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Summer is over soon, and it is another autumn rain and a cold.

In recent days, the court meeting in Daning has been quite uneven.

Emperor Dayan in the north had just gone through a year of rest, and Dayan stepped into Zhou's territory again, confronting Daning at Wangbei Pass.

The royal family of Dali and the patriarchs of Miaojiang continued to refuse to enter the court this year.

In the fertile Lianghu area this year, in addition to forcing rice to rob food and bully men and women, the bandits even robbed the county government and the prefecture. The three most fertile cities on the Daning territory have fallen into their hands. Not coming.

Emperor Cheng of the Daning Palace couldn't drink his favorite porridge cooked with Taihu rice, and instead drank oatmeal porridge, which made his face turn yellow.

Today's court meeting was another time of wrangling, the heavy rain was not conducive to using troops, and Emperor Cheng couldn't make up his mind, so he ended the court meeting and left Zhao Fu to go to the imperial study to worry about it.

Zhu Yongning went out of the palace gate, and the palace people rushed up to hold an umbrella for him.

The little prince escaped, but Emperor Cheng still seemed to dislike him. The people in the palace were used to climbing high and stepping down, so there were more people who favored the prince.

But King Yan is an anomaly.

The little prince is good-looking, not the kind of flamboyant and weak, he is still young, so the appearance of the man who is as brilliant as the sun occasionally reveals a bit of innocent heroism.Moreover, the young prince is very polite, sometimes Yan Linsu wonders, could it be that this person has such a vile and domineering side only in front of him.

Zhu Yongning thanked him with a smile, turned around and saw Yan Linsu standing under the eaves looking at him, Yan Hou usually didn't go to court very much, if it wasn't for the tense situation recently, Zhu Yongning would rarely see him.

"Yan Hou," a palace official handed Yan Linsu an umbrella, Yan Linsu thanked him, and was about to receive the umbrella when he suddenly heard someone say in his ear: "Linsu and I will use an umbrella."

Following the laughter, an umbrella covered his head, and Zhu Yongning took his hand and walked into the rain.

Yan Linsu held his hand for him. At this moment, there are many eyes and ears in front of the officials. If he wants to break away tomorrow, there will be more rumors in the streets and alleys - but Yan Linsu took a few steps, thinking that if he doesn't break away, he may be afraid of tomorrow. There were only a lot of gossip, and there was another headache.

"Linsu," the sky was full of wind and rain, the sky and the earth propped up by an umbrella were overwhelming, Yan Linsu felt that the whispering voice of the little prince was right next to his ears.He stopped, and the two of them had reached the Jinshui Bridge at this moment, and the water overflowed the Jinshui Bridge and it was a vast expanse of whiteness.

Zhu Yongning said: "It's been a long time since Linsu talked to me this close. I remember that it was raining like this when we first met."

Yan Linsu raised his eyes, but he didn't know where to start. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he had a bad relationship with this person.

In the heavy rain, how could he forget the blood-soaked youth beside the rolling river.

——Let’s not mention it now.

Yan Linsu said: "I heard that the prince has worked hard recently, and even His Majesty praised you a few words today."

Is it really still like this? In this person's heart, he is just a child, because Emperor Cheng praised him, so this person listened to it.

Thinking about all the things since meeting this person, although he and Lin Su already had skin-to-skin relationship, Zhu Yongning didn't even think about those methods so confidently - or was he dismissed?

"Thank you Yanhou for your compliment, this king is very honored."

"My lord, you are very polite." Yan Linsu said, "Thank you, lord, for sending me off."

Zhu Yongning saw a scholar in Tsing Yi coming towards them with an umbrella, it wasn't Xie Ruozhi.

Yan Linsu naturally went under Xie Ruozhi's umbrella, and Xie Ruozhi turned around and smiled at Zhu Yongning to express his gratitude.

Zhu Yongning watched the two leave, his heart clenched uncontrollably.

That smile was nothing short of provocative.

