Everyone was shocked by the words, and even Emperor Tiansheng leaned out of his seat and asked in surprise: "What?" ”

"Doesn't Your Majesty think it's strange?" Feng Zhiwei smiled and said, "A very important witness in this case, why did Li Changyong, who is said to have colluded with Weichen, bribed the test questions with a lot of money and sold them to the outside world, and was caught red-handed by the Dijing Mansion, why didn't he appear from beginning to end?" ”

As soon as this sentence was asked, everyone suddenly discovered that it was true that this important witness, who should have been the first to be raised, did not appear in court. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Peng Pei's face became more and more ugly - this witness is missing!

Because this matter is not his own hand, he is only in charge of the criminal department here to force a confession and killing, that important person witness has other arrangements, he didn't know who it was before, when this person certificate was escorted by the imperial palace, he was separated from Wei Zhi and others for safety, and locked in an ordinary prison on the ground, who knew that before the trial was about to start this morning, the official reported that this person was missing.

At that time, he had to send the arrow, he thought that anyway, the other evidence was complete enough, and there was someone in the hall to help, enough to prove Wei Zhi to death, so he ordered the officials to be silent and look around, at this time, when he heard Feng Zhiwei take the initiative to mention this issue, his heart burst out, and he already understood that Wei Zhi had already done something.

I hated poison for a while, not because I hated Wei Zhi, but because I hated the second prince who knew that things had changed but didn't notify him in time, and I hated it for a while, and I even forgot the pain, and only stared at the second prince with murderous eyes, and only gritted my teeth and replied after a while: "Your Majesty...... That person testified...... Disappeared inexplicably in the prison last night......"

"Missing?" Emperor Tiansheng was stunned, and then he was furious, "Ridiculous! ”

"Your Majesty." Feng Zhiwei smiled and said, "Please allow Weichen to send a few witnesses to the court." ”

"Yes."

"Please pass on Zongchen, Li Changyong! Taru! ”

When the name Li Changyong came out, everyone looked at each other, and the witness was actually in Wei Zhi's hands?

"Chuan Zongchen, Li Changyong, Tian Liu-"

Not long after, someone strode up to the hall, dressed in white and easy-going, wearing an ebony mask, and carrying two people in their hands.

It was Zong Chen.

When he passed by Gu Nanyi's side, he suddenly stopped, glanced at him up and down, his eyes flashed with anger, and he raised his hand to check his pulse, Gu Nanyi didn't refuse this time, Zong Chen held on to his cold wrist, and immediately closed it with a touch, and then stuffed a fiery red pill into his mouth.

Only then did he salute Emperor Tiansheng and push the two witnesses forward.

Feng Zhiwei turned around, pointed to the man kneeling on the left, and said, "Your Majesty, this is Tian Liu." He also said: "Tian Liu, your left front is the current saint, and you still don't salute?" ”

The man had been listening intently, his eyes were a little dull, and when he heard this, he moved his knees and bowed in the direction of Emperor Tiansheng.

"Qing Ming Changxi's thirteen-year student Tian Liu, see my emperor!"

"Qingming?" Emperor Tiansheng was stunned for a moment, looked at Tian Liu's obviously abnormal gaze, and said hesitantly: "Your eyes ......"

"The eyes of the grass people, since a strange illness broke out in the thirteenth year of Changxi, they have long been unable to see, so they dropped out of Qingming halfway." Tian Liu's voice was full of regret.

"You ......" Emperor Tiansheng hesitated for a moment, not knowing what this Tian Liu had to do with this case.

"Your Majesty." Tian Liu said unhurriedly, "The grass people are Li Changyong, who was arrested by the Imperial Capital Mansion before, and the grass people reported a false name to the Imperial Capital Mansion. ”

"Li Changyong is you?" Emperor Tiansheng's eyes flashed - Li Changyong was actually blind!

When the Dijing Mansion got Li Changyong, who was reselling the test questions, he grabbed the test questions sealed with fire paint and looked sneaky in a small alley, and the test questions were immediately confiscated, and the Dijing Mansion naturally did not dare to open the seal for verification, and quickly sent it to the palace, which was opened and checked by Emperor Tiansheng, from the time of the case, Li Changyong could only just get the test questions, so it can be said that from beginning to end, those who had taken the test questions alone, except for Gu Nanyi, who was accused by the Criminal Department of stealing the test questions, was left with this Li Changyong, Gu Nanyi had proved that he had never gone out, and Li Changyong was blind again, which means that the test questions are indeed not leaked.

