The night is deep, the bright moon is hanging high, and the stars are everywhere, but the eastern capital is still brightly lit, full of people, lively and prosperous, like a city that never sleeps.

The night market in the eastern capital is very famous in the state of Chu, far better than other state capitals, all kinds of strange items will be sold during the night market, the famous geisha halls of all sizes are also open at night, the restaurants are still crowded, and the shouts of the street vendors are endless, such a scene will not end until the curfew at the end of the year. Therefore, it attracts people from all over the country to come to Dongdu to experience the prosperity of the night market.

Xiao Chongguang was dressed in a gray-white cotton cloth shirt, wearing a square ear wrap hat, his hands crossed into his sleeves, his head slightly bowed, and his body was slightly rickety, looking like an ordinary ordinary person in the market.

This time, he wanted to secretly enter the Prime Minister's Mansion and meet with Liang Xiang, so he walked out of the secret passage of the Tiwei Mansion, which led directly from the inner hall to the Tai'an Fang adjacent to the Yihe Fang where the Prime Minister's Mansion was located.

Although it is adjacent, each Fang City occupies a very large area, and it still has to go a long way, in order not to attract attention, and in order to deceive the secret agents who are hidden in various corners and do not know what kind of forces, Xiao Chongguang will dress up like this. Last time, Lu Yunsheng also went to the Prime Minister's Mansion like this.

"This prime minister's mansion is really domineering, and it drove away all the people in this vicinity." Xiao Chongguang muttered in his heart.

Because he found that, according to normal weights and measures, Sogo was still one street away from the Prime Minister's Mansion, but there were no other houses nearby, that is, three hectares of flat land were vacated around the Prime Minister's Mansion.

According to Liang Ziqing, in order to prevent people from snooping on the Prime Minister's Mansion, it is difficult to distinguish those who enter and exit the Prime Minister's Mansion three hectares away.

"It's so empty around the Prime Minister's Mansion, how can I get in?" Xiao Chongguang stood in the corner of the house, hesitating and not knowing how to enter the house.

"May I ask if it's Lord Xiao Chongguang?"

A person's voice sounded coldly behind Xiao Chongguang.

"Who?"

Sogo was startled, his body quickly turned around, and his right hand subconsciously groped around his waist, only then did he remember that he had gone out to see Liang Xiang this time, and he didn't bring a saber, but his left hand was clenched into a fist and ready to meet the enemy at any time.

What kind of person is it, Qinggong is so good, even he, a veteran who has been handling cases for many years, doesn't notice it, but in front of him is a dark street alley, and there is no speaker in sight.

At this time, a man came out of the darkness slowly, and by the moonlight, he could clearly see that he was wearing a black silk crown, a silver embroidered robe on a black background, wrapped in a thick sheep robe, a jade belt around his waist, and black cloth boots on his feet, his face was slightly thin, and his upper lip had a beard, looking like a bachelor in Wenyuan Pavilion.

"Who are you?" Xiao Chongguang stared at the unknown person in front of him.

The man smiled slightly, and saluted Chongguang with his crossed hands: "In the next Zhou Huanzhang, I will see Lord Xiao." Below is Liang Xiang's guest, who came here to meet the adults at the order of Liang Xiang. However, the adult's outfit is really hard to recognize, and I secretly discerned it for a long time before I dared to show up. ”

Xiao Chongguang asked, "Guests?" I remember that the prime minister recruited wise men into the palace. A person who must be both civil and military, what skills do you have to win the favor of the prime minister? ”

Zhou Huanzhang said with a smile: "Lord Xiao is really very cautious, it is not easy to serve as the chief of the guard in the Tiwei Mansion for eight years. ”

"Now I'm asking you." Sogo's tone became more stern.

Zhou Huanzhang didn't answer, but raised his true qi and slammed his palm at Xiao Chongguang!