At dusk, the rain stopped. Kou Jihai locked the gate of Lingyun Pavilion, and then he heard a call, "Eunuch Kou."

He followed the prestige and saw the little prince looking at him with a smile under the flower tree.

Ever since Zhu Yongning turned a blind eye to the Yan Wangling on the day of Lichun and let the foundation of the Yan Wang Palace in the capital be destroyed by others, both of them fell into a little bit of trouble.

Kou Jihai had endured for more than a year not to take any action against Zhu Yongning, until a month ago he sent a water killer to help the prince, trying to get rid of Zhu Yongning, but was destroyed by Yan Linsu.

At this moment, he saw Zhu Yongning's eyes rolling on him, and he gave a slight salute: "What's the matter with His Highness King Yan?"

Zhu Yongning walked up to him and said: "This king has found a good altar of pear blossom burnt, and a new mandarin fish from the south. I wonder if you would like to appreciate it...Master?"

Kou Jihai narrowed his eyes, not sure what the little fox was up to.

He was already sitting in the little prince's mansion at this moment, facing Zhu Yongning's pot of pear blossoms and the cooked mandarin fish.

Zhu Yongning filled the wine for him, raised his glass and said: "Today, Ning'er apologizes to Master with this wine, Master please."

The little prince had a chic demeanor, and drank this glass of wine very refreshingly.

Kou Jihai actually smiled: "Ning'er, did you admit your mistake to me?"

Zhu Yongning showed a bit of embarrassment on his face and said: "Not bad."

"Where did Ning'er go wrong?"

Zhu Yongning said: "Ning'er's fault was not in his refusal to rush to help that night. In fact, Ning'er thought it would be better for a strong man to sever his wrist than to expose his strength. After that incident, Ning'er was afraid of being punished by his master, so he didn't dare to ask his master to admit his mistake until the master sent a water killer to kill him." ... Ning'er realized that the master misunderstood me."

With an aggrieved expression on his face, Zhu Yongning caught the fish, picked out the bones, and put it in Kou Jihai's bowl.

Kou Jihai kicked him for a while and said, "A strong man cut off his wrist? Ning'er, if you hadn't let Yan Linsu go that day, you wouldn't have exposed this base."

Zhu Yongning said: "At first Ning'er just wanted to prevent Yin Yang from breaking the rules, who knows..."

Kou Jihai smiled kindly, took a sip of wine and said, "Who knows what? Who knew that you couldn't beat Yan Linsu, and you were kidnapped for him?"

Zhu Yongning seriously shook his head and said: "That's not the case. I avoided the blood bat with him, but Yan Linsu didn't attack me. Later, he was poisoned by the blood bat. Ning'er couldn't bear to take him out of the valley for a while. , I didn’t expect him to be able to find the way.”

"It's rare that you refuse to lie to me."

Zhu Yongning nodded and smiled, "Ning'er never lied to Master."

Kou Jihai looked at him with a calm expression, without the slightest bit of shame or fear, "Then why did you kill Shui Sha?"

Zhu Yongning's eyes darkened, "Because she killed my concubine, I was so angry that I killed her to pay for my life. Now Ning'er also regrets it."

Kou Jihai laughed loudly: "It's a bunch of nonsense! But the young prince has such a thick skin and courage that even I can't help admiring it."

Zhu Yongning didn't feel annoyed, after he finished laughing, he poured wine for him and said, "How is Ning'er compared to my elder brother?"

Kou Jihai said bluntly: "Little prince, since ancient times, Wenrou Township has been a tomb of heroes. If you can't see through the characters of love, it's hard to become a master."

Zhu Yongning asked strangely: "Master thinks Ning'er is a passionate person?"

Kou Jihai looked at his pair of three-point affectionate eyes, but seven-point ruthless eyes, and felt somewhat impenetrable, "This..."

Zhu Yongning said: "Love is not a scourge, love comes from the heart, and those who make great things use people's hearts well... As long as you grasp the measure, love can also be a sharp knife in your hand. If it is not the word love, Ning'er will have to do it this time." Without Yan Linsu's help, Master thinks Ning Er's words are reasonable?"