Emperor Tiansheng's expression immediately loosened a little, no matter what, if the test questions were not leaked, the Chunyu scandal that shook the world would no longer exist, and the face and reputation of the imperial court would be maintained to some extent.

It's just that there are some things that I still can't figure out, such as why this Tian Liu wants to report a fake name, and how can it be in Wei Zhi's hands, shouldn't this be a witness for Peng Pei and others? And this real Li Changyong......

His gaze turned to Li Changyong, who was a fierce person, although he was dressed as a scholar, his face was full of meat, his eyes were spinning around, he was full of rivers and lakes, and he was not at ease when he knelt on the ground, he always twisted his head around, and Zong Chen had been standing behind him, guarding against it.

Feng Zhiwei didn't look at Li Changyong, just looked at a few people in the hall, since Li Changyong appeared, Peng Pei and the second prince and the seventh prince's faces did not change, but the scholar Wu who had challenged her just now suddenly lowered his head and began to drink tea.

This glance is clear, and sure enough, this matter is not written by one person, it should be done by several people, each responsible for a link, playing the role of confidentiality and mutual supervision, but because of this, she can't grasp the overall situation clearly, but she took advantage of the loophole.

"Li Changyong." Zong Chen kicked lightly and said, "What kind of person are you, what are you here for, tell Your Majesty about it." ”

Li Changyong trembled, and glanced at Scholar Wu again, but people concentrated on drinking tea and didn't look up, the corners of his mouth trembled, remembering the strange hurtful methods of the person behind him, swallowed his saliva, and said helplessly: "Little one...... The little one is called Li Changyong...... A native of Dijing, he lives in Baiya Street, Xinghua Bridge, South Gate of Dijing...... The small family originally had a little bit of money, and it was also considered a wealthy family, but the small one was addicted to gambling and owed a gambling debt, and the creditor came to ask for the debt, forcing the family baby to cry and scream, and the old lady also hanged herself...... The little one was in a hurry, so he took a knife and went to the creditor's house, preparing the red knife to go in and the white knife to come out, and to die a happy death...... was stopped in the alley outside the Xinghua Bridge...... Say to the little ones...... You're going to look for death anyway, and death is worth it...... As long as I am waiting in the West Er Hutong of Donglou Street at night the next day to get something, and then walk to the vicinity of Beisi Hutong within the designated hour, if I am caught by the Dijing Mansion...... Let's just say that I bought it from the Ministry of Rites...... After the deed is completed, give my family a thousand taels of silver, and buy a mansion for my mother-in-law and children in Jianghuai Road......"

At this time, the Qingming students who were originally listening outside had already received a hint from Feng Zhiwei, and they were relieved to disperse, and the heads of the various departments could no longer be mixed in to listen to the trial, and they also left quietly, these people knew that they would not let them listen to everything if they went down again, and the reason why Emperor Tiansheng let them in before was also because there were more and more people gathering on the streets outside, and they were afraid that things would be out of control.

Emperor Tiansheng squinted his eyes, listening to Li Changyong's explanation, there was no joy or anger in his eyes, and he didn't say a word for a while, everyone looked at him anxiously, not knowing what the old emperor was in at the moment, only Ning Yi, didn't look at his face, only lowered his gaze slightly on his fingers.

Emperor Tiansheng's fingers, under the cover of the wide sleeves of his robe, trembled spasmodically.

Ning Yi's eyes flashed, knowing that the emperor was not not silent, but his heart was on fire, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak for the time being.

"Li Changyong!" He immediately said, "Since you took this deal, why are you in Lord Wei's control now?" ”

"Small...... The little one doesn't know either......" Li Changyong cried with a sad face, "The little one went on time that night, and just arrived at the West Erhu Alley of Donglou Street, someone came over and asked, 'Your Excellency's honorable name?' The little one answered, and was immediately knocked unconscious...... After that, he was locked up in a dark room...... The little ones don't know what's going on......"

