Night King's Mansion.

Ye Chen and Wanwan both went to bed, and Nangong Heng and Ye Ling sat in the study.

Two people wearing night clothes came in and took off the black cloth covering their faces, one was Mengqin and the other was Bingyue.

"According to the investigation, there has been no abnormalities recently. Nangong Lang is a martial arts fanatic. He lives in a quiet place and often does not go out for ten or half a month. Nangong Ye has many friends in Jinyang City. He likes to eat, drink and have fun, and he spends almost every day socializing and drinking. The two brothers' living habits of many years are still the same now." Meng Yu said, "I have dealt with Nangong Lang. It was two years ago that he took the initiative to compete with me. He has good martial arts skills and finally got a draw with me. When he met Nangong Ye several times, he invited me to drink, but when he couldn't push it away, he went there. In my impression, Nangong Ye is very knowledgeable, likes to hunt for curiosity, read a lot of miscellaneous books, talks a lot, and can talk anything."

"If I were asked to choose one person as the host between Nangong Lang and Nangong Ye, I would choose Nangong Lang because he had few people in contact with and his cold personality was easy to disguise, so I would just talk less." Bing Yue said seriously.

"But the most difficult thing about becoming a married man is to deceive the person next to him. Nangong Lang's wife Ying Min'er looks difficult to deal with, but Nangong Ye's wife Ying Jie'er seems to be the kind of person who is not very responsible." Meng Qi said.

"Even if Ying Jie'er doesn't care about the matter, she has a bad relationship with Nangong Ye, but if Nangong Ye knows so many people, the risk of exposure is still greater." Bingyue retorted.

Ye Ling shook his head: "Don't argue. If it's one of these brothers, no matter who it is, it's possible. For Chu Mingze, if you want to pretend perfectly, you must be prepared in advance. You must believe that whether it's Nangong Lang or Nangong Ye, Chu Mingze can fool the people around you with fakes. What's important is not to compare which of these two brothers is better for pretending. Chu Mingze knows more clearly about these aspects we can think of."

"That's right. He is good at pretending to deceive people, let alone someone he has chosen long ago. Whether he is cold and taciturn or versatile, it is not difficult for him. It is even easier to deceive the women around him." Bingyue frowned, "Then how can we confirm which one is?"

"Evidence." Ye Ling said, "Nangong Lang and Nangong Ye are both suspicious. We need to find out the exact evidence. But this is also difficult. If one of the two people is Chu Mingze, he knows that we are looking for him, and he will definitely not show his strength. Aheng, are there any special things about your fifth and sixth brothers? For example, if my brother-in-law is allergic to orchids, Qingyu is extremely afraid of snakes?"

After thinking for a moment, Nangong Heng shook his head and said, "As far as I know, this is not the case."

"The key is that we cannot be sure whether Chu Mingze is really among them. We are just guessing, and it may be that our entire investigation is wrong." Ye Ling sighed slightly, "So, we cannot act rashly before there is no evidence."

"What should I do next?" Bingyue asked.

"Your mission is to continue staring at those two people." Ye Ling said, "Be careful and don't be discovered."

"No problem." Meng Yu nodded, and added, "I will protect Bingyue."

Bingyue rolled her eyes: "Who needs your protection? I still want to sue you! Don't always look around and look for me when you are following me. Is it okay to be noticed?"

Meng Yu looked embarrassed: "I was a subconscious move and I will pay attention in the future."

"Aheng, are you looking for an opportunity to discuss with the martial arts maniac Nangong Lang? Test his martial arts skills? Some of the habits of practicing martial arts have been developed over the years and are difficult to disguise." Ye Ling asked.

Nangong Heng nodded: "Yes."

"Nangong Ye's martial arts also need to be tested. If it is hidden, it may be Chu Mingze." Ye Ling said, "But you can't compete with him. You need to create another opportunity. It's best if the person involved doesn't think something is wrong."

