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Under Liu Ziqian's dancing posture, Tianluo Zhiwu looked extremely strange.

Shadow stood quietly in the dark corner of the palace, watching Liu Ziqian's crazy dance steps with concentration, that crazy appearance, in the shadow's eyes, actually made the shadow a little bit excited.

It took a long time before Liu Ziqian sat slumped on the ground, panting lightly.

"They're all going to die!" Liu Ziqian couldn't hide his excitement in his voice.

Shadow said lightly: "Dead? I'm afraid it's too early. Although their vitality has been seriously injured this time, you must never forget that the real pillar behind them has not yet fallen."

The corners of Liu Ziqian's eyes twitched, and his voice suddenly became cold: "I will fall, I will die."

"They won't fall on their own, even if they want to die, they need a murderer's hand." Shadow said calmly: "The Ye family behind Prince Fu, and Cao Muyan behind Prince Yin, this time only the branches and leaves have been cleared, the real trunk has not yet fallen. "

Liu Ziqian stood up abruptly, waving his hands, and said frantically, "Why, why didn't the old guy kill them? After killing them, everything will be stable."

Shadow sneered and said, "An Ding? Do you think that man doesn't want to kill them, or to bring them down? Don't worry, the branches and leaves are cleared, which means they are going to cut down the trees. But these two trees are buried too deep, and they want to be pulled out, and It's not easy."

Liu Ziqian walked back and forth in the hall, muttering something for a long time, and then slowly said: "Then can you think of a good way to make these two trees fall down quickly."

Shadow said simply and authentically: "I can't."

Liu Ziqian stopped talking, and slowly sat down on a chair, dazed.

"You have been waiting for more than 20 years, so you don't care about these two years." Shadow said calmly: "Since the branches and leaves have been removed and the trunk will fall, it may only take a year or two."

"But I want them to die quickly, I even want them to die now." Liu Ziqian gritted his teeth.

Shadow pondered for a long time before saying calmly: "I think you should be worried about your elder brother."

"Prince?"

"That's right." Shadow nodded and said, "Everyone thinks that he is incompetent and will be destroyed by that man sooner or later. But everyone should also understand that standing behind the prince is the empress dowager, your grandma, that cruel and ruthless woman." In other words, standing behind the crown prince is the Yongguo Company Tu family, you know better than me the influence of their family, do you think the emperor would easily do something to anger the Situ family?"

Liu Ziqian gritted his teeth and said, "They are not my grandma, nor my elder brother!"

Shadow sneered and said: "There are some things that you cannot deny." After a pause, he continued to say in a cold voice: "It's like the prince was born to Empress Xiaoduan, and Empress Xiaoduan is the empress dowager's niece. , even if the prince is incompetent, he has a good mother and a good grandmother, this is a predestined fact."

"Hehe...!" Liu Ziqian said with a cold smile, "It's a pity that Xiaoduan has already gone to the underworld. If she knew that she had only been dead for two years, the woman she hated the most in her life would be made a queen. I don't know why. How do you feel?"

The shadow's face in the darkness suddenly twitched, looking extremely terrifying.

"Xiaoduan is dead, and that old woman won't live long." Liu Ziqian said coldly, "You're right. I'll wait and see how this scene goes."

Shadow closed his eyes and remained silent, standing upright like a thousand-year-old ice sculpture in the cold Wuyan Palace.

The guards of the imperial palace have always been extremely strict, but during this turmoil, the guards have been strengthened, and the Habayashi camp has sent more troops to guard every part of the imperial palace.

As one of the three major battalions of the Yulin Camp, the Fenghuo Camp also responded quickly. Not only did it increase its manpower, but it also only left Gong Yangyue and two school lieutenants in the camp, led by Xue Poye and Ximen Leizang , Zhao Tianda and a large number of school lieutenant Yubayashi officials patrol the palace every day, and it looks like they are facing a big enemy.

Guarding the imperial palace is the duty of the Yulin Camp. Rouji was assassinated, and Fenghuo Camp was naturally hit. Therefore, Xue Poye strictly supervised his subordinates. Ming Xun, who had to sleep with his eyes open, was It was widely spread among the soldiers of Fenghuo Camp.

It was another long night, Xue Poye and Ximen Leizang drank some wine, warmed up their bodies, and then led the three Habayashi guards to patrol the west area of ​​the palace.

