Gaofu is divided into three courtyards in the southeast and north, the north courtyard is the main courtyard, where Gao Shilian, the head of the Gao family, lives in one room, and the other two partial courtyards are where Gao Shilian's two sons live, and the eldest son Gao Cheng lives in the east courtyard.

It was late at night, and Gao Cheng was still wearing a robe, kneeling in front of the bookcase in the room, quietly watching the flickering candles on the desk.

Marriage with the royal family, in line with the interests of the Gao family, he is not opposed, the prince said the matchmaker, Gao performance is actually very happy, in fact, long before the prince said the matchmaker, the Gao family has been looking for a suitable opportunity to ask the royal family, I didn't expect His Royal Highness the prince to take the initiative to say the matchmaker for the Gao family, I really don't know if this is a coincidence or the prince has already planned.

No matter what kind of mind the prince has, but the result of the matter is exactly in line with the Gao family's intentions, Gao Cheng is the son of the Gao family, as early as when he became an adult, it was clear that his marriage was by no means his own master, and the decision was in the hands of his father Gao Shilian, who was summoned into the East Palace by the prince that day, Gao Cheng originally said to the prince in his heart, as for which princess the prince said was the princess, to be honest, Gao Cheng didn't care at all, whether it was beautiful or ugly, Gao Cheng didn't take it to heart, the important thing was the identity of the princess, It is the relationship between the Gao family and the royal marriage.

As for the prince later ordered someone to take out the portrait of Princess Dongyang, Gao Cheng was a little overjoyed, Princess Dongyang's appearance, figure, personality, all of them are the best choice, this is simply an unexpected surprise, from the East Palace back to the house, Gao Cheng even had some tea and rice not to think about, he felt that he must have accumulated a lot of virtue in his previous life, so he not only cast a good baby in this life, but also promised him a talented and beautiful wife.

Life is so perfect that I want to cry when I am so happy that I want to cry.

Who knew that a few days later, the peak turned around, and the courtiers broke out shocking gossip, and Princess Dongyang actually had an affair with the farmer-born Jingyang County, which really made the Gao family gloomy. The father and son were so angry that they secretly gritted their teeth.

There was such a scandal in the royal family, the Gao family was actually even more uncomfortable, after the incident, Gao Shilian planned to enter the palace and refuse this family affair, after all, the Gao family also wanted to be face-saving, and the Gao family was not noble enough to be a pick-up man, but at this time Gao Cheng stopped his father.

After seeing the portrait of Princess Dongyang. Gao Cheng has been deeply fascinated by her, he is a son of a family, often mixed in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, and prostitutes all day long, he doesn't pay much attention to chastity, Dongyang's stunning and gentle appearance makes him fascinated, and vows to marry her home, as for her affair with Li Su, Gao Cheng decided to forgive him very much.

Therefore, Gao Cheng stopped his father from refusing the marriage. The reason is very righteous and bright, no matter what kind of princess the princess is, from the interests of the family, the Gao family needs to marry the royal family, if this refusal, I am afraid that in the future, His Majesty will never marry other princesses to the Gao family, in short, there is no next store in this village.

Gao Shilian looked at his son and was silent for a long time. The family is unfortunate, and his son has the face of a pick-up man.

Soon. The father and son of the Gao family reached a consensus, but they didn't want to save face, and resisted the mocking eyes of the magnates in Chang'an City, and the Gao family still insisted on marrying the princess!

First, it is in the interests of the Gao family, and second, it can be regarded as a charcoal in the snow for His Majesty. After all, there is such a scandal in the royal family, and the Gao family still does not abandon the royal family, this move will undoubtedly add a lot of points to the Gao family. For the sake of today's love that will not be abandoned, His Majesty will not embarrass the Gao family.

Kill two birds with one stone, father and son hit it off.

However, things did not go as smoothly as the two imagined.

Rumors were inexplicably spread in Chang'an City, and the royal family and the Gao family became the protagonists of the rumors, mentioning an inglorious past with a strong smell of blood.

In the Xuanwu Gate Change, Gao Shilian did lead the prisoners to kill people, and there were a lot of kills, and there were not a few of the 5,000 garrison soldiers in Fanglin Gate who were killed, leaving no one alive.

