Although the inner garden of the palace in autumn is not as beautiful as the flowers in summer, there is no fruit in the mountains, and the autumn leaves are full of mountains. But under the axe and chisel carving of the gardener, a magnificent momentum comes to the face. Under such a momentum, if you are not the owner of this palace, it is difficult for others to enjoy the scenery here.

Just like at this time, a girl in a brocade dress and a small flower basket walked among the flowers and forests, and discussed with the maidservant in a soft voice what to do with the flowers she had just picked. A grandmother wore a brocade fox shawl on her arm and watched over it carefully. The four palace maids who followed behind each had a jacquard basket, and followed in unison.

And under the shade of the trees at the base of the wall, the waiter who bowed his head and walked hurriedly. Li Luoyun, who had not yet eased up with numbness in his feet, followed with a slight vague footsteps. Behind him were two guards of the Zhijinwu who were in charge of escorting.

The sun is about to set, and the nobles who have played too much are urged to rush back to the dormitory to enjoy dinner. And Li Luoyun, who had been "interrogated" for an afternoon, had already sounded like a closed door, and he didn't know how many times it sounded. Lowering his head and looking at the gorgeous sword in his hand, Li Luoyun couldn't help but complain in his heart that the emperor could hold the imperial sword and raise pets in the inner garden of the palace, he could be regarded as a precedent, right?

But you even gave back the sword, why didn't you let yourself go, and found a reason for yourself to be detained in this Taiji Palace. The most hateful thing to talk about is not a word, and he said that he would have dinner together, but in the end, he sent Cheng Zhijie and himself, and he dragged the eldest grandson Wuji to the queen to eat together.

"Haven't you arrived yet?" His stomach was drumming again, and Li Luoyun couldn't help but ask the little waiter in front of him who was just hanging his head to lead the way, he looked younger than him, and he didn't look lively at all, like a stuffy gourd and didn't say a word.

"The beasts of the Imperial Garden are all kept in the West Inner Garden, and the West Inner Garden is in the northernmost part of the Imperial City. Li Gongzi should go faster, the palace will be banned in a while. The palace gate is locked, and without His Majesty's hand, we can't pass the Xuanwu Gate. I'm afraid Childe will have to spend the night under the city gates. The little chamberlain didn't stop at his feet, but he just turned sideways and explained slightly.

"The northernmost point?" Li Luoyun looked up at the north in amazement, and there was nothing but the tall palace walls. Li Luoyun followed the chamberlain blankly through a small gate and came to a brick and stone road. Looking up at the walls on both sides, the guards standing guard could be faintly seen. And the city gate in front of me, I don't know if it's the Xuanwu Gate.

It passed without an examination, and there was still a long road behind the door that made people desperate. It doesn't seem to be ...... yet

Passing by a team of patrol guards, Li Luoyun turned his head to look at the palace wall, and suddenly said without a head or an end: "I don't know if there are chickens or sheep in this palace that can be eaten, and millet deer or something should not be killed......

When the little chamberlain heard this, he stumbled under his feet and almost tripped over himself. With a stunned look, he glanced back at this Li Gongzi, who was assigned by the emperor to be a miscellaneous servant. I found that he was looking around indifferently, and the sentence just now did not seem to be addressed to him. Remembering the eunuch's strange advice when he went out, the little chamberlain opened his mouth, but still didn't say anything, turned around and continued to hurry.

I don't know whether it was intentional or not, the emperor's interrogation of Li Luoyun has been delayed until this time. When Li Luoyun almost rushed to the Xuanwu Gate with the eunuch in charge of the palace gate, he was as dull as Li Luoyun, and he also felt several scrutiny from the dark. In addition to the interrogation of the gatekeeper with his sword, among the guards guarding the city gate, I don't know how many others received the news and were ordered to "see" Li Luoyun.

"The sword is a gift from His Majesty, let me keep it. But His Majesty didn't allow me to go home first, so I had to take it like this. Li Luoyun explained frankly, holding the sword in front of him so that the guard could see it clearly.

The guard held the lantern and swept it on the fire phoenix sword, the flying feather gold pattern on the scabbard was illuminated by the light, the golden light flowed, the fire phoenix wanted to dance, and the word "Pingyang" was like fire.

The guard's hand carrying the lantern couldn't help but tremble, and exclaimed, "Could this be Princess Pingyang Zhao's sword?" ”

"Yes."