It was freezing cold, although there was no snow, but the cold was overwhelming, and the pools in many places even condensed into a thin layer of ice.

Xue Poye was wearing a double-layer Yulin winter jacket. Although it was a bit heavy, it was really warm and drinkable, but the cold wind blowing on his face made it a little bit bone-piercing.

"My lord, it's freezing cold, why don't you go back to rest first, and we'll step up our night watch." Habayashi Wei said behind him.

Xue Poye has done a lot of practical things for the Fenghuo camp these days, and he is not afraid of his official position and strives for the profits he deserves for the Fenghuo camp, so he has won the hearts of all the soldiers. The Fenghuo camp is very majestic.

Xue Poye chuckled, put his hands in his breath and breathed out two warm breaths, and then said warmly: "Aren't you watching the night, it's also freezing cold? You can bear it, and I can naturally, so don't worry."

Immediately led the crowd to patrol around, but nothing happened, and the nobles in the palace also rested.

"You guys rest first. I'll find a place to make it easier, maybe I drank too much at night." Xue Poye suddenly laughed,

Several Habayashi guards knew what Xue Poye meant, and one of the Habayashi guards immediately said: "My lord, you go to the left from here, and after a while, you will see a white eaves resting, and suddenly one person said in surprise: "No, I forgot to tell my lord that the Acacia Palace is also over there. "

Several Habayashi guards were stunned, and one of them said: "The Acacia Palace is a forbidden area, and our people from the Habayashi Camp are not allowed to enter, so what should I do, or I will catch up and talk to you."

The other person waved his hand and said with a smile: "You guys are really worrying about it. Your lord is only going to the latrine, how can you enter the Acacia Palace. The Acacia Palace is very deserted, and there is no one there. No one dares to enter during the day, and no one dares to enter it at night." in."

One retorted: "That's not necessarily the case, Mr. Xue is not even afraid of Mr. General Wei, he is very courageous."

"Master General Wei is not a ghost. I heard that Xiangsi Palace is haunted by ghosts. The Vice President Wei is not afraid of him, but we can't just say that the Vice President Wei is not afraid of ghosts!" A person next to him interjected.

"Haha, do you dare to say that Vice President Wei is afraid of ghosts?" Someone beside him immediately teased.

The man said seriously: "It's not just Vice President Wei, how many people in this world are not afraid of ghosts. If you are not afraid of ghosts, why did you deliberately lead Vice President Wei to avoid Acacia Palace during your inspection just now?"

When everyone heard it, they were speechless.

"Wait a minute, Mr. Vice President Wei just went to the hut, maybe he can't see the Lovesickness Palace at all." One person said in a deep voice: "Let's wait for a while, if Mr. Vice President Wei doesn't come back, then go and have a look."

Everyone said yes.

Xue Poye found the hut very quickly, and after urinating vigorously inside, he felt a burst of relief all over his body.

After leaving the hut, I realized that this place is extremely deserted, completely without the bright lights and luxury of other places. This place is not only deserted, but also gloomy. If it weren't for the illumination of the palace lanterns in the distance, the road could not be seen clearly.

I didn't find this situation when I was in a hurry to urinate before, but now I calmed down and found out that this is the case.

The surrounding area is very open, and there is even a small forest. The trees in the forest rustle when the cold wind blows, which makes people have a creepy feeling.

Although Xue Poye was quite courageous, he didn't dare to stay too long, because he didn't understand how there could be such a strange place in the luxurious palace.

He suddenly thought of the plots he had seen in TV dramas in his previous life. Once many concubines fell out of favor and were convicted, they were all thrown into the cold palace. Could it be that this is the so-called cold palace?

But it's not right to think about it, there is at least one palace in those cold palaces, but there seems to be no palace here?

As he walked back, he turned his head and looked back to see if he could see the legendary Leng Gong, but the place where he saw was dark, and he really didn't see the so-called Leng Gong.

But the moment his eyes retracted, a gleam of fire actually lit up in that gloomy space.

The fire was so sudden that Xue Poye shivered in fright. Not far to the west, there was a faint light of fire, and the light of fire was still moving slowly, moving to the southwest.

"Woman's fire?" Xue Poye couldn't help whispering, but he was full of doubts. There are no graves in this area, so naturally there is no bone phosphorus, not to mention it is not summer, so there is no phosphorus fire.