But at that moment when the prince was at stake, whoever dared to pick up a weapon was the enemy of His Royal Highness King Qin, was it a crime to kill the enemy?

Retribution?

Gao Cheng sneered a few times, if there was retribution, it should have been repaid a long time ago, why wait for more than ten years? The world is ignorant, ridiculous and pitiful.

The sound of bangs outside the house knocked four times, and when it was already a child, a chilly breeze blew into the house, and the candlelight on the desk swayed rapidly.

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Outside the gate of the Shenguo Mansion, the generals of the Gao family held their swords and pressed their swords, as if they were facing a great enemy.

Chang'an City has implemented a curfew since the founding of the country, after nightfall the doors of the whole Chang'an 108 square are all closed, both officials and people in the city can only move within the scope of their own courtyards, out of their own gates are considered to be guilty of night, after being held by the Wuhou who patrols the night, the light is to draw ten whips, the heavy is to lock and take the prison, exile thousands of miles or squatting in prison for several months, it all depends on the mood of the judge.

The curfew is a good policy, at least for the rulers, and the greatest advantage of this policy is that it isolates the officials and people of the whole city in one market after another, and the market is like a cage, and if you want to rebel and revolution, you can only howl a few slogans in the cage, and before a pillar of incense can be used, the army transferred by the imperial court can wipe him out.

There was still a curfew in the city tonight, and when it was time to hold the lights, the fang officials closed the door of the fang, and the streets of each fang were empty, except for the Wuhou who patrolled the night, not even a dog that committed the night could be found.

In the middle of the night, the fang officials patrolled the streets, and the bangzi knocked four times, and it was just right.

There was a sudden movement in a narrow alley not far from the Shenguo Mansion on Suzaku Street.

There are sewers on both sides of the narrow alley, yes, sewers existed as early as the Qin Dynasty, and most of the things that modern people can think of can actually be imagined by ancient people.

Zheng Xiaolou, dressed in black, stood up from the sewer and shook off the dirty water and dirt on his body.

Before the curfew, Zheng Xiaolou lay down in the sewer ditch next to the narrow alley in advance, covered with a long wooden plank, and erected it above the ditch, leaving only a small space to breathe.

Zheng Xiaolou is like a predatory lion. He waited patiently in the ditch for two hours, and it was not until the hour was right that he got up from the ditch.

The heavy responsibility entrusted by Li Su is on Zheng Xiaolou's shoulders, so every detail must not be careless, Zheng Xiaolou is very cautious, and every action seems to have been carefully considered. No trace is revealed.

There is still some distance from the Gao family, about more than 100 zhang, Zheng Xiaolou took advantage of the cover of the night, like a civet cat as light as a swallow, quietly avoided several teams of Wuhou who patrolled the night, and the cat sneaked all the way around his waist.

With a distance of more than 100 zhang, Zheng Xiaolou spent half an hour and finally sneaked outside the south wall of the Gao family's mansion.

Looking at the towering wall, Zheng Xiaolou pursed his lips. After observing for a while, his body suddenly shrank, and he jumped into the air with a full breath, but it was not as exaggerated as flying on the wall, but when he was exhausted in his bounce, he gently kicked on the wall, and jumped up a few feet with his strength, and climbed the wall with both hands, and then his body flipped in the air. Silently infiltrated the Gao Mansion.

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A member of the Gao family approached the grass drunkenly, his mouth full of wine. Humming an unknown minor key.

Last night, there was a ghost fire in Princess Dongyang's mansion, and I heard that a Jinwuwei soldier had died, and the rumors in the market instantly reached the peak of boiling, and the retribution theory a few days ago finally found the most powerful verification, and the Gao family was shocked at the same time, but also prepared for what happened. All the tribalists will be sent out to patrol the night.

Obviously, this drunken night patrol is very unprofessional, and drinks while patrolling, and he drinks a lot.

