March 11, Gu Yu.

The sky has been gloomy since the morning, but a rain has never fallen, causing the streets and alleys of Yanjing City to be dyed with a touch of dullness, looking like unwavering stagnant water.

Dongcheng Guozijian, the night terror hall is still dressed as a guard, holding a knife outside the house and waiting for Qingzhi to get out of school.

And unlike a few days ago, Xiao Yunli also dressed up as Si Swenwen's maid, stood in front of her obediently, and looked towards the school:

"Cousin, have you ever gone to a private school?"

"No, what about you?"

"I didn't either, but when I was in Nanxiao Mountain, I was taught by Zhang Protector, because I was naughty and couldn't sit still, they complained to my master and sister every day, and then my master beat me...... How long will it take? ”

"Come on......"

When the night terror hall waited for the sky to get dark, they had to go outside the imperial city to wait for the signal, while Qinghe and Yunli were responsible for answering outside, because it was a bit boring in Guozijian, and Yunli was obviously a little anxious.

After a reassuring sentence from Night Terror, and after waiting for a while, the students in the school house began to salute and say goodbye to their master one after another, and Hua Qingzhi, who was wearing a school uniform, was also pushed out by Green Bead in a wheelchair.

Seeing this, the Night Terror Hall stepped forward to help push it out, and only said when he reached a secluded place:

"I'll have to go out later, and I'm not sure when I'll come back, if I don't return, you'll say that I have an urgent matter at home and go back to visit my relatives."

Hua Qingzhi found out that Qinghe and Yun Liquan went out with her today, so she had a faint premonition, and when she heard Night Terror Hall say this, her eyes were mixed, probably because she was afraid that Night Terror Hall would become a farewell to each other this time, she thought about it and said:

"If I go back to visit my family, will I come back on an errand in the future? I haven't paid you this month......"

Night Terror estimated the future situation and said with a smile:

"Whether it's a reunion between the two dynasties, or whatever, I'm sure I'll come over again, you have to take medicine to take care of your body, don't wait for me to come, you're still in a wheelchair, and if you want to go out together, you're afraid of being found out if it's too eye-catching."

Hua Qingzhi pursed her lips and chuckled, feeling a little relieved, but then remembered the dagger 'Qinghe' given by the queen.

Although Dayan's talented girl did wait for someone to meet in the end, the time has come to a few decades later.

If she is the same, decades of endless anticipation and loss may be more difficult than the heart on the spot.

Hua Qingzhi's heart was in turmoil, and she didn't know what she was thinking. When the wheelchair was pushed out of the big archway of Guozijian and got into the carriage, she lifted the curtain and looked at the night terrors:

"Alright, let's go around the city. Stay safe and come back early. ”

Night Terror Hall couldn't tell when the two sides would meet again after this matter was over, and seeing Hua Qingzhi's restless appearance, he opened his mouth again and comforted:

"Miss don't worry, I'll be back when things are done, it won't take long."

Hua Qingzhi made a natural smile, nodded slightly, and lowered the curtain.

But when the sound of the horse's hooves went into the distance, she lifted the curtain a little more, and looked at the back of the horse leading the horse, and did not return to her senses for a long time......

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At the same time, the blue water forest.

The capital suddenly undercurrents surged, it is impossible for the imperial court not to notice the slightest abnormality, today's Bishui Forest, the security in the dark is obviously much stricter than in the past.

In the afternoon, craftsmen without thousands of machine doors are knocking and pounding from manor to manor; The guards, dressed in overseer robes, patrol the gardens and are called three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry.

And the father-in-law stationed here, with his arms crooked on the dust, stood behind a few small yellow doors, standing on the white stone avenue outside the manor.

After waiting quietly for a while, the sound of wheels sounded from the river, and a carriage with the name "Hua" galloped from the direction of the capital.

Hua Junchen sat on the carriage, saw the eunuchs waiting outside the manor from afar, and without waiting for the carriage to stop, he jumped down, walked quickly to him, and bowed:

"Father-in-law Hu urgently invited Hua to come, but there is something important to order?"

Father-in-law looked unhappy or angry, and responded flatly:

"It's Mr. Zhongsun who wants to see Mr. Hua, please."

