Xiao Duo held the teacup and drank the tea slowly, as if he didn't hear the servant's words, but Li Yan couldn't hold back, and opened his mouth first: "Who are you talking about?"

"Young Master Yun from Zhenyuanhou's Mansion..." The boy was taken aback by his tone, and replied hesitantly, "Or, did I hear it wrong?"

"Is he in Suwei Mansion now?" Li Yan asked.

The boy nodded: "If someone from Suwei Mansion came to pass it on, he should be there."

Li Yan wanted to ask something more, but his eyes were fixed on the boy's head, he seemed to hesitate for a moment, then stopped, lowered his eyes and continued to look at the chess game in front of him.

Seeing that he didn't ask any more questions, the servant turned to Xiao Duo who had been silent all this time: "My lord, the guards are still waiting for an answer."

"Young Master Yun is now considered a member of the Suwei. If you don't rest in the mansion this hot day, you will go to help him. Don't disappoint his kindness..."

Xiao Duo put down the teacup, and said calmly, "This trivial matter is worth sending someone from Suwei to make a special trip, why don't you send the assassin to the palace directly for me?"

The little servant asked uncertainly: "Then... how do you reply to the guard?"

"Just tell Gao Liang the original words of the king..." Xiao Duo said, "By the way, tell him that the king is seriously injured and needs to recuperate in the mansion for a period of time. He will be fully responsible for this matter. Of course, if he really The person in charge, Nan`feng, can't do it, so you can come back to the mansion and ask me, but if you can get through this door, I have to ask you in charge."

The boy listened to the words seriously, paused for a moment, and saluted Xiao Duo: "I'm going to deliver the message."

Xiao Duo waved his hand, watched the little servant hurriedly back away, turned his gaze and saw Li Yan was looking at the chessboard in front of him, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Don't look at it, you lost this game..." Xiao Duo said, "Although Young Master Yun's chess moves are ingenious, he is still a little young after all, and he needs to practice more."

Li Yan squinted his eyes, not knowing whether Xiao Duo was talking about the chess game or something else.

He stared at the chess game for a while, but his thoughts had drifted away, and he couldn't concentrate on the game itself. After hesitating for a while, he raised his head and looked at Xiao Duo: "You don't seem to be surprised at all that Yun Zhi wants to see the assassin. Do you think that the person who assassinated you has something to do with the Yun family?"

"Maybe it's related, but it's not what you think..." Xiao Duo smiled softly, "You and Young Master Yun are so familiar now, don't you know what he has been brooding about all this time?"

Li Yan frowned: "You mean that the assassin had something to do with Yunji's death? But didn't the bandits who killed Yunji already..."

"It's not what I mean, it's what that young master Yun..." Xiao Duo lowered his head, picked up the chess pieces on the chessboard, and replied casually, "When the bodyguards who escorted Yunji back to the capital , Gao Liang went to see them, each of them was killed by one blow, and there was no time to resist. It can be seen that the murderer was well-trained and skilled in martial arts, and it was impossible for him to be an ordinary bandit.

Gao Liangguang was suspicious based on the dead body. Of course, not only Gao Liang, there were quite a few people in the city who suspected the cause of Yunji's death.

That young master Yun is a close relative of Yunji, he and his bodyguards have been seen, and he personally killed all the bandits, if nothing can be seen, then I am a little disappointed. "

"So, you knew from the very beginning that Yunzhi came to the capital to find out who was behind the murder of his elder brother?" Li Yan asked after thinking, "Since you and General Gao also suspect the cause of Yunji's death, why don't you come together... ..."

"Xuanzhi..." Xiao Duo raised his head and looked at Li Yan with his eyes, "I may not be suspicious of Yunji's death."

Li Yan was startled, and opened his eyes slightly: "My lord..."

"Everyone in the world knows that I control the court and cover the sky with one hand, and the Yun family has been in Liaobei for several generations, holding elite soldiers and good generals, which is not only a guarantee, but also a threat. When the first emperor was in power, he was very guarded against them. I am afraid of them. It's nothing unusual..."

Seeing Li Yan's expression while talking, Xiao Duo seemed to see something funny, "Why, you only stayed on the mountain for a few days, and you forgot what kind of existence your prince is in this court?"

"You are afraid of the Yun family..." Li Yan frowned, and said slowly, "But the two sides have lived in peace these past few years, there is no need for you to break this balance and take the initiative to attack the Yun family at this time."

"Don't be so sure, you have only been in the palace for a few months, what if there is something that you don't know about before that?"

Xiao Duo smiled softly, lowered his eyes and continued to pick up chess pieces until he finished picking up the last piece. He knocked on the empty chessboard, looked at Li Yan who was thinking deeply, "Let's play another game?"

Li Yan glanced at the chessboard, stretched out his hand to pinch a chess piece, hesitated for a moment, then put it back, he looked up at Xiao Duo: "I want to go to Suwei Mansion."

"Go if you want, and you haven't been grounded. Let someone prepare a car and horse to take you there, so as not to get sunstroke halfway and make A Luo angry..." Xiao Duo said with a low laugh, "It just so happens that I want to see it too. See, what can Young Master Yun find out."

