East Palace

The twilight was low, and the moonlight shone on the unwavering water. Zhu Luoyun pinched the folding fan and looked at the lake alone, his eyes deep and distant.

A figure, approaching in a busy and unhurried manner, was Zhu Luoyun's personal guard Chu Hua, "His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"What's the matter?" Zhu Luoyun was like a sculpture, motionless.

"The Queen... Sick. ”

Zhu Luoyun's eyes suddenly constricted, "The imperial doctor can diagnose the pulse, how is it now?"

Chu Hua said, "Doctor Shan has already diagnosed the pulse, said that he was overworked, prescribed tranquilizers, and recuperated for a few days." It's just that now His Majesty has asked the queen to recuperate in Weining Palace with peace of mind, and don't go out to blow the wind and get cold. ”

"House arrest. Zhu Luoyun squeezed the handle of the fan tightly, his slightly trembling hand showed his extremely suppressed emotions, and the moon at this time reflected the water in his eyes, until the hand holding the handle of the fan was sweaty, Zhu Luoyun said, "My imperial brother, what a good move!" The voice was calm without the slightest fluctuation.

Chu Hua was inevitably anxious, "Your Highness, aren't you going to visit Weining Palace?"

"Visit?" Zhu Luoyun turned his back to Chu Hua, closed his eyes tightly, and let the two lines of tears slip quietly, "Didn't my father say it? ”

"But ......"

Zhu Luoyun exhaled heavily, his tearful eyes were sharp, "What do you mean, let me go to Weining Palace to discuss countermeasures with my mother in full view of everyone, how to solve the 'crisis' of the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Chu Hua suddenly realized, now that the East Palace has been stared at by many pairs of eyes, if he goes at this time, it will be tantamount to giving people a talking handle and adding fuel to the fire, Zhu Luofeng will take the opportunity to do something again, and they will have no chance to turn over.

Chu Hua slapped himself, "My subordinates are talkative." Subordinates damn it. ”

"Damn not you. Zhu Luoyun unfolded the folding fan in his hand, and calmly looked at the landscape calligraphy and painting on the fan by the cold moonlight, and then groped for the white jade Pixiu fan pendant, which was Zhu Luoyun's return gift after giving Li Zifeng a jade pendant in order to thank him for saving his life. Zhu Luoyun also gladly accepted it and kept carrying it.

Pixiu drives away evil spirits, with tassels, representing that everything goes smoothly, Zhu Luoyun carefully touched the fan pendant, his eyes suddenly became unpredictable, and he said silently in his heart: The promise made will be fulfilled in the end.

However, there is no such thing as a blessing, and there is no single line of evil. Just when Wan Ziyu was seriously suspected of eliminating dissidents, Zhu Xingzhan's personal guards caught a spy in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and under interrogation, they learned that it was the rebel Heifeng of Lingye Palace.

Because he knew that the killer of the Lingye Palace had the habit of hiding the poison bag in his teeth, when he caught Hei Feng, he took the first step to remove his chin, pulled out all the teeth that might hide the poison bag, and then sent him to the Xing Wei Mansion prison for further interrogation.

Under the torture of Xing Weifu, Hei Feng cried and called his mother, he couldn't stand it, so he could explain it, but the first sentence he said made the people present and involved in the interrogation stunned: Wan Ziyu accepted the gold, silver and jewelry presented by Lingye Palace, and agreed to preliminary cooperation, when he was arrested, he just went to contact and discuss some matters!

Yin Shifeng, the judge of Xingwei Mansion, did not dare to delay, and reported the results of the interrogation to Emperor Zhu Xingzhan overnight.

Zhu Xingzhan immediately issued an order to send someone to the Prime Minister's Mansion to search overnight!

In the middle of the night, the Prime Minister's Mansion was instantly brightly lit, and there were figures walking back and forth everywhere, and with the emperor's instructions, the guards in charge of the search were in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and their actions were also casual.

When the family members of the Prime Minister's Mansion saw this battle, they were all shocked, and they didn't know why, so they immediately talked about it, and some of the timid simply hid in the corner of the wall tremblingly and didn't dare to come out, and finally they were found out by the searching guards.

The face was suddenly changed, Wan Ziyu was still calm, he knew that he must not mess with his hands and feet at this time, let the traitor succeed, the captain of the search guard Xu Xiangkun looked at Wan Ziyu, his expression was inexplicable, out of courtesy, he walked over and asked for sin, "Disturb late at night, I hope the prime minister will forgive me." ”

Wan Ziyu stroked his almost white beard and said calmly, "What is the reason to do things according to orders?"

At this time, a small soldier hurriedly ran over to report, "Captain Xu, in the secret passage in the back garden, I found a wooden box with a flower pattern on it. ”

Wan Ziyu and the housekeeper Wan Lin glanced at each other, Wan Lin was shocked, obviously he had already disposed of it, why did he come back again? Who did it?

Pick open the lock, open the box, under the reflection of the torch and lantern, there are some dazzling gold and silver jewels inside! Under the careful turn, Xu Xiangkun found a token at the bottom of the box, which was engraved with the pattern of the flower on the other side, which was obviously the token of the Lingye Palace's entry and exit from the branch hall!

