Two brothers, one staring at the portrait of Emperor Taizong. One looked up at the dark sky, and at the turn of day and night, the wind swept the yellow sand outside the city and blew over the rooftops. The huge Chang'an City seems to be waking up from its slumber.

After listening to Lu Xin's words, Lu Tingfang was speechless for a long time. It wasn't until the boy heard footsteps again that he closed his eyes that looked directly at the portrait.

"In that case, let's go out through the main entrance in a dignified manner. I also want to see how you will get out of this chaos. How will he assist Li Shimin to calm the world. ”

Lu Tingfang's tone suddenly became extremely calm, as if he had seen through the world. In other words, it is a kind of ruthlessness that does not concern oneself. Lu Xin naturally understood the meaning, turned around, and laughed.

"What are you laughing at?"

"I laugh at the way of the world, which is as terrible as a wild beast. This person is just a chess piece under the Heavenly Dao after all. Life and death are impermanent, and change is impermanent. ”

Lu Xin laughed and walked forward, through the corridor with hundreds of turns, and through the purple and red garden. Until the main gate of the mansion, he never looked back.

Behind him, stands the only relative in this world. Reuniting with him has been Lu Xin's greatest wish in the past two years. But at this time, the wish has been granted, but the heart is also cold.

When he opened the door, he was full of people from the court. Yongzhou Mansion, Dali Temple, Flying Horse Camp, Royal Temple. Everyone was looking at the teenager who walked out from behind the door. Those eyes were full of a cold killing aura. In the eyes of these people, Lu Xin seems to be a murderous demon.

"Hehehe, I really didn't expect you to come out of this door. Boy, it looks like I'm underestimating you. ”

When the spirit officer of the Imperial Temple saw Lu Xin, he was slightly stunned, and then laughed deeply. At this time, he no longer worries about whether the person in front of him will run away. He only cares, the temple, whether he can take people away.

"Dali Temple, Yongzhou Mansion...... With so many people, who should I go with? Lord Lingguan, if I'm not mistaken, the Imperial Temple is not among the three divisions. Even if the legendary Yinyang Temple wants to arrest people, it has to be brought by the Demon Suppression Courtyard, and you Imperial Temple, I'm afraid you don't have the right to take me away. ”

"Yes, you're right. It's a pity that many times, knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing. It doesn't matter if you go to the cell of Dali Temple or the prison of the Criminal Department. This Chang'an, you don't want to go out again. ”

When the spiritual officer of the Imperial Temple said this, he glanced at the side of Dali Temple, and immediately two people walked out. One of them took out a hemp rope and walked behind Lu Xin. After a pause, seeing that the young man did not react, he directly tied a dead knot on Lu Xin's hands. Then, the spirit officer of the Imperial Temple took out a talisman from his cuff and motioned for another person to stick the talisman on Lu Xin's navel.

"This talisman is cultivated with earthy mana, and it can seal your dantian meridians. Even if you don't enter the Demon Suppression Courtyard, you can't use any means. Boy, today's events are not trivial. Your Majesty has personally asked, let's see you at the execution ground. If you have a next life, remember, don't go against the court. ”

After the spirit officer finished speaking, he laughed, and was the first to turn around and walk out of the alley. Subsequently, the officers and sergeants of various institutions retreated one after another. On the Dali Temple side, Lu Xin went to Yining Fang. It was the location of the Dali Temple and one of the prisons where the imperial court held felons.

As night fell, it grew dark. Because of martial law in the whole city, there are no lights in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City. On the spacious streets, except for the soldiers patrolling the imperial court, there were hardly any civilians to be seen.

Yining Fang is in the northwest corner of Chang'an City, across a street is the far gate. In this area, there are scattered various institutions and government offices of the six departments of the imperial court. On weekdays, not to mention at night, even during the day, there are few ordinary people. As soon as Lu Xin's front foot was escorted into Dali Temple, two men, two women and four figures appeared at the end of the street.

"Damn, don't the people in Dali Temple have any brains? Actually arrested me Brother Xin! After Lao Tzu is in high school, he must do Dali Siqing, damn! ”

"Hmph, just blow it. People just walked in front of you, why didn't they see you so powerful? If you don't go in now, I'll accompany you in, and maybe you'll be able to see Dali Siqing soon. ”

"Dead fox, stinky fox, why do I have a grudge against you? I'm depressed, and it's not okay to complain. ”

"What a whining! Sister, Lu Shaoxia is obviously innocent, let's go in and save people now. What's wrong with Dali Temple, isn't it just a big house. ”

Yang Qin glared at the scholar with disdain, and then rubbed his hands, and was about to rush forward as he spoke, but fortunately Yang Xiu was pulled back.

"Don't forget what your father said before leaving, there are many tigers and wolves at the foot of the imperial city, don't mess with the Tang Dynasty until you have to. If you want to start robbing people, you have already done it, so why wait until now? ”

"Hmph, this doesn't work, that doesn't work. So what should you do? ”

Yang Qin was anxious and angry, his face sank, and he squatted on the ground with his chin in his hands. Seeing this, the moon frowned for a moment and looked at the night sky. I saw a large number of dark clouds drifting from all directions, obscuring the brilliance of the stars and moon little by little. The night became darker and darker.

