The night is deep, a semi-dim round of crescent moon passes through the gray and black clouds, the Daming Palace is sparkling on the liquid pool, the light waves beat the embankment, this is the largest artificial lake in the Daming Palace, covering an area of about 100 hectares, there is an island in the middle of the lake, the forest on the island is towering, the shadow is enough to see the Loutai Yu Pavilion, just like the fairy island outside the world, there is the most beautiful and smallest palace in the Daming Palace, called Penglai Pavilion, you have to go boating to go to the island.

Penglai Pavilion is heavily guarded, more than 100 palace guards are monitored day and night in three shifts, this is the place of house arrest Li Chuanyun, more than a month ago, Li Chuanyun wanted to leave Daming Palace and was intercepted, Cui Xiaofu immediately put her under house arrest here, Li Chuanyun lives in the highest pavilion, there is only one palace maid around to serve, except for no freedom, there is no difference between others and before, daily use needs to take a boat to the shore to get it, if you want to leave here, it is difficult and difficult.

The moon hid into the clouds, the sky darkened, at this time, a ship came from the direction of Lin De Palace, this is a hundred palace guards who came to change the guard, standing at the bow of the ship for the first captain, he pressed the hilt of the sword on his waist, staring closely at the faint and hazy pavilion on the island, his eyes were solemn, and his mind was repeating Pei Jun's order over and over again, the water was high and the waves were rapid, and in the way swaying from side to side, the big ship gradually began to dock on the island.

At this moment, Li Chuanyun stood in front of the window, staring at the dark fog outside the window, the night breeze was blowing, with a unique freshness of the water surface, blowing up the ends of her hair from time to time, since she was under house arrest, more than a month has passed, Cui Xiaofu has never seen her in the future, and the guards downstairs also perform their own responsibilities and do not disturb her life. Every day she lives in these three floors, and she does not feel lonely or constrained, everything is plain and calm, as if she has returned to the old days, and she has lived in a Taoist temple for twenty years.

Over the years, although she has worked hard to eliminate the contradiction between Cui Xiaofu and Zhang Huan, when Zhang Huan came to look for Cui Xiaofu late at night a few years ago, she once thought that the contradiction between the two could be resolved, but the final facts proved to be. The contradiction between them cannot be reconciled, and she has become the first victim of this contradiction, Li Chuanyun sighed slightly, she is not afraid of death, but she doesn't want to die here without knowing it. Calculating the time, it is time for Zhang Huan to return to Beijing.

She knew that if Cui Xiaofu and Zhang Huan couldn't reach any compromise, then she would definitely die, no matter what, her time was running out, she turned around and took out a copper sword from under the bed, carefully sharpened it on the windowsill, there was not a single metal in her room. There was not even jewelry, the large piece of furniture was only a bed and a wardrobe, and this copper sword, which was originally made of copper bars for hoop wood basins, was straightened by her, and she spent another half a month of night sharpening one end of it on the masonry to make a crude copper sword.

A soft clicking sound came from downstairs, and it was heard very clearly in the silence of the night. Li Chuanyun suddenly put the bronze sword into her dress, listened attentively, and there was no movement, the palace maid who served her lived downstairs, it was a palace maid she had never seen before, she believed that this was deliberately arranged by Cui Xiaofu, and her every move was transmitted to Cui Xiaofu's eyes through this palace maid. Every three days, the palace maid will go back to the palace to take some items used in daily life, and at this moment, the black tree opposite seems to be a mirror with a blurred effect, faintly reflecting the situation downstairs, and the palace maid's figure is in front of the window. It shook slightly in the light. Li Chuanyun smiled coldly, of course she knew what this palace maid was doing. Tomorrow is the day she goes ashore, and she's rushing to write a surveillance report on herself!

Suddenly, she found that the figure of the palace maid downstairs seemed to have become bigger and wider, no! Li Chuanyun suddenly came to his senses, there must be someone behind the palace maid to be like this.

The palace maid just snorted slightly, all the figures disappeared, Li Chuanyun was as fast as the wind, she shouted! Blowing out the lights, he walked behind the door in a few steps, and hid sideways behind the curtain, holding the copper sword tightly in his hand, staring at the door without blinking.

