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Daxing, when it was approaching, in the thick night, there was a mist, and occasionally there were one or two cat meows, which were poignant and weird, and terrifying.

In the Baiguanfang, outside the door of Dugutuo's house, the younger brother of Queen Dugu, the general and the assassin of Yingzhou, hundreds of fierce Qianniu guards have a torch in their hands, knives and arrows, which have surrounded this small mansion, and the blazing fire lights up the night sky.

Between the two stone lions at the door, a general who looked to be in his fifties, with a gray beard, medium height, and a brave face with a fierce face stood with his sword on his head, and an old Taoist stood beside him.

The old Taoist is about seventy years old, wearing a purple and gold Taoist crown, crane hair and childish face, ruddy complexion, long eyebrows drooping, eyes slightly closed, wearing a blue Taoist robe, on which are painted all kinds of strange charms, fluttering around the waist is a gold thread fairy belt, and there is a purple gold gourd tied on the left. Lao Dao held a white whisk and carried a peachwood sword, living like an old fairy.

The general-looking man glanced at Lao Dao, his anger sank into the dantian, and his voice was like thunder in mid-air, which made the ears of everyone present buzz: "The emperor has a decree to immediately invite the great general Dugutuo to enter the palace to face the saint." General Dugu, please hurry up and change your clothes, and follow me into the palace. ”

The heavy lacquered wooden door creaked open, and two servants in green clothes walked out with their heads bowed, and a thin old man in a sixtieth armor walked out, still wearing a white middle coat and a pure white cloak on the outside. Yawned. He didn't seem to have woken up yet. The old man walked out the door. Before he could see anyone, he shouted, "Who is so noisy in the middle of the night?" ”

When the general saw Dugu Tuo coming out, he said coldly: "General Dugu, the emperor is waiting in the palace, please hurry up and change your clothes and follow us into the palace to face the saint." ”

Dugu Tuo's eyes widened, he took a closer look, and gasped: "General Yuan." Which gust of wind brought you here? ”

The person who came was the right guard general Yuan Guan, this person was Yang Jian's cronies and diehards, when Yang Jian had not yet ascended the throne, Yuan Zhou joined the army as a teenager, followed the Northern Zhou Dynasty Qi Wang Yu Wenxian to conquer everywhere, and was promoted to the general because of his merits. Later, Yang Jian, who was then the prime minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, saw that this person was powerful and majestic, so he befriended him with all his heart and made him a confidant.

Zhao Wang Yuwen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was deeply afraid that Yang Jian would one day usurp the throne, and wanted to get rid of Yang Jian first, so he invited him to a banquet. Secretly ambushed the armor and prepared a Hongmen banquet. Yang Jian only brought two personal retinues, one of which was this yuanxuan.

At the banquet, Yuwen Zhao wanted to start several times. They were all afraid of the courage and loyalty of Yuan Zhou behind Yang Jian, and they were afraid that they would also be injured, so they didn't dare to do it, Yuwen Zhao wanted to support Yuan Zhou in the name of going to the kitchen to get wine, but Yuan Zhou was motionless.

Later, Yuwen Zhao pretended to be drunk and wanted to use the name of going to the toilet to sneak away before making a move, but he was also recognized by Yuan Zhou and stopped him tightly until he covered Yang Jian's withdrawal from Zhao Wangfu, Yuan Zhou blocked the gate alone to block the pursuers, and finally let Yang Jian pass the crisis safely.

After Yang Jian succeeded to the throne, he once said in public: "I can ascend to this great position and achieve the foundation of the Great Sui, all of which are the credit of Yuanxuan." So he named him the Shangzhu State, served as the general of the right guard, and was responsible for the palace guards. In this cat ghost case, Long Yan was furious, and directly sent him to arrest people, and by the way, escorted the East Palace Warlock Zhang Qiu Taiyi to search for things to sacrifice to cat ghosts in this Dugu Mansion.

Yuan Xuan snorted heavily in his nose: "General Dugu, please get dressed, then follow me, and according to the emperor's order, your mansion will also have a search by a master, Lao." ”

Dugu Tuo's face changed color suddenly: "Yuanxuan, what do you mean, I don't care about you breaking into my house in the middle of the night, and you still have to search my house, it's the middle of the night, and the ladies are already asleep, what do you want to do?!" ”

Yuan Zhou reached into his arms, took out a gold medal, engraved with an edict, grabbed it in his palm and showed it directly to Dugutuo: "My emperor's gold medal is here, seeing this gold medal is like seeing the saint in person, the great general Dugutuo, don't kneel down to accept the order?!" Yuan Xuan's voice was like a bell, his eyes were as resolute as iron, and the red robe was also floating in the dark night.

