The Prince's Palace is located on the west side of the palace. The four of them left the palace and walked eastward, and soon arrived at the Palace Gate Square.

This square was the place where martial arts competitions were previously held. Some important ceremonies related to the royal family were also held here. Hundreds of officials stopped their horses and alighted from their sedan chairs here in the morning. It is for royal use and is not allowed to be visited by ordinary people. I found that

Someone stepped into the square, and the Yulin army on guard on the city wall immediately shouted loudly and asked, "Who is that person?"

Normally, Datou and others would definitely answer on his behalf. Because of their distinguished status, it would be unworthy of dignity to answer in person. But at this time, Datou and others didn't know what they wanted to say, so they looked towards him, waiting for him to speak.

He raised his voice and said, "I am the heroic Prince Li. I received a tip earlier today that Japanese pirates may enter the palace tonight to assassinate me. As a precautionary measure, I came here to inspect the palace."

Hearing the words, the leader suddenly became vigilant. After saying hello and saluting, he ordered the soldiers on night watch to brace themselves to prevent any unexpected events.

After entering the square, the others did not move around, but leaned against the stone railing on the south bank of the moat and looked around carefully. There was a moon tonight and the square was empty. As soon as the Japanese pirates appeared, they would be able to spot them immediately.

"Sir, the clock is coming soon, why is there no movement at all?" Big Tou looked around. .??.??

"I don't know," he said, shaking his head, "but I feel like they should come, because they are not ordinary people in the market, and they won't brag or bluff."

"If the number of people is too small, they will definitely not dare to break into the palace," Datou said. "But there are no warnings at the city gates, which means that no one has climbed over the wall to enter the city. Is it possible that they have prepared in advance and sneaked into Chang'an in batches?"

He shook his head and said, "Probably not. Our last thousand-mile raid severely damaged the vitality of the Japanese pirates. Even if the remaining Japanese pirates in Qilin Town come out in full force, they still don't have the strength to break into the palace."

Datou said, "In addition to the ones from Laowo'er, they have also sent out many people. Will they use the letter bird to recall those friends who are looking for the Earthly Branches and the Golden Dragon?"

He shook his head again, "It's impossible. In the past few days, they had been blocking the river and searching for the ashes. After searching for a long time without any results, they suspected that the urn had not fallen into the water. Later, they spent time and effort to find the rice dumpling seller.

Only then did I confirm that the urn was still in my hand. Judging from the time, they did not summon the Japanese pirates who were scattered everywhere. To say the least, even if they did summon the Japanese pirates, they were scattered all over Kyushu and they would not be able to get rid of them in a short time.

return."

After saying that, Yang Kai said, "Did we think in the wrong direction?"

The three of them didn't know what Yang Kai was referring to, so they all turned to look at him.

"Sir, have you ever thought about why that woman told you their plan?" Yang Kai asked.

"She definitely wants me to do something after learning about this, but I can't think of what she wants me to do." replied.

"She may just hope that you can be there when they take action." Yang Kai said.

"They should know that if I were there, it would be more difficult for them to break into the palace." He said casually.

Yang Kai said, "They must be relying on something, but what they rely on may not be the number of people, but the powerful trump card."

After Yang Kai finished speaking, Datou answered eagerly, "No way.

Even if all the purple energy masters who chased us last time were present, they still wouldn't be able to break into the palace."

When Datou said this, he suddenly remembered something, "Do you want to blow us up with gunpowder again?"

Without waiting for anyone to answer, Datou denied his guess, "That's not right. After what happened last time, all the gunpowder from the Manufacturing Office was given to Master Zhang by the Ministry of War to deal with Yang Shouliang, and they couldn't take it.

To say the least. Even if they get it, they can't bury it outside the city gate under the eyes of the Yulin Army."

After finishing speaking, Yang Kai said, "In short, they have something to rely on. The reason why they informed the Lord of this matter in advance is probably because they hope that the Lord will come here when they are young, so that they can show their trump card and break into the palace.

At the same time, they will catch us all in one fell swoop.”

"You can pull him down," Big Head waved his hand repeatedly, then pointed at the archers who were waiting on the city wall, "Did you see that with this posture, ten or eight purple energy masters can't even break through the palace gate."