Kou Jihai said: "Oh, what the little prince said is that he has no sincerity towards Yan Hou?"

Zhu Yongning sighed at the wine: "It's been a while, no matter whether the master believes it or not, whether I have feelings for him or not, it's all in vain now."

Kou Jihai looked up at him, evaluating in his heart.In terms of aptitude, this little prince is above Yin Yang, and he has a long history with the Palace of the Underworld, if he can see through a word of love, he is more reliable than the prince.

Zhu Yongning raised his eyes, and met his hesitant eyes: "Today, Ning'er climbed to the highest palace in the imperial city, and saw layers of palace walls as if crawling under his feet. This king has already figured it out, and Ning'er likes it." Standing at the highest point in the imperial city, what it feels like to hold power in your hands..."

He saluted and went, "Master, please help me."

Regardless of whether Kou Jihai believed in Zhu Yongning or not, the little prince returned to the Palace of Hades.

Kou Jihai's use of Zhu Yongning again made Yin Yang very aggrieved, but the young prince has nothing to do in the palace recently, and he always wants to go to the Danyang Palace to see him. The Danyang Palace is a place where ministers wait for orders. I can only swallow my breath and wait.

Zhu Yongning mastered Tiqi. If he wanted to help, the actions of the Palace of the Underworld would naturally avoid the eyes and ears of the Inspectorate. Eunuch Kou's re-arrangement in Beijing went smoothly.

Of course, Yan Linsu can't care about the Inspectorate now.The wind and rain in the middle of the capital was getting heavier day by day, and the lights in Zhao Fu's house had not been turned off for three consecutive nights.The chief assistant of Daning was getting thinner day by day, and the literati's green shirt seemed to be floating on him.

In Zhaoyi Tower, the young master Su Muhua had just fallen asleep when he heard someone coming to report that he was visiting.

"Yan Hou?" Su Muhua introduced Lin Su into the Nuan Pavilion and poured tea for him. "My father was entrusted by Mr. Zhao a few days ago to visit Beiguan. It will take some days before he comes back."

Yan Linsu frowned slightly, looking at the heroic young man in front of him, showing embarrassment.

Su Muhua said with a smile: "If Hou Yan has anything to ask the Su family to do, although Mu Hua's ability is low, he is willing to do his best."

Su Muhua saw that Yan Linsu took out a bundle from his sleeve and handed it to him. The bundle was opened and the inside was full of brilliance. It was a lotus carved from a whole piece of beautiful jade. "this……"

Yan Linsu said: "This thing is one of the seven treasures of Bodhidharma in the past, and it fell into the hands of the Gu King. It is related to the secret of the treasures in the southern border. I got it from Zhou's businessman during the war in the northern border last time." , Beiyan and Yan Wangdian are also coveting this thing. I have two things to ask Young Master Su..."

Su Muhua raised his eyes to look at him, and said solemnly, "Please speak, please."

"The first one is to keep this thing for me, and I will release a message on Jianghu to give this thing to you."

Su Muhua nodded and said, "Yes."

Yan Linsu's pupils shrank slightly, and the boy agreed without asking a word. "You know..."

"Every man is innocent, but pregnant is guilty." Su Muhua smiled lightly: "I know."

Yan Linsu said that Bei Yan and Yan Wang Dian coveted this item, and the Su family took over Bai Yufu, which meant they had to face the swords of these two forces, but the young man agreed without asking a single word.

As for Yan Linsu's plan to release news in Jianghu, he wanted to use the Su family as bait.

Su Muhua looked calm, "If Hou Yan doesn't come to look for me tonight, he won't consider the Su family friends."

Yan Linsu said: "The second thing is that the turmoil in the court has been deeply involved. Next month's winter solstice is a three-year winter festival. The vassal king will return to Beijing in response to the imperial edict. Your Majesty is worried that someone will fish in troubled waters and cause a palace change." If there is a direct confrontation, I am afraid that the battle will be dangerous, if there is a change in the capital, I am afraid that it will be difficult to separate myself, so I want to entrust Zhaoyi Building to take care of the inspectors."

