The twilight is low, the autumn wind is gusting, and the dazzling glazed tile roof and crimson palace walls are also shrouded in twilight, gradually fading their colors and falling into a large silence.

The attendants of the Weining Palace patrol carried lanterns back and forth, and the palace maids also stepped up the action of repairing flower branches and sprinkling the courtyard in their hands, and everyone was cautious, for fear of alarming the queen mother who was recuperating in the inner hall.

The inner hall was brightly lit, and the palace maid Cui Zhen was waiting beside Wan Xintong, at this time, she had already stared at her eyes in a faux padrille, and her mouth was open enough to hold an egg.

It's no wonder she's like this, because she watched Wan Xintong eat the desserts on the table to the bottom, and she still relished them, as if she never felt full.

Just when Wan Xintong was about to start with the last plate of peach kernel cake, Cuizhen couldn't hold back any longer, she immediately knelt in front of Wan Xintong, boldly grabbed Wan Xintong's wrist, and almost all of her comforting voices were crying, "Niangniang, slave and maid are bold, you really can't eat anymore, are you uncomfortable?

Wan Xintong glanced at Cuizhen, and then broke free of her hand, Xu is too hard, Cuizhen didn't kneel steadily, fell down, Wan Xintong looked, lost half of the softness before, and even flashed a trace of displeasure between his eyebrows, "Does the palace not even have the right to eat now?"

Listening to Wan Xintong's unkind tone, Cuizhen's heart ached, since Wan Ziyu was imprisoned, Wan Xintong has never laughed again, and his mood is also very unstable, although the imperial doctor has adjusted the tranquilizer, it has no effect.

Seeing that his master was about to pick up the dessert and continue to eat, Cui Zhen hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, "Niangniang, even if you kill the slave today, the slave and maid will persuade you, you really can't eat anymore, the phoenix body is important......!

"The phoenix body is important, my father was falsely imprisoned, but I can't do anything, what is the use of this phoenix body?" Wan Xintong was without makeup, and she looked a little haggard, she clearly remembered that this afternoon Zhu Xingzhan had come over with a calm face to ask if she had any money with Wan Ziyu.

Although he was heartbroken when he was questioned, he could only endure it silently, shed tears in his stomach, and pretended to be calm and atmospheric. After Zhu Xingzhan left, she asked for a few desserts and ate them as she liked.

Cui Zhen comforted, "Niangniang, don't be like this, you are good, Your Majesty will ...... there"

Now in the face of Cuizhen's consolation, Wan Xintong couldn't hold back anymore, "My father has served the country and the people all his life, and he has been in good shape in this palace, and he never dared to make mistakes, but now he has ended up like this." Cuizhen, do you mean, even so, this palace still has to force a smile to please His Majesty?"

There was a heavy sigh behind him, Cui Zhen was startled, and quickly knelt down and turned around to check, and then took a few breaths of cool air, Emperor Zhu Xingzhan appeared behind him at some point, his brows were slightly furrowed, and his face was dark.

Wan Xintong knelt on the ground and saluted, while Cuizhen knelt on the ground and explained, "Your Majesty, Niang Niangfang was only emotional, so she didn't choose her words, and asked Your Majesty to forgive her sins." ”

Except for the action of kneeling and saluting, Wan Xintong didn't have any reaction, Zhu Xingzhan swept past the kneeling Cuizhen, walked straight to Wan Xintong and watched silently, Wan Xintong asked for sin, "The concubine lost his honor in front of the emperor, and asked His Majesty to punish the crime." ”

At this time, Wan Xintong, just like a wooden man who can speak and abide by etiquette, faced with Zhu Xingzhan's arrival, there was no smile and joy on his face.

