Although Ji Ruling was exempted from the great crime of losing his head with the unexpected help of Emperor Ming, between one reward and one punishment, all the previous rewards were moved back. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhu Zheng I also breathed a sigh of relief, this period of time can make him miserable, Zhu Zheng I know that this matter is so big, it is unlikely that Tie Wuru will continue to patrol the streets, the prince of the Southern Barbarians likes to wander around the streets of the Imperial City, in case he collides with Tie Ruthless again, with Tie Ruthless's character, it is estimated that the prince will definitely not end well, and Ji Ruling, his luck is unlikely to be good for a second time.

Zhu Zheng and I discussed with Emperor Ming, and decided to transfer that iron ruthless to the palace, as the leader of the Praetorian Guard, responsible for the security of the palace, although the official position of the leader of the Praetorian Guard is higher than that of the head catcher, but everyone knows that it is difficult to come out of this palace again, many things can not be done, there are many restrictions, this is not a promotion, but a restriction on their freedom, so many people would rather be a small catcher outside than enter the inner courtyard of the palace, and wade into the troubled waters of the royal soup.

Ji Ruling was very happy to hear this, and agreed very happily, this was exactly what he wanted, and he immediately changed his usual lazy state, changed into a suit of armor of the Imperial City Forbidden Army, and swaggered into the palace.

Because he is the leader of the Praetorian Guard, he is still relatively free compared to those Praetorian Guard soldiers who can only stand still at their posts, and the first thing Ji Ruling did after coming in was to visit the palace under the leadership of a personal soldier.

I have been walking outside the palace before, but I didn't expect to find that the area and luxury inside completely exceeded his imagination, carved railings and paintings, glazed gold tiles, palace women's courtyards, eunuch waiters, countless, orchestral bagpipes are endless, it is really very pleasant.

Probably in order to prevent a large-scale enemy attack, the inner courtyard of the palace is defended by three layers inside and three layers outside, and the walls and passages are also nine bends and eighteen turns, which is very complicated, and he was about to get lost when he first came in, but fortunately, someone led the way, so he became familiar with the terrain in the palace.

Although Ji Ruling is now the commander of the Praetorian Guard in the Imperial City and can move freely in the Imperial City, the Inner Garden of the Deep Palace is much more complicated than he imagined, there are many eunuchs in the palace here, and most of them are people from the East Factory and the West Factory, no matter where they go, there will be countless pairs of eyes staring, and if there is any suspicious move, they will be surrounded by the people of the East Factory for questioning.

In order not to startle the snake, Ji Ruling stayed in the palace very honestly for a few days, and waited until he was familiar with the Praetorian Guards on duty, Jinyi Guard, and then began to walk around the inner courtyard of the palace, according to the description of the lock demon tower by the head of the Shushan Immortal Sword Sect, Ji Ruling instinctively thought that it should be a high tower, and it should be very easy to find in this palace, but he walked around several times inside and out, and still did not see any pagoda-shaped buildings.

The exhausted Ji Ruling looked around a little, and there was no one, so he sat on the stone steps in front of the main hall and shook his head helplessly, "Alas, this has been in the Nanming Empire for so many days, and there is still no harvest, when will Lao Tzu find the lock demon tower, retrieve the jade of the soul and leave here?"

At this moment, Ji Ruling suddenly saw a figure walking up from behind him, Ji Ruling thought that someone was sneaking attack, and punched back very instinctively, but what appeared in front of him was a familiar figure, and the fist stopped in front of him instantly.

When he looked at it, what appeared in front of him was the young man who was beaten in front of Yihong Mansion a while ago, he was beaten beyond recognition, but he didn't expect that it was only a few days, he had fully recovered, Ji Ruling sat down on the steps again, and asked rhetorically, "Why did you kid appear here, this is the palace inside, and you have to be killed if you break in."

The young scholar also sat down, and said very calmly, "Ahem, I'm not trespassing, I also live in this palace on weekdays, a few days ago I finally had the opportunity to escape and relax, but I didn't expect to encounter that incident, I really caused you trouble, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, that's all trivial, I'm not living a good life, then you, at a young age, will be sent to the palace as a eunuch, it's really hard for you"

In the palace of the Southern Ming Empire, there are clear regulations, in this palace, complete men can not enter and exit the inner courtyard of the palace at will, those after the emperor's concubines are scary either women or eunuchs, guards like Ji Ruling, can not be close to the palace of the imperial concubine at all, every year there are special personnel to check the staff in the palace, I am afraid that someone will fish in troubled waters, I am afraid that something will go wrong in the harem, with the appearance and age of this young man, can walk in the palace, and only the eunuch is possible.

The young man was stunned for a moment, and then replied stumblingly, "Ahem, yes, my family is poor in Xia Freedom, and in order to survive, my parents sent me to the palace, hoping to have a full bite to eat."

Ji Ruling looked this guy up and down, the clothes on his body were made of very good silk, and he was immediately envious, "I didn't expect that the treatment in your palace is really good, everyone wears such good clothes, what is your name?"

"Ahem, you just call me Vermilion, maybe it's because my father-in-law is more powerful, so the conditions are better, Iron Catcher, how about being the leader of this Praetorian Guard in this palace, it's not bad" That Vermilion rolled her eyes, and she didn't know why she quickly opened the topic.

"It's okay, I'm going around every day, I'm tired to death, no, sit here and rest" Ji Ruling sighed, hammered his swollen legs, and dredged his blood.

"Why don't we go in and sit, I know that at this time, no one in this room will come, you sit outside like this, and you will be scolded by the people of Dongchang" Zhu Hong seemed to know the palace very well, and pulled Ji Ruling and ran to the palace behind him.

Push the door and go in, this seems to be a study, the shelves are full of all kinds of large and small books, but they are all four books and five classics, poetry and poetry and other literary classics, the attraction of Ji Ruling is not great, a golden dragon chair placed in the center of the room directly explains all the situation, this must be the study of the Ming Emperor.

But Ji Ruling didn't care about this, she found a place to sit down, picked up the melons and fruits on the table and ate them very unceremoniously, the nobles in this palace ate very well, but they were really hard to swallow, the dim sum here tasted very good, and the vermilion was like her own home, sitting down together, chatting and eating, and the two talked happily.