Sogo was not in a hurry, his left fist was already ready to attack, directly facing the other party, the fists collided, and a dull touch sound erupted, the strength of both sides was equal, and they were both shaken away, before Xiao Chongguang could gain a firm foothold, Huanzhang stretched out his palm again to attack, Sogo flew and clenched his fists to fight, the two strengths were equal, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner from the winner in dozens of moves in a row.

Zhou Huanzhang suddenly made a false move, and suddenly raised his legs and feet and slashed at Xiao Chongguang's head!

Sogo could only flip backwards to dodge, Huanzhang approached again, his body kicked out with his feet in a row, and the whole person was like a spinning top whipped by a rope whip, forcing Xiao Chongguang to retreat again and again.

Sogo had already thought of a countermeasure, his footsteps swirled in place, went around behind Huanzhang, raised his true qi, turned his palms into a shield, and slapped Zhou Huanzhang heavily.

And the other party has already noticed that his feet stepped down hard, took root on the ground, and turned back with his palms, and the two forces collided hard against hard, making a "bang" sound, which can be seen that the two of them have made enough energy.

In the end, Zhou Huanzhang withdrew his palm first, took a big step back, and said to Xiao Chongguang: "Lord Xiao, I have conceded." ”

Xiao Chongguang withdrew his palm, and also crossed his hands and said: "Brother Zhou's martial arts are exquisite, admire and admire." ”

Zhou Huanzhang said: "Don't dare, if the adults are free in the future, I will ask you more in the future." ”

Sogo said: "Having said that, your serial kicking method is quite similar to the stunt of Xiafeng Valley. ”

Zhou Huanzhang said with a smile: "This move is the stunt of Xiafeng Valley, Whirlwind Kick." ”

Xiao Chongguang was shocked: "Hey, Brother Zhou once apprenticed to Xiafeng Valley? ”

Zhou Huanzhang said: "Yes, there are three disciples of the Ouyang Valley Lord of Xiafeng Valley, I went down the mountain the year before last, and I was warmly invited by the prime minister to become his guest. ”

Xiafeng Valley is one of the three top schools today, located in Youzhou, is a considerable basin valley, because the location of Xiafeng Valley is adjacent to the Gobi in the Western Regions, so Xiafeng Valley is green mountains and green water on three sides, only the side of the desert is covered by red soil and yellow sand, forming a natural wonder of the blue and yellow valley.

The inheritance of Xiafeng Valley is three hundred years old, and it is known for its leg technique, which even the Bosu people who are good at long-range attacks with legs and feet cannot match. His disciples are all outstanding in martial arts, which can be seen from Zhou Huanzhang. The martial arts attainments of Ouyang Han, the current valley master, are even more shocking to the past and the present, and he is a famous man in the current martial arts world.

"It turns out that the Venerable Master is the Lord of Ouyang Valley, and he is disrespectful," Xiao Chongguang said with his hands crossed, "Just now I suspected that Brother Zhou was an agent from other forces, so don't blame Brother Zhou." ”

Zhou Huanzhang said with a smile: "Your Excellency is polite, you are the chief of the guard, you should be so vigilant, and the prime minister is also very willing to make friends with adults." Please come with me, and I will guide you. ”

"I'm tired." Xiao Chongguang nodded.

Zhou Huanzhang did not go straight to the Xiangfu with Sogo, but came to an uninhabited house, where there was a secret passage under the kitchen stove, and as long as the cauldron placed on it was removed, the entrance could be seen.

The two jumped into the secret passage, and Zhou Huanzhang took out the fire fold from his arms, wiped out the firelight, and led the way in front. Xiao Chongguang looked up and asked, "Brother Zhou, the cauldron above has not been moved back to its original position, aren't you afraid of exposing this passage?" ”

Zhou Huanzhang said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, several houses in this neighborhood have already been bought by the prime minister, and someone will come to inspect the houses every day and restore their disguise." ”

"It seems that these private houses have such secret passages, and those ministers of the prime minister's party all go to the prime minister's mansion from here." Xiao Chongguang thought so in his heart.

