In the huge palace, Dingguo Gong sat quietly on the wooden chair on the right side, he tilted his head slightly, looked at the three wooden chairs on the left, and recalled the other three people who fought with Taizu in the past, some died in battle, and some had passed away, and his eyes couldn't help but be a little moist. Seeing Xu Guogong's situation, Chen Jing, www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" Pavilion, hurriedly took out a piece of cloth from between his sleeves and handed it to Xu Guogong, "Guogong, every time I come to this hall, I will think of some sad things in the past, it is all the fault of the old slave, I should have ordered someone to take this..."

Xu Guogong took the cloth and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, waved his hand, and said softly, "It's just touching the scene, it's okay." The old man came to see His Majesty today, and Gonggong Lao Chen passed it on his behalf. ”

Chen Jing took a cup of hot tea from the inner palace attendant beside him, gently placed it next to Xu Guogong's wooden chair, and said in a low voice, "Guogong, aren't you embarrassed by the old slave." In today's affairs in the court, how can there be any reason to surpass His Royal Highness the Prince. Even those of us in the inner palace should inform the prince's mansion if we have something to report. ”

"Alas" Xu Guogong sighed, put the tea cup in his hand on the side of the case, and said, "How can the old man not know about this matter, but the matter that came today should be known by His Majesty first." ”

"Could it be the crown prince...."Chen Jing looked at Xu Guogong's complicated face, as if he insisted on asking to see His Majesty. He glanced at the attendants to the left and right, and motioned for them to stand aside. After all the attendants in the inner palace in the palace retreated, Chen Jing took a step forward, stood beside Xu Guogong and bent over and whispered, "Don't hide it from the prince, since the crown prince was in charge of the country, His Majesty the Emperor has rarely asked about the affairs of the court. If Guogong really has any urgent matter, he can go to the northern suburbs to meet the national teacher, and maybe he can have the opportunity to present His Majesty in person. ”

"National Teacher?" Xu Guogong glanced up at Chen Jing, and there was no clue on his expressionless face. He secretly said to himself in his heart that at the beginning of Taizu's business, he relied on the help of Mingjiao to calm down all the heroes in this troubled world and the forces behind them. After Taizu ascended the throne, he canonized Mingjiao as the state religion, and the head of Mingjiao as the national teacher, and gave the Purple Mountain in the northern suburbs of Jinling to Mingjiao, becoming a place for national teachers to maintain health.

"Yes, now only the national teacher can directly meet His Majesty. Chen Jing nodded.

"But... The Purple Mountain is a forbidden place in the country. It's not something that ordinary people can break into. Xu Guogong frowned slightly, holding the tea cup on the desk with his right hand, and a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

"Guogong is not an ordinary person, but you are.... Why don't you send someone to help you go into the mountain to inquire first?" Chen Jing bowed, looked at Xu Guogong's hesitant expression, brought another cup of tea on the wooden case to him, and said in a low voice, "Although the Purple Mountain is a forbidden place, it is not airtight. If you really want to see Your Majesty, you might as well give it a try. ”

"Well, that's the only way. ”

Xu Guogong got up slowly, but Chen Jing grabbed his right wrist with one hand, he squinted his eyes and smiled, "The old slave pointed out a clear path for Xu Guogong, does Guogong still regard me as an outsider?"

"This..."Xu Guogong lowered his head and whispered to Chen Jing, who was bent over his body and bowed his head, "There are changes in the north and south, and I can only say that." ”

Chen Jing's eyes widened, staring at Xu Guogong's solemn expression, his eyes showed a surprise that he hadn't seen for a long time, and he asked in surprise, "Is this matter serious?"

Xu Guogong looked back at Chen Jing, stared at him with his eyes, and said softly, "The old man has just gotten the news about this matter, and I hope that Chen Gonggong will not spread the word, for fear of shaking the country." ”

Chen Jing nodded hurriedly, and he walked towards the main entrance of the hall with Xu Guogong with both hands. "The Duke of the Kingdom should be carefully investigated in this matter, the southern land has always been a trouble for His Majesty, but the northern border is..."

