Liang Yuanzhi took out the iron from the fire, exuding a sinister aura all over his body, and there was no unbearable look on his face. Without blinking, he held the iron in front of the assassin. The assassin was even more frightened, looking at the fiery iron tool, and his heart was even more tormented.

"Ahh

As soon as Jiao Zhan'er arrived at the cell of Mingyang Palace, he opened the door and saw that the crown prince was using an iron to torture the assassin, and the man was already dying, covered in blood. A smell of blood and burnt came, Jiao Zhan'er was stunned for a moment, he had never seen the prince's silent and cold image. Jiao Zhan'er resisted the urge to cover his nose and came to the prince. Seeing a piece of paper on the table, there was already a fingerprint on it, could it be that the prince had already judged the result?

"Your Highness, did he say it all?"

Liang Yuanzhi slowly turned around and said coldly:

"It's the iron hand on the rivers and lakes."

"Predator?"

Jiao Zhaner was surprised:

"Iron Hand, how can it have anything to do with the palace?"

The Predators are an organization that is like a dead man in the rivers and lakes, and as long as they have enough money, they can do all kinds of things. Murder and arson, it's all a problem. However, who was hired for the matter, only the leader of the Predator knows. Like today's Assassins, he was only on orders, and he didn't know who was really behind the scenes. So, with clues, it's hard to speculate.

"So, could the Iron Hand be bought by someone in the palace?"

Jiao Zhan'er's bold conjecture. Liang Yuanzhi nodded:

"Well, otherwise, their rules of the rivers and lakes do not interfere in the affairs of the palace, how can they be involved now."

Liang Yuanzhi looked at the person who had passed out and said to the person next to him:

"You have to take care of it."

"Yes."

Liang Yuanzhi took out a handkerchief, wiped his hands slowly, his eyes revealed a fine light, and said:

"Zhan'er, it seems that we will have a very tough battle to fight in the future."

Jiao Zhan'er bowed his head and made it clear that he would always follow the prince.

"Break all the tendons of his hands and feet, and he will not be punished."

Liang Yuanzhi said this, Jiao Zhan'er was stunned for a moment, and said:

"Prince, he's already a waste......"

"Then let him be ruined to the end and torture him well."

After speaking, Liang Yuanzhi walked out. Jiao Zhan'er looked back at the person who was tied up by five flowers, and thought in his heart: It's better to die, and save yourself from suffering if you die.

Jiao Zhan'er was ordered to track down the matter of the Iron Hand, and it was inconvenient to be absent from the palace for several days, which would lead to speculation that he could only act alone at night. Today's thorough investigation still yielded no results, Jiao Zhan'er flew to the lower wall, looked around, confirmed that it was correct, and then walked towards Mingyang Palace. When you enter the palace, you won't arouse anyone's suspicion.

"Lord Jiao."

Hearing the familiar voice, Jiao Zhan'er's originally tightly knit brows instantly relaxed, turned around, and saw Xia Ning standing honestly behind him, he smiled unconsciously.

"What? Not going back to your hospital so late? ”

Xia Ning came to Jiao Zhan'er and asked:

"Master Jiao, how are your hands?"

After speaking, Xia Ning lowered his head. Jiao Zhan'er looked at her attitude, and the idea of teasing her suddenly occurred in his heart.

"Alas, don't mention it, I'm afraid it's going to be scrapped."

"What? So serious? Let the slave and maid see it! ”

Originally, Jiao Zhan'er wanted to use this reason to see Xia Ning's extremely self-reproachful appearance, but he didn't expect that he underestimated his status in Xia Ning's heart. Xia Ning was no longer simply blaming herself, but directly grabbed her own hand wrapped in gauze and carefully checked it.

"I'm sorry, Master Jiao, it's all slaves and maids who have bothered you!"

Xia Ning said with a crying voice. Jiao Zhan'er was very uncomfortable by her actions and wanted to withdraw his hand, but Xia Ning didn't let go, and was still looking at it over and over.

"Oh, okay, okay, no matter how rude it is, it's useless!"

Xia Ning knew that the other party was scolding her, but she was not angry, Jiao Zhan'er's actions that day made her feelings for him more profound.

"What are you doing here?"

"Slave, I just haven't seen Master Jiao for a few days, I miss you...... Want to see your wounds. ”

Jiao Zhan'er looked at Xia Ning's flushed face and felt that she was sometimes very bold to herself, and sometimes she was shy and cowardly, which was really interesting.

Jiao Zhan'er sent Xia Ning to the door of the courtyard and asked her:

"Has anyone been bullying you lately?"

Xia Ning subconsciously covered his arm, then shook his head and said:

"Nope."

Jiao Zhan'er already saw the subtle movements, he grabbed Xia Ning's hand, ignored Xia Ning's resistance, lifted her sleeve, and the whipping scars of red thorns appeared in front of him. Jiao Zhan'er suddenly frowned and said:

"What's going on? Who hit it? ”

Xia Ning withdrew his hand and said:

"Master Jiao, don't ask, it's okay."

"Why are you so useless? Everyone's bullying like this? ”

Jiao Zhan'er couldn't help complaining about her, but he couldn't go to the courtyard to seek justice for her, he thought for a while and said:

"After a while, I'll finish my work, find someone for you, and recommend you to go to another palace."

"What?"

Xia Ning listened and couldn't believe that he could do this for himself?