"Your Majesty." Feng Zhi sneered slightly, stepped forward, and said, "These two can be regarded as Weichen's witnesses, but they don't know the ins and outs, let Weichen explain it to you at once." ”

Emperor Tiansheng only eased up at this time, stared at Peng Pei, who was already colorless, and said in a deep voice: "You say! ”

"Things have to start from the beginning when Weichen takes over the Ministry of Rites." Feng Zhiwei said eloquently, "The first thing Wei Chen did when he took over the Ministry of Rites was to let people clean up the documents and files left by his predecessor Shangshu, and inadvertently found a strange list in a secret compartment behind the bookshelf in the study. ”

Emperor Tiansheng's face changed, and he immediately asked, "What list?" ”

"Wechen doesn't know." Feng Zhiwei said, "There are only some numbers written on it, and the person's surname and place of origin, such as the first line, Weichen remembers, it is ten thousand, Wang, Quyang, a few words." ”

Emperor Tiansheng's face was a little ugly, and he glanced at Feng Zhiwei, "What about the list?" ”

Feng Zhiwei stared at his eyes and said slowly: "I don't know what this list of Weichen is, but I feel suspicious, and I don't feel at ease to stay in the study, so I took it back to the house, there was a fire in Weichen's house that night, and Weichen was snatched out by his subordinates, and the list was put in the bedroom, I don't know if it was burned." ”

Emperor Tiansheng pondered for a moment and said, "Your mansion is burning very badly, I'm afraid that I won't be able to stay." ”

A sneer appeared in Feng Zhiwei's eyes, and he said, "Yes." ”

Emperor Tiansheng avoided her gaze.

Feng Zhiwei's eyes sneered-where did the list come from? Peng Pei really wants to accept bribes, how can he be stupid enough to leave the list? She said this in order to confirm Peng Pei's guilt and test Emperor Tiansheng's attitude towards this case, anyway, her mansion was burned, and it is reasonable that she can't get a list for a while, Emperor Tiansheng really wants to investigate, and she can finally find out who is involved, but now, Emperor Tiansheng didn't even call someone to her mansion to inspect it, which shows that the determination to cover up this case has already been decided.

He sneered in his heart, without revealing anything on his face, and continued, "Weichen has this doubt, and he is very concerned about the Chunyu test questions, and secretly arranges the protection of the test questions, on the surface, there is no difference between the night guards, in fact, the outside is loose and the inside is tight, and the water does not leak, especially when Weichen is not on duty, and the two waiters are not there, Weichen is more careful." ”

"On the night of the theft of the test questions, the secret guards sent by Wechen came to report to Wechen that there were people outside the Ministry of Rites who were mysterious and suspicious, and Wechen didn't want to startle the snake, so he ordered the guards to pay careful attention."

"Then there was a fire in Weichen's mansion, and Weichen knew that something was wrong at the time, presumably it had something to do with the list, so he didn't dare to walk around at will, so he followed him to the palace of His Royal Highness."

"Let's talk about the grass people." Zong Chen suddenly said, "Grass people Zong Chen, Nanhai people, born in Wuquan Mountain in the South China Sea, and Yan Huaishi, the head of the Yan family, has a lot of friendship, the head of the Yan family is very favored by Lord Wei, please ask the grass people to lead a group of Yan family guards to protect the benefactor, on the night of the incident, the grass people saw a figure flashing over the wall outside the wall of the Ministry of Rites, so they told the master while closely monitoring, the adults asked the grass people not to startle the grass snake, see the opportunity to act, the grass people have been following the man in black, saw him unlock the lock and stole the test questions, and locked the door again when leaving, and the grass people have been following him, When I arrived at the West Erhu Alley of Donglou Street, I found that Li Changyong was wandering left and right there, and I understood what was going on, so I went out to intercept the thief in the West Erhutong, took away the test questions, and then captured Li Changyong, and asked Li Changyong what he was going to do. asked him to pretend to be Li Changyong for this matter, Tian Liu's righteousness, agreed, and went to the vicinity of Beisi Hutong with the test questions...... Later, he was caught by the Imperial Palace. ”

Emperor Tiansheng has been listening with his eyes half-closed, as if he was thinking about whether there is anything suspicious about this passage, and after thinking about it for a long time, he felt that it was impeccable, Wei Zhi's response was already well-intentioned, and even the person who led the snake out of the hole carefully arranged a blind Tian Liu, and the crime of negligence was nitpicking.

