"Princess, I have no intention of snooping on your privacy, don't be nervous. ”

Li Ran hurriedly said.

"You just stand there, don't move!"

Xiao Wan'er's eyes were round, and she jumped down from the thunderbird.

"Well, okay. ”

Li Ran smiled, making himself look harmless to humans and animals.

"What did you see?" Xiao Wan'er came to him and asked suspiciously.

"Didn't see anything. ”

Li Ran thought for a while, and added: "It's just this pile of wooden spiritual seats, oh, and the names of these unknown tomb owners on ........" ”

He really didn't say nonsense, the names on these spiritual positions were all written with a brush, full of typos, and the only correct names, such as "Zhu Yiyi", "Zhao Sansan", and "Liu Erer", were made up at first glance.

And the handwriting is crooked, how ugly and ugly it is, you don't have to think about it, you can know whose masterpiece it is.

"Don't disturb them! ”

Xiao Wan'er grabbed Li Ran's arm and pulled it back.

"Hey, princess, who are those people on the spiritual throne? What a strange name, isn't it...... Is it a spirit animal that has died here?"

On the way back halfway up the mountain, Li Ran pretended to be very curious and deliberately said.

He originally wanted to ask directly about the cave, after all, the powerful demonic aura before had left too deep an impact on him, but after thinking about it, he still started small.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

This trick really worked, Xiao Wan'er bit her lip, and a trace of pain flashed in her eyes: "They ...... They are my former eunuch guards, and they are all my good friends!"

Damn, there's a problem!

Hearing Xiao Wan'er's words, Li Ran's heart fluttered.

He had long heard that over the years, there have been countless eunuchs and close servants who have been hung up under Xiao Wan'er, many of whom have not even found their bodies, and there are even exaggerated claims among the people, saying that these four princesses Xiao Wan'er have quirks and love to collect and abuse corpses.

And her reputation as the "Little Demon King of the Imperial Capital" also comes from this.

However, in Li Ran's current opinion, these people were definitely not deliberately killed by Xiao Wan'er.

Because, eyes can't deceive people.

Yes, when these people were mentioned just now, Li Ran clearly sensed a trace of remorse and sadness in Xiao Wan'er's eyes.

"Isn't it...... Does it have something to do with that mysterious cave up there? ...... there. Is there really a terrifying super monster hidden?"

Thinking of this, Li Ran was shocked in his heart, and continued to open his mind: "By the way, this place was built by Murong Yu to find someone, if there is really such a thing, maybe it will have nothing to do with this legendary boss!"

"Fourth princess, don't be sad, the past is over, I believe you are also unintentional......"

He deliberately tentatively threw out such a sentence.

"You are talking nonsense, I didn't harm them!" Xiao Wan'er bit her lower lip tightly, tears rolling in her eyes: "I...... I don't want that either. ”

"I'm sorry, but I'm offended. ”

Li Ran stopped here, he didn't plan to ask any more, he had an intuition, if he asked more, this little girl would probably be completely fried.

However, there were some slight deviations in his predictions.

"I hate you!"

Xiao Wan'er raised her slender and white little hand, punched Li Ran in the chest, and rode away on the thunderbird:

"Li Ran! I changed my attention! I don't want you anymore!"

In the valley, Xiao Wan'er's resentful voice echoed.

", don't, gentleman's word, eight...... Ma Jia whip, this is what you said yourself, big man!"

Li Ran wanted to cry without tears, his intestines were all repentant, and it was a disaster that came out of his mouth!

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Li Ran returned to the princess's mansion with a bitter face.

Starting tomorrow, I will follow Xiao Wan'er to study and learn art normally, looking at the latter's attitude, it is estimated that he will not be given good juice to eat at that time, damn, it will be a failure.

But fortunately, after some contact, I found that this little girl is not difficult to coax, and it should not be difficult to get some favorability.

"By the way, there is still half a day to go, and I happened to have a set of practice utensils from Xiao Wan'er before, why don't you try to start my "Flying Sword Ask" plan?"

Thinking of this, his heart was immediately full of energy.

During this period of time, the two things that made him feel the most cool were not the "life and death force" that was turned against the sky in front of the Shenwu Gate, but the awesome and shining spell "Tiangang Ten Directions Fall", and today's "Condensation Pill" that reshaped the demon beast core!

These two things, for the first time, made him really feel that as an immortal cultivator-

I'm so fucking strong!

Lao Tzu is an all-round output ADC, not an auxiliary!

Thinking that the flying sword was beckoning to him, and the flying sword was about to become a reality, Li Ran couldn't help but speed up his pace.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, he saw that his living room was full of people!

Damn, what the hell?

He was so confused that he almost thought he had gone to the wrong room.

"Yo, Master Li is back!"

"Haha, we've been waiting for you for a long time!"

"Brother Li, you are an idol below! The admiration for you below is like a surging river, endless!"

Five or six handsome young men of his age surrounded him with courteous faces.

"Oh, you guys are ......" Li Ran instantly recognized the identities of these people, thought about the words for a long time, and said, "Colleague?"

"Colleague?"

The young men looked at each other, and after a while, they echoed: "Yes, yes! Colleagues, we are all colleagues!"

It turned out that these people were all the quasi-monarchs of the fourth princess Xiao Wan'er, and at that time in Shenwumen Square, Li Ran had mostly met once, looking at this battle, could it be that he was conquered by his personality charm and planned to withdraw from the competition in advance?

"Mr. Li, your song "Lime Yin" is really touching, thought-provoking, simple, and contains a hidden philosophy of life, and your previous "Goddess Fu" is the second best in today's poetry!"