"Aren't you also suffering? Change places and save yourself from being targeted. ”

Xia Ning couldn't be happy, and said:

"That'...... Can the slave go to Mingyang Palace? ”

Jiao Zhan'er raised his eyebrows and said:

"You want to be by the Prince's side?"

He knew Xia Ning's true intentions, but he just asked this on purpose.

"No, no, the slave wants to be by Lord Jiao's side!"

Xia Ning hurriedly explained. Jiao Zhan'er listened and quickly shut his mouth. Every time I want to see Xia Ning embarrassed, but this little girl can always wrap herself in.

"I don't want you to be with me yet!"

Jiao Zhan'er was a little nervous in his heart, but when he was nervous, he didn't choose to speak. Xia Ning listened, and it was another heavy blow.

"Alright, let's get inside!"

Xia Ning entered the courtyard aggrievedly, Jiao Zhan'er looked at her disappearing back, and thought to himself: Mingyang Palace has not been peaceful recently, you went, what should I do if I get injured?

Today's heavy snow is falling, and the prince has just come out of the discussion with the emperor, and he is very worried. He didn't say the identity of the assassin, but wanted not to publicize it, and secretly inquired about it. Now the performance of the five princes is getting better and better, and they have solved several problems for the emperor one after another, which has had a great impact on Liang Yuanzhi's heart.

"Zhan'er, you say, Fifth Prince, if he goes on like this, shouldn't the palace also take action?"

When Jiao Zhan'er heard this, he hurriedly said:

"Your Highness, no matter what, now is not the time. If you want to make a move, if there is anything about the five princes, everyone's spearhead will be pointed at you. Now that the situation in the palace is so tense, you can see that you and the five princes are fighting-for-tat. Let's make plans after this period of limelight. ”

Sometimes, Jiao Zhan'er is indeed more thoughtful than the prince. Liang Yuanzhi listened, chuckled, and said:

"Thanks to you, be the backing of this palace."

"Your Highness, the minister is absolutely loyal to you, and will always protect you."

Liang Yuanzhi's face at this time showed a real smile that he hadn't seen for a long time. He patted Jiao Zhan'er on the shoulder and said:

"Zhan'er, you have grown up with this palace since you were a child, except for your identity, this palace has always treated you as a brother, and it will not treat you badly at any time."

The two of them walked like this, and suddenly saw a group of people on the opposite side, bustling. They walked over, and as the eunuch announced, the men knelt down for the prince. At this time, Liang Yuanzhi and Jiao Zhan'er saw a palace maid hanging on the dry tree.

"What's the matter, such a noise? What kind of system? ”

Jiao Zhan'er asked sharply. One of the palace maids, trembling, said:

"Back to the prince and your lordship...... The little princess's ball hit the tree, and then we went to get it, and the ball was taken down, but ...... People can't get down......"

Liang Yuanzhi and Jiao Zhan'er looked up, the palace maid's hand was holding the trunk of the tree, it was already red from the cold, she was about to lose it, and said in a weak voice:

"Slaves and maids see His Royal Highness the Prince......"

The palace maid was dressed in pure purple clothes, and Jiao Zhan'er said to Liang Yuanzhi:

"It's from the Chamber."

Liang Yuanzhi nodded. Jiao Zhan'er soared into the air, flew to the tree, and landed in a stable position. I heard the ** sound of the palace maid almost collapsing. Her face was blocked by a number of stems on the other side, and Jiao Zhan'er said:

"Give me your hand, and I'll take you down."

I vaguely saw that the palace maid shook her head laboriously, and said in a whisper:

"Slave maid...... Slaves don't dare to ......"

Jiao Zhan'er was speechless, he closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them, and said:

"I'm here, what are you afraid of?"

When the palace maid heard this, her heart suddenly trembled, maybe this sentence had an incomparably reassuring effect on her ears. She carefully turned her head and slowly saw the man in front of her, and then let go of one hand and wanted to hand it to him, but the other hand had no strength, so she couldn't control her body and fell straight to the side!

"Ahh

She exclaimed, and when her body was lost, someone put her arm around her shoulders, and then her legs were also lifted, and the whole person was held horizontally in her arms by the man she saw just now, and she felt that the two people were slowly descending in the air. The breeze blew the hair between the man's sideburns, causing ripples in the palace maid's heart.

After Jiao Zhan'er landed smoothly with her in his arms, he let go of her and walked to Liang Yuanzhi's side. The woman quickly knelt down and said:

"The slave and maid are close to the head of the courtyard, Fang Zhizhen, and thank the prince and the lord for saving their lives."

Jiao Zhan'er originally had his back to her, but as soon as he heard her report her name like this, he immediately turned around, it turned out that she was the head of the courtyard near the courtyard, and she was also the trouble for Xia Ning when she had nothing to do! Liang Yuanzhi motioned for her to get up, and after Fang Zhizhen got up, she met Jiao Zhan'er who was just looking at her, she couldn't help but be a little shy, Jiao Zhan'er quickly turned his face, and then followed Liang Yuanzhi away.

Fang Zhizhen looked at Jiao Zhan'er's long figure, thinking about his words just now, as well as the scene where he saved himself, his heart beat slightly. Originally, she was passing by here and saw the little princess's ball flying on the tree, and wanted to go out to get it, but she didn't want to trap herself, but fortunately, it was a blessing in disguise that she met this different man. She didn't know that Jiao Zhan'er was just for her sake, and he would not sit idly by and help whoever it was. Unexpectedly, he bought himself a curse.