The first year of Tang Zongzhang, autumn.

In the south of Chang'an, the Jungnam Mountain Range is the highest mountain near Gyeonggi, it is late autumn, the blue-white mist flows in the mountains, reflecting the red maple hung with frost, such as the strong wolf full of cinnabar, splashing ink on the rice paper with a stroke, coinciding with the setting sun, this large area of smudged maple forest will be integrated with the sunset, it is very beautiful. In the twilight, there is a faint sound of Tingsong, which seems to echo the camel bells of the east and west cities not far away, and the extreme prosperity and tranquility are combined into one here, but it is not abrupt.

The evening breeze gradually rises, Liulan blows the joys and sorrows of the world from the stargazing tower on the top of the mountain straight down the valley with the mountain, all belong to the quaint Taoist temple under the valley cliff, the copper bell on the lookout tower blows under the breeze, makes a pleasant sound, attracts the birds to listen, but it is disturbed, and suddenly flies straight up to the stratus clouds, I don't know where to go.

This place is called the view of stargazing, although it is a Taoist temple, there are no Taoist disciples who meditate and practice all day long, only Li Chunfeng, the secretary of the secret cabinet bureau of the dynasty, and several alternates of the secret cabinet bureau who serve as miscellaneous servants here. The name of the Secret Pavilion Bureau sounds mysterious, but it is not a secret thing, but is in charge of the calculus of the calendar and predicting abnormal astronomical phenomena such as solar and lunar eclipses.

Who is Li Chunfeng? It is the talent of the world that everyone in Chang'an City is happy to talk about, according to legend, he worshiped to the Yuan Dao Chang as a teacher at the age of nine, became the Qin Wangfu Chronicle at the age of 17 to join the army, and at the age of 25, he wrote a book directly stating the eighteen mistakes and omissions in the "Wuyin Yuan Calendar" that was in pass at that time, and was worshiped by Taizong as the general of the Taishi Bureau, the predecessor of the Secret Pavilion Bureau, and the most proud thing in his life was that he co-authored the world-famous "Tui Bei Tu" with Yuan Tiangang, the god of the world.

Legend has it that Yuan Tiangang taught Li Chunfeng the method of calculus of the eight trigrams, Li Chunfeng was like a treasure, and he was fascinated by the calculation, and he actually calculated the national glory of more than 2,000 years after the Tang Dynasty, until Yuan Tiangang pushed his back "the heavenly machine can not be leaked again", and then he stopped.

Now that the masterpiece has been completed, Yuan Tiangang drove the crane west, and Li Chunfeng, who was 66 years old at the time, was the only person in the world who could interpret the book.

The magnificent sunset slowly sinks down to Jungnan Mountain, and turns two slopes from stargazing, which is where the annex of Hongwen Hall is located. Sixteen years ago, the Wei River flooded the Hongwen Pavilion in Chang'an City, Emperor Li Zhi ordered the construction of an annex here, used to repair the damaged books in the flood, although it is not as good as the Hongwen Museum in the city, located in the imperial city, is the place where the prince and the relatives and nobles supervise, but preserved a large number of important documents, there are heavy guards, and the masterpiece "Tui Bei Tu" is now hidden in the museum.

When the curfew was approaching, the city of Chang'an in the distance had sunk into a heavier and heavier twilight, and everything was silent, except for the birds in the mountains. Under the afterglow of the sunset, a girl in red dress came on a horse, it was Li Chunfeng's only apprentice Fan Ning, she was twenty-eight years old, she was already the age of her first adulthood, her little face was white and delicate, she could be broken by blowing, her eyebrows were slender, and her peach blossom eyes were like a bright lake in spring, magnificent and splendid, clear and moving, and the peach blossom face was powdered, such as clear water hibiscus, which was completely different from the girls with exquisite makeup and hair in the neighborhood of Chang'an City. When she was still an infant, she was adopted by Li Chunfeng, and the two have been together for many years like grandchildren, but Li Chunfeng is a Taoist priest, and he is obsessed with fiddling with the armillary sphere every day, and he is hungry and full, so naturally he has no time to raise a little doll, so Fan Ning is extremely thin. Contrary to this, it is her amazing strength, the pure copper cast armillary sphere placed in the view, the male members of the Secret Pavilion Bureau need two or three people to lift, but she can lift it alone, even Li Chunfeng sighed, saying that she was born to practice martial arts.

