Volume 1 The Decisive Battle of the Forbidden City Chapter 514 The Forbidden City (20) is suspected to be a hidden door
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The three of them talked casually, and after a short time, they arrived at the hall where the general staff was located.
Shang Mingtai went in to return to the court, and after a while, Yan Xiaoqi was passed in.
After the two led Yan Xiaoqi in, they quietly withdrew.
There were only two people in this hall, an old man in a white robe, smiling. A young man dressed in a black uniform, wearing a folded scarf, and a black trench coat embroidered with gold trim.
In the center of the entire hall, there is a huge piece of rice paper, presumably a map or something.
Yan Xiaoqi couldn't figure it out, he always thought that this time he should go to see the 'peerless son' Li Zhi'an. I was slightly disappointed in my heart, but when I thought about it, with my current identity, how could I see Li Sangongzi, and I was relieved.
Seeing Yan Xiaoqi come in, Bai Xiangru smiled and said: "Yan Dayu, I brought you here because you have important information hidden on you, this information is very useful to us, I will offend you after a while, I hope you will forgive me." โ
What can Yan Xiaoqi say at this time? Even if he is dismembered, he will have to bear it. nodded and said, "Yan understands." โ
Dongfang Zhuo said with a cold face: "Then please Yan Dayu take off his clothes." โ
Yan Xiaoqi did as he said, took off the thin white silk that he had been wearing in the secret room, and stood naked in front of the two of them, the thing under his crotch was swinging at will.
Bai Xiangru nodded, gently hit the folding fan in his hand on the huge table covered with the map, slapped it three times in a row, and then said nothing.
After a while, a group of guys dressed in black scholar's robes hurriedly ran from the inner hall, totaling more than thirty people. Some of them looked dazed, with droppings in the corners of their eyes, and it was clear that most of the group had just been sleeping.
Bai Xiangru saw that these people had finished gathering, and said: "All the snakeheads on his body are bruised, and he began to measure and count, and there must be no mistakes or omissions." โ
When this group of scholars heard this, they complained and gossiped in fragments, all of which were dissatisfied.
Although the mouth is not idle, the movements in the hands are faster.
Some people hold rulers, some people lift abacus, and some people carry shamisen, all kinds of things.
What scared Yan Xiaoqi the most was that the two guys came to him with a transparent white cloth covered with fine lattices, and then covered him with this fine cloth and wrapped it tightly.
Fortunately, this muslin cloth is breathable, otherwise, Yan Xiaoqi would have thought that he would be punished by the "mille-feuille cake" that suffocated to death in the yamen.
A group of people circled around Yan Xiaoqi, who was wrapped tightly around his body, and recorded the receipt on the record.
A staff chief with an abacus in his hand shouted, "Left 17." โ
Then there was a scholar with a ruler, and he began to measure on the map, and then picked up a brush and marked the location.
Not long after, another shouted, "South two-two-four." โ
Another scholar next to the map immediately clicked a red dot down.
Half of these people were on duty beside Yan Xiaoqi, and the other half were red on the map.
In just a quarter of an hour, the 'snake head bruises' on Yan Xiaoqi's body were marked as completed.
At this moment, a black-clothed scholar said: "No, the position on the neck is too tight, and two squares are missed, so even the deviation of the points on the chest should be re-measured." โ
A scholar complained: "Brother Zishan, it's almost done." Let's all wait for sleep. โ
This Zishan brother said: "The general staff is not a place to eat and wait for death, everyone is making precise calculations, and if there are omissions, they must make up for them." I don't think it's bad. โ
The scholar was speechless, commanded the others, etc., and conducted another assessment.
The map of the capital has been changed again.
Yan Xiaoqi was really speechless, what did these strange people mean by what they said, he couldn't figure out at all, he was standing here naked, when was he going to be a head again.
Zi Yi said in the meantime: "Move a little to the left, about half a point, and you should be able to record the detailed place." Well, that's it, on the left butt. โ
A black-clothed book shouted: "Li Zishan, you are enough! You can know the approximate location, and your own blue and white division will find out, what are you doing?"
Li Zishan said with some embarrassment: "In the fine and strict math technique, if you feel that it is inaccurate, you will feel that you should not be in your heart, and there is something inappropriate, please understand." Haha, sorry. โ
All the staff officers cast disdainful glances at him, this man was very unpopular among this group of staff officers.