"It's better for my sister to hold a banquet in the mansion!" Bingyue suggested, "I think the nobles in Jinyang City are all curious about the Ye Prince's Mansion. If it were a banquet held by my sister, some people would definitely come. Taking this opportunity, my sister can learn more about the sister-in-law."

"The banquet..." Ye Ling thought, "I haven't done this yet, I can try it. However, it takes a reason to hold a banquet. The full moon and a hundred days have passed, and I haven't reached my first year of age."

"What's wrong? Our Wanwan baby was born on a hundredth day of a month, and none of her uncles said anything. It's reasonable to make up for a banquet, we just want to receive gifts." Bingyue said with a smile.

Meng Yu nodded in agreement: "I support it."

"Then I'll prepare for it. I'll send the invitation out in the next few days, and I'll tentatively schedule the last day of this month, and I'll be five months old." Ye Ling nodded.

The next day, Ye Ling was still writing an invitation. After receiving a report, the fifth prince Nangong Lang came to pay his respects.

This is strange. Nangong Lang has never liked to deal with others. He has a very ordinary relationship with the brother Nangong Heng. How could he come to him on his own initiative?

When Nangong Heng and Ye Ling met Nangong Lang, he was still the same, wearing ink-colored outfits and a long sword hanging around his waist. Without greetings or striking around the bush, Nangong Lang was straight to the point: "I'm here to compete with the Seventh Emperor today."

Meng Qi said last night that the only time he had a direct contact with Nangong Lang was that Nangong Lang suddenly came to compete with him. The most numerous warriors in Jinyang City were challenged by Nangong Lang in this way.

"I didn't know if the Seventh Emperor brother was hidden. After knowing, you often didn't live in Jinyang City and didn't have a chance before. This time I was afraid that you would stay for two days and leave again, so I took the liberty to bother you. I hope that the Seventh Emperor brother and sister-in-law will not be surprised." Nangong Lang said with a faint expression.

In line with Nangong Lang's usual style, what he said is indeed true.

Nangong Heng is a master. Before he first asked to marry Ye Ling and showed his strength in the former Nanchu Jingcheng, outsiders did not know about it. Only Nangong Yu knew about it in the Eastern Jin royal family. Later, after Nangong Heng and Ye Ling got married, they went to the Western Xia Kingdom. Last year, because of Nangong Heng's poison attack, the Night King's Mansion closed the door to thank guests for several months. Ye Ling remembered that Nangong Lang had been here once during this period, but before he even entered the door, he was blocked by Kaiyang on the grounds that Nangong Heng was ill. Ye Ling did not see it.

Nangong Heng smiled: "I have long wanted to learn the skills of the fifth emperor."

So, Nangong Lang didn't even drink a cup of tea, so he went to the open space in the back garden to compete with Nangong Heng.

As the audience and referee, Ye Ling moved a chair and sat next to him.

However, Ye Ling was thinking that because Chu Mingze has always disliked the style of confrontation, in fact, she and Chu Mingze have never fought so far. Nangong Heng went to Banyuedao to save Ye Chen before, and Chu Mingze ran away immediately when he saw that the situation was not good, and in the end he did not really fight. Therefore, Ye Ling and Nangong Heng actually did not know Chu Mingze's martial arts skills.

But Meng Yu stared in the dark to see if Nangong Lang’s martial arts moves and habits were different from those when he was fighting with him.

At the beginning of the competition, Nangong Lang's moves were very sharp, and he looked like a warrior who truly pursued strength. His swordsmanship is said to be mastered by a master in the martial arts world and is very powerful.

Before the competition, Nangong Lang took the initiative to ask Nangong Heng to use his best weapon, so Nangong Heng was holding the Ghost Red Sword.

From Ye Ling's perspective, this competition is very exciting. As a prince who can live a life of luxury, Nangong Lang's strength and character seem to be less like those of the royal family.

After half an hour of fighting, the competition ended. Nangong Heng only used 50% of his skills to defeat Nangong Lang, but objectively speaking, Nangong Lang's strength is already among the masters.

