In the fifth year of Taihe, October Gengchen, Youzheng.

Chang'an, Wannian County, somewhere.

After Liang Tangchen pushed the door of the dark room open, the faint candlelight inside came through, and Zhang Yijun extinguished the fire and walked straight in. Liang Tangchen and several guards stood on the inside of the door and locked the gate.

Five years ago, Zhang Yijun met King Ying, because they were all like-minded people, they learned from the Fu Zheng faction, and soon became acquainted with each other, and were turned into a staff member, but in fact, there was no detailed business.

On the way to Chang'an a few days, Zhang Yijun had deduced countless scenes of reunion with King Ying after a long absence, and even thought about what he wanted to say.

However...... When Zhang Yijun saw the face that he was familiar with in the past again, he was in a trance, and he was speechless for a while, and he even forgot to fork his hands, but just stood with his hands down and said softly: "Your Highness......"

Yingwang Li Han was wearing a moon-white robe, sitting cross-legged in the corner of the dark room hall shrouded in shadows, although from Zhang Yijun's position and his expression could not be seen, but from the time he took a whole breath to slowly get up, his hands dusted off the dust on the robe, and his eyes were always looking at Zhang Yijun's performance, Yingwang was probably far more surprised than Zhang Yijun.

"Yi Jun ......"

Li Han walked from the corner of the dark room, his face looked unfazed, and his voice was not as loud as before.

Zhang Yijun was about to bow his knees, but Li Han stopped him.

Li Han had one question after another in his heart, and he was about to throw them at Zhang Yijun one by one, but he quickly shook his head, and began to look Zhang Yijun's figure up and down carefully for a long time before he regained his previous look and tone, and said, "Does Shu taste right?" How can you see that you are a little thinner than you were three years ago? ”

Zhang Yijun fixed his eyes on King Ying's wrist, which had been a little emaciated recently because of Bigu, and raised his chin slightly, as if he was pointing to King Ying. And Li Han also realized what Zhang Yijun meant, so he covered it with the sleeves of his robe. The two then looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

"Recently, Bigu (not eating grains), yesterday was considered to have broken the vows."

"Sixteen Mansion Banquets."

"Not bad...... King Ying said with a smile, then took Zhang Yijun's hand and extended it to a low square wooden table in the center of the dark room, and the two sat opposite each other.

Ten paces square, the dark room was spacious, with four pillars, and a few candles were enough to illuminate the room except for the four corners. On the east side of the wall, there is a picture of the emperor of the five directions, and part of the paint has been soaked in the damp ground and is difficult to identify. In front of the mural, there is a sitting statue of Emperor Xuantian Zhenwu, most of the color has been lost, and a pair of eyes are still left with black paint.

After a brief greeting, Zhang Yijun told the ins and outs of his coming to Chang'an from Xichuan, from the murder of Sima Zhu, the hidden pile in Victoria, to the game in Chengdu after the surrender of Victoria, as well as Li Zhi's confession, the edict of the Daming Palace finally ordering the return of Victoria and Tubo, and the whole process of finally capturing the secret pile of the Shuaifu.

King Ying listened attentively, sometimes showing a look of surprise, sometimes the masseter muscles twitched with some resentment, and sometimes his eyebrows stretched.

"That Victorian edict, a certain month ago also heard about it......" King Ying quietly listened to it, shook his head helplessly and said: "At that time, there was a lot of discussion in the court about returning the city, and the Niu Party controlled the government, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was to suppress the teacher and harm the public with his own interests. When King Ying said this, he paused, as if he wanted to say something.

Zhang Yijun was keenly aware of what King Ying's pause meant, so he leaned over and asked, "A clear-eyed person sees it like this, what about His Highness?" ”

"However......" Li Han glanced at Zhang Yijun, and then looked at the candles burning on the wooden table, and the wax oil was full of lamps, "However, I heard rumors in the market, I am afraid that there are still other forces in this matter......

"Other forces?" Zhang Yijun was puzzled, he always thought that the final outcome of the Victorian incident was concocted by the Niu Party.

King Ying nodded slightly, but it could be seen from his expression that he was not very confident in what he was going to say: "Once, when Zhao Guizhen, a Taoist priest in the palace, came to the house to preach, he just overheard it, and it seemed that what finally made the saint make up his mind to return to Victoria was the eyes of Shangshu Province at the right time. He is not a bull party, nor is he a person who is close to the teacher. ”

"Isn't it a eunuch?"

"That's even more unlikely!" The hidden truth behind Wang Shoucheng's message yesterday was still tightly haunting in Li Han's thoughts, lingering, so he blurted out and denied it.

Zhang Yijun pondered for a moment, no matter what kind of power this person is, the Victorian affair has been settled at this moment, the Victorian city has been returned to the Tubo people, and Xi Tanmou and the more than 300 Tubo soldiers have all been killed, and now it is useless to discuss the hidden story behind the Victorian affair.

However, the forces involved in the Xichuan dark pile, in Zhang Yijun's view, are afraid to be more dangerous and tricky.

"Has Your Highness ever dabbled in the legend of the Mysterious Monster?"

Li Han couldn't help but be stunned, the legend of the mysterious monster? How did Zhang Yijun go to Xichuan, and even his thinking became jumpy.

"No, why?"

"The secret pile of the Shuaifu, before he killed himself, told Yi Jun a clue, this is the fundamental reason why Yi Jun returned to Chang'an from Xichuan......" Zhang Yijun put his arms on the case, and said in a deep voice word by word: "What that person said is 'The ghost soldiers are coming, none of you can stop it'......"

The candle flickered a few times, and King Ying was silent for a long time.

