[Sword Three + Lu Xiaofeng] The Crane Returns to the Lonely Mountain

Chapter 38

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On the second day after Ye Dange ran away in anger, the news of Ye Gucheng's appointment to fight Ximen Chuuxue began to appear on the rivers and lakes, and it spread throughout the rivers and lakes almost overnight. It is "the night of the full moon, the top of the Forbidden City, a sword comes to the west, and immortals fly from the sky."

It is now the end of July, and the [-]th of August is just around the corner. Almost all the people from the rivers and lakes have flocked to the capital, wanting to witness this shocking battle.At the same time, the major gambling houses have also set up bets on the outcome of this battle - this is not just a decisive battle between Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuuxue, but also concerns the lives of countless people.

Three days later, without knowing where it started, another piece of news spread throughout the Jianghu unconsciously——Ye Gucheng was injured.

It is said that a few days ago, someone saw Tang Tianyi, the eldest son of the Tang Sect in central Shu, suddenly appearing near the Nanwang Mansion, and for some reason, he fought Ye Gucheng—although Ye Gucheng seriously injured him, he himself was also hit by Tang Tianrong. A handful of arsenopyrite.Although Ye Gucheng's swordsmanship is superb, Tang Tianrong is also a top master who has been famous for a long time. The Tangmen's hidden weapons and poison are even more difficult to guard against.But even so, there are still many people who are dubious about this——Ye Gucheng and Tang Tianrong have no enmity, so how could they suddenly turn against each other?

The news in the Jianghu always spreads fast, and only on the second day, there was a new development in the rumors - it turned out that Ye Gucheng's fiancée ran away because of the decisive battle that day, and she and Tang Xiben, the eldest lady of the Tang Sect in the middle of Sichuan, were married. Tang Xi, a good friend in the boudoir, was overwhelmed with anger, so she came to Ye Gucheng Xingshi to question her.Ye Gucheng was not a very good-tempered person at first, and the two would strike at each other if they disagreed - Mr. Tang loved his sister very much, so naturally he wanted to protect her.

Arriving here, the cause and effect are clear at a glance, reasonable and reasonable, and no one doubts anymore—the already delicate situation in the arena has become tense in an instant, and the atmosphere in the major gambling houses is even more explosive.

However, what made the situation even more unpredictable was that the two sides in the decisive battle, whether it was Ye Gucheng or Ximen Chuuxue, seemed to have made an appointment, so there was no news, and no one knew where they were now.

In the past few days, the rivers and lakes have been turbulent, but Ye Dange has not been idle - he rode his horse for several days and nights, and now he has finally entered the capital quietly.

That day she and Ye Gucheng pretended to quarrel, and in a rage she "run away in anger". As soon as she left the gate of the palace, she knew that someone was following her - she was Ye Gucheng's fiancée after all, and the Prince of Nan was not sure what she knew. If you don't know about treason, you are naturally cautious. If you don't send someone to follow, it will be abnormal.

Ye Dange just didn't know about it, bought a horse with a calm face, got on the horse immediately, and went straight to Hangzhou-there were still people watching secretly one after another along the way, Ye Dange was not in a hurry, so he just I went all the way back to Hangzhou, and waited patiently at home for two days, until all the people hiding in the dark finally retreated, and then I went out overnight and rushed to the capital.

There is a century-old pastry shop in the capital called Hefangzhai. Ye Dange is sitting in the inner room of Hefangzhai at the moment, with a pot of high-quality Longjing in his hand and a box of pastries in his arms, eating With relish - Sitting opposite her was Lu Xiaofeng who was drinking and a man in white.

Hefangzhai is indeed a century-old brand with excellent reputation. The pastries are soft and glutinous, sweet but not greasy. Ye Dange took a bite, drank another sip of tea, and immediately frowned. And the fatigue that had been generated dissipated a lot at once, and his whole body was ironed, and he couldn't help but sighed softly in satisfaction.

Lu Xiaofeng took a sip of his wine, looked at Ye Dange who was eating contentedly with great interest, and then turned his head to look at the man in white sitting beside him.

The man was dressed in white, with handsome eyebrows, but he never showed any expression, his breath was a bit cold, and he had a long sword with a black scabbard in his hand, but his eyes stayed on Ye Dange's pair of light and heavy swords for a long time. , finally retracted his gaze.

Ye Dange finally finished eating at this moment, wiped his mouth delicately with a handkerchief, drank the last sip of tea contentedly, looked up at the man in white opposite him, and nodded with a smile:

"Thank you, Master Ximen, for your hospitality."

Ximen Chuuxue glanced at her, but did not answer, but asked calmly, "Do you learn sword?"

Ye Dange nodded generously in response, Ximen Chuuxue nodded slightly, but fell silent and said nothing more.

Ye Dange didn't mind either, and turned to look at Lu Xiaofeng - Lu Xiaofeng stroked his beard and nodded to her.

That night, two figures quietly sneaked into the palace.

There are many masters in the palace, even Ye Dange thinks that both light and martial arts are good, and he dare not be careless to visit alone at night, so coming with Lu Xiaofeng can be regarded as a support.

A few days ago, Lu Xiaofeng bought a few young eunuchs in the palace and obtained a rough topographic map of the palace—the map is a bit rough and rough, and many places are even blank, but he can still roughly find out where the emperor should be at this time. place.

