In the northwest corner of the Imperial Palace, there is a huge courtyard enclosed by a high wall.

It is a bit far from the palace halls, and the architectural style of the buildings in the courtyard is completely different from the palace halls.

The wall was black.

Dozens of small buildings, large and small, in the high walls, are all black.

Except for the one in the corner, the rest of the small buildings are two-storey.

The one on the corner has eight floors.

It's actually a tower, but it doesn't have a tower in its name.

It's also pitch black, so it's called the Black Building.

The place was quieter than anywhere else in the palace, and even the cicadas could barely be heard here.

This is the headquarters of the Imperial City Division of Ningguo.

The Black House is the heart of this headquarters!

And the eldest grandson, Jinghong, is the master here.

He doesn't like summer, and he doesn't like the cicadas in summer, so every time summer comes, the first thing the officials and spies of the Imperial City Division have to do is to catch the cicadas in the forest.

Over time, there were no more cicadas here.

And then it was as quiet as it is now.

The crown prince Ning Zhiyi got out of the carriage outside this courtyard, he didn't bring a guard, he walked into this courtyard under the leadership of the imperial city Si Zhike, and walked towards the black building.

It was very hot outside the courtyard, but when he walked into it, he felt that it was cold here.

There are reasons why the big-leaved ficus covers the sky and the sun, and there are also reasons why it is gloomy everywhere here.

There was moss on the trunks of the trees, and the walls of those small wooden buildings were also covered with moss.

It is said that in the previous dynasty, this place was actually an execution ground.

After the founding of the Ning Kingdom, in order to suppress the yin qi here, the black building was built, but he didn't expect that three hundred years later, this place would be even more terrifying than the former execution ground.

None of the officials liked it here.

Even the vast majority of officials in the DPRK and China have never been here, and they do not want to come here for the rest of their lives.

What the Imperial City Division did was not a good thing for these officials.

If you are targeted by the Imperial City Division...... That's to walk before the ghost gate closes.

Therefore, this place is also privately called the Hades Hall by those officials.

As for that Hades, of course, it is the eldest grandson of the Imperial City Si Ti Ju!

Ning Zhiyi panted and climbed to the eighth floor.

However, what he saw was a girl dressed in red sitting in front of the window.

"Hongyi, where is Mr. Changsun?"

She is wearing a red dress, she is called Hongyi, she is the granddaughter of the eldest grandson Jinghong...... The eldest grandson is red!

The eldest grandson Hongyi stood up and bowed, "Your Highness, grandpa is enjoying the cool under the crooked neck tree downstairs." ”

"......" Ning Zhiyi's whole person is not good.

It's really tiring to climb this building!

But even if he is the crown prince, he doesn't dare to let people call the eldest grandson Jinghong.

So, he swallowed and gasped twice, "I'm going to look for him." ”

"Urgent?"

“…… It's not in a hurry, it's just a little trivial matter that I want to hear Mr.'s opinion. ”

The beautiful eyes of the eldest grandson Hongyi blinked, "Oh, then I'll take you down." ”

Ning Zhiyi went downstairs with difficulty, turned his head to look at the eight-story building, and wondered why it was built so high?

The two of them came to the crooked neck tree in the corner.

There is a square table under the tree, as well as four stone benches.

The eldest grandson did not sit on the stone bench, but lay on a rocking chair under the tree.

He was shaking a tattered pu fan in one hand, holding a cup of tea in the other, the rocking chair was shaking, and he was squinting his eyes and humming a song in his mouth:

Warbler Yan Yan Chunchun, flowers and willows are true,

Everything is charming,

Delicate and delicate, stop and stop when everyone ......

His voice was unpleasant, even out of tune, but every ravine on his old face was filled with the word enjoyment.

The eldest grandson Hongyi and the crown prince Ning Zhiyi stood beside him, waiting for him to finish singing the song, he opened his eyes, glanced at Ning Zhiyi, and sat up.

"Your Highness, you're fat again!"

"......" Ning Zhiyi felt some pain in his chest.

He bowed respectfully, "Sir, you're thin again!" ”

"It's hard to buy old and thin, it's better to be thinner, please take a seat! Hongyi, go and fetch the pot of herbal tea in the well. ”

"Okay, grandpa."

