Chapter 1117: Scarlet Twilight (5)

For a long time, Qian Delu served by the emperor's side. Don't look at him as submissive, in fact, he is as careful as a hair. Among the people around the emperor, only he sensed that something was wrong with Zhao Yuankang early. He often saw Zhao Yuankang listening to the emperor with his ears pricked up, listening to the conversations between him and the courtiers he received, and he felt that Zhao Yuankang was very problematic. He also told the emperor these words, but the emperor reprimanded him and warned him to keep to himself and not to try to be spoiled. Qian Delu never talked much again, but he always kept a close eye on Zhao Yuankang.

Qian Delu knew that Zhao Yuankang was responsible for protecting the emperor, and the guards and horses in front of the palace were the last line of defense around the emperor, if Zhao Yuankang had a problem, then the emperor's safety would be difficult to guarantee. Of course, he sometimes felt that he might be overly worried. But as a slave who is loyal to the emperor, he must always pay attention to these things.

The suspicion of Zhao Yuankang actually reached its peak after Lin Jue offered the prescription. Although the fact that one pill was missing that day was considered a false alarm, Qian Delu firmly believed that he was not wrong like Lin Jue. With only a dozen pills, how could he count them wrong? Why did he and Lin Jue count wrongly, and when they turned around and came to Guo Xu's hand, there was one more pill? After thinking about it carefully, Qian Delu felt that there was a problem. Why did Lin Jue ask to count the pills? This seems a bit deliberate, could it be said that Lin Jue knew that the number of pills was different. Someone stole the pills. What is the purpose of stealing this pill? Unknown. But this is the medicine that the emperor wants to take, not an ordinary thing, and the key is also kept in his own hands, which is extremely important. No matter what the purpose is, the only person who can steal the pill without knowing it is Zhao Yuankang. Only himself and Zhao Yuankang can enter and exit the emperor's bedroom without hindrance, and they don't have to steal, they can only steal Zhao Yuankang.

Although everything was speculation, Chandlu was on guard from that time on. It's a pity that he's just an in-house servant, and he doesn't have any evidence. He didn't dare to tell anyone about this, although he felt that this matter seemed to be told to Lin Jue, but he wasn't sure what kind of person Lin Jue was. He himself has a good impression of Lin Jue, but Lin Jue gives him the feeling that he is always guarding himself and staying away. Besides, what if you tell Lin Jue? Lin Jue didn't seem to be able to help much in this matter.

Seeing Guo Xu torture and killing Guo Mian under the corridor, and seeing Zhao Yuankang standing aside with a blood-dripping long sword to watch, all speculations instantly became facts, and Qian Delu immediately realized that there was going to be a big chaos. He instinctively wanted to go back to the palace to inform the emperor, but he soon realized that even if he returned to the emperor's side at this moment, it would be useless. The top priority is to send this news out of the palace immediately and find someone to save the emperor. There are not many people who can be found now, one is Lin Jue, and the other is Guo Bing, the king of Liang. Qian Delu quickly made a choice, he was going to inform Lin Jue, and Lin Jue would decide whether to inform Liang Wangye. After all, once King Liang knew that the palace was in turmoil, his reaction was difficult to determine. Because he has been by the emperor's side for a long time, he also knows the emperor's attitude towards Prince Liang, and he also knows that Prince Liang has always had bad intentions. Will notifying Prince Liang cause even more chaos? He wasn't sure.

In his busy schedule, Chandlu also made a surprising decision at once, he spent a short time running back to the secret room of the dormitory, where only he knew how to open it, and took something from it and carried it in his arms. It was the national seal of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and this thing had always been in his hands, and at this moment he wanted to take this thing away and send it to Lin Jue for safekeeping. If this thing is caught by Guo Chong, it will become his accomplice to cover up the crime. Naturally, he understood what the seal would be used for.

When Guo Xu and Zhao Yuankang entered the dormitory to have a showdown with Guo Chong, Qian Delu climbed out of the back window of the warehouse and touched the corner door of the apse among the rockery flowers and trees. The corner door has been locked all the year round, and it has long been tightly entangled by honeysuckle vines, and Qian Delu smashed the door lock, got out of a green vine, and escaped from the Yanhe Palace.

Qian Delu did not dare to leave the palace from Daqing Gate, he chose Xihua Gate. First, it is far away from the Yanhe Temple, and the news may not spread so quickly. Second, few of the guards guarding the Xihua Gate knew themselves, and they were more likely to enter and exit from the Daqing Gate. The guards of Xihuamen also belong to the infantry in the front division of the palace, and they rarely have the opportunity to be in the emperor's bedroom and the left close arch guard, so they may be confused.

He carried two waist tags in his arms, one was written with his official position and name, Qian Delu, the chief servant of the Inner Palace, and almost everyone knew who he was when he mentioned this name. But the other one with the name of Sandezi written on it, the waist plate belonging to the eunuch serving the Ningde Palace, almost no one knows who it is. Sandezi is the name of Qian Delu when he first entered the palace, and there is a word 'de' in his name. The third oldest in the family, when he entered the palace, his status was low, and he was just a little eunuch who was sent by others, so he was not worthy of having a big name, and he was called the three virtues. It wasn't until later, after he rose through the ranks, that Chandlu's name became known.

Qian Delu kept the waist card of the three virtues purely to remember the previous eventful years and to keep it as a souvenir. I think that when he first entered the palace, he served a concubine Ma Guifei favored by the emperor in Ningkang Palace. Now that the noble concubine is gone, and Ningkang Palace has changed its owners several times, Concubine Mei Niangniang did live in Ningkang Palace, but Qian Delu didn't say nonsense.

