Jiangshan is hired [rebirth]

Chapter 51

The palace was silent at night, Huo Lan and Yun Miaoqing found a hidden place and changed into eunuch disguise, and walked under the wall with the palace lantern attached.

When Huo Lan was at the guard's office, she would be on duty ten days a month. The palace at night was not unfamiliar to her, but she didn't know if it was because she and Yun Miaoqing entered the palace secretly this time. Some hairy, those long palace walls seem to have no end in the dark, the dwarf trees and flower beds beside the wall are pulled by the moonlight to cast strange shadows, it seems gloomy and lonely ghosts will emerge at any time, screaming and facing them Come on.

Huo Lan unconsciously protected Yun Miaoqing behind her, and let Yun Miaoqing get closer to her.

"This paper bag is full of criminal evidence of King Zhuang that I have collected in the past six months. I originally planned to find a suitable opportunity to present it to His Majesty, but it happened suddenly. It is easy for us to go to see His Majesty at this time. It will be difficult to get away. For the current plan, we have to take the next best thing and take this thing to Concubine Qi."

Behind Huo Lan, Yun Miaoqing maintained her usual sobriety and was not disturbed at all by these strange and chaotic imaginations. Even in this situation, she still calmly continued what she hadn't finished speaking in the carriage before.

After hearing this, Huo Lan hesitated and said, "But now that Concubine Qi is under house arrest in Jinwei Palace, she won't be able to see Your Majesty either."

"So we have to help her. The reason why His Majesty didn't kill King Yu and his mother and concubine immediately like Prince Pingzhang killed was because General Qi Sheng was still leading the army in the northern border. Although he sent Du Chengyou to restrain her Qi Sheng, but he doesn't really want to see chaos in the northern border at this time, otherwise he wouldn't have ordered the forcible removal of Qi Sheng's military power...

Encountering a group of guards watching the night on the way, Huo Lan warned Yun Miaoqing in advance, the two shut up and stopped talking, and when the guards approached, they retreated to the edge of the palace wall and saluted them respectfully.

The guards glanced at them. The hats blocked most of Huo Lan and Yun Miaoqing's faces. In addition to the dim light, the leading guard didn't recognize them. After routinely checking their badges, they let them go. left.

Yun Miaoqing did not continue until she could not hear the footsteps of the group of guards at all, "Your Majesty's condition is getting worse day by day, I'm afraid I'm not sure about repeating the bloodbath of the Ning family. If my guess is right, Your Majesty hopes to be able to fight with you." The Qi family reached a deal, and everyone took a step back, he kept the queen mother and son safe and wealthy, while the Qi family withdrew from the battle for the throne."

"Then you want to give things to Concubine Qi, because you want to bring the Qi family back in?" Huo Lan asked.

"If I don't need my Lacy family, I won't let it go. This is a tactic for both sides. Your Majesty wants to continue the peace until the new king takes over, and the Qi family is also waiting for the moment when your majesty runs out of fuel. It's not just the two of them. , Zhuang Wang suddenly became silent, and he was probably waiting for the last moment.

They can wait, but we can't wait if we want to get out of it.If we let them continue to balance like this, as long as we run away, we will become the primary targets of His Majesty and King Zhuang, and we will have to cause some trouble for them before we leave, so that they will be overwhelmed and have no time to take care of them. "

While talking, the Jinwei Palace where Concubine Qi lives is already in front of me. Since King Yu was imprisoned, there have been guards on duty here. People in Jinwei Palace are not allowed to go out without orders, while other idlers are not allowed to approach without orders.

Yun Miaoqing hid in the shadows, and only appeared after Huo Lan succeeded in attacking the two guards guarding the gate.

Huo Lan did some mental calculations, and said to Yun Miaoqing: "There is still about an incense stick of time before the next patrol patrol passes here, let's hurry up."

Yun Miaoqing nodded, the two pushed open the palace door, there was an eunuch guarding the night in the corridor of the courtyard, when he saw someone coming in and was about to ask questions, Huo Lan took the first step and covered the eunuch's mouth and nose, knocking him unconscious.She turned her head and winked at Yun Miaoqing, Yun Miaoqing quickly followed, Huo Lan reached out and tried the main hall door, but it couldn't be pushed open, someone inserted the door bolt from inside.

She drew out the dagger, and slid in along the crack of the door. After a while, there was only a soft sound, and the door bolt was thrown to the ground.

The sound alarmed the maid in the house, and the maid just called out, and was stunned by Huo Lan's same method.

"Lianxiang?" A female voice sounded from the right, followed by a rustle, the owner of the voice seemed to have gotten out of bed.

Huo Lan and Yun Miaoqing hid behind the pillars, and after a while, one of them came out holding on to the candlestick.The man saw the face of the court lady lying on the ground suddenly changed, Huo Lan's eyes were quick and his hands were quick, and he stuffed a ball of handkerchief into the man's mouth before the man cried out in surprise.

"Concubine Qi, I've offended you." Yun Miaoqing said "offended", but her eyes signaled Huo Lan to continue. Huo Lan got Yun Miaoqing's order, and unceremoniously tied up Concubine Qi and tied her to the pillar.

"Uuuuuuuuuuu!!"

Concubine Qi probably thought that the two of them were killers sent by the emperor, and wanted to kill her quietly in the dead of night, so she struggled desperately in fright until Yun Miaoqing took off the hat on her head and let her see her face clearly. Some, their eyes turned to be angry, obviously very dissatisfied with these two bold people who broke into her bedroom at night.

"I had a chat with my empress at the New Year's Eve dinner in the palace last year, and my empress may still remember me." Time was running short, Yun Miaoqing didn't talk to Concubine Qi, and took out the oiled paper bag directly, "I'm sorry for King Yu and empress's current situation. I deeply sympathize with the situation. Although it is true that King Yu has done some stupid things, King Zhuang is not a pool of clean water. He caused King Yu to be imprisoned for several months, but he himself has been at large. If I were a mother, I would bear it anyway. Don't hold your breath."

