In the southern Xinjiang snow dragon sleeping, the dragon garden is very quiet, the bamboo forest exudes a faint bamboo fragrance, mixed with the intoxicating body fragrance of Chi Danmei, refreshing people's hearts.

Qi Ning pondered for a moment before asking in a low voice: "Auntie, with your martial arts, even if you don't have this secret passage, will it be easy to enter the palace?" ”

Chidan smiled charmingly and said softly, "Don't praise me so much." If the island owner comes, let alone the palace, even if it is a more heavily guarded place than this, the island owner can come and go whenever he wants, as if he is in a no-man's land. ”

"The Lord of Baiyun Island naturally doesn't need to say it." Qi Ning said: "Otherwise, how can you be called a great grandmaster." ”

Chi Dan said flatteringly: "Although I can't enter the realm of no one, it is not too difficult to enter and exit this palace. He smiled lightly and said, "When Senior Brother Bai and I arrived at the Great Guangming Temple, we thought about sneaking into the temple, but Senior Brother Bai stopped me from doing that. She mentioned the white-feathered crane, and there was a hint of gloom between her eyebrows.

The White Feather Crane was expelled from the division by Mo Lancang, the master of Baiyun Island, and Qi Ning was also present, knowing that Chi Danmei thought of the friendship of the same family, and was also worried about the White Feather Crane.

Qi Ning bowed slightly, and said, "I think it's not difficult for my aunt to enter the palace." Auntie, you said that one of the two black robes is good at martial arts, and in your judgment, is it higher or lower than you? ”

"That's not for sure." Chi Dan said: "I haven't fought with him, but I have seen him a few times, and I know that he is not an ordinary person at a glance." After thinking about it, he said: "If he is better than me, it is not true, but his martial arts should not be below me, and I should be between him and me." ”

"In this way, if the man wants to sneak into the palace and does not use this secret passage, he can also come in." Qi Ning said: "But they sneaked into the palace from the secret passage, does that mean that the other person's martial arts are actually very ordinary, even ...... Not necessarily martial arts? ”

Chi Danmei nodded and said: "Yes, I have also seen the other person's figure, if it is not deliberately concealed, it is indeed rare." ”

Qi Ning held his chin, thought for a while, and said: "Since the two of them sneaked into the palace together, they are naturally accomplices, and they know each other's details, so naturally there is no need to hide it." If both of them had the ability to sneak into the palace, they would not have entered the palace through this underground secret passage. After a pause, he continued: "If they enter the palace to assassinate, they naturally want to choose those who are good at martial arts, but one of them has mediocre martial arts, which means that the two of them sneaked into the palace not to assassinate." ”

Chi Danmei nodded and said: "Half a month ago, I saw them for the first time, and every three days since then, they have sneaked into the palace from this underground secret passage, and tonight is the fourth time they have entered the palace." If it was really for the purpose of assassination, it would never have been possible to go in and out so often. ”

"What my aunt said is extremely true, in the palace, there are many palaces, and if you want to enter the palace to assassinate, you must already know the location of the assassination target in advance, and you know the terrain in the palace very well." Qi Ning thought for a moment and said softly: "If you enter the palace several times to explore the terrain in the palace, it is really unreasonable, and if you let them stay in the palace for a month, you may not be able to completely understand the terrain." ”

Chi Danmei also frowned slightly: "Then what do you think they entered the palace for?" ”

Qi Ning sighed: "I don't know either. Thinking of something, he stared at Chi Danmei's charming eyes and whispered, "Will they be the same as you?" ”

"Same as me?" Chi Danmei's eyebrows tightened: "What is the same as me?" ”

"It's to steal from the Prince." As soon as Qi Ning spoke, he shook his head again: "No, no, they all know the underground secret passage leading to the palace, and they don't know the terrain in the palace." Thinking of something suddenly, he stared at Chi Danmei and said in a low voice: "Auntie, you say..... Is it that we are thinking in the wrong direction. ”

"Thinking in the wrong direction?" Chi Danmei didn't understand yet: "What do you mean?" ”

Qi Ning said: "We all thought that the two of them sneaked into the palace from the outside, but is it possible that they are people from the palace, and they did not sneak into the palace, but returned to the palace?" ”

Chi Danmei was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said, "You mean that they are originally from the palace?" Every time they enter the palace at night, they will inevitably leave the palace before the .....! ”

"Maybe they were ordered to go out of the palace on errands." Qi Ning said: "Every time I come back in the middle of the night, it's just to report something, or ...... Take on a new mission. Qi Ning said.

Chi Danmei: "Ordered to do something?" On whose orders, your little emperor? He is the emperor, if he really wants to make a will, why be so sneaky? Her beautiful eyes turned and she said softly, "Didn't your little emperor trust you very much before?" The mission to the East Qi has been entrusted to you for such an important errand, why is it that you are becoming more and more alienated from you now? If he ordered people to run an errand secretly, why don't you even know the slightest rumor? ”

Qi Ning's expression was solemn.

