In front of the vermilion palace gate, Hou San led four house slaves to block the returning Chen Ze and the others outside.

"My good lord, you went out with this crazy girl for a long time, and finally knew how to go back to the nest."

Hou San's attitude is obviously different from yesterday, probably because he was dissatisfied with Chen Ze slipping away without saying a word, making him feel that he had lost face.

In the face of Hou San's disrespectful remarks, Li Xiang said angrily: "You dare to insult the prince, it's too indiscriminate." ”

Chen Ze secretly said that it was not good, Hou San was originally angry, and Li Xiang wanted to add fuel to the fire, which was equivalent to making things more complicated.

Hou San definitely didn't dare to make a move on King Zhennan, but for Li Xiang, who had no social status, he didn't have so many worries.

In the eyes of the ancients, the handmaid was just like an ordinary commodity, and even if she was killed, she would not be punished much.

"Someone! Lock this little slut who bewitched the prince in the firewood room overnight. ”

Hou San knew that the relationship between the two was not shallow, so he decided to take revenge on Chen Ze by torturing Li Xiang.

It was extremely cold in the firewood room, and if you really let people stay overnight, you would definitely freeze and get sick.

Out of instinct, Li Xiang desperately ran down the street, hoping to escape from the other party's clutches.

However, the speed of the house slaves was even better, and they caught up with Li Xiang in a panic in a few steps, and captured him back to the palace very easily.

In order to prevent Li Xiang from escaping again, Hou San used more vicious methods, and even ordered his subordinates to tie her hands and feet with ropes.

"Lord save me!" Li Xiang's eyes were full of despair, but she couldn't break free.

Chen Ze clenched his fists, his chest was full of anger, and he could erupt like a volcano at any time.

Hou San saw it in his eyes, as if nothing had happened on the surface, but he was actually very proud in his heart, and what he wanted was this effect.

Once King Zhennan can't control his emotions and makes a big fuss in the palace, he will have a reason to report it to Lord Liang.

However, the development of the plot is always difficult to fathom, and there will even be a 180-degree turn.

"I'm tired and need to rest." Chen Ze suddenly calmed down, and walked in the direction of the bedroom as if he hadn't seen anything.

"This ...... That's it? Hou San couldn't believe that in the face of such humiliation, someone could actually be regarded as a floating cloud.

Even if Li Xiang is a dog, the other party has to squeak twice as a dog owner, which seems normal.

Hou San saw that his goal was not achieved, and for a while he was like a deflated ball, and he was depressed and only left with the skin on his body.

At night, a thin snow quietly descends on the world, heralding the official arrival of winter.

Feeling the cold, people get up at night to close the windows tightly to prevent their bodies from catching a cold and getting sick.

Chen Ze stared at the wall clock in the room, which was pointing to one o'clock in the morning, and at this time, almost all the people in the palace were asleep, except for those on night duty.

This proves that his chance to save people has come, but if you want to get the key to the firewood room, you have to go to Hou San's room.

At this time, a black shadow suddenly flashed outside the window, followed by a very terrifying voice: "I~Dead~of~Good~Miserable~Ah!" ”

Of course, there are no ghosts in the world, and when ghosts appear, they are basically pretended to be people, and some are natural phenomena.

Chen Ze took out the musket he got in the Huwei Mansion and shouted outside: "Brother Ghost is really dedicated, he has to come out on a snowy day to be scary!" ”

The temperature outside is below freezing, and with the body of an ordinary human being, it will definitely not be able to withstand the time of a stick of incense.

If this 'ghost' doesn't want to freeze to death, he can only leave now, or break into the house.

When the ghost heard the shout, he immediately replied: "You girl is really weird, you are not afraid of me!" ”

Chen Ze said angrily: "My voice is just a little tenderer, and my body is still a gentleman." ”

"Is that true?" The ghost was skeptical about this, and such a soft voice could actually come from a man.

"If you want to know the truth, go into the house and tell it!"

Chen Ze pointed the musket at the door, even if there were no bullets inside, it could also serve as a deterrent.

The ghost couldn't resist his curiosity, and with a small object, he easily opened the chained door and entered the warm and incense-filled room.

At the same time, Chen Ze finally saw the true face of the ghost by the candlelight in the room, and it was actually a man in his twenties dressed in black.

The man is very handsome, but there is evil in his eyes, and his identity seems to be unusual.

Chen Ze clenched his musket tightly and raised his eyebrows: "You have a lot of means, but I don't know if you can resist firearms?" ”

The man entered the house with the intention of robbing it openly, but he didn't expect to be planted, and his face suddenly looked ugly: "You are really not simple, you can get a firearm." ”

Ordinary people, not to mention firearms, can get a good sword, which is already considered powerful.

Chen Ze chuckled lightly and asked, "What do you mean, don't you introduce yourself first?" ”

The man was afraid of the power of firearms, so he had to report his name: "In Xia Nie Ying!" ”

Chen Ze nodded: "I guess you are the thief, because it is freezing now, I forced you to appear." ”

Nie Ying snorted coldly: "What's the matter, now that you have the upper hand, you can directly send me to the official mansion." ”

No matter how fast a thief is, he can't move faster than a musket, especially at a distance of less than five paces, and trying to dodge a bullet is a dream.

