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"What?! There is such a thing? I clearly never came to the imperial capital ten years ago..." Hearing the unexpected news, Dugu Qi jumped up from his chair and walked in front of Zhuo Ran excitedly.

"Xiao Ran, please explain clearly, what happened ten years ago?" Dugu Qi clasped Zhuo Ran's shoulders with both hands, his face full of shock and disbelief.

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"...Ten years ago, I was ordered by the emperor to secretly investigate the whereabouts of Concubine Wu Shu who disappeared inexplicably from the cold palace," Zhuo Ran recalled carefully, and continued, "You often ran to the capital in those years, and your whereabouts were always unknown in the middle of the night. I followed you once, and when I saw you entered the palace, I didn't ask any more questions. Later, the story of Concubine Wu Shu's affair with someone spread quietly among the ministers, and I wondered if that person was you, Senior Brother."

"You guessed well." Dugu Qi was a little embarrassed. At that time, he came to Beijing in the name of seeing Zhuo Ran, but he didn't expect him to see through him. Seeing Dugu Qi's unnatural expression, Zhuo Ran couldn't help but find it funny .

"Senior brother, you don't need to think too much, I was just curious at the time, and I didn't have any other thoughts." When he said this, Dugu Qi wanted to find a crack in the ground and get into trouble.

Zhuo Ran suppressed his smile, and said again: "After the six doors received the secret order to find someone to enter the palace to arrange a task, I guessed whether it was for Concubine Wu Shu's affairs, and then asked the chief arrester for this task." Usually no one is willing to accept the secret order, because it usually means concealment and privacy. Maybe the day when the task is completed is the day of death. Therefore, when Zhuo Ran took the initiative to issue the task, everyone looked at him with contempt, thinking that he was He wanted to use this to get promoted, but everyone laughed in their hearts that he didn't know how to advance or retreat, and Zhuo Ran felt sad when he thought of it at this time.

"After I entered the palace, I realized that Concubine Wu Shu had eloped with someone and escaped from the cold palace. Later, when I saw the portrait, I knew that Concubine Wu Shu really had something to do with you. The portrait clearly shows Miss Wu Nong from the Wu family who was with you back then. ...When I followed the clues to find a hut by the moat of the outer city, I found that you were really together, and then..."

Zhuo Ran didn't talk anymore when he got here, he suddenly felt that there was indeed something wrong with what happened back then, although the two people in the room seemed to be Dugu Qi and Wu Nong, but Dugu Qi's behavior at that time was so strange, he always felt that maybe it was Dugu Qi. Because Dugu Qi was displeased when he saw that he had been arrested by the emperor, but now he thought it was that person, it was too cold.

"Xiao Ran, what's the matter?" Seeing that Zhuo Ran stopped suddenly, Dugu Qi couldn't help asking curiously.

"Ah...it's nothing. I've been smart for a lifetime. I didn't expect the guards of the imperial city to follow behind me all the time. As soon as I found you two, a group of big insiders swarmed over. Wu Nong was injured, so I asked you to take me with you." She left first, and then..."

Thinking of this, Zhuo Ran couldn't help but feel sad. The group of big inner guards were not only for arresting Concubine Wu Shu, but also for silently silencing him. If he knew about the royal family scandal, the emperor would naturally not give him a way out.Zhuo Ran's heart is like a mirror, but after all, it is difficult to accept that it is such an imperial court that he is guarding.

"Later... you were injured, didn't you? Your leg was also injured at that time, wasn't it?" Dugu Qi saw that Zhuo Ran's eyes were full of sadness, and he had already guessed it. I dare not mention the old injury on Zhuoran's leg because he is afraid that he has just recovered from a serious illness, and it would be hurtful to mention it again, but now I know that the injury was left for me, and I feel more than guilty!

"Senior brother, it's none of your business. The former emperor was greedy for sex. Concubine Wu Shu's entry into the palace was not voluntary. Even if she is not your beloved, I will protect her well."

Having said that, Zhuo Ran was very concerned about the injury on his foot. At that time, he was severely injured and was slapped on the kneecap by the commander of Ouchi's guards, and then he lost consciousness, and he didn't know how he was rescued later.

"Then how did you escape, Xiaoran?" Ouchi's bodyguards must be no match for Zhuo Ran in his heyday if he fought alone, but the entire bodyguard team has a large number of people, and there may be hundreds of people dispatched for a mission. What's more, regarding the secrets of the royal family, even if he had never seen it with his own eyes, Dugu Qi could still guess the tragedy at that time.

"I don't know. When I woke up, I was already lying in a family. I heard that they found me from the river. Maybe I was hit by a palm and fell into the moat." Zhuo Ran It is an understatement, but Dugu Qi feels very lucky. If something unexpected happens, Zhuo Ran may have died ten years ago. This shows that the god of luck still takes great care of Zhuo Ran.

"That……"

"The key question now is who was that person ten years ago." Zhuo Ran robbed Dugu Qi the moment he opened his mouth, because he didn't want to answer what Dugu Qi wanted to ask next.

The year after waking up was the most wasteful year in his life. He almost masochistically didn't want to take care of the injury on his foot, which made him half disabled now. It was difficult to even walk on rainy days, as if he was doing nothing to the whole world. As if disappointed, the sky he believed in suddenly collapsed.