After the people under the General Staff carefully measured the bruises on Yan Xiaoqi's body, they retreated without saying a word.
When Li Zishan passed by, Bai Xiangru looked at him deeply, smiling, but didn't say anything.
Then, Bai Xiangru said to Yan Xiaoqi, who was still like a wood carving over there: "There is Lao Yan who has been arrested, please go and rest." โ
After saying this, a Xuanyi took Yan Xiaoqi, who was still sleepwalking, down.
Bai Xiangru turned his eyes to look at the map, frowned for a while, and said with a happy face: "The snake general is really a great talent, and it is reasonable for him to 'turn into a Jiao'. With the body of Yan Zhutou, he passed over the layout of the opponent's troops in Beijing. Haha, it's really remarkable! There are eleven places in the White Tiger Workshop, eight in the Xuanwu Workshop, and the most in the Vermilion Bird Workshop, and there are 26 places. That's right, that place is the most chaotic! Now it seems that it can be intercepted and killed, and it is important to strike first. What does the Eastern Overseer think?"
Dongfang Zhuo was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "Let Mr. Xiangru come." โ
Bai Xiangru smiled, walked to a chessboard, dropped a white child, and said: "Let's start with the thorny snake, since you have made a move, then we will first clear out the known palace guards, well, by the way, pass this news to the Taihe Palace, His Majesty the Supreme and the Grand Governor, without the will of His Majesty the Supreme, we dare not move these people." โ
Dongfang Zhuo asked, "What will you do after you clear those guard commanders?"
Bai Xiangru said: "Then order the thorny snake, according to the address given by Yan Xiaoqi, go to the house in Baihufang, pick up their general, and by the way, clean up all the people in that house, well, under such a great achievement, the snake general should also come back." โ
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Taihe Temple
On the throne, the Xinwu Supreme sat in front.
There are two tables under it, one is Her Royal Highness Yong'an, the eldest princess, and the other is Li Zhi'an, the commander of Xuanyi. Su Mei naturally stood behind Yong'an, waiting at any time.
The two young girls looked at each other and gave each other a look, Qing'e walked directly behind Yong'an, and Qingmei ran to Li Zhi'an's side.
After Concubine Cheng danced a song in a drunken state, she returned to the Supreme.
But Li Zhi'an squinted and stared at her all the time, he had long known that this Concubine Chen had a problem, but he didn't expect her problem to be so big.
Because, when she saw the strange beast of Laifu, she was not afraid. Or maybe she was scared, but it was only a disguised fear.
After entering the palace, this woman will instinctively show surprise and liking when she sees the appearance of Laifu. But it was only a flash, and then he exclaimed in fear and fell to the ground.
She acted so well that there were tears rolling in her eyes, but she couldn't hold back her tears. Weak with strength, I look at pity. It wasn't until Emperor Xinwu came over to help her up, smiled and comforted her a few words, that her face gradually improved.
If it weren't for the fact that since Concubine Cheng entered the palace, Li Le was observing her expression, and he was really almost fooled by her.
A woman, a weak woman who doesn't know martial arts, is not afraid when she sees such a giant tiger beast? What is the reason? You know, even a martial artist with strong martial arts will tremble and lose his sense of proportion when he suddenly sees Laifu's appearance. What's more, she is a woman who has never seen much of the world?
There was only one explanation, that is, she had seen a strange beast like Rift before, and she had seen a lot of it. And, in the face of such a xenomorph beast, there is something hidden in her body that can give her fearlessness.
Thinking of this, Li Zhi'an looked at this woman with more and more curiosity. originally thought that she could only be the secret son arranged by the mysterious people in the palace by Emperor Xinwu, but now it seems that I am afraid that the previous speculation will be overturned!
There is a giant tiger devouring people in this hall, and it is estimated that no one will be happy.
Li Le called Laifu over and asked Qingmei to come to it.
After Laifu left, Concubine Cheng patted her chest with palpitations and said, "The good tiger raised by Li Sangongzi is really scared to death." โ
Li Leruo said meaningfully: "Who raises what bird, I, Li Zhi'an, dominate the rivers and lakes, and I will be in the middle of the world, and naturally only a pet like Laifu can match me." โ
Concubine Cheng smiled: "Oh, what kind of pet can be worthy of His Majesty Supreme?"
