Since the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, after more than 60 years, among them, Emperor Taizu Huangfu Yuan has been in power for more than 40 years.

After the death of Taizu, the Great Zhou experienced a short-lived era name "Tianwen" that was only five or six years old, and after the current Holy Emperor Fu Anmin ascended the throne, he changed the name of the country to Tianwu.

In the sixth year of Tianwu, Huangfu Anmin moved the capital to Yu'an City, and now, it is the nineteenth year of Tianwu.

In fact, before Emperor Tianwu ascended the throne, the construction of Yu'an City had begun during the reign of Emperor Tianwen, which was an idea that Taizu had when he was in power, but at that time, the world was initially decided, and all kinds of waste were waiting to be revived, although the old emperor had ideas, he could not start to do it. Emperor Tianwu advocated moving the capital here, and the Son of Heaven guarded the country, which can be regarded as adhering to the will of his father and brother.

The towering and thick city walls, the wide and neat streets, the teahouses, and the wine shops, can be seen everywhere the figures of those who are in charge of the center of the world.

This is a metropolis full of temptations, and countless down-and-out scholars who have not been asked for ten years may become famous because of a few articles, so they have the qualifications to guide the world here.

Of course, there are more people who are famous in Sun Mountain, and those who have achieved fame in one time may not all be able to thrive in this place, only after falling into the whirlpool of power, they know the height of the temple, and in the face of the intertwined mountains, they will fall into the abyss if they are not careful.

Huangfu Ye has lived in such an atmosphere since he was a child, and he has long been accustomed to it.

The wind blows across the lake in early winter, ripples, Huang Fuye stands in the pavilion in the middle of the lake in the back garden of the palace, looking at the churning scene in the lake, one stop is an hour.

Others only say that he is a nerd who reads stupidly, and he sometimes thinks that he is a nerd, but deep in his heart, there is always a voice telling him that he can fight.

Originally, he didn't want to fight, and it was actually good to be a rich and powerful prince, but since the last trip to the microserver, he has changed his mind. The call in his heart seemed to be getting stronger and stronger, and he had no choice, and the several assassinations he encountered during his travels made him understand that he was destined to be unable to be like ordinary people, even if he didn't fight, someone would push him behind his back to fight for the dragon chair.

Besides, it's not that he doesn't want to fight.

The chaotic thoughts were interrupted by a shout, Huangfu Ye turned around slightly, and saw the housekeeper Liu Neng waving to him on the shore, he knew that if it wasn't for something important, Manager Liu would never disturb him.

Huangfu Ye walked along the pontoon bridge to the shore, and Liu Neng reported in a sharp and respectful voice: "Lord Wang, there is news from the Chunfeng Tower, saying that someone wants to see the prince, and that person is reporting the name of Ye Gongzi. ”

Huang Fu Ye smiled faintly, at first, he had traveled abroad for more than a year under the name "Ye Feifei", and had made a lot of friends, all kinds of people from three religions and nine streams, all kinds of things.

Among them, there are scholars who are full of wealth, there are unruly gentlemen, there are wealthy businessmen with solid families, there are warriors with swords and swords, and there are also famous prostitutes in Qinglou with beautiful appearances...... Whenever he was leaving, he would tell those people that he had a business in the capital.

Therefore, after he returned to Yu'an City, many friends he made during his travels came to look for him, but they were basically businessmen or scholars who went to Beijing to take the exam, and Huangfu Ye also entertained them one by one as Ye Feifei, for those who were quite talented and learned, he would always give some money, or give all kinds of help without hurting the other party's face.

After asking the housekeeper for the name of the person who came, Huang Fuye thought all about it, and muttered in his mouth: "Qin Xuan...... Qin Xuan ......" and then asked, "Steward Liu, is there anyone else besides Qin Xuan?"

"Yes, it is said that there is also a young girl. ”

Huang Fuye thought for a while, "Well, got it, has the carriage been arranged?"

