Li Xin felt that his outlook on life had been impacted: Is there still such a game in the world?

He looked at the necklace and said, "Your head seems to be injured."

Xiang Lian endured the pain and said, "It's a game. It's normal to bump into each other."

Li Xin said oh, and then asked: "You two, do you want to continue the game, or sit down and have a glass of wine?"

Li Shui said: "Of course I have to drink. My distant relative has come all the way here, and I haven't given him a chance to wash away the dust yet."

Li Xin shook his head and sighed: "You two are too playful. Did you start the game without even eating?"

Both Xiang Lian and Li Shui laughed dryly. The three of them sat down and started changing glasses.

During the banquet, Xiang Lian was extremely submissive and kept complimenting Li Shui, fearing that Li Shui would change his mind and kill him with a knife.

People are like this. They have always been steadfast and unyielding, and they may be able to grit their teeth until death. But once their cowardice is revealed, it is like a hole in the Yellow River embankment, and the floods can no longer be contained.

During this period, Xinlu once helped the kitchen serve food and wine, but after seeing Necklace's flattering attitude, he almost collapsed.

Xinlu had a feeling that he might never be able to raise his head again in front of Wang Laoshi.

This was a very unhappy meal. All three of them had their own agendas.

Xiang Lian carefully waited on Li Shui while thinking about how to find a chance to escape.

While Li Shui was guarding Necklace Dog from jumping over the wall and telling the truth, he was thinking about how to kill someone and silence him later.

As for Li Xin, he kept asking how to play the game, and kept toasting during the process.

Both Li Shui and Xiang Lian were a little overwhelmed. This was liquor, and it was very pure. Not everyone was born to be a drinker like Li Xin.

When it was getting dark, Li Xin finally got drunk and went back drunk.

As for the necklace, it had no legs and it was inconvenient to walk. Now I was so dizzy after drinking that it was difficult to even stand up, let alone run away.

Li Shui also felt that he was not in a good condition today and should not kill people.

So he felt around in the room, threw the knife out, and threw out the two wooden legs of the necklace.

Then, I walked out of the door and locked it with a big iron lock.

It is nonsense to open this door with Xiang Lian's physical strength. Li Shui returned to his bedroom with peace of mind and told Cang Fu: "No one is allowed to approach today's guests."

Afterwards, Li Shui fell into a deep sleep.

When Xiang Lian saw Li Shui leaving, he wanted to run away. But the door was locked and he couldn't open it at all. As for the window, it was a bit high. Xiang Lian tried hard to climb twice, but unfortunately he fell to the ground.

After falling down, he could not get up again. Thanks to the strength of the wine, Xiang Lian fell into a drowsy sleep.

As for whether Li Shui will kill someone and silence him? At this time, Necklace can no longer care about so much. Let's take a sleep first.

It's late at night. Many people who shouldn't sleep are asleep. Likewise, many people who should be sleeping are not sleeping.

Sanhu is one of them. Sanhu is the younger brother of Erhu. On that day, Erhu failed to sue Li Shui and was punished to do hard labor on the city wall.

It was also Li Shui who didn't know much about the farmers and didn't know that Erhu had relatives among the farmers.

In the past few days, Sanhu worked in the fields during the day and tossed and turned at night. He was convinced that Li Shui's bet would definitely be lost.

How could he have a good harvest if he only planted half of the field? So he kept thinking about running away.

This morning, he took the time to meet his brother, Erhu.

Erhu was working hard on the city wall, but he was in good spirits. He even said excitedly: "I only need to do hard labor for a few more months. By then, the winner will be decided, and Huaiguzi will die. And I am

General Wang Li’s meritorious service will be able to soar into the sky in the future, and he will no longer have to be burdened with plowing the fields."

These words made Sanhu envious.

Erhu advised him: "Leave Huaiguzi as soon as possible and join General Wang Li. Otherwise, Huaiguzi will lose and everyone will fall to the ground. Do you farmers still have good fruits? How do you say that? By the way.

, if the bird's nest falls to the ground, how can the eggs remain intact?"

Sanhu came back in deep thought, thinking about it all the way into the night. He felt that leaving Huaiguzi must be done, and the sooner the better.

However, why did he go to see General Wang Li with nothing? Why did General Wang Li accept him?

Suddenly, Sanhu thought of a person. Mr. Mujiao who came to Shangjun Courtyard today.

At that time, the two tigers were passing by the other courtyard, and they seemed to hear Lord Mujiao shouting: "Help, there's a murderer."

Immediately afterwards, the door was pushed open by Li Xin. Sanhu glanced and saw that there seemed to be blood on Master Mujiao's head.

Yes, yes. Later, Master Mujiao never appeared. Could it be that he had been killed?

Thinking of this, Sanhu got up from the bed and ran towards Xianyang City happily. He shouted in his heart: "I'm going to tell the truth. Huaiguzi has killed someone."

