Meiqiang miserably uses herself as a substitute

Who is the assassin.

Chi Chao was set up for Da Chu. As the emperor, he guessed Chi Chao when he learned about the Phoenix Flower mask.

But over the past few decades, the current red tide has been very different from the beginning of the establishment. The cruelty and blood there made him not want to get involved.

He also only met Palace Master Scarlet Tide occasionally, and every time Palace Master took the initiative to come and tell him the reason for his latest move.

Hunting today, Xiao Ran secretly brought a few people from Dali Temple, in order to let him take a look at the flowers on Xie Yan's forehead, so as to persuade Emperor Mingde to arrest Xie Yan and avenge his arm.

But unexpectedly, Xie Yan did not follow Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran secretly clicked his tongue, reached out to pick up the tea beside him and suddenly swallowed.

"Bah!" Xiao Ran threw the teacup on the table, and the maid hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

"Is this tea cold? Are you giving this to my prince?" Annoyed at not being able to find Xie Yan, Xiao Ran threw it all on the maidservant.

Xiao Li glanced from a distance, with a calm expression, then turned his gaze elsewhere, his mind was not on the hunting ground.

Xie Yan hasn't come yet.

According to the time when he usually wakes up, it should have arrived by now.Xiao Zhan frowned slightly, looking towards the distant mountains and forests, as if he wanted to see through there and find something there.

"The Fourth Highness is still the same as before, and doesn't like to make noise." A warm and pleasant voice appeared behind him, Xiao Zhan raised his eyes, turned around and saw Shen Lihan - the second son of the Shen family, and also the second brother recognized by Fan Ming.

Shen Lihan smiled slightly, bowed to Xiao Li, and asked, "Is the Fourth Highness waiting for someone?"

He asked very naturally, as if blurting out, Xiao Li paused, not knowing whether it was sincere or pretending, his tone was flat: "Second Young Master Shen is observant."

Shen Lihan smiled lightly: "There are rumors among the people that His Highness the Fourth Highness has a favorite girl, with flowers on her head, she is the color of the country, she is often dressed in plain white clothes, she looks like a fairy in the sky when viewed from a distance.

Seeing that there was no one around His Highness, and he was not in the hunting ground, he was staring at the forest there in a trance, so he made this guess. "

This finding was spread by Xiao Ran's subordinates, but when it spread to the common people, the common people still did not believe that the fourth prince really liked men, and thought that the rumor was wrong, so they slightly revised it.

Xiao Zhan was taken aback, temporarily ignored the second half of Shen Lihan's words, bypassed him and left, and said indifferently: "Folk rumors, don't believe them all."

Little Phoenix is ​​clearly a man.

But it's really nice.

With cold eyes, he looked sideways.

Xiao Ran was still there yelling at the maidservant, but when Xiao Yan glared at him, he stuttered in fright: "You! You... hurry up! Go... go and get me a new one!"

Shen Lihan opened the folding fan and put it on his forehead, raised his head to look at the distant sky, after a while, he smiled and shook his head.

Today, it seems to be raining again.

The hunting officially started after lunch, and it took two and a half days to see who could bring back more prey at the end, and that would be the winner.According to the usual practice in previous years, Emperor Mingde would grant that person a reasonable request.

After lunch, Xiao Li changed into his hunting clothes, a white shadow rushed in instantly, a corner of the tent rose and fell, and no movement could be seen.

Xiao Zhan turned around slightly, accompanied by the instant sound of breaking through the air and a flash of white light, Xiao Zhan quickly leaned back and drew a little distance back, the sword forced him to retreat, and he stopped moving forward when he reached the desk.

"Is it comfortable to stay in the woods?" Xiao Li stretched out his hand and slowly removed the sword on his neck.

The young man under the bamboo hat frowned, and seriously commented: "It's not good, it almost stained the clothes."

Xiao Li glanced at it, and saw that the white clothes were better than the snow, and they were unparalleled in style, without any dust from the mountains."What are you doing down there?" he asked.

Xie Yan said casually: "It's too far away, I can't see the face clearly, not to mention I don't recognize it. Hey, tell me about it."

This was said casually, and Xie Yan regretted it after he finished speaking, after all, it involved important officials in the court, and he was afraid that Xiao Zhan would not tell him so easily.

But Xiao Ran didn't mind, he picked up the wooden comb on the table and handed it to Xie Yan.

Xie Yan: "..."

Xiao Yan then took off his hair crown, and the black hair fell down like a waterfall, covering half of his face, but it couldn't cover the aura around him.

The meaning is obvious, Xie Yan should comb his hair for him.

Xiao Yan removed a red hair tie from his wrist, looked up at Xie Yan in the glasses, and said lightly, "Use this to tie it."

Xie Yan had seen this rope before, and it was Xiao Yan who would always carry it with him, but he didn't think much about it.

Xie Yan took the red rope, took off the bamboo hat, raised his eyebrows, and said unceremoniously: "I'll comb your hair, I want news."

Xiao Yan nodded: "Naturally."

The royal hunt is a tradition established by the late emperor. The name "Royal" means that only the royal family can participate.

However, Emperor Mingde had few children, and most of them were unmarried. Therefore, in order to make the royal hunting less deserted, Emperor Mingde ordered that only important officials in the court could participate.

That's what I said, but there are not many people who really dare to participate.