Zhu Xingzhan sighed, pulled her up with all his strength, and looked at the few snacks left, "Eating too many sweets hurts your body, from tomorrow, I will arrange for the imperial dining room to send some light food and drink to take care of your body." ”

Wan Xintong bowed slightly, "Your Majesty is worried." ”

It was another cold high-sounding words, Zhu Xingzhan was a little bored, and he had no interest in staying, "It's not early, the queen is unwell, just rest early!" Zhu Xingzhan waved his sleeve robe vigorously and turned to leave.

Just as he walked to the door, Zhu Xingzhan suddenly stopped, looked sideways and said slightly, "I have been retried by Xingwei Mansion to retry your father's case and thoroughly investigate everything in the Prime Minister's Mansion. If necessary, I will bring someone to disturb the queen. ”

With that, he left without looking back. Wan Xintong straightened up, suddenly felt a little dizzy, and couldn't help but take half a step back, Cuizhen hurriedly stepped forward to support him, "Niangniang......"

Cui Zhen's voice of concern reached the ears of Zhu Xingzhan, who was walking out, and he only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped out of the dormitory without hesitation, and He Sheng, who was waiting outside, hurriedly followed behind.

Originally, the holy driver came to Weining Palace to stay overnight, but now he left in a hurry, He Sheng opened his mouth several times to ask, but after thinking about it, forget it, now Zhu Xingzhan's face is really ugly and scary.

Zhu Xingzhan returned to the imperial study with a gloomy face, a figure was already waiting outside, and the shadow of the dark pavilion was nowhere to be seen, kneeling down on one knee and saluting, "Join Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Xingzhan waved his hand, "Come in." ”

Without waiting for Zhu Xingzhan to say anything, he took the initiative to reply without a trace, "Your Majesty has been following Li Zifeng for the past few days......"

Zhu Xingzhan frowned in annoyance, "How?"

Without a trace, he got straight to the point, "Back to Your Majesty, Li Zifeng and Xu Xiangkun have a lot of contacts, this afternoon at the beginning of the day, the two of them went to Cai's snack shop together, chatted for a long time, and did not come out until the end of Shen Shi, and then Li Zifeng took Xu Ge Tie into the corner of the alley, during which the two of them have been talking in a low voice, and his subordinates dare not approach, so the content of his speech, His Majesty does not know. Your Majesty forgives your sins. ”

"Isn't it the beginning of the day?" Zhu Xingzhan muttered in a low voice, and then said with a smile, "That's a coincidence." ”

Xu Xiangkun left the imperial study at two o'clock in the afternoon, and returned to Xing Wei's Mansion when the hour was close to Shenshi, before saying that he wanted to retry Wan Ziyu, he bumped into Li Zifeng and went to the snack shop to chat, the reason for this is worth pondering.

Zhu Xingzhan dipped his pen in ink, waved his hand on the white rice paper and wrote a name: Li Zifeng. His brows furrowed more and more, and he said to himself in a deep voice, Li Zifeng, I want to see what tricks you can play?

The night is getting thicker, the autumn wind is cold, and the bright moon sprinkles a large area of cold moonlight in the courtyard of the Mulin Pavilion.

Li Zifeng stood in front of Ouyang Ze's door for a while, seeing that it was still brightly lit, he raised his hand several times to knock on the door, but hesitated to put it down. His plan was too risky, he had to say hello to Ouyang Ze no matter what, and when it came to the follow-up arrangements during the improvement period, he wanted to speak several times, but he couldn't find the opportunity.

Late at night, he couldn't hesitate any longer, but after coming, he didn't know how to speak, so he hesitated until now.

At this time, the door squeaked, and it opened suddenly, Ouyang Ze saw Li Zifeng and smiled faintly, "Why don't you come in?"

Li Zifeng hurriedly stepped back and saluted, "Master, the disciple is rude." ”

Ouyang Ze sighed slightly, and dragged Li Zifeng into the house, "How is the injury on your body?

Li Zifeng shook his head, "It's just a skin injury, the disciple is fine." Disciple ......" Li Zifeng frowned, and said without hesitation, "Disciple has something to say to you, and the stakes are very high. ”

Ouyang Zewan'er, "Coincidentally, I happen to have something to tell you as a teacher." Sit down!"

