Chapter 61: The Queen Mother's Birthday (1)
Of course Li Ru didn't stop him, after all, they were not prisoners, and they were supposed to be released, not to mention that they were kindly taken in by Liuchuan Feng, which can be regarded as a contribution to the security of the capital and a good thing for the people, and it was too late for him to be happy.
After a few brocade guards led them away, Rukawa Kaede was still sitting on the stool, talking about some things for tomorrow.
"Tomorrow is the birthday of the Queen Mother, I don't know what moths will appear." Rukawa Kaede was worried.
"With Feng Gongzi here, I think, it must be no problem." Li Ru flattered.
"I'm worried that there will be assassins mixed in if there are many people, I don't know if Lord Li can do anything?"
"I don't know too much about this, I think that for protective operations, Feng Gongzi must be more professional than me."
"Well, then I'll go back first, there's still a lot of things piling up."
"Okay, then I won't keep you."
But when Rukawa Kaede just stood up and was about to say goodbye, two people came in from outside, and they came while arguing.
"Silence! Above the public court, there is no room for noise! Li Ru shouted sternly.
"My lord, you have to call the shots for me, this guy stole my family heirloom and still doesn't admit it." One knelt on the ground and spoke bitterly to the other.
"Nonsense, it's obvious that I picked it up, my lord, you have to call the shots for me." Another, thinner man retorted.
"Silence! You slowly say, who is the plaintiff and what are you going to sue? Li Ru slapped the table and shouted.
The scene quieted down, and the two of them were also pulled away by the officials, each kneeling on one side, and the stronger man bowed his head and said, "My lord, the younger one is the plaintiff......"
It's a pity that he was interrupted by another person before he finished speaking, "My lord, I am the plaintiff, this guy and I walked on the road near his house and I picked up this ancient jade first, and he said that it was handed down by his family, where is such a reason?" ”
"Nonsense, that's obviously my family heirloom, otherwise how could you pick it up in front of my house?"
Interrupting the argument between the two again, Li Ru said, "Bring the things up, and I'll see who is lying." ”
A jade pendant engraved with the word "Han" was presented to Li Ru, Liuchuan Feng looked familiar, pulled it over and looked at it carefully, and said: "This jade pendant seems to be a family heirloom under one of my subordinates, and it has always been with me." ”
"Oh? And what's going on? Li Ru turned his head and shouted to the two people below, "Don't tell me honestly, what is the origin of this thing?" ”
"This is what I picked up."
"Nonsense, it's obviously my family heirloom!"
"Hmph, don't be uninteresting, don't be honest, and take the board in detail!"
A group of officials looked fierce, clenched the sticks in their hands, and looked at them coldly, as if they were about to start beating people as soon as they gave an order, of course the two were afraid, this kind of board is not a joke, the light ones are seriously injured, and the serious ones are directly killed.
"My lord, spare my life, this is what I picked up."
"I saw it first, in a hut not far from my house."
"I see, I see." Rukawa Kaede suddenly burst out.
"What does Kaede Childe understand?"
"Hehe, Master Li might as well guess, take this jade pendant away first, and then ask him to come to the door to thank you in person, by the way, don't let the two of them go first, I will send someone to take them away later, I want them to lead the way."
"Okay, since Feng Gongzi has spoken, then do as you say."
"My lord, spare our lives, we are good citizens."
"Don't worry, I'll just let you lead the way." Leaving a word, Rukawa Kaede left.
found Han Duan and handed him the jade pendant, Liuchuan Feng said, "Did you give this thing to Shui Yue'er?" ”
"My lord, how do you know? She seemed to have told me that when she was captured by the man in black, she deliberately left the jade pendant in a corner to leave evidence. Han Duan replied.
"You take a few people to quietly follow those two back, find the location of this jade pendant, and then send someone to keep an eye on it, I estimate that it is a temporary stronghold of those assassins, maybe they will go over in the next few days."
