The night is quiet, and it seems that all people should be asleep at this time, but there are always three or two people who are exceptions.

The two guards guarding the West Garden couldn't help but doze off because of their sleepiness, but they still knew their duties in their hearts and still fought hard.

In the silence of the night, they smelled a faint fragrance, and when the fragrance hit their faces, they lost consciousness almost simultaneously and fell to the ground.

A faint black shadow gently fell from under the eaves, as light as a wisp of ghost, as light as a breeze blowing off autumn leaves.

Zi Tong couldn't help but think of the night she was in distress in the Aromatic Pavilion, the same black clothes and masked, but I don't know if it was the same person? Thinking of the scene that night, Zitong was still a little nervous, so her hand involuntarily pulled the placket of Haotian's clothes.

Feeling the coldness from Zitong's body, Haotian held her hand with his backhand.

The masked man in black stood where he was, looked around, listened to the movement, and finally glanced disdainfully at the two guards who had fallen to the ground, pushed open the door of the west wing, and walked in.

A brand-new coffin was placed in the middle of the room, and the masked man in black pulled out his long sword from his body, gently pried the lid open, and then pushed it hard. As he pushed, another force sent the lid of the coffin flying upward, and at the same time a man leaped out of the coffin and stood firmly in front of him.

The masked man in black was taken aback, took a few steps back, secretly screamed badly and then swept towards the door, but he never thought that there was someone waiting at the door: "Do you want to escape?" Even if you put on your wings tonight, it will be difficult to fly. ”

The man who jumped out of the coffin said: "Because of you, I have been stuffy in it for a long time, and now we will settle this account." The three of them fought together in the courtyard. Haotian, Haoyue, and Zitong appeared from the darkness.

Zitong was a little surprised: "Isn't the prince the two big brothers Rufeng and Ruoying?" ”

Haotian nodded: "It's them." ”

Zi Tong looked at the situation of the three people fighting, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that person won't last long." ”

Haoyue said with a smile: "Even Zitong can see this, sixth brother, I guess within ten moves, this black-clothed ghost will definitely be captured." ”

The black-clothed masked man was powerless to deal with Rufeng and Ruoying, and when he saw Haoyue and Haotian appearing in the courtyard, he understood that he was just fighting for trapped beasts, and there was no chance of escape, and his heart became more and more impatient to the point that he was in a hurry and made mistakes again and again.

Haotian smiled slightly: "It doesn't take ten moves, I said that within five moves, such as the wind and the shadow will succeed." Sure enough, after a while, Rufeng snatched the long sword from the man in black's hand, and Ruoying took advantage of the gap to turn his fist into a palm and grab the man's arm.

Haotian smiled and said: "I haven't seen each other for a while, and the skills of the two of you are getting better and better." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and pressed the black-clothed masked man to his knees in front of Haotian and Haoyue.

Like the wind, Ruoying bowed: "Xie Liu's praise is not dishonored." ”

With a flick of his palm like the wind, he lifted off the black-clothed man's masked scarf.

Haotian was slightly surprised when he saw this person at first glance, this person looked a little familiar but couldn't remember where he had seen it? But what he can be sure of is that this person is not from the palace, which is a bit strange, how could he get the news, could it be that there are still his comrades in the palace, hiding in the shadows?

The man in black kneeling on the ground raised his head, a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and there was no fear in his dark eyes.

Haotian pondered for a while and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The man in black sneered: "The prince still saves his worries, and it is in vain to ask anything." ”

Haotian looked at him coldly and was silent. After a long while, Hao Tianfang spoke: "There is no difference between what you say and what you don't say, it's a pity that you are busy, what you are looking for has fallen into the hands of this king, and you are just accompanying your life in vain." ”

Seeing that his eyes were sharp and his words were firm, the man in black couldn't help but be suspicious of the letter, and then the suspicion on his face became heavier and heavier, and he muttered, "Could it be that the girl really swallowed the letter?" You've slit her throat? ”

Haotian smiled faintly, and after a long time, he said slowly: "Xiaolan didn't swallow anything, why should I cut her throat?" ”

The man in black looked at Haotian puzzled, "Then why did you say it just now?" ”

Haotian chuckled: "This is just a bait, in order to lure you out," and slowly walked in front of the man in black: "This king is just curious, what is it that makes you take such a risk?" And what was it that killed Xiaolan and the third lady? Also, I'm still not sure if you've found what you're looking for? You may have already got your hands on it, and you might be able to run for something else. ”

Haotian's words only made the man in black stunned.

Haotian said again: "Thank you for all this, your words let this king know what he wants to know, it turned out to be a letter, and you haven't found it so far, which shows that this king still has a chance to understand what this mystery is?" ”

The face of the man in black changed greatly, and then he suddenly realized.

Haotian sneered and asked sharply, "Who are your comrades in the palace?" ”

The man in black just looked at him silently.

On the ground, Haotian's gaze became extremely sharp: "Maybe you are not afraid of death, but believe it or not, this king has at least a hundred ways to make you survive and not die." ”

The eyes of the man in black showed a deathly darkness, and suddenly he laughed wildly: "I have naturally heard of the methods of the Sixth Prince, but the Ninth Prince, you no longer have this opportunity." ”

Haotian's face changed. Rufeng and Ruoying found that the situation was not good, and hurriedly tried to clamp the jaw of the man in black, but they were still a step too late, and a little black and red blood slowly oozed from the corner of the man's mouth, and his head fell to the ground.

Rufeng probed the breath of the man in black and shook his head to Haotian.

Haotian sighed lightly, and this clue was broken again.

