In the side hall, the tenth prince Li Ji was reclining on the soft couch, grinding with the ears and temples of the beauty in his arms. The beauty let out a coquettish laugh from time to time, causing the maidservants waiting on the side to blush.

A rush of footsteps came, but the two people lying on the soft couch were unaware, until the door was suddenly pushed open, and a thick voice came: "The prince is not good, that girl said to ...... herself"

It was the previous guard who came, and as soon as he saw the situation in the house, he knew that he was in trouble, and he fell to his knees with a thud, and buried his head on the ground, where did he dare to say another half a word.

The drunken and hazy Li Ji didn't seem to hear it at all, and then lowered his head and said something in the beauty's ear, which caused the beauty to laugh more than once.

Sweat broke out on the guard's head.

The beauty glanced at the trembling guard who was kneeling on the ground, and said coquettishly: "Lord, that person has been kneeling for a long time. ”

"Huh?"

Li Ji raised his misty drunken eyes and looked down at the hall, as if his eyes were being shaken by the armor on the guard's body, he stretched out his hand to block his eyes, and frowned, "What's the matter?"

The guard hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, that girl said that she was going to kill herself." The subordinates don't know how to deal with it, so they come to tell you. ”

"Girl?" Li Ji shook his head as if he didn't hear too clearly, stood up on the edge of the table, leaned forward slightly, and asked, "What girl?" ”

The guard raised his head slightly and said, "It's the Tang girl who was ordered by the prince to be placed in the 'Orchid Garden' before. ”

"Lan Yuan, Xiaoxi!" Li Ji suddenly stood up straight, his face was completely drunk, and he seemed to wake up in an instant, and his eyes became extremely sharp, "What did you say about her?"

The guard was taken aback by Li Ji's reaction, and said cautiously: "She, she said she was going to kill herself!"

"Bastard!" Li Ji suddenly became angry, shook off the hand that the beauty helped over, strode towards the door, and when he passed the guard, he suddenly kicked over, "If she makes any mistakes, this king wants your head!" After speaking, he snorted angrily and hurried away, looking at the direction of the 'Orchid Garden'.

The guards got up and hurried away after the prince. A moment ago, he was worried that he was reckless, but now he was just glad in his heart.

And the beauty who was thrown away before didn't seem to understand what was going on, and looked at the skirt that was splashed with soup on her body innocently, and a trace of grievance appeared in her eyes.

Soon, Li Ji and the others came to the door of the 'Orchid Garden'.

"Lord Wang!" The guards who stayed behind before hurriedly saluted when they saw Li Ji.

Li Ji stepped forward and pushed the courtyard door open, frowning, "Who told you to lock her?"

The two guards were suddenly a little embarrassed, and when they saw Li Ji's cold eyes, they still stayed behind and said, "Back to the prince, the door of this courtyard was locked by the girl herself, not the two of her subordinates." ”

Li Ji snorted angrily: "Forgive you for not being so bold!" After speaking, he raised his voice and said, "Miss Tang, I'm Li Ji, please open the courtyard door!"

At this moment, there was a sudden clanging sound in the house, and it seemed that something heavy had fallen to the ground.

Li Ji was taken aback, and suddenly kicked open the courtyard door without caring about anything else, and shouted as he ran in: "Xiaoxi, don't do stupid things!"

Unbeknownst to him, he had just run to the door and stopped, a cold dagger resting on his neck.

A hoarse woman's voice said, "Don't move, or I don't mind killing a prince." ”

Li Ji waved his hand, and the guard who had just approached the door quickly stopped, holding his waist knife and staring at the figure that revealed half of his body.

He looked at the masked woman in front of him, and said in a calm tone: "The masters in this palace are like clouds, you can't escape!"

The masked woman sneered and said, "Just those wine bags and rice bags!" After speaking, the dagger moved forward a few points and pressed against his neck, "You send me out." ”

Li Ji glanced at the unconscious girl who fell to the ground, and said uneasily, "What did you do to her?"

The masked woman said coldly: "You can't protect yourself, do you still have time to care about others? Don't worry, she can't die." But if you procrastinate slowly, I can't guarantee it. With a flip of his left hand, an iron thistle appeared in the palm of his hand.

Li Ji hurriedly said, "Stop! I'll take you out!" After speaking, he began to slowly retreat.

When he exited the doorway, the masked woman staggered behind him and held the dagger to his neck again.

At this time, the small courtyard was surrounded by guards who had heard the news, and many archers stood on a high place and aimed at the masked woman.

A thin old man came out of the crowd, it was Fan Qingyang Fan who was in charge, and he shouted at the masked woman: "Let go of the prince, otherwise the old man will make you regret coming to this world." ”

"Really?" The masked woman's dagger moved slightly, and blood suddenly oozed from Li Ji's neck.

She looked at Fan Qingyang and said lightly: "If this girl doesn't believe in this evil." ”

The corners of Fan Qingyang's eyes jumped, and he said angrily: "You dare to move again." ”

The masked woman snorted softly, a hint of disdain in her eyes, and her wrist moved slightly.

"Slow!" Li Ji felt the chill on his neck and hurriedly said in a hurry.

He glanced at Steward Fan, who still hadn't retreated, and said angrily: "Fan Qingyang, do you want the life of this king?"

