cold branch low

Huo Xiao walked into the room slowly, the sky was already bright, he was wearing a dark court attire, his long hair was flowing, and his deep eyes were emotionless, as if he was mercilessly staring at the room from a high place. For a moment, the two people in the room felt a deep sense of oppression and powerlessness.

"Prince Duan made his court very early today." Qu Ning pursed his lips and said weakly.

"If it weren't for the presence of the prince, how could this king have come down early." He raised the corner of his mouth, and the two people in the room looked like trapped animals to him.

The man known as the son of the world lowered his head, gently put Qu Ning'an away, stood up and said, "His Royal Highness Duan has a wonderful plan, and Cheng Luan admires it."

Qu Ning lost his mind for a moment, staring at the man who called himself Cheng Luan with complicated eyes.

"This king has arrested many Hei Luan dead soldiers in the past few days. Counting the number, I feel that the prince should not be able to calm down." He took a few steps and sat down.

Cheng Luan's eyes were calm: "Since the lord knows that I will come, why is he making such a big fuss? General Shen Chen must have deployed troops outside for a long time, just like he was outside the Ningshuang Building before."

He was indifferent, with a trace of teasing in his dark eyes: "Since we know that there will be fish caught, this fisherman, my lord, naturally wants to be the first to see the miserable and helpless look of the fish being caught."

Cheng Luan clenched his hands: "Please also ask the prince to let Cheng Luan go today."

Huo Xiao didn't answer, but said, "This king wants to ask the prince a question."

"...my lord, please tell me."

"Lord Luan once said that you can use your wealth and life to guarantee that this king will not hurt a single hair. Is this true?" He asked with a sideways sneer.

Cheng Luan gritted his teeth: "How did the prince know that I am Lord Luan?"

Huo Xiao looked at him even more mockingly and said with a smile: "How dare the son of the Qu family dare to act or not to be, Qu Chengluan, not only that you are arrogant to take the word Heiluan from your name, even the crows can find that you are the Lord Luan, You are not even as good as that old fox when you are my king?"

Qu Chengluan, whose surname is Qu, turned out to be the only son of Prince Zhuang, the younger brother of Emperor Longbao, and the only son of Daqi.

He trembled all over, and said sharply: "If King Duan can conclude that I am Lord Luan just based on my name, there are so many people in the world with Luan in their names, why does the prince only guess me!"

"How many people in the world can convince the crow to send troops? Is it the son, the master, or both?"

Qu Chengluan's eyes moved slightly: "Prince Duan is in the Ningshuang Building, so he knows what happened outside?"

"I know a little bit, I just know that the crow went to the palace to visit the prince, and I also know that in the next few days Lord Luan secretly withdrew a few people near the Ningshuang Tower." Huo Xiao smiled, and then he didn't wait for Qu Chengluan's thoughts , and then asked, "Since Master Luan said that he wanted to protect the king, why did he turn back so quickly?"

"Why does the lord say that I'm a traitor?" Cheng Luan twisted his head and said tacitly.

Huo Xiao sneered with disdain: "What a borrowed knife to kill someone."

Qu Ning's eyes flickered slightly, and he looked up at Cheng Luan.He clenched his fists tightly, frowned and said with difficulty: "Cheng Luan thinks he has no intention of harming the prince."

"Yes, you just transferred your manpower, and then told the crow where the king lives," Huo Xiao snorted coldly, "If it hadn't been prepared, maybe the king would have been buried by the so-called swords and guns to rescue the soldiers and horses." under."

"And him," Huo Xiao looked at Qu Ning, "you never thought that he would appear in Ningshuang Tower that night, otherwise you wouldn't come to my general's mansion now, like going deep into a tiger's den." After he finished speaking, he deeply He took a deep look at Chengluan.

Qu Ning said in disbelief: "Lord Luan..."

Qu Chengluan's complexion was extremely bad, the poison on his hands was slowly breaking out, and his arms were weak.

