Chapter Twenty-Five: Breaking into the Dormitory at Night
"Princess, there is still half an hour to go before the end of the day, and the official family has repeatedly told us before we leave the palace, so that we must return to the palace before the end of the palace tonight. Now, if we leave here, it's still too late to return to the palace from the left gate. If we stay here for even a moment longer, we won't be able to return to the palace before the end of the day. Please don't embarrass the little ones. ”
Zhang Maoze, who was sitting in the carriage, lifted the curtain of the square window of the side carriage, glanced at the dark night outside, and when he put down the curtain of the square window, he urged Zhao Huiruo, who was sitting opposite him, with a somewhat anxious tone.
In the face of Zhang Maoze's urging, Zhao Huiruo seemed very calm, at this time, in her opinion, now, the carriage they were riding stopped diagonally on the street in front of the street division yamen, just to see what Wang Hao, who had purchased hundreds of barrels of white paint before, what use the new division of the street division would do next.
Although Zhao Huiruo is a girl, her character in her bones is very stubborn, as long as it is something she believes, that is, she will not give up if she does not see the Yellow River, she will not shed tears if she does not see the coffin, and she will never give up until she reaches her goal.
The carriage they rode in stopped diagonally opposite the street in front of the street division yamen, and it has been almost two hours since then, during which Zhao Huiruo found that since Wang Hao carried all the hundreds of barrels of white paint into the street division yamen, he has not come out until now.
Not only did Wang Hao not come out, but none of the people in the Yamen of the Street Division came out, at this moment, the door of the Yamen of the Street Division was closed, in Zhao Huiruo's opinion, they must be plotting something inside, maybe there will be a secret operation in the middle of the night on the third watch.
It was with this in mind that Zhao Huiruo didn't bother to eat at sunset, and Zhang Maoze, who was traveling with her, and the other four internal guards, were also hungry with her, sitting in the carriage and observing the every move of the street division yamen.
No, Zhao Huiruo first pondered for a long time, then made up his mind and responded: "Deputy Zhang knows that before we leave the palace, the official family specially told us to return to the palace before tonight, which is indeed true." ”
Speaking of this, Zhao Huiruo suddenly changed his words and continued: "However, now that a new situation has emerged, I can't go back to the palace without figuring it out, isn't this halfway." If the official asks about this, how will you and I answer? Isn't there such a saying, "If you are outside, you will not be subject to military orders"?
"If Deputy Zhang knows that he has to go back to the palace, then ask one person to go back to the palace, or you take the four of them back, anyway, I will definitely not return to the palace until I find out the situation."
Seeing Zhao Huiruo's attitude so resolute, Zhang Mao felt that he returned to the palace alone, naturally there was no way to explain to the official family, if he took away the four internal guards and left, leaving Zhao Huiruo here alone, then he would be charged with a big rebellion, and it was even more unfeasible.
After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Mao had to sacrifice his life to accompany the princess, if Zhao Hui left here, he would follow him back to the palace, in addition, he really couldn't think of any better way to deal with it.
Soon, about an hour and a half of kung fu passed, and the time came to Hai Shixu, until this time, Zhao Huiruo, who was sitting in the carriage, glanced at the street division yamen diagonally opposite the street, and then found something unusual.
Because before that, the courtyard of the street division yamen can be described as pitch black, but suddenly, at the beginning of the day, the courtyard of the street division yamen was actually on fire.
For Zhao Huiruo, who disobeyed the emperor's order and refused to return to the palace for a long time, at this time, she did not return to the palace at the time of the year, and kept waiting here, and sure enough, she did not wait in vain.
At first, Zhao Huiruo, who was still a little dozing, saw the scene of the fire in the courtyard of the Si Yamen on the opposite side of the street, and suddenly felt like he had been stimulant, and his spirits were lifted.
"Wake up, wake up, Deputy Zhang knows, and the four of you, wake up quickly. There is a new situation in the yamen of the street on the opposite side! Zhao Huiruo, who was in high spirits, was about to share this great news with the people in front of him, when he suddenly saw Zhang Maoze and the four inner guards, who were either dozing off or falling asleep, and immediately woke them up one by one, lowered their voices, and reminded them in their ears respectively.
After Zhao Huiruo's reminder, the four internal guards who were still dozing off, as well as Zhang Maoze, who was asleep, all five of them woke up, followed the direction of Zhao Huiruo's finger, and looked at the street division yamen diagonally opposite the street.
After less than a moment's effort, the Yamen of the Street Division, which was originally closed, suddenly, with a "squeak", opened from leaving, and under the leadership of Wang Hao, the Street Division, a group of soldiers from the Street Division rushed out.
Through the bright moonlight, Zhao Huiruo could clearly see that almost all of them were carrying a torch in their hands, and in addition, one out of every five people was carrying a bucket of white paint, and almost everyone was holding a wooden stick in their hands.