Shi Xuanming has been studying Buddhist magical powers recently. He heard a few people talking and guessed, "Could it be some overbearing magic?"

"It is possible," he nodded, "there are also onmyojis in the Japanese country. Their magic originated from the pre-Qin Dynasty and is different from the magic we are familiar with now."

Seeing that Datou frowned, as if facing a formidable enemy, he said, "Go back immediately. There is a small purple box in the cabinet next to my bed. There are things for drawing talismans. Go and give me that small box."

bring here."

When Da Tou heard the words, he nodded in agreement, cast his body method, and left quickly.

As soon as Datou left, several black shadows appeared on the south side of the square. Because the square was very large and the night was hazy, no one could see the faces of those people. But when they looked up at the sky, they found that it was the beginning of Zishi.

After a moment, I took a closer look and saw that there were three people on the other side. The person walking on the left looked exactly like Hattori Kana.

"It's really here." Shi Xuanming said in a deep voice.

Seeing the enemy appear, he was shocked. At the same time, he turned to look at Yang Kai, "You transferred your spiritual energy to me during the day..."

Yang Kai guessed what he was going to ask, and before he could finish speaking, he said, "Recovered."

No more words were spoken, and only three people came from the other party, which showed that Yang Kai's previous guess was probably correct. The other party was not planning to gather a crowd to break in, but did have a powerful trump card.

As the three of them approached slowly, they began to think anxiously in their minds. He had given the emperor a hint before and briefly informed him about the Qianli raid, but he did not mention the holy bones. If Kana Hattori and others mentioned it later,

Once he reaches the sacred bones, the emperor may know about it, and once the emperor knows about it, he will know that he has concealed it.

The consequences of this matter are very serious. If the emperor knows that he has concealed something from him, he will doubt his loyalty. And this cannot be blamed on the emperor for being careless. The blame can only be blamed on himself for concealing the truth from the emperor, even though he concealed the matter that day.

Just to be more calm and less troublesome, it does not mean that I am alienated from the emperor, but the emperor does not think so.

This is concealment

The huge cost and terrible consequences, no matter who you are dealing with, no matter what, it is best to tell the truth, because once you hide the truth from the other party and are discovered by the other party afterwards, the trust you have worked so hard to build will be greatly reduced.

What is more serious than concealing the consequences is deception. Any deception carries the huge risk of wasting all the efforts and losing everything. Moreover, facing the other party’s determination and ruthlessness after knowing the truth, the liar is not even qualified to explain or retain.

, I shouldn’t, I shouldn’t, I shouldn’t have lied to others in the first place.

As long as you have a clear conscience, there is no need to lie. As long as you lie, you must have a ghost in your heart. Even if you really don't have a ghost in your heart, you still have a ghost. Being misunderstood and wronged is what you deserve, and you bring it on yourself.

As the other three slowly approached, he finally saw their appearance clearly. The person on the left was indeed Hattori Kana, and although he had never seen the middle-aged man on the right, his figure and steps looked familiar.

I felt that after a brief recall, I found this person in my mind. This person was the masked man who was chased by himself and Shi Xuanming while carrying the body of the murdered concubine.

Walking between the two was an old man with a white beard. He was nearly seventy years old. The white robe he wore was covered with Japanese runes. He had seen similar clothes during the night attack on Qilin Town, when the pair tried to control the zombies.

The twin sisters wore this kind of robe, and this kind of robe should be the robe worn by the Onmyoji of Japan.

When he saw the other party's appearance clearly, the other party also saw him. The white-bearded old man was now full of anger, and his eyes were full of murderous intent.

I am not surprised by this man's angry expression, because he killed all the twin sisters in Qilin Town. Judging from their age, the two young women are unlikely to be the old man's daughters, but should be the old man's apprentices.

, or his concubine.

When they reached the middle of the square, the three of them did not move forward and stopped outside the range of the bow and arrow. ??

"Li, as long as you hand over the things, the conditions I made before will still be fulfilled." Hattori Kana said angrily.

Hattori Kana spoke Japanese. If she answered the call, it would be equivalent to telling the Habayashi Army behind her that she knew Japanese. If the emperor learned about this, he would inevitably become suspicious.

Not sure whether Hattori Kana was deliberately alienating her or was doing it unintentionally, she said in a cold voice, "Talk like a human being."

