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Take the heaven and earth to determine the universe, shake the majesty of the five mountains and get the nine tripods!

Liuheyuan is located in the verdant Jiuqu forest, nearly thousands of miles of lush forest, Jiuqu creek, bead curtain and jade belt, all kinds of birds shuttle freely, and even in the west, there is a hunting ground.

The name of Liuheyuan is very simple, but this place is not.

It is said that there are more than [-] large and small pavilions, with exquisite workmanship and elegant environment. The most important thing is that this place, like Wulan Villa, is a separate courtyard of the royal palace, with one west and one east forming corners of each other.

It is interesting to say that the Wulan Mountain Villa is usually visited by the royal family members, but in this Liuheyuan, most of the female members of the palace come, such as concubines, princesses, princesses, queens, etc., and even the empress dowager occasionally has an interest. , will also come here to relax.

It's also really a wonderful other courtyard with beautiful scenery.

The eldest princess' team arrived at Liuheyuan in the middle of the night, and the team seemed exhausted due to the non-stop journey.

The deacons of the Liuheyuan were naturally busy when they saw the eldest princess Luanjia coming. By the time they finished arranging the board and lodging for everyone, it was almost dawn.

Xue Poye and Lady Lv were arranged in an exquisite small courtyard, not far from Princess Yi's residence. Next to the courtyard was a gurgling brook, adding a touch of life to the quiet courtyard.

Xue Poye sat on the stone bench in the yard. Although the scenery here is unique and the climate is pleasant, he is in a bad mood.

Eunuch Guo told several Habayashi guards to "protect" Xue Poye, which meant to monitor Xue Poye's actions and not let him leave.

It's really weird tonight, there is no moon in the sky, thick black clouds cover the sky, if it weren't for the bright palace lanterns, I really couldn't see the style of the Liuheyuan clearly.

Although the Liuheyuan was silent and looked extremely peaceful, everyone who knew the place knew that under the night, behind every leaf and every stone in the Liuheyuan, there might be a terrifying murderous intent hidden.

Xue Poye held the glass cup and stared blankly at the rockery in front of him, frowning.

The greatest terror in the world is not the past, not the present, but the future.

Deep in Xue Poye's heart, he faintly felt a kind of fear that he couldn't distinguish clearly, that kind of fear of being at a loss for the future.

In the eyes of the eldest princess, no matter how capable she is, she is probably just a tool in her hands. Now she is closely monitoring this sharp tool, what exactly is she trying to do?

Lady Lv sat by the bed, with both hands on the window sill, looking at Xue Poye's back with a pair of fox eyes, with a worried look on her face.

The courtyard is quiet, even the courtyards next to it are silent. In everyone's minds, everyone will think that the eldest princess may be deposed by the emperor to the Liuheyuan, so the eldest princess must be in a very bad mood now , no one wants to make the eldest princess unhappy at this time.

Xue Poye finished drinking the wine in his glass and when he was about to refill the wine, a bolt of lightning as bright as day suddenly fell from the sky. In just a short time, there was an earth-shattering thunder, which shook people's hearts.

The wind blew, blowing the trees and flags, humming, as if they were screaming, and when Xue Poye walked back to the house with a wine jar in his hands, there were already bean-sized raindrops falling from the sky.

The wind was strong, and the rain was pouring down. Soon, the density of the heavy rain made it difficult to see the situation ahead, and the eyes were all white.

Just when the thunder exploded, no one noticed on the trail west of Liuheyuan, two peerless horses, one in a million, one after the other, fell towards Liuheyuan like shooting stars.

The horse is like a dragon, and the man is like a fierce tiger. As if the heavy rain has been expected for a long time, both of them are wearing coir raincoats and bamboo hats, covering their bodies and heads tightly, only showing the wild pair. Wolf-like eyes.

This is a small gate, so there are only two Habayashi guards guarding it uninterestedly. They are both sitting in the pavilion in front of the gate. In the dark night, they don't look conspicuous.

