On the windy and snowy river, three official ships docked on the bank of Tianshui.

Li Xuan sat in front of the window, calmly reading "Three Kingdoms", and the koji bean on the side was lying on the table, dozing off.

At this moment, a soft voice outside the cabin sounded: "Lord Wang! ”

Li Xuan glanced at the koji bean, who was still unaware, stood up a little funny, walked carefully to the hatch, and opened the hatch: "What's the matter?" ”

"Letter from Chang'an." Li Zhu stood outside the door and handed a secret letter to Li Xuan.

"Oh!" Li Xuan was a little surprised, he had just left Chang'an for three days, how could there be a secret letter.

When I opened it a little, it was a secret word written by Li Bi: "Prince Dianshan Cheng Gaoqi, in August last year, Zeng Mi went to Hong Binyuan, Xianyang County, Xian Township. ”

Li Xuan waved his hand slightly, and Li Zhu left immediately.

Li Xuan walked to the candle flame, burned the secret letter directly, and then put it in a basin of water on the side to stir it to the ground.

Xianyang is not far from Chang'an, and it is not easy to detect when you come and go.

Because of Zhang Wenjun's case, Li Xuan conducted a thorough investigation of the Gao family, and after that, many subordinates dismissed the Gao family.

Later, when he remembered this incident, Li Xuan happened to be suspicious of the East Palace, so he investigated Gao Qi through these people.

At the time, it was just a skeptical thought, but now it seems that Zhang Wenjun's case is far from being as simple as it seems.

Xianyang County, Xianxiang Hong Binyuan.

Li Xuan sighed lightly, he didn't expect that Li Xian would send someone there.

You must know that there is a notorious figure buried there, and this person is Helan Minzhi.

Although Helan Minzhi's surname is Helan, few people know that he once changed his surname to Wu and inherited the title of his maternal grandfather, the warrior Tong Zhou Guogong.

But later, after Helan Minyue died, for unknown reasons, Helan Minzhi suddenly reverted to his original surname.

Some people suspect that He Lan Minzhi knew the truth about the death of his sister He Lan Minzhi, and even suspected the cause of the death of his mother, Mrs. Wu Shun of Korea.

After that, there were a series of unbearable rumors about Helan Minzhi, Mrs. Rongguo, Li Hongwei's wife Yang, and Princess Taiping's maid......

Until the end, Empress Wu couldn't bear it anymore, and directly dismissed He Lanminzhi from all official positions and drove him to Leizhou, but in the middle, when he passed through Shaozhou, he sent someone to hang Helan Minzhi with a horse rein.

There are many people associated with Helan Minzhi, and they have all been exiled because of this.

Among the people Li Xuan knew, there was a Yangzhou Li Shan who was implicated, but a few years ago, Li Shan had been released.

The year before last, he gave birth to a son named Li Yong.

However, compared to Li Shan, Helan Minzhi, who had long been buried in Xianyang Hongbinyuan, has almost been completely forgotten.

But now, Li Xian sent his cronies to Hong Binyuan.

What is there in Hong Binyuan, except for a tomb, the rest is just a young son.

Helan Wan, the son of Helan Minzhi and Hongnong Yang's daughter.

That's right, it is the son of the Yang daughter who was originally going to marry Li Hong, but was forcibly raped by Helan Minzhi.

Li Hong got married in the second year of Xianheng, only seven years ago, and Helan Wan was only a six-year-old child, what could he know.

As for the Yang family, if it weren't for Empress Wu in order to keep the bloodline of the Helan family, I am afraid that she would have "committed suicide" a long time ago.

And, what could she know?

Instead of exerting force on He Lanwan, it is better to go to Yangzhou to find Li Shan, at least Li Shan and He Lanminzhi have an extremely close relationship, and he also knows a lot of some secrets.

But Gao Qi went to see Helan Wan, what did he find?

Was he the only one?

Li Xuan's mind flashed the figure of Ming Chongyan.

The reason why the prince sent Gao Qi was because he knew that Ming Chongyan had also been there earlier.

……

"Could it be that Helan Minzhi really left something for his son?" Li Xuan looked at the candle flame in front of him and fell into deep thought.

There's definitely something there.

Maybe it was left by Helan Minzhi to his son, or it was probably forged by Ming Chongyan.

Li Xuan is also very good at this kind of thing.

But in any case, everything that came before, with this factor, has a different meaning.

In the case of Zhang Wenjun, Ming Chongyan's purpose may be to target Gao Qi.

Gao Qi had been to Xianyang, and Ming Chongyan happened to know this, so when the time came, he only needed a little guidance during the interrogation, and then everything would naturally appear in front of everyone.

Moreover, these words, once spoken by the prince's cronies, are extremely credible.

Once it spreads everywhere, Li Xian's position as the crown prince will inevitably be completely shaken.

Ming Chongyan did everything, but in the end, neither the Empress Wu nor the emperor's anger could be vented on him.

Helan Wan!

Li Xuan bowed his head slightly, no matter what Helan Minzhi left behind, or what Ming Chongyan faked, it was enough to make people believe that Li Xian was not the son of Empress Wu.

Could it be that Li Xian is really not the son of Empress Wu?

Li Xuan suddenly smiled, look at it, with this information now, even he himself couldn't help but be a little suspicious, let alone others.

Li Xian should be in a hurry.

Then a lot of things will happen.

Li Xuan turned her head and looked at the koji bean who was still dozing off on the side, then walked over gently, picked her up, and then carried her directly to the bed.

Her heartbeat was normal and unusual.

After a long time, Li Xuan finally closed her eyes.

