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Judging from the young emperor's expression just now, it should be Nanyang Hou's intention to ask Ling Xun to meet Concubine Jin.On the way to Concubine Jin's residence, Ling Xun kept thinking about why the Marquis of Nanyang wanted him to meet Concubine Jin.

Could it be that he just wants to use Concubine Jin to confirm his identity?

But Princess Wuyang married far away from Jingzhou, so she seldom has the chance to enter the palace, even if she gave birth to him, the chance to meet Concubine Jin is only once or twice.That is to say, although Concubine Na Jin is his nominal grandmother, she is actually not familiar with her, and it is not convincing for her to judge his identity.

So what is the purpose of the deliberate arrangement of this "meeting of grandparents and grandchildren"?

Ling Xun was thinking about it when he was interrupted by the woman's voice in the yard.

"Is my Xun'er here? Quickly ask someone to go outside again!" The woman urged, followed by the voice of the little maid who promised.

As soon as Ling Xun and Wei Zhao walked to the gate of the courtyard, they saw two maidservants coming out. As soon as the maidservants saw Wei Zhao, they immediately bowed down and saluted. Wei Zhao said, "Go tell the empress dowager, and say that General Ling has arrived."

Concubine Jin stole the favor of Concubine Lan's child. In fact, she didn't have a good time for a few years. She was only in her thirties when Emperor Xuan died, and she was going to be a widow in the deep palace. As a member of the royal family, capital punishment is inevitable, but watching the Ling family beheaded all over the house, he couldn't live alone, and died after touching a pillar in the execution ground.Concubine Jin inevitably got involved. Since then, she lived in seclusion in the cold palace, and was gradually forgotten by the palace that eats people and does not spit out bones.

Therefore, when Ling Xun saw Concubine Jin sitting on the soft couch, seeing her haggard and aging appearance, he was not surprised.He was about to go forward to salute, but concubine Jin, who kept calling "my Xun'er", looked at Ling Xun with straight eyes, and let out a shrill scream unexpectedly.

"Ghost! Ghost! Don't come here! It's not me, it's not me, it's not me...I didn't kill you!! Help, help!!" Princess Jin suddenly tore her hair and rolled Dai crawled to hide away from Ling Xun, as if he was a monster that could eat people.

Ling Xun finally believed at this moment that what Master Shen said was true, this kind of fear born from the bottom of his heart could not be acted out no matter what, Princess Jin was afraid of him, but what she was afraid of was not him, but It was Concubine Lan who was taken by her caesarean section more than forty years ago.

Don't do anything wrong, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, I don't know how many times during these thousands of days and nights, Concubine Jin's face has appeared in front of Concubine Lan's face.

Thinking of this, Ling Xun subconsciously wanted to touch his face, but suddenly his back felt cold, his scalp exploded, and he felt someone behind him watching him.

There are two people behind him, one is Mu Jiu, the other is Wei Zhao, whose gaze made him feel like a thorn in his back?

Ling Xun only hesitated for a moment, then immediately came to his senses, and then felt as if a basin of bone-chilling water was being poured from the top of his head.

He finally understood the real reason why Marquis Nanyang asked him to see Concubine Jin.

Where are they trying to confirm his identity as the son of General Zhennan?

They clearly...wanted to see if he knew the truth and the past about Concubine Lan.

Who is it? Is that probing gaze from Nanyanghou or Mu Jiu?Who doesn't want him to know those old things?What will be involved in that old incident?For a moment, Ling Xun only felt that Xudu was like a maze with countless big nets, wrapping him layer by layer, making him almost suffocate.

Ling Xun tried his best to relax his tense body and readjusted his expression to a kind of appropriate astonishment. He turned to Nanyanghou, puzzled, and asked, "Master Hou, what's wrong with the concubine?"

When he turned around, the scorching eyes that rested on him disappeared. Nanyang Hou sighed and explained: "The year Princess Wuyang had an accident, Concubine Jin also went mad because of the stimulation, and she listened to the servants around her." The maid said, these years have been good and bad. You look similar to Princess Wuyang, and I’m afraid it reminds the princess of sadness. It seems that you and the princess can’t talk today. It will be better when she waits for another day. Come visit again." After finishing speaking, Nanyang Hou ordered the palace servants to take Princess Jin down to rest.

Leaving the temporary palace, Nanyang Hou's kindness was hard to turn down, Ling Xun led a group of people at his invitation, and temporarily settled in Nanyang Hou's mansion.

This Nanyang Marquis Mansion looks more luxurious than the place where the little emperor lives. From the gate of the mansion to the courtyard where Ling Xun lives, it takes a long time to walk even by carriage. It was found that the way of Qimen Dunjia was hidden everywhere here, and formation techniques were even used in some places, making the Nanyang Marquis Mansion, which was originally endless at a glance, even more like a maze.

Seeing Ling Xun's gaze lingering at several places with formation organs, Nanyang Hou smiled and said: "I heard that my nephew is also a formation master, so he must have discovered many organs in my mansion. Don't laugh at me. Now that formation techniques are revived, and formation masters emerge in endlessly, we must not have the heart to harm others, but we must have the heart to guard against others. It is also necessary to properly use formation techniques to protect our homes."

"Where is the Lord Hou, it should be." When Ling Xun was looking at the array mechanism just now, he deliberately reserved, only looking at those that can be seen at a glance, deliberately ignoring the well-hidden ones, unwilling Let Nanyang Hou understand his true level of formation.