Li Le said: "Of course it's a dragon, and only a creature like a dragon should be the seat of His Majesty Supreme." โ
Concubine Cheng glared at her two big curious eyes and asked, "Is there really a dragon in this world?"
Li Le smiled slightly, picked up a chopstick, gently tapped the jade bowl in front of him, and said, "Since there are even xenomorph giant tigers, then, dragons, presumably, naturally there are." After a while, this commander will personally go to the sea and come back to catch the head dragon for His Majesty the Supreme!"
When Concubine Cheng wanted to ask something, she saw Emperor Xinwu frown slightly, and then laughed and shouted: "The Grand Governor is really so courageous, I am waiting for you to return for me to capture the dragon." โ
With that, Emperor Xinwu stood up and raised his cup.
Li Le also took the wine glass, hurriedly stood up, bowed his height and raised it above the top, and said, "Li Zhi'an is determined to live up to the supreme's order. โ
Emperor Xinwu naturally understood the message that came when Li Le knocked on the jade bowl, and there were only four words: "Suspected Hidden Door." In other words, Concubine Cheng is likely to be the character arranged by the hidden door.
Emperor Xinwu's heart tightened slightly, remembering when he asked the old chief Liang Jiuxi two days ago, what was the hidden gate, and what was the curse of the royal family.
The old manager said lightly: "When you have held the enthronement ceremony and truly become the supreme in the world, the old slave will naturally explain everything." โ
If it is related to the hidden door, it is very likely to be related to the imperial curse, and Emperor Xinwu's mood naturally became very heavy. was worried that Concubine Cheng beside her would see a flaw, so she used to hide her emotions when she toasted with Li Zhi'an.
Concubine Cheng's face was as usual, and she smiled skillfully: "Then the Grand Governor of the Li family, can you also catch a phoenix for me and come back?"
Li Le smiled slightly and did not answer.
When Emperor Xinwu heard this, his eyes narrowed.
The provocation of this sentence is really too obvious, what is the "Grand Governor of the Li Family"? Could it be that this Xuanyi Praetorian Guard is really surnamed Li?
But her delicate posture and tone, when she said this, it seemed like an unintentional word.
At this moment, Yongan spoke, sneered lightly, and said: "Concubine Cheng, the dragon and the phoenix are auspicious, and the dragon is worthy of my great merchant son, but this great businessman, only the queen is worthy of being called 'phoenix'." The former crown princess Zhao is still in the palace now, why are you in a hurry?"
Yongan is a woman with a clear heart, she doesn't care whether Concubine Cheng's words are intentional or unintentional, it is not good to provoke the relationship between the emperor and San Lang!
Concubine Cheng was surprised, as if she also realized that she had said the wrong thing. Hurriedly said: "The Supreme Lord atonements, the eldest sister of the emperor forgives me, the concubine did not mean it." โ
Emperor Xinwu smiled slightly and said, "What's the matter? โ
And he uncovered it.
Then there is a song and dance performance, and then there is a wine and a poem, and a guess of the order. A banquet that lasted from noon to evening showed no signs of stopping.
Everyone seemed to have drunk too much, and their behavior was a little profligate, so they no longer cared about those rules.
Concubine Cheng took advantage of the wine to look at the palace maids dancing in the center of the hall, and she also danced for a while.
And during this time, Li Le's eyes have been focused on her, just to see what flaws she will reveal. The result made him very disappointed, this woman was trained too well by a certain type of person, and behaved very decently and naturally, it was difficult to see anything.
However, Li Le's behavior suddenly caused a small misunderstanding.
After Concubine Cheng finished jumping, she gasped happily and gently, returned to the royal collapse with fragrant sweat, leaned on the supreme's arms, and then laughed a few words.
Then, as if he was very surprised, he saw Li Zhi'an's squinting eyes, and said to Emperor Xinwu with some annoyance: "My supreme lord, what is the reason why Li Sangongzi has been looking at his concubines?"