Maybe someone came to save her, maybe someone came to kill her, but Li Chuanyun didn't hesitate, she would rather kill a thousand by mistake than make a mistake.

Squeak! The door made a soft sound, pushed open a crack, as if tempting, there was no movement for a long time, a moment, the door opened little by little, silently, Li Chuanyun had already seen a gloomy long sword blade, the door was pushed more and more open, about a foot wide, a gray figure flashed in, just in this lightning and fire in a moment, Li Chuanyun made a decisive move, the copper sword in her hand stabbed towards the gray shadow quickly and fiercely, pounced! Like a blunt knife cutting meat, the huge force actually made this blunt sword pierce the neck of the person who came, and the blood gushed like a spring, Li Chuanyun immediately kicked the sword in his hand away, and with the castration of the body, she pushed the other party out with the sword, but she rolled forward and copied the long sword on the ground in her hand.

These movements are as agile as a rabbit, and they are done in one go, and they are tumbled down the stairs by the person who is plotting, with a cluck! hissed, and fell to the foot of the stairs curled up in a ball.

A person behind him roared, slashed left and right and rushed into the room, but Li Chuanyun was lying on the ground, she jumped up, from the bottom to the top of the sword from his crotch stabbed, wrist and then forcefully lifted, he turned him upside down, a long scream broke through the silent night, the people below no longer hide their footsteps, the chaotic footsteps did not rush up, but the random knife cut the stairs, a moment, a pungent smell of burnt paste came from downstairs, this is the smell of fire oil, and the smoke rose in an instant.

It seems that they have been prepared for a long time, kill themselves and then burn the corpse to extinguish, now they can't kill it, they simply burn the building directly, the stairs have been cut off, Li Chuanyun ran to the window to look down, for more than a month, she has a good understanding of the scene outside the window, the building is four feet high, paved with bricks and stones below, jumping down is not dead or disabled, she wants to see if there is anyone below, very lucky, there is no one downstairs, and no one shouts for fire, as if she is the only one on the whole island.

The fire had already lit the curtains on the second floor, and the flames were licking the eaves, and the staircase was even more red-flamed, and the raging flames peeked in through the door, smiling and spitting terrible tongues of fire like fire demons.

Li Chuyun no longer hesitated, and the threat of death inspired her unprecedented courage. She screamed and struggled to rush towards the big tree two feet away, and a cyan figure rose in the air in the raging fire, and in the moonlight, it looked particularly thrilling, click! Click! A series of branches snapped, and the huge impact almost broke Li Chuanyun's leg bones, and her eyes turned black for a while, but her strong will to survive made her grit her teeth and endure it. Finally, he climbed a thick branch to finally stop the body from falling.

She was less than two feet above the ground, and with the severe pain all over her body, she slowly climbed down from the tree, and as soon as her feet hit the ground, it was as if the bones in her body were broken inch by inch. Barely able to move a single step, most of her sleeves were torn, blood was dripping on her white lotus-like arms, and there were multiple abrasions on her delicate jade-like face.

At this moment, the fire had completely engulfed the small building where she lived, and the fire took advantage of the wind to ignite the surrounding palace and woods, and the small building let out a terrible creak! Seeing that it was about to collapse, Li Chuanyun did not have time to take care of his injuries. She picked up the long sword on the ground, climbed over the flower wall, and stumbled towards the lake, the boat on the dock was gone, and the soldiers guarding her had fled, when there was a faint commotion in the distance, and there seemed to be a boat on the water coming this way.

Her thoughts flickered. Immediately she slid into the dark waters, which were not biting, a little cold, but the water soaked her wounds and made her feel a tingling pain.

Li Chuanyun climbed onto the moss-covered slippery bluestone, leaving only his head exposed on the water, and his body clinging to the edge of the pier. Soon, several small boats came from all directions to the dock, and Li Chuanyun immediately sank to the bottom of the lake, a dark shadow brushed her scalp, and gently hit the shore, and then the boat floated upward, and the people in the boat went ashore to inspect the situation.

Moment. There was no more sound on the water. Li Chuyun slowly floated out of the water, his long hair shawl. Like a water ghost in the moonlight, a dozen guards stood not far from the shore, with their backs to her, discussing the fire.

