Many Chu people know that in the northwest of the holy capital near the burning gold mountain, surrounded by a piece of green bamboo, there is a royal forest garden, Xiang Yi occasionally used this place as a resting place when he returned from hunting.

Because it was only used by the emperor to rest, the scale of this Zhangwu Palace was not large, and there were only a few hundred people in charge of the Imperial Forest Army and the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace on weekdays.

Zhao An, the chief eunuch of Zhangwu Palace, is nearly sixty years old this year, and even in the imperial city, he can definitely squeeze into the top ten.

But over the years, he has been sent to this deserted Zhangwu Palace where birds don't. What is rare is that Zhao An has no complaints, smiling all day long and patrolling the forest garden with his hands behind his back, taking care of the flowers and plants here for Emperor Dachu.

However, almost no one knows that this is actually the future tomb of the founding emperor of Great Chu. Moreover, it is said that this place is likely to have been chosen by the ghost master himself for Xiang Yi.

It's just that tonight's Zhangwu Palace has become unusually tense and depressed, and the Tiger Overseer Geng Tian took over the defense of Lin Yuan without saying a word, and the three thousand iron cavalry surrounded the palace layer by layer, and also transferred two battalions of Jinfengwei from the Beijing Division to be responsible for air patrols, directly raising the vigilance of this place to the highest level.

Rao is so open, outside the Zhangwu Palace is already full of traffic, and there is an endless stream of visitors.

The first to arrive were Xiang Yi, Concubine Yu, and Xiang Yu, and some of them carried a coffin.

It didn't take long for Xiang Yue, the second prince and Xiang Ran, the third prince in Beijing, to arrive in a hurry, and never came out after entering Zhangwu Palace.

Followed by the civil and military officials in the court, they came to the outside of Zhangwu Palace with solemn expressions, waiting for Xiang Yi's summons.

It is strange that there are so many people before and after, and the huge Zhangwu Palace is still silent and can be heard.

"What's wrong?!"

Looking at the big officials outside the Zhangwu Palace, the little eunuch Zhao Yu secretly guessed.

He followed Zhao An step by step and came to stand on the terrace in front of the palace.

Zhao An glanced at the ministers under the steps, and asked in a sharp duck voice, "Who told you to gather outside the palace?"

Chang Yuanliang, the highest-ranking scholar of the Ministry of Rites among the ministers, stepped out of the crowd and said, "I am tired of Gonggong Zhao, and I will say that I have something important to ask to see Your Majesty." ”

This Chang Yuanliang had already followed the side of the Basheng Xiang Yi as early as the Battle of the Sealing Demons, and he was also regarded as a respected old courtier in the court, and he had a high reputation in the hearts of the scholars because of his profound knowledge and brilliant writing.

In the face of such a great Chu Taidou-level important minister, Zhao An didn't raise his eyelids, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is very busy, and I don't have time to summon you, if there is anything to talk about when the Heavenly Dynasty meets the day after tomorrow." ”

Pei Jian, a member of the Ministry of Rites who followed Chang Yuanliang, was young and vigorous, and reprimanded angrily: "You eggless old thing, you dare to stop me from waiting for the pilgrimage?"

Zhao An was really self-contained, and he actually chuckled and said, "How can our family have such courage? It's just that I saw that all the adults were standing hard outside, so I came out to persuade a few words." If you like it, just stand outside the palace, even if our family is troubled. ”

After he finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and walked in with the little eunuch Zhao Yu.

"Father-in-law Zhao!" Chang Yuanliang suddenly roared: "The queen mother and Her Royal Highness Princess Jinyuan are still healthy?!"

Zhao An turned his head and said with a smile: "Lord Chang, should you ask this too?" ”

Chang Yuanliang was secretly taken aback, realizing that it was very likely that the situation was even more serious than he knew.

He nodded, lifted the hem of his robe and slowly knelt down outside the Zhangwu Palace.

