The Legend of the Royal Cat

As soon as they entered the Nanjing Pavilion, there were already servants coming out to welcome them. The leader was a girl in purple clothes, who was very delicate and clever. She was one of Princess Huaishuo's personal maids——Zi Ling.

"Zi Ling has met Commander Wei! Go back to Commander Wei, Nanjing Pavilion has been packed, I wonder when the princess will arrive in Beijing?" Zi Ling, who had been depressed because of being left in the mansion by the princess this time, used the salute to report back Ji asked, hoping that the princess and Zilong would come back soon and tell him interesting stories about Jiangnan.

"Seven days later. Ziling, this is Lord Zhan, the imperial envoy, a fourth-rank imperial guard with a knife, who is responsible for protecting the safety of the princess during her stay in Beijing. The prince has ordered that Lord Zhan live in the west chamber. You must take good care of him and don't neglect him! "

When will the security of Prince Huai's Mansion allow outsiders to intervene?Zi Ling was startled, and immediately bowed to Zhan Zhaofu, taking advantage of the opportunity to hide her astonishment: "Zi Ling has met Master Zhan!"

Zhan Zhao, who had a panoramic view of Zi Ling's changes in expression, smiled lightly, and said calmly, "Miss Zi Ling, you don't need to be polite, it's Zhan who is bothering you."

Such an easy-going imperial envoy!Ziling heard Zhan Zhao's reply, and couldn't help sizing Zhan Zhao up, but was taken aback by the large and small bags of herbs in Zhan Zhao's hands!Sure enough, he is a strange and weird imperial envoy, how can he stay and go out on official business without bringing his clothes and herbs? !It's very interesting, this posture doesn't look like protecting the princess, but rather resting.When the princess comes back, there will be more fun to watch! "Master Zhan, do you want Ziling to instruct someone to brew the herbs for you on time?" Ziling suppressed her titter and asked earnestly.

"Don't dare to bother the girl, Zhan can do it himself. ——Mr. Gongsun's recipe is a bit delicate to cook." After adding the second half of the sentence, it really had the effect of silencing the voice.

"You go to work on your own! I will personally take Zhan's guards to the west chamber!" Wei Bi ordered.

"Yes!" Everyone dispersed.

Nanjing Pavilion, West Wing

After making sure there was no one else around, Wei Bi glanced at Zhan Zhao who was enjoying his room leisurely, and asked in a deep voice, "Guard Zhan, why did you come here?"

"Why did Commander Wei say that?" Unexpectedly, Wei Bi would choose the most direct way to get straight to the point. Zhan Zhao asked questions instead of answers, observing Wei Bi's next reaction calmly.

"Zhan Huwei, Ming people don't speak dark words, what is the real purpose of you entering the mansion this time to protect the king?"

"Commander Wei is joking. Zhan Zhaoming is protecting the king, but in fact he is also protecting the king. Otherwise, Commander Wei thinks, why should Zhan Zhao come here?" How much does Wei Bi know, or is it just a bluff?Was all this ordered by King Huai, or did he make his own decisions?A series of question marks popped up in my heart, but I was still calm and relaxed.Zhan Zhao knew that Wei Bi had as many doubts as he did, and also wanted to find flaws in his expressions and words.

"Hmph! That's the best! Wei has a piece of advice!"

"All ears!"

"Prince Huai's residence is governed by military regulations, and traitors must die! Imperial envoys are no exception! Wei will not allow anyone to hurt the prince for any reason or in any way! Zhanwei, you can do it yourself!"

"Zhan will keep that in mind, thank you!" Zhan Zhao replied, looking at the back of Wei Bi leaving in a hurry. "Traitors must die!" When Wei Bi said this sentence, his whole body trembled involuntarily, which made Zhan Zhao think of another possibility. Wei Bi might not have told the truth to King Huai. Forget everything about the past, just, will things really progress like this?

After closing the door and window casually, Zhan Zhao sat at the table and picked up a pack of herbal medicine. The adult must have squeezed the pack hard when handing it to him.Opening the medicine package, the inside of the paper was indeed Bao Zheng's handwriting!Putting the herbs aside, Zhan Zhao moved the paper under the lampstand to read carefully——

Royal Residence, Beishuo Pavilion, King Huai's Study

"Go back to your lord. Zhan Zhao has been settled—" Wei Bi looked at King Huai, who rested his forehead on his hands and was contemplating, and swallowed the second half of his sentence.

"You want to ask me, why did you keep Zhan Zhao?" After a long time, King Huai opened his eyes, which were as sharp as a cheetah.

"My lord, Zhan Zhao's escort was deliberately arranged by the emperor and the Eight Wise Kings, it might be detrimental to my lord!" Wei Bi said worriedly.Zhan Zhao is very strong, regardless of martial arts, strategy, and intelligence, he is far superior to himself back then.If Zhan Zhao's mission is the same as his own back then, King Huai is in danger!

"I don't know why this king suddenly decided to keep him, maybe it's his madness and momentum when dancing swords and martial arts, maybe it's his stubborn expression and eyes, very similar - very similar - whatever!" Huai Wang seemed to think. Trapped in painful memories, his brows were furrowed, his shoulders trembled slightly, and he took out half a blood jade from his bosom and held it tightly in his hand, as if he was about to squeeze blood.

