The bloodless sword and the metal pipe were successively sent to Zhou An.

Zhou An put away the bloodless sword, carefully held the metal pipe, and examined it carefully.

The metal pipe as a whole is silver-gray, pure metal texture, very heavy, even comparable to the same volume of stone pillars, the metal pipe has complex relief patterns of unknown significance, like toothpick-thin vines climbing all over the column, there is a wrapping seam on it...... This thing seems to be able to be screwed, as if it is screwing the cap of a bottle, but Zhou An didn't dare to screw it.

"This is ......" Gao Hong took a few steps towards Zhou An and asked as he looked at the metal pipe.

"Trap hidden weapon, the ghost-faced fox used this thing to raid our house, shooting out hundreds of poisonous silver needles." Zhou An explained briefly, glanced at Gao Hong, then put his eyes on the metal pipe, and asked, "Can Lao Gao know this thing?" ”

Gao Hong looked at it carefully, recalled it, and finally shook his head and said, "I'm not impressed." ”

"Hmm......" Zhou An responded to the nasal tone, looked at it again, and temporarily tucked the metal tube in his sleeve.

He looked up again, and the scene was noisy, and the people who had entered the water to search were coming ashore from all directions.

"Returned." Zhou An said a word, and then turned to leave.

The assassination happened, Zhou An didn't die, the ghost-faced fox ran away again, and the people who came to the rescue of Wanyuan Garden naturally came from where they came from, and they all went back, and they all dispersed.

A group of eunuchs, young and old, surrounded Zhou An and walked out.

He first went back to Ning'an Yuan of Qianli Palace, freshened up and changed his clothes, and then went to Qianwu Palace to report the matter to the empress in detail.

When Zhou An entered the Qianwu Palace, he could see a large number of Shence Army soldiers leaving, obviously when there was chaos before, a large number of Shence troops entered the Qianwu Palace to protect the empress at the first time, and now that the matter is over, the empress should also get the news, so they withdrew.

Inside the Qianyuan Palace.

The empress walked back and forth in the main hall, holding her hands and her face gloomy.

Kang Longji was naturally there, standing not far away with an expressionless face, when Zhou An had an accident, he never appeared, just because, he had to protect the empress first, there was an assassin in the palace, no matter who assassinated him, Kang Longji had to rush to the empress's side as soon as possible, and he had to ensure the absolute safety of the empress before leaving.

It is necessary to guard against the enemy's "sound from the east to the west", Kang Longji must not be "diverted from the mountain", he will not make such a low-level mistake, even when Princess Yunjing was assassinated before, he also dragged on for a long time, and only after the empress's repeated requests did he go to the Spring Palace to check the situation.

Princess Yunjing was also in the main hall, pouting and dangling in front of the window.

At the time of the incident, she was immediately brought into the Qianwu Palace, brought to the empress, and was protected together.

She was brought to the Qianyuan Hall by compulsion, even if the latest news has shown that the ghost-faced fox has left and is safe, the empress did not let her go to see Zhou An.

Squeak.

The door of the main hall was directly opened by the little eunuch outside.

Zhou An strode in.

Everyone looked at him.

"Xiao Anzi!" When Princess Yunjing saw Zhou An, she was immediately very happy and beckoned to Zhou An.

Zhou An hurriedly approached the empress first, and said respectfully: "The slave sees the saint." Then he saluted in the direction of Princess Yunjing and said, "I have seen Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

"It's so regular, it looks like it's okay." The empress said with a sigh of relief.

But why is this so much like swearing?

When did you break the rules?

"Tell me, what's going on?" The empress said as she turned around and walked inside, "Why did you run to the Ten Thousand Gardens?" The ghost-faced fox...... Let's talk about everything in detail. ”

When the empress finished speaking, she had already lifted the bead curtain and entered the back, and then turned around and sat down in front of the dragon chair.

Zhou An followed the empress all the way to the bead curtain.

"Back to the saint, not long ago, the slave was having dinner in Ning'an Garden, and I heard someone report that His Royal Highness Yunjing was assassinated in the West Martial Arts Training Field of Wanhuayuan, and the person who came was the eunuch who was attached to His Royal Highness Yunjing, and the slave did not suspect him, and he wanted to rush to the place of the incident as quickly as possible, so he went straight to Wanhuayuan alone with light skills, and when the slave arrived at Wanhuayuan, he saw that there was no movement in the West Martial Arts Field from a distance, and he suddenly realized that there was a ......fraud."

Zhou An was reporting to the empress, and Princess Yunjing was also listening behind the bead curtain.

Princess Yunjing heard Zhou An say that the reason why he was deceived into leaving alone was because of herself, her expression suddenly became very subtle, the corners of her mouth were curled, as if she wanted to laugh, but she held back, and then, she was a little reluctant.

