Jingguang City, the capital of the Dongji Emperor, Fangbo Mansion.

When the red fire dragon dissipated with the wind, the black giant snake fell silent, and the originally lonely canopy did not return to its loneliness. The evening breeze stirred the thick night clouds, obscuring the bright moon in the sky. In the imperial capital tonight, some people are happy, some are sad, some are hesitant, and some are confused.

After Ning Haochen left, Liang Yi ordered someone to arrange the sake in the Yimeng Pavilion. Basically, there are people on duty in Fang Bo Mansion day and night, because Liang Yi often rests very late and occasionally sleeps all night, so the housekeeper in the mansion specially arranged special subordinates to wait for Liang Yi's instructions all day.

Liang Yi hasn't touched wine for almost two years.

Beauty and wine have always been loved by heroes.

Although the princes of Xiji gave Liang Yi the title of "white-haired traitorous male", in fact, Liang Yi at this time could not talk about "traitorous male". Whether it is the "Jingweiguan Alliance", or the restoration of Dongji and the support of the Mu Emperor, what Liang Yi did was a heroic act.

The Dream Pavilion is a high pavilion in the Fang Bo Mansion.

Compared with the high pavilions in the mansions of princes and nobles, the Yimeng Pavilion in Fangbo's Mansion is more simple and elegant. The cyan vines climb all over the walls of memory, the white stone bricks are covered with black glazed tiles, and when spring comes, the cyan vines bloom with pink "shadow flowers", wafting in the wind with a faint sweet taste. In autumn and winter, the flowers fall into the mud and return to the roots, but the fragrance of the flowers does not dissipate because of the withering of the "Flower of Shadows", but in the meantime, the taste of the years is unexpectedly precipitated.

"Flower of Shadow" is the "dream" of "Immortal Vine", and as a plant unique to Keikook, its faint floral fragrance will usher in the moment of thick honey one hour before dawn, and if someone indulges in alcohol here, unexpected things will happen. Now, this kind of vine, which can only be found in Qiguo, was brought to the imperial capital by Liang Yi, and then quietly planted in the deepest part of Fangbo Mansion.

Normally, the "immortal vine" will only bear pink "shadow flowers". However, legend has it that if the "Immortal Vine" is planted in the most sinister place in the human heart, this magical plant will produce a blue "Shadow Flower", and the first person to pluck this blue "Shadow Flower" can make a good wish and fulfill it.

Nangong Liuli, the lord of Qiguo in the past, often mentioned this legend to Liang Yi. Although, after all these years, Su Yi always treated this matter as a joke, Liang Yi always believed that Nangong Liuli would not lie to him.

Looking at the entire Dongji, I am afraid that there is no place more sinister than the hearts of the people in Jingguang City, the imperial capital of Dongji, all the thinking again, this man who was also stubborn, with the seeds of "immortal vine", lived in the imperial capital together.

Right now, Liang Yi has quietly moved to the Dream Pavilion.

Looking at the chessboard and the "Egret Sake" on the table, Liang Yi suddenly remembered the past when he drank and played with Nangong Liuli, discussed ancient and modern events, and tasted the heroes of the world. In the middle of the night, the most important thing to do is to indulge, not to reminisce about the past. Because after a hearty experience, people will naturally fall into a dream because of exhaustion, but if you recall the past in the quiet of the night, it is unknown whether you will fall into a dream here, but I believe that most of the time the first light of dawn will meet unexpectedly.

"Egret sake" is the "quintessence" of Keikoku. The people of Qiguo often say that this kind of wine is a gift from the gods, and its brewing process is complex and delicate, and the related raw materials such as Qianqiu grass and Qimi, only Qiguo has it. "Egret sake" has a sweet taste and low acidity, so it can be enjoyed by the elderly and children, but this does not mean that people of all classes can drink it. Usually only when entertaining distinguished guests will Keikook serve "Egret Sake" on the table.

Tonight's Fangbo Mansion, the lights are always burning, and the night is bright.

At this time, there is still an hour and a half before dawn.

