The twilight is low, the lights are on, the inner hall of Weijiazhuang, the lights are soft, and the fragrance of tea is overflowing.

When Lingxi gently helped Li Zifeng into the inner hall, Shen Zhiping was talking to a middle-aged man, and when he saw Li Zifeng coming, he stepped forward and helped him, "Slow down." I've brought you a distinguished guest. ”

Li Zifeng groaned, the conversation stopped abruptly, Li Zifeng couldn't discern the direction, Shen Zhiping reminded, "The distinguished guest is a few steps away from your left." ”

The middle-aged man who had just talked to Shen Zhiping was large and strong, with a beard. From the time Li Zifeng came in to the time he walked in front of him, he had been observing, Li Zifeng's eyes were wrapped in a black cloth, his face was calm, and the middle-aged man had been searching in his mind, and finally coincided with a person's shadow. "Is that you?"

Li Zifeng carefully identified the source of the voice, the other party only had two short words, Li Zifeng couldn't identify them, and was a little embarrassed, "Honorable guest, I'm sorry, I can't see it, you ......"

The middle-aged bearded man suddenly said, "That's right, it's you, you bought my wine before." ”

Li Zifeng was puzzled, when he went out, he never drank alcohol, what he was afraid of was that he lost his words after drinking, let alone took the initiative to buy wine. But there was one exception, and that was when the news was inquired about in Guard City.

Li Zifeng thought back to the other party's voice and said tentatively, "Boss Bao?"

With Shen Zhiping, there is also Bao Hong, the owner of the deep tavern in the alley of Wei'an City, nicknamed 'Bao Inquire', before, Li Zifeng spent money to ask Bao Hong about the beauty pageant of Hengxiang Inn, as well as some other news of Wei'an City, and when he left, Bao Hong forcibly stuffed him with a jar of wine. It was this jar of wine that saved his life.

Thinking of this, Li Zifeng arched his hand in the direction of Bao Hong, "Speaking of which, I would like to thank Boss Bao for the wine." ”

Bao Hong and Li Zifeng didn't have much friendship, and when they met again after a relationship, there was not much turmoil in their hearts, but they looked at the black cloth on Li Zifeng's eyes with pity, and sighed silently, "It seems that the medicinal properties of that jar of wine are still a little worse......"

It turned out that Shen Zhiping went out to secretly contact the contacts in his hands, in order to find out some news, but he accidentally saw Bao Hong who came to Xi Kip Town to drink.

Bao Hong didn't come here to drink on purpose, he just did his old job in the name of wine: to find out the news, some things that should be known and what should not be known, were all in his ears, although he could not verify it for a while, but the astonishing degree of the news made him indifferent to all kinds of news, and his heart was slightly shocked.

He began to find Shen Zhiping's whereabouts by all means, and after several twists and turns, he finally met him when he walked to Xi Kip Town. So, in the name of sending wine, Bao Hong came to Weijiazhuang with Shen Zhiping.

After Bao Hong greeted the people present, several people sat down, Bao Hong looked at Shen Hongfei and Lingxi, opened his mouth, and didn't know where to start.

Shen Zhiping knew the worry in his heart, and pretended to smile lightly, "These two are old acquaintances, you can believe it." I'm just a noisy guest today, borrowing Shen Gongzi's territory to take you in. ”

"Oh. Shen Zhiping's words made Bao Hong let down his guard, "In this way, I will be blunt." ”

Bao Hong took a sip of tea and continued, "The situation in Wei'an City is a bit delicate now, if you talk about the noisy guests, the one who clears the pavilion will bear the brunt. ”

"Qing Pavilion?"

Bao Hong drank the tea in a few sips and wiped his mouth, "You don't know yet, the princes and nobles, the court officials, will secretly cultivate their own forces to ensure safety or to carry out some secret missions, they are usually called secret guards or shadow guards. And he called this kind of organization Qingge. ”

Shen Zhiping took over, "I'll tell you the truth, we also just learned that there is an organization called Qing Pavilion, and we have been thinking about the true purpose of its existence for the past two days." ”

If Qing Ge is really a killer cultivated by Zhu Luofeng, the king of Qingping, then his purpose is that Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone. But there is a doubt that he has a large number of personal soldiers at his disposal, and they are all loyal, and it is not difficult to carry out any tasks.

But even so, if you have to spend money to cultivate such an organization, there is only one explanation, that is, to use them to do something that is difficult for the personal soldiers and guards to come forward, assassination missions, and the target is by no means a small person.

Li Zifeng was distracted, thinking about all the things that had happened in the past few days, and for some reason, he suddenly thought of other questions, so he asked, "Will all high-ranking and powerful people raise such a group of killer organizations?"

This sentence seems to be asking Bao Hong, and it seems to be asking Shen Zhiping. Shen Zhiping replied first, "Not only the powerful, but also some famous families or larger sects will also cultivate this kind of organization, don't we also have this kind of organization?"

Li Zifeng's head hurt a little, and he seemed to dream back to twenty years ago, before he fell off the cliff, and heard the words outside Li Muyang's study intermittently, which mentioned words similar to Qing Ge.

Lingxi patted him gently, "What's wrong with you?"

Li Zifeng came back to his senses, "Oh, I'm thinking of the people who were kidnapped in the towns and villages around Wei'an City a few days ago, I don't know if Boss Bao has any news?"

"Speaking of this...... Bao Hong paused and looked at Li Zifeng, "I am a wine seller, and I also like to drink on weekdays, so it is normal to be slightly drunk every day. ”

The atmosphere in the inner hall suddenly froze, Shen Zhiping frowned, and everyone else turned their eyes to Li Zifeng, and for a while, except for a few faint breathing sounds, there was no other sound.