After making sure that the leader of the guards who led the army did not know him, Chandlu mustered up the courage to go forward and make a scene. As a result, I didn't expect everything to go well, and I really got through the test.

Under the eyes of the guards, Qian Delu walked quickly out of the palace gate and walked to Xihuamen Square. When the guards guarding the gate were about to close the palace gate, they saw several fast horses galloping over, and the general in front of the palace on the horse shouted loudly.

"Pass on the order of the palace marshal to arrest the fleeing chief of the chamberlain, Qian Delu. Everyone kept a close eye on this person's movements, and no one was allowed to enter or leave the palace gates. ”

The person who came was Sun Kang, the deputy commander of the front division of the palace, and he personally came to give the order, which shows the importance of this matter. He saw that the palace gate was closing, so he shouted and asked, "Why did you open the palace gate, and who went out?" ”

The guards had nothing to hide, so they had to inform a chamberlain named Sandezi who went out of the palace in order to catch medicine for Concubine Mei. Sun Kang frowned and thought for a moment when he heard this, and shouted: "It's not good, this person must be Qian Delu." I'm in charge of the complete responsibility of the harem, how did I not know that Concubine Mei had a name named Sandezi by her side? You bastards, you have already ordered no entry and exit, how dare you let people out? Chase, chase! ”

The guards were stunned and speechless. In retrospect, it's no wonder that the chamberlain kept his head down. Moreover, how can the inner servants of the bottom serve be so fat? There are obviously a lot of flaws, but I didn't figure it out before.

In a loud scolding, the palace door opened. A group of guards rode out and chased after them. Qian Delu had already reached the edge of the square out of breath, and suddenly saw the cavalry in Xihua Gate chasing after him, and knew that the situation was not good, so he rushed up and rushed to the market. The guards in front of the palace were strong and strong, and the cavalry galloped to the front, and soon chased within a hundred paces, seeing that Qian Delu had stopped a big car and was about to get into the car, so Sun Kang gave an order without hesitation.

"Shoot the arrows! Stop him. ”

The guards bent their bows and arrows, and the arrows swished towards Qian Delu, and the arrow rain fell, and nearly a dozen people on the left were killed by arrows immediately. There was chaos in the market. Chandlu was hit by an arrow, but he ignored it, and with a loud shout, he pulled the coachman off the wheel, got onto the saddle, and whipped the horse's hips. The cart sped away and headed south.

The guards rushed to the streets, but the market was already in chaos, and the people were crying and running in all directions, and the streets were full of people running around.

Sun Kang scolded repeatedly, knowing that he couldn't catch up. First, the market has been chaotic, and it is difficult to catch up. Second, if you chase it desperately, it will attract the attention of other forbidden troops. Up to this moment, the affairs in the palace are still secret, and the changes that have occurred in the palace cannot be exposed. In desperation, he had to take people back to the palace.

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In the harem, there is already chaos. Guo Xu and Zhao Yuankang rushed into the harem with hundreds of guards. The first place he went to was Changchun Pavilion, where Concubine Rong lived. When Guo Xu led dozens of guards to the small courtyard on the south side of Changchun Pavilion, Concubine Rong was strolling on the flower path under the sunset accompanied by her personal palace maid, and Guo Xu and a group of guards suddenly rushed to startle Concubine Rong.

"Guo Xu, this is the harem, even if you are the prince, you can't take people to break in." Concubine Rong reprimanded, she was a little panicked in her heart, and she had a premonition that something bad would happen, because she saw that Guo Xu's body was full of blood, and the dried blood stains formed black-brown blood spots on his face, which made people disgusting to look at.

Guo Xu laughed and didn't say much, reached out and pulled out a long sword from the guard's waist, stepped forward to Concubine Rong, and glared at her coldly.

"What do you do? What are you doing with your sword? What do you want? Do you want to rebel? Concubine Rong forced herself to calm down and scolded sharply.

"You're right, this king is going to rebel. If it weren't for you, a slut, I wouldn't have gotten this far? You should have died a long time ago, you ruined the reputation of my Guo family, stole beams and changed pillars, fornicated with others, and still lived such a nourishing life, it is really a strange thing. My father was indecisive, but I wasn't. Slut, die! Guo Xu scolded, and the long sword was swung out.

Concubine Rong screamed in surprise, but the scream stopped abruptly. Guo Xu cut off Concubine Rong's neck with a sword, and blood splattered when she landed, and the fragrance disappeared.

The maid on the side screamed, and Guo Chong shouted in a deep voice: "Everyone around the slut has been killed, and staying is a scourge after all." ”

When the guards behind him heard the promise, seven or eight guards rushed forward with swords, and after a while, they slashed and killed more than ten eunuchs and palace maids in the small courtyard.

"Next, Kunning Palace. Go and see the queen and inform him of his son's death. Guo Xu laughed and turned around, striding away with his sword. A group of guards followed him away.

On the wall, the two concubines who saw all this on the wall clad and had dull faces clapped their hands and laughed. Those were the two crazy concubines who lived in the Changchun Pavilion. They like to climb on the wall and watch Concubine Rong take a walk on weekdays, so they witnessed this scene. The two of them looked at the corpses all over the ground and said to each other with a smile.

"Crazy, those people are crazy, hehehe."

"Isn't it? They're all crazy, they're all crazy. We're not crazy, are we? ”