"Someone!" A Habayashi guard couldn't help but clenched the handle of his knife when he heard the sound of horseshoes in the rain.

Yubayashiying is an elite teacher, and Yubayashiwei is all highly skilled. Everyone has extremely high vigilance and excellent hands-on skills.

Another Habayashi guard also grabbed his saber, listened carefully, and said in a deep voice, "There are two horses."

The two Habayashi guards didn't wait long. In the blink of an eye, two lightning-like horses galloped over, and they were about to pass through the gazebo and crash into the small door.

"Stop!" Yubayashi shouted in a deep voice, his hands tightened, and he was about to draw his sword.

These two Habayashi guards have quick hands and draw their knives faster. In previous operations, they always drew their knives very quickly, and even chopped the blade into the opponent's neck very quickly, watching helplessly. Blood spurted from his neck, reddening the blade.

But today's situation is too weird, so weird that people can't believe it.

The moment the two Habayashi guards drew their knives, the blade was only pulled out halfway, and two figures flashed, like ghosts, flashing behind the two Habayashi guards in the blink of an eye.

The two sharp daggers, like cutting tofu, gently wiped the throats of the two Habayashi guards at the same moment.

The blood bloomed like a flower in full bloom. Under the palace lantern, it looked incomparably gorgeous, and even more blood sprayed on the white palace lantern, staining it red. The originally bright lights turned a little dark red at this moment.

Blood spurted from the throat of a Habayashi guard, and while he was dying, he uttered two words: "Ghost...Ghost Valley...!"

After uttering these two words, Habayashi fell to the ground at the same time, twitched twice, and did not move again.

The torrential rain outside the gazebo was even more violent, as if a huge hole had been pierced through the sky, and God was sending someone to pour bath water into the ground.

The two horses stood quietly in the torrential rain, just like their masters, they looked well-trained.

The two people in bamboo hats reined in their horses in an instant, cutting their throats and killing people. Everything was extremely quick, yet so calm and natural.

Although the throats of the two Yulian heads were cut, the daggers of the two bamboo hats were not stained with even a drop of blood.

After putting away the dagger, a man in a bamboo hat took out a small purple porcelain bottle from his arms, uncorked the bottle, poured some powder into the open mouths of the two Habayashi guards, and then put away the small purple porcelain bottle without any hesitation. He rushed out of the gazebo hesitantly, like two well-coordinated geckos, clawing at the not-too-high bluestone fence, and flipped into the yard in two or three strokes.

Two horses stood quietly outside the courtyard.

In the gazebo, the bodies of the two Habayashi guards began to shrink slowly. Starting from the face, it slowly melted. The flesh was like snowflakes in a hot nest, slowly turning into blood, extending to the entire head, and then the neck. , and then down, down, including clothes, everything melted into blood.

Another gust of wind blew by, and the two puddles of blood were blown away, and soon evaporated without leaving a drop.

The two Habayashi guards, at this time, really have no bones left, and completely disappeared in this world.

Eunuch Qin is the most important person in this world to Princess Chang, and no one even knows that Eunuch Qin is the godfather of Princess Yu'an.

It is really unbelievable that a royal eldest princess of high status worships an old eunuch as her godfather. Fortunately, not many people know about it. Perhaps in this world, there are only two The person involved knows that there is still... more... in life!

The place where Eunuch Qin lives is in the outer courtyard of the eldest princess' palace, the place is about the size of a woodshed, but it is extremely clean and tidy.

It was raining heavily outside, the wind was blowing, and there were thunderstorms from time to time. According to those wonderful sayings, there are too many bad people in the world, and God can't stand it, and he is going to kill some of them.

But in this world, how many people are not bad people?

At least Eunuch Qin felt that he was a bad person.

He is not a bad guy who steals chickens and dogs, rogues, and playful, nor is he a bad guy who kills countless and hopeless.

Eunuch Qin thinks he is a bad person, and he has his own reasons.

Unlike most people, his so-called "bad" refers to his body, which is necrotic compared to normal people.

With his upper body naked, Eunuch Qin sat by the water tank.