The lights are not very bright, just a few sparks, the movement is not fast, but a little erratic.

Xue Poye only felt the cold all over his body, so he quickened his pace and walked forward quickly. After walking only a dozen steps, he stopped suddenly and turned his head again.

If he left at this time, maybe nothing would happen, but Xue Poye felt that he must regret to die, after all, this strange scene made his mind full of doubts.

He touched the saber at his waist, and without hesitation, he quickly chased after the lamp.

After running for a few steps, I wondered in my heart: "Should I find some brothers to come with me?" But this thought was dismissed in an instant, because the lights really dimmed. It's too late.

Xue Poye chased towards the light without hesitation. Although he was a little apprehensive, his natural courage made him full of energy.

Seeing that the light was approaching, he saw that the light was like a candle being blown out, it went out in an instant, without a trace.

Xue Poye stopped and stood on the ground blankly, the white marble floor under the ground felt cold, the surroundings were quiet, ghost-like darkness and tranquility, Xue Poye only felt that he was the only one left in the world in an instant.

He smiled wryly and shook his head. It may be that he had worked so hard recently that he had this hallucination, or it might be the side effect of Hua Xian's "Bi You Jing" poison.

Just as he was about to leave, suddenly there was a flute sound in his ears, clear and melodious, like the sound of heaven.

Xue Poye's heart was shocked, he followed the prestige, it was from the southwest corner, and he couldn't help but slowly walked towards the southwest corner.

After only walking for a while, Xue Poye stopped, looking at the scene in front of him, he couldn't help being even more surprised.

There is no palace here, but there is a very small courtyard, which looks like the garden of a well-off family in the countryside. There are lanterns hanging in front of the courtyard, and the courtyard is full of rabbits. A very quaint wooden house stands in the courtyard. .

Seeing all this, Xue Poye seemed to have returned to the countryside. In this luxurious inner courtyard of the palace, there is such a completely different place, which made him dumbfounded.

The courtyard door has been opened, and the lantern is hanging beside it. Under the light of the lantern, a plaque on the courtyard door is actually reflected.

The plaque was very old, even a little broken, but the handwriting on the plaque was extremely clear, Xue Poye could see clearly, on that plaque, the words "Acacia Palace" were written flying and flying.

"Acacia Palace!" Xue Poye murmured.

If Xue Poye hadn't seen the "Acacia Palace" before, when he heard people say these three words, he must have thought it was a majestic and magnificent palace, at least with gold bricks, jade tiles, and vermilion walls and carved beams.

But "Acacia Palace" is a small farmyard, probably no one would have guessed it.

The melodious and distant flute sound came from the wooden hut, and the room was glowing faintly, without the splendor and splendor of other palaces, just like daylight.

The place is quiet and quiet, the little rabbits in the yard are huddled together, lying prone in the corner, and the cold of winter makes these little guys very uncomfortable.

Xue Poye approached the yard with his left hand on the handle of the knife. If there was any abnormal movement, he would definitely try his best to protect himself.

Although it was far away from other palaces, on such a quiet night, if you shouted "Help", the group of Habayashi guards must still be able to hear it.

He tiptoed into the courtyard. In his heart, this is also the west area of ​​the palace, which belongs to the protection area of ​​Fenghuo Camp. His activities in this area are also his responsibility.

The sound of the flute was still playing melodiously, and Xue Poye leaned close to the window, wanting to see what was going on inside, but the window was sealed by window paper, but everything inside could not be seen.

He was about to pierce the window paper with his finger, but he heard a deep voice say, "Come in, the door is open!"

Xue Poye was stunned, practicing "Ecstasy Mind Method" by himself, confident that his footsteps are so light, it is impossible for ordinary people to feel it, but the people in the room know his existence easily, this person's ability, at least Ear power is amazing.

As soon as he was discovered, Xue Poye didn't hide, he laughed dryly, stepped forward and opened the door, and said loudly: "I am on patrol at night, please excuse me!"

But the voice said calmly: "Speak softly here, don't speak too loudly."

As soon as Xue Poye entered the house, he saw that everything in the house was plain and old, the tables and chairs were not bad, a very old wooden bed, and there was even a spinning wheel beside it.

He followed the prestige, and saw a portrait hanging in the north corner of the room. There was a futon under the portrait. The flute player was sitting on the futon, facing the portrait.

