On the other side, Chengtianfu.

At dusk, at the intersection of the official road more than ten miles away from Washington, a carriage and a horse stopped in the middle of the road.

Hua Ning and the other guards were waiting on the side of the road, while Luo Ningyunli and Fan Qinghe had already packed up their outfits and stood on a small hill in the distance.

After Xue Baijin and Ning Er converged, they galloped to the south, and at this time they had already changed into a guard outfit and stood next to the carriage, persuading Hua Qingzhi, who refused to go together.

And Bird Bird squatted behind Sister Bingtuotuo, also facing the car window: "Coo-coo......", looking like they were persuading together.

In the car window, Hua Qingzhi looked at the south, about to part, obviously with three points of loneliness in her eyes, but still responded:

"Miss Xue's kindness, the little woman understands it, but the little girl and the night boy just met in Pingshui, and there is no love between men and women, if you don't say goodbye from home and follow the girl to the Southern Dynasty, how can you be worthy of the grace of your parents."

Xue Baijin has persuaded many times since she was now, Hua Qingzhi has nothing to do with night terrors, and refuses to go with her, she thought about it, and could only say:

Miss Hua thought about it, now that the two countries are at war, for a short period of three or five years, or for decades, there will be no contact between the north and the south, and the night terror hall is in a high position, and it is impossible to come to Beiliang again. If you don't follow now, the Southern Dynasty will not agree to come to Beiliang to find you alone, and this departure is likely to be goodbye. ”

Hua Qingzhi knew that Xue Baijin was telling the truth, and she was disappointed in her heart, but she didn't have too much entanglement.

After all, she is the daughter of a dignified family, and she has nothing to do with the night terrors, so she ran away from home and went to the Southern Dynasty, which is no different from elopement, how to explain to her family?

And she really left, and when she arrived in the Southern Dynasty, she was helpless, so she basically could only live in the back house of the Night Terror Hall as an aunt, even if they had a little fate with each other, it couldn't be so fast, right?

Moreover, even if she separated, she regretted it when she went back, as Lu Zhu said, with the ability of the Night Terror, it would take more than ten years for the soldiers to come to the city, and it might be called after two or three years, she couldn't afford to wait, and now the monkey rushed over, like what words?

For this reason, although Hua Qingzhi was very hesitant, she was still opposed to elopement, and responded:

"If we don't see each other again, it's good for me and Yokoshi to say goodbye. After Miss Xue goes back, please help me bring a sentence, so that Ye Gongzi does not worry about my safety, and thinks more about the people in the north and south, I look forward to the peace of the world, and the Ye Gongzi and the queen will continue to lead. ”

Xue Baijin saw that everything was said about, Hua Qingzhi didn't leave, and she didn't bother to talk anymore at the moment, and after bowing, she turned her horse and walked south.

Hua Qingzhi sat by the car window, facing the big bird who waved her wings goodbye, and there was actually a moment of regret and hesitation in her eyes.

But fate is predestined, and she can't be forced, she and Night Terror Hall really didn't have the affection of a family in the end, only a misunderstanding by mistake, and now she is running to the Southern Dynasty, so that the family is disgraced, not to mention, she has to see the eyes of the queen when she goes.

For this reason, after hesitating for a long time, Hua Qingzhi still sighed, lowered the curtain, and let the carriage go in the direction of Washington.

And after Xue Baijin walked out of the small half mile, he came to the three companions.

Fan Qinghe has lived in Washington for so long, and he is also a little embarrassed at this time, and asked:

"She's really not leaving?"

Xue Baijin rode on the horse and thought for a while: "I feel that she doesn't want to go to the Southern Dynasty, but her daughter's thoughts are not sure." Do you think she has any affection for Night Terror? ”

Zhe Yunli hugged his arms and pondered a little:

"I've seen a girl who is shocked by my cousin, and there is no one who is not haunted by her dreams, I think there must be."

Luo Ning's opinion is actually similar to Yunli, even if Hua Qingzhi doesn't have it, with the thief's pity and cherishing jade, I'm afraid she can't let go of such a lame lady who is alluring the country and the city, and thought about it:

"If you have a lover, you can't bear the pain of parting. When it gets dark, I will go and see again, if she doesn't react, it means that there is no affection in her heart; If you are in a daze, then you must have an idea in your heart. Even if you don't take it away, you have to let Night Terror understand the attitude of the young lady, and don't be a negative person in vain. ”

Xue Baijin felt that what Ning Er said made sense, so he didn't say anything more at the moment, first found a place to settle nearby, and waited for it to get dark before going to see Hua Qingzhi's reaction......