Approaching the edge of the grass, the part lifts the hem. Tearing off the calf's nose pants and about to release the water to drain the flood, the unknown minor key was humming happily, but it stopped abruptly, and then let out a painful muffled snort, and the whole person disappeared out of thin air as if it had been sucked away by a black hole, and a moment later, a seven-hole bleeding corpse flew out of the edge of the grass and fell heavily to the ground, making a muffled pop.

The sound was not loud, but the Gao family maintained a high degree of vigilance tonight, and the subtle sound still alarmed the generals who were patrolling the night.

A group of men ran towards the place where the noise was made, and saw a man lying on his back on the withered yellow grass, his eyes wide open, staring at the night sky vacantly, blood slowly flowing from his mouth, eyes, ears and nostrils.

Everyone gasped, and a chill quickly rose from the soles of their feet.

"Quick...... Sound the gong to warn! Dead! The first part of the trigram said in a trembling voice.

The piercing sound of gongs reverberated in the calm and quiet night, and it sounded terrifying.

The Gao family was completely confused by the sound of gongs, and hurried footsteps came from all directions, and in a moment, a large circle of people stood around the body of the dead tribe.

Everyone silently looked at the seven-hole bleeding corpse, and their eyes showed extreme horror, and they didn't know what kind of horrified picture they saw before they died.

"Search! Search this neighborhood thoroughly, everyone don't believe in any demons and monsters, this must be a suspicious array laid by thieves, everyone is a man who has been on the killing array, don't be blinded by this little trick! The first part of the ministry waved his hand vigorously and made the most correct decision.

The subordinates, all of whom were sergeants, were very obedient, and the crowd quickly dispersed, quickly searching every corner of this remote garden.

Next to the grass was a small grove, and in the middle of winter, all the leaves in the woods had fallen, and only a thin branch swayed in the cold wind.

Suddenly, a terrible scream came from the woods, and everyone's hearts tightened, and they hurried towards the woods.

One of the tribesmen crawled out of the woods, his face twisted into a strange and ugly shape in the dim light of the torches, and it was hard to imagine that the various organs of a normal person's eyes, nose and mouth could be so misaligned.

"What's wrong? What's going on? ”

The song that ran out pointed to the woods, his voice trembled, and he trembled: "There is a ...... in the forest There was ......"

Before he finished speaking, Bu Qu's eyes suddenly rolled white, and under the horrified gaze of everyone, blood slowly flowed from his mouth, eyes, and nostrils, and the trachea in his throat seemed to be choked by the blood gushing out, and his hands pinched his neck to try to make his breathing easier, and after a few difficult breaths, his hands suddenly hung down weakly, and the whole person fell to the ground softly.

Try his breath again, and he is already out of breath like the one who died in the grass just now.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and there was no time to react, and then everyone saw that in the depths of the pitch-black woods, dozens of miserable green ghost fires were lined up in a neat queue, like a military formation on the battlefield, slowly but terrifyingly floating towards everyone.

The vision doesn't stop there.

They are all killers who have seen blood on the battlefield, and everyone has a few lives in their hands, and there are naturally some people in the crowd who are not afraid of death and do not believe in evil.

Seeing this scene, several subordinates couldn't help but have a sense of anger in their eyes, and the horizontal knives in their hands tightened, and a dozen or so people formed a small square formation in the blink of an eye, and everyone took out the posture of killing the enemy on the battlefield, and slowly approached those green and faint ghost fires.

At that moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps around the woods.

The footsteps were neat, and everyone was sergeants who had been through the battlefield, and soon they could hear that something was wrong with the footsteps.

It's too neat, it's clearly the footsteps of the army slowly advancing forward when it meets the enemy, and only with unified command, unified action, and every move is like a person, can there be such a neat footsteps.

However, the sound is close to the ear, what about people?

There were torches flickering all around, somewhat bright, but as far as the eye could see, there was no one in sight.

I don't see anyone, but I have such neat steps, could it be......

The hands of the tribesmen holding their swords could not help but soften, and when they looked at each other, they found that each other's faces were as blue and white as the dead.

"Yin soldiers cross!" One of the tribals muttered to himself in distraction.

"The ...... who died at Hong Lim Gate Yin soldiers? Extremely frightened, another tribal blurted out. (To be continued......)