Manager Liu nodded, for these people who came to Chunfeng Building to eat and drink, he actually looked down on them in his heart, but his master would go to see them in person every time, and over time, he also developed a habit.

People born in Yu'an City, few do not know the Chunfeng Building, this is a collection of eating, drinking and playing as one of the gold caves, including restaurants, tea ceremony buildings, chess art buildings, rouge buildings, etc., occupy half of the pavement of the capital Shili Street, so there is the saying of "Ten Mile Chunfeng Building".

After Qin Xuan and Lan Shihuai arrived in Yu'an City, it was naturally easy to find Shili Street, Qin Xuan was immediately taken aback by the grand scale of Chunfeng Tower, as far as the eye could see, it was a series of ancient buildings with the same style but different shapes, and the red lights under the corridor were hung high, connected into a line, and there was no end in sight.

The guests who ushered in the delivery were either prominent dignitaries or wealthy businessmen with thousands of dollars, and ordinary people must not even have the confidence to enter.

Forced to calmly walk into the restaurant under Chunfeng Lou, the guy in the restaurant was polite and very polite. Along the way, the two barely made many stops, even if they rode the big yellow eagle that could travel 3,000 miles a day, it took five days. The two of them haven't been able to have a good meal these days, so Qin Xuan ordered a large table of wine and food, but after they were full of wine and food, they were dumbfounded when they asked the price.

A table of wine and food costs eighty-six taels of silver, and Qin Xuan is now less than fifty taels on his body, and he can't afford to pay for the meal at all.

The guy in the restaurant looked at Qin Xuan's expression and embarrassment, where did he not know that this was the overlord meal, and was about to turn his face, but Qin Xuan reported Ye Feifei's name here.

In fact, Huangfu Ye opened Chunfeng Building, but he never participated in the operation, and few people in the capital knew about it, even the shopkeeper who ate here didn't know. The helmsman on the bright side of Chunfeng Lou is a woman named Feng Ruoyun.

Feng Ruoyun greeted all the guys and shopkeepers in the building a few months ago, as long as a guest reports the name Ye Feifei, it is her friend, be sure to be careful and report it in time.

As soon as the guy heard Qin Xuan's words, he immediately lost his temper, hurriedly put on a smiling face, and politely took the two of them to the teahouse box on the side to wait, and called a young tea-making girl to pour tea for the two.

After waiting like this for half an hour, Qin Xuan finally met Ye Feifei, a rich son he had met in Longwei River.

On the occasion of coming, Mu Linchun said that Ye Feifei's identity was extraordinary, but Qin Xuan did not associate this elegant scholar with the prince.

In Qin Xuan's opinion, this Ye Feifei was at most a child of a high-ranking official in the capital, but the other party did not say anything, so he pretended not to know.

When Huang Fu Ye, who was dressed in brocade clothes, saw Qin Xuan, he immediately smiled, stepped forward and greeted him warmly, Qin Xuan was also polite, after greetings, Huang Fu Ye asked: "Brother Qin, why didn't your brother Mu Linchun come with you?"

Compared with Qin Xuan, Huang Fu Ye remembers the weak young man Mu Linchun more vividly, and after returning to Yu'an City, he has also privately checked his background, especially recently, Huang Fu Ye often thinks of the sick scholar wrapped in mink fur.

I remember that day, Mu Linchun had made some inferences about the situation in the world, asserting that the Great Zhou Emperor had the ambition to dominate the world, and there would be a war between the Tianfeng Dynasty, and now it has indeed come true, although this news has not yet been revealed, but Huangfu Ye has learned through some channels that this time, the father may want to drive the expedition in person, intending to set foot in the northwest.

I only heard Qin Xuan say: "It's not a secret, Brother Ye, the junior brother is here for this matter......" met Huangfu Ye's inquiring gaze, and Qin Xuan immediately told Mu Linchun about being in prison.