——

Before you know it, it's getting dark.

The streets were sparsely populated, and several black officials were catching heads, patrolling the streets and alleys with knives.

At the tea stall at the entrance of the street, She Long, who served as the commander of the guard, sat on the bench, with lake tea in front of him, facing the two deputies at the same table, talking about the glorious past of last year:

"At that time, I and the injured adult, with Yang Guan of the Qinglian Gang, were blocked in the alley near the Tianshui Bridge, and Yeguo Gong really came in, I took a look at it at the time, and I knew that this young man was not an ordinary person......"

"Lord She is not an ordinary person, there are few people in this world who can take the sword of the Night Kingdom and not die, but there are few ......"

"Well, do you see this scar? It's heavier than the official robe on me. But I act in a low-key manner, usually unassuming, like Yang Guan's kid, it is said that in the cold winter and the moon, I have to roll my sleeves to the armpits, for fear that outsiders will not see the scar......"

……

The three chief arresters were talking nonsense in the tea shop, and inadvertently it was dusk.

She Long found that Ye Guogong went back to visit, but he didn't come out for so long, and he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, so he made the appearance of patrolling the streets, got up and walked through the door of the carriage and horse shop, and glanced inside.

As a result, it was okay not to look at it, but at a glance, I found that the Yeda Gong, who was dressed in a black robe and had a handsome face, was standing next to the stable on the side of the compound, holding the pillar of the stables with his left hand and his waist with his right hand...... A little bit of the charm that everyone knows before......

？？

She Long and Night Terror Hall are also old acquaintances, no matter when they met in the past, Night Terror Hall exuded 'coldness, masculinity, and strength' in their bones, and the whole person was like a steel gun, when did they show this fatigue?

She Long was shocked, and hurriedly turned around and entered the compound:

"Lord Night, you ......"

"Ahem......"

The night terror hall that was holding on to the pillar and thinking about national affairs quickly straightened up when he heard the sound, and after taking it with one hand, it was like a sharp sword with a hidden edge, and he turned his head and smiled:

"Lord She, why are you here? But there's news in the palace? ”

She Long walked quickly to him and glanced up and down:

"Just passing by. Night-sama is unwell? Why don't I pick up Doctor Wang and come over......"

Night Terror Hall didn't feel any discomfort, he simply came over at noon, wanting to spoil Sanniang, but was overturned by Sanniang.

Originally, he slept last night, and he ate a big tonic soup in the morning, and he had recovered a lot, but he couldn't stand Sanniang's strong combat effectiveness.

Because of the reunion after a long absence, Sanniang doted on him very much, washed clean and waited for him, kissed and touched the watermelon, let him sit on the chair, move with his back to him, and let him play the white jade radish of 'Xiangjun with more white hair overnight', and then plucked the radish to experience the different customs under the east fence of picking chrysanthemums......

Where can he withstand this full set of combos, he really can't let go of Sanniang, and finally admits it, under the pretext that he is a little hungry. And Sanniang naturally protected him, and when she saw this, she stopped waiting, and hurriedly got up and cooked for him.

After he finished eating, he was afraid to sit together and chat, and he chatted about sparks to pick up the second scene, so he went to the stable alone to visit the big black horse to calm down.

As a contemporary martial saint, Night Terror Hall is naturally not easy to show these things, so he changed the topic and said:

"It's not uncomfortable, it's just thinking about things. During my absence, there were no major cases in the Yamen, right? ”

She Long waved his hand and said: "Lord Ye personally serves as the commander of the black ya, who dares not to give face in the entire rivers and lakes?" Not to mention bandits, they don't even dare to use weapons when gangs fight. The head catcher of the Yamen can't earn a reward, and now he has run to the northwest of Tiannan, and there seems to be some trouble on the sandbank, and I don't know if it's too far away......"