Li Yan pursed his lips, responded softly, got up and walked out without looking back.

Although Gaoliang lives in the palace, Xiao Duo usually doesn't ask about the affairs of the Suwei mansion. Therefore, Li Yan has been in the capital for a few months, and it is the first time that he has been to the imperial city and the camp outside the city. Step into the gate of Suwei Mansion.

Gao Liang led him all the way in, and asked, "What does the lord mean when he sent someone to pass on the words just now? What's wrong with him? Didn't he not feel well when he came here in the morning? Why did he suddenly become seriously injured?"

Li Yan was silent for a while, remembering Xiao Luo's appearance before, couldn't help but glanced at Gao Liang's face who was still ignorant and looked very innocent, and asked slowly: "I heard that when the prince came in the morning, the general put Has his wound been cracked?"

"Didn't I know that? The prince is also the same. He didn't tell me in advance when his arm was injured. The clothes were still tightly worn to cover the wound. I didn't notice that the sword hilt touched..."

After all, Gao Liang is a person who practiced martial arts all the year round, so he doesn't take ordinary injuries seriously, "It's a gash, and it's bleeding a little, but I saw it when I bandaged it, and the skin trauma is not serious, and it's not too late to recuperate." to what extent?"

"The severity of the prince's injury is not serious, it's not up to you and me, even the prince himself has the final say..."

Li Yan leaned closer to Gao Liang's ear and whispered, "My lord left quietly in the morning while the steward was resting. He was fine when he left, but when he returned, his wound was open again..."

People who have lived in the palace for a long time are very clear about the situation in the palace, and the way the prince and the steward get along is also very clear.

Gao Liang paused, then nodded clearly: "I understand... I just happen to be busy these two days, so I won't go back to the mansion, and let the prince recuperate."

Li Yan nodded, reached out and patted Gao Liang's shoulder lightly.

Suwei mansion is bigger than Li Yan's imagination, there are many guards passing by, seeing this strange face of Li Yan, but they don't even lift their eyelids, they are fully devoted to their current affairs, without a little bit of attention. god.

Gao Liang led Li Yan all the way around, and finally entered a courtyard deep in Suwei Mansion.

"The ones guarding here are the most reliable ones, don't worry..." Gao Liang said, pointing to a room, "The dead bodies are all parked inside, your playmate said he wanted to go in and have a look right after he came over. , haven't come out yet."

Before Li Yan could answer, the closed door of the room opened from the inside, and Yun Zhi walked out, wiping her fingers with a brocade handkerchief.

When he saw Li Yan, he didn't have any surprises on his face, but when he saw the sweat on his forehead, he frowned slightly: "It's been a long time, why don't you take a good rest?"

"Aren't you too?" Li Yan glanced at his face, "Have you finished reading?"

"Well, they all took the same poison, and there is nothing else to prove their identity, so there is no need to look at it..." After speaking, Yun Zhi frowned, her expression obviously unhappy, "The weather is hot, although the inside Putting ice on it, but still not resisting the decay of the corpse, you should be cured, don’t suffer this kind of crime.”

"Okay, I won't go in..." After Li Yan finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Gao Liang, "The dead are not as useful as the living. General, did the living speak?"

Gao Liang crossed his arms and shook his head lightly: "This group of people are not even afraid of death, they should have been trained in advance, and ordinary punishments are ignored, I was thinking of borrowing someone who is good at torture from Dali Temple. "

"A person who is not afraid of death may not be afraid of living, because as long as he is alive, there is no mouth that cannot be pried..." Yun Zhi finished wiping her hands, threw away the brocade handkerchief, and looked up at Gao Liang, "If General Gao can be trusted, I can try try."

Gao Liang narrowed his eyes slightly, and stared at Yun Zhi suspiciously, Yun Zhi smiled back at him and said, "If General Gao doesn't believe me, you can follow me in, and if I really ask you what you want, in return , just let me stay alone with him."

Gao Liang thought for a while, then nodded, "Okay, I'll ask them to prepare something."

"No need..." Yun Zhi turned her head and looked at Li Yan who had been silent all this time, "Do you want to go in together?"

Li Yan looked into his eyes: "You don't want me to go in together?"

Yun Zhi lowered her eyes, without hesitation: "Yes..."

Li Yan nodded: "I'll wait at the door."

Yun Zhi raised her eyes slightly, and there was a smile in her eyes: "Then you have to lend me something."

"Okay..." After Li Yan finished speaking, he took out the short knife from his back and handed it to Yun Zhi with the scabbard, "Remember to wipe it clean for me."

"Don't worry..." Yun Zhi took the knife, brushed her finger lightly over the scabbard, and looked up at the sky, "Find a cool place and wait, beware of heatstroke."

After finishing speaking, he turned to Gao Liang who was confused by the two of them back and forth: "The things I want are ready, you can go in."

Gao Liang looked at him, then at Li Yan who had already turned around and walked towards the corridor not far away, and pointed in a direction: "This way..."

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