Liang Yi sat alone on the top floor of the Dream Pavilion, holding his own black and white chess pieces, playing with himself. There was no one sitting across from him, but there was a wine vessel on the table that two people would only use for drinking. It has been more than a year since Liang Yi last "held a banquet" here, and the distinguished guest that Liang Yi entertained here at that time was Jing Xuan, but at that time Liang Yi did not invite Jing Xuan to taste Qiguo's "Egret Sake".

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Tonight's imperial capital, the undercurrent is turbulent.

When Ning Haochen and the Phoenix Feather Armor left the streets of Shenglong with Jing Xuan and rushed to Qifeng Pavilion, information about Jing Xuan and Ning Haochen quickly spread to the depths of the Yanyu Tower. Before Yue Feiyan learned the news, he had already changed into a very solemn outfit and asked his subordinates to prepare the carriage in advance.

In fact, when Yun Fan accepted the purple gold wrench he gave him, Yue Feiyan expected that if Spider Xin went to kill Yun Fan, she would definitely die. Although there were moments when Spider Heart and Yue Feiyan cooperated in the past, Spider Heart was curious about the origin of this wrench, but in the end she still chose to believe Yue Feiyan's lies, thinking that this wrench was really Yue Feiyan's "heirloom", and the poignant love story that Yue Feiyan later weaved for this wrench.

Regarding the true origin of this purple gold wrench, in fact, not many people knew about it in the past of this era. It wasn't until Yun Fan traced the origin of this wrench that he learned that its first owner was "Emperor Jiwu" Mu Jing.

Legend has it that Mu Jing once used the "Yixin Sword" to strip part of the power and consciousness of "Xi" from his body, and then hid it in this wrench to protect the Mu Emperor and protect the glory of the Ji Dynasty.

However, this wrench was thrown away by Emperor Ji in a fit of anger after the "Chiyan Rebellion".

As to why Emperor Ji Chu threw this wrench, later historians have different opinions on this. Some people say that when Emperor Ji saw this wrench, he remembered that the Chiyan warriors had caused the Ji Dynasty to split into two Ji, so he couldn't control his recent temper, and some people said that Emperor Ji Chu was just accidentally lost in the process of fleeing.

No one knows what the truth was back then, and it doesn't make much sense to discuss it now. No matter how many times he went through the journey, this past ended with Yun Fan taking over this purple gold wrench that was supposed to be used to protect the Mu family's imperial power from Yue Feiyan's hand.

Send out the wrench, spill out the water.

After thinking about it, Yue Feiyan had already come out of the smoke and rain building and got into the carriage that he had asked his subordinates to prepare for him before. The coachman who drove the carriage was Yue Feiyan's domestic servant. The reason why he asked the servants to come to catch the car was mainly because Yue Feiyan didn't want outsiders to know where he was going later. And after this servant completed what Yue Feiyan told him to do before, he drove over non-stop, for fear of neglecting his master.

Before getting into the carriage, Yue Feiyan asked the servant: "Have you done everything you did?"

Servant: "Small errands, master rest assured." ”

Between the words, Yue Feiyan seemed to see a phoenix feather brocade in the crowd looking at him. He didn't care. For now, everything was planned, so he got into the carriage and waited for the noise on the street to subside a little before ordering the servants to drive.

The previous battle between Yun Fan and the Black Heaven Sect that took place in Shenglong Street in the west of the city caused casualties to varying degrees in the area west of the imperial capital. After the Mingguang Armor evacuated the streets of Thang Long, the Guangfeng Guards almost poured out, dealing with the wounded nearby on the one hand, and the corpses on the street on the other.

Yue Feiyan glanced at the curtain, and said lightly to the servant who was driving the car: "Remember to bypass these light wind guards later." ”

"No. While nodding, the servant asked Yue Feiyan and said, "The little one dares to ask the master, where are you going now?" ”

Yue Feiyan straightened out the forehead hair that was blown by the wind, and by the way, he straightened his sleeves, and then said solemnly: "Uncle Fang's Mansion." ”

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In the Qifeng Pavilion, the phoenix feather armor welcomed Fang Peng's return with the most noble attention. Since Fang Peng left Qifeng Pavilion today, there have been a few people waiting to see his jokes, and in the end, Fang Peng used his own strength to bring back all the Phoenix Feather Brocade Clothes that had recently been captured by the Crane Pavilion.