"Nephew Ling is tired all the way, so I won't give you a welcome banquet today, take a good rest, if you need anything, just tell the boys and maids in the yard." Nanyang Hou sent Ling Xun and Mu Jiu to a small clean courtyard , arranged Ling Xun's entourage properly, and left. The servants of the Hou's mansion helped Ling Xun carry the luggage. Among the chaotic crowd, Nanyang Hou didn't notice that there were two figures, like ghosts, already Unknowingly, it disappeared into the depths of the Hou Mansion.

Seeing the golden crow falling to the west and dusk falling, Ling Xun looked at the golden toad incense burner on the table inside the house, and called the servant in.

"What are your orders, Master?" The young man was handsome and smart, he was respectful and enthusiastic towards Ling Xun, but he didn't have the airs of a servant of a powerful family with his eyes above his head.

Ling Xun lamented Nanyang Hou's way of training his subordinates, showing his signature smile, pointing to the golden toad incense burner on the long table and said: "The phoenix is ​​not a phoenix tree, and the golden toad is not a place of wealth. I am leaving I have never seen such an incense burner in so many places, it is small and interesting, and has a good meaning, do you know where you bought it from?"

The little fellow laughed and said: "I don't know, my lord. There was a feng shui master who showed us the Hou's mansion, saying that the five elements in the mansion are short of gold, but because it is located in the vein of the wood dragon, the gold can't be restrained, so I came up with this idea." Use this aquatic thing to ignite fire inside, and use the force of water and fire to moderate the spirit of losing gold. Therefore, this golden toad incense burner is not purchased from outside, but is made by a special person. I am afraid that there will be no such incense burner in Kyushu. Alright, if the young master likes it, let me report to Lord Hou in a small way and make a batch for the young master."

Ling Xun was speechless when he heard that, "I didn't expect this little incense burner to be so exquisite. I don't need to reply, I just asked casually. Besides, since it is something that balances the five elements, it might not be suitable for my house. Putting it away is a waste of good things."

"Young master is right." The young servant greeted him, seeing that Ling Xun had no other orders, he withdrew.

However, after he left, Ling Xun restrained the smile on his lips a little bit, and there was a coldness in his eyes.

This golden toad incense burner was familiar to him at first glance, but after careful reflection, he suddenly realized that it was placed next to Qin Chao's case in the search for people.

It turned out that the Marquis of Nanyang really colluded with Qin Chao, which also explained why everyone in the world knew that Qin Chao was beheaded by the Marquis of Nanyang, but Ling Xun was still able to find out that Qin Chao was still alive through the search array.

"What is my lord thinking?"

After dinner in the evening, Ling Xun played chess with Mu Jiu. It wasn't until Mu Jiu reminded him that he realized that he had lost his mind again.

"I was just thinking about Concubine Jin." Ling Xun lied without changing his face, and dropped a chess piece that had been pending for a long time in his hand. "I'm thinking about what she said when she went crazy today. She seems to have mistook me for someone else. Who made her so scared?"

Mu Jiu's expression did not change, and he followed Ling Xun to make a move on the chessboard, seemingly indifferently saying: "Women in the deep palace always have a few lives in their hands, maybe it's a maid or empress who died in vain because of him. .”

Ling Xun tilted his head and thought for a while, then said with a smile, "That's true, but let me think about it." While speaking, Ling Xun fell down again, but was shocked to realize that the situation was already good, but he fell into a trap unknowingly. He fell into the trap set by Mu Jiu.

"I lost again." Ling Xun was stunned, looking at the large number of chess pieces that could no longer be saved, and finally surrendered, "Huaifeng's chess moves are always like this. I killed every single one without leaving any."

"It's the lord who just got distracted. If you concentrate on the game, you will definitely win against me."

Ling Xun pretended to complain, and angrily said: "I used to concentrate on playing chess with you, but you changed the way, from moistening things silently to swords, lights and swords, and didn't even bother to set the game, which only made me lose faster."

Mu Jiu raised his eyes, and for a moment, his eyes seemed to flicker, but when Ling Xun looked over, his eyes had returned to calmness.

"My lord's chess skills have improved a lot compared to two years ago. As long as you practice hard, you will get better sooner or later."

"That's right, Huaifeng doesn't want Master Zang." Ling Xun propped his chin and leaned closer, whispering to Mu Jiu, with an extremely ambiguous attitude.

At night, the third watch had already started in the Hou's mansion, but Ling Xun sat up in the dark, took out a wooden box sealed with a formation technique, opened it, and inside was Qin Chao's whisk.

Ling Xun drew the runes of the human-hunting array, put the whisk in the center, and concentrated on searching for Qin Chao's traces. After a while, a smile slowly appeared on the corners of his lips.

It's really hard to find anywhere, and it's easy to get here, but this Qin Chao is still in Nanyanghou's mansion.

Ever since he came to Xudu, Ling Xun has been feeling uncomfortable all the time. At first he didn't realize why, but then he gradually figured out that what made him uncomfortable was the kind of shit that stepped into the mess. Heartfelt feeling, the kind of uselessness and depression of being led by the nose by others.

He suddenly figured it out, since he had already fallen into the trap set by others, why did he have to search for the source of this maze?Why don't you cut through the mess with a quick knife, no matter what plots and tricks he has, just confront him with a mad knife?

Since Qin Chao is under the same roof as him at this moment, and is so close to him, why not pry it out of his mouth if he wants to know something?Should this belated revenge be resolved tonight?

Ling Xun changed into his night clothes, and when he pushed the door out, Fang Ke and Fang Jue floated down from the roof without a sound, and brought the topographic map of the Hou Mansion.

"Master Feng, this is your knife." Fang Jue handed over Ling Xun's familiar knife, the blade reflected a cold light under the moonlight.

Ling Xun hasn't held a knife for a long time since he focused on formation techniques, but tonight, he must let him drink the blood of his enemies!