As soon as I dispersed, I hurried out of the palace, and as soon as I walked out of Donghua Gate, I looked for Ah Zheng's figure.

Sure enough, not far away, Ah Zheng was standing on the side of the road with a horse and waiting.

I walked over with a smile, and when Ah Zheng saw me coming, he hurriedly bowed his head to me and saluted, saying:

"Son, Ah Zheng has been waiting for you for a long time. ”

It's a little late to deal with affairs today, I see that Ah Zheng's expression is different, isn't something wrong?

Busy asked:

"But what happened?"

As soon as the words fell, Ah Zheng hurriedly handed me a letter hidden in his arms, and said:

"Someone quietly placed it at the gate of the princess's mansion, it was a little beggar, and it was impossible to know who instructed it. ”

I frowned slightly, and took the letter in Ah Zheng's hand with some confusion, and saw that the letter seemed to have been opened, so I glared at Ah Zhengna.

Ah Zheng hurriedly bowed his head and said:

"Please atone for your sins, in order to protect your son's safety, Ah Zheng has to make this decision. ”

I couldn't help but sigh slightly, Ah Zheng, this kid has also been a little bit of a snake recently, and I am afraid that I will be plotted by others, whether it is food or this kind of foreign letters, he will have to ask them one by one.

"Don't do it again. ”

Although I know that Ah Zheng has good intentions, but it is a matter of *, I still don't want Ah Zheng to interfere too much.

"Yes!"

Ah Zheng nodded yes, and he always kept in mind the explanations he gave to me.

Having said that, if it was just a simple letter, Ah Zheng's complexion would not be different, maybe it was something urgent mentioned in the letter.

I opened the envelope, pulled out the letterhead inside, but never thought that there was a silver hairpin in it, I put the silver hairpin in the palm of the hand and carefully weighed, simple design, a touch of emerald on the head of the hairpin, at first I felt that this thing was quite familiar, déjà vu.

But when I saw the small word 'willow' on it, my heart throbbed violently, and my pupils suddenly widened.

This thing is not only familiar to me, this silver hairpin has fallen into my hands due to fate.

How could it be, impossible?!

I hurriedly opened the letter, and only two lines were written on it in Juanxiu small letters, simple and clear:

If you want to know the cause and follow-up, go to the Lotus Pavilion and see you, I'll wait for you.

This handwriting is really too similar, "I'm waiting for you"? Who could that 'me' be?

I obviously saw her jump off the bridge with my own eyes, that day of ice and snow and frost, even if I was lucky not to die, but also fell into the cold invasion of the body, the body has not been good, intermittent, a major illness a year, a minor illness has never been broken.

She is such a weak woman, how can she survive if she jumps?

I crushed the letterhead, only to feel a slight pain in my breath, and my chest was uncomfortably tight.

Who the hell did this? It's a despicable villain, shameless!

I immediately snatched the reins from Ah Zheng's hand, turned over on the horse, turned the horse's head and galloped away, and I didn't have the heart to listen to what Ah Zheng said behind me......

At about the same time, Xiao Wan, who was quietly copying Buddhist scriptures in the meditation room, raised his hand slightly, put a strand of hair hanging down from his sideburns, and gently removed it from the snow-white paper.

The scriptures written on the paper are not only neat and upright, but also vigorous and powerful, and it really doesn't seem to come from the hands of this beautiful woman in plain clothes in front of you.

After being silent for a while, Xiao Wan slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and his mood also improved.

Copying scriptures is the best way to calm people's minds, have no distractions, break off a distraction, immerse themselves in it, and have no idea where they are or when they are now......

Put the pen on Beacon Mountain, Xiao Wan sat in front of the desk, looking at the book and was stunned, the Buddhist scriptures said: Writing a line and half a sentence of the scriptures can achieve a great wish. Roughly speaking, copying scriptures can be regarded as a matter of accumulating merit.

Perhaps it is because of this that the imperial grandmother will let the sisters copy the scriptures in the meditation room with peace of mind.

I looked up at the window to see what time it was. But I happened to see a fallen leaf floating leisurely outside the window, so soft, that it would be almost impossible to find it if I didn't happen to see it.

The fallen leaves are quiet and beautiful, and they have also stood proudly on the branches, and a fallen leaf can still live up to this short time, not to mention people?

"Charm!"

Xiao Wan called softly, and his eyes, which were still a little gentle, suddenly revealed a little coldness.

"The subordinates are here!"