It was already very late at night, but the Qianqing Palace was still brightly lit——Ye Dange and Lu Xiaofeng were lying on the roof opposite it, and through the window they could clearly see the emperor crouching in front of the case to review the memorial.

It seems that he should be a diligent and good emperor... Ye Dange nodded secretly in his heart, watching a eunuch close the door and retreat after filling the emperor with tea, turned his head and looked at Lu Xiaofeng, and nodded at the same time, Ye Dange slightly After a pause, he suddenly picked up his breath and jumped, quietly walked around to the back of the hall, and jumped in through the window.

"Who?" The young emperor stopped writing, and his expression changed instantly.

Ye Dange reached out and closed the window quickly before he landed, and shut the emperor's low shout in the room together, then took two steps forward, bowed and saluted before the emperor spoke again, and lowered his voice road:

"The matter is of great importance. It is absolutely necessary to break into the Forbidden Palace without permission. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Ye Dange already had gentle eyebrows, coupled with his soft tone and respectful attitude, it was easy to make people feel good - the emperor's face recovered a little, and he stared at Ye Dange silently for a while, Probably seeing that she was not quite an assassin and that she was alone, she finally nodded slightly and put down her pen—the voice was a little soft, and the tone was very peaceful, but there was an inexplicable sense of majesty.

"who are you?"

"Minister Ye Dange," Ye Dange raised his head slightly, seeing that the emperor was already calm and calm at this moment, and his impression of him immediately improved a lot in his heart. After a slight pause, he added a sentence , "It's Ye Gucheng's fiancée."

"Ye Gucheng?" The emperor seemed to be taken aback for a moment, and then his eyes suddenly became deeper, and then he suddenly laughed, "Miss Ye, you don't have to be polite. You came here on an adventure late at night, and what you did was a decisive battle with related?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ye Dange thanked him, straightened up, and nodded, "That's right, I came here for the decisive battle. Has Your Majesty met Nan Wang's son?"

The emperor didn't seem to expect that she would suddenly bring up a completely irrelevant topic, he was slightly taken aback, and slowly shook his head.

Ye Dange looked at him generously again, and said softly: "I've seen that Southern Prince's son - he looks exactly the same as the emperor."

——The emperor and the Prince of Nan are cousins, so it is common sense that they look similar, but if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be hard for Ye Dange to imagine that besides twins, there would be two people with exactly the same appearance in the world.

The emperor is also a very handsome young man - but he seems to be a little less hostile and a little more unpredictable than Nan Wang Shizi.

The emperor's face changed in an instant - no emperor would be a fool, and when it came to the decisive battle, it was obvious that Ye Dange had already thought of what Ye Dange was going to say.

"It is said that since King Nan came to Beijing two years ago, he had already started planning after meeting the emperor. Later, the prince found Ye Gucheng, hoping that he could lure away the guards in the palace—although Ye Gucheng is not afraid of him, but he is a city after all. Lord, for fear that he would bite back and even harm the people in the city if he refused to expose it rashly, so he had no choice but to pretend to be a snake." Ye Dange bowed slightly, but raised his head, looking fixedly at the emperor, pleading guilty in his mouth, but on his face One faction calmly said, "Repeatedly breaking the ban is really a last resort, and I hope the emperor will forgive the crime."

——Going into the palace to find the emperor to explain the reason, this is what Ye Dange and Ye Gucheng made a decision early in the morning.A decisive battle in the palace is a violation of the majesty of the Tian family, and treason is even more taboo. If the emperor is not informed in advance, even if he kills the son in front of the emperor at that time, the emperor may also feel jealous and unhappy.

"Miss Ye, you don't need to be like this." The emperor stood up, his expression was already soft, and he slightly raised his hand to give him a hand, "Thanks to the warning from the girl, I was able to make a plan earlier."

Ye Dange breathed a sigh of relief, stood up straight, and then heard the emperor ask: "Then, the girl and the city master are planning to use their tricks?"

Ye Dange nodded, and explained the whole plan in a low voice to the emperor in detail—the emperor was calm and focused from the beginning to the end, listening carefully in silence until Ye Dange finally finished speaking, and then clicked Nodding, with a sincere look:

"That's great, thank you all."

Ye Dange smiled and shook his head. Seeing that everything had been said, he was about to leave, but was suddenly stopped by the emperor——

"Miss Ye, I'm actually—a little curious."

Ye Dange was stunned for a moment, then turned his head, and saw the emperor looking at him with a calm expression, his eyes were indeed as he said, with a bit of curiosity.

"Please speak, Your Majesty."

"Nan Wang's plan seems absurd, but in fact it is very easy to succeed. Ye Gucheng can be said to be the hero of the founding of the country. Why do you guys help me?"

"Without him, I just hope that the world will be stable and the people will be prosperous." Ye Dange blinked, and suddenly laughed softly. It has completely disappeared from the emperor's sight, and only the last soft voice is left to fade away little by little in the night——

"Your Majesty—please be a good emperor."

The author has something to say: Jianshen (the pastry shop of his family) came out to make soy sauce... The little emperor is actually really handsome, a few blocks away from Prince Nan!

Are the last two sentences of Xiao Dange handsome?