He is already very old, his withered face and his wrinkled and fleshless skin have already proved this, but who would have thought that such an old eunuch who is extremely old and dying, his upper body is as white and greasy as a baby tender.

From the shriveled nipples down to the delicate pink, crystal clear, to the waist.

It was a body that even the most beautiful and youngest girl could not have, yet it appeared on such a monster-like old eunuch. Compared with the dry old skin at the junction, the delicate and smooth skin was like heaven and hell, which was unbelievable.

But if you observe carefully, you can find that on the smooth baby-like skin, there is a thin layer of ice, faintly emitting cold air, and beside Eunuch Qin, the hot water in the water tank is emitting heat, slowly The thin ice on Eunuch Qin's body slowly melted, and the ice water that turned from the thin ice flowed down the skin like tears.

Eunuch Qin closed his eyes, posed in a strange posture, and leaned forward slightly like a toad.

Footsteps came from the yard, very lightly, even covered by the sound of the storm, but Eunuch Qin could hear them clearly.

Soon, footsteps came to Eunuch Qin's door, and two figures were reflected on the paper window, standing still, not even screaming, standing there like two stone sculptures.

Eunuch Qin was also expressionless, still half-bent on his body with his eyes closed, letting the thin ice on his body melt quickly.

Of course he knew that these two people outside were not assassins. It was already a remarkable skill to be able to get past the heavy guards and come to the outer courtyard of the princess's bedroom. There will never be more than five. If any one of these five people comes over, Eunuch Qin will consciously wait to be killed.

This outer courtyard is very quiet, with Eunuch Qin sitting here, of course he doesn't need any other guards, even if Eunuch Qin can't deal with people, even if there are many people here, it will be superfluous.

After all the thin ice on Eunuch Qin's body melted, the old eunuch took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and made a few strange movements, then stood up tremblingly like an old man, shaking his head, He muttered in his mouth: "It's an opponent, and it cost me more than half an hour."

This is an inexplicable sentence, because only he can understand it.

"Come in!" After getting dressed, the old eunuch sat on a chair by the table and made a cup of strong tea before calling lightly.

With a flick of his finger, the previously fastened door bolt was unlocked, the people outside pushed the door open, walked into the house, then turned around and closed the door, and then walked in front of Eunuch Qin in unison, bowing their bodies respectfully, But he didn't speak.

"Say!" Eunuch Qin took a sip of tea before gently pulling his gray hair with his withered fingers like a woman.

These two people were the bamboo hat men who had cut their throats and killed people in the gazebo just now. Their bodies were covered with rainwater, which flowed down and landed on the ground, forming small puddles one by one.

"Secret order!" A bamboo hat whispered: "Shou Tongzi, there is no other way!"

Eunuch Qin was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Where's the person?"

"Master said, you have spies here, I'm afraid it's not good for the boy." The bamboo hat man said slowly: "So when the boy arrives, you have to make sure that no one here can leave with the news before the boy leaves, let alone let the boy leave." Anyone can enter the Liuheyuan."

Eunuch Qin nodded, waved and said, "Go!"

The two bamboo hat men seemed to have been assured, they both bowed deeply, turned around and were about to leave. Eunuch Qin suddenly said coldly: "Tell your master, he is too relaxed with his subordinates."

The two bamboo hat men were startled and stopped in their tracks.

Eunuch Qin glanced at the puddles of water on the ground, sighed, and said indifferently: "If someone really came in and saw these puddles, do you know that someone has been here?"

The two bamboo hat men both showed panic, bowed their bodies deeply, and dared not speak.

"Sometimes killing people can't cover up many things." Eunuch Qin shook his head: "Go, just pay attention in the future."

The two bamboo hat men bowed again, turned around and left.

In the dark night, in the heavy rain, the two bamboo hats quickly disappeared in the dark and pouring rain.

The eldest princess was still lazily leaning on the soft couch, her graceful figure was like a fairy.

Or in the heart of this eldest princess, she doesn't look down on any angels at all.

