I'm not a fortune teller.

Chapter 69 Depth of Water
"Brother, is it okay for Yun Xiaoya to dress casually like this?"

People started queuing outside the Qinglong Gate at dawn. Because the palace had invited so many people, the imperial guards had to strictly screen everyone's identity for the safety of the palace.

Zhang Meng, who was waiting in line, was both excited and bored. Seeing the palace gate right in front of him, he felt like every second felt like a year.

"It doesn't matter if children are a little casual." Zhang Rui said with a smile.

The old lady was slightly dissatisfied. Her son had never explained the origin of the little girl, only saying that she was the daughter of a certain important figure. It would be difficult to scold her if she was not his own child. If she was impolite in the palace, wouldn't her family be blamed? I really don't know what he was thinking as to why he had to bring her here.

Zhang Rui looked at the huge monster at the palace gate. The east gate of the imperial palace was called Qinglong Gate. He thought it was just a name, but he didn't expect that there really was such a thing.

This has to be at least a hundred feet long, right?

The royal family is not a sorcerer, so who is controlling the monster at the palace gate?
"Be careful." Murong Yunji's voice came to Zhang Rui's ears in a way that only he could hear: "You'd better not hide now, or those things might attack you directly!"

Zhang Rui nodded slightly.

A person who has no evil spirits but has spiritual power is just like those Qigong practitioners back then. Today's sorcerers may not recognize the Qigong practitioners back then, but the evil spirits who have lived for a long time may not be unable to recognize them. In the past, they were natural enemies! !
"But Master Zhang?"

A deep voice sounded, and Zhang Rui turned around to look. The man who came was of sturdy build, comparable to Yuchi Hong of Beihai City, and he was wearing armor, which made him look even more majestic. However, Zhang Rui felt that he had seen the man's face somewhere, but he couldn't remember where he was for a moment.

"Your humble servant Zhang Rui, may I know who the general is?"

"Hong Lie!"

"It's the commander-in-chief." Zhang Rui saluted again.

"Master Zhang, can you please spare me a moment to talk?"

Zhang Rui nodded when he heard that. Before he came, the butler had told him about Princess Jialin. The princess's father was Hong Lie, the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards in Kyoto. It was certain that the other party would come to him for the court meeting. However, he did not expect that in front of so many people, the other party would not hide anything at all and would come to him while he was still waiting in line.

At least he is an open-minded person.

As for how the other party recognized him? It was very simple. Among all the officials in the queue, he was the only one wearing the uniform of the seventh rank official.

"Mom, you guys line up first. I want to have a few words with this general."

The old lady looked at Zhang Rui and nodded hesitantly, wondering how her son had gotten along in the capital. How did he know important people everywhere? The one who gave her a house before was also like this. She had never realized that her son was so good at making connections. In the three years in Fuchuan County, the superiors were too lazy to even come to see him.

The two of them walked to the corner. Hong Lie looked at the group of civil servants who were secretly watching from a distance. He just glanced at them coldly, and most of them withdrew their gazes.

"Master Zhang, you should know what I want to ask, right?"

Zhang Rui nodded: "I really didn't know about your daughter's situation back then."

"You don't know?" Hong Lie's murderous intent was not concealed at all. The aura made people ten feet away retreat. The old lady saw it and immediately became anxious: "What's going on?"

Luo, who was standing next to her, quickly pulled her back and said, "Mom, don't move. Your husband is fine."

In public, even if that person had some opinions about her husband, he would not dare to do anything to him, because her husband was, after all, an official of the imperial court.

Zhang Rui originally thought so, but now he is a little uncertain. He has a vague feeling that this guy seems to really dare to do it!

The civil servants who were observing secretly all showed expressions of watching the fun. Hong Lie was a notorious madman. When his daughter died tragically, he dared to make a scene in front of the emperor and was so arrogant and arrogant that he killed officials in public. It was not like he had never done such things before. When he returned triumphantly from the expedition to the Western Barbarians, he followed the clues and killed the civil servant who designed his military rations all the way from Xijing Prefecture to Jingzhao Yin. The whole court was in an uproar, but even so, His Majesty did not touch him!

Everyone knew that Princess Jialin was his beloved, but she died so tragically that he almost turned the capital city upside down.

If Lord Zhang thinks that others would not dare to take action in broad daylight, then he is overthinking.

Crazy Hong never looks ahead or behind when doing anything!

"Master Zhang, do you think that Hong would not dare to take action in public?"

Zhang Rui: “.”

"With my ability, once Lord Zhang enters the palace, I can stop you and question you in many places. Why did I choose this place?"

Zhang Rui immediately understood and looked up and said, "General Hong, you want to say that you chose this place because it's the same everywhere for you?"

