It was deep in the night, and Ji Hu stared at the starry night sky outside the window, his slender eyes were filled with sadness and confusion. He was an aspiring young monarch. From the day he ascended the throne, he vowed to revitalize the Zhou Dynasty. Even if he could not be as magnificent as his ancestor Wu King, at least he would be as powerful as his great-grandfather Mu King. But before he could rule, he felt how difficult this matter was. Not to mention himself, he was Zhao Gonghu who was in power. Could it be that he was restrained by the forces of all parties and could not move.

The dignified Zhou royal family, land, money, grain, weapons, armor and weapons are all in the hands of the princes. Even within this royal capital, the power of the lords of each sect can be comparable to that of the royal family. In this situation, how can the dynasty achieve revival? If the lords attack again, how can they block the enemy?

"King, it's late at night. I'll serve you to settle it." Shaoji moved his lotus step forward and whispered. Her identity was very embarrassing. He was neither a slave nor a concubine. Ji Hu could not be granted a title before his wedding, so he always called himself a slave.

Ji Hu sighed lightly and was about to say something, but was interrupted by the eunuch Jia: "King, the legitimate Empress has a memorial."

"What's the matter? If you don't matter, you can deal with it." Ji Hu was very impatient.

The eunuch Jia's eyes flashed: "It's not important, but news came from Yingguo that the Second Prince was not accustomed to illness. The Empress was worried and wanted to sacrifice the gods in the palace to worship the second prince for blessings."

"Then let the Taimiao be prepared, you can do it." After Ji Hu said that, he turned around and wanted to leave, and the eunuch Jia Que replied: "The Empress said that the second prince is in Jinghan, and he should ask the Nuo master to enter the palace to hold a ceremony according to the rules there, so that it will be effective."

"Nuo Master? Is there any Haojing?"

"Some, I heard that several Nuo masters have come to the city recently and have sacrificed the gods for several lords."

Ji Hu nodded. If this little thing doesn't happen, he should say that he has treated his stepmother and brother badly. He nodded: "You make arrangements and find out the details."

"promise!"

As dusk fell, Ji Duoyou led a team of school cavalry to patrol the palace gate of Xuanning Palace. There was no sound of melodious past sounds in the palace walls, but a strange sound of gongs and drums hitting, which was a little messy and sounded very strange. After inquiring, it turned out that the empress dowager was doing the Nuo master who had just arrived in Yingguo as the royal court.

Ji Duoyou laughed unconsciously and thought to himself: Why do she still believe this? No wonder, I heard Shaoji say that day that the Jinghan area respects ghosts and gods and witches more than worshiping ancestors. It seems that this is true.

"No wonder, I heard that the Second Prince was sick as soon as he arrived in Yingguo, and the Empress Dowager seemed to be anxious. So, he could only seek medical treatment in a hurry." Ji Jie leaned over and whispered: "It's strange. Since the Empress is so reluctant to leave the Second Prince, why did she specifically submit a letter to the king to send him to the royal prison? Wouldn't it be good to stay by my side?"

"What do you know?" Ji Duoyou rebuked: "Parents love their children, and they should have a far-reaching plan. As the second prince, it is always embarrassing to stay in the royal city. How can you go out for a good time?"

Ji Jie scratched his head and immediately made an expression of enlightenment, which made people laugh.

Somehow, why did this daily routine inspection feel particularly long tonight? Ji Duoyou felt a little uneasy in his heart. But he couldn't figure out where this uneasiness came from until-----

An hour and a half later, he led the team to the front of Xuanning Palace Gate. It seemed that the ritual had ended. An eunuch was leading several Nuo masters out of the palace gate. Suddenly, a slightly familiar back came into Ji Duoyou's eyes. Isn't that tall man the ghost-faced man he fought with him that day in the Sihuo period? Although he had not seen his true face, such a figure was not often seen in Haojing!