Seeing this scene, hundreds of court officials behind him knelt down one after another.

Zhao An sighed and said, "Master Chang, you are not young, why bother?"

Chang Yuanliang looked straight at the palace with his upper body, and said loudly: "Your Majesty treats me like a mountain and can't repay me, but I just give up my skin!"

Zhao An pursed his lips and walked into the Zhangwu Palace, and said to himself in an almost inaudible voice: "Adults love to kneel or not, you have worked hard, don't you have to find something to do." ”

Zhao Yu has been following Zhao An for five or six years, because he is well-behaved and clever, he was accepted as a godson by Zhao Dagong, and he dared to ask at the moment: "Father-in-law, will they really kneel outside the palace for a night?"

Zhao An said disapprerovingly: "Who knows, but all the adults of my Great Chu Kingdom are all brave and loyal. Xiao Yuzi, look at it, Your Majesty will drive people away after a while. ”

"But father-in-law, will you make Your Majesty unhappy if you come out to bombard those adults without getting His Majesty's will?"

Zhao An smiled and said, "If I act as a nobody, I will really upset Your Majesty." Xiao Yuzi, the knowledge in this palace is very deep, you learn slowly. ”

Zhao Yu said respectfully: "Yes, thank you for the cultivation of my father-in-law!"

Zhao An bowed his head and said: "For your sake of being obedient and well-behaved, our family will arrange a good errand for you." Do it well, and you'll be able to soar into the sky. If you mess up, don't say that your life is not guaranteed, and even our family will be implicated. ”

Zhao Yu was excited and worried: "I'm afraid that I will be clumsy and will live up to my father-in-law's high expectations." ”

Zhao An snorted, pointed to a palace in front of him and said, "Hanguangxuan will be handed over to you tonight." ”

Zhao Yu couldn't help but feel disappointed when he heard this, and his face couldn't help but show.

How could he hide this little bit of his careful thinking from Zhao An's eyes? Zhao An snorted in his nose and said, "I want to arrange for you to serve in front of the queen mother, but do you dare? You must know that Your Majesty is determined to stay in front of the mother's couch tonight, and I will let you go if you are not afraid of death." ”

Zhao Yu shuddered and hurriedly responded: "I listen to my father's arrangement!"

Zhao An nodded with satisfaction and said, "Xiao Yuzi, don't think that the one in Hanguang Xuan is insignificant, and he is not the prince and princess?" Hehe, let me tell you - his weight is heavier than the two princes who just arrived, and only His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince can be compared to my dynasty." ”

"And who is he—who is he?"

Zhao An suddenly stopped, lowered his voice and said gloomily: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, if you dare to talk nonsense, I will never let you live until dawn tomorrow!"

Zhao Yu was moved, and said in a loud voice: "Xiao Yuzi doesn't dare!"

"Listen," Zhao An said in a low voice: "When you enter Hanguangxuan, don't ask anything, and don't say a word." Watch with your heart and serve carefully, I will keep you safe and rich. ”

Zhao Yu didn't dare to raise his head to write down Zhao An's words word by word, and his heart became more and more surprised, Zhao An has always been as calm and steady as Taiyue, but when he talked about this young man, he talked about the tiger's color change, and he repeatedly told himself in a normal way, why is this?

It's just that Zhao Yu didn't dare to ask more and say more, so he stood in front of Han Guangxuan and bowed down to see Zhao An leave.

Zhao An sent Zhao Yu away, came to the outside of Huaijin Palace, and bowed deeply to the hall: "Old slave Zhao An asks to see!"

No one in the hall responded, Zhao An waited outside the door for a short while, and then pushed the door in.

I saw that in the huge Huaijin Palace, only Qi Longxiang, the Great Chu Martial King, was sitting there drinking tea with an expressionless face.

Zhao An was stunned, and saw Qi Longxiang glancing at the apse with his gaze, and quietly signaled to him.