So far, only Chen, Shen, and Fan's families have attended the court, and the rest are royal relatives.

Fan Ming was left in the Fan family. He had just finished the funeral of Fan Lao Zhizhou and was still in the grief of his father's death. Naturally, he was not in the mood to participate.

The only ones left are the Shen family and the Chen family.

The Shen family has three sons, the eldest is the current Zhenyuan General, the second is Shen Lihan, who is quiet and fond of writing, and the third is Shen Si, who is the emperor's bodyguard, and he is in charge of the defense arrangements this time.

"The Shen family practiced martial arts, how did Shen Lihan become literary?"

Xie Yan combed Xiao Li's hair, but that hair seemed disobedient, one side was combed, and another strand fell off the other side, Xie Yan frowned, simply threw away the wooden comb, and grabbed it with his hands.

"Hiss—" Xiao Zhan jokingly said, "It's really serious."

Xie Yan pulled Xiao Li's hair back as if angry, and growled, "Hold it!"

It was the first time for him to tie someone else's hair.

If it wasn't for the news, I wouldn't bother to talk to him.

So much to ask for.

"Okay then." Xiao Li raised a smile that couldn't be hidden, and explained: "When Mrs. Shen was pregnant with Shen Lihan, she fell ill. Shen Lihan has a gentle temperament since he was a child, and his body is weak, so he is not suitable for martial arts , maybe it was affected from the womb."

"Later, Mrs. Shen fell ill, and the doctor said that Mrs. Shen should not get pregnant again, so the head of the Shen family discussed with his wife that the Shen family has practiced martial arts for generations, so it is better to raise someone who is good at writing this time.

Fortunately, Shen Lihan himself didn't like fighting, so he studied literature with his husband, without any influence from his family. "

"Now his talent is appreciated by his father, and he wants him to be the prince's companion, but he himself is unwilling to enter the palace. It is said that he does not care about fame, and the prince has not yet been established, so there is no such need."

"As for Shen Si, the wife of the Shen family got pregnant by accident and passed away after giving birth to Shen Si. Shen Si's body is better than Shen Lihan's, and his heart is the same as that of the Shen family for generations. On the military side, he is not as good as General Zhenyuan. "

"The hunting guard arrangement this time was actually requested by General Zhenyuan from Father Huang."

Xie Yan held his hair in one hand, and grabbed the red string on the table with the other, "Shen Si... Sheng Si...Patriarch Shen doesn't really like him..."

Xiao Li nodded: "As soon as he was born, he took his mother away. Whether it's martial arts or writing, his aptitude is not as good as his elder brother and second brother...Ziqin, try again."

Xie Yan: "..."

Xiao Zhan repeated: "It's too ugly, let's tie it again."

18. Chapter 18

Before the news was finished, Xie Yan could only endure his displeasure, and removed the rope to tie it again.

Xiao Yan raised his eyes slightly, and spoke softly: "There is another Chen family...only a little girl came here."

Xie Yan's eyes brightened, and he said with a smile: "In this kind of occasion, besides hunting, is it true that there is someone who will help your prince find a future concubine?"

Xiao Yan choked and stopped talking.

Xie Yan: "?"

Xie Yan: "Is it right?"

Xiao Yan's voice sank: "I, no, look for it."

"Oh." Feeling bored, Xie Yan turned back to the topic, "Then girl from the Chen family, is she pretty?"

"Uh..." Xiao Zhan ignored his question and said, "The Patriarch of the Chen family just wants to send his granddaughter to see the world. Of course... If you are lucky enough to be favored by the prince, you can become a concubine... The Patriarch of the Chen family is shrewd , it is impossible to simply let her come to see the world."

Xie Yan re-tied Xiao Zhan's head, took a few steps back, and said bluntly: "I'm here to seduce the emperor's relatives, and then let the Chen family ascend to the sky in one step."

Xie Yan is not interested in hunting itself, he just came here to see how many people there are today.

Besides, the phoenix flower on his forehead cannot be seen by others for the time being, so after Xiao Lan left, he put on a bamboo hat and went out of the tent, hiding in a corner of the rest area.

In fact, to check the right symbol is not to find a needle in a haystack.Although the former emperor had great trust in the national teacher back then, relying only on the national teacher and the concubine, it was impossible to steal the tiger talisman without leaving any flaws.

The guards in the palace and the Dali Temple are not a decoration.

To be able to deceive everyone, calculate and execute the plan behind the scenes, the support of the minister must be indispensable.

Therefore, Xie Yan felt that in order to find Youfu, in addition to knowing the truth about the disappearance of Youfu back then, he also needed to find out the important officials in the current court.

The first emperor repelled the Northern Yi and stabilized the Great Chu, so he must have thought carefully. Just offering advice for the Great Chu is not enough to explain the supernatural power of the national teacher, it can only be said that the strategy is good.

Only the persuasion of the important officials fueled the flames, coupled with the late emperor's madness, made him completely put down his guard and trust the national teacher and the concubine.

If the right talisman is not in the court, it is very likely that it fell into the hands of the minister of the year.

Today's hunting, all three sons of the Shen family came, and only one young girl from the Chen family.

On the surface, it seems that the Shen family has more power in the court.No matter how you look at it, it will make people feel that the Chen family doesn't want to get too close to the royal family, and naturally they don't have other hearts.

But if like Xiao Yan