The boat next to her is a flower boat used by the palace maids to play, small and exquisite, can only accommodate two or three people, the bow of the boat is hastily wrapped around the wooden stake on the dock with a cable, she just wanted to cut the cable with a sword, but as soon as she thought about it, she gave up the idea of cutting it, and used the tip of the sword to pick up the knot on the stake, without the restraint of the rope, the boat slid silently into the lake, drifting farther and farther, and gradually disappeared into the darkness.

Hanlin Academy is located in the west of the Taiye Pool, Hanlin Bachelor is the emperor's private secretary, Kaiyuan, Tianbao years, Hanlin Academy became another power center of the Tang Dynasty, many of Li Longji's holy decrees were issued directly from the Hanlin Academy, bypassing Zhongshu Province, Hanlin Yuan has also become a means of Li Longji's overhead power, throughout the history of the Tang Dynasty, to a certain extent, it is the struggle between the imperial power and the relative power, in the middle of the Tang Dynasty Xuanzong to Hanlin Bachelor, Jixian Hall Bachelor to fight against the Taiwan Province controlled by Xiangguo, after Suzong, and use eunuchs to deal with Xiangquan, The dispute between the southern and northern yas was formed, and as a result, the imperial power was devoured by the eunuchs.

It's a bit far away, come back, at this time, there are no Hanlin University scholars in the Hanlin Academy, it was vacant more than ten years ago, and it became a dormitory for some miscellaneous eunuchs, living in forty or fifty people, and a fire broke out on Penglai Island, which was the moment of performance, most of the eunuchs went to the inner palace to obey the dispatch, and the area around the Hanlin Academy became deserted.

Suddenly, a small boat floated from the lake to this side, there was no one on the boat, and when it was close to a small bridge, the boat stopped, and saw a black shadow emerge from the water, and got on the boat, she first pierced the boat with her sword, and slowly sank the boat to the bottom, she swam ashore, and observed that there was no one on the left and right, and quickly ran to the woods on the shore.

In the northwest corner of the Hanlin Courtyard lives a eunuch, named Zhu Guanghui, he was originally the personal eunuch of the old queen Zhang Liangdi, and was later bought by Cui Yuan, after the death of the Li Department, he was transferred to the Daming Palace as the deputy director, with the fall of Cui Yuandi, he was also excluded day by day, and finally only became the small leader of the eunuchs who maintained the flowers and trees of the Daming Palace, there were only a dozen people, Penglai was on fire, he also ran out to see the excitement, when he returned to his small courtyard, he was unexpectedly found that the door was actually open, Zhu Guanghui was startled, he was just about to find someone, A long sword was pointed at his chest, and he swallowed back the sound he was about to shout.

"Grandpa Zhu, don't make a fuss, it's me!" The long sword was collected, Li Chuanyun walked out from behind the door, the first time she entered the palace was Zhu Guanghui's arrangement, and then she has always taken care of Zhu Guanghui, and the relationship between the two has always been good.

Zhu Guanghui saw that it was Li Chuanyun. He let go of his heart, and he could see that she was wet, her sleeves were torn, her face and arms were covered with blood, and he was shocked in his heart. There's a fire there's going on now, then she's

Zhu Guanghui was confused for a while, and he looked at the other party at a loss. Li Fanyun smiled faintly and said: "It's nothing, someone wants to kill me, I took advantage of the fire to escape from the island, and I want to ask you for help." ”

"I see, Miss, please come to the house and talk."

Zhu Guanghui hurriedly led Li Chuanyun into the house. Closing the door, he pulled out some wound medicine, poured another cup of hot tea, and stood aside for her orders.

Li Chuanyun took a sip of hot tea, groaned for a while, and said: "I'll tell you frankly, I hope you can help me get out of the palace and go to my younger brother Zhang Huan, he will be successful in the future, and he will be reused for you." Are you willing to take the risk? ”

Zhang Huan has the intention of success Zhu Guanghui of course understands, don't say that in the future, the current Zhang Huan is already one of the three major forces in the imperial court, if he can tie up, he will naturally be willing, although he is risking being known by Cui Xiaofu, but compared with the benefits, this risk is really nothing. Moreover, he also saved his dumb uncle back then!

