Thief Emperor

Chapter 57 Aloof
Ever since Li Yun can remember!
To be precise, it was a period of about two months during which he was almost invincible in terms of fighting power and had never had an opponent!
Even those soldiers in the state would be killed instantly by him once they got close to him!

And now, the invincible leader Li has finally met his opponent.

He held his breath, took a deep breath, lowered his posture slightly, and rushed forward again like a tiger!
This time, Pei Zhuang didn't dare to take it head-on. He dodged sideways and used his right fist to hit Li Yun's left hand joint. Li Yun couldn't avoid it in time and became ruthless. He clenched his right fist and punched Pei Zhuang hard on the shoulder!
The two of them groaned and took several steps back!
Li Yun was stronger and just felt numbness in his joints, while Pei Zhuang had already covered his left shoulder and his entire left arm was unable to move!

Seeing that Li Yun was about to rush over, Pei Zhuang quickly stretched out his hand and waved, "Stop, stop!"

Li Yun stopped approaching and looked at Pei Zhuang. After taking a breath, he slowly said, "Is it a draw?"

Pei Zhuang's forehead was covered with sweat because of the pain. He looked up at Li Yun with a dark face and almost cursed.

"How can you fight like this? How can you fight like this?"

He shouted angrily, "We've been sparring before, why are you exchanging injuries right at the start of the fight?"

Mr. Li scratched his head.

He did it subconsciously.

After all, he was born a bandit. Although he has been the village chief for only a few years, he is still a man who lives on the edge of a knife. When he goes down the mountain to work, he cannot hesitate and must make a decision in an instant!
The same goes for his fighting method, which focuses on defeating the enemy in an instant.

Before this, whenever he fought with others, he always followed this principle, aiming to end the fight as quickly as possible, and the main word was ruthlessness.

Pei Zhuang was obviously not on the same path as Li Yun. Even though his actual martial arts skills were better than Li Yun's, he still suffered a great loss in actual combat.

Mr. Li also reacted at this moment. He rubbed his left arm, stepped forward, looked at Pei Zhuang who was in great pain, and asked, "Brother Pei, are you okay?"

Pei Zhuang's forehead was covered with sweat. He looked up at Li Yun and gritted his teeth and said, "It's probably dislocated or even broken!"

"Captain Li, this isn't a sparring match, it's more like a battle strategy. Does Pei have any personal grudge against you?"

Li Yun shook his head: "No."

"But I was born to fight this way. I don't know how to practice moves like you guys do."

Pei Zhuang took a deep breath, his face pale: "This time, Pei loses."

"Pei takes his leave."

He turned and walked out. Li Yun looked at his back and asked, "How about I take you to see a doctor?"

"No... no need!"

Pei Zhuang gritted his teeth, covered his shoulder and walked away.

The big man walked all the way to the end of the street corner, wandered around for a few times, and then walked into an inn. In the guest room of the inn, he half-knelt on the ground and bowed his head to a young man in blue clothes in front of him and said, "Sir, I missed."

The young man was startled and looked at Pei Zhuang: "Why? He doesn't want to be your disciple?"

Pei Zhuang's face turned from pale to red, and he lowered his head and said, "No, I...I didn't beat him."

The young man was a little surprised: "How could it be, you are ranked in Jingzhao Prefecture."

“That person…”

Pei Zhuang gnashed his teeth and said, "He is a fool and a reckless man!"

"And he has strange powers. I was careless and suffered a little loss."

The young man then smiled.

"interesting."

"It seems that private contact is not feasible. However, if this man is a reckless man as you said, there is no need to contact him privately."

"You take a rest. Let's go to Qingyang County Government Office tomorrow."

Pei Zhuang lowered his head, wanting to cry but unable to: "Master, I..."

"The arm seems to be broken."

………………

The next day, Qingyang County Government Office.

In the main hall of the county government, Magistrate Xue could only stand and answer. A young man sat in the main seat and smiled: "You are welcome, Magistrate Xue. I have not been to Xuanzhou this time. There is no need to make a big fuss in Qingyang."

