Early in the morning, Nan Luyuan waited in Nan Zixiao's dormitory early, holding a scroll of the imperial capital's market layout atlas, looking carefully with a frown, and smearing something with a thin vermilion ink strip stroke by stroke.

When Nan Zi got up from the bed with sleepy eyes, finished washing, put on the silver and white satin embroidered vermilion Minghong's imperial robe, stood neatly by Nan Luyuan's side, and took the album in his hand, Li Yangguan and Zhang Shenling also stepped into the main hall.

Li Yangguan is wearing a dark round neck robe, covered with a silk black robe, tied with a black silk robe on his forehead, and tied with a small jade and gold crown on his forehead. This was his official uniform when he was stationed on the frontier.

Zhang Shenling is wearing a pink and white robe, covered with a silver-white coat, the cuffs are a fancy style of pinching silver wire, and he wears a ring-shaped vermilion jade pendant at his waist. He was born very white and beautiful, and he was only sixteen years old, and it was really pleasing to the eye, and everyone couldn't help but praise him for being an immortal who came down from the sky.

The two of them bowed to Nan Zixiao, and greeted each other with Nan Luyuan a good morning, and were about to ask about business. Nan Luyuan's earlier summons were issued in a hurry, and the two of them had just woken up, so they hurried to the palace, and happened to meet at the palace gate, so they entered the palace together.

Nan Luyuan followed the direction of Nan Zixiao's atlas and pointed to the silk layout map to guide the two of them to look. The two of them looked at it, and Zhang Shenling pointed to the red ones that were circled and said suspiciously: "Here, here, and here." What's going on with these three specially marked Minfang districts? ”

There are three annotations on the book, and six market circles, which are connected by several red lines and extend to one on the outskirts of the city.

Although the small circles are not easy to notice, they are widely distributed and implicated in each other, more like an invisible net, enveloping the entire imperial capital.

"Is it the defensive layout of the Winter Banquet?" Li Yangguan was puzzled, "With only nine points, it is not something that ordinary people can do to control the entire national capital under its control." Do you want me to send troops to defend it? ”

Nan Luyuan said: "I'm afraid it's the opposite. Brother Yangguan didn't go to the outskirts of the city with us that day, Shen Ling, you can talk about it. He pointed to the outskirts of the city and looked at Zhang Shenling.

Zhang Shenling was wondering why he had to go to the outskirts of the city, when suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and the whole person was shocked, and a terrible thought came to his heart, which made his body tremble in fright, and he lost his voice: "Is it the stronghold of those living corpses?" ”

"What living corpse?" Li Yangguan was stunned.

Nan Luyuan pointed to the atlas and said, "A few days ago, I went to the outskirts of the city with Your Majesty, Shen Ling and Miss Lu, and found a place where corpses were hidden. Li Yangguan gasped.

"This is what the spies searched." Nan Luyuan pointed to the fenced off people's square on the southwest side near the city gate, "Someone is refining living corpses in it under the guise of doing small business. But—"

"These living corpses were finally transported here," he said, pointing to a market, "and I don't know who bought them." ”

Nan Zixiao interjected: "The market on Shangyuan on West Street should also be circled, my father once told this king that there are many black and white roads on Shangyuan Street. Fish and dragons are mixed, and even the national banned product A Hibiscus is sold. ”

"Then why don't you send someone to surround them?" Li Yangguan was a little puzzled.

"Because it's not practical," Zhang Shenling took over, "the power behind Shangyuan Street is huge, and it can even shake the foundation of the country." But since they are willing to cooperate with the well water of the imperial court not to interfere with the river water, we don't need to be bored. ”

"They are in the dark and we are in the light, as long as we make a slight move, we will be noticed by them in a few moments, how can we encircle and suppress them? I'm afraid that when we get there, they will be scattered as birds and beasts. Nan Luyuan said, as if he thought of something, "Zixiao, there are often slave and drug trades on Shangyuan Street?" ”

Nan Zixiao nodded: "Yes, according to the report from the spies back then, although there are many and miscellaneous goods on Shangyuan Street, there are still businesses in the town street." Four of them were important livelihoods: addiction, drugs, the black market, and one was the slave trade. ”

"What is this approximate amount?" Nan Luyuan's brows furrowed slightly.