"Mr. Nakasun......"

When Hua Junchen heard that Zhongsun Jin wanted to see him, he was really shocked in his heart, and said blankly:

"What did Mr. Zhongsun do when he saw me?"

Father-in-law sighed softly:

"Last time, thieves from the Blue Dragon Society sneaked into this place, causing the news to leak, and in recent days, there have been undercurrents surging in the city, and many of them have bad ideas......

Hua Junchen was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly spread his hands: "This matter has nothing to do with me, my father-in-law checked it last time, and I am innocent......"

Father-in-law raised his hand slightly: "Our family knows that Mr. Hua is innocent, but everything can always be prevented." And letting Mr. Hua come over is not to ask the teacher to ask for the guilt, but that Mr. Zhongsun is considering whether to give Mr. a big opportunity.

"Mr. Hua's swordsmanship, both our family and Mr. Zhongsun have seen it, according to Mr. Zhongsun's evaluation, although he lacks experience, his swordsmanship talent is at the peak, as long as he takes the pill refined by the imperial court, it is not impossible to enter the holy realm in the future."

“？”

Hua Junchen was really a little blushing when he saw Zhongsun Jin praising his swordsmanship at its peak, but when he heard that the imperial court was considering whether to give him a pill, he was puzzled again, and thought about it:

"This ...... Hua is afraid that he is deserved, and there are so many masters in Daliang waiting in line......"

Father-in-law shook his head and said, "There are not many people who are better than Mr. Hua at present. Yin Shicheng is far away in Tianqi Dao, he has not made an inch of merit and has no background, and he has extra pills to give him, but if there is one more generation of heroes in the list who have been loyal to Daliang, he will definitely have to postpone it. ”

Hua Junchen blinked and said, "I don't have an official status, and I haven't made any great contributions in the past......"

Father-in-law shook his head and said, "As long as Mr. Hua has this heart, the credit can be made at any time." Today, the saint went to the Imperial Cultivation Mountain and took away six imperial eunuchs, if there is a thief who commits a crime, Mr. Zhongsun may be lacking in skills, if Mr. Hua behaves brilliantly at this time......"

“……”

When Hua Junchen heard this, he understood the meaning - the court was short of manpower, so draw a big pie and let him come over to do day work.

And he may still be suspicious, but because of his identity, it is difficult to clearly restrict, so let him come directly to be a guard.

In this way, even if he is really unclean in secret, and his every move is under Zhongsun Jin's eyes, he does not dare to guard and steal, and even has to help the court wholeheartedly, so as not to be charged with dereliction of duty and slackness.

understood the meaning of the imperial court, Hua Junchen couldn't refuse, so he gave it up with righteousness:

"The court can afford Hua, and Hua is naturally duty-bound. Hua is staying here today? ”

Father-in-law brought Hua Junchen in, which is equivalent to house arrest, don't want to leave before the matter is over, and he didn't hide it at this time:

"The workshop of the imperial court to refine medicine is in the blue water forest; A few days ago, the news was leaked by the Blue Dragon Society, which attracted a lot of thieves to spy secretly. Therefore, from now until tomorrow before the saint returns to the palace, Mr. Hua had better stay away from the blue water forest and don't send a message to the outside world, so as not to cause misunderstanding from above......"

When Hua Junchen heard this, his brows furrowed, and he felt that this matter was not easy to handle.

However, the last time he dived into the blue water forest, it must have been his son-in-law.

And today it seems that only his son-in-law has the ability to come over to steal the elixir.

Since he can't stop this matter, the only thing he can do at the moment is to protect himself, and when the time comes, first show his identity arrogantly in advance, let his son-in-law know that he is there, so as not to kill the future father-in-law by mistake, and then put some water to cooperate with him to play a play to fool this pass.

After roughly clarifying the context of the matter, Hua Junchen didn't say much, followed Gonggong to the outside of the manor, and began to act as a master of the town, waiting for the night to fall......

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Changyang Gate in the east of the city is the palace gate where miscellaneous eunuchs often enter and exit, and in the afternoon, there are many vehicles carrying all kinds of domestic garbage.