Su Muhua said: "Thank you Yanhou Xinzhong, Zhaoyilou will do its best."

Yan Linsu said a sincere thank you.

In the blink of an eye, it was the winter solstice. Before the grand ceremony on this day, Zhu Yongning got a letter from Eunuch Kou, avoided the palace guards in the heavy snow, and went to Lingyun Pavilion.

Kou Jihai slowly boiled a pot of tea, but gave him a piece of news about Xuantian Ice Formation.

At this moment, through the window, the young prince looked at Yan Linsu's figure riding past, "Xuantian Ice Formation?"

Eunuch Kou put on the muff: "That's right, the killing array composed of ice soul worms and hidden weapons, led by eighteen masters from the Yanwu Hall of Beiyan, followed King Qing of Southern Xinjiang to the capital. Of course there are more than that. Three thousand soldiers will also attack tonight, and there are Jianghu people from the two lakes, there will be a good show in the palace tonight."

A smile appeared on Zhu Yongning's lips: "Master, will you only watch the show tonight?"

Eunuch Kou said lazily: "When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman wins. Only after this battle will we have a place to plot."

Zhu Yongning said: "Master, Ning'er thinks it's impossible to stand by and watch. If the father is really in trouble, wouldn't this king have lost his foundation?"

Kou Gonggong said: "It's natural, what are you in a hurry for?"

Zhu Yongning gritted his teeth secretly, but there was nothing on his face.

Eunuch Kou said slowly, "After drinking this pot of tea, I will go to dispatch troops with you."

Yan Linsu rode his horse into the inner court. Seeing that the painting knife had arrived, he dismounted and said, "What happened to the painting knife today?"

In today's grand ceremony, Yan Linsu and Huadao took on the responsibility of guarding the palace.

Huadao said: "There is still about half an hour, all the ministers will enter the palace later, let's inspect it first."

Yan Linsu smiled and said, "Brother Huadao, please."

At this moment outside the palace gate, a scholar just got off his horse. He dismounted too quickly and almost fell. A yellowed scroll slipped out of his sleeve. He quickly picked it up and walked inside in a hurry.

In Lingyun Pavilion, Eunuch Kou finally finished his tea.He raised his eyes and said, "Ning'er, let's go."

Zhu Yongning said honestly: "Yes."

When the two came downstairs, Zhu Yongning was very anxious, but he could only walk slowly with this Eunuch Kou.

Eunuch Kou squinted his eyes: "Ning'er, the snow is really heavy and beautiful. But the winter solstice is so heavy, I don't know how many frozen bones there are."

Zhu Yongning was secretly depressed, but he had no choice but to respond: "It turns out that the master also has a heart of compassion."

"Being a teacher is not to be sympathetic to the world, but to have frozen bones on the road and resentment in the hearts of the people. Only then can the boat be overturned. Didn't Ning'er tell the teacher to make good use of the hearts of the people?"

Just as Zhu Yongning was about to answer, he saw a figure rushing in, it turned out to be Xie Ruozhi.Seeing him, Xie Ruozhi hurriedly said, "His Royal Highness, have you ever met Yan Hou?"

Seeing that he was in a hurry, Zhu Yongning responded without thinking too much: "He has just entered the hall, Mr. Xie is looking for something for him?"

Xie Ruozhi hurriedly said: "Thank you." He raised his foot and wanted to leave.

Zhu Yongning turned his head and turned his gaze to the main hall behind him, and Zhaoyang Hall seemed to be stained with an ominous blood color in the snow-colored evening.

Peiran's powerful bell rang at this moment.

The ringing of the bell was deafening, as if it could disperse the flying snow in the dark blue night, the three of them felt the ground under their feet shaking with the ringing of the bell.

Xie Ruozhi's expression changed drastically, he didn't stay any longer, and ran towards the hall.

