After some conversation and laughter during the banquet, there were guards who wanted to gamble for money. These guards have nothing to do on weekdays except to patrol and guard the deep palace, and often get together to secretly gamble money. It's just that gambling is forbidden in the palace, and Nangong Lei is a meticulous and serious person, and he always gambles secretly and not very happily, but if it weren't for such strict control, the inner courtyard of the palace would have become a big casino long ago. Now that he is in Zhu Wenyu's private residence outside the palace, how can he let go of such an opportunity, it is naturally a gamble.

Zhu Wenyu has always been not very interested in gambling money, and he was occasionally pulled by the guards to gamble for a game or two in the palace, and he always felt bored after playing a few games. However, he was in a very good mood today, so he also loudly ordered his subordinates to put a bowl of dice for the visitors and start the gambling game. As the master, everyone let him go, and they also pulled him into the table to gamble together.

This dice roll is the simplest, only put the dice color into the big bowl, win or lose by the size of the point, eat the big and eat the small, it seems to be extremely fair, but Zhu Wenyu has heard Lei Bo vaguely say that the real martial arts master can control the dice color at will with internal force, to have a big stool, to urinate small, but I have never tried it, it seems that I can try, just as a game. Thinking of this, Zhu Wenyu was immediately attentive and enthusiastic.

The master was present, and several first-class guards who served as the leader of the guards did not come to congratulate in person, but only ordered their subordinate guards to present the congratulatory ceremony on their behalf, and no one of the low-level guards who came could stand side by side with Zhu Wenyu, so naturally Zhu Wenyu sat in the village, Zhu Wenyu grabbed the dice, checked it in his hand, estimated it slightly, and spilled it into the bowl with a flick of his hand, but it was a small point of two, three, five, naturally lost, and the guards cheered. The two hundred taels of gold given by Queen Nama and the emperor Nangong Lei and Old Master Chen didn't ask for it, and now there are two hundred taels left, Zhu Wenyu can be regarded as a rich man with a big net worth, and he doesn't care about winning or losing, but he just pays careful attention to the strength in his hands, and is bent on throwing a six or six leopard. How do you know that this dice is made of ivory bones, although each side has its own digging points, the weight of the six sides is slightly different, but the difference is also very small, Zhu Wenyu tried this for the first time, and just pondered by himself and no famous teacher pointed out, the strength in his hand is either light or heavy, it is two wins and nine losses, straight bet for more than two hours, actually lost more than two taels of gold, the guards won the eyebrows and smiled, look at the sky is nearly dark, the guards need to respond to the unitary time, no reason to be strict punishment, had to resign and return to the palace, Zhu Wenyu is still full of interest to continue, It was only after the guards told them to spare them before letting them go.

After the guards left, Zhu Wenyu was not less interested, sitting at the table alone, still practicing one by one, lightly applying the strength of health tips in his hands, carefully figuring out his experience, he couldn't even take care of eating, and practiced until late at night.

In this way, in addition to eating and practicing, Zhu Wenyu sat at the gambling table to practice throwing dice, and several times he threw the dice because of too much strength in his hands. The guards tasted the sweetness a few more times, and before and after, they actually let Zhu Wenyu lose more than 20 taels of gold, Zhu Wenyu still didn't care, but practiced throwing dice every day. After more than a month, it was finally successful, and it was possible to control the dice with the strength of the hand, which side up to which side, how many points there were, six or seven out of ten can be on the road, it is a situation of steady winning. It's just that I know that it is not easy for the guards to earn a few taels of silver, and they deliberately don't throw a big point, and in the end, they just maintain a non-loss or win.

Zhu Wenyu naughty and casual work has no longevity, when the "craps throwing" practice, he gradually lost interest in gambling money, and later the guards came a few times failed to gamble, and gradually came less, Zhu Wenyu only then had to have kung fu in his own courtyard to practice martial arts again and again. I felt that this "I Ching Health Formula" had made progress again, and it didn't take long for me to start practicing the eighth layer.

