As soon as he entered the Funing Palace, Leng Yiqing immediately felt a murderous aura. Just because he saw that there was one more person beside the emperor besides Gonggong Zheng.

For this person, although Leng Yiqing recognizes it, he can only be regarded as a recognition. Because, he almost never had any pleasantries or conversations with this person.

This person is the commander of the Ouchi guards who has always been by the emperor's side, and who is usually hidden in the shadows-Zhu Mo.

His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom had a total of three military forces in his hands - the Xiang Army, the Forbidden Army, and the Guards Army.

The Xiang Army belongs to the local army and is mainly responsible for maintaining local stability.

The Forbidden Army is a regular army and is mainly divided into two parts:

- Most of the forbidden troops are stationed on the border, often called "border troops", mainly responsible for border defense, defending against foreign enemies, and have their own names and commanders.

- There is also a small number of elite forbidden troops stationed in the Beijing Division, responsible for guarding the imperial city. And the so-called commander of the forbidden army actually refers to the commander of the forbidden army in Beijing.

The guards are the emperor's guards, responsible for guarding the palace. His main duty was to protect the personal safety of His Majesty the Emperor.

Therefore, these guards can be said to be the elite of the elite, and there are many first-class masters with outstanding martial arts.

And Zhu Mo, the commander of the Ouchi guards, is the leader of these people, and the only person who can hang a sword next to the emperor.

At this moment, the commander of the guard with a sword was standing beside the emperor. And in this entire hall, except for the emperor, that is, the chief steward Zheng Yong, there is no other palace person.

Therefore, in Leng Yiqing's opinion, the role of this guard commander here should be to deter him, a scholar who has no martial arts.

Is the emperor's move to take him down on the left side?

Although there were all kinds of miscellaneous thoughts in his heart, Leng Yiqing still knelt down and saluted as usual.

However, the emperor, who was sitting on the dragon chair, did not immediately calm him down as usual. So he had no choice but to continue to kneel there, not daring to look up at the look on the face of His Majesty the Emperor at this moment.

After a long time, Emperor Haoxing Xiaoqi said lightly: "Zuo Xiang, let's calm down." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Leng Yiqing stood up, only to feel that his back already had a feeling of sweat.

He quietly raised his eyes to look at the emperor, but saw that the emperor was also looking at him expressionlessly.

"Summoning Zuo Xiang into the palace early in the morning, in fact, it is not a big deal, it's just-"

After a pause, Haoxing Xiaoqicai said slowly: "I got a new painting yesterday, and someone told me that Zuo Xiang should know the person in the painting. Therefore, I was curious, so I called you to take a look at this painting, and by the way, let me know who the person in this painting is. ”

After speaking, he glanced at Zheng Yong, who was standing beside him.

Zheng Yong immediately smiled knowingly, picked up a thing that was placed on the dragon case, walked to Leng Yiqing, and handed it to him.

Leng Yiqing unfolded the yellowed and old tattered paper to take a look, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat!

However, after all, he is a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, and although he can't help but be secretly shocked in his heart, the look on his face has not changed at all.

He looked at the painting in his hand carefully for a long time, and then shook his head a little puzzled: "Your Majesty must have mistaken people's words! Wechen has never seen the woman in this painting, and I don't know who her surname is." ”

Haoxing Xiaoqi kept staring at the subtle changes on Leng Yiqing's face, but he didn't find anything that could be called suspicious.

He couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, and asked slowly: "The woman in this painting, do you really not recognize the left minister?"

Leng Yiqing shook his head again, and said with great certainty: "The minister really doesn't recognize this woman." ”

"But someone told me that this woman is Lin Fangyin, that is, the late lady of Zuo Xiang!"

Leng Yiqing was stunned for a moment, and then frowned.

Looking at the expression on his face, he obviously felt that the emperor's words were very absurd, but he didn't dare to contradict them, so he could only stand there and shake his head vigorously.

Haoxing Xiaoqi couldn't help frowning when he saw this, and said with some displeasure: "Since you don't admit it, you have to say a reason for not admitting it!"

Leng Yiqing was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said with a wry smile: "But where does this ——, start?!The name of the late lady's maiden is indeed Lin Fangyin, but she is not the woman in the painting at all!"

Although the woman in this painting is beautiful, she is not as good as Lin Fangyin's half a point, how can someone mistakenly refer to her as the minister's late wife?

But Chen didn't leave any portrait of Lin Fangyin, and she has been dead for nearly twenty years, who can remember her appearance more clearly than Chen?

Therefore, where can the minister find evidence to prove that the woman in this painting is not Lin Fangyin?"

Hearing Leng Yiqing's seemingly helpless, but reasonable, argument, Haoxing Xiaoqi's brows couldn't help frowning deeper, and he snorted coldly, and said, "Although Lin Fangyin is deceased, there is still a cold ice in this world that looks very similar to her. Compare the two phases, and there will be results!"

Hearing the emperor mention the cold ice, Leng Yiqing's heart couldn't help but be shocked!

He wasn't afraid that the emperor would really compare this portrait with cold ice, because this portrait alone could not prove anything at all.

The woman in this portrait does look a little similar to Lin Fangyin, but it is far from the cold ice, and I am afraid that it is not even like a point.

This should be related to the person who painted the image. Because the person in the portrait knew that he was painting a woman, he deliberately highlighted the woman's willow eyebrows and almond eyes, and Qiong's nose and cherry lips. And these soft places are the places where the cold ice is most unlike Lin Fangyin.

