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To the east of the Imperial City, a fiery red sun rose.

The crown prince held a royal banquet in his mansion today to celebrate his birthday, but even the common people of the imperial city knew that this was definitely not an ordinary birthday banquet.

The eldest prince wants to take this opportunity to announce a fact to the civil and military officials of the world, as well as his younger brothers who are eyeing the throne.

I am back.

You can all give up the throne!

All civil and military officials can clearly understand what Zhou Wuji meant, although it is not yet time to stand in line, but in such a situation, no one dares not to give face to His Royal Highness the Prince, so on the day of his birthday banquet, when the light of the red sun shone on the earth, the entire imperial city was ignited.

The streets and alleys around the Prince's Mansion are surrounded by carriages, and each car is occupied by dignitaries and dignitaries who have heads and faces in the court, but after half an hour, the carriage is still difficult to move an inch, so these dignitaries and nobles can only reluctantly get off the car, let the family hold the gifts, and walk to the Prince's Mansion on foot.

The Prince's Mansion, which has been cold for six years, is crowded with people today, and since early in the morning, there has been an endless stream of visiting distinguished guests, and the threshold has to be flattened.

"Stop, whoever!"

Outside the Prince's Mansion, there was a very remote alley, narrow enough to allow only a small carriage to pass by, and at the mouth of this alley, there were two soldiers guarding it.

"We're here to deliver food, and that's the credentials." The hunchbacked old woman pushing the cart in the back had a rough voice, her face covered with a sweat-stopping rag, and she walked up to the two guards and gave a wooden identity tag that could not be seen from the old or new.

The two tall soldiers took the wooden card, and after looking at it carefully, they didn't find any problems, but he still stared at the old woman suspiciously for a long time, frowned, and asked:

"Why haven't I seen the two of you, wasn't it Lao Wang who delivered the food before?"

The woman with a hoarse voice was stunned for a moment, then looked at the guard and asked, "Who is Lao Wang, isn't it Lao Liu's aunt who went here to deliver food, is it because I remember wrong?" ”

When the guard heard this, he did not speak.

At this time, the old coachman who pulled the vegetable cart leaned over and said in an old-fashioned manner: "There will be no mistake, it is the aunt of the old Liu Tou's family, I can always meet her pulling the cart here!" ”

"Maybe I'm mistaken." The suspicion in the guard's eyes dispelled a little, but he continued to ask, "So why are you two today, the people?" ”

"I've been too busy delivering food in the past two days, and Lao Liu is tired and sick, and now he is being treated in the city's hospital, and his aunt is also taking care of it." The woman's voice was hoarse.

"It's such a coincidence, but I'm sick today?" A cold glint flashed in the guard's eyes, and he stared at the woman and asked, "Which medical hall, do you know?" ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, pretending to be thoughtful, raised her right hand and gestured in the air: "Call...... What's it called? It seems to be the one next to Sun Kee's tailor shop. ”

"Yunshang Medical Center." The rickety driver added.

"You have no relationship with them, why do you know so clearly!" The guard stared at the coachman and shouted coldly.

The coachman's face turned pale, and he didn't answer with a little weakness, but the woman immediately turned her head and pointed at the coachman as if she had caught the handle, and scolded sharply: "Okay, you negative man, are you still thinking about his Aunt Liu!" ”

"No wonder people ask you for help whenever something happens, why didn't my aunt see you so diligent when she was sick!"

Seeing this, the two guards completely dispelled their doubts, and hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the woman away:

"Be quiet, don't look at what day it is, don't take me with you if you want to die!"

The guard looked at the two impatiently, waved his hand and gave way: "Hurry in, don't miss the time!" ”

"I'll settle accounts with you when I get home!" The woman angrily kicked the old coachman, then went to the back of the car and pushed it up, and the two drove into the alley together.

The alley leads directly to the Prince's Mansion.

After placing the cart in the designated place, the two walked silently to the corner of an alley, and when the figure disappeared and reappeared, the woman and the coachman disappeared.

"This is the back hand that your master left for you?"

Xu Mu sorted out his gray-brown robe, tore off the eyebrows attached to his eye sockets, and looked at Li Zao a little speechlessly.

He also thought that Mei Chuan had arranged some terrible subordinates for Li Zao in the imperial city, and he could even get the identity of participating in the banquet, and the co-authors were two food deliverers!

Li Zao changed into a simple black dress, tied his braids coldly, and snorted coldly at Xu Mu: "You didn't come in, what else are you picking." ”

Xu Mu shrugged his shoulders, didn't say anything more, walked out of the corner with a light smile, and the two walked through the three arches according to the pre-recorded route, and then saw a large number of carriages and people, crowded in a large courtyard in front of them.