Tonight's Fang Peng is the hero of the entire Qifeng Pavilion.

Those who had doubted whether Ning Haochen had a high opinion of Fang Peng, when they met the eyes of this man with no eyebrows, they either lowered their heads, or their eyes were full of guilt. In this regard, Fang Peng disagreed, he asked everyone to greet the brothers who had just been released by the Crane Pavilion first, and then he silently returned to his residence.

Before tonight, Fang Peng was actually very unkind to see the Guangfeng Praetorian Guard, just like most people didn't want to see him. As the original team of Qiguo who came to the imperial capital with Liang Yi, Fang Peng in the early days was actually very poor, if he hadn't been promoted by Ning Haochen, it is estimated that he would still be an ordinary phoenix feather brocade clothes now.

Thinking of this, Fang Peng took out the bottle of elixir that Ye Mei gave him tonight. By the flickering candle flame, the man without eyebrows took one of the pills from the pill bottle and put it in his hand to examine it. Since the pill was too big, Fang Peng was thinking about whether to take it orally or find water to dissolve.

After some struggle, the wound that had been given by the Flying Flower Sword before began to hurt, so Fang Peng directly swallowed half a fist-sized pill with tea. As a result, Zhang Cheng knocked open Fang Peng's door at this time: "Old Fang! I found it! I found it!"

When Fang Peng saw someone knocking on the door and coming in, he was distracted for a while, and choked directly, so he kept beating his chest, and the reckless Zhang Cheng was frightened when he saw this. At this time, Fang Peng's face turned purple, as if he was choked by something, and he kept gesturing with Zhang Cheng: "Water! water!"

Zhang Cheng looked at Fang Peng with a puzzled expression: "Huh?"

Seeing that Zhang Cheng had no way to understand what he wanted to express, in a hurry, Fang Peng directly turned over and stood upside down, which scared Zhang Cheng so much that he ran away, and shouted while running: "Come on! Come on! Commander Fang is crazy! Come on!"

At this time, Ning Haochen took Jing Xuan and just returned to Qifeng Pavilion.

Tonight, for Ning Haochen, there were too many surprises. He couldn't imagine that Jing Xuan would really go with him, let alone that all this was just like Jing Xuan said when he was on Thang Long Street, Fang Peng found Jing Xuan at night, and Jing Xuan also released those phoenix feather brocade clothes that were mistakenly caught.

The reason why Ning Haochen didn't believe Jing Xuan's words was entirely because Jing Xuan deliberately concealed his serious injury to Fang Peng when he told him this, and then made Ning Haochen think that Jing Xuan's release was too easy. Coupled with the fact that so many Mingguang armors surrounded Ning Haochen and the others at that time, this "peerless national warrior" who had always been calm suddenly couldn't hold it at that moment, and the commander of the Guangfeng Praetorian Guard, who was also injured, was in front of him.

Thinking of this, Ning Haochen realized that Jing Xuan was actually seriously injured, but he didn't think about this problem as a detail just now, looking at the phoenix feather brocade clothes that were wrongly caught in the Qifeng Pavilion, Ning Haochen at this time didn't know how to prove to face Jing Xuan.

Seeing this, Jing Xuan urged: "It's all at the door of my house, why hasn't the Pavilion Master Ning gone in yet?" Let's complete all the formalities that should be done as soon as possible, and all the official documents that should be handed over have been handed over, so as not to have too many dreams at night." Do you have any thoughts to go into the house and then think about it, don't just stand here, you're not afraid of the cold, I'm afraid, don't you see that I wear less when I go out today. ”

Ning Haochen didn't answer Jing Xuan's words, but he led Jing Xuan into Qifeng Pavilion without saying a word. Ning Haochen thought to himself, why were those Guangfeng guards wearing Mingguang armor at that time, but Jing Xuan didn't, and he was seriously injured. The evening breeze stirred the corners of Ning Haochen's clothes, but it couldn't dispel the doubts in his heart.