"Stop!" He shouted loudly, waved his hand, and the soldiers surrounded the eunuch and three Nuo soldiers.

The eunuch was puzzled and asked, "General, this is the Nuo master who specially invited the Queen Mother to do the trick, and the king also approved it. What is Sima's intention?"

"I will guard the safety of the palace city, and everyone has the right to investigate when entering and leaving. You," he pointed to the masked Nuo masters and said, "The ceremony has ended, you all take down the masks. If you enter and exit the royal city, how can you be at ease if you don't show your true face?"

The two men took off the mask, and Ji Duoyou had certainly never seen it. Only the tallest and thick man ignored his words and nailed them there motionlessly. Duoyou became more suspicious and asked, "Why don't you take off the mask?"

"General," the eunuch stepped forward and explained: "There are rules for this Nuo master to pray for blessings. They only do it to drive away evil Chong to seek peace by the victim. The evil Chong who expelled this was attached to the mask of the Nuo master who was the main priest. The mask must be burned in front of the victim to pray for peace. Now the second prince is far away in Yingguo, and the Nuo master needs to wear this mask and go out of the pass, and he can't take it off along the way. Once taken down, evil Chong will not be suppressed, and the victim will suffer misfortune. I hope the general will understand."

"Is that true?" Duoyou stared at the man. Although he changed to a mask with pale face and bloody mouth, the more he looked at the man, the more he looked, the more he looked like the ghost-faced man in the Shehuoye. He pointed at the man and asked, "You can't take the mask, you can always speak, right? Are you a mute?"

He calculated that this person was not from Jing Han, and he would reveal his feelings as soon as he opened his mouth. He had already pressed the Tianyue Sword on his waist with one hand, and made up his mind that if the other party had any abnormal movement, the sword would be unsheathed immediately.

"Why is Sima so aggressive? Could it be that he was ordered to target me and the second prince?" E Wen suddenly appeared in the threshold of the palace, his face was gloomy and he asked with a angrily voice.

Seeing that her face was not good, everyone knelt all over the ground. Ji Duoyou turned over and got off the horse and knelt down to apologize and said, "My lady, please forgive me. I will protect the safety of the royal city. This person refuses to show his true face and refuses to speak. It is really suspicious. The responsibility is so dependent, I have to interrogate."

"The responsibility is? Hum!" E Wei sneered: "The Second Prince Yingguo is the supervisor. He is a young man and is thousands of miles away. He is not adapting to the environment and is sick in bed. What's wrong with this palace praying for him? You actually want to take off the mask of the Nuo Master. It is obvious that you want to release evil cult so that Shang's father cannot be cured and die of illness in a foreign land? Your heart is so vicious! Isn't Shang's father not giving you face when he was performing martial arts? You are so resentful and take personal revenge! Is it your own intention or a knife for others?"

Her voice became louder and louder, almost shouting. Xuanning Palace in the night was originally quiet, with E Wen's crying voice mixed with noise, which could be heard from afar.

Everyone saw her suddenly making a fuss and had no idea for a moment, so they had to kneel down and not dare to move. E Wen became more and more arrogant and cursed: "You guys never take me, the empress dowager seriously. They bully me in secret and day by day, do you think I don't know?------"

The more she spoke, she became more and more angry. She snatched a whip from a school rider and called Ji Duoyou. Ji Jie was anxious and knelt down and moved to Duoyou, saying, "Empress, Sima is a junior doctor personally named by the king. You must be whipped by the empress for him."

E Wei glanced at him coldly and said, "You are not worthy of wanting to eat my whip. My whip is just to talk to the Zhongda Doctor who was personally conferred by the king."

After whipping about twenty whips, Eri seemed to be tired and threw the whip on the ground and said, "Go back to the palace."

Ji Duoyou pushed Ji Jie away and looked around. Where were the three Nuo masters? He looked back angrily at the door plaque of Xuanning Palace, both angry and puzzled. What did she mean?


Chapter completed!