It was the young general of the Imperial City Division, leading seven people to walk slowly, and a woman walked in front, her face covered with snow-white beads.

He Xiao smiled, he was tall, wearing a golden robe and black boots, which made Nan Huaijin feel that this eighth senior brother was very powerful.

As soon as the young general saw his adult walking over quickly, he pointed at him and said to Nan Huaijin and the others, "Look, Lord He is there." ”

The two saw each other and looked at each other, Nan Huaijin was indeed the first time to see this eighth senior brother, he was also very heroic in appearance, but the eyebrows were very different from the senior brothers on the mountain.

He Xiao also looked at this unseen junior sister who was different, wearing the white clothes of the inner door, carrying two swords, and her eyebrows were picturesque, just like the beauty on the Song Emperor's picture scroll, but the beaded veil covered half of her beauty.

It is the closed disciple of the master, the only disciple of the three-day pulse in the master's door for thousands of years, and the temperament of the green sword is out of the sheath, He Xiao just thought, what kind of sword immortal is under the realm, but what a beautiful woman.

"Ling Tianmen's disciple Nan Huai Jin, I have seen my senior brother. Nan Huaijin arched his hand and said.

The voice was light and agile, and even the low chirping of the bird was very noisy in comparison.

He Xiao came back to his senses, but it was not a moment, and he also arched his hand and said: "It's the first time I've seen my junior sister, senior brother, I've been waiting for you here for many days." ”

Not only did he wait, but a tricky thing also waited.

"Let's go. He Xiao looked at her seriously, smiled slightly, turned his head and left, leading the way in front, Nan Huaijin took Zhuqiu, Wu Changfeng and others to follow, followed by the young generals of the Imperial City Division.

He Xiao led the way in front, and the imperial city envoy had his own palace, but he lived in the inner palace of the imperial city, and the palace was vacant, and he only occasionally came back for a few days.

"Your Excellency. The guards of the Imperial City Division at the gate of the palace stepped forward and saluted.

He Xiao nodded, turned his head and said to Nan Huaijin: "In the past few days, the wronged senior sister has temporarily stayed in the senior brother's mansion, and I will enter the palace first to see the official family, and when the order is issued, I will take you again." ”

Before Nan Huaijin could reply, the young general who had led the way for a few people before stepped forward and said, "My lord, I have already said it with the brothers of the palace gate, and it will not be in the way......"

"Presumptuous!" He Xiao suddenly shouted.

The young general was startled, and hurriedly saluted, trembling and not daring to move.

He Xiao blamed him and said: "The position of the Imperial City Division, guarding the Imperial City, no one is allowed to enter and leave at will unless he is on official business, when there is a bronze talisman of my Imperial City Division, you can enter the gate, and you will be punished with twenty rods, get out!"

The young general was so frightened that he didn't dare to plead, so he bowed to He Xiao, "" Hurriedly ran away with a roll, and fell inadvertently.

"It's just to help you enter the palace to do things, Lord Envoy of the Imperial City, why do you need to do this to your subordinates below?"

He Xiao bent the corners of his mouth and said, "Where the responsibility is, it doesn't matter." Come, junior sister, let's go first and take a look, if we are not satisfied, we will change. ”

Nan Huaijin nodded, followed him in, Fu Changfeng pursed his lips, and spoke to himself, Zhu Qiu frowned and glared at him, and said in a low voice: "Don't make trouble for Senior Sister Nan, they are senior brothers and sisters, let's just protect Senior Sister Nan." ”

Yu Changfeng still wanted to speak, but was patted on the shoulder by Quan Shou, Lu San also walked by and shook his head at him, Qi Zixiu and Qi Wenjin The two brothers also covered their mouths and smiled, and walked past him.

This mansion is very large, thirty-three zhang in circumference, there is a pavilion in the middle of the lake, a pond for planting lotus flowers, there are fat swimming fish wandering around, and many servants are cleaning up the fallen flowers and grass around.

There are dozens of large and small rooms, and the carvings of birds and animals on them are all from the hands of famous artists.

"Give my senior brother a day or two, and when I report to the official family, I will go to the palace. ”

With everyone to find a temporary residence, He Xiao couldn't wait to say goodbye to a few people, say a few words to Nan Huaijin, and turned around and took away the young generals of the Imperial City Division, he was going to enter the palace overnight to face the saint.

The sky is already dark, this imperial city makes the space on the Sifu really a lot, everyone carries their own luggage to pack the room, they are not far from Nan Huai Jin, they can come over soon, Zhu Qiu is in Nan Huai Jin's room, can take care of it.

"Senior sister, I've been running around for days, rest early. Zhu Qiu was by Nan Huaijin's side and brought her a basin of hot water, Nan Huaijin nodded, washed her face with hot water, and she sat on the bed.

Nan Huaijin was very strange, Zhu Qiu and several of their disciples were all from Bianjing, but they didn't seem to plan to go back to see their family, so they asked curiously: "Zhu Qiu, where is your home, don't you go back to have a look?"

