There is a new director of the inner court.

That day, as soon as he arrived at the shop, Li Yuan learned the news, but what shocked him was.

"The knife-catcher is Yu Zhen, how could it be him?"

With his peripheral vision, he glanced at Yu Zhen, the swordsman who was scolding his apprentices in front of the courtyard gate, and Qin Xiong, who seemed to have just left after talking. Li Yuan secretly became wary in his heart.

After Fajiu Shan came back, he kept paying attention. The reward for Nianjiu was raised to two hundred taels again. Almost most of the city guards were chasing the murderer on the city guard, and each family played mournful music for several days.

The knife catchers in the city have long since left.

This is true...

"Perhaps he was also involved?"

Li Yuan was wary, but he did not turn around and leave. He went to the inner courtyard as usual and met with the new master with the other apprentices.

Yu Zhen seemed to have forgotten about him a long time ago. He said a few words casually, then yawned and left. Yue Yunjin was still teaching the apprentices.

"Junior Brother Li, there will be a small meeting in the inner city in four days. Do you want to go with us?"

Wu Ming put down the stone grinder that was holding him back and walked over.

"Miss Lu's little moment?"

Li Yuan's heart moved slightly. After Tang Tong left, Wang Gong met him several times, but never mentioned the matter again.

"you know too?"

Wu Ming was slightly startled, then nodded:

"Mr. Zhang told you that there are six quotas in our courtyard for worshiping in the Valley of Divine Weapons next year. No, they are assessment quotas."

"Master said."

The two found a secluded place to talk. Most of them were Li Yuan asking questions and Wu Ming answering.

"Shenbing Valley is a thousand-year-old sect, and all the cities and counties in Zhelong Mansion follow its lead. It is the real overlord."

When Wu Ming mentioned the Valley of Divine Weapons, his eyes were full of reverence and yearning:

"The last time the gate of the Divine Weapon Valley was opened was decades ago. Normally, we are not qualified to enter the Divine Weapon Valley. We must not miss this opportunity."

Li Yuan thought for a while and accepted Wu Ming's invitation.

He was also very curious about the Valley of Divine Weapons.

On the way back to the forging room, he accidentally glanced and saw Niu Gui and Liu Qing communicating in a low voice in the corner of the martial arts arena. They dispersed when they saw him approaching.

"These two people?"

Li Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

They are all apprentices in the Intermediate Court. Even if they separated, their personal relationship was not bad, but seeing him suddenly separated?

"Is there something wrong with you?"

Thinking that Liu Qing got together around the time Qin Xiong was transferred away, Li Yuan felt a little cold.

I'm afraid that bear has already set its sights on him...

After changing his mind, Li Yuan turned around and went to the forging room without any intention of alerting the enemy.

…

Li Yuan took three days off.

In the past three days, Li Yuan did not go to the weapon forging shop. He was familiar with the new control combination at home, and also rented a small courtyard in a nearby alley through Yaxing.

Of course, I needed it urgently, so I paid a few extra dollars.

After that, he asked Li Lin to accompany him to buy some tables, chairs, bedding, etc. After three days of busy work, he moved in.

"This is not how you spend your money. There is enough room in your house, so you have to move out."

At night, in the newly rented courtyard, after drinking and eating, Li Lin, who was supported by Wang Juan, was a little drunk and still complained.

He kept talking about saving money, marrying a wife and having children.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you and be careful."

Li Yuan dealt with it and sent his second brother home. Li Yuan took a long detour and became familiar with the streets and alleys of Chaiyu Fang. He had to take this detour every day for the past three days.

"The last leopard tire Yijin Pill!"

Li Yuan was a little reluctant to give up. He couldn't bear to buy the twelve pills each, but he had to admit the effectiveness of this pill.

The tendons are one inch longer and the strength is three points greater. This is the best elixir to assist in martial arts training.

"Keep it for now."