The neighborhood outside the palace gate is mostly the residence of eunuchs or imperial chefs, not to mention poverty, but it is not a rich place.

In an alley outside Changyang Gate as the sky gets darker, the Night Terror Hall is hidden on the wall, carefully observing the entry and exit of the palace gate.

And Fan Qinghe and Zhe Yunli have changed into night clothes and are watching in the alley with Birdie to avoid accidents.

After observing for a long time, as the dusk drum sounded, the forbidden army who was originally guarding at the palace gate left their posts and disappeared outside the palace gate because it was time to change shifts, but the forbidden army who changed shifts did not come over in time to take over.

Soon after, several little eunuchs returned with waterwheels, and when they went out in the afternoon, there were only two, and when they went in, they became three.

Night Terror Hall looked carefully, it can be seen that the first two are real eunuchs, and the one who follows behind, although wearing eunuch robes, is taller, and the clothes are not very decent.

Zheyunli, who was originally guarding around, saw this scene and quietly touched him, and whispered:

"This is the face of the Queen Mother? Are you handsome or not? ”

Night Terror terror tapped on Yunli's skull:

"Eat soft rice, what's so good-looking, stay away from this kind of person in the future."

Zhe Yunli didn't see his appearance, but he was just curious about what he looked like, so that he could be favored by the Queen Mother and become the emperor's stepfather.

After being knocked by the Night Terror Hall, Zhe Yunli put away his distracting thoughts and asked:

"When are you going to go in?"

Night Terror Hall listened to the statement of Lao Liu of the Blue Dragon Society, because he saw the fireworks and the news was transmitted, and the masters in the palace left before sneaking in.

But the ghost knows when the thieves in the blue water forest will make a move, and the current sneak in opportunity is perfect, and it will be difficult to enter if you miss it if you wait any longer.

Night Terror Hall waited for a moment, and after the team sent the face leader away, he didn't delay any longer, and motioned for Yunli and Qinghe to wait outside, he flew to the side of the palace gate, and dodged into it.

As you enter the palace gate, the majestic palace walls isolate the internal and external noises, and the whole world seems to be dead and silent.

Night Terror Hall was dressed in a night robe, even covered with his hair, only a pair of eyes were exposed, his back was against the palace wall, and he carefully looked at the internal environment first.

Changyangmen is located on the east side of the imperial city, the interior is the imperial dining room, laundry room and other places, separated by two zhang high walls on both sides of the house, basically can only see a straight road.

According to the guidance on the map, further inside is the East Palace, which is the residence of the prince, and from the side through and up, you will arrive at the palace of the Empress Dowager Liang.

The treasure pavilion of the famous knife 'Red Fox' is in the Mingle Palace where Emperor Liang lives, and it has to cross from the entire East City.

Night Terror Hall walked step by step, along the road, and was originally extremely cautious, but after walking for half a mile, I found that this move was a bit redundant.

This route to send the first face to enter the palace can be said to be quieter than going back to your own home, there are no palace people walking on the road, and some intersections are specially blocked with things to prevent palace people from entering by mistake and seeing something that should not be seen.

Night Terror Hall estimated that even if he jumped and ran over, no one would find out, but for the sake of safety, he still suppressed his breath all the way, and quietly followed the route through the eastern part of the imperial city, and came to the outside of the Mingle Palace in the central area.

The Queen Mother secretly summoned the head of the meeting, and she must have only cleared the route to the dormitory, and walked to the boundary that had been exceeded near the Mingle Palace, and then she had to rely on her own ability to go inside.

Night Terror Hall knew that there must be twelve attendants serving as sentry posts in the Mingle Palace, and the father-in-law Ziliang who was headed by him must be in front of Emperor Liang, and Bishui Lin would also have a few people to assist in the defense, and there were still a few people left in the palace at this time, and he didn't know.

The twelve attendants have all practiced the Mingshen diagram, and their perception is no worse than his, so the Night Terror Hall is extremely careful, and waits with bated breath under the palace wall, until half an hour later, only a few figures pass behind the palace wall, and some conversations can be heard:

"The rumors outside are not right in the past two days, I'm afraid there is a thief who is fighting the elixir, and they have all gone out, why don't my father-in-law go over and take a look?"