Emperor Tiansheng asked with a calm face: "How is Tian Liu here now?" ”

"Your Majesty." Zong Chen smiled, "Whether it is the theft of the test questions, or the arrest of people in the Dijing Mansion later, the time is too coincidental here, and the grass people are not worried about the Dijing Mansion, and they are afraid that the Tian Liu brothers will suffer from the flesh and skin and even lose their lives if they stay in the Dijing Mansion or the Criminal Department, so the grass people have been paying attention to waiting, and after the first time they passed the hall, they stole the Tian Liu brothers. ”

"Where is the person you said about stealing test questions?"

"The grass people have captured him, this person has a hard mouth, the grass people think that they have no right to interrogate this person on behalf of the national legal system, but they are not at ease to hand him over to the current Dijing Mansion and the Criminal Department, for fear that he will accidentally die, this person is now in the grass people, if Your Majesty wants, the grass people can directly hand him over to the Imperial Forest Army."

There was no blood on the face of the scholar Wu in the hall, and Emperor Tiansheng groaned for a moment, and said coldly: "Later, I will send someone to mention this person." ”

Zong Chen smiled and bowed back.

Scholar Wu trembled his hand to take the teacup, his hand was raised several times and fell stiffly, and Scholar Hu on his side immediately held it up, and said with a low smile: "Old Wu, what's wrong with you?" Is your face so ugly? What's bad? ”

Wu University scholar Mu Mu glanced at him, knowing in his heart that it was inappropriate for him to be like this, and he tried his best to calm down, but his heart was a mess and scorching, as if he was frying in boiling oil, where could he still maintain his dignity and honor?

The second prince's face was dark, but he couldn't see the white, but he vaguely revealed a blue and yellow color, and the fingers placed under the case kept trembling gently in no one's place.

The Seven Princes folded the fan half-covering his face, covering the expression on his face, and a beautifully embroidered fan pendant between his fingers somehow dropped a few strands of silk ears, and he silently put the silk ears into his sleeves.

Squinting at Ning Yi, the Seventh Prince snorted coldly in his heart...... His Majesty would not have left the palace today, this is what he has inquired about and determined, who made His Majesty come over to hear the trial? Arrived in such a timely manner?

It's a failure...... Again.

"Your Majesty." After a long time, Feng Zhi said lightly, as if sighing, "Some people have really taken great pains to concoct this shocking case, stealing the Ministry of Rites, burning the Wei Mansion, colluding with officials, and forging witnesses, and the witnesses they brought to the court today are almost all perjury, so frustrating, how shocking is it......"

She sighed, looking like she was not sorry to die, but it was worrying for His Majesty to have such a vicious courtier by his side.

Emperor Tiansheng was silent.

Silence returned to the hall.

Different from the previous silence of contemplation and oppression, the silence at this moment is cold and scorching, and there is a trembling breath flowing in the air, like the light of the cool incense ash in the purple gold copper furnace overnight, in fact, there is still a dark red jumping spark, just waiting for the ash to open and splash up-

"Peng Pei!"

The silence was indeed blown up in an instant, and Emperor Tiansheng's angry shouts resounded through the hall like a hurricane in an instant!

Peng Pei, who was already in a semi-coma due to excessive bleeding and pain, couldn't climb up against the fence, and even Peng Pei, who didn't know what he said later, was shocked by this sound, suddenly sobered up, his eyes widened, and he was horrified to see Emperor Tiansheng angrily push the case, pull away the long sword worn by a guard of the Royal Forest Army behind him, run quickly, grab it in his hand and cut off his head-

"I'll kill you mad bastard!"

"Your Majesty!"

In the full hall of clay sculpture and wood carving, a figure flew in regardless of the sharpness of the sword!

It turned out to be Feng Zhiwei.

"Your Majesty-" Feng Zhiwei hugged Emperor Tiansheng's sword-holding hand with both arms, and hissed, "Your Majesty will put Wei Zhi in prison because of a person's words, but you can't kill the minister because of Wei Zhi's words!" The prison should not be moved lightly, and the ministers should not be killed, Peng Pei was guilty, so he was handed over to the ministry for punishment, and you killed him with such a sword, and the ministers were wronged...... The wrongs of the ministers...... I can't tell you until I die......"