Nangong Heng withdrew his sword and bowed his hands and smiled: "Fifth Brother, I've given up."

Nangong Lang shook his head: "No need to be polite. You have not tried your best, it is much better than I thought. I am willing to give you a disadvantage. But I will continue to practice and come to compete with you when I am sure!"

"Welcome anytime." Nangong Heng nodded.

"Goodbye." Nangong Lang finished speaking and turned around and left. When he passed Ye Ling, he nodded slightly to Ye Ling, "Damn your brother and sister, say goodbye."

Ye Ling looked at Nangong Lang's back and thoughtfully. If he were Chu Mingze, would he take the initiative to come to Nangong Heng to compete? The answer should be no.

Each warrior has its own characteristics, and it is mostly a habit developed by practicing martial arts all year round. Even if he practices the same set of swordsmanship, different people will have considerable differences, and it is impossible to be completely consistent. His appearance, voice, words and deeds can be disguised, but for some things, it is too difficult and too small to be disguised perfectly.

Meng Yu appeared and shook his head at Nangong Heng and Ye Ling: "I see, his martial arts are fine. He is still the same sword technique, which is much more refined than when he was competing with me. He used a left-handed sword, which is very special. But Chu Mingze holds a weapon in his right hand."

"There is one thing. Since Chu Mingze chose the same way of reincarnation as Yu Tian and Yu Shu, before he died, his host must be living in a living dead state, and the time will not be short. If you want to be unaware of it, you must use a substitute." Ye Ling said. If it was Nangong Lang, those who fought with Meng Qi and those who fought with Nangong Heng were all pretending to be the same substitute, it was also possible.

Nangong Heng shook his head: "The fifth brother of the emperor just now showed no sign of disguise." So it was impossible to be a substitute.

But the brothers Nangong Lang and Nangong Ye are both half head taller than Chu Mingze. It was impossible for Chu Mingze to compete with Meng Yu the next year before. In this way, Chu Mingze became Nangong Lang, and this possibility seems to be no longer there.

"Don't draw conclusions easily. Chu Mingze is very cunning. His methods will definitely not allow us to see through them easily. In fact, we have never fought with him head-on. What if he was originally a left-handed sword but just deliberately misleading us before? The possibility is small, not that it does not exist." Ye Ling shook his head and said.

The princes of the Eastern Jin royal family received invitations from the Yewang Mansion to invite them to attend the May banquet of Nangong Night, the precious daughter of the Yewang Nangong Heng.

It's May now, and Wanwan was exactly five months old that day, which is very unique. But it is understandable that Wanwan was born and the full moon was not in the Eastern Jin Dynasty for a hundred days, and they were re-organized.

Wanwan's daimyo also makes people feel very special.

Nangong Lie took the invitation and smiled and said to the Crown Princess Xiaonian: "These four words are actually a bit unlucky, as if the Nangong clan is about to move towards the end of his life."

Xiaonian gave Nangong Lie a look: "Don't say this nonsense, be careful to make your father annoy you when he hears it."

"Just just kidding." Nangong Lie shook his head, "but this name is really a bit strange, and it does not follow the word Ruo that the royal family should use."

"The Seventh Emperor's Brother has always been a unique person, but now he has become the son-in-law of the Prince Ning Mansion of Xixia. How could he care about that word?" Xiaonian shook his head.

"No matter how independent and unruly he is, he is still the one he likes the most." Nangong Lie said with a smile.

"Then, will we go to this May banquet?" Xiaonian asked.

"Of course. This is the first time that the Seventh Emperor Brother holds a banquet in his palace. Let's go and see what's mysterious there." Nangong Lie nodded.

Although it was a purposeful banquet, Ye Ling still had to prepare well under the banner of her daughter. But there was a problem. There were few servants in the mansion, so who would entertain the guests?

