The old man claimed to be surnamed Hong, and he was the person who was installed in Xiao Kingdom by the master many years ago. On the surface, he opened a few cloth houses, and privately helped the master collect some special materials needed for the development of poisons.

Although Master didn't mention much about Ji'an Hall, I could see some clues.

Under the circumstance that Lou State strictly prohibits poison, Ji'an Hall can still quietly recruit disciples, obviously with the tacit approval of Lou's royal family, and the ultimate goal of cultivating us poison masters should be to poison and kill the monarchs and important ministers of the enemy country.

I have always been unable to understand, even if it is poisoned, it should be to go to Yiguo to poison and kill Yiwang Weizhan, although King Xiao and I have a grudge against my father, but it is impossible for the Lou royal family to ignore the safety of Lou Guo because of this.

Thinking about it, all this must have been Master's idea, after all, this King Xiao killed the person she loved the most. For more than 10 years since I can remember, Master never said anything about my father, but in the dead of night, he stood alone in the bamboo forest and played that mournful music.

Even for the sake of Master, I will complete this mission no matter what.

Boss Hong arranged for me and Tang Huan to stay in his courtyard, so that we could rest and recuperate before discussing the matter of sneaking into the palace.

After packing up from the inn and being led into the courtyard by the little maid, I couldn't help but sigh that Boss Hong's quality of life was very high.

The sun is warmly sprinkled on the heavy eaves, the small bridge in the courtyard flows water, the corridor waist is back, a tree is planted every few steps, the peach blossoms on the tree are blooming, and the pink and tender piece melts into the spring, which really makes people feel pleasing to the eye.

Tang Huan and I were arranged in the east and west wings respectively, and Chasing Wind and Lightning were placed in the stables in the backyard.

I cleaned up my room a little, changed into a pale pink dress, with a plain white silk coat, hung the red tassel that Weiyang bought for me around my waist, and put on a silk cloak and hurried out of the room.

As I was greeting the little guy who had brought me over, he greeted me and said, "The master has arranged lunch, and let the little one invite the girl and the son to dinner." ”

It happened that I was also hungry, so I called Tang Huan to eat together. Boss Hong was busy with important things and didn't accompany us to dinner, my senior brother and I were bored with our chins, thinking about how to sneak into the palace, when someone suddenly pushed the door in.

I turned my head and saw a young man, about my age, with long hair loosely tied back in a headband and untied. Dressed in a lilac robe, he has delicate porcelain-like skin, and between his eyebrows and eyes, he actually looks a little like a master, simply put, he looks very beautiful.

He stood in front of the door with his backlight and walked in a long way across the threshold.

"You are?" I stood up and looked at him quizzically.

"Xiao Ran." He walked over to the table and sat down, and said leisurely, "Can you sneak into the important chess pieces of the palace?" ”

It's rare for someone to talk like that, and even if it's a real chess piece, they don't introduce themselves to others like that. is so proud to be a chess piece, this teenager is really different.

Tang Huan was obviously aroused, he moved his chair, turned to look at Xiao Ran sideways, and said, "What ability do you have to become an important pawn for us to infiltrate the palace?" ”

Xiao Ran smiled indifferently, and his dark eyes flashed with a blurry halo: "Xiao Wang Li Shao is my biological father." ”

"Huh?"

"Huh?"

Tang Huan and I were so shocked that we could stuff eggs in our mouths, it is rumored that Li Shao only has two princesses, Chaoyun and Lian Qing, when will there be an extra son?

The most important thing is that he obviously knew the purpose of our infiltration into the palace, and actually helped us poison his own father...... This boy is really different to the limit!

Just when my outlook on life was about to be completely overturned, my senior brother whispered in his ear: "Don't worry, it must be someone arranged by the master, Li Shao did have a rhyme when he was in Lou Country many years ago." Master wants to use this trick to get rid of the enemy, and he can annex the Xiao State into the Lou State without spending a single soldier, which is really wonderful! ”

After listening to Tang Huan, he felt relieved, but he felt that something was wrong.

If it is the person arranged by the master, it is impossible for Li Shao's shrewdness to recognize his son indiscriminately, and this son will definitely succeed to the throne as King Xiao after a hundred years, this kind of thing is definitely not easy to get by.

Xiao Ran talked with us for a long time, and also drew up Jihua, as long as he had the opportunity to meet King Xiao, he could explain his identity. When Li Shao takes him into the palace, he will try to bring me and Tang Huan, and after Li Shao makes him the prince, we can do it.

It's just that when will this King Xiao be seen?