A handsome young man in purple said in admiration.

This guy Li Ran knows, the son of Huang Wanli, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Huang Qiusheng, an authentic Wenju person, and a Guozi supervisor, is one of his biggest competitors.

And in the second-generation circle of officials in the imperial capital, this guy has always been unkind to him, and he has never had any friendship before.

"Hey, Brother Huang has won the award, I have nothing to do in my life, except for writing a few sentences of popular masterpieces, thanks to His Majesty's appreciation, I have no achievements except for entering the Hanlin, I am really ashamed to be ashamed. ”

Li Ran said very modestly.

As soon as he said this, all the teenagers were full of MMP in their hearts, and they forced you to finish a sentence, and you are still ashamed?

However, everyone was still smiling and grinning on the surface, which vaguely made Li Ran feel a little bad.

Speaking of which, these guys are either the sons of Shangshu, or the nephews of Yushi, and the most important is the son of the master of the Zhan Mansion, they are all familiar faces, big familiar faces.

Hmph, you used to ignore me, and now—

I've got to mingle with you!

Li Ran naturally knows about this set of communication in the officialdom, and now that his Li family has been promoted by the empress, it can be regarded as a small success, and the battle in Shenwumen Square has made him famous, no, these people naturally see the situation clearly and build a good relationship in advance.

In fact, a lot of things, a little pondering can be made through, today's Xuanyue Dynasty, but where there is any fat shortage, it is a turn, there are only a few groups of people, they have already formed a strict interest group, outsiders, they can't come up at all.

Li Ran still believes that Zhang Ningfu and Ma Feng came forward to engage in themselves out of this mentality.

But Li Ran knows a truth.

The more you are in the middle of the day, the more you must make a leap in your career, the more you must be sober-minded, you must not float, and you must not easily make enemies. Because, the more attention it gets, the easier it is to become the target of the major imperial court forces.

So, he greeted each other with a smile, praised each other with everyone one by one, and then called the eunuch of the palace to bring wine, push the cup and change the lamp, from poetry and songs, to the philosophy of life, a group of people who had no intersection before, at this moment, like brothers in life and death.

So far, everyone has invested in this absurd officialdom scene, and they are happy and unwilling to end for a long time.

In fact, everyone is well aware of the real relationship between them.

After a month, only one will be left as Xiao Wan'er's gentleman, and everyone else will be eliminated!

All of you here are veritable competitors!

All the teenagers have been restrained at home for a long time on weekdays, but now they have finally broken free from the sea of suffering, they are all very interested, hearty, I don't know how long they have been drinking, and in the end, even Li Ran is slightly drunk.

"Brothers, I ...... I'll tell you the truth!" Huang Qiusheng, the son of the Ministry of Works, suddenly stood up and said with a red face: "I was forced! I really don't want to come to the palace!"

His words immediately aroused the true feelings of the audience.

"Brother Huang, that's right, who really wants to? If it weren't for my father's forced persecution, I would have preferred to marry a beautiful village girl than have a ...... Four ......"

Another prince of the imperial history, Zhou Changling sighed bitterly, but he was still relatively cowardly, and he still didn't dare to say the name of the spicy woman.

"Brother Zhou, why bother with it, everyone here is your own brother!"

A tall young man in a strong suit said angrily: "That's what I'm talking about, Xiao Wan'er! Let's have a few brothers, pick one out at random, which one is not a young elite, a dragon and a phoenix among people? I can't wait for my beloved second princess, forget it, Lao Tzu would rather die than let that little girl be humiliated......

Li Ran looked up, this person was the head of the six doors, Wu Meng's son, Wu Kun.

Although this guy is not from the Holy Martial Academy, he is a genuine martial arts scholar, a three-grade martial artist, and a family heirloom "King Kong Serial Knife", famous in the imperial capital.

I saw that Wu Kun was talking, a pot of wine poured into his throat, a pair of tiger eyes, and tears flowed down: "Actually...... In fact, if she is chosen, Lao Tzu will admit it, if she is not matched, where will I put my martial name in my life?"

After Wu Kun finished speaking, as if he had been ignited with some kind of emotion, everyone was singing and chanting poetry a second ago, and they all died down in an instant, sighing, muttering endlessly, complaining about the unfairness of fate......

Next, no one spoke, each drank sullen wine, and the atmosphere fell into a dead silence, becoming extremely heavy.

"Brother Li, what about you, are you also voluntary?" At this moment, a young man broke the silence, this person was the son of the right imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Lu Haoxuan.

As soon as he spoke, everyone stopped the wine glasses in their hands and looked at Li Ran with their eyes.

As the strongest player in this Jun Shilang competition, and a talented man who is favored by the empress, in their eyes, Li Ran's appearance and talent are at the peak, and the only drawback is that he is not familiar with martial arts.

"Me? I may not be like everyone else......

Li Ran smiled slightly, and drank all the wine in the cup: "I really love the fourth princess." ”

“......”

Everyone was stunned, and then gave a heartfelt thumbs up, with a subtext of "you won".

Of course, they didn't know that Li Ran's words were not for them.

On the roof of this room, a "rainbow shadow messenger" of more than four grades lurked like a spider, eavesdropping on every move in the house.

It's been a really lively night.

Li Ran sighed in his heart.

If he guessed correctly, tonight as the first night of entering the palace as a gentleman, at this moment, there is such a gentleman in the second princess's mansion, the third princess's mansion, and the eldest princess's mansion, for the high-ranking heavenly maiden, to listen to the reality of their group of future emperor candidates.

This year's empress is really terrifying.