Ning Haochen thought to himself, why did Jing Xuan go back to Qifeng Pavilion with him? Could it be that he had fallen for the trick? At this moment, the panicked Zhang Cheng stumbled into Ning Haochen who was thinking. This collision directly confused Jing Xuan's thoughts.

Ning Haochen didn't speak, just frowned.

"So flustered, what's going on?"

Zhang Cheng saw that he had directly hit the pavilion master, so he hurriedly compensated for it, and said: "Pavilion master, Commander Fang is crazy!"

"Take me to see it!" When Ning Haochen heard this, it was Fang Peng who had an accident, so he hurriedly put Jing Xuan aside and let Zhang Cheng lead him straight to Fang Peng's current location. Seeing this, Jing Xuan on the side did not follow, and the few Phoenix Feather Armor left behind led Jing Xuan to continue to the cabinet of Qifeng Pavilion. At that time, someone will handle the corresponding official documents with Jing Xuan, and after checking whether Fang Peng is really abnormal, Ning Haochen only needs to stamp a seal.

Not long after Zhang Cheng left, Fang Peng gave up the handstand and directly punched himself in the chest, resulting in the pill that choked on his throat directly hammered out. When Ning Haochen entered the door, the pill, no, it was the pill that flew straight out of Fang Peng's mouth, only to see Ning Haochen frown, stretched out his index finger and middle finger at a speed that was difficult to catch with the naked eye, and in front of the surprised Fang Peng and Zhang Cheng, he took the pill that flew out of Fang Peng's throat very calmly.

At first, Ning Haochen thought it was a hidden weapon, but when he saw that what he was holding turned out to be a half-melted pill stained with sticky saliva, Ning Haochen directly threw the pill into the teacup on the table in the distance. Then he wiped his index and middle fingers on Zhang Cheng beside him.

When Fang Peng saw that the person who came was Ning Haochen, he hurriedly bowed. At this time, Fang Peng had actually just come back not long ago, he didn't have time to change his clothes, and he was still wearing the armor that had been broken by the Flying Flower Sword, and some of the wounds might be because Fang Peng was using too much force when he was doing a handstand, so it was cracking and oozing blood.

Qifeng Pavilion and He'er Pavilion are one in the east of the city and the other in the west of the city, which are too far apart, plus Fang Peng still has to count whether all the people who were wrongly arrested have been released, and they all came back after being busy for a long time. Seeing that Fang Peng was injured, Ning Haochen hurriedly helped him sit down, and then used the true qi in his body to stop Fang Peng's bleeding and heal his injuries, while Zhang Cheng stood aside with no intention of leaving.

Ning Haochen: "Who beat you like this?"

Fang Peng: "Thank you Pavilion Master for your concern, the injury on this body was actually caused by his subordinates falling themselves." ”

In the past, Fang Peng would definitely say that the Crane Pavilion did it, but tonight's Crane Pavilion was very cooperative, which made Fang Peng feel very surprised, thinking that since the Crane Pavilion had already released the Phoenix Feather Brocade that they had mistakenly arrested, Fang Peng simply stopped mentioning the details that happened tonight, so as not to ease the relationship between the Qifeng Pavilion and the Crane Pavilion because of his own words again.

Fang Peng didn't want to make enemies for the lord Liang Yi and Qifeng Pavilion in the imperial capital, although there may have been some misunderstandings with the Heer Pavilion and evolved into contradictions, but Jing Xuan is now Liang Yi's most reliable ally in the imperial capital after all, so Fang Peng thought to himself, more is better than less, but Ning Haochen didn't think so, but asked directly to the point: "Did Jing Xuan do it?"

Fang Peng was stunned when he heard this, and then continued to quibble: "It's really a subordinate who is careless!"

