The two of them rode horses for nearly a day and were indeed a little tired. In addition, it was almost evening, so they stopped in a city and stayed in a restaurant before traveling the next day.
"How far is it from Jizhou City?" Shen Li took a sip of tea and asked.
"It's almost there. It's probably less than two hundred miles away. It won't take half a day to arrive." Zheng Yue said.
"Um."
Shen Li nodded, and then wolfed it down in a very graceless manner. Shen Li couldn't bear it after traveling for so many days without having a full meal.
After having enough food and wine, the two of them settled in a room each. After traveling for so many days, Shen Li was already tired, so he stopped practicing and fell asleep directly.
"Da da...."
I don't know what time it was, but a series of subtle sounds suddenly woke Shen Li up from his sleep.
Shen Li opened his eyes suddenly, his thoughts dispersed subconsciously, and he suddenly realized something was wrong, but before he could get up, a loud bang suddenly came from the side.
"Zheng Yue's room?"
As soon as Shen Li heard it, he knew that the sound came from Zheng Yue's room. Without saying a word, he stamped the door to pieces and rushed out like a cannonball.
"boom...."
With the current strength of Shen Li's body, even an elephant would have been knocked away by him if he rushed over like this. Only two screams were heard, and the two figures were immediately knocked away by Shen Li, knocking the fence upstairs. It was smashed into pieces and fell into the lobby on the first floor.
Shen Li turned around and saw that Zheng Yue's door had been chopped into pieces with a knife, and the room was in a mess.
What made Shen Li breathe a sigh of relief was that Zheng Yue was still safe and sound, standing with his sword in hand and looking at the men in black opposite him.
Shen Li flashed his steps and came to Zheng Yue's side. He glanced sideways at the men in black opposite him and said jokingly: "You have a lot of enemies. We just arrived in Jizhou and someone came to kill you." .”
"These people are like beasts that smell blood, they are crazy and crazy." Zheng Yue sneered.
"Well, it seems they don't think much of you, so they just sent these few little shrimps here. Okay, I'll leave it to you."
Shen Li took a quick look and knew that the strength of the men in black was not very good. The highest was only the seventh level of Zhenwu Realm. He handed it over directly to Zheng Yue. He pulled up a complete chair and sat down lazily. There was no intention to help.
"die!"
The people on the opposite side were obviously not very interested in Shen Li. With murderous intent flashing in their eyes, they rushed towards Zheng Yue, with fierce murderous intent rushing toward his face.
"Hmph, your master is too much of a loser. How dare you, the little fish and shrimps like you, come to assassinate me?"
Zheng Yue sneered, shook his long sword, and the sharp sword energy suddenly spread, charging directly towards several people.
"Chi la..."
For a moment, the room was filled with sword energy, extremely sharp, and cracks suddenly spread. Except for the chair where Shen Li was sitting, everything else was directly torn to pieces.
"puff...."
If it weren't for a pervert like Shen Li by his side, Zheng Yue would definitely be a genius, and he wouldn't be able to resist such a bastard character. For a moment, blood mist sprayed all over the sky, and several men in black were almost killed by swords. The gas directly tore it into pieces.
"Chi la..."
Although several men in black were chopped away, Zheng Yue had no intention of giving up. His eyes were cold, as if he was angry. He flashed his body and came directly to one of them. With a flash of sword light in his hand, the sword The sharp edge passed directly over the man's neck.
"Walk!"
Seeing this scene, the remaining people were immediately frightened and turned around to run away.
"Want to leave? Humph, leave me your life!"
Zheng Yue sneered, the sword edge roared, and a sword beam suddenly rushed out and passed through the air. The sword energy was everywhere, and it was unparalleled in sharpness.
"Puch..."
There was a sound of cracking silk, and the sword light passed by. The remaining man in black didn't even have time to scream, blood sprayed out, and he died on the spot.
At this time, the shopkeeper of the restaurant also plucked up the courage and climbed up the stairs, but when he saw the bloody scene, he fainted again from fright.
"It seems that you didn't do well in the eldest young master. You were assassinated in front of your own door..." Shen Li stood up and joked.
"It was originally done by my own family, how could I avoid it even at home?" Zheng Yue said in a deep voice.
"What do you mean? You said these people were sent by your family?" Shen Li asked.
"Apart from them, who else in the huge Jizhou dares to assassinate the direct descendants of the Zheng family?" Zheng Yue sneered.
After such an incident, the two of them had no intention of staying there anymore, so they left the inn with their horses and started on the night journey.
"Tell me, what happened, why did those people want to kill you..." Shen Li asked. Since he decided to help Zheng Yue, he should at least clarify the relationship first.
"Our Zheng family has been inherited for thousands of years and has many branches. Even if it is a direct line, there are nearly ten branches. With so many people, it is impossible to get them to stick together. It will naturally form large and small factions. The largest among them is also The two most fiercely competing factions are my grandfather and third grandfather. Although my grandfather is the head of the family and holds great power, he cannot completely suppress their faction. My grandfather inherits the position of head of the family. From the beginning, their faction was very difficult and unruly. If my grandfather hadn't been extremely tough, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to hold the position of head of the family, let alone others." Zheng Yue said.
"So, there is not peace within your Zheng family?" Shen Li asked.
"It's so unfair. It's about to turn upside down. My third grandfather has always been dissatisfied with my grandfather inheriting the position of the head of the family, so the two parties are simply incompatible. It was fine before, but now that my grandfather is about to abdicate, the relationship is even more serious. I'm so nervous, if it weren't for the ancestral teachings, we would have started fighting already."
"Tsk, tsk, it's really lively. I've never seen anything like this happening within the family." Shen Li sighed repeatedly.
"That's because you are not in such a big family. If there are only a few people in the family, it will be difficult to cause trouble? But if it is like that of the royal family, where is the position of the head of the dynasty, who can not be jealous? At that time, who will still be jealous? Why do you care about family ties?" Zheng Yue sneered.
"Yes, according to you, the assassin today is from your third grandfather's faction?" Shen Li asked.
"Yes, now that my grandfather is about to abdicate, the choice of successor is naturally the top priority. After so many years, there are only two candidates left to become the final first heir. One is me, and the other one is one of my cousins. , named Zheng Li. In recent years, their faction has become increasingly powerful. In addition, Zheng Li is the eldest son and grandson of our generation. They used this as an excuse to basically settle down. But in recent years, I have become more and more popular. Sheng, and later entered the Xiaoyao Sect, and my prestige gradually increased, and the call for me to be the heir once surpassed that of Zheng Li. In this way, the relationship between the two families has almost reached the point of incompatibility. "