Flipping through the booklet on the table, I've read that passage countless times.

From the leaf petals floating in the lake to the little four wandering around the lake, I felt that I was about to grasp the most critical point, and I was still short of the last step.

But what am I missing?

I've thought about this question countless times, and the thunder outside the window is still ringing, but the rain can't fall for a long time, just like my mood now.

A flash of thunder swept through me, and my gaze fell once more on the booklet spread out on the table.

There was a faint smell wafting through the air, too faint, so faint that it was easy to be overlooked, especially when you were in your own house and there was no one else.

Slowly, invisible sleepiness grasped me like a hand

He Yanzhi put down the wine glass in his hand and looked out of the window with deep eyes, the bamboo shadow kept shaking in the wind.

There was silence in the room, Xiao Si drank wine in silence, and the air seemed to freeze.

The two people, each with their own thoughts, did not have any idea of talking for the time being.

After a long time, He Yanzhi retracted his gaze, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "Take one of the two"

Xiao Si was waiting for him to follow, but he didn't expect this person to be silent after saying a word, although there were many unfinished meanings in the words.

He couldn't help but pursed his lips and looked at He Yanzhi: "The news has arrived, the snacks have also been delivered, the long night is long, you can think about it slowly." ”

He stood up, and before leaving, he didn't forget to stuff a piece of dim sum into the innermost part and said, "It tastes really good, it's completely different from what is made in the palace." It's not like the taste made by the time-honored shops in the national capital. ”

"I can't see it, the girl still has two brushes, and the rest is left to you."

Take two steps. Xiao Si suddenly felt that something was wrong, and quickly turned around and snatched the snack box on the table.

"No, how can I leave it to you," Xiao Si blinked at He Yanzhi, "Anyway, everyone is coming to you, and I should take this box of snacks." ”

I almost made a fuss, but fortunately. Xiao Si was glad that he regretted it in time.

After speaking, he hugged the snack box tightly, and Xiao Si disappeared into the bamboo garden

The night sinks like water. He Yanzhi stood under the porch, not sleepy.

The thunder on the horizon was faintly aggravated, the night breeze was blowing, and a few glasses of wine had already woken up. Or maybe he wasn't drunk at all.

Wander the trails in the bamboo garden. For the first time, He Yanzhi felt that the night was so long, and it seemed that every moment was counting the time.

I can't tell how long he has been wandering in the yard, looking at this way that he couldn't sleep all night, He Yanzhi's gaze suddenly swept over a certain place, and after a while, he followed the direction where Xiao Si disappeared before, and his figure was drowned in the night

The empress was flipping through the memorabilia under the lamp, and the female officer who followed her walked back all the way by her side. At this moment, he stood aside respectfully.

The folds in the empress's hand are related to the canonization of the back position of the middle palace.

Ever since that person left. Such pamphlets have appeared more than once.

In today's harem, He Yanzhi has gradually secured his position, and occasionally there are voices coming in, all of which are related to him.

As long as the empress sees this kind of excerpt, she will be angry without accident, but the book in her hand tonight made her read and read it again and again, and read it several times.

separated by a short distance, because it was under the light, the female officer did not dare to raise her head at will, but the curiosity in her heart became stronger and stronger.

The empress finally put down the booklet and sighed: "Someone actually thought of going with me. "After Chaohua left, it was the first time someone thought of him."

The empress stood up with a gloomy expression, walked around the study a few times, and saw that the female official waiting on the side was sweating in her palms, and she wanted to see the contents of the booklet on the case.

The empress suddenly stopped and said, "What time is it?" “

The female officer opened her mouth and was about to answer, when there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside.

The two people in the study looked at each other in unison, and the empress said sharply: "What's the matter?" “

The sound of the sound made the panicked attendant outside the door stop in an instant!

He reluctantly approached the door, cold sweat was dripping on his forehead, and he gasped and said: "Your Majesty, there is water in the palace!" ”

The dark clouds pressed closer, and the calm of the night was broken by the bright red firelight!

The empress rushed to the courtyard and saw the direction of the firelight, which was the Penglai Pavilion that she had been to a few hours ago, and her face was suddenly like frost.

The squire was so frightened that he was almost speechless beside her.

It was originally an easy thing to be on duty at night, but tonight I changed shifts with someone, and I listened to the rumbling of thunder all the time, and I felt a little uneasy in my heart, as if I had a premonition of something.

The last time I had such a feeling, it was when the treasury was on fire, when the messenger arrived, the attendant knew that this was definitely angering His Majesty's scales!

Sure enough, the empress's face was gloomy and terrifying, and she ran in the direction of the flames without hesitation.

"Where did the fire start in Penglai Pavilion?" The female officer who followed closely behind asked the attendant.

"Not exactly."

The shadows of the trees are mottled, and in the dark night, the slender figure quietly wanders behind the house.

It was in the middle of the night, when the lights of the entire flower garden were extinguished, except for the westernmost side room, which was still lit.

Under the cover of the night, the figure sneaked to the window, and the next second, his ears were close to the window.