"Hmph, what do you mean, Xiao Anzi? Are you saying that your assassination is the responsibility of this princess? Princess Yunjing pinched her waist and interrupted Zhou An's words.

This brain circuit...... Zhou An also knew that Princess Yunjing was deliberately making a joke, but in front of the empress, he had to have a good attitude.

"Your Highness, that's not what the minion meant." Zhou An turned around and saluted Princess Yunjing.

"Cloudscape!" The empress frowned and reprimanded majestically.

Princess Yunjing suddenly wilted, and ducked to the side two steps with a frightened look, not daring to say anything more.

"Go on." The empress looked at Zhou An again.

"Actually, at that time, the slave should have been able to detect it in advance, the ghost-faced fox disguised himself as someone around His Royal Highness Yunjing to report to the slave, the whole process can be said to be full of loopholes, and it can't stand scrutiny, after the slave left Ning'an Yuan, there was no chaos along the way, no soldiers were mobilized, and there was no shouting and shouting, if His Royal Highness was really assassinated in the West Martial Arts Training Field of Wanhuayuan, it would not be so quiet, and the slave was also concerned about the chaos, and he was concerned about the safety of the princess, so he didn't notice the abnormal......ity."

This passage is dispensable and does not need to be explained, Zhou An said it on purpose.

Who let Princess Yunjing find fault before.

Zhou An belonged to "eating sugar" for Princess Yunjing in front of the empress, just to let her stop, and he was not afraid that the empress would misunderstand, because Princess Yunjing had found fault before, in the eyes of the empress, Zhou An was explaining and showing loyalty.

Princess Yunjing, who had already gone around behind the empress and gave the empress a slap on the shoulder, heard Zhou An say this, and really showed a beautiful expression.

But when Zhou An glanced at her, she immediately became fierce again and deliberately glared at Zhou An.

“…… The ghost-faced fox appeared in the Ten Thousand Gardens, and the strength of the slave could not get rid of him, so he could only fight with him, but recently the strength of the slave has entered the country again, and the ghost-faced fox did not kill the slave last time, and this time it should be even more not, and the slave can persist until the rescue comes, but he did not expect that the ghost-faced fox made more preparations this time, and quenched the strange poison on the sword, and with the minion's physique, he was injured by the ghost-faced fox's sword, and his body would be sore. ”

"However, this is not enough for the ghost-faced fox to kill the minion quickly, he also made other preparations, he used a hidden weapon to sneak attack the minion, this hidden weapon is hugely powerful, it can instantly trigger hundreds of silver needles, and it can actually break the minion's body defenses......"

As Zhou An spoke, he took out the metal pipe from his sleeve, took two steps forward, presented it to the empress with both hands, and reminded: "Holy Lord be careful, I don't know if there is a silver needle in this thing, don't hurt you by mistake." ”

The empress took the metal pipe and looked at it with a frown.

"This is the silver needle that was once tattooed on the minions." Zhou An took out a few more silver needles.

The other silver needles were either pulled out and thrown away, or Zhou An was washed away by the water when he was in the lake.

These silver needles were found on his clothes when he changed clothes earlier, and the silver needles were a little deformed, and they were hooked on his clothes.

The empress looked at the metal pipe, observing.

"The slave once asked someone to ask General Gao Honggao, but General Gao didn't recognize it." Zhou An said again.

"This thing ......," the empress frowned, but her eyes flashed again, "it seems to be ...... In which book have I read it? "The empress is not sure, but she seems to have really seen this thing, since it is said to be in the book, it should be some kind of secret book or something.

Kang Longji stood aside, squinting at it, a light suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he spoke: "The complete history of martial arts, the book of divine weapons, and the chapter of hidden weapons." ”

The empress blinked, but she still didn't remember, and looked at Kang Longji again and said, "Kang Gong, do you know?" ”

Kang Longji took a few steps closer to the empress, and the empress handed the metal pipe to Kang Longji.

Kang Longji took Shen Yin and looked at it, and then said: "If the old slave is not mistaken, this should be the unique secret weapon of the Guangling Ma family, the Heavenly Machine Tube!" ”

"The world's first secret weapon? Heavenly machine tube? Celestial needle? The empress said immediately, she seemed to know what the world's number one secret weapon was, but she hadn't remembered what that thing looked like before.

"Since you can break Xiao Anzi's defense, it should be." Kang Longji said, "The Guangling Ma family has been famous for its hidden weapons and poisons for hundreds of years, and four of the top ten hidden weapons in the world were created by the Ma family, and they are the only ones who can make such a small and powerful secret weapon...... The Heavenly Machine Tube has even killed the Tiangang Realm, and it is not surprising that it can break Xiao Anzi's defense. ”