Outside the window, the autumn breeze is gradually rising, the shadows of the trees are swaying, and the rustling sound is endless......

After listening to Li Zifeng's words, Ouyang Ze was a little surprised, but it was also expected by him, he didn't expect that Li Zifeng would really disregard life and death, Ouyang Ze drank a cup of tea and said, "That Xu Xiangkun, is it really reliable?"

"The disciple has observed him for a long time, and there is nothing wrong with it, of course, what he did in Xing Wei Mansion is really uncheckable for the disciple. It's just that there are some things that the disciple is not sure about, and this is also the only chance. ”

"Xing Weifu is a prison yamen that everyone talks about, it is tightly guarded, especially the prison prison, it is more like a sealed iron bucket, it is even more dangerous for you to go in and see people, once exposed, you have a complete way out?"

Li Zifeng frowned slightly, he had imagined a way out, but he only secretly created chaos and took the opportunity to escape. This retreat is definitely not a complete solution, and it may also involve Xu Xiangkun's lax supervision afterwards.

Ouyang Ze seemed to see through Li Zifeng's thoughts, and said, "Disrupting the prison of Xing Weifu is a big crime. ”

Li Zifeng opened his mouth, but he stopped talking. Ouyang Ze dipped his fingers in water and wrote four words on the table: Dafangfang. Li Zifeng was slightly stunned. Ouyang Ze said, "Some things do have to fall on him, you have always been very accurate in looking at people, and you have temporarily believed in Xu Xiangkun as a teacher, but this plan is really dangerous, you can't go in alone." ”

Li Zifeng suddenly realized that his original plan was to disguise himself as a clerk, follow Xu Xiangkun into Xing Wei's Mansion, and take the opportunity to meet Wan Ziyu, which is also more direct, the only mistake and omission is how to arrange the real documents.

And Ouyang Ze wrote a generous square, which means to go in generously, since Xu Xiangkun has the heart to help, then he has various reasons to arrange for people to enter and exit, such as the duty of the handover shift.

Li Zifeng thought thoughtfully, "Disciple understands. ”

"Do you really understand?" Ouyang Ze looked at Li Zifeng playfully, "Then you tell the teacher, how to ensure your safety?" If you can't think of it, you still don't want to go, and give up this idea completely." ”

Li Zifeng looked at Ouyang Ze, thought for a moment and said, "Shadow Guard?"

Ouyang Ze smiled knowingly, and Li Zifeng asked with a sigh of relief, "Master, you just said that you have something to ......?"

"Oh, for the sake of the teacher, I just want to say, we may have to live in this Wei'an City permanently. ”

Li Zifeng raised his eyebrows, "What?" he couldn't help but wonder again. At dinner, a few people were still discussing and dealing with the matters in their hands, and then they left, and then they said that they wanted to stay permanently, Li Zifeng thought for a while, and suddenly understood, "Is it the people of Lingye Palace who are doing evil again?"

Ouyang Ze was about to say something, when the flame of the candlestick on the table shook slightly, and a figure floated in, "Master, son." "It's the Secret Guard who has come back with the results of the investigation.

"What's going on outside the city?"

Yu Hao replied, "The head, the subordinates led people to guard outside Wei'an City day and night, and found that the people of Hongyuan Villa have been stationed in the town at the foot of Shiqing Mountain outside the city since early this morning, and this afternoon, there are still a few people with suspicious identities sneaking into the town, scattered and lurking, there is no big action for the time being, and there are also people left for secret investigation, and there are ......."

"What else?".

"In the town at the foot of the mountain, traces of Chang Ning, a guard of the Qingping Palace, were found. ”

Ouyang Ze and Li Zifeng were not much surprised by this news, the ambition of the Qingping King Wolf had long been expected, Ouyang Ze glanced at Li Zifeng, and Li Zifeng immediately understood, "The disciple understands." ”