Xue Poye walked over, looked at the portrait, and couldn't help being startled.

I saw a young girl in that painting, elegant and refined, with extraordinary beauty, wearing pure white clothes, like a fairy Chang'e in the nine heavens, with a faint smile.

This painting is so vivid that the girl in the painting seems to break out of the paper and walk out of the portrait at any moment.

"It's so beautiful!" Xue Poye praised from the bottom of his heart.

The flute player smiled lightly, and said calmly: "Of course she is beautiful. She is a fairy from the Nine Heavens, and she is the most beautiful among all the fairies." Although his voice was calm, Xue Poye could feel the beauty from the calm words. I can see the strong affection that the flute player has for the girl in the painting.

"Is there really such a woman in the world?" Xue Poye asked softly, "Or, it's just a painting."

The flute player said softly: "She came to the world just to play around, and now she has returned to the sky."

Xue Poye was confused when he heard the ambiguous words, but after all, this is a private matter of others, so it is not easy to ask too much. After looking around, there was nothing unusual. The master? I heard that there is a group of masters in the palace, and he is probably one of them. I'd better not bother you." Thinking of this, he cupped his hands and said: "Senior is here, I would have disturbed you, so I will leave." After speaking, he turned to leave.

The flute player suddenly said: "Xue Poye, do you want to hear a story?"

Xue Poye laughed and said, "What story?" Suddenly woke up, and lost his voice: "You...how do you know I am Xue Poye? You...who are you?"

His surprise was no small matter, he said he was just a very lucky guy, why in Kyoto, he seemed to know many people.

How could such a flute player who lives in seclusion in the palace know that he is Xue Poye.

If he called himself "Lord Xue", Xue Poye would only be shocked by the fact that the other party was well-informed, but if he called "Xue Poye", it meant he knew everything about himself.

Xue Poye's right hand was already on the handle of the knife.

The flute player calmly said: "You don't need to panic, and don't use the knife, you... are not my opponent."

This man speaks very frankly, even Xue Poye himself believes that he is definitely not the opponent of the flute man, he removed his hand from the handle of the knife, and smiled: "Senior misunderstood, I will never draw the knife , I’m just worried that the handle of the knife will be cold, and when I meet a real assassin, it will be difficult to hold the knife.”

"Haha...!" The flute player laughed and stood up, turned around and said, "Xue Poye, you are still so eloquent!"

Xue Poye looked at this person's face and said in shock: "It's...it's you!"

The person who played the flute was actually the man in yellow robe who met Ximao that night. The man in yellow robe sat in the cemetery and ate "human flesh" made of lotus root that night, which Xue Poye still remembers vividly.

He couldn't figure out how this ghostly guy could appear in the palace.

With a faint smile on his face, the flute player walked to the chair by the table and sat down, calmly said: "If you want to listen to the story, you can sit here." After speaking, he actually picked up the porcelain pot on the table, Poured two cups of tea.

Although the things in this room are old, they are all extremely clean and can be called spotless.

Xue Poye saw that the flute player was looking at him with a smile, so he couldn't refuse, not to mention that such an expert would be somewhat attractive if he wanted to tell a story.

Xue Poye believed that this would be a good story, he couldn't think of an expert who would talk nonsense while eating and having nothing to do.

So he walked over, sat down at the table, and even took a sip from the teacup. It was hot tea. As soon as the tea was in his mouth, a sense of warmth flooded his body, making him feel indescribably comfortable.

"Aren't you afraid of poison?" The flute player stared at Xue Poye and said slowly, "Aren't you afraid that I might poison the tea?"

"Senior wants to kill me, there is no need to use such low-handed means." Xue Poye laughed and said: "What's more, you want me to listen to the story, and you will never let a dead person listen to the story? I can guarantee that I am a very Good listener, I will listen to your story very carefully, these days, it is not easy to find a serious listener like me."

The flute player nodded and said, "Okay, let me tell you, listen!"

"You tell me, I'll listen!" Xue Poye smiled, pretending to be listening to a story.

The flute player pondered for a while, then pointed to the portrait, and said in an infinitely gentle voice, "What I want to tell is Qingyao's story!"

"So her name is Qingyao!" Xue Poye said with a smile, "It's really a good name, it's a refined name, and the name is even more dust-free!"

There was a gentle smile on the corner of the flute man's mouth, and he said softly: "She is my wife!"