He took note of the passage, but he soon discovered that it was deep and tortuous, and there were multiple exits, and as Sogo expected, this secret passage was composed of several or even a dozen passages in series, and without the guidance of a familiar person, it was impossible to find a way to the prime minister's mansion, unless someone was lucky. No wonder Zhou Huanzhang dared to directly take Xiao Chongguang into the secret passage, presumably Liang Xiang also expected that Xiao Chongguang would not be able to remember the correct direction of the secret passage.

The two of them walked around in the secret passage for a long time before they saw a bright light shining from the top in front of them.

Zhou Huanzhang stepped forward, knocked three times with his fingers upwards, and knocked twice, and the sound of stones moving immediately sounded on the top, and the exit also opened, Zhou Huanzhang rose out of the secret passage on the spot, Xiao Chongguang followed closely and jumped on the ground.

He quickly scanned his surroundings, it was a large garden, but unfortunately it was winter, all the plants and flowers had withered, and the secret passage that connected the garden was a separate boulder next to a rockery.

At this time, two men dressed as servants hurried over, knelt down towards Xiao Chongguang and Zhou Huanzhang and said, "Lord Xiao, Mr. Zhou, the Prime Minister has been waiting for a long time, and he ordered us to answer here." ”

Zhou Huanzhang said: "Get up and take us to see the prime minister." ”

"Whoa."

The two servants led the way, and Xiao Chongguang asked, "Brother Zhou, I want to ask, how did the deputy guard chief of the Tiwei Mansion come last time?" ”

Zhou Huanzhang said: "You mean that Lord Lu." Ahem, Lord Lu came during the day, let alone blatantly enter the mansion, he was very smart, he stopped a subordinate who went out to purchase, and forwarded the letter of the meeting from the subordinate to the prime minister, and the prime minister asked him to hide in the transport truck of the prime minister's mansion and enter through the back door. ”

"I see."

They passed through many courtyards and corridors, and finally came to a large hall, which led to the inner hall on the right side, but the two servants stopped outside the inner hall, for the inner hall was not accessible to everyone.

Zhou Huanzhang entered with Sogo himself, and saw Liang Ziqing, the prime minister in a purple robe, sitting on the main seat, and there was a man with a knife next to him who was about the same age as Xiao Chongguang, who seemed to be Liang Xiang's guard.

"Here we are." Liang Ziqing said with a smile.

Xiao Chongguang crossed his hand and bowed and said, "Xiao Chongguang see the prime minister." ”

Zhou Huanzhang also gave a salute.

Liang Ziqing said: "Zixiao, Huanzhang, there's nothing for you here, you wait outside first, I have something to talk to Xiao Qing alone." ”

When Zhou Huanzhang and the man with a knife named Zixiao heard this, they said together: "The minister retires." Then they all left the inner hall.

"Sit down." Liang Ziqing motioned for Xiao Chongguang to sit in the guest seat.

"Prime Minister Xie."

Xiao Chongguang gave another salute and sat down on his left side.

Liang Ziqing said: "Xiao Qing, what do you want to discuss with me?" ”

Xiao Chongguang said: "Xia Guan read the Prime Minister's letter, and Xia Guan felt that I really needed the Prime Minister's help when I proposed the Wei Mansion to handle the case of Lord Liu Yuanzhen, so I was willing to accept the Prime Minister's conditions." ”

Liang Ziqing smiled: "That's good." It seems that Xiao Qing is here to ask about Liu Qing this time. ”

Xiao Chongguang said: "The prime minister has a discerning eye, and he is breaking through in one word, and this is exactly what the lower officials mean." ”

Liang Ziqing said: "I will definitely tell the truth about Liu Qing, but since it is cooperation, can Xiao Qing answer me a question first." ”

"Prime Minister, please speak." Xiao Chongguang crossed his hand.

"I want to ask, is the man in black who spies on the Tiwei Mansion today the prince's man?"