Xiahou Lingyu stood behind Dong Liu, looked at the opposite side, and saw more than a dozen guards coming over, among them was a thin old man in a gray robe, with bright eyes and hands like eagle claws, and it was this old man who spoke. Xiahou Lingyu saw that his whereabouts were exposed, so he no longer covered it, and walked out generously, asking loudly, "Old man, who are you?"

The old man in the gray robe smiled slightly, and said proudly: "Little girl, the old man is Li Chengdong, the deputy commander of the Zhou Palace's guards, who are you? What a bold man, you dare to break into the Zhou Palace!"

When Xiahou Lingyu heard the name Li Chengdong, he had never heard of it, and he was not a master, so he smiled and said: "My name is Xiahou Lingyu, and I am a disciple of Tongtian Mountain Tongtian Guan Wuxuan Zhenren, I came to your palace to find a steward named Liao Zhicheng, his relative Hong Wuji stole the Soul Restoration Grass that I wanted to give to Wei Wang Tang Jiusheng, and sneaked into your palace to hide, so I sneaked into the palace to track him down and recapture the Soul Restoration Grass!"

Li Chengdong's eyes lit up, his hands brushed his beard, and he muttered for a long time, he and Liao Zhicheng, the second steward of the palace, were not on good terms, so Liao Zhicheng relied on his own future as a fourth grade, and he could go further in the future, so he had no one in his eyes, and he didn't pay attention to Li Chengdong. Since he, Liao Zhicheng, dared to take in the thieves, why not take this opportunity to clean him up?

And Xiahou Lingyu's master Wuxuan Zhenren is too famous, especially his apprentice Luo Fengyang ranks second in the world, which can be described as famous, and he Li Chengdong neither wants to offend Wuxuan Zhenren nor Luo Fengyang. But after all, Xiahou Lingyu broke into the palace at night and lost her manners, so if it was not good, let her go, do you still want to do it with her here?

Li Chengdong hesitated for a moment, thought about it, and said with a smile: "Little girl, the old man doesn't know if what you said is true or false! Since you said that the person surnamed Hong stole your treasure and sneaked into the palace, then the person in charge of Liao may not know about it, besides, it is difficult to say that this person surnamed Hong is not in the palace! In case he is not in the palace, what do you say?"

Xiahou Lingyu sneered: "Old man Li, do you want to protect the thief surnamed Hong? Your dignified Zhou Wangfu actually hid the thief at home, and it would be a shame to spread it out!"

Li Chengdong laughed, "Okay, little girl, the old man will take you to see Steward Liao, if you can catch the person surnamed Hong, and everyone will get the stolen goods, the old man will naturally return your things to you, as long as you apologize to my prince and admit your mistake, the prince is also a magnanimous person, thinking that you sneaked into the palace to take the thief, and it is not necessarily to deal with you." But if the thief surnamed Hong is not there, then the old man will not be able to bear you!"

Xiahou Lingyu said secretly, he was already at a loss when he visited the Zhou Wangfu at night, and there were many people on the other side, and now that he was discovered, it was not easy to move strongly. What's more, according to Chen Chongling, most of this surnamed Hong is hidden in the palace, so Xiahou Lingyu is not afraid in his heart, and nods and says, "Okay, Old Man Li, just do it according to your method!"

Li Chengdong waved his hand, "Brothers, let's go, let's take this Xiahou girl to see Steward Liao!" Li Chengdong turned back to a big guard with a knife and said, "Cheng Chong, you go to the gatehouse to check, is there a person named Hong Wuji who has entered the palace today?" The guard named Cheng Chong agreed and ran straight to the gatehouse.

Xiahou Lingyu followed Li Chengdong and others to see Liao Steward, Dong Liu saw that no one paid attention to him, so he quickly slipped away, otherwise how would he explain to the guards in the mansion

This?

Li Chengdong took Xiahou Lingyu and others to walk forward, not much time, and came to the five inverted rooms in the middle of the south of the palace, where Steward Liao usually works, and today it happens to be Steward Liao's night shift. The guards standing guard at the door saw that the deputy commander Li Chengdong came to the door of the inverted room with more than a dozen guards, and there must be nothing good.

The guards standing guard hurriedly saluted Deputy Commander Li and said loudly: "Yo, Deputy Commander Li, it's almost dawn, you still haven't slept yet?"

Li Chengdong smiled coldly, and said in a strange manner: "Ouch, how can you sleep here? We have thieves in the palace, do you dare to sleep? When the prince wakes up later, will we all be beheaded?" As soon as Li Chengdong's words fell, he heard someone come out of the upside-down room.

I saw this person who came out, with a Chinese face, two thick eyebrows, and a brocade robe, came out of the steps, swept down Li Chengdong and the others, and said with a disdainful face: "Li Chengdong, what do you mean by bringing a group of people here? Who is the thief?" This person is Liao Zhicheng, the second steward of the Zhou Palace.

Li Chengdong was just about to answer, but he saw the guard Cheng Chong hurriedly running over, whispering a few words in Li Chengdong's ear, and then retreating behind Li Chengdong.

Xiahou Lingyu listened clearly on the sidelines, and sure enough, the person named Hong Wuxian slipped into the Zhou Wangfu in the middle of the night with a flower baggage. It was the second steward Liao Zhicheng who came out to receive him.

Li Chengdong smiled coldly, "Steward Liao, in the middle of the night today, there is a relative of yours named Hong Wuji who entered our palace?

