The seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, the thirteenth day of March, the time of the Xu, near the Daning Fang in the northeast of Chang'an City】

Xu Ke walked out of the Autumn Leaf Cottage and went straight to the Zhao Wangfu in the northeast of Chang'an City.

Along the way, he pondered in his heart, and there was a question that kept circling in his mind and lingered:

Should we really arrest all those Chang'an refugees and exile them 600 miles away?

They are a group of poor people, who have been in turmoil for half their lives, but they have fallen into a homeless situation, and now, because of the monsters in the capital, they have to be implicated for no reason, and they have all been expelled?

However, if those homeless beggars are allowed to sleep in the corners of the streets and alleys, they will inevitably attract cat demons, and then no one will be able to prevent the tragic scene of people exposing their corpses on the streets every night in Chang'an City! And this is precisely the result that Emperor Daqian does not want to see today......

The emperor was originally a suspicious and irritable person, and now he is dying, when this eventful autumn, let him hear the news that the case has not been solved for a long time, and the cat demon is harming people everywhere, how can he not be angry?

Since ancient times, if the emperor is angry, the minister will be unlucky, and this time, if the emperor wants to punish the person who handles the case, the first person who will not escape the heavy responsibility is naturally King Zhao.

Although, Li Yigui, the king of Zhao, is the deputy head of the Great Qianshen King Pavilion, and he is also the Prince of Qizhu, and he has always been the emperor's most trusted son. However, the law is not merciful, after all, this case has been delayed for too long, and the involvement is too wide, and now the people of Chang'an are full of disappointment and accusations against the court, and when the time comes, the emperor will inevitably punish King Zhao in order to calm down the anger of the people.

And this is also the result that Xu Ke is most unwilling to see.

"Don't think about it, for the sake of today, these displaced people should be expelled as soon as possible, the sooner the better......"

Qiu Mingli's eager voice flashed in his mind again. It can be seen that Mr. Qiu is also particularly concerned about His Royal Highness King Zhao.

The Manchu Dynasty knows that among the princes of the current emperor, Li Yi, the king of Zhao, and Li Jin, the king of Wei, have always been the best. As the number one thinker of the Wei Palace, it is reasonable for Mr. Qiu to put himself in the shoes of King Zhao today.

Xu Ke thought of Mr. Qiu's first words with himself today that he was also coming to himself. Naturally, he also cares about King Zhao's affairs, and perhaps, the one who really cares about King Zhao is King Zhao's fourth brother, King Wei King Li Jin.

Thinking about it like this, Xu Ke felt that the situation was even more serious, perhaps, even Li Yi himself was not aware of it, he was already in the whirlpool. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, all the princes, are closely watching his every move. If he is not careful, he will immediately incur great disaster!

Okay! Without further ado, I'll listen to the teacher's words and go to see my senior brother tonight! When Xu Ke thought of this, he put aside the doubts in his mind and came from Daningfang, northeast of Chang'an City. His brother's Zhao Wang's Mansion was located in that inconspicuous house.

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"Stop!"

Xu Ke was striding forward, and suddenly heard a rough voice in the distance:

"Chang'an City has a night curfew, and men are not allowed to go out, don't you know?!......?

Xu Ke heard the voice very familiar, and immediately walked towards him.

"Hey, it's a disease-free brother!" When Xu Ke approached, the man hurriedly changed his words. It turned out that it was Xue Tao, the general of the Right Yu Lin Wei, who drank Xu Ke. As a general of the forbidden army, he is being ordered to lead his subordinates tonight to patrol the night and strictly check the curfew.

"Brother Xue, I haven't seen you for many days, it's always been good?" Xu Ke hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Xue Tao with a fist.

Xue Tao walked up to Xu Ke, patted Xu Ke's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Brother without disease, I heard that you have been promoted to the fourth grade of a thousand households, and I haven't had time to congratulate you as a brother, but I didn't expect to meet you here......!"

After that, Xue Tao also learned from Xu Ke's appearance, bowed to Xu Ke, and said with a respectful expression: "The last general Xue Tao, I have seen Xu Qianhu! Tonight is windy, and Lord Qianhu is walking alone at night, but be careful!"

