It's night, and the lights are on.

Mu Pan quietly left the Lin Mansion alone, the moon in the sky was gray and covered with a veil, the lantern was swaying in his hand, and the cold wind blew the candle swaying, flickering and dimming.

Half an hour later, Mu Pan appeared at the back door of a mansion far away from the Lin Mansion, he looked left and right and saw no one, knocked lightly on the wooden door, the wooden door opened a crack, and the porter hurriedly invited him in after seeing the person who came.

"Where's the master?" Mu Pan asked.

The porter replied, "The master is still waiting for you in the study."

Mu Pan nodded and quickened his pace.

The study was brightly lit, and the doors and windows were tightly closed. Mu Pan stood outside the door and waited for a while, he stomped his feet, and felt the cold on his body dissipate, which allowed the maid to open the door and enter sideways.

"He's been in Beijing for a while, and he's been living under your nose, what do you think of him?"

Mu Pan listened to this somewhat old voice, bowed his head and said, "Master, forgive the old slave for being blunt, he is really embarrassed."

"Oh? Let's hear it. The gaze that had been falling on the book in his hand finally moved to Mu Pan, and the old man's sharp eyes were shaken by the candle flame as if there was a cold light.

Mu Pan said: "In the opinion of the old slave, although the son has the heart of the emperor, he is arrogant and arrogant, and he is not like the master. And he has no hills, is reckless and impulsive, and is just a martial artist. If the lord wants to give him the great cause of the world, I'm afraid it's not appropriate. ”

"Hmph." The old man threw down the book, took a sip of tea, and said, "The old man only needs his heart to be the emperor, and as for the side, the old man has his own arrangements." ”

Mu Pan was puzzled: "The master once said that the purpose of finding the prince was to find a Ming monarch for the world, but now His Majesty is also a Ming Jun." Your Majesty and your son are the difference between cloud and mud, why is the master forcing himself? ”

The old man sighed and said, "Although he is a Ming Jun, it is a pity that he was born at the wrong time." Go down and observe him for a few more days, young man, it is inevitable that he will have a brain fever for a while. If he is determined to pursue a great cause now, but then retreats, the old man does not want to kill him himself. ”

"Yes, the old slave is retired." Mu Pan left with a full stomach of doubts, and went out, the biting winter wind blew the roots of people's ears, he shrunk his neck, picked up the lantern and left.

When the child was blowing, the wind was blowing, the heaven and the earth were chaotic and slaughtering, and occasionally people who were awakened by the sound of the wind refused to move because they were greedy for the warmth of the bed.

Xie Yikou tied his cuffs tightly in the cold wind, wrapped his cloak, and quickly climbed over the wall while no one noticed, and his figure crashed into the darkness, like a sheep in the mouth of a tiger.

In the dark, a cold light crossed, the sword was more than three inches out of the sheath, and suddenly a hand was against Shang Nanyun's hand, she looked sideways, and He Qiuping was standing beside her. "If he wants to escape, it is better to kill him just now, so as not to have many dreams at night."

He Qiuping was noncommittal, "Follow him and see what he is going to do." ”

After all, Xie Yikou's identity is different from ordinary people, if he really lets him die, he can solve the problem, and the master will not let him come to Shangjing alive at all. Shang Nanyun also thought of this in the flash of light, her gloomy face could almost drip water, Wen Zhesang she couldn't kill, Xie Yikou couldn't kill her, the road to revenge was so bumpy, what year and month would she be able to get revenge!

Xie Yikou's figure blended into the darkness, and just when he was about to lose sight, He Qiuping took a light move and stayed behind him not close or far. Shang Nanyun had no choice but to follow, thinking that once his escape became a fact, she would do whatever it took to kill him. Wen Zhesang values him so much, if he dies, Wen Zhesang will be extremely painful, and she herself will be happy.

Suddenly a light snow fell in the sky, thick clouds covered the moon, He Qiuping and Shang Nanyun followed Xie Yikou blindly for a while, watching him scurry around in Shangjing, and even thought he was lost. Who knew that Xie Yikou suddenly found a way and went all the way to the palace.

"What is he going to do here?" The two of them stood in the shadows, watching Xie Yikou's every move.

He Qiuping's face was not very good, "He once said that he would enter the palace to assassinate the emperor. ”

Shang Nanyun showed a hideous sneer, "He is simply sending him to death this time, or it saves me from doing it." ”

"Can't let him go, stop him-"

Xie Yikou saw the opportunity, avoided the patrol guards, climbed the palace wall under the cover of the cold wind, and "assassinated" without looking back.

"Damn!" He Qiuping was annoyed that he hadn't noticed Xie Yikou's abnormality earlier, Xie Yikou had always been very active in plotting to usurp the throne, and would even take the initiative to ask about their deployment. He originally thought that Xie Yikou was just a momentary gain and was carried away, but who knew that he was really not afraid of death, and he really dared to enter the palace.

Xie Yikou, who was defined as "looking for death", did not have a little settle in his heart at this time, the assassination was discussed by him and Wen Zhesang early on, but he has been being monitored these days, and there is no way to meet Wen Zhesang, so I don't know if she asked the emperor to arrange things here.

