The baby was tossed, and the old cotton cloth was scattered, revealing a pile of straw on the ground.

Lu Anran covered his arm with his hand, a trace of blood oozed from his fingers, and the air was suddenly filled with a murderous aura.

The surrounding people were shocked by the sudden change, and the birds and beasts suddenly dispersed, and they all vacated a vacant land here.

Lu Taotao bit off the last sugar gourd, pushed his left cheek bulging, looked full of excitement, and said: "What are you doing, fighting, let's compare." ”

Lu An then took a few steps back, hit his heel against the base of the wall, and as soon as he looked up, the woman grabbed the dagger and flew towards her, her eyes were fierce, and she shot quickly.

kicked out a foot halfway, Lu Taotao made a move with people, and he could still smile hippie, "I can't fight, hehe." ”

The woman's unattractive face sneered, changed her moves, elbowed in front, and made a gesture to kill Lu Taotao's vital point, but when Lu Taotao avoided it, she suddenly turned around and stabbed Lu Anran.

Lu Anran's eyes widened, and the cold light of the dagger reflected in his eyes, and the cold light appeared.

The sharp blade wind blew across his face, blowing Lu Anran's masked brocade cloth, and the woman in front seemed to be frozen, a trace of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, and she fell forward.

After the woman fell to the ground, Lu Anran saw that she had a feather arrow pierced in her back, and the tail of the arrow trembled slightly, which showed the great strength.

Lu Taotao squatted on the wall and shouted at somewhere: "Big man, you robbed me of the fight." ”

After a while, a carriage came slowly and stopped at the mouth of the alley, and the curtain of the carriage was opened, and the people inside surprised Lu Anran.

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If it is said that the Liufu is noble, the Prime Minister's Mansion is another style, flashy but not luxurious, elegant but not vulgar.

The maid who led the way took Lu Anran to a warm pavilion, surrounded by bamboo curtains to block the wind, the candlestick was illuminated very brightly, and an endgame was placed on a stone table in the middle, and the two sides were fighting, but there was a chess piece that walked strangely, as if someone was casually throwing it on it.

Although Liu Xiangxiang should not be invited to play chess that day, in fact, it is not Lu Anran's own words that he knows nothing about Go, just at a glance, you can see that the two sides of the chess game are evenly matched, the black side hides the needle in the middle, step by step, and the white side has exhausted the organs, and the game is set up in the game.

People who are proficient in chess must be excited to see such an endgame, and they can't wait to go into battle in person, but Lu Anran is not here after all, and he only looks away for a while.

The flowers and plants in the courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion are well cared for, under the melting moonlight, all kinds of flowers and branches are in bud to be released, and there is a green bamboo next to it, you can enjoy the flowers in spring, and you can listen to the wind and make bamboo in summer.

Lu Taotao didn't like the rules, she hid from the Prime Minister's Mansion and didn't enter the door, Lu Anran didn't know where she ran at the moment, but her intuition would not go far.

Just as he was thinking, a figure flickered between the bamboo leaves, and Lu Anran stood up suddenly.

The shadow is sufficient, only to see that the figure is dressed in brocade, the pace is light and fast, and the impression of old and sluggish in the memory is far away, just looking at the outline of the back, it is really very similar.

Lu Anran twisted his brows, "It's not ......"

The bamboo curtain was lifted, and the candle flame was flickering, and Liu Xiangzhi walked in slowly.

Lu Anran saluted sideways: "Thank you Liu Xiang for saving your life." ”

Liu Xiangzhi smiled, gestured for her to sit down, and said, "Even if I didn't let the guards around me make a move, the little girl you brought with me would be enough to meet the enemy." ”

The two sat opposite each other, just in the middle of the endgame, Lu Anran's eyes lowered slightly, as if staring at the chessboard.

"How's your chess game?" Liu Xiangzhi grabbed a chess piece and rubbed it in the palm of his hand.

Lu Anran shook his head honestly: "I'm not good at chess, I know a little bit about it." ”

Liu Xiangzhi seemed to ask casually, answered, and changed the subject: "Why did someone want to kill you?" ”

Lu Anran knew that he would ask from the time he was rescued by Liu Xiangzhi, but he still shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

"She's a dead man." Liu Xiangzhi said in an ordinary tone.

After the woman's death, Lu Taotao also skinned her, changed her face, and pasted a fake face, what is frightening is that her face has long been ruined after the human skin mask, and she can't see her facial features at all.

Lu Anran clenched his fingers suddenly, and said calmly between his eyebrows: "What I have touched, the only thing that may cause fire is the few cases of the Divine Fox Mark now, but the case is confusing, and I can't figure out the reason, maybe there is some secret hidden on the corpse, and some people suspect that I have found it." ”

Liu Xiangzhi used his tail finger to push away the strange chess piece that fell on the chessboard, picked one out of his palm and put it down, and said without raising his head: "You don't know." ”

"Yes."

"The guards around you left the royal capital overnight, and you didn't know about it?" Liu Xiangzhi looked sideways at Lu Anran, his voice was soft, still gentle and elegant.

Lu Anran was taken aback, looking at Liu Xiangzhi, who was obviously friendly, as if he was looking at some poisonous snake and beast.

Liu Xiangzhi knew that he was playing against himself, and every chess piece fell quickly, feeling that he was not playing chess, but reviewing, and said in a slow tone: "There are many secrets in the royal capital, but they can hardly be hidden, do you know why?" ”

Lu Anran took a breath and slowly lowered her eyelids, maybe what she did seemed a little clumsy and ridiculous in the eyes of those who really held the power.

