The full moon hung high, and the water of the moat was faintly faintly waving. A woman dressed in a coarse cloth dress stood beside the third willow tree under the moat. The woman is about thirty years old, with fine lines at the corners of her eyes, she is not good-looking, just a little delicate, but with a little indifference of a woman, although she is wearing coarse cloth clothes, but the placket is embroidered with a big delicate phoenix feathers. The woman turned around and folded off a weeping willow, as if unintentionally fiddling with it in her hand. Under the bridge, you can faintly hear the cries coming from the bridge in the distance. The woman looked faintly in the direction of the moat.

"Girl, the moonlight is just right, but the phoenix is still in the nest." A middle-aged man with a beard with a fierce face, holding a scimitar in his hand, jumped down from the embankment of the moat.

"What about the rest of the silver tickets?" The woman took out a letter with the symbol of the phoenix feather from her bosom and raised it towards the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man frowned, took out a stack of silver tickets and handed it to the woman.

"It's still twenty percent less." The woman got up and looked at each other calmly.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man turned around and grabbed the woman's throat.

"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?" The middle-aged man's hands tightened again.

The woman suddenly chuckled softly, but the laughter was hoarse and weak because of his hands. "What if the person in this letter knows that you asked us to check on him?"

The middle-aged man's breath was sluggish, and he gradually let go of the woman, and took out a stack of silver tickets and threw it on the woman. The woman smiled faintly, picked up the silver tickets scattered on the ground unhurriedly, brushed off the dust on them one by one, and carefully put them back in her arms. The woman chuckled, handed the letterhead to the middle-aged man, turned around and clumsily climbed the embankment, and walked into the distance. When the middle-aged man saw the woman leave, he also melted into the darkness and left. At this moment, a man in white walked out of the shadow behind another tree. Looking at the direction of the woman's departure, her beautiful eyebrows were tightly locked.

"Go and get the woman back."

"Yes." As soon as the man in white finished speaking, a man in black who almost merged with the night suddenly jumped out.

After a while, the man in black grabbed the previous woman and returned.

The man in white chuckled and looked at the woman, pinching the woman's jaw with one hand. "Now that you have checked me, you will know who I am."

"I don't know what the owner of the village is looking for us Feng Cao Pavilion." These two people are Yan Ziqian and Dark One. Before the two could identify themselves, they were recognized by the woman.

Hearing this, Ziqian said softly, "Oh? "You don't know why I'm looking for you?" ”

The woman didn't speak, but her face was bruised.

"Say, how did you Feng Cao Pavilion know about the layout of my village's ** courtyard?" Yan Ziqian's eyes glared sharply at the woman on the ground, but the woman still didn't speak. Yan Ziqian picked up the woman's shirt and grabbed the woman's wrist when he vented, but he was suddenly stunned.

"You don't know martial arts?" The woman laughed suddenly, Yan Ziqian was ruthless, and pushed the woman down with force, and the woman fell to the ground like a rag.

"Don't speak? Good...... Good...... Pull out her nails! Hearing this, he took out a knife and pried open the woman's slender armor little by little, and the woman let out a terrible cry, but still did not speak. Seeing this, Yan Ziqian pushed away the dark one, picked up the knife, and put it against the woman's face. "Who the hell is it?" Little by little, the blood slashed down from the tip of the knife and flowed onto the woman's injured hand. The woman's body trembled, looked up at the full moon, and suddenly smiled. The woman raised her injured hand and stroked Yan Ziqian's face, and the blood on her hands stained Yan Ziqian's fair skin, which looked particularly gorgeous.

"Okay, I'll tell you." There was obvious pleasure in the woman's voice, and Yan Ziqian smiled conceitedly when she saw this.

"The owner of the village is really as handsome as the rivers and lakes are rumored. If you can be the twelfth concubine of the owner, the concubine will die without regrets. "The woman's voice is soft and pleasant, with a unique charm. Yan Ziqian nodded with satisfaction, and smiled seductively, "If you tell me, I will spare you from dying and let you enter the inner courtyard of my Qiancheng Village." ”

"Zhuang Master, do you know why Feng Cao Pavilion sent me, a waste man with no martial arts, here?" The woman put her hand on Yan Ziqian's lips, and Yan Ziqian licked the woman's injured fingertips provocatively, swallowed the blood stained with the tip of her tongue. "Because ......" The woman's voice was softer, holding Yan Ziqian's hand with a knife in one hand. Because my blood is the most poisonous poison......" Yan Ziqian's eyes lit up, but the woman took the opportunity to stab Yan Ziqian's hand with a knife into her heart. The dark one rushed over.

