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Daqi forbids officials to privately set up prison cells in the mansion. If anyone disobeys the order and fails to comply, the circumstances are serious and he will be executed.These rules are naturally unknown to Wen Renhuang who has lived in the deep mountains for a long time. Although he has learned a lot of Daqi's folk customs and customs after he has been out of the mountain for a few months, he has not yet penetrated into these court rules.

He looked around carefully, trying to see what was wrong, but there was no one guarding him. Could it be that what they caught was not important, and only two guards at the entrance of the cell would be enough?

The more he thought about it, the more he wanted to know who was caught. If it was someone he knew well on Qihuang Mountain, maybe he could think of a way to rescue him.

Getting closer and closer to the deepest part of the corridor, the swaying light of the torch elongated his shadow, which looked very strange.

A slender figure in the cell at the end was still trembling, seeing the shadow projected on him suddenly raised his head, Wen Renhuang saw a face that looked very familiar.

"Peacock?" he blurted out.

The boy was stunned for a moment: "I... I am Que'er, not Peacock."

As soon as he spoke, Wen Renhuan immediately realized something was wrong. The voice was clearly still a boy's voice, much smaller than his own. Whose child could be so similar to a peacock!

"What's your relationship with the peacock? Why were you arrested?" He asked tightly, it was related to the peacock, maybe it was related to Fengtian, and he absolutely didn't want to miss news related to Fengtian.

When the young man heard such a question, he immediately closed his eyes to guard against Wen Renhuang: "Who are you, are you also here to pry me?"

Wen Renhuang was dumbfounded, seeing the young man's thin clothes in this cold winter and the clothes were damaged a lot during the previous torture, he felt a little bit unbearable: "I, I am not from here, I am from Qihuang Mountain."

I thought that the young man would let go of his vigilance by explaining his identity as Qihuang Mountain, but he didn't expect the boy's face to change slightly, and he frowned again: "Qihuang Mountain? Where is Qihuang Mountain?"

You don't even know Qihuang Mountain? !Is it really not from Qihuang Mountain? Wen Renhuang thought to himself, it is impossible, even if he is not from Qihuang Mountain, he has something to do with Peacock if he looks like this.

"Then do you know peacocks?" Wen Renhuang asked patiently.

The young man frowned: "I'm Que'er, I don't know any peacocks, if you want to get something out of me, no comment!"

Even the names are similar, Wen Renhuang thought about it, turned around unexpectedly, and saw a person sitting leisurely in the cell behind him.

"Go ahead, don't worry about me." Huo Xiao leaned back against the carved sandalwood seat, holding a cup of tea leisurely, with cold eyes.

Why didn't he have guards, so the real master is here! ! !

Wen Renhuang looked at Que'er in grief and indignation: "Why didn't you tell me he was here!"

Que'er was also stunned, he didn't feel that there was a third person here, the light in the cell where the prince was in was dim, if he didn't want them to find out, they probably wouldn't find him until tomorrow morning after chatting.

"Aren't you in the same group?" Que'er was a little confused.

Wen Renhuang looked awkwardly at the man sitting in the shadow.

On Huo Xiao's knife-like face, there was an expression that seemed to be a smile but not a smile: "Mr. Wenren, do you think we are in the same group?"

"Yes, of course I'm with the prince, and I'm still tied together, going up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire!" He immediately said seriously.

When Que'er heard this Mr. Wen Renhuang, he couldn't help looking up Wen Renhuang.

Huo Xiao put down the teacup in his hand and walked out of the cell. The tall figure immediately enveloped Wen Renhuang, and he said in a low voice: "But I just heard that Mr. Wen Ren said that he is from Qihuang Mountain."

Wen Renhuang felt aggrieved in his heart, he was originally from Qihuang Mountain, but he didn't dare to say this in front of Huo Xiao, so he could only continue to be serious: "That's natural, to help the prince ask If you want the answer, I can say anything!"

Upon hearing this, Que'er laughed mockingly: "Sure enough, I belong to the same group. I'm just a small thief who stole in the palace, but I let the majestic prince care so much. It seems that I can die in peace."