Night Terror Hall nodded and said: "Liangzhou Shazhou is not a troublemaker, it is called rare, this has to be done slowly, the Central Plains is stable at present." By the way, I went to Beiliang this time, and I also killed a few wanted criminals, the skinning scholar, and the one who killed my senior brother's family, I forgot the name......"

When She Long heard this, he was deeply ashamed: "Lord Ye went deep behind enemy lines alone, and he didn't forget to get rid of thieves for the country, and She's admiration was like a surging river......

"Alright, alright."

Night Terror Hall waved his hand and interrupted She Long's sycophancy:

"It's getting late, let's go back to the palace."

"Yes."

Seeing this, She Long hurriedly turned around and went out, and asked his subordinates to pull the carriage......

——

Grunt......

After a while, the sky was completely dark, and more than 30 black officials escorted the carriage to the palace in the city.

On the carriage, Pei Xiangjun dressed as a dignified and elegant young woman, sitting beside the Night Terrors, holding her arms and leaning on her shoulders, because she had been in love for most of the day, and her residual strength had not disappeared until now, and a flush flashed on her cheeks from time to time.

In front of his daughter-in-law, the night terror hall naturally sat with her back straight and hard, because she didn't dare to take advantage, and at this time she said thoughtfully:

"The two countries are at war, and the situation on the front line is unknown, Xintangkou on the side of Liangzhou has to stop for a while, and Uncle Song and them have to pay attention to safety......

Pei Xiangjun held his arm with a watermelon, his eyes were full of the charm of the young woman's spring, and when he heard the night terror hall say that there were no these, he said softly:

"These gangs are all thinking about it, why do you need to worry about it, the young master. You have come back from such a busy work, you should have a good rest......"

Night Terror laughed and stopped talking headlessly, but the two of them sat in the carriage and didn't speak, and they held the beautiful daughter-in-law in their arms, and they couldn't say anything after all.

Night Terror held back for a moment, felt that the atmosphere was a little awkward, and began to have nothing to say again:

"Speaking of which, I can't beat the Shenchen monk now?"

Pei Xiangjun knew that the Night Terror Hall was going to ask Ning Er for an explanation, so he said:

"Monk Shenchen is a monk, rarely makes a move to the outside world, and does not commit murder, but he is not temperless, in previous years, people who did not come to the door to stir up trouble were all locked up in the Thousand Buddha Caves as monks, and no one has been able to escape so far.

"The Pingtian Sect Master has not come to the door for a long time, because he can't figure out the depth of the Shenchen monk, and he is afraid that he will accidentally lose for a while and enter the Thousand Buddha Caves and become a prisoner. If you go, I can't say for sure, but even if I offend the abbot, I guess I won't dare to lock you up......"

Night Terror said: "Then there is time, I'm afraid I have to go to the meeting, and I promised Ning'er about it, if I don't do it all the time, I don't want to ...... it."

"Don't spoil her anymore, let her use the jade radish of 'entering and exiting peace', otherwise I won't let you come nonsense in the future......"

"Hehe......"

……

The two of them chatted like this for only a moment, and then came to the outside of the palace.

Night Terror got out of the carriage and asked She Long and them to rest after work, and then Sanniang entered it together.

Because it was in wartime, many courtiers of Yun'an City also rushed to Jingjie City, and discussed the situation of all parties in the council hall during the day, and did not leave until it was dark.

Although the Night Terror Hall is a high and powerful queen, she is not a concubine queen after all, and she has no place to live in the palace, so naturally she can't go directly to the bedroom of the Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother or King Jing like going home.

After the report, the Night Terror Hall came to the imperial study in the palace under the leadership of the palace people.

Outside the imperial study is a small garden, surrounded by a lot of palace lights, more than ten palace maids, divided into two waves, tied with ribbons on their arms to distinguish, are kicking rattan balls on the lawn, and there are several palace maids who serve as substitutes cheering next to them.

Although the empress is busy with government affairs, it is impossible to get up to sleep, and now she is in the rest time after dinner, and she is also in it, wearing a very cool high-slit oblique skirt, revealing her long legs on the left, and when she moves with a rattan ball, she can obviously see the placket trembling, and the impact is amazing.

Night Terror followed the palace maid into the garden, and found that her eyes were full of good-looking warblers and long legs, and her steps suddenly slowed down a little; And Sanniang also had strange eyes, thinking that the empress was wearing a little burning.

