"Hahaha--"

Seeing Zhao Jianda's serious look, Guo Mo couldn't help laughing.

Originally, he thought that the Minister of Industry, except for matters within his own profession, had always been a serious person, but he did not expect that this person who always praised people could be so fresh and refined.

"Your Majesty, don't laugh. Lao Cheng thinks Zhao Shangshu is right. Shouldn't you give an extra salary to the ministers? You don't dare to ask for anything else, even if you give a 'hero drunk' a month,

hey-hey……"

A small New Year's Eve dinner, with the participation of Cheng Jue and Zhao Jianda, created a harmonious atmosphere between monarch and ministers.

During the banquet, Guo Mo made a decision directly, and asked Old Cheng Jue to be responsible for gathering people. It was scheduled to hold a banquet in the palace on the last day of the old calendar, and celebrate the New Year with the civil and military ministers from Zhongdu City and nearby.

…

When Guo Mo secretly went to Zhongdu City, the palace far away in Bianliang City received an uninvited guest.

One windy and snowy night, a man broke into the palace at night. He avoided all the guards and broke into the Funing Palace of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Kuo.

"You are the old emperor who has resigned, right?"

A gloomy questioning sound came, and a figure had already arrived in front of Zhao Kuo's royal book case.

Before Zhao Kuo could react, the old eunuch standing next to him jumped forward quickly, blocking the way between the visitor and Zhao Kuo, and at the same time shouted loudly with his unique voice.

"There is an assassin, come and escort him——"

I saw this person coming, could he be fifty or sixty years old?

The whole body is covered in green, covered with soap, a pair of straight sword-shaped eyebrows, slightly white, holding a snake-shaped crutch that is neither gold, nor silver, nor copper, nor iron, and two bright eyes, shooting out two

The cold light is eerie and terrifying.

Even though the old eunuch was standing in front of Zhao Kuo, his heart felt like it was exploding.

"Who is this person? How come there are so many great masters in the world?"

The old eunuch is also a first-rate expert. Since he was repeatedly defeated in front of "Dongxie" Huang Yaoshi and Guo Mo many years ago, not only has he practiced more diligently, but he has also put more effort into the arrangement of guards around Zhao Kuo.

Except for the old eunuch, there are still twenty-four people waiting secretly inside and outside the Funing Palace, including eight first-rate masters and sixteen second-rate masters.

Among the eight first-class masters, two of them are the old eunuch's direct disciples. They learned the same set of exercises. Because they practiced at a young age, their skills are no less than those of the old eunuch.

The remaining six first-class masters were brought over from the rivers and lakes by the old eunuch at no expense over the years. Some of them were even criminal thieves who were secretly exchanged from the sky prison by him.

When the old eunuch employs people, as long as you have real skills and can swear allegiance to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty from now on, he will never consider the person's background and origins.

Of course, the old eunuch also has his own methods of controlling these masters, which are nothing more than some shameful methods that cannot be put on the stage.

However, nearly half of the sixteen second-rate players were trained by him personally.

Since meeting Guo Mo, the old eunuch's vision has become higher. Kung fu can be taught, resources can be spread freely, and martial arts secrets can also be shared.

However, among so many people he trained, if you have not reached the first-class level, then I'm sorry, you are not qualified to call the old eunuch "master".

Therefore, so far, there are only two people who can call the old eunuch "master".

The old eunuch's ancestor's surname was Cao, and he also gave these two people the surname Cao, and they were called Cao Shan and Cao Hai respectively.

That is to say, in recent years, since Guo Mo became the crown prince of the Song Dynasty, he no longer used special methods to enter and exit the palace, but walked in openly, and no one came to test the depth of the defense around Zhao Kuo.

"who are you?--"

With "Dongxie" Huang Yaoshi and Guo Mo as reference, the old eunuch also knew that the person in front of him was at least a master above the extreme level.

Although he knew he was outmatched, he could only bite the bullet and protect Zhao Kuo.

"Hmph, you are a worthless and indifferent person, do you deserve to talk to me? Tell me, where is that boy Guo Mo?"

It turns out that this person came to see His Majesty?

The old eunuch felt a little relieved. He naturally knew Guo Mo's whereabouts. Anyone could hide Guo Mo's journey north, but he would not hide it from his father, Zhao Kuo.

If Zhao Kuo knew about it, it would naturally mean that the old eunuch also knew about it.

"What do you want from my prince? I see that you are also a master-level figure in the world. Do you have evil intentions at this late night?"

Zhao Kuo heard that this man was looking for his son, and he seemed to be his son's enemy.

At this time, the twenty-four masters secretly guarding outside had all appeared in Funing Palace, and Zhao Kuo asked boldly.

"Humph, I don't need anyone else to judge what kind of person I am. In the eyes of others, you, Zhao Kuo, are the supreme emperor. In my eyes, you are no different from an ordinary trafficker and a pawn."