Xinwu smiled indifferently: "Zhi'an loves beauty, looking at Concubine Ai's good appearance, naturally I have to look at it twice." โ
Concubine Cheng said angrily: "This merry son has taken possession of a beautiful woman like the emperor's eldest sister, he is really a greedy thief." Supreme Master, you see, he is still a concubine, and you don't say anything about taking care of him. โ
Xinwu shook his head and smiled: "Zhi'an is romantic, and when you see a beautiful woman, you can't retreat, which is also understandable, and the concubine doesn't have to be like this." โ
Concubine Cheng snorted angrily: "Love beauty, the concubine naturally understands, but he looks at the concubine like a wolf staring at meat, so hateful, Supreme Lord, the concubine is your concubine." โ
When Emperor Xinwu heard this, he was slightly stunned, but his face became ugly, as if he was a little upset, picked up his chopsticks, knocked on the imperial cup, and still said with a smile: "Aifei, have you ever heard the allusion to the 'Banquet of Absolute Silk'?"
When Concubine Cheng heard this, she said with some grievances: "The story of King Chuzhuang in the Spring and Autumn Period is about a certain banquet of King Chuzhuang, and called the pet Ji to toast the generals, at that time the lights were out, and one of them saluted the pet Ji in Zhongfei, and the pet Ji was angry, so he reached out and ripped off the red tassel on the general's helmet, and then returned to King Zhuang and told King Zhuang about it. โ
Seeing that the lights were not lit, King Zhuang ordered everyone to take off the red tassels from their helmets, and the matter was over. Later, during a big war, the general who was indecent and favored Ji sacrificed his life to save King Zhuang, and when King Zhuang asked the reason, the general told the reason, just to thank King Zhuang for his kindness. These stories, the concubines naturally heard from Mr. Storyteller in the market back then. Okay, the concubine understands what the Supreme Lord means. โ
Although there was grievance on his expression, when he saw that Emperor Xinwu's complexion had changed, the corners of his mouth unconsciously hooked up a smile, but it quickly disappeared.
When they were whispering, Li Le naturally heard Emperor Xinwu's message clearly. I thought with some sighs: It's a good clumsy behavior, it's not as good as the pillow wind of an ordinary woman. Hidden doors are such a means? Shouldn't it?
Li Lehe was very puzzled, shook his head slightly, and didn't care about these things.
After Concubine Cheng finished dancing, Yong'an seemed to be in the mood to come, and danced with the palace maid in a drunken state.
She wanted the dance to be fake, and she wanted to take the opportunity to run to Saburo after the dance.
So after the dance, Yongan casually came to Li Le's side, leaned on San Lang's body as if he had drunk too much, and whispered incomprehensible words: "You merry ghost, you have been staring at Concubine Cheng since she came in, what do you think? That's the prince's younger brother...... Long live the Supreme Concubine, don't you want to live?"
Li Le smiled slightly and teased: "Sister Yong'an, you said that if I asked His Supreme Majesty for his favorite concubine, would he agree?"
Yongan chuckled, naturally knowing that he was just joking, the two of them had known and loved each other for so many years, how could they not understand his thoughts and actions.
Then he said: "What do you want? Long live the supreme woman, you still have thoughts, you merry ghost with no conscience." Hehe, okay, I won't tell you this, San Lang, do you think that Concubine Cheng has a ghost? Does she want to be unfavorable to the Supreme Brother? I can also see it, and there is provocation in her words, but it is too obvious. โ
Li Le chuckled lightly, and said indifferently: "If it's not so obvious, how can it be proved that she is a beginner Gong Dou? If it's not so obvious, how can it make the Supreme feel that she is 'silly and sweet' cute? This woman's scheming is deep." Hmph, Xiao Yongan doesn't care about these things, our supreme is not an idiot, let them play tricks, just rest assured. โ
Yongan bit his lip and said, "I don't care what happened to Concubine Cheng, I just want to take this opportunity to say a few words to San Lang." Let me ask you, are you planning to marry that prodigal girl named Sun Xiaohong into your family? Do you want to be your main wife? The Xuanyi who came in to report was clearly written, and the supreme brother was still teasing you at that time, and read it out in front of you, you said, who is the woman surnamed Sun!?"
Li Le was helpless, and coaxed her: "It's just a friend on the rivers and lakes, and there's nothing to do." And I didn't know if she was going to enter the palace, the devil knows what was going on. โ