The guard retracted his gaze, raised the lantern a little higher, and looked at the white-clothed boy in front of him again. Suddenly, the eunuch who held the key on the side gave a stiff lecture to the little chamberlain: "The palace gate is about to be locked, since you are serving in the Ganlu Palace, how did you run here!" If you go out of the palace now, how can you explain to the eunuch in charge if you can't go back tonight? Since Your Majesty has arranged his duties, let him go by himself! Where do you need to follow? Come back with me! ”

The guard subconsciously frowned and glanced at the eunuch, then retracted his gaze and looked at Li Luoyun and said in a deep voice: "Since it is a gift from His Majesty, it will be accepted, don't bump into it." The palace gate is closing, so go over quickly. ”

Li Luoyun turned his head deafly and looked at the little chamberlain who led the way, cowering behind the old eunuch. The two guards who were in charge of escorting him also looked at each other, and left him to return on his own. Li Luoyun opened his mouth, but he didn't know who to call or who to talk to. Miyagi is towering, with armor arrays on the side, starry in the sky, and bright lights all around. Li Luoyun profoundly realized that in the darkness like the night, a danger called conspiracy was lurking, waiting to devour him.

"Heh~" Li Luoyun suddenly smiled, pulled the corners of his mouth and bowed to the guard to thank him, and walked through the Xuanwu Gate without looking back.

The guard frowned and watched the thin white figure slowly shrouded by the dark shadow of the city gate cave, and in the words of the old eunuch urging him to close the door, he suddenly shouted: "The boy stops!" ”

In the darkness, Li Luoyun stopped, and the guard general continued: "There are no nobles living in the West Inner Garden now, there is no light on this road, take a lantern from Benjiang and walk." ”

Li Luoyun's expression couldn't be seen clearly in the dark, and he could only vaguely see that he turned around and bowed in thanks, but he only opened his mouth to thank him: "Thank you for your kindness, General." Luo Yun is used to walking at night, and the starlight is just right tonight, which is the brightest light for Luo Yun, and it is not in the way. With that, he turned and strode across the city gates.

The guard silently watched the white figure disappear, waved his hand and ordered, "Close the door!" Lock! ”

The stars are dotted, but how can they illuminate the road of this large palace castle. Shrouded in darkness, the artificially carved gardens are more dangerous than the wild beast-infested mountains.

Wolves are around. When the Xuanwu Gate closed behind him, Li Luoyun, who was standing alone under the city gate, thought of these four words for the first time. It's a pity that it's not the wild wolves in the mountains and forests that are around, otherwise Luo Yun would only feel noisy, not dangerous.

In the main hall, Li Erlang quietly sat and drank tea with the queen. The eldest grandson Wuji has already left the palace. The couple sat quietly for a long time without speaking, and as the night grew darker, Empress Changsun suddenly spoke: "The hour is not early, Your Majesty should decide where to sleep tonight." ”

Li Erlang raised his eyebrows and looked at the queen: "What, can't I stay here with the queen?" ”

Empress Eldest Sun looked at the emperor with her eyes soft and soft, and said softly: "Your Majesty doesn't go to Concubine Wei or Concubine Yang?" ”

Li Erlang frowned when he heard this: "The news spread so fast? ”

The emperor asked questions without beginning or end, but the queen was very clear, and explained softly: "After returning from Your Majesty in the afternoon, several sisters came to visit the concubines. The concubine has been sick for a long time, and she has not seen her sisters for many days, and she chatted a few words. ”

Of course, Li Erlang believes that the queen will never take the initiative to reveal Li Luoyun's affairs. Then the sudden collective visit of these people in the harem can only be a tacit coincidence. Today's events have attracted attention, and this is already the case in the harem. The undercurrent outside the palace gate will only become more turbulent, and it seems that he deliberately delayed the end of the interrogation before the palace gate was closed, and did not delay the spread of the news.

"The Wei family, the Yang family...... The surname of the Baxia camp is Li, if they find out what is behind this, I am afraid that even the Li family in Longxi will take the opportunity to get involved. Li Erlang lay on his back on the bed, muttering to himself speculating on the development of the matter.