Xu Ke hurriedly stepped forward to hold Xue Tao's wrist, pretending to be angry and said: "Brother Xue, what are you doing? The little brother is just a fourth-grade, how dare you be a big brother Xue to salute the younger brother?!" He said in his heart, even if it is about rank, I am just a fourth-grade, you Xue Tao is a senior general of the four-rank forbidden army, and if you want to salute, it should be me who salutes you.

Xue Tao shook his head and said, "Eh, brother, this time is different from the past, everyone knows that you Tsing Yi Wei is the emperor's personal yamen." How can you, a four-grade thousand-household, be compared with those ordinary four-grade officials? How can I, a fourth-grade official, have a brother......, a four-grade thousand-household, a brother of Tsing Yiwei? Tut-tut...... It's beautiful!"

As Xue Tao spoke, his eyes couldn't help but look at the golden waist card on Xu Ke's waist, his face full of envy.

Xu Ke saw Xue Tao staring at his waist card, so he took it off his waist casually, handed it into Xue Tao's hand, and said indifferently:

"If Brother Xue likes it, this waist card will be given to you!"

Xue Tao stroked the waist card in his hand, was playing with himself, heard Xu Ke's words, hurriedly handed the waist card back to Xu Ke's hand, waved his hand again and again: "Brother, don't dare to say nonsense!

"Ah......" Xu Keqi said, "And this matter?"

"That's not it, brother can still lie to you!" Xue Tao hurriedly tied the waist card to Xu Ke's waist in person, and solemnly admonished: "Not only will the thief be executed, but even the person who loses the waist card will be punished, so ah, brother still keep his waist card alive, don't fall into the hands of bad people!"

After Xue Tao tied the waist card around Xu Ke's waist, he asked earnestly: "Lord Qianhu is so late...... Where are you going?"

Xu Ke was a little really angry and said: "Brother Xue, you and I are brothers who live and die together, if you are like this with me again, the little brother will really be angry! Don't say that the little brother is just a small thousand households today, even if you become a thousand years old in the future, you and I are still brothers!"

When Xue Tao heard this, he immediately looked behind him, waved his hand to signal the more than two dozen soldiers behind him to retreat, and he whispered to Xu Ke:

"Brother without disease, being an elder brother is just joking with you, how can my brother not know about his brother's character! It's just that my brother should be careful when he speaks in the future, especially in front of outsiders, and he must not ...... so casually."

Xu Ke saw that all of Xue Tao's men were retreating to the east, so he simply pulled Xue Tao to the west, and he suddenly asked:

"Brother Xue, I won't tell you, the younger brother has always had a question in his heart, it is rare to see the eldest brother here tonight, and the younger brother wants to hear the opinion of the eldest brother......"

Xue Tao hurriedly said: "Brother, you say!"

So, Xu Ke explained the general situation of assisting Zhao Wang Li Yi to investigate the case, as well as the recent problems of how to deal with the displaced people in Chang'an, including the process of going to the Autumn Leaf Cottage to ask Qiu Mingli for advice tonight, and briefly stated to Xue Tao, and finally asked:

"Brother Xue, what do you think should be done with these homeless people......? Should they really be secretly arrested and banished?"

"Of course!" Unexpectedly, after Xue Tao had just finished listening, he immediately blurted out: "Brother without disease, Mr. Qiu's strategy can be described as a golden and jade good word! It is also the best way to solve the current problem of Prince Zhao! You better hurry up and face His Royal Highness King Zhao!"

Seeing that Xu Kewu was a little hesitant, Xue Tao patted his chest again and assured Xu Ke: "If you are really not at ease, when the time comes, the elder brother will personally go out and escort all these people in military vehicles, and the guards will send them to Xuchang Mansion safely one by one, and none of them will die!"

"Okay!" Xu Ke heard Xue Tao's words, and without hesitation, he immediately said goodbye to Xue Tao and turned his head to the east.

Xue Tao looked at Xu Ke's back and walked away, but said in his heart, these homeless beggars are useless, rather than letting them become "dried corpses" under the claws of the cat demon one by one, it is better to arrest them all to Xuchang Mansion, or, further south, and then exile! When the time comes, whether these people are dead or alive, what does it have to do with the imperial court? Brother, although you have a good heart, don't use them in the wrong place!

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Almost at the same time, in Xu Ke's own mansion, Hu Yiyi sat in his hazelnut residence, but he was a little uneasy. She looked at the white moonlight outside the window, held the tea cup in her hand, took a sip lightly, and was still thinking about a question in her heart.

