After walking out of the King of Shu's Mansion, the two of them had talked a lot and had walked a long way.
This meant that they still had to walk for a long time before they could return to retrieve their swords.
Miss.Liu didn't stay silent. She deliberately slowed down her pace and said, "Be a bandit — I'm just saying. We're going to stay in the capital city in the future, so we can't offend the future emperor. If you have a way, it's better to make up for it as soon as possible."
She didn't tell the truth this time. She had always been active rather than quiet. Whether it was traveling the martial world with a sword or becoming a bandit, it was much more interesting than staying in one place quietly.
However, this was just her opinion. These days, she had learned not to force her opinion on others.
"Actually, I'm really not just saying."
Li Yi curled his lips. How could he not know what Miss.Liu was thinking? With her personality, would she stay in one place quietly?
Miss.Liu frowned, "In this peaceful world, where would we be bandits?"
"Didn't I say it just now? In the northwest, between the high mountains and lofty ridges, the Jing Kingdom, the Qi Kingdom, and the Wu Kingdom have always been a lawless and chaotic land. There are countless bandits and horse bandits. They attack cities and rob traveling caravans. Because of the terrain, neither the Qi Kingdom nor the Jing Kingdom can send a large number of troops to encircle and suppress them. As for the Wu Kingdom, it's too busy to deal with its own internal strife. Moreover, the biggest group of bandits are the rebels of the Wu Kingdom, so they have no time to care about other things. It's a paradise for bandits."
Li Yi looked at Miss.Liu and sighed. He said with disappointment, "How many times have I told you to read more and gain more knowledge? But you just won't listen. Look, you're stupid when it's time to use it."
Liu Ruyi clenched her teeth. She swore that if it weren't for the fact that she didn't have Autumn Water with her, she would have poked a few holes in his body.
However, this could be done later. There was one thing she had to confirm now.
"Do you really want to be a bandit?" She didn't raise her head to look at Li Yi. She seemed to ask casually, but in her heart, there was 30% nervousness, 30% expectation, 30% joy, and a part that even she didn't know what it was.
Li Yi nodded and said, "If you are tired of this kind of life, or if you really have no way out, this is not a bad choice."
"Why?" Miss.Liu had a lot of questions today.
"Because you like being a bandit …" Li Yi looked back at her and said matter-of-factly.
Liu Ruyi had to admit that her heart was beating wildly at this moment. She was 50% nervous and 40% happy, but there was also a complicated emotion that she still didn't know what it was.
"How is it?" Li Yi suddenly asked just as she was troubled by this feeling that she had never felt before.
"What … How is it?" Liu Ruyi lowered his head and asked in a trembling voice, which was obviously different from usual.
"Are you touched by what I said?" Li Yi turned around and said to her with a smile, "Do you have a conscience? Do you want to repay me with something?"
Liu Ruyi's body trembled again. She thought to herself that he was teasing her on purpose just now. As she breathed a sigh of relief, her embarrassment immediately turned into anger. She asked with a frosty face, "How do you repay me? For example, by marrying me? "
"By marrying me?" Li Yi looked at her from head to toe and said with a pout, "You wish. I mean, do you have any special secret techniques that you can teach me? The kind that is very powerful. That way, if I were to encounter someone like that crazy monk again, at least I would have the ability to protect myself …"
"In your dreams …"
Miss.Liu's chest rose and fell, but she quickly regained her composure. When she opened her mouth, her voice became extremely cold. She said, "Alright, I happen to have a set of powerful palm technique that is a secret of our Liu family. It has always been passed down to the female disciples and not the male disciples. I will make an exception and teach it to you now!"
In an instant, the wind from the palm whistled. The early spring actually had the somber feeling of late autumn.
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Li Yi limped towards the direction of the Shu King's Residence. It was not because of the inhumane torture that Second Miss Liu had inflicted on him, but because he had accidentally sprained his ankle when he was running away … Although it was not too serious, he still needed to limp to feel better.
At this moment, the steward of the King of Shu's Mansion, who had chased Li Yi and Qin Wanru out of the mansion, stood at the door with a pale face. He asked the servant who welcomed the guests, "Did, did two people walk out of here just now?"
"Yes, there were two people, a man and a woman. They are both young." The servant answered the steward's question honestly.
He had been wondering why a guest had left when the birthday banquet had just begun. Now, seeing Steward Xu's expression, the doubt in his heart deepened.
"Left …" Hearing this, Steward Xu's legs turned to jelly and he almost fell to his knees.
He knew very well that if the honored guest that the Prince cared about had really left, he, who had chased him away, would have to bear the Prince's wrath.
That was obviously a young scholar sitting in the corner. These people would be present at every banquet in the Shu King's Mansion. They did not have a strong background and were destined to not have any great achievements. They were just a group of people who wanted to climb up the Shu King's Mansion just because they could recite a few lines of poetry. As the steward of the Shu King's Mansion, he had chased them away. Moreover, Young Master Cui had also asked him to do so.
But he had never imagined that this person was actually the honored guest of the Prince, to the point that the Prince would personally ask about him. But since he was the honored guest, why was he sitting in such a position?
All of this was no longer important. What was important was that the honored guest of the Prince had left. He had chased him away. The scholar who had falsely accused the honored guest had already been beaten out of the back door. From then on, he would never be able to raise his head in the capital again.
Thinking of the scholar's ending, Steward Xu seemed to have already seen his dark future. No, he no longer had a future.
If the Heavens could give him another chance, he would definitely sew his mouth shut. That way, he would not say anything offensive and things would not have turned out this way.
Finally, as if the Heavens had heard his call, just as Steward Xu's heart was sinking into a bottomless abyss, a somewhat familiar voice suddenly rang in his ear.
To the current Steward Xu, this voice was even more beautiful than the sounds of nature.
"I'm here to retrieve that sword. When I entered, I left it here," Li Yi said to the servant of the Prince of Shu's residence.
The servant of the Prince of Shu's residence recognized this country bumpkin and also remembered that before he entered, he had indeed left a sword here. It was on the table behind him.
He thought to himself that the person who had just walked out of the residence was him. It seemed that Steward Xu had also come out for him. The servant took the sword from the table behind him and handed it over.
Li Yi lowered his head to take a look. It was indeed Miss.Liu's sword. She was still waiting for him under the tree in front of him. Li Yi took the sword and prepared to turn to leave.
Just at this moment, he suddenly felt his calf tighten. When he looked down, he discovered that his leg was being hugged.
The steward who had arrogantly asked him to leave the Prince of Shu's residence was now kneeling on the ground. One hand was hugging his thigh, and the other was slapping his own face. He wailed, "Just now, I had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai. Please don't blame me, His Highness, the Prince of Shu, invites you back quickly!"
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