At the main entrance of the annex of the Hongwen Pavilion, Fan Ning hurriedly dismounted and showed a talisman: "I am Fan Ning, a disciple of Li Chunfeng of the Secret Pavilion Bureau, and I have come to pick up the manuscript of the "Tui Bei Tu" on the orders of the master. ”

Seeing that the vermilion seal on the handbook was particularly clear, it should belong to the East Palace, the guard did not dare to slack off, and immediately got out of the way, and a horseman came over and led Fan Ning's mount to the side of the tethered stake. The chief of the guard is a bearded man, born with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and it is not Li Chunfeng but Fan Ning who saw it, his crow-green eyes looked up and down, his face trembled with a smile, and he quipped: "Your master went to Pingkangfang to eat and drink again?" ”

Fan Ning put away the talisman closely, flicked the red silk hairband on his shoulder, and a few hints of narrowness flashed in his eyes: "If my master doesn't go to Pingkangfang, how can he know about the beautiful things between the official and Miss Qinglian, and how can he design to help you persuade Mrs. Zun to promote this beautiful thing?" ”

The chief guard's affair was originally a topic of conversation for many people after dinner, but Fan Ning suddenly mentioned it, he only felt embarrassed, and he didn't dare to pick Li Chunfeng's reason again, so he cleared his throat and interrupted the coaxing of the people around him: "Girl, don't think I'm deliberately making things difficult, I'm afraid you won't be able to get this manuscript today......

Before the guard's voice fell, Fan Ning's hand pressed the hilt of the sword with a "snap", which made the guard stumble, took two steps back and hurriedly waved his hand to explain: "Don't blame me...... It was the master who copied the book that caught the cold today and did not finish copying the book. If you don't believe it, if you don't believe it, you can go with me and see ......"

"I'm not going", Fan Ning put the sword behind his back, the cold light in his eyes suddenly gathered, and he scolded and bluffed with a smile: "The official should know who sent this job, if you can't get the copy tomorrow, I won't take this thunder for you, just go directly to the East Palace to find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to receive the punishment!" ”

After speaking, Fan Ning brushed his sleeves and left. A guard stepped forward, snorted with his hands, and chuckled at the chief of the guard: "The Secret Pavilion Bureau is no more than seven grades, even if he is ordered by the prince, his apprentice should not be so arrogant?" Clever and sophistry, I don't know if I think she's the princess and the princess. ”

"I see that you were transferred from a foreign country, and I don't know the depths. There are many demon kings in Chang'an City, but don't mess with this girl, even if you really offend the princess and county lord, there will always be a place to judge, but if you provoke this girl, you will lose your soul! Did you see her in red? And those peach eyes, Ping Suri is seductive, I tell you, this girl is the reincarnation of the cardinal Yaksha, if you anger her, just a glance can make you delirious, become a waste, last year, she once drove the wife of the outsider crazy......"

Fan Ning didn't have to think about it to guess what these people were talking about. Last year's incident, it was obviously the head of the Yuanwailang family who abused and killed her stepson, and forced the maid to death to take the blame and destroy the evidence, Fan Ning had no choice but to put on a vested Yaksha ghost to scare her, who knew that this person was not afraid of conscience condemnation, but he was very afraid of ghosts and gods, and he was scared out of his mind and went crazy and recruited everything. The case was solved, the culprit was also arrested, and the legend of her Yaksha in Red in Nanshan can no longer be clarified.

If all the wicked people in this world are afraid of ghosts, why not have one more of her, Fan Ning thought, shrugged his shoulders and smiled, got on his horse and turned around, and drove in the direction of Zhongnan Mountain.

In the stargazing view, Li Chunfeng is sitting under the ancient acacia and playing himself. The Taoist temple of this green wall Wuwa has a history of two or three hundred years, accustomed to the wind and rain of war, resolutely standing, seems to show the master's wind and bones, and when the Taoist temple was first built, this ancient acacia has become a shade, no one knows who it planted, or where the wind floated, just saw this towering ancient acacia from afar, and knew the residence of Li Chunfeng.