She hugged Emperor Tiansheng, and her voice gradually turned to a sad chok, "...... Your Majesty...... Don't get angry...... The minister still thinks about you for thousands of years...... Always teach the minister, train the minister......"

The sleeves of his shirt slipped down, revealing his arms that had been "tortured to the point of being scarred", and the dense wounds were unbearable.

Emperor Tiansheng listened to her bloody words, and remembered that this young man was framed and imprisoned by everyone because he did not form a party for personal gain, did not follow the crowd, and only relied on the emperor, so he was framed and imprisoned by everyone, and the order to take him to prison and kill him several times was still given by himself, and his heart trembled for a while, and he rarely felt a little remorse, and then in a blink of an eye, he saw the shocking "torture injury" on Wei Zhi's arm, his body was shocked, his anger rose again, his face turned red between the arches, but there was a flash of green between his eyebrows, and he only felt that his heartbeat was like a drum and his temples were pounding, When the sword fell to the ground with a loud sound, the man shook.

Feng Zhiwei, who was closest to him, didn't look good, the old emperor seemed to be really angry today, but don't have a stroke in front of him, and he wanted to bear the "wound of the great punishment" and talked about it now, this middle qi should also be used up, and he couldn't say anything if he was a hundred times more energetic, so he quickly sobbed, "Your Majesty...... Don't be angry...... Mo Qi...... It's all my fault......" shook his body first, and fell backwards.

The figure behind him flickered, but it was Ning Yi, who ran over just now, who caught it, held her back weakly, looked down, and said affirmatively: "Lord Wei is injured, and he is in pain, and he fainted." ”

As soon as he stretched out his hand and hugged Emperor Tiansheng, a stream of heat penetrated through his palm, and he said: "Father, Lord Wei begs you to be merciful under the sword, this is also for the courtiers to be loyal to the country, Peng Pei should hand it over to the ministry." ”

Emperor Tiansheng was dizzy for a while, and he refused to fall down in front of the ministers, and now Ning Yi was really angry, and he was much better, and he looked at him with complicated eyes - he had always disliked Ning Yi in the past, and another reason was this son's martial arts, when the princes practiced martial arts together, they worshiped the famous teachers hired in the palace, but Ning Yi was outstanding and better than the blue, and the famous teacher finally hung up the crown and begged to go, such a talented prince should have been the blessing of the emperor, but only Ning Yi, But it echoes more and more the shadow of a certain place in his heart, how many years he has been taboo, Ning Yi should actually know that he is taboo, and it is rare that he is not bound by this, and when he should use martial arts, such as at this moment.

Thinking of this, thinking of this son who has not been treated by him for many years but has always been open and bright, and this iron-clad Wei Zhi can be regarded as a kind of person, his heart couldn't help but soften, and he said gently: "According to you." ”

His unusually kind tone, Ning Yi was not flattered, but followed the Seventh Prince who was standing behind him, his eyes jumped.

Emperor Tiansheng kicked Peng Pei who was paralyzed into mud with disgust, and his robe wet a large area of Peng Pei's forehead, and shouted angrily: "You have your own country!" ”

Gonggong Jia caught up and helped Emperor Tiansheng to walk out, Emperor Tiansheng looked at Wei Zhi, who was "unconscious" in the crook of Ning Yi's arm, and looked at Gu Nanyi, who had been leaning against the fence and had not moved, groaned for a while, and stopped.

"Come on, send Wei Zhi and Gu Nanyi, and send them to the palace to find a doctor for treatment!"

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An earth-shattering disaster, was timely received the news of Feng Zhiwei even eliminated the invisible, outsiders do not understand the dark tide is surging and in danger, only know that Wei Xiaohou is really legendary, there is nothing that happens around him that does not make people lose their eyes, for a while the people of Tiansheng have increased a lot of talking about it, the streets and alleys, teahouses and restaurants, the scholars waiting to be examined and the people drinking tea are crowded into a pile, foaming at the mouth and clapping their knees to describe the "three pumps in the hall" of the "earth-shattering ghosts and gods" that day, and the people who say it are radiant, It seems that he is the protagonist of the book case in the hall and scolding the court for stepping on the book, the listener's eyes are dull, and he exhales in a burst of gasp, and the storyteller in the restaurants everywhere is very bright, and quickly compiles this dramatic case into a book "The traitorous Shangshu is jealous of the virtuous and can conspire to set up a frame, and the loyal and righteous marquis makes trouble with the criminal department in the court", not to mention Wei Zhida's brilliance and majesty, and even Hua Qiong, Gu Nanyi, etc., all received a glorious positive image of loyalty and aggrieved.

