As the sunset fell, the night came as scheduled, enveloping the entire Gusu City, and in the lonely night, the sound of summer insects was heard from time to time.

In the small building, Zheng Dan absentmindedly embroidered the unfinished picture of mandarin ducks, his eyes kept towards the closed door, and when the sharp needle tip passed through the brocade again, he didn't prick his finger very much, and a drop of bright red blood suddenly came out.

Yiguang, who was pruning the flower branches, heard Zheng Dan snorting softly, stepped forward to wipe the blood from her fingertips, and smiled: "Is my sister nervous?" ”

"Someone is going to kill you, how can you not be nervous?" As he spoke, Zheng Dan looked at Yiguang with a calm face that he couldn't see a ripple in confusion, "Are you really not afraid at all?" ”

Yiguang smiled lightly and wrapped the handkerchief around Zheng Dan's fingertips, "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided; Besides, 'fear' is of little use other than to make oneself weak. ”

"You!" Zheng Dan scratched Yiguang's cheeks, "I don't know what blessings and curses, I just know that you can't have anything, someone really wants to come in later, I'll help you block it, you run quickly, don't look back, you know?" ”

Yiguang's heart warmed, and he clenched her hand and said softly: "Sister, don't worry, we will be fine." ”

Zheng Dan was about to speak, when there was a sudden sound of fighting outside, which made her heart suddenly rise to her throat, and she said in a trembling voice: "They are here!" ”

Outside, Gongsun Li led several henchmen with strong martial arts to pretend to be robbers and bandits and forcibly break into the Wenfu, and the guards rushed to Wen Xun, but they were not opponents at all, but they were injured and fell to the ground after two or three moves.

Gongsun Li was like a bamboo, and soon came to the small building where Yiguang lived, and just as he was about to break in, several people suddenly appeared in front of them.

"I don't know if I'm alive or dead!" Gongsun Li secretly sneered, just as it was the one he had met before, but as soon as he fought, he knew that he had guessed wrong, these people were extraordinary, they were only stronger than the people he brought, they were definitely not ordinary nurses, strange, how could there be such a master in the literary mansion?

Strange is strange, the most important thing at the moment is to kill the Yue Nu and complete the things that Lord Xiangguo explained, thinking of this, he swung his knife hard, forcibly forced back the person who stopped in front of him, and then jumped towards the brightly lit room.

Just as he was about to touch the door with one hand, a cold light suddenly appeared, and it quickly hit his chest like a meteor chasing the moon.

Gongsun Li was shocked, and while raising his sword to block, he quickly retreated, and in the piercing sound of a sword collision, he narrowly avoided it, and only a few strands of hair were cut off by the sword qi, looking a little embarrassed.

Gongsun Li stared at the figure that appeared in front of him with an angry face, the dark clouds in the sky dispersed, revealing a bright moon, through the silver glow of the moon, he saw that he almost took his life just now, it was a prosperous building, how could he be here?

Fanlou saw the surprise in Gongsun Li's eyes, secretly sneered, and scolded: "Where did the dog thief come from, he dared to trespass on a private house and hurt people's lives, come and take them all down!" ”

Under the black scarf, Gongsun Li's face was extremely gloomy, he never thought that Fanlou would appear here, no wonder these people were so difficult.

"What should I do?" Facing the inquiries of his subordinates, Gongsun Li's mind turned like a wheel, and after a while, he gritted his teeth vigorously, "Withdraw!" ”

Fanlou obviously came prepared, and in this case, it was difficult to kill the Yue girl; And the few he brought this time are all old people in the army, and many people know each other, and if they are damaged here, they will definitely implicate Lord Xiangguo.

Gongsun Li wanted to go, but Fanlou didn't plan to let him go, he kept pressing step by step, the sword in his hand was haunted in the dark night, and he injured several of his subordinates one after another.

Fanlou took off Gongsun Li's face towel and sneered: "I said which bandit is so bold and dares to do anything wrong at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it turns out to be General Gongsun, it is really strange; Why, tired of being a general, you want to be a bandit instead? ”

Gongsun Li stared at him coldly, "What about you, a dignified general, but here you are a watchdog for an unpopular businessman!"

Fanlou's face sank, and then he said casually: "No matter what I do, at least I have never broken the law, but the general is different." Speaking of this, he leaned closer and said with a smile: "You say...... What would happen if the king knew that you were pretending to be a thief and intended to kill Miss Shi? ”

Gongsun Li's eyes trembled, what he was most afraid of was this matter, and he said inwardly: "If you dare to do this, Lord Xiangguo will never let you go!"

