I don’t want to look back. The night in the palace is so cold and so long. I don’t dare to think about how I can survive every second!

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The "Wuhou Shop" was set up in the gates and the villages of Chang'an City, and the "Zhumenlang" was in charge of the opening and closing of the gates of the imperial city and the palace city, and there were 800 "gate servants" on duty in turn.

The drums are ringing at dusk, and when the curfew is curfew, the idle people on the street must return to the fang, close the gate, and there are "street envoys" patrols and inspect the night. The soldiers of the "Wuhoushu" are monitored by the patrol police. Those who violate the ban on night will be severely punished, and some are even killed by sticks on the spot.

It can be said that the entire Chang'an City is a militarized castle. Of course, the fortresses were all broken from the inside. Even the strictest system had loopholes. We are now wearing soldiers' clothes, disguised as street soldiers, walking on the street in a big way, heading towards the direction of the princess's mansion.

Any system needs to be implemented by people. No matter how good a system is when a person rots and deteriorates, it is just a piece of paper. Just like the quality inspection department in later generations, toxic milk cannot be found, toxic medicinal capsules cannot be found, toxic food cannot be found, and the source of pollution cannot be found. So what do the country wants you to do?

I'm afraid it's not that it can't be found, but that it's rotten from top to bottom.

Our team has thirty people, all of whom are masters in the Holy Sect. In Li Yuanji's plan, the main task of our team is to assassinate Li Jiancheng after Li Shimin's death. The crossbow team led by Wei Zheng was the main force in assassinating Li Shimin. We are just substitutes, and Li Jiancheng does not believe in the Holy Sect.

Today's Princess's Mansion is both a place of celebration and a place of danger.

After the curfew, Li Jiancheng, as the princess representative, went to the princess's mansion to hold a family dinner with the Chai family. Li Shimin and Li Yuanji were also present. There were also some ministers close to the Chai family. As a family of aristocratic families, the Chai family had a profound background, but tonight was just a background.

All of us must take our seats the moment Li Jiancheng stepped into the princess's mansion. This is to prevent Li Shimin from taking action first. Li Jiancheng cherishes his life very much. He invited Bi Xuan to accompany him and brought a group of experts from the East Palace to escort them.

"Have those generals who led the crossbowman team found out?" I asked.

"It has been confirmed that this person is a sharpshooter in the army and is deeply trusted by Li Jiancheng. He was not in the army at the end of last summer. The news from Luoyang confirmed that this person was the person who assassinated that day." Wanwan replied.

"It's just a coincidence that Li Jiancheng wanted to get rid of Li Shimin that day, and Su Su was just implicated." I thought to myself.

"I'm afraid that's exactly that."

At the end of last summer, Su Su was pierced by a sharp arrow in Luoyang City. If Sun Simiao hadn't been there, everything would have been out of control. At that time, she suspected that it was an assassination against Li Shimin, and the master was Li Jiancheng.

This time, I came to Chang'an to cooperate with Li Yuanji to find out the mystery that troubled me. It was not until Li Jiancheng secretly sent these crossbowmen whom he had carefully trained in the army to Chang'an that we had a clue that the leading general was the archer who was shooting at that time.

The crossbow is a weapon in the army, and it requires a sergeant with strong arms to pull it away. It is even more difficult to practice sharpshooting. Therefore, such people are always famous in the army. As long as you want to check, I can always find out. What puzzles me is that since he assassinated Li Shimin, can't I see that a woman came out of the carriage at that time? But he still shot arrows, and there must be something I don't know about.

The night gradually became deeper and we encountered several groups of street envoys along the way. It is said that the scope of inspections of each group of street envoys was fixed, just like a police officer, who was only responsible for a few streets and rarely had cross-regional inspections, except for special circumstances. Tonight was a special case, and we were in the prince's hand order.

The palace city in Chang'an City is the residence of the emperor, and the imperial city is the place where various departments of the court work. There is a place between the palace city and the imperial city, which is the residence of the ministers. This design facilitates the ministers to go to court and work. The princess's mansion is in this area. According to later generations, it is a high-end residential community.

We arrived at the scheduled place, which was a minister's mansion, adjacent to the Princess' Mansion. Such a mansion became the best cover. It can be said that the mansions around the Princess' Mansion have become a shortage of areas and have been borrowed by various forces, and the ministers have no way to refuse.

Standing on the eaves, looking at the princess's mansion, which was brightly lit and crowded, there was a scent of alcohol, fragrance, and noise. It was the most lively moment. When I spread my breath, I could feel that at least five strong men were hiding in the darkness. The breath of the top master was like fireflies in the night, and it could not be hidden.

"Tonight will be a tough battle." Meixian sighed.

"Isn't that good?" Wanwan said excitedly, "The Holy Gate has been dormant for so long, and it's time to show its head. What are you doing when you shake your head?"

This is the gap!

At this moment, Wanwan's fighting spirit was surging. It was the time when she was in her best condition. She showed her sharpness. Even if she challenged the three masters, there was no problem. After years of precipitation, the beautiful immortal became low-key and gentle, like a round stone. Although she had no edges and corners, she had more connotations.

Only by comparison can you discover beauty. Things that I have never paid attention to in normal times remind me to cherish.

"It's nothing, I just think you're very excited tonight. I'll leave Bi Xuan for you later." I joked.

"I'm not interested. Wu Zun should leave it to Master. Master's demon skills have made some breakthroughs recently, and it is not easy to find such an opponent to compete." Wanwan pushed.

After returning from the Great Wall, Zhu Yuyan has been dealing with affairs in Jiangnan. After coming to Chang'an, he spent a large part of his time teaching Wanjing's Heavenly Demonic Art and dealing with the Yingui Sect. My original intention was not to let Wanjing practice the Heavenly Demonic Art. But as the leader of the Yingui Sect, if he did not practice the Heavenly Demonic Art, it would be as unreasonable as an old monk who did not recite scriptures.

Wanjing is currently in the princess's mansion. She wants to protect Li Xiuning's loyalty. She wants to do her sisterly friendship. Although I am worried, I still support it. This kind of Wanjing is what I hope for. As Li Yuan's beloved daughter, I believe that the three brothers of the Li family are unwilling to hurt her. This has caused Li Yuan's anger, but things are unpredictable. No one knows what will happen tonight.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is here!" A shout interrupted my thoughts.

At the gate of the princess's mansion, Prince Li Jiancheng walked in surrounded by everyone. The people beside him were nervously alerting the surroundings, ready to save the fire at any time, without any pleasure in attending the wedding banquet.

Next to Li Jiancheng was Bi Xuan wearing ordinary clothes. This was his first appearance since he was defeated. He looked calm and could not see any emotions. He was extremely natural when walking, and the feeling he felt no longer oppressive or unfathomable, but ordinary.

It looks no different from an ordinary person. If it weren't for his burly body that was very different from others and his unique clothing on the grassland, I would probably have ignored him.

Meixian and I looked at each other and showed a look of horror.

This shows that Bi Xuan has made a breakthrough in just a few days. I wonder what will happen after the Grandmaster breaks through?

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[Note 1] The planning and system of Chang'an City comes from "Garden Architecture - Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty", author: Ma Dezhi, from the Institute of Archaeology.

This article should be about Chang'an City in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. However, from the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the overall layout of Chang'an City did not change much. It was just expanded. Most of the management systems were inherited from the Sui Dynasty. The era of this book may be a little different. Fortunately, this is just a fan novel. Please do not go into it in depth. Thank you.

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