When Fan Ning rushed back from the annex of Hongwen Pavilion, the twilight was gradually sinking, and Li Chunfeng could no longer distinguish the black and white on the chessboard, and he couldn't stop muttering: "Know its whiteness, keep its blackness, and be the world's style...... For the world's style, Changde is not distant, and returns to the infinite ......"

"Wuji is not Wuji, I don't know, the sky is dark like this, black and white can't be seen, and if you go down, you will become a black-eyed chicken", Fan Ning entered from the side door, led the horses into the shed, scooped a scoop from the clear water drawn out of the orange tree, and said angrily while drinking, "Fang Cai's trip was in vain, the guard chief only cared about eating, drinking, and prostituting, and the rubbing book was not copied, and he had to go tomorrow, isn't the master a clever plan?" How can it not even be counted as such a trivial matter? ”

Li Chunfeng was still looking at the chessboard in the dark, muttering in his mouth, Fan Ning was angry and funny, strode forward, put the rune on the case, and disrupted the chess game: "It's a dead game, what is the master still pretending to play?" Tomorrow, Master will go to them to get it himself, and I won't be waiting! ”

Li Chunfeng, known as Huang Guanzi, is a thin little old man, more than sixty years old, full of hair, proficient in astronomy, calendar, yin and yang, arithmetic and other disciplines, both Taoist priest and doctor, chic and uninhibited, informal, up to the emperor and queen, down to the countryside Li people, he can talk endlessly. Seeing Fan Ning's transgressive appearance, he was not angry, got up and stroked his beard and smiled: "You girl is becoming more and more a thief, just one glance, you can conclude that it is a dead end?" However, you are becoming more and more treacherous, but you should eliminate the accumulated food if you run an errand. Besides, who said that it is not accurate to be a teacher? Seeing that there are colorful clouds floating in the west, I am afraid that if I don't get a stick of incense, there will be nobles who come here to find a teacher......"

Fan Ning obviously didn't believe Li Chunfeng's words, pulled his sleeve and said angrily: "I said it a long time ago, Master don't always squat on the ground, the clothes that were just washed yesterday are dirty like this, as if they were urinating, it's really pickled......"

Before Fan Ning's words fell, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves at the gate, and the master and apprentice stretched their necks at the same time to look out, only to see that the person who came was a handsome white-faced young man, he was slender about eight feet long, thin and beautiful, wearing a beaded brocade round-necked robe, with a meridian hairpin jade crown on his head, even if he was dozens of zhang away, he could also see that this person's identity was prominent. When he arrived at the door of the Taoist temple, he turned over and dismounted, and the remnant sun plated a suspicious flush on his cheeks, making his face more and more white, full of scholarly elegance, and stepped forward to intervene in Li Chunfeng: "Master Li, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has an order, early tomorrow morning, Master Li is invited to enter the palace, and the saint and the queen of heaven are summoned to ......."

Fan Ning glanced at Li Chunfeng, with a forked willow waist, although he was wearing fashionable men's clothes, and his movements were also drastic, his every move was inevitably delicate and delicate in his daughter's family: "Master calculated that the noble person who is coming, is this Xue Da fool?" ”

"Xue Da Fool", whose real name is Xue Ne, is cautious, he is eighteen years old this year, and his father is Xue Rengui, the famous general of the Right Weiwei on the battlefield and the inspector of the school. At the beginning of the year, Xue Rengui was named the prince of Pingyang County by the Emperor and Queen of Heaven for pacifying Goguryeo, although he still led the army far away in Liaodong, the Xue family was still beautiful in Chang'an City, and Xue Ne was also Mu Huang's grace and was requisitioned as the "City Gate Lang", in charge of the palace guards and prohibitions. Although it is only an idle position from the six grades, it also reflects the trust and preferential treatment of the emperor and queen of heaven to the Xue family.