"Yes, sir."
"Be careful to conceal, or you will lose all your efforts."
"Yes."
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Of course, Shadow's injuries have long been healed, and now he is planning how to infiltrate the harem and assassinate the emperor! Two days ago, he was also the one who kidnapped Shui Yue'er, he got He Fang's instructions, in the past, he assassinated the Liuchuan Yu brothers, but things have changed, so he had an idea and did such a thing, he is not a chivalrous man, but a "shadow" hidden in the dark.
The harem is still in the depths of the imperial city, heavily guarded, and there is nothing possible to sneak in on weekdays, let alone forcibly sneak in with light skills or something, and there is no shortage of masters inside.
But today is different from the past, there are already many people visiting the Queen Mother today, after all, tomorrow is her birthday, and some people also came over a day and a half a day in advance.
There are many dignitaries and nobles, wealthy sons, daughters and the like, and even some envoys from other countries who are also inspected at the gate of the main hall, and then they are allowed to enter the palace, all of them with large and small gifts, also gorgeously dressed, a group of harmony.
Of course, the shadow can only be a person who lives in the shadows, so he doesn't have that kind of temperament, and the method of mixing in from the main gate is obviously not suitable for him, but he saw many master guards patrolling under the palace walls, not to mention the palace, he faintly felt that there were many big masters among them, not even inferior to his own, so it didn't seem appropriate to use light skills to sneak in, and the time passed slowly in his patient waiting, and it was already evening.
There were still a lot of people queuing at the gate of the palace, and a long line was slowly advancing, and everything was fine, but suddenly the situation changed.
A little palace maid didn't know what was going on, and suddenly fainted at the door, and a few people dressed as rich gentry who were queuing up in the back suddenly took out their swords from the gift box they were carrying!
"There are assassins!"
In an instant, a large number of eyes were attracted, and many guards patrolling near the Beigong Gate also rushed over one after another, surrounding those wealthy merchants.
They fought, and the rich businessmen were obviously not really rich businessmen, but some masters of the rivers and lakes, so these ordinary guards would not help them for a while, and as soon as they fought, they would definitely cause riots, and the people behind took the opportunity to create more riots, causing the people in line to no longer line up honestly, but to follow the people in front and rush in.
The leader, of course, was the people arranged by Murong Feng in advance, and it was also to attract the attention of the guards, they dressed up in disguise, intermittently blended in the crowd, and blended in.
By this time, the sky had darkened, and the shadow had found an opportunity, and flew into the high wall without realizing it.
No. 1 of course they won't not come, as a royal family of the previous dynasty, he is very familiar with the layout and environment here, and he also knows some rules and things in the harem, so they put on makeup and became eunuchs, and they also took advantage of people's inattention to get in.
The order outside the door was quickly reorganized, Gan Lin came, she didn't say anything, just walked in with a dry brocade guard, patrolling in the harem, although there was only a wall, but the meaning was completely different, she knew that there must be some ill-intentioned people mixed in, but it was not good to search at will, after all, this is a harem with many rules and nobles, but she couldn't be allowed to come, so she had to take people to guard by the wall.
At the same time, a group of dead soldiers from Jiangnan also quietly followed Liuchuan Yu's attendants, especially one of them was different, there was a kind of overlordship, they also wanted to come over to avenge Liuchuan Yan, and by the way, see if there was a chance to assassinate Liuchuan Feng.
As Wang Shizi, the Liuchuan Yun brother and sister of course also came, there was only one person behind them, this person was very low-key, and he didn't speak, he was dressed as a scholar, and he looked like a scholar, according to him, he was their friend, and he came to meet the Queen Mother to open his eyes.
Liuchuan Miao also came, but he was a little lonely, no entourage and no friends, alone, his father had already died on the battlefield, he was a son who was taken in by the emperor in the capital, he was very low-key on weekdays, and he didn't participate in any activities, but the Queen Mother still liked him, except for Liuchuan Feng, who estimated that he loved the most, so he was also living well, and he would enter the palace to visit the Queen Mother every once in a while, and of course the Queen Mother's birthday banquet would not be absent this time.