"Brother Ye, my brother said, I'm afraid only you can help him in this matter, although our friendship is not too deep, but Mu Tou said, as long as you are willing to help, he will definitely repay him in the future. ”

Huangfu Ye listened quietly, and did not say much during the period.

Qin Xuan hesitated, "My brother still said...... He knows what you want, and I have here a letter from him to you. ”

After speaking, Qin Xuan took out an envelope sealed with fire paint from his arms.

When Huang Fu Ye heard the last sentence, he was curious, took the letter with a smile, and immediately opened it, at first glance, he was a little stunned, and then he thought about it, and after a while, he seemed to have figured out something, and his face changed greatly.

Qin Xuan hadn't read the letter, he had been drinking and drinking to the end in the Dragonclaw Guard's Zhao Prison and Wood that day, and the other party handed him the letter, obviously it had already been prepared.

Seeing Ye Feifei's expression at this moment, he couldn't help but be a little curious about the content of the letter, he poked his head, "Brother Ye?"

Huang Fu Ye hurriedly put the letter away, as if he was a little afraid of being seen, in fact, there were only three people in the teahouse box at this time, except for Qin Xuan, who was sitting opposite him, there was only the purple-clothed girl next to the latter, and looking at Qin Xuan's reaction, he must not have read the letter.

After settling down, Huang Fuye smiled and said a few perfunctory words, but he didn't say a word about the content of the letter, and chatted with Qin Xuan about many irrelevant topics, but it always gave people a feeling of absent-mindedness.

In the end, Qin Xuan once again turned the topic to saving people, and Huang Fu Ye seemed to have made a decision at this time, he said: "Brother Qin, don't worry, I will do my best in this matter, I believe that I will definitely be able to save Mu Gongzi." ”

After getting this reply, Qin Xuan hurriedly expressed his gratitude, but he didn't ask anything, everything he did was in accordance with Mu's original instructions, since the two brothers met, Mu seemed to be able to see everything very clearly, and the problem that seemed very complicated to himself became no longer a problem when it came to Mu's hands. Yes, although he couldn't guess Ye Feifei's identity, he believed in wood very much.

Under Huangfu Ye's arrangement, Qin Xuan accompanied Lan Shihuai to play in Yu'an City for two days, staying in the inn of Chunfeng Lou and eating in the restaurant of Chunfeng Lou.

Of course, all this naturally didn't require Qin Xuan and Lan Shihuai to spend money, and until the two left, they didn't see Ye Feifei again.

Of course, Lan Shihuai wanted to stay in the capital for a while longer, but Qin Xuan took her away on the third day, originally asking for help, but now he was still eating and living for nothing, no matter how thick-skinned he was, he felt embarrassed.

During the two days that Qin Xuan and Lan Shihuai were wandering around Yu'an City, Huangfu Ye personally went to the mansion where Wen Liusheng, the commander of the Dragon Claw Guard, was directed. And what prompted him to do this was the letter that Qin Xuan brought him.

In fact, there was not a single word on the letter, it was just a simple painting, and the painting did not seem to be very good, but the content could be easily discerned: a branch supporting a white hat.

Huang Fu Ye couldn't understand it at first glance, but he was an extremely smart person after all, and immediately understood the meaning of the painting: he himself was the prince of the Great Zhou, but Mu Linchun gave him a white hat, and the prince wore a white hat, which together was the word "emperor".

Huang Fu Ye was very shocked from the beginning, but he calmed down in the past two days, and saved Mu Linchun from prison, for him, it was just a matter of a few words, and now what he wanted to do most was to quickly meet the young man who wrote to him and ask him some questions in person.

It's just that Huangfu Ye knows that these things can't be in a hurry.

In the evening, it was getting dark. Yu'an City, the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is just the beginning of the lanterns.

