Hearing this, Wang Hui stood up and said, "Lord Zhao, shouldn't we go and wait outside the palace gate?" Zhao Qingzhou nodded, brushed back a strand of loose hair, and said, "Let's go." Zhang Yunhua and Li Zhuoran solemnly sent the two of them out of the gate of the hall, and when they walked under the small bridge, Zhao Qingzhou turned around, and saw that in the mist-shrouded courtyard, Su Mengtang stood with his hands down, looked at himself, and said to her: "Go back." Li Zhuoran and Zhang Yunhua were sent forward to the door again. Zhao Qingzhou stopped and said, "Don't send it away, I'll come back later." ”

Zhang Yunhua stretched out his hand, helped Zhao Qingzhou straighten his clothes, and said softly: "If you see Changfan, don't be too sad." Zhao Qingzhou and Zhang Yunhua glanced at each other deeply, and bowed slightly: "Don't worry." He then looked at Li Zhuoran and said, "Zhuoran, you see, the way of this world is still evil and not over good. Li Zhuoran patted Zhao Qingzhou's arm and said, "I naturally see it more thoroughly than you." After saying that, he grinned and helped Zhao Qingzhou and Wang Hui into the carriage in turn. The handlebar reins moved, and the crisp sound of the horse's hooves stepping on the stone road disappeared into Apricot Blossom Lane in a short time.

Bidding farewell to the two of them, Li Zhuoran and Zhang Yunhua walked back. Li Zhuoran suddenly remembered something, and asked Yunhua: "By the way, Yunhua, do you know a chivalrous warrior named Shao Shoutie?" Hearing the name Shao Shoutie, Zhang Yunhua said quietly: "I've heard people talk about it, what? Li Zhuoran said "oh" and said: "It's nothing, this time in Jiangning, this Mr. Shao also made a lot of efforts, he and Lord Wang Hui seem to be friends like you and me." ”

Zhang Yunhua heard that Shao Shoutie also went to help, smiled and said, "So he voluntarily got involved in this matter for the sake of Lord Wang?" Li Zhuoran said: "I don't know what he is for, but he is indeed very dedicated to the case in Cheongju." I have also heard of this person, and today I heard a few stories about him from Lord Wang, and I only think that this person is quite old-fashioned, and I have a hunch that we may have trouble him in the future. ”

Zhang Yunhua said: "For his help to Qingzhou, we will come to thank you another day, why don't you just invite him to Qingpingzhai to rest." Li Zhuoran hurriedly said: "I invited it, but Brother Shao said that he didn't know you, so it was inconvenient to disturb him, so I don't believe you asked Lord Wang Hui." Zhang Yunhua smiled: "I asked others what to do, I just guessed that he refused to come, maybe there were other reasons." Li Zhuoran's curiosity was aroused: "Yunhua, you haven't even met him, how do you know what he thinks." ”

At this time, the two were walking on the white marble bridge, Zhang Yunhua pointed to the willow leaf fish in the water under the bridge and said: "This is, Zi Fei Wu, An Zhiwu doesn't know what the fish thinks?" Li Zhuoran paused for a moment, and then smiled: "Okay, anyway, Huizi has never been able to argue with Zhuang Zhou, and I just listen to what you say." After that, the two of them walked off the small bridge while talking, and Su Mengtang's figure was no longer visible in the small courtyard at this time. Li Zhuoran said: "What about Mengtang? Zhang Yunhua said: "After staying up all night, probably tired, let her sleep, let's not wake them up today." ”

Li Zhuoran nodded and said, "Jinshu also stayed here to stay overnight, she has always liked to get up early, and it may be time to wake up at this time." Zhang Yunhua said: "Well, Qiuqiu and Ximen should also get up for morning class, Zhuo Ran, why don't we go to the backstreet to buy some breakfast to eat, so that Uncle Feng and Aunt Feng don't need to get up to cook." "Okay, I don't know what's good to eat nearby? Jinshu likes to eat soup dumplings, right? "Yes. I'll take you. The two men walked to the back gate.