Concubine Qi's anger receded a little when she heard this, and her face was replaced by suspicion.

"This is full of evidence of King Zhuang's crime. King Zhuang colluded with many local officials to seize the land and plunder the people's wealth. This one alone is no less sinful than His Highness King Yu's private training shrine. Besides, I also It was found that in many places a large amount of ironware was bought by unknown people, and the amount involved was far beyond comparison. The concubine's natal family is a family of military generals, so I don't need to say that the empress will be able to use such a large amount of ironware. Guess one or two."

After Yun Miaoqing finished speaking, she put the oiled paper bag into the drawer of the cabinet.

"I will put the things here. Believe it or not, how to deal with it is all up to the empress. When the two of us came in, we knocked out the guards and guards outside the Jinwei Palace. After a while, the patrol team will come in to check when they find out. At that time, the empress only needs to take care of it." If there is an assassin, His Majesty will definitely be alarmed. This is one of the few opportunities for the empress to bring down King Zhuang. If you don’t do it again, forgive me. I don't know where the private soldiers are hiding, once His Majesty dies, you may not survive to be rescued by General Qi Sheng."

Having said all that should be said, Yun Miaoqing and Huo Lan slipped out of the harem along the way they came, took off their camouflage clothes, and planned to pretend to go home after finishing their business, so as to leave the palace, but before they took a few steps, they realized that something was wrong ——There were too many guards gathered in the square in front, and the commander Deng Su seemed to have just finished his lecture, when all the guards shouted "Yes" in unison, and then trotted apart in small groups.

"I have been in the bodyguard office for half a year, and I have never seen Commander Deng give a lecture in the middle of the night. It seems that there is some urgent task... But it has only been a long time since we left Jinwei Palace. Should it be so fast?"

"It's Du Shouming." Yun Miaoqing bit her lower lip, "I'm afraid he knew we were not fooled by him, so he came to apologize to His Majesty first, we have to find a way to get out quickly, and it will only be more troublesome when the city is closed."

"Come with me." Huo Lan dragged Yun Miaoqing to avoid searching the crowd. She had worked as a guard in the palace for half a year and knew the terrain inside the palace like the back of her hand. The two of them wandered around in the dark for a long time. Safety.

"There is a big tree under the palace wall in front. The palace people who manage this area are very lazy and often forget to prune the branches. If we are lucky, we can use that tree to climb over the wall."

Huo Lan led Yun Miaoqing to the place she mentioned, this time her bad luck was so rare that she didn't act like a demon.Huo Lan breathed a sigh of relief, and supported Yun Miaoqing to climb up the tree first, followed by himself climbing up the tree nimbly.

Next, Fuyun Miaoqing only needs to climb over the wall, but there is a moat around the palace on the other side of the wall, so she has to jump into the river to soak in cold water.

Huo Lan was not very happy to let Yun Miaoqing jump into the river in the middle of the night, fearing that she would get sick from the cold, but the situation was urgent and he didn't care about it, escape was the most important thing.She first rode on the palace wall, then stretched out her hand to pull him, and heard footsteps halfway through the pull, but at this moment they were in an awkward position, and they couldn't hide no matter what.

Fortunately, hearing the voice, there was only one person on the other side, so Huo Lan put Yun Miaoqing back on the branch, holding the dagger with one hand, and only waited for someone to show up before giving that person a fatal blow.

"Who's there? Huo Lan? Is it really you?"

The moment the visitor recognized Huo Lan, Huo Lan also recognized the visitor. It was Tao Cai who used to go in and out with her on patrol at the guard.

Huo Lan stared at Tao Cai silently, hiding his right hand behind his back, still clasping the dagger tightly.

"I, I, my stomach hurts... It's too far from the toilet here, I couldn't go there in time, so I just found a place to solve that... I, I, I didn't expect to run into you, you, you, they said you..." Tao Cai seemed to have a lot to say, but when he suddenly bumped into Huo Lan, he probably was quite shocked, stuttered under excitement, and didn't know what to say for a long time.

Huo Lan frowned, quickly assessing in his mind whether to kill him or not.If the other party was someone she didn't know very well, she might have attacked directly, but Tao Cai was familiar after all, and seeing Tao Cai like this, she didn't seem to plan to call someone over.

But it is related to Yun Miaoqing's safety, she would rather kill her by mistake than let her go!

Huo Lan's fingers shrank slightly, and when he was about to make a move, another person suddenly came over.

"Tao Cai, why are you still not recovering for so long?"

It's Deng Su!Oops!

Huo Lan thought about it, but Tao Cai took a step faster than her. She jumped up and covered Deng Su's mouth, and shouted to Huo Lan in a low voice, "Hurry up! Go!"

Huo Lan didn't expect Tao Cai to help her hold Deng Su, so she was slightly startled, but now was not the time to be in a daze, she put the dagger back to her waist, and pulled Yun Miaoqing up again.During this process, Deng Su broke free from Tao Cai's hand, and in turn restrained Tao Cai.

"You're crazy! Do you know what you're doing?" Deng Su roared angrily.

Tao Cai gasped in pain as he was pressed to the ground, but his mouth was firm: "You can call them all even louder, and then everyone will know that I let them go."

Deng Su was furious, and slapped Tao Cai on the back of the head, Tao Cai's forehead hit the ground with a muffled sound, just hearing the sound made the injury serious.

Huo Lan didn't know about the rest of the quarrel between the two brothers. At this time, she had already pulled Yun Miaoqing up to the wall, hugged her tightly and jumped off the wall.