Xie Yikou was cautious all the way, slowly following the route given by Wen Zhesang, avoiding many patrols and guards along the way. Although it was the first time he had entered the palace, he had also heard that the palace was heavily guarded and there were countless masters, but today he was dodged by him, and it was a little unusual.

Suddenly, a lantern appeared on the road, and Xie Yikou almost stepped on it without noticing it for a while. Fortunately, he landed a little off, which allowed the lantern to survive. Then he crouched down, took out the fire fold to light the lantern, and then carried it in his hand, and swaggered on.

This lantern is the mark that he discussed with Wen Zhesang, and when he lit the lantern, it was equivalent to telling the emperor his identity, and then he brought the lantern to meet people, and he could say anything.

"Who?" Approaching the dormitory, a patrol found him.

Xie Yikou raised the lantern in his hand and showed his intention: "I want to see the emperor."

At the end of the ugly hour, a vague figure suddenly climbed out of the palace wall with difficulty, and the figure fell to the ground, almost colliding with the patrolling guards. He hobbled into the darkness with one hand over his shoulder, looking unharmed.

He ran all the way until he was far from the palace and hid in a deep alley before he had time to catch his breath.

"You're really damned." The footsteps were covered by the sound of the wind, and it wasn't until Shang Nanyun walked up to Xie Yikou that she found her.

"You're stalking me?" Xie Yikou snorted, "My life is very hard, but it's not easy to die." ”

"Just now I watched you escape from the palace, and soon a few masters of the Great Inner chased you out, He Qiuping helped you lure them away, and now there are only the two of us here." Shang Nanyun's sword slowly unsheathed, "Yesterday I found Wen Zhesang's residence, the Shangshu Mansion is heavily guarded, I can't enter for the time being, I can only let her live a few more days." As for you, hit the road today. ”

Xie Yikou's shoulders were snowdropping, but there was fine sweat on his forehead on a cold day. But he was not afraid, and the expression on his face was as annoying as ever. "If you kill me, you have to die, one life is worth one life, and you don't have a chance to seek revenge from Wen Zhesang, or I earned it. But you and I have been under the same roof for so long and have not dared to do anything, why do you suddenly show your fox tail now? ”

Shang Nanyun's face was dark, like a firecracker bucket that would explode at one point: "What's the use of being sharp-tongued, it's not like people are half dead." Anyway, you are also seriously injured, I will give you another knife, just say that you were seriously injured by the master of Ouchi, and I can naturally push it clean! ”

She lifted the sword to stab, and in a blink of an eye, she actually saw Xie Yikou sneering at her. Shang Nanyun's heart suddenly became furious, and she subconsciously dodged sideways, so as to avoid the knife swung by He Qiuping.

Xie Yikou pursed his lips regretfully.

"I heard what you just said." He Qiuping said in a deep voice, "Don't have a second time, otherwise, your end will only be death." ”

Shang Nanyun turned his head sideways and was secretly annoyed. This time it was unfortunately discovered by He Qiuping, and there will definitely not be such a good opportunity next time. Forget it, they value Xie Yikou, and they can't do it themselves, since this is the case, they still find a way to sneak into Shangshu Mansion. Wen Zhesang and Xie Yikou, there must be one person who dies to eliminate the hatred in her heart.

"Brother He, come here and help." Xie Yikou stretched out his uninjured hand, looking weak and about to die.

Xie Yikou was injured this time and lay down for five or six days. His injuries looked terrifying, but because they were all skin injuries and did not hurt the vital points, his cultivation was completely unaffected after a while.

He didn't know how He Qiuping followed the people above him, but after the injury was healed, he noticed that there were fewer people watching around. This trick is very timely. Next, we have to work harder to make them trust themselves more and more.

On the eighth day of the lunar month, Xie Yikou's injuries had been completely healed, and during this period, he couldn't help but want to enter the palace to assassinate, but he was disturbed by He Qiuping when he returned.

"I almost killed him last time, but if I was careful this time, I would definitely be able to do it in one fell swoop. As long as you kill him, won't your deployments be better implemented? "The bowl of laba porridge in the morning in the Lin Mansion is the only time Xie Yikou feels that the mansion is still a little human after coming here.

"It's not as simple as you think." He Qiuping glanced at him, secretly feeling that he was lucky.

Last time, Xie Yikou entered the palace to assassinate him, and he was indeed close to succeeding. The emperor dismissed the morning dynasty of the day, and claimed to the outside world that he was sick because of the cold at night. But according to the adults, the emperor was seriously injured at all, and his life was in danger several times, and now more than half a month has passed, and the emperor has not shown up.

According to Xie Yikou's words, the emperor didn't sleep in the middle of the night to deal with government affairs, and was later caught by Xie Yikou on the way back to the palace. Xie Yikou saw that there were many masters in the palace, and he wanted to wipe the emperor's neck, but he didn't notice that he was knocked away for a while, so he stabbed him with a sword.

Whenever he mentioned this, Xie Yikou looked remorseful with beating his chest, "It's almost, almost able to stab him in the vital point, almost I can reach the sky in one step!" ”

He Qiuping didn't say a word, "It's almost the end of the year, Shangjing is very chaotic, and the lord originally arranged things at the end of the year, but if the emperor doesn't show up, there is no way to do it." ”

"What's the matter?" Xie Yikou came to the spirit.