The wind whistled over the clock tower, and there was a whimpering sound in the cracks of the bricks, and there was a sense of gloom in Zhaoran's voice: "I heard that the princess especially likes to recruit orphan girls, and suddenly I have an association...... The princess bought an orphan girl, poisoned her beforehand, and then gave her to Lord Li, who took her as a concubine, but it was not long before the girl died of poison. Lord Li buried the beads with the corpses, so these concubines were actually killed by the princess, and they came to test the pearls!"

Jiashan's chin was raised high, but his hand involuntarily raised to wrap his arms, and he sat on the edge of the wall and shook his legs: "So Mrs. Li took those two concubines to see the princess, not to seek refuge, but to return these two concubines to the princess." Master Wen said that the only clue left by Li Zilong, who infiltrated the palace and assassinated the holy demon Dao, was Mrs. Li, so I wondered how Mrs. Li was far away from the capital, and how did she get involved with the people in the capital......? And what Madame Li is good at, Bai Mian Hou is of course good at disguise, so the person who helped Li Zilong and these assassins to infiltrate the palace was Madame Li, or Mrs. Li who was instructed by the princess!"

"Shut up, you're so bold!" Jiashan couldn't help but scold.

Zhao Ran didn't seem to hear it, and then continued: "So the princess wants to create the illusion of being assassinated, as for why you don't use Tsukutsuki, probably because Tsukitsuki is familiar with Lujia and Sheping, and the princess doesn't want to have an accident in it, so of course it's better to change someone who doesn't know anything to be that fool." ”

Jiashan said: "It's a joke, I'm a princess, when today's son is my brother, why should I assassinate him!"

"That's right, you have no reason to assassinate the Son of Heaven...... he showed a sudden realization on his face, "Then there is only one object left in the entire palace worthy of assassination, and that is the favorite concubine of today, Wan Guifei." ”

Jiashan trembled and bit his lip and said, "What did Mrs. Li tell you?"

"I guess. Zhaoran shook his head: "She never said a word about you until she died." It's a pity you can't trust her. ”

Jiashan straightened his back again and sneered: "It's nonsense." ”

"This year, the princess didn't send Lord Li a concubine, but in winter, the princess still came, why...... Because the last body to be examined was actually Mrs. Li. Master Li has had a long career in his life, and it must be an earth-shattering achievement to attract him to such unscrupulous means. Wan Guifei and the prince are not compatible, the government and the opposition know that they have long been incompatible, if they can help the prince get rid of Wan Guifei, it is from the dragon's work, enough to protect the glory of Lord Li for half a lifetime. ”

Zhao Ran said leisurely: "Young people are in love, and couples who have been in trouble for half a lifetime can't be worth a word of power...... The princess knew too well the allure of this word, but it was a pity that she underestimated Mrs. Li's ability, and Lord Li could not kill Mrs. Li, but was killed by Mrs. Li. The princess was in a hurry and had to cooperate with Mrs. Li, but Mrs. Li was not dead, so there should be a night pearl left here that can make the corpse not rot, where is it?"

The cold wind on the bell tower condensed, and Jiashan breathed hard, but it seemed that he still had trouble breathing.

Zhao Ran jumped down from the wall, put his hand into the bell and said: "When I first came, I thought this bell was made strangely, there was no external bell pestle, and the bell was struck by a built-in bell vertebra that looked like a gallbladder. ”

He reached into the bell, took off the bell vertebra that was more than two feet long, and poured the vertebrae down against the palm of his hand, only to hear a slow rolling sound, and the brilliance gradually flourished, and a night pearl of half a chicken egg appeared in the palm of Zhaoran's palm.

Zhao Ran pinched the night pearl and smiled: "Here." ”

The bell tower is full of brilliance, under the illumination of a night pearl, the hair on Jiasheng's head is delicate, so wonderful, no wonder the world wants to be crazy about it.

"The agreement between the princess and the adults is signaled by the glow of the night pearl. Zhaoran looked at the pearl in his hand and sighed, "In the daylight, Pupu is like a stubborn stone, but in the night, it is glorious, so rare and like Mrs. Li, but it is a pity that Lord Li holds the pearl and does not know it......"

