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"Pavilion Master, are you alright!? We found a few killers, and they've been dealt with. Another one seems to have broken into your room?"

Zhu Qing and Bi Yuan hurriedly opened the bedroom door, just in time to see the man in white with black hair wiping the front end of the white jade hole flute with a white handkerchief.

A man in black lay at his feet, his throat was cut open by the sword energy.

"Dirty, clean up."

He let go of the veil in his hand, and the veil fell down, covering the eyes of the man in black.

"Yes."

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outside the hospital.

"Why haven't the brothers who went in come out yet?" There were a few people wearing black clothes and black cloth covering their faces hidden among the branches and leaves.

"Who knows, this yard is so big, and it takes so long to explore the road."

"Is something wrong?" The person who spoke was inexplicably uneasy.

"What could happen? Didn't Chief Liu say that the person living in this courtyard is a literati, so wait a little longer."

"……Um."

……

Another half an hour had passed, and the courtyard hidden in the darkness was still silent, and the few people guarding outside became more and more uneasy.

"It hasn't come out yet, why don't we go in directly?"

"...Well. Come on, brothers, let's go straight in!"

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A few people jumped into the courtyard wall, and saw the east wing room with candles still on, and a figure reflected in the window.

The courtyard master hasn't rested yet?Could it be that Wang Er and the others didn't do anything because he hadn't fallen asleep yet?Even if that's the case, it's time to send a letter to the brothers outside!

Several people were about to move towards the east wing, when suddenly a scream sounded from behind them.

Then there was the sound of a human body falling to the ground.

Several people turned their heads quickly and looked against the dim candlelight ahead, only to find that the brother who was walking at the back fell to the ground.

The man in black closest to him tremblingly stretched out his hand and touched it, and it was covered with blood, "Dead, he is dead!"

"Hush! Keep your voice down!" The other person quickly covered his mouth, and only after he calmed down a little did he let go.

He bent down and groped for a while, and found that the people on the ground were indeed out of breath.He followed it down, and then touched a sharp hard object, and stopped his hand just in time to avoid being scratched.He turned around and looked at the light, "It's a dart!"

"Huh?" Several people were a little surprised for a while.

Didn't you say that you are just a literati, and that literati can also use darts?

Of course this dart was not Shen Qingjun's handwriting, but Zhu Qing's masterpiece.

Fear welled up in the hearts of several people, and they couldn't help but feel a little bit of retreat.

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed before the eyes of several people, and the two men in black standing at the two ends quickly fell backwards without even making a sound.

"Ah!" The remaining six people were terrified and gathered together tightly.

"Ghost, there are ghosts in this yard..."

"What the hell, I'm the closest to Wang Liu, and I saw it just now under the light. It's a dagger, a dagger reflecting the light. It must be a human!"

"Hey, it doesn't matter if it's a human or a ghost, life-saving is the most important thing! I think it's not easy to kill this person today. Let's think of a way to escape this ghostly place!"

"Since you are here, why don't you leave so soon?"

The voice of thick internal force condensed suddenly exploded in the ears of several people.

"Who?!"

"Stop, don't pretend to be a ghost, if you have the ability to come out and fight one-on-one, what a hero to sneak around!" The man in black who spoke was arrogant, but his tone trembled faintly.

The man in white came out of the shadows and looked at the crowd by the shadowy candlelight.

"I don't seem to be the one sneaking around, right? You come to my small courtyard as guests, but you don't even say hello. You come here at night, with your face covered in black. I really don't know how to entertain you with such behavior."

While speaking, two figures appeared, one on the left and one on the right, standing on either side of him.

"who are you?"

After all, the men in black had worked for the palace for many years, trying to calm down a bit.

"You want to find me, but you don't know who I am?"

"You, you are Mr. Mo Yuan?!"

"Exactly."

"But you, aren't you a literati? What?!" The men in black were already terrified at this moment, and even more terrified. They could almost predict that they would not be able to go back.

"Of course I am a man of letters."

Shen Qingjun twirled the white jade hole flute in his hand, and with a flick of his hand, a man in black standing beside him had his throat blown open by the sword energy.

"Ah!?" Several people were startled and subconsciously moved away from that place.

