Spring goes to autumn, summer passes through winter, and five years of cold and summer have passed in a blink of an eye.

Lady Liu lives in the northernmost corner of Ciqing Palace, and Lady Liu has always been outspoken and can't take care of interpersonal relationships, so she is not favored by Zhu Changluo. This place is also rarely visited, Ren Hongfei fell clean, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, this year can be described as the beginning of a nightmare for him.

"Where did the little prince run away again?" Under the sunset in early May, Lan'er was anxiously looking around, and since Ren Hongfei was three years old, he had almost become a figure who could not see the end of the dragon.

Mingshenzong Zhu Yijun did not want to see Zhu Changluo, the eldest son, and always wanted to straighten out the favored son of Zheng Guifei, Fugong King Zhu Changxun, but unfortunately he failed to do so under the interference of his mother Empress Dowager Li and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and he has always been obsessed with this, so he was doubly cold to Zhu Changluo, and the entire Ciqing Palace was only dozens of old eunuchs and seven or eight guards.

At dusk that day, in the faint mist, Ren Hongfei slipped to the guard duty room next to the Lintoe Gate, and looked in through the crack in the door, there was a thirty-year-old saber guard sitting on a stool smoking dry tobacco, and a fist-sized embroidered tobacco bag hung on the one-foot-long ebony pole.

Ren Hongfei's greedy saliva flowed down, and he immediately pushed the door in, and the guards inside were stunned, and quickly got up and saluted: "Little prince." ”

Ren Hongfei said: "Excuse me, what's your name?" ”

The guard said: "Slave Han Benyong." ”

Ren Hongfei said: "Well, Han Benyong, I remember you, and I will say more good things about you in front of my father in the future." ”

Han Ben was overjoyed and immediately knelt down: "Thank you, little prince, for your appreciation." ”

Ren Hongfei said: "Okay, okay, hurry up." ”

After Han Benyong got up, Ren Hongfei said again: "Bring me some tobacco." ”

Han Benyong was stunned for a moment, quickly loosened the slipknot of the brocade bag, and poured out half of the tobacco on the table next to him. There was a duty record of the guard on duty on the table, Ren Hongfei tore off a blank one from behind, rolled some tobacco, stuck out his tongue at the interface, and asked, "Is there a fire?" ”

Han Benyong was stunned for a moment, hesitated and took out a slender fire fold from his arms, lit it with a flint, and Ren Hongfei hurried over.

"Cough, cough, cough..." The first sip was too strong, and Ren Hongfei couldn't help but say: "This smoke is really rushing, bigger than three or five strengths." The second sip was used to it, Ren Hongfei took a beautiful sip, the smoke erupted from his mouth and gently inhaled it from his nostrils, Ren Hongfei closed his eyes and muttered in enjoyment: "It's so cool, it's been five years without food." ”

Han Ben watched in amazement as the five-year-old little prince skillfully swallowed clouds and spit out fog, which was no less than his old smoking gun.

After smoking two cigarettes in a row, Ren Hongfei was too addicted to smoking, wrapped the tobacco on the table in paper and put it in his arms, and said to Han Benyong: "This matter is not allowed to be mentioned to anyone." ”

Han Benyong hurriedly said: "Yes, the villain understands that the next time the villain is on duty, he must bring more good tobacco." ”

Ren Hongfei smiled: "Okay, good, you are quite clever and promising." ”

Suddenly, there was a shout from afar outside the door, Han Benyong and Ren Hongfei were startled, thinking that they had been discovered. Han Benyong hurriedly went to the door and opened a crack in the door to look outside, but there was no one outside, and Han Benyong rushed out to see that he was shocked.

Ciqing Palace, there are three doors in front, the first is the Huiyin Gate, the second is the Lintoe Gate of the two of them, the third door is called the Ciqing Gate, and after these three doors is the front hall where the prince lives.

Han Benyong saw that there were two injured old eunuchs who fell to the ground in Huiyinmen shouting loudly, and at the same time pointed wildly behind him with his hand, because they were far away and couldn't hear what they were shouting clearly, Han Benyong looked back at the cold sweat when he looked down.

I saw that there was also an old eunuch lying there at the Ciqing Gate, lying motionless on the ground, not knowing whether he was dead or alive, and a strong man holding a thick wooden stick had arrived at the door of the front hall. Han Ben chased after him with a frenzy, in case His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was hurt, he would be the guard on duty, which would be a big crime for the Nine Clans.

The strong man was about thirty-five or sixteen years old, and he was wandering at the door of the front hall, and it seemed that he did not know the way, and there were large halls on the left and right, and he was hesitating which one to enter.

Suddenly there was a loud shout from behind Han Benyong: "Where did the thief come from to commit murder and hurt people here, do you know what kind of place this is." ”

The strong man turned around, and the jujube stick in his hand slammed into Han Ben's head, Han Ben took two steps back with a sideways avoidance, and put his mind at ease, although this strong man has a lot of brute strength, but his skills are stiff and he doesn't know how to stick it, and he is by no means a practitioner.

Han Benyong said coldly: "Who are you and why are you committing murder here?" ”

The strong man replied: "My name is Zhang Cha, and Uncle Ma asked me to come here to kill a traitor in a yellow robe, and there will be a reward of 500 taels of silver after the death, if you don't stop me, how about I share 100 taels of reward after the matter is completed?" ”

Han Benyong was taken aback, this is obviously to kill His Royal Highness the Prince, how did he come here so easily, there must be an internal response, and then said: "How many of you are here?" ”

Zhang Cha said: "It's me." ”

Han Benyong was relieved, and as soon as the door of the front hall opened, Zhu Changluo stood at the door and asked, "What's the noise outside?" ”

Zhang Cha turned around and saw Zhu Changluo's clothes, knowing that this was the person he was looking for, he immediately rushed towards him with a jujube stick, Han Ben sneered, quickly crossed Zhang Cha, and dodged between the two.

Zhu Changluo was not panicked, looking at them with a calm face, and the thoughts in his heart were spinning rapidly.

The jujube stick in Zhang Cha's hand smashed down on Han Benyong's head again, Han Ben turned on one side slightly, Zhang Cha picked up the jujube stick and swept it, Han Ben took two steps back and waited for the wooden stick to just sweep, and suddenly rushed forward and knocked Zhang Cha out four or five meters away with his shoulder.

Zhang Cha almost fell, and after standing firm, he rushed over quickly, Han Ben waited for him to rush close and swooped to the right side, and swept his right leg on Zhang Cha's ankle fiercely, Zhang Cha was kicked to the ground, Han Ben quickly used his left leg knee to resist his lower back, and his right hand twisted Zhang Cha's hand holding the wooden stick behind his back.

It was only at this time that a few eunuchs rushed over after hearing the news, and they came over to hold down Zhang Cha, who was still struggling.

Han Benyong got up and saluted Zhu Changluo: "The incompetence of his subordinates has frightened His Royal Highness the Prince, how to deal with this guy?" ”

Zhu Changluo said lightly: "Take it to the Criminal Department first, and interrogate it slowly." ”

Han Benyong responded: "Yes, my subordinates understand." After that, he took the rope handed over by a eunuch and tied Zhang Cha into a big zongzi, and told the eunuchs to take care of the safety of His Royal Highness the Prince, and personally escorted Zhang Cha to the Criminal Department.

Ren Hongfei hid aside and watched the passage, taking advantage of the chaos to sneak back along the corner of the wall, Zhu Changluo turned around and entered the hall, and the corner of his eye flashed over Ren Hongfei in the distance, frowning slightly.