Empress Yu Guang found that Night Terror Hall and Sanniang were coming, so she stopped moving, took a towel from the palace maid's hand, wiped the fine sweat on her forehead, and turned around and walked to the study:

"Go down first."

"Yes."

The palace maid in the garden immediately called it a day and silently disappeared into the corridor.

Seeing this, the Night Terror Hall came to him and bowed:

"Your Majesty."

Sanniang didn't know that the empress had moved by herself, and she was still a little nervous at this time, and she also owed a salute:

"The daughter of the people greets Your Majesty."

"No courtesy."

The empress looked quite friendly, took the two of them to the study, sat down behind the desk, took out the Mingshen map from the box at hand, and handed it to Sanniang:

"Miss Pei doesn't have to be restrained, just feel at ease and comprehend the Ming Dragon Diagram, if there is something you don't understand, feel free to let the Night Terror Hall teach you."

Pei Xiangjun has learned five pictures, and he definitely doesn't need to be pointed out by others, seeing that the empress has something to do and chatting with the night terror, he didn't say much, took the Mingshen map, turned around and went to the next room to rest, and closed the door.

Squeak~

———

As Sanniang went to the side hall, the wide study suddenly quieted down, leaving only bright and yellow candles, and the two people standing across the table.

The empress's demeanor also showed a little laziness, leaned on the back of the wide chair, picked up a fold and flipped through it casually, and took off her shoes rather informally, and put her legs on the table:

"How's your rest today?"

"Uh......"

When I saw Hu Niuniu in the night terror, I wanted to talk sweetly and care, but before the words came out, I was directly suppressed.

After all, Yuhu is wearing a cool oblique skirt when playing football, to put it simply, there is a red cloth around the waist, and it is not even completely encircled, and the left waist and crotch are connected by a gold ring, and the waist and abdomen curve and long legs can be fully seen.

At this time, Yuhu leaned on the back of the chair and put his legs on the table, forming an inclination, and the red skirt naturally slipped down, and the white and traceless slender legs and feet were presented under the eyes......

Night Terror stood up straight for a while, held it for a long time, and said:

"Why don't you wear pants again?"

The empress looked away from the file and looked at her legs, rightly speaking:

"Why am I not wearing it? It's just a little shorter. ”

Night Terror felt that Yuhu was still skin, he was not the previous Ouchi guard, seeing that Yuhu still dared to tease him like this, he was not polite at the moment, he came around the table, supported the armrests of the chair with both hands, and looked down at the charming and moving cheeks:

"You're playing with fire, aren't you?"

Seeing this, the empress slipped down a little, half-lay down on the chair, put her legs on either side of the night terror's shoulders, and raised her eyebrows:

"Uh-huh~"

“？”

Night Terror took a breath lightly, and with a horizontal heart, he lowered his head and blocked his red lips, and patted his left hand on the moon, making a soft "pop" sound, and then slid into the small red cloth and groped, and his right hand began to untie his belt.

"Whew~"

After all, the empress had just entered the door, and when she saw this, she was the first to coax, and pushed him away on the chest of the Night Terror:

"Are you sure your body can handle it?"

From yesterday to now, the night terror hall has spent more time lying down than standing, which must be a bit empty, but he doesn't dare to eat when his daughter-in-law rides on his shoulder, how can he gain a foothold at home in the future? Put on a cold look at the moment:

"You worry about yourself first, I thought of you for the first time yesterday, it's more gentle, if I move seriously, this chair will collapse."

The empress really didn't believe it, but she didn't let the Night Terror Hall try it now, but said:

"I said it in the morning, and I rewarded you with a big one in the evening, if you can hold it up......"

Night Terror Hall feels that this big reward should not be simple, but the posture of the pure masters is put out, and they can't be coaxed in seconds, so they said:

"What reward?"

"If you say you dare to ask for it first, don't mention it if you don't dare, and talk about it next time."

Night Terror took a breath and smacked on Yuhu's face:

"What am I afraid of? Take it out and show me. ”

Seeing that the night terror hall had to be wanted, the empress naturally didn't say much, put away her slender legs, got up and walked to the back of the imperial study, and said at the same time:

"Miss Pei, let's see it later, come over first."

In the next room, Pei Xiangjun didn't have the heart to look at the picture of Minglong, and he had been listening to the shocking death.

