Inside the Taiwei's Mansion, it was extremely lively.The huge courtyard was filled with wine tables, and many people were already seated.Looking around, most of the civil and military officials have come.

Under the leadership of the butler, Xuan Jing and Fu Yun came to the front table.Those sitting at that table were all acquaintances, the crown prince, the second prince, the third prince, and several other princes were present, as well as the prime minister and several first-level officials.Everyone greeted each other politely, and began to chat casually in twos and threes.

After all the guests had arrived, the protagonist of the birthday banquet—Dang Chao Taiwei Yan Xuezhen came to the backyard from the front hall where the guests were welcomed.After some common opening remarks, the birthday banquet officially began.

The originally noisy scene became more and more lively. Everyone toasted toast, ate vegetables, and chatted with people around from time to time. In short, the atmosphere was quite happy.After drinking for half a tour, the first half of the birthday banquet was finally over. All the officials present put down their chopsticks and began to visit the Taiwei's mansion.Wait until the rest time is over, and then prepare for the second game.Taiwei Mansion occupies a large area, surrounded by artificial lakes and rockeries, which can be described as pleasant scenery.So these officials will not feel bored.

Seeing that Yan Xuezhen and the crown prince left together, Xuan Jing hurriedly said to Fu Yun: "I'll come back as soon as I go, you are here to help me lay a cover."

"Wait," Fu Yun quickly grabbed Xuan Jing's arm, and said in a low voice, "What are you going to do? This is the Taiwei Mansion. Although all areas are open to all guests on the surface, they are heavily guarded. There are also many secret whistles in the dark."

"Don't worry, I'm not going to do something dangerous." Xuan Jing blinked at Fu Yun, and strode away without waiting for him to stop him again.

Under the willow tree by the lake, Fu Yun's hands were frozen in mid-air. Seeing people around him looking over, he had to suppress his worries, put down his hands and pretended to be nonchalant, and admired the fish in the lake.It's just that the anxiety in my heart can't go away anyway.

Taiwei Mansion, in the study.

The prince sitting on the chair hesitated a bit: "Grandpa, do we really want to do this?"

The Taiwei sneered and said: "What? Are you scared? Don't forget, how the old emperor treated you mother and son. Ten years ago, he only doted on a humble little girl and ignored your mother at all. Afterwards, he let you, the eldest son of the empress, not stand up, and wanted to make the boy born to that lowly maidservant the crown prince. It was hard to wait for the lowly maidservant to die, and let you become the crown prince. Now he has regretted it and wants to make a new crown prince. That kid is building momentum, are you really willing to give up the crown prince position to that kid?!" The kid that Yan Xuezhen was talking about was naturally Xuan Jing.

"..." The prince clenched his teeth, with a jealous expression on his face.That's right, he was suppressed by Xuan Jing since he was a child, no matter what he does, his father doesn't care, his father only has him in his eyes!It was true ten years ago, and it will still be true ten years later. ---Update quickly, Wubao thinks of all kinds of childhood and the current emperor's preference for Xuanjing, the prince's heart is burning with jealousy, and his eyes are also stained with a layer of hostility, "Grandpa is right, I can't Sitting here waiting to die."

Yan Xuezhen heard the words and patted the prince's shoulder with a smile: "Very good, this is my really good grandson of Yan Xue. Don't worry, grandpa will help you win the country of Han. The future king of Han can only It's you!"

"Thank you, Grandpa!" A fierce light flashed across the prince's eyes, and he smiled ferociously.Xuanjing, this time Gu will definitely let you die without a place to bury you!

In a garden near the inner courtyard of the Taiwei Mansion, Xuan Jing was chatting with the little ants.

He lay lazily on the rockery, with his eyes closed and bathed in the warm sunshine, as if he was just taking a nap here because he was tired.No one noticed that there was a small black ant lying on his shoulder.Even the eighteen secret sentries who were hiding in the dark were nervous for a while when Xuanjing approached at the beginning, seeing that he was just basking in the sun on the rockery, they quickly let go of their guard.Of course, they still stared at Xuan Jing cautiously afterwards, in case the other party made any changes.

In my mind, more than half of the conversation between one person and one ant has gone on.

Little Ant: "Anyway, every night, sometimes during the day, I can hear that kind of strange cry. It may be a human being, but it doesn't seem like it. Anyway, it's a strange cry."

Xuanjing: "Is there every day?"

Little Ant: "Every day, I pass by there every day, don't you know? Those strange calls came from the bottom of a rockery, so I guess there should be a big hole underneath. But it's really unexpected, you humans They also like to dig holes like ants."

Xuan Jing closed his eyes to rest his mind and opened his eyes, thoughtful.Could it be that the Taiwei raised some monsters in the underground secret room?In just a moment, he denied this strange idea.Who would be so boring to open a secret room to raise wild animals, but dead men are more likely.Thinking of this, Xuan Jing's eyes became darker: "Where is that rockery?"

Little Ant: "I can lead you there, but you have to put me on the ground and let me crawl, otherwise I don't know how to lead the way."

Thinking of Fu Yun's warning words, Xuan Jing hesitated for a moment, then gave up the idea of ​​following the little ant now.He raised his hand to let the little ant crawl on his finger: "Forget it, I will come to play with you next time when I have time."

The little ant shook his head quickly after hearing this: "That's not okay, I still have to find food to bring back for the queen to eat, I don't have time to play with you."