"The crow found me and told me that my identity has been confirmed. If you don't want the entire Prince Zhuang's mansion to be implicated, tell him your location."

Huo Xiao let out a soft "Oh", and turned his gaze to him: "So there is nothing Shizi can do but tell him, and he also helped him."

Qu Chengluan kept his face darkened and stopped talking. Huo Xiao's conjectures included almost all the unrighteous things he had done. This time Qu Ning was weak and he was poisoned. You can tell at a glance.

"Chengluan knew that he was sorry for the prince, but the situation at that time was not voluntary. Now that Qihuang Mountain knows that I am the master of Luan, Heiluan's road will be even more difficult in the future. I also ask the prince to show mercy. If it is useful, please go to Chengluan. In this place, Chengluan will go through fire and water for the prince."

He said it almost through gritted teeth, he had to take great risks to sneak into the general's mansion today, the grievances between him and Huo Xiao had to be settled, and he also relied on Huo Xiao's status as the son of Prince Zhuang. Don't dare to touch him, but now he doesn't think it's that easy.

"Seven years ago, you were seriously injured to save this king. This king will always remember this love. Seven years later, you want this king's life this time, and this king knows it. From then on, this king has nothing to do with you. Are you Whether the son is King Luan has nothing to do with this king, and if he encounters Hei Luan who rebels, this king will still kill him, and when you meet this king, you have to respectfully kneel down and salute."

Huo Xiao lowered his eyes and said without emotion.

Qu Chengluan looked at him in disbelief.

"My lord, do you not care about what Chengluan did this time?"

"Careful, so let Hei Luan's people be careful in the future, this king will not show mercy." He looked at Qu Chengluan coldly.

This is already a blessing in misfortune. In Qu Chengluan's original plan, this time he had to make a deal with Huo Xiao to be able to escape unscathed. Unexpectedly, it could be so simple!

"Cheng Luan, thank you so much, Your Majesty!" So touched, he stretched out his hand to help Qu Ning up.

"Wait a minute, I can let you go, but I didn't say that I would let him go." Huo Xiao said leisurely.

Both Qu Chengluan and Qu Ning were taken aback: "What does the prince mean?"

Huo Xiao slowly walked in front of the two of them, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, who is he?"

Qu Chengluan looked at Qu Ning, saw the same doubts in the other's eyes, and replied seriously: "He is my right-hand man, and he grew up together since childhood."

Huo Xiao smiled, that face that had been tense all the time smiled with an indescribable charm, even domineering can be blended and intertwined very beautifully.

"Interesting, we grew up together, so you gave him the surname Qu." He said loudly.

Qu Ning frowned and said, "I don't know what advice the prince has."

Huo Xiao shook his head and looked at Qu Chengluan: "Do you know that the King of Japan heard a rumor recently?"

Qu Chengluan frowned.

"I heard that... the eldest prince died in the border territory between Dunhe Kingdom and Daqi." He took a deep look at Qu Ning, "And the rule of Dunhe is that if the new king wants to take the throne, he must do something in the kingdom." Favorable event."

Qu Chengluan's complexion changed, he turned his head stiffly to look at Qu Ning, only to see Qu Ning's complexion remained the same and said: "I have heard it before, but I think it's too harsh. Daqi's country is still prosperous, and there are no such harsh rules. Except for the group of thieves in Qihuang Mountain who are bewitching the crowd."

When Huo Xiao heard about it, he made a half-smile expression: "In this way, you are very disdainful of Tsuruga."

Qu Ning showed a light smile: "That's natural. Qu Ning grew up with Shizi since childhood. Shizi has great inspiration in his heart, and Qu Ning naturally has great inspiration in his heart."

Qu Chengluan raised his eyes to look at him, then lowered his eyes again.

"Remember what you said today," Huo Xiao sneered, "in my king's eyes, what you have done is nothing more than a trivial matter, but after all, you will not allow others to sleep soundly when you collapse. Da Qi is the last bottom line of this king."

