[Lu Xiaofeng Sword III] The Emei faction is playing a big game of chess

When Lu Xiaofeng returned to the shore, his whole body was pickled, like a chick that had been salted and hung up to dry.

He found no one on the island, the little old man was not there, Gong Jiu was not there, even the Buddha statue and wooden fish in the underground secret room disappeared without a trace.He didn't even find Shaman and beef soup, and almost all the people he knew on the island left, leaving only one Yue Yang who was familiar but didn't know anything about it, that is, the strange boy he met on the boat. Stare at him.

So Lu Xiaofeng had no choice but to come back, and faced the fact that he had wasted nearly ten days without finding any clues.

At first, Lu Xiaofeng thought that he was already emaciated enough, went to find Eagle Eye Seventh, and was shocked to find that this old friend was even less alive than him.If it is said that Lu Xiaofeng's whole body is gray, but at least there is still a glimmer of hope, then Eagle Eye Seventh has already lost even this glimmer of hope.

Lu Xiaofeng stared in astonishment at his old friend who seemed to be waiting to die, and almost exclaimed, "What's wrong with you?"

Eagle-eyed Seventh looked up at him lifelessly, "The [-]-day deadline given by Prince Taiping has passed."

"But didn't I tell you that a clue has been found?"

"It's useless to find clues." Hawkeye Lao Qi lowered his head, as if he had lost his last hope, "Before you came back, the contents of that batch of dart silver had already started to flow on the market, which means that the person behind him has no clue at all. Don't be afraid that we will find out. More importantly..."

Eagle-eyed Seventh moved his eyes, and seemed to be looking eastward, and his voice suddenly became excited, "At the end of this month, it will be the Holy Majesty's Spring and Autumn Birthday. The reason why the batch of dart silver is so precious is that apart from its own value, The reason is that there is a birthday gift prepared by Taiping Palace for the Holy Majesty. There are only five days left before the end of the month, and in five days, can you get the birthday gift back?"

Eagle-eyed seventh stared at Lu Xiaofeng, but Lu Xiaofeng fell silent.Five days is really too fast, the only clue he has now is the mysterious island in the sea, and how to get to that island will be a matter of luck, not to mention that there are no clues left on the island, Gong Jiu has never appeared since then, and the little old man has no clue who he is.

"On the day of your Majesty's birthday, the palace should be very lively." Hawkeye Lao Qi suddenly let out a long sigh, but at this moment, he suddenly relaxed, as if he had unloaded some heavy burden.But Lu Xiaofeng knew that this was not a good thing, because he had already resigned to his fate, so he suddenly paid attention to these trivial things that seemed insignificant at this moment.

Seeming to have accepted his own fate, the old seventh Eagle Eye collapsed, and began to babble about trivial matters and his regrets in this life like an ordinary old man, "Speaking of which, Old Eagle Eye Seven ruled the roost for the first time, but they have always been in the circle of Jianghu people, and have not dealt with those princes and nobles. No matter how gorgeous the palace is, I have never gone in to see it. But I remember Lu Xiaofeng, you have been there, what does the palace look like. "

Lu Xiaofeng sympathized with him, although in more than ten days it might be others' turn to sympathize with him, but at this moment, he is still qualified to sympathize with him.So he said on his topic, "The imperial palace, I have indeed been to the imperial palace..."

Lu Xiaofeng suddenly froze as if someone had tapped his acupoints, Eagle-eyed Seventh listened halfway and then disappeared, so he turned around to look at this little chicken like a stone sculpture in doubt, and then saw him jumping up suddenly , Shouted, "I know!" Then rushed out.Eagle-eyed Seventh almost thought he was crazy, when he saw Lu Xiaofeng who rushed out like crazy and turned back halfway, shouting at him, "Don't worry, it's none of your business, there is help!" He rushed out like crazy.

Eagle Eye Seventh sat quietly in the room for a long while before picking up the teacup tremblingly.Just now he almost thought that Lu Xiaofeng was sick and confused, but when he thought of what he said before he left, "he can be saved", he couldn't help feeling a little hopeful.

Of course Lu Xiaofeng is not sick and confused, he even feels that he has never been more sober than now.palace!Why didn't he think of this earlier?What is the safest place in the world, but the palace? !