Seeing that His Majesty was not ready to leave, Empress Changsun beckoned the maidservants to lower the curtains. Wait for the maidservants to light the incense to calm the gods, exit the temple and close the temple door. Empress Eldest Sun approached Li Erlang on her knees, knelt beside the jade pillow, bent over her husband and gently massaged her forehead. said softly: "How they act depends on how Your Majesty chooses, and what does Your Majesty plan to do to detain that child?" Does Your Majesty want medicine and wine or do you want to dominate the camp? ”

Li Erlang closed his eyes comfortably with the queen's gentle massage, snorted and said, "I have discussed with Wuji, and Li Luoyun's status in Lijiazhai is extraordinary. Now that the Baxia camp has attracted attention in the city, let him out at this time, how can this kid hide it from all the families. At that time, he will have to choose a side, and his little secret will definitely be divided. ”

Saying that, Li Erlang's brows suddenly wrinkled, and Empress Changsun's fingers followed closely and fell on the center of her eyebrows, rubbing the Sichuan pattern away, Li Erlang stretched his brows along with the queen's massage, and his tone was a little less angry: "Now it seems that the original plan of Hongfu is the most appropriate." Originally, it was a small matter of a restaurant making trouble. No matter how indomitable the Wei family is, letting Li Luoyun go to prison and suffer a little is enough to calm down the incident. But the camp is concerned about chaos, and Cheng Zhijie came to participate in the confusion! Alas......"

"Your Majesty, rest in peace. Tomorrow, there are still many things to do. "Smart as the eldest grandson queen, even if she doesn't talk much about political affairs, she sees it clearly in her heart. Today, the ministers of the three provinces were exceptionally quiet for unknown reasons, and they did not report to the emperor for a whole afternoon. One night was enough time for them to investigate and sort out everything that happened today. Then tomorrow, their attitude and handling methods will be shown one by one.

What the family has done for thousands of years is to compete and balance with the imperial power. Anything that may infringe on their interests will be met with their full backlash. The sudden appearance of the tyrant camp, the emperor's interrogation of Li Luoyun, and the intervention of the three major princes' mansions, no one has completely connected this matter for a while. But those accustomed to fighting have subconsciously characterized this as a conspiracy.

As soon as the red-haired girl left the palace, she immediately hurried back to the mansion, sent people to take the Li family and Cheng Wudu, who was in the mansion of Lu Guogong, back to the mansion, and then closed the door to thank the guests. After closing the gate, he scolded everyone in Li Jiazhai, shared the pros and cons with Li Guangxiong, and bluntly said that they pushed Li Luoyun to the cusp, and it was already difficult to get out.

Li Zhenan was dumbfounded when he heard this, and when he learned that Li Luoyun had been summoned to the palace and had not yet come out, he was full of regret. But the old man Li Guangxiong always had a gloomy face, quietly listened to Hongfu's words, looked at Li Zhen'an, who was beating his chest, and shouted: "Enough!" Be quiet for Lao Tzu! ”

Staring at Li Zhen'an and moving his head to the door, Li Guangxiong turned his eyes and looked at Hongfu and said: "Thank you Mrs. Li for working hard for Yun'er, today's actions may be reckless, but it is a necessary thing decided by the old man and his younger brother after discussion, otherwise the old man will not take the tyrant down the mountain." Your Majesty today, I have also seen it in the past, and since I know that Yun'er is born as a tyrant, I will not do much to make it difficult. ”

Hongfu looked at Li Guangxiung, pondered his words repeatedly, and a wisp of doubt gradually emerged, and couldn't help asking: "The old man is so confident in the name of his subordinates?" ”

"It's not that the self-confidence dominates the former ......fame" Li Guangxiong shook his head, not knowing how to explain, and paused before continuing: "After all, Zhenping and his wife paid a lot back then, and His Majesty is not a person who is unkind and righteous. ”

"Heh, yesterday, I saw that you came to the capital in a menacing manner, and I was worried that you would impulsively rob the prison. I don't want the old man to save Luo Yun, what I count on is His Majesty's old feelings. Hongfu flicked her sleeves disdainfully and said, with a look of disdain in her eyes, she could be sure that this Li Guangxiong had other plans here.

Li Guangxiong frowned and lowered his head. Su Mei and Cheng Wu were originally sitting on the side sadly, but after listening to the conversation between the two, Su Mei stared at Li Guangxiung, who was silent, and suddenly stood up suddenly, pointed at Li Guangxiong with a nervous expression and asked sharply: "What do you want to do!" Your Li family wants to open the mountain? Do you want to give up Yun'er? Aren't you afraid of curses! ”

Su Mei's scolding made everyone in the room stunned, and turned her head in shock to look at Su Mei who gritted her teeth and looked crazy, and then looked at Li Guangxiong who was pointed at by her, Li Kun, the junior of the Li family, Cheng Mu didn't know why, and couldn't understand Aunt Mei's words. Cheng Wu only heard about it slightly, but Li Zhenan suddenly woke up, and subconsciously picked up the whistle stick in his hand, and stared at Li Guangxiong with his eyes.