"At this time, the second brother and the ninth sister came to Chang'an together, what do they want to do?"

Yao Zibei saw Hu Yiyi's eyebrows frowning slightly, and said that she was unwell, so she walked over and asked with concern:

"Is there anything wrong with my sister?"

Hu Yiyi smiled: "Sister is in good health, nothing is going on!Sister, go to sleep!"

Seeing that Yao Zibei was not at ease and was going to sleep with Hu Yiyi, Hu Yiyi had to patiently explain that these nights coincided with the night of the full moon, and their demon clan had to look up at the sky when the moon was at its peak, and they would concentrate on guiding and swallowing the moon to increase and repair. Therefore, Sister Zibei must go to rest first, and after a while, she will meditate in the courtyard.

Yao Zibei had nothing to say, so he had to go to sleep alone, leaving Hu Yiyi to sit alone in the room. As she sipped her tea, she reminisced about the past......

She clearly remembered that on the twenty-second of last month, on the day Xiao Wuxian entered the Shenwang Pavilion, Mao Jiaojiao suddenly appeared in her Hazelly Residence. At that time, she didn't know that Xu Ke had entered the Shenwang Pavilion, was packing up with Yao Zibei, and was preparing to go to Bibo Island off the coast of eastern Zhejiang with Xiao Wuxi, and live a happy life from then on.

There are twelve of her brothers and sisters, and she herself has always been the best friend of the twelve brothers, Shu Hatian, because the two of them stay together for a long time, even if they are separated, they can each feel each other. And her ninth sister Mao Jiaojiao has the closest relationship with her second brother Lu Huoli, the two of them have always stayed in Xiao Guo, because Lu Huoli is the national teacher of Xiao Guo, Mao Jiaojiao is like staying in her own backyard in Xiao Guo, she has always been rampant, and no one dares to provoke her......

And on February 22, her ninth sister and second brother suddenly came to Chang'an. At that time, Hu Yiyi asked her ninth sister, why did they come?

According to Mao Jiaojiao's words, first said that her second brother Lu Huoli was ordered by the lord of Xiao Guo to take advantage of the civil strife to add chaos to chaos, and it was best to turn Chang'an City upside down. According to Hu Yiyi's speculation, it may be that the lord of Xiao Guoguo wants to take advantage of the chaos to send troops, and it is unknown whether he will join Lu Huo in and out.

Later, Mao Jiaojiao said that the second brother came to investigate the matter of the Shenwang Pavilion, and then said that it was to seize the Xuanhuang Sword, and in the end, Mao Jiaojiao actually said that Lu Huo left here to assassinate the King of Wei, so that Hu Yiyi hurriedly made up a lot of lies, tricking them into changing the target and changing the target of the assassination to King Zhao......

At that time, although Mao Jiaojiao didn't say a few words with her, she said several purposes in a row, which made Hu Yiyi confused at this time.

At this moment, Hu Yiyi is sitting alone in front of the window, although she is holding a cup of jasmine tea with a faint fragrance, however, if there is someone next to her, she will see that her mind is not on the fragrance of tea at the moment.

She looked out the window again, at the silver moonlight again, and thought about it again:

My ninth sister Mao Jiaojiao likes to mess around by nature, except for looking for beautiful men everywhere to do the "art of harmony" with her, she doesn't seem to be interested in everything in heaven and earth. And the second brother Lu Huoli, among their twelve brothers and sisters, has the highest martial arts and the deepest mind, and he must have an ulterior purpose when he comes to Chang'an.

Could it be that the second brother really wants to break into the Divine King Pavilion and find out what is inside? What is that place in the Divine King Pavilion? As one of the three pavilions in the world, no one has been able to trespass in for hundreds of years, unless you have the Divine King Order of the White Old Pavilion Lord. But this piece of Xuantie God King Decree, is it something that you can get if you want to get it?

Or is it that the second brother is here to run for the Xuanhuang Divine Sword? This is also unlikely! The Xuanhuang Sword is an ancient artifact, and it is rumored that this sword has been hidden in the Daqian Imperial Palace, but it has always been a rumor. Even if this sword is really in the palace, where the guards are heavily guarded, the masters are like clouds, and no matter how high the second brother's martial arts are, with your own strength, you want to break into the deep palace and seize the divine sword? That is really whimsical!

