Chapter 848: Wu Chenghei's Scheme
Wu Chengsi left Liu Xuanji's hexagram stall with full doubts, and only walked more than a mile, when he suddenly stopped and said to the two guards beside him: "You two, go and keep an eye on this Taoist priest, don't be discovered by him." ”
"Yes!" The two guards immediately took the order and turned back.
Wu Chengsi returned home and held the talisman given by Liu Xuanji, thoughtfully, in fact, he still believed in the words of ghosts and gods, and he was willing to believe that there were masters in this world, but there were too many warlocks in Chang'an City, and after he was deceived twice, he was reluctant to believe these people, but today, this Liu Xuanji made him feel different, different from the previous liars, because Liu Xuanji did not ask him for a penny, and gave him a talisman.
After thinking about it for a long time, Wu Chengsi stuffed the talisman into his arms, and patted his chest twice, collecting it properly, rather believing it than not, and then, he began to write a post and sent someone to Li Daozong's mansion to invite Li Daozong to drink at Tongfu Restaurant.
Li Daozong has been very low-key over the years, and he deliberately kept a distance from Li Hao, so the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty thought that Li Daozong and Li Hao had a bad relationship, and the most important thing was that Li Daozong was sleek and did not dare to offend people.
Sure enough, Li Daozong went to the appointment on time that night and came to Tongfu Restaurant.
Wu Chengsi had already prepared the wine and food for a long time, and after the two met, they exchanged pleasantries, said empty words without nutrition, and then complimented each other, and began to push the cup and change the lamp.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Wu Chengsi finally said today's business: "King Jiangxia, I met a strange person today. ”
"Oh?" Li Daozong put down his wine glass when he heard this, and said slowly, "There are a lot of charlatans in Chang'an City, I don't know if Lord Wu has encountered a real strange person or a charlatan?" ”
"I'm not sure about that." Wu Chengsi pretended to be sad and said slowly, "He said that I am riddled with fire and robbery, and the day of the robbery will be within these three days." ”
Li Daozong said: "Then Lord Wu should be careful with fire, I would rather believe it than believe it, I don't know where this strange person met?" ”
"Met in the West Market." Wu Chengsi said, "This person opened a talisman shop in the West Market, and he set up a stall in front of the store to tell fortunes. ”
"Wait!" Li Daozong's face suddenly turned shocked when he heard this, and asked, "Is this person in his sixties, an immortal wind and a bone, and a self-proclaimed Liu Banxian?" ”
Wu Chengsi was secretly shocked when he heard this, it turned out that Li Daozong really knew this person, but he didn't show surprise, he just said curiously: "King Jiangxia knows this person?" His banner did say Liu Banxian. ”
"Don't just know." Li Daozong said, "He also saved my life, if it wasn't for his guidance, I was afraid that I would have died thirty years ago, and then helped me escape the catastrophe several times, then it is really a living immortal with no last resort!" ”
"There is such a thing!" Wu Chengsi was really shocked at this time, and said, "In this way, this Liu Banxian is really a master?" ”
"That's right, it's a master, a master outside the world." Li Daozong said, "I originally wanted to invite him to my house as a guest, so that he can become my talisman in the future, but unfortunately, a master is a master, he said that a good bird chooses a tree to perch, he is a phoenix, only perched on the sycamore wood, and I, not the sycamore, alas......" Li Daozong shook his head and sighed, and depressedly picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
Wu Chengsi was immediately moved when he heard this, this Liu Banxian's vision is so high, even the king of Jiangxia can't look down on it, I don't know if I can, didn't he say that my nobility is the highest he has ever seen, if this person is recruited, who am I afraid of in the future?
The more Wu Chengsi thought about it, the more excited he became, and he drank two more drinks with Li Daozong, found an excuse to leave in a hurry, and returned to the mansion.
When they arrived at home, the two guards who were following Liu Xuanji came back and reported to Wu Chenghe, saying that Liu Xuanji was all right and that there was no sign of escape.
Wu Chengsi has now decided that Liu Xuanji is a master in the world, and secretly decided that when he went to visit Liu Xuanji tomorrow, he must recruit Liu Xuanji.
When the moonlight was in the sky, above Wu Chenghe's mansion, a black shadow was leaping on the roof and courtyard wall like a ghost, his movements were so light and agile that he didn't look like a person, looking at Chang'an, there was no one else who could have such martial arts except Li Hao.
Li Hao came to the courtyard where Wu Chengsi was and secretly observed, there were three bright posts in the courtyard and four guards at the door. He jumped on the roof first, uncovered the tiles, the room was dark, Wu Chengsi had already turned off the lights, Li Hao blew a lot of smoke into the room, and covered the tiles, and then waited for about ten minutes, he slid down from the roof, to the eaves, his hand hooked on the eaves, his body swinged, and he went to the eaves, hugged the pillars and slowly slid down, without a sound, the three guards turned their backs to him, only more than two feet away from him, as long as he turned around, he could see him.
He took out a very thin dagger, shoved it into the crack of the window, flicked it open, pushed it open, jumped in, supported the ground with his hands, and rolled forward without making a sound.
There was smoke in the room, Li Hao naturally held his breath, walked to the bed and patted Wu Chenghe's face, but there was no response. Li Hao took out the talisman from his arms lightly, then changed a talisman and put it in, and after doing all this, he got out of the window again, picked the lock of the window with a knife, and then jumped onto the eaves and pillars of the corridor.