Li Guangxiong slammed the dragon crutch in his hand, and pointed at Su Mei angrily: "Luo Yun is my grandson!" It's the young patriarch of the Li family! Even if my Li family sheds the blood of the whole clan, I will keep Yun'er safe and sound! Yang Sumei, don't you hear from Xiuning that you don't know anything about our clan, so you speculate and slander the old man! ”

Seeing that his beard was all open, the majestic Li Guangxiong drank Su Mei. Li Zhenan didn't give up, stepped forward and asked, "Old man, do you dare to swear to the mountain god that you really want to open the mountain?" ”

Li Guangxiong turned around and saw that Li Zhenan was holding a whistle stick in his hand, and suddenly he was out of breath, grabbed the dragon crutch, and strode forward, the cane moved with him, and the wind in the house suddenly rose. Li Zhenan hurriedly raised the whistle stick to parry. Who knew that although the shadow of the staff arrived, the body of the staff followed Li Guangxiong's second step and pulled out to hit Li Zhenan.

With a crisp snap, Li Zhenan's knee hurt and he knelt on one knee. Li Zhenan gritted his teeth and was about to stand up, but he snapped again, the dragon crutch hit his shoulder, and Li Guangxiong's cold voice came condescendingly: "You are a reckless man, do you want to be disobedient?" You think you're Zhenping! ”

Li Zhenan gritted his teeth and raised his head and asked, "Old man, do you really want to open the mountain?" ”

Li Guangxiung glared angrily, raised his wrist and drew another cane, and scolded hatefully: "You idiot! Do you know what Kaishan is? Do you know how to open a mountain? Su Mei doesn't know why, you also don't know much about it, so you came to blame the old man! It's all itchy skin! ”

Everyone was scolded, and even Su Mei, who was just excited, lowered her head. Only Hongfu was an outsider, and he was not deterred by Li Guangxiong's momentum, but just looked at this majestic old man with great interest. I sighed in my heart that the second master of the Baxia Camp really lived up to his reputation, and he was still not old when he was over half a hundred years old.

"Ahem, the old man has beaten and trained. Now that you have said this, you might as well make your old plans clear, and save these juniors from suspicion. After Hongfu finished speaking, he saw Li Guangxiong looking at him, and smiled slightly: "What? Do I still need to recuse myself from private matters involving the Li family? To be honest, I'm not interested in Li Jiazhai's tyrant camping, Luo Yun calls me an aunt, I just want him to come back safely. My two sons died early, and Luo Yun is very pleasing to the eye, and when my husband comes back in the future, maybe I will have to recognize a godson. ”

Li Guangxiong was stunned when he heard this: "Yun'er is the young patriarch of Lijiazhai!" ”

"Anyway, his surname is Li, and he won't be allowed to change his surname, so why should the old man care." Red Fu smiled and waved his hand. She intertwined, and the atmosphere in the room eased a lot. Li Guangxiong also took the opportunity to let go of Li Zhenan, turned around and walked back to his seat to sit down again.

"It's not for us to make a decision about the Li family's opening of the mountain." The first words of Li Guangxiung's mouth attracted everyone's attention. Even the red whisk sat quietly and listened. Li Guangxiong turned his head to look at Su Mei and said with a sigh: "Xiuning is telling you the sentence 'keep the clouds open and see the moon', right?" The Taoist priest said casually back then, but he didn't expect Xiuning to remember it for so many years. ”

"Isn't it?" Su Mei choked up and gritted her teeth and asked.

Li Guangxiong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "How can it be so simple." Even if the Taoist priest is right, what is Yunkai? Xiuning girl heard this, she has been wanting to take Yun'er out of the mountain for so many years. Did it work? Has my Li family ever obstructed it? It's Yun'er who can't do without Yunshan! ”

"But what Zu Xun said is ...... the mountain," Li Zhenan rubbed his knees, sat cross-legged on the ground, and asked with a frown.

"The Li family has settled in Yunshan for nearly three hundred years. No matter how the situation changes outside the mountain, as long as the Li family can't keep it, the descendants will be peaceful. But among several generations, there will always be people who try to go out of the mountains in vain, and there are even those who think they can see current affairs clearly, shouting the words of opening the mountain and raising the flag. But the result? After every so-called opening of the mountain, Lijiazhai did not suffer turmoil and withered blood. By my father's generation, the heart of the pioneer had long since died. They had already figured out that whether to open the mountain or not was not something that the Li family could choose by themselves. Therefore, Li Congwen's noisy and powerful clansmen will be directly driven out of Yunshan and expelled from the family tree. ”

"I know that. My old man also told me and my eldest brother about it at the beginning. So later, when the eldest brother insisted on going down the mountain to join the army, the old man was so angry. ”

Li Guangxiong snorted angrily: "You don't have peace one by one!" Zhenping insisted on going his own way. Xiuning just had Yun'er, and no one was embarrassed. The eldest brother had no choice, so I thought of such a compromise idea, and made an appointment with the handsome woman in three chapters, and returned to the mountain without fame and fortune. I just want to deceive the past. As a result...... "sighed, how could the mountain gods be deceived by them, Zhenping and Xiuning were both taken away......