"Master, she's out of breath." Yan Ziqian's face was gloomy, and he took out a silver needle, which was stained with the blood on the woman's hand, and the silver needle quickly turned black. "Master, her blood is indeed poisonous."

"Feng Cao Pavilion...... Check it out for me! Yan Ziqian spat on the ground fiercely.

"Master, this woman ......"

"Strip it naked and throw it into the market, I want them to see it, my humble village is not something that can be bullied casually."

Downtown. The shops around had just opened, and the originally quiet morning was covered by a scream.

A little girl in a white skirt sat slumped on the ground, and in front of her was a naked female corpse, a woman by the moat at night. Her fingernails had been pulled out, the wound on her abdomen was no longer bleeding, there was a shocking scratch on her face, and in her heart was a delicate knife with the finely made phoenix feather hanging from yesterday's woman's collar. The little girl sat on the ground with a pale face and trembling, and more and more people gathered around her, some men pointing at the corpse, and some women pulling the little girl up.

"What a sin, all the clothes are stripped naked, and the death is like this......

"Oh, isn't it a flower thief? What a good girl's house, why was it ruined like this......"

The surrounding discussion gradually started, and an ordinary-looking man carried a few bundles of firewood, looked inside, and when he saw the corpse, his body was obviously stiff, threw the firewood, and pushed away the crowd and squeezed inside.

"Lian'er, Lian'er! What happened to you! The big man's eyes widened, and his trembling hand grabbed the woman's thin hand, only to find that the woman's nails had been pulled out. Who the hell is it? Who is doing this to you, Lian'er! The big man's eyes suddenly turned red, and his voice trembled as he took off his coat and carefully draped it over the woman.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way...... a group of officers and soldiers rushed over from the side and squeezed in from the outer circle. He was followed by a man of about forty or fifty years of age, who was the magistrate of the place.

"Is this your lady?" The man frowned.

"My lord wants to administer justice for us! My lady went back to her parents' house yesterday, who knows...... Who knows......" The strong man choked up before he finished speaking.

An official next to him pulled out the short knife on the woman's body, picked up a strip of cloth embroidered with phoenix feathers and handed it to the county official. The county magistrate picked up the strip of cloth and frowned, while the crowd of onlookers exclaimed in surprise.

"This thing belongs to your wife?"

"It's on my lady's clothes."

"Do you know what this sign is?" The magistrate turned to a man who exclaimed in surprise.

"This is the symbol of Feng Cao Pavilion."

"Feng Cao Pavilion?"

"It's the organization that has risen in the rivers and lakes over the years, specializing in collecting all kinds of intelligence for a living, according to legend, Feng Cao Pavilion are all women, and they sell information on the moat of this Yaojing every first and fifteenth day, yesterday was fifteen, presumably this woman must be a person from Feng Cao Pavilion." The people dressed in the rivers and lakes around all nodded.

"Impossible! My lady doesn't even dare to kill chickens at home, where can I do any martial arts? You must be mistaken! The big man looked at the people around him in surprise, and the woman in his arms was also put down by him, as if he didn't know, stretched out his trembling hand and pointed at the woman.

The crowd is getting more and more lively. Darkness watched the man crying and holding the woman's body in the middle of the crowd, and silently turned into the restaurant.

"Owner, yesterday's woman's name was Lian'er, her family lived in Lijia Village, a few miles away, and her husband was also a woodcutter, so I didn't find anything wrong."

Yan Ziqian sat at the table, looked out the window, picked up the teacup on the table, but saw a small bright red blister in his hand.

"Guo Chuanbai is here?"

"Downstairs."

"Ask him to come up."

Dark One leaves the room.