Haoyue on the side spoke: "Rufeng, take a look at what is on his body?" ”

Rufeng groped around the body of the man in black for a while, and found a blue-green stone bottle on him, engraved with the words 'Enchanted Youlan'.

Haoyue said: "Isn't this a very famous incense on the rivers and lakes? ”

Ruoying nodded: "Looking at the situation of the two guards just now, they should have been fascinated by this thing, but this 'Enchanted Orchid' is not an ordinary incense, presumably this person's background is not small." ”

Haoyue asked, "How unusual?" ”

Wakaying replied: "'Enchanted Orchid' is made from seven kinds of strange pollen, and these seven kinds of strange pollen are not easy to obtain, so this kind of incense is not available to ordinary people. ”

Haotian shook his head and smiled, turning to look at Zitong: "Could he be the person you met in the Aromatic Pavilion that night?" ”

Zi Tong pondered for a while and said, "It shouldn't be, although the figures are somewhat similar, but the voice of the voice is very different, although the man wearing the mask only said one word to me that night, and he lowered his voice, but I can still hear the difference between the voices of the two." ”

Haotian nodded solemnly.

The guards in the palace heard the movement and gathered from all over the place, Haotian ordered a few guards to carry the corpses on the ground out, and when he raised his eyes, he saw the left wing coming over, and asked, "You are out of the way?" ”

Zuo Yi said: "That little wine is nothing, just now Miss Zitong asked Ah Fu to send some sobering soup, and the subordinates will be fine after drinking it." ”

Early the next morning, the curtain of the study door rang, and the dusty right wing walked in from outside.

Haotian saw that it was him and asked, "Xiaolan's family has all been picked up?" ”

The right wing frowned and bowed and replied: "The subordinates are derelict in their duties, and the subordinates can be said to be quick to whip up, but they are still a step late, Xiaolan's parents and her brother were killed before the subordinates arrived, and the three of them were killed with a knife, and the methods were clean and neat, and the subordinates carefully surveyed every corner of their house, and did not find the slightest clue." ”

After listening to the report of the right wing, Haotian looked uncertain and did not speak for a long time.

The right wing knelt on the ground: "The subordinates are not doing well, please punish the prince." ”

After a while, Haotian raised his hand gently: "Get up, I have long thought about this possibility, and it is not your fault." ”

Only then did the right wing stand up. Haotian saw that his eyebrows were full of tiredness, and said, "After running around for a day and a night, you go down and change your clothes and rest." ”

The right wing suddenly remembered something, walked a few steps and turned back: "Lord Wang, when my subordinates came back just now, I passed by the door of Yuehua Building and saw two girls, vaguely seemed to be Zitong and Xiaohong, but the figure disappeared in a flash, and the subordinates didn't get off the horse when they were in a hurry to come back, I don't know if they are in the house, maybe the subordinates are dazzled." ”

Haotian's face immediately sank, and he looked at Xiaocao standing aside with displeasure: "Didn't you say that Zitong was taking a nap?" ”

Xiaocao's face was already snow-white, her legs were soft, and she knelt on the ground with a 'plop', and said in a trembling voice: "The prince forgives Zitong and said that she was bored and panicked when she got up this morning, so she and Xiaohong went out, and the little master said that let the slave cover it properly." ”

Haotian smiled coldly: "Cover it up properly?" Are you really obedient? Is she your master? Don't you know who the real master is? ”

Xiaocao, who was kneeling on the ground, dared to say another word, and secretly complained in his heart.

Haotian had a gloomy face: "The guards at the door didn't dare to let her go out without my words, how did she get out?" ”

Xiaocao trembled and said: "Zitong didn't know when she found out that there was a hole in the east wall of the palace that was covered by flowers and trees, and the hole was not big or small, and they came out from there." ”

Haotian was angry and funny when he heard it: "They got out of the hole in the wall? ”

Xiaocao bit her lip and nodded. Haotian was about to speak again, when the curtain rang, someone walked in, and the person walking in front was Zuo Yi and Ah Fu, and the person behind was none other than Xiaohong.

Xiaohong's face was covered with sweat, panting, out of breath, and knelt down as soon as she entered the room, opening her mouth several times without speaking.

Haotian frowned: "Do you still know to come back?" What about the girl? ”

Xiaohong stammered: "Zitong asked the slave to come back and spread the word that she was still outside." ”

Haotian felt something wrong in his heart: "What's wrong? Why didn't Zitong come back? ”

Xiaohong gasped: "Here's the thing, Zitong originally wanted to go outside at will, and we were already planning to go home, but when we passed by Yuehua Building, a veiled woman in purple walked out of it, Zitong accidentally bumped into the woman, and the veil on the woman's face fell, Zitong was stunned when she saw the woman's face, and said again and again, 'It's too similar', and the slave didn't know what she said." It's too like', so I asked her, but she didn't say anything, and pulled the slave maid to follow the woman behind, and we followed until the Ningxiang Pavilion, Zitong asked the slave and maid to come back and bring a message to the prince, but she herself followed the woman in. ”

Haotian's eyebrows almost stood up, what kind of place did this girl go to? He asked with a cold face, "What did she ask you to say?" ”

Xiaohong said: "Zitong said that she asked the prince to come to the Ning Xiang Pavilion immediately, and she said that she found a woman who was very similar to the appearance painted by the prince. ”

Haotian didn't react for a while, and asked, "What is the woman in the painting?" ”

Xiaohong paused: "Zitong said that it was a person who the prince had been thinking about for ten years. ”

Haotian's face changed greatly, his body moved, and in a blink of an eye, he arrived at the door.