As it was nearing day, twilight began to cover the land, and everywhere there was a gray scene, with only the occasional glimmer or two of brilliant stars in the distant sky.

Not far away, next to a green bamboo, there was a faint shadow at some point. The deep melancholy eyes, the hideous and terrifying mask, and the iconic long snow-white hair were none other than the mysterious chief steward of the Nine Rings Palace.

"You...... Crying?" the little girl Qingyi didn't know when she walked up to her, and was looking up at her curiously.

Tang Zixi came back to his senses and smiled reluctantly: "It turns out that your name is Qingyi, this name is really good." As he spoke, he wiped his hand casually, and his reappearance in front of the little girl had been replaced by a smiling face.

Qingyi immediately became happy, stroked his palms and smiled: "Yes, I also like this name." ”

The chief manager silently looked at the slightly pale girl, and extremely complicated emotions appeared in his eyes. I didn't see any movement from him, and suddenly disappeared from the spot, and when he reappeared, he was already standing by Tang Zixi's side. He raised his hand to touch her hair, but retracted it the moment he got close to it.

It was such a coincidence, the young man who was frozen by Qingyi happened to wake up at this moment, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes when he saw this scene. Then he felt a flower in front of him, and the chief steward suddenly appeared in front of him, and stretched out his hand. He felt a strong feeling of vertigo hit him, and then he lost consciousness.

The Grand Master glanced back, then vanished.

From beginning to end, the two girls didn't notice anything, only Qingyi turned her head to look at it as if she was sensitive, but of course she didn't see anything.

"Ahh

She suddenly exclaimed, patted her head in annoyance, and said, "I almost forgot about it." After speaking, he stretched out his hand and took it out in his arms, but he didn't take out anything for a long time, and he couldn't help but sigh strangely, muttering, "I obviously brought it, where did I go?"

Tang Zixi saw that she was busy, and said strangely: "What are you looking for?"

Qingyi replied without raising his head: "A treasure, it can save your life at a critical moment." Before he finished speaking, his face flashed with joy, and he pulled out a delicate bow and crossbow from his cuff, handed it over and said, "Give!"

"This is?" As soon as Tang Zixi saw this thing, he immediately remembered the thrillingly beautiful man Meng Ze, and couldn't help but say, "This is also what my aunt gave you?"

If Meng Ze was that aunt, wouldn't it mean that Su Jing was innocent? Thinking of this, she couldn't help but start to get excited.

"It's not. Qingyi shook his head, glanced at the twilight sky vigilantly, and said sneakily, "Brother Mengze gave it, and I secretly brought it from my aunt." Speaking of this, he raised his eyebrows and said proudly, "I haven't even discovered the Guardian Divine Beast, am I very powerful?"

Tang Zixi was suddenly completely interested, and said casually: "Amazing!"

Qingyi grinned and said, "Okay, my mission is complete, I'll pick you up when I come back!" After speaking, his body shook and he was about to fly up.

Tang Zixi hurriedly grabbed her and said hurriedly: "You just left like this, what should I do? You haven't even told me yet, why did you send me here." ”

Qingyi blinked and said, "Okay, anyway, I also brought you the 'Cloud Splitting Crossbow' without telling my aunt, so I will help you again." After speaking, he pursed his mouth and blew lightly on her, Tang Zixi suddenly felt in a trance, and when he opened his eyes again, he had already arrived at a room full of weapons, where was Qingyi's figure.

"It's ...... Twilight Pavilion?"

She looked at the familiar room, stroking the familiar weapons, and many memories of the past flooded back. This was her 'treasure trove' back then, and it was full of her trophies.

Some of them were won by her disguised as a man and participating in various competitions organized by the powerful disciples of the capital, some were gifts she received on her birthday, and more were unique weapons that she had ordered by herself to find craftsmen.

When her gaze fell on the wooden table next to her, she found a copper lamp with a strange shape. But she didn't remember that she had this thing at all, and she couldn't help but wonder if there were other people in this room?

Just as she reached for the bronze lamp, there was a sudden sound of broken footsteps in the corridor outside the door. She looked left and right, dodging behind a wooden frame.

The sound of small footsteps came from far and near, and then he walked in front of the door, and did not mean to push the door in.

She poked her head out from behind the wooden frame to make sure that the man was far away, and then grabbed the brass lamp on the table and tiptoed to the door, leaning on the door panel and listening.

"Bang-"

A strong force suddenly struck from outside the door, directly shocking her unsuspecting and flying out, slamming heavily on the wooden frame, and all kinds of weapons suddenly scattered to the ground.

"Push her down!" a woman's voice said viciously.

Tang Zixi shook his dizzy head, barely opened his eyes, and saw a hideous smiling face getting farther and farther away from him. It wasn't until the moment she fell into the water that she remembered that the owner of that face was none other than her cousin Chu Anxin.

At the same time that Miss Tang was pushed down the Dusk Smoke Pavilion, the Tang family's compound, which used to be quiet and peaceful, was also a chaotic scene. Not only was the spacious front yard full of heavily armed servants, but even the streets in front of the house were crowded.

Right in the middle of the crowd, a murderous Tang Qianren was holding a long knife and confronting a bearded general opposite him. Behind him was a disheveled girl, although her face was covered by her loose hair, but looking at her figure and clothing, it was the little maid who had fled with a big burden before.