Although this portrait is not very threatening, a cold heart always hangs in the air. Because at this moment, he has clearly realized that all this that the emperor has done is aimed at cold ice, and if he does not achieve his goal, he will never give up!

Although he was anxious in his heart, Leng Yiqing still tried to maintain his composure, and replied calmly: "What Your Majesty said is very true! As long as you compare this portrait with Han Bing, you can immediately discover the fallacy in it." ”

When Haoxing Xiaoqi heard this, he couldn't help but be secretly annoyed-

If he can catch that kid from the cold ice, will he still use this portrait to make a fuss?

But Zheng Yong did say that his secret agents identified that this portrait was very similar to Han Bing's appearance.

From this point of view, Leng Yiqing is simply talking nonsense with his eyes open. Hmph, as long as he grasps this handle, it is enough to make him obedient!

It's just that at this moment, where can I find someone who has seen the appearance of cold ice?

At this time, Zhu Mo, the commander of the guards who had been silent, suddenly bowed down and played: "Your Majesty, the minister has seen that cold ice boy once, and he is confident that he will not recognize the wrong person. ”

Haoxing Xiaoqi looked at Zhu Mo with some surprise, "When did you see that cold ice?"

Zhu Mo bowed again and said, "On the day of the Yuanfang Martial Arts Competition, the minister happened to be at home, so he went to take a look. ”

Haoxing Xiaoqi pondered carefully, there is indeed such a thing. However, at that time, Zhu Mo was not resting normally, but temporarily changed shifts with a deputy commander. It seems that a person like him who practices martial arts can't help but want to witness the temptation of a master's moves.

It's just right, if you think about it, with Zhu Mo's eyesight, there will be no deviation.

"Then you can see for me, is the woman in the portrait similar to Han Bing?"

"Yes. ”

Zhu Mo walked over and took the portrait from Leng Yiqing's hand, and after looking at it carefully for a while, he returned the portrait to Leng Yiqing.

Then, he bowed down and played: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the woman in this portrait does not resemble the appearance of the cold ice boy!"

His words were categorical and extremely certain, but the emperor couldn't believe it.

"Oh?"

Haoxing Xiaoqi glanced at Zheng Yong, thinking that this old slave must be eager for revenge, so he will use this kind of self-defeating lie to deceive himself, it seems that he is still too tolerant of him on weekdays!

Haoxing Xiaoqi didn't know that at this time, Zheng Yong's heart was also scolding Gong Yan who could only talk nonsense.

It was precisely because the boy from Gong Yan told him conclusively that the woman in this painting was somewhat similar to Han Bing's appearance. Only then did he dare to add fuel and vinegar in front of the emperor, and said that "a little similar" was "very similar"!

However, at this moment, Haoxing Xiaoqi will never affect the big things he plans for such trivial matters. So he just glanced at Zheng Yong quietly, and then turned his gaze to Leng Yiqing again.

"In this way, I should have mistakenly blamed Zuo Xiang, thinking that you deliberately concealed the identity of the Ice Hidden Clan from me. Now that the misunderstanding has been clarified, it is also a fortunate thing, so that there is no more mustard in the hearts of you and my monarchs and ministers. ”

Hearing the emperor say this, Leng Yiqing not only did not feel the slightest relief, but suddenly broke out in a cold sweat!

He stood there with his head down, his hands slightly bent into fists, trying to keep his body from trembling. Because he needs to be ready for everything, waiting for the emperor to tell his terrible thoughts completely.

Sure enough, after a pause, Haoxing Xiaoqi continued to say lightly: "Since even Zuo Xiang doesn't know about this, it can be seen that Han Bing is cunning and very good at pretending. He was able to hide his identity as a hidden evil man without any flaws, and even passed off his identity as the son of the left prime minister seamlessly!"

When Leng Yiqing heard this, he finally couldn't help but raise his head and exclaimed: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty must have mistakenly believed someone's slander! Han Bing is by no means a hermit, and he is indeed the son of Weichen and Lin Fangyin!"

Haoxing Xiaoqi's face couldn't help but show a cold smile, and said, "Since Zuo Xiang is so sure, then I will give you a chance to confirm what I said!"

With that, he leaned back into the dragon chair and waved his right hand slightly.

Zheng Yong hurriedly retreated, and then turned back again, and there was already an extra gold plate in his hand. And on top of that gold plate was a delicate golden pot.

Haoxing Xiaoqi glanced at the golden pot, a touch of viciousness flashed in his eyes, but his tone was as gentle and plain as ever: "As long as you let Han Bing sing this pot of wine, you can naturally tell whether he is a hermit or not, and you can confirm whether he is the son of Zuo Xiang or not." Plus-"

Speaking of this, he deliberately paused for a moment before continuing: "As long as Zuo Xiang personally lets Han Bing drink this wine, no matter what the final result is, I will be convinced of Zuo Xiang's loyalty from now on!"

Looking at the golden pot that appears every year during the New Year's Day banquet, the cold clothes are like falling into the ice cellar!

Heavenly poison is extinguished, a strange poison that specializes in poisoning the hermit people.

The emperor actually asked him to use this terrible poison to harm Han Bing!

stared blankly at the golden pot for a long time, Leng Yiqing finally smiled bitterly, bowed down and said, "The minister obeys the order!"