Fan Ning and Xue Ne have known each other since childhood, but their temperaments are very different: Fan Ning often follows Li Chunfeng in and out of the mansions of dignitaries, preaching or doing things, accustomed to seeing the good and evil of human nature, clever and resolute, good at words, and is a famous ghost and elf in ten miles and eight towns; Xue Ne is said to have fallen off the horse by his father when he was still in infancy, and he could only stare for two or three days, and he couldn't even eat milk, and when he was seven or eight years old, he spoke in a slumpy voice, often stumbling, and stupid, so he was called "Xue Da Fool" by the villagers since he was a child. At present, Xue Ne is approaching the age of the crown, his demeanor is much better than that of his childhood, and his appearance is becoming more and more handsome, although he is still not good at words, but he is very clear-headed, especially good at solving cases, and he saw the flaws in the case of Mrs. Wailang's poisoning of his stepson, and then Fan Ning designed to force the prisoner to admit his guilt.

Xue Ne was supposed to be on duty at the City Gate Bureau today, why did he come here? It must not be a trivial matter for him to come to pass on the matter in person, Fan Ning frowned and asked, "Is something wrong?" Why do you want to talk about it? ”

Xue Ne scratched his head and replied: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not said anything, it should be fine." This place is far away, and others don't like to come, so I took the initiative to ask to come. ”

Xue Ne's careful thinking couldn't escape Li Chunfeng's eyes, his gaze circled Xue Ne's face, his smile was a little meaningful, and he handed the talisman back to Fan Ning's hand. Fan Ning only laughed at Li Chunfeng that she would have to go to the Hongwen Pavilion tomorrow, with a helpless face, and turned to Xue Ne: "It's almost curfew, why don't you go home yet?" Be careful that your brother is making a fuss again, and wait for your father to come back and sue you. ”

"Today is an errand sent by His Royal Highness the Prince, and others have no way to blame", Xue Ne said, turned over and got on the horse, and saw Li Chunfeng collecting the chessboard under the tree, he hurriedly asked Fan Ning in a low voice: "The day after tomorrow, my family will move to the joy, will you come to eat and drink?" ”

The young man's heart was revealed with this question, but Fan Ning lost his previous cleverness, he didn't see his mind at all, and replied with a pout: "What am I going to do, the table is full of people telling lies and slapping your brother's ass, what if I can't help but choke them, your mother will be angry." ”

Xue Ne's calm eyes showed a hint of regret, but he was not reluctant: "That's ...... I'll invite you to Donglin Pavilion for dinner another day. ”

Fan Ning waved his hand as a promise, and sent Xue Ne out of the gate of the Taoist temple: "You are not afraid of those fierce and evil officials, the fox demons and ghosts in the mountains must always be afraid of a little bit, let's go." ”

Xue Ne thought in his heart that he was really not afraid of any fox demons and ghosts, only Fan Ning was afraid, but he didn't say anything, only lowered his eyes and smiled, whipped the horse, and soon disappeared.

Fan Ning turned around and crossed the threshold and returned to Guanzhong. Under the ancient locust tree, Li Chunfeng set up the car, looked at the cumulonimbus clouds in the east, and said to Fan Ning: "There is rain tonight, I'm afraid to delay tomorrow's face saint, for the teacher, I will set off for Chang'an now, and come back tomorrow night." ”

Li Chunfeng said well, although this place is in Gyeonggi, but if it is difficult to catch up with the rain mountain road, I am afraid that it will not be allowed to enter the palace for three or five hours, Fan Ning nodded and agreed, shook the red tassel, and grabbed Li Chunfeng's arm, with a bit of threat in his tone: "After entering the city, the master will find an inn and sleep quickly, don't go to Pingkangfang to eat and drink again, if you let me know, you will go to Pingkangfang to watch singing and dancing, don't blame me for ......"

Fan Ning said, holding Li Chunfeng's hand and strengthening it twice, which made the little old man feel painful: "Hey, hey, you girl don't talk about it...... Hurry up and let go, don't delay the hour, you have to set off for the teacher! ”

Fan Ning took the burden in his hand and put it into the carriage quickly, Li Chunfeng got into the car and grabbed the reins of the horse, told Fan Ning a few more words, and drove down the mountain.