"Let's talk about something else, I'm a person who likes people very much, if you are willing to submit to me, I will give you a hundred taels of silver a month."

Chen Ze now has a rich family, and the most important thing he lacks is money, but he lacks talented people.

Nie Ying suddenly laughed and said, "You girl is really short-sighted, just a hundred taels of silver, you want to hire a famous thief in the rivers and lakes." ”

Chen Ze remembered the three heroes and five righteousness he had seen in his previous life, and said to himself: "I have only heard of Bai Yutang of famous thieves. ”

Nie Ying's eyes were suddenly full of vigilant gaze: "You actually know the name of my ancestor. ”

Chen Ze couldn't explain, so he could only perfunctory the other party: "I happened to know this name." ”

After all, Bai Yutang is a fictional character, he just said it casually, and he couldn't think of the real number.

Nie Ying reluctantly believed it: "You little girl really knows a lot about things on the rivers and lakes. ”

"Don't say girl, I'm a man!" Chen Ze is about to go crazy, the pseudo-mother really has no male power.

Nie Ying snorted coldly: "I'm not blind, unless you take off your clothes and prove that you are a man." ”

"Get out!" Chen Ze's face turned red with anger, he was wearing pajamas now, and if he took it off, he would be naked.

When a person makes such a request, he must not have a good intention, and it is clear that he is deliberately molesting others.

Nie Ying was insulted, but instead had a bad smile on his face: "The temper is quite big, so how can you prove that you are a man except for taking off your clothes?" ”

Chen Ze rolled his eyes, took out an iron card from his body, and then threw it at the other party.

Nie Ying caught the iron card with one hand, glanced at the words on it, and was suddenly shocked and surprised.

Because the sign is written with the three words King of Zhennan, it will have such a great deterrent effect.

Nie Ying was stunned for a long time before he spoke: "You...... You are the king of Zhennan, this is simply impossible. ”

King Zhennan is obviously a man, how can he be a beautiful woman who captivates the country and the city, there should be no connection between the two.

Chen Ze sighed and said, "Alas! I was persecuted by a traitor to become this ghost. ”

Nie Ying denied: "No, you are far from a ghost like this, you should be very beautiful." ”

Even if ordinary people see the waist card, it is difficult to believe that a man actually has the appearance of a peerless beauty.

"Will you agree to follow me?" Chen Ze needs to save people now, and he doesn't have too much time to waste here.

Nie Ying found that Chen Ze was in a hurry and began to make his own little calculations. As a thief with extraordinary skills, he naturally has to be paid more.

Seeing that this thief didn't answer, Chen Ze had already guessed in his heart that seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen, he must have disliked one hundred taels too little.

Maybe someone steals a good thing once, and they can sell it for thousands of taels, or even tens of thousands of taels.

After Nie Ying thought about it clearly, he made a condition and said, "I heard that in the treasure house of the Zhennan Palace, there are eighteen precious night pearls. ”

When Chen Ze heard the news, he was immediately surprised: "There is actually a treasure trove in the palace, is it really fake?" ”

Nie Ying asked rhetorically: "You are the master here, and you don't even know that there is a treasure house at home?" ”

Chen Ze looked dazed, he didn't have this memory in his mind at all, and he really didn't know that there was a treasure house.

"I don't want much, half is enough." When Nie Ying saw the other party's expression, he thought that he was distressed about Curry's baby.

Chen Ze could only make up a story and said: "I am now in a state of amnesia and have forgotten the location of the treasure house. ”

Of course, Nie Ying didn't believe it, and sneered: "This is easy to do, I already know the location of the treasure house, you just need to take out the key, and you can take the treasure." ”

Chen Ze was overjoyed for a moment, once he got the treasures in the treasure house, his own strength would be even more sufficient, which would be beneficial to counterattacking Liang Xing in the future.

But the key point at the moment is that he doesn't know where the key is, and even if he knows the location of the treasure house now, he can't open the door to the treasure house.

Chen Ze calmed down, thought for a while, pointed to the wall clock on the wall and said, "You take the wall clock off, the key may be in the back." ”

This room has been explored by him, and the only place that has not been touched is the wall clock, and I believe that there must be a secret hidden behind it.

Nie Ying saw that the other party's performance didn't look like a fake, and was a little incredulous: "You...... Are you really amnesia? ”

"Well, sort of." Chen Ze is not an original after all, and of course he can't recall some important things.

Nie Ying nodded, and was just about to take down the wall clock, when he suddenly took a step back: "There shouldn't be a mechanism, right?" ”

Chen Ze didn't know, so he had to prevaricate and say: "It shouldn't be there, anyway, you are good at it, and you can dodge it if you have a mechanism." ”

"There's a point in what you're saying." After all, Nie Ying was an experienced thief, and he was still confident in dodging the mechanism.

However, he is more worried about encountering poison gas, which is a weapon of mass destruction, and it can't be avoided even if he is good, so people can't hold their breath all the time, right?