Wan Lin was shocked, no matter how calm Rao was, Wan Ziyu couldn't hide the surprise in his heart, he was so angry that his breathing was a little unsteady, "The traitor is in charge, and he wants to frame the old man like this!"

Half an hour later, the search was complete. Xu Xiangkun frowned and saluted Wan Ziyu, "Prime Minister, this matter is very important, no matter who did it, after all, it was these stolen goods found in your mansion... I hope you will be considerate and take a trip with your subordinates to meet Your Majesty and explain the reason. ”

Wan Lin stood in front of him, "I think which of you dares to take away the master?!"

"Wan Lin, don't be rude!" Wan Ziyu reprimanded, "The body is not afraid of shadows. You just stay in the house and take good care of the house, so as not to let the villain take advantage of the loophole again. ”

Xu Xiangkun stepped out of the way and made a "please" gesture, "Sir, please!"

After a noisy sound of footsteps, the Prime Minister's Mansion regained its tranquility again, but there were obviously many guards around the Prime Minister's Mansion, and no one in the Prime Minister's Mansion was allowed to step out of the gate for half a step.

The wind was quiet, the shadows of the trees were swaying, and a black shadow quietly crossed over the Qingping Palace, gradually blending into the vast night and disappearing.

In the Qingping Palace, when Zhu Luofeng received the news, he was sitting in the study, looking at the scrolls at random, at this time in the dead of night, Zhu Luofeng was not tired at all.

Zhu Luofeng casually flipped the page, "Hongyuan Villa's move is really expensive. Now that I see these results, it is not in vain that I have wasted those lives, it seems that this Li Zhuang owner still has some ability. ”

"Lord, then we ...... now"

Zhu Luofeng said word by word, "Wait and see." ”

With a slight stroke of his finger, he swept over the corner of the page, and four words subtly came into view: hold still.

In the south of Wei'an City, the Moon Inn is shrouded in the vast night, and the dim lights are lit in the wing rooms on the second floor of the inn, which seems to be a guiding lamp for people who are blind at night.

The flames shook slightly, and a man in black quietly appeared, as if he was looking for someone, the wing room was divided into inside and outside, relatively spacious, and the man in black searched almost every corner, but did not find anyone.

"I'm here. A calm voice emerged from the window.

An acquaintance dressed in dark clothes appeared, and the black-clothed man's originally searching gaze instantly deepened a little, and then he arched his hand and said, "Li Gongzi, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come here unharmed." ”

The man in black is the head of the secret guard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xiao Yun, and the person in the dark clothes is Li Zifeng.

Li Zifeng's eyes are becoming clearer and clearer, except for a slight blur and can't see strong light, there is basically no big problem, in Li Zifeng's opinion, it is enough to be able to read and write, and distinguish people's expressions.

Li Zifeng replied, "Captain Laushaw took the risk of taking a personal trip. I don't want to go. Li Zifeng pointed to the stool beside him, "Let's sit down and talk!"

It turned out that since the emperor sent his own soldiers to guard the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wan Ziyu had made preparations, and the rebels in Lingye Palace made such a big move, and the news would definitely spread. And the Hengshan faction, which has interests entangled with the Prime Minister's Mansion, will definitely not give up this opportunity to quell the turmoil, and at least will send people over to listen to the news.

So, he ordered Xiao Yun to secretly stare at the movement of the city gate, and sure enough, two days later, he saw the figure of an acquaintance: Li Zifeng. But after Li Zifeng entered the city, his whereabouts were extremely secretive and his vigilance was extremely high. Xiao Yun also searched for a long time before contacting Li Zifeng. So, there is a meeting tonight.

Li Zifeng also got the news that there was something wrong with the Prime Minister's Mansion, and asked for orders to go down the mountain to Wei'an City overnight, in order not to attract attention, he only brought a disciple Shi Yi, and the shadow guard secretly followed and protected. Ouyang Ze was really not at ease, and secretly sent Xu Pingshan, the captain of the secret guard, to secretly protect him in case of accidents.

I never thought that as soon as I entered the city, Xiao Yun of the Prime Minister's Mansion found himself and scheduled to meet at the beginning of tonight, Xiao Yun arrived as promised, but it was a long time since the scheduled time.

Xiao Yun unceremoniously swallowed a cup of cold tea, and in his seemingly calm expression, it was difficult to hide his sorrow, "Childe, don't be weird, I didn't mean to be late, there was an accident tonight, and I can't stay with you for long." ”

Li Zifeng frowned, and accompanied Xiao Yun to drink herbal tea, "I understand, a box of 'stolen goods' was found in the back garden of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Prime Minister was taken away to meet the emperor. ”

"You know?" Xiao Yun raised an eyebrow.

Li Zifeng smiled bitterly, "The people in Xing Weifu have made such a big move, I don't think it's hard to know." The Prime Minister has been kind to me, and now that he has an accident, I will not sit idly by. ”

"And what can you do?"

Li Zifeng smiled faintly, "I'll send you back to the Prime Minister's Mansion first." ”

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