After a while, Bao Hong coughed lightly, "I said it, I drank wine that day, whether this news is true or not remains to be verified." ”

............

Guard City

The walls of the palace are deep, separating the noise from the silence, and the faint moonlight pours like water, sprinkling dappled silver light on the ground through the dense foliage. The evening breeze is gentle, not cool or dry, and it is very pleasant.

The queen's residence, Weining Palace, was a peaceful scene, the palace maid was sweeping and pruning in the garden, occasionally talking in a low voice, pursing her lips and smiling, but the aunt in charge appeared with a straight face, and then scattered with interest, and continued their own arrangements.

Even if Queen Wan Xintong is dignified and serious on weekdays, whenever she sees this scene, she can't help but slightly hook the corners of her lips, but today, Wan Xintong has not smiled, from dinner to now, she has been in the dressing mirror, and she didn't even care about the footsteps of the maids in and out of the tea palace.

Inside the dormitory, the candlelight shines through the crystal frosted lampshade, emitting an orange light. Wan Xintong was dressed in a lemon yellow gauze mopping skirt, sat quietly in front of the mirror, removed the phoenix hairpin and Cuizhu, and only left a simple and simple bun. The personal palace maid Cui Zhen stood aside and waited for her master's orders at any time.

At this time, the sharp and high-pitched voice of the chief eunuch He Sheng came from far and near, informing that "the emperor has arrived in ......", Wan Xintong didn't expect Zhu Xingzhan to come over at this time, and then wanted to dress up, but it was too late.

Zhu Xingzhan was dressed in regular clothes, and only brought Father-in-law He Sheng to come, Wan Xintong was already waiting, and he owed deeply, "The concubine greets Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Xingzhan looked at Wan Xintong deeply, wearing a thin gauze, slightly powdered, and his hair bun was not decorated, which had a unique charm. Zhu Xingzhan looked at it for a while, and then stepped forward to help Wan Xintong get up, and then walked straight to the mahogany carved tea case and sat down, "The queen doesn't have to be polite, come and talk to me." ”

"Yes. ”

Wan Xintong walked over and sat opposite Zhu Xingzhan, and after Cuizhen served hot tea, he quietly retreated.

The tea was steaming with heat, rippling in the white jade tea cup with patterned flowers, Zhu Xingzhan enjoyed it himself, and his voice couldn't hear joy and anger, "Xin Tong's dress is rare." ”

Wan Xintong was stunned, she hadn't heard the title of Xin Tong from Zhu Xingzhan's mouth for a long time, and now... Wan Xintong carefully observed Zhu Xingzhan's expression, but he couldn't find a trace of a smile on his face, and a trace of uneasiness rose faintly in his heart, "The concubine is rude in front of the emperor......

Zhu Xingzhan waved his hand, "The queen is too cautious. I've been observing outside the window for a long time, and I've seen that you've been distracted, but what's bothering you in the harem?"

Wan Xintong lightly opened his lips, "Your Majesty is worried, the harem is peaceful, and all the sisters are united." ”

"That's good, has the prime minister visited the palace recently?"

Wan Xintong's beautiful eyes suddenly tightened, once a woman enters the palace as a concubine, even if she is a close relative, she must be approved by the emperor to visit the palace, and now Zhu Xingzhan asked this sentence, which made the uneasiness in Wan Xintong's heart deeper.

Looking up, Zhu Xingzhan's expression was still tepid, and after thinking for a while, Wan Xintong replied, "Father is working hard, so I guess I can't ask for permission to visit the palace." ”

Zhu Xingzhan looked at Wan Xintong with deep eyes, "Oh, the state affairs have been busy recently, I forgot, after the morning dynasty today, the king of Qingping also handed over the excerpt separately and said some things about the prime minister, I wonder if the queen is interested in listening to it?"

When he said this, Zhu Xingzhan's deep gaze always fell on Wan Xintong, and he kept observing her reaction, but Wan Xintong was always calm, and he couldn't see many ups and downs in his emotions.

Sure enough, Wan Xintong replied calmly, "It's inconvenient for the concubine to know, and I hope Your Majesty will understand." ”

"So, it's abrupt. Zhu Xingzhan pinched a piece of flower-shaped dim sum and took a bite, "The dim sum in the queen's palace is the most delicious, and you should always have some in the future." ”

Wan Xintong listened to it and breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Majesty doesn't dislike it." ”

An unpredictable smile appeared on Zhu Xingzhan's face, "Xin Tong will do a good job as the queen, take care of the affairs of the harem for me, and don't let me down." ”

Wan Xintong immediately stood up and bowed his head slightly, "The concubine understands." ”

Zhu Xingzhan stood up and stretched his shoulders casually, "I suddenly remembered that there were still some twists and turns to deal with, so I won't stay longer, the queen should rest!"

Wan Xintong always maintained a saluting posture, "The concubine sends your majesty." ”

When Zhu Xingzhan walked away, Wan Xintong straightened up, and Cui Zhen hurriedly came in to help, "Niangniang, why are your hands so cold? ”

"No need!" Wan Xintong grabbed Cuizhen, "Bengong is fine, it's just too tired." ”

Cuizhen's face was full of worry, "Niangniang, the slave maid just saw that His Majesty's face was so ugly, is something wrong?"

Wan Xintong didn't pay attention to Cui Zhen's mouth, and Gu Zi fell into deep thought.