In the evening, the last rays of daylight followed the central axis of the palace, from west to east, through thousands of zhang long white marble stairs, from Yongding Gate all the way to the council pavilion behind the Mingguang Palace.

In the cabinet, the five cabinet scholars of the current dynasty sat casually in front of a huge ebony table, headed by the East Pavilion scholars, and Li Dongyang, the first assistant of the cabinet, was reaching out to pick up the question book that had just been handed over urgently.

On the night of July 24 to 26, six officials of the imperial court of more than six grades were assassinated in various places in Longbei, and three of them died. Li Dongyang's voice was unhurried.

"Xiya, can you figure out the murderer's door?" Liu Jian, who was originally leaning on the table and was drowsy, jumped up when he heard the news, and leaned over to read the question book with wide eyes.

"The assassin wore a strange Rakshasa mask, and his body exploded on the spot after the murder, leaving no clue. Liu Jian crooked his mouth and sighed, and stretched out his hand to straighten the official hat slightly.

Li Shoufu stretched out his hand and pinched a peanut from a delicate small plate next to him and put it in his mouth, "After so many years, I am still restless, and I always want to make some movements, but it is just bitter for the Beimin." ”

"The assassination of six court officials in front of everyone's eyes is not a small movement. Xie Yi, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace, picked up the small hao in his hand and bowed his head to record it in a small blue book in front of him.

Shoufu looked at Li Rongsheng and Song Yaoyue, who were still sitting across the table without making a sound, and pinched the crushed peanut skin on his fingertips with his hand, "I think we still have to invite Lord Shen and Master Tong to discuss this matter first, what do you think?"

The four cabinet scholars raised their hands at the same time.

Li Dongyang shook a small bell on the table in front of him, and soon a eunuch from the celebrant and a herald came in at a trot.

"You go and invite Lord Shen Lian, the commander of the North Ya of the Vermilion Bird Guard, and Tong Rang, the commander of the South Ya, to come over, and say that there is an important military aircraft to discuss. ”

The messenger nodded hurriedly.

"The official letter to the six copies will be sent out after tonight. Li Dongyang stroked the rigorous and orderly gray beard on his chin.

Emperor Yan Feilun of the Great Xia Dynasty entered the Linfeng Pavilion a few days ago to retreat, and he could not come out until the beginning of October, and all the government affairs were now in the hands of the five cabinet scholars and Prince Qi.

The commander of the Suzaku Wei Nanya, the military attache of the third grade, Tong Rang, knelt upright outside the Linfeng Pavilion at this time, and let the wind raise his gray hair in the air.

This is a habit he has only recently developed, every day after dealing with the affairs of the Nanya, Master Tong will come here and kneel motionless for two hours, claiming to serve the Heavenly Monarch left and right to accompany him to practice and break through the realm.

A eunuch came behind Master Tong Rang through the layers of silver-armored royal guards and shouted with his eyebrows lowered and carefully pinched his throat.

"Child-sama...... Child?"

Tong Rang, who was dressed in a vermilion fluttering robe, still knelt on the spot, and asked lightly, "What's the matter?"

"Lord Shousuke and the four scholars have asked you to discuss important matters related to military aircraft. ”

Tong Rang's tall and mighty body remained motionless, his hands were on both sides of his side, and he bowed to the Linfeng Pavilion reverently, asking Lord Shoufu to wait for a while, "Tong Rang is still listening to the teachings sent by the Heavenly Monarch from the Guannei, and he can only pass after a pillar of incense." ”

The herald eunuch nodded, hunched out.

There was a big red cloak tumbling in the forbidden city in the evening.

The man walked along a long corridor of Han Baishi in the palace, wearing a black gauze inlaid gold hat, wearing a blood-red python coat and embroidered eyed birds, with a luan belt and a red bird knife, and rushed all the way to the council with small steps.

The Jinwu standing in front of the hall on the side couldn't help but straighten their chests.

"Lord Shen, ...... here" Li Dongyang ignored Liu Jian's obstruction, stood up and paced to the door of the council and beckoned.

The man in red nodded, walked up the steps in three or two steps, and saluted Shousuke with his fists clenched.

"Lord Shen should already know about Longbei, but what clues are there?" Li Dongyang asked in a low voice as he welcomed Shen Lian into the Chamber.

"Shen lost a hundred households in Longxi a month ago, and he was muttering in his heart, this is such a big thing, it is Shen who is derelict in his duties. Shen Lian said as he pulled the blood-red cloak behind him, and was about to bend down and bow his head to apologize.

"Lord Shen, the pillar of the country, the land of Great Xia, if it weren't for Lord Shen and Lord Tong to do their best for so many years, the world would not be so peaceful! . Liu Jian stood up slightly on the chair and squinted his eyelids at Shen Lian.

"Lord Taibao praises falsely. Shen Lian's voice was low and clean, he lowered his head and walked into the council pavilion, said hello to the scholars one by one, and then found a position to sit down in the east.

Li Dongyang pursed his lips and entered the cabinet and sat down.

Outside the window, it was getting dark, and after the lights were lit, several bachelors picked up the unfinished question book in their hands again and began to comment, except for Li Rongsheng's occasional cough, there was silence in the room.

A quarter of an hour later, Tong Rang finally came, he didn't wear an official uniform, he was still wearing a vermilion robe, and after a simple hello to everyone, he sat opposite Shen Lian.

"Several court officials in Longbei were assassinated on the street, what do you think of Master Tong?" Li Dongyang stood in the middle of the crowd and held his hands behind his back.

Tong Rang picked up the tea next to him and rinsed his mouth, with a hint of anger on his blackened face: "If you want our family to see, it must be that the traitor of Yanwen Dao is in turmoil again." Now the Holy Lord is retreating and refining his body with the momentum of the wind and clouds, and he is about to ascend to a higher immortal realm. But Yan Wendao is still a traitor, and our Nanya will definitely tear him apart to relieve his anger. Tong Rang said, clasped his fists and bowed in the direction of Linfeng Pavilion.

Li Dongyang nodded: "Great Xia Guotai and the people are safe, and the sainthood is the same as the sky, so don't let Xiaoxiao move the fundamentals." Lord Shoufu paused after speaking, and added: "But the 20,000 black armor army still haven't been found, so you need to think about it." ”

"What does Shoufu-sama mean?" Shen Lian raised his eyes to look at Li Dongyang, but he was meeting Tong Rang on the other side with a vague sneering smile.

"Pay attention to the movement in the border area, and give the ticket to Feng Han Xiao, so that he is fully prepared. ”

"Lord Shen, Lord Tong, at this juncture, there is no way to make a mess, and the two of you have to worry a lot. ”

Shen Lian and Tong Rang nodded at the same time.

......

The darkness of the night completely sank. Thousands of lights have been lit outside the forbidden city, and Li Dongyang, the first assistant in the cabinet, is still sitting on his desk and constantly checking the thick stack of blue inscriptions beside him. Li Dongyang is constantly deliberating whether the methods discussed in the cabinet today can be effective in various places.

Xu had been sitting for too long, and Shousuke-sama's right shoulder was sore, and he stood up and looked out the window. The night patrol of the Zhijin Wu still carried the red lantern, three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, and the forbidden city was strictly guarded.

"It's not ordinary......" Li Dongyang sighed as he looked at the moon standing high above his head.

In the northern sky, there is a faint aurora hanging upside down the heavenly gate.