The eldest grandson Hongyi turned away, the eldest grandson Jinghong was still sitting on the rocking chair, and he looked at Ning Zhiyi again, "Something?" ”

"It's not my business."

“…… Whose business is that? ”

"Li Chen'an!"

The eldest grandson frowned slightly, "Is that Li Chen'an, who made the song "Tianjingsha"?" Your Highness has taken a fancy to this kid? ”

Ning Zhiyi nodded and shook his head:

"To say, what this kid said at the south gate, I admire it very much. But now the situation is ...... If I win him over, I will harm him. ”

"There are two main things to do here."

At this time, Changsun Hongyi came over with a jar of herbal tea, she poured a bowl for Ning Zhiyi, sat aside, and listened to Ning Zhiyi say again:

"First, my father has not yet returned to the palace, but he sent a holy decree back, which was for Li Chen'an, and he participated in the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15...... The fourth emperor sister said that this matter is probably not so simple, and I am afraid that it is Ji Guifei's idea behind it. ”

"The fourth emperor sister seems to be a little interesting to that kid, and I don't want him to die in the hands of Ji Guifei like this, so I would like to ask Mr. for the sake of his grandfather and you who were close friends, and help him find a way to survive in front of his father after his father returns to the palace."

The eldest grandson Jinghong did not answer, but the eldest grandson Hongyi asked curiously: "You mean that Concubine Ji wants to harm Li Chen'an?" ”

"He's a little person from Guangling City, is it worth Ji Guifei's hands?"

Ning Zhiyi pondered for a moment: "This is also speculation, to put it mildly, he is really not worthy of Concubine Ji's move, but...... The second emperor's brother is very fond of Zhongli Ruoshui, but Zhongli Ruoshui likes Li Chenan. ”

"Oh, I'm also curious about it, how could Zhongli Ruoshui take a fancy to him?"

Ning Zhiyi didn't know, so he couldn't answer.

The eldest grandson Jinghong took a sip of tea, "What's the second thing?" ”

"This second thing is to ask Mr. about that past."

"Sir, do you know this person?"

The eldest grandson Jinghong raised his eyes and looked at Ning Zhiyi, and pondered for a moment: "I know." ”

"That'...... Do you know that I should have a brother? ”

"Dead."

Ning Zhiyi was stunned, "Really dead?" ”

"I haven't seen you for twenty years, the Imperial City Division, the Fish Dragon Society, and the Lijing Division have all been looking for twenty years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they have ploughed our Ning Country all over the place, but there is really no news, just treat him as dead."

At this moment, a middle-aged man dressed in black hurriedly walked over.

He stood in front of the eldest grandson Jinghong and bowed: "My lord, I just got a message." ”

"What's the news?"

"The Lijing Division is searching the city's medical centers!"

The eldest grandson was stunned, "Why?" ”

"There was an accident in Huaxi Villa, Luo Yueban took four killers to Huaxi Villa to kill Li Chenan...... This is the fourth daughter-in-law of the old lady Fan of the Dingguo Marquis Mansion, that is, Zhongli Ruoshui's mother-in-law, who invited Gonggong Xiao to do it...... The old eunuch in Concubine Ji's palace. ”

The eldest grandson was suddenly shocked, "Li Chen'an is seriously injured?" ”

"No, Luo Yueban and his four men were all killed by a young man named Amu...... A disciple of the Makiyama Knife. ”

"Li Chen'an took Amu to seek medical treatment, Zhongli Ruoshui didn't know which hospital Li Chen'an went to, and Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess gave the order to Lijing's Division."

The eldest grandson stroked his long beard, "I know ......"

His old eyes slowly narrowed, and there was a sharp edge in his eyes:

"Hongyi, you take a hundred black horses, and tonight, you will go to the palace hall, Kaiyuan Pavilion, Agarwood Building, and Treasure Pavilion...... Burn them all for me! ”

"All the people inside...... Kill! ”

The eldest grandson Hongyi was taken aback, because these places are Prime Minister Ji's industry, and they are also Ji Guifei's industry!

Prince Ning Zhiyi was also shocked, he looked at the eldest grandson Jinghong thoughtfully, and saw that the eldest grandson Jinghong took a deep breath and said again:

"The Imperial City Division has been so low-key over the years that many people have forgotten it."

"It's time to show your face, or else...... This tiger is not powerful, and they really think it is a sick cat! ”