Soon after the little emperor ascended the throne, although he was the orthodox successor to the throne, after all, he was young, and neither his qualifications nor prestige were actually enough to deter the ministers, but Sima Lan, an old minister of several dynasties, was second to none in the current dynasty, and he had been assisting in the administration of the court, and now most of the affairs of the court and the central government are also in the hands of Sima Lan.

After the suicide of the King of Huainan, the power of the Sima family further increased, although the court and the court all knew that the Jinyi Qi family could barely balance the power of the Sima family after the King of Huainan, but in fact, the government controlled by the Sima family was far from being comparable to the Jinyi Qi family.

Of course, the little emperor knew this.

Longtai knew that Qi Ning was the fake son of Li Dai Taozhuang, but he still let Qi Ning inherit the title, one of his purposes was to use Qi Ning to control the Jinyi Qi family, so that the Jinyi Qi family would become the emperor's person, and in fact, when Longtai first wanted to meet Qi Ning as the emperor, the two sides had tacitly reached an alliance contract, and since then, the little emperor has indeed been using the little power in his hands to strengthen the power of the Jinyi Qi family.

It's just that what makes Qi Ning puzzled is that after the big wedding, Longtai suddenly changed his character, as Chi Danmei said, the little emperor seems to be alienating himself, Qi Ning doesn't believe that this is just because the emperor is indulging in beauty, but what is the reason, Qi Ning himself can't understand.

A gust of wind blew, and the bamboo forest made a rustling sound, and Qi Ning said, "Auntie, where are they going, do you know?" ”

Chi Dan said: "Last time I followed a short distance, but I didn't want them to find out, so I kept my distance, this palace is like a labyrinth, one is not careful, it will be lost people, where they are going, I don't know, but before the time, they will definitely return here." ”

Qi Ning smiled bitterly: "You mean to say that we are waiting here now?" ”

"Or what?" Chi Dan glanced at him: "I told you such a big secret, and you don't look happy?" ”

"It's not." Qi Ning shook his head and said, "It's just this matter, I don't know how to start." If those two people are indeed the emperor's people, I naturally can't make a public announcement, and I can't even mention it in front of the emperor, since the little emperor secretly gave an edict and didn't tell me, he naturally doesn't want anyone including me to know. But if they are not the emperor's people, then what are the intentions of sneaking into the palace? ”

Chi Danmei chuckled: "That has nothing to do with me, anyway, .....!" Before she finished speaking, she suddenly stopped talking, reached out to hold Qi Ning's hand, and said in a low voice: "Squat!" ”

Qi Ning followed her and quickly squatted down, and at this time he had already heard a slight noise, Chi Danmei leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Someone is coming!" ”

Qi Ning had actually heard something wrong with the voice outside, nodded slightly, and secretly wondered if the two people from before had come back so soon?

The two hid in the bamboo forest, looked out through the gap in the bamboo forest, the moonlight was faint, but they saw that under the moonlight, a figure had run to the edge of the bamboo forest, holding an object in his arms, looking unusually panicked, looking left and right, looking at the appearance, it seemed to be looking for a way, Qi Ning saw that the person was dressed in a night clothes, and masked, and the things in his arms were wrapped in brocade, and the volume was not small, and he couldn't see what it was for a while.

Suddenly, I saw that the person dodged, and had already drilled into the bamboo forest, although this bamboo forest is not big, but it is very dense, after the person came in, he immediately squatted down in the bamboo forest, at this time it was only four or five steps away from Qi Ning's side, and I don't know if it was too panicked, but the person did not find Qi Ning and Chi Danmei behind him, Chi Danmei and Qi Ning glanced at each other, and the two of them also held their breath and watched the changes.

At this time, I saw another figure floating here, his body was obviously much more clever than the man in black, barehanded, not dressed in the palace, but also not wearing night clothes, a gray robe, a belt around his waist, but his face was covered with a cloth, and under the moonlight, only his eyes were exposed.

The man stood outside the bamboo forest, looking left and right, and the man in black was squatting in the bamboo forest, motionless.

Qi Ning and Chi Danmei had already understood at this time that the man in black came here in a panic, obviously to avoid the man in gray.

The gray-clothed man looked around, then turned around and left, his body was extremely light, Qi Ning looked at the gray-clothed person's style, and knew that his martial arts were really good, and his light skills seemed to be two points better than himself.

After the man in gray left, the man in black still did not move, waited for a while, seemed to be sure that the man in gray had left, and the man in black slowly stood up, still did not look back, and walked lightly to the outside of the bamboo forest, Qi Ning stared at the back of the man in black, and when she saw her walking, her waist swayed slightly, and the back had a sense of déjà vu, and her heart was surprised, at this time she had already seen that the man in black was a woman, but where had the familiar back been seen, but for a while I couldn't remember.

The man in black had just walked out of the bamboo forest, but he suddenly stopped his steps and sighed lightly: "Your Excellency's move is really clever!" "It was a woman's voice.

Qi Ning heard the voice, but his body was shocked, and his face showed a look of surprise, Chi Danmei saw it in her eyes, I don't know why Qi Ning had such a reaction, I saw Qi Ning's eyes wide, and those eyes as black as stars stared at the back of the man in black.

The man in black lagged behind, and a person slowly walked out from the side, it was the man in gray who had gone and returned.