The bearded military general looked at the man opposite, and said in a deep voice: "The lower official doesn't dare to stop the eldest prince, but the lower official has a few words that don't vomit and are unhappy." The eldest prince should know what crime is committed by harboring people. Even if the eldest prince doesn't think about himself, he should think about the protector general. Speaking of this, he waved the long knife in his hand and pointed at the little maid and said, "This woman has been hiding in the Tang Mansion for many years, how can the eldest prince ensure that she has not done anything to endanger Daqin." Rather than letting her be arrested by the forbidden army, it is better to hand it over to the lower official, even if she says something that she shouldn't say, the lower official can deal with it in time. I hope the eldest prince thinks twice!" he clenched his fists heavily.

Tang Qianren didn't answer his words immediately, but turned his head slightly and said, "Yin Xue, you have been in my Tang Mansion for many years, have you ever done anything unfavorable to the Tang family?"

When the little maid Yinxue heard this, she immediately shook her head and said: "Yinxue's life was saved by the eldest prince, even if someone puts a knife on Yinxue's neck, Yinxue will not do anything to be sorry for the Tang family." If there is half a lie, it will be impossible for Yinxue to die. ”

Tang Qianren nodded, raised his head and said, "Can Master Tu hear me?"

This bearded military general's name is Tu Man, and he is the current Jing Zhaoyin of Luoyang. He was originally a commander of the Iron Blood Battalion, brave and brave, and repeatedly performed miraculous feats, but he quit the Iron Blood Battalion because he was wounded in the leg in a war, and when he came back, he became an ordinary officer. Later, he inadvertently saved the prince who fell from the horse and was favored by the queen, and it happened that Jing Zhaoyin was very old, so he recommended him to be Jing Zhaoyin, and he had just been in office for less than a month. This time, he received a secret report that the Tang family harbored the spies of the enemy country, so he deliberately rushed to the Tang Mansion in front of the forbidden army.

He was born in the iron-blooded camp, so he naturally didn't want the Tang family to be unlucky, he was originally a good intention, but when he heard Tang Qianren defending the Qin prisoner like this, he was so angry that his eyes widened like a copper bell, and he said angrily: "Why is the eldest prince so obsessed, if there is no conclusive evidence, how can the lower officials come? Could it be that the eldest prince has to let the Tang family be implicated before he is willing?"

Tang Qianren raised his eyebrows and said, "I remember Master Tu's kindness Tang Qianren in my heart. As the saying goes, there is no excuse for wanting to add crimes, since someone wants to frame our Tang family, let him frame it. Our Tang family sits upright and has never been afraid of the villain's slander. If you really offend some people because of your loyalty to Your Majesty, then there is no way to do it. There is only one emperor in Great Qin, and the Tang family is only loyal to His Majesty. ”

His words can be described as sharp, and the directivity is too obvious, and as soon as Fang Fang exits, it caused a commotion on the scene.

Although these people present are just ordinary officials, who can be an errand at the feet of the Son of Heaven, who has no way, and they also know a little about the open and secret battles between the queen and the concubine. The crown prince was born to the queen and was the eldest son, but the emperor favored the seventh prince born to the concubine. This also made the people below waver, not knowing whether to support the prince's orthodoxy or get close to the obviously more favored Seventh Prince.

The Tang family naturally did not stand on either side of Mingzhe's protection, and Tang Mingru was also extremely cautious, except for the necessary court meeting, he did not see any court officials, let alone the nobles in the palace. But he can't stand the close relationship between the children of the Tang family and the prince, Tang Qianren and the prince are friends from the war, although he is frank in his own heart, but others don't think so.

Before this, not only did Concubine Shu summon him in the name of his aunt, but even the queen followed suit and summoned him into the palace in the name of the prince, so Tang Qianren was holding back his anger in his heart, and at this moment, Tu Man's appearance can be said to have hit the muzzle of the gun.

"Well said!"

With crisp applause, an unusually tall man stepped out of the crowd and said approvingly: "I thought that no one else in the whole world would dare to speak so bluntly except for me." Tang Dagongzi is indeed a young hero, and after the official returns, he will be His Majesty, and he will not let people with ill intentions deliberately harm Zhongliang. ”

"I've seen the commander, my lord! My lord has praised it!" Tang Qianren didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly saluted respectfully.

Jing Mingyu returned the salute with a smile, not hiding his love for Tang Qianren at all.

Tu Man is also a fiery person, and when he heard this, his black face turned red, and he couldn't even care about etiquette, so he said angrily: "Lord Jing is in a high position and power, and the lower officials shouldn't be too talkative." But the reputation of the queen is in the first place, and even if the lower officials are charged with the following crimes, they must defend the mother. Although the queen is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, it does not mean that it is possible to reverse right and wrong and smear the mother's painstaking efforts. This cheap maid is eating Daqin's food, but what she wants is Xiliang's scheme, and the officials have already understood this matter in their hearts. The lower official dared to ask the lord, if it wasn't for the protection of Zhongliang, the mother could have told the emperor, how could she send the lower official to come. ”

Jing Mingyu said with his jaw bowed when he heard this: "What Master Tu said is reasonable, we can't miss killing a spy, but we can't kill a loyal minister by mistake." ”

"My Excellency Mingjian!" said with joy on his face.