Zhu Guanghui almost agreed without hesitation, "Miss, please rest assured, Penglai Island will inevitably clean up the ruins tomorrow, this is my business, I will take this opportunity to send Miss out." ”

Li Chuanyun nodded, she picked up the medicine on the table and said with a smile: "I'm really tired too." I'm going to bother you tonight. ”

"Don't dare, what does Miss need, please just ask!"

The next day, the news of the fire in Daming Palace spread all over the government and the opposition, Pei Jun immediately entered the palace to ask Cui Xiaofu for peace, and asked for a thorough investigation of the matter, but Cui Xiaofu said that it was because the eunuch guarding the island accidentally knocked over the oil lamp. A fire was started. No fuss, just replant some trees. Under Cui Xiaofu's dilution, the matter will be over.

In the evening, a carriage stopped at the side door of Zhang Huan's mansion, and a person got out of the carriage, dressed in gray eunuch clothes, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, unable to see his face, and said a few words to the soldiers guarding the door, and then followed the soldiers into the mansion.

About half an hour later, Zhang Huan's carriage came galloping surrounded by hundreds of guards, Zhang Huan got out of the carriage and walked quickly into the gate, he got the news from the mansion that there was an old man waiting for him in the mansion.

In a quiet room in the back house, Pei Ying was talking to Li Chuanyun, who had just finished grooming and changed into women's clothes, until this time, Li Fanyun's heart finally relaxed, and she escaped the disaster by luck and alertness, the fire burned all night, and it was gradually extinguished at dawn, according to Zhu Guanghui came back to the island and said that the entire island had been burned to the ground, and it was impossible for Cui Xiaofu to find her bones.

At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, Zhang Huan strode in, he saw Li Chuanyun at a glance, and couldn't help but be stunned, "It's you!" ”

Li Chuanyun smiled and said, "You didn't expect it! ”

Pei Ying looked at them, then stood up and said with a smile: "You sisters and brothers can talk!" I won't bother. ”

She glanced at her husband, turned around and left, Zhang Huan saw that there were blood marks on Li Chuanyun's face, he sat down slowly, and asked suspiciously: "I was about to ask someone to inquire about your news, but I heard that there was a fire in the palace last night, what is going on?" ”

"That fire was built to burn me." Li Chuanyun smiled casually, and told Zhang Huan in detail what happened last night, almost every detail was not missed, and she knew that Zhang Huan might be able to learn something from it.

After Zhang Huan heard this, he immediately said without thinking: "It's not that Cui Xiaofu wants to kill you, it's really easy for her to kill you, there is really no need to go through such a big effort, this must be someone else." ”

"I think the same way, if she wants to kill me, she only needs to do something in my diet, or come in openly and force me to take poison, but the people I pierced through the neck came from the stairs, and they are numerous, and they will inevitably be discovered by the guards outside, but in fact, the guards outside did not move at all, and when the fight started, it was quiet below, so the people who killed me could only be among these guards."

Zhang Huan suddenly smiled coldly, many of the guards in the palace were selected from the Qianniu Guard, except for Cui Xiaofu, who could control them, wasn't it Pei Jun?

Thinking about this, Pei Jun's motive for killing Li Chuanyun was suddenly solved, killing Li Chuanyun not only made his life experience more confusing, but also Cui Xiaofu's enmity with himself was settled, it seems that his father-in-law is very happy to stand on a high place and watch the excitement!

"Eldest sister, what are your plans for the future?"

Li Chuanyun shook his head, "I haven't thought about it yet, I'll live with you for a while, and then I'll talk about it later!" ”

Li Chuanyun's talent Zhang Huan is very clear, back then, Cui Yuan gave her full authority to do such an important matter as the assassination of the Li family, and he almost succeeded, and he was her only relative, so she couldn't rest assured that she was wandering around, and she should be allowed to stay by her side.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huan said to Li Chuanyun sincerely: "Eldest sister, I hope you can stay and help me." ”

Li Chuanyun pondered silently, for a long time, she sighed softly and said: "You are my younger brother, the only hope to inherit my father's career, I think my father's heavenly spirit must also let me stay to help you, okay!" I promise you, it's just that I don't want to show my face again. ”

Zhang Huan smiled, he already had a position vacant for her most suitable place there!