When Wei Bi saw the half of the blood jade, he was already dripping with cold sweat——22 years ago, that beautiful woman stared at him with desperate but stubborn deep blue eyes, and personally sent King Huai to her with the ancient blood that made love to her. The jade was broken into two halves, and half was thrown back to the desert at his feet, and the half was swallowed by himself, and the stern laughter resounded in the wilderness: "I will give him back the grace of saving his life and the pledge of eternal love! If he imposes The half blood jade on our mother and son can't kill us, I, Leng Ruyue, will definitely kill this heartless Zhao Defeng who killed his wife and children—hahaha—" I left there as if I was running away, He didn't pick up the half of the blood jade, but it was still in the hands of the prince after all. Could it be that there is doom in the dark——

"My lord, my lord! Are you alright?" Trying to pull himself back from the memory of fear, Wei Bi urgently called to King Huai who was turning pale.

After a long time, King Huai slowly let go of his hand. In order to control himself from crushing the blood jade, the palm of his hand was cut by nails, and the scar on his left chest was aching again——

"Yue'er, Yue'er, are you okay? Wake up, I'm back! What happened?" The man in his arms fell into a pool of blood, his heart seemed to be broken.Finally, the longing face gradually opened his eyes, but what responded to him was a sneer and a sword in the chest!Life is lost along with the blood, but the heart is already as desperate as ashes!

"Yue'er, why?" Not reconciled, really not reconciled!

"That's the answer, that's what I really want to do! Kill you, ruin everything here, and—too bad you can't see it! Hahaha—"

Throwing half of the blood jade in front of his eyes, Piao Yuan's figure sent back a fatal sentence: "Give it back to you, it is worthless to me!"

"No—" I have never believed this to be true, why would Kisaragi treat me like this? !This is not true!She knew that my heart was born on the right side, so if she really wanted to kill me, why would she stab it to the left side? !This is not true! ! !But everything is shattered at the sight of half a blood jade—the end of grace!

"My lord, it's been 22 years, please wake up! The power of the Holy Maiden's Palace is getting stronger and stronger, and it has been infiltrating into the Central Plains. This time, it has intensified its efforts to kill court officials. I am afraid that her ultimate goal is you!" During the bloodbath at the border, Wei Bi couldn't help but be afraid of the brutality of the Holy Maiden's Palace. If he had been one step too late, the prince would have died of blood, but what about this time?

"For 22 years, what I have been waiting for is a solution and an answer! What needs to be faced must always be faced! The lives of hundreds of soldiers and civilians at the border cannot just be lost in the sea like this! This time, no one can stop me! Wei Bi, order Shadow to continue to investigate the movement of the Saintess Palace, and at the same time keep an eye on the situation of the Emperor and the Eight Worthy Kings, and in addition—keep an eye on Zhan Zhao, if there is any change, kill Wushe!—don’t alarm Ling’er!” King Huai's gaze regained its sharpness and depth.

"Subordinates—follow orders!" Since there is no way to undo the mistakes you have made, and you don't have the courage to tell the truth, then let's accompany you with your life! I only hope that the prince will never know the cruel truth, otherwise, he will fight against the same room, a coup in the palace, Or a complete breakdown, death - these are not what I like to see.I only hope that the prince will not suffer this kind of torture again!Just let yourself make a break for the prince!

Nanjing Pavilion, West Wing

There were only pieces of ashes left on the lampstand. Zhan Zhao leaned against the window with his sword in his arms, looking up at a bright moon. At that time, Zhan Zhao finally had a boyish look commensurate with his age.After all, I still can't hide it from adults!Forget it, since you can't bear it alone, let's face it together!Ling'er, Zhao Ling'er, Shadow, unruly and self-willed—it should be Princess Huaishuo, and the life of the palace may not be peaceful; Ruxue?Palace of the Virgin!Since she had attacked the princess, would the next target be King Huai?Could she be the child mentioned in Lord Bao's letter?Hope in time, stop everything!

For the next five days, apart from getting up in the morning to practice his sword, and patrolling the defense during the day and night, Zhan Zhao absolutely recuperated, and he didn't even set foot in Nanjing Pavilion.Is this imperial envoy really here to recuperate? !Ziling clicked his tongue secretly: I thought that the people in Kaifeng Mansion should be fearsome and menacing, or they are dedicated and desperate to make people sigh!Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhan is very amiable, without any official airs, not only does not need to be served by others, but also does everything by himself. Every time he finishes making the medicine, he also helps Mrs. Wang in the kitchen to fill up the two water tanks, and spends most of the rest of the time in the room. Meditate and sleep!It seems that the rumors are unbelievable!And the surveillance results of the shadow also surprised Wei Bi, who couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in Zhan Zhao's gourd at all, so he could only stand still and focus on investigating the other two clues!

But if the people in Kaifeng Mansion knew all these things, their reaction would be completely different: the protection of people's life and safety should be based on people, while the environment should be objective. , there will inevitably be loopholes, so before the princess arrives, Mr. Zhan will not change his defenses. First, this is the first lesson Wang Ma, Zhang Zhao, and the Fourth Colonel learned from Zhan Zhao; Mr. Zhan will automatically rest at ease. There are two possibilities. The first one is that Mr. Bao is absolutely safe, Kaifeng City is absolutely peaceful, there are absolutely no wanted criminals, there are absolutely no major unsolved cases, and the emperor will never travel around—in view of the extremely low probability of this situation, so In most cases, the guards are under the deterrence of Mr. Bao, the threat of Mr. Gongsun and the addition of medicine, and the joint supervision of the four captains. The other is the calm before the storm, unless the incident happens suddenly or the situation is urgent. Zhan Zhao doesn't easily fight unprepared battles, because his own winning or losing is not only related to personal life or death.In view of the current situation, Zhan Zhao must take the time to recuperate before the enemy acts.Because it is impossible to estimate how strong the opponent is, the second is also; as for other details, I am afraid that only Zi Ling and others who are new to the capital will be amazed!