Fan Qingyang hurriedly bowed down and said, "My subordinates don't dare!"

Li Ji shouted angrily: "Don't hurry up and get out of the way!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Steward Fan had all moved out of the way, the guards also retreated to both sides, leaving a passage for the two of them to pass through. Only the archers from the heights were still aimed at the masked woman.

The masked woman raised her chin at the archers.

Fan Qingyang's face flashed with anger and he was about to refuse, but he was glared at fiercely by Li Ji, and then waved his hand unwillingly. The archers then put away their bows and arrows.

The masked woman nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good!" Before the words fell, Li Ji's acupoint suddenly clicked, and then with a wave of her hands, several yellow projectiles flew out from her palms, and the target was the group of guards and those archers.

Fan Qingyang couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this, and shouted, "Retreat!"

But it was too late, those guards were very close to save the prince, although they were drunk back a few steps before, but this small courtyard was not big, where could they retreat. And the masked woman's eyes are very poisonous, and the places she picks are the most dense.

With a dull popping sound, thick yellow smoke rose from the projectile everywhere it went.

"Protect the prince!"

"It's not good, the smoke is poisonous!"

But at this time, it was too late to remind again, and how could the people who were shrouded in the dense fog escape for a while, and the scene was suddenly chaotic. Screams erupted, as if something was mixed in the smoke and attacked the guards. The guards who had been in order were suddenly swept away. The poisonous smoke attack and the sudden threat of the long sword from time to time, those guards desperately swung their knives and slashed in order to protect themselves, and there was no way to distinguish between friend and foe in the chaos. Many of the guards did not fall under the poisonous smoke or the enemy's sword, but fell under the sword of the robe.

I don't know how long it took, but the yellow smoke finally cleared.

The once clean and tidy courtyard had become a mess, except for the big tree, which was still intact, and everything else was destroyed. More than a dozen swelled corpses of guards lay in the small courtyard. Each corpse was wide with anger, as if expressing the unwillingness in his heart.

The cool evening breeze slowly blew, bringing coolness at the same time, it seemed to take away the smell of blood in the small courtyard. Only corpses and blood stains were left all over the ground, and they were still silently telling what had happened before.

As the sky darkened, lights came on one after another, as if to light the way forward for those who had not yet returned home.

But no matter how many lights there are, no matter how bright they are, there are always some places that can't be illuminated. It seems that those places are forever hidden in darkness, never seeing the light of day. For example, the damp and cold prison cell, such as the dirty and dark alleys.

Among these dark alleys, there is a place called Bug Alley that is the dirtiest and darkest. There is no other reason, just because this is the place where the people in the city dump their excrement, and what can survive in the excrement except for the lowly bed bugs?

However, this bed bug alley, which is avoided by others, is the home of some beggars. These beggars go out to beg during the day, and when night falls, they return to this moldy, damp alley from all over the city. Because in the depths of this dark alley, there are still some well-preserved houses for them to shelter from the wind and rain. For these bullied beggars, it is good to be alive and have a tile to cover their heads, and where can they care about whether this place is clean and tidy, comfortable and warm.

At this time, in the originally quiet dark alley, an uninvited guest was ushered in.

He seemed to be wounded, and stumbled a little, presumably for fear of being followed, as he struggled to run forward while looking behind him vigilantly from time to time.

Suddenly, a door opened next to the alley, and a small unkempt head came out and whispered, "Come in!"

The tall figure was stunned, as if he didn't expect to see someone here, and was about to open his mouth to inquire, when a sound of footsteps from far and near made him no longer care about anything else, and put his heart into the door.

It didn't take long for the sound of neat and orderly footsteps to reach the entrance of the alley, and a thick voice sounded.

"Search carefully! If he dares to resist, he will be killed!"

"Yes!"

Soon, some soldiers came towards the dark alley, as if they were smoked by the stench of the sky, and they retreated one after another.

A bearded general came over and shouted, "Why don't you go in and search?"

"If you go back to General Wu, this place is full of filth, and that person shouldn't be hiding here!" replied a bold soldier.

General Wu Shen glanced around, and when he saw that everyone was retreating, he snorted angrily: "I see that you have been in peace for a long time, and I don't know how to write the word dead." I don't care what your previous identity was, if you let him escape, it will be dealt with by military law!"

"Yes!"

Everyone didn't dare to disobey, so they had to walk into the dark alley, stepping on a lump of soft things from time to time, which made these soldiers cry bitterly, but no one dared to turn back, just buried their heads and walked forward.

The alley was not long, and soon they reached the end of the alley, and came to the only gate that was still intact. A few people, you look at me, I look at you, but no one dares to take the lead in pushing the door.

In the end, it was the bold soldier from before who spoke: "Since we are all here, let's go in and search." Otherwise, we won't be able to explain when we go back and ask. Now that the situation is different, if we anger him again, I'm afraid he will really cut off our heads. How do you think about it?"

Another soldier nodded thoughtfully: "Brother Zhang said very much, we joined the army for the sake of the people and for the sake of showing our ambitions, but we can't lose a lot because of a small loss, if we are really cut down by this foolish general, it will be a great loss." ”

The rest of the group nodded yes.