Since that night fight "Jiuquxiang" golden butterfly, Zhu Wenyu often wanders around in the middle of the night to find out if there are any evil characters in the rivers and lakes, and it is good to have a few more enjoyable fights, but most of the people he meets are some chickens and dogs, and it is rare to meet people in the rivers and lakes, and he has never seen the girl in the purple skirt again, but Zhu Wenyu can't help but miss, but he is still young now, and he is still in love, and he is full of plans just to appreciate the beauty again.

Months passed.

Early in the morning, Xiao Gaozi went to the street and wandered around the streets, and finally found Zhu Wenyu, who was wandering, and told the emperor to come to the house with the great eunuch Gao Chan. When Zhu Wenyu heard this, he was extremely sudden, and knew that something big must have happened in the palace, otherwise this great eunuch who followed the emperor would never leave the palace to find him. didn't dare to have the slightest delay, hurriedly returned to the mansion, and sure enough, Gao Chan brought the emperor's secret decree, so that Zhu Wenyu would enter the palace immediately and see him in the palace of nourishing his heart.

"What is the matter with Uncle Emperor? Father-in-law Gao, you should first get a letter. While following Gao Yu into the palace in a hurry, Zhu Wenyu asked anxiously.

"The slave doesn't dare to say, Young Master Yu don't ask too much, you'll know when you arrive." Gao Yu has been by Zhu Yuanzhang's side for a long time, and he knows the truth that trouble comes from his mouth, and he is an extremely cautious person.

As soon as I entered the side room of the Heart Cultivation Palace, I saw Zhu Yuanzhang standing on the side of the couch next to him, who was angrily reprimanding the imperial doctor, and there was a person lying on the bed, mottled with blood, it was actually the "Thunder Swordsman" Nangong Lei! His face was pale, as if he was dying.

Zhu Wenyu's surprise is not trivial, this Nangong Lei is the top master of the rivers and lakes, I heard some guards talk about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, the "Thunder Swordsman" Nangong Lei is ranked within fifty, and the "Seventy-two Style Thunder Swordsmanship" is fierce and fierce, even a first-class master is difficult to stop his edge, at this time, he was seriously injured, isn't the person who injured him even the best master? Zhu Wenyu also rarely thought carefully, threw himself in front of the bed, and shouted: "Leibo, Leibo!"

Nangong Lei opened his eyes weakly, looked at Zhu Wenyu, and said in a low voice: "Wenyu...... Good students assist the emperor...... Take the Thunder Sword to ...... Go to the Nangong family to find the door owner to report ...... Take care of the Nangong Gate...... The rivers and lakes are sinister, everything should be ...... The voice of the heart ...... gradually became weak, and finally he died of exhaustion.

Zhu Wenyu felt a great pain in his heart, and a heavy depression filled his chest, but he couldn't cry a single tear, gritted his teeth, looked back and asked Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, who did this?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sat down next to him with a blue face and did not speak.

"That was last night." Gao Chan said in the sidelines. "Early this morning, the guard Liu Yong had something to report to the head of Nangong, and when he entered the door, he found that the head of Nangong and the leader of the first team of guards, Zhang Qianshan, were stabbed in the chest by the thunder sword and died, and the head of Nangong was wounded by a hook in the chest and back, which was done by the golden hook in Zhang Qianshan's hand. The emperor urgently sent the imperial doctor for treatment, but he knew that the head of Nangong had already been poisoned, thinking that this Zhang Qianshan had poisoned the head of Nangong, and the head of Nangong was poisoned first, and then he was murdered by Zhang Qianshan, Zhang Qianshan wanted to kill the head manager, but he was killed by the head of the counterattack. It's just that the chief manager of Nangong was seriously injured and poisoned, which is really ...... It's really a lack of skills......"

"If it wasn't for the poisoning first, how could Zhang Qianshan, a son of a bitch, hurt my Leibo." Zhu Wenyu was inexplicably sad and indignant. He knew that this Qianshan was the leader of the first team of guards, and the people in the rivers and lakes called the "Soul of the Remnant Moon", who was good at making a pair of golden hooks, and a hand of 36 "Chaotian Hooks" hook method, and was also a first-class master in the rivers and lakes. On weekdays, he is silent, his face is very cold, and he rarely interacts with people. Although Zhu Wenyu knew him, he was not familiar with him, although he had been pestered to learn three or five hooks, but he always felt that it was difficult to deal with him and he was uncomfortable talking, so he didn't like to pay attention to him anymore. It's just that this Zhang Qianshan has always been loyal to his duties, does not prostitute or gamble, and has never heard of any bad deeds, so I don't know why he wanted to assassinate Nangong Lei this time.