In the next few days, we all wandered around the city, often standing at the foot of Gufeng Mountain and looking up at the palace of King Xiao hidden in the clouds and mist on the top of the mountain.

When we were tired of running around, Tang Huan and I begged Xiao Ran to take us to the teahouse, drink tea, and listen to books, this is the day I yearn for. Xiao Ran was obviously not interested in listening to books, and no matter how eloquent the storyteller spoke, he just supported his head with his hands and looked drowsy.

After he yawned for the seventeenth time, I actually felt sleepy, so Zuihou had to pull Tang Huan out of the teahouse.

Walking to the north of the city, I suddenly saw a large group of people in front of me, I was immediately excited, watching the excitement must be much more interesting than listening to a book!

The three of us walked through the crowd and slowly squeezed to the front, only to see a Taoist over half a hundred years old, holding a dustbrush, sitting on a wooden platform in an open space.

"What is he doing here?" I asked curiously the people around me.

A burly eldest brother hugged his arms and said with a smile: "This person who claims to be a cultivator in Xuanshan Mountain, was enlightened by the gods by chance, and said that he could fly into an immortal by sitting here for ten days without eating or drinking, and today is the first day." ”

I pulled the corner of Tang Huan's clothes melancholy: "There are no wonders in the world, so if you don't eat or drink for ten days, you will definitely ascend to heaven." ”

Tang Huan held back a smile: "Then let's come back on the tenth day." ”

I nodded, and said in my heart, I hope this Taoist will still be alive in ten days. Amitabha, good, good.

After dinner in the courtyard, I returned to the room, lying in front of the window and looking at the moonlight and stars outside, thinking that tomorrow would be a good day.

When I got up and closed the window, I caught a glimpse of the red tassel around my waist, and suddenly I lost my sleepiness. I met Weiyang on the first day of Xingxing, and since then we have been running around the city but have never met him, has he already finished his work and left?

"The fringed girl hasn't slept yet."

I withdrew my hand that was frozen on the lattice, and raised my eyes to see Xiao Ran standing outside the window, his lilac robe shimmering in the moonlight.

"You're looking for me?" I leaned over the window and stuck my head out of the window, staring at him fixedly.

He brought out a pot of wine from behind him: "On the haode aged flower carving, do you want to taste it?" ”

I nodded with joy in my heart, closed the window, put on my cloak, and walked out.

Xiao Ran pointed to the gazebo and then to the roof: "Let's choose a place." ”

"Huh?" I looked up at the sky: "The moonlight is good, but climbing the roof is a troublesome thing, so let's go ......"

Halfway through my words, the word gazebo was still stuck in my mouth, Xiao Ran suddenly reached out and grabbed my waist, and with a light footstep, we were already standing on the roof in the blink of an eye.

"You're going to do a lot of work? Who the hell are you? I tore his arm away and sat down cautiously.

Xiao Ran sat down next to me, handed the wine jug to me, and said in a low voice: "I said it, I am the son of Xiao Wang Li Shao." ”

I took a sip of wine: "Don't lie to me with those words, we are accomplices, you can be honest with me." Since Master asked you to pretend to be Li Shao's son, you must have nine out of ten confidence, but why do you make Li Shao think that you are his child? ”

Xiao Ran snatched the wine jug in my hand, raised his head and poured a big sip, and then squinted his eyes and said, "weishenme thinks I'm lying to you?" I'm really the son of King Xiao, can't I? ”

I looked at the flask in his hand in a daze, I had drunk it......

"What's wrong?" Seeing that I was distracted, he raised his hand and shook it in front of my eyes.

"No ......" I covered my flushed face with both hands: "How is it possible, how can there be children in the world who want to harm their father." ”

"My biological father...... Scold! He could do his duty as a father for a day, and he didn't even know that there was a me in this world. Xiao Ran put the wine jug aside, put his hands behind his head and slowly lay down: "Eighteen years ago, when the previous generation of King Xiao found him, he didn't give up, leaving my mother to return to Xiao to marry Princess Yiguo, my mother waited for him in Lou Country for eighteen years, and he lived a life of fine clothes and food in Xiao Country for eighteen years, but did he ever think about my mother for a while?" ”

Looking at Xiao Ran's slightly locked brows, I actually felt a trace of pity. Having grown up in hatred since he was a child, he had too many things to carry.

The night was dark, and suddenly a few dark clouds obscured most of the clear moon. Raising his hand, a faint halo seeped in from between his fingers, and melted into the thick and undissolvable sorrow at Xiao Ran's eyebrows in the night breeze.