While Lu Xiaofeng was running fast, his mind was still spinning. He thought of the priceless luminous cup of royal tribute that Gong Jiu used when entertaining him for a drink. He even remembered what Gong Jiu said when he left, "I don't promise I won't cause you trouble." Of course trouble, if Ma Xiuzhen was really sent into the palace by him, it would really be the biggest thing in the world trouble!

But now, he is going to find Li Yanbei, he is a local snake in the capital, he will definitely know the news he wants.

Li Yanbei and Du Tongxuan are both the bosses on the ground in the capital.They do not agree with each other, and they can even be called deadly enemies.When Ximen Chuuxue and Ye Gucheng fought in the Forbidden City, they bet each other with all their properties, hoping to take this opportunity to completely suppress each other.However, no one expected that Nan Wang's rebellion happened on the night of the decisive battle, and no one expected that Ye Gucheng would be involved in it.So the simple duel suddenly became complicated. During that period of time, no one dared to mention this name or mention this duel in the area of ​​the capital.Those huge bets were quietly done away.Therefore, Li Yanbei continued to be his boss in the capital, and continued to fight against his old enemy.

After the duel that shocked the world, Lu Xiaofeng never came to the capital again. Li Yanbei was very happy to see his old friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time.Then his elation quickly turned to bewilderment.

"Are you asking if there have been any major events or personnel changes in the palace recently?" Li Yanbei was very puzzled, because this was not something that Lu Xiaofeng would ask at all.He's not one of those dignitaries in the capital, why care about the situation in the palace?However, Li Yanbei is indeed a good friend of Lu Xiaofeng. Seeing his eagerness and not seeming to be joking with him, she pondered for a while and told him, "The end of this month is His Majesty's Spring and Autumn Birthday, so the empress decided to let him go." A group of older maids are here to show the emperor's favor, and at the beginning of this month, the newly purchased maids have also entered the palace. If you say that there have been personnel changes in the palace, this is the biggest one recently."

Lu Xiaofeng breathed a sigh of relief, and said firmly, "This is it!"

On June [-], the silver moon is like a hook.

This night is the time for the holy majesty to celebrate his birthday with a banquet.Groups of inner eunuchs walked through the palace in an orderly manner, carrying all kinds of things with delicate steps.The inner eunuchs in charge of sweeping have cleaned the ground thoroughly, and the stone pavement where pairs of embroidered shoes and boots stepped on is not even a speck of dust, not to mention gravel.The entire inner courtyard of the palace was filled with a tense and solemn atmosphere.

In the aisle on the right side of the Hall of Preserving Harmony, a group of inner eunuchs hurried past with their heads down holding fruit plates, and the young eunuch who was walking in front whispered in a shrill voice, "Today is His Majesty's birthday, so I'm all nervous. Come on, if something goes wrong, be careful with your skin!" A group of inner eunuchs behind him bowed their heads, and when they turned the corner, a slender figure flashed a flash of agility in the eyes of the last one.

Ever since Lu Xiaofeng guessed that Ma Xiuzhen might be sent to the palace by Gong Jiu, she has been thinking of ways to enter the palace.Although speaking of his martial arts, as long as the place not too close to the emperor is noticed by the four great masters around him, it is not a big problem to go in and wander around in other places.But in such a huge palace, there are too many various palace residences, and there is too little time left.Even if he used the imperial palace as a garden and went in every night to take a look around, he still didn't have time to find it all.What's more, he can't casually treat the palace as a garden.

After the decisive battle at the top of the Forbidden City, Lu Xiaofeng and the four masters in Ouchi had become friends. If he wanted to find someone in the palace, he could ask them for help.But he always remembered that since Gong Jiu could afford the luminous cup of Yugong and had conflicts with Prince Taiping's mansion, it was very likely that he was also someone from the royal family and aristocratic class.His friendship with the four masters in Da Nei can only be said to be so-so. Although they are unlikely to be bought by Gong Jiu, it is difficult to guarantee that Gong Jiu will be more inclined to Gong Jiu between him and Gong Jiu. This risk.

Since he didn't trust others, he had to come by himself.Lu Xiaofeng still remembers the expression on Li Yanbei's face when he told Li Yanbei that he wanted Li Yanbei's help to let him sneak into the palace.He almost thought he was someone disguised as someone.After confirming to Li Yanbei that he was really him, not someone else and not crazy, Li Yanbei confirmed to him again and again that he only entered the palace to find someone and did not intend to do other dangerous things, and then he gritted his teeth and helped this busy.