Dugu Tuo Dingqing saw that it was indeed Emperor Wen's gold medal, and when he cooperated with the gold medal of Shangyuan Zhou in his hand, the awe-inspiring momentum exuded from his body was even more arrogant. Dugutuo fell to his knees all of a sudden, and no longer dared to raise his head, but said: "Minister Dugutuo obeys the holy decree." ”

Yuan Zhou saw that Dugu Tuo had knelt down, so he turned his head to the old Taoist beside him and said, "Dao Chief, you can go in." ”

Lao Dao's eyes had been slightly closed just now, but when he suddenly opened them, a divine light flashed and disappeared, and he didn't speak, just nodded, and strode in.

Yuan Xuan waved his hand, motioned to several guards to look at Dugu Tuo, and followed the old man into the courtyard.

Although Dugu Tuo was named a general, he has not held real power for many years, but he just relied on the nepotism with Queen Dugu, the title is just a county duke, the family is not very rich, and it is only the middle and lower scale in this hundred official squares, the courtyard is only two in, and the time of a small half pillar of incense can walk through the courtyard.

The backyard is where the ladies live, and Lao Dao has been running here since he entered the door, his nose sniffing around, like an alert hound, chasing what breath, so he walked all the way to the door of the backyard.

Yuan Xuan saw that he was about to enter the backyard, hurriedly took two steps forward, and whispered to the old Dao: "Dao Chief, is it really here?" After all, this person is the queen's younger brother, and if the search fails, he will disturb the female dependents, and he is afraid that it will be difficult to explain to the queen at that time. ”

The old Taoist was the warlock Zhang Qiu Taiyi, he turned his head to look at Yuan Guan, and said, "Then General Lao will make a statement, let the people inside get dressed first, and all come to the front yard to gather." There was still a moment left in the ion, and Poor Dao was sure that the demon who cast the spell was in this backyard. ”

Yuan Xuan nodded, and carried his lion roar again: "Listen to the ladies in General Dugu's mansion, there is a decree in the saint, from the lady down, all the ladies must be neatly dressed in the front yard within a moment, and those who violate the order will be punished for resisting the decree." ”

The lights in the rooms in the backyard began to turn on, and the shadows of some long-haired women getting up and dressing appeared on the window paper.

Zhang Qiu Taiyi started to speak, and asked softly: "General Yuan, it seems that the emperor did not issue a holy decree to the ladies of Dugu Mansion to gather together just now." ”

Yuan Guan's voice was as cold as the cold night in February: "The Holy God has given me the right to act cheaply, and let me cooperate with you to find out the person who drives evil ghosts. ”

Zhang Qiu Taiyi nodded, untied the purple gold gourd he was carrying, opened the lid, poured out some red powder, put it in the palm of his left hand, put it back in the gourd with his right hand, pumped it backhand, pulled out the peach wood sword on his back, dipped it in the powder, chanted words in his mouth, and began to walk and practice the Fa.

Just when Zhang Qiu Taiyi was practicing the law, the ladies in the backyard walked out slowly.

Mrs. Dugu, who is close to the age of sixtieth and slightly old, and the half-sister Yang of Yue Guogong Yang Su is full of silver hair, wearing a black cotton jacket and a brocade robe, and is supported by two maids and walks in front.

Followed by two concubines, six or seven maid women, Yang saw that Zhang Qiu Taiyi shaking his head and casting spells in a circle here, his face suddenly turned pale, his body shook, and he almost fell.

When Yuan Zhou saw this situation, he knew even more in his heart, and his sharp eyes swept over the faces of all the female dependents one by one, and all the women lowered their heads and did not dare to look at them.

"All the ladies in the house, but they are all here?" Yuan Xuan asked in a deep voice.

Yang snorted heavily: "The old man can only hear the commotion here in the middle of the night, as if someone is saying that he has been ordered by the Holy Decree and wants me to wait out." General, this is not your army, and there is nothing wrong with my house. ”

Yuan Xuan beckoned to a guard beside him to come over and whispered a few words. Later, a shrewd-looking man with a mustache on his mouth was brought in, dressed in a black silk robe and looking like a butler.

Yuan Xuan asked coldly: "You are the head of the house, Dugu Zhong?" ”

Cold sweat broke out on the man's head, and he kept wiping the handkerchief in his arms all the way, and when he heard this, he hurriedly replied: "It's the small one." ”

"Does everyone in the house know each other?"

"Of course. What are the general's orders? ”

"Let's see if any of the ladies aren't there right now."

Dugu Zhong nodded and said yes, and walked in front of the women, he didn't dare to look directly at Yang's angry gaze, bowed his head and saluted Yang, called "madam" softly, and walked around. (To be continued......)