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A team of armored guards came along the rugged mountain road, carrying a sedan chair with a silver roof, yellow cover and red curtain in the middle of the team. Although the mountain road was difficult to walk, the four bearers walked steadily and without shaking.

There were only two people in the luxury sedan chair, one was Wen Renhuang who put on clean clothes, and the other was the young prince who brought him out from Hei Luan's helm.The young man began to close his eyes and meditate after getting on the sedan chair. Wen Renhuang didn't dare to be careless, and sat quietly on the side to observe carefully.

This prince is no more than 30 years old at most. Wen Renhuang remembers that when he opened his eyes, those eyes were sharp as if piercing people's heart, but now he can only see his original handsome appearance when he closes them.This prince's status is definitely not low. Wen Renhuang can see the emperor's love for this prince just from the gold thread and silver crown on his hair. Apart from that, there are no exaggerated accessories. Dark pattern robes, no exaggerated pendants around the waist, no sense of presumptuousness like ordinary officials' children or powerful officials, but a faint murderous look.This man must have killed someone.

"I heard that the peacock brought the phoenix down the mountain, but was robbed by Heiluan's people. Because I have some friendship with the people who share the helm with Heiluan, I sold Fengwang's face and saved you." The young man with his eyes closed suddenly said.

Wen Renhuang, who had been secretly observing the young man, was taken aback, and said guiltily, "Thank you, my lord, for saving me. Wen Renhuang thanked you."

"Qu Ning said that you have no spiritual power, is this true?"

"Yes...it's true. In fact, the villain is just an ordinary person on Qihuang Mountain. He usually serves the Phoenixes. This time he went down the mountain to find his relatives." Wen Renhuang thought for a while, then made up a sentence and returned to the youth .

The prince opened his eyes, and Wen Renhuang couldn't tell whether he was looking at him or in a daze, so he only heard: "So, you and I go back to the palace first, since you are from Qihuang Mountain, I will take care of you , wait until you have news of your loved ones before leaving."

Wen Renhuang was startled: "My lord, is this wrong!"

"Oh, what's wrong?"

"This is the first time for the prince to see the villain. If the villain offends him in the future, wouldn't it really offend the prince? Even if the villain has a hundred lives, he can't afford it!" Wen Renhuang replied in fear.

"It's okay, I don't have much time to see you, you can't offend me."

"..."

"My lord... are you really willing to take in the villain..." Wen Renhuang asked almost tragically.

The young man finally opened his eyes completely: "Could it be that the people of Qihuang Mountain are really proud of their talents, and what this king said has been questioned so many times?"

Wen Renhuang's legs softened, and he knelt down: "My lord, I know I'm wrong. I just feel that a mere servant can enter the palace to serve my lord. It's because a pie fell from the sky hit me, so I'm a little excited. I'm at a loss!"

"The ability to admit mistakes is not small. Since I confessed my mistakes at Heiluan just now, I have admitted my mistakes three times now." The young prince was about to be laughed out of anger, but his tone became more and more cold.

Wen Renhuang took a deep breath, and said heavily: "Because the villain knows that the villain is just a grassroots in the mountains with short-sightedness, so if something happens, it is the villain's fault. It must be the villain's stupidity and lack of consideration that attracted the prince. Not happy anymore."

"You were often bullied on the mountain?" the young man narrowed his eyes and asked.

Wen Renhuang rubbed his eyes in response to the situation, nodded and said yes: "My lord is wise, Qihuang Mountain is full of capable people and outstanding people, and they naturally don't pay much attention to ordinary people like villains. This time, it was precisely because I was bullied so badly..."

"So you plan to leave Qihuang Mountain and come back to seek refuge with relatives?"

"It's exactly... the villain's parents died since he was a child, and he lived in his uncle's house. At that time, Qihuang Mountain was recruiting servants through the imperial court. The conditions of the uncle's house were not very good, so the villain came here." Before Fengtian got on good terms with him, and helped him take care of everything, the purpose was to let Wen Renhuang find the boy who exhausted his spiritual power back then.

The prince nodded, and his gaze stayed on Wen Renhuang for a while. He still remembered how this young man was pushed to the ground by Qu Ning before. His body was thin but slender, and he seemed to be doing things often.

"It's been so many years, do you still remember where your uncle's house is?"

Wen Renhuang shook his head, it was made up in the first place, how can he find an uncle to recognize him: "Thank you for your concern, the villain went to the mountain at the age of seven, it has been ten years now, I don't remember the location of my uncle's house at all , I just remember that there was a cousin who was a few years older than me in my uncle's house, who took good care of me when I was young."

"That's really looking for a needle in a haystack..." the prince said lightly and closed his eyes again.

There was a lot of food in the sedan chair, such as cakes and fruits, and Wen Renhuang would disdain these things on weekdays, but Hei Luan locked him in the prison for a few days, and all he was fed were dry steamed buns, Wen Renhuang almost starved to death I only took a few bites when I was eating, but now I am salivating after seeing so much food.