"I remember that before I left Wuzhou, the Great Elder told us at the dinner party. There will be great difficulties in Chang'an, so let's be careful. The more this time, the more you can't be in a hurry. So many people have died in the city today, including officials of the imperial court and envoys of various countries. The stakes are very high, and it will definitely alarm Emperor Taizong. Since Xiao Xin was imprisoned by the people of Dali Temple instead of Yinyang Temple, it means that the imperial court will interrogate him in a normal way. As long as the emperor is not mediocre, he should find out the truth. After all, Xiao Xin didn't kill anyone. ”

"Yes, yes, I can prove it. When the temple was broken in Xuanzhou, Brother Xin did not kill anyone. Those soldiers were all killed by the ghost monk, and Brother Xin cut off one of the onmyoji's hands at most. Besides, even if someone is killed, it is impossible for the imperial court to find evidence, hehehehe......"

After the scholar finished speaking, he smiled strangely, and his expression was extremely obscene. Yue Buhei and the Yang sisters immediately glared at him, and the scene instantly fell silent.

"What are you all looking at me for?"

"Alright, now that we've got it, let's find a place to stay first. Tomorrow, I will use illusion to sneak into the prison to talk to Xiao Xin, and see the situation first. Take 10,000 steps back, even if the court really wants to put Xiao Xin to death, when the time comes, it will not be too late for us to rob the Dharma field. ”

"Well, it works. Fox, fox, at critical moments, your charm can always come in handy. Ming'er, you must become a peerless beauty and kill those stinky men in Dali Temple for Lao Tzu! ”

"Get out!"

Not to mention that the moon is not dark and the party will do what they will do when they see Lu Xin being escorted into Dali Temple. At this time, the palace was also brightly lit, as if facing a great enemy. Almost half of the Yuan Cong Forbidden Army of the Northern Ya was transferred to patrol the palace, plus the twelve guards of the Southern Ya, such as the left and right Jinwuwei and the left and right leading military guards, who were already guarding the palace. Although the palace is large, it has become a monolith, let alone a person, I am afraid that not even a fly can fly into it.

Ganlu Palace, the sleeping palace of the Tang Emperor. At this time, it should have been the time for Emperor Taizong to finish reviewing the chapter and sleep with the concubines. But the Manna Hall was as bright as day, and there were nine figures standing in front of the emperor's dragon bed, all of them with silent expressions and solemn eyes.

Shangshu Province left and right servants, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui. The official department is still the book, and the prince of Qi is Sun Wuji. In addition, there are six people, including Dali Siqing, Honglu Siqing, Yongzhou Mansion Yin, and Secretary Wei Zheng. Two of them, one wearing gold armor, holding a horse lance, spears eight feet long, and standing straight and majestic. All over the body, only a weather-beaten face was revealed, and looking at the age, it was over forty.

The other, with long hair and a shawl, wore an unusually wide white robe. The robe was almost all dragged to the ground, and this person was the only one sitting in a chair among the ministers present, and he was sitting at the head of Emperor Taizong's bed. This man looked to be less than thirty years old. The eyebrows are like flying swords, the face is like a knife, and he is extremely handsome. I saw that his eyes and lips were slightly closed, and there was no expression on his face. If it weren't for the very regular breathing sound, it would be no different from a dead man.

Though the man did not speak, nor did he open his eyes. But the rest of the ministers often cast strange glances, some disgusted and some jealous. At this time, Emperor Taizong seemed to have just woken up from his sleep, and there was still some tiredness on his face. But his eyes were unusually bright, like the lights of the night.

"All of them?"

"Back to Your Majesty, except for Lord Li, the secretary of the Criminal Department, all the people you summoned have arrived."

Seeing Li Shimin's question, the eldest grandson Wuji saluted with both hands and took a small step forward. Li Shimin nodded and motioned for everyone to be excused.

"The peace envoy of the Turkic country will arrive in Chang'an tomorrow afternoon, Li Jing is quite familiar with the Turks, yesterday I ordered him to make proper arrangements for the reception, and now I am afraid that he is still preparing. That's it, don't wait for him. ”

Li Shimin finished speaking with a smile, and then looked at the ministers one by one, and his face became more and more ugly. And the atmosphere of the entire Manna Hall became more and more tense.

"Dali Temple, Yongzhou Mansion, let's talk about the two of you first, how did the fire in the West Market last night go?"

"Back to Your Majesty!"

Dali Siqing walked out of the crowd first, and Yongzhou Mansion Yin followed. Both men were in their fifties, the oldest of the ministers.

According to the evidence obtained from the investigation of Chen and Master Zhang, there were three arsonists, all of whom were onmyoji. However, these people pretended to be disciples of the Netherworld Dao Sect in a vain attempt to deceive the Holy Hearing, which shows that their intentions are vicious, and they are afraid that they are trying to provoke the relationship between our Tang Dynasty and the Turkic countries. ”

"Onmyoji?"

Li Shimin frowned, turned his head and glanced at the white-robed man at the head of the bed. Seeing that he didn't react, he looked at the eldest grandson Wuji again.

"I just heard from the auxiliary machine that dozens of people died in the city today. Among them were also envoys from Persia and Byzantium, what was going on? Honglu Temple, how could these envoys die under your noses? ”

"Your Majesty is angry, and the ministers deserve death!"

With a cry, Honglu Temple knelt down violently.