He was full of pride and wanted to seek justice for the common people. He was notorious for turning his back on the world. He remembered how angry his uncle was at the time and even couldn't sleep for a long time. Lord of the world!How can he be reconciled, Zhuo Ran, after all, he is just a mortal!

"As you said, that person either has a deep hatred for me or loves Nonger very much..."

"In my opinion, I'm afraid it's the former, senior brother. Under the circumstances at that time, I'm afraid Wu Nong would follow him out of the palace. At that time, the late emperor didn't think about how to deal with Concubine Wu Shu, so he put her in the cold palace. Wait for him to figure it out." What is waiting for Concubine Wu Shu is probably a glass of poisoned wine or a ten feet of white silk, Concubine Wu Shu will naturally seize the opportunity, but that person is pretending to be you, obviously knowing the relationship between you..." Said When he got here, he saw that Dugu Qi's face turned pale in an instant.

"I know who it is, this time I'm afraid it's both." If I'm not mistaken, that person hates himself and covets Wu Nong, "It's Nong'er's cousin—Cang Yun!"

Zhuo Ran's eyes widened. It was actually Cang Yun, the current head of the Cang family? !However, Zhuo Ran felt relieved when he thought about it, the disguise technique could make him invisible for a while, who else could there be except the Cang family of Jinling.

The Cang family is well-known for its heretical things, and disguises are one of them, and because they are related by marriage to the Tang family in the middle of Sichuan, the poison of the Cang family is also known to make people change their colors.Originally, the Tang Sect did not allow their children to marry with other surnames, but the ancestors of the Cang family persuaded the head of the Tang Sect to marry their daughter with their perfect tongue. It was a sensational event at that time. Retained to this day.

"When I first entered the rivers and lakes, I killed a place full of evil with one sword and dominated Cang Hua, and that Cang Hua was Cang Yun's younger brother. Later, I met Nong'er, and by chance, I met his cousin Cang Yun. He was really an enemy. I was extremely jealous when we met, Cang Yun had hidden admiration for Nong'er in his eyes at that time, but Nong'er chose me in the end, I am afraid that Nong'er will be forced to enter the palace later because he will be inseparable from him."

If you can't get something, it's better to destroy him, this is Cang Yun's way of life, so Dugu Qi turns pale when he thinks of this person, if it's Cang Yun, I'm afraid Wu Nong is in danger! !

"Xiaoran, brother, I'm afraid that I have to go to Jinling recently. You are not in good health yet, so you can't run around. Stay in the palace and let Ling Luo take care of you. Anyway, your martial arts have recovered. Even if Hen'er wants to do anything, there is nothing you can do." Not you."

"But..." No matter what, Zhuo Ran didn't want to stay in this palace with only nightmares. No matter how tender the emperor was, no matter how much he paid for him, he couldn't accept it after all. Besides, the emperor was definitely not easy to talk about. The experience of a few days is still vivid.

"Don't worry, after all, Hen'er is the apprentice of the senior brother, so I don't dare to do anything to you anymore. If your body goes out and messes up again, it's a big problem!" Dugu Qi is worthy of being the head of a sect, and his gestures are irresistible. , no matter how reluctant Zhuo Ran was, he had no choice but to agree first.

Seeing that Zhuo Ran finally nodded, Dugu Qi felt relieved, and thought about saying goodbye to Xuanyuan Hen when he regained consciousness, and then rode straight to Jinling, and must let Cang Yun give him an explanation.

"I don't know when Hen'er will wake up. Don't look at him, he seems to be very domineering on weekdays. His physical foundation may not be better than yours!" Dugu Qi said that he was not worried. It can make people's minds stagnate.

Dugu Qi is lazy by nature and doesn't like to lead apprentices. Even his eldest apprentice Yue Tianqi didn't really teach him much, but he did his best to Xuanyuanhen. His mother and concubine begged him to teach him well because of the grace of saving his life. He was one thing, but it was more because Xuanyuanhen was so precocious that it made people feel distressed.

He was about eleven or twelve years old that year, and he didn't look as strong as those seven or eight-year-old children. However, his little head was unexpectedly full of things, which made Dugu Qi admire Xuanyuan Hen very much. Mother, if this woman is a man, she will definitely be able to look down on the world and do something, at least the son she has taught has now proved this point.

However, the woman's hostility was not light. She was originally the daughter of a nobleman in southern Xinjiang, but she lived a life that was worse than a servant in the imperial palace of the Celestial Dynasty. Even the servants in that palace could bully their mother and child for granted. Man, after all, she gave birth to a son for the emperor, but she was not only abandoned in a cold palace, but the emperor was stingy in giving his own son a name.

Later, when the father-in-law from the clerk's room came, she thought for a long time and spit out the word "hen". Although she was not very generous, she wanted Xuanyuanhen to remember such a shame.

That woman is quite strong, and under her teaching, Xuanyuan Hen's mind is definitely vicious, so Dugu Qi has been trying to let Xuanyuan Hen understand the way of heaven more, but both his mother and son are not bad in nature, at least for a stranger like himself, They helped themselves without hesitation.

"Senior brother..." Dugu Qi's eyes were out of focus, and he didn't know what to think, Zhuo Ran finally couldn't help calling him.

But Dugu Qi took a deep look at Zhuo Ran, sighed, and said: "Xiao Ran, Hen'er may not be as bad as you think, in fact he is also a poor person..."