At this time, it was about the time of the fixed watch, and it was not yet completely dark. Although Guo Yan expected that the evil ghost would not appear near the Linshu Hall again, as soon as he saw Yang Guang walking towards the Linshu Palace, he still rushed to Yang Guang in three or two steps and protected him behind him.

"It's still early at this time, General Guo doesn't need to be so careful, right?" Yang Guang said, quickened his pace, and walked side by side with Guo Yan.

Just when the two of them were about to walk outside the Linshu Palace, Guo Yan suddenly pulled Yang Guang, and the two of them dodged and hid behind a big tree outside the hall.

"Lord Wang, there is movement." Guo Yan whispered to Yang Guang.

Yang Guang pricked up his ears and listened attentively, but he didn't hear any noise nearby, so he asked Guo Yandao: "Could it be the sound of the eunuchs on duty near the Linshu Palace?" ”

Guo Yan showed half of his head, looked around, and replied: "Just now I heard the footsteps of the people who came to hear heavy and powerful, and they are still three or four hundred steps away from the Linshu Palace, and they seem to be walking towards the Linshu Palace, not very like the sound of the eunuchs. Besides, my lord, look over there. As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the east.

Yang Guang looked in the direction of Guo Yan's finger, and sure enough, he saw that under the corridor of the hall, which was about dozens of steps away from the big tree where the two were hiding, there seemed to be two figures shaking.

"This is the eunuch on duty here, but the footsteps that the last general heard just now came from north to south." Guo Yan turned around and explained softly to Yang Guang.

Yang Guang stopped talking, opened his eyes and looked at the north of the Linshu Palace, but still no one came, and couldn't help but doubt Guo Yan's hearing, so he didn't wait for him to agree, first walked out from behind the big tree, and asked the two eunuchs under the verandah of the hall, "Are you two on duty here tonight?" Didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, did you? ”

Guo Yan couldn't stop it anymore, so he had to clench the saber in his hand, walked out from behind the big tree, and stood beside Yang Guang to protect him.

The two eunuchs on duty were startled at first when they saw two people suddenly flash out from behind the big tree not far from them, and one of them dared to ask this way: "Who are you?" ”

His voice fell, and before Yang Guang could open his mouth to reveal his identity, he suddenly saw Guo Yan rushing out to the north like a sharp arrow off the string, and shouted: "Who is it?" ”

Yang Guang, as well as the two eunuchs on duty in the Linshu Palace, were stunned by this sudden change, and in a blink of an eye, they saw that Guo Yan had already fled a hundred steps away, and in front of him, a tall figure really appeared.

"It's me." The tall image seemed to recognize Guo Yan, and his voice was quite calm.

"General Yuanda, is that you?"

"Yes, who is standing under the tree over there?" The general of the left guard, Yuan Gao, pointed at Yang Guang and asked Guo Yan.

"Back to the general, standing under the tree is His Royal Highness the King of Jin." Guo Yan replied with a fist.

Yuan Gao walked quickly towards Yang Guang, and greeted him with a smile: "The prince also thought that the evil ghost would meet in the Linshu Palace, why did he patrol the night with Guo Yan?" ”

Yang Guang was secretly surprised that Guo Yan's ear power was extraordinary, and he could actually hear the footsteps of Yuan Gao hundreds of steps away, and could accurately judge the direction of his walking, and asked Yuan Gao without answering: "The general is not guarding in front of his father, why did he come to the Shooting Palace?" ”

"Lord Wang, the last general will escort the emperor back to Zhengyang Palace, the emperor is still worried about the haunting of the Linshu Palace last night, and the special general will come to take a look, and he doesn't want to meet the prince here. Lord Wang, please go back to Lanzhi Palace, there are hundreds of people on duty in Daxing Palace tonight, I am afraid that the evil ghost will not dare to come again. ”

At this time, the two eunuchs who were on duty under the corridor of the Linshu Hall also ran over and saluted Yang Guang, Yuan Gao and others.

"Are there only two of you on duty here?" Yuan Yu turned to the two eunuchs and asked.

"Returning to the prince, the general, there are two more in the hall, two in the south and two in the east, and Gonggong He has arranged a total of eight people to be on duty tonight."

After Yang Yue was transferred to Dali Temple, Changqiu Jian was temporarily in charge of He Zhu'er, the eunuch in charge of Zhengyang Palace, and He Zhu'er was also responsible for arranging people to prevent evil ghosts from breaking into the palace tonight.

After listening to the answers of the two eunuchs, Yuan Yu nodded, and was quite satisfied with He Zhu'er's arrangement.

"General, this king is also idle at night, and General Guo and General Guo go to Daxing Palace for a walk at will. Since we happened to meet the general, let's go around together. Yang Guangcun wanted to ask Yuan Gao what Guo Yan's outstanding skills were, so he took the initiative to invite him to patrol the night with him.

"Okay, I'll take a brief turn in the palace with the prince, and then send the prince back to Lanzhi Palace." After Yuan Gao explained a few words to the two eunuchs, he walked side by side with Yang Guang towards the east.

"As far as this king knows, there are many strong generals and warriors in the forbidden army, why did the general only recommend Guo Yan to come to the palace to patrol the night?" Yang Guang turned around and saw Guo Yan following him more than a dozen steps away, so he approached Yuan Stomach and asked him in a low voice.

"The prince is interested in Guo Yan?" Yuan Gao first blurted out a rhetorical question, and then replied, "Don't hide it from the prince, although Guo Yan's martial arts are not first-class among the generals of the forbidden army, he has two strengths, but no one can compare: one is night vision, and the other is downwind ears." It was precisely because of his two strengths that the last general recommended him to the emperor to come to the palace to guard against ghosts. Besides, Guo Yan is still the old ministry in the emperor's prime minister's mansion, and with him, the emperor can rest assured. ”

"I see." Yang Guang recalled the scene outside the Linshu Palace, and couldn't help but nodded, thinking in his heart: If Guo Yan's two strengths are used to spy on Zhang Zhongjian, or Xinyi Shitai, they are better than Zhang Xutuo, Li Hun and others. Thinking like this, he had the idea of accepting Guo Yan to serve under his command, thought about it, and asked Yuan Yuan tentatively, "Guo Yan is prepared for Qianniu, and he should belong to the leading army's mansion, how could the general recommend him to his father to come to the palace to patrol the night?" ”

After listening to Yang Guangcong's meeting with him, two and a half of the three sentences were asked by Guo Yan, his heart moved, and he replied with a smile: "The prince must also know that the high servant shoots and is in charge of the right leading army, and he has a lot of envoys, and with the permission of the emperor, the last general usually summons the generals under the jurisdiction of the right leading army on his behalf to order and perform, so he knows a little about the ability of these generals in the leading army. Moreover, Guo Yan because his father died on the battlefield when he followed the emperor to quell the rebellion, and he was favored by the emperor. The last general remembered that he had two skills that others could not match, so he recommended him to the emperor. ”