In the main courtyard, which is not very far from Xiao Yu's small courtyard.

The door of the study was gently pushed open, and an old man with white hair walked in with a carefully cooked lotus seed soup, this old man was Xiao Lie's confidant and chief steward.

The chief steward glanced up at the silent Xiao Lie, gently put the lotus seed soup on the table in front of Xiao Lie, and then quietly withdrew.

Xiao Lie looked at the scroll on the wall in silence with faint scorched black marks. The scorched black behind the woman's white clothes on the scroll seems to foreshadow the tragedy that followed.

Xiao Lie knew that all the princes in the court had been afraid of him, the Governor of the Secret Guard. Because before the prince's rebellion five years ago, he was a model husband known to everyone in the court, and he was in love with his wife, and he never went out of the land of fireworks, and even had a concubine.

However, just five years ago, that summer, he killed his most beloved wife with his own hands.

The princes of the court began to take a fresh look at the new Governor of the Secret Guard.

When he killed his wife, it was when His Majesty cleaned up the prince's party after the prince's rebellion, and it was also the time when he secretly guarded the position of the governor of the foreign guard.

In the eyes of many people who think they are familiar with court affairs, this is a means used by Xiao Lie to show his loyalty to His Majesty today, and Xiao Lie's rise to the top seems to show this point.

However, only Xiao Lie himself knew that the situation at that time was definitely not as simple as a case of the prince's rebellion. He feared more than just the inner guards of the secret guards.

It was the summer of five years ago, a sweltering summer, and Xiao Lie even remembered that he was sweating profusely when he had already been free from the cold and heat. His Majesty the Emperor's reprimand was intended to be read in the Anguo Mansion, and even the person who announced the decree was the person from Tianji Pavilion, and in the inner city of the Eastern Capital, the continuous sound of roaring iron hooves could be faintly heard.

"Xuan'er, you shouldn't have gone to see him that day, you shouldn't have said that. ”

Xiao Lie picked up the lotus seed soup on the table and recalled every bit of the year.

"In this secular world of imperial power, all those who dare to disobey the emperor's orders will disappear, especially the pressure of the gentleman, except for Your Majesty, who can disobey the will of the gentleman?"

"Your Majesty is Emperor Dazheng, and he only needs one will, which can grant amnesty to the world or to the world. Even a gentleman must respect His Majesty's opinion, but why should he forgive the daughter of a guilty minister?"

"Sir, Mr. is the pavilion master of the Tianji Pavilion, mortals are like ants in his eyes, he doesn't care about anyone's life and death, so who can save you? I'm not the head of the Taoist sect, I'm not the head of the Buddhist sect, I'm not the head of the Demon Sect, and I'm not the sect master of the Sword Sect. I don't have that much power to defy the will of His Majesty and Sir. So, I can only trade your death for my survival. ”

In the evening of that summer, with the death of that beautiful woman, the Anguo Mansion avoided the tragedy of a river of blood.

Now five years have passed, the daughter of the former bachelor, Duchess An Guo has become a cornerstone of Xiao Lie's cruel prestige. Only when it comes to how ruthless Xiao Lie's secret guard is, will it be occasionally mentioned.

The Great Zheng Dynasty will be passed on, so the Anguo Mansion will also be inherited with the Great Zheng Dynasty.

As long as the inheritance can be preserved, no one cares about the innocent woman who died.

He also tried his best to convince himself that he didn't care.

Except, of course, the innocent woman's son, who cares.

The sun turned into a thin sun, and Xiao Lie's expression returned to indifference.

He left the Anguo Mansion, and the light of the setting sun fell on his black robe, staining it with a layer of blood red. It's like the Shura of hell.

After walking into the secret guard's yamen and listening to his subordinates' report on the recent information sent by the secret guards from various places, Xiao Lie was silent for a while, and then said, "Leave it to the governor of the outer guard to handle it at his discretion." ”

After speaking, Xiao Lie waved his hand to signal the subordinate officials to retreat.

At this time, only Xiao Lie and his henchmen were left in the chamber of the secret guard.

The chief steward looked at Xiao Lie and stopped, and after hesitating for a moment, he still said, "Recently, the behavior of the eldest prince has been a little abnormal. ”

Xiao Lie said indifferently: "It's not worthy of being my good son, but he is still unwilling." ”

The chief steward was silent for a moment and said, "That?"

Xiao Lie rubbed the jasper wrench on the thumb of his right hand with his hand, quietly looked at the old man who had grown up watching him grow up, and said, "You can't do anything in the Eastern Capital, some people don't want him to die." ”

"However, he has crossed my line. ”

Xiao Lie said indifferently, without any trace of emotion.

"So...... Send someone to prepare for the way to the grassland. ”

The chief steward looked at Xiao Lie, was silent for a moment, and finally lowered his head and said softly: "Then the eldest son, after all, the old slave grew up." And if he dies in the mission to the steppe, I'm afraid this matter will be very hidden. I'm afraid that my grandfather will have a reputation for being unkind. ”

Xiao Lie said indifferently: "Such a rebel has such a big rebellious mind, even if he dies, my father doesn't believe that anyone dares to say more, and you should know very well that my reputation has been stinky since five years ago." ”

These words had already decided the fate of a person, and the chief steward wanted to say something, opened his mouth, but finally remained silent.

"Go arrange it. Xiao Lie waved his hand.

The archsteward bowed silently and exited the hall.

Xiao Lie was the only one left in the hall, Xiao Lie leaned on the back of the big chair behind him, looked at the white tiger relief on the ground of the Secret Guard Chamber, and said to himself: "Xuan'er, don't blame me, this world just has too much helplessness." Since I was already wrong, then I can only be wrong to the end. ”

......

Five years have passed in the blink of an eye. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was in power and could even compete with His Majesty the Emperor, has become an old man, and only the prince's party and the prince's party are left in the court.

"When the prince's rebellion was discovered, there were six scholars in the cabinet, Wu Yingdian University, Wenhuadian University, Jianjidian University, Zhongji Temple, Wenyuange, and Dongge. Died Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar, East Pavilion University Scholar, and Wenhuadian University Scholar. The cabinet was directly half empty. The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion killed two Metropolitan Governors. Even the Governor of the Dark Guard at the time was involved. ”

His Royal Highness King Jin closed the file in his hand and said, "So don't try to challenge Your Majesty's authority, which of the people who survived back then didn't live tremblingly?"

King Song sat on the seat of King Jin and said, "That Xiao Lie also made up his mind to be a pure minister, but he didn't dare to say a word. ”

King Jin sneered: "Xiao Lie is afraid that he was frightened. ”

Speaking of this, King Jin smiled and said: "I also admire my prince nephew, he is only two years older than me, he can actually form a demon sect and force the imperial brother to that part, and it is necessary to rely on the power of Tianji Pavilion and Daomen to quell that turmoil." ”

"The emperor and the prince. ”

His Royal Highness King Jin, the youngest brother of His Majesty the Emperor Qin Gong, looked at the dead tree outside the window and let out a long sigh.

"Your Majesty will not want a second prince to appear. ”