"'The Ghost Soldiers Are Coming'? What does this mean? Li Han asked a little suspiciously.

"The minister also wants to know, so he has to return to Chang'an!"

"What does this have to do with the Legend of the Monsters?"

"I just heard Li Gong talk about it, and Li Gong once saw this in a mysterious legend, but I don't know why it's named."

"Yi Jun ......" Li Han's eyes were suspicious, and he muttered.

For King Ying, Zhang Yijun has not returned for three years, and I am afraid that he does not know that the court is now complex and changeable, and the undercurrent is surging, which is far more dangerous than the slightly ethereal "ghost soldiers" in his mouth.

The Bull Party in the DPRK controlled the government and suppressed all the people who were close to Li Deyu, and King Ying was also worried that his mentor in Xichuan was plotted by others, so Xu Zhangyi went to Xichuan as a staff member.

However, Li Han also believed that Zhang Yijun should have his own reasons for such a choice, so he asked Zhang Yijun to elaborate.

Zhang Yijun forked his hands and explained: "Your Highness thinks about it, the hidden stake that can be buried in the Shuai's Mansion must have a big tree on its back, and judging by what it does, it is not a bull party." However, its power is afraid that it will never be under the Niu Party, and Li Gong and Yi both believe that behind the word 'ghost soldiers are coming', there may be a big plan! ”

When Li Han heard this, he couldn't help frowning slightly. In the dark room, there was silence as Zhang Yijun spoke, and King Ying thought for a long time without saying a word, and nodded silently.

"Although he was not present at that time, he ......" King Ying's face was still a little stunned, and he said thoughtfully: "But according to what you said, if you really have a big plan, and you can bury the secret pile in the teacher's mansion, I am afraid that it is definitely not something that can be done below the golden purple (three grades) in the court, and it must be in a high position......

"What clues does Your Highness have?"

"This is also the first time I have learned about this matter from your mouth, and it will take some time to visit," King Ying shook his head slightly, for some reason, he had a faint feeling in his heart, as if what Zhang Yijun said in his mouth had some subtle connection with the shadows in the court now, but he was not sure. Then he said worriedly: "But if you really want to make up your mind to track it down, you must be careful, this is Chang'an, and at the foot of the Son of Heaven, it is far more complicated than Chengdu Mansion!" ”

Zhang Yijun raised his hand and sang "喏".

King Ying wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he smiled lightly as if he had just remembered something: "Speaking of clues...... Why don't you go to Pingkangfang and ask that 'acquaintance'? ”

Pingkangfang is the most famous fireworks willow lane in Chang'an, which is not only full of green mansions and red houses, but also occupies half of the Qingqi who do not sell their bodies. The benefactors who came and went here ranged from the nobles of the family to the common people. Therefore, while becoming the capital of Chang'an's wind and snow, Tianxiang and national color, it is also the gathering place of almost all rumors in Chang'an, and countless rumors are spread from this place.

However, Zhang Yijun shook his head again and again as if he was worried about something, and even said with some eagerness: "It's not suitable, it's not suitable......

How could Li Han not know the reason for Zhang Yijun's reaction - because of that "acquaintance".

However, Li Han looked at Zhang Yijun's expression as if he had found fun, and quipped: "What's inappropriate?" In the past three years, Xuanji has already become the top brand of Nanqu Qingfeng Pavilion, and all the guests she makes every day are powerful and rich, maybe she really knows something, but she doesn't know? ”

Zhang Yijun's complexion is a little reluctant, this woman named Xuanji is the Qing Qi of Qingfeng Pavilion in Nanqu of Pingkangfang, since she was young, she has entered the music book, because of some small things five years ago, she met Zhang Yijun and Li Xiao, as for why Zhang Yijun is a little resistant to going to Pingkangfang, there is no need to make more delicate observations, Li Xiao also knows it.

King Ying leaned out again jokingly, and said: "Xiao Wang went to Pingkang last time, I met Xuanji, she didn't miss the side knock to find out where you went, this time you rarely came to Chang'an, why don't you go and say hello?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Yijun didn't want to reply, King Ying looked away with a smile, looked at his side, and changed the topic: "You can come straight to the palace in the future, after all, this place is located in a culvert, and it is good to come only if there is an emergency, and it is not appropriate to use ......it often."

Before Li Han's words fell, there was a sudden sound of "Xi Xi Suo" outside the gate, and Zhang Yijun immediately got up vigilantly and looked back.

"You can close the culvert when you come in?!" King Ying asked in a low voice.

"Absolutely closed!"

However, the sound outside the gate was heard clearly by everyone, and for a while there was silence in the dark room, although there was silence outside the door, but whether it was King Ying, Zhang Yijun, Liang Tangchen and the guards, their hearts hung by a thread, holding their breath.

If someone finds that the culvert here leads directly to the Yingwang Mansion, then there is a risk of committing a felony of personal friendship with the courtiers!

Liang Tangchen, who was standing in the gate, quietly drew his horizontal knife with extremely slow movements, and then signaled with his eyes, and the golden-armored guards on the side of the gate slowly opened the gate with some trepidation, for fear that after a flick of his fingers, a locust-like crossbow arrow would be shot outside the gate.

However, to everyone's surprise, standing in front of the gate was just an unarmed young man in Tsing Yi.

"Ah Yijun...... Elder brother? ”

Li Shangyin was going to call Zhang Yijun's name, but after seeing the gold-armored guards in front of the gate who were fully armed and holding swords, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and his tone at the end of the year involuntarily turned around, which sounded a little funny.

The moment he saw Li Shangyin, Zhang Yijun's face was full of surprise.

Liang Tangchen yelled: "Catch him for me!" ”