The famous sentence "Heaven and earth, I will not tolerate it!" It was quickly sung, women and children all know, there is a Tan family restaurant is very in line with the trend, the left and right door plaques are linked to "Tianrong, Earth, I do not tolerate - do not enter the door", and the lower link is "stir-frying, stewed, Tanjia cuisine - vegetables are fragrant", for a while, the door is like a market, and the business is prosperous.

The outside world was disturbed, the court was bustling, Emperor Tiansheng was furious and thundered, and personally handled the case, Peng Pei took his post and was sent to prison to be escorted to Dali Temple for trial, and the two attendants of the Ministry of Rites were suspended pending investigation, and all the officials who were accused of testifying to the Criminal Department should be thoroughly investigated on the same day, and Li Asuo, who committed perjury, was immediately decided, and the greedy Qingming scum Ni Wenyu, it is said that the king of Chu suggested that he be removed from Xiucai and famous, never used, and put him in the flail at the gate of Qingming Academy for three days before processing, Emperor Tiansheng approved, and what happened to Ni Wenyu later - you can imagine it without asking.

Some people are crying and screaming, some are restless, some are at a loss, and some are scratching their ears and cheeks.

It was Feng Zhiwei who was scratching his ears and cheeks.

She originally just wanted to pretend to be dizzy, and then leave the scene with honor, how to deal with it next and hand it over to Emperor Tiansheng, what to do, who knew that Emperor Tiansheng suddenly found out in his conscience, and actually made an exception to take her and Gu Nanyi to the palace for recuperation, which made her anxious - not to mention that the imperial doctor in the palace was not as good as Zong Chen, the worst thing was that she had to pretend to be "seriously injured and not healed" in the palace, the eunuchs were waiting with good eyes, she couldn't get out of bed, and she didn't know what happened to Gu Nanyi, although Gu Nanyi and she were both arranged in the Jingshen Hall of the outer court, But there were still two courtyards apart, she asked the eunuch how Lord Gu was, and the eunuch either smiled and said Master Hou, don't worry, take care of your injuries first, or just ask three questions, saying that the imperial doctors over there are all there, but they are all driven out by Lord Gu, this hearing is more and more anxious Feng Zhiwei, the imperial doctors are all there, doesn't it mean that they are helpless? Gu Nanyi drove them out, is there anything wrong?

The "scars" on her body are the medicine prepared by Zong Chen, and she was given to her when she got into the prison car that day, and the prison car was crooked, and after using it, her skin appeared red and purple, and there were dense bloody bumps, which looked scary, in fact, as long as she took the medicine in another bottle, before taking the antidote, the breath in her body would also show a weakening appearance, Feng Zhiwei was not afraid of being found out by the imperial doctor, she was only worried that Gu Nanyi would be missed for a long time, and she was patient for two days, and she couldn't help it anymore this night, and she slipped out of bed after wearing soft socks, ready to visit Gu Nanyi at night, If anyone bumps into it, they will say that they are sleepwalking, and she is quite skilled in pretending to be sleepwalking anyway.

She had inquired in advance about the wing room where Gu Nanyi lived, which was actually the east-west courtyard of a palace courtyard, but this depth of field hall was very peculiar, and the corridor was designed to be complicated, and when she got to Gu Nanyi's courtyard, she had to bypass a palace wall.

She walked quietly, and suddenly saw a figure flashing in front of her, and hurriedly got behind the corridor, but saw that it was a thin little eunuch, walking briskly, looking in that direction, it was also heading towards Gu Nanyi's courtyard.

Feng Zhiwei stared at the eunuch's steps, his eyes flashed - this is a martial arts person, and his martial arts are not low.

A eunuch with martial arts, who does not wait in the palace late at night, but comes to this deep hall of depth, what is he going to do?

Feng Zhiwei's breath was lighter.

The eunuch walked a few steps, then suddenly stopped, and stood and waited.

The shadow of the moonlight shone faintly, and the palace gate in front slowly opened, and someone was walking through the palace road and strolling with his hands.