Seeing that she was not fooled, Hattori Kana had no choice but to switch to Chinese and repeat what she had said before.

"I can't give you anything that will ruin my luck in the Tang Dynasty." He replied loudly. He said this with full consideration, because he knew very well that what he said to the other party now would be known to the emperor afterwards, and he had said it before.

Submit the subcontracted Dragon Vein Continuation Map to the Emperor. Even if the Emperor knew what he said tonight, he would think that the thing he said about bad luck for the Tang Dynasty was the real Dragon Vein Map.

This is the price of concealment, endless troubles and fear.

"You should know that we are well prepared for this. If you insist on going your own way, not only will your life be at risk, but your emperor will also be implicated." Hattori Kana said coldly.

"I don't know what you have to rely on, but in order to protect the emperor and protect the destiny of the Tang Dynasty, why are you afraid of death?" I took the opportunity to express my loyalty loudly. Good medicine is bitter in the mouth and good for the disease; loyal words are harsh to the ears and good to the deeds.

His words have misled the world for many years. In the eyes of the world, those who speak harsh words are loyal ministers, and those who speak pleasantly are treacherous ministers. In fact, this is a huge misunderstanding. The fact is that most unpleasant words are not honest advice, and most unpleasant medicines are not.

No treatment.

To take a step back, even if the unpleasant words are really good advice and the unpleasant medicine can really cure diseases, the person who speaks and the doctor who prescribes the medicine are also self-righteous fools, because no one likes to hear unpleasant words and no one likes medicine that is too bitter.

Drinking, if you don’t even like to hear it, and you don’t even like to drink it, how can you talk about it being beneficial to illness or conduct?

The ministers who use the words that the emperor likes to hear and make suggestions tactfully are truly loyal ministers, and the doctors who work hard to make the medicine that cures diseases less unpleasant are the kind people.

"We are not threatening," Kana Hattori said sternly, "Master Mitsubishi controls yin and yang, and his magic reaches the sky. Once he uses the great summoning technique to attract the divine beast to the world, the color of the heaven and earth will change, and blood will flow like a river."

Hearing Hattori Kana's words, her heart suddenly trembled, and she turned to look at Shi Xuanming who was standing aside.

Shi Xuanming knew why he was looking at him, but he had only acquired the Notes on Conquering Demons for a short period of time, and had only briefly dabbled in it. Before he had time to study it carefully, he could only shake his head slowly, indicating that he was not sure.

At this moment, Da Tou came back in a hurry and handed over the square wooden box quietly, "Sir, what is the Great Summoning Technique?"

Before he could speak, Shi Xuanming spoke first, "It must be a spell that can attract ferocious beasts."

Hattori Kana still wanted to speak, but the Mitsubishi Master wearing a robe had lost his patience, fluttering his sleeves and raising his hands, "Get out of the way and protect the law with me."

Upon hearing this, Hattori Kana and the middle-aged man immediately dodged left and right, while the Mitsubishi mage stepped on his feet, spinning rapidly while chanting a spell.

Everyone frowned when they saw this, and Big Head said urgently, "Sir, do it, we can't let him do it calmly."

As soon as Datou finished speaking, a golden air column suddenly appeared above Master Mitsubishi's head. The air column was more than seven feet wide, and the golden light burst into the night sky.

After the golden beam of light appeared, Master Mitsubishi roared and raised his hand, throwing a black and blue round object into the air.

"Sir, take action. If you don't take action, it will be too late." Datou urged urgently.

"Wait a minute," he frowned, "I think I've seen what this person threw before."

Hearing the words, Hattori Kana sneered and said, "You have indeed seen it, but this thing is in our hands now."

"Reverse Scale?!" He suddenly realized.

"Hmph." Hattori Kana snorted proudly.

"Did you steal that piece of reverse scale?" he asked loudly.

"Hand over the things and I will spare your life." Hattori Kana said arrogantly.

"Go ahead and dream." He smiled.

Datou and others were very nervous, and when they saw that they didn't take it seriously, Datou asked in confusion, "Sir, how did Nilin get into their hands?"

"What they stole was Si Tianjian's piece." He said in a low voice.

"Fake?" Datou chuckled.
Chapter completed!