There is a straight and wide royal road in the city, at the end of the road, is the Ouchi Imperial Palace, in the palace at this moment, the red lanterns under the eaves of various palaces are lit up in turn, and gradually connect into pieces of red, illuminating countless bucket arches and cornices that stick out, and the momentum is magnificent.

On a royal road in the palace, four sturdy eunuchs carried a frame, and there were two small eunuchs with lanterns on the front and back, left and right, and the group walked slowly from east to west.

The man sitting on the board was also a eunuch, and what was different was that he was wearing a big red python robe, and under the black hat was a young and cold face and white hair like snow.

This person's name is Song Daofu, and he is the righteous son of the great eunuch Xiang Dongliu who is in charge of the master of ceremonies, and he is also the one with the greatest power except for Xiang Dongliu.

The Great Zhou Dynasty abolished the prime minister system during the reign of the great grandfather, which means that all the burdens in the world are on the emperor alone. But his children and grandchildren may not be able to do it, and later the Tianwen Emperor Fucheng succeeded to the throne, because of poor health and limited energy, most of the things of the imperial court were handed over to the ministers in the cabinet center.

Slowly, the cabinet center headed by the first assistant Zhang Jinlin became more and more powerful, until Emperor Fu Anmin ascended the throne of Tianwu Emperor, in order to check and balance the cabinet, he reactivated the dragon claw guard abolished by Taizu, and also appointed the eunuchs around him, so in today's imperial court, the three major forces of the cabinet, the dragon claw guard and the celebrant have formed a trend of mutual balance and standing together.

As the head of the eunuchs, Xiang Dongliu, who had both civil and military skills, and after having power in his hands, he promoted his cronies on a large scale, and unlike the Dragon Claw Guard and the cabinet, the right-hand men around him must worship him as his father. Despite this, the eunuchs in the palace have taken this as their goal in life, but they have only received nine sons when they have flowed eastward, and this Song Daofu is the head of the nine righteous sons.

Song Daofu sat on the lift, supported his forehead with his hands, his eyes were slightly closed, and several groups of palace maids and eunuchs who came to him saw Song Daofu's team, and immediately knelt on the side of the road without saying a word, even if they were some harem concubines who were not very favored, they would obediently make way for him, even if they were favored, they would not easily provoke this person.

The group led by Song Daofu came to the outside of the celebrant eunuch and met a eunuch who was also dressed in a big red python robe, this person looked younger than Song Daofu, with a delicate face, and a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

If Qin Xuan was here at the moment, he would definitely be able to recognize that this young eunuch was the scholar An Xiaoliu who had followed Ye Feifei. In fact, this name is not fake, among the nine righteous sons who flow eastward, he is indeed ranked sixth, and his real name is An Deshun.

When Song Daofu's team approached, An Deshun greeted him with a smile, Song Daofu also opened his eyes at this time, lightly with his right arm, several eunuchs who carried the public opinion stopped, and gently put down the carrying opinion, and then a group of people knelt down, and at the same time as they knelt down, Song Daofu also got up from the lifting of the public opinion and slowly walked in front of An Deshun.

"Your father-in-law called you?"

An Deshun smiled and nodded, "Yes." ”

Song Daofu didn't speak again, and turned around and walked towards the door of the celebrant first. An Deshun followed behind him, keeping a short distance.

After the two entered the celebrant and waited, the hall was not very large, with five chairs on the left and right sides, and a larger chair directly above, while Song Daofu and An Deshun obediently sat on the chairs on the left side below and waited.

After a while, a little eunuch brought tea to the two, but the two had a tacit understanding that neither of them touched the tea.

After about a quarter of an hour, a middle-aged eunuch in a white python robe walked into the hall through the side door. ”

The one who can make Song Daofu and An Deshun, the two great eunuchs with real power, be called their fathers together, is naturally the head of the eunuchs in the inner palace to the east.

Xiang Dongliu naturally walked to the chair above and sat down, only then did he signal the two righteous sons to get up, and after the two of them sat back in their positions, Xiang Dongliu said: "Little Liu, do you remember the few people in the rivers and lakes we met in Longwei River last time?"

