After a while, a shrill voice suddenly came into the ears of the red boy:

"Shen Guoshi, the emperor just sent someone to send a message, saying that you should go to the emperor's study for a trip, there is something important to discuss. ”

Clearly, the voice was coming from outside the door.

When the red boy heard that the emperor had something important to discuss with him, he immediately put on his boots and opened the door of the house.

I saw a tall palace maid standing at the door, her head bowed, and her face calm.

"Are you the new palace maid of Mingxuan Pavilion?"

Red Boy had never seen this face before, and asked.

Every time Mingxuan Pavilion has a new palace maid, Aunt Yan Xi, the palace maid in charge of Mingxuan Pavilion, will bring it over in advance for the red boy to take a look.

This is what Red Boy requested, he knew that there was a secret hidden in this palace, so he asked every newcomer in Mingxuan Pavilion to come and "report" to him.

And the palace maid in front of her, the red boy had no impression at all.

"Yes, not long after the slave maid came, Aunt Yan Xi was called away by the queen before she could take the slave and maid to report to the national teacher, begging the national teacher for forgiveness. ”

The palace maid knelt directly on the ground as she spoke. It's just that in the process, her head has not been raised.

But it can still be seen that she has no fear of the red child.

It seems that she also understands the rules set by Red Boy, and puts most of the responsibility on Aunt Yan Xi.

Red Boy always felt that this palace maid was a little strange, a strange thing that couldn't be said.

He turned and walked into the room, took out a long sword, and pointed the tip of the sword at the palace maid's throat.

"Do you so calmly beg my forgiveness because you know I won't kill you?

"The slave is just a lowly slave, this life is not worth much, if the national teacher wants to kill me, kill me. ”

There was no trace of waves on the palace maid's face, and she said word by word.

The red boy was a little shocked by the palace maid's reaction.

He didn't know what words to use to describe this woman.

I was already holding my sword to his throat, and with a slight movement of my hand, her life was gone.

If it were another palace maid, it is estimated that she would have cried and called her father and mother a long time ago!

And she can still behave so calmly, she is really not an ordinary person.

"You stay here, I'll go to the emperor now. ”

The red boy put the long sword back, glanced at her faintly, and said.

After speaking, he quickly left Mingxuan Pavilion.

The palace maid looked at the back of the red child, and her meaningful eyes were like her, which was really unpredictable.

..................

"Shen Guoshi is here!"

"Quick! let him in!"

As soon as the red boy stepped into the study of the emperor Yingzheng, Yingzheng quickly stopped what he was doing, and pulled the red boy in a panic, saying that he wanted him to see something.

"Shen Guoshi, help me take a look, what does this mean?"

Ying Zheng took out a piece of paper and showed it to the red boy and said.

The red boy took the piece of paper, the size of a normal letter, and looked at it carefully.

There was not a word written on the paper.

Instead, a large circle is drawn in the center of the paper, and below the circle is a small black snake, which is coiled on the ground and looks up at the circle.

Ying Zheng stood by Red Boy's side nervously, waiting for Red Boy's answer.

Seeing that the drawing on the paper was childish, as if it was made by a child, the red boy said half-jokingly:

"Your Majesty, could this be a random painting by a prince and princess in the palace?"

"Shen Guoshi, this is impossible," Ying Zheng denied Red Boy's statement, "I was early this morning, as soon as the guards opened the door of the dormitory, a small arrow flew towards my dormitory with a "whoosh" sound, shooting straight at the pillar next to the gate. I was a little frightened and hurriedly ordered someone to find the Assassin, and when I came to my senses, I noticed the paper rolled on the small arrow. ”

Hearing this, the red boy glanced at this nonsensical painting again, and looked thoughtful.

He seems to have some idea of the painting.

After a long time, the red boy slowly spoke:

"Your Majesty, it seems that someone did it on purpose. The minister dared to ask the emperor, has there been a feeling of unsteadiness in my heart recently?"

Ying Zheng was stunned, and he stared at the red boy with an expression of disbelief, as if his heart had been guessed.

"Don't hide it from the national teacher, I have always had nightmares at night recently, and I am also restless during the day, so I asked the imperial doctor to prescribe several pairs of calming medicines to no avail, and the nightmares are correct. ”

To be honest, Ying Zheng was so tormented by nightmares that he couldn't eat much during this time.

In this way, he couldn't eat well, he couldn't sleep well, and his whole body lost a lot of weight.

"Then can the emperor tell his ministers what that nightmare is?"

The red boy then asked, wanting to know more about it.

He guessed that all of these things had something to do with the painting on the paper.

"This ......"

Ying Zheng seems to have some concerns.

"Your Majesty, don't you still believe in the minister? The minister must be tight-lipped about what he is talking about today and will never tell anyone. ”

Red Boy's firm statement dispelled the concerns in Ying Zheng's heart.

Hearing this, Ying Zheng stood in front of the red boy and whispered in the red boy's ear:

"I dreamed of Li Zexuan, he is my nightmare. ”

Ying Zheng's voice is not ordinarily small, not much different from the snorting of mosquitoes, as if he is afraid of being heard by others.

Even if Ying Zheng's voice was as small as a mosquito, the red boy could hear Ying Zheng's words clearly.

Li Zewei?

Isn't it the king of Zhennan who failed to force the palace in the Qin State more than ten years ago and fled with hundreds of dead soldiers from the lion and tiger battalion?

Could it be that he is now reappearing?

If that's the case, then the circle on the drawing should be......

He felt that his conjecture was not wrong.

"Your Majesty, the minister seems to understand the meaning of this painting. ”

"National teacher, please speak. ”

Ying Zheng was suddenly interested.

He wanted to hear what the meaning of the painting he couldn't figure out.

The red boy did not say it directly, but saluted Yingzheng and said:

"The minister has a request. ”

"National teacher, what are the requirements?"

Ying Zheng asked patiently.

"The minister implored the emperor not to be angry when he heard the next explanation. After all, these are just the minister's guesses. ”

The red boy said his request.

Because he knew in his heart that what he was going to say next was likely to anger Yingzheng.

"Okay, I promise you, no matter what you say, I won't be angry," Ying Zheng nodded, and in order to show his bearing as a generation of monarchs, he added, "A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase." ”

In this case, the red boy is relieved.

The red boy spread the painting on the table, pointed to the circle, and said to Ying Zheng, who was sitting in front of the table:

The minister guessed that this circle represented Li Zeyu. Because, 'circle' is homophonic to Li Zekuo's '厡', Li Zekuo is now in the dark, and he doesn't want us to know his whereabouts, so he won't blatantly write his name, if he uses a circle instead of his name, it will be safer. ”

When Ying Zheng heard this, he thought about it carefully and thought that what Red Boy said was very reasonable.

Then, Ying Zheng pointed to the little snake on the painting and asked:

"And what does this mean?"