"It's not a matter of a day or two that Lord Xiangguo doesn't like me, and it doesn't hurt to have one more." Fanlou chuckled, but there was no trace of smile in his eyes.

"You...... How dare you!" Gongsun Li saw that he was not joking, and panicked in his heart, if this kind of thing happened, even Wu Zixu might not be able to "protect him."

Fanlou ignored him and said straightforwardly: "Come on, tie him up." ”

Soon, Gongsun Li was tied up in a sturdy knot, and Wen Chong also came over, and thanked Chao Yulou again and again, "This time it's really thanks to the general, otherwise the villain's life would be at risk." ”

"You're welcome." Fanlou smiled, and was about to escort the ashen grandson away, when several figures walked quickly to this side, and the first one was Wu Zixu.

His sudden appearance surprised Fanlou, and before he could think about it, Wu Zixu had already come to the front, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "I've seen Lord Xiangguo!"

Wu Zixu swept over Gongsun Li, who was tied up with five flowers, and said coldly: "You tied it?" ”

"General Gongsun led people to break into a private house at night, and injured several people one after another, so he had no choice but to tie him up first." Facing the high-ranking and powerful Wu Zixu, Fanlou did not dare to be careless and replied cautiously.

Wu Zixu raised his eyebrows, turned his head and asked, "Is that so?" ”

Gongsun Li shook his head again and again, and said with an aggrieved face: "How can a lowly position do such a foolish thing, when I was patrolling the night just now, I found a few suspicious people, and the lowly duty did not dare to be careless, and followed all the way to this house, I wanted to ask the master a few words, but I knew that those guards shouted and shouted to kill as soon as they came up, and the lowly duty had to hurt a few of them in order to protect themselves; Later, I met General Fanlou, not to say that he was a bandit, and it turned out like this. ”

Wu Zixu bowed his head, glanced at Fanlou and said: "You heard it all, it's just a misunderstanding, let it go." ”

In the face of Wu Zixu's invisible coercion, Fanlou gritted his teeth and said: "I can't be the master of this matter, and I ask Lord Xiangguo to forgive me." "After fighting with each other for so many years, it was not easy to catch Gongsun Li's sore spot, and he was really unwilling to let him go.

Wu Zixu stared at Fan's body with bright eyes, as if he was about to dig out two holes, and said slowly: "Then according to your words, who can call the shots, Bo Yao?" Or a king? Without waiting for Fanlou to answer, his voice was sharp, "Gongsun has made it very clear just now, the whole thing is just a misunderstanding, but you are making things difficult in every way, is this how Bo Yao taught you on weekdays?" ”

"Don't dare!" Before Fanlou's words fell, Wu Zixu shouted: "If you don't dare, why don't you release people quickly?" ”

"Yes." Under the coercion of Wu Zixu, Fanlou could only release people.

When leaving, Wu Zixu seemed to feel something, stopped, turned around and looked at the small building, under the bright moon, a plain woman with a light gauze mask stood quietly in the corridor on the second floor, the evening breeze blowing, blowing up the lightly falling skirt, fluttering like a fairy, as if to ride the wind away, and like a fairy coming from the painting.

Seeing Wu Zixu looking over, she bowed her head and bowed lightly, and the long green silk turned her shoulders gracefully, although she couldn't see her true face, she could still feel a kind of palpitating beauty, which made everyone look dumbfounded, but Wu Zixu's eyes were full of jealousy, as if she had seen a flood beast.

With just one glance, Wu Zixu knew that this person must be the Yue girl who was in her husband's heart.

Since ancient times, he must not let this woman enter the palace and harm the king and the country of Wu!

Wu Zixu returned to Xiangguo's mansion all the way with a heavy heart, and after he sat down, Gongsun Li said cautiously: "Thank you Xiangguo for saving your life!"

Speaking of this, Wu Zixu snorted coldly and glared angrily: "I'm embarrassed to say, if the old man hadn't arrived in time, you would have been escorted to the king at this time, and the gods would not be able to save you at that time!"

Gongsun Li didn't dare to make a sound, and only after a while did he whisper: "I really didn't expect Fanlou to be there, so I suffered a big loss." As he spoke, he said suspiciously: "How did Lord Xiangguo go to Wenfu?" ”

The Xiangguo Mansion is some way away from the Wen Mansion, if the escaped subordinates report the news, it will take at least half an hour to come and go, from the time they escape, to the appearance of Wu Zixu, not even a cup of tea, time can not be deducted; Unless...... Wu Zixu has always been outside the Wen Mansion.