The person who came here looked very arrogant, but his words were sure to matter. Maybe in his heart, he really didn't like the Supreme Emperor Zhao Kuo in front of him.

"Old man, the palace is not a place for you to run wild, go to hell -"

Among the guards who came in from the outside, there was a second-rate guard who was also a gangster, but he was the most despised thief.

The old eunuch only accepted him as one of the twenty-four bodyguards because of his good martial arts skills. However, he was often looked down upon by the other twenty-three people and ostracized him from time to time.

Seeing such a rare opportunity to perform in front of him, this guard who was a thief naturally did not want to let it go easily.

If you can deal with the old man who broke into the palace at night, wouldn't you be able to show your face in front of the Supreme Emperor?

He would naturally be the first to jump out of the opportunity given to such a person to show his holiness and arrogantly seize the honor.

He didn't say hello to anyone, scolded the visitor, then waved the ghost head sword in his hand and hit the visitor from behind.

"Dang-woo-"

The person who came didn't even look back, and directly waved the snake-shaped crutch in his hand back, which made the guard happy.

The snake-shaped crutch hit the ghost-headed knife. First, the knife flew out, and then the force from the knife knocked the guard away.

With a "pop" sound, he fell outside the door of Funing Palace and lay motionless on the ground.

An enthusiastic guard rushed over and saw that the guard had been shocked to the point of bleeding from all his orifices and was too dead to die.

As the saying goes, money is more important than a servant, but art is more important than a traveler.

Just like that, everyone in Funing Palace was suppressed.

"Cao Hai, go to the harem——"

Seeing this, the old eunuch shouted loudly to a top-notch expert guarding the entrance of Funing Palace.

That was one of his two disciples, he was in his early thirties, and he was the one he thought was the most spiritual and capable person to succeed him.

Unfortunately, so far, Guo Mo still doesn't like to use eunuchs. He was guarded by the "Hu Ben Army" before, but now he directly lets the people from "Jin Yi" use them.

Upon hearing this, Cao Hai flew away, fearing that someone would stop him.

It's a pity that the old eunuch and Cao Hai thought too much, and the visitor wanted them to go to the harem to report the news. Anyway, he came to see Guo Mo, and he broke into Lao Zhao Kuo's place because he was unfamiliar with the road.

"What do you want, your Excellency? If you have a grudge against Mo'er, you can just ask him to fight openly. It seems that your current behavior is not only unacceptable, but also too vicious, right?"

Old Zhao Kuo was also shocked when he saw the person who had just turned around killed one of his guards.

However, after all, he has been the emperor for many years, and he is so majestic. What's more, he is in the palace with so many guards around him.

"Hmph, I've always acted like this, so what if I kill one of your guards? My only son died in Guo Mo's hands. If Guo Mo is not handed over to me, there will be no one left in the palace tonight.

Want to live——"

When the visitor finished speaking, he shouted directly with the energy of his Dantian, which made Zhao Kuo's eardrums buzz.

"Quick, hurry up and escort——"

Seeing that the person coming was about to go crazy, the old eunuch shouted again.

Eating the emperor's salary, being loyal to the emperor, raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a while. Even if you know that the old man who comes here is not easy to mess with, you still have to go all out.

The remaining twenty-two guards, each of them, killed the intruder. However, Cao Shan, another apprentice of the old eunuch, quietly came to Zhao Kuo's side to act as his last barrier.

In the face of absolute strength, there is no saying that two fists can't beat four hands. The gap between the two sides is too big. In the eyes of visitors, these guards are nothing more than gathering feathers for dusters.

He waved the snake-shaped crutch in his hand, whistling in the wind, and suddenly swords flew into the Funing Palace, and corpses fell to the ground one after another.

In just a quarter of an hour, out of sixteen second-rate masters, only seven were left alive.

Of the six top-notch experts who took action, only three were still standing.

"You...who are you? How could you have such vicious methods?"

Zhao Kuo would not be too surprised to say that all these guards were beaten to death by the other side. The problem is that many of them were livid and died of poisoning, and the room was filled with a highly toxic stench.

"Haha, am I poisonous? Then let you, a fool who stays in the palace all day long, see my more vicious methods -"

The snake-shaped crutch was raised again, and at some point, two tiny poisonous snakes appeared on the head of the crutch.

Although the venomous snakes are small, they look very scary. If Guo Mo were here, he would recognize these two snakes as the same species as the venomous snake he got from Ouyang Ke.

However, these two snakes look more like chicks, and the one in Ouyang Ke's hand is the best of these venomous snakes.

"Old poison, stop it quickly——"

A loud rebuke came from the entrance of Funing Palace, and two women floated in one after the other, each holding a sword in their hands.

At the critical moment, it was Huang Rong and Murong Yan who arrived.
Chapter completed!