Hearing the empress's voice, Pei Xiangjun naturally didn't say anything, got up and went out to follow the two of them, and asked Night Terror Hall with his eyes-When did you hook up with your sister-in-law?

Night Terror Hall didn't say much at this time, just followed Yuhu and walked back, although his expression was calm and calm, but he felt that he had walked out of the frightening feeling step by step.

Behind the imperial study, there is a specially built large bath, which is similar to the Chanyang Pool in the palace, and it is a special hall.

At this time, in the hall filled with white mist, Xuanji Zhenren and Dongfang Liren were leaning against the edge of the bath, the pool water was not up to their chests, and they were holding small wine glasses, and they were whispering to each other.

Although I couldn't hear what the two of them said, looking at Shui Er's strange expression, I knew that it was some unspeakable private matter.

The Queen Mother floated in the pool, swimming around like a white stripe in the waves, seeing the people and the water whispering, deliberately not giving her the queen mother, obviously a little too much, slowly swam to the front, lying on the edge of the bath, asked:

"What are you talking about?"

Dongfang Liren was naturally talking about her sister stealing her horse, and when she saw the Queen Mother coming, she immediately stopped talking and looked like she was normal:

"It's nothing, it's just about talking about the yamen. My sister said that she would come over after playing football, why hasn't she come yet? ”

Xuanji Zhenren leaned in front of Huaiyan's red lips with a wine glass, and said:

"Maybe there's news from outside again. Anyway, where did Night Terror go today? Why haven't you seen anyone for a day? ”

Dongfang slipped forward from the figure, swam in the pool, and responded:

"Naturally, I went to find Sanniang, Sanniang is very powerful, one of them tops us...... Ahem......"

may be afraid that the queen mother will hear those messes, and the words will stop abruptly.

Xuanji Zhenren was a little amused in her heart, and when she saw that Huai Yan's eyes were full of curiosity, she raised her hand to cover her lips, wanting to talk to Huai Yan about the current situation.

But when Xuanji said a few words, she heard footsteps at the door, and then the sound of conversation:

"Why don't you leave?"

"This ...... I'm afraid it's not good for me to go in, right? ”

……

The three people in the bath were stunned when they heard the sound.

The Queen Mother heard the sound of night terrors, and her eyes lit up, but she immediately reacted, she was bathing, and hurriedly came out of the bath, dressed in a panic, and pretended to be calm and reminded:

"Holy Lord, are you here?"

Dongfang Liren saw that his sister brought the night terrors, and his eyes were a little strange, so he quickly got up and wrapped himself in a blanket to help the Queen Mother get dressed:

"Night Terrors, don't come in yet!"

This is obviously a bit redundant, after all, where would the Night Terror Hall dare to come in!

Outside the palace gate, although the empress knew the queen mother's underground love affair, she also knew that the queen mother had not yet spent candles in the cave room, and she came together directly, which was a bit of a disadvantage to the queen mother, so she did not directly bring the night terror hall in, but waited at the door to give the queen mother time to dress.

When Night Terror heard the movement in the bath, he already understood what today's big reward was, and when he was flattered, the pressure came up at that time.

After all, even if the hand warmer does not join the group, it is still four dozen and one......

Pedal Pedal Pedal ~

Squeak –

Soon, the doors of the temple were opened from the inside.

The Queen Mother, who had already put on her phoenix skirt, walked out of it, holding her clothes, her face was red, her eyes were red, and after glancing at the night terror, she quickly moved away and asked:

"Holy Lord, why did you bring the Night Terror Hall here?"

The empress responded calmly: "He has been running around for many days, and his health is not good, so bring him over to bubble to nourish his body." ”

"Oh, yes."

The Queen Mother didn't dare to stay for a long time, and after bowing to Sanniang, she walked out quickly.

Seeing this, the Night Terror Hall turned around and said, "I'll send the Queen Mother back to the palace." ”

Although the Queen Mother really wanted to sleep with the Night Terror Hall, she was away from everyone and water, so how could she, the queen mother, be embarrassed to take people away, and hurriedly said:

"No, this is the palace, what do you send."

As he spoke, he pushed the Night Terror Hall back, and then turned around and left:

"Ruby! Ruby? …… Send it to the main palace dormitory. ”

"Okay sissy......"