Qu Ning lowered his eyes, Qu Chengluan remained silent, and the world became quiet at that moment.

"You are the eldest son of Daqi. When you were young, you dared to set up a black luan to fight against Qihuang Mountain. This king respects you. You have saved this king from danger. This king thank you, but if you lose your head and do something wrong, This king will still kill you."

Huo Xiao turned around and said word for word.

Wen Renhuang sat blankly in a secret room, facing the place where he fell, but now it seemed that there were no gaps or exits, and the entire secret room was sealed.

He silently recalled that he bumped into something, and then fell silently into the suddenly empty closet room behind him, hitting several iron walls on the way, staring at stars and falling apart.

A person like Huo Xiao, whose city is deeper than a pond, can indeed create a secret room in his study, and his recent luck may be too bad to accidentally fall into this kind of place.

He thought for a long time, and started to get up to find an exit. He didn't want to be locked here for too long, the light here was dim, and it was uncomfortable to even breathe after a long time.

There is a bookcase in the secret room, and there are a lot of Tibetan notes scattered on it. When I walked in, I found that it was covered with dust. It seemed that Huo Xiao hadn't been here for a long time.

He grabbed a volume and opened it to read. They were all about the deployment of troops. He would not be able to understand it if he hadn't been through the war, otherwise he would be amazed that what was written in these volumes was the essence.

Does Huo Xiao always read these things? No wonder he made so many conspiracies and various schemes. Wen Renhuang nodded guessing, feeling that he had found the truth about Huo Xiao's black heart, teaching people how to divorce, how to attack each other, how to divert a tiger from a mountain... Use any means to achieve your goals!

He casually flipped through a few volumes, and his eyes were attracted by a thin envelope.

"From my son..." He took the letter and read the words written on it. He couldn't help but wonder if Huo Xiao had a son?Relying on the fact that no one around him secretly opened it to take a look, he gently opened the envelope, and there was a thick stack inside, and he counted dozens of them!

……

After a long while, he put away the letter paper with a pale face, trembling, and wanted to stuff it into the envelope, but in a flurry, he accidentally dropped it on the ground, scattered all over.

Suddenly, there was a slight sound from the opposite wall, and he heard it just as he stuffed the paper into the envelope.

"Thank you, Mr. Wenren, the secret room that I have been searching for for a long time was found by you at once. How can I thank you?"

He was still bent over to maintain the posture of picking up things, and the letter in his hand was exposed to Huo Xiao's eyes.

"Then... my lord, let me go out..." He turned his head stiffly, as if he could hear the creaking of his neck and his own beating heartbeat. A black court dress looks like a zombie.

Of course Huo Xiao didn't know that his handsome self was looking like a zombie in Wen Renhuang's eyes, even though he didn't pay much attention to his appearance on weekdays.

"Give me the letter." Huo Xiao simply stretched out his hand and said to him, no doubts.

Huo Xiao's voice had a sense of majesty that could not be violated. When he heard it, he was so frightened that he wanted to kneel down and offer the letter with both hands, but when he thought of what was written in the letter, his heart beat faster. Huo Xiao must not be allowed to see what was written in the letter, even though it was written by Old General Huo for his son to read.

He said with a stiff face, "My lord, how about letting me out first?"

"T, letter, here, me." The posture of extending his hand remained unchanged, and Huo Xiao's expression turned a little pale.

How can I show you this kind of thing? Wen Renhuang wants to cry!

"My lord, don't worry, I, I..." He stuffed the letter into his coat, seeing Huo Xiao's expression, he didn't have the patience to deal with him at all.

"Crap!"

Huo Xiao's face was completely gloomy, and he was about to lose the letter with a lightning strike.

When he saw Huo Xiao attacking, he was overjoyed that there was an empty space behind him, as long as he could get out of this secret room, why would he not be able to escape!

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