Green smoke curled up from the incense burner, and the bedroom was filled with the scent of sandalwood. This incomparably noble Princess Yu'an seemed to like the smell of sandalwood very much. In the not very spacious bedroom, five or six incense burners were actually lit, so the bedroom The sandalwood fragrance inside is very strong.

In the bedroom, apart from the eldest princess and Eunuch Qin who was sitting on the soft chair, there was no one else. The eunuchs and court ladies had already been summoned out.

"Boy?" The Eldest Princess said lazily with eyes like filaments.There is a seductive smile on the corner of the mouth: "Is Guanyin giving birth?"

Eunuch Qin curled up in the soft chair, looking a little uncomfortable. He glanced at the eldest princess with his small slit-like eyes, and said slowly, "I think the boy from Lord Qian is a very special person."

"Uncle Emperor?" The eldest princess Liu Mei frowned slightly, stretched out her hand, two long nails twisted a small cake with blown leather on the incense table, put it in her mouth, chewed it very elegantly and beautifully.

"It's the man who is the prince." Eunuch Qin replied.

"You mean, the reason why the emperor's elder brother asked me to come here is because he knew that the emperor's uncle was going to send the boy over? Or, this so-called boy was sent by the emperor's elder brother through the emperor's uncle's hand?" the eldest princess said thoughtfully. .

Eunuch Qin was silent for a moment, and carefully replied: "The relationship between the Holy Majesty and the princess, I believe no one can provoke it. Since the Holy Majesty sent the princess here, I think there must be something for the princess to do, but these things are not good. It was said in Kyoto, so it was directly arranged here."

The eldest princess sighed: "Why do you want to hide in Liuheyuan?" After a pause, she murmured: "There is no reason to guard the boy? Could it be that the emperor wants me to guard the so-called boy here?" ?”

Eunuch Qin nodded with certainty: "I think that's what His Majesty meant."

"Let me protect a boy and stay here in Liuheyuan. Who is that boy?" The eldest princess frowned and pondered. A tortuous way to let the eldest princess protect from behind.

"Since the Holy Majesty is so cautious, I think this boy must be an extraordinary person." Eunuch Qin said slowly.

The eldest princess smiled softly, and said softly: "Could it be the illegitimate son of the emperor's brother who is having a good time outside?"

Of course, what she said was an unforgivable crime. No one would have dared to say such a thing if it were anyone else, but the status of the eldest princess meant that this joke could come out of her mouth.

Eunuch Qin was able to survive safely in the capital until now, apart from Fan Juan's martial arts, of course it has something to do with his sensible behavior.

The eldest princess said it right, but I couldn't hear it, so Eunuch Qin looked like he didn't hear it, and said: "Xuanyang is blocked at Nanyu Gate today, I think there is always something wrong."

The eldest princess sneered, and said lightly: "He is really courageous, I think the courage given to him by the emperor's brother is too much."

"Princess, do you think that Xuanyang himself did this on purpose?" Eunuch Qin looked calm, and his shriveled old face trembled slightly. It was a sign of extreme aging, but his skills and mind were far different from his deceptive appearance. Are not the same.

The eldest princess giggled like a little girl: "Eunuch Qin, don't you think that old Taoist Xuan Yang is being used by others?"

Eunuch Qin suddenly got up from the soft chair, hunched over, coughed twice, and said slowly: "There are spies around you, find them out as soon as possible, otherwise the boy will be at a disadvantage!" Seemingly tired, after saying this, Eunuch Qin No more words, hunched over and slowly walked out of the bedroom.

The violent storm outside has subsided a lot, turning into a drizzle of light rain.

The eldest princess stretched her waist, her slender waist twisted like a water snake, with a strange expression on her face, she murmured: "Boy? Hey, Brother Emperor, I hope you don't throw me a hot potato!" !” After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand and twirled the little cake with the peeled skin again, tasting it with gusto.

Everything about her is so elegant, neither arrogant nor impetuous, with a sweet and soft smile on her face all the time.

Someone once said: "A smile is far easier to kill than a sword!"