Just as Zhu Yongning was about to keep up, he suddenly felt a pain in his shoulder, and his face turned pale from the pain. In such a snowy day, cold sweat broke out on his back: "Master..."

Eunuch Kou raised his hand to clasp his shoulders, and pressed his five fingers slightly on his lute bone, with a kind smile on his wrinkled face: "Ning'er, there is no need to rush to get chestnuts out of the fire, let's dispatch our troops first. "

Zhu Yongning narrowed the light in his eyes, and said meekly: "Yes."

He no longer looked behind him, and walked away side by side with Eunuch Kou on the snow.

Linsu, at this time... I actually lost to that scholar.

And here Xie Ruozhi has already stepped into the hall, his martial arts is not good, at this moment the huge bell rang, his eardrums were pierced by the sound waves, at that moment he could hardly hear the sound, it was burning like fire.

At this moment, the light in the hall was dim, and the snow was shining in the hall. Xie Ruozhi saw a huge bell lying on the ground, no one was ringing the bell, but the bell was ringing loudly, as if several people were fighting inside.

Xie Ruozhi looked left and right, but did not see Yan Linsu's figure.He was waiting to step forward when he suddenly heard a crackling sound, like ice and snow bursting, or like a dead branch on the ground being trampled off.He followed the sound, and saw faint blue ice flowers slowly blooming on the huge bell in front of him, but in an instant, the ice flowers followed the complicated bronze patterns on the clock and covered the entire body of the bell.

The scene in front of me is not scary, just like a flower blooming in the quiet night, the flowing blue brilliance illuminates the bronze pattern, which has a desolate and lonely beauty.

Xie Ruozhi's pupils contracted suddenly, and he almost stopped breathing at that moment.

The ice soul worm turned out to be an ice soul worm.

Xie Ruozhi liked to delve into strange things all his life. He had heard of ice worms when he was in northern Xinjiang, and even bought an ice worm from Orion at the foot of Daxue Mountain.

The cold poison is hidden in the tail of the ice soul worm, if it is attacked, the cold poison will be shot out from the tail, and the cold poison will enter the body, even a master can hardly avoid damage to the body.

There are even people who have planted hidden weapons and poisonous needles in the ice beetle since it was a harmless larva.

In the event of an attack, the powerful cold poison is shot out with the poisonous needle in between, and the needle breaks the defense of the body, and the cold poison is even more difficult to deal with.

The ice worm's life is very fragile, Xie Ruozhi remembered that the ice worm could not survive for half a day after it took the poison for him.

Instant youth, like the most beautiful flower, is deadly poison.

At this moment the ice soul worms had turned into ice, Xie Ruozhi knew that Yan Linsu might have been trapped in this formation, and he knew that the moment was dangerous, so he took off a chair leg in the hall and rushed up.

Xie Ruozhi's thinking is very simple, as long as a little time, don't let the ice apparition worms form an ice formation, with Yan Hou's martial arts, he will definitely be able to get out of trouble!

At that moment, the wooden chair legs hit the clock body with a dull impact sound, and the blue light like water waves swayed slightly, the ice soul worm was stimulated, and rushed towards Xie Ruozhi suddenly.

The bell and cauldron suddenly spun with the sound of the wind, and the sword light shot up suddenly, and the bronze bell and cauldron fragments flew across, carrying faint blue ice and snow like starlight.

Xie Ruozhi saw Yan Lin's plain white clothes, he was standing under the shadow of the bell with his sword in his hand, blood was dripping from the edge of the sword.

"Yanhou be careful..." Xie Ruozhi called out in a crisis.

Yan Linsu raised his head upon hearing the sound, and his heart sank just by looking at it.Leng Rui's eyes froze, and the wind from his sleeves vibrated like a cloud. With a bang, the bronze bell shattered, and Yan Linsu stepped into the ice formation, holding the sword in his palm.

He has already exerted [-]% of his power, the light of Su Ying sword soared, and the white light was like a real blizzard.