"But I'm not just a literati." Shen Qingjun turned the front of Yuxiao in one direction, and the man in black who was pointed at was frightened to dodge again and again.

"How is it? Are you satisfied with my answer?"

Before the man in black could reply, he told Zhu Qing and Bi Yuan: "Treat your distinguished guests well."

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the bedroom, only a white veil fell from his hand and spread on the night path.

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The main hall of Prince Teng's Mansion.

In the main hall, in addition to Chu Xuanqing, there was Wang Yue, Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, and Zhu Wenbin, the right servant of the provincial government.

These two are not only supporters of King Teng, but also two of King Teng's most trusted courtiers.

Wang Yue was promoted to this high position by Chu Xuanqing who overthrew the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials with all his strength. He was loyal to King Teng and obeyed his orders.Taking advantage of his position, he communicated with his subordinate officials to receive awards, and the amount of "filial piety" he gave to King Teng every year was unknown, which greatly made up for the lack of money that King Teng had in raising private soldiers and cultivating cronies.

Moreover, in addition, with him as the leader, there are also many people who sell officials and nobles, which also facilitates King Teng's cronyism and placing his own people everywhere.Therefore, Wang Yue has been favored by King Teng since he took up this post for two years.

The other person is Zhu Wenbin, the right servant of Menxia Province. He and the servant of Menxia Province are both from King Teng, but the lower official right servant She Zhu Wenbin is more favored by King Teng, because he is smooth and quite Knowing the world, with a clever mouth, many officials in the province under the door were pulled under the door of King Teng.

He and the servant of the door combined with the officials of the province, and isolated the highest official position in the province, that is, the Luantai order.

Now, although King Teng was unable to replace the Luantai order, he had actually taken most of the power in the province into his own hands.

Several people gathered in Prince Teng's mansion today precisely because of He Yan's disappearance.

There was no news from He Yan for a long time, and the people who were sent to watch Prince Lian's mansion had no results for the time being.

"My lord, the person sent out last night has not returned."

Liu Feng walked in quickly and knelt down on the ground, not daring to lift his head.

"What did you say?!"

"...The people sent out last night did not return all night."

Liu Feng bit the bullet and said it again.

"Didn't return all night? It was just to kill someone. You said that the king's twenty personal guards didn't return all night?!"

What does it mean to not return all night? It is nothing more than the failure of the assassination, and the possibility of being killed in reverse.

Twenty people can't kill a literati!

"My lord—"

"Trash! A bunch of trash!"

"My lord, my lord, please calm down... How about I go and investigate in person?" Liu Feng lowered his head even more, his forehead resting on the ground.

"It's useless. What more investigation is needed, they must be dead." Chu Xuanqing sighed, and the premonition in her heart became stronger.

This Mr. Mo Yuan is difficult to deal with, very difficult to deal with.

Those who were sent out did not return, nor could they have just been caught.Mr. Mo Yuan only knew Chu Xuanzhao and Li Shangnuo in the capital, and he was the only one who could send someone to kill him.He didn't need to arrest anyone for interrogation at all.

But, how did he kill twenty personal guards?Could it be Chu Xuanzhao?

If it was Chu Xuanzhao's people secretly protecting...

Even more frightening may be himself!

This person is really unpredictable!Even if he couldn't kill him, he had prepared himself, so he probably wouldn't be able to act rashly for the time being.

"You go down." Chu Xuanqing rubbed the painful forehead, knowing that a person was extremely threatening, but there was nothing he could do about him, it was the first time that Chu Xuanqing felt so passive.

"...Yes, I will resign from my humble position."

"My lord, is it possible that my lord is talking about the mysterious son brought back by Chu Xuanzhao?" Wang Yue asked tentatively.

"It's him. This person is a big problem."

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"Mo Yi."

"My lord?"

Chu Xuanzhao was eating, and Mo Yi and Feng Er were standing next to him.

"You go and pick out the best Su brocade in the mansion, and you personally send it to the Shanyifang, find the best workers of female reds, and make more than a dozen brocade quilts."

"My lord, why are you making so many quilts?" Mo Yi was very puzzled by this order.

