, when he suddenly saw a young man coming behind Bai Lixuan, clasping his hands and glaring at her with a straight face.

The hawker was worried that the lady's officials had come to find him. Wouldn't the two of them get into a fight over the money later?

"Ahem..." Yu Shiqi's unpleasant cough came from behind.

Bai Lixuan's shoulders trembled, but she immediately turned around calmly and faced him without any guilt: "I can find you here, you can do it."

"Hey, I've been worried about you. Don't run around." Yu Shiqi's eyes were filled with complaints.

"I just wanted to buy you something." She said, taking the wrapped beaded flowers from the vendor and showing them to Yu Shiqi, with a smile on her face as if asking for credit and said: "I'll give it to you next time.

Give it to your little sister, she will definitely be very happy."

"Thank you, but that girl doesn't like fancy accessories." Yu Shiqi scratched his head.

"How stupid. I like it because you gave it to me." Bai Lixuan stuck out her tongue at him in disgust.

"I'm not stupid." Yu Shiqi sighed and put away the small wooden box containing the pearl flowers, and explained helplessly: "She and I grew up together and have been brothers and sisters for more than ten years. Even now

Even if I know it's a lie, I can't change it. When the lie turns out to be true, the truth is also false. I don't know how I will face Zhong Linqi's daughter in the future..."

Bai Lixuan was silent for a moment and said in an envious tone: "You are so lucky to have a father like Zhong Daxia."

"What is happiness?" Yu Shiqi rolled his eyes, "You really don't feel pain in your back when you stand and talk."

"Then if we could switch, would you be willing?" Bai Lixuan joked.

"Hey, maybe it's really suitable. The Marquis can't force me to marry General Dian's son, can he?"

"Hmph, then maybe there will be a daughter of some kind of general or eunuch, with a strong back and waist strong enough to carry a cauldron. Just enjoy the wedding night."

"Stop talking, I have a picture in my mind..." Yu Shiqi waved his hand to stop her, "Let's get back to the subject, what else is Zhong Linqi better than his martial arts? You seem to admire him very much."

Bai Lixuan smiled helplessly and said seriously: "At least he thinks about you and will care about your feelings, right?"

That seems to be the case... Yu Shiqi was persuaded by her. Compared with Bai Licheng who completely ignored Bai Lixuan's inner feelings and forced her to arrange a marriage, a father like Zhong Linqi is not bad.

"Let's go." Yu Shiqi put her thoughts aside and led her to the disguised Yunzhongjian stronghold.

The two left the alley side by side, unaware that a person pretending to be browsing a stall was peeking at them from behind.

The man waited for Yu Shiqi and Bai Lixuan's backs to disappear around the corner of the alley, then he put down the gadget he was pretending to watch and chased after them quickly. When he approached the alley, he changed to a cautious and slow pace.

He had just reached the entrance of the alley, and before he had time to look in the direction where the two people disappeared, he suddenly heard a strange wind sound coming from above his head, and then he was hit hard on the back of his neck and fainted.

Zhong Linqi held his shoulders with one hand to prevent him from falling to the ground, put one of his arms on his shoulders, and walked in the other direction.

"This is like the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind it. This time I have to dig up your origins."

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"Wait for me here, don't run around anymore." Yu Shiqi stood in front of the inn door with two wine flags hanging, and warned Baili Xuan.

"Oh, do you want to stay here?" Bai Lixuan asked curiously.

Yu Shiqi didn't answer, but ran through the door and went straight to the counter. The young man settling accounts at the counter heard the noise and raised his head and glanced at him, and said lightly: "I'm sorry, our store is full. Master, please go elsewhere."

"

"I want to see your boss."

"The shopkeeper is out. What can I do for you, Master?"

Yu Shiqi hesitated for a moment, then slowly took out the precious steel seal from his arms and placed it in front of the stage and pushed it towards the young man who was settling the score.

The young man's expression changed, he quickly accepted the seal, looked around, and whispered to Yu Shiqi: "Please follow me."

"Trouble."

The young man led Yu Shiqi through the front hall and went straight to the hut outside the back door of the inn. In front of the ajar door of the hut, he returned the stainless steel seal to Yu Shiqi: "Please come in, our team officer is inside."

Yu Shiqi nodded and pushed the door open. Three people in the room who were sorting books around a round table looked up at him at the same time.

The man in the middle, who was about thirty years old and had a short beard, asked: "What is your identity?"

"Yu Yanzhi, a member of the sword team directly under the former villa."

"Front?" The man frowned when he heard this, and the expressions of the other two people also became serious.

"Yes, it has been two years since I left the team..."

"Then what are you doing here?" A slightly younger woman next to him looked at Yu Shiqi with a careful look, "Also, why did the Villa allow you to leave the team? Who agreed?"

Yu Shiqi answered one question after another: "I'm here to ask for help. It was Captain Zhou Xiaocheng who took the initiative to ask me to leave, and it was jointly agreed by Jiuque Sect Leader Teng Antong and the other two Sect Leaders."

The three of them looked at each other in confusion. The man in the lead softened his expression slightly and asked, "What do you mean by asking for help?"

Yu Shiqi sorted out his thoughts for a while, starting with the attack on the river. The three Yunzhongjian on the other side listened a little absent-mindedly at first, but gradually the expressions of the three people changed, and their attitudes towards Yu Shiqi also changed.

Become more serious about it.

"This is the token obtained from the other party." Yu Shiqi placed a silver-plated token that he had obtained from Zhong Linqi on the table for them to see.

"Have you seen it?" the leading man asked the two people on the left and right.

Both of them frowned and shook their heads.

"Perhaps it's a newly emerged Jianghu organization." The woman guessed.
Chapter completed!