Liao Zhicheng was stunned, and then suddenly, sneered and said: "Yes, it is a distant relative of mine, Hong Wuji, who came to visit me in the palace, he got a new treasure, called the Nine Turns Soul Restoration Grass, he wants to dedicate this Nine Turns Soul Restoration Grass to our prince, because it is late, I will keep him here and wait for him to be dedicated to the prince tomorrow morning!"

Hearing this, Xiahou Lingyu was furious, took two steps forward, and said loudly: "You asked Hong Wuxian that thief to come out to see me! How did he get this Soul Restoration Grass? He ran to the Tongyuan Inn to be a thief, stole my Nine Turns Soul Restoration Grass and fled. His accomplice Chen Chongling has now been arrested and taken down, and he has been recruited, and the arresters are looking around the city for the news of Hong Wuji, but they didn't expect him to hide in the Zhou Palace!"

Li Chengdong laughed and said, "Steward Liao, if it's your relative who is a thief and steals the Nine Turns Soul Restoration Grass, will the prince of our family be happy to know about this?"

Liao Zhicheng had a calm face, "This girl, you said that the Nine Turns Soul Restoration Grass is yours, but is there any evidence to prove that it belongs to you?"

Xiahou Lingyu glared and said, "You asked that Hong Wuji to come out to see me, I want to ask him face to face!"

Liao Zhicheng heard Xiahou Lingyu say this, and secretly complained in his heart, this thing is true, but he hated that Hong Wuji deceived himself, and only said that he inadvertently picked this priceless nine-turn soul rejuvenating grass on the high mountain, and wanted to use it to give it to the prince, wanting to seek a half-official position. Now he is blocked in the door, and he can't even get out of it, at least on the charge of harboring thieves.

Li Chengdong waved his hand, and said in a strange manner: "Brothers, go in and take down Hong Wuji for me, interrogate him carefully, don't let him wronged those who are loyal to the prince."

Did you hear that?" the guards agreed, and they were about to break into the inverted room.

Liao Zhicheng stretched out his hands to block the way of the guards, and shouted: "Slow! The inverted seat room is a heavy place, who allowed you to enter the upside-down room?"

Li Chengdong laughed, stepped forward and pulled away Liao Zhicheng's hand, like an old friend, and gently pushed Liao Zhicheng's ribs with his hand, pushing Liao Zhicheng aside, and said with a smile: "Steward Liao, you don't want to be like this! You must distinguish between public and private things, and you can't shield him just because he is your relative, so what kind of words will it be spread out? If the prince knows that others have given him stolen goods, won't he be angry to death!"

Liao Zhicheng's martial arts were far inferior to Li Chengdong, and he was pushed by his seemingly understatement, so he involuntarily took a few steps back and made way into the house. The guards rushed in, but Xiahou Lingyu didn't dare to enter the door, but only stayed outside the window, for fear that the surnamed Hong would escape from the window.

Besides, Hong Wuji, when he saw Xiahou Lingyu chasing Chen Chongling at the inn, he was secretly amused, sneaked into the house and stole the nine-turn soul rejuvenation grass, thinking, I have a cousin named Liao Zhicheng, now Zhou Wangfu is the second housekeeper, and he is very favored by the prince, why don't I take this soul rejuvenation grass to seek refuge in Zhou Wang to seek him a half-official position, it is better than going to Liaodong, I heard that the ghost place in Liaodong is extremely cold in winter, and even the jaw can be frozen, so it's better not to go!

He didn't want to share the credit with Chen Chongling, he wanted both the Soul Restoration Grass and the Xiahou Lingyu, but he just tricked Chen Chongling into being a thug for him.

Thinking of this, Hong Wuji changed his mind, and came to the Zhou Wangfu to see Liao Zhicheng with this soul revival grass on his back, only to deduce that he had inadvertently dug it on the mountain, and specially came to dedicate it to the prince!

How did Liao Zhicheng know that he stole it? Hearing Hong Wuji say this, he was happy in his life, the prince loved these things the most, and if someone offered him treasures, how could the treasure giver not be appreciated? If my cousin also served in this palace, I, Liao Zhicheng, would be like an extra right-hand man in the palace! Liao Zhicheng was extremely happy in his heart.

Therefore, Liao Zhicheng left Hong Wuxian in a hurry, placed him in the inverted room to rest, and prepared to take him to see the prince tomorrow morning, how could he think of such a stall?

The guards entered the upside-down room, looking for Hong Wuji everywhere, Hong Wuji heard clearly in the house, panicked in his heart, carried the burden of blue cloth, carried a black bamboo wand, hit a window and jumped out, just wanted to escape!

Xiahou Lingyu was afraid that he would jump out of the window and escape, so he stared outside, but this kid really jumped out of the window and escaped. Xiahou Lingyu took a step forward and swung the Biyun Sword and slashed down. Hong Wuxian gritted his teeth, raised the black bamboo wand in his hand, and released a black light to split Xiahou Lingyu, Xiahou Lingyu hurriedly recited a spell, and then the black light, and the two of them were each shocked back five steps away.

When Li Chengdong on the side saw it, he sighed, "This kid can also use demon magic! Quick, brothers, take down this thief who can do witchcraft for me!" The guards saw Hong Wuji jumping out of the window and escaping, and for a while, they jumped out of the window and walked out of the door, and surrounded Hong Wuji in an uproar.

Hong Wuxian had red eyes, and pointed to the inverted seat with the black bamboo wand in his hand, and a red light rushed out, and the brick and wood structure of the inverted seat room was set on fire.

Liao Zhicheng was stunned angrily, this cousin is simply a bastard! You can run away as a fuck, and set fire to the palace, how many heads do you have enough to cut off?

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