[In the seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, April 15, Youshi, Tsing Yi Weibei Anping Division, and thousands of official offices]

Nangong sat silently in his official room, and when he was feeling depressed and unhappy, he suddenly heard the guard report that another attendant in the palace came in from the gate of the Tsing Yi Guard, and he asked to see the Lord of Qianhu.

He thought to himself, what day is today, the Son of Heaven actually sent three servants in a row, could it be that the Son of Heaven changed his mind again and pardoned my virtuous brother?

This afternoon, when he first saw Gao Liangshi enter the edict and read the emperor's edict, he couldn't help but feel happy for Xu Ke from the bottom of his heart. However, he didn't be happy for long, and soon saw that Li Yanhong, the head of Shangyi Prison, brought a new decree from the emperor, not only changed his previous edict, but also used harsh wording, directly demoted Xu Ke to the people, and changed Xu Ke to a prison cell. As a last resort, in front of everyone, he had to order Gu Caixiang, the chief of the Imperial Prison, to transfer Xu Ke to Cell No. 16 of Jiazi and detain.

However, how can cell No. 16 be compared to cell No. 11? The two are almost heaven and hell!

The No. 16 cell is almost the dirtiest, most rancid, and terrifying cell in the entire prison, before, Sun Xun died in this cell, and Sun Xun didn't know how much torture Yang Wenyuan had endured before he died, so that the jailers guarding the prison couldn't help but feel a little uneasy every time he walked near the No. 16 cell of Jiazi, as if the ghost of Sun Xun's death was quietly lurking in the cell!

It's just that today, Nangong Buyu didn't expect that he would personally imprison his "virtuous brother" in the terrifying cell No. 16. Nangong couldn't help but feel guilty in his heart, but at this time, he couldn't change this decision.

So, Nangong was silent and had to watch Xu Ke, who was sent to the No. 16 cell by the guards, but there was nothing he could do......

After he returned to his official room, after thinking about it, he didn't quite understand why the emperor would issue two holy decrees in just one hour, the contrast between the front and the other, was so huge!

Until the moment when Tsing Yi Wei was on duty, he wanted to get up and rushed to see his "virtuous brother" in the edict prison, what was going on at this time, but he heard that the emperor sent another chamberlain to announce the decree, and at that moment, he was happy in his heart.

It seems that the virtuous brother has been saved!

Nangong stood up silently, straightened his clothes, and walked out of the door in person, going to greet the arrival of the chamberlain from afar.

On the trail of Beiya, a white-faced eunuch in his forties slowly walked in. He recognized that the chamberlain was Ding Lei, the head of the Shangma Supervisor in the Daming Palace.

"Gonggong Ding, you're here!" Nangong was silent and hurriedly bowed slightly, and said to Ding Lei with a smile.

Ding Lei stepped forward and whispered:

"Nangong Qianhu, the emperor has a secret decree, let's go in and talk!"

So, Nangong led Ding Lei into his official room without saying a word, and Nangong then withdrew a group of subordinates.

No, the chief supervisor of Shangma was still not very reassured, he looked out the window, and then pointed to the retreat room in the office.

The two then walked into the retreat room, and Ding Lei immediately said softly:

"The Emperor's Secret Decree!"

Nangong was silent and was busy leaning over and kneeling, but Ding Lei grabbed Nangong and said with a smile, don't kneel, adults just listen carefully!

"Chen Nangong is silent, listen to the holy will!"

"Ling Nangong is silent, quickly lead the people of the headquarters, surround the Xu Mansion, and all the people in the Xu Mansion must be captured alive one by one!

Nangong was silent and was shocked, but at that time he had no time to think carefully, and immediately bowed down and said:

"Weichen Command!"

Then, Ding Lei took out a bright yellow thin note from his bosom and solemnly handed it into Nangong Buyu's hands.

Nangong opened the bright yellow thin note, and the two lines of small characters on it were handwritten by the Son of Heaven:

"I ordered Nangong to arrest the demons of Xufu silently, Qingyi Wei, Qin Tianjian, and the forbidden army, each of them listened to Nangong's dispatch, and they must not be violated!"

Nangong was silent and saw that under the strong and powerful handwriting, there was also the treasure seal of the Son of Heaven, and it was obvious that the Son of Heaven was indeed very concerned about the arrest of the "Xufu Demon" this time. Nangong Buyu couldn't help but feel extremely heavy in his heart, he frowned, carefully put away the handwritten note of the Son of Heaven, and hid it in his chest.

Ding Lei smiled and patted Nangong's shoulder, and said meaningfully:

"Lord Nangong, the saint knows that you and Xu Ke are a pair of good brothers, and he specially ordered you to be responsible for arresting the demons in the Xu Mansion, don't let the saint down!"