Su Mei sobbed in a low voice, when Luo Yun's parents died, there were different opinions in the clan, although they were all suppressed. But if he wasn't afraid of the legend of Zuxun, how could Cheng Wu be the only outsider who went to recover the bodies of the husband and wife.

Hongfu combined with the old things of the Li family that Su Mei had told her before, she was still ignorant, and asked with a pout: "In that case, why did the old man go against the norm this time and show his identity in the city in such a high-profile manner?" ”

"Because the opening of the mountain is ......" Li Guangxiong's eyes made everyone not immediately refute his inconsistent words, but only listened to him say in an excited tone: "The opening of the mountain is not something we can decide." It's because we only fight, and we don't have any other skills. But now it's different! My son Zhensheng actually became an official! Civil service! It's not an official who is bought by killing people by war commanders, just because we donated grain and we built reservoirs! Li Guangxiong looked at Li Zhen'an with blazing eyes: "Do you understand the meaning of this?" ”

Without waiting for Li Zhen'an to answer, Li Guangxiong continued: "Zhencai opened a restaurant, and the Li family has not accumulated wealth for several generations, but it is not shy to say that those ancestral properties were robbed by the ancestors as thieves. But the restaurant started from scratch, and the income fed half of the cottage people. Do you understand the meaning of this? ”

Li Zhenan scratched his head in confusion and stammered, "These...... Isn't this all Yun'er's idea......"

"That's right!" Li Guangxiong knocked on the ground with a cane, looked at Li Zhenan's eyes, and said word by word: "It is Yun'er's idea to open the mountain!" It's Yun'er's choice! Yun'er opened the door for the Li family and found the way, so that we could open the mountain! ”

"Since that's the case...... Hongfu doesn't understand what it means to open the mountain, and why the Li family is so sensitive to these two words. She just wanted to determine the purpose of Li Guangxiong's actions: "Then why does the old man want to complicate things, isn't it good to listen to my An An and rescue Luo Yun and bring him back to Lijiazhai?" ”

"Mrs. Li, Yun'er could have avoided this prison. But he insisted on choosing it that way. Li Guangxiong shook his head helplessly: "If he has to go like this, he is destined to attract the attention of all directions." It is impossible to leave Chang'an silently, Mrs. Li knows this very well, right? ”

Hongfu frowned slightly, but did not refute: "The tiger is making too much trouble, and it is indeed difficult to calm down." But ......"

"Yun'er wants to be in front of people now, and she has to face the children of the family. There can't be only Xiao Yu behind him, only a tiger. Li Guangxiung's expression was serious, and after looking around at everyone, his eyes stopped at Su Mei, "Su Mei, you insist on coming to Beijing to see Mrs. Li and tell her Yun'er's life experience, don't you also want to find some help behind Yun'er." ”

Su Mei looked up at the red whisk with red eyes and nodded slightly apologetically. Red Whisk waved her hand indifferently to show that she didn't mind at all. Then he said to Li Guangxiong: "I already know what the old man means, but I still think it's too reckless. Don't forget, old man, what Yun'er really covets is his wine gourd! That's it today, the Weiguo Mansion has not seen visitors for a long time, but tomorrow I am afraid it will be full of guests. I hope the old man is ready in his heart. ”

After speaking, the red whisk shook his sleeves and left the house. The maid outside the door caught up with the lantern, and Zhenyue, who was lying in the courtyard, looked up lazily, and the low whistling sound of the back house of the Weiguo Mansion still came from time to time, as if she was calling someone.

In the depths of the dense and opaque garden of the West Inner Garden, Luo Yun leaned against a small nest in a rockery grotto. After leisurely eating the steamed buns produced by the imperial dining room stolen by Xiao You, Luo Yun found a comfortable position to lie down and sleep. The little claustrophobic closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, but his ears fluttered from time to time. The occasional sound of footsteps outside the forest, and the sudden flash of fire in the night, secretly stirred the tranquility of the inner courtyard of the palace.

"Little Quiet ...... I kind of want to go back to Yunshan......"