"Tap, tap!" An old steward with a long beard, dressed in a dark brown brocade robe, and wearing a small round hat, patted his thigh, and said bitterly to the soldier carrying the box in front of him, "This is the pearl mussel that my master ordered people to salvage in the West Sea, and twelve people died when they went to sea alone, so you can't break it!" ”

When the family members heard this, they looked at the old steward with some disdain, and stacked the three boxes together at will.

"What are you, just now there was an adult in the Shuntian Prefecture Mansion who also transported a thousand-year-old spirit ginseng, it is said that in order to capture, they were besieged by the demon beast group, and two lords died!"

When the old steward heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded, and he had nothing to say, so he stood alone, looking at the warehouse that was not quite opened, and the gifts and goods that were randomly stacked inside, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

I knew that the things they racked their brains and tried their best to send, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wouldn't even look at them, so what are they doing so seriously, just fooling around?

"I am the commander and adjutant of the Red Flame Army, and this is a congratulatory gift from my general's family to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it was forged by the refining master himself." Another carriage arrived, squeezed into the courtyard, and then a middle-aged man with a tall figure and a military robe stepped out from it, and held out a long gift box with a serious face.

When the two soldiers saw the man, they immediately smiled, leaned over and said, "It's Adjutant Xu, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, you are going to the main courtyard to attend the banquet, and if you have anything at that time, you can just give it to him." ”

Hearing this, the tall man took back the gift box, nodded and said, "It's okay, how to get to the main courtyard?" ”

"Your ...... here, please"

Xu Mu stood at the corner of the courtyard, looking at the scene, like a mountain and a sea of rare gift warehouses, and couldn't help but grow his mouth slightly.

This is the prince of a dynasty, and any thing in the warehouse may be a rare treasure that ordinary rich and noble people can't buy, but at this time, it has to be piled up here like cabbage.

Xu Mu's face was strange, he inexplicably remembered the battle of the pollution source in Xishan, he was mistaken for a death in battle, and then the pension was issued, it seemed that it was only a few dozen taels of silver?

"One human life can't even afford to buy a box for these gifts."

"Human life is the least valuable thing." Li Zao heard Xu Mu's emotion, and said in a cold tone.

Xu Mu was dumbfounded, this is true, anyway, the world is not peaceful, where it is normal to die a person is better than a dead chicken, maybe this kind of thing will be his turn one day.

Xu Mu: "When do we act, aren't we looking for an opportunity to sneak into the front yard and what are we doing standing here?" ”

Li Zao: "Didn't you see that there are soldiers guarding the entrance of the front yard, if we want to go in, we have to do what we just did again." ”

Xu Mu was stunned: "Put on the coachman's clothes again?" But it's already burned by you! ”

"Idiot." Li Zao looked at Xu Mu coldly and said, "How can the food delivery person come into the front yard to attend the banquet, of course we have to pretend to be a gift." ”

"Did you see the man who came with the carriage, looking at his lining, he must be a member of the border army, and he will be eligible to participate in the banquet."

"Stop him, and find a chance to throw him in the backyard warehouse!" Li Zao said indifferently, and then walked straight towards the tall border army man.

Afterwards, Li Zao stopped him outside the crowded courtyard.

Xu Mu was stunned, is it a bit too arrogant to do it here? Although the fluctuations on this man's body are not strong, at least he is also a soldier in the army, in case he is not uniformed for the first time and makes a noise, they are not all finished!

"You are also a member of the border army, it was really hard to get all the way." Li Zao walked up to the man who was dressed as an ordinary person, but his figure was obviously much stronger than that of ordinary people, and asked with a smile.

When the latter heard this, he pulled the rope and stopped the carriage, nodded with a smile and said to Li Zao:

"Under the Tiger Roaring Army, on behalf of General Xiao Zhen, I came to congratulate the crown prince on his birthday, and it was a long way, but this is also a matter of duty, so how hard it is."

Li Zao smiled faintly when he heard this, pointed to the crowded courtyard and warehouse not far away, and said:

"Since you are here on behalf of General Xiao Zhen, you are a distinguished guest of the Prince's Mansion, and the gifts can be directly taken to the banquet and given to His Royal Highness the Prince, and there is no need to store them in the warehouse."

The man looked at the crowded courtyard and was about to say something with a smile, but suddenly realized that something was wrong, paused for a moment, looked at Li Zao and asked:

"I haven't asked who the girl is."

"I am also a man in the army, I once served as a scout under General Li Xun, and now I follow the crown prince and am responsible for receiving distinguished guests here."

Li Zao looked at the man's eyes and said indifferently.

"Scout!" The middle-aged man looked Li Zao's slender but secretly wavy figure up and down, and a trace of greed inadvertently flashed in his eyes, but when he looked up at Li Zao's cold eyes, the greed in his eyes turned into appreciation.