I don't know when, a black shadow seemed to appear out of thin air and knelt down on one knee in front of Xiao Wan, this person was wearing black clothes and black hats, and his body was slightly thin, so he couldn't see this person's face.

This person behaves so strangely and doesn't let people see his face, and he is so respectful and obedient to Xiao Wan, he must be a shadow guard.

The Shadow Guard is a very small organization created by the Empress Dowager to protect the safety of the royal members, and the people who may become the Shadow Guard are the only talents in a hundred, they only obey their own masters, and their only mission is to protect the safety of their masters.

As for the Shadow Guard, not many people know about its existence, and it is even more impossible to know the behavior of this group of people.

The only thing that can be known is that their mission is to protect the safety of their masters, and if their masters die, they will also be sworn to die, and if their masters die early due to illness or death, the Shadow Guard can restore their freedom, and if their mission is completed, they can choose their own way out.

For the Shadow Guards, it is not their own choice of what master they want to follow, but the master's own choice, once they are chosen by the master, waiting for their fate, it is to serve the master until death.

Charm, that is, Xiao Wan personally selected to protect his own shadow guard, originally Xiao Wan refused to choose the shadow guard, first, with her current strength, even the best in the rivers and lakes may not be able to get close. Second, Xiao Wan did not approve of the establishment of the Shadow Guard, because it was too cruel to them.

But the emperor's grandmother made Xiao Wan compromise with a word.

If you don't choose the three people in front of you, they are incompetent and can't be killed!

They said that they would kill them, but these three people did not beg for mercy, but knelt down and were willing to die.

Xiao Wan has been guarding the border all the year round, experienced countless life and death disasters, and knows that human life is the most precious, but it is unique.

They finally stood out from the layers of selection, and until now, Xiao Wan really can't bear to let the three people in front of her lose their lives because of her words.

Seeing the thin charm among the three of them, Xiao Wan didn't think about it, so he chose him among the three.

That year, Xiao Wan was sixteen years old, and that day was her birthday, and the gift given to her by the imperial grandmother was the Shadow Guard......

What Xiao Wan wanted at first was not actually a guard, maybe just a person who could talk to him or listen to him even if it was late at night.

What Xiao Wan didn't expect was that this somewhat thin figure would actually be the strongest Cun Zài among the Shadow Guards.

When he knew this, Xiao Wan suddenly had the idea of trying a game or two with Mei, but as soon as he brought it up, Mei knelt down and begged for death, because Shadow Wei could not draw a sword against his master in his life.

Xiao Wan didn't know where Shadow Guard's loyalty came from, but she knew that Mei did what he said, and Xiao Wan admired him, and since then she has never said anything about competing with him.

They have been together quietly like this for nearly four years, knowing that he has zài, Xiao Wan only has purple jade and red jade by his side, by the way, maybe the colt should also know.

Originally, the Shadow Guard was only responsible for protecting the master alone, but the charm was no longer as simple as a guard for Xiao Wan, she was a close friend who lived and died together, she did not order him as a princess, but entrusted him as a friend and asked him to help her protect someone.

What Xiao Wan wants to protect is the horse!

Xiao Wan's worries are not wrong, she expected that someone would definitely make a move on the horse, and now that Ziyu and Hongyu are not around, the person Xiao Wan can trust wholeheartedly now is only charm.

It was only the first day of fasting and praying for blessings, and some people couldn't wait to assassinate the horse, Xiao Wan knew, if it wasn't for the charm who arrived in time, maybe the horse's life would have been lost.

Hearing this information, Xiao Wan couldn't wait to return to the colt immediately to check the pony's injury, and just wanted to stay by her side and protect her, so as not to teach her to suffer a little more damage!

For the sake of the overall situation, Xiao Wan can't leave Yong'an Temple, and she can't abandon the safety of the emperor's grandmother......

In the next few nights, whenever he heard the beautiful flute sound of the horse, which was still a pure affection for reporting good news but not bad news, Xiao Wan only felt that deep down in his heart, he was feeling a faint pain......

Xiao Wan can't forgive, can't forgive the person who hurt her!

Looking at the charm kneeling in front of him, Xiao Wan asked bluntly:

"Can you find out where those people came from?"

Xiao Wan asked Mei to investigate, and it was the person who tried to assassinate the horse that night.

"That night, the killer was just a third-rate killer who was temporarily hired, and as the killer, he searched according to the map and found the person who □□, but unfortunately he was a step too late, and this person had been killed, and the clues were interrupted here. But two inches below the neck of this person's corpse, there is a brand, it is a 'dragon', and the subordinates speculate that this person is related to a secret organization 'dragon' that has emerged in recent years. ”

Mei replied in great detail, and brought the information from the investigation one by one.