Zhaoran aimed the night pearl at Jiashan, under the pearl light, Jiashan's tough facial features became soft, coupled with the royal bearing, there was no manners, but Zhaoran looked mocking: "Lord Li doesn't know, but this in his hand is not a pearl, because it only attracts snakes, insects, rats, and ants." ”

Jiashan's nails almost pinched into his palm, and he said hoarsely: "What other credentials do you have besides this Night Pearl? Do you think that with this little Night Pearl, you can overthrow me? Even if this palace sues you now, it is me who kills the pearl, I instruct Mrs. Li to change the appearance of Li Zilong, and I instruct Master Li to kill Mrs. Li, what can you do to me? You can only keep the words firmly in your stomach, because if a word leaks out, I can punish you Nine Clans! I'm the princess of the royal family, and it's not like you can put this palace to death with just a few words!"

"I don't have any other credentials. "But I still have a personal certificate, and that is Mrs. Li......"

As he spoke, Jiashan heard footsteps behind her, and she stepped back almost in panic, and she was about to fall backwards when she stumbled.

"Be careful, princess!" Zhao Ran grinned and helped her, and then said in her ear, "If you destroy the husband and wife, I will also destroy yours, and the retribution of the wicked should be a tooth for a tooth!"

As his words fell, Wang Zeng's face appeared on the top of the bell tower.

Jiashan's feet almost went weak, and she lost her voice and said, "Ah Yi, I'm all for you!"

Zhao Ran said on the side: "The master of the horse was born in the mansion of Wuhou, the dignity has been decided, princess, you are retrograde, almost affected the entire mansion of Wuhou, and what do you say about the good of the master of the horse." ”

Jiashan had the heart to explain, but it was obvious that he was beside him, and every sentence was provocative, and he hated it in his heart and was helpless, so his face was distorted, and he still had a half-minute dignified and virtuous appearance.

"Okay......" Wang Zeng said in a low voice, he took the night pearl in Zhaoran's hand, and looked at the pearl in his hand with a gloomy expression but didn't know what he was thinking.

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"When, when, when" Several consecutive bells sounded as if to wake up the three silent people on the top of the tower.

Wang Zeng was stunned for a moment, and then said, "It's the Demon Suppression Bell." ”

Not only is the Demon Suppression Bell, but the bell is from far and near, and the last distance is not far away.

Wang Zeng was a little at a loss with the night pearl in his hand, and he thoughtfully offered the bell spine in his hand, and the night pearl returned to the spinal canal, and the top of the tower also returned to darkness again.

"Let's go!" Wang Zeng said as he hung the bell back into the bell.

Wang Zeng helped Jiashan, who was a little soft, to go down, and Zhaoran climbed to the bottom and was also a little weak, he looked up at the top of the tower like the mouth of the well, and suddenly smiled.

"What are you happy about?" Wang Zeng asked.

Zhao Ran grinned and said, "I don't have to climb this tower in the future, of course I'm happy." ”

Wang Zeng didn't know what to say for a while, and finally said, "Let's go quickly." ”

A few people walked out of the corridor, returned to the house, restored the bookshelves, and just walked to the door, Zhaoran suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "Wait." ”

"What are you waiting for?" Jiashan gritted his teeth and said, "Do you want to wait for the people from the National Teacher Tower to come over, what are your intentions?"

Zhao Ran ignored her and said, "There are a lot of footsteps outside. ”

"The people of the National Teacher Tower, or Jinyiwei?" Wang Zeng's face changed.

Zhaoran muttered: "It won't be the Buddha, they walk very lightly, and they are not brocade guards, they wear official boots, and they walk very heavy." ”

"He Zuo!" Wang Zeng called softly, but there was no response outside the door.

"Shoot Ping!" Jiashan also called twice, but there was no response either.

Wang Zeng couldn't help but hesitate slightly, for a while they were blocked in the door and some of the retreats, he and Zhaoran looked at the wall, and they had the heart to climb the wall to see what was going on, but Jiashan suddenly raised his neck and said: "I am the princess of the Ming Dynasty, I am not afraid of anyone coming!"

She said without waiting for the others to react, and suddenly pulled the door open.

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The scene outside the door was a little dumbfounded even if it was obvious, the alley was full of people standing in the dark, looking at the civilians in the alley without lights, it was not unusual for them to stand in the alley, what was strange was that they had their own postures.

There are burdens and picks, there are old and young, and some pretend to be girls and show a twisted posture, cocking their orchid fingers, and sneering silently at every turn.

The silent street is like a pantomime stage, indescribably weird.