"Do you think the old man is as careless as you?" Wu Zixu glared at him and said coldly: "The old man has been outside the Wen Mansion all the time, and when he saw those people escape, but he didn't see you, he knew that something must have happened, so he had to take a risk." ”

Gongsun Li said suspiciously: "I don't understand, how can Fanlou be in the Wenzhu Mansion, as if ...... I have long known that the lowly office will take action; But this matter is obviously only known to the lowly and Xiangguo adults, and even those few people who were brought with them only found out outside the Wenfu. ”

Wu Zixu held the warm tea cup and said in a deep voice: "There is one more." ”

Gongsun was stunned, and immediately guessed a few points, and said with an ugly face: "Fan Li? ”

"Not bad." Hearing these two words, Gongsun Li said excitedly: "That's right, it must be Fan Li who secretly informed and prepared them; The humble post has long said that this person has been an official in the Yue Kingdom, and he has a literary style that is so close, he can't believe it, but the adults don't believe it, but rely on him everywhere. ”

Wu Zixu said with a gloomy face: "Are you blaming the old man?" ”

Hearing this, Gongsun Li realized that he had gone too far, and hurriedly said: "I don't dare to be humble, but I was indignant when I saw Fan Li live up to the trust of adults!" ”

Wu Zixu was noncommittal to his words, shook his head and said, "It's not Fan Li." ”

Gongsun Li didn't expect Wu Zixu to protect Fan Li at such a time, and reluctantly suppressed the jealousy in his heart, and said, "Who else will there be besides him." ”

"The old man deliberately told Fan Li that you would go to Wenchong's Mansion to assassinate Yue Nu tonight, and kept sending someone to keep an eye on him, he went straight back to his mansion after he left, he didn't go to Wenchong, and he didn't interact with anyone, tell me, how can he tell the truth?"

Gongsun Li was speechless when he was asked, but he still refused to give up in his heart, and when he was thinking about how to answer, Wu Zixu's voice sounded in his ears again, "Perhaps, no one leaked secrets at all." ”

Hearing this, Gongsun was stunned and said in surprise: "If no one tells the truth, how can Fanlou get the news?" ”

"It's the old man's carelessness." Wu Zixu sighed and said: "Bo Yao finally found that Yue girl, how could he not take precautions, this prosperous building, I am afraid that it has already been quietly guarded in the Wenfu, and you will just fall into their trap." ”

Gongsun Li thought about it for a while and said: "This is also possible, but I am thinking about it, Fan Li and Wen Chong are close friends, and he really hasn't heard of this matter at all?" If so, why didn't he tell Sangkook-sama? ”

This sentence reminded Wu Zixu, yes, a huge person lives in the Wenzhong Mansion, how can Fan Li know nothing, so it seems that this person still can't be trusted.

"Fan Li's matter, let's put it first, the most important thing at the moment is the Yue girl, there will be a fish watching conference the day after tomorrow, and she must not be allowed to see the king."

Gongsun Li said in embarrassment: "Tonight's incident has made Dazai and them wary, and they will definitely protect the Yue Nu strictly, and it is difficult to start again, so it is better to ......" He said tentatively: "Forget it, Lord Xiangguo has also seen her tonight, but she is just a weak woman, and she must not be able to set off any storms." ”

Wu Zixu said with a solemn face: "It is precisely because I have seen it that I can't let her enter the palace, this woman is by no means simple!" ”

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Gongsun Li had no choice but to say: "Then I will think of a way tomorrow to see if I can lure her out of the Wenfu." ”

"Nope." Wu Zixu rejected his proposal and said, "The old man remembers that you have a very good personal relationship with Yan Ji, and tomorrow, you will go to see him." ”

Gongsun was stunned for a moment, then understood something, and hesitated: "Although he is at odds with Fanlou, this matter is related to the honor of Dazai, not a small grudge, I am afraid that he will not help us." ”

"The old man knows, so ......" Wu Zixu whispered a few words in his ear, and the latter's eyes lit up slightly, "The adult wants to be in ......"

Wu Zixu made a silent gesture, "You know this matter, I know it, and no third person will know about it before the day after tomorrow, in case there is a change." ”

His words made Gongsun Li excited, and he didn't let the third party know, that is to say, even Fan Li was not qualified, and Lord Xiangguo finally put himself in the first place again.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "I understand, Lord Xiangguo, don't worry." ”

"Okay, let's go." After sending his grandson away, Wu Zixu sat motionless in the chair, his eyebrows half-closed, his fingertips slowly plucking round agarwood beads, and no one knew what he was thinking.