……

After the empress saw the queen mother leave, she came to the door of the bath with the night terror, opened the door, and hooked the corners of her mouth:

"Huh? Do you want to bubble with the three of us? ”

When the Night Terror Hall heard this, even Sanniang's eyes widened a little, and she sighed in her heart: Sure enough, there must be a disciple if there is a teacher......

Dongfang Liren originally wanted to see what medicine to buy in his sister's gourd, but when he heard this outrageous words, his face suddenly turned red:

"Dongfang Yuhu! You...... What nonsense are you talking about? ”

And Xuanji Zhenren is a person who doesn't think about watching the excitement, and when he saw that the night terror hall was a little cowardly, he got up from the water, and the full moon pillowed on the white jade by the pool, the flawless curve was undoubtedly leaking, and there were a little water droplets sliding down from the group, and he looked back at the night terror hall sideways:

"Xiao Jingtang, come here~"

"Master! You ......"

……

Night Terror looked at the flawless water, and the looming big stupidity, only to feel that I was afraid that I would not be able to get out of this room alive tonight.

Pei Xiangjun played the shock hall for a day today, and felt that the battle might not be able to withstand the shocking hall, so he leaned in and whispered:

"Shocking, are you okay with your body? Or ......"

Night Terror opened his mouth, and he wanted to say arrogantly, "How could I not do it." But after holding it for a long time, it still became:

"Try it, it's tiring to run around for so long......"

As he spoke, he put his arm around Sanniang's waist and walked into it.

With a smile in her eyes, the empress walked into the bath, fastened the door, and came to the bath unhurriedly:

"There's no need to be reckless, you can just say a word if you can't do it, it's just a bubble bath, and it won't really collapse your body."

As he spoke, he unbuttoned his skirt, which was already small, jumped forward into the bath, and leaned against Big Ben.

Although Dongfang Liren had opened a five-person group, it was the first time with his sister, and his expression was obviously a little restrained, seeing that his sister dared to lean over, he raised his hand and hit the white moon a few times:

"You're just ......"

Bang Bang Bang ......

And the night terror hall stood by the big bath, looking at the eyes full of vivid color, although the brain felt very stressed, but the body did not listen to the command of the brain at all, and gradually did it again.

Seeing Shui Er sitting in front of him, supporting his back with his hands, looking at him with provocative eyes, the night terror hall was also out of the way, half-squatting down and hugging the crook of his legs, holding her and jumping directly into the pool.

Thump~

Pei Xiangjun bit her red lip lightly, in fact, she was a little stage frightened, but Shui'er and Ben Ben had played together, and there was a new sister empress present, so she thought about it and let it go, unbuttoned her skirt, slid into the bath, and quietly helped the night terror to press the water.

And Dongfang didn't dare to show too much in front of his sister at first, and kept a cold posture far away.

But soon she found out that her sister was a bit inappropriate, and Night Terror wanted to reach out and touch her to comfort her, but her sister pulled her hand back and put it on her own fat dragon......

“……？”

Dongfang Liren took a deep breath when he saw this scene, and then swam to him, and began to remember his sister like the previous teacher's rules:

"Dongfang Yuhu! You deceive people too much......"

"Leave people, you can't rebel? Yikes......"

……

Boom~

The bath is filled with laughter and the sound of splashing water.

And among the buildings in the back, the Queen Mother stopped in the verandah and stood with Hongyu.

Hongyu carried the palace lantern, and ran out in a panic for the Queen Mother, so she was naturally a little puzzled and asked:

"Why didn't the mother leave? Do you want me to have someone carry you over? ”

The Queen Mother didn't leave, she was curious from the bottom of her heart, after she left, Yuhu took the Night Terror Hall to do something.

According to the book, after breaking away from others, you must take a mandarin duck bath in the bath......

But Yuhu, Liren, Shui'er, and Miss Pei, these are four people......

The Queen Mother didn't dare to think of this kind of thing, and after a little hesitation, she saw that the palace people were all separated by Yuhu, so she said:

"Don't move around here, go back to the palace and have a look."

As he spoke, he turned around and quietly returned to the main hall, entered from the side hall, came to the door on the side of the bath, glanced through the crack in the door, and then turned red again, and ran out quickly with his skirt......

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Roll call:

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