"You have a special identity, you have a wrong step, and you will affect more than one person, maybe a family will be affected with you."

Lu Anran never thought highly of herself, but under Liu Xiangzhi's reminder, she suddenly realized that she was too young after all, thinking about things for granted, and also seeing others too simply.

The feet of the Son of Heaven are not just empty words, they represent the indescribable supreme prosperity, and they also include the complex power struggles everywhere.

It can be said that the eyes and ears are everywhere.

Lu Anran held his breath and said, "Can I ask, why did Liu Xiang help me just now?" ”

Liu Xiangzhi looked at her and smiled lightly: "You can ask your father." ”

Doubts appeared in Lu Anran's eyes, and he listened to Liu Xiangzhi and continued: "Don't worry, today you entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, and if anyone wants to be unfavorable to you, you have to plan one or two." ”

Lu Anran understood the reason why Liu Xiangzhi invited her to enter the house at night, it can be said that she was too thoughtful, this protection made Lu Anran uneasy, she has never been close to people, and she can't calmly accept the kindness brought by people she doesn't know, especially if this person is still an important minister.

After thinking about it, he said, "Does Liu Xiang want to know the cause of Liu Changhe's death?" ”

Liu Xiangzhi smiled, his eyes were peaceful, and his speech and demeanor were gentlemanly, "You repay me?" ”

Lu Anran didn't speak, but Liu Xiangzhi got an affirmative answer from her silence.

"Filial piety is innocent, arrogant and lascivious, but his temperament is not bad, and because of the rules of the clan, everything will not be too much, so if his accident is not bad, I am afraid that it will burn himself and harm others."

Lu Anran was deeply admired, Liu Xiangzhi was worthy of being the prime minister of the dynasty, and he knew the whole picture at a glance, and completely guessed the idea.

She had never been in contact with it before, and in her mind, Liu Xiangzhi had to worship high-ranking officials as a concubine, ranking first among civil officials, and he should be high-spirited and ambitious, maybe he would make people look scheming, steady and serious.

But when they really met, Liu Xiangzhi completely subverted Lu Anran's speculation.

He doesn't look like a minister, but like an easy-going and calm, well-known celebrity.

But Liu Xiang knows that he is not selling wine in the end, and he is wandering in the bamboo forest, his city is not on the outside, but he shows his calmness everywhere from his bearing.

"The people you stayed in Jiqingfang can't stay any longer."

Lu Anran's heart was in shock, and his voice seemed to tremble a little, "Liu Xiang knows, why let ...... go" Speaking of this, he suddenly seemed to be slapped in the face by Qingquan, and the whole person came to his senses, "In order not to startle the snake, or lure the snake out of the hole?" ”

Liu Xiangzhi almost filled the chessboard, but this game of chess still did not come to an end, and the black and white sides still killed the enemy and me, as if the two armies were facing each other, and it was at a critical moment, but it suddenly stopped and froze.

He didn't seem to be interested in continuing the game, his palm covered the chess jar, leaned forward slightly, and said: "Originally, I had this plan, but you temporarily intervened, and it was a little difficult for you to do it, so you just let it go, so as to confuse the real culprit behind the scenes." ”

Lu Anran also said that he would repay with the truth of Liu Changhe's death, but as a result, Liu Xiangzhi knew everything, and he was suddenly even more embarrassed.

"You don't have to mind, when Xiaoli died, Benxiang didn't know that he was related to the counterfeit money case." Liu Xiangzhi seemed to see Lu Anran's thoughts, and he said: "Counterfeit money appeared a few years ago, and after tracing it, it was found that the source was in the southwest, and the emperor sent Yun Shizi to arrest two people, but they were just ordinary merchants who were deceived." ”

Later, the counterfeit money case became more and more rampant, and the wanderers gathered into a rogue, which caused chaos in the southwest for a while, and the emperor not only sent Qi Shang and Yunqi to the southwest, but also asked Liu Xiangzhi to secretly visit the royal capital, and finally had some clues.

"Those people are buried very deeply, just have eyebrows and would rather cut off their own arms, and all the people related to them will be killed, I think Xiaoli happened to be involved for no reason, and finally died in Huangquan."

is also because of this, when Liu Xiangzhi found out about the existence of the old cat, and this character was very critical, he did not arrest people immediately, and even after Lu Anran took the old cat away, he only sent someone to spy on him.

"Originally, I thought the old cat was just one of them, but now it seems that he is not simple."

Since there was nothing to hide here in Liu Xiangzhi, Lu Anran simply confessed: "The old cat is not in the same group as them, he is involved in it to find his brother." ”

From what kind of person Jiang Chao is, how the old cat can distinguish from the counterfeit money at a glance, it is said that the old cat has a private money model.

After listening to this, Liu Xiangzhi asked, "Do you think the money model is in his hands?" ”

Lu Anran originally believed it, but now when he heard Liu Xiangzhi ask, he hesitated a little, "Judging from the fact that they sent people to kill me, they did lose the money mold in their hands." ”

If it wasn't in the hands of the old cat, why did she send someone to kill her, didn't she think she got the money mold from the old cat?

"I don't know if it's true or not, but one thing is certain." Liu Xiangzhi's deep gaze revealed wisdom, "His strength alone is weak, I guess he actually wants to use you to make the Criminal Division unable to withdraw." ”

Lu Anran was puzzled: "The Criminal Investigation Department itself is investigating this case. ”

Liu Xiangzhi pointed out the key, "Life is at stake or it doesn't matter, which one can make you do your best?" ”

Lu Anran suddenly had an epiphany, it turned out that she had already fallen into the old cat's trap.