Xuan Jing, who was amused by the little ant's earnestness, held back a smile, and said, "I was the one who was abrupt." He turned around, jumped off the rockery, and put the little ant on the ground without a trace.At this moment, a little sparrow flew over in the sky.

"Get out, get out!" the little sparrow chirped.This is the little guy Xuanjing sent to monitor the Taiwei, and Xuanjing told it to report to him as soon as the Taiwei and the men around him left the study together.The little sparrow is coming now, which means that the Taiwei and the prince have left the study to return to the birthday banquet.

Seeing that time was running out, Xuan Jing and Little Ant bid farewell in a hurry, then rushed back quickly, and finally returned to Fu Yun's side before the Taiwei came back.Seeing that he was fine, Fu Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

The birthday banquet after that will be carried out as usual.For today's birthday banquet, people from Taiwei's Mansion invited a famous theater troupe from the Han Dynasty to perform for everyone. After each performance, everyone watched with great interest and the guests enjoyed themselves.By the time the birthday banquet was over, it was already evening.The visiting officials bid farewell to the Taiwei in an orderly manner, and left through the gate one after another.Xuan Jing and Fu Yun also followed Da Liu closely, and they were about to step out of the gate of the Taiwei Mansion.A rush of footsteps sounded from behind, and soon a young man dressed as a servant stood in front of Xuan Jing and Fu Yun.

"His Royal Highness, Lord Fu, my lord is here to invite you." The young man bowed and said.

Xuan Jing and Fu Yun looked at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes.The young man was wearing the clothes of a servant of Taiwei's mansion, obviously the adult he was talking about was Yan Xuezhen himself.It's just that I don't know what Yan Xuezhen means by sending someone to keep them here after the birthday banquet, or what his intentions are.But before officially tearing their faces apart, they had no reason to refuse.

Xuan Jing thought about it, and finally showed a warm smile: "Lead the way."

Seeing this, Fu Yun glanced at Xuan Jing, but did not speak.He just approached Xuanjing immediately, and held Xuanjing's hand under the cover of his long sleeves.For some reason, he always had an ominous premonition.

The young man led the way, while Xuan Jing and Fu Yun followed behind.Feeling Fu Yun's tension, Xuan Jing smiled and scratched his palm with his index finger, signaling him to relax.Feeling the warm touch from the palm of his hand, Fu Yun forced a smile, but the uneasiness in his heart did not diminish much.On the contrary, it becomes more and more intense as time goes by.The two followed the young man around, and finally came to an open martial arts field.

The martial arts training ground was empty, except for the weapon racks specially placed on the edge for storing weapons.And near the weapon rack, there are two chairs and a small table, on which there are two cups of freshly brewed fragrant tea.The young man led Xuan Jing and the others to the chair: "Please rest here for a while, my lord will come later." Then he stood aside and stopped talking.

Xuan Jing and Fu Yun exchanged glances again, and sat down on the chair in silence.The doubts in the hearts of the two became more and more serious, Xuan Jing also noticed something unusual, and was secretly vigilant in his heart.The two didn't wait long before Taiwei Yanxuezhen and a middle-aged man with a mole on his right lip walked over from the other side of the training ground.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Yan Xuezhen's complexion looked very good, and the whole person looked even more energetic, as if he was in a very happy mood: "His Royal Highness, Mr. Fu, I have been waiting for a long time."

Xuan Jing and Fu Yun hurriedly stood up.Xuan Jing said: "I don't know why Master Taiwei has kept us here for...?"

Hearing the words, Yan Xuezhen showed a sly smile: "It's to give the two of you a big gift." He smiled, and suddenly his face changed, and he said sharply, "Do it!"

As soon as the words fell, four black shadows descended from the sky in an instant, approaching Xuan Jing and Fu Yun.

Fu Yun's expression changed, he quickly shielded Xuan Jing behind him, and drew out the soft sword from his waist.Who would have thought that Yan Xuezhen would dare to kill the court officials in his own mansion? !

Xuan Jing cursed a curse word in his heart, his eyes became cold: "Tie Ying!"

As soon as he gave an order, Tie Ying, who had been hiding in the dark, and several killers in the sword field immediately flew out and attacked the four shadows.Seeing this, the Taiwei not far away didn't show any panic on his face, he still looked calm and relaxed.He turned to the middle-aged man with a mole on his face and said, "Wu San, you stay here to guard me. Fu Yun's body is disposed of at will, and Xuan Jing's remains for me."

The middle-aged man lowered his head and said, "Yes, Master!"

Yan Xuezhen took one last look at the few people fighting together, smiled and turned to leave.

On the training ground, the situation is not optimistic for Xuan Jing and others.The four killers sent by Yan Xuezhen were all muscular, showing a strange purple color, and their eyes were dull and lifeless.But the speed of his shots is extremely fast, and every move seems to contain the huge power of cutting the sky and cutting the earth.A sword field killer was punched through his body because he couldn't dodge in time, and was killed on the spot.Several other people from the sword field were also repelled within a few moves, and all fell to the ground with serious injuries and lost their combat power.Tie Ying was the only one who struggled endlessly with several of them with his nimble posture, but he gradually showed a tendency to lose.

Several top masters in the Sword Domain teamed up with a strong man like Tie Ying whose martial arts were comparable to Fu Yun's, but none of them were opponents of those four!There are such crouching tigers, hidden dragons in Taiwei's mansion! ?

Xuan Jing, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, sank in his heart. If things continue like this, they will all have to die here today!

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