In the middle of the night, as Li Chunfeng expected, it rained drippingly, and Fan Ning guarded the armillary sphere, and he couldn't help but think of what Xue Ne said about letting her go to the banquet during the day. As a best friend from childhood to adulthood, it stands to reason that she should go, but the more she grows up, the more she knows that their identities are different, especially in the past two years, the Xue family has become more and more prominent, what good is it for him to have a friend like her? It's just a laughing stock. I'm afraid that only a solid eye like Xue Ne will not work hard to make friends with powerful people, and only guard her childhood sweetheart who grew up with peeing and mud.

The next morning there was a glimmer of light, and the rain finally stopped after a night of rain. She was worried about going to the Hongwen Pavilion in the evening to get the rubbings of "Tui Bei Tu", and kept staring at the sundial in the courtyard to calculate the hour, and practiced the sword under the locust tree in her spare time.

The long sword that frightened the guard chief and others was a pair of two-handed bamboo swords named "Four Elephants" that Li Chunfeng chose for Fan Ning, usually inserted in bamboo sheaths and carried behind their backs, looking like bamboo sticks used to carry bags. If so, the advantage is that it will not be arrested with a "private weapon" when entering the city or encountering a patrol Wuhou, but once it is unsheathed, this ordinary bamboo stick will reveal a pair of double-edged blades made of 100 refined steel to create a slight blue, the hardness is extremely high, and it can be split into two, and the left and right hands each hold a handle, and the double sword has a total of four blades, and one blade corresponds to an elephant, which is in line with the meaning of "two instruments and four elephants".

At this moment, she held the sword with both hands, wielding it like flying, wherever the cold light of the sword blade went, the frost leaves were cut in two, and with the sword blade driving the air current, up and down, gathering more and more, lingering on Fan Ning's side like a color practice, and with the double sword pointing to the sky, it suddenly scattered, fell abruptly, and was hidden in the red all over the ground.

The frost flowers and red leaves reflected on the bamboo sword overflowing with cold light, which made Fan Ning a little dizzy for a while, she put away the sword and turned around to look back, the crimson hairband fluttering in the wind. Not far away, there was a burst of applause, Fan Ning looked back and raised his eyes, only to see that in the sunset and autumn colors, Xue Ne was sitting on the roof with a very warm smile.

Fan Ning also laughed, took two steps forward, squinted and raised his eyes to look at the handsome young man on the roof: "Why did you come to us to fool around again?" ”

"Li, where's Master Li?" Xue Ne has gained a lot in martial arts recently, and he wanted to show his hand in Fan Ning, jumped off the roof one and a half feet high, shook his feet numbly, staggered two steps before he stopped, and his mouth was also scooped.

Fortunately, Fan Ning didn't pay attention, and only remembered Li Chunfeng: "Didn't you say last night that the saint and the queen of heaven summoned the master?" He left for Chang'an last night. ”

"This is strange", Xue Ne scratched his head, looked confused, and said slowly, "It was because Master Li did not enter the palace on time that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered me to ask." ”

Li Chunfeng didn't even enter the palace under the edict? Fan Ning's eyebrows frowned slightly, secretly thinking that although his master was used to being lazy, he would not even want his life, and even the recruitment of the saint would dare to delay, so he would not go to Pingkangfang to drink and die on the table?

Xue Ne saw Fan Ning's thoughts, and said with relief: "Master Li has always been chic, although he is greedy for wine, he is also afraid of death, maybe he saw something new somewhere, and he dared to forget ...... even when he entered the palace."

Xue Ne's statement is not unfounded, when he was a child, he was in the view of Qing Xiu, for his father's ransom, once Li Chunfeng went out to return on the seventeenth or eighteenth, so hungry that Xue Fan and the two almost picked the bark, if it wasn't for Mrs. Xue Muliu to visit, I am afraid that he would have died.

Speaking of the past, Fan Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but whisper: "In the past, I was greedy for freshness, but today I don't even want my life!" If the Emperor and Queen of Heaven are annoyed that the master is derelict in his duties, shouldn't this little old man go to the criminal department to eat in prison......"

"You can rest assured that in addition to Master Li, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also invited the senior monks of Famen Temple to answer questions for the saint. It's just that this matter is related to the whereabouts of the imperial court officials, although Master Li has always been unreliable, but his whereabouts are unknown for no reason, and it always worries His Royal Highness the Prince......"

"Why did you even call the monks of Famen Temple? Is something happening in the palace? Fan Ning asked curiously.