So Lu Xiaofeng got a set of inner prisoner's clothes and a new identity.In order to sneak into the palace safely, he even reluctantly shaved his beard.His sacrifice was worthwhile. After successfully infiltrating the palace maid, Lu Xiaofeng finally got the news he wanted.Among the maids who were bought into the palace at the beginning of June, some of them fell ill as soon as they entered the palace. The maids who were sick were moved directly to the sheep room in the north of the Lingxing Gate, but one of them His identity seemed quite unusual, so he was put in Lijingxuan.

Lu Xiaofeng was in the palace but he didn't know where Li Jingxuan was, at the moment he was squatting on the branch of the ancient sky tree behind the imperial dining room, waiting for someone passing by to catch him and question him.The cold moonlight sprinkled from the gaps between the branches, casting fangs and claws on the ground.Lu Xiaofeng, who was squatting on the tree, was not in a very good mood at this time, and the smell of food wafted from the imperial dining room, making him feel more and more empty.Moreover, whether it was affected by the tense atmosphere in the inner courtyard of the palace, Lu Xiaofeng was actually a little nervous at this time.For some reason, after entering the palace, he always had an ominous premonition.It was as if there was a sword hanging in the air, fidgeting about when it might fall down, Lu Xiaofeng racked his brains to think where this premonition came from.Is it because there are not a few days left in the time Gong Jiu gave him?Or was his experience in the palace last time really not good, and the shadow left on him by revisiting his hometown this time has not yet dissipated?

No one came out of the back door of the imperial dining room for a long time, so Lu Xiaofeng squatted on the tree and continued to think wildly.He thought of Gong Jiu.Who is this man who seems to have popped out of nowhere?Why did he play this game with him?Is he really a royal relative?What's the conflict with Prince Taiping's mansion, to intercept their darts?Even, has he himself been involved in the struggle game of these big men?

Lu Xiaofeng shuddered, feeling a little chill down his back.Then he thought of Ma Xiuzhen again, is she really in this palace?Is the situation safe now?Then he followed Ma Xiuzhen to think of her junior sister.After returning from the sea, he never contacted Ye Zhiran again. He didn't have the nerve to look for her, but her senior sister was lost in his hands, and she didn't take the initiative to contact him.Lu Xiaofeng always felt that this kind of situation seemed familiar...

The moonlight tonight is extraordinarily cold, and the light moonlight shining on people seems to carry a slight chill.When Lu Xiaofeng arrived at the gate of Lijingxuan, looking at the palace with only a few candles burning behind the high wall, he suddenly felt that it looked like a huge monster, with its mouth wide open, waiting for someone to jump into the trap.Lu Xiaofeng felt goosebumps all over his body, he gritted his teeth, raised his breath and jumped over the fence.

The moment he landed, there was a clanging sound of a sword being unsheathed, and the hall was instantly brightly lit.Several figures flew out of the hall quickly, and groups of figures emerged from the darkness around him and surrounded him.

Lu Xiaofeng stared blankly at the four great masters of Ouchi who were standing around him in the southeast and northwest directions, and the Ouchi guards who suddenly appeared with their swords out of their sheaths. On the surrounding high walls and the roof of the hall, dense figures appeared one after another, holding □□Pointing straight at the man in Tsing Yi in the center of the courtyard, just waiting for an order, all arrows can be fired to shoot him into a hedgehog.

The shining blades reflected an ominous cold light under the cold moonlight, and the silent killing intent spread in the courtyard. Although the four masters in Ouchi didn't speak, their expressions said everything.Lu Xiaofeng raised his head in a daze, and looked at the plaque hanging in the middle of the hall with the help of the light from the hall and the pale moonlight, on which were written three large characters, "Fengxian Hall".

A bright yellow figure slowly walked out of the hall, then stopped on the steps and looked down at him condescendingly, with a bit of disappointment in his tone, "You're really here."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Xiaofeng felt chills all over his body, as if someone had poured a basin of ice water mixed with icing shards in the cold winter months, chilling from the hair to the bottom of his heart.He faintly felt that he had been involved in a huge conspiracy. Compared with this conspiracy, what he had encountered before could only be regarded as pediatrics, and he couldn't even stir up a wave.