Huo Xiao didn't frown either: "Of course those who have the ability to sneak into the harem are not idle people. Naturally, this king wants to treat me lightly, otherwise wouldn't I be too sorry for the people's expectations of me?"

Wen Renhuang was surprised, this young man sneaked into the palace? !

Que'er gritted her teeth: "Then you still don't kill me, what do you want to ask!"

"Ordinary people, if they burglarize in the palace, they will definitely choose the warehouse or something like that. But you are lucky, you went to the palace of the current favorite concubine, it is really unpredictable." Huo Xiao said with his hands behind his back.

"I've said it all, because I didn't know where to go when I entered the palace for the first time, how could there be so many strange reasons?" Que'er sneered.

"That's right, regardless of the direction, I happened to enter the palace of Concubine Xuan, and I was able to enter and leave freely without disturbing the guards in the palace. This young age really has a supernatural ability."

Huo Xiao said coldly.

Wen Renhuang looked at Que'er in disbelief, even if he is so light-hearted, he would not dare to say that he can freely enter and exit the forbidden palace. This young man is much younger than himself, and his temperament is not so good, it is absolutely impossible Have such a great ability!

"Is there someone to meet him in the palace?" Wen Renhuang frowned and asked Huo Xiao.

Huo Xiao chuckled: "This king thinks everyone knows about it."

Whenever Huo Xiao called him Mr. Wenren, he said that he was not in a very good mood now. Wenrenhuang cleared his throat and said: "I said that I am only here to help the prince to ask questions. I have been living in the mansion for many days. How do you know these things before you come out?"

Huo Xiao raised his eyebrows: "Then why didn't you come with me, instead you asked him alone in the middle of the night?"

Wen Renhuang blushed and thought for a while, could he say that he was actually a little embarrassed to see Huo Xiao? The image of the two embracing each other that night still appeared in his mind one after another.

"You don't have to sing red faces and bad faces in front of me," Que'er said coldly while sitting on the bed in the cell, "I don't even understand what you're asking, so don't waste your efforts."

Wen Renhuang was so angry that he couldn't argue, and couldn't help saying: "Do you think you are so great, it takes a lot of effort, do you know how badly I was beaten by the prince when I was caught!"

"..."

Que'er stared: "You guys, aren't you a couple..."

Wen Renhuang's face was completely reddened to the base of his neck, and he kept his mouth shut tightly. On the contrary, Huo Xiao's eyebrows relaxed a lot, and he said with a smile: "So you have to know, this king treats a stranger like you very well. There are many vicious methods that can be used."

So... this is, the default!

Wen Renhuang's eyes widened, and in his heart, tens of thousands of horses galloped in an instant, and the wind and sand that filled the sky were so majestic...

"Noble concubine Xuan won the favor of the sage when she entered the palace. If this king sends you, the person who sneaked into the palace to have a private meeting with the noble concubine, to the emperor at this time, what do you think will happen to the emperor?" Huo Xiao recovered in a blink of an eye. Indifferent, said cruelly.

Que'er was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect that Huo Xiao would hand him over to the emperor, and when she came back to her senses, she said angrily, "You villain! You want to use me to frame Sister Ningshuang!"

Wen Renhuang covered his face, idiot...

Huo Xiao sneered: "It turns out that Concubine Xuan is Kong Ningshuang from Ningshuang Building."

Knowing that Que'er, who said he had leaked his words, had already turned pale, he tremblingly said, "What exactly do you want?"

"This king doesn't want to do anything, this king just wants to know, what does your sister Ningshuang want to do?" Huo Xiao walked into the prison door and said in a low voice, "It seems that her identity is really not simple, a proprietress of a brothel. Hei Luan can now enter the palace as a concubine."

Que'er gritted her teeth and rushed in front of him: "That's not true! Sister Ningshuang was forced, she doesn't want to be that old man's concubine!"

Seeing signs of letting go, Wen Renhuang hurriedly asked: "Who forced her, tell us and maybe we can help you!"