Zhao An bowed his head to express his gratitude, tiptoed to the bottom of the yellow bud carved dragon chair that Xiang Yi often sat on weekdays, and stood with his hands tied up with his eyebrows lowered.

Not long after, Geng Tian, the Tiger Overseer who had arranged for tonight's palace ban, also walked in.

Although he is one of the eight overseers, he can only stand silently by the sword in this Huaijin Palace, like a statue of the god of war poured with iron and copper.

At that moment, three people with different identities stood or sat with their own thoughts, silently waiting in the temple.

After half an hour, Xiang Yi and an old man in Tsing Yi came out of the apse.

This old man in Tsing Yi has an ugly appearance, but he has fluttering sleeves of fairy wind bones, and he is carrying a seven-foot-long scroll of "Operations Research Society Jitu", the treasure of Zhenguo Dingbang, which is Fan Jian, the king of Wen who wrote alongside the martial king Qi Longxiang.

Xiang Yi sat down in the Yellow Bud Carved Dragon Chair without saying a word, looked at Geng Tian coldly and asked, "How many did you find?"

"The general was incompetent, and only twenty-six corpses were found, and none of them were alive. Geng Tian leaned over and reported: "Fan Inspector has led people to close the mountain, even a mosquito and fly will not want to slip away!"

"None of them lived...... Yes, it didn't disappoint me, at least there are more than twenty people who are willing to die with him!" Xiang Yi smiled coldly and said: "I'm not as good as him, it's only been a while that all kinds of rumors have spread all over the sky, and most of the civil and military officials in the Holy Capital have come to Zhangwu Palace to see the excitement of me, right?"

Zhao An reported softly: "The old slave just went out to see, and there were about 300 adults gathered outside the Zhangwu Palace. The old slave persuaded them to disperse, but they were scolded by Master Pei Jianpei, a member of the Ministry of Rites. ”

"Geng Tian!" Xiang Yi's face was unshocked, and he shouted in a low voice.

"The last general!" Geng Tian was shocked and stepped forward to receive the order.

Xiang Yi was just about to give an order, but Fan Jian hurriedly preemptively said: "Your Majesty, Pei Jian is a rare young talent who is shrewd and capable, but he often offends people with his unabashed mouth......"

"Shrewd and capable?" Xiang Yi sneered and said: "This kind of fool who jumped out and was used as a gun is also worthy of being called a handsome talent?

"Obey!" Geng Tian turned around and went out.

"Wait," Xiang Yi stopped Geng Tian, thought for a while and ordered, "Is Chang Yuanliang here too?" Give him a little face, and give him a decree to go home and rest." As for the others—blast them all away!"

"Obey!" Geng Tianlang promised and strode away from the hall.

Xiang Yi stood up and paced slowly in the hall, Qi Longxiang, Fan Jian, and Zhao An each looked down at the ground and remained silent.

"With Mr. Lao Fan's skillful hands in the apricot forest, the queen's injuries have improved. There's a lot of work to do next, and I don't want to see the Holy Capital turn upside down after dawn. ”

He looked at the exquisite and intricate caisson above his head, and said indifferently: "I copied the beast's palace tonight!"

"Your Majesty!" Qi Longxiang and Fan Jian glanced at each other, and the two of them knelt down together and said, "Please think twice before acting!"

Xiang Yi stood still in front of the two of them and asked, "What, you two still have to speak for that beast?"

Fan Jian bowed deeply and said: "Your Majesty, there has always been a saying among the people that the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, and it is the emperor's family.

Xiang Yi looked at Fan Jian silently with a gloomy face, the mountain rain was about to come, the wind was full of buildings, who could see his thoughts from the faces of a generation of emperors?

Fan Jian is worthy of being a profound, can be called the first poisoner of the Great Chu Dynasty, and his voice is low and categorical: "For the Great Chu Qianqiu Society, the minister has a plan for Li Dai Taozhuang!" (83 Chinese .com.)