After leaving Bei'an City, crossing the Demonic Mountain, and then crossing the Luo River, the Tianyu Imperial City faced the first ray of sunshine at dawn, reflecting its brilliance.

The birds of heaven are flying around the outer city, and the beacon fire has been lit on the beacon tower below to welcome the return of the military pavilion master.

The ten detachments of strange beasts in the military pavilion, as well as the only Tianzheng bird, cannot enter the inner city. They can only stop at the beacon tower in the outer city and then enter the city on war horses.

Xiao Qianye jumped off the bird's back and found that there was already an envoy from the Danzhen Palace below carrying an empty stretcher waiting for him.

"Young Master of the Pavilion!" Mu Yun, the deputy garrisoning the headquarters of the Army Pavilion, also hurriedly came up to meet him. Xiao Qianye pointed to the thing wrapped in white cloth on the back of the bird and said, "I'd trouble Danzhen Palace to come and pick it up in person, Mu Yun,

You can send it to the palace master."

"Yes." Mu Yun carefully took the thing and took off the wrapping on her face to check. It was the body of a woman with blue hair and a beautiful face. Although she had been dead for a long time, her skin was still soft, as if

Just fell into a deep sleep.

"Master Jun Pavilion, Palace Master, please go to Danzhen Palace together and wait for the results of the autopsy." The messenger quickly took the body from Mu Yun's hand, carefully placed it on the stretcher, bowed to him again, and smiled apologetically.

With.

"Oh?" He glanced at the two envoys, and Mu Yun reminded in a low voice, "Last night, all the ministries sent people to wait at Danzhen Palace. People from the Forbidden Army, Sacrifice Star Palace, and Mo Pavilion were all here. You'd better go in person.

It would be better to do it once so that they don’t get in the way.”

"Ha..." He just sneered. No wonder Xiao Yibai used a method he had never used before when he killed her, just to prevent others from finding out the clues, right?

"Then it's up to the two envoys to lead the way." He got on his horse, and the deputy general followed him immediately. The envoy hurriedly stuffed the body into the carriage accompanying him, and swung his whip: "Frame--"

Entering the inner city of Tianyu from the beacon tower, you take the cross avenue in the north of the city. At this time, it is the changing of the guard of the first detachment of the Forbidden Army. The purple and gold uniforms reflect the bright morning glow, which is particularly eye-catching.

After entering the inner city and continuing to walk west, we saw two tall buildings facing each other. The Danzhen Palace is a six-story attic made of mahogany, while the Xingxing Palace is a gorgeous palace made of white bricks with a strong aroma of Chinese herbal medicine.

Mixed with the lingering magical aura, it's another unique scene.

"It's coming, it's coming!" The medicine boy who had been waiting outside for a long time breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ran over to help move the body.

"Be gentle!" The old doctor next to him cursed angrily, wishing he could take action himself, "You are so clumsy, don't break it!"

"Doctor Zhao, have you been waiting all night without sleeping?" Xiao Qianye looked at the old man's dark eyes. He was obviously very tired and his hands and feet were trembling, but he was still nervously guarding the door. It was not obvious until just now.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hey, how can I sleep here? There are a lot of people guarding me inside!" Dr. Zhao complained a few words. Xiao Qianye suddenly had a sneer on his lips and strode into Danzhen Palace. The main hall was surrounded by people.

When the envoys sent by various ministries to wait for information saw him coming in, they all retreated to both sides, muttering and not daring to talk to him.

"Master Jun Pavilion, please come inside. The Palace Master is already waiting for you." A female doctor came out from the back hall to respond and whispered, "The Governor is here too..."

"Governor Gao is here in person?" He was a little surprised. He followed the female doctor into the back hall and found that in addition to Gao Chengchuan, the governor of the Forbidden Army, there were also the crown prince and tutor of Mo Pavilion, Fa Zhu from Sacrifice Star Palace, and even the prisoner from Binding Water Prison.

Xiao Qianye immediately understood. No wonder the group of people stood outside without feeling tired. It turned out that the people in the back hall were all big shots.

A white curtain was drawn up in the back hall, and there was a stone bed in the center. Lan Xin's body had been placed on it. Palace Master Danzhen changed clothes and started the examination with several doctors.