He originally wanted to deliberately avoid these cousins of his, but unfortunately Liuchuan Yun and they took the initiative to come to him, on weekdays, although he behaved very politely, but he would not come to greet him so deliberately, what did he mean by this time?
Liuchuan Miao couldn't figure it out, but she didn't deliberately dodge anymore, but took the initiative to take two steps forward and said with a smile: "Brother Yun Shi, Sister Xue'er, hello, you are okay with this son." ”
"Brother Miao, what kind of gift did you give to the Queen Mother this time?"
didn't pursue the matter of the last time he spoke for Rukawa Kaede in the court, Rukawa Yun greeted him warmly, and Rukawa Xue nostrils turned to the sky, Li ignored him, and the scholar bowed his head politely.
"There's nothing special, it's all the things that the Queen Mother and her old people love to eat on weekdays." Rukawa Miao replied with a smile.
"Hmph, poor ghost! I can't even get something decent, shame on you! Rukawa Xue said disdainfully, and shook the exquisite and luxurious small gift box in his hand.
"How to speak! The gift is only in the heart, not in the precious, hurry up and walk away for me. ”
Liuchuan Yun scolded, but there was also a disdain for Liuchuan Miao in his words, and just as he was about to walk away, Liuchuan Yu happened to come over again.
"Haha, I heard the snow girl's stinky mouth farting again, it's really a hundred times more stinky than when I was a child, it's a pity......" Liuchuan Yu sneered, they didn't deal with each other in the first place, and he couldn't get used to Liuchuan Yun's fake and righteous appearance, and he was even more unhappy with this arrogant cousin, not to mention, they were still opponents on their way to the top, so naturally they wouldn't have a good relationship.
"Childe, what is the pity?" Someone asked weakly.
"It's a pity that Bai Chang has such a beautiful face, whoever marries her in the future will probably be angry all day long, hahaha." Rukawa then laughed and mocked, causing his guards to laugh as well.
"Hmph, I can't even save my brother from dying in front of my eyes, and in the end, the coward who watched the murderer get away with it is also qualified to laugh at me? Hehe. Rukawa Xue is-for-tat, what she is best at is personal attacks, poking at the most painful places of others, the more painful others are, the happier she is.
"Shut up, what nonsense! Ah Yan is also our cousin, and you actually laughed at his misfortune, did you read all the books in the dog's belly? Go back and see if I don't teach you a good lesson! ”
Seeing that Liuchuan Yu's face was blue with anger, and his guards also looked at each other angrily, of course Liuchuan Yun knew that the other party was the prince of the prince who had been sitting on one side all the year round, and he was decisive in killing, if he really angered them, I was afraid that the matter would not end well, so he loudly and sternly taught this little sister who was spoiled and spoiled, which could be regarded as calming some of the other party's anger.
"Humph! Let's go! Rukawa Yu glanced at her coldly, shook off his robe and strode away.
"Tell you to keep your temper a little, if you don't change, you will suffer a big loss sooner or later!" Rukawa Yun sincerely admonished her, and Rukawa Miao was like a bystander, no one noticed his presence, so he also quietly left.
"Only allow him to scold me, don't say a word to him, you always have such a good reputation, but you don't care about my feelings, hmph, I won't come out with you in the future." Rukawa Xue replied angrily, she looked like she had been greatly wronged, and she was beaten up.
"Okay, good, whatever you want, it's your parents who are used to you!" Rukawa muttered and complained, following along.
All of this was seen by a "eunuch" on the side, he smiled, and disappeared into the darkness, as well as Murong Feng and Shadow, of course, they also saw this "friendly exchange" between the juniors of the royal family, and almost didn't laugh out loud, if this is the case, their work will be much easier.