Xue Ne spread his hands and shrugged, indicating that he didn't know either.

"The prince treats you like a brother, and you can't even ask about something?" Fan Ning raised his hand and gave Xue Ne two head hammers, and waved his hand in annoyance, "Go back quickly, I still have to go to the Hongwen Pavilion Courtyard in Lantian to help the master go and get the manuscript of "Tui Bei Tu" again." When Master returns, I will immediately send the scholar to your house to deliver a letter, and he will ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his guilt in the future. ”

Fan Ning said, raised his feet and walked towards the stable, Xue Ne's face showed a little cramped, as if he wanted to care about Fan Ning, but he didn't know how to say: "It will take an hour to go to Lantian here......"

"If it's past the curfew, I'll say it's someone from your house, you come to pay the ransom and get me", Fan Ning understood what Xue Ne meant, smiled mischievously, neatly pulled out the mount from the stable, turned over, and drove towards the Hongwen Pavilion Annex.

Hearing Fan Ning say that he was a person from his own house, Xue Ne was stunned for a moment, turned his head and smiled, the young man's joy was a little strange, but his clear and bright eyes did not shy away from locking on Fan Ning's gradually distant figure. Since he was eight years old, he was arranged by his father Xue Rengui to cultivate and redeem his business at Li Chunfeng, and he has known Fan Ning for ten years, she has always been so bold and fearless, as if the sky is just a common thing, which is the opposite of Xue Ne, who has always been self-denying and cautious, enough to make him from a high-ranking mansion infinitely yearning.

The smile on the corner of Xue Ne's mouth gradually spread, clean and clear, as if the newborn was not stained with a trace of dust, and when Fan Ning's red-clothed figure gradually merged into a maple forest, he couldn't really see it, he retracted his gaze, whipped his horse and galloped, and drove towards Chang'an City in the opposite direction.

Fan Ning galloped in the deep stream of Zhongnan Mountain, the red leaves of the mountain whistling past, she had no intention of watching the scenery, and recalled in her mind that two days ago, early in the morning, Li Chunfeng woke up from a hangover, and somehow suddenly remembered that there was an important omission in "Tui Bei Tu" that needed to be revised, and asked her to report to the prince. After the prince Li Hong consulted the sage and the queen of martial arts, he promised to extend a copy of the set of "Tui Bei Tu" in the courtyard of the Hongwen Pavilion to Li Chunfeng for reference, and yesterday to take the rubbing book was not postponed to this day, who knows where Li Chunfeng went, Fan Ning gritted her teeth and creaked, thinking that she would get the rubbing book for a while, she would immediately go into the city to find the master, if he went to Pingkangfang to eat wine and watch singing and dancing, she would have to unscrew the ears of this stinky old man today.

After riding in the dust, Fan Ning came to the gate of the Hongwen Pavilion again, and saw a carriage carrying a number of wooden boxes driving out of the courtyard gate, Fan Ning was quite curious, and asked the guard: "What is in this box?" ”

"It's the carriage of Famen Temple, carrying scriptures."

Fan Ning pursed his lips and said, "Why is it so long?" Why do you need so many boxes to hold them? Can those great monks memorize it? ”

The guard smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to answer. Just then, the captain of the guard from yesterday walked over. Fan Ning suddenly thought of teasing, suddenly crossed the bamboo sword in his hand, and frightened: "The time has come, do you hand over the rubbing, or follow me to the East Palace to be punished?" ”

The guard was stunned for a moment, and immediately hugged his head and said cowardly: "The manuscripts are all ready, and they are on the second floor of the Treasure Pavilion......"

Fan Ning took the bamboo sword at this time, chuckled and said "Thank you", and wanted to go upstairs, but who knew that the guard suddenly grabbed Fan Ning's sleeve, and whispered a little begging: "Woman, don't mention the matter of my side room again, if this word reaches my wife's ears through the people in the museum, she will definitely kill me......"

After speaking, the chief guard popped out three or four feet, as if he was afraid of Fan Ning, Fan Ning "sighed" and strode towards the library pavilion.