"We must first learn to be obedient when doing things in the palace, and the above has explained that you must never give up; But you have to be honest and don't leave your post without permission......"

"Oh...... What is this place? ”

"This is the East Vertical Gate, and from here, it is the East Palace of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the doors are closed at night. Today, the saint is not here, first take you in to recognize the road, last time in the case of Chunmanlou, you performed well, Lord Li Guangjing helped you with two good words, and in two days you can be promoted to the commander of the internal guard, you have to remember this favor......"

"The Child Understands ......"

……

Night Terror Hall leaned against the wall, and when he heard Cao Aning's voice, his eyes were really a little surprised.

And the other person who spoke should be given to the father-in-law Yin, who had a relationship with Tianlang Lake, the third of the twelve servants.

Judging from the conversation between the two sides, it should be that Father-in-law Yin saw Cao Aning's cleverness and recognized him as his godson, and he was familiar with the daily business of the Ouchi guards.

Although they knew both of them, the night terror hall was obviously not good to jump out at this time and chatter, waiting with bated breath behind the wall, until the two of them walked away, they quietly jumped up and climbed over the palace wall and came to the Mingle Palace.

Mingle Palace is the residence of Emperor Liang, because Emperor Liang left, the palace people who served food and living followed, and there were not many lights in the palace at this time.

The Night Terror Hall followed the map provided by the Blue Dragon Society, bypassed the bright and dark whistles, and came to Emperor Liang's Treasure Pavilion without much effort, the door was locked, and there were no guards inside.

If the Night Terror Hall is really here to steal the treasure knife 'Red Fox', then this trip can be called a smooth sail, take the knife and return along the way, I'm afraid that someone will find out that there is a snitch in the palace tomorrow morning.

But the goal of the Night Terror Hall's trip was obviously not this, and after arriving at the Treasure Pavilion, he quietly went inside to look for it.

The treasure pavilion is full of treasures and antiques that Emperor Liang likes, calligraphy and painting vases, swords and famous knives, etc., although they are all very valuable, but like the stupid treasure vault, they are really not too rare objects in the imperial city.

The Night Terror Hall only glanced at it, and knew that it was unlikely that this place would hide the Ming Dragon Diagram, and wanted to leave, but before leaving, he still looked at the armory platform.

In the center of the armory table, there is an old knife, the appearance is not gorgeous, the scabbard is dark red, and the handle is not too decorated, but there is a hanging tassel behind the handle, which should be made of the tail hair of the fire fox in the later stage, and it should be the famous knife 'red fox'.

Although the blade is not unsheathed, but Night Terror Hall has been playing with knives for many years, just looking at the shape, you know that it is a good knife, and the name is so big, Big Ben Ben absolutely likes it, take it back to offer treasure, Ben Ben may be able to reward him for playing with fox tail......

“……”

Thinking of this, the Night Terror Hall was not polite to Bei Liang, who had robbed countless treasures of the Northwest Royal Court, came to him, carefully inspected it, picked up the Red Fox Treasure Knife, wrapped it in black cloth and inserted it behind his waist, and then quietly left the Treasure Pavilion and groped in the direction of the dormitory.

Although the emperor is not at home, the defense of the dormitory is much more relaxed than on weekdays, but this place is a forbidden place in the imperial city after all, and it has not reached the level of entering a no-man's land.

The Night Terror Hall was still a hundred meters away from the dormitory, and it was found that the level of vigilance was significantly higher.

Father-in-law Yin, who is familiar with the route with Cao Aning, no matter where he goes to patrol Mingle Palace, he will go back and forth from the dormitory.

Another unknown twelve attendants also patrolled the palace with their retinue, and although the directions were different, the routes of the two sides converged here.

The twelve attendants have all practiced the Mingshen diagram, and the six senses are keen, not to mention that they can hear the wind and grass in a hundred zhang, and the two of them have gone back and forth alternately, and they have already gone far away It is impossible to hear the movement of the dormitory, I am afraid that it is only about half a minute.

The Night Terror Hall hid in place for a long time, until it figured out the pattern of the two patrolling eunuchs, and then took advantage of the gap when the two of them staggered and walked away, passed through the small garden on the side of the dormitory, came to the window, opened the window and turned in.