Cold and piercing, with awe-inspiring murderous intent.

The man laughed a few times, no longer doubting Li Zao's identity, and without even looking at the identity token prepared by Li Zao in advance, he reached out and hugged Li Zao's shoulder, and said with a hearty smile:

"Since they are all marching people, we don't pay attention to those red tapes, female scouts are rare, and when the banquet comes, you have to tell me your story well, but you must not hide your secrets!"

Li Zao squeezed out a smile, broke free from the man's arms without leaving a trace, pointed in the direction of the courtyard and said:

"The warehouse in this place is almost full, if you have too many things to give to the prince in person, I will help you put them in the backyard?"

"And the backyard?" There was a hint of hesitation in the man's eyes, the things in this car were too valuable, and if he lost them, he would lose his head when he went back.

The man looked up and looked at the soldiers in the courtyard, he wanted to confirm Li Zao's identity with others, but the latter was busy sweating profusely at this time, and the yard was full of carriages waiting to be unloaded, and he didn't have time to pay attention to his side at all.

Seeing such a situation, the man couldn't help frowning, and just wanted to shout something, but heard Li Zao waving at Xu Mu and shouting:

"This son, please wait first!"

"This lord is also from the border army, and his status is noble, when I finish helping him put away the gifts, I will lead you to the banquet over there!"

Hearing this, Xu Mu glanced at Li Zao and the middle-aged man contemptuously, and snorted coldly with his nostrils facing the sky:

"You'd better hurry."

"If you delay the matter between me and Your Highness, you know what the consequences will be!"

The conversation between the two aroused a lot of attention, and many monks escorting the goods glanced at Xu Mu enviously, and a sigh sounded in their hearts.

It is also a gift-giver, and the things they carefully prepared are piled up in the warehouse so casually, the prince may not even look at it, but other people can not only present in person, but can even be taken to the banquet and taste the state banquet!

Everyone looked at Xu Mu and the border army man with only envy in their eyes, and then turned their heads back one after another, not looking too much.

The man next to Li Zao smiled when he saw this, so many people in the audience did not doubt Li Zao's identity, it seemed that he was too careful.

"This is the Prince's Mansion, in broad daylight, someone can still lie to me!"

The man smiled and handed the horse rope to Li Zao, and said, "Where is the backyard, girl, please take me there!" ”

Li Zao's eyes were calm, and he led the horse to walk the way he came, and after passing through the three arches, he came to the dilapidated yard of the logistics warehouse where vegetables were placed.

The man walked into the courtyard, and the smile on his face froze.

"This place...... Is it used to store gifts? ”

He looked at Li Zao and asked in a daze.

"It's not." Li Zao shook his head and continued to lead the horse forward, as if he was about to turn into the alley.

"Oh, I mean, it doesn't look like a place to store precious gifts." The man said with a smile, staring at Li Zao's slender and seductive body from behind, and his throat couldn't help but get hot.

He came from the frontier, it can be said that he traveled thousands of miles, and he tensed his heartstrings along the way, and he didn't dare to carry the slightest carry, and he didn't dare to do things like men and women, for fear of being lost and losing his goods, which would be killed!

But now, he has successfully arrived at the Prince's Mansion, so there is no need to pay attention to those, and the most important thing is that there are only two people in this courtyard now, he and Li Zao!

Tasting a female scout in the Prince's Mansion, the man began to feel excited when he thought about it, and he didn't notice that Xu Mu had appeared behind him.

"May I ask if this girl is ......married?"

"-Smack!"

Xu Mu slapped the man's neck, and the latter's eyes suddenly turned black, and he fainted directly.

"What a beauty!" Xu Mu looked at Li Zao and smiled.

Li Zao glanced at the man coldly, grabbed the man's collar at random, sealed his veins with Taoism, and then tied it up and threw it into the warehouse with the gift of the carriage.

And the horse was led to the stable by Xu Mu.

"What should I do next?" After a brief busyness, Xu Mu stood in the courtyard and looked at Li Zao excitedly, he was ready to attend this royal banquet.

Judging from the luxury of gift-giving alone, the food will definitely not be bad, he has been staying in the mountains these days, and the gluttonous worms in his stomach have long been troubled!

Li Zao searched out of the man, put the voucher token for participating in the banquet into his sleeve, slowly passed by Xu Mu, and said coldly:

"There's only one token."

"You stay here and watch the people, just don't let him run away, you can kill him if necessary."

Xu Mu looked at the back of Li Zao's departure, and then looked at the cabbage radish in the warehouse, and shook his head helplessly.

"Eat every day."

"We're almost rabbits!"

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