"Please rest assured, Gonggong Ding will abide by the holy decree and will definitely go all out to arrest the demons! Before tomorrow, Nangong will personally send all the people in the Xu Mansion to the front of the palace one by one!"

"Okay, then the miscellaneous family will go back and return to the saint!"

Nangong sent Ding Lei to the door without saying a word, Ding Lei seemed to remember something, and told again:

"Lord Nangong, the Holy Lord heard that the fox goblin is good at the art of illusion, and he has specially appointed the Qin Heavenly Prison to help you subdue the demon, and the Qin Heavenly Supervisor is Lord Yuan, and he will also help you this time!"

"Nangong knows!"

"One more thing!"

"Father-in-law Ding, please speak!"

"Ahem......" Ding Lei sighed first, and stopped talking and stopped, and said again:

"This sentence shouldn't have been said by the miscellaneous family! It's just that the miscellaneous family has to say it today......

Nangong said quietly: "Gonggong Ding, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it, this sentence, except for Nangong, there will never be a second person who knows!"

Ding Lei then whispered:

This time, after the saint heard that there was a big demon hidden in the Xu Mansion, he was not only furious, but also very worried about the matter of catching the demon! However, the mastermind in charge of catching the demon this time was, after all, it was the prince of Zhao! The saint originally wanted the king of Zhao to be responsible for arresting the big demon in the Xu mansion, and only in this way could he put an end to the gossip of the people of Chang'an and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty. However, the saint was worried that Zhao Wangye would miss the brotherhood of his master and refused to take someone to Xu's mansion to catch demons. Yes, according to the opinion of the miscellaneous family......"

Nangong was silent and then said: "Does Gonggong Ding want Nangong to persuade His Royal Highness King Zhao to go to Xufu to hunt demons with Nangong?"

"That's exactly what the miscellaneous family meant!" Ding Lei nodded and smiled.

"Please rest assured, Nangong will go to King Zhao's Mansion tonight!"

"Okay!

"Father-in-law Ding, go slowly!"

......

After Ding Lei left, Nangong sat down in his own Taishi chair without saying a word, this time, the contradictions, imitations, anxieties and entanglements in his heart had reached the point of indescribable!

In Nangong's heart, he couldn't help but sigh gloomily, Brother Xian, there is really a demon in your mansion!

He thought about it carefully, and recalled that a few months ago, he had also visited Xu Ke in Xu's Mansion in Liquanfang, and at that time, when he saw Hu Yiyi, he suddenly felt that the woman in front of him was not available in the world!

At present, the Son of Heaven issued two holy decrees in succession, first demoted Xu Ke from his official position and put him in the prison, and then ordered himself to secretly bring people to surround the Xu Mansion, and be sure to capture all the people in the Xu Mansion alive. If the Son of Heaven does not have conclusive evidence, if he does not believe that Hu Yiyi in the Xu Mansion is a thousand-year-old fox demon, can the Son of Heaven be so prosperous?

Compare the two and the next. Nangong was silent and had to believe that Hu Yiyi, who did not have the slightest smell of fireworks in the world, must be a fox demon.

Not only Hu Yiyi, but in Nangong's mind at this time, Shu Haotian's figure of less than four feet tall, short hands and short feet, and a pair of snow-white long hair that hung straight to the ground, Nangong thought to himself, the "scholar fairy brother" who the virtuous brother kept talking about, I am afraid that he is not a mortal!

Thinking of this, Nangong couldn't help but slap the table hard, feeling regret and pain in his heart:

You are young, and you should have a bright future! But who are you who you are not good friends with, but you have become friends with those two big demons?!

However, Nangong was silent and thought about it again, even if there were demons hidden in Xu Ke's mansion, would he really lead his troops to arrest them? If he really took those two demons just like that, wouldn't he have confirmed Xu Ke's felony of "fornicating with demons"!

Fornicating with demons, that is, the rebellion of the human race! This is almost a sin that is even more serious than treason! In addition, more than ten innocent people in Chang'an City have died at the hands of demons before, and at this time, if it is found out that Xu Ke is actually a "fine work" of demons, then there is only one death waiting for him! Moreover, even after Xu Ke's death, he will have to bear countless infamy!

However, the secret decree of the Son of Heaven has been issued, as the leader of the arrest of the demons of the Xu Mansion, how can he resist and disobey the decree? In addition, before he and Xu Ke, they were like brothers, if he was a little derelict in his duties this time, he would inevitably escape the crime of "harboring demons"!

At this moment, Nangong Bu couldn't help but fall into a huge dilemma.

He only felt that none of the countless choices he faced in this life made it so difficult for him to decide......