The real purpose of the second brother's visit to Chang'an must be to assassinate a certain prince!

Once Hu Yiyi ruled out the other purposes one by one, the only truth naturally came to the surface. When she thought of this, she couldn't help but pat her thigh, and suddenly said in her heart:

Now, the emperor of Qianguo has just deposed the crown prince and imprisoned the eldest prince in a cage, and after seeing the fall of the two princes, the emperor still refuses to establish a prince. As a result, the rest of the princes grinded their fists and clapped their palms, and they formed parties in private and poured into each other. In this eventful season, if Xiao Guo wants to add another fire, then wouldn't it be the best way to assassinate a certain prince and stir up the already chaotic court situation even more!

Thinking of this, Hu Yiyi had to admit that her second brother's strategy was not below her at all. Among the dozen or so sons of Emperor Li Chongsheng of the Qianguo State today, the most capable and most likely to take over the throne is undoubtedly Li Jin, the king of Wei. Li Zhen not only won the emperor's favor and became the only prince of Jiuzhu in the court, but also had courage and strategy, and performed particularly well in this grain relief campaign. Such a person, if her second brother Lu Huoli had a way to let him die suddenly, then for the entire Daqian court, it would be tantamount to an avalanche!

Just imagine, today's emperor is already in his old age, and among all the emperors since ancient times, he is almost the person who has lived the longest. Next, how long will the emperor live? All the officials knew it. But no matter how the ministers and generals read, the emperor is always reluctant to establish a prince. At this sensitive time, if Li Jin, the king of Wei, suddenly became violent, on the one hand, this would be a fatal blow to the Son of Heaven, and the throne would lose a best successor from then on. On the other hand, the remaining more than ten princes, each of which is not a fuel-efficient lamp, take advantage of this opportunity, the battle between the princes will inevitably become more intense...... If the Son of Heaven becomes ill again, or even dies on the spot, this great country will inevitably be in chaos!

In Hu Yiyi's heart, he couldn't help but sigh: "Second brother's plan is not poisonous!"

After figuring out the true purpose of Lu Huo's departure and coming to Chang'an, she couldn't help but worry about Xu Ke again.

Originally, she didn't have the slightest friendship with Li Jin, the king of Wei, but because of Xu Ke, she actually hoped that this King of Wei would always be safe!

If the king of Wei, Li Jin, suddenly died, this is definitely not a good thing for Xiao Wuji. At the same time, for the court of the Great Qian, for the people of the Qianguo, this means a disaster! Moreover, for the people of the Xiao State, it may not be a good thing; if the Qianguo is in chaos, the Xiao State will definitely move when the wind blows, and the swords and soldiers of the two countries will rise in all directions, and it is the people who will suffer in the end!

As a demon clan, she originally didn't care much about the affairs of the Qianguo and even the entire human race, for some reason, at this moment, she thought that the Qianguo might be in chaos because of the death of King Wei, and the people of the entire Daqian would also suffer widely because of the civil strife in the imperial court, she couldn't help but worry in her heart......

"I hope that my lie that day can deceive my second brother and let him point the finger at King Zhao!" Hu Yiyi thought so in her heart, but she herself didn't dare to believe that with her second brother's resourcefulness, she could easily fall for the trick and believe the lies she casually weaved?

At this time, the night is deep, the time is coming to an end, the time is approaching, the round of bright moon outside the house, has been hanging high in the sky, the moonlight is as moist as washing, as if it can cover all the dark corners of the world. Seeing this bright moonlight, Hu Yiyi couldn't help but cheer up, she put down the teacup in her hand, and walked to the small courtyard of Hazellinger Residence.

She was right with Yao Zibei, but all demon clans, when the moonlight is bright, they have to meditate and practice, swallow the moonlight, and increase their cultivation.

Hu Yiyi came to the small courtyard, picked up a clean corner, and was about to sit down cross-legged, diving into internal strength, when she suddenly heard the footsteps of a man, entered from the gate of Xu's mansion, and approached her Hazellinger Residence......

With just a few foot sounds, she immediately felt that the person who came was the little Wuxian she had been thinking about.

Sure enough, after a while, I heard Xu Ke's soft voice coming from outside the courtyard gate:

"Sister Hu, are you asleep?"

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