Guo Chuanbai walked into the room, stretched out his hand to check Yan Ziqian's pulse, looked at the bright red blisters on Yan Ziqian's hands, frowned, took out the silver needle from the medicine box, picked up the blisters on his hand, and took a little blood, the blood was already dark red, and the silver needles that broke the blisters became jet black, Guo Chuanbai introduced the blood into a small bottle and closed the lid. Yan Ziqian walked to the window, and at this time, the crowd outside the window had dispersed, and the woman's husband was also taken away by the official.

"Could it be that Feng Cao Pavilion is also under the orders of King Ning?"

Guo Chuanbai's hand in the medicine box paused, and then continued to put the silver needles, vials and other items back into the medicine box, "Feng Cao Pavilion is an organization that suddenly appeared five years ago, no matter who can buy news from it, there are rumors in the rivers and lakes that as long as they are given enough benefits, I am afraid that even the military defense deployment on the border of the country will be clearly investigated." ”

"Then my poisonous ......"

"I'm afraid that if I use you as a pawn to show those enemies, even the owner of the village will be poisoned by them."

Yan Ziqian sat on the chair dejectedly, thinking about something. Guo Chuanbai had already put away the medicine box at this time, "Since King Ning has found Fengcao Pavilion, the emperor is afraid that he will be more auspicious this time." ”

When Yan Ziqian heard this, he didn't care about anything else, and called out loudly: "Dark one! Dark One walked in from the door, "You take people to the border pass, and you must ensure the emperor's safety." ”

Guo Chuanbai looked at the mask-wearing face of the dark one, "If there is only one dark person, the emperor is afraid that he will be suspicious." ”

Yan Ziqian didn't want to think about it when he heard this: "Then call Yue Ning together!" As soon as the dark one who had not spoken heard Yan Ziqian's words, he immediately knelt down on one knee: "Yuening was injured the day before yesterday, and it is a long way to go to the border pass, I am afraid that it will be ......" Yan Ziqian didn't care, "You take more care of the road, if you can save the emperor, and then find the evidence of Jiang Lin and others murdering my grandfather, my Wang family will definitely be able to redress their grievances!" ”

Secretly heard and looked at Guo Chuanbai, seeing that Guo Chuanbai did not stop him, he knew that he would not persuade Yan Ziqian no matter what, Yue Ning was afraid that he would have to suffer some hardships again, and he was slightly bitter in his heart, but he also knew that Yan Ziqian was the master after all, if he and Yue Ning did not have the protection of the villa, they were afraid that they would be more depressed, so they stopped talking and walked out of the restaurant silently.

Guo Chuanbai stood at the window, watched the dark one walk away, and finally said: "You didn't have to send Yuening to go, you pulled her to block it, she was afraid that it would be ......"

"But she's the only one who is suitable." Yan Ziqian pinched his forehead with his hand, lay on the chair, his face was cold, and he slowly spoke after a long time: "My grandfather has carefully taught me since I was a child, although my father is not in good health, he still often tests my knowledge, and after my father and mother sacrificed their lives to hide me and be rescued by the moon housekeeper, I know that my life is not only mine, my Wang family has been loyal for generations, and my grandfather is a person who pays attention to reputation. ”

Guo Chuanbai looked at the appearance of the young man, and for a moment felt that the two were so similar. After all, both of them have something in their hearts that they can't give up, and the lives of others, in terms of their righteousness in their hearts, are just ants. "Then I'll go on this trip for the owner."

When Guo Chuanbai returned to the mansion, Dark One was already standing in Yue Ning's room, neither of them spoke, Yue Ning leaned on the bed, and leaned on the brocade quilt that Dark One had placed behind her, for fear that she would be involved in the wound again. When Guo Chuanbai walked in, Dark One was slightly stunned, and then looked at Yue Ning, Yue Ning looked at the two of them with a puzzled face, Guo Chuanbai knew at a glance that Dark One had not told Yue Ning that he was going south. Guo Chuanbai motioned for Dark One to retreat, but Dark One stubbornly stood beside Yue Ning's bed, Yue Ning reached out and pulled Dark One's sleeve, Dark One couldn't bear to see Yue Ning's begging appearance after all, and said: "Can you have some more time?" ”

Guo Chuanbai smiled when he heard this, "You have been raised by the Wang family since you were a child, and you know how to be a qualified secret guard." This is the first time you have questioned the owner. Guo Chuanbai looked at Dark One with burning eyes, Dark One was slightly stunned when he heard this, glanced at Yue Ning, clenched his fists, and finally walked out of the room.