The male guards were nowhere to be seen, and Sheping was tied up not far away, she was tied up and knelt on the ground, and there was a pig cage next to her, and an old man muttered that he didn't know what he was saying, looking like he was condemning Ping's infidelity.

The cloaked shooter looked up at them, and suddenly struggled and writhed violently, and shouted "uh-huh" at them with her bound mouth.

It turned out that the person who was playing the □□ dumb play of punishment stopped, turned his head to look at Zhao Ran and them, and then a person who played the porter rushed towards them, and Zhao Ran pushed Jiashan open and closed the door.

Almost the next moment their door was slammed from side to side, and Zhao Ran was knocked out at once, and the porter rushed in with a sudden wave of his flat pole, and Wang Zeng did not hesitate at all, and drew his sword and stabbed the man in the chest.

The man fell to the ground, but before Wang Zeng could breathe a sigh of relief, he only heard the porter's throat make a "ho-ho" sound, and he actually got up from the ground again, grabbed Wang Zeng's sword with his hand, and twisted it into a twist in a few strokes.

Zhao Ran simply gasped, the porter not only came back from the dead, but also became more powerful, Wang Zeng has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he kicked him more than a dozen times before kicking him away.

"Enter the Clock Tower!" Wang Zeng shouted.

Zhao Ran couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he thought of Fang Cai's words, and suddenly there was a sound of neat footsteps outside the door, and then he heard Wen Zhigeng's voice in the distance: "Jinyi Wei is on an errand, give me a lay!"

"Who listens to you bitch!" Zhao Ran just laughed in his heart, but then remembered something and quickly jumped up and shouted: "Don't kill!"

As soon as his words fell, he saw the arrows falling from the sky like rain, and while avoiding the rain of arrows, Zhaoran couldn't help but scold: "/, you owe/little minister!"

As soon as his words fell, a person fell from the sky, his clothes were lightly brushed, as if waiting for a lotus to grow in the dust, walking in the troubled times, there was a calmness that was extremely quiet.

Jiuru...... Speechless.

He was in a hurry, and hurriedly picked up his clothes to cover his head, and said awkwardly: "I am the princess's grandmother, with the emperor's grace to protect my body, and my little finger is more noble than untouchables like you, ahh

After the performance, he didn't care about the scene, so he quickly turned his head and ran away with Wang Zeng's back.

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After entering the bell tower, he saw Wang Zeng sitting with his back against the bell tower, only to find that his calf was dripping with blood, which was obviously caught when he kicked the porter.

The porter's attack power was still beyond Zhao Ran's expectations, and thinking of Wen Zhigeng outside, he didn't know how many people he had killed, and Zhao Ran couldn't help but have a toothache.

"I can't go up for the time being. Wang Zeng's face was slightly pale and said, "Even if you go up, if you are blocked by these monsters, then there is really only one way to die." ”

Zhaoran said: "Then enter the Li Mansion." ”

Jiashan gritted his teeth and said, "Are you crazy? Most of the walking corpses outside were made by Mrs. Li's monster, and you still let us enter the Li Mansion, what kind of heart do you have?"

"That monster used to be your friend. Zhaoran smiled, "Ah, that's right, but you are a princess, you want power, power, power, friends, or anything, what kind of feelings are just a temporary perfunctory in front of interests." ”

Jiashan saw that Zhaoran didn't explain the words, but she stimulated Wang Zeng with a pun, but she couldn't refute it yet, because a refutation was tantamount to picking out Zhaoran's sarcastic words, and she couldn't help but be angry and angry.

Zhaoran picked up the lamp and said: "It's up to you whether you go or not, anyway, I'll take this road." ”

Wang Zeng said: "Listen to Ru Niang, enter the Li Mansion." ”

Jiashan couldn't, so he had to help Wang Zeng from the bell tower to the Buddhist hall of the Li Mansion.

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The Buddhist hall had already been burned to the point that only some ruins remained, and the cold wind whistled by, Jiashan unconsciously tightened Wang Zeng beside him, and Zhao Ran grinned beside him and spoke: "Princess, you don't need to be afraid, we are not familiar with Mrs. Li, but you are Mrs. Li's close friend." ”

At this time, Wang Zeng couldn't help but say: "Okay, don't mess around anymore." ”

Jiashan's biological mother is Concubine Li, who has always been favored by Yingzong, after the change of Tumubao, she can not only know how to hide herself, but also help the prince in danger from time to time.

