The light market has dispersed, the fire on the street has been quickly extinguished by the forbidden army guarding the capital, and the crowd of people in twos and threes went home together, talking about the danger that happened on the street just now, and everyone who had nothing to do patted their chests and secretly shouted for happiness.

Fortunately, Zhao Zhen, who was not injured and was not frightened, had been sent back to the palace at this time. For Zhao Zhen, he didn't get nothing out of the palace this time, at least after he went back, he would rearrange the fire prevention in Beijing.

At this time, in the Eight Kings' Mansion, Yun Xi and the others were being reprimanded by the Eight Kings, and no one dared to raise their heads to speak, even Zhao Xian, who was usually favored, sat quietly aside and did not dare to squeak.

On the other side of the hall sat Zhao Xian's master, Daoist Chen Shu, but next to the Daoist stood a young man about sixteen years old.

This young man has a delicate face, a slender figure, even muscles, a slightly dark complexion, and is very healthy, which must be due to years of exposure to the sun and rain.

After a full quarter of an hour, after Bawangfang's lesson, his mood eased slightly, he turned around and arched his hand towards the Taoist chief, "Thank you Zhenren and this little brother for saving each other, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Chen Tuan twisted his chin and smiled slightly, "The Eight Kings are polite, it's just a matter of raising their hands, but the poor road doesn't contribute, this is all done by my unsuccessful apprentice." ”

Yunxi's brothers were busy with the young man to the end, "Xie Lu Xie little brother, I'll wait for the five feelings." ”

The boy hurriedly dodged and replied.

It turned out that the stone that shot down the assassin's dagger in the alley was sent by the young man, and he was the one who tapped the assassin's palm.

Zhao Xian hurriedly ran to the master and asked, "Master, who is this senior brother?" ”

"This is your senior brother Li Yi, who has followed me to learn art since he was a child, and his medicine and martial arts have been passed on to me. Recently, he will stay in your mansion with me, and when I am not there, you should ask your senior brother for advice. ”

"Knowing the way, master." Zhao Xian was very happy when she saw that someone was coming to accompany her, and she hurriedly called Li Yi softly, "Hello, senior brother!" ”

Li Yi smiled faintly and nodded, "Senior sister." ”

In the following months, this Li Yi made Zhao Xian deeply realize that there are really genius teenagers in this world, which is sincerely admired.

On this day, when the eight kings returned from the next dynasty, their faces looked quite uneasy, Zhao Xian saw it, hurriedly poured a cup of tea and put it in Yuan Yan's hand, and asked with concern, "Daddy, what's the trouble?" ”

Yuan Yan looked at his daughter, thinking of her closeness to the official family, as well as her behavior when she was four years old, her heart moved, and she asked, "Do you know that before the emperor died, he gestured eight fingers, which means that this king will assist the minor prince in the matter?" ”

Zhao Xian nodded, "But it aroused the fear of the Queen Mother?" ”

"Yes, now that the Queen Mother is in the dictatorship of the dynasty, she excludes dissidents, and the ministers who have opposed her in the court have been purged, and now she extends her hand to her father. Thinking that she has been running the government for many years, she has a lot of henchmen, and the court is full of her minions, how can her father fight her, I am afraid that the queen mother will find a reason to charge her father. The Eight Kings said slowly.

"Daddy, my daughter has a plan, I don't know if to say it?" Zhao Xian looked at her father, and the long-brewing thoughts in her heart couldn't help but say it.

"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it, I know that you are very smart, and you are better than your brothers, so you don't need to worry too much in front of your father." Yuan Yan knows that his daughter has hills and ravines in her chest.

"Daddy, the queen mother is afraid of you because of two things, one is that within the royal family, only you are quite talented, and you can justifiably compete with you in the court; The second is that you have the most important power in your hands, that is the secret guard, and the Queen Mother has been coveting it for a long time. Zhao Xian stretched out two fingers and said.

"For today's plan, my father is a closed door, isolated from others, claiming to have yang madness, and cannot go to the court to discuss matters to avoid the persecution of the queen mother; The second is to hand over part of the secret guard rights to the Queen Mother. Zhao Xian's eyes blinked, and she looked at her father's reaction as she spoke.