"Nangong Aiqing talked to me just now, there must be a master behind this Qianshan, although Nangong Aiqing had enemies when he walked the rivers and lakes, he would not be so poisonous, and he has entered the palace as an official, and others should have scruples about seeking revenge against him." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Zhang Qianshan is a first-class master, and it is not easy for idle people to drive, so this lord must be either rich or noble, or someone who has had great favors to Zhang Qianshan. This Zhang Qianshan is a disciple of the 'Golden Hook Zhang Family' of the Taiyuan Wulin family, but the Taiyuan Zhang family has long been dilapidated, and only Zhang Qianshan is left, and there is nothing to study, because people are cold, rarely interact with people, and have never heard of anyone who has any great favor to him, so the emperor and the commander of Nangong guessed that it was probably instigated by the people in the court, or those who were in chaos and the remnants of the party, and the people who plotted the assassination of the Lantern Festival may also have a dry relationship. Gao Yu added on the side.

"Zhang Qianshan's assassination of Nangong Aiqing is because he wants to go to my arm, he is the leader of the first team, if Nangong Aiqing is killed, it is this Zhang Qianshan who replaces him, it can be seen that he murdered Nangong Qing's family to take over the power of the palace guard, and the plotter is naturally very large, and this master must have a great background. Fortunately, Nangong Aiqing fought desperately to punish this thief, otherwise if he let his treacherous plan succeed without us noticing, the consequences would be unimaginable. Zhu Yuanzhang still had a blue face, staring at the table in front of him with his eyes, and while recounting his conversation with Nangong Lei, he was also thinking about who would be the mastermind behind the scenes.

Zhu Wenyu suddenly remembered the first time he was in the inner palace at night before he practiced martial arts, this Qianshan is also of medium stature, I don't know if it is the man in black. It's just that at that time, the black-clothed masked man deliberately lowered his voice to speak, and it was an ordinary move, at this time Zhang Qianshan was dead, and this mystery may be difficult to solve.

"Nangong Aiqing just said to me that I want you to take the Thunder Sword to the Nangong family to report the news, although I don't know what it means, but there must be a deep meaning in it. Shu also thought that this group of guards of the forbidden palace must be carefully and strictly investigated, and the Chinese military officials of the DPRK must also be strictly investigated and distinguished, and it is difficult to ensure that there are no people with malicious intentions. No matter what the mastermind is trying to do, Zhang Qianshan is among them, and naturally there are other martial arts figures involved in it. You Zhu Wenyu not only have martial arts, but also have never walked around the rivers and lakes, outsiders do not know, do not attract attention, you can carefully investigate the clues from the rivers and lakes, if you can find the main envoys, find out their schemes, it can be regarded as revenge for you Leibo. I think that this should be the case when I come to Nangong Aiqing. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhu Wenyu agreed, still looking at Nangong Lei on the bed and secretly weeping.

"I will arrange it, and I will send it to Nangong Aiqing to give you a will, so that you can go to the Nangong family with a sword to report the funeral as a messenger."

"Your Majesty, can you set up the Leibo Ling Hall in my place? Let me do my filial piety? ”

"Quasi-play!" Although Nangong Lei is a close confidant of Zhu Yuanzhang, after all, he is not a member of the royal family, so it is inconvenient to set up a spirit in the inner palace, and the Nangong family is far away in Shandong, so it is naturally the most appropriate to be in Zhu Wenyu's mansion. Seeing that Zhu Wenyu took the initiative, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately agreed.

Zhu Wenyu lost two of his closest relatives in a few months, which was really painful, and he still cried when he returned to the house. Sitting in the wing room, he stroked the Thunder Sword, recalled Nangong Leiyin's appearance, remembered the Yin Yin teachings of that day, and the teachings of Dun Dun, and became more and more sad, and finally fell asleep with exhaustion in his heart.