Seeing this scene, it immediately aroused Zhao Huiruo's curiosity, and it whetted her appetite.
In order not to startle the snake, until all the street officials left the yamen, after about some errand work, Zhao Huiruo ordered the big inner guard who acted as a horseman to follow behind from a distance in the carriage.
Not long after walking, Zhao Huiruo discovered a new situation, that is, the street division officials who were originally walking in line on Liangmen Street were less than 100 zhang away from the street division yamen, and they were seen to act separately in a group of five people.
There was a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu, who was called the "sage of books" by later generations, once wrote nine poems, among them, there is a poem that has been handed down to later generations: shoot people first and shoot horses, and capture thieves and capture kings first.
After discovering this new situation, Zhao Huiruo immediately made a decision, that is, to let the carriage follow behind Wang Hao, the street division, she wanted to see what kind of unsightly things this guy who was born and was afraid of death did in the middle of the night with a group of street divisions.
As a result, Zhao Huiruo, who followed in a carriage, found that Wang Hao took the four street divisions and walked about 300 zhang west on Liangmen Street, and then turned into an alley facing the street.
At this time, if it was inconvenient for Zhao Hui to follow too closely, so as not to be discovered by Wang Hao and them, he had to stay far behind.
After waiting for about two moments, Zhao Huiruo saw Wang Hao and the four street divisions, and after walking out of this alley, he passed another cup of tea, and saw that Wang Hao and the four street divisions had walked away, and they drove the carriage to the entrance of the alley.
Zhao Huiruo, who was in an extremely urgent mood, jumped off without waiting for the carriage to stop, walked into the alley quickly, and walked less than five zhang away, and suddenly saw the big "demolition" written in white paint on the outer walls on the left and right sides of the alley, even in a dark night, it was very eye-catching.
After walking almost thirty zhang into the alley, Zhao Huiruo saw that on the outer walls on the left and right sides of the alley, the word "demolition" could be seen everywhere in white paint.
At first, Zhao Huiruo was still a little suspicious, this may not be done by the street division, she also deliberately used her fingers to lightly dip a little white paint on the word "demolition", after repeated confirmation, this is just used, and then came to the conclusion: the left and right sides of the alley are written with white lacquer The word "demolition" is Wang Hao, the street division, and the street division can do it.
Out of this alley, Zhao Huiruo took a carriage to play Liangmen Street and drove eastward, and the word "demolition" written in white paint can still be seen everywhere on the exterior walls of buildings along the street, which makes her more convinced that these "demolition" words written in white paint are all done by the commissioners of the Street Division, which can be said to be certain.
After driving eastward for about half an hour, Zhao Huiruo and his party rode the carriage and returned to the palace from the left gate.
As soon as she got out of the carriage, Zhao Huiruo went straight to Funing Palace, wanting to report some new situations she saw outside the palace today to Zhao Guan's family as soon as possible.
However, when Zhao Huiruo entered Funing Palace, he was told by the chamberlain that Zhao Guan's family did not sleep in Funing Palace tonight, but went to Zhang Niangzi's bedroom.
As soon as he heard the words "Zhang Niangzi", Zhao Huiruo was angry, it was precisely because of the appearance of Zhang Niangzi, a foxy son, that the official family had snubbed Queen Cao and Miao Guifei for a period of time, and even she couldn't stand it as a daughter.
Zhao Huiruo, who was in a hurry, hurried to Zhang Niangzi's dormitory, but at the gate of the dormitory, he was intercepted by several chamberlains and inner guards, and Zhao Huiruo might as well enter it alive or dead.
If this were in normal times, Zhao Huiruo would grit his teeth and leave in a huff after eating the closed door.
However, this time, Zhao Huiruo faced the obstruction of the inner servants and the inner guards in front of Zhang Niangzi's bedroom, not only did she not flinch, but insisted on breaking into it, making Zhang Niangzi unable to live in peace.
No, Zhao Huiruo immediately took out the token that her father Zhao Guan's family rewarded her before leaving the palace, and the inner servants and the inner guards in front of Zhang Niangzi's dormitory, after seeing the token of "Ru I am here", had no choice but to retreat and make way for Zhao Huiruo.
At this time, in the courtyard of Zhang Niangzi's bedroom, the lit palace lamp was still on, and Zhao Huiruo quickly found the dormitory where Zhang Niangzi lived.
Facing the closed temple door, Zhao Huiruo didn't have time to think about it, stretched out his right hand clenched into a fist, knocked on the temple door three times, and shouted loudly outside the door: "Daddy, daddy, I'm Ruo'er." I have just returned from outside the palace, and I have 100,000 urgent matters to report to you in person! ”