Yuan Yun jerked out the soft sword at his waist and made a defensive posture.

Kou Shu and Yuan Yun glanced at each other, stunned for a long time, and then slowly spoke: "Yuan Yun, you put down your sword." It should be fine. ”

Yuan Yun was still in a defensive posture, and Kou Shu had already stepped forward to pull out the nail that was deeply embedded in the Huanghuali cabinet and removed the letter on it.

Opening the letter above, Kou Shu swept it through the ten lines at a glance, and after reading it, as if she didn't believe it, she frowned and read it again.

Yuan Yun lowered his head and stepped aside, consciously not reading the letter, but a piece of paper was suddenly handed in front of him, Yuan Yun subconsciously took the paper in his hand, and only heard Kou Shu say: "Look at it, what is written here." ”

Opening the letter in his hand, Yuan Yun read it very quickly.

After reading it, Yuan Yun closed the letter in his hand, looked up at Kou Shu, and his eyes showed disbelief: "Niangniang, this letter says that there are still people alive in the Kou family." ”

Kou Shu looked at Yuan Yun and nodded solemnly.

"This says that you will wait by the moat in the west of the city tomorrow evening," After a pause, Yuan Yun shook his head and said: "Most of this person has something to do with the Lanling people we discovered recently, Niangniang, you can't go, it's too dangerous." ”

Kou Shu shook her head and said, "It's just one night, and it says that only when I go, the other party will be willing to hand over people to me." ”

"But now we don't even know who the other party is, and who the living Kou family is, if we pass over so rashly, what if it's a trap?" Yuan Yun shook his head: "This is too dangerous, at least the slave maid will accompany you." ”

"No," Kou Shu shook her head, "Since the other party wants me to be alone, I will definitely be prepared." ”

"But-" Yuan Yun was anxious: "It's really not good, how about letting my brother protect you in secret?" ”

"No need," Kou Shu waved her hand, looked up at Yuan Yun and said word by word: "Yuan Yun, you know what the Kou family means to me, the current Kou family, the dead, scattered, and some are still imprisoned in Dali Temple, if there is really a Kou family out, even if it is one, you should know that I will never risk that person's life." ”

"Mother-"

Kou Shu waved her hand, and there was an indescribable determination in her voice; "I've made up my mind, Yuan Yun, you don't have to stop it." After a pause, Kou Shu continued: "Rong Guiren has his own mandarin ducks to watch, there should be no more mistakes, but in Xu Ling's palace, you have been staring a little more these days, if Xu Ling is really a stand-in, it can only mean that the person behind it is extremely cruel, and has killed the real Xu Ling Li Dai Taozhuang without knowing it, as for the assassin you saw, it is even more inexplicable, and you need to be more cautious." If you can't resist it alone, find Yuan Ming to help you. ”

He felt something strange as early as when Yuan Yun said those words, and when Yuan Yun went to investigate, Kou Shu reacted as soon as he brought back all kinds of strange information, I am afraid that this person is not the real Xu Ling at all, but the people of Lanling have already replaced him. Everyone only knows that Xu Ling entered the palace and received the favor of the Queen Mother because he looked like Princess Anping, but few people know that Xu Ling was sent to the palace by himself.

And the Queen Mother was also a lot indifferent to Xu Ling during this time, because Xu Ling, who really knew how to imitate Princess Anping, was probably already dead, and she couldn't learn Princess Anping's manners.

Thinking like this, Kou Shu only felt that everything was becoming more and more reasonable, and the confusion in front of her was actually dissipating little by little. Things that were originally thought to be very strange became smooth and reasonable.

"In the future, several of you will have to worry about Xu Ling and the people around her, although they are not in a high position now, but they are in the dark, and our light is in the light, but we have to be on guard."

Yuan Yun nodded and wanted to say more. saw that Kou Shu had already waved his hand to retreat by himself.

Yuan Yun couldn't hide the worried look in his eyes, raised his head, and said to his brother who had been vigilant on the beam: "Brother, you have to protect your master." ”

On the second day, Kou Shu changed into an ordinary girl's palace dress early, and planned to go out of the palace with the carriage that delivered food.

"Niangniang," the ripples behind him were worried: "Are you really out of the palace like this?" Why don't Ripples go with you? ”

Kou Shu smiled slightly, and said with relief: "Okay, okay, this palace will only go for a few hours, and it will be fine." ”

Yuan Yun's eyes were calm and he didn't speak.

After changing into the girl's dress, Kou Shu raised her feet, but was suddenly stopped by Yuan Yun: "Niangniang-"

"How?" Kou Shu turned her head and looked at Yuan Yun.

Yuan Yun paused and said, "Queen Mother, there is one more thing, the slave maid has never told the Queen Mother. ”

"When?" Kou Shu frowned.

Yuan Yun stretched out his hand, and there was a piccolo lying inside: "If Niangniang encounters a critical moment, you can blow this piccolo, and my brother will come to you as soon as possible." ”

Kou Shu looked at this delicate flute, and turned her head to look directly at the person in front of her: "Is there anything special about this flute?" The sound can only travel for thousands of kilometers, not to mention that I am going outside the city, and the people outside the city come and go, and the sound is even more noisy, how can I hear it? ”

Yuan Yun didn't look away, as if she was unwilling to answer this question, and said: "Don't ask, the queen just needs to know that when the queen is really in crisis, she only needs to play this piccolo." ”

"If there really is such a well-informed thing, why didn't you give it to me in the morning?" Kou Shu raised her eyebrows, looked at Yuan Yun in front of her coldly, and continued: "This palace once heard that there is a way to control the dark guard in this world, which is to put a kind of insect in the stomach of the dark guard that is extremely sensitive to the sound of the flute, and when you want to summon the secret guard, you will blow the flute, and when the insect hears the sound of the flute, it will dance wildly in the controlled person, and the secret guard will be in pain and obey the order. It is said that even if this insect is ten miles away, it can still feel the sound of the flute. ”

Yuan Yun heard what Kou Shu said, her body trembled slightly, and there seemed to be tears flashing in her eyes, but her hand took a step closer and handed the flute to Kou Shu: "Don't ask, Niangniang." Just keep it. ”

"Yuan Yun!" Kou Shu's voice was even colder, she stiffly broke Yuan Yun's shoulder, looked at Yuan Yun's eyes, and said word by word: "You make it clear, is this flute the flute I am talking about?" ”

Yuan Yun lowered his head, meaning that he acquiesced.

Kou Shu didn't look over: "You take things back, this palace doesn't need this." ”

"Mother, you-"

"Even if Daddy uses such a cruel method to control you, that's Daddy, and this palace won't do this." Kou Shu turned her head and looked at Yuan Yun directly: "You could have not told this palace about this, but for the safety of this palace, you took the initiative to tell this palace, since this is the case, this palace will not let you down." ”