Ning Haochen smiled: "You accidentally fell and got a sword wound?" Fang Peng, I have known you for so many years, this is the funniest joke you have ever told me. ”

Between the words, Ning Haochen saw the medicine bottle in Fang Peng's hand, and before Fang Peng could react, Ning Haochen snatched it directly from him, then opened the lid and took out one and sniffed it: "The secret medicine of the Crane Pavilion Xiuyuan Pill, where did you get it?"

Just as Fang Peng opened his mouth to answer, Ning Haochen directly "hit" the Xiuyuan Pill in his hand into Fang Peng's mouth. Ning Haochen knew that this Xiu Yuan Pill could quickly heal Fang Peng's current injury, although he didn't know where Fang Peng got this from, but if Fang Peng didn't eat it again, with his current injury, I am afraid that he would really not be able to hold the knife again in the future, Ning Haochen's hand strength was well controlled, so Fang Peng didn't choke and swallowed the Xiu Yuan Dan very smoothly.

This scene made Zhang Cheng on the side laugh.

Ning Haochen looked at Zhang Cheng suspiciously: "Why are you still standing here?"

After hearing this, Zhang Cheng hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Pavilion Master, my subordinates are here to report important information to the commander. ”

Hearing this, Fang Peng remembered what Huang Yu said when he was outside the Crane Pavilion before. That is, there was a story about the Phoenix Feather Brocade that disappeared at the gate of Jingfu today, and the whereabouts of the carriage that threw it at the gate of Qifeng Pavilion, before Ning Haochen could react, Fang Peng asked Zhang Cheng directly: "Is it the matter of that carriage?"

Zhang Cheng: "Yes." ”

Ning Haochen: "What carriage?"

Zhang Cheng: "A carriage that kidnapped our brothers?"

Fang Peng saw that Ning Haochen was confused, considering that it involved information related to Yun Fan, and with Zhang Cheng's level, he couldn't hear these things that shouldn't be heard, so Fang Peng briefly explained the general situation in Ning Haochen's ear. Ning Haochen asked Zhang Cheng after hearing this: "Have you found out what the origin of that carriage is?"

Zhang Cheng hesitated and said, "It's Yue Feiyan, Boss Yue's carriage." ”

As soon as these words came out, Ning Haochen and Fang Peng fell into contemplation at the same time, and before Ning Haochen could continue to ask, Fang Peng opened his mouth first: "When you tracked down this carriage, did you find anything unusual?"

Zhang Cheng pinched his nose and thought: "After the carriage threw down people, it took the avenue, and chased it down all the way, the carriage obeyed the street traffic order very well, and it should pass where it should pass, let it go where it should be made, and stop where it should stop, if it weren't for this, relying on these legs alone, the subordinates probably wouldn't be able to catch up." ”

Fang Peng didn't speak, he glanced at Ning Haochen, and Ning Haochen was also looking at him: "Where did the carriage stop later?"

Zhang Cheng: "Outside the smoke and rain building." ”

Ning Haochen: "Interesting. ”

Zhang Cheng: "And this boss Yue seems to have discovered his subordinates." ”

Fang Peng: "Then what did this Yue Feiyan do?" ”

Zhang Cheng: "Get into that carriage." ”

Ning Haochen: "When did it happen?"

Zhang Cheng: "Just now. ”

Fang Peng: "Did you continue to follow later?"

Zhang Cheng: "I followed, but I lost it." ”

Ning Haochen: "So he deliberately let us know that he did it, and now he deliberately concealed the whereabouts of the carriage." What the hell does this Yue Feiyan want to do?"

Fang Peng: "Where was the last place where the carriage disappeared?"

Zhang Cheng: "Thang Long Street. ”

Ning Haochen was puzzled: "Why is it Shenglong Street again?"

Between the words, Ning Haochen suddenly remembered that Thang Long Street was not far from Fang Bo's Mansion. Zhang Cheng's reply made Ning Haochen fall into deep thought for a long time, and Fang Peng on the side seemed to see Ning Haochen's doubts, so he asked Ning Haochen: "Yue Feiyan is not going to see the lord of the country, right?"

Ning Haochen: "Maybe the lord of the country wants to see Yue Feiyan." ”