He cautiously asked: "My lord... these, can I eat..."

The prince frowned slightly, and said displeasedly: "Don't make any noise to disturb me."

Wen Renhuang who was allowed to kneel down in gratitude for the gift, and immediately gobbled it up, not daring to make a sound while eating, his face flushed from holding back.

On the way, the prince opened his eyes once and looked out of the sedan chair, and when he turned his head and saw Wen Renhuang, who was eating without aesthetic feeling, he immediately closed his eyes again in disgust.

"..."

In the evening, the team gradually slowed down, and Wen Renhuang was still wondering what to do, when he heard someone outside the sedan chair shout respectfully in a low voice: "Your Majesty is welcome back to your residence."

The prince finally moved, opened his eyes and took a look at Wen Renhuang, and found that the young man was looking at him a little embarrassedly, he lowered his eyes: "Here we are, follow me to get off the sedan chair."

The moment Wen Renhuang got off the sedan chair, he was terrified by the battle. The old butler at the door ordered his servants to pack up the carriage and horses in an orderly manner. A row of heavy-helmed guards occupied each side of the palace, with cold-glowing hands in their hands. The □□, the posture □□.

After getting off the sedan chair, the young prince whispered a few words to the housekeeper and entered the palace without looking back. Wen Renhuang was about to follow, but the old housekeeper stopped him.

"Mr. Wenren, the lord ordered the old slave to prepare a room for you. Please come with the old slave."

"Then... where's the prince?" Wen Renhuang was secretly delighted, he felt much more relaxed without having to face that evil spirit.

The old housekeeper smiled: "Young Master Wenren, don't worry about the prince, please come with the old slave."

Do you only know this sentence? Wen Renhuang's smile froze, and he scolded an old man in his heart.

The old housekeeper brought Wen Renhuang into an outer courtyard, it seemed very convenient, how convenient?The left side of the door is the latrine, and the right side is the back door of the palace.

"My lord has ordered that Mr. Wenren often needs to go out, so I asked this old slave to pick a room for you to go out easily."

"Thank you so much, my lord..."

"My lord, you don't need to be too polite, just treat this as your own home."

My house really doesn't know how to go out to the toilet, Wen Renhuang is smiling.

In the next few days, someone would deliver meals to the house every day. Wen Renhuang counted the time in his mind, and when the meal time was approaching, he dressed up and left the house.

After going out from the back door of the palace, there is a small alley, which is usually the place where servants go in and out and the palace purchases and arranges. If you go further, you will go to the street.

Wen Renhuang is not very familiar with this place, so he can only wander around.

"Hey, little brother, you look strange, are you new to Ning'an?" a vendor selling small things on the street greeted.Wen Renhuang thought it was interesting, so he replied: "Yes, my friend and I passed by here, and we will be leaving in a while."

"Little brother, you should have fun in Ning'an before you leave. Although it is far away from the capital, there are still many novelty things here." The peddler said.

"Why is this?" Wen Renhuang asked while playing with a white jade wishful knot.

The peddler said with a smile: "That's because our King Duan is governing here, and King Duan is a prince whom Emperor Longbao loves very much, so this place is also taken care of by the court, and Ning'an is away from Qihuang Mountain. It's also close, so there are many tourists coming and going!"

"Is Prince Duan the prince in the palace on the other side of the street?" Wen Renhuang asked with his head bowed.

The peddler nodded: "That's right, our Prince Duan is really young and promising, he became a king with a different surname at a young age. Govern Ning'an well!"

"Prince Duan...what's his last name?"

The peddler looked at Wen Renhuang and said with a smile: "Little brother, are you from another place or a foreign country? Duan Wang's surname is Huo, and he is the son of Huo Zhizhong, the old general Huo."

He turned around and tidied up his back, and said, "I think Daqi should know that King Duan is young and talented, and the old general suffered such misfortune. The emperor also felt sorry for King Duan when he was young, fearing that he would be bullied and sealed him A king with a different surname."

The peddler who was talking to himself didn't pay attention to Wen Renhuang who suddenly turned pale behind him, turned around and asked with a smile: "Little brother, if you don't understand anything, just ask, there are many people here every day, and all the people who ask are Duanwang Nianfang How much you can marry a wife, you are special."

Wen Renhuang twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment: "It's... is it? My brother has been strict with me since I was a child. I can only study at home, and I don't know much about the outside world." It's not too late to talk to him about the outside world.

Now he only feels that his mind is bombarded, if he enters the imperial court, he will not pay the Lord Xiao, if the rivers and lakes do not enter the Heiluan Palace, then Huo Xiao must be the Lord Xiao.I have only been down the mountain for a few days, and I am already touched by these two things. I think of what the peacock told me that day, if he knew that he was now in Huo Xiao's hands, he might goug out himself to death just by using his eyes.

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