Zhuqiu cleaned up her bed, she was very tired, took off her shoes and socks to lie down to sleep, heard Nan Huaijin ask her, replied: "I have been an orphan since I was a child, only one uncle raised me, when I was eleven or twelve years old, the emperor built a stargazing cloud balcony there, my father fell off the cliff, thirteen years old, and my mother went to Suzhou and Hangzhou to ask for a living, my mother went to the Qinglou for life, less than two years got Hualiu disease, no money to treat the disease and died. ”

Nan Huaijin was surprised when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "Zhuqiu, I didn't expect your life experience to be like this. ”

Zhu Qiu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Who on Qingyun Mountain doesn't know that Senior Sister, you are also an orphan since childhood, and you have only been six years old when you let Shizun lead you to practice on the mountain, and it has been ten years." ”

Of course, Nan Huaijin knows that she is also an orphan, she was still a beggar when she was a child, she was taken up the mountain by the master, she has been a good material for practicing martial arts since she was a child, she is not very hard, and her martial arts have been improving rapidly, the master said, there are six or seven years of kung fu, whether it is internal and external martial arts, you can practice to be comparable to a powerful person like the senior brother.

She was also fatherless and motherless, and it was Uncle Qi, an old beggar, who took care of her for as long as she could remember, and the day she met her master also passed away.

Zhu Qiu didn't say much, just let her go to bed earlier, and then lay down and fell asleep by herself, Nan Huaijin watched her fall asleep, put the two long sword chairs on the edge of the bed, lay down on the bed, closed her eyes, and fell asleep after a while.

The palace gate is closed, and more than a dozen imperial city priests will patrol back and forth, they carry waist knives at their waists, and all those who enter and exit the palace gate must show the bronze talisman forbidden by the palace, otherwise they cannot enter or exit.

The Imperial City Division is very stable today, and there is not a single lazy person, because the Lord Zhe, who has already gone back, is still patrolling, and the Imperial City envoy Lord He, the leader of the Imperial City Division, is also in the palace today, and he went in at dinner in the evening, and he has not come out yet.

There are palace people in the palace carrying palace lamps, some are sent to various palaces with a small stove for supper, and some are big eunuchs holding plates of exquisite dishes in their hands to send to the emperor, the emperor is meeting the imperial city envoy, two people are sitting in the pavilion, and the surrounding guards, secret guards, and imperial city generals look at the eunuchs who come in.

The eunuch next to the emperor filled the emperor with a glass of wine, and the wine glass turned, and it was He Xiao, the envoy of the imperial city, who was seated, and the two drank together.

"He Xiao, in the past, you and I were not like now, and you still need to choose such a time to drink a glass of wine. The emperor smiled and said, he looked no more than thirty years old, and his eyes were black and shiny under a sword eyebrow, but they were shining with sperm.

He Xiao was expressionless but looked respectful, and said: "Your Majesty is only talking about business, it's time for the sword shrine to be broken." ”

Emperor Renzong looked at him suspiciously, the celadon wine glass in his hand fell to the ground gently, as if he remembered something, and with a wave of his hand, the surrounding guards hurriedly retreated, and there was no one left within twenty zhang outside the pavilion except for his old eunuch who poured wine for him.

Renzong Zhao Zhen said slowly: "But the people in your door are here?"

He Xiao nodded.

Zhao Zhen glanced at the old eunuch on the side and said, "Do you know who is here?"

He Xiao looked over, the old eunuch just stood aside with his waist bowed respectfully, and said: "Your Majesty, the news on Qingyun Mountain is that a total of seven people have descended the mountain, and one of them is a disciple of the inner gate, who is under the master of Lu Weisheng Lu Gate. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "I haven't seen the Lord of the Lu Sect for many years, I went down the mountain once sixteen years ago, I was still young at the time, he stirred up the rivers and lakes, and he had a great reputation, Jichen, have you found out which disciple came down from Qingyun Mountain? He Xiao, who is this person?" The old eunuch took two steps forward and opened his mouth, but he still stopped and retreated to the emperor's side.

Saying that, the emperor looked at He Xiao and said, "But come to think of it, that person has already entered Tokyo City, right?"

He Xiao drank all the wine in the cup and filled himself with a glass: "Master's closed disciple, I received a female apprentice ten years ago, and today is the first time I have met her. ”

"Closed female disciple?what??How about martial arts?" Zhao Zhen was curious, this He Xiao was originally the last disciple of Lu Weisheng's sect, but he was very talented, and his martial arts were among the top three among the eight disciples in the door, and now there was another female disciple, he was really curious, this closed disciple has always been the most favorite disciple of the masters, and the talented martial arts must be the best among the descendants, he was very curious, what kind of character was the arrogant Lu Weisheng Lu Sect master willing to accept into the door.

He Xiao smiled: "The talent should be above the disciples in the sect, as for martial arts, as far as I know, she has only practiced for ten years, no matter how high the talent is, her cultivation will not be too high, Your Majesty can rest assured." ”

The emperor smiled, did not argue, picked up the chopsticks on the table and put some minced meat in the mouth, and did not continue to talk.

As he spoke, he suddenly paused, and the figure shimmered, and a person strolled over, and the surrounding guards just felt a gust of wind blowing on their faces, and four or five afterimages approached them inch by inch, and dissipated from their side.

He Xiao frowned, the cup in his hand flicked on it with one finger, the wine glass turned into a marble, and with a soft sound, it was shattered by the anger of the comer.

"Your Majesty drank with Lord Ho, and he did not call me. ”

The man was wearing a red shirt with large sleeves, and after a few jumps, he stood still in front of the two of them, holding a book of soldiers in his hand, and a golden mask on his face, standing quietly, with a thick aura wrapped around his body, looking confused and mysterious.

The surrounding guards were about to draw their swords, but when they saw the person coming, they hurriedly retreated, and the two big characters on the person's golden waist card, Shenwu. The man was tall and dressed in a red robe, and the emperor frowned, turned to look at him, and said, "In the dead of night, I thought, you should sleep." ”