Que'er looked at him coldly, and snorted coldly: "We are both members of the imperial court, how can you help me?"

Huo Xiao brushed Wen Renhuang's long black hair smoothly: "It is precisely because I am a member of the imperial court that I will not turn a blind eye to the schemes of some people with sinister intentions. If Kong Ningshuang is really forced into the palace, it is difficult to protect those who forced her into the palace." People have no purpose."

Que'er couldn't believe it: "You will really help me?"

Huo Xiao narrowed his eyes: "You have to tell me first, why did Kong Ningshuang enter the palace?"

The young man stood in front of the cell door, hesitated for a while, looked at Wen Renhuang and Huo Xiao, and said slowly: "Just now, this Mr. Wen Ren mentioned Qihuang Mountain, do you know a person named Wu Ya? "

Another crow! ?

Wen Renhuang was startled, how many times has this happened, and crows will get involved in everything?

Huo Xiao said calmly: "The crow is my prime minister, why do you ask him?"

"I went to Sister Ningshuang's room to chat with her that day, but there was someone in the room. Sister Ningshuang's face was very bad, and she kicked me out. Later I found out that the person sitting in the room that day was a crow." Er said with difficulty, while her thin body trembled slightly.

Wen Renhuang finally couldn't bear it, and untied his coat and handed it into the prison. Que'er looked at the clothes he sent, bit his lips and took it, and said a little thank you.

Huo Xiao gave him a noncommittal look, and asked, "How do you know that man is a crow?"

Putting on Wen Renhuang's clothes, Que'er obviously felt much warmer, he whispered: "Sister Ningshuang seems to have been in contact with the crow for a long time, and she occasionally mentioned to me that she is from Qihuang Mountain. "

Huo Xiao sneered at Qu Chengluan again in his heart, and used Ningshuang Building as a stronghold for Hei Luan, but Kong Ningshuang was actually from Qihuang Mountain, no wonder the crow broke through Ningshuang Building so easily that day.

"Kong Ningshuang is from Qihuang Mountain, is she also a Phoenix?" Wen Renhuang asked with a frown.

Que'er shook her head: "I don't know, I don't know where Qihuang Mountain is, and I don't know who those people are, I... I was just adopted by Sister Ningshuang, without her I might have frozen to death or Starved to death in the streets."

"So, you only know Kong Ningshuang?" Wen Renhuang asked.

Que'er nodded, and looked at Huo Xiao timidly: "I've seen you before. When you went to Ningshuang Building, Sister Ningshuang asked me to deliver a letter to the crow at the Prime Minister's Mansion."

It turned out that the crow knew their movements were all because of Kong Ningshuang's tip-off, and Qu Chengluan was quite innocent at the time, Wen Renhuang thought silently.

Huo Xiao squinted his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking. Que'er couldn't figure out what he was thinking, so he looked at Wen Renhuang and said, "Sister Ningshuang doesn't like this very much. I often see her dressing alone and not talking. She is forcing a smile on both Hei Luan's people and Qihuang Mountain's people."

Wen Renhuang didn't know how to comfort him, and said in a low voice: "How do you know that she doesn't enjoy life in the palace now? If she is living a happy life now, why don't you worry..."

"Impossible!" Que'er's complexion changed, "She cried to me for a long time before being taken away by the crow. She said, she, if she wasn't a vulture or a person from Qihuang Mountain..."

Huo Xiao keenly heard the name "Vulture": "You said Kong Ningshuang is a vulture?"

"When she sent the letter to the crow, she asked me to tell the people in the prime minister's mansion that it was a vulture's letter." Having said this, Que'er's eyes were clouded, "Isn't she also the same kind of person as the crow?"

If Kong Ningshuang is a vulture...

It seems that the crow didn't intend to let him go from the beginning, Wen Renhuang pursed his lips quietly, he asked himself to go to Yangzhou to find the Five Immortals, plus that letter, if he really went to Yangzhou, he would die up.

Seeing that Renhuang was so quiet, Huo Xiao glanced at him lightly, and unexpectedly stretched out his hand to embrace him.

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