"This is what I mean!" Hong Lie looked at Zhang Rui coldly: "So please think it over carefully before you speak, Lord Zhang. My daughter died tragically under the bridge that year. Do you know about it or not?" "I don't know." Zhang Rui shook his head.

Hong Lie was silent. The queue in front of the palace gate fell into complete silence. The atmosphere was so tense that even the rustling sound of falling leaves was unusually clear.

There was something wrong with this young man.

Facing Hong Lie's murderous intent, there are probably few people in the world who can remain calm like that kid.

Hong Lie was also somewhat puzzled. Even if Yuchi Hong was in person, he couldn't be so calm. This kid...
"Whether the general believes it or not, I really didn't know what happened under the bridge back then." Zhang Rui shook his head: "To this day, I still can't believe that someone could kill someone right under my nose!"

Hong Lie looked at the other person. The two of them just stood there in silence. After an unknown amount of time, a sharp voice came from the palace gate: "The Queen Mother has issued an order: The women of the Zhang family and Lord Zhang are to go to Kunning Palace to fight!"

See a fight?

The people around were stunned. His Majesty wants to see this Lord Zhang?
"General Hong, have you finished your conversation?" the eunuch asked with a smile standing in the distance.

Hong Lie glanced at the eunuch coldly, and finally said to Zhang Rui: "I love my daughter so much, I hope Master Zhang will not be offended."

"General, you are too polite. You didn't do anything to me." Zhang Rui replied with a smile.

Hong Lie curled his lips, what an arrogant boy!

Are you mocking your own momentum as being insignificant?
After the Zhang family left, Hong Lie did not stay here any longer, but went directly to the outside of Qinglong Gate. Many people knew that Hong Lie was going to pick up Princess Yunyang.

"Father, Hong Lie doesn't seem to be as overbearing as the rumors say." A young woman in the crowd pulled her father aside and asked.

The girl looked very similar to Shen Yuan, the Minister of Dali Temple, and her father was Shen Linchen, the Minister of Punishments among the previous Nine Ministers. She was specially recruited by His Majesty and came to the palace with her family to attend the Crown Prince's birthday.

"The domineering behavior is based on strength." The middle-aged man smiled slightly and said, "Before, he was domineering because General Hong was strong enough and confident that he could solve all the troubles after killing someone. This time, he was not domineering just because he was not sure."

"Not sure?" The girl asked curiously, "That skinny Mr. Zhang?"

"You, stop being curious and stay away from that Zhang." The middle-aged man knew that his little daughter had fallen into her old habit again, so he glared at her and scolded her.

The girl stuck out her tongue and lowered her head obediently, but the middle-aged man smiled bitterly when he saw this, knowing that the little girl probably didn't listen to her.

His son told him yesterday that there was something wrong with the man surnamed Zhang. He seemed to be able to see the guardian deity of the Dali Temple. This seemed like a fairy tale to him.

But now it seems possible. A sorcerer can actually confront Hong Lie head-on. There is something wrong with that guy!
"Son, why does the Queen want to see you?" The old woman felt her heart could not bear it at this moment. Today's stimulations came one after another.

"He probably wants to thank his son for helping the Crown Prince in Beihai." Zhang Rui comforted her, "Don't worry, mother. It's not a bad thing."

"That's good, that's good!" The old lady covered her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't you think Hong Lie looks a bit like someone?" Murong Yunji's voice quietly appeared in Zhang Rui's ears.

Zhang Rui was stunned and slowed down his pace. He walked side by side with Murong Yunji and held her hand. Then his eyes moved and he seemed to have a layer of coating like a fish. A magical thing happened. Just now, everyone's attention was centered on him, but at this moment, his family members didn't seem to pay much attention to him. Instead, they chatted among themselves. Even the escorting eunuchs seemed to subconsciously ignore Zhang Rui and didn't even notice that they passed by Zhang Rui and let this outsider fall to the back of the team.

Of course, Murong Yunji, who was led by Zhang Rui, was also ignored.
"How many abilities can you use?" Murong Yunji asked curiously.

"The spiritual power is not enough, so I can only use eight." Zhang Rui shook his head: "And the extent to which several key abilities can be used is limited."

"Your spiritual power is increasing fast enough." Murong Yunji frowned: "Does your method really have no side effects?"

"Probably not." Zhang Rui took a look at his pen and said uncertainly.

"By the way, who did you say Hong Lie resembled?"

"Didn't you notice?" Murong Yunji said faintly: "Your painting spirit..."

Zhang Rui's pupils shrank and he immediately realized. Yes, he said that Hong Lie looked so familiar and he should have never had the chance to meet such a big shot before. So that's how it is!

Doesn’t Hong Lie look exactly like the painting spirit that Tian Ye had used before?

Damn, this case is really complicated! !
(End of this chapter)