When he entered the main hall with Huadao, he discovered the crisis. This was a killing battle waiting for them.

At a critical moment, he broke the chain of the bronze bell hanging in the hall, and the big bell of the ceremony covered them and Dayan's masters.

The masters of the Yanwu hall lost their barriers because they were confined in the bronze bell, and they were not his opponents with Huadao.However, the copper bell isolated the ice apparition worms and also cut off their retreat.

Yan Linsu will never forget the scene in front of him, half of Xie Ruozhi's arm has been covered by the blue light of the ice worm.It was precisely because of his resistance that there was a gap in the ice formation, and the ice soul worms rushed towards him silently, like stars in the Milky Way.

Yan Linsu was so anxious that his brother was in danger, but there was that damned ice barrier between him and Xie Ruozhi.

Xie Ruozhi saw Yan Linsu, he opened his mouth, but found that his voice seemed to have frozen.He didn't feel any pain, or even the cold, his chest was already numb, and the movements in his hands gradually slowed down.He didn't know how long it had passed, maybe for a moment, maybe for a long time, he saw that white sword light was covered by blue star dots, he wanted to call out anxiously, but he couldn't even utter a word.

Yan Linsu had already given up his defense, and the light of the sword in his hand turned sharply, like a snowfall in full bloom.But that ice soul worm was not easy to deal with, he felt a chill on his wrist, he knew he had already been tricked, and there was no room for further delay.

"Leave it to me." Yan Linsu turned his head and saw Huadao standing behind him. Huadao's weapon was a black ruler named Chougu.

In the Great Ning Dynasty, Bone Erosion Painting Knife was already as famous a master as Yan Linsu.

Yan Linsu nodded and said, "Thank you."

"Ruozhi...be patient..." Yan Linsu had already reached Xie Ruozhi's side.

His heart turned cold, and the sword in his hand slashed down like a thunderbolt, actually cutting off Xie Ruozhi's right hand.

"Yanhou," Xie Ruozhi regained a bit of clarity from the severe pain. This feeling was amazing, as if he was drunk, the light and shadow in front of him were illusory, and he could see the eyes of the person in front of him clearly.

The anxiety in those eyes was for him.

"Yanhou..." Xie Ruozhi's lips were already purple with cold, "It's good that you're fine."

Seeing that he was seriously injured, Yan Linsu felt pain in his heart. With his sword on the ground, he bent down beside Xie Ruozhi, raised his hand and simply sealed his acupuncture points to stop the bleeding: "I'll take you out first."

He was already thinking about how to save this man's life. Although the severed arm prevented the spread of the poison, Xie Ruozhi's condition was very bad.

A smile appeared on Xie Ruozhi's lips, he was somewhat satisfied.

Boom, the fire exploded at this moment, the air wave was set off, and the blue light rippled. The ice soul worms rushed towards them like a wasp that had exploded its nest.

"Be careful, Marquis Yan." Xie Ruozhi suddenly pushed Yan Linsu with the strength he didn't know where he came from.

As soon as Yan Linsu raised his eyes, his body was pushed to the ground by someone, and in the next instant a warm body covered him, and the elbow of the man's remaining hand hit his chest, and then he grabbed him and held him He covered it completely.

In the blue light of the sky, Yan Linsu clearly saw the light in the eyes of the man on his body that he had never seen before.

Xie Ruozhi seemed to smile, he hugged the person under him tightly with one hand, Yan Hou's thin red lips were very close to him, and he had never touched it in his life.

Linsu...meeting you that day in Jiangzhou City was the happiest thing in my life.

On the day of the winter solstice in the border town, you and the little prince are in the tent... My heart aches from jealousy.

But I want to just guard the Inspectorate like this, so that I can see you and listen to you every day.

You don't know these things, and I... won't let you know.

Lips brushed Yan Linsu's hair and fell down, and the next moment, the faint blue starlight gently covered them.

That's fine, no matter what this person thinks he is in his heart, it's fine even if he's just a close friend.