"Beaulie?"

When Xiao Wan heard this, his brows tightened slightly, the dragon is a dragon that has been dormant on the ground and has not ascended to heaven in the legend, and the dragon body is coiled and surrounded, as if it will soar into the sky, but it seems that he can't ask for it, so he has no choice but to entrench himself in one place, waiting for the opportunity.

This organization is called Beaulie, I don't know what the purpose is?

"Although Panlong has some fame in the rivers and lakes, but the distribution of power is limited, they dare to assassinate the imperial palace, thinking that there should be a greater force behind them. ”

"Since it is a small organization, why dare to unite the state and town as enemies of the imperial court? I am afraid that there is a deep meaning in this. Can you find out who the leader of this organization is?"

My intuition told Xiao Wan that things were not as simple as I imagined.

Mei paused, and then said:

"Cui Hao!"

How could this man's name be so familiar, where have I heard it in general, no, no, it is indeed heard.

"I remember, there was a Cui Hao in the staff of the prince's brother back then, and this Cui Hao seems to be Cui Tingyou's brother, right?!"

Cui Tingyou was the one who instigated the prince's brother to reform the legislation behind his back, and he was born as a scholar from a poor family, and later the reform failed, and he was sentenced to death by the imperial court, and the three clans were exterminated.

"This is the man. ”

Xiao Wan is happy and worried, happy that there is still a Cui Hao in the Cui family who is still alive, and Cui Hao must also know a thing or two about the prince's brother's affairs back then, as long as he is found, the prince's brother's unjust case back then will have a chance to be rehabilitated.

Of course, worries also come with this, this Cui Hao's alliance with the governor of the state and town this time is bound to be aimed at the imperial court.

The imperial court punished his three clans, and he was the only one who was lucky not to die, and he founded 'Panlong' incognito for many years, isn't the purpose to take revenge and try to subvert the imperial court, so as to comfort the souls of hundreds of members of his Cui family?

If this is the case, then this person will definitely not be able to stay.

Originally, it was planned that as long as the investigation of the whole story of the rebellion case back then, out of the affection of the prince's brother, Xiao Wan was unwilling to kill Cui Hao, but if this matter was known to the emperor's grandmother, then Cui Hao would definitely not have a way to live.

"Mei, do you know where this Cui Hao is now?"

Xiao Wan planned to find this person first, at least put him in a safe place first, save his life first, and then make a plan.

How did you know that Mei actually shook her head and said:

"Cui Hao is indeed the leader of Panlong, but he has been missing for nearly a year, and there are very few people in the organization who know his whereabouts. ”

Xiao Wan pondered for a moment, the meaning of the charm was that Cui Hao suddenly hid his whereabouts a year ago, could it be that his identity was discovered at that time, so he hid and lurked to save his life?

So where will he hide, and where will he hide to avoid the detection of the spies like a net?

"Since he is not dead, then we still have a chance to find him, and after finding him, we will try our best to protect his life, and I have something important to ask him, so ...... He must not die!"

"Yes!"

The charm received the order, and only a moment later, there seemed to be a rush of footsteps not far from the door.

Xiao Wan immediately waved his hand and retreated, Mei nodded instantly, and disappeared into the meditation room in a moment.

It's really like a ghost, coming and going without a trace.

When the person came, he knocked on the door as usual, Xiao Wan politely asked the person to push the door in, and it was actually a cute-looking little novice who came in.

"Amitabha, is the donor Her Royal Highness the eldest princess? The senior brother who had just gone out to buy food received a letter from a housekeeper named Ah Zheng, saying that there was an urgent matter to report to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, so the little monk forwarded the letter to the donor. ”

"Oh?"

Is it Ah Zheng's letter? But what happened to the colt?

Xiao Wan smiled and took the letter from Xiao Shami's hand, and after watching Xiao Shami leave the meditation room, Xiao Wan opened the letter, and a few sentences were written on the letter:

Her Royal Highness the Princess: The horse was invited to the Lotus Pavilion, fearing that there would be fraud and his life was in danger, so he begged His Royal Highness to come to the rescue. Ashton head!

When he saw this letter for the first time, Xiao Wan was anxious to prepare to leave this Yong'an Temple to save the horse.

As the saying goes: care is chaos.

Xiao Wan thought about the consolation of the colt, and at this moment she was completely unaware that this letter could be a trap, and it could be a fatal trap.