There are two lanterns hanging under the corridor outside the door, although Chang'an City has now popularized electricity, but because there are not many power plants, and there are too many residents in Chang'an City, so each household has a limit on electricity, where there is no electricity, it will be tried not to use, like the lighting in the yard at night, do not use electric lights, because it is too wasteful, to light up overnight, what a waste of electricity, and it is useless, lanterns are the best choice.
Li Hao poured a little alcohol into the lantern in the east, and the fire in the lantern suddenly jumped up, and Li Hao immediately turned over to the roof, jumped onto a big tree in the courtyard next door, and watched the changes.
Alcohol was added to the lantern, and the flame in the lantern was so strong that within ten seconds, the whole lantern suddenly burned, and the yard was suddenly illuminated by the firelight.
The guards were startled, and hurriedly turned their heads to look, and when they saw that the lantern was on fire, they stepped forward and knocked the burning lantern into the middle of the courtyard with wooden sticks to prevent it from igniting the house.
Fortunately, nothing major happened, so they didn't dare to alarm Wu Chenghei and continued to guard, Li Hao on the tree in the courtyard next door smiled proudly, the plan had been completed, and he could go back.
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The next morning, Wu Chengsi got up, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw that there was one lantern missing, so he frowned and asked, "Why is the lantern missing?" ”
One of the guards in the courtyard replied, "Master Hui, last night a lantern suddenly caught fire, and we climbed it to set fire to the house, and then shot it down, and threw it away." ”
"What!" Wu Chengsi was shocked when he heard this, and the lantern suddenly caught fire, and now everything related to fire can stimulate his nerves.
He hurriedly took out the talisman in his arms, and when he looked at it, he was shocked, only to see that the talisman was black, as if it had been roasted by fire, and it was already a little carbonized.
He hurried back into the house, checked all the windows, and when they were all closed, he ran out again and asked the guard, "Did anyone enter my room last night?" ”
"Back to my lord, I have been guarding outside, and no one has ever entered."
Wu Chengsi couldn't calm down anymore, and hurriedly shouted: "Quick! Prepare the horses! Prepare the horses! Go to West Market! ”
Wu Chengji hurriedly came to Liu Xuanji's shop, only to see that Liu Xuanji was still sitting in front of the hexagram stall and closed his eyes to recuperate. ”
Wu Chengsi hurriedly dismounted and saluted: "The old gentleman is really a god. ”
Liu Xuanji opened his eyes, showed an unfathomable smile, and said, "The noble man has praised it, go to the house to talk with the old way." ”
Wu Chenghei bowed his head: "The younger generation is honored." ”
Wu Chengsi is actually the same as his father Wu Yuanshuang, he is the character of a second ancestor, very arrogant, but he is a little more ruthless than Wu Yuanshuang, usually his eyes are above the top, except for Wu Meiniang, it is difficult for someone to tame him, but Liu Xuanji is a master in the world, such a person, in their eyes, is an immortal-like existence, how can he not be in awe, so his posture is extremely low.
Liu Xuanji took Wu Chengsi into the store, and Liu Xuanji immediately said loudly: "Senior Brother Li, serve tea." ”
The day before yesterday, he discussed it with Li Hao again, and felt that it was better to partner in the name of his brother, and Li Hao also agreed, so Li Hao now wants to pretend to be Liu Xuanji's junior brother.
Li Hao hurriedly walked out of the back room, came out with a teacup, and served tea to the two of them.
Wu Chengsi was surprised: "This tea ...... It's too fast. ”
Li Hao put the teacup on the table and said, "Senior Brother Fang Cai told me that a distinguished guest is coming, let me prepare tea, I just prepared tea, and you will arrive." ”
Wu Chengsi hurriedly admired: "Mr. is really a clever calculation, unparalleled in the world!" ”
"Hehe, it's too good, it's too good, please sit down." After he finished speaking, he sat down first, and took the master's shelf to the fullest, after all, he was a professional.
Wu Chengsi is really in awe of him now, although Liu Xuanji sat down, but Li Hao didn't sit down, since he learned that Li Hao was Liu Xuanji's junior brother, how could he be disrespectful, and hurriedly spread his hands and said: "This little brother should sit first." ”
Li Hao smiled and said, "Let's go together." ”
Wu Chengsi nodded and sat down at the same time as Li Hao.
Liu Xuanji introduced: "This is the senior brother of the old Tao, Li Yuanfang. ”
Wu Chengsi hurriedly said: "The old gentleman is so powerful, presumably the junior brother is not an ordinary person." ”
Li Hao said: "Senior brother learns literature, I study martial arts, and I am responsible for protecting the safety of senior brother." ”
"Oh?" Wu Chengsi hurriedly said when he heard this, "Then Mr. Li's martial arts must be good." ”
Li Hao smiled proudly and said, "I haven't met an opponent so far. ”
Wu Chengsi looked Li Hao up and down, and felt that Li Hao was a bit bragging, Li Hao looked like he was twenty years old at most, how high his martial arts skills could be at such a young age.
"You don't believe me?" Li Hao seemed to see his doubts, suddenly got up, walked to Wu Chengsi's side, grabbed the mahogany chair with one hand, and lifted him up with the chair, and it was raised with one hand, which frightened Wu Chengsi and screamed.