"Quantity...... Nanzi scratched his head, tried to think about it, and shouted violently: "Father once said that one day, at least hundreds of slaves will flow out of Shangyuan Street and be sold to all parts of Nanshang!" ”

Such a huge number...... The faces of the other three were a little ugly, and everyone knew that so many slaves would not have been obtained by any legitimate means, but they were most likely young children who had been stolen and robbed. How can such an act similar to that of human traffickers not make them angry?

"That's it." Nan Luyuan took the layout atlas and circled Shangyuan Street with vermilion thin ink strips, "Someone bought a large number of slaves from Shangyuan Street and transported them to these three places. ”

"These slaves were used to refine corpses, and they were transported to these three houses to make living corpses, and then transported to the market to be transported outside the city for temporary storage. When the number is sufficient, you can draw a formation in these ten places, and bring a large number of corpses directly into the city, and surround the palace. Zhang Shenling said, "Ordinary people are simply powerless to resist these monsters, and the dispatch of troops is already hasty, which will inevitably disturb the order and people's hearts in the national capital." ”

Nan Luyuan frowned, as if he thought of something, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "...... Wrong. ”

He looked at Nan Zixiao, "The drunkard doesn't mean to drink. ”

Nan Zi pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized: "The target is those envoys of various countries!" No matter how many corpses invade the national capital, they can only temporarily suppress the spirit of the king of Nanshang, and they can't shake the fundamentals. But if any of these well-known envoys died in this wave of corpses, the other nations would have been given enough reason to attack Nanshang. ”

Li Yangguan said: "I understand, I went to the house in the southwest corner with Shen Ling to exterminate these thieves, and by surprise, I should be able to get the tokens of the traders that they didn't have time to destroy." Further down, it's much easier. ”

Nan Luyuan was not in a hurry to agree.

Although he always knew that Li Yangguan was very powerful, the strength of the "Head of the Seven Princes" was by no means an empty pretense. Zhang Shenling also hid everyone's identity for other reasons. But this time it was different, they had to face not those living gangsters who could be killed, but these hundreds of terrifying monsters who knew no fear or pain.

Finally, he still said softly: "Go, Shen Ling will go and prepare first, Brother Yangguan, you stay, and I will tell you the plan." It's not time for us to move. ”

At the end, he habitually added, "Also, Shen Ling, come back safely." ”

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At noon, Nan Luyuan and Li Yangguan had already prepared their soldiers and horses, everything was ready, and all that remained was to wait for the "east wind".

Nan Luyuan suddenly remembered that he still owed Lu Liuhui a promise, so he proposed to find Lu Liuhui, and maybe he could help this time.

Li Yangguan was slightly stunned, and there seemed to be something more in his eyes when he looked at Nan Luyuan.

Nan Luyuan was furious by him, and couldn't help but say more: "Why do you look at me like this?" ”

"No, no, no," Li Yangguan hurriedly withdrew his eyes, pretending to have sand in his eyes, and reached out to rub it, "It's just Lu Yuan, is Lu Liuli reliable?" After all, this is a major matter related to the country, and you trust her so easily? ”

This time, it was Nan Luyuan's turn to be stunned.

He suddenly realized that he really hadn't thought about it.

Maybe he doesn't know when it started, in his subconscious, he never doubted Lu Liulian, even if he didn't even know what her identity was now and where she came from; Even if she had a good martial art that could threaten their lives at any time, he never doubted this woman.