The library pavilion is a three-storey attic, all made of pine wood, the broad hilltop plus square wooden pillars, the appearance is graceful and elegant, showing the true color of the book, the east and west sides are located on the double pavilion, and the main pavilion is connected by the air corridor, if you do not pass through the main pavilion can not reach the attic on both sides, here are all rare treasures or unique ancient books, "push back map" is also one of them. Although Li Chun's fashion is still alive, it can be predicted like this that if the masterpiece of the next two thousand years of Guozuo falls into the hands of gangsters who want to subvert the Tang Dynasty, the consequences will be unimaginable, so there is only this one in existence. Li Chunfeng once told Fan Ning that when he was writing "Tui Bei Tu" that year, Li Tao, the British prince of the Ministry of War, personally led the troops to supervise it, and the rest of the final draft was put into the fire and burned.

Fan Ning was thinking that the captain of the guard had already walked into the second floor of the Treasure Pavilion, and she stepped to follow, and the fragrance of a wisp of Hu cake suddenly came from nowhere. This is Fan Ning's favorite snack, she licked her thin lips, a little girlish blush appeared on her face, and she didn't hesitate, there is no such thing as Hu Cake in the guard's regular meal, how can there be the taste of Hu Cake here?

Before Fan Ning could come back to her senses, she suddenly heard a "swish", and a raging fire burned in the wing room on the second floor, she shouted "Oh no", and a fish jumped forward and rolled over, rushing into the second floor of the blazing treasure pavilion.

Taking advantage of the west wind, the fire had spread rapidly to the entire attic, and for a time the flames were so bright that half of the sky was red. The guards who were still talking and laughing saw this situation and froze in place, until they didn't know who shouted "Hurry up and put out the fire" before they came back to their senses, and rushed to the well, but the fire was already hundreds of feet high in a blink of an eye, and the guards in the pavilion hurriedly greeted the guards at the door and said: "Quick!" Hurry up and report to the nearby Wuhou! Let them carry water to put out the fire! ”

The treasure pavilion on the second floor turned into a sea of fire, surrounded by raging fire, and the two stood with their swords drawn, testing each other. One of them was Fan Ning, and the other was none other than the head of the guard, and the wooden platform behind him, which was supposed to be spread out on the "Tui Bei Tu", was empty.

There are a lot of masterpieces in the annex of this Hongwen Museum, many of which have been handed down from the time of Gaozu Taizong. Fan Ning was puzzled, but he was not taken away from all his attention by thinking, and said: "You guy, have you drunk too much urine and water to soak your head?" As the chief of the guard, he actually guarded and stole himself, and set fire to the pavilion, do you know the strictness of my Tang Dynasty's "Yonghui Law"? ”

The head of the guard ignored Fan Ning, but held his sword in both hands and set up an offensive posture. Fan Ning laughed and said, "When the skin is itchy? It seems that it is not possible to fight today! ”

Before the words fell, the two rushed towards each other at the same time. Fan Ning's body was as light as a swallow, and her sword was extremely fast, but seeing that she used her right sword like flowing water to dissolve the power of the opponent's sword, the left sword stabbed at the guard chief. Who knew that the guard chief suddenly stood up with the sword, the sword body blocked, and with a loud bang, an extremely strong shock force was transmitted along Fan Ning's sword blade to the hilt of the sword, shaking her back three or two steps, her right hand was numb and trembling, and she almost couldn't hold the sword.

Fan Ning re-examined the person in front of him, and suddenly felt a very strange feeling. Since she was a child, she often went to Xue Rengui's military camp with Xue Ne to watch the training, and it is rare to see such a person with such arm strength in the army of the Tang Dynasty Tiger and Wolf, how can this guard chief be so powerful? I have known him for many years, and as long as he uses a little strength, he will be afraid to die, how can there be such martial arts today?

Fan Ning couldn't think deeply, she knew very well that her master had wandered around somewhere, and she had already entered the palace by mistake, and if she lost the "Tui Bei Tu" in front of her, the emperor and queen would be furious. But the head of the guard is nine feet tall and strong, and his reaction today is extremely alert as if he has taken the wrong medicine, and the strong attack must be useless, Fan Ning Hengjian is deadlocked with him, and his mind is quickly thinking about how to break the enemy.