Putting the elixir back into the bottle and stuffing the bottle into Liuhe boots, Li Yuan raised his head and swallowed a blood accumulating elixir. Feeling the slight heat rising in his body, he started to fight in the room.

Relying on the power of Baotai Yijin Pills, in just a few days, he found that his blood and gas circulation had begun to move towards a larger circulation.

"If the Leopard Tai Yijin Pills are enough, it feels like a large circulation will be formed in a few months at most, but it's a pity..."

After slowly completing the twenty-four positive and negative postures, Li Yuan broke out in a sweat, and the blood in his body was exhausted, so he had to swallow another blood accumulating pill.

This was repeated several times and finally stopped late at night.

"It hasn't rained for several days..."

After taking a look at the moonlit night sky with few stars, Li Yuan closed the doors and windows, took off his clothes and fell asleep.

There was nothing to say all night. Early the next morning, he went to the forge as usual and learned the techniques of quenching, tempering and polishing from Zhang Ben.

Near noon, he put down his forging hammer and went out.

"Junior Brother Li, here!"

Wu Ming was already waiting outside the door, and Yue Yunjin, who had recovered a lot, was also there, reluctantly nodding, looking worried.

The three of them headed towards the inner city. On the way, Yue Yunjin was silent, while Li Yuan asked about the gathering. He was very interested in the Valley of Divine Weapons.

However, Wu Ming didn't know much more than he did. The only person who was useful was Miss Lu's aunt, who was said to be an inner disciple of the Divine Weapon Valley.

"Magistrate Lu's sister-in-law is also from Shenbing Valley? It's so intricate..."

Li Yuan murmured in his heart.

The inner city is much more prosperous than the outer city. At noon, the streets and alleys are filled with the aroma of wine and meat.

"Yizi Restaurant."

Li Yuan looked up.

This restaurant has nine floors, making it the tallest building in the inner and outer city. It belongs to the "Yi Zi Inn". All the people who come and go there are rich. I heard that one meal costs one or two taels of silver.

When we got here, Yue Yunjin was fine, but Wu Ming was a little cautious. Both of them had good family backgrounds, but this was his first time here.

"You three, please come this way. Miss Lu has already given the order."

A waiter came forward to greet me, bowed and led the way with a smile.

Li Yuan was not too restrained and looked at the restaurant with interest. The decoration was good and the layout was not bad. There were waiters waiting with their heads down outside each private room.

"Brother-in-law!"

As soon as they reached the third floor, someone came over, wearing brocade and elegant equipment. They greeted Yue Yunjin with a smile, and a smile appeared on the latter's face.

The young man was quite talkative, and after a few words of conversation, Li Yuan knew that this man was the Inner City County Lieutenant, the son of Qiu Da's immediate boss, named Liu Zheng.

"The breathing is strong, the qi and blood are full, and the qi and blood are also strong. It is more solid than Yue Yunjin?"

Li Yuan was not surprised.

As long as you get started with martial arts, master it and reach great success, you can keep up with the elixirs, and you can quickly accumulate bones.

There is no shortage of wealthy households in the inner city, and it is not uncommon for people to have great energy and blood.

But the real difficulty is not to accumulate blood energy, but to break through internal energy.

"This is the fourth son of the County Cheng family, Liu Yunwu."

"Wen Yida, the third son of the County Cheng family..."

"Miss Wang Peiyao, Miss Wang..."

…

Liu Zheng led the way into the private room and introduced the three of them.

There were more than a dozen people in the private room, each of them looking very glamorous, making it look like the few people from the outer city were a little shabby.

'Really, there are no white people in our dealings!'

Li Yuan clicked his tongue in his heart and glanced at Wang Gong and Zhao Xiaoming, who looked unhappy.

There were many young ladies from the inner and outer cities, so these two were not so outstanding. Of course, it would be different if they were the young ladies from Shopkeeper Cao's family.

The Cao family of Blacksmith Shop is not a small family.

"Everyone, sit down first."
To be continued...