Outside the palace gate at this moment, chariots and horses of various grades came from different directions one after another, and gradually gathered together in front of the main gate of the imperial city. Wang Hui let the handlebars wrap his small gray tweed carriage with a green roof around it, and stopped it at the outermost part, not wanting to attract attention. After a short time, the gates creaked and slowly opened. The attendant in charge of guidance slowly walked out of the palace gate, and shouted: "The time to enter the palace has arrived, please hold the palace card, get off the bus and enter the palace in turn, and wait in the vertical arch hall." ”

Wang Hui and Zhao Qingzhou glanced at each other when they heard this, obviously they didn't know what the palace card was, but when it was time to enter the palace, the two of them didn't dare to delay, walked down from the carriage, and walked towards the palace gate through the gap between the carriages and horses. "Driver," Zhao Qingzhou stopped and asked an attendant who didn't know who's house, "What did the waiter say just now, what is the palace card?" The attendant turned his head and saw that Zhao Qingzhou was not wearing an official uniform, so he hesitated a little and said: "That is the certificate of entering the palace and going to the court, if there is no one, the guards will not let it in." ”

Wang Hui followed up from behind and said, "Brother Zhao, how is this good?" Zhao Qingzhou raised his head and looked at the palace gate, and saw that there were indeed a few guards guarding the door, looking at the five-inch bronze plaques in the hands of the courtiers in turn. Thanked. Zhao Qingzhou arched his hand to the attendant and walked forward with Wang Hui: "It's okay, let's go and explain the situation to the guards first, and try it." The two men walked a few steps and lined up at the back of the line to enter the palace, following those in official uniforms forward.

"Gong Pai." The guard in armor said, after he finished speaking, he raised his eyes, saw Zhao Qingzhou dressed in plain clothes, looked at him vigilantly, and said, "Who are you?" "I am Zhao Qingzhou, the assassin of Jiangning, this is Cheng Wang Hui of Jiangning County, I was announced by the emperor's order, and I came from Jiangning overnight, and I want to enter the palace today. But I didn't know that I needed a palace card to enter the palace, so -" He smiled helplessly: "There is no such thing, I don't know if I can let the two of us into the palace as appropriate." ”

This passage made all the attendants pay attention to the situation here for a while. "This-" The guard looked embarrassed, turned back to the person standing with a halberd behind him, and said, "General Dong, there is a Jiangning assassin here, and there is no palace card." General Dong walked forward, with a look on his face that could not be offended: "Please stand aside first, don't delay other adults to enter the palace." ”

Zhao Qingzhou looked back when he heard this, and saw that there were several ministers who came late in the back, so he respectfully bowed his hand to General Dong, pulled Wang Hui, and stood outside the team. When everyone entered the palace, Zhao Qingzhou stepped forward again and said: "This general, I really have something important to do with Lord Wang, and I must go to the court to play to the official family, I can't afford to delay, you can see if you can be accommodating." ”

"Accommodating?" Dong Minghui smiled contemptuously: "This general has guarded the main gate of Li for five years, and he has never been accommodating to anyone, do you think that the palace is a casual entry?" "That'...... Can you ask the general to send someone to tell the official, saying that Zhao Qingzhou, the assassin of Jiangning, was waiting outside the palace gate, and he could not enter the palace because he had no palace card. Zhao Qingzhou said earnestly, a layer of fine sweat faintly oozing from his forehead.

"Hehe, Lord Zhao, it's not that I don't help you, but my people here, they can't get in front, and they are about to go to court at this time, and no one can help pass the word inside." "How's that for good?" Wang Hui was also a little anxious. "The two adults can figure it out by themselves, come over two people, the time has come, close the palace door." Dong Minghui gave the order. "Slow-" A voice suddenly sounded from behind Zhao Qingzhou: "Does General Dong want to lock the old man outside?" ”