There was a moment of silence in the room, Guo Chuanbai pulled a chair, took Yuening's hand, and carefully checked the pulse. "The dark one cares about you very much." Guo Chuanbai didn't raise his head and said a word, Yuening glanced at him lightly, Guo Chuanbai helped Yuening to lie down, ordered the maid to apply the external ointment to Yuening's back, and retreated to the small chair behind the gauze curtain and sat down, "Your pulse is stable, I think the injury on my back has begun to scab, and I will go to Luoshui with the dark tomorrow morning." ”

After hearing this, Yue Ning hurriedly got up, and screamed painfully from the wound on her body, the maid immediately supported her, she pushed the maid away, draped the clothes on her body, opened the curtain, and walked in front of Guo Chuanbai, seeing that Guo Chuanbai was still looking at her indifferently, she looked back at Guo Chuanbai, the two just looked at each other silently and no one spoke first, and suddenly heard the maid scream: "Little, Miss, your wound is cracked." Yue Ning still didn't speak, and looked at Guo Chuanbai silently, Guo Chuanbai saw that Yue Ning was stubborn, so he had to add another sentence: "Although I don't approve of you going, the owner said that you are the most suitable person." ”

Yue Ning smiled mockingly, and bowed respectfully, "I will live up to the order of the owner." ”

Guo Chuanbai glanced at her, took out a few bottles of medicine and put them on the table, "It's a long way, remember to take the medicine on time and change the medicine." Yue Ning thanked him formally. Guo Chuanbai nodded, walked to the door, and turned back again, "The owner of the village is poisoned." ”

Yue Ning stubbornly sneered, "The slave is blessed, and she can't block this knife for the owner." ”

"Yesterday, the owner of the village went to the moat to find the people in the Feng Cao Pavilion, but he was tricked. You know that the owner of the village should not have gone on this trip, he is afraid that he wants to get this justice for you. Guo Chuanbai saw that Yuening still turned his head with a sad face, so he had to say: "Remember to use medicine." With that, he walked out of the room.

At this time, the court had already descended, and King Ning stood on the Jinluan Palace, although he acted as the supervisor of the country, he could not sit on the dragon chair. At this time, the ministers had left, and King Ning was left alone in the Jinluan Palace, and King Ning walked to the dragon chair, greedily touched the dragon chair made of pure gold, and then sat down slowly. This is the first time he sat on the dragon chair, he has seen his royal brother and father sitting on the dragon chair countless times, he occasionally takes advantage of the courtiers to raise their heads to look at them, they sit on the dragon chair, far away from the courtiers, if not standing in the front row, almost can't see the expression of the Son of Heaven, before he never understood how this seat is different, but it is higher, more delicate, and now he sits on it himself, as if this chair has an aura on its own, so that after he sits on it, the whole person unconsciously poses a posture of looking at the world, It seems that the following are ants, only at this moment, he really feels that the word emperor not only represents a right, but also a kind of heroic spirit that can rule the world from the bones, he unconsciously looked around the hall, sat up straight, and then couldn't help laughing out loud after all.

Xiao Anzi outside the door heard the laughter and walked in, and saw King Ning sitting on the dragon chair, King Ning restrained his smile, his face unconsciously showed murderous aura, but he saw Xiao Anzi walking over with a smile, "Your Majesty said that the prince loves to play, just now the prince learned Your Majesty, I really feel that Your Majesty is back, and it is really a brother of the same mother." ”

Hearing this, the expression on King Ning's face softened slightly, he stood up, returned to his previous appearance, pouted and said: "It is said that this dragon chair is good, I will sit on it today, it is really hard, it is uncomfortable, it is uncomfortable, and it is a loss for the imperial brother to sit on it every day." Xiao Anzi didn't speak, but still stood below respectfully, waiting for King Ning to come down, and said, "Today's slave has been sent to the prince's mansion." ”

"There is Lao An's father-in-law." After saying that, he left with a smile and walked to the door, and finally couldn't help but glance at the dragon chair.