An Deshun thought for a while, "What did my father-in-law say, but Qin Xuan and Mu Linchun's gang?"

"Yes, my father called you over today, it is for this reason that the young man named Qin Xuan has recently entered Yu'an City, I have sent someone to keep an eye on this person, and when he leaves the city, you two will go and kill him. ”

Xiang Dongliu said lightly, as if he was ordering an extremely ordinary thing.

An Deshun and Song Daofu said yes at the same time, and they didn't ask more about other things, but both of them understood that this matter would never be so simple. An Deshun has seen Qin Xuan, under normal circumstances, to kill a person, as long as he is not a master of the Tianyuan Realm, An Deshun alone is enough, but Xiang Dongliu let the two of them do this together, then the importance of this matter can be imagined.

After Song Daofu and An Deshun took the order, Xiang Dongliu was still sitting there, reflecting on the conversation he had with Guo Guifei in Chengqian Palace last night.

Guo Guifei is the mother of Huang Fuye, and she is the imperial concubine who was secretly raised by Xiang Dongliu, and in order to avoid suspicion on weekdays, the two rarely meet, and only occasionally meet in the dead of night.

Although Guo Guifei is very beautiful, she has long passed the age of Shaohua, in this beautiful harem, although she has status, but she can get less and less holy grace, she never fights with those young concubines, for her, as long as her son has a future future, it is better than anything.

Time back to last night, Guo Guifei had just finished washing up and was about to go to bed, when she heard a slight noise, the windows of the dormitory opened and closed, and a black man appeared next to her bed. But Guo Guifei was not alarmed, because this person was not the first time that he appeared at this time, although he was only a eunuch, he was still half a man anyway.

The man didn't speak, he withdrew his clothes and went to her bed, his hands and tongue roaming freely all over her body, and he didn't stop until Guo Guifei was satisfied.

Guo Guifei lay on the man's chest, and after a while, she whispered: "Dongliu, I heard from the people over there in the palace that Ye'er went to Wen Liusheng's mansion today and saved a Jianghu man from his hands, named Mu Linchun, what do you think of this matter, will it have any impact on Ye'er?"

This eunuch who dared to enter the Chengqian Palace at night and have an affair with the imperial concubine was flowing eastward.

"Mu Linchun, I remembered, this person was met by the prince during his travels, quite brainy, the prince saved him, which shows that the prince has the heart to recruit talents, thinking that he is using it for his own use, I think, this is not a bad thing. ”

"If Ye'er really has the heart to fight, it is indeed a good thing, but if he really takes this step, you have to spare no effort to help him. ”

Xiang Dongliu smiled, "You still need to say this, it's just that I have the emperor's trust now, and I can't take the party strife in a big way, so I can only help him secretly." ”

Guo Guifei seemed to think of something, and asked again: "I heard that the young man who came to ask Ye'er for help looks very similar to him, what is called Qin, have you seen this person?"

"His name is Qin Xuan, I saw it when I was in Longwei River, he is a young man, he is indeed four or five points similar to the third prince, and he is also a mixed country. ”

As soon as Guo Guifei heard this, she immediately sat up from the bed, she was naked at the moment, and her full twin peaks trembled slightly, "Qin Xuan......?" In addition to looking similar to Ye'er, do you have any other features on your face?"

Xiang Dongliu was a little stunned, he thought for a while, "Well, there is a star characteristic, that Qin Xuan's forehead, there is a cyan mark, it looks like a small green lotus." ”

After he said this, Guo Guifei's face had changed greatly, but in the dim curtain, Xiang Dongliu couldn't see her face clearly.

After a long while, Guo Guifei said, "Dongliu, you must kill this Qin Xuan." ”

Xiang Dongliu repeatedly asked the reason, but Guo Guifei did not say, but repeatedly emphasized that he must be killed.

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