But he suddenly seemed to have something stuck in his throat, opened his mouth, and made a low voice, muffled: "She won't, her pride will never allow her to take advantage of others, I can trust her." ”

Li Yangguan was silent for a moment, choked back the sentence that almost blurted out, and changed his words: "...... Are you friends anymore? That sentence was too abrupt, and he was afraid that he would scare the well-behaved young man in front of him.

I didn't think that Nan Luyuan's voice was lowered, almost inaudible, and even a little unhappy: "...... Sort of. "He didn't know.

Although Lu Liuhui has been chatting with him for the past few days, in fact, he knows that Lu Liuhui's actions are mostly to tease him for fun. He thinks highly of her in his heart, but what about her? Her words were both true and false, and he really didn't dare to think about what he was in her eyes.

A noble boy like him had such a timid time.

Li Yangguan knew that he had always done things in a measured manner, so after thinking about it, he agreed.

But even if Li Yangguan didn't object, some people didn't want to let Nan Luyuan slip smoothly.

As a result, the palace people came back with nothing, saying that Miss Lu led Lord Su to sneak out of the palace without permission, and wrote a small note to reassure them.

Hearing the word "again", Nan Luyuan's temples bulged suddenly, and Li Yangguan was also dumbfounded. Who is this Lu girl, who is sacred, even a lady like Su Duxue can be taken around by her?

Nan Luyuan took a deep breath and reached out to press his eyebrows.

"Let's go." His tone sounded rather helpless, as if he had expected it all.

"Where?" Li Yangguan was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know why Nan Luyuan would be so confident and leave with his legs.

"Give me the note." Nan Luyuan stretched out his hand to take the note handed over by the palace man, and said angrily: "Find someone." ”

He knew that there was no time for that stinky girl to calm down! Find, of course you have to look! According to that girl's temperament, if you don't really catch her once, she can give you another in the future!

Unfold the note, and the slightly sloppy but rather elegant font comes into view. A short sentence on the paper: "Go for a walk, don't read it, if you have had enough, you will naturally bring your county lord back." ”

Nan Luyuan felt that his heart was blocked again. Went for a walk...... Ha, look for it in a prosperous place, according to her temperament, the more prosperous the place, the greater the probability of finding her.

I don't know how many flowers and intestines this woman still has in her stomach, she is calm and calm when she does things, and she doesn't make mistakes, why is she like a ruffian who flirts with women from good families on weekdays...... No, who is a woman from a good family-Nan Luyuan thought about the scene when he was molested before, and he also knew that he had used the wrong words, and his face became darker and darker.

Simply, pursed his lips and said nothing. The most prosperous place? Naturally, it is Nanhua Street on the other side of the two avenues separated from Shangyuan Street.

The two of them followed the street, and sure enough, they heard a lot of fragmentary news, and found a restaurant all the way, and before they went upstairs, there were guests whispering about the two girls who had just gone upstairs to the box.

"Dare to love is really here to play." Nan Luyuan sighed, these two people are playing a prank, he really thinks too much. They obviously dislike that the palace is too dull, and they deliberately come out to have fun, and they don't even bother to pretend!

He and Li Yangguan glanced at each other, and the two found the shopkeeper of the restaurant, secretly clarified their identities, and helped the two girls who didn't know their whereabouts and were having fun paying for the wine and dinner before stepping onto the second floor. Downstairs, a good deed person shouted, "Be a good man—come on—"

Nan Luyuan felt a little empty in his heart. But when he looked at Li Yangguan sideways, he realized that Li Yangguan's footsteps were shaking, and the last step was staggering.

Standing at the door, before entering the compartment, he could hear the two silly girls inside whispering excitedly.

"The one who walked over was not the eldest son of the Zhang Xiang family? What did he do when he came out in a good way? Could it be that the dead wood arranged some work for him? But most of the reason he's here is because of 'that thing.'" ”

It seems that Zhang Shenling has already passed by this street? Then, it's about the same time as they are going to leave. Nan Luyuan knew what the woman inside was talking about "that thing". But he still wanted to hear it, although he had always felt that it was not very honorable to eavesdrop on the roots of other people's walls, and it was not a gentleman's doing, and he had never done it before.