Therefore, when today's son succeeded to the throne, he also reciprocated the favor and married Jiashan into the Gonghou Mansion, and after being a meritorious hero, the princess of the Ming Dynasty has always been poorly married, and she cannot marry into the meritorious family, which is a familiar example that everyone knows.

Jiashan knew in her heart that if she didn't have the skill of the dragon back then, she Jiashan would definitely fall into the nest of the phoenix with the title of princess, and spend the rest of her life with a prodigal son who was either ordinary or vulgar and rich like other princesses.

But after all, she is different now, Jiashan can be said to have never suffered any grievances since she was a child, and she has been honored all her life, but now she has been ridiculed by Zhaoran three or four times, and she is so angry that she is trembling all over.

But no matter how angry she is, no one cares at the moment.

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"The Buddha hall here can be retreated or entered, so let's rest here for a while. Wang Zeng sat down against the wall, not entirely because of the leg pain, but mainly because the porter's description was really terrible, and he was a little worried that the porter's nails should not be stained with any demonic poison.

Zhao Ran squatted down and tore the cloth strip, bandaged the wound for Wang Zeng, Wang Zeng was relieved to see that his wound was bright red in blood, and turned his head to see Zhao Ran picked up a lantern from the corner, patted the candle inside with an oil lamp, and then walked out, so he couldn't help asking, "Where are you going?"

"I'll go ahead and have a look!"

"It's too dangerous ahead, don't go. ”

Zhao Ran said disapprerovingly: "The Li Mansion is empty, I am careful that there will be no danger, maybe I can find the reason for the mutation of these people outside." ”

Wang Zeng looked at him and paused before saying, "You are too curious." ”

Zhaoran scratched his eyebrows and grinned: "I'm like this, if I can't see it next to me, I don't know what I can't touch, but if it's right in front of me, I won't be able to sleep at night if I don't see it." ”

With that, he took the lantern and left.

Zhao Ran doesn't think that the Buddhist hall in the Li Mansion must be the safest place now, where is the safest place in the entire Lampless Alley, I am afraid that only Jiuru, the little Buddha, can be a little safer next to him.

There was a commotion outside, and the sound of running on the road shook the ground as if it were trembling, and Zhaoran walked along the quiet and empty verandah of the Li Mansion, through the back garden, the middle gate, and the inner hall, turned a corner and walked to the gate, and suddenly stopped.

Zhao Ran slowly turned his head, and the hall of the Li Mansion, which was supposed to be no one, was brightly lit.

He couldn't help but quietly move a few steps in the direction of the hall, only to see that the tables and chairs inside were all moved against the wall, and two rows of people sat on the open space in the middle.

They sat facing each other on the ground, silently repeating the action of raising their hands and putting them down, obviously shocked, they may be acting as the picture of King Zhou's banquet.

The first person under the throne of Zhou...... It should be the Taiyin general, what does he look like?

Just as he was thinking, the door was knocked open, and Wen Zhigeng rushed in with a group of blood-stained brocade guards.

"It's you!" Wen Zhigeng rushed in and was stunned for a moment, but he didn't care about talking to Zhao Ran and turned his head and ordered: "Quick, seal the door!"

Jin Yiwei pushed the door back with seven hands and eight feet, but there were more than a dozen hands mixed in those doors, where can it be said that they will be pushed up, Wen Zhigeng shouted: "Cut them all!"

Jinyiwei's hand rose and fell, and the severed hand and arm suddenly fell to the ground.

Although Zhao Ran knew that these might not all be living people, he still couldn't help but get goosebumps, and secretly vowed in his heart to find a chance to kill Wen Zhigeng first, otherwise if Wen Zhigeng first recognized his identity, he would rely on Wen Zhigeng's ruthless Cheng Dù, I was afraid that he would be crushed and scattered, and even if he could change his skin, he would not be able to live.

He was thinking wildly, but he heard a sound of footsteps behind him, and he suddenly remembered something, and when he looked back, he saw that the people in the hall who played the role of King Zhou's banquet also walked out one after another.

"There's a monster in the back!" Jin Yiwei immediately warned someone.

Zhao Ran hurriedly shouted: "Don't kill them, kill them, and they will become monsters!"

Before his words landed, a row of archers was already squatting on the ground, and the arrows flew out with a "whoosh", and the corpse fell to the ground in front of the lobby door of the Li Mansion.