"It's been a hard work this month, Master of the Military Pavilion." The person who spoke was a tall old man. He was sitting in the center. He had several shiny military emblems on his shoulders in his purple and gold uniform, and he had a huge pure gold weapon in his hand.

sword.

Xiao Qianye's eyes wandered and he looked at the sword - it was one of the four emperor swords of the same level as the Thunder Emperor of the Navy Marshal Baili, the Flame Emperor.

After a while, he turned his face, bowed, and said, "I am incompetent and unable to capture the fugitive alive, which makes Governor Gao disappointed."

"Hey, Master Jun and I are at the same level, why should we be so formal?" Gao Chengchuan lifted him up and shouted to the medicine boy beside him, "Master Jun took the trouble to come here, can't you move a stool?

"

"That's not necessary." Xiao Qianye smiled and stopped the medicine boy, "Although we are at the same level, there is still some respect between elders and younger ones. The Governor has always been a role model for Xiao Qianye to learn from."

"I don't have much for you to learn." Gao Chengchuan knew that he was just saying polite words. He looked behind the curtain and pointed at the corpse, "What is this woman's ability? She can actually make you look for someone in Bei'an City.

For a whole month? I have read Tianzhiya’s information about her, and it doesn’t look like someone who has the ability to do such a thing under your nose?”

"After all, he is the leader of a foreign race. He seems to have no power to restrain a chicken, but he does have some abilities." Xiao Qianye fooled him casually, and his answer was obviously unconvincing. Fa Zhu from the Star Sacrifice Palace snorted coldly,

Said, "Master Junge, are you kidding? How much skill does this have? Even Bahuang Liuli Si Xingyi can't find her traces. Master Junge is the one who is really capable. He can actually put her

Find them out and kill them..."

"Han Yu Fa Zhu, it is not a glorious thing to find no one in the Sacrifice Star Palace." Xiao Qianye did not give in at all. He almost jumped up with one sentence. Fortunately, the prince and master next to him held down the Fa.

Zhu coughed lightly and said, "Master Junge, was she already dead when you found her? I remember the order given to you by the Bipolar Association, which was to capture her alive, right?"

"When I found her...she was already dead." Xiao Qianye's expression remained unchanged, as if he was stating the facts, "This is indeed my dereliction of duty."

"How did you die?" The Crown Prince asked quickly. Xiao Qianye took a step away and pointed behind the curtain. "We will have to wait until the Palace Master completes the examination to find out. Isn't the Grand Master also waiting for the results?"

"You..." The Crown Prince looked at him angrily, but he didn't want to get angry, so he could only snort coldly and said angrily, "After all, His Highness is a person who speaks much more forcefully than before."

As soon as he opened his mouth, the atmosphere in the back hall suddenly turned cold.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always protected Tianzheng Mansion. It seems that those rumors in the public are somewhat true, right?" Han Yu also followed up and muttered, and sure enough he saw the cold light flashing in Xiao Qianye's eyes.

Prince Mingxi is already over twenty-eight years old and has not yet been married. After several of his younger brothers and sisters have gotten married and established careers, only the crown prince is still alone.

All the rumors in the market come from the winter clothes specially made by Qingyifang for Tianzheng Mansion every year. Qingyifang is the best weaving and embroidery workshop in the imperial city. The clothes it produces are novel in style and made of luxurious materials. They were later pointed out by Emperor Tianquan.

It was given to the Crown Prince. From then on, all the court uniforms and plain clothes worn by His Royal Highness were made by Qingyifang, and the only exception was Tianzheng Mansion.

Since eight years ago, every winter, Qingyi Workshop, in addition to the winter clothes specially provided for the Crown Prince, will also make another one and distribute it to Tianzheng Mansion.

Xiao Qianye always only wears the military uniform of the military pavilion, but his eldest brother Xiao Yibai accepted the prince's kindness. Xiao Yibai seemed to be particularly afraid of the cold, and he was stationed at the Weeping Snow Plateau in Jialuo territory all year round, so he didn't have much

No matter what, the rumors spread like wildfire, even took shape, and became more and more intense.