"In this way, isn't the Queen Mother calling for wind and rain in the court and doing her own thing? If the secret guard is handed over to the queen mother, the queen mother will really be like a tiger, and my Zhao dynasty will be in danger. When Yuan Yan heard this, he shook his head hurriedly.

"Daddy, this is just to temporarily avoid the limelight and preserve her strength, my daughter asked my father to hand over the secret guards to the Queen Mother, which means that some of the secret guards can be handed over to her, so that she can dispel her doubts. And Daddy still holds the most important power in his own hands, and after the reorganization, he can still protect the royal family." Zhao Xian said confidently.

Yuan Yan stopped drinking tea, squinted and thought about it carefully, then raised his eyes and said, "Okay, this plan is very good." ”

"But, Xian'er, I just listened to you, reorganize the secret guard? How to restructure? You might as well tell me about it. The Eight Kings asked curiously.

These eight kings, Zhao Yuanyan, are outstanding figures among the royal family of this dynasty, with a rigorous personality and great talent. When the first emperor was there, he put the secret guard in his hands.

At the time of Taizu's absence, the secret guards were only responsible for secretly guarding the emperor. In the hands of the Eight Kings, he expanded the functions of the secret guards, such as the private reporting of officials, the monitoring of the security situation in various places, and the spy on the movements of neighboring countries.

So much so that all state capitals and counties have secret guards arranged by him, and surrounding countries also have secret guards placed by him. These secret guards are not limited to their professions, maybe they are the officials in the official office, maybe they are the guys in the restaurant, or the owners of the restaurant, and all kinds of people may be secret guards. This large number of secret guards cultivated are the result of the efforts of the Eight Kings for decades.

Much later, the Eight Kings still remembered the amazing idea of their daughter at that time, and she actually suggested that she refine the secret guard function and sort it out into different functions, calling it "department".

He also divided the secret guards of the Great Song Dynasty into five pieces, and called them "large regions". I don't know how her magical little brain came up with these fresh words, but they make a lot of sense.

As a result of the assassin incident at the Lantern Festival, her daughter separated the secret guards to protect the emperor and set up a separate "department" called the "Secret Guard", and the "Secret Guard" trained separately to protect the emperor.

And the emperor's personal guards are also called "shadow guards", they are like the emperor's shadows, and they are the strongest martial arts in the secret guards.

She also set up a separate department, in which there are men and women, all of whom take in homeless orphans, trained in a special way since childhood, and are in charge of it herself, and even he, the father, cannot interfere. These orphans have trained hard and are now achieving success.

Due to the withdrawal of the eight kings from the government, and handed over the secret guard to the queen mother, sure enough, the queen mother was no longer afraid of him, in order to show grace, the queen mother also crowned her daughter as "princess of Huayi".

Eight years have passed in a flash. In the blink of an eye, Zhao Xian had turned sixteen years old, and one day, Chen Tuan said to Zhao Xian, who had finished practicing the mental method, "Xian'er, you have reached the age of sixteen, and your body has almost been conditioned, and your early congenital deficiency is now no longer hindered. ”

Zhao Xian looked at Chen Jian reluctantly, "Zhilu said master, then where are you going next?" Can't you take me with you? ”

"The master is going to travel the world next, you are a woman, what are you doing for the teacher? You have your own way forward. Remember to be a teacher, don't force everything, you are a smart person, you must know how to let go of what you need, and everything is according to fate. ”

"Master, Xian'er has something unclear, why did the master come here to take me as an apprentice?"

"Xian'er, you and I are masters and apprentices are fate, and this is fate. In the future, you can ask your brother for help, and he has learned a lot. ”

Looking at Zhao Xian's still confused eyes, Chen Jian smiled, "I know the doubts in your heart for so many years, you must know the past life and this life, this life and the previous life, you are her, she is you, don't worry too much." ”

Zhao Xian silently wrote down these words, thought about them repeatedly in her heart, and then suddenly became enlightened. She smiled and said, "Thank you, master, master has time to come and see me." ”

Chen Tuan patted Zhao Xian's shoulder, nodded, and didn't say goodbye to others, and left the Eight Kings' Mansion in a hurry. The light rain was slightly hazy that day, just like Zhao Xian's mood, with a hint of wetness and reluctance.