"The eldest son of the Zhang Xiang family......" A very gentle voice sounded, "'That thing' is so dangerous, presumably Nan Gongzi and they already have all the countermeasures, but I am still a little worried...... "It's just that, it's still too dangerous."

So since you're so worried, why don't we quietly follow along and find out? Another voice continued, "How about watching the fun?" ”

This was said in a seductive manner, with the usual languid and seductive voice of the owner.

Monkey business! Nan Luyuan's face darkened, God knows how dangerous the place they were going to be! This girl, can't she honestly stop for a while?

After thinking about it for a while, before he could respond, the owner of the voice said to himself: "Forget it, the immortal family can't see it." You are very precious now, if you are missing half a cold hair, the immortal family's 'flower protector' will not be trained to death by Nanshang Wang Xun, Li, Zhang Ergongzi, and that piece of dead wood? They definitely won't spare the Immortal Family! ”

As he was listening, Li Yangguan on the side lowered his voice and asked, "Lu Yuan, is that 'dead wood' talking about you?" ”

Nan Luyuan smiled slightly, his face was as bright as the sun, and his lips curled with pleasure, and said, "Yes, dead wood, cold stone, dead old-fashioned, elm head." You see, did I care? ”

Nonsense, how don't you care? Li Yangguan looked at the bulging green tendons on his forehead, thought about it, was still a little afraid, and silently swallowed this sentence back.

"Let's go, let's meet this envoy." Nan Luyuan said, he deliberately patted his sleeve, the movement was very loud, and he made a very loud sound.

Then, he chuckled a few more times.

The room was quiet all of a sudden, and Nan Luyuan guessed that Lu Liuyu must have grasped the handle of the short knife at this moment, and he was a little happy in his heart, so he pushed the door and entered—and then grabbed the handle of the short knife flying in front of him!

Li Yangguan followed, but in fact, he didn't quite understand in his heart what this Nan Luyuan had such an attitude for. Even a retainer like Nan Luyuan, who has been trained to abide by the rules of the clan since he was a child, and Wang Xun of Nanshang, will also have such emotions? Is it because of the woman in the red-dressed, flamboyant and wanton Qingxiu Sect? Li Yang's concern has already been inextricably linked, but he still has an ignorant look on his face, thinking, maybe Nan Luyuan is just because he has made a good friend.

"That's right," Nan Luyuan smiled and turned the short knife in his palm, a pair of beautiful eyes narrowed into slits, and his whole body stepped into the chamber, "Don't be spared." ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw the side of the table, close to Lu Liulian, in the noodle bowl, crimson soup.

His face changed, he raised his eyebrows, but there were gradually other meanings in his smile.

Lu Liuhui turned around and glanced at the mutton bone soup noodles he had placed on the table, which were covered with a thick layer of red chili oil.

Her eyes suddenly drifted, slightly embarrassed, her right hand clenched into a fist, put it to her lips, and coughed softly.

Su Duxue quietly moved the pile of wine jugs in front of her.

Li Yang Guan Quan didn't see it: "I'll pass by by ...... accidentally"

Nan Luyuan continued: "Intentional eavesdropping." ”

Lu Liuhan: "......? "It seems that the last time we met, Nan Luyuan was not this scoundrel.

She coughed: "The immortal family has already dispelled the idea of taking Twilight Xue to find out, if Nan Gongzi still has anything to worry about, there is no need." ”

Nan Luyuan glanced at her: "Miss Lu really knows the general situation, I just thought about whether it was not appropriate to take the two girls to see that scene, and the girl thought about it for me first." ”

Lu Liuhe sneered.

Twilight looked at the two of them, hid her face with her sleeves, and smiled softly.