Could it be that the prince has finally figured it out and is going to marry the princess?

Chu Xuanzhao sighed, "Apologize."

"Ah?" Mo Yi was confused.

"Ah what, let's go."

"Yes."

"Feng Er."

"My lord."

When Feng Er heard the words, his expression turned pale, and he answered with some reluctance. He didn't want to do the task of "making quilts" too.

"Go to the backyard and pass on the order of the king, and say that the king knows their origins. I want to dismiss them now, and I am willing to abandon everything in the past. I can stay in the palace and be a servant. I will protect them." They have nothing to worry about. Those who don't want to,"

Chu Xuanzhao sneered, "Let's just say that this king will naturally give them a good place to give full play to their own advantages and live up to their appearance."

There are countless brothels in Qianjilou, but, if they are released from the palace, will those who send them in really give them a good result?

"Yes, Feng Er takes orders."

In order to hide himself, Chu Xuanzhao had taken in many men and women before, but now the situation is different, and he took the initiative to show off and gain a foothold in the government, so naturally there is no need to keep those people.

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"Your Highness, the pavilion master is out."

"Going out?"

Chu Xuanzhao was quite surprised when he heard the words, after Shen Qingjun came to Beijing, he never went out by himself, only went to Huanxi Building and Liuhe Building with himself.

Chu Xuanzhao, as he himself said before, comes every day, sometimes even running two or three times a day, this is the first time that Shen Qingjun is not around.

"Where did he go?" Chu Xuanzhao looked at Bi Yuan, where could he go?Branch?

"Liuhelou. The owner of Valley Helian is here."

"What? Helianxin?" That guy came to the capital?Moreover, Qing Jun didn't tell me..., "I see, let me go."

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"Xiaojun, ask the owner of Liushanzhuang, is it really killed in our pavilion?"

"Ah."

Shen Qingjun didn't pay attention to his sentence "in our pavilion", anyway, Helianxin is also very knowledgeable about the matter of Chenyin Pavilion, so it doesn't matter.

"No wonder..." Helianxin held the teacup with one hand and his chin with the other, stroking the non-existent "beard".

"what happened?"

"That's right. Half a month ago, Liu Wenqing, the second young owner of Wenliu Mountain Villa, found me and said that his father had been poisoned and his life was hanging by a thread, so he asked me to save him. At that time, I followed him almost day and night, It took nearly ten days before I arrived at the village. After checking, I found that he was poisoned by the noon python poison. Poisoned."

Before Shen Qingjun received his letter from Feige, saying that he is not in the south of the Yangtze River now, and will make a detour to see him in the capital in the near future, only now did he know that he had come to Wenliu Villa for a visit.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple?"

"You really understand what I mean. Yes, I felt very strange at the time, because this kind of noon python is in the southwest area. How could a villa owner in the north be bitten by such a python? Moreover, according to Er Shaozhuang Master Liu Wenqing said that his father was bitten on the mountain outside the villa."

"and after?"

"Later, I detoxified him and prepared to come to the capital to meet you. After traveling in the north, I returned to the south of the Yangtze River. As a result, that night, a few men in black came, but they were quickly discovered by the owner of the second young man. The clothed man escaped away. I felt that the matter was not simple, and I didn’t want to get involved in their affairs, so I planned to leave. It was the owner of the Second Young Master’s repeated requests to let me stay until the owner’s residual poison was cleaned up before leaving. I thought , It took only a few days, and I agreed. Unexpectedly, "

"Unexpectedly, the night before yesterday, the man in black came to the village again and successfully killed the owner of Wenliu Mountain Villa." Shen Qingjun continued.

"Well, that's right. At that time, I thought that the person who came for the second time looked like a handicraft in our pavilion, so he came to look for you."

"The person who hired the pavilion to kill the owner was a county magistrate." Shen Qingjun buttoned the tea cover, "Now it seems that it's just to cover up people's eyes and ears, and others instructed him to do it."

"Well, but this matter, left and right has nothing to do with you and me, but it is convenient for me to come and see you."

"You mean, without this, you wouldn't have come to see me? Seeing that I'm just passing by?" Shen Qingjun raised his eyebrows.

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