She listened intently, and her heart was about to jump out of her chest.

After a few moments, it was confirmed that there was no movement from the people in the house.

She paid close attention, and had already found the law of the people in the house, and would read every night with the lamp, although there was a little wrong in the middle tonight, after coming back, she still continued this habit every day.

That's why her hands and feet indoors have a chance to work.

It seems that the people in the room have been fascinated, otherwise it would not have been possible for so long without the sound of turning books.

After a while, the shadows eavesdropping outside the window went and returned. This time, I had more barrels from the flower garden utility room.

She carefully spilled the contents of the bucket one by one on the periphery of the room.

Not only this one, but except for the storeroom on the east side, she splashed some of them everywhere

I lay on the table. I felt that the heat around my body was getting hotter and hotter, not a comfortable heat, but an unbearable burning.

The moment the smell of fireworks rushed into my nose, I couldn't help coughing violently, and then slowly opened my eyes and was shocked to see what was going on around me.

When I opened my mouth, I found that I couldn't shout at all. My hands and feet were so sore that I couldn't use any strength, and I could only watch the fire around me spread little by little, and there was a heart-piercing pain in my hands

Before losing consciousness again. I smelled a familiar freshness, a reassuring smell that made people cling

The entire flower garden was surrounded by a sea of fire.

I can't tell why there was such a big fire, and it even spread to the storehouse in the east.

The first person to arrive in the palace was the night patrol team and the people from Penglai Pavilion, and the two sides worked together to fight the fire.

In the open space by the flower bed. The injured Qingzhi was comforting Gu Lan, who was crying non-stop. Only Baoshan beside them suddenly screamed, "Sister steward! Is Xiaoling still in the house? ”

"Why didn't she run out?"

Bao Shan pushed aside the crowd, grabbed the person who was about to go to the east warehouse for reinforcements, and said anxiously: "It's a small matter if the thing is burned, we still have someone in the room on the west side!" Hurry up! ”

There was a sound of broken beams in the distance, and the westernmost side house in the flower garden collapsed!

The firelight illuminates a group of watchers, sympathetic, sad, solemn, and joyful in their eyes. There is also the empress who rushed to hear the news!

Before the medicine had passed, I could feel the person holding me bandaging the wound on my hand with great care.

All I heard was the wind in the woods. There seemed to be a warm liquid falling onto the placket of my clothes.

There was a heat source that went from my wrist to my limbs, and I was able to iron it comfortably, and even the pain in my hands slowly lessened.

The next moment, the slightly cool fingers gently caressed my forehead, and the sleepiness hit me again

At the moment when the fire was lit, He Yanzhi walked in the woods outside the wall of Penglai Pavilion.

Like Xiao Si, he is well versed in the route of the night patrol team in the palace, and he has not bumped into anyone who should not have bumped into him this time.

So much so, when he stopped, did he come back to his senses and arrived here unconsciously.

He smiled with self-deprecation, as if he felt something, and suddenly saw an unusual fireworks inside the wall!

In the firelight, He Yanzhi, who walked away from the forest around the house, startled everyone who was fighting the fire.

Even the empress was speechless in horror.

Seeing that He Yanzhi was still holding a person in his hand, the attendant had already rushed out to take it.

"Yanzhi?" The empress saw a figure in the distance in the choking smell of fireworks, and frowned, "Why is he here?" ”

Pushing away the attendant's hand in disgust, He Yanzhi looked at the person in front of him as if there was nothing, bypassed the crowd, and walked all the way to the door with the person in his arms in his arms.

Behind him, Baoshan exclaimed: "That's Sister Xiaoling!" ”

In the small courtyard of the capital of Sealand, before dawn, the troupe owner heard a familiar voice outside the door.

The moment he stepped forward to open the door, the figure of the man in blue flew in.

The troupe owner was taken aback, although this face currently looks ninety percent similar to Mr. Bai, but he knows in his heart that this is not the other, so he was still frightened when he saw the man in blue dodging in.

The man in blue smiled and said, "Take leave with the class master, I'm going to go out of the city today." ”

"Ah, if you want to go, you can go." The troupe owner was a little embarrassed for a while.

The man in blue nodded, "I'll be back in the evening." ”

When the troupe master saw him turn around and leave, he told him in his heart that he was about to enter the palace, thinking that the other party was not a person without measure, so he should give up.

The man in blue took a few steps, felt something, and looked back and said, "Don't worry, class master, I know about entering the palace." ”

The troupe owner was taken aback again, how could this person seem to be able to glimpse what others were thinking, he stood at the door in a daze, and the man in blue had already flashed out of the courtyard.

Out of the alley, the man in blue raised his head and glanced at the restaurant standing at the intersection in front of him, and his eyes rippled slightly.

He paused for a few seconds, then walked down the street.

His direction went all the way to the west of the city, the boundary of the city gate, where he could hire a carriage to go out of the city.

(PS: First Fire, Treasury, Second Fire, Flower Garden) (To be continued......)