Rumor has it that His Highness the Crown Prince seems to have a habit of cutting off his sleeves.

He also hinted to his brother several times to avoid suspicion, but Xiao Yibai always laughed it off and didn't take it seriously at all.

After all, His Highness the Crown Prince is the most valued son of Emperor Tianquan. No matter how realistic and outrageous the rumors are, no one will really dare to discuss it in public. It will cause the wrath of the Holy Spirit and cause people to fall to the ground.

Now that I think about it, Xiao Yibai can dedicate his whole soul to protect His Highness the Crown Prince, but a few pieces of clothing mean nothing?

"You two, are you tired of living?" Gao Chengchuan scolded, causing the two of them to quickly lower their heads in fear, "You don't want your head anymore after openly talking about the prince?"

"Governor Gao, please calm down. Let's just... have a casual chat." The Crown Prince glanced at Fa Zhu awkwardly. Han Yu also closed his mouth knowingly. Gao Chengchuan snorted boringly and turned to Silence.

The warden spoke fluently and asked, "Old Zhuang, Master Jun Pavilion only brought back the woman's body. The escapees from King Bin Water Prison have not yet been found. I think you should go back first. Don't stay here now that you are old."

Consumed."

"There may be clues." The warden then opened his eyes. He looked to be about the same age as Gao Chengchuan, but he was dark-skinned, thin and lean. His shrewd eyes kept looking at Xiao Qianye and asked, "Master Junge

, is the other fugitive dead or has he escaped?"

"Probably dead." Xiao Qianye looked directly at him, knowing that he couldn't show a trace of nervousness in front of such a person, "There are more than a hundred sea beasts in the north bank city. With the ability of a fugitive, it is possible that he will be bitten to death by a sea beast.

The sex is relatively high, even if he escapes by luck, he won't be able to live long without the requiem pill."

"Oh..." Zhuang Mo deliberately lengthened his tone and found that the other party didn't change his expression and didn't even blink his eyes.

Such a calm person... He was secretly surprised in his heart that just a young man could have the stability and maturity that only a high-ranking official in the imperial capital could have. It even made him feel that what this person said was true and he was not lying.

However, years of intuition told him that what this person said could not be true.

The white curtain moved, and Palace Master Danzhen walked out from behind the curtain. He took off his coat, took a breath, and said with a smile: "Ah, I kept you waiting for a long time."

Several people looked over at the same time and were all confused - who is this guy?

He looked like just a young man, and even the white coat was a bit too wide on him. His face had not yet shed its youthfulness, and he looked at a room of high-ranking officials with a smile, without any restraint.

"Ah! I forgot to introduce you. I am the new palace master. My name is Qiao Yu. I will officially take over the Danzhen Palace from today. Please take care of me." He tilted his head and smiled, and took the manual handed over by the doctor next to him.

"Everyone has been waiting since yesterday. I won't waste time talking nonsense. The corpse inside is indeed Lan Xin, the leader of the Lingyin tribe. He is indeed dead..."

"Wait, who are you? Didn't Mo Ge receive the notice that there was a change in Danzhen Palace?" The Crown Prince interrupted the young master. According to the usual practice, if there are personnel changes in the court, Mo Ge will be reported to Mo in advance.

Gentleman, there is no precedent for a sudden change of people at a higher level!

"Oh, I probably haven't had time to report to Mo Ge yet." He scratched his head and said shyly, "The day before yesterday, my father suddenly became seriously ill and was sent back to Xuecheng to recuperate. My father is already old. At the same time,

Serving as the Lord of Xuecheng City and the Lord of Danzhen Palace at the same time is really beyond my capabilities. There are only a few sisters in my family, and it is not easy to show off, so I can only rush to the shelves. I was asked to come from Xuecheng overnight to take over the post of Danzhen Palace. Clerk

It was just drawn up this morning, Mo Pavilion probably hasn't had time to review it, right? But please rest assured, the Crown Prince, the matter has been reported to His Highness the Crown Prince, and His Highness has already agreed."

"Oh?" Gao Chengchuan couldn't help but narrowed his eyes, looked at each other with Zhuang Mo knowingly, and smiled calmly.
Chapter completed!