Xu Guogong nodded, comprehending, he patted Chen Jing's hands with his left hand, and said softly, "The old man leads the soldiers of the broken army, and he will not make anyone threaten His Majesty the Emperor." But..."

The two of them walked out of the main gate of the palace one after the other, and the attendants of the inner palace on both sides of the palace gate rushed from the other end of the wooden corridor, and the white jade square under the palace was shrouded in moonlight, reflecting a little cold light. Chen Jing helped Xu Guogong to walk to the stone steps on the right side of the imperial road, he suddenly slowed down and stopped beside Xu Guogong and whispered, "There are Yanyun, Qinchuan and Luobei in the north, I don't know where you mean by the difference?"

"Gonggong Chen, which of these three places is not guarded by the prince appointed by His Majesty, I forgive the old man for not being able to tell him. Xu Guogong waved his hand, signaling Chen Jing to stay, he walked alone to the palanquin in front of the wooden corridor outside the hall, and the four inner palace attendants lifted the palanquin and slowly walked down the imperial steps.

The night shrouded the entire imperial city, and the huge palace disappeared into the night in an instant, but the lakeside and streets outside the palace gate in the distance were brilliantly lit, and there were only a few fires inside the palace. Chen Jingchang sighed, watched Xu Guogong disappear at the palace gate, and turned around and walked to the wooden corridor on the left side of the main hall. More than ten feet away, four plain-clothed waiters were walking slowly with lanterns in their hands.

When Chen Jing saw someone coming, he hurriedly knelt on the ground, bowed his head to the ground, and bowed in panic, "Slave Chen Jing greets His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

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On the west bank of Mochou Lake, in the courtyard of the Hongchen Inn, Yuankong was taking care of the rest of the people in the room, and Fei Ming beat him from the other end of the street, and carried the inn's shopkeeper to the courtyard, he pushed the shopkeeper to the ground with one palm, and said sharply, "What's going on with these calligraphy and paintings?"

Yuankong took off all the calligraphy and paintings in all the rooms and threw them on the wooden table, his eyes were round and he looked particularly fierce, holding the Zen stick tightly in his hand, and the joints in his hands made a crisp sound, so frightened that the shopkeeper knelt on the ground and quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy. "Heroes, masters, just let the little ones go. I don't really know these calligraphy and paintings. ”

Fei Ming pointed with his right hand, and the long sword on his waist flew out quickly, swept directly past the neck of the shopkeeper and inserted it directly into the floor, the long sword emitted a terrifying cold light, and the candle flame was reflected on the shopkeeper's face under the refraction of the sword body. "If you don't say it, this sword will not be so easy next time...."Fei Ming got up and came to the shopkeeper, pulled out the long sword from the ground, half-squatted in front of the shopkeeper and said softly, "If you don't want to die at a young age, just tell me honestly." ”

"Hmph!" Yuankong roared angrily, violently shook the Zen staff, the Zen staff smashed a deep pit on the ground, his eyes were fixed on the shopkeeper, and he said in a rough voice, "If you don't tell the truth, the poor monk will let you taste the power of this Zen staff." As soon as the words fell, he suddenly lifted the Zen staff with his right hand, and directly pressed the other end of the Zen staff against the head of the shopkeeper.

Fei Ming's face was serious, his right hand slowly pushed away the Zen staff in Yuankong's hand, looked at the shopkeeper who was scared half to death, and said softly, "Senior Brother Yuankong put away your Zen staff first, it's not good to scare this little brother." ”

"Say, what's going on with this painting!" Nightstar suddenly got up from the banquet, pulled out a short blade from his back and quickly plunged it into the shopkeeper's thigh, blood bursting out of the crack.

The shopkeeper let out a miserable cry and said in pain, "I said, I said.... Heroes, be merciful.... Be merciful...."