……

In the dim underground secret passage, Ming Chongyan, who was dressed in a blue robe, walked forward slowly, his face unusually calm.

After a short time, Ming Chongyan had already reached the end of the secret passage, and a wooden ladder appeared in front of him.

Ming Chongyan climbed the wooden ladder, opened the secret door, and finally jumped out directly.

A small secret room appeared in front of his eyes.

In the depths of the secret room, there was a small cell, in which a six-year-old child slumped, dressed in brocade clothes, who seemed to have slept for a long time.

Ming Chongyan walked over, picked up the child, and then re-entered the secret passage.

A moment later, in the courtyard of the deep mansion where Ming Chongyan was hiding, a carriage had been prepared.

Ming Chongyan directly took the child into the carriage, and immediately, the carriage had already taken advantage of the night to drive into the street outside.

At this moment, the curfew is already very close, but this time is enough for Ming Chongyan to take people out of Chang'an.

Lifting the curtain, Ming Chongyan's face was extremely serious.

After glancing outside, Ming Chongyan lowered the curtain again.

He had a feeling that someone was watching him in the dark.

This feeling had been there for a few days before, but it was always vague and vague, and if it weren't for his unusually sharp spiritual sense, I am afraid he would not have been able to detect it.

But since he was aware of it, it was absolutely there.

That's why he is doing today.

In the darkness, a pigeon eagle watched Ming Chongyan ride slowly towards the west gate.

He didn't know if Ming Chongyan was going to leave Chang'an, but he didn't want Ming Chongyan to leave like that.

Ming Chongyan has never been an easy person to deal with, especially when there is a martial queen standing behind him.

If Li Xuan wants to kill him without being contaminated with any guilt, then he must rely on the power of the prince and the secret guards.

Once Ming Chongyan left Chang'an, he would not be able to borrow these two forces.

With a calm mind, the pigeon eagle flew directly into the sky and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

……

The carriage staggered to the west gate, and there were not many people in front of the carriage.

But at this time, the curfew is approaching, and there are many more guards at the city gates around.

But on the contrary, the speed of going out has slowed down.

At the moment when the carriage arrived at the city gate, there was a "bang", and the last twilight drum sounded.

Almost instantly, the city gate was completely closed, and no one could open the gate without the emperor's decree and the emergency military order of the military department.

The people of Chang'an have become accustomed to this, and although there are many complaints, the vast majority of them have begun to turn around and look for shelter.

After all, once the curfew is raised, those who remain on the street will be immediately arrested and imprisoned.

The carriage stopped under the city gate, and it was quiet, and the people behind it had already been driven away.

More than a dozen lances were aimed at the carriage from all sides, and the next moment, without any hesitation, the lances stabbed forward fiercely at the same time.

With a "bang", the carriage was instantly stabbed into pieces, and a figure flew out directly from the roof of the carriage, and then flew upside down from the city gate in a blink of an eye.

At this moment, an extremely powerful long arrow shot straight down from the city gate, and then fiercely pierced the figure in mid-air.

The long knife was raised in an instant, and the long arrow was directly slashed with a single sword.

But the powerful anti-shock force also completely alluded to the ground.

Under the firelight, the figure was completely clear.

This is a short, thin middle-aged man in a blue robe, with a pointed beak and monkey gills, and two whiskers that are unusually eye-catching.

"Heavenly Demon Sect Ding Jiu." A voice came from the countless Dali Temple in the distance, and then a figure walked out with endless doubts.

Why do you want it, Dali Temple is right.

"Boy, who are you?" Ding Jiu looked at what he wanted.

He Yiqiu looked at Ding Jiu with a puzzled expression, and said softly: "Ding Jiu, one of the four hall masters of the Heavenly Demon Sect, Yonghui was arrested in the fourth year and executed by Ling Chi, you ...... How will it survive? ”

The fourth year of Yonghui was more than 20 years ago.

Why is he not yet forty years old, even if he had been in contact with Ding Jiu at that time, he was just a stinky kid.

Now he was able to recognize Ding Jiu at a glance, and even accurately tell his origin, if it was surprising.

"Hehe, boy, even if you know the old man, come, let the old man taste the taste." Ding Jiu immediately made a posture of rushing forward.

He Qiuqiu waved his hand lightly, and the next moment, countless crossbows had been raised, directly aimed at Ding Jiu.

"The Heavenly Demon Sect, Yonghui was destroyed in four years, the sect leader Xiang Lei was bombarded and killed by the Zuojin Wuwei general Cheng Chubi with a palm, the four hall masters were either beheaded or shot by arrows, only Ding Jiu was captured alive, and then sentenced to Ling Chi, the Heavenly Demon Sect was completely destroyed." He Qiu looked at Ding Jiu and said with a cold look in his eyes: "How did you survive?" ”

"Oh." Ding Jiu suddenly spoke, looked at He Yiqiu and said, "Yes, there was a person who looked very similar to you who died under the hands of the old man, who was that person, your father?" ”

"My father is missing, he was the Shaoqing of Dali Temple at the time." He Qiu's right hand twitched slightly, and the next moment, a sharp long knife had appeared in his hand.

"It turned out to be the son of the old man, how about it, do you want to come and have a good time with the old man, the old man promises that you will end up like your dead ghost father." The corners of Ding Jiu's mouth pursed slightly, bringing out endless provocation.

Why didn't he look at Ding Jiu, his eyes fell on his back, and he asked straightly, "Who is that?" ”

Everyone present suddenly realized that on Ding Jiu's back, there was also a six or seven-year-old child, dressed in brocade, and at a glance, he knew that it was not an ordinary child.

Who is he?

(End of chapter)