Ye Ling thought about it and decided not to have a special buffet banquet. Anyway, these nobles also had their own banquets for hunting and roasting game every year, and they all liked fresh ones.

There is no banquet hall in the mansion, so Ye Ling directly set up a place by the lake and built a temporary banquet venue.

The dishes were decided by Ye Ling. There were a few new dishes. She wrote the house and asked the cook to study them in the next two days.

In the blink of an eye, it was the last day of May. The news that Yewang Mansion was going to hold a May banquet for the Little County Lord had already spread, and the guests who received the invitation came one after another this day.

Yesterday, Nangong Yu sent someone to ask Nangong Heng and Ye Ling to bring their children to the palace. Nangong Yu had been interested in his precious granddaughter for a long time. When talking about today's banquet, he was also coming.

As a result, Nangong Heng immediately refused, because it was a gathering for young people, and Nangong Yuyi was not suitable for attending, and it was easy for everyone to be restrained when he went there.

Nangong Yu was so angry that he gave Nangong Heng a loud crash.

The mysterious Night Palace was unveiled. There were no magnificent buildings, there were few houses, many flowers, plants and trees, as if they were coming to a large garden.

After entering the mansion, there were no servants leading the way, only some arrow signs made of wood.

When I arrived at the back garden, the place where bamboo and gauze tents were set up, it was half open and a bit simple, but it was great to see the scenery.

Today's protagonist Wanwan was wearing a new dress and sat in a beautiful small cart. Ye Chen didn't let others hold his baby sister casually, but he could watch it casually.

"Seventh brother and sister, you are so beautiful here." The Crown Princess Xiaonian praised.

"That's right! The Seventh Emperor and the Seventh Sister are really fairy couples. The royal palace they live in is like a fairyland. When I came, I realized that there are such treasure lands in Jinyang City. Unlike our family, it is messy and vulgar. When I go back, I will demolish a few houses and plant these verdant bamboos." The fifth prince's concubine Ying Min'er said with a smile. She is wearing a long azalin red dress today, with bright and charming makeup, and her every frown and smile is unlimited.

It is said that before Ying Min'er got married, she was a storied figure in Jinyang City. She was known as the number one beauty in Jinyang. There were countless noble men who pursued her. After the wedding, she broke through the threshold. However, she finally married Nangong Lang, which many people didn't understand because Nangong Lang didn't look like a man who understood the charm.

"Don't joke with the fifth brother and sister. Who doesn't know that you are the most elegant person? The mansion is full of elegant interests and the father has praised it." Xiaonian said with a smile.

"Then I will go to the fifth princess's mansion another day," said Ye Ling.

"Welcome, I like beauty like the seventh brother and sister. It looks pleasing to the eye. You have to walk around more in the future. A few days ago, the fool from my family came to the Seventh Emperor to compete in martial arts. I said casually, "Seventh brother and sister are also very powerful masters, but what do you think? The fool actually said that he would come to the Seventh brother and sister to compete in another day. This person has nothing but practice martial arts. If he really comes to you to compete in competition, don't pay attention to him!" Ying Min'er said to Ye Ling with a smile.

Hearing Ying Min'er called Nangong Lang a fool, the couple had a very good relationship.

Ye Ling smiled: "If the fifth brother wants to compete, of course I will be with you."

"Then I wish my seventh brother and sister to defeat him and give us women a sigh!" Ying Min'er said with a smile.

"Listen to this, you are not afraid that the fifth brother and brother will annoy you," said Xiaonian.

Ying Min'er smiled loudly: "He dares!"

Could it be that Nangong Lang looks cold on the surface, but is actually a madman who loves his wife? Anyway, Ying Min'er shows this.

From beginning to end, Ying Jie'er sat upright and drank tea, listened quietly, and said nothing.

When it comes to the banquet, the buffet format makes these noble people who are used to being served on weekdays feel very novel. Each delicious food is served in exquisite dishes, and each one is placed on a table. You can get what you eat, including meat and vegetables, soup, desserts and fruits.
To be continued...