At the foot of Xianyang City, Sanhu was captured by the city guards. But it didn't matter. He swore that he had a huge secret to report to General Wang Li.

The soldiers guarding the city were hesitant and fearful of delaying Wang Li's important event, so they sent him to Wang Li's mansion...

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Li Xin didn't fall asleep either. He was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, but he was not drunk at all. In fact, his drunkenness in Shangjun's courtyard was just an act.

Mrs. Li suddenly asked: "Are you worried?"

Li Xin hummed and said, "Who do you think the current emperor is?"

Mrs. Li thought for a while and said: "There is one emperor through the ages, an unprecedented hero. The six countries have just been unified, and the people's hearts are unstable. Thanks to the emperor's reign, he has shocked the world."

Li Xin added: "Yes, if something happens to His Majesty, the world will be in chaos. However, if you have a close friend who turns out to be an assassin and may assassinate Your Majesty, what will you do?"

Mrs. Li was silent for a while and asked: "You mean, Huaiguzi?"

Li Xin was shocked: "You have already seen that Huaiguzi is an assassin?"

Mrs. Li said helplessly: "No, you only have one best friend."

Li Xin was a little embarrassed: "I have a good relationship with Meng Tian and Mengyi, a life-long friendship..."

Mrs. Li rolled her eyes and asked, "Why do you doubt Huaiguzi?"

Li Xin said: "Today I went to Shangjun's courtyard and saw the necklace."

Mrs. Li was surprised: "That was the necklace that chased you for more than a hundred miles in the Chu region?"

Li Xin hummed: "He is a retainer of the Xiang family, I remember it clearly. But he got involved with Huaiguzi. Xiang Lian thought I didn't recognize him, and Li Shui thought I didn't notice anything unusual. The two of them thought that I didn't recognize him.

He is secretive and lies all the time."

"Well, behind Xiang Lian is Xiang Liang, and Xiang Liang is a descendant of Xiang Yan. The Xiang family has a grudge against Da Qin and has been eager to assassinate him. Now that he appears at Brother Huai's place, I'm worried about Brother Huai

Bewitched by him."

"But I can't ask rashly until the matter is clear. What if...what if Huaiguzi really has other thoughts? He once saved my life, and I really can't bear to catch him myself."

Mrs. Li frowned and said, "What happened today? Please tell me in detail."

Li Xin said it again.

After hearing this, Mrs. Li immediately laughed: "You are worrying too much. Huaiguzi will definitely not assassinate His Majesty."

Li Xin asked in confusion: "Why is this?"

Mrs. Li said: "First, if Huaiguzi wanted to commit an assassination, why bother to tie up the necklace? What's more, there was blood on the necklace's head and Huaiguzi had a knife in his hand. He was obviously planning to kill someone."

Li Xin nodded in agreement, and then asked puzzledly: "But why didn't he report to the official?"

Mrs. Li said: "There are many reasons for this. Maybe they are worried about the retaliation of the remaining members of the Xiang family, or maybe they are worried that someone will spread rumors and cause trouble. Or maybe Xiang Lian has the handle on Huaiguzi."

Li Xin hummed: "Brother Huai acted informally and had some excuses, which is normal. If he doesn't want to be coerced, just kill Xiang Lian and get it over with. This is indeed the best choice."

Mrs. Li smiled and said, "That's right. Huaiguzi has a lot of problems with him. Which idiot in the world would send such an assassin to assassinate him? You don't know that when he came to the house that day, his eyes were always staring at the maid at home."

Li Xin laughed.

Mrs. Li said: "Actually, why do you doubt Huaiguzi? If he really wanted to assassinate and casually put poison in the steamed buns, His Majesty would have died long ago. How come he is still safe and sound today?"

Li Xin nodded: "That makes sense."

Then, he turned over and sat up.

Mrs. Li asked in confusion: "What are you going to do?"

Li Xin said: "I already know what I'm doing. I'm going to find the necklace and ask for details."

Mrs. Li did not stop him and allowed Li Xin to mount the horse and gallop out of the house.

When the soldiers guarding the city saw General Li leaving the city, they did not dare to stop him and allowed him to go towards Shang Jun's courtyard.

Li Xin was highly skilled in martial arts, and it was as if he was in a deserted place. He quickly found the room where he was drinking, jumped out of the window, put the necklace on his back, and ran out again.

Ao Fu, who had been guarding the door, didn't even know anyone had come.

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By the river, Necklace's head was pushed into the water. He suddenly woke up from his sleep, and his body struggled violently.

Li Xin grabbed his hair, lifted him up, and then shouted viciously: "Speak!"

Xiang Lian shuddered and said, "I am a relative of Huaiguzi. I just left..."

Li Xin sneered: "Xiang Lian, do you think I don't recognize you?"
To be continued...