"Just sit down."

Magistrate Xue then sat down on the guest seat and forced a smile on his face: "I never thought that the imperial envoy this time would be Mr. Pei. Two years ago, when I was filling a vacancy in the Ministry of Personnel, I had the honor of meeting Mr. Pei."

"Ugh."

Master Pei sighed and said, "Originally I didn't plan to rush around, but now the Great Zhou is in danger and there are things going on everywhere. I can only come out and do some work for the court. It can also be regarded as relieving the worries of my king and father."

After saying this, he lowered his head and took a sip of tea. Before he finished his sip of tea, he frowned, poured the tea in his mouth back into the teacup, and put the teacup back to its original place without making a sound. Magistrate Xue was an official, so he could naturally see these details. He lowered his head and said, "Qingyang is a small place, there is nothing good, and I am sorry for neglecting the angel."

Master Pei waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's okay."

He looked at Magistrate Xue and changed the subject: "Why hasn't Captain Li come yet?"

Magistrate Xue said quickly, "I've sent someone to call them, they'll be here soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yun's voice came from outside.

"Li Zhao wants to see you."

Magistrate Xue wiped the sweat from his forehead and said quickly, "Come in quickly."

Li Yun strode into the hall, glanced at Magistrate Xue, then at the young man in the main seat, and immediately guessed the identity of the young man. However, he remained calm and saluted with his fists: "Greetings, Magistrate."

Magistrate Xue said quickly, "This is the imperial envoy, Lord Pei."

Li Yun then clasped his fists and saluted the young man: "Greetings, angel."

"You are Welcome."

Master Pei looked at Magistrate Xue and asked with a smile, "Zhirler Xue, I have been ordered to investigate the rebellion in Xuanzhou. Could you please step aside for a moment?"

Xue Song quickly stood up, raised his head and glanced at Li Yun, then bowed and said, "I'll take my leave."

After he left, the young man looked Li Yun up and down, and asked with a smile, "How old are you?"

Village Chief Li also looked up at the young man and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "I am twenty this year."

"Never married?"

Li Yun shook his head: "Still alone."

"OK."

Master Pei smiled and said, "You are a good martial artist, but it's a pity to stay in Qingyang County. Come back to the capital with me."

"Just follow me from now on. I will recommend you to join the army in a few days. Maybe you can build a career in the future."

Mr. Pei's words were very approachable, even a bit amiable, and even his tone was very gentle.

but…

His expression was clearly full of arrogance and domineering attitude.

It seemed as if accepting Li Yun as his subordinate was a great gift from him.

Mr. Li looked up, took a serious look at the young man, and then pretended to be enlightened: "That brother Pei yesterday..."

Master Pei smiled and said, "He is my family's retainer and follows me."

Li Dutou smiled and said, "He has good kung fu. He hurt me."

Master Pei wanted to drink tea, but after taking a look at the tea on the table, he frowned again, and for no reason he felt annoyed: "Why, Li Dutou doesn't want to follow me?"

Li Yun smiled and shook his head: "Li has just returned from a foreign country not long ago. I have to stay in Qingyang for a few more days to help Qingyang eliminate all the bandits and robbers."

"One day in the future, if I want to join the army and make contributions to the court, I will go to the capital to find Master Pei."

Master Pei laughed dumbly: "I'm afraid you won't be able to find me by then."

After that, he stood up, took out a wooden sign from his arms, put it on the table, and said, "If you change your mind in the future, take this sign and come to the Pei family in the capital to find me."

After saying that, he walked out with his hands behind his back.

"also."

When he reached the door, he stopped and said calmly.

"Don't tell anyone what we said today."

After saying that, he left with his hands behind his back.

Li Yun looked at his back and was suddenly startled and understood.

This Pei guy didn’t ask anything!

In other words, what did he think the conversation between the two of them was about today...

What is it!
(End of this chapter)