Night Terror quickly suppressed all the breath in the window, and even his heartbeat slowed down to almost stop, and he waited in place for a long time, making sure that there was nothing unusual, until the two sides appeared again in the empty window, and then quietly looked for it in the dormitory.

Because the northern and southern dynasties are of the same origin, the architectural layout is not very different, they are all the left bedroom and the right side of the study, and the middle is the main hall of rest.

Night Terror Hall quickly came to the study, just looked around, and waited with bated breath until the next gap appeared, and then came to the calligraphy and paintings in the study to check.

As a result, this matter went more smoothly than he imagined, and he had just checked it a few times, and behind a landscape map, he found the dark grid that Long Zhengqing said.

The Night Terror Hall shook the lock of the dark grid with dark energy, and quietly opened the dark grid of fine iron texture. But it's a pity that Emperor Liang was not as careless as he imagined, and there was only a mess of paper in the dark.

Night Terror Hall picked up the paper and looked at it carefully, it can be seen that it was a paper written by the fat prince when he was a child, and they were all carefully corrected, from three or four years old to the most recent, some of them boasted and scolded, but they could be hidden here, obviously not returned to the prince, let the prince go back to reflect.

Seeing this, it can be roughly determined that Emperor Liang has never meant to change the prince, and it is estimated that he is indifferent to the prince and prefers the three princes to change the prince, which is estimated to be purely spurring the prince and letting him grow up early.

This news about the inheritance of the Northern Dynasty is also a big deal, but it is obviously useless at the moment.

After reading it for a moment, Night Terror put the scroll back in the dark compartment and searched for it in the study.

But the Son of Heaven's dormitory is too huge, and the Minglong diagram is just a piece of paper, which is hidden without a trace in the book, and it is not easy to turn it out in the entire Mingle Palace.

The Night Terror Hall was stuck in the gap between the two waves of guards patrolling back and forth, carefully observing the clues in the room, trying to find the hidden dark room or storage box through the route that Emperor Liang usually walked.

But after a busy time, except for discovering that Emperor Liang loved to read history books, occasionally play the piano, and boxing on the terrace, he did not find any place to hide the Ming Dragon Map.

Seeing that the time was passing little by little, it was almost late at night, and Night Terror's brows gradually furrowed, and he felt that he was afraid that he would have to draw water with a bamboo basket on this trip.

But just as he hesitated to give up and went to Bishui Forest to try the formula for the elixir, a slight sound suddenly came from outside:

Call~

Judging from the sound, someone has climbed over the fence in the distance, and his light skills are extremely superb.

？！

The night terror hall determined that Father-in-law Yin had just walked by, and at this time it belonged to the window period, and suddenly heard the movement, he was naturally startled, and quickly came to the window to check out from the gap.

Because it was a cloudy day, there was no moonlight outside, and you could only see the light and shadow outside the dormitory through a few lanterns.

Night Terror squinted his eyes and looked carefully, but saw a figure in a night suit, quietly jumping into the garden, hiding behind a landscape stone, completely holding all his breath, and it was difficult for him to detect the location without moving.

A moment later, another twelve attendants, carrying lanterns, appeared from the verandah by the lake, glanced in the direction of the dormitory, and then walked over.

Pedal Pedal Pedal ~

As the footsteps disappeared, there was movement behind the landscape stones.

The black figure quietly appeared, and the movement came to the side hall on the side, opened the door and walked in, and then waited silently for the next opportunity.

“……？”

When Night Terror Hall saw this, he knew that this person had also figured out the patrol rules of the two eunuchs, who were stealing in the palace, and never dreamed that he would be able to meet his peers.

The Blue Dragon Club ate one fish and two foods, and sent it in......

Since there are still masters in the dormitory, he will definitely be prone to leakage if he has any moves.

Night Terror Hall thought about it slightly, gave up looking first, and instead took advantage of the staggered space of the guards, suppressed his breath and left the dormitory, and came to the side hall, ready to see what this bold peer wanted to do......

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What time will it be updated tomorrow I'm not sure about OR2!

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