The scorching flames distorted the light and shadow in front of the two of them, as if they had fallen into the hell of Ah Nose, and the two who drew their swords and intersected seemed to forget that they were in the sea of fire, fighting like Shura. Fan Ning never seemed to have encountered such an opponent who was evenly matched with herself, the other party relied on her tall body and strong arms, and every move made Fan Ning parry with all her strength, but she did not flinch at all, swinging her sword faster and faster, intending to rely on speed to suppress the opponent.

Taking advantage of the fact that the three swords of the two sides were wrestling, Fan Ning asked sharply, "Where did you practice kung fu?" Last year, I was chased by your mother-in-law and ran around Suzaku Street, and I didn't see you dare to fight back! ”

The guard chief was obviously stunned, how could Fan Ning let go of such an opportunity, she instantly kicked the ground, pressed the weight of her entire body on the hilt of the sword, and stabbed the guard chief in the heart. The man dodged sideways, and the horizontal sword blocked Fan Ning's assault. Who knew that this was just Fan Ning's feint, but seeing that she saw the right time, she waved her left sleeve cage and flew out of the sleeve sword, "whoosh" twice, the guard chief was shocked, although he hurriedly dodged, but he was still hit by the hidden blade and dripping blood, he reacted very quickly, immediately turned around, swung his sword and slashed at the bookshelves on fire next to the house, the bookshelves fell to the ground, rising huge smoke, surrounded him, and suddenly the smoke and dust were dense in all directions, and he couldn't see anything really.

Fan Ning wanted to chase after her, but she was choked by the smoke and couldn't cough, so she hurriedly raised her hand to cover her mouth and nose, and when the smoke cleared slightly, she vaguely saw that the man was standing by the window and looking back at her.

This guy is going to jump out of the window and escape! Fan Ning shouted in his heart that it was bad, and sure enough, he saw that the guard jumped off the window without looking back. Fan Ning hurriedly chased after him, but there was a terrible loud noise overhead, and the floor slab on the third floor could not withstand the pressure and collapsed first, and the bronze tripod poured down with burning wood chips, smashing towards Fan Ning like a stream of fire falling from the sky. Fan Ning dodged and dodged, but unexpectedly, the floor was smashed into a big hole by the falling bronze tripod, and it fell straight to the first floor, and the ground smashed out a big pit one foot square. As soon as Fan Ning looked up, the roof of the all-wooden Treasure Pavilion was already crumbling, and at the same time, the entire building began to tilt and collapse with a low creaking sound, and countless fireballs whistled and flew down from the sky. Fan Ning didn't care that his whole body had been burned by the scorching airflow, he let out a loud cry, and used his last strength to jump through the big hole in the floor that had been smashed open......

In Chang'an City, when it was curfew, several door servants sent the locks and keys of the twelve gates of Chang'an City back to the City Gate Bureau.

The so-called "City Gate Lang" is the head of the City Gate Bureau, subordinate to the Gate Province, although there are 800 door servants, and can enter and exit the forbidden places of the Imperial City Palace, the most important daily work is only to manage the keys to the palace gates without losing them. Therefore, the only time that Xue Ne needs to cheer up on weekdays is to open the city gate in the morning and close the city gate at night, and at other times he can sit back and relax.

At present, he is holding a geographical scroll called "Chronicles of the Ground", sitting on the pear blossom wooden bench in the lobby of the city gate bureau. Suddenly, someone rushed into the lobby, it was Zhang Shun, a guard under the crown prince Li Hong.

"Report ...... Report! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a life! Before Zhang Shun could catch his breath, he shouted loudly.

Xue Ne had sunk into the books, as if he was completely blind and deaf, and he couldn't hear Zhang Shun's words at all. Zhang Shun couldn't, and couldn't care about the order of humility, stepped forward and shouted at Xue Ne's ear: "Xue Lang! Something happened! The fire in the annex of Hongwen Pavilion, the prince ordered you to go and check it out! ”

Xue Ne was so frightened that he almost slipped off the stool, he stood up in a daze, and was about to walk out, when he suddenly turned around, as if he had changed a person, his warm eyes were as bright as water, and he grabbed Zhang Shun's collar with both hands: "Where did you say there was a fire?" ”